WDBJ 7 morning news for 01/10/02

[WX-Hello]

[ANCHOR=Leo]

[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
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(TWO SHOT---Kimberly and Leo)

[Gilmore-Speech]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=02-02 TC 2:18]
[GRAPHIC=Jim Gilmore]

Governor Jim Gilmore says he leaves a record of accomplishment as he leaves office.
Gilmore delivered his farewell speech last night in his final State of the Commonwealth address.
He turns over the Governor's office to Mark Warner on Saturday.
Gilmore will be remembered as the man who cut the car tax. But as Joe Dashiell reports, he made the case that the lasting legacy of his administration is not just a single policy or program.
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[OUT Q=JD News 7 Richmond.]
(([IN Q=Virginia will never again]
((VIRGINIA WILL NEVER AGAIN BE MOCKED AS A POLITICAL MUSEUM PIECE, BUT CELEBRATED AS THE CRADLE OF DEMOCRACY THAT THE FOUNDERS ENVISIONED MORE THAN TWO AND A QUARTER CENTURIES AGO.))
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[OUT Q=two and a quarter centuries ago.]

As he stood before a joint session of the General Assembly for the final time as Governor, Jim Gilmore said his accomplishments have come in many areas.
4000 new teachers, 320- thousand new jobs...
And though the state faces a one-point three billion dollar shortfall, Gilmore said he has maintained Virginia's reputation for strong financial management.
[SOT]
[IN Q=And the budget I propose]
((AND THE BUDGET I PROPOSE MAINTAINS THAT HIGH LEVEL OF INTEGRITY. IT IS A CONSERVATIVE, RESPONSIBLE AND BALANCED BUDGET.))
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[OUT Q=and balanced budget.]

Gilmore says the recession should not prevent Virginia from phasing out the car tax completely by 2004, and he proposed sending some income tax revenues back to local governments beginning in 2005.
The governor also recognized two state troopers who were among the first to arrive on the scene of the September 11th terrorist attack at the Pentagon..
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[IN Q=Ladies and gentlemen]
((LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, VIRGINIA IS PREPARED FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. GOD BLESS YOU, GOD BLESS THE COMMONWEALTH, GOOD NIGHT AND FAREWELL.))
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[OUT Q=good night and farewell.]))

[Speech-Reaction]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=01-60 TC 1:33:13]
[GRAPHIC=HOLD]

History may be the final judge of the Gilmore legacy, but Democrats were more than ready to pronounce their own verdict last night.
Steve Smallshaw has more on that.
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[SUPER=03-Richmond; :00]
[SUPER=@Gilmore; :14]
[SUPER=01-Sen. John Edwards/(D) Roanoke; :37]
[SUPER=01-Del. Preston Bryant/(R) Lynchburg; :54]
[SUPER=01-Sen. Creigh Deeds/(D) Warm Springs; 1:16]
[SUPER=01-Del. Chip Woodrum/(D) Roanoke; 1:23]
[SUPER=@ssm1; 1:34]
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[OUT Q=SS, News 7 Richmond.]
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Governor Jim Gilmore walked out of the House chamber for the last time, knowing that in just a few days he will be just another Virginian without a job.
So you might have expected a little resume padding before he left.
[QUICK SOT Gilmore ]
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But for every item on Gilmore's laundry list of accomplishments, Democrats could think of a dirty problem he was leaving behind... not the least of which is a billion dollar hole in this year's budget.
[SOT 3:52:26]
((SEN. JOHN EDWARDS/D- ROANOKE: HE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO BOAST ABOUT SOME OF THE SUCCESSES OF THIS ADMINISTRATION, BUT IT WAS A REALLY UTTER FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE THE BUDGET CRISIS THAT WE'RE IN NOW, AND I THINK THAT'S UNFORTUNATE. WE HAVE A NEW ADMINISTRATION COMING IN SATURDAY, SO I GUESS IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHAT THIS GOVERNOR SAID TONIGHT.)) [RUNS16]
[OUT Q=said tonight.]
[SOT 3:54:56]
((DEL. PRESTON BRYANT/R- LYNCHBURG: IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU LOOK AT THE GILMORE RECORD OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND NOT LOOK AT THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS. THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS HAVE LARGELY BEEN DICTATED BY A DOWNTURN IN THE ECONOMY WHICH IS LARGELY BEYOND HIS CONTROL. IF YOU LOOK AT THE WHOLE FOUR YEARS, HE DID A PRETTY DARN GOOD JOB.)) [RUNS13]
[OUT Q=darn good job.]

But Democrats call the last twelve months and the historic budget impasse a "train wreck".. putting things together again is going to take a lot of effort from both sides of the aisle.
[SOT 20:19:28]
((SEN. CREIGH DEEDS/D- WARM SPRINGS: WE'VE GOT SO MUCH WORK TO DO, IT'S TIME TO MOVE PAST THIS ADMINISTRATION AND START SOLVING SOME PROBLEMS.)) [RUNS07]
[OUT Q=solving some problems.]
[SOT 20:15:03]
((DEL. CHIP WOODRUM/D- ROANOKE: I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK TO THE FUTURE AND COME TO GRIPS WITH THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOT TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMONWEALTH, WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS JOB IN FRONT OF US, WE HAVE A.. FRANKLY, WE HAVE A MESS ON OUR HANDS.)) [RUNS11]
[OUT Q=we have a mess on our hands.]))

[Thomas]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=01-]
[GRAPHIC=Thomas]

The state supreme court will hear an appeal today from the man convicted of raping and killing a 16- year- old Radford girl.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-File Tape;]

A Pulaski county judge sentenced Jeffrey Thomas to death for killing Tara Munsey, despite pleas for mercy from the victim's parents.
Munsey disappeared in late January 2000 after finishing her shift at a Taco Bell.
Her body was found two months later.
Thomas was arrested after authorities were able to match his D-N-A to evidence found at the scene.
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[Salem-Ax]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Fatal Accident]

An overnight accident kills one person in Salem.
Police say a car struck a telephone pole on Roanoke Boulevard near the V-A Hospital around one this morning.
Authorities say two people were in the car-- one of them was killed, the other is now hospitalized with injuries.
No word yet on the identities of those involved.

Police are still investigating the accident.[War-Update]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Enduring Freedom]

The U-S military is investigating a crash that's so far, the single most deadly incident for Americans in the war in Afghanistan.
Seven Marines were on board the K-C-130 aircraft that slammed into a mountain yesterday in southwestern Pakistan.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-San Diego, CA;]

Meanwhile, comrades at their home air base in San Diego are still reacting to the news.
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[SOT 4:41:33 ]
[IN Q=They were proudly]
((T. D. JOHNSON/PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER:THEY WERE PROUDLY SERVING THEIR COUNTRY, FIGHTING FOR AMERICA, AND THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES ))
[SUPER=01-T. D. Johnson/Public Affairs Officer;]
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[OUT Q=gave their lives.]
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[VO-NAT]

Pentagon officials say they doubt enemy fire brought down the re-fueling plane.
But they say it may take weeks to determine what did.
The fatal crash comes less than a week after Green Beret Sergeant Nathan Chapman was killed by enemy fire.
Later today, the Army will hold a memorial service for him at Fort Lewis, Washington.
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[6-Parole-Board]

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

Governor-Elect Mark Warner said he'd get rid of them anyway... so yesterday three members of the state Parole Board resigned.
Warner said on Monday that he would replace the Board within a month of taking office, and might work to abolish it completely.
One of the resigning board members says Warner acted prematurely, and says it shows that the incoming governor is ``not experienced with how the government works.''

[11Spectacle-Lens]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jmi]
[TAPE#=01-49 TC2:03:40]
[GRAPHIC=None]

In business news, there's now a clearer view of what's going on at Johnson and Johnson's Spectacle Lens Group in Roanoke.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-Johnson & Johnson]

The manufacturing facility is up and running again.
The company formerly known as Innotech broke ground in 1999, but assembly line problems kept it from manufacturing.
The company's president says the kinks are now worked out.
Difinity Two "Dual-add" lenses are rolling off the line -- they're also known as no-line bifocals.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=We are actually]
((VAL BRUNELL/THE SPECTACLE LENS GROUP: WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME VERY UNIQUE DESIGNS IN THESE LENSES THAT ARE INNOVATIVE AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO SEE MUCH BETTER.))
[SUPER=01-Val Brunell/The Spectacle Lens Group]
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[OUT Q=much better.]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

Johnson and Johnson promised to hire 600 people when the facility was built.
There aren't that many people employed yet, but The Spectacle Lens Group IS hiring.
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[1st-Business]

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

The Justice Department is investigating the collapse of Enron .
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.]

(( GOOD MORNING THIS THURSDAY THE 10TH OF JANUARY.
HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS MORNING.
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THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS OPENED A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF FALLEN ENERGY GIANT ENRON CORP.,
AS THE CONTROVERSY OVER ENRON'S COLLAPSE WIDENS, THE GOVERNMENT IS LOOKING INTO ALLEGATIONS OF INSIDER TRADING AND INVESTOR DECEPTION.
THE PROBE IS CENTERED IN THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S CRIMINAL DIVISION.
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LOOKED GOOD WEDNESDAY ON WALL STREET.. THEN.. LIKE THE A LINE FROM THE HONEYMOONERS.. POW! RIGHT IN THE KISSER.. ON PROFIT TAKING.
TODAY REACTION TO INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS.. AND NOVEMBER WHOLESALE INVENTORIES.
ON ASIAN MARKETS OVERNIGHT .. A LOSING SESSION IN TOKYO.
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THE F-C-C HAS APPROVED A BOEING BROADCAST SERVICE THAT WILL LET PASSENGERS USE BROADBAND DATA TRANSMISSION IN FLIGHT. THAT MEANS HIGH SPEED INTERNET, SPECIALTY T-V, AND E-MAIL CAN TRAVEL WHILE YOU DO.
PROTOTYPES ARE ALREADY BEING TESTED, WITH A ROLLOUT BY YEAR'S END ON ALL LUFTHANSA FLIGHTS..
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A DIME WON'T GET YOU A CUP OF COFFEE ANYMORE... BUT $10 CAN GET A PLANE TICKET.
JUST THE TICKET..
AMERICA WEST AIRLINES IS THE LATEST TO START CHARGING FOR HARD COPIES OF AIRLINE TICKETS...
THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY IS TRYING TO REDUCE PRINTING AND PROCESSING COSTS.
THE TEN BUCK EXTRA CHARGE KICKS NEXT WEDNESDAY.
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AND THAT'S YOUR FIRST BUSINESS CHECK ON THE MORNING'S TOP BUSINESS HAPPENINGS..
I'M BARTON ECKERT IN WASHINGTON.))

(tape tosses to stocks)
[STOCKS] [COMM]

[11Thaxton-Elementary]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=syo]
[TAPE#=01-61 TC49:55]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Some Thaxton youngsters can now brag about the day they spent with America's President.
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[VO-NAT :21]
[SUPER=03-Washington, DC;]
A group of Thaxton Elementary students joined George W. Bush in a pep talk for teachers, principals and education officials. An employee at the nation's capitol called the students' principal earlier this week looking for public school students to participate in the ceremony. A new bill will require new reading and math tests, and set higher teacher standards.
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[IN Q=I don't know if it's gonna be...]
((CALLE GLOVER/3RD GRADE STUDENT: I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA BE HARD OR EASY SO I'M JUST GONNA TRY MY BEST.)) [BUTT BUTT BUTT]
[SOT 6:43-6:49]
((LORRIE MANLEY/PRINCIPAL, THAXTON ELEMENTARY: IT'LL BE WONDERFUL, IT'LL BE A GREAT.... HAVE DOCUMENTED PROGRESS.))
[SUPER=01-Calle Glover/3rd Grade Student; :00]
[SUPER=01-Lorrie Manley/Thaxton Elementary Principal; :09]
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[OUT Q=have documented progress.]
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[VO-NAT :09]
After sitting in on the ceremony in Constitution Hall, the kids were expected to have a few hours to tour the city.
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[5-Pet-Therapy]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=501-12 1:21:30]
[GRAPHIC=none]

Apollo is a volunteer for Carilion Hospice. For some patients, this four-legged friend is a paw above the rest.
Health Check Reporter Joy Sutton tells us how pet therapy is making a difference for terminally ill patients.
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[IN Q=Let's go see shelby]
[SUPER=03-Salem;00]
[SUPER=01-Shelby Bailey/Carilion Hospice Patient;19]
[SUPER=01-Rita Harris/Bailey's Daughter;35]
[SUPER=01-Diane Dorazio/Carilion Hospice Volunteer;52]
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[OUT Q=for News 7 Mornin']
((
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[IN Q=Let's go see shelby]
((NAT SOT: LET'S GO SEE SHELBY... THERE IS YOUR BUDDY))
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[OUT Q=there is your buddy]

For Shelby Bailey, who's confined to her bed, -visits from Apollo are the highlight of the day.
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[IN Q=It means a lot because you get to feed ]
((IT MEANS A LOT BECAUSE YOU GET TO FEED HIM --AND HE'S FRIENDLY)) [RUNS12]
[OUT Q=and he's friendly]

Shelby's daughter says whenever Apollo comes to visit, her mother seems to light-up and seems to be more responsive.

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[SOT18:09:09]
[IN Q=A lot of times we can't get her]
((A LOT OF TIMES WE CAN'T GET HER TO DO VERY MUCH --BUT WHEN THE DOG COMES SHE WILL REACH OUT AND PET HIM AND MOVE HER HAND )) [RUNS05]
[OUT Q=move her hand]

Apollo's owner, Diane Dorazio says pet therapy has many benefits.
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[SOT17:57:53]
[IN Q=Research studies have shown]
(( RESEARCH STUDIES HAVE SHOWN BEING AROUND ANIMALS LOWERS BLOOD PRESSURE, IT HAS A LOT OF PHYSIOLOGICAL BENEFITS AND EMOTIONAL BENEFITS. THE ONES THAT REALLY SEEM TO ENJOY IT THE MOST ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE HAD PETS IN THE PAST )) [RUNS18]
[OUT Q=pets in the past]

The bond formed between the patients and animals can also help them endure the difficulties of the illness.
Most importantly, Dorazio says pets offer unconditional love --despite the condition of the person.
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[SOT17:56:38]
[IN Q=They love them whether they've got]
((THEY LOVE THEM WHETHER THEY'VE GOT TUBES OR DISFIGURED, THE DOGS DON'T CARE THEY LOVE THEM ANY WAY AND THAT IS SUCH A BOOST TO THERE SELF ESTEEM)) [RUNS13]
[OUT Q=to their self-esteem]
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[IN Q=He's going to give you]
((NAT SOT: HE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU A KISS, IF YOU CAN PUT UP WITH IT))
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[OUT Q=can put up with it]))
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[SS=HOLD]
Right now -- Carilion Hospice in Roanoke only has Apollo and his owner to provide pet therapy. The company is looking for more volunteers -- other animals such as rabbits, guinea pigs are welcome as well.
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[11Terrorism]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=rle]
[TAPE#=01-]
[GRAPHIC=none]

Many people have questions following the September Eleventh attacks. One local college is doing something to give answers.
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[VO-NAT - :13]
[SUPER=03-Lexington;]
Washington and Lee University has added a class on the causes and effects of terrorism. The professor of the course says even though the number of terrorist events is dropping, their magnitude is getting more serious.
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[SOT - 51:21]
[IN Q=The number of people..]
((BOB STRONG/POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR; THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THEY ARE KILLING AND THE SCALE OF THE TERRORIST EVENTS THEY ARE PERPETUATING IS GETTING ALARMINGLY MORE SERIOUS.))
[SUPER=01-Bob Strong/Political Science Professor;]
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[OUT Q=alarmingly more serious.]
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[VO-NAT :13+]
The interest in the class has been so great that the University is turning students away. The course will include about a half dozen lectures from terrorism experts, as well as how religion and nationalism help fuel terrorist activities.
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[5-WEATHER]

[ANCHOR=Leo]
[NEWSCAST=MORNIN]
[WRITER=KMC]
[TAPE#none]
[GRAPHIC=none]

[Desk 2-shot]

(Kim and Leo Hello)

Leo ----WEATHER PRO

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[11Manns]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=01-52 TC1:39:10]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]

More than a year after a Martinsville shop owner was gunned down at work, prosecutors laid out their case against the teenager charged with her murder.
Cameras were not allowed in the courtroom for the preliminary hearing because the defendant is a juvenile.
But a judge cleared the way for him to be tried as an adult.
Marya Jones reports.
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[IN Q=After 5 hours]
[SUPER=@Marya1; :00]
[SUPER=03-Martinsville; :13]
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[OUT Q=MJN7, Martinsville.]
((((MARYA JONES/NEWS-7: After five hours of testimony from 10 witnesses, the judge said there was enough probable cause to try Billy Ray Manns as an adult for capital murder.
The testimony of his friends and relatives is what implicated him.))
17-year-old Billy Ray Manns is now facing a possible death sentence in connection with the murder of a woman he barely knew.
In September of 2000, Lisa Thomas was gunned down in front of her children inside the clothing store she ran with her husband.
In a preliminary hearing, Manns' friends said the teenager bragged about killing Thomas.
His stepsister said he claimed he shot her "four or five times" and he "was going to get paid for it."
Attorneys from both sides grilled Thomas' husband, Maverick Muhammad, on the stand for an hour and a half.
He told them he did not kill his wife or hire Manns to do it.
Manns' attorneys contend that Muhammad tested positive for gunpowder residue. ((MARYA JONES/NEWS-7: Prosecutors and defense attorneys declined to discuss the case any further.
But prosecutors have said before that this was a murder for hire.
To this day, Manns remains the only person charged in connection with the crime.
He'll be transferred from juvenile detention to an adult jail as he awaits trial. Marya Jones, News7, Martinsville.))))

[11East]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=tsa]
[TAPE#=01-54 TC1:05:14]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]

It's been almost a year since the secretary of the Lynchburg Hillscats was murdered.
Yesterday, her husband admitted to the murder.
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[VO-NAT 24]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg/File Tape]

Friends and family were on hand as John Wesley East pled guilty to stabbing and strangling 44 year old Karen Williams East.
The murder happened in their Campbell Avenue home last April.
Defense attorneys said they were prepared to go to trial, but evidence in the case would have likely warranted the death penalty.
They said the plea would be best for the couple's two children.
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[SOT 18:04:37]
[IN Q=All of us including]
((WILLIAM PETTY/COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY: ALL OF US INCLUDING THE FAMILY FELT THAT THE BEST OUTCOME OF THIS CASE WAS WHAT YOU SAW TODAY RATHER THAN PUT THEM THROUGH TRIAL AND POSSIBLY HAVING TO LIVE WITH THEIR FATHER BEING EXECUTED AS WELL.))
[SUPER=01-William Petty/Commonwealth's Attorney]
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[OUT Q=executed as well]
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[VO-NAT]

The children are eight and tens years old.
Prosecutors told the court East made harassing phone calls to his wife before the murder.
They added forensic evidence found at the crime scene could also be linked to East.
Following yesterday's plea, East was sentenced to two consecutive life terms.
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[Med-Day]

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

In medical news, a new study reveals a NEW recommended diet for those who have had kidney stones.
Doctor Dave Hnida has that story and more in this morning's Health check.
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[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Dave Hnida/Reporting; :00]
[RUNS=1:16]
[OUT Q=for CBS News.]
((IF YOUVE HAD KIDNEY STONES- YOUR DOCTOR HAS PROBABLY TOLD YOU TO EAT A DIET THATS LOW IN CALCIUM.

(VO W/NATS)
IT TURNS OUT THAT ADVICE MAY NOT WORK- AT LEAST AS WELL AS A DIET THATS LOW IN MEAT AND SALT.
A STUDY IN THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE FINDS A PEOPLE WHO WENT WITH THE LOW SALT - LOW MEAT DIET HAD HALF AS MANY KIDNEY STONES OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD THAN PEOPLE WHO FOLLOWED A LOW CALCIUM DIET

(WIPE VO W/NATS)

DOCTORS ARE OFTEN CRITICIZED FOR PRESCRIBING ANTIBIOTICS UNECESSARILY- BUT IT TURNS OUT- TELLING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A VIRUS AND A BACTERIA CAUSED SORE THROAT OR COUGH IS HARDER THAN IT SEEMS
A STUDY IN THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF FAMILY PRACTICE FINDS DOCTORS MISDIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF AN ILLNESS HALF OF THE TIME- THATS DESPITE A GOOD HISTORY AND A GOOD EXAM.

(WIPE VO W/NATS)

FINALLY TODAY- EVISTA IS A DRUG USED TO TREAT OSTEOPOROSIS- BUT IT HAS ONE GOOD SIDE EFFECT- IT MAY ALSO PREVENT BREAST CANCER.
BUT A STUDY IN THE JAMA FINDS THAT PROTECTION ISNT THERE FOR EVERY WOMAN- ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE HIGH LEVELS OF ESTROGEN IN THEIR BLOODSTREAM- SOMETHING THATS EASILY MEASURED WITH A BLOOD TEST

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

(Kimberly tosses to bump)

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[3-Speech-Reaction]

[Water-Main]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Water Main Break]

There is a water main break at Salem Avenue and Norfolk Avenue Southeast near the market area in Downtown Roanoke. Crews are working on the problem. Authorities say at this point no one is without water, but some people may experience low water pressure this morning.

[Hockey-Trial]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]

Closing arguments begin today in the manslaughter trial of a hockey dad in Massachusetts.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Cambridge, MA;]

Thomas Junta says he beat another father at their sons' hockey practice.
Under cross- examination, Junta says he did it because the other father, Michael Costin, "swung at him first."
Costin died the following day.
Junta could face up to 20 years in prison if he's convicted.
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[11Roanoke-Fire]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=01-59 TC29:47]
[GRAPHIC=Fire]
Smoke from a house fire in downtown Roanoke could be seen for several miles.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
When firefighters arrived on Elm Avenue last night, flames were already visible. Patricia Ferguson had lived in the house for 29- years but was not home when the fire started. Officials say the house was seriously damage-- but theyhave don't know if it'll be a complete loss.
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[SOT 05:58:05]
[IN Q=WE ARRIVED HERE]
((GARY CONNER/ROANOKE FIRE DEPARTMENT; WE ARRIVED HERE WE HAD FLAMES COMING OUT THE SECOND STORY WINDOW ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HOUSE FACING ELM, WE HAD FIRE EXTENDING UP THROUGH THE ROOF.))
[SUPER=01-Gary Conner/Roanoke Fire Department; :00]
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[OUT Q=THROUGH THE ROOF.]
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[VO-NAT]
Captain Conner says investigators are not sure how the fire started but they have ruled out arson. (------------)