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Coming up on News 7-
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No one wants to be in this.. but many people were yesterday. Now ways to keep the traffic moving.
A suspected murder who used bedsheets to escape is back in custody tonight.
And why spiders could be more aggressive at this time of year.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
Plus another lawsuit involving the ACC.
News 7 is next.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[VO-NAT]
Could this have been prevented? Transportation officials seem to think so.
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[ANCHOR =Jean]
[GRAPHIC=News 7 at 11]
[81-Signs]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11 PM]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=03-46 TC04:35]
[GRAPHIC=I-81]
Some call it a traffic nightmare.
One minor accident Sunday afternoon led to a major backup on interstate 81.
Now some want to know if anything can be done to prevent these problems in the future.
[***I-81 IN MONITOR***]
[DOUBLE BOXES=Jean & Justin /BAM;]
Justin McLeod is here now with an answer. Justin?
Jean, it is enough to drive you crazy and hundreds experienced just that this weekend.
[LIVE= Justin /FULL BAM]
[SUPER=@justin1]
In all, there were eight accidents that tied up traffic well into the night.
Things got so bad there were several incidents of road rage including one where a motorist pulled a gun.
But as we found out from State Police and V-Dot, there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
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[SUPER=03-Salem; :00]
[SUPER=01-Rodney King/State Police; :16 (QUICK)]
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[OUT Q=UNDER CONTROL OUT THERE]
((((NAT SOUND OF CARS DRIVING BY ON INTERSTATE 81))
This is how we expect Interstate 81 to be, a smooth ride with very few problems.
It was anything but Sunday afternoon when motorists got stuck in traffic for hours.
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[IN Q=Traffic was backed up]
((RODNEY KING/STATE POLICE TROOPER: TRAFFIC WAS BACKED UP FOR OVER 22 MILES AS A RESULT OF THE INITIAL ACCIDENT.))
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[OUT Q=initial accident]
An accident that happened around noon on northbound 81 in Salem.
Then one after the other, accidents kept popping up in the backup, damaging at least 16 vehicles.
It would take nearly 10 hours for traffic to get back to normal.
[SOT 2:07]
[IN Q=People just didn't have]
((RODNEY KING/STATE POLICE TROOPER: PEOPLE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET OFF THE INTERSTATE BEFORE THEY WERE JUST CAUGHT UP IN TRAFFIC AND HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO STAY THERE.))
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[OUT Q=to stay there]
But that will soon change.
V-Dot recently installed these permanent message boards on roadways leading to the interstate.
They'll be used to warn motorists of problems ahead and possibly how long the delay will be as well advise motorists on alternate routes.
Eventually, V-Dot will go a step further and provide real time traffic information over the radio.
[SOT 2:42]
[IN Q=It will give people some options]
((RODNEY KING/STATE POLICE TROOPER: IT WILL GIVE PEOPLE SOME OPTIONS EITHER TO GET OFF THE INTERSTATE AND MAYBE STOP AND GET THEM A BITE TO EAT AND GET OFF THE HIGHWAY FOR A LITTLE AWHILE UNTIL WE GET THINGS UNDER CONTROL OUT HERE.))
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[OUT Q=control out here] ))
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[LIVE= Justin /FULL BAM]
The radio component could be up and running by spring and would be similar to the one used by motorists for Virginia Tech games.
As for those permanent message boards which you have probably seen popping up, they should be operational by the first of the year.
[DOUBLE BOXES=Jean & Justin /BAM;]
Jean, State Police believe some of these measures could have helped yesterday but they also point out Sunday is such a high traffic volume day there would have been problems regardless.
[Downtown-Traffic]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=03-32 TC1:48:01]
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Drivers in downtown Roanoke are getting used to two-way traffic on Campbell Avenue, but the new traffic pattern isn't winning rave reviews from everyone.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Traffic engineers and downtown officials say it will take several weeks before it becomes clear how well the changes are working.
But they believe the two- way traffic will improve access downtown, and encourage more people to stop and shop.
Some business owners aren't convinced.
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[IN Q=]
((DAVID DIAZ/DOWNTOWN ROANOKE INC.: YOU TRY TO MAKE DOWNTOWN AS AMENABLE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR VISITORS TO GET IN AND OUT OF YOUR DOWNTOWN. AND ONE WAY STREETS DON'T DO THAT.))
((CARL ROSEN/HENRI KESSLER FURS: PEOPLE COME DOWNTOWN TO WORK AND THEN THEY COME BACK TO PLAY. IF WE ARE FACED WITH A TRAFFIC JAM, MY FEAR IS THEY WILL NOT COME BACK DOWN TO PLAY BECAUSE THEY WALKED AWAY OR WERE DRIVEN AWAY WITH A BAD TASTE IN THEIR MOUTHS.))
[SUPER=01-David Diaz/Downtown Roanoke Inc.; :00]
[SUPER=01-Carl Rosen/Henri Kessler Furs; :11]
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[OUT Q=bad taste in their mouths.]
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[VO-NAT]
Rosen says he hopes the changes work, but he believes downtown Roanoke and city officials were wrong to move ahead with a proposal that a major segment of downtown businesses opposed.
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[Selenski]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jja]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=None]
The search for an escaped murder suspect in Pennsylvania is over.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Wilkes-Barre, PA]
Hugo Selenski turned himself into to State police tonight at his home- after his attorney called to arrange the surrender.
Selenski escaped from a jail in Wilkes Barre (Berry) Pennsylvania by climbing down a 60 foot rope made of bedsheets.
Selenski is suspected of killing five people who's remains were found buried on his property.
Selenski may not be put back in that jail though. He's being held at an undisclosed location.
Police are now trying to trace where he's been and if anyone helped him.
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[Sniper-trial]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mmu]
[TAPE#=03-41 TC25:14]
[GRAPHIC=John Muhammed]
Jury selection for sniper suspect John Allen Muhammed begins tomorrow in Virginia Beach.
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[VO-NAT]
Muhammed faces two capital-murder charges in the death of Dean Meyers.
Meyers was shot dead last year at a gas station near Manassas.
[SUPER=04-Last Year]
The DC-area shootings have already spawned several books and "made-for-tv" movies.
Legal experts say the publicity surrounding the case means finding an unbiased jury will be difficult.
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[SOT 27:09]
[IN Q=THAT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE]
((STEVEN BENJAMIN/CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY: THAT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE FOR ALL THE PARTICIPANTS IN THIS CASE IS JUDGING THIS CASE AND DELIVERING A VERDICT AND A SENTENCE BASED SOLELY UPON THE EVIDENCE THAT IS HEARD AT THIS TRIAL BECAUSE SO MUCH HAS ALREADY BEEN PUT OUT THERE.))
[SUPER=01-Steven Benjamin/Criminal Defense Attorney]
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[OUT Q=ALREADY BEEN PUT OUT THERE.]
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[VO-NAT]
Jury selection is expected to take several days.
Muhammad's alleged accomplice, John Lee Malvo, is scheduled to go on trial next month in Chesapeake.
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[Odighizuwa]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=myr]
[TAPE#=03-34 TC1:40:28]
[GRAPHIC=Peter O.]
A grand jury indicted Peter Odighizuwa (oh-dig-ih-ZOO'-uh) today on capital murder charges.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Grundy/September 26;]
The former Appalachian School of Law student is charged in the shooting deaths of his dean, a professor and another student in January of last year.
He now faces three counts of capital murder, three counts of attempted capital murder, and six weapons charges.
In September a judge ruled Odighizuwa was mentally competent to stand trial, despite being diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic.
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[ACC-Lawsuit]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=dse]
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[GRAPHIC=BC/ACC]
Just a day after announcing its decision to join the A-C-C, Boston College found out it's going to be sued by four other Big East schools.
The suit is expected to be filed tomorrow in Connecticut.
It alleges that the Atlantic Coast Conference and Boston College conspired to weaken the Big East.
B-C's athletic director and four ACC officials will also be named in the suit.
Connecticut, Rutgers, Pittsburgh and West Virginia are filing this suit and they're already suing the University of Miami.
A judge last week threw out a case against the ACC on jurisdictional grounds.
[Conjoined-Twins]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=col]
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Doctors are encouraged by recent brain scans of conjoined twins separated this weekend.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Dallas, TX]
They have a long road to recovery, but the Egyptian boys are on their way...after doctors performed a 34 hour surgery separating them.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=there's no hemorrhage and minimal]
((DR. JIM THOMAS/CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER; THERE'S NO HEMORRHAGE AND MINIMAL RESIDUAL BRAIN SWELLING. THE NEUROSURGERY TEAM IS QUITE PLEASED WITH WHAT THEY SEE."))
[SUPER=01-Dr. Jim Thomas/Children's Medical Center;]
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[OUT Q= team is quite pleased with what they see.;]
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[VO-NAT]
Ahmed and Mohamed (Ee-bra-Heem) Ibrahim were born two years ago joined at the head. They have separate brains but shared a network of blood vessels.
The boys remain in a drug induced coma to protect their brains from swelling. They are breathing with the help of ventilators and are being watched by an army of doctors, nurses and other specialists.
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[Atkins-Fat]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jja]
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[GRAPHIC=None]
Is the Atkins diet really the way to go? A new Harvard study suggests low carb dieters can actually eat more and lose weight.
The research is causing some experts to question long held assumptions about calorie counting.
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[video from Feig CNN pkg]
And a new study today warns of ballooning obesity.
A new internal medicine study found that extreme obesity- being 100 pounds or more overweight has actually quadrupled since the 1980's.
If you are just 20 or 30 pounds overweight you are at increased risk for hypertension, heart disease and diabetes.
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[SOT 29]
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((ROLAND STORM/RAND; IF YOU ARE 100 POUNDS OVERWEIGHT, IT'S NOT JUST INCREASING YOUR RISK, YOU'RE GOING TO GET DIABETES, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE HYPERTENSION AND KNEE PROBLEMS AND NOT BY THE TIME YOU'RE 60, BUT IN YOUR 40'S.))
[SUPER=01-Roland Storm/RAND; ]
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[OUT Q=IN YOUR 40'S.]
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[VO-NAT]
Doctors say diabetes is now a public health crisis in America.
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[Tease1]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[WRITER=dse]
[NEWSCAST=11p]
[SS=None]
Still ahead on News 7, more local jobs appear to be headed overseas.
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[VO-NAT]
While U-S troops overseas say they're getting closer to Saddam Hussein.
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[Sports-Preview]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
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[OUT Q=THE BIG 7."]
((Hey folks, Mike Stevens back in the News 7 sports office - as the Sox and Yankees tee it up for game four in Boston with a few men a little lighter in the wallet.
DeAngelo Hall racks up a special honor from the Big East.
UVa is regrouping and focusing in on FSU.
Plus, Bonnie was in town tonight, and using the choke hold gets this Buckeye and blackeye and a suspension tonight on the Big 7.))
[Iraq]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=jja]
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[GRAPHIC=Saddam Hussein]
The U-S military says it believes Saddam Hussein is hiding out in his hometown of Tikrit- and that he's influencing attacks on U-S soldiers.
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[VO-NAT]
New attacks killed three soldiers and wounded five others today.
A convoy was attacked near Baghad-
[Super=03-Tikrit, Iraq;]
and a rocket propelled grenade killed a soldier in Tikrit.
Military officials say Saddam may not only be hiding in Tikrit .. he may be exerting strong influence over those targeting U-S troops.
Meanwhile more U-S forces are being taped for duty- More than 700 soldiers from Oregon's National Guard will head to Iraq in March.
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[Kucinich]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jja]
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[GRAPHIC=Campaign 2004]
A steadfast opponent of the war in Iraq throws his name into the Presidential Race.
This time it is long time liberal congressman from Ohio- Dennis Kucinich (koo-SIN-ich). He says he knows it's a long shot, but he says miracles can happen.
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[IN Q=As president]
((REP. DENNIS KUCINICH/PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: AS PRESIDENT I WILL WORK WITH THE LEADERS OF THE WORLD TO MAKE WAR A THING OF THE PAST TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS.))
[SUPER=01-Rep. Dennis Kucinich/(D) Presidential Candidate;]
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[OUT Q=ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS.]
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[Anchor=Jean]
[SS=HOLD]
Kucinich is 56 years old. He is pushing for workers rights and universal health care.
[Plymouth]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=myr]
[TAPE#=03-35 TC1:16:25]
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Dozens of Radford workers are without jobs.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Radford;]
Plymouth, Incorporated terminated all of its operations Saturday.
The company makes back to school paper products for brands like Crayola and C-V-S.
Officials say the company has been struggling over the past three years, and recently filed for bankruptcy in August.
Martin Designs, an Ohio-based company, won the company's assets Friday, and will continue manufacturing products overseas.
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[IN Q=the entire]
((JOEY ALTIZER/PLYMOUTH, INC. CFO; THE ENTIRE BACK TO SCHOOL INDUSTRY HAS BECOME SUCH A COMPETITIVE INDUSTRY ITSELF WITH COMPETITION OVERSEAS, THAT U.S. MANUFACTURING AGAIN, WAS COMING UP SHORT.))
[SUPER=01-Joey Altizer/Plymouth, Inc. CFO ]
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[OUT Q=coming up short]
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[VO-NAT]
57-workers lost their jobs.
Plymouth has been in business in Radford since 1992.
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[Tibet-pageant]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=col]
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It's a pageant considered so controversial that only one contestant entered.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Dharamsala, India;]
In a culture that stresses spirituality over swimsuits, a beauty pageant is viewed as counterproductive to Buddhist beliefs. But, that didn't stop Tsering Kyi (Seering Key) from pursuing the title of Miss Tibet.
Kyi hopes that her participation in the next Miss World contest will foster Tibetan nationalism and highlight her people's quest for freedom from China.
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[Tease2]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[WRITER=dse]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[SS=None]
They're moving in and it's not because we're getting close to Halloween.
Why spiders are a sign of fall when News 7 returns.
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[VO-NAT]
And the Navy scuttles a plan that some say would hurt marine mammals.
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[Commercial]
[Flu-Shot]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=03-36 TC1:00:05]
[GRAPHIC=Flu Shots]
Flu season is just around the corner and doctors say this year, you won't have any trouble finding the vaccine.
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[VO-NAT :12]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;]
Doctors at Cave Spring Family Practice started vaccinating patients last week.
They say October and November are the best times to start.
Unlike years past, THIS year there's no shortage of the flu vaccine.
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[IN Q=We've had some supplier backlogs]
[SOT 7:55:21]
((DR. KEVIN KELLEHER: WE'VE HAD SOME SUPPLIER BACKLOGS, BUT EVERYTHING'S SHOWING UP ON TIME, SO I THINK THERE'S PLENTY OF SHOTS THIS YEAR.))
[SOT 7:49:32]
((BUD NININGER/PATIENT: I DO IT EVERY YEAR AND I WAS JUST WAITING FOR THE VACCINE TO BECOME AVAILABLE AND IT'S HERE, SO I ALWAYS DO IT.))
[SUPER=01-Dr. Kevin Kelleher/Cave Spring Family Practice; :00]
[SUPER=01-Bud Nininger/Flu Shot Patient; :09]
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[OUT Q=I always do it.]
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The elderly and people with chronic illnesses are the most at risk.
Each year, 36-thousand people die from complications of the flu.
Doctors say MOST of those deaths could have been prevented with a flu shot.
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[Spiders]
[ANCHOR=Jean ]
[NEWSCAST=11 p.m.]
[WRITER=syo]
[TAPE#=03-40 TC34:44]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Even before Halloween, beware of the creepy crawlers.
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[VO-NAT :11]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
Experts say fall is peak spider season.
The bugs spiders eat can't handle the cooler temperatures so they die off, leaving spiders hungry.
So they resort to desperate measures.
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[SOT12:19:19-12:19:29]
[IN Q=We walk out our front door...]
((RON WOOD/EXTERMINATOR: WE WALK OUT OUR FRONT DOOR AND SEE THEM SLINGING WEBS UP RIGHT ABOVE US 'CAUSE THEY REALLY NEED TO GET A MEAL RIGHT NOW. THEY NEED TO STOCK UP FOR THE WINTER.))
[BUTT BUTT BUTT]
[SOT 12:22:10-12:22:22]
((IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THE SHRUBS AND TREES CLOSE TO A HOUSE CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS 'CAUSE THEY'LL SLING WEBS FROM ONE TO THE OTHER SO THAT CAN INCREASE THE POPULATION.))
[SUPER=01-Ron Wood/Exterminator;]
[RUNS=:22]
[OUT Q=that can increase the population.]
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[VO-NAT :12]
Wood says many spiders like to hang out in dark places so be careful reaching into closets and putting on shoes.
If you get bitten, try to catch the spider so your doctor can identify it.
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[S-Extra]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=EXTRA]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
Football notes from Tech and UVa, plus the low down on the wild and woolly ALCS.
But first tonight's Extra Point -
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Camp Randle, WI/Last Saturday; :00]
Ohio State linebacker Robert Reynolds has been suspended for this week's game against Iowa - and rightfully so.
Watch Reynolds makes the tackle and then jam his fingers into Wisconsin quarterback - Jim Sorgi's (SORE-GEE) neck and choke him.
To his credit Reynolds has called the quarterback an appologized.
Sorgi says he accepts it and doesn't hold any grudges.
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[OUTCUE=last score."]
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[S-Fine]
[ANCHOR=MIKE]
[NEWSCAST=11PM]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-151 11017TC]
[GRAPHIC=MLB]
Game four of the American League Championship Series was held tonight in Boston - but before we get to the highlights - we must set the stage.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Boston, MA/Saturday-FOX ;:00]
This afternoon -fines were handed down from the Big League office for the bench clearing fiasco on Saturday between the Yankees and Red Sox in Boston.
Pedro Martinez was fined $50 thousand bucks for his part in the incident.
Manny Ramirez was hit with a $25 thousand dollar fine.
And Yankees Karim Garcia was fined 10 thousand and coach Don Zimmer five thousand .
Both teams were also warned to clean up their acts for tonight.
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[S-Sox]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-165 202TC]
[GRAPHIC=MLB]
And Wakefield would get his support.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Boston, MA/Fox-MLB; :00]
He got it from his fans at Fenway park and he got it from his teammates. His knuckleball baffled the Yankees for most of the night as he pitched 7 plus innings and struck out 8 batters.
In the fourth - Wakefield got his run support from Todd Walker who lifted one just out of the park in right field to make it one to nothing.
The Yankees got one in the top of the fifth, but the Sox got another homer in their half of the frame.
[super=35-New York/2/Boston/3/Series Tied 2-to-2;]
Trot Nixon hit this shot out to center.
Boston hangs on for the 3-to-2 win to tie the series at 2 games a piece.
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[S-Hall]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-165 :29]
[GRAPHIC=TECH]
If you witnessed De Angelo Hall's "3-D" performance last Saturday you just knew he would be named Big East player of the week today.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg/Last Saturday; :00]
De Angelo became the first player in BIG EAST history to return two punts for touchdowns in the same game this past Saturday and Virginia Tech defeated Syracuse 51-7 and jumped to number 3 in the national polls.
The Big East noticed that and made him special teams player of the week.
The junior from Chesapeake scored on a 58-yard dash and a 60 yard gallop in less than 2 minutes.
Hall finished with five returns for 155 yards. He's currently 7th in the nation averaging 17 yards a return.
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[S-LSU]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-158 5458TC ]
[GRAPHIC=none]
[wipe to eng#!!!!!!!!]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg/2002 L.S.U. Game; :00]
Elsewhere on the Tech front tonight - the Hokies game with LSU next season has officially been postponed.
This afternoon officials from both schools announced that the game has been moved to the 2007 season.
Tech asked LSU to move the game when the Hokies all-but-certain host role in next year's Black Coaches Association Classic fell through.
Tech needed to free up the space on the schedule to secure a seventh home game for next season.
LSU coach Nick Saban says he's not happy about it, but both Frank Beamer and Jim Weaver say it had to be done.
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[S-Cavs]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-153 10610TC]
[GRAPHIC=uva]
The Virginia Cavaliers tumbled out of the top 25 for the second time this season after their overtime loss to Clemson on Saturday.
[graphic=uva football]
Now they must get ready to face the nation's seventh ranked team in Florida State - a sqaud that is also licking its wounds this week.
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[IN Q=FIRST AUDIO]
[SUPER=03-Clemson, SC/Saturday; :00]
[SUPER=01-Al Groh/0-and-2 Against FSU; :25]
[SUPER=@steve1; :38]
[SUPER=01-Almondo Curry/UVa Senior Captain; :56]
[SUPER=01-Chris Canty/UVa Defensive End; 1:11]
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[OUT Q=...NEWS 7 SPORTS."]
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[ANCHOR=mike]
[graphic=hold acc]
And the UVa-FSU game will be on ESPN and not espn2 Saturday night with a 7:45pm kickoff.
The Seminoles are early 7 and a half point favorites.
[S-Club]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-150 11528TC]
[GRAPHIC=TECH HOOPS]
The Roanoke Valley Sports Club was all about the hardwood tonight.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem; :00]
The club's monthly gathering at the Salem Civic Center's Community Room featured Virginia Tech head women's basketbal coach Bonnie Henrickson.
All Bonnie has done in her six years at Tech is win at least 20 games each season and play in four NCAA tournaments and two NITs.
Bonnie is 135 and 54 in those six years.
Believe it or not practice begins at the end of this week for college's across the country.
Roanoke Dazzle head coach Kent Davison - who also is gearing up for his third NBDL season also spoke to the crowd.
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[Whales]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jja]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Whales can't speak but one actor is speaking for them.. Pierce Brosnan is one of many who are fighting to keep the waters quiet for the whales.
Kelly Cobiella (Koh-bee-YAY-uh) reports from Santa Monica.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Jean-Michel Cousteau/Marine Scientist; :12]
[SUPER=01-Kelly Cobiella/CBS News; :48]
[SUPER=01-Pierce Brosnan/Actor & Activist; 1:08]
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[OUT Q=CBS News.]
((CALL IT A QUIETER, GENTLER NATIONAL DEFENSE. THE NAVY HAS AGREED TO A QUIET ZONE IN MOST OF THE WORLD'S WATERS.. TO PROTECT MARINE LIFE FROM A NEW, LONG-DISTANCE SONAR.
JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU, MARINE SCIENTIST:
"I'm very pleased that perhaps undewr pressure, the nnavy has come up with good sense..."
THAT PRESSURE CAME FROM A COALITION OF ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS AND WORLD-RENOWNED MARINE SCIENTIST JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU. THE GROUP SUED THE NAVY LAST YEAR, ACCUSING IT OF CIRCUMVENTING ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS IN ORDER TO TEST ITS NEW TECHNOLOGY.
MANY MARINE BIOLOGISTS BELIEVE SONAR INTERRUPTS WHALE MIGRATION.. AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHALE BEACHINGS AND OTHER DAMAGE TO MARINE LIFE.
JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU, MARINE SCIENTIST:
The impact is that it kills, okay, It maim and it kills.
KELLY COBIELLA/REPORTING: "The navy compares the technology to a floodlight in the ocean.. the only way it says it has of seeing the newer generations of quieter enemy submarines."
ENVIRONMENTALISTS SAY THERE HAS TO BE A BALANCE BETWEEN THE NEEDS OF THE NAVY.. AND THE PRESERVATION OF OCEAN LIFE.. A CAUSE THAT HAS THE POWER OF HOLLYWOOD BEHIND IT.. IN ACTOR PIERCE BROSNAN.
Pierce Brosnan/Actor & Activist:
It will really mean the death of whales.. and I'd hate for my kids to turn to me one day and say, where are the whales, dad?
FOR NOW, THE SONAR WILL ONLY BE USED IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN NEAR NORTH KOREA AND CHINA. A FEDERAL MAGISTRATE IS EXPECTED
TO APPROVE THE DEAL LATER THIS WEEK. IN LOS ANGELES, Kelly Cobiella, CBSNEWS.))