jennie finch, she's got one game left after tonight. good will tour, she pitched a complete game and a little help here defensively from her team. look at that. finch also homered, took a no- hitter into the 5th inning. she homered yesterday. took a no hitter into the 5th. settle for a one-hitter. usa beat japan 5-0. the tournament wraps up on monday. >>> floyd landis on the lance armstrong cheated case. >> did you see him using performance enhancing drugs? >> yes. i also received some from him. rather than go into entire detail, yes. i saw lance armstrong using drugs. >> all right. again, armstrong says this is his final tour de france. armstrong's in 23rd place. andy schleck is only eight seconds behind. today mark cavendish won. but again it's wrapping up for armstrong. i'll say really quickly, mark danon, the great jacqueline bennett, you're probably bicycle riding fans. all these years, reports, reports, reports on armstrong. i'm one of these guys until i see it, i don't want to believe it. that's an awful lot of smoke isn't it? >>

jennie finch leaving the game in the seventh to a standing ovation. very nice sendoff for her after an impressive playing career. >> congratulations to her. >> jennie was super. >> she needs a cereal box. >> she has been. >> thanks. >> thanks for choosing nbc bay area news tonight. >> we'll see you tomorrow. bye-bye. >>> and now another viewpoint, response to an nbc bay area editorial. >> almost 40% of our public schools budget is spent on overhead. we need to consolidate management and merge districts so we can keep more money in our classrooms. that's the editorial stand we took last week, and you responded. one vow joe, think about the districts where you live. let's move on without so much management oversight. darlene adds, why not go straight for the source. textbooks are a problem. teachers should be using actual documents from the library of commerce instead of interpretation of facts by textbook companies who have traditionally taken a huge chunk of our informational dollar. you can view more at nbceditorials.com. the music

jenny finch, maybe the greatest name in the history of the sport. announced her retirement.l be with her kids. certainly be home at night. she will not take them. and she hit a two-run homer. usa beat canada, 9-0. jenny could pitch and jenny will retire just terrific. she was a pitcher for arizona, winning a collegiate championship and 60 games in a row. bobby has been named the major league soccer all-star game set for wednesday in houston. he's one of the guys that's a last minute edition. he scored more than a year to put the earthquake up front against the l.a. galaxy. galaxy is the one that picked him. tonight, we will have a 2-2 tie thing. donedonovan, he scores. galaxy improved to 12-2, and 4. are you okay? >> i'm sorry. >> coming to work for you. >> all right. hall of fame, has welcomed in a new member. the united states hockey hall of fame. there's one that jackie reported in toronto. those who loved our country didn't hear this one. i'll be the jokester. going in on october 21st, buffalo, new york. playing a couple of season with the sharks and people like had him.

>> attica's finch was listed as one of the 100 most popular heroes in american sentiment. as a prosecutor, that used to always take me off. he loses the case and that gets killed. then when his daughter is involved in the case, he'd obstructs justice by pretending to read the is not the killer. everybody loves that. even though he loses, the trucks and justice. when i was on "practice" we had a character that we spun off on another show who would destroy evidence. people loved him. it seems to me there has to be a free imagining from the public defender's office -- reimagining from the public defender's office about one we do. we all know where crime comes from. that group of people is also where crime victims come from. it is a lot easier to get people behind routing for the victim of crime, then the potential perpetrator -- than the potential perpetrator. where i think we are missing an opportunity is -- this will be controversial. nobody told us you wearing a dark suit, white shirt, tie. you look like a young republican, even if you are not. and i do not know where they

. >> ifill: and geoffrey brown talks to artist chuck close and his biographer christopher finch about art and overcoming adversity. >> i have a great deal of difficulty recognizing faces. especially if i happen to... if i've just met somebody, it's hopeless. >> brown: you are known for portrays of faces. >> i was driven to make them. i'm absolutely positive. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: the stock market rallied for the first time in more than a week. the dow jones industrial average was up more than 170 points before doubts about the economy took hold again. the dow finished with a gain of 57 points to close at 9743. the nasdaq rose two points to close near 2094. mark

>> and i am and my back yard and let me tell you that these beautiful finches.t gorgeous birds. you cannot get up close and personal, i have tried. however, you can enjoy nature no matter where you live. we have some advice on how you can invite beautiful birds and your life. coming up on kron 4 news weekend. come on back, guys. >> welcome back to kron 4 news weekend as if a of an interest in birds gabackyard birds? the birds garden as the best place to get the great advice for board feet, bird feeders, to attract birds. and bird feeders. >> it is relatively easy. >> it is relatively easy. just a small feeder, and you can add to it. starting people off with a niger, for finches, and then a regular bird seat features a larger variety. >> can is with the bird, garden and we're kenneth kenneth. and i have to beat of the perfect location? >> you tube. >> with a perfect habitat. you do. -- >> and to swoop down, and they come down and eat from the trees. perhaps there is only one problem and that would be right there [laughter] >> and he loves those birds. but they do

. >> jennie finch, the great professional -- >> jimmy: did she pitch to me?e was on my team. >> jimmy: they try to humiliate you by putting -- and she throws hard. >> hard. >> jimmy: really hard. >> and she's tall and has long arms and it really comes at you. we also had mc hammer playing on the opposite team. >> jimmy: on the opposite team. how was hammer? >> we asked him repeatedly, please, hammer, don't hurt them. uh -- and it turns out he was far too legit to quit. >> jimmy: he was. >> he did not -- [ applause ] >> jimmy: that's how he's always been. >> there's not an ounce of quit in that game. >> jimmy: were you able to touch him? this? >> are you kidding me? are you kidding me? >> you can't touch that. >> jimmy: it's impossible. it is impossible. you can try -- >> jimmy: i feel like your pants are going to balloon up and you're going to start dancing around the stage. >> it could happen. >> jimmy: i think he was -- with the oakland -- he was always with the team when he was a kid. >> he had two home runs -- >> jimmy: really? i hope not two. how did you

and francis finch lee, nell harper completed her first and only novel in 1960. in fact, it appeared for the very first time on july 11 of that year. upon its publication, nell, as she is affectionately known to her family and close friends, reportedly remarked her book would win some encouragement for what was a budding writing career. 50 years later, it is safe to say her hopes have been more than realized. in many ways, harper lee could not have foreseen her brilliantly worded prose would one day become a literary bee cohn for equality and justice, not to mention an inspiration for the advancement of civil rights all across our land. not only would "to kill a mockingbird" become one of the great books of the 20th century but the 1962 movie version, starring grig peck, has been immortalized in celluloid. the courtroom intine -- interior shown in the movie is the exact replica of the sold county -- old county courthouse in monroeville which you can visit today. for her effort the book won the pulitzer prize for fiction in 1961. today, as the gentlelady from the