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Coming up on News 7-
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A new tape tonight is released from Osama bin laden. What he says coming up.
The bones of a famous explorer are unearthed at Jamestown... plus
It's not a snow cone, but a snow roll, as they roll with the winter in the Midwest.
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[Talent=Jean]
Plus more winter weather for us.
News 7 at Eleven is next.
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[SOT 00:10:51]
[IN Q=We'll just have ]
((WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE HOW THE LORD'S GOING TO BRING ABOUT ANSWERING OUR PRAYER FOR CLOSURE.))
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[OUT Q=prayer for closure.]
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[VO-NAT]
A church reacts to what authorities say is the end of a nearly four year mystery.
A former associate pastor is charged with the dissapearance and murder of his wife.
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[ANCHOR =Jean]
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[TAPE#=02-47 TC1:52:34]
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The former Pittsylvania County minister is in a North Carolina jail cell tonight, charged with murdering his wife nearly four years ago.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Yanceyville, NC]
Eugene Ricky Pulley was arrested in Lebanon, Virginia last night and extradited to Caswell County, North Carolina this afternoon.
Pulley's charged with killing his 37-year-old wife, Patty Jo Pulley.. who disappeared in May of 1999.
Her body was found under a Caswell County bridge in December.. a discovery that apparently helped bring about Pulley's arrest.
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[SOT 3:07:52]
[IN Q=There was evidence]
((HAROLD PLASTER/PITTSYLVANIA CO. SHERIFF: THERE WAS EVIDENCE ON OR ABOUT THE BODY BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO RELEASE OR DISCUSS THAT AT THIS TIME.))
[SUPER=01-Harold Plaster/Pittsylvania Co. Sheriff;]
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[OUT Q=at this time.]
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[VO-NAT]
Pulley is being held without bond pending another court appearance tomorrow.
He'd reportedly been working as an outreach minister for Lighthouse Ministries in Lebanon, counseling families who live in poverty.
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[Church-React]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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Before joining the ministry in Lebanon-- Rick Pulley and Patty Jo were active members of a Pittsylvania County church.
Rick Pulley was an associate pastor and youth leader at the River of Life Church in Ringgold--
[DOUBLE BOXES=Jean & Teresa /Newsroom;]
Teresa Hamilton is in the newsroom tonight-- but spoke with the pastor earlier this evening.
[LIVE= Teresa /FULL Newsroom]
[SUPER=@Teresa1;]
Jean, about 50- families attend the Pulley's former church in Pittsylvania County.
This evening-- we had a chance to sit down with the pastor who shared some of his thoughts on today's news.
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[IN Q=Rick and Patty Jo]
[SUPER=01-Pastor Randy Sudduth/River of Life Church; 00]
[SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co.; 09]
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[OUT Q=COMMUNITY NEEDS A CLOSURE. ]
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[SOT 00:02:49]
[IN Q= Rick and ]
((RICK AND PATTY JO WORKED TOGETHER AS A TEAM AND THAT'S HOW WE SAW THEM AS ANY OTHER COUPLE.))
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[OUT Q= AS ANY OTHER COUPLE.]
Randy Sudduth is pastor of the River of Life Church in Ringgold... where the Pulley's had been members of the church for years.
Rick Pulley oversaw worship at the church and lead the youth group... and even took part in mission work.
And, according to the Pastor-- Patty Jo was just as active adding her musical talents.
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[sot 00:09:41]
[IN Q= NO ONE ]
((NO ONE WOULD WANT A FRIEND, ARRESTED OR ACCUSED OF KILLING ANOTHER FRIEND AND THESE PEOPLE WERE BOTH OUR FRIENDS, AND SO DIFFICULT IS NOT MAYBE A STRONG ENOUGH WORD.))
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[OIUT Q= ENOUGH WORD. ]
Pastor Sudduth did NOT want to discuss whether he thought Pulley could have killed Patty Jo.
He says that's something he directs himself not to think about.
He's also encouraged his congregation to let the court system make that decision.
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[in q= We want them to ]
((WE WANT THEM TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HER AND THERE'S A DEGREE OF RESOLUTION OR CLOSURE THAT NOT JUST FOR HER FAMILY, AND US AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY NEEDS A CLOSURE. ))
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[out q= needs a closure.]))
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[LIVE= Teresa /FULL Newsroom]
Pastor Sudduth says Rick Pulley left the church and moved to Lebanon about four or five months after Patty dissapeared.
[DOUBLE BOXES=Jean & Teresa/Newsroom;]
Jean, even before today's news-- the church had planned to celebrate Patty Jo's life this Sunday... gathering photos of her and sharing stories. They say she was very musically gifted and is still deeply missed.
[Roanoke-Murder]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=rca]
[TAPE#=02-53 TC48:28]
[GRAPHIC=Shooting]
Roanoke police have identified the man found dead earlier today.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
27-year-old Floyd Howie Lewis of Northwest Roanoke was found with a fatal gunshot wound.
Construction workers discovered his body at lunchtime in the back seat of a car on 21st Street and Essex Avenue.
Neighbors say they heard gunshots in that area last night between six and seven o'clock.
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[TAKE PINNACLE]
If you have information on the case, you can help while remaining anonymous by calling Crime Line at 344-8500.
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[Schools]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=dse]
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[GRAPHIC=School Info]
A few kids in the area can sleep in late tomorrow.
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[TAKE SCHOOLTOUCH FS]
Classes in Pocahontas County, West Virignia will be delayed two hours due to the cold and snow.
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[Iraq]
[ANCHOR=jean]
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[WRITER=jja]
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[GRAPHIC=Osama bin Laden]
Another tape surfaces from Osama bin laden- this one predicting his own death.
[SS=Iraq]
This comes just as 40 thousand more reservists are activated this week.
Some 150 thousand are now on duty- the most since the 1991 Gulf War.
Drew Levinson now with more on the tape and the growing conflict with Iraq.
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[IN Q=]
[SUPER=@Powell; :53]
[SUPER=@Levinson1; 1:01]
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[OUT Q=CBS News, Kuwait.]
((IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR ANOTHER TAPE TO SURFACE -- ONE THAT'S STIRRING UP MORE CONCERNS ABOUT OSAMA BIN LADEN AND HIS AL QAEDA NETWORK. ON THIS LATEST TAPE, THE SPEAKER CLAIMING TO BE BIN LADEN CONTINUES TO RALLY HIS FORCES. BUT HE GOES EVEN FURTHER BY PREDICTING HIS OWN DEATH. THE VOICE SAYS IT WILL HAPPEN THIS YEAR...IN AN ACT OF MARTYRDOM. THIS COMES AFTER TUESDAY'S RECORDED MESSAGE DIRECTED TO THE IRAQI PEOPLE.
IRAQ'S VICE PRESIDENT DISMISSED THE TAPE...SAYING IT IN NO WAY PROVES HIS COUNTRY IS LINKED TO AL QAIDA.
BUT THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION MAINTAINS A TERRORIST CONNECTION IS THERE -- AND THAT SADDAM HUSSEIN IS STILL FAILING TO DISARM. THAT ARGUMENT GOT A BOOST FROM THE U.N. WEDNESDAY, WHEN IT DECLARED IRAQ
IN POSSESSION OF BANNED MISSILES.
THE U.S. NOW HOPES FRANCE AND GERMANY WILL ABANDON THEIR PROPOSAL TO BEEF UP WEAPONS INSPECTIONS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO WAR.
COLIN POWELL/SECRETARY OF STATE:
"The question I put to them is why more inspectors and how much time? Or are you just delaying for the sake of delaying in order to get Saddam off the hook."
THE PENTAGON IS BACKING UP THE TOUGH TALK IN WASHINGTON ... WITH A MASSIVE MILITARY PRESENCE HERE IN THE PERSIAN GULF. RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE MORE THAN 150-THOUSAND TROOPS READY TO ATTACK.
TWO-THOUSAND MARINES EMERGED FROM THE WATERS OFF KUWAIT, AND ROLLED ASHORE IN THESE AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES.
THE ASSAULT GROUP INCLUDES AN ELITE UNIT CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT HIGHLY-SPECIALIZED MISSIONS.
BUT MANY AMERICANS LIVING IN KUWAIT CITY DON'T PLAN ON STICKING AROUND FOR WAR. SO THEY'RE PACKING UP THEIR BELONGINGS ... AND SAYING GOODBYE... BEFORE HEADING BACK TO UNITED STATES ... AND OUT OF THE LINE OF FIRE.
DL CBS NEWS KUWAIT.))
[Terrorism]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=dgr]
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The government and many Americans are taking precautions now that the nation is on high alert for terrorist attacks.
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[IN Q=THE INFO WE HAVE]
((GEORGE TENET/CIA DIRECTOR:THE INFORMATION WE HAVE POINTS TO PLOTS AIMED AT TARGETS ON TWO FRONTS IN THE UNITED STATES AND ON THE ARABIAN PENINSULA. IT POINTS TO PLOTS TIMED TO OCCUR AS EARLY AS AS THE END OF THE HAJJ, WHICH OCCURS LATE THIS WEEK))
[SUPER=01-George Tenet/CIA Director]
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[OUT Q=LATE THIS WEEK]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Washington, DC]
The governement is taking this latest warning to heart... placing anti-aircraft missile batteries throughout the nation's capital.
And ordering around the clock air patrols by F-16 fighter jets.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=WHEN WE ALERT]
((AIR FLEISCHER/WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN:WHEN THE ALERT GOES TO HIGH, THE GOVERNMENTT TAKES STEPS TO PROTECT AMERICAN PEOPLE))
[SUPER=01-Air Fleischer/White House Spokesman]
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[OUT Q=AMERICAN PEOPLE]
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[VO-NAT]
People across the country are hitting hardware stores in search of supplies to make a survival kit- a kit that the Red Cross and other government agencies say should include the usual equipment...
But also duct tape and plastic sheeting to put over doors and windows in case of a biological or chemical attack.
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[Airport-Security]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=02-48 TC1:42:16]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[WIPE WIPE WIPE]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
Roanoke Regional Airport security guards are doing random inspections of vehicles' trunks and interiors, looking for explosives.
The government ordered the periodic checks.
The searches only affect cars headed to the terminal entrance.
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[IN Q=We're hopeful it'll be under a minute]
((JACKIE SHUCK: WE'RE HOPEFUL IT'LL BE UNDER A MINUTE, 90 SECONDS. YOU JUST NEED TO FACTOR THAT IT MIGHT BE A COUPLE OF EXTRA MINUTES ONTO YOUR TRIP.))
[SUPER=01-Jacqueline Shuck/Airport Director;]
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[OUT Q=minutes onto your trip.]
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[VO-NAT]
If you want to avoid the inspections, you can drop off and pick up passengers in the short term parking lot.
The first 15 minutes in short term parking are free.
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[XGR]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mmu]
[TAPE#=02-50 TC1:15:23]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Virginia's saltwater fishermen are no longer on the hook for a license fee increase.
But some say without the hike, the state's homeland security is at risk.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Richmond]
The House of Delegates today defeated the governor's proposal to raise the cost of a saltwater recreational and commercial fishing license.
The proposed increases were expected to raise over one million dollars to offset some cuts Governor Warner made to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission.
Among other things, the commission is charged with protecting the state's ports and nuclear plants from terrorist attacks.
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[SOT 14:27:44]
[IN Q=WE SHOULDN'T BE IN BUSINESS]
((DEL. FRANK HALL/D-RICHMOND: WE SHOULDN'T BE IN THE BUSINESS OF CUTTING LAW ENFORCEMENT AT A TIME WHEN THIS NATION IS MOST VULNERABLE.))
((DEL. ROBERT BLOXOM/(R) HAMPTON; WE HAVE, I THINK, DEVELOPED A TRUST WITH THOSE COMMUNITIES, BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL. AND I SEE US VIOLATING THAT TRUST BY ASSESSING NOW ALL THESE ADDITIONAL FEES.))
[SUPER=01-Del. Frank Hall/(D) Richmond; :00]
[SUPER=01-Del. Robert Bloxom/(R) Hampton; :06]
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[OUT Q=NOW ALL THESE ADDITIONAL FEES.]
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[VO-NAT]
The bill had already passed the Senate.
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[Tease1]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[WRITER=dse]
[NEWSCAST=11p]
[SS=None]
An area motel clerk's robbery report may have been a cover up for a real robbery.
We'll explain when News 7 returns.
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[VO-NAT]
Plus see how this skeleton could provide new clues about the earliest days of Virginia.
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[Sports-preview]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
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[WRITER=twe]
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[IN Q="Hey folks..]
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[OUT Q=...the BIG 7."]
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((Hey folks - Mike Stevens back in the News 7 sports office as North Carolina puts the wood on Virginia tonight in the Dean Dome. The Tech women stay perfect at home this season. JR makes a triumphant return to the Star City for Oak Hill.
Plus, Travis Wells checks in from Daytona with a preview of tomorrow's Twin 125s, and GW hires a real homeboy for its new head football coach tonight on the Big 7.))
[Columbia]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=jja]
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[GRAPHIC=Columbia ]
The first load of Shuttle debris rolled into the Kennedy Space Center.
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[Vo-Nat 04.5]
[Super=03-Kennedy Space Center, FL;]
An independent team is on site to follow up on NASA's initial report.
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[SOT]
((HARDOLD GEHMAN JR/INVESTIGATION BOARD CHAIRMAN: AS A BOARD, IT'S CRITICAL TO HAVE FIRST HAND KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE THINGS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.))
[SUPER=01-Harold Gehman, Jr./Investigation Board Chairman;]
[RUNS=08]
[OUT Q=THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.]
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[VO-NAT 11]
In a hearing today before Congress
Some lawmakers questioned NASA about damage to the shuttle's thermal tiles, the age of the spacecraft and in flight escape plans.
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[SOT ]
((REP. RALPH HALL/R- TEXAS: I'M QUITE FRANKLY DISAPPOINTED THAT 17 YEARS AFTER THE CHALLENGER ACCIDENT SO LITTLE ATTENTION HAS BEEN GIVEN TO DEVELOPING CREW ESCAPE SYSTEMS FOR OUR ASTRONAUTS.))
[SUPER=01-Rep. Ralph Hall/(R) Texas;]
[RUNS=10]
[OUT Q=for our astronauts.]
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[vo-nat 10 plus pad]
NASA says there was no indication of damage during the 16 day trip and mission control detected no unusual readings to suggest the astronauts lives were in danger.
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[Shuttle]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jja]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=HOLD]
That picture of Columbia's left wing you've seen over the past several days was not taken with high tech military equipment.
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[VO-NAT]
Instead, the grainy shot came from a 3-inch telescope and an 11-year old computer.
Three researchers playing around with old equipment as the shuttle flew over New Mexico.
The photo shows what appears to be a suspicious bulge on the shuttle's wing shortly before it broke apart.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
[SS=HOLD]
Reports last week indicated the image was taken by a powerful military telescope.
[Boty-Arrest]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=02-49 TC1:33:29]
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Investigators say a Troutville motel clerk cleaned out the cash register and then blamed it on an armed robber.
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[VO-NAT]
32-year-old Teresa Stewart of Blue Ridge is charged with felony embezzlement of more than 200 dollars and attempting to take money by false pretenses.
[SUPER=03-Troutville;]
On January 21st, Stewart reported that a man robbed the Red Roof Inn.
She helped authorities create a composite sketch of the suspect.
They even pulled over several cars in the area that night -- but she couldn't identify anyone as the robber.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Investigators aren't saying what turned their focus to Stewart.
She's out of jail on 2-thousand dollars' bond.
[Logging]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=02-52 TC1:54:48]
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The F-B-I has uncovered a scheme to steal thousands of dollars worth of timber in and around Floyd County.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Floyd Co.]
This 36-acre site off Reedsville Road is just one of several pieces of property where hardwood trees were clear-cut by people who didn not actually own the land.
Normand Thomas Turgeon is one of the three people charged in a 5-count fraud indictment.
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[SOT 16:45:20]
[IN Q=The law of adverse...]
((DON HUFFMAN/TURGEON'S ATTORNEY: THE LAW OF ADVERSE POSSESSION SOMETIMES LOOKS LIKE IT'S VERY UNFAIR, BUT WHAT THEY DID WAS NOT UNLAWFUL. JENNIE WAERING/ASSISTANT US ATTORNEY: IN THIS CASE THEY USED THIS ADVERSE POSSESSION AS A SWORD TO GO IN AND TAKE PROPERTY OVER IN A MATTER OF LESS THAN SIX MONTHS AND PERHAPS LESS THAN THREE MONTHS FROM THE TIME THEY POSTED IT AS THEIRS.))
[SUPER=01-Don Huffman/Turgeon's Attorney; :00]
[SUPER=01-Jennie Waering/Assistant U. S. Attorney; :07]
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[OUT Q=it as theirs.]
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[VO-NAT]
The prosecutor says adverse possession is supposed to protect those who may have innocently used part of a neighbor's land, thinking it was theirs... over a period of, say, 15 years.
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[Delta-Pilot]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=dgr]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Security screeners said they smelled alcohol on a Delta Airlines co-pilot- but today a Norfolk judge found the pilot not guilty.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Norfolk]
42-year old Gary Schroeder was removed from the plane at the time back in December.
Today the judge found him not guilty of operating a plane under the influence.
The charge was a misdemeanor.
Airport employees testified Schroeder smelled like liquor when he passd through Norfolk International Airport in December.
The judge said the evidence showed Schroeder had apparenty been drinking, but did not show he was under the influence.
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[Tease2]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[WRITER=dse]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[SS=None]
Many people are saying not again, but it's true. Winter weather is in the forecast.
Robin will be in with details.
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[VO-NAT]
Plus you've probably seen rolls of hay.. what about rolls of snow. Actually they're called snow rollers and mother nature makes these.
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[Gosnold]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=02-51 TC1:23:44]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Monday night we told you about a remarkable find at Jamestown. Tonight we can show it to you.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Jamestown]
This skeleton recently unearthed is the best preserved of any ever found at the settlement.
Archaeologists believe he's Bartholomew Gosnold.
He's the explorer who came up with the idea for Jamestown but was largely forgotten because he died so quickly after coming to the New World.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=I think to]
((WILLIAM KELSO/CHIEF ARCHAEOLOGIST; I THINK TO FIND HIM CAN BRING HIS NAME FORWARD AND CORRECT HISTORY.
DOUGLAS OWSLEY/FORENSIC OSTEOLOGIST; THERE ARE SO MANY BLACK HOLES IN TERMS OF WHAT THESE PEOPLE WERE DYING FROM, WHAT THEIR LIVES WERE LIKE. THIS SKELETON WILL TELL US.))
[SUPER=01-William Kelso/Chief Archaeologist; :00]
[SUPER=01-Douglas Owsley/Forensic Osteologist; :08]
[RUNS=:13]
[OUT Q=will tell us.]
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[VO-NAT]
The man is known to be a high-ranking colonist because he was buried with a staff or officer walking stick.
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[Snow-Rollers]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=Winter Weather]
Humans are usually the ones making snowballs.
But Mother Nature's been making them on her own in some parts of the country.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Cincinnati, OH]
A rare combination of cold, snow and wind over the last two days produced snow rollers across Illinois, Indiana and Ohio.
The process starts with an icy, crusty surface, on which falling snow cannot stick.
Add an inch or so of loose, wet snow and strong winds to get the ball rolling... and you get snow rollers.
Some were nearly a foot in diameter.
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[S-Extra]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-140 4703tc]
[GRAPHIC=GW DANVILLE (NEW COACH)]
Hoops highlights from Uva, the Tech women, the Dazzle and the Catholic-Oak Hill game.
Plus Hometown hoops weekly and Travis Wells checking in from Daytona.
But first tonight's Extra Point -
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Pulaski Co./Last Season; :00]
Dan Newell, who spent the past four years as an assistant coach at Pulaski County, is the new head coach at GW Danville.
He was born and raised there and he's a GW graduate having played under Alger Pugh on the Eagles' 1982 state title game.
He also coached for two seasons under the late Ed Martin in 1993-and-94.
Newell teaches both chemistry and biology.
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[S-UVa]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-138 4329TC]
[GRAPHIC=VIRGINIA HOOPS]
The Virginia Cavaliers failed to pick up a win that they desperately needed last night as they lost to North Carolina 81-to-67.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Chapel Hill, NC/ESPN; :00]
Carolina went with a small lineup to start the game and the strategy worked as the Tarheels jumped out to a 34-to-15 lead at one point in the opening half.
But Virginia would battle back and by the halftime break the lead was just 9 points - 37 to 28.
And it wasn't long until the Cavs had battled all the way back to tie the game at 47-all at the 13 minute mark.
But Carolina would answer the challenge and pull away in the
[SUPER=33-Virginia/67/North Carolina/81;]
final 10 minutes. UNC knocks out UVa 81-to-67. Virginia nest hosts Duke on Saturday night.
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[S-Tech]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-139 4725TC]
[GRAPHIC=TECH]
The Tech women are still perfect at home this season.
Last night they hammered Georgetown by 32.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg/Hoyas vs. Hokies; :00]
Good defense will trigger the Tech transition game on this hoop as Erin Gibson gets the block and the freshman who plays like a senior - Carrie Mason comes down court and hits the jump shot with ease.
Mason would then pick up some assists as she snaps one cross-court on the skip pass to fellow freshman Kerri Gardin - she knocks in the "J" from the left side.
It's all Mason - all the time - as she slings one in the opposite direction to Chrystal Starling.
[SUPER=33-Georgetown/46/Virginia Tech/78;]
The Tech women crush Georgetown 78-to-46 and next play at Boston College on Sunday.
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[S-Dazzle]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=sp-142 2934TC]
[GRAPHIC=dazzle]
The Roanoke Dazzle moved a game above the 500 mark last night with an 81-to-77 win over the Columbus Riverdragons.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/Riverdragons vs. Dazzle; :00]
The Dazzle would again rely heavily on Mikki Moore last night. He steps back after being cut off. Mikki would knock in 28 points in the game.
Nate Green and the Riverdragons led at halftime thanks in part to efforts like this one from Tang Hamilton. He had 15.
But Roanoke would get the four points win as Cory Alexander
[SUPER=33-Columbus/77/Roanoke/81;]
assists the Geoff Owens hook.
Roanoke win by 4 and returns home next Monday night.
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[S-Catholic]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=sp-146 2700tc]
[GRAPHIC=high school hoops]
Before the Dazzle hit the floor Roanoke Catholic hosted Oak Hill Academy.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/Warriors vs.Celtics; :00]
J.R. Reynolds returned to the Star City last night as received a warm welcome.
Oak Hill would get the rock to J.R. - and just like he did for the Celts - the Uva bound bomber strokes the three as the Warriors led by one point in the third.
Catholic's Tony Hairston gets the steal. He drives to the hole and gets the bucket for the Celtics as they hang tough.
Reynolds then kicks the ball out beyond the arc to his teammate Isaiah Swan - and he will hit the three ball.
Catholic would make it interesting as Paulius Joneliunas gets the big dunk, but on the way down he hits the floor face first.
[super=33-Oak Hill/71/Roanoke Catholic/54;]
Catholic loses the game 71-to-54 and Paulius looses a tooth.
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[S-Twins]
[ANCHOR=mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=twe]
[TAPE#=SP-134 TC5453]
[GRAPHIC=Daytona]
The field for this year's Daytona 500 will be set this afternoon in the Twin 125 mile qualifying races.
Travis Wells has a preview of what is often the most exciting day in racing.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Daytona, FL; :00]
[SUPER=01-Ricky Rudd/Motorcraft Ford Driver; :27]
[SUPER=01-Ward Burton/Defending Daytona 500 Champ; :47]
[SUPER=01-Sterling Marlin/Coors Light Dodge Driver; :57]
[SUPER=@travis1; 1:12]
[SUPER=01-Elliott Sadler/M&M's Ford Driver; 1:26]
[SUPER=01-Jamie McMurray/Havoline Dodge Driver; 1:40]
[RUNS=1:50]
[OUT Q=News 7 Sports."]
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by SS