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Wednesday, March 21
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Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The president of a Web site that is seeking access to the Dale Earnhardt autopsy photos on Wednesday requested all audio recordings from the autopsy as well.

Michael Uribe, president of websitecity.com, filed a motion in Circuit Court in Volusia County requesting all audio copies of any videotape or cassette tape recordings the medical examiner's staff made during the autopsy.

Dave Byron, a Volusia County spokesman in Daytona Beach, said it would be impossible to make a copy of the audio report made by the staff during the autopsy because the audio system used is digital and goes straight into a computer.

Uribe already has a transcript of the tape and could schedule an appointment to listen to the recording at the medical examiner's office, Byron said.

Meanwhile, the Orlando Sentinel will be able to raise its concerns that a NASCAR medical expert viewed the autopsy photos while the newspaper didn't get the same chance. Lawyers for the Sentinel and Earnhardt's widow, Teresa, have scheduled a mediation session for Thursday in Daytona Beach.

The Sentinel tried to have a medical expert review the images but a deal reached last week limits access to the photos, which are public records under Florida law.

Under the agreement, an independent medical expert will look at the photos and then submit a report to the newspaper and the Earnhardt family on the cause of death and an explanation of certain head injuries. The photos then will be permanently sealed as requested by Mrs. Earnhardt.

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