WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) \u2014 A prisoner at the state penitentiary in Bismarck serving time for killing a co-worker has pleaded guilty to stabbing another inmate.<\/p>\n
A South Central District judge on Wednesday sentenced 51-year-old Tovias Carrillo to 20 additional years in prison for attempted murder and possessing a weapon in a correctional facility.<\/p>\n
Carrillo stabbed the inmate in the weight room in December 2015 with a tool he had made. Carrillo is already serving about 20 years for the 2014 death of Juan Palacios. Both worked for a landscape company.<\/p>\n
It’s not the first time Carrillo has gotten in trouble while locked up. While awaiting trial on the Williston murder case, he attacked another inmate with a broken coffee mug.<\/p>\n
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 Eight more people are set to make court appearances in the U.S. in what authorities say is a multimillion-dollar Jamaican lottery scam that victimized dozens of Americans.<\/p>\n
The eight suspects were being extradited from Jamaica and were to appear in federal court in Bismarck, North Dakota, on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Authorities allege the sophisticated scam bilked at least 90 mostly elderly Americans out of more than $5.7 million.<\/p>\n
Fifteen suspects each are charged with 66 total counts of conspiracy, wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering. Lavrick Willocks, who authorities say was the mastermind, pleaded not guilty in January.<\/p>\n
Among the remaining defendants, one is awaiting trial in Rhode Island, one is in custody in Jamaica awaiting extradition to the U.S., and the remaining four defendants are still fugitives.<\/p>\n
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 A man accused of dealing large quantities of drugs in the North Dakota oil patch has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors.<\/p>\n
The deal calls for 55-year-old Zachary Smith, known as “Old School,” to plead guilty to two counts, including a conspiracy charge.<\/p>\n
Authorities say Smith was part of an operation that in 2015 and 2016 moved methamphetamine and heroin from other states to North Dakota, most of which was sold out of hotel rooms in Williston.<\/p>\n
Agents allegedly found more than $100,000 worth of meth and $60,000 worth of heroin in Smith’s hotel room.<\/p>\n
Smith faces a maximum penalty of life in prison and a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years.<\/p>\n
In exchange for the plea, prosecutors have agreed to drop four other counts, including a firearms charge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 North Dakota officials are urging motorists to watch for orange cones as the state’s 2017 road construction season begins.<\/p>\n
Officials announced the start of the road construction season Wednesday. The North Dakota Department of Transportation has about 200 projects planned across the state, with $465 million of work taking place on highways.<\/p>\n
Wayde Swenson, the department’s director of operations, says staying safe in work zones “is the ultimate goal for workers and motorists alike.”<\/p>\n
Last year, motorists were involved in 157 crashes in work zones resulting in four deaths.<\/p>\n
Some of the major projects this year include Interstate 94 through Bismarck-Mandan, state Highway 20 in Devils Lake, U.S. Highway 83 bridges over the Mouse River in Minot, state Highway 1804 from Williston to Epping and 32nd Avenue South in Fargo.<\/p>\n
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MEDORA, N.D. (AP) \u2014 The National Park Service says a proposed replacement communications tower poses no significant impact in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.<\/p>\n
The park service said Wednesday it has issued a final environmental assessment for the proposed replacement tower.<\/p>\n
The current tower provides communications that the park service says are essential to public safety and efficient operations for the western North Dakota park and the U.S. Forest Service.<\/p>\n
The park service says it will issue Verizon Wireless a right-of-way permit to co-locate the company’s cellular equipment and replace the existing tower northeast of the park entrance and east of U.S. Highway 85.<\/p>\n
The agency and Verizon determined only one tower was needed. The new 190-foot-high tower will replace an existing 220-foot-high tower, eliminating the need for aviation safety lighting.<\/p>\n
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In sports\u2026<\/p>\n
ONALASKA, WIS. (Mark Potts) \u2013 VCSU golfers\u00a0Cameron Rall\u00a0and\u00a0Nicole Heinitz\u00a0were both named\u00a0 2nd Team All Conference on Tuesday after the final round of the NSAA Conference Championships.<\/p>\n
Rall led the Viking men with a 13th-place finish at the 72-hole tournament, while Heinitz led the women with a 14th-place finish. The top 14 individuals earned All Conference honors.<\/p>\n
The 72-hole tournament began with 36 holes in the fall and concluded this week with rounds Monday and Tuesday at The Golf Club at Cedar Creek. The Viking men placed fourth out of six teams, while the VCSU women were fifth out of seven teams.<\/p>\n
Valley City State\u2019s men shot a 321 team total during Tuesday\u2019s final round. Rall was the mark of consistency with two rounds of 80 in the fall and two rounds of 81 on Monday and Tuesday to place 13th.\u00a0Jared Lentz\u00a0finished with an 85 on Tuesday as he took 15th.\u00a0Jeremie Pasitney\u00a0shot his best round of the tournament as he moved up two spots to 18th in the final standings with a 79.\u00a0Kyle Wiebe\u00a0carded an 80 and\u00a0Collin Hoss\u00a0shot 81 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Heinitz closed her tournament with a 94 on Tuesday, hanging on to the final All Conference spot by finishing 14th.\u00a0Haley Christofferson\u00a0fired a team-best round of 91 as she placed 18th overall.\u00a0Mikayla Smith\u00a0placed 25th and\u00a0Megan McNamee\u00a0finished in 27th to round out VCSU\u2019s individual placers.\u00a0Tory Anderson\u00a0has her best round of the tournament with a 101 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Bellevue University won both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s team competitions and had the top two individuals in both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s standings.<\/p>\n
NSAA Golf Conference Championships<\/strong>
\nFinal Results
\nVCSU Men \u2013 Team Results<\/strong>
\n4. 325-316-319-321, 1281<\/p>\nVCSU Men \u2013 Individual Results<\/strong>
\n13.\u00a0Cameron Rall, 80-80-81-81, 322 (2nd Team All Conference)
\n16.\u00a0Jared Lentz, 82-84-81-85, 332
\nT18.\u00a0Jeremie Pasitney, 85-88-84-79, 336
\nKyle Wiebe, DQ-75-73-80, DNF
\nCollin Hoss, DNP-DNP-89-81, DNF
\nTyler Baukol, 78-77-DNP-DNP, DNF<\/p>\nVCSU Women \u2013 Team Results<\/strong>
\n5. 403-397-406-404, 1610<\/p>\nVCSU Women \u2013 Individual Results<\/strong>
\n14.\u00a0Nicole Heinitz, 89-88-90-94, 361 (2nd Team All Conference)
\n18.\u00a0Haley Christofferson, 100-92-89-91, 372
\n25.\u00a0Mikayla Smith, 101-106-112-123, 442
\n27.\u00a0Megan McNamee, 113-111-116-118, 458
\nTory Anderson, DNP-DNP-115-101, DNF
\nHannah Gress, 126-131-DNP-DNP, DNF<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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Jamestown Blue Jays\u00a0 baseball game against Williston on Friday at Jack Brown Stadium has been postponed.<\/p>\n
No makeup date has been announced.<\/p>\n
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) \u2014 Carl Pelini got buffaloed.<\/p>\n
@FauxPelini, the parody Twitter account that took off when Bo Pelini was coach at Nebraska and continues with him at Youngstown State, was given the honor of naming a bison born April 11 at the National Buffalo Museum in Jamestown.<\/p>\n
Faux Pelini, according to the Grand Forks Herald , chose “Carl.”<\/p>\n
In real life, Carl is the older brother of Bo and his defensive coordinator at Nebraska and Youngstown State. In Faux Pelini’s tweets, which lampoon Bo’s mannerisms and volatility, “Carl” is portrayed to the account’s 447,000 followers as a foil, scapegoat or the butt of jokes.<\/p>\n
Faux Pelini symbolically adopted a bison for $20 through the nonprofit Defenders of Wildlife shortly after the North Dakota State Bison defeated Iowa last September.<\/p>\n
The museum, in celebration of the win, volunteered to name a calf in honor of Faux Pelini. Faux Pelini, who never reveals his true identity, asked that it be named Carl.<\/p>\n
“This is a momentous day for human beings, bison and Carl Pelini,” Faux Pelini wrote in an email to The Associated Press on Tuesday. “Sometimes wonderful things (like Iowa losing) create other wonderful things (like our beautiful bison baby boy).”<\/p>\n
A GoFundMe page was set up in Carl’s name to raise money to support the mission of the museum.<\/p>\n
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MLB…<\/p>\n
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INTERLEAGUE<\/p>\n
Toronto at St. Louis 7:15 p.m.<\/p>\n
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AMERICAN LEAGUE<\/p>\n
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) \u2014 Joey Gallo took a couple of hits to score the tiebreaking run, Ryan Rua connected for a grand slam and the Texas Rangers avoided another series sweep with a 14-3 victory over the Minnesota<\/span> Twins on Wednesday night.<\/p>\nRua’s first career slam came in the eighth and Shin-Soo Choo, who had already tripled in the inning, added a three-run homer to cap the late eight-run outburst.<\/p>\n
Gallo was hit by a pitch leading off the sixth against Taylor Rogers (1-1). The young Texas slugger scored on a wild pitch by another reliever to make it 3-2, and was struck on the back of the right shoulder by catcher Chris Gimenez’s throw after the ball ricocheted hard off the brick backstop.<\/p>\n
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Final Chi White Sox 5 Kansas City 2<\/p>\n
Final Cleveland 7 Houston 6<\/p>\n
Final Baltimore 5 Tampa Bay 4, 11 Innings<\/p>\n
Final Seattle 8 Detroit 0<\/p>\n
Final N-Y Yankees 3 Boston 1<\/p>\n
Final L.A. Angels 8 Oakland 5<\/p>\n
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NATIONAL LEAGUE<\/p>\n
Final Milwaukee 9 Cincinnati 4<\/p>\n
Final Pittsburgh 6 Chi Cubs 5<\/p>\n
Final Philadelphia 7 Miami 4<\/p>\n
Final Atlanta 8 N-Y Mets 2<\/p>\n
Final Washington 11 Colorado 4<\/p>\n
Final San Diego 8 Arizona 5<\/p>\n
Final San Francisco 4 L.A. Dodgers 3, 10 Innings<\/p>\n
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NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS<\/p>\n
BOSTON (AP) \u2014 Isaiah Thomas and Avery Bradley scored 24 points apiece to help the Boston Celtics beat the Chicago Bulls 108-97 and take a 3-2 lead in their first-round playoff series.<\/p>\n
After the road team won each of the first four games, the Celtics won at home in Game 5 to earn a chance to eliminate the Bulls on Friday night in Chicago. A Bulls victory would force the series back to Boston for a decisive Game 7 on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Dwyane Wade had 26 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists for Chicago.<\/p>\n
But Wade and Robin Lopez were called for technical fouls 32 seconds apart with just under five minutes left, helping the Celtics to a 20-5 run that gave them a 104-89 lead.<\/p>\n
WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Back at home, and back in charge, Bradley Beal scored 27 points, and John Wall added 20 points and 14 assists, leading the Washington Wizards to a 103-99 victory over the Atlanta Hawks for a 3-2 lead in their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series.<\/p>\n
Dennis Schroder led the Hawks with 29 points, making a career high-tying five 3s, and 11 assists. But after his basket from beyond the arc pulled Atlanta within 101-99 with 70 seconds left, Wall responded with a 21-foot pull-up jumper.<\/p>\n
A miss followed from Paul Millsap, who had 21 points and 11 rebounds, but after Wall’s jumper was off the mark, the Hawks seemed to waste too much time at the other end and the buzzer sounded.<\/p>\n
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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS<\/p>\n
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ST. LOUIS (AP) \u2014 P.K. Subban had a goal and two assists and Vernon Fiddler scored with 5:05 left, sending the Nashville Predators to a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series.<\/p>\n
The Predators lost Kevin Fiala to an ugly leg injury in the second period and blew a 3-1 lead before Fiddler poked a loose puck by Jake Allen in the third. It was the fifth career playoff goal for the 36-year-old Fiddler, who did not play in Nashville’s first-round sweep of Chicago.<\/p>\n
Colin Wilson and Filip Forsberg also scored for Nashville, and Pekka Rinne made 27 saves.<\/p>\n
Colton Parayko, Jaden Schwartz and Vladimir Sobotka scored for St. Louis. Allen finished with 28 stops.<\/p>\n
Game 2 is Friday night.<\/p>\n
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Adam Larsson scored his second goal of the third period with 4:40 to play, and the Edmonton Oilers blew a two-goal lead in a wild third period before beating the Anaheim Ducks 5-3 in their second-round playoff series opener.<\/p>\n
Mark Letestu scored two power-play goals and Cam Talbot made 33 saves for the upstart Oilers, who seized home-ice advantage from the Ducks with a four-goal final period.<\/p>\n
Jakob Silfverberg scored the tying goal with 9:13 to play in regulation for the Ducks, who lost in regulation for the first time in 19 games since March 10.<\/p>\n
Larsson scored just four goals in his first 85 games this season, but the Swedish defenseman improbably got two goals in 7 1\/2 minutes.<\/p>\n
Game 2 is Friday night in Anaheim.<\/p>\n
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NBA…<\/p>\n
Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander has been fined $100,000 by the NBA for confronting a referee during live game action. The incident occurred Tuesday in the final minute of the first quarter during the Rockets’ 105-99 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
PACKERS-EVANS<\/p>\n
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) \u2014 The Green Bay Packers have signed veteran offensive lineman Jahri Evans as they look to fill a hole up front left by the departure of free agent-right guard T.J. Lang.<\/p>\n
Terms of the agreement were not announced Wednesday by general manager Ted Thompson.<\/p>\n
The 33-year-old Evans joins the Packers following 11 seasons in New Orleans, where he played 169 regular-season games since being drafted in the fourth round in 2006. The 169 games are the most played by an active NFL offensive lineman in that span.<\/p>\n
After blocking for Drew Brees in New Orleans, the durable Evans figures to be the favorite to replace Lang after the Pro Bowl guard signed with the Detroit Lions last month.<\/p>\n
Evans has been voted to six Pro Bowls.<\/p>\n
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NFL-RAIDERS-LYNCH<\/p>\n
ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Marshawn Lynch is coming out of retirement after agreeing on a two-year deal with the Raiders that paved the way for a trade to his hometown team in Oakland.<\/p>\n
Lynch passed a physical Wednesday and agreed to a restructured two-year contract. Those were the final steps needed before Seattle could trade his rights along with a 2018 sixth-round pick to the Raiders for a 2018 fifth-rounder.<\/p>\n
Lynch also must apply to the NFL for reinstatement from the retired list before he can play.<\/p>\n
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL-SYRACUSE SIGNEE<\/p>\n
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) \u2014 Syracuse has signed Canadian high school star forward Oshae Brissett to a national letter of intent to play for the Orange next season.<\/p>\n
The 6-foot-8, 195-pound Brissett, of Mississauga, Ontario, is rated as a three-star recruit in the Class of 2017 by 247Sports.<\/p>\n
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In world and national news…<\/p>\n
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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 President Donald Trump says the leaders of Canada and Mexico called him asking the United States to remain a partner in the North American Free Trade Agreement and that he agreed. But in a post on his verified Twitter account today, the president says that his positive response was “subject to the fact that if we do not reach a fair deal for all, we will then terminate NAFTA.”<\/p>\n
UNDATED (AP) \u2014 As President Donald Trump marks his first 100 days in office, he is vowing to keep his campaign promise to build a wall along the border with Mexico. Physical barriers have proven effective at protecting borders around the world. But they can also have unwanted consequences, destroying city neighborhoods, harming the environment and preventing innocent victims from reaching safety.<\/p>\n
WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Lawmakers and the White House are nearing agreement on a $1 trillion spending bill days ahead of a government shutdown deadline \u2014 and President Trump’s 100th day in office. The latest progress came after the White House backed off a threat to withhold payments for lower-income Americans under the Affordable Care Act.<\/p>\n
BEIRUT (AP) \u2014 Syrian activists say airstrikes across the opposition-held Idlib province have killed at least 19 people, with some targeting ambulances and medical centers. The activist-run Idlib Media Center says the deaths include four people who were killed by barrel bombs dropped at the site of a chemical attack earlier this month.<\/p>\n
WILMINGTON, Ohio (AP) \u2014 An Ohio man accused of keeping a neighbor in a small pit is set to appear in court Thursday on a charge of kidnapping. Police arrested 45-year-old Dennis Dunn Wednesday after finding the woman in a pit inside a shed on Dunn’s property in Wilmington, Ohio. Police say two hours after the woman’s mother had reported her daughter missing, the mother called police at about 4 a.m. to report that she heard crying from the shed. Her daughter was treated at a hospital and released.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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