WDBJ 7 news at 6 for 06/12/01

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Election day is passing quietly as most Democratic voters avoid the polls.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
Still, one Roanoke resident hopes a majority of the low voter turnout will swing in his favor and help him break a longtime trend.
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[Sports-head]

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In sports, the Buffalo Bills sign a former Friday Football Extra player of the week, a PH tennis doubles team gears for state
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[VO-NAT]

and Teresa Earnhardt takes the stand in defense of her late husband, her testimony over the autopsy photos in sports.

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[WX-Head]
[ANCHOR=Robin]
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Plenty of heat and humidity today but nature will take the edge off tomorrow with an increase in clouds and a shower chance. Details coming up.
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[ANCHOR=Keith 4-Shot]

News 7 is next.
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((VERY LOW, VERY LOW.))
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[OUT Q=very low. DOUBLE OUT!]
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
No surprises so far in the Democratic primary.
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
Officials say voter turnout across the state and locally is what many had predicted.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]

Good evening, I'm Shannon Young.
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]

And I'm Keith Humphry.
[Turnout]
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[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
Political observers are predicting a turnout of anywhere from five to ten percent of Virginia's registered voters.
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
And, the numbers we've been given so far look like the pundits are on track.
[DOUBLE BOXES=Keith-Shannon & Teresa /Microwave;]
Teresa Hamilton has a rundown so far and joins us from outside Patrick Henry High school.
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[SUPER=419-Teresa Hamilton/thamilton*wdbj7.com]
[SUPER=405-Roanoke]
The numbers we've been given so far suggest a low voter turnout across our viewing area... which is what some political observers predicted with Mark Warner running unchallenged.
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[SUPER=403-Roanoke; :00]
[SUPER=403-Lynchburg; :14]
[SUPER=401-Beryl Brooks/Roanoke City Registrar; :27 ]
[SUPER=401-Stuart Barbour/Voter; :50]
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(((start with nat sound) Primary elections typically translate to low voter turnout... and it looks like today will be no exception as voters select candidates for lieutenant governor and attorney general. In Lynchburg-- so far voter turnout is running at about five percent . In the city of Roanoke-- the average is slightly higher at about six and a half percent.
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((BERYL BROOKS/ROANOKE REGISTRAR: I THINK....ELECTION GOING ON.)) [RUNS11]
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Southwest and Central Virginia are apparently no exception. A spokesperson for the state democratic party says turnout across the commonwealth has also been low. But the polls are still open.
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((THESE CANDIDATES WORK HARD... THEY DON'T.)) ((IT'S A PRIVILEGE.... NO RIGHT TO COMPLAIN. (LAUGH) )) [RUNS20]
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[SUPER=405-Roanoke;]
No numbers were available for the city of the Danville... But here are two more numbers. In Roanoke County turnout has been about three and a half percent. In Salem.. it's running at about four and a half percent.
[DOUBLE BOXES=Keith-Shannon & Teresa /Microwave;]
So very low so far... but again the polls are still open.

[Edwards]

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John Edwards hopes to become the first Roanoke Valley resident in more than 30 years to win nomination for statewide office.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=403-Roanoke]

Edwards and members of his family voted this morning at the Fishburn Park Precinct in Roanoke.
Though he hasn't aired television commercials, Edwards says he believes his strong statewide organization, direct mail and phone banks will make the difference in the Democratic primary.
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((SEN. JOHN EDWARDS/(D) ROANOKE: I FEEL GOOD. I FEEL VERY STRONG. I FEEL WE HAVE A GOOD ORGANIZATION ALL AROUND THE STATE. WE'VE GOT PEOPLE ON THE GROUND MAKING PHONE CALLS, GETTING PEOPLE OUT TO VOTE, SO I THINK THAT'S GOING TO PAY OFF IN THE LONG RUN.))
[SUPER=401-Sen. John Edwards/(D) Candidate for Attorney General]
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[OUT Q=going to pay off in the long run.]
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[VO-NAT]

Edwards and his supporters will be following the returns tonight at the Patrick Henry Hotel.
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[Clement]

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[GRAPHIC=Whitt Clement]

Another one of those seeking the Democratic nomination for Attorney General is Southside's Whitt Clement.
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[SUPER=403-Danville]

He voted this morning in Danville with his family by his side.
Clement remains hopeful Southside voters will come out in high numbers to vote for their local candidate.
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((WHITT CLEMENT/ATTORNEY GENERAL CANDIDATE: ITS KIND OF FEELING YOU HAVE WHEN YOU HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB, A JOB WELL DONE AND I JUST LEAVE IT UP TO THE VOTERS AT THIS POINT AND I'D BE HAPPY WITH THE CONSQUENCES WHATEVER THEY MAY BE.))
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[VO-NAT]

Clement spent this afternoon visiting area businesses to encourage people to get out and vote.
He plans to watch the returns tonight at his headquarters on Piney Forest Road in Danville.
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[Demo-Primary]

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With the possibility of as few as 160 thousand Virginians voting-- the rest of the Democratic field is just working on turning out its base.
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((TIM KAINE/D-CANDIDATE FOR LT. GOVERNOR: I'M GONNA DO WELL IN RICHMOND... NORTHERN VIRGINIA... WORKING REAL HARD.))

[SUPER=401-Tim Kaine/(D) Candidate for Lt. Governor]
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[OUT Q=working real hard.]
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[VO-NAT]

Richmond mayor Tim Kaine was working the polls in his hometown today.
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Nearby neighbor Don McEachin concentrated his efforts for attorney general in his Henrico House of Delegates precinct.
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((MCEACHIN: THE STRATEGY TODAY IS TO RELAX... TO THE POLLS.))
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((SYLVIA CLUTE THE NEXT ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA.))
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((CLUTE: I'VE SPENT THE PERIOD OF TIME...THINK I'M GONNA WIN.))
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[SUPER=401-Sylvia Clute/(D) Candidate for Attorney General; :14 ]
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[OUT Q=think I'm gonna win.]
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[ANCHOR=Shannon]
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Norfolk Delegate Jerrauld Jones and Newport News Delegate Alan Diamonstein are the other candidates for lieutenant governor.

[Arsenal-Alliance]

[ANCHOR=Keith]
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At a time when layoffs are a reality for many..there is employment news of a different kind out of the New River Valley tonight.
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A joint business venture is translating into job security for Radford Arsenal workers The plant's owner - Alliant Tech systems and another ammunition producer General Dynamics are forming a new company together.
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New River Valley Bureau Chief Rachel Cannon spoke with the President of the new company and has the story. Rachel?
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Keith, The news that the two will work together to provide the Department of Defense with propellant and munitions means job stability for local workers. Going into this deal - both sides agreed the goal is to have the Radford Arsenal working at it's maximum level.
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(([Nats him walking in] Patrick Nolan, President of the newly formed American Powder Company says the deal that took months of negotiations..will have a long lasting positive effect on the Radford Arsenal.
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((PAT NOLAN/PRESIDENT AMERICAN POWDER COMPANY; IT BRINGS BOTH MILITARY AND COMMERCIAL WORK LOAD TO THE PLANT AND IT SHOULD LEVEL OUT THE PEAKS AND VALLEYS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST WITH DOD WORKLOADS.))
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Seperately -- Alliant and General Dynamics are the country's leading ammunition producers - together as American Powder -they will rely on the Radford Plant for all production.
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((WHAT THIS DOES IS ELIMINATE THE DOWNSIDE, THE PLANT WILL RUN AT A FAIRLY HIGH LEVEL AND WELL INTO THE FUTURE))
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Nolan says he held a "town meeting" on the plant floor with about 1-hundred workers today, filling them in on the deal. While he says additions to the current workforce will be only marginal and limited to under 1-hundred jobs, many employees are happy to have job security.
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[LIVE=Rachel /FULL Microwave]
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A good day because Nolan says the deal will keep the arsenal running at three-shifts, 5 to 7 days a week.
[DOUBLE BOXES=Keith and Rachel /Microwave;]
and he says it will stay that way well into the future Keith.

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[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
[SS=NONE]

Carilion's already developing it in Roanoke... now there's big bio-tech news in Salem too.
[ANCHOR=SHannon 2-Shot]

We'll tell you about it next on News 7.
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[VO-NAT]

And there's a giant sucking sound in downtown Roanoke.
But it's not the sound of jobs leaving... it's trash
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[Bio-Tech]

[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
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A bio-technology company in Salem has been purchased by an International research and development firm.
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Officials say this is the kind of partnership that will spur bio-tech development in the Roanoke Valley.
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
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As News 7 Business Reporter Jennifer Miele reports, there is quite a bit of chemistry between the two companies.
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[SUPER=01-Ted Melnick/Sybron Biochemical; :21]
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(( Try mixing one part biochemistry and one part smart business... you'll get a local company who caught the eye of an international bio-technology firm.
Sybron Biochemicals in Salem will soon become part of a Denmark-based company called Novozymes.
Sybron's President says the deal should have quite a reaction.
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[11:26:27] (( TED MELNICK/SYBRON BIOCHEMICAL: WE NEED MORE LAB SPACE, SOME INVESTMENTS IN MANUFACTURING. AND NOVIZIMES WHEN THEY CAME INTO LOOKING AT THE BUILDING WAS REALLY COMMITTED TO MAKING SOME INVESTMENTS HERE.)) [RUNS10]
Standing alone, Sybron raked in about 20 million dollars a year.
But by the end of the month, Sybron will become part of a 600 million dollar a year business.
That means the company will have the money to grow things like "super" tomatoes, right out of its Salem facility.
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[11:52:10] ((JOHNATHAN LEDER: IN PREVIOUS TESTS WE'VE SHOWN THAT NOT ONLY DO PLANTS GROW LARGER, BUT THEY ALSO PRODUCE MORE TOMATOES. )) [RUNS08]
OK, so it isn't every day that you'll find a microorganism who can eat grease right off your kitchen floor.

But Sybron says these little guys ARE the future of the bio-technology business in Roanoke.
And, they say, you don't have to look very hard to see that.
Jennifer Miele, News 7, Salem. ))

[Stocks]

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Wall Street avoided a third day of sharp losses. [TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE]
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The DOW gained 26 points, NASDAQ almost unchanged- -off a point.
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[L'burg-Sheriff]
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[ANCHOR=KEith 2-Shot]

He's spent nearly four decades in law enforcement.
[ANCHOR=SHannon 2-Shot]

But Lynchburg's long- time city sheriff says he will "not" seek re-election this fall.
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[SUPER=403-Lynchburg]

Sheriff Lawrence Simpson has held the office for the last 27 years.
He says the city's recent budget cuts have soured his relationship with City Hall to the point where he's ready to hang it up.
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((LAWRENCE SIMPSON/LYNCHBURG SHERIFF: I'M 69 YEARS OLD. IT'S NOT AS MUCH FUN AS IT USED TO BE AND CLIMATE OF THE CURRENT CITY COUNCIL AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO MY DEPARTMENT HAS NOT BEEN VERY FAVORABLE LATELY.))
[SUPER=401-Lawrence Simpson/Lynchburg Sheriff]
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[OUT Q=very favorable lately.]
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[VO-NAT]

Four people are looking to take Simpson's place, including Mary Preston Randolph who came in second in the 1997 sheriff's race.
Herb Duff, Ron Gillespie and Danny McCain also have submitted their petitions.
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[Stovall-Canada]

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Two longtime Roanoke County school board members hope to return for four more years.
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[SUPER=403-Roanoke Co.;]

Board chairman Mike Stovall announced his candidacy at William Byrd High School today.
He's represented the Vinton district for six and a half years, and helped champion the school resource officer program.
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((MIKE STOVALL/SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE: I AM PROUD THAT WE HAVE A POLICE OFFICER IN EVERY HIGH SCHOOL, EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM WITH THE STATE POLICE THAT PUTS A VOLUNTEER STATE TROOPER IN EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.))
[SUPER=401-Mike Stovall/Roanoke Co. School Board Cand.;]
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[OUT Q=elementary school.]
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Nine-year school board member Jerry Canada backed Stovall and discussed his own bid for re-election.
He had considered running for the Board of Supervisors instead this year.
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((JERRY CANADA/SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE: THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS TO DO AND I'VE BEEN INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN ALL THESE THINGS AND I FEEL I'M PREPARED TO KEEP THE BALL ROLLING.))
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[OUT Q=the ball rolling.]
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Both men are unopposed so far.
The deadline to announce for the November election is August first.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon]

Earlier We said that Norfolk Delegate Jerrauld Jones is running for Attorney General. We should have said that he's running for lieutenant governor.

[County-Supers]

[ANCHOR=Keith]
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Roanoke County Supervisors honored World War Two veteran Bob Slaughter this afternoon.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;]
They recognized Slaughter for his integral role in establishing the National D-Day memorial, and for his dedicated service in the War.
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[IN Q=We can't thank you enough]
((BUTCH CHURCH/CATAWBA SUPERVISOR; WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH, WORDS I DON'T BELIEVE CAN EXPRESS THE GRATITUDE WE HERE LOCALLY OWE YOU AND OUR NATION IN GENERAL FEELS INDEBTED TO YOU.)) ((WE COULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN OFF THE MARK WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF OUR REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS, LED BY ROANOKE COUNTY.))
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[OUT Q=led by Roanoke County.]
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[VO-NAT]
Supervisors also gave themselves a 500-dollar pay raise, beginning in July.
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[Sports tease]

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The latest on Cave Spring star pitcher Tyler Lumsden's situation with the Florida Marlins and the Clemson Tigers, Teresa Earnhardt' autopsy photo testimony
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[VO-NAT]

and a Patrick Henry doubles team has it's eye on a state championship prize.
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[S-Bills]

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The Buffalo Bills announced today that they have signed three more draft picks and one of them is former G.W. Danville star Tyrone Robertson. He was the Bills seventh round pick, 238th overall.
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[SUPER=03-Fork Union]

Robertson, who prepped at Fork Union Military school in 1997, attended Georgia until 1999 and then transferred to Hinds Community College in Mississippi where he recorded 60 tackles and 9.5 sacks. He signs with the Bills having used only two years of his college eligibility. The terms of the defensive tackle's contract were not disclosed.
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[S-Tyler]

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The Florida Marlins interest in Cave Spring standout pitcher Tyler Lumsden has caused Clemson to step up to the plate.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;]

The Florida Marlins selected Lumsden in the 5th round of last week's major league draft.
He met with the Marlins Friday, but did not talk money.
Lumsden was also offered a partial scholarship at Clemsen but now the Tigers are offering more money for school.
Lumsden will have another meeting with the Florida. IF he forgoes Clemson for the pros, the Instructional League starts June 19th.
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[S-Teresa]

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Yesterday, a Florida judge upheld a law that blocks autopsy photos from being released without a judge's order.

Today, a judge heard testimony directed at reversing the order. Teresa Earnhardt was on the stand and her anger and dismay over the thought of releasing the photos of her husband was quite obvious.
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[ANCHOR=steve]
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A student newspaper at the University of Florida and a Web site want the pictures. They say the images should be made public to show whether investigators did an adequate job of investigating Earnhardt's death.

[S-PH]

[ANCHOR=Steve]
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[WRITER=dal]
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Many high school athletes never have a shot at a state championship.
But two Patrick Henry Freshman are headed to the State Quarterfinals in tennis.
Denise Allen has more on this doubles team.
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[SUPER=01-Tyler Early/Going For State Doubles Championship; :15]
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((Brock Newton and Tyler Early have been friends since second grade and doubles partners for two years.
Now the Patrick Henry freshmen are ending the year in Richmond with a shot at a state championship.
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Both boys not only use their minds on the court but off it as well.
In fact Brock and Tyler as well as the rest of the top six go to the Governor's School on the Patrick Henry High School campus.
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He'll get another chance to relax at the State Triple A Tennis Quarterfinals.
They face a doubles team from South Lakes.
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Brock and Tyler take the court Friday in Richmond.
Denise Allen News 7 Sports.))

[S-NBA]

[ANCHOR=Steve]
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[WRITER=dal]
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A local athlete has received Big South Track and Field Athlete of the year honors.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg/May 29;]

Liberty University's Michael Decker was the conference champion in both the indoor and outdoor 200 and 400 meters.

At the Indoor NCAA Championship, the Buena Vista native placed fifth overall. Decker is Liberty's second three-time All American.
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[anchor=Steve]
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Coastal Carolina's Amber Campbell is the female Track and Field Athlete of the year.
[Sidewalk-Swe]
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[GRAPHIC=None]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]

The streets of Downtown Roanoke are going to be a lot cleaner thanks to some new hardware.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

Downtown Roanoke Incorporated introduced its sidewalk cleaning machine, "Big Lick" today.
It'll be used in the Downtown Service District, especially around the City Market area.
Art and Graphics students at Patrick Henry High School came up with the name and logo when the city asked them for some help.
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