[1-News-Head]
[ANCHOR= 2-Shot]
It's not communicable but it can be sent through the mail.
Another case of Anthrax is being investigated.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR= 2-Shot]
And, two local bomb threats in two days.
We'll have details about today's incident in Bedford.
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[Sports-Head]
[ANCHOR=Roy]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=rst]
[TAPE#=Sports-Head]
[GRAPHIC=None]
In sports, It's another big weekend for area college football teams.
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[VO-NAT]
And Todd Bodine will start on the pole for this Sunday's Old Domionion 500 at the Martinsville Speedway.
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[WX-Head]
[ANCHOR=Robin]
[SS=None]
No need for an umbrella tonight, but you might want to keep it handy for Sunday. Details coming up.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon 4-Shot]
News 7 is next.
[Video-Open]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=Video Open]
[GRAPHIC=News7at6]
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
A fourth case of Anthrax... this time at NBC in New York.
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
The news has people around the country on edge and the government urging them to be cautious about the mail.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
Good evening, I'm Shannon Young.
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
And I'm Keith Humphry.
[National-Anthrax]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
Federal health authorities confirm an NBC employee has tested positive for Anthrax.
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
She is expected to recover.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-New York, NY]
Investigators believe the woman who works for the NBC Nightly News may have contracted anthrax from an envelope containing a white powder that arrived on September 25th.
Experts are puzzled that the powder has so far tested negative for the bacteria, but the womans' skin tested positive.
Areas of the NBC facility at Rockefellar Center have been sealed off and other employees are being tested.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[SS=Anthrax]
Postal authorities are asking the public to keep an eye out for suspicious packages.
They say to watch for misspelled words, titles or names; letters mailed from a foreign country or without a return-address or those with oily stains, discolorations, or crystallization on the wrapper.
[Federal-Aid]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=War on Terrorism]
Governor Jim Gilmore is asking President Bush for almost 3-point-2 BILLION dollars in federal aid for what he describes as "severe and immediate" needs related to terrorism.
Half of that would be to protect Virginia from future attack.
In the request, Gilmore cites potential terrorist targets unique to Virginia.
The 3-point-2 BILLION dollar price tag comes on top of a half BILLION dollar state budget shortfall the Senate Finance Committee had predicted well before September 11th.
[Wal-Mart-Threat]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=01-36 TC1:48:47]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Bedford County authorities don't know why a Muslim woman phoned in a bomb threat to the Bedford Wal-Mart this morning.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Bedford]
The Supercenter on Route 460 received the threat around 10:30.
The call was traced to a pay phone at a nearby Pizza Hut, and witnesses there helped lead police to a suspect.
Police don't believe 42- year- old Rosilyn Laverne Boston-Khaliq (kah-LEEK) has any ties to terrorists.
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[SOT 18:53:43]
[IN Q=It's unfortunate]
((MIKE BROWN/BEDFORD CO. SHERIFF: IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT BECAUSE OF HER NAME AND BECAUSE.. IF YOU USE THE PHOTOGRAPH.. BECAUSE OF HER GARB, SHE'S GOING TO BE THROWN IN THE POT.. AN ARENA WITH THE TERRORISTS AND THAT AGAIN I DON'T THINK IS THE CASE.))
[SUPER=01-Mike Brown/Bedford Co. Sheriff]
[RUNS=19]
[OUT Q=think is the case.]
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[VO-NAT]
Boston-Khaliq also was arrested last winter on forgery and petty larceny charges.
She'd worked at the Bedford Wal-Mart for about six months.
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[Bomb-Hoax]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=jmc]
[TAPE#=01-48 TC56:29]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Virginia Tech officials are trying to find out who left a fake bomb in a library bathroom yesterday.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg/Yesterday]
The suspicious package prompted officials to evacuate five buildings and call out experts in bomb disposal and hazardous materials.
The device turned out to be an elaborate hoax, three bricks wrapped in aluminum foil wired to a digital timer.
Tech's president Charles Steger sent an open letter to the university community, condemning the incident and vowing that whoever is responsible will be found and prosecuted.
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[Tech-Gilmore]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=6 p.m.]
[WRITER=syo]
[TAPE#=01-35 TC1:48:08]
[GRAPHIC=Gilmore]
Virginia's Governor responded to yesterday's hoax saying there will always be copy-cats.
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[VO-NAT :21]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg;]
Governor Gilmore spoke at Virgnia Tech this afternoon, mentioning many of the issues he raised during a television appearance Thursday night.
His main focus was terrorism.
Gilmore says Americans don't have to give up a "single single solitary civil liberty" 'to be prepared for further attacks.
He adds that investigators are keeping an eye out for any more cases of Anthrax.
(///// SOT at :21 /////)
[SOT 4:32:19-4:32:32]
[IN Q=We're on high alert...]
((GOVERNOR JIM GILMORE: WE'RE ON HIGH ALERT. WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS WATCHING FOR ANY KINDS OF PATTERNS. THERE ARE NONE IN VIRGINIA. IN FACT, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THESE ANTHRAX EVENTS, WE DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH TERRORISTS.))
[SUPER=@Gilmore;]
[RUNS=:14]
[OUT Q=anything to do with terrorists.]
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[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[GRAPHIC=None]
The Governor also spoke about his decision to free up more than 17-million dollars for a new chemistry/physics building at Virginia Tech and an increase in the state's unemployment benefits.
[Jobless-Aid]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=rle]
[TAPE#=01-38 TC1:33:05]
[GRAPHIC=None]
That plan to increase SOME unemployment benefits is drawing some praise and criticism from Southside.
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[VO-NAT 7.5]
Gilmore announced last night that some workers will receive an extra hundred dollars a week in unemployment benefits.
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[SOT 17:34:02/17:25:28]
[IN Q=It will help people make their...]
((THOMAS HARNED/MARTINSVILLE; IT WILL HELP PEOPLE MAKE THEIR MOTRGAGE AND CAR PAYMENTS TO MAKE SURE THEIR CHILDREN HAVE ADAQUATE CLOTHES FOR SCHOOL, TO MEET THEIR DAILY COMMITTMENTS AND ALSO TO MAINTAIN THEIR STANDARD OF LIVING AND BE ABLE TO REMAIN IN THE MARTINSVILLE HENRY COUNTY AREA.))
(BUTT BUTT BUTT)
((PATRICIA WOODS/LAID OFF FROM J.P. STEVENS; I'M GLAD TO HEAR THE IDEAS NOW, BUT WE NEEDED THOSE IDEAS IN PLAY AND THE PLANTS IN PLAY BEFORE THE PLANTS CLOSED DOWN.))
[SUPER=01-Thomas Harned/Martinsville Economic Development; :00]
[SUPER=01-Patricia Woods/Laid Off from J. P. Stevens; :15]
[RUNS=22]
[OUT Q=before the plants closed down.]
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[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Not all workers drawing unemployment are eligible...
The increased payments are available only to workers who were already drawing the maximum benefit of 268-dollars a week, and workers who had filed for unemployment after September 9th.
An official with the Virginia Employment Commission said that the executive order allowing the additional benefits is still being drafted, and final details will not be available until that order is signed.
[Lester-Group]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=rle]
[TAPE#=01-39 TC1:08:53]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Meanwhile, one Martinsville group is hoping additional parking can lure new business to that area.
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[VO-NAT 15.5]
[SUPER=03-Martinsville]
The owners of the Commonwealth Center, the former Tultex facility, broke ground for several new parking lots that will accomodate 4-hundred cars adjacent to the plant. They hope the expansion will help breath new life into the Tultex plant and attract new workers to the area.
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[SOT - 7:44:11]
[IN Q=]
((GEORGE LESTER/COMMONWEALTH CENTER ASSOCIATES; WE'RE FOCUSING NOW ON THE OFFICE FACILITY AND WE'RE CREATING A PARKING LOT FOR 400 CARS CONVENIENT TO THE FACILITY AND WE'RE RECRUITING ONE USER FOR THE WHOLE FACILITY OR MANY SEPARATE USERS OR CENBENTIONS, CONFERENCES, ANY NUMBER OF USES.))
[SUPER=01-George Lester/Commonwealth Center Associates]
[RUNS=16]
[OUT Q=conferences, any number of uses.]
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[VO-NAT - 7+]
Lester says nearly 2-hundred-thousand cubic yards of dirt are being moved on three different sites for the project.
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[Tease#1]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
[SS=NONE]
The leaders of the National D-Day Memorial say it's time to send in a second wave.
Find out why they're stepping down next.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
And exactly one year later, the sailors killed and wounded on board the U-S-S Cole are remembered.
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[D-Day-Memorial]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=01-37 TC1:13:35]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
The Board of Directors of the D-Day Memorial has quit.
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
The move comes just one day after a budget shortfall was referred to criminal investigators.
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[SS=D-Day Memorial]
Just three board members remain- -as a search committee to recruit new members. Everybody else is out, including the man who made the dream come true of a national memorial in Bedford .
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[SOT]
[IN Q=I'm very proud]
[SUPER=03-Bedford/June 6; :06]
[SUPER=01-Bob Slaughter/Former Board Member; :26]
[SUPER=01-Bill McIntosh/Interim President; :34]
[SUPER=01-Mike Shelton/Former Board Member; 1:14]
[RUNS=1:30]
[OUT Q=and national identity.]
(((///// SOT /////)
[SOT 14:27:05]
[IN Q=I'm very proud]
[RUN03]
[OUT Q=of what we've done.]
D-Day vet Bob Slaughter says it was not until well after the memorial was dedicated that the extent of the problem became apparent.
The bills from the ceremony were still coming in in September.
The Interim President revealed the deficit Wednesday and asked the local prosecutor to review the books.
The board voted unanimously to step aside as of Thursday night.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 14:33:35]
[IN Q=Many wanted to phase]
[RUNS05]
[OUT Q=and start over.]
At best the timing is unfortunate.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 12:17:05]
[IN Q=Whoops $5 to $7 million is missing. the board resigning en masse. It doesn't look good.]
[RUNS16]
[OUT Q=of course not.]
Sergeant Slaughter says some poor decisions may have been made, but he attributes the budget deficit to nothing more sinister than construction cost overruns.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT14:31:15]
[IN Q=The money was spent]
[RUNS05]
[OUT Q=or its operations.]
He remains hopeful that public confidence will be restored.
Fellow former board member Mike Shelton hopes a new board can actually help raise money.
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[SOT 15:00:10]
[IN Q=Opportunity there now]
[RUNS15]
[OUT Q=national identity.]))
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
[SS=HOLD]
Slaughter was named to chair the Foundation's National Advisory Board.
[Cole-Memorial]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=jmc]
[TAPE#=01-33 TC1:38:18]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A year ago-- terrorism claimed the lives of 17 American sailors, including Southside Virginia native Timothy Saunders.
He and the other members of the fallen crew were honored at ceremony this morning in Norfolk.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=NAT SOUND BELL]
((NAT SOUND BELL. TIMOTHY SAUNDERS, OPERATIONS SPECIALIST 2ND CLASS RINGGOLD VIRGINIA.))
[SUPER=03-Norfolk]
[RUNS=:07]
[OUT Q=Ringgold, Virginia.]
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[VO-NAT]
The Navy dedicated a 10-foot-tall seaside monument to the crew of the ship.
Several current and former U-S-S Cole sailors, as well as victims' family members attended the private memorial ceremony at the Norfolk Naval Station.
Two suicide bombers-- believed to have been members of Osama bin Laden's terror network-- blew a large hole in the hull of the destroyer as it re-fueled in Yemen.
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[Child-Death]
[ANCHOR=SHannon]
[NEWSCAST=Six]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Roanoke Police say a seven- year- old child may have caused the death of a five- month- old sibling.
The baby boy died October 8th, in a local hospital.
Emergency medical personnel had been called to his home three days earlier.
Police say they believe the baby died, because the seven- year- old placed a foreign object over the infant's face.
[Stocks]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=None]
News of the New York anthrax case helped to send stocks lower.
[TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE]
[RUNS=:30]
[SUPER=x5000;]
[SUPER=440-y/66.29/9344.16/x/1.93/1703.40;]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
The DOW dropped 66 points.
NASDAQ gained two.
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[VO]
[SUPER=271-h/0.02/44.08/h/0.10/19.99/i/1.59/53.01/i/0.17/15.23/i/0.19/5.56;]
[SUPER=272-i/0.58/59.87/i/1.08/43.29/h/0.05/39.00/h/0.21/19.14/i/0.14/42.10;]
[SUPER=273-h/0.04/25.04/i/0.78/16.20/h/0.08/1.32/i/0.38/50.64/i/0.78/11.01;]
[SUPER=274-i/0.65/59.85/i/0.36/63.25/i/0.55/52.30/i/0.53/27.96/i/0.59/52.90;]
[SUPER=#555; Reset]
[Academy-Music]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=01-44 TC1:02:15]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
Ninety years ago, it was THE hottest gig for America's best-known actors and entertainers.
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
Now, slowly but surely, Lynchburg's Academy of Music theater is once again making a name for itself in showbiz.
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Steve Smallshaw takes a look at the upcoming season.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=In the early]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg; :00]
[SUPER=01-Arnold Breman/Academy of Music Director; :17]
[SUPER=@ssm2; 1:18]
[RUNS=1:23]
[OUT Q=News7, Lynchburg.]
(( In the early 20th century, Lynchburg was on par with Broadway when it came to top-flight entertainment.
Barrymore, Bernhardt and Fairbanks were just a few of the big names to grace the Academy of Music's stage during its heyday.
It's a reputation Arnold Breman hopes to recreate.
[SOT 18:21:09]
((ARNOLD BREMAN/ACADEMY DIRECTOR: ARTISTS GO TO THE KENNEDY CENTER, THEY GO TO NEW YORK, THEN THEY GO DOWN TO NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA AND THEY HAVE NO PLACE ELSE TO GO IN BETWEEN. SO THIS IS A REALLY NICE ROUTE AND WE'RE OPENING THAT ROUTE, THE OLD CIRCUIT ROUTE.))
[RUNS= 12]
[OUT Q=old circuit route.]
Breman has been busy booking names like Bea Arthur, Ben Vereen and Arlo Guthrie for shows in Lynchburg over the next several months.
Since the Academy is still being renovated, they'll perform in area theaters.. the idea is to build an audience while they build the center.
[SOT 18:20:27]
((BREMAN: THE ACADEMY'S DEDICATED TO PROFESSIONALISM, FIRST CLASS, HIGH QUALITY ARTISTS AND ATTRACTIONS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WITH SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY. AND WE'RE DRAGGED OUT SOME OLD TIMERS, WE'VE BROUGHT IN SOME NEW TIMERS AND THERE'S SOME PRETTY EXCITING ARTISTS THERE.))
[RUNS= 16]
[OUT Q=artists there.]
[natsot 18:35:53]
((WE'LL SEAT 450 PEOPLE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO ALL KINDS OF THINGS IN HERE..))
[RUNS= 05]
15 million dollars buys a lot, and it's helping construct an entire performing arts center in the block where the Academy sits.
Academy officials say ticket sales for the first shows have been brisk.. they hope that continues when the theater itself opens in about two years.
Steve Smallshaw, News7, Lynchburg.))
[Sports Tease]
[ANCHOR=Roy]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=rst]
[TAPE#=Sports Tease]
[GRAPHIC=None]
And coming up in sports, Todd Bodine will start on the pole this Sunday for the Old Domionion 500 at the Martinsville Speedway.
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[VO-NAT]
And the fifth ranked Virginia Tech Hokies are preparing for their Big East showdown with Boston College in Blacksburg tomorrow night.
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[S-Qualify]
[ANCHOR=Roy]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-107]
[GRAPHIC=MARTINSVILLE]
Time trials for the Old Dominion 500 were completed this afternoon without any weather problems.
Steve Mason has more on how Todd Bodine stole the pole.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=FIRST AUDIO]
[SUPER=@steve1; :00]
[SUPER=03-Martinsville; :17]
[SUPER=01-Jeff Gordon/Qualified Third; :27]
[SUPER=01-Todd Bodine/Old Dominion 500 Pole Winner; :55]
[SUPER=01-Dale Earnhardt, Jr./Outside Pole Winner; 1:16]
[SUPER=01-Rick Mast/Qualified 35th; 1:41]
[RUNS=1:54]
[OUT Q=tosses to board "Old Dominion 500".]
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[GO TO BOARDS]
[GO TO QUALIFYING BOARDS]
[IN CUE=FIRST NAME]
[WIPE TO MOTION]
[SUPER=#556]
[SUPER=X5016;]
[SUPER=0107-1. Todd Bodine/93.724/2. Dale Earnhardt, Jr.//3. Jeff Gordon//4. Dale Jarrett//5. Johnny Benson//;]
[SUPER=X5009;]
[SUPER=0107-6. Ricky Craven//7. Joe Nemechek//8. Tony Stewart//9. Rusty Wallace//10. Dave Blaney//;]
[SUPER=X5009;]
[SUPER=0107-11. Ward Burton//12. Mike Wallace//13. Mark Martin//14. Jerry Nadeau//15. Robert Pressley//;]
[SUPER=X5009;]
[SUPER=0107-16. Bobby Hamilton//17. Ron Hornaday//18. Rich Bickle//19. Ricky Rudd//20. Ken Schrader//;]
[SUPER=X5009;]
[SUPER=0107-21. Bill Elliott//22. Matt Kenseth//23. Hermie Sadler//24. Jeff Burton//25. Dave Marcis//;]
[SUPER=X5009;]
[SUPER=0107-26. Sterling Marlin//27. John Andretti//28. Robby Gordon//29. Hut Stricklin//30. Kevin Lepage//;]
[SUPER=X5009;]
[SUPER=0107-31. Terry Labonte//32. Bobby Labonte//33. Buckshot Jones//34. Michael Waltrip//35. Rick Mast (Harvick)//;]
[SUPER=X5009;]
[SUPER=0107-36. Brett Bodine//37. Kenny Wallace/Prov/38. Jimmy Spencer/Prov/39. Elliott Sadler/Prov/40. Kurt Busch/Prov
/;]
[SUPER=X5009;]
[SUPER=0107-41. Casey Atwood/Prov/42. Jason Leffler/Prov/43. Stacy Compton/Prov/;]
[RUNS=:50]
[OUT Q=.....last driver."]
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[S-Tech]
[ANCHOR=Roy]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-98 13346tc]
[GRAPHIC=BIG EAST]
Fifth ranked Virginia Tech will be playing the "Numbers Game" tomorrow night when the Hokies host Boston College in a 6:30 kickoff.
The Hokies have won 15 straight game at home.
They've won 19 of their last 21 night games.
But, they've only won 2 of their last four homecoming contests.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=BITE]
[SUPER=01-Frank Beamer/10 and 4 In Homecoming Games; ]
[RUNS=:16]
[OUT Q=...THIS WEEK."]
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[S-UVA]
[ANCHOR=Roy]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=rst]
[TAPE#=SP-95 (1:50:40)]
[GRAPHIC=ACC logo]
The Virginia Cavaliers are on the road at North Carolina this weekend.
Virginia is coming off a loss last week to Maryland while the Heels have won three in a row.
Virginia Coach Al Groh says the Cavaliers defense will have its hands full with Carolina quarterbacks Darian Durant and Ronald Curry.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q="I would....]
[SUPER=01-Al Groh/UVA Head Coach; :00]
[RUNS=:18]
[OUT Q=......other 10 players."]
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[ANCHOR=Roy]
[GRAPHIC=Hold Logo]
Kickoff in Chapel Hill tomorrow afternoon is one oclock.
[S-College]
[ANCHOR=Roy]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=rst]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=VMI Logo]
It's parents weekend in Lexington as the Keydets of V-M-I host UT-Chattanooga. Kickoff is one oclock.
[GRAPHIC=Ferrum]
Ferrum has a big conference game tomorrow at home against conference member Methodist College. The homecoming kickoff is set for one oclock.
[GRAPHIC=Liberty]
The Flames of Liberty hit the road for a 6 oclock kickoff against Central Florida.
[GRAPHIC=ODAC Logo]
While in the ODAC, Washington and lee travels to Hampden-Sydney for a one oclock kickoff.
And Bridgewater is at home for a game against Guilford. That Kickoff is set for one oclock.
[Pledge]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=jmc]
[TAPE#=01-31 TC1:54:35]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
Across the country today, schoolchildren gathered to recite the Pledge of Allegiance...all at the same time.
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=143-Roanoke]
All of Roanoke's schools were scheduled to take part, including Fishburn Park Elementary.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE]
[RUNS=:14]
[OUT Q=AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.]
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[VO-NAT]
Organizers of the Pledge Across America were hoping it would involve about 52 million kids.
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by SS