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ANCHOR=Keith
Among the stories we've got for you tonight on NEWS 7 at SIX:
Pregnant teenagers WILL have to tell their parents before getting an
abortion- -by state law approved today.
Police called in to investigate the latest racial incident at George Wythe
High School.
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VO-NAT
The director of the Bradley Free Clinic mistaken for the secretary or a
nurse... just because of her gender.
A profile of Estelle Nichols-Avner tonight.
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Sports-Head
ANCHOR=Mike
Tonight in sports, Steve Mason previews tonight RVD basketball semi-finals.
Joe Torre gets a new contract with the Yankees.
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VO-NAT eng#
And the Carolina Panthers get another quality linebacker as they sign free
agent Michael Barrow for $19 million dollars.
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WX-Head
TALENT=Robin
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So many folks wanted the weather to stay mild, mother nature agreed.
Tomorrow will likely be way above normal again.
XGR
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-2
GRAPHIC=Abortion
Virginia has done little to weaken abortion rights since the Roe versus Wade
decision in 1973.
That changed today.
What they're calling: "True" parental notification is on its way to the
Governor. He'll eagerly sign it into law.
Double Boxes=Keith and Ellen/State Microwave
Ellen Qualls is in our Richmond newsroom.
Live=Ellen Full/State Microwave
SUPER=@Ellen1;
Keith, all the good stuff shakes out in the final hours of every session --
and this year's NO exception.
But parental notification had a different feel...NO big fight.
Almost like a rock finally breaking off a cliff and falling silently to the
ground.
SUPER=05-Richmond
Metaphysics aside, here's how the vote went in the House just about 90
minutes ago.
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SUPER=03-Richmond; :00
SUPER=01-Del. Thelma Drake/(R) Norfolk; :25
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OUT Q=74 to 26 approval.
(( House Democratic leaders have tried every trick in the book, and some
would say invented some new ones, to support abortion rights in the past.
But with a different committee assignment in the Senate this year -- for the
first time in 18 years there wasn't the guarantee of help on the other end of
the capitol.
The Senate said yes days ago.
The House finally got down to business -- after working backwards through
the calendar to delay the controversy.
But there was none to be had.
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((DEL. THELMA DRAKE: ))
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With NO further debate, the board lit up with a 74- to 26 approval.))
Live=Ellen Full/State Microwave
SUPER=05-Richmond;
The irony of parental notification has for some time been that it has
actually enjoyed a lot of popular support -- but the General Assembly committee
system or Democratic Governor Doug Wilder has stopped it.
Governor Allen campaigned on it.
Double Boxes=Keith and Ellen/State Microwave
You know he'll be ecstatic to leave office with this under his belt.
((Keith question: What about the budget?))
Well, the eight man negotiating team is still dithering well past its
deadline.
But at two o'clock this morning, the House came around to the Senate
position to continue funding the V-WIL program at Mary Baldwin, even though VMI
will admit women this fall.
((Keith question: And that's the Governor's preference?))
Right Keith, all are in agreement to keep funding VWIL for now.
Wythe-School
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=spr
TAPE#96-110
GRAPHIC=None
Allegations of racism continue to be a concern in Wytheville.
This morning, a hate message was spray painted on the road leading up to
George Wythe High School... it's the second racially motivated incident in a
week.
Double Boxes=Keith and Scott/Microwave
Scott Prince joins us from our New River Valley newsroom tonight with more
on the situation.
Live=Scott Full/Microwave
SUPER=@Scott1;
SUPER=05-Blacksburg;
Keith... the principal of the school calls this latest incident "very
unfortunate."
But because it happened on public property, he says the investigation is
being handled by the police department.
Regardless of where it happened, civic leaders say something needs to be
done.
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((ROBERT GREEN/CONCERNED CITIZENS NETWORK: THEY HAD WROTE BURN NIGGER. ))
SUPER=01-Robert Green/Concerned Citizen's Network;
BUTT! BUTT! BUTT!
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SOT 13:51:37
IN Q=I think
((I THINK IF WE WORK TOGETHER THAT THIS THING CAN BE STOPPED BEFORE IT GETS
WORSE. IF WE SON'T WORK TOGETHER, IT COULD REALLY GET OUT OF HAND. ))
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VO-NAT **Scott Mic Hot**
SUPER=03-Wytheville;
When police got to the scene this morning, school officials had already
blacked out the message.
At this point authorities don't have any suspects... but they say if and
when someone is arrested they'll be charged with defacing public property.
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Live=Scott Full/Microwave
SUPER=05-Blacksburg;
Of course it's been less than a week since a group of white students at
George Wythe were suspended for another racial incident.
Apparently they had tied their jacket drawstrings into nooses.
Double Boxes=Keith and Scott/Microwave
But Keith in today's case... there is no evidence that there was any student
involvement.
Floyd-Murder
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#597-15
GRAPHIC=Murder Investigation
Two young men have been apprehended as suspects in the murder of a Floyd
County man.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Floyd Co.
The body of 38-year old Stanley W. Harmon was found yesterday morning at
his home in the Buffalo Mountain area.
A rifle was missing, along with his 1977 Pontiac Firebird.
Police in West Virginia reported seeing the car in Greenbrier County late
yesterday.
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=Murder Investigation
A state trooper actually located it last night in Rupert.
That led to the arrest of 18-year old Mark Anthony Beavers and 21-year old
Jerry Wayne McKinney on auto theft and fugitive warrants.
Giles-Shooting
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#597-07
GRAPHIC=Shooting
Benjamin Scot Elliott and Misty Dawn Dellinger moved in together about two
months ago- -in a trailer near Newport.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Giles Co.
Last night he shot her in the head with a large- caliber hand gun. HE
insists it was an accident.
Elliott ran to the neighbors' house for help, and they called 9-1-1. The
20-year old woman was dead.
Elliott was charged with SECOND- degree murder. He's 25.
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=NONE
Still to come on News 7 at Six-- the story of a woman who says she was raped
by two Virginia Tech football players.
Joe Dashiell will have a live report from Blacksburg.
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VO-NAT
and the theory goes: there's a glass ceiling that keeps women from reaching
the top in management. If that's the case, one Roanoke woman has shattered the
ceiling, and we'll meet her in our profile of Women at Work.
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TAPE#97-1
GRAPHIC=Virginia Tech
A Blacksburg judge has certified rape and sodomy charges filed against two
Virginia Tech football players.
James Crawford and Brian Edmonds brought their accuser to the witness stand
today.
Double Boxes=Keith and Joe/StarLink
Joe Dashiell is in Blacksburg where the hearing ended just a few minutes ago.
Live=Joe Full/StarLink
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TAPE#96-108
GRAPHIC=Lynchburg Seal
The election is more than eight months off, but two candidates
are in the running for the post of Lynchburg sheriff.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg
Retired Lynchburg police officer Ron Gillispie says it's time for a change
in that office.
The sheriff's department has come under fire recently after a female deputy
claimed she'd been sexually harassed on the job.
But Gillispie says he "won't" make that a campaign issue.
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SOT 4:28:06
IN Q=It might be
((RON GILLISPIE/LYNCHBURG SHERIFF CANDIDATE: IT MIGHT BE A SITUATION WHERE
LATER ON I COULD LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF PUTTING IN SOME HARRASSMENT TYPE
POLICIES, BUT I'M NOT PLANNING ON MAKING IT AN ISSUE.))
SUPER=01-Ron Gillispie/Lynchburg Sheriff Candidate; :00
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OUT Q=making it an issue.
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VO-NAT
23- year incumbent Lawrence Simpson is confident his department will be
cleared.
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IN Q=There are always
((LAWRENCE SIMPSON/LYNCHBURG SHERIFF: THERE ARE ALWAYS TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY
AND WHATEVER HAS BEEN SAID ON ONE SIDE IS NOT NECESSARILY THE FACTS INVOLVED IN
THE OTHER SIDE.))
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OUT Q=the other side.
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VO-NAT
Simpson has filed his paperwork but has not officially announced his
candidacy.
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Danville-Fatal
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=THa
TAPE#97-4
GRAPHIC=Fatal Accident
A Danville teenager died last night when his older sister apparently pulled
into the path of another car.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Danville/Last Night;
It happened around seven in front of Westover Baptist church.
Police say 18- year old Mary Bailey was attempting to cross Route- 58 on her
way to church.
16- year old John Paul Bailey was riding in the front passenger seat and
died later at the hospital.
Police say a younger brother, who was in the back seat, is recovering.
The driver of the other car and his passengers weren't seriously injured.
Charges are pending.
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Stocks
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tbr
TAPE#=None
GRAPHIC=NONE
Stocks took a major hit today, following the bond market sharply lower.
The Dow plunged 93 points, closing at 69 hundred 27.
NASDAQ dropped 18 points.
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Women-Executive
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=Six
WRITER=Dal
TAPE#96-107
GRAPHIC=Women at Work
**Note Anchor Tag**
Women are making strides in many traditionally male jobs, but there are
still not many who've assumed positions in the board room.
In part three of her series Denise Allen introduces us to a woman who's
broken that barrier.
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IN Q=Estelle Nichols
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00
SUPER=03-Roanoke/File Tape; :08
SUPER=01-Estelle Nichols-Avner/Bradley Free Clinic Dir.; :17
SUPER=01-Drucilla Barker/Hollins College Assoc. Professor.; :49
SUPER=@Denise1; 1:03
SUPER=01-Cate Fosl/Hollins College History Lecturer;
RUNS=2:12
OUT Q=News 7
(( Estelle Nichols-Avner has guided the Bradley Free Clinic's move from a old
house into a new million dollar facility.
Doctors treated 8 patients the first night the clinic opened, now they see
at least 80 a night.
Estelle says these aren't the only changes she's seen in the past 22 years.
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SOT tape 2 12:28:21
IN Q=people came into
((ESTELLE NICHOLS-AVNER/BRADLEY FREE CLINIC: PEOPLE CAME INTO THE BUILDING AND
ASKED ME IF I WAS THE SECRETARY OR IF I WAS THE NURSE. PEOPLE DIDN'T EVEN COME
INTO THE BUILDING AND SAY ARE YOU THE ADMINISTRATOR.))
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OUT Q=THE ADMINISTRATOR
Estelle believes that's because people just aren't used to seeing women in
positions of power.
And that's probably because not many women are in power.
The Glass Ceiling Commission, an advocate for working women, puts the ratio
of men to women in top management positions at 20 to 1.
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IN Q=the glass ceiling
((DRUCILLA BARKER/HOLLINS COLLEGE ASSOC. ECONOMICS PROFESSOR: THE GLASS
CEILING WILL ONLY BE BROKEN THROUGH SERIOUS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAMS THAT
BEGIN AT THE EARLY PARTS OF WOMEN'S CAREERS AND HELP TO PUT THEM ON THE TRACK
THAT WILL LAND THEM BEING THE SECRETARY OF STATE.))
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OUT Q=SECRETARY OF STATE
DENISE ALLEN/NEWS 7: BARKER SAYS THE GLASS CEILING REFERS TO THE BARRIERS IN
PLACE TO KEEP WOMEN FROM REACHING TOP MANAGEMENT POSITIONS--THE BOARDROOM FOR
INSTANCE.
SOME SAY WOMEN ARE JUDGED BY DIFFERENT STANDARDS THAN MEN.
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IN Q=MANY OF THE PRIMARY
((CATE FOSL/HOLLINS COLLEGE HISTORY INSTRUCTOR: MANY OF THE PRIMARY TASKS
INVOLVING THEIR CHILDREN. WOMEN GENUINELY HAVE STRIKES AGAINST THEM IN THAT
REGARD. PREGNANCY--I MEAN IT MIGHT NOT EVER BE WRITTEN DOWN ON ANY PIECE OF
PAPER IN THEIR REVIEW, BUT LEAVES OF ABSENCE IN THAT WAY ARE STRIKES AGAINST
THEM.))
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OUT Q=STRIKES AGAINST THEM
But Estelle has seemed to break the barrier.
She was the first women on the Lewis Gale Hospital Board and she is a member
of the mostly male Rotary Club. She says hard work and building trust helped
her get where she is today.
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SOT tape 2 12:41:29
IN Q=stay focused
((STAY FOCUSED ON WHAT IS THE JOB EACH PERSON IS DOING AND I THINK A GOOD WAY
TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN IS ONCE AGAIN AS A TEAM AND WORK TOWARDS CREATING A WIN,
WIN SITUATION.))
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OUT Q=WIN WIN SITUATION
Estelle says women need to share their experience and help each other along
the career path.
Denise Allen News 7.))
Fullscreen Women at Work
What does the future hold for women in the work place?
Tomorrow our series Women At Work--Role Models concludes with a profile
ofprograms designed to help women succeed in business.
Sports Tease
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#sports tease
GRAPHIC=NONE
Coming up tonight on News 7 Sports, the Panthers get yet another big time
linebacker, Deion reports to spring training,
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VO-NAT eng#
And the tournament action continue on the high school hardwood tonight with
the Roanoke Valley district semi-finals holding court at the Salem Civic
Center.
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S-Yanks
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S6-26
GRAPHIC=Yankees
The defending world champion Yankees rewarded manager Joe Torre with a two
year $2 million dollar contract extension today.
One of Torre's sluggers Cecil Fielder also reported to camp today.
Fielder still wants to be traded.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Plant City, FL; :00
Deion Sanders also checked into training camp today with the Reds.
Deion is under contract to the Reds until they are eliminated from the
pennant race.
Deion also still has a little blurred vision stemming from the broken eye
socket he suffered in the Cowboys' playoff loss to Carolina.
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S-Panthers
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S6-24
GRAPHIC=Panthers
Last season the Carolina Panthers put all three of their linebackers in the
Pro Bowl as starters.
But today they went out and signed another one.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Charlotte,NC;:00
Speedy Michael Barrow, who spent his first four years in the league signed a
five year deal worth nearly $19 million dollars.
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((MICHAEL BARROW/LINEBACKER SIGNS WITH PANTHERS:))
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S-RVD
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=BB97-4
GRAPHIC=RVD tourney
The Roanoke Valley District tournament semi finals tip off tonight at the
Salem Civic Center.
Steve Mason sizes up the competition.
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IN Q=first audio
SUPER=03-Franklin Co./RVD Regular Season Championship; :00
SUPER=01-Roland Lovelace/William Fleming Head Coach; :18
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SUPER=01-Jack Esworthy/Patrick Henry Head Coach; :51
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((The William Fleming Colonels 72-36 domination of Patrick Henry served, in
one way as a reminder that the defending Roanoke Valley District tournament
champions are ready to defend their title, and first year coach Roland Lovelace
sounds more like a veteran everyday.
((:))
Fleming takes on Cave Spring in the 7pm game. The Knights are coming off an
impressive win over Franklin County, Alex Phillips was strong, but Ricky
Dierker was the leading scorer.
Patrick Henry will play Pulaski County at 8:30. According to sources at
Patrick Henry, Boo Battle was just getting over the flew against Fleming and
should be at full strength tonight.
(:))
Pat Burns Cougars are playing with more confidence, coming offf wins over
E.C. Glass and Franklin County. Steve Mason, News 7 sports.))
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S-Girls
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#BB97-2
GRAPHIC=RVD TOURNEY TIME
And a shocker in the R-V-D girls tournament last night.
William Fleming beat Cave Spring 57 to 54 in overtime.
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SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./Colonels vs Knights; :
Fleming got a big night from Sophmore Shaunarey Walker. She led the lady
Colonels with a game high 23 points.
Walker scored 9 of Fleming's points in overtime. And the Victory puts the
Lady Colonels in the Regionals for the first time in three years.
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ANCHOR=Roy
SS=HOLD logo
Fleming and Pulaski County will play for the District title tomorrow night.
The Lady Cougars beat Franklin County 80 to 60.
S-UVa
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#vb97-1
GRAPHIC=VIRGINIA LOGO
The Virginia Cavaliers won their 17th game of the year last night with a
55-to-46 win over N.C. State.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Raleigh, NC/Cavs vs. Wolfpack; :00
One of the keys to Virginia's win was certainly the team's fast start.
Courtney Alexander drives and scores two of his 10 points on the night as
Virginia jumped out to a 36-to-17 halftime lead.
Curtis Staples also keyed the first half assault by nailing seven three
pointers.
Staples finished with a game high 26 points.
Senior captain Jamal Robinson only scored two points, but played a valuable
34 minutes for the Cavs.
SUPER=33-Virginia/55/N.C. State/46;
State would come back and outscore the Cavs 29-to-19 in the second half.
But Virginia wins its 55-to-46.
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S-UNC
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#bb97-3
GRAPHIC=acc
Virginia now gets ready for reeling Wake Forest on Saturday afternoon at
1:30.
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SUPER=03-Chapel Hill, NC/JP Sports; :00
Last night the Demon Deacons had few open shot and even fewer stops o defense
as the North Carolina Tarheels dominated from start to finish.
Carolina put the game away in the first half with Vince Carter doing the
damage. Carter scored 21 points in the opening half and finished the game with
a career high 26.
SUPER=33-Wake Forest #4/60/N. Carolina #12/74/;
Carolina wins its 18th game of the year and moves into a fourth place tie in
the ACC with Clemson.
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TAPE#Promo
The Virginia Military Institute is facing a lot of changes...including the
first women attending classes there this fall.
But there is one thing that hasn't changed in the school's history.
Double Boxes=Keith and Jean/Newsroom
Jean Jadhon joins is here to tell us what it is...
Live=Jean Full/Newsroom
SUPER=@Jean1;
Keith, it's the day that every freshman at V-M-I waits for..."Breakout" Day.
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VO-NAT
Members of the class of 2000 this afternoon faced their final obstacle as
rats.
The annual ritual is said to establish a bond between first and fourth
classmen.
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Talent=Jean Full/Newsroom
We'll have the story, plus all the latest news, weather, and sports tonight
on News 7 at 11. Keith?
Talent=Keith
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Take Prime Time Board Fullscreen
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