[1-News-Head]
[ANCHOR=Teresa]
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[VO-NAT]
Another allegation surfaces against House Speaker Vance Wilkins.
Ahead on NEWS 7 at six... an Amherst woman talks about an experience with Wilkins in which she claims the Republican made inappropriate advances.
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[anchor=Teresa]
And, dozens of folks gather at the Hotel Roanoke for a weekend of cutting the rug.
[Sports-Head]
[ANCHOR=travis]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=twe]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=]
Coming up in sports, tennis from the French Open..we'll go racing in the Poconos,
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[VO-NAT]
and it may be summer time, but the Avalanche get snowed under today at Salem Memorial Stadium.
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[WX-Head]
[ANCHOR=Robin]
[SS=None]
A pleasant evening in store for most of the region, cool in others. I'll have your work week forecast coming up.
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[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=rca]
[TAPE#=Video Open]
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((ELIZABETH MASSIE; IT WOULD BE MY WORD AGAINST HIS BUT I DO HAVE A WITNESS SUSAN PORTER WHO OBSERVED IT.))
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[VO-NAT]
More problems for House Speaker Vance Wilkins.
A second woman comes forward with allegations he touched her inappropriately.
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[ANCHOR=Teresa]
[GRAPHIC=News7at6]
Good evening, I'm Teresa Hamilton.
[Wilkins]
[ANCHOR=Teresa]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=rca]
[TAPE#=02-25 TC-11:28]
[GRAPHIC=Wilkins]
Republican leaders will meet privately in Richmond on Monday to discuss sexual harassment allegations against House Speaker Vance Wilkins.
The Amherst Delegate is being faced with potential career ending situations with two different women.
Just days ago reports surfaced that Wilkins paid a woman 1-hundred-thousand dollars to settle a sexual harassment complaint last summer. Then this weekend another woman came forward saying Wilkins touched her inappropriately.
New 7's Rachel Cannon spoke with her today and has more...
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Amherst Co.; :00]
[SUPER=@File; :07]
[SUPER=01-Elizabeth Massie; :15]
[SUPER=@Rachel2; :53]
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[OUT Q=Rachel Cannon, News 7, Amherst]
(( Elizabeth Massie says it's her conscience that's making her come forward to talk about what she calls a humiliating experience with House Speaker Vance Wilkins
It allegedly happened at a Christmas party about six months ago.
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[SOT 2:36:07]
[IN Q=i WAS]
((ELIZABETH MASSIE; I WAS SITTING ON THE SOFA WITH HIM AND I HAD ON A CHRISTMAS DRESS ON AND HE STARTED RUBBING MY LEG, IT WAS LATE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS INTENTIONS WERE.))
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Wilkins tells the Associated Press he doesn't remember making improper sexual advances toward a woman at a Christmas party last year.
45-year-old Massie says she has a friend who witnessed the event...but no intentions of pressing charges.
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[SOT 2:38:25]
[IN Q=The community]
((THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS MAN'S CHARACTER I MEAN HE SITS IN RICHMOND TALKING ABOUT FAMILY VALUES BUT IS HE WALKING THE WALK, TALKING THE TALK, IS HE, I MEAN THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO DECIDE, THE STATE NEEDS TO DECIDE.))
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Wilkins' political future may be decided at a special meeting at the state Capital.
Republican State Attorney General Jerry Kilgore said this week the allegations are troubling, and if it's true, it will be tough for Wilkins to stay on as speaker.
PREPRO
House Majority Floor Leader Morgan Griffith said in a phone interview:
"I can't speak for the caucus...if he comes in here and says I go around touching women then that's a problem...we'll wait and hear from Vance before I pass judgment."
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[IN Q=I just]
((I JUST FELT LIKE HE ALSO THINKS BECAUSE OF HIS JOB TITLE THAT HE CAN GET WHAT HE WANTS, WHEN HE WANTS, AND FROM WHO HE WANTS.))
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The Republican caucus wants to hear his side of the story Monday.
Rachel Cannon, News 7, Amherst.))
[Danville-Fire]
[ANCHOR=Teresa]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=rle]
[TAPE#=02-12 TC-1:42:43]
[GRAPHIC=Fire Invest.]
The fire that destroyed a warehouse owned by a Danville tobacco company remains under investigation.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Danville;]
The blaze broke out shortly before three o'clock yesterday at a secondary warehouse on the Dimon property.
The warehouse was used to store equipment. Both the building and equipment inside are a total loss.
So far no cause for the fire has been found, and fire crews are still investigating.
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[US-Airways]
[ANCHOR=Teresa]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=ejo]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
U-S Airways is holding serious talks about concessions with its unions .. but union leaders say they are dissatisfied with the company's proposals.
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[VO-NAT 01-33 1:26:06 :19+]
[SUPER=03-Arlington/October 2001]
U-S Airways is seeking federally-backed loans, and union concessions, to stave off bankruptcy .. and it wants those concessions by next Saturday .. so it can apply for a billion dollars in federal loan guarantees.
The airline must submit that plan by June 28th. It hopes to cut its annual labor costs by 950 million dollars a year.
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[Clower]
[ANCHOR=Teresa]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=rle]
[TAPE#=02-13 TC-1:20:31]
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Suspended Henry County Administrator Sid Clower would like to tell his part of the story.
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[SUPER=03-Henry Co./Friday;]
However, following a court hearing on Friday, Clower's attorney said his client has long been a visible and vocal part of the community, but is having to keep quiet about the embezzlement charges he faces.
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[IN Q=I think Mr. Clower...]
((GUY HARBERT/CLOWER'S ATTORNEY; I THINK MISTER CLOWER HAS A STORY THAT HE WANTS TO TELL. I HAVE TOLD HIM THAT IT WOULD NOT BE IN HIS INTERESTS AT THIS POINT IN THE CASE TO MAKE SUCH STATEMENTS. AND THAT'S BEEN DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO SIT BY AND BE SILER, BUT I'M CONVINCED IT'S IN IS BEST INTERESTS, AND THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED.))
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[OUT Q=we're going to proceed.]
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Clower's case was tentatively moved from Henry County to a Roanoke City court.
The case is scheduled to begin on July 30th.
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[Roanoke-Supervisors]
[ANCHOR=Teresa]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=02-11 TC-1:51:59]
[GRAPHIC=none]
A public hearing is scheduled for Tuesday regarding a proposed pay raise for Roanoke County's Board of Supervisors.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./May 28;]
The proposal was outlined by County Attorney Paul Mahoney at the board's last meeting.
The two and a half percent pay raise would amount to approximately 329- dollars a year for each supervisor.
This would bring each supervisors yearly salary up to about 13- thousand five hundred dollars each.
The chairman and vice-chair earn slightly more for their roles.
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[D-Day-Memorial]
[ANCHOR=Teresa]
[NEWSCAST=Six]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=02-03 TC-1:48:05]
[GRAPHIC=D-Day Memorial]
Bedford County's business community is rallying behind the National D-Day Memorial... and the effort to retire the memorial's multi-million dollar debt.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Bedford Co.]
Businessman Danny Johnson has printed 50- thousand D-Day Dollars.
The free coupons will offer a discount to customers, and a contribution from participating businesses to the Memorial.
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[IN Q=It's got my name on it right at the present]
((DANNY JOHNSON/PEAKS OF OTTER WINERY: IT'S GOT MY NAME ON IT RIGHT AT THE PRESENT, BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW HOW WELL IT WAS GOING TO BE ACCEPTED, BUT MAIN STREET BEDFORD IS TAKING IT ON. THEY'RE GOING TO START ACCEPTING THEM. THERE'S QUITE A FEW BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOING TO START ACCEPTING THEM AND I HOPE IT SPREADS TO ROANOKE AND LYNCHBURG.))
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[OUT Q=spreads to Roanoke and Lynchurg.]
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[VO-NAT]
Despite raising more than a million dollars during its first year of operation, the National D-Day Memorial still owes about five million dollars to creditors.
Johnson says D-Day Dollars will be available in many Bedford businesses, and in some local publications.
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[Tease#1]
[ANCHOR=Teresa]
[SS=NONE]
Still ahead on News 7 at 6, hundreds of people file lawsuits against companies they say are responsible for massive flooding in West Virginia...
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[VO-NAT]
and the Hotel Roanoke was host to plenty of fancy footwork today. More on that coming up, but first Robin Reed waltzes in with a peek at today's forecast.
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[WV-Flooding]
[ANCHOR=Teresa]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=02-14 TC-1:30:12]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Some West Virginia residents are questioning the role that mining and timbering may have played in last summer's flooding.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-McDowell Co., WV/Last July]
An attorney for flood victims in Mercer and McDowell counties wants a judge to order the immediate release of an UN-edited draft report.
The document deals with the impact of mining and timbering on flood risks.
The Department of Environmental Protection released a draft copy of the report Tuesday.
But a petition filed by an attorney on Friday alleges several facts were edited from the report.
The attorney is one of two lawyers suing coal and timber operators over damage from last July's flooding in southern West Virginia.
Nearly 500 people have joined those lawsuits, which name more than 75 companies as defendants.
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[Cyber-Park]
[ANCHOR=Teresa]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=jmi]
[TAPE#=02-16 TC-49:25]
[GRAPHIC=Business News]
Congressman Virgil Goode and Senator George Allen will head to Southside tomorrow with a check in hand for the economically challenged areas of Danville and Pittsylvania County.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Danville/File Tape]
They'll present seven hundred thousand dollars for infrastructure upgrades at the area's new Cyberpark.
It's located at the intersection of routes 29 and 58 in Danville.
The three hundred acre park will feature the latest fiber connections and electrical system found only in one other location in the U.S.
We'll have more tomorrow on News 7 at 6.
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[Ballroom-Dancing]
[ANCHOR=Teresa]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=rca]
[TAPE#=02-10 TC-1:47:10]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Hotel Roanoke is playing host to the talents of some ballroom dancers...
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Pro and amateur teams are competing in the 9th annual Virginia Star Ball.
In addition to presenting awards, the event will finish with a grand banquet featuring world class dancing pairs.
Organizers say the dancers showcased at today's event travel to these types of competitions each week.
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((ANNA SMART/EVENT ORGANIZER; IT ATTRACTS PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE EASTERN SEABOARD WE ALSO HAVE DANCERS HERE FROM TEXAS, FROM FLORIDA AND WE HAVE THIS AFTERNOON, THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON, WE HAVE PRO AMATEUR AND AMATEUR COUPLES COMPETING AND THIS EVENING WE HAVE AN AWARDS BANQUET.))
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[VO-NAT]
Starting tomorrow at Hotel Roanoke is a ballroom dance camp.
Experts from around the world will be holding lessons on various types of dances Monday through Wednesday.
Dancers under 16 are being admitted free of charge.
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[Tease#2]
[ANCHOR=Teresa]
[SS=NONE]
Still to come on News 7 at 6, the Hillcats and Avalanche locked horns this afternoion, and it got ugly quick for Salem. Travis Wells will be along with highlights...
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[VO-NAT]
but before that, we'll see how a local high school student gets her kicks after school. Stay with us, there's much more ahead...
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[Profile-Karate]
[ANCHOR=Teresa]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=csc]
[TAPE#=PROFILE#5 1:35:06]
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For her sport, she's one of the nation's top young female athletes, and lives right here in Southwest Virginia.
In this week's Virginia Profile, intern reporter Chris Schaffer introduces us to a young woman who's getting her kicks on the mat.
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[IN Q=Whoever said girls]
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[SUPER=01-Syreeta Catlett/Kickboxing Champion; :08]
[SUPER=01-Joe Catlett/Syreeta's Dad; 35]
[SUPER=19-Chris Schaffer/Reporting; :58]
[SUPER=01-Brian Thompson/Sparring Partner; 1:37]
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[OUT Q=CS News-7 Lynchburg.]
((Whoever said girls are made of sugar and spice, and everything nice
-- nat break (syreeta punch or w/ stick) --
never stepped into the ring with syreeta catlett.
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"NO MATTER WHAT I'M ALWAYS TRAINING -- TRYING TO BUILD UP MY STAMINA AND STRENGTH"
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Just 17 years old, she's already one of the country's best female kickboxers. she started training when she was only 8.
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"IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK -- YOU REALLY GOTTA FOCUS -- DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO -- JUST FOCUS ON YOUR OPPONENT AND TRY TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP"
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Syreeta's coached by her father joseph, who's been involved in martial arts for decades..
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"IT'S PHENOMENAL TO STAY WITH SUCH A DISCIPLINED ART FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME BUT SHE'S DONE IT... SHE'S BROKE THE MOLD AND I'M VERY PROUD OF HER."
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Syreeta's mom passed away when she was just 3 months old. joe catlett made a habit out of talking with syreeta about her mother...
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joe - "SO SHE'D GET TO KNOW WHAT HER MOTHER'S LIKE AND SHE GREW UP EVEN THOUGH SHE DON'T REMEMBER HER SHE KNOWS A LOT ABOUT HER"
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[34:11 - :15]
"HE PROMISED MY MOM A LOT OF THINGS BEFORE SHE PASSED AWAY AND HE'S GOING TO DO WHAT HE'S GOTTA DO"
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"SHE'S WON DOZENS OF FIGHTS IN HER CAREER, BUT THERE'S ONE BATTLE THAT'S ON-GOING... LIKE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS SYREETA HAS ASTHMA -- A CONDITION THAT CAN LITERALLY TAKE HER BREATH AWAY IN THE RING"
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[33:32 - :38]
"IT DID IT ONE TIME WHEN I WAS IN COMPETITION IT WAS LIKE SO HOT AND THEN IT STARTED ACTING UP"
[RUNS= :06]
[24:37 - :39]
"IT WAS GOOD TIMING THAT SHE HAD THE ASTHMA ON THE BREAK"
[RUNS= :02]
Even the chronic lung condition couldn't slow her down.
[33:38 - :41]
"I DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT I JUST GO OUT THERE AND DO MY BEST"
[RUNS= :03]
[24:52 - :54]
"SHE BEAT THE GIRL BY A TREMENDOUS MARGIN"
[RUNS= :02]
To stay in top form, syreeta usually trians with boys.
[32:36 - :41]
"THE GUYS ARE LIKE MUCH QUICKER YOU KNOW STRONGER THAN GIRLS SO THAT GETS ME PUMPED UP."
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The guys say there's no shame in losing to her..
[38:20 - :26]
"SHE'S JUST SO FAST, I HAVE TO THROW EVERYTHING I'VE GOT IN ORDER TO HIT HER .. SHE'S JUST SHE'S VERY FAST"
[RUNS= :06]
Syreeta's thinking about college, but her big dream is to get a break in hollywood -- in martial arts movies, or as a stunt-woman.
[35:27 - :30]
"I THINK I CAN DO IT, WELL I DON'T THINK I KNOW I CAN DO IT"
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It's tough to make it in the movie business, but if you're betting against syreeta catlett... It's at your own risk. chris schaffer, news-7 lynchburg.))
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[Sports tease]
[ANCHOR=travis]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=twe]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=]
Coming up next in sports, the Avalanche have a tough day at the office. Spain is well represented today in France.
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[VO-NAT]
And strike up the music. There's a D-J back in victory lane.
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[S-Avalanche]
[ANCHOR=travis]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=twe]
[TAPE#=SP-117 TC15834]
[GRAPHIC=Avalanche/Hillcats]
With just over a week left in the first half of the Carolina League season, the Salem Avalanche find themselves 3 games out of first in the Southern Division, while the Lynchburg Hillcats have a slim two game lead in the North. The two rivals wrapped up a four game set with this afternoon's matinee at Salem Memorial Stadium.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem/Hillcats vs. Avalanche; :00]
This future big leaguer could have shown the home team a thing or two today.
Salem starter Nick Webb was in for a long day. In the top of the first, Yurendell Decaster lines a shot over the right fielders head. That scores a Hillcat run to make it 6-nothing Lynchburg.
Still in the first, Chris Duffy strokes this single to right plating B-J Barnes with another run and this one was starting to get ugly.
After a wild pitch made it 8 to nothing, Mike Conley stands in and drives in Duffy with another base knock to right.
[SUPER=37-Lynchburg/24/Salem/0/;]
It was nine to zip at that point and Lynchburg cruises past Salem by a final of 24 to nothing.
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[S-MLB]
[ANCHOR=travis]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=twe]
[TAPE#=SP-11 TC20610]
[GRAPHIC=MLB]
A former member of the Avalanche took the hill today for the Milwaukee Brewers in Pittsburgh. Jamey Wright was looking to improve to 2 and 2 on the season.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Pittsburgh, PA/MLB/Fox;]
But the Pirates had a small say in the matter. Chad Hermansen, Kevin Young, and Pokey Reese all went deep today.
Wright pitched 7 and two-thirds innings, striking out seven and allowing four earned runs.
Former Virginia Tech Hokie Mike Williams came on to pitch the ninth for Pittsburgh.
[SUPER=35-Milwaukee/4/Pittsburgh/5/;]
Williams picked up his 19th save of the season and the Pirates hang on to beat the Brewers 5 to 4 in the only National League game today. Everyone else did the interleague thing.
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[S-Pocono]
[ANCHOR=travis]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=twe]
[TAPE#=SP-126 TC 150]
[GRAPHIC=Nascar]
To the track, where it was a great day for a drive in the Pocono Mountains. Sterling Marlin started on the pole for today's race.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Long Pond, PA/Fox Sports; :00]
But it's where you finish that counts. There was trouble on pit road for Jeff Gordon. Gordon locks up the rear tires trying to get slowed down to reach his pit stall. Gordon did recover to finish 5th. Ricky Rudd had the lead with less than ten laps to go, but had a slow leak in his right rear tire. His teammate Dale Jarrett gets past him for the top spot. Rudd's tire eventually blew giving Jarrett his first win this season and his third career victory at Pocono.
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[S-Results]
[ANCHOR=travis]
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[SUPER=X5016;]
[SUPER=0106-1. Dale Jarrett//2. Mark Martin//3. Jimmie Johnson//4.Sterling Marlin//5. Jeff Gordon//;]
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[SUPER=0106-6. Jeff Burton//7. Tony Stewart//8. Michael Waltrip//9. Rusty Wallace//10. Dave Blaney//;]
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[SUPER=0106-11. Casey Atwood//12. Dale Earnhardt, Jr.//13. Kyle Petty//14. Ricky Craven//15. Elliott Sadler//;]
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[SUPER=0106-16. Ken Schrader//17. Ricky Rudd//18. Todd Bodine//19. Robby Gordon//20. Johnny Benson//;]
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[OUT Q=....last driver."]
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[ANCHOR=travis]
[GRAPHIC=Nascar]
Virginia native Stacy Compton finished 28th.
[S-Tennis]
[ANCHOR=travis]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=twe]
[TAPE#=SP-113 TC 20044]
[GRAPHIC=Tennis]
With most of the top seeds eliminated early in the French Open, two relative unknowns were left to battle in the men's final this afternoon.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Paris, France/NBC Sports; :00]
And it was an all-Spanish affair in Paris today as Albert Costa took care of Juan Carlos Ferrero. Costa coasted through the first two sets 6-1, and 6-0. But Ferrero came back to win the third 6-4. Sixty unforced errors were his undoing today. Albert Costa takes the fourth set 6-3 for his first grand slam title and his first tournament win since August of 1999.
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[S-Festival]
[ANCHOR=travis]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=twe]
[TAPE#=SP-110 TC 15653]
[GRAPHIC=News 7 Sports]
Last week at this time Festival in the Park was wrapping up its 2002 activities. Noticably absent for the second straight year was the Tour de Festival cycling events. The trio of Memorial Day weekend races were last held in the year 2000--but Stu Israel promises they'll be back next year.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="I like..]
[SUPER=01-Stu Israel/Festival in Park Executive Director; :00]
[RUNS=:42]
[OUT Q=...the race on."]
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[S-Hockey]
[ANCHOR=travis]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=twe]
[TAPE#=SP-118 TC 14154]
[GRAPHIC=NHL]
In case you couldn't stay awake until 1 am last night, the Detroit Red Wings took Game Three of the Stanley Cup Finals 3-2 over Carolina in three overtimes.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Raleigh, NC/ABC Sports; :00]
In the third longest game in Finals history Igor Larionov put home his second goal of the contest with just five and a half minutes left in the third extra session. At the age of 41, Larionov is the oldest player to score in the finals. His latest tally was a big one, giving the Wings a 2-1 edge in the series with Game Four set for Monday night.
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