WDBJ 7 news at Noon for 02/14/02

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Carvins Cove drops to 22 feet below the spillway--
Now Roanoke officials are issuing mandatory water restrictions.
An update, straight ahead.
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And Bank of America is warning customers about a phony E-mail from someone posing as an employee.

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Sunny dry weather continues across the region.....will we see rain in the near future..I'll let you know in the forecast....

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It's official. The City of Roanoke is under mandatory water restrictions after Carvins Cove drops to 22 feet below the spillway...
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[City-Water]

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The restrictions may be mandatory, but for now they are "partial" .. after Carvins Cove drops to its lowest level in more than two years.
The City of Roanoke is asking residents to cut down on their water usage, and it has set restrictions on when people can use water outdoors.
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Richard Lesko is here with more. Well Kimberly, the City of Roanoke hasn't seen mandatory water restrictions in place since they were lifted in December of 1999.
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With Carvins Cove standing at 22 feet below the spillway, the city's main water supply is getting close to historic lows. Even though we're not in as bad shape at the moment as we were more than two years ago, the city is taking steps now .. in hopes of preventing something much worse later this year. ((ROLLCUE:...avoid a disaster.))
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After warnings sounded more than a week ago, partial restrictions are now in place between 10-in the morning until 7 at night. That means no watering plants or washing cars during the day. However, there won't be officers looking for violators, unless Carvins Cove drops to 26 feet below the spillway. If and when that happens, ALL outdoor watering will be banned.
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The city has a list of recommendations to help save water within your home, such as fixing leaky faucets, and taking shorter showers.
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You can find that list and more on the City of Roanoke's web page, and you can find a link to that on W-D-B-J-7-dot-com.
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And Kimberly, city officials say they are looking into getting the Crystal Spring water plant on-line more quickly. And City Council has already set aside one million dollars to buy water from Roanoke County and Salem in case the situation gets worse. [WX-Tease] ((TOSS TO LEO)) [2/14/2002]
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[WXPRO/FULL] WATER LEVELS TIMELAPSE STORY

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[Bank-Scam]

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Bank of America customers, pay attention .. the bank says thousands of people received a FAKE e-mail this week .. from someone posing as a bank employee.
The phony message tried to obtain personal financial information.
The e-mail asked people to link to a phony bank Web site, and update their Social Security number and mother's maiden name.
Bank security officials discovered the scam site late Sunday and shut it down.

[Wachovia]

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Today's the day... nine area Wachovia branches will shut down, and re-open tomorrow as NBC.
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That will give the National Bank of Commerce the second largest market share in the Valley.
NBC employees will work today and tomorrow inside the branches to answer customer questions in person.
The bank encourages customers with questions to stop by.
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((JIM BECKNER/NBC REGIONAL PRESIDENT: A LOT OF THINGS YOU CAN DO ON-LINE, BY PHONE, BUT SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO BE FACE TO FACE WITH THE COMPANY IN THIS CASE THE BANK, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE IN THIS SITUATION.))
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NBC was established in the early 19-hundreds to serve cotton farmers in Tennessee, and has expanded to Georgia, North Carolina, West Virginia.
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Ntelos workers in Daleville vote tomorrow on whether to unionize.
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The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers says about 40 employees will consider doing so at the former R&B Communications facility in Botetourt County.
It's been about a year since Ntelos took over R&B.
The combined company serves 300 thousand area digital PCS customers.
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An autopsy today may help Campbell County authorities learn more .. about what may turn out to be the county's first homicide of the year.
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43-year old Frank Xavier (fair-uh-NAH-chee) Farinacci was found in a pool of blood in a garage near his home on Candlers Mountain Road yesterday morning.
For now, sheriff's authorities are only calling his death "suspicious".
Technicians spent most of the afternoon gathering evidence at the scene.
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The D-E-A agent charged with a parking lot shooting death is out of jail .. released yesterday on 100-thousand dollars' bond.
Roanoke's chief prosecutor says the deadly confrontation outside O'Charley's restaurant was the result of guns, alcohol and testosterone.
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Drug Enforcement Agent Timothy Workman pleaded NOT guilty yesterday, to the murder of Kevin Bailey. He did so before a courtroom full of Bailey's friends and relatives.
But he offered no explanation for what happened.
The prosecutor says the off-duty agent shot Bailey three times in the chest during a scuffle in the parking lot.
Workman was apparently leaving the restaurant with a woman when the two men started arguing.
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((MICHAEL PATTERSON/BAILEY'S BROTHER: HE'S JUST A GUY THAT DRANK TOO MUCH, MADE SOME BAD DECISIONS. MY BROTHER HAS TO PAY FOR THAT. HIS DAUGHTER HAS TO PAY FOR THAT.))
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Workman will be allowed to return home to Texas until his preliminary hearing in March.
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Campaign finance changes pass a big test, but opponents prepare for the next battle. We'll have the latest just ahead.
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And is Daniel Pearl dead or alive? The main suspect keeps changing his story.
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[Pearl]

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The fate of American journalist Daniel Pearl is still unknown.
Once again, there are conflicting reports surrounding his condition.
Gretchen Carlson has the latest.
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THE MAN ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING DANIEL PEARL NOW SAYS AS FAR AS HE UNDERSTANDS...THE MISSING REPORTER IS DEAD. SHEIKH OMAR SAEED DROPPED THAT BOMBSHELL TODAY IN A KARACHI COURT...JUST A FEW DAYS... AFTER HE REPORTEDLY TOLD PAKISTANI OFFICIALS THAT PEARL IS ALIVE. A SPOKESMAN FOR PAKISTAN'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS SAEED CAN'T BE TRUSTED.. AND KEEPS CHANGING HIS STORY.

SOT: TASNEEN NOORANI/MINISTRY OF INTERIOR, PAKISTAN
"SO WE FEEL THAT THERE IS A LOT OF CREDIBILITY GAP IN WHAT HE HAS SAID. AND UNLESS WE FIND EVIDENCE, I DON'T THINK WE CAN BE SURE."
PEARL'S WIFE...WHO IS SIX MONTHS PREGNANT....ISSUED A NEW PLEA TO HIS ABDUCTORS....SHE WRITES..."OUR CHILD IS A LIVING SOUL...HE IS NOW BREATHING INTO HIS BEING THE WORRY AND APPREHENSION I HAVE ABOUT MY HUSBAND'S WELL BEING."

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BESIDES SAEED, PAKISTANI POLICE HAVE MADE THREE ADDITIONAL ARRESTS IN THIS HIGH PROFILE CASE. BUT DESPITE A MASSIVE SEARCH, THERE'S BEEN NO SUCCESS IN FINDING THE REPORTER...MISSING SINCE JANUARY 23RD.

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"THE PAKISTANI GOVERNMENT IS DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO RESOLVE THIS CASE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE."
IN COURT TODAY, SAEED ADMITTED KIDNAPPING PEARL AND TOLD THE JUDGE...RIGHT OR WRONG...I HAD MY REASONS.
G.C., CBS NEWS ))

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House lawmakers are probably pretty tired today--
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Their late night on Capitol Hill ended with the passage of a sweeping campaign finance reform bill.
The legislation bans soft money contributions to national political parties.
Massachusetts Democrat Marty Meehan co- authored the bill, which now goes on to the Senate for approval..
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((REP. MARTY MEEHAN/D- MASSACHUSETTS: WELL, IT'S VERY CLOSE. IN FACT, WE'RE CLOSER THAN WE'VE BEEN IN A GENERATION TO FUNDAMENTAL CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM. IT'S A GOOD BILL, IT'S A STRONG BILL, IT WILL END THE SOFT MONEY SYSTEM THAT HAS REALLY BEEN SO ABUSIVE OVER THE LAST DECADE OR SO. ))
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If it gets a final O-K from the Senate, it would go to President Bush for signing.
But opponents are holding out the possibility of a Senate filibuster.
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The future of Amtrak goes before Congress today.
A House committee will consider a recommendation to break up Amtrak .. and introduce competition.
If Congress decides NOT to bail out the financially-troubled rail service, some small communities in the area worry they'll be hurt.
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Clifton Forge officials say the Amtrak stop brings in much needed money to a struggling economy. The town is a stop on the Cardinal route, which runs from Washington D-C to Chicago, and has been put on a "hit-list" of routes that could be cut in the fall.
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((GLYNN LOOPE/CLIFTON FORGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR; THE AMTRAK STOP IS LITERALLY PART OF OUR ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SERVES NOT ONLY LOCAL BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY AS FAR AS TRAFFIC COMING INTO THE AREA, BUT IT'S A HUGE TRAVEL AND TOURISM ISSUE. THE HOMESTEAD IS AFFECTED BY THIS. WHEN DOUTHAT STATE PARK RUNS ADS IN THE WASHINGTON POST PROMOTING THEMSELVES AS A WEEKEND DESTINATION FOR THE D-C MARKET, THEY CAN TAKE AMTRAK FROM DOWNTOWN WASHINGTON TO DOWNTOWN CLIFTON FORGE.))
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The deadline for Amtrak to operate without federal funds is December second -- and Amtrak is expected to fall 217 million dollars short of cash needed to run on its own.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

Remembering Waylon Jennings. A look back at his life, and contributions-- still ahead.
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And love goes to any depths .. as 13 couples get married on Valentine's Day .. under water.
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An explosion touched off a huge fire on Chicago's south side this morning.
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The blast went off in an apartment building, and the flames spread to a house next door.
Firefighters heard the explosion.
At first, they thought it was a car accident.
When they went to check it out, they immediately saw the flames and were able to help four or five people out of the apartment building.
It took about two hours to bring the blaze under control.
One person suffered minor injuries.
Investigators aren't sure yet what caused the explosion.
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[Jennings]

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He wanted to be known as an "outlaw".
But it was his VOICE that made Waylon Jennings a country music legend.
Jennings has died of diabetes at the age of 64.
Hattie Kauffman takes a look back at his life and career.
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(NATSOT--music--with Willie Nelson "Luckenbach, Texas")

(TRACK) MOST FANS REMEMBER WAYLON JENNINGS AS PART OF THE DUO "WAYLON
AND WILLIE" BUT HIS CAREER TOOK OFF LONG BEFORE HE TEAMED UP WITH WILLIE NELSON.

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(TRACK) HIS FIRST BIG BREAK WAS AS A MEMBER OF THE BAND, "BUDDY HOLLY
AND THE CRICKETS". IN FACT, JENNINGS WAS SCHEDULED TO BE ON THE AIRPLANE WITH HOLLY AND RICHIE VALENZ THAT CRASHED, KILLING EVERYONE ABOARD, IN 1959. BUT HE'D GIVEN UP HIS SEAT TO ANOTHER MUSICIAN.

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(TRACK) HE COLLABORATED WITH OTHER COUNTRY STARS, BUT AS A SOLO ARTIST
HE SOARED, SELLING MILLIONS OF ALBUMS. HE HAD AN "OUTLAW IMAGE" THAT HE LIVED UP TO. HE SPURNED AWARD SHOWS, REFUSED TO ATTEND HIS INDUCTION INTO THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME. STILL, FANS COULDN'T GET ENOUGH.

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style)

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(TRACK) EVEN WHEN HE SANG A TV THEME SONG...IT WENT GOLD.

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(TRACK) THE REBELLIOUS SINGER FROM TEXAS ONCE SAID: "SOME PEOPLE HAVE
THEIR MUSIC. MY MUSIC HAS ME." AFTER FIVE DECADES OF MUSIC, WAYLON JENNINGS DIED QUIETLY AT HOME. HK, CBS NEWS, LA.
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[Stocks]

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On Wall Street at Noon,
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the Dow was UP 39 points. Nasdaq UP 12 points.

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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
Safety issues take top priority on the Daytona speedways. Still ahead, details on some of the changes in store.
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And a VMI freshman makes his national debut on the pages of a major sports magazine.
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[S-Tech]

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Virginia Tech is 2 for 2. That's not their league record - that's how many times they have beaten West Virginia this year. For the first time, Tech has beaten the Mountaineers in Football and Basketball in the same academic year.
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The Hokies jumped out to the early lead.
Bryant Matthews pulls up and hits 3 of his career high 23 points.
Tech lead by 7.
The Mountaineers battled back, but trailed the Hokies by 13 at the half.
Tech came out in the second half with the three.
Brian Chase from behind the line made it 56 to 39, Tech.
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The Hokies pull out the 78 to 63 victory for their first road win in the Big East.
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[S-VMI]

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VMI's star freshman basketball player, who takes the lead nationally in scoring - has made a page-turning mark in his career --
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Jason Conley, who has been making a name for himself in the state ever since the University of Richmond's Spider Invitational back in late December, is now getting some national recognition. Conley is featured inside this week's edition of Sports Illustrated. The talented six-foot five inch freshman, who leads the nation in scoring, is in the college basketball spotlight on page 73. Anderson News Company, which distributes the publication in this region, says it will have the issue out in stores today. Conley, has now appeared in over 20 national and regional publications since the start of the season.
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Set to begin this afternoon - the Gatorade Twin 125 mile qualifying races will highlight Speedweeks at Daytona.
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Today also marks the first "Twin Day" with many of the new safety changes brought on by the death of Dale Earnhardt.

Mike Stevens has more.
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[Underwater-Wedding]

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And finally--
It's a nice day for a WET wedding...
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13 couples tied the knot under water on this Valentine's Day on an island in southern Thailand.
Some came from other countries like Korea, Japan, and India to exchange vows-- and bubbles.
Local residents dressed in colorful clothing were on hand to welcome the couples on the beach.
After a traditional Thai ceremony, the couples traded their wedding sarongs for scuba gear.
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[Kim on camera] [Music under] Mill Mountain Theatre hooks up with new local art group to commission pieces for the play "Diversity in White". Steve Pardon has that story. Plus we'll have your weekend forecast....
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