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Up Next on News 7--
Al Gore wants Floridians to keep on counting, despite the decision by Florida's Secretary of State.
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And another wrench may be thrown into plans for a new gas pipeline through Montgomery and Roanoke counties.
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Cloudy skies all day today turning into rain tonight... the weather forecast is next.
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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Stick around for News 7 at noon.
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George W- isn't Al Gore's ONLY political opponent.
The Vice President is also taking on Florida's Secretary of State in the courts.
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[Recount]
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Good Afternoon, I'm Kimberly McBroom.
Gore's legal team is asking Florida's state courts to rule against secretary of state Katherine Harris's refusal to accept any more vote counts.
That would keep out most of the hand- recount results.
Meanwhile, the Bush camp hopes a federal appeals court in Atlanta will hear its case to stop the hand recounts.
But regardless of what develops in the courtrooms today, tomorrow's deadline remains for overseas absentee ballots.
And those, too, will need to be counted.
Terisa Estacio is here with an update from Tallahassee.
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[SUPER=703-Broward Co., FL;]
[SUPER=701-Joseph Lieberman/(D) Vice Pres. Candidate;]
[SUPER=701-Haley Barbour/Bush Campaign Advisor;]
[SUPER=701-Al Gore/(D) Presidential Candidate;]
[SUPER=701-George W. Bush/(R) Presidential Candidate;]
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THE MANUAL VOTE RECOUNT IN BROWARD COUNTY IS COMPLETE AND AL GORE HAS
PICKED UP A HANDFUL OF VOTES. BUT IT REMAINS UNCLEAR WHETHER THOSE VOTES
WILL EVER BE CERTIFIED. THE DEADLINE FOR FILING UPDATED RETURNS EXPIRED
YESTERDAY.. AND FLORIDA'S REPUBLICAN SECRETARY OF STATE SAYS SHE WILL
NOT ACCEPT ANY ADDITIONAL RETURNS.
SOT: SEN. JOSEPH LIEBERMAN/DEMOCRATIC VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
"BASICALLY, SHE WANTS TO DECIDE THE ELECTION HERSELF WITHOUT LETTING THE
VOTES IN FLORIDA BE COUNTED." (06:38:17)
IN RESPONSE, THE DEMOCRATS ARE BACK IN COURT TODAY HOPING TO REVERSE THAT
CONTROVERSIAL DECISION.
FOR THEIR PART, THE REPUBLICANS WILL BE IN A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT
TRYING TO STOP THE HAND RECOUNTS.
SOT: HALEY BARBOUR/BUSH CAMPAIGN ADVISOR (07:12:21)
"THE GORE PEOPLE WANT TO KEEP COUNTING, UNTIL THEY GET A COUNT THAT THEY
WIN."
WHILE THE LAWYERS BATTLE IN COURT... THE CANDIDATES ARE WAGING A PUBLIC
RELATIONS BATTLE.
FAST SOT UP; GORE:
LAST NIGHT VICE PRESIDENT GORE EXPANDED HIS RECOUNT PROPOSAL TO INCLUDE
ALL 67 FLORIDA COUNTIES. A PROPOSAL THAT GOV. BUSH QUICKLY REJECTED.
SOT: BUSH
"THIS MEANS EVERY VOTE IN FLORIDA WOULD BE EVALUATED DIFFERENTLY, BY
DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS USING DIFFERENT JUDGMENT AND PERHAPS DIFFERENT
LOCAL STANDARDS.
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[Virginia-Gas]
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Virginia Gas Company may soon have new owners.
The proposed sale may add another complication to the battle over a proposed new pipeline through Montgomery and Roanoke Counties.
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New Jersey based N-U-I is in the process of buying Virginia Gas. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
Residents want a public hearing to meet with the new owners of Virginia Gas.
They're also considering appealing the S-C-C's decision that approves construction of the pipeline to the Virginia Supreme Court.
Laying a new line means creating a 50-foot wide, 40 mile long swath of treeless land near neighborhoods and across the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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[Salem-abduction]
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A woman and her three children were abducted from their home at gunpoint in Salem today.
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Her ex-husband allegedly broke into the home on Parkdale Drive around 8:40 this morning.
Kimberly Powell's step-father told police that Glenn Powell ordered his ex-wife to get into her new Mazda along with three children, ages nine, eight and nine-MONTHS.
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Sergeant Guthrie described the suspect as a 39-year old white man last known to be living in Greensboro.
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They were last seen traveling in Kimberly Powell's teel-green Mazda van, bearing North Carolina license plate N-S-L- -6-6-7-0.
[Missing-Plane]
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For the third day, volunteers are looking for a missing plane that MAY have crashed in Nelson County.
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Air and ground crews combed a 12- square mile area around Diggs Mountain yesterday with no success.
They're looking for a single engine Piper that disappeared from radar Thursday night while flying from Maryland to Greenville, South Carolina.
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((MASSIE SAUNDERS/SEARCH VOLUNTEER: IT'S LIKE YOU'RE.. STANDING RIGHT HERE.))
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[OUT Q=standing right here.]
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Residents near Shipman reported hearing a low- flying plane Thursday night.
Today's search is focused on an area near (Cab-ull) abell Mountain.
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[Kameny]
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The man considered the founder of the gay rights movement will address the group P-FLAG, parents and friends of lesbians and gays today.
He arrived in Roanoke last night.
Jennifer Miele caught up with Doctor Frank (KA-meny) Kameny.
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[SUPER=01-Frank Kameny/Gay Rights Activist; :13]
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(( Frank Kameny is a Harvard Ph.D., a former front line army soldier, and self-desginated paralegal. His sexuality got him fired, and fired up.
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((FRANK KAMENY: I DECIDED SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE, SO I FOUNDED THE GAY MOVEMENT LOCALLY, AND NATIONALLY IN WASHINGTON, D.C.))
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He's outraged by Virginia's law that prohibits sodomy.
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((FRANK KAMENY: 93 PERCENT OF ALL ADULTS, NOT JUST GAY ADULTS, ALL ADULTS ENGAGE IN ORAL SEX. SO THERE ALL CRIMINALS IN VIRGINIA.))
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Last year, Kameny decided to intervene in 18 Roanoke cases involving sodomy solicitation in city parks.
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((FRANK KAMENY: I WROTE LETTERS TO THE TWO ATTORNEYS THAT HANDLED THE CASES, AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE IN ROANOKE, AND THE COMMON WEALTH'S ATTORNEY, AND SOLICITED THEM TO ENGAGE IN SODOMY WITH ME.))
butt butt butt butt butt
((I'M STILL WAITING TO BE PROSECUTED.))
[OUT Q=to be prosecuted.]
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[OUT Q=criminals in Virginia.]
Kameny says the real Wasena Park was very different than his mental picture. He expected a much more wooded area.
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((FRANK KAMENY: WITH POLICEMAN LURKING BEHIND EVERY TREE.))
[OUT Q=behind every tree.]
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Kameny says he was shocked by the September shooting at the Backstreet Cafe. The supposed "hate crime" left one man dead, and Ronald Gay behind bars.
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((FRANK KAMENY: YOU FIND THAT HIS MOTIVES STEMMED OUT OF EXACTLY THE KINDS OF STIGMATIZATION, AND HATRED AND RIDICULE BECAUSE OF HIS NAME.))
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[STAND UP]
((JENNIFER MIELE REPORTING: KAMENY IS SET TO ADDRESS THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH AND HOLLINS UNIVERSITY TODAY. HIS MESSAGE, A PHRASE HE COINED, GAY IS GOOD. JENNIFER MIELE, NEWS 7.))
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[Bone-Marrow]
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A bone marrow drive is underway at Radford University this afternoon.
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The Red Cross is hoping to find a match for nine month old Henry Moore.
They're also hoping to find a bone marrow match for six year old James Stewart whose aggressive form of leukemia is in remission.
The drive is also dedicated to another six year old boy from Fairlawn.
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[SOT 00:19:45 00:23:11]
[IN Q=When sickle]
((MALCOLM POWELL/SICKLE CELL ANEMIA PATIENT: WHEN SICKLE CELL MAKES ME FEEL BAD I HAVE TO LAY DOWN AND WATCH TV.
RENEE POWELL/MALCOLM'S MOTHER: MALCOLM IS A VERY INTELLIGENT LITTLE BOY, FULL OF LOVE, FULL OF CARE, HE LOVES BEING AROUND PEOPLE AND PEOPLE LOVE HIM. THIS IS HIS ONLY CHANCE FOR SURVIVAL.))
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[OUT Q=of survival.]
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Malcolm needs a bone marrow transplant but it must come from a newborn's umbilical cord and placenta.
The other two children can be matched only with adults.
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If you're interested in being tested, the marrow drive is being held at Radford University from nine to three pm.
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[Mideast]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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Israel is using a new weapon against the Palestinians...they're hitting them in the wallet.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak says he's stopping the transfer of millions of dollars in tax revenue Israel collects for the Palestinians.
It's an effort to pressure Palestinian leaders into making good on the cease- fire agreement.
But Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat says withholding money is part of the Israeli war against his people.
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Meanwhile, the latest Middle East violence has claimed the life of a German doctor, and wounded 10 Palestinians.
Israeli helicopters rocketed several West Bank targets early this morning.
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[APEC]
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The U-S and China may be ready to resume human rights talks soon.
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With the backdrop of the APEC summit in Brunei, officials say President Clinton met with Chinese President (jahng) Jiang Zemin.
The two leaders made progress toward curtailing Beijing's missile exports.
In other developments from Brunei, the Pacific Rim nations reached a compromise today in calling for a new round of world trade talks.
The talks would focus on the needs of third- world countries.
APEC participants also expressed concern over high oil prices.
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[Williams]
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A Danville man no longer faces the death penalty, but he will spend the rest of his life in prison.
The U-S Supreme Court overturned Terry Williams death sentence because justices said his court-appointed attorney did not offer a good defense.
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Williams was sentenced to die because he confessed to killing Harris Stone in 1986.
But his attorney never told the jury that Williams suffered from fetal alcohol syndrome and is border-line mentally retarded.
He also did not call Williams' longtime friend as a witness or mention that Williams was a model prisoner.
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[IN Q=Terry Williams]
((BRUCE ELLIOTT/DEFENSE ATTY: TERRY WILLIAMS HAD A NAME FOR DOING A GOOD JOB WHETHER HE WAS COOKING, WHETHER HE WAS SCRUBBING THE FLOORS, WHETHER HE WAS DELIVERING MAIL, WHATEVER HE WAS DOING. HE HAD A GOOD OUTLOOK ON LIFE AND WAS DOING THE BEST HE COULD.))
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[OUT Q=best he could]
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[SS=Terry Williams]
Williams was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday.
Attorneys nationwide say the case proves that federal courts will overrule state court decision if a defendant's rights have been trampled.
[Thomas]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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The trial for the man accused of murdering Radford teen Tara Munsey has been postponed until next year.
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Jeffrey Allen Thomas is charged with capital murder in the 16-year-old's murder during what is called a rape or ATTEMPTED rape last January.
Yesterday, a Pulaski County judge continued Thomas' trial until February 16th.
Defense attorneys requested the delay because they're still awaiting THEIR expert's evaluation of D-N-A evidence in the case.
The trial WAS set to start at the end of this month.
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[Narrows-Mayor]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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Narrows' mayor has announced she's stepping down after four months in office.
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George Ann Johnson's announcement surprised many council members at this week's meeting.
Johnson, a portrait artist and seven-year resident of Narrows, was the town's first woman mayor.
She won the job by a one-hundred-vote margin and vowed to run the town more efficiently.
The friction between Johnson and town council started when she sought to end after-hours use of town equipment by employees.
Council also voted to deny her a key to the town hall.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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The vice mayor will assume the job on November 30th.
[Mir]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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Russia is unloading its space station, "Mir".
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[SUPER=04-File Tape;]
Lawmakers say they can't afford to keep up the 14- year- old station.
They approved a plan for a controlled drop into the Pacific Ocean about a thousand miles from Australia in late February.
The Russians say maintaining MIR any longer would be unsafe.
The extra money saved will help the country put more funds into the international space station instead.
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[Higher-Education]
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A number of city and state leaders attended the dedication of Roanoke's higher education center.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Representatives of the 16 educational agencies and universities that make up the Center were also on hand yesterday.
Senator John Edwards first proposed turning Roanoke's former
Norfolk and Western General Office Building into a higher education facility five years ago.
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[SOT 18:16:09-18:16:21]
[IN Q=The Roanoke...]
((SENATOR JOHN EDWARDS: THE ROANOKE VALLEY IS ONE OF THE HARDEST COMMUNITIES IN VIRGINIA THAT DOES NOT HAVE A FOUR YEAR PUBLIC COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY...THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE 3RD OR 4TH YEAR COLLEGE, GRADUATION LEVEL PROGRAMS AND WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAM.))
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The higher education center is tailored to non-traditional and older students.
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