maria sharapova won a three-set set against american lauren davis. through the first set in 26 minutes. struggled through a 77-minute second set before coming back in the third. the russian moves on to the fourth round. on men's side, number three seed roger federer defeated greg gore of bulgaria. >>> kobe bryant brings his fairwell tour to the 23rdnba all-star game. he will make his 18th all-star game appearance. bryant announced plans to retire after this season. >>> in nhl chicago blackhawks record 12 game-winning streak ended last night whenner this beaten by the tampa bay lightning 2-1. the win was 7th straight for the lightning, one short of a team record. black hawks defeated lightning in stanley cup finals last year. lauren: facebook has a new platform facebook sports stadium. will update fans on games, statistics even expert commentary. up to now twitter is the popular destination for live discussions during games. facebook says sports stadium debut with the nfl conference championship games and then the super bowl. nicole: welcoming up, the

has a former champ onto the 4th round maria sharapova held off a tough match from lauren davis... the american actaully won the second set... before sharapova came back to win the third and final set 6-love... it's the 600th win of her career... sharapova was in last year's australian open final, and won it back in 2008 the reno aces are getting one of their pitchers back this season matt stites has cleared waivers, and been assigned to triple-a by the d'backs... he has pitched in reno the last two years... he appeared in 23 games out of their bullpen last season, going 1- and-1 with a 3.86 era and three saves... stites pitched in 11 games with arizona last season. the nightcap comes from the pga tour.. phil mickelson on the approach shot on eight.... this is how the hall of a little backspin...on a rope into the cup!... that's an eagle!.. he shot a four under 68... he's four strokes back thanks, josh. for news while you're on the go, listen to our newscast partner, friday: rain likely, mainly after 4 pm. mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. windy, with a south wind 25 to 30 mph, w

news 13's lauren brigman joins us live from the davis event center... at the w-n-c ag center. lauren, what types of jobs are employers looking to fill in our area? there are career opportunities in a variety of areas... like advanced manufacturing, technology, healthcare, and tourism. 3 it is a one-stop opportunity looking for prospective employees. the event is organized by the economic development coalition and asheville area chamber of commerce. in it's tenth year, event organizers say this year's career fair is the largest one yet. more than 100 employers and career placement services will be on site... and more than five-thousand jobs up for grabs. 3 super: matt popowskieconomic development coalition asheville-buncombe county "we have halthcare, we have manufacturing, which a lot of people don't realize, how many manufacturers we have hereren buncombe county. it's over 300. there's also service industry, there's technology."3 10th annual homecoming career fair is 11 am - 4 pm davis event center, on the grounds of wnc ag center career seekers: no registration 3 coming up at

>>jay: lauren brigman joins us live from the davis event center lauren, a variety of positions are available right here in our area? >>lauren: yeah, local employers are looking to hire for many fields, inincluding advanced manufacturing, technology, health care, tourism, and many more. so, today is your chance to meet face-to-face with those potential employers here in our area. and they are looking to hire now or in the near future. this event is organized by the economic development coalition and asheville area chamber of commerce. it's in its tenth year, but organizers say this year's career fair is the largest one yet. more than 100 employers and career placement services will be on site. more than 5,000 jobs are also up for grabs. now, mission health is one of the many companies looking for potential employees today, and the job openings there go beyond nursing to things like i.t. and finance. >> i'm always looking for a a passion for the position. i'm also looking for a good work history. but, most of all, just for that passion. >>lauren: so the homecoming career fair begins at 11 a.m.

davie and little slow approaching hollywood pines boulevard. have yourself a great thursday. i'm steven j. grey. here's lauren lane. >> traffic reporter: good morng. heading out on the palmetto expressway, we are experiencing heavy tieups from the big curve to the dolphin expressway, 40 minutes, also pretty slow on the turnpike extension and little bit better on the palmetto. crash free on i-95, this is still very slow on the main line line, moretopping and going. and stick with those express lanes, 7th avenue west, biscayne make it a great thursday. >>> we are off to a cool, cloudy start. we have a steady stream of clouds and looks like a front gulf of mexico and increasing our rain chances starting tonight. it's not the best beach and boating kind of day. biscayne bay is at a moderate chop. coastal waters of the keys too. an advisory will be issues later on today. next high tide in dade and broward at 11:47, 1:15 in the lower keys with forecast highs expected to range in the low 70s. tonight's low a little warmer nearing 70 degrees with a chance of showers and storms through friday. the weekend should be dr

lauren. not only are we waking up to slick conditions but it is cooler as compared to yesterday at this time. raindrops on our miami camera especially in broward county. sweeping inn davy, 95, 595, 75 will be slick as well. we already had rain overnight, even across portions of downtown miami, miami beach and the breeze, anywhere from 6 to 10 miles per hour out of the north, ushering in the 50s for everyone in broward and dade county. 60s through the keys. the kiddos will need not only the jackets and you'll need your raincoats but even throughout the day today, sweater weather, with highs struggling to reach 70 degrees. gradual clearing, colder tonight and i'll let you know if it will be drier. i'll have more on my complete forecast. >>> definitely wet out there south florida. take a look at the palmetto, and right back here flashingng lights, those are road rangers picking up cones that started all the way over here. they have been picking up the construction cones, clearing those left lanes out of the way on 826 northbound at u.s. 27. we have a couple of construction closures that haven't cleared just yet. 874 drivers on the don shula expressway, northbound all the

davis. >> laurie: she's in the weather very now with what we call need know heading into the can with. >> betty: happy friday, everyone. tornado watch is cancelled. strong storms pushing out over the lauren waters. so we are moving in the did the -- the atlantic waters. all ofhis weather moving off toward the east, moving toward bimini, in fact, rain and gusty winds for that area. for us the story is that the rainfall is now starting to thin out. even over the keys we did have some very hefty storms pulling over parts of the middle keys earlier. you can see how most of that action is now offshore. key largo now getting on the back edge of some of those heavier rainfalls, and looking a lot bter around miami, too, toward key biscayne some of that

lauren. 7:10. overnight fire in bucks county, it is ruined, a restaurant and damaged two businesses next door to it. >> yes, davisn bucks county up on the scene, dave? >> reporter: now that the sunnies up you will really get an idea of what happened here because this business here, hong kong king buffet, it is complete thely dark inside, and fire officials tell us it is, in fact, a total loss here the 700 block of bustleton pike. here's what we know police, fire fighters say that the fire broke out around 7:00 a.m., and it was a one alarm blaze. the local fire marshals says it started in the back of the buffet and quickly spread up to the roof. david's bridal on one side of the buffet has smoke and water damage and same damage can be seen right side of the business at vip fashion. now the owner of the business talked to us on camera earlier today and said that they are going to do everything that they can to save as many of the prom dress that he is were inside that building, because it is promises on a very busy time but they say any losses will be fully covered. then customers will not take necessity losses at