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On NEWS 7 at SIX tonight: Attorney General candidate Gil Davis calls the Ramona Hines story a "sad attempt to portray him in an unfavorable light."
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ANCHOR=Keith


And the state's newest delegate in Richmond fails to impress his colleagues. We'll see what they're saying about Barnie Day in a moment.
SPORTS-HEAD
ANCHOR=Mike


Tonight in sports, the Express loses Ilya Dubkov and Bobby Brown.
Bill Parcells says so long to the Patriots. UVa gets set for tomorrow's game with the Seminoles,
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And Jim Kelly has a tearful goodbye in Buffalo as he retires from the Bills after 11 seasons.
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WX-Head
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Temperatures finally moderate for a few days and the weather will stay dry this weekend.

Emma-Davis


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#96-109
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales


A jury has given a Lynchburg woman six months in jail for shooting her daughter four times last summer.
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SUPER=04-July 31, 1996; :00


26- year- old Tara Kim was shot in the head, chest, stomach and hip in an argument with her mother at their Augusta Street home last July.
SUPER=03-Lynchburg/Today; :09


The jury spent nearly a full day finding 41- year- old Emma Jean Davis guilty of unlawful wounding.
The verdict disappointed prosecutors who had pushed for the more serious charge of malicious wounding.
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((KIM WHITE/PROSECUTOR: IT'S A VICTORY IN THAT WE GOT A FELONY CONVICTION FOR IT, BUT WE'RE RATHER DISAPPOINTED IN THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND IN THE LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE. I MEAN FOR SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN SHOT FOUR TIMES, BEEN THROUGH THREE SURGERIES, SOME OF THE SHOTS WERE IN THE BACK.. IT THINK IT'S DISAPPOINTING.)) ((JOSEPH SANZONE/DEFENSE ATTORNEY: I DON'T THINK IT WAS A COMPROMISE. I THINK THAT THEY SAW IT FOR WHAT IT WAS, AND THAT WAS A SITUATION WHERE A WOMAN GOT AFRAID BECAUSE OF A THREAT THAT WAS MADE AND PERHAPS OVERREACTED. BUT SHE DIDN'T DO IT BECAUSE SHE WAS PLANNING TO HARM THE OTHER PERSON, SHE JUST DID IT WITHOUT THINKING.))
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SUPER=01-Joseph Sanzone/Defense Attorney; :17
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Davis will be sentenced in March.
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Davis-Widener


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tal
TAPE#96-106
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales


In a statement to police, Harold David Davis says he was outside the home of 68 year- old Jean Anderson while she was being murdered inside.
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But a judge ruled there was enough evidence, including fingerprints and D-N-A that Davis participated in the killing, and certified Davis' rape and capital murder charges.
Anderson, a retired school teacher from Marion, was strangled to death with her housecoat.
One of Davis' former jailmates testified Davis admitted having sex with Anderson, but claimed his co- defendant committed the murder.
17 year- old Joshua Widener's hearing is still under way this evening.
Officials say D-N-A tests link Widener to the rape.
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Gil-Davis


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#96-102
GRAPHIC=Gil Davis


Republican attorney general candidate Gil Davis had his say today on a two year old videotape made during a Roanoke hotel room party with a client.
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SUPER=03-Richmond;


Davis greeted reporters 90 minutes after a Patrick County judge released him from his attorney- client relationship with Ramona Hines.
The Pittsylvania County woman made a videotape public earlier this month on which she, her husband, and Davis discuss her desire to pose for nude pictures.
Davis says the tape was made after a business meeting.
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((GIL DAVIS: AND AFTERWARDS, MRS. HINES, HER HUSBAND, AND I WENT TO MY ROOM TO RELAX AND HAVE A DRINK. MY FORMER FRIEND AND CLIENT, RAMONA HINES, APPARENTLY MOTIVATED BY HER FINANCIAL GAIN AND HER CONSTANT NEED FOR PUBLICITY RELEASED A HOME VIDEO IN A SAD ATTEMPT TO PORTRAY ME IN AN UNFAVORABLE LIGHT.))
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On the tape, Davis says Hines told him she wanted to "take her clothes off" for Playboy magazine -- and that she should leave it in his hands.
Davis said today he said that to try to end discussion of the topic.
But he's also seen blowing a kiss to the camera and toasting with a glass.
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((GIL DAVIS: TO ME IT WAS WATER. I'M SURE IT COULD HAVE BEEN ALCOHOL OF SOME SORT. I WOULD GUESS IT WAS PROBABLY A SHOT OF VODKA.))
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Davis challenged his three GOP primary opponents to sign a clean campaign pledge today.
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Haskins


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#96-110
GRAPHIC=Junius Haskins


Ten people from Lynchburg's Ward Two are hoping to fill the seat of the late Junius Haskins on city council.
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SUPER=04-File Tape;


Haskins died January 17th while on city business in Washington D.C.
Five p-m today was the deadline for applications to be filed.
Council now has until February 16th to appoint a replacement.
City officials say it's likely members will review the applications after their formal work session next Tuesday, and make the appointment a few days later.
The chosen candidate will serve until May, 1998 when the seat comes up for re- election.
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Ferrum-Players


ANCHOR=keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=spr
TAPE#96-108
GRAPHIC=Ferrum


Last year's leading rusher for the Ferrum College Panthers, along with three other players, have been charged with beating one of their teammates.
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SUPER=04-File Tape;


Maurice Clark, who's seen here running the ball, Al Anderson, David Cooper, and Michael Bryant will be tried for assault and battery.
But the alleged victim, Wesley Mattera, is now being accused of throwing the first punch... and faces assault charges of his own.
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A college spokesman says no matter who was responsible... the actions are not acceptable.
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((MATT CONN/FERRUM COLLEGE SPOKESMAN: AS A COLLEGE, WE DON'T TOLERATE OR CONDONE ANY OF THIS BEHAVIOR FROM ANY OF OUR STUDENTS. AND ANY STUDENT THAT TAKES PART IN THE ACTIONS THAT ALLEGEDLY TOOK PLACE WILL FACE CAMPUS PUNISHMENT. ))
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OUT Q=campus punishment
ANCHOR=Keith
SS=Ferrum


Clark, Anderson, Cooper and Bryant will go to trial February 19th.
Mattera will be arraigned February 5th.
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ANCHOR=Keith
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Still to come on News 7 at Six-- a story of deals and drugs in the Roanoke Valley.
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Caught in the middle--a North Carolina woman who wonders if the man who killed her son will ever pull time for drug running.
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Cruz


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#96-105
GRAPHIC=Javier Cruz


A convicted killer and high-level drug trafficker who once lived a comfortable life under federal protection in Roanoke County has been relocated by the federal government.
The feds promised the murder victim's family that Javier Cruz would appear in court this month.
January's over.
The federal drug case remains sealed, and Glenda Garrett doesn't believe the 44-year old drug runner-turned government informant will ever serve time.
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SUPER=01-Glenda Garrett/Murder Victim's Son; :00
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((YOU CAN MURDER SOMEBODY, AND IT'S JUST IF YOU KNOW A LOT YOU DON'T SERVE ANY TIME.))
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The pain of loosing her son is just as intense as the day it happened.
Nearly 10 years later she's still reviewing news accounts of the crime.
July 30, 1987, Mark Garrett's body was found on the southside of Charlotte with a bullet near the back of his head.
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Mrs. Garrett says Mark had bought a truck from the Columbian drug trafficker, Javier Cruz, but that Cruz wouldn't give her son title to the vehicle.
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((AND HE SAID: "HE'S GOING TO GIVE ME MY MONEY BACK, OR ELSE. WELL, I THINK WE GOT "OR ELSE."))
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Cruz disappeared only to surface two years later on a dairy farm he bought in Bent Mountain. He moved to Salem in the Summer of 1990.
It was a convenient mid-point for transporting cocaine up and down the East Coast.
Using the alias, Louis Florez, Cruz ran a used car lot in Roanoke, specializing in pick-ups, station wagons, campers, trailers... anything that could be used to conceal large amounts of cash and coke.
Soon after he got busted in Miami, Cruz agreed to become an informant.
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((HE'S A VERY SMART PERSON. HE IS SMART. HE KNOWS HOW TO MANIPULATE PEOPLE AND GET OUT OF THINGS.))
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Garrett is convinced the D-E-A got the murder charges reduced, so they could get him back on the street working for them.
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((THEY CAME INTO CHARLOTTE. THEY CLEARED IT OUT. THAT'S SCARY. TO THINK THAT SOMEONE CAN JUST COME INTO CHARLOTTE, WIPE OUT A MURDER CHARGE.))
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The feds adamantly deny the accusation.
News 7 reviewed the case file this week.
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((COURT RECORDS HERE IN CHARLOTTE INDICATE THE CASE WAS CONTINUED AGAIN AND AGAIN, AT THE REQUEST OF THE PROSECUTION. EACH TIME THE RECORDS INDICATE: "THE DEFENDANT IS UNAVAILABLE. IN FEDERAL CUSTODY IN ROANOKE, VIRGINIA." WHEN THE CASE WAS FINALLY HEARD IN 1992, JUDGE MARVIN GRAY FOUND CRUZ GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER. THE ENTIRE TEXT OF THE PLEA AGREEMENT READS: "REDUCE THE CHARGE FROM MURDER TO INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER." LESS THAN ONE MONTH LATER THE NORTH CAROLINA PAROLE COMMISSION GRANTED CRUZ AN UNCONDITIONAL DISCHARGE FROM HIS THREE-YEAR SENTENCE.))
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The final disposition order says: "the defendant is released in federal custody."
In reality Cruz came back to the Roanoke Valley, bought a 288-thousand dollar home in the Clearbrook area of the county, opened a nightclub, and starting working for the government.
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((I DON'T THINK HE HAS DONE ANYTHING SPECTACULAR.))
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Mrs. Garrett REMAINED unimpressed even after officials from Washington flew to Charlotte last month to try to convince her that the D-E-A had nothing to do with reducing the murder charge.
They also outlined just how important Cruz has been in helping them reach the highest levels of the Cali Cartel in Columbia.
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((WELL, I STILL SAY IT DOESN'T MATTER. HE MURDERED OUR SON.... ))
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=Javier Cruz


The government relocated Cruz right after the story broke last Fall. Federal authorities refuse to discuss the case ON the record, declining even an invitation to discuss the merits of using informants in drug investigations.
U-S Attorney Bob Crouch says this an "active investigation."

Stocks


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tbr
TAPE#=None
GRAPHIC=NONE


Mixed results on Wall Street today.
The Dow dropped 11 points, finishing the week at 68 hundred 13.
NASDAQ UP nine points.
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Day


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#96-107
GRAPHIC=Barnie Day


Southside's newest delegate isn't having the smoothest sailing so far in Richmond.
It may be sour grapes, but Republicans are giving Barnie Day a hard time.
Ellen Qualls has the story.
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SUPER=01-Del. Leo Wardrup/(R) Virginia Beach; :31
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(( First, they thought he spent too much time introducing visitors from home in what's called the "morning hour" of the full House floor session.
Then he sent his first e-mail to all his colleagues.
It's the tone that has drawn snickers and derision. pre-pro page one
Day wrote "When you see me do or say something stupid, please say to yourselves that poor boy is simply doing the best he knows how."
Then there was the e-mail of the Jedi Song, in honor of the re-release of Star Wars.
It's sung to the tune of YMCA, and at the top, Day types "Look like someone's got too much time on their hands."
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((DEL. LEO WARDRUP: I'M NOT GONNA SECOND GUESS... I DON'T HAVE TIME TO DO THAT SORT OF THING. ... HE HAS JUST GOTTEN HERE.))
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But what Republicans are second-guessing is they say Day promised Minority Leader Vance Wilkins he'd run as a Republican.
Then he changed his mind and his party commitments -- and quickly picked up 31- thousand dollars in campaign contributions and in- kind support from the House Democratic Caucus.
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((DEL. LEO WARDRUP: IT KIND OF BOTHERS ME WHEN A PERSON .. HAVING ANNOUNCED AS A REPUBLICAN... RUNS A DEMOCRAT.))
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Day's already up for re-election this fall.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Richmond. ))

Sports Tease


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#sports tease
GRAPHIC=NONE


Coming up tonight in sports, Jim Kelly says a tearful goodbye to the NFL, Parcells checks out of New England, the Express loses Ilya Dubkov,
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and Steve Mason checks in from Charlottesville as the Cavs get ready for tomorrow's game with Florida State.
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S-Kelly


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S7-1
GRAPHIC=BILLS LOGO


After four Super Bowl appearances and 11 seasons with the same team, Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelly retired from the NFL today at the age of 37.
And his departure was not only tough for Bills' fans.
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((JIM KELLY/RETIRES FROM THE NFL:))
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S-Parcells


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S7-2
GRAPHIC=PATRIOTS


Bill Parcells told the New England Patriots that he does not plan to coach the team next season.
At the same time, Patriots owner Bob Kraft told the Jets that if they want Parcells this year be ready to give up their top pick in the draft.
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((BOB KRAFT/PATRIOTS OWNER:))
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S-Express


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#s6-25
GRAPHIC=EXPRESS

The Roanoke Express lost two of its top players today - one to a trade and another to a promotion.
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SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00


Ilya Dubkov, the franchise's all-time leading scorer, will spend the next 3 or 4 games with the Edmonton Oilers American league affiliate, the Hamilton Bulldogs in the AHL.
Bobby Brown has simply been traded to the Baton Rouge Kingfish for a player to be named later.
Brown had 23 points in 39 games.
Roanoke is in Charlotte tonight.
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S-Tyrone


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#BB97-1
GRAPHIC=T.ROBERTSON


Tyrone Robertson, one of the top high school athletes in the state of Virginia has quit the George Washington, Danville basketball team.
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SUPER=03-Danville; :00


The six-foot five inch 270 pound Robertson was averaging 11 points and nine rebounds a game for the defending state champions, who are ranked 24th in the nation by USA Today.
Robertson says hoops are no longer fun and that he needs to concentrate more on his studies.
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ANCHOR=Mike
SS=hold tyrone


Robertson's college future is on the football field. He appears to have narrowed his choices to Georgia and Virginia Tech.

S-UVA


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=VB97-1
GRAPHIC=UVa Hoops


The Virginia men's basketball team closes out a four game home stand tomorrow afternoon against Florida State.
And Steve Mason says the Noon tipoff with the Seminoles marks the start of a wicked stretch run to the tournament.
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S-Pirates


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S6-24
GRAPHIC=PIRATES


The Pittsburgh Pirates don't have many big name players any more, but at least they will have some new uniforms this season.
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SUPER=03-Pittsburgh, PA; :00


Players Matt Johnson, Jason Kendall and Al Martin modeled the new threads today during a news conference.
The logos are a little different, but the biggest change is that red as been added to the color scheme.
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S-WDBJ


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=none

pinnacle page full
And again just a quick reminder that you can catch the Cavaliers and the Seminoles tomorrow afternoon at Noon right here on Your Hometown station.
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Promo
ANCHOR=Keith
(toss to Jean)
NEWSCAST=6
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TAPE#Promo


20 years after first appearing on the big screen, "Star Wars" is back.
The film trilogy kicked off again today nationwide.
Double Boxes=Keith and Jean/Newsroom


Jean Jadhon joins us from the newsroom with more on that.
Live=Jean Full/Newsroom
SUPER=@Jean1;


Keith, it was a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
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In 19-77, Star Wars hit theaters. Since then science fiction and special effects movies haven't been the same.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary, a special edition of the films has been restored for the big screens.
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Talent=Jean Full/Newsroom


We'll head to the theater- Join us for the story, plus all the latest news, weather, and sports tonight on News 7 at 11. Keith?
Talent=Keith


And for the region's first TEN O'clock newscast, Take Prime Time Board Fullscreen tune in to News-7 Prime Time on W-E-F-C.
It's on Channel 38 "over the air," and on a lot of cable systems. For example we're on Cable Channel three in Buena Vista and Lexington. And don't forget to tune in to News 7 at 11, right here on W-D-B-J. Talent=Keith
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