WDBJ 7 news at Noon for 09/24/03

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President Bush says it'll take BILLIONS of dollars to get Iraq back on solid ground.
But who's willing to help out?
The latest, coming up.
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And, Governor Warner is heading to Rockbridge County today, offering help to victims of Hurricane Isabel.

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Another beautiful day across the area, will it continue. I'll let you know in your forecast.
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News 7 at Noon starts right now...
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A bomb aimed at the U-S military in Iraq apparently missed its target-- killing one Iraqi and injuring 22 others on a commuter bus in Baghdad.
Authorities say there were NO American casualties.
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[Iraq]

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Good Afternoon, I'm Kimberly McBroom.
As Iraq continues proving that it's anything but stable, the question remains-- Who will pay to stabilize and re- build the country?
President Bush has a plan to spend billions of American dollars, but he first has to sell the idea to American lawmakers.
Jennifer Donelan has more from Washington.
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(( IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH JOB....CONVINCING LAWMAKERS TO SHELL OUT 87 BILLION DOLLARS ...FOR PRESIDENT BUSH'S 5 YEAR AID PACKAGE TO IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. THE MAN IN THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HOT SEAT.. PAUL BREMMER.....THE ADMINISTRATION'S MAN IN BAGHDAD.

SOT: PAUL BREMER/CIVILIAN ADMINISTRATOR IN IRAQ
If we fail to recreate Iraq as a soverign democracy sustained by a solid economy...we will have handed the terrorist a gift.
LAW MAKERS FROM BOTH PARTIES ARE LOOKING FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS ON HOW THE U-S PLANS TO REBUILD IRAQ.

SOT: Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Nebraska)
Do you really see a plan over a period of time...a time frame in which these economic reforms apart from the political ones might happen.

NAt sot...demonstrators.

AND LAWMAKERS AND WEREN'T THE ONLY ONE MAKING THEIR VOICES HEARD ON IRAQ. THIS HECKLER DIDN'T GET MORE THAN A FEW SECONDS TO AIR HIS COMMENTS.

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A HUGE CHUNK OF THE 87 BILLION DOLLARS IS EARMARKED TO PAY FOR CONTINUED MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ. DANGEROUS AND EXPENSIVE OPERATIONS THAT CRITICS SAY MUST BE SHARED BY OTHERS.

SOT: SEN. JOSEPH BIDEN/D-DELAWARE
"THIS IS THE TIME TO PUT PRIDE ASIDE, THIS IS THE TIME TO GO OUT THERE DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET THE WORLD IN ON THE DEAL OR THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER WILL PAY THE WHOLE FREIGHT."

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ON MONDAY THE PRESIDENT MOVED IN THAT DIRECTION...ASKING U-N MEMBERS NATIONS FOR HELP IN IRAQ...BUT AT THE SAME TIME REFUSING TO SHARE CONTROL OF THAT OPERATION. TODAY HE FOLLOWS THAT UP BY MEETING ONE ON ONE WITH WORLD LEADERS.

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DEFENSE SECRETARY DONALD RUMSFELD, ALONG WITH TWO TOP GENERALS WILL ALSO BE ON THE HILL TODAY. THEY'LL ALL BE DEFENDING THE PRESIDENT'S REQUEST FOR MONEY AND LOOKING TO SWAY SKEPTICAL LAWMAKERS ON BOTH SIDE SOF THE AISLE. ))

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Tonight's debate among California's gubernatorial candidates could become the most- watched ever.
The political showdown may also determine the outcome of the historical recall race.
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This also marks the first and only time leading Republican contender Arnold Schwarzenegger faces off against fellow candidates.
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((ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER/R- CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR: I CONSIDER IT THE SUPER BOWL OF DEBATES, AND I HAVE SOME NICE SURPRISES FOR THAT DEBATE. ))
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Now that a federal appeals court has re- instated the October seventh recall election date, all of the candidates have less than two weeks to prepare.
Current Governor Gray Davis says he'll be ready, despite polls that show him short of the just over 50- percent that he needs to stay in office.
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Here in Virginia, Governor Warner is scheduled to visit people who live along the South River in Rockbridge County later today. Many want to know what kind of help they can get cleaning up after Hurricane Isabel.
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Emergency officials estimate 3-to-5 hundred families need assistance after the South River overflowed its banks, picking up homes and vehicles and tossing them like toys. Red Cross emergency teams did not arrive in the area until Monday. They say they'll stay as long as they're needed. Congressman Bob Goodlatte also made the rounds, inspecting damage and hearing residents' concerns.
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((REP. BOB GOODLATTE/R-SIXTH DISTRICT: WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO RIGHT NOW IS MAKE SURE FOLKS HAVE THE WATER, FOOD AND CLOTHING AND ELECTRICITY THAT THEY NEED. BUT NOW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LIVING WITH THAT FOR 4 OR 5 DAYS AND THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF ASSISTTANCE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO US.))
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Goodlatte says he's encouraging FEMA to set up a service facility west of the Blue Ridge.
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[Wyatt]

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Veteran Democratic lawmakers say Linda Wyatt is the logical heir to the legacy of Delegate Vic Thomas, and today they endorsed her campaign for the General Assembly.
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This morning, Wyatt gathered on the steps of the Jefferson Center, with Thomas, Delegate Chip Woodrum and Senator John Edwards.
The three longtime legislators cited her service on city council, her 30- year career as a school teacher, and her interest in children's issues, education and mental health.
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((LINDA WYATT/(D) HOUSE OF DELEGATES CANDIDATE: I WORKED FOR A LIVING, EVERY DAY FOR 30 YEARS, WENT AND TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS, AND HAVE LIVED A LIFE OF SERVICE FOR THIS COMMUNITY. AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO A DAY TO DAY CITIZEN OF THIS VALLEY.))
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Wyatt faces Republican William Fralin and Independent Gary Bowman in the 17th House District.
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Radford University police say they are awaiting lab results as they investigate a reported sexual assault on campus. Officers say a student reported she was assaulted just before midnight Monday near Pocahontas Hall. Police say they'll hold off a decision on filing charges until those lab results are in.

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Roanoke police are hoping someone can help in finding a 16 year old girl missing since Sunday morning.
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Jenni Northrup set out on foot, heading for 7-11 on Williamson Road. Store employees say she never got there. Within a couple of hours, Jenni called her father from a pay phone outside the Roanoke Weiner Stand on Brandon Avenue.

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((AND SHE SAID, "YOU KNOW HOW YOU ALWAYS LIKE TO LOOK UP DINOSAURS ON THE COMPUTER?" AND MY HUSBAND DOESN'T. DINOSAURS IS A CODE WORD FOR "I'M IN TROUBLE. HELP ME."))
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Jenni has run away before, Mrs. Northrup says. But she says Jenni would call to say she was all right. Patty Northrup is distributing fliers bearing a picture of Jenni, convinced that Jenni would have called by now, if she could.
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((I'VE GOT NO IDEA WHERE SHE IS, HOW SHE GOT THERE. I JUST KNOW SOMEBODY HAD TO HAVE TAKEN HER, OR SHE WOULDN'T HAVE SAID, "DINOSAUR."))
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Jenni is a Roanoke native, attended Virginia Heights Elementary School, until the family moved to Sanford, North Carolina when she was eight.
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They were busted back in 84 .. now they're busted again. Still ahead, some drug suspects have been there before.
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And remember the man who had a bomb around his neck during a bank robbery? There's a strange next-door twist .. when another man's body is found in a freezer.
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Hold the phone -- the national do-not-call list could be in some legal trouble. A federal judge has just ruled that the Federal Trade Commission overstepped its authority when it created a national do-not-call list against telemarketers. The ruling came in a lawsuit by telemarketers. But it's not clear what the impact of the ruling will be. The do-not-call list was supposed to go into effect next week.

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Nearly four weeks after the bombing death of a pizza delivery man, F-B-I sources say they're nearly certain he was a victim, and NOT part of a robbery plot.
Cynthia Bowers has the latest on the investigation.
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((One of the most bizarre crimes ever began innocently enough with an afternoon call for a pizza delivery. Brian Wells answered the call at about 1:30 Thursday August 28th and was told to come to a wooded construction site near a tv transmitter. Less than an hour later he was robbing a bank-after showing tellers the bomb around his neck. When he was arrested a few blocks away he told police about the bomb, placed there by strangers he said...before the detonation team arrived the bomb exploded killing Wells.
All along investigators hoped the collar device that locked the bomb to Wells neck would provide a clue as to the perpetrator. Now sources tell us the collar looks similar to an industrial pipe clamp--but still weren't sure it was commercially manufactured.
Then over the weekend a man who happens to live right next to that tv transmitter William Rothstine called police to say he had a man's body in a freezer in his basement, the murdered boyfriend of a woman he knows. When police arrived, in addition to the body, discovered Rothstine has a machine shop right behind his house--the kind of place a collar bomb might be made. All day yesterday investigators working behind a barricade carted away potential evidence....the local district attorney Brad Foulk downplayed connecting the two crimes.

(Sot/Brad Foulk Erie County District Attorney) Anything is possible but at this point I see no evidence to connect the
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That was Cynthia Bowers reporting.
The woman, Marjorie Diehl, has been charged with murder.
Rothstine hasn't been charged, and is cooperating with police.
Both were given lie detectors that included questions about the Brian Wells incident.

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Franklin County authorities say two years of undercover work is putting some big drug dealers out of business, and some of the suspects have been there before.
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Franklin County deputies arrested 50 people on charges of selling marijuana, cocaine and prescription drugs.
Six face federal charges as major suppliers of the drugs.
The bust is the second-biggest in Franklin County history.
The Sheriff says several of the people arrested were ALSO targets in the largest bust back in 1984, but that they went back to dealing after they were released from prison.
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She's not Miss America, but Nancy Redd's hometown still welcomed her back with a victory parade.
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Her high school marching band found the reigning Miss Virginia at home yesterday. She got home from the Miss America pageant late Sunday night.
Redd made it to the top 10, won a preliminary swimsuit competition -- and left 12-thousand dollars richer.
She says she's NOT disappointed.
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((NANCY REDD/MISS VIRGINIA: IT'S JUST BEEN A FASCINATING JOURNEY AND TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT MARTINSVILLE ... IT'S JUST BEEN PHENOMENAL AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT YEAR AS MISS VA. ))
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Redd says she won't take a break from her hectic schedule.
She plans to travel around as Miss Virginia, promoting 4-H and Martinsville... and reminding kids they need to "dream big," whether they win or lose.
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Pope John Paul takes a turn for the worse. That story is just ahead.
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And when a men's magazine comes to a Muslim nation, it sets up a culture clash that may be felt way beyond its borders.
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The Vatican says the Pope is suffering from a "mild"ailment, but it was enough to keep Pope John Paul from making his weekly address.
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Despite cancelling the speech to the general audience, the pontiff made a brief speech via an audio hook- up from his summer residence near Rome.
In a written statement, the Vatican confirmed that the Pope was suffering from an intestinal problem.
The 83-year-old pope has been suffering from a series of illnesses, and has appeared weaker in recent months.
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We have late word of another deadly blast in Iraq. This one was in the northern city of Mosul, where a bomb exploded at a movie theater showing foreign sex films. Witnesses say two people are dead and seven more are hurt. Such movies were not permitted under Saddam Hussein, and their re-emergence pushes the limits of public tolerance in what is still a traditional Muslim society.

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And along that same line, adult magazine F-H-M recently launched its publication in Indonesia, the country with the world's largest Muslim population. As as result, it's the latest flashpoint in the clash between western and Muslim values. And as CNN's Maria Ressa reports, the conflict can spill over into the war on terrorism.
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((NAT: dancing sexy girls
SEXY, SUGGESTIVE ... BLATANTLY PROVOCATIVE.
FHM, FOR HIM MAGAZINE, IS NOW IN INDONESIA ... ITS OPENING COVER, THE BAYWATCH GIRLS.
THE PUBLISHER SAYS FUTURE ISSUES WILL FEATURE INDONESIAN BEAUTIES.
LIBERAL WESTERN VALUES REFLECTED BY IMAGES LIKE THESE, ANALYSTS SAY, HAS ANGERED MANY HERE - CONTRASTING WITH THE MORE CONSERVATIVE IMAGE PREFERRED BY MANY IN THE COUNTRY WITH THE WORLD'S LARGEST MUSLIM POPULATION.
THE EASING OF STANDARDS IS TURNING MORE AND MORE INDONESIANS TOWARD A MORE FUNDAMENTALIST VIEW.

ADE ARMAND, UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA:
"This kind of magazine will create tension (cut) another proof of the threatening effect of modernization, westernization and globalization and it will justify their fear. And they will use this kind of fear (cut) and go back to the fundamentalist route and go to hell with your globalizations."

IT'S A TREND THAT STARTED NEARLY A DECADE AGO - EASILY SEEN IN THE GROWING NUMBERS OF WOMEN WHO CHOSE TO WEAR THE JILBAB AND COVER THEIR HEADS.

AFTER 9/11, THAT CONFLICT HAS TAKEN ADDED IMPORTANCE.

STANDUP/BRIDGE:
"THIS CLASH OF VALUES IS THE CORE CONFLICT IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD TODAY - DEFINING THE MODERATES AND THE RADICALS AND CREATING THE IDEOLOGICAL FRONT LINES IN THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR. HERE, IT IS A BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF ISLAM - BETWEEN THE MODERATES AND THE RADICALS."

IN THIS ATMOSPHERE, RADICAL MESSAGES PUSHING A RETURN TO A PURER FORM OF ISLAM ARE GAINING SUPPORT.
THERE IS, FOR INSTANCE, THE CAMPAIGN FOR ISLAMIC SHARIA LAW LED BY CLERICS LIKE ABU BAKAR BA'ASYIR, THE ALLEGED LEADER OF AL-QAEDA'S TERROR NETWORK IN THE REGION.

DIN SYAMSUDDIN, SEC GEN, INDONESIAN ULEMA COUNCIL:
"That's a good offering from the Muslim community (cut) as an answer, response to the immoralization and secularization which paved the way for the decline of our nation because of lack of morality."

BUT NOT ALL AGREE. IN FACT, FHM IS EXPECTED TO BE WILDLY POPULAR HERE. THE CHALLENGE NOW FOR INDONESIANS IS TO DECIDE WHETHER BOTH VIEWS SHOULD C-EXIST.
MARIA RESSA, CNN, JAKARTA.))
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On Wall Street at Noon,
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the Dow was DOWN 81 points. Nasdaq DOWN 26 points.

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Still ahead, a former Tech star ends up with the team he started with more than a decade ago.
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And rock star Jon Bon Jovi plays a different tune, turning from big league music to minor league football.
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Former Tech standout and free-agent point guard Bimbo Coles has returned to the team where he started his career,
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signing with the Miami Heat yesterday.
Six-foot-two Coles played for the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics last season. As a 13-year N-B-A veteran, Coles will provide depth at a position where first-round pick Dwyane Wade is expected to start. Originally the 40th pick in the 1990 draft by Sacramento, Coles played five-plus seasons with the Heat.
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[S-Dale]

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Dale Earnhardt Junior is expected to race at Talladega Superspeedway this weekend, even though NASCAR has not yet medically cleared him to compete. Earnhardt suffered a minor concussion and a sprained right foot in a wreck Sunday in Dover, Delaware.
He needs a doctor to approve he is fit to drive before he's allowed on the track.
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NASCAR's policy of medically clearing a driver was put in place partially because of Earnhardt, who admitted last season he thought he was suffering from lingering effects of a concussion in several races.
Earnhardt is fourth in points, 490 behind leader Matt Kenseth.
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[Bon-Jovi]

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Rock star Jon Bon Jovi has scored big in music and movies.
Now he's hoping to strike a chord in another arena-- arena football.
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With the help of bandmate Ritchie Sambora and his wife, actress Heather Locklear, Bon Jovi has announced himself as the co- owner of the Philadelphia Soul, a brand new Arena Football team.
The singer says this will satisfy his football addiction between N-F-L seasons, while taking part in the day-to-day operations of the team.
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The team president is E-S-P-N broadcaster and former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Ron Jaworski
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