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MEMBERS OF THE ARMED SERVICES WERE HONORED TONIGHT DURING THE TRUCK AND TRACTOR SHOW AT THE JACKSON FAIRGROUNDS PARK.WE'LL HAVE THAT STORY AND MORE AFTER TONIGHT'S POWERBALL DRAWING. |
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VERBATIM COMING UP.SOLDIERS WERE HONORED AT ONE EVENT IN THE HUB CITY. AND THE LAMBUTH AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION CELEBRATED FLAG DAY THIS EVENING. PLUS.FIFTEEN HOURS UNTIL SLAMMIN' SAMMY HITS THE FIELD AT PRINGLES PARK. SEVEN EYEWITNESS NEWS AT TEN STARTS NOW. |
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GOOD EVENING.AND THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR SEVEN EYEWITNESS NEWS AT TEN.I'M KATIE GARRETY. TODAY PEOPLE AROUND WEST TENNESSEE REMEMBERED FORMER HUMBOLDT FIRE CHIEF WAYNE DAY. A CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL WAS HELD LAST NIGHT IN HUMBOLDT AND FUNERAL SERVICES FOR DAY WERE HELD THIS MORNING IN HUMBOLDT. DAY WAS KILLED LAST SATURDAY WHEN THE BOAT HE AND A FRIEND WERE FISHING IN WAS RUN OVER BY A BARGE ON THE TENNESSEE RIVER. A FUND HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN DAY'S MEMORY TO HELP BUY WATER RESCUE EQUIPMENT. CONTRIBUTIONS CAN BE SENT TO THE HUMBOLDT CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT.ATTENTION CHIEF CHESTER OWENS.11-16 MAIN ST. IN HUMBOLDT. |
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A FIRE IN MIDTOWN JACKSON HAD FIREFIGHTERS BUSY THIS AFTERNOON. AROUND THREE O'CLOCK THE JACKSON FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A FIRE ON THE 12-HUNDRED BLOCK OF NORTH HIGHLAND. UPON ARRIVING THEY FOUND THE GARAGE OF A RESIDENCE FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE ALSO SCORCHED A NEARBY VEHICLE AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE HOUSE ON THE LOT. |
| LANA Return to index of stories... |
MEMBERS OF ONE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GATHERED TODAY FOR THEIR ANNUAL FLAG DAY PICNIC TONIGHT. THE LAMBUTH AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION'S EVENT GOT UNDERWAY AT 5 PM THIS EVENING. FESTIVITIES INCLUDED A POTLUCK SUPPER, GAMES, AND ENTERTAINMENT INCLUDING AN EXCERPT FROM THE JACKSON CHILDREN AND TEEN THEATRE'S PRODUCTION OF BYE BYE BIRDIE AND OTHER LOCAL MUSICIANS. ORGANIZERS SAY EVENTS LIKE THESE ARE A GREAT WAY TO BUILD COMMUNITY SPIRIT. |
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VERBATIM THIS IS THE TENTH YEAR FOR THE ANNUAL PICNIC. |
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JACKSON FAIRGROUNDS PARK HOSTED THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TRACTOR PULL TONIGHT. U-S SOLDIERS WERE HONORED IN A SPECIAL CEREMONY PRIOR TO THE BIG EVENT. APACHE HELICOPTERS FLEW OVERHEAD AND AN HONOR GUARD PRESENTED THE FLAG AT THE CENTER OF THE TRACK. FLAGS WERE PASSED OUT TO EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE AND MANY LOCAL SOLDIERS WERE A PART OF THE EVENT. |
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| ELKS Return to index of stories... |
GOOD FOOD FOR A GOOD CAUSE WAS THE THEME OF ONE FUNDRAISER THIS EVENING. THE ELKS LODGE IN HENDERSON HOSTED A SPAGHETTI DINNER FUNDRAISER FOR THE CHESTER COUNTY CARL PERKINS CENTER. THIS IS FIRST EVER SUCH EVENT AND ORGANIZERS SAY THEY ARE PLEASED WITH THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT THEY HAVE RECEIVED. |
| B-ELKS Return to index of stories... |
VERBATIM ORGAINZERS HOPED TO RAISE ABOUT THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE CENTER IN CHESTER COUNTY. |
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TENNESSEE'S 2-WEEK-OLD DRIVER'S LICENSE LAW WAS INTENDED AS A COMPROMISE THAT WOULD ADDRESS ONCE AND FOR ALL THE LONG-RUNNING POLITICAL DISPUTE OVER IMMIGRANTS' ACCESS TO DRIVER'S LICENSES. INSTEAD, IT'S GENERATING NEW DEBATE THAT MAY NOT GO AWAY ANYTIME SOON. THE CONTROVERSY CENTERS ON WHETHER A NEW STATE DRIVING CERTIFICATE WILL BE USED FOR ID BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. UNDER THE NEW LAW, DRIVING CERTIFICATES WILL BE ISSUED IN PLACE OF LICENSES TO TEMPORARY IMMIGRANTS AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. THEY'LL SAY ON THEIR FACE QUOTE ''NOT VALID FOR I.D.'' |
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THOUSANDS STAYING IN A TENT CITY AT BONNAROO WOKE UP THIS MORNING TO GET READY FOR A SECOND DAY MARATHON OF MUSIC AND PARTYING. THE MAKESHIFT VILLAGE OF ROUGHLY 90-THOUSAND PEOPLE IS IN A DUSTY FARM FIELD NEAR MANCHESTER, TENNESSEE. LAST NIGHT, DAVE MATTHEWS AND BOB DYLAN ENTERTAINED THE CROWD. TODAY, LOS LOBOS AND STEVE WINWOOD WERE AMONG THE SCHEDULED ACTS. |
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COMING UP IN OUR WORLD NEWS WRAP.THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND CELEBRATES HER BIRTHDAY TODAY.WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT IT. AND, THE FORMER PRESIDENT BUSH IS CELEBRATING HIS EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY.WE'LL SHOW YOU THE PREPARATIONS.AFTER THE BRAKE. |
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AN AMERICAN IS KILLED IN SAUDI ARABIA. VERBATIM THAT'S FIRST IN TONIGHTS WORLD NEWS WRAP. |
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THE U-S- EMBASSY IN RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA, HAS CONFIRMED THAT A MAN KILLED IN THE CITY SATURDAY WAS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.
SAUDI POLICE SAY HE WAS SHOT DEAD IN A DRIVE -BY SHOOTING WHILE HE WAS PARKING HIS CAR. THE U-S- AND THE SAUDIS ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH. A STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAYS THAT NO OTHER DETAILS CAN BE CONFIRMED AT THIS TIME. THIS MARKS THE THIRD KILLING OF A WESTERNER IN RIYADH THIS WEEK. |
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A TOP IRAQI OFFICIAL IS DEAD AFTER AN AMBUSH BY INSURGENTS. BASSAM KUBA, IRAQ'S FOREIGN MINISTER, WAS GUNNED DOWN TODAY OUTSIDE OF HIS HOME IN BAGHDAD. KUBA WAS A CAREER DIPLOMAT, SERVING MORE THAN 30 YEARS IN IRAQ'S FOREIGN MINISTRY DEPARTMENT. DURING HIS SERVICE HE ALSO HELD HIGH POSTS UNDER SADDAM HUSSEIN'S REGIME. |
| QUEEN Return to index of stories... |
ON SATURDAY, BRITAIN PUT ON ONE OF ITS GRANDEST ANNUAL SHOWS OF ROYAL PAGEANTRY TO OFFICIALLY MARK QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND'S BIRTHDAY.
MORE THAN A THOUSAND SOLDIERS IN CEREMONIAL RED DRESS MARCHED AND SALUTED THE MONARCH IN THE TROOPING OF THE COLOUR CEREMONY NEAR BUCKINGHAM PALACE IN LONDON. WHILE THE QUEEN TURNED 78 ON APRIL 21, THE PUBLIC CELEBRATIONS OF HER BIRTHDAY ARE ALWAYS HELD ON A SATURDAY IN JUNE. THE QUEEN INSPECTED THE TROOPS FROM AN OPEN CARRIAGE AND THEN WATCHED THEM PARADE FROM A PLATFORM WHERE SHE SAT NEXT TO HER HUSBAND, PRINCE PHILIP. |
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THE ELDER PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH CELEBRATES HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY TODAY. THIS WEEKEND IS FILLED WITH BIRTHDAY FESTIVITIES FOR THE FORMER COMMANDER IN CHIEF. MORE THAN 5,000 PEOPLE WERE EXPECTED TO HELP THE NATION'S 41ST PRESIDENT CELEBRATE AT A PARTY TONIGHT AT MINUTE MAID PARK. POLITICAL LEADERS, INCLUDING HIS OLDEST SON, THE CURRENT PRESIDENT BUSH, WERE SET TO ATTEND THE GALA EVENT, ALONG WITH CELEBRITIES SUCH AS LARRY KING, DENNIS MILLER AND BO DEREK. THE ELDER BUSH INTENDS TO MAKE HIS PARACHUTE JUMP SUNDAY OVER TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY IN COLLEGE STATION, HOME OF HIS PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM. |
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FORMER SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA WAS HANDED THE OLYMPIC FLAME TODAY AT THE ISLAND PRISON WHERE HE SPENT MOST OF HIS 27 YEARS IN JAIL.
THE HANDOVER CAME DURING THE SOUTH AFRICAN LEG OF THE SYMBOLIC TORCH'S WORLDWIDE RELAY, WHICH COINCIDES WITH THE NATION CELEBRATING ITS FIRST DECADE OF ALL-RACE DEMOCRACY. IGNITED ON MARCH 25TH BY THE SUN'S RAYS IN A CEREMONY AT OLYMPIA IN GREECE THE FLAME WILL TRAVEL THROUGH 33 CITIES AROUND THE GLOBE BEFORE COMPLETING ITS JOURNEY IN ATHENS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY AUGUST 13. FROM CAPE TOWN, IT HEADS TO RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL. |
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THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN POURING MORE RESOURCES INTO NEW TECHNOLOGY TO HELP SECURE THE NATION'S BORDERS.
EVEN SO. ILLEGAL ALIENS CONTINUE TO POUR INTO THIS COUNTRY AT AN ALARMING RATE OF ABOUT TWO-THOUSAND PER DAY. CASEY WY-AN HAS THE STORY. THE HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT ESTIMATES ILLEGAL ALIEN SMUGGLING AND TRAFFICKING GENERATE NEARLY 10 BILLION DOLLARS IN CRIMINAL PROFITS EACH YEAR. IT'S ONE REASON EFFORTS SUCH AS THE DELAYED, OVER BUDGET ARIZONA BORDER CONTROL INITIATIVE FAIL TO STEM THE FLOW OF ILLEGAL ALIENS. ANOTHER IS WHAT HAPPENS ONCE THEY GET HERE. "ONCE THEY RUN THE GAUNTLET IN THE DESERT, THEN THEY'RE HOME FREE. WE LET THEM GET JOBS, WE GIVE THEM DRIVER'S LICENSES, THEY CAN GET TEMPORARY TAXPAYER ID NUMBERS. WE MAKE REALLY NO EFFORT AT INTERIOR ENFORCEMENT. IF WE STOPPED DOING THOSE THINGS WE WOULD PROBABLY SEE A DRAMATIC REDUCTION IN ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, BUT THE REASON WE DON'T STOP 'EM IS BECAUSE INTEREST GROUPS, MAINLY ETHNIC ADVOCACY GROUPS AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY PUSH HARD SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE ACCESS TO CHEAP LABOR. " THE POLICY CONTINUES TO ENDANGER THE LIVES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND ILLEGAL ALIENS THEMSLEVES. THESE INCIDENTS HAPPENED IN JUST THE PAST WEEK. TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN A PICKUP TRUCK PACKED WITH 21 ILLEGAL ALIENS CRASHED ON INTERSTATE 10 NEAR BENSON ARIZONA LAST WEDNESDAY. THAT SAME DAY, A BORDER PATROL AGENT WAS SHOT AT 11 TIMES BY SUSPECTED SMUGGLERS NEAR SIERRA VISTA, ARIZONA. THE AGENT ESCAPED INJURY, THE SMUGGLERS ESCAPED TO MEXICO. THE NEXT DAY, NEAR NILAND CALIFORNIA, 12 SUSPECTED ILLEGAL ALIENS WERE INJURED WHEN THEIR TRUCK CRASHED WHILE TRYING TO EVADE BORDER PATROL AGENTS. IN ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA SUNDAY, POLICE ARRESTED 12 ILLEGAL ALIENS AT A COCKFIGHTING ARENA. THEN MONDAY, IN SAN CLEMETE, A SUSPECTED SMUGGLER OF SIX ILLEGAL ALIENS LED SHERIFFS ON A CHASE AFTER FAILING TO STOP AT A BORDER PATROL CHECKPOINT. HE FACES CHARGES OF ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. STAND-UP: THE BORDER PATROL USED TO LIMIT ILLEGAL ALIEN PURSUITS TO AREAS NEAR THE BORDER OR NEAR FREEWAY CHECKPOINTS. BUT THAT'S CHANGING. SINCE LAST WEEK, THE BORDER PATROL HAS ARRESTED MORE THAN 150 SUSPECTED ILLEGAL ALIENS IN TWO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CITIES MORE THAN 100 MILES FROM THE MEXICAN BORDER. STILL AGENTS SAY RESOURCES, PARTICULARLY MANPOWER, REMAIN SCARCE. "IF IT'S SIMPLE FOR AN UNEDUCATED PEASANT FROM MEXICO OR CENTRAL AMERICA OR ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD TO JUST WANDER ACROSS OUR BORDERS AT WILL, HOW MUCH EASIER IS IT FOR A WELL-FINANCED, WELL-TRAINED TERRORIRST TO DO THE SAME." MEANWHILE, ARRESTS OF ILLEGAL ALIENS TRYING TO CROSS THAT BORDER ARE UP MORE THAN 50 PERCENT THIS YEAR. CASEY CNN LOS ANGELES. |
| TZ THREE Return to index of stories... |
COMING UP.DROPS IN INTEREST RATES HAVE CAUSED A BOOM IN THE REALESTATE MARKET. WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT ONE SECTION OF THE MARKET THAT IS SEEING ESPCIALLY HIGH GAINS.IN JUST A MOMENT. |
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WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR. AND A NATIONAL REALTY GROUP IS ALREADY REPORTING A BANNER YEAR FOR EXISTING-HOME SALES.
TYPICALLY. THAT WOULDN'T INCLUDE MILLION-DOLLAR-PLUS HOMES- BUT THERE'S NOTHING TYPICAL ABOUT REAL ESTATE RIGHT NOW. HERE'S C-N-N'S JEN ROGERS. PRICE MAY BE NO OBJECT FOR SOME REAL ESTATE BUYERS. BUT FINDING SOMETHING TO BUY IS. "FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN LOS ANGELES TO SPEND ON A HOUSE." DOUG CHAPIN IS ONE OF THOSE LUCKY PEOPLE WHO HAS MILLIONS TO INVEST IN REAL ESTATE. BUT IS DISCOVERING AN INCREASINGLY TIGHT SUPPLY THAT'S SENDING PRICES SOARING. "IT'S REALLY NOT UNUSUAL FOR THE PRICE TO BE BID UP HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS." WHILE REAL ESTATE HAS BEEN RED HOT FOR YEARS, SALES OF LUXURY HOMES -- TYPICALLY THOSE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS -- HAVE BEEN LAGGING, BUT THAT'S ALL CHANGED. WITH WEALTHY BUYERS ENCOURAGED BY THE ECONOMY, THE STOCK MARKET, AND TAX BREAKS THAT ARE LINING THEIR ARMANI POCKETS. "LUXURY MARKET IS INCREDIBLE. IT IS SO HOT." RORY BARISH HELPS CLIENTS BUY AND SELL IN SOME OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S MOST EXCLUSIVE ENCLAVES. "EVEN FOR US EDUCATED BROKERS, IT'S JUST HARD TO LIST ANYTHING BECAUSE WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT PRICES ARE. WE COULD ALL SEE A HOUSE AND THINK "MY GOD WHAT ARE THEY THINKING" AND THEN THERE COULD BE TEN OFFERS ON IT." IN FACT BIDDING WARS ARE BECOMING COMMONPLACE AS THE SUPER RICH DUKE IT OUT FOR A LIMITED NUMBER OF MEGA-MANSIONS. "IN THE FANCY BEL AIR NEIGHBORHOOD OF LOS ANGELES A HOME JUST SOLD FOR 16 MILLION DOLLARS - 2.5 MILLION ABOVE ASKING PRICE. IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT, EVEN AT THAT PRICE, THE NEW OWNERS PLAN ON TEARING IT DOWN AND BUILDING THEIR OWN, NEW DREAM HOME. " BEYOND CALIFORNIA'S BORDERS IT'S A SIMILAR STORY. DALLAS-FORT WORTH: SALES OF SEVEN FIGURE HOMES HAVE JUMPED MORE THAN 50% THIS YEAR. SEATTLE: CLOSINGS ON HOMES OVER TWO MILLION DOLLARS ARE UP 96%. WHILE FEAR OF INTEREST RATES CLIMBING COULD BE FUELING THE LUXURY MARKET.DON'T ASSUME HIGHER RATES WILL DAMPEN SALES. AFTER ALL MANY OF THESE DEALS AREN'T EVEN FINANCED. IT'S CASH ONLY. AND LOTS OF IT. JEN ROGERS, CNNFN, LOS ANGELES. |
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WITH ALL THIS TALK ABOUT SAMMY SOSA COMING TO TOWN THE PAST FEW DAYS WE'VE BEEN FORGETTING TO TALK ABOU THE TEAM HE'S REHABING WITH.. TONIGHT THE JAXX OPENED UP THEIR FOUR-GAME SET WITH THE BIRMINGHAM BARONS AND GETTING THAT FIRST WIN OF THE SERIES IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT.. ESPECIALLY WITH SOSA COMING...WILL THE JAXX BE SITTING PRETTY WHEN SENOR SOSA GETS HERE? WE HEAD TO PRINGLES PARK TO FIND OUT.. AD LIB.. AD LIB.. |
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FORGET CHRISTMAS IN JULY.. WEST TENNESSEE IS HAVING THEIR CHRISTMAS IN JUNE.. THE COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN.. JUST FOURTEEN HOURS AND THIRTY FIVE MINUTES UNTIL SAMMY CLAUS WILL BE IN JACKSON TO REHAB WITH THE JAXX... CUBS OUTFIELDER SAMMY SOSA WILL BE BEGIN HIS THREE DAY REHABILITATION WITH THE CLUB TOMOROW WHEN THEY TAKE ON THE BARONS IN GAME TWO OF THEIR FOUR GAME SET...GAME TIME IS SCHEDULED FOR ONE OH FIVE.. |
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TO THE MAJOR LEAGUE DIAMOND.. AD LIB.. AD LIB.. |
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TO THE BIGS.. AD LIB.. AD LIB.. |
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TO THE NCAA SUPER REGIONALS...31ST TIME 3RD YEAR IN A ROW.. AD LIB..AD LIB.. HERE'S A LOOK AT TODAY'S OTHER SCORES... |
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EARLIER TODAY SOME YOUNGSTERS GOT THE CHANCE TO HOOP IT UP AT THE EAST JACKSON BOUNCE BACK BASKETBALL CAMP. THE CAMP...HELD AT T.R. WHITE SPORTSPLEX IN EAST JACKSON.. WAS OPEN TO YOUTHS AGES SIX TO FIFTEEN.. AND IT GAVE THE KIDS WHO WEREN'T FINANCIALLY ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN MORE EXPENSIVE CAMPS A CHANCE TO LEARN VALUABLE BASKETBALL FUNDAMENTALS.. SUCH AS BALL HANDLING.. PASSING.. REBOUND AND SHOOTING... BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY.. THESE KIDS LEARNED WHAT YOU DO OFF THE COURT IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS WHAT YOU DO ON IT.. |
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| NBA RECAP Return to index of stories... |
TO THE N-B-A AND TALK ABOUT A SUPRISE. THE SURPRISE IS NOT THAT THE PISTONS WON GAME THREE THURSDAY NIGHT TO TAKE A TWO GAMES TO ONE LEAD IN THE BEST OF SEVEN SERIES.. THE SURPISE IS THAT THEY WON BY TWENTY POINTS AND HELD THE LAKERS TO JUST THIRTEEN FREE THROW ATTEMPTS. TOMORROW THE PISTONS WILL TRY TO TAKE A THREE GAMES TO ONE LEAD WHEN THEY TAKE ON THE LAKE SHOW IN GAME FOUR AT THE PALACE OF AUBURN HILLS... ACCORDING TO PISTONS GUARD CHAUNCY BILLUPS THE WAY DETROIT STARTED THE GAME TWO HAD EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THEIR WIN.. |
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I WILL TALK OVER THIS FULL SCREEN *WALLACES 21 BOARDS-- *BIG FOUR LAKERS ONLY 36 PTS COMBINED *FRANCHISE PLAYOFF LOW.. PREVIOUS LOW 75 POINTS.. WHEN PISTONS HELD THEM TO 75 POINTS IN THEIR GAME ONE WIN.. *SUNDAY'S GAME 7:30 IN DETROIT ON ABC-SEVEN.. |
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BEFORE WE LEAVE YOU TONIGHT WE'LL HAVE A FINAL LOOK AT OUR ACCU WEATHER FORECAST. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. |