WDBJ 7 news at Noon for 10/01/01

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New York Rudolph Giuliani makes an appeal to the United Nations to help bring an end to international terrorism.
Giuliani became the first mayor in decades to address the U-N.
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And in a departure from thousands of cutbacks in the airline industry, U-S Airways Express says it's looking to HIRE more employees.
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News 7 at noon, right after this break.
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New York City Mayor Rudy Guiliani addresses the U-N General Assembly today-- something no other mayor has done in nearly 50 years.
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Good Afternoon, I'm Kimberly McBroom.
This week, the United Nations is discussing ways to fight international terrorism.
When he addressed the organization this morning, Mayor Giuliani caled on the U-N to hold any country accountable who supports terrorism.
Giuliani says there's no excuse for mass murder, just as there's no excuse for genocide.
At Ground Zero in New York-- more than 100 members of Congress are touring the rubble from the World Trade Center.

They're trying to get an idea of the amount of devastation there, in order to decide how much money is needed to help New York recover from the attack.
Gretchen Carlson is standing by in New York City with the latest.
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(((TRACK) LOCATOR: NEW YORK New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani led off the U-Ns week-long debate on international terrorism. He asked members to remember the more than 5000 people from more than 80 different countries lost in the World Trade Center attack.

(SOT - ) Rudy Giuliani - Mayor, New York
Indeed this vicious attack places in jeopardy the whole purpose of the United Nations.

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Taking a page out of President Bushs book Giuliani called on U-N members to take sides in this new war on terrorism asking the 189 member nations to choose freedom and democracy or the enemy.

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Look at the destruction at the scene and then I ask you to look inside your hearts and decide whether you are with civilization or youre with terrorism.

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The Mayors speech comes after another night of visiting the attack site. Sunday night, Giuliani accompanied House Speaker Dennis Hastert to where the World Trade Center once stood. Later today, 100 other congressional members will see the site first-hand as well as the tedious search for bodies continues.

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At the American Stock Exchange one more sign New York is returning to normalcy. The building re-opened for the first time since the attack with Michael Pascuma a 93-year-old trader ringing the opening bell. His son was one of the 9 AMEX people lost in the attack.

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Meanwhile, investigators are working around the clock at the Pentagon, gathering evidence and identifying victims.
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Among the first officials at the scene of the attack were agents from the U-S Army's criminal investigation division.
Although the F-B-I is leading the investigation, 30 C-I-D agents were sent in to help.
But this was unlike any crime scene they'd ever encountered.
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Their job is to gather evidence and recover bodies from the site.
125- members of the defense department died in the attack.
So far, 84 bodies have been recovered.

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For the first time, Afghanistan's Taliban rulers are claiming to know the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden.
And they're supposedly willing to negotiate his extradition.
Richard Roth reports from Pakistan.
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Lynchburg police are still on the scene at the city's Amtrak train station where a body was discovered lying near the tracks this morning.
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Norfolk Southern personnel discovered the body around ten about 150 yards from the Kemper Street station.
Police would only say the body is that of a man.. he was found lying face down in a ditch filled with water.
There apparently was no identification on the body.
Investigators have been called to the scene..
Nearby, police did take an Hispanic man into custody for questioning, but it's not known whether he has any connection with the other man's death.
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The U-S Supreme Court begins its fall session today with a couple of major decisions--
The court has ordered former President Clinton disbarred, without explaining its reasons.
Clinton has 40 days to contest the order that prevents him from practicing law.
The justices have also rejected a bid for a new trial from Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols.
Nichols had argued for a new trial, based on the F-B-I's failure to turn over key documents last spring.
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The High Court is also expected to decide on a Virginia case that could clear the way for capital punishment of mentally- retarded criminals.
The court will also likely decide whether taxpayer money should be used for school vouchers.
Another item for the court to consider-- whether eliminating children's access to pornography limits adults' viewing rights.
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A car bomb exploded in a residential area of Jerusalem today, setting several nearby cars on fire.
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No one was seriously injured.
Police say the car caried a large bomb packed with bullets.
The bomb went off on a road that links Jerusalem and Bethlehem.
So far, no one's claimed responsibility for the blast.
The explosion comes as Israel and the Palestinians try to enforce a cease-fire.
Israel says the Palestinians have until tomorrow to enforce their part of the cease-fire, or they say the latest truce will likely fail.
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Islamic militants are being blamed in a deadly bombing at India's state legislature today--
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At least 25 people were killed and dozens more were wounded, when a hijacked S-U-V blew up and suspected rebels opened fire on security officials.
Indian police say three suspects in the vehicle were wearing police uniforms.
Authorities say the suspects ran out before the bomb went off and stormed the assembly building-- firing guns and throwing hand grenades.
India and Pakistan have been fighting over control of Kashmir.
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Still to come on News 7 at Noon, a controversial law takes effect in Oregon that will make physicians keep track of H-I-V patients...
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and also, do you have the latest toys and gadgets for your cell phone? Probably not with the looks of these high-tech phones... We'll call up that story in just a few minutes.
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A new Virginia law concerning abortion takes effect today. The law requires doctors to obtain informed written consent before an abortion can be performed. In addition --the woman must be provided with basic information about abortion and other alternatives 24 hours prior to the procedure.
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In anticipation of the new law -- an official with Planned Parenthood says the clinic has counseled more than 30 women. But he says since they have not received any printed materials to hand out --there could be problems. He says women who want the written information before signing the informed consent form-- will have to put off having an abortion.
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Beginning today doctors in Oregon will be required to report the names of patients who test positive for HIV. Public health officials say they need the names to make sure patients get the best counseling and care, but it is stirring up quite a controversy among people in the HIV awareness community. The state health division will keep the names confidential for 90 days to make sure the patients get appropriate care and counseling.
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But activists say the system is not secure, and will lead to discrimination of the HIV community.
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Some HIV activists are afraid that the system will hurt rather than help, saying the new law will scare away those who might take the test.

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The attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon could slow research into the extent of OxyContin abuse.
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A Drug Enforcement Administration official says the investigation into the September eleventh attacks has made everything else a secondary priority. The agency has been collecting data on Oxycontin abuse from law enforcement officials, coroners and other agencies for months. Also, many agents have volunteered to become sky marshals on commercial airplanes. More than 100 deaths have been blamed on misuse of the painkiller.
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Up ahead on News 7, recent expansion at a local animal shelter should mean that hundreds of animals have time to find new homes...
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and also, thousands of messages of hope circled the Roanoke Civic Center yesterday. We'll have that story and more in just a minute.
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The Salem Animal shelter has euthanized more than 300 cats and dogs over past two years. Many of these animals were adoptable, but the shelter had no where to keep them because of limited space. But that has changed.
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The Salem Animal Shelter has moved into a new facility -- with three times the space. This gives many more animals a better chance of finding new homes.
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The new facility also offers other benefits --like floors and cages that can be easily disinfected. And the air can
be changed 11 times an hour ---which is important for preventing the spread of disease.

The Shelter is open seven days a week. And is constantly getting new animals available for adoption.
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Hundreds gathered yesterday to tie a yellow ribbon 'round the old Civic Center...
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The American Red Cross held a ribbon campaign to help raise money for the disaster relief fund.
Organizers set a goal to sell enough ribbons that would be able to wrap around the walls of the Civic Center.
For a donation, those attending the show got the chance to write a message on one yellow ribbon.
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Organizers say they had enough ribbon to wrap around the civic center-- about one and a half times. The Red Cross will now use the ribbons to make bows that will then be sent to the Pentagon and World Trade Center. By the way-- the ribbon campaign raised more than three thousand dollars.
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Still to come - The Roanoke Express hits the rink for the first practice of the new season.
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AND .. a Norfolk driver pulls the impossible at the Taco Bell 300, starting the race OUT of the top 20 and finishing first.
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The Martinsville Speedway hosted Late Model Stock car racing's Super Bowl yesterday. And as Roy Stanley says .. there was plenty of flag waving in this year's Taco Bell 300.
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((There were signs of American Pride everywhere at the track as the red, white and blue turned out in full force. But Old Glory had some company - as the yellow caution flag flew 36 times in the Taco Bell 300. 19 of those caution periods happened during the four, 25 lap qualifying races. Those 100 laps of racing took nearly three hours to complete. They also included a Johnny Rumley, Butch Hamlet crash that kept the Taco Bell car out of the race's main event. The red flag also got into the act as the racing was halted for 30 minutes. Norfolk's Phil Warren managed to survive his heat race and transfer into the 200 lap main event. In fact Warren ended up pulling off the impossible - winning the Taco Bell 300 despite starting out of the top 20. He becomes the race's first repeat winner. ((PHIL WARREN:)) Richmond's Brandon Butler finished second, but didn't head home empty handed. He won the $5000 bonus money for leading at the halfway point, and his pit crew also won the prestigious and at times disgusting Taco eating contest in the prerace ceremonies.)) ((BRANDON BUTLER:))

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Jeff Gordon takes the checkered flag in the Protection 400 winning the inaugural race at Kansas City.
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It didn't take long for the caution to fly on the very first lap--
In turn one, Casey Atwood gets into the rear of Stacy Compton, causing several cars to crash.
Atwood was out of the race.
But his teammate Bill Elliott was running strong.
He passed Jeff Gordon to lead the race after 27 laps.
Then Rusty Wallace entered the picture.
He was the leader at the halfway mark and Elliott was second.
Elliott left the race because of engine problems.
Then with over 30 laps to go, Dale Earnhardt Junior, who was running in the top 10, hits the wall bringing out the caution.
The cars pitted, and Rusty was penalized for speeding on pit road after he tried to beat Ricky Rudd back on the track.
After 2 cautions and the red flag, Gordon took the point with 6 laps to go.
He holds off Ryan Newman for the trip to Victory Lane.
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Ricky Rudd was third, Rusty fourth and Mark Martin fifth.

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The Roanoke Express hit the ice yesterday, having its first practice of the East Coast Hockey League season.
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16 players skated at the Ice Station yesterday, but 25 players are on the Express Roster.
Several are still in A-H-L camps.
And there's some good news for hockey fans season ticket sales are going well.
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And finally today--
The long- awaited next generation in mobile phone services is launched in Tokyo.
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More than 20- thousand handsets of FOMA-- Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access-- were introduced today by Japan's top mobile carrier.
The cell phones promise to relay video and eventually allow music downloads.
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