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Coming up on News 7-
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How to make 81 safer- should new truck only lanes be added?
The debate coming up.
A piece of aviation history ends up in an unlikely place.
Plus a new way that may make it ok to have baby riding up front.
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[Talent=Jean]
Plus the latest on the lack of Lettuce-
News 7 is next.
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((JIM MILLS/STAR SOLUTIONS: I'M CONVINCED THAT IF YOU PUT A LOT OF BRIGHT MINDS TOGETHER YOU'LL COME UP WITH A WONDERFUL SOLUTION.))
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[OUT Q=wonderful solution]
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An idea to widen I-81 keeps trucking along, but not without a few roadblocks.
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Good evening, I'm Jean Jadhon.
[I-81]
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It's a solution that's gaining speed.
A company called Star Solutions has come up with a proposal to widen Interstate 81.
But the project would take fifteen years and many feel safety improvements are needed now.
That was the subject of a community forum held tonight in Roanoke.
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Justin McLeod was there and is here now to tell us all about it. Justin?
Jean, the goal of this meeting was to discuss and come up with ways to improve safety on I-81 now and in the future.
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The consensus?
When it comes to better safety, it will take everything from planes, trains, and automobiles.
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[SUPER=01-Tim Shepard/Howell's Motor Freight; :16]
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[SUPER=01-Capt. Charles Compton/State Police; 1:06]
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((((NAT SOUND OF CARS DRIVING BY ON I-81))
Most who have driven on I-81 agrees improvements are needed.
A company called Star Solutions believes separate lanes for cars and trucks is the answer.
But the trucking industry says not so fast.
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[IN Q=We do believe]
((TIM SHEPARD/HOWELL'S MOTOR FREIGHT: WE DO BELIEVE THE PROPOSED SOLUTION TO FIX 81 WILL ACTUALLY HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE SAFETY OF THAT ROADWAY.))
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Truckers argue separate lanes would be unsafe because they would have to cross at least two lanes to exit the highway.
Star Solutions disagrees saying most truckers here in Virginia are just passing through.
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((JIM MILLS/STAR SOLUTIONS: RIGHT AT THE MOMENT, I AM NOT LOOKING AT MUCH IF ANY TRUCK WEAVES ACROSS THAT CAR TRAFFIC.))
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[OUT Q=that car traffic]
Regardless of who's right, the plan would take nearly twenty years to complete.
That's why the second half of this forum concentrated on ways to improve safety now.
V-Dot plans to install more guardrails and rumble strips along I-81.
The State Police will also add more patrols in the air and on the ground.
Increased patrols began in 1999 and troopers say it's already working.
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((CAPT. CHARLES COMPTON/VA STATE POLICE: IN JUST THE SATURATED PATROLS WE HAVE ISSUED OVER 78,000 SUMMONS AND ARRESTS.))
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[OUT Q=summons and arrests]
There's also another solution that is gathering steam.
Area politicians believe improving the railroad along I-81 will reduce the need for trucks on the roads.
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((REP. BOB GOODLATTE: IF YOU GOT TEN TO TWENTY PERCENT OF THE TRUCKS OFF OF INTERSTATE 81 IT WILL BE THAT MUCH SAFER FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO USE IT.))
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And of course the motoring public has a responsibility here. State Police say motorists need to slow down and more need to use their seatbelts.
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Jean, as for when Star Solutions could begin widen I-81, that would come in 2004.
But first, V-Dot must approve the project. That decision is not expected until this summer.
[Republican-Investigation]
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State Police are investigating a high-ranking official within the Republican Party of Virginia.
The investigation surrounds alleged eaves-dropping and possible taping of a conference call between Democratic lawmakers and Governor Mark Warner.
The Attorney General's office confirmed it received information earlier this week about possible misconduct regarding the taping of a phone conversation.
It also said the investigation is being handled by the State Police and the Richmond Commonwealth's Attorney.
According to a government source, no charges have been placed and the Republican party is cooperating.
When reached for comment, a spokeswoman for Warner said the Governor has been informed of the investigation, but has no comment because it's a pending criminal matter.
[Tire-Fire]
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The fire marshal says the massive tire fire in Roanoke County was arson.
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Fire investigators ruled out the possibility that a passing train sparked the fire because it started FAR from the railroad tracks. They believe the train passed through AFTER the fire started.
Fire Marshal Don Gillispie says fires were set in two separate spots along a gravel road.
It only took minutes for winds to blow the flames up the bank, over the the tire tracks and into a pile of tires.
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[IN Q=We feel]
((DON GILLISPIE/FIRE MARSHAL: WE FEEL THAT THE FIRE WAS SET BY SOMEBODY THAT HAD VERY GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THE FIRE WOULD DO AND WHAT IT WOULD DO AT THE POINT WHERE THEY SET IT.))
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[OUT Q=where they set it.]
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Gillispie says he has NO suspects ... and he says no one saw who set the fire.
But he has NOT ruled out the tire dump's owner Willie Keeling.
Keeling told News-7 that he had nothing to do with it.
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[EPA]
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The county could actually benefit from the fire, financially.
Even though Roanoke County and the State Department of Environmental Quality had a deal with Keeling to clean up his property over the next three to six years- -it would have taken a lot of money.
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Now the feds have stepped in and pledged half a million dollars from the E-P-A Superfund to clean up the Keeling dump.
Federal funds may ultimately pay for the whole thing, since Keeling doesn't seem to have any money and we all know how thinly state and local budgets are being stretched.
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((PAUL MAHONEY/ROANOKE CO ATTORNEY; MR. KEELING HAS JUST GONE THROUGH BANKRUPTCY. HE DOES NOT HAVE ANY OTHER ASSETS THAT I'M AWARE OF, THAT THE BANKRUPTCY COURT IS AWARE OF. THE ONLY ASSET THAT'S LEFT IS THE LAND.))
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[VO-NAT]
The federal government has the power to seize Keeling's property to help pay for the clean-up, though that's a slim prospect.
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[Seattle-Plane]
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A vintage airplane that was supposed to go on display in Virginia is now at the bottom of Seattle's Elliot Bay.
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The Boeing 3-0-7 Stratoliner crash-landed this afternoon.
All four people on board were safely rescued.
The Boeing 3-0-7 is a civilian version of the World War Two B-17 bomber.
Built in the 1940's, the Stratoliner boasted the world's first pressurized passenger cabin.
Only ten of them were made and the plane that crashed today was the only one left.
It was supposed to be the centerpiece of the new Smithsonian Museum being built at Dulles Airport.
Salvage plans are under way, and it could fly again.
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[Mideast-Summit]
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It was a day to kiss and make up in Beirut-
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Arab leaders today agreed to offer Israel a historic peace deal and to oppose any U-S led attack on Iraq.
They're offering Israel normal relations .. peace and security in return for three things-
A full Israeli withdrawal from all terrorities occupied since 1967-
A just solution to the Palestinian refugee problem and the acceptance of a sovreign independent Palestinian state- with East Jerusalem as its capitol.
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((PRINCE SAUD AL FAISAL/SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER: GENUINE PEACE WILL NOT COME OUT FROM THE MUZZLES OF GUNS. IT WILL COME FROM THE HEARTS AND MINDS.))
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Israel is still reeling from yesterday's suicide bombing that left 19 people dead.
Israelis cabinet is holding an emergency meeting in Jerusalem- the meeting comes just hours after Palestinian President Yassar Arafat announced he's ready to implement a ceasefire.
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[Moussaoui]
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The only person charged with the September 11th attack- could face the death penalty.
The Justice Department says it will seek capital punishment against Zacarias (Moo-SOW-ee) Moussaoui.
Aleen Sirgany is in Washington with the details.
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[SUPER=10-Stephen Push/Victim's Husband/March 19; 1:07]
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((HE IS THE ONLY PERSON CHARGED WITH THE SEPTEMBER 11TH ATTACKS. AND IF
CONVICTED, ZACARIAS MOUSSAOUI, COULD NOW DIE FOR THE CRIMES HE'S ACCUSED
OF COMMITTING.
JOHN ASHCROFT/ATTORNEY GENERAL
"Following my instructions, the United States Attorneys have filed a notice of intent to seek a sentence of death.
U-S OFFICIALS SUSPECT MOUSSAOUI WAS GOING TO BE THE 20TH HIJACKER...BUT ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, WAS SITTING IN JAIL ON IMMIGRATION CHARGES. THEY SAY HE RECEIVED MUCH OF THE SAME TRAINING AS THE HIJACKERS, AND HE'S CHARGED WITH CONSPIRING TO COMMIT THE ATTACKS.
Ashcroft: "To that end, we remain committed not only to carrying out justice in this case, but also to ensuring that the rights of the victims are fully protected."
IN DOCUMENTS FILED TODAY THE GOVERNMENT SAID THE FRENCH CITIZEN COMMITTED THE OFFENSES IN "AN ESPECIALLY HEINOUS, CRUEL AND DEPRAVED MANNER IN THAT THEY INVOLVED TORTURE AND SERIOUS PHYSICAL ABUSE TO THE VICTIMS. "
FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE VICTIMS ARE ALSO SEEKING JUSTICE. STEPHEN PUSH'S WIFE WAS ABOARD FLIGHT 77 THAT HIT THE PENTAGON. AND HE SAYS IF ZACARIAS MOUSSAOUI HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT, HE SHOULD PAY.
March 19th, 2002.- Stephen Push/Victim's Husband
From where I sit, anyone who took an active role in planning or executing this attack deserves the death penalty.
MOUSSAOUI'S ATTORNEY IS ACCUSING ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN ASHCROFT OF
DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT, SAYING THE TELEVISED ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE GOVERNMENTS DECISION TO SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY COULD PREVENT THE
SELECTION OF AN IMPARTIAL JURY. AS, CBS, WASHINGTON.))
[Quilt]
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A local quilter is using her talents to help mend the wound America suffered September eleventh.
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Carol Mesimer (MEE-simmer) says she was compelled to start work on a memorial quilt while watching the terrorist attacks unfold on television.
"Remember Me" encompasses the Statue of Liberty, the New York city skyline, parts of the Pennsylvania landscape and ghost images of the World Trade Center Towers.
A second panel complete with swatches labeled with the names of the more than 3-thousand victims, will be added to complete the quilt's pentagon shape.
Mesimer hopes to finish the piece in a week or two.
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[IN Q=What happens to the product when I'm done...]
((CAROL MESIMER/QUILTER: WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PRODUCT WHEN I'M DONE I'M NOT SO TERRIBLY CONCERNED ABOUT. I'VE GIVEN QUILTS AWAY TO CHARITIES AND FUNDRAISERS AND THINGS BUT... THAT'S NOT THE POINT.))
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Although she says she would like to see "Remember Me" hang at the International Quilt Show in Houston later this year, Mesimer says she'll probably just have to find more wall space to display the quilt in her home.
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Time's running out for Ford owners to replace their Firestone tires.
Find out why when News 7 returns.
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[VO-NAT]
And we've heard it before... babies belong in the backseat in a car seat.
But that could soon change.
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[Sports-Preview]
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((Hey folks this is Mike Stevens back in the News 7 sports office as NIT crowns the 66th best team in America tonight in the Big Apple. One of the Cinderella leaders of March Madness leaves Kent State for Arkansas. Steve Mason checks in from UVa spring football practice and Mike Peron will not play in the final two games of the regular season this weeke
nd. Tonight on the Big 7.))[Car-Seat]
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Parents have always been taught to keep their babies in car seats in the back seat of their vehicle...
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But they now have the option of keeping them up front.
The "Pioneered Rear Facing Infant Car Seat" was designed by pediatricians to keep babies safe in the front seat and parent's eyes on the road.
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((SHARON HARNISCH/XSCI MARKETING MANAGER: IT'S FIVE TIMES MORE LIKELY THAT AN INFANT WILL DISTRACT YOU IN THE BACK SEAT THAN IT WILL IN THE FRONT SEAT.))
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[VO-NAT]
The car seat works like a motorcycle helmet and directs pressure from an airbag around the baby.
Children up to one-year are approved for the seat.
And this new technology comes with a price tag of about two-hundred dollars.
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[Tire-Recall]
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It's been a huge recall... and it will end on Sunday.
Ford Motor Company will stop giving free
replacements for Firestone tires on Sunday.
Ford says it has spent about three billion dollars to replace ten-point-six million Firestone tires.
A Ford spokesman says demand for the replacements has waned.
[Henry-Board]
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Henry County's administrator is suspended with pay as state police continue to look into the county's finances-
Today, officials temporarily removed Sid Clower from his county administration job AND from his position as water authority director.
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[SUPER=03-Henry Co.]
The Board of Supervisors and the Public Service Authority Board said their action was no reflection on Clower himself -- but was necessary for the county to carry on its day to day business.
Deputy administrator Benny Summerlin will stand in for Clower until they figure out whether county funds were embezzled.
The county says the decision to suspend Clower was difficult .
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((MIKE SEIDLE: HE'S HAD A PROFOUND IMPACT ON HENRY COUNTY, HIS LEADERSHIP HAS HELPED THE COUNTY TACKLE MANY COMPLEX ISSUES. HE IS ADMIRED BY ALL WHO WORKED WITH HIM AND IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE IN WITH THAT GROUP.))
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Clower's assistant at the PSA -- Rosemary Pace -- was also suspended with pay.
She was in charge of billing, payroll and invoices for the last six years.
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If you haven't seen as much lettuce in the supermarket lately... it's not your imagination.
Find out why it's in short supply when News 7 returns.
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And he directed some of America's most famous films.
Tonight Hollywood mourns his passing.
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[Wilder]
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The man behind some of Hollywood's most treasured movies has died.
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Director Billy Wilder made history during his time in Hollywood.
He made some of America's most famous films, including Sunset Boulevard and Some Like it Hot.
Wilder was the first filmaker to win Three Oscars in one year- Best Director, Screenplay and Picture for the Apartment in 1960.
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((YOU KNOW I USED ... THERE YOU WERE.))
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Wilder lived in Germany and left after Adolph Hitler came into power in 1933.
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((JOHNNY GRANT/HOLLYWOOD MAYOR: AND I THINK ITS REMARKABLE THAT HE WENT ON TO WRITE SOME OF THE MOST UNFORGETTABLE MOMENTS ON FILM.))
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Wilder died at his Beverly Hills home.
He was 95 years old- and had been suffering from pneumonia.
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[Lettuce]
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You may have seen signs at the supermarket apologizing about skyrocketing prices for lettuce.
The leafy green stuff is in short supply because of freezing weather in lettuce growing areas of Arizona and California.
At one Ruby Tuesday's restaurant in Georgia if you want Romaine you need to make a special request
At some schools spinach and other greens are being mixed into the salad bar to make the iceberg go further.
The cost of lettuce in some areas is four times the usual price.
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[GRAPHIC=NCAA HOOPS]
The NIT crowns a champion, while the Express looks to close out the regular season and UVa opens spring football practice.
Plus, Jordan talks about his future.
But first in tonight's Extra Point -
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[SUPER=03-Fayetteville, AR;:00]
The West Virginia Mountaineers have been denied again in their search for a new basketball coach.
Earlier this week, Bob Huggins turned down his alma mater and today Stan Heath said no to WVU.
Heath, has instead accepted the head coaching position at the University of Arkansas.
Heath, who this year guided Kent State to the regional finals in his first year with the Golden Flashes, visited in Morgantown yesterday.
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[S-NIT]
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The NIT men's event crowned its 2002 champion last night on the Madison Square Garden hardwood as Memphis battled South Carolina - the team that knocked UVa out of the tournament in the opening round.
Gamecocks' coach Dave Odom was trying to become the first coach to win the NIT at two different schools.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-New York, NY/ESPN; :00]
The Tigers' cheerleaders were pumped up, but not even they could expect what was about to happen.
Memphis' Earl Barron failed to score a single point in the semi-final win over Temple.
All he did last night was come out in the first half make all nine of his shots and score 19 points in the
[super=33-Memphis/72/South Carolina/62;]
opening 20 minutes.
Memphis would never look back as John Calipari's team wins the NIT title 72-to-62.
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[S-NCAA]
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[GRAPHIC=final four 6460]
And we're now just two days away from the men's final four in the NCAA championship.
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[go to pinnacle 6999]
This Saturday night Oklahoma and Indiana play the first national semi-final at 6.
Maryland and Kansas follow 40 minutes after the first game ends at approximately 8:47pm.
The only place to catch it is right here on WDBJ-7. The championship game is Monday night at 9.
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[S-Jordan]
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39 year old Michael Jordan, who had knee surgery back on February 27th, said yesterday it's still too early to say if he will play again next season.
His contract calls for him to play at least one more, but Jordan says it all depends on his health.
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[SUPER=01-Michael Jordan/Uncertain About Future; :00]
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[OUT Q=...MONTHS FOR NOW."]
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[S-Cavs]
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The UVa Football team opened up spring football practice yesterday as Al Groh begins his second year at the helm of the Hoos.
Steve Mason checks in from Charlottesville to give us our first look at some of the 2002 Cavaliers.
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[IN Q=first audio]
[SUPER=03-Charlottesville; :00]
[SUPER=01-Al Groh/UVa Head Coach; :16]
[SUPER=01-Matt Schaub/UVa Junior Quarterback; :33]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./This Past Season; :47]
[SUPER=01-Angelo Crowell/UVa Team Captain; 1:23]
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((After a 5 and 7 2001, even fans attending spring practice felt a more strict mood around the football team. One third of the team is not participating in spring ball, perhaps because many of those players are among one of the nation's top recruiting classes that will arrive July 26th.
((AL GROH:))
The Cavs are no longer in suspense about their quarterback. Matt Schaub took steps this off season to let everyone know, he's the guy.
((:))
Schaub held for the kickers in practice. Speaking of kickers, Groh thinks Cave Spring senior Tom Hagan has a bright future at UVa.
((:))
Senior All ACC first teamer Billy McMullen and linebacker Angelo Crowell are the new team captains. Crowell and his defense are wearing orange crush jerseys in practice, a name that can be traced to the Denver Broncos D back when UVa offensive coordinator Bill Musgrave played there. New jerseys for a team with now well adjusted to it's second year coaching staff.
((:))
former Detroit Lions coach Bobby Ross attended Wednesday's practice to watch son Kevin coach the Virginia running backs. ))
[S-Express]
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The Express is all set to finish up the regular season with two home games.
Tomorrow night the team hosts Dayton and Saturday night Richmond comes to town.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00]
Also today, Vern Fiddler was named to the ECHL all rookie team.
He had 55 points in 44 games for the Express. Fiddler is with the AHL Norfolk Admirals at this time. A productive year, considering he was almost out of hockey.
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[SUPER=01-Perry Florio/Express Head Coach; :00]
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[OUT Q=.....succeed with us"]
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[VO-NAT(con't)]
Florio is not playing Mike Peron this weekend in order to rest his injured knee for the first round of the playoffs which begin next Tuesday in Trenton.
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[WB-Cheerleaders]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11 p.m.]
[WRITER=syo]
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The cheerleaders at William Byrd High School are the best in the state in the Double-A division.
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[RUNS=:03]
[OUTQ=NAT CHEERING]
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[VO-NAT]
The school's competition team performed its winning routine in front of classmates this morning.
The team is comprised of 9th through 12 graders and includes members of the varsity and j-v squads.
Coach Barbara Shutt says the group was judged on stunts, dance, tumbling and timing at the state championships in Richmond last weekend.
The team beat 15-other squads to take home the top trophy.
It was the fourth time the school's cheerleaders had earned a spot at state after winning competitions at the district and regional levels.
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