WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 03/25/01

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Coming up on News 7-
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Comair is ticking down to a possible pilot's strike. A prominent political figure makes an endorsement in the campaign for Attorney General. Soft drink companies do more than quench thirst at some area schools.
[ANCHOR=Teresa]
And, Danville shakes a distinction few cities would want. News 7 is next.

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((JUST BECAUSE OF THE PENDING STRIKE THEY CANCELED THE FLIGHT.))
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The nation's second largest regional airline, with flights in and out of Roanoke, braces for a strike.
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Good evening, I'm Teresa Hamilton.

[Comair]

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If you're booked to fly on Comair the airline has canceled most of its flights for tomorrow.
Negotiations between the airline and its pilots' union broke down late this afternoon after a compromise could not be reached. Kate Weidaw went to the Roanoke Regional Airport to see how passengers are being affected.
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((Comair flights arriving and departing Roanoke were on time Sunday afternoon...
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but cancellations in other parts of the country meant passengers in the Star City had to be rerouted and even transferred to other airlines.

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((CHRIS GRUBBE/PASSENGER: THEY TRANSFERRED ME TO U.S. AIR TO A FLIGHT TO CHARLOTTE, TO MEMPHIS THEN TO LITTLE ROCK.))
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In anticipation of a pilots' strike - the nation's second largest regional airline began canceling flights. It means passengers like Tammy Swedapetre will be getting back to New York hours later than she expected.

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((TAMMY SWEDAPETRE/PASSENGER: OUR FLIGHT IN TO NEW YORK GOT CANCELED AND IT'S GOING INTO ANOTHER AIRPORT.))
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The cancellations come after the airline and the pilots' union could not compromise on retirement benefits, pay, and work rules. As a result - 25-thousand passengers who are booked on Monday flights will face changes in their travel plans. Tom Richmond came to the airport Sunday afternoon to see his family off.

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((TOM RICHMOND: I ASKED ABOUT FLIGHTS NEXT WEEK WHETHER OR NOT I NEED TO REBOOK THOSE FLIGHTS AND HE SAID IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW LONG THE STRIKE LASTS.))
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While passengers didn't have a problem leaving on Sunday - it could be a different story when it's time to return home. Kate Weidaw News 7 Roanoke.))

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If you are scheduled on a Comair flight tomorrow you can call 1-800-354-9822 or check the web at comair dot com.
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[RKE-AX]

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A head on collision in Roanoke County sent two people to the hospital this evening.
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Authorities say an eighteen year old was driving down Randall Drive when he swerved into the other lane causing the collision, near Pitzer Road. The other driver was an elderly man who was taking his dog for a ride. Authorities say the man's brown and white terrier, Snuggles is now missing. Both drivers were taken to Roanoke Memorial with minor injuries.
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[Bob-Dole]

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Virginia's Republican candidate for Attorney General is being backed by a former Presidential Candidate.
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Bob Dole stopped in Roanoke this afternoon to endorse Jerry Kilgore. Kilgore is unopposed for the Republican nomination for Attorney General. Dole told the crowd Kilgore is just what Virginia is looking for.
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((BOB DOLE: WE HAVE A GREAT CANDIDATE IN JERRY KILGORE I HEARD ABOUT HIM, READ ABOUT HIM, HEARD PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HIM HE'S ALREADY BEEN AROUND THE TRACK ONCE HE'S READY FOR THIS JOB.))
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((JERRY KILGORE: HE'S ONE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S ICONS IS BOB DOLE AND I'VE LOOKED UP TO HIM GROWING UP.)) [BUTT, BUTT, BUTT]
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((I'M JUST HONORED THAT HE WOULD STOP ON HIS JOURNEY THROUGH ROANOKE TO DO A SMALL RALLY WITH ME.))
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[SUPER=01-Jerry Kilgore/(R) Attorney General Candidate]
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[Dole-Speech]

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Dole wasn't just stumping for Republican candidates in the Roanoke Valley. He also took some time to speak to an audience at Roanoke College. Dole spoke about the need to remember the courage of World War Two veterans, personal responsibility, and the state of American politics.
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[Severed-Head]

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Richmond City police say they are closer to making an arrest in a two-year-old murder.
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Police say they now have a suspect in the decapitation of Edward Northington.
It's a 30 year old man from Albany, New York who is serving a ten year sentence for sexual assault there. Police contend that the two men were together for three days prior to Northington's head being found in a Richmond park, and his body in the James River.
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[Henry-Suspects]

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Henry County officials are still looking for three people ... as part of a major drug sweep last week.
Dozens of people were arrested Thursday, but yesterday, the Sheriff's department released the names of three suspects who have not yet been found.
They are 24 year old Damian Roberts of Danville, 21 year old Tyson K. Hairston of Bassett, and 23 year old Craig Wright of Danville.
The Henry County sheriff's department asks anyone with information to give them a call.

[Mill-Fire]

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Investigators are trying to find out what started a fire at an old cotton mill in North Carolina.
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The fire broke out at the old (bye-NUM) Bynum Cotton Mill in Chatham County last night. Firefighters managed to keep the fire from spreading to nearby homes and a small hydroelectric plant. Fire officials say decades of decay in the building left it a target for vandals.
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((MARK RIGGSBEE/NORTH CHATHAM FIRE DEPT. CHIEF: WE HAVE HAD I CAN'T NAME THEM BUT SEVERAL DIFFERENT FIRES IN DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF THE BUILDING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. ))
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[vo-nat] Firefighters from three departments helped contain the blaze. No one was injured.
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[Plane-Fatal]

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Authorities spent the day combing through the wreckage of a plane that crashed while approaching the island of Saint Barts in the Caribbean.
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The plane slammed into a hillside home killing all 19- people on board as well as one person in the house. The propeller- driven Twin Otter was ferrying tourists from the nearby island of St. Martin. Most were French but one was an American.
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Coming up on News 7, Roy Stanley will have all the highlights from today's race in Bristol...
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and soda machines are not only a hit with high school students, but also school officials. Details on that when we return.
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[D'Ville-Syphilis]

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There's good news in Danville's fight against syphilis. The numbers of residents suffering from the S-T-D dropped nearly 20 percent last year. The news comes a couple of years after Virginia's Health Department made Danville the first city to receive money from a Centers for Disease Control grant.
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Ever since, the city's health department and two medical facilities expanded free services for patients suffering from syphilis. So far in 2001 - Danville no longer has the highest rate of syphilis in the state. Now Norfolk has that distinction.
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[School-Vending]

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Vending machines are becoming increasingly popular in local schools...
They provide an easy snack for students... and a big budgetary boost for schools.
As Marya Jones found out, the schools may be just as hooked on the junk food as the kids are.
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(([shot of Nicole Bailey on Schools-Vending at TC 10:33:02]
In between classes at William Byrd High School, senior Nicole Bailey often gets a Cherry Coke from one of the vending machines.
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[QUICK NATSOUND at 10:33:09 on Schools-Vending] ((QUICK NATS OF HER COKE CAN DROPPING))
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[BUTT 10:38:48 AND 10:39:28 on Schools-Vending] ((I USE IT QUITE OFTEN (LAUGHS).....)) [BUTT BUTT BUTT] ((I HAVE THIRD LUNCH. I CAN'T WAIT THAT LONG TO EAT, IT'S LIKE TILL 1:00, SO I HAVE TO GET A SNACK. ))
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Bailey and her classmates are feeding their cravings for junk food and sodas....
and, in doing so, giving their school a quick cash fix. [Shots of Turner at his desk on School-Vending TC 10:48:30]
William Byrd principal Richard Turner says the school is dependent on the income.
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((RICHARD TURNER/WILLIAM BYRD PRINCIPAL: THEY PROVIDE US AN EXTRA SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR THE THINGS THAT WE NEED. AT OUR SCHOOL, IT MEANS A LOT OF MONEY FOR PAPER AND COPY MACHINES. SO OUR TEACHERS HAVE THOSE SUPPLIES. ))
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((RICHARD FLORA/ROANOKE CO. SCHOOLS: IT'S BIG MONEY. IT IS BIG MONEY.))
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Richard Flora deals with vendors for Roanoke County Schools. [Shots of students in halls-- any from School-Vending tape, TC 10:50:30 - 10:51:00]
He says schools are big battlegrounds for soft drink companies... who'll pay a high price to make kids customers.

The school's take is usually 40 percent... bringing county schools nearly 300-thousand dollars a year.
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((RICHARD FLORA/ROANOKE CO. SCHOOLS: IT SUBSIDIZES WHAT THE SCHOOL BOARD CAN'T AFFORD TO GIVE THE SCHOOLS. IT PAYS FOR COPIERS, IT PAYS FOR PROGRAMS, IT'S A BIG CHUNK OF THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL'S BUDGET.))
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Nutrition specialist Donna Proctor says the vending machines are a good option for schools to make money, but not necessarily a good influence.
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((DONNA PROCTOR/NUTRITIONIST: SHOULD WE BE A PART OF THAT AS COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS OR EDUCATORS? I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S A REAL MORAL DILEMMA. I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO PROVIDE HEALTHY OPTIONS TO THE KIDS IN ADDITION TO THOSE THINGS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BUY ANYWAY.))
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[Shot of girls buying Cokes would be good here on School-Vending TC 10:36:40]
No matter who the victors are in the cola wars, the schools say they'll be on the winning side.
MJN7, Roanoke County.))

[Black#3]

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Earlier in the month we told you about a local muscian's tribute to Dale Earnhardt.
It turns out the song, "Black #3" by John Sines Junior is requested so often by radio listeners that the music company
is pushing up the single's release date to stores.
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The single "Black # 3" will hit store shelves on April 17th.
It has been added to Sines' current C-D "John Sines Jr."
The updated C-D will have a banner across it that says, "Includes the Black # 3."
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[Take FS Graphic] You can make advance credit card orders for the C-D by going to his web page. For a direct link .. go to our home page at WDBJ7-dot-com .. and click on the "Webwatch" icon.
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Coming up, archeologists in Egypt make a sensational discovery thousands of years old...
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and it's a handyman's dream. The annual home show visits Roanoke. Stay tuned, details on that and more when News 7 at 11 returns.
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[Feedback, March 25]

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The budget squabble in Richmond is the main topic in our viewer mail.
Assignment editor Joe McKean has this week's Feedback.
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((Governor Gilmore is insisting that any new state budget for the next fiscal year include a 70 percent cut in the car tax, as he promised.
The Senate wouldn't go along with that. So, the spending plan approved last year remains in place. And that has less money than many groups say they need.
A viewer from Christiansburg (William Hunter) commented: "Governor 'no car tax' is not only trying to break the state's economy but also tear the state's government apart...I do not like any tax but they do pay for roads, schools, police, fire, rescue and museums to name a few things. If the governor wants to create a third world country then he needs to find another place to destroy...I do thank the news crew at this fine station for bringing us all the coverage of this and many other events."
The address for News-7 is PO Box 7, Roanoke, 24022-0007.
Our fax number: 343-7269.
To send us an e-mail, it's news@wdbj7.com.
And our website has an on-line forum.
Joe McKean, News-7.))

[Home-Show]

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Whether you were looking for some new windows or an idea for landscaping your yard, it was all at the Home Show this weekend.
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1-hundred 60 exhibitors packed the Salem Civic Center for the 31-st annual Home Show. There were ideas for remodeling your kitchen or building a screened in porch. Organizers say the Home Show is a great place to find answers to all kinds of building related questions.
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((JOHN BROCK: THEY BASICALLY WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH THINGS ARE GOING TO COST AND WHETHER THEY WANT TO DO IT THEMSELVES OR PAY SOMEBODY TO DO THE SERVICE AND THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE.))
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The show wrapped up at 5 o'clock. All of the proceeds from the show go to the Home Builders Association.
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Archaeologists make a dramatic discovery in Egypt's Western Desert. A find that make's tonight's video of the day.
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They've found eleven mummies, including one of a child entombed with his parents. Egyptian officials say the mummies are about 18- hundred years old. They belong to one family and are in good condition. They were discovered about 215 miles southwest of Cairo.
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((DR. ZAHI HAWAS/HEAD OF GIZA ANTIQUITIES: WE ARE EXPECTING TO DISCOVER IN THIS VALLEY ANOTHER 10- THOUSAND MUMMIES.))

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Archaeologists may indeed find more mummies. In the past two years-- dozens of mummies have been found in the area.
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[S-Race]

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For the first time in 8 years the Wood Brothers of Stuart finally made it back to Victory Lane.
Elliott Sadler takes the checkered flag winning the Food City 500 at the Bristol Motor Speedway.
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The caution flag flew early and often. Robert Pressley hits the wall and Jeff Burton gets hit also in the crash.
Kyle Petty was having a good run in car number 45 he was running 7-th with over 400 laps to go but he would drop off the pace.
Jeff Gordon made his move and he would pass John Andretti for the lead and Gordon was on the point at the halfway mark of the race.
Then Mark Martin, who started on the pole, gets in trouble. His teammate Jeff Burton hits the wall in turn three and bounces right in front of Martin sending him to the garage area for repairs.
Andretti would lead the race for a second time taking the lead from Sterling Marlin with 154 laps to go.
But Sadler would put the Woods Brothers number 21 up front with 43 laps to go and he holds on winning his first Winston Cup race
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Andretti finished second followed by Jeremy Mayfield, Jeff Gordon, and South Boston's Ward Burton.

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The New River Valley Speedway's track season opens in just two weeks.
Fans will notice some changes at the track.
It's becoming a popular place for trucks too.
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Speedway officials say they've always geared their product to families.
But this year they have a little something extra for the children in attendance.
While mom and dad are watching the action, the kids will have a new area all their own.
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The first race is April 7.[S-NCAA]

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Michigan State is back in the Final Four.
The defending national champions beat Temple 69 to 62 in the South Regional title game.
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[SUPER=03-Atlanta, GA/CBS SPORTS; :]

Temple would not go without a fight.
Big man Kevin Lyde hits the jump hook but the Owls trailed the Spartans 24 to 13.
The Spartans answer when Jason Richardson gets out on the break scores and draws the foul Michigan State led 30 to 27 at the half.
David Thomas would step up big for the Spartans in the second half here he scores two of his career high 19 points going inside for two.
Temple kept it close late in the second half this Alex Wesby three pointer and the Owls cut the lead to 3, 54 to 51.
[SUPER=33-Michigan St./69/Temple/62/;]

Michigan State withstood the Owls pressure defense and the Spartans hold on for the 69 to 62 win and their third straight trip to the final four.
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[S-Hoops]

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The Spartans have a date in the final four against Arizona. The Wildcats won the Midwest Regional crown beating Illinois 87 to 81.
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[SUPER=03-San Antonio, TX/CBS SPORTS; :]

Arizona was the A-P preseason number one team.
Luke Walton passes to Gilbert Arenas and he scores the layup for two of his 21 points and the Wildcats took a 6 point lead.
But Illinois would hang tough. Lucas Johnson hits the long three pointer and Illinois took a one point lead over the Wildcats.
[SUPER=33-Arizona/87/Illinois/81/;]

Arizona's Loren Wood would come up with some key baskets as the Wildcats get the 87 to 81 win to advance to the final four.
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[S-NBA]

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Orlando turned away Reggie Miller and Indiana today beating the Pacers 84 to 82.
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[SUPER=03-Orlando, FL/WKMG; :]

Reggie having a little fun before the games tipoff.
Indiana's Jalen Rose takes it to the hoop and misses but Jermaine O'Neal is there for the throw down and two of his 26 points.
But Orlando's Tracy McGrady would come right back hitting the jumper and keeping the game close.
[SUPER=32-Orlando/84/Indiana/82/;]

McGrady led the second half charge he scored 28 points as the Magic beats the Pacers 84 to 82.
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[S-Scores]

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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-East Rutherford, NJ/FOX SPORTS; :]

In the N-H-L, New Jersey's 13 game win streak ended today.
Pittsburgh's Martin Straka scored twice as the Penguins beat the Devils 4 to 2.
And here are today's scores.
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Virginia Tech swept a doubleheader from 8-th rankedNotre Dame today beating the Irish in the first game 3 to 2.
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The wind was blowing at English field and the fans were bundled up for the second game.
Notre Dame's Alex Porzel hits a little blooper into left field bringing home Steve Stanley and the Notre Dame comeback was on.
The Irish continued as Jason Bushey hits this grounder past first base into right field scoring another run to make the score 8 to 6 Irish.
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Then after an intentional walk Jed English hits a liner that brings in Addison Bowman and the Hokies go on to win it 9 to 8.
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That's gonna do it in sports, have a great day everybody![S-Golf]

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Tiger Woods will takes the lead into the final day of The Players Championship.
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Storms delayed Woods and Jerry Kelly's tee times for about three hours.
But when play resumed Woods quickly made a move on Kelly. On the fourth hole Tiger chipped in this shot for eagle and he would tie Kelly at 12 under par through four.
Kelly would lose the lead on the same hole when he missed the par putt dropping to 11 under par.
Tiger and Kelly finished nine holes before play was suspended due to darkness. They will resume this morning at 10.
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The Roanoke Express two game road win streak ended yesterday.
Peoria beats the Express by a score of 4 to 2.
Roanoke has a game in Richmond on Friday before returning to the Roundhouse for a game against Wheeling on Saturday.

Michigan State and Arizonza advance to the final four, more later on Mornin'[Oscars]
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Big wins for Gladiator and Traffic - a shoe-in for Erin Brockovich star Julia Roberts... and a suprise win for Best Supporting Actress. That's just a little of what happened tonight at the Oscars - after Hollywood rolled out the Red Carpet. Here's Chris Lawrence.
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(((NAT: POLLOCK/SONY PICTURES CLASSICS)
RUSSEL CROWE CONQUERS OSCAR. THE NEW ZEALANDER WON BEST ACTOR FOR HIS PORTRAYAL OF A ROMAN GLADIATOR ... BEATING SOME BIG COMPETITION INCLUDING TOM HANKS AND ED HARRIS.
IN THE FIRST SURPRISE OF THE NIGHT, MARCIA GAY HARDEN WON BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS FOR HER ROLE AS THE LONG-SUFFERING WIFE OF ARTIST JACKSON POLLOCK. HARDEN WAS CONSIDERED A LONGSHOT BECAUSE NOT MANY PEOPLE HAD SEEN THE NEWLY-RELEASED FILM ... WHEN THE NOMINATIONS WERE ANNOUNCED.

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"Let's talk about how I get what I want."
BENICIO DEL TORO NABBED BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR ... FOR HIS WORK AS A CONFLICTED MEXICAN COP IN TRAFFIC. IN HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH, DEL TORO DEDICATED HIS AWARD TO THE PEOPLE OF NOGALES ARIZONA AND NOGALES MEXICO -- TWO LOCATIONS WHERE THE MOVIE WAS SHOT.

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BEFORE THE FESTIVITIES BEGAN, HUNDREDS OF FANS GATHERED OUTSIDE THE SHRINE AUDITRIUM TO STAR GAZE ... AS HOLLYWOOD'S BIGGEST NAMES PARADED DOWN THE FAMOUS RED CARPET.

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And Steven Soderburgh took the best director award for one of his films, Traffic. And the best picture award goes Gladiator...

ts went on strike just minutes ago after talks for a new contract with the airline broke off this afternoon.and this just in, Pilots for COMAIR, the nation's second largest regional air carrier are going on strike. Comair pilo