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Today on News 7 at 5, a decision on whether to try John Walker Lindh in a civilian, or a military courtroom.
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And Governor Warner wastes no time naming his commission to find, and eliminate, government waste.
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Temperatures a bit warmer tomorrow with abundant sunshine. Should be a pleasant forecast coming up.
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In health news, anthrax vaccines are now one step away from renewed production.
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And who's getting the REAL workout. It's gymnastics for toddlers, but parents say they can benefit as well.
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((JOHN ASHCROFT/U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL: ODAY I'M ANNOUNCING THE FILING OF CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST JOHN WALKER LINDH.. AN AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO WAS CAPTURED IN AFGHANISTAN FIGHTING FOR THE TALIBAN.))
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Attorney General John Ashcroft says Lindh will be charged with conspiracy to kill Americans overseas- and with supporting a terrorist organization including Al Qaeda.
As Aleen Sirgany reports, if convicted, John Walker Lindh could face life in prison- but not the death penalty.
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[SUPER=01-John Ashcroft/U.S. Attorney General; :28]
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((THE SO CALLED AMERICAN TALIBAN...JOHN WALKER WILL FACE JUSTICE IN THE
U.S...AS A CIVILIAN.
AMONG THE CHARGES..CONSPIRACY TO KILL AN AMERICAN CITIZEN OR CITIZENS
AND PROVIDING AID TO A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.
JOHN ASHCROFT/ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Walker chose to fight with the Taliban and al-qaeda and align himself Osama Bin Laden.
WALKER FACES LIFE IN PRISON BUT NOT THE DEATH PENALTY.
ASHCROFT/ATTORNEY GENERAL
We don't know why he chose to turn his back on his country..but he
did...
AND AS THE U.S. MILITARY PREPARES TO HAND WALKER OVER TO THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT...THEIR MISSION TO BRING OTHER TALIBAN AND AL-QUADA TO
JUSTICE CONTINUES...
IN KANDAHAR MARINES ARE PREPARING TO SEARCH NEW LOCATIONS WHERE IT IS
BELIEVED SUPPORTERS OF OSAMA BIN LADEN ARE STILL HIDING OUT. THEY COULD
BE JUST AROUND THE CORNER, LITERALLY. TROOPS HAVE ALREADY DISCOVERED A
HIDEOUT RIGHT OUTSIDE THEIR BASE IN KANDAHAR.
CAPT. DANIEL GREENWOOD/U.S MARINES
"They did notice a number of tunnels and cave openings in that area as well as some crawl spaces underneath houses where they identified several munitions caches and that was what we exploded several hours ago."
U.S FORCES HAVE THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM. THE PENTAGON SAYS THERE
ARE THOUSANDS OF CAVE AND TUNNEL HIDEOUTS AND NO ONE KNOWS FOR CERTAIN
HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO LOCATE ALL OF THEM.
GETTING HIS FIRST LOOK AT THIS CONFLICT, SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL
IS ON HIS WAY TO THE REGION. HE'LL VISIT PAKISTAN, INDIA AND
AFGHANISTAN...WHERE HE WILL MEET WITH NEW AFGHAN LEADERS AND PLEDGE
SUPPORT FOR RE-CONSTRUCTION OF THE WAR TORN COUNTRY.))
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John Walker Lindh was captured after that major prison uprising in Afghanistan about six weeks ago....
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Today some of America's troops wounded in that fight received high honors...
13 servicemen... received the purple heart award.
Many visibly injured- during a prison fight with Taliban and Al Qaeda forces-
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((AIRBORNE FOR WOUNDS RECEIVED AT KHANDAR AFGHANISTAN.))
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Military leaders said the men here today will be hereos forever.
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((I WAS ASKED A QUESTION BY A REPORTER AND THE QUESTION WAS WHERE DOES THE ARMY FIND THESE SOLDIERS? AND I SAID WE FIND THEM ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF AMERICAN CITIZENRY.))
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One soldier was unable to attend because he's still recoveirng in the hospital.
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Police say they believe one suspect is in
custody after a shooting today at a New York City school.
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Two students were rushed to the hospital after the shooting at Martin Luther King Junior High School.
A hospital spokesman says both boys are in serious condition.
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Here in Virginia, two teens are now charged with a fatal shooting last summer .. that apparently started over a stolen pit bull.
19 year old James Earl Hodge and a 16 year old boy were arrested yesterday afternoon.
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They're both charged with the murder of 22 year old Douglas Witcher in a drive by shooting last June.
Another man was shot four times but survived.
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On the day after he called for "decisive action" on the state's budget problems, Governor Mark Warner launched a far-reaching review of state government.
And he called on former Governor Doug Wilder to chair his Commission on Efficiency and Effectiveness.
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Joe Dashiell is in Richmond tonight with more on the latest effort to re-engineer state government.
Joe what will make this different from previous attempts?
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Jean, Governor Warner says there were more than a dozen efforts during the last century to streamline government, some more successful than others... but in this case, the budget is so far out of balance, he says the state simply cannot afford to fail.
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((GOV. MARK WARNER: WE'RE FACING THE POTENTIAL OF A FIVE BILLION DOLLAR SHORTFALL OVER THE NEXT FOUR AND A HALF YEARS. WE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF NOT MAKING SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE.))
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Warner is giving the 15- member commission seven months to deliver its first report.
He says he asked Doug Wilder to lead the effort because the former governor is willing to make the tough choice and offer an honest appraisal.
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((GOV. DOUG WILDER/COMMISSION CHAIRMAN: THE GOVERNOR HAS PROMISED THAT HE WANTS THIS COMMISSION TO LOOK FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. I THINK THAT TAUTOLOGY EXPLAINS ITSELF. 11:21:49 THAT'S WHERE WE WILL START, FROM TOP TO BOTTOM AND WE WILL BE INVOLVED IN LOOKING AT EVERYTHING THAT HE'S OUTLINED.))
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State employees were nervous about the budget situation before Mark Warner's arrival. Today's announcement increases the likelihood of substantial state lay-offs during the next year.
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Jean, we'll hear more from a representative of state employees tonight on News 7 at Six.
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A truck accident on Interstate 81 this morning is the latest in a series of wrecks involving big rigs.
Police say a tractor trailer drifted off the southbound lanes of the freeway near Ironto shortly before five.
The truck and empty trailer tipped over onto an embankment.
The truck driver was taken to the hospital.
Police say his injuries, if any, were minor.
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The wreck was the fourth involving tractor trailers on 81 in two weeks.
This accident in Rockbridge County last week killed a woman.
Transportation officials say the highway needs to be widened.
But police say the real problem is that drivers are distracted.
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((SGT. C. DANIEL JESSEE/VIRGINIA STATE POLICE: I'D LIKE TO SEE DRIVERS PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN FRONT OF 'EM. BE PREPARED TO STOP IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS IN FRONT OF YOU OR TAKE EVASIVE ACTION. THAT'D BE THE BEST THING TO DO.))
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VDOT says it has short term plans to improve safety on Interstate 81 by installing rumble strips and improving guardrails.
Long term plans include widening the road.
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The Enron probe has heads rolling.
Still ahead, the company's accounting firm sends people packing.
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And gymanastics for toddlers .. but from the looks of the parents we met, it's the moms and dads who get the BIG workout.
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The Accounting firm that handled Enron is firing it's lead Enron Auditor- and putting three other employees on leave.
And today The New York Stock Exchange suspended trading of Enron shares-
As Chris Lawrence reports it's the latest blow to what was once the world's largest energy company.
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((The New York Stock Exchange suspended trading of Enron Tuesday. Less than two years ago, the company traded at about $90 a share. Now it averages less than one dollar.
Thousands of Enron employees watched their life savings dissolve as the companys stock collapsed. Tuesday morning many of them started applying for COBRA benefits, temporary health insurance while they figure out what to do next. Enron's auditing firm is also under investigation for destroying thousands of related documents last fall. Arthur Andersen
fired its lead Enron auditor Tuesday and disciplined others.
Ken Lay, Chairman and CEO of Enron! Clapping!
Unlike last year, no one is applauding Kenneth Lay now. And a letter
subpoenaed by Congress shows he may have known Enron was in trouble before the collapse. Last August, an employee wrote to Lay: It sure looks to the layman on the street that we are hiding losses. I am incredibly nervous that we will implode in a wave of accounting
scandals.
CHRIS LAWRENCE/CBS NEWS:
An attorney who filed a class-action suit against Enron says, this
letter confirms what he believed.
BILL LERACH/ATTORNEY FOR ENRON EMPLOYEES:
The top executives at Enron were aware of the shaky financial condition
of the company, and of the artificial nature of their profits long, long
before August of 2001.
Enrons energy-trading business will survive. A Swiss investment bank has acquired that part of the bankrupt company, and will share some of its profits with Enron...and it's creditors. Chris Lawrence CBS News
Los Angeles.))
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More on Enron and the market coming up in Marketwatch.
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The reward in the anthrax-by-mail case will
be growing again.
Postal officials say it will be about two (m) million dollars .. possibly within a week or so.
Originally, a one (m) million dollar reward was offered for information leading to the arrest of anyone mailing anthrax.
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Meantime, the only company making the anthrax vaccine is one step closer to resuming shipments.
Bioport Corporation of Michigan says it has F-D-A clearance to ship the vaccine, under one big condition ... that the lab that puts the vaccine into vials also needs federal approval.
Bioport failed two previous F-D-A inspections and shipments have been halted for four years.
The Pentagon wants the vaccine as quickly as possible to innoculate troops against Anthrax.
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Who says exercise can't be lots of fun --that's what some local toddlers are learning first hand.
And they're giving their parents a workout in the process.
Health Check Reporter Joy Sutton has details.
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It's hard to tell whose having more fun -- Steve Van Metre or his two year old son Stuart. The two are participating in a Mom and Tot class or in their case Dad and Tot at the Roanoke Academy of Gymnastics.
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((WE'LL HE'S REALLY GOT A LOT OF ENERGY SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TO HOPEFULLY WEAR HIM OUT SO HE'LL TAKE A NAP TODAY. AND YOU KNOW WORK ON HIS COORDINATION AND THAT KIND OF THING))
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The class is for kids one and half to three years old. To these tots it's all fun and games --a chance to run around --and play on all types of different toys -- they don't even realize they're building muscles and other skills.
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(( THE MAJOR BENEFIT --IS JUST LEARNING THEIR MOTOR SKILLS -- TO HOP, TO RUN... ESPECIALLY OUR OBSTACLE COURSE HELPS THEM ... SO THEY LEARN LOTS OF DIFFERENT BODY MOVEMENTS THAT THEY ORDINARILY WOULDN'T DO AT HOME ))
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((JOY SUTTON/REPORTING:THE KIDS AREN'T THE ONLY ONES WHO SEEM TO GET A GREAT WORKOUT --THE PARENTS BURN A FEW CALORIES THEMSELVES --BUT THIS CLASS PROVES THAT YOUR NEVER TOO YOUNG TO EXERCISE))
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((I CAN KEEP UP WITH HIM ..but do you feel like you're getting a great workout..OH YEAH, I'M GETTING SOME EXERCISE TOO DEFINITELY))
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And who knows ---one of these tiny tots could turn out to be Roanoke's next gymnastics star.
Joy Sutton, New 7, Roanoke County.))
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The Mom and Tot Class cost 35 dollars a month.
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And speaking of parenting challenges .. the search is on for foster families. Patrick Evans says the need, and rewards, are big.
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The Children's Home Society of Virginia is looking for foster families to help provide children a stable, nuturing environment, and maybe you can help.
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Patrick Evans joins us from the Society with more information on how to become a foster parent.
Patrick, what age children would these parents be working with?
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A busy highway bridge will be shut down for a while. We'll explain where and why a little later.
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And "Little E" prepares for a new season. It may be tough at first, but he's following a very successful year on the track.
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On Wall Street today, stocks put a halt to their recent slide.
Alexis Christoforous has today's Marketwatch report.
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Thanks Jean and good afternoon everybody welcome to the 2 minute ticker.
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The annual NASCAR Media Tour is rolling through the Carolinas this week. That's where we find Mike Stevens and photographer Lynn Eller tonight.
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The Virginia Cavaliers will protect their ranking in the polls this evening in Charlottesville.
[PINNACLE PAGE]
The 10-th ranked Cavaliers will host 14-th ranked Wake Forest at University hall tonight.
Tipoff in the A-C-C game will be at 9 and you can see it right here on Your Hometown Station W-D-B-J 7.
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And tonight at 6:00,more from Mike Stevens on the Media tour and Steve Spurrier talks about his new job as head of the Washington Redskins.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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A wreck last night on Route 460 could mean headaches for travelers.
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V-DOT plans to close down the westbound lanes of the Goose Creek bridge .. while replacing portions of the concrete guard rail destroyed by the accident.
An empty tanker truck collided with a car before running into the guard rail, knocking out two sections.
As a result, one westbound lane is currently closed and V-DOT hopes to detour traffic to an eastbound lane by Friday.
There is no timetable for the bridge renovation.
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He was fighting for the Taliban.
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But John Walker Lindh won't face the death penalty.
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Details after A-C-C basketball.
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