BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 The flu season is starting to kick into high gear in North Dakota.<\/p>\n
The North Dakota Department of Health on Thursday raised the level of flu activity in the state to widespread.<\/p>\n
According to the department’s weekly influenza summary , 234 cases of flu were reported last week.<\/p>\n
Since August, 709 cases of the flu have been reported in North Dakota. There have been 44 influenza-related hospitalizations so far this season, and two reported deaths caused by the flu.<\/p>\n
The Bismarck Tribune reports health officials are seeing an unusually high number of influenza cases for this time of the year. By comparison, 87 cases of the flu were reported at this time last year, and widespread flu activity wasn’t announced until mid-January.<\/p>\n
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 A North Dakota state’s attorney has decided to not seek re-election in 2018 after serving for 20 years.<\/p>\n
The Bismarck Tribune reports that Richard Riha will have worked at the Burleigh County State’s Attorney’s Office for 36 years when he leaves office at the end of his term in January 2019. The 61-year-old says he made the “final decision” to retire on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Riha has seen the office grow from four to 13 attorneys. He says caseloads have increased since North Dakota’s Bakken oil boom in recent years.<\/p>\n
The office is expected to expand soon into the former Burleigh County Detention Center’s space at the courthouse in downtown Bismarck.<\/p>\n
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) \u2014 A new monthly survey of bankers suggests the economy remains weak in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states, but it improved slightly.<\/p>\n
The overall economic index for the region grew to 47.8 in December from 44.7 in November, but any score below 50 suggests a shrinking economy in the months ahead.<\/p>\n
Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says low commodity prices and concerns about trade continue to weigh on the economy in rural areas.<\/p>\n
Bankers from Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming were surveyed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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In sports…<\/p>\n
Boy’s Basketball…<\/p>\n
Bismarck Legacy 60, Jamestown 48<\/p>\n
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Beulah 59, Heart River 56<\/p>\n
Bismarck High 65, Turtle Mountain 50<\/p>\n
Burke County 66, Surrey 36<\/p>\n
Dakota Prairie 61, Griggs County Central 56<\/p>\n
Dunseith 79, Mandaree 70<\/p>\n
Enderlin 58, Sargent Central 47<\/p>\n
Fargo Oak Grove Lutheran 71, Central Cass 60<\/p>\n
Flasher 48, Underwood 32<\/p>\n
Grafton\/St. Thomas 64, Midway-Minto 57<\/p>\n
Hankinson 58, Lisbon 43<\/p>\n
Herreid\/Selby Area, S.D. 67, South Border 37<\/p>\n
Hillsboro\/Central Valley 73, May Port CG 35<\/p>\n
Kindred 67, Tri-State 54<\/p>\n
Langdon-Edmore-Munich 54, Park River\/Fordville Lankin 40<\/p>\n
Lemmon, S.D. 33, Grant County 32<\/p>\n
Lewis and Clark-Berthold 69, Tioga 37<\/p>\n
Maple Valley 70, Northern Cass 61<\/p>\n
Minot 98, Devils Lake 45<\/p>\n
Moorhead, Minn. 83, Grand Forks Red River 71<\/p>\n
Napoleon 61, Ellendale 59<\/p>\n
Nedrose 62, South Prairie 45<\/p>\n
North Shore – Plaza 69, Max 31<\/p>\n
Oakes 67, Milnor-North Sargent 56<\/p>\n
Powers Lake 69, Ray 57<\/p>\n
Sheyenne 104, Fargo Shanley 70<\/p>\n
Solen 67, Parshall 50<\/p>\n
St. John 79, Westhope-Newburg 43<\/p>\n
Thompson 68, Carrington 60<\/p>\n
Trenton 86, Trinity Christian 36<\/p>\n
West Fargo 79, Valley City 61<\/p>\n
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GIRLS BASKETBALL<\/p>\n
Bismarck Legacy 67, Jamestown 46<\/p>\n
West Fargo 72, Valley City 67<\/p>\n
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Bismarck High 93, Turtle Mountain 43<\/p>\n
Bottineau 49, Kenmare 44<\/p>\n
Carrington 69, Four Winds\/Minnewauken 48<\/p>\n
Central Cass 65, Richland 39<\/p>\n
Devils Lake 59, Minot 51<\/p>\n
Drayton\/Valley-Edinburg 53, Larimore 26<\/p>\n
Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier 58, Oakes 31<\/p>\n
Enderlin 61, Sargent Central 30<\/p>\n
Fargo Shanley 68, Sheyenne 57<\/p>\n
Grafton\/St. Thomas 57, Midway-Minto 33<\/p>\n
Harvey-Wells County 58, Towner-Granville-Upham 48<\/p>\n
Heart River 55, Beulah 40<\/p>\n
Hettinger\/Scranton 65, Harding County, S.D. 28<\/p>\n
Hillsboro\/Central Valley 43, May Port CG 35<\/p>\n
Kidder County 60, Ellendale 22<\/p>\n
Lakota 52, Midkota 51, OT<\/p>\n
LaMoure-Litchville-Marion 73, Fordville Lankin-Park River 50<\/p>\n
Langdon-Edmore-Munich 69, Cavalier 32<\/p>\n
Lisbon 60, Hankinson 24<\/p>\n
Maple Valley 52, Northern Cass 50<\/p>\n
Nedrose 64, Drake\/Anamoose 42<\/p>\n
North Shore – Plaza 55, Max 44<\/p>\n
North Star 64, Rolla 30<\/p>\n
South Border 49, Barnes County North 32<\/p>\n
Surrey 65, Burke County 40<\/p>\n
Underwood 75, Flasher 54<\/p>\n
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Boy’s Hockey…<\/p>\n
Jamestown 10\u00a0 Breckenridge-Wahpeton 2<\/p>\n
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NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION<\/p>\n
Final Cleveland 115 Chicago 112<\/p>\n
Final Toronto 114 Philadelphia 109<\/p>\n
Final N-Y Knicks 102 Boston 93<\/p>\n
Final Phoenix 97 Memphis 95<\/p>\n
Final Utah 100 San Antonio 89<\/p>\n
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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE<\/p>\n
Final SO Pittsburgh 3 Columbus 2<\/p>\n
Final SO New Jersey 4 N-Y Rangers 3<\/p>\n
Final OT Anaheim 5 N-Y Islanders 4<\/p>\n
Final SO Boston 2 Winnipeg 1<\/p>\n
Final SO Tampa Bay 4 Ottawa 3<\/p>\n
Final Carolina 4 Nashville 1<\/p>\n
Final Dallas 4 Chicago 0<\/p>\n
Final Edmonton 3 St. Louis 2<\/p>\n
Final OT L.A. Kings 2 Colorado 1<\/p>\n
Final OT San Jose 5 Vancouver 4<\/p>\n
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TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL<\/p>\n
Final (2) Michigan St. 102 Long Beach St. 60<\/p>\n
Final (8) Texas A&M 89 Buffalo 73<\/p>\n
Final San Diego St. 72 (12) Gonzaga 70<\/p>\n
Final (14) Kansas 75 Stanford 54<\/p>\n
Final (16) Purdue 97 Tennessee St. 48<\/p>\n
Final (19) Arizona 73 UConn 58<\/p>\n
Final (20) Cincinnati 81 Cleveland St. 62<\/p>\n
Final (24) Florida St. 98 Southern Miss. 45<\/p>\n
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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) \u2014 Minnesota<\/span> Vikings left tackle Riley Reiff’s sprained ankle has improved, and the team has listed him as questionable to play at Green Bay. Reiff has returned to practice on a limited basis, after missing the last game. The Packers, meanwhile, won’t be close to full strength. Wide receiver Davante Adams is out with a concussion. Outside linebacker Nick Perry is doubtful because of ankle and shoulder injuries.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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Men’s College Basketball…<\/p>\n
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 Jordan Murphy scored 17 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for his 13th double-double of the season to lift the Minnesota<\/span> to a 77-63 win over Oral Roberts.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
COLLEGE FOOTBALL-GASPARILLA BOWL<\/p>\n
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) \u2014 The Temple Owls have completed a winning season in Geoff Collins’ first year as head coach.<\/p>\n
Frank Nutile threw for 254 yards and a touchdown to lead Temple to a 28-3 victory over Florida International in the Gasparilla Bowl. Nutile teamed with Isaiah Wright on 45-yard TD play in the fourth quarter after scoring on a 4-yard run to give the 7-6 Owls an early lead.<\/p>\n
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MLB-NEWS<\/p>\n
UNDATED (AP) \u2014 The Cleveland Indians have filled a vacuum at first base, while the Milwaukee Brewers completed the back end of their rotation.<\/p>\n
The Indians have worked out a two-year, $16 million contract with Yonder Alonso, pending a physical that would finalize the deal. Alonso was selected to the All-Star game for the first time last season before finishing with a .266 average, a career-high 28 home runs and 67 RBIs in time spent with the Athletics and Mariners.<\/p>\n
He replaces Carlos Santana, who accepted a free-agent package with the Phillies earlier this month.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Brewers have finalized contracts with free agent right-handers Jhoulys Chacin (zhoo-LEES shah-SEEN’) and Yovani Gallardo (yoh-VAH’-nee gy-AHR’-doh). Chacin was 13-10 with a 3.89 ERA in 32 starts for the Padres this year. Gallardo is back with Milwaukee after going 5-10 with a hefty 5.72 ERA for the Mariners in 2017.<\/p>\n
Also in the majors:<\/p>\n
\u2014 The Washington Nationals have finalized their two-year, $10 million package with reliever Brandon Kintzler.<\/strong> The 33-year-old right-hander went 2-1 with a 3.46 ERA, 10 holds and one save in 27 games with the Nationals after being acquired from Minnesota<\/span> at the July 31 trade deadline. Kintzler had 28 saves in 32 chances for the Twins<\/strong> and was a first-time AL All-Star.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
NFL…<\/p>\n
Papa John’s says its founder John Schnatter will step down as CEO next month, about two months after he publicly criticized the NFL leadership over national anthem protests by football players. The company says Schnatter remains chairman but be replaced as chief executive by Chief Operating Officer Steve Ritchie on Jan. 1.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
COLLEGE FOOTBALL-NOTRE DAME-SUSPENSION<\/p>\n
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) \u2014 No. 14 Notre Dame has suspended a third player for the Citrus Bowl against 16th-ranked LSU.<\/p>\n
Coach Brian Kelly says junior tight end Alize Mack will miss the Jan. 1 game against the Tigers because of an internal team matter. Kelly did not disclose details but said the punishment is limited to the game in Orlando, Florida.<\/p>\n
Previously, wide receiver Kevin Stepherson and freshman running back C.J. Holmes were suspended for the bowl game after being arrested on shoplifting charges at a mall last week.<\/p>\n
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OBIT-ENBERG<\/p>\n
SAN DIEGO (AP) \u2014 Hall of Fame broadcaster Dick Enberg has died at age 82, according to his daughter, Nicole.<\/p>\n
Enberg retired in October 2016 after a 60-year career \u2014 and countless calls of “Oh my!” in describing a play that nearly defied description. He got his big break with UCLA basketball and went on to call Super Bowls, Olympics and Final Fours, along with Angels and Padres baseball games.<\/p>\n
His daughter said the family became concerned when he didn’t arrive on his flight to Boston on Thursday, and that he was found dead at his home in La Jolla, a San Diego neighborhood, with his bags packed.<\/p>\n
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In world and national news…<\/p>\n
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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Congress is putting off until the new year some of its most disputed issues, including immigration, health care and the budget. Before breaking for the holidays, the Republican-led House and Senate passed a temporary spending bill to avoid a government shutdown that is scheduled to take place at midnight Friday. President Donald Trump is expected to sign the measure on Friday before leaving Washington for a Christmas visit to his Florida estate.<\/p>\n
PARIS (AP) \u2014 An Associated Press investigation finds that Russia-aligned hackers tried to raid the email of 200 journalists around the world. The AP identified journalists as the third-largest group on a hacking hit list, after diplomatic personnel and U.S. Democrats. The list of journalists provides new evidence for the U.S. intelligence community’s conclusion that the hacking group Fancy Bear acted on behalf of the Russian government when it intervened in the U.S. presidential election.<\/p>\n
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) \u2014 London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra says it will release principal conductor Charles Dutoit from upcoming concert obligations while serious allegations of inappropriate conduct are looked into. The orchestra says in a statement Friday this decision was reached “jointly” with Dutoit. The statement comes one day after the Associated Press reported that three opera singers and a classical musician say Dutoit sexually assaulted them. He has not responded to the allegations.<\/p>\n
UNITED NATIONS (AP) \u2014 It’s a victory for Palestinians but the nonbinding resolution denouncing the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital isn’t as big a win as they predicted. The vote Thursday was 128-9, but 35 of the 193 U.N. member nations abstained and 21 were absent. Many countries ignored President Donald Trump’s threats to cut off aid to those that that went against him. The resolution declares the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem is “null and void.”<\/p>\n
BEIRUT (AP) \u2014 Syrian President Bashar Assad has survived his country’s civil war. Despite being battered and bruised, he is sitting more comfortably now than at any time since the rebellion against his rule erupted in March 2011. Seven years later, that fact bolsters the perception that the war is winding down, largely because of Russian-backed government victories and local cease-fires aimed at freezing the lines of conflict.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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