• Associated Press
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- With Bostonians Tom and Ray Magliozzi walking away from their widely popular "Car Talk" NPR program after 35 years, the hosts of Sioux Falls-based "Under the Hood" wonders if it's their time.
• For 22 years, parts expert Shannon Nordstrom, Russ "The Super Tech" Evans and radio veteran Chris Carter have boosted the call-in show's affiliates to 90 stations across the country.
• The hosts mix humor and banter amid car questions, but they don't ever want comedy to overshadow solid advice.
• As "Click and Clack" -- the Magliozzi brothers' nicknames on the show -- Evans thinks now could be the time for "Under the Hood" to grow even more.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota students' scores in reading and math remained about the same in an annual test given to students across the state.
• About 62,000 students in grades 3-8 and 11 were tested last spring.
• The state Education Department reports that 75.5 percent of the students scored either proficient or advanced in reading, up slightly from last year. About 76.7 percent of the students scored proficient or advanced in math, again up just slightly from a year earlier.
• The tests have been used to measure annual progress under the federal education improvement law known as No Child Left Behind.
• But South Dakota is moving to a new accountability system for schools that will look not only at tests scores, but also at academic growth and the effectiveness of teachers and principals.

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