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Coming up on News 7-
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[VO-NAT]

An alternative Roanoke County school reaches out to a younger demographic. Plus, President Bush names the man he'd like to see succeed John Ashcroft. And, she's just 8 years away from retiring. And that's how old her new babies will be when she gets there.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon]

News 7 is next.

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[VO-NAT]


One local school system tries something new with education but finds it's not working as well as it would like.
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[SOT 1:15:11]
[IN Q=It is a mixed bag]

((LINDA WEBER/ROANOKE CO. SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT: IT IS A MIXED BAG RIGHT NOW. I ANTICIPATE IT IS ONLY GOING TO GET BETTER.))
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[OUT Q=going to get better]
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[ANCHOR =Shannon]
[GRAPHIC=News 7 at 11]



[Career-Center]


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[TAPE#=04-44 TC26:25]
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A year ago, Roanoke County wanted to close its alternative school.
But after outcry from parents and students, the school system decided to keep Career Center open but revamp the program. [***CAREER CENTER GRAPHIC***]
[DOUBLE BOXES=Shannon & Justin /BAM;]


Justin McLeod is here now with a progress report. So Justin what's different?
Shannon, it used to be just high school students, now it's strictly middle school.
[LIVE= Justin /FULL BAM]
[SUPER=@justin1]


So far, the new kids seem to be doing well but the ones who left for regular high school are not, raising concerns whether it's working.
[ENG#=3]
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.; :00]
[SUPER=01-Shawn Collins/Seventh Grader; :10]
[SUPER=01-Jessica Moran/Principal; :32]
[SUPER=01-Linda Weber/Roanoke Co. School Superintendent; 1:19]
[RUNS=1:25]
[OUT Q=HARMING THEM OBVIOUSLY]

((((NAT SOUND OF TEACHER))
This could be best described as the new and improved Roanoke County Career Center.
[SOT 1:58:41]
[IN Q=It's a stricter]

((SHAWN COLLINS/SEVENTH GRADER: IT'S STRICTER THIS YEAR THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR. THEY FOCUS ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THIS YEAR. I THINK ITS BETTER THIS YEAR.)) [Runs07]
[OUT Q=better this year]


Last year, the school was in danger of closing.
After strong opposition, the school board decided to keep it open but change its focus.
The school now only teaches middle school students in hopes of reaching kids who need academic help earlier.
[SOT 2:15:00]
[IN Q=We do the same]

((JESSIC MORAN/PRINCIPAL: WE DO THE SAME EXACT CURRICULUM THAT THE OTHER SCHOOLS DO WE FOLLOW THE SOL'S, WE'RE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT HOWEVER WE HAVE MORE TIME TO PROVIDE THAT INSTRUCTION WHICH ALSO ENABLES US TO DO A LOT MORE HANDS ON ACTIVITIES AND REMMEDIATION BUILT INTO OUR SCHOOL DAY.)) [Runs12]
[OUT Q=INTO OUR SCHOOL DAY]


But there are some differences.
Classes have fewer than 15 students and class time has doubled. ((NAT SOUND OF TEACHING))
Often, there are also two teachers to every classroom so students get more one on one attention.
[SOT 1:57:20; 2:01:12; 2:03:10]
[IN Q=My grades have]

((LINDSEY SIMMONS: MY GRADES HAVE MIPROVED VERY MUCH.)) ((KIRSTEN MENGERINK: MY GRADES HAVE IMPROVED MAJOR.)) ((D.J. CADWELL: LAST YEAR I WAS MAKING D'S AND F'S, THIS YEAR I AM MAKING A'S AND B'S.)) [Runs05]
[OUT Q=A'S AND B'S]


But not everyone is doing so well.
Roughly 75 students who went to the career center last year now attend regular high school.
Administrators admit many are struggling.
[SOT 1:13:26]
[IN Q=One of the major]

((LINDA WEBER/ROANOKE CO. SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT: ONE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES TO BE HAVING WITH THE KIDS ACROSS THE BOARD WITH THE KIDS WHO WENT BACK TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS, HOME HIGH SCHOOLS IS THEY JUST WEREN'T USED TO DOING HOMEWORK, AND SO THAT WAS HARMING THEM OBVIOUSLY.)) [Runs12]
[OUT Q=HARMING THEM OBVIOUSLY]))
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[LIVE= Justin /FULL BAM]


To help address that, students are getting more help during study halls.
As for adjusting back into the mainstream classroom, administrators say it's going well.
[DOUBLE BOXES=Shannon & Justin /BAM;]


Shannon, back to RCCC for a moment, those students will soon be tested to see how much they've improved.

[No-Child]


[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=jwi]
[TAPE#=04-39 TC54:18]
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Virginia will continue to work toward compliance with the federal No Child Left Behind Act ... at least for now.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Richmond;]

A bill would have asked the federal government to substitute the Standards of Learning test as a measure of educational progress, but was voted down in the House Education Committee. That after a number of school superintendents testified the program needs to be fixed. They say it's under- funded and punishes schools that try to make sure students aren't left behind. Committee Chairman Jim Dillard supported the bill. He says "No Child Left Behind" gives the federal government too much control over public education in Virginia.
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[SOT 13:57:14]
[IN Q=If there's anything that]

((DEL. JIM DILLARD/(R) FAIRFAX: IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY STANDS FOR, IT'S STATE AND LOCAL CONTROL. I AM ABSOLUTELY AMAZED AT SOME OF THE COMMENTS I'VE HEARD TODAY. WE HAVE IN VIRGINIA AN OUTSTANDING SYSTEM.))
[SUPER=01-Del. Jim Dillard/(R) Fairfax;]
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[OUT Q=an outstanding system]
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[VO-NAT]

Some committee members who voted against the bill voiced concerns over losing the 280- million federal dollars Virginia gets for the program.
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[Superintendent]


[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jda]
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[ENG#=1]

Consultants leading the search for a new school superintendent in Roanoke have promised to do their homework.
They've started by asking Roanokers what they hope to find in a new school leader.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

The city school board scheduled eight focus group meetings for parents, students, teachers and others with a stake in the decision. Though some of the first sessions were sparsely attended, the consultants hope the meetings will help them develop a profile for potential candidates.
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[WIPE TO APRISA FS] Four more focus group meetings are scheduled on Thursday. At 7:30 and 10 A-M at the Roanoke Higher Education Center, and at 5 and 7 P-M at Fallon Park Elementary School. All are open to the public.
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[Food-Lion]


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[WRITER=ejo]
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[GRAPHIC=Food Lion "New Stores"]

Food Lion is buying 6 stores that Winn-Dixie was planning to close in Central and Southside Virginia. It means the Winn-Dixie stores in Stanleytown, Martinsville, Danville, and South Hill will soon become Food Lions.
The company promises those stores will be closed for just a few days when the changeover takes place.

[Furniture]


[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=rde]
[TAPE#=04-34 TC1:44:38]
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[ENG#=2]

A local furniture maker is claiming victory against cheap imports. The Commerce Department ruled Chinese companies that make bedroom furniture aren't playing fair. As New River Valley Bureau Chief Rachel DePompa tells us, A Galax company is pleased with the decision, but not quite as happy with the punishment.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Tony Bowers]
[SUPER=03-Galax; :00]
[SUPER=01-Tony Bowers/Vaughn-Bassett Employee; :15]
[SUPER=01-Doug Bassett/Vaughn-Bassett Furniture; :47]
[SUPER=@Rachel1; 1:10]
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[OUT Q=News 7, galax.]

((Tony Bowers has lived in Galax all is life, but was thinking he may one day have to move.
NATS- SAW....
Bowers feared his job would be one of the tens of thousands since 1991 to go over seas.

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[SOT: 16:42:34:00 to :44]
[IN Q=If we don't do something]

((TONY BOWERS: IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.. IT IS GOING TO TAKE JOBS AWAY FROM THIS AREA.. PLUS OTHER AREAS TOO... THERE'S ALREADY BEEN OTHER FACTORIES SHUTDOWN... THAT'S SOMETHING I DON'T LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN.)) [RUNS:10]
[OUT Q=see happen.]


Bowers believes the U-S is finally trying to stop the trend. This week the department of commerce ruled CHINA is illegally dumping bedroom furniture into the US...
NAT- furniture being made
That means they are flooding the US market with cheaper furniture... basically undercutting US owned and operated companies like Vaughn Bassett in Galax.

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[SOT: 16:40:04:00 ]
[IN Q=It means]

((DOUG BASSETT:IT MEANS THAT WE ARE RECEIVING HELP TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD. AND ELIMINATE THE ARTIFICIAL AND ILLEGAL ADVANTAGES THE CHINESE HAVE BUILT INTO THEIR SYSTEM/. :15 )) [RUNS:11]
[OUT Q=their stystem.]


The company isn't as happy about the penalty. The ruling includes only a 9% average duty against Chinese bedroom imports.

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[SOT]
[IN Q=US bedroom]

((RACHEL DEPOMPA: US bedroom companies say they're chipping away at Chinese companies. Though the 9% duty isn't everything they wanted, they say it's better than nothing.)) [RUNS:10]
[OUT Q=nothing.]



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[SOT: 16:40:31:00?? to :42 ]
[IN Q=It will help]

((DOUG BASSETT: IT WILL HELP TO OFFSET THE ILLEGAL ADVANTAGES THAT MANY CHINESE FACTORIES HAVE BUILT INTO THE SYSTEM FOR THEMSELVES AND THAT CAN ONLY HELP PROTECT US JOBS.)) [RUNS:10]
[OUT Q=US Jobs.]


The fight isn't quite over yet. The International Trade Commission will meet in December to finalize the vote and officially set a duty. Until that vote no one.. including Tony Bowers is resting easy.
QUICK NATS
Rachel DePompa, News 7, Galax.))

[Tate]


[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=myr]
[TAPE#=04-37 TC1:18:10]
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A Danville man will spend 10-years in prison for the shooting death of his former girlfriend.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Franklin Co.;]

32-year-old Stanley Dion Tate was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for the death of Charmane Tamika Davis. The jury believed Tate did not maliciously kill Davis after she broke into his Franklin County home in May.
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[SOT in @ 2:17 "Tate Interviews" Tape]
[IN Q=it's just a tragic]
[SUPER=01-Andrea Long/Tate's Attorney;]
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[OUT Q=in his home]
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[VO-NAT]

Long says Davis was upset with Tate, after learning he was with another woman. Davis' relatives say their focus is now her children.
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[SOT in @ 1:45 "Tate Int." Tape]
[IN Q=they're my nieces and ]
[SUPER=01-Tonia Saunders/Davis' Sister;]
[RUNS=11]
[OUT Q=to me right now]
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[VO-NAT]

Tate's attorney says she's still deciding whether to appeal.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[SS=Scott Peterson]


Meanwhile, a second juror's been removed from the Scott Peterson case in California.
Today the foreman was replaced by an alternate.

[Tease1]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[WRITER=dse]
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President Bush taps a new Attorney General.
Who he is and why he may face scrutiny next on News 7.
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[VO-NAT]


And how old is too old? We'll get one new mother's opinion. She's almost 57.
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[Sports-preview]


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[IN Q=]
[RUNS=:22]
[OUT Q=in sports."]

((Hey, everybody. Travis Wells here in the News 7 Sports Office. Coming up later, college soccer from the ACC and the Division Three NCAA tourneys, the Hokies could have Vincent Fuller on the field next Thursday, and Nascar news from on and off the track. All that and more on the way in sports.))

[Alberto]


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[GRAPHIC=Alberto Gonzalez]
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The top legal official at the White House could become the country's first ever Hispanic Attorney General.
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[VO-NAT :14]
[SUPER=03-Washington, DC;]

President Bush today nominated Alberto Gonzales to take over for John Ashcroft, who announced his resignation yesterday. The 49 year old Harvard-educated lawyer grew up in a poor Mexican-American family in San Antonio.
[SOT :49 - :55]
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[IN Q=Just give me a chance...]

((ALBERTO GONZALES/ATTORNEY GENERAL NOMINEE: JUST GIVE ME A CHANCE TO PROVE MYSELF... THOSE IN MY COMMUNITY.))
[SUPER=01-Alberto Gonzales/Attorney General Nominee]
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[OUT Q=those in my community.]
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[VO NAT :12] His career has been linked to the President's for the past decade. During confirmation hearings, the Senate is likely to examine a controversial memo Gonzalez wrote two years ago.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[SS=HOLD]

That memo said the President *had* the right to waive international treaties protecting prisoners of war. Critics charge that the memo created the atmosphere which led to later abuses at Abu Ghraib prison.

[Iraq]


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In Iraq tonight, militants are threatening to behead three relatives of Iraq's prime minister if U.S. troops don't leave Fallujah. In the meantime, U.S. and Iraqi forces are tightening their grip on the insurgent stronghold. Erica Hill has the latest on Operation New Dawn.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=As U.S. and Iraqi forces...]
[SUPER=03-Fallujah, Iraq; :00]
[SUPER=01-Maj. Gen. Abdul Jasim/Iraqi Army; :09]
[SUPER=01-Lt. Gen. John Sattler/First Marine Expeditionary Force; :29]
[SUPER=01-Richard Boucher/State Department Spokesman; :57]
[SUPER=01-Erica Hill/Reporting; 1:13]
[RUNS=1:20]
[OUT Q=I'M ERICA HILL]

((AS U-S AND IRAQI FORCES PUSH FURTHER INTO FALLUJA... GRUESOME DISCOVERIES: We have found hostage slaughter houses in Falluja that were used by these people and the black clothing that they wear to identify themselves. Hundreds of CDs and whole records with names of hostages. MULTINATIONAL FORCES NOW CONTROL 70-PERCENT OF FALLUJA... AND ENCOUNTERED LIGHT RESISTANCE FROM INSURGENTS ON DAY THREE OF OPERATION NEW DAWN. We are comfortable that they are not able to communicate, to work out any coordination. They are now in small pockets, blind, moving throughout the city, and we will continue to hunt them down and destroy them. SOLDIERS HAVE UNCOVERED SEVERAL WEAPONS AND EXPLOSIVES CACHES... SEVERAL KEY CIVIC BUILDINGS, INCLUDING THE MAYORAL OFFICE, ARE NOW UNDER COALITION CONTROL. THE U-S STATE DEPARTMENT TODAY SAID IT WILL BEGIN REBUILDING EFFORTS IN FALLUJA AS SOON AS THE FIGHTING IS OVER -- we've worked with the iraqi interim gtv to identify some very high impact projects that will ease the humanitarian situation, deliver relief and proceed with falluja's reconstruction. U-S OFFICIALS ALSO REPORT A LARGE NUMBER OF INSURGENTS WANT TO SURRENDER -- BUT THEIR NUMBER AND LOCATION IS UNCLEAR. THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT MAY OFFER THEM AMNESTY. IN WASHINGTON, ERICA HILL.))

[Arafat]


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[GRAPHIC=Yasser Arafat]
[ENG#=4]

In case you missed the CBS News special report at the top of the hour, Palestinian officials say Yasser Arafat has died.
He was 75 years old and had been hospitalized since October 29th.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Ramallah, West Bank;]

Arafat's crushed headquarters in Ramallah is now being transformed into his burial site. It is considered a compromise- Israel wanted him buried in a family plot in Gaza, while Arafat wanted to be laid to rest in Jerusalem. Now that Arafat has died, the Palestinian parliament speaker will take over as temporary President until a permanent leader is chosen.
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[Tease2]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[WRITER=dse]
[NEWSCAST=11]
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[ENG#=APRISA]


Still ahead tonight, Robin says some rain's in the forecast.
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[VO-NAT]


What happens when a basketball coach locks the gym and forces his kids to hit the books?
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]

((21:14:56 I KNEW, DURING THE LOCKOUT I KNEW MY BOYS WERE GOING TO STEP UP BECAUSE I HAD KIDS WITH CHARACTER))
[RUNS=06]
[OUT Q=kids with character.]
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[VO-NAT]

The coach comes to Roanoke and his story makes it to the big screen. .. more coming up.
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[Commercial]

[Mother-Twins]


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She's just three days from turning 57- and she's the proud new mother of twins.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-New York, NY;]

Aleta St. James gave birth to a son and a daughter yesterday morning. She now appears to be the oldest American to give birth to twins. The motivational speaker and life coach says she's more overjoyed than overwhelmed.
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[SOT :09 - :24]
[IN Q=This is something]

((ALETA ST. JAMES/NEW MOTHER; THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I REALLY WANTED. AND JUST TO LOOK AT THESE CHILDREN THEY ARE SO BEAUTIFUL AND THEY ARE SO GOOD I MEAN IT'S JUST AMAZING TO ME.))
[SUPER=01-Aleta St. James/New Mother;]
[RUNS=15]
[OUT Q=amazing to me.]
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[VO-NAT]

Her pregnancy has some asking if it is healthy or fair to the children when people decide to become parents so late in life. St. James says she sees herself being young and vital into her eighties.
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[S-Extra]


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Coming up, Roanoke College and Virginia Tech take to the soccer pitch for post season tourneys, the Hokies could have Vinnie Fuller against Maryland, and Nascar says "yes" to hard liquor companies, but first our extra point,
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-MLB; :00]

Bobby Cox picked up 22 first place votes to easily outdistance Tony LaRussa for National League skipper of the year honors. Cox who is now 63, took a revamped Braves squad and led it to a 13th straight divisional title. Along the way, he won his 2000th game as a big league manager. Buck Showalter, who kept Texas in the chase for a playoff berth, took home the honor in the American League.
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[SUPER=0101-/TCU/28/j/Louisville/55///;]
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[OUTCUE=last score."]
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[S-Hokies]


[ANCHOR=travis]
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[WRITER=twe]
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[GRAPHIC=Tech]
[ENG#=1]


Virginia Tech had already beaten top ranked Duke and second ranked UVA on the soccer pitch this season. This afternoon, the Hokies took aim at number five Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Cary, NC/Hokies vs. Deacons; :00]


The Hokies were outshot 16 to 5 in the contest, but Chase Harrison kept the Demon Deacs off the board thru 90 minutes so the two teams headed to overtime.
In the 8th extra minute,
[SUPER=34-Virginia Tech/0/Wake Forest/1/;]

Wake's Mark Ellington pushed across his second goal of the season as Wake won it 1 to nothing.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Oliver Weiss/Hokies Head Coach; :00]
[RUNS=:24]
[OUT Q=needed to be sharper."]
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[VO-NAT]


Also today, 4th seeded Virginia got past number 5 Duke 3-1. Jeremy Barlow had a goal and an assist for the Cavaliers in the win.
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[S-Soccer]


[ANCHOR=travis]
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[WRITER=mst]
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[GRAPHIC=Roanoke College]
[ENG#=2]


Scott Allison's Roanoke College Maroons welcomed Arcadia to Salem this afternoon for the first round of the NCAA Division Three Tournament.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem/Arcadia vs. Roanoke; :00]

The match was played on the Elizabeth Campus as the ODAC Champs took on the visitors from Pennsylvania for the second time this season. The Maroons had all kinds of chances to turn this game into a blowout. With under two minutes left in the first half Roanoke is in great position for the tally, but the shot off the break from Elliott Hodge is stopped in the left corner. Then early in the second half, Roanoke again has a wide open goal after come nice passing, but Elliott Stallings gets blocked and then pulls the rebound shot to the left of the goal. Roanoke also had another opportunity off of this free kick, but Dave DeMello's hook shot was just a foot shy of perfection.
[super=34-Arcadia/1/Roanoke/0;]

Those missed chances would come back to haunt the Maroons as they fell 1-to-nothing in overtime to end their season at 12-7-and-2.
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[S-Fuller]


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[GRAPHIC=TECH/MARYLAND]
[ENG#=3]


Virginia Tech takes on Maryland a week from tomorrow at Lane Stadium, and today the Tech training staff said that Vinnie Fuller's injured shoulder should NOT keep him off the field against the Terps.
Fuller injured the shoulder Saturday at North Carolina.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=I CAN ALMOST...]
[SUPER=01-Mike Goforth/VT Director of Athletic Training; :00]
[SUPER=03-Chapel Hill, NC/Saturday; :13 QUICK]
[RUNS=:40]
[OUT Q=...RIGHT BACK OUT AN PLAYED.]
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[S-Speed]


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[GRAPHIC=UVa/Miami]
[ENG#=4]


Virginia is a 3 and a half point favorite for Saturday's contest with Miami. While the Canes have looked anything but invincible the past two weeks, they've still got speed to burn, and that's a concern for the Cavs.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=BITES]
[SUPER=01-Al Groh/UVa Head Football Coach; :00]
[SUPER=01-Dennis Haley/UVa Senior Linebacker; :26]
[SUPER=01-Jermaine Hardy/UVa Senior Safety; :39]
[SUPER=01-Zac Yarbrough/UVa Center; :53 QUICK!!!]
[RUNS=:57]
[OUT Q=.......go out and play"]
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[S-NASCAR]


[ANCHOR=travis]
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[WRITER=mst]
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[GRAPHIC=Nextel Cup]
[ENG#=1]

Nascar has handed down some hefty fines to two drivers for their actions following Sunday's race in Phoenix.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Phoenix, AZ; :00]

Kevin Harvick and Kasey Kahne are each a little lighter in the wallet, having been fined $10 thousand dollars a piece and placed on probation the rest of the season for crashing into each other on pit road and exchanging pleasantries in the desert. In one other Nascar note,
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[TALENT=MIKE]
[GRAPHIC=NASCAR]

the sanctioning body has finally agreed to allow hard liquor companies to sponsor cars. Effective next season, the sport that has long accepted advertising dollars from the likes of Budweiser, Busch, and Miller will welcome Crown Royal and other distilled spirits to the hoods of it cars.
[TOSS TO BREAK]

[Coach-Carter]


[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jja]
[TAPE#=04-36 TC1:56:12]
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[ENG#=1]


A California high school basketball coach put books over basektball. Now his story is making it to the big screen.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]


The first public screening of the film "Coach Carter" was held tonight at the Grandin Theater for local students.
Coach Ken Carter's team was undefeated and headed for a state title, but when some players flunked out of class, he locked the gym and cancelled games.
[SUPER=04-Paramount Pictures; ]


Now Samuel L. Jackson plays him on the big screen.
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[SOT 23:00:55]
[IN Q=THIS IS ]

((THIS IS BASKETBALL. THESE BOYS ARE STUDENT ATHLETES. STUDENT COMES FIRST.))
[RUNS=05]
[OUT Q=STUDENT COMES FIRST.]
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[VO-NAT]


Coach Carter brought his message to Students at Roanoke's Lucy Addison Middle School today.
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[SOT21:25:29]
[IN Q=The only]

((COACH CARTER: THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO MAKE MONEY IN THE U.S. ARE PEOPLE WHO WORK AT THE U.S. MINT. WAY EARN MY IS WITH YOUR BRAIN.)) ((I THINK IT'S RIGHT ALL CHILDREN SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE AN EQUAL EDUCATION GET KNOWLEDGE FOR THE FUTURE GO TO COLLEGE. BE WHATEVER THEY WANT TO BE))
[SUPER=01-Coach Ken Carter; :00]
[SUPER=01-Jessica Shaw/7th Grade Student; 11]
[RUNS=22]
[OUT Q=THEY WANT TO BE.]
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[ANCHOR=Shannon 3-Shot]

Carter will speak at the college's Colkut center tomorrow night at seven.. it's open to the public. Roanoke College brought the coach in.
by SS