WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 03/08/01

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Coming up-
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Just over one year after Tara Munsey's murder- a man is convicted- The verdict and reaction coming up.
Who will attend the new Roanoke County high school when it opens? We'll find out.
Plus home video shows a different glimpse of the 15 year old accused of opening fire in school.
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News 7 is up next.[Open]
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Tara Munsey's family reacts to a guilty verdict. Now Jeffrey Thomas faces a possible death sentence.
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[Thomas]

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The verdict came down late this afternoon.
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The jury needed just over two hours to convict Thomas of Capital Murder, Attempted Rape, and Felony Use of a Firearm.
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Tomorrow, the same jurors begin deciding whether Thomas should be executed.
Marya Jones spoke with Munsey's family, investigators and attorneys .. and has their reactions to the verdict.
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(( Smoking a cigarette as he left the courthouse, Jeffrey Thomas' face was as impassive as it was hours earlier, when the jury read its guilty verdict.
Outside the courthouse, Tara Munsey's family hugged each other.
Munsey's cousin, Ella Buchanan, expressed the family's satisfaction with the verdict.
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((ELLA BUCHANAN/TARA MUNSEY'S COUSIN: THIS HAS BEEN A SCIENTIFIC-PROVEN CASE...REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME TODAY.))
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Pulaski County investigators said the verdict validated their hard work in the case.
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Defense attorneys had attacked the way investigators collected evidence in the case, saying it COULD have been contaminated.
But prosecutor Mike Fleenor told jurors in his closing statement that Thomas' DNA was all over Munsey's body and clothes ... and that THAT was what the case boiled down to.
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[SU ] ((MARYA JONES/NEWS-7: TARA MUNSEY'S FAMILY MEMBERS SAY THEY'RE DIVIDED OVER WHETHER THE DEATH PENALTY SHOULD BE IMPOSED. THAT'S THE ISSUE JURORS WILL NOW TAKE UP IN THE SENTENCING PHASE OF THE TRIAL. DEFENSE ATTORNEYS SAY AN APPEAL OF THE CONVICTION WILL BE AUTOMATIC. MJN7, PULASKI.))
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Testimony in the penalty phase begins tomorrow morning at Nine.

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The controversy over who will attend the new Roanoke County high school is now decided.
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Superintendent Doctor Linda Weber recommended that when Hidden Valley High School opens in the fall of 2002, the rising juniors at Cave Spring High School who fall in the new school zone will attend the new school.
Tonight the school board agreed with Weber by a vote of 3 to 2, saying plans must move forward for the new school to be up and running.
Some parents say it should be the students choice whether they want to attend the new school.
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A student from Cave Spring Junior High School handed a petition with 250 signatures from students, saying they want a choice.
However, one student says while friends maybe split up, being the first graduating class at a new school is something that doesn't come along every day.
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But there is an "out" for students who do not want to attend the new school. Their parents can apply to the school district to stay at Cave Spring.
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[School-Shooting]

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The deadly school shooting near San Diego earlier this week has led to the expulsions of four students for the rest of the year.
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Andy Williams, the alleged gunman, is said to have told the four classmates that he planned to open fire on the school.
The students were expelled for not reporting the threats. They say they thought Williams was only joking.
The school superintendent says that the expulsion is not a punishment, but rather an issue of safety.
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[Williams]

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Home video now provides a closer look at the 15-year old charged with the killing.
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(HERE'S MY BATHROOM...... MY PIGGYBANK.

A tour Andy Williams gives of his home- deepens the mystery of Monday's madness- with the exception of his walk past a gun cabinet- NO TRESPASSING CABINET.
Williams also makes a contradictory statement about his school. MY SCHOOL IS HORRIBLE. I HATE IT HERE.. BUT EVERYBODY'S ALL NICE TO ME THERE, CAUSE THEY'RE STUPID.
What's remarkeable is how normal Willaims seems. DR. KOPLEWITZ/PSYCHIATRIC TROUBLE ISN'T LKE A BROKEN ARM OR PSYCHIATRIC DISTREE OR HOPELESSNESS IS NOT SOMETHING WE NECESSARILY WEAR ON OUR FACE.)

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Meanwhile in Williamsport, Pennsylvania - an eighth grader shot at her school yesterday is out of the hospital.
13-year-old Kimberly (Mar-KAY-zee) Marchese was alledgedly shot in the shoulder by a classmate.
Officials say 14-year-old Elizabeth Bush fired a 22-caliber revolver in a crowded cafeteria.
Officials say the two were involved in a long standing argument.
Bush is being held in a juvenile detention center while waiting for a psychological evaluation.
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[Boty-Threats]

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A boy suspected of making threats to shoot other students at a school in our area .. has been taken into custody.

A school resource officer at Read Mountain Middle School in Botetourt County overheard the 13 year old. The boy allegedly told another student .. he would shoot people who had been picking on him.
Authorities confronted the boys and called their parents.
No guns were found.

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The driver blames it on a deer running across the roadway.
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A car with two teenagers inside left Starlight Lane tonightin southwest Roanoke County.
The driver told police when he swerved to miss the deer, he lost control. The car hit an embankment and then rolled over.
The two boys were not wearing their seat belts, but no one was seriously injured.
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[WX1] [11:00pm] [03/08/2001] [MCU]WEATHER OFFICE [WXPRO/FULL]WEATHER MAP TOMORROW FORECAST

[Toss back to anchor][Tax-cut]

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Many Americans are one stop closer to getting a tax cut.
The Republican led house today passed a nearly one trillion dollar income tax cut.
As Teri Okita reports.. President Bush calls it a victory for the American family.
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(( BUT DEMOCRATS QUESTION THE RUSH TO PASS A TAX CUT PLAN WHEN THERE'S NO BUDGET YET.... AND WONDER IF THERE WOULD BE ENOUGH MONEY FOR THOSE CUTS. Rep. Baron Hill/D-IN, Before you start spending money, sit down and figure out how much you have. PRESIDENT BUSH'S REAL BATTLE WILL BE IN THE SENATE, WHERE SEVERAL REPUBLICANS HAVE ALREADY SAID THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE AGAINST THE BILL. OKITA STAND-UP: SO TAXPAYERS SHOULDN'T EXPECT TO START DIPPING INTO THE KITTY FOR EXTRA CASH JUST YET. AS IT STANDS NOW, THIS BILL WON'T PASS THE SENATE, AND DEMOCRATS PROMISE THE WHEELS OF GOVERNMENT WILL SLOW DOWN ONCE IT HEADS TO THAT SIDE OF THE HILL.))

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The Reverend Jesse Jackson faces a different tax matter.
He says the "tax return" of one of his organizations is being corrected .. to reflect the money paid to a staffer who was his mistress.
The "Citizenship Education Fund" paid Karin Stanford 120-thousand dollars in 19-99. Her name was one of five staffers' left off the tax return.
Jackson calls the omissions "inadvertent."
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The census numbers are in. Just ahead, cities decline, but one area town shows a big gain.
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And later .. one heck of a way to make a living. Call him the "Ice Man", and he's living high.
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[Sports-Preview]

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((O-K sports fans here's what's happening on the Big 7. Clemson and Florida State opened play in the A-C-C tournament Virginia plays tomorrow afternoon, The Franklin County Eagles prepare for the state quarterfinals and the Roanoke Express talks about its future.
All that and more in sports.))
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[Census]

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The Census numbers are in. They mean bigger counties, but smaller cities across most of Virginia.
News 7's Jennifer Miele shows what they mean in our region.
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(( Here's one side to the numbers ...Virginia's population has grown by about a million people over the last 10 years.
Here's another side ... not enough to get another seat in Congress.
And there's only one side for the region's the biggest cities ... the downside. [PRE PRO] [PRE PRO PAGE 2]
Danville took a huge hit... an 8 point 8 percent population drop. [ADD]
Roanoke lost one and a half percent of its population. [ADD]
Lynchburg's numbers fell one point two percent. [ADD]
But the town of Blacksburg jumped up in the numbers by 14 percent. [END PRE PRO]
And the reason for Blacksburg's success?
It could be the popularity at Virginia Tech.
Tech's 25 thousand plus students make up about 65 percent of Blacksburg's population.
Taking another quick look at the numbers, you'll notice that biggest losses in population occurred in cities, but not one COUNTY in Virginia shrank in the last 10 years. [STAND UP] ((JENNIFER MIELE/REPORTING: LAWMAKERS WILL USE THE CENSUS INFORMATION NEXT MONTH TO DETERMINE HOW EXACTLY TO REDRAW LEGISLATIVE LINES. REGIONAL GROWTH IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA WILL ADD TO THE NUMBER OF CONGRESSMEN THERE, BUT NOT HERE. JENNIFER MIELE, NEWS 7.))
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You can take a closer look at the Census results by going to our web site at WDBJ 7 dot com.
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[Steve-Mills]

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The man who used to run Virginia Tech's public radio station has filed a breach of contract suit.
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Steve Mills says he was illegally fired from his job as general manager of W-V-T-F last year.
He filed a lawsuit in Montgomery County circuit court today against the state and four university officials.
He's asking for 3-point-4 million dollars in damages.
A spokesman says Virginia Tech believes it did nothing wrong and it will be vindicated in court.
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Too many goods ... not enough buyers. An inventory surplus is leaving 36 people without jobs at Pulaski Furniture.
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The company blames a slow down in curio cabinet sales.
This layoff follows a cut of 13 people in Pulaski last month.
The company's other plant, in Ridgeway, cut 90 jobs two weeks ago.
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[Cardiac-Test]

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Emergency personnel at Lewis-Gale Medical Center now have one more tool to help detect a heart attack.
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The hospital is one of few sites in the region using the "biosite cardiac marker".
The device can help determine if there is any blockage that is causing injury to the heart .. by testing three different enzymes in the blood.
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((CAMI JONES/DIR. OF EMERGENCY AND TRANSFER SERVICES: TIME IS MUSCLE WE WANT TO FIND OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, THE FASTER WE START DELIVERING AN INTERVENTION TO A PATIENT THE FASTER WE KNOW, THE FASTER WE CAN SAVE THEIR HEART MUSCLE AND THAT PATIENT HAS A BETTER OPPORTUNITY OF HAVING GOOD OUTCOME))
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The test only takes 15 minutes .. and that is much faster than sending it to the lab.
The lab usually takes at least 45 minutes to get results back.
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He's the Democrats' hope to re-take the Governor's mansion. Still ahead, Mark Warner officially dives into his campaign ..
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While these women dive into some very chilly waters. No wonder they call themselves "The Walruses".
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[Mark-Warner]

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With last year's Senate race, Virginia Democrats lost their hold on statewide office.
Today, the man who hopes to reclaim the Governor's office formally launched his campaign.
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Mark Warner rallied supporters who gathered at the city market building.
Warner emphasized a favorite theme, making sure all parts of the commonwealth benefit from a changing economy.
He said he would continue the phase-out of the car tax... without threatening important programs and institutions.
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((MARK WARNER/D- CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR: IN A KNOWLEDGE BASED WORLD, WE CANNOT RETREAT FROM OUR SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND OUR PUBLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. AND THEY SHOULD NOT ALWAYS BE THE FIRST ON THE LINE TO HAVE THEIR BUDGETS CUT WHEN TIMES ARE TOUGH.))
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The Alexandria businessman has no Democratic opposition. He will face either Attorney General Mark Earley or Lieutenant Governor John Hager in the general election.
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[Gilmore-Budget]

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Governor Gilmore is holding off on a decision .. on whether to call a special budget session.
The governor said in Richmond he'll "weigh his options" during the veto session.
There is a 421-million dollar hole in the state budget .. after the General Assembly could not agree on a new spending plan last month.

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If you think your job is tough-
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check out how this guy earned his pay today.
The man is high above the traffic on the George Washington Bridge- working to chip away at the ice-
Heads up below- as the ice pieces come flying off-
The upper deck of the bridge has actually been closed to traffic since officials discovered the falling ice.
Today the job began... getting the ice off-
The man chipped and poked at the ice-
The George Washington Bridge connects New York and New Jersey.
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The Clemson Tigers will play another day in the A-C-C tournament.
Clemson beating Florida State tonight 66 to 64.
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Steve Robinson's Seminoles not up for the three peat.
Clemson's Will Solomon hits his third three of the first half and the Tigers led 20 to 16.
But the Noles would take the lead at the half Antuwan Dixon hits the board for the follow up.
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But Clemson gets the ball to Solomon late in the second half he knocks down the jumper and the Tigers win it 66 to 64.
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[S-UVA]

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The ACC men's basketball tournament continues tomorrow afternoon in Atlanta, Georgia. Virginia battles Georgia Tech, a team that swept the Cavaliers in the regular season.
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[S-ACC]

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You can catch the A-C-C action tomorrow right here on your Hometown Station. [PINNACLE PAGE 1201]
Coverage begins with North Carolina playing Clemson the winner of tonight's game at noon tomorrow.
Then at 2:30 Virginia fans can kick back and watch the Cavaliers take on Georgia Tech. [PINNACLE PAGE 1202]
At 7 o'clock Duke faces N.C. State followed by the Maryland Wale Forest game at 9:30.

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Virginia prepares for its opening round game in the A-C-C tornament tomorrow and the Roanoke Express talks about it's future.
But first our Extra Point.
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Bobby Knight is suing Indiana University for his September firing. He's accusing school officials of Slander.
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Meantime, It was reported today that Knight could be offered the Texas Tech head coaching if the school dismisses James Dickey.
Knight has met with Texas Tech officials but sources say he has some reservations because of the remoteness of the school in Lubbock, Texas.
Indiana fired Knight last fall.
Here are tonight's college scores.
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[S-Express]

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The Roanoke Express is working with two groups that might buy the team. The franchise's future became more concrete today. Steve Mason explains.
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((The announcement eases the minds of fans buying playoff packages. Post season tickets not used this year will be validated next season because the team will be in Roanoke. On the ice, forward Troy Lake practiced on his severed hamstring for the first time since January. ((:))
Perry Florio is getting email from opposing team's fans. Trenton die hard Lou Craig writes....."thanks for coming down and visiting with me before the game"....and...." If you end up coming to Trenton(for the Playoffs) my wife and I would like to take you to dinner." ((:))
The Express battles Pee Dee on the road Sunday. Steve Mason News 7 sports.))

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Franklin County is going to the state championship tournament for the first time since 1990.
Denise Allen tells us the Eagles are back in the hunt and the fans are filling the nest.
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((Experienced and confident is how the 2001 Franklin County Eagles describe themselves.
The 21 and five squad is headed north this weekend to play TC Williams in the state Triple A quarterfinals.
It's a turnaround from last season's 12 and 10 record. Teamwork has been the difference.
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The team leaders Devon Taylor and Lewis Muse average 19 and 21 points respectively.
But everyone is stepping it up. The team has eight seniors who want to end their high school careers as state champions.
TC Williams stands in the way. The Titans' best players are 6'4" and 6'8," but Franklin County has faced tall orders all season most recently the Eagles beat GW Danville.
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DENISE ALLEN/NEWS 7 SPORTS: COACH CONKLIN SAYS THE FRANKLIN COUNTY FANS HAVE BEEN HUNGRY FOR A WINNER.
THEY'VE BEEN SENDING CONGRATULATORY LETTERS, 1000 TRAVELED MORE THAN FOUR HOURS TO WATCH LAST WEEKEND'S GAME AGAINST GARFIELD AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR BUSES TO GO SEE THIS WEEKEND'S GAME AGAINST TC WILLIAMS AT ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL IN FAIRFAX.
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The Eagles play TC Williams Saturday night at seven.
Denise Allen News 7 Sports. ))
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GW Danville girls face Hayfield at Averett College Saturday at Seven [AA full screen]
Northside and Martinsville clash Friday night at Bassett.
Dan River meets Heritage at EC Glass Saturday at 7p. [A full screen]
It's Haysi and Radford at Virginia Tech Friday night and Parry McCluer against Council, Saturday night at Virginia High.

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On a cold winter day- what better to do that go swimming-
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probably not.. but that's what some women did in Russia- Braving 16 degree temperatures to take a dip.
The water temp- a brisk 35 degrees.
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It may be recommended for Walruses- that's what these women call themselves-
Walruses belive winter swimming is both for pleasure and good medicine against disease.
l The cold water bathers took the plunge to celebrate Women's day- considered the first spring festival inRussia.
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