Wayne Byers Show – Morning – May 6

CSi Weather…

TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 60S. LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST UP TO 5 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. SOUTH WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. ..ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH..WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. NORTH WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
MORNING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
20 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. LOWS IN THE MID 30S.
.SUNDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.

 

7a.m. Mond May 6, 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE PIPESTEM CREEK NEAR PINGREE.

* UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* AT  7:15 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.9 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.

* FORECAST…CONTINUE FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* IMPACT…AT 10.0 FEET…FLOODING AT THIS LEVEL AFFECTS FARMLAND, BUT
NO MAJOR CITIES OR ROADS.

FLD  OBSERVED       FORECASTS (7PM)
LOCATION     STG  STG DAY/TIME   MON    TUE    WED    THU    FRI

JAMES RIVER BASIN
PINGREE       9  9.9 SUN 7 PM   9.7    9.4    8.9    8.3    7.6

 

Jamestown, ND  (KCSiT.V. News —  The Jamestown Rural Fire Department was called to a grass Friday afternoon (may 3, 2013) about 2:54 p.m.,  5 miles northwest of Spiritwood.

Five trucks were sent to the scene.

The fire burned approximately 100 acres of grass, corn stubble, bean stubble and pasture.

 The fire started on a farm and spread south to a neighbor’s land corn stubble, bean stubble and pasture land.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) Superintendent Robert Toso says, he expects upwards of 200 people to attend the Jamestown Public School Board meeting this (Monday) evening (May 6, 2013) at 5:15 p.m.

The meeting has been moved to the Jamestown Middle School Gym.

He said one of the first items on the agenda is to rescind the recent school board vote that denied hiring Jeff Nold, to a teaching position.

Members of the audience are also expected to address the issue.

At the April 25, 2013 meeting the school board, on a 5-3 vote, turned down hiring Jamestown High School Principal Bill Nold’s son, Jeff for a business teacher position, after a contentious discussion.

Jeff Nold is the son of Bill Nold, principal of Jamestown High School — where the position of business teacher now remains vacant.

He said following rescinding the April 25th vote, school board is able to discuss again, hiring Jeff Nold, and then vote again on whether or not he should be hired.

At the April 25ht meeting, voting in favor of hiring Jeff Nold were board members, Diane Hanson, Gail Martin and Greg Allen.

Opposed were board members Roger Haut, Roy Musland, Roger Haut, Shelly Jystad and Terry Anderson.

Board member Heidi Larson was not present during the vote.

Since then, a group of community members has gathered 450 signatures on a petition asking the School Board to reconsider.

　

Jamestown, ND, May 3, 2013—Jamestown Regional Medical Center (JRMC) is now offering services for direct access testing in the JRMC Laboratory. This new service was developed to assist people in monitoring ongoing health risks or to access potential health risks.

The tests that are performed through direct access testing may identify certain discrete health indicators and are in no way a substitute for a regular and thorough physical exam performed by a physician. Patients may order certain laboratory tests (mostly screening type tests) without the order of a physician. This offers patients tests at a significantly reduced rate and the convenience of having testing without a scheduled appointment during specified direct access testing hours.

Jamestown Regional Nedical Center, Laboratory Manager, Mary Bowder says, “JRMC is excited to offer this new service to the community. Our hope is to provide patients with the information that they need to stay on top of their health.”

Direct access testing includes the following tests: blood type, HBA1C, Influenza A and B, Lipid panel 12 – 14 hour fast (cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL, LDL), pregnancy tests and rapid strep test. Patients must be 18 years of age or older to order direct access testing. Tests may be ordered directly through admissions at JRMC where they will complete an order form and a self-addressed envelope. Payment is required at the point of completing the order.

Lab hours for direct access testing is Monday through Sunday 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Patients will receive the tests report(s) along with a brief interpretation of the tests performed. Lab personnel may give the report directly to the patient or mail the report in a self-addressed envelope provided by the patient.

For more information on direct access testing call (701) 952-4775 or go to www.jrmcnd.com.

For more information on services at JRMC, visit www.jrmcnd.com or call 701-952-1050.

 

 

 LIDGERWOOD, N.D. (AP) – One person is dead after a house fire in the southeastern North Dakota town of Lidgerwood.
 
     Fire officials say a man who lived in the home managed to get out of the burning building shortly before 8 a.m. Sunday but was unable to help his girlfriend escape.
 
     The state fire marshal’s office says it appears that smoking materials ignited the blaze.
 
     Officials did not immediately identify the man or woman. Her body was taken to Bismarck for an autopsy.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Twelve people were sent to the hospital when a pickup collided with a party bus on a North Dakota Highway.
 
     The  pickup driver, 31-year-old James Warner Jr., was arrested and charged with drunken driving, driving with a suspended license and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Morton County Sgt. Tad Pritchett says Warner also has warrants for his arrest in Virginia for failure to register as a violent sex offender and probation violations.
 
     Pritchett the crash happened shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday on N.D. Highway 1806. As many as 24 people were on the bus, some of whom were standing at the time of the crash.
 
     Pritchett says most of the injuries were to the upper body and head. Some were considered serious.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Fargo police are investigating a reported armed robbery attempt at a convenience store.
 
     A female clerk at the Bjornson Oil store told authorities that a male armed with a handgun entered the store about 8:30 p.m. Sunday and demanded money. She told police the man fled empty-handed when she wasn’t able to open the register.
 
     No injuries were reported.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota man has been sentenced to six years in prison on assault and burglary charges.
 
     Lionel Jewett, of Fort Yates, pleaded guilty earlier to two counts of burglary, two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and one count of assault with intent to commit murder.
 
     Authorities say the 21-year-old Jewett broke into a garage in March 2011 and took a vehicle, tools and money, and stole tools from a church in October 2011.
 
     The assault charges stem from a January 2012 incident. He allegedly used a garden hoe and fence post pounder to attack one woman and kicked a second woman.
 
     U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland ordered Jewett to pay back more than $12,000.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Sentencing is set for one of four people charged in the case of a defunct Arizona mortgage lender accused of swindling Bismarck-based BNC National Bank out of about $27 million.
 
     Authorities say 69-year-old David Kaufman lied to investigators when he was question about his role as an independent auditor.  He pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice.
 
     Three executives with American Mortgage Specialists Inc. are also charged in the case. AMS allegedly defrauded the bank by providing it with false financial statements and other information about the status of loans the bank had financed.
 
     Sentencing is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Monday in Bismarck, although Kaufman will appear via video from Arizona. He faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

 

DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – Police in Dickinson have arrested a man in connection with a stabbing last month. 
 
    Authorities arrested the man about 11 a.m. Saturday on charges of aggravated assault after receiving tips about his whereabouts.
 
     Authorities say the man stabbed a 31-year-old Dickinson man on April 28 before fleeing the scene. The victim, whose name has not been released, was transported to a hospital.
 
     He is being held at the Southwest Multi-County Correction Center in Dickinson.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota State Fair is getting $3.4 million in state money to help with its recovery from the devastating 2011 Souris River flood.
 
     One bill passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Jack Dalrymple provides about $2.8 million for repairs to asphalt and a gravel parking lot on the state fairgrounds in Minot. Another bill provides about $674,000 to pay flood-related expenses not covered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
 
     Fair Manager Renae Korslien (KOHRZ’-leen) says the fair is “very, very grateful.”
 
     The $674,000 appropriation will help pay off a $4.5 million loan that covered the building and removal of dikes around the State Fair Center and grandstand and the cost of cleanup after the flood.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Roxana Saberi was finally able to give the commencement speech at her alma mater.

The Fargo native and journalist was supposed to give the graduation speech at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn., four years ago, but she was being held as a spy in an Iranian prison. Saberi maintained her innocence but spent four months imprisoned before being released in May 2009.

Saberi on Sunday gave the commencement address at Concordia, the school from which she graduated in 1997. She told the crowd that if not for the support of the college, other friends and total strangers around the world, she might not have made it through her ordeal in Iran.

Saberi is working on a second book while advocating for human rights around the world.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota man is being reunited with his high school class ring more than three decades after he lost it. 
 
  Jerry Prante drove from Wahpeton to Fargo on Saturday to pick up the ring that had gone missing 31 years earlier.
 
     Greg Olson, owner of Treasure Island Coins and Precious Metals in Fargo, found the ring several years ago. He used it to demonstrate metal detectors to customers.
 
     One of Olson’s employees recently noticed the initials JEP on the band and the name of the high school.
 
     This past week, Prante got a call from his old high school asking if he’d lost his ring.
 
     Olson says Prante’s ring is one of several he’s returned during his 39 years of metal detecting.

 

In sports…

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – A longtime game warden for North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department is retiring. Sixty-two-year-old Gary Rankin is ending his career with the agency after 36 years. Rankin has been the game warden in Larimore since 1977.

 

 INTERLEAGUE
 
   Final          Tampa  Bay              8    Colorado                3
 
 
       AMERICAN  LEAGUE

  CLEVELAND (AP) – Trevor Plouffe hit a two-run home run yesterday to lead the Minnesota Twins past the Cleveland Indians 4-2. Justin Morneau and Joe Mauer also drove in runs for the Twins, who snapped the Indians’ six-game winning streak. Corey Kluber took the loss for Cleveland after giving up three runs in five-plus innings. 
 

UNDATED (AP) – Justin Verlander already has two no-hitters to his credit, and he came within eight outs of another on Sunday afternoon.
 
     Verlander struck out nine over seven innings as Detroit hammered Houston 9-0 to complete a four-game sweep. He no-hit the Astros until Carlos Pena singled over the head of second baseman Omar Infante (ihn-FAHN’-tay) in the seventh.
 
     Verlander is 4-2 with a 1.55 ERA.
 
   Final          Oakland                  5    N-Y  Yankees          4
   Final          Toronto                10    Seattle                  2
   Final          Kansas  City          6    Chi  White  Sox      5,  10  Innings
   Final          Texas                      4    Boston                    3
   Final          Baltimore              8    L.A.  Angels          4
   
 
 
       NATIONAL  LEAGUE
 
   Final          Atlanta                  9    N-Y  Mets                4
   Final          Washington            6    Pittsburgh            2
   Final          St.  Louis            10    Milwaukee              1
   Final          Cincinnati            7    Chi  Cubs                4
   Final          Miami                    14    Philadelphia        2
   Final          San  Diego              5    Arizona                  1
   Final          San  Francisco      4    L.A.  Dodgers        3
 
 
       NATIONAL  BASKETBALL  ASSOCIATION  PLAYOFFS

 UNDATED (AP) – Kevin Durant scored 35 points and hit a pair of jumpers in the final minute as Oklahoma City downed Memphis 93-91 in Game 1 of the NBA’s Western Conference semifinals. Indiana won its opener in the Eastern Conference semifinals as David West scored 20 points and Paul George added 19 in the Pacers’ 102-95 triumph over the Knicks in New York.

 
 
      NHL PLAYOFFS
 
     Pens take series lead, Wild win in OT…Sens take brawl-filled victory
 
     UNDATED (AP) – The No. 1 seeds in the Stanley Cup playoffs find themselves up two games to one in the conference quarterfinals following Pittsburgh’s victory and Chicago’s loss.
 
     Chris Kunitz (KOO’-nihts) scored a power-play goal 8:34 into overtime to give the Penguins a 5-4 victory over the New York Islanders. The Pens erased an early 2-0 deficit and blew a 4-2 lead before Kunitz notched his second power-play goal of the afternoon off a feed from Sidney Crosby, who had three assists.
 
     Third-period goals by Kyle Okposo (oh-POH’-soh) and John Tavares allowed the Islanders to force overtime.
 
     Game 4 is Tuesday on Long Island.
 
     Minnesota beat the visiting Blackhawks 3-2 on Jason Zucker’s goal at 2:15 of OT. Zach Parise (pah-REE’-say) put the Wild ahead 2-1 early in the third period, and the score stood up until Duncan Keith tallied with 2:46 left in regulation.
 
     Pierre-Marc Bouchard scored the Wild’s first goal and also assisted on the game-winner as Minnesota drew within two-games-to-one in the series.
 
     Game 4 is Tuesday at Minnesota.
 
     A goaltending change couldn’t prevent Vancouver from falling behind three games to none in its conference quarterfinal series with San Jose.
 
     Joe Pavelski and Logan Couture (koo-CHOOR’) each scored twice and combined for seven points as the Sharks dumped the Canucks 5-2 in San Jose. The Sharks led 2-1 until Couture collected two goals and an assist during the first 4:07 of the third period to chase Cory Schneider, who was back in goal after missing the first two games with an undisclosed injury.
 
     Couture finished with two assists and Pavelski ended up with three points for the Sharks.
 
     The Sharks can sweep at home on Tuesday.
 
     Ottawa has a 2-1 series lead after Jean-Gabriel Pageau (pah-ZHOH’) and Craig Anderson led them to a 6-1 win over Montreal. Pageau scored his first three postseason goals to back Anderson, who stopped 33 shots and played his best while the score was close.
 
     The game featured a brawl that led to eight game misconducts with 12:56 remaining, four seconds after Kyle Turris made it 4-1. Jakob Silfverberg (SIHL’-vur-burg) scored just four seconds after the scrums to turn the game into a rout.
 
     The teams combined for 232 penalty minutes and nine game misconducts.
 
     Game 4 is Tuesday at Ottawa.

 

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) – David Ragan (RAY’-gan) used a sweeping last-lap pass in overtime to pull off a huge upset victory at Talladega Superspeedway. He got a push from teammate David Gilliland to surge past Carl Edwards to the front. Ragan and Gilliland held on for a 1-2 finish for Front Row Motorsports.

 

 Unofficial Results…

1 David Ragan (34) Ford / 192 4 $0 Chart

2 David Gilliland (38) Ford / 192 0 $0 Chart

3 Carl Edwards (99) Ford / 192 5 $0 Chart

4 Michael Waltrip (55) Toyota / 192 0 $0 Chart

5 Jimmie Johnson (48) Chevrolet / 192 16 $0 Chart

6 Regan Smith (51) Chevrolet / 192 0 $0 Chart

7 Martin Truex Jr. (56) Toyota / 192 5 $0 Chart

8 Matt Kenseth (20) Toyota / 192 142 $0 Chart

9 Scott Speed (95) Ford / 192 1 $0 Chart

10 Aric Almirola (43) Ford / 192 1 $0 Chart

11 Jeff Gordon (24) Chevrolet / 192 1 $0 Chart

12 David Stremme (30) Toyota / 192 0 $0 Chart

13 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (17) Ford / 192 2 $0 Chart

14 Marcos Ambrose (9) Ford / 192 0 $0 Chart

15 Brad Keselowski (2) Ford / 192 1 $0 Chart

16 Dave Blaney (7) Chevrolet / 192 0 $0 Chart

17 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (88) Chevrolet / 192 0 $0 Chart

18 Clint Bowyer (15) Toyota / 192 0 $0 Chart

19 Josh Wise (35) Ford / 192 0 $0 Chart

20 Bobby Labonte (47) Toyota / 192 5 $0 Chart

21 Michael McDowell (98) Ford / 191 0 $0 Chart

22 Landon Cassill (33) Chevrolet / 191 0 $0 Chart

23 Jamie McMurray (1) Chevrolet / 191 2 $0 Chart

24 Casey Mears (13) Ford / 189 0 $0 Chart

25 Juan Pablo Montoya (42) Chevrolet / 189 0 $0 Chart

26 Paul Menard (27) Chevrolet / 188 1 $0 Chart

27 Tony Stewart (14) Chevrolet / 187 0 $0 Chart

28 Jeff Burton (31) Chevrolet / 187 1 $0 Chart

29 Terry Labonte (32) Ford / 185 0 $0 Chart

30 Kurt Busch (78) Chevrolet / 182 2 $0 Chart

31 J.J. Yeley (36) Chevrolet / 182 0 $0 Chart

32 Ryan Newman (39) Chevrolet / 182 2 $0 Chart

33 Danica Patrick (10) Chevrolet / 182 0 $0 Chart

34 Denny Hamlin (11) Toyota / 148 0 $0 Chart

35 Joey Logano (22) Ford / 143 0 $0 Chart

36 Greg Biffle (16) Ford / 141 0 $0 Chart

37 Kyle Busch (18) Toyota / 138 0 $0 Chart

38 Travis Kvapil (93) Toyota / 128 0 $0 Chart

39 Joe Nemechek (87) Toyota / 53 0 $0 Chart

40 Kevin Harvick (29) Chevrolet / 47 1 $0 Chart

41 David Reutimann (83) Toyota / 43 0 $0 Chart

42 Kasey Kahne (5) Chevrolet / 42 0 $0 Chart

43 Trevor Bayne (21) Ford / 22 0 $0 Chart

Standings…

1 – Jimmie Johnson 343 Leader 10 1 2 4 6 0 $2,968,528

2 +4 Carl Edwards 300 43 10 0 1 4 5 0 $1,825,854

3 +2 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 297 46 10 0 0 3 6 0 $2,164,209

3 -1 Kasey Kahne 297 46 10 0 1 4 5 0 $1,594,158

5 +3 Clint Bowyer 290 53 10 0 0 4 5 1 $1,603,025

6 -3 Brad Keselowski 284 59 10 0 0 4 7 0 $2,052,693

7 – Kyle Busch 278 65 10 2 2 5 5 2 $2,203,029

8 -4 Greg Biffle 272 71 10 0 0 1 4 0 $1,527,634

9 – Paul Menard 271 72 10 0 0 0 4 0 $1,371,177

9 +2 Kevin Harvick 271 72 10 0 1 1 2 1 $1,799,961

wc 11 +1 Aric Almirola 258 85 10 0 0 0 3 1 $1,494,050

12 -2 Jamie McMurray 245 98 10 0 0 0 3 0 $1,320,938

wc 13 +1 Matt Kenseth 241 102 10 2 2 2 5 2 $2,103,734

14 – Jeff Gordon 235 108 10 0 0 1 2 2 $1,489,147

15 -2 Martin Truex Jr. 231 112 10 0 0 2 3 0 $1,611,564

16 +1 Ryan Newman 229 114 10 0 0 1 4 2 $1,590,570

17 +3 Joey Logano 228 115 10 0 0 3 3 1 $1,540,781

18 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 224 119 10 0 0 0 0 0 $1,452,887

19 +4 Jeff Burton 218 125 10 0 0 1 2 1 $1,141,313

20 +2 Kurt Busch 216 127 10 0 0 2 3 1 $1,338,843

21 -5 Mark Martin 207 136 8 1 0 1 3 0 $1,572,497

21 – Tony Stewart 207 136 10 0 0 0 1 0 $1,472,704

23 -4 Marcos Ambrose 195 148 10 0 0 0 1 1 $1,308,734

24 – Casey Mears 183 160 10 0 0 0 0 1 $1,166,429

24 +3 Juan Pablo Montoya 183 160 10 0 0 1 1 0 $1,343,335

26 -1 Danica Patrick 169 174 10 1 0 0 1 1 $1,031,164

27 +1 Bobby Labonte 152 191 10 0 0 0 0 2 $1,128,938

28 -2 Denny Hamlin 145 198 6 1 0 1 1 1 $890,184

28 +1 Dave Blaney 145 198 10 0 0 0 0 2 $1,062,893

28 +3 David Ragan 145 198 10 0 0 0 0 2 $1,123,620

31 +1 David Reutimann 138 205 10 0 0 0 0 2 $1,053,519

32 -2 J.J. Yeley 135 208 10 0 0 0 1 2 $1,007,693

33 – David Gilliland 131 212 10 0 0 0 0 2 $1,024,895

34 +2 A J Allmendinger 122 221 4 0 0 0 0 0 $466,857

35 -1 David Stremme 114 229 9 0 0 0 0 1 $712,530

36 -1 Travis Kvapil 100 243 10 0 0 0 0 3 $1,067,648

37 – Landon Cassill 94 249 9 0 0 0 0 1 $664,852

38 – Michael McDowell 47 296 9 0 0 0 1 7 $791,476

39 – Terry Labonte 37 306 3 0 0 0 0 0 $433,597

40 – Scott Speed 35 308 6 0 0 0 0 4 $568,449

41 +1 Timmy Hill 34 309 4 0 0 0 0 1 $319,915

42 -1 Ken Schrader 29 314 3 0 0 0 0 1 $241,277

43 – Michael Waltrip 23 320 2 0 0 0 0 0 $309,564

44 – Scott Riggs 6 337 3 0 0 0 0 3 $171,060

45 – Brian Keselowski 4 339 1 0 0 0 0 1 $87,114

 

wc-Qualifies for Chase as a wild card; awarded to the two drivers ranked 11-20 with the most wins.

 

 INDYCAR…
      
     SAO PAULO (AP) – James Hinchcliffe overtook Takuma Sato in the final turn to win the Sao Paulo 300.
 
     The Canadian moved from third to second with three laps to go and, after the long back straight, moved inside Sato to take the lead just a few yards from the finish line at the Anhembi street track.
 
     Marco Andretti finished third.
 
     It has been feast or famine for Hinchcliffe, who has two wins and two DNF’s this season.

 

PGA…

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Rookie Derek Ernst parred the first playoff hole to defeat David Lynn and win the PGA’s Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte. Both players closed with 2-under 70s for an 8-under total. Phil Mickelson shared the lead heading into the round before shooting a 73, leaving him one shot back.

 

 CHAMPIONS TOUR…
 
     THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) – Esteban Toledo (EHS’-teh-bahn toh-LAY’-doh) celebrated Cinco de Mayo by becoming the first Mexican-born winner in Champions Tour history. He beat Mike Goodes with a par on the third hole of a playoff to take the Insperity Championship, his ninth start in the 50-and-over tour.
 
     Toledo eagled the opening hole and finished with a 5-under 67 to match Goodes and Gene Sauers at 6-under.

 

LPGA-KINGSMILL…
  
     WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) – Cristie Kerr made a short par putt on the second hole of sudden death to win the LPGA’s Kingsmill Championship for the third time.
 
     Kerr and fired a 2-under 69 for a 12-total to tie Suzann Pettersen, who closed with a 4-under 67.

 

NBA…

MIAMI (AP) – Miami Heat forward LeBron James is the NBA’s Most Valuable Player for the second straight year and fourth time in his career.
 
     James joins Bill Russell as the only players to win the award four times in five years, He and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar are the only players to twice win the award in consecutive seasons.
 
     James fell one vote shy of being a unanimous choice, taking 120 of 121 first-place votes. Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony grabbed the other but finished third in the balloting, behind Kevin Durant of Oklahoma City.

 

  NEW YORK (AP) – P.J. Carlesimo (kar-LEHS’-eh-mo) has been dismissed as interim coach of the Brooklyn Nets, hours after the team was eliminated by the Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference quarterfinals. Carlesimo guided the Nets to a 35-19 record and a No. 4 seed in the conference playoffs after replacing Avery Johnson in December.

 

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate is scheduled to vote today on a bill that would end the tax free lunch on the Internet. It would allow states to require their sales tax be paid on all Internet purchases. But some Republicans in the House call it a tax increase and oppose it. A coalition of retailers supports the bill.
 
     TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – Drug maker Pfizer could be setting the industry’s distribution model on its ear as it beings direct online sales of Viagra to men who have a prescription. It’s part of the fight against unscrupulous online pharmacies selling counterfeit versions of Viagra and other medicines. Most drug companies sell in bulk to wholesalers, who then distribute the drugs to pharmacies, hospitals and doctors’ offices.
 
     CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) – Investigators say a huge Southern California wildfire started accidentally. Authorities say they hope to have the 44-square-mile blaze 100 percent contained today. It’s about 75 percent contained after more favorable weather gave firefighters the upper hand.
 
     BEIJING (AP) – China’s desire to become a Middle East player is on display as Beijing hosts both the Palestinian and Israeli leaders this week. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was welcomed by his Chinese counterpart today, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began a visit to the eastern financial hub of Shanghai. Netanyahu is due in Beijing after Abbas leaves.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – A partnership between Cuba and a private U.S. foundation is working to preserve more of writer Ernest Hemingway’s papers and belongings that he left at his home near Havana when he died. An announcement is scheduled today of plans to digitize 2,000 Hemingway papers and materials. The digital copies will be transferred to Boston’s John F. Kennedy Library.