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Today on News 7 at 5, federal authorities say they have arrested a terrorist who thought about using a bomb to spread deadly radiation in Washington.
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Also firefighters from several states help battle two fires in Rockbridge County.
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Hot, July like weather is around to stay for a while, will it create summer thunderstorms? I'll have the answer coming up.
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Also the House Speaker prepares to defend himself with his fellow Republicans,
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and the nation's best known mobster dies in prison.
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We'll have those stories, plus we will let the secret out as Paul McCartney reveals his wedding date.
News 7 at Five is next.
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((I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE A MAN DETAINED WHO IS A THREAT TO THE COUNTRY AND THAT THANKS TO THE VIGILANCE OF OUR INTELLIGENCE GATHERING AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, HE IS NOW OFF THE STREETS, WHERE HE SHOULD BE.))
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An American citizen is in custody fo allegedly plotting with the Al Qaeda terrorist network.
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Good Evening.
The 32-year old man was arrested as he arrived at Chicago's O'Hare airport- from Pakistan.
He was allegedly planning to use a radioactive "dirty bomb" on a target in the United States.
Officials say the plot was in its early stages- and they're not sure of the specific U-S target.
Teri Okita is following the story.
She joins us live from Washington with the latest.
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[SUPER=01-Teri Okita/CBS News;]
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[SUPER=01-Paul Wolfowitz/Deputy Defense Secretary;]
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((32-YEAR-OLD ABDULLAH AL MUJAHIR A U-S CITIZEN SITS IN THIS HIGH-SECURITY NAVAL BRIG IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA ACCUSED OF
PLANNING A TERRORIST ATTACK ON AMERICA. AUTHORITIES SAY HIS WEAPON OF
CHOICE WOULD HAVE BEEN A RADIO-ACTIVE DIRTY BOMB.
John Ashcroft/Attorney General: Abdullah was closely associated with Al Qaeda and was involved in future terrorist attacks on innocent civilians.
AUTHORITIES ARRESTED AL MUJAHIR AT CHICAGOS OHARE AIRPORT ON
MAY 8TH AS HE ARRIVED FROM PAKISTAN. THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION CREDITS
THE COOPERATIVE WORK OF THE F-B-I, C-I-A, AND THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT.
Thanks to the vigilance of our intelligence-gathering and law
enforcement, he is now off the streets.
OFFICIALS SAY THE PLOT WAS STILL IN ITS EARLY STAGES. THEYRE NOT SURE OF THE SPECIFIC U-S TARGET, ALTHOUGH AL MUJAHIR DID MENTION
WASHINGTON.
(Super: Paul Wolfowitz/Deputy Defense Secretary)
SOT: He researched nuclear weapons and received training in wiring
explosives while in Pakistan, and he was instructed to return to the
United States to conduct reconnaissance operations for Al Qaeda.
TRACK: A DIRTY BOMB LIKE THIS ONE FOUND IN RUSSIA CONSISTS OF
RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL WRAPPED IN A CONVENTIONAL BOMB. AN EXPLOSION
COULD KILL PEOPLE IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA, THEN POSSIBLY SPREAD
HIGHLY-TOXIC MATERIAL FOR BLOCKS. MOST EXPERTS SAY IT WONT CAUSE AS
MUCH DESTRUCTION AS A NUCLEAR BOMB, BUT IT WOULD PROBABLY LEAD TO
WIDESPREAD PANIC.
Teri Okita/Reporting:
Al Mujahir changed his name from Jose Padilla. He was born in New York and raised in Chicago. Authorities say he was once a Chicago gangmember and ended up in prison. While there, he converted to Islam and then, became an Al Qaeda follower. Teri Okita, CBS News, Washington. Now back to you.))
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He spent 24 years building the first modern day Republican majority in the House of Delegates. Now Amherst County's Vance Wilkins is fighting for his political life.
On the heels of a sexual harassment scandal that erupted last week, Wilkins must appear before the House Republican caucus tonight and explain his actions... and explain why he should remain as Speaker of the House.
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It will make for a night of high drama at the state capitol. That's where Steve Smallshaw joins us live. Steve, what's the feeling among lawmakers there tonight?
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(ROLLCUE.... over the last four days.)
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Crews are battling two forest fires along the Blue Ridge Parkway, one north of Buena Vista the other, just to the South..
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Smoke from the fires can be seen for miles... this one's burning on about 40 acres in the area known as "Arnold's Valley"
An air-tanker has been called in to drop flame retardant on this fire, because it's been difficult for crews to reach it by land..
Firefighters from as far away as Louisiana and Arkansas worked through the weekend, but the fires are still not contained.
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(ROB DEYO/US FOREST SERVICE: "WHERE THIS IS IN THE DEVIL'S MARBLE-YARD IT'S JUST LIKE IT SOUNDS ITS JUST A PILE OF ROCK
S AND OF COURSE IN THE ROCKS YOU HAVE DUFF AND LITTER AND WHAT NOT AND IT JUST BURNS AND BURNS AND BURNS.")
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Officials say lightning from last week's thunderstorms sparked those fires.
Dry conditions helped them spread.
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Authorities in the Denver, Colorado area have ordered a mass evacuation as flames threaten thousands of homes there.
Jennifer Miller reports.
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((AS WINDS WHIP THE FLAMES.. CLOSE TO 40,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO
EVACUATE THEIR HOMES ALONG THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF DENVER. THE BLAZE IS
WITHIN TEN MILES OF SOME NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS FIRE HAS TAKEN OVER MORE THAN 60-THOUSAND ACRES .... BURNING IN
FIVE COUNTIES...INCLUDING COLORADO'S PIKE NATIONAL FORREST WHICH IS NOW
CLOSED.
SOT: Unnamed Fire Official:
"The fire is expected to continue to burn very actively with flame
lengths from 15-20 feet."
WHAT STARTED AS AN ILLEGAL CAMP FIRE HAS ALREADY BURNED MORE THAN 20
BUILDINGS.
(NATS OF FIRE)
WITH FLAMES MOVING AT A MILE AN HOUR ... IT'S TOO DANGEROUS TO FIGHT
THIS ONE FROM THE GROUND .... SO
FIRE MANAGERS PULLED CREWS OFF THE FRONT LINES AND ARE RELYING ON AIR
ASSAULTS.
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IN WESTERN COLORADO, THE "COAL SEAM" FIRE IS SMALLER ... BUT MORE
DESTRUCTIVE. AT ABOUT 75-HUNDRED ACRES .... THIS ONE HAS REACHED SOME
40 BUILDINGS ... AND THOUSANDS HAVE HAD TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES.
GLENWOOD EVACUEE:
"We didnt have any time at all to grab anything."
STANDUP:
.... THERE ARE A TOTAL OF NINE FIRES BURNING ACROSS THE STATE.
FORECASTERS CAN SEE THE SMOKE FROM DENVER .... WHAT THEY DON'T SEE IS
RELIEF.
HOT DRY WEATHER IS TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID-WEEK ... WHEN THUNDERSTORMS
.... WHICH FUEL MORE FIRES ... ARE FORECAST.
JENNIFER MILLER, CBS NEWS, DENVER.))
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Authorities give a polygraph test to the father of a teenaged girl kidnapped last week in Utah.
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also we'll have the details as the mobster known as the Teflon Don dies in a prison hospital.
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A gunman opened fire in a Benedictine Abbey in Missouri today- killing two monks and wounding two others.
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Police say the 71 year old shooter then turned the gun on himself-
Police found his body in a chapel with two weapons- an AK-47 assault rifle and a sawed off 22 caliber rifle.
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((THRE IS A LOT OF SHOCK. THERE'S SADNESS. THESE WERE TWO MONKS WHOSE LIVED HABE BEEN LIVED HERE IN A GENEROUS, GRACIOUS SPIRIT.))
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Sheriff's deputies say it appears the gunman went on a random shooting spree- they don't know what the motive may have been.
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The father of a missing Utah girl has taken a lie detector test-
Salt Lake City police confirmed that this afternoon.
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Meanwhile the search continues for 14 year old Elizabeth Smart- without any real clues.
Her parents are asking people to pray for their daughter and not ignore even the smallest possibility.
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((EDWARD SMART: LOOK THROUGH YOUR HOMES, YOU LOOK IN YOUR GARAGE. LOOK ANY PLACE THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY CONCEIVE AND EVEN IN THOSE PLACES WHERE YOU CAN'T YOU WOULDN'T THINK WHERE SHE WOULD BE .))
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The search has run into some setbacks- the number of volunteers able to search has dwindled- and two search helicotpers with infra-red equipment have been diverted to battle wildfires in Colorado.
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The convicted mobster, who schemed and murdered his way to the top of organized crime in America, died today in a prison hospital.
John Gotti was suffering from throat cancer.
Gretchen Carlson has more.
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((John Gotti was once the most colorful and powerful mobster in New York.
Not since prohibition and the flamboyant Al Capone had a reputed mob
boss ignited the imagination of the American public.
SOT: Reporter to Gotti
You know they say they are going to keep you in jail, that you are a
danger when you're out. What do you say to that?
Gotti first hit the headlines in 1985 by ordering the assassination of
then Gambino crime family boss Paul Castelano and his driver Tommy
Bilotti outside a Manhattan steakhouse. Gotti earned the nickname
"Teflon Don" after he beat three federal prosecutions in a row.
2/9/1990.
How say you with the respect to the defendant, John Gotti? Guilty or
not Guilty?
NOT Guilty.
(Gotti pumps the air with his fist and court room cheer...)
The public was fascinated with the Gotti trials. With never a hair out
of place and wearing his expensive suits was dubbed the Dapper Don.
On secret FBI recordings, Gotti was heard anointing his trusted aide
Sammy 'the bull" Gravano as his successor should Gotti go to prison, or
the "can".
SOT: audio tape over fbi tape/graphic of text
This is my wishes, That if I'm in the f...ing can, this family is gonna
be run by Sammy." bugged over fbi tape:
But Gravano turned informant and testified in 1992, that he and Gotti
had planned and watched the mob hit together. Finally, Gotti was
convicted of racketeering and murder.
SOT Victoria Gotti, Daughter, April 2, 1992
My father is the last of the Mohicans. They don't make men like him
anymore. They never will.
John Gotti was serving a life sentence when he died.
Gretchen Carlson, CBS News, New York))
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The Town of Blacksburg is getting an award for being serious about the environment.
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Blacksburg will be one of three areas in the state granted an"excellence" E-2 status by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.
The town has been working on an environmental management plan for about two-years.
Officials say they're making improvements in areas with the biggest environmental impact.
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((KELLY MATTINGLY/BLACKSBURG PUBLIC WORKS DIR.; OUR USE OF CHEMICALS IN THE WORKPLACE, OUR STORM WATER SYSTEMS, OUR SANITARY SEWER SYSTEMS OUR USE OF NATURAL ENERGY RESOURCES AND SOLID WASTED AND RECYCLING WE FOCUSED ON THOSE AREAS TO SEE WHERE WE CAN MAKE THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT.))
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Some changes Blacksburg has already made include using more energy efficient bulbs in traffic lights and increased recycling.
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Still to come on the newscast,
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the city of Danville will soon have something in common with the Magic Kingdom. We'll tell you what it is coming up a little later.
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Still to come on the newscast, Steve Mason will join us with today's sports news,
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and though he once said all you need is love, Paul McCartney finds a big castle is also pretty nice to have on your wedding day.
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It was a rather lackluster day on Wall Street today. Bargain hunters advanced the blue chip stocks by the close, but tech shares lost some ground.
Market watchers say caution remains the rule and it won't take much to bring in another wave of selling. Ed Crane has more.
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What will the city of Danville and Disney World have in common?
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The answer: the most state-of-the-art infrastructure in the world.
Danville received a check for 700 thousand dollars from the federal government today for its new Cyberpark.
300 acres in the Danville region will have the latest fiber optic connections and electrical system.
Right now, only Disney in Orlando, Florida has these high-tech connections.
Officials are hopeful the federal money will bring high tech jobs to the region.
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((SENATOR GEORGE ALLEN: HERE'S DISNEY WORLD AND DANVILLE TOO. NOW ATLANTA AND CHICAGO, TWO VERY BIG CITIES OBVIOUSLY ARE TRYING TO DO THIS AS WELL, AND I'M SURE SOME OTHERS.))
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The new Cyberpark is located at the intersection of routes 29 and 58 less than a mile from the Danville Regional Airport.
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Good afternoon everyone, welcome to your Monday ticker which starts on the links. The Junior Achievement ninth annual golf tournament teed off today.
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The Par for the Kids Golf tournament was held at the Roanoke Country Club and 23 teams participated in the 18 hole event. Junior Achievement educates and inspires young people in the values of business and economics.
Each of the 23 teams had four players and each team paid an entry fee of 800 bucks to help Junior Achievement.
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Kenny Bernstein singlehandedly launched the sport of drag racing into its current era of success.
Bernstein is currently in the middle of his farewell tour from the sport, known as "Forever Red."
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After 23 years behind the wheel of the Bud King, Bernstein will retire after this season.
Bernstein is a 6 time NHRA champion including two in the Top Fuel division. His legacy is a lasting one that will be passed on to another Bernstein next year.
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Bernstein also spent some time as a Nascar Winston Cup car owner in the late eighties and early nineties.
He says that Nascar fans and drag racing fans aren't really all that different.
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Most soccer experts would have said that anyone who believed the U.S. would have four points after two games in the World Cup was crazy.
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Those experts have been proven wrong. The United States tied South Korea 1-1 today. Clint Mathis scored the goal at the 24th minute for the Americans. The U.S. is now 1-0h and 1 with one more match to play in the opening round.The U.S can clinch a berth in the round of 16 by tying or beating Poland Friday.
Although South Korea tied the game against the Americans in the 78th minute, U.S. goalie Brad Friedel made several awesome saves and became the first goalie in the tournament to stop a penalty kick.
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That's it for the ticker, coming up at six, the Avalanche talks about it's series with Kinston which starts tonight, see ya then everybody.
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The secret is out. Paul McCartney is getting married tomorrow at a castle in Ireland.
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[SUPER=03-Glaslough, Ireland]
Security is tight at Castle Leslie and the ex-Beatle tried to keep the ceremony a secret.
But the 84 year old owner of the castle leaked the date to the press.
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((AS YOU KNOW THROUGH UNCLE JACK, IT IS TOMORROW. BUT IT'S A SECRET. ALRIGHT, I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO TELL ANYBODY ANYTHING. SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS BASICALLY A FAMILY WEDDING. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE JUST A BIT OF FUN. ))
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The couple will exchange vows in a 17th century castle tomorrow in front of about 300
people. McCartney says there aren't a lot of famous people on the guest list.
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He says about ten guests are known, the rest are family and friends. McCartney would not confirm reports that Ringo Starr, Bill Clinton and Eric Clapton are invited.
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