{"id":3149,"date":"2012-08-30T07:24:58","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T12:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=3149"},"modified":"2012-08-30T14:51:59","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T19:51:59","slug":"wayne-byers-show-morning-aug-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=3149","title":{"rendered":"Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Aug 30"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>CSi Weather…<\/p>\n

\u00a0REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 20 PERCENT.
\n.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
\n.FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
\n.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHEAST
\nWINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
\n.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WINDS
\n10 TO 20 MPH.
\n.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 70. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. .SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
\n.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
\nTHUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
\n.TUESDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
\nTHUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
\n.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.<\/p>\n

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Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown City Fire Department was called out about 3:20- p.m. on Wednesday afternoon (Aug 29, 2012), to an apartment unit at 611 11th Street Northeast.<\/p>\n

The fire was at the second level balcony area, of an apartment unit, and was under control, in a short period of time.<\/p>\n

Deputy Fire Chief, Jerry Kainz says, a neighbor threw water on the a potted plant container, before the units arrived.<\/p>\n

The cause was listed as discarded smoking materials in the potted plant container.<\/p>\n

Damage was confined scorching to the balcony cement.<\/p>\n

No injuries reported.<\/p>\n

Five City Fire Department units, and 27 fire fighters were on the scene for about 15 minutes.<\/p>\n

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Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Aug 29, 2012) — A sentencing hearing for 35 year old Leron Howard of Jamestown has been set for November 14, 2012, at 10-a.m., in Southeast District Court, in Jamestown.<\/p>\n

On August 23, 2012 a Southeast District Court jury, in Jamestown, found Howard guilty of murder and criminal conspiracy, in the death of Somali immigrant 18 year old Abdi Ali Ahmed, of Jamestown.<\/p>\n

A pre-sentence investigation was ordered by Judge Thomas Merrick.<\/p>\n

Murder and Criminal Conspiracy are Class AA felonies, with the penalty up to life in prison without parole.<\/p>\n

Co-defendant Janelle Cave was convicted of manslaughter and criminal conspiracy in February, 2012.<\/p>\n

She was sentenced to 11 years in prison and is appealing her conviction, in the North Dakota Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

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Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Aug 29, 2012) \u2013 The Jamestown City Fire Department Wednesday continued to test the newly acquired ROV Remote Operated Vehicle at Jamestown Reservoir.<\/p>\n

City Fire Chief Jim Reuther reported, it is a test only, of the unit that aids in underwater searches.<\/p>\n

Tom Crossmon a trainer from Duluth, Minnesota represented VideoRay, LLC, the company from which the unit was purchased was on hand for continued training.<\/p>\n

He says Wednesday\u2019s exercise was concentrating on the sonar aspect of the ROV.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday pool training consisted of the basic opertations.<\/p>\n

A commnity fundraiser in Jamestown in memory of Darrin Ackerman raised $24,606, toward the purchase of the unit.<\/p>\n

His family and friends organized the fundraiser to purchase an R.O.V. which was able to assist local recovery efforts, in finding Darrin beneath the ice at Jamestown Reservoir late last year,a result of him falling through the ice while fishing.<\/p>\n

The Jamestown City Council authoriized a bid award to VideoRay, LLC for the purchase of the Remote Operated Vehicle and Submersible & Training Class in the amount of $86,859.00.<\/p>\n

The balance of the cost was picked up through grants.<\/p>\n

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Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) \u2013 Jamestown College students will be welcomed to the community at the fifth annual Community Block Party from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, along First Avenue in Jamestown.<\/p>\n

Everyone is invited to take part in the fun.
\nThe event Co-Chair, Lisa Hicks, says, “This event introduces the community to the wonderful students who attend Jamestown College year after year.<\/p>\n

It also helps promote relationships between the community and businesses.”<\/p>\n

Local businesses, churches and organizations will host booths along the street.<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s Block Party grew to over 80 booths with over 3,000 people attending. Entertainment includes inflatable games, worm mobile, food, prize drawings, dunk tank, contests, free giveaways and more.
\nDirector of New Student Orientation, Lori Listopad says, “This event sets us apart from other colleges in the area. Other communities aren\u2019t doing this.”
\nAll first-year students will attend as part of orientation activities.<\/p>\n

Upper-class students, faculty and staff will also represent Jamestown College.<\/p>\n

The event takes place during the first week of classes.<\/p>\n

Ms. Listopad adds, “We surveyed first-year students and found that a lot of them listed the Block Party as their favorite event of New Student Orientation.<\/p>\n

We see our upper-class students come back each and every year because they love it.”
\nThe Community Block Party website on the JC webpage (<\/p>\n

www.jc.edu<\/strong><\/a>) provides more information about sponsorship and signing up to be a part of the festivities.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Anyone interested in being involved can also contact Gary VanZinderan at<\/p>\n

gvanzin@jc.edu<\/strong><\/a> or (701) 252-3467 ext. 5563, or Lisa Hicks at the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce at 252-4830, or E-Mail <\/strong>lisa@jamestownchamber.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown Public Works Department announces that due to the Labor Day Holiday, there will be NO garbage pick-up on Monday, September 3, 2012.<\/p>\n

Monday’s garbage route will be picked up on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Tuesday’s route will be picked up on Wednesday; Wednesday & Thursday’s routes will be picked up on Thursday with normal garbage pick-up on Friday, September 7, 2012.<\/p>\n

The baling facility will be OPEN on Saturday, September 1, 2012 from 8:00 am \u2013 11:30 a.m. and CLOSED on Monday, September 3, 2012.<\/p>\n

Garbage routes will begin at 7:00 a.m. each morning.<\/p>\n

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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP Aug 29, 2012) \u2013 Health officials said yesterday, 19 cases of West Nile have been reported in North Dakota.<\/p>\n

The virus is carried by mosquitoes.<\/p>\n

Officials say four of the cases have been reported in Burleigh County.<\/p>\n

Barnes County reports four human cases and Stutsman County two human cases.<\/p>\n

Last year, the state had four human cases of West Nile.<\/p>\n

The virus was first confirmed in North Dakota in 2002.<\/p>\n

The highest human case total in the state was 617 in 2003.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A former North Dakota district judge has been disbarred after he was convicted for molesting a young girl.
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 North Dakota’s Supreme Court ordered Randall Hoffman disbarred on Wednesday.
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hoffman has been suspended from practicing law for almost nine years. He was working as the police chief in Elgin, in southwestern North Dakota, when he was accused of assaulting a teenage girl repeatedly over five years.
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hoffman pleaded guilty. Last October he was sentenced to serve 20 years in prison.
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chief Justice Gerald VandeWalle says Hoffman didn’t challenge a disciplinary panel’s recommendation that he be disbarred.
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hoffman served as a district judge in Jamestown for almost five years. He resigned in April 1999 after a disciplinary complaint accused him of showing disrespect for North Dakota’s courts.
\n\u00a0<\/p>\n

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GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Authorities have arrested a Larimore
\nman they say assaulted a Grand Forks County sheriff’s deputy who
\nwas responding to a domestic disturbance.<\/p>\n

The sheriff’s department says the 22-year-old suspect punched the deputy and choked him Tuesday night before the deputy was able to subdue the man.<\/p>\n

He was arrested on an assault charge.<\/p>\n

\u00a0FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A judge says a North Dakota man accused of murdering his wife cannot begin treatment at the state hospital before it is determined whether he’s mentally competent to proceed with the case.
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fifty-year-old Henry Deniger Sr. is accused of stabbing 52-year-old Kathye Deniger to death in March. She was found dead in the couple’s Fargo apartment and he was arrested the following day in St. Cloud, Minnesota.
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Deniger’s attorneys are asking to suspend the case and commit him to the state hospital in Jamestown, perhaps for life if doctors determine he cannot help with his own defense.
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Judge Steven McCullough said Wednesday that the defense request to start treatment immediately is “laudable,” but should not be discussed until an evaluation by a state hospital expert is complete.<\/p>\n

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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota will test its Amber Alert system that is used to help searches for missing children.<\/p>\n

The state Department of Emergency Services says the test will take place at 2 p.m. Thursday August 30, 2012.<\/p>\n

It will be sent to media outlets.<\/p>\n

The tests are done every year.<\/p>\n

North Dakota’s system has been activated four times since it was set up in August 2002 to help locate missing children who might be in danger.<\/p>\n

Three times, the child was found safely. One child who was the subject of an Amber Alert hasn’t been found.<\/p>\n

Three-year-old Reachelle (ruh-SHELL’) Smith of Minot has been missing since May 2006.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota regulators have approved a new $200 million wind energy project in western North Dakota.
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The project is being developed by Allete (ah-LEET’) Clean Energy. It will have as many as 50 wind turbines. They’ll be spread over about 19 square miles north of Glen Ullin in Morton and Mercer counties.
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 North Dakota’s Public Service Commission gave the project a construction permit on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Commissioner Kevin Cramer says the company will have to file detailed plans about the location of the wind turbines before any building can take place.<\/p>\n

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\u3000BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The chairman of North Dakota’s Public Service Commission says as the state’s natural gas production increases, it will be used for things other than heating homes.
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Brian Kalk says utilities are giving natural gas a bigger role in generating electric power. Other companies want to turn the fuel into farm fertilizer.
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The commission has approved a site plan for a new natural gas processing plant in northwestern North Dakota. It will be able to handle about one-seventh of North Dakota’s current gas production.
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kalk says as North Dakota’s oil production rises, so does its output of natural gas. And he says more companies want to use natural gas for a variety of purposes. He says that will help prevent the fuel from being wasted.
\n\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0TIOGA, N.D. (AP) – Lawmakers in the Dakotas are touring the western North Dakota oil patch to get a firsthand look at the boom happening there.
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 About 20 North Dakota lawmakers and seven from South Dakota on Wednesday were touring drilling rig and oil well sites.<\/p>\n

They planned an overnight stay at a crew camp at Tioga.
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The event is sponsored by the North Dakota Petroleum Council, a trade group.<\/p>\n

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In sports…<\/p>\n

\u00a0FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The defending champions of the Football Championship Subdivision are expected to raise their title banner before Saturday’s season opener against Robert Morris.
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 North Dakota State defeated Sam Houston State in January to win the school’s first Division I title.<\/p>\n

It came in NDSU’s fourth year of eligibility after making the transition from Division II.
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Bison are poised to make another run at the playoffs. They return six starters on offense, seven on defense and their game-breaking kick returner.
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NDSU has sold out every home game this season.
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bison players say they may take time during the title ceremony to reflect on last season, but then it’s back to business.
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Says linebacker Grant Olson, “I know the fans will be really excited, but we’re just ready to play football again.”<\/p>\n

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GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Altru Health System in Grand Forks has
\npledged $10 million to the University of North Dakota to support a
\nsports medicine partnership.<\/p>\n

UND President Robert Kelley says $9 million will go toward a new indoor practice facility on campus that will also have academic space.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – When Minnesota visits UNLV tonight, the
\nseason opener will hold more significance for Gophers safety Brock
\nVereen and his family.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Vereen’s father, Henry, was a standout player for the Running Rebels in the late 1970s, while his mother, Venita, was a tennis player at UNLV. But for tonight’s game, Brock says his family “is not rooting for UNLV, that’s for sure.”<\/p>\n

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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION…<\/p>\n

Wednesday’s Games
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fargo-Moorhead 11, Laredo 1<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

MLB…<\/p>\n

AMERICAN LEAGUES…<\/p>\n

\u00a0MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Trevor Plouffe homered and drove in four runs
\nlast night as the Minnesota Twins blanked the Seattle Mariners
\n10-0.<\/p>\n

Samuel Deduno struck out a career-high nine batters to help
\nthe Twins win for just the fourth time in their last 20 games.<\/p>\n

Mariners starter Jason Vargas gave up six runs over four-plus
\ninnings.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Final\u00a0 Toronto\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8\u00a0 N-Y Yankees\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5
\n\u00a0 Final\u00a0 Chi White Sox\u00a0\u00a0 8\u00a0 Baltimore\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1
\n\u00a0 Final\u00a0 Oakland\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8\u00a0 Cleveland\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4
\n\u00a0 Final\u00a0 Tampa Bay\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8\u00a0 Texas\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4
\n\u00a0 Final\u00a0 Kansas City\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\u00a0 Detroit\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0
\n\u00a0\u00a0 Final\u00a0 L.A. Angels\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10\u00a0 Boston\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NATIONAL LEAGUE
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0 Final\u00a0 L.A. Dodgers\u00a0\u00a0 10\u00a0 Colorado\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8
\n\u00a0 Final\u00a0 Cincinnati\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6\u00a0 Arizona\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2
\n\u00a0 Final\u00a0 San Diego\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8\u00a0 Atlanta\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2
\n\u00a0 Final\u00a0 N-Y Mets\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3\u00a0 Philadelphia\u00a0\u00a0 2
\n\u00a0 Final\u00a0 Pittsburgh\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5\u00a0 St. Louis\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0
\n\u00a0 Final\u00a0 Washington\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8\u00a0 Miami\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4
\n\u00a0 Final\u00a0 Milwaukee\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3\u00a0 Chi Cubs\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1
\n\u00a0 Final\u00a0 San Francisco\u00a0\u00a0 6\u00a0 Houston\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4
\n\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Commissioner Bud Selig says the 2014 All-Star
\ngame is coming to Minnesota.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Selig announced yesterday that the Twins and Target Field will host the game. Selig says bringing the game to Minnesota “is the right thing to do.”
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Twins left-hander Scott Diamond has dropped
\nhis appeal of a six-game suspension.<\/p>\n

Minnesota announced Diamond’s decision yesterday.<\/p>\n

He was suspended for throwing behind Texas Rangers star Josh Hamilton last week.<\/p>\n

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TENNIS…<\/p>\n

\u00a0NEW YORK (AP) – Olympic gold medalist Andy Murray reached the third round at the U.S. Open for the seventh year in a row, beating 118th-ranked Ivan Dodig of Croatia 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 last night.<\/p>\n

Murray was the runner-up at Wimbledon this year before winning the gold at the London Olympics.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NEW YORK (AP) – John Isner (IHZ’-nur), the top-ranked American male at the U.S. Open, continued his fine play by outlasting Xavier Malisse (ksah-vee-AY’ mah-LEES’) 6-3, 7-6, 5-7, 7-6 in just under three hours to win his first round match at the U.S. Open.<\/p>\n

Isner is 19-3 with two titles since his first-round loss at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n

Defending champion Samantha Stosur moved to the third round with
\na 6-3, 6-love victory over Edina Gallovits-Hall of Romania.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Third-seeded Maria Sharapova needed 54 minutes to advance to the
\nthird round. The four-time Grand Slam champion beat Lourdes
\nDominguez Lino 6-love, 6-1.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Women’s fifth-seed Petra Kvitova (kuh-VIHT’-oh-vuh) was a winner
\nas well on Day 3 at the Open as she blitzed Alize Cornet (uh-LEEZ’
\nkohr-NAY’) of France, 6-4, 6-3.<\/p>\n

Three-time U.S. Open champ Kim Clijsters’ (KLY’-sturz) singles
\ncareer ended where she wanted it to, just not the way she hoped.
\nThe four-time Grand Slam champion lost 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) to
\n18-year-old Laura Robson of Britain in the second round.
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0 Final\u00a0 N-Y Giants\u00a0\u00a0 6\u00a0 New England\u00a0\u00a0 3
\n\u00a0 Final\u00a0 Washington\u00a0 30\u00a0 Tampa Bay\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3
\n\u00a0 Final\u00a0 Dallas\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 30\u00a0 Miami\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 13<\/p>\n

\u00a0NEW YORK (AP) –\u00a0 The NFL will open the regular season with replacement officials.<\/p>\n

Replacement refs will be on the field beginning next Wednesday night when the Cowboys visit the Giants to open the season.<\/p>\n

League executive Ray Anderson informed the 32 teams that negotiations are at a standstill between the NFL and the officials’ union.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The NFL Referees Association was locked out in early June and
\ntalks on a new collective bargaining agreement haven’t produced
\nanything substantial.<\/p>\n

Replacements have been used throughout the preseason, with mixed results.<\/p>\n

NHL…<\/p>\n

\u00a0NEW YORK (AP)- With a Sept. 15 deadline before the NHL threatens to lock out its players, union executive director Donald Fehr (feer) says a counterproposal to the league’s latest offer could today.<\/p>\n

\u00a0On Tuesday, the NHLPA was handed a six-year offer from Bettman, which contains the league’s proposal that the players’ share of overall revenue be reduced from 57 to 46 percent.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

COLLEGE FOOTBALL…<\/p>\n

\u00a0NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Superdome chief Doug Thornton says Isaac has
\ncaused only minimal damage to property surrounding the stadium and
\nthat the dome will be ready to host Tulane’s scheduled opener
\nagainst Rutgers on Saturday if the schools still want to play the
\ngame.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tulane expects to make a final call by Thursday morning.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

In world and national news….<\/p>\n

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Isaac steered clear of a direct hit on New
\nOrleans and the city’s revamped levee system held up well despite
\nnearly a foot of rain.<\/p>\n

Areas to the north and south weren’t so lucky as National Guard troops and law enforcement personal helped evacuate people from flooded areas. Louisiana and Mississippi have been declared federal disaster areas.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – The main event is happening later today at
\nthe Republican National Convention as Mitt Romney accepts the
\nparty’s presidential nomination.<\/p>\n

His speech will be closely watched in a race that is neck and neck. Vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan warmed up the crowd with his speech yesterday taking aim at President Barack Obama.<\/p>\n

\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BEIJING (AP) – It’s a tense time between the U.S. and China as
\nDefense Secretary Leon Panetta prepares for a visit to Beijing in a
\ncouple of weeks — his first as Pentagon chief.<\/p>\n

The two nations are increasingly at odds over how Beijing should resolve its
\nterritorial disputes.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MOSCOW (AP) – The halls of Moscow’s iconic and historic Hotel
\nMetropol have been graced by the likes of the revolutionary
\nVladimir Lenin and pop royalty Michael Jackson.<\/p>\n

The landmark is on the auction block as Moscow officials seek to privatize the luxury digs in a city with a perpetual shortage of hotel rooms and a
\nbusiness culture that adores ostentation.<\/p>\n

The bids start at $272 million but experts say it’s anybody’s guess where they stop.
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