WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 08/05/04

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Coming up on News 7-
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He was running but not for cover. We'll show you what had a local soldier beating feet. Plus, police head off a possible courthouse bombing in Chicago. We'll tell you why the suspect has a beef with the government. And she's an older Aussie with an eye for gold. We'll meet a grandmother who's at home on the range - the shooting range.
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News 7 is next.
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Tears of happiness flow tonight as a returning soldier sees his bundle of joy for the first time.
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[Homecoming]

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Going off to war can be heartbreaking for a soldier's family.
But it can also lead to some heartfelt moments when he finally returns.
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Justin McLeod attended a special homecoming tonight at the Roanoke Regional Airport. So Justin why so special?
Shannon, this soldier from Roanoke had never seen his son until tonight.
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As you might imagine it was quite emotional but it's a reunion that saw one delay after another.
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It's a welcome home 24 year old Jason Spradlin will probably never forget.
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((JASON SPRADLIN: WORDS CAN'T EXPRESS IT. I AM JUST SO HAPPY TO BE HOME WITH MY BABIES.))
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Getting home wasn't easy.
Jason has been in Iraq since October and was supposed to be home in May.
But his stay was extended leaving his family disappointed.
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((ARBUTUS SPRADLIN/JASON'S GRANDMOTHER: IT'S BEEN TERRIBLE. IT'S BEEN TERRIBLE, NOT A FULL NIGHT'S SLEEP.))
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Also losing a lot of sleep was Jason's wife Haley.
She was raising their 3 1/2 year old son while pregnant with their second child.
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((SHANNA DOUGLAS/JASON'S SISTER: HE LOVES KIDS. HE LOVES HIS OLDER SON AND I KNOW HE MISSED NOT BEING HERE FOR THE LABOR AND DELIVERY FOR HIS SECOND SON.))
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Blake was born in January and as you might imagine Jason was anxious to see his son for the first time but he would have to wait longer than expected.
Weather problems delayed his flight into Roanoke.
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But that wouldn't last long.
Jason was able to catch another flight into Roanoke and around nine o'clock he literally ran off the plane and seconds later was in the arm's of his family. ((NAT SOUND OF THE HOMECOMING))
After a lot of hugs and kisses, Jason reluctantly agreed to do an interview with us and of course we had to ask what he thought about his new son.
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((JASON SPRADLIN: HE LOOKS LIKE HIS MOTHER. HE'S GOT SOMETHING GOOD GOING FROM HIM HUH [LAUGHS AND KISSES]))
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The homecoming will be short lived.
Jason is only going to be home for less than thirty days before he returns to active duty.
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Shannon, he'll be stationed in Germany and this time he's bringing the entire family.
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[Anthrax-Search]

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The FBI is focusing on New York and New Jersey in its investigation of the anthrax attacks of 2001. No one has been arrested but, as Teri Okita reports, several *homes* are of special interest.
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((Super: FILE (First 8 seconds) TRACK: AFTER NEARLY THREE-YEARS OF LEADS, FOLLOW-UPS, AND 52-HUNDRED INTERVIEWS IN THE ANTHRAX INVESTIGATION, THE FBI IS NOW TURNING ITS ATTENTION TO AT LEAST TWO HOMES IN UPSTATE NEW YORK WHICH PROPERTY RECORDS SHOW BELONG TO DR. KENNETH BERRY. THE 48-YEAR-OLD BERRY IS A BIOTERRORISM EXPERT WHO ONCE ADVOCATED DISTRIBUTION OF ANTHRAX VACCINES IN A NEWSPAPER INTERVIEW BACK IN 1997.
TRACK: INVESTIGATORS ARE ALSO SEARCHING A BUNGALOW IN DOVER TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY NEAR ATLANTIC CITY. THEYRE KEEPING TIGHT-LIPPED ABOUT THE SEARCHES EXCEPT TO SAY THEYRE ON ROUTINE FOLLOW-UPS MEANT TO ELIMINATE PERSONS OF INTEREST. ITS NOT CLEAR WHAT PROMPTED THE SEARCHES OR WHAT INVESTIGATORS ARE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FOR. THEY SAY THERES NO PRESENT DANGER TO PUBLIC HEALTH OR SAFETY.
TRACK: THE NATION WAS DEALT ANOTHER BLOW JUST WEEKS AFTER SEPTEMBER 11TH 2001 WHEN FIVE PEOPLE DIED OF ANTHRAX INHALATION AND 17-OTHERS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED. ANTHRAX-LACED LETTERS WERE MAILED THAT FALL TO SEVERAL NEWS MEDIA OUTLETS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICES. NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN ARRESTED.

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STANDUP: Authorities say the searches are not related to the recent, heightened terror alerts or the arrests of two Muslim men captured in an FBI sting in Albany, New York. Teri Okita, CBS News, Washington.))

[Chi-Arrest]

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A man arrested on charges of plotting to blow up a federal courthouse in downtown Chicago is a convicted counterfeiter with an apparent grudge against the courts.
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Sixty-six-year-old Gale Nettles was released from prison last year. Prosecutors say he never actually had materials to make a truck bomb. When he was arrested, the pickup he was in contained fertilizer -- but not the volatile ammonium nitrate he allegedly thought he'd bought. Authorities say Nettles had planned to sell the chemical to terrorists who would blow up the federal building. They say Nettles wasn't working with any other groups but had asked about contacting al-Qaida and Hamas.
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[Terror-Arrests]

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Family and friends of two mosque leaders arrested on terror-related charges say the pair are peaceful family men who came to the U-S for freedom and opportunity.
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Federal court papers accuse the two of scheming to buy a shoulder-fired missile to use in a possible assassination plot.
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((JAMES COMEY/DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL: WE ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO INFILTRATE THE ENEMY. OUR AGENTS ARE PUTTING A FULL COURT PRESS ON IN THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD.))
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The wife of one of the men says ``It's totally wrong and totally false and totally a lie.'' She said her husband is a businessman, not a terrorist.
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((SUSPECT'S WIFE: THEY SAY THAT HE SENT MONEY FOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS. REPORTER: IS THAT TRUE? COULD THAT BE TRUE? SUSPECT'S WIFE: I DON'T THINK SO. I DON'T KNOW.))
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The father of five, who came from Bangladesh in 1985, owns a pizzeria in Albany, New York. The other man is a native of Kurdistan who came to the U-S three years ago from Syria.
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[Giles-Assault]

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Three adults are behind bars and awaiting a hearing after police say they sexually assaulted two 14-year-old girls.
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Police say 24-year-old Melissa Lynn Blankenship -who was a family friend- picked up the girls to go four-wheeling in the mountains.
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Instead, they wound up at Blankenship's apartment in the 14-hundred block of Wenonah Avenue in Pearisburg. According to the police, that's where Blankenship's boyfriend, 20-year-old Ryan Jackson Craft and 22-year-old Ryan Clay Gilmer were waiting.
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((SGT. RICHARD GAUTIER/PEARISBURG POLICE DEPT.: A FAMILY MEMBER CAME LOOKING FOR THE GIRLS WHEN THEY DIDN'T ARRIVE HOME IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF AUGUST 1ST. SHE WENT TO THE APARTMENT WHERE SHE KNEW THE BLANKENSHIP LADY LIVED AND IN FACT, THEY WERE THERE. SHE INTERRUPTED THE EVENTS THAT WERE TAKING PLACE AND TOOK THE GIRLS TO THE HOSPITAL.))
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The three face numerous charges including carnal knowledge of a juvenile and abduction. They're being held in the New River Valley Jail without bond.
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[White/Hardwick-Hoesch]

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A Roanoke landlord accused of racism tried and failed today to convince a local judge to issue an injunction against one of his accusers.
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Bill White said the woman has been harassing him, trespassing and vandalizing his property and leaving threatening telephone and e-mail messages. Erica Hardwick-Hoesch flatly denies making any threats. Though White says she just can't accept the end of their relationship, SHE denies there ever was one.
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((BILL WHITE, FOR ONCE IN HIS LIFE, IS SCARED. HE CAN'T HIDE BEHIND HIS MONEY AND USE HIS MONEY TO IMPOSE RACISM AND HIS RACIST WAYS ON PEOPLE WHEREVER HE PLEASES NOW. HE'S ACTUALLY BEING PUT IN THE LIGHT FOR DOING SO. AND I THINK HE'S FRIGHTENED.))
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Though the judge declined to issue an injunction, he did advise Hardwick-Hoesch to stay off White's property. The two are due in court Monday on cross criminal warrants.
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Twins boys face a long recovery. Still ahead, the latest on the surgery that separated them.
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And Saturn will send out recall notices for almost a quarter million VUEs. We'll tell you why.
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[Sports-preview]

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((Hey, everybody. Travis Wells here in the News 7 Sports Office. Coming up later, Al Groh fires up the Hoos in Salem, Cedric Humes is on the comeback trail and we'll drop in on Ben Foutz and the Cave Spring Knights. Plus Nascar heads t

o Indy, and Sean Casey is might at the bat. All that and more on the way in sports.))[Saturn-Recall]

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General Motors is recalling nearly all of its Saturn VUE sport utility vehicles.
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The recall affects more than 246-thousand VUE's from 2002 through 2004. Saturn says it will strengthen the VUE's suspension. Last month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the left-rear suspension failed on the four-wheel-drive and front-wheel-drive vehicles during a 45-mile-an-hour test that includes a sharp turn. Both times, a wheel collapsed beneath the vehicle.
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[VA-Farmland]

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Farming has long been a way of life in Virginia
but state officials say the growing loss of farmland is threatening the 39 billion dollar industry.
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Virginia has lost nearly 45-thousand acres of farm and forest land every year since 1997.
Many of those acres have been paved over to make way for shopping malls, subdivisions or gas stations.
State officials say that in addition to the aesthetic and environmental benefits farmland provides, there is also a cost savings.
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((CARLTON COURTER/VA AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER: WHEN YOU PUT IN HOUSES AND YOU HAVE SCHOOLS, AND YOU HAVE SEWER AND INFRASTRUCTURE, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ENDS UP COSTING A LOCALITY, CITY OR STATE, MORE THAN IT BRINGS BACK IN TAX RECEIPTS.))
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Homebuilders and developers blame the loss of farmland on the state's rising population.
And they point out that modern techniques now allow farmers to grow more on less land.
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[School-Resource]

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The former supervisor of Roanoke's School Resource Officers has filed suit against the city for what he calls a biased performance evaluation. Sergeant Manuel Bocanegra was reassigned to a patrol unit last week.
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As part of the city's new geographic policing initiative, School Resource Officers will now report to the lieutenant in charge of their geographic zone. That has parents like Alice Hincker upset. She says school resource officers should be designated as a special unit and fears the program will suffer under the new policing system.
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((ALICE HINCKER: MY CONCERN IS THAT THE PLAN IS TO PUT THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM UNDER THAT SYSTEM AND IN DOING THAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO BREAK UP THE PROGRAM BASICALLY. IT WILL BE DIVIDED AND THE SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES WILL GO TO WHOEVER IS SUPERVISING THAT ZONE ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY.))
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Hincker says she plans to ask City Council to step in and prevent the S-R-O program from being placed under the new geographic system.
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[Fire-Training]

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In a few months, it will be a pile of bricks.
But first, Lynchburg's old Human Services building will serve as the city's biggest fire training facility.
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The Lynchburg fire department and Centra Health announced today a deal that will allow firefighters to spend six days training inside the 300-thousand square foot structure.
Fire officials say it's a great opportunity for them to practice rescue and fire suppression techniques without worrying about damaging a building.
The building is being torn down this fall to make way for Centra Health's new cancer treatment center.
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A new TV ad questions John Kerry's honesty about his service in Vietnam. Still ahead, who's behind it.
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And later, we'll meet the granny who packs a mean pistol, and is heading for the Olympics.
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[Kerry-Ad]

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A veterans group that has been sharply critical of John Kerry launched an ad today that accuses him of lying about his Vietnam war record.
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((TV AD: I SERVED WITH JOHN KERRY. I SERVED WITH JOHN KERRY. JOHN KERRY HAS BEEN DISHONEST ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN VIETNAM. HE IS LYING ABOUT HIS RECORD.))
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The ad comes from a group that calls itself Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. It's made up of more than 220 veterans from the naval units in which Kerry served in 1968-69. President Bush's re-election campaign distanced itself from the ad. Spokesman Steve Schmidt said the president's re-election effort "has never and will never question John Kerry's service in Vietnam."
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[Conjoined-Twins]

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Twins that had been joined at the head are said to be "doing fine" one day after they underwent separation surgery.
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After the surgery was complete, doctors announced to the boys' mother that she is now "the mother of two boys". The surgery was a success despite the major hurdles facing the surgeons.
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((JAMES GOODRICH/CHIEF SURGEON:THE ONLY PART THAT THREW US A LOOP WAS THEIR CONJOINING PARTS OF THE BRAIN BUT WE ENDED UP WORKING THAT OUT NICELY.))
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It took a medical team 13 hours to successfully separate the twins. The 2-year olds will have their skulls reconstructed later.
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[Gorillas]

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Land illegally cleared in Africa may threaten an already dwindling population of gorillas.
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Recent reports are saying that six square miles of protected mountain land in the Virunga National park have been cleared. The land was under protection to ensure the survival of the gorillas in that area. Currently their population stands at 700 in the world, and this intrusion into their land will not help that number to grow. The destruction of the habitat could also hurt the two million dollar tourist trade that the gorillas provide to that war-torn area of Rwanda.
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Coming up, Al Groh holds court at the Roanoke Valley Sports Club, Cave Spring is in the Friday Football Extra spotlight, and a big league milestone, but first our extra point,
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The Atlanta Falcons scrimmaged the Titans in Nashville today, and DeAngelo Hall got in some live work against Derrick Mason with the shirt tail tackle. Michael Vick slightly pulled a hamstring while running into the endzone during a drill. But afterwards, Vick said the injury was minor and that he would miss no practice time.
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[S-Groh]

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With less than a week until the start of practice in Charlottesville, UVA head coach Al Groh paid a visit to the Roanoke Valley Sports Club tonight in Salem.
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Plenty of Wahoos packed the joint at the Salem Civic Center to listen to Groh, who knows how valuable the Valley fans are to his program.
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The Cavaliers were picked to finish third in the ACC, but the coach knows that's only a number.
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[S-Humes]

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At Tech, linebacker Xavier Adibi tweaked a hammy in today's practice, but the injury is not thought to be serious. Speaking of injuries,
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Tailback Cedric Humes returns for his junior season as a starter after missing almost all of spring practice with a broken bone in his lower left leg. And he still has a little limp in his stride.
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[VO NAT CON'T] Right now Justin Hamilton, who has added ten pounds to his frame, and freshman George Bell are standing by to help Humes carry the mail. The Hokies put on the full pads this coming Sunday.
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[S-Knights]

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Our Friday Football Extra tour stops at Cave Spring tonight where the Knights are hoping to improve on last season's 5 and 5 campaign.
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Cave returns 12 starters from last years team that missed the playoffs by just a few tenths of a point. Five offensive starters are back and the defensive unit returns seven starters in 2004. But head coach Ben Foutz says the combination of a recent OH and 10 year and a 9 and 2 season will help this team the most.
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The Knights field two returning all district linebackers in Steven Fralin and Andrew Sellers, making the backers one of the main strengths of the team.
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Offensively, the Knights have installed a new offense that maximizes the strengths of the players on the field.
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Nascar returns to Indy this weekend for the 11th Brickyard 400. Given the history and tradition of the track, defending race champ Kevin Harvick says that a win at Indy is ultra special.
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[S-Casey]

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[WIPE to ENG!!]
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We finish up on the diamond where former University of Richmond Spider Sean Casey recorded his 1,000th career hit today against the Giants. Casey went 4 for 5 with four RBI's for the Reds who beat up on the Giants 12 to 3.
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Adam Dunn had a three run homer in a 10 run 8th inning.
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[Granny-Olympian]

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She is the mother of six, the grandmother of two, and will be representing Australia in this year's Olympics.

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Annette Woodward is 56 years old and will compete in the 25-meter pistol event in Athens. Woodward will be the oldest Australian since the 76' Olympics to compete in the games and says now that she is older, she has less time caring for her children and more time improving her shooting.
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((ANNETTE WOODWARD:THEY ARE ALL OVER 21 - NONE OF THEM ARE MY RESPONSIBILITY - IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU DON'T LOOK OUT FOR THEM I MEAN - BUT THOSE THINGS NOW CAN NOW BE A SECOND PLACE AND SHOOTING CAN BE AN ALL IN FIRST PLACE FOR ME.))
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Woodward had never even shot a gun until she was inspired by 52-year-old Patricia Dench in the 1984 Olympics. She has been shooting ever since.
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