WDBJ 7 morning news for 02/02/00

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Will he or won't he see his shadow?
Today is Groundhog Day, and in our region we're looking at a mixture of sunshine and clouds with some snow flurries lingering in the higher elevations.
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Republican John McCain and Democrat Al Gore are celebrating after victories in the nation's first presidential primary.
And they're back on the campaign trail, holding over night rallies in South Carolina and New York.
Bobbi Harley is in New Hampshire with election results and reaction.
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Later today officials are expected to change the rescue operation of Alaska Air Flight 261 to a salvage mission, as the possibility of any finding survivors dwindles.
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For two days now, crews have painstakingly searched the 58-degree waters off the California coast. [4:34:33]
The MD-83 was on its way from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to San Francisco and then Seattle when the pilots radioed controllers they had a problem stabilizing the aircraft.
The pilots were then cleared for an emergency landing in Los Angeles.
Five minutes later the plane dropped from radar.
Witnesses say it plunged into the water nose first.
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((BILL AYERS/PRES., ALASKAN AIRLINES ; I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE SHOCK HAS NOT WORN OFF. THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE SADDEST MOST TRAGIC DAY IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COMPANY.))
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Investigators want to interview the crews from as many as four planes that may have witnessed the crash.
Flight 2-61 was carrying 83 passengers and five crew members.
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It's NOT mandatory prayer in the schools.
But it's more than just silence.
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It's a bill calling for Virginia schoolteachers to tell students to "meditate, pray, or reflect" for one silent minute.
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The state Senate signed off on it yesterday after 45 minutes of heated debate.
One supporter noted the Senate itself opens with a prayer.
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((SEN. KEN STOLLE/R-VIRGINIA BEACH: I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU THAT IF IT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE SENATE OF VIRGINIA, A MOMENT OF SILENCE IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR OUR CHILDREN.))
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((SEN. EDD HOUCK/D-SPOTSYLVANIA: THIS BILL GOES TOO FAR. YOU CANNOT FORCE ME TO PRAY OR TO MEDITATE.))
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The bill picked up support from Senators who voted against it Monday -- eventually passing on a 28 to 11 vote.
Now it heads to the House.

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It's passed the General Assembly twice before, only to be vetoed by then Governor Allen.
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But a new bill that would make it illegal to carry children under age 16 in the back of a pickup truck could pass this year.
After all, there's a different governor.
And it's being sponsored by the Senate Floor Leader.
Tommy Norment says Drive Smart Virginia convinced him.
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((SEN. TOMMY NORMENT/R-JAMES CITY CO.: THEY DID A STATEWIDE POLL WHICH FOUND THAT ABOUT 88 PERCENT OF THE RESPONDENTS FELT THAT IT WAS UNCOMPREHENSIBLE THAT UNRESTRAINED CHILDREN WOULD BE IN THE CARGO AREAS OF PICKUP TRUCKS. THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT IT WAS THAT THERE WAS HARDLY ANY VARIANCES IN THE RESPONSES FROM THE PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA THAN THERE WERE IN THE MORE URBANIZED AREAS.))
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Last year in Virginia, there were 23 children injured in the backs of pickups.
42 were injured the year before.
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Another bill that would allow police to stop you just to make sure you're wearing a seat belt has wider legislative support this year, too.

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In sports, Rams coach Dick Vermeil retires just two days after his Super Bowl victory.
Mike Stevens has that and hardwood highlights.
Good Morning Mike.
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[E-Church-Money]

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Two snowy weekends have had a chilling effect on church bank accounts.
Many are short thousands of dollars because they missed two weeks worth of collections.
Tina Tenret explains.
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(( Consider Bonsack Baptist Church, where about 700 people worship.
They'll have to kick in 40-thousand-dollars this Sunday alone, just to break even.
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((CHURCHES DEPEND ON THE OFFERINGS OF THE PEOPLE AND WHEN AN OFFERING IS MISSED, IT ALMOST NEVER IS COMPLETELY MADE UP.))
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Moore says if the church winds up short, the music or youth ministry could suffer. And when services are cancelled, churchgoers lose more than money.
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((CHURCHES AT BEST ARE FAMILIES. FAMILIES FUNCTION BEST WHEN THEY INTERACT AND HAVE CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER. BUTT BUTT BUTT TINA TENRET/NEWS7: CHURCHES SAY THEY WON'T KNOW THE FULL IMPACT OF THE SNOW CANCELLATIONS UNTIL THEY COUNT NEXT SUNDAY'S OFFERINGS, TO SEE IF PEOPLE MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE. TINA TENRET NEWS7))
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A New Jersey man says he and his wife are relying on their faith -- after losing the septuplets she was carrying due to an infection.
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Ivette Zapapta-Smalls was in her fifth month of pregnancy.
Doctors had recommended that the mother abort four or five of the fetus, to increase her chances of carrying the remaining ones the rest of the way.
But the couple refused for religious reasons and because two years ago their two year old daughter died of kidney failure.
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((IVETTE ZAPATA SMALLS;"THE GREATEST GIFT GOD CAN GIVE A WOMAN IS TO BE A MOTHER"))
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Doctors say they had to terminate the pregnancy because a uterus infection was threatening the mother's life.
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((FRED SMALLS:"IT GOT TO THE POINT THAT IT WAS EITHER HER, THE BABIES, OR BOTH COULD GO."))
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The doctor says 31 year old Ivette is expected to make a full recovery and will probably be released from the hospital next week.
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[Health-Check]

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In medical news, women may need better heart care.
Doctor Dave Hnida has that story and more in this morning's Health check.
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((Women may be getting short-changed when it comes to testing for heart problems. That's the conclusion of the latest study to look at gender differences in heart care.
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The report, in the Journal of the American Medical Association followed more than 23 hundred men and women who went to emergency rooms with chest pain. By far, the men were more likely to undergo angio-grams, stress tests, and eco-cardiograms. When you see studies like this, it is extra important to remember that the symptoms of heart disease in women are often different than men. Instead of classic crushing heart pain like men get, women instead can get a vague discomfort in the chest, arm or even jaw. Other symptoms can include shortness of breathe nausea or easy fatigue.
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Also from the AMA, a study which says women who carry genes that predispose them to breast cancer may live years longer by having their healthy breasts and ovaries removed. Researchers are now saying that not all women who carry these genes should have this surgery only that they should consider it. It's estimated that 5 to ten percent of all breast cancers are caused by these abnormal genes.
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And finally today, relief from PMS. It may be spelled vegetarian. A report in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology finds women with severe PMS who gave up meat and took up low fat vegetarian got dramatic relief from monthly anxiety, depression, moodiness and bloating. The women in the study also had less severe menstrual cramping when they did get their period. The relief was so dramatic, when the three month study was over, most of the women refused to go back to their old ways of eating. ON CAM And that's a look at the day's top health stories. I'm Dr. Dave Hnida for CBS News.))

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Here's a look at today's top stories.
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The winners in yesterday's New Hampshire primary are already courting votes for the next contest.
Arizona Senator John McCain has headed for campaign stops in South Carolina after beating George W. Bush by a surprisingly strong 18 points in New Hampshire.
McCain has said he must win South Carolina, but Bush has already declared the state ``Bush country.''
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The search and rescue operation for Alaska Air Flight 2-61 is expected to become a search and recovery mission today.
Officials concede the chances of finding anyone still alive are slim.
The search for a cause also goes on.
Investigators are concentrating on the plane's horizontal stabilizer.
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Doctors confirm that a New Jersey woman who was carrying septuplets has miscarried.
The physician for Ivette Zapata-Smalls says it happened after the mother contracted a bacterial infection.
He says, ''She started to lose them, and we basically had to end it.''
Zapata-Smalls was 20 weeks pregnant.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

And that's what's making news on this Wednesday February second.
[ANCHOR=Melanie]

News 7 Mornin' will be right back.

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The winners of last night's New Hampshire primary are back on the campaign trail.
Al Gore held a middle-of-the-night victory rally in New York.
John McCain did the same in South Carolina.
Bobbi Harley has election results and reaction from New Hampshire.
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((FOR DAYS ITS BEEN TOO CLOSE TO CALL -- THE REPUBLICAN RACE BETWEEN GEORGE W. BUSH AND JOHN MCCAIN BUT THE ACTUAL VOTE LEFT LITTLE DOUBT WHO TOOK NEW HAMPSHIRE.
SOT JOHN MCCAIN 00:18 - I think we finally have a poll without a margin of error.
AND IT WAS A WIDE MARGIN MCCAIN SPENT TWICE AS MUCH TIME HERE AS THE TEXAS GOVERNOR AND IT PAID OFF. BUSH STILL THE NATIONAL FRONT-RUNNER - CONCEDED DEFEAT EARLY ON.
SOT GEORGE BUSH 39:20 I just placed a call to John McCain on the race he ran here in New Hampshire.
AS PREDICTED, THE OTHER THREE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FELL FAR BEHIND THE LEADERS. BUT A BIT OF AN UPSET ON THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE PULLED IT OUT IN THE END BUT INSURGENT BILL BRADLEY CAME A LITTLE TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT.
SOT AL GORE 47:20 Some people thought we might fall short, but we made it into the end zone and it feels great.
FOR BRADLEY ITS GOT TO FEEL PRETTY GOOD AS WELL .
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HE NEEDED A STRONG SHOWING TO CONTINUE ON AND HE GOT IT. STANDUP ALL CANDIDATES ALREADY ON TO THEIR NEXT STOPS))

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Still no sign of survivors from the crash of Alaska Air flight 261.
And later today officials are expected to change their rescue operation to a salvage mission.
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[4:07:08]
For two days now, crews have painstakingly searched the 58-degree waters off the California coast. [4:34:33]
The MD-83 was on its way from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to San Francisco and then Seattle when the pilots radioed controllers they had a problem stabilizing the aircraft.
The pilots were then cleared for an emergency landing in Los Angeles.
Five minutes later the plane dropped from radar.
Witnesses say it plunged into the water nose first.
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((BILL AYERS/PRES., ALASKAN AIRLINES; I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE SHOCK HAS NOT WORN OFF. THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE SADDEST MOST TRAGIC DAY IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COMPANY.))
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Investigators want to interview the crews from as many as four planes that may have witnessed the crash.
Flight 2-61 was carrying 83 passengers and five crew members.
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A company put forward a challenge- if Montgomery County has the workers- the company will come.
Now area agencies are springing into action to get potential employees to show up at a job expo next week-
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The challenge to fill 12 hundred new jobs was issued Monday by Congressman Rick Boucher on behalf of a telecommunications company.
Published reports have identified the company as EchoStar Communications.
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The Virginia Employment Commission is already lobbying for a big turnout -- sending out six-thousand notices to area job seekers.
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((JERRY FRYE/RADFORD VEC DIRECTOR: I FEEL LIKE THE WORKFORCE, IF THEY'RE NOTIFIED THAT A GOOD PAYING EMPLOYER IS AVAILABLE IN THIS AREA, THEN THE WORKFORCE WILL SHOW.))
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Some of the 915 Volvo workers who are losing their jobs this month also received flyers about the potential customer service jobs yesterday.
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Norfolk Southern employees are dealing with another round of cutbacks.
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The railroad is offering a buy out package worth 45-thousand dollars to its unionized clerical workers in Roanoke.

About 270 workers are eligible.
The company also plans to eliminate 37-positions later this month-- also in Roanoke.
N-S says it's having a hard time competing with tractor trailers and other railroads but stands by its takeover of Conrail.
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((SUSAN BLAND/NS PUBLIC RELATIONS MGR: THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT CONRAIL IS, WAS, AND WILL BE THE RIGHT MOVE. IT'S GOING TO OFFER TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH.))
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This week's announcement follows two other restructuring moves, resulting in more than 17-hundred early retirement packages and layoffs.
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It's NOT mandatory prayer in the schools.
But it's more than just silence.
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[SUPER=03-Chesterfield Co./File Tape;]

It's a bill calling for Virginia schoolteachers to tell students to "meditate, pray, or reflect" for one silent minute.
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The state Senate signed off on it yesterday after 45 minutes of heated debate.
One supporter noted the Senate itself opens with a prayer.
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((SEN. EDD HOUCK/D-SPOTSYLVANIA: THIS BILL GOES TOO FAR. YOU CANNOT FORCE ME TO PRAY OR TO MEDITATE.))
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The bill picked up support from Senators who voted against it Monday -- eventually passing on a 28 to 11 vote.
Now it heads to the House.

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((Archive: surplus auction))

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Yesterday marked the start of Black History month -- and a unique father and son photo exhibit at the Old Georgetown Deli and Pub in Roanoke is just one part of this years celebration.
Kate Weidaw has more.
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Robert and Bob Hale capture people's life styles in their photographs.

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((BOB HALE: A LOT OF TIMES MY WORK IS BECAUSE I CARRY A CAMERA ALL THE TIME AND IN DOING THIS I CAN JUST DOCUMENT WHAT IS GOING ON DAY BY DAY.))
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While Black History month is giving the Roanoke natives the chance to display their work - father and son both say the images captured in their work are universal.

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((ROBERT HALE: MY IMAGES REFLECT PEOPLE I FOUND FASCINATING.))
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((BOB HALE: YOU SEE A PICTURE IN SOMEONE THE AVERAGE PERSON WOULD JUST PASS BY.))
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((BOB HALE: I STOP TO TAKE IT AND 2 OR 3 PEOPLE WOULD LOOK AT ME AND SAY WHAT DOES HE SEE.))
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After 60 years of capturing images Bob calls himself a self described street photographer while Robert considers his photographs more professional, after a little more then 40 years taking snap shots.
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Displaying their photographs together has given them the opportunity to look back through the years of being inspired by the world around them.

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((BOB HALE: WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR WORK YOU'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE TIMES SO YOU'RE SEEING MORE THEN THE PICTURE YOU'RE SEEING WHAT CREATED THAT MOMENT, OR TIME OF YEAR, OR SEASON.))
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Kate Weidaw News 7 Roanoke.
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[E-County-Schools]

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Improvements to Glenvar Middle School appear to be moving forward again.
Yesterday, the Roanoke County School Board approved changes in the plan that should save about 700- thousand dollars.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.]

Concerns about the cost prompted the board to re-evaluate the project. Today, members voted to downsize a cafeteria, forum hall, and auxiliary gymnasium.
The estimated cost now stands near seven- point- four million dollars, but school officials are hopeful the Board of Supervisors will support the latest plan.
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[3-Sports]

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In sports, the Express shine the Brass and the secret of Radford basketball success.
Mike Stevens has more.
Good Morning Mike.
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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[Local-Recap]
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]

Now here's another look at today's top local stories:
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After 45 minutes of heated debate, the state senate signed off on a bill calling for Virginia schoolteachers to tell students to "meditate, pray, or reflect" for one silent minute.
The bill picked up support from Senators who voted against it Monday -- eventually passing on a 28 to 11 vote.
Now it heads to the House.
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Norfolk Southern employees are dealing with another round of cutbacks.
The railroad is offering a buy out package worth 45-thousand dollars to its unionized clerical workers in Roanoke.

The company also plans to eliminate 37-positions later this month-- also in Roanoke.
N-S says it's having a hard time competing with tractor trailers and other railroads but stands by its takeover of Conrail.
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