WDBJ 7 news at 5 for 03/22/01

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Today on News 7 at 5, there's breaking news from the West Coast. At least three people are believed injured in another school shooting just four miles from Santee, California.
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Also investors go face to face with a bear market.
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Dry air moved into our area today and it looks like it's gonna last...the question is will the winds calm down...I'll have all the details in the upcoming forecast.....

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Today in Sports, Steve Mason looks at tonight's big college basketball matchups,
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and in medical news, the government approves a new device that can take some of the pain out of diabetic testing.
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Yet another school shooting- this one also in Southern California- just four miles from Santee- where a school shooting left two people dead last month.

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This latest shooting happened just about one hour ago- We are told it is in El-(Ca-Hone) Cajon, California.

The shooting happened at the Granite Hills High School- early reports that three people have been shot.
One suspect is said to be in custody.
There is word that police may be searching for a second suspect.
Gretchen Carlson joins us live with the latest.
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For much of the day, the DOW Jones index was trading in bear market territroy, which means it has dropped more than 20 percent from a record high.
The Dow narrowly avoided reaching that status today.
It has lost 18 percent from January 2000's record high.
Alexis Christoforous has more.
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No going back now for the Mir Space Station.
It is nearing the end of a mission that began 15-years ago-
As Chris Lawrence reports- Mir will come down - burning up with some pieces tumbling toward the ocean.
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((Russian ground controllers have stabilized MIR for its final plunge to earth. On Thursday they powered up its orientation system ..then fired the thrusters to align its solar panels with the sun. That allows MIR to recharge its batteries.
When MIR safely passes over an uninhabited part of the Pacific Ocean ..controllers in Moscow will fire a rocket ..and send the space station plunging back to earth. Travelling 17,000 miles per hour, MIR will begin to burn and break up when it hits the atmosphere. But about 25 tons of debris should survive and splash down in the South Pacific. MARC HERRING/HERRING MEDIA GROUP: "Just the sheer excitement of seeing something so big happen is going to be incredible ...just absolutely incredible." Marc Herring is bringing a group of scientists, space-watchers and reporters close enough to see MIR's re-entry. They hope to videotape it and broadcast what they see on a website. "Got the new nextel numbers? no, not yet. We need the new nextel numbers." The group has already left for Fiji ..where they'll fly a plane high up on the horizon to see it firsthand.
MIR allowed human beings to live in space full-time ..and will be the heaviest spacecraft ever dumped. TOM CROUCH/NATL AIR & SPACE MUSEUM) "I think we have to trust that the people who are handling that are going to do the very best they can to make sure it doesn't hit populated areas." CHRIS LAWRENCE/CBS NEWS: "But a lot of countries are taking no chances. Some have formed task forces to monitor the re-entry. And Australia and New Zealand cancelled some commercial flights. Chris Lawrence CBS News Los Angeles.")

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The former head coach of Danville's boys basketball team today pled guilty to having sexual contact with a minor.

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Ronald Hollingsworth admitted in court he had indecent liberties with a female student under the age of 18.
The judge gave Hollingsworth a three year suspended prison sentence.
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He must complete one year of probation and two years of good behavior.
Hollingsworth became head coach at George Washington High School last July.
The incident happened at Hollingworth residence back in January after a school activity.

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The state budget woes apparently haven't left dreams of a passenger rail service in the dust.
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That was the message to dozens of tourism directors from around the state who gathered in Lynchburg today for an update on the project.
Organizers say even though they didn't get the 11 million dollars they were seeking this year, lawmakers still want plans to keep moving forward.
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Negotiations continue with Norfolk Southern for the use of its track.
Rail service would run from Bristol through Roanoke to Washington D.C. and from Lynchburg to Richmond.
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The man who killed Robert Kennedy was up for parole again today. After this break, we'll tell you if Sirhan Sirhan will soon be a free man,
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and overseas meat producers receive more bad news as more cases of foot and mouth disease are found in Europe.
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The man convicted of killing Robert Kennedy will stay in prison for now-
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Parole was denied today for Sirhan Sirhan-
It was his 14th parole hearing since his 1968 killing of then Senator Robert Kennedy.
Sirhan was not at today's hearing-
His attorney says his absence was meant to protest against yet another routine hearing when he has no chance of being released.
He has been overruled by the state parole board 11 times.
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Yet another outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease- this time in Ireland.
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Despite quarantines and blockades- foot and mouth disease has reached the Irish Republic- probably spread from Northern Ireland.
Meanwhile the virus hasn't stopped in England either- where tourism is down because of it.
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A leading veterinarian predicted the outbreak won't peak until May and could plague the nation through August.
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The government has approved the first painless way for diabetics to measure their blood sugar.
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The Food and Drug Administration has approved the Glucowatch.
It looks like a wristwatch and it checks sugar levels every 20 minutes using tiny electric currents.
It can also sound an alarm as blood sugar drops to dangerous levels.
Still the F-D-A says the Glucowatch won't completely replace the finger prick blood tests. It says the device is sometimes wrong, especially when the person is sweating heavily.
It recommends patients always use a fingerstick before deciding to use insulin.
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Coming up next on the newscast, Jacey Birch shows the latest things to spruce up your home.
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Now that spring cleaning time is here... it might also be spring remodeling, repairing and refreshing time, as well.
Now's the time to find out by visiting this year's Better Living Expo Home Show.
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Jacey Birch is at the Salem Civic Center where cabinetry, lighting and wall paper are just the beginning.
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Today in Sports, Steve Mason tells us about the Roanoke Express' fight for the playoffs, and then a little later, Rebbeca Rankin tells us about a band that is training for the big time.
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((THERE FIRST ALBUM WENT PLATINUM...LARGELY DUE TO THE HIT SINGLE "MEET VIRGINIA." NOW THE BAND'S BACK WITH A FOLLOW UP RECORD. I'M VH1'S REBECCA RANKIN...COMING UP...MORE ON TRAIN'S NEW CD, SINGLE, VIDEO...AND TOURING PLANS. ))
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The United Way of Roanoke Valley is hoping a grant can help students and improve the quality of teachers.
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The grant from the Bank of America will go to the "Success by 6" program, which prepares students for school, and keeps teachers from leaving the profession.
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The program also encourages continuing education for teachers, and helps schools become nationally accredited.
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Good afternoon everyone, welcome to your ticker.
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March Madness resumes this evening. At Phialdephia's First Union Center, Duke meets U-C-L-A in the East Regional. Despite a long season, past meetings and the fatigue factor will mean nothing at tipoff.
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The Express fell to Richmond last night and must rebound at Wheeling Friday. Then Roanoke plays at Toledo Saturday and then at Peoria Sunday, games the team feels are winnable.
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The Express has usually walked into the playoffs with relative ease the last few years, but this season, the team has had to fight for everything connected with the post season.
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Sources say Baltimore Ravens linebacker Jamie Sharper visited with the Carolina Panthers today.
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The Super Bowl champions are in danger of losing the former UVa star, who is touted as the top defensive player in the free agent market. Sources say Sharper was ready to accept a 5 year, 23 million dollar contract but then the Ravens staff and ownership took the offer off the table. Seattle, Miami, the Giants and Bears are also interested in Sharper.

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Roanoke's softball team si one of 16 teams that will compete tomorrow and Saturday in a tournament at the Moyer Sports Complex.
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The Maroons were ranked 11th in the first national poll. Senior pitcher Amy Layman and her Maroons will face other ranked teams. The tourney should serves as a perfect warm up for ODAC play which begins next Thursday against Emory & Henry.
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Action begins tomorrow at 9:00 am. That's it for the sportsticker, at six, 15 major league baseball scouts were at Cave Spring high school today. See ya then.

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"Meet Virginia" was a chart topping single for the up and coming group Train. Now they're back with a sophomore effort and big plans for 2001.
VH1's Rebecca Ranking has more
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((TRAIN... THE SAN FRANCISCO BASED BAND COULD BE ON THE VERGE OF SOMETHING BIG. THEIR DEBUT ALBUM WENT PLATINUM... WHICH RAISES EXPECTATIONS AS THE GROUP RELEASES ITS LATEST RECORD....
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IN THE MIDST OF A HECTIC TOUR SCHEDULE TRAIN PUT TOGETHER A NEW ALBUM, : DROPS OF JUPITER

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We recorded it in about a month. We pre-produced and rewrote the songs a month prior to that//It kind of captures a little point of our life, because all of the songs were written in that period of time and recorded.
THE GROUP FIRST STARTED TO GET RECOGNITION WITH THEIR HIT 'MEET VIRGINIA' OFF THEIR 1998 PLATINUM SELLING SELF-TITLED DEBUT
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Making a record and being a successful band is just incredibly difficult, but to be platinum, it's like winning the lottery or something.
DESPITE THE SUCCESS, THE GUYS ARE STILL PRETTY DOWN TO EARTH...

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The same day that I found out that our record went platinum, I was informed that my rent check bounced!
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THE NEW ALBUM WAS VERY MUCH A GROUP EFFORT...
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This one was written just by all of us, in jams , in soundcheck, and stuff like that, much more than the first one. So it's kind of more of a collaborative effort.
REBECCA TAG: TRAIN'S LATEST ALBUM 'DROPS OF JUPITER' HITS STORES ON MARCH 27TH. THEY'RE GEARING UP FOR A NORTH AMERICAN TOUR IN MID APRIL, IN SUPPORT OF THE ALBUM. IN NEW YORK, I'M VH1'S REBECCA RANKIN.))

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