WDBJ 7 news at 6 for 08/22/01

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[ANCHOR=Shannon]

A major thoroughfare is still closed after a tanker spill this morning.
We'll have the latest on the cleanup.
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[VO-NAT]

Plus, the beeps and blips at one local hospital now come from more than medical machines. We'll show you how the newest gadgets are helping patients kill time.
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[Sports-Head]

[ANCHOR=Roy]
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[WRITER=rst]
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In sports, The Virginia Tech Hokies should be solid on defense this season.
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[VO-NAT]

And the Virginia Cavaliers open their season this Saturday against the Badgers of Wisconsin.
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[WX-Head]
[ANCHOR=Jacey]
[SS=None]

Don't get used to today's comfortable weather because things are heating up on us tomorrow AND we may see some showers.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon 3-Shot]

News 7 is next.

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[ANCHOR=Shannon]
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[VO-NAT]
A prominent local business-- one of its owners and an accountant are accused of defrauding the U-S government.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon]
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Good evening, I'm Shannon Young.
Keith Humphry is off tonight.

[HCMF-Medicair]

[ANCHOR=Shannon]
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The Federal Government has accused the three of devising an elaborate scheme to defraud Medicaid and Medicare. [***NEWS 7 AT 6 MB GRAPHIC***]
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Teresa Hamilton is here now with more... including details on plea agreements.
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Shannon, the charges were spelled out in court documents filed today. The company is H-C-M-F-- which is now known as American HealthCare L-L-C and operates 18- nursing homes in the area.
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[OUT Q=for the next five years.]
(( An attorney for H-C-M-F says the company has agreed to plead guilty to making a false claim with Medicaid and Medicare. It's also agreed to pay nearly 2- million dollars in restitution. H-C-M-F's owner Bill Cranwell and accountant Pendleton Smith have also each agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor in connection with Medicaid and Medicare fraud. Neither will pay a fine but the two have agreed NOT to participate in a health care business that gets federal reimbursements for the next five years.))
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Bill Cranwell is the brother of Vinton Delegate Dick Cranwell-- who had no comment on the matter.
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Shannon, the company has 18- hundred employees and the company's attorney says it will stay in business and continue to provide quality care to its residents.

[Fuel-Spill]

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Officials say it will take at least another three-hours of clean up before any lanes are re-opened on a portion of Route-460.
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[SUPER=03-Giles Co.;]
5-thousand gallons of diesel fuel spilled onto the Giles County roadway when a tanker crashed around 9 a-m. Since then crews have been cleaning and motorists have been detoured. Drivers near the town of Pembroke are being re-routed to Route-100 and Interstate-81. Officials say environmental damage was ketp to a minimum.
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[SOT 11:32:17]
[IN Q=we were able to ]
((STEVE DAVIS/GILES CO HAZMAT TEAM; WE WERE ABLE TO CONTAIN THE DIESEL FUEL THAT DID RUN DOWN AND WE WERE ABLE TO STOP IT IN A DRY CREEK BED PRIOR TO REACHING THE NEW RIVER, SO WE HAVE NO WATER CONTAMINATION.))
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[OUT Q=NO WATER CONTAMINATION.]
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[VO-NAT]
State Police say charges are pending against the driver of the tanker. Officials say the crash caused 75-thousand dollars worth of damage to a used car dealer's inventory.
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[Bassett]

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[WRITER=jmi]
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Virginia's two major-party candidates for governor are both promising recovery plans .. to help Southside areas hit hard by layoffs.
It used to be textiles .. now it's furniture.
[SS=Bassett]

The latest cutback involves up to 300 Bassett Furniture employees in Henry County.
And as Jennifer Miele reports, the candidates risk hearing an earful.
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[IN Q=Some say the town]
[SUPER=03-Henry Co.;:00]
[SUPER=01-Mark Warner/(D) Candidate for Govenor;:17]
[SUPER=01-Mark Earley/(R) Candidate for Govenor;:41]
[SUPER=01-Tim Hall/Henry Co. Spokesman;1:13]
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[OUT Q=JM News 7 Henry County.]
(( A number of Bassett residents wonder if the town will lose its identity if Bassett Furniture continues to crumble.
Today, both candidates for Governor vowed Bassett will rally.
Democrat Mark Warner came to Roanoke armed with a plan.
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((MARK WARNER:)) [RUNS10]
And from a Martinsville courtyard, Republican Mark Earley pledged his commitment to diversify South Side's economy.
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((MARK EARLEY:)) [RUNS10]
A teary eyed Bassett resident clashed with Earley supporters.
His wife lost her job at Bassett Furniture yesterday.
And while county officials say they're used to hearing complaints from Eddie McCraw, they understand why he's especially upset.
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((TIM HALL:)) [RUNS12]
Hall says he hopes furloughed employees will take advantage of educational oppourtunities offered at Patrick Henry Community College -- one open door to the many that have closed in Henry County.
Jennifer Miele, News 7, Henry County. ))

[Earley-Warner]

[ANCHOR=Shan]
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[WRITER=syo]
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The major party candidates for stumped in other parts of Southwest Virginia today as well.
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[SUPER=403-Roanoke;]
Both Mark Earley and Mark Warner passed through Roanoke while campaigning today. Earley was joined by the rest of the GOP ticket as Jerry Kilgore and Jay Katzen joined him to rename the party's Roanoke headquarters "Victory Center." The former Attorney General singled out his democratic competitor for being as far left as the Commonwealth's ever seen, to which Warner responded with a laugh.
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[SOT (on EARLEY tape) 2:22:00-2:22:08]
[IN Q=This ticket is a conservative ticket...]
((MARK EARLEY/R-CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR: THIS TICKET IS A CONSERVATIVE TICKET OF PRO-FAMILY VALUES AND THE OTHER TICKET IS THE MOST EXTREME LIBERAL TICKET IN THE HISTORY OF VIRGINIA.))
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((MARK WARNER/D-CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR: IT'S IS WRONG. IT IS INCORRECT. THEY'RE GONNA USE WHATEVER LABEL THEY WANNA USE ON ME. IT'S LIKE THE ACCUSATION THAT I'M A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MAN. YOU KNOW? ON THAT, I'M GUILTY.))
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[OUT Q=On that, I'm guilty.]
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[VO-NAT]
But the candidates do agree on one subject. Both say they plan to continue eliminating the car tax.
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[ANCHOR=SHannon]
[SS=Earley]

Meanwhile, Earley picked up an endorsement today from Independent Congressman Virgil Goode.
Goode said he applaud's Earley's promises to hire more teachers and raise teacher salaries, increase workforce training and to create a cabinet-level Secretary of Agriculture.

[Wilder]

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Earley and Warner found an advocate in former governor Doug Wilder today.
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[SUPER=403-Richmond;]

Wilder says both men should now be briefed by Governor Jim Gilmore on the extent of the budget shortfall.
That way, whoever wins is less likely to get the December surprise HE says he got as Governor-elect in 1989.
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[SOT 11:59:17]
[IN Q=What I did was brought in]
((DOUG WILDER/FORMER GOVERNOR: WHAT I DID WAS BROUGHT IN GEORGE ALLEN AND MARY SUE TERRY AND GAVE THEM THE NUMBERS, GAVE THEM THE FIGURES, BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT ANY FUTURE GOVERNORS TO BE HAMSTRUNG BY MY FIGURES. AND I THINK AT THIS LEVEL, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THOSE NUMBERS BE SHARED AND BE MADE KNOWN... I HOPE IT'S NOTHING LIKE WHAT WE WENT THROUGH.))
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[OUT Q=it's nothing like what we went through.]
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Wilder talked to reporters today to put the pressure on Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Hampton to improve their site offers for a world-class National Slavery Museum.
He's brought on the former fundraiser for the Holocaust Museum in Washington to guide the hundred million dollar project.
They say it must evoke the same emotions as a similar museum in the Caribbean, which has a re-created slave ship.
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[SOT 11:14:18]
[IN Q=And if you saw it]
((WILDER: AND IF YOU SAW IT, AS TO THE SEATING, AND HOW YOU WOULD FIT INTO A LITTLE SPACE AND STAY THERE FOR THREE MONTHS WITHOUT MOVING.))
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[OUT Q=three months without moving.]
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Wilder says a site should be picked within a few weeks.
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[Tease#1]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[SS=NONE]

It was a dying college ... now it's thriving. Still ahead, the story of a campus turnaround.
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[VO-NAT]

And turn on the fun .. at the hospital. Video game centers should help make some stays a little more bearable.
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[SVC]

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What a difference a few years can make. Southern Virginia College had closed its doors, leaving Buena Vista nervous about losing tax money. Now the school has a record enrollment, and welcomed its largest ever freshman class today. Richard Lesko has the story.
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[SUPER=03-Buena Vista; :00]
[SUPER=01-Curtis Fawson/Southern Virginia University President; :24]
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[SUPER=01-Christine Stewart/Southern Virginia Freshman; :58]
[SUPER=01-Barsland Judd/Southern Virginia Freshman; 1:10 (QUICK)]
[SUPER=01-Jenny Cherriman/Southern Virginia Sophomore; 1:21]
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[OUT Q=RL, News 7, Buena Vista]
(( In 1996, Southern Virginia University opened its doors to just 74 students. The school had lost its accreditation and had been bought by a group of Mormons. Now, it's a different story for the Mormon ownership. The school boasts nearly 500 students, and more than half of that is this years' freshman class. But the plans for growth don't end there...
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[INQ=We're looking...]
((CURTIS FAWSON/SOUTHERN VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT; WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL DORMS TO HOUSE STUDENTS. OUR 10 YEAR MASTER PLAN BUILDS TO PROBABLY AROUND 2500 STUDENTS.))
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The school is looking to become the 3rd largest mormon school, a plan that will require more growth on a small campus.

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[INQ=A student union...]
((A STUDENT UNION, OUR CAFETERIA, THOSE THINGS ARE HEAVILY IMPACTED WHEN WE GROW, SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT TYPE OF GROWTH.))
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[INQ=Though the incoming freshmen...]
((RICHARD LESKO/rlesko@wdbj7.com; THOUGH THE INCOMING FRESHMEN ARE AS NERVOUS AS ANY OTHER NEW STUDENT, THEY SAY MAKING FRIENDS IS EASIER HERE BECAUSE OF THE RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION.))
[OUTQ=because of the religious affiliation.]
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[INQ=It's like automatic friends...]
((CHRISTINE STEWART/SOUTHERN VIRGINIA FRESHMAN; IT'S LIKE AUTOMATIC FRIENDS WHEREVER YOU GO WITHIN YOUR CHURCH AND RELIGION. THEY BELIEVE THE SAME THINGS YOU DO, SO IT MAKES IT EASIER TO COMMUNICATE AND HANG OUT WITH THEM.))
[OUTQ=hang out with them.]
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[INQ=There are a lot...]
((BARSLAND JUDD/SOUTHERN VIRGINIA FRESHMAN; THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM MY RELIGION HERE, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE TO GET TO KNOW IN THE AREA.))
[OUTQ=know in the area.]
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[BUTT BUTT BUTT]
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[INQ=It felt like a second...]
((JENNY CHERRIMAN/SOUTHERN VIRGINIA SOPHOMORE; IT FELT LIKE A SECOND HOME HERE. LIKE AT FIRST I DID NOT WANT TO COME TO COLLEGE, BUT THEN I VISITED HERE, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE PLACE AND PEOPLE HERE... IT'S INCREDIBLE.))
[OUTQ=people here, it's incredible]
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And despite the recent growth the school and students want to keep the sense of community, no matter how large the school grows. Richard Lesko, News 7, Buena Vista.))

[VA-Tourism]

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Tourists spent more than 13- billion dollars in Virginia last year.. and officials in central Virginia would like to see a little more of that money come their way.
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[SUPER=03-Lynchburg]

State officials are helping out.
Today they delivered more than 33- thousand dollars worth of grants that will help the Lynchburg Chamber of Commerce market the region as a whole.
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[SOT 4:11:32]
[IN Q=There's so much]
((GAIL MORGAN VAIL/VA TOURISM CORPORATION: THERE'S SO MUCH TO COME AND SEE AND PEOPLE WANT A VARIETY OF THINGS. WHEN THEY COME WITH THEIR FAMILY, THEY DON'T WANT TO DO JUST ONE THING, THEY WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY IN THE FAMILY TO BE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN AND LYNCHBURG HAS IT ALL.))
[SUPER=01-Gail Morgan Vail/VA Tourism Corporation]
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[OUT Q=Lynchburg has it all.]
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[VO-NAT]

The grant money will pay for signs directing tourists to local black heritage sites and fund a new marketing program aimed at bringing more group tours and meetings to the area.
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[Stocks]

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Stocks rallied late in a choppy session on Wall Street. [TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE]
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[SUPER=440-x/102.76/10276.90/x/28.71/1860.01;]

The DOW climbed 103 points.
NASDAQ gained 29.
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[Fountain-Square]

[ANCHOR=Shannon]
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[WRITER=jmi]
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A fungus found in a Roanoke building forced 50 employees out of their work space yesterday.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

The top floor of the Fountain Square building on second street -- occupied by Carilion -- was found to have a fungus similar to that found in a typical basement.
While not hazardous, the growth was causing unpleasant smells and inducing allergy-like symptoms.
Carilion tested the building after employee complaints about the smell.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[GRAPHIC=None]

Carilion is currently looking for office space to house the 50 employees affected by the evacuation.
Carilion does not own the building and did NOT test the other floors.

[Nintendos]

[ANCHOR=Shannon]
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[WRITER=jsu]
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Some local art framers are hoping to paint a brighter picture for children who visit Lewis-Gale Medical Center.
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[SUPER=03-Salem]

They've donated two Nintendo Fun Centers to the hospital.
13 custom picture framers helped raise 10-thousand dollars which actually went to the Starlight Children's Foundation.
In return, Nintnedo donated the entertainment centers to the hospital of their choice.
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[SOT1:48:20]
[IN Q=It's very nice to work with]
((JOHN EWALD/EWALD ART & FRAMES: IT'S VERY NICE TO WORK WITH OTHERS IN YOUR OWN INDUSTRY EVEN THOUGH WE ARE COMPETITORS TO DO SOMETHING GOOD AND GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY EVERYBODY LIKES TO DO THAT))
[SUPER=01-John Ewald/Ewald Art & Frames]
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[OUT Q=like to do that]
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[VO-NAT :5]

The Fun Centers at Lewis Gale will be made available to pediatric patients.
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[IN Q=I think it's super thing]
((MARK RADER/LEWIS-GALE MEDICAL CENTER: I THINK IT'S A SUPER THING TO HAVE IN THE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN TO KIND OF TAKE AWAY THE THOUGHT OF WHY THERE IN THE HOSPITAL AND TRY TO BRING SOME JOY AND PLEASURE TO THEM WHILE THEY'RE HERE))
[SUPER=01-Mark Rader/Lewis-Gale Medical Center;]
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[OUT Q=while they're here]
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[VO-NAT:6]

The Fun Centers are portable devices that feature a V-C-R and the latest nintendo games.
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[Sports Tease]

[ANCHOR=Roy]
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[WRITER=rst]
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And coming up in sports, Virginia opens its football season this Saturday against Wisconsin the San Diego Chargers sign their number one draft pick.
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[VO-NAT]

And the Virginia Tech Hokie defense is ready to open the 2001 college football season.
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[S-Wisconsin]

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Wisconsin and Virginia kickoff the college football season this Saturday in the Eddie Robinson Classic. Steve Mason has the Badgers point of view.
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[SUPER=03-Madison, WI/2000 Season; :00]
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[SUPER=01-Barry Alvarez/Wisconsin Head Coach; :20]
[SUPER=01-Matt Schaub/UVa Sophomore Quarterback; :55]
[SUPER=@Steve1; 1:09]
[SUPER=01-Al Groh/UVa Head Coach; 1:56]
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[OUT Q=...News 7 sports"]
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((The Badgers and the Cavaliers are meeting for the first time this Saturday, a fact that has made scouting difficult, espcially for Wisconsin. The Badgers coaching staff has become quite familar with NFL offenses and defenses in trying to figure out Al Groh. ((BARRY ALVEREZ/WISCONSIN HEAD COACH:)) The Badgers have won three Rose Bowls in the 90's alone, accomplishments that have not gone unnoticed among Virginia players. ((MATT SCHAUB/UVA SOPHOMORE QUARTERBACK:)) ((STEVE MASON:)) ((ALVEREZ:))
While Wisconsin's roster might have a lot of new faces, the Badger faithful is sure to pack the nearly 77 thousand seat Camp Randall Stadium for Saturdya's game. But to Groh, home field advantage is overrated. ((:))
The Badgers are 15 and 4 at home over the last three seasons. Steve Mason news 7 sports.))
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Be sure to join Steve Mason this Saturday night at 7:30 for a half hour special, Cavalier Football, A season to groh on.

[S-Tech]

[ANCHOR=Roy]
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[WRITER=mst]
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The Virginia Tech Hokies have finished up their two a day workouts and are now working on fine tuning personnel for the season opener on September 1st against U-Conn. One area that doesn't need a whole lot of tinkering in the defense, which has 9 returning starters.
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[IN Q=WE'RE VERY MUCH...]
[SUPER=01-Lamar Cobb/Va. Tech Junior Defensive End; :00]
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[OUT Q=...WE CAN DO."]
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[VO-NAT CON'T]
Defensive coordinator Bud Foster went through some growing pains with his young defenders a year ago, but this summer he likes what he sees.
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[IN Q=YOU KNOW...]
[SUPER=01-Bud Foster/ Va. Tech Defensive Coordinator; :00]
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[OUT Q=...A GREAT SEASON."]
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[wipe to pinnacle page 1023] And don't forget that this Saturday night at 7, Mike Stevens will have more on the entire Tech team with a half hour preseason special - "Tech 2001 - A Football Odyssey". This Saturday night at 7 on Your Hometown Station.
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[S-Stuff]

[ANCHOR=Roy]
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[WRITER=rst]
[TAPE#=SP-94 (1:08:02)]
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The San Diego Chargers have finally reached contract terms with LaDainian Tomlinson.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-NCAA; :]

The former T-C-U running back has agreed to a 6 year, 38 million dollar deal that includes a 10-million dollar signing bonus.
Tomlinson was the fifth pick in the draft and San Diego's last unsigned player.
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[TALENT=Roy]
[GRAPHIC=NHL logo]

In the N-H-L, Free agent Brett Hull has signed a two year deal with the Detroit Red Wings the contract is worth 9 million dollars.
Hull scored 39 goals for Dallas last season.

[Update-Tanker]

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[WRITER=jmc]
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[GRAPHIC=Tanker Spill]

An update on the fuel spill in Giles County.
Two lanes of Route 460 near Pembroke are now open, one in each direction. No word on when the cleanup might be finished.