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[ANCHOR=Shan]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=syo]
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Coming up on News 7-
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[VO-NAT]
Authorities are looking for the cause of a massive train wreck in Florida.
Plus, a second Virginia GOP official is accused of listening in on a Democratic conference call.
And, Lexington's Presbyterian Church is triumphing over flames.
More than a year and a half after a destructive fire, the building is going back up.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
News 7 at eleven is next.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[VO-NAT]
Less than an hour into a trip from Orlando to Northern Virginia an Amtrak train jumped the tracks.
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[ANCHOR=JEan]
[GRAPHIC=News 7 at 11]
Good evening, I'm Shannon Young.
Jean has the night off.
[Amtrak-Derailment]
[ANCHOR=Shan]
[NEWSCAST=11 p.m.]
[WRITER=syo]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=Train Derailment]
At least six people are dead and hundreds injured after the crash of an Amtrak train in Florida.
The Auto Train was one its way to Washington from Orlando when 14-cars jumped the track.
Aleen Sirgany has more.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Crescent City, FL; :00]
[SUPER=01-Aleen Sirgany/Reporting; :47]
[RUNS=:59]
[OUT Q=standard]
((RESCUE CREWS QUICKLY MOVED IN WITH LADDERS AND STRECHERS ... AND QUICKLY
MOVED OUT WITH THE INJURED.
AMTRAK'S AUTO TRAIN WAS HEADED FROM SUBURBAN ORLANDO TO THE WASHINGTON-DC AREA THURSDAY EVENING ... WHEN SEVERAL OF ITS CARS DERAILED IN CRESCENT CITY, FLORIDA.
SHOCKED RIDERS SAY ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CARS TURNED OVER AND STARTED
ROLLING.
(MOS)
"All of a sudden, I fell over. Everybody's luggage fell on me. The train fell on me, the window fell out."
(MOS)
"It felt like we were just going to turn over any minute. We were very lucky though."
MANY PASSENGERS MANAGED TO CLIMB OUT OF THE WRECKAGE. OTHERS, REMAINED
TRAPPED INSIDE FOR HOURS.
MORE THAN 400 PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD THE AUTO TRAIN, WHICH IS POPULAR AMONG VACATIONING FAMILIES.
FAMILIES WHO SAY THEY ARE JUST AMAZED THEY MADE IT OUT ALIVE.
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OFFICIALS WITH THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD HAVE SENT A TEAM
OF INVESTIGATORS TO THE SCENE ... TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE CRASH. ))
[Center-Rape]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Roanoke Police are investigating the alleged rape of a 14 year old girl at center for troubled teens.
Yesterday police arrested an employee of the Sanctuary Crisis Intervention Center, a program run by the City of Roanoke.
30 year old Jimmy Lee Jones faces rape and sodomy charges.
[Dudley]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=02-02 TC1:59:08]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]
The former treasurer of the Altavista Lifesaving Crew could be headed to federal prison.. for stealing thousands of dollars of the crew's money.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg]
55- year- old Edward Daniel Dudley pleaded guilty to a federal charge of mail fraud today in U-S District Court.
Prosecutors say Dudley embezzled more than 175- thousand dollars during his five years as the squad's treasurer.. by altering checks.
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[SOT 1:00:40]
[IN Q=It was very]
((JENNIE WAERING/ASST. U.S. ATTORNEY: IT WAS VERY CLEVER.. ..CHANGE IT FOR HIS RECORDS.))
[SUPER=01-Jennie Waering/Asst. U. S. Attorney]
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[OUT Q=change it for his records.]
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[VO-NAT]
Dudley has paid back all the money.. he faces up to five years in prison when he's sentenced in July.
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[Eavesdropping]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=02-20 TC1:12:47]
[GRAPHIC=None]
An eavesdropping probe is expanding in Richmond, and so is the political rhetoric.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Richmond]
Allegations that Republicans listened in on a Democratic conference call now involve a second GOP official... Claudia Tucker, the chief of staff to House Speaker Vance Wilkins.
Today, Democratic Chairman Lawrence Framme spoke with reporters.
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[SOT 01:53]
[IN Q=Our Commonwealth is now faced]
((LAWRENCE FRAMME: OUR COMMONWEALTH IS NOW FACED WITH A SITUATION WHERE THAT WRONG MAY WELL HAVE BEEN A PART OF A CONTINUING COURSE OF CONDUCT IN WHICH THAT OFFICE PARTICIPATED.))
[SUPER=01-Lawrence Framme/VA Democratic Chairman; ]
[RUNS=:15]
[OUT Q=in which that office participated.]
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[VO-NAT]
Republican officials have declined comment while the case is under investigation.
Former GOP Executive Director Ed Matricardi was charged earlier this month.
He is due in a Richmond court tomorrow, when his attorney will ask a judge to dismiss the case against him.
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[Blake]
[ANCHOR=Shan]
[NEWSCAST=11 p.m.]
[WRITER=syo]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Actor Robert Blake is under arrest for killing his wife.
Bonny Lee Bakley was killed May fourth of last year one block from a Studio City, California restaurant where she and Blake had dinner.
Manuel Gallegus reports.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=In handcuffs, wearing a baseball cap...]
[SUPER=03-Los Angeles, CA/KCAL; :00]
[SUPER=01-Manuel Gallegus/Reporting; :54]
[RUNS=1:04]
[OUT Q=STD]
((IN HANDCUFFS, WEARING A BASEBALL CAP AND A WHITE SHIRT, ACTOR ROBERT BLAKE WAS PLACED INTO A LOS ANGELES POLICE DETECTIVE CAR, AND LED DOWNTOWN.
HE HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE, BONNIE
BAKLEY.
POLICE ALSO ARRESTED BLAKE'S BODYGUARD.
ON MAY 4TH, 2001, BAKLEY WAS SHOT TO DEATH ONE BLOCK FROM THE STUDIO CITY RESTAURANT WHERE SHE AND BLAKE HAD JUST HAD DINNER.
BLAKE CLAIMED THAT AFTER DINNER, HE WALKED HIS WIFE TO THEIR CAR. BUT HE REALIZED HE LEFT HIS GUN IN THE RESTAURANT.
HE WENT BACK FOR IT, AND WHEN HE RETURNED, BAKLEY WAS DEAD.
THE MURDER PUT THE ACTOR KNOWN BEST FOR HIS ROLE AS TV'S BARETTA BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT.
SHORTLY AFTER THE MURDER, BLAKE'S ATTORNEY, HARLAN BRAUN REVEALED STRANGE DETAILS ABOUT BAKLEY, SAYING SHE HAD A LOT OF ENEMIES.
BRAUN MAY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO PROTECT BLAKE, BUT HE WAS CRITICIZED FOR
MAKING DISPARAGING REMARKS ABOUT THE VICTIM.
-STAND-UP-
POLICE HAVE SO FAR RELEASED NO DETAILS.
ITS UP TO PROSECUTORS TO DETERMINE HOW TO CHARGE BLAKE. IF HE IS ARRAIGNED IT WILL BE MONDAY.))
[Italy-Plane]
[ANCHOR=Shan]
[NEWSCAST=11 p.m.]
[WRITER=syo]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=]
Officials are calling the crash of a small plane into a skyscraper in Italy an accident.
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[VO-NAT ]
[SUPER=03-Milan, Italy;]
Three people were killed when the plane punched through the 25th floor of a building in Milan.
The collision gutted two floors, sent shards of glass flying and started a fire than sent smoke pouring out over downtown.
The crash raised fears of a September eleventh-type terrorist attack, but officials say it was most likely a mistake.
The pilot had been flying the short trip from Switzerland to Milan.
Officials say the pilot failed several times to line up with the airport runway in Milan and eventually lost contact with the control tower.
He'd reported having trouble with his landing gear
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[Flight-93]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=jwi]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Families of the victims of one of the hijacked flights on September eleventh met with the FBI today.
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[VO-NAT 16:33:16]
[SUPER=03-Princeton, NJ;]
Family members of those killed on Flight 93 got to hear the "cockpit voice tape".
For some, it meant hearing their loved ones' last words.
But, everyone had their own reason for listening.
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[QUICK SOT]
[IN Q=We come here]
((KENNY NACKE: WE COME HERE TO HONOR OUR BROTHER.))
((JOHN BEAVEN: WE FEEL WE CAN REALLY EXPERIENCE WHAT OUR FATHER'S LAST HALF HOUR WAS LIKE))
[SUPER=01-Kenny Nacke; :00 QUICK!!!]
[SUPER=01-John Beaven; :04]
[RUNS=10]
[OUT Q=half hour was like]
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[VO-NAT]
Officials briefed families about what they would hear and described the tape as "very graphic" and "horrifying"... which made some people decide not to listen.
Flight 93 went down in a Pennsylvania field... hundreds of miles short of Washington DCTERMS.
Some family members hoped to learn of how their loved ones fought the hijackers and averted an attack on the capital.
One man who heard the tape said he learned things about the flight he never knew before, but wouldn't elaborate.
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[Cole]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=02-13 TC18:24]
[GRAPHIC=USS Cole]
The rebuilt U-S-S Cole will head for Norfolk tomorrow.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Pascagoula, MS]
The guided missile destroyer spent the last 14 months in southern Mississippi where it was being repaired following the terrorist attack on the ship in Yemen.
17 sailors were killed in the bombing in October 2000.
Naval officials expect the repair bill to come to 250 million dollars -- about one quarter the ship's original cost.
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[Tease1]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[WRITER=dse]
[NEWSCAST=11p]
[SS=None]
From the outside, it looks complete... but there still lots to do on the inside of Lexington Presbyterian Church.
We'll check in on the church's progress Next on News 7.
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[VO-NAT]
Plus the blaze at a Bedford County company is now being blamed on arson.
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[Sports-preview]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[RUNS=:25]
[OUT Q=..in sports"]
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[Lexington-Church]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=rle]
[TAPE#=02-05 TC1:42:10]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Worshippers at the Lexington Presbyterian Church are relieved to see scaffolding in their church's sanctuary instead of charred wood.
After the fire there more than a year and a half ago, work continues to rebuild the church, almost exactly as it looked before the fire.
Richard Lesko has more.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Lexington/July 2000; :00]
[SUPER=04-Today; :14]
[SUPER=01-Frank Parsons/Church Reconstruction Manager; :20]
[SUPER=@Richard2; :50]
[RUNS=1:28]
[OUT Q=rl, n7, Lexington; ]
(( In the summer of 2000 the future didn't look so bright for the Lexington Presbyterian church. Fire destroyed the church's roof, steeple, and sanctuary and left little undamaged.
In March the church got its new steeple, and now, work continues full bore on the interior of the building.
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[SOT - 11:41]
[INQ=There's a lot of...]
((FRANK PARSONS/CHURCH RECONSTRUCTION MANAGER; THERE'S A LOT OF PAINTING TO DO, A LOT OF STUCCO REPAIR, REPAIRS TO THE AREA AROUND THE WINDOWS. A GOOD BIT OF THAT STILL TO GO ON, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE DOWN THE EXTERIOR SCAFFOLDING. THAT ALSO GAVE THE APPEARANCE THAT WE WERE MAKING PROGRESS.))
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[OUTQ=were making progress.]
Workers are busy rebuilding the massive balcony which overlooked the sanctuary. The church is using steel beams instead of the original wooden ones, because of cost, and technology not available when the church was built in 1845.
Work has been slow at times, but officials say it's all a part of the process of rebuilding a church from ashes.
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[SOT - 12:08]
[INQ=It's coming along, and...]
((FRANK PARSONS/CHURCH RECONSTRUCTION MANAGER; IT'S COMING ALONG AND TAKING LONGER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE, BUT PART OF THAT WAS INEVITABLE, PART OF THE RESTORATION PROCESS. WE HAD TO DO A LOT OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH, AND HAD TO LEARN TO WORK WITH OUR INSURANCE COMPANY. THEY'RE NOT BAD PEOPLE, THEY JUST HAVE THEIR PROCESSES, AND WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY THEM.))
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[OUTQ=abide by them]
And if all those plans come off without a hitch, the church should be holding services in its sanctuary by the middle of November.
Richard Lesko, News 7, Lexington.))
[Bedford-Fire]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=02-10 TC42:55]
[GRAPHIC=Fire Invest.]
Investigators suspect a fire that gutted a Bedford County business last night was intentionally set.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Forest]
Crews from around central Virginia spent several hours battling the blaze at Innovative Machining on Graves Mill Road.
Arson investigators and an accelerant-sniffing dog were on the scene today.. and authorities say the fire is suspicious.
Damages are estimated at three million dollars.
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[Haleos]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=rca]
[TAPE#=02-08 TC1:17:53]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Montgomery County is taking steps to repossess a building that houses a struggling technology company.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Montgomery Co.;]
Officials say it's apparent Haleos will not be able to survive financially at its Blacksburg Industrial Park location.
The company, which makes fiber optic components, has been unable to keep up with lease payments and has furloughed or laid off nearly its entire staff.
Today repossession papers were filed in General District Court.
The county's Industrial Development Authority owns the 108-thousand square foot building.
A spokesman say they've been generous to the company, but that time has run out.
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[Mascot]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=rca]
[TAPE#=02-03 TC1:28:45]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Blacksburg High School students will now be know as Bruins...
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[VO-NAT :19]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg;]
Students voted in the new mascot today.
Out of nearly two-thousand ballots, 55-percent of the vote went to Bruins and 45-percent chose Blacksburg - meaning no mascot at all.
But many students say they still want to keep the Indians.
Last year the school board decided to change it because it was offensive to some.
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[SOT 2:05:24 // 2:03:34]
[IN Q=MOST ARE]
((MARIA SLEIMAN/BHS STUDENT; MOST ARE REALLY UPSET ABOUT IT BUT WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN I GUESS.))
((JOHN BORRELL/BHS STUDENT; I GUESS SO WE ALL GOT TO VOTE ON IT SO WE CAN'T BE TOO UPSET ABOUT IT AND IT'S JUST BEEN BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTION I THINK IT'S NOT REALLY THAT BIG OF A DEAL.))
[SUPER=01-Maria Sleiman/BHS Student; :00]
[SUPER=01-John Borrell/BHS Student; :07]
[RUNS=:17]
[OUT Q=BIG OF A DEAL.]
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[VO-NAT]
The school has two-years to make the change to the bear symbol.
One of the next steps will be to pick a Bruins mascot design.
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[Tease2]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[WRITER=dse]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[SS=None]
We only have about 24 hours left here on Colonial Avenue in Roanoke.
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[VO-NAT]
Next on News 7, Patrick Evans will have a light-hearted look at some of the things we won't miss about our current home.
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[Commercial]
[11-move]
[ANCHOR=SHANNON]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=pev]
[TAPE#=02-12 TC43:28]
[GRAPHIC=Building for the Future]
There is a great deal of excitement here at News 7 as we prepare to move to our new Digital Broadcast Center, but Patrick Evans couldn't help but get nostalgic for some of the things we loved most about this facility at 2001 Colonial Avenue.
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[TAKE FULL SCREEN BOARD]
Here he is to share his fond remembrances as we continue building for the future.
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[IN Q=]
[SUPER=@Patrick1; :08]
[SUPER=01-John Wiley-Vawter/WDBJ Production Department; 1:44]
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[OUT Q=Patrick Evans, News 7.]
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[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[SS=HOLD]
Tomorrow will be WDBJ-7's last day broadcasting from here on Colonial Avenue.
On News 7 Mornin, Steve Pardon will have the answers to some of the frequently asked questions about our old building and our new home.
[S-EXTRA]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=EXTRA]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Tech/ UVa baseball, an update on tech quarterback Grant Noel's injury and Dazzle promotions,
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-New York, NY; :00]
But first our Extra Point. Jeff Gordon took time out from his busy schedule to help Kelly host Regis and Kelly this morning. Gordon filled in for Regis and introduced womens fashions among other things. He is 8th in the points and his average finish so far this season is 14th.
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[S-Tech]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-113 1:18:06]
[GRAPHIC=Tech/UVa baseball]
Virginia Tech and Virginia came into last night's baseball match up with a combined 38 and 36 record.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem/Cavaliers vs. Hokies; :00]
To Salem Memorial Stadium.
In the first, John West connects on a two run double to left field that plates Chris Winterfelt and Marc Tugwell. 2--zip Hokies.
To the second, Pat Pinkman threads the needle up the first base line and Spencer Harris is gonna come on down from third.
[SUPER=34-Virginia Tech/8/Virginia/2;]
Then, Tugwell goes to the gap in right center, the extra basehit scores Bryan Copeland from third and the count is 4-zero Tech.
Jed English then scores Pinkman and Tugwell on the infield grounder, there's an error on the throw, Tech wins 8-2.
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[S-Majors]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-111]
[GRAPHIC=MLB]
To the majors. The Yankees won the rubber-match of their three-game series with Baltimore.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-New York, NY/Orioles vs. Yankees; :00]
Shane Spencer smacked a three-run homer when the Yanks trailed 4-to-2, his second homer in two nights. He reached base in all four plate appearances and hit a double.
[SUPER=35-New York/8/Baltimore/4;]
Jorge Posada had two R-B-I's for the Bombers, who've won two straight since dropping six of seven.
David Wells scattered seven hits over eight innings to move to 3-and-0 as the Yankees snip the Birds 8-4.
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[S-MLB]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-119]
[GRAPHIC=MLB]
The Milwaukee Brewers have fired manager Davey Lopes after a 3 and 12 start to the season. His interim replacement is bench coach Jerry Royster.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Detroit, MI/Devil Rays vs. Tigers; :00]
Lets go to some highlights from yesterday. In Detroit, at Comerica Park, the Tigers hosted Tampa Bay.
IN the sixth inning, watch the devil rays Brent Abernathy slip this hit into the outfield,
[SUPER=35-Tampa Bay/6/Detroit/4;]
that is gonna plate a run and it's 2-2, we are all tied up.
Not for long. The next batter is Chris Gomex and he cranks this shot down the third baseline, two more runs come on down and Tampa Bay downs Detroit 6-4.
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[S-Noel]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-115 1:20:17]
[GRAPHIC=TECH football]
Virginia Tech quarterback Grant Noel has a torn ACL in his left knee that was revealed by an MRI yesterday morning at Montgomery Regional Hospital.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg/Spring Practice; :00]
Noel, who will miss the spring game this Saturday, also underwent tests to measure the looseness of the knee. Results showed no significant looseness.
The next two weeks are crucial. If he does not require surgery, he should be back, with a brace by August. But if Noel goes under the knife, the rehab time is six months.
Reserve quarterback Bryan Randall will play for both teams in the spring game.
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[S-Schaub]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-112 1:37:12]
[GRAPHIC=UVa football]
UVa concludes spring ball Saturday with the Spring Festival. The offense will scrimmage the defense with points given out for touchdowns as well as receptions, completions, sacks, and interceptions.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Charlottesville; :00]
Now that Bryson Spinner has left he program, Matt Schaub is now the man under center everyone looks to. Schaub has made sure to garner everyone's respect.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Al Groh/UVa Head Coach; :00]
[SUPER=01-Matt Schaub/UVa Junior Quarterback; :13]
[RUNS=:23]
[OUT Q=.....at all costs"]
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[anchor=steve]
[graphic=uva football]
A few other notes about this weekend's UVa football festival, the winner between the offense and defense takes home the first annual coveted blue and orange hydrant. Also, two fans will be teamed with former Cavalier quarterbacks Shawn Moore and Matt Blundin in an alumni pass for accuracy contest.
[S-Bruce]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=11PM]
[WRITER=mbr]
[TAPE#=SP-120 10553tc]
[GRAPHIC=Redskins]
The Redskins have a lot of holes to fill, one they do not need to worry to much about in Saturday's NFL draft is defensive end, thanks to future Hall-of-Famer Bruce Smith.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Ashburn/July 2000]
Smith is under contract with the Redskins for this season. New Coach Steve Spurrier is hopeful that the 16-year veteran will be ready to go in time for training camp in July and help lead the Redskins back to the playoffs.
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[SOT-- Bruce Smith -- 19:13:09]
[IN Q="We're excited."]
[SUPER=01-Steve Spurrier/Redskins' Head Coach]
[RUNS=:27]
[OUT Q=...of it also."]
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[ANCHOR=STEVE]
[GRAPHIC=REDSKINS]
The Skins have the 18th overall pick in Saturday first round of the draft.
[S-Dazzle]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-117]
[GRAPHIC=Dazzle]
Roanoke's NBDL team made some dazzling front office moves today.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00]
Donna Daniels has been promoted from Roanoke Dazzle team president to NBDL vice president of marketing. The NBDL approached her and she's happy with one year in Roanoke.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Donna Daniels/NBDL Marketing Vice President; :00]
[RUNS=:14]
[OUT Q=.....accomplish so much"]
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[VO-NAT]
Her promotion means that Joe Preseren, a NBDL league administrator, becomes the new Dazzle president. Late season momentum should help him in his new role.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Joe Preseren/Dazzle New Team President; :]
[RUNS=:09]
[OUT Q=....grow further""]
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[S-Talladega]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-104 5208TC]
[GRAPHIC=TALLADEGA]
Winston Cup race number nine pulls into Talladega this weekend. Most cup drivers used to look forward to racing at the longest track on the circuit. But that was before restrictor plates.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=BITE]
[SUPER=01-Mark Martin/Viagra Ford Driver; :00]
[SUPER=03-Talladega, AL; :10]
[SUPER=01-Jeff Burton/Citgo Ford Driver; :27]
[SUPER=01-Rusty Wallace/Miller Ford Driver; :46]
[RUNS=:59]
[OUT Q=that's the problem."]
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by SS