WDBJ 7 morning news for 02/09/01

[Headlines]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

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[VO-NAT]

An arrest in the murder case of Tina Foster--
Roanoke police have charged an Army petroleum specialist from Fort Lee.
We'll have details.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

And the trial starts in one week for the man accused of killing Radford teen Tara Munsey.
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
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[ANCHOR=Steve]
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

Get your Friday started right here on News 7 Mornin.

[11Foster]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=kwe]
[TAPE#=01-01]
[GRAPHIC=Haynes]
Roanoke City Police have arrested and charged 26 year old Christopher Haynes of Fort Lee Virginia with the murder of 20 year old Tina Foster who worked at Hooters. News 7 learned that a tip from Chesterfield County authorities lead police to Haynes. Kate Weidaw tells us Haynes is a petroleum specialist in the army and is married with two children.
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((Thursday morning Roanoke City police arrested 26 year old Christopher Haynes and charged him with one count of murder. Authorities took Haynes into custody at Fort Pickett where he was taking part in petroleum training and transported him back to his army base at Fort Lee.
He's been charged with killing 20 year old Tina Foster, who was last seen on January 29th. She told friends she was meeting a man at the Hooters parking lot who was going to take some modeling pictures. Managers at Hooters would not go on camera but said Haynes was seen in the restaurant several times in the past. On Friday Roanoke City Police found Foster's body inside her car at the Rodeway Inn off Orange Avenue. [STANDUP]
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((KATE WEIDAW/REPORTING: SO FAR AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT SAID IF HAYNES HAS A PRIOR CRIMINAL RECORD.
HE'S SET TO BE ARRAIGNED THIS MORNING AT 8:30. KATE WEIDAW NEWS 7 ROANOKE.))
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[11Thomas]

[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=00-49 TC1:17:35]
[GRAPHIC=Jeff Thomas]

The man accused of murdering Radford teen Tara Munsey will go on trial in a week.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Pulaski;]

Jeffrey Allen Thomas will stand trial on capital murder charges... starting with jury selection a week from today.
His attorneys want the trial moved, saying there's been too much publicity.
But the judge says he'll try to seat a jury first.
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[IN Q=Do you think]
((MARYA JONES/NEWS7: DO YOU THINK YOU CAN GET AN UNBIASED JURY HERE IN PULASKI COUNTY? JEFF THOMAS: WHAT DO YOU THINK?))
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[OUT Q=what do you think?]
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[VO-NAT]

16-year-old Tara Munsey's body was found just miles from the Taco Bell where she worked. She had been shot in the head and chest.
140 potential jurors have been called to show up next Friday.
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[11Giles-Murder]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=00-55 TC1:08:35]
[GRAPHIC=Murder Invest.]

Authorities are back to square one in their investigation into the murder of a Campbell County convenience store owner last fall.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Campbell Co./October 26]

76- year- old Melvin Giles was shot to death October 26th during an apparent robbery at his store on Route 460.
Sheriff Robert Maxey had called the regional homicide squad back together this week to track down leads in the case.
But the squad disbanded yesterday, and Maxey says his department is no closer to making an arrest.
Giles' family and store owners in the area are offering 11- thousand dollars in reward money for help in solving the case.
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[WIPE TO CRIMESTOPPERS FULL SCREEN]
Anyone with information can call Crimestoppers at 1-888-798-5900.
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[11Va-Gas]

[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=jmi]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=None]

It would cost 10-and-a-half-million dollars MORE to build a proposed pipeline alongside an existing one.
That's according to Virginia Gas.
The company says it would fair better just building a new one.
Local residents have been waiting for justification -- because, they say, the environmental damages of the project would far outweigh the financial costs.
The State Corporation Commission got the 10-million dollar figure in support of a merger between Virginia Gas and New Jersey-based N-U-I.
If the merger DOES go through, the pipeline will most likely be built.
A hearing examiner from the S-C-C is due to make a recommendation on the merger within two weeks.

[Tax-Plan]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Taxes]

Making national news this morning--
They've seen President Bush's tax cut plan, now members of Congress are slugging it out over how MUCH should be cut.
Some Republicans want a LARGER tax cut.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Washington, DC;]

But President Bush doesn't want Congress to make ANY changes with his one-point- six- trillion- dollar plan.
He says he proposed that amount for a reason and wants the package to stay that size.
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[SOT 3:01:12 ]
[IN Q=We must give]
((WE MUST GIVE OVERCHARGED TAXPAYERS SOME OF THEIR MONEY BACK.))
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[OUT Q=money back]
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[VO-NAT]

But Democrats counter that the tax cut could lead to deficit spending and will benefit only weathly Americans.
They staged this auto show to illustrate their point.
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[IN Q=If you are]
((SEN. TOM DASCHLE/D- MINORITY LEADER: IF YOU ARE A MILLIONAIRE, UNDER THE BUSH TAX CUT, YOU GET A 46- THOUSAND DOLLAR TAX CUT, MORE THAN ENOUGH TO PAY FOR THIS LEXUS.))
[SUPER=01-Sen. Tom Daschle/(D) Minority Leader;]
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[OUT Q=pay for this lexus.]
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[VO-NAT]

The White House quips that every time Democrats see a car, they think of building a toll booth.
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[Rescue]

[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]

A New Jersey man is in stable condition after a near- fatal accident.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-South Brunswick, NJ;]

James Higginbotham was trapped inside his burning Ford Explorer after being struck by a car.
Police were able to get Higginbotham out before his vehicle was engulfed in flames.
The other vehicle was also destroyed.
A camera in the police cruiser captured the rescue on tape.
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[5-Breast-Cancer]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=500-15 1:21:39]
[GRAPHIC=Breast Cancer]

Technology is helping a local woman's battle with breast cancer. She's already had a tumor removed -- and now she's going back into the operating room to make sure all the cancer is gone.
Health Check Reporter Joy Sutton was there -- and takes us inside the operating room to see the latest procedure --that's less invasive and more effective in detecting and fighting the disease.
We would like to tell you some of the video from the surgery is a little graphic.
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[IN Q=A little tiny injection]
[SUPER=01-Winifred Bright/Patient; :11]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Bob Williams/Salem Surgical; :23]
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[SUPER=@Joy1;1:20]
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[IN Q=A little tiny injection]
(( A LITTLE TINY INJECTION RIGHT HERE WHERE THE TUMOR WAS)) [RUNS05]
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Winifred Bright is getting ready for a sentinel node biopsy-- a procedure to make sure the cancer has not spread.
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[SOT2:30:15]
[IN Q=When i first heard the word cancer]
((WINIFRED BRIGHT: WHEN I FIRST HEARD THE WORD CANCER IT WAS SCARY. I THOUGHT THE ONLY REASON I GOT IT IS BECAUSE I'M A FEMALE I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO GET IT)) [RUNS10]
[OUT Q=to get it]
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[SOT2:27:50]
[IN Q=Whe hope it's not here]
((DR. BOB WILLIAMS/SALEM SURGICAL: WE HOPE IT'S NOT THERE, WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND PROVE IT'S NOT THERE, BUT IF IT IS THERE WE WANT TO FIND IT, SO WE CAN BE AGGRESSIVE AT TREATING IT, THIS IS A CURABLE DISEASE)) [RUNS10]
[OUT Q=disease]

Bright is also undergoing a second lumpectomy -- to make sure all the cancer was removed in her first lumpectomy less than a month ago.
Inside the operating room at Lewis Gale Medical Center --Doctor Bob Williams -- prepares to do the sentinel node biopsy.
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[IN Q=What we've done is injected the tracer]
((WHAT WE'VE DONE IS INJECTED THE TRACER WHERE THE TUMOR HAD BEEN AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF WE CAN IDENTIFY THE AREA WHERE THE LYMPH NODE WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE MOST LIKELY TO HARBOR ANY TUMOR CELLS IF THEY WERE THERE)) [RUNS10]
[OUT Q=were there]
The neoprobe helps detect the liquid tracer---it beeps the loudest where the tracer is concentrated...
telling the doctor which lymph node the tumor is most likely to spread to. [NAT SOUND OF BEEPS?]
Williams then injects a blue dye - and makes the incision.
The dye and tracer pinpoint which lymph nodes should be removed and checked for cancer.
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[SOT34:43]
[IN Q=The sentinel node]
((JOY SUTTON/REPORTING: THE SENTINEL NODE BIOPSY PROCEDURE TAKES ABOUT 30 MINUTES. PATIENTS CAN BE AWAKE DURING THE PROCEDURE BUT BRIGHT DECIDED SHE WANTED TO BE ASLEEP)) [RUNS09]
[OUT Q=asleep]
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[IN Q=This is the one lymph node]
((NAT SOT: THIS IS THE ONE LYMPH NODE. AND WE HAVE A HOT, HOT BLUE LYMPH NODE))
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Williams removes two lymph nodes --which are sent to the pathologist for testing. Now it's time for the lumpectomy.
The lumpectomy removes a portion of the breast tissue-which is also sent off for testing.
The lumpectomy, combined with chemotherapy -- has the same cure rate as a mastectomy - a total removal of the breast.
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[IN Q=We're actually finding fewer]
((DR. BOB WILLIAMS: WE'RE ACTUALLY FINDING FEWER WOMEN DYING FROM BREAST CANCER CAUSE WE'RE FINDING IT SOONER AND WE'RE HAVING MORE EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS)) [RUNS08]
[OUT Q=treatments]

Doctor Williams talks to the pathologist to find out the results.
Now he must tell the family.
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[NAT SOT49:03]
[IN Q=No tumor at all]
((NO TUMOR AT ALL, NO TUMOR AT ALL, THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP LOOKING AT IT, THEY'RE GOING TO SLICE IT LIKE A LOAF OF BREAD, AND THEY'LL BE LOOKING AT IT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS)) [RUNS07]
[OUT Q=couple]

Now time to tell the patient herself. She's in the recovery room.
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[SOT1:00:11]
[IN Q=Congrats everything went great]
((CONGRATS EVERYTHING WENT GREAT. NO TUMOR AT ALL, NO TUMOR)) [RUNS07]
[OUT Q=no tumor]

Bright says without a mammogram - the cancer would not have been detected so early... because even with self breast-exams - she did NOT feel the tumor.
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[SOT2:31:39]
[IN Q=I just want to tell every woman]
((I JUST WANT TO TELL EVERY WOMAN IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET IT EVERY YEAR --CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT MIGHT BE IN THERE)) [RUNS05]
[OUT Q=in there]

Joy Sutton, News 7, Salem.))

[Health-Check]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin Health Check]

In other medical news, Vitamin C can help strengthen your bones.

Doctor Dave Hnida has that story and more in this morning's Health check.
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[SUPER=01-Dr. Dave Hnida/Reporting; :00 ]
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((Information: ON CAM THINK STRONG BONES- AND MOST PEOPLE THINK CALCIUM- BUT DON'T FORGET THE C.

VT=VO
A NEW STUDY IN THE JOURNAL BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH FINDS THE WOMEN WITH THE STRONGEST BONES ARE THE ONES THAT ADD VITAMIN C - TO THEIR RECIPE OF CALCIUM EXERCISE AND ESTROGEN. ITS NOT CLEAR HOW MUCH VITAMIN C YOU NEED TO BUILD STRONG BONES- IN THE STUDY THE AMOUNT WAS JUST ABOUT 1000 MG A DAY.
ON CAM THE NEW ARTHRITIS DRUG CELEBREX MAKES A MAJOR CLAIM TO FAME- ITS SUPPOSED TO BE EASIER ON YOUR STOMACH THAN OTHER ARTHRITIS PILLS BUT- THE FDA DOES NOT AGREE. IT SAYS CELEBREX CAN STILL CAUSE ULCERS AND BLEEDING - SO USER BEWARE.

VT=VO
FINALLY TODAY- IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.. AND YOU HAVE A BABY ON THE WAY- THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS BREAST FEED. A REPORT FROM THE JOURNAL THE LANCET SHOWS BABIES WHO ARE BREAST FED ARE MUCH LESS LIKELY TO GET HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE- DECADES LATER- THAN BABIES WHO ARE GIVEN FORMULA. RESEARCHERS ARE NOT SURE WHY BREASTFEEDING PROTECTS YOU FROM HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE LATER IN LIFE.
ON CAM THATS A LOOK AT SOME OF THE DAYS TOP HEALTH STORIES. IM DR DAVE HNIDA FOR CBS NEWS.))

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[2-HEADLINES]
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[SUPER=#4049; Morning Headlines]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

Here's a look at today's top stories.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

A Fort Lee man is arrested and charged with the murder of Tina Foster.
A week ago, Roanoke police discovered the 20-year- old woman's body insider her car at the Rodeway Inn off Orange Avenue.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]

A trial date is set for the man accused of murdering Radford teen Tara Munsey.
Jeffrey Allen Thomas will stand trial on capital murder charges... starting with jury selection a week from today.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

And if you were planning a morning trip to Mill Mountain Coffee and Tea in downtown Roanoke, you'll have to go elsewhere.
Fire broke out at the coffee shop around 10 last night.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

And that's what's making news on this Friday, February 9th .
[ANCHOR=Shannon]

News 7 Mornin' will be right back.

[2-11Foster]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=kwe]
[TAPE#=01-01]
[GRAPHIC=Haynes]

The man charged with the murder of 20 year old Tina Foster is scheduled to be arraigned this morning. Roanoke City Police arrested and charged 26 year old Christopher Haynes of Fort Lee Virginia with murder yesterday. News 7 learned that a tip from Chesterfield County authorities lead police to Haynes. As Kate Weidaw tells us, Haynes is a petroleum specialist in the army and is married with two children.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke/Last Friday; :21]
[SUPER=@Kate1;:39]
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[OUT Q=kw news 7 Roanoke]
((Thursday morning Roanoke City police arrested 26 year old Christopher Haynes and charged him with one count of murder. Authorities took Haynes into custody at Fort Pickett where he was taking part in petroleum training and transported him back to his army base at Fort Lee.
He's been charged with killing 20 year old Tina Foster, who was last seen on January 29th. She told friends she was meeting a man at the Hooters parking lot who was going to take some modeling pictures. Managers at Hooters would not go on camera but said Haynes was seen in the restaurant several times in the past. On Friday Roanoke City Police found Foster's body inside her car at the Rodeway Inn off Orange Avenue. [STANDUP]
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((KATE WEIDAW/REPORTING: SO FAR AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT SAID IF HAYNES HAS A PRIOR CRIMINAL RECORD.
HE'S SET TO BE ARRAIGNED THIS MORNING AT 8:30. KATE WEIDAW NEWS 7 ROANOKE.))
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[2-11Thomas]

[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=00-49 TC1:17:35]
[GRAPHIC=Jeff Thomas]

A trial date has been set for the man accused of murdering Radford teen Tara Munsey.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Pulaski;]

Jeffrey Allen Thomas will stand trial on capital murder charges... starting with jury selection a week from today.
His attorneys want the trial moved, saying there's been too much publicity.
But the judge says he'll try to seat a jury first.
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[SOT 3:43 - :47]
[IN Q=Do you think]
((MARYA JONES/NEWS7: DO YOU THINK YOU CAN GET AN UNBIASED JURY HERE IN PULASKI COUNTY? JEFF THOMAS: WHAT DO YOU THINK?))
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[OUT Q=what do you think?]
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[VO-NAT]

16-year-old Tara Munsey's body was found just miles from the Taco Bell where she worked. She had been shot in the head and chest.
140 potential jurors have been called to show up next Friday.
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[11Millboro-Gun]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jmc]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=none]

An 11 year old boy took a loaded gun to a Bath County school. He has been suspended and may face charges.

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School officials say the fourth-grader brought the handgun to Millboro Elementary School Wednesday .. in eastern Bath County.
The school principal says he received a tip ahead of time ..
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[GRAPHIC=None]
and took the 4th-grader to his office as soon as the youngster stepped off the bus.
We have no word on why the boy may have brought the gun to school. The case has been turned-over to the prosecutor's office.

[Pardon]

[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]

Former President Clinton's decision to pardon financier Marc Rich is coming under fire.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-New York, NY;]

A congressional committee heard the case yesterday.
Rich was accused of evading 48- million dollars in federal taxes. He fled to Switzerland just before being indicted.
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[SOT 3:06:34]
[IN Q=One week]
((REP. HENRY WAXMAN/D- TEXAS: ONE WEEK AGO MARC RICH IS ON THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S LIST OF THE TEN MOST WANTED AND THE NEXT WEEK HE'S GIVEN A PRESIDENTIAL PARDON.))
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((JACK QUINN//RICH'S ATTORNEY:THE CASE WAS FUNDAMENTALLY FLAWED, I BELIEVED THAT AND I ARGUES THAT.))
[SUPER=01-Rep. Henry Waxman/(D) Texas;]
[SUPER=01-Jack Quinn/Rich's Attorney;]
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[OUT Q=I argue that]
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[VO-NAT]

Quinn is also a former White House counsel.
Critics say he had undue influence over President Clinton.
Also called into question-- the relationship between Rich's former wife and the Clintons.
While lawmakers cannot overturn the Presidential pardon, many say a thorough review of the case is needed.
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[2-Tax-Plan]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Taxes]

President Bush says his tax cut proposal will put more money back in your pocket.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Washington, DC;]

With a stroke of his pen, President Bush sent his one-point-six-trillion- dollar tax cut plan to Congress yesterday.
Now, the political fight is on--
Democrats on Capitol Hill staged an auto show, saying only the wealthiest Americans will get a tax break large enough to afford a Lexus.
They say average families would only be able afford a MUFFLER.
Bush's plan begins with an across-the- board reduction in tax rates in ALL brackets.
It does away with the marriage penalty and phases out the estate tax.
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[11Gas-Prices]

[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#=500-16 1:44:16]
[GRAPHIC=Heating Prices]

Emotions were running nearly as high as the soaring natural gas prices during yesterday's General Assembly session.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Richmond;]

The House Corporation, Insurance, and Banking Committees heard explanations from the gas industry and horror stories from the public.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=The average]
[SOT 11:11:39]
((DON FICKENSCHER/VIRGINIA NATURAL GAS: THE AVERAGE CONSUMER'S GAS BILL MORE THAN DOUBLED. EXCUSE ME ....105 IN DECEMBER.))
[sot tape two 11;45:11]
((EVA LITTLEJOHN/PETERSBURG RESIDENT: IF I PAY A 900 DOLLAR GAS BILL, I HAVE TO BORROW MONEY TO PUT WITH THAT. TO PAY THE GAS BILL. BECAUSE WE DON'T GET BUT 700 AND SOME DOLLARS A MONTH. THE TWO CHECKS TOGETHER. MY CHECK AND HIS.))
[SUPER=01-Don Fickenscher/Virginia Natural Gas; :00]
[SUPER=01-Eva Littlejohn/Petersburg Resident; :18]
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[OUT Q=and his.]
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[VO-NAT]

Governor Jim Gilmore's administration opposed a bill that would have taken contributions from the gas industry, and put them into state emergency assistance coffers.
Some lawmakers took the social services department to task yesterday.
The bill's still alive in a weaker form.
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[6Columbia-Gas]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Heating Prices]

Customers who are struggling to pay their gas bills can get help from Columbia Gas of Virginia.
Starting with bills mailed on February 5th, gas customers can enroll in a special "winter budget payment plan".
The plan allows residents to pay just the estimated average of their next six months' worth of heating bills.
Customers can learn more about the plan and how to join it by checking out Columbia's web site.
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[TAKE WEBWATCH FULL]
You can find a link to it in the Webwatch section of our homepage and W-D-B-J-7- dot- com.
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[11Mill-Mountain]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jja]
[TAPE#=01-04 TC14:51]
[GRAPHIC=Fire]

Fire has temporarily closed a downtown Roanoke coffee shop-
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

Fire broke out at Mill Mountain Coffee and Tea- on Campbell Avenue at about ten last night.
Smoke could be seen coming from the top of the building-
The fire people inside were forced out.
The call first came in that a coffee roaster had overheated- People at the scene said it smelled like burned coffee.
Firefighters brought the fire under control- No word on when the coffee shop will reopen.
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[11Roanoke-Fire]

[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=00-48 TC1:36:42]
[GRAPHIC=Fire]

Firefighters rescued a dog from a burning Roanoke home.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

The blaze on Dakota Avenue began around 8:30 last night.
No one was home at the time and no firefighters were hurt.
Investigators think the fire started in the basement.
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[11County-Bar]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=00-46 TC1:51:55]
[GRAPHIC=Roy Willett]

The Salem-Roanoke County Bar Association picked one of its own as a candidate to replace Judge Roy Willett on the Circuit Bench.
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[V/O-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem]

Salem lawyer Jim Swanson got the nod on the first ballot.
Swanson is 47. He spent two years in the late 70's as an Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney.
He's been in private practice for 20 years.
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[SOT 5:39]
[IN Q=I'm pleased.]
((I'M PLEASED. I'M HONORED, OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE RESULTS....))
[SUPER=01-Jim Swanson/Attorney]
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[OUT Q=with the results....]
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Swanson didn't want to say any more, before the CITY Bar Association meets next Tuesday.
A Task Force of judges and lawyers has already begun to develop a plan to evaluate sitting judges.
County Commonwealth's Attorney Skip Burkart is a member of the statewide task force.
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[SOT 6:25]
[IN Q=The first thing]
((THE FIRST THING WE DID WE HAD JUDGES COME IN FROM CONNECTICUT AND ARIZONA TO PRESENT US THEIR PROGRAMS AND HOW THEY ESTABLISHED IT, HOW THEY DID IT, THE PROS AND CONS. IN THE MEANTIME WE'VE BEEN WORKING THE LAST 5 OR 6 MONTHS ON DEVISING A PLAN FOR VIRGINIA.))
[SUPER=01-Skip Burkart/Judicial Performance Evaluation]
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[OUT Q=for Virginia.]
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[SS=None]

Burkart says the Task Force will hold public hearings next month.

[11Kissinger]

[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=None]

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger will begin a new job tomorrow. That's when he'll be installed as Chancellor of the College of William and Mary.
But his appointment has not been without controversy.
A recent article in Harper's Magazine accuses Kissinger of delaying the end of the Vietnam War because he thought it would affect President Nixon's re-election.
J-B Leedy reports.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=We certainly don't]
[SUPER=03-Williamsburg; :00]
[SUPER=01-Joseph Cheron/Concerned Student; :10 QUICK!!!]
[SUPER=01-Michael Dellog/Concerned Student; :14 QUICK!!!]
[SUPER=01-Joan Hoff/Visiting Professor; :17 QUICK!!!]
[SUPER=01-Mayur Phel/Student; :51]
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That was J-B Leedy reporting. [Local-Recap]
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Now here's another look at today's top local stories:
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An 11 year old Bath County student may face charges after bringing a loaded gun to to Millboro Elementary School on Wednesday. He has been suspended. The school principal says he received a tip ahead of time and took the 4th-grader to his office as soon as the youngster stepped off the bus. The case has been turned-over to the prosecutor's office.
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The man charged with the murder of 20 year old Tina Foster is scheduled to be arraigned this morning at 8:30. Roanoke City Police arrested and charged 26 year old Christopher Haynes of Fort Lee Virginia with murder yesterday. Haynes was taken into custody at Fort Pickett. He's a petroleum specialist in the army.
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The man accused of murdering Radford teen Tara Munsey will go on trial in a week.
Jeffrey Allen Thomas will stand trial on capital murder charges... starting with jury selection next Friday.
His attorneys want the trial moved, saying there's been too much publicity.
But the judge says he'll try to seat a jury first.
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Now here's Keith Humphry with a preview of News 7 at Six.
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