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Today on News 7 at 5, a standoff with police begins after a man reportedly orders employees of a Campbell County business to leave at gunpoint.
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[VO-NAT]
Plus a defiant Saddam Hussein tells an Iraqi court he is immune from charges of war crimes and genocide.
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[Weather-Head]
[ANCHOR=Robin]
[SS=None]
The forecast set up continues to highlight the chance for showers in the afternoon for the next few days. Details ahead.
[Medical-Head]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=5]
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[ENG#=2]
Manslaughter charges are dropped against a Christiansburg teenager.
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[VO-NAT]
Part of a Roanoke high school is brought down today.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
Plus the Mega Millions lottery will approach a 300 MILLION dollar jackpot.
News 7 at 5 is next.
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[SOT 10:36:22]
[IN Q=He said]
((HE SAID THAT HE DID NOT WANT TO HURT HIMSELF BUT HE WANTED US TO KILL HIM BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE THE NERVE TO DO SO.))
[RUNS=06]
[OUT Q=nerve to do so.]
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An armed standoff in Campbell County ends peacefully after the suspect puts himself in handcuffs.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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It started inside a business on Route 29 near Lynchburg around 9:30 this morning and ended about 90 minutes later.
[LYNCHBURG DOUBLE BOXES=Jean & Steve/Microwave;]
Steve Smallshaw is in our Lynchburg newsroom.. Steve what started all this?
[LIVE=Steve/FULL]
[SUPER=@ssm1]
[SUPER=05-Lynchburg]
Jean, police say 50-year-old Eugene Trail of Rustburg had been having problems with his wife.. and when she got to work this morning she called police to ask for some advice.
But her husband showed up before a deputy could arrive.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Authorities say]
[SUPER=03-Campbell Co.; :00]
[SUPER=01-Terry Gaddy/Campbell Co. Sheriff; :11]
[RUNS=1:05]
[OUT Q=would harm him at that time.]
Authorities say Eugene Trail walked into Farm Services Company Incorporated and fired several shots before ordering all the employees except for his wife out of the building.
[SOT 10:37:23]
((TERRY GADDY/CAMPBELL CO. SHERIFF: I THINK HE WAS SHOOTING JUST TO GET EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION THAT HE MEANT BUSINESS SO ANYTIME YOU'RE INSIDE A BUILDING AND SHOTS ARE FIRED, BELIEVE ME, IT GETS THE ATTENTION.))
[RUNS=09]
[OUT Q=gets the attention.]
[SOT 10:37:46]
(( EVERYBODY WAS SCARED TO DEATH. THIS LADY HAS WORKED HERE FOR A WHILE AND OF COURSE ALL OF THEM ARE GOOD FRIENDS, SO THEY WERE ALL VERY, VERY SCARED, VERY EMOTIONAL, BUT WE HAD THEM ALL IN A SAFE AREA.))
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[OUT Q=in a safe area.]
Minutes later, deputies and heavily armed tactical teams arrived.
As a precaution, police re-routed north and southbound traffic on Route 29, while they negotiated with Trail by cell phone.
At one point, he agreed to surrender, but changed his mind after venturing a few steps outside the door.
[SOT 10:39:26]
((GADDY: HE WENT BACK IN AND LOADED THE WEAPON AND WENT BEHIND A CLOSED DOOR AGAIN, OF COURSE WE HAD TO TALK HIM OUT SO WE HAD TO GET HIM TO SHOW HIS HANDS. ACTUALLY WE GAVE HIM A SET OF HANDCUFFS TO PLACE ON HIMSELF. THAT WAY HE FELT MORE SECURE IN COMING OUT AND DIDN'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD HARM HIM AT THAT TIME.))
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[OUT Q=at that time.]
[LIVE=Steve/FULL]
[SUPER=05-Lynchburg;]
Trail was immediately taken into custody and authorities are relieved this incident ended without anyone getting hurt.
[DOUBLE BOXES=Jean & Steve/Microwave;]
He'll undergo a psychiatric evaluation before felony charges are filed. Jean?
[5-C'burg-Shooting]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=5pm]
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[TAPE#=504-02 1:12:38]
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[ENG#=1]
Charges were dropped today against a Christiansburg teenager in connection with the death of another teen.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Christiansburg;]
The Commonwealth dropped the charge of voluntary manslaughter against 14 year old Mandi Carlson for the death of 15 year old Edward Bertrand.
Last month, Bertrand was shot in the stomach in the garage of Carlson's Christiansburg home .
It's the Commonwealth's policy not to comment on cases.
An assistant attorney would only say the charges could be brought back up at any time.
A 17 year old is still charged in connection with Bertrand's death.
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[5-Saddam]
[ANCHOR=jean]
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[ENG#=2]
The World gets another look at Saddam Hussein who today made an appearance in court.
Saddam and his associates were before a judge in Baghdad. Teri Okita has more.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Baghdad, Iraq;]
[SUPER=01-Teri Okita/CBS News;]
[RUNS=]
[OUT Q=CBS News, Baghdad.]
(((LOCATOR: BAGHDAD)
(natz)
SEVEN MONTHS AFTER BEING CAPTURED, SADDAM HUSSEIN'S DEFIANCE REMAINS
INTACT.
(MORE NATZ)
DURING A HISTORIC COURT APPEARANCE BEFORE AN IRAQI JUDGE IN
BAGHDAD...THE FORMER DICTATOR RATTLED OFF A LITANY OF CLAIMS....HE
CALLED PRESIDENT BUSH THE REAL CRIMINAL...FIERCELY DEFENDED HIS INVASION
OF KUWAIT AND EVEN CALLED HIMSELF PRESIDENT OF IRAQ, TWICE.
SOT: SADDAM TRANSLATOR
"ALLOW ME NOT TO SIGN WITHOUT MY LAWYERS PRESENT."
WITHOUT LEGAL COUNSEL PRESENT, SADDAM REFUSED TO SIGN A LIST OF SEVEN
BROAD CHARGES... INCLUDING MURDER OF RELIGIOUS FIGURES AND MANY OTHERS
WHO OPPOSED HIM DURING HIS 24 YEAR REIGN.
LATER, 11 OTHER FORMER REGIME MEMBERS FACED SIMILAR CHARGES INCLUDING
FORMER DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER TARIQ AZIZ, OFTEN THE PUBLIC FACE OF
SADDAM, AND THE MAN KNOWN AS CHEMICAL ALI, ALI HASSAN AL-MAJID, THE
ARCHITECT OF THE GASSING OF KURDS IN NORTHERN IRAQ.
LAWYERS WHO CLAIM TO REPRESENT SADDAM...WATCHED THE PROCEEDINGS IN
AMMAN, JORDAN.
SOT: TIM HUGHES/BRITISH LAWYER
"THE CLIENT HAS BEEN DENIED THE BASIC RIGHT TO LEGAL ADVICE THROUGHOUT
HIS DETENTION."
(NATZ)
IN IRAQ, JUST ABOUT EVERYONE IN THE COUNTRY PAUSED TO WATCH WHILE COURT
WAS IN SESSION. SOME SAW THE ENTIRE PROCEEDING AS NOTHING BUT AMERICAN
PROPAGANDA.
SOT: MOS
"ALL THE AMERICANS ARE CRIMINAL, THEY PUT HIM IN THIS SITUATION."
IN THE KURDISH NORTH, MOST CAN'T WAIT UNTIL JUSTICE IS SERVED.
(NATZ ARABIC)
THIS KURD HOPES SADDAM IS PUT IN A PUBLIC PLACE AND STONED LIKE THE
DEVIL.
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[5-School-Demolition]
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High school memories are making way for new classrooms in Roanoke.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
This morning, crews began tearing down Persinger (PER-singer) Hall on the campus of Patrick Henry High School.
The building stands in the way of the new high school that will be built in phases over the next three years.
School officials say it will take about a week to clear Persinger Hall. After that, crews will move on to the administration building nearby, and the site will be graded to prepare for the new construction.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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A local health system takes over management of another hospital... at least temporarily. We'll have the details after the break.
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[VO-NAT]
And NASA scientists are amazed by what they are seeing now that the Cassini space probe has dodged the rings of Saturn.
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[5-Elliston-Fatals]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=5pm]
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[MINI-OPEN]
[ENG#=1]
The lives of a mother and daughter from Montgomery County were remembered in Elliston today.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Montgomery Co.;]
Friends and family gathered at Seneca Baptist Church to remember 44- year- old Joyce Sirry and six- year- old Betty Sirry.
They were walking hand in hand along Route 460 Saturday night when they were hit and killed by a car.
Long time residents say their deaths touched the community in a way they've never seen before.
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[SOT 1:53:28]
[IN Q=I thank the Lord]
((REV. VIRGIL McHONE: I THANK THE LORD FOR A TOWN AND COMMUNITY THAT HAS COME TOGETHER LIKE OUR TOWN AND COMMUNITY HAS CAME TOGETHER.))
[SUPER=01-Rev. Virgil McHone/Seneca Baptist Church;]
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[OUT Q=has came together]
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[VO-NAT]
Church members raised 17- hundred dollars to help the family cover funeral costs.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
[SS=none]
21 year old Christopher Hight is charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of driving under the influence of drugs in connection with the accident.
The community has vowed to work with police to crack down on drunk and drugged driving in the county.
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[ENG#=Healthcheck]
In health check tonight,
Stonewall Jackson hospital is now under Carilion management -- at least on a temporary basis.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lexington/File Tape;]
The hospital's CEO Gary Swink stepped down effective today.
Carilion has appointed Chad Boore as the interim administrator. He is the Vice President and Hospital Administrator of Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital. Boore will now split his time between the two facilities.
A Carilion spokesman says there have been talks about Stonewall Jackson becoming part of the Carilion Health System. But he says no decision has been made at this time.
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[5-Eyelashes]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=Five]
[WRITER=tbr]
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[ENG#=3]
Most women would love to have naturally thick long eyelashes.
A new procedure known as the eyelash transplant is allowing women to have the lashes they desire... for a price.
Dr. Sean Kenniff has more.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Miami, FL; :00]
[SUPER=07-Erica Tricarico; :17]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Alan Bauman/Hair Transplant Surgeon; :36]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Sean Kenniff/CBS News; :59]
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[OUT Q=CBS News]
(((Miami, FL)
24 YEAR OLD ERICA TRICARICO WANTED DRAMATIC EYELASHES.
(SOT- Erica)
"You look in all the magazines and that's what's in style the long thick
lashes."
BUT HER LASHES WERE THIN AND DULL, SHE USED MASCARA, AND WENT TO GREAT
LENGTHS FOR LONGER LASHES.
(SOT-Erica Tricarico/24 Years Old)
"I was using the false lashes, the glue would end up ripping out my own
natural lashes. It would look good for the night, but it was doing
damage to my eyelids."
THAT'S WHEN DR. ALAN BAUMAN TOLD ERICA ABOUT EYELASH TRANSPLANT SURGERY,
A PROCEDURE SO NEW ONLY A HANDFUL OF DOCTORS PERFORM IT IN THE WORLD.
(SOT-Dr. Alan Bauman/Hair Transplant Surgeon)
"The procedure is microsurgical, it's done under local anesthesia, we
harvest the scalp follicles from the back of the head, and we implant
them in the lid, and they grow like a seed for a plant."
DURING THE PROCEDURE ABOUT ONE TO TWO DOZEN HAIR FOLLICLES ARE
TRANPLANTED IN THE UPPER EYELID. THOUGH IT TAKES ABOUT 45 MINUTES,
BAUMAN SAYS THE RESULTS ARE PERMANENT, AND THERE IS LITTLE RECOVERY TIME.
(STANDUP: Dr. Sean Kenniff/CBS NEWS/Miami, FL)
"But there is one minor detail about eyelash transplant surgery that
everone needs to no about since your transplanting regular hair, it
grown like regular hair and those eyleashes need to be trimmed."
(SOT- Bauman again)
"Because those follicles are from the back of the scalp, they're gonna
live and grow long. So they definitely have to be trimmed. And many
times trained or curled."
ERICA SAYS SHE LOVES HER NEW LOOK, AND WOULD RECOMMEND THE SURGERY TO
OTHER WOMEN, WITHOUT BATTING AN EYE.
DOCTOR SEAN KENNIFF.))
[ANCHOR=JEAN]
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The eyelash transplant is virtually painless, but it does run about three thousand dollars per eye.
[5-Seiler-Parents]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[ENG#=4]
The college student who faked her own abduction will not go to jail-
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Madison, WI]
Audrey Seiler was sentenced to serve three years probation and pay fines up to 400 dollars a month after graduating from college.
It was March that Seiler disappeared for four days.
After she was found, she claimed to be abducted from her apartment- and falsely told police she was held captive by a man with a knife.
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((AUDREY SEILER/I 'VE ALWAYS LOVED HELPING THOSE CLOSE TO ME WITH MY PROBLEM. THIS TIME I WASN'T SURE OF WHY I COULDN'T MAKE MYSELF FEEL BETTER.))
((STEPHANIE SEILER/AUDREY'S MOTHER: THE FACT REMAINS SHE WAS LOST IN A VERY REAL SENSE AND NEEDED TO BE FOUND.))
[SUPER=07-Audrey Seiler; 00]
[Super=01-Stephanie Seiler/Audrey's Mother; 18 quick!]
[RUNS=21]
[OUT Q=to be found.]
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Today both Audrey and her parents thanked all of those who searched for her after her disappearance.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[ENG#=V10]
Coming up today in sports, Mike Stevens has the details on the Wimbdledon finals,
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[VO]
and despite the temptation of a huge jackpot, officials with the Mega-Million lottery warn gamblers not to bet more than they can afford to lose.
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[5-Cassini]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=tbr]
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[ENG#=1]
Man's closet inspection of the planet Saturn began this morning with the arrival of the Cassini space probe.
It achieved orbit after a harrowing journey throught the planet's rings.
Drew Levinson has the story.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=04-NASA Animation; :00]
[SUPER=01-Orlando Figueroa/Dir. of Solar System Exlporation; :13]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Michele Dougherty/NASA; 1:02 QUICK!]
[RUNS=1:30]
[OUT Q=CBS NEWS]
((
It was a close encounter of the best kind for Nasa overnight.
After it's seven-year-galactic voyage--the Cassini spacecraft squeezed
error-free through a gap in Saturn's glistening rings.
(SOT ORLANDO FIGUEROA, DIRECTOR OF SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION)
"EVEN THOUGH WE SPENT SIGNIFICANT TIME MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE CROSSING
AT A POINT WHERE THERE WERE NO MAJOR HAZARDS YOU NEVER KNOW."
For Cassini getting through those rings was perhaps the most difficult
maneuver of it's two-point-two billion mile trip.
Had it been hit by a particle, even the size of pea...the ship could
have sustained major damage.
(Nats: Control Room)
That's why mission scientists nervously watched like proud parents as
the little probe did something equivalent to slowing down and then
merging onto a freeway--that freeway is the orbit around Saturn...and
to Nasa's delight it went off without a hitch.
(NATSOUND CHEERING IN MISSION CONTROL)
Cassini is now but 12-thousand 500 miles above the planet's cloud
tops--and the pictures being sent back are nothing short of amazing.
(SOT DR. MICHELE DOUGERTY/NASA)
"IT'S THE TIME WHERE WE ARE AIS AS CLOSE TO SATURN AS WE ARE EVER GOING
TO GET."
For the next four years, Cassini will tour the ringed planet and some of
it 31 moons.
In fact inside Cassini is a probe called Huygens. In January it will
explore Saturn's largest moon--Titan.
Scientists hope if Cassini-Huygens is successful--there will be more
planetary missions on the horizon that will allow them to keep reaching
for the stars.
Drew Levinson, CBS News.))
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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Coming up in today's Marketwatch report, investors continue to react to a rise in interest rates.
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[VO-NAT]
Plus it doesn't take Spiderman very long to break a box office record.
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[S5-ACC]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
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[ENG#=1]
Good afternoon everybody and welcome to your Thursday ticker.
For the past 12 months Virginia Tech fans have been preparing for their entrance into the ACC.
Today, they officially got their membership cards from commissioner John Swofford.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="I think we are...]
[SUPER=01-John Swofford/ACC Commissioner; :00]
[RUNS=:30]
[OUT Q=...FOR YEARS."]
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[S5-Golf]
[ANCHOR=mike]
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[ENG#=2]
Match play got underway this morning in the State Am at the Roanoke Country Club. Vinton's Scott Wise was among the early casualties. There was no such trouble for
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00]
Martinsville's Keith Decker who advanced with a 2-up win over Tom Ofutt in the morning round and then moved into the round of 8 by winning this afternoon.
Decker is the elder statesman of Virginia Amateur Golf, and a favorite to win his 3rd State Am.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Keith Decker/Advanced to Round of 8; :02]
[SUPER=01-Ryan Stinnett/VT Golfer from Amherst; :10]
[RUNS=:22]
[OUT Q=having a good time with him."]
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[ANCHOR=mike]
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[TAPE#=SP-180 19:01]
[GRAPHIC=BAM]
[ENG#=3]
The Ronde and Tiki Barber NFL Twins Skills Camp wrapped up today.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.; :00]
It was somewhat of a sad day for 14 year old Ben Louthen (lo-then) who will be too old to attend the NFL twins Camp next summer. The Northside freshman has been to all seven Barbers camps.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Ben Louthen/7 Time NFL Twins Camper; :00 ]
[SUPER=01-Richard Goodpasture/NFL Twins Camp Director; :15]
[RUNS=:33]
[OUT Q=......that kind of loyalty"]
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[S5-Tennis]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=5pm]
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[GRAPHIC=wimbledon]
[ENG#=4]
The women's final at Wimbledon is all set for Saturday.
Today Maria Sharapova, the 17 year old Russian will face Serena Williams.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Wimbledon, England/NBC; :00]
Serena,who is trying to record a three-peat, was almost outsed in the semi-finals today.
Serena needed two and a half hours to beat Amelie Mauresmo in the semi-finals.
She rallied from a set and 3-1 down to win
6-7, 7-5, 6-4.
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[talent=mike]
[graphic=bam]
Much more for you at the top of the hour including a look at a mini-Monster truck two Bedford county kids have built just in time for the 4th of July weekend.
Jean will be right back in just a moment to wrap up News 7 at five. Take care everybody.
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[5Marketwatch]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=5pm]
[WRITER=tbr]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Marketwatch]
[ENG#=]
On Wall Street today, buyers backed away from the markets after some weak manufacturing numbers and a slight rise in weekly jobless claims.
Alexis Christoforous reports.
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[SUPER=01-Alexis Christoforous/CBS Marketwatch;]
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[OUT Q=News 7 at 5.]
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[5-Mega-Million]
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[ENG#=2]
Lottery officials are hoping to start off the Fourth of July weekend with some Mega-fireworks...
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-Virginia Lottery; ]
Tomorrow night's Mega-Millions jackpot will be the largest since the name changed from the Big Game.
Lottery officials say strong sales have pushed tomorrow night's jackpot to 290 million dollars.
They add, don't spend more than you can afford to lose because the odds are incredibly long, just one in 135 million.
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[SOT - 14:18:23]
[IN Q=The only reason...]
((PENELOPE KYLE/VIRGINIA LOTTERY DIRECTOR; THE ONLY REASON THE JACKPOT IS AT 290 MILLION DOLLARS IS BECAUSE NOBODY HAS WON IT, AND NO ONE HAS WON IT BECAUSE IT IS HARD TO WIN.))
[SUPER=01-Penelope Kyle/Virginia Lottery Director;]
[RUNS=9]
[OUT Q=because it is hard to win.]
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[VO-NAT]
State officials say they expect more than 6 million Mega-Millions tickets will be sold tomorrow in Virginia alone.
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[5-Spiderman]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=5]
[WRITER=jja]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=3]
Spiderman is catching a lot of money in its web.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=04-Spiderman 2 -Columbia Pictures]
[RUNS=04]
[OUT Q=nat sound]
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[VO-NAT]
It is a record oepning for Spiderman Two the move.
It took in 40 and half million dollars in its first day.
That is a record debut- and it puts the flick in position to beat more box office highs throughout the holiday weekend.
The opening day figure for Spider Man Two is said to be even more remarkable because it came on Wednesday- when business is slower than on weekends.
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