WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 08/12/01

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Coming up on News 7-
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A Salem police officer is injured after crashing his patrol car. A fight in Henry County involving gunfire lands two men behind bars. The eight year old boy attacked by a shark in Florida is back home.
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And, the latest on a possible drowning in Giles County. News 7 is next.

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A shooting Friday lands two Martinsville men behind bars.
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Good Evening, I'm Teresa Hamilton.[Henry-Shooting]

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The Henry County Sheriff's Department has made a pair of arrests following a gunfight that killed a teenager, and wounded two others.
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22-year old James Scales and 21- year old Terris Dandridge, both of Martinsville, are charged with shooting and wounding Joseph Taylor. Dandridge was also injured in the shooting.
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The incident took place outside the Horsepasture Ruritan Club on Route 58 just after eleven Friday night. Deputies say a fight erupted with as many as 30 shots being fired. 16 year old Lorenzo Hairston died from a gunshot wound to the head.
Another Martinsville man wounded in the shooting is recovering.
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[Injured-Policeman]

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State Police say slick roads may have contributed to a Salem police officer's wreck on Route 4-19 today.
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The wreck happened shortly before 5 this evening near the Lakeside Plaza. State police say Officer Brian Jenkins was responding to a call when his cruiser hydroplaned, hitting a light pole on the drivers side. Jenkins has been released from the hospital with a slight concussion and injuries to his leg and arm.
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[Giles-Search]

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Authorities have called off the search for a man thought to have drowned in Giles County. This evening-- crews searched Shumate Falls in Glen Lyn. Officials say the search will resume in the morning.

[Drag-Strip]

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A neighborhood dispute is revving up in Southside, as a Pittsylvania County man is planning to build a drag strip near Java. Many area residents oppose the project, and are taking the issue to court. News 7's Justin McLeod tell us where the dispute stands and where it goes from here.
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[IN Q=Nat sound file of drag strip]
[SUPER=03-Natural Bridge/September 1998; :00]
[SUPER=01-Leslie Redd/Area Resident; :15]
[SUPER=01-Stone Gregory III/Property Owner; :36]
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((((NAT SOUND FILE OF DRAG STRIP)) A drag strip much like the one you see here could arrive in Pittsylvania County in less than a year. Its would be located in an area that's generally pretty quiet.
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[IN Q=That was the reason we moved out here]
((LESLIE REDD/AREA RESIDENT: THAT WAS THE REASON WE MOVED OUT HERE AND STARTED WITH BECAUSE IT WAS FARMING COMMUNITY AND MOST PEOPLE AROUND HERE ENJOY THAT PEACE AND QUIET.))
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That community is here in Java off Route 832. Many residents believe the 1/4 mile strip would generate too much noise, pollution, and traffic.
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[IN Q=My brother has a saw mill]
((STONE GREGORY III/LANE OWNER: MY BROTHER HAS A SAW MILL ABOUT A MILE DOWN THE ROAD FROM HERE. AND HE HAS 45 TO 55 TRACTOR TRAILER LOADS GOING IN AND OUT OF THERE OF LUMBER AND LOGS. I DONT THINK THE RACE TRAFFIC WILL BE ANY WORSE THAN TRUCK TRAFFIC ON 832.))
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Stone Gregory is the man who wants to build the drag strip. He believes the project would bring much needed revenue and jobs to Pittsylvania County. The Board of Zoning Appeals agreed, aprroving the strip by a 4 to 1 vote.
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[IN Q=The residents headed]
((JUSTIN McLEOD/REPORTING: THE RESIDENTS HEADED TO COURT IN FEBRUARY TO SEEK AN INJUNCTION TO PREVENT ANY CONSTRUCTION ON THIS SITE. IT WAS REJECTED. NOW THEY'RE HEADING BACK TO COURT, THIS TIME TO SUE THE COUNTY.))
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((NAT SOUND OF RESIDENTS LOOKING AT THE LAWSUIT))
Ten residents are suing hoping a judge will overturn the board's decision.
They argue the county failed to consider the general welfare of residents.
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[IN Q=If thats the only way]
((BONNIE ANDERSON-HAGER/OPPONENT: IF THATS THE ONLY WAY THAT A COMMUNITY WHO IS AT THE EDGE OF THE COMMUNITY WHO IS SEEMINGLY NOT BEING HEARD BECAUSE SOMEONE WHO LIVES 30 MILES AWAY IS MAKING THE DECISIONS FOR THIS PARTICULAR COMMUNITY, THE ONLY WAY IT CAN BE HEARD WITHOUT A MOTION IS LEGALLY.))
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A hearing is set for a week from Tuesday.
Gregory hopes to win and have the drag strip open by sometime next Spring.
Area residents remain hopeful a judge will stop him dead in his tracks.
Justin McLeod, News 7, Pittsylvania County.))

[Fiddlers-Convention]

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It's probably no suprise some local musicians took top honors at this year's Old Fiddlers Convention in Galax.
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Thousands of fans of bluegrass and old-time music crowded into Felts Park this week for the 66th annual convention.
More than 2000 contestants competed in more than a dozen different categories for cash prizes and bragging rights.

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Bluegrass Tradition won the bluegrass band competition, while Southern Pride took the Old Time Band competition.

Honors for Best All-Around Performer went to fiddler Eddie Bond of Austinville.[Armenian-Asylum]

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A gay Armenian refugee who was beaten outside a church in Roanoke earlier this month will get to stay in the U-S. After applying for asylum months ago, 28-year-old Armen (grih-GOR-ee-an) Grigoryan has been recommended for asylum in the United States.
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Earlier this month, Grigoryan and another man were attacked outside the predominantly gay Metropolitan Community Church of the Blue Ridge in Roanoke. Grigoryan says he just has to pass an F-B-I background check to complete his asylum request.
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Still to come on News 7, a boy who nearly lost his arm in a shark attack last month is out of the hospital and back in his own bed...
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and an explosion rocks a Israeli cafe wounding at least 20 people. We'll have more coming up... Stay with us.
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[Hermie]

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The Virginia Lottery is hoping to continue its partnership with NASCAR driver Hermie Sadler.
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The Virginia Lottery pays Sadler up to 600- thousan dollars to plaster its logo on his cars and his racing uniforms. It's a deal the Lottery hopes to continue. The Virginia Lottery wants to renew the deal next year. But University of Virginia political analyst Larry Sabato says a lot of people might question whether the sponsorship is worth the money. As he put it... How many state policemen would 600- thousand dollars buy.
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[Middle-East]

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A suicide bomber blew himself up today on the patio of a restaurant in a northern Israeli town. The only person he killed was himself but at least 20- others were wounded. Kimberly Dozier reports.
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[SUPER=01-Raanan Gissin/Israeli Spokesman; :35]
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Just three days after the last blast, another suicide bombing. But despite the twisted metal, and rushing emergency crews, this is not the mayhem of last Thursday's attack in Jerusalem.
This time, the bomber walked into this outdoor cafe, in a northern suburb of Haifa. He blew himself up on the patio - had he walked indoors, Israeli police say, it could have been much worse. Most of the victims of this blast were only lightly injured.
Militant group Islamic Jihad announced that their activist, twenty-eight-year-old Muhammad Nasri carried out the attack.

(chyron: Thursday/Jerusalem)
The Jerusalem explosion was claimed by Hamas. Both have promised more to come.
Israel has blamed Palestinian chief Yasser Arafat, for failing to arrest militants in his territory.

(SOT: Raanan Gissin/Israeli Spokesman)

But the Palestinians are in no mood to do Israel's bidding - protesters scuffled again with Israeli police, who took over the Palestinian political center, Orient House after the last bombing. They also took over other Palestinian Authority offices near Jerusalem, including a major telecommunications office.

(SOT: Hanan Ashrawi/Palestinian Legislator)

Palestinians have called for, a day of rage Monday, and they've promised to bring the uprising from the West Bank and Gazato the very streets of the Israeli capital.
KD, CBS News, Jerusalem ))

[Shark-Attack]

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An eight- year old boy who survived a shark attack is back home.
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Jessie Arbogast left a Florida hospital today and is now resting in his own bed at home in Mississippi. Doctors say the eight year old remains in critical condition and in a light coma, but could be cared for at home. The little boy's neurologist also says it appears the child has suffered some brain damage due to massive blood loss.

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[SOT 20:36:54 NO SUPER]
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((ALTHOUGH THE HOPES WERE INITIALLY THAT HE WOULD SUDDENLY BECOME MORE RESPONSIVE THE CHANCES ARE EXTREMELY LOW.... GRADUAL PROCESS.))
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Doctors believe being at home may help Jessie's recovery. In early July, Jessie narrowly escaped with his life after a bull shark attacked him, biting off his arm and tearing a large section off his thigh.
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Coming up, Roy Stanley will join us with highlights of Jeff Gordon's win at Watkins Glen...
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but before that, the space shuttle Discovery makes a house call on the international space station. Stay with us, there's more to come on News 7.
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[Web Address Announce] [Pinnacle 4885ess]

[Space-Shuttle]

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Today they swung open the hatches between the space shuttle Discovery and the international space station.
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((YOU READY FOR VISITORS...YEAH.))
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That's the space shuttle commander shaking hands with the space station commander. The two spacecraft linked up earlier today as they sailed above Australia's northwestern corner. Today's assignment, however, did hit a bump or two. The docking ring that draws them together was misaligned... But the shuttle astronauts quickly solved the problem much to the relief of Mission Control.
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[Lightning-Death]

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A Virginia woman died yesterday after being struck by lightning. Officials say 39- year old Lonnie West was hit while pulling up an anchor on a boat in Norfolk. Witnesses say other boaters tried to revive West before emergency crews arrived, but she did NOT have a pulse. Officials from the National Weather Service say it was NOT raining at the time of the accident but there was occasional lightning and winds up to 33 miles per hour.

[Virginia-Profile]

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A tiny museum in Richmond is dedicated to the life and work of the poet Edgar Allan Poe. In this week's Virginia Profile, Ellen Qualls has more on the man considered the founder of American literary criticism.
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[SUPER=01-Steve Hicks/Poe Museum Director; 33]
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(( NO visit to an historic place, or chronological review of the facts would give you the flavor alone of Edgar Allan Poe.
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(( WHILE I NODDED, NEARLY NAPPING, SUDDENLY THERE CAME A TAPPING, AS IF SOMEONE GENTLY RAPPING, RAPPING AT MY CHAMBER DOOR. TIS SOME VISITOR I MUTTERED, TAPPING AT MY CHAMBER DOOR. ONLY THIS AND NOTHING MORE.))
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But if you're into the guy they call America's Shakespeare, there's a shrine for you in Richmond.
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((STEVE HICKS: HE LEFT RICHMOND WHEN HE WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, AND WHEN HE SORT OF BOMBED OUT OF THERE HE ENDED UP LIVING IN BALTIMORE FOR A WHILE. HE CAME BACK HERE TO LIVE AS A YOUNGER MAN WHEN HE CAME BACK HERE TO WORK FOR THE SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER.))
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Largely independent of the state budget debacle, the Poe Museum has launched a new effort to raise private funds and expand its educational mission at a time other Virginia museums are being forced to cut back.
The tiny building is the oldest structure still standing in the original city.
It was never home to Poe -- but he walked in the garden, and lived and worked nearby.
An eighth grade teacher from California happened onto the museum, and found it the most compelling tourist attraction in the city.

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((VALERIE LIPINSKI: HE IS ABLE TO DEVELOP THE IMAGINATION AND I THINK.... MOST 13 YEAR OLD BOYS REALLY DO ENJOY HIS STORIES.))
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Chris Sempter is the head tour guide.. and was once himself a 13 year old boy.

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((CHRIS SEMPTER/HEAD TOUR GUIDE: THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT HIM THAT JUST STUCK IN MEMORY. ALL THE CREEPY THINGS, AND PEOPLE GETTING SEALED UP INSIDE OF BASEMENTS AND UNDER FLOOR BOARDS.))
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((STEVE HICKS: POE WAS A BRILLIANT GUY. AND I LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE NOT TO EMPHASIZE THE CREEPY SO MUCH AS THE GENIUS OF A MAN WHO WAS TRULY THAT.))
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The kids like the lock of hair.
A daguerrotype is considered the best likeness of the man in existence.
But while a trip to the museum may clear up the myths, it's the aura of mystery that will stay in your memory.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Richmond.))

[S-AVS]

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The Salem Avalanche continues to chase a spot in the Carolina League Playoffs. Salem beats Wilmington 8 to 3.
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[SUPER=03-Salem/Avalanche vs Blue Rocks; :]

The game was delayed for about an hour because of the rain.
In the first, Garrett Atkinson hits a shot to shallow centerfield and it scores Javier Colina to make the score 1 to nothing Salem.
But the Blue Rocks come back in the second Willie Ruiz hits this single past second base James McAuley rounds the bases to score and it was tied at 1 to 1.
[SUPER=35-Salem/8/Wilmington/3/;]

Salem takes the lead in their half of the second Choo Freeman hits a shot up the first base line scoring Clint Barnes to make it 2 to 1 and the Avalanche wins it 8 to 3.
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[S-Braves]

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Arizona completed a three game sweep in Atlanta beating the Braves 9 to 1.
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[SUPER=03-Atlanta, GA/KTVK; :]

The Diamond Backs got on the board in the top of the third Luis Gonzalez hits the single to right field scoring Craig Counsell to make it 2 to nothing.
Braves pitcher Greg Maddux saw his walk streak end at 72 and 2-third innings when he issued this intentional walk to Damian Millere in the third.
[SUPER=35-Arizona/9/Atlanta/1/;]

Then in the top of the fifth Steve Finley gets all of the Maddux pitch for a solo homer over the right field wall and the Diamondbacks win it 9 to 1.
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[S-Scores]

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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-New York, NY/KPLR; :]

At Shea, Mark McGwire continued his home run streak.
McGwire hit this 2 run homer over the right centerfield wall for his 575-th career homer and his 11-th straight hit to clear the fence.
The Cardinals beat the Mets and here are all of tonight's scores.
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[S-Race]

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Jeff Gordon is King of the Road Course. He won his 7-th yesterday taking the checkered flag in the Global Crossing at Watkins Glen.
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[SUPER=03-Watkins Glen, NY/NBC SPORTS; :]

After the first pit stop, Robby Gordon came out and was running second with Jeff Gordon running a close third.
Joe Nemechek slides off the road course in turn one and runs through the gravel and gets his car back on the track.
Ron Fellows was leading the race after 33 laps but he broke an axle.
Jeff Burton took the lead and he and Dale Earnhardt Junior would battle but Burton kept his car in the front spot.
Jarrett worked his way back to 13-th but he and Mark Martin hook up in turn one leaving Jarrett in the sand and the 35-th position.
After a couple of cautions inlcuding one on the final lap Gordon takes the checkered flag for his second win in a row and his seventh road course victory.
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[S-Finish]

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Jeff Burton was second, Stacy Compton 20-th, Rick Mast 27-th and Ward Burton 41-st. Dale Jarrett finished 31-st.

And heres a look at the final field.
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[SUPER=0129-Global Crossing/6. Jerry Nadeau//7. Kevin Harvick//8. Boris Said//9. Bobby Labonte//10. Steve Park//;]
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rtin//;]
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[SUPER=0129-Global Crossing/36. Bobby Hamilton//37. Brian Simo//38. Jimmy Spencer//39. Kyle Petty//40. Robby Gordon//;]

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[SUPER=0129-Global Crossing/41. Ward Burton//42. Ron Fellows//43. Rusty Wallace//;]
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That's it for sports, have a great day everybody.

[S-Skins]

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The Washington Redskins opened their exhibition season tonight on the road at Kansas City.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Kansas City, MO/WRC; :]

Marty Shottenheimer returned to his old stomping grounds in K-C.
The Chiefs came out smoking Trent Green goes up top and hits Derrick Mayes on the 29 yard touchdown pass play and the Chiefs went on top 10 to nothing.
[SUPER=32-Washington/0/Kansas City/20/4;]

Washington struggled on offense and on the special teams. Dante Hall fields this punt and he races up the field for the 91 yard T-D run and Kansas City was leading the game 20 to nothing in the 4-th quarter.
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[S-Defense]

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The Virginia football team must replace 11 starters for the upcoming season. One of the areas the wahoos have struggled in the last few years has been on the defense. Steve Mason says Al Groh hopes to change all that.
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((Al Groh was a two sport star at Virginia. He played on both the football and lacrosse teams. In each sport he played defense. Those instincts and the fact he has spent 13 seasons in the NFL will come in handy as he tries to shape a cavalier defense that must replace five starters from last years unit.
((:)) Some good news for the defense, the front four returns all of the starters and this group might just be the spark for the entire defense. ((:)) ((:)) ((:))
The defense will face a big test August 25th against the high scoring Wisconsin Badgers. Steve Mason news 7 sports. ))

[S-Golf]

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[WRITER=rst]
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Kenny Perry won the Buick Open with a 25 under par 263. It's his first P-G-A tour victory in 6 years.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Grand Blanc, MI/CBS SPORTS; :]

Billy Mayfair stepped into the P-G-A tour record book in today's final round.
Mayfair closed with an 11 under par 61 that included a 9 under par 27 on the back nine. The 9 under par for 9 holes is a record.
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Jeff Gordon wins at Watkins Glen, more later on Mornin.

[Pregnant-Pandas]

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It's a baby boom in China, only the expectant mothers are giant pandas.
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[SUPER=03-Chengdu, China]

Seventeen pandas will be giving birth this autumn, according to experts at breeding bases there.
The director of the Giant Panda Breeding Technology Committee of China says up to half of the new births could be twins.
The babies have all been conceived by artificial fertilization.
The breeding base has prepared for the new mothers by building an air-conditioned delivery room. (------------) The giant panda is an endangered species with only one thousand pandas left in the wild.