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Next on News 7 at Five-
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A firebombing at an Illinois Courthouse- we'll have a live report.
A man convicted of killing his family in Amherst County is set to die tonight.
Plus it's back to earth for Columbia -after a disappointing flight.
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Wx-Heads
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There was a nip in the air today. Clear skies mean great comet watching but cold temperatures as well.

MEDICAL-HEADS


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On Health Check-- An area business says it's trying to ensure that patients aren't overbilled for their care--
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Now, Medical Recovery Service is picketing Lewis Gale Clinic for not cooperating in that effort.
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Some scary moments at an Illinois Courthouse- a man walks into court and throws a firebomb toward the Judge's bench.
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5-COURT-bOMB


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Good Evening. I'm Jean Jadhon.
The judge ducked. Jurors, lawyers and others ran out of the court house.
Fire broke out but amazingly no one was seriously hurt.
Sally (Shul-zee) Schulze is in Urbana, Illinois with details. CUT TO SALLY
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SUPER=01-Abra Bonnell/Juror;
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((Smoke billowed high into the sky over the champaign county courthouse. and on the ground, pure panic. ABRA BONNELL/JUROR The entire courthouse was evacuated. Roads were blocked off and everyone just tried to figure out what happened. LAURA WORKMAN/COURT REPORTER: Witnesses say a man wearing a hood walked right into the third floor courtroom, lit a firebomb and hurled it towards the judge. KENNY HUMPHRIES/WITNESS: HE THREW IT AND HE WAS OUT THE DOOR THAT QUICK... JOHN GADAU/ATTORNEY: I COULD SEE IT WAS FLAMING... LOOKED LIKE FLAMMABLE STUFF...))
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5-Buchanan


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Nine years after an Amherst County jury sentenced him to die, convicted killer Douglas Buchanan (byoo-cannon) is scheduled to be executed tonight.
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SUPER=04-September 1987;


Buchanan was 19 when he shot and stabbed to death his father, stepmother and two stepbrothers in their Naola home in September of 1987.
After a six-day trial the following April, Buchanan received the death penalty for his crimes.
Commonwealth's attorney Ed Meeks prosecuted the case. He says justice was served.
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((ED MEEKS/PROSECUTOR: OF COURSE IT'S A SERIOUS, SERIOUS MATTER. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO BALANCE THOUGH, THAT WHEN THERE'S A CAPITAL CASE, THERE HAS BEEN A TRAGIC, TRAGIC LOSS OF LIFE. AND I THINK YOU HAVE TO BALANCE THOSE THINGS AGAINST THE SEVERITY OF THE PUNISHMENT.))
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Buchanan's lawyers have said they will "not" ask Governor Allen for clemency tonight.
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double Boxes jean/Ellen
Ellen Qualls is at Greensville Correctional Center tonight, where Douglas Buchanan is scheduled to die by lethal injection in just four hours.
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5-Pulaski-Ax


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A woman who was trapped in her car for an hour after an accident is clinging to life.
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State police say this Ford Thunderbird was headed south on Route 11 in Pulaski County when it ran off the road, went sideways into the median and struck a tree.
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((S.L. CHUMLEY/VA STATE POLICE: THE TREE WAS EMBEDDED IN THE DRIVER'S DOOR AND THE CAR WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE TREE. ))
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A doctor who was driving by stopped and performed an emergency tracheotomy at the scene as rescuers worked to free the woman.
She was airlifted to Roanoke Memorial Hospital, where she's in critical condition.
Police have not released her name.
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Franklin County breeder Valery Green may have lost dozens of pets, but she wins a round in court today-- the story next on NEWS-7 at FIVE...
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Plus-- 12-days earlier than scheduled, the shuttle Columbia makes a routine landing.
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Anchor=Connie


Coming up-- growing girls.
When it comes to puberty and the body's changes, some researchers are calling for a change in our expectations and ideas about just what's normal. 2-SHOT
ANCHOR=Jean


He's not pulling a rabbit out of his hat, but Patrick is studying magic.
Anchor=Connie


A live report with a magician will appear a little later on NEWS-7 at FIVE. cc sponsor
Comm Break#1


5-Green


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Courtrooms have not been kind to former animal breeder Valery Green.
But that trend may be changing.
A few weeks ago, a puppy was found inside a fence at her home.
The discovery came after a judge told her she could no longer own any dogs or cats.
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SUPER=03-Franklin Co.;


But this morning, Green's son told the court that HE fenced- in the dog... without his mother's knowledge.
That testimony didn't convince prosecutors, but apparently it was enough to sway the judge... and clear Green of contempt charges.
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((CLIFF HAPGOOD/FRANKLIN COUNTY COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY: WE DON'T BELIEVE BRANDON GREEN DID THE THINGS THAT HE TESTIFIED TO BUT IT'S BEEN DETERMINED AND THAT'S THE END OF THAT. ))
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It's been nearly a month since that same judge ruled that Green had mistreated her hundred- plus dogs and cats.
Nearly all of them have been placed in new homes.
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5-Liggett


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Tobacco companies are winning the battle to keep the Liggett Group from releasing secret documents.
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SUPER=03-Winston-Salem, NC


A judge today extended his order sealing the papers, after tobacco industry lawyers argued that Liggett has a financial incentive for making the material public.
The judge said he would continue his injunction because the documents could do lasting harm to big tobacco.
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ANCHOR=Jean
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Liggett recently agreed to release the documents to states that are suing tobacco companies.

5-Columbia


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The Shuttle Columbia is back on the ground- 12-days early.
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((MAIN GEAR TOUCH DOWN.))
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The mission was cut short because of a power problem.
Scientists were able to conduct some experiments- but not all they had planned.
One of those scientists is Virginia Tech grad Roger Crouch-
The crew will try to get their experiments scheduled on another mission.
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The art of Magic has delighted audiences for years...
And budding magicians can check out the latest tricks of the trade.
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5-MAGIC


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From Houdini to David Copperfield, magicians have always intrigued the young, and young-at-heart, but where do they get those wonderful tricks? DOUBLE BOX JEAN/PATRICK
Patrick Evans, a man who says he knows how to make an audience disappear, tells us about a magic shop at Towers Shopping Center.
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In tonight's Two Minute TIcker-- Dale Earnhardt is down on the farm-- Mike has the full story--
ANCHOR=Connie


When you see this condition in someone, you might think they've been drinking.
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But Rosacea is not about alcohol, it's a skin condition causing chronic redness of the face.
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((DR. ROBINSON: THERE'S 13 MILLION KNOWN CASES OF ROSACEA IN THE UNITED STATES. THERE'S PROBABLY MANY MORE PEOPLE WHO DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE ROSACEA AND ATTRIBUTE IT TO AN ALLERGY, COSMETIC OR EVEN SOMETHING THEY'VE EATEN ))
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5-LG-Protest


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Lewis Gale Clinic is getting some attention this week--
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The staff of Medical Recovery Service-- a business that analyzes patients medical bills for accuracy-- is picketing the facility.
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Pat Palmer's company takes a cut, if it's able to spot billing errors and get money back to the patient.
But, Palmer says Lewis Gale Clinic is making the job difficult-- and being overly uncooperative.
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((PAT PALMER/MEDICAL RECOVERY SERVICE: THE MAIN GOAL FOR ALL OF US IS THAT THE PATIENT IS ONLY PAYING WHAT THEY ARE LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE TO PAY, THAT THE INSURANCE IS DOING EVERYTHING THEY ARE OBLIGATED TO DO AND THAT THE FACILITIES ARE NOT OVERCHARGING. ))
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Palmer says her staff will be out picketing all week.
Lewis Gale Clinic declined to comment on the situation today.

5-Fat-Virus


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A new wrinkle in obesity research.
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SUPER=@File; :


University of Wisconsin scientists report that in some cases obesity MAY be linked to a family of viruses.
Earlier research has shown this in animals-- now, evidence of this same virus called A-D 36 has turned up in about 15 percent of obese people-- but in none of the lean people tested.
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5-Puberty


ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=5pm
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There's often concern there might be a medical problem, if a young girl starts developing into a woman at too early an age.
But a new study in the journal "Pediatrics" suggests that it may be our idea of what is normal that is in fact wrong.
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Pediatricians looked at more than 17-thousand girls and found that though their periods started on average, at age 12, secondary sexual characteristics developed much earlier.
The mean age for normal breast development was "eight-point-eight-seven" years for African American girls, and "nine-point-nine-six" years of age in white girls.
The study also suggests that racial differences can be important.
At age EIGHT, while only 14.7 percent have breasts or body hair development, 48-percent or better of African American girls already have such developments, so parents shouldn't necessarily compare their daughter's development to the girl's down the block-- since the age range is so wide.))
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ANCHOR=Connie
SS=HOLD


Also, the experts say you may want to consider talking to your daughters a bit sooner about puberty, rather than later.

5-Rosacea


ANCHOR=Connie
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GRAPHIC=skin treatment


Rosacea (Ro-Zay-Shuh) is a skin condition that just affects the face.
It's a chronic redness, it usually appears after age 30.
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Even President Clinton has the condition-- which has become fodder for editorial cartoonists.
He's certainly not alone-- some 13 million people have it, though many don't realize it.
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(( ROBIN KORNSTEIN/ROSACEA PATIENT: I JUST THOUGHT YOU KNOW, I GET EMBARRASSED EASILY, I GET BRIGHT RED. I DIDN'T REALLY THINK IT WAS A PROBLEM. I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW, I WAS LIKE SHOCKED TO FIND OUT THAT I HAD A SKIN CONDITION. ))
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The precise cause is unknown, but Rosacea often begins with a chronic redness of the face, that looks like a blush or sunburn.
Later, pimples may appear-- at this stage oral antibiotics are often used...as well as prescription creams or gels.
Rosacea can also cause swelling of the nose-- known as Rhinophyma
(Rey-no-feye-muh).


It's the real cause of comedian W.C. Fields' bulbous, red nose.
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((DR. BRUCE ROBINSON/DERMATOLOGIST: W.C. FIELDS WAS PROBABLY THE POSTER PERSON FOR RHINOPHYMA AND ROSACEA. I THINK THAT THE ASSOCIATED STIGMATISM OF ALCOHOLISM ASSOCIATED WITH ROSACEA MAKES PEOPLE FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE DISCUSSING THIS.))
SUPER=01-Dr. Bruce Robinson/Dermatologist; :
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ANCHOR=Connie
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Good point-- as even teetotalers can get Rhinophyma from Rosacea if the condition isn't treated.


2-shot-toss
ANCHOR=Jean


Time now for sports--the Shaq (SHACK) is back on the court--
ANCHOR=Connie


And golfers are practicing on the links for the Masters-- here's Mike with it all.

S5-Masters


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Welcome everybody to the two minute sports ticker and the biggest week in golf for most folks.
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The best players in the world have arrived at Augusta National for this year's Masters.
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Most of the fans and players will be chasing Nick Faldo the defending champ and last year's runner-up Greg Norman.
But Tiger Woods and his parents are at Augusta for the first time as a pro.
And right now everyone is just concentrating on not losing to the course itself.
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((TOM WATSON/FORMER MASTERS CHAMP:))
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Catch the tournament all weekend long right here on Your Hometown station.

S5-Stuff


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NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=Mike
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The Chicago Bulls wrapped up home court advantage throughout the playoffs last night with the a 128-to-102 win over the Sixers.
But there is good news tonight for those of you Bulls' haters.
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The Shaq daddy is back! The Lakers' Shaquille O'Neal who has been sidelined with a knee injured since ______ is back on the practice floor.
And I think you'll agree that Shaq definitely hasn't lost a step or his sense of humor.
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Shaq and his peers in the NBA will have their work cut out trying to dethrone Michael and the Bulls.
Recently Patrick Ewing, Kevin Garnett and others posed in New York for this TV Guide cover that hits the newsstands soon.
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Dale Earnhardt has been doing some posing of his own lately in a brand new commercial for one of NASCAR's biggest sponsors, Busch Beer.
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VONAT CON'T
The commercial was shot on Earnhardt's farm where he often goes to unwind in his free time.
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((DALE EARNHARDT/SEVEN TIME CHAMPION:))
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ANCHOR=Mike
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More sports coming up at six tonight including a look at Radford University's pro prospect from Glenvar.
Hard throwing Jason Anderson.
Have a good night everybody. take a break

5-Kicker


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Sunshine and a dream- built an American Success.
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SUPER=03-Woodland, WA;


It is the Holland America Bulb Farm- with fields and fields of flowers.
Benno Dobbe came from Holland with his family in 1981.
The first year sales were 50 thousand dollars- this year they've reached seven million.
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((BENNO DOBBE/HOLLAND AMERICA FARM OWNER: WE WANTED TO FULFILL SOME DREAMS. TO BE HONEST IT REACHED OUT A LITTLE FURTHER THAN OUR EXPECTATIONS. QUITE A BIT FURTHER.))
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One year ago, Dobbe's farm was flooded- but he's made a comeback.
This is peak season with one million flowers going out a week.
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This just in to NEWS-7 -- the State Attorney General's office has confirmed the U-S Supreme COurt-- has issued a stay in the Douglas Buchanan (byoo-cannon) execution.
He was scheduled to die tonight at nine o'clock...
MOre on this last minute decision tonight on NEWS-7 at SIX.
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. have a nice evening, Goodnight ANCHOR=Jean
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