WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 12/26/99

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Coming up on News 7-
A man is killed while allegedly breaking into a house in Franklin County.
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A Texas teenager is charged with murdering her parents Christmas day.
Time Magazine unveils its choice for "Person of the Century".
And funny man Jerry Seinfeld ties the knot.
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News 7 is next.
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[Hijacking]

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Good evening, I'm Teresa Hamilton.
Conditions are said to be deteriorating aboard the hijacked Indian Airlines jet that's sitting on the ground in southern Afghanistan.
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At least 160 people are still aboard the plane and those who delivered food to the captive passengers today say the air in the plane is bad.
The hijackers want India to release a Pakistani prisoner who Indian authorities say is a terrorist.
Today India's Foreign Minister gave family who have loved ones aboard the jet little more than a promise to ease conditions aboard the plane.
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The hijackers today released a diabetic passenger as a "goodwill gesture."
Meanwhile-- in India a funeral was held for a passenger the hijackers killed on Friday.
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Investigators are still piecing together the events leading up to an early morning shooting in Franklin County.
Investigators say 26- year old Cletis Roberts, Junior of Bath County was shot in the torso after breaking into a house where his estranged wife, Katherine, was staying.
It happened on Hopkins Road, around two A-M.
The homeowner, 38- year old Arthur Simpson has been charged with firing the fatal shot.
Katherine Roberts' father has also been charged in connection with the crime.
Harold Nelson is accused of breaking into the house with his son-n-law and is also charged with the malicious wounding of his daughter.

[Mayfield]

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The world is a little quieter today as one of America's most distinctive and soulful voices fell silent.
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Composer and singer Curtis Mayfield died at a Georgia hospital at age 57.
Mayfield may be best known for the success of the soundtrack to the film "Superfly" in 1972.
He also had a string of hits in the '60s.
In 1990 Mayfield was paralyzed in an accident in which he was struck by a rig that toppled while he was on stage performing in Brooklyn.
No word yet on the cause of death.
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[France-Storms]

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At least five people are dead after a fierce storm swept across northern France.
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105 mile an hour winds tore off roofs, cut electricity lines, and ripped down chimneys. Bus shelters were smashed and Christmas decorations were ripped from buildings. And, many train stations had to be closed after lines were blocked by fallen trees and other debris.
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Time now to check in with Andrew in the weather center.
A lot of wind here, but not nearly as severe as we just heard about.[WX1] [11:00pm] [12/26/1999] WEATHER OFFICE [WXPRO/FULL]WEATHER MAP WAKE UP FORECAST

[Toss back to anchor][Y2-K]

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The year two- thousand is quickly approaching.
And while many companies and government agencies say they're Y2-K compliant, the American Red Cross says you should be prepared just in case they are NOT.
Joy Sutton has more.
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(( American Electric Power is just one of many local companies that has tested its system this year to make sure it's Y2-K compliant.
While tests have shown the company is in good shape -- No one knows for sure what will happen when the year 2-thousand begins.
Some residents say they're doing little to prepare for potential problems.
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But the American Red Cross says it's important to be prepared just in case.
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((IZZY MENCHERO/AMERICAN RED CROSS:WE TELL THE PUBLIC TREAT AS A SNOW STORM, AND ICE STORM THAT IS COMING THAT MIGHT INTERRUPT SERVICES THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE TO STAY HOME FOR TWO TO THREE DAYS.))
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The American Red Cross is urging people to stock up on additional water -- at least one gallon per person per day -- and to have plenty of canned food on hand.
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And if you are on medication it's recommended that you have at least a weeks supply on hand.
The American Red Cross in Roanoke will be staffed 24 hours starting New Years eve to assist with any problems.
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((IZZY MENCHERO: WE WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH THE NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND NIGHT TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS GOING SMOOTHLY AND IF WE HAVE ANY EMERGENCY THAT WILL HAVE A LARGE IMPACT WE WILL BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM AND SEEK HELP IF IT'S NECESSARY))
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Menchero says its better to stock-up and be safe rather than sorry come January 1st.
Joy Sutton, News 7.))

[First-Night]

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While some are preparing for Y2K, others in the Roanoke Valley are preparing for First Night. It's a New Year's Eve Celebration that has been a tradition for the past 9 years.
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And organizers of this years First Night say the celebration should be even better then last year.
First Night is a celebration of the lively arts --with a variety of activities for the entire family.
And organizers say this New Year's celebration promises to be even more exciting-- with the ringing in of the year two-thousand.
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First Night is an alcohol free event. [TAKE PINNACLE FULL SCREEN 8770ESSC]
Advanced admission is 7 dollars for adults and 3 dollars for children.
The price goes up to 9 dollars at the door.
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Admission buttons are available at WDBJ and at various locations throughout the Valley.

[Kwanzaa]

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It's a holiday that was created 33 years ago by a college professor.
Today it's celebrated across the country by more than 20 million people.
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It's called Kwanzaa.
And at St. Gerard's Church in Roanoke dozens gathered to kick-off the first day of this 7 day celebration.
Kwanzaa is Swahili and is based on seven laws designed to help live a righteous life.
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((ROMA WILLIS-TURNER/KWANZAA COORDINATOR: THESE PRINCIPLES SEEM LIKE THE BEST FOR ME TO BE BLESSED. SO THAT'S WHY KWANZAA MEANS TO ME FIRST A BLESSING, FRUIT, HOLY FAMILY. AND TODAY I HOLY FAMILY IT'S UNITY IT'S KWANZAA))
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The celebration not only included singing and dancing but remembering ancestors and preparing for a prosperous new year.
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[Xmas-Returns]

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Bargain hunters were out in full force at area shopping malls today.
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Retailers at Tanglewood Mall and across the country hope large discounts will the clear shelves.
For some stores the post Christmas frenzy is lucrative and offsets sometimes disappointing sales before the holidays.
Analysts say last year shoppers did 11 percent of their buying AFTER Christmas.
And, a national survey finds nearly half of Americans return between one and ten holiday gifts each year.
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Still ahead, the second suspect in the Seattle border arrest is sighted in the U-S.
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Plus, details behind the arrest of a 17- year old in Texas accused of murdering her parents Christmas morning.
The story... when we return.
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The international manhunt continues tonight for a second suspect in an alleged plot to smuggle explosives into the U-S. Federal agents followed the suspect's trail through Bellingham, Washington where there's heightened concern at the local airport. Todd Pottinger reports.
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A 17-year-old Texas girl has been arrested for allegedly shooting and killing her parents early Christmas Day.
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Stephanie Catherine Barron at first told officers she heard an intruder in their home then heard gunshots coming from her parents bedroom.
But after officers found no forced entry and found nothing missing from the scene, Ms. Barron was arrested.
Her parents had been shot in the head.
Barron was a member of the National Honor Society while in high school but apparently dropped out.
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[Venezuela]

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22 people are dead after a Cuban Airliner crashed in Venezuela today.
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The Russian aircraft was on its way to Valencia from Havana when it crashed into the side of a mountain. It was just 12 miles from it's landing destination.
Authorities are investigating the cause of the crash.
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Coming up next, he was considered one of the most brilliant men of our time, now he's the man of the century.... according to Time Magazine.
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Plus he wore his bachelorhood as a badge of honor --but Jerry Seinfeld has finally shed it. Details on the funny mans wedding after the break.
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[Seinfeld-Wedding]

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Funny man Jerry Seinfield tied the knot last night in New York City.
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Seinfeld and fiancee Jessica Sklar exchanged vows during a private ceremony in a Greenwich village loft.
It was a simple Jewish ceremony--with only about 40 guests, many of them family members.
Seinfeld's best man, fellow comic George Wallace told photographers huddled outside the East Fourth Street location-- the wedding was "fabulous."
None of the groom's former sitcom co-stars attended the wedding.
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[Person-Century]

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The Person of the Century is Albert Einstein.
That's according to Time magazine.
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The magazine says the German-born physicist stands out as both the greatest mind and paramount icon of our age.
Einstein's theories laid the groundwork for technologies ranging from television to space travel to the atom bomb.
He won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1921 and immigrated to the U-S in 1933.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Indian independence leader Gandhi were runners-up.
The issue honoring Einstein hits the newsstands Monday.
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The Washington Redskins were in San Fancisco for a big game with the 49-ers.
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A win and the Skins would clinch the division title.
But the Niners were out to spoil the party. Charles Garner scores on the short run and San Francisco led 7 to nothing.
Washington tied it at 7. Brad Johnson going to the air and hitting Michael Westbrook on the 65 yard touchdown pass late in the second quarter.
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The Niners would put points on the board in the third. Jeff Garcia hits J.J. Stokes on the five yard touchdown pass play and __ goes on to win it ___ to ____.
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The Minnestoa Vikings are in the N-F-C playoffs after beating the New York Giants today 34 to 17.
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Leroy Hoard carried the Viking load in the first half here he scores his second T-D of the game on the short run to make it 14 to 6 Vikings.
Minnesota opened the third with a trick play. Receiver Randy Moss gets it on the end around but instead of running
he hits Chris Carter on the 27 yard T-D pass and the Vkinigs took a 21 to 6 lead.
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The Giants added a field goal in the third then on the kickoff Mo Williams finds a crease and he takes it 85 yards for the score and the Vikings beat the Giants by a score of 34 to 17.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers broke a six game losing streak with a 30 to 20 win over the Carolina Panthers.
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The snow flakes falling in Pittsburgh today.
The Steelers defense comes up with this big play. Fred Lane fumbles the ball into the end zone Travis Davis catches it in the air follows his blocking down the sideline on his way to a 102 yard fumble return the second longest in N-F-L history to make it 10 to nothing Pittsburgh.
Carolina trailed 16 to 7 in the second quarter then Steve Beurlein goes to the air and hits Patrick Jeffers on the 88 yard touchdown pass play to make it 16 to 13.
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Still in the second Mike Tomczak hits Hines Ward on the 9 yard T-D pass play and the Steelers win it 30 to 20.
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Jacksonville quarterback Mark Brunell sprained his knee in the second quarter and did not return and the Tennessee Titans beat the Jaguars 41 to 14.
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This day belonged to Steve McNair who would throw 4 T-D's in the game.
The first came in the first quarter when McNair hits tight end Michael Roan on the 4 yard strike to make it 7 to nothing Titans.
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Then in the second quarter McNair rolls out holding the defense then throws over the middle to Jackie Harris he takes it 62 yards for the score the Titans win it 41 to 14.
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Tampa Bay is closing in on the Bucs first division title in 18 years.
Mike Alstott carried the load today rushing for 79 yards and two touchdowns in a 29 to 10 win over the Green Bay Packers.
And here are he rest of the N-F-L scores.
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Even though the Hokies are underdogs for their January 4th date with Florida State, one matchup in particular has given Tech fans hopes of pulling off the upset. Mike Stevens explains.
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(( Even casual college football fans have noticed that Florida State quarterback Chris Weinke isn't exactly the most mobile thing on two legs. The Tech defense on the other hand is lightning quick. The Hokies posted a mind boggling 58 quarterback sacks this season and depending on how Florida State decides to play them, the nation's top defense is confident it can add to that total. ((COREY MOORE/17 SACKS THIS SEASON:)) ((JAMEL SMITH/TECH'S LEADING TACKLER:)) ((CHRIS WEINKE/FSU QUARTERBACK:)) And with each passing day that wait gets just a little bit shorter. Mike Stevens News 7 sports.))

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And coming up, Scores and highlights from the N-B-A and the N-H-L.
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And the Express returned to the Ice at the Roundhouse and gets the 4 to 3 overtime win over Huntington.
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[S-Express]

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The Roanoke Express returned to the ice at the Roundhouse and Roanoke gets the 4 to 3 win in overtime over Huntington.
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The Express walking on the ice before the opening faceoff against the Blizzard.
Roanoke's Duane Harmer fires the wrist shot that goes in for the goal and the Express led after 1 period 1 to nothing.
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Then with less than a minute left in the first Kris Cantu cleans up the rebound for a goale and a 2 to nothing lead and the Express wins it 4 to 3 in overtime.
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Rookie Scott Gomez recoreded his first hat trick but New Jersey had to settle for a 3 to 3 tie with the New York Rangers.
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Ranger coach John Muckler on the bench.
Gomez would get the hat trick when he scores this goal on the breakaway to make it 3 to 1 New Jersey.
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The Rangers would score the tieing goal two minutes later and the game ended in overtime tied at 3 to 3.
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In the N-B-A, The Rockets were in town for a game against the Wizards.
Mitch Richmond scored 27 points to lead the Wizards over Houston 103 to 92.
And here are tonights scores.
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