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Coming up on News 7--
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Higher taxes on some items.. lower on others. The latest tax plan in Virginia- what it could mean for your wallet.
Do higher speed limits mean more deaths on the highway?
Plus which toys one group says you should not buy.
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Plus a recall on one Kroger product.
News 7 at Eleven is next.
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It could mean new prescription drug benefits for seniors- as the Senate clears the way today for the biggest changes to Medicare since 1965.
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((THE LEGISLATION LITERALLY MEANS LIFE OR DEATH.))
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[OUT Q=OR DEATH.]
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But die is just what some want to happen to the legislation saying it is NOT the right plan for seniors.
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[Medicare]
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Good Evening. I'm Jean Jadhon.
It will be the biggest changes in Medicare in decades- It will allow private competition in Medicare- a move some say will only serve to enrich the drug and insurance companies.
Lawmakers have been on Capitol Hill tonight where they've set an official vote for tomorrow.
With the latest now, Stacy Case reports from Washington.
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[SUPER=03-Washington, DC; :00]
[SUPER=01-Sen. Bill Frist/(R) Majority Leader; :07]
[SUPER=01-Sen. Edward Kennedy/(D) Massachusetts; :15]
[SUPER=01-Sen. Tom Daschle/(D) Minority Leader; :50]
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((AFTER A LATE-NIGHT SESSION ON CAPITAL HILL, REPUBLICANS ARE STILL TRYING TO GET A NEW MEDICARE BILL PASSED.
DEMOCRATS HAVE HELD OUT FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
(SOT: SEN. BILL FRIST/(R) MAJORITY LEADER)
"This legislation literally means life or death."
DEMOCRATS TRIED TO HOLD OUT FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
(SOT: SEN. EDWARD KENNEDY/(D) MASSACHUSETTS)
"It is the beginning of the unwinding of Medicare. The replacing of Medicare with the private sector."
AT THE HEART OF THE LANDMARK LEGISLATION -- A NEW PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFIT -- LONG-SUPPORTED BY DEMOCRATS.
THE MEASURE HAS BEEN LINKED TO A G-O-P BACKED PLAN TO GIVE PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES AN EXPANDED ROLE IN MEDICARE.
ONE PROVISION WILL EVENTUALLY ALLOW HMO'S TO COMPETE DIRECTLY WITH THE GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH PROGRAM IN SIX CITIES.
BUT WHAT SOME LAWMAKERS VIEW AS INNOVATIVE... OTHERS SEE AS CAVING IN TO SPECIAL INTERESTS.
(SOT: SEN. TOM DASCHLE/(D) MINORITY LEADER)
"It's a sad day for medicare, millions of senior citizens will now pay more for their drugs."
DESPITE THE CONTROVERSY, PRESIDENT BUSH HAS ALREADY MADE IT CLEAR HE'S EAGER TO SIGN THE BILL INTO LAW.
(SOT: PRESIDENT BUSH)
"Modernizing Medicare will make the system better, and will enable us to say to millions of seniors ... we've kept our promise to seniors."
ALONG WITH THE WHITE HOUSE, BIG BUSINESSES AND THE NATION'S LARGEST SENIOR GROUP, AARP, SUPPORT THE LEGISLATION.
BUT THERE'S CONCERN ON CAPITAL HILL THE ESTIMATED 400-BILLION DOLLAR 10-YEAR BILL WILL ACTUALLY COST TAXPAYERS TRILLIONS.
STACY CASE, CBS NEWS, WASHINGTON. ))
[Dems-Debate]
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The Democratic Presidential candidates agreed they don't like the Medicare bill.
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But that, and their dislike of President Bush's foreign policy, were about all they could agree on in a debate televised this afternoon on MS-NBC.
Much of their time was spent attacking front-runner Howard Dean.
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Howard Dean hopes he's still the frontrunner come February.
That's when Virginia holds it's primary and supporters locally are getting ready.
[***CAMPAIGN 2004 IN MONITOR***]
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Justin McLeod is in the newsroom tonight to tell us all about it. Justin?
Jean, all the attention may be on Iowa and New Hampshire right now.
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But eventually, Virginia will be in the spotlight and that's why you may see Howard Dean right here in southwest Virginia.
Those who have already made appearances in Roanoke include John Kerry and Bob Graham who has since dropped out.
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Tonight, about 25 Howard Dean supporters gathered in Roanoke for an organizational meeting.
Leading the discussion was former Lt. Governor Don Beyer who is currently Dean's national campaign treasurer.
Beyer says the state will be instrumental in deciding who will be the democratic nominee.
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((DON BEYER/HOWARD DEAN'S CAMPAIGN TREASURER: IT'S VERY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW. TWO WEEKS TO THE DAY AFTER THE FIRST BIG PRIMARY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, AFTER NEW HAMPSHIRE THEY GO TO SOUTH CAROLINA AND OKLAHOMA AND ARIZONA BUT THEY COME BACK TO VIRGINIA SO IF PEOPLE CAN DO VERY WELL IN IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE BUT THOSE ARE NOTHERN ALL WHITE FAIRLY LIBERAL STATES, THEY COME WIN VIRGINIA THAT REALLY MARKS THEM AS A NATIONAL CANDIDATE.))
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The state's Democratic presidential primary is Tuesday February 10th.
So far, Beyer says 12-thousand Virginian's have signed up on Dean's website pledging their support.
Dean plans to campaign throughout the commonwealth and there's already talk about making a trip to Roanoke or Blacksburg.
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Nothing is definite yet but it would most likely happen in late January or early February.
[DOUBLE BOXES=Jean & Justin /NEwsroom;]
Jean, Dean supporters will meet again December 3rd at Mill Mountain Coffee and Tea on Starkey Road in Roanoke.
[Kroger-Recall]
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Kroger is recalling some macaroni salad.
The Georgia Department of Agriculture said today it found Listeria in a sample of macaroni salad from a Kroger supermarket.
The agency's food lab detected the bacteria in a sample taken from a ten-pound tub of Deli Chef Sour Cream and Cheese Macaroni Salad, labeled 'Best If Used By 11 27 03'.
The product was repackaged in smaller serving containers. Anyone who bought the salad should check with the store.
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A week after a jury convicted John Allen Muhammad for the sniper shooting death of Dean Myers, it handed down the highest possible punishment.
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Jurors say their decision to recommend the death penalty was not based on any single piece of evidence, but on the prosecution's entire case AND the emotional testimony of the victims family.
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((BOB MEYERS/ VICTIM'S BROTHER THIS WASN'T A REVENGE THING, IN ANY WAY. I JUST FEEL THAT WHAT WAS DONE WAS RIGHT.))
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The judge in the case can uphold the recommended death penalty or reduce the sentence to life in prison, something that is rarely done in Virginia.
But an appeal is mandatory for any death sentence.
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[Gretna-Murder]
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Gretna High School is beefing up security after a shooting outside last week's playoff game.
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The school moved this week's regional championship game against Rustburg from Friday night to Saturday at 1:30.
It's also hired extra deputies to patrol AND block off parts of Coffey Street, outside the stadium.
That's where 29-year-old Lynndell Powell was fatally shot Friday night after an argument.
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((DEBORAH POWELL/PRINCIPAL: AT THIS POINT WE FEEL SAFE, WE FEEL SECURE, WE'RE PREPARED TO PLAY SATURDAY AND WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON TO STATE SEMIFINALS AND STATE FINALS. ))
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23-year-old Edwin Rontae Hodnett of Chatham and 19-year-old Jonathan Lynn Carter of Danville face first degree murder charges.
School officials emphasize that neither suspect attended the game and that no Gretna students were involved.
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Police hope to make an arrest in a shooting this morning that critically injured a Lynchburg man.
Amherst County authorities say 32-year-old Richard Lee Law was shot at least once during an altercation outside the Quik-E convenience store near South Coolwell Road.
Law then reportedly drove his car across Route 29, jumped a curb and smashed through the wall of a vacant restaurant near the Knight's Inn.
He's in critical condition.
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[Speeding-Deaths]
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Since the federal government lifted its 55 mile an hour speed limit eight years ago... Americans have been driving faster and faster.
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A new safety study says the epidemic of speed... caused an additional 19-hundred deaths between 1996 and 1999.
In states which raised their speed limits to 70... fatalities jumped 35%.
And in states with 75 mile an hour maximums... 38%.
What troubles safety experts ...is car makers continue to
market speed and drivers attach no stigma to speeding or tickets.
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((SUE FERGUSON/INSURANCE INSTITUTE FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY; SOMEHOW SPEEDING IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ALL ROUTINELY DO AND DON'T THINK ITS A BAD THING TO DO.))
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[OUT Q=bad thing to do.]
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One out of every three drivers in the Washington area is clocked at 15 miles above the posted limit.
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Most of us would like lower taxes... and a lot of us may get them if the governor has his way.
More on his new tax plan and reaction from taxpayers.
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Plus a town where being locked and loaded is the law.
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[Sports-preview]
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((Hey folks Mike Stevens back in the News 7 sports office and Randall gets the nod and reins for the whole game, UVa is anxious to make amends for the past four years. Maryland is ready to Gator in Jacksonville.
Chaminade does it again to big name program.
And hall of fame Warren Spahn is dead at the age of 82 tonight on the Big 7.))[Tax-Reform]
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Some Virginians will pay more, but most will pay less.
That is how Governor Warner is characterizing his tax reform plan he unveiled today.
Warner's plan produces a net tax increase of 500 million dollars a year.
But Richmond Bureau Chief Meghan Muldoon reports it also provides tax breaks.
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(( Governor Mark Warner made a point of highlighting that under his tax reform plan, 65% of Virginia taxpayers will save money.
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((GOVERNOR MARK WARNER: THIS DOES PROVIDE GREAT TAX RELIEF FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF VIRGINIANS.))
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Warner's plan would lower the income tax rates for Virginians making under 20 thousand a year.
It would also trim the grocery tax by a penny and a half.
And his plan would complete the phaseout of the car tax which has stalled at a 70% reduction and eliminate the estate tax on farms.
But clearly some Virginians will pay more.
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((GOVERNOR MARK WARNER: YES WE DO INCREASE OVERALL REVENUE.))
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Warner says his plan will raise 500 million dollars a year in new revenue.
Smokers would see a 22 and a half cent tax hike on cigarettes.
And consumers would see a one cent increase in the state's sales tax.
Warner is also tinkering with the age deduction.
Those already 65 and older will continue to receive the tax credit but seniors turning 65 after January 1, 2005, may not.
His plan also calls for closing corporate loopholes and taxing Internet purchases.
As well as increasing the tax rate on Virginians making over 100-thousand.
Warner says Virginia has run out of one time budget fixes.
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((GOVERNOR MARK WARNER: THE NOTION THAT WE CAN SIMPLY TO THE NEXT THAT KIND OF PRACTICES ENDS NOW.))
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Some Republicans immediately criticized the governor for breaking his campaign promise by raising taxes.
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((DELEGATE MORGAN GRIFFITH/R-SALEM: WELL, I AM A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT IT'S NOT TAX REFORM BUT INSTEAD A TAX RATE CHANGE OR TAX INCREASE PLAN.))
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[OUT Q=A TAX RATE CHANGE OR TAX INCREASE PLAN.] Warner decided against taxing services and increasing th
e fuel tax.
Now it is the General Assembly's turn to decide what it wants or doesn't want to tax.
Meghan Muldoon, News 7, Richmond.))
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If Governor Warner is going to win over skeptical lawmakers, he must first sell his tax reform plan to the public, and tomorrow he will kick off that campaign in Roanoke.
But it won't be easy.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.]
Customers of the Tobacco Company were grumbling about cigarette taxes long before the Governor announced his plans to seek a ten-fold increase in the state's tobacco tax.
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((BOB BERNAZOLLI: I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE TO INCREASE REVENUES, BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT A SIN TAX, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS IS, A SIN TAX, DO IT ON EVERYTHING ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, NOT JUST TOBACCO.))
((AMY LONG: I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY FAIR TO RAISE THE TAX ON SMOKERS JUST BECAUSE WE SMOKE. THAT'S JUST NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO.))
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The proposed increase in the state sales tax may also be a hard sell- but people were more supportive in the check-out line at the Tanglewood Kroger, where most shoppers said they support the governor's plan to reduce the sales tax on food.
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[Town-Ordinance]
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The tiny Kansas community of Geuda Springs doesn't have its own police force.
So residents are being asked to take matters of security into their own hands.
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The town council voted 3 to 2 in favor of an ordinance that requires heads of households to equip their homes with a firearm and ammunition. Non-complying residents would be fined ten dollars.
But not everyone is sold on the idea.
The county sheriff is worried about the safety of his officers when responding to calls.
The town's attorney plans to ask the council to reverse its decision.
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[Tease2]
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So you've made your list, but one group says check it twice.
Its dirty dozen list of violent toys and games, next on News 7.
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Plus find out how can add some Hokie flair to "you've got mail."
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[Dirty-Dozen]
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Power Rangers may be at the top of many children's Christmas Lists, but one group says they are not good for children.
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The Lion and the Lamb project is out with its list of the toys it says you should not buy your children- it's come up with a dirty dozen list of toys it says are too violent for children.
This years list is not just toys that have made their way from TV to the toy shelves but from the big screen to video games such as the Matrix and Terminator video games.
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((DAPHNE WHITE/LION AND LAMB PROJECT: ADULT LEVEL ENTERTAINMENT VIOLENCE SHOULD NOT MARKETED TO CHILDREN. IT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL TO SELL THESE PRODUCTS TO CHILDREN AT THE RETAIL LEVEL.))
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Some of the toys on the dirty dozen list include the Hulk, Spider man and X-men action figures and video games. The 2-fast 2-furious board game and video game, and Power Rangers Ninja Storm.
The group advocates board games, puzzles and even race cars that make its list of top 20 toys to buy.
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[Reindeer]
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Thanksgiving is not even here yet, but it already feels like Christmas at the Los Angeles Zoo-
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Today the zoo welcomed some very special visitors- four reindeer who are on temporary loan from a ranch in Oregon.
The reindeer will be the highlight of the zoo's annual Reindeer Romp- a special holiday exhibit.
The reindeer are named Belle, Jingle, Noel and Velvet.
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Randall is set for UVa, the Gator gets Maryland and wants WVU.
UVa talks about break the Hokie stranglehold and Chaminade does it again.
But first tonight's Extra Point -
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[SUPER=04-MLB; :00]
Hall of Fame lefty Warren Spahn died this afternoon at the age of 82.
The main man on the Braves pitching staffs for two decades in Boston and Milwaukee pitched for 21 seasons and won 363 games.
He won at least 20 games 13 times.
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The Tech-Virginia game this Saturday will NOT feature a second quarter cameo from Marcus Vick.
Frank Beamer says the plan is for Bryan Randall to start and play the entire game.
Randall says sharing time and rotating has been brutal for both he and Marcus.
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The ACC already knows Florida State will represent it in the BCS, and today the conference found out that
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Maryland is headed to Jacksonville. The Terrapins officially accepted an invitation to play in the 59th Gator Bowl today at 3pm.
The Terrapins will face a Big East team, possibly West Virginia, but that likely will not be known until after this coming weekend.
Maryland was last in the Gator Bowl in 1975.
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West Virginia and Maryland played earlier this season with Maryland winning 34-to-7.
Both have agreed to play again in the Gator Bowl if things play out this weekend and Miami ends up with the Big East's BCS tie in.
Remember, WVU was stiffed by the Gator Bowl last season when it took Notre Dame and not the Mountaineers.
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[IN Q=WEST VIRGINIA...]
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[OUT Q=....the the Gator Bowl."]
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The Virginia Cavaliers are sick and tired of losing to the Hokies.
Four straight setbacks will make a man grumpy.
Steve Mason has more on the Cavs' motivation for Saturday's 85th meeting between the two rivals in a series that goes all the way back to 1895.
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The Radford Highlanders got a big win tonight as Whit Holcomb-Faye dropped in 29 points and the Highlanders nipped William & Mary 89-to-86.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lahaina, HI/ESPN; :00]
Out in the Pacific, the Silverswords from Chaminade did it again. 21 year after knocking off Ralph Sampson and number one Virginia, Chaminade beat Villanova 52-to-49 in the opening round of the Maui Classic.
Kashif Reyes scored eight of his 10 points in the final 2 and a
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half minutes to help Chaminade snap a 30-game losing streak in its own tournament.
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Roanoke College's Adam Crowder - a senior from Radford - is the ODAC player of the week for his play in the Maroons first two wins of the year.
[Tech-Marketing]
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Hokie fans may soon be hearing "Gobble, Gobble" instead of "you've got mail."
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg]
Virginia Tech is the first University in the nation to partner with America On-line for a new type of internet homepage. Subscribers are now able to search the web and read e-mail with a new Hokie-themed background.
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[IN Q=It'll be important]
((LOCKE WHITE: IT'LL BE IMPORTANT TO THE UNIVERSITY. WE'LL BE ONLY ONE CLICK AWAY FROM ALL THOSE PEOPLE SO THEY CAN COME AND CHECK UP ON VA TECH AND SEE WHAT THE UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN UP TO. ))
[SUPER=01-Locke White/VA Tech licensing and Trademark]
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The University didn't make any money on the deal. It's hoping the exposure alone will make it all worthwhile.
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