[1-News-Head]
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
Returning to the banks of the South River to see what's left in Rockbridge County.
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[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
And talk about adding insult to injury- -how about a tornado on top of the hurricane.
[Sports-head]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=]
In sports, the Hokies talk about a much improved UConn team, words from Tiki Barber, UVa's Darryl Blackstock has no sacks,
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[VO-NAT]
and legendary Winston Cup driver Davey Allison will be honored this weekend at Talladega.
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[WX-Head]
[ANCHOR=Robin]
[SS=None]
A calm weather forecast may help calm some jangled nerves and allow utility workers a clear view of their task. That story and a Mars WeatherSchool question just ahead.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon 4-Shot]
News 7 is next.
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[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=Video Open]
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[SOT 14:52:35 - 14:52:38]
[IN Q=It's a ...]
((IT'S A TOTAL SHOCK.))
[RUNS=:03]
[OUT Q=total shock.]
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[VO-NAT :10]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
Residents along the South River confront the harsh realities of flooding... hundreds are still in need of help.
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
Meanwhile in Central Virginia, an overnight tornado adds to the trouble.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
Good evening, I'm Shannon Young.
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
And I'm Keith Humphry.
[South-River]
[NEWSCAST=6 p.m.]
[WRITER=syo]
[TAPE#=03-35 TC44:44]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
Despite sunshine in Rockbridge County today, the immediate forecast is anything but bright for many living along the South River.
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
Hundreds recovering from hurricane-caused flooding are simply taking it one day at a time.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Nothing in Brenda Hostatter's home is where it used to be.]
[SUPER=03-Rockbridge Co.;:00]
[SUPER=01-Brenda Hostetter/Flood Victim;:07]
[SUPER=01-Robert Prestonback/Red Cross;:30]
[SUPER=01-Robert Fitzgerald/Flood Victim;:50]
[SUPER=@Goodlatte;1:09]
[RUNS=1:42]
[OUT Q=start over again now.]
((Nothing in Brenda Hostetter's home is where it used to be.
Not even the home itself.
[SOT 14:52:41 - 14:52:51]
[IN Q=This is the top of what used to be...]
((BRENDA HOSTETTER/FLOOD VICTIM: THIS IS THE TOP OF WHAT USED TO BE A GARAGE AND OUR HOME SAT OVER THERE AND WASHED IT DOWN TO THE FIELD.))
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[OUT Q=washed it down to the field.]
Days after Hurricane Isabel dropped more rain than the South River could handle, Hostetter and her neighbors are still dazed by the destruction the water left behind.
[SOT 14:53:02 - 14:53:05]
[IN Q=it's unbelievable.]
((IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE.))
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[OUT Q=It's just unbelievable.]
[BUTT BUTT BUTT]
[SOT 14:34:51 - 14:35:02]
[IN Q=The people are still in shock...]
((ROBERT PRESTONBACK/RED CROSS: THE PEOPLE ARE STILL IN SHOCK. ALOT OF HOMES ARE EMPTY 'CAUSE PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO EVACUATE AND THEY'RE STAYING WITH RELATIVES.))
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[OUT Q=staying with relatives.]
During the day, they return to their homes to take stock.
Even those who've weathered other floods say there's no way to prepare for the damage.
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[IN Q=I can't tell you waht it looked like...]
((ROBERT FITZGERALD/FLOOD VICTIM: I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE. IT WAS HEARTBREAKING TO SEE SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE WORKED FOR ALL YOUR LIFE IN THAT CONDITION.))
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[OUT Q=all your life in that condition.]
As Red Cross volunteers hand out hot meals, local politicians offer a helping of hope.
Congressman Bob Goodlatte says FEMA needs to set up a service facility west of the Blue Ridge.
[SOT 14:49:02 - 14:59:09]
[IN Q=The main thing we're stressing...]
((REP. BOB GOODLATTE/R-SIXTH DISTRICT: THE MAIN THING WE'RE STRESSING TO THEM IS GET A FACILITY SOMWHERE BETWEEN HERE AND WAYNESBORO AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO PEOPLE CAN APPLY FOR HELP.))
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[OUT Q=people can apply for help.]
[SOT 14:43:33 - 14:43:47]
In the meantime, these homeowners are making difficult decisions.
The Hostetters say their time on this riverfront property may be coming to an end.
But just down the road, Robert Fitzgerald says he's in his house to stay.
[SOT 14:43:33-14:43:47]
[IN Q=It's hard to just move...]
((FITZGERALD: IT'S HARD TO JUST MOVE AND LEAVE EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT. IT'S HOME AND AT OUR AGE THERE'S AIN'T NO WAY WE COULD START OVER AGAIN NOW.))
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[OUT Q=start over again now.]))
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[WIPE TO FULL SCREEN PINNACLE]
[ANCHOR=Shan]
Anybody with disaster-caused needs can ask the Red Cross for help by calling 1-866-GET INFO.
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[tornado]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mmu]
[TAPE#=03-34 TC1:15:16]
[GRAPHIC=Tornado]
You can now add tornado to the list of natural disasters that have battered Central Virginia in recent days.
A twister touched down in Richmond this morning, adding to the number of power outages, damaged homes and displaced residents.
Meghan Muldoon has more on the latest storm.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=I KNOW, IT WAS CRAZY.]
[SUPER=03-Richmond; :06]
[SUPER=01-Lisa Powers/Food Lion Manager; :00]
[SUPER=01-Darryl Robinson/Home Hit by Hurricane and Tornado; :36]
[SUPER=01-Catherine Shaffer/Home Damaged by Tornado; :52 quick!]
[SUPER=01-Eunice Dickerson/Home Condemned Due to Damage; :59]
[SUPER=@Meghan2; :]
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[OUT Q=MM, NEWS 7, RICHMOND]
(([SOT :16:32]
((LISA POWERS/FOOD LION: I KNOW IT WAS CRAZY I DIDN'T BELIEVE HIM WHEN HE CALLED ME I HAD TO COME DOWN AND SEE IT FOR MYSELF.))
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Richmond residents are in disbelief.
Five days after Hurricane Isabel slammed into their homes and cars, Mother Nature dealt another blow.
This time it was a tornado.
[SOT :16:16]
[IN Q=WE JUST REOPENED]
((LISA POWERS/FOOD LION: WE JUST REOPENED FROM THE HURRICANE SAID THE TORNADO HAD HIT, THE POWER IS OUT AND WE CAN'T GET BACK IN YET.))
[RUNS:09]
Businesses and residents who just had their power restored, got it knocked out again.
And homes battered by Isabel, got a double dose of destruction.
[SOT :25:12]
((DARRYL ROBINSON/HOME HIT BY HURRICANE AND TORNADO: HURRICANE BLEW THIS TREE OVER ON MY HOUSE THERE WAS TWO OF THEM THERE ALL THE TREES IN THE BACK THEN THE TORNADO WIPED MY FRONT OUT.))
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Weary residents say they have never experienced or heard anything like this before.
[SOT :28:47]
((CATHERINE SHAFFER/HOME DAMAGED IN TORNADO: IT GOT QUIET AND THEN KINDA WHEW!))
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[SOT :24:35]
((DARRYL ROBINSON/HOME HIT BY HURRICANE AND TORNADO: ALL I HEARD WAS A LOT OF TREES COMING DOWN, LIKE BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!))
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[SOT :35:24]
((EUNICE DICKERSON/HOME CONDEMNED DUE TO DAMAGE: IT'S LIKE A LOUD CRUNCHING YOU KNEW SOMETHING HIT YOUR HOUSE, INSULATION FLYING ALL OVER.))
[RUNS:04]
Isabel spared the Dickerson family's home.
but the tornado got it, damaging it so severely it is now condemned.
[SOT :35:56]
((EUNICE DICKERSON: WE WERE PREPARED FOR ISABEL BUT NOBODY WARNED US ABOUT WHATEVER THIS WAS.))
[RUNS:04]
Residents are praying that Mother Nature is through with them because they don't how much more of her fury they can take.
Meghan Muldoon, News 7, Richmond.))
[Salem-Murder]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=Murder Invest.]
A 15-year old from Salem faces murder and drug charges in the overdose death of another teenager.
The juvenile is in custody but his name has not been released.
Salem police say he's charged with felony homicide and distribution of methadone in connection with the death of 18- year old Joseph Ryan Lawrence.
Lawrence and another 18 year old were taken to the hospital last May suffering from what police thought was a drug overdose.
Lawrence died at the hospital-- the other 18 year old later recovered.
[County-Supers]
[ANCHOR=]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#03-31 TC1:47:51]
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Roanoke County supervisors say they will do everything they can to make sure a planned methadone clinic doesn't open on Colonial Avenue.
Today the board asked the planning commission to tighten the county's zoning ordinance.
[Double Boxes=Keith and JoeD/Microwave]
Joe Dashiell is outside the County Administration Building tonight with more on the board's response.
[Live=JOeD Full/Microwave]
[SUPER=@Joe1;]
[SUPER=05-Roanoke Co.;]
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(Rollcue: to find a better location.)
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[SOT]
[IN Q=It's a serious problem]
[SUPER=01-Rev. Mark Graham/Task Force Chairman; :00]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.; ]
[SUPER=@Minnix; ]
[SUPER=@Altizer; ]
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[OUT Q=thank you mister chairman.]
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[Tease#1]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
[SS=NONE]
Still ahead on News 7, years of undercover work results in one of the biggest drug busts in Franklin County's history
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
And Nancy Redd may not have come home wearing the Miss America crown, but she's still royalty in Southside.
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[Missing-Girl]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=03-29 TC1:53:07]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
Roanoke police are asking for help in finding a teen-aged girl.
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
Family members say they last saw Virginia Marie Northrup Sunday morning.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
The 16-year old set out on foot, heading for 7-11 on Williamson Road.
Store employees say she never got there.
Within a couple of hours, Jenni called her father from a pay phone outside the Roanoke Weiner Stand on Brandon Avenue.
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[SOT 22:49:25]
[IN Q=And she said]
((AND SHE SAID, "YOU KNOW HOW YOU ALWAYS LIKE TO LOOK UP DINOSAURS ON THE COMPUTER?" AND MY HUSBAND DOESN'T. DINOSAURS IS A CODE WORD FOR "I'M IN TROUBLE. HELP ME."))
[SUPER=01-Patty Northrup/Jenni's Mother]
[RUNS=:13]
[OUT Q=trouble. Help me.]
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[VO-NAT]
Jenni has run away before, Mrs. Northrup says. But she says Jenni would call to say she was all right.
Patty Northrup is distributing fliers bearing a picture of Jenni, convinced that Jenni would have called by now, if she could.
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[SOT 22:53]
[IN Q=I've got no]
((I'VE GOT NO IDEA WHERE SHE IS, HOW SHE GOT THERE. I JUST KNOW SOMEBODY HAD TO HAVE TAKEN HER, OR SHE WOULDN'T HAVE SAID, "DINOSAUR."))
[RUNS=:07]
[OUT Q=have said dinosaur.]
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
[SS=Jenni Northrup]
Jenni is a Roanoke native, attended Virginia Heights Elementary School, until the family moved to Sanford, North Carolina when Jenni was eight.
[Martin]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=tha]
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[GRAPHIC=Murder Invest.]
Danville police arrested a Pittsylvania County man today for a murder that occurred earlier this year.
38- year old Viston Shyrock Martin was already in custody at the Tazewell Correctional center when he was arrested by Danville police.
He's accused of killing Marco Duwan Banks on Monument Street in Danville in May.
Martin is being held without bond.
[Franklin-Drugs]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=03-42 TC03:51]
[GRAPHIC=None]
It took two years of undercover work, but Franklin County says it's putting some big drug dealers out of business.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Franklin Co.;]
Deputies are still arresting 50 people on charges of selling marijuana, cocaine and prescription drugs.
Six face federal charges as major suppliers of the drugs.
The Sheriff says it took the work of informants and undercover officers.
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[SOT 23:38:08]
[IN Q=The reason]
((QUINT OVERTON/FRANKLIN CO. SHERIFF; THE REASON FOR TAKING SO LONG IS BECAUSE WE TARGET THE SUPPLIERS. WE WANT TO TARGET THE SUPPLIERS WHICH TOOK CARE OF THE PUSHERS AND EVERYONE.))
[SUPER=01-Quint Overton/Franklin Co. Sheriff;]
[RUNS=:09]
[OUT Q=the pushers and everyone.]
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[VO-NAT]
The bust is the second-biggest in Franklin County history.
The Sheriff says several of the people arrested were ALSO targets in the largest bust back in 1984, but that they went back to dealing after they were released from prison.
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[Pillowtex-Insurance]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=Pillowtex Closing]
More help is on the way for former Pillowtex workers.
This afternoon the Department of Labor approved money to pay health insurance premiums.
The grant will pay 65-percent of the insurance premiums for eligible workers and will be distributed through the Virginia Employment Commission.
[Stocks]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Wall Street rebounded after some early losses.
[TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE]
[RUNS=:30]
[SUPER=x5000;]
[SUPER=440-x/40.63/9576.04/x/27.11/1901.73;]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
The DOW gained 41 points on the day.
NASDAQ rose 27.
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[VO]
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[Redd]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=03-32 TC1:15:31]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
She's not Miss America, but Nancy Redd's hometown still greeted her with a victory parade.
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
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[SOT show band shot with Nancy signs & banners]
[IN Q=music]
((NATS: BAND.))
[SUPER=03-Henry Co.;]
[RUNS=:05]
[OUT Q=NAT music.]
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[VO-NAT]
Her high school marching band found the reigning Miss Virginia at home today. She got home from the Miss America pageant late Sunday night.
Redd made it to the top 10, won a preliminary swimsuit competition -- and left 12-thousand dollars richer.
She says she's NOT disappointed.
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[SOT 23:31:23]
[IN Q=It's just been a]
((NANCY REDD/MISS VIRGINIA: IT'S JUST BEEN A FASCINATING JOURNEY AND TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT MARTINSVILLE ... IT'S JUST BEEN PHENOMENAL AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT YEAR AS MISS VA. ))
[SUPER=01-Nancy Redd/Miss Virginia;]
[RUNS=:11]
[OUT Q=next year as Miss Virginia.]
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[VO-NAT]
Redd says she won't take a break from her hectic schedule.
She plans to travel around as Miss Virginia, promoting 4-H and Martinsville... and reminding kids they need to "dream big," whether they win or lose.
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[Sports tease]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=]
News that could clear NASCAR driver Davey Allison from fault in the helicoptor crash that claimed his life ten years ago, words from Giants Tiki Barber
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[VO-NAT]
and the Hokies hope this years meeting is not as eventful as the last one.
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[S-Hokies]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-160 4420TC]
[GRAPHIC=TECH]
Virginia Tech hosts a much improved Connecticut team this Saturday in a Noon Kick-off. And while the history between the two is brief, Mike Stevens says it is rather eventful.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=FIRST AUDIO]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg/September 1, 2001; :00]
[SUPER=01-Kevin Jones/328 Yards and 5 TDs This Year; :26]
[SUPER=@mike1; :35]
[SUPER=01-Bryan Randall/Made College Debut Against Connecticut; :50]
[SUPER=04-This Season; 1:07]
[RUNS=1:35]
[OUT Q=...NEWS 7 SPORTS."]
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[S-Blackstock]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-156 44:32]
[GRAPHIC=UVa]
UVa's defense is giving up just 15 points a game after three contests.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Charlottesville; :00]
After leading the nation in sacks for freshman last year with 10, linebacker Darryl Blackstock doesn't have any sacks this season.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Al Groh/UVa Head Football Coach; :00]
[RUNS=:21]
[OUT Q=......really moving on"]
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[S-Barber]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-14 36:47]
[GRAPHIC=Tiki Barber]
Former Cave Spring star and now New York Giants running back Tiki barber leads the NFC in rushing and is third in the entire league on the ground.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Landover, MD; :00]
Tiki racked up 126 of his 313 yards over the weekend in a must win game for the Giants against the Redskins, a game New York won in overtime.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Tiki Barber/313 Rushing Yards in Three Games; :00]
[RUNS=:08]
[OUT Q=.....needed this one bad"]
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[S-Clarrett]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-155 43:18]
[GRAPHIC=NCAA football]
Suspended Ohio State running back Maurice Clarrett sued the NFL Tuesday, asking a judge to throw out a league rule preventing players from entering the draft until they have been out of high school three years.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-NCAA; :00]
Clarrett, is not eligible for the NFL draft until 2005. He rushed for 1,237 yards and led the Buckeyes to a national title as a freshman.
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[S-Davey]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-152 43:18]
[GRAPHIC=nascar]
Winston Cup drivers are at Talladega Sunday for the EA Sports 500. Racing legend Davey Allison died 10 years ago July in a helicopter accident. The Birmingham News paper quotes Allison's attorney as saying that Davey's death was a result of a flawed part of the helicopter and NOT pilot error.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Talladega, AL; :00]
Davey will be honored this weekend at Talladega, the site of his first Winston Cup race and win. Havoline will honor
Davey this weekend with a special paint scheme on the Havoline #42 Dodge driven by Jamie McMurray.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Jamie McMurray/Driver of Havoline #42 Dodge; :00]
[RUNS=:10]
[OUT Q=.....back to him"]
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[Teleportation]
[NEWSCAST=6 PM]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=03-36 TC37:27]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
The technology behind the phrase "beam me up scottie" is one step closer to becoming a reality.
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
At the Commonwealth of Virginia's Information Technology Symposium in Roanoke, Electronic Data Systems showed off a fairly new technology called teleportation.
The system lets you be somewhere without actually being there, thanks to a 3-dimensional digital image.
You can appear in a room live with a life-size image and have eye-to-eye contact with those present but be in a completely different location.
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[SOT 9:47]
[IN Q=We see it used]
((JEFF STORM/PROJECT ENGINEER: WE SEE IT USED IN COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS, GOVERNMENT APPLICATIONS AND MEDICAL APPLICATIONS. MEDICAL APPLICATIONS SUCH AS A DOCTOR WHO CAN'T COME IN TO TREAT A PATIENT COULD USE THIS TECHNOLOGY AND COULD HAVE ANOTHER DOCTOR ACT AS HIS HANDS BECAUSE HIS EYES ARE TRULY THERE.))
[SUPER=01-Jeff Storm/Project Engineer]
[RUNS=14]
[OUT Q=are truly there]
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[VO-NAT]
The company charges a fee of about 15-hundred dollars a month.
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by SS