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[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
A Roanoke burglar with a notorious record makes a deal to settle a new rash of break ins.
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[VO-NAT :08]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
And what do Western Virginia and the Western Ukraine have in common?
That's what TV stations in both places want to know.
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[Sports-Head]
[ANCHOR=Travis]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mst]
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[ENG#=2]
Tonight in sports, one of Connecticut's Huskies is bolting for the NBA, and
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[VO-NAT]
we'll check in with some of the top contenders to take the checkered flag Sunday at Martinsville.
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[WX-Head]
[ANCHOR=Robin]
[SS=None]
After 4 days of rain, the wet weather exits and sunshine returns for the remainder of the workweek.
A look at Live conditions from hometowns across the region and a sneak peak at the weekend forecast all coming up.
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[ANCHOR=Keith 4-Shot]
News 7 is next.
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[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
The man known as the "Raleigh Court Cat Burglar" pleads guilty to a string of crimes.
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
Even with the plea, John Henson Wood faces up to 185 years in prison.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
Good evening, I'm Shannon Young.
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
And I'm Keith Humphry.
[Wood]
[NEWSCAST=6 p.m.]
[WRITER=syo]
[TAPE#=04-06 TC1:15:46]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
Wood today entered into a plea agreement involving four burglaries and an attempted burglary in Roanoke's Raleigh Court community in December of last year.
[ANCHOR= Shannon 2-Shot]
In return, the Commonwealth agreed not to prosecute the 41-year old for any other burglaries in that area around the same time period.
[ENG#=4]
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[VO-NAT :06]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
Several of the charges referred to one crime in which police on a stake-out caught Wood in the act.
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[SOT24:39 - 24:49]
[IN Q=They observed him going through...]
((SETH WESTON/PROSECUTOR: THEY OBSERVED HIM GOING THROUGH THE ALLEYS, SAW HIM GO INTO THE HOUSE, OBSERVED HIM LOOKING IN WINDOWS, TRYING THE DOOR AND GOING BACK TO THE DOOR.))
[SUPER=01-Seth Weston/Prosecutor;]
[RUNS=:10]
[OUT Q=and going back to the door.]
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[VO-NAT :05]
Wood's attorney describes his client as "depressed" and "scared", much like his victims.
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[SOT 23:25 - 23:44]
[IN Q=I think there were a lot...]
((RAY LEVEN/DEFENSE ATTORNEY: I THINK THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE RALEIGH COURT AREA THAT WERE UPSET AND FRIGHTENED. MEETING JOHN, HE IS NOT A SCARY PERSON. BUT, CERTAINLY, LIVING IN AN AREA THAT WAS BEING BURGLARIZED, I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WERE SCARED.))
[SUPER=01-Ray Leven/Defense Attorney;]
[RUNS=:19]
[OUT Q=understand why they were scared.]
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[VO-NAT :13]
Wood has been in trouble with the law before.
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/June 1991;]
He was arrested twice during the spring of 1991 for a series of burglaries, also in the Raleigh Court area.
His attorney says he served at least 8 years for those crimes.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon ]
[SS=None]
Sentencing is set for July.
[Franklin-Shooting]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=myr]
[TAPE#=04-05 TC1:33:42]
[GRAPHIC=Shooting]
[ENG#=1]
Franklin County authorities are investigating a shooting.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Franklin Co.;]
It happened around 10:30 this morning on Barn Road in Penhook.
21-year-old Jeffrey Anthony Harrison told investigators he shot his roommate in the chest, because the man was threatening to shoot Harrison's girlfriend.
He's charged with malicious wounding and is being held without bond in the Franklin County Jail.
The victim, 22-year-old Kenneth David was flown to Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
Hospital officials are NOT releasing his condition.
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[Flooding]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sba]
[TAPE#=04-01 TC1:51:34]
[GRAPHIC=Flooding]
[ENG#=2]
Continuing showers had local residents keeping their eyes on rising waters throughout the Valley.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
This was the scene at the low-water bridge on Wiley Drive this morning.
Authorities closed the bridge after the Roanoke River swept over the two lanes washing debris like trees and a refrigerator on nearby shores.
In Boones Mill just over the Franklin County line- residents were prepared for the worst, but were not expecting it.
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[SOT@13:12:08:00]
[IN Q=After '85...]
((MAURICE TURNER, BOONES MILL RESIDENT: AFTER '85, YOU JUST TAKE IT AS IT COMES- TAKE EACH MOMENT AND IF IT BECOMES A PROBLEM YOU DEAL WITH IT AT THAT TIME.))
[SUPER=01-Maurice Turner/Boones Mill Resident]
[RUNS=:11]
[OUT Q=... at that time.]
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[VO-NAT]
V-DOT closed eleven roads this morning, tonight three of those are reopened.
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[WIPE WIPE WIPE]
[NRV-Flooding]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
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[WIPE WIPE WIPE]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Radford]
Authorities in Radford are keeping a close eye on the New River.
A flood warning was canceled this afternoon, but that hasn't kept people from worrying.
Radford University police even cleared the Dedmon Center parking lot and quickly chained it off.
That parking lot is next to the River and flooded last November, damaging more than 50 cars.
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[SOT:1:10:49:00 ]
[IN Q=The primary]
((MICHEAL BAKER: THE PRIMARY THING RIGHT N OW IS GIONG TO BE TO KEEP PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC OUT OF THE AREA AS A WELL. WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TRY AND STAY AWAY FROM THE RIVER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. WE KNOW THAT IT DOES DRAW ATTENTION WHEN THE WATER LEVELS DO RISE BUT THEY SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM THE JOGGING TRAILS AROUND THE DEDMON CENTER AND A LONG HUNTER ROAD.))
[SUPER=01-Lt. Micheal Baker/Radford University Police;]
[RUNS=:18]
[OUT Q=a long hunter road.]
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[VO-NAT]
Police will be patrolling the river all night, watching the water.
They will also be sending out alerts by e-mail if the situation changes.
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[Tease#1]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
[SS=NONE]
[ENG#=V10]
Good, but not good enough. That's what many senators are saying about the budget bill passed yesterday.
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
A live report from the state capitol is next on News 7.
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[VO-NAT]
Plus find out why this dog's nose for cars is getting nation-wide attention.
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[1st-Wx]
[XGR-budget]
(MINI OPEN)
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mmu]
[TAPE#=04-09 TC50:47]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
The budget spotlight is now turned on the Senate.
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
State Senators are focused on the House version of a tax bill, but they're still looking for more money.
[DOUBLE BOXES=Keith-Shannon & Meghan /State Microwave;]
Richmond Bureau Chief Meghan Muldoon is at the State Capitol with the latest.
Keith and Shannon, the House's compromise bill raises nearly 700
[LIVE=Meghan /FULL State Microwave]
[SUPER=@Meghan1]
[SUPER=05-Richmond]
million in additional revenue. Senators say they are appreciative of the House's effort but say the bill doesn't go far enough.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=THERE WERE 17 RATHER BRAVE SOULS]
[SUPER=01-Sen. John Chichester/(R) Fredericksburg; :00]
[SUPER=03-Richmond; :15]
[SUPER=01-Sen. Richard Saslaw/(D) Springfield; :30]
[SUPER=01-Sen. Ken Stolle/(R) Virginia Beach; :38]
[SUPER=01-Del. Harvey Morgan/(R) Gloucester; 1:06]
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[OUT Q=CAN ONLY AFFORD A CHEVROLET (LAUGH)]
(([SOT 10:06:45]
((SENATOR JOHN CHICHESTER/R-FREDERICKSBURG: THERE WERE 17 RATHER BRAVE SOULS YESTERDAY THAT ROSE TO THE OCCASION AND PUT PARTISAN POLITICS IN THE REAR SEAT IN FAVOR OF THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA.))
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A day after the House passed a 690 million dollar tax bill, the Senate Finance Committee praised the 17 Republicans who helped push it through then criticized the bill for not raising taxes enough.
[SOT 10:59:14]
((SENATOR WILLIAM WAMPLER/R-BRISTOL: I'M NOT SURE WE ARE THERE YET.))
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[SOT 11:06:45]
((SENATOR RICHARD SASLAW/D-SPRINGFIELD: WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO AND WE SHOULD DO IT IN A TIMELY FASHION FOR THOSE WHO THINK IT WAS A SLAM DUNK, ITS NOT.))
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[SOT 11:16:01]
((SENATOR KEN STOLLE/R-VIRGINIA BEACH: THE HOUSE IS FOCUSING ON A TOP DOLLAR AMOUNT. THAT DOESN'T MEAN MUCH TO THE SENATE WHAT THE SENATE CONSIDERS IS PROGRAMS. WHAT CAN WE DO FOR STATE TROOPERS WHAT CAN WE DO FOR MENTAL HEALTH RETARDATION WHAT CAN DO WITH K-THRU-TWELVE EDUCATION.))
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The panel did NOT vote on the measure but Senators made it clear that they intend to amend the bill.
House Republicans who voted for the measure say that if the Senate tinkers with it too much, the deal could fall apart.
[SOT 11:22:55]
((DELEGATE HARVEY MORGAN/R-GLOUCESTER: THE SENATE NEEDS TO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS A BICAMERAL BODY AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET ALOT MORE FROM THE HOUSE.))
[RUNS:08]
House Republicans say the Senate has noble goals but that their chamber has moved as far as it plans to go.
[SOT 11:25:22]
((DELEGATE HARVEY MORGAN/R-GLOUCESTER: IT'S A CADILLAC PACKAGE AND WE CAN ONLY AFFORD A CHEVROLET (LAUGH).))
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[LIVE=Meghan /FULL State Microwave]
[SUPER=05-Richmond;]
Senators expressed an interest in reviving the recordation tax increase provision that the House killed yesterday.
[DOUBLE BOXES=Keith-Shannon & Meghan/Microwave;]
A billion dollars is looking like the magic number
[DIP-B'burg]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=rde]
[TAPE#=04-12 TC26:26]
[GRAPHIC=VA Budget]
[ENG#=2]
With the uncertainty over the state budget in Richmond, Blacksburg may have found a new way to generate some money.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg;]
The town is creating a new ordinance against being drunk in public.
Currently any money collected from drunk-in-public tickets goes straight to the state because there's no local law.
The new law will keep ALL the money in the town.
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[SOT: 32:10:00]
[IN Q=The town has]
((DONALD GOODMAN: THE TOWN HAS ENACTED A PARALLEL ORDINANCE WITH THE STATE ORDINANCE SO THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE ARRESTED FOR DRUNK IN PUBLIC OR APPEARING DRUNK IN PUBLIC IN THE TOWN OF BLACKSBURG CAN BE CHARGED UNDER A TOWN ORDINANCE AND THE TOWN WOULD RECOUP THE COST OR ANY COURT FINES THAT COME FROM THAT. ))
[SUPER=01-Lt. Donald Goodman/Blacksburg Police Department;]
[RUNS=:17]
[OUT Q=that come from that.]
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[VO-NAT]
Last year Blacksburg Police wrote more than 560 drunk-in-public tickets.
That's more than 14-thousand dollars in lost revenue.
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[Powers]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
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Federal agents found a convicted felon in Franklin County last month who allegedly had 60 firearms.
In a criminal complaint unsealed this week, A-T-F says Joseph Francis Powers had a collection of rifles, shotguns and handguns, a lot of ammunition and a block of the military explosive "C-4."
Powers is said to have told agents who arrested him at his home in Union Hall March 16th that the guns were worth about 100-thousand dollars and that he considered them his "retirement."
Powers was named in five-count indictment LAST Wednesday.
[Stocks]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
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[WRITER=dse]
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Worries about inflation meant a stagnant day on Wall Street.
[TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE]
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[SUPER=x5000;]
[SUPER=440-y/3.33/10377.95/y/5.23/2024.85;]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
The DOW was off three points.
NASDAQ lost five.
[SUPER=271-i/0.20/40.68/h/0.50/55.58/i/0.19/30.48/i/1.02/91.20/i/0.41/80.09;]
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[SPONSOR ANNOUNCE]
[COMMERCIAL]
[Ukraine]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=Six]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=04-11 TC39:23]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Western Virginia may appear to have little in common with Western Ukraine, but a new partnership is developing between WDBJ-7 and a television station in the former Soviet Republic.
[***UKRAINE MAP IN MONITOR***]
[DOUBLE BOXES=Keith & JOeD /Newsroom;]
Joe Dashiell and two other WDBJ employees have just returned from Ukraine, and he is in the newsroom tonight with more on an exchange program that will be unfolding during the next year.
[LIVE= JoeD /FULL Newsroom]
[SUPER=@Joe1]
Keith, the Ukraine Media Partnership Program is funded by the State Department, coordinated by IREX, the International Research and Exchanges Board.
This year, WDBJ is one of three media companies in the United States partnering with similar outfits in Ukraine.
[ENG#=1]
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Just twelve years have passed since Ukraine ]
[SUPER=03-Kyiv, Ukraine; :00]
[SUPER=03-Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine; :09]
[SUPER=01-Svitlana Buko/IREX Local Coordinator; :26]
[RUNS=:40]
[OUT Q=technical issues of TV business in general.]
((Only a dozen years have passed since Ukraine gained its independence, and independent television stations are still a new concept there.
In the western Ukraine city of Ivano- Frankivsk, television station Vezha began broadcasting in late 2001.
While employees are working with limited resources, we found a strong foundation, a commitment to quality, and an interest in bringing diverse viewpoints to their audience.
[SOT]
[INQ=We're trying to develop the communication]
((WE'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TWO STATIONS, ONE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ONE IN UKRAINE TO GIVE OPPORTUNITY TO UKRAINIAN STATION TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION AND ABOUT SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES OF TV BUSINESS IN GENERAL.))
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[OUT Q=technical issues of the tv business in general.]))
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[LIVE= JoeD /FULL Newsroom]
Those technical issues are important. Account executive Lolly Quigley spent much of the week discussing how to boost advertising revenue, while Production Manager Mark Layman worked with studio lighting and other broadcasting basics.
[DOUBLE BOXES=Keith & JoeD/Newsroom;]
Keith, tomorrow and Friday I'll have more on our visit to Ivano- Frankivsk, and our continuing relationship with the television station Vezha.
[Disaster-Drill]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=cja]
[TAPE#=04-04 TC1:40:47]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=2]
Ten local citizens were honored today as heroes.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
It was the First Annual 'Celebration of Heroes' sponsored by the Roanoke Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross.
Emergency workers, community volunteers, and good Samaritans were honored for brave acts performed during the past year.
But as seems to be the case with most heroes, each struggled to take ALL of the credit.
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[SOT 22:03:22]
[IN Q=There's many]
((STEVE POFF/ROANOKE CO. FIRE AND RESCUE DIVISION CHIEF: THERE'S MANY MORE HERE LIKE THE LIFEGUARDS SAVING THE LITTLE BOY AT THE POOL. TRUE HEROES.))
[BUTT BUTT BUTT BUTT]
((ANDY CROTTS/ROANOKE CITY POLICE OFFICER: I WORK WITH ABOUT 250 OFFICERS IN THE CITY AND WE WORK HARD EVERY DAY TO HELP PEOPLE IN ANY WAY WE CAN.))
[SUPER=01-Steve Poff/Roanoke Co. Fire and Rescue Division Chief]
[SUPER=01-Andy Crotts/Roanoke City Police Officer]
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[OUT Q= ANY WAY WE CAN.]
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[VO-NAT]
After the ceremony, the Community Emergency Response Team, known as 'CERT', held a demonstration. The CERT program was developed by Governor Warner to help community members learn how to react during disastrous events.
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[Sports tease]
[ANCHOR=travis]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=twe]
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[ENG#=V10]
Coming up, words from Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth on this weekend's Advance Auto Parts 500, Ben Gordon is leaving UCONN and
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[VO-NAT]
Ferrum's Abe Naff is honored after leading the Panthers to their 7th conference baseball title.
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[S-Kenseth]
[ANCHOR=travis]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-171 39:23]
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[ENG#=]
The Advance Autoparts 500 at the Martinsville Speedway marks the eighth race of the season. Bud Pole qualifying gets underway at three o'clock Friday and expect Jeff Gordon to right in the thick of things. Steve Mason has more on Gordon's teammate Jimmie Johnson and defending points champion Matt Kenseth.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Martinsville/2003 Season; :00]
[SUPER=01-Jimmie Johnson/Finished 2nd & 9th at Martinsville in 2003; :21]
[SUPER=@Steve1; :40]
[SUPER=01-Matt Kenseth/22nd & 13th at Martinsville in 2003; :57]
[RUNS=1:39]
[OUT Q=....news 7 sports"]
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((Jeff Gordon is going for the three-peat at Martinsville. He also won both poles last year and in 22 races at the half mile track, he has 5 wins. Jimmie Johnson is no dummie and makes no bones about stealing everything he can from his Henrick Motorsports teammate.
((:))
Johnson finished second in the points race a season ago and has 1 win and three top five finishes this season.
((STEVE MASON:))
((MATT KENSETH/19 POINTS OUT OF NEXTEL POINTS LEAD:))
Despite his tough track record at Martinsville, Kenseth seems to have picked up right where he left off a season ago when he banked on the championship.
((:))
The green flag drops at one o'clock Sunday for the Advance Autopart 500. Steve Mason News 7 sports.))
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[anchor=travis]
[grapic=advance auto 500]
And don't forget you can catch some of your favorite drivers tomorrow night between 5 and 7 at the Salem Civic Center. Kyle Petty, Kevin Harvick, Ricky Craven, Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth, and Elliott Sadler are all expected to be on hand for an autograph session as part of Kroger's meet the drivers night. Admission is 20 dollars for adults and proceeds benefit the Victory Junction Gang.
[S-Ben]
[ANCHOR=travis]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=twe]
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[GRAPHIC=News 7 Sports]
[ENG#=2]
Fresh off a national championship, Jim Calhoun is losing his leading scorer to the NBA.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-NCAA; :00]
Connecticut junior guard Ben Gordon will make himself eligible for the June 24th draft. He led the Huskies in scoring this season averaging just under 19 points per game. Gordon put in over 21 a game in the NCAA Tournament. His teammate, junior Emeka Okafor who will graduate in May, is also expected to forgo his final season in Storrs.
While those two are gone, NC State's Julius Hodge has decided to stick around for his senior season in Raleigh. The New York City native is the reigning ACC Player of the Year.
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[S-Ferrum]
[ANCHOR=travis]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=twe]
[TAPE#=SP-167]
[GRAPHIC=Ferrum]
[ENG#=4]
The USA South Conference doled out some hardware today and Ferrum College racked up with 5 players named to the league's first team.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Ferrum; :00]
In addition, Panthers coach Abe Naff has been voted the Baseball coach of the year for the second straight season. This is Naff's fourth overall coach of the year honor in his 19 year career at the helm of the Ferrum baseball program. He guided the Panthers to a 24 and 8 record, including a 16 and 5 conference mark. The Panthers won the regular season league title and will be the top seed in the tournament.
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[TV-Dog]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=04-07 TC]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
You've probably seen the commercial with photos of Mercedes Benz owners posing with their cars.
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
You might not have known that one of them is a Lynchburg resident.
[ENG#=1]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg]
Pearl Lambeth is a seven-year-old Australian Blue Heeler.. and no, she doesn't own a Mercedes herself.
But her owner Pat Lambeth does, and when she entered a photo contest a few months ago, she included a shot with Pearl at the wheel.
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[SOT 15:18:42]
[IN Q=I think the]
((PAT LAMBETH/PEARL'S OWNER: I THINK THAT THE FOCUS OF THIS AD WAS ON THE OWNERS OF THE CARS, WHAT TYPE OF OWNERS BUY THIS TYPE OF AUTOMOBILE, WHAT THEY DO WITH THEIR CAR. I THINK IT WAS MORE FOCUSED ON THE PERSONALITIES OF THE OWNERS PROBABLY, RATHER THAN THE CAR ITSELF.))
[SUPER=01-Pat Lambeth/Pearl's Owner]
[RUNS=18]
[OUT Q=the car itself.]
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[VO-NAT]
Pearl is also a highly-trained therapy dog who volunteers at local hospitals and schools.
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