WDBJ 7 morning news AM cutins for 07/02/01

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Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom - A break from the heat today with highs nearing 80 degrees. Meteorologist Leo Hirsbrunner has details coming up in your forecast.

[7-11Virginia-Heights]

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A van from Virginia Heights Baptist Church overturned - hospitalizing eleven people yesterday.
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The accident happened around 3-o'clock yesterday afternoon in Randolph County, North Carolina. Eleven teenagers and three chaperones were returning to Roanoke after a trip to Myrtle Beach. Four people were reportedly thrown from the van.
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((IT APPEARED AT THIS TIME THERE WAS SOME SORT OF VEHICLE MALFUNCTION, POSSIBLY THE TIRE BLOWN OUT, AND THE VEHICLE OVERTURNED AND ROLLED SEVERAL TIMES.))
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The eleven victims were taken to several North Carolina Hospitals. Police are not releasing their names or conditions until family members can be notified.
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Tara Munsey and her convicted killer Jeffrey Thomas were remembered last night in a prayer vigil and service.
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[SUPER=03-Radford]

The families held a service of Hope, Healing, and Reconciliation at the Grace Episcopal Church in Radford last night.
Thomas was convicted of capitol murder in March.
Munsey's mother says she has been graced with the power to forgive and is opposed to his death sentence.
She says one life has already been lost, and Tara wouldn't want anyone to die over her, .
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((KITTY IRWIN/TARA MUNSEY'S MOTHER: THE LOVE OF JESUS AND HIS FORGIVENESS, AND HOW THAT APPLIES TO EVERYTHING EVEN WHEN IT'S HARD. IN PARTICULAR WHEN IT'S HARD.))
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[OUT Q=in particular when it's hard.]
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Thomas will be in court on July 9th for formal sentencing.
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[7-Miss-VA]

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The celebration continues for the NEW Miss Virginia.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

Meghan Shanley received the keys to her new apartment and a new car yesterday morning. Saturday night the 21 year old was crowned Miss Virginia after beating 25 other contestants. Now the work she's been looking forward to begins.
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[IN Q=I want to do]
((MEGHAN SHANLEY/MISS VA: I WANT TO DO A LOT OF WORK WITH MY PLATFORM BASE, IT'S A PROGRAM I'VE CREATED FOR BUILDING AND ACHIEVING SELF ESTEEM AND I HOPE TO WORK WITH AS MANY CHILDREN AS POSSIBLE TO BUILD SELF ESTEEM IN OUR CHILDREN.))
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Shanley says the first thing on her schedule, though, is to get some sleep after Saturday night's pageant. The new Miss Virginia will go onto the Miss America pageant in September in Atlantic City.
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Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom - Cooler, dryer air will make things a little more mild today with temperatures comfortably near 80. Meteorologist Leo Hirsbrunner has details coming up.

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Eleven people are hospitalized after a van from Virginia Heights Baptist Church overturned.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Randolph Co., NC]
The accident happened around 3-o'clock yesterday afternoon in Randolph County, North Carolina. Eleven teenagers and three chaperones were returning to Roanoke after a trip to Myrtle Beach. Four people were reportedly thrown from the van.
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((IT APPEARED AT THIS TIME THERE WAS SOME SORT OF VEHICLE MALFUNCTION, POSSIBLY THE TIRE BLOWN OUT, AND THE VEHICLE OVERTURNED AND ROLLED SEVERAL TIMES.))
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The eleven victims were taken to several North Carolina Hospitals. Police are not releasing their names or conditions until family members can be notified.
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Governor Gilmore was talking campaign finance reform yesterday -
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Two bills dealing with the issue have been sent to the House floor. One would ban the flow of unregulated donations or "soft money" to political parties. The other bill is favored by Gilmore and the House Republican leadership. It would ban parties from raising or using soft money for federal election activities such as T-V ads but would allow soft money for voter registration.
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((GOV. JIM GILMORE: I THINK WE WOULD ALL AGREE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND THE WAY TO DEAL WITH THAT IS NOT TO STOP PARTIES FROM CAMPAIGNING THAT'S THE EXACTLY THE REVERSE OF WHAT YOU WANT TO TRY TO DO. YOU WANT THE PARTIES TO BE VIGOROUS AND ROBUST AND HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO GET PEOPLE REGISTERED AND GET THEM OUT TO VOTE.))
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[OUT Q=get them out to vote.]
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Both bills will be taken up in the week after the July fourth recess.

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Laws are getting a little tougher for anyone charged with drinking and driving. A new law went into effect yesterday - allowing judges and juries in Virginia to be informed when a defendant REFUSES to take a breathalyzer test. But the law also instructs judges and juries not to consider their refusal as evidence of guilt. Defense lawyers contend the law is unfair and irrelevant as to whether a driver was truly intoxicated when pulled over.

[8Wx-Headline]

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Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom - It's going to be a pleasant day with partly to mostly sunny skies and highs near 80. Meteorologist Leo Hirsbrunner has details coming up in just a couple of minutes.

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Comair takes to the sky today for the first time since the regional airline's pilots went on strike in late March.
But Roanoke area travelers will have to wait a little longer before local flights resume to and from Cincinnati.
Comair will gradually restore flights in the comings months, but the carrier's first service to and from Roanoke

is not scheduled to begin until July 17th.[8-Other-Laws]

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Several new laws are now in effect in the Commonwealth including-
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[vo] a law which puts your phone off-limits to telemarketers after nine p-m and allows you to take the most persistent phone pests to court. For public schools, a U-S flag must be in every classroom and students are required to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Stalkers face added penalties ... pharmacists will have to supervise technicians more closely ... and human cloning is banned.

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Another law going into effect is aimed at those charged with drunk driving. The new law went into effect yesterday - and says judges and juries in Virginia WILL be informed when a defendant refuses to take a breathalyzer test. But the law also instructs judges and juries not to consider their refusal as evidence of guilt. Defense lawyers contend the law is unfair and irrelevant as to whether a driver was truly intoxicated when pulled over.

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Friends and family members remembered Tara Munsey and her convicted killer Jeffery Thomas last night at a prayer vigil and service.
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[SUPER=03-Radford]

The families held a service of Hope, Healing, and Reconciliation at the Grace Episcopal Church in Radford.
Thomas was convicted of capital murder in March.
Munsey's mother says she has been graced with the power to forgive and is opposed to his death sentence.
She says one life has already been lost, and Tara wouldn't want anyone to die over her, .
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[IN Q=The love of Jesus]
((KITTY IRWIN/TARA MUNSEY'S MOTHER: THE LOVE OF JESUS AND HIS FORGIVENESS, AND HOW THAT APPLIES TO EVERYTHING EVEN WHEN IT'S HARD. IN PARTICULAR WHEN IT'S HARD.))
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[OUT Q=in particular when it's hard.]
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Thomas will be in court on July 9th for formal sentencing. (------------)