WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 10/06/99

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Next on News 7-
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A woman is shot. Her son- a Former Franklin county official- is jailed.
A TV reporter becomes the news herself She's hit by a car while doing a live report.
An update on the missing 3-year old in Colorado.
And Bobby LaBonte wins the pole in Charlotte
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News 7 is next.

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((SHERIFF W.Q. OVERTON/FRANKLIN CO. SHERIFF: A LOT OF PEOPLE FELT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, JUST WHEN.))
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A former Franklin County administrator is behind bars tonight - for allegedly trying to kill his mother.
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[Quinn-Shooting]

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Sammy Quinn is accused of shooting Pauline Quinn in the head with a hand gun.
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Kate Weidaw joins us from the newsroom with more.
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Sammy Quinn served as a Franklin County administrator from 1973 to 1978.
In the mid-80's - Quinn was diagnosed with schizophrenia. That's when run-ins with the law started to occur.
He was sent to a mental institution and was in and out of jail. Authorities say they were not shocked when he called 911 this afternoon.
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((SHERIFF W.Q. OVERTON/FRANKLIN CO. SHERIFF: IT DIDN'T COME AS A SURPRISE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN HENRY VILLAGE THOUGHT SOMETHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT ACCORDING TO THE LAW WE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING.))
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Shortly after 4 this afternoon authorities were called to this house in Franklin County. [FULL SCREEN]
It's located on Towne Creek Road in the town of Henry. [vo]
50 year old Sammy Quinn lives here with his 76 year old mother, Pauline.
Authorities say Quinn's history of trouble was never enough to keep him in jail and something like this could have been prevented.

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((SHERIFF W.Q. OVERTON/FRANKLIN CO. SHERIFF: IF THE SYSTEM WAS WORKING RIGHT WE COULD HAVE PUT HIM IN JAIL AND KEPT HIM IN JAIL BUT I GUESS THE WAY THE LAW IS SET UP NOW YOU JUST CAN'T DO IT.))
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So far authorities are working to determine a motive for the shooting.
Quinn's mother was airlifted to Roanoke Memorial Hospital where she is listed in critical condition.
Quinn is charged with malicious wounding and use of a firearm to commit a felony.
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Right now he is being held in the Franklin County jail without bond.

[Accident-charges]

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Authorities say the accident that killed three people in Roanoke last Friday was caused by a drunk driver who'd been charged with driving under the influence before.
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Timothy Wayne Sayers was still on a restricted license when his car slammed into a tree on Hershberger Road at 2 A-M Friday.
The Commonwealth's Attorney's office says speed and alcohol were factors in the accident. Sayers was indicted today on three counts of vehicular manslaughter.
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Sayers had been charged with D-U-I last December, but the charge was reduced to reckless driving.

[Tultex]

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Another round of layoffs for Martinsville's second-biggest employer.
Tultex announced today it's laying off 135 salaried employees and 25 more hourly workers.
This comes just two weeks after the apparel company closed a Bland County sewing plant and laid off 125 people.
Tultex also says it's closing 12 retail stores.
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[WX1] [11:00pm] [10/06/1999] [MCU]WEATHER OFFICE [WXPRO/FULL]WEATHER MAP WAKE UP FORECAST

[Toss back to anchor][TV-Reporter]

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A Television Reporter in Chicago was hit by a car today while doing a live report.
Jane Boal of WGN-TV was reporting on a carbon monoxide leak at a school when she was hit.
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((HERE THIS MORNING A CARBON MONOXIDE LEAK... OH. THERE'S BEEN A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. NAT SOUND.))
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The car that hit the reporter had just collided with another car.
Police say the 79 year old driver did not realize he had struck a reporter.
The reporter was taken to the hospital with a leg injury.
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[CO-boy]

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More frustration for Colorado authorities looking for a missing boy.
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Earlier today a tracker found what he believed were prints made by the three year old going up a slope near a river- Cougar tracks were also found nearby.
But tonight a new team of tracking experts analyzed the same area and came up with a different conclusion.
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((SGT. JUSTIN SMITH/LARIMER CO. SHERIFF'S OFFICE: BASICALLY THEIR INTERPRETATION WAS THAT WHAT HE HAD READ HE BELIEVED WAS A COMBINATION OF BEAR TRACKS AND THEY ALSO SAY SOME CAT TRACKS UP THERE. THEY BELIEVE WHAT HE IDENTIFIED AS PLACES BEING A BOY CRAWLING UP THE SIDE OF A HILL WERE IN FACT BEAR TRACKS GOING UP AND DOWN.))
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(Jar-id) Jaryd Atadero's been missing since Saturday- when he was hiking with family and friends.
Experts will track several cougars back to their dens- Searchers will also continue combing the river and terrain for any sign of the boy.
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[Shockley]

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An endorsement by Pulaski County's Fraternal Order of Police leads to some changes in the local prosecutor's office.
The local F-O-P is backing Democrat Mike Fleenor-- who's challenging long time incumbent Everett Shockley.
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It's an endorsement that's apparently upset the veteran prosecutor, who's been in office now for some 20- years.
Sources tell NEWS 7-- Shockley was so angry he asked one of his assistants to write a letter to the editor of the local newspaper criticizing local police.
Mike Costanzo refused to write the letter and ultimately quit.
Marty Dowdy is a local police officer and member of the Pulaski F-O-P.
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((MARTY DOWDY/PULASKI CO. F. O. P. MEMBER: OUR LODGE IS MADE UP OF PROBABLY 15 OR SO MEMBER AGENCIES, IT'S NOT JUST THE PULASKI POLICE DEPARTMENT, IT'S COUNTY WIDE AND BEYOND AND FOR HIM TO STAND UP AND SAY NO, I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THAT, IS-- MY HEART SWELLS.))
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Mike Costanzo refused to comment for our story -- as did Everett Shockley who says it's a personnel matter.
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[Henry-Murder]

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Deputies are calling the death of a man in Henry County "suspicious."
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They say 34-year-old Jose Santos Mora-Soto may have been strangled to death.
His body was found by two relatives yesterday in a creek near his house.
His cousin says they went out to look for Mora after he disappeared Monday morning.
Investigators say they'll know more about Mora's death after an autopsy tomorrow.
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[Balcony-Collapse]

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Three lawsuits connected to the University of Virginia balcony collapse have been withdrawn.
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The collapse killed one woman and injured several at commencement in 1997.
The lawsuits that were withdrawn today had all been filed by injured parties.
Attorney General Mark Earley says the withdrawals will allow lawyers on both sides to focus on reaching settlements.
Two suits connected to the incident remain active against the state.
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[UVA-Admissions]

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A quota system would be illegal.
But U-V-A students rallying to defend affirmative action say their admissions policy is different -- and would stand up in court.
Ellen Qualls reports.
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(( It's NOT just a philosophical debate--
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((IF WE TAKE AWAY... ))
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For years, the University of Virginia's policy has been: if all things are equal on paper -- minority students should be given preference in admissions, to create a more diverse student body.
The policy has critics.
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The Governor says he trusts the Board of Visitors.
The Rector says he's looking to the University's President.
A source on the Board says the President's "tweaking" the policy to avoid legal challenge.
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((In Michigan...their lawsuit.))
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((I WOULD HATE TO COME BACK HERE FOR HOMECOMING AND SEE THIS SCHOOL ONE PERCENT BLACK.))
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When the Board meets next week, NO resolution to scrap affirmative action is expected.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Charlottesville. ))

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Still ahead - how big rigs are benefiting from the same technology that protects fighter planes.
It could keep you safe.
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Plus, it's hardly art - but the work done by graffiti artists in a popular local park could end up costing a pretty penny.
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[Sports-Preview]

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((Hey guys this is Mike Stevens back in the News 7 sports office where it has been a hot time in the old town tonight. Qualifying results from Charlotte are on the way long with the Express exhibition opener at the Roundhouse.
The Braves get even with the Stros - and Steve Mason gets us reacquainted with John Baker. It's all coming up on the Big 7.))
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[Park-Graffiti]

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The Roanoke Valley Skate Park is generating some noise - in the form of complaints.
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Much of the facility was covered with graffiti before crews cleaned most of it away on Wednesday.
It's been a recurring problem that troubles park visitors, and city officials.
It also worries skaters who fear the work of a few will threaten a facility that many appreciate.
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((WILLIAM KITTS/SKATE PARK USER: IT'S NOT REALLY ART LIKE SOMETHING THAT'LL MAKE THE PLACE LOOK A LITTLE BETTER, YOU KNOW JUST NOT AS PLAIN. IT'S MOSTLY JUST LIKE PEOPLE TRYING TO DO THEIR NAMES AND STUFF, THEIR MARKS AND STUFF AND THAT'S STUPID, POINTLESS, PEOPLE JUST TRYING TO PUT THEIR NAME ALL OVER THE PLACE.))
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Roanoke's Parks and Recreation Manager says if the problem continues - the most likely solution would be to fence the Park and charge admission to cover the operating costs.
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[Patients-bill]

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If you're without health insurance, what's going on in Washington should interest you.
House Republicans pushed a bill through that provides 48 billion dollars- to help uninsured Americans get health insurance.
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But Democrats are calling it a poison pill - aimed at defeating another bill- the Patients Bill of Rights.
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(( IN THE DEAD OF THE NIGHT, LAST NIGHT, HOUSE LEADERS CONCOCTED A PROCESS FILLED WITH ENOUGH POISON PILLS AND LEGISLATIVE SLIGHTS OF HAND TO PRACTICALLY GUARANTEE THE DEFEAT OF THIS BILL.))
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Democrats say GOP leaders will link the two bills and the hefty price tag- when they go to the Senate- assuring a defeat.
Republicans say it doesn't do good to have health care reform if you don't have health insurance.
The Patients Bill of Rights goes up for debate tomorrow- It will give patients the right to sue an HMO that denies them coverage.
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[Gilmore]

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Governor Gilmore celebrated his 50-th birthday with a visitor from Texas who helped him collect lots of cash.
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Laura Bush joined the Governor at Forest Park Elementary School.
The wife of presidential hopeful George W. Bush talked about her husband's so-called "compassionate" educate plan ... requiring all states to have tests like Virginia's Standards of Learning.
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((LAURA BUSH/TEXAS FIRST LADY: HE IS NOT FOR A NATIONAL TEST ... STATES SHOULD DEVISE THEIR OWN CURRICULUM LIKE VIRGINIA HAS DONE AND HAVE THEIR OWN TESTS. HE'S FOR LOCAL CONTROL OF SCHOOLS. ))
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After the photo-op ... it was on to a 500-dollar-a-plate luncheon.
Over the next few days, Governor Gilmore will host a series of fund-raisers with members of the Bush family ... raising a million dollars for Virginia Republicans.
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Some are calling it one of the deadliest addictions. And it isn't about drugs, alcohol, or cigarettes. It's about food. Details coming up.
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Plus, the National Guard is going to extremes to save a scientist with breast cancer.
The story, straight ahead.
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[lotto]
[SUPER=137-3 8 1/9 5 4 0/7 8 9 23 33/7 27 29 30 32 39/4 3 6 4 1 8]
NIGHT DRAWING=
Pick 3:
3-8-1

(three, eight, one)

Pick 4:
9-5-4-0

(nine, five, four, zero)

Cash 5:
7-8-9-23-33

(seven, eight, nine, twenty-three, thirty-three)

Lotto:
7-27-29-30-32-39

(seven, twenty-seven, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-two,
thirty-nine)
Kicker:
4-3-6-4-1-8

(four, three, six, four, one, eight)

[South-Pole]

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A risky mission is underway to save a breast cancer patient in the South Pole.
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Members of the National Guard left New York today, on their way to airlift Doctor Jerri Nielsen from her science station.
[super=04-July 11, 1999]

In July, cargo planes dropped medical supplies so Nielsen could treat herself until she could be brought out safely.
The planes that lifted off today will fly into close range of Antarctica and be on standby until weather conditions allow them to fly in... though it's not considered safe to land in the South Pole until at least October 25-th.
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[Weight]

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If you need another reason to start dieting and exercising - this may be it.
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A new study maps a direct link between being overweight and dying prematurely.
The largest study of its kind shows an addiction to food is killing Americans as fast as an addiction to cigarettes.
The increase begins even for people who are moderately overweight.
The only exception is obese black women, who for unknown reasons do not show a significantly higher risk of premature death.
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[Truck-Radar]

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The same technology that protects US fighter planes is making the highways safer for drivers at a Roanoke trucking company.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

Fleetmaster Express is outfitting ALL it's new tractor-trailors with the VORAD system.
It tracks the motion and speed of vehicles around the truck as it travels down the road, and sounds a warning if a nearby car slows down or gets too close.
It's the same kind of radar F-16 jets use to track incoming missiles.
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((LINIEL GREGORY/FLEETMASTER; THIS IS THE SAME SYSTEM THAT WE HOPE IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO DETECT WHEN A VEHICLE SLOWS OR STOPS IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE TO AVOID REAR-END COLLISIONS. IT'S GOING TO ASSIST US IN THE "NO-ZONE" SIDE OF THE TRUCK WHERE A DRIVER PHYSICALLY CAN'T SEE A VEHICLE ON THAT SIDE ))
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[VO-NAT]

The system is also similar to an airplane's "black box".
If an accident happens, it records everything the truck and surrounding drivers did before the accident occurred.
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[VO-NAT]
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But front row Joe - isn't anywhere close to the front of the pack.
Last night in qualifying at the Lowe's Motor Speedway - Joe Nemchek smacked the wall coming out of turn four. As he headed down the tri-oval the oil cooler broke, fire broke out underneath his car and Nemechek had to eventually bail out.
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[S-Express]

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The Roanoke Express played the first of its two preseason exhibition games last night at the Roundhouse as the team hosted the Richmond Renegades.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke/Richmond vs. Roanoke; :00]

Roanoke will also be home Saturday for its final exhibition outing before opening the regular season next Thursday against Hampton Roads.
Richmond would score the first two goals of the game last night. Joe Vandermeer gets control of the loose puck in the second period and slaps it home as the Renegades take a two to nothing lead.
The Express would get one of those back with a minute to go in the second as newcomer John Evangelista fires the puck home.
[SUPER=38-Richmond/3/Roanoke/2;]

Roanoke loses tonight 3-to-2 in a shootout. The team played with 25 guys last night they need to cut five before next Thursday.
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((BYE BYE))

[S-Lowes]

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The renamed Charlotte, the Lowe's Motor Speedway earlier this year, they may want to think changing the name again to Bobby Labonte's playground.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Concord, NC/TBS; :00]

Last night Bobby just missed setting a track record in time trials for this coming Sunday's UAW GM Quality 500 at the track.
His lap at 185 point 682 miles an hour was good enough to put him on the pole for the third time this year at Charlotte. He also won the pole for the Coke 600 and the Winston.
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[VO NAT CON'T]
Rusty Wallace also topped the 185 mark to grab the outside pole. Here the top 25.
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[go to boards]
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[SUPER=0107-1. Bobby Labonte/185.682/2. Rusty Wallace/185.033/3. John Andretti//4. Mark Martin//5. Tony Stewart//;]
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[SUPER=0107-6. Ward Burton//7. Jimmy Spencer//8. Rick Mast//9. Dale Jarrett//10. Jerry Nadeau//;]
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[SUPER=0107-11. Kenny Wallace//12. Mike Skinner//13. Terry Labonte//14. Steve Park//15. Bobby Hamilton//;]
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[SUPER=0107-16. Ted Musgrave//17. Dale Earnhardt//18. Geoffrey Bodine//19. Jeremy Mayfield//20. Ricky Rudd//;]
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[SUPER=0107-21. Jeff Gordon//22. Michael Waltrip//23. Derrike Cope//24. Todd Bodine//25. Matt Kenseth//;]
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[S-Gordon]

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Gordon qualifying effort tonight, 21st, is his worst this season.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Concord, NC; :00]

But this afternoon, all that mattered little as the man with 48 wins and 3 titles signed a lifetime contract extension with Rick Hendrick Motorsports. The deal will not only keep him in the 24 car the rest of his career, but it also gives him part ownership in the team.
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[S-Stewart]

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[wipe to eng#!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Martinsville/Sunday; :00]

The Tony Stewart saga came to a close today.
NASCAR fined the Winston Cup rookie five thousand dollars for violating rule 12-4A - committing an action that is detrimental to auto racing.
Stewart threw his heel protectors at Kenny Irwin's windshield in Sunday's NAPA Auto Care 500 and then tried to reach in the car and punch Irwin after he was wrecked at Martinsville. He finished a career worst 41st.
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[S-Braves]

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The Braves and Astros best of five series is now all even at a game a piece.
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[VO-NAT]
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The Braves can thank pitcher Kevin Millwood for getting them back in the series. He pitched a masterful complete game one hitter - only giving up a Ken Caminiti Homer.
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The Braves broke it open with 3 runs in the seventh to take the 5-to-1 win.
Game three is tomorrow night.
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The Red Sox and Indians series opened last night. Sox ace Pedro Martinez left the game in the fifth with a strained back.
And that opened the door for the Indians to come back. Travis Fryman drove in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth. Tribe wins 3-to-2 to take game one.
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Still to come tonight, Steve Mason with an eye opening Homtown Hoops Weekly segment.
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If you remember former Northside star John Baker - you won't believe what he's u to now.
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It's Wednesday night and this week Steve Mason is cooking with a Baker in Hometown Hoops Weekly.
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((John Baker has a new passion for everything he does. At 26, he's getting his degree from Roanoke College and playing basketball for the Maroons. ((:))
In the early 90's while a Northside junior, Baker was a star tight end on the football team and an all state performer for Billy Pope's Vikings. Scholarships from Winthrop, Liberty and High point were on the table. But hype can hurt and in his senior year, Baker was dismissed from the eventual group 2A state championship runner up basketball team. ((:)) ((:))
After years of chaos and no direction, Baker decided he had had enough. He trimmed his frame down from 250 to 190 pounds, stopped partying and started praying. His turnaround began with a special meeting with coach Pope, seven years after leaving the Northside team.))

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And this weekend on Your Hometown Station gets ready for another two great days of football. Saturday at three Florida looks to bounce back in Baton Rouge against LSU.
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And Sunday it is another NFL doubleheader with the Bills and Steelers followed by the Dolphins and Colts.
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Also yesterday the NFL awarded a new franchise to Houston starting in 2002. ((BYE BYE))

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