WDBJ 7 morning news for 02/08/98

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Good morning, I'm Denise Allen.
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And I'm Andrew Freiden
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It Sunday February 8. And Welcome to New-7 Sunday Morning. There's lots of news and sports ahead, but first let's get a peek at the weather.
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Iraq

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Defense Secretary, William Cohen, has beefed up the military forces in the gulf.
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About 21-hundred Marines and nearly two-thousand sailors shipped out of San Diego yesterday--several days earlier than expected.
The U-S and Britain have put together the largest number of troops since the Desert Storm.
Cohen is traveling to Saudi Arabia to meet with King Fahd today.
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He is looking for direct support for the potential military strike on Iraq.
He may not find it.
Saudi Arabia's defense minister says his nation opposes an attack on Iraq.
Saddam Hussein continues to deny United Nations weapons inspectors access into presidential palaces .
Inspectors say they need to inspect the sites to verify whether biological or chemical weapons are there.
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Beach-Boy

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The founding member of the 60's super-group the Beach Boys is dead.
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Carl Wilson died Friday evening in Los Angeles with his family by his side.
Wilson started the group with his two brothers Brian and Dennis, cousin Mike Love and friend Alan Jardine in 1961.
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He had been battling lung cancer.
Carl Wilson was 51.

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Authorities have identified the body found in a burning Danville home
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Rescuers found the body of 73- year- old William Joseph Thomas in his home at 41 Milton Avenue just before five yesterday morning.
Investigators are not sure what sparked the blaze, and say no one else was injured.
They are continuing their investigation.
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11-Moneta-Ax

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Police are investigating a serious traffic accident last night in Bedford County.
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A car and a truck crashed along Route 6-55 around 9-30.
Rescuers called Lifeguard 10 to the scene and airlifted a man driving the truck to Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
A woman driving the car was taken to the same hospital by ambulance.
The condition of the injured is not known.
State police are investigating the accident.
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11-Bent-Mtn

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Power is slowly returning to homes and business on Bent Mountain.
David Johnson has more.
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(( The storm which literally iced over Bent Mountain has many people still trying to recover from the deep freeze.
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((GLENN REED/REED ORCHARD; WELL WE GOT A LOT OF BROKEN LIMBS, SOME TREES DOWN. YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT AFFECT NEXT YEAR'S CROP BY FIVE OR TEN PERCENT.))
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Glenn Reed's apple orchard was just a few of the thousands of trees snapped in pieces by the damaging freeze.
Reed is just one of many trying to determine how he'll recover.
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((WHEN WE PRUNE THE ORCHARD THIS SPRING, IT WILL BE AN ADDED LABOR COST OF CUTTING OUT ALL OF THE BROKEN BRANCHES.))
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((ED ELSWICK/BENT MOUNTAIN RESIDENT; WHAT I'M PLANNING ON DOING IS SOON AS IT CLEARS UP WHERE I CAN GET A GOOD LOOK AT THEM IS THE TREES THAT HAVE ANY VALUE TO THEM, I'LL GO AHEAD TAKE THEM DOWN AND SELL THEM.))
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Trees were not the only things snapped in pieces.
Electrical towers wilted under the weight of the ice, and that's the reason several residents remain without power.
The day began with about 16-hundred Bent Mountain residents still in the dark.
Crews continue making repairs to reduce that number.
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((TERRY MCMAHAN/AEP; WE'VE GOTTEN ABOUT THREE OR FOUR HUNDRED OF THEM RESTORED. WITH THIS TRANSFORMER, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET A COUPLE A HUNDRED MORE AND THEN BEYOND THAT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT ON THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS TO GET THE STATION ENERGIZED.))
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STAND-UP/00:31:44 ((DAVID JOHNSON/REPORTING; THOSE BROKEN TOWERS AND DOWNED POWER LINES ARE CAUSING DISTRIBUTION PROBLEMS FOR SEVERAL A-E-P CUSTOMERS. IT MAY BE THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK OR EVEN LATER BEFORE POWER IS RESTORED TO EVERYONE. DAVID JOHNSON, NEWS 7, BENT MOUNTAIN.))
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1-Sports

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Toledo tops the Roanoke Express in the Round House.
And Roy Stanley has highlights from an active day in college basketball.
Good Morning Roy.
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Back-Pain

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Doctors are now taking a much more aggressive approach to treating back pain-- especially when the discomfort won't go away.
News 7's Tonya Flory reports on how one patient is using exercise to break the back pain cycle.
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((EDDIE GRINDSTAFF/CHRONIC PAIN SUFFERER:MEDICATION, I WAS TAKING 23 PILLS A DAY.))
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Pills to ease the pain in his aching back.
Eddie Grindstaff has a bone disease that weakens his spine.
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((EDDIE GRINDSTAFF/CHRONIC PAIN SUFFERER:I WAS JUST AT THE POINT IN MY LIFE WHERE I WAS JUST ABOUT READY TO GIVE UP.))
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((DR. GERALD ARANOFF/PAIN SPECIALIST:FIVE TO TEN PERCENT OF PEOPLE WHO DEVELOP ACUTE BACK PAIN CONTINUE TO HAVE LONG TERM BACK PAIN AND IT CAN DEVASTATE THEIR LIFE.))
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But now there's a new approach to treating back aches.
Before Eddie took medication and then went straight to bed...now he goes to therapy.
The techniques strengthen and support the back can help prevent pain.
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((TOM CAMPION/PHYSICAL THERAPIST:THE COMMON GROUP OF EXERCISE THAT WE INSTRUCT PATIENTS WITH LOW BACK PAIN IN ARE SOMETHING CALLED SPINAL OR LUMBAR STABILIZATION EXERCISES.))
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The exercises also helps control stress which can increase the severity of back pain.
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Now Grindstaff reaches for the ice instead of pain killers.
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FloodOpen

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More than water flooded parts of Southwest Virginia this past week.
Memories of previous disasters also rolled across the area.
Here's David Seidel with a look back at some of those memories.
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((BEHIND ME IS A FLOOD MARKER, PEOPLE IN CLINCHPORT ARE USED TO FLOODS. THIS INDICATES THE HEIGHT OF THE RIVER. BUT IT DIDN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE THURSDAY BECAUSE EVEN THE FLOOD MARKER HAD DISSAPEARED. ))

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The W-D-B-J Archives are filled with film and videotape of flooding.
Fifteen years seperated two of the worst floods to ever hit the area. Camille 00:50
In 1969, the remnants of Hurricane Camille dropped as much as 30 inches of rain in just six hours--
153-people lost their lives as they were swept away by walls of water and mud. 18:50 newsreel
Nelson County was hit hardest. 19:15 newsreel
Whole families were washed away. 20:10 newsreel
In November, 1985 Mother Nature struck again.
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02:43 flood of 85
The Roanoke River rose more than 15 feet in one day-- and crested at twice the flood stage. 11:50 flood of 85
Lynchburg watched the James River rise to 18 feet above flood stage. 12:07 flood of 85
The storm killed 20 people in Virginia and caused more than 100 million dollars in damage in Roanoke alone. 14:48 flood of 85
In West Virginia, 33 of the state's 55 counties were underwater.
Frightening reminders of what Mother Nature can do.
That's Virginia Newsreel, I'm David Seidel, NEWS-7.))

Sports-Plays

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In sports, all 26 National Hockey League teams were in action last night.
Now the league is on an Olympic inspired 17-day hiatus.
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WE find our way to San Jose for a late night contest. Canuck Dave Scatchard puts in the rebound for Vancouver.
The Shark's bite was pretty toothless last night. Todd Bertuzzie
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puts this one in for a goal in his first night as a Canuck.
And Vancouver doubles San Jose 6-to-3.
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Ross Rebagliati (rebh-lee-AH-tee) from Canada made history yesterday in Japan.
He won the first ever gold in the snowboarding competition.
American Chris Klug from Colorado came in sixth and Mike Jacoby was 17th.
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1-Scores

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Radford and William and Mary win in college basketball.
And the Roanoke's string of victories at the Round House ends.
For those scores and more, here's a look at the scoreboard.
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WebWatch

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If you missed your favortie Olympic event on television, you may want to try the web.
And, how will your tax dollars be spent in 1999?
This week's WebWatch has some answers.
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(( INTRO The Winter Olympic games are as complicated as they are colorful, as you try to keep track of schedules, events and athletes competing half a world away.
But, the official Olympic website can help you keep track of the action in Nagano.
A headline ticker and slide show gives you details of the day with a glance.
The site boasts 30 thousand pages of information. There are news headlines, a schedule of events... and the site will also keep a running medal count.
There's also a place for the kids to play, featuring an interactive olympic ice hockey game.

For a little Olympic background information, World Book Encyclopedia set up a special site, explaining the history behind the symbols and events of the ancient and modern olympic games.

The internet gambling industry is fighting for survival in the United States.
Congressman Bob Goodlatte is one of the sponsors of a bill that would outlaw internet gambling in the U.S. That bill is currently before a house panel.
Industry executive say they'd be willing to pay U.S. taxes, to avoid being banned.

Speaking of taxes, where are YOURS going to go in 1999? Find out here... the Office of Management and Budget website has the full text of President Clinton's budget for next year.
You can download large portions of the documents, or search for specific topics.
There's also a section explaining the budget process, how the money is spent, and where it comes from.

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2-Hello

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Re-Open
Good morning, I'm Denise Allen.
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And I'm Andrew Freiden
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It's (time) on Sunday February 8. Welcome back to News-7 Sunday morning.
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Clinton-Intern

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The accusations in the latest White House scandel continue to grow louder.
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Now Monica Lewinsky's attorney, William Ginsburg, has joined President Clinton's counsel in charging the independent prosecutor with illegally leaking information to the press.
Clinton attorney, David Kendall, accused independent prosecutor, Kenneth Starr of deliberately leaking secret information.
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((KENNETH STARR/INDEPENDENT PROSECUTOR: WE TRY TO CARRY ON THIS INVESTIGATION IN THE MOST PROFESSIONAL WAY. THE CHARGES HAVE BEEN MADE, WE'LL LOOK INTO THOSE CHARGES, BUT LET'S FIND OUT THE FACTS, LET'S FIND OUT THE FACTS.)) ((WILLIAM GINSBURG/LEWINSKY'S ATTORNEY: MR. STARR IS MAKING RECKLESS AND INANE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST OTHERS AS THE SOURCE OF THE LEAKS AND THE CAMPAIGN OF DISINFORMATION AND CLEARLY ATTEMPTING TO EVADE AND AVOID THE RESPONSIBILITY OF HIS OFFICE'S UNETHICAL, UNLAWFUL, AND ABUSIVE ACTS.))
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Legal analyst say Clinton benefits most from this confusion.
They say while everyone is focusing on these new allegations the real issues are getting lost.
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Brzonkala

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The 4-th U-S Circuit Court of Appeals will hear an appeal in the Christy Brzonkala lawsuit.
In December, a three- judge panel reinstated her lawsuit against Virginia Tech and two football players.
Now the whole circuit court will reconsider whether Brzonkala should be allowed to sue under the Violence Against Women Act which makes gender motivated crimes a civil rights issue.
Brzonkala says Tony Morrison and James Crawford raped her in 19-94 and that Tech protected the players because they were members of the football team.
Many observers expect the case to go all the way to the Supreme Court.

11-CSX-Concourse

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Clifton Forge will soon be without what many residents consider to be an
historic landmark--the CSX Concourse. (----------------)
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City officials met with CSX representatives last October and persuaded the company to leave the structure in the town's care if enough money was raised to renovate it.
But, funds were low and CSX is now following through with plans to demolish the concourse.
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Demolition crews are now removing asbestos from the roof and will tear the structure down over the next few weeks.
The concourse is one of only two such structures still standing in Virginia.
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11-Man-March

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In Roanoke's first "Thousand Man March" in 1996, about 500- African-American men participated.
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But yesterday, that number dropped to eight.
Local organizers say weather may have been a factor for the low turnout.
Though few attended, the goal remained the same, to rid society of some stereotypes.
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((HAROLD CANNADAY/1000- MAN MARCH ORGANIZER: THE IDEA I OBTAINED FROM THE MILLION MAN MARCH WOULD BE ABLE TO CREATE SOME UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY BY JUST SIMPLY GETTING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND TO SET POSITIVE IMAGES TO SAY THAT NOT ALL AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALES ARE VICTIMS OF CRIME OR DRUG USAGE BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM WORK EACH AND EVERY DAY ON THEIR JOBS AND ARE GOOD PROVIDERS FOR THEIR FAMILIES.))
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Participants focus on the contributions of black pioneers from more than 100-years ago.
Cannaday, a Roanoke City Schools employee, says he has seen several positive changes in students since the march began.
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The local event started after the "Million Man March", which was held in Washington D.C. in 1995, where black men gathered to re-dedicate themselves to family unity.

60-Minutes

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Ethnic-cleansing in Canada?
That's what some people are calling a French- languange- only policy in the province of Quebec.
It's one of the stories you can see tonight on 60-Minutes.
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That story and more tonight on 60-Minutes.
You can catch it at seven o'clock here on W-D-B-J.

2-Sports

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In sports, drivers are preparing for next weekend's race in Daytona.
Roy Stanley has the latest news from Florida.
Good Morning again.
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Irving-Profile

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You may think firefighting is a man's job.
Don't tell that to Shelby Irving.
She's been a firefighter in Danville for 10-years.
And when she's not putting out fires.. she's not sitting still.
Christy Hubley has this week's Virginia Profile.
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(( Meet Shelby Irving.
She's a firefighter and an EMT for the Danville Fire Station.
And how she got the job is an interesting story.
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IN Q=Actually a friend
((SHELBY IRVING/FIREFIGHTER: ACTUALLY A FRIEND PRETTY MUCH CHALLENGED ME. AND SHE SAID I DON'T THINK YOU CAN DO IT. AND I SAID I CAN DO IT IF I WANT TO.))
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When she joined the fire station ten years ago, she was the only woman among dozens of men.
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IN Q=I don't think I
((SHELBY IRVING: I DON'T THINK I HAD TO PROVE MYSELF BECAUSE YOU KNOW EVERYTIME WE GO OUT I DO GIVE 100% AND I THINK THEY SAW THAT AND THEY WERE PRETTY MUCH LIKE-YEAH, SHELBY, SHE CAN HANDLE HER OWN. A COUPLE OF THEM SAID WELL, I'LL FIGHT A FIRE WITH HER ANYDAY.))
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IN Q=You can depend on Shelby
((RAY EARP/ENGINEER: YOU CAN DEPEND ON SHELBY. SHE'S TRUST-WORTHY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL HER TWICE. SHE TAKES A LOT OF INITIATIVE ON HER OWN. SHE'S ONE OF THE FAMILY. SHE'S LIKE A SISTER TO US.))
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OUT Q=sister to us.

When Shelby's not at the fire station, you might find her at the gym. NATS 2:27:56-:58 ((WHISTLE. OTHER WAY. REVERSE.))
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She's an assistant coach for the women's basketball and softball teams at Averett College.
Shelby encourages these girls to give it their all.. on the court and off.
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IN Q=I enjoy just doing things
((SHELBY IRVING: I JUST ENJOY DOING THINGS WITH THEM. LEARNING FROM THEM AND THEY LEARN FROM ME. IT'S JUST A GREAT THING TO DO.))
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OUT Q=great thing to do.

And that's not all this wonder woman does.
She's an organizer of the National Night Out campaign.. teaching the community about crime and safety.
And she helps her church.. Jones Chapel.. with its payroll and budget.
How does she do it all?
Sometimes even she doesn't know.
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IN Q=That's my life kind of
((SHELBY IRVING: THAT'S MY LIFE KIND OF. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M HERE TO SERVE OTHERS OR WHAT. BUT I LOVE IT. I LOVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I LOVE AVERETT. I LOVE MY CHURCH AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT I DO. IT'S VERY EXCITING. THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.))
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With this week's Virginia Profile.. Christy Hubley, News 7.))
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James Madison beats in state rival Old Dominion in men's college basketball.
And the Lady Liberty Flames remain undefeated.
Now here's a look at the scoreboard.
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Don't forget to check in with News-7 Mornin' as you get ready to head off to work or school this week.
Here' Steve Pardon with a look ahead,
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