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Coming up next on News 7-
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Rioting has broken out tonight in St. Petersburg Florida after police shot a man.
More than 3 months after the TWA crash the head of the airline is stepping down.
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Plus some Halloween Trick or treating pails are being recalled.
News 7 is next.

Newsbreak


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Good Evening.
A Halifax County man said he shot a man in self defense- but he could not persuade the jury.
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The jury convicted Barry Dwight Thomas, Junior of voluntary manslaughter- for the death of 33 year old Anthony Meadows.
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The defense is getting its turn in the O-J Simpson civil trial- today attcking Nicole Simpson's character.
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Plus a recall of some Trick or treating pails shaped like jack-o-lanterns, skulls and frankensteins.
The paint on the buckets apparently contains lead.
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All the details coming up on News 7 at eleven.

Riot


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Rioting is going on at this hour in St. Petersburg, Florida- set off after police fatally shot a man.
Several hundred people are involved-
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Police have reported rock and bottle throwing and several fires to businesses and vehicles.
One report that a T-V news truck was set on fire.
At least one news photographer was injured.
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The shooting happened in a predominantly black neighborhood of south St. Petersburg after a traffic stop.
The man died before reaching the hospital.
The dispatcher says one officer was shot in the arm, but that injury wasn't serious.
News reports say there were at least two fires that firefighters couldn't reach because of the threat to their safety.
Several police officers have now also been injured in the riot.
A police dispatcher calls the scene utter chaos.
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Thomas


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A Halifax County man could not persuade a jury he shot and killed a man in self defense.
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The jury tonight convicted Barry Dwight Thomas, Junior of voluntary manslaughter.
Authorities say he killed 33-year old Anthony Meadows in March at a trailer.
The two were apparently staying there with their girlfriends.
Thomas testified Meadows had been arguing with both women when he grabbed a gun and asked Meadows to leave.
Thomas told the jury Meadows' then lunged at him, and he fired the gun.
Prosecutors pointed to inconsistencies in Thomas' story and that of his girlfriend.
Thomas was sentenced to five years in prison.
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Lilly


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The defense rested its case in the capital murder trial of Ben Lilly today, but not before trying to point the finger elsewhere.
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Several witnesses testified Gary Barker and Mark Lilly were the ones handling guns in the hours before the shooting of a Virginia Tech student.
Two people said Barker even threatened to kill anyone who tried to stop him for driving without a license.
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((QUESTION: AND WHAT WAS THAT COMMENT? WARREN NOLAN/DEFENSE WITNESS: A COMMENT ABOUT IF THEY GOT STOPPED OR ANYTHING HE WOULD SHOOT THE BACK GLASS OUT AND SHOOT A COP OR ANYBODY. ))
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A convenience store owner testified Barker held a gun on HIM during a robbery the same night as the murder.
But prosecutor Skip Schwab pointed out Barker did NOT shoot, even though he had the opportunity. Tech student Alexander DeFilippis was shot four times just a couple of hours earlier.
Barker and Lilly's younger brother Mark have said Ben Lilly pulled the trigger.
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Simpson


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Defense lawyers in the O.J. Simpson civil trail delivered their opening statements today.
As Byron Harlan reports they attacked Nicole Brown's character while trying to explain that O-J was her friend, not her killer.
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(( Defense lawyers are dissecting Nicole Brown's life and the image they're presenting is not flattering.
Robert Baker's opening argument includes stories about promiscuity, parties with drugs and prostitutes.
Then there was an abortion after he said she got pregnant during a relationship following her divorce from O.J. Simpson.
Baker said, she confided in Simpson about the pregnancy, that he was her friend and confident, not an angry stalker.
LORI LEVINSON: INSTEAD OF JUST RESTORING O.J.'S CHARACTER, HE WENT AHEAD AND ATTACKED THE VICTIM.
It was too much for Nicole's mother and sister Denise, who left the courtroom in the middle of Baker's statement.
The defense statement followed the last plaintiff lawyer, who said Simpson had an uncontrollable rage regarding Nicole, that he was obsessed with her and wanted to know her every move.
Simpson listened to the lawyer, sometimes rolled his eyes, shook his head and apparently mouthed, that's not true.
The next step: calling witnesses.
The plaintiff's will be first and they'll try to do what prosecutors couldn't: show that O.J. Simpson had a motive and enough time to kill Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman.
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Erickson


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Three months after the TWA crash- the head of the airline announces he is stepping down.
Jeffrey Erickson says he'll leave TWA in January- The news came shortly after the airline posted a large quarterly loss linked to the Flight-800 crash.
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Meanwhile investigators say they've found two crucial bits of wreckage from the crash site.
They are now analyzing two fuel probes to see if they could have malfunctioned and caused the center fuel tank to explode.
The Boeing 747 has seven fuel probes in the center tank.
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TWA


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Today was also a time to remember the victims.
In East Moriches, a memorial stone was unveiled honoring those who died.
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((IT JUST MEANS WE'RE NOT FORGETTING THEM. I SAID TO MY MOM, AT CHRISTMAS WE'LL PUT A SMALL WREATH FOR THEM. IT'S JUST VERY SAD.))
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It's been 100 days since TWA Flight 800 went down.
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Legionnaires


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Another case of Legionnaires' Disease has been reported in the New River Valley.
That brings the total number of cases to four.
Legionnaires is an acute form of pneumonia- that can be fatal.
The cases appear to be isolated-- the patients are from Montgomery County, Floyd and Giles.
Two are in critical condition, the others are stable.
Victims usually inhale airborne water droplets containing the bacteria.
Symptoms include fevers between 103 and 105 degrees.
State epi-demiologists are in the area now, working with local officials-- they're also investigating a rise in PNEUMONIA cases in the New River Valley, and don't know yet if they're related.

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Still to come on News 7 at 11---


Some halloween pails are being recalled because of a lead paint hazard.
We'll tell you which ones.
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and this candidate for the Ninth District Congressional seat says he wants to take Ross Perot style politics to Washington.
We'll meet him...coming up.
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(("THIS IS NEWS 7 AT 11, WITH JEAN JADHON, METEOROLOGIST ROBIN REED AND MIKE STEVENS WITH SPORTS."))

Perot


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Will he stay or will he go?
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Ross Perot says he's sticking with the Presidential race until the bitter end- despite apparently pleas for the Bob Dole Campaign for him to drop out.
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((ROSS PEROT/REFORM PARTY CANDIDATE: IN NO WAY DO I WANT TO DO ANYTHING TO HARM ANOTHER CANDIDATE'S CONSTRUCTIVE CAMPAIGNING AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY OR DO ANYTHING I ASSURE YOU THAT IS I AM HERE TO STAY.))
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Bob Dole continued his campaign swing through the south- telling folks in Pensacola, Florida his word is his bond.
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President Clinton is also in the south- speaking in Birmingham Alabama.
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Roberts


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Tom Roberts is challenging incumbent Rick Boucher for the 9th District Congressional seat.
The engineer from Blacksburg says it's an uphill battle, but believes just getting his ideas heard will be a partial victory.
Len Besthoff reports.
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(( Addressing seniors in Wytheville, Tom Roberts sticks to the tenets of the Reform Party's founder, Ross Perot...from the use of visual aids to homespun analogies; like this one comparing the U-S budget debt to the Titanic.
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((TOM ROBERTS/(I)-CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS: YOU KNOW IF THE SHIP IS SINKIN IT'S NOT A GOOD TIME TO START ARGUING ABOUT WHAT TO HAVE FOR DESSERT, OR MOVING THE DECK CHAIRS AROUND.))
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Like Perot, Roberts believes the federal government's deficit spending has to end...or it will spell disaster for this country.
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((ROBERTS: IF THIS IS ALL THE DEBT WE HAD, ONE TRILLION, FOR TWO HUNDRED YEARS, AND THEN SUDDENLY, THESE PIGS AT A TROUGH COULDN'T GET ENOUGH TO EAT, AND HAD TO GO TO THIS EXTENT, SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE. AND THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T SAY WELL I'M GONNA TRY TO REFORM THE SYSTEM FROM WITHIN THE DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN PARTIES BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT CAN BE DONE.))
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Nearly every position Roberts takes is in some way interwoven with his hawkish stance on cutting federal spending.
Take crime for instance.
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((ROBERTS: THE U-S CONGRESS CAN DO MORE HARM ON A LOCAL LEVEL, AS FAR AS CRIME IS CONCERNED, THAN THEY CAN GOOD. WHEN THEY RAISE THE TAXES AND TAKE 10 DOLLARS UP TO WASHINGTON D-C AND THEN GIVE YOU ONE DOLLAR BACK TOWARDS POLICE TRAINING, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE DOING A GOOD THING. IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HAVE THAT MONEY STAY ON A LOCAL LEVEL OR STATE LEVEL FOR WHAT'S DONE.))
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Roberts also advocates closing most tax loopholes and serious restrictions on campaign spending.
And while it may not be the biggest drain on the federal budget, he's got a big problem with the principle of congressional pensions.
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((ROBERTS: WHEN CONGRESS FROM 1982 TO 1996 DOUBLES THEIR OWN PAY AND MAKES IT SO THAT IF YOU SERVE FOR 14 YEARS YOU CAN HAVE OVER A MILLION DOLLAR PENSION CARE OF THE TAXPAYERS, THERE'S SOMETHING UNEQUAL ABOUT THAT.))
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((Roberts has some other interesting proposals. He talks about investing current contributions to Social Security and some Medicare funding into stocks and municipal bonds. Now his people have not done any polling on this race. But they do expect their candidate will get a boost when Reform Party presidential candidate Ross Perot visits the area right before election day. Len Besthoff, News-7, Wytheville. ))
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Halifax-Brawl


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A fight at Halifax County High school this morning landed three students in court.
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18-year old Craig Powell was the first to arrive at the Halifax County Sheriff's department.
He was followed by 18-year old Michael Ewing and a 16-year old student.
Authorities still don't know what led to the brawl-- there were actually three fights going on at once.
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((MAJ. RAY LINK/HALIFAX CO. SHERIFF'S DEPT.:WE'VE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF IT THIS YEAR. SHERIFF OAKES INTENSIFIED THE INVESTIGATION ON THE NARCOTICS FIND AND THE OTHER DISTURBANCES WE'VE BEEN HAVING SO IT'S BEEN QUITE A FEW ARRESTS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.))
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The three have been charged with disorderly conduct.
Authorities also arrested another student this afternoon for possession of marijuana on school grounds.

Halloween-Recall


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If your child has a trick or treating pail- take note.
An Ohio company is recalling nearly 12 thousand plastic Halloween candy buckets because of a lead paint hazard.
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The small pails look like Jack-o-lanterns, skulls or Frankenstein heads.
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The pails have been sold six to a package wrapped in cellophane with a label that says Happy Halloween.
It also includes the name of the company- Direct Source International.
The U-S Consumer Product Safety Commission says it found high levels of lead in black, yellow and red paint on the buckets.
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The agency says it can cause lead poisoning if a young child eats the paint.
Consumers are urged to return the items to stores for refunds.

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Coming up - will Linus finally meet the Great Pumpkin?
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It's not likely ...if tomorow's special is the same as the past 30 years.
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Don't miss this story coming up when News 7 at 11 returns.
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D-Day


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The National Memorial for D-Day is still in the planning and fund-raising stages.
Now it's been expanded to include a 25-thousand square foot visitor's center with its own museum, auditorium and research center.
The additional facilities have boosted the price by two million dollars.
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So it's now an EIGHT- million dollar project that'll go up on 88-acres behind Bedford Elementary School.
Bedford Delegate Lacy Putney pushed a 200-thousand dollar appropriation through the House.
The Senate scaled it back to 150-thousand.... less than 2-percent of what's needed.
The check's been a long time getting to Bedford, but Putney presented it to the D-Day foundation chairman today.
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((RICHARD BURROW/D-DAY FOUNDATION DIRECTOR: OUR PLANS ARE TO TELL MANY OF THE ORAL HISTORIES OF D-DAY VETERANS. BUT BEYOND D-DAY, TO CARRY FORTH THE STORY OF THE BATTLE FOR NORMANDY AND THE BATTLE FOR EUROPE AND TO EXTEND THAT OUT, PERHAPS, TO THE ENTIRE SECOND WORLD WAR.))
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One-point eight million dollars have been raised so far.
They hope to dedicate the memorial June 6, 1999, the 55th anniversary of the Normandy Invasion.
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Endangered-Places


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The Roanoke Valley Preservation Foundation is trying to make the public more aware.
Today, the group released a list of the 10 most endangered places in the area.
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Most of the sites listed are structures... but a couple deal with the area's NATURAL resources.
Members say the Roanoke River is in jeopardy because of poor planning and pollution.
The list also includes the Blue Ridge and Alleghany Mountains.
The Foundation is afraid of current and future development on the rolling hills.
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A couple of downtown buildings made the endangered list... like the Norfolk & Western General Offices and the old Shenandoah Hotel.
The Claytor Clinic in the Historic Gainsboro District was also named.
Salem has one site on the list... the Burke Cabin on Clay Street.
Also mentioned was the Stokes House on Plantation Road in Roanoke County.
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S-Tennis


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An update on game five of the world series, plus hoops highlights from Floyd, and Steve Mason with a profile of UVa's Anthony Poindexter.
I'll also tell you about a rugby tourney headed your way this weekend, and Sugar Ray Leonard talks about his comeback.
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But while he's coming back at the age of 40, Gabriella Sabatini officially called it quits today at the age of 26. She did do at a New York newsconferecne this afternoon.
She won 27 singles titles and spent most of her career ranked in the top 10.
More sports right after this.
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S-Braves


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The 1996 world series cranked out another nial biter tonight as the Braves and Yankees went to the last out in the bottom of the ninth to settle game five.
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The only run of the first eight and half innings came off Cecil Fielder's double that plates Charlie Hayes from second. Hayes reached on a error earlier in the inning. 1-to-nothing Yankees.
The Braves put runners on first and third in the bottom of the ninth when pinch hitter Luis Polonia came on trying to drive in CHipper Jones and Ryan Klesko, after fouling off seven pitches he lines a shot to right, but Paul O'Neill with his bad hamstring is able to make the stretching catch for
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the third out.
The Yankees win game 5, 1-to-nothing.
They now lead the series 3 games to 2.
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S-Floyd


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Floyd County showed no ill effects from last week's district loss to Glenvar tonight, as the Lady Buffs picked up a resounding 83-58 win over Shawsville.
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Tracy Poff's Shawnees were primed for a big upset early on.
It's Beth Burdette in 3-D..she drives, draws the defense, and dishes to Sara Hagood for 2 of her 14 first half points and Shawsville led by 8.
But Julie Sowers puts in this 25 footer at the first quarter horn for 3 of her 30 on the night to trim the lead to 1.
The Lady Buffs got a boost from their bench tonight. Lisa Smith takes the rock and scores off the window and the rout was on.
In the second half, Sonya Hylton gets into the act with short jumper,
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and Floyd keeps the heat on Glenvar in the Three Rivers in a big way, with the 83 to 58 win.
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Also, tonight William Byrd beat Northside 54-to-42, and Fort Chiswell topped Grayson County 59-to-51.

S-Sugar


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40 year old Sugar Ray Leonard announced his comeback to the ring today in Los Angeles.
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The grandfather of one is coming back to fight Hector Camacho next February, but he's really coming back to be a role model for young kids.
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S-Morrison


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In one other boxing item today, Tommy Morrison the HIV infected fighter says he's signed to fight Anthony Cooks on November 3rd in Tokyo.
The fight contract has certain provisions to protect Morrison and the other boxer. If Morrison is cut, the fight will be stopped and the win will go to the fighter with the most points.
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S-Anthony


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Two of the top defenses in the country will try to knock each other silly this Saturday when Virginia and Florida State battle.
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Anthony Poindexter is one of the Cavs biggest hitters.
But Steve Mason says this season he's also been a hit with his head - playing the thinking man's defense.
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((Anthony Poindexter exploded onto the defensive scene last year when he and Adrian Burnim to prevent Florida State tailback Warrick Dunn from crossing the goal line. ((ANTHONY POINDEXTER:))
The safety is third on the team in tackles with 45. His glare and hitting power are imposing. But the wrap on Anthony was that his love for the crunch also, at times, distracted him from covering receivers. Anthony answered some of his cover critics against N.C. State, where he pulled down 3 of his team leading 4 interceptions. ((GEORGE WELSH:)) ((STEVE MASON:)) ((ANTHONY:))
Poindexter and the rest of his cover men will have their hands full saturday. Florida State's two deep threats are back in E.G. Green and Andre Cooper. Steve Mason, News 7 sports"))
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Sports Tease


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Still to come tonight, the Friday football extra schedule for week nine
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and a preview of this weekend's massive Rugby tournament taking place at Green Hill Park.
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S-Rugby


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It's once again time to get down and dirty this weekend and some of the top rugby teams in the Commonwealth invade Roanoke County.
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More than 25 club and collegiate teams comprised of both men and women will compete in the two day event, as they battle for the coveted Ed and Sandy Lee Cup.
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Hundred od players and fans come to the valley each year for this event, and the biggest plus may be the site itself - Green Hill Park.
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The action begins Saturday morning at nine and continues all day and then again on Sunday, and best of all admission is absolutely free.
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S-FFE


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Week nine of Friday Football Extra is upon us and tomorrow night here is where you'll find out crews roaming the sidelines.
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Charlie-Brown


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It's almost Halloween- and what would the season be without the Great Pumpkin.
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This is the 30th anniversary of "Its the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"
Charles Schultz first explored the idea of a child getting his holidays mixed up in a 1959 comic strip.
Linus wrote to the Great Pumpkin telling him what he wanted for Halloween.
The story appeared annually in the Peanuts strip- and was brought to CBS in 1966.
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The special airs tomorrow night on your hometown station at eight.

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And we want to remind you to watch the region's only Prime Time newscast tomorrow night.
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News 7 Prime Time airs at 10 p-m on WEFC Television.
You can check your local cable listings for the channel in your area.
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Good night. And that's going to do it for News 7 at 11.
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