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A New Year's Eve shooting leaves a man dead and his stepson in custody.
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Plus Hokie Fans are arriving back in Town.
But not the way they planned.
We'll have a live report.
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Sports-head

ANCHOR=steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
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In sports, Mike Stevens will have the latest on Virginia Tech's Sugar Bowl win, 6 bowls kicked off today,
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but all Virginia stars Tiki and Ronde barber did today was KICK BACK in the ole easy boy at the home, we will hear from them.
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Dense fog causes all sorts of travel problems this New Years Day and we need to prepare for another arctic outbreak later this week.

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Henry-Murder

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=THa
TAPE#595-35
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A New Year's Eve shooting left a Henry County man dead-- and his 15- year old stepson charged with murder.
Authorities say the shooting was sparked by a dispute between the teen and his girlfriend.
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Henry County Sheriff's deputies were at the scene earlier today wrapping up the investigation.
Authorities say around 10- last night the suspect was outside the home fighting with his 19 year old girlfriend.
According to a Sheriff's investigator, the boy's step-father became involved when the 15 year old went inside and grabbed a 22 caliber rifle.
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The victim's been identified as 30- year James Nelson Marshall, Junior.
Police say after shooting his stepfather, the teen shot his 19- year old girlfriend.
Authorities say La-keshia Massey was treated and released from an area hospital.
The 15 year old was arrested at the scene.
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Halifax-Murder

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=THA
TAPE# none
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The Halifax County Sheriff's Department is also investigating a fatal shooting.
Authorities say 17- year old Jason Lamont Chandler was shot and killed at the Super-Eight Motel in Riverdale early this morning.
Authorities say the shooting may have been drug or gang related.
Sheriff's investigators are still talking witnesses, but have NOT made an arrest.

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Tech-Return

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=spr
TAPE# 595-39
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The Hokies may have been able to handle the Texas Longhorns last night but they could not control mother nature today.
Dense Fog closed the Roanoke Regional Airport -- forcing thousands of Tech fans to fly to different cities today.
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Scott Prince is at Roanoke Regional Airport .
Scott how are people able to get back to southwest Virginia?
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Still to come on the broadcast,
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we'll take a look back at some of the events that had the most impact on Southwest and Central Virginia-
We countdown the top news stories of 1995. (----------------)

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Yearender

ANCHOR=jean
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TAPE#95-112
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1995 may be gone, but the memories will last a lifetime.
Scott Prince takes a look back at the past year... counting down the top ten News stories in Central and Southwest Virginia.
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(( The O- J simpson verdict, Colin Powell deciding not to seek the Presidency, and the decision to send American troops to Bosnia.
These are just some of stories the nation will remember.
But there are many memories that hit very close to home.
So let's take a look at Central and Southwest Virginia's top 10 stories of 1995.
Number 10 tells a story of a community's strength and perseverance.
Corrections Corporation of America planned to build a medium security prison near Wytheville.
The county board of supervisors originally approved the 15- hundred bed facility... even though thousands of residents were outraged.
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((LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! CROWD: LET THE PEOPLE VOTE ON IT. ))
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Residents took their frustration to Richmond, and then to the polls.
Voters ousted two board members who supported the private facility.
And a new supervisor's vote shot down construction of any type of prison.
The ninth biggest story takes us to Blacksburg, where Virginia Tech sports ruled.
For the first time in 22 years, the men's basketball team captured the N- I- T championship.
Meanwhile on the gridiron, Tech shook off two early season losses and plowed through the rest of its schedule.
The Hokies wound up co- champs of the Big East and earned a bid to the Sugar Bowl.
Number eight focuses on the dividing line between men and women.
Early in 1995, the Federal Appeals Court allowed V- M- I to continue its exclusion of women.
That paved the way for the Women's Institute for Leadership program at Mary Baldwin College.
Both schools said they were pleased with the decision-- but the Justice Department was not... calling the move "separate but equal discrimination."
Even still, 42 women made history this fall as they became the first cadets in the V- WIL program.
Police call number seven a senseless tragedy.
On the night of December 5th, Virginia Tech student Alexander DeFilippis was found dead, with a gunshot wound to the head.
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Authorities say Mark Lilly, his brother Ben Lilly, and Gary Wayne Barker carjacked and killed the student during a two- county crime spree.
Each suspect faces 12 felonies, including abduction, robbery and murder.
The sixth biggest news maker of 1995 comes in the form of fire.
Maybe the greatest loss was felt in the Gainsboro district, when two juveniles set fire to the Old First Baptist Church.
About a week before that blaze 750 fire- fighters were battling flames in the mountains of Craig County.
Nearly 5- thousand acres of national forest were blackened.
Something old becomes something new for our fifth biggest story.
The forty- million- dollar face lift on the Grand Old Lady was finally completed, and folks lined up to see how she had changed.
The addition of a conference center, and extensive remodeling of guest rooms highlight the new Hotel Roanoke.
But with all the changes there were still many things left alone or restored.
And of course the recipes for spoon bread and peanut soup were untouched.
Our 4th biggest story is hardly a thing of beauty for Andrea Ballengee.
On July 1st she was crowned Miss Virginia-- but three weeks later, she was stripped of her title.
Pageant organizers said she lied about her academic record-- claiming to be a member of Phi Beta Kappa and a first a year law student at the University of Miami.
The controversy opened the door for runner- up Amber Medlin.
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We voted election day as the third biggest story of 1995.
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And voters got him.
Roanoke Vice- Mayor John Edwards soundly defeated Republican incumbent Brandon Bell to capture the twenty- first senate seat.
Meanwhile House Majority Leader Dick Cranwell easily beat Republican challenger Trixie Averill.
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Republicans were hoping to gain control of the General Assembly for the first time-- but fell short.
They earned a split in the Senate, but Democrats kept their stronghold on the House of Delegates.
Mother nature claims the second spot.
In June, parts of Central and Southwest Virginia were pounded by rain.
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Floods swallowed up cars and homes-- but the biggest loss was human life.
One downpour in Franklin County caused multiple deaths.
Three men were killed when their pickup truck crashed into a 25- foot hole.
The story was just as sad in Lynchburg-- where water washed out Timberlake damn.
Two lives were claimed there-- one of them a rescue worker.
For the number one story of 1995, we have to go all the way back to the start of the year.
New Year's Day, Roanoke police dragged five murder victims out of this Old Southwest home.
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It was the worst mass murder in more than twenty- years.
The gunman was Robert Michael May-- who eventually pleaded no contest to five capital murder charges.
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But in August, the court said he did.
He was given life in prison, instead of the death penalty. Standup
That's how News- 7 team ranked the top ten stories of 1995.
Stay tuned in 1996.
We're sure it will be just as eventful.
Scott Prince, News 7))
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When we return, we'll see
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why no one can accuse some Danville singles of sending out mixed signals.
Their channeling their passions- as they look for Love through Cable T-V.
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cable-personals

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=New Years Day
WRITER=THa
TAPE#95-109
GRAPHIC=Cable TV

A Danville Cable Company is revolutionizing love in the 90's.
Teresa Hamilton reports on a new way to dial up a potential romance.
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((Television has been called a lot of things, but matchmaker isn't one.
Yet, that's exactly what Cable Vision Industries in Danville, has become.
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Perhaps no one's more familiar with the role of matchmaker that Don Robertson.
As Director of CVI's Video Connection Network, it's his to oversee the personals that appear on Cable Channel 12.
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Placing an ad is free and confidential-- it's all done by computer.
There are no names or pictures.
CVI makes its profit from viewers who respond to the ads-- using a 1-900 number.
CVI also runs other photo-classifieds-- for homes, cars and other businesses.
But none seem to have gained as much notoriety as the person to person ads.
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((IT'S PRETTY NEAT...EVERYWHERE YOU GO YOU HERE PEOPLE COMMENTING, YOU KNOW, OH YOU WORK FOR THAT THING, THAT'S GOT ALL THOSE DATING PERSONAL ADS, SO IT'S KIND OF HELPED BUILD OUR IDENTITY IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. ))
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Women are allowed eight weeks to run an ad-- men on the other hand, are given just three.
The way Robertson sees it, women are likely to need more time, because they're more timid and shy.
Whatever the case, he says, the service does work.
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But as Channel 12 continues to gain viewers and more love connections are made, perhaps others will be less apprehensive in giving "Person to Person" credit for a perfect match.
Teresa Hamilton, News 7, Danville.))

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Sports tease

ANCHOR=steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=none
GRAPHIC=NONE

Coming up in Sports,
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the Hokies are still celebrating their Sugar Bowl win last night in New Orleans, Mike Stevens will have the latest.
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S-Tech

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=
GRAPHIC=Tech/Sugar

What a way to bring in the new year for Virginia Tech. The Hokies captured the 62nd Sugar Bowl title last night, beating Texas 28 to 10 at the Super Dome.

Mike Stevens has a wrap up of Tech's biggest football win in school history.
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S-Barbers

ANCHOR=steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=VF95-2
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UVa's Peach Bowl win has sunk in to the Cavaliers. Today, Ronde
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and Tiki Barber were back at home in Roanoke for a brief visit.
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Now that their Bowl game is over, the Barbers took time to give the Lazy Boy a work out while they watched the bowls.
They also talked about another last second win.
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Now the tandem starts to look to next season.
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S-Favre

ANCHOR=steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=S5-26
GRAPHIC=NFL

The accolades continue to pile up for Green Bay's Brett Favre.
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Favre is the The Associated Press choice as the NFL's most valuable player. He threw 38 touchdown passes this season and amassed over 44 hundred yards through the air.
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