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Coming up on News 7-
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From hitting the books to hitting the road.
Some local schools are reassessing their ban on student travel.
Plus, a North Carolina Air Force unit returns from Iraq short a plane and two members.
We'll have more on the confirmed death of an officer from South Boston.
And, American Airlines uncovers a steal as food service workers lift the merchandise.
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[ANCHOR=Shan]
News 7 is next.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[SOT 46:57]
[IN Q=Everyone agreed]
((SCOTT MEADOWS/ROANOKE CITY SCHOOL SPOKESPERSON: EVERYONE AGREED THAT IT WAS OK TO LOWER THE THREAT, THE TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS.))
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[OUT Q=the travel restrictions]
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[VO-NAT]
With terror alerts lowered, students may soon be leaving the hallways for the roadways.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon]
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Good evening, I'm Shannon Young.
Jean is off tonight.
[Travel-Policy]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=11 PM]
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[TAPE#=03-20 TC02:25]
[GRAPHIC=News 7 @ 11]
Some school field trips in Roanoke City are back on again.
The superintendent recently canceled all travel outside of the Roanoke Valley because of safety concerns.
[***TRAVEL POLICY IN MONITOR***]
[DOUBLE BOXES=Shannon & Justin /Pulpit;]
Justin McLeod is here to tell us why some restrictions have been lifted but not all. Justin?
Shannon, the Superintendent sent out a memo this week announcing the changes.
[LIVE= Justin /FULL Pulpit]
[SUPER=@Justin1;]
It is good news for many groups that had trips planned for the end of the school year.
For example, the Fisbhurn Park chess team had hoped to travel to Tennessee to compete in the national championship and now will be able to do so.
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[IN Q=]
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[SUPER=01-Scott Meadows/Roanoke City Schools Spokesperson; :25]
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[OUT Q=TRIPS TO THE IMMEDIATE AREA]
((((NAT SOUND OF SCHOOL))
Schools can now take field trips anywhere in the U.S. except New York and Washington D.C. because those two areas are still in a high alert status.
That's because travel outside the U.S. is also still restricted.
The changes come as the war with Iraq is winding down and the fact the government has lowered the security threat level from High to Elevated status.
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[SOT 48:23]
[IN Q=Trips have been]
((SCOTT MEADOWS/ROANOKE CITY SCHOOL SPOKESPERSON: TRIPS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED TO WHERE STUDENTS WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GO BECAUSE IT WASN'T SCHOOL SPONSORED, WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL BE COUNTED AS EXCUSED OR UNEXCUSED. THEY ARE TRIPS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LIFT THE TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS.))
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Not every school system is following Roanoke City's lead.
Roanoke County is still restricting all travel out of state but may allow travel within the state.
Salem schools will continue to restrict travel to Virginia and North Carolina until at least the fall.
Pulaski County has no restrictions on travel. They do however have criteria in place depending on the alert level.
Danville schools continues to have a policy that restricts trips to the immediate area.))
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[LIVE= Justin /FULL Pulpit]
As for those trips that have already been canceled, school administrators in Roanoke continue to work with travel companies urging them to return money to schools or groups.
[DOUBLE BOXES=Shannon & Justin /Pulpit;]
For example Shannon, the Patrick Henry High school band boosters is currently trying to recover 23-thousand dollars that was paid for a four day trip to Orlando Florida.
[Watkins]
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[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=03-05 TC1:50:57]
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The war may seem to be over, but it's still very real for one Southside family.
An Air Force major from South Boston who was missing in Iraq is now confirmed dead.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=203-Goldsboro, NC]
Some members of Major William Watkins' unit returned to Seymour Johnson Airbase in North Carolina tonight.
The Fourth Fighter Wing lost one plane in Iraq.
Major Watkins was the weapons system officer on the F-15 that went down during a combat mission two weeks ago.
He and the pilot were killed.
His family says he lived to serve God, his country and his family.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon]
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Watkins and his wife had an 11-month-old son. They were expecting another child in August.
Arrangements are being made for a memorial service in North Carolina and a burial in South Boston.
[Kaylor]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=myr]
[TAPE#=03-09 TC58:11]
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[TAKE VIDEO]
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[VO-NAT]
A private burial was held at Arlington National Cemetery for Army Second Lieutenant Jeffrey Kaylor this afternoon.
He was killed earlier this month in a grenade attack.
Kaylor was a member of Virginia Tech's Corps of Cadets.
[SUPER=203-Blacksburg/File Tape;]
He graduated in 2001.
Kaylor is survived by his wife, Jenna, who was also in the R-O-T-C program and graduated the same year.
He was 24.
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[Newport-News]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
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[GRAPHIC=Homecoming]
Today's homecoming for some Virginia-based sailors was a joyful one.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=203-Norfolk]
The U-S-S Newport News returned to its homeport of Norfolk today, with 148 officers and sailors aboard.
Hundreds of family and friends cheered as the submarine appeared.
The sailors left on a regular mission in October, and were scheduled to return home several weeks ago but, instead they headed for the war in Iraq.
The sub launched several Tomahawk cruise missiles.
The 360-foot Newport News is the second Norfolk-based submarine to return from the war after the U-S-S Boise April 15th.
Homecoming ceremonies are usually kept private, but the Navy allowed media coverage to thank the sailors for a job well done.
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[Iraq]
[ANCHOR=Shan]
[NEWSCAST=11 p.m.]
[WRITER=syo]
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[GRAPHIC=War in Iraq]
They were known in the U-S military's deck of cards as the Queen of Diamonds, and the Six and Seven of Hearts.
Now, they're in U-S custody.
Chris Lawrence wraps up the situation in Iraq, including the arrest of three more members of Saddam Hussein's regime.
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[IN Q=]
[SUPER=219-Chris Lawrence/CBS News; ]
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((TWO MEN WHO HELPED SHAPE SADDAM'S FIGHTING FORCES HAVE BEEN CAPTURED.
(graphic)
THE PENTAGON SAYS THE COMMANDER OF IRAQI AIR DEFENSES IS NOW IN U.S. CUSTODY ... AS WELL AS THE FORMER HEAD OF IRAQI MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
(nat - protest)
IN KARBALA, THOUSANDS OF SHIITE MUSLIMS LASHED OUT AT AMERICA. U.S. INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS SAY THEY'RE LOOKING INTO WHETHER IRAN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR STIRRING UP AT LEAST SOME OF THESE DEMONSTRATIONS. AND
THE PROTESTS COULD GET EVEN LOUDER ON THURSDAY, WHEN THE COMMANDER OF COALITION GROUND FORCES ISSUES A PROCLAMATION.
IT SAYS, "THE COALITION ALONE RETAINS AUTHORITY IN IRAQ ... AND THAT FAILURE TO ABIDE BY THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE VIEWED AS CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR."
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NOT MUCH HAS GOTTEN BACK TO NORMAL IN IRAQ, BUT THE SOUTH'S VITAL OIL FIELDS BEGAN PUMPING AGAIN ... AND THEY COULD BE UP TO FULL PRODUCTION WITHIN WEEKS.
STILL, MANY IRAQIS WONDER WHY U.S. FORCES WERE ABLE TO SECURE THE OIL FIELDS -- AND NOT MUCH ELSE.
AT THIS BAGHDAD HOSPITAL, SHATTERED WINDOWS HAVE STILL NOT BEEN REPLACED. AND DOCTORS STRUGGLE TO CARE FOR THEIR INFANT PATIENTS IN A BUILDING WITH ONLY ONE ELECTRICAL GENERATOR THAT BARELY WORKS.
BUT IRAQ IS GETTING BACK SOME OF ITS LOOTED POSSESSIONS.
CUSTOM AGENTS SEIZED AT LEAST 15 PAINTINGS AND GOLD-PLATED FIREARMS ... BROUGHT TO THE U.S. ))
[Dan-River]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=rca]
[TAPE#=03-19 TC00:12]
[GRAPHIC=Layoffs]
Dan River Incorporated is laying off two-hundred workers.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Danville/File Tape;]
Danville's largest employer says it's cutting jobs to shift manufacturing efforts to remain efficient and NOT because of a slowdown in orders.
The textile company has a workforce of 38-hundred.
A total of four shifts are being eliminated including those at an accessory plant, sewing plant and two warehouses.
The majority of cuts are to full-time, hourly positions.
They'll be effective on Friday.
The company says it's assisting workers in applying for unemployment benefits.
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[NAFTA]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
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[TAPE#=03-06 TC1:33:43]
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Our region is still trying to cope with overseas competition in the textile industry.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
Canadian Embassy officials talked about being successful under NAFTA at Roanoke's Kiwanis Club meeting today.
They say for companies to succeed, they have to change.
One way is to specialize in a high value product.
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[SOT 03:24:53]
[IN Q=at the end]
((LESLIE THOMAS REISSNER/CANADIAN EMBASSY; AT THE END OF THE DAY MOST WESTERN ECONOMIES ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE WHERE THERE IS A VERY HIGH IMPORT OF LABOR. I WAS IN CHINA FOR TWO YEARS THERE IS NO WAY THAT T-SHIRTS ARE GOING TO BE MADE CHEAPER IN NORTH AMERICA WHETHER IT'S CANADA OR THE UNITED STATES.))
[SUPER=01-Leslie Thomas Reissner/Canadian Embassy;]
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[OUT Q=OR THE UNITED STATES.]
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[VO-NAT]
Canadian officials say one way their country has managed to succeed at textile manufacturing is by importing Italian fabric, making suits and exporting them to the U-S.
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[Snow-Leopards]
[ANCHOR=Shan]
[NEWSCAST=11 p.m.]
[WRITER=syo]
[TAPE#=03-18 TC05:33]
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Mill Mountain Zoo is preparing to bid a fond farewell to its snow leopard siblings.
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[VO-NAT :24]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/March 2002]
In just over a week, Niko and Maya will be honored with a party for their second birthday.
Soon thereafter they'll be headed to other zoos, one in Toledo, one in South Dakota, as part of a breeding program for endangered species.
[SUPER=04-May 2001]
The male and female cats are the survivors of three cubs born to Boris and Natasha on May 4, 2001.
The elder duo will stay on at the zoo and are expected to breed again next year.
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[Tease1]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[WRITER=dse]
[NEWSCAST=11p]
[SS=None]
Is it birth-control or an abortion pill?
More on the debate raging on Virginia's college campuses and inside its capitol when News 7 returns.
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[SOT]
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((JENNIFER MILLER; POLICE CONDUCT A MAJOR STING AT NEW YORK'S LAGUARDIA AIRPORT. I'M JENNIFER MILLER I'LL HAVE THAT STORY COMING UP.))
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[OUT Q=...the BIG 7."]
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(( Hey folks - Mike Stevens back in the News 7 sports office as the Hokies and Hoos hook up at Salem Memorial.
Cave Spring and Hidden Valley hit the diamond for a real cause.
The ODAC women's lacross tourney opens today with the quarterfinals.
Plus, Matt Schaub's heisman campaign in on and Mario Andretti's car is off - the track that is - tonight on the Big 7.))
[Swig-Swag]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
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[WRITER=dse]
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Dealing in hard liquor could result in hard time for some food service workers at one of the country's busiest airports.
Jennifer Miller explains.
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[SUPER=03-New York, NY; :00]
[SUPER=01-Richard Brown/Queens District Attorney; :08]
[SUPER=01-George Johansen/Port Authority; :35]
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((IT IS ENOUGH BOOZE TO THROW ONE HECK OF A BASH ... AND AUTHORITIES SAY IT IS ALL STOLEN.
SOT, RICHARD BROWN/QUEENS DISTRICT ATTORNEY
"Over the past year Sky Chef was ripped from close to 400,000 bottles."
QUEENS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE CHARGES 12 SKY CHEF EMPLOYEES, WORKING AT NEW YORK'S LAGUARDIA AIRPORT, WITH STEALING ONE POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN LIQUOR FROM AMERICAN AIRLINES. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE
CLAN OF FOOD SERVICE WORKERS HAVE BEEN SNEAKING OUT BOTTLES BY THE CASELOAD FOR THE PAST YEAR ... SELLING THEM TO DELIS AND SHOPS.
SOT, GEORGE JOHANSEN/PORT AUTHORITY OF NY & NJ POLICE
"These people are parasites. They're taking from the airlines, they're taking from their jobs, using the benefit of their job to steal and make money."
STANDUP: JENNIFER MILLER
EMPLOYEES HAVE STOLEN FROM AIRLINES BEFORE .... THEY'VE EVEN STOLEN LIQUOR. WHAT MAKES THIS CASE UNIQUE IS HOW ORGANIZED THIS GROUP WAS.
SOT, GEORGE JOHANSEN/PORT AUTHORITY OF NY & NJ POLICE
'There were a series of people networking to sell the stuff as soon as they stole it.... in some case they even took orders for it,"
THE SUSPECTS WERE ALL PEOPLE WHO RESTOCKED FOOD AND LIQUOR ON COMMERCIAL JETS. BUT DESPITE THEIR ACCESS TO THE AIRPORT AND AIRCRAFT,
INVESTIGATORS SAY THEIR WAS NO SECURITY BREACH.... JUST ONE BIG PARTY ... BUSTED.
JENNIFER MILLER CBS NEWS, NEW YORK.))
[Birth-control]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[TAPE#=03-07 TC1:43:55]
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"Irresponsible"...that is what one Republican lawmaker is calling state-supported schools that dispense emergency contraceptives to students.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Richmond]
Delegate Bob Marshall says Virginia Tech and Radford University are deceiving students by giving out drugs that facilitate a form of early abortion.
He's referring to the morning after pill, called Plan B or Preven, which must be taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex.
Abortion rights supporters say it is a form of birth control, not an abortion.
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[IN Q=I THINK THAT'S DELIBERATELY]
((GRACE SPARKS/PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF VIRGINIA:I THINK THAT'S DELIBERATELY BLURRING OF THOSE LINES. THIS IS NOT AN ABORTION PILL. IT DOESN'T WORK IF THE WOMAN GETS A POSITIVE PREGNANCY TEST. IF SHE'S PREGNANT, IT DOESN'T WORK.))
[SUPER=01-Grace Sparks/Planned Parenthood of VA]
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[OUT Q=IF SHE'S PREGNANT, IT DOESN'T WORK]
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[VO-NAT]
Last week James Madison University decided to stop dispensing the emergency contraceptive.
Several thousand J-M-U students are protesting the move.
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[Rke-Shooting]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=503-02 TC11:02]
[GRAPHIC=Shooting]
Roanoke Police hope someone will come forward with answers to a Montgomery County man's death.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
51-year-old Richard Anthony Palmer of Riner was found shot to death in his pickup truck at Norfolk Avenue and 12th Street Southwest yesterday.
His dog was also killed.
Palmer was a school bus driver in Montgomery County.
He had also worked as a sports photographer at the Montgomery County News-Messenger and at the Southwest Times in Radford.
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[Harvey]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=myr]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A former Virginia Tech employee was indicted on embezzlement charges today.
37-year-old Angela Harvey was a program support technician for the university's Foreign Language and Literature Department.
Investigators say from 1997 to 2002 she embezzled more than 70-thousand dollars through false reports of overtime and travel reimbursements.
Harvey has since been fired.
She is charged with three counts of embezzlement.
[North-Korea]
[ANCHOR=Shan]
[NEWSCAST=11 p.m.]
[WRITER=syo]
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[GRAPHIC=None]
Three days of talks to discuss North Korea's nuclear program are underway.
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[VO-NAT :20]
[SUPER=03-Beijing, China;]
The U-S is joined by China is its first face-to-face meeting with North Korean officials since October.
[SUPER=04-File Tape;]
Since then, the North has withdrawn from a nuclear treaty and taken steps to develop nuclear weapons.
The US is demanding an end to the North's nuclear program.
The North wants economic aid, and a promise the US will not attack.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=They will probably go on and on...]
((WENDY SHERMAN/FORMER STATE DEPT. OFFICIAL: THEY WILL PROBABLY GO ON AND ON ABOUT THEIR RIGHT TO HAVE A NUCLEAR PROGRAM, THE NEED FOR DETERRENCE AGAINST THE HOSTILE UNITED STATES.))
[SUPER=01-Wendy Sherman/Former State Dept. Official;]
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[OUT Q=against the hostile United States.]
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[VO-NAT :16]
If diplomacy fails, America could attack the North's nuclear facilities - plans for such a strike are reportedly being made.
But that could trigger a full scale war.
American military experts say that threat may have been what prompted the North to resume talks.
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[Tease2]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[WRITER=dse]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[SS=None]
Movie makers come to the aid of two Western Virginia battlefields.
Find out how when News 7 returns.
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[VO-NAT]
And an update on the effort to rescue a famous ship from decades of decay.
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[Commercial]
[Monitor]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
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[WRITER=dse]
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Scientists working on the Civil War ironclad Monitor are steadily revealing more of the famed ship's turret.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Newport News]
They're now removing the "spider" lift structure used to recover the turret last summer.
The lift will now be disassembled and removed for future exhibition at the Mariner's Museum in Newport News.
In the coming months the Dahlgren cannons and carriages are also
expected to be removed from the turret for future display.
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[WIPE WIPE WIPE]
[Battlefield-Preservation]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
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[WRITER=dse]
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[WIPE WIPE WIPE]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=@file;]
Meanwhile parts of three Civil War battlefields are being preserved with money raised through a movie shot partly in this area.
The director of Gods and Generals raised half a million dollars on
behalf of the nearly three thousand re-enactors who donated their time and skills to make the film.
The money will preserve parts of the New Market and McDowell battlefields in Virginia and the Wyse Fork battfield in North Carolina.
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[S-Extra]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=extra & SP-146 10645tc]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Tech-UVa baseball, softball for a cause, women's lacrosse for keeps and Schaub for the heisman - but first in tonight's Extra Point -
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg/Last Saturday; :00]
Rayna DuBose, the Tech women's basketball player who lost parts of hands and feet after contracting a rare form of meningitis is well on her way to being able to cover her mounting medical expenses.
Rayna's fund, which runs through the Tech Monogram Club has now topped the $200 hundred thousand dollar mark thanks to generosity of fans and donors from all over the country.
This past Saturday - proceeds from the spring game earmarked for the fund totaled $62 thousand, five hundred and thirty five dollars.
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[S-College]
[ANCHOR=mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=twe]
[TAPE#=SP-143 TC10715]
[GRAPHIC=Tech/UVA matchup]
Virginia and Virginia Tech are both just weeks away from their respective conference baseball tournaments. Tonight the two squared off at Salem Memorial Stadium with hopes of gaining some momentum for the stretch run.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem/Cavaliers vs. Hokies; :00]
The Hokies won the only meeting this season, 5-3 last week in Blacksburg.
It was 1-nothing UVA in the third, but Marc Tugwell got Tech on the board with this blast off the wall in left centerfield. It went for a double, scoring Chris Winterfeldt.
The very next batter, Wyatt Toregas takes this pitch deep over the wall in left. The two run job was his 6th of the year and made it 3-1 Hokies. The catcher has now driven in 43 runs this season.
But Virginia answered in bottom of the inning. Joe Koshansky lifts the pop up into left, but Sheldon Adams misplays it, allowing Matt Street to cross the dish.
[SUPER=34-Virginia/10/Virginia Tech/7;]
Still in the 3rd, Ryan Zimmerman goes back up the middle to bring in Koshansky, the teams combine for 30 hits as UVa wins it 10-to-7.
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[S-Softball]
[ANCHOR=mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=twe]
[TAPE#=SP-148 TC3448]
[GRAPHIC=Softball]
On the high school softball diamond, Cave Spring and Hidden Valley battled for southwest Roanoke County bragging rights. But the Titans and Knights came together as well to
[TAKE Lalush OTS]
honor Marine Sergeant Michael Lalush, the Lord Botetourt High School graduate who was killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./Titans vs. Knights; :00]
All the proceeds from tonight's contest were given to the Lalush family to donate to a charity of their choice.
Hidden Valley junior left fielder Kelly Doremus sang the national anthem. Cave Spring won the game 15-to-0 - but the final score was secondary.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Beth Drombetta/Cave Spring Head Coach; :03]
[SUPER=01-Mike Walthall/Hidden Valley Head Coach; :22]
[RUNS=:34]
[OUT Q=really helps the kids."]
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[S-Lax]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=sp-134 12515tc]
[GRAPHIC=ODAC]
ODAC quarterfinal lacrosse action today around the region including Salem where Roanoke College played host to Guilford.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem/Quakers vs. Maroons;]
This is the third time the Maroons have met the Quakers in the ODAC tournament, with Roanoke winning the first two outings.
Roanoke goes up one - nothing a few minutes into the game when Julie Vanderghinst (VAN-der-ginst) scores, and the assist goes to Megan Cromwell.
Roanoke would extend its lead to two goals on a penalty shot off the stick of Carrie Smith.
[SUPER=34-Guilford/6/Roanoke/20;]The Maroons would go up 3-to-0 before Guilford gets its first goal of the game.
Sarah Routhier (ROW-tee-air) cuts across the crease and beats the Maroon goalie.
But Roanoke wins 20 to 6 to advance to the semi-finals.
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[ANCHOR=MIKE]
[GRAPHIC=ODAC]
Top seed W&L beat Sweet Briar 20-to-3.
Randy Mac beat Bridgewater 18-to-1 and Va. Wesleyan topped Lynchburg 17-to-7. The semi-finals are Saturday at Washington & Lee.
[S-Schaub]
[ANCHOR=mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-140 1:22:54]
[GRAPHIC=UVa]
Spring football is over at UVa, but the campaign to bring some Heisman attention to quarterback Matt Schaub is just beginning.
Steve Mason has more on the UVa senior.
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[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Charlottesville; :00]
[SUPER=01-Matt Schaub/28 Touchdown Passes Last Season; :19]
[SUPER=04-2003 Season; :34]
[SUPER=01-Al Groh/UVa Third Year Head Football Coach; :46]
[SUPER=@Steve1; 1:01]
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((Matt Schaub's plate has never been more full. He is now the Cavaliers top leader, one of the nations top returning quarterbacks and he must play his senior season with a first year UVa offensive coordinator. His calm demeanor is perhaps most evident in his support for Ron Prince.
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Schaub set or tied at least 10 UVa single season football records last fall while throwing for 2,976 yards. He produced a 4 to 1 touchdown to interception ratio and was sixth in the nation in passing efficiency.
((AL GROH/UVA THIRD YEAR HEAD COACH:))
((STEVE MASON:))
UVa has already started its promotion of Schaub for the coveted trophy, but the hype hasn't gone to his head.
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Schaub opens his senior campaign August 30th at home against Duke. Steve Mason News 7 sports.))
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When Rick Mast was forced to retire from racing due to acute carbon monoxide poisoning - he vowed to help other drivers.
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By bringing the problem to NASCAR's attention - the sports research and development center in Concord, North Carolina has
developed a catalyst system that can reduce or eliminate the deadly gas.
Tony Stewart - who has had all kinds of problems with carbon monoxide tested the new device at Martinsville two weeks ago and the results are promising.
The device sits on the floor in the car next to the driver and sends clean air to the driver's helmet. It works on the same premise as the catalytic converter on your personal car.
Mast's input has been critical in the development of the device.
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Finally tonight. We have saved the most amazing for last.
Practice for the Indy 500 today at the Brickyard.
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63 year old Mario Andretti - retired since 1994 - gets back behind the wheel today to shake down a car during testing.
Instead he hit debris between turns one and two while running at more than 200 miles an hour.
He is airborne for over 100 yards - he flips twice and eventually lands just fine.
And folks that's what he is - just fine.
He walked away from the wreck and says he has no soreness.
He plans to come back to the track and test again.
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