12:00-01
NOON-HEADLINES
TALENT=Melanie
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VO-NAT
A blast is reported outside a Washington planned parenthood clinic on the
anniversary of Roe v. wade.
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And jury is in with its verdict in the Food Lion Vs. A-B-C news lawsuit.
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TALENT=Patrick
SS=NONE
Rain on the way for this afternoon, we'll check out the latest radar
imagery along with the complete local forecast. I'll have that and some local
basketball highlights as well.
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TALENT=Melanie
SS=None
Don't go away, the news is next.
Abortion-bomb
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=bombing
The nation's capital is gearing up for a day of protests.
Today marks the 24th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court
decision legalizing abortion.
Thousands of anti-abortion activists are expected to take part in the annual
March for Life.
Abortion-rights activists will be holding counter-demonstrations
across the country.
Tension is already high in the capital after an explosive device went off
today near a Washington Planned Parent Clinic.
Dave Fehling is in Washington with an update.
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SUPER=05-Washington DC;
SUPER=01-Dave Fehling/Reporting;
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SOT
IN Q=
SUPER=03-Washington DC;
RUNS=:00
OUT Q=back to you.
SUPER=05-Washington DC;
((A SMALL EXPLOSION FROM WHAT POLICE SOURCES SAY WAS A NON LETHAL TRAINING
GRENADE STARTLED PEOPLE HEADING TO WORK IN DOWNTOWN WASHINGTON. THE EXPLOSION
WAS
DESCRIBED AS MORE THAN A FLASH AND POP, AND HAPPENED A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET
FROM A PLANNED PARENTHOOD CLINIC. SOURCES SAY THE DEVICE WAS FOUND BY A MAN
JUST COMING OFF A NIGHT SHIFT AT A HOTEL. HE IS NOT BELIEVED TO BE LINKED TO
THE ABORTION CONTROVERSY, AND APPARENTLY BY COINCIDENCE, HE WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF
THE MAYFLOWER HOTEL, SITE OF AN ABORTION RIGHTS LUNCHEON THAT THE FIRST LADY
AND VICE PRESIDENT WERE EXPECTED TO ATTEND. THE EXPLOSION, WHICH POLICE SAY
MAY BE UNRELATED TO THE 24TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ROE V. WADE RULING,
NONETHELESS INCREASED TENSIONS AT CLINICS ALREADY PREPARED FOR PROTESTS. IN
LIGHT OF LAST WEEK'S BOMBING AT AN ATLANTA CLINIC AND ANOTHER IN TULSA, THE
PRESIDENT REAFFIRMED HIS PLEDGE TO PUNISH THOSE RESPONSIBLE.
(SOT, CLINTON)
(FEHLING STANDUP CLOSE)))
E-Carroll-Fire
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=tal
TAPE#96-107
GRAPHIC=Fatal Fire
Two brothers are dead after a fire consumed their home yesterday morning.
Tracy Altizer reports from Carroll County.
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SOT
IN Q=The foundation is about
SUPER=03-Carroll Co.; :00
SUPER=07-Jennifer Spears; :14
SUPER=@Tracy1; :48
SUPER=01-John Best/Neighbor; 1:08
RUNS=1:31
OUT Q=Altizer, NEws 7.
(( The foundation is all that remains of the Spears residence in Pipers Gap.
When 16- year- old Jennifer Spears woke up around 5am, her bedroom wall was
glowing red. She could hear her father yelling that the house was on fire.
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SOT 10:13:47
((JENNIFER SPEARS: SO I RAN OUT INTO THE HALL AND SAW THAT THERE WAS FLAMES
COMING THROUGH THE DOORWAY. ))
RUNS=:05
Jennifer escaped through a basement door.
She ran to a neighbor's to call 911, then returned to help her father bang
an oil drum in a desperate attempt to awaken her brothers, 11- year- old Mark
and 13- year- old John.
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SOT 10:15:56
((THEN WHEN THE HOUSE STARTED, SOME THINGS STARTED EXPLODING, I GUESS IT WAS
LIKE APPLIANCES AND STUFF STARTED BLOWING UP. SO I GOT HOLD OF MY DAD AND
STARTED BRINGING HIM UP TOWARDS THE ROAD. ))
RUNS=:15
SUJennifer believes her brothers were probably overcome by smoke and never
heard her and her father screaming at them to get out of the house. Another
brother, 14- year-old Matthew escaped by climbing through a window, across the
roof and down a tree.su
Officials believe the fire started around a wood stove.
The tragedy stunned the family's neighbors.
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SOT 10:22:06
((JOHN BEST/NEIGHBOR: WELL THE COMMUNITY AROUND HERE IS PUTTING ALL, WHATEVER
THEY CAN INTO. I MEAN THIS PLACE HAS BEEN FLOCKED WITH WHAT CAN WE DO, WHAT CAN
WE NOT, WHAT CAN WE DO AND EVERYTHING. ))
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=and everything.
Edward Spears is being treated for smoke inhalation.
His son Matthew is in serious condition at Shriners Burn Center in
Cincinnati. Tracy Altizer, News 7.))
Drug-Bust
ANCHOR=Mel
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=THa
TAPE#96-102
GRAPHIC=none
The results of a significant undercover drug operation are being felt on the
Southside.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co.;
This morning authorities began rounding up suspects.
The man charged with shooting and wounding a Danville police officer late
last year was among the first to be brought in.
Marlowe Andre Farmer is charged with cocaine distribution.
Nearly 40- others in the Pittsylvania County area were also arrested this
morning by federal, state and local police.
Those charged were taken to Mount Herman Elementary near Danville where
authorities are compiling their paperwork.
Authorities expect to arrest more than a hundred more suspects.
The undercover drug operation has been underway for more than a year.
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Food-lION
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=mel
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=legal scales
After six days of deliberations a North Carolina jury has awarded Food Lion
five and a half million dollars in punitive damages in its lawsuit against
A-B-C.
The federal jury found the network committed fraud with its hidden- camera
expose on food-handling at Food Lion.
Food Lion was seeking FIFTY-TWO million dollars.
YELTSIN
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=yeltsin
Russian Communists have failed in their attempt today to oust President Boris
Yeltsin for being sick.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Moscow, Russia;
The move in the lower house of parliament was defeated 102 to 87.
The vote came only hours after Yeltsin made a surprise trip to the Kremlin
to prove he's not too ill to run the country.
He was hospitalized for nearly two weeks with pneumonia.
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Albright
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=Albright;
Madeleine Albright takes her place in the history books today.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Washington DC/Monday;
The Senate is expected to overwhelmingly confirm Albright as the first
female Secretary of State.
Albright was unanimously approved by the Foreign Relations Committee on
Monday.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=Washington;
Meantime, The Armed Services Committee opens hearings today on nomination of
Senator William Cohen as Defense Secretary.
ATLANTIS
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=landing atlantis
Astronaut John Blaha is getting use to gravity this afternoon.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Kennedy Space Ctr.;
Blaha and the rest of the astronauts aboard Atlantis returned to earth
shortly before 9:30 this morning.
Blaha spent four months aboard the Russian space station Mir.
He changed places with astronaut Jerry Lineager who will be on Mir until
May.
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SIMPSON
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=net
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=simpson
Closing arguments resume today in O.J. Simpson's civil trial.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Santa Monica, CA;
When the plaintiffs' attorney Daniel Petrocelli wraps up his closing
argument he'll focus on Simpson's behavior in the hours before the murders.
Yesterday Petrocelli pointed his finger directly at Simpson, calling him a
killer.
He also told the jury Simpson continually lied on the witness stand.
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SOT
IN Q=
((LAURIE LEVENSON/CBS NEWS CONSULTANT: WHAT PETROCELLI IS ARGUING IS OJ IS
LYING AND THE REASON HE IS LYING IS HE
KNOWS HE COMMITTED THESE ACTS AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU
HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SAYING HE'S THE KILLER.
))
SUPER=01-Laurie Levenson/CBS News Consultant;
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=he's the killer.
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VO-NAT
The jury could get the case tomorrow.
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WIPE/WIPE/WIPE
INFANT-DEATH
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=WIPE/WIPE/WIPE
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Wilmington, DE;
Two high school sweethearts accused of killing their newborn and dumping him
in the trash are free on bail this afternoon.
Amy Grossberg and Brian Peterson are under house arrest in Delaware until
electronic monitors are set up in their New Jersey homes.
They'll be tried on charges of first-degree murder in September.
They could face the death penalty.
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E-Feticide
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=EQU
TAPE#96-109
GRAPHIC=session 97
The debate over murder and abortion took a new turn in the Virginia Assembly
yesterday.
Ellen Qualls has this report. We'll warn viewers some of the language in
this report is blunt.
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SOT
IN Q=They're calling
SUPER=03-Richmond; :00
SUPER=01-Del. Randy Forbes/(R) Chesapeake; :06
SUPER=01-Del. Vivian Watts/(D) Annandale; :29
SUPER=@Cranwell; :52
SUPER=01-Del. Bob Marshall/(R) Manassas; (2nd time) 1:07
SUPER=@Ellen1; 1:18
RUNS=1:37
OUT Q=Qualls, News 7, Richmond.
(( They're calling it feticide -- and the bill's supporters make a strong
argument for greater punishment.
sot FRED TAPE
((DEL. RANDY FORBES/R-CHESAPEAKE: IN FACT THE ONE SITUATION IN RICHMOND THAT
MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE OF. THE QUOTE WHEN THEY KILLED HER WAS "THAT BITCH MAKES
ME SICK. I'LL CUT THAT BABY OUT OF HER STOMACH."))
runs=:15
But feticide bill opponents are careful to leave the fetus out of their
arguments... wary of granting "personhood" status to the fetus.
sot 13:03:12 FRED TAPE
((DEL. VIVIAN WATTS/D-ANNANDALE: THOSE WERE CRIMES AGAINST THE WOMAN. I DON'T
LIKE TO USE THE LANGUAGE "BITCH," BUT THAT'S WHAT HE WAS REFERRING TO AS HE
ATTACKED THE WOMAN.))
runs=:10
So the latest version would be a compromise.
sot 12:43:56 FRED TAPE
((DEL. RANDY FORBES/R-CHESAPEAKE: THAT A HUMAN FETUS CAN BE THE VICTIM OF A
MURDER -- NOTICE WE DON'T SAY IT'S A PERSON, WE DON'T GO INTO ANY OF THAT
LANGUAGE. WE SAY CAN BE THE VICTIM OF A MURDER.))
runs=:11
sot 12:48:23
((DEL. DICK CRANWELL/D-VINTON: WE STRUGGLED MIGHTILY DOWN IN THE COURTS OF
JUSTICE COMMITTEE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM.))
runs=:08
Abortion rights supporters sent the compromise back to Dick Cranwell's
committee.
sot 12:58:31 FRED TAPE
((DEL. BOB MARSHALL: FOR THREE YEARS NOW THAT I'M AWARE OF, THE COURTS OF
JUSTICE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN A BURYING GROUND FOR ANY LEGISLATION DEALING WITH
ONE SCINTILLA OF THE RIGHTS OF THE PRE-BORN CHILD.))
runs=:13
sot standup
((SO A VOTE ON A BILL ABORTION OPPONENTS CRAFTED WAS PUT OFF THIS TIME... BUT
SOME VERSION OF FETICIDE WILL SURELY BE BACK THIS SESSION. RURAL DEMOCRATS WHO
MAY FAVOR ABORTION RIGHTS WILL NOT WANT TO BE ON RECORD IN AN ELECTION YEAR NOT
STIFFENING PENALTIES FOR THOSE WHO MURDER PREGNANT WOMEN. ELLEN QUALLS, NEWS
7, RICHMOND.))
RUNS=:17))
E-Personal-Property
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=equ
TAPE#96-110
GRAPHIC=Virginia State Seal
The debate over a popular proposal to eliminate Virginia's personal property
tax continued yesterday in Richmond.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;
Local officials are NOT excited.
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SOT 12:06:30
IN Q=It will
((EARL REYNOLDS/MARTINSVILLE CITY MANAGER: IT WILL ELIMINATE A SOURCE OF LOCAL
REVENUE...PERFORM AS STRONGLY.))
sot senate finance tape 12:10:42
((SEN. CHARLES COLGAN/D-MANASSAS: TODAY WE'VE HEARD MOST OF THOSE SPEAKING
...THIS IS THE TAXPAYER'S BILL.))
SUPER=01-Earl Reynolds/Martinsville City Manager; :00
SUPER=01-Sen. Charles Colgan/(D) Manassas; :13
RUNS=:26
OUT Q=taxpayer's bill.
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VO-NAT
Senator Colgan's proposal would raise the state sales tax to make up for
lost revenue.
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S-Mason-Dixon
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=eea
TAPE#96-101
GRAPHIC=News 7 Poll
The coming Governor's race is just about a dead heat, according to the
latest News 7-Mason Dixon poll.
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VO-NAT
Democrat Don Beyer has a slim, one point lead over Republican Jim Gilmore,
and 19 percent of the voters are undecided.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=hold
In the race for Lieutenant Governor, Democrat L.F. Payne has a sizable lead
over all three potential Republican candidates, though about half the voters
are undecided.
The race for Attorney General G-O-P nominee is still wide open.
All four candidates are running in single digits, with 80 percent of the
voters undecided.
E-Haskins
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#96-108
GRAPHIC=Haskins
Hundreds of people turned out yesterday to pay tribute to Lynchburg city
councilman Junius Haskins.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg;
Haskins died of an apparent heart attack while on city business in
Washington D.C. last week.
Lieutenant Governor Don Beyer was among the city and state leaders who spoke
at Haskins' funeral.
They remembered him as a friend and a leader, and a man who was never afraid
to speak his mind.
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SOT 13:32:22//13:37:22
IN Q=Junius was a
((JUNIUS WAS A MOVER AND A SHAKER. WHAT WILL CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS BE LIKE
WITHOUT HIS OUTRAGE, WITHOUT HIS LEGISLATIVE SKILL, WITHOUT HIS ABILITY TO
BUILD CONSENSUS.))
((JIM WHITAKER/LYNCHBURG MAYOR: HE OFTEN HELPED ME TO SEE THINGS FROM A
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, AND I BELIEVE THE CITY HAS BENEFITTED FROM THAT. I KNOW
I HAVE.))
SUPER=@Beyer; :00
SUPER=01-Jim Whitaker/Lynchburg Mayor; :11
RUNS=:23
OUT Q=know I have.
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VO-NAT
Haskins was laid to rest at Fort Hill Memorial Park.
Today, city council takes up one of his favorite projects..the renovation of
Lynchburg's old train station.
Haskins was in Washington seeking money for that project when he died.
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City-Council
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#net (edit of 96-99)
GRAPHIC=Roanoke Seal
In the past a gate provided limited access between a Roanoke neighborhood
and Hidden Valley Junior High School, but now there's a call for something
bigger.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
Last night, residents near Mount Holland Drive asked Roanoke city council
for a more permanent barrier.
Council ended up voting to construct a landscape island, blocking the Mount
Holland drive access to Hidden Valley.
But council members first heard the passionate arguments of those who say a
permanent barrier will endanger schoolchildren.
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SOT 20:24:48
IN Q=let rationale
((DANIELLE RAND-BYRD: LET RATIONALE, NOT LOW MORALE, DICTATE THAT A GATE
REMAIN A GATE. ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT THE "BERLIN WALL" FROM BEING BUILT. ONLY
YOU CAN PREVENT CHILDREN FROM BEING HARMED OR KILLED IN NEEDLESS ACCIDENTS. ))
SUPER=07-Danielle Rand-Byrd;
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=in needless accidents
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VO-NAT
Meanwhile, some parents and school officials believe citizens are actually
trying to build a boundary between the city and county.
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S-Danville-Guard
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=THa
TAPE#97-1
GRAPHIC=Bosnia
Some Danville National Guard members may soon be heading overseas.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Danville;
46 unit members should know in a day or two whether they'll be sent to
Bosnia as part of "Operation Joint Guard".
The Danville guard members generally undergo their annual training at Fort
Pickett in the summer but received news they are being sent there in less than
a week.
The unit is part of the Fire Support Element.
They coordinate and plan artillery support.
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WEATHER
SUPER=300-44/62/E 5mph/30.13f/65/1959/-3/1970;
SUPER=301-46/68/S 10mph/30.16f/74/1932/-4/1970;
Forecasts
SUPER=X5000;
SUPER=330-Evening Showers/Partial Clearing/32-36/Mostly Sunny/& Breezy/48-52;
SUPER=331-Evening Showers/Then Clearing/34-38/Mostly Sunny/& Breezy/50-54;
SUPER=332-Showers Likely/Ending Late/32-36/Partly/Cloudy/42-46;
SUPER=333-Evening Showers/Then Clearing/30-34/Mostly Sunny/& Breezy/44-48;
SUPER=334-Showers/Ending by Dawn/32-36/Partly Cloudy/& Cooler/36-40;
SUPER=X5001;
Maryland
ANCHOR=Patrick
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#BB97-2
GRAPHIC=MARYLAND
On the college courts the Maryland Terrapins refused to show up flat two days
after upsetting Wake Forest.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Baltimore, MD; :00
Last night the Terps move from College Park to the Baltimore Civic Center to
battle Penn in front of more than 13 thousand fans.
Maryland senior Keith Booth dominated the inside with 26 points and 12
rebounds.
SUPER=33-Pennsylvania/73/Maryland #7/103;
The Terps are now 16-and-2 on the season after wasting the Quakers 103-to-73.
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Galax
ANCHOR=Patrick
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#net (edit of BB97-3)
GRAPHIC=HIGH SCHOOL
In high school hoops last night, the Maroon Tide hosted Grayson County in a
Mountain Empire battle between two old rivals.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Galax/Grayson Co. vs Galax;
The Maroon Tide came out of the gates hard as Michael Shumate steps up and
hits the jumper for a 4 point Galax lead.
Chad McMillan passes inside to Brad Elkins who get 2 of his 12 points to tie
it.
The Tide extended its lead to five thanks to efforts like this one to put
Galax in front by 5.
SUPER=33-Grayson Co./54/Galax/57;
The Blue Devils would stay close with Derrick Phipps scoring a dozen, but
Galax wins it last night 57-to-54.
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Mattingly
ANCHOR=Patrick
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S6-24
GRAPHIC=YANKEES
After picking the wrong year to step away from the game and refire the
competitive juices, former New York Yankee great Don Mattingly has decided to
simply retire.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=04-MLB;:00
The six-time all-star has called a news conference for later today to
formally announce that he leaving the game.
The 19-85 American League MVP leaves the game with a .307 lifetime average
over 14 seasons.
He also hit 222 homers as the Yankees captain.
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Super
ANCHOR=Patrick
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#net (edit of fb96-4)
GRAPHIC=super bowl
The preparation for Super Bowl 31 took a bit of a back seat yesterday as
Patriots and Packers took part in the annual Media Day.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-New Orleans, LA; :00
More than three-thousand reporters and photographers, surrounded the players
and coaches for over an hour.
And for the players the whole Super Bowl experience can be a bit
overwhelming.
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SOT
IN Q=BITE
((ANTONIO FREEMAN/PACKERS WIDE RECEIVER:))
SUPER=01-Antonio Freeman/Packers Wide Receiver; :00
RUNS=:18
OUT Q=...IT CRANKED UP."
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VO-NAT CON'T
No one faced more questions than Brett Favre.
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SOT
IN Q="Crazy...
((BRETT FAVRE/PACKERS QUARTERBACK:))
SUPER=01-Brett Favre/Packers Quarterback; ;00
RUNS=:07
OUT Q=...GLAD IT'S OVER."
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Dancing-Horse
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=none
Australia is famous for Kangaroos and Koala bears, now you can add to that
list a two-stepping horse.
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SOT
IN Q=
SUPER=03-Tamworth, Australia.
RUNS=:05
OUT Q=DANCING PRANCING BOOGIE.
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VO-NAT
Meet Dameero, the line dancing horse, who has been thrilling fans this week
at a country festival.
His trainer Dave Williams has worked with horses for 40 years but this is
his first line-dancer, or as they call it in Australia, boot-scooter.
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by SS