WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 12/30/98

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It's cold and getting colder. But it'll be worse this weekend.

News 7 at 11 is up next with a LIVE report on frigid temperatures... ice on the way, too.
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And then we'll talk about a sexual harassment claim against a children's home director.
Meet the mother of octuplets in Texas.
And a new man takes over as Wythe County prosecutor.
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Governor Gilmore declares a state of emergency in the Commonwealth... as an arctic blast thwarts attempts to restore power in Eastern Virginia.
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[Cold]

[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=eea]
[TAPE#=98-79 20:11]
[GRAPHIC=Winter Weather]

Temperatures are expected to dip into the low teens tonight.
Governor Gilmore hopes the State of Emergency will encourage folks still without power to seek refuge.
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There are no power problems in our region, but local shelters are full nonetheless.
Eric Earnhart is out in the cold tonight. [take Eric full]
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[IN Q=a warm fire]
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[SUPER=01-Russell DeBoer/Desk Manager; :12]
[SUPER=01-Nancy Brenneman/Shelter Manager; :45]
[SUPER=01-Joy Sylvester Johnson/Rescue Mission; 1:12]
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[OUT Q=do a little better]

((A warm fire, and food greeted the men who came to the Salvation Army's Red Shield Lodge, where officials say no one will be turned away on a night like this.

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[IN Q=we have 36]
((RUSSELL DE BOER/DESK MANAGER; WE HAVE 36 BEDS AND THEY'RE FULL RIGHT NOW, BUT WE DO MAKE ROOM FOR OTHE RPEOPLE, UP TO SIX, AND THEN IF WE HAVE TO, WE PUT PEOPLE UPSTAILRS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE OUT IN THE COLD.)) [RUNS13]
[OUT Q=in the cold]

The man have to be content watching the crackling flames... no football playoffs, the center's donated television set is broken... but no one here is really complaining, just glad to have a warm place to be.
The Roanoke Rescue mission was also full tonight...volunteers spent the day preparing meals and beds for the people who come here...for a variety of reasons.

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[IN Q=OBVIOUSLY THEY]
((NANCY BRENNEMAN/SHELTER MGR.; OBVIOUSLY THEY CAN'T STAY UNDER A BRIDGE SOMEWHERE IN THIS KIND OF WEATHER. PEOPLE WHO HAVE CHILDREN NEED A WARM PLACE TO STAY. AND THE HOLIDAYS BRINGS IN MORE PEOPLE. THERE'S AN INCREASE IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNFORTUNATELY DURING THE HOLIDAYS.)) [RUNS18]
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Here they have more than 200 beds... but there are also inflated mattresses availabe just in case.
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((JOY SYLVESTER JOHNSON/RESCUE MISSION; THESE ARE SORT OF A GODSEND IN WEATHER LIKE THIS BECAUSE WE CAN BLOW THESE UP AND ANYWHERE THERE IS A SPACE WE CAN PUT ONE OF THESE DOWN. THAT WILL GET SOMEONE THROUGH THE NIGHT. AND THEN MAYBE THE NEXT DAY WE CAN DO A LITTLE BETTER.)) [RUNS09]
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[Toss-2-Robin] Jean tosses to Robin in the Chromakey

[Snow]

[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=THa]
[TAPE#98-76 41:42]
[GRAPHIC=Winter Weather]

Winter left its mark in Pulaski County today.
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[SUPER=03-Pulaski Co.;]

This morning, many folks awoke to snow.
An inch or more was on the ground across the county.
Today's bitter cold temperatures, however, kept most kids from enjoying the outdoors.
Early this morning, the wind was blowing 35- miles an hour which made for windchills five to ten degrees below zero.

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[Pulaski-Murder]

[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=THa]
[TAPE#98-75 1:42:23]
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Police believe they've recovered the weapon used to kill a Pulaski teenager, last week.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Pulaski/Last Week;]

Authorities on Sunday recovered a nine- millimeter handgun they suspect was used to kill 19- year old John Christopher Dean at the Washington Square Apartments.
Police also recovered a second weapon during their search.
They found a B-B pistol and believe it may have been in the victim's possession at the time he was shot.
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One man has been charged in connection with the shooting.
(Ara-med) Arimad (Bog-nude-uh) Bognuda is charged with illegal possession of a handgun.

[PH-Home]

[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#98-74 1:24:04]
[GRAPHIC=Sexual Harassment]

The director of a home for troubled kids in Campbell County is the target of a sexual harassment lawsuit by a former employee.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-File Tape]

Sandy Gregory is named in the four- count lawsuit filed last week by his former choir director Laura Simmons.
Simmons worked at the Patrick Henry Boys and Girls Plantation for 15 months before she quit last December.
She claims Gregory repeatedly committed sexual battery on her, and exposed himself on at least six other occasions.

She's seeking more than 100-thousand dollars in damages.
Gregory would not comment on the suit.
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[Harassment-Suit]

[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=tte]
[TAPE#=98-68 1:46:27]
[GRAPHIC=Hold]

An Allegheny County woman has been told she can NOT sue her boss -- because the law does not protect employees of small companies.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Covington/Last Month;]

Vicki Lynn Mitchem filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against her former boss Durwood Counts.
She says when she refused to have sex with him, he fired her from a State Farm insurance office.
But an Allegheny judge threw out the case, saying the law does not apply to firms with fewer than five employees.

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[SOT 11:00:48]
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((IT'S A BAD DECISION .... OUTRAGEOUS.))
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[VO-NAT]

Grimes plans to appeal the case to the state supreme court.
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
[SS=HOLD]

Defense attorney Bruce Steen says he's pleased his client's position was upheld.
Small companies cannot be sued for human rights violations because legislators thought they could not afford court costs.

[China]

[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=net-B]
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An investigation of satellite deals between U-S companies and China concluded today that China got far more than space technology out of the deals.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Washington]

And it turns out the United States is the loser.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Based on]
((BASED ON UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION, I CAN TELL YOU TODAY THAT WE HAVE FOUND THAT NATIONAL SECURITY HARM DID OCCUR.))
[SUPER=01-Rep. Chris Cox/Committee Co-Chairman]
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[OUT Q=did occur.]
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[VO-NAT]

The business deals at issue date back to 1989 when first former President Bush... and later President Clinton approved waivers allowing U.S. satellites to be launched aboard Chinese rockets.
After one of those satellites exploded shortly after liftoff in 1996, two U.S. companies sent specialists to help the Chinese solve the launch problems... a move that the Pentagon later said may have helped the Chinese make their own I-C-B-M guidance systems as capable as those in the U-S arsenal.
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[Iraq]

[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=net-A]
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Iraqi troops fired on British and American warplanes in the Gulf for the second times in three days.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Iraq]

And once again, U-S pilots retaliated without hesitation.
Today's confrontation occurred South of Baghdad near the town of Talil.
According to the Pentagon, British Tornadoes were on routine patrol in the "NO FLY ZONE"... when Iraqi ground troops fired six or eight surface to air missiles.
As the British jets took evasive action this morning, U-S F-16's fired radar-guided HARM missiles and released 500-pound SMART bombs.

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[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=none]

An accountant in Los-Angeles has been named by police as the one of those who called in an anthrax threat two weeks ago.
The threat shut down a a federal bankruptcy court.
The F-B-I says Harvey Spelkin committed the crime to delay a hearing over missed court appearances.
He is charged with violating the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act, though no anthrax was used.
Federal authorities have investigated more than two dozen anthrax threats across the country in recent months.

[Dead-horses]

[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=net-]
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The death toll in the slaughter of wild horses in Nevada has hit 34.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Washoe Co., NV]

The new number includes several mustangs that were found so severely injured that they had to be destroyed.
Twenty five dead horses were found over the weekend.
Then authorities fanned out and found the other dead and dying animals that had limped miles away from where they were shot.
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[VO-NAT]

Members of a local animal rescue group were some of the first at the scene.
They recorded this videotape, then made it available to C-B-S News.
It seems herds of wild Mustang roam this part of Nevada.
Some of the Mustangs were shot on a ridge - stallions, colts, even pregnant mares - then crawled to die in a valley called Devils Flat.
The reward for the killers has surpassed 30-thousand dollars.
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[Sex-Offenders]

[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#98-69 1:52:04]
[GRAPHIC=Sex Offenders]

Virginians are proving to be very curious about the violent sex offenders who live among them.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Chesterfield Co.]

State Police computer technicians have been overwhelmed-- trying to speed up the state's new sex offender database on the World Wide Web.
It had more than 63- THOUSAND hits in the first 30 hours of operation.
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[IN Q=The feedback]
((COL. WAYNE HUGGINS/VIRGINIA STATE POLICE: THE FEEDBACK WE HAVE GOTTEN... ABOUT 200...OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE...THIS INFORMATION IS NOW AVAILABLE.))
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[OUT Q=is now available.]
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[take WEB WATCH FULL SCREEN]
Remember, you can access the sex offender registry through Web Watch at WDBJ7-dot-COM.
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[Tease1]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11p]
[SS=None]

STill to come on News 7 at 11, 2 capitol murder suspects who fled the state are headed back to Franklin County.
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[VO-NAT]

And America hears from the woman who gave birth to 8 babies in Texas last week.
That story straight ahead.
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[sports-preview]

[ANCHOR=Mike]
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((Welcome folks to your Wednesday night this is Mike Stevens getting ready to to dish out some hoops for you tonight as we check on the Hokies and the Cave Spring Holiday Hoopla tourney.
Plus, Steve Mason joins us from Atlanta with the latest happenings on the eve of the Peach Bowl.
And Rick Mast gets a fulltime ride for 99.
The details in a few minutes here on the Big 7.))
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[Octuplets]

[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=None]

We have yet to see the seven surviving Texas octuplets, but we met their mother today.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Houston, TX]

The 27 year old Nigerian is the mother of perhaps the best known babies in America at the moment.
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[IN Q=How are]
((HOW ARE YOU FEELING? (CHUKWU) GREAT.. I'M BLESSED.))
[SUPER=01-Nkem Chukwu/Octuplet's Mother]
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[OUT Q=I'm blessed.]
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[VO-NAT]

Though they all still weigh less than two pounds, tests show the surviving 5 girls and 2 boys are doing well.
Two of them have now had their first taste of breast milk.
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[SOT 3:43:40]
[IN Q=We're feeling]
((WE'RE FEELING BETTER AND BETTER ABOUT THE BABIES AS EACH DAY GOES ON.. AND RIGHT NOW.. I THINK WE ARE GOING TO DISCHARGE 7 PRETTY GOOD BABIES.))
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It probably won't be long before we see baby pictures.
As Nkem Chukwu left the hospital...
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the family was close to signing a deal with an agent.

[Extradition]

[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=tte]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=NOne]

Two capital murder suspects have agreed to come back to Franklin County.
Timothy Martin and Thomas Akers face capital murder charges for allegedly beating to death Wesley Smith of Roanoke.
Police found the two men on an Indian reservation in Franklin County, New York.
Deputies are bringing both men back to jail in Rocky Mount.

[Wythe-Prosecutor]

[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=THa]
[TAPE#98-70 1:52:41]
[GRAPHIC=None]

Wythe County's new chief prosecutor won't have to worry about familiarizing himself with the workplace.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Wytheville;]

Assistant prosecutor Edwin Shaffer was sworn in for the job this morning by Circuit Judge Colin Campbell.
He replaces chief prosecutor Tommy (Bay-ird) Baird-- who recently resigned for health reasons.
Shaffer has worked as an attorney for about 50- years...a span that includes a number of years in Wythe County.
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[23:39:50]
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((EDWIN SHAFFER/WYTHE CO. CHIEF PROSECUTOR:I WAS COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY 14 YEARS BEFORE AND I'VE BEEN ABOUT FIVE YEARS AS ASSISTANT. ))
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[OUT Q=as assistant.]
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[VO-NAT]

Shaffer will serve as chief prosecutor through 1999.
He says he hasn't decided if he'll run for office after that.
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[Tease2]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11p]
[SS=None]
Still ahead on the newscast-- it's Christmas everyday for some retailers who are cashing in on the wrestling craze.
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[VO-NAT]
And, a dolphin delivers a message in a bottle -- that ends with a marriage proposal.
That story later in the newscast.
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[lotto]
[SUPER=137-3 9 4/9 4 8 9/16 22 27 31 32/7 19 27 33 34 41/9 3 1 7 1 4]
NIGHT DRAWING=
Pick 3:
3-9-4

(three, nine, four)

Pick 4:
9-4-8-9

(nine, four, eight, nine)

Cash 5:
16-22-27-31-32

(sixteen, twenty-two, twenty-seven, thirty-one, thirty-two)

Lotto:
7-19-27-33-34-41

(seven, nineteen, twenty-seven, thirty-three, thirty-four,
forty-one)
Kicker:
9-3-1-7-1-4

(nine, three, one, seven, one, four)

(Copyright 1998 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

APNP-12-30-98 2309EST

[Wrestling]

[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sgo]
[TAPE#=98-71 1:11:50]
[GRAPHIC=None]

It's back and it's bigger than ever.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

Wrestling has grown into a billion-dollar industry.
And sales of its merchandise were stronger than ever during this holiday season.
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[SOT 7:19]
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((STEVE MIRZAYAN: WRESTLING WASN'T THAT BIG UNTIL ABOUT A YEAR AGO. LAST CHRISTMAS WE HAD ABOUT SIX DESIGNS OF SHIRTS ON STEVE AUSTIN. THAT WAS THE ONLY DESIGN THAT WAS AVAILABLE. THEN IT TOOK OFF FROM THERE.))
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[OUT Q=from there]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/November;]

Last month, the Roanoke Civic center made 30-thousand dollars when World Championship Wrestling came to town.
That's a bigger haul than most concerts bring.
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[IN Q=that bottom]
((JIM EVANS: THAT BOTTOM LINE IS REALLY A GOOD THING FOR WRESTLING. WE JUST WISH WE HAD MORE OF THEM. WE'RE PROBABLY GETTING ABOUT THREE A YEAR. WE WISH WE HAD THREE A MONTH. THAT'D BE JUST GREAT FOR US.))
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[OUT Q=for us]
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[VO-NAT]

Bars expect to cash in on wrestling now that Monday night football is finished.
The show "Monday Nitro" will be the marquee event.
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[Forecasts]
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[SUPER=334-Snow/Developing/7-10/Light Snow/Continues/24-26;]

[SUPER=X5001;][S-Extra]

[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
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Tech Hoops highlights, high school hilites and plenty of scores, plus Steve Mason checks in from the Peach Bowl.

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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=75-Worldwide Pants; :00]

But first in tonight's Extra Point, David Letterman will be joined by New York Jets quarterback Vinny Testaverde is just a few minutes on the Late Show.
Among other things, Letterman asks Vinnt if Bill Parcells his coach has ever smacked him.
Now, some numbers.
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[SUPER=0098-/Winthrop/55/j/Virginia Tech/62///j/Virginia/89//Loyola, MD/70///;]
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[SUPER=0098-/Radford/50//Jacksonville/50/2///Rutgers/63/j/West Virginia/65///;]
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[super=0098-j/Rider/75//Hampton/64///j/Norfolk St./106//Troy State/93///;]
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[super=0098-/UNC Greensboro/58/j/Duke/104////Murray State/76/j/Florida State/80//Final In OT/;]
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[OUT Q=...LAST SCORE."]
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[go to break]

[S-Tech]

[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=sp-30]
[GRAPHIC=VA. TECH]

The Virginia Tech men's basketball team was back on the hardwood last night inside the Cassell closing out 1998 with a few of its closest friends in attendance.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg/Winthrop vs. Va. Tech; :00]

Rolan Roberts and his teammates made it, but the Tech band, cheerleaders and many fans were still on their way back from Nashville.
Roberts would make his mark early against visiting Winthrop as he takes the feed from Eddie Lucas and turnss and scores.
Winthrop would make things interesting as the Eagles claw for the loose ball and eventually Rob Wallace would get the bucket.
In fact Winthrop got a few too many buckets in this one. Look at the ball movement that frees up Roger Toxey. He had a team high 16, and Winthrop only trailed by three at the half.
But Eddie Lucas would save the day with a game high
[super=33-Winthrop/55/Virginia Tech/62;]
18 points as the Hokies manage to hold off Winthrop and win their fifth game of the season 62-to-55.
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[talent=mike]
[graphic=tech hoops]

The Hokies hit the road Saturday for their A-10 opener at U-Mass.

[S-Cave]

[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=sp-33 647tc]
[GRAPHIC=HIGH SCHOOL HOOPS]

The first annual Cave Spring Hoopla Holiday basketball invitational wrapped up tonight over in southwest Roanoke County.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./Gar-Field vs. Cave Spring; :00]

Gar-Field high school out of Dale City in Northern Virginia took on the Knights in the championship game.
A couple of seniors work it well for the Knights on this one as Justin Shirley feeds big Jess Seamon with long pass for two.
Gar-Field's Kareem Kyer would answer that with a dish to Billy Perkins, who knocks in the jumper for the Indians.
Then the Knights' prized freshman six foot three inch J.J. Redick would do his thing with the three point bomb.
And Shirley would get another assist to Kevin
[super=33-Gar-Field/60/Cave Spring/61;]
Connelly as the Knights win their inaugural tournament 61-to-60.
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[TALENT=MIKE]
[GRAPHIC=HIGH SCHOOL HOOPS]

In the Nationwide insurance girls classic in Graham, North Carolina - Franklin County beat GW Danville 62-to-53 for the title. Kelli Preston was named the tourney's MVP.
Back on the boy's side James Monroe of West Virginia beat Bath County 86-to-37.

[S-High]

[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=HIGH SCHOOL HOOPS]

Elsewhere in that tourney up in the Alleghany Highlands event, James River, Rockbridge and Alleghany won.
In the First Century classic down at Ft. Chiswell, Bland beat Rural Retreat tonight, while Marion topped Ft. Chiswell and Radford beat up Carroll County 63-to-59.
In the nightcap game ______topped ____ __ to __.
And the Cave Sspring girls beat NW Guilford down in High Point, North Carolina tonight 58-to-45.
Elsewhere, Laurel Park won the One valley bank classic in Halifax by beating the Comets.
GW Danville won its Holiday tourney 93-to-51 over Dan River.
And Liberty won its Hometown Hoops Classic topping Sumter, South Carolina 78-to-61. Gretna won the consolation.

[S-Peach]

[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-28 5926tc]
[GRAPHIC=PEACH BOWL]

The 13th ranked Virginia Cavaliers finished up their final practice at seven last night.
This evening, we'll know if Virginia was able to win its third Peach Bowl after the Cavs take on the Georgia Bulldogs.
Steve Mason and photographer Greg Moore have our final pregame notes from Atlanta.
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[SUPER=03-Atlanta, GA/Yesterday; :00]
[SUPER=01-George Welsh/UVa Head Coach; :10]
[SUPER=01-Jim Donnan/Georgia Head Coach; :22]
[SUPER=01-Patrick Kerney/UVa All-American End; :49]
[SUPER=03-Charlottesville/1994 Season; 1:03]
[SUPER=01-Mark Krichbaum/Georgia Strength Coach; 1:12]
[SUPER=01-Herschel Walker/Former Georgia Heisman Winner; 1:34]
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[OUT Q=...NEWS 7 SPORTS."]
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[Sports Tease]

[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=]

Still to come tonight, we'll shift gears and check in with Rick Mast.
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[VO-NAT]

The Rockbridge Baths native has finally secured his driving arrangements for 1999.
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[S-Mast]

[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-23 14555 TC]
[GRAPHIC=RICK MAST]

Rick Mast's great adventure during this offseason has finally come to a happy end.
Mast told News 7 sports this afternoon that he will be driving a full Winston Cup schedule next season
[GRAPHIC=CALE YARBOROUGH]

for car owner Cale Yarborough.
Just before Thanksgiving of this year, Cale was forced to shutdown his racing operation after a dozen years when his sponsor Thorn Apple Valley meat processors discontinued its financial backing.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Martinsville/September; :00]

But Mast says Yarborough now has a new partner, additional money and a new sponsor that will be announced in the coming days.
Mast says the team will run Fords the entire 1999 season starting with the Bud Shootout in Daytona on February 7th.

His contract with Cale Yarborough Motorsports is a one year deal.
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[talent=mike]
[graphic=hold cale]

Besides hiring Mast as his driver, Yarborough has also picked up Waddell Wilson to serve as team manager.

[S-Sun]

[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
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And tonight don't forget right here on Your Hometown Station you can catch the Sun Bowl at two o'clock as Southern Cal takes on TCU.
This is TCU's first bowl appearance since it lost to UVa in the 1994 Independence Bowl.
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Dolphins have been known to communicate with humans in a language all their own. And in today's video of the day --
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a dolphin named Flipper took that communication to a new height... by delivering a marriage proposal. Lori Piper's dream was to one day swim with the dolphins. She never dreamed she would receive a marriage proposal afterward.
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((Lori Piper: BIG SURPRISE. I'M SHAKING. DID YOU SAY YES? YES, MOST DEFINITELY.))
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Even though the future groom was standing waist-high in water, he proposed in the traditional way - on one knee. The dolphins approved.
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