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News-Heads
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Straight ahead on News 7-
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VO-NAT
The O.J. Simpson jury must start over. We'll have a live report.
Disturbing video released of military hazing.
Plus an attorney general candidate responds to that embarrassing videotape
released earlier this month.
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Wx-Heads
TALENT=Robin
SS=None
Temperatures will run way above normal this weekend. The details just ahead.
MEDICAL-HEADS
ANCHOR=Connie
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TAPE#MED HEADS
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On Health Check-- why some doctors aren't using a lifesaving drug on stroke
patients.
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VO-NAT
Plus, preventing the permanent blindness caused by glaucoma....
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2-SHOT
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Video-Open
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VO-NAT
It's back to square one for the jury in the O.J. Simpson case.
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5-sIMPSON
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TAPE#ROLLED FROM THE PATH
GRAPHIC=NEWS-7 AT FIVE
SS=SIMPSON
The judge dismissed one juror today- the only African American on the case-
and ordered the jury to start over with deliberations.
Jennifer Sabih is covering the case. She joins us with the latest from
Santa Monica.
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SUPER=01-Jennifer Sabih/Reporting;
SUPER=22-Santa Monica;
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IN Q=
SUPER=03-Santa Monica;
SUPER=04-Artist: Mona Edwards;
SUPER=01-Bill DeHaven/Courtroom Observer;
RUNS=:00
OUT Q=into next week.
(( The lawyers were summoned to judge hiroshi fujisaki's chambers first thing
in the morning. After almost 90-minutes behind closed doors, the parties
emerged and the jury was summoned for a brief open court session.
Judge Fujisaki told them simply, "ladies and gentlemen of the jury, a juror has
been excused for legal cause." The juror, 64-year old Rose Caraway, was
replaced by an asian man in his 30's who has said he has no opinion on O.J.
Simpson's guilt or innocence. Courtroom observers say the jury had little
reaction to the news.
BILL DE-HAVEN/COURTROOM OBSERVER: THEY SEEMED UPBEAT, NOT REAL UPSET.
Sources say Caraway was dismissed for failaing to tell the court during jury
selection that her daughter works for the Los Angeles District Attorney's
office which prosecuted O.J. Simpson for murder two years ago.
Now, joined by an alternate who had not been privy to the past several days of
deliberations, the judge ordered the new panel to start from scratch, which
means the deliberations will certainly go well into next week. ))
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SUPER=22-Santa Monica;
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5-Emma-Davis
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TAPE#596-45
GRAPHIC=LEGAL SCALES
Six months after she shot her daughter during an argument, a Lynchburg woman
was given a six-month jail term for the crime.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg;
41-year old Emma Jean Davis was convicted of the lesser offense of unlawful
wounding for shooting her daughter four times last July.
SUPER=04-July 31, 1996;
The jury decided Davis acted in the heat of passion after arguing with 26-
year old Tara Kim in their Augusta Street home.
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SOT 3:28:51
IN Q=I think it's
((JOSEPH SANZONE/DEFENSE ATTORNEY: I THINK IT'S A TOUGH CASE FOR THE
COMMONWEALTH BECAUSE AT THE VERY BEGINNING, YOU DEAL WITH A PROVOCATION THAT
CAME FROM THEIR VICTIM, AND IF THERE WASN'T A PROVOCATION, THERE PROBABLY
WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A CRIME.))
((KIM WHITE/PROSECUTOR: I THINK THAT THOSE OF US WHO ARE IN THE COURTROOM EVERY
DAY UNDERSTAND WHAT IS AND WHAT IS NOT HEAT OF PASSION, AND IT'S DIFFICULT FOR
PEOPLE TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT IS.))
SUPER=01-Joseph Sanzone/Defense Attorney; :00
SUPER=01-Kim White/Prosecutor; :11
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OUT Q=what that is.
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VO-NAT
Davis will be formally sentenced in March.
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5-Gil-Davis
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TAPE#596-44
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Republican attorney general candidate Gil Davis summoned reporters to a high
security news conference today to make his case publicly about an embarrassing
videotape.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;
Davis appeared in Richmond, 90 minutes after a Patrick County judge released
him from his role as attorney for Ramona Hines.
He then offered his interpretation of the two year old videotape Hines made
public earlier this month.
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SOT TAPE TWO 01:42:01
IN Q=I don't
((I DON'T, I'VE NEVER, I DON'T HIDE THE FACT THAT I DRINK ALCOHOL.))
SUPER=01-Gil Davis/(R) Attorney General Candidate; quick
RUNS=:05
OUT Q=drink alcohol.
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VO-NAT
Davis says Hines is lying by implying the tape shows him saying HE wanted
her to pose nude for Playboy magazine.
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SOT TAPE ONE 01:24:12
IN Q=I responded
((GIL DAVIS/R-ATTORNEY GENERAL CANDIDATE: I RESPONDED TO WHAT SHE HAD TOLD ME
SEVERAL TIMES. WHICH IS THAT SHE WANTED TO TAKE HER CLOTHES OFF AND POSE FOR
PLAYBOY MAGAZINE. I EVEN TRIED TO END THE SUBJECT AS A TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION BY
TELLING HER TO LEAVE IT IN MY HANDS. THE ENTIRE CONVERSATION WAS UNFORTAKEN
OUT OF CONTEXT TO MAKE IT APPEAR THAT I WANTED HER TO POSE FOR PLAYBOY.))
RUNS=:23
OUT Q=for Playboy.
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VO-NAT
Davis then challenged his three Republican opponents to sign a clean
campaign pledge.
Davis is Paula Jones' attorney in her lawsuit against President Clinton.
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5-Ferrum-Players
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TAPE#597-01
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Four Ferrum College football players are accused of assault and battery,
after a brawl with one of their teammates.
But according to court documents, one of the accused players says the
alleged victim threw the first punch.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Franklin Co.;
The incident happened last week during a pick-up basketball game at the
school's fitness center.
A Ferrum spokesman says a judicial committee has reviewed the case.
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SOT 6:21:32
IN Q=The people
((MATT CONN/FERRUM COLLEGE SPOKESMAN: THE PEOPLE THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE
SITUATION HAVE BEEN DISCIPLINED APPROPRIATELY BUT WE ARE NOT AT LIBERTY TO
DISCUSS WHICH PUNISHMENTS HAVE BEEN TAKEN AGAINST WHICH STUDENTS. ))
SUPER=01-Matt Conn/Ferrum College Spokesman;
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=which students
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VO-NAT
Al Anderson, Michael Bryant, David Cooper and leading rusher Maurice Clark
will be tried February 19th for the alleged beating of Wesley Mattera.
Mattera, however, will be arraigned next week because Clark filed battery
charges against HIM.
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tease#1
HARD MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Jean
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Next on NEWS-7 at FIVE--hazing in the military-- amateur video proves it's
actually happening---but the Clinton administration says it won't tolerate it.
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VO-NAT
And the F-B-I safely detonates a mail bomb in California... the sender
unknown.
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Anchor=Connie
Plus on Health Check, scientists are offering more evidence that people
with low levels of a certain hormone may be prone to obesity.
2-SHOT
ANCHOR=Jean
Patrick has a look at the production: "A Raisin in the Sun"
ANCHOR=Connie
His report, and the Two Minute Ticker when we come back.
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5-FBI-Bomb
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TAPE#net-a
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The F-B-I reports it was a mail bomb found last night outside the Bureau's
San Diego office.
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SOT 10:07:54
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((NAT BOMB BLAST ))
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OUT Q=BOMB BLAST
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-San Diego;
Haz mat crews set off the bomb in three blasts late last night- after
evacuating the building.
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SOT 10:06:43
IN Q=
((THEY WERE PIPES THAT WERE WRAPPED TOGETHER WITH BATTERIES AND SOME KIND OF
SWITCHING DEVICE.))
SUPER=01-Robert Walsh/FBI Special Agent;
RUNS=:07
OUT Q=OF SWITCHING DEVICE."
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VO-NAT
An F-B-I official says the package contained two pipe bombs-- but there's no
information on who sent them, or where they came from.
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5-Military-Hazing
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Some disturbing video is released showing military hazing at Camp LeJeune
North, Carolina.
We warn you this video is graphic-
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VO-NAT
SUPER=04-Amateur Video;
It shows marines beating flight pins into the bare chests of young
paratroopers-
The video is from 1991-
Today, Defense Secretary William Cohen said this abuse has no place in the
military.
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SOT 15:40:35
IN Q=
((WILLIAM COHEN/DEFENSE SECRETARY: I MUST SAY I AM DISTURBED AND DISGUSTED BY
THE TREATMENT OF YOUNG MARINES AND THE HAZING INCIDENTS.))
SUPER=01-William Cohen/Defense Secretary;
RUNS=:07
OUT Q=the hazing incidents."
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VO-NAT
Cohen has asked the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to conduct a
thorough investigation of the incidents.
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5-RAIL-MERGER
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TAPE#596-43
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Officials from Conrail, C-S-X and Norfolk Southern have agreed mum's the
word about today's meeting in Washington, D-C.
They met to discuss the future of Conrail and agreed not to comment on the
outcome.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Philadelphia/File Tape;
Conrail and C-S-X want to combine, but the proposal has been resisted by
Norfolk Southern.
N-S has offered more for Conrail but the three companies have been unable to
hammer out the details.
The two Virginia railroads want to acquire Conrail because of its stronghold
in the Northeast.
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groovy music UNDER
ANCHOR=Connie
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The latest production at Mill Mountain Theater comes just in time for Black
History Month-- and Patrick brings us a preview.
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(( ))
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OUT=AFTER THIS BREAK
STOCKS BUMP NEXT
5-MMT
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TAPE#596-42
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Mill Mountain Theater is hosting an American Classic just in time for
Valentine's Day.
Patrick Evans looks behind the scene of "A Raisin in the Sun" as he chats
with the director of this new production.
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IN Q=
SUPER=21-Patrick Evans; :00
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :10
SUPER=01-Clinton Davis/Director; :40
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OUT Q=Get you tickets early.
go to robin
Forecasts
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SUPER=331-Partly Cloudy/Light Winds/36-39/Mostly Sunny/Wind W-10/58-60;
SUPER=332-Partly Cloudy/Wind SW-10/32-35/Partly Sunny/Wind W-10/48-50;
SUPER=333-Partly Cloudy/Wind SW-10/34-36/Sunny & Breezy/Wind W-20/50-55;
SUPER=334-Clouds Early/Then Clearing/32-35/Partly Cloudy/Wind W-10/45-50;
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health music under
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TAPE#tease 3
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In tonight's Two Minute Ticker--Buffalo Bills long-time quarterback Jim
Kelly retires from the N-F-L
ANCHOR=Connie
On Health Check--
Scientific headway today on understanding glaucoma.
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VO-NAT
Left untreated, glaucoma can case blindness-- but it doesn't have to, if
caught early, the disease can be controlled.
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IN Q=One of the
((ONE OF THE DESCRIPTIONS OF GLAUCOMA IS THAT IT'S THE SILENT THIEF OF SIGHT.))
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OUT Q=of sight.
health bump next
5-Stroke
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TAPE# 597-03
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Strokes can be cured-- since the approval last June of the drug T-P-A.
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VO-NAT
The drug dissolves blood clots in the brains of patients suffering the most
common type of stroke-- PROVIDED it's given within just three hours of the
onset of a stroke.
But fewer than ten-percent of eligible patients are now getting the drug--
partly because many neurologists are afraid to use it.
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SOT 20:24:09
IN Q=This is a
((DR. PATRICK LYDEN/UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: THIS IS A DANGEROUS DRUG, IF YOU
DON'T USE THIS DRUG CORRECTLY
YOU CAN CAUSE MORE HARM THAN GOOD. SO I THINK DOCTORS HAVE WANTED TO GET THE
HANG OF IT SO TO SPEAK. ))
SUPER=01-Dr. Patrick Lyden/University of California; :
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=so to speak.
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VO-NAT
Which is why the A-M-A has launched a campaign to increase the use of
T-P-A.
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SOT 20:24:23
IN Q=We are changing
((ZACH HALL/NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH: WE ARE CHANGING FROM A PASSIVE
STANCE TO AN ACTIVE AGGRESSIVE TREATMENT FOR STROKE.))
SUPER=01-Zach Hall/National Institutes of Health; :
RUNS=:06
OUT Q=of stroke
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VO-NAT
To do that, the A-M-A says paramedics, hospital emergency rooms and
neurologists must begin to treat strokes aggressively, the way they treat heart
attacks.
If you suspect someone is suffering a stroke, call 9-1-1 immediately.
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SOT 20:24:36
IN Q=The five warning
(( THE FIVE WARNING SIGNS FOR STROKE ARE: SUDDEN LOSS OF VISION, SUDDEN
NUMBNESS ON ONE SIDE, SUDDEN WEAKNESS
ON ONE SIDE, SUDDEN LOSS OF SPEECH, AND SUDDEN LOSS OF BALANCE. ))
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=of balance.
ANCHOR=Connie
SS=HOLD
Within a year and a half, most hospitals are expected to have their
emergency stroke systems in place.
Once TPA use is widespread, at least 30-percent of the half-million stroke
victims every year could walk away...without suffering any permanent damage.
5-Diabetes
ANCHOR=Connie
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WRITER=cst
TAPE#597-04
GRAPHIC=fda
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a drug that offers many
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@File; :
Type Two diabetics the possibility of reducing -- or even stopping -- their
insulin shots.
Rezulin is the first medicine to attack the underlying cause of the most
common form of diabetes.
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5-Obesity
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#597-05
GRAPHIC=obesity
New evidence that people with low levels of the hormone leptin may be prone
to obesity.
Scientists reporting in the journal "Nature medicine" found that people who
gained an average of 50 pounds
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VO-NAT
over three years started out with lower leptin levels than did people who
didn't gain any weight.
The study adds hope that one day doctors can use leptin to help people
slim down.
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5-Glaucoma
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#597-02
GRAPHIC=eye care
Hope for millions of people who may go blind from glaucoma.
Iowa researchers have found a gene that can help in the early detection of
a form of glaucoma found in people under age 20.
The gene discovery may lead to better treatments for all glaucoma
patients.
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VO-NAT
Left untreated, glaucoma can cause blindness-- so slowly and painlessly,
that you don't even notice it until your vision is gone.
Your eye is actually a hollow structure, filled with fluid. For some
unknown reason, people with glaucoma have too much fluid, and the pressure
from the fluid pinches the optic nerve in the back of the eye...over time,
permanently damages it.
Risk factors for glaucoma include age-- though most people don't develop
glaucoma until after age 60-- but some can develop it as early as 40.
Another risk factor is race.
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SOT 10:14:32
IN Q=African Americans
((DR. MICHAEL MILLER/OPHTHALMOLOGIST: AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE AT A HIGHER RISK,
ALMOST A DOUBLE RISK OF DEVELOPING GLAUCOMA. ))
SUPER=01-Dr. Michael Miller/Ophthalmologist; :quick
RUNS=:04
OUT Q=developing glaucoma.
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****CONNIE AUDIO ON CART*****
And if someone in your family has glaucoma you are at a higher risk as
well.
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SOT 10:14:42
IN Q=Other more minor
((OTHER MORE MINOR RISK FACTORS INCLUDE DIABETES, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE,
AND MYOPIA, OR NEARSIGHTEDNESS AS A RISK FACTOR. ))
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OUT Q=as a risk factor.
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VO-NAT
Screening for glaucoma should be part of any routine eye exam for
people over the age of 40.
The National Eye Institute says about 100-thousand Americans today are
blind from glaucoma.
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2-SHOT-TOSS
ANCHOR=JEAN
Let's turn now to sports-- where Bill Parcells calls it quits with the
Patriots...
ANCHOR=Connie
Mike Stevens has that report- along with ANOTHER change in the National
Football League.
S5-Football
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#ST5-25
GRAPHIC=TWO MINUTE TICKER
Welcome everybody to the start of the weekend,and the Friday ticker.
SS=Buffalo Bills
What an emotional day it has been in Buffalo. This morning quarterback Jim
Kelly announced his retirement from the NFL after spending 11 seasons with the
Bills.
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IN Q="MOST OF MY...
((JIM KELLY/RETIRES FROM THE NFL:))
SUPER=01-Jim Kelly/Retires from The NFL; :00
RUNS=:29
OUT Q=...NFL CAREER."
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VO-NAT CON'T
While that announcement was taking place, Bill Parcells was telling the
Patriots he will not coach them next season.
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SOT
IN Q="I hope...
((BILL PARCELLS/RESIGNS AS PATRIOTS HEAD COACH:))
SUPER=01-Bill Parcells/Resigns as Patriots Head Coach; :00
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=...HAVE BEEN HERE."
S5-Virginia
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NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#ST5-26
GRAPHIC=VIRGINIA LOGO
After taking out the University of Richmond last night at University Hall,
the Virginia Cavaliers swing back into the ACC action tomorrow afternoon
against Florida State.
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pinnacle page at --
Virginia beat the Seminoles back on January 8th in Tallahassee, but the
Noles are coming off a big upset of Maryland earlier this week.
You can catch the game right here on your hometown station tomorrow at Noon.
wipe to eng#
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IN Q="The big ...
((JEFF JONES/UVA HEAD COACH:))
((CURTIS STAPLES/UVA GUARD:))
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SUPER=01-Curtis Staples/UVa Guard; :30
RUNS=:42
OUT Q=...KEPP A ROLLING."
ANCHOR=Mike
SS=TWO MINUTE TICKER
Also tomorrow, Tech hosts Daytona at Noon, Roanoke entertains Hampden-Sydney
at two, and Liberty battles Radford at the Vines Center.
I'll See you later tonight with high school hoops on the late news!
Have a safe weekend.
go to break
5-Kicker
ANCHOR=Jean
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WRITER=amo
TAPE#net-h
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It was 20-years ago "Star Wars" first appeared on the silver screen.
Tonight the movie returns...with a few changes...
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Hollywood;
Fans were outside Mann's Theater in Hollywood, California before dawn
waiting to buy tickets.
SUPER=04-20th Century Fox;
Filmmaker George Lucas added back scenes that had to be cut or that
couldn't be done because of lack of technology, time or money.
The film trilogy-- "Star Wars," "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of
the Jedi" explored the conflict between good and evil.. technology and
humanity.
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ANCHOR=Jean
SS=NONE
"The Empire Strikes Back" will be released February 21st and "Return of
the Jedi" returns to the screen in March.
six-preview
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TAPE#six preview
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(toss to ROBIN)
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(ROBIN tosses to Jean)
ANCHOR=Jean
A drug runner for the Cali Cartel in Columbia.
Though he was also a convicted killer, Javier Cruz lived in our midst for
almost five years.
double boxes Jean/Keith
Keith Humphry has the story of Javier Cruz.
ANCHOR=Keith
Cruz worked asSUPER=@Keith1;
an informant for the government
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VO-NAT
while living in the Clearbrook area, running his wife's nightclub on 419.
Cruz pled guilty in federal court in 1995, but he has yet to be sentenced.
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ANCHOR=Keith
The case remains sealed by court-order.
double boxes Jean/Keith
On NEWS 7 at SIX, Jean we'll hear from the mother of a murder victim who's
says she's tired of waiting.
ANCHOR=Jean
That's it for NEWS-7 at FIVE-- for more news later tonight--
full screen
join Connie Stevens for the region's first local primetime newscast, NEWS-7
Primetime-- tonight at 10 on WEFC.
See you later, Goodnight.
ANCHOR=Connie
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