WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 07/24/04

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Coming up on News 7-
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Roanoke County police target vandals who target vehicles. A 70-foot slab of concrete falls from an overpass in New York. And an Alabama sheriff's deputy digs up a piece of history worth a thousand words.
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Plus highlights from the Motor Mile Speedway. News 7 is next.

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An apparent vandalism spree has police and neighborhood watch groups stepping up patrols in Roanoke County communities.
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Good evening, I'm Myranda Stephens.

[County-Vandalism]

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[****ANCHOR TAG****] So far 39 cars have been vandalized. In many of the cases, windows were shattered by what appear to be B-B's or pellets. Jennifer Wishon has more.

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((BETTIE BARNARD: WHEN WE CAME OUT SATURDAY MORNING TO GET THE PAPER THIS WHOLE GLASS WAS JUST SHATTERED.))
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Bettie Barnard has lived in this Roanoke County neighborhood for 20- years and never expected she'd be victim of a crime.
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((BETTIE BARNARD: WE CALLED THE POLICE AND THEY CAME AND LATER THAT DAY WE FOUND OUT THAT OTHERS IN THIS AREA, ON THIS STREET, HAD BEEN HIT AS WELL.))
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Four others on their street alone. The Barnards were among the first to be hit in an apparent crime spree that's been going on for more than a week.
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((RICK CROSIER: I THINK THE FIRST NIGHT WE HAD SIX, OVER THE WEEKEND WE HAD A TOTAL OF 20 AND FROM THEN WE'VE HAD TWO OR THREE A NIGHT.))
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((JENNIFER WISHON/JWISHON@WDBJ7.COM: POLICE ARE INCREASING PATROLS IN COUNTY NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT BECAUSE THE VANDALISM IS SO WIDESPREAD IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO KNOW WHERE TO CONCENTRATE THEIR EFFORTS.))
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((RICK CROSIER: THAT'S WHAT'S SO UNUSUAL ABOUT THIS. IT'S BEING SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. IT'S NOT ONE AREA - NOT NORTH COUNTY, NOT SOUTH COUNTY, BUT IT'S SPORADICALLY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY SO THERE'S NO REAL PATTERN TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING.))
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Police have now formed a task force to address the vandalism and plan to use other tactics they can't discuss.
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((RICK CROSIER: I GUARANTEE YOU PEOPLE SEE THINGS THAT GO ON. PEOPLE HEAR THINGS THAT GO ON AND I'M SURE IN THIS SITUATION SOMEONE KNOWS SOMETHING.))
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Crosier says he's working closely with neighborhood watch groups and encourages all residents to keep a close eye on their property. Each count of vandalism is a misdemeanor that carries up to 12 months in jail and 25- hundred dollars in fines. Jennifer Wishon, News 7, Roanoke County.))
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[TAKE CRIMELINE FS] If you have any information about who is causing the damage you're asked to call Crime line at 540-344-8500.
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[Henry-Wounding]

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Henry County authorities say one person was injured when a domestic dispute turned violent last night. When deputies arrived at a home on Abby Lane they found 37 year-old James Joyce with a knife wound to the chest. Joyce was taken to Memorial Hospital for treatment. 44 year-old Florence Thomas was arrested and charged with malicious wounding in connection with the stabbing. She's being held without bond at the Henry County Jail.

[Missing-Woman]

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Salt Lake City police say leads in the case of a missing pregnant woman have taken them to a landfill, where they are using cadaver dogs.
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Lori Hacking hasn't been seen since Monday, when it is believed she was headed for a jog.
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Mark Hacking bought a mattress about the same time he reported his wife missing. The owner of the mattress store says he remembers the sale.
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((CHAD DOWNS/MATTRESS STORE OWNER; HE WAS QUIET. I COULD TELL THAT HE WASN'T GOING TO BE A TALKER. BUT HE SEEMED RELATIVELY RELAXED. I DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING UNUSUAL AS FAR AS HIM BEING NERVOUS OR ANXIOUS.))
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Police collected items from the couple's apartment earlier this week, including a box spring. Mark has been at a psychiatric hospital since he was found by police Tuesday running around naked at a Salt Lake City motel. Police say Mark is a person of interest but not a suspect.
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[Iraq]

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Iraq's interim prime minister is urging Egypt to stand up against the demands of terrorists holding an Egyptian diplomat hostage. Elaine Cobbe has more.
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((Kidnappers in Iraq are getting bolder - and more sophisticated. The highest-ranking victim to date - an Egyptian diplomat - was snatched as he left a mosque after Friday night prayers. Taken amid security guards and crowds of worshipers - Mohamed Mamdouh Qutb is the third highest ranking member of the Egyptian Embassy. Although Iraq and Egypt are working to secure his release - as of late Saturday - his kidnappers had issued no demands. ((Sot IRAQ'S PRIME MINISTER IYAD ALLAWI )) The only way to deal with terrorists is to bring them to justice and to close ranks and this is where we hope that Egypt and the Egyptian government would act accordingly. ((On camera bridge: Elaine Cobbe, CBS News, Baghdad)) And the kidnappings continue The head of a state-owned construction company was snatched by gunmen as he left his home Saturday morning. That was a rare daylight kidnapping - suggesting some of these groups have been emboldened by recent successes - like the pullout of Philippine troops in return for a hostage. TRACK: Confusion as to what's happening with seven truck drivers. The group holding them has issued a new forty-eight hour deadline to their Kuwaiti employers. The previously-unknown group - the Black Banners want Iraqi prisoners to be freed from Kuwaiti and US jails But the company can't meet that demand - and it fuels speculation here that this group is a copycat group made up of amateurs.
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TRACK: Also hitting hard at Iraq's slowly-recovering economy are attacks on oil pipelines - the latest near the town of Samarra, a flashpoint of insurgent activity. The blaze is on a pipeline that carries oil from the refinery to Baghdad. These attacks, along with increasingly brazen kidnappings are aimed at undermining efforts to stabilize Iraq - and make the ideal of democracy an even more elusive goal. Elaine Cobbe, CBS News, Baghdad.))

[Soldier-Return]

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A soldier from Roanoke County returned home today after serving 18- months in Iraq.
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Kathy Garrison's friends and family waited patiently for her plane to land in Roanoke this afternoon. The 38- year- old enlisted in the Army nine years ago and serves as a petroleum supply specialist. She's home on a 15- day leave before returning to Fort Polk, Louisiana. The Private First Class says she's grateful for all the support she's received back home.
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((KATHY GARRISON: I'M IN THE 4TH SQUADRON, 2ND ACR AND WE DID NOT LOSE A SOLDIER AND I THINK THAT'S DUE TO THE PRAYERS BACK HOME. I'M JUST DOING MY JOB. THIS IS WHAT I SIGNED UP TO DO AND I'M GRATEFUL TO SERVE IN THE FINEST NATION - THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.))
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Garrison's mom, Alice, says it was tough while her daughter was working in Iraq, but says she's proud of her service.

So proud in fact, she prepared a feast complete with all the trimmings.
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((ALICE GARRISON: WE HAVE FRIED CHICKEN, BARBECUE CHICKEN, MEATBALLS, POTATO SALAD, RICE PUDDING, DEVILED EGGS, HOMEMADE CAKE AND DRINKS.))
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Kathy Garrison says her enlistment in the Army runs out in February, but she's already been offered a job at Fort Polk.
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Still to come on the newscast, New York cleans up after tons of concrete from an overpass come raining down...
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and what a find... dozens of mug shots from the Civil Rights era resurface nearly 50 years later .
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(( Hey folks Mike Stevens back in the News 7 Sports office with highlights of the WDBJ-7 100 from the Motor Mile Speedway. Dale Junior gets in from practice today in New Hampshire. The Sox and Yankees get in a few licks at Fenway. These folks got in a few laps at the City County. And this guy might as well be lapping the field - tonight on the Big 7.))

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A huge slab of concrete shut down a major road in New York City.
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Investigators say the 70-foot wide section of concrete fell from an overpass above the Grand Central Parkway just after nine o-clock last night. The concrete fell on the front of one man's van breaking his right leg; that was the only injury reported. Traffic was shut down in both directions as city engineers were brought in to check the rest of the overpass. Authorities believe Friday's soggy weather in the city could have caused the concrete to fall. New York City saw heavy rain all day and some reports of flooding.
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[Civil-Rights]

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A day at the job became a lesson in history for one sheriff's deputy in Alabama. Chris Holmes has more on the man's discovery that paints a clearer picture of the civil rights movement.
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((IT'S NOT THE KIND OF DUTY YOU'D EXPECT OF A SENIOR DEPUTY. CLEANING UP A STOREROOM TO MAKE SPACE FOR SUPPLIES, OLD UNIFORMS AND OUT OF DATE COMPUTERS. BUT A FUNNY THING HAPPENED WHEN DERRICK CUNNINGHAM CAME ACROSS SOME VERY OLD BOOKS.
"Back then it was just somebody who was booked into the jail."
BACK THEN WAS THIS - WHEN A LARGE PORTION OF MONTGOMERY'S POPULATION REFUSED TO RIDE CITY BUSES. WE KNOW IT NOW AS THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT.
"You always heard a bout these people getting arrested, but you never knew who they were but we got their names, we got their photos."
CUNNINGHAM AND ANOTHER DEPUTY HAD NO IDEA WHAT THEY'D FOUND - AND AS YOU'D EXPECT, THEY FORGOT ABOUT CLEANING.
Get much work done after that?
"No, not really!"
AND THIS IS WHY. 48 YEARS LATER, PERFECTLY PRESERVED, WITH JUST ONE BLEMISH - WHAT MAY BE ONE OF THE EARLIEST MUG SHOTS EVER TAKEN OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR. AND ANOTHER PAGE OVER - FRED GRAY AND RALPH ABERNATHY. AND A PAGE OVER...
"Miss parks on the second page of the colored females."
PAINSTAKINGLY HANDWRITTEN ON EACH PAGE BY DEPUTY ALLEN POINDEXTER - EVERY PHOTO PERFECTLY ALIGNED - JUST LIKE THEY WERE IN 1956. TO BE ABLE TO FIND THEM IN THIS CONDITION REALLY MEANT A LOT.))
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And that was Chris Holmes reporting.

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Up ahead on the newscast, in sports we'll have all the highlights from the *WDBJ 7- 100* at the Motor Mile Speedway...
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and a little later, hundreds of people get down and dirty at this party in Arizona...
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[Salem-Schools]

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Officials with one school system in the area say a denied request is turning out to be a good thing.
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The city of Salem wanted to continue starting the school year before Labor Day.
It first needed an exemption from the General Assembly because Salem failed to have enough snow days in order to be eligible.
Lawmakers eventually denied the request after lobbying from the tourist industry.
Administrators however believe beginning later will actually work in their favor because of renovation work at Andrew Lewis Middle School.
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((WAYNE TRIPP/SALEM'S SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT: WHILE WE WEREN'T TOO HAPPY ABOUT IT AT THE TIME AS IT TURNS OUT MAYBE THAT'S A FORTUITOUS OCCURRENCE BECAUSE WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A COUPLE EXTRA WEEKS TO GET READY. WE TYPICALLY HAVE STARTED SCHOOL THE LAST WEEK OF AUGUST AND THIS YEAR WE ARE STARTING ON SEPTEMBER 7TH.))
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Tripp says the school system has no plans to ask for another exemption from the law anytime soon.
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After 40 years of informal collaboration, two universities will reunite in the fall.
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In August, Virginia Tech and Radford University will share a Mandarin Chinese professor--an idea that started after both schools hired the same professor part time. Students and professors may commute between schools or work through distance learning, but the students are not the only ones that benefit.
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((DAVID FORD/VT VICE PROVOST FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS;MORE IMPORTANTLY THE PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL SO THAT THEY CAN ADVANCE IN THIER FIELD IN THE STANDPOINT OF RESEARCH, AND SCHOLARSHIP AS WELL AS TEACHING.))
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Radford and Tech officials say they may collaborate in other areas such as education, criminal justice, and natural resources.
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[Fiddlefest]

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Fiddlefest organizers say this year's version of the music festival has strummed right along...
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Last year's event was a disappointment for organizers, with low turnout and bad weather. But, they say this year was a complete turnaround, thanks to a number of factors.
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((WE'VE HAD WONDERFUL SPONSOR SUPPORT THIS YEAR, WE'VE HAD WONDERFUL SUPPORT FROM THE HOLLINS FOLKS HERE, JUST OPENED THEIR DOORS TO US. SO I ATTRIBUTE IT TO A LOT OF THINGS BUT THE SPONSORS, THE BOARD, FOLKS HERE AT HOLLINS AND WE GOT A LITTLE LUCKY FOR SOME GOOD WEATHER TOO 26))
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The final concert of the event wraps up tonight.
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[CK/SKYTRACKER]RADAR ANALYSIS
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Highlights from the Motor Mile Speedway, plus NASCAR news from New Hampshire. The Sox and Yanks play a wild one, and Hunting Hills win the City County swim meet -

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Lance Armstrong is one day away from winning an unprecedented 6th Tour de France title, and there's little doubt that he wants to do it in style. In today's time trial, which was the next to last stage of the event, he simply overpowered all of his rivals. He beat second place Jan Ullrich by 61 seconds in the 34 mile long time trial. What this all means is that he now leads Andreas Kloden by 6 minutes and 38 seconds with Ivan Basso 7 minutes back and Ullrich is over nine minutes behind. The 20th and final stage is tomorrow in Paris.
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[S-Motor]

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We begin tonight at the Motor Mile Speedway where Your Hometown Station sponsored a night full of racing with the WDBJ 100.

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A nice crowd on hand tonight as the weather cooperated and the racing starting on schedule. The evening began in the Mini-Stock division with Kevin Kenley taking the checkered flag for the sixth time this season in the Mini-Stocks in car number 29. Then the ever popular U-Car division littered the track with some carnage. When it finally finished up Jerry Hollandsworth would survive in the number 7 Ford Escort for the win. In the Pure Stock division in came down to a "family feud." Tracy Moore battled his dad Doug Moore for the entire race. He was able to hold off pops and take home the win in the Pure Stocks. In the Limited Sportsman division - Derrick Kale passed Anthony Barnes for the lead at the 35 lap mark, and held on for the final 15 circuits to get his second win of the season. The main event of the night was a 100 lap Late Model Stock car event. Points leader Frank Deiny - wasted no time at all as he passed T.J. Majors for the lead just five laps into it. Deiny would set the pace the rest of the way while everyone else scrambled for a top ten finish. Tink Reedy, Jason Mitcham and Randy Taylor battled right up to the end, but Deiny would win it with T.J. Majors - one of Dale Junior's boys - second, and Taylor third. It's Deiny's 7th win of the season.
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Steve Dalton won the Late Model truck race tonight.

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On the NASCAR Busch Series - the drivers were in Loudon, New Hampshire and some behaved better than others.
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The conditions were cool and cloudy when this one started, but things would heat up shortly into the 200 lap race. Tire wear was an issue all day long. Points leader Martin Truex Junior lost a right front. He finished 11th. Local favorite Stacy Compton in the 59 car and Joe Nemechek got together today. Stacy would drive on to finish 8th. Kyle Busch was involved in two of the biggest wrecks of the day as he got into the back of Jamie McMurray and sent him for a ride. Then later on the restart watch him tangle with Jason Keller for no apparent reason. Matt Kenseth took the lead with 50 laps to go and never looked back beating Tim Fedewa for his 16th career Busch Series win.
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Truex maintained his Busch series lead and tomorrow he will be on standby to relieve Dale Earnhardt, Junior Junior went out this morning and ran 8 practice laps, and the team now says the plan is for him to race to at least the first caution, but he could stay in the car even longer.
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[S-Sox]

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Last night the Red Sox hit four homers and lost to the Yankees. Today, Boston committed four errors and somehow managed to beat New York.
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Today the dislike between the two teams went to another level as the Red Sox Bronson Arroyo threw at Yankee star Alex Rodriguez, who in turn dropped a few verbal bombs on catcher Jason Varitek, and the bench clearing brawl was on. Rodriguez, Kenny Lofton, Varitek and Gabe Kapler were ejected during the third-inning fight. New York appeared to have the game in hand up two runs in the ninth. But Bill Mueller (MILLER) hit this two run homer in the
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bottom of the frame to cap a three run Red Sox rally and give Boston the 11-to-10 win. Yanks still lead by 8 and a half games.
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[S-Swim]

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The Roanoke Valley Aquatic Association's massive season-ending swim meet known as the City-County concluded its two day run in the Dedmon Center pool this afternoon.

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[SUPER=03-Radford/Duane Whitenack Championship; :00]
17 different swimming clubs from throughout the Roanoke Valley, Botetourt and Blacksburg supply swimmers of all different ages and skills throughout the summer season. This year more than 1000 swimmers qualified for this weekend's championshiip, which would not be possible without the tireless work of many volunteers. Hunting Hills and Hidden Valley put the largest number of swimmers in the meet, and those two teams finish one-two for the year. Hunting Hills wins the City-County title with Hidden Valley second Stonegate third and the Elks Club fourth.
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[Mud-Fun]

[ANCHOR=Myranda]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=jbu]
[TAPE#=net]
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[ENG#=1]

Don't expect to join this party and come out clean.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Phoenix, AZ]
` The annual Mighty Mud Mania in Arizona celebrated it's 28th anniversary today. The mud started flying back in 1976 when a company thought up a messy promotion.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=The whole thing started]
((THIS WHOLE THING STARTED FROM SOMEBODY FROM A LAUNDRY DETERGENT COMPANY AND ITS TURNED INTO THIS BECAUSE THE LAUNDRY DIDN'T COME CLEAN AFTER MUD MANIA.))
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[OUT Q=clean after mud mania.]
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[VO-NAT]
After the promotion stopped the mud fun went on and the city of Phoenix comes out every year to roll around in the muck.
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