WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 02/02/02

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Coming up on News 7-
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New information concerning the arrest of a Roanoke doctor. Congressman Virgil Goode and the Grand Old Party make it official. And, are we in for six more weeks of Winter Weather?
Kylie the Prairie Dog says don't listen to the Ground Hog.
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[ANCHOR=Teresa]
News 7 is next.

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A Roanoke doctor appears in court-- one day after being charged with illegally prescribing painkillers including Oxycontin.
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[anchor=Teresa]
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Good evening, I'm Teresa Hamilton.

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Dr. Cecil Knox along with two of his associates appeared before a federal judge this morning.
They're charged with illegally distributing controlled substances and health care fraud.
Two others face similar charges.
Justin McLeod has more on today's hearing and important information for patients who still need treatment.

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((((NAT SOUND OF FIVE WALKING INTO COURT))
The defendants appeared in federal court Saturday morning.
The case stems from a two year investigation that ended Friday when agents arrested five people here at this medical building in Roanoke.
The practice is owned and operated by Dr. Cecil Knox.
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((TONY ANDERSON/KNOX'S ATTORNEY: DR. KNOX PERSISTS IN HIS INNOCENCE AND HE AWAITS A SPEEDY TRIAL.))
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Knox along with a nurse named Beverly Boone, and an EMT named Tiffany Durham are all charged with illegally distributing several substances including OxyContin.
Roanoke U.S. Attorney alleges that abuse led to serious injury or even death in ten cases.
All three also face health care fraud charges as well as two other defendants Kathleen O'Gee and Willard James Jr.
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((DAVID DAMICO/JAMES' ATTORNEY: I THINK ITS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT EVEN IN THE GOVERNMENT'S WILDEST DREAMS THEY'RE NOT ACCUSING MR. JAMES OF DOING ANYTHING TO DO WITH OXYCONTIN.))
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At Saturday's hearing, the government asked the judge to deny bail to Knox and Boone arguing they could be a flight risk.
But the judge disagreed and granted bail to all five defendants.
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((JUSTIN McLEOD/REPORTING: AS PART OF HIS BOND, DR. KNOX CANNOT WRITE PRESCRIPTIONS OR EVEN PRACTICE MEDICINE. HE CAN COME HERE TO HIS OFFICE ON SECOND STREET THOUGH AND HELP PATIENTS FIND OTHER DOCTORS. BUT THAT MUST BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT SEVEN TO TEN DAYS.))
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Those patients total more than five hundred people.
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((TONY ANDERSON/KNOX'S ATTORNEY: ITS GOING TO ENTAIL A LOT. ITS PRETTY EXTRAORDINARY TO HAVE THOSE KINDS OF CONDITIONS PLACED ON YOU WHEN YOU ARE AN ACCUSED, GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THESE ALLEGATIONS HOWEVER ITS NOT BY SURPRISED. IT DOESN'T TAKE US BY SURPRISE. WE'LL TRY TO COOPERATE WITH THEM.))
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All five defendants hope to post bond by Monday.
They will all be back in court for arraignment in the coming weeks.
Justin McLeod, News 7, Roanoke.))

[Goode]

[ANCHOR=Teresa]
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Fifth Disrict Congressman Virgil Goode has announced he's joining the Republican Party.
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The move follows years of speculation that Goode would join the G-O-P. The Rocky Mount native made the announcement at a Republican Committee meeting in Appomattox today. Goode left the Democratic Party two years ago to become an Independent, but agreed to caucus with the Republicans in Congress. Goode was first elected to Congress in 1996 as a Democrat.
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[Bush-Enron]

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President George W. Bush is now calling for changes to the way companies handle pensions...
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[SUPER=03-White Sulphur Springs, WV/Yesterday]
President Bush was in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia yesterday to take part in a Republican congressional retreat. There he announced a proposal to revamp 401- K. Today-- the president used his weekly radio address to elaborate on his proposal.
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((MANY COMPANIES REQUIRE THEIR WORKERS TO HOLD COMPANY SHARES LONG AFTER THEIR WORKERS WISH TO SELL, EVEN WHEN THE COMPANY'S SHARES ARE DRAMATICALLY DROPPING IN VALUE. I PROPOSE THAT WORKERS BE PERMITTED TO SELL COMPANY CONTRIBUTED SHARES IN THE RETIREMENT ACCOUNT AND DIVERSIFY AFTER THEY HAVE PARTICIPATED IN A 401- K FOR THREE YEARS))
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When Enron went bust many of its employees lost their life savings. They had been barred from selling their company stock while Enron changed 401-k plan administrators.
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[Crop-Tech]

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[WRITER=tha]
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A Blacksburg based biotech company is sparking interest outside Virginia.
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Last year-- CropTech announced it would look at moving to another state after it failed to receive enough venture capital from tobacco farmers in Virginia. CropTech develops genetically modified tobacco for medicine and is based in Blacksburg. North Carolina's Tobacco Trust Fund has committed three million dollars to relocated CropTech to North Carolina. A company official says CropTech has not made a decision where it will go.
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[Magnox]

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Workers at one Pulaski plant are on the picket line for a second night.
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About fifty workers at the Magnox Plant in Pulaski say they've been "locked out" by the company since early Friday morning.
The move came after the company and workers failed to reach an agreement on a new contract.
The union says it's willing to work for another year under the current contract.
No talks are scheduled between the two sides.
A company spokesperson says the plant is still fully operational with salaried employees.
Magnox makes magnetic oxides for use in video and (MAG-nuh-tites) magnetites used in toner for copier machines.
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[Forum]

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Protests have ended outside the World Economic Forum in New York tonight.
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Thousands of people gathered earlier today protesting against global capitalism
Police arrested a handful of people but unlike demonstrations at other forums, this one was quiet.
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((ERIC LAURSEN/PROTESTER: THERE WAS A HEADLINE IN A LOCAL TABLOID TODAY.. OR YESTERDAY THAT REFERRED TO US AS WIMPS. EVIDENTLY BECAUSE WE HADN'T DONE ANYTHING VIOLENT. IT'S ALMOST ON SOME LEVEL WE'RE DAMNED IF WE DO.. DAMNED IF WE DON'T.))
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During today's session foreign economic leaders blamed the United States for policies they say are hurting developing countries.
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[Afghanistan]

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There's still no definitive word on whether Daniel Pearl is alive or dead. Earlier today, Pakistani police took another person into custody in connection with Pearl's kidnapping. Jennifer Jones has the latest on the search for the Wall Street Journal correspondent.
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[SUPER=01-Jennifer Jones/CBS News;]
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PAKISTANI POLICE CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR JOURNALIST DANIEL PEARL - STATING THEY BELIEVE HE IS ALIVE. THIS AFTER COMBING KARACHI GRAVEYARDS FOLLOWING ANOTHER ANONYMOUS E-MAIL - ONE WHICH CLAIMED PEARLS DEAD BODY HAD BEEN DUMPED THERE.
SATURDAY THE WALL STREET JOURNAL RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING THEY TOO ARE OPTIMISTIC THAT THE SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF HAS NOT BEEN KILLED. EVEN SO, THE NEW YORK PAPER APPEALED TO KIDNAPPERS TO SHOW PROOF BY REPLACING THESE PICTURES WITH NEW ONES. INVESTIGATORS NOW BELIEVE RECENT COMMUNICATIONS WERE A HOAX:
SUPER: Brigadier Mukhtar/Interior Sec.of Sindh Province Sot: we must find out or know what has happened to him, establish certain facts and find out who is behind them
THE 38 YEAR OLD AMERICAN IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED BY MUSLIM MILITANTS ON JANUARY 23RD. SINCE THEN, THERE HAVE BEEN CONFLICTING MESSAGES : ONE SAID HE WAS EXECUTED, ANOTHER - A RANSOM NOTE, DEMANDED THE RELEASE OF PAKISTANI PRISONERS AT GUATANAMO BAY.
THEN AN E-MAIL STATING PEARLS EXECUTION WOULD BE POSTPONED FOR ONE DAY. PEARL WAS ABDUCTED WHEN HE WENT ALONE TO MEET A SOURCE - REPORTEDLY CONNECTED TO OSAMA BIN LADEN.

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IN AFGHANISTAN, WITH THE TALIBAN NO LONGER IN CONTROL, A SURGE OF COMMUNICATION TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES . 18 POST OFFICES OPENED UP IN KABUL, PROMISING TO DELIVER MAIL ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
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Still ahead on the newscast, a hobby that's part treasure hunt, and part hiking is catching on locally...
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and also, you don't need to go to Pennsylvania to find out if we've got 6 more weeks of winter weather. Stay with us, there's more to come on News 7 at 11.
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[Geocaching]

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It's a high tech treasure hunt that has drawn quite a following, and continues to grow. In this week's Time Off, Shannon Young takes a trip geocaching.
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[IN Q= Right now, I'm just putting the coordinates...]
((Right now, I'm just putting the coordinates of the one we're gonna look for into the GPS receiver and it'll tell us which direction to head in.))
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[OUT Q=direction to head in.]
Chris Froeschl and his family are embarking on a treasure hunt. With the help of a Global Positioning Satellite, or GPS, they'll take off into the wilderness in search of hidden goodies.
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[IN Q=That's much better.]
((That's much better. We're looking at less than 400 feet from here.))
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Thousands of people the world over are doing the same thanks to a growing activity called "geocaching"
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[IN Q=It's a treasure hunt, a hike, a hobby...]
((It's a treasure hunt, a hike, a hobby, a sport, whicher you'd like to call it.))
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[OUT Q=whichever you'd like to call it.]
Geocaching came to be in May of 2000. After the government removed the scrambled signal from its global positioning satellites the information became available to the public.
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[IN Q=Let's go that way.]
((Let's go that way. No, let's go that way. This way?))
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In celebration,a man in Portland Oregon planted a cache outside the city. The first person to find the stash built a website marking its location. And a sport was born.
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[IN Q=You log onto the website and find one you wanna go find.]
((You log onto the website and find one you wanna go find. You log coordinates into the GPS unit and you can follow that or you can follow clues or both. And you go down the trail and, hopefully, you'll find it.))
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[BUTT BUTT BUTT]
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(((finding cache)Cool!))
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[OUT Q=Cool!]
The rules are simple. Take what you want out of the cache but replace each item with one of your own. Sign the logbook. And register your comments about the cache on the website. You can even plant your own. There are more than 11-thousand caches already hidden in 101 countries, guaranteeing that for geocachers, there is always a reward.
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[IN Q=I think the kids...]
((I think the kids like the treasure. I like the hunt.)) Shannon Young, News 7, Roanoke County.))

[Play-Again]

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A sports merchandise store is hoping a new home will give it an advantage...
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Play it Again Sports in Roanoke just opened its new location on Route 2-20 in Roanoke. The store specializes in selling used sports equipment. The new building more than doubles the showroom area, and features a much larger stockroom so the store can hold more inventory for customers.
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((CHICK DUUS/PLAY IT AGAIN SPORTS CO-OWNER; THEY'LL FINALLY BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT WE DO SELL, RATHER THAN SHOPPING GRANDMOM'S CLOSET, WE'RE ABLE TO SPREAD OUR EXERCISE EQUIPMENT OUT, SO YOU CAN GET AROUND AND TRY IT OUT.))
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[OUT Q=get around and try it out.]
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(DOO-uhs) Duus says he's hoping the store can eventually hire some additional employees at the Roanoke location.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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Up ahead on News 7 at 11, Duke slips by Clemson, and the Yellow Jackets sting the Tarheels. Roy Stanley will have highlights in sports...
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but before that, some local hunters were "calling" for a top prize tonight in Roanoke. We'll have more coming up.
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[Web Address Announce] [Pinnacle 4885ess]

[Groundhog-Day]

[ANCHOR=Teresa]
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[WRITER=jus]
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Punsxutawney Phil predicts another six more weeks of winter.
Today, the groundhog saw his shadow, but there was another celebration a little closer to home.
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[OUT Q=she didnt see it (LAUGHTER)]
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If you want a more local forecast, then you turn Kylie the prairie dog.
Today, Mill Mountain zoo held its annual Groundhog Day celebration.
Roanoke's vice-mayor says Kylie did not see his shadow which means an early spring.
Zoo officials say you should trust a pairie dog's intuition over a groundhog's any day.
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((DAVID JOBE/MILL MOUNTAIN ZOO: PRAIRIE DOGS DON'T HIBERNATE AND THEREFORE THEY ARE MUCH BETTER WEATHER PREDICTORS. GROUND HOGS ARE A SLEEP THIS YEAR. WHOEVER SAYS THEY ARE BETTER, THEY ARE IN HIBERNATION.))
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Our own Patrick Evans also took part in this morning's festivities.
He gave the crowd a history lesson, reminding everyone how the Groundhog Day tradition came about.
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[Turkey-Calling]

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A group of hunters weren't calling groundhogs or prairie dogs, but turkeys this evening...
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The Holiday Inn Tanglewood played host today to the annual Wild Turkey calling contest.
The rules are simple.
All competitors have to do is make calls of a wild turkey as realistic as possible.
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((GARY ARRINGTON/NATIONAL WILD TURKEY FOUNDATION: IT'S MADE UP IN SEVERAL DIVISIONS AND BASICALLY IT'S A JUDGE OF HOW WELL A PERSON CAN MAKE OR RESEMBLE THE CALL OF A WILD TURKEY IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT ASPECTS WHETHER IT WOULD BE FROM TREE CALLING, TO ACTUALLY MATING CALLS DURING THE HUNTING SEASON.))
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A new state champion turkey caller was crowned at this event.
After the competition, the Wild Turkey Foundation held a banquet in which five people were inducted into the Virginia hunters hall of fame.
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[Almanac]

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[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=rle]
[TAPE#=Almanac 24:02]
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Even though weather as of late has been on the warmer side... winter is still in full swing on the calendar.
Meteorologist Leo Hirsbrunner shows us what we can look forward to in the month of February.
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[S-Duke]

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Clemson gave top ranked Duke a scare last night but the Blue Devils squeak by for a 98 to 88 win over the Tigers.
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[SUPER=03-Clemson, SC/RAYCOM SPORTS; :]

Coach K and his Blue Devils led throughout the first half.
Clemson's Tony Stockman hits the three pointer and the Tigers trailed 34 to 27.
The Blue Devils answered from three point range Jason Williams giving Duke an 11point lead at the half.
But the Tigers would not give up Ray Henderson scored back to back baskets on the inside and the Blue Devil lead was cut to one.
[SUPER=33-Duke#1/98/Clemson/88/; :]

Then Duke's Chris Duhon nailed this three for a 4 point lead and the Blue Devils hold on for the 98 to 88 win.
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[S-ACC]

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Tony Akins scored a season high 28 as Georgia Tech downed North Carolina 86 to 74.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Atlanta, GA/CBS SPORTS; :]

Matt Doherty's Tar Heels would lead in the first half.
Jason Capel takes it baseline and hits the baby jumper for 2 of his 21 and the Tar Heels led by four.
The Yellow Jackets preferred inside. Isma'il Muhammad takes it to the hoop for the jam but the Jackets trailed by one at the break.
Carolina fell behind but when Adam Boone knocked down this three pointer the Tar Heels trailed by 8.
[SUPER=33-Georgia Tech/86/UNC/74/; :]

But the Yellow Jackets answered with a couple of three's and Georgia Tech wins it 86 to 74.
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[S-ODAC]

[ANCHOR=Roy]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=rst]
[TAPE#=SP-114 (51:21)]
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Roanoke College held Lynchburg to 18 second half points in a 100 to 46 win over the Hornets at the Bast Center.
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[SUPER=03-Salem/Roanoke vs Lynchburg; :]

The Maroons huddle around their head coach Page Moir.
Ryan Pehanick passes the ball to Phillip Saunders he hits the layup but the Hornets trailed 39 to 19.
The Maroons come back Robby Pridgen takes it inside and hits the shot as Roanoke led 43 to 19.
James Bradley then passes to Ashley Tarkington who hits the three pointer to make it 47 to 23 Maroons.
[SUPER=33-Roanoke/100/Lynchburg/46/; :]

Roanoke's Kevin Hunter hits Andrew Crowder who nails the three pointer and the Maroons go on to win it 100 to 46.
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[S-College]

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[WRITER=rst]
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Radford's Andre Savtchenko and Correy Watkins each scored 22 as Radford scored a win over Charleston Southern.
For that and all of the scores lets check the boards.
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[S-Cavs]

[ANCHOR=Roy]
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[WRITER=rst]
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The Virginia Cavaliers will hit the road later today taking on Missouri.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Charlottesville; :]

The Cavaliers must rebound after losing to Maryland at University Hall on Thursday night.
But the Tigers will not be a pushover and the Cavaliers must take their "A" game on the road plus the team has lost 2 straight.
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[ANCHOR=Roy]
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The Cavaliers and Tigers will tip it off at 2 oclock this afternoon. That's it for sports, have a great day everybody.

[S-NBA]

[ANCHOR=Roy]
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[WRITER=rst]
[TAPE#=SP-106 (1:20:06)]
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Jason Kidd had a triple-double for the second straight game, leading New Jersey past Toronto 98 to 91.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-East Rutherford, NJ/FOX SPORTS; :]

New Jersey head coach Bryon Scott on the sideline.
Vince Carter pulls up and hits the three pointer he would finish the game with 26 points the Raptors led by one.

Kidd would control the game on this play he hits Kerry Kittles who scores the hoop the Nets led byy 8.
But in the fourth quarter Dell Curry rips the net from three point range and the game was tied at 89.
[SUPER=33-New Jersey/98/Toronto/91/; :]

Kidd would seal the win in the quarter with three of his 31 points and the Nets win it 98 to 91.
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[S-NHL]

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[NEWSCAST=11pm]
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[TAPE#=SP-120 (8:48)]
[GRAPHIC=NHL LOGO]

The World All Stars scored 4 times in the final three minutes of the second to beat North America 8 to 5 in the National Hockey League all star game.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Los Angeles, CA/ABC SPORTS; :]

The 1980 U-S-A Olympic Hockey team at the game in L-A.
Mario Lemieux takes the puck up the ice works the give and goal and scores. Lemieux ties Wayne Gretzky for most goals in all star game history.
[SUPER=34-World/8/North America/5/; :]

But Eric Daze (day'-Zay) had 2 goals and an assist in his first all star game and he was named the games M-V-P in the 8 to 5 World All Stars victory.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=""That's an...]
[SUPER=01-Eric Daze/Scored 2 Goals]
[RUNS=:12]
[OUT Q=.....weekend."]
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[S-Bowl]

[ANCHOR=Roy]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=rst]
[TAPE#=SP-115 (32:44)]
[GRAPHIC=Superbowl]

The New England Patriots and St. Louis Rams are set for this evening's kickoff in Super Bowl 36.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-New Orleans, LA; :]

Bill Belichick has several Superbowl experiencs. However, this one is different from the one he was involved with in 1996.
There are some similarites but they will be forgotten with tomorrow's kickoff for Super Bowl 36.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="What's really....]
[SUPER=01-Bill Belichick/Patriots Head Coach; :]
[RUNS=:15]
[OUT Q=.....little bit erie."]
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[VO-NAT]

The Rams are 14 point favorites to win their second Superbowl. But head coach Mike Martz is no stranger to the big game either.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="I think....]
[SUPER=01-Mike Martz/Rams Head Coach; :]
[RUNS=:15]
[OUT Q=.....football team."]
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[TALENT=Roy]
[GRAPHIC=hold Logo]
Duke holds off Clemson, more later on Sunday Morning. Kickoff at the Superdome in New Orleans is set for 6 Oclock.