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Firefighters are on the scene of burning high-rise apartment building in Philadelphia, where a man apparently jumped or fell from the 24th or 25th floor.
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And lawsuit against a Roanoke nursing home has been settled out of court.
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Sunny and cold today with a chance for some snow as we head through late tomorrow. Ill have your forecast.
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News 7 at Noon starts right now...

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While searching for weapons of mass destruction , U-N inspectors come knocking on the door of Iraq's leader.
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[Iraq]


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Good Afternoon, I'm Kimberly McBroom.
The inspectors once again paid a surprise visit to one of Saddam Hussein's homes.
Aleen Sirgany has more.
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[SUPER=01-Tony Blair/British Prime Minister;]
[SUPER=01-Mohamed Elbaradei/International Atomic Energy Agency;]
[SUPER=01-Aleen Sirgany/CBS News;]
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DEMANDING IRAQS FULL COOPERATION, U.N INSPECTORS WENT DEEP INTO THE HEART OF SADDAM HUSSEINS MAIN PALACE TODAY.

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A CARAVAN OF INSPECTORS DROVE UP TO THE COMPOUND IN THE CENTER OF BAGHDAD AND WERE REPORTEDLY ALLOWED IN IMMEDIATELY. ITS UNCLEAR WHETHER THE IRAQI LEADER WAS THERE.
THE SEARCH COMES A DAY AFTER PRESIDENT BUSH WARNED TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR SADDAM. AND BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR IS ECHOING THAT MESSAGE SAYING WHILE HE PREFERS ANOTHER U.N RESOLUTION, but HE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ATTACK WITHOUT ONE.

(sot)PRIME MINISTER, TONY BLAIR - GREAT BRITAIN.

When people talk of the impatience of the United States or Britain or anyone else, this has been going on for over a decade. He has had the opportunity time and time again to comply with the United Nations resolution.
THE U-N INSPECTION TEAM IS PUSHING FOR MORE TIME BEFORE COMING TO ANY CONCLUSIONS. INSPECTORS SAY THEY NEED AT LEAST SEVERAL MORE MONTHS TO FINISH THEIR WORK.
IN RUSSIA TODAY, THE U-NS NUCLEAR WATCHDOG, WHO is HEADING TO BAGHDAD NEXT WEEK, ALSO SAYS THE PRESSURE WILL BE ON SADDAM.

(SOT)MOHAMED ELBARADEI/INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY

I also, during our visit to Iraq on the 19 and 20 of this month, intend with my colleague Hans Blix, to impress upon Iraq the need to shift gear from passive co-operation into active co-operation.

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HOPING FOR ITS COOPERATION, THE U.S HAS FORMALLY ASKED FOR NATOS HELP IN THE EVENT OF GOING TO WAR WITH IRAQpossibly INCLUDING SUPPORT WITH TRANSPORTING TROOPS AND EQUIPMENT, AIR TO AIR REFUELING AND EVEN AIR SUPPORT FOR GROUND TROOPS. ALEEN SIRGANY, CBS NEWS, WASHINGTON.))

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Officials say North Korea has rejected a U-S. offer of dialogue and possible aid if it abandons its nuclear program.
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The North's official news agency dismisses the offers as ``pie in the sky.''
It says no such offer will be accepted if there are strings attached.
In response to the reported dismissal of the offer, the White House says it's another "unfortunate comment" from North Korea.
Meanwhile, officials from both North and South Korea have agreed to talks next week.
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[Philly-Fire]


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Firefighters in Philadelphia are battling a fire in a high rise apartment building.
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The fire was in the same building where a man either jumped or fell from a 24th or 25th floor apartment.
Police officials say a fire was set in a 25th-floor apartment -- and then another fire on the 24th floor.
A television news helicopter captured images of a man going out onto the balcony of one of the units, climbing over the edge, and falling to the ground. Another person grabbed the man's sleeve, but was not able to hold on.
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[Patel]


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A one-point-six million dollar lawsuit against a Roanoke nursing home has been settled OUT of court.
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Eighty-two year old Marie Ayers died after being given her roommate's medicine by mistake.
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It happened at Brandon Oakes Nursing Hone in 2001.
As the case against it moved closer to trial, the Lutheran Nursing Home admitted giving Mrs. Ayers the wrong medication, and failing to properly monitor her condition afterwards. While accepting liability, the parties couldn't settle on a damage award, so they went to trial.
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The terms of the settlement reached this morning were not disclosed.

[Gibb-Funeral]


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The surviving members of the group, the Bee Gees laid their brother to rest today in Miami.
53- year- old (Morris) Maurice Gibb died suddenly last week.
Stacey Case has more on the funeral, and the controversy surrounding Gibb's medical treatment.
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THE BRIGHT AND SUNNY DAY IN MIAMI BEACH DOES LITTLE TO IMPROVE THE MOOD HERE.. CELEBRITIES AND CLOSE FRIENDS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD HAVE COME TO PAY THEIR FINAL RESPECTS TO BEE GEE - MORRIS GIBB. THE FUNERAL IS A PRIVATE ONE.

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TRACK: MAURICE GIBB DIED SUDDENLY LAST WEEK AT MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER IN MIAMI. HE WAS UNDERGOING EMERGENCY SURGERY FOR A BLOCKAGE IN HIS INTESTINES. TO COMPLICATE MATTERS, MAURICE WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST BEFORE THE SURGERY. THE TWO REMAINING BROTHERS AREN'T EXPECTED TO
ADDRESS THE MEDIA TODAY--- BUT THEY'VE BEEN VERY VOCAL ABOUT THEIR

BROTHER'S CARE SINCE HIS SUDDEN DEATH.
SUPER: BARRY GIBB/BEE GEE - "The fact that they had to operate on Maurice during the shock of cardiac arrest is questionable...is very questionable." - 6 .
TRACK: THE HOSPITAL IS NOT COMMENTING, CITING PATIENT CONFIDENTIALITY. THE BROTHERS SAY MAURICE'S DEATH IS NOT JUST A LOSS FOR THEM, BUT FOR THE WORLD...

SOT: BARRY - "Maurice would prance into a room...(brothers

chuckle...")
TRACK: THE BROTHERS FORMED THE FAMED GROUP IN THE LATE 50'S. THEIR CAREER SPANNED FOUR DECADES, CLIMAXING WITH SUCH HITS AS STAYIN ALIVE AND NIGHT FEVER IN THE LATE 70'S...THE BEST SELLING SOUNDTRACK ALBUM OF ALL TIME. MAURICE PLAYED THE BASS, KEYBOARDS AND WAS A SINGER.

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TRACK: BROTHERS, ROBIN AND BARRY SAY THE BAND WILL CONTINUE, AS WILL THEIR QUEST TO UNDERSTAND THE DEATH OF MAURICE. SC CBS NEWS, MIAMI ))

[11Bad-doctors]


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Some of Virginia's elected officials say they are crossing party lines to go after bad doctors.
Governor Mark Warner and Attorney General Jerry Kilgore say they support efforts to make it easier for the state's Board of Medicine to punish doctors for wrongdoing.
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Legislators are looking to reduce the standard of care in disciplinary cases from gross negligence to simple negligence.
They also want to increase fines to hospitals for failing to report offenses.
Lawmakers say the changes are necessary in order to improve patient care and to protect good doctors.
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((DEL. WINSOME SEARS/(R) NORFOLK: WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT, UNFORTUNATELY, A GROUP OF DOCTORS WHO ARE INCOMPETENT AND, YOU KNOW, ONE BAD APPLE SPOILS THE WHOLE BUNCH AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AND THAT THE PUBLIC IS PROTECTED.))
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Virginia Medical Society officials say their doctor members support the effort and have been working with the governor and lawmakers in drafting the legislation.
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Prosecutors in Northern Virginia are building their case against one of the accused snipers. We'll have the details after this short break.
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Also larger groups of protestors will have to deal with a new law in Lynchburg.
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Testimony is continuing for a second day in the hearing of sniper suspect John Lee Malvo, to determine whether the 17- year- old should be tried as adult..
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Prosecutors say their evidence shows Malvo's fingerprints were on the rifle linked to three of the killings, as well as a fourth shooting that wounded a man.
Victims and family members of those who didn't survive the shootings were also in the courtroom.
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((PAUL LARUFFA/ALLEGED SNIPER VICTIM:SEEING HIM I FELT A LITTLE ANGER, BUT THEN I FELT PEACEFUL THAT I GOT TO SEE HIM AND IT'S OVER AND HE TRIED TO KILL ME AND HE DIDN'T AND I'M HERE AND HE'S GOT TO GO THROUGH WHAT HE'S GOT TO GO THROUGH.))
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The prosecution says its evidence links Malvo to phone calls and notes left for police, allegedly in an effort to extort 10 milion dollars.
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Groups of protesters with more than nine people will have to deal with a new law in Lynchburg.
It requires citizens to get a police permit for rallies. City leaders say it should pass Constitutional muster, but as Steve Smallshaw reports, others say it's just another infringement on their right to free speech.
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In the past few years, Lynchburg has become a battleground for opposing forces in a number of different social issues ranging from homosexuality to abortion.
Since the city first adopted a protest permit law, NO group wanting to rally has ever been turned down, no matter what their message was.
But some feel the process is still unconstitutional.
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((REV. RICHARD KNODEL/OPPOSES PERMIT LAW: DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND THAT THE BILL OF RIGHTS CONTAINS WITHIN IT THE IMPLICIT DEFINITIONS OF TYRANNY. THE RESTRICTION OF FREE SPEECH IS TYRANNY.))
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((REV. BRUCE MURCH: I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU NOT TO TAKE AN AGGRESSIVE APPROACH THAT IS ONLY GOING TO RESULT IN LOGGERHEADS RATHER THAN THE SMOOTH OPERATION OF PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO EXERCISE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.))
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But authorities say all they're asking for is advance notice of any protest, rally or any kind of event that might generate some conflict or jeopardize public safety.
The permit law, they say, is simply a good faith effort to help police do their job.
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((JACK LEWIS/LYNCHBURG POLICE: IF WE HAVE MULTIPLE GROUPS... OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED.))
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((BERT DODSON/VICE-MAYOR: IF THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE CITIZENS OF LYNCHBURG WERE AGAINST IT, THEY'D BE FILLING THE SEATS OUT HERE. BUT I DON'T SEE ANYBODY.))
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The Catawba Valley fire station might soon be manned by professional fire and rescue personnel.
Right now, only volunteers answer calls there.
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But that might change after last night's heated Roanoke County Supervisors work session.
Supervisor Butch Church says he has the support and the county has the money to staff the station with professionals during the week.
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((JOE "BUTCH" CHURCH/ROANOKE CO. SUPERVISOR; NO ONE IS GOING TO BE JEOPARDIZED BECAUSE CATAWBA VALLEY STATION IS GOING TO BE MANNED. JUST THE OPPOSITE. WE'VE GOT THE MONEY. WE'LL FIND THE MONEY TO MAKE THE RIGHT PRIORITY MOVES.)) ((JOE MCNAMARA/ROANOKE CO. SUPERVISOR; WE OUGHT TO LET THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF THAT PROGRAM MAKE RECOMENDATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS AND TAKE IT OUT OF THE POLITICAL PROCESS.))
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Supervisors must still take a formal vote on the proposal.
The more than 100-thousand dollar price tag would be covered by the general fund unnapropriated balance.
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Married couples who want to get a divorce in Virginia could find it more difficult in the future.
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Lieutenant Governor Tim Kaine says he supports requiring marriage license applicants to choose between a traditional union OR one that requires pre-wedding and pre-divorce counseling.
Under Kaine's legislation, couples choosing covenant marriages would also sign an oath declaring their lifelong commitment.
Kaine says he supports the bill because he is troubled by Virginia's divorce rate.
But conservative Republicans say the move is political.
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Kaine says Louisiana, Arkansas and Arizona offer similar forms of covenant marriages.
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Coming up next, there's good news for young people who are anxiously awaiting the next Harry Potter book.
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Plus we'll tell you why some people have spent more than two days watching movies non-stop.
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[Harry-Potter]


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The wait is nearly over for Harry Potter fans.
After months of anticipation, author J-K Rowling has completed the fifth book about the young wizard.
Rowling's publishers say ``Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' will hit bookstores on June 21st.
The book is 768 pages, making it more than one-third longer than the last book.
The book was expected to hit tores last year -- and when that didn't happen, there was speculation that Rowling was suffering from writer's block.
She denied it -- but the book has resulted in a far longer wait for fans than any of its predecessors.

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Here's something that really separates film buffs from movie FANATICS.
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As a way of promoting the Bangkok International Film Festival, tourism officials organized a movie- watching marathon.
The marathon began last Friday, with the goal of breaking the previous record of 53 hours and 22 minutes set in the U-S.
172- people put their eyes to the test, watching a mixture of Thai and Hollywood screen offerings.
The first contestant to be eliminated was a man who fell asleep only 20 minutes into the first movie.
When the contest ended yesterday, there were only 46 people left standing-- or rather sitting.
They reached the goal of 60 hours of continuous watching and will share just over 14- thousand dollars in prize money.
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On Wall Street at Noon, the DOW has dropped 133 points. NASDAQ has lost 26.

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coming up in sports.... Uva gears up to take on Duke in ACC action tonight....
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and Redskins' defensive coordinator Marvin Lewis is named the new head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals.
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The Washington Redskins lost too many games this past season, but last night they suffered a huge loss as defensive coordinator Marvin Lewis was named head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals.
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The announcement came around 8:30 in of all places, Mobile, Alabama where Lewis and Bengals officials are holed up for this week's Senior Bowl. Lewis coached yesterday in his Redskins garb, and DC was on his mind as he accepted the head coaching position.
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UVa will try to conquer its own top five member tonight as the Cavs travel to Duke to battle the nation's number- one ranked team.
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The game against the Blue Devils marks the first of three straight road contest for the Cavs.
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The Wahoos will face not only a talented Duke team, but the best freshman shooter in the country, J.J. Redick.

Redick was recruited heavily by UVa, but decided on Duke.
Several UVa players know all about Redick from A-A-U ball, and they have made sure to let their teammates know just how good of a shooter he is.
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[OUT Q=.....you have to worry about""]
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