[Headlines]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[VO-NAT]
New D-N-A test results will keep a condemed killer on death row for the rape and murder of a Lynchburg teenager.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
And the Wythe County man who was trapped under his outhouse for three days is getting a NEW home.
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
(ad lib weather)
[2-shot]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
Plus-- an interview with the author of a book on how to meet your favorite country music stars...
All that coming up on News 7 Mornin.
[11Barnabei]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#=00-29 TC1:22:52]
[GRAPHIC=none]
The DNA Test results are in.
The man convicted of killing a Lynchburg teenager is facing the fact that the results confirm his guilt.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Norfolk/File Tape;]
Derek Rocco Barnabei is scheduled to die by lethal injection Thursday night for the rape and murder of his girlfriend.
Her body was found in Norfolk's Elizabeth River.
17 year old Sarah Wisnosky was an Old Dominion University freshman at the time -- and from Lynchburg.
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[SOT 16:17:24]
[IN Q=There ]
(( THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THAT REALLY SUGGESTED THAT THERE WAS A LIKELIHOOD THAT THERE WOULD BE A THIRD PARTY. EVERYTHING THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY TESTED, ALL EVIDENCE THAT HAD BEEN DONE, EVERYTHING POINTED TO DEREK BARNABEI.))
[SUPER=@Gilmore;]
[RUNS=:14]
[OUT Q=Derek Barnabei.]
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[VO-NAT]
Governor Gilmore says he had the D-N-A tested partly because he felt European death penalty opponents -- including the Pope -- had heard too much misinformation in the case.
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[TALENT=Kimberly]
[SS=None]
A State Police investigation continues into why the evidence was missing for several hours in Norfolk's Circuit Court.
But State Forensic Chief Paul Ferrara (fe-RAR-uh) says he believes the fingernail clippings he tested were NOT opened or tampered with in any way.
Meanwhile, lawyers for Barnabei will go before a federal judge today in Richmond to seek a stay of his execution.
[11Botetourt-Body]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=none]
The body found in the James river on Saturday has been identified by Botetourt County officials.
Deputies say it's 43-year old Eugene William Wright of Buchanan.
Investigators believe he drowned.
[Habitat-House]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=mce]
[TAPE#=00-24; TC 1:30:10]
[GRAPHIC=none]
A new Habitat for Humanity home being built in Roanoke will serve as a memorial to a woman murdered in an act of domestic violence earlier this year.
Meredyth Censullo has more.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;:00]
[SUPER=01-Cassandra Saunders/Homeowner;:17]
[SUPER=01-Cliff Weckstein/Circuit Court Judge;:47]
[SUPER=01-Karen Mason/Habitat for Humanity;1:08]
[SUPER=01-Katrina Johnson/Salem Victim Witness Director;1:14]
[SUPER=@meredyth2;1:35]
[RUNS=1:41]
[OUT Q=mce, News7, Roanoke]
(( 1824 Moorman Avenue will be more than the new home of Cassandra Saunders and her daughter Rickia-
It will serve as a memorial to another Habitat member, Linda Miller, a victim of domestic violence.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT @ 28:08 - 28:22]
[IN Q=I agreed...]
((CASSANDRA SAUNDERS: I AGREED TO SHARE MY DAY IN THE MEMORY OF LINDA MILLER BECAUSE I'M A SINGLE PARENT AND I THINK WE HAD THAT MUCH IN COMMON, AND WE HAD THAT DREAM OF PROVIDING A HOME FOR OUR CHILDREN.))
[RUNS13]
[OUT Q=our children]
It was the dream of Habitat for Humanity to increase awareness about domestic violence - so they enlisted the help of those in the community working to STOP it -
This judge put down his gavel for a hammer - to pound in the message that violence won't be tolerated.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT@ 20:36]
[IN Q=Anything our...]
((JUDGE CLIFF WECKSTEIN: ANYTHING OUR SYSTEM SOCIETY CAN DO TO REDUCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, RECOGNIZE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, TO COMBAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS SIGNIFICANT AND IMPORTANT.))
[RUNS11]
[OUT Q=and important.]
As important as the need for education about domestic abuse -
That's why Habitat hopes word about this house will encourage victims to get help.
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[SOT @ 33:19 - 33:24]
[IN Q=Habitat wanted]
((KAREN MASON/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: HABITAT WANTED TO DO SOMETHING AS A RESPONSE, SOMETHING GOOD, A POSITIVE RESPONSE TO THIS TRAGEDY.))
[RUNS05]
[OUT Q=this tragedy]
((BUTT BUTT BUTT))
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[SOT]
[IN Q=And if there's]
((KATRINA JOHNSON/SALEM VICTIM WITNESS DIRECTOR: AND IF THERE'S A HOUSE HERE, IN HER MEMORY, MAYBE THE COVERAGE WILL ENABLE OTHER WOMEN TO REACH OUT AND CALL US - AND ASK FOR ASSISTANCE SO THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN TO ANOTHER WOMAN.))
[RUNS13]
[OUT Q=another woman.]
Habitat and it's volunteers hope the sweat equity put in to this home will teach lessons - so that other families can build a foundation of success - and not tragedy.
Meredyth Censullo, News 7, Roanoke.))
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[11Winesett]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=00-23 TC1:57:43]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A Wythe County man who spent three days trapped underneath his outhouse is getting a new home.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Wythe Co./Last Month;]
75-year-old Coolidge Winesett is in an assisted- care facility until his old house is torn down.
It will be replaced by a two-bedroom house with indoor plumbing.
The Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project helped Winesett get the house FREE with government grants.
Since word spread of the three days he spent below the outhouse, people around the country have been sending Winesett money... a total of about 13-hundred dollars.
He hopes to be in to his new home before the end of the year.
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[11Subdivisions]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=tte]
[TAPE#=00-32 TC44:39]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A decision on a controversial subdivision in Botetourt County has been postponed for now.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.;]
The subdivision would carve this farmland into 64 lots of about an acre each.
Such a subdivision will probably be illegal next year, after county planners increase minimum lot sizes.
Some residents told county planners to set lot sizes first, THEN vote on new subdivisions.
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[SOT 12:55:16]
[IN Q=If they've got]
((ROSS LAGUZZA/NEIGHBOR: IF THEY'VE GOT TO FILL A GIANT WATER TANK EVERY DAY TO SUPPLY THESE HOMES, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE WATER FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE? WE'VE ALSO WORRIED ABOUT CONTAMINATION OF THE WATER BY 65-70 DRAINFIELDS.))
[SUPER=01-Ross Laguzza/Neighbor;]
[RUNS=:10]
[OUT Q=65 to 70 drainfields]
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[VO-NAT]
Surrounding lots are much larger -- from three to fifty acres.
But the farmer who owns the land says he tried selling larger lots and no one would buy them.
He says with milk prices down -- he must sell to the developers to survive.
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[SOT 13:49:06]
[IN Q=I had a few]
((RICHARD RONK/LANDOWNER: I HAD A FEW PIECES OF EQUIPMENT I SOLD BECAUSE I DIDN'T NEED IT. I'VE BEEN LIVING ON THOSE RESERVES UNTIL THE SALE WENT THROUGH. A FEW MORE MONTHS, IT'S A MATTER OF I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'LL DO.))
[SUPER=01-Richard Ronk/Landowner;]
[RUNS=:14]
[OUT Q=what I'll do]
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[VO-NAT]
The planning commission will take up the issue again next month.
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[Lee]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Former Los Alamos scientist and accused spy Wen Ho Lee isn't free yet...
Lee's release was postponed until tomorrow, as prosecutors and defense attorneys haggle over a plea deal.
The judge in the case, meanwhile, would give no reason for the delay.
Lee's neighbors had planned a big welcome home celebration for him.
Their homes were decorated with American flags, as well as red, white, and blue ribbons.
Lee was accused of downloading restricted nuclear data to un- secured computers and tapes.
[11Tobacco]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=sch]
[TAPE#=00-25]
[GRAPHIC=Tobacco]
A recent decision could save many tobacco farmers' incomes next year.
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[VO-NAT]
Not all farmers have converted their barns to produce more healthy tobacco.
So a lot of "carry-over" tobacco for next season has not been cured in a converted barn, and many farmers wonder if they can still sell it.
The Tobacco Industry Leadership Group recently met in Raleigh and decided there WILL still be a market for tobacco not cured in a converted barn.
But only for a limited time.
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[SOT 13:04:13]
[IN Q=What we've found]
((BRUCE JONES/COOPERATIVE EXTENSION AGENT: WHAT WE'VE FOUND IS THAT THE FIRST TWO TO THREE WEEKS OF THE MARKET WILL BE DESIGNATED FOR CARRY OVER TOBACCO. AND THE FARMER CAN SELL ANY TOBACCO IN THE MARKET WITHOUT IT BEING TESTED. BUT NEW TOBACCO NEXT YEAR WILL BE TESTED.))
[SUPER=01-Bruce Jones/Cooperative Extension Agent;]
[RUNS=:18]
[OUT Q=will be tested.]
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[VO-NAT]
Many companies now are demanding tobacco be cured in barns that have new heating devices that produce fewer cancer causing compounds
Farmers have to pay about three thousand dollars to convert each barn.
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[11HIV]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=00-26]
[GRAPHIC=AIDS]
The Virginia Health Department will receive an additional 575-thousand dollars from the state to provide more anti-HIV medications to people who can't afford them.
The money will go for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program, that will enable the health department to raise the eligibility limits.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
That means more patients will have access to low cost or no cost anti-HIV medications.
The cost for the average patient without insurance is about a thousand dollars a month.
And even for those with insurance the co-pay amount can became costly, especially for a patient taking 12 different medications.
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[SOT1;18]
[IN Q=We average around]
((WE AVERAGE AROUND 200 PEOPLE IN THIS AREA HERE, THE ROANOKE VALLEY. THERE'S A NEED FOR THAT BECAUSE WITHOUT THE MEDICATION THE HIV VIRUS WILL CONTINUE TO DAMAGE THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND CAUSE EARLY DEATH. WITH THAT PROGRAM MANY LIVES ARE SAVED))
[SUPER=01-Barbara Beale/Roanoke City Health Department;]
[RUNS=20]
[OUT Q=are saved]
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[VO-NAT]
The program provided prescriptions for more than 2-thousand Virginians last year.
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[Health-Check]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin Health Check]
In medical news, you're never too old to get a chicken pox vaccine.
Doctor Dave Hnida has that story and more in this morning's Health check.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Dave Hnida/Reporting; :00 ]
[RUNS=1:26]
[OUT Q=CBS News, New York.]
((formation:
ON CAM
HERE'S AN IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR YOU- DID YOU HAVE CHICKEN POX AS A KID?
IF NOT - ITS TIME TO SEE YOUR DOCTOR TO GET A CHICKENPOX VACCINE.
VT=VO
NOW IT IS TRUE- MOST CASES OF CHICKENPOX HAPPEN IN CHILDREN- BUT WHEN AN
ADULT GETS THE DISEASE- IT IS USUALLY WORSE THAN WHAT A CHILD GETS. MORE
THAN 500 SKIN LESIONS- AND A HIGH RISK OF THE VIRUS ATTACKING THE BRAIN
AND SPINAL CORD.
THAT'S WHY THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL RECOMMENDS A CHICKENPOX
VACCINE FOR ADULTS WHO DID NOT HAVE THE VIRUS AS A CHILD.
VT=VO
ALSO TODAY- ITS SEEMS LIKE EVERY SEASON THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF BLOOD FOR
ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. BUT SOME NEW RESEARCH MAY ONE DAY MAKE BLOOD
SHORTAGES ANCIENT HISTORY. ITS A TEFLON LIKE COATING THAT CAN BE APPLIED
TO A BLOOD CELL- SINCE IT HAS THE COATING YOU CAN GIVE THAT BLOOD TYPE
TO ANYONE- DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THEY'RE BLOOD TYPE IS- THE BODY WILL NOT
REJECT THE BLOOD BECAUSE IT CANT SEE THROUGH THE TEFLON LIKE COATING.
NOW THIS RESEARCH STILL HAS A WAY TO GO- IN THE MEANTIME WE STILL NEED
YOU TO ROLL UP YOU SLEEVE AND DONATE.
VT=VO
FINALLY TODAY- THE ONE ACTIVITY THAT MAY BE THE MOST HEART PROTECTIVE-
ITS JOGGING, RESEARCHERS IN DENMARK FOUND THOSE MEN WHO JOGGED
REGULARLY-- AND KEPT AT IT FOR AT LEAST 5 YEARS- CUT THEIR RISK OF
DROPPING DEAD SUDDENLY BY MORE THAN 63%. TAKE TO THE ROAD.
ON CAM
THAT'S A LOOK AT SOME OF THE DAYS TOP HEALTH STORIES. I'M DR. DAVE HNIDA
FOR CBS NEWS.))
(ad lib to weather)
[2-HEADLINES]
[2-shot=KMC/SYO]
[SUPER=#4049; Morning Headlines]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
Here's a look at today's top stories.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
City officials say Roanoke Scrap Iron and Metal company is "too dirty to clean up".
There's a big debate over who's responsible for the scrap yard, since it's located in the middle of the region's first biomedical research center.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
Roanoke police say they're making progress in their investigation of recent motel robberies.
They issued warrants after tipsters called them when a surveillance video aired on local T-V stations.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
And police arrest two Roanoke teenagers for last week's rash of car break-ins and vandalism.
More than a dozen residents found their car windows smashed and their valuables gone.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
And that's what's making news on this Tuesday, September 12th .
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
News 7 Mornin' will be right back.
[11Biomed-Center]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jmi]
[TAPE#=00-28 TC1:31:04]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Roanoke Scrap Iron and Metal Company has been called "too dirty to clean up" by city officials.
But News 7 has learned that no study has ever been done to help officials reach that conclusion.
Jennifer Miele explains.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=So overwhelmed by]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00]
[SUPER=01-Bill Tanger/Friends of the Roanoke River; :48]
[SUPER=01-Bill Bestpitch/Roanoke City Council; 1:00]
[SUPER=@Jennifer1; 1:28]
[RUNS=1:34]
[OUT Q=JM News 7, Roanoke.]
(([SOT]
So overwhelmed by the potential costs, neither the city, nor Carilion, nor V-DOT want the responsibility.
[PRE PRO]
The preliminary agreement reads "If VDOT has not approved the access solution by December 31, 2001 ... RRHA will acquire these properties and clear the site by February 29, 2004.
At that time, appropriate screening will be used to shield the remaining property in Area 3 from view until .... a funding source can be identified to allow purchase and clearance of the remainder of Area 3."
[END PRE PRO]
But who determined that the site was contaminated, and who estimated 30 million dollars for purchase and clean-up? According to the city AND the Department of Environmental Quality, no study on the scrap yard has ever been done.
So environmentalists are demanding one.
[SOT]
[IN Q=When this report]
((BILL TANGER: WHEN THIS REPORT IS DONE AND PEOPLE LOOK AT IT THEY NEED TO DECIDE IS THIS BETTER OFF LEFT ALONE? OR IS THIS BETTER OFF BEING ADDRESSED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO GET WORSE AND MORE EXPENSIVE.))
[RUNS08]
[OUT Q= and more expensive.]
The city says they plan to investigate the matter further.
[SOT]
[IN Q= What I would like for the people]
((BILL BESTPITCH/CITY COUNCIL: WHAT I WOULD LIKE FOR THE PEOPLE OF ROANOKE TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT THEY QUESTION HASN'T BEEN ANSWERED YET, THE DECISION HAS NOT BEEN FINAL. WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO WE WILL LOOK AT VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE WE TAKE ANY FINAL ACTION AT THIS POINT.))
[RUNS12]
[OUT Q=action at this point.]
That final "action" could mean a clean brown field. It could also mean a contaminated scrap yard in the middle of the region's first biomedical research center.
[STANDUP]
[TC: 02:41:00]
((JENNIFER MIELE: CARILION HEALTH SYSTEM COULD BE ONE OF THE GROUPS MOST EFFECTED BY THE CITY'S ACTIONS. THEY SAY THEY TRUST THAT THE CITY WILL HANDLE THE MATTER IN A WAY WHICH PRESERVES THE FUTURE OF THE BIOMEDICAL CENTER. JENNIFER MIELE, NEWS 7, ROANOKE.))
[RUNS12]))
[11Legionnaires]
[ANCHOR=shannon]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=Legionnaires Disease]
An Alleghany County woman has been diagnosed with Legionnaires' Disease.
Right now public health officials are not sure where she might have contracted it.
The woman is an employee of Westvaco's Covington Mill.
The company says it has no reason to believe that the disease was contracted at the workplace.
The disease is spread through the air in water vapor by devices such as water taps, water-based humidifiers, and cooling tower air conditioners.
[Firestone]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Another hearing is scheduled today on the Firestone tire recall.
The C-E-O's of Bridgestone-Firestone and Ford, as well as the nation's transportation secretary, will testify before the Senate Commerce Committee.
Transportation secretary Rodney Slater's expected to ask for a larger budget and more authority to get information from manufacturers.
Meanwhile, the chairman of Bridgestone-Firestone says the tires
weren't defective at all, and suggests the recall may be Ford's fault.
[6Danville-Can]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=sch]
[TAPE#=00-27 TC1:09:35]
[GRAPHIC=None]
You'll no longer find a gay porn site at "Danville Can. Com".
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Danville;]
Now it's the City of Danville's contact web page.
Someone hacked into the web site and locked out the creator Pete Boykin.
Boykin says that's not going to stop anything.
He appeared for an on camera interview for the first time.
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[SOT 5:37:50]
[IN Q=Someone had me]
((PETE BOYKIN/WEBSITE CREATOR: SOMEONE HAS HACKED INTO MY WEBSITE BEFORE WHEN I WAS ON VACATION SOMEONE LOCKED OUT OF MY WEBSITE BEFORE AND IT WILL BE A WHILE BUT IT WILL BE RIGHT BACK UP AND I'M GOING TO PUT A STATEMENT OF WHAT HAPPENED.))
[SOT 5:52:53]
((TODD YEATTS/DANVILLE SPOKESPERSON: I THINK THIS IS NOT ONLY AN EMBARRASSMENT FOR OUR CAMPAIGN AND THE CITY OF DANVILLE BUT THIS IS A FREE SOCIETY.))
[SUPER=01-Pete Boykin/Website Creator;]
[SUPER=01-Todd Yeatts/Danville City Spokesperson;:20]
[RUNS=:35]
[OUT Q=a free society]
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[VO-NAT]
The city says it does not know who changed the website and has no plans to purchase it.
Boykin says he's received offers to buy the site. His highest bid is 5-thousand dollars.
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[Tech2000]
[ANCHOR=Kim ON RECORD]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin']
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=TUESDAY TECH 2000]
[GRAPHIC=TECH 2000 6719]
After turning East Carolina into Road Kill last Thursday night, the Hokies had a rare weekend off.
But Mike Stevens says with a home game coming up on Saturday, it's time to get back to work.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Good Morning...]
[RUNS=3:11]
[OUT Q=...RIGHT AFTER THIS."]
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[go straight to break]
[11Roanoke-Vandals]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mce]
[TAPE#=00-31 TC37:12]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Two Roanoke teenagers have been arrested for a rash of car break-ins and vandalism last week.
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[VO-NAT @ 00-32;TC 40:36]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/Last Week]
Friday, more than a dozen residents in Southeast and Southwest Roanoke awoke to find their car windows smashed and valuables gone.
Police arrested 18-year-old Leslie Conner Friday after he was seen tampering with a car in Southwest Roanoke.
They later picked up a 15-year old.
Both are charged with two counts of property damage and two counts of Grand Larceny.
More charges could be placed - and police say they might identify additional suspects.
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[WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE]
[11Motel-Robbery]
[ANCHOR=shannon]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=00-33 TC39:39]
[GRAPHIC=]
[WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE]
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[VO-NAT]
Roanoke Police are also reporting progress in their investigation of recent motel robberies.
They've issued warrants for 44-year old Ronnie Lee Cooper.
Investigators believe he's responsible for the robbery of the Extended Stay America on Ferndale Avenue earlier this month.
Tipsters called police after a surveillance video aired on local television stations.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Another man has been arrested for the August 15th robbery of the Best Western on Valley View Boulevard. Police believe 18 year- old Zachariah Buckner of Covington was also involved in two other motel robberies in Roanoke County and Alleghany County.
[Atlantis]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Space Shuttle]
It's unpacking day on the international space station.
That after the crew from the Space Shuttle Atlantis sped through a six- hour space walk yesterday.
The two space walkers hooked up cables and installed a navigational tool.
Today, they're unloading 13- hundreds pounds
of gear from a Russian cargo ship that arrived last month.
Atlantis contains an additional 48-hundred pounds of supplies for the first PERMANENT crew arriving on the space station in November.
[Local-Recap]
[SUPER=#4059;Local Recap]
[2-Shot=Kmc/Syo]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
Now here's another look at today's top local stories:
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
An Alleghany County woman has been diagnosed with Legionnaires' Disease.
Right now public health officials are not sure where she might have contracted it.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
DNA Test results confirm the guilt of convicted killer Derek Rocco Barnabei.
Barnabei is scheduled to die by lethal injection Thursday night for the rape and murder of his girlfriend, 17 year old Sarah Wisnosky .
Lawyers for Barnabei will go before a federal judge today in Richmond to seek a stay of his execution.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
A Wythe County man who spent three days trapped underneath his outhouse is getting a new home.
75-year-old Coolidge Winesett is in an assisted- care facility until his old house is torn down.
It will be replaced by a two-bedroom house with indoor plumbing.
The Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project helped Winesett get the house FREE with government grants.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon]
(Shannon mic hot)
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(Shannon ad lib weather)
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[2-SHOT]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
Now here's Keith Humphry with a preview of News 7 at Six.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Roanoke Co.]
[RUNS=14]
[OUT Q=on News 7 at 6.]
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[Desk=Kimberly/Shannon]
(toss)
[TAKE FS WEB ADDRESS]
(ad lib bye)
(live ad lib, tease tomorrow)
by SS