[Bush-Visit]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Bush]
The war on terrorism has expanded into Southeast Asia.
More U-S special forces are on the ground, as President Bush gathers support from key allies in the region.
Cindy Pena has the latest.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Philippines; :00]
[SUPER=03-Seoul, South Korea; :15]
[SUPER=03-Kabul, Afghanistan; 1:00]
[SUPER=01-Cindy Pena/Reporting; 1:07]
[RUNS=1:17]
[OUT Q=Pena, CBS News, Washington.]
((
(nats..helicopters)
THE WAR ON TERRORISM HAS LANDED IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.
U-S SPECIAL FORCES ARE ON THE GROUND IN THE PHILIPPINES, SEARCHING OUT
REBELS WITH TIES TO OSAMA BIN LADEN.
IT'S A MILITARY MISSION THAT IS SURE TO EXPAND.
..AS PRESIDENT BUSH PLEDGES TO PROTECT KEY ASIAN ALLIES.
(20:45:47 "We stand more committed than ever, to a forward presence in
this region.")
(nats..protests)
BUT NOT EVERYONE WANTS AMERICA'S HELP.
DEMONSTRATORS IN SOUTH KOREA DENOUNCED THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TODAY.
..STILL ANGRY THAT BUSH INCLUDED NORTH KOREA IN THE SO-CALLED 'AXIS OF
EVIL.'
PROTESTORS AND POLITICIANS ALIKE ARE WORRIED THE PRESIDENT'S HARSH
RHETORIC HAS SET BACK BY YEARS - EFFORTS AT RECONCILIATION WITH THE
NORTH.
BUSH STANDS BY HIS STATEMENT, THAT IRAN, IRAQ AND NORTH KOREA REPRESENT
A REAL NUCLEAR THREAT.
(nats..warplanes)
AND IN AFGHANISTAN, AMERICAN FORCES HAVE REPORTEDLY OPENED A NEW PHASE
IN THE WAR ON TERROR.
USING HEAVY AIRPOWER TO KEEP THE PEACE IN KABUL.
FOUR THOUSAND AMERICAN GROUND TROOPS REMAIN IN THE REGION - STILL IN HOT
PURSUIT OF TALIBAN AND AL-QAEDA HOLDOUTS.
(STANDUP)
TBA
CINDY PENA, CBS NEWS, WASHINGTON.
))[Yates]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]
Today a Houston, Texas jury will hear testimony from a police sergeant who gave the order to arrest Andrea Yates last June for the drowning deaths of her five children.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Houston, TX;]
It'll be the second day of Yates' capital murder trial.
The defense told jurors yesterday that Yates is not a killer, but a longtime victim of severe post- partum depression.
Prosecutors agree that she suffered from mental illness -- but
contend Yates knew her actions were wrong.
If convicted, Yates could get the death penalty.
If she's found innocent by reason of insanity, she could be placed in a mental institution for the rest of her life.
(------------)
[11Bills]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=State Captiol]
"In God We Trust" may soon be on display in Virginia's courtrooms, but only if the state has enough money to make it happen.
While the State Senate approved legislation that would require posting of the national motto, lawmakers added a provision requiring the state to pay for the plaques.
A related bill placing the motto in public schools comes up again later today.
Meanwhile a House committee will carry over legislation that would prohibit the execution of the mentally retarded.
The U-S Supreme Court is now considering the issue in a Virginia death row case, and lawmakers say they want to wait for a ruling before deciding on Senator John Edwards' bill.
[11XGR-Budget]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=01-56 TC1:34:33]
[GRAPHIC=VA Budget]
Will there be a budget impasse like there was last year?
Lawmakers say they don't plan on it.
But after house and senate committees offered their own spending plans this week, the governor and legislators are staking out their positions.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Richmond]
House Speaker Vance Wilkins believes he has a good budget in bad times... a spending plan that preserves core services and spreads the pain fairly.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=Like I said]
((DEL. VANCE WILKINS; LIKE I SAID THIS IS THE BEST JOB I'VE EVER SEEN DONE ON THE BUDGET OF CUTTING OUT THE PORK IN THERE IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT. AND NOT ALL THOSE THINGS WERE BAD THINGS, I DON'T MEAN TO SAY THAT BUT THEY WERE THINGS THAT WERE NOT OF A STATEWIDE APPLICATION, THEY WERE LOCAL THINGS HERE AND YONDER AND THEY HAD THE COURAGE TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS HEAD ON.))
[SUPER=@wilkins]
[RUNS=:17]
[OUT Q=courage to address those things head on.]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
But Governor Warner questions whether lawmakers trimmed only pork from the budget proposal.
He criticizes cuts in terrorism preparedness, and economic development among others.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=We've been able]
((GOV. MARK WARNER: WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BRING HUNDREDS OF JOBS TO SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA MUCH NEEDED JOBS IN LAST 35 DAYS. FOR THEM TO CUT BACK ON THOSE FUNDS, WHEN SO MANY PARTS OF VIRGINIA ARE STRUGGLING AND NEED THAT JOB CREATION TOOL IS VERY SHORTSIGHTED.))
[SUPER=@markwarner;]
[RUNS=:16]
[OUT Q=is very shortsighted.]
(-------------)
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[GRAPHIC=HOLD]
Each house has until Thursday to complete work on its own budget bill.
There will be more give and take after that, and hopefully a budget compromise within the next three weeks.
[11Tech-Budget]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=rca]
[TAPE#=02-01 TC54:32]
[GRAPHIC=Virginia Tech]
Virginia Tech says hundreds of positions at the university must be eliminated to meet budget reductions.
(------------)
[VO-NAT :15]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg;]
Spokesman Larry Hincker estimates a loss of 250-positions at Tech.
He says personnel costs are 80-percent of the school's budget.
According to Hincker all positions will be affected including outreach, instructional, and other staff.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 2:51:09]
[IN Q=however]
((LARRY HINCKER/TECH SPOKESMAN; HOWEVER IT IS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT PROVOST MACNAMEE HAS SAID TO THE DEGREE POSSIBLE WE ARE GOING TO PROTECT THOSE POSITIONS IN THE ACADEMIC DIVISION THE TENURE TRACK POSITIONS.))
[SUPER=01-Larry Hincker/Virginia Tech Spokesman;]
[RUNS=:13]
[OUT Q=TRACK POSITIONS.]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
The exact cuts won't be known until late April or May.
Hincker says at this point department deans are submitting reduction plans to top administrators.
(------------)
[11Burton]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=01-57 TC1:29:48]
[GRAPHIC=Burton]
In South Boston, they were floating on Cloud Nine yesterday.. or maybe make that Cloud 22.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-South Boston]
Hours after Ward Burton won the Daytona 500, congratulation messages began springing up all around his hometown.
Friends and family say they're thrilled that a local boy won NASCAR's most prestigious race.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 11:33:50]
[IN Q=In this community]
((LARRY ROLLER/BURTON FRIEND: IN THIS COMMUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO RACING, PEOPLE GOT THEIR RACERS, THEY GOT THEIR DRIVERS AND THE CARS THEY'RE GOING TO PULL FOR, BUT EVERYBODY'S A WARD BURTON FAN. AND WHEN THAT RACE WAS OVER, I CAN'T EVER REMEMBER A BUNCH OF GROWN PEOPLE JUMPING UP AND DOWN AND ACTING LIKE WE DID, BUT THAT WAS QUITE A THRILL.))
[SUPER=01-Larry Roller/Burton Friend]
[RUNS=17]
[OUT Q=quite a thrill.]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
Both Burton and Elliot Sadler.. who finished second.. got their start at the South Boston Speedway.
Track officials say their phone has been ringing all day with calls from excited fans.
(------------)
[11Wood-Brothers]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jmi]
[TAPE#=01-54 TC1:53:28]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Number 21 finished number two at Daytona.... thanks to a Southwest Virginia racing team.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Daytona Beach, FL/NASCAR - NBC]
The Wood Brothers Racing in Patrick County says everything just fell into place with their car.
That after a number of bad practice runs, a poor qualifier, and having to take a provisional.
[SUPER=03-Patrick Co.]
They are hopeful the momentum will carry over this weekend at Rockingham.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=People don't understand]
((LEN WOOD/WOOD BROTHERS RACING: PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW HARD WE WORK.... SO THERE IS ONLY ONE WINNER, 42 LOSERS OR MORE.))
[SUPER=01-Len Wood/Wood Brothers Racing]
[RUNS=11]
[OUT Q=42 losers or more.]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
The Wood's say their single car status is not a hindrance.
In fact they say nobody has teammates once the green flag comes down.
(------------)
[1st-Business]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=ckor]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Business News]
In business news this morning, It doesn't look like United Airlines mechanics will walk the picket lines this week.
The airline and its mechanics have reached a tentative agreement.
Here's Barton Eckert with a look at the morning's top business stories..
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Barton Eckert/Reporting; :00]
[RUNS=1:15]
[OUT Q=in Washington.]
(( GOOD MORNING THIS TUESDAY THE 19TH OF FEBRUARY.
HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS MORNING.
--------------------------
THE SKIES COULD BECOME FRIENDLY AGAIN FOR UNITED AIRLINES, ITS
EMPLOYEES "AND" PEOPLE PLANNING TO FLY "ON" UNITED.
THE AIRLINE AND IT'S MECHANICS REACHED A TENTATIVE
AGREEMENT...HOURS BEFORE A POTENTIALLY CRIPPLING STRIKE WAS SET TO
BEGIN. IT'LL GIVE MECHANICS A 37 PERCENT RAISE...
IMPROVE RETIREMENT BENEFITS...
AND MOVE UP RETROACTIVE PAY.
A VOTE IS SET FOR MARCH 5TH.
--------------------------
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES SAYS IT WILL ADD FOUR-THOUSAND
WORKERS THIS YEAR. THAT'S NOT THE NORM AT OTHER AIRLINES.
SOUTHWEST IS THE ONLY MAJOR U-S AIRLINE STILL
MAKING MONEY POST 9-11.
--------------------------
ON WALL STREET EXPECT REACTION TO JANUARY HOUSING STARTS NUMBERS.
ON ASIAN MARKETS OVERNIGHT .. STOCKS OFF IN TOKYO AS EXPECTATIONS
THE GOVERNMENT WILL HELP BANKS WRITE OFF BAD LOANS WERE DOWNPLAYED.
-------------------------
EVEN THOUGH EVERYBODY WANTS THAT CORNER OFFICE WITH A VIEW, A NEW
STUDY SHOWS THAT MAYBE DILBERT ISN'T SO BAD OFF WITHOUT ONE.
RESEARCHERS AT CORNELL HAVE FOUND THAT CUBICLES.. YES, THE
KIND OF DILBERT WORKPLACE OFTEN LAMPOONED IN THE COMIC STRIP...
ACTUALLY WORK BETTER. ...ESPECIALLY AT SMALL, FAST GROWING COMPANIES.
AND WHILE THE CORNELL STUDY SAYS YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TOO MANY
PANELS LIKE DILBERT DOES..IT FOUND THE OPEN TEAM OFFICE APPROACH MORE
EFFECTIVE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOUNGER WORKERS CAN EXCHANGE MORE IDEAS
WITH THEIR OLDER WISER PEERS.
--------------------------
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]
[Med-Day]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin Health Check]
In medical news, researchers say they're in the midst of finding new and better ways to target breast cancer.
And if you are irritable or anxious, your brain may be working overtime.
Melissa McDermott has those stories and more in this morning's Health check.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Melissa McDermott/Reporting; :00]
[RUNS=1:09]
[OUT Q=CBS News, New York.]
((NEW DISCOVERY COULD LEAD TO NEW WAYS TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT BREAST
CANCER.
(TAKE VO)
RESEARCHERS AT OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCES UNIVERSITY SAY THEY'VE FOUND A
PROTEIN THAT INDICATES THE DISEASE HAS SPREAD, OR IS LIKELY TO SPREAD
THROUGHOUT THE BODY.
DOCTORS HOPE WITH A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO
SPECIFICALLY TARGET BREAST CANCER CELLS, INSTEAD OF USING GENERAL
CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION.
(WIPE VO)
FITNESS-CONSCIOUS BABY BOOMERS, TRYING TO OUTRUN MIDDLE AGE, NEED TO
HANG UP THEIR JOGGING SHOES AND FIND MORE AGE-APPROPRIATE FORMS OF
EXERCISE.
THAT ADVICE FROM THE NATION'S LARGEST GROUP OF ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS, WHO
SAY GIVING UP BODY-PUNISHING SPORTS LIKE RUNNING, IS BETTER THAN SURGERY.
KEEPING YOUR WEIGHT UNDER CONTROL IS ALSO KEY, SINCE THOSE EXTRA POUNDS
CAN HAVE A DRAMATIC IMPACT ON YOUR KNEES.
(WIPE VO)
FINALLY TODAY, FEELING GRUMPY?
IT COULD BE IN YOUR GENES.
A NEW STUDY SAYS SOME PEOPLE ARE IN BAD MOODS BECAUSE PART OF THEIR
BRAIN IS OVERACTIVE.
TOP U-S PSYCHIATRIST DAVID ZALD SAYS THE MORE ACTIVE THAT PART OF THE
BRAIN IS, THE MORE LIKELY YOU ARE TO SUFFER REGULAR BOUTS OF
IRRITABILITY, ANXIETY OR ANGER.
(BACK ON CAM)
THOSE ARE SOME OF TODAY'S TOP HEALTH STORIES.
I'M MELISSA MCDERMOTT, CBS NEWS, NEW YORK.))
[11Zinni]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=01-58 TC1:19:16]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A retired Marine Corps general who's been pressed back into service as a peace envoy is also a professor these days at Virginia Military Institute.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
General Anthony Zinni teaches "Ethics and National Security."
He's just back from Geneva where he helped negotiate a settlement between Indonesia and one of its break- away states.
[SUPER=03-Lexington]
When he's on post at V-M-I, he says he often takes away as much as he brings with him.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 2:33:40]
[IN Q=If you return]
((GEN. ANTHONY ZINNI/U. S. MARINE CORPS (RET.); IF YOU RETURN FROM JERUSALEM OR GENEVA, IT CAN BRING TO THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE, QUESTIONS, ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION, FOR DEBATE FOR WHICH THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY RESOLUTION, OR YOU'RE STILL TRYING TO FORM IN YOUR OWN MIND A VIEW OR OPINION AND YOU HAVE THE HELP OF THE GREAT CADETS HERE AND OF THEIR THINKING.))
[SUPER=01-Gen. Anthony Zinni/U. S. Marine Corps (Ret.)]
[RUNS=21]
[OUT Q=cadets here and of their thinking.]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
He advises the cadets to try to make personal connections between combatants in "mediating" a settlement.
(------------)
(Kimberly tosses to bump)
[bump-chyron]
[comm #3]
[11Bailey]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=02-08 TC23:28]
[GRAPHIC=none]
[***ANCHOR TAG***]
Hundreds showed up to remember a man who was shot to death outside a Roanoke restaurant last week.
But even as they celebrated Keith Bailey's life, friends and family members called for justice for his alleged killer.
Marya Jones has more.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=NATS singing]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00]
[SUPER=01-Rev. Joseph Mayo/Friend; :33]
[SUPER=01-Mike Washington/Friend; :59]
[SUPER=@Marya2; 1:07]
[RUNS=1:13]
[OUT Q=MJN7, Roanoke.]
(((///// SOT /////)
[NATSOT 13:19:17 - :20]
((SINGING: VICTORY TODAY IS MINE.))
[RUNS:03]
More than 300 friends and family members packed a Northwest church to give Keith Bailey a rousing farewell.
(///// SOT /////)
[NATSOT 13:29:35 - :39]
((SINGING: OH HAPPY DAY.))
[RUNS:04]
Last Tuesday, he was shot three times during a scuffle in the parking lot at O'Charley's Restaurant.
A federal drug enforcement agent from Texas has been charged with murder.
(///// SOT /////)
[NATSOT 13:21:00]
((NATS: MUSIC WITH LADY CLAPPING AND SMILING.))
[RUNS:02]
As friends and family members celebrated Bailey's life, they also called for justice.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 13:17:00 - :11]
((REV. JOSEPH MAYO/FRIEND: WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM... HOPEFULLY JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED, RIGHT WILL BE DONE.))
[RUNS:11]
James Bumbry was with Bailey when he was shot.
He spoke of his friend ... but said nothing of what led to the shooting.
Other friends and relatives described Bailey as a high-spirited family man who moved furniture and coached a youth basketball team.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 14:18:36 - :40]
((MIKE WASHINGTON/FRIEND: I FELT LIKE MY FRIEND, MY BROTHER, MY PAL... HE WENT OUT LIKE A HERO.))
[RUNS:04]
Bailey leaves behind a wife, a daughter and four stepchildren.
His death leaves many who knew him with questions not yet answered.
Marya Jones, News 7, Roanoke.))
(---------------)
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[GRAPHIC=Tim Workman]
Timothy Workman is back home in Texas, free on bond. So far, he and his attorney have declined to tell us their side of the story.
[Skating-Reform]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
In an attempt to salvage its image, the international figure skating union is proposing major changes to its judging system.
The changes are intended to make it more difficult for judges to vote in blocks.
Jennifer Miller explains.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Salt Lake City, UT; :00]
[SUPER=01-Ottavio Cinquanta/International Skating Union President; :11]
[SUPER=01-Jennifer Miller/Reporting; :55]
[RUNS=1:04]
[OUT Q=Miller, CBS News, Salt Lake City.]
((
(TAKE PACKAGE)
WHEN U.S. FIGURE SKATER, SASHA COHEN, TAKES THE ICE TUESDAY NIGHT FOR
THE LADIES SHORT PROGRAM, SHE WILL PROBABLY BE AMONG THE LAST IN HER
SPORT COMPETING FOR THAT COVETED 6-POINT-0.
(SOT: OTTAVIO CINQUANTA/PRES., INTERNATIONAL SKATING UNION)
"The 6.0 system will disappear.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL SKATING UNION ANNOUNCED PLANS TO END
THE PRESENT JUDGING SYSTEM --- ONE THAT DEDUCTS MARKS FOR MISTAKES --
AND REPLACE IT WITH ONE THAT ADDS UP POINTS ... BASED ON THE TECHNICAL
DIFFICULTY OF A SKATER'S PERFORMANCE.
(SOT: CINQUANTA)
"For example, "
ALSO BEING PROPOSED, 14 JUDGES WILL BE ON A PANEL ... INSTEAD OF THE
TRADITIONAL NINE.
ALL 14 OF THEM WILL RATE THE SKATERS, BUT ONLY SEVEN OF THE RATINGS WILL
ACTUALLY COUNT. THE JUDGES, HOWEVER, WON'T KNOW WHICH OF THE SCORES ARE
PICKED.
OFFICIALS HOPE THE REFORMS WILL CLEAN UP THE SCANDAL-PLAGUED WORLD OF
FIGURE SKATING.
(SOT )
"This system will reduce the chances of block voting.
(STANDUPCLOSE)
THE PLAN IS STILL IN ITS EARLY STAGES, AND IT MUST STILL BE APPROVED BY
THE ENTIRE INTERNATIONAL SKATING UNION ... WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO MEET
IN JUNE.
JENNIFER MILLER, CBS NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY.
))[6-OxyContin]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=01-59 TC02:04]
[GRAPHIC=Oxycontin]
[***ANCHOR TAG***]
Many people in pain consider OxyContin a miracle drug.
But the drug's also widely mis-used, especially in southwest Virginia.
This week, Teresa Hamilton examines OxyContin abuse in a series of reports titled, "A Dose of Trouble."
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=22- year old ]
[SUPER=03-Dublin; :00]
[SUPER=01-Jason Davis/OxyContin Addict; :10 quick!]
[SUPER=@Teresa1; 1:08]
[SUPER=03-Pulaski; 1:19]
[SUPER=01-Jim Davis/Pulaski Co. Sheriff; 1:33 quick]
[RUNS=2:07]
[OUT Q=Hamilton, NEWS 7.]
((22- year old Jason Davis is paying a four-year price behind bars for his addiction to the potent painkiller, OxyContin.
(//sot////)
[sot 00:5:23]
[in q=The drugs meant ]
((JASON DAVIS: THE DRUGS MEANT MORE TO ME THAN MY KIDS, MY WIFE, MY MOTHER.))
[runs= 05]
[out q= my mother. ]
At first Davis snorted OxyContin. Then a friend convinced him to start injecting it.
(////sot/////)
[sot]
[in q=It was ]
((IT WAS A RUSH AND I JUST LIKE THE FIRST TIME I DID IT I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT, I GUESS.))
[runs= 07]
[out q = in love with it, i guess.]
Soon Davis was hooked on OxyContin. He says he tried to stop-- but coming off the drug is hard.
Davis says when you try to quit you miss the high and become physically sick-- so he kept using.
(//sot////)
[sot 00:29:10]
[in q=I had ]
((I HAD A DOCTOR WRITE ME 90- 40 MILLIGRAM OXYCONTIN FOR NO REASON, NO X-RAYS, NO NOTHING.))
[runs= 08]
[out q= no nothing.]
When Davis returned to Pulaski, he sold some of his pills to an informant and was questioned by police.
But Davis was soon back on the streets-- and in need of another fix.
That's when he used a pellet gun to rob a drug dealer-- a decision that would send him to prison.
(////sot////)
[sot 00:22:34]
[In q= The way i ]
((THE WAY I STOLE OFF MY FAMILY AND HURT EVERYBODY IT WAS JUST A DARK TIME.))
[runs= 06]
[out q= just a dark time. ]
[take su]
Davis is sharing his story here at the New River Regional Jail in hopes of helping other OxyContin addicts, like himself, realize they're not alone.
[end su]
In Pulaski County- police say arrests for crack cocaine and marijuana have dropped dramatically.
Here- the drug of choice among addicts and dealers is the prescription painkiller OxyContin.
A drug that's easy to find-- and profitable when sold on the streets.
(////sot///////)
[sot ]
[in q= In Pulaski County ]
((IN PULASKI COUNTY, IT'S SOMEWHAT OF A SMALL EPIDEMIC I WOULD THINK.))
[runs= 05]
[out q= i would think.]
Sheriff Jim Davis, who's no relation to Jason, says 50 - to 60 percent of crime here is related to OxyContin abuse.
Jason Davis used to be part of the problem-- but says those days are over.
(////sot////)
[nat sound 00:44:35]
((I ASK LORD THAT YOU BLESS JASON'S FAMILY.))
[RUNS= 04]
[OUT Q = jason's family.]
For Jason- it took jail and religion to come clean.... as more and more people become hooked on a drug that's heaven for some and hell for others.
Teresa Hamilton, NEWS 7.))
(-------------)
[anchor=Kim]
[ss=HOLD]
Tonight on News 7 at 6, the story of a local man who snorts OxyContin and has not been able to kick the habit.
We'll also hear from a woman who says narcotics are a godsend for those under a doctor's care.
[Corpses-Discovered]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
The body count at a Georgia crematorium rises to 139--
Investigators have found skeletons sealed in vaults
and corpses that have been dragged into sheds.
The state's chief medical examiner says he ``can't even begin to
guess'' what the FINAL count will be.
Jennifer Jones reports.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Noble, GA; :00]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Kris Sperry/Georgia Chief Medical Examiner; :17]
[SUPER=01-Vicki Huffman/Relative; :36 QUICK]
[SUPER=01-Tommy Macon/Father; :45 Very QUICK]
[SUPER=01-Rock Thomas/Relative; 1:02]
[SUPER=01-Jennifer Jones/Reporting; 1:26]
[RUNS=1:35]
[OUT Q=Jones, CBS News, Charlotte.]
((
---
(LOCATOR: NOBLE, GA)
Officials suspect they will find hundreds of bodies on the property
surrounding Tri-State Crematory, including some that have been
decomposing for ten to twenty years. Four vaults were opened on
Monday..all contained human remains.
SOT, Dr. Kris Sperry, Chief Medical Examiner, State of Georgia
I can't even begin to guess how many bodies were in there. It's just
incomprehensible.
As corpses continued to be found stacked in storage sheds and discarded
in the Gerogia woods, anguished relatives brought what they had believed
to be their loved ones remains for identification.
SOT: Vicki Huffman, Relative
I hope they are so I don't have to deal with this 12:07:01
Tommy Macon dug up his son's remains, or atleast what had been passed
off as remains.
SOT: Tommy Macon, Father
You can see the concrete, you can see the gravel.
The operator of the crematory, Ray Brent Marsh, is charged with multiple
counts of theft by deception. Marsh told investigators that the bodies
were not cremated because the incinerator was broken.
SOT: Rock Thomas, Relative
7:03:52 It's hard to believe that someone could have such a callous and
calculated disregard for God given human dignity. :10
Authorities are asking relatives of people whose bodies had been sent to
the crematory for any information that might help identify their loved
ones, including surgical scars and dental records. Meantime, the
bagging and tagging of bodies continues on 60 acres, the massive dumping
grounds for human remains.
Jennifer Jones, CBS News, Charlotte
))[11Falwell-Suit]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
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Attorneys for the Reverend Jerry Falwell call it "a big step in the right direction".
Yesterday, the state Senate passed a bill that would get rid of the limit on how much land a church can own.
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Falwell is suing the state over the land restrictions AND the law that forbids churches from incorporating.
He's building a new sanctuary for Thomas Road Baptist Church on 60 acres of land in Lynchburg.. but state law limits churches to just 15 acres.
Attorney General Jerry Kilgore says the law is probably unconstitutional.. the repeal must now clear the House of Delegates.
Falwell's suit challenging the corporation rules is still moving forward in federal court.
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