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Next on News 7-
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The President is making federal disaster aid available after tornados strike Florida.
Testing is complete- so was it deadly anthrax that two men were trying to test in Nevada?
Plus the latest on tuition changes at Virginia Tech-
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News 7 is next.

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Good Evening.
President Clinton is promising
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federal aid to tornado victims in Florida.
38 people are dead and at least 13 are still missing after overnight storms.
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The Anthrax scare appears to be over in Nevada.
William Leavitt Junior and Larry Wayne Harris have been cleared of all biological weapon charges.
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And Virginia Tech is looking to improve student health next year. But will students pay the price when it comes time to pay the bills?
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We'll have those stories and more on News 7 at Eleven.

FL-Wx


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Rescuers are using bloodhounds to search for 13 people still missing after tornados in Florida.
38 people are dead and hundreds of others are injured-
The twisters smashed through hundreds of homes in the Orlando area- but missed Walt Disney Wrold and other theme parks in that region.
Drew Levinson has the latest.
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((Near orlando florida, the search for the dead is nearing an end, now the big cleanup begins. We heard the windows starting to crack amd then we just dove in the hallway...and everything blew on top of us. It was florida's deadliest swarm of tornados ever, more deadly than hurricane andrew in 1992. The twisters cut a swath through six counties. The killer weather tore apart homes, commercial buildings. With winds up to 210 miles per hour, trees were uprooted, vehicles tossed around like toys.
REP. BILL MCCULLUM, R-FLORIDA: IT'S LIKE A MINI-ANDREW, IN SOME WAYS IT'S ACTUALLY WORSE BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE THROWN AROUND THIS TIME, NATSND OF RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY CALLED FLAMINGO LAKES, HOUSES QUITE DESTROYED NEXT TO HOUSES SEEMINGLY UNTOUCHED.
The El Nino fueled storms struck at the height of the tourist season here. But the six to ten twisters missed the theme parks at Disney World, Sea World and Universal Studios. Most people were asleep when the tornadoes rumbled through.
BOONIE SHERBANOWSKI/TORONTO CANADA: WE LOOKED OUTSIDE AND IT WAS LIKE A MASSIVE FUNNEL., BUT IT DIDN'T TAPER OFF. WE RAN AND HID IN THE BROOM CLOSET AND HELD ON FOR DEAR LIFE."
Throughout the day police canine units searched for victims. Other rescue teams searched for bodies in nearby streams and rivers. The storms were unforgiving and unbiased in their devastation. One of the victim's included an 18 month old baby swept from his father's arms.
PRESIDENT CLINTON TO VISIT WEDNESDAY MORNING. DREW LEVINSON CBS NEWS OSCEOLA COUNTY FLORIDA.))

Iraq


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President Clinton says he's willing to test a plan between the United Nations and Iraq.
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U-N Secretary General Kofi Annan and Iraqi officials came to an agreement-
It allows U-N weapons inspectors unlimited access to suspected weapons sites.
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The President is warning there will be serious consequences if Iraq doesn't live up to its promise.
For the time being U-S troops will stay in the Persian Gulf.
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Thompson


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One Tennessee Senator says he wants to get the details of the U-N agreement before determining what to do about the situation.
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Fred Thompson says he doubts the U-S can ensure the Iraqi leader's latest promise is worth any more than his promises of the past.
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IS THIS JUST A WAY TO BUY A FEW MONTHS, BRING US TO THE TABLE, MAKE A FEW PROMISES, THEN BREAK IT AGAIN? ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO PERMANENTLY HAVE ALL THOSE TROOPS AND BOATS AND PLANES DOWN THERE?
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Thompson was in Roanoke tonight helping Congressman Bob Goodlatte kick off his re-election campaign.
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Anthrax


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Turns out it wasn't deadly anthrax after all.
Two men arrested in Las Vegas Last week have been cleared on all biological weapons charges.
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William Leavitt Junior and Larry Wayne Harris were accused of possessing a biological material for use as a weapon.
But testing showed the material was a harmless anthrax vaccine for animals.
Leavitt, who had no criminal record, is now free.
But Harris remains jailed on a new charge.
It's alleged he violated his probation for a 1995 conviction- He was then convicted of illegally ordering bubonic plague bacteria by mail.
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Virginia-Tech


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In-state students who go to Virginia Tech won't have to dig too much deeper in their pockets.
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The school's board of visitors today approved the tuition and fee policy for next year.
Tuition for in-state undergraduate students will remain at 35-hundred dollars.
But out of state undergraduate students will have to pay roughly 300-dollars more.
ALL full-time students, however, will notice an increase in the mandatory comprehensive fee.
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((LARRY HINCKER/VIRGINIA TECH SPOKESMAN:OUR FEES ARE THE LOWEST IN THE STATE, THIS YEAR, WE ARE RAISING FEES, BY A LITTLE OVER 100- DOLLARS PER YEAR, BUT STILL, WHEN YOU FACTOR THAT IN WITH OUT TUITION, WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK, WE'RE ABOUT EIGHT IN THE STATE, IN THE COMBINED PACKAGE OF MANDATORY FEES AND TUITION. ))
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The increase will be used to help pay for the new 21-point six million dollar Student Health and Fitness Center.
The board also approved the creation of M-S and P-H-D degrees in computer engineering.

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Virginia Tech's vet school has gained some new bragging rights.
Last week-- students and faculty deliver a cloned calf on behalf of a Scottish based bio-technology company.
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The 98-pound holstein is named Mr. Jefferson in honor of the nation's third president. It was delivered by caesarean last Monday.
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((DR. DEE WHITTIER/VET SCHOOL ASSOCIATE PROF.: HE WAS BORN APPROXIMATELY 10- THIRTY AND HE WAS VERY VIGOROUS RIGHT AWAY, HE WAS ACTUALLY STANDING UP WITHIN ABOUT A HALF HOUR OF BEING DELIVERED. ))
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The calf was cloned by P-P-L Therapeutics, Incorporated-- the same company responsible for "Dolly" the cloned sheep.
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((WILL EYESTONE/PPL THERAPEUTICS, INC.: HE WAS MADE USING THE SAME, VERY SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY THAT WAS USED TO MAKE DOLLY THE SHEEP AND POLLY THE SHEEP WITH CERTAIN ADAPTATIONS THAT WE HAD TO INTRODUCE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE FACT THAT MR. JEFFERSON IS A BOVINE AND THE OTHER TWO WERE OVINE. ))
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P-P-L is a Scottish based company.
It hopes cloning will help lead to new and improved medicines.
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This is not the first cloned calf-- another one was born about six months ago in Wisconsin.
Toss-2-Robin Jean tosses to Robin in the Chromakey
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HARD MUSIC UNDER
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Franklin County could get a hefty water bill from Rocky Mount. We'll have the details when we return,
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and then we'll see how the General Assembly could be making waves for jet ski riders.
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Jet-Skis


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The road ahead could be choppy for jet-skiers, if the General Assembly approves rules that single them out.
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State delegates say any jet-skier creating a nuisance should be punished with a class one misdemeanor and possible jail time.
The bill does NOT apply to all boaters, only to users of personal water crafts.
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((MARK WILKINSON/JET SKIER: WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE PWC COMMUNITY IS PROBABLY A MORE FAVORABLE REACTION TO POTENTIAL REGULATION THAN THE TRADITIONAL BOATING COMMUNITY AND THAT I FELT THAT'S LARGELY DUE TO PWC-ERS AT TIMES FEEL THREATENED AND BY ACTING LIKE A GOOD CITIZEN THEY MIGHT EARN THEMSELVES SOME CREDIT AND SHOW EVERYONE THEY'RE LEGITIMATE RECREATION.))
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But the Smith Mountain Lake Association says jet-skiers need more rules and training.
The General Assembly might also require training before anyone can rent jet skis.
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((JIM SPITZ/SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE ASSOCIATION: SO MANY ARE UNSKILLED IN THEIR OPERATION. FOR EXAMPLE, THOSE LITTLE GUYS ARE CAPABLE OF DOING 50 MILES PER HOUR VERY QUICKLY. AND TO THE UNSKILLED OPERATOR, IF THERE'S A PROBLEM OUT THERE THE FIRST THING THEY DO IS CUT THE THROTTLE. THEY GO DEAD IN THE WATER.))
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Jet skis were involved in more than a third of the accidents on the lake last year.
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Rocky-Mount


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Rocky Mount says it will provide water and sewer service to Route 40-East in Franklin County -- but the deal comes with some demanding terms.
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If Franklin County wants sewer lines along the route, it must build and pay for them.
Then, Rocky Mount would take over those lines, keep all the revenue, and annex the land -- in exchange for providing the water.
But if those sewer lines attract developers, the payoff could be big for Franklin county.
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((POSEY DILLON/TOWN COUNCIL: IT WOULD INCREASE NOT ONLY THEIR TAX BASE BUT ALSO JOBS FOR THEIR CITIZENS IN THE COUNTY AND THEN THE COUNTY ALSO HAS SOME PROPERTIES LIKE ROCKY MOUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH ARE PRESENTLY IN NEED OF SOME WATER BECAUSE OF WATER PROBLEMS THAT ARE THERE.))
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Dillon says sewer lines would cost the county just under a million dollars to build.
Rocky Mount also wants the county to fork over an extra 400-thousand dollars for the county's share of the Wal-mart sewer lines.
Franklin County says it will respond by the end of the week.
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Virtual-Field


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How will new technological advances impact the commonwealth's schools?
Virginia Tech hopes a teacher's conference will shed some light.
Intern Reporter Matt Feret has the story.
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((Educators say continual advances in technology will make primary and secondary classrooms more interactive.
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((JOY COLBERT/COORDINATOR: THEY'RE SEEING THINGS LIKE VIRTUAL JAMESTOWN PROGRAM, WHICH WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO GO ONLINE WITH A COMPUTER, AND ACTUALLY TOUR JAMESTOWN AS IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN WHEN THE SETTLERS FIRST LANDED.))
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In the very near future, your kids might not have to get on a yellow school bus to take a field trip-- they can just hop online and go virtually anywhere. And once they're on, they can take a trip to an art museum, archeological dig, or even peer into the depths of space.
Keynote speaker Robert Anderson of the Mars Pathfinder Mission says THAT kind of interaction is already taking place.
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((DR. ROBERT ANDERSON/JPL: WE HAVE EIGHT MORE MISSIONS GOING TO MARS IN THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS, AND THERE'S A BIG EMPHASIS NOW IS TO MAKE THE CHILDREN INVOLVED IN THE MISSIONS AS WE GO ALONG SO USING THIS IN THE CLASSROOM TEACHING AND SHOWING IT IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF A SCREEN, BUT THAT ITS REAL ACTIVE, INTERACTIVE.))
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The Virginia Tech conference showcases cutting- edge technology that closes the gap between researchers and classroom teachers.
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((JANET JOHNSON/COLLEGE DEAN: WE'RE ABLE TO BEAM THE SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE IN THE LABORATORY DIRECTLY INTO THE CLASSROOM RATHER THAN WAITING THE FEW YEARS IT NORMALLY TAKES FOR A DISCOVERY TO FIRST GET INTO SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS, THEN TO TEXTBOOKS THEN FINALLY ACTUALLY PRESENTED IN THE CLASSROOM.))
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By making sure teachers are aware of such advances, Tech officials promise the flow of information to Virginia's schools will be out of this world. Matt Feret, news 7.))

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Stay with us,
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up next Joe Dashiell begins his look at the revival of Bluegrass music in part one of his series Bluegrass Spotlight.
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1-Bluegrass


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Bluegrass may never approach the popularity of mainstream country music, but its audience is growing. Take Bluegrass Full Page
Joe Dashiell reports, that news strikes a chord with musicians who've made bluegrass their business.
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Once shunned as the hillbilly cousin of country and western music, the "high lonesome sound" that Bill Monroe pioneered is now drawing a crowd.
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Census studies and market research support Sammy Shelor's suspicion. NAT SOUND OF SAMMY SHELOR PLAYING BANJO
Bluegrass is on a roll, even as sales of country and other forms of music are relatively flat.
The crossover success of groups such as Allison Krauss and Union station has helped.
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Chris Jones is a Nashville musician whose latest release, No One But You, is on Roanoke-based Rebel Records. Jones says he's just trying to put an original slant on bluegrass, the way he says all good bands have done before him.
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Ten years ago, Jones says bluegrass was a dirty word in Nashville... if it wasn't country it wasn't commercial. NAT SOUND OF JONES PLAYING
Today, he and other artists are proving the bluegrass IS greener.
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And finally from the Express front, the Northeast divisional leaders also have the player of the week in the league.
Chris Lipsett had five goals and 2 assists last week. You can catch him tonight at the Roundhouse as Roanoke hosts Johnstown in the Aerosmith makeup game.
Remember it's pack the car night. Put as many folks in your car as you can and the whole group gets in for just $18 bucks.
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S-ODAC


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The Old Dominion Athletic Conference crowned its tournament champion last night.
But not a new one, Hampden Sydney College notched back to back titles.
And as Denise Allen reports this one went down to the wire.
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The band was playing for Hampden Sydney, as the Tigers prepared to take the court, Randolph Macon was looking to make this game sting.
And the Yellow Jackets would get on board first Sean McAloon to Brian Pirttima for the short baseline 'j.'
But Sydney retalliated quickly David Hobbs gets the ball underneath and sees Chris Fox all alone, Fox gets the three. And the Tigers lead.
They were looking to increase that margin when Chris Gerlufsen intercepts the pass and goes all the way for the bucket.
The game was tight so the Tigers try the back door Brent Rusnak with the perfect hallyoop to Jack Jirak for two and Hampden Sydney takes a 30-26 lead to the lockerroom at the half.
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The Yellow Jackets came out a different team. And when Josh Soper finds Matt Meehan underneath it's 40-39 Randolph Macon.
From this point on the lead would see-saw back and forth.
Clutch three point shooting by T.J. Grimes would keep Sydney in the game
And in the Tigers last possession Tournament MVP Jeremy Harris is in the right spot to put in the rebound and give Hampden Sydney the 52-51 win.
The Yellow Jackets had seven seconds to pull out the win, but the Tigers had fouls to give and Randolph Macon's last second shot failed.
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DENISE ALLEN/NEWS 7: NOW HAMPDEN SYDNEY GOES TO THE NCAA DIVISION THREE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT.
RANDOLPH MACON COULD STILL GET A BIRTH.
THE YELLOW JACKETS WILL FIND OUT SUNDAY WHEN THE PAIRINGS ARE ANNOUNCED.
IN SALEM, DENISE ALLEN NEWS 7 SPORTS.))

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The Washington Redskins beefed up their porous defensive front today by signing free agent Dana Stubblefield to a 6 year $36 million dollar deal.
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Stubblefield was the NFL's player of the year last season recording 15 sacks for the 49ers.
He says former Redskin Charles Mann helped him make the decision.
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Sports Tease


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Still to come tonight Steve Mason talks with Curtis Staples
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as prepares for his final home game at Virginia.
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S-NFL


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wipe to eng!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Stubblefield's signing means the Redskins have absolutely no desire to sign Sean Gilbert, their designated franchise player who held out all of last season in a contract dispute despite being offered $4 million a season.
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S-Tech


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The Virginia Tech women's team which finished up the regular season with a 17 & 9 record continues its quest for postseason play
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later tonight as the Hokies host Fordham in an opening round game in the Atlantic 10 tournament.
The game tips off at seven and tickets are just 4 dollars for adults and 2 bucks for kids 17 and under.
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S-VHSL


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High school basketball regional action opens tomorrow night all over the area.
The News 7 sports team will covering the action from Danville to Buena Vista and right here in the Roanoke Valley Valley.
We'll have the highlights of five of tomorrow night quarterfinal games right here on News 7 at 11.

S-UVA


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The Virginia Cavaliers play their final home finale tomorrow night at U-Hall against Maryland.
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It will be the final home game for Roanoke native Curtis Staples.
Steve Mason has more in a two part look at the UVa senior.
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((The year; 1995 and a freshman was upsetting Roy Williams and his mighty kansas Jayhawks in the Midwest Region semifinals. Curtis stapled his name into the NCAA basketball fabric with 18 points in leading UVa to the final eight. ((:)) Staples stayed and, this season, has suffered through an eight game losing streak; the longest skid in 14 years for the Cavaliers. ((:))
Staples needs 6 treys to break the NCAA record for three pointers in a career. He has at least three games left in a Virginia uniform to reach the 410 mark. Curtis; along with fellow senior Norman Nolan have also displayed an incredible knack for keeping their teammates positive despite a 3 and 11 ACC record. ((:))
Tomorrow, Curtis talks openly about his support for Jeff Jones. Steve Mason , news 7 sports.))
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Actor Drew Carey celebrated like a king last night.
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But that's okay because Carey was in New Orleans presiding over a Mardi Gras parade as King Bacchus.
Bacchus was the Greek god of wine and last night Carey sat on the throne once graced by Bob Hope and Jackie Gleason.
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