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Today on News 7 at 5, even as hopes dim in El Salvador, at least one person is pulled alive from the rubble of this weekend's earthquake.
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Also today, underage drivers could have their licenses restricted. We'll have the details.
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In Health Check, doctors in London say they have made a major breakthrough in the treatment of leukemia.
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((ONE DAY IN ALABAMA... I HAVE A DREAM TODAY... CHEERS.))
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But today as the nation honors Dr. Martin Luther king- some wonder if his dream will be lost.

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Civil rights groups are voicing concern over the incoming White House administration.
George W. Bush says he promises to move King's dream forward- but some are questioning his choices for some top cabinet positions.
Stephen Clark has more from Washington.
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((PRESIDENT CLINTON LED VOLUNTEERS SPRUCING UP A SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER... HE URGED AMERICANS TO HONOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR BY PERFORMING COMMUNITY SERVICE. LATER THE PRESIDENT ADDRESSED A SPIRITED MEMORIAL SERVICE IN WASHINGTON. Clinton: if I could leave america with one wish as I depart office, it would be that we become more the one America that we know we ought to be. WITH ONLY 6 DAYS UNTIL HE TAKES OFFICE, PRESIDENT-ELECT BUSH OBSERVED THE HOLIDAY IN HOUSTON...TELLING A YOUNG AUDIENCE WHAT HIS ADMINISTRATION'S PRIORITY WILL BE: George W. Bush/President-Elect: As president my job will be to listen, not only to the successful but also to the suffering.
Dr. Welton Gaddy/Exec Dir., Interfaith Alliance: We are concerned about justice and liberty MEANWHILE, AN ALL OF RELIGIOUS LEADER USED THE KING HOLIDAY TO ATTACK JOHN ASHCROFT...BUSH'S NOMINEE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL... ON HIS CIVIL RIGHTS RECORD... AND HIS ABILITY TO ENFORCE LAWS HE DOESN'T AGREE WITH. Rabbi Jack Moline/Interfaith Alliance: Any indivual who cannot place public protection ahead of personal conviction is simply not qualified to hold the position of attorney general. John Ashcroft/Attorney General Designate: racial profiling is unconstitutional ASHCROFT himself SPENT THE DAY PREPARING FOR TUESDAY'S SENATE CONFIRMATION HEARING WHERE SENATE DEMOCRATS PROMISE TOUGH QUESTIONING. ASHCROFT HEARINGS TOMORROW))

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More than three dozen people marched through downtown Roanoke today in memory of Dr. King.
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The walk was organized by the Roanoke chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference - a national organization founded by King. The march ended at St. Paul United Methodist Church, where hundreds gathered in song and in prayer for the slain civil rights leader. Today's program brought together the S-C-L-C and the local chapter of the N-Double-A-C-P. This is the first time the groups have celebrated Martin Luther King Junior Day together.
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((WITHOUT DR. KING AND THE WORK THAT THE OTHER PIONEERS DID FOR US, WE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS OF 1964...AND WE HAVE TO THANK THEM EVERY DAY - BUT THIS DAY ESPECIALLY, WE PAY HOMAGE TO DR. KING.))
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Dr. King could soon be honored in Roanoke every day of the year. A committee has been formed to look at naming a location in the city after him. The first public meeting of the "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Committee" will be held next month.

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Aid is pouring into El Salvador from all over the U-S to help victims of the massive earthquake this weekend.
But as the hours tick away, the chances of finding people alive under the rubble are becoming remote.
Terisa Estacio reports.
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((Locator: San Tecla, El Salvador Sniffer dogs search for the living and the dead in earthquake ravaged El Salvador as rescue workers try not to give up hope of finding survivors.


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Trapped for thirty hours under slabs on concrete, Sergio Mereno was found after he called a friend on his cellular phone.
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But two days after the massive earthquake rocked this suburb of San Salvador, hundreds are still missing and authorities have buried many of the 400 victims in mass graves. A landslide wiped out entire families. It has been impossible to identify some of the dead. .
Locator: In the United States, Spanish speaking radio stations put the call for aid. Donations poured into this center in Houston, a city with a large Latin American population.
Locator; Houston Estacio Bridge: With hundreds now without a home, there is a long list of needs, including boxes and tape, to ship to El Salvador.

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What we need is emergency supplies right now, like flashlights, tents, blankets and baby supplies.
At the El Salvadoran consulate in Houston, they are trying to help frantic relatives reach their loved ones.

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Everyone is worried. They are sleeping outside their houses, they don't want to go in because it is still trembling. They are afraid the hill will come down.
As the earthquake survivors live out in the open...and the streets become makeshift morques. El Salvador's president has asked neighboring Colombia to send 3000 caskets. Terisa Estacio, CBS News Houston.))

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2-thousand miles away, scientists on the campus of Virginia Tech are studying the El Salvador earthquake very carefully.
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The 7-point-six magnitude earthquake was recorded over the weekend by computers at the Virginia Tech Seismology Lab.
Data from the lab was sent to the United States Geological Service in Colorado.
The Tech department has recorded seismic activity for the United States since the 60s, when it began by detecting nuclear activity.
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((MARTIN CHAPMAN/VT SEISMOLOGIST: EVEN A SMALL EARTHQUAKE CAN BE RECORDED AT REMARKABLE FAR DISTANCES WHEN YOU HAVE THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT... IT'S MORE DIFFICULT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SMALLER EARTHQUAKES AT A LONG RANGE. ))
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The Tech geologists also study seismic activity in Virginia.
Last night, they recorded a small earthquake in Galax.
They'll use data from the El Salvador earthquake for study in class.
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Young drivers may find themselves under some new restrictions. We'll have the details of a proposed law after this break.
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[VO] Also we'll have an update on the health of former President Ronald Reagan as he recovers from surgery.
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A woman from Axton was killed in single-vehicle accident last night.
State police 37-year-old Pamela Shelton died after she was thrown from her car in the Bassett area of Henry County.
Police say Shelton's car skidded off the road, and overturned several times as it went down a 60 foot embankment.




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The House of Delegates has passed a bill to keep young drivers off the road between midnight and five A-M.
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The legislation is designed to reduce the number of accidents involving young people, by limiting driving hours for people under eighteen.
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The bill passed , but not before a debate over the role of government and parental responsibility.
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((DEL. PANNY RHODES: I WOULD ASK YOU TO PLEASE PASS THIS BILL. I BELIEVE IT'S A SMALL STEP TO MAKING OUR HIGHWAYS SAFER IN VIRGINIA FOR ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE, NOT JUST THOSE UNDER 18.)) ((DEL. BARNEY DAY: I THINK THIS IS A PARENTAL DECISION. IF YOU DON'T WANT YOUR KIDS ON THE HIGHWAY AFTER MIDNIGHT, OR AFTER 10PM OR AFTER 5PM, TAKE THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE AWAY FROM THEM. DON'T GIVE THEM THE CAR. DON'T BUY THEM A CAR.))
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The legislation passed, 60 to 36. It now goes to the State Senate.

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Former President Ronald Reagan faces months of difficult rehabilitation- but doctors say he's making good progress.
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It was Saturday that Reagan had surgery to repair a broken hip.
Doctors placed a fixation device into Reagans hip bone and anchored it to the femur with screws- something that can make recovery painful.
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((DR. KEVIN EHRHART/SURGEON: HIS PAIN IS VERY WELL CONTROLLED. HE'S TAKING ALMOST NO PAIN MEDICATION. THE OCCAISIONAL HALF A PAIN PILL AS OPPOSED TO INJECTIONS WHICH PATIENTS NOMRALLY TAKE ONE TO TWO DAYS AFTER SURGERY.))
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Doctors say Reagan's wife Nancy has been by his side all the time.
He will be able to start walking within two weeks but full recovery could take many months.
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Doctors are waiting to perform open heart surgery on baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams.
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They recommended the operation to replace a faulty valve after the 82 year old baseball great checked into a Florida hospital on Thursday with shortness of breath.
Williams was taken to New York yesterday for the operation, but doctors have yet to begin the procedure. It may have to be delayed until tomorrow.
Williams had a pacemaker installed two months ago.
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A local company says its recent expansion is concrete proof that business is good.
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Boxley Aggregates shipped its first batch of ready mixed concrete from its new plant in Blue Ridge today.
The company opened for business in the early 19-hundreds when it supplied crushed stone to Norfolk and Western.
It now uses that crushed stone to manufacture ready mixed concrete and concrete block.
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((AB BOXLEY: WE DECIDED TO PUT THE PLANT IN ROANOKE TO HAVE OUR OWN CUSTOMER BASE TO INTEGRATE THE BUSINESS WITH THE BLOCK BUSINESS.))
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Boxley employs about 300 people and now owns and operates nine ready mix operations in Virginia and West Virginia.
The company recently bought a trucking company to ship its own products.
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A restaurant that has been a long time favorite in Roanoke is expanding its range. Jacey Birch is standing by to tell us if the owners will be rolling in dough.
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The latest of five family-owned italian restaurants is making a home in Vinton.
The newest... Frank's Pizza... known best for it's pizza and calzones... recently opened its doors.
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Coming up today in Sports, Mike Stevens will have the highlights from today's N-B-A matinee,
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[VO] and then a little later, we'll see how a hospital is trying to bring families closer together using the internet.
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Doctors in the United Kingdom may have made a ground breaking discovery in the fight against Leukemia and other cancers.
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(( British doctors believe they've have found a way to seek and destroy leukemia cancer cells.

(SOT BBC 1300 Elizabeth Rees, leukemia patient)

'It gives me my life back, possibly, because when you're diagnosed with leukemia, you think you're in a countdown.'
Doctors here in London discovered leukemia cells, and some other cancer cells, have a unique gene: WT-One. They took immune cells from healthy volunteers, cloned them and engineered them to seek that WT-One marker...then do what comes naturally: destroy.

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'At the best, this will be exactly what we need to add to the curability of leukemia, to cure twenty or thirty percent of patients with leukemia, who can't today be cured.'
While other cancer treatments kill good cells along with the bad...this strikes the leukemia alone...and possibly, other types of cancer.

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'This marker is also present in breast cancer cells, and in lung cancer cells, so if we can show that the therapy is effective in leukemia, it will have immediate implication for the therapy of breast cancer and lung cancer.'
It works in a test tube: next step - send the beefed up immune cells into battle in the bodies of leukemia sufferers, in the first human trials. If it works, doctors say it could lead to a vaccine against many forms of cancer, in as little as five years.
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Good evening folks and welcome to Your Monday Ticker on this Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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One of Friday Football Extra's players of the week from the just completed season had today off as Roanoke County schools were closed.
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And that gave Cave Spring quarterback Jacob Lewis a chance to celebrate his acceptance of a full scholarship to William & Mary.
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Lewis, who came into his senior season not knowing if he would have a chance to play at the division one double A level had a marvelous senior season in which he set several school records and was also one of 13 players from Virginia to make the A--South high school team. Jacob considered Furman, Maine, U-Mass, East Tennessee State and VMI before picking the Tribe.
He had the top passing game in the state this year throwing for 408 yards and 6 TDs against Pulaski Co.
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A couple of Martin Luther King Junior NBA and NHL matinees today.
We're going to start off in the NBA.
Hampton native Allen Iverson scored 35 points in Philadelphia's 84-79 win over the Charlotte Hornets.
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Roanoke native George Lynch downs the baseline jumper and had a double-double with 17 points and 16 rebounds.
The 76ers led through out the fourth quarter, but Barron Davis keeps Charlotte close with the three point bomb.
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Allen Iverson keeps his string of 30-point games in January alive. He knocks down three here and led all scorers with 35 and the 76ers beat the Hornets 84 to 79.
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Just one matinee in the National Hockey League as Mario Lemieux's Penguins pick up the three to two win over the Mighty Ducks.
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We pick up the action in the second all tied up at one when Anaheim's Tony Hrkac gives the Ducks the advantage with his ninth goal of the season.
The lead would only last four minutes, Hans Jonsson first goal of the season evens things up at two near the end of the period.
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The game winner would come at the 1:58 mark of the third period. Alexei Kovalev and Jaromir Jagr team up for the power play goal and the Penguins beat the Ducks three to two.
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Coming up for you tonight on News 7 at Six we'll check in with the latest moves on the ice with the Roanoke Express, plus the Steam has its eyes set on a local signal caller. And we'll take a look at Jeff Gordon's appearance on regis this morning. Have a great night everybody - Jean will be right back.

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Lawmakers in England say a grocer isn't measuring up to their standard and now he's in trouble.
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Steven Thoburn is being prosecuted for selling his fruits and vegetables by the pound instead of the kilo.
That's in violation of an European Union directive that says all produce should be sold using the metric system.
On Monday, the 36-year old trader made his way to court together with supporters.
They've raised thousands of pounds to fight the scales of justice.
Writers and television celebrities have joined the cause fearing that European regulations are trying to put an end to centuries of British tradition.
Steven Thoburn said he was a metric martyr after he was caught selling bananas in pounds rather than kilograms.
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Carilion is helping some local babies make their first Internet debut.
Health Check Reporter Joys Sutton explains.
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(( Justin Stephen Reed is the first grandchild in the family.
And his mother says his grandparents and other family members who live out of town are excited to see his first baby picture through the Carilion on-line nursery on the Internet.
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Carilion started the on-line nursery in December -- to give parents the opportunity to show off--their new bundles of joy.
Family members or friends can go to Carilion-dot-com click on the on-line nursery -- give the month or date of the baby's birthday -- and pull-up the baby's own web page.
Parents have to give their permission for the picture to be on the website.
And Carilion says safety is top priority. That's why the picture is not released until the baby has left the hospital.
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((ONCE THE PICTURE GOES OUT THE PARENTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO PASSWORD CODE FOR THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO REACH THAT SIGHT. THE LAST NAME IS NOT USED AND THERE ARE NO IDENTIFYING FACTORS BEYOND THE FIRST AND MIDDLE NAME )) [RUNS19]
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The baby's picture stays on the website for 90 days -- parents also have the opportunity to customize the background and add captions under the picture.
Their friends and family can also send message to the new family and baby.
Little Justin -- already has several message on his sight.
And his mother Stephanie says it's funny to see who people think he looks like.
She says no can quite make up their mind.
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And Stephanie says it's nice that everyone has already seen his picture -- saving her from rushing to get out his birth announcement.
Joy Sutton, News 7, Riner.))
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