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Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom......
[7-11Price]
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Prosecutors say it's a killing prompted by a broken fingernail. The defense says it was just an accident.
A judge says there's enough probable cause to charge 15-year-old Rebecca Cristina Price with murder.
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16-year-old Neville (na-VILLLE) "Cut-Cut" Swain died shortly after he was shot in the head inside his Elm Avenue apartment last March.
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/March;]
Swain's friend testified that the two were playing and laughing right up until the gun went off.
Prosecutors say the gun was NOT loaded when the teens played with it the night before and that Price went and got it after Swain broke her nail.
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[SOT 21:03:55 - 21:04:02]
[IN Q=She took]
((NEAL HORN/ASST. COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY: SHE TOOK THE WEAPON IN HAND, POINTED IT AT THE VICTIM'S HEAD AND PULLED THE TRIGGER.))
[SUPER=01-Neal Horn/Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney;]
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[OUT Q=pulled the trigger.]
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Price's attorneys say the shooting was an accident and she did not know the gun was loaded.
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[7-6Dog-Fighting]
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[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]
Two and a half years in prison .. and a ten thousand dollar fine.
That's what a dog fighting expert from Pittsylvania County faces after sentencing in federal court.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Philip Reynolds not only trained fighting dogs and entered them in dog fights in South Carolina, he produced a training video and published the American Game Dog Times.
Reynolds was found guilty of using depictions of animal cruelty in interstate commerce.
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[7-11Lex-Plane]
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[GRAPHIC=Small Plane Crash Investigation]
A federal investigation puts the blame squarely on the pilot .. for a plane crash in Lexington that killed both the pilot and his passenger.
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[SUPER=03-Lexington/August 30, 2000]
It was a year ago yesterday that the plane broke up in the air before plunging to the ground in the heart of Lexington. The flight was on its way from West Virginia to South Carolina.
The National Transportation Safety Board report says pilot Jack Gambino of New York was not instrument rated, tried to fly into inclement weather and became disoriented.
The report says Gambino did not obtain a pre-flight weather briefing, and the plane's inspection had expired.
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[7-11Monelison]
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The mold is gone from another central Virginia school, and just in time. Classes begin in just a few days.
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[SUPER=03-Amherst Co.]
Workers with Southern Air were called to (ma-NELL-i-son) Monelison Middle School in Amherst County after staff noticed mold growing in a classroom and on several partitions.
The mold was removed and crews gave the entire building a wipe-down last night.
School officials say they won't know until later today what kind of bacteria they're dealing with.
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Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom......Believe it or not, there's a school announcement today.
Pittsylvania county schools will close at 1:00 this afternoon because of heat build-up in the school buildings.
Meanwhile, today's forecast is calling for fairly mild temperatures. Meterologist Leo Hirsbrunenr has your forecast coming up after the news.
[45-11Roanoke-Shooting]
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A 16 year old who shot a girl to death last year must serve 64 hours of community service. The victim's family says with no prison time, he's getting off easy.
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He was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of his friend, 14-year-old Ashley Jones.
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/January;]
Prosecutors say the boy planned to fire the gun at midnight at a News Year's Eve party in this Northwest Roanoke apartment complex.
He ended up shooting Jones.
He said it was accidental, but Jones' grandmother believes the shooting was deliberate.
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[IN Q=The sentence the judge]
((CORLISS JONES/VICTIM'S GRANDMOTHER: THE SENTENCE THE JUDGE GAVE HIM WAS NOT RIGHT. HE SHOULD HAVE GIVEN HIM SOME TIME BECAUSE MY GRANDDAUGHTER IS DEAD AND GONE. THEY GOT THEIR SON.))
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[OUT Q=they got their son.]
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Teachers and relatives testified on the boy's behalf, saying he's depressed and suffered enough already.
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[45-11Fleetwood]
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It's time to rebuild at a Bedford County business.
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[SUPER=03-Bedford]
An office trailer at Fleetwood homes on 460 caught fire Wednesday afternoon while several employees were still inside.
No one was injured ... and no one is complaining.
In fact, employees have turned their focus away from the fire and toward rebuilding.
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[IN Q=Our main goal]
((JASON WOOLDRIGE: OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO TAKE CARE OF THE CUSTOMERS WE'VE GOT. OF COURSE LIKE ANY BUSINESS, WE WANT ALL THE NEW BUSINESS WE CAN GET. OUR MAIN FOCUS IN THE PEOPLE WE HAVE ESTABLISHED CONTRACTS WITH TO SEE THAT THEY GET IN THEIR HOMES.))
[SUPER=01-Jason Wooldrige/Fleetwood Homes]
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[OUT Q=in their homes.]
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The blaze apparently started in a corner of the back porch.
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[45-5Medflight]
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A helicopter about to take off from Lynchburg is a "hand- me- down" variety, but the city isn't complaining.
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[SUPER=03-Lynchburg]
Central Virginia welcomed its first medevac helicopter yesterday during ceremonies at Lynchburg General Hospital.
The Lynchburg- Danville corridor is the only area in Virginia that did not have its own medflight copter.
The state is leasing four new choppers.. Lynchburg got the one that used to be based in Chesterfield County.
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[SOT 10:09:17]
[IN Q=What is sitting]
((SEN. STEVE NEWMAN/R- LYNCHBURG: WHAT IS SITTING BEHIND US IS GOING TO SAVE LIVES, SAVE LIMBS AND BE A TREMENDOUS ASSET FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA.))
[SUPER=01-Sen. Steve Newman/(R) Lynchburg;]
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[OUT Q=asset for central Virginia.]
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Officials say instead of waiting for a helicopter from Roanoke or Charlottesville, emergency help will only be about 15 minutes away.
The aircraft and its crew officially go into service on Saturday.
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Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom....We do have one school announcement to pass along to you. All schools in Pittsylvania county are closing today at 1:00 because of heat build-up in school buildings. Meanwhile, today's forecast is calling for a chance of showers. Meterologist Leo Hirsbrunner has your holiday weekend outlook, coming up.
[8-11Blood-Supply]
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While the upcoming holiday weekend is a break for most of us-- it's anything BUT for the American Red Cross.
It's in desperate need of blood donations.
Meanwhile, new safeguards designed to make the blood supply safer could also cause it to dwindle.
Justin McLeod reports.
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Roanoke College volleyball coach Kelly Perrine thought she netted the opportunity of a lifetime when she spent a semester in Spain eight years ago.
Now, that trip is coming back to bite her.
She can no longer donate blood.
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[IN Q=I understand the fear but]
((KELLY PERRINE/LIVED SPAIN: I UNDERSTAND THE FEAR BUT ITS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE, ITS LIKE I AM A HEALTHY BEING, IF I WANTED TO GIVE BLOOD I WOULD BE A GOOD CHOICE FOR THAT.))
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[OUT Q=choice for that]
Kelly is what the American Red Cross calls a risky donor.
Beginning September 17th, the American Red Cross will turn away any donor who spent more than three months in the United Kingdom or six months in Europe since 1980.
[SOT 19:24:19]
[IN Q=This is associated with the human]
((BOB LUTJEN/AMERICAN RED CROSS: THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HUMAN MAD COW DISEASE AND THE DESIRE TO KEEP THE BLOOD SUPPLY ABSOLUTELY SAFE.))
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[OUT Q=supply absolutely safe]
Safe and adequate.
Critics charge the plan could eliminate as much as 9 percent of the current donor pool.
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[IN Q=The price of blood is also]
((JUSTIN McLEOD/REPORTING: THE PRICE OF BLOOD IS ALSO GOING UP. THIS SUMMER, THE AMERICAN RED CROSS RAISED THE PRICES ON BLOOD IT SELLS TO HOSPITALS. IN THE SHORT TERM, THAT SHOULD HAVE NO AFFECT ON YOU THE PATIENT. BUT DOWN THE ROAD IT COULD MEAN HIGHER PRICES FOR THAT PROCEDURE YOU HAVE DONE.))
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[OUT Q=you have done]
((NAT SOUND OF PUTTING BLOOD IN CONTAINER; 19:33:34))
New guidelines and better testing of blood forced the Red Cross to raise their prices.
Area hospitals say it's too early to determine whether that cost will be passed on to the patient.
Some believe its a small price to pay to ensure mad cow stays away.
[SOT 19:38:14]
[IN Q=I feel like they have]
((KELLY PERRINE: I FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO DO WHAT THEY HAVE I GUESS JUST TO DO TO BE SAFE. IT'S A SCARY ISSUE, MAD COW DISEASE SO I UNDERSTAND.))
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[OUT Q=so i understand]
An understanding for some, for others it's a thin red line that could do more harm than good.
Justin McLeod, News 7, Roanoke.))
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The Red Cross will hold a blood drive for the holiday weekend today and tomorrow at its Church Avenue facilities in Roanoke.
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