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I'm Andy Smith for KEVN Fox 7 News. Coming up, I'll give you an update on thinning in the Northern Hills.
And the community chips in for the kids. We'll show you how.
Plus, meet an artist who uses materials from right here in the Black Hills as KEVN Fox 7 News starts right now.
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City Council members held a special meeting today to decide the funding issue for expanding the Public Safety Building in downtown Rapid City.
In an 8-2 vote, City Council members gave Police Chief Craig Teason the $900,000 he requested to help expand this facility.
The money will be added on to the $1.4 million the City already allocated for the project.
However, the Council did change the wording in the motion to include what they consider a safeguard.
They decided to delay funding for the evidence building, the burn building and the traffic light at Elm and St. Patrick's Streets.
We essentially reached a compromise on the Public Safety Building issue.
What we decided to do was to hold one of the alternate bids as a contingency to increase the contingency in case we had some cost overruns.
Today's vote gives Pennington County the go-ahead to vote on funding for its portion of the project.
Sheriff Don Holloway says he's happy with the vote.
This was a crucial decision today because had this dollar amount been left unanswered,
then obviously the county did not have the ability to go forward without the City's assistance.
Once the Pennington County Commission approves the funding, the Police Chief says construction will start immediately.
Mountain pine beetle infestation has been a problem for years in the Black Hills.
Last August, legislation was passed to help those problem areas.
Today, Andy Smith visited one of the affected areas.
Since January, the U.S. Forest Service along with outside contractors have been working hard.
We have a lot of good work going on through the legislation.
We've got a lot done with our fuel breaks and those are areas that we've cleared around the Beaver Park area
that will hopefully give us a chance to do some fire suppression work.
District Ranger Pam Brown says the suppression efforts here are almost done as the 400-foot fire line is now complete
and the area thinned to help reduce the amount of fuel.
She's optimistic their efforts will help suppress the beetles and make the area safer.
Mountain pine beetles are a natural part of the Black Hills ecosystem,
but I think the work that we're doing both through thinning and then fuels reduction is going to be really helpful to help reduce the spread.
She says thinning and clearing the infected areas are only half the battle.
Once the area is reduced, they need to do something with the huge amount of logs.
So they're brought here where the wood is up for grabs.
And folks can just come in, get a permit from us, and then come on out here and cut wood so it's real easy.
We want to encourage everybody to please come in and get a firewood permit.
We have so much wood and we really want to see it get used.
Brown says the free permit will allow one person four cords of wood per year.
And she says private landowners can help rid their areas too.
The most important thing you can do with the mountain pine beetle is thin out your stands
so that your trees are more vigorous and healthy so that they can resist the mountain pine beetle attacks.
Brown says clearing dead limbs and dry pine needles will also help keep your areas safe.
Andy Smith, KBN Fox 7 News.
There's no word on when the fuel reduction in the Beaver Park area will be finished.
Topping off our KBN Fox 7 News race tonight, the South Dakota Board of Pardons and Paroles
granted another 14 applications for pardons today.
That's in addition to the 11 names of board already sent to Governor Rounds for consideration.
Rounds has not said if he'll sign any pardons until a court fight over secret pardons
by former Governor Bill Janklow is resolved.
A 16-year-old volunteer firefighter was killed when the fire truck she was riding enrolled
south of Newcastle last night. Andy Huber is from Weston County.
The Highway Patrol says 46-year-old Ron Callier of Newcastle was arrested
for allegedly driving under the influence.
The Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation is looking into an allegation
that Campbell County Sheriff Bill Pownall helped stage an alcohol party for graduating high school seniors.
Pownall, who confirmed the investigation, said he guarantees there is no truth to the charges.
Coalition forces Navarracos with what looks like gold bricks.
And is Saddam's son Uday trying to negotiate his surrender?
Fox's Molly Hennenberg has the details.
Routine traffic inspection. U.S. soldiers stopped a Mercedes truck
and they talked to the two people inside who said they were driving from Baghdad to al-Qaim near the Syrian border.
Inside the truck, U.S. soldiers found what appear to be 2,000 gold bars weighing 40 pounds each.
Could be worth $500 million.
Tests are going on now to make sure the bars are gold.
The two people in the truck said they had been told the bars were bronze
and had been paid the equivalent of $350 to deliver the bars to a person in al-Qaim.
Those two people are in U.S. custody.
Meanwhile, U.S. military leaders say there are no talks going on between Uday Hussein,
Saddam Hussein's older son, and coalition forces.
Nobody's brought an offer from Uday to me and I would facilitate his coming on in.
The Wall Street Journal says Uday is hiding in Baghdad and trying to work out a surrender deal.
But the military is pretty much knocking down that story, saying if or when Uday is found,
the U.S. will accept nothing but unconditional surrender.
In Baghdad, Molly Henniburg, Fox News.
The roadmap for Mideast Peace may be a step closer to reality.
Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says he's prepared to accept the steps prescribed in the roadmap
and that he'll present the plan to the Israeli cabinet for approval next Sunday.
President Bush says he'll consider meeting with Sharon and the new Palestinian Prime Minister
who has already accepted the plan.
A warm welcome home for more than 5,000 sailors and Marines aboard the USS Harry S. Truman.
The massive aircraft carrier returned to her home port in Virginia.
She leads a battle group that spent six months at sea, including action in the Iraq War.
Earlier, the Navy's vice admiral flew to the ship thanking the service members for what they have done.
Donald Rumsfeld is calling this year's graduates of the Naval Academy the next generation of patriots.
The Defense Secretary gave the commencement address to the Naval Academy's new graduates in Annapolis, Maryland today.
He says the class of 2003 entered the Academy in a time of peace
and is leaving during a new and unprecedented war on terror.
He told graduates that one day the war on terror will end, but he underscored that it may not be soon.
With the coming of summer, a new place for kids to play has also sprung up in Sturgis.
Construction crews put the final touches on this playground area earlier this week.
This brand new funland was made possible through Project Playground.
Mayor Mark Ziegler says a citizen committee proposed the idea about a year ago.
Fundraising began at that time.
The project took about a year to complete and the kids couldn't wait.
It just seems like it took a long time, and when my class was walking through, we were so excited because we were going to go play.
My favorite part about it is the swing data chatter here.
The city council helped the committee by matching funds for the $150,000 project.
Ziegler says this style of playground equipment is the first of its kind in the area.
While this holiday weekend is the unofficial kickoff to the summer season, meteorologist Dan Carlson joins us now.
Dan, how is it shaping up?
A lot better than it was earlier this evening, Lanka.
Gone are the severe thunderstorms that plagued parts of western Minnesota with large hail and filip in west of Oglala and Shannon County.
Even a bit of a tornado scare for a while there.
And it looks as though all that activity has now moved out of our viewing area and it should be fairly quiet for the rest of the night.
Temperature wise, it was a very nice day.
80 at Edgemont and Hot Springs, close to 80 at Badlands National Park and Pine Ridge.
At the Rapid City Airport today, we made it up to 77 for a high, 46 for a low, a trace of rain, the record high 88 in 1931.
And just a year ago, it was 24 degrees on this date for the record low.
Sun will be up at 518, we'll set at 821.
All of the rest of the holiday weekend forecast ahead on KEV and Fox 7 News at 9.
And I'm Jamie Zep, Post 22 and Post 320 begin playing their respective American Legion baseball tournaments.
We'll have highlights from their first games on the way.
Plus, Ottawa and New Jersey will battle it out for the right to face Anaheim for the Stanley Cup.
We'll have NHL highlights on the way in about 40 minutes.
Lots of Americans will have some extra cash coming to them.
We'll have more on the tax cut package that got the go ahead from Congress up next.
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Following approval by the House, the Republican-led Senate today approved a $350 billion tax cut package by the narrowest of margins.
Fox's Brian Wilson has the story.
The vote was so close in the Senate that the Vice President had to break the tie.
On this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 50, the Senate being equally divided.
The Vice President votes in the affirmative.
That vote and a 2 a.m. vote in the House of Representatives means that most working Americans will soon see more money in their paychecks because income tax rates are being reduced.
25 million taxpayers with children will soon be getting refunds in the mail because the child tax credit has been raised for this year.
Here are some real-life examples.
A single parent with one child making 30 grand would see savings of around $400.
A married couple with two children and income of 50,000 would see savings of around $1,100.
A married couple with two children making 70 grand would see savings around $2,000.
The White House is declaring victory even though this package is less than half of the $726 billion originally sought by President Bush.
Republicans make the case that this tax cut will give the economy a boost and create jobs.
This is going to have an immediate impact on the American economy.
But Democrats say it only adds to the deficit.
Not only is this bill grossly ineffective, I believe it is irresponsible, unfair, and duplicitous.
It's possible that $330 billion in tax relief could become much more down the line because after 2005 things are scheduled to go back to the way they were.
So there will be attempts in 2004 to make these tax cuts permanent.
And elected officials will have to decide in an election year if they want to cast a vote that will be seen by many Americans as an attempt to raise their taxes.
In Washington, Brian Wilson, Fox News.
President Bush says nuclear weapons in North Korea cannot be tolerated.
He and Japan's Prime Minister are warning of tougher measures if North Korea escalates nuclear tensions.
Speaking alongside the Japanese leader at Bush's Texas ranch, the president said they won't settle for anything less than the elimination of North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
Chandra Levy's remains are being returned to California today.
The bones of the one-time Washington intern are headed for her hometown of Modesto for burial next week.
The funeral is taking place nearly two years after the 24-year-old vanished.
Levy's disappearance coupled with the disclosure of an affair with veteran Congressman Gary Condit sparked a scandal that left Condit disgraced.
No one has been charged in the case.
The house where the body of John Benet Ramsey was found is up for sale.
The Boulder, Colorado home is listed at $1.6 million.
Six-year-old John Benet was found beaten and strangled in the basement the day after Christmas 1996.
An investment group bought the 15-room home for $650,000 in 1998.
John Benet's parents now live in Atlanta.
The murder remains unsolved.
Soldiers take control in southern Philippines and a huge explosion at a pink depot in Great Britain.
So get ready to go around the world in 80 seconds with Fox's Shepard Smith.
The Philippines. Soldiers taking control of a town in the southern part of the country.
It's said to be a center of terrorist operations in the area.
The fighting lasting almost a week and killing more than 100 Muslim rebels and 12 soldiers.
The military blaming the rebels for raids and bombings which have killed more than 200 people this year.
Great Britain. An explosion setting off a fire at a paint storage depot.
And would you look at this. Plumes of black smoke rising 2,000 feet invisible from 20 miles away.
Police say the smoke is not believed to be toxic.
Firefighters from across the region coming to the scene and bringing the flames under control.
Still no word on what sparked the explosion.
India. A naval exercise with Russia. The first in a decade.
Nine Russian warships taking part.
It's the biggest deployment since 1991 and the breakup of the Soviet Union.
The two countries say they want to strengthen security across the region.
Cambodia. Just kicking back and relaxing with a python for a mattress.
This three year old and his 13 foot pet. The best of friends.
Snake's name is Lucky and he slithered into the household three months to the day after the boy was born.
They've been buddies ever since.
Local folks say the boy must have been the son of a dragon in a previous life.
That's a wrap on this Fox strip around the world.
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Some severe weather warnings were in effect today. Dan's up next with the details.
And art is a way of life for one local man, but his materials and method might surprise you.
That's on the way in our Friday Focus. Keep it here.
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Dan, this is the weekend when the Las Vegas heads to the lakes for the first time.
Will it be bathing suit weather? That's what we all want to know.
You don't want to see me in a bathing suit. No.
I just lie there on the beach and they splash water on me and say get him back in the deep water before he suffocates.
Anyway, let's go to our current conditions. You can determine whether or not it's bathing suit weather for you.
61, the temperature, the dew point, 56. 84 is the humidity. We have 30.02 on the barometer, a northeast wind at 8 miles per hour.
You can see this disturbance that came through and triggered our severe weather earlier today is now pushing rapidly across South Dakota behind it.
Nothing but clear skies. We're going to be seeing partly cloudy skies here for the next few hours and then it will be clear and tomorrow should be a beautiful sunny day.
Gone is the heavy stuff. That's all down in Nebraska right now.
And so we're done with our hail and possible tornadoes here for the remainder of the night.
It's in the 50s over the eastern two-thirds of the state, some 60s back here to the west.
We have 65 at Pine Ridge, 64 down at Shatyrn, 61 degrees currently at Gillette.
Around the nation today, high temperatures only in the 50s in the northeast.
51 today at Boston, 56 at New York City. It was 65 at Minneapolis, 79 at Denver.
Temperatures well into the 70s and 80s for a good portion of the nation's midsection and 105 today down in Phoenix, one of the hot spots.
As far as severe weather is concerned, we still have the severe thunderstorm watches in effect for a good chunk of central Nebraska.
One little chunk of severe storms there continues to move down in the southeast.
That's far enough away from us that it shouldn't pose much of a problem for anyone in our viewing area.
So good to see it go. We're looking at the precipitation ending rapidly across the region tonight.
And then for tomorrow, we will see nothing but sunshine as the clouds begin to roll in a little bit over the Black Hills, maybe partly cloudy skies.
But all in all, it's going to be a very pleasant day. Look for high temperatures well into the 70s.
In fact, much of the Memorial holiday weekend is looking very nice.
We'll see around the region for tonight down in the south. Clouds are going to continue to decrease.
We're going to see a partly cloudy day tomorrow. Our low temperatures 45 to 50 and highs tomorrow in the middle 70s.
To the north and east we go where it'll be partly cloudy here, eventually becoming clear.
We'll have low temperatures right around 50 and highs tomorrow in the mid 70s.
In the north and west, skies partly cloudy, becoming clear and remaining so through tomorrow.
With low temperatures from the upper 40s up around Broaddus to the upper Bowman up around 59 at Broaddus.
And high temperature getting close to 80 there at Broaddus, 79 tomorrow.
In the Black Hills, partly cloudy tonight and sunny for tomorrow.
Low temperatures 45 to 50 and highs tomorrow in the low to mid 70s.
Pretty much the same story for the southern Black Hills as well with similar temperatures predicted.
For Rapid City for the next seven days, first two are looking pretty nice.
It's going to be a pretty nice day too, but later in the day there may be a thunderstorm or two developing.
A little bit of a break on Tuesday. A better chance of storms toward the middle of next week.
We'll keep a close eye on that situation. It could get rather active.
But temperatures finally beginning to look more like summer.
Quiz time. When a tornado moves over a large body of water, it becomes a water spout and is no longer considered dangerous.
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Sounds good, Dan. Thanks. Well, it's the face of dentistry changing.
Fox's Karen Chetree shows us a new approach to the profession and tonight's your health.
This is not your typical dentist's office.
It is a relaxing experience. It makes the experience of coming to the dentist's office one that I kind of look forward to.
Here, patients are treated from head to toe.
In this practice, we're here to support the patient. We're here to make their dentistry as comfortable and pleasant as possible.
And we go to great lengths to do that.
Patients of Dr. Paul Tanner's are treated to complimentary foot massages while they're being worked on.
Aromatherapy candles burn so that it doesn't smell like a dentist's office.
And a car service drives them home.
But some patients don't believe with more than a new smile on their face.
Dr. Tanner's noticed that patients after their teeth were fixed, that they were so satisfied with how their smile looked,
that they were worried about the area around the smile, the rest of their face.
I always thought there was a natural correlation between plastic surgery and cosmetic dentistry.
So Dr. Tanner's brought in Dr. Michelle Zweifler, a cosmetic surgeon who performs collagen treatments and Botox injections in the same office.
But before you erase those wrinkles, both doctors say that you must take care of your teeth.
You should never do Botox first. You always must do Botox afterwards because the patient has to keep their head vertical for four hours.
It's important to note that pregnant women cannot get Botox injections, which by the way are not covered by insurance either.
Meantime, Dr. Tanner says that he plans to expand his practice and hopes to create a stress-free space where all of his patients feel at home.
In New York, Kieran Chettri, Fox News.
I like the sound of that. Well, Rapid City Regional Hospital has some special visitors today. We'll explain.
But some college keynote speakers are getting away from traditional speeches and not everyone is happy about it.
These stories and much more as K.E.B. and Fox 7 News at 9 continue.
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Art here in the Black Hills takes on even more meaning when it comes from Black Hills materials.
That's just what One Hills Native is doing these days. Jack Cottle introduces us to Tom Red Bear in this week's Friday Focus.
I used to watch my grandma and grandpa do beadwork and pipe bowls. My grandpa used to carve potatoes and balsa wood.
If you carve a face on a potato and leave it out, it wrinkles up and looks like an old, elderly person.
And from that has grown a love of art that has turned into a career for Tom Red Bear. He's been sculpting full-time for 20 years now.
Like in the last 20 years, I've worked one nine-to-five job doing masonry work so I could meet this guy to sell him artwork.
It was actually part of my art thing. I was trying to get creative in ways to be able to meet certain collectors that all the artists want to meet.
He says he usually has three to five sculptures going at a time, moving from one to another when he gets bogged down.
I like doing a lot of wildlife and female subjects, like nature subjects.
I'm trying to not be pigeon-holed as just an indigenous artist. That makes your market more open. It opens more doors for you.
While he spends most of his time sculpting, Red Bear says he still enjoys other graphic artwork and he likes that journey to the finish.
The good thing about any type of art is nobody really knows what you were striving for when the finished product is done.
Sometimes the artist doesn't even know and the artist is surprised by the outcome.
Usually it's a pleasant surprise.
You do work where people are inspired to react however they want to react to make people feel good.
These days, most of Tom's work is an alabaster cut from right here in the Black Hills.
If you know of someone you think would make an interesting Friday focus, give Jack Cottle a call or drop him a line right here at Fox 7.
Cardiac doctors from around the world are bringing their experiences to Rapid City Regional Hospital for a day of learning.
Doctors like Professor Alan Carpentier of Paris came to teach at the hospital's cardiac symposium.
Carpentier showed medical staff and visiting doctors how to repair a heart valve without replacing it.
Those attending watched the procedure live in this room while the operation progressed upstairs.
By live TV demonstration, you can really show the techniques, the difficulties.
You're seeing the actual practical application of what people are discussing. You're seeing it in live.
Besides valve replacement, the medical staff also learned about other cardiac surgeries.
This interactive conference is the first of its kind for the hospital.
Dr. James Auri says they hope to do it again next year.
America's new idol heads to the recording studio.
Michael Jackson is hospitalized and Rod and Rachel call it quits for good.
Paul Chambers has the latest from the entertainment world in tonight's Hollywood Minute.
With the Hollywood Minute, I'm Paul Chambers.
Listen up, all you Ruben Stuttered fans.
The new American Idol winner, also known as the Velvet Teddy Bear, will reportedly begin recording his new album this weekend.
It's set to debut in September, but if you want to hear a Ruben jam sooner, there's even more good news.
He'll release his first single next week, Flying Without Wings, which is sang during the American Idol competition.
Ruben is signed to J Records, which is music mogul Clive Davis' record label.
Moving now from a music idol to a pop icon, an attorney for Michael Jackson says lawsuits are to blame for his recent hospitalization.
The King of Pop checked into an Indianapolis hospital on Wednesday just before his scheduled deposition in a copyright lawsuit.
The 44-year-old, who reportedly suffered dehydration, was released a few hours later and returned to Los Angeles.
The deposition will be rescheduled nowhere yet on a date.
And after four years of separation, veteran rock star Rod Stewart is officially severing ties with his estranged wife, model Rachel Hunter.
The Britain Sun newspaper reports the 57-year-old British singer and 34-year-old Hunter are finally getting a divorce.
Since their split, both Hunter and the twice-married Stewart have been linked to other love interests.
With the Hollywood Minute, I'm Paul Chambers.
Central and Stevens take the next step towards a state tennis title.
Detail scores and highlights are coming up later in sports.
Plus, we'll introduce you to the ultimate boyfriend.
This is a story you won't want to miss. You're watching KEVN Fox 7 News at 9.
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Time for college grads across the country to stop thinking about their schedules
and start searching for their path in life.
But many of the high-profile individuals asked to speak at these commencements
are choosing politics over pep talks.
Fox's Heather Nowart explains.
College graduation speakers usually tell students to go off into the world and succeed.
But today's graduation speeches seem to be veering from that theme
and are becoming much less collegial.
At Rockford College in Illinois, students pulled the plug on New York Times reporter Chris Hedges
only three minutes into his speech, a move that prompted cheers.
Hedges criticized the war in Iraq, calling the U.S. a pariah and a tyrant to weaker nations.
Bill Donahue's treatment at North Carolina State University this year wasn't much better.
He lectured 4,000 graduates on liberal philosophy and also opined about the war in Iraq.
Some there said they would have preferred a traditional speech.
Now's not the time to be downgrading political views and stating your opinion.
You should be trying to go out and pump these graduates up.
Conservative speakers aren't escaping the scorn either.
U.S. Senator Rick Santorum faced booze and a walkout
during his address at Philadelphia's St. Joseph's University
because of recent comments deemed anti-homosexual.
We are a very accepting community to everyone, black, purple, orange, green, gay, lesbian, transsexual, whatever.
And it just annoys me that he's our speaker.
Critics wanted the university to withdraw its invitation to the senator,
but the school refused, saying that would be intolerant.
It's probably hard to find any public figure who, if you really take a look very closely at his or her record,
it's not going to offend or be disagreeable to some element of your stakeholders.
Graduation speakers have long told students to think for themselves,
but in today's environment, more and more speakers seem to be encouraging students to adopt politically correct views.
In New York, Heather Nowitz, Fox News.
And our master of weather, Dan Carlson, is back with another look at the travel forecast.
And also the answer to our weather quiz question.
When a tornado moves over a large body of water, it becomes a water spout. That is true.
And is considered no longer dangerous? No, that is false.
You don't want to be in a boat anywhere near one of those or have it come ashore and become a tornado again.
It certainly bears watching, and tornado warnings are in order whenever they are close to land.
As we look at our own radar, gone are the heavy thunderstorms of earlier tonight.
There may be a few isolated remaining showers for the remainder of the next couple of hours,
but after that, skies will clear rapidly.
Most of the activity is pushing down, approaching I-80 here across Nebraska.
Still some isolated heavy cells embedded in this area of central Nebraska, but nothing upstream heading our way.
So if you're going to be traveling around the region tomorrow, look for partly cloudy skies just to the north of us.
Billings will be 84, 85 with some afternoon storms around Salt Lake City.
Denver, 73 degrees, some afternoon storms.
Some thunderstorms at Omaha, 65. 63 is all for Sioux Falls. Partly cloudy and 67 degrees at Fargo.
For Rapid City, partly cloudy tonight. We'll have a low near 50.
Wind will become north to northeast at 5 to 15 miles an hour.
And for tomorrow, mostly sunny with a high around 75. North wind at 5 to 15.
Looking ahead to the next seven days, Saturday and Sunday are looking very nice with temperatures in the upper 70s.
Monday, there may be a few afternoon or nighttime thunderstorms.
Much of Monday, though, should be fairly pleasant.
Tuesday, a little bit of a break.
And then maybe a better chance of thunderstorm activity Wednesday afternoon and Thursday,
because you're kind of active around here. So we'll keep an eye on that situation for you.
All in all, things are looking rather pleasant and more like summer.
I like the sound of that. Thanks, Dan.
Well, stocks went up a bit after Congress passed the tax cut package.
The legislation lowers the top tax rate on dividends.
And dividend paying stocks rose on the news.
Fox's Brenda Butler has more in the nightly business report.
Stocks edged slightly higher as Congress finishes work on a tax bill.
The Dow picking up just seven points in light pre-holiday trading.
The blue chips were off 77 on the week.
The Nasdaq better by two and a half, but down 28 for the week,
while the S&P 500 up more than a point on the session.
Congress giving its blessing to $350 billion in tax cuts.
That's half the size of President Bush's original proposal.
But backers say it should jumpstart the economy.
Cash star states will get $20 billion under the plan.
Help's also on the way for people put out of work by the weak economy.
Congress extending federal emergency unemployment benefits for another 13 weeks.
Shares of Boeing up 3% on Friday.
The Pentagon approving a plan to lease 100 of Boeing's 767 jetliners as refueling tankers.
The deal valued at more than $17 billion and will create 2,300 jobs.
Some changes at Citigroup.
Seven of its top analysts have been fired as the company realigns its research department
the move comes as Wall Street firms are under fire to reassess their operations.
Finally, Bridgestone has agreed to settle a Texas class action lawsuit over those defective tires.
Details are still being worked out, but it's the first time the company has settled a lawsuit stemming from faulty tires.
Similar suits are pending in many other states.
That's business. I'm Brenda Butler.
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The ideal man would say yes dear, no matter what. Just yes dear.
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Jamie, Zepp joins us now with sports and the Spurs Mavericks just ended their game tonight.
Yeah, it's been a great battle so far and you know obviously a little tougher fans because
it's all in one state but you know what are you gonna do in that case except to have a
little fun down in the Lone Star State.
Tied at one game apiece the Western Conference Final in the NBA is turning into an old-fashioned
shootout Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs punching and counter punching moved
to Dallas for game three of that series start things off in the first quarter of action
with this one and Tim Duncan coming up big as David Robinson will miss that dunk but
Duncan no such problem as the Spurs go up 7-2 then it became the shootout at the OK
Corral starting things off in the second with Steven Jackson hitting a three-point shot
a little bit later on now this ain't big enough for the both of us Jackson hits the three-point
shot again the Spurs by four in the second still Nick Van Exel says skin that smoke wagon
and see what happens it's the three-point shot still in the second Steve Nash this time
says you call down the thunder well now you got it all lies for my favorite movies one
of my favorite movies tombstone and Van Exel making it a nine-point lead with another three-point
shot the final score tonight this one just finishing up at San Antonio wins it 96 to
83 your final score San Antonio takes the 2-1 lead in the series to the NHL now where
New Jersey and Ottawa fought it out in a decisive game number seven first period of action Magnus
Arvidsson with the will get the risk or pass Mark Tambro Duras the Senators take the one
to nothing lead on to the second now Jamie Langenbrunner will get things knotted up at
one of pieces he will beat Patrick Laleem for the first New Jersey goal we're all knotted
up at one of peace still in the second less than two minutes later Langenbrunner one more
time pass Laleem is New Jersey now leads it two to one still later on Ottawa not willing
to give up Radek Bonk with the slapper to tie it up at two goals apiece in the third
period of action in just over two minutes of regulation Jeff Friesen with the clutch
winner as New Jersey will head to the Stanley Cup finals they will face Anaheim for the
Stanley Cup final score tonight three to two New Jersey wins the series four games to three
to golf now and Annika Sorenstam and the rest of the field chasing Rory Sabatini in the
colonial of the PGA Sorenstam starting off fantastically with the opening drive as she
rips this one down the fairway a little to the left but sets her up nicely as she would
end up pulling to even par for the weekend or the week so far on the second hole but
now on to the fourth as she stays on target with this one hits what I like to call a laser
as this one just rips past the hole although it would still be very good for Annika Sorenstam
later on Frank Licklider on the 12th for Birdie to move to six under par he will knock that
one down Annika starting to slip on the eighth that she will miss this par putt just to the
right and she will not move to the weekend they are falling down to five over par for
the weekend she misses the cut which was one over par Dan Forsman and Kenny Perry tied
for first to eight under Jim Furek is third with a seven under par six are tied at six
under par and again Annika Sorenstam finishes the week tied for 96 the first woman to play
against the men in 58 years.
And let's talk state tennis now with Stevens Central and the rest of the Black Hills teams
on the road in Sioux Falls Stevens has is tied for first with Sioux Falls at 462 Lincoln
is third Rabesey Central is fourth at 428 we'll of course have more scores for you coming
up with Desmond Purnell on KEDM Fox 7 Sports this weekend.
Post 22 has shown that it's human at least early in the American Legion baseball season
losing two games to Cheyenne Wyoming Saturday Post 22 would then rebound to come Cheyenne
on Sunday today they began playing the spring classic battling Gillette Wyoming and we start
things off in this one early on in the game against Gillette and Post 22 looking pretty
sharp in the second inning of action they will end up hitting a nice drive here to score
two runs as they take the early two to nothing lead standing strong as Matt Anderson on the
mound as he will get one two three strikes and you're out to end the inning for Post
22 did Matt Anderson they would add one more on late in this one and the final score this
evening Post 22 does go on to win five to two I believe is the final score and that
one again this one getting over just a little bit ago Post 22 did end up picking up the
victory though Post 320 started play today as we move across the parking lot in the wood
back opening tournament for the two taking on Casper in the top of the first Josh Lundin
doing very well getting the first two strikeouts of the first inning of action and but later
on loses a little bit of control as that one will go into the dirt and the throw to third
will not will not go and that will allow a run to score as Casper takes the one to nothing
lead Lundin however would stay strong on the mound as he will come up with a couple of
more strikeouts so this one to end the top of the first although the damage was done
one to nothing and Lundin would end up striking out the next two and that is the last update
that we had on that score one to nothing Casper in the lead but of course that game got started
a little late so they probably are still going as we speak all right thank you well as we
kick off Memorial Day weekend you'll want to stick around for Dan's extended forecast
and before you go shopping for that summer wardrobe here's another option details when
we come back don't go away our work is complicated but our business is simple things are pretty
good as long as these machines keep humming there's a heartbeat of the company
we're in the same electric cooperative as everyone else around here they know our
energy needs are critical because they know us that's how we have the power
me and my buddies we'll hit up the Mickey D's and Burger King a lot just because I got the
best deal for the cheapest burgers the kind of little tiny patties and all bun
I'll buy a bunch of those burgers throw the buns away except for two keep a top and a bottom
so I take the burgers I stack them together pickles burger burger burger bun that's how I do it
it's the only way I can get enough meat man thick burgers with 100 percent angus beef because a
guy shouldn't have to eat a pound of bread to get a half pound of meat mayday time for last check
of the forecast for rapid city and elsewhere air force base partly cloudy skies tonight we're
going to see low temperatures down to around 50 with north to northeast wind at five to 15 miles
an hour for tomorrow a mostly sunny day with highs near 75 north wind at five to 15 pretty
nice weekend shaping up with 70s and sun on sunday maybe some afternoon showers on monday
a little better chance toward wednesday and thursday coming up on kevn fox seven news tomorrow we'll
check in with local tourism officials to see how memorial day is shaping up for local businesses
we'll also tell you why packed hole reservoir is celebrating an important anniversary this weekend
join the weekend news team for these stories and more on kevn fox seven news at nine saturday
and before we go tonight if you want to be a trendsetter look to the past that's the word
from the folks at the black hills community theater the theater is hosting its second annual
vintage clothing sale this weekend the event kicked off this afternoon shoppers found everything from
vintage work wears to trendy gowns from the past cashiers say they made around 1500 last year
all proceeds go to support the black hills community center the sale will continue saturday from
nine to five with a fashion show at noon on sunday the shop will open again from 10 to two well that
can be fun just trying on some of the vintage wear so we just found our new wardrobe jenny
you notice how she looked right at me after all those i don't know i guess you could kind of call
them a bit gaudy hello would that be going overboard to call them just some of them anyway
a touch gaudy that one sport coat would look pretty good on you i think that the black the
the oreo cookie one yeah the oreo cookie one yeah that was uh i don't know i have to run to the
theater i guess it's all how you put it together that's true it's about accessorizing yeah
yeah well thanks for watching have a great weekend