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A manhunt in Rockbridge County ends with the suspect dead.
The latest in a live report coming up on News 7 at Six.
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[TALENT=Jean]


And they're talking recount again after a decision from the Florida Supreme Court.

[Sports-Head]


[ANCHOR=Roy]
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In sports, The Express is on the road for a big game in Greensboro Bobby Labonte will be honored as the Winston Cup champion in New York tonight.
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And we'll have the latest on the alignment of girls sports seasons.
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[WX-Head]
[TALENT=Leo]
[SS=None]


The upcoming weekend is a 50 50 proposition I'll tell you why coming up.....

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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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((Because time is of the essence, the recount shall commence immediately.))
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[VO-NAT]


It still isn't over. The Florida Supreme Court orders recounts to resume.
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
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Good evening, I'm Jean Jadhon. Keith is off tonight.

[Presidency]


[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=ejo]
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[GRAPHIC=Election 2000]


Al Gore was down to his last chance .. and the sharply-divided Florida Supreme Court gave his campaign new life.
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[VO-NAT]

[NO SUPER]
By a 4 to 3 vote, the Florida justices ordered manual recounts to begin at once.
The order covers any county in Florida that has not yet conducted such counts.
Today's ruling also granted a Gore request for 383 votes not included in the certified counts .. to be added to his total.
Gore supporters were elated.
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[SUPER=01-Richard Daley/Gore Campaign Chairman]
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((RICHARD DALEY/GORE CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN: This decision is not just a decision for Al Gore and his millions of supporters. This is a victory for fairness and accountability and our democracy itself.))
[OUT Q=our democracy itself.]
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[GOP]


[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#00-42 TC1:42:40]
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Republicans meeting in Roanoke tonight for their annual Advance have a different take on today's rulings.
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Marya Jones spoke to gubernatorial candidate Mark Earley just a few moments ago.
She's at the Hotel Roanoke.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]


There were two other court decision in Florida today, and the state legislature opened a special session. We'll have complete coverage on the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather at 6:30.

[Manhunt]


[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#00-48 TC32:55 ]
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The search for a suspect in Rockbridge County ended this afternoon in a fatal confrontation with authorities. 19 year old David Owen Sensabaugh Jr. was killed in the gunfire.
[Double Boxes=Jean and JoeD/Starlink]


Joe Dashiell is at the Rockbridge County Sheriff's Department with the latest information
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[KFC]


[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=00-40 TC1:42:39]
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For two months, a lab in California has been testing a mouse to determine if it came from a Roanoke restaurant.
And News 7 has learned that the tests are finally complete.
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Latasha and Lonnie Cummings say they found a cooked mouse inside a box of chicken purchased from the K-F-C on Melrose Avenue.
The company that owns the franchise had the mouse sent to a private lab to determine if it was actually cooked in K-F-C's batter.
J-R-N Incorporated's Vice President told News 7 that while the tests are done-- they're still waiting for a copy of the finalized report.
He says results should be revealed within a few days.
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[VF-Layoffs]


[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=6]
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More textile jobs are dissapearing in the Martinsville area.
V-F Imagewear is cutting 186 jobs.
About half of the people lost their jobs yesterday, the rest may be cut around June or July.
The jobs being cut are staff or non-production positions.
Company officials say they'll offer the affected employees production jobs.
The cuts will leave V-F Imagewear with 27-hundred workers in the Martinsville area.
V-F also is cutting jobs in Florida, North Carolina and Texas.

[Nativity]


[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#=00-41 TC1:02:05]
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For a brief time this week, a Constitutional question hovered around Virginia's State Board of Elections.
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It wasn't about ballots though... it was about a manger.
Virginia's American Civil Liberties Union was looking into a Christian nativity scene that decorated a door in the Board of Elections lobby.
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((KENT WILLIS/VIRGINIA ACLU: THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH AN INDIVIDUAL IN AN OFFICE DISPLAYING THEIR OWN PERSONAL PREFERENCE FOR THEIR RELIGION. BUT THE STATE CANNOT PLACE A RELIGIOUS EXHIBIT LIKE THIS IN A PUBLIC PLACE WHERE A REASONABLE PERSON MIGHT PERCEIVE IT AS BEING ENDORSED BY THE STATE. THE STATE MUST BE ABSOLUTELY NEUTRAL TOWARD RELIGION. NEITHER ENDORSING IT, NOR TAKING ANY ACTION TO INHIBIT IT.))
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[OUT Q=to inhibit it.]
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The Governor's Secretary of Administration says the state was prepared to defend the display as free speech.
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But after we photographed it for this story, the staff in the Board of Elections office chose to remove it themselves.
It's been moved to the other side of the door, NOT visible to the public.

[Tease#1]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[SS=NONE]


Decades ago, it hosted the biggest names in entertainment.
Now a new project is underway to restore a famous Central Virginia Theater.
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And college students are often hit hardest by the holiday credit card crunch.
Coming up on News 7, some tips to avoid getting squeezed
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[Murder-Arrest]


[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=ejo]
[TAPE#=00-37 TC1:54:40]
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Roanoke police used a tip, a photograph and their own legwork to arrest a California murder suspect.
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27-year old Nicholas Villela the Third was arrested at a construction site in the Burnt Chimney area of Franklin County. He is wanted by police in Modesto, California.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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Police learned last month that Villela may be staying in the city.
They couldn't find him right away, but using information they gathered, and a photo from California, they arrested Villela this morning.

[credit-cards]


[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=jmi]
[TAPE#=00-38 TC1:31:42]
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Radford University students are learning a hard lesson in credit card debt.
News 7 business reporter Jennifer Miele tells us apples don't fall far from the tree when it comes to money management.
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(( Michael, Laura and Kristen are all students at Radford university, and they all have credit cards. But each handles that responsibility very differentially.
Michael's had his card for about 4 months.
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((MICHAEL MORSE: I REALLY DON'T USE IT A LOT BECAUSE MY PARENTS SEND ME MONEY, BUT WHEN I GO HOME, MY FRIENDS AND I WILL GO OUT TO EAT, AND IT'LL SAY CHARGE IT. I GO TO THE MALL, GET SOME SHOES OR WHATEVER, JUST SAY CHARGE IT.)) [RUNS10]
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Kristen's mom picks up her credit card tab.
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((KRISTEN SIMS: I KNOW THAT IF I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT IT, SHE CAN SHOW ME HOW TO USE THE BILL. WE LOOK AT THE STATEMENT WHEN I GO HOME. I'M NOT GOING TO GO OUT AND SAY, OH, LET ME GOT TO THE BAHAMAS AND USE MY CREDIT CARD. I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT. I THINK A CREDIT CARD IF FOR EMERGENCIES.))
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Laura has three credit cards, and she's paying them off on her own, one at a time.
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((LAURA GUILLIAMS: ONE A REALIZED HOW STUPID I WAS BEING BY CHARGING SO MUCH, I PRETTY MUCH STOPPED USING MY CREDIT CARDS. I'VE PAID OFF ONE CREDIT CARD JUST SO I COULD GO AHEAD AND BUY CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.))
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At least one expert says the way each of these students handled the responsibility of a credit card is a learned behavior. [tc:00:17:42]
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((STEVE PUBLICOVER/CCCS: MOST OF US LEARN OUR MONEY MANAGEMENT SKILLS FROM OUR PARENTS. IF OUR PARENTS WERE GOOD MONEY MANAGERS, CHANCES ARE WE WILL BE TOO. UNFORTUNATELY, NOT EVERYONE HAS A GOOD ROLE MODEL. SO IF OUR PARENTS MAKE A LOT OF MISTAKES, WE WILL TOO.)) [RUNS13]
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Pressures to spend are everywhere. In fact, we found a credit card company in the middle of campus offering a free T-shirt to new customers. [STAND UP] ((JENNIFER MIELE REPORTING: THE INTEREST RATE IS RIGHT HERE IN THE FINE PRINT. BUT CREDIT CARDS DON'T TELL YOU IF YOU BUY NOW, YOU'LL PAY WITH MORE THAN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT LATER.)) [RUNS10]
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((STEVE PUBLICOVER/CCCS:IT CAN COST YOU A JOB APPLICATION IF YOU HAVE BAD CREDIT. MORE AND MORE EMPLOYERS ARE CHECKING PEOPLE'S CREDIT RATINGS.))
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These students do know they'll always be held accountable for their credit.
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((LAURA GUILLIAMS: DON'T USE IT UNLESS YOU HAVE TO.))
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Jennifer Miele, News 7.))

[Stocks]


[ANCHOR=Jean]
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Investors wrapped up the week with a buying spree, pushing technology shares sharply higher. [TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE]
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The DOW gianed 96 points, NASDAQ climbed 164.
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[Clinic-Doctors]


[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=jsu]
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A new beginning for several former Lewis Gale Clinic physicians -- as they open a brand new facility.
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For months, several of the doctors had been leasing out the former Lee Hi -Clinic.
But starting Monday they will start seeing patients at their new location. [Pre-pro]
Braeburn Family Practice and Urgent care will have six doctors and two nurse practitioners and will be open 7 days a week.
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((WE'RE TRYING TO FILL THE VOID THAT WAS LEFT WHEN 15 PHYSICIANS LEFT THE COMMUNITY A YEAR AND HALF AGO AND TAKES TIME BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE))
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Right now the doctors are employed by H-C-A physicians but they are planning to transition into private practice.
As far as the former Lee-Hi Clinic, Lewis Gale Clinic plans to re-open that location January 8th. [Pre-pro]
It will have four physicians and will be called Lee-Hi Medical Center and will offer urgent care.
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[Academy-Music]


[ANCHOR=Keith]
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95 years after it first opened, the Academy of Music Theater is ready to shine a spotlight on Lynchburg's downtown area again.
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Officials have kicked off a 15- million dollar fundraising campaign that will renovate the historic theater and re-open it by 2003.
In its heyday, the Academy hosted stars like Ethel Barrymore and Will Rogers. Supporters want to restore the building to its former glory.
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((ARNOLD BREMAN/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: THIS IS ONE OF THE GRAND DAMES OF THEATER. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL OLD THEATER, IT HAS AN INCREDIBLE HISTORY MORE SO THAN MANY OTHER OLD THEATERS BECAUSE THIS WAS A REAL HUB BACK IN THE EARLY 1900'S AND JUST ABOUT EVERY GREAT STAR IN THE WORLD APPEARED IN THIS ONE.))
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Nearly ten million dollars in pledges and tax credits has already been raised.
Plans call for creating a performing arts complex- two blocks long.
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[S-VHSL]


[ANCHOR=Roy]
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[WRITER=sma]
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The Virginia High School League has rea-ligned girls basketball and volleyball.
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girls single, double and triple A basketball will be played in the winter beginning the 2003-2004 school year.
The volleyball season will take place in the fall. Moving single and double A basketball to the winter is a concern because of the need for more officials, some coaches coach both the girls and the boys, limited gym space, and media exposure will be more spread out.
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While some double and single A schools do not favor the decision, at least one triple A school is happy about it.
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A decision on where to put tennis has not been made at this time.

[S-Hoops]


[ANCHOR=Roy]
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[WRITER=sma]
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The Vistar Dominos boys basketball tournament tips off at Roanoke College tonight. Roanoke Catholic plays Bishop O'Connell around 6:30 and then Cave Spring takes on Gonzaga at 8:15.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00]

Defending private school state champion Roanoke Catholic is 4 and OH so far this season and will get a big test tonight.
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[SUPER=01-Billy Hicks/Cave Spring Head Coach; :16]
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[S-Generals]


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The 13 and 10 Express takes on northeast Division rival Greensboro tonight on the road.
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Although the Generals are 8 and 13 on the season, they have given Roanoke troubles this season, beating the Express 4-1 at the Round House back in early November.
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[SUPER=01-Perry Florio/Express Head Coach; :00]
[SUPER=01-Calvin Elfring/Express Defenseman; :16]
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[OUT Q=.....work hard"]
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One other Express note. Roanoke traded left wing John Poapst (POP-S-T)to the Pennsicola Icepilots today for future considerations. Poapst had just one goal in eight games this season. Sources say a player from Pennsicola should arrives in Roanoke sometime next week.

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Bobby Labonte will don a tuxedo tonight at the NASCAR Winston Cup 2000 banquet tonight at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-2000 Season; :00]


Labonte will be honored tonight as the 2000 Winston Cup champion and although he will occupy most of the spot light, he is the first to say that his team's chemistry was the key to unlocking the title.
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[OUT Q=..this year for sure"]

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