[HEADLINES]

[TALENT=Kimberly]

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[VO-NAT]

The standoff is over between the U-S and China.
A letter from the Bush administration is delivered to the Chinese, who say they'll release the two dozen American crew members.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

And ANOTHER suspect turns himself in to authorities for the shooting of a cab driver in Roanoke.
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[TALENT=Jacey]
[SS=None]

Feels a little cooler outside today but the soggy weather continues. How long you'll need to keep the umbrella handy... next.
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[SS=None]

News 7 at noon is straight ahead.

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[Video-Open]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]

[ROLL COLD OUT OF OPEN]

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[SOT 10:02:32]
[IN Q=This morning]
((THIS MORNING THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT ASSURED OUR AMERICAN AMBASSADOR THAT THE CREW WOULD LEAVE PROMPTLY. ))
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[OUT Q=leave promptly]
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[VO-NAT]

After 11- days in China the 24 American servicemen and women are coming home.

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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=HOLD]

Good Afternoon, I'm Kimberly McBroom.
The crew of the Navy spy plane could be heading home by the end of the day.
Pentagon officials say arrangements are in place for a commercial American airliner to pick up the Americans.
Word of their pending release came after a carefully-worded letter from the U-S was delivered to the Chinese.
Terisa Estacio joins us now from Washington, with details of that letter.
[LIVE=NEWSPATH/FULL]
[SUPER=01-Terisa Estacio/Reporting;]
[SUPER=05-Washington, DC;]

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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=04-Chinese TV;]
[SUPER=01-Tilda Young/Crew Member's Mother;]
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[OUT Q=]
((
(Nat sot chinese tv)
Track: A SHORT TIME AFTER THE CHINESE ANNOUNCED THEY WOULD RELEASE THE 24 CREW MEMBERS...PRESIDENT BUSH CONFIRMED THE NEWS.

(Sot:President Bush/I'm pleased to be able to tell the American people
that plans are under way to bring home our 24 American servicemen and women from Hainan Island)
Track: THE AGREEMENT TO LET THE CREW MEMBERS RETURN HOME CAME SHORTLY AFTER THE U.S. AMBASSADOR DELIVERED A LETTER WRITTEN BY PRESIDENT BUSH TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.
Track: IN THE LETTER THE ADMINISTRATION EXPRESSED REGRET BOTH OVER THE LOSS OF THE CHINESE PILOT AND HIS PLANE.. AS WELL AS FOR LANDING WITHOUT PERMISSION ON HAINAN ISLAND.
THE PHRASE "VERY SORRY" WAS USED TWICE. HOWEVER, THE U.S DID NOT DIRECTLY APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCIDENT.
FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN ARE OVERJOYED ABOUT THE END DRAWING NEAR.
Sot Tilda Young/Mother of crew member;
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[SUPER=05-Washington, DC;]

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[Family-Reax]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]

Families are expressing relief at the news that the crew members are coming home..
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Katy, TX;]

The parents of crewman Rodney Young say they can handle waiting a bit longer to see him, as long he's safe.
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[SOT 10:05:22 ]
[IN Q=Rodney's military and]
((FRETITIA YOUNG/RODNEY YOUNG'S FATHER: RODNEY'S MILITARY AND WE CONSIDER OURSELVES MILITARY, AND WE TRIED TO CONDUCT OURSELVES AS HE WOULD HAVE CONDUCTED HIMSELF AND THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT ONCE HE TOOK THE OATH THAT THERE WERE SOME RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WENT ALONG WITH THAT. SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN HANDLING IT LIKE WE HAVE. ))
[SUPER=01-Fretitia Young/Rodney Young's Father;]
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[OUT Q=like we have.]
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[ANCHOR=KIMBERLY]
[GRAPHIC=none]

Officials say a welcoming ceremony is planned at a naval air station in Washington State later this week.

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[Taxi-Shooting]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=12]
[WRITER=jmi]
[TAPE#=01-13]
[GRAPHIC=Shooting]

The second suspect in a cab driver shooting turned himself in to authorities last night.
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[PRE PRO]
Shawn Conace Vaughn surrendered himself to the Roanoke Police Department after he heard local media reports that there were warrants out for his arrest.
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/Sunday]

Vaughn and another man allegedly shot and robbed a cab driver early Sunday morning.
Vaughn's accomplice was arrested Monday.
The cab driver is in fair condition at Duke University Medical Center.
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[Johnson]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=12]
[WRITER=jmi]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=none]

Roanoke has a new assistant city manger.
Rolanda Johnson comes from Decatur, Illinois with 12 years of administrative experience.
She'll begin working in Roanoke on May second.
City Manager Darlene Burcham says Decatur's loss is Roanoke's gain.
Burcham also says Johnson's exact role in city administration has not yet been determined.

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[Mascot-Hearing]

[ANCHOR=kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=01-09]
[GRAPHIC=Mascot]
Is the Blacksburg High school Indian a symbol of school pride or does it demean Native Americans? Some members of the Montgomery County school board are worried its a negative stereotype and want to retire the Indian. Last night-- they heard from some 40- people at an emotional public hearing. Teresa Hamilton reports.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Earl Brown]
[SUPER=01-Earl Brown/Indian Mascot Supporter; :00 QUICK!!!]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg/Last Night; :08]
[SUPER=01-Jim Shockley/Indian Mascot Supporter; :32]
[SUPER=01-George Whitewolf/Indian Mascot Opponent; :52]
[SUPER=01-Eric Miller/Indian Mascot Opponent; 1:08]
[SUPER=@Teresa1; 1:16]
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[OUT Q=Hamilton, NEWS 7, Bburg.]
((
Earl Brown was one of many former and current Blacksburg High school students to voice their opinion. The school board is considering eliminating the Indian name and mascot as part of a county wide policy. But those who want to keep what they see as a source of pride reminded the board that a task force organized to study the issue voted to keep both the name and Indian symbol.
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[sot]
((JIM SHOCKLEY/INDIAN SUPPORTER: ...I'M JUST BEGGING YOU... TO HONOR THE WISHES OF THE BLACKSBURG COMMUNITY.)) But those who want the board to adopt the policy and say the task force was one sided... urged the board to eliminate what they see as demeaning.
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((I CAME HERE IN PITY, I PITY YOU ALL YOU PEOPLE UP THERE... NOT AS A MASCOT.)) ((YOUR ANCESTORS STOLE OUR LAND BUT WE'LL NO LONGER PERMIT YOU TO ROB OUR CULTURE.)) [TAKE TERESA STAND UP] The board did not make a decision. That, however, could come as early as next week. Teresa Hamilton, NEWS 7, Blacksburg.))

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[Titans]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=01-23 TC00:20 ]
[GRAPHIC=RKE. CO. SCHOOLS]

Students of Hidden Valley High School in Roanoke County will be known as the Titans when the school opens in the fall of 2002.
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[VO-NAT]
63 percent of the teenagers at Hidden Valley Junior High, who will go to the new high school, overwhelmingly picked "Titans" over the other finalists that included mainstream names like "Eagles" and even a cutting edge "Vanguard."
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[SOT]
[IN Q="I don't think...]
[SUPER=01-Lauryn Childress/Hidden Valley 6th Grader; :00]
[SUPER=01-Andrew Cunningham/Hidden Valley 9th Grader; :14]
[SUPER=01-Dave Blevins/Hidden Valley Principal; :32]
[RUNS=:40]
[OUT Q=...a great school."]
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[TALENT=Kimberly]
[GRAPHIC=HOLD]
The school board is expected to formally approve the mascot choice.

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[81-Accident]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=01-17 TC07:50]
[GRAPHIC=81-Accident]

Crews are still repairing the bridge that was damaged in Monday night's accident in Interstate 81.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.]

Northbound traffic was backed up for several miles near the 581 interchange yesterday.
V-Dot was working to repair damage to the bridge there.
[SUPER=04-Monday Night]

Monday night, a tractor trailer hit the bridge and caught fire.
Crews are working on the bridge again today until 4.
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[Postal-Stabbing]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]

An ex- postal worker is dead after he went on a stabbing rampage at a postal facility in New Jersey.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Kearney, NJ;]

Police shot and killed the man after he refused to drop his weapons, which included a handgun and two knives.
Authorities say the man walked into the lobby of the bulk transfer facility and stabbed four of his former co-workers.
They were taken to hospitals, where they were treated and released.
Authorities say the man was a former temporary employee who resigned in March after a personnel dispute.
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[Daewoo-Protest]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]

In South Korea, hundreds of Daewoo workers and labor activists are protesting company-wide layoffs.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Pupyong, South Korea;]

20- people were injured in yesterday's protests.
Police tried to block demonstrators from marching on Daewoo headquarters before they resorted to using batons.
Angry employees later smashed the windows of two police cars and set fire to the vehicles.
Daewoo Motors went bankrupt in November, with an estimated 15- billion dollars of debt.
The car-maker has laid off 55- hundred workers in hopes that General Motors will take it over.
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[Redistricting]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#=500-15 1:38:04]
[GRAPHIC=Redistricting]

Virginia's new election maps are up for debate today - as lawmakers continue the special redistricting session that began yesterday.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Richmond]

Republicans yesterday unveiled a Virginia first.
The first political district in state history with a 50 percent Hispanic and Asian make-up.
It's the first minority district in northern Virginia ... and the first minority district that is NOT primarily African- American.
Democrats unveiled their own plan for House Districts that paired only eight incumbents.
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[SOT 13:21:55]
[IN Q=We're trying to draw a plan]
((DEL. BILLY ROBINSON/D-NORFOLK: WE WERE TRYING TO DRAW A PLAN THAT MAXIMIZED... TRYING NOT TO SPLIT PRECINCTS.))
[SUPER=01-Del. Billy Robinson/(D) Norfolk;]
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[OUT Q=trying not to split precincts.]
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[VO-NAT]

The Republican House plan now pairs a record 15 Delegates into seven districts.
But the latest change is that it NO longer splits Lynchburg and Campbell Counties into separate districts.
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[sot tape two 13:14:23]
[IN Q=Well it's been a recurring theme]
((DEL. CHRIS JONES/R-SUFFOLK: WELL IT'S BEEN A RECURRING THEME, MAKE US WHOLE IF YOU CAN. AND WE'RE TRYING TO. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, YOU HAVE TO SPLIT AT LEAST 24 DISTRICTS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TOO MUCH POPULATION. SO YOU'VE GOT TO SPLIT THAT MANY TO BEGIN WITH. PLUS SOME.))
[SUPER=01-Del. Chris Jones/(R) Suffolk;]
[RUNS=:13]
[OUT Q=many to begin with. Plus some.]
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[VO-NAT]

Montgomery County state senator Madison Marye unveiled his own plan for the Senate, which miraculously spares his 39th district.
Republicans moved it to northern Virginia in the map they released last week.
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[Monticello-Archeology]

[ANCHOR=Kim ]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=01-05 TC1:51:47]
[GRAPHIC=Monticello]

Historians have made what they call a significant discovery at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello.
They believe they've found a long- lost slave cemetery on the grounds of the historic plantation.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Charlottesville]

Archaeology crews have been digging in this section near a visitors parking lot for the past two months.
They've uncovered the outlines of twenty graves of both children and adults.. they think the site could contain as many as 110 burial plots.
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[SOT 15:06:16]
[IN Q=It's exciting]
((DIANNE SWANN-WRIGHT/HISTORIAN: IT'S EXCITING BECAUSE IT'S A REFLECTION.. ...HERE TO BE BURIED.))
[SUPER=01-Dianne Swann-Wright/Historian;]
[RUNS=15]
[OUT Q=to be buried.]
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[VO-NAT]

The site eventually will be fenced off and interpretive signs erected to make the site part of the Monticello tour.
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[11Dog-Arthritis]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=01-15 TC15:29]
[GRAPHIC=None]

Has your dog lost interest in going for walks or reluctant to climb stairs?
Well, it could be arthritis.
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[VO-NAT]

It's a condition that affects about 1 out every 5 adult dogs.
11 year old Raijin(RYE-Gin) is one of them.
His owners say they realized something was wrong when he started limping and was slow to get up.
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[SOT29:03]
[IN Q=We just noticed he wouldn't go outside]
((SAM NEWSOM: WE JUST NOTICED HE WOULDN'T GO OUTSIDE AS MUCH. HE LAID AROUND MORE. AND HE WASN'T AS INTERESTED IN GOING OUT AND PLAYING WITH THE BOYS))
[SUPER=07-Sam Newsom]
[RUNS=14]
[OUT Q=with the boys]
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[VO-NAT]

For the past two years Raijin (RYE-Gin) has been on non-steriodal anti-inflammatory drugs.
And the Newsoms say it has made all the difference.
Veterinarian Kelly Farrell says while the disease can be treated, it can also be prevented.
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[SOT27:20]
[IN Q=Watch their weight don't allow your]
((DR. KELLY FARRELL/HANGING ROCK ANIMAL HOSPITAL: WATCH THEIR WEIGHT DON'T ALLOW YOUR PET TO GET OVERWEIGHT THAT'S VERY STRESSFUL ON THEIR JOINTS, GOOD EXERCISE, STRONG MUSCLES, STEADY EXERCISE IS PREVENTATIVE))
[SUPER=01-Dr. Kelly Farrell/Hanging Rock Animal Hospital]
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[OUT Q=exercise is preventative]
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[VO-NAT]

The Newsoms say Raijin (RYE-Gin) seems to be feeling a lot more athletic these days and always ready to play.
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[6-Dinosaur]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=01-]
[GRAPHIC=None]

You may have heard of or even seen the "cows on parade" exhibit.
They're the fiberglass cows that were on display across the country last summer.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Martinsville]

But it's not cows on display in Martinsville, it's a dinosaur.
Her name is Roberta and she'll head to Chicago next week to become a temporary fixture at the Lincoln Zoo.
She'll return next spring bringing with her another 30 or so dinosaurs that will be on display throughout Martinsville and Henry County.
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[SOT 1:01:11]
[IN Q=They're going to be in high]
((TOY COBBE/PIEDMONT ARTS CENTER: THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN VERY HIGH VISIBILITY SPOTS. WE GOING TO HAVE A DINO TRACK MAP THAT PEOPLE CAN GET AND TRACE THE TRACKS OF ALL THE DINOSAURS THAT ARE MARCHING AROUND, PARADING AROUND THE COMMUNITY.))
[SUPER=01-Toy Cobbe/Piedmont Arts Center]
[RUNS=13]
[OUT Q=around the community]
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[VO-NAT]

This work of art was painted by a local artist and is currently on display at the Piedmont Arts Center.
They'll hold a bon voyage party for Roberta today at the Martinsville Y-M-C-A at 4:30. (------------)