{"id":106011,"date":"2016-08-19T07:11:37","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T12:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=106011"},"modified":"2016-08-19T14:19:38","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T19:19:38","slug":"wayne-byers-show-morning-aug-19-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=106011","title":{"rendered":"Wayne Byers Show &#8211; Morning &#8211; Aug 19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-609\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/wbAM2-300x202.png\" alt=\"wbAM2\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/wbAM2-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/wbAM2-259x175.png 259w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/wbAM2.png 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>CSi Weather&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>.REST OF TODAY&#8230;MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN IN<\/p>\n<p>THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO<\/p>\n<p>15 MPH.<\/p>\n<p>.TONIGHT&#8230;MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS<\/p>\n<p>AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO<\/p>\n<p>10 MPH.<\/p>\n<p>.SATURDAY&#8230;MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN<\/p>\n<p>SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. NORTH WINDS<\/p>\n<p>10 TO 15 MPH.<\/p>\n<p>.SATURDAY NIGHT&#8230;MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. NORTHWEST<\/p>\n<p>WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.<\/p>\n<p>.SUNDAY&#8230;SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO<\/p>\n<p>10 MPH.<\/p>\n<p>.SUNDAY NIGHT&#8230;MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.<\/p>\n<p>.MONDAY&#8230;SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.<\/p>\n<p>.MONDAY NIGHT&#8230;MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.<\/p>\n<p>.TUESDAY&#8230;MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.<\/p>\n<p>.TUESDAY NIGHT&#8230;PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN<\/p>\n<p>SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.<\/p>\n<p>.WEDNESDAY&#8230;SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.<\/p>\n<p>.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY&#8230;PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER<\/p>\n<p>50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8230;rain shower activity will be on the increase,<\/p>\n<p>particularly over southwest into south central North Dakota.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jamestown (CSi)\u00a0 Officials with Otter Tail Power Company in Jamestown reported late Thursday afternoon that the substations that went out of service due to Thursday morning\u2019s severe thunderstorms and wind gusts to 75 mph are all on line with good distribution of power.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Hoff at the Jamestown office says the power to the city was restored in sections, with the last area back on line at about 2-p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Hoff says the focus now remains getting power restored to individual locations where down trees took down power lines.<\/p>\n<p>He adds that Otter Tail crews are working on replacing a damaged power pole carrying transmission lines in the Spiritwood area.<\/p>\n<p>He says Otter Tail Power crews from Rugby, Devils Lake, and Bottineau, came to Jamestown to assist the Jamestown crews.<\/p>\n<p>He says there is generally a two week period ahead, where tree limbs that were weakened by Thursday\u2019s wind may yet come down and cause more power line damages and outages.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 Area law enforcement reports storm related accidents on the highways.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday morning on I-94 a semi rolled on to its side east of Sanborn.<\/p>\n<p>Whiteout conditions from the heavy rain was reported on I-94 between Jamestown and Valley City near mile marker 278,\u00a0 during the 7-a.m. hour.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities report the driver received non-life Threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p>In another report, a semi hauling an anhydrous ammonia tanker flipped on to its side eastbound on I-94 near Oriska, just after 8-a.m., Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>No anhydrous leak was reported, however, the diesel fuel tank ruptured, spilling the fuel, being cleaned up by Haz-Mat crews.<\/p>\n<p>Two people\u00a0 were extricated from the vehicle and transported to a local hospital.\u00a0 Their condition has not been released.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Storm related and accident photos posted at CSiNewsNow.com and on our Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jamestown (CSi)\u00a0 The Jamestown Tourism Grant\/Executive Advisory Board met Thursday morning at the Holiday Inn Express in Jamestown, \u00a0to hear grant requests. Voting board members present were Beth Dewald, Janna Bergstedt and Matt Woods.<\/p>\n<p>The board heard a grant request from Robbie Lukens, for dollars for the University of Jamestown Basketball Shootout, for event marketing and expenses in the amount of $5,000.<\/p>\n<p>Lukens\u2019 request indicates additional funding of $600 from the University of Jamestown and $600 from Northwood, North Dakota businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The event on December 29, and 30, 2016, will be moved from the Jamestown Civic Center, to Jamestown High School due to scheduling conflicts, and will cost additional dollars totaling a $2,500 in the rental fee.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the additional cost will be addressed by the Tourism Grant, and designating the rest of the grant money to covering marketing costs, with at least $1,500 specifically for out of town marketing efforts.\u00a0 The projected total attendance is 1,792 including overnight a day trip guests over the two days.<\/p>\n<p>The economic impact is estimated at $216,000, as ten boys basketball teams from three regions in North Dakota, and Minnesota are expected to compete in the Holiday Shootout.<\/p>\n<p>Lukens added that the players costs will be funded.<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds will go to the Northwood School Foundation, with Jamestown High School receiving proceeds from concessions sales.<\/p>\n<p>The board voted unanimously to grant the full requested amount.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Frontier Village Association asked for a staffing request for a manager\u2019s position.<\/p>\n<p>The Interim President, Nellie Degen said the request is for $4,537.46 to fund the manager\u2019s position for the second half, July \u2013 December 2016.<\/p>\n<p>There will be eight part time employees, consisting of adding two maintenance employees at a salary of $13.50 per hour.<\/p>\n<p>Other staff members include, manager at $15 per hour, Head Greeter $10 per hour, greeter, $9 per hour.<\/p>\n<p>After a lengthy discussion on the merits of the funding, a motion was made to approve the full amount, which was defeated on a 2-1 vote, with members Woods, and Dewald voting in opposition, Bergstedt voting in favor. No subsequent motion was made for any different amount of funding, than what was requested.<\/p>\n<p>Following the meeting Executive Director Searle Swedlund informed the board members that the installation of the directional sign near the Tourism Office and Frontier Village\u00a0 is\u00a0 being done.<\/p>\n<p>The sign is part of the Jamestown Tourism rebranding process.<\/p>\n<p>He says, the spot for the first sign was selected after watching so many cars turn around in front of the Tourism office.<\/p>\n<p>He points out that\u00a0 after traveling a couple miles off of interstate, visitors see the towers that say Frontier Village and those looking for the World\u2019s Largest Buffalo or the National Buffalo Museum turn around.<\/p>\n<p>He believes the signage will give the visitor better definition of the area.<\/p>\n<p>A photo of the sign installation is posted online at CSiNewsNow.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 The Jamestown Arts Center, reports that\u00a0 this year\u2019s Artist-In-Residents, Leo Winstead has moved to town, from Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday\u2019s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Arts Center Director, Cyndi Wish said, over the last nine years, Winstead has worked as a freelance illustrator and animator.\u00a0 His published work includes art for games, medical and editorial illustrations as well as designs for holiday-themed merchandise. Leo recently completed an MFA from the Minneapolis College of Art &amp; Design. In 2003, he won an Artist\u2019s Choice award for the painting, St. Jerome at the third Annual Juried Religious Art Show in northeast Minneapolis. In 2009, he illustrated the picture book Weaver of Song about the Christmas carol, &#8220;Silent Night.&#8221;\u00a0 View his portfolio and more at: <a href=\"http:\/\/jamestownarts.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=8c0ad68f663e0704f932013e0&amp;id=2e44d5b442&amp;e=3e8256cf05\">www.lswinstead.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Painting classes with Leo are:<br \/>\nAcrylic Landscape Painting, Saturday, August 20th<br \/>\nWatercolor Floral Portraits, Saturday, August 27th<\/p>\n<p>More details and registration<strong>:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/jamestownarts.us5.list-manage2.com\/track\/click?u=8c0ad68f663e0704f932013e0&amp;id=62866c8a6c&amp;e=3e8256cf05\"><strong> jamestownarts.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s Oktoberfest is set for Saturday September 17, 2016, starting at 5:30-p.m., at the Stutsman County Fairgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the food, there will be beer, music, costumes, along with the Weiner Dog Races.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $30 and available at Cork &amp; Barrel, The Jamestown Arts Center, Arts Center Board Members, and at the gate.<\/p>\n<p>Purchasing an Oktoberfest raffle ticket for $75 is the opportunity to win $4,000 (Oktoberfest entry included.<\/p>\n<p>Cyndi again pointed out that sculpture\u00a0 Owen William Frits from Flagstaff Arizona is working on his Hansen Arts Park sculptures and the next few months he\u2019s installing the \u201cPrairie Grass Ballet,\u201d aluminum \u201cblades of grass,\u201d in addition to\u00a0 installing and moving in to place, 65 tons of granite boulders.<\/p>\n<p>She added the work is expected to be finished by the fall.<\/p>\n<p>The grand opening of the Hansen Arts Park, including additional items such as the stage, is coming up in July of 2017.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp kicked off a two-day Farm Bill tour of North Dakota Thursday, touting provisions boosting North Dakota agriculture that she secured in the 2014 Farm Bill and hearing directly from farmers and other leaders about what she can do to fight for an even stronger Farm Bill in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Heitkamp stopped at a farm near Cleveland to survey wetlands with producers and meet with representatives from Delta Waterfowl, a nonprofit that supports wetland conservation. On the visit, Heitkamp learned about a Delta Waterfowl pilot project that incentivizes farmers not to drain wetlands while continuing to farm the land, hearing specifically from farmers who have found the program to work for their operations.<\/p>\n<p>She then visited Jamestown at the North Dakota Farmers Union \u00a0discussing at a roundtable with farmers the importance of maintaining a strong farm safety net and crop insurance programs. Heitkamp discussed the 2014 Farm Bill, its implementation successes and challenges, as well as the work needed to protect crop insurance programs as Congress prepares for the next Farm Bill.<\/p>\n<p>Heitkamp\u2019s tour is making several stops, from Mandan to Buxton and beyond, to tackle a range of priorities that North Dakotans have in the Farm Bill \u2013 including protecting crop insurance, supporting research, promoting exports, and supporting the sugar program.<\/p>\n<p>Heitkamp\u2019s agriculture tour continues on Friday, with stops in Buxton and Arthur to meet with producers and industry leaders about promoting U.S. agriculture exports, defending the sugar program, and supporting new and beginning farmers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Valley City (CSi)\u00a0 Due to weather, the tree planting scheduled for Thursday in Valley City has been postponed to today and Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers are needed to plant trees, install tree protectors and put down mulch in the new Prairie Gardens Orchard Park in Valley City.<\/p>\n<p>The new dates are \u00a0Friday, August 19th and Monday, August 22nd.<\/p>\n<p>Co-event coordinator Madeline Luke says \u00a0volunteers should report to the site at 5th Avenue Northeast and 9th Street Northeast in Valley City on Friday at 2-pm and on Monday at 3-pm. Bring garden rakes, shovels, gloves, insect spray and sunblock.<\/p>\n<p>Water and snacks will be served both days and pizza will be served to volunteers only on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>FARGO, N.D. (AP) \u2014 A Fargo man is dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after a three-hour standoff with police.<\/p>\n<p>Officers surrounded the Southeast Human Service Center Thursday evening after a man with a gun walked into the facility. People were evacuated from the building and a nearby bingo parlor was placed on lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>At about 9 p.m., a bullet from a gunshot fired from inside the building traveled out a second-story window and above officers&#8217; heads. No one was hurt.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities who entered the building found the 49-year-old man dead. His name wasn&#8217;t immediately released.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say the man died from a single gunshot wound. Deputy Police Chief Ross Renner says no police officers fired a weapon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) \u2014 No one was seriously hurt when a car being pursued by Grand Forks police officers crashed into another vehicle at a city intersection.<\/p>\n<p>The chase that reached speeds of 60 mph in city limits began shortly before 7:30 p.m. Thursday when officers responded to a report of a domestic disturbance, and a car fled from the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say the car eventually crashed into another vehicle and the driver unsuccessfully tried to flee on foot.<\/p>\n<p>A passenger in the car was evaluated by paramedics at the scene and declined to be taken to a hospital. The driver of the second vehicle was not injured.<\/p>\n<p>Police arrested a 37-year-old man on numerous charges including fleeing, motor vehicle theft and simple assault.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"_oneup\"><\/span><br \/>\nWILLISTON, N.D. (AP) \u2014 A change-of-plea hearing is scheduled Monday for a man facing murder and terrorizing charges in a fatal shooting in the Williston area nearly three years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Tovias Cerna Carrillo has pleaded not guilty in the January 2014 death of 51-year-old Juan Palacios, whose body was found beneath a mattress along a highway in Williams County.<\/p>\n<p>Cerna Carrillo also is scheduled to change his not guilty plea to charges of aggravated assault and tampering with evidence. He&#8217;s accused of stabbing a fellow prisoner at the State Penitentiary last December and hiding a sharpened metal rod in a heating unit.<\/p>\n<p>Cerna Carrillo pleaded guilty in April to possessing a weapon in a correctional facility and was sentenced to two years in prison.<br \/>\nBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 Developers of a $3.8 billion, four-state oil pipeline have agreed to halt construction near an American Indian reservation in southern North Dakota until a federal court hearing next week in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is suing federal regulators for approving permits for the Dakota Access Pipeline that will move oil from North Dakota to Illinois. Tribal officials filed the lawsuit last month against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.<\/p>\n<p>The tribe argues the pipeline would affect drinking water for residents on the reservation and disturb sacred sites outside of it.<\/p>\n<p>The tribe&#8217;s request for a temporary injunction hearing is slated for Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners said Thursday it will temporarily stop work near the reservation but that work continues in other parts of the state.<br \/>\nBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 More than 150 people are protesting a four-state oil pipeline at a rally near the state Capitol grounds.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said Thursday no arrests have been made at the demonstration. There were roughly 30 law enforcement officers in front of the Capitol grounds, with dozens more scattered elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Bismarck Police Sgt. Mark Buschena says opponents of the Dakota Access pipeline sought and received police permission to hold the rally along Boulevard Ave. just south of the state Capitol beginning at 4 p.m. on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Buschena says police are adding patrols to monitor the rally. He says protesters do not have permission to enter the state Capitol grounds.<\/p>\n<p>North Dakota Highway Patrol Lt. Tom Iverson says troopers are aware of the demonstration and &#8220;are taking necessary precautions.&#8221;<br \/>\nCHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) \u2014 A group of law professors and lawyers for the federal government say a U.S. judge in Wyoming was wrong to block rules for hydraulic fracturing on federal land.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Scott Skavdahl of Casper ruled in June that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management lacks the authority to regulate fracking \u2014 a technique of injecting materials underground to increase energy production.<\/p>\n<p>The Obama administration filed a brief last week with the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, arguing the BLM may enact rules requiring companies to disclose what they&#8217;re injecting.<\/p>\n<p>The law professors, including the author of a paper Skavdahl cited in his ruling, also told the court this week that they believe the judge was wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Skavdahl had ruled on a legal challenge by Wyoming and other states.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>BISMARCK, <span style=\"color: red;\">N.D<\/span>. (AP) \u2014 North Dakota&#8217;s congressional delegation says seven park projects in the state are getting matching grants from the federal government for improvements.<\/p>\n<p>The delegation says the grants total more than $300,000 and come from the National Park Service.<\/p>\n<p>The projects include parks in Bismarck, Crosby, Fort Stevenson, Hillsboro, Devils Lake, New Salem and<strong> Barnes County.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 Bismarck Park District officials plan to seek State Water Commission funding to help secure an eroding slope that some homeowners say threatens the long-term safety of their houses.<\/p>\n<p>A collapsing hill near a north Bismarck creek has resulted in some backyards dropping as much as 7 feet this summer. A study recommended removing rock rip-rap landscaping that&#8217;s blamed for worsening the problem, and reshaping the slope.<\/p>\n<p>The Bismarck Tribune reports (<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2blRVSV\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2blRVSV<\/a> ) that the Park District will seek nearly $300,000 to make repairs to the slope along Hay Creek. But advisory engineer Michael Gunsch says issues on the upper slope are separate.<\/p>\n<p>Homeowners have secured a contractor to work on that problem. Repairs could cost up to half a million dollars.<\/p>\n<p>In sports&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>AA&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Fargo-Moorhead 10, Sioux City 7<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>MLB&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>AMERICAN LEAGUE<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) \u2014 Alex Gordon hit a grand slam, Dillon Gee pitched seven strong innings and the Kansas City Royals beat the <span style=\"color: red;\">Minnesota<\/span> Twins 8-1 on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Royals have won five straight and eight of nine to move above .500 for the first time since July 22. Royals starting pitchers have a 1.61 ERA in the five-game winning streak, allowing 23 hits and six earned runs in 33 2-3 innings, while striking out 27 and walking seven.<\/p>\n<p>Gordon, who was hitting .199 with 16 RBIs on Aug. 9, extended his hitting streak to a season-best nine games. Gordon has homered in three consecutive games.<\/p>\n<p>Gee (5-6) picked up the Royals&#8217; first victory from a No. 5 starter since May 31. The Royals are 9-21 is games started by the fifth starter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Final Detroit 4 Boston 3<\/p>\n<p>Final Baltimore 13 Houston 5<\/p>\n<p>Final Cleveland 5 Chi White Sox 4<\/p>\n<p>Final Kansas City 8 Minnesota 1<\/p>\n<p>Final L.A. Angels 6 Seattle 4<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL LEAGUE<\/p>\n<p>Final Chi Cubs 9 Milwaukee 6<\/p>\n<p>Final Philadelphia 5 L.A. Dodgers 4<\/p>\n<p>Final Washington 8 Atlanta 2<\/p>\n<p>Final Cincinnati 5 Miami 4<\/p>\n<p>Final San Diego 9 Arizona 8<\/p>\n<p>Final San Francisco 10 N-Y Mets 7<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NFL PRESEASON&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SEATTLE (AP) \u2014 Marcus Sherels intercepted Trevone Boykin&#8217;s pass and returned it 53 yards for a touchdown with 1:23 left and the <span style=\"color: red;\">Minnesota<\/span> Vikings beat the Seattle Seahawks 18-11 Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>With Boykin trying to lead Seattle to another late comeback for a second straight week, Sherels stepped in front of his pass intended for E.Z. Nwachukwu and went untouched for the deciding score. Seattle had pulled even at 11-11 when Troymaine Pope scored on a 4-yard touchdown run with 12:49 left after his 27-yard run got the Seahawks deep in <span style=\"color: red;\">Minnesota<\/span> territory and Steven Hauschka&#8217;s 49-yard field goal later in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p>The former TCU star Boykin got Seattle to the <span style=\"color: red;\">Minnesota<\/span> 5 in the closing seconds, before taking a sack and was unable to connect with Antwan Goodley in the end zone on the final play.<\/p>\n<p>Adrian Peterson was a spectator for <span style=\"color: red;\">Minnesota<\/span>, as expected. So too, unexpectedly, was quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, given the night off by the choice of coach Mike Zimmer. Shaun Hill started and played nearly the entire first half, leading the Vikings to their only offensive touchdown on Jerick McKinnon&#8217;s 1-yard touchdown run late in the second quarter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>OLYMPICS&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>RIO DE JANIERO (AP) \u2014 Usain (yoo-SAYN&#8217;) Bolt&#8217;s speed, Ashton Eaton&#8217;s athleticism and Ryan Lochte&#8217;s (LAHK&#8217;-teez) allegation were among the highlights during the Rio Olympics on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Bolt cruised in what he says is his final Olympic 200-meter race. However, Bolt initially displayed disappointment when he saw the clock read 19.78 seconds, more than a half-second slower than his own world record of 19.19. The Jamaican had said he wanted to top the mark on Thursday, but he was good enough to earn his eighth Olympic gold medal.<\/p>\n<p>Bolt will go for a ninth gold as part of Jamaica&#8217;s 4&#215;100-meter relay on Friday,<\/p>\n<p>Silver medalist Andre de Grasse of Canada was .24 seconds behind, followed by Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre.<\/p>\n<p>Eaton successfully defended his Olympic decathlon title. The 28-year-old finished with 8,893 points to match the Olympic mark set in 2004. Eaton closed out the victory with a surge on the final lap of the 1,500 meters. Kevin Mayer of France was 59 points behind to take silver. Canadian Damian Warner earned the bronze.<\/p>\n<p>On Day 14 of the Rio Games, Usain Bolt says he will be running in his last Olympic race.<\/p>\n<p>The astonishing Jamaican sprinter and teammates are the favorites in the men&#8217;s 4&#215;100 relay. Seven gold medals are up for grabs today in track and field, out of 22 overall in Rio. The American women seek a win in the 4&#215;100 relay and U.S. pole vaulter Jenn Suhr tries to defend her title.<\/p>\n<p>In soccer, Sweden takes on Germany in the women&#8217;s gold-medal match.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. women face Italy in water polo while the Dutch women seek an unprecedented third straight gold against Britain in field hockey.<\/p>\n<p>Mariana Pajon of Colombia tries to defend her gold medal in BMX cycling while the BMX men seek medals in a race blown wide open after crashes in qualifying.<\/p>\n<p>In semifinals, the U.S. men play Italy in volleyball and Spain in basketball.<\/p>\n<p>RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) \u2014 The robbery tale spun by four Olympic swimmers continues to ripple through Brazil and the U.S. Olympic team. Two swimmers are back in the U.S. today after being pulled off a plane a day earlier to be questioned by police. Police say the robbery story was made up. The lawyer for another U.S. swimmer said he would make a $10,800 payment and leave Brazil later today. The saga has angered Brazilians and was an enormous embarrassment for the U.S. Olympic team.<\/p>\n<p>MLB-CHANGES&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>HOUSTON (AP) \u2014 The national pastime may consider a face-lift that could change the face of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Limiting pitching changes, restricting defensive shifts, altering the strike zone and installing pitch clocks are among the ideas Major League Baseball may ponder as it undertakes a multiyear review of the game that could include the sport&#8217;s most radical changes in decades.<\/p>\n<p>Baseball owners were given a lengthy presentation during their quarterly meeting of how the sport has changed in the past 40 to 50 years.<\/p>\n<p>If implemented, some of the changes could be the most revolutionary since the AL adopted the designated hitter in 1973<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>PGA-WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) \u2014 Kevin Na and Rafa Cabrera Bello share the lead through one round of the PGA&#8217;s Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina, Cabrera Bello eagled the par-5 fifth and closed with a birdie for a 7-under 63.<\/p>\n<p>Na had seven birdies in his bogey-free round in the PGA Tour&#8217;s final regular-season event.<\/p>\n<p>Luke Donald, Brandt Snedeker, Derek Fathauer, New Zealand Olympian Danny Lee and Peter Malnati share third after firing 65s.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>HERMISTON, Ore. (AP) \u2014 Two high school wrestling coaches are dead following a shooting and the body of a teenager who was last seen alive with one of them has also been found.<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth Valdez was killed at his home in Hermiston Thursday morning. Jason Huston, who volunteered alongside Valdez as a wrestling coach at Hermiston High School, was also found dead at the home from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot.<\/p>\n<p>A 35-year-old woman, not yet identified by police, was also found shot at the scene and was taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Police aren&#8217;t searching for other suspects.<\/p>\n<p>Fourteen-year-old James &#8220;JJ&#8221; Hurtado was found dead in a remote area outside of the town Thursday night. He has been missing since Thursday morning, when police say Huston picked him up to play disc golf.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In world and national news&#8230;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>MOSCOW (AP) \u2014 Once-secret accounting documents released by Ukraine&#8217;s National Anti-Corruption Bureau appear to show payments of $12.7 million earmarked for Donald Trump&#8217;s campaign chairman from Ukraine&#8217;s pro-Russia party. 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