WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 09/11/00

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Coming up on News 7-
The DNA test results are back-
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[VO-NAT]

Will they spare the life of a man convicted of killing his Lynchburg girlfriend-
Five bucks for a gallon of gasoline- the high prices if fueling protest. We'll tell you where.
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[Talent=Jean]

GM is warning about problems with some Buicks and Oldsmobiles.
News 7 is next.

[Barnabei]

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A convicted killer asked for the test-
And tonight, the man convicted of killing a Lynchburg teenager is facing the fact that new D-N-A test confirms his guilt.
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[SUPER=03-Norfolk/File Tape;]

Derek Rocco Barnabei is scheduled to die by lethal injection Thursday night for the rape and murder of his girlfriend.
Her body was found in Norfolk's Elizabeth River.
17 year old Sarah Wisnosky was an Old Dominion University freshman at the time -- and from Lynchburg.
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(( THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THAT REALLY SUGGESTED THAT THERE WAS A LIKELIHOOD THAT THERE WOULD BE A THIRD PARTY. EVERYTHING THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY TESTED, ALL EVIDENCE THAT HAD BEEN DONE, EVERYTHING POINTED TO DEREK BARNABEI.))
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Governor Gilmore says he had the D-N-A tested partly because he felt European death penalty opponents -- including the Pope -- had heard too much misinformation in the case.
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A State Police investigation continues into why the evidence was missing for several hours in Norfolk's Circuit Court.
But State Forensic Chief Paul Ferrara (fe-RAR-uh) says he believes the fingernail clippings he tested were NOT opened or tampered with in any way.

[Subdivisions]

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Botetourt County planners have postponed a decision on a controversial subdivision.
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[SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.;]
The subdivision would carve this farmland into 64 lots of about an acre each. Such a subdivision will probably be illegal next year, after county planners increase minimum lot sizes. Some residents told county planners to set lot sizes first, THEN vote on new subdivisions.
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[IN Q=If they've got]
((ROSS LAGUZZA/NEIGHBOR: IF THEY'VE GOT TO FILL A GIANT WATER TANK EVERY DAY TO SUPPLY THESE HOMES, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE WATER FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE? WE'VE ALSO WORRIED ABOUT CONTAMINATION OF THE WATER BY 65-70 DRAINFIELDS.))
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Surrounding lots are much larger -- from three to fifty acres. But the farmer who owns the land says he tried selling larger lots and no one would buy them. He says with milk prices down -- he must sell to the developers to survive.
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((RICHARD RONK/LANDOWNER: I HAD A FEW PIECES OF EQUIPMENT I SOLD BECAUSE I DIDN'T NEED IT. I'VE BEEN LIVING ON THOSE RESERVES UNTIL THE SALE WENT THROUGH. A FEW MORE MONTHS, IT'S A MATTER OF I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'LL DO.))
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The planning commission will take up the issue again next month.
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[Biomed-Center]

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Roanoke Scrap Iron and Metal Company has been called "too dirty to clean up" by city officials.
But News 7 has learned that no study has ever been done to help officials reach that conclusion.
Jennifer Miele explains.
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[SUPER=01-Bill Tanger/Friends of the Roanoke River; :48]
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So overwhelmed by the potential costs, neither the city, nor Carilion, nor V-DOT want the responsibility. [PRE PRO]
The preliminary agreement reads "If VDOT has not approved the access solution by December 31, 2001 ... RRHA will acquire these properties and clear the site by February 29, 2004.
At that time, appropriate screening will be used to shield the remaining property in Area 3 from view until .... a funding source can be identified to allow purchase and clearance of the remainder of Area 3." [END PRE PRO]
But who determined that the site was contaminated, and who estimated 30 million dollars for purchase and clean-up? According to the city AND the Department of Environmental Quality, no study on the scrap yard has ever been done.
So environmentalists are demanding one.
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[IN Q=When this report]
((BILL TANGER: WHEN THIS REPORT IS DONE AND PEOPLE LOOK AT IT THEY NEED TO DECIDE IS THIS BETTER OFF LEFT ALONE? OR IS THIS BETTER OFF BEING ADDRESSED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO GET WORSE AND MORE EXPENSIVE.)) [RUNS08]
[OUT Q= and more expensive.]

The city says they plan to investigate the matter further.
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((BILL BESTPITCH/CITY COUNCIL: WHAT I WOULD LIKE FOR THE PEOPLE OF ROANOKE TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT THEY QUESTION HASN'T BEEN ANSWERED YET, THE DECISION HAS NOT BEEN FINAL. WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO WE WILL LOOK AT VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE WE TAKE ANY FINAL ACTION AT THIS POINT.)) [RUNS12]
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That final "action" could mean a clean brown field. It could also mean a contaminated scrap yard in the middle of the region's first biomedical research center. [STANDUP] [TC: 02:41:00] ((JENNIFER MIELE: CARILION HEALTH SYSTEM COULD BE ONE OF THE GROUPS MOST EFFECTED BY THE CITY'S ACTIONS. THEY SAY THEY TRUST THAT THE CITY WILL HANDLE THE MATTER IN A WAY WHICH PRESERVES THE FUTURE OF THE BIOMEDICAL CENTER. JENNIFER MIELE, NEWS 7, ROANOKE.)) [RUNS12]))

[WenHo-Lee]

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No freedom yet for fired nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee-
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His expected release was held up as lawyers haggled over a plea agreement.
According to government sources Lee agreed to plead guilty to only ONE of 59 counts accusing him of violating national security.
His sentence was to be the nine months he has already served in solitary confinement.
In exchange for his freedom- Lee was expected to explain what he knows about seven computer tapes he was accused of downloading.
Lee's daughter left the packed courtroom in tears- other supporters were visibly upset.
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((CECILIA CHANG/WEN HO LEE DEFENSE FUND: FRUSTRATION IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. I WOULD IMAGINE IF ANOTHER ETHNIC GROUP HERE WERE IN TROUBLE, LOTS MORE THINGS WOULD HAPPEN.))
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Chan says if Lee were African American Jesse Jackson would be supporting him.
Lee was once suspected of spying, but was never charged with espionage. He claims the tapes were destroyed in the lab.

[Legionnaires]

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Health officials have diagnosed an Alleghany County woman with Legionnaires' Disease.
Right now public health officials are not sure where she might have contracted it.
The woman is an employee of Westvaco's Covington Mill.
The company says it has no reason to believe that the disease was contracted at the workplace.
The disease is spread through the air in water vapor by devices such as water taps, water-based humidifiers, and cooling tower air conditioners.

[Habitat-House]

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Nine months after a Roanoke woman was murdered by her boyfriend, Habitat for Humanity is building a "House of Hope" in her memory - in an effort to raise awareness about domestic violence. Meredyth Censullo reports.
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(([NATS - HAMMERING] 1824 Moorman Avenue will be more than the new home of Cassandra Saunders and her daughter Rickia- It will serve as a memorial to another Habitat member, Linda Miller, a victim of domestic violence.

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((CASSANDRA SAUNDERS: I AGREED TO SHARE MY DAY IN THE MEMORY OF LINDA MILLER BECAUSE I'M A SINGLE PARENT AND I THINK WE HAD THAT MUCH IN COMMON, AND WE HAD THAT DREAM OF PROVIDING A HOME FOR OUR CHILDREN.)) [RUNS:13]
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It was the dream of Habitat for Humanity to increase awareness about domestic violence - so they enlisted the help of those in the community working to STOP it -
((nats - hammer))
This judge put down his gavel for a hammer - to pound in the message that violence won't be tolerated.

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((JUDGE CLIFF WECKSTEIN: ANYTHING OUR SYSTEM SOCIETY CAN DO TO REDUCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, RECOGNIZE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, TO COMBAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS SIGNIFICANT AND IMPORTANT.)) [RUNS:11]
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As important as the need for education about domestic abuse - That's why Habitat hopes word about this house will encourage victims to get help.

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((KAREN MASON/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: HABITAT WANTED TO DO SOMETHING AS A RESPONSE, SOMETHING GOOD, A POSTIVE RESPONSE TO THIS TRAGEDY.)) [RUNS:05]
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((BUTT BUTT BUTT))

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((KATRINA JOHNSON/SALEM VICTIM WITNESS DIRECTOR: AND IF THERE'S A HOUSE HERE, IN HER MEMORY, MAYBE THE COVERAGE WILL ENABLE OTHER WOMEN TO REACH OUT AND CALL US - AND ASK FOR ASSISTANCE SO THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN TO ANOTHER WOMAN.)) [RUNS:13]
[OUT Q=another woman.]

Habitat and it's volunteers hope the sweat equity put in to this home will teach lessons - so that other families can build a foundation of success - and not tragedy. Meredyth Censullo, News 7, Roanoke.))
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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G-M is having problems with some airbags.
Find out if your car could ne affected when News 7 returns.
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[VO-NAT]

And find out why a lot of drivers are are cheering gridlock in Great Britain.
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[Sports-Preview]

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((THIS IS DENISE ALLEN IN THE NEWS 7 SPORTS DEPARTMENT: THE LADIES WERE HOLDING COURT TONIGHT, WE'LL HAVE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MAJORS. STEVE MASON CHECKS IN WITH THE CAVALIERS HAS THEY PREPARE FOR DUKE. A LOCAL REFEREE TALKS ABOUT HIS RUN-IN WITH BOBBY KNIGHT AND THE SKINS LOSE MICHAEL WESTBROOK FOR THE SEASON THOSE STORIES AND MORE COMING UP IN SPORTS.))

[Firestone]

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New information today that complaints about Bridgestone Firestone tires may have been made as far back as 1996 in Arizona.
State agencies filed a number of complaints about tread separation and blowouts on state vehicles there.
Bridgestone-Firestone sent engineers to Arizona to check the tires, but eventually concluded there was no specific defect.
Meanwhile as Bob Orr reports, the rift between Bridgestone-Firestone and Ford is growing.
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((In Tokyo today...Bridgestone president Yoichiro Kaizaki defended HIS company...saying fatal rollover accidents involving Ford Explorers with Firestone tires... were NOT caused by tire defects. Instead, Kaizaki seemed to blame Ford...when he was quoted saying... "There were a lot of accidents on Fords." And..."The accident rate for other cars is dramatically lower." But, safety data reviewed by CBS News...does NOT support the suggestion that Ford SUVs are more prone to rollovers than other sport utility vehicles. It is true that "2 door Ford Explorers" have a HIGH rollover fatality rate "more than twice" that of comparable mid size cars. But, the larger "4 door Explorers" have "one of the LOWEST rollover fatality rates" among ALL SUVs. JACQUES NASSER, FORD CEO: This is a Firestone tire issue, not a vehicle issue." Ford CEO Jacques Nasser told Congress... Explorers fitted with GOODYEAR tires...have experienced no tire failures. There are almost three million Goodyear tires on Ford Explorers that have not had, as far as we know, a tread separation problem." At the same time new "confidential" documents... obtained by CBS News... reveal that Firestone knew LAST YEAR its tire problem was getting much worse. Firestone's records show tread separations involving the Wilderness AT model... jumped 194 percent...between 1998 and 1999.))

[GM-Airbags]

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Meanwhile General Motors is warning that driver side air bags in some Oldsmobile and Buick sedans could deploy unexpectedly.
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The problem affects 290 thousand cars in all- including 1995 Buick Regals and 1995 and 96 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supremes- sold in the U-S and Canada.
So far sixty people have been injured- all minor.
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[Gas-Prices]

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If you think gasoline is costly here- check out the price in Britain- five bucks a gallon-
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Today truckers and farmers protested creating congestion on the roads.
Taxi drivers tied up Liverpool at evening rush hour- and a blockade of refineries left hundreds of gas stations dry today- By tomorrow it will be thousands.
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((ENOUGH IS ENOUGH REALLY. THE BUCKS GOT TO STOP SOMEWHERE.))
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Europeans have decided that they're paying too much-
Three quarters of the price at the pump is tax.
They hope protests will force the government to roll back some of the taxes.
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[Danville-Can]

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Click on "Danville Can" and you will no longer be at a gay porn site.
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[SUPER=03-Danville;]

Now it's the City of Danville's contact web page.
Someone hacked into the web site and locked out the creator Pete Boykin.
Boykin says that's not going to stop anything.
He appeared for an on camera interview for the first time.
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((PETE BOYKIN/WEBSITE CREATOR: SOMEONE HAS HACKED INTO MY WEBSITE BEFORE WHEN I WAS ON VACATION SOMEONE LOCKED OUT OF MY WEBSITE BEFORE AND IT WILL BE A WHILE BUT IT WILL BE RIGHT BACK UP AND I'M GOING TO PUT A STATEMENT OF WHAT HAPPENED.))
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((TODD YEATTS/DANVILLE SPOKESPERSON: I THINK THIS IS NOT ONLY AN EMBARRASSMENT FOR OUR CAMPAIGN AND THE CITY OF DANVILLE BUT THIS IS A FREE SOCIETY.))
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The city says it does not know who changed the website and has no plans to purchase it.
Boykin says he's received offers to buy the site. His highest bid is 5-thousand dollars.
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Some good is coming from a man's ordeal under an outhouse.
We'll explain when News 7 returns.
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And police say they've caught the vandals who hit more than a dozen cars.
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[Roanoke-Vandals]

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Two Roanoke teenagers have been arrested for a rash of car break-ins and vandalism last week.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke/Last Week]
Friday, more than a dozen residents in Southeast and Southwest Roanoke awoke to find their car windows smashed and valuables gone. Police arrested 18-year-old Leslie Conner Friday after he was seen tampering with a car in Southwest Roanoke. They later picked up a 15-year old. Both are charged with two counts of property damage and two counts of Grand Larceny. More charges could be placed - and police say they might identify additional suspects.
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[Motel-Robbery]

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Roanoke Police are also reporting progress in their investigation of recent motel robberies.
They've issued warrants for 44-year old Ronnie Lee Cooper.
Investigators believe he's responsible for the robbery of the Extended Stay America on Ferndale Avenue earlier this month.
Tipsters called police after a surveillance video aired on local television stations.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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Another man has been arrested for the August 15th robbery of the Best Western on Valley View Boulevard. Police believe 18 year- old Zachariah Buckner of Covington was also involved in two other motel robberies in Roanoke County and Alleghany County.

[Winesett]

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A Wythe County man who spent three days trapped underneath his outhouse will get a new home because of his ordeal.
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[SUPER=03-Wythe Co./Last Month;]

75-year-old Coolidge Winesett is in an assisted- care facility until his old house is torn down.
It will be replaced by a two-bedroom house with indoor plumbing.
The Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project helped Winesett get the house FREE with government grants.
Since word spread of the three days he spent below the outhouse, people around the country have been sending Winesett money... a total of about 13-hundred dollars.
He hopes to be in to his new home before the end of the year.
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[S-Extra]

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Tonight highlights from the hardwood and majors. UVA is preparing for Duke. Indiana players name who they'd like to see as interim head basketball coach and Darryl Strawberry is in trouble with the law again. First our Extra Point.
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[SUPER=75-Seattle, WA;]

The Red Bull Seattle Downhill is the first downhill skateboarding event to take the the streets of Seattle since 1984.
The event tested the skill, bravery and the sanity of the world's best skateboarders.
25 amateur competitors, took on the streets of Seattle for a share of the $10,000 purse.
Here are the score boards.
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[S-Hoops]

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We're starting this morning with the ladies as the Staunton River Golden Eagles traveled 15 minutes down route 24 to meet the Terriers on the hardwood.
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[SUPER=03-Vinton/Staunton River vs. Wm. Byrd;]

The "dog house" is a hot bed of basketball action in September as William Byrd tries to defend its territory.
The Terriers get the fast break started when Nicole Bard fires this pass from half court to Jennifer Schenk for the easy layin.
The Golden Eagles answer right back, Christina Arthur launches a bomb and uses the glass to score three.
[super=33-Staunton River/37/William Byrd/50;]

William Byrd off the inbounds pass, Nicole Bailey is all alone in front of the hoop and drains the jumper. The battle for Route 24 bragging rights ends with Byrd getting the 50-to-37 win.
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[S-MLB]

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On the diamond, The New York Mets trail idle Atlanta by three games in the National League East after last night's game with Milwaukee.
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[SUPER=03-New York/Fox Sports;]

In the second inning, the Brewers up one nothing, Matt Franco hammers one out of the park over the right centerfield wall to even things up.
Bobby Jones on the mound for New York hits Mark Loretta, with bases loaded to force in a run and the Mets fail to gain any ground on Atlanta with the eight to two loss to the Brewers.
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[S-Strawberry]

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Suspended Yankee outfielder, Darryl Strawberry is in jail on charges of reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident in Tampa.
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[SUPER=03-Tampa,FL/WTSP-MLB;]

Strawberry has battled substance abuse throughout his career, but it's not clear if alcohol was a factor in this incident.
An off-duty police officer saw Strawberry's sports utility vehicle hit a stop sign, and several cars this morning.

He tried to leave the scene, but stopped when the officer drew his weapon.
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[S-UVa]

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UVA is hoping its big win over Richmond this past weekend will provide some much needed momentum for the Saturday's game against Duke.
Steve Mason has more from Charlottesville.
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[OUT Q=...NEWS 7 SPORTS."]
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[S-Westbrook]

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The Redskins are still hurting from yesterday's loss to Detroit. Now Washington has learned Michael Westbook, is out for the rest of the season.
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[SUPER=03-Pontiac, MI/FOX; :00]

The powerful wide receiver appeared to reinjure an ankle when he made this third quarter catch against the Lions yesterday.
But today doctors discovered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.
No word at this time when his surgery will take place.
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[S-JMU]

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A couple of James Madison University football players are in trouble with the law.
Police say 20 year old Luke Young and 21 year old Andrew Owen are charged with breaking and entering into a home early yesterday morning.

Young and Owen face a felony charge and five misdemeanors. [S-Knight]

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The University of Indiana is feeling the fallout from firing head basketball coach Bobby Knight.
At least one player, Dane Fife, says he will transfer and others may follow.
Knight's aggressive behavior has been well chronicled.
In fact, former NCAA basketball official Dan Wooldridge had several encounters with Knight including a memorable one back in Knight's early days as a coach when he was still at ARMY.
Earlier today Wooldridge told us what happened when a simple back court violation was called on Knight's team in 1971.
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Indiana is now in the process of looking for an interim coach. The players have demanded that one of the assistant coaches be hired or they would leave.