[Roanoke-Shooting]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Shooting]
Police are on the scene of a shooting this morning in northwest Roanoke.
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[TAKE FS MAP]
We don't have many details right now, but authorities say the incident happened this morning near Washington Park on Downing Street.
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
No official word yet on the number of people involved, but our crew on the scene says there appears to have been three victims.
Police say they're still trying to apprehend the gunman.
We'll have more information about this story, as soon as it becomes available.
[11Mall-Shooting]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=rle]
[TAPE#=502-12 TC1:45:43]
[SS=Shooting]
Roanoke authorities are investigating another shooting...
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[VO-NAT - :25+]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
Around 11 o-clock yesterday morning, two men got into an argument in the parking lot of the Big and Tall Casual Male store.
Police say one man fired shots at the other- 29 year old Timothy Myers- hitting his car twice.
Myers ran to a nearby restaurant for help while his Ford Explorer hit the side of the store.
Police say Myers and the suspect know each other.
Authorities have not identified the suspect.
They're asking for anyone with information to come forward.
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[11Roanoke-River]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=03-24 TC47:35]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Authorities responded to the report of a capsized boat in the Ronoke River.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
They centered their efforts around the water treatment plant and 13th Street Bridge.
That's the area where Police say a man walked up to a house saying his boat had capsized and he couldn't find his friend.
The man left and so far police haven't found any trace of him, a boat or any other victims.
Authorities said last night that they plan to search the river again this morning.
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[11Leyva]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=503-06 47:16]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A nationwide search is underway for a Pentecostal Preacher who jumped parole.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/April 2002]
Under supervised release for the past 15 months, Tony Leyva had "maxed out" his sentence for molesting boys who attended his religious revivals.
State and federal warrants were issued late yesterday, after parole officers went to his room at Roanoke's Jefferson Motor Lodge and found it empty.
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[SOT 7:25]
[IN Q=Our fugitive task]
((WAYNE PIKE/U. S. MARSHAL; OUR FUGITIVE TASK FORCE IS ON THE JOB TODAY, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO TRACK HIM DOWN.))
[SUPER=01-Wayne Pike/U. S. Marshal;]
[RUNS=:07]
[OUT Q=track him down.]
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[VO-NAT]
Leyva was originally from Puerto Rico. He tried to have his parole supervision transferred there, but Puerto Rican authorities wouldn't let him stay.
So he returned to the Motor Lodge on Jefferson Street. Leyva had actually been working at the Lodge.
He checked in with his parole officer Monday morning, but was gone by Tuesday afternoon.
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[CA-Driver]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Fatal Accident]
Police in Santa Monica, California say they don't yet know if they're going to arrest the man who drove through a farmer's market, killing nine people.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Santa Monica, CA;]
At least 45 others were injured when 86- year- old Russell Weller plowed through the crowded market area yesterday.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Bodies came up]
((BODIES CAME UP ON THE CAR, HIT THE WINDSHIELD, WENT OVER THE TOP, OTHER BODIES WENT OVER THE SIDE AND HE KEPT GOING.))
[RUNS=:07]
[OUT Q=and he kept going.]
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[VO-NAT]
The market became a makeshift hospital as emergency workers rushed to help the injured and carry out the dead, including a three- year- old girl.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=This is the single]
((JAMES T. BUTTS, JR./SANTA MONICA POLICE CHIEF: THIS IS THE SINGLE MOST HORRIFIC, DEVESTATING TRAGIC SCENE I'VE EVER WITNESSED IN 30 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.))
[SUPER=01-James T. Butts, Jr./Santa Monica Police Chief;]
[RUNS=:10]
[OUT Q=of law enforcement.]
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[VO-NAT]
Weller was released from police custody after passing a drug and alcohol test.
Authorities say the driver told them he might have accidentally hit the gas instead of the brakes.
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[Traffic-Deaths]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Numbers being released today show highway traffic deaths
reached their highest level in a dozen years in 2002, yet the number
of injuries fell.
Nearly 43- thousand people died on the nation's highways.
Officials say safer vehicles and more people wearing safety belts could be the reason for the lower injury rate.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says about 75- percent of drivers and passengers are buckling up.
[Marketwatch]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Business News]
In business news, IBM and Apple release their earnings reports.
Alexis Christoforous has that story and more in this morning's Marketwatch.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Alexis Christoforous/Reporting; :00]
[RUNS=1:46]
[OUT Q=in New York.]
(tape tosses to stocks)
[STOCKS]
[COMM]
[Shooting]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=03-28 TC 23:49]
[GRAPHIC=Shooting]
Police say three people were shot in Roanoke this morning, one fatally.
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[TAKE FS MAP]
They say the incident happened this morning near Washington Park on Downing Street.
(++++++++++)
[DOUBLE BOXES=Kim /Rachel Microwave;]
Rachel Cannon is on the scene this morning with an update....Rachel what is going on?
[LIVE=Rachel /FULL]
[SUPER=@rachel1]
[SUPER=05-Roanoke]
((ROLLCUE:...))
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/This Morning]
[RUNS=:00]
[OUT Q=]
[LIVE=Rachel/FULL]
[SUPER=05-Roanoke;]
[DOUBLE BOXES=Kim /Rachel Microwave;]
[Iraq-Blair]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
The Pentagon reports that as of Monday, 144 Americans have died in combat since the war began in Iraq.
U-S troops are braced for the possibility of more attacks today, which marks the anniversary of the 19-68 revolution that ultimately
brought Saddam Hussein to power.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-File Tape;]
Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Tony Blair visits Washington today, but the dispute over intelligence used to justify military action in Iraq threatens to cloud his visit.
A British intelligence claim that Saddam sought uranium from Africa made into President Bush's State of the Union Address.
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[11Stanley-Graham]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=03-20 TC 1:23:45]
[GRAPHIC=Graham]
[*****anchor tag*******]
He's running for President and he was aiming for all the right VOTES and NOTES in Southwest Virginia.
Last night, Democrat Bob Graham campaigned in Roanoke where he shared the stage with a bluegrass legend.
Teresa Hamilton has more from the fundraiser.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Nat sound of singing]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :05]
[SUPER=01-Sen. Bob Graham/(D) Florida; :21]
[SUPER=01-Ben Jones/Former Dukes of Hazzard Star; 1:10]
[super=@Teresa2; 1:20]
[RUNS=1:27]
[OUT Q=Hamilton, NEWS 7, Roanoke.]
(((///sot///)
[sot]
[in q=nat sound of ralph]
((RALPH STANLEY SINGING)).
[RUNS05]
[OUT Q=nat sound.]
It didn't take long for Ralph Stanley to get the crowd warmed up at the Coffee Pot in Roanoke before introducing the man he hopes to see capture the White House in the next election.
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[sot]
[in q= nat sound]
(( nat sound of introduction by ralph stanley.))
[runs05]
[out q= nat sound]
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[sot 14:52:32]
[in q=I believe ]
(( SEN. BOB GRAHAM/D- FLORIDA: I BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF AMERICANS HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED, FARMERS AND PEOPLE WITH RURAL VALUES THEY'RE PEOPLE FROM THE SOUTH AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT. ))
[runs15]
[out q=to do that. ]
The U-S Senator from Florida wasn't through though. Before stepping from the stage, Graham also tried to sway voters with his own music.
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[SOT 14:54:17]
[IN Q= FROM THE ]
((SEN. BOB GRAHAM: FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC THEY ALL SAY HE'S TERRIFIC, BOB GRAHAM IS WHAT AMERICA NEEDS TODAY. THANK YOU.))
[RUNS10]
[OUT Q= NEEDS TODAY. THANK YOU. ]
Ralph Stanley wasn't the only one stumping for Graham in Roanoke.
Earlier in the day-- some of the biggest names in racing also campaigned for Graham as well as former Dukes of Hazzard Star, Ben Jones, better known as Cooter.
(///sot///)
[sot 14:44:17]
[IN Q= THE DEMOCRATIC ]
((BEN DAVIS/FORMER DUKES OF HAZZARD STAR: THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CAME FROM THE HEARTLAND OF AMERICA FROM THE WORKING PEOPLE, THE SMALL BUSINESS PEOPLE, THE FARMERS AND THEY'RE VOTING THE OTHER WAY NOW, AND WE NEED TO GET THAT BACK AND BOB GRAHAM IS THE MAN WHO CAN DO IT.))
[RUNS16]
[OUT Q= WHO CAN DO IT. ]
Something Davis, Ralph Stanley and other supporters will find out in February.
Teresa Hamilton, NEWS7, Roanoke. ))
[anchor=Kimberly]
[ss=]
February is when Virginia will hold its primary.
[11Muhammed]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=03-27 TC26:22]
[GRAPHIC=none]
The trial of sniper suspect John Allen Muhammed has moved.
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[VO-NAT]
Yesterday, a Prince William County judge moved Muhammed's trial from Northern Virginia
[SUPER=03-Virginia Beach]
to a courtroom in Virginia Beach.
The judge said the change is necessary to ensure a fair and impartial jury.
The prosecutor believes he'll be successful in either location.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=The demographics]
((PAUL EBERT/PROSECUTOR; THE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS WE HAVE HERE. THERE ARE A LOT OF RETIRED AND ACTIVE MILITARY IN VIRGINIA BEACH. AND OF COURSE WE HAVE THAT HERE ALSO.))
[SUPER=01-Paul Ebert/Prosecutor; ]
[RUNS=:12]
[OUT Q=have that here also.]
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[VO-NAT]
Muhammed's trial is scheduled to begin in October.
The trial of the other defendant, Lee Malvo, has also been moved.
It's scheduled for November in the city of Chesapeake.
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[6-West-Nile]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=myr]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=West nile Virus]
The New River Health District is reporting its first case of West Nile this year.
Officials say a dead crow found on Newbern Road in Pulaski has tested positive for the virus.
A West Nile infected crow was also found in Franklin County off Tripple Creek Park Road.
Last year, 29 Virginians became infected with West Nile Virus.
[Emmy-Preview]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Nominations for the 55th annual Emmy Awards will be announced later this morning.
Last year, "The Sopranos" was left out of the running because the show had no new episodes during the eligibility period. The year, the mafia drama is back in the running and facing some tough competition.
Eric Horng (HONG) has more from Hollywood.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=04-"The Sopranos" - Chase Films - HBO; :00]
[SUPER=04-"Six Feet Under" - Greenblatt - Janollari Studios; :06]
[SUPER=04-"The Wire" - Blown Deadline Productions - HBO; :08]
[SUPER=04-"The West Wing" - Warner Brothers TV; :10]
[SUPER=04-"24" - Real Time Productions; :14]
[SUPER=04-"Law & Order" - Universal TV; :17]
[SUPER=01-Melissa Grego/Television Week; :26]
[SUPER=04-"Alias" - Touchstone Television; :33]
[SUPER=04-"The Shield" - Columbia Tristar TV; :37]
[SUPER=04-"Friends" - Bright-Kauffman-Crane Productions; :40]
[SUPER=04-"Sex And The City" - HBO Programming; :48]
[SUPER=04-"Everybody Loves Raymond" - Worldwide Pants; :50]
[SUPER=01-Diane Werts/Television Critics Association; :52]
[SUPER=04-"Monk" - USA Network; :58]
[RUNS=1:22]
[OUT Q=I'm Eric Horng.]
((HBO HOPES TO SCORE A HAT TRICK IN THIS YEAR'S BEST DRAMA CATEGORY... WITH THE SOPRANOS AND SIX FEET UNDER LIKELY TO BE NOMINATED... AND NEWCOMER THE WIRE GENERATING EMMY BUZZ.
THREE-TIME WINNER THE WEST WING... RATINGS HEAVYWEIGHT CSI... AND 24 ARE ALSO STRONG CONTENDERS.
LAW & ORDER's RECEIVED A BEST DRAMA NOMINATION ELEVEN STRAIGHT YEARS. ONE MORE, THIS YEAR, WOULD BREAK THE RECORD IT CURRENTLY SHARES WITH CHEERS AND M*A*S*H*.
--sot--
Things are cyclical in this business and dramas are on a high right now, especially crime dramas.
FAVORITES FOR DRAMATIC ACTRESS INCLUDE THE SOPRANOS' EDIE FALCO... AND ALIAS STAR JENNIFER GARNER...
AND FOR THE MEN...THE WEST WING'S MARTIN SHEEN... AND THE SHIELD's MICHAEL CHIKLIS, WHO WON LAST YEAR.
--nat-- Friends clip
FOR BEST COMEDY... LAST YEAR'S WINNER FRIENDS IS A LIKELY NOMINEE... ALONG WITH SEX AND THE CITY... AND EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND.
--sot--
It hasn't been a great year for comedy, so who knows, it could finally be Everybody Loves Raymond's year because everybody in the industry loves that show.
CRITICS ALSO LOVE MONK. THE SHOW COULD RECEIVE A NOMINATION FOR BEST COMEDY... OR IN THE ACTING CATEGORY FOR STAR TONY SHALHOUB, WHO WON A GOLDEN GLOBE FOR THE ROLE.
OTHER COMEDIC ACTING BIDS COULD GO TO RAY ROMANO... AND FRIENDS' MATT LEBLANC...
AND FOR THE WOMEN... PATRICIA HEATON FROM EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND... SEX AND THE CITY's SARAH JESSICA PARKER... AND FRIENDS' JENNIFER ANISTON.
THE 55TH ANNUAL PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS WILL BE HANDED OUT SEPTEMBER 21ST.
IN HOLLYWOOD, I'M ERIC HORNG.))
(Kim tosses to bump)
[BUMP]
[COMM]
[Biz-Brief]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Business News]
In business news, Kraft Foods reported its earnings just before the closing bell yesterday.
The food company posted a profit of 55 cents per share.
In other news, another day of profit taking drove stocks lower.
Stan Case has more in today's business brief.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Stan Case/Reporting; :]
[RUNS=1:23]
[OUT Q=I'm Stan Case.]
((STOCKS FELL FOR THE SECOND SESSION IN A ROW ON WEDNESDAY, AS INVESTORS TOOK PROFITS FOLLOWING WEAK EARNINGS FROM MOTOROLA.
THE DOW FINISHED THE DAY DOWN 34 POINTS...
AND THE NASDAQ LOST FIVE.
J-P MORGAN CHASE HAS POSTED SECOND QUARTER EARNINGS OF 89-CENTS PER SHARE.
ANALYSTS EXPECTED 62-CENTS.
THE NATION'S NUMBER TWO BANK SAYS PROFITS JUMPED 78-PERCENT FROM A YEAR AGO.
THE COMPANY SAYS BOND TRADING AND CONSUMER BANKING HELPED THE QUARTER'S CASH FLOW.
MOTOROLA POSTED ITS SECOND QUARTER EARNINGS OF FIVE-CENTS PER SHARE AFTER TUESDAY'S CLOSING BELL.
THAT RAW FIGURE, BEFORE EXCLUSIONS, IS UP FROM A NET LOSS OF A-DOLLAR-TWO-CENTS A YEAR AGO.
HOWEVER, MOTOROLA HAS WARNED THAT COMPETITION FROM CHINESE MANUFACTURERS AND THE FALLOUT FROM SARS IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE COMPANY'S THIRD QUARTER EARNINGS.
THE COMPANY SAYS IT SHOULD BREAK EVEN FOR THE QUARTER.
LAST YEAR, CHINESE CONSUMERS ACCOUNTED FOR 14-PERCENT OF MOTOROLA'S SALES.
A-M-R, THE PARENT COMPANY OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, POSTED A LOSS OF TWO-DOLLARS-AND-26 CENTS PER SHARE FOR ITS SECOND QUARTER...UP FROM THREE-DOLLAR LOSS A YEAR AGO.
THE COMPANY BEAT ANALYSTS EXPECTATIONS OF A TWO-DOLLAR-AND-75 CENTS LOSS PER-SHARE.
A-M-R SAYS LOWER FUEL COSTS AND A DEAL WITH EMPLOYEE UNIONS CONTRIBUTED TO THE BETTER THAN EXPECTED QUARTER.
REVENUE DID DECLINE BY FOUR PERCENT BECAUSE OF REDUCED AIR TRAVEL.
WITH THE BUSINESS BRIEF, I'M STAN CASE.))
[TAPE TOSS TO STOCKS]
[STOCKS]
[COMM]
[11Kudzu]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=03-22 TC1:10:13]
[GRAPHIC=None]
The state tries its best, but continues to have trouble weeding out a chronic problem.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.]
Virginia's Department of Transportation spends 90-thousand dollars a year trying to eradicate kudzu.
It is a vine the government planted in the 1930's to control erosion.
The problem is it works too well because kudzu eventually grows over everything in its path.
It is also nearly impossible to kill since the roots can grow as far as fourteen feet into the ground.
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[SOT 7:48:40]
[IN Q=It's just the vine]
((LAURA BULLOCK/VDOT SPOKESPERSON: IT'S JUST THE VINE THAT WON'T DIE. WE CAN SPRAY IT AND WE DO EVERY YEAR AND IT STILL COMES BACK. IT GROWS PARTICULARLY FASTER THAN YOU CAN KILL IT. IT'S HAS BEEN KNOWN TO GROW AS MUCH AS A FOOT A DAY.))
[SUPER=01-Laura Bullock/VDOT Spokesperson; ]
[RUNS=:12]
[OUT Q=as a foot a day]
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[VO-NAT]
Researchers in North Carolina have found one possible solution to control kudzu.
They are using goats since they are known to eat just about everything.
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[3-Shooting]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=03-29 TC 24:44]
[GRAPHIC=Shooting]
Authorities are searching for a gunman involved in a shooting Northwest Roanoke this morning.
Police say three people were shot in, one fatally.
(+++++++++)
[TAKE FS MAP]
The incident happened this morning near Washington Park on Downing Street.
(++++++++++)
[DOUBLE BOXES=Kim /Rachel Microwave;]
Rachel Cannon is on the scene this morning with an update....Rachel what is going on?
[LIVE=Rachel /FULL]
[SUPER=@rachel1]
[SUPER=05-Roanoke]
((ROLLCUE:...))
[BITE VO]
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Shelly Alley/Roanoke Police Spokesperson; ]
[RUNS=13]
[OUT Q=Roanoke Memorial Hospital]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/This Morning]
[RUNS20]
(Rachel Adlib)
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[LIVE=Rachel/FULL]
[SUPER=05-Roanoke;]
[DOUBLE BOXES=Kim /Rachel Microwave;]
[11College-enrollment]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mmu]
[TAPE#=03-25 TC1:07:38]
[GRAPHIC=None]
College enrollment is up, but some say Virginia's public schools can not afford any more students.
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[VO-NAT :21]
[SUPER=04-File Tape]
The State Council of Higher Education in Virginia expects college enrollment to increase by nearly 61-thousand students by the end of the decade.
The group says the state's public colleges are underfunded.
And unless the state comes up with more money, Virginia students may be turned away.
House Majority Leader Morgan Griffith says help is already on the way.
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[SOT :32:49]
[IN Q=WE DID PUT UP A SUBSTANTIAL]
((DELEGATE MORGAN GRIFFITH/R-SALEM: WE DID PUT UP A SUBSTANTIAL BOND REFERENDUM. THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA SUPPORTED THAT AND I THINK THAT WAS THE PROPER THING TO DO TO HELP BUILD ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS TO HOUSE THE STUDENTS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO HAVE THE BUILDINGS. WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT NOW THAT THERE IS A NEW REPORT OUT AND DEAL WITH IT WHEN WE COME BACK IN JANUARY.))
[SUPER=@Griffith]
[RUNS=:15]
[OUT Q=COME BACK IN JANUARY.]
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[VO-NAT]
The bad economy is being blamed for why more people are choosing to go to school.
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by SS