[Recount]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Election 2000]
Good Morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom.
Al Gore's campaign is reeling after two legal blows from state and federal courts.
Florida's Supreme Court will take up an appeal that Gore hopes will start a re-count of thousands of disputed ballots.
That after a Tallahassee judge yesterday rejected efforts of a recount.
The Republicans, meanwhile, are hoping to pad George W- Bush's lead in Florida with more overseas absentee ballots.
All this, as the deadline for appointing Presidential electors looms...just a week from today.
Jennifer Jones has more now from Tallahassee.
[LIVE=Jennifer Jones/FULL]
[SUPER=701-Jennifer Jones/Reporting;]
[SUPER=705-Tallahassee;]
((ROLLCUE:...))
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Proving that though]
[SUPER=703-Tallahassee, FL;]
[SUPER=701-David Boies/Gore Team Attorney;]
[SUPER=701-Karen Hughes/Bush Spokesperson;]
[RUNS=1:24]
[OUT Q=with House Republicans.]
((PROVING THAT THOUGH HE MAY BE DOWN -- HE IS NOT YET OUT, THE VICE
PRESIDENT'S LEGAL TEAM IS TAKING ITS CASE TO THE FLORIDA SUPREME
COURT... AGAIN.
SOT: DAVID BOIES/ GORE TEAM ATTORNEY
"THEY WON. WE LOST. WE'RE APPEALING. THIS IS GOING TO BE RESOLVED BY THE
FLORIDA SUPREME COURT--PROMPTLY."
THE APPEAL WAS PREDICTABLE -- AND IMMEDIATE. CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE N.
SANDERS SAULS HAD DENIED THE REQUEST FOR A MANUAL RECOUNT OF THE
CONTESTED BALLOTS, AND THE REQUEST THAT GEORGE W BUSH'S CERTIFIED
VICTORY BE OVERTURNED.
SOT: KAREN HUGHES/BUSH CAMPAIGN SPOKESPERSON
"I THINK AMERICANS THEMSELVES CAN BE COMFORTED...ANY DIFFERENT RESULT. "
BOTH THE GORE AND BUSH TEAMS FIND THEMSELVES BACK IN STATE SUPREME COURT
FOR ANOTHER REASON TODAY. THEY HAVE UNTIL MID-AFTERNOON TO FILE BRIEFS
FOR THE ORIGINAL HAND RECOUNT CASE-----WHICH WAS THROWN BACK TO THE
STATE HIGH COURT-- BY THE US SUPREME COURT YESTERDAY.... FOR FURTHER
EXPLANATION ABOUT WHY IT EXTENDED THE FIRST DEADLINE FOR COUNTING VOTES.
ON CAPITOL HILL MEANWHILE, THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WILL BE
COUNTING SUPPORTERS. SENATOR JOSEPH LIEBERMAN IS SCHEDULED TO MEET WITH
DEMOCRATS IN BOTH HOUSES.... AND HIS COUNTERPART, DICK CHENEY WILL BE
PUMPING HANDS WITH HOUSE REPUBLICANS.
))
[LIVE=Jennifer Jones/FULL]
[SUPER=705-Tallahassee;]
[11Goodlatte]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=00-41 TC56:40]
[GRAPHIC=Election 2000]
Congress could be called on to choose the next President......
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=703-Lynchburg]
if Florida's presidential electors are somehow disqualified.
But Sixth District representative Bob Goodlatte says the matter will more likely be decided in the courts.
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[SOT 12:17:41]
[IN Q=Or by]
((REP. BOB GOODLATTE/R- 6TH DISTRICT: OR BY VICE PRESIDENT GORE SIMPLY SAYING 'I DON'T WANT TO PUT THE COUNTRY THROUGH THIS'. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO ACCEPT A LOSS IN SUCH A VERY, VERY CLOSE CONTEST, BUT NONETHELESS, FOR THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY, I HOPE THAT HE WOULD SEE FIT TO DO THAT.))
[SUPER=701-Bob Goodlatte/(R) 6th District]
[RUNS=16]
[OUT Q=to do that.]
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[VO-NAT]
Goodlatte was in Lynchburg yesterday, donating just over a thousand dollars to the Legacy Museum of African American History.
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[11Bane]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=tte]
[TAPE#=00-45 TC25:46]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Charges have been brought against a Roanoke man and his wife for allegedly building homes without contractors' licenses.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/June 20;]
[TAPE#=00-15 TC1:00:05]
Phillip Bane and his wife Patricia were responsible for building this house on Autumn Lane.
State inspectors found a cracked foundation, interior wall damage, and vinyl siding that wasn't properly attached to the house.
So they worked with the city prosecutors to bring charges against the Banes.
The city has forced the couple to stop construction in the past for building violations.
They will be tried in January.
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[anchor=Shannon]
[ss=None]
Phillip Bane has refused to talk to News7.
[11Rapper-Preacher]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=00-42 TC1:37:24]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Former rap star Mase (mace) will be making a stop in Lynchburg this holiday season.
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[VO-NAT]
The former international rap star will deliver a Christmas Eve service at Court Street Baptist.
He's now known as Minister Mase, and has turned away from a multi- million dollar career as a rapper to preach to young people.
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[SOT 19:46:24]
[IN Q=He also began]
((JASON GIAMBRONE/COURT ST. BAPTIST CHURCH: HE ALSO BEGAN GOING INTO THE SAME COMMUNITIES, TRYING TO REACH THE SAME PEOPLE THAT HE REACHED AS A RAP ARTIST IN A NEGATIVE WAY, AND IS NOW GOING INTO THOSE COMMUNITIES TO REDIRECT THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND YOUNG ADULTS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES.))
[SUPER=01-Jason Giambrone/Court St. Baptist Church]
[RUNS=16]
[OUT Q=in those communities.]
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[VO-NAT]
The service featuring Minister Mase will get underway Christmas Eve at two.
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[11Baldacci]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=mce]
[TAPE#=00-49]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A Virginia author, known mainly for his suspense novels - including "Absolute Power" - is returning to his rural roots.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Richmond-born David Baldacci (Bal-da-chi) stopped briefly at the Ram's Head Book Shop in Roanoke last night to sign copies of his new release "Wish You Well."
Baldacci says the novel is set in rural Southwest Virginia - and draws on stories his mother and grandmother passed on to him.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=The story is...]
((DAVID BALDACCI/AUTHOR, "WISH YOU WELL": THE STORY IS FICTIONAL IN "WISH YOU WELL" BUT THE SETTING IS NOT. I'VE CHANGED THE NAMES A LITTLE BIT, BUT HOW THE CHARACTERS IN THE BOOK GREW UP, LIVED, SURVIVED THE DYNAMICS OF THE REGION WITH THE COAL MINES, TOWNSFOLK, FARMERS...THATS ALL BASED ON THE LIFE THEY LIVED IN THE 30S AND 40S.))
[SUPER=01-David Baldacci/"I Wish You Well" Author]
[RUNS=:14]
[OUT Q=in the 30s and 40s.]
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[VO-NAT]
Baldacci is making stops in 3 dozen Southern cities to promote the book.
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[Endeavor]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Space Shuttle]
Another spacewalk is scheduled today for the Space Shuttle Endeavor crew.
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[VO-NAT]
Two astronauts will make electrical connections that'll distribute power from the newly- installed solar panels to the international space station, Alpha.
Today's space walk should happen around 1 p-m.
The 600- million dollar set of solar wings is the most powerful and most expensive ever built for a spacecraft.
Meanwhile, the crews of the shuttle and space station can't meet until Friday.
The hatches between the two spacecrafts remain sealed because of the difference in cabin air pressure.
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[11Roanoke-Fatal]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=Fatal Accident]
An elderly Roanoke man died after he was struck by a car.
92-year old (Bow-in) Bowen Louis Schrader was hit around 4:30 yesterday afternoon on Signal Hill Avenue Northwest.
The driver of the car said he saw Schrader, then was blinded by the sun.
Schrader was taken to Roanoke Memorial Hospital where he died.
[11Brediger-Home]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mce]
[TAPE#=00-50 TC25:19]
[GRAPHIC=None]
The 12-year-old hiker who was injured last month at Dragon's Tooth is now recovering at home.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./November;]
Sam (Bread--igur) Brediger suffered a skull fracture and went into a coma when he slipped and fell more than 75 feet November 11th.
He's been recovering at the Kluge (Clue-Gee) Childrens' Rehab Center in Charlottesville.
[SUPER=04-Saturday;]
Hundreds turned out at Hidden Valley Junior High Saturday for a benefit to raise money for Sam's medical bills.
More than 14-thousand dollars was donated.
Sam is continuing his recovery at home.
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[11NW-Clinic]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=00-37 TC1:48:13]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Northwest Roanoke residents don't have to go far to receive health care.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
The Kuumba (Ku-oom-ba) Community Health and Wellness Center has moved-in.
The center offers family medicine for all ages.
And anyone can come regardless of ability to pay.
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[SOT 33:50]
[IN Q=I think it's great]
((EVELYN MANNING/PATIENT: I THINK IT'S GREAT. WHEN I HEARD IT WAS A CLINIC HERE AND ACCORDING TO INCOME. SO MANY PEOPLE DON'T HAVE INSURANCE AND CAN NOT AFFORD TO GO TO THE DOCTOR AND THEREFORE THINGS JUST GO RIGHT ON BY AND IT'S ESCALATING TILL IT'S OUT OF CONTROL))
[SUPER=01-Evelyn Manning/Patient]
[RUNS=18]
[OUT Q=out of control]
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[VO-NAT]
The Center is not a free clinic -- but does offer a sliding scale fee for those who qualify.
The Center is on Melrose Avenue and is open Monday thru Friday.
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[Health-Check]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin Health Check]
In medical news, satisfying your sweet tooth may relieve stress.
Doctor Dave Hnida has that story and more in this morning's Health check.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Dave Hnida/Reporting; :00 ]
[RUNS=1:27]
[OUT Q=CBS News, New York.]
((Information:
ON CAM
THE HOLIDAYS CAN BE A STRESSFUL TIME- AND ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY- ITS
NOT UNUSUAL FOR PEOPLE TO SELF MEDICATE- WITH SWEETS.
VT=VO
RESEARCHERS IN LONDON FIND THAT WHEN PEOPLE GET STRESSED- MANY TEND TO
REACH FOR THE SUGARY GOODIES- ESPECIALLY CHOCOLATE.. THE REASON- SWEETS
RAISE THE LEVEL OF SEROTONIN- ONE OF THE BRAINS CALMING CHEMICALS.
VT=VO
THE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION REPORTS AMERICANS ARENT EATING ENOUGH
VEGETABLES- THEY'RE PROBABLY EATING SWEETS- BUT THE LACK OF VEGETABLE IS
A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO ILLNESS AND DISEASE. SO WHAT THE BEST WAY TO GET
US TO EAT OUR VEGETABLES? ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS- ITS ADD A LITTLE FAT
TO THEM.
THE STUDY SAYS WHEN PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO ADD A LITTLE BUTTER TO COOKED
VEGETABLES- OR An ABLE TO COOK THEIR VEGGIES IN A TOUCH OF OIL-
ESPECIALLY A HEALTHY ONE LIKE OLIVE OIL- THEY TEND TO EAT MORE
VEGETABLES... AND NOT IN THE FORM OF FRENCH FRIES.
VT=VO
AND FINALLY- DO AS I SAY- NOT AS I DO- THAT'S SEEMS TO BE A PHRASE THAT
WOULD BE GOOD FIT FOR DOCTORS- WHO ARE ALWAYS TELLING US TO GET
CHECKUPS- BUT YET WE DON'T GET THEM OURSELVES. THE JOURNAL ARCHIVES OF
INTERNAL MEDICINE REPORTS MORE THAN TWICE AS MANY DOCTORS DON'T HAVE A
PERSONAL PHYSICIAN COMPARED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC SO THE NEXT YOUR
DOCTOR GIVES YOU GRIEF ABOUT YOUR CHOLESTEROL OR BLOOD PRESSURE- ASK
THEM WHAT THEIRS IS.
ON CAM
THAT'S A LOOK AT SOME OF THE DAYS TOP HEALTH STORIES. IM 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]
Today may be Al Gore's last legal chance to win the Presidency.
His attorneys are appealing yesterday's Florida court ruling that rejected hand recounts of thousands of disputed ballots.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
The future of a Roanoke landmark is still unknown.
Roanoke City Council discussed options for Victory Stadium at its meeting yesterday afternoon.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
And while Gator Bowl tickets are plentiful, travel agents say lodging for the event is scarce.
Virginia Tech expects as many as 20-thousand Hokie fans to descend on Jacksonville for the game.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
And that's what's making news on this Tuesday, December 5th .
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
News 7 Mornin' will be right back.
[2-Recount]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Election 2000]
Good Morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom.
Attorneys for Vice President Al Gore say he's down, but not out.
They're appealing to Florida's Supreme Court after a judge yesterday denied Gore's request for a manual recount of thousands of contested ballots.
George W- Bush's camp, meanwhile, is looking to a Florida federal judge to boost his lead with more overseas absentee ballots.
And a federal court in Atlanta will hear arguments in suits by Bush supporters to throw out any election results that include hand recounts.
Here now is Jennifer Jones with an update from Tallahassee.
[LIVE=Jennifer Jones/FULL]
[SUPER=701-Jennifer Jones/Reporting;]
[SUPER=705-Tallahassee;]
((ROLLCUE:...))
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=Proving that though]
[SUPER=703-Tallahassee, FL;]
[SUPER=701-David Boies/Gore Team Attorney;]
[SUPER=701-Karen Hughes/Bush Spokesperson;]
[RUNS=1:24]
[OUT Q=with House Republicans.]
((PROVING THAT THOUGH HE MAY BE DOWN -- HE IS NOT YET OUT, THE VICE
PRESIDENT'S LEGAL TEAM IS TAKING ITS CASE TO THE FLORIDA SUPREME
COURT... AGAIN.
SOT: DAVID BOIES/ GORE TEAM ATTORNEY
"THEY WON. WE LOST. WE'RE APPEALING. THIS IS GOING TO BE RESOLVED BY THE
FLORIDA SUPREME COURT--PROMPTLY."
THE APPEAL WAS PREDICTABLE -- AND IMMEDIATE. CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE N.
SANDERS SAULS HAD DENIED THE REQUEST FOR A MANUAL RECOUNT OF THE
CONTESTED BALLOTS, AND THE REQUEST THAT GEORGE W BUSH'S CERTIFIED
VICTORY BE OVERTURNED.
SOT: KAREN HUGHES/BUSH CAMPAIGN SPOKESPERSON
"I THINK AMERICANS THEMSELVES CAN BE COMFORTED...ANY DIFFERENT RESULT. "
BOTH THE GORE AND BUSH TEAMS FIND THEMSELVES BACK IN STATE SUPREME COURT
FOR ANOTHER REASON TODAY. THEY HAVE UNTIL MID-AFTERNOON TO FILE BRIEFS
FOR THE ORIGINAL HAND RECOUNT CASE-----WHICH WAS THROWN BACK TO THE
STATE HIGH COURT-- BY THE US SUPREME COURT YESTERDAY.... FOR FURTHER
EXPLANATION ABOUT WHY IT EXTENDED THE FIRST DEADLINE FOR COUNTING VOTES.
ON CAPITOL HILL MEANWHILE, THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WILL BE
COUNTING SUPPORTERS. SENATOR JOSEPH LIEBERMAN IS SCHEDULED TO MEET WITH
DEMOCRATS IN BOTH HOUSES.... AND HIS COUNTERPART, DICK CHENEY WILL BE
PUMPING HANDS WITH HOUSE REPUBLICANS.
))
[LIVE=Jennifer Jones/FULL]
[SUPER=705-Tallahassee;]
[11Botetourt-Explosion]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=tte]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Explosion]
An 18-year-old in Botetourt County who helped make an explosive that killed his friend now faces felony charges.
Sheriff's deputies have charged Geoffrey Glass with making, possessing and transporting a firebomb.
His friend 20-year-old Mike Henry died when the firecracker went off last month.
Two boys who were there did NOT take part in making the explosive, according to the commonwealth's attorney.
Glass will be arraigned December 28th.
[11Victory-Stadium]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=00-47 TC22:47]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
The future of Roanoke's Victory Stadium is still up in the air.
City Council discussed the issue yesterday afternoon.
Joe Dashiell reports on the steps council took, and the questions that still need answering.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=Members of City Council]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00]
[SUPER=01-George Miller/William Fleming High School; :09]
[SUPER=@Joe2; :30]
[SUPER=01-Bill Bestpitch/Roanoke City Council; :37]
[RUNS=1:04]
[OUT Q=JD News 7 Roanoke]
((Members of City Council, and citizens who use Victory Stadium agree... the current condition of the Roanoke landmark is an embarrassment.
[SOT 07:18]
[IN Q=Now that i've retired from football]
((NOW THAT I'VE RETIRED FROM FOOTBALL, I'M STILL ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM FORMER ATHLETES AND PRESENT ATHLETES ALIKE, COACH WHY DO WE HAVE TO PLAY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS, WHY IS IT THAT WE CAN GO ELSEWHERE AND PLAY UNDER MUCH BETTER CONDITIONS THAN PLAYING AT HOME. I'D RATHER PLAY AWAY.))
[RUNS:20]
[OUT Q=rather play away.]
But what they don't agree on... is what to do about the problem.
Some, including Mayor Ralph Smith, want to renovate the structure, while other members favor building a new smaller facility.
[SOT 29:35]
[IN Q=I could not agree more]
((I COULD NOT AGREE MORE WITH THOSE WHO THINK THAT WE ARE FAR PAST THE TIME TODAY TO FINALLY BE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION IN PUBLIC WITH THE PARTICIPATION AND OBSERVATION OF THE PUBLIC.))
[RUNS:14]
[OUT Q=observation of the public.]
The resolution city council approved did not settle the issue... but it may move council closer to a decision.
The next round comes December 18th when City Manager Darlene Burcham will reveal her recommendation.
Joe Dashiell News 7 Roanoke))
[11Gator-Tickets]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=00-44 TC36:18]
[GRAPHIC=Gator Bowl]
There are still plenty of tickets available for Hokie fans who want to go to the Gator Bowl...
But travel agents say lodging is scarce.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg;]
Virginia Tech's ticket office has sold more than 12-thousand seats -- at 40 dollars apiece -- to the Gator Bowl so far.
Tech expects as many as 20-thousand Hokie fans to descend on Jacksonville for the game.
But travel agents say they'll have a hard time finding a hotel room nearby.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 17:43 - 17:54]
[IN Q=Clemson having]
((BILL ORTEGA/UNIVERSITY TRAVEL OWNER: THE MAJOR OBSTACLE IS HOTEL ROOMS. CLEMSON HAVING THE JUMP ON US FOR TWO WEEKS ALREADY TOOK MOST OF THE ROOMS, SO THERE'S NOT REALLY THAT MANY ROOMS AVAILABLE. THE PRICES HAVE GONE UP CONSIDERABLY BECAUSE THE DEMAND IS THERE.))
[SUPER=01-Bill Ortega/University Travel Owner;]
[RUNS=:11]
[OUT Q=demand is there.]
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[VO-NAT]
University travel offers a three-night package, including airfare, that runs from one-thousand to 11-hundred-50 per person for a double room.
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[Delta-Contract]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Air Travel]
After the cancellation of more Delta Airlines flights, the carrier plans to ask a federal court for a temporary restraining order against its pilots.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Atlanta, GA;]
Many Delta pilots have refused to work overtime as part of a contract dispute that's been going on since September.
An airline spokesman says Delta wants the court order to reverse the impact of the "work slowdown" that's inconvenienced thousands of passengers since last weekend.
Delta officials warned that if their pilots
continue to refuse to work overtime, it could cause problems during the upcoming Christmas holiday period.
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[11DeMoranville]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=00-39 TC1:26:55]
[GRAPHIC=None]
He was on probation for conspiring to kill a Mongtomery County judge, now he'll serve more time in jail.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Radford/October 8;]
An October standoff with police in Radford may put 29-year-old Christopher DeMoranville behind bars for a while.
A judge sentenced him to seven months in jail on misdemeanor charges yesterday.
Meanwhile, eight felony charges of assaulting officers were sent to a grand jury.
Police say DeMoranville held officers at bay for 11 hours when they went to arrest him at a Radford mobile home.
It was just three months earlier that Demoranville pled guilty to conspiring to kill a Circuit Court judge.
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[11Webcam]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=tte]
[TAPE#=00-43 TC57:28]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Bet you never knew you were being watched as you walked past the Patrick Henry Hotel downtown.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
But tiny cameras are broadcasting live pictures onto a website called cam-around-town dot-com.
The electronic eyes are mounted on the city market building, inside the Z-101 studios, on top of the Patrick Henry Hotel downtown and on the Amerisuites hotel on Hershberger.
One woman logs onto the website to see Community Hospital.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 11:26:30]
[IN Q=She said]
((SHE SAID SHE LIKED OUR SITE BECAUSE SHE WATCHED THE LIGHTS GO ON AND OFF AT COMMUNITY HOSPITAL AT NIGHT, WHEN IT WAS SHOWING.))
[SUPER=01-Tom Starke/Webmaster;]
[RUNS=:06]
[OUT Q=when it was showing]
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[VO-NAT]
Starke says the site got 120-thousand-hits in October alone.
People have logged on from Tonga, Australia, Vietnam, and Morocco.
Next week five new cameras go up at the Mill Mountain Zoo, showing the Roanoke Valley, the snow leopards and the llamas.
(XXXXXXX)
[WIPE TO FULL SCREEN BOARD]
You can find a link to the cam-around-town site in the Webwatch section of our homepage at WDBJ-7- dot- com.
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[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 elderly Roanoke man died after he was struck by a car.
92-year old (Bow-in) Bowen Louis Schrader was hit around 4:30 yesterday afternoon on Signal Hill Avenue Northwest.
The driver of the car said he saw Schrader, then was blinded by the sun.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
The 12-year-old hiker who was injured last month at Dragon's Tooth is now recovering at home.
Sam (Bread--igur) Brediger suffered a skull fracture and went into a coma when he slipped and fell more than 75 feet November 11th.
A benefit at Hidden Valley Junior High over the weekend raised more than 14-thousand dollars for Sam's medical bills.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
There are still plenty of tickets available for Hokie fans who want to go to the Gator Bowl...
But travel agents say lodging is scarce.
Tech's ticket office has sold more than 12-thousand seats -- at 40 dollars apiece.
Tech expects as many as 20-thousand Hokie fans to descend on Jacksonville for the game.
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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 Mike Stevens with a preview of News 7 at Six.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Good morning]
[RUNS=22]
[OUT Q=own Lee Suggs.]
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[Double Boxes=Kimberly/Shannon and Steve]
(toss)
[ANCHOR=Steve]
(live ad lib, tease tomorrow)
(ad lib bye)
[Double Boxes=Kimberly/Shannon and Steve]
by SS