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REST OF TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. COLDER. HIGHS AROUND 15. NORTHEAST
WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE. NORTHEAST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.TUESDAY…INCREASING CLOUDS. NOT AS COLD. HIGHS AROUND 30. WEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 15 TO 20. SOUTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. EAST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT
CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LOWS AROUND 15. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 15 TO 20.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE
OF RAIN AND SNOW. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S. LOWS 19 TO 26.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S.
LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED MONDAY
EVENING…TAPERING OFF FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST LATER MONDAY
NIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF A FEW TENTHS UP TO ONE INCH CAN
BE EXPECTED FOR WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.
WEDNESDAY… PRECIPITATION CHANCES ACROSS THE AREA…PARTICULARLY IN THE
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SNOW CHANCES EXPECTED OVER MOST
AREAS EXCEPT THE SOUTHWEST INTO THE WEST CENTRAL WHERE TRANSITION
TO RAIN EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY…SHIFTING TOWARDS SNOW
LATER IN THE DAY/EVENING. SNOW AMOUNTS AT THIS TIME ARE EXPECTED
TO BE LIGHT WITH MAYBE AND INCH OR SO FROM NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA
INTO THE SOUTH CENTRAL.
SOME SNOW THURSDAY…ANY
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINIMAL.
FRIDAY MILDER TEMPERATURES ADDITIONAL
PRECIPITATION CHANCES. PLEASANT AND MILD WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND
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Jamestown set a record high of 62 on Saturday eclipsing the previous high of 60
Bismarck set a record high of 73 Saturday not only for the city but the entire state of ND ..ever…for the month of February.
Road report…
The NDDOT reports that No Travel Advisory issued Sunday night has been lifted in the Grand Forks area.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Police is warning Jamestown residents of a convicted sex offender WORKING in the City of Jamestown.
Willard Eugene Fontaine presently resides in Ypsilanti, ND.
His Vehicle is a white 1999 Pontiac Sunfire, with North Dakota license plate KPW928. Also a brown 1977 Chevy Monte Carlo with North Dakota license plate, JZR276.
Fontaine has been assigned a high risk assessment by the North Dakota risk level committee of the North Dakota Attorney General’s Office.
Offenses: Corruption of minors including sexual acts with 15 and 14 year old girls.
Conviction Date: October 20, 2009, in Stutsman County District Court.
Disposition: 1 year, 5 years supervised probation.
Fontaine is not wanted by police at this time, and has served the sentence imposed by the court. This notification is meant for public safety and not to increase fear in the communtiy, nor should this informaton be used to threaten, assault, or intimidate the offender. Any attempts to harass, intimidate or threaten these offenders, or their families, landlords or employers will be turned over for prosecution.
Printed handouts of his demographics are available at the North Dakota Attorney General’s web site:
VCSU- CSi Valley City State University President, Tisa Mason has been named one of Prairie Business magazine’s 2016 Top 25 Women in Business. She is profiled in the March 2016 issue of the magazine.
Prairie Business annually recognizes successful businesswomen in the northern plains region—North Dakota, South Dakota and western Minnesota—who have made significant impacts in their chosen professions, industries and communities.
President Mason was one of 25 honorees selected from 150 nominations received. Honorees were selected through a nomination process that emphasized professional achievement, community contributions and work-life balance. The magazine is available online at prairiebizmag.com.
President Mason says, “I’m thrilled to be recognized among this group of exceptional women. Throughout my career in higher education, I’ve led so that my efforts can benefit students. At VCSU, I’m surrounded by a wonderful group of talented, hardworking faculty and staff who feel the same way; I’m proud to share this honor with them.”
A native of Massachusetts, Tisa Mason came to Valley City from Hays, Kan., where she served as vice president for student affairs at Fort Hays State University. President Mason previously served as dean of student life at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater in Whitewater, Wis.; executive director of the Sigma Kappa Sorority and Foundation in Indianapolis, Ind.; director of student life and assistant professor at Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Va.; and assistant dean of students, Hanover College, Hanover, Ind.
A frequent speaker on leadership, student involvement, adult learners, and fraternities and sororities on college campuses, she is a NASPA member and former president, treasurer and board member of the Center for the Study of the College Fraternity.
In 2013, Mason received the Robert H. Shaffer Award from the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors for her long-term commitment to fostering positive change in fraternities and sororities. She received the Excellence in Service to Students Award from the National Society of Leadership and Success in the same year.
Her academic credentials include a Doctor of Education degree in higher education from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va.; a Master of Science degree in education from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Ill., and a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology/anthropology from Transylvania University in Lexington, Ky. She has also earned the professional credential of Certified Association Executive (CAE).
CSi The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports, an Enderlin man died after being in a head-on collision Friday evening about 6:56 p.m., about 4 miles west of Enderlin.
The male driver was operating a 1990 GMC east on state Highway 46. Another Enderlin man was driving a 2011 Ford F250 west on Highway 46. The Ford turned south onto Highway 32 and struck the GMC head on in the eastbound lane, the patrol said.
The driver of the GMC was pronounced dead at the scene and taken to a funeral home in Lisbon. The driver of the Ford was taken to Sanford Health in Fargo via Life Flight for medical treatment.
Neither drive wore a seat belt, and their airbags were deployed. The crash remains under investigation by the patrol.
The Ransom County Sheriff’s Office, the Barnes County Sheriff’s Office and Enderlin Fire Department also responded to the scene, along with the Enderlin Fire Department.
Valley City (CSi) Representative Naomi Muscha announced she will seek a bid for re-election for the District 24 House of Representatives.
Muscha says “It’s been a great privilege to serve the people of District 24 over the past three years and I’d be honored to serve for another term.”
The District 24 Democrats will hold their district convention Sunday, March 6 at 2:00 PM in the Skoal Room of the Student Union at Valley City State University.
Representative Muscha was elected in 2012 by the voters of District 24. During the 2013 Legislative Session she served on the Human Services Committee and the Political Subdivisions Committee. In the 2015 Legislative Session she served again on Human Services and also the Energy & Natural Resources Committee.
During the past interim she has served on the Human Services and Water Topics Committees, while adding Political Subdivisions Taxation for the current interim.
Jamestown (CSi) Two Stutsman County Commissioners have announced plans for re-election.
David Schwartz, and Commission Chairman Mark Klose have announced.
Klose has filed his petitions.
Those are the only two Stutsman County Commission seats up for re-election in 2016.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – No one was seriously hurt when a Grand Forks man allegedly got drunk on his birthday and crashed his sport utility vehicle into a house.
The 26-year-old man drove through a fence and into a house shortly after 3:30 a.m. Sunday. The crash knocked out electricity to the house, but no one inside was hurt.
The driver was treated at the scene for minor injuries and arrested on suspicion of drunken and reckless driving.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Formal charges are pending against a man who authorities say was caught naked at a Fargo church where he had burned pages of a Bible.
Officers responded to a burglar alarm at a car wash business early Sunday. They discovered a pile of wet clothing and footprints leading to the roof.
Surveillance video showed the man had scaled an outside wall and run across the street to the church. Officers arrested him there, where he had allegedly burned Bible pages in an apparent attempt to keep warm.
Authorities say the 21-year-old man was drunk. He was checked out medically and then taken to jail on suspicion of burglary and arson.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Minot police say a 4-year-old boy is expected to be OK after falling from a third-floor apartment window.
Police, fire and ambulance crews were sent to Meadow Ridge Apartments around 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
Authorities say the boy was taken by ambulance to Trinity Hospital in Minot. Police say the boy is recovering at the hospital and is expected to survive.
The boy’s name was not released. An investigation into the fall continues.
RAY, N.D. (AP) – Family, friends and others have erected a memorial to three Ray High School students who died in a vehicle crash a year ago.
Seventeen-year-olds Dalen Dorval and Waylyn McRae and 18-year-old Tanner Garman died Feb. 23, 2015, when the pickup truck they were in collided with a semitrailer on an icy U.S. Highway 2.
The husband of Dorval’s mother welded metal tubs together to create a framework for a memorial. Friends, classmates, basketball teammates and high school faculty members helped decorate it.
The memorial is on a small hill along the highway, just east of Ray. It has the theme “Tomorrow Was a Dream,” with the “T,” “W” and “D” taken from the first letters of the boys’ names.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Minot State University’s president says one staff member will be eliminated as a result of approximately $2 million in budget cuts at the school.
The cuts are part of 4 percent budget cuts for all state funded entities ordered by Gov. Jack Dalrymple.
President Steven Shirley says one facilities position and one staff administrative position will be eliminated, but only one of those positions are currently filled.
Shirley says other cuts will be shared among the three academic colleges on campus. He says about $400,000 worth of cuts will come from maintenance and repairs.
Shirley says most of the open faculty positions will likely remain open until June of next year.
He says the school will be a leaner operation that’s still going to serve students.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Engineering and architectural firms in the Bismarck area are finding ways to stay busy as oil activity has dipped and government budgets are shrinking. Bismarck-Mandan Chamber of Commerce membership sales director Chelse Simon says engineers seem to be weathering the economic slowdown well. Moore Engineering opened a local office late last year. Stanley Consultants is another new chamber member.
DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – Plenty of homes have been coming onto the market in the North Dakota town of Dickinson.
Price tags on Dickinson homes don’t seem to be lower to many buyers, even with more options and an economic slowdown.
Home and Land Company broker associate Shirley Dukart says she’s noticed a push in last two weeks. She says associates are signing purchase agreements, and not just listing agreements. Dukart says homes purchased by oil companies for rental have flooded the market. She says many residents who once couldn’t afford homes are now looking.
Dickinson resident Mariah Schulte says six or seven homes are for sale on her street alone.
Those in real estate say business is steady and prices are down about 10 percent.
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) – A Mandan High School senior played clarinet earlier this month in New York’s renowned Carnegie Hall.
The Bismarck Tribune reports that Sara Zachmeier is one of 110 Honors Band members to perform four songs as part of the High School Honors Performance Series at the Manhattan hall on Feb. 7.
Zachmeier says she was speechless when she first stepped on the stage for a sound check.
She says someone heard her perform at last spring’s North Dakota All-State Music Festival and nominated her. She says she’s not sure who that was.
Zachmeier and 18,000 other students received nomination letters, so she recorded herself playing two pieces. The performance series chose 750 students to perform in its band, string orchestra, symphony orchestra, concert choir and women’s choir.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A group of refugee students at Fargo South High School say they hope their book of short stories about their journeys to the United States will foster better understanding at a time when new arrivals are under scrutiny from presidential candidates, state leaders and others.
The 22 students in Leah Juelke’s English-language learners class became published authors last month when their collection was printed and distributed.
Juelke says she has seen “huge growth” and confidence from the students to be able to convey their thoughts and hear them read out loud by teachers in other classes.
One of the students, Nakafu Kahasha (nuh-KAH’-foo kuh-HAH’-shah), says she was not ready to write about her journey from Congo to Fargo, but that it turned out to be a good thing.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Minot residents on Tuesday will be voting on whether to change the city’s home rule charter, as a first step toward a possibly smaller City Council.
If voters approve changing the charter, it will clear the way for an initiated measure to be placed on the June election ballot.
A citizen group wants to reduce the council’s size from 14 members elected from seven wards to five members elected at large. The group believes that would ensure competitive races and force council members to look more broadly at city issues.
There is no organized opposition to the proposal.
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) – The Morton County Commission has renewed a contract with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for a county-owned apartment building in Mandan.
The HUD contract for the building was renewed Feb. 11. The building will remain intact as its use beyond the next two years remains undecided.
Of the building’s 45 units, 36 are subsidized by HUD, with the remaining units paying rent in full.
The county commission bought the 45-unit building before voters decided whether Morton County should expand its own jail or partner with Burleigh County in building a new jail in Bismarck. Morton County voters opted for the combined Bismarck center, so Morton County doesn’t need the apartment space to expand its jail.
In Sports…
(ESPN Sportcenter’s Top 10 #4)
JAMESTOWN, N.D.- (UJ)- In a game that will go down as an instant classic in the annals of North Star Athletic Association history, it was only fitting that the NSAA Player of the Year would make the deciding shot.
Jessica Buck scored on an inbounds lob from Kyra Dewald as time expired to lift the ninth-ranked Jimmies to a 65-63 victory over #24 Dickinson State University in the NSAA championship game Sunday.
The Jimmies (29-4) earn a spot in the NAIA National Tournament in Sioux City, Iowa. Dickinson State, at 23-8, will see on Wednesday if they earn an at-large bid for the tournament.
The Dickinson State University Blue Hawks defeated the Valley City State University Vikings 83-56 in the semifinals of the NSAA Women’s Basketball Tournament on Friday night.
The Blue Hawks shot 10-19 from beyond the arc and outscored the Vikings in every quarter.
Janniqua Thomas scored a game-high 20 points for Dickinson State (23-7 overall), while Alli Vandal paced VCSU (18-10 overall) with 11 points.
The Blue Hawks advanced to the championship game on Sunday, against the Jimmies , as the Vikings season comes to an end.
NAIA Men’s Basketball, played in Valley City.
North Star Athletic Association men’s basketball tournament semifinal.
Jamestown 94, Valley City State 75.
VCSU drops to 21-10 overall. Valley City State is on the bubble for an at-large bid to the NAIA National Tournament.
Jamestown improves to 17-11 overall. Jamestown will play in the NSAA championship on Monday night, traveling to Madison, S.D., to face Dakota State.
Fargo The 2015-16 season came to an end Saturday for the Valley City High School Girls Basketball, in an Eastern Dakota Conference Play-In contest.
It was a 61-33 loss at Fargo South game.
With the win, the Bruins go to 10-12, and head to the quarterfinal round of the EDC tournament on Tuesday March 1st at Fargo Davies High School.
Valley City’s season ends at 0-21
Region 5 Boy’s Tournament Friday…
Jamestown…
Carrington 81 Oakes 59
Ellendale 74 Midkota 35
Lamoure/Litchville/Marion 55 Barnes County North 41
Saturday…
Barnes County North 76 Midkota/Kensal 75 OT
Edgeley/Kulm/Montpelier 52 Carrington 31
Ellendale 73 Lamoure/Litchville/Marion 45
Monday’s schedule:
430p – Oakes vs. Lamoure/LM (region qualifier)
6pm – Carrington vs. Barnes County North (region qualifier)
730p – Ellendale vs. Edgeley/KM (championship)
District 6 tournament
At Napoleon.. Saturday…
Semifinals
Strasburg-Zeeland 53, Napoleon-Gackle-Streeter 43
Linton-Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock 56, South Border 42
Strasburg-Zeeland and Linton-Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock will play for the District 6 tournament title in Napoleon Monday night.
Jimmie Baseball…
At Joplin, Mo.
Saturday’s games
University of Jamestown 2, Hastings College (Neb.) 1
University of Jamestown 3, Hastings College (Neb.) 0
Sunday’s game
University of Jamestown 4, Graceland University 0
COLLEGE HOCKEY…
BOTTINEAU, N.D. (AP) – Dakota College at Bottineau has won its ninth junior college national championship, and first in six years.
The Lumberjacks beat top seed Erie Community College of New York 4-3 in overtime on Sunday to win the NJCAA title in Binghamton, New York.
Phoenix McElroy-Scott got the game-winner for No. 2 seed Dakota College. He also was named tournament MVP.
Williston State College also made the final four but lost 6-1 to Erie in Saturday’s semifinals.
Dakota College also won national titles in 1986, 1991, 1998, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Jamesotown (CSi) The United Sportsmen of North Dakota Jamestown Chapter have been focusing their recent efforts on building a new gun range for Jamestown and they will continue doing so tonight.
In 2015, the Pipestem Rifle Range was shut down by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers due to certain incidents. President of the club Merele Weatherly stated that the group would rely on area organizations and businesses in order to bring a gun range back. He stated that the biggest speed bump would be land acquisition.
During a meeting in December 2015, several committees were created to focus on separate areas of the new proposed range. Curt Kaseman and Jim Weight have been working on different measures that need to be taken in order to make the range possible.
Jim Weight stated that a name has already been selected for the corporation.
The club has another open meeting tonight to discuss the range and what needs to happen to make it a reality. The meeting will be at 7:00 PM at the North Dakota Game & Fish Office near Jamestown.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Fargo is installing six pickleball courts in Brunsdale Park. ppckleball involves batting around a ball with rackets or hands, on a court slightly smaller than a tennis court. Construction will start in May and the pickleball courts could be ready for play by June.
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION…
DALLAS (AP) – Chandler Parsons scored 29 points as the Dallas Mavericks beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 128-101 Sunday night. Parsons scored 13 straight Dallas points in a stretch covering the second and third quarters to help the Mavericks. Shabazz Muhammad scored 24 points to lead the Timberwolves.
Final Washington 113 Cleveland 99
Final Atlanta 87 Charlotte 76
Final Orlando 130 Philadelphia 116
Final Portland 111 Indiana 102
Final Detroit 114 Toronto 101
Final Miami 98 New York 81
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Erik Haula scored midway through the third period to lead the Minnesota Wild to a 3-1 victory over the Florida Panthers on Sunday. Charlie Coyle and Jason Pominville also scored for Minnesota. Devan Dubnyk stopped 17 shots as Minnesota moved two points behind Colorado for the second Western Conference wild card playoff spot.
CHICAGO (AP) – Jonathan Toews (tayvz) scored the tiebreaking goal in the second period and Dennis Rasmussen added the eventual game-winner with 7:13 remaining as the Blackhawks downed the Washington Capitals 3-2 in Chicago. Corey Crawford turned back 28 shots to help the Hawks move one point ahead of the slumping Dallas Stars in both the conference and Central Division standings. The Capitals still lead the Eastern Conference and Metropolitan Division by 17 points.
UNDATED (AP) – The Anaheim Ducks are within two points of the Pacific Division lead after Corry Perry scored a hat trick in a 4-2 win over the division-leading Kings. Perry snapped a 2-2 tie early in the third period and David Perron (peh-RAHN’) added an insurance tally as the Ducks improved to 15-1-1 in their last 18 games. San Jose pulled to within six points of the Kings as Joe Pavelski and Tomas Hertl scored 2:28 apart in the third period of the Sharks’ 4-1 verdict over the Canucks
Final St. Louis 5 Carolina 2
Final Tampa Bay 4 Boston 1
Final San Jose 4 Vancouver 1
Final Edmonton 3 N-Y Islanders 1
REGIONAL COLLEGE BASKETBALL…
Wisconsin 68, Michigan 57
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) – Kendrick Nunn scored 25 as Illinois beat Minnesota 84-71 Sunday night. The Illini opened the second half on a 29-8 run for a 61-48 lead and they never looked back. Jordan Murphy stepped up with 22 points for Minnesota. Minnesota was playing without Nate Mason, Kevin Dorsey and Dupree McBrayer. They missed Sunday’s game for a violation of team rules.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) – The Sixth-ranked Maryland women got a career-high 29 points from Tierney Pfirman and 24 from Brionna Jones in a surprisingly lopsided 110-77 victory over Minnesota. The Terrapins will enter the Big Ten Tournament as the No. 1 seed for a second straight season. Rachel Banham finished with 26 for Minnesota.
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
UNDATED (AP) – Desi Rodriguez had career highs of 27 points and 12 rebounds as unranked Seton Hall whipped fifth-ranked Xavier 90-81. Isaiah Whitehead had 22 for the Pirates, who led 45-26 at halftime and improved to 21-7 overall. Seton Hall is trying to earn its first NCAA berth in 10 years. James Farr and Trevon Bluiett had 17 points apiece for the Musketeers, who dropped to 25-4 and fell two games behind Big East-leading Villanova.
Final ( 6) Michigan St. 88 Penn St. 57
Final Ohio St. 68 ( 8) Iowa 64
Final (13) Oregon 86 Washington 73
Final Pittsburgh 76 (15) Duke 62
Final (24) SMU 74 Tulane 53
TOP-25 WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final ( 3) South Carolina 75 LSU 39
Final ( 6) Maryland 110 Minnesota 77
Final ( 7) Oregon St. 54 California 44
Final (14) UCLA 74 ( 9) Arizona St. 61
Final (10) Louisville 65 Pittsburgh 36
Final (15) Kentucky 71 (11) Texas A&M 58
Final (12) Florida St. 70 (17) Miami 67
Final (13) Stanford 69 Oregon 42
Final (16) Mississippi St. 61 Alabama 52
Final Vanderbilt 56 (24) Missouri 52
NASCAR…
HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) – Jimmie Johnson has climbed up NASCAR’s all-time victory list by taking the second race of the Sprint Cup season.
Johnson used pit strategy and a late yellow to claim the 76th victory of his career at Atlanta Motor Speedway, tying Dale Earnhardt for seventh on the career wins list. He won the race in overtime, crossing the line under yellow following the only wreck of the day.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished second, followed by Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch and Carl Edwards. Kyle Busch won the pole Friday but had to start last after his car failed a post-qualifying inspection.
Kevin Harvick led a race-high 131 laps but ceded the lead after he made his last green-flag pit stop nine laps after Johnson.
FIGHTING HAWKS LOGO…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Representatives from the company that will design the new University of North Dakota logo are scheduled to be on campus this week.
New York-based SME Branding has scheduled public meetings on Tuesday in downtown Grand Forks and Thursday at the UND Memorial Union. School officials say the meetings will discuss the design process for the Fighting Hawks logo and take suggestions about the moniker’s graphic identity.
UND interim president Ed Schafer says the meetings will provide an opportunity for UND stakeholders to share their thoughts and ideas.
The school retired its controversial Fighting Sioux nickname nearly four years ago after the NCAA deemed it to be hostile and abusive. The Fighting Hawks nickname was selected in a vote of alumni, students and staff.
PGA…
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) – Adam Scott closed with an even par 70 to win the PGA’s Honda Classic. Scott ended a 33-month winless drought on the tour by finishing play at 9-under, one shot in front of Sergio Garcia.
Blayne Barber and Justin Thomas tied for third at minus-5.
LPGA…
CHONBURI, Thailand (AP) – American Lexi Thompson has won her seventh LPGA title by taking the event in Thailand. She closed with a 68 that completed a six-stroke victory over In Gee Chun of South Korea.
The 21-year-old Thompson hit an eagle on the 10th to go along with three birdies and a lone bogey for a 20-under-par total of 268 to become the first American winner of the tournament.
NHL…
UNDATED (AP) – Veteran NHL center Eric Staal is leaving one brother and joining another.
The New York Rangers have acquired the 31-year-old Staal from the Carolina Hurricanes for center prospect Aleksi Saarela and second-round picks in each of the next two drafts. He’s now on the same roster as older brother Marc Staal after sharing ice time with Jordan Staal in Carolina.
MLB…
UNDATED (AP) – Free agent shortstop Ian Desmond has finally found a new team.
A baseball official with knowledge of the deal says Desmond has agreed to a one-year, $8 million deal with the Rangers and will sign once he passes a physical. Desmond had spent his seven-year major league career with the Washington Nationals, hitting .264 with 110 home runs, 432 RBIs and 122 stolen bases. He hit 19 homers and drove in 62 runs last year while compiling a career-worst .233 average.
The Blue Jays have signed former All-Star closer Rafael Soriano, who posted a 6.35 ERA in six games with the Chicago Cubs.
Veteran infielder Juan Uribe (yoo-REE’-bay) has formally signed a one-year contract with the Indians and will most likely start the season as the Tribe’s third baseman.
In world and national news…
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The Super Tuesday primary tomorrow puts the South in the spotlight. Republican presidential candidates are fighting for support from a mostly white electorate, including many voters who feel alienated by sweeping economic and cultural changes. Democrats will depend on growing minority populations and voters – white and nonwhite – clustered in heavily populated urban areas.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – After routing Bernie Sanders in South Carolina, Democrat Hillary Clinton is shifting her focus to Republicans as she campaigns ahead of tomorrow’s Super Tuesday primaries. Republican front-runner Donald Trump continues to face sharp attacks from his main GOP rivals, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio as they seek ways to blunt the juggernaut.
BEIRUT (AP) – The Syrian cease-fire is largely holding, but reports of air strikes targeting the moderate opposition have prompted the French foreign minister to call for a meeting “without delay” of a task force to monitor a cessation of hostilities. A meeting is already planned for later in the day. Meanwhile, the United Nations says it plans to deliver life-saving humanitarian assistance to about 154,000 people living in besieged locations inside Syria over the next five days.
NEW YORK (AP) – A shocking discovery in a Manhattan park. The New York City Police Department says a person taking a walk found the severed head of a horse and other animal parts in a cardboard box in Harlem River park. The Department of Sanitation removed the head and the investigation is continuing.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Hollywood’s lack of diversity and other causes kept pace with the glitz of the annual Academy Awards show last night. Other causes trumpeted included global warming, bank reform and sexual abuse in church and on campus. Best picture turned out to be an underdog, “Spotlight,” about the Boston Globe’s reporting on priest sex abuse. Leonardo DiCaprio won best actor for “The Revenant.” Brie Larson took best actress for her breakout performance in the mother-son captive drama “Room.”
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