[11Halifax-Shooting]

[ANCHOR=Kim]

[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=syo]
[TAPE#=02-34 TC21:58]
[GRAPHIC=none]

Investigators are looking for several suspects in the apparent shooting death of a young Halifax County woman. The body of 24-year old Shelly Marie Jackson was found outside a South Boston suburb. Shannon Young reports.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=Members of South Boston Police and...]
[SUPER=03-Halifax Co.; :00]
[SUPER=01-Jeff Oakes/Halifax Co. Sheriff; :22 QUICK!!!]
[SUPER=@Shannon2; 1:15]
[RUNS=1:26]
[OUT Q=News 7, Halifax Co]
((Members of South Boston Police and the Halifax County Sheriff's Office were acting on a tip when they discovered the body of Shelly Jackson shortly before noon Wednesday morning. The 24-year old had been missing since Monday night. Authorities say they had to head south on Tuesday before returning to their own backyard to find the crime scene.
[SOT 4:41:12-4:41:21]
[IN Q=Her car was found in Reedsville, North Carolina...]
((SHERIFF D. J. OAKES/HALIFAX COUNTY: HER CAR WAS FOUND IN REIDSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA YESTERDAY MORNING, EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING, AND WE HAD TO PURSUE LEADS IN REEDSVILLE THINKING THAT SHE MIGHT BE THERE.)) [RUNS:09]
[OUT Q=thinking that she might be there.]
Oakes says Jackson's car sported mud consistent with that of the wooded area just off Wildflower Drive where Jackson's body was found. He says he suspects she was shot.
[SOT 4:44:25-4:44:4:44:31]
[IN Q=You can't tell...]
((SHERIFF OAKES: YOU CAN'T TELL. SHE'S BEEN HERE A COUPLE DAYS AND THERE'S SOME DECOMPOSITION.)) [BUTT BUTT BUTT]
[SOT 4:42:20-4:42:23]
((SHERIFF OAKES: I WOULD SUSPECT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A GUNSHOT WOUND BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT.)) [RUNS:09]
[OUT Q=but I don't know that.]
There are several suspects in the case. One, Kenneth Hodges, was taken into custody on an unrelated matter. Hodges lives not far from the crime scene. And Oakes says that's not the only fact that could tie him to Jackson's murder.
[SOT 4:40:41-4:40:52]
[IN Q=He and the deceased had...]
((SHERIFF OAKES: HE AND THE DECEASED HAD, NOT A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP, BUT A RELATIONSHIP THAT WOULD LEAD YOU TO BELIEVE HE MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS CRIME.)) [RUNS:11]
[OUT Q=involved in this crime.]
Hodges was expected to be indicted on what Oakes believes are drug charges next week. The victim was also facing narcotics related charges. Shannon Young, News 7, Halifax Co.))

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[Iraq]

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

President Bush says in the coming days, he'll try to convince several world leaders that Saddam Hussein needs to be removed from power.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Washington, DC;]

Bush will meet with Tony Blair on Saturday.
The British prime minister's government is preparing evidence that Saddam is developing nuclear weapons.
Yesterday, President Bush announced he WILL go to Congress before taking any military action.
He also plans to make his case before the U-N next Thursday-- one day after the anniversary of the 9-11 attacks.
(------------)

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[Cockpit-Guns]

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

In other news from the White House,
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-File Tape;]

A government source says the Bush administration is going to begin a small- scale test program that arms some commercial pilots.
The administration had said it opposed the idea, but would take another look at it.
The source says White House officials will announce their plan soon.
(------------)

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[Secure-Virginia]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=none]

Governor Mark Warner will outline some of the recommendations of Secure Virginia today. The 20-member panel was created to evaluate the state's emergency response and recovery systems, using the lessons learned from the September 11th attacks. One recommendation backed by Warner reportedly will seek to expand the line of succession, should he and other top Virginia officials be killed in a terrorist attack.
The change would require an amendment to the Constitution.

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[11DEQ-layoffs]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mmu]
[TAPE#=02-26 TC 1:23:33]
[GRAPHIC=Layoffs]

With the state budget in the red, some area workers are seeing pink... as in pink slips.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Richmond]

22- workers at the state Department of Environmental Quality lost their jobs on Tuesday.
Three of the laid-off employees work in Roanoke, in D-E-Q's regional office.
The layoffs are the first to come to light since Governor Mark Warner directed state agencies to cut spending.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT 13:42:38-55]
((BILL HAYDEN/DEQ SPOKESMAN: DEQ IS TRYING TO DO ITS PART FOR THE LARGER STATE BUDGET SITUATION. WE'RE OBVIOUSLY JUST A SMALL PART OF THAT BUT ONE OF THE STEPS WE HAVE CONSIDERED FROM THE BEGINNING AND WE WANTED TO AVOID BUT WE REACHED THE POINT WHERE WE DID HAVE TO HAVE SOME REDUCTIONS.))
[SUPER=01-Bill Hayden/DEQ Spokesman]
[RUNS=:17]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]

A D-E-Q spokesman say the agency's level of service should not be affected by the job cuts.
(------------)

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[11Missing-Girl]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=02-28 TC58:22]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Investigators took the unusual step of exhuming the body of Michael Short.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Henry Co./File Tape;]
The Henry County man and his wife were found shot to death in their Oak Level home last month. Their nine-year old daughter was also taken from the house and remains missing. Yesterday morning-- officials removed Short's body from Henry Memorial Park to gather additional forensic evidence. His body was then taken to the medical examiners office in Roanoke. Also -- helicopters searched the Northern area of Henry County and the southern tip of Franklin County... again looking for additional evidence.
(------------)

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[11Franklin-Schools]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=School Info]
Some Franklin County elementary students will be sitting at a different desk today. Because of smoke damage at Henry Elementary-- students will be bused to another location. Officials say "pre-k through second grade" students will be transported from Henry Elementary to (Son-tag) Sontag.. while third through fifth grade students will be bused to Ferrum Elementary. At the end of the day-- the students will then be bused back to Henry Elementary.

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[American-Idol]

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

There's a new "American Idol.."
Texas native Kelly Clarkson won the nationwide talent search show last night.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-Courtesy: Fox Broadcasting Company;]
Clarkson beat out Pennsylvania's Justin Guarini by a vote of 58 to 42- percent.
More than 100- million people voted.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT :44 into tape]
[IN Q=Pretty much]
((KELLY CLARKSON/AMERICAN IDOL WINNER: PRETTY MUCH THINKING, HOW AM I GOING TO SING THIS NEXT SONG WHILE I'M CRYING. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.))
[SUPER=01-Kelly Clarkson/American Idol Winner;]
[RUNS=:09]
[OUT Q=what to say....aaaaggghh!!]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-Courtesy: Fox Broadcasting Company;]

Clarkson wins a recording contract.
Her first single, "A Moment Like This," will be released September 17th.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 1:10 into tape nat sound of song]
[IN Q=]
[RUNS=:08]
[OUT Q=]
(-----------)
[ANCHOR=KIMBERLY]
[SS=none]

This won't be the last time you see the top 10 finalists from the show-- the group will tour together, beginning October eighth in San Diego.

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[6-Henry-jobs]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=New Jobs]

In business news, More than one hundred new jobs are headed to Henry County.
Knauss Foods will build a facility in the Patriot Centre business park.
The operation will employ 105 people.
Knauss is the world's largest specialty dried beef company.

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[6-L'burg-Jobs]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jmc]
[TAPE#=02-33 TC47:22]
[GRAPHIC=New Jobs]

The Bausch and Lomb company in Lynchburg is expanding.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg]

The eye care manufacturer is adding up to 35 jobs at its distribution center on Graves Mill Road.
The warehouse stores and ships Bausch and Lomb contact lenses right now.
Once an addition is complete, the facility will add other product lines, including lenses used in cataract surgery.
(------------)

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[Marketwatch]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Business News]

The sale of Hershey Foods has gone from sweet to sour.
Alexis Christoforous has that story and more in this morning's Marketwatch.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Alexis Christoforous/Reporting; :00]
[RUNS=2:04]
[OUT Q=your local stocks]


((SOME BITTER NEWS FOR CANDYMAKER HERSHEY. A PENNSYLVANIA JUDGE ISSUED A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER, BLOCKING THE POSSIBLE SALE OF HERSHEY FOODS. PENNSYLVANIA OFFICIALS CLAIMED ANY SALE WOULD CAUSE IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO THE COMMUNITY OF HERSHEY PA.
ESS=hsy
THE HERSHEY TRUST, WHICH CONTROLS THE MAKER OF HERSHEY KISSES AND KIT KATS VOWS TO APPEAL THE COURT'S DECISION. HEAVYWEIGHT RIVALS INCLUDING NESTLE AND CADBURY SCHWEEPES HAVE REPORTEDLY SHOWN INTEREST IN BUYING THE CANDYMAKER.

ONCAM=alexis
THE MAN KNOWN AS CHAINSAW AL - IS DIGGING DEEP INTO HIS POCKET TO SETTLE FRAUD CHARGES.
FORMER SUNBEAM CEO AL DULAP AGREED TO PAY 500-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO SETTLE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION FRAUD ALLEGATIONS.. WITHOUT ADMITING OR DENYING WRONGDOING, DUNLAP ALSO AGREED TO BE BARRED FROM SERVING AS AN OFFICER OF ANY PUBLIC COMPANY.

ONCAM=alexis

ON WALL STREET.... INVESTORS JUMPED BACK INTO THE MARKET ONE DAY AFTER THAT STUNNING SELLOFF.

ESS=dow
THE DOW RALLIED 115 POINTS

ESS=nasdsaq
WHILE THE NASDAQ CLIMBED 28 POINTS.

ONCAM=alexis
AUTO STOCKS WERE IN OVERDRIVE..

ESS=gm/f/dcx
G-M FORD AND CHRYSLER ALL REPORTED DOUBLE DIGIT SALES GAINS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST, AS MORE SWEET FINANCING DEALS AND DEEP DISCOUNTS BROUGHT BUYERS INTO THE SHOWROOM.G-M AND CHRYSLER ALSO PLAN TO EXTEND THEIR ZERO PERCENT FINANCING OFFERS ON MOST 2003 MODELS TO KEEP SALES IN OVERDRIVE.

ONCAM=alexis
MARTHA STEWART'S COMPANY IS DENYING A REPORT THAT IT WAS SEARCHING FOR SOMEONE TO REPLACE THE DOMSTICE DIVA AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE.
ESS=mso
THE NEW YORK TIMES HAS REPORTED THAT THE SEARCH FOR A NEW CEO BEGAN AFTER STEWART BECAME EMBROILED IN THE IMCLONE INSIDER TRADING SCANDAL.

ONCAM=alexis
FORMER WORLDCOM CHIEF FINANICAL OFFICER SCOTT SULLIVAN PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO CHARGES OF ORCHESTRATING A MULTI BILLION DOLLAR ACCOUNTING FRAUD THAT DROVE THE COMPANY INTO THE BIGGEST BANKRUPTCY IN U-S HISTORY. MEATNIME,FEDERAL PROSECUTORS EXPECT TO FILE NEW CHARGES AND POSSIBLY NAME NEW DEFENDANTS IN THE ONGOING WORLDCOM ACCOUNTING INVESTIGATION.

ESS=animation
TRACK ALL THE PRE-MARKET ACTION AT CBS.MW.COM .. IN NEW YORK, I'M ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS.))


(tape tosses to stocks)
[STOCKS] [COMM]

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[Bush-Threat]

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

A New Jersey cab driver and retired state trooper is responsible for the tip that led authorities to a man who allegedly threatened President Bush.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Washington, DC;]

Secret service agents arrested 33- year- old Jeffrey Cloutier of Philadelphia.
They found 10 rifles and six handguns in the rental car Cloutier drove to Washington yesterday.
He was arrested a mile away from the White House.
Cab driver Frank Pauloski had driven Cloutier and his wife to the car rental agency, and became suspicious.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=He told me]
((FRANK PAULOSKI/CAB DRIVER: HE TOLD ME HE WAS GOING TO SEE PRESIDENT BECAUSE HE HAD BRAIN OPERATION AND HAD CHIP IMPLANTED IN BRAIN. HE DIDN'T LIKE WAY OPERATION WENT AND WAS GOING TO TALK TO PRESIDENT ABOUT IT.))
[SUPER=01-Frank Pauloski/Cab Driver;]
[RUNS=:13]
[OUT Q=President about it.]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]

Cloutier faces felony charges.
His wife may also face charges.
(------------)

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[11Trigon-Carilion]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jmc]
[TAPE#=02-31 TC39:23]
[GRAPHIC=None]

A dispute between the Carilion Medical Group and Trigon will leave some patients looking for a new doctor, or another insurance plan.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Vinton]

The move affects 9 to 12-thousand patients at Carilion group practices in southwest Virginia.
As of January first, their physicians will no longer be part of the Trigon Healthkeepers network.
Carilion says the problem centered on access to primary care physicians.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=The new product]
((HUGH THORNHILL/CARILION MEDICAL GROUP ADMINISTRATOR: THE NEW PRODUCT THAT THEY ADDED TAKES AWAY ANY INCENTIVE OR NEED FOR THE PATIENT TO HAVE A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN AFFILIATION WITHIN AN HMO AND FUNDAMENTALLY WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH THAT BEING A REAL HMO PRODUCT.))
[SUPER=01-Hugh Thornhill/Carilion Medical Group]
[RUNS=12]
[OUT Q=real HMO product.]
(-------------)
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[SS=None]

Trigon says its goal in the negotiations with Carilion was to provide a product that patients and doctors needed and had requested. And Trigon says it believes its proposal had met Carilion's requirements.
Both sides say they are open to more negotiations.

(Kimberly tosses to bump)

[bump-chyron]

[comm #3]

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[11Roanoke-Shooting]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=02-39 TC02:10]
[GRAPHIC=Shooting]

A Roanoke man is off the hook for a deadly shooting in May.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/May]

Police say 62-year old Paul McCoy admitted shooting a man who barged into his Aspen Street home on May 17th.
Police say Daryll Wayne Waller threatened McCoy and a woman who was living inside McCoy's house.
(------------)
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[SS=HOLD]

McCoy shot Waller once in the stomach... he later died.
Prosecutors believe McCoy acted on the belief that he and the woman were in immediate danger and that criminal charges are not justified.

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[11Sharov]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=02-36 TC29:20]
[GRAPHIC=None]

Police in Washington State find what they call a disturbing stash in a man's bunker-- diagrams of power plants and potentially explosive materials.
That man is from Blacksburg. Mikhail Sharov made news here in years past.
More on Sharov's local ties in a moment- but first, Alison Starling has more on the bunker in Washington.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Alison Starling/KIRO Television; :00]
[SUPER=03-Aberdeen, WA; :25]
[SUPER=01-Capt. John Green/Aberdeen, WA Police Department; :46]
[RUNS=1:30]
[OUT Q=nothing more we can do.]


[Anchor=Kim]
[SS=none]
That was Alison Starling reporting. The suspect is in jail on trespassing in Aberdeen. He is expected to be sentenced sometime today. As far as the books, the expensive tools and equipment police found, Sharov told them they could keep it because he wants nothing to do with it.

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[11Background-Sharov]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=02-38 TC09:01]
[GRAPHIC=None]

Sharov is no stranger to the spotlight.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/August 2000;]

In August, 2000, he was reported missing and then found safe at Roanoke Regional Airport after hiking there from Blacksburg.
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg/January 2001; QUICK!!!]

Authorities mounted another search in early 2001.
That's when he was seen leaving Blacksburg for Fort Bragg North Carolina.
He never arrived for military duty and was listed as AWOL.
(------------)

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[11Character-Counts]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=02-25 TC 1:56:19]
[GRAPHIC=None]

Character counts next week more than ever in area schools.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]

That's why Roanoke Valley leaders have proclaimed it "American Character Week."
Virginia schools already require character education -- designed to teach kids the values of trustworthiness, respect and citizenship.
At Fallon Park Elementary, discipline problems dropped dramatically after the program started.
But on the week of September 11th, their character lesson will include something extra.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 16:36:54 - 16:37:09]
[IN Q=The idea]
((SEN. JOHN EDWARDS: THE IDEA IS TO CONTRAST THOSE VALUES OF THE TERRORISTS WITH THE VALUES OF AMERICANS... TURNING COWARDICE INTO COURAGE FOR EXAMPLE.))
[SUPER=@Edwards;]
[RUNS=15]
[OUT Q=into courage for example.]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]

Senator Edwards sponsored the legislation that made character education mandatory in Virginia.
He's calling on members of the community to help reinforce the lessons next week.
(------------)


(Kim tosses to bump)

[BUMP]
[COMM]

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[11Race-Contestant]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=02-35]
[GRAPHIC=None]
NASCAR fans are generally loyal to one particular driver. For a Roanoke man it's Dale Earnhardt Junior-- but with a million dollars on the line that allegiance could quickly change. Teresa Hamilton has more on this NO Bull story.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :07]
[SUPER=01-Tommy Medley/Contestant; :23]
[SUPER=01-Rita Medley/Contestant; :42]
[SUPER=@Teresa2; 1:04]
[RUNS=1:15]
[OUT Q= Teresa Hamilton, NEWS 7, Roanoke.]
((
(//sot///)
[sot 00:35:18]
[in q= I didn't have ]
((I DIDN'T HAVE IT WHEN I WENT AND IF I COME BACK WITHOUT IT, I'LL BE JUST AS HAPPY.)) [RUNS05]
[out q= just as happy.]
Tommy Medley is hoping Saturday night's NASCAR race in Richmond will make he and his family millionaires. Last November-- his wife entered his name into the Winston "No Bull Five" sweepstakes. Several months later-- the phone rang notifying the family their entry was one of several selected.
(//sot///)
[sot 00:35:51]
[IN Q= I DIDN'T ]
((I DIDN'T THINK WE HAD A CHANCE TO WIN IT BECAUSE WE DON'T EVER WIN ANYTHING.)) [runs06]
[out q= don't ever win anything.]
Before this Saturday's race-- Tommy and the other contestants will be matched up with one of five NASCAR drivers. If the driver he's paired with should cruise into victory lane-- then Tommy and his wife Rita will claim the million dollar prize.
(///sot///)
[sot 00:41:35]
[IN Q= ALL THE ]
((RITA MEDLEY: ALL THE EXCITEMENT THAT'S BEEN GOING ON, IT'S ONCE IN A LIFETIME, IT'S BEEN GREAT, WE'VE HAD SO MUCH FUN.)) [RUNS05]
[OUT Q= SO MUCH FUN.]
Tommy is a Dale Earnhardt Junior fan-- But this Saturday-- he's hoping to be paired with Rusty Wallace.
(////sot////)
[sot]
((BECAUSE HIS TRACK RECORD AT RICHMOND IS REAL GOOD HE'S A GREAT SHORT TRACK RACER AND I'VE ALWAYS LIKED RUSTY PERSONALLY BECAUSE HE WAS GREAT FRIENDS WITH DALE EARNHARDT.)) [runs08]
[out q= with dale earnhardt.]
If the Medleys win-- they do have a few plans. They plan to pay off their new house-- maybe buy a new vehicle and put the rest in the bank. Teresa Hamilton, NEWS 7, Roanoke.))