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is well within compliance of the lf5 but local construction workers say this deal wu about helping the local economy and they'req challenging whether the teslar deal tore or goes far enough. these workers took to the picketkoc_ cline. >> local workers are fedc up with the hiringeozez out-of-state workers to work atok tesla state when the state of nevada committed $1.4 billion in tax credits to the job. >> reporter:lp they say tesla is hiring out of state workers displacing some of them. >>it( we'd likee1_ to see them change their business model g"1 forwardlpxd using] uju)q)s andzv giving local workers a chance at the jobs on site. >>i reporter: tesla said this__i temperatures from a third partyr construction contractor.
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are union, this one is not. the union is claiming this'i contractor is somehow favoring outt( of state workers when in reality 50%w3 of the workers used by ther contractorq) xd 75% of the ent6tq giga factory workforce are nevadans. >>i]4_wiiq tesla is missing the pointi] here. nevad \ave them $1.4 billion in tax incentives to come here, create jobs, and help our local economy.okf* >> reporter: building and trade council president todd cook says itt( was about helping the economy. the 50% minimum was add the toi]ok__i] ed to the job. >> tesla needed to belp bringf* ini] 50% of workers from outside thecf* workers in case there weren't enough construction workers in northern nevada to the facto as itry. turns out we have plenty offoek"xuzrkers here. many of them are unemployed at this when these workers come from arizona and new mexico, and they make their
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home, that money leaves our local economy. 6kktju office of economiczv development weighed in on this protest and according to the most recent audit report from that office, about: 68% hired arevv&c% nevadans. that is de+s than that+5% figurexde1q quoted by tesla, but the numbers do fluctuate from quarter to quarter. they also point out that tesla is well within compliance+c of the contract and the law. >> thank you, teri. sad news+ tonight, ther body of carson may, the missing?;i_ skier from sugar bowl has been found. search teams and dogs were taken to the spot where carson's cell+3w phone was last pinged in january. his body was found under five feet of snow. carson was 23_ years old andr a ski instrc>=if* at thece1 resortlp and went missing january 15th. authorities had cancelled their search for may after several days
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time andi] a threat of avalanchetqrf* thatr posed a danger to_w3 the rescue_ crews. elizabeth danel died saturday afternoon after falling and sliding down the slope throughq a stand 1 of trees. it happened in the head wall area of the resort. when ski patrol arrivedri found they[#3 heri unconscious and performed life saving measures but she died an hour later. she was wearing a helmet at the time / her crash. &c% authorities sayf* they have recovered the bodies of two canoeists who went missing on donner lake. the two men were reported missing after their canoe capsized on donner friday afternoon. p&&zez saturday found the bodies of 33-year-old joshua patterson of cool, california, in about 15 of water near where the canoe capsized. divers recovered the body of
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johnson of auburn in 60 feet of water one1i] sunday. > this morning simon macias want before the patrolokj>it* forq his freedom. he was convicted of killing his eide wack in 1992. today was an emotional dayf#or family members on both sides of this tragedy wantingxd very different outcomes from the board. >> this wasi] a terrible crime, sir. >> yes. >> the victime1 in thise1 case was your wife? >> yes. >> can you explain to the board howok this happened. i blamed my wife for our problems sayr5euzad of me focusing on the problems themsiut*ip &c% j @&c% >> what was the need for youxdrrrto dump her in the desert? >> i took our problems personal. i thought she was the problem. >> reporter:_ in front of?? a packed room with family members of his own and those of his victims, simon
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saying he spent the last 23 years in prison trying toi make himself to be a productive member of society. >> i'm ready to beqxdjflp with my family$c@&c% i think i haveilpt( donei] what i can and i feel responsible to my family. >>i] reporter: his mother pleadedjf for c(e.xd >> he is remorseful,@or 23 years he has been in prison, and he'st(_xd asking f(q forgiveness. >>f* reporter: susan's mother carroll nicoletti pleaded with thet( board to keep him locked up. >> he can't be released and back ont( the streets, itt( forces mee1 to
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protect my family and good law abiding citi\\'s from thi*d evil >> reporter: nicoletti's battled to keep his behind bars sin collecting 144,000 signatures over the years and l](b xj fromxd anyone whorwouldf*w3 supportrher she is. anything but convinced thatw3 simon macias should bexd free. >> my heart has been torn apart. i miss her walking into the room with a big smile. >> reporter: he said he will not come back tojfr the united states in deported. the nicolettis: don't believe thati] or that he is truly remorseful. >> he deservesko to remain behind barsok and not_ok allowedx))= walk the livesi] freely where another helpless victim could fall prey to hisq unpredictabler behavior. whether it's here or in mexico.
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macias's parolew3 will come in ten days. we'llb. keep you updated on the decision. tu+a$ng now to our crime watch. a former crook is behind bars after a shooting and killing ofi former co-worker inside of a casino. this is according toiit( authorities,+ anyway. the incident occurred at% siri's casinof* before midnight last night. 38-year-old keiley grayson was arrested for openir murder. surveillance footage showsi the victim and grayson in an argument before the shooting. the victimlp was takenqbo the hospital where hef* later died. his identity has not been released. and police are still on the lookout for a man they sayi_om fired several shots intook run reno apartment injuring#0i a man inside. police say it happened n 100 block of gross street. they found a manrww3 sittingjf in his apartment with gunshotfj$u* he said he had no idea who would shoot him f*i and he doesn't have any problems with anyone, he said.
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regarding either of these crimes is asked to contact secretf*rwitness, here is a quick peek outside. we have a first check on your forecast. a warm start to the week. >> yeah, and the month, if it wasn't1i u$e 29th, right? we have rain in the northern tip of california but what is_ behind this lining up? a good chance of some snow for tahoe on saturday, sunday,lpc and maybe even on monday. right now we're at 60. it's a gorgeous night. get out there andxd enjoy it. changes aree1 coming. we'll talk about the changes after the break and they are interesting. stay with us. . today's leap day celebrationsf*c started earlye1 this morning as reno regional medical center welcomed theirr\\@ first baby_[qq of thef* ye
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. welcome back, everyone. coming up in two dutes we'll havee1 your full forecast. but first, toronto entrepreneurs are tackling the mosquitorp withroblem a neww3 invention. there is a compostible ma quito trap that is racking up international sales and: it comes along when the world is lookinglpxd to stopi] the spread of the zika virus. you add water?; and it mimics the grounds of a mosquito nest.g >> itkwg hade1 find our trap and end up dying. >>w3mpcowxd the company is looking for clients globally after a year
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half fieldqym tr^sxdi in australia. 4,000 traps have?? been bought to eratp*e the denge fevwr,_jfjf antigay stickers sticks are beingf* allowed to be worn. a small rainbow inside a circle with a line through it showed upqk t' weeks ago. for thejjd% full story and find ow whyqxd the school is allowi,othei stickers,i goi tojfok our facebook page, krnvnews 4. what about the weather? temperaturesjfr' the 70s for tomorrow and wednesday. we want to talkrabout lake_ tahoe weathe d because this is the first place that starts to see some_r change. so, lake wind advisory, that's from tomorrow morning till tomorrow night,w3 andf*tt well, gusty southwesterly winds
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develop and they will bef* strong to 40 miles per hour, mainly from the the lake. maybe even 4. and if you're in a canoe or smallw3 boat you dondi want to be on the look during them. to school tore daylp two of five, mostly"x*u'ny, 37, and a nice day. get out there and enjoy the kids high clouds coming and going from time to ti+%b the forecast for tonight. very thin and it does make for ai nice sunset which has occurred. 66 was our highf* today. 55 is the average and 32 was the low this morning. and thereko is the record. g8=q"* high,_ right? +q could tie 7oe records here ask advance throughtt the rest of the week. it's possible in spots and likely in others. so currently as of the 6:00 hour, now about 6:15. we have mid-40s for south lake tahoe and truckee, everyone else doing well, upper 50s to 60 degrees and
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monday is over for most of you, so you got here and you've done it. mid-40s at the lake,ym were1i] talkedwo# about that. still low 60s in spots. wind speeds are light to gusty at times, 10w3 to 15-mile-per-hour gusts and it will jl windier tomorrowym as ar weu(s ystem blows through to our north but it will pick up the windrff* and give us mostly clear skies. why are we lookingko well out into the'c pacific? because this month, meaning not now, it's over, march, is shapini up to be very interesting especiallyi] this coming weekend and the followingokc one. yes, the following one it could disappear from the models but most of the models are_i] excited about that. clear sunny day,%7se* start, and mostly sunny all the way_ through tuesday. wednesday we'll see clouds increas9 long and the rain fades out and dies on the western sidw_ of_ the crest of the
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factor there. so then on thursday we're sxaaiting the pacific and give lake tahoe axd doesn't last long, kind afterjf high snow into the future but we're excited to see as we advance through the week what sunday, and even monday of next week. here,tp+oo, we could have a rain/snow sunday. could be interesting. sunny skies ton taptui for7n' tomorrow, overnight lows somejff* below freezing as can you see, like elko, but battle mountain looks good at 34 andi highs w"ts refound is upperi 50s chose to 60 degrees. other numbers look nice, at freezing in spots, most above freezing, and highs, some # m in thexd mid-70s. wednesday is the same. /y9 * there will be change in our area. overnight lowst( here, mid-30s to low 30s. highs rebounding, upper 60s to low
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here is what's happening around the lake. overnight lows above freezing in?;c most spots, except truckee at 25. tahoee1 city at 58. southwest winds. we talked aboutt(t( the lake wind advisory. 15f* to 20-mile-per-hour winds gusting to 40. sutcliffe 69, nixon 72, and spanish springs goes to 70. reno-sparks or sparks-reno,r mid-60s, highs arouf k partly cloudy, southwest winds at times 15 to 25 milesxd perxde1 hour. so the changesxd are in_ effect for carson city,f* rain/snow mix chance th5 ]nd. snow chances look healthy for lake tahoe, again. we had to waitjfkoi a littleb*rr&e bu+i it's back. will we have snow in july? we5l*y* r weqqi have before. >> it's crazy around here, i love it. >> we have the totalzv extremes. >> which i love because you have a
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getq all that precipitation over the weekend. >> it's comingd& up. the storm the following_ weekend for now5( looks like gangok busters 4r m eureka to san diego. >> wow. >> going toi be hard for me to sleep. >> march getting off toai good start. >> irrrv_ijf can't wait. >>q thanks, collin. february 29th,i the daye1 that only comes every_ fourf* years, and a day of celebration for those who were bornr_ today. coming up after the break, emly pacillo introduces us to locals
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m`>> emily pacillo_ was there forjf the birth of renowned first leap day baby. >> reporter: the first leap day baby at renounxd wasq born in this room. let's meet baby lincoln. trish and briant( green welcomed him5a5 into the world at 9:19t( thisxd morning. >> we_ came into the hospital at around 4:30 in the morning. >> reporter: five hours later a baby wasok born. the greens aren't too sure when they will celebrate his actual birthday. >> i'm sure every four years itt( will be an extraxd bill party. >> reporter: this is a 1-144,600\@q chance in being3 born on february 29th. joseph paceto feels unique on this day. >> it's unusual. i like it because of theok olympics, the election, and my birthday fall in the same year. >>_[ reporter: he says in the offyears he celebytq
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his advice to those raising a leap day baby, make them feel extra special. >>i] having a birthday everyxd four years when everybody else hase1 it regularly, and mine__m` four yea >> reporter: now babyq lincoln can grow up feeling unique_ like he did, and still dose. ok>> very sweet. for a little background on leap day, a complete orbit of the earth aroundiq the suni] takes exactly 365.2422 diy+_ to complete. the gregorian calendar uses 365 hence the extra day the time. straight ahead, a couple of recent firese1 ini the same neighborhood haver concern from neighbors. is there an arsonist on the loose there? i'll say what i found out, coming up_ in my ask joe segment. what the driving force iswm!@&c% behind
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something . andc welcome back, everyone. from the ask joe file a question tonight about a couple ofjf recentr fires in fernley. tom in fernley. he stopped me the other day when wei were out there on another story to ask if there's an arsonist on the loose. he says %ur)j have been two suspicious fires in his neighborhood and her wants to know ifok he should belp worried about this. herefr*hp picture ofr homes that burned onxd bens way. you can see noti]xd much of the home isk left and tom told us another home around the cornerf* on dog leg caught fire recently. i checked with scott huntley, & fire chiefq about this and he said yes thisf* were arsonf*q fires. the home owner was arrested and puo*q(u*ed. it appe_2( he was under the
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the fire was set. in the other fire ton dog leg around the corner, the fire was set(0m i%ng a domestic dispute and that person was also arrested. so the good news is there's no connectionrt th5(uuz fires and no one outt( there who is still going around setting fires. now,e1 chief huntley s yj they have been beefing up thy@+ arsonr investigations in recent years and he says, go unsolved. now, as for the suspects in that first fire, hisc case was transferred, i learned0` to the veterans specialty court in reno from ryan county. if he graduates from the one-year program, the charges of thatc first thanks to tom for bringing this to our attention and asking about it. remember, if you have questions you would like tot( ask, send me an kail, jhart@mynews4.com. and put ask joe in the subject line and i'll try my+ est to track down theko our poll question tonight, do you think that specialty courts like the veterans court should allow people to haveq their charges
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if they graduate from the program? here are the results so far. 32% of you say yes, and 68% say no stilli plenty of time to vote. you'll find the web polls on our facebook page, krnvnewsi 4. w3 record turnout for primary voters atqut(*u for one of the political parties. a look at the trend. >> i'm very angry. with the people and he's speaking our minds. >> reporter: thisii is_ a reallyi angry electorate. does anger equal enthusiasm? that angerok is translating into votes. take a look at republican voter turnout in the first fewi states to vote. it's increased everywhere. for democrats, turnoutt(ok has waned. a signt(ok they're not harnesses the few
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>> sometimes it'sxd`sope ast( we saw in 2008 with a more optimistic energy and 3f* anger and fear and frustration. >> reporter:e1 alacy who serves at the politician andc public service institute, says the fact there is as more republicans int( the race i i helpingi as well. they've built a stronger infrastructre to bring out the face. >> america has never stoppedxdokmjdtqi (qr'g great. >>c reporter: low turn out for democrats is based on so many perceivinglpjf the race to be over_ that inevitable. one polling placer a shortage of ballots. early voting numbers are breaking records in places mriek georgia, tennessee, arkansas, and texas. what's driving people to the polls may notf* be the key in the generalr election where voters look for the candidate who gives them hope for the future.
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play by the rules i do everything i am supposed to do and the and the people below are getting the han to me.e1 >> reporter: whoever isok fighting forokr them will likely be the winner. c>>uynujut than 70 peoplexdok are dead following twoa5 suicide bombings. we have more tonightty)omokw3 the terrorism alertt( desk inok washington. xd>> reporter: from the terrorism alert desk in washington, isisok is claiming responsibility for two suicidei] bombings inxdpqp". it killed 70 people. the deadliesti_ attack inside_jf the capital this year.
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what makes . u . justicet( department f.b.i. with access to lockedi] iphone q in a routine brooklyn drug case according to a_xd federal judge. it follows a california magistrate judge"k order requiring apple toxd create software toxd help the u.s. hack the iphone of one of the san bernardino shooters. george orangest
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1789 law to saya5 apple has to recover data. since then apple has opposed the request to extract information from more than a dorei iphones. ako u.s.r awarded the m-z& honor. operator_[ edward buyers helped with the rescuexd of an american civilian being heldlp hostage by taliban insurgents inokfghanistan. to hand combat with multiple assailants and used his own bodyo]o shield the hostage. he is the sixth navy seal tot(f* receive the award. >> only a select few emerge and earn thef* right to wear the golden trident. in the en)vqistory of the navy sealp awarded
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their names have beenlp legend. norris, cary, thornton, murphy, mondays sour, and nowlp a sixth,_ buyers. >> the rescue resulted in the death of a member of the group known&x+&_ seal team 6. buyersok performed cpr on his friend and teammate for 40 minutes in an *yeeu*$ur*p+e his life. thousands of u.s. service personnel have returned from the battlefield with career ending wounds but many of them still have a sense of service and a lot oflp them fight left in them. some of them are putting their skills to work chasing down people who abuse children. we have this story. xd. >>r formerf* army ranger, block. he and other elite members of
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forces, arer new mission. >> so the hero corps being a unique program thate1 it is, it gets a veteranc the opportunity to notok only take on a\@ mission, but really,f* to rescue children. >> reporter: jayr himself a former highly decorated army ranger leads the team as the\@ko head of axdt( nonprofit called "protect." they partner with homeland security investigations+w3 to traint( and place these veterans with law enforcement agencies around the3w country. >> you see groupss7 of children being abused at levels the average american can't fathom and the axq+se seemslp to be getting more documentedxd_ and worse. >> reporter: protect says theko_e1 united_ states is the world's largesti producer of child pornography. the images too hard zn look at, often too horrible to describe. but forcxd these heros, the idea of not
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>> what we're dealing is actual h it gives you that sense of urgencyjqj to get there as fast as -- able to get there asxd fast as youi can. thei main objective of thexd hero is to au >> reporter: they share another trait. in order to qualify for the program theiri veterans must have beenf*r wounded, ill, inok service for their country. block_ was badly wounded during a raid in southern afghanistan inxdr 2013. a suicide bomber chargedf* him and his team. the explosion went off just eighti feet from wh%3 block wasl i *up'ding. >> we lost fourok friends that night through a blast. it threw me back 30 feet intoe1_ a ditch. wounded a bunch of odhim9 i @&c% >> reporter: getting back to fighting shapelp wasn't easy.
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sergeant block endured several reconstructive surgeries. doctors couldn't savef* his right eye, but blockw3 decided to use his setback to make a statement. >> i picked kament a shield for my fake eyew3 because i feel it's something that i represent and stand for in a big way. he doesn't like bullies. neither do i. >> reporter: let that serve as noticeok for anyone who may be s0 q)rorizing children. t( powerful storyxd for sure. coming newspaperf* sports, the wolf pack baseball team isxj( back from their season opening eight-game opening. a leader on offense coming up in just a little bit.
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a bi1 after disturbance coming from from the southwest. the lake is moving, that's cool computer effect, look at that. no boaters, though. and it's not live, just anv i1 lake wind advisory in effect tomorrowq morning from tilld p.m. 2 and 4 foot wavest( expected. great sunrise tomorrow. 55 is the average for this time of year. and right now,t(i]i]+ we've got 60 in renoe1c.f everyone is in thexdzv upper 50s toiok our east. and there's south lake 45, north end in the 30s.
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hour, gusts to 30 to 40 miles` hour. and the rain showers are3w dissipating ) they get toward redding and northern points of california. this is a ridge of high pressure, the jet stream will go northxd andi]:e"5(q;therec^ pretty_ good chance of snow for tahoe and againw3 on saturday, sunday, and monday. so here wei are tomorrow morning, mostly clear skies, looks good. and the rain fizzles out,v4 much for us at all. clouds on wednesday. herer taking shape --i] thursday's storm taking shape. i don't expect much for reno butq the mountains should see snow from that. snow level at 7500i] feet. and then it all gets interesting into the weekend. more of that inxd a second. overnight lows in the north eastern section of the state below freezing and temperatures will be in toq the upper 50sjf and mountain. reboundingr
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73, and low 30s acrossr the board. that's in the east. nice rebound. fernley, wow, 75. around the hake temperatures shouldb bejf above freezing. partly cloudy skies. to the north, n", bad at stead, 70 to 68. nixon goes to p 72. overnight lows in the valley flow,oke1 mid-30s, upper 60s to 70. partly cloudy, southwest winds at 20 to 30 miles per hour. turn to a rain/snow mix chance onxd sunday and monday. south lake tahoe gets snow saturday monday. carson city andd thent( here isok our rainfall chances look healthy could be a rain/snow mix on sunday morning
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and i know someone else who is watching thejfxd snow conditions. >> mostlp definitely.e1 >> thatxd guy, right there. >> i'm always looking ten days_t( ahead. >> you and ryan kern. >> i ame1 obsessed. you are. >> kind afterq probt447 >> what's not a problem is how thezm? wolf packe1 isi] doing. >> it'st`lncredible. a fun season with eric muscleman. they've won five out of their last six. >> overtime win yesterday. >> over colorado state. a teamzv theyb finish with, get some revenge. they've displayed heart night in and night out despite not having coleman their star\^qlayer. still out. they found a way to win and that was,- big one becauser bye in the tournament so that's bode well for the wolf pack. and afterwards in thec game, the head coach said you know what, this is the best team that he has ever_ been a part of and that's saying a lott]mjdtqi tor a coach that's been around as
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the pack will be forced to overtime for the third time_hs' the last five games and with several of their top players fouled out, they find auq way to win in that victory. criz?;i pack. had another monster game, 16 '1u*juj, 14 rebounds, including a couple of usual dunks. and drew fantastic, running the point, 8 points, 9 boards, andi 8 assists. going to be a quick turnw3 around for the guys, rematch against boise state on wednesday. >> reporter: the guys are on a highxd today after the win_ against the colorado state rams yesterday. theok coach said what makes a win better is they had three guys foul out and coleman didn+ the game becauselp off* his injury and they were still able to push and get the win. there are touch games ahead.
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wednesday, a team they are tied third in the mounti] west with righti now. and_ last time they played the broncos theyt( lost at home by 7 points. but the guys they say are a different squadc this time around. >> we wanted that game back rightjf then andt( there. since that loss we have grown. we keep on going up. and at thei] end of t+o year, you want to be mag your best basketball and i thoughtok we were playing our best basketball rightr now. ; we knew we could have won that game. we feel like we owe them one. we_ submitt( with every team wei lost to see we have to get them and afterwards new mexico. >> reporter: the biggest difference between the_ last time these teams played, coleman led the pack with 17 points and now this timee1 he may not be ablet( c play due to hisi] ankle injury. i did see him today at practice,xd he's walking around without a boot on so that could be a goodxdr but the coach muscleman says' day to day right now.
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game against the broncosf* that's on at 6 p.m. >> both teams side for third and the chance for@ugq ac3dxd toxdxd get revenge on the broncosc and move up in seeding for the mount west conference tournament. boise coming off a big win, should be a pretty fun one to watch. wolfw3 pack baseball team wrapped up their season opening road trip down infbjqv had a sweepr atw3 the hand of the ant eaters. there wase1_ pnqitives. one of them was thef* play of justin bridgeman after spending most of last season inok a reserve role he has returned as a regular starter this season. he's been outstanding.
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hits on the trip.t(xd4/>> thankful to bemy playing. i try to play as hardi]@ i can every day. i don't forecuss much on the results, i want to domy everything i can to get a win. >> hey, like i told the team,!zm! competitive. i mean,+ it'si] --i 88 wants to win. he's competitive player and person there, so i told the team they can learn from justin and how he's going about: his work. >> packf* wi opener or tuesday afternoon. tickets 2 bfu/m9 i * (qp is hoping to win their 500th
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>> it's just something we have to have. it's not ant( option. >>r we'll hearxd tristan's story and his message to thoset( who stole not just his wheelchair butjf his way of life. we have a final check offr the forecast. >> ip, have the next seven days covered. good snow chances for = i r know somebody who has the next two weeks covered and iok think he's >> maybe the most snow we've seen all year. >> the middle of the mon
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here but another, who knows >> it's the oscars. >> where anything can ha >> anything can happen. >> "e.t" with the winners, partying all night long. >> this is the os to be here is to be part of history. >> and leo home oscar gold, what his mom told us. everything you didn't see. >> he only has one eyebrow, so i drew it on for him. j-law backstage. plus exclusive photos of katy perry and orlando bloom hand in hand. find out where hollywood's hottest new couple spent their oscar weekend.
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