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Today on News 7 at 5, a major power outage has struck New York and several other major cities and airports. We'll have a live report.
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Also an early morning accident claims the life of an Elliston man. Residents say it was at a very a dangerous intersection.
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Showers are mainly in the western side of the state today as temperatures are on the rise. And a new tropical storm is in the gulf.
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Today on Healthcheck, a new medical school opens in Roanoke.
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An Alabama judge says the 10 commandments will have another day in court.
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Plus Steve Mason will check in live with U-V-A media Day from Charlottesville.
News 7 at 5 is next.
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A major power outage has struck New York City- and other cities int he U-S and Canada.
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This is what's going on in New YOrk City- Thousands of people are streaming into the streets in 90 degree weather.
The blackout has affected elevators as well as the city's subways and both JFK and Laguardia airports.
Power is also reported out in areas north to Toronto, south to maryalnd and west to Cleveland, detroit and toledo.
It is affecting areas from New York City to Long Island and to the north. The buildings affected include the United Nations and New York Stock Exchange, along with Kennedy and LaGuardia airports.
A New York emergency management official says he has ``no idea how extensive it is.''
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Other cities in the dark include Detroit, Cleveland and Toledo. And power is out in parts of Canada, including Toronto and throughout Ontario.
Scott Rapoport is in New York and he joins us live.
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[5-Richardson]
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A special grand jury is investigating a member of the Bedford County Board of Supervisors for allegedly falsifying public comment forms submitted to the state highway department.
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Supervisor Kirby Richardson represents the Moneta area- -which includes the White House Community.
There's an awkward intersection there where route 608 runs into 626 on the way to Smith Mountain Lake State Park.
Richardson voted to approve the million dollar improvement project.
He's suspected of having a hand in filing out more than one of the 48 comment sheets submitted to V-DOT.
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Richardson runs a business near Rocky Mount. Keith Humphry went out there to talk with him today.
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We'll hear more from Richardson on NEWS 7 at Six tonight, and hear what some White House residents are saying about it.
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One man was killed in an accident in Bedford County around 5 o'clock this morning.
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55 year old Harold David Jennings of Elliston was driving a delivery truck northbound on Route 122, when 72 year old Harry Leigh Peters pulled out from Route 24, striking Jennings' truck.
Jennings was killed after his truck spun out of control and flipped over. He was NOT wearing a seat belt.
Peters was not hurt.
State Police say they will consult with the Commonwealth Attorney on whether to press charges.
Meanwhile, residents around the intersection say they are tired of seeing accidents at the crossroads, and want VDOT to make improvements to the roads.
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((SGT. BOB ROSS/VIRGINIA STATE POLICE; WE CERTAINLY CAUTION PEOPLE DRIVING THROUGH THAT AREA TO BE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT WE'VE HAD SOME PROBLEMS THERE, AND AGAIN WE EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF WEARING A SEATBELT.))
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Thousands of people have signed a petition asking VDOT to install a stoplight at the intersection.
We'll hear more about their efforts tonight on News 7 at 6.
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[5-Qaida-Arrest]
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A key Al-Qaida figure is in custody tonight.
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The White House says the man known as Hambali- has been captured.
He has been linked to last year's nightclub bombing in Bali- and a series of deadly church bombings in the Phillipines.
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President Bush said Hambali was a threat to freedom- one of the most dangerous terrorists out there.
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Hambali is also a suspect in last weeks' hotel bombing in Jakarata-
He's described as the terror network's chief operational planner in Southeast Asia.
President Bush today says Hambaili is no longer a problem to those who love freedom.
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U-S troops have moved ashore in Liberia...
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this as rebels who have kept Monrovia under seige for months who have left the city.
American trops and west African peacekeepers have taken their place at the capital's port.
It is a mood of celebration in Lieria.
Crowds of cheering people chanted God Bless you at U-S and African troops.
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Coming up next, a Roanoke resource officer agrees to take his job back, at least temporarily.
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Also there is a new medical school in Roanoke, but it is not like many others.
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Police Officer Butch Lewis will return to Patrick Henry High School next week.
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City officials have offered Lewis a temporary assignment at PH, while a new task force considers school safety and the appropriate role of school resource officers.
Today, attorney Gary Lumsden confirmed that Lewis will suspend his grievances and accept the city's offer. The papers were signed this afternoon.
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Transferred to patrol duty in June, Lewis has been fighting to reclaim the position he held for ten years. He's now expected to return to Patrick Henry on Tuesday.
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In health check tonight,
A physician shortage is on the horizon --and Southwest Virginia will be one of the areas hardest hit.
That's according the dean of a new medical college in Blacksburg.
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As Health Check Reporter Joy Sutton reports the college hopes its students will fill the gap.
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Jean,
The first class of students arrived today for orientation.
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But the Edward VIA Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine --isn't just any medical school -- there are only 19 others like it in the nation.
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These medical students aren't hoping to become M-D's -- while they do plan to one day be physicians -- they'd rather rather be doctors of osteopathic medicine.
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One of the things that makes osteopathic medicine different is that in addition to students learning the basics of modern medicine --there is also focus on musco-skeletal manipulation -- somewhat similar to chiropractic --in the treatment of patients.
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And with osteopathic medicine --there is also a focus on primary care.
The Edward VIA Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine hopes all 155 of its students will become primary care physicians in the region to fill the nationwide physician shortage expected in 2010.
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And many of these students say they are ready to fill that gap.
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The medical college also has a partnernship with several hospitals in the area --and has a connection with Virginia Tech.
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Jean, In fact, the college hopes to do biomedical research with Tech.
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One of the ten commandements says honor your mother and your father, but none says you must obey a federal court.
An Alabama judge says he won't remove a ten commandments monument from a state building even though a federal court says it must go.
Elizabeth Sanchez has more.
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In an effort to display what he believes is Gods law, an
Alabama judge is disobeying a court law.
Chief Justice Roy Moore
I have no intention of removing the monument of the ten commandments and
the moral foundation of our law.
Chief Justice Roy Moore is fighting a federal court ruling ordering him
to remove the commandments from the rotunda of the Alabama Supreme
court.
An appellate court said if it allowed the display.. every
government building could be adorned with a cross, menora or statue of
Buddha depending on who was in charge.
Elizabeth Sanchez/reporting:
Across the country Federal Courts have ruled on the separation of church
and state and have not always agreed. Here in Texas the ten
commandments are on display on the capitol grounds.
And in Phoenix, a ten commandment monument also sits on state
property while in Philadelphia a similar plague remains in a courthouse.
And there are law suits to get rid of them all.
Philip Jauregui, Moores attorney
You have one first amendment in this nation yet it is being interpreted
in different way from court to court to court.
Justice Moore is gonna continue to fight. He says its more
than just about the ten commandments.
Justice Moore
Alabama will never give up its right to acknowledge God, the
acknowledgment is the basis of our justice system.
A federal district judge has threatened to fine Alabama if its
not removed by next week. Its a matter that will most likely end up
in the hands of the U S Supreme court. Elizabeth Sanchez, CBS news,
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Up next on Growin' It, Brent Watts has a plant that is turning heads at one Bedford garden.
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There are "naked ladies" around every corner of one Bedford city garden. But don't worry, they are actually flowers.
On this week's growin' it, Brent Watts has more on these beautiful plants as well as a popular flowering weed.
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Coming up in just a moment, Steve Mason will check in live from U-V-A media day.
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Then following that, we'll tell you why not all the stars are on the screen at a local theater.
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It is time now for the Thursday afternoon Sports Ticker, and today we head to Charlottesville where Steve Mason and hundreds of UVa fans are spending the afternoon meeting the Cavaliers.
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Steve with all of the expectations on the team, I imagine the excitement is running pretty high today at UVa.
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[5-Grandin-Theatre]
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The stars are out on Grandin Road.
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630 of them were unveiled on the sidewalk in front of the Grandin Theatre.
Each star represents a supporter who donated one-thousand dollars to help restore the Roanoke landmark.
But the whole neighborhood is reaping the rewards.
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((ANTHONY STAVOLA/GRANDIN THEATRE FOUNDATION PRESIDENT: WHILE YOU STILL SEE SOME VACANT FRONTS, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON. ALL OF THAT HAS STARTED SINCE THE THEATRE REOPENED. AND IN FACT, AT LEAST TWO OF THE THREE NEW RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE OPENED SPECIFICALLY STATED THE THEATRE WAS THEIR REASON FOR COMING HERE.))
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The theatre still hopes to sell another 130 stars.
It's also kicking off a campaign where donors can purchase any of its 500 seats to be engraved with their names.
The Grandin says summer ticket sales have been strong.
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