WDBJ 7 news at 5 for 12/27/01

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A police officer fires one shot .. with deadly results. Still ahead, state police look into the shooting, and what led up to it.
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And taking the mystery out of long-distance rates at the pay phone. State officials hope to dial in on a better way of letting you know.l
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The cold spell continues, but temperatures should moderate just a bit into the end of the week, sit tight for details.

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So which movies were the year's WORST? We'll have one critic's "bottom 10".
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And some of the nation's top codebreakers are hard at work .. hoping to crack the code of Beale Treasure.
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News 7 at 5 is next.

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((reporter question: do you know last night about Osama bin Laden talking on television?
Karzai: "I am come here to visit a hospital, Sir, I won't talk about those issues here." ))
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Reporters ask Afghanistan's interim leader about Osama bin Laden, but he refuses to speculate on the terrorist's whereabouts, despite an apparently recent videotape of bin Laden being shown on television and word the wanted man may have escaped to Pakistan.
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Leaders in Afghanistan say they think Osama bin Laden is alive and well and hiding in Paksitan. A low-level official in the interim government says the terrorist is being sheltered by a radical islamic group, but the group denies the charge. Meantime, the bin Laden is again being seen on videotape praising the destruction leveled on the US September eleventh. The al-Qaida leader refers to America as ``head of the infidels.'' Jim Acosta is live now with more.
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The mayor of New York is bidding farewell to the city that never sleeps.
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Rudy Giuliani today chose St. Paul's Church near the wreckage of the World Trade Center in which to say good bye. During his speech the two-term mayor reaffirmed the success of New York city, economically and culturally. He also praised the city's decreasing crime rate, and residents' sense of strength since the September 11th attack.
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((MAYOR RUDY GIULIANI/NEW YORK: IT'S A CITY THAT HAS WITHSTOOD THE WORST ATTACK OF ANY CITY IN AMERICA OR IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICA, AND PEOPLE ARE STANDING UP AS TALL, AS STRONG AND AS STRAIGHT AS THIS CHURCH.))
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Giuliani was barred from seeking a third consecutive term as New York City mayor by term limits. His last day will be December 31st. He will be replaced by Republican Michael Bloomberg.
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State police are investigating a deadly confrontation between a Pittsylvania County man and a Chatham police officer.
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It happened just outside Chatham in a house on Chalk Level Road, about 12-thirty this morning.
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A town police officer and a county deputy went to the house to charge 31-year-old James Elvin Wood in a domestic dispute.
Police say Wood lunged at the officers with a knife, cutting the hand of Chatham Sargeant Wayne Mayhew.
Mayhew shot him once in the chest. Wood died at the scene.
Chatham's Mayor says it was self-defense. But he's placed Sargeant Mayhew on paid leave.
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((ELTON PRUITT/CHATHAM MAYOR: WE PUT HIM ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE UNTIL WE CAN DECIDE ON HIS INJURIES AND THE EMOTIONAL AFFECT IT'S HAD ON HIM. AND ALSO WAITING UNTIL AFTER THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETED BY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND STATE POLICE INVESTIGATORS.))
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Wood's relatives had no comment.
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The State Corporation Commission hopes to take the mystery out of pay phone long distance rates.
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Under new rules, pay phone long distance providers are now required to disclose their rates upon request.
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((KEN SCHRAD/SCC COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR: WHEN YOU HIT THAT ZERO YOU MAY NOT BE GETTING THE LOCAL OPERATOR, YOU MAY BE GETTING THE OPERATOR SERVICE THAT'S TIED TO THIS PAYPHONE. AND THEY MAY HAVE TOTALLY DIFFERENT RATES THAT YOU'RE NOT USES TO. SO, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO ASK FOR THEIR RATE QUOTE. HEY, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO CHARGE ME IF I MAKE THIS CALL?
THAT WAY AT LEAST THE CONSUMER KNOWS, YEAH, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THIS CALL AND I ALSO KNOW THE PRICE.))
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If you don't like the long distance rate you're given, you can hang up at no charge.
But be careful--rate disclosures don't apply to personal long distance cards used on pay phones.
For local pay phone calls, the rate must be posted on the phone.
Under the new rules, out-of-order phones must be fixed within 48 hours or be removed.
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U-S Government codebrakers are among the many people hoping to someday crack a code .. that could solve the mystery of a well-known local treasure.
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They work for the National Security Agency ... and for years, they've been unofficially looking at a code that, according to legend, reveals the location of the Beale treasure.
Professionals have tried to solve the puzzle for the last century.
The code was written in three pages of numbers by Thomas Beale, who allegedly buried the treasure.
Legend places the twenty million dollar treasure somewhere at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Bedford County.
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If you would like to take a look at the entire Beale document, and try to figure it out for yourself, just go to WDBJ7-dot-com, and click the "Webwatch" icon.
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Virginia's next governor prepares for his inauguration, and beyond. Still ahead, Mark Warner says January 12th is just the start.
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And we'll see how the Winds of War have changed the life of a singer rising through the music ranks in Nashville.
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Governor-Elect Mark Warner's inauguration ceremony is ready and set to go.
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But the Democrat says he is more concerned about creating a new budget before he is sworn in as Virginia's 69th governor.
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((MARK WARNER/GOVERNOR-ELECT: WE HAVE A FISCAL CRISIS. WE HAVE A BUDGET THAT IS OUT OF BALANCE. AND, MY CONCERN IS THAT WE END UP JUST USING SHORT-TIME FIXES FOR WHAT, IN MANY WAYS, IS A LONG-TERM PROBLEM.))
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Warner also said he has to finish selecting cabinet members, which should be done by early next week.
After that, he can enjoy his inauguration.
The celebration begins January 11th with a concert featuring Williamsburg native Bruce Hornsby.
Other events include a parade, the inaugural ball and the First Lady's luncheon.
The weekend concludes with public tours of the Governor's Mansion that Sunday.
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America's war against terrorism has forced many ordinary citizens to take on new jobs. And it finds one extra-ordinary singer taking on an old one.
Barry Simmons tells us about a rising recording star who really loves his country.
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(("Once I was a soldier, not afraid to die..."

CRAIG MORGAN HAS MADE A CAREER OUT OF SINGING ABOUT MILITARY LIFE.
THIS SONG, CALLED PARADISE, WAS ONE OF HIS FIRST HITS.
IT'S ABOUT HIS LIFE AS AN ARMY RANGER... STATIONED IN PANAMA.

(-SOT-"When you've been where I've been, any kind of life is
paradise.")

HE'S COME A LONG WAY FROM TOTING GUNS TO GUITARS... AND MAKING A LIVING AT IT.
BUT EVEN NOW, JUST THIS WEEKEND, IN FACT, HE WAS BACK, TRAINING WITH THE ARMY RESERVES.

(-SOT-"It's funny, because everybody goes, You did what? You went back
in the Reserves?")

SURE ENOUGH, TWO DAYS EVERY MONTH, CRAIG MORGAN PUTS ON THE UNIFORM AND BECOMES SERGEANT CRAIG GREER... IN THE ARMY, STAGENAMES ARE NOT ALLOWED.

(-SOT-"Once you're a soldier, you're always a soldier, and so I kinda
carry that with me and it's kinda neat because I made a lot of friends. You know, that was a large part of my life.")

LONG BEFORE ANYONE KNEW HIM FOR HIS MUSIC, MORGAN SCALED WALLS AND JUMPED OUT OF AIRPLANES. HE'S EVEN COME UNDER HOSTILE FIRE... AND NOT JUST FROM AUDIENCES.

(-SOT-"What's more Nerve-racking, doing that, or performing in front
of thousands? Performing in front of thousands. Absolutely. You know, there's nothing worse than forgetting the words to a song that you wrote.")

IT'S UNLIKELY, OF COURSE, THAT MORGAN WILL EVER SEE ACTIVE DUTY AGAIN.
THIS IS HIS WEAPON OF CHOICE NOW.

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Morgan is planning to join U-S troops overseas in February.
This time, however, he will be performing only.

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There's not much snow around, but many ski areas are keeping busy. Our ski report is just ahead.
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And which movies are fingered as the year's worst? We'll count down some of the most disappointing, and forgettable flicks of the year.
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There are plenty of new movies to see over the holidays .. and many of them have received plenty of good reviews.
But some moviegoers may be relieved to see this year come to an end.
Reporter Sara Voorhees had no trouble coming up with her list of the year's ten WORST movies.
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[SUPER=04-"300 Miles to Graceland"; 1:13]
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SELDOM HAVE THERE BEEN SO MANY BAD MOVIE TO CHOOSE FROM ARE WE SAW IN 2001. GHOSTS OF MARS WAS LIKE A 2 HOUR REEL OF THE WORST OF JOHN CARPENTER -- A HELLACIOUS REVENGE METAPHOR FOR THE AMERICAN INDIAN, SET IN A BLOODBATH COLONY ON MARS
(NATAUDIO "Hey don't go back there..we have to save some for the honeymoon...what did you say gilley?")
SAY IT ISN'T SO WAS THE FARRELLY BROTHERS-PRODUCED MEDITATION ON INCEST AND MOCKING THE HANDICAPPED WITH ONE OR TWO LAUGHS THROWN IN.
(NATAUDIO: "Yo..it's 5-0..it's a setup")
EXIT WOUNDS BROUGHT STEVEN SEAGAL BACK TO THE SCREEN TO BEAT EVERYONE UP
(NATAUDIO: "My people have ways of talking that no white people can understand")
CROCODILE DUNDEE 3 BROUGHT PAUL HOGAN BACK, WANDERING THROUGH LA IN SEARCH OF A PLOT
(NATAUDIO: "Hey...It's Neil Diamond")
SAVING SILVERMAN WAS A KIDNAPPING COMEDY -- NEVER A GOOD SIGN -- THAT MANAGED TO DE-HUMORIZE TWO VERY FUNNY MEN, STEVE ZAHN AND JACK BLACK.
(NATAUDIO:"You were bitten by a vampire")
THE FORSAKEN WAS A MODERN VAMPIRE MOVIE THAT KNEW NOTHING ABOUT VAMPIRE MYTHOLOGY AND EVERYTHING ABOUT BAD TASTE.
(NATAUDIO: "You ready to play?")
YOU'D THINK KURT RUSSEL AND KEVIN COSTNER WOULD KNOW BETTER THAN TO BE UP STAGED BY THE BRUTAL BLOODY BALLISTICS IN 300 MILES FROM GRACELAND AND JUST IMPERSONATE ELVIS INSTEAD
(NATAUDIO: "you could do all these babes a huge favor and let us take them out")
N'SYNC'S JOEY FATONE AND LANCE BASS TRIED TO BE ACTORS, BUT IT ALL BACKFIRED FOR THEM IN ON THE LINE
(NATAUDIO: "all I want to do is develop my herbal in a lab")
HOW HIGH IS ALMOST HOW LOW A MOVIE CAN GET. METHOD MAN AND REDMAN JOIN FORCES IN A TOTALLY UNFUNNY MARIJUANA BLAST THAT HEECH AND CHONG'S UP IN SMOKE LOOK LIKE A MASTERPIECE
(NATAUDIO: "Look..I found a treasure")
BUT AS BAD AS THESE MOVIES WERE, NOTHING CAN COMPARE TO HOW BAD TOM GREEN'S, VULGAR-FOR-VULGAR'S-SAKE FREDDY GOT FINGERED IT WAS THE LOW POINT FOR MOVIES AND FOR HUMAN DIGNITY ,, AND A REASON TO CHEER FOR THE END OF 2001.
(NATAUDIO: "I'm being creative")
MAY THE YEAR 2002 BE FREDDY-FREE. I'M SARA VOORHEES REPORTING))
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The after-Christmas rally continues on Wall Street. Our Marketwatch report is just ahead.
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Stocks opened higher, and held their ground all day.
Alexis Christoforous has today's Marketwatch report.
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Good afternoon folks and welcome to the Thursday ticker that begins with some high school news from the Blue Ridge district. Next year that already ultra-tough district will expand to eleven teams as Cave Spring and the new Hidden Valley high school join the existing nine members.
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[GO TO PINNACLE PAGE 1001] As a result, the district steering committee chaired by Lord Botetourt principal Alan Brenner has decided to split the district into two divisions for the next school year. The split is based on enrollment numbers with these, the six most populated schools, in one division.
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[GO TO PINNACLE 1002] The others five schools will play in their own Blue Ridge division. Each divisional member will play each other twice, and then play schools in the other division once. This setup is good for all sports - EXCEPT football. And it will likely change after the next school year.
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The Virginia tech men's basketball team is in Tallahassee tonight for a seven o'clock game against Florida State.

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The Tech women host their 11th annual holiday tournament beginning tomorrow. The Hokies play Gardner Webb in the seven PM game in Lady Luck Classic. Tech will play two games in two days, something Tech can benefit from.
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The Express is on the road against Atlantic City tonight. Roanoke is 2 and 2 against Atlantic City.
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The Roanoke Dazzle plays host to Fayettville tonight at the Roanoke Civic Center in a seven o'clock tip off.
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Coming up at six, the Dazzle signs a UVa player and more gator Bowl preps,

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The National Zoo in Washington DC is showing off a new big cat.
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Berani is a rare Sumatran tiger. The three month old male made his public debut today. The cat weighs just 20 pounds. When he's full grown Berani is expected to weigh between 200 and 300 pounds.
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The year two-thousand one may be remembered as a year for both legends and newcomers in the music world.
VH-1's Rebecca Ranklin has a look at some of the year's biggest musical moments.
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((ARETHA FRANKLIN, AEROSMITH, STAIND, ALICIA KEYS - JUST A FEW OF THE ARTISTS WHO MADE BIG NEWS IN 2001
LEGENDS AND NEWCOMERS PKG
S/U Aretha Franklin "Respect" from Divas
VO IN APRIL VH1 PAID TRIBUTE TO THE QUEEN OF ALL DIVAS, ARETHA FRANKLIN AS SHE HOOKED UP ON STAGE WITH MARY J. BLIGE, THE BACKSTREET BOYS, EVEN KID ROCK.
S/U Kid Rock- A-R-E-T-H-A!
ARETHA FRANKLIN It was tremendous and to have such an enthusiastic and exciting audience. You just could not have asked for more.
S/U Queen: "We Will Rock You"
VO IN MARCH THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTED THE CLASS OF 2001. HONORED WERE QUEEN, MICHAEL JACKSON AS A SOLO ARTIST AND AEROSMITH.
AEROSMITH, STEVEN TYLER Being inducted into this club, it's flipped out.
S/U Alicia Keys "Fallin"
VO THE LIST OF NEWCOMERS WAS LEAD BY ALICIA KEYS AND HER HIT SINGLE "FALLIN." THE PROTEGE OF RECORD EXEC. CLIVE DAVIS, KEY'S ALBUM "SONGS IN A MINOR" DEBUTED AT NUMBER ONE SELLING OVER 235,000 COPIES.
ALICIA KEYS It was the biggest shock. I mean that is the last thing that I expected at all.// the best part of it, just the amount of people that really loved what they heard.
S/U Staind "It's been a while"
HARD ROCK OUTFITS LIKE AND INCUBUS MADE IMPRESSIVE BREAKTHROUGHS WITH THEIR CD'S "BREAK THE CYCLE" AND "MORNING VIEW." INDIA.ARIE MADE HER PRESENCE FELT WITH HER DEBUT ALBUM "ACOUSTIC SOUL."
TAG ANOTHER ARTIST THAT MADE AN IMPRESSIVE BREAKTHROUGH THIS YEAR WAS WELSH SINGER/SONGWRITER DAVID GRAY. HIS ALBUM WHITE LADDER" CAUGHT THE EAR OF DAVE MATTHEWS WHO SIGNED GRAY AND RE-RELEASED IT ON HIS NEW LABEL ATO RECORDS. THE CD WENT ON TO SELL OVER ONE MILLION COPIES. IN NEW YORK I'M REBECCA RANKIN.)) [Close-ID] [5pm] SUPER=x4035; fax/copyright [SUPER=x4034;email/copyright]