[Open-Heads]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sat Am]
[WRITER=sbu]
[TAPE#=Heads]
[GRAPHIC=]
[roll cold out of the open]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=#4070;weekend headline banner]
[SUPER=@Denise1;]
[SUPER=@Andrew1;]
Good Morning.
Eight people were trampled to death as a popular American band played at a Danish music festival.
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[vo-nat]
And a New River Castings employee is fired - after he was almost killed in an accident at the plant
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[2-shot toss to Hello]
[Pearl-Jam]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sat AM]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Members of the band Pearl Jam say their lives will never be the same - and they are hoping someone will wake them up and tell them the nightmare is over.
8 fans were crushed to death as the Seattle-based band played at a music festival near Copenhagen, Denmark.
David Browde reports.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Roskilde, Denmark]
[SUPER=01-David Browde/Reporting]
[RUNS=:48]
[OUT Q=CBS News.]
[anchor=Denise]
[graphic=None]
Festival officials say the music will go on today.
The festival will continues through its conclusion tomorrow, with - quote - "the deepest respect for the perished."
[11Broughman]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=tte]
[TAPE#=00-26 33:23]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A Botetourt County judge declared a mistrial yesterday - after a jury of Roger Broughman's peers couldn't decide whether he was guilty.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.;]
Broughman killed his brother Rocky.
He says he went to make peace with Rocky, who had threatened to kill him.
But then, Roger says, Rocky reached for his gun, so Roger shot him repeatedly.
Most of the jury wanted to convict Roger of manslaughter -- but two men said it was self-defense.
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[SOT 10:08:40]
[IN Q=They believe]
((THEY BELIEVED HE WAS NOT GUILTY EARLY IN THE CASE FROM THE TESTIMONY THEY'D HEARD AND BASICALLY BLOCKED EVERYTHING ELSE OUT, DUG THEIR HEELS IN AND SAID THIS MAN SHOULD GO HOME.))
[SUPER=01-Dan Thorsen/Jury Foreman;]
[RUNS=:10]
[OUT Q=should go home]
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[VO-NAT]
A new trial with a different jury is scheduled for three days in August.
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[11Gravely]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=00-20 1:13:30]
[GRAPHIC=New River Castings]
A disabled New River Castings worker who was fired says his employer has added insult to injury.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Radford;]
David Gravely (GRAV-lee) was almost killed in an accident at the plant last June...
A 900-pound machine fell on him and crushed his spine.
The labor department fined Intermet 196-thousand dollars for the accident.
Gravely says doctors ordered him not to return to work.
So, when he got notice that he was fired this week, Gravely fired back.
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[SOT 3:12:22 - :31]
[IN Q=I'm wondering]
[SUPER=01-David Gravely/Former Intermet Employee;]
((DAVID GRAVELY/FORMER INTERMET EMPLOYEE: I'M WONDERING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN THE PEOPLE WHO WERE HURT IN THIS EXPLOSION THAT LIVED ARE GOING TO DO WHEN THEIR ONE YEAR COMES. ARE THEY GOING TO BE OUT ON THE STREET, TOO?))
[RUNS=:09]
[OUT Q=on the street, too?]
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[VO-NAT]
Intermet has a right to fire Gravely.
The company's contract with the union says it can fire any injured worker who's been out for two years OR for longer than they've worked there.
Gravely only worked there nine months.
He still receives worker's compensation.
Intermet has appealed the fines for his accident.
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[Gay-Marriage]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sat AM]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A lesbian couple has become the first in the country to enter a state-approved civil union.
Carolyn Conrad and Kathleen ``K-P''
Peterson took their vows in Brattleboro, Vermont, just after midnight, when the state's new civil union law went into effect.
The law grants the couple the same benefits that married couples
enjoy in Vermont, such as hospital visitation rights and some tax
breaks.
As far as religious organizations are concerned the United Church of Christ will bless same sex unions while, Southern Baptists, Mormons, Catholics, Episcopalians, Presbyterians and Methodists are against the unions.
[11Holiday-Travel]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=00-19 33:33]
[GRAPHIC=Gas Prices]
32-million people are expected to hit the road this holiday weekend - despite the steep cost of driving this year.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg]
Gas prices continue to remain high, with customers in central Virginia paying an average of a dollar- sixty per gallon.
Some motorists say the cost of filling up has made them think twice about their vacation plans this summer.
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[SOT 00:09:42]
[IN Q=It's just gas]
((PATRICK VEST/GAS CUSTOMER: IT'S JUST GAS PRICES ARE GETTING SO HIGH RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE GETTING OUTRAGEOUS I THINK PERSONALLY. Reporter: Makes you think twice before you hit the road? YES, SIR CERTAINLY DOES.))
((TONY MILLER/TRAVELING TO FAMILY REUNION: WE USUALLY COME REGARDLESS BUT LIKE I SAY, WE HAD TO PUT THAT IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR FOR HIGHER GAS PRICES.))
[SUPER=01-Patrick Vest/Gas Customer; :00]
[SUPER=01-Tony Miller/Traveling to Family Reunion; :11]
[RUNS=18]
[OUT Q=higher gas prices.]
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[VO-NAT]
Nationwide, Triple-A says only one percent of travelers are canceling their vacation plans because of high gas prices.
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[Patriot]
[anchor=Andrew -- ON RECORD]
[writer=chr]
[newscast=Sat AM]
[tape=net]
[graphic=None]
Andrew ad lib
[super=01-Henry Bryant/Extra in "The Patriot"]
[super=01-Vincent Lumia/Extra in "The Patriot"]
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[vo-nat]
[super=04-Columbia Pictures]
ad lib
[runs=1:00]
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[anchor=Andrew - ON RECORD]
(ad lib)
Andrew: More and more Hollywood is turning to living history enactors like Henry to be extras in historical films.
We'll have more about what goes into bringing history to life... coming up on News 7 Sunday Morning.
Plus Anna Wentworth tells us what SHE thought of the Patriot a little later.
Stick around.
[Andrew tosses to BREAK]
[BOOKS BUMP]
[COMM]
[Confederate-Flag]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sat AM]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
The Confederate Flag is coming down from the South Carolina Statehouse today.
But the N-Double-A-C-P is not happy with the state's solution.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Columbia, SC;]
As South Carolina removes the Stars-and-Bars from the Statehouse - a smaller Confederate flag is going up near a monument on Statehouse grounds.
The N-Double-A-C-P says its boycott of the state will continue until the flag is off Statehouse grounds.
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[Sports-Plays]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sat AM]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=sports plays]
[GRAPHIC=MLB]
The Houston Comets made it five straight with a decisive win over the Portland Fire last night.
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[super=03-Houston, TX/WNBA;]
Alisa Burras led the Fire with just nine points, that'll give you an idea just what kind of night Portland had.
The Comets Cynthia Cooper with the razzle dazzle behind the back pass to Tina Thompson. Thompson with 16 on the night.
[super=34-Portland/39/Houston/79;]
Cooper also threw in 16 and Houston whips up on Portland 79-39. The second biggest win for the Comets and for Portland, the fewest points scored in a game in WNBA history.
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[WeekendCalen]
[ANCHOR=Andrew 2-shot]
[NEWSCAST=sat am]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=none]
If you're still looking to fill your schedule this weekend, here's some ideas from the weekend calender.
[Take full screen calendar board]
[Chyron 7157]
[andrew adlibs into the diner bump][DinerOpen]
[ANCHOR=Andrew]
[NEWSCAST=Sat AM]
[WRITER=afr]
[TAPE#=Diner Open]
[GRAPHIC=Weekend Diner]
Some of you may know this is my last weekend here at WDBJ. But rest assured, weekend diner will carry on. So keep sending in those recipes!
For my last weekend diner we bring things full circle.
Brenda Bowman is the activities director at Richfield Retirement Community-- And she was the first non News7 employee to be a guest on the segment.
Here are Brenda and Mary Loudermilk with a wonderful oatmeal cake.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=animation]
[RUNS=:05]
[OUT Q=stop animation]
[WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE]
[Weekend-Diner]
[ANCHOR=Andrew]
[NEWSCAST=Sat. AM]
[WRITER=afr]
[TAPE#=WKND Diner #5 TC 47:18]
[GRAPHIC=wipe wipe wipe]
[wipe wipe wipe]
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[SOT]
[IN Q=For Weekend Diner]
[RUNS=3:44]
[OUT Q=comin' up.]
[GO STRAIGHT TO BREAK!!!]
[2Open-Heads]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sat Am]
[WRITER=sbu]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
[ROLL COLD OUT OF THE OPEN]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=#4070;weekend headline banner]
Coming up on News 7 Saturday Morning...
A rock festival turns deadly when eight fans are trampled to death.
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[vo-nat]
Fire investigators say a clothes dryer is partly to blame for destroying a Danville home yesterday.
We will have more on those stories coming up in just a few minutes.
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[2-shot hello]
[2Pearl-Jam]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sat AM]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
The rock festival will continue in Denmark despite the deaths of at least eight people.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roskilde, Denmark;]
Fans at the festival near Copenhagen surged toward a stage where Pearl Jam was performing.
Eight people were trampled to death.
Officials say the people who were killed -- all young men -- apparently slipped on ground muddied by all-day rains.
The crush occurred shortly before midnight, as Pearl Jam played on the main stage before a crowd of about 50-thousand people.
The festival features 170 performers including Lou Reed, Willie Nelson, Iron Maiden and the Pet Shop Boys.
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[11Teen-Club]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=00-21 48:14]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Safe and fun entertainment is the what a new teen dance club hopes to provide for young music fans in Roanoke.
Joy Sutton takes us inside.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Club Majestic]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;00]
[SUPER=07-Chris West;15Quick]
[SUPER=07-Katie Bush;19 Quick]
[SUPER=01-Eric Lawson/Club Owner;41]
[SUPER=@Joy1;1:05]
[RUNS=1:20]
[OUT Q=n7 Roanoke]
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(([NAT SOT]
((NAT SOT))
[RUNS= 05]
Club Majestic made its debut in downtown Roanoke just three months ago -- and already it's luring dozens of teenagers every weekend.
And many say it's nice to finally have a place where they can hang out.
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[SOT11:17]
[IN Q=If this wasnt here]
((CHRIS WEST: IF THIS WASN'T HERE KIDS WOULD PROBABLY BE OUT IN THE STREETS CAUSING TROUBLE BUT THEY CAN COME HERE AND HAVE A FUN TIME))
[RUNS= 05]
[OUT Q=a fun time]
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[SOT 9:52]
[IN Q=It's awesome]
((KATIE BUSH: IT'S AWESOME IT'S GREAT FOR KIDS OUR AGE NOT TO GET IN TROUBLE AND STUFF))
[RUNS= 04]
[OUT Q=and stuff]
The club caters to teen ages 13 through 19 and is open three nights a week. Ironically, the club's owner is only 23 -- and he's also the deejay.
He says he wanted offer teenagers a place to go that was not only fun but also safe.
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[SOT1:53]
[IN Q=A lot of ]
((ERIC LAWSON/OWNER: A LOT OF PLACES ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN KICK THE KIDS OUT OF PLACES. THEY DON'T WANT THEM TO BE LOITERING AROUND. SO WE THOUGHT IT WE COULD GIVE THEM A PLACE THAT THEY COULD ACTUALLY COME TO AND HAVE A GOOD TIME IT WOULD WORK WELL))
[RUNS= 12]
[OUT Q=work]
While dance floor is the main attraction -- the pool tables are also hot spot.
Alcohol is not served and security is a top priority at this club.
And the owner says he welcomes parents to come check it out -- if they have concerns.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
((JOY SUTTON: AND IF YOU THINK THE TEENAGERS ARE THE ONLY ONES HAVING ALL THE FUN. DON'T WORRY. THE CLUB RECENTLY STARTED AN AFTER HOURS SESSION FOR PEOPLE 18 AND OLDER AND IT RUNS FROM 12 AM TO 4 AM. JOY SUTTON, NEWS 7, ROANOKE))
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[OUT Q=news 7, Roanoke]))
[11Danville-Fire]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sat AM]
[WRITER=sch]
[TAPE#=00-23 25:24]
[GRAPHIC=Fire]
Fire officials say an overheated clothes dryer sitting too close to combustibles is to blame for the fire that consumed a Danville home yesterday afternoon.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Danville;]
Occupant Marcus Luck was asleep inside the Garland Street house when flames broke out around 4:30.
He escaped without injury. It took firefighters around two hours to squelch the blaze that destroyed the structure owned by Don Moore of Mount Vernon Avenue.
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[Abortion]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=5pm net E; from 00-11 TC1:56:12]
[GRAPHIC=Abortion]
Abortion rights supporters in Virginia have filed a motion for a federal appeals to court change its ruling concerning the state law that bans so-called partial birth abortion.
Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia took the step yesterday - in light of the U-S Supreme Court decision this week that struck down a similar anti- abortion law in Nebraska.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=@file]
In 1999 the federal appeals court ALLOWED Virginia's law banning late-term abortions to stand.
But abortion rights supporters think the appeals court may reverse its decision after the High Court's ruling Wednesday.
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[anchor=Denise]
[graphic=Hold]
Virginia Attorney General Mark Earley has already said he anticipates he'll have to rewrite the 1998 law.
[11SOL-WWII]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=sch]
[TAPE#=00-14 1:42:40]
[GRAPHIC=None]
For nine days, summer school students at Blairs Middle School in Pittsylvania County learned about war in America.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co.]
This is all in an effort to help students with their Standards of Learning.
They studied the Revolutionary period to the Gulf War.
Students from sixth to eighth grade completed the program yesterday and celebrated by putting on a parade and inviting war veterans.
The theme of the program was "Freedom Thrives, America Survives."
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[SOT 40:42]
[IN Q=Because the SOL's]
((VERA FITZGERALD/COORDINATOR: BECAUSE THE SOLs ARE ABOUT SURVIVAL. SO WE STARTED THINKING ABOUT THE SURVIVAL THEME. AND IT JUST KIND OF EVOLVED INTO FREEDOM THRIVES, AMERICA SURVIVES AND SO EACH GROUP TOOK A WAR.))
[SUPER=01-Vera Fitzgerald/Coordinator;]
[RUNS=:14]
[OUT Q=took a war.]
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[VO-NAT]
The students learned about the different American conflicts through math, science and English.
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[Living-History]
[anchor=Denise]
[writer=chr]
[newscast=Sat AM]
[tape=none]
[graphic=None]
Now Andrew has more with our living history enactor who put his experience to use in the filming of "The Patriot."
Andrew?
[TAKE ANDREW ON RECORD]
Andrew ad lib
[super=07-Henry Bryant/Living History Enactor]
[PAN TO SHOW PROPS]
[Andrew does tease]
[Tease#2]
[ANCHOR=Andrew]
[NEWSCAST=Sat Am]
[SS=None]
[BOTH MICS HOT]
Still to come on News 7 Saturday Morning... Anna Wentworth tells us if she thinks "The Patriot" lives up to its revolutionary history.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=ANDREW]
And... as Virginia Beach tries to enforce some manners - one of its own former police officers is arrested for armed robbery.
Those stories coming up.
But first if you are traveling today........
[Andrew ad-lib the travel forecast]
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[Andrew MIC hot]
[ No 2-shot toss go straight to Travel Bump]
[soft music under]
[11Lawrence-Interstate]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=00-24 14:50]
[GRAPHIC=I-81 Safety]
A circuit judge has given the green light to a local attorney suing the state over Interstate 81 and other highways..
But Judge Richard Pattisall is reserving the right to dismiss the suit at a later time.
Richard Lawrence wants speed limit changes among other things.
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[VO-NAT]
This was the first hearing on the suit filed late last year by Lawrence against the Transportation Department, D-M-V and State Police.
Lawrence wants them to lower the speed limit, add lanes, designate special lanes and increase police patrols... among other things.
The state contends it can't be sued in its own courts and wants the case dismissed. For now, however, it goes on.
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[11Beach-Patrol]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#=500-14 1:06:15]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Virginia Beach wants residents and tourists to be more polite.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT From 500-1 1:08:58]
[IN Q=What does]
[sot 12:31:24 TAPE ONE]
((WHAT DOES THAT SIGN MEAN TO YOU WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT? Don't curse. DON'T CURSE?))
[RUNS=:04]
[OUT Q=don't curse.]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Virginia Beach]
Or use lewd gestures.
Or dress too provocatively.
Retired Army Colonel Cornell Fuller is the volunteer commander of the newly created Friendship Patrol.
He told a girl with undone pants:
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Could we]
[sot 12:45:23]
((CORNELL FULLER: COULD WE ASK YOU TO FASTEN YOUR PANTS?))
[sot 12:13:11 tape one]
((VIRGINIA SLUSHER/RESORT RETAILERS ASSOC.: I CONSIDER MYSELF A CHEERLEADER FOR CIVILITY. AND THAT'S BASICALLY ALL THAT THE CITY IS ASKING.))
[SUPER=01-Virginia Slusher/Resort Retailers Assoc.; :04!!]
[RUNS=:09]
[OUT Q=city is asking.]
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[VO-NAT]
It's called the Behavior Expectations Campaign.
All of the new rules are only guidelines... NOT legally enforceable.
Colonel Fuller's standard is only do or say what you'd want your mother or your little sister to see or hear.
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[Officer-Robbery]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A former Virginia Beach police officer apparently could have taken some tips on manners from the Friendship Patrol...
The former officer of the law has been charged with armed robbery.
William J- Cowan was arrested yesterday afternoon - shortly after police say he pulled a gun in a Wachovia bank on North Carolina's Outer Banks.
Cowan was a 19-year veteran of the Virginia Beach police department. He resigned on good terms in April. He's being held in a detention center on 40-thousand dollar bond.
[Egyptian]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sat AM]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A discovery in Egypt dispels some myths and proves others.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Cairo, Egypt]
Two new tombs, believed to belong to the workers who built the pyramids, have been discovered in Egypt.
Researchers say the new information has thrown light on the lives of ordinary Egyptians of the old kingdom.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Zahi Hawas/Giza Antiquities Dir.;]
[RUNS=13]
[OUT Q=were Egyptians]
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[VO-NAT]
Archaeologists believe the significance of the find lies in the fact that the limestone tombs were apparently modeled on the design of the Great Pyramids at Giza.
The two tombs have false doors, and causeways similar to those in the pyramids.
On the walls are depictions of builders at work in their customary
dress.
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[Miss-Virginia]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sat AM]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=00-22 39:06]
[GRAPHIC=Miss Virginia]
The big day is here for the 26 contestants vying to be called Miss Virginia.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/Last Night]
Last night the competition that kicked off Thursday continued, as judges considered talent, among other things, as they narrow the number of contestants down to ten.
Tonight those ten will be announced - and the new Miss Virginia will be crowned.
You can meet the new Miss Virginia...
(++++++++++)
[TAKE FULL SCREEN 9470 ESSC]
right here on your Hometown Station.
She will join us in the studio for News 7 Sunday Morning, beginning at 8.
(++++++++++)
[Profile-Preview]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=WeekendAM]
[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#=Va. Profiles # 3 1:30:51]
[GRAPHIC=Va. Profile]
Only 17 nesting pairs of peregrine falcons are known to exist in Virginia.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Richmond;]
So a new family of five is moving on up to the north side of the river in Richmond.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=This is kind]
[sot 15:35:55 ]
((SEAN PADGETT/PEREGRINE FALCON TRACKER: THIS IS KIND OF LIKE A MOUNTAIN... THEY COME TO IT.))
[SUPER=01-Sean Padgett/Peregrine Falcon Tracker;]
[RUNS=:08]
[OUT Q=they come to it.]
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[TAKE VA PROFILES PROMO FS GRAPHIC]
A family of falcons is this week's Virginia Profile, tomorrow morning on NEWS 7.
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[2BIRTHDAYS!] 7/2/00
Sunday:
NO PICTURES::::
Anniversary:
[SUPER=131-/Gary & Sandy Campbell/Snow Creek]
[SUPER=131-/Janet Pierson/Roanoke]
by SS