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Up next on News 7 at five-
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Two suspects in a recent fire bombing in New York may be in Virginia.
And take a look at this- A house comes tumbling down in San Francisco after heavy rain there-
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Wx-Heads
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Keep the furnace going. Temperatures fall big time again tonight but the wind chill will be less of a factor.

MEDICAL-hEADS


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And on Health Check-- we'll tell you about a new study underway to diagnose breast cancer.
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The new procedure eliminates surgery.
It's also quick and painless.
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The man accused of killing a Roanoke woman has entered a plea.
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5-Thompson


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The drifter from Texas has managed to avoid being executed, while admitting he's guilty of CAPITAL murder.
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Paul David Thompson entered a plea agreement today that calls for two LIFE terms in prison plus 25 years.
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((DAVID DAMICO/THOMPSON'S ATTORNEY: WE FELT STRONGLY THAT THE CHOICE HERE WAS BETWEEN THE DEATH PENALTY AND LIFE. AND WE FEEL LIKE WE SAVED HIS LIFE.
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WE HAD DECIDED ON THE FIRST SUNDAY IN NOVEMBER THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO EXTEND A PLEA AGREEMENT IN THIS CASE FOR A LIFE SENTENCE.))
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While Thompson had confessed to police that he killed Virgie Green, his co-defendant first pled NOT guilty, then claimed HE killed the 44-year old widow.
In the face of conflicting statements, the prosecution chose to accept the guilty plea, in exchange for the double LIFE sentence.
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Thompson still faces LIFE in WEST Virginia, and a 12-year sentence in Florida.

5-Toll-Booth


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Authorities believe two suspects in the recent fire bombing of a New York toll booth may have fled to Virginia.
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Police say two men squeezed a flammable liquid into a token booth and lit it-- causing an explosion that demolished the booth.
50- year old Harry Kaufman died yesterday of second and third degree burns.
Brooklyn authorities contacted Virginia State Police today.
They're searching for 26- year old Rocky Butler and 28- year old Scarvey McCargo.
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Authorities say the two men may in Richmond or Halifax County.
Police say McCargo, who also goes by the names Drew Darnell Jackson and Andre McCarlo, has family in Halifax County.
Authorities say the men may have burns to the their hands, arms and face.
They are said to be driving a rental car with New York plates.


5-DeFilippis


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Mourners at Virginia Tech took time out from final exams today to remember a slain student.
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22 year- old Alexander DeFilippis was abducted from a Blacksburg convenience store last Tuesday night, and shot four times.
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Today's memorial service offered healing for his friends on campus, and others who just felt a need to be there.
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((AGNES GROCHOLSKI/VA TECH STUDENT: TO PRAY FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY AND I GUESS, NOT TO PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DID IT BUT TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHY, AND I STILL CAN'T. I JUST WANT TO PRAY FOR THE WORLD BECAUSE IT JUST CAN'T KEEP ON GOING LIKE THIS. ))
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((KEVIN CROPPER;/VICTIM'S FRIEND: IT'S GONNA SOUND LIKE A EULOGY BUT HE REALLY WAS REALLY, REALLY NICE. HE WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP EVERYBODY, I NEVER HEARD HIM COMPLAIN ABOUT ANYTHING.))
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DeFilippis was laid to rest Saturday.
Three men are charged in his murder.
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5-NC-Fire


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A chemical fire is filling the sky in Lenoir, North Carolina this afternoon-
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The blaze at the Histrand Chemical company broke out at about two-
It sent a ball of fire and huge plume of smoke in the air.
A local radio station is reporting that three people are hurt- no word yet on the extent of the injuries.
The big concern now- fumes from the fire- authorities are evacuating people and schools nearby.
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5-Roanoke-Fire


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A Roanoke family is homeless and trying to make ends meet after a fire forced them from their house.
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The Anders family is in a motel and living on fast food.
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Yesterday, their neighbor's apartment caught fire and the smoke damaged their belongings.
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Stephanie Anders says this isn't the first tragedy around Christmas.
Her daughter Ashley was diagnosed with lukemia last year.
Stephanie says the children can't sleep since the fire.
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((STEPHANIE ANDERS/FIRE VICTIM: MOMMY I CAN'T SLEEP... AND I WOULD TRY TO CONSOLE HER AND SHE WAS AFRAID THE PLACE WAS GOING TO CATCH ON FIRE HERE AND SHE'S REMEMBERING HEARING THE PEOPLE SCREAM TO GET US OUT OF THE HOUSE. A FIRE TRUCK WENT BY LAST NIGHT AND SHE HEARD IT AND GOT UP AND WAS GOING TO THE DOOR AND SHE THOUGHT THE HOTEL WAS GOING TO CATCH ON FIRE.))
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Stephanie says their Christmas has been ruined.
To make matters worse doctors have found a new growth in Ashley's leg and its unknown if its cancerous.
The Red Cross is trying to help.
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Red Cross officials say anyone wanting to help the Anders can call them at
(540) 985-3535
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School-Delay


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The cold weather has some schools in our area on delayed schedules tomorrow.
Let's take a look at the list.
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A report is released on the Allen administration's environmental record.
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And President Clinton pushs the peace process in the Middle East.
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5-Woods


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One of Virginia's most watched politicians -- for the past month anyway -- says she will remain on the Republican side of the Senate.
But she says that's the centrist Republican side.
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Senator Jane Woods of Fairfax would NOT say what offers she got to break the deadlock in the Senate.
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One of those who is still the recipient of intense overtures is Rocky Mount Democratic Senator Virgil Goode.
Sources in both parties say Goode has ruled out nothing, and shown a great interest in a seat on the powerful Senate Finance Committee.
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5-Environment


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A scathing state review of the Department of Environmental Quality under the Allen Administration got an in-your-face response today.
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Ellen Qualls is in our Richmond newsroom.
What did the study say?
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The Joint Legislative Audit Review Commission had three major points.
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The two year old merger of four separate agencies into the Department of Environmental Quality resulted in layoffs where supervisors weren't consulted, no plan is in place for meeting federal clean air standards, and questionable hiring practices were employed.
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(( D-E-Q director Peter Schmidt says he was wrong about some of the hiring practices.
He's willing to look at staffing issues again and wants to ensure staffers he's NOT in favor of any more layoffs.
But his department did NOT like the review by the independent JLARC staff, and said do in a letter.
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Commission chairman Stanley Walker chastised Schmidt.
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((DEL. STANLEY WALKER/D-NORFOLK: IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT. IT'S NOT FAIR. IT DOESN'T CONFORM WITH THE HISTORY OF THIS COMMISSION. IT SMELLS OF POLITICS IN ITS WORST FORM.))
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And the environment as a whole?
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((SEN. JOE GARTLAN: I THINK THOSE RESOURCES ARE IN GRAVE DANGER AT THE HANDS OF THIS ADMINISTRATION.))
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5-Clinton-Peres


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President Clinton is promising to push the peace process forward in the Middle East.
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He met with Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres today in Washington-
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((I PLEDGE TO YOU PERSONALLY SHIMON THAT I WILL BE YOUR PARTNER IN PEACE.)) 15:09:33 ((SHIMON PERES/ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER: MR. PRESIDENT WE ARE PROUD TO BE PARTNERS WITH YOU IN WORKING TO MAKE THIS PROSPECT A COMMON REALITY.))
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The President today announced the Secretary of State Warren Christopher will go to the Mideast to reopen peace talks.

5-Waldholtz


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Congresswoman Enid Greene Waldholtz says she won't resign.
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She says she never knew about her husbands alleged embezzling.
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((ENID WALDHOLTZ/R-UTAH: THE FACT IS I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THESE ILLEGAL ACTIONS AND I DID NOT IN ANY WAY ATTEMPT TO COVER THEM UP.))
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Federal authorities are investigating Joe Waldholtz for allegedly embezzling 54 thousand dollars from Enid's campaign- and for an alleged 2 million dollar check fraud scheme.
Joe Waldholtz disappeared for six days before surrendering to authorities- to face investigation.
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Most everyone is out and about buying Christmas trees.
Patrick talks to some of the sellers.
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CHRISTMAS-TREES


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Many people are out looking for the right tree, which can be an exhausting task, but what about the people SELLING those trees? DOUBLE BOX JEAN/PATRICK
Patrick Evans has ventured out into the bitter cold to find out what it's like on the other side of the Christmas Tree equation.
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There is still more to come here on News 7 at 5.
A sinkhole destroys a home in California.
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And in Health Check , researchers are looking into ways to better identify lumps that might be cancer.
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5-Biofeedback


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False alarms are common when it comes to breast lumps-- most do not turn out to be cancer.
But for women who must undergo a biopsy of a suspicious breast lump, the waiting can be agonizing.
As Dr. Emily Senay reports, researchers are looking into ways to better identify lumps that might be cancer-- BEFORE surgery.
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Virginia is about to undergo surgery to remove a lump in her left breast.
She will then have to wait a few days before she knows if that lump is cancer.
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((VIRGINIA PAYTON: I WAS PRETTY NERVOUS ABOUT IT EVEN THOUGH, LIKE I PERSONALLY KNOW THAT IT'S PROBABLY NOTHING. BUT JUST TO KNOW THAT I HAVE A LUMP IN MY BREAST, DUE TO EVERYTHING THAT I READ ABOUT IT, I AM A LITTLE NERVOUS. ))
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But before she goes to the operating room Virginia will participate in a study of a new technique researchers hope will diagnose breast cancer without surgery.
It's called Breast Biophysical Exam or BBE-- and it's non-invasive, quick, and painless.
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((DR. BARBARA WARD/YALE BREAST CENTER: THE REASON WHY IT'S BEING STUDIED IS BECAUSE OF THE INITIAL PILOT TRIALS, THE BBE WAS A VERY SENSITIVE TOOL. IT HAD A 98% SENSITIVITY FOR DETECTING BREAST CANCER. ))
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B-B-E is simple, much like getting an E-K-G. Electrodes are placed over the lump, and in the same area in the opposite breast.
Since cells are like little batteries, they have an electrical charge. Cancer cells on the other hand, lose their cells and they divide.
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((SO AREAS WHERE THERE WOULD BE A CANCER THERE WOULD BE MORE ACTIVITY, MORE CELL DIVISION GOING ON AT ANY POINT IN TIME, SO THAT IN THAT AREA THE CHARGE WOULD BE LESS THAN IN THE OPPOSITE OR THE OTHER BREAST.))
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Since most breast lumps turn out to be benign it's hope that B-B-E could be used to identify those that are cancerous before surgery.
Currently doctors use mammography as a screening tool for cancer followed by surgery. But mammography has limitations.
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((DR. CAROL LEE/YALE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER: MAMMOGRAPHY PICKS UP MANY THINGS, MOST OF WHICH ARE NOT CANCER BUT THAT CAN LOOK LIKE CANCER.))
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This results in 400,000 breast biopsies each year that turn out to be benign. Which is why doctors are eager to find a more accurate measure of diagnosis.
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As part of the study, 12-hundred women at five sites around the country will undergo B-B-E before getting biopsies for suspicious breast lumps.
Doctors won't know how accurate B-B-E is until all the results are in.
And if earlier results hold up in this larger trial-- doctors may be able to offer women a quicker, less invasive way to diagnose breast lumps.
Dr. Emily Senay, CBS News, New York.))

5-Blue-Eyes


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A federal advisory panel is recommending approval of a new type of drug to battle glaucoma-- despite an unusual side effect.
The drug can turn blue eyes brown.
The cause or significance of the eye color change isn't understood-- but the drug apparently works much better than standard therapy.
More than 15-percent of patients had their eyes change color after using the drug, (La-TANO-Prost). Latanoprost.
Scientists will continue studying whether the change is dangerous or merely cosmetic.
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Each year a high school football team is awarded the Civitan Sportsmanship award.
Mike Stevens join us now to tell who the lucky recipient was.

S5-Civitan


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Good evening everybody and welcome to yet another work day as the Holiday season rolls on.
Normally the month of December not only triggers cold weather, but also a barrage of postseason football awards.
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That tradition was alive and well today at the Civic Center Holiday Inn as the Civitan Club of Roanoke recognized Blacksburg High School as this year's recipient of its prestigious sportsmanship award.
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Each year 126 officials from Western Virginia select the recipient.
The Civitan Club, which also provides a $500 scholarship to the winner has been doing this for 40 years, and no one can argue with Blacksburg's selection as this year's winner.
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((DAVE CRIST/BLACKSBURG HEAD COACH:))
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I'll have more on that award tonight at six, as we check in with the Indians' other two captains and hear from guest speaker Larry Johnson, of the Virginia HIgh School League.

S5-Stuff


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Any hopes that the Washington Redskins might finish the season with flourish were shot down in the final minute yesterday by the Giants.
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After trailing by 10 at the half, the Redskins would come back, tie the game at 13-all on Terry Allen's run.
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But with just over a minute left in the game, Dave Brown connects on a 40 yard touchdown strike to Chris Calloway and the Giants win 20 to 13 to make it six in a row over the Redskins.
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Tonight the Dolphins host the Kansas City Chiefs in Monday night football.
I'll see you back here at six.
Have a good night everybody and try to stay warm. take a break

5-San-Fran


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It's something you have to see to believe-
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In San Francisco a home tumbles into a sinkhole-
Workers say the collapse started when a sewer line broke- That combined with heavy rain weakened foundations in the neighborhood.
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5-Buffalo


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It's snow causing trouble in Buffalo New York-
The storm buried the city under just about 38 inches of snow.
The blizzard shut down the airport, closed schools and turned malls into ghost towns. National Guard members are now helping to clear roads.
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For one local business man, it's either sink or swim at Smith Mountain Lake.
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Keith Humphrey joins us from the newsroom to tell us about a one- of- a- kind business venture.
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Jean, there are many people who can't afford to rent out homes at Smith Mountain Lake.
Joe Altadonna (Al-tuh-donna) hopes to accomidate them.
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He's turning an empty office building into a motel.
It's located about a quarter mile from the lake near Burnt Chimney and it should be ready for business by the spring.
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We'll have more from Smith Mountain Lake coming up on NEWS 7 at SIX.
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That's it for us here on NEWS 7 at FIVE.
Goodnight.