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Coming up-
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A suspected killer is on the run... with his three year old son.
Preparing for tropical storm chantal in Mexico...
Plus preparing for election night. Who did democrats choose tonight?
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[Anchor=Jean]


And it's back to school... how many students say they're bullied?
News 7 is next.

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A huge manhunt is on in California for this man.... who police say killed five people today.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
[SS=News 7 at Eleven]


Good evening...


[Sacramento-Rampage]


[ANCHOR=Jean]
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It was a gruesome attack in Sacramento.
Police say a 27 year old man went on a rampage killing members of his own family-
Now as Chris Lawrence reports, the man has reportedly fled with his three year old son.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=The killings]
[SUPER=03-Sacramento, CA;]
[SUPER=01-Sgt. James Lewis/Sacramento Co. Sheriff's Dept.;]
[SUPER=01-Chris Lawrence/Reporting;]
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[OUT Q=Standard]

((The killings stunned Sacramento, Californias capital and home to 50 thousand immigrants of the former Soviet Union. Police say a man of Ukrainian descent stabbed his wife to death--then drove to a nearby suburb and killed four more relatives.
(Eyewitness MOS-- NO SUPER)

Killed grandparents, went outside, went to boy he knew and killed him too. (paraphrased) A nationwide manhunt is now underway for 27 year old Nikolay Soltys, an immigrant with no known criminal record. Police believe he may have fled with his 3 year old son.
(SOT: James Lewis/Sacramento County Sheriff)

"It's really uncommon and it's alarming that he would be in such a fit of rage. To carry that rage to a second scene, to a second location, really speaks to the amount of danger we're dealing with'' Killed in the rampage were Soltys wife, two young cousins and THEIR grandparents. Police say they dont have a motive as of yet. The investigation has so far-- been hampered somewhat by language problems between police and the Russian speaking relatives.
(STANDUP: CHRIS LAWRENCE)))


[Chantal-Preps]


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People are bracing for Tropical Storm Chantel... as she churns toward Mexico.
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[VO-NAT 11 ]
[SUPER=03-Cancun, Mexico]


In Cancun.. the wind is blowing and the waves are getting bigger.
People here are keeping a close eye on news reports- some are cutting vacations short- packing up and heading out.


People who work in Cancun are boarding up store fronts- hotel owners slipped warnings under guest room doors- and officials are stocking shelters with food and bedding.
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[14th-District]


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Democrats in Southside have spoken...
Tonight they picked a candidate to replace long-time Delegate Whitt Clement.
Teresa Hamilton has the results of tonight's mass meeting in Danville.
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[IN Q=]
[SUPER=403-Danville; :00]
[SUPER=401-Tommy Cox/(D) House of Delegates Candidate; :12 QUICK!!!]
[SUPER=401-Joyce Glaise/(D) House of Delegates Candidate; :29]
[SUPER=401-Del. Whitt Clement/(D) Danville; :48]
[SUPER=419-Teresa Hamilton/thamilton*wdbj7.com; :56]
[SUPER=403-Danville/May 2, 2000; 1:07]
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[OUT Q=TH, News 7 Danville.]


[Griffith]


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Meanwhile, Salem Delegate Morgan Griffith says he will run for re-election.
Griffith has represented the Eighth House District for eight years.
He's served as House Majority leader since 1999.


[State-Budget]


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In Richmond, the good news is the state has 191 million dollars in the bank and 715 million dollars in its Rainy Day fund, for times of crisis.
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[SOT tape ONE 09:56:51 ]
[IN Q=Although the present looks dark]

((GOV. JIM GILMORE: ALTHOUGH THE PRESENT LOOKS DARK AND DIFFICULT FOR MANY STATES, IN VIRGINIA, WE ARE STILL GROWING AND LEADING. AND OUR FUTURE IS ALIGHT WITH HOPE AND PROMISE.))
[SUPER=@Gilmore;]
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[OUT Q=alight with hope and promise.]
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[SUPER=03-Richmond]


But just minutes after Governor Jim Gilmore assured lawmakers that the state budget is under control -- the Senate Finance Committee made a dramatic prediction:
Before teacher and state worker pay raises are even funded next year, there will be a 400 to 500 million dollar state budget shortfall.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=And we're getting nothing here]
[sot tape TWO 10:33:38 ]

((DEL. MARIAN VAN LANDINGHAM/D-ALEXANDRIA: AND WE'RE GETTING NOTHING HERE IN THE DEPTHS OF AUGUST BUT VAGUE, GLOWING TALES THAT WE'RE DOING BETTER THAN OTHER STATES.))
[SUPER=01-Del. Marian Van Landingham/(D) Alexandria;]
[RUNS=:12]
[OUT Q=doing better than other states.]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Radford/August 10]


One piece of good news for Radford University: it is the only college or university in the state to have funds unfrozen, for the renovation of Peters Hall.
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[Franklin-Jobs]


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Franklin County is putting on a job fair to attract a potential employer.
County officials say an unidentified company wants to hire customer service representatives and information technology professionals in the area.
The event will be held Saturday at the CATCE Center on Technology Drive in Rocky Mount.


[Campbell-Wreck]


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One woman is dead, two others hospitalized after their car hit a mail truck this morning in Campbell County.
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[SUPER=03-Campbell Co.]


State police say 72-year old Maggie Callahan Marr died when her vehicle struck this Subaru station wagon from behind on Route 501 near Gladys.
Callahan's two passengers.. 69- year- old Lula Gilliam and 53- year- old Maude Payne were injured.
Gilliam was later flown to U-V-A Hospital where she's in serious condition.
The mail carrier suffered a slight injury to his arm.
Police say it doesn't appear any of the three women were wearing their seatbelts.
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[Monty-Wreck]


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A car accident in Montgomery County injured three teenagers today, one critically.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Montgomery Co.;]

State Police say the trio had just rounded a curve on Camp Carysbrook Road when the driver lost control and hit an embankment. The most critically injured, 15-year-old Joshua Roundtree was thrown from the car.. and airlifted to Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Authorities believe he was in the back without a seat belt The driver, 16-year-old Stefanie Roebuck and another passenger, 15-year-old Johnny Roebuck were taken to the New River Valley Medical Center. Witnesses say the car was speeding.
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[Southside-Drugs]


[ANCHOR=Jean]
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Southside authorities say 700-thousand dollars seized from a drug dealer will be used to fight drugs.
Robert "Mosquito" Kennedy, Junior, was convicted of distributing cocaine last week in federal court.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Danville;]


Police are seizing 46 houses and tracts of land that Kennedy owned in Danville.
They say he used some of the houses to deal drugs and bought others with drug money.
Danville Police Chief Neal Morris says the conviction was the result of a three-and- a-half year investigation by Southside and federal law enforcement teams.
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[SOT 3:31 - :45]
[IN Q=It's been an in-depth]

((NEAL MORRIS/DANVILLE POLICE CHIEF: IT'S BEEN AN IN-DEPTH, LONG INVESTIGATION, BUT IT WAS WORTH IT... BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS OPERATION BY THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY THIS ONE INDIVIDUAL OWNED THAT WAS REGISTERED IN HIS NAME.))
[SUPER=01-Neal Morris/Danville Police Chief;]
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[OUT Q=registered in his name.]
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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Kennedy faces 20 years to life in prison and a possible fine of up to 8-million dollars.

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The search is on for people who may have been given a diluted cancer drug.
The latest when News 7 returns.
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[VO-NAT]


And could it be President Sharpton? The civil rights leader says he may run in 2004.
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[Sports-Preview]


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[IN Q="HEY FOLKS...]
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[OUT Q=....THE BIG 7."]

((Hey folks this is Mike Stevens back in the News 7 sports office with news tonight that Mike Skinner is officially leaving Childress racing. Aaron Brooks get the nod with the Saints, Lindros get s a big apple sweater, Deion weighs in on his retirement, while Al Groh refuses to tip his hand about his quarterbacks, and the Hokies talk about their newly or


dained freshman backup tonight on the Big 7.))[Sharpton-President]


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Civil Rights Activist, Reverend Al Sharpton may run for President in 2004.
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[VO-NAT14:05:28]
[SUPER=03-Washington, DC]

Sharpton says the Democratic party must reevaluate its strategy to make it a more effective party.
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[SOT14:06:57]
[IN Q=To challenge the]

((REV. AL SHARPTON/ACTIVIST; TO CHALLENGE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO NOT ABANDON ITS BASE VOTERS, NOT TO ABANDON THOSE ISSUES THAT ARE MAJOR CONCERN TO THOSE VOTERS AND TO STOP THIS CONTINUAL DRIFT TO THE RIGHT.))
[SUPER=01-Rev. Al Sharpton/Activist;]
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[OUT Q=to the right.]
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[VO-NAT]


Sharpton named Harvard Professor Cornell West to head an exploratory committee. Sharpton has twice run unsuccessfully for office in New York- for U-S Senate in 1994 and for Mayor in 1997.
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[Pharmacist]


[ANCHOR=Jean]
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A pharmacist accused of diluting cancer drugs... has been ordered held without bail-
The government believes BECAUSE the drug altered was a potentially life saving chemotherapy drug- it is also a matter of life and death.
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[SOT 20:14:16]
[IN Q=]

((JUDY LEWIS/SPECIAL AGENT FBI: WE'RE BRINGING IN EXTRA AGENTS, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO FIND THESE PEOPLE AND BRING A SPEEDY RESOLUTION.))
[SUPER=01-Judy Lewis/FBI Special Agent;]
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[OUT Q=A SPEEDY RESOLUTION.]
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[***JEAN ON CART***]
Today friends of Robert Courtney and family members said the father of five is not the type to flee prosecution.
But the federal magistrate weighed a number of factors like Courtney's expensive home- and ten million dollars in assets that give him the means to flee. In addition to criminal charges he could face civil lawsuits...
But one legal expert says linking diluted drugs to any particular death may be impossible.
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[SOT 20:15:37]
[IN Q=How are we]

((ANDRE MOENSSENS UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI LAW SCHOOL; HOW ARE WE GOING TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT WAS THE DILUTED DRUG THAT CAUSED YOU TO PASS AWAY, HOW ARE WE GOING TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOU WOULD HAVE PASSED AWAY AT EXACTLY THE SAME TIME IF YOU HAD GOTTEN THE PROPER DRUG. ))
[SUPER=01-Andre Moenssens/Univ. of Missouri Law School;]
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[OUT Q=THE PROPER DRUG]
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[***JEAN ON CART***]
Prosecutors say Courtney has admitted to diluting 4 different chemotherapy drugs and dispensing them 'out of greed."
Courtney reportedly told investigators only 50 or so cancer patients were given the diluted drugs, but the government says it could be more.
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[Henry-Search]


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Crews are still searching tonight for a patient on leave from a state mental institution. They're concentrating in Henry County, around U-S 58 West of Martinsville.
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[NO SUPER]
Sheriff's deputies say they're looking for 57-year old Jerry Wayne Stutts.
He's described as a five-foot-five white man, with blue eyes, gray hair, a beard, and a mustache.
Stutts was last seen wearing green shorts, and an orange shirt with the number "20" on it.
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[ANCHOR=JEan]
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Authorities say Stutts had been a patient at Western State Hospital. They've asked for a state police helicopter to help searchers on the ground.


[Bully-Report]


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41-one percent of Roanoke Middle School students say they've been bullied. 36-percent admit that they had bullied other students.
Those figures come from a newly released report on bullying in city schools, based on a survey of the students themselves.
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[TAKE FULL SCREEN BULLY PINNACLE]
The report says a bully is more likely to be an overweight female in a lower grade, raised in a household with a hostile attitude that supports the use of aggression. She figures she has no economic future and engages in criminal behavior, including drugs and alcohol. [TAKE VICTIM PINNACLE]
The typical victim is more likely to be a Native American... also in a lower grade and raised in an authoritarian household by his father and step-mother, has come to believe in aggression, has few friends, feels he has no one to turn to and that he is responsible for his own failures.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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According to the survey, Ruffner Middle School has a significantly lower rate of bullying than the city's other middle schools.

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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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An area auto-parts store hit by fire gets back to business.
That's just one story still ahead on News 7.
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And finally some good news for the firefighters battling Western wildfires...
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[WEB-ADDRESS]
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[Web Address Announce] [Pinnacle 4885ess]


[Floyd-Fire]


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A suspicious fire in Floyd County-
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Floyd Co.;]

Firefighters have responded to this home on "Indian Valley Post Office Road" five-times within the last 24-hours. Officials say the first small fire was last night on the front porch. The second, more serious blaze that destroyed the house happened later Sunday night.
Since then, the fire has rekindled... bringing firefighters back. According to investigators no one was home during the incidents. An investigator with the Sheriff's Department says State Police will assist in collecting any evidence, such as accelerants, kerosene or other flammable materials.
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[WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE]


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[***WIPE ** WIPE *** WIPE]


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[SUPER=03-Montgomery Co.;]

The owner of a Montgomery County company hit by fire over the weekend says he plans to rebuild. Ken Harvey opened Bill's Used Parts today though it took all weekend to set up a customer service station and salvage enough computer equipment.
[SUPER=04-August 18;]

On Saturday morning, a blaze destroyed a lot of warehouse space and the entire office and sales location.
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[SOT 15:31:40 - :52]
[IN Q=INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE HERE]

((KEN HARVEY/OWNER BILL'S USED PARTS; INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE HERE TO GET PARTS HELPED US WHILE THE FIRE WAS GOING ON, MY EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN GREAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE WE HAVE WORKED WITH HAVE BEEN GREAT REALLY HELPING US TO GET WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.))
[SUPER=01-Ken Harvey/Bill's Used Parts Owner;]
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[OUT Q=WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.]
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[VO-NAT]

The fire is still being investigated but preliminary reports say a worker taking apart a car sparked the fire.
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[Wildfires]


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Some evacuees in Washington State have been allowed to go back home-
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[VO-NAT 05.5]
[SUPER=03-Leavenworth, WA]


Firefighters say the temperatures are dropping and rain is in the forecast.
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[SOT 20:38:20]
[IN Q=]

((COT RICE/EVACUEE: JUST RELIEF... BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THING COULD KICK UP AGAIN WITH A BIG WIND OR SOMETHING IT COULD KICK UP AGAIN.))
[SUPER=01-Cot Rice/Evacuee;]
[RUNS=07]
[OUT Q=could kick up again.]
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[VO-NAT]


Fire managers have called in more crews to help fight the fires. They say this is a day of opportunity- to get a handle of fires.
Meanwhile nearly 40 other major fires rage across the West from Washington state to California.
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[S-Extra]


[ANCHOR=Mike]
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Skinner is leaving Childress - officially. Brooks takes control in New Orleans, Deion talks about retirement and we're talking quarterbacks at both UVa and Tech. But first in tonight's Extra Point -
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-New York, NY; :00]

Eric Lindros is officially a New York Ranger. This afternoon the deal sending the 6 time all-star from the Flyers was approved. Mark Messier introduced him. The Rangers owners will give him $38 million over the next four years.
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[S-Skinner]


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The night before the much anticipated Dale Earnhardt crash investigation findings are to be released, Earnhardt's former teammate has been fired.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Martinsville; :00]

Mike Skinner who has maintained his desire to stay with Richard Childress Racing for the final year of his contract next season found out yesterday he will not be driving for RCR next season. Lowes also is leaving the Childress team and that in itself may be the problem. Incoming sponsor Cingular Wireless apparently wants someone other than Skinner, who has yet to win a regular Cup event in his five seasons.
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[S-Brooks]


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Former UVa star Aaron Brooks has won the starting quarterback job with the Saints.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-NFL; :00]

Brooks joined the Saints last season and replaced the injured Jeff Blake and led the team to the playoffs. He threw for 1500 yards and 9 touchdowns a year ago completing 58 percent of his passes.
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[S-Cavs]


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With their season opener now just five days away, UVa still hasn't settled on its starting quarterback. Steve Mason has more on today's Wisconsin chatter from Charlottesville.
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[IN Q=first audio]
[SUPER=03-Charlottesville; :00]
[SUPER=01-Al Groh/UVa Head Coach; :15]
[SUPER=01-Bryson Spinner/UVa Sophomore Quarterback; :40]
[SUPER=01-Matt Schaub/UVa Sophomore Quarterback; :46]
[SUPER=@Steve1; :56]
[SUPER=01-Antwoine Womack/UVa Senior Running Back; 1:07]
[SUPER=01-Jermaine Hardy/UVa Freshman Cornerback; 1:15]
[RUNS=1:35]
[OUT Q=.....News 7 sports"]
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[wipe to pinnacle 1025] And also this Saturday night at 7:30 Steve Mason will get a complete look at the Cavs and what they can expect for their first year under Al Groh. Saturday at 7:30.
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[S-Tech]


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The Virginia Tech coaches decided yesterday that true freshmen Kevin Jones and Bryan Randall had won the running back and quarterback derbies to determine who will back up Suggs and Noel this season. Yesterday morning Frank Beamer told us that while this decision is solid it's not set in stone.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="Well, you know...]
[SUPER=01-Frank Beamer/Virginia Tech Head Coach; :00]
[RUNS=:17]
[OUT Q=...the best direction."]
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[VO NAT CON'T]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg; :00]

Randall impressed the coaches with his poise and his ability to quickly grasp the offense. His teammates are also pleased with his rapid progress.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=WELL, I THINK...]
[SUPER=01-Andre Davis/Va. Tech Senior Flanker; :00]
[RUNS=:14]
[OUT Q=....be all right."]
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[S-Deion]


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[WIPE TO ENG#!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]


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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Tallahassee, FL; :00]

Meanwhile, Florida State's preseason practice got a surprise visit from former Seminole star Deion Sanders yesterday. The recently retired Redskin says retirement is better than even he imagined it would be.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="Oh, it's...]
[SUPER=01-Deion Sanders/Former Falcon, Cowboys and Redskin; :00]
[RUNS=:07]
[OUT Q=...God is able."]
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[S-Cougars]


[ANCHOR=Mike]
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[WRITER=rst]
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The Pulaski County Cougars are looking forward to their entrance into the Blue Ridge.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Pulaski Co.; :]


And this poster in the Cougars' locker room indicates that Pulaski County plans to dominate the Blue Ridge.
The Cougars have already competed against many of the teams in the District and head coach Joel Hicks says the season will be a challenge.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="They were...]
[SUPER=01-Joel Hicks/Pulaski Co. Head Coach; :]
[RUNS=:11]
[OUT Q=......win the thing."]
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[VO-NAT]


The Cougars have 10 players returning this season 4 on offense and 6 on defense.
Several players will have to go both ways and Hicks and his staff have worked on technique and getting players in the right positions during preseason practice.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="We got a...]
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[OUT Q=.....last year."]

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