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A Liberty High School Student is charged with Capital murder- for allegedly killing a classmate-
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And the death toll is 57 after a fiery bus accident in Brazil.
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A powerful cold front does the job. Temperatures are a full 20 degrees cooler today. The latest numbers just ahead.
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Tonight on Health Check -- A young Roanoke girl living with a terminal and rare disease is trying to beat the odds with a positive attitude.
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And Evenflo is recalling thousands of products that are potentially dangerous to children.
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A Liberty High School student is in custody charged with murdering a fellow classmate sometime over the holiday weekend.
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Teresa Hamilton joins from Liberty High School where the news was broken to the students this afternoon.
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Lawyers for Carol Eugene Humphries successfully managed to delay his extradition to face murder charges in West Virginia.
Humphries is charged with hiring two men to blow up his first wife's former husband.
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Eric Earhart is in Covington with the details.
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Dozens of people on their way home from a religious pilgramage never made it-
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Two buses carrying the pilgrims were engulfed in flames in Southeastern Brazil.
It all started when a tanker truck lost control on the highway- flipped over and was hit by a truck carrying liquor.
The liquid then burst into flames engulfing both buses on the road..
At least 57 people are dead from the accident.
Some passengers were able to escape.
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A teenager pleaded guilty to killing a seven year old girl in a Las Vegas casino bathroom-
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In exchange, 19 year old Jeremy Strohmeyer is going to prison for the rest of his life.
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Strohmeyer told the judge he is guilty as charged in the kidnapping, rape and murder of Sherrice Iverson.
The killing took place as the girls father gambled elsewhere in the casino.
The girl's family says Strohmeyer's companion should also face charges for seeing the assault and not stopping it.
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Still to come on the newscast, the Stock Market finishes a record day. We'll let you know what it did in a moment.
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and President Clinton is taking more heat in the Senate and this time it comes from a member of his extended family.
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and in Health Check, we'll see how a Roanoke family is finding hope as it struggles with a very rare disease.
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We'll have that and more. Stay with us.
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President Clinton's lawyer wants a chance to see special prosecutor Ken Starr's report first- before it goes to Congress.
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Meanwhile on Capitol Hill, Senate Democrats are continuing their criticism of Clinton's involvement with Monica Lewinsky.
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Senator Boxer's daughter is married to Hillary Clinton's brother.
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The former chairman of the Virginia Democratic Party is urging (Con-dem-nation) condemnation of the President.
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Paul Goldman has offered a resolution to the Democrats' Central Committee which is meeting later this month.
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Over the weekend, Virginia's most loyal Democratic congressman, Brian Moran (muh-RAN) of northern Virginia, said impeachment proceedings against the President were now "inevitable."
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The proposed routes for Interstate 73 are generating more opposition...this time in Roanoke County.
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The Virginia Department of Transportation is studying three major routes that run through Roanoke County.
This afternoon, residents asked the board of supervisors to support the current I-581, U-S 220 corridor and reject the so-called western route.
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The Regional Chamber of Commerce and local lawmakers have scheduled meetings on I-73 in the next few weeks.
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Twelve years ago, college hoops star Len Bias died from a cocaine overdose.
Today, his mother hopes his story will save others from the same fate.
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Lonise (LOW-NIECE) Bias spoke to students at the Carlisle School in Martinsville about preserving life.
Her son Len played basketball for the University of Maryland and was just drafted by the Boston Celtics when he O-D'd in 1986.
Bias says no one is immune to the dangers of drugs and alcohol.
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Bias's speech helped kick off the Carlisle School's "Stop the Madness" drug and alcohol awareness initiative.
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On Wall Street today, the market posted its biggest one day gain ever.
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The Dow industrials average gained about 380 points or nearly
five percent.
Analysts say Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan spurred today's big gains when he indicted Friday that interest rates could be headed lower.
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A winery in Bedford County is taking a different approach to make its wine. Despite the fact they have many varieties, not one is made from grapes.
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Coming up in Sports, The Virginia Tech Hokies get ready for this weekend's game against Clemson.
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Coming up next on health check --
A faulty child carrier is being taken off store shelves.
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And you've probably never heard of Niemann-Pick disease, but a Roanoke family is trying to help raise awareness about the genetic-disorder that's affecting their 13-year old daughter.
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((ANNETTE OZMER/HUNTER'S MOM: NIEMANN PICK SEEMS TO GET WORSE ESPECIALLY IN GIRLS AT PUBERTY AND REGRESSION HAPPENS QUICKLY.))
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A child product manufacturer is recalling more than 22-thousand of the Evenflo Hike and Roll Child Carrier for repair.
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The product could put a child in a life threatening situation.
Children can slip sideways into the leg opening creating a strangulation risk.
The models being recalled are 522101 and 522102 made between the dates
of June 1, 1996 and October 31, 1997.
Parents can look for the model number and manfacturing date on a white tag underneath the bottom of the carrier.
Evenflo is offering a free seat insert to reduce the space of the leg opening.
The installation provides a more secure fit for the child.
Evenflo has a toll free 24-hour hot line for concerned parents who want more information. That number is 800-649-0071.
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A 13-year old Roanoke girl is battling a rare disease.
Hunter Ozmer has Niemann-Pick -- an inherited metabolic disorder.
Harmful quantities of a fatty substance accumulate in the spleen, liver, lungs, bone marrow, and, in some patients, the brain.
It's a frustrating disease, for the patients and families because so little is known about it.
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Doctor do know there is a one in four chance that each child will have Niemann-Pick if both parents have the recessive gene.
They also know right now there's no cure for the terminal illness.
But -- there is hope.
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((HUNTER OZMER/NIEMANN PICK PATIENT: I SWIM IN THE WINTER AND THE SUMMER. I'M GOING TO DO VOLLEYBALL AND I JUMP ON THE TRAMPOLINE AND I DO LOTS OF STUFF.))
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Hunter was diagnosed with type C --the most common form of this uncommon disease.
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((DR. JOSEPH DUCKWALL/PEDIATRICIAN: THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE PICKED UP WERE AN ENLARGED LIVER WHICH DIDN'T GO AWAY AND ALL THE USUAL THINGS WE THOUGHT WOULD CAUSE IT.))
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Now this skinny, active child, has to watch everything she eats.
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((ANNETTE OZMER/HUNTER'S MOM: SHE'S BEEN ON A REAL STRICT DIET SINCE SHE WAS TWO, IT'S VERY LOW FAT, LOW CHOLESTEROL, LOW SUGAR, DIET.))
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There are only about 300 children in the United States with N-P, so those who live with it, try to support others.
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((HUNT OZMER/HUNTER'S DAD: WE HAVE A FAMILY CONFERENCE ONCE A YEAR, WE PUT OUT A NEWS LETTER AND WE HAVE A WEB SITE AND WE TRY TO GIVE FAMILIES A PLACE TO GO BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE DEVASTATED WITH A DISEASE LIKE THIS AND YOU HAVE NO WHERE TO TURN AND THE DOCTORS HAVE NO ANSWERS AT LEAST THERE'S A FOUNDATION WHERE THEY CAN GO AND RECEIVE SOME SUPPORT AND SOME INFORMATION.))
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A rainbow is the foundation logo.
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((HUNT OZMER: IT WAS DESIGNED BY A LITTLE KID WHO HAD NIEMANN PICK AND THE RAINBOW IS A SYMBOL OF HOPE, NOW WE ARE GOING TO BE CALLING OUR TOURNAMENT HUNTER'S HOPE, BECAUSE IT IS HER HOPE THAT WE FIND A CURE, A TREATMENT.))
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((ANNETTE OZMER/HUNTER'S MOM: YOU BASICALLY LEARN THAT YOU WON'T KNOW, SO YOU JUST TAKE EACH DAY AS IT'S HERE AND GO ON WITH IT.))
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((HUNTER OZMER/NIEMANN PICK PATIENT: JUST DO WHAT YOUR PARENTS TELL YOU AND LIVE HAPPY.))
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The National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation is holding a fund raising golf tournament on September 18th at the Hanging Rock Golf Club.
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In sports, Nascar Fans are gathering in Rockbridge County,
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With that and more, here's Mike Stevens.[S5-Tech]
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Good Afternoon ladies, the long Labor Day weekend was packed with football and that's how we'll start today's Two Minute Ticker.
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It's Tuesday so that must mean Tech Football.
The Hokies are coming off a 38-3 win against East Carolina at Lane Stadium.
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The season opener was a learning experience for Coach Beamer's young team.
He says his squad is evolving into a good team and he expects to see even more positive changes in this weekend's game with Clemson.
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This Saturday, the Tech squad will face a monumental challenge.
Facing Clemson at home means taking your game to another level.
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The Mark McGwire watch continues tonight in St. Louis as the Mac Daddy looks to pass to Roger Maris and notch his 62nd homer of the season.
The Cards face the Cubs again tonight before heading out of town to Cincinnati.
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You may want to head out of town tonight and head to Lexington for the Rick Mast benefit concert and NASCAR show featuring Bill Elliott.
Mast holds this event annually at the Virginia horse center with all proceeds going to the Rockbridge area free clinic.
The autograph signing begins at 5:30. Admission is $5 for adults.
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Coming up at six some new concerning the Roanoke Express as they ink two more key members of last year's team, Mike Peron and Cory Peterson.
Plus, if you're a Tarheel fan, Saturday's opening day loss to Miami of Ohio was nothing compared to the loss the Heels are feeling tonight.
Details coming up at six.
Have a great night everybody.
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The peaks of Otter Winery is Virginia's smallest and it may also be its most unique.
Andrew Freiden takes us to a winery that is missing a little something.
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