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Today on News 7 at 5, 14 people are dead following an early morning train derailment in Illinois.
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And we'll hear 9-1-1 calls that indicate singer George Jones was having problems well before his accident.
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Spring is on the horizon as the forecast features very mild weather indeed.
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In medical news --
Tears and saliva could make up the ingredients in a new AIDS drug.
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And a shocking method for keeping young people off drugs is working in some schools.
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((A LADY WAS LAYING ON THE FLOOR CRYING THAT HER BACK WAS BROKEN DON'T STEP ON ME. DON'T MOVE.))
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Survivors of an Amtrak train wreck tell what it was like-
The train collided with a truck fifty miles outside of Chicago.
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Fourteen people are now confirmed dead from last night's crash.
Now investigators want to know why a truck hauling steel was on the tracks at exactly the wrong moment.
More than 200 people were on board the train- Most of the dead were in a sleeping car.
Lee Cowan is at the scene south of Chicago- with more on what happened.
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((Looking streamlined no more, Amtrak's City of New Orleans lay a crumpled
mess, only fifty miles outside of Chicago and running late, the train with more than 200 on board came to a screeching halt.
Ann West, Witness
I saw fire and cars flying through the air..I never saw anything like it.
Blanche Hall, Survivor
Another lady was crying her back was broken, don't step on her, don't move.
It was only a matter of feet. The cab of a long semi-truck made it
across the tracks, but the back half didn't. It was the difference
between life and death.
Lee Bullock, Amtrak
It's pretty clear what happened, a train struck a truck. Now we have to get the facts.
Most of the dead were found as rescuers searched through the sleeper car, ripped in half by the force of the collison and badly burned as
diesel fuel from the locomotive leaped into the car and caught fire.
More than a hundred passengers were taken to area hospitals. By day
break the most encouraging signs were the ones rescuers spray painted on
the side of the wrecked cars...one word EMPTY.
Mike Harshbarger
It's our intenetion to search til we're sure there are no survivivoers.
If we have to take the train apart, that's what were gonna do.
58 year old John Stokes, the driver of the truck carrying a heavy load
of steel from a nearby mill walked away from the crash with minor
injuries. He told investigators he didn't see the train and the gates
at the crossing only came down after he was halfway across.
COWAN STANDUP, WITH MORE ON THE DRIVER'S PAST PROBLEMS))
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Meanwhile a fiery tanker truck wreck in Texas.
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Two people died when a gasoline tanker truck collided with six cars.
It happened on Interstate 45 about eight miles north of Houston.
The rig slammed into the center guardrails, and rolled over onto several vehicles.
The driver got out, but only seconds before the rig burst into a roaring fireball.
The two people who died were in separate cars.
One other person is critically hurt.
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One thing led to another on the Interstate just about day-break,
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A man was killed when the pick-up he was driving hit the rear-end of a slow-moving tractor trailer.
It started when a different 18-wheeler lost its clutch in the middle of the highway. The disabled rig blocked both north-bound lanes and the shoulder. Just as the truck was pulled out of the way and the traffic was beginning to pick up speed, the Blue Toyota pick-up crested a hill near the Ironto Rest Area.
State police say there were no skid marks, so the pick-up truck driver apparently never saw the rig in front of him.
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They've been unable to reach the victim's relatives, so police have not released his name.[5-George-Jones]
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Country music star George Jones is breathing on his own again.
Doctors in Nashville were able to remove the 67-year old singer from a ventilator yesterday.
The machine had been helping him breathe since he developed pneumonia.
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Jones is still in critical condition from injuries he suffered when he wrecked his car more than a week ago.
Police are still investigating the accident.
At least two people called 9-1-1 moments before the crash to report the driver was having some kind of trouble.
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As the dispatcher transferred the call to another office, the tape recording the call kept rolling. At this point someone in the car recognizes Jones' license plate which reads "No Show"- the singer's nickname.
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While the Tennessee Highway Patrol says it doesn't believe alcohol was to blame for the crash, a half empty bottle of vodka was found in the vehicle.
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Local dairy farmers could feel the crunch as they get less money for the milk they produce. We'll have that next.
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And from New York, some of the biggest names in music history celebrate their induction in the Rock and Roll Hall of fame.
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On Health Check, a group of medical students hope a shock treament will keep school children away from illegal drugs.
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and Patrick Evans learns a thing or two in chef school.
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West Virginia lawmakers have debated the issue for years, but soon it appears the voters will decide whether to allow gambling at the Greenbrier.
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The Governor is expected to sign legislation authorizing a local referendum.
While there is strong support among residents employed by the resort, and those who benefit indirectly, there is also strong opposition.
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Right now, newspaper editor Carol Hall says it's a toss up, but we'll hear from both sides of the gambling debate, tonight on News 7 at Six.
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If at first you don't succeed try yet again- That seems to be Publisher Steve Forbes motto-
He's making a run for the White House again.
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Forbes first made the announcement this morning on the Internet.
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Later he joined an America Online chat group to answer questions about everything from technology to taxes.
Forbes says the Internet allows people to participate more fully in democracy.
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Farmers are losing almost 40-percent of their revenue, but will this mean lower milk prices for consumers?
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The price farmers earn for milk has dropped more in the past month than it has in 30 years.
One Botetourt County farmer says the average local farmer will lose about ten-thousand-dollars.
The person who sells milk to Kroger says he's lowered his prices by 47-cents per gallon -- but Farm Bureau officials say customers will probably NOT see lower prices in the dairy case.
They say the reason farmers are getting so much less for milk is because they're producing more, grain prices are lower and the holiday boom season is over.
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The world of Rock and Roll recognized its biggest and brightest last night in New York City.
Billy, Bruce, and Paul were among those honored with induction in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Bobbi Harley has more.
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WHEN IT COMES TO ROCK N ROLL-- YOU CAN'T GO WRONG IN THIS ROOM.
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FROM BILL JOEL-- TO DUSTY SPRINGFIEND....
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...AND ALL OF IT COMING TOGETHER IN A HISTORY-MAKING JAM SESSION OF
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Patrick Evans is no stranger to the kitchen, but just to prove that even an old dog CAN learn new tricks, Patrick is heading to chef school.
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If you're trying to expand your horizons in the kitchen, go to the professionals.
That's what Patrick Evans did, and he joins us from the Hotel Roanoke, where you can get some cooking techiniques from one of the best in town.
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Coming up in Sports, we'll meet a young golfer in our area who could be the next Tiger Woods.
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In tonight's health check report --
A natural substance found in spit may be used to treat HIV infection.
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And the nation's first testing of the AIDS vaccine is expanding to more cities.
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We now know you can't get AIDS from a casual kiss, but new research shows something in that kiss could treat the virus.
Scientists say a protein called lysozyme quickly killed the AIDS virus in test-tube experiments.
That protein is a natural compund the body makes in tears and saliva.
Researchers say the protein that destroys genetic material in the AIDS virus could produce an H-I-V fighting drug.
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Meantime as far as preventing AIDS -- about five-thousand people nationwide are to test AIDSvax.
The AIDS vaccine is the first that the U-S Food and Drug Administration has allowed to proceed to the final stages of human testing. Now more volunteers are being
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accepted in certain areas of the country.
The AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin says the nationwide vaccine experiment will include about 150 volunteers from Milwaukee who are considered at high risk for getting H-I-V.
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Director of the AIDS Council of Western Virginia Rob Morrow says Washington DC is the closest center to Roanoke.
He says AIDSvax will not be commercially available to residents in Southwest Virginia for about 5 or 6 years.
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Medical students at the University of Chicago are trying a revolutionary approach to keep school kids off drugs.
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You could call it a form of shock therapy. They're using real body parts to show the students just what effect drugs can have on them.
The program wants to make as graphic a statement as possible.
Students are shown an actual heart to see the effects cocaine has on the circulatory system.
They see a human brain to see the effects marijuana has on their thinking and vision.
The medical students even bring in a blackened and scarred lung to illustrate what smoking does to the body.
The program is just starting to reach a national level, but the medical students believe it will make a difference.
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It's hoped the children will realize that it isn't just an organ, it's something they have inside themselves.
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Blacksburg is still celebrating the Hokie's win last night.
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Welcome to the Tuesday Ticker and today Tech tops the sportscast.
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The Lady Hokies continue the chase for a championship by beating the Auburn Tigers last night 76-to-61.
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And they did it by shooting a blistering 56-percent from the field.
Tech senior Katie O'Conner was seven for nine from the floor with 16 points.
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Before last night's win Tech was oh and two against S-E-C teams in N-C-Double-A Tournament play.
Now the Hokies have a two o'clock date with Tennessee on Saturday.
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And don't forget the men's road to the final four resumes here on Your Hometown Station Thursday night. St.John's meets Maryland in the early game which starts at 7:30 and then the late game will have the Auburn Tigers battling the Ohio State Buckeyes right here on WDBJ-7.
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The next Tiger Woods could be growing up down 220 in Martinsville.
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10 year old Jerel Whiting is already the champion of the Plantation junior Golf tour out of South Carolina after only two years competing.
Many say he favors Woods when he was that age and Jerel hopes to one day compete on the P-G-A tour just like Tiger.
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Roy Stanley will have much more on the champion junior golfer coming up at six.
Have a good night everybody.
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Australia already has the reputation as a beer drinking nation.
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Now they have the reputation as a really BIG beer drinking nation.
The Draught Guinness replica rolled into Sydney Australia today.
At 15 feet high, six and a half feet wide, it is in the Guiness Book of World records as the largest beer can ever.
It can hold over eight thousand times more beer than a standard can.
Of course the company that makes the beer also makes the book, but it says it was a totally impartial judgement.
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