WDBJ 7 morning news AM cutins for 04/03/03

[7-11Giles-Body]

[ANCHOR=Kim]

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Human remains discovered last night have been sent to the medical examiners office for identification. The body was found in the New River near the Celanese Plant in Giles County.
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[VO-NAT 03-08 tc 43:56]
[SUPER=03-Giles Co./March 8;]
Authorities are waiting to see if it may be the body of 50- year old John Wagner of Roanoke. Wagner and his friend 36- year old Ty Hodges disappeared after their boat capsized early last month while fishing. Last week, a railway engineer discovered Hodges' body in the same general area.
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[7-11Sexual-Assault]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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Virginia Tech police say campus security has increased after a student reported she was sexually assaulted in broad daylight.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg;]
Police say the assault took place around eleven o-clock Monday morning, inside a commuter parking lot known as "the cage." Officers say the 21-year-old student doesn't remember much of what happened, but she described her attacker as a six-foot tall white man...and he was wearing a hooded sweatshirt. Officers says while they are doing everything they can to protect the students, they can't do it alone.
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[IN Q=WE DO OFFER]
((DEBRA DUNCAN/VIRGINIA TECH POLICE CHIEF: WE DO OFFER AN ESCORT SERVICE AND IT'S NOT REALLY JUST FROM DUSK TIL DAWN, WE OFFER THAT SERVICE DURING THE DAY IF YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE OR YOU DON'T FEEL SAFE JUST GIVE US A CALL THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR 45))
[SUPER=01-Debra Duncan/Virginia Tech Police Chief;]
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Duncan says anyone with information about the attack should contact her department.
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[7-11XGR-Veto]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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The one- day General Assembly veto session supported Governor Warner's budget amendment, giving state workers and teachers a two and a quarter percent pay raise.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Richmond]

However, they came two votes short in an attempt to override the governor's veto of a bill to repeal the estate tax.

Martinsville Senator Roscoe Reynolds was one of several Democrats who switched their votes on the measure.
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[SOT 02:14:59]
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[SUPER=01-Del. Robert Tata/(R) Virginia Beach; :00]
[SUPER=@Edwards; :11]
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[OUT Q=OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.]
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[VO-NAT]

Warner's veto of a "Choose Life" license plate was also upheld.
But the Republican-controlled General Assembly rejected the governor's changes to two anti-abortion measures.
Lawmakers also rejected a Warner amendment that would allow in-state tuition for illegal aliens at Virginia's public universities.
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[45-6-Bedford-Death]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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Bedford County authorities say it does not appear a man's death is related to the SARS illness... but they're still investigating.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Forest]

The 42-year-old man was visiting his sister in her Forest home when she found him dead in his bedroom yesterday morning.
The man had recently experienced cold and flu-like symptoms, so emergency personnel contacted the local health department.
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((RICKY GARDNER/BEDFORD CO. SHERIFF'S OFFICE: WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY THE DOCTOR AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT SHE DOES NOT HAVE ANY CONCERNS AS TO ANY CONNECTION WITH ANYTHING THAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION, IF YOU WILL.))
[SUPER=01-Ricky Gardner/Bedford Co. Sheriff's Department;]
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[VO-NAT]

The man's body has been taken to Roanoke for autopsy.
Local health officials say the man lived in Europe but that no cases of SARS are known to have originated there.
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[45-11-Glass-Trip]

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Lynchburg's E-C Glass High School has been prompted to cancel their drama department's trip to Asia in June due to health concerns.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg/File Tape]

45 students had been invited to perform two plays in China and Hong Kong starting June 28th.
But the uncertainty of the world health situation led school officials to decide not to take the risk.
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((JIM ACKLEY/E. C. GLASS DRAMA TEACHER: BEING THE FIRST HIGH SCHOOL TO EVER BE INVITED TO CHINA TO PERFORM IS QUITE AN HONOR AND WHILE WE DON'T GO WE STILL GET TO SAY WE HAVE THAT HONOR, BUT IT'S KIND OF A HOLLOW HONOR NOT BEING ABLE TO GO, SO THE KIDS ARE REALLY DISAPPOINTED BUT I THINK THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE MADE THE DECISION WITH THEIR SAFETY AND HEALTH IN MIND.))
[SUPER=01-Jim Ackley/E. C. Glass Drama Teacher]
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[OUT Q=health in mind.]
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[VO-NAT]

The school had raised about half the 140-thousand dollars needed to pay for the trip.
That money will be refunded to its donors.
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[45-11China-Trips]

[ANCHOR=kim]
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[SUPER=03-Blacksburg;]
Virginia Tech has canceled study abroad programs to China, Hong Kong and Vietnam. The programs allowed students to earn credits during the summer at colleges outside of the U-S.
About 50-students signed up to go to Asia this year, but officials say they will either have to study somewhere else or wait until next year.
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[IN Q=WE INFORM THEM]
((DAN O'BRIEN/VIRGINIA TECH EDUCATION ABROAD: 7:16 WE INFORM THEM THAT THINGS LIKE THIS MAY HAPPEN AND WE DO TELL THEM THAT WE WILL TRY TO ACCOMODATE THEM TRY TO FUNNEL THEM IN OTHER PROGRAMS AND IF NOT WE WILL REFUND AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBLE IN THESE CASES 7:28))
[SUPER=01-Dan O'Brien/Virginia Tech Education Abroad;]
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The university says it is NOT canceling programs to Japan, because so far no warnings have been issued to avoid travel there.
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[ANCHOR=JEAN]
[SS=Hold]
Officials at Radford University say they will decide whether to cancel THEIR study-abroad to China by the end of the week.

[8-11Sexual-Assault]

[8-11Hedrick]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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Brandon Wayne Hedrick was granted a stay of execution yesterday by a federal judge.
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[VO-NAT 03-07 tc 1:12:43]
[SUPER=03-Appomattox Co./File Tape;]
Hedrick was scheduled to die tonight for the abduction, rape and murder of 23- year old Lisa Crider in Appomattox County. The state did NOT object to the request for a stay. Hedrick has exhausted his state appeals, but did NOT go all the way through the federal appellate process. One of his claims may be that he was inadequately represented at trial.
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[8-11XGR-Veto]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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[WRITER=mmu]
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The one day General Assembly veto session supported Governor Warner's budget amendment, giving state workers and teachers a two and a quarter percent pay raise.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Richmond]

However, they came two votes short in an attempt to override the governor's veto of a bill to repeal the estate tax.

Martinsville Senator Roscoe Reynolds was one of several Democrats who switched their votes on the measure.
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[SOT 02:14:59]
[IN Q=THIS PARTICULAR BILL IS GOOD]
[SUPER=01-Del. Robert Tata/(R) Virginia Beach; :00]
[SUPER=@Edwards; :11]
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[OUT Q=OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.]
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[VO-NAT]

Warner's veto of a "Choose Life" license plate was also upheld.
But the Republican-controlled General Assembly rejected the governor's changes to two anti-abortion measures.
Lawmakers also rejected a Warner amendment that would allow in-state tuition for illegal aliens at Virginia's public universities. (------------)