WDBJ 7 news at 5 for 01/18/02

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Today on News 7, travelers across the country and here in Roanoke have to deal with tough new restrictions before they can take to the skies. We'll have a live report.
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Also two people are dead following another shooting today on a college campus.
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Winter storm warnings are posted by the National Weather Service as we await a complicated storm that will produce snow, sleet and perhaps freezing rain. Details in a few moments.

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Also today, we will hear one group's plan to make Interstate 81 safer for both small cars AND large trucks,
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and we will show you a device that could help doctors save the sight of more patients than ever before.
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((I ACTUALLY THOUGHT IT WAS..MY FLIGHTS NOT FOR ANOTHER TWO HOURS. IT WAS VERY FAST AND EFFICIENT.)) [BUTT TO 14:51:16] ((I DON'T SEE ANY ADDITIONAL LINES. IT'S EASIER THAN IT WAS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.))
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Air Travel seems to be going well- as more security measures take effect.
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Most of the nation's airports are reporting only a few delays after launching new baggage security measures.
Starting today, the airlines are now required to screen every piece of luggage before it's placed on a plane.
We'll check in on the Roanoke airport in just a moment, but first Jim Acosta reports from LaGuardia in New York.
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((Many passengers knew they could roll with the new security measures when their luggage rolled into baggage claim. In the final analysis -- these passengers from Chicago were on time and so were their bags. Linda Grannon, Passenger "Actually it was shorter than the last times we've flown." As required by federal law -- airports and airlines started screening every bag... Some with multi-million dollar X-ray machines... others with bomb-sniffing dogs. Officer Paul Hadinger/Port Authority Police K-9 officer "Any bags that are in the common area of the airport, the dog is going to feel free to go up and sniff today." But there aren't enough dogs and machines to "sniff" every bag. So the airlines are checking as much as 90 percent of the luggage through "bag-matching" -- that is making sure that no bag is loaded onto a plane without its owner on board... a tedious and controversial idea. Michael Boyd, Aviation Expert; "I don't think that makes any sense to match bags. We want to make sure everything on a plane is screened -- not whether it's with a passenger or not." Cristy Bage, Passenger "It's a big hassle... But I guess it's worth it if it does anything." And how it all went depended on where you went. Thirty minutes for most to check-in at LaGuardia. Try two hours for Edward Jackson at Atlanta's Hartsfield Airport... a delay he never wants to repeat.
Edward Jackson, Passenger "I don't know if we can take a two hour delay each time we take a trip." But passengers told themselves "better safe than sorry" more than once today... the same patriotic patience shown so often since September 11th. Jim Acosta CBS News New York.))

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The effects of tighter security are being felt here in Roanoke as well. Richard Lesko is out at the Roanoke Regional Airport tonight.
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Richard, how are passengers reacting to the new changes?
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Well, Jean most passengers say that the new security measures haven't really changed their travel plans at all, but they say even though the security measures might be an inconvenience, they are reassuring.
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Passengers at the Roanoke Regional Airport are greeted at the counter by possible bag searches, and having airport officials make sure they are onboard if their luggage is on the plane. However, airline carriers are not talking about which security measures they are using.
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((AMANDA DEHAVEN/ROANOKE REGIONAL AIRPORT; SINCE ITS A HIGHLY SENSITIVE SECURITY MATTER, THEY AREN'T TALKING ABOUT WHICH MANNER THEY ARE USING BUT THEY ARE ADVISING THAT PASSENGERS DO GET TO THE AIRPORT EARLY.))
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So far, airport officials say everything has gone smoothly, with no delays. However all that could change, as winter weather could be on the horizon.
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Let's get the word on the forecast from Robin in the WeatherCenter.
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[SS=NONE]ROBIN IN WX-CENTER

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[WXPRO/FULL] WEATHER TODAY TOMORROW FORECAST

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Singer Alanis Morissette exploded onto the music scene with her 1995 debut Jagged Little Pill which was the best selling album of the Nineties.
Now at the veteran age of 27 she is about to release her third album...it's the first one she completely wrote and produced herself. VH-1 has the story.
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IT WAS DEFINITELY A CHALLENGE TO WEAR BOTH HATS YOU KNOW THERE WAS THE PRODUCING//THE CREATIVE ELEMENT, THE ARTISTIC ELEMENT, THE WRITING//SO IT'S JUST REALLY A MATTER OF YOU KNOW WHATEVER MOMENT I WAS IN JUST REALLY BEING FOCUSED WITH THAT AND NOT TRYING TO SPREAD MYSELF TO THIN
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TRACK 1 8.50 AFTER WRITING 3O SONGS, 11 WERE CHOSEN FOR THE NEW ALBUM "UNDER RUG SWEPT." THE FIRST SINGLE "HANDS CLEAN" IS WHERE ALANIS TELLS US WHO SHE REALLY IS

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"HAND CLEAN" WAS MORE LIKE "OK I REALLY WANT TO EVOLVE TO A POINT WHERE I CAN BE AS TRANSPARENT AS I POSSIBLY CAN WHICH IS MY GOAL IN LIFE// JUST MY BEING PREPARED AND TRANSPARENT ENOUGH IN THAT MOMENT WHILE WRITING TO SHARE CERTAIN PARTS OF MYSELF THAT I'VE BEEN AFRAID TO SHARE
TRACK 2 10.50 ALANIS HAS ALREADY MADE HER MARK ...She's won 7 GRAMMYS. SHE'S ALSO DONE SOME ACTING IN MOVIES LIKE "DOGMA" AND "JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK," BUT Alanis wants to do more....

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I HAVE A LOT THAT I WANT TO WRITE AND SO MUCH MORE THAT I WANT TO CONTRIBUTE//I HAVEN'T EVEN BEGUN I FEEL LIKE I'M STILL CRACKING OUT OF AN EGG TRACK 3 AND THAT'S MUSIC NEWS FROM VH1. )) [Close-ID] [5pm]
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A fairly new addition to Roanoke country club is saving millions
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of dollars and gallons of water.
The club says the 1999 addition of a storm water retention pond is paying off.
It's also saving the city 27 million gallons of water each year that would come from Carvins Cove, a reservoir that is already 20 feet below normal.
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((GREGG CLAR/GM: OUR WATER BILL UP UNTIL THEN WAS YEARLY $40,000 A YEAR. THE YEAR OF THE WATER RESTRICTIONS, THE LAST BILL WAS 67 THOUSAND DOLLARS. WE'LL PAY THE POND BACK IN 10 YEARS.))
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The city is also anticipating its own addition at the Crystal Spring Pumping Station.
Construction there is expected to be complete by December.
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A company has a suggestion that could make Interstate 81 safer. It wants to widen the highway, without shrinking highway funds.
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Star Solutions proposed a plan to add four separate truck lanes on Virginia's stretch of the US highway.
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The coalition of several road construction companies hopes to cover the costs by charging trucks a toll fee.
The group said by doing this, drivers would not be the only ones to benefit.
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((RICK VOLK/KOCH PERFORMANCE ROADS: THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS BRINGING SOMETHING TO THE TABLE, WHICH IS THE TOLL FINANCING. IT FREES UP BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE TO BE DEDICATED TO THIS CAN NOW BE DEDICATED TO OTHER PRIORITY TRANSPORTATION NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH.))
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Included in the project are separate truck interchanges and rest stops.
Barriers between car and truck lanes are not a part of the design.
Volk said if approved, construction would begin in 2005 and finish by 2020.
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Still to come on our newscast, a former '70's radical finds out how long she will spend behind bars for her role plotting a bombing.
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[VO] Also two people are dead after a shooting this morning on a community college campus.
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Another school shooting to report today- this one in Broward County Florida.
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The shooting happened this morning at the Broward Community College- Authorities say two people were shot- both fatally.
Police say a man shot a woman and then turned the gun on himself-
The woman was a student at the college.. which is in Davie, Florida near Fort Lauderdale.
She apparently knew the gunman.
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Former 70's radical Sara Jane Olson has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for her role in plotting to bomb two L-A police cars.
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Olson had been a fugitive for 23 years- re-inventing herself as a Minnesota housewife- She was captured in 1999.

Olson testified saying she was truly sorry for any harm she caused.
Her teenage daughter then testified- talking about life since her mom was arrested-
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((SOMETIMES I WOULD CRY WHEN I WAS ALONE FROM THAT DAY UNTIL TODAY.. CRYING.. I LOVE HER THE MOST IN THE WORLD. SHE IS STRONG AND SHE IS BRAVE.))
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Olson and other former Symbionese Liberation army member are also being arraigned today in a bank-Robbery, murder plot from 1975.
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A defrocked Roman Catholic priest faces ten years in prison after he was convicted of fondling a ten year old boy at a swimming pool.
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John Geoghan (GAY'-gun) was still a priest when he grabbed the boy in 1991.
Geoghan still faces two other criminal cases and dozens of civil suits accusing him of sexually abusing children.
More than 130 people have claimed he fondled or raped them during his tenure at Boston area churches.
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Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the United States.
But with early detection, doctors can save their patients sight.
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Tonight Health Check Reporter Joy Sutton has details about a new test that's helping them do just that.
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Jean, the test is called H-R-T.
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And not only can it help with diagnosis but also monitoring the progression of this eye disease.
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Doctor Frank Cotter must keep a close eye on Mary Pasley. She was diagnosed with glaucoma 14 years ago, --an eye disease that's caused by too much pressure on the optic nerve which ultimately kills the nerve and leads to permanent vision loss.
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But this scanner laser tomography unit known as HRT is helping doctors better manage glaucoma.
Up until now doctors had to rely on 2 dimensional images and their own observations to determine its progression.
By comparison, the HRT offers a 3-D image which can help the doctors more accurately track the disease over the years.
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((WHAT THE HRT ALLOWS US TO DO IS TO DETECT GLAUCOMA AT AN EARLIER STAGE THEN WE'VE EVER BEEN ABLE TO DO BEFORE AND WE CAN MONITOR SMALL CHANGES IN THE OPTIC NERVE HEAD IN PATIENT EVEN BEFORE THEY SHOW UP ON A VISUAL FIELD)) [RUNS15]
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Cotter says this is important because it can let doctors now whether or not they need to do more to lower pressure on the optic nerve.
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Glaucoma is most common in people of African decent, those who are nearsighted and those with diabetes.
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Jean,

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Coming up next on the newscast, Jacey Birch will introduce us to some people you may want to RUN TO before you walk down the aisle.
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Planning a wedding can easily take up a year of spare time when you have to book caterers, photographers and pick a church... and that's just the start.
Jacey Birch talked to some of the experts who help brides and grooms achieve their perfect wedding day.
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Coming up today in Sports, we'll see if a leading NASCAR owner thinks success will continue to DODGE his team,
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and then a little later, and we will see what Alanis Morrissette is doing to follow up on the success of her Jagged Little Pill.
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The stock market ended the second consecutive losing week today as investors worried that an economic recovery might come later than anticipated.
Alexis Christoforous explains.
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Good afternoon everyone, welcome to your end of the week ticker which starts on the track.
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It took superstar car owner Ray Evernham almost an entire year to get his first win in a Dodge. But Mike Stevens says modest success has not not stopped his operation from growing.
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Michael Vick has sold a bunch of tickets since arriving in Atlanta. But today, the Falcons first round draft pick paid up on a ticket.
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Vick appeared in court and paid 260 dollars in court costs and fines related to traffic tickets he received at the Atlanta airport in October. He had missed two previous court appearances and authorities said they would issue an arrest warrant for Vick if he did not attend today's hearing.
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That's it for the ticker, coming up at six, more form the NASCAR media tour, have a great weekend everybody.