WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 07/28/99

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Coming up-
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It looks like a typical house, but inside officers find dozens and dozens of cats- many dead, many very sick.
Several UCLA football players plead guilty to illegally using handicapped parking.
and talk about a sticky situation- No pancakes here just lots and lots of syrup.
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((I CAN'T BELIEVE PEOPLE DOING THAT TO INNOCENT ANIMALS IF YOU DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THEM DON'T HAVE TIME.))
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Animal Control takes 50 neglected cats from a home. All are now dead.
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[Dead-Cats]

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A Salem neighborhood finally knows what was causing a foul odor. After residents complained about the smell for years animal control officals discovered a house full of neglected cats. Kate Weidaw has the details.
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((Behind the over grown shrubs of this home on Apperson Drive in Salem animal control officals found a house full of neglected cats. For years neighbors have been complaining of a foul smell coming from the house. Carl Crottes lives next door.

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((CARL CROTTES/NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR: IT'S JUST AN ODOR PROBLEM COMING , YOU CAN LOOK AT THE HOUSE AND SEE THE CONDITION OF THE HOUSE NOTHING IS LOOKED AFTER.))
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Animal control officals found 50 cats in this home with fatal skin and heart conditions. 23 dead cats were found in the freezer-- the owners had placed them there until they could properly dispose of them.

Two other cats were found dead under the couch.
The news of the neglect surprised neighbors.

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((PATSY DURMOND/NEIGHBOR: I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY ANIMALS OUT IN THE YARD FOR SOME TIME AND IT WAS JUST SO HSOCKING TO SEE SO MANY ANIMAL CONTROL TRUCKS THERE.))
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The cats taken out of the home have been put to sleep because of their condition. The building inspector's office has declared this home uninhabital and authoities will be pressing charges against the two people who lived here sometime soon. Kate Weidaw News 7 Salem.))

[Drug-Bust]

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A house in Beford county is the scene of a drug bust tonight.
The Stewartsville house may be home to a drug growing operation.
Bedford County Sheriff's Deputies were responding to a domestic call earlier- when they apparently discovered marijuana growing in the basement.
The home is at 109 Irene Drive off of Route 24 in Bedford County.
At this hour authorities are at the house confiscating the plants
We don't know if anyone's been arrested
A news 7 Crew is at the scene.
We'll have more details as they become available.

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The prematurely-born infant discovered last night on the grounds of a Roanoke cemetery had been still born.
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The medical examiner says the fetus weighed less than two pounds and was probably not viable.
Doctor William Masello estimates the baby boy was delivered as much as three months prematurely.
A teenager happened upon the remains when he took a break from his friends.
Rodney Goins- the blonde haired teenager- said he'd never actually been in Saint Andrews Cemetery before.
Though Doctor Masello says the baby was still born, he figures it hadn't been more than 24 hours since the delivery.
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[Lynch-Drowning]

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A near drowning at a Lynchburg hotel sends a young man to the hospital.
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18 year old Chris Fleshman of Lynchburg jumped into 8 feet of water in the Ramada Inn pool.
Officals say Fleshman couldn't swim so his friends tried to throw him a buoy but he was unable to reach it. The two friends then ran for help but by the time they returned Fleshman was at the bottom of the pool. When paramedics arrived he was unconcious.
He was taken to Lynchburg General by EMS and is in stable condition.

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[Toss back to anchor][Bedrosian]

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Al Bedrosian will be tried on an assault charge in September.
But he says's the jury's still out on whether spanking a child in a waiting room will hurt his campaign for the House of Delegates.
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Bedrosian says the response he's getting is overwhelmingly positive.
He was in court for an arraignment this morning, and plans to enter a NOT guilty plea.
He says he was protecting his infant daughter, when he grabbed and spanked a child who was running past him.

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((AL BEDROSIAN/DEFENDANT; IT CONTROLLED THE SITUATION FOR ABOUT THE NEXT 30 SECONDS OR 45 SECONDS AND THAT'S WHAT WAS REQUIRED AND THEN THE KID WENT ON DOING WHAT HE NORMALLY DID, THAT'S OUR PLEA, BASICALLY, AS THEY FINALIZE SOMETHING. IN CASES LIKE THIS YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF AN INTENT TO WANT TO HURT SOMEBODY AND THAT DEFINITELY WAS NOT THERE.))
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The child's mother, Melissa Campbell, says her son was NOT a threat to the infant and that Bedrosian overracted.
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[Einhorn]

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Hippie guru- turned fugitive, Ira Einhorn was ordered to pay more than 900-million dollars-
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It was the jury's decision to a wrongful death suit filed by the victims family.
Holly Maddux's body was found 20 years ago- Einhorn fled to France and is fighting extradition.
The family told repoters they're pleased with today's decision.
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((THIS IS MOSTLY A PRE-EMPTIVE STRIKE TO PREVENT HIM FROM EXPLOINT THE MURDER OF MY STISTER. WE DONT' WANT HIM TO BE ABLE TO PROFIT FROM THIS.))
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Einhorn claims he is not responsible for Holly Maddux's death-
and says he could never get a fair trial in The United States.
Holly Maddux's body was found in a steamer trunk in Einhorns house eighteen months after she had been bludgeoned to death.

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A truckload of debt has forced a company with operations in Southwest Virginia to go out of business.
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Preston Trucking told employees this week that the company has stopped its freight operations.
Preston says it picked up more debt than it could pay back.
The company employs about 60 people in Roanoke and 20 in Wytheville.
Nationwide, more than 5-thousand are getting laid off.
But the strong U-S economy and a competitive trucking industry mean good truck drivers are in demand.
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Conrail has once again slowed earnings for Norfolk Southern.
N-S reported second-quarter income fell 59 percent from the same period last year, to 20-cents a share.
The railroad blamed computer problems that backed up the takeover of Conrail.
N-S lost an estimated 40-million dollars in revenue as some shippers moved their business from rail to trucks.

[Chincoteague]

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It's an annual event that brings thousands of people to Virginia.
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More than 125 ponies took to the water this morning for the 74th annual pony swim in Chincoteague.
Each July a heard of wild ponies swims 80 yards across a channel.
The event was made famous by the children's book Misty of Chincoteague.
Organizers say about 50-thousand tourists attended this year's event.
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[Cantaloupe-C]

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Thousands of people gathered tonight in Halifax County for an annual tradition... the Virginia Cantaloupe Festival.
And, as Marya Jones reports, the cantaloupe is only one of the main attractions.
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(( They came by the thousands... to cut loose... [QUICK NAT SOUND DANCING] ((QUICK NAT SOUND: DANCE FLOOR)) [RUNS:01]
And celebrate the cantaloupe.
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((CHARLES SIMPSON: IT'S WONDERFUL. ABOUT FIVE OR SIX YEARS I'VE BEEN COMING TO IT.)) [RUNS:04]
Six Halifax county farmers donated more than 700 cantaloupes for the festival.
They were served by the slice,
Occasionally with salt,
And topped off the Halifax County way...with vanilla ice cream.
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((JOHN MASSINGILL: (TAKES A BITE) I THINK I'LL HAVE THIS MORE OFTEN. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER HAD CANTALOUPE AND VANILLA ICE CREAM AT THE SAME TIME BEFORE.)) [RUNS:08] [STAND UP 1:19:15 - :22] ((MARYA JONES/NEWS 7: AND IF THERE'S ONE OTHER THING THAT GOES WITH CANTALOUPES, IT'S CAMPAIGNING. THERE WERE PLENTY OF POLITICIANS ON HAND TO PROVE IT.)) [RUNS:07]
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Former Governor George Allen, campaigning for the Senate in 2000, worked the crowd and recalled an earlier Cantaloupe Festival.
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((GEORGE ALLEN: ACTUALLY, WHEN I WAS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR AND CAME HERE, I WAS MEETING PEOPLE AND FINALLY HAD THE CHANCE TO COME HERE AND THEY SAID, "IT'S ALL GONE." SO, ONE OF MY MISSIONS HERE IS TO ACTUALLY GET SOME CANTALOUPE. )) [RUNS:11]
Mission accomplished.
But most people say the festival is more than an opportunity to eat cantaloupe.
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((JOHN LEE: I JUST LIKE A GOOD, OLD FUN TIME.)) [RUNS:02]
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((JOHN MASSINGILL: EVEN THOUGH, WE LIVE IN SUCH A SMALL RURAL AREA, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT YOU JUST TRAVEL IN YOUR OWN CIRCLES AND DON'T SEE PEOPLE UNTIL YOU COME TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. )) [RUNS:07]
It's the 19th year of a tradition that combines cantaloupe and camaraderie in Halifax County. Marya Jones, News 7.))

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Roanoke makes steps towards a better Planned Parenthood cilinc...the story coming up
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Plus these UCLA athletes are physically fit--so why are they parking in handicapped spaces? See what happened when they went to court after the break.
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[Sports-Preview]

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((O-K sports fans here's what's happening. The N-F-L is still shocked over the retirement of pro bowl running back Barry Sanders, Mike Stevens will check in from the Washington Redskins training camp with reaction and Dot Bolling is closing in on another golf title in the Valley.
All that and more coming up in sports.))
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[UCLA-Parking]

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They are the fittest of the fit- UCLA football players- Today they were trying to explain why they wanted and got handicapped parking spots-
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14 current and former players were charged with falsifying applications to get handicapped parking permits-
The players got some the best spots on campus for free.
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((YOU ALWAYS SEE THE BIG FOOTBALL CARS PARKED IN THE HANDICAPPED ZONES.)) ((THEY SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED FOR THEMSLEVES. THATS WRONG.)) [BUTT TO 20:04:22] ((WE WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE TO THE SCHOOL, OUR TEAMMATES, FAMILIES AND MOST OF ALL THE DISABLED COMMUNITY- WE DID NOT REALIZE THE SERIOUSNESS OF OUR ACTIONS.))
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Outisde the courtroom the disabled protested-
Five of the players postponed their arraignments- the rest pleaded guilty under an agreement-
They;ll have to do 5-weeks of community service- half of it working with the disabled, plus pay a 5-hundred dollar fine.

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[AMA-Union]

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While the Senate is debating a GOP tax cut that critics say will jeopordize Medicare- the
--- the House is dealing with another health measure.

The bill that effects nearly one-third of Virginians insured by managed care plans could help doctors better deal with H-M-Os.
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Medical Society of Virginia Associate Director Geoff Harter says many doctors resent being told by insurance companies how to treat patients -- and he says it's time to do something about it.
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((DR. GEOFF HARTER/MSV DIRECTOR: I THINK PHYSICIANS ARE ACUTELY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM OF HEALTH CARE COSTS AND WE ARE WORKING TO TRY AND MINIMIZE THOSE COSTS, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR QUALITY PATIENT CARE RATHER THAN DECISIONS BY INSURANCE COMPANIES REGARDING THE CORPORATE BOTTOM LINE.))
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Doctor Harter says the bill probably won't be voted on until next year.

[Planned-Parenthood]

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The way it's conceived ... the new Planned Parenthood clinic in Roanoke will be like no other.
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The facility will provide adoption ... pre-natal- care services... and abortion.
Planned Parenthood's local president says building the all-in-one clinic is not an attempt to recast his organization as something other than an abortion provider.
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((DAVID NOVA/PLANNED PARENTHOOD: IT'S AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF OUR GROWTH. WE COULD NOT PROVIDE PRE-NATAL CARE IN OUR CURRENT FACILITY. OUR NEW FACILITY WILL HAVE SIX FACILITIES, STATE OF THE ART EQUIPMENT, IN A MANNER THAT IS FITTING FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD. ))
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The new building is a two-million-dollar project.
The plans call for a medical library ...
And a drive-through window for picking up pills.
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Up next, one area university is giving big money to help modernize it's local fire department...
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plus...this summer's drought conditions are increasing the threat of forest fires. Find out what precautions to take coming up.
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Radford University is usually on the receiving end of donations.
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But it was the other way around today as the university handed over a check to the Radford Fire department for 60-thousand dollars.
The money is to help pay for equipment over the next two years, since the school does not generate taxes for the city.
The university has donated money to the fire department for several years.
Radford fire chief Jigger Roberts says the money will go a long way toward equipping these trucks with the most modern equipment available.
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[Fire-Danger]

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As drought conditions worsen, forest fires become a bigger threat for the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests. There have been more acres burned in this summer's 47 fires than all of last year--
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[File: 99-16 1:51:49] according to Virginia Department of Forestry fire chief. Almost half of these are started by lightning--which isn't a problem when conditions are moist. The dry brush makes fires harder to contain--taking more time and firefighters. Fire officials say this summer could be just the beginning.
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((DAVID OLSEN/ FIRE INFORMATION OFFICER: AND THE LONG-RANGE PROJECTIONS ARE THAT WE'LL HAVE A DRY FALL. WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE COMING FALL SEASON AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE GONNA ASK FOLKS TO BE PARTICULARLY CAREFUL OF IS JUST STAYING TUNED IN ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE DRY CONDITIONS IN THE FOREST.))
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Olsen is urging people to us caution when smoking or lighting a fire in the forest.
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Barry Sanders retires, Dot Bolling leads the City County golf tournament and a local girls soccer team wins a tournament in Europe.
But first out extra point.
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Last night, Mark McGwire hit his 37-th homer tops in Major League Baseball but today he watched from the clubhouse.
McGwire was thrown out of the game in the fourth inning for arguing a called third strike.
The Cardinals still won the game and here are the rest of tonight's scores.
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[S-Golf]

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Dot Bolling has maintained the lead after two rounds of the Women's City-County Golf Tournament and tomorrrow's final round will be played on her home course Hidden Valley.
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Bolling had a two stroke lead after the first day of play, shooting a 71 at Ole Monterey yesterday.
Play resumed again today this time at Hanging Rock Golf Club, Dot shot a 73 for 144 in two days of play.
Marilyn Bussey moved up from third into second place with a two day total of 150.
Janet Cochrane is 8 strokes back with a 152 for third place. The third and final round is tomorrow at Hidden Valley Country Club.
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[S-Stars]

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The Roanoke Stars Girls Youth 15 and under soccer team mirrored the success of the U-S Women's World Cup soccer team.
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The girls won the Brondby Cup in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The team left on the 15th to play two tournaments in their 18 days abroad.
In addition to winnning the Brondby Cup, the Stars also made it into the semi-finals of the Gothia Cup in Sweden.

The girls return to Roanoke Sunday.
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[S-MLB]

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The New York Mets rallied for seven runs in the eighth to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9 to 2.
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It was the debut on the mound for Kenny Rogers who left after six with tightness in his right Hamstring.
But in the first, Edgardo Alfonzo gets all of this pitch for a solo homer of the left field fence giving the Mets the one to nothing lead.
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And still in the first Robin Ventura adds to the lead with this solo homer to right field off of Rogers and the Mets get the 9 to 2 win over tthe Pirates.
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[Sports Tease]

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And coming up in sports, Barry Sanders retires we'll have reaction from his coach and a couple of N-F-L players.
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and Mike Stevens checks in with his first report from the Redskins training camp in Forstburg, Maryland.
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[S-Sanders]

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The National Football League was stunned today when Pro Bowl running back Barry Sanders announced his retirement from the game.
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Sanders is quitting the game saying his desire to retire is greaterr that his desire to play ball.
The all pro running back has rushed for 15-thousand 269 yards in 10 seasons and he was just over 14 hundred yards away from becoming the N-F-L's all time leading rusher.
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[IN Q="I mean.....]
[SUPER=01-Bobby Ross/Detroit Lion Head Coach; :]
[RUNS=:18]
[OUT Q=...in my life."]
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[S-NFL]

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[TAPE#=SP-44 (00:40:04)]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Denver, CO; :]

The News of Sander's retirement traveled quickly. And it was a surprise to Denver Bronco Running Back Terrrell Davis.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="the best...]
[SUPER=01-Terrell Davis/Bronco Running Back; :]
[SUPER=01-Emmitt Smith/Cowboys Running Back; :12]
[RUNS=:27]
[OUT Q=.....understands that."]
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[S-Skins]

[ANCHOR=Roy]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=rst]
[TAPE#=SP-35(1:48:28)]
[GRAPHIC=Redskins training camp]

Barry Sanders was also a hot topic at the Redskins Training camp. With more on that and a look at what happened during day number three here's Mike Stevens in Frostburg Maryland.
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[IN Q=First audio]
[SUPER=03-Frostburg, MD; :00]
[SUPER=01-Brad Johnson/Redskins Quarterback; :20]
[SUPER=01-Dana Stubblefield/Redskins Defensive Lineman; :31]
[SUPER=01-Champ Bailey/Redskins Top Draft Pick; :49]
[SUPER=01-Derek Smith/Redskins Fifth Round Pick; 1:10]
[SUPER=@Mike1; 1:20]
[SUPER=01-Rodney Peete/Redskins Quarterback; 1:30]
[SUPER=01-Larry Centers/Redskins Fullback; 1:44]
[RUNS=2:08]
[OUT Q=.....news 7 sports."]
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An explosion in the Netherlands this morning caused extensive damage for one community...but it was not your typical explosion.
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[VO-NAT]
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[SUPER=75-The Netherlands]
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The sugary mess caused by a syrup tank explosion is our Video of the Day.
A leak in the tank caused 800-thousand gallons of syrup to burst and cover a nearby residential area.
The nine-inch-deep syrup flowed through the area like lava, covering cars and a number of gardens.
No one was hurt in the explosion, but the mess destroyed an electrical transformer shutting off electric power to the syrup company.
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