WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 10/05/00

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Coming up on News 7-
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Several Roanoke Fire Stations are closing -up shop.
Plans for a new rail trail in Botetourt and Craig Counties have some residents up in arms.
And a daring rescue for three boys caught in raging waters.
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News 7 is next.

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A proposed rail trail between Eagle Rock and New Castle brings mixed reaction tonight from residents and hikers.

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[ANCHOR=Joy]
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Good evening, I'm Joy Sutton, Jean has the night off.

[Rail-Trail]

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The controversial proposal to turn 26 miles of abandoned railroad into a trail for biking, hiking, and horseback riding has some residents fired up.
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Kate Weidaw attended a public hearing tonight and has more on this story. [Kate /FULL]
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About 40 residents and folks who live outside the area packed into Craig County High School tonight to voice their concerns about this plan.
Many say they don't want the trail because it will bring strangers onto their property and may endanger livestock that graze along the old railroad.
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[SUPER=01-Rita Pearity/Trail Opponent; :39]
[SUPER=01-Emily Prillaman/Trail Proponent; 1:03]
[SUPER=01-Bill Medecka/Trail Proponent; 1:15]
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((The 26 miles of abandoned railroad travels through what some call the area's most scenic property. That's why developers want to make a rail trail for everyone to enjoy. But residents like Nickie Drummond oppose the idea. She says her house faces the railroad and a trail will only bring trouble to her secluded home.

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((NICKIE DRUMMOND: IT'S GOING TO SERVE NO PURPOSE THEN TO WREAK HAVOC WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES THAT IT GOES THROUGH SO WHY DO WE NEED THIS TRAIL PUT IT IN A NON RESIDENTIAL AREA.))
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Other opponents ask what's the need for another nature trail in Virginia.

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((RITA PEARITY: IN THIS SECTION OF VA THE SMALL SECTION THERE ARE 11 ESTABLISHED TRAILS ALREADY SO MY POINT WE DON'T NEED THE TRAIL FOR RECREATION THOSE ARE AVAILABLE ALREADY.))
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But nature enthusiasts say residents' concerns over crime and litter are not the case where other rail trails have been set up.

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((EMILY PRILLAMAN: THIS HAS PROVEN TO WEST VIRGINIA TO BE A GREAT VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR WEST VIRGINIA AS WELL TO BE A FANTASTIC RECREATION FOR IT'S CITIZENS AND THOSE THAT VISIT WEST VIRGINIA.))
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((BILL MEDECKA: I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE THERE IS VERY LITTLE TRASH, THERE'S NO CRIME EVERYONE WHO IS ALONG THE TRAIL IS REALLY NICE AND FRIENDLY.))
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[LIVE= Kate /FULL]

There is still a long way to go before this rail trail becomes reality.
Planners say they will take the comments from this meeting to form a report. Then they will hold another public hearing on January 10-th and will make a recommendation to Botetourt and Craig County Supervisors in February.
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It could be June of next year before they even begin to apply for funding.

[One-Source]

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One Source Communications in Roanoke has re-opened its Electric Road office to help customers.
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Vice President Mark Rhodes says One Source has gone out of business, but he'll stick around next week to help people find new long distance plans. Customers lost their long distance when One Source suddenly closed shop last week. Rhodes says pagers and cell phones should still work. Some pager customers paid a year in advance.
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((MARK RHODES/ONE SOURCE VICE PRESIDENT: WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO INTENTION OF KEEPING UNDUE MONEY THAT BELONGS TO A CUSTOMER. EITHER THE MONEY WILL GO TO METROCALL OR BE REFUNDED DIRECTLY BACK TO THE CUSTOMER.))
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Rhodes says One Source is not bankrupt and will pay the money it owes to the Salem Avalanche and Valley Metro, for example.
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Customers with problems can call One Source at 563-9232.
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[Road-funding]

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A new ramp connecting route 220 to the proposed biomedical center could be just around the bend....
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At a public hearing today a chamber of commerce representative approached V-DOT about the ramp.
This is the fist time anyone has suggested a new ramp to the transportation board.
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((STEVE CHAPMIN/ROANOKE CHAMBER: THE ROANOKE REGIONAL CHAMBER SUPPORTS THE POSSIBILITY OF A NEW INTERCHANGE OFF OF 220, OR AN UPGRADE ON THE EXISTING INTERCHANGE TO SERVE THE PROPOSED BIOMEDICAL FACILITY IN ROANOKE.))
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V-DOT wanted to avoid construction because preliminary plans showed the ramp running through what the city believed was a contaminated scrap yard.
The scrap yard shows no signs of contamination.
Now, V-DOT says it will examine the possibility of a new ramp.
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[Yugoslavia]

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Tension is mounting in Yugoslavia as protestors demand that Slobodan Milosevic step down.
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Thousands of protestors stormed the Parliament Building today setting it on fire.
They want Milosevic to accept defeat, after losing the national election ten days ago to Vo-YEE-slav, Cost-U-Nitsa.
While President Clinton expressed solidarity with protestors, he said the U-S would not send in troops.
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(( I THINK THE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET THEIR COUNTRY BACK, AND WE SUPPORT DEMOCRACY AND THE WILL OF THE SERBIAN PEOPLE ))
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So far, there has been no sign of Milosevic.
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[Henry-Juvenile]

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Thank you, Robin.
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A Henry County teenager who accidentally shot his best friend will NOT spend time in jail or in a detention home.

The teen convicted of reckless handling of a firearm was sentenced today.
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A judge suspended the boy's sentence of juvenile detention.
The teen will be on an undetermined time of supervised probation. He will also continue psychiatric counseling along with his family and will pay for the victim's medical bills.
13 year old Brandon Lee Moore was shot accidentally in May.
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[Cochran]

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A Galax man will spend the rest of his life in prison after admitting to killing two elderly sisters.
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John D. Cochran pled guilty today to murder and arson in the deaths of Ila and Inez Edwards.
The bodies of the two women that Cochran had known for several years were found in their burning home last year.
Cochran admitted beating both of them on the head, killing them, and then setting the house on fire.
He got three life sentences, including life without parole.
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[Pulaski-Doctor]

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A 17-year-old girl says she was molested by a Pulaski doctor.
William G. Clowdis, Junior was arrested yesterday on three misdemeanor counts: assault and battery, sexual battery, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
The girl says the offenses took place on two occasions in July, when she was babysitting at the doctor's home.
An attorney for Clowdis says the o-b- -g-y-n denies the allegations and "expects to be fully exonerated."

[Campaign]

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Tonight marked the first and only vice presidential debate of the two-thousand campaign.
Lee Cowan takes a look at how the two candidates fared.
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(( The one and ONLY Vice Presidential DEBATE seemed more like 90 minutes of polite, but pointed CONVERSATION -- candidates addressing themselves on a first name basis -- even cracking jokes.
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"I too want to avoid any personal attacks. I promise not to bring up your singing." Lieberman: Well, I promise not to sing (laughter)."
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But the exchanges quickly turned serious -- with both sides pointing out the differences in spending priorities -- on social security, on medicare, on tax cut proposals -- with each side claiming the others' ideas were based on faulty numbers.
(SOT/SEN. JOE LIEBERMAN/D-VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE)
"The number of 500 million Americans not benefiting from our tax cut program is absolutely wrong. It's an estimate done on an earlier form of our tax cut program, and it's just plain wrong."
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'Bernie, you have to be a CPA to understand what he just said. The fact is the plan is so complex that an ordinary American's never going to be able to figure out what they even qualify for."
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Both were encouraged yet concerned about the violence in Yugoslavia in the wake of President Slobodan Milosevic's refusal to step down -- but they differed on the use of the the US military as peacekeepers, and the morale of the US military.
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'The American military is the best-trained, best-equipped, most powerful force in the world, and that Al Gore and I will do whatever it takes to keep them that way.
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"Now, with all due respect Joe, this administration has a bad track record in this regard, and it's available for anybody who wants to look at the record and wants to talk to our men and women in uniform."
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There was talk of abortion -- gas prices -- education -- the environment -- even what to do about Saddam Hussein -- the only time it got personal was near the end-- when cheney --prodded by an question-- criticized the conneticut senator for softening his stance for violence in the media-- saying he liked the old joe lieberman better than the new.
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"With the debate over -- the spin begins -- not only from the vice presidential candidates, but from their bosses -- who are back on the campaign trail at the crack of dawn. Lee Cowan, CBS News.))
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Roanoke may close some of its fire stations.
Find out which might get the ax when News 7 returns.
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And a raft ride turns into a rescue as three boys are pulled from a raging creek.
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[Sports-Preview]

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((Hey sports fans it's Thursday night on the Big 7 and we'll check in on some girls basketball from tonight Cave Spring's J.J. Redick will attend Duke when he finishes high school Mike Stevens gives up a preview of Week 7 of Friday Football Extra and the Cardinals go up two games on the Atlanta Braves.
All that and more coming up in sports.))
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[Fire-Plan]

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The city fire department intends to close five fire stations in Roanoke.
As Keith Humphry reports, two new ones would be built to take their place-- reducing the number of station houses in the city by three.
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(( Old Number one is so obsolete, it's not always fully manned. Station One generally houses only one ladder truck, though it was out on a training run this afternoon.
The century- old station was built to house horse-drawn fire wagons. It's a Nationally Registered Historic Landmark. Number one would literally become a museum, leased to the Julian Wise Foundation.
The plan is to close it, along with station three on Sixth Street, Southwest, a block below the Jefferson Center.
The two downtown stations would be replaced by a new one in the vicinity of Jefferson and Elm.
It would also house the Fire Administration offices.
Chief Jim Grigsby has already informed members of his department of the changes. He plans to start briefing members of City Council next week.
In the Northwest sector of the city, station Five on 12th Street, Northwest would close, along with Station Nine at 24th and Melrose. Here again these two stations would be eliminated, but replaced by a new fire house somewhere in the vicinity of 19th and Orange. The chief has said he has a site in mind but that additional property would have to be acquired.
Station 12 on Salem Turnpike would be closed, replaced by the new fire house that just opened this year on Peters Creek Road.
Chief Grigsby was unavailable today, but Battalion Chief Audie Ferris said the station closings would save the city 800-thousand dollars in maintenance costs.
The plan does NOT call for any reduction in personnel.))

[Raft-Rescue]

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A joyride on a raft nearly turned deadly today.
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A normally calm creek in Johnson County Indiana was very dangerous after heavy rains overnight and today.
Police and other rescue officers were called out to help the three boys.
They went across a bridge and then threw a rope which ended up dumping the boys off the raft.
Rescuers couldn't pull them up, so they pulled them to the riverbank.
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[Infant-Mortality]

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Losing a baby is painful to any parent, but statistics show African- American parents are more than twice as likely to suffer that loss.
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Lynchburg's infant mortality rate has been dropping in recent years, but black babies there, are three times more likely to die before their first birthday.
So the March of Dimes has launched the Community Voice Project, aimed at teaching pregnant women the importance of a healthy lifestyle.
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((BARBARA JEFFERSON/LOST TWO SONS: WE NEED TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY AND STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF RECEIVING PRENATAL CARE, SO EVENTS LIKE OURS WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN AND WE CAN AT LEAST DECREASE THE RATE OF INFANT MORTALITY.))
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The 300- thousand dollar grant will help hire and train two dozen health advisors to work with the African- American community.
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Priceline says the price of running parts of its business was too high.
Find out what you won't be able to buy on the well-known internet site next on News7.
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And we'll check out this year's pumpkin harvest, just in time for Halloween.
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[Price-Line]

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It's one the most popular sites for internet shoppers allowing them to name their own price.
But soon price-line-dot-com will be dropping some its services.
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Customers will no longer be able to click on the site to find cheap groceries or gasoline.
Webhouse club, the company which sells those products as well used goods-- has run out of money.
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The services should be phased out of priceline in three months.
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[Pumpkins]

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Pumpkin growers are busy with Halloween just three weeks away.
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Pumpkin pickers are near the end of harvest time.
Many growers in Halifax County say they've had a very good season because of nice weather and a good market.
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((DON REESE/PUMPKIN GROWER: IT'S STARTING OUT PRETTY GOOD. THE DEMAND IS GOOD AT OUR RETAIL STORE. IT'S BEEN A GOOD SEASON SO FAR.))
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((SUZANNE HEFLIN/AGRICULTURAL DEV. AGENT: AS YOU CAN SEE OUT ON THE VINES THEY'RE A LITTLE GREEN BUT THEY'LL GO AHEAD AND HARVEST THEM NOW AND THEN THEY'LL TURN ORANGE. IT'S PRETTY MUCH THEY'RE PILING THEM UP AND DELIVERING THEM ALL OVER THE PLACE.))
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Some farmers are selling pumpkins for 30 cents a pound retail.
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Now time for weather, Robin, how long is the nice weather going to last.

[S-Extra]

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Cave Spring's J.J. Redick commits to Duke today and Mike Stevens will have what's coming up in Friday Football Extra in week 7.
But first our Extra Point.
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[SUPER=75-Philadelphia, PA; :]

Philadelphia 76-er Allen Iverson apologized today to gays and women who might be offended by the lyrics on his new rap album.
The album, "Non-Fiction" has been criticized in newspapers and through discussions on sports radio shows. The album 40 Bars will be released to radio stations October 10-th.
And here are tonight's scores.
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[S-Byrd]

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In girls hoops last night, Lord Botetourt visited William Byrd.
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[SUPER=03-Vinton/Terriers vs Cavaliers; :]

The Lady Terriers huddle around their coach Marcie Cook.
Botetourt took control of this one early. Kristin Graham dishes this no-look pass to Whitney Dix for 3 to put the Cavs up 16-0.
The Terriers would get on the board with this Nicole Bailey pass to Rachel Benninger for 2.
[SUPER=34-Lord Botetourt/64/William Byrd/32/;]

Botetourt would not allow much more though, and would put it away with plays like this dish from Karen Wennefors to Kristin Graham for 3 and Botetourt wins it 64 to 32.
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[S-Vikings]

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[WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE]

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Christiansburg also came to town to take on the Lady Vikings of Northside.
Christiansburg came out fighting on offense with plays like this drive for two and the foul to bring the Lady Demons within 6.
The Lady Vikes remained strong on offense with plays like this Corrie Fertitta dish to Carrie Porter for two.
[SUPER=34-Christiansburg/40/Northside/52;]

Northside would end up winning this one behind leading scorers Brittney Hughes shown here and Lauren Ellis, both scored 17 points Northside wins it 52 to 40.
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[S-Redick]

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Cave Spring basketball star J.J. Redick will play college basketball at Duke.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.; :00]

With his parents and coach by his side, the junior became the earliest commitment in Duke history.
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((J.J. REDICK/MAKES ORAL COMMITMENT TO DUKE:)) ((BILLY HICKS/CAVE SPRING HEAD BASKETBALL COACH:))
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Because J.J. has not taken the SAT's yet, Duke cannot offer him a scholarship, but coach Mike Krzyzewski gave J. J. his word that if he should suffer an injury Duke would still honor it's commitment to him.
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[ANCHOR=Roy]

It's week 7 of Friday Football Extra. Mike Stevens has a report later on Mornin.

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Its week 7 of high school football and here's Mike Stevens with a look at tonight's action on Friday Football Extra.
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[OUT Q=...NEWS 7 SPORTS."]
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[S-Ronde]

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Former Cave Spring and UVa cornerback Ronde Barber is having a great season. Steve Mason has more on the Tampa Bay Buccaneer fourth year player.
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((Ronde Barber has a lot to smile about, through five games, his 21 tackles puts him on track to lead the Bucs secondary in tackles for a second straight season. His play against the Chicago Bears proved he's a play maker as he scored the first of his two touchdowns so far this season. ((:)) ((:)) ((:)) Why leave when you play for the league's sixth rated defense. Ronde's D-Line has 22 sacks, tops in the league. But he came into the Redskins game with a bruised thigh and had x-rays after the game on his right arm, which is bruised. However, he feels nothing will keep him from a big pay day. ((:)) Ronde and his Bucs receive their biggest test of the season October ninth against Randy Moss, Chris Carter and the 4 an
d OH Minnesota Vikings. Steve Mason News 7 sports. ))

[S-MLB]

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Mark McGwire hit a pinch hit homer in the 8-th to lead the Cardinals over the Atlanta Braves 10 to 4.
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[SUPER=03-St. Louis, MO/ESPN; :]

The Braves scored in the top of the first when Chipper Jones hits this line drive to left field scoring Rafael Furcal for a 1 to nothing lead.
[SUPER=35-St. Louis/10/Atlanta/4/;]

The Cardinals took the lead in the bottom of the first when Will Clark belted this three run homer over the centerfield wall and St. Louis wins it 10 to 4 to lead the series 2 games to none. (------------)