06:00-01

Headline

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morning
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VO-NAT


The First Lady is in Bosnia this morning.
She's visiting U-S troops stationed there as part of the peacekeeping treaty.
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ANCHOR=Melanie


And a Roanoke man is fatally shot and now two police officers have been put on administrative duty. wx-head/live-head
(larry ad libs)
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=none


News 7 Mornin' is next.

Shooting


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Mornin
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#96-15
GRAPHIC=shooting


A Roanoke man was shot and killed last night by police officers responding to a domestic dispute.
Police say 35- year- old Edwin Plunkett was raising a loaded rifle when they fired the fatal shots.
But the woman who called police says Plunkett did not deserve to die.
Joe Dashiell has the story.
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SOT
IN Q=Ed Plunkett was shot
SUPER=03-Roanoke/Last Night; :00
SUPER=01-M. David Hooper/Roanoke Police Chief; :08
SUPER=01-Billie Patton/Plunkett's Fiancee; :54
SUPER=@Joe1; 1:03
RUNS=1:14
OUT Q=JD News 7 Roanoke


((Ed Plunkett was shot and killed in the doorway of his home... as officers were attempting to arrest him.
SOT HOOPER
IN Q=The officers told him

((M. DAVID HOOPER/ROANOKE POLICE CHIEF: THE OFFICERS TOLD HIM HE WAS GOING TO BE ARRESTED FOR THE ASSAULT. HE THEN BACKED UP AND CAME UP WITH A RIFLE IN HIS LEFT HAND. AS HE MOVED HIS RIGHT HAND TO THE TRIGGER OF THE RIFLE, BOTH OFFICERS DREW THEIR WEAPONS SIMULTANEOUSLY AND FIRED.))
RUNS=:22
OUT Q=and fired.


Police were called to the home in the 100 block of Cherryhill Circle shortly after six p-m... when a woman dialed 9-1-1 and said she was being beaten.
By the time officers arrived, Billie Patton had run next door and dialed 9-1-1 a second time.
Plunkett's fiancee acknowledges he had been drinking and did pick up the rifle from behind the door, but she says he never pointed the weapon toward the officers.
SOT 11:39:51
IN Q=Over the police officers head

((OVER THE POLICE OFFICERS HEAD, I SAW THE BARREL UP AND MAYBE HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE BOTTOM,. MAYBE HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE TRIGGER, BUT HE NEVER AIMED THE WEAPON, NEVER. ))
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=never aimed the weapon, never.

STAND-UP CLOSE
The two officers will be placed on administrative duty until the police department's investigation is complete.
Then the file will be referred to the commonwealth's attorney for his review.
Joe Dashiell News 7 Roanoke))

Franklin-Ax


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=none


State police say a pedestrian was struck and killed in Franklin County last night.
They say 32-year-old Russell Lanier Bowers of Martinsville was standing on Route 890 when he was hit by a vehicle driven by Noel Lee Reed.
Bowers later died at the hospital.

New-Hampshire


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=mornin
WRITER=mel
TAPE# net
GRAPHIC=none


Rescuers removed the bodies of two people buried in an avalanche on New Hampshire's Mount Washington yesterday.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Mt. Washington, NH/Yesterday;


The two hikers were caught up in the avalanche as they crossed an area called the gulf of slides.
A third hiker managed to avoid the snow-slide and escaped unharmed.
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WIPE/WIPE

BLIZZARD


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=MORNIN
WRITER=MEL
TAPE# net
GRAPHIC=wipe wipe wipe
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Fargo, ND;


A spring blizzard across the Northern Plains is leaving bitter cold and deadly accidents in its wake.
At least four deaths are reported in two separate accidents on highways covered with snow.
Strong winds are creating white-out conditions and hundreds of miles of I-80, as well as Interstates 90 and 94 in the Dakotas are closed.
Forecasters expect the snow to move into the upper Midwest this morning.
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Hillary


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=mornin
WRITER=mel
TAPE# net
GRAPHIC=clinton


First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton is in Bosnia this morning.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Tuzla, Bosnia;


She is the first presidential wife to visit a hostile area since Eleanor Roosevelt.
She and daughter Chelsea are thanking troops who are part of the U-S peacekeeping contingent.
SUPER=03-Baumholder, Germany/Yesterday;


Yesterday they stopped in Germany and visited the families of U-S soldiers stationed in Bosnia.
After greeting about 300 military personnel they watched a U-S-O show featuring Grammy Award winning pop singer Sheryl Crow.
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1-Sports


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Mornin
WRITER=cro
TAPE#=sports cut in
GRAPHIC=none


In sports, Roy Stanley has the latest on the N-C-Double-A tournament.
Good morning Roy.
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SOT
IN Q=thank you
RUNS=1:53
OUT Q=in morning

$CCOFF

One-Larry


ANCHOR=Larry
NEWSCAST=Mornin'
WRITER=ldo
TAPE#M96-4 Billy Dean
CHROMAKEY=Live/Lobby
GRAPHIC=none



SUPER=15-Larry Dowdy;



(Roll cue:) This morning, we catch up with Billy Dean.
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SOT
IN Q=A lot has changed...
SUPER=24-"It's What I Do" - Capitol Nashville; :00
SUPER=13-Billy Dean/Capitol Recording Artist; :09
SUPER=24-Lois & Clark - ABC; :58
SUPER=12-Roanoke; 1:16
RUNS=2:47
OUT Q=I appreciate that.
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LIVE=Larry/Full



(Larry does weather & toss to bump)


Plunkett


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Mornin
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE# edit
GRAPHIC=shooting


Two Roanoke police officers shot and killed a man last night as they were trying to arrest him.
Police say 35- year- old Edwin Plunkett raised a loaded gun toward the officers before they fired.
But the man's girlfriend says he never took aim.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke/Last Night;


The incident unfolded shortly after six p.m. when Plunkett's fiancee called police and said she was being beaten.
By the time they arrived in the 100 block of Cherry Hill Circle, Billie Patton was out of the house, and PLunkett was in his doorway.
SOT HOOPER 21:59:52
IN Q=The officers told him

((M. DAVID HOOPER/ROANOKE POLICE CHIEF: THE OFFICERS TOLD HIM HE WAS GOING TO BE ARRESTED FOR THE ASSAULT. HE THEN BACKED UP AND CAME UP WITH A RIFLE IN HIS LEFT HAND. AS HE MOVED HIS RIGHT HAND TO THE TRIGGER OF THE RIFLE, BOTH OFFICERS DREW THEIR WEAPONS SIMULTANEOUSLY AND FIRED.)) ((BILLIE PATTON/PLUNKETT'S FIANCEE: OVER THE POLICE OFFICER'S HEAD, I SAW THE BARREL UP AND MAYBE HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE BOTTOM. MAYBE HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE TRIGGER, BUT HE NEVER AIMED THE WEAPON, NEVER. ))
SUPER=01-M. David Hooper/Roanoke Police Chief; :00
SUPER=01-Billie Patton/Plunkett's Fiancee; :23
RUNS=:31
OUT Q=never aimed the weapon, never.
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VO-NAT


The two officers will be placed on administrative duty until the police department's investigation is complete.
Then the commonwealth's attorney will review the case.
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Mad-Cow


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=rjo
TAPE# net
GRAPHIC=McDonalds


In England, the panic over "Mad Cow Disease" has forced McDonald's officials to pull hamburgers from its restaurants.
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SOT 15:16:00
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-London, England;


British authorities say Mad Cow Disease can cause serious brain damage in humans.
The company says it's acting in response to customer's concern about the disease in British herds.
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SOT 15:16:03
IN Q=We serve nearly

((PAUL PRESTON/MCDONALD'S EXECUTIVE: WE SERVE NEARLY TWO-MILLION PEOPLE EVERYDAY. THE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE OF THOSE PEOPLE IS MY PRIMARY RESPOSIBILITY. I CAN UNDERSTAND AS A PARENT MYSELF THEIR BEWILDEERMENT AND THEIR CONFUSION.))
SUPER=01-Paul Preston/McDonald's Executive;
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=and their confusion.
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VO-NAT


Scientists believe the disease, has claimed ten victims in Britain so far.
At least eight have died.
Now governments in Europe, Asia, and Africa have banned the import of British beef.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=McDonalds


Because of the bad publicity, local producers for McDonald's could lose nearly 40 million dollars this year.
McDonald's British customers will be without burgers until Thursday... that's when new stocks of imported beef arrive.

Stroke


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=medical news


Drinking tea and eating fruit and vegetables may reduce your risk of suffering a stroke.
Researchers in the Netherlands say men who eat and drink foods containing chemicals called flavonoids had a 73 percent lower risk of stroke over 15 years.


Philip-Morris


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=jmo
TAPE# net
GRAPHIC=Tobacco Under Fire


More states may be joining the legal battle against the nation's cigarette makers.
An A-P source says representatives of 15 states met over the weekend in Washington to discuss litigation against the tobacco firms.
Six states already have sued the companies.
A former Philip Morris scientist appeared on "60 Minutes" last night.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=04-60 Minutes;


Doctor Ian (EE-an) Uydess (U-Dess) worked 11 years for Philip Morris in Richmond.
He says the tobacco giant hasn't done enough to make a healthier cigarette.
Uydess (U-Dess) also says the company quickly could introduce a safer cigarette.
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SOT 19:26:03
IN Q=The issue is not

((IAN UYDESS/FORMER PHILIP MORRIS SCIENTIST: THE ISSUE IS NOT WHETHER ANYONE WANTS TO PREVENT ANYBODY TO EITHER USING THIS PRODUCT OR MAKING THIS PRODUCT. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S THE CASE. THE ISSUE IS SHOULD THIS PRODUCT BE SAFER THAN IT IS TODAY AND CAN THAT BE DONE.))
SUPER=08-Ian Uydess/Former Philip Morris Scientist; (Screen Left)
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=can be done.
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VO-NAT


Last week, Uydess and two former employees filed affidavits with the F-D-A detailing how and why Philip Morris manipulates nicotine levels in its products.
A spokesman for Philip Morris says the company has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on researching, marketing and manufacturing a healthier cigarette.
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Common-Sense


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# common sense
GRAPHIC=common sense


Time now for Common Sense. This morning, Len Besthoff shows us how to get a fast tax refund.
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SOT
IN Q=so you were
SUPER=01-Gary Duerk/Brown, Edwards, & Company; :20
SUPER=@Len1; :37
RUNS=:41
OUT Q=back to the newsdesk




2-scores


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=final four


The N-C-Double-A Final Four basketball pairings are set.
In Sunday's regional finals, Syracuse beat Kansas, and Mississippi State stopped Cincinnati.
In Saturday's semifinals Massachusetts plays Kentucky, and Syracuse faces Mississippi State.
Let's take a look at the scoreboards.
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SUPER=#C-200;
SUPER=97-Syracuse/=60/Kansas/=57//Mississippi St./=73/Cincinnati/=63;



SUPER=96-New York/=85/Dallas/=79//Cleveland/=90/Vancouver/=85;
SUPER=96-San Antonio/100/Indiana/=88//Washington/=92/Denver/=90;
SUPER=96-Toronto/109/Chicago/108//New Jersey/=84/Milwaukee/=80;
SUPER=96-Miami/111/Boston/=95//Phoenix/103/LA Clippers/=92;
SUPER=96-Seattle/112/Sacramento/110//Charlotte/103/LA Lakers/=94;



SUPER=103-Colorado/==5/Winnipeg/==2//Anaheim/==2/Chicago/==2;
SUPER=103-Edmonton/==3/Ottawa/==2//Detroit/==2/St. Louis/==2;
SUPER=103-Pittsburgh/==8/NY Rangers/==2;


Two-Larry


ANCHOR=Larry
NEWSCAST=Mornin'
WRITER=ldo
TAPE#M96-4 Linda Davis
CHROMAKEY=Live/Lobby
GRAPHIC=none



SUPER=15-Larry Dowdy;



(Roll cue:) The second time around is the charm for Linda Davis.
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SOT
IN Q=(Music open)
SUPER=24-"Some Things Are Meant To Be"; :00
SUPER=24-Arista Records; :05
SUPER=13-Linda Davis/Arista Records; :20
SUPER=12-Roanoke; 1:35
SUPER=24-"Does He Love You" - MCA; 1:47
SUPER=24-"Company Time" - Arista Records; 2:05
RUNS=2:53
OUT Q=(music video out)
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LIVE=Larry/Full



(Toss to Melanie)


2HEADLINES


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=MORNIN
WRITER=
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=


Here's a look at today's top stories.
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VO-NAT


Roanoke police shoot and kill a man last night in connection to an apparent domestic dispute.
Police say the man aimed a loaded rifle at them as they attempted to arrest him for allegedly beating his fiancee.
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VO-NAT


First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and daughter Chelsea are in Bosnia greeting U-S troops this morning.
Also with the first lady are singer Sheryl Crow and comedian Sinbad, who will entertain the troops.
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VO-NAT


They won't be handing out the Academy Awards until tonight.
But already, dozens of fans are waiting to get a glimpse of the stars.
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ANCHOR=Melanie


And that's what's making news on this Monday March 25th.
Stay with us News 7 Mornin will be right back.

Shooting


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Mornin
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#96-15
GRAPHIC=shooting


A Roanoke man was shot and killed last night by police officers responding to a domestic dispute.
Police say 35- year- old Edwin Plunkett was raising a loaded rifle when they fired the fatal shots.
But the woman who called police says Plunkett did not deserve to die.
Joe Dashiell has the story.
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SOT
IN Q=Ed Plunkett was shot
SUPER=03-Roanoke/Last Night; :00
SUPER=01-M. David Hooper/Roanoke Police Chief; :08
SUPER=01-Billie Patton/Plunkett's Fiancee; :54
SUPER=@Joe1; 1:03
RUNS=1:14
OUT Q=JD News 7 Roanoke


((Ed Plunkett was shot and killed in the doorway of his home... as officers were attempting to arrest him.
SOT HOOPER
IN Q=The officers told him

((M. DAVID HOOPER/ROANOKE POLICE CHIEF: THE OFFICERS TOLD HIM HE WAS GOING TO BE ARRESTED FOR THE ASSAULT. HE THEN BACKED UP AND CAME UP WITH A RIFLE IN HIS LEFT HAND. AS HE MOVED HIS RIGHT HAND TO THE TRIGGER OF THE RIFLE, BOTH OFFICERS DREW THEIR WEAPONS SIMULTANEOUSLY AND FIRED.))
RUNS=:22
OUT Q=and fired.


Police were called to the home in the 100 block of Cherryhill Circle shortly after six p-m... when a woman dialed 9-1-1 and said she was being beaten.
By the time officers arrived, Billie Patton had run next door and dialed 9-1-1 a second time.
Plunkett's fiancee acknowledges he had been drinking and did pick up the rifle from behind the door, but she says he never pointed the weapon toward the officers.
SOT 11:39:51
IN Q=Over the police officers head

((OVER THE POLICE OFFICERS HEAD, I SAW THE BARREL UP AND MAYBE HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE BOTTOM,. MAYBE HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE TRIGGER, BUT HE NEVER AIMED THE WEAPON, NEVER. ))
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=never aimed the weapon, never.

STAND-UP CLOSE
The two officers will be placed on administrative duty until the police department's investigation is complete.
Then the file will be referred to the commonwealth's attorney for his review.
Joe Dashiell News 7 Roanoke))

AVALANCHE


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=MORNIN
WRITER=MEL
TAPE# net
GRAPHIC=none


An avalanche in Mount Washington, New Hampshire, has claimed the lives of two Massachusetts hikers.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Mt. Washington, NH/Yesterday;


The two hikers were caught up in the avalanche as they crossed an area called the gulf of slides.
A third hiker managed to avoid the snow-slide and escaped unharmed.
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wipe/wipe/wipe

plains-storms


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=MORNIN
WRITER=MEL
TAPE# net
GRAPHIC=wipe wipe wipe
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Fargo, ND;


At least four deaths are reported in a snowstorm that has closed highways across much of the northern Plains states.
The fatalities were in two separate auto accidents.
High winds, drifting snow and zero visibility shut down hundreds of miles of I-80, as well as Interstates 90 and 94 in the Dakotas.
Forecasters expect the snow to move into the upper Midwest this morning.
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bosnia


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=mornin
WRITER=mel
TAPE# net
GRAPHIC=clinton, hillary


First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's makes history this morning with a visit to Bosnia.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Tuzla, Bosnia;


She is the first presidential wife to visit a hostile area since Eleanor Roosevelt.
She and daughter Chelsea are thanking troops who are part of the U-S peacekeeping contingent.
SUPER=03-Baumholder, Germany/Yesterday;


Yesterday they stopped in Germany and visited the families of U-S soldiers stationed in Bosnia.
After greeting about 300 military personnel they watched a U-S-O show featuring Grammy Award winning pop singer Sheryl Crow.
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Shuttle


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=mornin
WRITER=mel
TAPE# net
GRAPHIC=shuttle


Astronaut Shannon Lucid is getting used to her home away from home some 245 miles above Earth.
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VO-NAT


Lucid will spend the next five months aboard the Russian Space station Mir.
Six more U-S astronauts will follow suit over the next two years, permanently staffing Mir through May 19-98.
Today astronauts and cosmonauts are busy transferring supplies and scientific equipment between the two spacecraft.
Tomorrow astronauts Linda Godwin and Rich Clifford leave shuttle Atlantis for a six-hour space walk.
It will be the first American space walk outside Mir as the two attach experiments to the outside of the space station.
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OSCARS


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=NOON
WRITER=MEL
TAPE# net
GRAPHIC=none


The fans are camping out, the stars are gearing up, and controvery is heating up.
The countdown to Oscar night is on.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Los Angeles;


Last night crews were putting the final touches on the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion.
That's the place the eyes of the world will be focused on tonight.
Meantime, at a church service in Los Angeles yesterday, the Rev. Jesse Jackson urged church ministers to mobilize their congregations to march to KABC- TV today in protest against the near absence of black Academy Award nominees.
A-B-C television stations will broadcast the 3-hour Oscar ceremony.
Jackson said he had decided not to hold the protests at the actual Oscar site because he didn't want to put pressure on Quincy Jones, who is producing this year's Oscar cermony
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SOT

4:42:21-36
IN Q=jessie's a friend
SUPER=01-Quincy Jones/Oscars Producer;
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=have a lot of merit.
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VO-NAT


Jackson also urged ministers in 25 other cities to join the protests against ABC affiliates.
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3-Sports


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Mornin
WRITER=cro
TAPE#=sports cut in
GRAPHIC=none


Turning now to sports --
Jeff Gordon won at Darlington.
Roy Stanley has the details.
Good morning Roy.
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SOT
IN Q=thank you
RUNS=1:34
OUT Q=everybody

$CCOFF
Birthdays
TALENT=Larry
SS=none
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SOT
IN Q=(nat sot music)
RUNS=1:44
out= back to you.


Three-Larry


ANCHOR=Larry
NEWSCAST=Mornin'
WRITER=ldo
TAPE#M96-3 Eric
CHROMAKEY=Live/Lobby
GRAPHIC=none



SUPER=15-Larry Dowdy;



(Roll cue:) Eric Fitzpatrick shows a bit of his own personality while serving

up a TRUE taste of Roanoke.
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SOT
IN Q=I think it does...
SUPER=13-Eric Fitzpatrick/Artist; :09 (Screen left)
SUPER=12-Roanoke; 1:12
SUPER=13-Tubby Kubik/Progress Press; 1:20
RUNS=2:00
OUT Q=Church Ave. to life.
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LIVE=Larry/Full



(Toss to bump)


Plunkett


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Mornin
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE# edit
GRAPHIC=shooting


Two Roanoke police officers shot and killed a man last night as they were trying to arrest him.
Police say 35- year- old Edwin Plunkett raised a loaded gun toward the officers before they fired.
But the man's girlfriend says he never took aim.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke/Last Night;


The incident unfolded shortly after six p.m. when Plunkett's fiancee called police and said she was being beaten.
By the time they arrived in the 100 block of Cherry Hill Circle, Billie Patton was out of the house, and PLunkett was in his doorway.
SOT HOOPER 21:59:52
IN Q=The officers told him

((M. DAVID HOOPER/ROANOKE POLICE CHIEF: THE OFFICERS TOLD HIM HE WAS GOING TO BE ARRESTED FOR THE ASSAULT. HE THEN BACKED UP AND CAME UP WITH A RIFLE IN HIS LEFT HAND. AS HE MOVED HIS RIGHT HAND TO THE TRIGGER OF THE RIFLE, BOTH OFFICERS DREW THEIR WEAPONS SIMULTANEOUSLY AND FIRED.)) ((BILLIE PATTON/PLUNKETT'S FIANCEE: OVER THE POLICE OFFICER'S HEAD, I SAW THE BARREL UP AND MAYBE HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE BOTTOM. MAYBE HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE TRIGGER, BUT HE NEVER AIMED THE WEAPON, NEVER. ))
SUPER=01-M. David Hooper/Roanoke Police Chief; :00
SUPER=01-Billie Patton/Plunkett's Fiancee; :23
RUNS=:31
OUT Q=never aimed the weapon, never.
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VO-NAT


The two officers will be placed on administrative duty until the police department's investigation is complete.
Then the commonwealth's attorney will review the case.
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Franklin-Ax


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=none


State police say a pedestrian was struck and killed in Franklin County last night.
They say 32-year-old Russell Lanier Bowers of Martinsville was standing on Route 890 when he was hit by a vehicle driven by Noel Lee Reed.
Bowers later died at the hospital.

Menengitis


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=uva logo


Meningitis has infected three University of Virginia students this school year.
The school's director of student health believes the bacteria could have been spread while students were out for a drink.
Doctor James Turner says two of the three students infected consumed alcohol prior to becoming sick.

Dean-Gates


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=Dal
TAPE# 96-11
GRAPHIC=None


Trekkies may not know his name but they definetly know his work.
Roanoke native Dean Gates won an Emmy for his make-up work on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine."
Denise Allen and videographer Rob Monroe reveals the man who works magic with make-up.
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SOT
IN Q=WHEN YOU ARE
SUPER=01-Dean Gates/Make Up Artist; :10
SUPER=03-Ferrum/Friday; :15
SUPER=@Denise2; 1:27 QUICK!!
RUNS=1:32
OUT Q=News 7

((
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SOT
IN Q=When

((WHEN YOU ARE RESEARCHING YOU'VE GOT TO BE PREPARED TO LOOK INTO REALISTICALLY WHATEVER HAPPENS.))
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=HAPPENS
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SOT tape 1 15:06:11
IN Q=IT ALL REVERTS

((DEAN GATES/MAKE UP ARTIST: IT ALL REVERTS BACK TO AN INTEREST I HAD AS A CHILD, MAGIC. IT'S ONE BIG MAGIC TRICK. IT'S AN ILLUSION.))
RUNS=:05
OUT Q=AN ILLUSION


Creating illusions has won Dean Gates an Emmy for his work on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine."
The Ferrum College graduate spent the weekend showing students how to help theater goers suspend their disbelief--even give life to an inanimate object.
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SOT tape 1 15:06:32
IN Q=if you light

((IF YOU LIGHT IT RIGHT. SELECT THE CAMERA ANGELS AND THE SHOTS YOU ARE GOING TO FILM, ALL TOGETHER WITH THE EDITING WITH THE REACTION OF THE OTHER PEOPLE, THE MUSIC AND THE SOUND EFFECTS, YOU'RE CREATING A WHOLE ILLUSION OF REALITY.))
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=of reality
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IN Q=now this is

((NOW THIS IS GOING TO BE DESIGNED TO LOOK LIKE AN OLD SCAR.))
RUNS=:03
OUT Q=OLD SCAR


After Ferrum, Gates studied film making at the University of Miami.
He moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, in the 80s to do make-up for slasher horror films.
His next stop was California.
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SOT tape 2 15:54:37
IN Q=if we want

((IF WE WANT TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A VERY FRESH CUT.))
RUNS=:02
OUT Q=VERY FRESH CUT
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SOT TAPE 2 15:57:12
IN Q=I PAINT IT

((I PAINT IT BLACK AND THAT'S GOING TO GIVE US DEPTH.))
RUNS=:04
OUT Q=GIVE US DEPTH
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SOT TAPE 2 15:57:24
IN Q=I WANT TO

((I WANT TO POWDER THIS SO IT SETS REALLY WELL.))
RUNS=:03
OUT Q=REALLY WELL
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SOT TAPE 2 15:57:53
IN Q=AND WE'RE

((AND WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK WITH OUR BLOOD-RED COLOR FOR THAT FRESH LOOK.))
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=THAT FRESH LOOK


Gates is giving his career a fresh look.
He and his wife Nina Kent, who's also a make up artist, moved to Russell County and started a film company.
They say they'll start their first production, a psychological thriller called "For Better or Worse" this summer.
Gates is hoping to turn his childhood interest in film making into another award winning venture.
Denise Allen News 7.))

4-scores


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=final four


The N-C-Double-A Final Four basketball pairings are set.
In Sunday's regional finals, Syracuse beat Kansas, and Mississippi State stopped Cincinnati.
In Saturday's semifinals Massachusetts plays Kentucky, and Syracuse faces Mississippi State.
Let's take a look at the scoreboards.
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SUPER=#C-200;
SUPER=97-Syracuse/=60/Kansas/=57//Mississippi St./=73/Cincinnati/=63;



SUPER=96-New York/=85/Dallas/=79//Cleveland/=90/Vancouver/=85;
SUPER=96-San Antonio/100/Indiana/=88//Washington/=92/Denver/=90;
SUPER=96-Toronto/109/Chicago/108//New Jersey/=84/Milwaukee/=80;
SUPER=96-Miami/111/Boston/=95//Phoenix/103/LA Clippers/=92;
SUPER=96-Seattle/112/Sacramento/110//Charlotte/103/LA Lakers/=94;



SUPER=103-Colorado/==5/Winnipeg/==2//Anaheim/==2/Chicago/==2;

SUPER=103-Pittsburgh/==8/NY Rangers/==2; SUPER=103-Edmonton/==3/Ottawa/==2//Detroit/==2/St. Louis/==2;
by SS