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[SUPER=@Denise1;]
[SUPER=@Jacey1;]
A Roanoke man recently released from death row adjusts to his new- found freedom.
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[vo-nat]
And ... Before you mail that letter - make sure you have the right postage. The 34-cent stamp goes into effect today.
More on those stories in just a moment.
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[hodges]
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Anonymous tips lead authorities to a suspect wanted by both Roanoke Police - and the Drug Enforcement Agency.
Roanoke Police spokesperson Shelley Alley says
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27-year old Christopher W. Hodges was apprehended without incident yesterday evening.
Alley says several anonymous tips indicated Hodges was at the Villager Motel on Thirlane Road in Roanoke County.
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[anchor=Denise]
[graphic=None]
That's where Hodges was arrested.
He faces federal narcotics charges.
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Michael Ray Graham Junior says he's adjusting to freedom... after returning home to Roanoke.
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[VO-NAT @ 00-46; 1:00:56]
[SUPER=03-Angola, LA/December 29]
Graham and another man were freed from Louisiana's death row last week after their convictions for a double murder were dismissed for lack of credible evidence.
In an interview published yesterday in the New York Times, Graham says he's trying not to be bitter about his 14 years in prison.
He tells the New York Times he was afraid to leave his mother's house in Roanoke at first, because he feared people would think he belonged in jail.
Graham hopes to go back to work as a roofer.
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[ANCHOR=Denise]
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Graham's lawyer says Graham chose to speak with the New York Times reporter, because of a story she did on death row inmates several years ago.
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The body of a missing Waynesboro man has been found in Highland County.
Authorities say it appears 48-year-old Steven Francis Witul died from a gunshot wound.
Witul was reported missing late Friday night from the Dough Hill area of Highland County.
A search team discovered his body yesterday along Route 618.
An autopsy will be performed tomorrow.
Authorities say the investigation is ongoing.
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[ANCHOR=Denise]
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[TAPE#=00-51; 51:33]
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Your 33-cent postage stamps will get you at most a 'return to sender' -
As of today, stamps are a penny more.
You can still use your 33-cent stamps -- as long as they're accompanied by a one-cent stamp.
Kate Weidaw reports on what most folks just call .. a sign of the times.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;:08]
[SUPER=01-Raymond Perry/Postal Customer;:14]
[SUPER=01-Margaret Alcorn/Postal Customer;:27]
[SUPER=@Kate2;1:00]
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[OUT Q=kw news7 Roanoke.]
((The 33 cent stamp is out and the 34 stamp is in as of Sunday.
[SOT 22:59:56]
[INQ=]
((MARGARET ALCORN: I DON'T LIKE IT BUT WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT IT.))
[OUTQ=]
[RUNS= 3]
The Postal Service decided to raise the cost of a first class stamp because of rising costs and falling revenues.
[SOT 22:34:40]
[INQ=]
((RAYMOND PERRY: IT'S BEEN GOING UP EVERY OTHER YEAR ONE CENT. I REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS 7 CENTS IT'S 34 CENTS NOW.))
[OUTQ=]
[RUNS= 6]
Some folks say the increase goes along with everything else that's on the rise.
[SOT 22:59:39]
[INQ=]
((MARGARET ALCORN: THE GAS BILL'S GOING UP, LIGHTS ARE GOING UP, FOOD'S GOING UP, EVERYTHING'S GOING UP SO I GUESS WE HAVE TO HAVE AN INCREASE IN THE STAMPS.))
[OUTQ=]
[RUNS= 12]
But don't worry if you have left over 33 cent stamps all you need to do is purchase one cent stamps to cover the new the cost.
And while some folks don't like the increase others say it's not a big deal.
[SOT 22:37:38]
[INQ=]
((I THINK IT'S WORTH TO PAY THE PRICE WE HAVE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE REALLY GOOD SERVICE.))
[OUTQ=]
[RUNS= 3]
So make sure you check your letter before you mail it Monday, because if it doesn't have a 34 cent stamp on it, it'll wind up back in your mailbox - for free.
Kate Weidaw News 7 Roanoke.))
[Tease#1]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[SS=None]
The Lady Hokies prep to battle the Hurricanes after last week's fall to the Fighting Irish.
We'll hear from Coach Bonnie Henrickson, ahead.
[anchor=Jacey]
And...
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[vo-nat]
We'll have a story that may leave you asking... "Is nothing sacred?"
"View"-rinals (like urinals) make their debut in London... The story a little later on News 7 Sunday Morning.
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[comm]
[Health-Check]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
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Trigon and Memorial hospital in Martinsville have agreed to extend their old contract.
That's just one the stories in this week's health check.
Joy Sutton has more.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Martinsville/File Tape; :00]
[SUPER=07-Kimberly Johnston; :44]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; 1:04]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Gabriel Brown/Pediatric Dentist; 1:20]
[RUNS=1:40]
[OUT Q=I'm JS.]
(([tape 00-53, 37:39]
For now, Memorial Hospital will continue to be part of the Trigon network.
The two sides have agreed to extend their old contract until February 28th --while they continue negotiating.
The extension will also be retroactive.
That means claims filed between January 1st and 5th will be paid at the in-network level.
Trigon and Memorial say they are optimistic a new contract can be reached by the time the temporary agreement runs out.
[tape 500-8, 1:42:04]
In other health news,
Subway is using the weight loss success story of woman from Dublin -- to help advertise its low fat subs.
Kimberly Johnston says she lost 114 pounds by eating a diet which included low fat Subway sandwich four days a week for lunch and dinner.
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[SOT14:37]
[IN Q=]
((I NOTICED THE CHANGE HEALTH WISE IN MY HEART, MY LEGS WERE GETTING BETTER, I DIDN'T HAVE ASTHMA ANYMORE))
[RUNS 12]
[OUT Q=anymore]
And now she's being featured on posters and brochures, she even has her own website, subway-kimberly-dot-com.
Subway is also paying her to appear in its commercials.
[tape 500-8, 1:44:59]
Also making medical headlines,
Carilion is closer to opening a new pediatric clinic for underprivileged children.
Not only is construction well underway at Roanoke Community Hospital - but Carilion has also hired a pediatric dentist, Doctor Gabriel Brown.
The clinic will concentrate on treating children who are uninsured or underinsured.
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[SOT7:30:44]
[IN Q=Knowing that these are the needy]
((KNOWING THAT THESE ARE THE NEEDY ONES THAT THEY REALLY NEED IT, I THINK THEY WILL SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION AND THAT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD THAT YOUR DOING SOMETHING WONDERFUL FOR HUMANITY))
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[OUT Q=for humanity]
The clinic is expected to open in early Spring.
That's this week's health check. I'm Joy Sutton.))
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Roanoke City Police say they've been getting tips on the whereabouts...
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[vo-nat]
of Earl Allen Hale.
He's suspected of gunning down his ex- girlfriend, Charlene Ramsey, at a local business last week.
Hale was indicted quickly - based on information from the surviving witness, Rodney Basham, who was also shot in the attack at Hot Rods Car Care.
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[anchor=Denise]
[graphic=Hold]
But the tips have not led them to Hale -
authorities are still asking for anyone with information
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[TAKE CRIMELINE FS]
to leave detailed tips on the city's crimeline at...344-8500.
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The attack came almost 15 years to the day after a man who allegedly killed his ex-girlfriend in Pennsylvania - fled to Virginia on a deadly rampage that ended in Roanoke County.
Keith Humphry looks back in this week's Virginia Newsreel.
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[WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE]
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[SOT]
[IN-Q=]
[SUPER=21-Harry Harris/January 3, 1986; :18]
[SUPER=21-Rex Prince/January 3, 1986; :50]
[super=21-January 3, 1986; 1:25]
[SUPER=21-January 3, 1986; 1:47 -- QUICK!]
[RUNS=2:40]
[OUT-Q=I'm KH]
(([from 599-5 TC 55:13 -- row house pic]
It started at this house in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
[TC 55:18 - PA investigators moving body]
That's where authorities found
the body of Anna Jones. They believed her boyfriend -
[55:26 - suspect pic]
Danziel (den-ZEAL) Malcolm - was responsible for the murder...
But he was on the lam - headed South.
[48:02 - Harris in hospital - wide shot if there is one]
He crossed paths with Harry Harris in West Virginia:
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[SOT48:05]
[IN Q=THAT WAS THE]
(( 48:05 -- THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I KNEW ... THEY HAD DONE SOMETHING WRONG BEFORE OR THEY HAD DONE SOMETHING WRONG AFTER CUZ THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE SEEN - 48:13))
[RUNS= 08]
[OUT Q=TO BE SEEN.]
[holdover Harris pic]
Harris said Malcolm and Willie Anderson, the man traveling with him, seemed paranoid as he drove them to Virginia for 10 dollars.
[48:20 - police photo of church]
That trip ended at a church near Front Royal - where Harris was shot and left for dead, though he survived.
[pic of white car/crime scene - 52:39]
The next man to encounter Malcolm and Anderson, in the early morning hours of January 3rd, 1986, would not be so fortunate.
[HOLD UP VIDEO HER - AROUND :03 INTO THE BITE]
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[SOT 36:03]
[IN Q=HE WAS]
((36:03 - HE WAS JUST LYING BESIDE THE CAR I SEEN BLOOD SO I GOT IN HIS CAR AND TRIED TO GET AHOLD OF THEIR DISPATCHER -- 36:09 ))
[RUNS= 06]
[OUT Q=THEIR DISPATCHER.]
[50:05 - Trooper McCoy pic]
A passing trucker found 28-year-old Virginia State Trooper Ricky McCoy
[more white car/crime scene pics at 52:52 and 53:06]
between the Salem exits on I-81.
McCoy, a Pulaski County native, had been a trooper for 6 years -
[49:56 - wedding pic]
he had gotten married less than eight months
[MORE WHITE CAR CRIME SCENE PICS]
before he pulled over the white opal, apparently because the driver failed to dim its lights.
The police alert issued for the two suspects - never reached Roanoke.
McCoy died a few hours after he was shot in the head and chest.
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[SOT 44:35]
[IN Q=THE INDICATION]
((44:35 (and 52:56) - ROBERT SUTHARD/STATE POLICE SUPERINTENDENT: THE INDICATION IS THAT WHEN HE APPROACHED THE VEHICLE HE WAS SHOT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. WHETHER HE HAD ANY VOICE COMMUNICATION OR NOT WILL NOT BE KNOWN - 44:45))
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[OUT Q=NOT BE KNOWN.]
[more crime scene photos]
After gunning down McCoy, police said Malcolm and Anderson fled on foot
[45:19 - pic of lawn doctor van]
in search of another vehicle... They tried to steal a van at a nearby residence... but couldn't get it started.
[41:45 -- Loicano home]
That's when they turned to the Loicano home in the Sky-Co section of Roanoke County.
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[SOT 50:46]
[IN Q=WHILE THE]
((50:46 - CLAIRE SU IN FRONT OF LOICANO HOME: WHILE THE CHILDREN HUDDLED IN A CLOSET TONY LOICANO WAS MURDERED HERE IN HIS HOME -- 50:50 ))
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[OUT Q=IN HIS HOME.]
[50:54 - Loicano picture]
Businessman Tony Loicano was found lying in the hallway -
[45:27 - Police rolling stretcher from home]
he had been shot and stabbed to death... his wife Christine abducted,
[51:15 - kids pictures in frame]
while their seven and eight-year-old sons hid in a closet.
Police say shots
[45:14 - map]
were fired at them as they trailed the Loicano family van - which ran a Roanoke County Sheriff's car off Wildwood Road as the suspects headed back to I-81.
[46:19 -- overturned van/crime scene & body bags - do NOT use straight on picture of Christine Loicano's body (white sheet)]
The chase finally ended on 81 - after the van crashed a few miles North of Montgomery County.
As authorities approached the overturned vehicle - they said they heard gunshots.
Inside - they found the bodies of Malcolm, Anderson, and Chris Loicano.
By dawn - a killing spree that started in Pennsylvania had taken an invaluable toll on the Roanoke Valley.
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[SOT 35:18]
[IN Q=FIVE PEOPLE]
((35:18 - 5 PEOPLE ARE DEAD INCLUDING A STATE TROOPER THIS MORNING -- 35:21))
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[OUT Q=THIS MORNING]
That's Virginia Newsreel.
I'm Keith Humphry.))
[Sports-Plays]
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[TAPE#=SP-88 tc 36:12]
[GRAPHIC=big east]
Big East actions returns to the Cassell this afternoon as the Lady Hokies and Miami hook up in another conference matchup.
The Hurricanes have an oh and one Big East record and are seven and four overall.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg/Wednesday;]
Virginia Tech has had two days of practice to recover from Wednesday's 75-64 loss to Notre Dame.
Coach Bonnie Henrickson says the Hurricanes are athletic and known for their traps and half court pressure situations.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=they did]
[SUPER=01-Bonnie Henrickson/Virginia Tech Head Coach;]
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[OUT Q=our strength.]
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[ANCHOR=Denise]
[GRAPHIC=hold]
Tip off for today's game is four o'clock.
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[Chyron #7151 ]
[COMM # 3][Consumer-Electronics]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun Am]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=NET]
[SS=None]
The type of technology that you'd expect to find in a science fiction book is coming to life this week at the consumer electronics show in Las Vegas.
Nearly 90 thousand people are there to see the latest and greatest in the world of electronics.
Mike Fierberg (FEAR-berg) has the story.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Las Vegas, NV; :00]
[SUPER=01-Mike Fierberg/Reporting; :15]
[SUPER=01-Ron Ryan/American IT Technologies; :40]
[SUPER=01-Steve Volk/CEO Dataplay, Inc.; 1:10]
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[2Open-Heads]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=#4070;weekend headline banner]
They're still calling it foul play - one last attempt by some House Democrats to stop the certification of electoral votes fails... at the hands of Al Gore.
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[TAKE HODGES FULL SCREEN]
Anonymous tips lead authorities to this man wanted on federal drug charges.
(xxxxxxxxx)
We will have more on those stories just ahead.
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[Electoral-College]
[ANCHOR=Densie]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=Election 2000]
A largely symbolic gesture by some House Democrats failed to stop Congress from certifying the Electoral College vote for George W. Bush.
They tried to block the inclusion of Florida's 25 electoral votes, claiming Bush won Florida unfairly.
Pamela McCall reports.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Washington DC; :00]
[SUPER=01-Maxine Waters/(D) California;:52]
[RUNS=1:40]
[OUT Q=CBS news]
((AN AWKWARD DAY FOR VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE -- AS HE PRESIDED OVER A JOINT
SESSION OF CONGRESS TO CERTIFY HIS POLITICAL RIVAL, GEORGE W. BUSH,
WINNER OF THE 2000 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
ONE BY ONE, LAWMAKERS READ OFF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES FROM EACH
STATE.
(NAT)
"GEORGE W. BUSH RECEIVED 12 VOTES
"AL GORE OF TENNESSEE, 54 VOTES."
BUT JUST LIKE THE ELECTION ITSELF -- THIS TRADITIONAL CEREMONY WENT
AWRY.
HOUSE MEMBERS OF THE BLACK CONGRESSIONAL CAUCUS WALKED OUT IN PROTEST.
THEY SAY FLORIDA'S 25 ELECTORAL VOTES FOR BUSH ARE TARNISHED ... BY WHAT
THEY DESCRIBE AS A VARIETY OF ELECTION DAY ABUSES.
(SOT: MAXINE WATERS/(D) CALIFORNIA) - 15:15:58
"WE SHALL NEVER FORGET WHAT'S TAKEN PLACE ... TO FIGHT THIS BATTLE ALL
OVER AGAIN."
FLORIDA DEMOCRATS ALSO LAUNCHED OBJECTIONS - BUT FAILED.
SO AFTER ALL THE VOTES WERE TALLIED, CONGRESS RATIFIED BUSH'S 271-TO-266
VICTORY. AND IN THE END -- IT WAS AL GORE WHO ANNOUNCED THE OFFICIAL
WINNER.
(SOT: VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE) - 14:49:23
"MAY GOD BLESS OUR NEW PRESIDENT, AND OUR NEW VICE PRESIDENT. AND MAY
GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ."
WHILE MEETING WITH REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS AT HIS TEXAS RANCH, MR. BUSH
REACTED TO CONGRESS' STAMP OF APPROVAL.
(SOT: GEORGE W. BUSH/(R) PRESIDENT-ELECT)))
[2hodges]
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[WRITER=chr]
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[GRAPHIC=None]
A man wanted on federal narcotics charges is apprehended in Roanoke County.
Roanoke City Police spokesperson Shelley Alley says
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[TAKE PICTURE FS]
27-year old Christopher W. Hodges was apprehended without incident yesterday evening.
Alley says several anonymous tips indicated Hodges was at the Villager Motel on Thirlane Road in the County.
That's where he was arrested.
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[anchor=Denise]
[graphic=None]
Hodges was wanted by Roanoke police and the Drug Enforcement Agency.
[Explosive-Videogame]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Police say three teenage boys got the idea to bomb a bank from a video game.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Watsonville, CA;]
Watsonville, California police found the boys, ages 14 to 17 lurking behind a bank trying to conceal a glass bottle of flammable liquid.
The boys claimed they got the idea from a Sony PlayStation game called ``Medal of Honor,'' which they said they had played earlier that day.
In the game, a female French resistance fighter fights Nazi invaders during World War II, and players use weapons such as Molotov cocktails and submachine guns.
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[11Hollins-Accident]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=mce]
[TAPE#=00-47; 49:40]
[GRAPHIC=Accident]
A man flipped his car yesterday evening in Roanoke - barely missing a home.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
The driver of this vehicle managed to walk away from the single-car accident on Hollins Road last night.
Police say the male driver - whose name isn't being released - told them he took his eyes off the road.
The car hit an embankment, overturned and slid several feet.
The driver freed himself from the car .. He was taken to Roanoke Memorial Hospital.. His injuries aren't believed to be life-threatening.
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[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=kwe]
[TAPE#=00-48; 1:08:26]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A unique movie theatre in Roanoke has served up its last 'dinner and a movie'.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
The Cinema Grill near Cross Roads Mall has shut down after two years in business.
Theatre owner Debbie Steel says revenues have been down since the Valley View Grand 16 opened last year.
[SUPER=04-December;]
Steel was going to close the Cinema Grill down last month - but support from members of the community prompted her to leave it open a while longer.
Steel says she thought they found a niche in the movie theater business in Roanoke by serving restaurant style food and alcohol.
The Cinema Grill is the second theater to close in the past year, the Valley View Theater inside the mall shut down in 2000.
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[60-Minutes]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Betting on pro-sports is illegal across most of the United States - but what if the betting is on the Internet - and the company's offshore?
60 Minutes Correspondent Morley Safer speaks with a man who was indicted and convicted on Internet gambling charges.
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[SOT - 10NA - Friday Sports Copy]
[IN Q=Chances are]
[RUNS=31]
[OUT Q=natural segway]
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[ANCHOR=Denise]
[SS=None]
That story and more on 60 Minutes tonight at seven here on your Hometown Station.
[Tease#2]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun Am]
[SS=None]
[BOTH MICS HOT]
Prince Charles is injured after he takes a spill while fox hunting.
Details ahead on News 7 Sunday Morning...
[ANCHOR=Jacey]
Plus...
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[VO-NAT]
sports and art merge in the work of one local artist...
Still ahead - a Sports Extra for the art connoisseur AND the sports fan...
But first - if you're traveling today...
[Jacey ad-lib into the travel forecast]
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[Jacey MIC hot]
[ No 2-shot toss go straight to Travel Bump]
[soft music under]
[View-Rinals]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
It's about as close to a captive audience as television advertising gets...
A company in London is catching men when they probably least expect it.
Will "view-rinals" (like urinals) catch on?
David Foster reports from the U-K.
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[SOT from Wednesday afternoon feed -- begin at 15:24:48 -- DO NOT BEGIN AT START OF PKG]
[IN Q=These]
[SUPER=03-London, UK; :00]
[SUPER=01-Max Wakefield/Hammersmith Palais; :21]
[SUPER=01-David Foster/Reporting; :48]
[RUNS=1:05]
[OUT Q=Sky News.]
[License-Plates]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=mce]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=Education]
A number of Virginians support the funding of public schools - but apparently few are willing to hang that support on the front of their vehicle.
Only 33 motorists have signed up for a specialty license plate that would help fund books and classroom supplies.
State officials say they need 350 applications before they'll produce the plate, which features a red schoolhouse.
And a thousand need to be in circulation before fifteen dollars from each plate starts flowing back to school divisions.
[Prince-Charles]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Britain's Prince Charles is recovering from a broken bone in his left shoulder.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-File Tape;]
He fell from his horse yesterday during a fox hunt.
St. James' Palace officials say Charles was thrown to the ground when his horse made an unexpected move.
His arm was placed in a sling but there was no cast.
52 year old Charles is resting at his home in western England.
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[11Biz-Review]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=jmi]
[TAPE#=00-55; 39:40]
[GRAPHIC=Business Review]
Layoffs plague some local operations -
But a new airline takes off in Roanoke.
Jennifer Miele has the latest in this week's business review.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=music/graphics]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./October 1995;:10]
[SUPER=03-Blairs/File Tape;:25]
[SUPER=03-Rocky Mount;:41]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;:57]
[RUNS=1:32]
[OUT Q=music/graphics]
(([tape:5-97-25 TC:4:31]
Catalog Retailer Hanover Direct is laying off more than ten percent of its workforce- but is unclear how the company's local operations will be affected.
Company spokesmen said the Roanoke fulfillment center could see a small number of layoffs, though the exact number isn't known.
[INSERT GREEN FLASH HERE]
[TAPE#=00-41 1:13:44]
Layoffs as well at E-Toys in Pittsylvania County-
The company let 37 workers go at its warehouse in Blairs.
Poor sales have forced E-Toys to close its European operations and trim its work force.
In all, 700 of its one-thousand employees at E-Toys and BabyCenter will go.
[INSERT GREEN FLASH HERE]
[TAPE#=00-51 TC40:52]
Fleetwood Homes is making cutbacks in North Carolina, but stores in Virginia are apparently safe.
186 employees in Roxboro North Carolina will be let go in March.
Despite the layoffs, Fleetwood Homes in Rocky Mount and Bedford report their sales are rallying.
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Potomac Air, a subsidiary of U-S Airways is taking off in Roanoke. The new airline has operations and maintenance bases in Roanoke.
It flew about 50 passengers between Roanoke, Greensboro and Washington D.C. for around a hundred dollars.
Potomac Air employs 120 people - most of them in Roanoke.
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Finally, the Dow was DOWN 250.40 at 10662.01.
And the NASDAQ was DOWN 159.18
to close at 2407.65.
That's this week's business review.. many happy investments.))
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Virginia Tech's success on the gridiron and Duke's accomplishments on the basketball court have been putting dollars in the pocket of a local artist.
Brian Hart's ink sketches helped mark a milestone in Blue Devil coach Mike Krzyzewski's career.
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(( This is where Brian Hart creates. In his art studio in Rocky Mount he's surrounded by sports memorabilia, much of which he acquired through his art career.
His art work hangs in the office of Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski.
The University commissioned Brian to do a Cameron Stadium print commemorating Krzyzewski's 500 win and the dedication of Coach K court.
It was a job close to Brian's heart since he's a big Blue Devil fan and his dad is a Duke graduate.
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That moment is a long way from the humble beginnings of his art career about 10 years ago.
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About four years he go he took his career to the next level, just as his alma matre was turning heads on the gridiron.
His sketch of Lane Stadium just flowed from his pen and was completed in a week.
The better Virginia Tech does on the football field, the more prints the bookstore sells.
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This print adorns Coach Frank Beamer's office and two of them hang in Brian's studio...one autographed by Beamer, the other by the entire 1999-2000 team.
Brian is intimate with each print he creates. He even works his son Hunter's name into each drawing
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Brian wants to get involved with more ACC schools. In addition to the Tech and Duke prints he's also done James Madison and Johns Hopkins to name just a few.
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You can get Brian's work through the schools' bookstores or log on to his website at www.bhart.com
[Lawnchair-Parade]
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When George W. Bush takes the oath of office later this month, a group
from Colorado will help celebrate in an unusual way.
They're called the "Precision Lawn Chair Demonstration Team".
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Getting to the nation's Capitol is pricey though, so yesterday the group performed at a fundraiser in Vail, Colorado... showing off their unusual talent.
Much like the candidates, the group has some business sponsorship, but they still need $20,000 to pay for its trip.
Its members also performed in President Clinton's first parade.
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