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Hurricane Bonnie hammers the Carolinas, then shuffles on up the Coast in her own destructive way.
That's the top story on NEWS 7 at SIX.
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
And a convicted racketeer spits at the prosecutor once he learns his sentence.
[Sports-head]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
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Tonight in sports, the Express goes after one of its top scorers from a year ago, Glass and Heritage opne the high school season tonight and
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[WX-Head]
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Bonnie slides away, it looks like Danielle will stay away. The latest hurricane center track for that hurricane in a few minutes.
[Tropical-Storm]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
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[TAPE#=98-45; 1:55:31]
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Bonnie has been downgraded to a tropical storm but its still packing high winds and lots of rain.
News-7's Ellen Qualls is tracking the storm in North Carolina.
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
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[TAPE#=98-57]
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The Health Department has lifted its warning against swimming in some parts of Smith Mountain Lake.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Franklin Co./File Tape;]
Three areas of the lake -- Crazy Horse Campground, Becky's Creek, and Hardy's Ford Bridge -- had high levels of bacteria from sewage last week.
But this week, Health Department tests show the water is fine.
Officials say this could change.
They will test the water once a week and try to find the source of last week's bacteria.
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[School-Closing]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6p]
[WRITER=sta]
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Heat in Southwest Virginia is causing more school closings for tomorrow..
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[take pinnacle board]
Schools in Smyth County will be closing at two p-m.
And, Alleghany Highlands schools will close two hours early.
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[Riverland]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6p]
[WRITER=sta]
[TAPE#=98-54; 19:26]
[GRAPHIC=none]
A Salem man in a standoff with police tonight said he wanted to be the top story on the evening news.
[Double Boxes=Keith/Tina Microwave]
Tina Tenret is on the scene with more.
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(Rollcue:no criminal charges right now.)
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[OUT Q=a psychiatric evaluation.]
((Police say Steve Garnet had heavy fire power inside his trailer at the Riverland Mobile Home Court on West Riverside Drive.
For two hours he held police at bay.
They say he threatened to shoot any officer that approached the trailer.
He had apparently lost his jobs at Haley's Toyota in Roanoke today.
Police negotiated with Garnet by phone and coached him outside.
Police say he could be charged with threatening a police officer, but they are waiting for the results of a psychiatric evaluation.))
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
[SS=NONE]
Still to come--pink slips go out at a company in Christiansburg, leaving dozens of people without a job.
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[VO-NAT]
And, the federal government steps in to help improve an apartment complex in Roanoke.
Those stories coming up when the news continues.
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[Hit-and-Run]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6p]
[WRITER=chu]
[TAPE#=98-60]
[GRAPHIC=Fatal Accident]
State Police say they've recovered the vehicle involved in a fatal hit-and-run in Pittsylvania County.
The 1973 black Ford pickup truck was found today at a residence in Ringgold.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co./Yesterday;]
34-year old Cynthia Faye White was struck and killed Tuesday night along State Route 360 in Keeling.
Her body was found yesterday morning.
The owner of the pickup truck says he was not driving it at the time of the accident.
The investigation is continuing.
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[Abbott]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6p]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=98-52; 51:09]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]
Members of the Abed family were sentenced today.
To start with... Amar Abed spat at the prosecutor as he was led away in handcuffs.
Then the defendant's mother placed a curse on the judge.
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[IN Q=The judge]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/March, 1997; :00]
[SUPER=04-January 13, 1995; :06]
[SUPER=01-Salwa Abed/Amar's Mother; :31 ]
[SUPER=01-Tom Bondurant/Assistant U.S. Attorney; :42 ]
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[OUT Q=unable to hit me.]
((The judge called it "thug-like behavior," referring to the crimes of young men who set fire to businesses in the early 90's.
Because the jury believed they used a Molotov cocktail to burn out the Corner Store, Judge Sam Wilson imposed the mandatory 30- year prison term for that act alone.
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[SOT 13:24:40]
[IN Q=Maybe they do something bad]
((MAYBE THEY DO SOMETHING BAD. PUNISH THEM, BUT THAT MUCH?))
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[OUT Q=but that much.]
Salwa Abed's 26-year old son, Amar, had just been sentenced to 47-and-a half years in prison for racketeering, arson and conspiracy.
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[IN Q=everyday I'm gonna]
((EVERYDAY I'M GONNA PRAY FOR GOD TO PUNISH JUDGE WILSON THE WAY HE PUNISHED MY KIDS, BECAUSE MY KIDS THEY DON'T DESERVE THAT.))
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[OUT Q=don't deserve that.]
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[IN Q=...CURSES BEING PLACED]
((...CURSES BEING PLACED ON THE PROSECUTION TEAM, THREATS MADE TOWARDS US. YOU KNOW IT'S JUST ANOTHER DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE ABED TRIAL TEAM.))
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[OUT Q=Abed trial team.]
Tom Bondurant was the member of the prosecution team closest to Amar Abed when he started spitting.
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[IN Q=Three times towards]
((THREE TIMES TOWARDS OUR TABLE, CORRECT. HE MISSED. I MOVE RATHER FAST FOR SOMEONE MY SIZE, I GUESS. HE WAS UNABLE TO HIT ME.))
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[OUT Q=unable to hit me.]))
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Two of the jurors who heard the case last January and February showed up at today's hearing to find out what the defedants got.
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[Cressell]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
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[WRITER=THa]
[TAPE#=98-56; 28:16]
[GRAPHIC=Emmit Cressel]
Lawyers for capital murder suspect, Emmett Cressell, Junior are appealing a judge's decision to deny bond for their client.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Independence/File;]
Cressell's the second of two suspects to be tried for allegedly burning and beheading a black man in Grayson County, last summer.
Cressell's attorneys filed the appeal yesterday.
Cressell had been free on 150- thousand dollars bond after he was charged with first degree murder.
But when the charge against him was upgraded to capital murder several months ago, Cressell's bond was immediately revoked.
He's scheduled for trial in October.
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[Green-Meadow]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6p]
[WRITER=tte]
[TAPE#=98-51; 1:16:55]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]
A Rocky Mount apartment complex that housed eight families will NOT be repaired.
Instead, the owner has three months to destroy it.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Rocky Mount;]
The building is supported only by a pair of beams and a couple of cables.
Two years ago, heavy rains and mudslides split the foundation and drove residents out.
Today, a judge gave the building's owner, Bill Bratton of A-and-B Properties, 90 days to tear it down.
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[IN Q=Ninety days]
((JUDY SHIVELY/NEIGHBOR: NINETY DAYS. THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD ME LIKE TWO OR THREE MONTHS AGO. NO IT WAS A YEAR AGO. AND I SEEN THE MAN HERE AND I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO TEAR IT DOWN BUT IT'S STILL HERE, AND IT'S A MESS.))
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[OUT Q=it's a mess]
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[VO-NAT]
Bratton says he doesn't know what he will do with this land on Green Meadow Road.
But he can NOT build another apartment complex -- the zoning has changed to allow churches, garages or single-family homes.
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[Lincoln-Terrace]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
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[WRITER=sgo]
[TAPE#=98-49; 1:34:00]
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A Roanoke public housing complex is getting a huge gift from the federal government.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
The announcement came at a press conference this afternoon, with the U-S Secretary of Housing and Urban Development calling in on a speakerphone.
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[IN Q=my heartfelt]
((VOICE OF ANDREW CUOMO/U.S. SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT: MY HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS AND APPLAUSE ... ROANOKE WON 15 MILLION (APPLAUSE).))
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[VO-NAT]
Lincoln Terrace will use the money to tear down old units...
Then build single-family homes and duplexes.
There also will be a new job-training center for people who live in the neighborhood.
It's part of an agressive federal program to help public-housing residents become self-sufficient.
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[Donnkenny]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=THa]
[TAPE#=98-61; 22:20]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Lower cost imports and changes in department store buying patterns.
Those are two of the reasons Donnkenny Apparel says its closing two of its Southwest Virginia plants.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Christiansburg;]
Donnkenny is closing its New River Finishing plant in Christiansburg-- a move that will put nearly 65 people out of work.
The company is also closing its plant in Lee County which employs nearly 170 people.
The plants will officially close October 30th.
Company officials say the decision to shut down the plants will strengthen Donnkenny's operations in Floyd, Independence, and Wytheville.
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[Bank-Merger]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6p]
[WRITER=sgo]
[TAPE#=98-58; 25:30]
[GRAPHIC=Banking]
Yet another buyout of a Virginia bank.
This time it's MainStreet Financial Corporation-- announcing today it has been bought by Branch Bank and Trust.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
B-B-and-T is based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
It already has branches in Virginia, including three in Roanoke.
[lb 6 -- piedmont bank]
[SUPER=03-Martinsville/File Tape;]
MainStreet operates 11 community banks, with headquarters in Martinsville.
The merger could close a couple of MainStreet branches.
And some of MainStreet's upper-level managers will lose their jobs.
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[Stocks]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
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[WRITER=sta]
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The Dow fell by nearly 360 points today--
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closing at 81-hundred sixty-six points.
NASDAQ was down 82 points.
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[220-Groundbreaking]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
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[WRITER=chu]
[TAPE#=98-44; 1:57:43]
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A number of fatal accidents on a stretch of Route-220 in Henry County has prompted improvements.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Henry Co.;]
A ground breaking ceremony today in Ridgeway marked the start of a road project that will move a dangerous intersection at Routes 220 and 902.
[***INSERT COACH VIDEO HERE*** ]
Magna Vista High School's basketball coach Jim Young was the most recent person to lose his life here.
His wife and daughter couldn't hold back the tears as community leaders urged the audience to play it safe on the road.
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[IN Q=We all need to commit]
((ROSCOE REYNOLDS/VA STATE SENATOR: WE ALL NEED TO COMMIT OURSELVES TO BEING RESPONSIBLE DRIVERS AND TO MAKE SURE WE REMEMBER THE LESSON THAT OUR INATTENTION, OUR CARELESSNESS, OUR RECKLESSNESS CAN HAVE THE RESULT OF HURTING SOMEONE ELSE VERY BADLY.))
[SUPER=01-Roscoe Reynolds/VA State Senator;]
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[OUT Q=else very badly.]
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[VO-NAT]
The road safety project tops 800-thousand dollars and should be completed by next summer.
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[Sports Tease]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
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[WRITER=mst]
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Coming up tonight on New 7 sports, the high school football season kicks off tonight in Lynchburg.
You can catch the Cowboys in action here on Your Hometown Station this evening.
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[VO-NAT]
And we'll talk with some of the NFL's main men who have gone the extra mile to make one of the hottest video games on the market.
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[S-McGwire]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-12]
[GRAPHIC=Roger maris Chase]
The Roger Maris chase begins tonight as the race to top 61 homers this season continues.
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Mark McGwire will get a huge challenge tonight as he begins a four game series against the Braves and the best pitching staff in baseball.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/1997-98 Season; :00]
One note from the ice.
Roanoke Express head coach Scott Gordon will meet with former Express left winger Chris Cantu tomorrow afternoon at 2 at the Roanoke office.
Today Gordon said he hopes to sign Cantu to a contract, though he should get a try out in either the IHL or AHL.
In 52 games last year, Cantu scored 30 goals and registered 20 assists last season. He has a personal trainer and has gone from 185 to 200 pounds over the summer.
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[S-Glass]
[ANCHOR=Roy]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=rst]
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[GRAPHIC=FFe Logo]
E.C. Glass and Heritage kick off the Friday Football Extra season tonight as they renew their always entertaining rivalry at City Stadium.
Heritage is coming off a trip to the state championship game, while the hilltoppers are trying to not only rebound from a 2-and-8 season,
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but also bounce back from the loss of Bo Henson.
After 19 years as head coach of the Toppers, Henson was relieved of his duties last November, and tonight interim head coach Dennis Peters takes over.
Roy Stanley has more on the matchup.
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[SUPER=01-Dennis Peters/E.C. Glass Head Coach; :13]
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[SUPER=01-Pem Apperson/Heritage Head Coach; :41]
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((This rivarly is one of the hottest in the state. and its the first for Dennis Peters as a head coach at E.C. Glass.
In the past the Hilltoppers have always been the favorite but that has changed this year.
((DENNIS PETERS/E.C. GLASS HEAD COACH:))
Heritage has some work to do to get back to the state championship game again this season.
And Head coach Pem Apperson says even though its the first game of the season it usually sets the tone for the remainder of the year.
((PEM APPERSON/HERITAGE HEAD COACH:))
((PETERS;))
We'll have highlights tonight at 11 on News 7.
Roy Stanlet News 7 sports.))
[S-UVA]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-18]
[GRAPHIC=UVa football]
The Virginia Cavaliers offense returns six starters from last years unit that leaned more on it's passing attack than in years past.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Charlottesville; :00]
This preseason, George Welsh hopes running back Thomas Jones will improve on his 692 rushing yards in 97.
Aaron Brooks comes into this season with confidence after throwing 14 touchdowns and only one interception in his final four games.
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[SUPER=01-Aaron Brooks/UVa Quarterback; :00]
[SUPER=01-George Welsh/UVa Head Coach; :]
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[OUT Q=..things quicker"]
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[S-NFL]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
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[wipe to pinnacle board 25058]
The NFL is back on Your Hometown Station this year.
And tonight at eight o'clock the Jacksonville Jaguars host the Dallas Cowboys here on the Big 7.
It's the NFL back on WDBJ, the way it should be.
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[S-Video]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-13]
[GRAPHIC=NFL]
That game tonight is real, and what you're about to see is as real at it gets when it comes to video games.
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[VO-NAT]
Sports 989, the makers of the popular Game Day video series have been busy working on Game Day 99.
Sony Playstation's best selling disc just got a whole lot better with with all new 3D motion graphics and more than 500 working plays.
Plus, this year it's available for your PC as well as your Playstation.
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[SUPER=01-Reuben Davis/Chargers Tackle; :08]
[SUPER=01-Terrell Davis/Broncos Running Back; :17]
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[vo-nat con't-]
Players such as Davis, Mike Alstott and Ryan Leaf had a more active roll in developing the actual plays and movements in this year's game.
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