{"id":43215,"date":"2014-04-11T07:08:27","date_gmt":"2014-04-11T12:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=43215"},"modified":"2014-04-11T14:29:05","modified_gmt":"2014-04-11T19:29:05","slug":"wayne-byers-show-morning-apr-11-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=43215","title":{"rendered":"Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Apr 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"wbAM2\"<\/a>CSi Weather…<\/p>\n

REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHWEST
\nWINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
\n.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
\nSHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH
\nSHIFTING TO THE EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
\n.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
\nMORNING. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH
\nINCREASING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
\n.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. NORTH WINDS
\n15 TO 20 MPH.
\n.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. COLDER. HIGHS AROUND 40. NORTH WINDS
\n15 TO 20 MPH.
\n.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER
\n20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S.
\n.TUESDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE MID 20S.
\n.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT
\nCHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. LOWS IN THE
\nUPPER 20S.
\n.THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE
\nMORNING…THEN CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE
\nLOWER 40S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0The state Transportation Department said Highway 81 was reopened Friday morning after floodwaters receded.<\/p>\n

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Jamestown (CSi) The Spiritwood Energy Park Association (SEPA) Board of Directors has awarded the construction bid for the rail loop around the Spiritwood Energy Park Association property to Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western Railroad.<\/p>\n

SEPA is a joint project of the Jamestown\/Stutsman Development Corp. and Great River Energy.<\/p>\n

The apparent low bidder came in with a base bid of $6.4 million.<\/p>\n

The bid from Gratech was $8.2 million and RailWorks Track Systems at $6.9 million.<\/p>\n

Work isanticipated to begin soon on the project that has a contract completion date of December 1, 2014.<\/p>\n

Thee rail loop provides rail will provide connectivity to the Dakota Spirit AgEnergy ethanol plant, now under construction and is expected to begin testing late in 2014.<\/p>\n

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Jamestown (CSi) The University of Jamestown\u2019s Character in Leadership program has organized a service project to benefit the Youth For Christ, Teen City, after school program.<\/p>\n

On Thursday\u2019s Wayne Byers Show on CSi 2, Sydney Johnson, Rachel Paris, and Emma Bellmore discussed the event.<\/p>\n

Ms. Johnson said the event takes place on Monday April 14, 2014, from 4:45-p.m., to 7-p.m., at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Jamestown.<\/p>\n

On the menu will be pancakes, sausage and eggs, with all proceeds raised from the free will offering going to the Teen City program.<\/p>\n

She added that Youth For Christ is looking to expand the program, and the proceeds will go toward hiring additional staff.<\/p>\n

Ms. Parish added that Character in Leadership is a minor course of study and the University of Jamestown, and this year projects involves supporting local organizations.<\/p>\n

Next year international projects will be supported.<\/p>\n

Ms. Bellmore added that University of Jamestown students in the Character in Leadership program begin their studies in their Freshman years, and continue through their four years at the University.<\/p>\n

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Bismarck (CSi) The N.D. Department of Human Services\u2019 Children and Family Services Division and Prevent Child Abuse North Dakota have awarded grant funding to 21 North Dakota coalitions for projects to help educate parents, grandparents, community members, teachers, and others about the importance of creating a healthy, safe, and nurturing environment that can prevent child abuse and neglect.<\/p>\n

Coalitions receiving funding include the Region 6 Parent Resource Center, in<\/p>\n

Valley City.<\/p>\n

North Dakota Department of Human Services, Director of Children and Family Services Division, Shari Doe says, “April is the time to recognize the important role that communities, both large and small, play in protecting the health, safety, and well-being of children.”<\/p>\n

Each participating community coalition uses the funding to coordinate special educational events and projects this month including parenting classes and fairs, conferences, walks, in-school activities, and other family-oriented activities.<\/p>\n

Some community activities include:<\/p>\n

A full calendar of events is online at<\/p>\n

www.pcand.org<\/b><\/a>.<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

If individuals suspect a child is being abused or neglected, they should call their county social services office. County information is online at<\/p>\n

www.nd.gov\/dhs\/locations\/countysocialserv\/<\/b><\/a>.<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

The 53 county social services offices serve as the department\u2019s authorized agents for child protection services. If a child is in immediate danger, individuals should contact law enforcement.<\/p>\n

The Child Abuse Prevention Month proclamation is online at<\/p>\n

http:\/\/governor.nd.gov\/media-center\/proclamation\/child-abuse-prevention-month-1<\/b><\/a>.<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

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Valley City (CSi) Valley City State University is the first of four North Dakota University System institutions approved to participate in the Midwestern State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement.<\/p>\n

SARA is a nationwide initiative to make distance education courses more accessible to students across state lines and to make it easier for states to regulate and institutions to participate in interstate distance education.<\/p>\n

VCSU President, Dr. Steven Shirley says, “Valley City State University is excited to be approved as part of the Midwestern State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement. VCSU has been a leader in delivering online educational opportunities to students regardless of their geographic location, and this new approval will allow us to continue making these opportunities available to current and future students.”<\/p>\n

Now that Valley City State University has been approved as an M-SARA participant, it is able to operate in other participating SARA states without seeking independent authorization.<\/p>\n

VCSU director of distance learning, Kerry Gregoryk, says “SARA participation eliminates some bureaucratic hurdles, but what\u2019s more important is that now we can more fully serve students from participating states. We hope other states join quickly so more students can obtain the high-quality online education that VCSU provides.”<\/p>\n

Valley City (CSi) The Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce is accepting<\/p>\n

nominations for the various awards to be given out at the Annual Chamber & Development Banquet.<\/p>\n

There are four award nominations, with forms available at the Chamber office.<\/p>\n

The awards include: Hi-Line Award, Community Spirit Award, Community Image Award, and Business of the Year Award.<\/p>\n

If you have any questions please feel free to call the Chamber at 845-1891.<\/p>\n

On line visit<\/p>\n

www.valleycitychamber.com<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

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Bismarck (CSi) On a 2-1 vote the North Dakota Public Service Commission has approved the design of a natural gas rate increase for Montana-Dakota Utilities.<\/p>\n

PSC Chairman Brian Kalk agreed with the AARP in opposing how the increase was structured.<\/p>\n

In December of 2013 the PSC had approved a rate increase that allowed MDU to increase revenues by 4 percent, or $4.25 million, and how that would be collected from customers was decided on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Under the approved rate design, MDU residential customers will pay $17.51 per month in customer charges. That\u2019s an average increase of $2.17 per month.<\/p>\n

Officials say most customers won\u2019t see their bills increase because they\u2019ve been paying an interim rate hike since November 17, 2013.<\/p>\n

However, customers may notice the difference in the breakdown of charges on their bills.<\/p>\n

MDU wanted to double the fixed charge to residential customers from about $9 to $18 and eliminate a separate distribution delivery charge. The AARP testified against such a large flat-rate increase, urging the PSC instead to land roughly in the middle at a fixed charge of $13.60.<\/p>\n

Commission Chairman Kalk said he agreed with that approach.<\/p>\n

Commissioner Julie Fedorchak said MDU customers who have natural gas service for a single use, such as a grill or to heat a shop, are most likely to notice the higher fixed charge.<\/p>\n

MDU serves 99,000 natural gas customers in 76 communities in North Dakota, including Jamestown, Valley City, Bismarck, Devils Lake, Dickinson, Minot, and Williston. About 87 percent of those are residential customers.<\/p>\n

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GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Grand Forks police say they do not believe that an incident in which a man took a van with a 5-year-old girl inside was a random act.
\n\u00a0
\nAuthorities describe the man as a “prior domestic partner of the victim.” The man is considered a person of interest in the case. He hasn’t been identified.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Police were notified mid-day Wednesday that the van had been taken from a grocery store parking lot. Authorities found the vehicle a short time later, and the girl was found nearby physically unharmed.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The incident prompted a 40-minute lockdown at three nearby schools.<\/p>\n

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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Police say a woman tried to assault a member of U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp’s staff at her Bismarck office Thursday afternoon.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Heitkamp was not in the office during the incident.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Authorities say a member of Heitkamp’s staff met with the 62-year-old woman around 1:20 p.m. in the office at the William L. Guy Federal Building. Staff members told police they are familiar with the woman.
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sgt. Mark Buschena of the Bismarck Police says sometime during the discussion the woman “grabbed the staff member by the shoulders and tried to swing at her.”
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Authorities came to the office and restrained the woman. Orr says nobody was hurt.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Orr says the woman was released and it hasn’t been determined whether she will be charged with a crime.<\/p>\n

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DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – Students at a Dickinson Catholic high school that was shut down after the principal allegedly set it on fire will return to the school for the next academic year.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Students at Trinity High School are expected to be back in their classrooms in late August. They’ve been attending classes at temporary locations across the city.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Monsignor Patrick Schumacher said Thursday that about 60 percent of the school will be usable when they return.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Schumacher said the administrative portion of the building will likely be razed. Police say that’s where the fire was allegedly started by Thomas Sander, the former principal of the high school.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sander faces charges of arson and endangerment by fire or explosion. Both are felonies that carry a maximum punishment of 10 years in prison.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Titan Machinery says it is closing eight construction stores across the country.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The company based in West Fargo, N.D., on Thursday cited a slow recovery in construction sector among the reasons for the move, which will leave 128 people unemployed.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The stores being closed are located in Clear Lake and Oskaloosa, Iowa; Cheyenne, Wyo.; Flagstaff, Ariz.; Rosemount, Minn.; and Helena, Bozeman, and Big Sky, Mont. All locations will cease operations by the end of April.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The company sells and rents agriculture and construction equipment. CEO David Meyer says the decision will help the company improve its pre-tax profits.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The company says affected employees will receive benefits and severance package and the option to apply for jobs at nearby stores.\u00a0 Titan Machinery will continue to operate 96 stores in the U.S.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The state Historical Society is still negotiating the purchase price of the boyhood home of famous band leader Lawrence Welk.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The group voted 6-5 in January to buy the Strasburg homestead from Welk’s nieces. But a final sale price was not negotiated.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The purchase agreement also was contingent on negotiated repairs being made to the property, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Legislature last year included $100,000 in the Historical Society’s budget for the purchase but lawmakers stipulated that repairs must first be made.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Historical Society Director Merl Paaverud (PAH’-vuhr-ood) says he expects details of the purchase to be worked out sometime this spring.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tours of the homestead led by volunteers are slated to begin on Memorial Day.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Williston’s City Commission has passed a 1 percent tax on lodging and restaurants that could be used to pay for a convention center or downtown parking garage. City commissioners say the tax should generate $1.2 million a year. Williston in March opened a $76 million state-of-the-art recreation center that was funded by a 1 percent sales tax hike.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0SEATTLE (AP) – U.S. Development Group is seeking permits to build an oil terminal on the Pacific Northwest coast that could handle about 45,000 barrels of crude oil a day. The project at the Port of Grays Harbor is one of several in Washington State that together would bring millions of barrels of oil by train from the Bakken region of North Dakota and Montana.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – An annual survey has concluded that North Dakota’s bighorn sheep population is stable.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Game and Fish Department says the March survey revealed a minimum of 293 bighorns in western North Dakota, virtually unchanged from the previous count of 297 last summer.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Biologists counted 85 rams, 159 ewes and 49 lambs. Not included in the count are 24 sheep introduced from Alberta, Canada, in February, and about 30 bighorns in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Big game biologist Brett Wiedmann says the count in the northern badlands was the highest on record, but the southern badlands population declined 15 percent.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Game and Fish has allocated five bighorn sheep hunting licenses for 2014, one more than last year.<\/p>\n

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In sports…<\/p>\n

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Justin Holl scored a short-handed goal with 0.6 seconds left to give Minnesota a 2-1 victory over North Dakota on Thursday night in the NCAA hockey semifinals.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Minnesota (28-6-6) will face Union College in the title game Saturday night. Union beat Boston College 5-4 in the first semifinal at Wells Fargo Center.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Holl scored his first goal of the season, beating Zane Gothberg to the glove side with a shot just inside the post.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sam Warning opened the scoring for Minnesota with 9:09 left, and Connor Gaarder tied it for North Dakota 32 seconds later. Adam Wilcox made 36 saves for Minnesota, and Gothberg stopped 26 shots.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Minnesota advanced to its 11th championship game and first since 2003, the year it won the last of its five titles.\u00a0 The game will be at 6:30pm Saturday April 12, 2014 on ESPN,\u00a0 CSi 14<\/p>\n

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\u00a0MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Police in riot gear quelled a raucous celebration by University of Minnesota hockey fans following the Gophers last-second Froze Four semifinal win.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hundreds of students and other hockey fans took to the streets in Dinkytown near campus to celebrate the victory over North Dakota Thursday night.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Authorities say some fans threw beer bottles and cans at officers, others climbed light poles and one video showed several young men jumping on top of a squad car. Minneapolis police spokesman John Elder says there were less than a dozen arrests and no one was seriously injured.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A \u00a0State Patrol helicopter illuminated the rowdy crowd.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 University President Eric Kaler sent an email to students before the NCAA game warning against any rioting.<\/p>\n

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – An arbitrator says Minnesota State University, Mankato, had no grounds to fire football coach Todd Hoffner and he should be reinstated.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hoffner’s attorney confirmed the ruling Thursday and says Hoffner is weighing his options.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hoffner was charged in 2012 with two child pornography counts after video of his naked children was found on his work phone. The charges were dismissed after a judge determined the images were innocent.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hoffner was fired last May for undisclosed reasons. But an arbitrator’s report obtained by the Mankato Free Press says he was fired for viewing pornography on his work computer. The arbitrator ruled there was no proof, noting Hoffner denied it and others had access to the computer.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The university says employers are bound by arbitration awards.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hoffner coaches at Minot State.<\/p>\n

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AMERICAN\u00a0 LEAGUE<\/p>\n

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Sam Fuld hit a rare home run to help the Oakland Athletics complete a three-game sweep of the Minnesota Twins with a 6-1 victory yesterday. Dan Straily pitched three-hit ball for seven innings. He gave up one run and struck out five. The Athletics have gone nine straight games to start the season without their starter allowing more than three runs.
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\u00a0UNDATED (AP) – The San Antonio Spurs are on the verge of wrapping up the NBA’s best record and home-court advantage throughout the playoffs.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Patty Mills filled in for Tony Parker and scored a team-high 26 points as the Spurs downed the Mavericks 109-100 in Dallas.\u00a0\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The loss leaves the Mavericks just one game ahead of Memphis for the final Western Conference playoff berth. The Grizzlies have two games in hand.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Denver won the only other NBA game as Kenneth Faried hit a hook shot with a half-second left to push the Nuggets past the Warriors 100-99.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – John Curry made 43 saves in his Wild debut to lead Minnesota over the struggling St. Louis Blues 4-2 last night. Nino Niederreiter added a goal and an assist to help the Wild snap a nine-game losing streak against the Blues and win for the sixth time in seven games. Kyle Brodziak scored two goals.
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\u00a0CHICAGO (AP) – The Chicago White Sox outfielder Avisail Garcia will miss the rest of the season because of a tear in his left shoulder. An MRI taken Thursday revealed the torn labrum. Garcia is scheduled to have surgery next week.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He was hurt while trying to make a diving catch in Wednesday’s loss at Colorado<\/p>\n

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GOLF-MASTERS
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Haas takes lead at Augusta
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) – Jay Haas played the Masters 22 times from 1976-2005 without winning. His son finds himself atop the leaderboard through 18 holes at August.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bill Haas broke 70 at the Masters on Thursday for the first time in five appearances at Augusta National. He fired a 4-under-par 68 to take the lead in a major for the first time.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Haas opened the tournament with a bogey but bounced back to knock in six birdies on a warm, sunny day when only three other players got into the 60s.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Defending champion Adam Scott and 2012 winner Bubba Watson are both at 69, one shot back and tied with Louis Oosthuizen (WUHST’-hy-zehn).
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Marc Leishman joins first-time Masters invitees Kevin Stadler, Jonas Blixt, Gary Woodland, Jimmy Walker, K.J. Choi and Brandt Snedeker (SNEH’-deh-kur) at minus-2.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And with a record 24 Masters rookies competing, 54-year-old Fred Couples is in the mix following a 71. He led after the second round two years ago, after the first round in 2010 and won in 1992.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Phil Mickelson had a triple-bogey on 7 and a double-bogey on 15 en route to a 4-over 76, one off the worst scores of his Masters career. Lefty is trying to join Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods as the only players to win at least four Masters.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Giants QB to have ankle surgery
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) – New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning has undergone arthroscopic surgery to relieve some lingering discomfort in the ankle he sprained in the regular season finale against Washington.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The two-time Super Bowl MVP has been rehabbing the ankle for more than three months, but it is still bothering him.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Manning expects to be able to run in six weeks.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0ORLAND, Calif. (AP) – A bus carrying high school students to a university visit and a FedEx truck became a raging inferno when they collided on Interstate 5 in California, about 100 miles north of Sacramento. Authorities say at least 10 people were killed in the collision, which happened when the truck crossed the median and slammed into the bus. Many of the more than 40 students on board escaped through a window that someone had kicked open. Both drivers died.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PERTH, Australia (AP) – Search crews are racing against time looking for the missing Malaysian airliner because the batteries powering the black box’s locator beacons last only about a month and it’s been longer than that since the plane disappeared. Officials say they’re confident they’ve been hearing sounds from the beacons, but the sounds have begun to fade.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GENEVA (AP) – The Swiss government says the Palestinians can join the Geneva Conventions, the international rules of war that also cover occupations. The Palestinians signed letters of accession to several international conventions after Israel failed to carry out a planned prisoner release. Israel argues the West Bank and Gaza are not universally accepted as a state.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BRUSSELS (AP) – Some European Union governments want to add teeth to the sanctions already in place against Russia for actions in Ukraine. A senior EU official says ministers at Monday’s meeting in Luxembourg could agree on ordering the preparation of a new list of targets. The West is searching for ways to deter Russia from further destabilizing the situation in eastern Ukraine.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AMSTERDAM (AP) – The Netherlands has an unusual prison problem — a relative scarcity of inmates. Data released by the Justice Ministry shows that, for the first time, there are now more guards and other prison staff than prisoners. The ministry is studying the reason for the decline as well as closing prisons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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