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News 7 at Five is next-
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This man finds a photograph that may help lead to the Olympic Park bomber.
Plus it's called Together, but one area dating service may be splitting town.
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Wx-Heads
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We will be locked in a cloudy, wet forecast for a few days. The latest
forecast is coming up.
MEDICAL-HEADS
ANCHOR=Connie
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On Health Check-- there could be help on the way for those employees at
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VO-NAT
risk for Repetitive Stress injuries.
The government wants businesses to take action, to prevent the
fastest-growing type of workplace injury.
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It appears Roanoke County's Together dating service is breaking up.
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5-Together
ANCHOR=Jean
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TAPE#596-37
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A local dating service is no longer signing up new members, and it's current
member's accounts will be temporarily transferred out of state.
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Eric Earnhart is live in our Newsroom with more about Together Dating
Service.
ANCHOR=eric
Jean, Together dating service's Roanoke franchise recently laid
offSUPER=@Eric1;
some of their staff members, yesterday, their doors were locked.
We called their corporate headquarters to see what was going on.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;
Together Dating Service's corporate headquarters told us this morning that
the local office's franchise had been terminated, because it was not making
enough sales, and because of a negative rating with the Better Business Bureau.
Owner John Byron told us that wasn't true, but wouldn't elaborate on camera.
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SOT=4:47:56
IN Q=nope, turn it off
((JOHN BYRON/TOGETHER DATING SERVICE; NOPE TURN IT OFF. I'VE BEEN TALKING TO
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS, AND THEY'RE TELLING ME THAT YOUR FRANCHISE HAS BEEN
PULLED. NO, I'M SORRY, I WILL NOT TALK, LEAVE RIGHT NOW THANK YOU. HAS YOUR
FRANCHISE BEEN PULLED SIR. THAT IS NOT TRUE.))
SUPER=01-John Byron/Together Dating Service;
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=that is not true
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VO-NAT
But a spokesman for Together Dating Service's corporate headquarters in
Framingham Massachusetts, Elizabeth Weir told us quote "we have terminated his
franchise, we are allowing him to operate until we can re-sell that market.
Late today, Weir told us she was assigning local customers to their
Greensboro office.
Local customers can still receive service over the holidays by calling area
code 910-292-8811.
The Greensboro franchise owner will open a new local office in Roanoke
sometime in January.
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ANCHOR=Eric/full
Together's corporate offices say current customers will not see any
interruption in service...
double boxes jean/eric
though they will have to call a long distance number through the holidays...
Jean?
(question... do current customers need to be concerned...)
5-Traffic-Stops
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
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GRAPHIC=SCOTUS need super na082
Should police have more power when they make routine traffic stops?
That's what the Supreme Court is left to decide.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Washington DC;
Attorney General Janet Reno wants police to have the right to order all
passengers out of a vehicle.
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SOT 15:03:09
IN Q=
((LET'S FACE IT THERE ARE CONFIGURATIONS OF MINIVANS, YOU'VE GOT TINTED
WINDOWS. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S INSIDE THAT VAN OR CAR WHEN YOU ARRIVE.))
SUPER=01-J. Joseph Curran/Maryland Attorney General;
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OUT Q=WHEN YOU ARRIVE."
ANCHOR=Jean
SS=HOLD
It appears the justices are expressing doubt.
Many asked questions and some seemed troubled by giving police that power.
5-FBI-Photo
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
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GRAPHIC=olympics explosion
An Atlanta man did exactly what the FBI asked him to-
Now it may help identify the Olympic Park bomber.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Atlanta;
This 35 year old found a picture of a man carrying a military style backpack
at Olympic Park.
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SOT 15:01:45
IN Q=
((THE SIGNIFICANT THING IS NUMBER ONE IT WAS TAKEN PRIOR TO THE BOMBING WE KNOW
THAT CAUSE AFTER THE BOMBING THE WHOLE THING WAS CHANGED.))
SUPER=01-Ted Miltiades/Photographer;
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OUT Q=THING WAS CHANGED."
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VO-NAT
SUPER=04-Monday;
The backpack is just like the one the FBI displayed earlier this week.
The man is only seen from the back- but the FBI says it's the only picture
showing the backpack out of thousands reviewed.
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HARD MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Jean
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Straight ahead on NEWS-7 at FIVE-- a close call for a Roanoke pilot.
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But first, without warning, Roanoke County Schools are subject to random
drug searches throughout the year. We'll go to Hidden Valley Junior High.
ANCHOR=Connie
On Health Check, a report from Richmond, where a procedure used to treat
skin cancer might also work for breast cancer.
2-SHOT
Anchor=Jean
A little later a cop is directing traffic to the beat.
ANCHOR=Connie
Stay tuned for that story and the Two Minute Ticker when NEWS-7 at FIVE
returns.
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5-Drug-Search
ANCHOR=Jean
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Roanoke County schools have become grounds for random drug searches.
When it happens it is a surprise to the students and administrators.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;
While school officials expect the searches sometime during the year, the
police arrive with their K-9 units without warning.
Today the team of nine officers paid an unannounced visit to Hidden Valley
Junior High School.
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IN Q=It's not a
((DAVE BLEVINS/HIDDEN VALLEY PRINCIPAL: IT'S NOT A TOTAL SURPRISE TO THEM.
THEY WERE AWARE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON AS SOON AS THE POLICE ARRIVED. I THINK
THE PUBLIC RELATIONS PART OF LETTING STUDENTS KNOW THAT IT COULD HAPPEN IS A
DETERRENT TO BRING THINGS TO SCHOOL THEY SHOULDN'T BE BRINGING. ))
SUPER=01-Dave Blevins/Hidden Valley Principal;
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=be bringing.
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Students are removed from the classrooms and told to leave all possessions
behind.
In just a few minutes the dogs sniff everything. This time they found
several alerts.
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IN Q=If we don't
((LT. T.W. HAYNES: IF WE DON'T LOCATE ANYTHING, THAT KIDS HAVE BEEN AROUND IT
OR THE DOGS HAVE HIT ON SOMETHING, THE DOGS ARE ALERTING ON SOMETHING THAT WAS
THERE.))
SUPER=01-Lt. T.W. Haynes/Roanoke Co. Police;
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=that was there.
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VO-NAT
No arrests were made at the schools today.
Police say not only do they execute the searches to make arrests, but to
send the message that drugs are not tolerated in Roanoke County schools.
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5-Holland
ANCHOR=Jean
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WRITER=jmc
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GRAPHIC=plane crash private
A pilot from Roanoke walked away from a plane crash in Georgia.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Atlanta;
Dwight Holland's plane hit a tree yesterday as he was trying to land at an
Airport outside of Atlanta.
Authorities say Holland missed the runway by about one hundred feet.
Firefighters had to use a cherry-picker to get him out of the plane.
The craft was stuck in a tree about 60 feet up.
Holland was not hurt.
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5-Nativity-Scene
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=equ
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The debate over religious displays in public spaces has taken a new twist in
Virginia.
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SUPER=@File;
Governor George Allen has welcomed a nativity scene and a Hannukah display
into his formal waiting room.
The Governor even helped set it up.
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SOT 06:53:31
IN Q=
((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN: THE WAY I LOOK AT THIS -- THE LOGIC AND THE RATIONALE.
CHRISTMAS IS A STATE HOLIDAY...DENY SOMEONE THEIR DESIRE TO DO THIS.))
SUPER=@Allen;
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OUT Q=to do this.
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Fairfax resident Rita Warren was allowed to display her nativity scene in a
State Capitol hallway last year.
This year a legislative committee turned her down.
Governor Allen says he'll consider an ACLU First Amendment display for his
office too.
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ANCHOR=Jean
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Christmas is not always a joyous time for everyone, but the Community
Christmas Store is hoping to spread cheer in the valley.
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5-CHRISTMAS-STORE
ANCHOR=Jean
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Each year the Community Christmas Store in Salem opens it's doors to give
people an opportunity to have a special holiday.
DOUBLE BOX JEAN/PATRICK
Today Patrick Evans gives us a tour of this charitable facility and all it
offers to families in need.
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SUPER=01-Teresa Gereaux/Community Christmas Store;
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Forecasts
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SUPER=333-Cloudy Skies/A Few Showers/40-43/Periods Of Rain/Light Winds/50-53;
SUPER=334-Showers Late/Wind SW-10/44-46/Rain Likely/Wind S-10/52-56;
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health music under
ANCHOR=Jean
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WRITER=amo
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Still to come...Mike Stevens takes his Two Minute Ticker on the road to
tonight's Friday Football Extra Banquet.
Anchor=Connie
On Health Check-- the latest theory on preventing mental retardation in low
birth weight babies.
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Plus, we're always hearing nutritional praise for carrots.
Doctors now think they know just what's so good about them.
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5-Repetitive
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=cst
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GRAPHIC=workplace injuries
The government says expect new regulations to prevent repetitive stress
injuries in the workplace.
The Labor Department wants to put an end to R-S-I -- the fastest-growing
type of workplace injury.
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Efforts will focus on workplace inspections, as well as education and
research.
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SOT 18:45:19
IN Q=We're not
(( ROBERT REICH/SECRETARY OF LABOR: WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ROCKET SCIENCE
HERE. IT CAN BE DONE, IT CAN BE DONE CHEAPLY AND THIS HUGE COST TO EMPLOYERS
AND TO EMPLOYEES CAN BE REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY. ))
SUPER=01-Robert Reich/Secretary of Labor; :
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OUT Q=significantly.
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VO-NAT
The labor department says most repetitive stress injuries are from
assembly-line speedups, constant and heavy lifting and long hours
typing at keyboards.
Re-designed equipment, more work breaks, and a change in worker routines
can help solve the health threat.
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5-Lymph-Nodes
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#596-39
GRAPHIC=cancer research
A new study in today's Journal of the American Medical Association
highlights a procedure used in treating skin cancer that might also work for
breast cancer.
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SUPER=04-Virginia Commonwealth Univ.; :
This patient had a melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer.
Rather than removing the group of lymph nodes under his arm to see if the
cancer spread-- his doctors injected the site of his cancer with a radioactive
isotope and using a special probe, followed the tracer to a lymph node.
Then under a local anasthetic a small incision was made and only the one
lymph node was removed to test for cancer.
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IN Q=The accuracy
((DR. BEAR: THE ACCURACY OF THE SENTINAL NODE, AT LEAST IN MELANOMA, FOR
PREDICTING WHETHER ALL THE LYMPH NODES ARE INVOLVED OR NOT IS ABOUT 98%.))
SUPER=01-Dr. Harry D. Bear/Medical College of Virginia; :
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OUT Q=is about 98%
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A new study has found it might also work for breast cancer patients-- and
could change what treatment they'd need.
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IN Q=If the sentinel
((DR. BEAR: IF THE SENTINEL LYMPH NODE WERE NEGATIVE, WE WOULD HOPE, HOPEFULLY
BE ABLE TO ASSUME THAT THE ENTIRE LYMPH GROUP WAS ALSO NEGATIVE AND THAT
PATIENT PROBABLY WOULD NOT NEED CHEMOTHERAPY. ))
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=chemotherapy.
ANCHOR=Connie
SS=HOLD
The breast cancer study in JAMA looked at 62 breast cancer patients and
found that in the 18 cases where the cancer had spread....the sentinel lymph
node tested positive in each of those cases.
So, it seems to be very accurate, without being invasive.
5-Carrots
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#596-40
GRAPHIC=cancer research
British doctors say they've figured out how carrots fight cancer.
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They claim that the beta-carotene in carrots as well as other vegetables
starts a chain reaction.
It stimulates a molecule, which in turn, helps the immune system pinpoint
and kill cancer cells.
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5-Magnesium
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#596-41
GRAPHIC=pregnancy
Government researchers say magnesium appears to significantly reduce the
risk of cerebral palsy and retardation in newborns.... if it's taken in large
doses by women when they are pregnant.
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VO-NAT
The mineral is commonly prescribed for pre-term labor and high-blood
pressure during pregnancy.
Scientists don't know how the magnesium works...so they aren't yet
recommending that all pregnant women take a supplement, or eat green leafy
vegetables, nuts or whole grains.
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5-Contraceptives
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#596-42
GRAPHIC=women's health
In Japan, a decades-old ban on the birth control pill may be lifted within
a year.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Tokyo;
It's more than a medical controversy-- as access to the pill, is for these
women, having control over their bodies.
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SOT 20:27:32
IN Q=Sexual issues
(( PROF. YORIKO MEGURO/SOCIOLOGIST: SEXUAL ISSUES HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE BIG
TABOOS IN OUR COUNTRY, AND SO WE HAD VERY LITTLE EDUCATION.))
SUPER=01-Prof. Yoriko Meguro/Sociologist;
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=little education.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Tokyo; :
Condoms are now the main form of birth control in Japan...the government has
kept the pill off the market claiming it had too many side effects.
Also, in Japan, abortions are easy to come by....abortion is considered a
form of contraception.
But that may soon change...with the calls for reform from Japan's Health
Minister.
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S5-Banquet
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#NONE
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The airport Marriott is indeed the place to be tonight as Your Hometown
station wraps up its 13th season of Friday Football Extra with our annual
postseason awards banquet.
DOUBLE BOXES jEAN/mIKE
Tonight's host, the man who knows almost everything about high school
football, Mike Stevens joins us with a preview.
Mike ad lib
SUPER=21-Mike Stevens;
SUPER=22-Roanoke
SUPER=01-Carl Guffey/WDBJ Operations - Engineering Mgr.
SUPER=22-Roanoke;
(toss to break)
5-Kicker
ANCHOR=Jean
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WRITER=JJA
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His quick moves stop holiday shoppers in their tracks.
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((WHISTLING NAT SOUND))
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OUT Q=NAT SOUND WHISTLING."
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SUPER=03-Providence, RI;
Retired police man Tony Lapour comes out of retirement once a year to spin
his heels- and twist to the beat.
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SOT 10:16:18
IN Q=
((I DO A LOT OF AEROBICS, WEIGHTS, STRETCHING AND A LOT OF CYCLING. GOTTA STAY
IN SHAPE YOU KNOW.))
SUPER=02-Tony LePore/Dancing Cop;
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OUT Q=in shape you know."
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LePore's appeared in T-V ads and newspaper articles.
He's even writing his autobiography- titled Traffic Jamming.
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TOSS TO ROBIN
six-preview
ANCHOR=Jean
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(toss to ROBIN)
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(ROBIN tosses to Jean)
ANCHOR=Jean
Virginia executed its sixth death row inmate last night.
There are three more to go this month.
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Keith Humphry spoke with a minister today who witnessed Larry Stout's
execution.
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ANCHOR=Keith
That's right Jean.
SUPER=@Keith1;
And he'll be there TOMORROW night when Lem Tuggle is put to death.
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Bob West will have witnessed four executions by this time next week.
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SOT 1:57:05
IN Q=You don't sleep
((YOU DON'T SLEEP AT NIGHT.
NIGHTMARES? NO NIGHTMARES. YOU'RE JUST RESTLESS.))
SUPER=01-Bob West/Heartbeat Prison Ministry
RUNS=:07
OUT Q=just restless.
ANCHOR=Keith
We'll hear his account of what happened last night... and talk a little
about his prison ministry.
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Coming up on NEWS 7 at SIX.
ANCHOR=Jean
That's it for NEWS-7 at FIVE-- for more news later tonight--
full screen
check out the region's first local primetime newscast, NEWS-7 Primetime with
Connie Stevens-- tonight at 10 on WEFC.
Thanks for watching-- Goodnight.
ANCHOR=Jean
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