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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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Coming up on News 7-
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[VO-NAT]
Murder outside a local football game last season. Tonight a verdict in the case.
Cameras are watching- it's a new effort to help safety at Roanoke City schools.
And teens and sex.. What they are and are not doing these days. The answers may surprise you.
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[Talent=Jean]
News 7 at Eleven is next.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[VO-NAT]
A shooting outside a high school football game ended one man's life.
Now another will spend the rest of his in prison.
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[ANCHOR =Jean]
[GRAPHIC=New 7 at 11]
[Hodnett]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=04-24 TC32:49]
[GRAPHIC=NEws 7 @ 11]
[ENG#=3]
Edwin Hodnett said he was only interested in the score of the football game.
But prosecutors say the only score Hodnett cared about was the one he wanted to settle with Lyndell Powell.
Their confrontation led to Powell's murder last November...and to Hodnett's conviction today.
Steve Smallshaw reports.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=23-year-old Edwin Hodnett]
[SUPER=03-Chatham; :00]
[SUPER=01-Frances Pritchett/Hodnett's Mother; :29]
[SUPER=01-David Grimes/Prosecutor; :46]
[SUPER=01-Shanta Powell/Victim's Sister; :56]
[SUPER=@ssm2; 1:14]
[RUNS=1:17]
[OUT Q=News7, Chatham.]
(( 23-year-old Edwin Rontae Hodnett maintained his innocence Wednesday as he told the jury he only fired once into the air during a fight outside the Gretna High School football game November 21st.
But prosecutors convinced a jury that Hodnett shot 29-year-old Lyndell Powell twice in the back as Powell was fighting with Hodnett's cousin, Jonathan Carter.
It took the jury an hour to convict Hodnett of first degree murder...his family then asked for leniency for a man they know as fun-loving and a good father.
[SOT 00:28:29]
((FRANCES PRITCHETT/HODNETT'S MOTHER: BUT I KNOW MY SON JUST DIDN'T INTENTIONALLY GO TO GRETNA TO TAKE A PERSON'S LIFE. HE'S NOT LIKE THAT.))
[RUNS= 08]
[OUT Q=not like that.]
But the jury felt otherwise and recommended a life term for Hodnett... a sentence that both the prosecution and Powell's family says is appropriate.
[SOT 00:41:42]
((DAVID GRIMES/PROSECUTOR: CARRYING A GUN IS THE START OF A LOT OF BAD THINGS AND DON'T CARRY IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO USE IT AND IF YOU DON'T CARRY IT OBVIOUSLY YOU PREVENT A LOT OF THINGS LIKE THIS FROM HAPPENING.))
[RUNS= 10]
[OUT Q=from happening.]
[SOT 00:42:44]
((SHANTA POWELL/VICTIM'S SISTER: I MEAN HE WAS A HAPPY PERSON AND HE'S GONE. HE'S GOT A DAUGHTER THAT WILL NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN, WE'LL NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN. AND LIKE I SAID, AT LEAST THEY WILL STILL BE ABLE TO SEE THEIR SON, HE'S JUST IN JAIL. ALL WE CAN LOOK AT IS THE GROUND, THAT'S ALL WE GOT IS THE GROUND, THAT'S ALL WE GOT.))
[RUNS= 14]
[OUT Q=all we got.]
The second defendant in Powell's murder.. Jonathan Carter.. will stand trial in September.
Steve Smallshaw, News7, Chatham. ))
[Security-Cameras]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11 PM]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=04-26 TC31:00]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Roanoke City schools are trying to prevent scenes like the one in Gretna.
They're improving safety by having a new set of eyes.
[***NEWS 7 @ 11 IN MONITOR***]
[DOUBLE BOXES=Jean & Justin /BAM]
Justin McLeod is here now to tell us all about it. So Justin what are we talking about?
Jean, we're talking about surveillance cameras.
[LIVE= Justin /FULL BAM]
[SUPER=@justin1]
A handful of schools have had them for several years now but soon a majority will have these eye spies.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00]
[SUPER=01-Dave Amos/Madison Middle School; :22]
[SUPER=01-Lissy Merenda/Roanoke City Schools; 1:14]
[RUNS=1:24]
[OUT Q=THESE TRAGEDIES CAN HAPPEN]
((((NAT SOUND OF JUSTIN WALKING THROUGH THE FRONT))
The next time you walk into a Roanoke school, there's a good chance you'll be caught on tape.
[SOT 34:04]
[IN Q=It's very clear]
((DAVE AMOS/MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL: IT'S VERY CLEAR TO THE POINT. IT'S BLACK AND WHITE.))
[Runs02]
[OUT Q=black and white]
He's talking about the 32 cameras here at Madison Middle School.
They were installed last December and administrators say they're invaluable.
[SOT 33:46]
[IN Q=We had a case]
((DAVE AMOS/MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL: WE HAD A CASE WHERE A STUDENT WENT INTO A CLASSROOM AND TOOK SOME MONEY. TEACHER WASN'T IN THE CLASSROOM, IT WAS DURING LUNCH TIME. BUT USING THE VIDEOS IT NARROWED DOWN THE STUDENTS WHO WERE IN THAT HALLWAY AND HAD ENTERED THAT CLASSROOM DURING THAT TIME.))
[Runs12]
[OUT Q=during that time]
The cameras are located in hallways, stairways, and near the bathrooms.
There are none actually in any classroom unless you count the gym.
A number of cameras can also be found outside the school and administrators watch all of them on monitors located in the principal's office.
It is a type of surveillance that is becoming the norm here in Roanoke.
[SOT 40:26]
[IN Q=Yes the goal]
((LISSY MERENDA/ROANOKE CITY SCHOOLS: YES THE GOAL IS TO GET TO ALL OF THOSE SCHOOLS.))
[Runs02]
[OUT Q=all of those schools]
21 schools to be exact.
The school board has voted to spend fifty thousand dollars installing cameras in the high schools and a number of elementary schools.
All the middle schools currently have them.
This all may seem like big brother but the school system says these are serious times and they call for serious measures.
[SOT 44:44:22]
[IN Q=I think even sadly]
((LISSY MERENDA/ROANOKE CITY SCHOOLS: I THINK EVEN SADLY ENOUGH A HEIGHTENED AWARENESS AFTER COLUMBINE THAT YOU THINK YOU HAVE THIS WHOLESOME COMMUNITY AND THESE TRAGEDIES CAN HAPPEN.))
[Runs08]
[OUT Q=these tragedies can happen] ))
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[LIVE= Justin /FULL BAM]
You may remember the school safety task force recommended in May that cameras be installed.
The school system stresses this was already in the works long before that recommendation.
[DOUBLE BOXES=JEan & Justin /BAM;]
Jean, the cameras will be installed in phases over the summer and most should be in by the beginning of school.
[Special-Session]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[GRAPHIC=Mark Warner]
Governor Warner may be close to calling a special session to deal with Virginia's Day of Rest law.
A spokeswoman says the governor met with legislative leaders tonight and will speak with a coalition of businesses tomorrow before making a decision.
If the governor calls for a special session it could happen as early as next week.
[Donaldson-Ranch]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jja]
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[GRAPHIC=Murder Invest.]
[ENG#=1]
Three people are found dead at a ranch owned by ABC news man Sam Donaldson.
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[VO-NAT 21]
[SUPER=03-Hondo, NM]
Tonight a 14 year old boy has been charged.
The local sheriff says the boy is accused of killing his father, stepmother, and stepsister on the New Mexico Ranch.
The boys father was the ranch manager. The family lived on a separate house there.
Donaldson says when he had not seen the ranch manager in a day or two, he went to the house.
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[SOT 21:40:29]
[IN Q=WENT OVER THERE ]
((SAM DONALDSON/JOURNALIST: WENT OVER THERE AND WENT ON THE PORCH AND SAW A STAIN INSTANTLY RECOGNIZABLE.))
[SUPER=01-Sam Donaldson/Journalist;]
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[OUT Q=instantly recognizeable.]
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[VO-NAT 08 plus pad]
Donaldson then called police who discovered the bodies in a shallow grave.
Donaldson owns three cattle ranches in New Mexico.
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[Billings]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=rde]
[TAPE#=04-29 TC14:48]
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[ENG#=2]
It's been nearly two years since a Galax teenager was killed.
His family is now trying to keep his case from growing cold.
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[VO-NAT]
18 year old Brandon Billings was found shot to death in his pick-up truck in October of 2002
Billings was a senior at Galax High School and a tackle on the football team.
Investigators have NO new leads and NO suspects in the crime.
[SUPER=03-Galax]
His family is now scattering flyers in the area about their son.
They're trying to stir up memories, hoping someone will come forward with some information.
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[SOT:13:23:00 to :38]
[IN Q=We'll just]
((SHERRY BILLINGS: WE'LL JUST KEEP PUTTING THEM UP, YOU KNOW I SAID A PRAY THIS MORNING THAT JUST ONE OF THEM WILL GET INTO THE RIGHT HAND. IF WE COULD HAVE ONE GET TO THE RIGHT PERSON AND THAT PERSON CALLING TELLS SOMETHING YOU KNOW IT WILL ALL BE WORTH IT.))
[SUPER=01-Linda Billings/Brandon's Cousin;]
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[OUT Q=be worth it]
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[VO-NAT]
The family is offering a 13-thousand dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Brandon's killer.
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[Iraq]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jja]
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[ENG#=3]
The President of the Phillipines has halted further deployment of troops to Iraq- after a Filipino worker was abducted there.
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[VO-NAT]
This video was broadcast on Al Jazeera TV- the abductors saying they'll kill the man if the Phillipines does not withdraw its small force from Iraq in three days.
A Filipino cabinet committee will meet tomorrow to discuss the situation.
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[Marine-Death]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=04-16 TC1:46:48]
[GRAPHIC=HOLD]
[ENG#=4]
Deshon Otey (DEE-shon OH-TAY) grew up in Kentucky, but the death of the young Marine in Iraq is also hitting home in western Virginia.
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[VO-NAT]
Otey was born and raised near Fort Knox Kentucky, and joined the Marine Corps after graduating from high school.
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
His father, and several aunts and uncles, live in the Roanoke Valley. Today, Ronald Otey remembered his son as a football fan, who loved music and the Marine Corps.
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[SOT 07:35]
[IN Q=He did one hell of a job]
((RONALD OTEY: HE DID ONE HELL OF A JOB. HE'S SLEEPING WITH SOME OF THE FINEST MEN AHEAD OF HIM NOW. I KNOW HE'S IN GOOD COMPANY NOW. REAL GOOD COMPANY.))
[SUPER=01-Ronald Otey/Deshon Otey's Father;]
[RUNS=:11]
[OUT Q=real good company.]
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[VO-NAT]
Otey was one of four Marines killed in an ambush in Iraq on June 21st.
The 24- year- old Lance Corporal was buried with full military honors Saturday in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.
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[Tease1]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[WRITER=dse]
[NEWSCAST=11p]
[SS=None]
[ENG#=V10]
Cops now say they've made a clean sweep of a New River Valley drug ring.
More on that when News 7 returns.
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[VO-NAT]
Plus a controversial sign in Salem is back up tonight.
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[Sports-preview]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
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[OUT Q=THE BIG 7."]
(( Hey folks Mike Stevens back in the News 7 Sports office as the big leagues produce some big time plays tonight.
Lance now has a big time lead after today's team time trial.
Mark Byington lands a spot on the UVA hoop staff.
While former UVa star Curtis Staples gets the OK for his sports complex.
All that and some lacrosse camp notes tonight on the Big 7.))
[NRV-Drugs]
(MINI OPEN)
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=myr]
[TAPE#=04-19 TC1:07:55]
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[ENG#=1]
Authorities say they've now captured ALL of the suspected members of a major NEw River Valley drug ring.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Radford/June 28;]
14-people were indicted last week on federal drug charges, but two were still at large.
Authorities say one of them, Steven Edmunds of Pulaski, turned himself in this afternoon.
The other, Crystal Stigger of Radford, was arrested last night.
Authorities believe the group sold up to 10-million dollars worth of cocaine over the past five years.
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[Wythe-Body]
[ANCHOR=JEan]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=rde]
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[GRAPHIC=None]
A family's in jail tonight for the death of an elderly woman.
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[TAKE MAP]
Around 7:00 yesterday morning the rescue squad was called to a home in the Speedwell section of Wythe County.
Rescuers found 65 year old Ester Crigger dead.
The sheriff's office was called out for what look liked a case of neglect.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
[SS=None]
Ester's husband, 79 year old Elmer Crigger and her two sons, 39 year old Daniel and 37 year old Donald Crigger have each been charged with felony neglect of an incapacitated adult.
Investigators won't say HOW Crigger died, ONLY that they are waiting on medical tests and more charges are likely.
[Enron]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=jja]
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[GRAPHIC=Ken Lay]
[ENG#=2]
The former head of Enron says he's been indicted and will surrender to authoroties tomorrow.
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[VO-NAT 17.5]
[SUPER=04-File Tape;]
Ken Lay is set for a court hearing in Houston tomorrow-
The indictment handed up today is sealed, but it is believed Lay will be charged with securities fraud.
Enron's collapse led a series of corporate scandals, sending investors fleeing. Workers lost jobs and stock fell.
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[SOT 50]
((GERALD TREECE/LEGAL ANALYST: IT'S GOING TO BE A CONSPRIACY ALLEGATION AI THINK. CONSPIRACY TO DO MAIL FRAUD, WIRE FRAUD, INSIDER TRADING. I'M NOT SAYING THE MAN DID THESE THINGS...WE'RE JUST NOW PREDICTING WHAT THIS NEW INDICEMTN MAY BE.))
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Gerald Treece/Legal Analyst;]
[RUNS=10]
[OUT Q=new indictment will be.]
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[VO-NAT 15 plus pad]
Since the company folded, many other top Enron brass have been indicted.
Andrew Fastow pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing and former CEO Jeffrey Skilling is preparing for trial.
Lay is the highest ranking executive at Enron to face charges.
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[ACLU-Sign]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11 p.m.]
[WRITER=syo]
[TAPE#=04-18 TC1:21:28]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=3]
A Salem bookstore owner says he can't believe how much attention his "small sign" generated.
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[VO-NAT :19]
[SUPER=03-Salem;]
The sarcastic message thanking Salem's mayor and city manager for road construction in front of Givens Books is back up tonight after being removed by the city yesterday.
Chip Givens says the message had been on display a little over a week when Salem building official Charles Aldridge personally removed the letters.
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[SOT ]
[IN Q=Because that's a reader board...]
((CHARLES ALDRIDGE/SALEM BUILDING OFFICIAL: BECAUSE THAT'S A READER BOARD, THAT'S TO BE USED FOR HIS BUSINESS ONLY, NOT FOR ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN HIS BUSINESS.))
((CHIP GIVENS/GIVENS BOOKS: I'D LIKE TO SEE AN APOLOGY FROM HIM AND THE CITY COUNCIL, THE MEMBERS WHO PUT HIM UP TO IT AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM GET THEIR BUTT IN GEAR AND GET THIS ROAD IN FRONT OF MY BOOKSTORE FINISHED.))
[SUPER=01-Charles Aldridge/Salem Building Official; :00]
[SUPER=01-Chip Givens/Givens Books; :07]
[RUNS=:22]
[OUT Q=road in front of my bookstore finished.]
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[VO-NAT :16]
The city said it supported Aldridge's actions.
But this afternoon, Aldridge decided to take the matter up with the city attorney.
In the meantime, Givens would be allowed to replace the message.
Earlier this evening, he said he planned to do so- as soon as his phone stopped ringing.
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[Teen-Sex]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jja]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=4]
Teen pressure to have sex is nothing new... but now it appears while not as many teens are having sexual intercourse, they are involved in other types of sex acts.
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[VO-NAT 15.5]
This 14 year old talks openly about hooking up. Heather Quigg defines that as everything BUT intercourse.
The editor of Seventeen magazine says she hears from many teen girls who want to remain virgins. They view hooking up and making out as loopholes.
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[SOT 49]
((ATOOSA RUBENSTEIN/SEVENTEEN MAGAZINE EDITOR: THE NUMBER OF VIRGINS IS UP. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS YOU CAN DO AND STILL MAINTAIN YOUR VIRGINITY. KIDS ARE HAVING ORAL SEX. THEY ARE HAVING ANAL SEX.))
[SUPER=01-Atoosa Rubenstein/Seventeen Magazine;]
[RUNS=11]
[OUT Q=are having anal sex.]
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[VO-NAT 21.5 plus pad]
It may help explain why teen pregnancy rates are down by nearly 30 percent from a decade ago, but the rate of sexually transmitted disease is up among young people.
People between the ages of 15 and 24 account for half of all new STD's in the U-S.
Teens call some relationships friends with benefits, sexual benefits that is.
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[SOT 1:42 ]
((AND THE GIRLS. DO THEY DO IT BECAUSE OF PRESSURE FROM THE BOYS OR GIRLS WANT TO DO IT? GIRL: I THINK BOTH.))
[SUPER=01-Heather Quigg/14 years old]
[RUNS=05]
[OUT Q=i THINK BOTH.]
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[VO-NAT10 ]
Results of a new university study suggest that teens exposed to internet porn may think its normal to degrade their partner and to disassociate sex from intimacy.
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[Recall]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=bda]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=1]
Ford has recalled over 170-thousand vehicles for a number of problems.
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[VO-NAT 23 plus pad]
[SUPER=@file;]
The recall affects 2004 Taurus, Sables and Thunderbirds with driver's side power seats that could come loose.
Also included are 2003 S-Series Super Duty Trucks and Excursions, due to a battery cable that could cause problems starting or melting other parts.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
[SS=None]
Finally, Ford's fleet class Crown Victorias and Town Cars are being recalled for a faulty wheel bearing that could cause squeaking, or stop the vehicle altogether.
[Tease2]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[WRITER=dse]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[SS=None]
[ENG#=V10]
A mystery gift means a Roanoke Valley cultural center will swim rather than sink.
Details on that when News 7 returns.
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[VO-NAT]
Plus why it's a banner year for Virginia's tourist attractions.
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[Commercial]
[Burch]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11 p.m.]
[WRITER=syo]
[TAPE#=04-13 TC2:06:07]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=2]
He won't head the International Fire Chiefs Association this year, but Rick Burch says he hasn't given up the dream.
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[VO-NAT :24]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./April;]
Roanoke County's Fire Chief spent more than a year campaigning for the office, even printing up pins and pamphlets.
He was running for 2nd Vice President, a four year term that would have allowed him to serve one year as the organization's president.
Burch says recently tallied results from the May 14th mail- in election show he lost to a candidate from Michigan by 281 votes.
He says he''ll take a breather the rest of the year, but may run again for 2006.
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[Center-Square]
[ANCHOR=JEan]
[NEWSCAST=11p.m.]
[WRITER=syo]
[TAPE#=04-27 TC15:37]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=3]
Center in the Square is breathing a sigh of relief.
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[VO-NAT :21]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
In May, President Jim Sears predicted Center would close in three years if it didn't raise more money.
Since then, donors have stepped up and ended the campaign on a high note.
Sears says the non-profit organization raised 689-thousand of its 700-thousand dollar goal, including a 100-thousand dollar gift from a donor who chooses to remain anonymous.
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[SOT 16:52:23 - 16:52:44]
[IN Q=The difference would be the large anonymous donation...]
((JIM SEARS/PRESIDENT, CENTER IN THE SQUARE: THE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE THE LARGE ANONYMOUS DONATION. IT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US MAKING OUR BILLS AT THE END OF THE MONTH, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US HAVING A BALANCED BUDGET IN A SENSE THAT WILL END IT IN THE BLACK RATHER THAN THE RED.))
[SUPER=01-Jim Sears/Center in the Square President;]
[RUNS=:21]
[OUT Q=end it in the black rather than in the red.]
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[VO-NAT :06]
Sears says next year's campaign is already underway.
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[S-Extra]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=EXTRA]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
[ENG#=V10]
A former Salem Spartans lands a spot on Pete Gillen's staff.
Lance turns yellow in France.
The Sox blow up on the A's again.
And the Roanoke College lacrosse campers get an earful.
But first your Extra Point -
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg; :00]
Curtis Staples has been given the go ahead to begin work on his proposed $2 million dollar sports complex in Campbell County.
It's a 40 thousand square foot facility that will have everything from a removable basketball floor to retail space.
Last night the Campbell County Board of Supervisors OK'ed the project to more forward with a 5-to-2 vote.
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[S-Triple]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-170 13328TC]
[GRAPHIC=mlb]
[ENG#=1]
We begin tonight in the big leagues where things are always stranger than seem.
The Angels pounded the White Sox tonight 12-to-nothing, but the only you're going to see from this one features the Sox.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Chicago, IL/Fox-MLB; :00]
In the sixth inning with the Sox down 7-to-nothing, Bennie Molino grounds to third with runners at first and second. Darrin Erstad is out of the force at third, they then get Tim Salmon at second, and finally triple-up Molina at first.
[SUPER=35-Anaheim/12/Chicago/0;]
The Sox turn a rare triple play, but still get smoked 12-to-nothing.
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[S-Sox]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=sp-171 13513tc]
[GRAPHIC=MLB]
[ENG#=2]
The Red Sox - who were down and out after their series with the Yankees - are suddenly back in the groove at the plate.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Boston, MA/ESPN-MLB; :00]
Tonight the Sox roughed up the talented Oakland A's pitching staff for 11 runs for the second straight game.
Manny Ramirez hit this monster shot off the Coke bottle in left field.
Nomar and Mark Bellhorn also homered as the Red Sox win it 11-to-3.
[SUPER=35-Oakland/3/Boston/11;]
Pedro Martinez got the win for Boston and he now heads into the all-star break with 9-and-3 record.
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[wipe to eng#!!!!!!!]
[S-Yanks]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-177 5100TC]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
[ENG#=3]
[wipe to eng#!!!!!!!!]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-New York, NY/MLB-ESPN; :00]
The Sox picked up another game on the Yankees tonight as New York lost to the Tigers 10-to-8 this afternoon.
[SUPER=35-Detroit/10/New York/8;]
Carlos Guillen had three hits including this three run homer as the Detroit gets win and takes a series in New York for the first time in 8 years.
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[ANCHOR=MIKE]
[GRAPHIC=MLB]
The Yankees lead is still a hefty six games.
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He didn't expect to be in the lead this early, but American Lance Armstrong is in front after four stages of the Tour De France.
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Today, the talented Texan and his US Postal Service teammates went postal and destroyed the rest of the field in the 40 mile team time trial.
Despite racing in terrible conditions that would see several riders crash into the pavement, Armstrong and his teammates averaged 32 miles an hour and posted the third fastest time trial in the race's history.
And here's why you need to have unselfish team players and only one superstar.
As they approached the finish line today, watch Armstrong's teammates wave him to the front so he could finish at the front of the pack and wear the yellow jersey.
Lance and five of his teammates are among the top seven riders in the overall standings including several with ties back to the days of the Tour DuPont like George Hincapie who is second and Viatceslav Ekimov who is 7th.
The Tour finished up in Paris on July 25th.
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Pete Gillen has been reworking his basketball staff ever since he was given a vote of confidence back on April 1st, and today he looked to a Salem native to fill one of the vacant spots on the bench.
Former Salem high school great Mark Byington has been hired
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to serve as the director of basketball operations for the University.
He spent two seasons at UVa as a graduate student manager while getting his masters degree. The past two years he has been an assistant coach at the College of Charleston.
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Gillen also hired John Fitzpatrick to be an assistant today.
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165 lacrosse campers are hanging out at Roanoke College this week.
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Roanoke College men's lacrosse coach Bill Pilat is holding his 15th annual camp.
This summer kids ages seven to 18 are attending the five day camp. Eight states are represented ranging from Texas to Tennessee to New York.
Pilat's camp is not just about lacrosse. The Roanoke College admissions department also uses it as an opportunity to talk with the kids about preparing for the college process.
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25 local players are attending this camp this week, quite a difference from the early years when Pilat was lucky to get a handful of local kids.
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And if you're tired of behavior that many college athletes have been exhibiting as of late you're not alone.
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Tomorrow night News 7 sports will try to offer up some reasons for the unacceptable behavior as we begin a two part series entitled "Above the Game."
Steve Mason has spent the past several weeks talking with a coaches and administrators at both Virginia Tech and UVa to find out why athletes feel like they're above the law and the games they play.
Join us tomorrow and Friday nights on News 7 at six and 11.
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Tourists are heading back to Virginia in record numbers.
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State tourism officials say visits to the Old Dominion have been flat since September 11th.
But this year tourism is back up.
Virginia is seeing double digit increases in lodging, restaurant sales and welcome center visits.
Officials say they are expecting a record year for tourism.
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((ALISA BAILEY/VIRGINIA TOURISM CORPORATION: DOUBLE DIGIT INCREASES ARE SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE YOU TYPICALLY DO NOT EVEN IN GOOD ECONOMIC TIMES YOU MIGHT SEE A SIX PERCENT INCREASE AND THAT'S VERY EXCITING. SO SEEING DOUBLE DIGIT INCREASES IS REALLY PHENOMENAL.))
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Currently, tourism in Virginia is a 14 billion dollar industry.
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