WDBJ 7 news at 5 for 02/11/03

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Today on News 7 at 5, Osama Bin Laden is apparently telling Iraqis to carry out suicide missions against the U-S.
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Also a Norfolk Southern train derails near the Radford Arsenal.
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First flurries, then a powerful northwest wind will headline our weather story. Details of both in a moment.

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On Health Check, the federal government considers putting a warning label on a popular type of contraceptive.
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Virginia's Supreme Court makes history with its first African American Chief Justice.
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Plus five race teams have to go to backup cars after an accident in Daytona.
News 7 at 5 is next.

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In a tape airing on an Arab T-V network- a man believed to be Osama bin laden is urging Iraqis to launch suicide attacks on America.
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Good Evening.
The man claiming to be bin Laden went on to say those types of attacks have scared Americans and Israelis.
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And he urged Iraqis to staunchly defend their country.
Aleen Sirgany has more from Washington.
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THIS NEWLY RELEASED AUDIOTAPE, BELIEVED TO BE OF OSAMA BIN LADEN, IS JUST ANOTHER REASON WHY SADDAM HUSSEIN NEEDS TO BE STOPPED....SAYS THE WHITE HOUSE. ON THE TAPE, WHICH PLAYED ON AL JAZEERA TELEVISION, BIN LADEN REPORTEDLY DECLARES HIS SOLIDARITY WITH IRAQ, AND URGES ALL MUSLIMS TO DEFEND THE IRAQI PEOPLE. COLIN POWELL/SECRETARY OF STATE We have Saddam Hussein, who has not accounted for all wmd they had in the past...(EDIT ) and we have non-state, terrorist actors led by Osama bin Laden who would do anything to get their hands on that kind of material.
BUT THE INTERNATIONAL DIVIDE OVER JUST HOW DANGEROUS SADDAM HUSSEIN IS... SEEMS TO BE WIDENING. AT NATO HEADQUARTERS, AN EMERGENCY MEETING ENDED IN A DEADLOCK WITH NO COMPROMISE, ONE DAY AFTER THREE COUNTRIES BLOCKED IMMEDIATE PLANS TO HELP PROTECT TURKEY IN THE EVENT OF WAR.
YVES BRODEUR/NATO SPOKESMAN: Essentially there is no conclusion, yet, on the ongoing discussions.
WHILE IT ACCUSES THE ALLIANCE OF NOT HONORING ITS PRINCIPLES OF TAKING CARE OF ONE ANOTHER...THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION SAYS NATO NATIONS WILL EVENTUALLY ACT TOGETHER. ARI FLEISCHER/WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN And at the end of the day, the president does believe that the right thing will be done and that nations will honor their obligations to our friend turkey.
THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION SAYS ITS ALSO CONFIDANT THE UNITED NATIONS WILL DO THE RIGHT THING AND PASS A RESOLUTION DECLARING MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAQ..EVEN THOUGH FRANCE, RUSSIA AND GERMANY HAVE ISSUED A DECLARATION FOR DIPLOMACY NOT WAR. PRESIDENT BUSH ASSURES THE U.S WILL ACT ALONE IF NECESSARY.))

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Even before the Osama Bin Laden tapes were released, the nation's top intelligence officials were telling members of Congress they should count on more terrorist attacks.
They're also telling Americans to stock up on specific items.. such as duct tape and canned food.
Scott Rapoport has more from Capitol Hill.
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((AL QAEDA IS PLANNING MULTIPLE ATTACKS...AND THE UNITED STATES IS A TARGET. THATS THE MESSAGE ON CAPITOL HILL FROM CIA DIRECTOR GEORGE TENET.

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"the information we have points to plots aimed at 2 targets on 2 fronts. in the United States and on the Arabian Penninsula."
CALLING HIS INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION THE MOST SPECIFIC TO DATE...HE SAID THE ATTACKS ARE TIMED TO OCCUR AT THE END OF "THE HAJJ"--THE MUSLIMS ANNUAL PILGRIMMAGE TO MECCA...WHICH OCCURS LATE THIS WEEK.

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"and it points to plots that could include the use of a radiological dispersion device as well as poisons and chemicals."
IT WAS THIS INFORMATION THAT LED THE U.S. TO RAISE THE TERROR ALERT LAST WEEK FROM YELLOW TO ORANGE--WHICH IS HIGH!
SECURITY INCREASED AT SUCH POTENTIAL TARGETS AS BRIDGES, DAMS AND AIRPORTS... EVEN SHOPPING MALLS AND UNIVERSITIES.
AMERICANS URGED...WHILE NOT TO PANIC...TO KEEP A THREE DAY SUPPLY OF FOOD, WATER AND MEDICINE ... ALONG WITH DUCT TAPE AND PLASTIC SHEETING... TO SEAL DOORS AND WINDOWS IN CASE OF A CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL ATTACK.

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" my greatest concern is that our enemies are trying to acquire dangerous new capabilities with which to harm Americans.
STILL THE FBI AND CIA SAY THERE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSES IN THE WAR ON TERROR-- 3-THOUSAND SUSPECTS DETAINED AROUND THE WORLD WITH THE HELP OF MORE THAN 100 COUNTRIES...AND A WEALTH OF INTELLGENCE INFORMATION GLEANED FROM THE CAPTIVES.

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Norfolk Southern investigators are trying to determine what caused a train derailment this morning (------------)
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in Pulaski County. It happened around three-thirty near the Radford Army Ammunition Plant. The train was carrying limestone and grain, when 13-cars and three locomotives fell off the track. Haz-mat crews were called to clean up a small oil leak, but officials say overall the accident did NOT cause any serious concerns.
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A two-man crew was operating the train. Both were slightly injured and taken to a local hospital where they were treated and released.
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For the first time in recent memory, a welfare fraud case has been prosecuted in the city of Lynchburg.
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56-year-old Cheryl Yvonne Mays pleaded guilty today to receiving food stamps she wasn't eligible for between April of 2001 and February of 2002.
Observers say it was the first such fraud case to be adjudicated in more than a decade.
Social Services officials say they're starting to work with prosecutors on bringing welfare fraud suspects to justice.
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((DEBORAH MATTEUCCI/WELFARE FRAUD INVESTIGATOR: THE MECHANICS OF IT AND ACTUALLY GETTING EVERYTHING THE WAY IT NEEDED TO BE FOR THE COURT CASES ENUMERATED, COLLECTION OF EVIDENCE, THERE WASN'T ANYTHING AS A PROTOTYPE SO IT WAS INVENTING THE WHEEL AND IT TOOK A BIT LONGER.)) ((MIKE DOUCETTE/DEPUTY COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY: IT'S A MATTER OF SITTING DOWN WITH THE FOLKS AT SOCIAL SERVICES AND, I DON'T WANT TO SAY TRAINING THEM, BUT WORKING WITH THEM IN THE SENSE OF NOT ONLY WHAT ARE THE FACTS BUT HOW CAN WE PRESENT THOSE FACTS IN A WAY THAT IS ADMISSABLE IN COURT?))
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Doucette says prosecuting white collar crimes like welfare fraud can be difficult because of the amount of paperwork involved.
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Next on the newscast, the astronauts on the International Space Station speak for the first time about losing their colleagues on the Columbia,
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Plus one of the Democratic candidates for President is diagnosed with cancer.
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The Virginia Supreme court today swore in the first black chief justice in its 224-year history.
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47 year old Leroy Rountree Hassell (hass-SELL) Senior of Norfolk succeeds Harry Carrico.
Hassell attended the University of Virginia and is a graduate of Harvard Law School.
He told a standing room only crowd, that included four former governors, that he does not want to be identified solely by his race.
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Hassell is the first chief justice elected by his colleagues.
Previously, the position would go automatically to the justice with the most seniority.
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When the shuttle Columbia went down- word spread not just to people on earth, but to the crew on the International Space Station.
Today they talked about it.
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They said talking about the disaster in today's press conference is a step to overcome the mourning.
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((EACH OF US HAS HAD A CHANCE TO SHED SOME TEARS, BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO MOVE FORWARD AND WE'RE DOING THAT SLOWLY.))
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Bowersox talked about moving forward with the space program and said he'd like to see Americans go back to the moon or Mars.. somewhere where astronauts could land and walk.

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Democratic Presidential Candidate John Kerry will undergo surgery tomorrow for prostate cancer.
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The Massachusetts Senator is expected to announce later today that he was recently diagnosed with early stage cancer.
Doctors at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore will remove Kerry's prostate tomorrow.
His doctors say Kerry has a very curable form of cancer.
The doctor gives him a 95 percent chance of being completely cured.
Kerry says the procedure will not affect his presidential campaign.
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The F-D-A is considering new warning labels on condoms and other contraceptives that contain non-oxynol-9.
The concern is that the spermicide may increase the risk for Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
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Health Check Reporter Joy Sutton spoke with health officials to get their take on this issue.
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Jean, Health officials believe the warning labels are good idea.
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They say not enough people know about the risk associated with non-oxynol-9
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While the Health Department offers an array of condoms for the public it no longer gives out those that contain nonoxynol-9.
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((WE CHANGED OUR PRACTICES ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO IN TERMS OF HANDING OUT CONDOMS THAT HAVE NONOXYNOL-9 WHEN THE DATA BEGAN TO SHOW THAT IT INCREASED THE RISK FOR STD'S INCLUDING HIV AND ALSO INCREASE THE INCIDENCE OF URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS IN WOMEN)) [RUNS18]
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For years health officials believed that spermicide actually helped protect against sexual transmitted diseases --but several studies have shown otherswise.
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((NONOXYNOL-9 SEEMS TO ACT AS AN IRRITANT TO THE TISSUE IN THE GENITAL AREA FOR BOTH MEN AND WOMEN AND ANY TIME THERE'S AN IRRITATION THAT INCREASES YOUR RISK FOR INFECTION. THAT'S JUST LIKE HAVING A CUT ON YOUR FINGER THAT CUT CAN BE A MEANS FOR THE INFECTION TO ENTER THE BODY)) [RUNS20]
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That's why the F-D-A now wants to add warning labels on over-the-counter products containing the spermicide.
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Now there is another spermicide on the market Octoxynol (OCK-tox-IH-nol) but there have not been studies on whether it increases the risk for STD's.
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Jean,

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The Academy Award nominations were announced today in Hollywood. But a little later, Chris Lawrence will tell us why Chicago was getting all the attention.
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Coming up next in our Marketwatch report, Osama Bin Laden strikes fear in some Wall Street investors,
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Then in Sports, an accident at Daytona today leaves several teams scrambling to prepare back up cars.
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On Wall Street today, an already sluggish stock market took a turn for the worse late in the session after the release of a tape reportedly of Osama bin Laden expressing solidarity with Iraq. Alexis Christoforous has more.
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Good afternoon everybody. The WinstonCup cars got in some practice this morning at Daytona, but a number of drivers wich they would have just stayed in bed.
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Rookie Jack Sprague caused a five car melee heading into turn one as he ran into Steve Park and Mike Skinner and in effect blocked the track for everyone else. Jeff Burton and Elliott Sadler ran right into the mess. Burton, Sadler and Skinner all had to go to back-up cars. That means they will be in the back of the field for Thursday's Twin qualifiers.
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While there were plenty of torn up race cars today, no one was seriously hurt thanks in large part to technology that NASA helped develop. And as Travis Wells explains, the folks at the Kennedy Space Center have been in the thoughts of the drivers all week long.
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Hampden Sydney outlasted Roanoke last night in a battle of ODAC heavyweights. But Maroons' senior guard Robby Pridgen put on quite a show in a losing performance last night.
Pridgen torched Hampden-Sydney for 32 points on 9 of 13 shooting in the Tigers 71-63 win over the Maroons last night.

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Roanoke plays at Emory & Henry tomorrow night while Hampden-Sydney gets ready for top three showdown at Randolph-Macon on Saturday. The Tigers are 22-and-0, Macon is 21-and-1. Also tonight - Virginia Tech is on the road at Miami as Ricky Stokes' team looks for its third straight win in the Big East. Have a safe night everybody. [GO TO BREAK]

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The search for Oscar gold is underway as the Academy Award nominations are rolled out.
Chris Lawrence tells us who did and didn't make the list.
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((With 13 Oscar nominations, one musical is second to none.

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Thats Chicago!
The film was nominated for Best Picture, Director and actress, Renee Zellweger.

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They love me!
And not one, but two, supporting nods including surprise Queen Latifah

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Baby, you couldnt buy that kind of publicity!
Joining Chicago on the Best Picture list are: Gangs of New York, The Hours, The Two Towers and The Pianist. The Best Actress category includes Renee Zellweger, Nicole Kidman, Salma Hayek, Diane Lane and Julianne Moore. But one nominee was concerned with who got left off.

(NICOLE KIDMAN/BEST ACTRESS NOMINEE)
Meryl wasnt nominated in the Best Actress category, and I wish she had been.
That would be Meryl Streep, who does become the most nominated actor ever with a Supporting Actress nod for Adaptation.

(JULIANNE MOORE/NOMINATED IN TWO CATEGORIES)
I feel so lucky. So, so lucky.
But Julianne Moore has the odds on her side. Shes nominated for Best Actress and Supporting Actress which makes us wonder if shell need two outfits.

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I kind of like the idea of layering the dresses, so I can peel them off.
The Best actors include 12-time nominee Jack Nicholson competing against Adrien Brody, Michael Caine, Daniel Day Lewis and Nicolas Cage.

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I didnt do as well as Id hoped.
That could have been Richard Geres line as the only major actor in Chicago to get snubbed.

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That was somewhat of a surprise. As was My Big Fat Greek Wedding only getting one nomination: for Best original screenplay. Chris Lawrence CBS News Hollywood..))

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