WDBJ 7 morning news for 08/02/01

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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

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[VO-NAT]

Family and friends light candles in remembrance of a Roanoke woman who was stabbed to death.
Police believe Julia Cole's boyfriend killed her last week in Atlanta.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
And the F-B-I says not so fast---

They're putting the search for Chandra Levy on hold while they investigate an anonymous Internet tip.
[ANCHOR=Leo]
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[ANCHOR=Steve]
(ad lib live tease)
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

Join us for all that-- coming up on News 7 Mornin.

[2Levy-Search]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=Net]
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The F-B-I says there are now NO plans to search for missing intern Chandra Levy near a Virginia military base.
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The agency wants to first check into the anonymous tip to an Internet site that claims Levy's body is buried under a parking lot near Fort Lee.
The tip was given to a California crime web site.
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Although Washington police requested the parking lot be searched, the F-B-I has put those plans on hold for the time being.
The tip is just one of HUNDREDS of leads police are pursuing.
But word that Levy's body is POSSIBLY buried nearby is surprising news to local residents.
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Chandra Levy's been missing for three months.
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[11Domestic-Murder]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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[WRITER=jmi]
[TAPE#=01-38 TC38:57]
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A Roanoke woman who was stabbed to death was remembered in a candlelight vigil last night.
Police suspect Julia Cole's boyfriend murdered her in Atlanta last week.
As Jennifer Miele reports, Cole's loved ones hope their loss reminds others of the toll taken by domestic violence.
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[SUPER=01-Pearl Cole/Victim's Mother; :10]
[SUPER=01-Carolynn Cole/Victim's Sister; :28]
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[SUPER=01-Ellen Brown/TAP Women's Resource Center; :50]
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((A candlelight vigil for a 33-year-old Roanoke native cut down in her prime.
Julia Cole's mother cannot understand why.
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((THAT'S ALL I ASK THE LORD TO GIVE ME ALL THE STRENGTH HE CAN GIVE ME. JUST WRAP HIS ARMS AROUND ME AND KEEP ME STRONG.)) [RUNS07]
Cole was on her way to work at a hospital near Atlanta last Tuesday morning, when police say her estranged boyfriend, 34-year-old Fred Pugh, attacked her.
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[tc:01:14:28] ((CAROLYNN COLE: HE STABBED HER OVER 50 TIMES IN HER CHEST AND IN HER FACE. HE CUT BIG CHUNKS OUT. WE HAD TO HAVE HER FACE PACKED.)) [RUNS08]
Cole's sisters say the couple grew up together in Roanoke, parented three daughters and had plans to get married.

But, they say, violence plagued their 18-year relationship.
When Cole attempted to end things, family member say Pugh "snapped."
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[01:21:39] ((ELLEN BROWN/TAP: OFTEN SEVERAL INCIDENTS OR A LONG PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR BUILDS UP TO AN INCIDENT WHERE A DEATH OCCURS.)) [runs07]
Ellen Brown works in the Women's Resource Center at Total Action Against Poverty.
She helped to organize the vigil.
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[tc: 01:21:29] ((ELLEN BROWN: THE PURPOSE IS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE DEVASTATION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.)) [runs07]
More than a dozen members of Cole's family turned out, hoping to help prevent another tragedy like this one.
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[01:15:39] ((CAROLYNN COLE: IF A MAN IS TRYING TO HURT YOU IN SOME SORT OF WAY PLEASE TELL SOMEBODY SO THEY CAN HELP YOU. BECAUSE, SHE NEVER TOLD ANYONE WHAT KIND OF PROBLEMS SHE WAS HAVING AND NOBODY EXPECTED HIM TO DO THESE KIND OF THINGS TO HER.)) [runs10]
Fred Pugh has been taken into custody.
Cole's family says they'll focus now on the couple's three children left to go on without a mother OR a father.
Jennifer Miele, News 7, Roanoke.))

[11Powell]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=AM]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=01-36 TC - 42:23]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]

It took only about an hour yesterday for federal jurors to convict Glenn Dexter Powell on kidnapping and weapons charges.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

Powell had taken his wife, Kimberly, at gunpoint from her parents' home in Salem last November. He also allegedly took their three children, but wasn't charged with that in FEDERAL court. A trial is set in Salem October 11th on nine more charges.
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
[GRAPHIC=HOLD]

He'll be sentenced in federal court later for the kidnapping and use of a firearm in a crime of violence.

[Energy-Plan]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
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In national news--
The House gives the green light to President Bush's energy bill.
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[SUPER=03-Washington, DC;]

After 12 hours of debate, lawmakers approved the over 500- page energy package.
It supports oil and gas drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
But lawmakers rejected a proposal to force automakers to boost the fuel efficiency of S-U-V's.
The bill also includes nearly 34- billion dollars' worth of tax breaks for the energy industry.
It now goes on to the Senate.
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[Patients-Bill]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[WRITER=kmc]
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[WIPE WIPE WIPE]
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[SUPER=03-Washington, DC;]

Today, the House is expected to pass a Patients' Bill of Rights that President Bush says he's ready to sign.
Late yesterday, the president announced a compromise with a key Republican congressman on WHEN patients would be able to sue their H-M-Os.
He and Georgia's Charlie Norwood agreed on language that tows a line between the broad right to sue that Norwood wants, and the strict limits that Bush wants.
Bush had threatened to veto the Norwood bill -- saying it would invite frivolous suits and drive up the cost of health care.
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[11Stem-Cells]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=AM]
[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#=01-22 TC1:52:02]
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Protesters have zeroed in on a Virginia fertility clinic. The privately-funded clinic in Norfolk has produced embryos SOLELY for the purpose of research.
Yesterday, followers of Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry visited the Jones Institute.
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((FOR GOVERNMENT LEADERS, ESPECIALLY PRESIDENT BUSH AND FOR THE CONGRESS, THAT THEY MAY DEFEND LIFE. LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER.))
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The Jones Institute is keeping cameras and reporters out for now.
Randall Terry's latest group -- called "Loyal Opposition" -- is calling for President Bush and Governor Jim Gilmore to make its embryonic stem cell research illegal, immediately, by executive order.
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[sot tape 09:31:30]
((RANDALL TERRY/LOYAL OPPOSITION: WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF HUMAN BEINGS THAT ARE FROZEN RIGHT NOW. IT'S LIKE SOME SCI FI MOVIE...WORDS OF DR. SEUSS FOLKS. A PERSON'S A PERSON, NO MATTER HOW SMALL. ALL OF US ARE JUST GROWN UP EMBRYOS.))
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[OUT Q=all of us are just grown up embryos]
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Governor Gilmore has asked his Secretary of Health and Human Resources to visit the Jones Institute next week -- and report back on his findings.
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[1-Sports]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kor]
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In sports, the football world is mourning the loss of a player who died from a heat stroke earlier this week.
Roy Stanley has more on that story.
Good Morning Roy.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[SUPER=01-Scott Tischler/American Express Financial Advisors;]

(toss to Kimberly for Marketwatch)

((Archive: Tax refund tips))

[Marketwatch]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Business News]

A blue chip rally loses steam - but Nasdaq gets a boost from Merrill Lynch.
Alexis Christoforous has the latest business news in this morning's Marketwatch.
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[SUPER=01-Alexis Christoforous/Reporting; :00]
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(((on cam) EARNINGS SEASON HAS SLOWED TO A TRICKLE.. SO INVESTORS WILL TURN THEIR ATTENTION TO THE ECONOMY. LATER TODAY, WE GET JOBLESS CLAIMS NUMBERS, TOMORROW IS THE KEY JULY UNEMPLOYMENT REPORT.
ON WEDNESDAY A REPORT SHOWED MANUFACTURING ACTIVITY SLID FOR THE 12TH STRAIGHT MONTH -- BUT THERE WAS A SILVER LINING.. INVENTORIES FELL IN JULY.. AN INDICATION THAT MANUFACTURING MAY REBOUND.
ON WALL STREET, A BLUE CHIP RALLY FADED BY THE CLOSING BELL, BUT THE NASDAQ GOT A BOOST AFTER MERRILL LYNCH SAID THE WORST MAY BE OVER FOR COMPUTER CHIP STOCKS.

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THE DOW SLIPPED 11 POINTS TO 10-511

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WHILE THE NASDAQ SHOT UP 42 POINTS.

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A BEVERAGE POWERHOUSE IS BORN THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION GAVE THE GREEN LIGHT TO PEPSICO'S 14-BILLION DOLLAR BUYOUT OF THE MAKER OF GATORADE. THE COMBINED COMPANY WILL HAVE YEARLY SALES OF 25 BLN DOLLARS.

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AND GENERAL MOTORS, FORD AND DAIMLERCHRSYLER SOLD FEWER CARS LAST MONTH AS THE BIG THREE CUT BACK ON INCENTIVES AND FOREIGN RIVALS GAINED MARKET SHARE.

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AND FINALLY, THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION FINDS THAT ANALYSTS DON'T ALWAYS DO AS THEY SAY. THE S-E-C HAS TURNED UP ISOLATED CASES WHERE ANALYSTS PROFITED BY TRADING AGAINST THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.

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Acting SEC Chief Laura Unger
SOT 14 seconds - " THEY MAY ACTUALLY OWN STOCK IN THE COMPANY THEY
COVER, OR THE FIRM MAY HAVE STOCK IN THE COMPANY THAT THEY COVER. THERE MAY BE SOME LINES OF REPORTING WHERE THE ANALYST REPORTS ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE INVESTMENT BANKING SIDE OF THE FIRM"
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UNGER CAUTIONS THAT INVESTORS NEVER RELY SOLEY ON ANALYST RECOMMENDATIONS WHEN MAKING THEIR INVESTMENT DECISIONS.

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TRACK ALL THE PRE-MARKET ACTION AT CBS.MW.COM - AT THE NASDAQ,

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I'M AC IN NEW YORK.))

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[11Flooding]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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Seven Southwest Virginia counties have been granted disaster status by President Bush.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Smyth Co./Monday]

Residents of the counties affected by last weekend's flash flooding... could be eligible for housing assistance, low interest loans and a variety of grants.
The floods damaged dozens of houses and caused 12-million dollars in damage to roads and bridges.
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[11Earley]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=AM]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=01-25 1:33:41]
[GRAPHIC=Mark Earley]

Mark Earley has unveiled a transportation plan that includes additional funding for local projects, and yesterday the Republican candidate for Governor also defended his record on the issue.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.]

Earley held a series of news conferences including one near Interstate 81 in Botetourt County.
He responded to the campaign of Democrat Mark Warner, who says that Earley has failed to show leadership on transportation issues during 14 years in public office.
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((MARK EARLEY/R- CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR: I THINK THE CRITICISM IS MISPLACED AND WHAT HE WILL HAVE TO ANSWER FOR IS THE TIME HE WAS ON THE COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION BOARD AND STOOD IDLY BY WHEN 200- MILLION WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND.))
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Earley says his transportation plan would generate one point eight billion dollars in additional funding for transportation projects... including Interstate 81, Route 58 and Interstate 73.
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[11Rescue-Mission]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=jsu]
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A local shelter is taking "caring for the homeless" a step further. Soon Roanoke's Rescue Mission will offer more than just food and shelter... As Joy Sutton reports in this morning's Health Check - the Rescue Mission will soon be providing health care for ANY homeless person in need.
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[SUPER=01-Joy Sylvester-Johnson/Roanoke Rescue Mission; :08]
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(( Starting next summer, those who come to the Roanoke Rescue Mission will get more than food and shelter... they'll get FREE medical care as well.
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((WE'VE KNOW FOR A LONG TIME THAT THE MEDICAL NEEDS OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION WERE NOT BEING MET.. VERY DIFFICULT GROUP TO TREAT THEY TEND TO BE SICKER THAN THE AVERAGE POPULATION))
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Sandy Sayre is one of the medical professionals volunteering her time to keep the health center open 40 hours a week.

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((THE BASIC GOAL IS TO KEEP THEM OUT THE HOSPITAL IN THE FIRST PLACE BECAUSE A LOT OF ITS CHARITY CARE AND YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO OUR HOSPITAL ARE PRETTY OVERWHELMED AND OVERBURDENED RIGHT NOW))
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Janet Jones and her daughter Jaelin have been living at the Rescue Mission for the past few weeks.
Jones says many families could benefit from free medical care.
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(( I THINK IT'S GREAT NEED --BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO HAVE A DOCTOR THAT YOU SEE ON A REGULAR BASIS.IN CASE SOMETHING COMES UP YOU HAVE YOUR DOCTOR TO SIT DOWN AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT))
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To fund the Health Center, the Rescue Mission plans to use art.
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((ONE OF THE WAYS WE'LL BE DOING THAT IS BY OPENING A NEW STORE AT TANGLEWOOD MALL CALLED ART ON A MISSION. THE NEW STORE WILL HANDLE COLLECTIBLES AND ANTIQUES AND PIECES OF ORIGINAL ART BY LOCAL ARTISTS))
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The Rescue Mission hopes this latest effort will help paint a more healthy future for those in need. Joy Sutton, News 7, Roanoke.))

[2-HEADLINES] [Kim at Desk]
[SUPER=#4049; Morning Headlines]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

Here's a look at today's top stories.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

The F-B-I is checking out an anonymous tip to the California crime web site, We-Tip-Dot-Com.
A tipster says missing intern Chandra Levy's body is buried in a parking lot near Fort Lee, just south of Richmond.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

Glenn Dexter Powell is convicted of kidnapping his wife.
Federal jurors found Powell guilty of taking his wife at gunpoint from her parent's home in Salem last year.
A trial date is set on nine additional charges.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

And U-S House lawmakers are expected to pass a Patients' Bill of Rights today.
It's a compromise bill that offers guidelines on WHEN patients would be able to sue their H-M-Os.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

And that's what's making news on this Thursday, August 2nd .
News 7 Mornin' will be right back.

[Levy-Search]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=Net]
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The search for Chandra Levy could come to Central Virginia.
Police are describing a new tip in the Levy case as routine, but they are checking it out.
An anonymous tip to a crime web site in California claims Levy's body is buried beneath a parking lot near Fort Lee, south of Richmond.
Teri Okita has the latest.
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(((TRACK) The website, "WeTip.com", received the anonymous tip Tuesday night and faxed a copy to the District of Columbia police department. The website collects information on possible crimes ... and an employee at the company says the tip about the missing intern was "very detailed" ... three pages and single-spaced.

(SOT: Dave Eckert/wetips.com)

The anonymous tipster said the body of 24-year-old Chandra Levy was shrink-wrapped and buried under a parking lot that is under construction. It's on the Fort Lee military base in Petersburg, Virginia ... about 130-miles south of Washington, D-C. The information also described "how" the missing intern died.

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Late Wednesday night, the FBI issued a statement saying: the Bureau is trying to determine the validity of the tip but has no plans to search in the Fort Lee area.

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In Modesto, California, friends comforted the Levy parents. They have no comment on the report - it's just one of hundreds of unsubstantiated leads in a case that has baffled investigators since her disappearance on May first.

(STANDUP)
D-C police also caution that any follow-up on this tip is simply "routine". The FBI says that if the tip is deemed credible, appropriate measures will be taken to investigate. Teri Okita, CBS News, Washington.
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[2-11Powell]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=AM]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=01-36 TC - 42:23]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]

Glenn Dexter Powell was convicted on kidnapping and weapons charges yesterday...
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

Federal jurors took only about an hour to reach the verdict.
Powell had taken his wife, Kimberly, at gunpoint from her parents' home in Salem last November. He also allegedly took their three children, but wasn't charged with that in FEDERAL court. A trial is set in Salem October 11th on nine more charges.
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
[GRAPHIC=HOLD]

He'll be sentenced in federal court later for the kidnapping and use of a firearm in a crime of violence.

[2Patients-Bill]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=Net]
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It's proving to be a busy week for the House of Representatives.
After 12 hours of debate, lawmakers passed President Bush's energy bill, which includes support for oil and gas exploration in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Washington, DC;]

And today, the House is expected to pass a Patients' Bill of Rights that President Bush says he's ready to sign.

He and Republican Congressman Charlie Norwood agreed on language that tows a line between the broad right to sue that Norwood wants, and the strict limits that Bush wants.
Bush had threatened to veto the bill -- saying it would drive up the cost of health care.
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[11Garrison]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=01-23 1:20:45]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]

The Virginia Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to the anti-sodomy law.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]

Attorney Sam Garrison made the announcement from Wasena Park, the same place 10 men were arrested for asking for sex from undercover officers.
Garrison says he and his clients were disappointed that their appeal would not be taken up by the state Supreme Court... but will not appeal it higher.
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((SAM GARRISON/ATTORNEY: WE WERE SEEKING, REALLY, TO VINDICATE THE RIGHTS OF ALL CONSENTING ADULTS IN THE STATE. WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A WEIGHTY MATTER AND THAT THE COURT WOULD LET THESE DEFENDANTS TO, IN EFFECT, STAND IN FOR ADULTS WHO DO ENGAGE IN ORAL SEX IN PRIVATE.))
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[OUT Q=sex in private.]
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[VO-NAT]

Garrison says he will leave private practice, in part, because of the notoriety he got from taking this case.
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[220-Ax]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=AM]
[WRITER=jha]
[TAPE#=01-46 TC12:59]
[GRAPHIC=Accident]

An accident on Route 2-20 last night sent one woman to the hospital.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

Police say a truck traveling along 220 in Roanoke spilled some carpet it was carrying.
A woman in a car behind the truck.. swerved out the way.
Her vehicle hit the median then flipped.
She was transported to Roanoke Memorial Hospital .. her injuries do not appear life threatening.
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[11Franklin-Ax]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=AM]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=01-37 TC30:23]
[GRAPHIC=Fatal Accident]

State police say the three-year-old killed in a Rocky Mount car crash was riding UN-restrained in the front seat. And three other children also injured in the crash - and riding in the other car involved - were not wearing seatbelts.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Franklin Co.;]

Three-year-old Tyriek (Ty-REEK) Hill was killed when another car smashed into the passenger side.
State police say the boy's father, 21-year-old Tyrone Helms, was driving on a suspended license.
He lost control of the Honda Civic and swerved in front of an oncoming car.
The father's still in critical condition.
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
[GRAPHIC=hold]

A six-year-old boy in the other car is also in critical condition... and two girls are in stable condition.
The children's grandmother was driving that car... 60-year old Ollie May Brooks, is in stable condition.

[Henry-Arrests]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=AM]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=None]

Six boys - one of them just twelve years old - face charges stemming from a series of break-ins in Henry County.
The sheriff's department says the break-ins happened July 26th and 27th at a number of businesses and homes in Figsboro.
The boys, ages 12 to 17, face burglary, grand larceny and firearms charges.

[Three-Steve]

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[Monkey Bars]
[SUPER=@spa1;]
[SUPER=01-Scott Tischler/American Express Financial Advisors;]

(Steve ad lib toss to bump)
[Streaming Video] [BUMP-Chyron]
[COMM #6]
((Archive: Education fund))

[Red-Worm]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=Internet]

Experts say "Code Red" has wormed its way into nearly 150- thousand computers.
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[VO-NAT]

But it hasn't caused the global Internet shutdown many feared.
Not ALL machines are affected-- just those with Microsoft Windows N-T and 2000 operating systems.
The Internet Information Services software can also be infected.
A computer security operation working with the government has been monitoring the Internet all night.
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[6FNB]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=AM]
[WRITER=syo]
[TAPE#=01-35 TC-40:12]
[GRAPHIC=Banking]
Two local banks are planning to unite...
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[VO-NAT]
First National Bank of Christiansburg and Salem Community Bankshares of Salem yesterday announced plans to merge. If shareholders and other authorities agree to the conditions of the merger, the deal is expected to go through by the end of the year. Both banks will continue operating under their current names. Customers are not expected to notice changes in day-to-day operations.
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
[SS=none]
In a separate deal, FNB recently acquired Roanoke-based SWVA Bankshares.

[11Echostar]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=AM]
[WRITER=rca]
[TAPE#=01-26 TC1:11:50]
[GRAPHIC=Echostar Now Hiring]
Looking for work? Then one New River Valley company is looking for you...
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[SUPER=03-Christiansburg;]
Officials at the "television dish network" Echostar, say thanks to a new promotion, 1-thousand new employees are needed. The goal is to hire 300 within 90-days. The facility houses a state of the art call center. After 4-weeks of training, workers will typically take calls from customers who are having problems with their television service.
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((PHYLLIS BLACK; A LOT OF CALLS LOT OF TECH CALLS PEOPLE WANTING THEIR EQUIPMENT FIXED THEY WANT IT DONE RIGHT THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO PLEASE THEM.))
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For information about Echostar call 540-394-2600. Pay starts at 8-50 an hour and all shifts are available.
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[Danville-Arrest]

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Danville police say a Ringgold woman ripped off a K-Mart store - to the tune of 47-THOUSAND dollars. Authorities say 18-year-old Melanie Dawn Wilmouth made off with the merchandise over a period of several months, while she was an employee of the store.

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In sports, Two newcomers are looking for a permanent place on the field.
Roy Stanley has details.
Good Morning again Roy.
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[Local-Recap]
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Now here's another look at today's top local stories:
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An hour of deliberation was all it took for federal jurors to convict Glenn Dexter Powell on kidnapping and weapons charges yesterday. Powell abducted his wife Kimberly at gunpoint in Salem last year. He's also accused of taking their three children.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
Friends and family of Roanoke native Julia Cole held a candlelight vigil in her memory last night. Cole was stabbed to death on her way to work at a hospital near Atlanta last week. Police suspect her estranged boyfriend, 34-year-old Fred Pugh, is responsible for the attack.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
Authorities say a three-year-old boy killed in a car accident near Rocky Mount Tuesday should have been in a car seat.
Police say Tyriek (Ty-REEK) Hill was riding unrestrained in the front seat when he was killed in the crash. His father, who was driving, is in critical condition.
Three children in the other car involved were also injured - police say they were not wearing seat belts either.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

Now here's Shannon Young with a preview of News 7 at Six.
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