WDBJ 7 morning news for 12/12/01

[War-Update]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Enduring Freedom]

U-S warplanes continue blasting Osama bin Laden's base at Tora Bora in eastern Afghanistan.
A surrender deadline passed late last night.
Bin Laden's whereabouts are still unknown.
Meanwhile, the federal government has gotten its first indictment in the September eleventh investigation.
Zacarias (moo-SOW'-ee) Moussaoui faces six conspiracy charges -- four that carry the death penalty.
(moo-SOW-ee) Moussaoui will be tried in Alexandria.
Jim Acosta joins us now from Washington D-C with an update.
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[IN Q=]
[SUPER=143-Tora Bora, Afghanistan;]
[SUPER=141-Donald Rumsfeld/U. S. Secretary of Defense;]
[SUPER=141-John Ashcroft/U. S. Attorney General;]
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[OUT Q=back to you.]

[LIVE=NEWSPATH/FULL]
[SUPER=145-Washington, DC;]
(( AMERICANS WILL SOON SEE FOR THEMSELVES ... WHETHER A RECENTLY DISCOVERED VIDEOTAPE OF OSAMA BIN LADEN ... PROVES HE DID --IN FACT-- HAVE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF THE SEPTEMBER 11TH ATTACKS.
U.S. SENATORS WHO HAVE SEEN THE VIDEO ... SAY IT SHOWS BIN LADEN LAUGHING AT THE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION. THEY CLAIM HE ALSO MENTIONS MOHAMED ATTA AS THE RINGLEADER OF THE 19 HIJACKERS.

(NAT)

IN EASTERN AFGHANISTAN, U.S. WARPLANES BOMBED THE TORA BORA CAVE COMPLEX ... AFTER OSAMA BIN LADEN LOYALISTS FAILED TO MEET A SURRENDER DEADLINE.
A NUMBER OF AL-QAIDA FIGHTERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN KILLED BY RELENTLESS AIR STRIKES -- AND THEIR CAVES RAIDED BY U.S. AND AFGHAN TROOPS.

(SOT: DONALD RUMSFELD/DEFENSE SECRETARY)
"It is clearly a major fight. The people that are in there are fanatical in many respects."
AS THE U.S. MILITARY FIGHTS TERRORISM ABROAD, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES THE FIRST CRIMINAL INDICTMENT LINKED TO THE 9-11 ATTACKS.
ZACARIAS MOUSSAOUI (moo-SOW'-ee) -- A 33-YEAR OLD FRENCH MOROCCAN -- IS ACCUSED OF BEING A SOLDIER IN BIN LADEN'S TERRORIST ARMY, AND TRAINING IN AN AL-QAIDA CAMP IN AFGHANISTAN.
U.S. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE HE WAS MEANT TO BE THE 20TH HIJACKER.

(SOT: JOHN ASHCROFT/ATTORNEY GENERAL)
"Moussaoui is charged with undergoing the same training, receiving the same funding and pledging the same commitment to kill Americans as the hijackers."
IF FOUND GUILTY, MOUSSAOUI COULD GET THE DEATH PENALTY. ))

[Israel-Attack]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]

More complications for international peace efforts in the Middle East--
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Khan Younis, Gaza;]

Today Israeli helicopters attacked a Gaza refugee camp with missiles, killing four Palestinians and wounding 20 others.
The strike took place after Palestinians took aim at a Jewish settlement and army post in the area.
The violence last night and early today further complicates efforts to end more than 14 months of fighting.
U-S and European mediators met with both sides earlier yesterday, but reported no progress.
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[Henry-Schools]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=01-]
[GRAPHIC=Henry Co. School Consol.]

The Henry County school board will vote later this week on a controversial consolidation plan.
But last night, several hundred residents had their say in advance of Friday's vote.
As Justin McLeod discovered, many agree change is needed.
They just disagree on how to do it.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Henry Co.; :04]
[SUPER=01-George Agnew/Opposes Consolidation Plan; :15]
[SUPER=01-Joyce Childress/Opposes Consolidation Plan; :33]
[SUPER=01-Eugene Reynolds/Opposes Consolidation Plan; :49]
[SUPER=01-Sharon Dodson/Henry Co. Superintendent; 1:03]
[SUPER=01-Andy Parker/Favors Consolidation Plan; 1:19]
[SUPER=@justin1; 1:28]
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[OUT Q=JM, News 7, Henry Co.]
((((NAT SOUND OF GUY SPEAKING; :03))
Inevitable but how do you accomplish it?
The district's answer would consolidate four high schools into two as well as close three elementary schools.
[SOT ]
[IN Q=I know the school]
((GEORGE AGNEW/OPPOSES PLAN: I KNOW THE SCHOOL BOARD....)) [Runs08]
[OUT Q=before you act]

One popular alternative is to keep Irisbury Elementary school open.
Parents argue its a school that was recently renovated at a cost of more than two million dollars.
[SOT ]
[IN Q=As its been noted]
((JOYCE CHILDRESS/OPPOSES PLAN: AS ITS BEEN NOTED....)) [Runs07]
[OUT Q=or closed]

Another controversial closing is Laurel Park High School.
The current plan would merge the county's predominately black school into Magna Vista.
[SOT ]
[IN Q=]
((EUEGENE REYNOLDS/OPPOSES PLAN: THE SURVIVAL OF THE...)) [Runs07]
[OUT Q=remaining a high school]

A citizen's group has put forth a plan that would keep three high schools.
But the superintedent says the plan is too costly.
[SOT ]
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((SHARON DODSON/HENRY CO. SUPERINTENDENT: ITS ABOUT TWO MILLION DOLLARS....)) [Runs04]
[OUT Q=versus the two high schools]
((NAT SOUND OF MEETING))
The majority of residents spoke out against the current reconfiguration plan.
But a few believe the plan could work.
[SOT ]
[IN Q=I urge the board]
((ANDY PARKER: I URGE THE BOARD...)) [Runs10]
[OUT Q=adopting Dr. Dodson's plan]
[SOT ]
[IN Q=Several asked]
((JUSTIN MCLEOD/REPORTING: SEVERAL ASKED THE SCHOOL BOARD TO DELAY FRIDAY'S VOTE. BUT BOARD MEMBERS GAVE NO INDICATION IT WOULD DO SO, SO THE VOTE REMAINS SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY MORNING. JUSTIN MCLEOD, NEWS 7, HENRY COUNTY.))
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[11Walker-Hearing]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=01-44 TC1:56:30]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]
A Roanoke jury will watch a fatal shooting on videotape next week. They'll even get to take the tape and a V-C-R to the jury room, if they want to ...
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[VO-NAT]
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as they consider whether Bernard Maurice Walker is guilty of murder. The two sides agreed to that yesterday- -one of several issues settled before the case goes to trial Monday. Attorney David Damico says "the Commonwealth thinks Walker brought a pistol to a fist fight. We say it was self defense." Whereever the truth lies, Reaco Hilton died on the floor of the Stop and Save Mini Mart on Melrose Avenue LAST December 24th. Walker was on the lam for almost seven months before his arrest in Atlanta last July.
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[1st-Business]

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

In business news this morning, The Fed cut interest rates for the eleventh time this year.
Here's Barton Eckert with a look at the morning's top business stories..
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[SUPER=01-Barton Eckert/Reporting; :00]
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[OUT Q=in Washington.]

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[11Press-Secretary]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=01-58 TC15:17]
[GRAPHIC=None]

Next time you see Richmond Bureau Chief Ellen Qualls on News-7, it will be in a different capacity.
She's leaving to become Press Secretary for Governor-Elect Mark Warner.
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[SOT 01:41 - :59]
[IN Q=It's not tough leaving when]
[SUPER=01-Ellen Qualls/Press Secretary-Designate;]
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[OUT Q=he's got a great message.]
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[VO-NAT]

Ellen has spent the last seven years as our capitol correspondent.
She came to News-7 in 1993 and opened the Danville bureau.
Ellen's coverage has spanned two Virginia governors, a presidential impeachment and the terrorist attacks.
She was elected president of the Capitol Correspondents Association, and posed questions to her future boss at the gubernatorial debate here at WDBJ in October.
Ellen's assignments have taken her to hurricane-swept beaches, the mud at Woodstock and even "behind the scenes" in capitol bathrooms. [video of Ellen with News-7 tattoo]
Ellen has left her mark on News-7... and you could say the reverse is true as well....
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
[SS=None]

One other note from the Warner camp... his campaign and transition spokesman is going to Florida.
Mo (el-LIE-thee) Elleithee will manage Janet Reno's gubernatorial campaign in Florida next year.

[11Burning-ban]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=tbr]
[TAPE#=01-56 TC25:14]
[GRAPHIC=None]

The burning ban that has been in effect since late October has been lifted.
Governor Jim Gilmore says the recent rain and the cooler temperatures have reduced the threat of forest fires.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./November 9]

The Virginia Department of Forestry reports that we've had almost a thousand fires that have burned 11 thousand acres since October 15.
The state's Chief of Forest Protection says the fall 2001 fire season was the worst in 30 years.
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[Hottest-Toys]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]

[****Anchor-Tag****]
Parents may find some competition out there for this season's hottest toys. In the past, parents fought it out for Cabbage Patch Dolls and Tickle Me Elmo's. Josh Rubenstein has more on what you may find in short supply.
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[SOT 4:26:49 CONUS]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Glendale, CA; :00]
[SUPER=01-Selena Gonzalez/Shopper; :29]
[SUPER=01-Stephen O'Keefe/Toys R' Us; :50]
[SUPER=01-Josh Rubenstein/Reporting; 1:13]
[SUPER=01-Marie Alvarado/Shopper; 1:22]
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[OUT Q=she's cute.]
(( IT'S THE ONE TOY THAT EVERY CHILD JUST HAS TO HAVE.
THE HOT SELLER OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
THIS YEAR IT TOOK EVERYBODY BY SURPRISE.
IT ISN'T FLUFFY OR FUZZY AND YOU CAN'T PLUG IT IN, BUT IT SURE DOES TALK A LOT...OR IT BABBLES.
IT'S THE BABBLIN' BOO DOLL FROM THE MOVIE MONSTERS INC.
THE GONZALEZ FAMILY HAS BEEN LOOKING HIGH AND LOW FOR THE DOLL BUT IT'S NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.

(SOT- "It's gone. They don't have it here, it's sold out. I know
K-Bee sold out and they sold out here and know there's no more. They're not coming out again until January.")

BUT THE GONZALEZ FAMILY ISN'T ALONE IN THEIR EMPTY QUEST.
ACCORDING TO DISNEY EXECUTIVES, BOO IS SOLD OUT AT EVERY MAJOR TOY RETAILER IN THE COUNTRY.
TOYS R' US STORE DIRECTOR, STEVEN O'KEEFE SAYS HE'S SURPRISED BY THE DEMAND.

(SOT- O'Keefe "Babblin' Boo is so hot, I don't know if you've seen the
movie, but I have and I will tell you she is so cute and unfortunately there just doesn't seem to be enough of her to go around.")

BUT IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT PARENTS ARE LOOKING FOR TOYS THAT WILL COMFORT CHILDREN IN THE WAKE OF OUR NATIONAL TRAGEDY.

(SOT- "With all the things that have gone on nationally, people are
looking for something that they can hug and cuddle up to, which is pretty nice.")

AND MANY PARENTS AGREE THAT IT'S DIFFICULT FOR KIDS TO MAKE SINCE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD.
A CUTE DOLL OR A TRIP TO FANTASY WORLD MAKES IT EASIER TO SWALLOW.

(SOT- Alvarado "They want to be a part of what's going on and also
have fantasy. Nothing that's too disturbing, fun stuff. Yea, she's cute.")))
[Anchor=Kim]
[SS=none]
That was Josh Rubenstein reporting.

(Kimberly tosses to bump)

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[2Headlines]
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

School consolidation takes center stage at a meeting in Henry County--
Last night, several hundred residents expressed their views about consolidation, just days before the school board is scheduled to vote.
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[Anchor=Kimberly]
[SS=none]

And no surrender yet of al-Qaida forces in eastern Afghanistan-- despite the passage of last night's deadline.
[ANCHOR=Leo]
(ad lib weather)
[ANCHOR=Steve]
(ad lib live tease)
[2-shot]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

Wake up with us-- on News 7 Mornin.

[2-War-Update]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Enduring Freedom]

U-S bombs pounded Osama bin Laden's Tora Bora mountain base again today after al-Qaida fighters missed the deadline to disarm.
The fighters are mostly foreign Muslims, and have reportedly made new demands for the terms of their surrender.
America forces in Afghanistan are now focusing on their primary objective-- to capture or kill Osama bin Laden and other terrorist leaders.
Pentagon officials say the mission could take months.
But they say they want to keep al-Qaida from escaping Afghanistan and committing more terrorist acts.
Jim Acosta is in Washington now with the latest.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=143-Tora Bora, Afghanistan;]
[SUPER=141-Donald Rumsfeld/U. S. Secretary of Defense;]
[SUPER=141-John Ashcroft/U. S. Attorney General;]
[RUNS=:00]
[OUT Q=back to you.]

[LIVE=NEWSPATH/FULL]
[SUPER=145-Washington, DC;]
(( AMERICANS WILL SOON SEE FOR THEMSELVES ... WHETHER A RECENTLY DISCOVERED VIDEOTAPE OF OSAMA BIN LADEN ... PROVES HE DID --IN FACT-- HAVE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF THE SEPTEMBER 11TH ATTACKS.
U.S. SENATORS WHO HAVE SEEN THE VIDEO ... SAY IT SHOWS BIN LADEN LAUGHING AT THE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION. THEY CLAIM HE ALSO MENTIONS MOHAMED ATTA AS THE RINGLEADER OF THE 19 HIJACKERS.

(NAT)

IN EASTERN AFGHANISTAN, U.S. WARPLANES BOMBED THE TORA BORA CAVE COMPLEX ... AFTER OSAMA BIN LADEN LOYALISTS FAILED TO MEET A SURRENDER DEADLINE.
A NUMBER OF AL-QAIDA FIGHTERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN KILLED BY RELENTLESS AIR STRIKES -- AND THEIR CAVES RAIDED BY U.S. AND AFGHAN TROOPS.

(SOT: DONALD RUMSFELD/DEFENSE SECRETARY)
"It is clearly a major fight. The people that are in there are fanatical in many respects."
AS THE U.S. MILITARY FIGHTS TERRORISM ABROAD, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES THE FIRST CRIMINAL INDICTMENT LINKED TO THE 9-11 ATTACKS.
ZACARIAS MOUSSAOUI (moo-SOW'-ee) -- A 33-YEAR OLD FRENCH MOROCCAN -- IS ACCUSED OF BEING A SOLDIER IN BIN LADEN'S TERRORIST ARMY, AND TRAINING IN AN AL-QAIDA CAMP IN AFGHANISTAN.
U.S. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE HE WAS MEANT TO BE THE 20TH HIJACKER.

(SOT: JOHN ASHCROFT/ATTORNEY GENERAL)
"Moussaoui is charged with undergoing the same training, receiving the same funding and pledging the same commitment to kill Americans as the hijackers."
IF FOUND GUILTY, MOUSSAOUI COULD GET THE DEATH PENALTY. ))

[11Gilmore-Service]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#=01-54 TC41:50]
[GRAPHIC=Attack on America]

Governor Jim Gilmore attended a memorial service in Richmond yesterday.
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[VO-NAT :13]
[SUPER=03-Richmond;]

A high school choir sang the national anthem at the same time that Flight 77 hit the Pentagon three months ago.
Governor Gilmore says the tragedy sparked a rebirth of national greatness.
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[SOT 09:58:41]
[IN Q=In the face of this kind]
((GOV. JIM GILMORE: IN THE FACE OF THIS KIND OF EVIL, WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE AFRAID. WE ARE GOING TO BE DETERMINED. WE WILL NOT DIVIDE, BUT UNITE. WE WILL NOT DOUBT, BUT AFFIRM OUR FAITH IN FREEDOM. IN EACH OTHER TOO. WE WILL AFFIRM OUR FAITH IN EACH OTHER.))
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[OUT Q=affirm our faith in each other.]
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[VO-NAT :07]

Virginia's memorial service at the State Library was repeated around the nation yesterday morning.
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[11Allen]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jmi]
[TAPE#=01-53 TC52:04]
[GRAPHIC=George Allen]

Virginia Senator George Allen wants to ease the worries of thousands of laid off workers in Southside.
Yesterday, He and three other senators presented an economic stimulus package that would, among other things, extend unemployment benefits by 13 weeks.
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[VO-NAT]

Allen says the bill is a compromise that should get bipartisan approval in Congress.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=The point is not]
((SEN. GEORGE ALLEN: THE POINT IS NOT REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT, IT'S TO HELP PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS. THE UNEMPLOYMENT CHANGES BADE IN THE THIS PROPOSAL ARE VERY GOOD.))
[SUPER=@allen]
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[OUT Q=very good.]
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
[SS=None]

Negotiations on another stimulus package broke down last week as both parties accused the other of trying to kill the measure.

[Kofi-Annan]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]

It wasn't the same kind of high- profile summit he's accustomed to-- but Kofi Annan likely DID make some headway with the younger citizens of the world...
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-PBS;]

The U-N Secretary General is making his debut on the popular P-B-S children's program, "Sesame Street."
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[SOT 3:12:10]
[IN Q=Who are you?]
[SUPER=01-Koffi Annan/U. N. Secretary General;]
[RUNS=:12]
[OUT Q=and this is Zoe!]
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[VO-NAT]

And in a show of diplomacy, Annan stopped the Sesame Street friends from fighting over who would sing the alphabet song-- asking them to all sing it together.
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[SOT 3:13:10]
[IN Q=A,B,C-- alphabet song.]
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[OUT Q=N, O, P....]
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[VO-NAT]

The episode airs next spring.

(----------)[Marketwatch]

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

In business news, An eleventh interest rate cut this year wasn't enough to get stocks to rally in their latest session. Alexis Christoforous has that story and more in this morning's Marketwatch.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Alexis Christoforous/Reporting; :00]
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[OUT Q=your local stocks]
((INVESTOR ENTHUSIASM OVER THE 11TH INTEREST RATE CUT OF THE YEAR PROVED TO BE SHORTLIVED.

(graphic)
THE DOW SANK 33 POINTS

(graphic)
NASDAQ HUNG ON WITH A GAIN OF NEARLY 10

(on cam)
AS EXPECTED, FED CHIEF ALAN GREENSPAN CUT SHORT TERM INTEREST RATES BY A QTR POINT TO A 40 YEAR LOW OF 1.75 PERCENT.
MANY BANKS FOLLOWED SUIT BY CUTTING THEIR PRIME LENDING RATE BY A QTR POINT TO 4.75 PERCENT.. THAT RATE IS CLOSELY TIED TO CREDIT CARDS, AUTO LOANS AND HOME EQUITY LOANS.. BUT DON'T EXPECT MORTGAGE RATES TO MOVE MUCH LOWER, SINCE THEY'RE TIED TO LONG TERM BONDS AND ARE ALREADY NEAR HISTORIC LOWS.
WITH UNEMPLOYMENT AT A 6 YEAR HIGH AND THE ECONOMY LOSING 800-THOUSAND JOBS IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS, THE FED SAID THE ECONOMY IS STILL VULNERABLE TO FURTHER WEAKNESS, SUGGESTING MORE RATE CUTS ARE TO COME.

(graphic)
MERCK KNOCKED THE STUFFING OUT OF THE DOW AFTER THE DRUGMAKER SAID IT SEEES NO EARNINGS GROWTH NEXT YEAR.
CELL PHONE GIANT NOKIA RANG UP GAINS ON NEWS IT MAY BEAT ITS PROFIT TARGET.
AND USA NETWORKS RALLIED ON WORD THE FRENCH MEDIA GIANT VIVENDI IS IN TALKS TO BUY SOME OF ITSENTERTAINMNET ASSETS.

(graphic)
BANKRUPT ENERGY GIANT ENRON WAS SUED BY JP MORGAN CHASE FOR OVER 2-BLN DOLLARS. JP MORGAN CHASE IS ONE OF ENRON'S BIGGEST LENDERS. THE SUIT SEEKS MONEY FROM ENRON'S ASSETS.

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TRACK ALL THE PRE-MARKET ACTION AT CBS.MW.COM .. AT THE NASDAQ
(on cam)
I'M AC IN NY.))

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[11Murder-Arrest]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Murder Invest.]

A man wanted by Lynchburg police for two months turned himself in to face murder charges.
24-year old Christopher Brusant Smith surrendered to police yesterday afternoon, nearly two months after he allegedly shot and killed a man on Bedford Avenue.
Police say Smith and another man approached a car and demanded that the occupants give them their wallets.
That's when Smith allegedly shot 20-year-old Michael Moseley once in the side.
Smith's being held in the Blue Ridge Regional Detention Center on charges of murder, armed robbery and using a firearm in commission of a felony.

[Med-Day]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin Health Check]

In medical news, a new study says many menopausal women are unaware they have osteoporosis.
Doctor Dave Hnida has that story and more in this morning's Health check.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Dave Hnida/Reporting; :00]
[RUNS=1:21]
[OUT Q=for CBS News.]

((ABOUT HALF OF ALL WOMEN PAST MENOPAUSE HAVE OSTEOPOROSIS- AND DONT KNOW IT.
A STUDY IN THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION LOOKED AT MORE THAN 200 THOUSAND WOMEN OVER THE AGE OF 50 WITH NO HISTORY OF THIN BONES.

BUT WHEN THE WOMEN HAD SCANS DONE- ALMOST HALF SHOWED SOME DEGREE OF OSTEOPOROSIS.
RESEARCHERS RECOMMEND BONE THICKNESS TESTING IN ALL POST MENOPAUSAL WOMEN NO LATER THAN AGE 65- AND IN THOSE YOUNGER WOMEN WITH A HISTORY OF FRACTURES- OR A FAMILY HISTORY OF OSTEOPOROSIS--

THE NUMBERS ON THE SCALE KEEP GOING UP- UP- AND UP.
THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION REPORTS AMERICAN CHILDREN ARE GETTING FAT AT AN ALARMING RATE- OVER THE PAST DECADE THE NUMBER OF BLACK AND HISPANIC CHILDREN WHO FIT THE DEFINITION OF OBESE HAS RISEN 200%.

AMONG WHITE CHILDREN- THE RISE IS 50%
RESEARCHERS BLAME LESS EXERCISE- MORE FAST FOOD, VIDEO GAMES AND COMPUTERS
FINALLY TODAY- WHO DID YOU THINK GETS MORE EXERCISE- DOG OWNERS- OR THOSE WITHOUT PETS.
WELL ITS NOT THE DOG OWNERS.
A NEW REPORT SHOWS HAVING A DOG- AND TAKING THAT DOG FOR WALKS DOESN'T GUARANTEE FITNESS- ONE REASON- THOSE WALKS WITH FIDO TEND TO BE ON THE SHORT SIDE.

THAT'S A LOOK AT SOME OF THE DAYS TOP HEALTH STORIES. IM DR DAVE HNIDA FOR CBS NEWS.))

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[11L'burg-Council]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=01-50 TC1:20:42]
[GRAPHIC=None]

Mental health advocates say Lynchburg can not afford NOT to spend the money to make one of its major bridges less attractive to suicide jumpers.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg]

38-year old Theresa Wilkerson died last August when she leapt to her death off the Rivermont Bridge near downtown.
Wilkerson's father asked city council last night to install protective fencing on the bridge to prevent others from killing themselves.
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[SOT 8:41:09//8:44:52]
[IN Q=If there had]
((DON WILKERSON/FATHER OF SUICIDE VICTIM: IF THERE HAD BEEN A FENCE ON THE BRIDGE, MORE LIKELY SHE WOULD BE LIVING TODAY. FENCES DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. A FENCE ON RIVERMONT BRIDGE COULD STOP SOME PREMATURE DEATHS.)) ((LINDA THEISEN/L'BURG DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS ASSOC'N: YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY WAITING, BUT WITH LIFE, THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. THERE IS A CAUSE FOR GREAT CONCERN REGARDING RIVERMONT BRIDGE. THOUGH IT IS NOW TWENTY YEARS LATER, AS THE PEOPLE'S REPRESENTATIVES, PLEASE MOVE FORWARD AND INSTALL THIS FENCING.))
[SUPER=01-Don Wilkerson/Father of Suicide Victim; :00]
[SUPER=01-Linda Theisen/Lynchburg Depressive Disorders Association; :17]
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[OUT Q=install this fencing.]
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[VO-NAT]

A rash of suicides on the bridge in 1981 prompted city council to study the problem then, but no action was taken.
Council last night did not respond to the request.
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A new warning has been issued for keeping kids safe this holiday season. It is designed to help you shop for the right toys.
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[Take FS Early Years BOARD] Anne Peterson has more in this today's Early Years segment.
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[SUPER=01-Dr. Denise Dowd/Children's Mercy Hospital; :57]
[SUPER=01-Anne Peterson/Reporting; 1:28]
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[OUT Q=small handguns.]

[Anchor=Kim]
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That was Anne Peterson reporting. Doctor Dowd says a b-b gun or any other gift like that should only be given to older children with adult supervision.

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