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Coming up on News 7-
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The campaign winds down- on the eve of election day.
Norfolk Southern and C-S-X have now reportedly talked about a deal to split Conrail. We'll have the latest on the possible merger.
Plus it's confirmed. The King of Pop will be father.
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News 7 is next.

Newsbreak


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Good Evening.
A Southeast Roanoke Letter Carrier was indicted today for stalking women on his postal route.
The incidents occured in July and August.
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Campaign 96 is winding down- we'll check in with the candidates-
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A hostile bidding war for Conrail may be turning a little friendlier.
Norfolk Southern and C-S-X have apparently been talking about their competing attempts to buy Contrail.
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Plus it's confirmed. Michael Jackson's publicist says the singer is going to be a father.
Join us for News 7 at Eleven.

Campaign


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In just seven hours the polls open- Americans will chose their President and decide which party will dominate Congress.
President Clinton and Bob Dole spent the last hours of this campaign on the trial.
Liz Mullin caught up with them.
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((President Clinton is making the most of the final hours of what he calls the last campaign of his life. The president is hoping that sweeping through five states in twenty four hours will widen the gap between himself and challenger Bob Dole. THE CHOICE YOU MAKE TOMORROW FOR LAST PRESIDENT OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE NEW CENTURY OF THE NEW MILLENIUM IS A CHOICE ABOUT HOW TO GO FORWARD INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.
And as Clinton makes his way to little rock, Bob Dole is battling laryngitis on his own six state sweep. In Houston, Dole reiterated his theme of indignance.. at an administration he says is corrupt.
BOB DOLE, R-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I MAY NOT KEEP MY VOICE, BUT I WILL KEEP MY WORD. I'M GLAD TO BRING INTEGRITY TO THE WHITE HOUSE BECAUSE WE MISS IT, MISS IT, MISS IT.
Dole pledges to travel around-the-clock in these final hours of what he calls "the road to victory." He'll reach his hometown of Russell, Kansas, tomorrow morning to cast his vote.
LIZ MULLEN/CBS NEWS: MEANWHILE HERE IN LITTLE ROCK THE EXCITEMENT IS BUILDING TOWARD THE EARLY MORNING ARRIVAL OF THE MAN EVERYONE HERE THINKS IS A SHOO-IN FOR RE-ELECTION. LIZ MULLEN, CBS NEWS, LITTLE ROCK.))

John-Warner


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Senior Senator John Warner spent his last election day touring four cities in the Commonwealth including Roanoke.
Ellen Qualls was in Alexandria when he finished campaigning.
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Mark-Warner


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For Mark Warner the campaign trail ends eight months and more than 10 million dollars away from where he started. Even as most polls peg him as a double digit underdog, the democratic challenger says victory is still within reach.
Joe Dashiell has the details.
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Home-Page


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For all the election night results, News 7 and CBS will provide continuous coverage tomorrow night beginning at Seven. Take Election Results Board Fullscreen
You can find all the race results on the W-D-B-J home page. The address is on your television screen- W-D-B-J-7 dot com.

Legionnaires'


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Even for an outbreak, it's a high number of cases.
The New River Valley now has 16 confirmed cases of Legionnaires' Disease, in the FIRST outbreak Virginia's ever had.
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State, local, and federal health officials continue combing the region-- they're looking for a common environmental cause.
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((JODY HERSHEY/NEW RIVER HEALTH DISTRICT: WE'RE ALSO NOW LOOKING AT INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO DO NOT HAVE LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE AND WE'RE INTERVIEWING THEM IN DEPTH TO COMPARE THEM WITH CAWES THAT DO HAVE TO LOOK FOR LINKAGES AND EXPOSURES ON THOSE CASES. ))
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This latest patient is an 80-year old man, one of three people still hospitalized with Legionnaires' Disease.
Of the 16 patients, one has died-- most of the others though are at home, doing fine.
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Still to come on the broadcast, a former postal worker in Roanoke is accused of stalking,
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and Norfolk Southern's attempt at a takeover becomes a little less hostile.
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Simpson


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Blood evidence is taking center stage at the O-J Simpson trial.
A former L-A police supervisor told the jury about D-N-A evidence.
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Gregory Matheson says preliminary testing showed Simpson was one of only 550 to 570 people in the population who could have left a blood drop on the front walk at the crime scene.
Also today, the judge cut short defense questioning on the last few witnesses, ruling that topics NOT brought up during during direct examination could not be asked during cross-examination.
Simpson's attorney has now filed an appeal to stop the trial and rule on what can and can not come up in cross-examination.
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Postal-Stalker


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A letter carrier was indicted today for stalking women on his postal route in Southeast Roanoke.
The incidents occurred in July and August. Anthony Tyler Jefferson is accused in an eight- count indictment of stalking, making obscene phone calls, assault and battery.
Chief Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Betty Jo Anthony says Jefferson was indicted LAST month for breaking and entering with intent to commit rape- -also on his mail route.
Jefferson is already out on bond ...but lost his job with the Postal Service over the breaking and entering charge.

Goodlatte-Grey


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A recent mailing from Congressman Bob Goodlatte's campaign is delivering some controversy in the sixth district race.
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Democratic challenger Jeff Grey says the pamphlet makes false claims about him.
It states that Grey supports special rights for homosexuals, mandates on health care, and takes no position on the line item veto.
Grey says those accusations are wrong.
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((JEFF GREY/D- CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE: IN LAST MINUTE DESPERATION, HE HAS USED NIXON- STYLE TACTICS, DIRTY TRICKS TO TRY TO GET MORE VOTES FROM THE VOTERS WHEN IN FACT, ALL HE DID WAS INSULT PEOPLE LIKE ME AND INSULT THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE VOTERS IN THE SIXTH DISTRICT. ))
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But a Goodlatte spokesman says the mailings were sent out late last week-- and it's Grey who's making a last ditch effort to salvage his campaign.
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((TIM PHILLIPS/GOODLATTE CAMPAIGN SPOKESMAN: FOR MONTHS, JEFF GREY HAS USED A NEGATIVE CAMPAIGN FULL OF DISTORTIONS AND MUDSLINGING AND PERSONAL ATTACKS. AND NOW, IT'S KING OF IRONIC HE'S SQUEALING LIKE A STUCK PIG JUST BECAUSE WE'RE SHINING A LIGHT ON SOME OF THE LOONEY, LIBERAL POSITIONS THAT HE'S CHOSEN TO HOLD. ))
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Meanwhile, both campaigns say they've run positive races, and just wanted to set the record straight.







NS-Conrail


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A hostile bidding war involving a big local employer may be turning a little friendlier.
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Norfolk Southern and C-S-X have been talking about their competing attempts to purchase Conrail.
They reportedly discussed letting the deal between Conrail and C-S-X go through, then splitting up Conrail's assets.
A Roanoke stockbroker who follows the rail industry believes that would prevent a messy fight and strengthen N-S.
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((GEORGE BRAMMER/STOCKBROKER-A.G. EDWARDS & SONS: NORFOLK SOUTHERN HAS TO BE ALERT TO A POSSIBLE HOSTILE TAKEOVER FROM BURLINGTON NORTHERN OR SOME OTHER RAILROAD ON THE WEST COAST AND IF NORFOLK SOUTHERN CAN GET CONRAIL OR SOME PIECE OF CONRAIL THEN THAT'LL PUT THEM IN A BETTER BARGAINING POSITION.))
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Last month C-S-X and Conrail announced their merger plans.
N-S followed with a hostile takeover bid.
About 35- hundred people in our area work for N-S.
Several thousand others are retirees or N-S shareholders.
C-S-X has about 230 people working out of its terminal in Clifton Forge.
The two Virginia- based rail lines have been courting Conrail for more than a decade, because of its strong market share in the northeast.
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Danville-Regional


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Virginia's largest health insurer says it plans to dump Danville Regional Medical Center from its network.
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A press release from Trigon Blue Cross Blue Shield indicates the move is a financial one.
The health insurer says the hospital's costs are approximately 30-percent higher than those of comparable facilities in the area.
A Danville Regional spokesman says the hospital was under the impression it still had 60-days to work out a new contract.
If the two sides aren't able to reach an agreement, the hospital will be dropped from Trigon's network January first.
Danville Regional says regardless of the outcome, patients with Trigon coverage will NOT be turned away.
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When we return after theses messages, some retired workers for the city of Roanoke experience a delay in getting their pension checks,
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and it's official, Micheal Jackson is about to earn a new title...DADDY.
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Pensions


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Hundreds of Roanoke City retirees have been forced to play a waiting game for their pension checks.
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The city uses a 3rd party company called Best Mail Services... to sort and send its letters.
The checks were suppose to be received on October 31st... but a processing mix up held up delivery until today.
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((JIM GRISSO/ROANOKE CITY FINANCE DIRECTOR: FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE A CHECK, THEY DIDN'T HAVE USE OF THEIR MONEY. THE WEEKEND CAME. A LOT OF RETIREES LIVE FROM CHECK TO CHECK AND NEED THE MONEY TO BUY MEDICINE AND GROCERIES AND PAY BILLS . WHEN IT DOESN'T SHOW UP IN THE MAIL, THEY GET CONCERNED ABOUT IT. ))
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Grisso says all of the checks should be delivered by tomorrow.
He wouldn't speculate on the city's future dealings with Best Mailing Services.
However, he did say the company's contract expires in March.
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Bedford-Supervisor


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Going to the polls often involves choosing between two very different candidates.
But Bedford county voters won't have that problem in its board of supervisors race.
Steve Smallshaw reports.
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(( Except for the size of their campaign signs, there's not much difference between John White and Robert Bashore.
Both are self- described conservatives who list education spending as their top priority.
White's a businessman who says he knows how economic development can broaden the county's tax base.. Bashore's a college administrator who also spent 16 years on a local school board.
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((JOHN WHITE/BEDFORD CO. SUPERVISOR CANDIDATE: BASICALLY I'M A BUSINESSMAN AND I FEEL LIKE THAT AS FAR AS BEDFORD COUNTY IS CONCERNED AND THE RUNNING OF THE BUSINESS OF BEDFORD COUNTY, THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THE JOB DONE.))
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((ROBERT BASHORE/BEDFORD CO. SUPERVISOR CANDIDATE: AND GOVERNMENT SERVICE IS A PEOPLE BUSINESS, IT'S PROVIDING THOSE THINGS THAT THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO PROVIDE THEM. AND I THINK MY BACKGROUND IS JUST AS GOOD AS ANYONE ELSE IN THAT REGARD.))
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What District Four voters want most is someone who will stay put.
The seat opened up when Wayne Newcomb opted not to seek re-election. Newcomb replaced Henry Creasy last winter... both quit because the job occupied too much of their time.
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((JOHN WHITE: I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE MY BUSINESS IS AT THIS TIME AND FEEL LIKE I CAN DEFINITELY GIVE THE TIME REQUIRED AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME.))
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((ROBERT BASHORE: PEOPLE WOULD LIKE SOMEONE WHO'S GOING TO STAY FOR A WHILE, AND WHO WILL GIVE THE TIME, AND I THINK THAT I CAN DO THAT.))
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Whoever wins the special election will still have to run for office again next November.
Steve Smallshaw, News7, Bedford County.))

Snow-Elections


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November rolled in like a Lion in parts of the Northeast.
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This is what it looked like in Syracuse- where people got their first taste of Winter-
About four inches of snow fell there over the weekend- causing several fender benders on Interstate-81.
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The weather though for election day is supposed to be good for most of the nation.
Just slight snow and rain in some areas, but generally fair weather for voters.
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S-Polls


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Florida State quarterback Thad Busby will likely miss this Saturday's game with Wake Forest.
Yesterday the team's trainer discovered a hairline fracture in his left wrist.
If he can't play, Dan Kendra will step in.
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S-Floyd


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Girls hoops leads the way this morning as a regular season champ had to be crowned before the district tourney could start in the Three Rivers.
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For the third time this season defending regular season Three Rivers champ Floyd County went to the mat against Dennis Layman and his Glenvar Highlanders in a special playoff game to crown this year's regular season champ.
Late in the first quarter, Julie Sowers gets the steal for Floyd and goes across court to Sarah Conner,who lays in 2 of her 20 points.
Glenvar trailed by 17 at the half,but would try to hang on as Erika Hale gets the rebound and stickback for two of her 24 points.
But this one was no contest as Floyd's Sonya Hylton dishes to Julie
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Sowers who drains 3 of her game high 28 points and Floyd rocks Glenvar 88-to-55.
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S-Manley


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For the hardwood to news about a hard head!
Former Washington Redskin star Dexter Manley
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was released on parole after serving 15 months in prison for two counts of cocaine possession.
Dexter, who won two Super Bowls with the Redskins says he's a changed man - something he's unfortunately said before.
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((DEXTER MANLEY/RELEASED FROM PRISON:))
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S-Jeter


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Two weeks ago the series, last week a parade and yesterday a big award for the Yankees
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as shortstop Derek Jeter is named the American League rookie of the year by the Associated Press.
He hit 314 with 10 homer and 78 rbis, and he was a unanimous choice.
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This is only the fifth time in history the winner has been a unanimous selection.

S-Collins


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The California Angels replaced interim manager John McNamara, who replaced Marcel Lacheman, who resigned with recently fired Astros skipper Terry Collins.
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Collins was fired by the Houston Astros last month despite leading that team to three straight second place finishes.
Collins says he believes he is inheriting a team that win the West immediately.
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S-Bengals


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Cincinnati Bengals guard Scott Brumfield has been upgraded from serious to fair condition after being carried off the field in Sunday's game with the Ravens.
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The offensive lineman suffered a cervical spinal cord concussion on this relatively harmless looking play in the fourth quarter.
He lost much of the feeling in his legs, but he has shown much improvement in the last 24 hours.
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Sports Tease


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Still to come the Stagg Bowl folks were in Salem today checking things out,
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And Steve Mason was in Charlottesville checking on the Virginia Cavaliers.
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S-UVA


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The Virginia Cavaliers are ranked 16th in the nation, but their postseason bowling plans won't be in stone until they make it through the next three weeks.
Steve Mason has more on their first hurdle this weekend against Clemson.
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S-Stagg


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WRITER=Mike
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Stagg Bowl tickets for the December 14th game are on sale at the Salem Civic Center.
So far about 15 hundred tickets have been sold.
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This afternoon NCAA Division Three Football Chairman Steve Bamford was in the valley checking out the site.
This is the fourth straight year Salem is playing host the game and so far the weather each year has been just plain lousy.
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This year's game kicks off at two, and Salem officials are adding new lights to the stadium to more than triple the existing lighting.
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Jackson


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Yesterday it was snickered at. Today, it's confirmed.
Michael Jackson is going to be a father.
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A publicist for Jackson says a longtime friend of the singer is carrying the child.
She is 37 year old Debbie Rowe- a nurse who treated Jackson for his rare skin disease.
Jackson's spokeswoman quotes the singer as saying he is thrilled he will soon be a father.
He calls the impending birth a dream come true.
A London Tabloid had reported the baby was conceived by artificial insemination and that Jackson is paying Rowe more than a half million dollars to carry the child.
Jackson's publicist though is denying that report.
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