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You may see snow when you wake up in the morning - the forecast coming up.
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[VO-NAT]
Two Democratic Candidates debate tonight.
Plus laid off workers hope their voices make it all the way to Richmond.
And if Britney Spears' concert is sold out - how come so many tickets are available on line?
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[Talent=Jean]
News 7 is Next.
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[Storm-Preps]
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For the first time this winter season, snow is in the forecast. In fact it's already falling in parts of southwest Virginia. Let head over to the weathercenter. Robin, will this spell trouble for people heading out early in the morning?
[Toss-2-Robin]
Jean tosses to Robin in Weather Center
[WX1]
[11:00pm]
[01/17/2000]
[MCU]WEATHER OFFICE
[WXPRO/FULL]SNOW MAP
Interest is high in the snow forecast but most folks are taking it in stride.
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[SUPER=03-Christiansburg;]
Lowe's in Christiansburg rolled out the shovels and even put sleds on display in the front of the store.
And Kroger in Blacksburg stocked the shelves with a few extra snow staples.
National Weather Service forecasters point out the morning rush hour will be the trickiest time. That's when frozen precipitation will have reached most of the region.
And the warm and dry pattern may be coming to an end for the next week or two.
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[IN Q=It looks like winter's]
[SUPER=01-Jeff Stewart/National Weather Service;]
((JEFF STEWART/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE: IT LOOKS LIKE WINTER'S COMING BACK. WE GOT SOME COLD AIR THAT'S COMING OUT OF CANADA. AND WE'RE GETTING A FEW REINFORCING SHOTS OF COLD AIR OVER THE NEXT FIVE OR 10 DAYS AND IT LOOKS LIKE AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE COULD HAVE SOME CHANCES AT WINTER PRECIPITATION EVENTS OVER THE NEXT FIVE TO TEN DAYS.))
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[OUT Q=next five to ten days]
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V-DOT officials say they WILL have crews salting and sanding the roads early tomorrow morning -- about an hour before the snow starts falling.
[Tultex]
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[GRAPHIC=Tultex Chpt. 11]
Henry County supervisors turned an ear to the masses this evening as they began preparing a wish list for lawmakers in Richmond.
The list will include suggestions for ways to help the more than three- thousand area textile workers who've recently lost their jobs.
[Double Boxes=Jean/Newsroom]
Teresa Hamilton was at tonight's meeting and joins us now.
[Live= Full/Newsroom]
[SUPER=@Teresa1]
Jean-- county administrator Sid Clower plans to meet with officials from Governor Gilmore's administration later this week.
So this evening-- he and county supervisors held a meeting to get input from those affected most.
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[SUPER=03-Henry Co.; :00]
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[SUPER=01-Anthony Hairston/Displaced Worker; 1:05]
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[OUT Q=out of work.]
(( County Administrator Sid Clower is optimistic Henry County will bounce back.
Right now... he says the county is negotiating with several companies.
But Clower admits-- even if the prospective businesses do locate in Henry County it will be months before they begin hiring workers.
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[in q=What we've]
(( SID CLOWER/HENRY CO. ADMINISTRATOR: WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO IS FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU FROM WHERE YOU ARE TODAY UNEMPLOYED TO RE-EMPLOYED AND HELP YOU DO THAT WITHOUT LOSING YOUR HOUSE, YOUR CARS, YOU KNOW, YOUR KIDS. LAUGHTER.))
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Clower plans to meet with officials from Governor Gilmore's office later this week in hopes of getting legislation introduced before the General Assembly this session.
Those who showed up said they would like the state to provide additional help to speed things up at area unemployment offices.
They're also deeply concerned over paying their bills and somehow maintaining health insurance.
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((MURIAL DILLARD/DISPLACED WORKER: IT'S BEEN QUITE ROUGH FOR ME BECAUSE I GOT BASICALLY A NEW HOME, I HAVE TO PAY FOR, YOU KNOW, I GOT BILLS AND ON TOP OF THE BILLS, I AM A DIABETIC, I GOT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.
ANTHONY HAIRSTON/DISPLACED WORKER: IT IS A STATE OF EMERGENCY, IT MAY NOT BE NO HURRICANE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT COMING BUT AS FAR AS WE FEEL IN OUR HEARTS, A HURRICANE HAS COME THROUGH WHEN YOU HAVE THESE MANY WORKERS OUT OF WORK.))
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[Live= Full/Newsroom]
At the end of the meeting-- Clower and the board did indeed compile a list.
Clower will be asking for an increase and extension in unemployment benefits...as well as medicaid or some other health insurance for the displaced workers.
[Double Boxes=ANCHOR/Newsroom]
Jean, he'll also be asking for funds to help support a proposed technology center as well as other funds to help the county get back on its feet.
[Rockbridge-Accident]
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A car accident this afternoon killed a Buena Vista teen-ager, and critically injured another.
State police say driver 18-year-old John Thomas Huffman lost control of his vehicle on a curve of Mountain View Road in Rockbridge County.
He and his passenger, Thomas James Brown, were apparently thrown from the vehicle when it overturned.
Brown died at the scene. He would have turned 18 on Thursday.
Huffman was flown to the University of Virginia Medical Center.
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[SUPER=03-Franklin Co.]
In Franklin County, an accident left some crushed cars on Route 220 today - but this damage wasn't all done in the accident.
The cars were already scrap metal, loaded on a truck heading north near a sharp curve at Route 605.
The truck tipped over and skidded into the median. One lane was closed for about five hours.
The trucker, from North Carolina, was charged with reckless driving.
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[Confederate]
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Tens of thousands rallied in Columbia South Carolina. They want the Confederate Flag taken down from the State House.
Bill Whittaker was there.
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[SUPER=03-Columbia, SC]
[SUPER=01-Marilyn Jeffcoe/Marcher; 29 quick! ]
[SUPER=01-Kweisi Mfume/NAACP President; 46]
[SUPER=01-Bill Whitaker/Reporting; no standup]
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[OUT Q=Columbia South Carolina]
((It was the largest march Columbia, South Carolina had ever witnessed.
46-thousand people - most African American - marched on the
capitol to press unfinished business. On this day honoring a man of
peace, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., they called on legislators to pull
down a banner of war, the Confederate flag above the Statehouse.
Marilyn Jeffcoe, Marcher/IT'S A SYMBOL OF RACISM HERE IN SOUTH
CAROLINA.
White man/WE SAY TAKE THE FLAG DOWN.
The march was called by the NAACP, which has an ongoing boycott
against this last state of the old confederacy still to so honor the flag.
Kweisi Mfume, Pres. NAACP/ WE HAVE COME TO THIS STATE CAPITOL,
STANDING BENEATH THIS CONFEDERATE FLAG TO SAY THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO
MARCH AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BOYCOTT UNTIL IT FLIES NO MORE.
NAT SOUND: military trumpet ...
The battle lines are drawn. Recently 6,000 flag supporters answered a call to arms on the same capitol steps.
Flag supporter/ ANY MOVEMENT WHATSOEVER WOULD BE A SHAMEFUL MOVE FOR THE FLAG. BILL WHITAKER, CBS NEWS, COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA.))
[Debate]
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Two Democratic contenders for President both say the Confederate Flag should come down.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Des Moines, IA]
[Super=04-MSNBC; keep up for :05 mandatory!]
Vice President Al Gore and Bill Bradley squared off tonight- It is the sixth and final debate- before next Monday's Iowa caucuses.
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((AL GORE/VICE PRESIDENT: I DO NOT THINK A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SHOULD EVER BOYCOTT AN INDIVIDUAL STATE BECAUSE A PRESIDENT NEEDS TO BRING OUT PEOPLE TOGETHER AND WE NEED TO BRING THE CONFEDERATE FLAG DOWN.))
[BUTT TO 20:04:10]
((BILL BRADLEY/D-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: IF WE ARE GOING TO MAKE PROGRESS ON RACE IN AMERICA WE HAVE TO DO BOTH THOSE. WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE CONDITIONS OF DISCRIMINATION AND POVERTY AND WE HAVE TO CHANGE OUR HEARTS SO THAT WE CAN BRING EVERYBODY ALONG AS OUR BROTHER AND SISTER.))
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[VO-NAT]
Then Bradley talked about racial profiling- asking Gore to get the President moving on it.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=20:04:44]
((I WANT YOU TO WALK DOWN THAT HALLWAY, WALK INTO HIS OFFICE AND SAY SIGN THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER TODAY. APPLAUSE.))
[BUTT TO 20:04:57]
((GORE: I DON'T THINK PRESIDENT CLINTON NEEDS A LECTURE FROM BILL BRADLEY ON HOW TO STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS AND LATINOS IN THIS COUNTRY.))
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[OUT Q=in this country.]
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[Vo=nat]
Iowa caucuses are next week- then eight days later- the first primary in New Hampshire.
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[King-Celebration]
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A celebration of diversity tonight in Roanoke - in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King...
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke/Tonight]
Dozens of people - including some officials like Mayor David Bowers - attended the services, that included a candle-lighting ceremony, poetry, and singing.
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[vo-nat]
Tonight's event was sponsored by several organizations, including the Roanoke Chapter of the N-double-A-C-P and the Roanoke Jewish Community Council.
The president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference thinks the ceremony served its purpose.
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[SOT]
[59:58]
[IN Q=All races... came together]
[SUPER=01-Perneller Chubb-Wilson/SCLC Pres.]
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[OUT Q=fulfilled his dream tonight.]
[MLK-National]
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Dr. King would have been 71 this week-
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[SOT]
[IN Q=16:50:15]
((LITTLE BLACK GIRLS AND LITTLE BLACKS CAN JOIN HANDS WITH LITTLE WHITE GIRLS AND LITTLE WHITE BOYS, I HAVE A DREAM TODAY.))
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[OUT Q=A DREAM TODAY.]
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[VO-NAT]
Around the nation today people are honoring King-
[SUPER=03-Atlanta;]
Dr. King's youngest daughter was just one of many to pay tribute to King at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta- where King once served as Pastor.
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((REV. BERNICE KING/MLK'S DAUGHTER: TODAY WE HAVE COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE AND COMMEMORATE THE TRUE PERSON OF THE CENTURY, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JUNIOR.))
[SUPER=01-Rev. Bernice King/Martin Luther King's Daughter; wait til 07 quick!]
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[OUT Q=Luther King, Junior.]
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[Vo-Nat]
Vice President Gore walked with King's family to lay a wreath on king's Crypt.
President Clinton spent the day volunteering at a Washington boys and girls club.
King's family has encouraged all Americans to consider the holiday a day ON, not a day off... and
spend the day volunteering and helping the less fortunate.
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((WIPE WIPE WIPE))
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg]
In Lynchburg, children had the day off from school for the first time in four years, but many spent it learning more about Dr. King.
But a plan to separate King's holiday from Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson has one Southern heritage group upset.
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[SOT 00:01:04]
((WAYNE BYRD/HERITAGE PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION: TO DIVIDE THESE DAYS WOULD BE TO DIVIDE THE CITIZENS OF VIRGINIA ALONG THEIR HERITAGE LINES AS SOUTHERNERS. IT WOULD CREATE MORE ANIMOSITY AND DIVISION BY SEPARATING THE DAYS THAN KEEPING THEM TOGETHER.))
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[OUT Q=keeping them together.]
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[VO-NAT]
Byrd says all three men were Southern Christians who were dedicated to their causes.
A bill to separate the holidays will be considered by this year's General Assembly.
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[Tease1]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[writer=chr]
[NEWSCAST=11p]
[SS=None]
Is a resolution in sight for the doctors who've resigned from Lewis Gale, but want to stay in the area?
We'll have a look.
Plus...
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[VO-NAT]
She's the hottest ticket in town. But many of Britney Spears' local fans are left out in the cold.
We'll explain.
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[Sports-Preview]
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((Hey guys this is Mike Stevens in the News 7 Sports office with highlights of a major upset win by the UVa women tonight. The UT women get thumped by the Bulldogs.
David Wesley and the Hornets return to the hive.
KJ undergoes a bit of a health setback.
and Junior gets up close of Jennifer Love Hewitt tonight on the Big 7.))
[Internet-tickets]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=99-47 1:20:34]
[GRAPHIC=Britney Spears]
On Saturday, Britney Spears sold out the Roanoke Civic Center in record time.
Sales over the internet played a major part in that, but the web may have also created a new breed of scalper- as Joe Dashiell explains.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=This one is my favorite]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :10]
[SUPER=01-Christopher Stump/Britney Spears Fan; :19]
[SUPER=04-Saturday; :28]
[SUPER=07-Tommy Stump; :44]
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[IN Q=This one is my favorite]
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[OUT Q=has a beautiful smile.]
Christopher Stump's devotion is displayed on the walls of his room.
The fourteen year- old is an enthusiastic fan of Britney Spears, and he was looking forward to the young singer's April appearance here.
[SOT 01:57:02]
[IN Q=I've been a fan]
((I'VE BEEN A FAN SINCE BASICALLY WHEN SHE FIRST CAME OUT AND I GOT HER C-D AND THE FIRST DAY IT CAME OUT AND AFTER I LISTENED TO IT ONCE, I JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH IT.))
[RUNS= :09]
[OUT Q=in love with it.]
But on Saturday as fans lined up at the civic center and other outlets, more than half of the tickets were sold on-line.
Now many are appearing on the internet auction site e-bay listed by sellers from out of state who purchased tickets on the web and are now trying to turn a profit.
[SOT 02:07:47]
[IN Q=It's just a sad situation]
((IT'S A SAD SITUATION ALL THE WAY AROUND, NOT JUST FOR MY SON, BUT FOR OTHER KIDS AS WELL. IT'S JUST NOT A FAIR SITUATION, THE WAY THEY DO THINGS.))
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[OUT Q=the way they do things.]
The Stumps haven't given up.... They're looking for tickets, and hoping that on April 7-th one of Britney Spears' biggest fans will have a seat in audience.
Joe Dashiell News 7 Roanoke.))
[Lewis-Gale]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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The Lewis-Gale Clinic won't talk about the nature of its discussions with departing doctors ... but says it's hopeful everything will be resolved after this week.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem]
This ... after it was revealed over the weekend ... that a group of 14 family-practice doctors who are resigning ... are now working on a deal that will let them stay in this area.
[pre-pro]
A spokeswoman for the clinic tells News-7:
"This weekend's discussions were very positive and very constructive ...
This is going to be a real critical week, trying to iron out details."
Negotiations include lawyers for the clinic's parent company ... the doctors ... and Columbia H-C-A.
Talks are focused on getting the doctors out of non-compete clauses in their contracts.
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[Tease2]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[writer=chr]
[NEWSCAST=11p]
[SS=None]
Dozens of dolphins are beaching themselves on a U-S shore.
The story ahead.
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[VO-NAT]
And if you can't get enough of the Hokies - there's plenty on some grocery store shelves.
We'll tell you about Hokie Toasties, a little later.
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[lotto]
[SUPER=135-7 6 9/1 6 0 6/10 14 15 21 33]
NIGHT DRAWING=
Pick 3:
7-6-9
(seven, six, nine)
Pick 4:
1-6-0-6
(one, six, zero, six)
Cash 5:
10-14-15-21-33
(ten, fourteen, fifteen, twenty-one, thirty-three)
[Dolphins]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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It's a puzzling situation in Florida where dozens of dolphins have beached themselves.
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[VO-NAT 17:04;00]
[SUPER=03-Layton, FL]
Nearly 100 dolphins beached themselves in the Florida Keys. Scientists don't know why.
It was Sunday night that residents noticed the dolphins coming ashore. Since then at least 23 have died.
Today snorklers and divers formed a human chain to try and keep dolphins from beaching themselves.
The chain also helped to push 20 dolphins back out to see.
Last year more than 100 dolphins died in Northern Florida.
Exams showed the dolphins had lesions in their lungs and respiratory tracts.
Red Tide toxins have been suspected in those cases.
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[DMV-Organ]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[GRAPHIC=Organ Donations]
The D-M-V in Virginia is finding that one question is saving thousands of lives.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/March 1999; ]
In February 1999, Department of Motor Vehicles clerks began asking customers, "Do you wish to become an organ donor?"
That approach resulted in the highest number of organ donors in agency history.
Organ donors increased by nearly 250-percent in just one year.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
[SS=HOLD]
The D-M-V is also supporting organ donation by printing "Save a Life, be an organ donor" on the back of all driver's license renewal envelopes.
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[01/17/2000]
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Upsets galore in women's college hoops, plus the Hornets return home to the hive, the top 10 high school polls are out and Dale Junior talks about hooking up Jennifer Lover Hewitt.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=75-Roanoke; :00]
But first in tonight's Extra Point - Express goalie Daniel Berthiaume is now the ECHL's top rated goalie, allowing just 2.08 goals a game. He is also tops in the league in save percentage at 93 percent.
The Express also has not given up a power play goal in three games and is now the number two team in the league in penalty killing at 87 percent.
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[S-UVa]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
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[WRITER=mst]
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We get started now down on tobacco road in Raleigh, where the red hot UVa women's basketball team cooled off the fifth ranked Wolfpack.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Raleigh, NC/HTS; :00]
Debbie Ryan came in with plenty of fire last night as her team was riding an 8 game winning streak.
And Telisha Quarles, the homegrown product from Louisa was a spark plug last night as she dropped in a game high 21 points and had two steals to help UVa take a 15 point halftime lead.
UVa got out rebounded by 17, but they also shot a blistering 51 percent from the floor. Lisa Hosac get this putback for two in the paint.
And if you don't think the women's game is fast check this out. Renee
[SUPER=33-Virginia/80/N.C. State #3/73;]
Robinson with the long bounce pass to Volyana Svetlana in transition. UVa upsets number 5 NC State 80-to-73.
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[S-College]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
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[GRAPHIC=NCAA HOOPS]
The wild afternoon of upsets began early today in the SEC where the second ranked Tennessee women were hammered.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Athens, GA/ESPN; :00]
The Lady Vols took on the Georgia Bulldogs this afternoon in a battle of top perennial top ten programs.
This one was tight in the first half as Co Co Miller goes baseline and shoots the Lady Bulldogs into the lead.
In the second half Georgia would pull away like few teams are ever able to do
[SUPER=31-Tennessee #2/51/Georgia #7/78;]
against the Lady Vols as Dena Nolan and Miller light up the scoreboard and lead the 7th ranked Bulldogs to a 78-to-51
victory over #2 Tennessee.
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[S-Hornets]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
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[WRITER=mst]
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The Charlotte Hornets played their first game at home since the death of former teammate Bobby Phills last Wednesday.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Charlotte, NC/Fox-Net; :00]
Phills good friend David Wesley, the man with whom he was racing against in his Porsche last Wednesday when it crashed near the Charlotte Coliseum, was in the lineup.
But the Hornets had to play from behind most of the evening as Anthony Mason buries the short jumper from the left side to cut the Toronto Raptors into single digits.
[SUPER=32-Toronto/94/Charlotte/115;]
The Raptors were in control most of the way behind the shooting of Doug Christie, but the Hornets go on a 25-to- nothing run to win it 115-to-94.
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[wipe to pinnacle 7514]
And keep in mind folks, the only place to catch the Heels and Hoos doing battle tonight is right here on Your Hometown Station - WDBJ-7 - LIVE at 8.
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((BYE BYE))
[S-VHSL]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
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[WRITER=mst]
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The new Associated Press Top 10 high school basketball polls released last night are loaded with teams in the girls' triple a ranks.
Unbeatens GW Danville and Pulaski are two and three, while Cave Spring is 7th.
The Cave Spring boys are 6th in their Group 3-A poll.
Magna Vista is the lone Group Two A representative from the area at number 9, while Giles is third in the single A poll and Parry McCluer is 4th.
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Stanford tennis star K.J. Hippensteel is in a California hospital intensive care unit recovering from a ruptured spleen and a bout with mono.
The Roanoke native suffered the injury this past weekend.
But Steve Mason says the NCAA's top rated player will be back.
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((Before the Mono nucleosis, K.J. was undefeated in singles play and his momentary illness is the only thing that will cause him to lose his number one ranking in February. Nothing can side track his ultimate dream.
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He's always been self motivated, but this season, some of his inspiration came all the way from Blacksburg.
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Athletic ability is just the beginning. Last year, he played in the French Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open juniors division and shared a locker room with Pete Sampras.
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Hippensteel's feet remain firmly planted on the ground. This past summer, he helped with a tennis clinic in Roanoke.
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K.J. should return to the courts anywhere from six to ten weeks. Steve Mason, news 7 sports.))
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Dale Earnhardt Junior had the 11th fastest time during yesterday's GM test session at Daytona.
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"Little E" is working on getting his Budweiser racing team all set for the 2000 campaign, but a couple of weeks ago his mind was anywhere but on the track.
While in Los Angeles to claim his second Busch Grand National driving title, Dale Junior had a chance to meet actress Jennifer Love Hewitt.
We asked him about the encounter while on the NASCAR Media tour last week.
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Virginia Tech football has left the Sugar Bowl for the Cereal Bowl...
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Hokie Toasties hit many area store shelves today.
Some fans at Blacksburg's Kroger were eagerly snatching the cereal up.
Stores managers say Hokie Toasties are scoring big at the check out with shoppers.
Many fans say they don't plan to actually EAT the cereal. They're saving it as a memento instead.
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