WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 06/02/99

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Coming up on News 7-
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Just what caused an American Airlines plane to crash last night in Arkansas. We will have the latest details in a live report.
And truckers be warned- State police are doing surprise safety checks tonight-
Plus local doctors get help from big time coaches to help charity.
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[Talent=Jean]

News 7 is next.
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[Plane-Crash]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[GRAPHIC=Plane Crash Investigation]

Investigators are focusing on weather as they try to figure out why an American Airlines jet crashed last night.

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Lee Cowan is in Little Rock- where nine people died in the crash. [TAKE NEWSPATH FULL]
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[SUPER=01-Carla Koen/Survivor;]
[SUPER=01-George Black/Nat'l Transportation Safety Bd.;]
[Super=01-Donald Carty/American Airlines President;]
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(( AFTER A FULL DAY OF COMBING THROUGH THE SMOLDERING WRECKAGE OF AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 1420.... INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY ARE NO CLOSER TO FINDING A CAUSE OF THE CRASH BUT ARE CONFIDENT THEY WILL. THE FLIGHT DATA AND COCKPIT VOICE RECORDERS ARE ALREADY IN WASHINGTON AND IN GOOD SHAPE-- WITH MUCH TO TELL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED ON A STORMY NIGHT IN LITTLE ROCK.

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PASSENGERS SAY THE SUPERMD-80 LANDED HARD AND FAST -- BATTERED BY HIGH WIND, RAIN AND HAIL ON ITS FINAL APPROACH -- ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THE PLANE SKIDDED OUT OF CONTROL AND AFTER SPINNING 150-DEGREES IT SLAMMED INTO A RUNWAY LIGHTING SYSTEM-- RIPPING THE PLANE IN TWO.

SOT: CARLA KOEN/ SURVIVOR
18:09:10 NA115 IT HAPPENED SO FAST.... NO TIME TO PREPARE FOR ANYTHING...

SOT: PHYLLIS KARUTH/SURVIVOR

INVESTIGATORS CAUTION AGAINST JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS -- ALTHOUGH BAD WEATHER MAY BE THE MOST OBVIOUS PROBLEM-- THERE ARE OTHERS INCLUDING A POSSIBLE POWER FAILURE AT THE AIRPORT. THE ONLY PERSON WHO KNOWS FOR SURE IS THE PILOT-- ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO DID NOT WALK AWAY ALIVE.

SOT: GEORGE BLACK/NTSB INVESTIGATOR
THE ONLY THING WE CAN GLEEN.... TOO SOON TO SAY. 18:11:47
AMERICAN AIRLINES DEFENDED THE PILOT-- WHO THEY CALLED ONE OF THE MOST EXPERIENCED IN THE FLEET-- BUT THE FLIGHT CREW HAD BEEN ON THE CLOCK FOR MORE THAN 13-HOURS-- ONLY A HALF HOUR SHY OF THE FAA MAXIMUM. FATIGUE COULD BE AS BIG A FACTOR AS THE WEATHER.

SOT: DONALD CARTY/AMERICAN AIRLINES PRESIDENT AND CEO
ANY SINGLE FATALITY.... ANY SINGLE INJURY.... FOR AMERICAN AIRLINES. 16;48:16
STANDUP: AND TOO MUCH FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LOST A LOVED ONE. FOR THOSE WHO WERE AROUND TO TELL THE STORY THERE WAS RELIEF -- FOR THOSE LEFT ALONE-- TOO MANY QUESTIONS-- FEW CAN ANSWER YET.)) [TAKE LIVE FULL]
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[GRAPHIC=Truck Safety]

The truck safety crackdown in Southwest Virginia is about to enter it's second 24 hours
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Eric Earnhart is at the Troutville scales on I-81, but that's not the only place truckers can expect to be stopped. [take Eric full]
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Jean the truck stop on Route 11 was open... and inspectors also pulled out the portable scales, which means they can be almost anywhere, at any time.
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(( Inspectors say after several years in the business, they can often pinpoint an overweight truck just by looking at it, but to make sure, they have these...
They look, and work, like bathroom scales... but they have a capacity of 20 thousand pounds each.

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[IN Q=those scales]
((JEFF SMITH/VDOT TRUCK WEIGHT DIVISION; THOSE SCALES ARE PORTABLE WHICH MEANS WE CAN TAKE THEM AND GO ANYWHERE WITH THEM, THE ONLY THING WE TRY TO DO IS WEIGH THEM IN AS SAFE AND LEVEL A SPOT AS WE CAN. ))
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During the 48 hour check, they were set up at the weigh station pull-off on alternate 220... The driver pulls his rig up onto the scales as inspectors add up the numbers... and in this case... they're too high on two axels.

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(( EITHER WAY, YOU'RE OVER ON BOTH TANDEMS. ))
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With no way to shift his load, the driver has no choice but to take a ticket.

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[IN Q=I was within]
((WAYNE FOSTER/DRIVER; I WAS WITHIN MY LEGAL LIMIT BUT I HAD A LITTLE MORE ON ONE AXEL THEN I WAS SUPPOSED TO... HOW TOUGH IS THAT TO GET EXACTLY RIGHT? IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE, IT'S 700 POUNDS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT AN 80 THOUSAND POUND TRUCK IS NOT MUCH BUT THEY HAVE A JOB TO DO I GUESS. ))
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[OUT Q=to do I guess]

But officials say a few hundred pounds CAN make a difference in the long run. standup 00:26:17 Asphault roadways are designed to withstand a certain amount of pressure or pounds per square inch pushing down on the road from each tire, go over that limit, again and again and again and you begin to see damage.

Since they're not an immediate safety hazard, overweight drivers are allowed to continue.
Not so for this driver... pulled off the road because his double trailer of scrap metal had broken lights, and, even worse, a broken air-brake hose.

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[IN Q=I gotta take it back]
(( JEFF NEICE/DRIVER; I GOTTA TAKE IT BACK AND GET THEM TO FIX IT, THAT'S NOT SAFE FOR YOU IS IT? NO, IT AINT SAFE FOR NOBODY ELSE EITHER. ))
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[Car-Haulers]

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The cars will keep rolling in to dealers.
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[VO-NAT]
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The teamsters truck drivers struck a deal with the hauling companies to keep on truckin.
The deal came today after all-night negotiations-
It now goes up for a vote by the rank and file.
Experts say a strike would have played havoc with new car deliveries.
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[Toss-2-Robin] Jean tosses to Robin in the Chromakey [WX1] [11:00pm] [06/02/1999] [MCU]{WEATHER OFFICE} [EFFECT TO] [WXPRO/FULL]{WAKE UP FORECAST}

[Toss back to anchor][Juvenile-Crime]

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Virginia is the only state in the nation to use (OFF-ensive) fighting techniques on young prison inmates.
Now one has died and the program is coming under fire. It is the only death in the ten year history of the state department of Juvenile Justice.
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Now department employees are fighting back-- with a demonstration for the media of just how they physically subdue the juvenile inmates.
The so-called "Handle With Care Plus" program has drawn criticism from some Juvenile Justice board members, who say they never approved it.
In April a 16 year old inmate died in custody.
Department trainers say they chose offensive fighting techniques after officers asked what to do when restraints alone did NOT work.
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((ANDY DICKERSON/DEPT. OF JUVENILE JUSTICE: QUITE FRANKLY, WE HAD TO STAND THERE AND SAY YOU'LL HAVE TO USE WHATEVER MEANS YOU CAN TO BRING THAT UNDER CONTROL. THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE... WE DON'T WANT UTILIZED.))
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The Juvenile Justice Board will meet next week to discuss the program.
Seven department employees were suspended last month, while the 16-year old's death is being investigated.

[NBC-Suit]

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The long-running sexual harassment suit against National Business College has been settled out of court.
Two and a half years ago, N-B-C VICE President Lisa Meredith filed suit, claiming President Longaker pursued her relentlessly on and off the job. HE denied any wrong-doing.
Longaker was no longer a defendant, because the judge had dismissed him as a defendant. Because Longaker's actions allegedly created a "hostile work environment" at the College, the case against N-B-C was set for trial at the end of this month.
Meredith's lawyer confirmed the case was settled Friday, though he would not disclose terms of the settlement.

[Kosovo]

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Russian and Finnish envoys have handed a peace plan to Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosovic.
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[VO-NAT]
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The leaders met for two hours today- They'll meet again tomorrow.
Moscow's envoy Victory Chernomyrdin says he thinks the first step has been taken to end the crisis in Kosovo.
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((THIS IS A HISTORIC DAY FOR YUGOSLAVIA. MR. CHERNOMYRDIN AND I ARE COMING WITH A PEACE PLAN.))
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[VO-NAT]

The plan is said to keep Kosovo remaining part of Serbia-
It also includes a peacekeeping force of NATO and Russian Troops overseen by the U-N.
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[Unemployment]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=ejo]
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[GRAPHIC=Va Unemployment]

Good news on the employment front in the Commonwealth: the unemployment rate is at an all-time low.
And our part of the state falls below state-wide figures.
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[VO-NAT]
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Virginia unemployment fell to 2-point-3 per cent in April, matching the lowest figure since Virginia started keeping numbers in 19-50.
It's also an all-time low for the Lynchburg area, at 1-point-8 per cent.
The number is lower in the Roanoke area... 1-point-6 per cent .. but not a record.
Unemployment is still considerably higher in the Danville region .. the April rate: 5-point-9 per cent.
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[Arcadia-Academy]

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It was a big day for a tiny graduating class.
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The Arcadia Leadership Academy gave its graduating class of 2 a proper sendoff today, complete with caps and gowns, pomp and circumstance, pledges and prayers.
Today's graduating class spokesman credits the school with turning his life around.
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((ALLEN MARINA/ARCADIA LEADERSHIP GRADUATE: YOU GUYS ALL HELPED ME CHANGE BEYOND BELIEF. I KNOW I'M CRAZY, ZANY, A LITTLE BIT ZANY, BUT I ENJOY LIFE. I CAN'T SAY I HATE IT.))
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[vo-nat]
It's been a rough year for the school.
The alternative education center, formerly known as the Wilderness Leadership Academy, was investigated by the state Department of Education.
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[Tease1]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[writer=chr]
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Straight ahead on News 7 - a gruesome clue at the scene of a crime -
A murder suspect leaves behind his finger.
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[VO-NAT]

And later in the newscast, some folk tales of Southwest Virginia are headed to New York City - as a local theatre group gets an off-Broadway gig.
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[Sports-Preview]

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[IN Q=Hey guys]
((Hey Jean this is Mike Stevens on this Hump night with Docs shooting hoop for charity with the help of some big time college coaches.
Pat Ewing is out for the rest of the season.
The All-star football clinic is coming back.
The IRL is being sued.
And Dex is dealing with his own card in just a few minutes right here on the Big 7.))
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[Severed-Finger]

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A murder suspect in Florida left more than just fingerprints behind at the crime scene - he left a finger.
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[VO-NAT]
[13:38:54]
[SUPER=03-Ft. Lauderdale, FL]

The owner of Bowen's Auto Body Shop in Fort Lauderdale was killed after struggling with three men who robbed his shop.
But in the struggle Sturgeon Bowen made it a lot easier for authorities to track down one of the suspects - he bit off his thumb.
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[SUPER=01-Mike Reed/Broward Sheriff's Office]
((MIKE REED/BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE: USING THE THUMB THAT WE STILL HAD IN EVIDENCE... POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED HIM.))
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[VO-NAT]

Fingerprints matched up to 26-year-old Douglas O'Neill Hannam.
Police believe he headed to New York City after the May robbery.
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[Panda]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
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He is a Panda that captured America's hearts -
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[VO-NAT]
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Hsing Hsing's health now is capturing America's attention again-
The 28 year old Panda Giant panda at Washington's National Zoo is suffering from kidney failuire.
The cause- aging. There is no cure.
There's no telling how much longer Hsing Hsing will survive.
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[SOT 20:22:56]
[IC] ((LISA STEVENS/NATIONAL ZOO: HSING HSING IS HAVING A REALLY GOOD DAY TODAY. HE ATE VERY WELL LAST NIGHT AND WAS ACTIVE EARLY THIS MORNING.)) [BUTT TO 20:23:33] ((LISA STEVENS/NATIONAL ZOO: WHAT WE CAN DO IS GIVE HIM SUPPORTIVE CARE AND KEEP HIM AS COMFORTABLE FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.))
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[VO-NAT]

Hsing Hsing and Ling Ling arrived from China in the 70's- a milestone in the history of the Cold War-
The pandas quickly became the most famous zoo animals in America.
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[Tease2]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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When News 7 returns - a Southwest Virginia theatre group heads for the Big Apple.
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[VO-NAT]

And some cattle farmers in Iowa hope this bovine's markings make her a real cash cow.
The story, coming up.
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[lotto]
[SUPER=137-6 0 5/8 5 2 8/1 12 15 28 29/25 34 37 40 41 44/8 0 1 9 1 1]
NIGHT DRAWING=
Pick 3:
6-0-5

(six, zero, five)

Pick 4:
8-5-2-8

(eight, five, two, eight)

Cash 5:
1-12-15-28-29

(one, twelve, fifteen, twenty-eight, twenty-nine)

Lotto:
25-34-37-40-41-44

(twenty-five, thirty-four, thirty-seven, forty, forty-one,
forty-four)
Kicker:
8-0-1-9-1-1

(eight, zero, one, nine, one, one)

[JackTale-Players]

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[WRITER=tte]
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New York City audiences are now checking out a theater group from our area --
The Jack Tale Players from Ferrum College have been invited to perform off-Broadway this weekend.
Tina Tenret takes us behind the curtain.
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((GOING UP CRIPPLE CREEK, GOING IN A WHIRL, GOING UP CRIPPLE CREEK TO SEE MY GIRL.))
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The Jack Tale Players are not going to Cripple Creek exactly.
This bunch of Ferrum College students and community actors have been invited to the Provincetown Playhouse in New York.
The old stomping grounds of playwright Eugene O'Neill.
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[IN Q=How do you think]
((TINA TENRET/NEWS7: HOW DO YOU THINK IT WILL FEEL TO BE ON STAGE OFF BROADWAY? NIKKI PAYNE: EXCITING. IT'S BEEN A DREAM AND NOW THAT I'M GETTING TO FULFILL IT I THINK I'M REALLY GOING TO ENJOY IT.))
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The group has carried folklore from Southwest Virginia to 34 states -- but never off-Broadway.
They often play family shows in local schools.
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((REX STEPHENSON/DIRECTOR: THEY FEEL IT'S A BIG DEAL. I HAVEN'T EVER PLAYED OFF BROADWAY BUT IN A SENSE HOPEFULLY IT'S NO DIFFERENT FROM PLAYING FLOYD OR ROCKY MOUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.))
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Well, New York City may look a little different -- but this group will be back in the Blue Ridge by Monday.
Tina Tenret News7 Franklin County))

[Video]

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You may think of Florida or California when you think of Disney -
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But there's some Disney magic happening in America's heartland - and that's tonight's Video of the Day.
Meet Mickey the hereford.
You can't meet this Iowa cow without noticing - she's got a Mickey Mouse logo right on her head.
Disney says it wants proof that her markings are authentic, before it considers sponsorships with the cow.
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[SUPER=X5001][S-Extra]

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Carilion Doctors opeerate on the hardwood tonight in the name of charity. Pat Ewing needs some immediate care, the IRL is being sued and fame is in the cards for Anthony Poindexter.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=75-Chicago, IL/MLB; :00]

But first in tonight's Extra Point, Sammy Sosa lifted the Cubs past the Padres today by hitting a dramatic three run bottom of the ninth inning homerun.
The Cubs beat San Diego 9-to-8. Sosa now has 18 homers on the season.
The rest of your scores. [go to scores] [go to scores] [WIPE TO CHRYON]
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[S-Doctors]

[ANCHOR=Mike]
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[WRITER=mst]
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[GRAPHIC=NEWS 7 SPORTS]

We begin on the court at Patrick Henry high school where doctors from Carilion hospitals got together in the name of charity. They attempted to play some basketball and raise some money for the Ronald McDonald House.
The fundraising was the more successful of the two endeavors.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/5th Annual Crockett Cup; :00]

UVa's Pete Gillen and Virginia Tech's Rick Stokes generously gave of their time to coach the attending and resident physicians. The stategy in the game was simple.
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[IN CUE="iF YOU HAVE...]
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[OC=...CHUCK AND DUCK."]
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[VO NAT CON'T]
The players did just that with the "younger" resident physicians winning the Crockett Cup again by a 57-to-49 score.

But in the end, Ronald McDonald House was the real victor
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[SUPER=01-Dr. Paul Dallas/Event Organizer; :00]
[SUPER=01-Ricky Stokes/Va. Tech Head Coach; :12]
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[OUT Q=...COME TO."]
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[VO-NAT CON'T]

Before heading out of town, Gillen made sure he made some lasting contacts with the Docs - just in case.
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[S-Ewing]

[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-40]
[GRAPHIC=NBA PLAYOFFS]

The NBA playoffs resume on Friday night and the New York Knicks will likely have trouble keeping pace the rest of the postseason.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Indianapolis, IN/TNT-Tuesday Night; :00]

Patrick Ewing, who just missed tying Tuesday night's game two against Indiana with this last second jumper will miss the rest of this series and the rest of the playoffs after doctors determined today he has a partially torn achilles tendon.
Ewing played hurt last night but will spend the next six weeks in cast.
The series is tied at a game a piece.
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[S-Clinic]

[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-44 00:04]
[GRAPHIC=Football all star clinics]

Nearly 400 kids took part in the the Roanoke Valley All-Star Football Clinics last summer.
Later this month the camp return for it's second year, and Steve Mason says it promises to not only be bigger, but also better.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./This Afternoon; :07]
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((Tiki and Ronde Barber, along with one of the finest groups of high school coaches have found a new class room for their clinic. Rising Stars Sports and Adventure camp. ((STEVE BOWERY:))
The clinics brain trust met at the multi purpose facility to map out a game plan for a camp that could double in numbers. To accomodate the projected increase, the staff has added high school coaches from just about everywhere. ((RICHARD GOODPASTURE:))
If the All-stars clinics are starting to sound community based, that's the way the creators want it. Scholarships will also be offered again this year.))

[S-Cards]

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Believe it or not, two sports card companies already have released their 1999 cards, including the Press Pass company which showcases draft picks in their college uniforms.
Usually only the top two rounds of players make it in these sets, but former Friday Football Extra great Anthony Poindexter, the Bedford County native is in the set. Not bad for the 216th overall selection in the seventh round.
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Dex is featured right along side the likes of Ricky Williams and Edgerrin James and Bryant thinks he has a chance to be as big of an impact player in the game and the hobby some day.
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Still to come tonight, Charasmatic arrvies in New York,
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and the folks at the Lowe's motor speedway are facing a lawsuit in connection with the spectator deaths at the track last month.
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The Lowe's Motor Speedway, it's president Humpy Wheeler and the Indy Racing League are all being sued by the family of a man killed by flying debris
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in the May 1st Visionaire 500 at the speedway.
Attorneys representing Dexter Barry Mobley's three children, who live in Georgia, filed the lawsuit in Mecklenburg Superior Court, seeking unspecified monetary damages
Three spectators were killed when a wheel flew off one of the cars into the stands.
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The final leg of horse racing's triple crown, the Belmont Stakes is coming up this Saturday afternoon in New York.

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Yesterday the owners drew for post positions, and "Charismatic" the winner of the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness drew the number four starting spot.
"Charasmatic" is the third straight horse in to make it to the Belmont with a chance to win the Crown.
The gorgeous chestnut colored horse which got little respect in the first two legs is now listed a 2-to-1 favorite.
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