[11mistaken-identity]

[ANCHOR=Kim]

[NEWSCAST=MORN]
[WRITER=jmi]
[TAPE#=02-08]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]

For five hours yesterday afternoon, police searched for four year old Taimere Robinson.
They believed he was abducted from a park near his home in North West Roanoke.
As it turns out, Taimere was mistaken for another boy.
Jennifer Miele filed this report after Taimere returned home last night.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Taimere Robinson, on]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;:00]
[SUPER=01-Vonettia Fluerima/Isaiah's Aunt;:19]
[SUPER=01-Kathy Rudd/Eyewitness;:38]
[SUPER=@jennifer2;:50]
[RUNS=1:05]
[OUT Q=JM News 7 Roanoke.]
(( Taimere Robinson, on the left, was mistaken for Isaiah, the boy on the right.
Isaiah's grandmother sent her friend to pick him up at the park... their uncanny resemblance gave the man no reason to believe he picked up the wrong child.
Isaiah was with his aunt while his mother was in labor.
[SOT]
((VONETTIA FLUERIMA: HIS MOM CALLED....WRONG KID. )) [RUNS11]
An eye witness saw Taimere take gum from a stranger, then get into a car with him just after school let out Monday.
[SOT]
[tc:] ((KATHY RUDD/EYEWITNESS: HE WENT IN GOT IN... MAMA.)) [RUNS11]
Panic set in, police were called, and the neighborhood prayed for Taimere's safe return.
After four hours of searching, police got their break.
Isaiah's mother realized her friend had picked up the wrong child.
[SOT]
((DENISE GATES/NEIGHBOR: WE JUST HAPPY... WE'RE HAPPY.)) [RUNS06]
Jennifer Miele, News 7, Roanoke.))

[AM-Rescue-Mission]


[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=AM]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=02-13]
[GRAPHIC=none]

Members of Roanoke City Council have approved a controversial rezoning.
Last night, they cleared the way for an expansion of the Roanoke Rescue Mission.
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[SOT 03:15:19]
[IN Q=Nineteen years ago]
((19 YEARS AGO, THE RESCUE MISSION SAVED MY LIFE AND I THINK THE SAME PRIVILEGE THAT WAS AFFORDED ME 19 YEARS AGO SHOULD BE EXTENDED ALSO TO OUR PRECIOUS WOMEN AND CHILDREN.))
[SUPER=01-David Burnley/Rescue Mission Supporter;]
[RUNS=:14]
[OUT Q=precious women and children.]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

Supporters of the Rescue Mission turned out in force... praising the organization and its plan for a new residential recovery program for women and their children.
But residents of the area said the Rescue Mission has not been a good neighbor, and they fear the impact of the expansion.
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[SOT 03:04:01]
[IN Q=I am not opposed]
((I AM NOT OPPOSED TO HELPING THE LESS FORTUNATE, BUT I AM OPPOSED TO THEIR BEHAVIOR AND THE INABILITY OF THE RESCUE MISSION TO CONTROL THEM.))
[SUPER=01-Wanda Kemp/Expansion Opponent;]
[RUNS=:09]
[OUT Q=to control them.]
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[GRAPHIC=none]

Council approved the rezoning on a 5 to 1 vote, but members said they would not support another expansion of the Rescue Mission at the current location.

[11Bush-VMI]


[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=George W. Bush]

The Commander In Chief will address the nation's top ROTC cadets in Lexington this week.
President Bush is the keynote speaker for this year's George C. Marshall ROTC Award Seminar.
He'll speak to 260 cadets tomorrow morning at V-M-I's Cameron Hall.
Each year, V-M-I hosts the three-day seminar on national security issues.
The President is appearing at the invitation of the George C. Marshall Foundation and the U-S Army.

[Afghanistan]


[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=War on Terrorism]

American troops are involved in another combat mission in Afghanistan.
A spokesman for the British marines says hundreds of allied soldiers are in the eastern mountains, searching for pockets of al-Qaida and Taliban forces.
It's the first large-scale mission since Operation Anaconda began.
Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has seen the latest video of Osama bin Laden, and he doesn't believe that it's new.
Rumsfeld says the tape could be an attempt to create sympathy for the Palestinians.

[Big-Game]


[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Big Game]

If you stop by to purchase a lottery ticket today, you'll probably encounter some LONG lines.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-File Tape;]

The Big Game Lottery now stands at 325- million dollars.
But that number could climb to a U-S record of 363- million, when the numbers are drawn tonight.
The odds of winning-- one in 76 million.
Number crunchers have figured that you're more likely to get killed while driving to buy the ticket, than winning the jackpot.
The lottery is played in seven states, including Virginia.
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[Dish-Move]


[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=02-13 TC 17:46]
[GRAPHIC=none]

This is a busy week at your hometown station. We're only days away from moving into our new home.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

Crews dis-assembled a large satellite dish from our roof yesterday and prepared it for the overnight move. Early this morning, the dish was transported from our studios on Colonial Avenue to our new digital broadcast facility on Hershberger Road. It will be installed later today. We'll broadcast our first newscast from the new facility this Saturday morning at 8 o-clock.
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[Middle-East]


[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]

In the Middle East, a vow from Israel to make good on an earlier promise to withdraw troops from the West Bank.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-West Bank;]

Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon says his forces will be pulling out of nearly all West Bank towns within a week.
But soldiers will remain in Bethlehem and Ramallah indefinitely.
Sharon maintains that there can't be peace until he's sure terrorist acts against Israel are over.
Palestinian officials say that's un-acceptable.
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[Pope-Meeting]


[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]

An unusual meeting is scheduled for early next week at the Vatican.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Rome, Italy;]

Pope John Paul summoned eight American Cardinals to discuss the sex abuse scandal.
The church is accused of covering up misconduct by priests, in some cases by moving KNOWN abusers from job to job.
It's extremely rare for Cardinals from just one country to be brought to Rome for a special meeting.
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[6-City-Budget]


[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=02-03 TC1:19:56]
[GRAPHIC=None]

The city of Roanoke is facing a two point two million dollar cut in state funding... and a budget that's described as one of the tightest in the last 25 years.
Joe Dashiell has more on the spending plan officials outlined yesterday afternoon.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=I'm sure that there will be those]
[SUPER=@Burcham; :00]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :14]
[SUPEr=@Joe2;]
[SUPER=01-Rev. Nelson Harris/Roanoke City Council; :51]
[RUNS=1:15]
[OUT Q=Joe Dashiell News 7 Roanoke.]
(([SOT]
[IN Q=I'm sure that there will be those]
((DARLENE BURCHAM I'M SURE THAT THERE WILL BE THOSE, NOT JUST ON CITY COUNCIL BUT CITIZENS WHO WILL QUESTION SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'VE MADE AND THE RATIONALE BEHIND THAT. WE HOPE WE CAN GIVE YOU ADEQUATE JUSTIFICATION FOR THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.))
[RUNS= 13]
[OUT Q=for those recommendations.]

Darlene Burcham says the budget is still a work in progress with the possibility of more bad news from the state.

But as it stands, the 194 million dollar spending plan represents a one- point- nine percent increase over the current budget.
It includes a small pay raise for city employees and an increase in funding for public education, but it will also require an increase in the admissions tax, higher fees and a reduction of 35 positions.
No one will lose their job, but the possibility that more than a dozen of those positions would come from the police, fire, and sheriffs departments brought concern from council member Nelson Harris.
[SOT]
[IN Q=And I would simply add]
((AND I WOULD SIMPLY ADD THAT I THINK THAT CONCERN WOULD PROBABLY BE REFLECTIVE OF THE PUBLIC CONCERN RELATIVE TO PUBLIC SAFETY. THAT IS QUITE FRANKLY OUR MOST CRITICAL, VITAL SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE.))
[RUNS= 13]
[OUT Q=that we provide.]))
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[Anchor=Kim]
[SS=none]

City Council will hold a public hearing on the budget proposal April 29th, and a couple of work sessions in early May.
They're scheduled to vote on a final spending plan at a special meeting May 13th.

(Kimberly tosses to bump)

[bump-chyron]

[comm #3]

[Urich]


[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]

The publicist for Robert Urich says veteran T-V actor has died.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-File Tape;]

Urich lost his battle with cancer.
The Emmy-winning actor was best known for his starring roles in T-V's ``Spenser: For Hire'' and "Vegas".
Robert Urich was 55.
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[Med-Day]


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

In medical news, A drug known to cause botulism, and smooth wrinkles gets a surprise thumbs UP from the FDA. And research shows that a pesticide used on common crops may cause serious damage to your immune system.
Melissa McDermott has those stories and more in this morning's Health check.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Melissa McDermott/Reporting; :00]
[RUNS=1:24]
[OUT Q=CBS News, New York.]
((THE GOVERNMENT NOW SAYS IT'S O-K FOR PEOPLE TO SHOOT POISON INTO THEIR FACIAL WRINKLES. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS BOTOX. THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION'S APPROVAL WILL PROBABLY BOOST POPULARITY OF HOLLYWOOD'S FAVORITE SKIN SMOOTHER. THE F-D-A RULING ALLOWS COMPANIES TO ADVERISE BOTOX'S AGE DEFYING BENEFITS FOR THE FIRST TIME. BOTOX IS A TOXIN THAT ACTUALLY CAUSES BOTULISM, PARALYZING MUSCLES IN THE FACE AND IN TURN SMOOTHING OUT WRINKLES.
IT SOUNDS A BIT FISHY BUT A NEW ITALIAN STUDY MAY HAVE FOUND A SUPPLEMENT TO KEEP HEART ATTACK VICTIMS ALIVE. THE STUDY, REPORTED IN AN ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL CIRCULATION, GAVE HEART ATTACK SURVIVORS A GRAM A DAY OF FATTY ACID FOUND IN FISH OIL. SUBJECTS WHO TOOK THE SUPPLEMENT LIVED LONGER THAN THOSE WHO DIDN'T. HOWEVER THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION SAYS IT CAN'T YET RECOMMEND THIS TREATMENT.
A COMMON PESTICIDE THAT KILLS FUNGUS MAY ALSO BREAK DOWN YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM. THAT'S THE DISTURBING FINDING OF A NEW STUDY CONDUCTED AT TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY. AN INGREDIENT IN THE FUNGICIDE IS USED TO PROTECT POTATO, PECAN AND SUGAR BEET CROPS. BUT ACCORDING TO THE STUDY IT CAN ALSO RENDER YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM DEFENSELESS AFTER ONLY ONE HOUR OF EXPOSURE.
AND THOSE ARE SOME OF TODAY'S TOP HEALTH STORIES. I'M MELISSA MCDERMOTT, CBS NEWS, NEW YORK.))


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