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Today on News 7 at 5, the war with Iraq is apparently imminent. Secretary of state Colin Powell says the time for diplomacy is over.
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Also today, State Police in Salem say they have made a big drug bust.
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This is not a good weekend for working on a tan as more clouds and rain dominate the outlook. Details ahead.

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A study on the solvency of social security and medicare produces mixed results.
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In Sports, we'll see how Todd Bodine put a new spin on winning a Busch race.
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Plus we'll see why some doctors say moms need to slow down or face the consequences.
News 7 at 5 is next.
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President Bush gives up on a United Nations resolution and prepares to address the nation tonight on the next step- an ultimatum to Saddam Hussein-
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((I CAN THINK OF NOTHING THAT SADDAM HUSSEIN CAN DO DIPLOMATICALLY HE'S BLOWN EVERY ONE OF THOSE CHANCES.))
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Good Evening.
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President Bush is expected to send a warning to Saddam Hussein- diplomacy is over. Leave the country or face war.

Aleen Sirgany is following this story. She joins us live from Washington with more on what the president is expected to say.
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DIPLOMACY IS OVER. AND TONIGHT PRESIDENT BUSH WILL TELL THE WORLD THAT SADDAM HUSSEIN HAS ONLY ONE OPTION LEFT TO AVOID WAR. COLIN POWELL/SECRETARY OF STATE The only way to avoid the serious consequences is for Saddam Hussein and his immediate cohorts to leave the country. IRAQ IMMEDIATELY REJECTED THAT IDEA, AND VOWED TO FIGHT. THE END OF DIPLOMACY CAME AFTER THE US, SPAIN AND GREAT BRITAIN PULLED THEIR RESOLUTION CALLING FOR MILITARY ACTION - BEFORE A U.N. VOTE. THOSE AMBASSADORS SAY THE VOTE WOULD HAVE BEEN CLOSE, AND THEY BLAME THE DIPLOMATIC FAILURE ON A VETO THREAT FROM FRANCE.
JOHN NEGROPONTE/U.S AMBASSADOR TO U.N it's most regrettable, as we said earlier, that in light of the explicit decision of one country to exercise its veto it was not possible to move this resolution forward. THE DECISION LEAVES A CLEARLY DIVIDED SECURITY COUNSEL. EVEN THOUGH WAR SEEMS IMMINENT, THOSE OPPOSED TO MILITARY ACTION URGED A MEETING WEDNESDAY FOR A LAST-DITCH EFFORT TO ACHIEVE A PEACEFUL END TO THE CONFLICT. GUNTER PLEUGER/GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO U-N If there's one percent chance to avoid war do 100 percent effort
THE PRESIDENT HASN'T SAID HOW LONG HE'LL WAIT BEFORE GIVING THE ORDER FOR WAR, BUT HE'LL REPORTEDLY GIVE SADDAM AND HIS FAMILY 48 HOURS TO LEAVE...AND IF HE DOESN'T WAR COULD START ANYTIME AFTER THAT. AS, CBS NEWS, WASHINGTON NOW BACK TO YOU.))

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The wait for war is apparently almost over for a quarter of a million troops station in the Gulf.
Chris Lawrence reports from Kuwait City.
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((The demilitarized zone wont be much longer. U-N workers have abandoned their posts on Kuwaits northern border. And the State deparment is urging all Americans to get out of the country.

(JOHN MORAN/AMERICAN EMBASSY IN KUWAIT)

Were urging them in the strongest possible terms to leave Kuwait.

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In Baghdad Monday, clear signs diplomacy is dead: U-N weapons inspectors checked out of their hotels and the German embassy evacuated its staff with the Iraqi people not far behind. They loaded up everything they owned to flee from towns...into remote areas.

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As they moved out more military hardware moved in, to fortify Baghdad against American airstrikes.Iraq wants to absorb the first wave and get troops involved in street-level, door to door battles.

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Also arriving by the hundreds young Arab men who claim to be suicide bombers promising to kill invading American troops.

(CHRIS LAWRENCE/CAMP FOX, KUWAIT)

Here in the NBC center, the marines prepare for the worst possible scenario a chemical or biological attack.
Theyre using new equipment to detect nerve and blister agents. And when it comes to an unconventional attack, most think its a matter of when not if.

(LANCE CPL. EMEDIO FERRITTI/USMC)

Its a 90% chance a 90% chance somebody in this deserts gonna get hit.

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So far Turkey has not allowed U-S troops to stage a northern front from its borders but that doesnt mean its not helping. American fighter jets and surveilliance planes are taking off from Turkey to patrol the Iraqi skies.
It all comes together in Qatar where the American General Command track Saddam Husseins troops and tanks and finalizing its war plans. Chris Lawrence CBS News, Kuwait.))



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Governor Mark Warners says he will support a war against Iraq even if President Bush proceeds without U-N approval.

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The governor says Virginia's first responsibility is to the young men and women of the military should the U-S declare war.
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((GOVERNOR MARK WARNER: I HAD BEEN HOPEFUL AS I THINK MOST AMERICANS ARE THAT WE COULD HAVE GARNERED MORE INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR OUR EFFORT. BECUASE IT WILL NOT ONLY BE THE QUESTION OF THE WAR BUT THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ. BUT SHOULD THE PRESIDENT TAKE US TO WAR I'M GOING TO JOIN EVERY OTHER AMERICAN IN BEING VERY SUPPORTIVE OF OUR TROOPS IN THEIR EFFORT.))
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The governor says if fighting begins, he remains hopeful that it will be a short war.
Warner also says that a war is likely to harm the state economically due to the high number of military personnel stationed in Virginia.
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Virginia State Police are celebrating one of the biggest drug busts in recent years.
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Officials say a tractor-trailer was traveling northbound on Interstate 81 south of Troutville Saturday evening when the driver made a move that prompted other drivers to call police.
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((SGT ROBERT CHAPPELL/VIRGINIA STATE POLICE: THE TRUCK WAS ATTEMPTING TO AVOID THE WEIGH SCALES AND, INSTEAD OF DOING A NORMAL MANUEVER OF GETTING OFF AT THE HOLLINS EXIT AND GOING AROUND AS SOME TRUCKS DO, IT ATTEMPTED TO CUT ACROSS THE MEDIAN ON THE INTERSTATE.))`
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The truck was pulled over and searched for safety violations. Police found several, along with 480-pounds of marijuana and almost 17-thousand dollars in cash
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74-year old Manuel Corey and his son, 43-year old Ralph Corey, both af Rhode Island are charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute and Illegal Transportation of Narcotics into the Commonwealth.

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Social Security may be doing better than originally thought, but the same cannot be said for Medicare. We'll explain after the break,
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plus a judge says he will decide soon if the former head of the National D-Day Memorial will face another trial.
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The judge in the Richard Burrow case has promised a decision this week on whether to set a new trial date or to dismiss fraud charges against the former D-Day Memorial Director.
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Burrow was in court today, the first time since the trial that ended in a hung jury. His lawyers and a courtroom full of his supporters say the indictment against him should be thrown out. They say the government didn't take steps to try the case again within 70 days of the mis-trial in December. The prosecutor says he hasn't received the last of the trial transcripts, though he expects them by the end of the week. And then there's the problem of having THE U-S Attorney on active military duty.
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((ULTIMATELY, HE RUNS THE OFFICE. IT'S MR. BROWNLEY'S DECISION TO MAKE. THERE'S NOBODY MORE SUPPORTIVE OF WHEREVER THAT TAKES US. WHEREVER PEOPLE ARE IN THAT FIGHT, EVERYBODY'S ON ONE TEAM.))
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Burrow himself had no comment.
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There was good news and bad news for millions of Americans today.
The good news is Social Security is in a stronger financial position than it was a year ago.
The bad news...Medicare is four years closer to insolvency.
Trustees for the programs for the elderly made the reports today.
Social Security's projected insolvency was pushed back one year to 2042.
Medicare's projected date a year ago for running out of money was 2030. Today, that date was adjusted to 2026.
President Bush says the study shows Congress should follow his path for overhauling the programs.
Trustees blame joblessness and higher hospital costs for Medicare's worsened financial condition.

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A mysterious illness has doctors scratching their heads-
Already nine people have died from it- most of the victims are from Southeast Asia.
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But now the illness has been diagnosed in North America.
It is called Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome or SARS.
Health experts say it is probably a virus and they are encouraged that some victims appear to be getting better.
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((I WOULD SAY THERE'S NO REASON TO PANIC. WE'RE FOCUSING ON PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH CASES OR WHO'VE TRAVELED TO PLACES THAT ARE AFFECTED AND COME DOWN WITH VERY SPECIFIC SYMPTOMS.))
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No incidents of SARS have been diagnosed here in the U-S but one of the people suspected of being infected in Toronto recently traveled to Atlanta. A doctor who treated SARS patients in Asia has now been diagnosed with the syndrome.

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Doctors say it is a product of modern life...women with too much to do and too little time to do it in.
But now they say a mother's tendency to put herself last, could cause some real health problems.
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((SINGLE MOTHER SUSAN YATES DOESN'T FEEL LIKE HERSELF ANYMORE.

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"...just trying to keep up the pace of working, keeping the house, keeping the kids, taking them to practices, picking up from school, helping them with homework, to dinners getting them to bed on time. All that stuff."
THE AMOUNT OF HURRIED WOMEN IS A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN YOU THINK, SOME EXPERTS EVEN SAY IT'S AN EPIDEMIC...WITH AS MANY AS 50 MILLION WOMEN AFFECTED.

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"...Hurried woman's syndrome is something that was developed or I should say labelled by a gynecologist a short while back because he noticed, that the women who were coming to see him had very similar complaints..."
STANDUP: THOSE COMPLAINTS? FATIGUE OR LOW MOOD, WEIGHT GAIN, AND LOW SEX DRIVE. THREE CARDINAL SYMTPOMS OF THE HURRIED WOMAN SYNDROME, THAT SOUNDED AWFULLY FAMILIAR TO SUSAN.
WHEN A WOMAN IS STRESSED--OUT, THE STRESS HORMONE CORTISOL IS MAXED OUT...THAT ALONE CAN CAUSE DEPRESSION AND WEIGHT GAIN. BUT THERE'S MORE. CORTISOL ALSO INHIBITS THE PRODUCTION OF SEX HORMONES...SO SEX DRIVE DECREASES...AND IN THE BRAIN...LEVELS OF DOPAMINE AND SEROTONIN PLUMMET...CAUSING FURTHER DEPRESSION, FURTHER WEIGHT GAIN, AND FURTHER PROBLEMS.

SOT: DR. JUDITH MARQUIT/PSYCHOLOGIST.

...it can clearly be a viscious cycle that needs to be broken..."
OUR EXPERTS SAID HURRIED WOMEN HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR LIMITATIONS, TAKE TIME FOR THEMSELVES EVERY DAY, DELEGATE SOME RESPONSIBILITIES AND PRIORITIZE THEIR ROLES.

SOT: DR. FABIAN REDLER/PSYCHOLOGIST

"...well you can't give up those roles, that's reality. What you can do is you can limit yourself on a daily basis, an hourly basis, what role am I going to take right now?...don't mix up roles, pick one, stick to it when you finish it, then go on to the next..."
AND BEFORE SHE RAN OFF...A LITTLE BIT LATE TO PICK UP HER KIDS, SUSAN SAID IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO REALIZE SOME FAILURES ARE INEVITABLE.

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"...i'm trying to learn now that that's ok. Tomorrow's a new day, and we'll pick up from there."
DR. SENA KENNIFF, CBS NEWS.))

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Coming up later on the newscast,
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[VO] we'll see how one man's marketing scheme could change the face...or at least the back of the head of advertising.
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Coming up a little later, Green wasn't the only color flying at New York's St. Patricks Day parade.
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and for the second day in a row, the winner of a NASCAR race has used a speed bump to lead him to victory.
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Investors on Wall Street apparently belief the war with Iraq will be over quickly.
Alexis Christoforous explains what that means for the stock markets in today's Marketwatch report.
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((THE STOCK MARKET KICKED OFF THE NEW TRADING WEEK WITH A POWERFUL RALLY.. INVESTORS SEEM TO BELIEVE UNCERTAINTY IS OVER AND THAT WAR IS IMINENT. AND BY THE LOOKS OF TODAY'S TRADING ACTION.. A LOT OF INVESTORS ARE BETTING THAT A WAR WITH IRAQ WILL BE QUICK AND SUCCESSFUL.

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THE DOW RACED AHEAD 281 POINTS OR MORE THAN 3 AND HALF PERCENT...

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WHILE THE NASDAQ CLIMBED 51 POINTS

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MERRILL LYNCH AND FOUR FORMER EXECUTIVES ARE IN HOT WATER OVER THEIR DEALINGS WITH ENRON.

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THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION CHARGED THE WORLDS LARGEST SECURITIES FIRM AND FOUR FORMER EXECUTIVES WITH HELPING THE BANKRUPT ENERGY TRADER INFLATE ITS EARNINGS IN 1999. MERRILL LYNCH AGREED TO PAY AN 80 MILLION DOLLAR FINE TO SETTLE THE CHARGES...WITHOUT ADMITTING OR DENYING THE ALLEGATIONS.

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A WELL KNOWN NAME IN RETAIL IS FILING FOR BANKRUPTCY.. SPIEGEL -

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THE OWNER OF THGE 98 YEAR OLD SPIEGEL CATALOG AND THE EDDIE BAUER STORES FILED FOR CHAPTER 11 BECAUSE OF SLOW SALE AND CREDIT CARD CUSTOMERS WHO DEFAULTED ON THEIR PAYMENTS. SPEIGEL WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE WHILE IT REORGANIZES ITS BUSINESS.

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FOR ALL THE AFTER THE BELL ACTION CLICK ON CBS.MW.COM .. AT THE NASDAQ

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I'M AC IN NEW YORK.))

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Good afternoon folks. The NASCAR season has had to endure more than its share of rainy weekends so far this year. This past weekend - the Busch race scheduled for Saturday at Darlington was postponed to today - it was worth the wait.
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On the final lap of the race, Jamie McMurray in the orange car, passes Todd Bodine for the lead, but Bodine gets loose trying to battle back. He slams into McMurray, spins him out and straightens himself just enough to slide across the finish line just ahead of a stunned McMurray.
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It almost was a great day for Grit native Stacy Compton. The driver of the Kingsford Charcoal Chevrolet rolled the dice and didn't pit with 25 laps to go. His plan almost worked. He held McMurray and Bodine off until the last two laps of the race. Stacy finished 4th.
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The Express is now in second place in the Northeast Division and tonight at the Roanoke Civic Center at seven, Roanoke matches up against the Peoria Rivermen, who are themselves in second place in the Northwest division.
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The Express earned five of a possible six points by going 2-0 and 1 over the last three games. Roanoke is 7-0 and 1 at home in the teams last eight contests.
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The Women's NCAA Tournament gets underway on Saturday. Virginia Tech heads to West Lafayette, Indiana to face Georgia Tech at 11am, while Virginia draws Illinois in Knoxville.
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And the Liberty Women will put the nation's second longest winning streak on the line in Norfolk against 4th seeded Vanderbilt. The Flames have won 22 straight, and the meeting with the Commodores marks the 6th consecutive time that Liberty has played an SEC team in the tournament.
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That's it for the ticker. Coming up at six, Steve Mason checks in with J-J Redick after his big day in yesterday's ACC Championship, and we'll have the slate of Thursday's NCAA games. Have a great night everybody.

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New York City may be on Orange Alert- but is filled with Green today on this St. Patricks Day.
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This tradition started in 1766 and it continued today.
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150 thousand marched and 2 million people watched.
Security was tight- people who carried backpacks were told to expect them to be searched.
While the parade did include a lot of green- Red, White and Blue were also prominent colors on display today.
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An Illinois man is letting someone else's business get under his skin.
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Jim Nelson held an auction on E-bay giving someone the right to tattoo their company's logo on his head.
The winning bid was made by a Bedford, Texas internet company called C-I Host-dot-com.
So for seven thousand dollars, Nelson will shave his head and tattoo the company's logo on his scalp. It will remain there at least five years.
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Ironically, Nelson used the auction so he could raise money to start his own internet business.
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