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SUPER=70-Connie Stevens;
SUPER=@Robin1;
SUPER=70-Roy Stanley;
ANCHOR=Connie
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TONIGHT ON NEWS-7 PRIMETIME... THE MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING TWO ABORTION CLINIC WORKERS, IS FOUND DEAD IN HIS PRISON CELL.
WERE YOU AMONG THE PEOPLE WHO BRAVED THE CROWDS FOR THE TRADITIONAL START TO THE HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON? ))
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OUT Q=shopping season?



top-story


ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=amo
TAPE#top
GRAPHIC=none
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TOP STORY GRAPHIC 11004
It's Friday November 29th- Our Top Story
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VO-NAT


Andy Ward reports to jail, and resigns as teacher and coach at Lord Botetourt High School.
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P-Ward


ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=spr
TAPE#596-46
GRAPHIC=news-7 primetime


Good Evening, This is NEWS-7 Primetime on WEFC, I'm Connie Stevens.
SS=ward


Andy Ward submitted his resignation to the school board this morning, amid controversy over a driving record that includes two D-U-I convictions.
Earlier this morning, Ward began serving his jail time...
But as Scott Prince reports-- he didn't arrive on time-- as ordered by the court.
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SOT
IN Q=Andy Ward
SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.; :00
SUPER=01-Jim Ruhland/School Board Chairman; :25
SUPER=04-Monday; :37
SUPER=@File; :45
RUNS=:57
OUT Q=PRINCE NEWS-7.


((Andy Ward was supposed to be at the Botetourt County jail at 9- o'clock this morning.
But he showed up an hour and twenty minutes late.... meaning he could face an additional charge of disobeying a court order.
Shortly after he got there... members of the school board held an emergency meeting.
They ended up going behind closed doors... but when they returned it was announced that Ward had in fact resigned.
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SOT 11:28:40
IN Q=We went

((JIM RUHLAND/SCHOOL BOARD CHAIRMAN: WE WENT INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE TALKED ABOUT IT. ONCE WE CAME BACK OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION, I MADE THE MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT HIS RESIGNATION AND THE OTHER THREE MEMBERS VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE TO ACCEPT IT.))
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OUT Q=accept it


Ward's troubles were brought to light Monday... when he was sentenced to 14 days in jail for speeding and driving on a suspended license.
His record also shows 2 separate DUI convictions.
Ward will spend this weekend behind bars... and will serve out the remainder of his jail time later this month. PRINCE NEWS-7))

P-D'ville-Murders


ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=THa
TAPE#596-44
GRAPHIC=murder inv.


It's one of the busiest weeks ever for the Danville police department.
Authorities there are investigating FOUR murders.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Danville/Tuesday;


It all started Tuesday, when police discovered the bodies of Jesse and Elizabeth Kendrick inside their Cabin Creek condominium.
SUPER=04-Yesterday;


Yesterday, a third victim was discovered inside a nearby apartment.
Police say 33- year old Archie Moore was stuffed inside a closet.
Authorities aren't commenting on a possible connection.
But there are similarities among the two cases.
Sources say all three victims were wrapped in a sheet.
State medical examiners have concluded the three had been shot in the head.
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SOT
IN Q=We're

((NEAL MORRIS/DANVILLE POLICE CHIEF:WE'RE PURSUING THAT OF COURSE, BUT WE AREN'T COMMENTING ON THAT AT THIS TIME, THE SIMILARITIES ABOUT THE GUN SHOT WOUND, OF COURSE, YOU'VE ALREADY ALLUDED TO. ))
SUPER=01-Neal Morris/Danville Police Chief; :00
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=alluded to.
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VO-NAT


Police have made an arrest in connection with one of the murders.
Late yesterday, 18- year old Percy Levar Walton was taken into custody.
At this point, he's only charged with killing Archie Moore.
Police say the fourth murder case is UNrelated to what happened in the Cabin Creek community.
Willie TROY Kernodel was apparently shot following a dispute at a local bar.
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P-salvi


ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=amo
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=salvi, John
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VO-NAT
SUPER=04-January 3, 1995;


The man convicted in the shooting deaths of two abortion clinic workers, apparently committed suicide in his prison cell.
The Massacusetts Department of Corrections says John Salvi was found in his cell this morning with a plastic bag over his head.
SUPER=03-Brookline, MA/File Tape;


He had been serving a life sentence for the 1994 shooting deaths of two women at two separate abortion clinics in the Boston area.
SUPER=03-Norfolk/File Tape;


Salvi was arrested the next day in Norfolk after he allegedly fired a rifle into that city's only abortion clinic.
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SOT 13:00:44
IN Q=I;m very

((J . W. CARNEY/SALVI'S ATTORNEY: I'M VERY SADDENED TO HEAR OF JOHN'S DEATH, IN PARTICULAR FOR HIS FAMILY. HIS PARENTS ARE DEVASTATED BY THIS LOSS, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT THEY HAD TRIED SO HARD TO CONVINCE THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO MOVE HIM TO A MENTAL HOSPITAL RATHER THAN KEEP HIM IN A PRISON.))
SUPER=01-J. W. Carney/Salvi's Attorney;
RUNS=:16
OUT Q=keep him in prison.
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VO-NAT


In March, the 24-year old was sentenced to life in prison, after his attorneys mounted an unsuccessful insanity plea.
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P-Zaire


ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#net-c
GRAPHIC=none


The U.S. and 13 other countries have given the go-ahead-- for a multi-national humanitarian mission that could airdrop food to refugees in eastern Zaire.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Ottawa, Canada; :


The decision came today at a meeting of the nations' ambassadors in Canada.
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SOT 17:05:17
IN Q=The significant

(( PAUL HEINBECKER/CANADIAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICIAL: THE SIGNIFICANT THING IS THAT NOW THE MULTINATIONAL FORCE EXISTS, AND NOW THERE IS AN INTERNATIONAL BODY WHICH EXISTS TO PROVIDE POLITICAL GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION TO THAT MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID TODAY. ))
SUPER=01-Paul Heinbecker/Canadian Foreign Affairs Official; :
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OUT Q=we did today,
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Near Sake, Zaire; :


The mission will likely be made up of one or two-thousand troops, rather than the 10-thousand originally planned.
Participating countries are offering assistance with everything from medical personnel to aircraft.
Thousands of refugees remain cut-off from their camps, because of continuing Tutsi and Hutu fighting.
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tease#1

music under
ANCHOR=Connie
SS=NONE


There's more NEWS-7 Primetime headed your way--
Now that Thanksgiving's over-- (----------------)
VO-NAT

most people are turning their attention to the next holiday-- and that means shopping.
We'll go the mall when we come back.
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WEFC!!!
go to break

p-shopping


ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=amo
TAPE#596-45
GRAPHIC=christmas shopping


Shopping was on the minds of many in Southwestern and Central Virginia today-- for the traditional first day of the Christmas shopping season.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;


A newly remodled Tanglewood Mall is banking on its new look.
SUPER=03-Roanoke;


The parking lots were full-- and over at Valley View Mall-- the expected grid-lock with the new Walmart Super Center never materialized.
Merchants and shoppers say easier than expected access to the mall and its stores, translated into decent sales.
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SOT 96-82 50:47
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(( ))
SUPER=01-Scott Ashcraft/Valley View Mall; :00
SUPER=01-Marie Compton/Fink's Jewelers; :11
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=UP SUBSTANTIALLY.
OUT Q=THEY'RE BUYING.
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VO-NAT


And the bags were the best indication-- as many shoppers found it tough to keep ahold of their overflowing packages.
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P-Fur-Protest


ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#net-b

wipe wipe wipe
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-New York; :


As many people spent their post-Thanksgiving time shopping... in bigger cities, a smaller, but vocal minority spent the day in protest-- in what was dubbed "Fur Free Friday."
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SOT 00:11:22
IN Q=NAT SOUND YELLING
RUNS=:06
OUT Q=NAT SOUND YELLING
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****CONNIE AUDIO ON CART*****
In Manhattan, police had to use power saws to break apart anti-fur protesters chained together on Fifth Avenue.
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SOT 00:12:31
IN Q=Macy's

((MACY'S, BRING OUT YOUR DEAD. MACY'S, BRING OUT YOUR DEAD. ))
RUNS=:06
OUT Q=our your dead. NAT SOUND
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-San Francisco; :


In San Francisco, the group "In Defense of Animals" chose the busiest shopping day of the year to protest the sale of furs at Macy's Department Stores.
Nine protesters were arrested at Union Square there.
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P-Prepaid-Tuition


ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#96-84 net-k
GRAPHIC=Education


Starting Monday, pre-paid tuition plans for any of Virginia's public colleges or universities go on sale.
Thanks to the Virginia Higher Education Trust Fund.
But investment analysts say mutual funds would be a better deal--
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;


So we asked the state's number one investor if he thought the pre-paid plans were a good idea for parents.
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SOT 02;42;19
IN Q=Yes. Obviously.

((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN: YES. OBVIOUSLY. I WOULDN'T IF I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS. IT'S AN OPTION. I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO SAY WELL "HERE, INVEST IN MERRILL LYNCH, INVEST IN AMERICAN CAPITAL FUNDS, INVEST IN YOU KNOW SUCH AND SUCH MUTUAL FUNDS." INDIVIDUALS CAN MAKE THOSE DECISIONS THEMSELVES. YOU KNOW ME. I DON'T LIKE THE GOVERNMENT TELLING ANYBODY WHAT TO DO UNLESS THEY'RE HARMING SOMEONE ELSE. THIS IS ANOTHER OPTION.))
SUPER=@Allen;
RUNS=:24
OUT Q=another option.
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VO-NAT


A toll-free hotline has been set up by the state.
1-888-567-0540 will get you more information on the pre-paid tuition plan.
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p-bOXING


ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=1OPM
WRITER=jmo
TAPE# 596-43
GRAPHIC=BOXING


For the first time in more than a dozen years, boxing returns to Roanoke.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;


Tonight, several hundred people converged on the Roanoke Civic Center for "The Brawl Beneath the Star."
A little more than 500 tickets were sold.
That number was somewhat disppointing for promoters.
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SOT 6:55:41
IN Q=I think we're

(( ))
SUPER=01-Rick Hawkins/Promotor;
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=pick back up.
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VO-NAT


E-S-P-N-TWO carried the event live.
The main match was between Thomas "The Hitman" Hearns and Karl Willis.
Hearns was declared the winner two minutes--and 45 seconds into the fifth round.
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tease#2

music under
ANCHOR=Connie
SS=NONE


Stick around...can you have control over a baby's health BEFORE conception?
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VO-NAT


That story-- and on Primetime Sports-- Steve Mason has the highlights of the state grudge match between Virginia Tech and U-V-A.
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WEFC!!!
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P-T'wood-Shuttle


ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=amo
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=holiday shopping


For those shoppers still full from their holiday meals, Tanglewood Mall offered a solution.
Mall employees are using golf carts to take people to and from their cars.
It's the first time they've experimented with the Tanglewood Shuttle Bug.
The shuttle runs through Christmas Eve. Forecasts
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Rain/43-46;
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Rain/42-44;
SUPER=332-Freezing Rain/Possible/25-28/Rain Likely/Wind SE-10/50-52;
SUPER=333-Light Freezing/Rain Late/27-29/Freezing Rain/Changing To Rain/40-42;
SUPER=334-Rain Likely/Wind SE-10/34-38/Rain Likely/Wind S-15/50-52;
SUPER=X5001;

RRE-CST-TOSS
ANCHOR=Connie


Stay tuned-- Primetime sports is coming up on News-7 Primetime, right here on WEFC. cc sponsor go to break

P-Carbon-Monoxide


ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=carbon monoxide posioning


The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is issuing warnings about an invisible killer-- carbon monoxide.
The government reminds us every year, that running a car in a garage can be deadly-- even with a door open.
The C-D-C also warns against using propane heaters inside campers.

P-Coffee


ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#596-42
GRAPHIC=Coffee


Sniffing the smell of coffee...it may be as close to it as you should get, at least if it's brewed in the popular "Press Pots."
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VO-NAT
Another study---this one in the British Medical Journal--says that the

metal screen used in the pots lets harmful chemicals through....which can lead to heart disease.
The researchers claim traditional pots with paper filters are safer-- because they trap the harmful chemicals.
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P-Genetics


ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#596-41
GRAPHIC=family planning


Every couple planning a family wants a HEALTHY baby....but many people don't realize how much influence they really have.
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VO-NAT


There are things you can do even before conception to help ensure a healthy baby.
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SOT 10:33:51
IN Q=That's the

((DR. SUSAN PAULKER/HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE: THAT'S THE KEY, PRIOR TO CONCEPTION AND THE DEAL IS YOU HAVE TO EITHER WATCH YOUR NUTRITION, OR TAKE A MULTIPLE VITAMIN THAT CONTAINS FOLIC ACID. ))
SUPER=01-Dr. Susan Paulker/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care; :
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OUT Q=folic acid.
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***CONNIE AUDIO ON CART****
Getting enough folic acid, the amount found in a multi-vitamin is a crucial first step, but women should also avoid alcohol, cigarettes, drugs-- and both men and women should know their family's medical history.
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SOT 10:34:09
IN Q=So if a doctor

((SO IF A DOCTOR ASKS YOU, WHERE ARE YOUR PARENTS FROM, AND I DON'T MEAN OHIO, BUT FROM ASIA OR AFRICA, THEN THEY MIGHT BE WANTING TO KNOW IF YOU'RE AT INCREASED RISK FOR CARRYING A GENE WE KNOW CAN CAUSE A PROBLEM. ))
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OUT Q=cause a problem.
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VO-NAT


So the more knowledge you have, the more likely your doctor can help you have a healthy baby.
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cool-video


ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=amo
TAPE#cool video
GRAPHIC=News-7 primetime


Tonight, our video of the day is actually a familiar site...with a twist.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=75-Akron, OH; :


That classic sound of coins dropping into the Salvation Army collection kettle may soon be a thing of the past.
Donors in the Akron, Ohio area can now use their credit cards, to charge their donations.
The Salvation Army's National Office is keeping a close eye on the experiment.
It's hoping people will be inspired to give more-- and at the same time, reduce the risk of theft against the bell ringers.
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SP-Scores


ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#R-34
GRAPHIC=Sports Logo


Coming up tonight on Primetime sports, Steve Mason will have a report on Virginia Tech's win over Virginia in Blacksburg.
And a big shakeup this afternoon in racing.
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=03-Charlotte; :


Larry McReynolds is leaving the Texaco Havoline racing team of Robert Yates and joining Richard Childress.
McReynolds the crew chief for Ernie Irvans car will now become Dale Earnhardt's Crew Chief.
In 11 years of racing on the Winston Cup circut McReynold's cars have won 22 races.
Now here's the numbers.
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SUPER=0098-/Pittsburgh/61/j/North Carolina#14/82////Duke#6///Indiana#20////;
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SUPER=0098-j/Clemson#10/78//Delaware/71///j/Syracuse#12/85//Maine/65///;
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SUPER=0098-j/Tulsa#22/55//Evansville/51///;
SUPER=X5028;
SUPER=0096-j/Houston/120//Boston/94////Orlando/86//Philadelphia/93/4//;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0096-/Washington/91/j/Atlanta/110////Vancouver/76//Indiana/84/4//;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0096-/L.A. Lakers/50//Detroit/44/3///Chicago/61//Dallas/42/3//;
SUPER=X5031;
SUPER=0103-/Vancouver/3/j/Boston/7////Chicago/0/j/Anaheim/2///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0103-/Ottawa/0//Buffalo/2/3///N.Y. Islanders/1//Washington/0/3//;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0103-/Dallas/2//Tampa Bay/1/3///Hartford/0//Florida/1/3//;
SUPER=X5020;
SUPER=0101-j/Nebraska#4/17//Colorado#5/12///j/Virginia
Tech#17/26//Virginia/9///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0101-j/LSU#19/17//Arkansas/7///;
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OUT Q=....last score."


SP-Hokies


ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=VF 96-2
GRAPHIC=Tech/UVa


Virginia tech topped the University of Virginia in the battle for the Commonwealth Cup today in Blacksburg.
Steve Mason recaps an incredible day at Lane Stadium.
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IN Q=first audio
SUPER=03-Blacksburg/Cavaliers vs. Hokies; :
SUPER=01-Tiki Barber/UVa All Time Leading Rusher; :
SUPER=01-Brandon Semones/7 Tackles Today; :
SUPER=01-Jim Druckenmiller/Passed for 2 TD's; :
SUPER=36-Virginia Tech/26/Virginia/9; :
SUPER=01-Ronde Barber/UVa Cornerback; :
SUPER=@steve1; :
RUNS=2:22
OUT Q=...News 7 sports"



bye


ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=amo
TAPE#bds
GRAPHIC=none

watching NEWS-7 Primetime, have a nice weekend. You catch more news in 30-minutes on NEWS-7 at 11 on WDBJ-7. Thanks for
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