WDBJ 7 news at 5 for 02/15/00

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Today on News 7 at 5, a Blacksburg man is charged with raping a woman he met over the internet.
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and the cleanup continues as residents in the South try to salvage what they can following yesterday's deadly tornado.

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Maybe some sprinkles tonight but nothing big. A warmer forecast coming up.

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In medical news, the General Assembly debates a controversial helath care plan,
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and we'll tell you why cancer could soon be the number one killer of American adults.
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((YOU SEE IT IN THE NEWS. IT'S SOMEPLACE ELSE FAR AWAY. THIS IS YOUR BACKYARD IT REALLY BREAKS YOUR HEART.))
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Families in Camilla Georgia pick through what's left hoping to find perhaps a photo, a memento- anything they can salvage.

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Volunteers are pitching in to help in the cleanup- as the town of Camilla, Georgia pulls together-
As Lisa Hughes reports the work has only just begun.
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((THERE IS SO MUCH TO SEARCH THROUGH AND SO LITTLE STILL INTACT. MOST OF THE PEOPLE KILLED IN THE TORNADOS WERE FOUND IN THIS RURAL GEORGIA TRAILER PARK WHERE FAMILY MEMBERS NOW LOOK FOR TINY TREASURES, WONDERING HOW ENTIRE HOUSEHOLDS COULD BE WIPED OUT SO FAST. MAJOR MARTIN/VICTIM'S HUSBAND IT HURTS TO COME HERE, IT JUST HURTS." MAJOR MARTIN'S WIFE WAS KILLED IN THE STORM. HE AND HIS DAUGHTER'S SAY IF THEY COULD JUST FIND PHOTOGRPAHS, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO LEAVE WITH SOMETHING THAT MATTERS, BUT THIS IS HARD ON HIS CHILDREN AND THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH MARTIN CAN SAY TO COMFORT THEM. MARTIN AGAIN "JUST BE STRONG BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEIR MOTHER WOULD WANT, JUST BE STRONG." JACQUELINE WILLIAMS SURVIVED. JUST OUT OF THE HOSPITAL, SHE WANTED TO SEE WHAT WAS LEFT. BUT THE HOME SHE AND HER BOYFRIEND SHARED WAS GONE JACQUELINE WILLIAMS, SURVIVOR
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A Turkish exchange student at Virginia Tech has been charged with raping a woman he met in an Internet chat room.

Blacksburg police say 28-year old Celal (sell-ALL) Olgun met the 20-year old Blacksburg woman online about a week ago and was invited to meet her at her apartment last Friday.
Police say that after he arrived, he raped and sodomized her several times.
He was arrested early Saturday.
Olgun is being held without bond.

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It's not just individuals, but COMPANIES that worry about internet security.
That was the topic of a meeting today at the White House-
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It comes in response to lats week's Internet attacks on some of the most popular websites.
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The President says he still favors a free and open World Wide Web, but admits the Government must focus on making the Internet secure.
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Executives from America Online- Three-com, MCI Worldcom and I-B-M. Intel and Microsoft were at today's meeting- along with a notorious hacker named Mudge.
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Coming up next on the newscast, students want more power to decide how their colleges are run. Now the General Assembly may help,
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plus the Oscar nominations are out and in a moment we'll tell you why Oscar voters apparently don't know Jim Carrey from the "Man in the Moon."
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Three General Assembly bills would change whether students at public universities get to help make the rules.
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The bills would force public schools to put a student on their governing bodies. Right now -- schools like Radford University, William & Mary, and Old Dominion University do NOT let a student serve on their board of visitors.
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Radford University DOES appoint students to sub-committees. But the rector says there's no reason for them to serve on the board.
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These bills survived the first half of the session but must still pass more committees in the General Assembly.
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The Oscar nominations are in and a movie about a dysfunctional suburban family got the most nominations. Manuel Gallegus has more on who was nominated and who wasn't.
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((LEADING THE PACK WITH EIGHT NOMINATIONS, AMERICAN BEAUTY, A DARK TALE OF SUBURBIA GONE AWRY. ITS UP FOR BEST PICTURE, BEST ACTOR, KEVIN SPACEY AND BEST ACTRESS, ANNETTE BENING, AND BEST DIRECTOR FOR NEWCOMER SAM MENDES

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ALSO FOR BEST ACTRESS, MORE FIRST TIME NOMINEES, JANET MCTEER IN TUMBLEWEEDS.. JULIANNE MOORE, IN THE END OF THE AFFAIR. AND HILARY SWANK IN BOYS DONT CRY. THE ONLY RETURNEE, MERYL STREEP, her 12th career nominationtying a record with Katherine Hepburn.

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FOR BEST ACTOR, theres AUSTRALIAN RUSSELL CROWE FOR THE INSIDER. DENZEL WASHINGTON IN THE HURRICANE. SEAN PENN IN SWEET AND LOWDOWN. AND RICHARD FARNSWORTH IN THE STRAIGHT STORY, the oldest male nominee ever.

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11 year old haley joel osment is the third youngest nominee up for best supporting actor in the thriller sixth sense which is also up for best picture. Osments COMPETITION is from TOM CRUISE, MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN, AND JUDE LAW, FROM THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY.

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ROUNDING OUT THE BEST PICTURE CATEGORY, THE GREEN MILE, THE INSIDER, AND THE CIDER HOUSE RULES.
-STAND-UP- NOTICEABLY ABSENT FROM THE NOMINATIONS JIM CARREY FOR PLAYING ANDY KAUFMAN, and TOM HANKS AND THE YEARS BIGGEST BLOCKBUSTER THE PHANTOM MENACE NOMINATED ONLY FOR THREE TECHNICAL AWARDS. MANUEL GALLEGUS, CBS NEWS LOS ANGELES.))

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This day after Valentine's Day, love is in bloom all across the country. But how can you keep your new best buds looking good? Patrick Evans is about to tell us.
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Many flowers were delivered to many Valentines yesterday, leaving some to wonder "How do I keep these flowers beautiful?"
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Patrick Evans comes to us from Love Baskets, where he's getting some expert advice on keeping your flowers fresh for as long as possible.
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Coming up today in Sports, Mike Stevens says things are trucking at Daytona. He'll join us live in just a few minutes.
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But first on Health Check, heart disease's may not be the number one killer for long.
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Medical specialists say over the next decade, cancer will exceed heart disease as the leading killer in the United States.
There is actually some good news behind that.
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Tonya Flory is here to explain.
The fact that we are living longer healthier lives may be one of the reason cancer is expected to be the number one killer.
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Roanoke medical oncologist Doctor Gerald Schertz says a strong theory is the older a person gets, the more likely they are to develop cancer. At the same time heart disease treatments are becoming more effective.
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[VO NAT] Doctor Schertz has been treating patients in Roanoke for two decades. He's seen many advancements, but one thing is the same. Cancer is a wide range of diseases with complicated and mysterious causes.
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Doctor Schertz says right now the medical community is curing 50-percent of all cancers, but with ideal preventative measures two-thirds could be cured.

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It may be Virginia's biggest health care debate.
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The House of Delegates today kept in place the "certificate of public need" process.
It regulates when and where hospitals and ambulatory care centers can operate in Virginia.
Opponents say the 18-year old law creates a hospital monopoly that can shut out lower cost care in smaller clinics.

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But hospitals say they can't survive the competition from the smaller clinics, because they must take in patients who can't pay.
Some say NOT enough's known about how it would hurt communities who have the hardest time keeping good health care already.
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The bill to eliminate the C-O-P-N process died on 30 to 66 vote.
Now, it's likely to be studied for another year.
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It's time now for Sports where we find out things were a little crowded today at Daytona as the Winston Cup cars got a whole lot of company.
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Mike Stevens is at the Mecca of Motorsports and he joins us now.
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The trucks will run their first race ever on the high banks of Daytona this Friday and today they tried to show that they belonged here..
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An art exhibit in Denmark is upsetting some people.
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Today ten live goldfish are swimming safely in blenders in the small museum near Copenhagen. That wasn't the case this past weekend when the museum let people decide if the blenders should be turned on.
The display has drawn unusually large crowds AND protests from animal rights groups.
The museum's director, Peter Meyer, says seven fish were killed before police pulled the plug.
Meyer says he never thought anyone would actually hit the switch. He faces an undetermined fine for animal cruelty.
Meyer says the exhibit raises serious questions about ethics in society.
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Finally it's time now for Patrick Evans to fly through our Website of the Day...and in this case, it's appropriate.

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(( Today's Website is one for the birds,...or at least the bird watchers. The folks with the National Audubon Society and Cornell University are looking for people to help with the Great Backyard Bird Count 2000.
They need people of all ages nationwide to track the birds in their neighborhood. It is a census to make sure declining populations don't eventually disappear.
Participants count the numbers and species of birds and e-mail them to the Cornell Lab. Results will be availible on a colorful map as soon as they are entered.
The project begins on February 18 and runs through the 21st. There's no need to register and the directions are on the website.
While you're there, be sure to check out the site's other features such as the bird of the week which offers pictures, cool facts, and even recordings of species from across the country.
If you want to know anything about birds, chances are you'll find it here. So be kind to our fine feathered friends and check out our website of the day. You can find it through a link to our webpage on WDBJ7-dot-Com. I'm Patrick Evans.))[Close-ID] [5pm] SUPER=x4035; fax/copyright [SUPER=x4034;email/copyright]