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CSi Weather…<\/p>\nCSi Weather…<\/p>\n
REST OF \u00a0TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 40. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
\n.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN IN
\nTHE EVENING…WINDY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. NORTHWEST
\nWINDS 20 TO 30 MPH.
\n.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. NORTHWEST WINDS
\n10 TO 15 MPH.
\n.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. SOUTHWEST
\nWINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
\n.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS
\n10 TO 20 MPH.
\n.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S.
\nHIGHS IN THE 40S TO UPPER 50S.
\n.MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
\nEVENING…THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW
\nAFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
\n20 PERCENT.
\n.TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED
\nWITH SNOW IN THE MORNING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
\nTHUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. CHANCE OF
\nPRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
\n.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
\nTHUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING…THEN CHANCE OF RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED
\nWITH SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. CHANCE OF
\nPRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
\n.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED
\nWITH SNOW IN THE MORNING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
\nAFTERNOON. BREEZY. HIGHS AROUND 50. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
\n20 PERCENT.
\n.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE MID 20S.
\n.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S.<\/p>\n
THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
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Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Regional Airport Authority Chairman, Jim Boyd is asking supporters of Jamestown airline service, specifically, UnitedExpress\/Sky West to send letters to the Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n
DOT is requesting feedback from the Jamestown community, by Wednesday April 6, 2016, as the Essential Air Service two year contract with the airline expires on June 30, 2016.<\/p>\n
In his letter requesting support, Boyd pointed out that since the EAS contract is for only 2 years, commercial air service ends June 30, 2016 so the new contract will begin July 1, 2016.<\/p>\n
The DOT is running the contract competition and two bidders (SkyWest and Great Lakes) have submitted bids. The bids are similar in cost but their past performance is drastically different!<\/p>\n
Boyd\u2019s letter stated, “Two years ago, thanks to this community and our political supporters in ND and Washington DC, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) selected SkyWest Airlines, operating as United Express, to provide jet service to\/from Denver which began in June 2014. SkyWest\u2019s performance has been fantastic and we have increased our market share by 223% since Great Lakes Aviation served our community in 2013.”<\/p>\n
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The Jamestown Regional Airport is strongly recommending the selection of SkyWest because of their excellent past performance.<\/p>\n
Feedback and letter of support may be addressed to and E-mailed to: scott.faulk@dot.gov<\/a><\/p>\n Scott Faulk<\/p>\n U.S. Department of Transportation<\/p>\n EAS & Domestic Analysis Division<\/p>\n 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE<\/p>\n Washington, DC 20590<\/p>\n Boyd requests that Airport Manager, Sam Seafeldt, and he be sent copies of letters to the DOT.<\/p>\n Those representing a company or organization, should mention that in the response to the DOT.<\/p>\n Those having or will respond to the DOT include Jamestown Travel, Jamestown Stutsman Development Corporation, Jamestown Tourism, Jamestown Regional Airport Authority, ND Aeronautics Commission.<\/p>\n The Stutsman County Commissioners and the Jamestown City Council plans to authorize and send their letters of support early next week.<\/p>\n The Airport Authority also requested the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce weigh in on this important issue.<\/p>\n Boyd pointed out that if SkyWest, continues as the Jamestown EAS air carrier, that there is a good chance an interim target of 10,000 passengers can be reached this year, toward the ultimate goal of 15,000 passengers per year in the near future.<\/p>\n He added that achievement of the ultimate goal will likely get Jamestown off of the EAS program dependency.<\/p>\n \u3000<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jamestown, (CSi-JRMC) Jamestown Regional Medical Center (JRMC) was recognized as “Infant Friendly,” according to Mikaela Schlosser, Maternal and Child Health Nutritionist for the North Dakota Department of Health.<\/p>\n JRMC was designated as infant friendly after adopting a worksite policy that now includes:<\/p>\n According to research, breastfeeding also benefits the employer. Such benefits include lower health-care costs because breastfed babies are healthier, lower absenteeism, and lower turnover rates since women are more likely to return to their previous jobs if the company provides support for breastfeeding mothers. These benefits can provide considerable cost savings to employers.<\/p>\n JRMC CEO, K.C. DeBoer says, “Suggestions for improving our facilities for lactation came to us through an employee. We then started looking for new, more easily accessible space that we could make available for staff. I am very pleased we have been able to make enhancements to the spaces we have available.”<\/p>\n For more information about the infant friendly designation, contact Mikaela Schlosser, North Dakota Department of Health, at 701-328-4529.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Valley City (CSi) \u2013 Law enforcement agencies in North Dakota will use traditional and innovative methods to detect and cite texting drivers during April. Enforcement teams will participate in the national high visibility enforcement campaign, U Drive. U Text. U Pay.<\/em> The national enforcement effort is scheduled during the observance of Distracted Driving Awareness Month in April.<\/p>\n Multiple vehicles and trained observers who may or may not be uniformed officers will coordinate with their agency officers to observe texting while driving violations.<\/p>\n Composing, reading or sending any electronic message or using a communications device to access the Internet while driving is illegal in North Dakota for drivers of all ages. Violating the state\u2019s texting law, which became effective on August 1, 2011, can be costly. The fine is $100. The law applies to any driver of a vehicle in a traffic lane, even while stopped at a red light or in a construction zone.<\/p>\n “Our enforcement teams will protect travelers in our area by deploying in various parts of the community to identify and cite drivers who appear to be texting while driving,” stated Sgt. Dana Rustebakke of the Valley City Police Department.<\/p>\n Nationally, distracted driving statistics portray a grim picture: In 2014, an estimated 3,179 people were killed (10 percent of all crash fatalities) and an additional 431,000 were injured (18 percent of all crash injuries) in motor vehicle crashes involv\u00ading distracted drivers.<\/p>\n “Distracted driving crashes can be prevented, and that\u2019s why the texting while driving law is enforced,” said Sgt. Rustebakke. “The public can help by putting their phones away while driving and asking their family, friends and coworkers to do the same.”<\/p>\n Participating law enforcement agencies include police departments in Bismarck, Devils Lake, Dickinson, Fargo, Grand Forks, Jamestown,<\/strong> Minot, Valley City<\/strong> and Watford City. The Burleigh County Sheriff\u2019s Department and the University of North Dakota have also scheduled extra enforcement for texting while driving.<\/p>\n The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) administers federal grant funding for texting while driving enforcement as part of an overall effort to prevent deaths and injuries on North Dakota roads.<\/p>\n Learn more about traffic safety initiatives at dot.nd.gov<\/a>, ndcodefortheroad.org<\/a> or join the conversation on the Code for the Road Facebook or Twitter page. Families are invited to create memorials for those who have died in crashes in North Dakota at ndcodefortheroad.org\/memorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A woman who bolted from the Ward County Courthouse a month ago after being sentenced to a month in jail is back in custody and facing the prospect of being sentenced to several years behind bars. <\/p>\n \u00a0GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Grand Forks police are investigating the theft of thousands of dollars’ worth of tools from a Habitat for Humanity work site. <\/p>\n \u00a0FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A federal judge has thrown out a complaint filed by opponents of a planned Red River diversion around Fargo and Moorhead, Minnesota. <\/p>\n \u00a0BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Republican activists expect their state convention to be one of the GOP’s best-attended gatherings. <\/p>\n FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Stocks of all small grains in North Dakota are up from the previous year. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The head of the nation’s first unmanned aircraft business park says he expects interest from possible tenants to ramp up after a formal agreement was signed for use of the Grand Forks Air Force Base runway. <\/p>\n In sports…<\/p>\n \u00a0BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Friday kicks off the new fishing season in North Dakota. <\/p>\n Jamestown (CSi) The Jimmies baseball team moves into number 8 in the lateste NAIA Top 25 Poll.<\/p>\n The Jimmies are currently 30-2 on the year. Conference newcomer, Bellevue is the No. 5 team in the poll.<\/p>\n Jamestown dropped an 11-8 decision to Concordia Minnesota on Monday, there second loss of the season.<\/p>\n Jamestown swept all four NSAA games against U of Winnipeg on Saturday and Sunday giving up no runs over the course of 30 innings. They return to North Star play this weekend in Aberdeen against Presentation College.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n NATIONAL\u00a0 BASKETBALL\u00a0 ASSOCIATION ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Cody Ceci got a goal with 3:57 left to help the Ottawa Senators beat the Wild 3-2 on Thursday night. Ceci’s ninth goal of the season bounced off Erik Haula and goaltender Devan Dubnyk’s skate. Erik Karlsson and Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored. Zach Parise scored his team-high 25th goal for Minnesota. <\/p>\n MEN’S NIT CHAMPIONSHIP…<\/p>\n \u00a0NEW YORK (AP) – George Washington out of the Atlantic-10 softened some of the sting out of being passed over for the NCAA tournament by winning its first NIT, the nation’s oldest postseason tournament. Kevin Larsen scored 18 as GW pulled away in the second half to beat Valparaiso (val-pur-AY’-zoh) 76-60 at Madison Square Garden. GW set a school record with 28 victories this season.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n WNIT…<\/p>\n VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) – The University of South Dakota women’s basketball team will play Florida Gulf Coast University for the championship of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament. <\/p>\n COLLEGE BASKETBALL-AP AWARDS… \u00a0MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minnesota Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway says he’s coming back for one more season in purple. Greenway tweeted Thursday that he will be back next year and plans to end his career as a Viking. Greenway has played all 10 of his NFL seasons with the Vikings since he was a first-round draft pick in 2006.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n UNDATED (AP) – Colin Kaepernick (KAP’-ur-nihk) had his $11.9 million contract with the 49ers for the coming season guaranteed today when he remained on the San Francisco roster. <\/p>\n GOLF…<\/p>\n LPGA…\u00a0 <\/p>\n In world and national news…<\/p>\n \u00a0WASHINGTON (AP) – Hillary Clinton is doing a little work in New York ahead of that state’s key primary on April 19. She’s reminding voters of her time as the Senator from New York as she promotes a $10 billion plan aimed at revitalizing manufacturing. Her rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders has his own strong New York roots, having grown up in Brooklyn. He’s targeting younger liberals. CSi Weather… REST OF \u00a0TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 40. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. .TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN IN THE EVENING…WINDY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH. .SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. 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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thirty-three-year-old Amanda Backman was sentenced on February 29th to 30 days for driving under suspension. She was to begin serving her time immediately but fled through the front door of the courthouse while being escorted to jail by her attorney.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Backman was apprehended during a search of a Minot home on Wednesday. She faces an escape charge that carries a maximum punishment of five years in prison.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Her attorney did not immediately respond to an Associated Press request for comment.<\/p>\n
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\nPower tools, table saws and air compressors were stolen from a shed.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It’s the second such theft since Christmas. Police aren’t sure if two incidents are related.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The home is being built for an immigrant single mother of two and her mother.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The family should still be able to move into the home on time early this summer. However, Habitat for Humanity says it will take several years to replace the stolen tools.<\/p>\n
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The $2.1 billion channel is designed to move water around the flood-prone Fargo metropolitan area, but would need a staging area south of the cities to store water in times of serious flooding. A group representing about 20 upstream cities and townships in North Dakota and Minnesota filed a lawsuit in August 2013 asking for a cheaper project that doesn’t flood farmland.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The main issue in the complaint was whether the Corps of Engineers followed proper protocol when it chose the 36-mile channel route.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Judge John Tunheim says the corps’ decision-making process was proper. He issued no opinion on whether the selected route is the best one.<\/p>\n
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The three-day convention starts today at the Scheels Arena in Fargo and more than 1,800 delegates are expected to attend. Delegates will be picking their preferred candidates for nine offices.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The most competitive race will be settled Saturday, when GOP delegates choose from three candidates for governor: Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, Bismarck state Rep. Rick Becker and Fargo businessman Doug Burgum.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz will deliver the keynote address Saturday.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Former presidential hopeful Ben Carson is speaking on Sunday, on Donald Trump’s behalf.<\/p>\n
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The U.S. Agriculture Department’s latest report shows corn stocks up 12 percent on March 1, all wheat stocks up 23 percent, durum stocks up 18 percent, oat stocks up 16 percent and barley stocks up 51 percent.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 All sunflower stored in all positions are up 57 percent, and soybean stocks also are up, at 11 percent higher.<\/p>\n
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Grand Sky Development Co. President Thomas Swoyer Jr. says he recently returned from a West Coast sales trip to meet with a variety of “relatively well-known, household name kind of companies” interested in moving into the Grand Sky complex.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The U.S. Air Force earlier this week signed a joint-use agreement to give Grand Sky tenants use of the base runway from manned and unmanned flights. Swoyer says that while that pact has always been in the works, the formal contract will act as a trigger for companies to get involved in the park.<\/p>\n
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New annual fishing licenses are required every April 1. They’re good until the following March 31.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As this year’s season gets underway, the Game and Fish Department is reminding anglers that live white suckers aren’t legal baitfish anywhere in North Dakota except the Bois de Sioux and Red rivers.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fisheries Chief Greg Power says the regulation has been in place for most water bodies in the state for more than 20 years. But every spring Game and Fish gets questions from anglers wondering if they can use live white suckers for early ice-out northern pike fishing.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Anglers also are reminded that live baitfish or other live aquatic bait such as leeches can’t be brought from another state into North Dakota.<\/p>\n
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FGCU beat Michigan 71-62 in a semifinal matchup on Thursday night. USD on Wednesday night had downed Oregon 88-54 to advance to the finals.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 USD will host the championship game. It’s scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at the DakotaDome in Vermillion.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HOUSTON (AP) – Michigan State’s Denzel Valentine has been name The Associated Press College Player of the Year in close voting.\u00a0 He out-polled Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield (HEELD) by three votes to become the first Spartan player to win the honor.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Valentine led Michigan State to a second-place finish in the Big Ten regular season and was the conference player of the year. He averaged 19.4 points, 7.6 rebounds and 7.6 assists.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For the second time, Bill Self of Kansas is AP Coach of the Year Award. He led the Jayhawks to the No. 1 ranking in the final weekly poll and their 12th straight Big 12 title. Self also won the award in 2009. The 33-5 Jayhawks were the overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and lost to Villanova in the regional final.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chris Mack of Xavier finished second, six votes behind Self.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kaepernick lost his starting job to Blaine Gabbert last season then underwent shoulder and thumb surgeries. Kaepernick is expected to get a shot at retaking the starting job under new coach Chip Kelly.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Even if Kaepernick winds up with another team that might ask him to restructure his contract, he doesn’t have to accept less than the $11.9 million.<\/p>\n
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) – Azahara Munoz (MYOON’-yohz) and Ai Miyazato (EYE mee-yah-ZAH’-toh) are the co-leaders after the ANA Inspiration’s opening round. Both shot 5-under 67.\u00a0 That puts them a shot in front of fellow Japanese player Shiho Oyama, Scotland’s Catriona Matthew and South Africa’s Lee-Anne Pace.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This is the first major of the LPGA Tour season.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PGA TOUR-HOUSTON OPEN…
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HUMBLE, Texas (AP) -Charley Hoffman fired an 8-under 64 to grab the lead after the first round of Houston Open.\u00a0
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dustin Johnson, Scott Brown, Morgan Hoffmann and Roberto Castro shot 7-under 65s to tie for second.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chez Reavie (chehz REE’-vee), Johnson Wagner, Scott Pinckney and Justin Hicks are two shots off the pace.<\/p>\n
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin’s upcoming primary on Tuesday could be the turning point in the Republican presidential campaign. In a state where residents are already skeptical of Donald Trump’s brash brand of politics, his rivals see hope to greatly reduce his chances of securing the delegates he needs to clinch the GOP nomination before next July’s national convention. Trump has also had some stumbles this week.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ATLANTA (AP) – Part of Georgia and the Carolinas are battening down ahead of possible severe weather today, with some tornado watches in effect. Tornadoes swirled through Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama yesterday, causing some power outages and property damage. No injuries have been reported.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Investigators are puzzling over a motive for the shooting death of a Virginia state trooper on a training mission at the Richmond bus station. The shooting began after a brief encounter between the trooper and the gunman, who was shot dead by other officers. Two women civilians were wounded.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NEW YORK (AP) – The New York Transit Museum’s latest exhibition traces people’s behavior and the history of etiquette campaigns. Commuters inflict and endure all sorts of bad behavior on crowded trains and platforms, from spitting, littering and eating to blocking the door and talking on a cellphone. “Transit Etiquette or: How I Learned to Stop Spitting and Step Aside in 25 Languages” features recent and vintage campaign courtesy posters from New York to Tokyo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"