WDBJ 7 news at 5 for 06/11/01

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More than six years after he killed 168 people by bombing the federal building in Oklahoma City, Timothy McVeigh is put to death. We'll have live reports from Indiana and Oklahoma.
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Also Governor Gilmore is under scrutiny for the severence packages he's given some state employees. [Weather-Head]
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Getting warmer in the short term forecast. Plus more rains later in the work week. Full forecast details coming up.

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Also today, we'll see how a new procedure is freeing patients from neck and back pain,
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and the fight against the Gypsy Moth takes to the air over Roanoke County.
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Victims families react after watching the death of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.

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Victim's famlies say they hoped McVeigh would show some type of remorse or sorrow before dying. He did not-
Tonight we have two reports on today's execution- We will go to Oklahoma City where familes are reacting- .. but first Drew Levinson in in Terre Haute, Indiana.. where the execution took place.
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(( AFTER SIX YEARS OF INCARCERATION, TIMOTHY MCVEIGH FINALLY LEFT FEDERAL PRISON... IN A HEARSE. HARLEY LAPIN/PRISON WARDEN "TIMOTHY JAMES MCVEIGH HAS BEEN EXECUTED BY LETHAL INJECTION." STRAPPED TO A GURNEY, MCVEIGH SAID NOTHING, BUT LIFTED HIS HEAD TO STARE AT THE WITNESSES.
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"THE MOST CHILLING PART OF THIS WAS THE FACT, FOR ME AT LEAST WAS HE TOOK THE TIME TO LOOK EACH OF US IN THE EYE." BYRON PITTS/MEDIA WITNESS "THERE WAS NO ARROGANCE IN HIS APPEARANCE, HE LOOKED CLOSER TO BE PERHAPS AFRAID OR ANXIOUS ABOUT THE MOMENT." WHILE MANY FEEL A MEASURE OF LONG OVERDUE JUSTICE WAS CARRIED OUT TODAY... MCVEIGH'S ATTORNEY ROBERT NIGH IS NOT AMONG THEM.
ROBERT NIGH/MCVEIGH'S ATTORNEY "I SUBMIT THERE'S NOTHING REASONABLE OR MORAL ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE TODAY." SOME WITNESSES HERE AT THE FEDERAL PRISON WERE FROM OKLAHOMA CITY.. FOR MORE.. LETS GO TO MY COLLEAGUE MANUEL GALLEGUS IN.. OKLAHOMA CITY))
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((ON A DAY WHEN MOST OF THE ATTENTION WAS ON TIMOTHY MCVEIGH, FAMILIES GATHERED AT THE OKLAHOMA CITY MEMORIAL TO REMEMBER THE LOVED ONES HE KILLED. INSIDE THE MEMORIAL BUILDING, A SIMPLE PLAQUE WAS HUNG ... MARKING AN END TO A VERY DARK CHAPTER...IT READS..TIMOTHY MCVEIGH WAS EXECUTED. KATHLEEN TREANOR/DAUGHTER KILLED IN BOMBING: "This is a completion of justice and that's what I'll remember about today." EARLY THIS MORNING, BUSES CARRIED 232 PEOPLE TO A SPECIAL LOCATION ... WHERE THEY COULD WATCH MCVEIGH'S EXECUTION ON CLOSED CIRCUIT TV. BUT MANY LEFT UNFILLED. SHARI SAWYER/MOTHER-IN LAW KILLED IN BOMBING "It was hard to keep our eyes on the screen because he had such a cold look in his face. And he knew he was looking at us, and he got what he wanted. He got the final word."))

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The Department of Agriculture is trying to stop the spread of Gypsy Moths to Roanoke County.
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Four airplanes sprayed nearly 20-thousand acres today near the Cave Spring and Bent Mountain areas.
Officials say Gypsy Moths attacked and destroyed thousands of trees in Alleghany and Bedford counties last year.
Without spraying, officials say the insects would head for Roanoke County this year.
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Officials say the pesticide is NOT toxic -- in fact it doesn't kill anything.
It works by disrupting the moths' reproductive systems.
So no need to worry about humans or animals coming into contact with the spray.
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and the U-S Forest service are likely to continue spraying for the next three to six days.
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Virginia lawmakers are watching the final months of Governor Jim Gilmore's administration carefully.
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The Joint Legislative Audit Review Commission -- dominated by members of Gilmore's own Republican party -- ordered its staff to get a report on the size of severance packages and "golden parachutes" of departing agency heads.
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The audit commission's interest in the size of severance packages came after Gilmore gave Linda Byrd-Harden 49-thousand dollars when she resigned in the wake of mismanagement at the state Department of Minority Business Enterprise.
The report released today also revealed that former state Superintendent of Public Instruction Paul Stapleton was given an 80 thousand dollar severance package.
Stapleton's package was for transition assistance and to do a study on rural schools.
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It is not just water people are dealing with in Texas-
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After a huge storm there... snakes, lizards and worms are finding their way into peoples homes-
It is the flooding aftermath- Now a massive cleanup is underway.
Pumps run at capacity at one Hostpial- draining thousands of gallons of water from the basment.
540 patients were forced out of the hopsital over the weekend-
This after tropical storm Allison dumped over 3-feet of water in a week.
Officials blame the storm for the 17 detahs-
15-thousand residents are homeless.
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The fight over Dale Earnhardt's autopsy photos is not over. We'll tell you why the family was back in a Florida court today.
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[VO] Also Joy Sutton will join us- She has news on a new procedure that's helping some patients with back problems heal faster.
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Four months after his death, the fight over the autopsy photos of NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt is back in the courts.
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Attorneys for his widow, Teresa Earnhardt, are trying to keep the photos sealed, saying their release would violate her family's privacy..
But the University of Florida student newspaper and a "Deland Florida based website" want access to the photos.
A judge heard testimony today aimed at reversing a court order sealing the photos and he may rule on the constitutionality of a new state law barring access to such records.
Opponents says the law is too vague.
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In Health Check tonight,
Every year thousands of Americans choose to have surgery to relieve pain associated with a herinated disc in the neck.
And now there's a new device --that can reduce the complications as well as the recovery time associated with the procedure.
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Health Check Reporter Joy Sutton joins us with the details.
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Jean,
This new device is now available for the first time in the Roanoke Valley at the Lewis Gale Medical Center.
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And its unique design enables doctor to fuse bone together without the use of a bone graft.
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Several months ago, Bryan Lawrence was injured in a motorcyle accident. Days later he noticed pain in his shoulder --and problems with his right hand.
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All symptoms of a herinated disc. A condition in which a portion of the disc -the cushion between the bones-- pushes out and pinches the nerve causing pain.
Symptoms for this condition may include arm pain, arm weakness, difficulty lifting objects, loss of fine motor control in fingers, possible neck spasm or diminshed neck motion.
To relive the symptoms, Doctor Greg Reibel performed a cervical spine procedure on Lawrence at the Lewis Gale Medical Center.
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But what makes this procedure different from past methods is the way the bones are fused together.
Instead of using a graft from a patients or hip or donor material, a device known as the B-A-K Cervical Interbody Fusion System is used.
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As this titanium cage device screws in for the implant--it actually forces pieces of bone inside its center --which creates the fusion.
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And Lawrence says he can't wait to get back on his motorcycle.))
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They are some risks associated with the procedure they include nerve damage, risk of infection, and the possibility the fusion might not take.
But so far the fusion rate is better than 90 percent.
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Someone has let 24 million dollars slip through his or her hands...and isn't even aware of it.
A winning Big Game ticket sold last year was never cashed.
Now the deadline to turn in the winner has passed.
It was bought by someone last June ninth at a convenience store in New Jersey.
The money now goes back to the seven states that participate in the Big Game, including Virginia.

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It's usually more common to see art than it is to meet the artist. But Jacey Birch spent some time with one special artist, who explains where his inspiration comes from.
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Many artists use their experiences, pain and even suffering as creative outlets.
One well known Southern artst does all that and more as he turns his own posessions into unique and vibrant masterpieces.
Jacey Birch takes us to an art exhibit you have to see to understand.
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Coming up in Sports, there's a new leader on top of the Winston Cup Series. Steve Mason will have the rundown.
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[VO] And residents near Italy's Mount Etna are watching the horizon closely as the volcano begins erupting again.
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Wall Street has started this week the same way it ended last week -- with a selloff.
Investors decided to take profits from the recent rally as jitters continue to grow about depressed earnings and the struggling economy.
As Renay San Miguel tells us, that was bad news for the tech stocks.
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Good afternoon everyone, welcome to your Monday ticker.
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Roanoke's arena football team, the Steam, will hold a news conference Wednesday where it will be announced that Harold Jordan is in the process of buying out most of, if not all the remaining shares owned by Dick Yancey and Richard Macher, the two other owners. The team should also announce plans to play in Roanoke next season. General manager Terrie Neilson is already working on a budget for 2002.
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The Salem Avalanche is hosting Potomac tonight.
The Cannons are in a must win situation. Seven games remain until the All Star break. Potomac is three and a half games back in the Northern Division.
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The Los Angeles Lakers lead the best of seven NBA championship series 2 games to 1 heading into Wednesday night's game in Philadelphia.
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Last night, the 76ers fell to the Lakers despite Allen Iverson's 35 points.
But Robert Orry showed his experience from previous NBA championships making some huge shots late. The Loss puts lots of pressure on the Sixers.
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Coming up at six, George Lynch speaks to the media about his plans to play Wednesday.

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Jeff Gordon edged out Ricky Rudd and won the K-Mart 400 at Michigan over the weekend for his 55th career victory and the 100th for Henrick Motorsports. His win also propelled him into the Winston Cup Points lead. Gordon moves past Dale Jarrett, who finished 18th. Now here are the standings after 14 of 36 races. [GO TO BOARDS WITH MUSIC]
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The Main Roanoke Public Library on Jefferson Street held its Grand Re-Opening today.
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The renovated structure is now home to several dozen new shelves, new carpet, new paint and computers are on the way.

The face lift has given the almost fifty year old building new life.
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You can check it out for yourselves, Monday through Saturday beginning at 9 a.m.
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A natural show on earth- in Italy.
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Mount Etna is erupting-
The volcano is fewer than 25 miles away from one town in Sicily- so most residents there are watching this volcano carefully.
The last major volcanic eruption here took place in 1992- when streams of lava threatned 7-thousand residents.
At that time military personnel set up explosions to divert the lava flow.
By the way, the name Etna comes from Greek.. meaning "I burn."
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