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((WE DO NOT KNOW IF THIS CASE IS RELATED TO THE CASES IN MARYLAND YET. HOWEVER WE ARE SHARING THE 800 HOTLINE NUMBERS TO KEEP INFORMATION CONSISTENT. ))
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A man is gunned down at a gas station in Manassas.
Authorities are looking for a possible link to the sniper shootings.
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And authorities investigating the Short family murders are bound for Canada, in hopes of questioning Garrison Bowman.
















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A few rain showers are heading our way especially for tonight...I'll have your forecast....
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News 7 at Noon starts right now...
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It may have happened again-- another random sniper attack in the D-C area.
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Good Afternoon, Kimberly McBroom.
Police aren't confirming if there's a definite link to earlier shootings, but there are similarities.
A Maryland man was shot to death last night at a gas station in Manassas.
He's identified as 53- year- old Dean Meyers.
Authorities investigating last night's shooting say they're looking for a white mini- van.
They're backing away from earlier reports that two men were seen in the van.
Meanwhile, a white truck or van was also seen near one of the deadly sniper shootings last week.
Aleen Sirgany is in Rockville, Maryland this afternoon and has the latest.
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((THE MORNING AFTER ANOTHER FATAL SHOOTING INVESTIGATORS CONTINUE TO SCOUR THE MANASSAS, VIRGINIA CRIME SCENE.

SOT: HAROLD SCOTT/ATF SPECIAL AGENT

"WE'VE AGREED TO TAKE ANY EVIDENCE, IF ITS FOUND, TO OUR LAB JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF CONSISTENCY TO SEE IF IT'S LINKED TO OTHER CASES "
THERE'S NO WORD ON WHEN POLICE WILL KNOW FOR SURE IF THIS SHOOTING IS CONNECTED TO THE OTHERS...BUT THERE ARE SIMILARITIES. LIKE TWO MARYLAND SHOOTINGS....THE VICTIM WAS GUNNED DOWN AT A GAS STATION WITH NO WARNING....RIGHT AFTER FILLING HIS TANK

SOT: KIM CHINN/PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY POLICE

"WE WON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MOTIVE UNTIL THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES ON, THE ASSURANCE WE CAN GIVE THE COMMUNITY IS THAT WE ARE WORKING AS HARD AS WE CAN."
A WHITE MINIVAN WAS SPOTTED DRIVING AWAY.

SOT: CHINN AGAIN

"IT'S ALL WHITE EXCEPT FOR WINDOWS IN THE FRONT, WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE BACK DOOR."
LAST WEEK, A WITNESS TO A MARYLAND SHOOTING REPORTED SEEING A WHITE BOX TRUCK LEAVE A CRIME SCENE.
MEANWHILE, POLICE ARE HOPING ADDITIONAL WITNESSES WILL COME FORWARD.

SOT: CHIEF CHARLES MOOSE/MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICE

"AS THEY HEAR ABOUT THIS MORNING, IF THEY WERE IN THE AREA OF THIS SITUATION LAST NIGHT AND AGAIN DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS A CRIME SCENE, WE WANT TO TALK TO THEM."
FOR MORE THAN A WEEK NOW, POLICE HAVE BEEN HUNTING THE ROVING SNIPER WHO HAS KILLED AT LEAST SIX AND WOUNDED 2 OTHERS, INCLUDING A 13 YEAR OLD BOY. THE INVESTIGATING TASK FORCE HAS BEEN FOLLOWING MORE THAN A THOUSAND LEADS. ))

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Investigators from Virginia and North Carolina are flying to northwest Canada today .. hoping to question Garrison Bowman.
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He is being held in Yellowknife, Canada, on an immigration violation and faces deportation after a hearing tomorrow morning.
Canadian immigration officials say the fact that Bowman is being sought for questioning will have no bearing on whether he stays there or is sent home... though it's likely he'll be tried on a drunk driving charge in Canada first.
Local investigators also want to search Bowman's van, though it's not clear if they'll be able to bring any items
back to the U-S for analysis.
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An elderly woman became a casualty in the latest suicide bombing in Israel.
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Four other people were injured when the Palestinian man blew himself up near Tel Aviv today, while attempting to board a bus.
The bus driver and a paramedic pinned him to the ground, but ran away when they noticed explosives.
There was no no immediate claim of responsibility -- but a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says Palestinian leadership is doing nothing to prevent such attacks.
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The bombing comes on the heels of a sweep in the West Bank, in which Israeli troops rounded up 70 Palestinians.
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President Bush is expecting to get the green light on Iraq today from the U-S House.
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Officials say the White House expects a "large, bipartisan" margin of votes giving the President the authority to use military action against Saddam Hussein.
The Senate is also expected to vote by the end of the week to approve the resolution authorizing the use of force, IF Saddam doesn't disarm.
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Today Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle announced he supports Bush on the resolution.

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As the world is cracking down on terrorists, German authorities today arrested a Moroccan man believed to have played a role in the September 11th attacks.
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The 29- year- old man is suspected of having links to the al-Qaida network.
He's also accused of providing logistical help to Mohammed Atta and the other 9-11 suicide hijackers.
It's also alleged the man arrested today attended training camps in Afghanistan in the summer of 2000.
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Now it's the Blue Ridge Parkway. Still ahead, efforts to stop gay cruising in public places.
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And meet the candidates for U-S Senate .. at least the two of them that we could find. Our campaign profile is next.
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Virginians will go to the polls next month to elect a U.S. senator .. and while there are three candidates on the ballot .. John Warner has no Democratic party opposition.
Richmond Bureau Chief Meghan Muldoon looks at this year's only statewide race.
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(( This is Nancy Spannaus' fifth run for public office.
The Independent candidate says she supports economic reconstruction and opposes war.
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Spannaus says she thinks rogues in the American military are responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
The 58-year-old from Loudoun County identifies herself as a Democrat in her ads despite failing to receive the party's nomination.
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Spannaus says she expects to spend 50-thousand dollars on her campaign.
Senator Warner will likely spend 20 times that amount.
Still Spannaus remains confident.
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Senator Warner says despite the lack of a major party opponent, he's still travelling around the state in an effort to win a fifth term.
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Unlike Spannaus, Warner supports giving the President the authority to attack Iraq.
But the Republican insists he's not a party man.
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After twenty-four years in the Senate, Warner seems confident he'll return for six more.
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Independent candidate Jacob Hornberger of Loudoun County is also on the ballot.
My attempts to contact him were unsuccessful but the bio on his website says he's a lawyer, a VMI graduate and a libertarian. Meghan Muldoon, News 7, Richmond.))

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Democrats in Virginia's House and Senate suggest cutting back the length of next year's legislative session .. and working weekends .. to save some money. This comes as the state struggles with a budget shortfall approaching two-billion dollars.
Governor Mark Warner is scheduled to announce deep cuts in his administration and layoffs statewide in a televised address on Tuesday.
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As for the Democrats' proposal .. it would save the cash-strapped state about three-million dollars.
The leaders also recommend putting an end to out-of-state travel and reducing the number of pages working for the General Assembly.
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One of the largest robberies in U-S history was only four hours .. and five years away. Up next, we'll meet the author of a new book on "The Heist."
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And hoping to put a plug into the lake. Mountain Lake Resort hopes a new plan will bring the water levels back where they belong.
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A construction accident has trapped two men near Peterstown, West Virginia.
They're alive, and rescue crews are in the process of digging them out.
News-7's Myranda Stephens is on the phone near the scene.
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It was the second- largest theft in U-S history, and the robbers could have gotten away, if not for some stupid mistakes.
A North Carolina newspaper reporter covered the 1997 heist by the Gaston County Gang, and has also written a book about it.
Author Jeff Diamant joins us this afternoon to talk about "Heist-- The 17- Million - Dollar Loomis Fargo Theft."
Good afternoon, Jeff. Thanks for joining us.
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(questions:)



(Jeff, let's start from the beginning-- What exactly was the plan of the Gaston county gang, and where did it go so wro

ng?)

(Would you say that this was this the biggest story of your career? You wrote a series on the heist that won a NC pres

s association award)

(Why did you decide to write the book, which I understand if your first book...)



(And folks can come see you today at a book signing in downtown Roanoke at Cantos Booksellers...)



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the Dow is UP 112 points. Nasdaq is UP 31 points.

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Coming up in sports today...
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Anaheim steps up to plate and evens the score in the American League... highlights are straight ahead...
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The San Francisco Giants have the early advantage in the National League Championship Series .. thanks to a 9-to-6 win at St. Louis.
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Benito Santiago hit R-B-I singles in the first and second innings before launching a two-run homer in the sixth. Barry Bonds delivered a two-run triple while the Giants scored four times in the second to take a 5-to-0 lead. Game two is tonight at Busch Stadium. Woody Williams goes for the Cardinals against Jason Schmidt.
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Meanwhile in Minneapolis, The Anaheim Angels are heading home with a split of the first two games in the American League. Brad Fullmer and Darin Erstad each homered while the Angels grabbed a 6-to-0 lead.
The Minnesota Twins cut their deficit in half, with three-runs in the sixth inning.


But it wasn't enough, Anaheim went on to win Game Two, 6 to 3. The Angels host game three tomorrow night.
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The National Hockey League is back on the ice. The season started last night with Dallas and Colorado with a 1-all tie.
The Rangers beat Carolina 4-to-1, as Mark Messier scored twice.
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While proving he can still play - his former teammate Wayne Gretsky was in Los Angeles - the place where Gretsky popularized hockey when folks said it just could not be done in Tinseltown. Last night, before the Kings' game with the Coyotes, his number 99 jersey was retired by the team. The NHL retired it league- wide in 2000.
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Finally, the owners of Mountain Lake hope a new plan will put an end to Mountain POND.
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The water level is down 50 per cent at the resort .. a result of the lengthy drought.
Whatever the cause, the end result is a smaller and less attractive lake. But, officials say they have come up with a way to use the water from a nearby pond drain to refill it.
The idea came from a retired biology professor at Virginia Tech, who has researched the lake for over 30-years.
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((BRUCE PARKER/VA TECH PROF. OF BIOLOGY EMERITUS; IF THEY DRILLED A RELATIVELY SHALLOW WELL, THEY COULD BE ESSENTIALLY TAPPING THE WATER SOURCE THAT'S NATURALLY COMING OUT OF THE LAKE AND SIMPLY PIPING IT BACK INTO THE LAKE 56:19))
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Officials say if all goes as planned, they could begin drilling as early as next week.
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