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Coming up on News 7-
A reported explosion at the Radford Aresenal tonight.
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[VO-NAT]
The victims parents react after their former son in law is convicted in their daughters murder.
Plus a pair of shoes could help lead to a missing Utah girl.
And a civil war artifact is retrieved.
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[Talent=Jean]
News 7 at Eleven is next.
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[SOT 39:29]
[IN Q=Like I said Justice come rolling]
((LIKE I SAID, JUSTICE COME ROLLING OVER THOSE PEAKS. IT CAME SLOW, BUT IT CAME HARD.))
[RUNS=:04]
[OUT Q=but it came hard.]
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[VO-NAT]
Seven years after Loria Sluder's death, a Bedford County jury convicts Roy Sluder of murder.
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[Sluder]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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The verdict was second-degree murder. Roy Denver Sluder's sentence... 22 years in prison.
[DOUBLE BOXES=Jean & Joe/BAM;]
Joe Dashiell followed the final hours of his trial and has more tonight on the reaction.
[LIVE=Joe full/BAM]
[SUPER=@Joe1;]
Jean, this was an unusual case that started with a suicide investigation.
today, it took members of the jury four hours to consider a case that was seven years in the making.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=OPENS ON NAT SOUND]
[SUPER=03-Bedford; :05]
[SUPER=01-Tony Anderson/Sluder's Attorney; :24]
[SUPER=01-Dirk Padgett/Prosecutor; :33]
[SUPER=01-Lena Thurman/Victim's Mother; :48 Quick]
[SUPER=01-Joseph Thurman/Victim's Brother; :54 QUICK!]
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[OUT Q=at least some justice was done.]
(([OPENS ON NAT SOUND OF VERDICT]
Roy Sluder was charged with first degree murder, accused of killing his estranged wife in 1995.
Authorities first ruled Loria Sluder's death a suicide, but later charged her husband after re-testing evidence from the scene.
Prosecutors argued that Roy Sluder killed his wife after he learned she was seeing another man.
[SOT]
[IN Q=It appears to me it was a compromise verdict]
((TONY ANDERSON/SLUDER'S ATTORNEY: IT APPEARS TO ME IT WAS A COMPROMISE VERDICT. THEY KIND OF SPLIT THE VERDICT FORM IN HALF, AND APPARENTLY THAT WAY ON PUNISHMENT AS WELL.))
((DIRK PADGETT/PROSECUTOR: THEY CAME BACK WITH A MURDER CONVICTION. I COULDN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT. THAT'S WHAT IT WAS... MURDER.))
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[OUT Q=what it was murder.]
Roy Sluder was taken into custody folowing the verdict, and members of his family declined comment.
Loria Sluder's relatives said they were glad to put the trial behind them.
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[IN Q=I knew he did it]
((LENA THURMAN/VICTIM'S MOTHER: I KNEW HE DID IT. AND I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO GO FREE, BUT I'M GLAD IT'S OVER.))
((JOSEPH THURMAN/VICTIM'S BROTHER: AT LEAST SOME JUSTICE WAS DONE.))
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[OUT Q=at least some justice was done.]))
[LIVE=Joe full/BAM]
Roy Sluder will return to the courthouse when Judge Jim Updike imposes the sentence.
[DOUBLE BOXES=Jean & Joe/BAM;]
And Jean, Sluder's attorney Tony Anderson, says he anticipates an appeal.[Radford-Arsenal]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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An apparent explosion rocked the Radford Arsenal earlier this evening,
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Montgomery Co;]
but details are still hard to come by.
We do know that it happened around 6-thirty tonight- A News 7 crew spotted at least one ambulance and one sheriff's patrol car entering the plant gates.
Security officials at the plant would not comment on what might have caused the explosion or if anyone was injured.
Our attempts to reach plant officials by phone were not successful.
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[React-Wilkins]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=mmu]
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House Speaker Vance Wilkins' political future is in doubt following allegations that he settled a sexual harassment suit.
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[VO-NAT :29]
[SUPER=03-Richmond/File Tape]
It was reported today that Wilkins paid at least 100-thousand dollars to a 26-year-old woman in Amherst County.
Lawmakers in Richmond say those are serious allegations.
Some Democrats are already calling for a formal investigation by the House ethics review panel.
Wilkins has already been linked to the recent GOP eavesdropping scandal.
The latest controversy is raising questions even among Republicans about Wilkins' continued leadership in the House of Delegates
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[SOT 14:31:48]
[IN Q=IF THE FACTS ARE TRUE]
((ATTORNEY GENERAL JERRY KILGORE: IF THE FACTS ARE TRUE I THINK IT CALLS INTO QUESTION HIS ABILITY TO LEAD AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.))
[SUPER=@kilgore]
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[OUT Q=speaker of the house.]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Amherst Co.;]
As for Wilkins, the Speaker of the House was in his house .. but he wasn't speaking.
Wilkins had said earlier in the day he was working on preparing a statement but this evening told News7 he would have "no" comment except to deny the allegations.
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[Toss-2-Robin]
Jean tosses to Robin in Weather Center
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[11:00pm]
[06/07/2002]
[MCU]WEATHER OFFICE Position #1
[WXPRO/FULL]WEATHER MAP
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[Toss back to anchor][Skakel]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]
Kennedy Cousin Michael Skakel is spending his first night in prison-
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[VO-NAT 20:05:05 mug shot]
He was convicted today of the murder of his teenage neighbor Martha Moxley- 27 years ago-
Skakel was then taken to jail, photographed and fingerprinted.
The 41 year old slumped slightly as the verdict was read- he looked suprised and on the verge of tears.
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[SOT 14:01:29]
[IN Q=]
((MICKEY SHERMAN/SKAKEL'S ATTORNEY: THIS IS NOT OVER. I'M NOT BITTER I'M DETERMINED. I BELIEVE IN MICHAEL SKAKEL. I BELIEVE MICHAEL SKAKEL.))
[SUPER=01-Mickey Sherman/Skakel's Attorney;]
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[OUT Q=MICHAEL SKAKEL (DOUBLE OUTCUE)]
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[VO-NAT 05]
Martha Moxley's mother says justice has finally been served.
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[IN Q=]
((DOROTHY MOXLEY/MARTHA'S MOTHER: I JUST FEEL SO BLESSED SO OVERWHELMED THIS IS TRULY MARTHA'S DAY . I HOPE PEOPLE REMEMER THAT.))
[SUPER=01-Dorothy Moxley/Martha's Mother;]
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[OUT Q=hope people remember that.]
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[VO-NAT 15 plus pad]
A member of the jury said the panel worked hard to find something that would acquit Skakel- but he said they could not.
The case was based almost entirely on testimony from people who said they had heard Skakel confess.
Skakel faces ten years to life in prison.
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[Rkelly]
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[WRITER=jja]
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Singer R. Kelly is back in Chicago to face charges of child pornogrphy.
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[VO-NAT 04.5]
[SUPER=03-Chicago, IL]
Kelly posted ten thousand dollars bond and was released.
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[SOT 13:49:52]
[IN Q=]
((REPORTER: ROBERT WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY? R. KELLY: I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO MY DAY IN COURT.))
[SUPER=01-R. Kelly/Singer;]
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[OUT Q=TO MY DAY IN COURT.]
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[VO-NAT 10 plus pad]
Kelly is facing 21 charges in connection with a sex videotape. Authorities say the tape shows Kelly involved in sexual acts with minors- Kelly says it's not him on the tape.
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[Missing-Girl]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=jja]
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The shoes 14 year old Elizabeth Smart was wearing may provide a vital clue to finding the teenager-
As Chris Lawrence reports- it's been two days since the girl was taken from her home- and police are looking for any leads they can find.
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[IN Q=Investigators]
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[Super=01-Captain Scott Atkinson/Salt Lake City Police; :08]
[Super=01-Cynthia Smart-Owens/Elizabeth's Aunt; :29]
[Super=01-Susan Bogeter/Volunteer; :41]
[SUPER=01-Jeremy Wilcox/Volunteer; 1:02]
[SUPER=01-Chris Lawrence/CBS News; 1:09]
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[OUT Q=standard outcue. ]
(( Investigators have now identified the type of shoes Elizabeth took
with her .. which could help police find footprints or other clues.
Captain Scott Atkinson/Salt Lake City Police -
"Rather than have people out searching and picking and calling us on every pair of shoes they find in the foothills .. let's look for the
right kind of shoes."
Detectives have few leads to go on. They spent all day Friday searching the canyon where volunteers saw someone suspicious.
Captain Scott Atkinson/Salt Lake City Police-
"Nothing. It turned up nothing."
But two thousand volunteers refuse to give up, and a community's
compassion brought Elizabeth's aunt to tears.
Cynthia Smart-Owens/Elizabeth's Aunt -
"We believe that Elizbeth is still living, and we feel urgently that we
need to find her."
But with each hour that goes by, the less hope there will be.
Susan Vogeter/Volunteer.
I feel like we've got to find something soon
Susan Vogeter keeps searching because of her own daughter...just
one year older than Elizabeth.
Susan Vogeter
(he's frightening...for women)
Elizabeth's parents were sleeping when someone broke into their
home Wednesday morning. Police say a man kidnapped Elizabeth at
gunpoint, and warned her little sister not so say anything. Detectives,
FBI agents and volunteers have been looking ever since.
Jeremy Wilcox/Volunteer.
what keeps me motivated is my little girl here Just
looking at that little child..it could be my little girl out there.))
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
[WRITER=ejo]
[NEWSCAST=11p]
[SS=None]
Gunmen enter a Jewish settlement overnight and open fire. Still ahead, more deaths in the Middle East.
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[VO-NAT]
And later, more history retrieved from a sunken Confederate sub .. a pocket watch from another time.
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[OUT Q=...in sports"]
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[Israel]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=jja]
[TAPE#=None]
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Violence tonight in the Middle East-
Palestinians reportedly entered a Jewish settlement in the West Bank early Saturday morning- and killed three Israelis in a shooting attack.
Four Israelis were reported wounded, including two who are in serious condition.
[Philippines-Missionary]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[VO-NAT 14:06:33]
[SUPER=03-Zamboanga, Philippines]
An American hostage in the Philippines was rescued today, but her husband was caught in a crossfire and killed.
Kansas Missionaries Martin and (GRAY-SHUH) Gracia Burnham were being rescued when shots were exchanged between government troops and Philippine rebels.
Martin Burnham and a Filipino nurse were shot and killed.
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[IN Q=We recognize that]
((PAUL BURNHAM/MARTIN BURNHAM'S FATHER: WE RECOGNIZE THAT HE'S IN HEAVEN. WE RECOGNIZE THAT HE DID WHAT HE COULD FOR PEOPLE WHILE HE WAS HERE.))
[SUPER=01-Paul Burnham/Martin Burnham's father;]
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[OUT Q=he was here]
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[VO-NAT]
Gracia Burnham was shot in her thigh, and is recovering after surgery.
The extremist group was holding the Burhams .. and is thought to have ties to Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaida terrorism network.
Four kidnappers were also killed and seven soldiers wounded in the operation.
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[Western-Fires]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=ejo]
[TAPE#=Net]
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Firefighters are having a tough time in Southern California.
Thousands have been evacuated. Manuel Gallegus reports.
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[SOT 17:46:33]
[IN Q=It's early]
[SUPER=03-Green Valley, CA; :00]
[SUPER=01-Russ Batt/Green Valley Resident; :21]
[SUPER=01-Tanya Baldyga/Green Valley Resident; :29]
[SUPER=01-Captain JoAnn Cantos/Department of Forestry; :40]
[SUPER=01-Manuel Gallegus/CBS News; 1:00]
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[OUT Q=Manuel Gallegus, CBS News.]
((ITS EARLY IN THE FIRE SEASON-BUT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ACRES IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA ARE ALREADY BURNINGDUE TO DRY VEGETATIONAND HOT WEATHER.
A FIRE IN SAUGUS, ON THE OURTSKIRTS OF LOS ANGELES IS NO WHERE NEAR
CONTAINMENTABOUT TWO THOUSAND RESIDENTS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE RUGGED
LANDSCAPE HAVE BEEN TOLD TO EVACUATEBUT SOME PREFER TO TAKE THEIR
CHANCES.
-SOT-RUSS BATT, GREEN VALLEY RESIDENT
yesterday they said we had to leave, but theres nobody enforcing it, so
were going to stay.
-SOT-TANYA BALDYGA, GREEN VALLEY RESIDENT
30;35 all of our vehicles a packedweve been ready for that since
yesterday were pointing down the street.
FIREFIGHTERS SAY RESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE BEEN LONG GONE.
SOT-CAPT. JoANN CANTOS, DEPT. OF FORESTRY 12;30;18
these people are in danger until the fire is out. The winds could shift,
anything could happen.
SEVEN HOMES, AND TWELVE OTHER STRUCTURES HAVE BURNED. FIREFIGHTERS ARE
NOW POSITIONED TO PROTECT THE OTHER HOMES...AND HAVE SET BACK FIRES TO
BURN OUT BRUSH.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAS POWER INFRASTUCTURE ALSO RUNS THROUGH THIS
MOUNTAIN AREAAND THAT COULD LEAD TO ROLLING BLACKOUTS FOR CERTAIN
COMMUNTIES.
THIS AREA HASNT BURNED IN 40 YEARS IT APPEARS THE FIRE WAS STARTED
ACCIDENTALLY, BY A WELDERS TORCH.
MANUEL GALLEGUS, CBS NEWS.))
[Hunley-Watch]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=jja]
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It was a watch used nearly 150 years ago by a confederate commander-
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-N. Charleston, SC]
Today the artifact was recovered- pulled from the ill-fated Hunley Submarine.
Scientists discovered the pocket watch which was owned by the Hunley commander- George Dixon.
It was found in the block of sediment removed earlier from the sub- that contained Dixon's remains.
The time piece is decorated on both sides- and includes a chain and ornate fob.
Scientists don't know if it works- they'll X-ray the watch to figure that out.
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[Tease2]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[WRITER=ejo]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[SS=None]
Sid Clower gets his trial moved. Still ahead, where it's going, and why.
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[VO-NAT]
And one guy is going nowhere. The pizza man gets that sinking feeling when a roadway buckles in.
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[Commercial]
[Clower]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=rle]
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[GRAPHIC=Sid Clower]
The trial for suspended Henry County Administrator Sid Clower' will NOT be held in Henry County, but more likely Roanoke instead.
Circuit Court Judge Martin Clark approved a defense motion to move the trial because he believed an impartial jury could NOT be seated in Henry County.
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[SUPER=03-Henry Co.;]
Clower is accused of stealing nearly 800-thousand dollars from the Henry County Public Service Authority, then using some of the money to pay child support to a fellow employee
If a courtroom is NOT available in Roanoke, then the trial could be held in Radford. The trial is scheduled to begin on July 30th.
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[Glenvar-Breakin]
[ANCHOR=Shan]
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[WRITER=syo]
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It's basic police work that paid off. Two suspects were caught in connection with an overnight break-in at Glenvar High School.
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[VO-NAT :30]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;]
No word yet on what, if anything, was taken .. or whether there is any property damage.
Roanoke County Police officers checked out the school early this morning after noticing broken glass in one of the doors.
Two suspects inside ran away, but were later detained.
20-year old James R. Weeks of Roanoke County is charged with burglary and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Police also plan to charge another suspect, a 16-year old boy, with burglary.
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[Health-Dept]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=jsu]
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Seniors who rely on the Health Department for low cost medications will soon have to find other resources.
As of June 30th, the Health Department will only provide prescriptions to its patients.
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[VO-NAT:11]
[SUPER=03-Salem]
For Elwood Journell that's a hard pill to swallow because he has 16 different prescriptions.
He says he may end up paying more than twice as much for his medications.
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[SOT3:59]
[IN Q=I can't buy all the medicine]
((ELWOOD JOURNELL: I CAN'T BUY ALL OF HT. MEDICINE THERE'S NO WAY AND WHEN THEY CALLED AND TOLD ME IT WAS DEVASTATING))
[SUPER=07-Elwood Journell]
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[OUT Q=it was devastating]
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[VO-NAT :10]
Roanoke and Alleghany Health Districts were forced to change their policies on medication distribution after it was uncovered that they were violating a contract.
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[SOT18:55]
[IN Q=It has to do with compliance]
((DR. MOLLY O'DELL: HEALTH DEPT. DIRECTOR: IT HAS TO DO WITH COMPLIANCE WITH A CONTRACT AND WE DON'T WANT OUR PRACTICE TO DISABLE THE WHOLE STATE FROM BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THESE GREAT SERVICE OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACT))
[SUPER=01-Dr. Molly O'Dell/Health Dept. Director]
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[OUT Q=public service contract]
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[VO-NAT:09]
The Health Department is trying to help the 2-thousand people affected by this change by connecting them to other pharmacy programs.
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[5-Bug-Dog]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=jmi]
[TAPE#=502-07 40:40]
[GRAPHIC=none]
A local exterminating company has a new weapon against termites.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Her name is Bugsy, and she's spent 600 hours learning how to sniff out bugs.
The yellow lab was scheduled to be put down at a Florida animal shelter until a trainer picked her from the bunch.
She found a home with the folks at Bug Men Exterminating in Roanoke.
It cost 30-thousand dollars for the dog, her training and the company's new marketing scheme.
But it's an investment Bugsy's owner refuses to bark about.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=If there is termites]
((TIM NINIGER/BUG MAN EXTERMINATING: IF THERE IS TERMITES, IT'S LOCATING THEM EARLIER THAN HUMANS. WE CAN INSPECT 15 PERCENT OF A HOUSE. IF IT'S A CLEAR HOUSE THEN IT'S WORTH IT TO KNOW YOUR HOME IS CLEAR.))
[SUPER=01-Tim Niniger/Bug Man Exterminating]
[RUNS=11]
[OUT Q=home is clear.]
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[VO-NAT]
Bugsy trains three times a day, seven days a week.
And she's already inspecting homes across the Valley.
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[06/07/2002]
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[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=EXTRA]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
The spring jubilee rolls on tonight, we will have state tournament semifinal action for ya, also major league baseball, but first our extra point.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Memphis, TN;:00]
Mike Tyson weighed in at the second-heaviest weight of his career for his heavyweight title fight with Lennox Lewis. Tyson weighed 234 and 1/2 pounds, 16 and 1/2 pounds more than for his second fight with Evander Holyfield. A few days ago, his trainer had predicted Tyson would weigh between 225-230 pounds. Lewis, meanwhile, weighed 249 and 1/4 pounds, compared with 246 for his last fight.
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[S-BLACKSBURG]
[ANCHOR=STEVE]
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[WRITER=mbr]
[TAPE#=SP-119]
[GRAPHIC=Group AA Soccer]
We begin tonight with the Virginia High School League Spring Jubilee in Radford. The action beginning this evening with the Group-Double-A Soccer Semi-Finals where Blacksburg faced Potomac Falls/
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Radford/Potomac Falls vs. Blacksburg; :00]
The Indians entered the game unbeaten and looking to advance to yet another state championship game.
We Pick it up in the first half with the score tied at 1. Blacksburg's Elliott Stallings fires a shot from just in front of the goal and somehow it doesn't go in as the game remains tied with time running out in the half.
But, Blacksburg kept up the pressure. With under two minutes to go in the half, Stallings' corner kick goes right to Eric Eversole who heads it in.
[SUPER=34-Blacksburg/3/Potomac Falls/2 ; :]
Blacksburg takes a 2-to-1 lead at the half. The Indians advance to the state final with a 3-to-2 win over Potomac Falls.
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[S-Byrd]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=twe]
[TAPE#=SP-126 0012TC]
[GRAPHIC=Group AA Soccer]
Blacksburg will take on Chancellor in the state championship tomorrow night at five o'clock at Radford high school. The Chargers beat William Byrd.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Radford/Chancellor vs. William Byrd; :00]
Blacksburg has been the achilles heel for Jeff Highfill's Terriers in recent years, but today it was Chancellor.
Midway thru the first half, Byrd's Brad Collins makes a great move to get free and then Collins finds the back of the net, breaking a 1-all tie, and putting the Terriers on top 2-1.
But just before the half, Sean Hinkle gets Chancellor even, knotting the score at two with this goal off the free kick.
Hinkle strikes again in the opening minutes of the second half. His second goal of the contest was the
[SUPER=34-Chancellor/3/William Byrd/2/;]
game winner and Chancellor knocks off William Byrd by a final of 3 to 2.
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[anchor=steve]
[graphic=1a soccer]
In single A soccer, George Mason beat Radford 2-nothing.[S-Soccer]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=twe]
[TAPE#=SP-125 0012 TC]
[GRAPHIC=Group AA Soccer]
The William Byrd ladies battled Western Albemarle in the Group 2A girls final four..
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Radford/Western Albemarle vs. William Byrd; :00]
Defense dominated throughout. Both goalies made several spectacular saves which led to a scoreless regulation period, followed by a scoreless five minute overtime. But in the second extra session, Western
[SUPER=34-Western Albemarle/1/William Byrd/0/;]
Albemarle broke the drought, just two minutes into sudden death and the Lady Warriors defeat William Byrd by a final score of 1 to nothing.
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[anchor=steve]
[graphic=2a soccer]
Western Albemarle plays Potomac Falls tomorrow at 7 PM at Radford High school for the title. Potomac Falls beat Sale
m 3-2 in the other semifinal tonight.[S-FOREST]
[ANCHOR=STEVE]
[NEWSCAST=11PM]
[WRITER=mbr]
[TAPE#=SP-121]
[GRAPHIC=AA Baseball]
We switch gears to Baseball now. The Group-Double-A Semi-Finals under the lights at Calfee Park in Pulaski.
Amherst lost to Turner Ashby in game one 5-to-1. Game two matched 25-and-1 Jefferson Forest against Handley.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Pulaski/Handley vs. Jefferson Forest; :00]
Forest jumped on Handley in the top of the first. Ben Hunter slaps a roller down to first. Hunter is out at first, but A. J. Lucadamo scores from third giving Jefferson Forest a 1-to-nothing lead.
Still in the first, Austin Higley gets one to drop into short center field for a base hit. This scores two runs and the Cavaliers now lead 3-to-nothing.
Top of the second, Jefferson Forest adds two more runs. Allen Bryant hits a 356 foot home run over the wall in right center field. It's a two-run shot.
[SUPER=34-Jefferson Forest/6/Handley/7 ; :]
Jefferson Forest leads 5-to-nothing after two, but Handley rallies to beat Jefferson Forest 7-to-6. The Cavaliers finish the season with a 25-and-2 record.
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To Softball now and the Group-Double-A Semi-Finals. In the First Game, Northside faced Park-View Sterling.
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[SUPER=03-Radford/Park View vs. Northside; :00]
The Lady Vikings brought a 24-and-3 record into their second straight appearance in the state semi-finals.
Northside pitcher Lindsey Jarrett was throwing smoke early, striking out Park View's Veronica Skinner as the Lady Patriots go quietly in the top of the first inning.
Move to the top of the second, Park View's Megan Smith slaps one into right-center field, Smith pulls into second with a double and the Lady Patriots are threatening.
But, Jarrett stopped the threat by striking out Juile Dominguez to end the inning.
[SUPER=34-Park View/2/Northside/0/Vikings finish 24-4; :]
Park View advancs to tommorow's state championship game with a 2-to-nothing win over Northside. The Lady Vikings finish 24-and-4.
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In group A softball, James River ace Angela Tincher again would try and work her magic from the mound.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Radford/Randolph-Henry vs. James River; :00]
Randolph-Henry stood in between the Knights and the state title game.
Tincher cruised through the first 4 innings. In the 5th, with two runners on, she works out of a jam with a strikeout keeping this one scoreless.
But in the 6th, Tincher ran into trouble. Randolph-Henry's Megan Holt scampers home on the passed ball giving the Lady Statesmen a 1-nothing lead.
The Knights get the run back in the bottom of the inning when Hollie Hall smacks a shot to short scoring Brooke Harlow sending the game to extra innings.
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But in the top of the ninth, Randolph-Henry pushes across the winning run ending James River's season 2 to 1.
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Randolph Henry will meet Gate City in the state championship tomorrow at 3 PM at radford University. Gate City beat
William Campell 6-1 today.[S-RU]
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Unfortunately, two teams lose in the semifinal round at the Spring jubilee, but Travis Wells explains how host Radford University is winning all weekend long.
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[S-Pocono]
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Winston Cup qualifying for Sunday's Pocono 500 was cancelled today.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Long Pond, PA; :]
Heavy rains last night and over the last five days have saturated the ground, causing water to seep through the asphalt in some areas of the track. Workers have been out on the track and in the surrounding infield areas trying to remove the water.
The qualifying order will be based on Winston Cup owners points. Points leader Sterling Marlin starts on the pole, followed by Jimmie Johnson and then Jeff Gordon. The Pocono 500 is Sunday at 12:30.
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[S-Express]
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[GRAPHIC=Express]
Former Roanoke Express assistant coach Mark Bernard resigned his position May first so he could spend more time with his family. Bernard has found a way to enjoy both of his passions, family and coaching hockey.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00]
Yesterday, Bernard announced he is getting back into to coaching in the ECHL. Bernard has accepted the assistant coaching job with the Toledo Storm under head coach Claude Newell. He now lives 3 and half hours from family. Bernard signs a one year contract with the Storm.
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He usually delivers pizzas- but one pizza delivery man
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[VO-NAT 13:33:31]
[SUPER=03-Charlotte, NC]
had some trouble on his way to work today.
He turned left and down he went- into a sinkhole on a Charlotte street.
He wasn't hurt, but the car was damaged.
A water main is under construction in the area- but officials still don't know for sure what caused the sinkhole.
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