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[TALENT=Kimberly]
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[VO-NAT]
A 15- year- old school shooting suspect will get a real- life lesson in law when he's arraigned later today on murder and weapons charges.
Meanwhile, Andy Williams' classmates are returning to school following Monday's deadly shooting.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
And Lynchburg police are investigating a murder.
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[TALENT=Jacey]
[SS=None]
It's still cold and breezy today but we're expecting sunshine to stick around for the remainder of the day and our extended forecast looks pretty mild. We've got the details.
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[SS=None]
News 7 at noon is up next.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[VO-NAT]
Students and staff try to return to normal at the San Diego area high school that was the scene of a fatal shooting just two days ago.
The alleged gunman, meanwhile, is preparing for his arraignment.
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[ANCHOR=KIMBERLY]
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Good Afternoon, I'm Kimberly McBroom.
More on that story in just a moment.
But first--[L'burg-Murder]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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A domestic dispute in Lynchburg last night left one woman dead and sent the suspect to the hospital.
Police say Gracie Yvette Dillard had been arguing with 29- year- old Gregory Curtis Jones in an apartment complex on Reusens (ROO-zens) Road.
Dillard ran to a neighbor's house for help, but Jones allegedly chased her down and shot her in the head.
When police came to arrest Jones, they found him suffering from self-inflicted wounds to his wrists.
He's been treated and released from Lynchburg General Hospital and now faces murder and firearms charges.[School
-Shooting]
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It's back to school today for more than 19- hundred students at a San Diego- area high school.
They're returning to classes just two days after 15- year- old Andy Williams allegedly opened fire at the school.
As Liza Fromer reports, Williams will make his first court appearance, as an ADULT, later this afternoon.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Santee, CA;]
[SUPER=01-James Jackson/Wounded Student;]
[SUPER=01-Paul Pfingst/District Attorney;]
[SUPER=01-Michelle Zuckor/Victim's Mother;]
[SUPER=01-Liza Fromer/Reporting;]
[RUNS=:00]
[OUT Q=Fromer, CBS News, Santee.]
((
(LOCATOR: SANTEE, CA)
It is sure to be a difficult back-to-school day at Santana High. The
thousands of students who, only two days ago, went running from the
school in fear, are due to return to class today. Reminders of those
moments of terror, like bulletholes and blood stains, have been removed,
but the fear still lingers.
SOT: James Jackson, Wounded Student
The school has brought in couselors to ease the transition back into the
classroom, but not everyone is welcome. Three students who were
friends with alleged gunman Andy Williams were told to stay away by
school officials. They want a closer look at why these kids remained
quiet when Williams spoke of his plans for violence.
SOT: Paul Pfingst, District Attorney
Shots rang out in a boys' bathroom early Monday morning. When it was
over, 2 students were dead, 13 others injured. The mother of one victim
spoke of losing her son.
SOT: Michelle Zuckor, Victim's Mother
"I asked if he had gotten shot and they said yes she said yes. So we got
to the hospital and found out he got shot in the head. "
Williams had lived with his father in an apartment near Santana High
School since moving from Maryland about a year ago Police describe him
as an "angry young man" but the true motive behind his rampage remains a
mystery.
Close: Scheduled for arraignment later today))
[Thomas]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[GRAPHIC=Thomas Murder Trial]
The defense is getting ready to present its case in the capital murder trial of Jeffrey Allen Thomas.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Pulaski;]
Thomas is charged with murder during what prosecutors say was a rape or attempted rape of 16 year old Tara Munsey last January.
Yesterday, forensic scientist Patricia Taylor testified that Thomas' sperm was on Munsey's thigh.
She said cells matching his D-N-A profile were also under the teenager's fingernails and on her clothes.
On cross examination, she told defense attorney Mike Barbour that at least one other person's D-N-A was on Munsey's body ... but that it was NOT sperm.
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[Pledge]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=00-55 1:32:12]
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Roanoke Police Officer Fred Pledge faces time behind bars after pleading guilty to racketeering.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Pledge was scheduled to go on trial in federal court Monday.
But he struck a deal with the government and changed his plea late yesterday afternoon.
He admits to 23 acts of racketeering .. the government will drop the drug trafficking charges.
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[SOT 21:35]
[SUPER=01-Tom Bondurant/Prosecutor;]
[IN Q=The heart and soul]
[RUNS=:08 ]
[OUT Q=taking stuff from people.]
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[VO-NAT]
Pledge faces up to 20 years in prison. He remains on bond until he's sentenced in June.
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[Anchor=Kim]
[SS=HOLD]
Meantime, Pledge resigned from the police department yesterday.
[Drug-Bust]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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Authorities arrested three people in a drug raid that stemmed from a traffic stop in Roanoke.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
Police confiscated nearly 75- thousand dollars in illegal drugs and more than 22- thousand dollars in cash.
Those arrested yesterday include 23- year- old Richard Shine of Roanoke, 28- year- old Charmaine Crouse, also of Roanoke, and 31- year- old Shannon Cave of New York.
All are charged with possession, with intent to sell crack cocaine.
Shine was the suspect in a traffic chase on MONDAY afternoon.
When state police and Roanoke officers arrived at Shine's home to arrest him for parole violation, both he and Crouse struggled with the authorities.
Police found a pound and a half of crack cocaine and two pounds of marijuana.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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Shine and Cave are being held in the Roanoke City jail without bond.
Crouse's bond is set at 20- thousand dollars.
[Phoenix-Integration]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[WRITER=jmi]
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A Blacksburg company will supply NASA with software for the International Space Station.
Phoenix Integration is a software supply company that develops new technology to increase an organization's efficiency.
We'll talk with Phoenix Integration's president and find out more about the company's partnership with NASA tonight on News 7 at five and six.
[Fake-Checks]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=ssm]
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A ring of criminals is making life difficult for Lynchburg- area banks and merchants by cashing thousands of dollars worth of counterfeit payroll checks.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg]
But with the help of SunTrust Bank, police are introducing a new program aimed at catching check fraud artists.
It recommends that merchants ask for two forms of identification.. including getting a thumbprint from the person cashing a check.
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[SOT 13:40:06]
[IN Q=It has dramatically]
((GORDON HOWELL/SUNTRUST BANK: IT HAS DRAMATICALLY REDUCED THE TIME WE HAVE HAD TO SPEND PREPARING CASES AND GOING TO COURT AND GETTING CONVICTIONS AND THEN TRYING TO GET RESTITUTION OUT OF THE CRIMINALS. IT'S A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM FOR SUNTRUST AND WE HOPE THAT IT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL FOR THE MERCHANTS IN TOWN WHO CHOOSE TO USE IT.))
[SUPER=01-Gordon Howell/Suntrust Bank]
[RUNS=17]
[OUT Q=choose to use it.]
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[VO-NAT]
SunTrust is helping provide inkpads for stores who want to start the I-D program.
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[China-School]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=kmc]
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[GRAPHIC=none]
Soldiers are searching through the debris of an explosion that happened at a school in southeastern China.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Fan Lin, China;]
At least 41 people were killed in yesterday's blast.
Many of the victims were children.
The cause of the explosion is still under investigation.
One fire official says the debris is littered with firecracker wrapping papers.
But local officials have repeatedly denied reports that students were assembling fireworks at the time of the blast.
A rescue worker says there were about 190 people inside the building at the time of the blast.
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[Internet-Twins]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
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An Arkansas judge has nullified a British couple's Internet adoption of a set of twin girls.
It's an adoption that's disputed by an American couple and the girls' biological parents.
Kimberly Dozier is following what's now a THREE- way international custody battle, and has the latest.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-London, England;]
[SUPER=01-Alan Kilshaw/Adoptive Father;]
[SUPER=01-Judith Kilshaw/Adoptive Mother;]
[SUPER=01-Aaron Wecker/Biological Father;]
[SUPER=01-Kimberly Dozier/Reporting;]
[RUNS=:00]
[OUT Q=Dozier, CBS News, London.]
---((
(LOCATOR: LONDON)
Briefly, this British couple called Belinda and Kimberly their own,
fighting
off claims by a second would-be adoptive couple, AND both biological
parents.
But a Little Rock court has ruled Alan and Judith Kilshaw's
adoption...invalid.
In a sniping match waged as much on TV screens as in court, the Kilshaws
say
they'll fight on.
(SOT Alan Kilshaw, Adoptive Father)
'I hope we won't have to take it beyond the Supreme Court in
Arkansas.'
They insist NEITHER biological parent deserves the twins.
(SOT Judith Kilshaw, Adoptive Mother)
'One tried to give them away three or five times. The other one denied
they
were his. Now, I think they should go to a family that want them.'
The twins were taken from the British pair weeks ago, by British social
services, pending the outcome of the transatlantic legal battle.
Biological father Aaron Wecker says that's part of why HE joined the
fight for custody...saying he can provide what's best for the girls.
(SOT Aaron Wecker, )
'To be in a stable environment, to be out of foster care, to be with
parents
that love them.'
Birth mother Tranda Wecker also wants them, but the Arkansas judge left
that decision to another court.
Meanwhile, Belinda and Kimberly have been in four separate homes...in
just
eight months, and it looks like they'll be staying here in
Britain, for a while longer.
KD, CBS News, London
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[Clifton-Forge]
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Clifton Forge will become a town.
[TAKE FS ELECTION RESULTS 1002]
Yesterday-- 66 percent of the city's 25- hundred registered voters voted in favor of reversion.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Clifton Forge/Yesterday;]
On July first-- the city will revert to a town within Alleghany County.
The move will leave 43 people without a job.
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[SOT 00:30:08....00:28:48]
[IN Q=I certainly]
((DUSTY RHODES/CLIFTON FORGE MAYOR: I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERNS... BETTERMENT OF ALL PEOPLE OF THE CITY.))
((JOE PEACO/CLIFTON FORGE RESIDENT: THE CITY WILL SURVIVE, I GUESS IT'S GOT TO, WE'VE GOT TO LIVE HERE.))
[SUPER=01-Dusty Rhodes/Clifton Forge Mayor; :00]
[SUPER=01-Joe Peaco/Clifton Forge Resident; :15]
[RUNS=22]
[OUT Q=to live here.]
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[VO-NAT]
Clifton Forge has been a city for 95 years.
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[Anchor=Kim]
[SS=none]
Tonight on News 7 at 6, we'll have reaction to the reversion vote, and how the city will make the change to town status.
[Monty-School]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=rca/jja]
[TAPE#=00-53 1:32:58]
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The Indian Mascot controversy in Montgomery County is going a step further.
School Board members have decided to send the policy on to the board's attorney.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg/January;]
At last night's school board meeting, members could not reach a consensus on Blacksburg High School's Indian mascot.
Some say it is a fair symbol and others believe it is offensive.
[SUPER=03-Christiansburg]
Two board members presented their policy suggestions...but out of the seven-member board...four supported one and five supported the other.
An attorney will now write policies which will reviewed by the school board and read at an information session and meeting.
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[L'burg-Schools]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=01-06 56:45]
[GRAPHIC=Education]
Teacher raises were discussed in a public meeting last night in Lynchburg.
But only a small number of Lynchburg educators showed up.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg]
Just thirty people turned out for a public hearing on the Lynchburg school budget last night... and only three of them took a turn at the podium.
One teacher explained why more of her colleagues weren't there.
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[SOT 10:26:35]
[IN Q=Why are they]
((CAROLYN DEAN/LYNCHBURG EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: WHY ARE THEY NOT HERE IN GREAT NUMBERS TONIGHT? THAT'S EASY. THEY'RE TIRED, THEY'RE DOG- TIRED. THEY'RE HOME WITH THEIR FAMILIES GRADING PAPERS, MAKING TESTS OR LESSON PLANS, OR JUST RESTING UP SO THEY CAN GO BACK AGAIN TOMORROW.))
[SUPER=01-Carolyn Dean/Lynchburg Education Association]
[RUNS=15]
[OUT Q=back again tomorrow.]
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[VO-NAT]
The current budget proposal calls for a 6- point- 3 percent raise for city teachers.
Finding the money won't be easy.. the board is still waiting to see how much funding they can expect from the state this year.
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[Permanent-Makeup]
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[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=00-51 1:55:02]
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[**ANCHOR TAG**]
Some women never have to worry about applying and reapplying makeup throughout the day.
That's because they have permanent makeup.
Health Check Reporter Joy Sutton explains the procedure.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Judy Parsons]
[SUPER=03-Salem; :00]
[SUPER=07-Judy Parsons; :11]
[SUPER=01-Robyn Goodpasture/Spa VA; :28]
[SUPER=@Joy2; :59]
[RUNS=1:03]
[OUT Q=Joy Sutton, News 7, Salem]
(( Judy Parsons has had her eyes lined, her eyebrows drawn in, and her lips lined.
And now she's coming back to Spa Virginia to get a touch up and some corrections made.
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[SOT Tape 1, 1:10:02]
[IN Q=It will last for a number of years]
((JUDY PARSONS: IT WILL LAST A NUMBER OF YEARS THAN YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT REDONE.))
[RUNS= 02]
[OUT Q=it redone]
In fact, it's been more than 10 years since Parson had her first application.
But with a variety of colors to choose from these days -- you can always change your look -- because even though the make-up is permanent it's also fixable.
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[SOT tape 3, 55:23]
[IN Q=Permanent make-up shouldn't]
((ROBYN GOODPASTURE/SPA VA: PERMANENT MAKE-UP SHOULDN'T NECESSARILY TAKE THE PLACE OF REGULAR MAKE-UP BUT IF YOU WANT TO SHOWER, WORKOUT AT THE GYM AND DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO AND LOOK BRIGHT EYED AND BUSHY TAILED IT'S FABULOUS.))
[RUNS= 12]
[OUT Q=it's fabulous]
The process is similar to tattooing but doesn't go as deep into the skin.
And there are risks.
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[SOT53;56]
[IN Q=If someone were to go too deep]
((IF SOMEONE WERE TO GO TOO DEEP OR TOO AGGRESSIVE SOMETIMES THAT PIGMENT CAN KIND OF BLEED UNDERNEATH SKIN.))
[RUNS= 10]
[OUT Q=underneath the skin]
But for Parson's its meant she no longer bother with the daily make-up routine --but still look good every day.
Joy Sutton, News 7, Salem.))
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[GRAPHIC=None]
At Spa VA the permanent make-up can cost anywhere from 275 up to 600 dollars depending on the procedure.
[Jackson-Speech]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
And before we leave you this afternoon--
Pop superstar Michael Jackson left his Neverland Ranch long enough to speak to hundreds of students at Oxford University.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Oxford, England;]
Jackson was there to talk about child welfare, and to help launch his new charity, "Heal the Kids".
The performer wasn't wearing his trademark face mask.
Instead, he was on crutches after breaking a bone at his ranch.
Meanwhile, reviews of Jackson's speech were mixed.
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[SOT 3:38:54 ]
[IN Q=He did get quite]
((HE DID GET QUITE EMOTIONAL IN THE MIDDLE BUT HE SPOKE VERY WELL. I
THINK IT WAS VERY BRAVE WHAT HE DID BECAUSE THERE WAS OBVIOUSLY A
LOT OF BAD PRESS AROUND IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND I THINK THAT
IT TOOK A LOT OF COURAGE TO DO WHAT HE DID.))
[SOT 3:39:35 ]
(("IT WAS GOOD. VERY EMOTIONAL. I'M NOT SURE HOW GENUINE IT WAS
THOUGH.))
[RUNS=:14]
[OUT Q=it was though.]
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[VO-NAT]
Jackson told the crowd that he was the "product of a lack of childhood".
He's now the father of two children.
In 19-93, the singer was accused of child abuse, but the case was settled out of court.
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