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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[VO-NAT]
It served in the last Gulf War, now a Navy hospital ship is hitting the high seas again for another possible war with Iraq.
The U-S-N-S "Comfort" set sail today from Baltimore.
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[ANCHOR=KIMBERLY]
And, mandatory water restrictions in Roanoke become "water under the bridge."
A live report, straight ahead.
[WX-Head]
[ANCHOR=LEO]
[SS=None]
Another round of snow showers head into the mountains will we see any accumulations. I'll have the details in your forecast.
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[ANCHOR=KIMBERLY 2-Shot]
And we'll have one weather-related school announcement. News 7 at Noon starts right now...
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[SUPER=@Kimberly1;]
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[VO-NAT]
Roanoke's water restrictions are lifted, but city officials look for much longer-term water supply solutions.
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[Water-Conservation]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=12]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE #1=02-55 05:48]
[TAPE #2=02-41 1:50:00]
[GRAPHIC=Roanoke Water Restrictions]
Roanoke has lifted restrictions on water use.
The official announcement came this morning.
[ROANOKE DOUBLE BOXES=Kimberly & Keith/Microwave]
Keith Humphry is at the Municipal Building with the details.
[LIVE=Keith Full/ Microwave]
[SUPER=@Keith1;]
[SUPER=05-Roanoke;]
The city's water problems have drowned out most other concerns for the past year, Kim.
City officials have been looking for some long- term solutions, including setting up a regional water authority with Roanoke COUNTY.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Carvins Cove]
In the end, though, it was a wetter-than- usual Autumn and early Winter that did the trick.
Roanoke's main water supply isn't quite full to over-flowing just yet.
But Carvins Cove is close enough for city officials.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Let's savor]
[SUPER=@Smith]
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[OUT Q=officially over.]
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[VO-NAT :15 +]
(OQ: brought the city out of this crisis)
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[ROANOKE DOUBLE BOXES=Kimberly & Keith/Microwave]
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((READ SCHOOL CLOSING))
((TOSS TO LEO))
[1/6/2003]
[SS=NONE]LEO in WX-CENTER
[WXPRO/FULL]
RADAR
WINTER WEATHER
STORY
[SS=NONE]
(LEO TOSS BACK to Kimberly)
[Iraq]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
More U-S troops are shipping out, in the shadow of a possible war with Iraq.
While U-N arms inspectors continue their searches, Saddam Hussein accuses them of acting as spies for the U-S.
Teri Okita has details from Washington.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Sailors aboard]
[SUPER=03-Baltimore, MD; :00]
[SUPER=03-Baghdad, Iraq; :32]
[SUPER=01-Teri Okita/CBS News; 1:12]
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[OUT Q=Okita, CBS News, Washington.]
((
PKG.
TRACK: SAILORS ABOARD THE NAVY HOSPITAL SHIP, U-S-N-S COMFORT, HEADED
OUT THIS MORNING FROM BALTIMORE... FOR THE INDIAN OCEAN.
THE 300-CREWMEMBERS ARE THE LATEST TO DEPLOY TO THE GULF REGION AS
PART OF THE U-S MASSIVE MILITARY BUILD-UP FOR POSSIBLE WAR WITH IRAQ.
THE COMFORT HOLDS HUNDREDS OF HOSPITAL BEDS AND IS EQUIPPED TO HANDLE
INJURIES FROM A CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL ATTACK.
(Super: Cmd. Ralph Jones/USNC Director of Surgical Services)
SOT: We have all the complexities of any level one trauma care sixth
largest trauma facility in the world.
(NATSD OF SADDAM GIVING SPEECH)
TRACK: SADDAM HUSSEIN IS ALSO PSYCHING UP HIS COUNTRY FOR A POSSIBLE
WAR. IN A TELEVISED SPEECH, HE TOLD HIS PEOPLE THAT IRAQ WOULD PREVAIL
IF ATTACKED BY THE U-S AND ITS ALLIES. TOP IRAQI LEADERS ECHOED SADDAMS
SENTIMENT DURING COMMEMORATIONS MARKING IRAQS ARMY DAY A NATIONAL
HOLIDAY. THE FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS IRAQ WELCOMES PEACE BUT WANTS AN END
TO WHAT HE CALLS AMERICAS EVIL CAMPAIGN.
TRACK: THEY ALSO ACCUSE THE U-S OF USING U-N ARMS INSPECTORS AS SPIES TO
GATHER INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION. SADDAM SAYS INSPECTORS HAVE ASKED
IRAQI SCIENTISTS IRRELEVANT QUESTIONS ... AS THEY SEARCH FOR WEAPONS OF
MASS DESTRUCTION. THE INSPECTIONS TEAMS DENY THAT AND CONTINUE THEIR
WORK VISITING A HANDFUL OF SITES TODAY INCLUDING THIS RESEARCH
CENTER. THE IRAQIS CLAIM IT PRODUCES ANIMAL DRUGS ... NOT CHEMICAL OR
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS.
(Super: Teri Okita/Reporting)
STANDUP: After a weekend of talks, two key U-S allies are still on the
fence about assisting American troops. Turkey and Jordan are still
pressing for a diplomatic solution and have yet to offer bases or
airspace to the U-S. Teri Okita, CBS News, Washington.
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[OR-Manhunt]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
For two weeks, an Oregon man was on the run after allegedly killing his wife and children.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Tillamook, OR;]
Suspected killer Edward Morris is now in police custody, thanks to a pair of motorists who spotted his gray mini- van and called authorities.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=We were racing.]
((TOM MARTIN/WITNESS: WE WERE RACING ROUND TRYING TO FIND TELEPHONES TRYING TO
KEEP UPAND KEEP IN TOUCH WITH HIM.. ))
[SUPER=01-Tom Martin/Witness;]
[RUNS=:05]
[OUT Q=touch with him.]
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[VO-NAT]
Morris's pregnant wife, Renee and his three children were killed December 20th.
Local hunters discovered their bodies a day later in a forest.
Authorities believe they have their killer.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=From our interviews]
[SUPER=01-Todd Anderson/Tillamook County Sheriff;]
[RUNS=:07]
[OUT Q=at this time.]
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[VO-NAT]
Morris is under suicide watch in jail.
His attorney says he'll be arraigned tomorrow.
No word yet on how he'll plead.
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
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Henry County investigators are still at work trying to solve the Short family murders, now almost five months old.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Henry Co./August]
It's been nearly five months since Michael and Mary Short were found murdered in their Oak Level home.
Their daughter Jennifer was abducted and later found dead in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
The Henry County sheriff says investigators took a break from the case for the holidays but at least two or three deputies are now back on the case.
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[SOT 14:35:10]
[IN Q=I don't look]
((FRANK CASSELL/HENRY CO. SHERIFF: I DON'T LOOK FOR IT TO BE SOLVED IN NEXT WEEK, PROBABLY NOT THE NEXT MONTH BUT CERTAINLY...WE'VE NARROWED A LOT OF THINGS DOWN FROM WHERE WE STARTED AND A FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.))
[SUPER=01-Frank Cassell/Henry Co. Sheriff]
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[OUT Q=at right now]
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[VO-NAT]
Cassell says North Carolina carpenter Gary Bowman is still a "person of interest."
Cassell would like to see Bowman take a lie detector test administered by his department.
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[Triangle-Lanes]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=ejo]
[TAPE#=02-49 35:58]
[GRAPHIC=None]
The owner of a landmark bowling alley in Christiansburg said his goodbyes today.
Triangle Lanes has been in business for more than 40-years, but, yesterday it closed its doors for good, to make way for a new drug store.
[BLACKSBURG DOUBLE BOXES=Kimberly & Myranda/Microwave;]
New River Valley Bureau Chief Myranda Stephens joins us now with more.
Kimberly, it's always hard to say goodbye to someone or something that means so much to.
[LIVE=Myranda Full/Blacksburg]
[SUPER=@Myranda1;]
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This morning, the owner of Triangle Lanes had to do just that, but, not before taking one last BOWL down memory lane.
((ROLLCUE:...))
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[SOT]
[IN Q=looking at it now]
[SUPER=03-Christiansburg; :00]
[SUPER=01-Herbert Alcorn/Triangle Lanes Owner; :14]
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[OUT Q=for the family]
((([SOT 29:07][COVER BITE!!!]
[RUNS :04]
(( LOOKING AT IT NOW IT'S HARD TO VISULIZE ALL THOSE YEARS THAT'S GONE BY 29:11)) Herbert Alcorn remembers the good times he had at Triangle Lanes...as a bowler and the owner.
[SOT 25:50]
[RUNS :07]
((HERBERT ALCORN/TRIANGLE LANES OWNER: I'VE ENJOYED THE BOWLERS. I'VE ENJOYED THE PEOPLE. IT'S BEEN A LOT GREAT PEOPLE THROUGH HERE. MADE A LOT OF FRIENDS HERE. 25:57))
Surprisingly enough, Alcorn says he also saw a lot of weddings too.
[SOT 29:45]
[RUNS :16]
(( I TALKED TO ONE COUPLE LAST NIGHT THAT GOT MARRIED ON LANE TEN AND ...SO WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THOSE FOLKS THE NUMBERS 30:01))
Alcorn says business was good up until about five years ago when a newer and larger bowling alley opened up nearby.
[SOT 27:55]
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((I'M SENTIMENTAL ENOUGH TO KEEP IT OPEN BUT THAT'S NOT THE BEST THING FOR THE FAMILY 28:01)))))
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And even though Alcorn can't afford to keep the business, it's clear Triangle Lanes will not be forgotten.
In addition to several people coming in last night to take pieces of the bowling alley home with them,
[BLACKSBURG DOUBLE BOXES=Kimberly & Myranda/Microwave;]
Alcorn says he plans to take 16-machines and the actual Triangle Lanes sign to his other bowling alley in Pulaski.
[Tease1]
[HARD MUSIC UNDER]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
More school closing announcements are coming in. We'll run down the list in just a few minutes.
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[VO-NAT ]
And a high school student tackles a thief, and gets a free dinner for his daring.
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[comm1]
[11Conner]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=jwi]
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An area high school student put his courage, and athletic skills, to the test over the weekend, helping to thwart a holdup and collar the robber.
Jennifer Wishon has the story.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Aaron Conner and his]
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[SUPER=01-Aaron Conner/Tackled Robber; :08]
[SUPER=@Jennifer2; :51 ]
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[OUT Q=JW, News 7]
((16 year old Aaron Conner and his parents had just walked in to this Western Sizzlin' Saturday night when they witnessed something frightening.
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[SOT 10:59:09]
[IN Q=We were waiting]
((AARON CONNER/TACKLED ROBBER: WE WERE WAITING TO BE SEATED AND A GUY CAME IN WITH A BLUE HOOD ON AND HE PULLED IT DOWN LIKE IT WAS A MASK AND THE GUY BEHIND HIM WAS LIKE 'HE'S ROBBING THE STORE' AND THE GIRL AT THE REGISTER DIDN'T THINK HE WAS BEING SERIOUS AND HE WAS AND SHE GAVE HIM ALL THE MONEY.))
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[OUT Q=all the money]
On the football field Aaron is a running back for the William Byrd Terriers-- Saturday he used his experience on the gridiron to do something about the robbery.
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[SOT 10:59:36]
[IN Q=I just took off]
((I JUST TOOK OFF RUNNING AFTER HIM AND TACKLED HIM AND PULLED HIM ON THE GROUND AND GRABBED BOTH OF HIS ARMS SO HE COULDN'T GRAB IN HIS POCKETS OR ANYTHING.))
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[OUT Q=pockets or anything]
Although he didn't know if the robber had a weapon, Aaron says he didn't hesitate going after him.
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[SOT 11:00:45]
[IN Q=I just thought]
((I JUST THOUGHT HE WOULD TURN AROUND AND HURT THE GIRL THAT WAS WALKING AFTER HIM AND I FIGURED I COULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.))
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[OUT Q=something about it]
And the reward for his efforts... Dinner was on the house.
Jennifer Wishon, News 7.))
[VOB-Lexington-Church]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=ejo]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
It was a long wait, but the prayers of a Lexington church congregation have now been answered.
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[INQ=(Sung) I am the church]
[RUNS=06]
[OQ=(Sung) we are the church]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lexington;]
Sunday was a day more than two years in the making. Lexington Presbyterian Church once again has a permanent place to call home.
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[IN Q=We're so excited]
((OLIVIA PATTON/CHURCH MEMBER: WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS. AND IT'S JUST SEEMS, I REMEMBER THE DAY OF THE FIRE AND IT SEEM THIS DAY WOULD NEVER COME.))
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[OUT Q=never come]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lexington/July 2000]
In July of 2000 a fire destroyed the sanctuary and the steeple.
Now the church has been restored outside and in, a project that cost nearly four million dollars.
Still to come, a new organ, but that's still five years away.
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[Tease2]
[SOFT MUSIC UNDER]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
North Korea sends new threats against US troops. Still ahead, high-level talks aimed at reducing the tension.
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[VO-NAT ]
And what to do with the man who commandeered a plane and shut down one of the world's busiest airports for hours. That story is next.
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[COMM BREAK #2]
[Germany-Plane]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
German police say the man who stole a small plane and threatened to crash it into a skyscraper is "mentally disturbed."
Authorities say prosecutors will consider the man's mental state before deciding how to charge him.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Frankfurt, Germany;]
The incident happened yesterday in the skies over Frankfurt.
The suspect threatened to crash the stolen plane into the European Central Bank Tower, forcing German fighter jets to scramble to catch him.
He finally landed and was arrested.
The 31- year- old German said he wanted to draw attention to astronaut Judith Resnik, who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion in January, 19-86.
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[Korea-Meeting]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
With tensions running high in the confrontation between the U-S and North Korea, South Korean officials meet today with American and Japanese counterparts in Washington, seeking a peaceful solution to the crisis.
Barry Petersen reports from South Korea.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=The talks]
[SUPER=01-Barry Petersen/CBS News; :00]
[SUPER=03-Seoul, South Korea; :10]
[SUPER=01-Kim Soop/Professor; :38]
[SUPER=01-Kim Sangwoo/South Korea Presidential Adviser; 1:01]
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[OUT Q=Petersen, CBS News, Seoul, South Korea.]
((
(PETERSEN ON CAM OPEN) THE TALKS IN WASHINGTON OPEN AGAINST A BACKDROP
OF HARSH WORDS AND THREATS AGAINST U-S FORCES HERE.
(NAT SOT/US troops at work)
The 37-thousand US troops in South Korea are now specific targets of the
North...if the over-heated rhetoric of their propaganda machine is to
be believed.
(N korea weapons)
The North saying this weekend that any pre-emptive attack on their
nuclear weapons program by the US would bringin their wordsa mortal
blow to the war provokers with a powerful counterstrike.
(S Koreans)
It's another sign that tensions are reaching levels not seen here in
decadesand has all eyes on Washington where talks start today.
(SOT: KIM SOOP/PROF/)
MOST KOREANS ARE ENCOURAGED BY PRESIDENT BUSH'S CONTINUOUS MESSAGE THAT
THE U.S. WILL SOLVE THE NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM DIPLOMATICALLY AND
PEACEFULLY.
(NAT SOT/PROTESTS)
But there are complicationsprotests against the US military presence
after an American military vehicle struck and killed two South Korean
school girls.
(NAT SOT/BABIES)
And complications in the Northwhere food is running out as winter comes
on. The people who suffer the most have the least chance to surviveand
their leaders know it.
(SOT: KIM SANGWOO/SOUTH KOREA PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER/)
AT THE MOMENT CERTAINLY, THEY'RE OUT OF FOOD, OUT OF ELECTRICITY,
HEATINGNOW IT'S AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO NORTH KOREA AND IT'S A VERY COLD
WINTER, AS YOU'VE BEEN FEELING HERE.
(PETERSEN ON CAM CLOSE)
IF THERE IS PROGRESS IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS IN WASHINGTONPEOPLE HERE
WILL SLEEP A LOT MORE PEACEFULLY AT NIGHT. BARRY PETERSEN CBS NEWS
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
))
[GOP-Convention]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=None]
The Big Apple will play host to next year's G-O-P Convention.
That word came today from a party official, who says New York City was selected as the site for the Republican 2004 convention.
[Weather]
[NOON WEATHER]
[1/6/2003]
[TWO SHOT]
(School closing announcement)
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[MUSIC UNDER]
[COMMERCIAL]
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[CK/VIEWERNET;]
[CK/WXPRO]WEATHER MAPS
[WXPRO/FULL] FORECASTS
EXTENDED FORECAST
[Stocks]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE# none]
[GRAPHIC=stocks]
A strong day so far on Wall Strreet. At noon,
[super=460-x/123/x/27;]
the Dow was UP 123 points. Nasdaq was UP 27 points.
[tease3]
[SPORTS MUSIC UNDER]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
Still ahead, we'll run down today's early school closings one more time.
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[VO-NAT ]
The Steelers and 49ers look ahead, while the Browns and Giants wonder what went wrong.
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[COMM BREAK #3]
[S-Giants]
[ANCHOR=kim]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=twe]
[TAPE#=SP-144 TC0047]
[GRAPHIC=Giants/Niners]
Saturday's NFL wildcard games were both blowouts, but yesterday's matchups both went right down to the wire.
In San Fransisco, the Giants set out to avenge a Week One loss to the Niners.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-San Francisco, CA/Fox Sports; :00]
The Giants fell behind by a touchdown in the early going, but then Kerry Collins took over.
Collins threw four first- half TD passes, including 3 to Amani Toomer as the Giants led it 28 to 14 at half time.
Tiki Barber then gave New York a 35-14 cushion with this TD in the third quarter.
But things went downhill from there.
Jeff Garcia rallied the Niners.
First he hustled into the endzone from 14 yards out to start the 4th quarter.
San Francisco tacked on the two point conversion, as well.
Then Garcia finds Tai Streets for 13 yards and a score giving the 49'ers the lead with a minute left., 39-38.
On the ensuing two point attempt, the Giants pick off the pass, but Terrell Owens takes a cheap shot and things get ugly.
[SUPER=30-N.Y. Giants/38/San Francisco/39/;]
In the end, the Giants got in position for a Matt Bryant field goal to win it.
But the snap was terrible and the holder Matt Allen chucks it downfield only to have the ball fall to the ground.
The Giants had an ineligible receiver downfield anyway, so the 49'ers advance 39 to 38.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Jeff Garcia/49'ers Quarterback; :00]
[SUPER=01-Kerry Collins/Giants Quarterback; :15]
[RUNS=:32]
[OUT Q=it's rough."]
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[S-Browns]
[ANCHOR=kim]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=twe]
[TAPE#=SP-135 TC3407]
[GRAPHIC=Browns/Steelers]
The Niners weren't the only cardiac kids yesterday afternoon.
In the Steel City, Pittsburgh sleep- walked thru the first three quarters before roaring back against the Browns.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Pittsburgh/Browns vs. Steelers; :00]
The two teams didn't wait until gametime to start mixing it up.
This was 45 minutes beforehand.
The Browns let their play speak for itself in the first half.
Holcomb went up top for Dennis Northcutt, who hauled it in for a 32 yard score and the Browns were on top 14 to nothing.
At one point, it was 24-7 in the second half.
To the fourth quarter now.
Holcomb finds former Hokie Andre Davis for his 3rd TD pass of the game.
It was 33-21 Browns.
Holcomb threw for 429 yards in the contest.
It was 33-28 with under a minute to go when Tommy Maddox handed the ball to Chris FuMa'tu Maafala.
He scored from two yards out.
[SUPER=30-Cleveland/33/Pittsburgh/36/;]
The two point conversion was good and Pittsburgh hangs on, 36-33.
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[Quickcast]
(School closing announcement)
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FINAL LOOK AT THE WEATHER
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