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[TALENT=Melanie]
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Ahead on News 7 at Noon, a cheesy crash in Franklin County.
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
And Salem City Council gets involved in the Lewis Gale Clinic dispute.
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[TALENT=Patrick]
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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News 7 at noon is next.
[Salem-Council]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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While it's still unclear how negotiations went over the weekend with the Lewis Gale Clinic and PhyCor, today the Salem City Council is encouraging the pair to resolve the matter.
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[VO-NAT]
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This morning, council passed a resolution encouraging the physicians at Lewis Gale and PhyCor will negotiate in good faith.
Council is worried the city may loose well respected physicians who are involved in the community.
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[IN Q=We're kind ]
((SONNY TARPLEY/SALEM CITY MAYOR: WE'RE KIND OF INVOLVED BECAUSE IT WAS OUR COMMUNITY YEARS AGO AND OUR CIVIC LEADERS THAT ALL GOT TOGETHER AND SOLICITED LEWIS GALE TO COME TO OUR CITY THEY ARE DEFINITELY PART OF OUR CITY AND WE HOPE ON BEHALF OF ALL THE CITIZENS AND PATIENTS AND EVERYONE THAT THIS CAN BE RESOLVED.))
[SUPER=01-Sonny Tarpley/Salem Mayor]
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[OUT Q=can be resolved]
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Tarpley also says the city has received dozens of calls from the residents asking council to pass a resolution for a positive outcome in the negotiations.
[Franklin-Ax]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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Assorted CHEESE products are scattered all over a northbound lane of Rt. 220 because of an overturned tractor- trailer.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Franklin Co.;]
The accident happened just north of Rocky Mount, slowing down traffic and creating a mess in the left lane.
The truck, loaded with Kroger cheese, veered off the road and flipped onto its side.
The driver was taken to the county magistrate's office, where charges are pending.
Police have not yet released his name.
Authorities say the clean- up could take at least a few hours.
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[E-Local-Weather]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=kwe]
[TAPE#=99-51 56:36]
[GRAPHIC=Road Conditions]
Life is getting back to normal, as folks clear away yesterday's snow and ice.
Valley Metro is back on regular routes.
Most primary roads and secondary roads in the Roanoke and Lyncburg areas are now clear with a few patches of ice and snow.
V-Dot reports some roads in Rockbridge and Alleghany counties are still snow-covered.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg]
The Lynchburg area picked up close to two inches of snow Saturday night, before everything turned over to a heavy rain that tapered off by late afternoon.
[SUPER=03-Montgomery Co.]
The snow and ice contributed to several accidents yesterday. This tractor trailer accident near Dixie Caverns led officials to shut down a portion of Interstate 81 for several hours.
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
The Roanoke Regioanl Airport is operating this morning, though some flights to the northeast have already been cancelled due to bad weather there.
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[NRV-Snow]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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[GRAPHIC=Winter Weather]
Folks in the New River Valley will spend the day digging out from more than six inches of snow.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Montgomery Co.]
V-DOT reports most roads are now in minor condition-- that means some patches of snow and ice on the roads.
A fleet of a hundred trucks carrying 700 tons of salt has been working to clear the rest of the roads.
And school officials are taking the situation seriously.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=we've got 8 to]
((FRED MORTON/MONTGOMERY CO. SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT: WE'VE GOT 8-10 PEOPLE OUT CHECKING SAFETY OF THE ROADS VERY CAREFULLY TO MAKE A GOOD DECISION FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL KIDS AND WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO LOOK FOR THE SAFETY OF KIDS FIRST AND TO TRY AND LET PEOPLE KNOW AS SOON AS WE CAN. ))
[SUPER=01-Fred Morton/School Superintendent;]
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[OUT Q=soon as we can.]
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[SS=HOLD]
Further to the east, ice was a big problem.
180-thousand Richmond area customers lost power last night.
More than a hundred-thousand are still in the dark.
[WX-One]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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Now the question is when will it all melt?
Let's talk to Patrick Evans and find out.
[Patrick in WX Center]
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[WXPro=Full]
(toss back to Melanie)
[NH-PRIMARY]
[ANCHOR=MEL]
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[WRITER=mel]
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[GRAPHIC=Campaign 2000]
On the eve of the nation's first primary, polls suggest about a third of New Hampshire voters have yet to make up their minds about a presidential nominee.
That's means the candidates will be campaigning down to the wire.
Bobbi Harley reports from Bedford.
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[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Bedford, NH; :00]
[SUPER=01-Bill Bradley/(D) Presidential Candidate; :58]
[SUPER=01-Bobbi Harley/Reporting; 1:22]
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[OUT Q=Bobbi Harley, CBS News, Bedford, New Hampshire. ]
((THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY FLIP-OFF ATTRACTED ONLY TWO CANDIDATES ON THIS
LAST BUSY DAY OF CAMPAIGNING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND IT WONT BE REPUBLICAN FRONT-RUNNER GEORGE W. BUSH WHO'S REMEMBERED FOR THIS ONE
NAT SOT BAUER FALLS
GARY BAUER FLAPJACK FLIPPED HIS WAY RIGHT OFF THE STAGE BUT WITH ONLY ONE PERCENT OF THE VOTE THE EXTRA ATTENTION MIGHT HAVE SERVED BUSH BETTER WHO'S FALLEN SLIGHTLY IN THE POLLS COMING BEHIND HIS CHIEF COMPETITOR JOHN MCCAIN.
NAT SOT MCCAIN
HOLDING HIS LAST TOWN MEETING OVER THE WEEKEND ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN IN ALL MCCAIN WILL TURN HIS SIGHTS ON TOWN SQUARES - CELEBRATING THE NATIONS FIRST PRIMARY WITH ANY VOTERS WHO WOULD JOIN HIM
FOR THE DEMOCRATS BILL BRADLEY MADE MORE FORMAL APPEARANCES TRYING
TO SWAY THE UNDECIDEDS HIS WAY AND CONTINUING HIS ATTACK ON VICE PRESIDENT AL GORES RECORD.
SOT BILL BRADLEY, D-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
ON GORES PART IT WAS UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
NAT SOT I REALLY NEED YOUR VOTE
A HANDSHAKE, A HELLO, MAYBE A CHANGE OF HEART JUST HOURS BEFORE THE
FIRST BALLOTS CAST EVERY VOTE HERE COUNTS.
STANDUP 1/3 VOTERS STILL DON'T KNOW FIRST VOTE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT))
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[HARD MUSIC UNDER]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Richmond police say they've solved the Golden Years murders.
Details are still ahead on News 7 at Noon.
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[VO-NAT ]
And in New York, four policemen go on trial today for shooting a suspect dozens of times.
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[diallo-trial]
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[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]
Jury selection is underway this afternoon in the trial of four white New York City policemen accused of killing an unarmed West African immigrant.
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[VO-NAT]
[3:03]
The officers fired a total of 41 shots at Amadou Diallo (AH'-meh-doo dee-AH'-loh)
[SUPER=03-New York, NY/February 1999;]
as they searched for an armed suspect.
[SUPER=03-Albany, NY; ]
The case which set off a storm of controversy and charges of police brutality, was moved to Albany because of pre-trial publicity.
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[3:03;38]
[IN Q=we do not understand....]
[SUPER=01-Rev. Al Sharpton/National Action Network;]
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[OUT Q=a concern to us.]
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[VO-NAT]
Jury selection is expected to take at least a week, the trial, a month or more.
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[chicago-killer]
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[WRITER=mel]
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Police in Chicago say they have a serial killer and rapist behind bars.
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[VO-NAT]
[3:01:21]
Andre Crawford was charged yesterday with ten counts of murder, eleven counts of sexual assault,
[SUPER=03-Chicago, IL;]
and one count of attempted murder.
The killings stretched back to 19-93.
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[3:02:16-24]
[IN Q=The biological process...]
[SUPER=01-Cmdr. Frank Trigg/Chicago Police Dept.]
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[OUT Q=for which he has been charged.]
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[VO-NAT]
Crawford also allegedly confessed on videotape.
And investigators say a rape victim who escaped death identified Crawford in a lineup.
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[Richmond-Arrest]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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Richmond police also believe they have a serial killer in custody.
Officials say Leslie Leon Burchart, a homeless schizophrenic, has confessed to four unsolved murders and given investigators information that only the killer would know.
Four women ranging in age from 55 to 84 were found strangled in their homes in 19-96.
The case was referred to as the Golden Years homicides.
[S-Roanoke-Murder]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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[WRITER=jsu]
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Roanoke Police are still looking for clues into the weekend murder of Roanoke motel owner.
Fifty-seven year old Betty (duh-sigh) DeSai was found dead Saturday.
As Joy Sutton reports, loved ones say this a double tragedy-- since Desai's husband was also murdered.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke/Saturday; :00]
[SUPER=01-Jitendra Desai/Victim's Friend; :22]
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(( Betty DeSai was found dead Saturday morning inside the Park Inn International Motel on Melrose Avenue -- a business she owned and managed.
The motel had been robbed and police suspect the robbery may have been a motive in her death.
Friends of DeSai say it's hard to comprehend that she died just like her husband -- a victim of violence.
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[SOT 2:59:13]
[IN Q=We just could not]
((DR. JITENDRA DESAI:WE JUST COULD NOT BELIEVE IT. IT WAS HARD TO FATHOM. AND ONE THOUGHT THAT WENT THROUGH MY MIND IS THAT ROANOKE IS A SAFE PLACE THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING))
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[OUT Q=happening here]
Betty's husband Girish (ger-REESH) DeSai was found dead almost ten years ago at an apartment complex he owned and managed -- he'd been murdered by one of his tenants.
Jitendra Desai, who was NOT related to the couple but considered them close friends, says the Indian Community has suffered a great loss.
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((JITENDRA DESAI: THEY WERE BOTH VERY COMMUNITY ORIENTED, VERY HARD WORKING, VERY CARING AND DEDICATED PEOPLE))
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Desai says the couple had two daughters -- who are now left grieving the loss of both of their parents.
Joy Sutton, NEWS 7, Roanoke.))
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Police are not saying how Betty DeSai was murdered but anyone with information on the crime is urged to call the Roanoke City Police Crimestoppers at 1-800-791-0044.
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Rescuers are searching for survivors of a plane crash off the coast of Africa.
That's next on News 7 at Noon.
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[VO-NAT ]
And if mother nature cooperates, the Shuttle Eneavour will be headed to space in about a half-hour.
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[Kenya-crash]
[ANCHOR=melanie]
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[WRITER=mel]
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A British Airways 7-4-7 is safely on the ground in London after it was forced to make an emergency landing this morning when one of it four engines shut down.
It's the airline's third emergency landing in as many days.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Abidjan, Ivory Coast;]
[7:08:48]
Meantime, helicopters and rescuers in boats are continuing the search today for survivors from a Kenya Airways plane crash.
The jet plunged into the Atlantic last night, just after taking off from an Ivory Coast airport.
The jetliner was carrying 179.
So far, ten have been found alive.
About 90 bodies were recovered early this morning.
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[SHUTTLE]
[ANCHOR=MEL]
[NEWSCAST=MORN]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Shuttle Endeavour]
Weather permitting, it's all systems go for the Space shuttle Endeavor.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Kennedy Space Ctr., FL;]
[10 Newspath]
The space craft is set to lift off in just a matter of minutes, 12:47 to be exact.
But there could be a weather-related delay caused by thick clouds.
The goal of the Endeavour crew is to create the most accurate and complete map of the Earth's surface.
The mission is expected to last 11 days.
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[Stocks]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=chr]
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[GRAPHIC=stocks]
On Wall Street at Noon, the Dow was UP 12 points.
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Still to come in sports, U-V-A continues to burn its A-C-C opponents with red hot play,
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[VO-NAT ]
and the N-F-L season has come to an end now that Super Bowl 34 is in the books and the Rams are World Champions.
Patrick has the details, next.
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[S-Super]
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[GRAPHIC=Super Bowl]
It is a dream come true for Saint Louis...Super Bowl Champions.
The Rams beat Tennessee 23 to 16 in what proved to be an exciting game.
Jim Henderson reports.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Atlanta, GA; :00]
[SUPER=01-Dick Vermeil/Rams Head Coach; :52 QUICK!!!]
[SUPER=01-Isaac Bruce/Rams Wide Receiver; :58]
[SUPER=01-Kurt Warner/Rams Quarterback; 1:15]
[SUPER=01-Jim Henderson/Reporting; 1:45]
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[OUT Q=for CBS News.]
[S-Shaw]
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[GRAPHIC=super bowl HOLD!!!]
One local football coach had a special reason for watching the Super Bowl.
Roanoke Steam Arena football coach Pete Shaw interesting connections to players on both teams.
Many years ago, he coached a little leaguer who now plays in the Tennessee Titans pass defense.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="...anthony dorsett]
[SUPER=01-Pete Shaw/Roanoke Steam Head Coach; :00]
[RUNS=:32]
[OUT Q=....i am today"]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Atlanta, GA/ABC;]
Shaw also coached against Rams quarterback Kurt Warner when he played for the Iowa Barnstormers in arena football.
Shaw was a defensive coach for the New Jersey Red Dogs.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="he]
[RUNS=:15]
[OUT Q=....to play"]
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[S-UVA]
[ANCHOR=Patrick]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-48 1:56:09]
[GRAPHIC=ACC]
U-V-A men's basketball has moved into second place in the ACC by winning it's fifth conference game this season.
Yesterday, the Cavs beat Wake Forest 76 to 67.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Winston-Salem, NC/Raycom; :00]
Pete Gillen and his Hoos were on the hunt for their 15th win of the season.
Donald Hand contributed in the victory, scoring this basket early in the first half to keep UVa out in front.
But, Dave Odom's Demon Deacons would not quit.
Darius Songaila knocks down two of his team high 18 points. 46-39 Virginia with 13:45 to play.
[SUPER=33-Virginia/76/Wake Forest/67;]
Keith Freil put the Wahoos up 51-40 with this long bomb from near the top of the key, but Antwan Scott of Wake answered with this slam at the other end.
Travis Watson scored a career high 18 as UVa wins by nine.
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[S-Tech]
[ANCHOR=Patrick]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=tech basketball]
The Virginia Tech Lady Hokies fell to Xavier 64-60 yesterday at Cassell Coliseum.
(terry) Tere Williams lead Tech with 19 points while Sarah Hicks added 12.
Xavier scored 11 points off turnovers while Tech managed 5.
The Lady Hokies are now 12 and 8 overall and 5 and 3 in the Atlantic 10.
[Wizards-Coach]
[ANCHOR=Patrick]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=tar]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=NBA]
Michael Jordan made his first decision as Washington Wizards G-M Saturday, firing head coach Gar Heard.
And today, the Wizards plan to annouce his successor.
Golden State assistant Rod Higgins was Jordan's number one man, but the Washington Post reports negotiations fell apart when the Warriors demanded compensation.
The Post says former Toronto Raptors head coach Darrell Walker will fill the vacancy.
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