WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 05/17/07

05/17/07

News 7 at Eleven

HEADLINE #1 HEADLINE #1 (:01 of head pad)

CAPTION: Animals Seized

Justin Cart: Animal Control seizes
more animals for a woman's home in
Ferrum. Details coming up.
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HEADLINE #2 HEADLINE #2

CAPTION: A Few Sprinkles

Robin Cart: An upper level disturbance

will bring sprinkles to the mountains.

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HEADLINE #3 HEADLINE #3

CAPTION: WUVT -FM

Natasha Cart: An outpouring of support
for Kevin Sterne and Virginia Tech's
radio station since the shootings last
month.

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HEADLINE #4 HEADLINE #4

CAPTION: Duty Bound

Joe Cart: Remembering a fallen soldier,
a Campbell County couple share memories
of their son.

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<< *CG standup Natasha Ryan
nryan@wdbj7.com

*CG 304

*CG standup Mike Stevens >>

mstevens@wdbj7.com
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GRAPHIC=News-7 at 11 Good evening I'm Natasha

Ryan.
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GRAPHIC=N7 AT ELEVEN A Franklin County dog breeder is in

trouble with the law again.

ENG#=1 VO-NAT

VO-NAT Nancy Felter was tried back in March

on animal cruelty charges.

She was acquitted, but is scheduled
to be tried on additional charges next
month.

We've now learned that authorities
seized more animals this week from her
Ferrum home.

She has yet to be charged from this
latest incident.

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News 7's Justin McLeod got a look at
the search warrant. Justin, what have
you learned?

Natasha, animal control seized four
animals.

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ANIMALS SEIZED FS IN MONITOR

*cg STANDUP Justin McLeod
jmcleod@wdbj7.com That includes a dead goat who's head
is missing.

Three other animals are currently
being treated, one of them Felter
allegedly tried to euthanize in a way a
vet describes as extremely inhumane.

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INQ=

*CG locator Franklin Co.
:00

*CG 2line Jonathan Amos
Franklin Co. Animal Hospital
:13

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Q=CAN GET AWAY WITH IT <<((NAT SOUND OF VET FROM 14:00:46 TO

14:00:51))

This poodle's cataracts are the least
of its problems.

When it was brought into the Franklin
County Animal Hospital, the dog was in
pretty bad shape.

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INQ=We had to carry JONATHAN AMOS: WE HAD TO CARRY THE DOG

AND WAS UNABLE PHYSICALLY WALK ON ITS
OWN.

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OQ=on its own That's because Nancy Felter allegedly

tried to euthanize the dog.

According to a search warrant, Felter
told an informant on May 12th she was
going to kill the dog but she did not
have any anti-freeze.

[graphic 1]

The informant then called her back
three days later, and according to the
search warrant, Felter stated she had
crushed twenty-five pain relief pills
and fed them to the poodle in its dog
food.

[graphic 2]

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INQ=It's just something JONATHAN AMOS: IT'S JUST SOMETHING

I'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE. I DON'T KNOW
WHY SOMEBODY WOULDN'T JUST TAKE THE DOG

TO A VET WE WOULD HAVE ETHUANIZE IT FOR
FREE.

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OQ=it for free Authorities also confiscated this

goat which had injuries to its neck and
this sheltie mix.

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INQ=This dog came in JONATHAN AMOS: THIS DOG CAME IN AS YOU

CAN SEE IT HAS LOTS OF HAIR LOSS ON ITS
FACE AND TAIL. IT HAS A PRETTY SEVERE
SKIN INFECTION ON ITS HEAD.

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OQ=on its head The vet is still trying to figure out

how the dog got that skin infection.

What he can say with certainty is
that he feels Felter should NOT be
allowed to have animals.

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INQ=We've dealt JONATHAN AMOS: WE'VE DEALT WITH THIS

WOMAN BEFORE AND SHE CONTINUES TO
SURPRISE ME OF WHAT THINGS THAT SHE
DOES AND THINKS SHE CAN GET AWAY WITH
IT.

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OQ=she can get away with it

LIVE=JUSTIN FULL BAM LIVE FULL

ANIMALS SEIZED FS IN MONITOR Amos says the sheltie mix and the
goat should be ok.

As for the poodle, her prognosis is
unclear.

DOUBLE BOXES=JUSTIN/NATASAH DOUBLE BOXES

That's because Natasha, they're
waiting for toxicology reports to come
back to see exactly what's in the dog's
system.

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NATASHA

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GRAPHIC=MURPHY, CHRISTOPHER The parents of Christopher Murphy

say they are still coming to terms with
his death.

The 21- year- old soldier died
Saturday, when his unit was attacked
south of Baghdad.

Three other soldiers were killed
in the ambush, and three more are still
missing.

DOUBLE BOXES=NATAHSA/JOE DOUBLE BOXES

This afternoon, Rosemary and
Darryl Balian (BAY-lee-an) sat down
with Joe Dashiell.

Joe, how are they dealing with such a
devastating loss?

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THE FALLEN FS IN MONITOR

*cg STANDUP Joe Dashiell
jdashiell@wdbj7.com Natasha, Chris was one of four
children. Now his mother says there's
something missing... his loss is very
keenly felt.

But the family is also comforted
by the fact that he was fully committed
to what he was doing.

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*CG 2line Rosemary Balian
Christopher Murphy's Mother
:00 QUICK
*CG locator Campbell Co.
:08

*CG 2line Darryl Balian
Christopher Murphy's Father
:18

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OQ=everybody else's son now. <<
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INQ=A silent prayer ROSEMARY BALIAN: A SILENT PRAYER WAS

SAID NOT KNOWING YOU KNOW THAT I WAS
SAYING IT FOR MYSELF AND MY OWN FAMILY.

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OQ=my own family. Rosemary Balian watched news of

the attack, before she knew her son
was involved.

Now, as she and Darryl Balian
mourn his loss and prepare for his
funeral, their thoughts are with the
families of soldiers still missing.

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INQ=We feel really bad DARRYL BALIAN: WE FEEL REALLY BAD FOR

THE FAMILIES OF THEM SOLDIERS. AT LEAST
WITH THIS SITUATION WITH OUR SON WE CAN
HAVE SOME CLOSURE BUT FOR THEM NOT
KNOWING WHERE THEY'RE AT, NOT KNOWING
THEIR HEALTH, NO KNOWING HOW THEY ARE
IT MUST BE TERRIBLE. IT MUST BE REALLY
HARD.

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OQ=It must be really hard. The photos laid out before them

paint a portrait of a mischievous boy
with a quirky sense of humor, a high
school student who was serious in the
classroom and proud of his
participation on William Campbell's
state championship football team, a
soldier who loved the army and planned
to make it his career.

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INQ= 06:06

HE LOVED THE ARMY. HE REALLY LOVED THE
ARMY AND SERVING IN THE MILITARY. HE

LOVED THE CAMRADERIE. HE LOVE BEING IN
HIS PLATOON AND THE GUYS HE WAS WITH.
AND YEAH HE GAVE IT ALL WHEN HE WAS IN
THE ARMY. 03:06:23

ROSEMARY BALIAN: HE MADE THE ULTIMATE
SACRIFICE. HE WAS MY SON, BUT BECAUSE
OF THAT HE'S ALSO EVERYBODY ELSE'S SON
NOW.

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THE FALLEN FS IN MONITOR Funeral arrangements are now
complete, Natasha.

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The service for Christopher
Murphy will be held on Sunday May 27th
at 3pm at William Campbell High School.

TAKE INET TAKE INET

ANCHOR=NATASHA NATASHA READS

If you'd like to see our entire
interview with Chris' parents -- just
log onto WDBJ7.com
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GRAPHIC=IRAQ Troops are still searching for the

three missing soldiers from Murphy's
unit.

ENG#=4 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Iraq

Their brigade commander vows to
keep searching...but says there are
problems.

Fatigue and the lack of
information from anybody who might have
information....That unwillingness to
cooperate comes from fear that if they
speak they will be killed once American
troops leave town.

And although the military has
learend new information about the
ambush, there is still no big break in

the case.

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GRAPHIC=VT RIBBON It's an image from April 16th

none of us will soon forget....

ENG#=1 VO NAT

VO NAT Tech Senior Kevin Sterne being
carried out of Norris Hall by four
policemen.

Sterne was shot in the leg and
had tied an electrical cord around his
own injury

Doctors say that quick thinking
probably saved his life.

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GRAPHIC=HOLD We actually introduced you to

Sterne several months BEFORE the
shootings and that now famous picture.

He works as an engineer for
Tech's college radio station W-U-V-T.

And as New River Valley Bureau
Chief Rachel DePompa found out, Sterne

may be at home recovering, but his
radio station certainly feels his
presence.

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INQ=While in the hospital

*CG standup Rachel DePompa
rdepompa@wdbj7.com
:00
*CG locator Blacksburg
February
:13

*CG nameloc Kevin Sterne
VT Survivor
February
:24

*CG 2line Kim Foley
WUVT General Manager
:48

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OQ=News 7, Blacksburg.

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INQ=While in the RACHEL DEPOMPA: While in the hospital

Kevin Sterne asked people not to send
him flowers and gifts. Instead he asked
folks to help him achieve a career long

goal of seeing W-U-V-T get a new
transmitter.

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OQ=a new transmitter.

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INQ=WHENEVER IT'S NATS: WHENEVER IT'S WORKING GOOD.. WE

COME UP HERE ONCE A WEEK.

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OQ=ONCE A WEEK.

All spring Kevin Sterne racked his
brain to get WUVT's old and failing
transmitter back up to full power.

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INQ=IT'S REALLY A KEVIN STERNE: IT'S REALLY A QUESTION OF

THINKING OF THINGS WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT
OF RIGHT NOW. AS FAR AS FIXING
EVERYTHING.

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OQ=FIXING EVERYTHING.

The transmitter, Sterne affectionately
called Harriet, was on its last leg.

But he was able to return the station
to partial power before he was shot...

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INQ=alright this NATS: DJ TODAY 1:54:13:00 all right

THIS IS SWIMMING BEAR BACK WITH YOU.
IT'S A NOTHER LOVELY THURSDAY MORNING

:17

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OQ=thursday morning.

And now things are really looking up...

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INQ=There's been a great outpour KIM FOLEY: 1:46:37:00 THERE'S BEEN A

GREAT OUTPOUR OF HELP AND SUPPORT FROM
ALL THE LIKE THE ENGINEERS FROM
EVERYWHERE AROUND THE UNITED STATES AND
STUFF AND THE SOCIETY OF BROADCAST
ENGINEERS AND CLEAR CHANNEL REALLY
STEPPED UP :49

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OQ=stepped up.

Clear Channel gave the station a
back-up transmitter and along with the
SBE helped get 22 year old Harriet on
her feet again.

NATS: all right some light morning
jacket her eon WUVT-FM

The station's received hundreds of
thousands of dollars in equipment and
even donations raised by UVA's college
radio station.. all because of Sterne's
quick thinking request.

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INQ=That's very typical of him KIM FOLEY: 1:46:23:00 THAT'S VERY

TYPICAL OF HIM. YOU KNOW HE THINKS
LOGICALLY. IT'S MORE BENEFICIAL FOR IT
TO GO SOMEWHERE THEN FOR ME TO HAVE
FLOWERS THAT WILL DIE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S
WHO HE IS. :32

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OQ=who he is.

Sterne is starting grad school at
Tech in the fall.

He still plans to be very
involved with the campus radio station.

Rachel DePompa, News 7,
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GRAPHIC=FALWELL OBIT Hundreds of Liberty University

students were pouring into a campus
building today, to see their school
chancellor one more time.

ENG#=3 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*cg LOCATOR Lynchburg

The Reverend Jerry Falwell lies
in repose in the DeMoss Learning Center

two days after he died, apparently from
a heart condition.

Many students wept today as they
viewed the founder of their school.

Falwell's body will remain at
Liberty tomorrow afternoon, when it
will be moved to Thomas Road Baptist
Church for a public viewing on Sunday
and Monday.

His funeral service will be held
on Tuesday at the church, which he
founded over 50 years ago.

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GRAPHIC=Guns at School And a Jefferson Forest High

School student is also in trouble with
the law after he brought a gun to
school.
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18-year-old John Thomas
Hess had a .45 caliber pistol with two
loaded clips.

ENG#=4 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Bedford Co.

According to
administrators, Another student
reported the incident to the principal
around noon.

The principal then
approached Hess, who admitted to having
the gun. It was tucked into his jeans
at the time, he handed it over and was
later taken into custody.

He's been charged with
carrying a weapon on school property
and is being held in the Blue Ridge
Regional Jail.

School leaders say the
student's motive is still being
investigated.

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GRAPHIC=NONE The list of U-S Attorneys

considered for dismissal last year
included Western Virginia's John
Brownlee.

The Washington Post reports the

Justice Department considered 26 of the
nation's 93 U-S Attorneys for possible
dismissal.

Brownlee was the first of five
names recommended for firing by the
Deputy Attorney General's Chief of
Staff Michael Elston.

Brownlee was not one of the nine
ultimately dismissed. Brownlee issued
a brief statement late today, saying
he'd first learned he was on Elston's
list March 14th of this year.

"That same day," Brownlee said,
he reported Mr. Elston's conduct to the
Department of Justice.

The U-S Attorney's spokeswoman
declined to elaborate.
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GRAPHIC=ROANOKE CITY Downtown Roanoke Incorporated is

losing it's leading man to a similar
organization in North Carolina. David
Diaz, executive director of DRI, will
become president of the Downtown
Raleigh Alliance.

ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Roanoke

Over the past five years Diaz and
the organization have been able to
promote downtown living and attract a
variety of restaurants to the area.
Downtown's also seen new development
including construction of the new art
museum.

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INQ=The art musuem...

*CG 2line David Diaz
Downtown Roanoke Incorporated 3:11 DAVID DIAZ/DOWNTOWN ROANOKE INC:
THE ART MUSUEM IS AN ART WORK IN AND OF
ITSELF AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME TO
JUST SEE THAT BUILDING LET ALONE THE
GREAT ART THAT IT'S GOING TO HAVE
INSIDE OF IT. 3:18

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OQ=Have inside of it.

VO-NAT VO-NAT

When asked about the future of
Market Square, Diaz said that he wasn't
concerned and that the mayor's iniative
to bring a mediator on board was the
right thing to do.

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Washington and Lee -- and Ferrum
College continue a successful streak in
the N-C-double-A -- highlights in
Sports.

ENG#=3

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*CG tease FALLEN OFFICERS

48:36"TO THIS DAY, A DEPUTY OR POLICE
OFFICER NEVER KNOWS WHAT HE'S GOING
INTO."48:41

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OQ=HE'S GOING INTO.

VO-NAT VO-NAT

Still to come on News 7 --
remembering the region's fallen police
officers -- including two killed
decades ago.
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Today fallen police officers were
honored across the nation -- including
some here at home -- among those were
two killed in the line of duty 80 years
ago.

ENG#=1

VO-NAT VO-NAT
*CG tease IMMIGRATION NATION

And a compromise in Washington
between key Senators and the White
House leads to an immigration reform
bill.
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INQ=HEY FOLKS...

*CG tease AHEAD IN SPORTS

< the News 7 Sports office as the Ferrum
Panthers keep winning at the NCAA
regionals.

W&L wins it all in women's tennis
today.

Plus, the city of Salem is
hosting another national title this
weekend - this one in softball.

and former Scott Robertson winner
Paula Creamer show her love for the
annual Giant Junior event.

Right here on the Big 7.>>

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GRAPHIC=IMMIGRATION It's a complete reform of US

immigration law as we know it.....

ENG#=1 VO-NAT

VO-NAT A measure created by a

bipartisan group of lawmakers....

It would create a temporary
worker program for new arrivals in the
U-S and a different program to cover
agricultural

workers.

For the first time skills and
education level would be weighted more
heavily than family connections in
deciding whether immigrants should get
permanent legal status.

This plan is preliminary,
but does have the support of President
Bush.

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GRAPHIC=NONE They served the citizens of

Alleghany County nearly 80 years ago.

But it wasn't until this year,
until two men were honored for their
service.

ENG#=2 VO-NAT

VO-NAT In 1922....Sheriff Edwin Butler

was shot while serving a search warrant
on a suspected moonshine operation.

He died a few days later at a
hospital in Clifton Forge.

And....in 1927...deputy Samuel
Brown was shot and killed while trying
to arrest a suspected chicken thief.

After digging through some
history, the current chief deputy of
the Alleghany County Sheriff's Office
realized the two men had never honored.

ENG#=3 SOT FULL
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INQ=The cases...

*CG 2line Chief Deputy Greg Crowder
Alleghany County 45:59"THE CASES OF THESE TWO ARE IN THE
COURTHOUSE, BUT IF YOU GO BACK TO
MICROFILM, YOU CAN FIND A LOT OF STUFF
THAT HAPPEN."46:12

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OQ=...that happen."

VO-NAT VO-NAT

Earlier this week Crowder
attended a service in Washington to
honor the two men.

Both will now have their names
permanently placed on the National Law
Enforcement Memorial.

This year more than 380 names
were added.

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GRAPHIC=NONE The Roanoke Valley's Fallen

police officers were honored today at
Cave Spring Baptist Church.

ENG#=4 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Roanoke

Communities across the nation and
especially here in Virginia came
together for the the 9th Annual Roanoke
Valley Law Enforcement Memorial Service

Montgomery County Sheriff Tommy
Whitt came from Washington D.C. during

National Police Week to support his
fellow officers.

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INQ=We just came

*CG 2line Tommy Whitt
Montgomery Co. Sheriff 18:57 Well its important to recognize 03 the sacrifices that law enforcement
officers make. Especially when they
make the ultimate sacrifice in giving
their lives. 06

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OQ=giving their lives

VO-NAT VO-NAT

While the fallen officers were
remembered -- their family members --
who also made huge sacrifices were
recognized for their loss too.

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We've set up a link to a website
devoted to law enforcement officers
killed in the line of duty.

It's under websites in the news.

There you can leave messages for
those who died.
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GRAPHIC=none Coming up tonight in sports -

plenty of NCAA news, plus a Scott
Robertson alum talks about the
tournament - and Bill Elliott is
joining forces for Wood Brothers in an
old school tag team in Charlotte.

But first some of tonight's
scores. GO TO SCORES

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OC=...LAST SCORE

*CG carolina 4
Salem
5

Frederick
0

Winston-Salem
2
4
Lynchburg
5

*CG hsbaseb 4
Hidden Valley
8

Blacksburg
2

4
Cave Spring
5

Salem
2

*CG hssoft 4
William Fleming
5

Alleghany
3

4
Glenvar
1

James River
0

*CG hssoft 4
Hidden Valley
15

Blacksburg
0

4
William Campbell
3

Nelson Co.
0

*CG nba 4
Detroit
95

Chicago
85

PISTONS WIN SERIES 4 TO 2

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GRAPHIC=W&L The Washington and Lee Women's

Tennis Team won the Division 3 national
championship today by beating Amherst
College 5-to-2.

ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Fredericksburg
Courtesy W&L This is the third straight year
the Generals have played for the title
and indeed the third time proved to be
the charm as W&L won the title in
Fredericksburg.

The Lady Generals finish the
season at 25-and-1. This is the first
national title for the school since
1988 when men's tennis won the crown.

Congrats to coach Cinda Rankin
and her players.

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GRAPHIC=FERRUM The Ferrum College Panthers would

love to win a national title, but right
now they're just trying to shock the
world and win their region as a sixth
seeded team.

Tonight, Ferrum took on Salisbury
in the winner's bracket of the four day
event.

ENG#=2 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Ferrum
Salisbury vs. Ferrum These fans had a bird's eye view :00 of things as the Panthers looked to
stay unbeaten in the tournament.

Be pick it up in the bottom of
the sixth with the Panthers on top
4-to-1 and looking for more as Jesse
Fuller sends on to left field. The
fielder can't make a play on it and
that will allow Salem's Brian Bowles to
score and push the Ferrum lead to
5-to-1.

In the top of the 7th Salisbury
would get some of that back as Hunter
Wessels singles into right and drives
home Pete Callahan to cut the lead to
5-to-2. *CG final Salisbury
3 The Sea Gulls got another one, Ferrum Ferrum was up to the task as Justin 5 King comes in for the final three
innings and sets this pop up to end the
game. Ferrum stays unbeaten and will NCAA now play again tomorrow at 1:15 as the
Panthers continue their quest to win
the regionals.

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VO-NAT

*CG locator Salem

Speaking Championships they will
hand out the Division 3 Softball
National Title next week in Salem. The
8 Teams competing arrived at the Moyer
Sports Complex today to workout at the
fields. First Round Games begin
tomorrow with the tournament possibly
running all the way to Tuesday.

The teams are from as far away as
Oregon and as close as Atlanta.

The City of Salem is once again
living up to its reputation as
Virginia's Championship City.

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(WIPE TO SOT)

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INQ=

*CG 2line Leslie Huntington

Wisconsin Eau-Claire Head Coach

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GRAPHIC=TECH The Hokies golf team stands at

16-over par following the first round
of the NCAA East Regional in
Alpharetta, Georgia. Georgia Tech
leads the event, and while the Hokies
are currently 18th out of 27 teams,
they are only 7 shots out of the tenth
spot with two days to play. The top 10
teams advance to the championship in
Williamsburg at the end of the month.
Ryan Sypniewski carded the best
individual score for Tech today--a
2-over par 74.
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GRAPHIC=SCOTT ROBERTSON The Scott Robertson Memorial Golf

Tournament will tee off tomorrow at
Roanoke Country Club for the 24th Year.

The tournament has a rather
impress list of alumni.

ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Williamsburg
LPGA Michelob Ultra Open Including Paula Creamer who is
currently on the L-P-G-A Tour and has 3
Career victories including one this
season. She is the most successful
golfer to this point who has played in
the Robertson.

Creamer won the Girls title in
2-thousand 2 and 2-thousand 3. She is
looking forward to the day that brings
her back to check out the tree that was
planted in her honor.

ENG#=2 SOT FULL

SOT FULL

INQ=BITE

*CG 2line Paula Creamer
Scott Robertson Winner 2002-03

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GRAPHIC=LOWES The Nextel Cup cars are starting

to roll into Charlotte.

Qualifying for Saturday's Nextel
All-Star Challenge takes place tomorrow
night at Lowe's.

Then the following week - the
Coca-Cola 600 takes center stage on
Memorial Day Weekend.

ENG#=3 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Concord, NC

This afternoon the Wood Brothers
announced that Bill Elliott - the 1988
Cup champ will drive the Number 21 Ford
in the Coke 600.

Elliott - who is now 51 - hasn't

raced this season since Daytona.

He also will be returning to Ford
for the first time 2000.

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GRAPHIC=UNC Finally tonight UNC men's

basketball coach Roy Williams got a new
contract extension today that will take
his saley to just under $2 million a
season

ENG#=4 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Lawrence, KS

And talk about raises.

Former Tech women's coach Bonnie
Henrickson - who is 40 and 29 in her
three years at Kansas has gotten a
major pay raise that will take her
total compensation to $635,000 a year.

The $635,000 is almosy double her
first contract that paid her $380,000 a
year.

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GRAPHIC=NONE Secret files unsealed -- and they

show who police in New York were spying
on before the last Republican
Convention.

ENG#=1 VO-NAT

VO-NAT It turns out many of the

musicians who spoke out against the
G-O-P or the war were among those spied
upon -- and not just at public events.

Artists like Jay-Z, L-L Cool-J,
and Alicia Keys...were under the
watchful eye of New York's finest
months before a planned protest
concert.

New York refused to release the
files, but a civil liberties group went
to court to get access.

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