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1-News-Head

ANCHOR=Keith

Coming up on NEWS 7 at SIX:
The testimony of a witness to a drug deal shot in the head but he lives to tell it.
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VO-NAT

And a parimutuel horse track in northern Virginia is scratched from competition, leaving an open lane for the one in New Kent County... a first in the Old Dominion.
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Sports-Head
ANCHOR=Mike

Tonight in sports, Marcus Camby and a Philly teenager enter the NBA draft.
Roy Stanley gets in the swim of things with the UVa olympian.
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VO-NAT eng#

And I'll have an injury update on Winston Cup star Bill Elliott who has been in surgery this afternoon.
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WX-Head
TALENT=Robin
SS=None

Keep an eye on the sky as showers and thunderstorms head into the region. Looks like we will be in the clear Tuesday afternoon.

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Carter

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=THa
TAPE#96-24
GRAPHIC=Mark Carter

The lone survivor of a drug deal that left two people dead in Pittsylvania County stood in the same room with his alleged attacker today.
Teresa Hamilton has the story.
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(( 27- year old Knova Day had a difficult time speaking as he described the February attack that left him seriously injured.
His jaw, which is still healing, was broken.
His memory, however, appeared to be intact.
He says his friends agreed to meet Mark Anthony Carter in a vacant parking in the Sandy River Community of Pittsylvania County to sell an eight-ball of cocaine.
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19:55:00
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((KNOVA DAY/PROSECUTION WITNESS:WHEN I HEARD THE FIRST SHOT, HE HAD SHOT DARRELL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF HE SHOT ME OR SHERRELL NEXT. ))
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Day says he was sitting in the back seat with Carter when the shots were fired.
He says within seconds, Carter pulled a knife and stabbed him 14- times in the back.
But the attack didn't end.
According to testimony, when Day got out of the car, the shots continued.
He was struck once in the shoulder-- but continued to run.
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19:02:02
IN Q=I was
((I WAS RUNNING TOWARD THE BUSHES AND ACROSS THE ROAD AND I RAN AS FAR AS I COULD AND I COLLAPSED. MY LEGS GAVE OUT ON ME, I WAS LAYING THERE. A FEW SECONDS LATER I WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD.))
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Day was discovered sometime later by a passerby on his way to work.
Day's friends, Sherrell Hairston and Darrell Womack, did not survive the shooting.
An investigator discovered their bodies in the car. take su
Knova Day was the only witness to testify in court. The defense opted not to call any witnesses. The case has been forwarded to a grand jury which will meet in June. Teresa Hamilton, News 7, Chatham.))

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Bedford-Drowning

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#96-31
GRAPHIC=None

The three- year- old grandson of Roanoke delegate Vic Thomas drowned yesterday afternoon at Thomas' Smith Mountain Lake home.
Authorities say Cole Patrick Thomas was watching television when he apparently left the house and went into the water.
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((INVEST. RICKY GARDNER/BEDFORD CO. SHERIFF'S DEPT.: WHEN THE MOTHER WENT TO CHECK ON HER SON, HE WAS NOT ON THE SOFA AND A SEARCH ENSUED. THAT'S WHEN THE FATHER FOUND HIM IN THE WATER.))
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=None

Gardner says the child was found in shallow water near the shore.
Both parents and a nearby doctor attempted to revive the boy, but he died a short while later at Bedford Memorial Hospital.
Vic Thomas was not home when the accident occurred.
No charges have been filed.

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City-Council

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=six
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#96-25
GRAPHIC=David Bowers

Roanoke Mayor David Bowers won't have the support of one group that helped elect him four years ago.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;

Today, the Roanoke Fire Fighters Association announced its endorsements for next week's city council elections.
And members of the group say they've decided not to endorse Bowers, or his challenger Republican Pat Green.
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((RICHARD SARVER/ROANOKE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION: WE INTERVIEWED BOTH CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR. WE WERE IMPRESSED WITH THEIR RESPONSES, BUT OUR MEMBERSHIP ELECTED TO MAKE NO ENDORSEMENT FOR MAYOR. AND WE'D LIKE TO JUST LEAVE IT LIKE THAT.))
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VO-NAT

Bowers acknowledged the firefighters' displeasure with his vote on a recent pay issue, but says he hopes to have the firefighters' support again in the future.
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=Campaign 96

In the election, one week from tomorrow, the association will be throwing its support behind Nelson Harris, Alvin Nash, Jim Trout and Linda Wyatt.

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L'burg-Council

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#96-21
GRAPHIC=Lynchburg City Seal

Three Lynchburg city council candidates have picked up the endorsement of a local political action committee.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg

The Lynchburg Education Association PAC has endorsed independent candidates Pete Warren, Carl Hutcherson and Jim Curling.
This marks the first time the committee has endorsed city council candidates.
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((CAROL WRIGHT/L.E.A. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE: 1996 IS DIFFERENT FOR ONE REASON. THE EDUCATION ISSUE HAS DOMINATED THE CITY COUNCIL'S AGENDA ALL YEAR AND HAS ENERGIZED EDUCATORS, PARENTS, AND CITIZENS TO ASSERT THEIR SUPPORT FOR FULL FUNDING OF OUR SCHOOLS.)) ((CARL HUTCHERSON/LYNCHBURG COUNCIL CANDIDATE: THIS ENDORSEMENT HIGHLIGHTS WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING THROUGHOUT THIS CAMPAIGN, THAT EDUCATORS AND PARENTS WANT CITY COUNCIL TO REALLY FULLY FUND EDUCATION. THEY'RE TIRED AT THE ATTEMPTS TO PLAY POLITICS AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR SCHOOLS.))
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SUPER=01-Carl Hutcherson/Lynchburg Council Candidate; :17
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OUT Q=of our schools.
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VO-NAT

The political action committee says it has not been asked to make financial contributions to any campaign.
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L'burg-Fire

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#96-30
GRAPHIC=Fire

A fire that heavily damaged a Lynchburg business last night apparently was the work of an arsonist.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg/Last Night

The blaze at Alco Vinyl Siding and Windows was reported just before one a-m.
Authorities say someone set fire to the back porch of the business, and the flames quickly spread to the rest of the structure.
Fire marshals are looking into witness reports that two people were seen running from the building shortly before the fire was reported.
The owners say the building is a total loss, but they'll rebuild on the same site within the next few months.
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FRANKLIN-FIRE

ANCHOR=KEITH
NEWSCAST=SIX
WRITER=DAL
TAPE#96-35
GRAPHIC=WIPE WIPE WIPE
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Ferrum;

Fire officials say hot ashes started a brush fire in Franklin County.
Curtis Dove noticed smoke coming from the woods near his mother-in-law's house around 1-30 this afternoon.
Fire officials say the wind made battling the blaze difficult and extra precautions were taken to protect near-by homes.
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((ROGER WOODS/FERRUM FIRE DEPT.: WE STOPPED IT AT THE EDGE OF THE WOODS AND WE HAVE IT WETTED DOWN. WE HAVE IT CONTAINED AT THIS TIME.))
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VO-NAT

A bulldozer was brought in to clear a fire line.
Fire fighters from Ferrum, Rocky Mount and the forestry service got a jump on the blaze and contained it to about five acres.
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C'burg-Shooting

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tal
TAPE#None
GRAPHIC=None

A Christiansburg police officer is on routine administrative leave following a shooting Saturday at the Old Farm Village apartment complex.
Officers responded to a 9-1-1 call from a woman who said she was considering suicide.
Police report the officers heard a gunshot when they arrived, then Stella Arcaro walked out pointing a rifle at an officer.
The officer shot Arcaro in the leg.
State police confirm Officer Alicia Smith was the only officer on the scene to discharge a weapon.
The investigation is continuing.


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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=NONE

Still to come on News 7 at Six-- the latest on the investigation into the collapse of two apartment balconies in Blacksburg.
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and a big day on the campus of one local college, where an expansion is in the works. We'll have the story.

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Overby

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tal
TAPE#96-23
GRAPHIC=Scott Overby

A Montgomery County man pled guilty this morning to defiling his dead wife's body, but he says that doesn't make him guilty of capital murder.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Montgomery Co./August, 1995;

Scotty Overby doesn't deny strangling his estranged wife, Sheila Ann Stafford.
And he admits he wrote racial slurs on her body, mutilated her with a knife, and sexually assaulted her with objects such as jewelry and the handle of a plunger.
But Overby's lawyers will argue because those events happened AFTER rather than DURING the murder, it's not a capital offense warranting the death penalty.
They will ask the jury to consider the lesser charges of first degree murder or manslaughter.
Overby already faces up to five years in prison for the defiling conviction.
Jury selection in his murder trial will continue tomorrow.
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Lexington-Shooting

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6p
WRITER=RJO
TAPE#96-29
GRAPHIC=None

Virginia Military Institute officials say there are still unanswered questions concerning the shooting death of a young boy on post.
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VO-NAT

This weekend 10-year-old John Pickral was accidentally shot by a V-M-I shooting coach while on the rifle range. The boy was struck in the chest by a bullet from a 380 Caliber pistol. THORPE PRE-PRO
The coach, Jim Thorpe, was also shot in the hand during the incident.
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V-M-I officials say the pistol involved was Thorpe's personal handgun and was not supposed to be on the range.
According to V-M-I officials it is against policy to allow anything but a 22 or 38 caliber firearm on the range.
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((COL. MIKE STRICKLER/VMI SPOKESMAN: THERE WILL BE AN... IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.))
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VO-NAT

Thorpe has been released from the hospital.
V-M-I officials say the investigation should be complete within the next two weeks.
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Henry-Shooting

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=THa
TAPE#None
GRAPHIC=None

Henry County authorities say a shooting last night that seriously wounded a 13- year old boy appears to have been an accident.
Authorities say Jose Rodriguez was playing in the parking lot of the Mexican Grocery Store in Collinsville when he was shot in the stomach.
Sheriff's officials say the boy's cousin was sitting in a nearby car when his gun went off.
Rodriguez is from Kernersville, North Carolina.
No criminal charges have been filed.

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Balcony-Collapse

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tal
TAPE#596-08
GRAPHIC=None

Two balconies which collapsed at Terrace View apartments in Blacksburg Saturday WERE built according to code.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Blacksburg/Saturday;

That's the determination of the building inspector, following a review of the decks' structure and connection details.
Sixteen people were injured when the third- floor and second- floor balconies collapsed like dominoes.
The rental policy state no more than 10 people should be on the balconies at one time.
They were holding about 40 college students when they fell.
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Campbell-Vandals

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#None
GRAPHIC=None

Three Campbell County teenagers have been arrested in connection with a string of vandalism in the Timberlake area of the county last week.
Two 15- year- olds and a 17- year- old face a total of 39 charges of destruction of property and petty theft.
The teens allegedly vandalized dozens of newspaper boxes and cars, and spray- painted hate slogans on several driveways.
Police say information from the community helped them make the arrests.
Authorities also expect to arrest two other teenagers for a separate vandalism spree in the Concord area of the county.

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Stocks

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=six
WRITER=sly
TAPE#=Stocks
GRAPHIC=NONE

On Wall Street today the Dow gained five and a half points, to close at 55 hundred 73.
NASDAQ was up one point.
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Ferrum-College

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=Six
WRITER=Dal
TAPE#96-28
GRAPHIC=None

Faculty, students, parents and business leaders dug into their pockets to show their support for Ferrum College.
Today the college broke ground on the second phase of renovations to the Life Sciences building.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Ferrum;

College President Jerry Boone says this project shows the college and business communities believe in the future of Ferrum College.
The groundbreaking is good news for school AND Boone.
Just last month some faculty members were questioning the school's direction under Boone.
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((JERRY BOONE/FERRUM COLLEGE PRESIDENT: THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. WE JUST COMPLETED A 1.1 MILLION DOLLAR RENOVATION TO GARBER HALL THREE YEARS AGO AND NOW ADDING 700-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE BUILDING. WE'RE CONFIDENT IN OUR FUTURE THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.))
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VO-NAT

Faculty members contributed 35-thousand dollars to the building fund.
The expansion to Garber Hall will create much needed classroom and lab space.
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Jockey-Club

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#96-33
GRAPHIC=None

Seven and a half years after Virginia voters said yes to parimutuel horse racing, the path has been cleared for the state's first track.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@file;

The Virginia Jockey Club announced today it is giving up its plan for a northern Virginia track.
That opens the gate for the Ohio- based developer of Colonial Downs to finish construction.
Colonial Downs is between Richmond and Williamsburg.
Jockey Club officials say they got a fair hearing from the Virginia Court of Appeals last month -- and lost.
They say pursuing their legal battle over how the license to bring this kind of horse racing to Virginia was handed out would NO LONGER help the state's horse industry.
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Sports Tease

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#sportstease
GRAPHIC=NONE

Coming up tonight in sports, injury updates on Bill Elliott and Ricky Craven, plus Camby turns pro, and Monica Seles goes to court.
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VO-NAT eng#

And Roy Stanley gets in the pool with UVa olympic swimmer Peter Wright.
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S-Elliott

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#r-32
GRAPHIC=ELLIOTT

Let's begin tonight with an injury update on Winston Cup racing's most popular driver, Bill Elliott, who took a wild ride in the McDonald's Ford yesterday at Talladega.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Talladega, AL/ESPN; :00

At this hour, Elliott is still in surgery in Birmingham at the Healthsouth medical center.
He has broken left femur, the large bone in his upper leg, and the break is very high near the hip and pelvis area.
His physician is Dr. James Andrews, the same man who preformed Bo Jackson's hip replacement surgery.
The McDonald's race team is holding a newsconference tonight at 7 at the hospital to discuss the surgery and Elliott's future.
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ANCHOR=Mike
SS=hold elliott

If the break is as serious as the one's Kyle Petty and Darrell Waltrip suffered he could be out for the rest of the year, but let's wait and see later tonight.

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S-Craven

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#s6-4
GRAPHIC=CRAVEN

Ricky Craven's ride was wilder, but his condition is much better than Elliott's is tonight.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=04-ESPN/Yesterday; :00

Craven, was involved in this multi-car crash yesterday's Winston Select 500.
Last last night he was moved from the intensive care unit to a normal room at the Carraway County medical center.
A hospital spokeswoman told me this afternoon Craven is scheduled to undergo one more test today, and that there is a good chance he will be released LATE tonight, with nothing more than bumps, bruises and a few scratches.
Although there's little doubt his car is a total loss.
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S-Camby

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#BB96-3
GRAPHIC=camby

The biggest thorn in Virginia Tech's side this past season in the Atlantic 10 is moving on to the NBA.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Amherst, MA/This Afternoon;

Marcus Camby, the Atlantic 10 player of the year announced this afternoon that he is giving up his final year of college eligibility to try his hand at the NBA.
The 6-11 center will likely be one of the top three picks in the June draft.
He averaged 21 points and eight rebounds this past season for the Minutemen.
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S-NBA

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#bb96-4
GRAPHIC=NBA

If Camby's move is bold, this next move is outrageous.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=04-ESPN; :00

Philadelphia high school basketball star Kobe Bryant says he's skipping college and will go straight to the NBA.
Five other people have made the jump from high school to the big time, including former Petersburg star Moses Malone.
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S-Swim

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#S6-5
GRAPHIC=Olympics

The Olympic torch is already on its way to Atlanta, and in just a few weeks the Summer games will be underway.
SS=UVA LOGO

The University of Virginia will be well represented in the games with no less than 13 current or former Cavaliers participating as players, coaches or trainers.
SS=SWIMMING

Roy Stanley has the story of Virginia swimmer Peter Wright, who has managed to overcome a number of obstacles to earn a spot on the U-S Olympic Team.
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((Most athletes dream about competing in the olympics at an early age and Wright started his dream in 1984 after watching the olympics on T-V at the age of 11.)
(PETER WRIGHT/OLYMPIC SWIMMER: ))
((Wright's dream came true last month in Indianapolis, Indiana when he finished second in the 15-hundred meter freestyle competition.))
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((Mono and a broken arm all but wiped out Wright's senior season at U-V-A. But instead of giving up he took a year off from school and started training for the Olympic Trials.
Wright swims six miles in the morning grinding it out in the pool and six more miles in the afternoon working on his speed.)) ((MARK BERNARDINO/UVA SWIMMING COACH: )) ((WRIGHT: )) ((ROY STANDUP: ))
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S-Seles

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S6-6
GRAPHIC=SELES

Monica Seles is still in the middle of her tennis comeback, but today she fired a wicked overhand volley at the organizers of the Citizen's Cup in Germany.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Hamburg, Germany/April 30, 1993; :00

Just one day before the three year statute of limitations was to expire Seles filed a 16 million dollar claim against organizers of the Hamburg event where she was stabbed at court side on April 30th, 1993.
She did not play tennis again until last summer and the suit seeks damages from her lost earnings over that period.
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S-Hillcats

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=hillcats

The Lynchburg Hillcats return home to City Stadium tonight to begin a four game home stand with the Winston-Salem Wart Hogs.
The Hillcats are tied with Frederick for first in the Northern division.
We'll have some highlights of tonight's game at 11.

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S-NHL

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=mve
TAPE#S6-7
GRAPHIC=STANLEY CUP

Only eight teams remain in the running for the Stanley Cup, and for the first time since 1974, not one Canadian team will be represented in the second round of the NHL playoffs.
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VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=04-NHL

The last two Canadian teams were eliminated this Sunday when the New York Rangers defeated the Montreal Canadiens 5-3 and
The Winnipeg Jets were ousted by Detroit thanks in large part to Slava Kozlov's two goal effort.
The Jet's 4-1 loss was their last game in Winnipeg before moving to Phoenix next year.
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ANCHOR=Mike
SS=riley cup

And the Riley Cup finals in the ECHL are zeroing in on game two tomorrow night in Charlotte as the Checkers host Jacksonville. Charlotte won game one 6-to-3. Wx-Tape SUPER=305-85/60/88/1974/33/1967/80/60/50/SW-15mph/29.86/r;