WDBJ 7 news at Noon for 11/10/03

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A major ruling this morning in the capital murder case of a man accused of killing a Franklin County teacher's aide and bus driver.
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And jury selection begins in the case of sniper suspect Lee Malvo.
His attorneys say Malvo was brainwashed.

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Sunny and cool today but warmer weather's heading our way. I'll have your forecast.
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A Franklin County man charged with capital murder will NOT face the death penalty.
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A judge ruled this morning the charges against Christopher Picard do not meet the standards of a death penalty case.
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Picard's trial began this morning in Rocky Mount. Jury selection is now underway.
Picard is charged with murdering Lori Metts Hodges Boyd, a Franklin County teacher's aide and bus driver.
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She was found strangled in the back of her burning car in September of 2002.
Prosecutors say Picard's foot and fingerprints link him to the crime, but his attorneys say he touched some of the items after stumbling across them.
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Lee Malvo has pleaded NOT guilty to one of the D-C sniper shootings, as jury selection begins in his trial.
His attorneys are expected to argue that the teenager was ``brainwashed'' by the other suspect, and is NOT responsible for the crimes.
Jennifer Donelan reports from Chesapeake.
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HE WAS ONLY 17 YEARS OLD WHEN HE WAS ACCUSED OF HIDING IN THE DARKNESS AND KILLING AT RANDOM. LEE BOYD MALVO - THE ALLEGED SECOND D.C. SNIPER - IS NOW 18 AND FACES THE DEATH PENALTY.

Sot - Craig Cooley/Malvo Defense Attorney
There is a certain amount of nervousness that goes with approaching trial. He is still courteaous to us.
MALVO IS CHARGED WITH CAPITAL MURDER AND TODAY LAWYERS BEGIN THE TEDIOUS PROCESS OF TRYING TO SELECT AN UNBIASED JURY IN A COMMUNITY 200 MILES FROM THE CRIME SCENES. ONE YEAR AGO13 UNSUSPECTING PEOPLE WERE SHOT10 DIEDONE MURDER IS THE FOCUS OF MALVOS TRIAL.

FBI ANALYST LINDA FRANKLIN WAS LOADING PACKAGES INTO HER CAR AT A HOME-DEPOT IN FALLS CHURCH VIRGINIA. HER HUSBANDONLY FEET AWAYWHEN SHE FELL DEAD FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD.

MALVO-S LAWYERS WILL ARGUE THAT HE WAS ORDERED TO KILL MANIPULATED AND CONTROLLED BY A FATHER FIGURE AND THE ALLEGED MASTERMIND OF THE SHOOTINGSJOHN ALLEN MUHAMMAD. MUHAMMADS OWN TRIAL BEGAN 5 WEEKS AGO AND IS WINDING DOWN 14 MILES AWAY IN VIRGINIA BEACH.
THE GOVERNMENT SAYS MALVO BRAGGED ABOUT THE KILLINGS TO INVESTIGATORS AND PRISON GUARDS

Sot - Robert Horan/Fairfax Commonwealth Attorney
We will present extensive evidence about the statements he made.

AND PROSECUTORS SAY MALVO-S FINGERPRINTS WERE FOUND ON THE SNIPER WEAPONTHE BUSHMASTER RIFLE.

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The U-S is stepping up military operations in Iraq, as another American casualty is added to the U-S death toll.
Kimberly Dozier has the latest from Baghdad.
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After the deadliest week so far for US occupying forcesthey showed their might over the weekenda message to militants that they're not just going to sit and take it.
(tikrit raid Friday) IN TIKRIT, THEY TARGETTED MILITANT HIDEOUTS WITH FULL FORCE.

(SOT Maj. Josslyn Aberle, PAO, Sat Wknd Rim)
"close air support from the Air Force, infantry, Bradley fighting vehicles, attack aviation, Abrams tanks and artillery."
F16 FIGHTER JETS DROPPED THREE FIVE-HUNDRED-POUND BOMBS NEAR THE SITE WHERE A BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER WAS TAKEN OUT BY GROUND FIRE - KILLING SIX SOLDIERS.

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THE BOMB BLASTS DESTROYED EMPTY BUILDINGS GUERILLAS HAD USED TO FIRE FROM.

(SOT Col. Steve Russell, 0720)
"We wanted to one, eliminate those threats and two, show that we do have claws and fangs."

(Sunday Baghdad & Basra - unremarkable pix - REUTERS)
DESPITE THE ACTION, ATTACKS AGAINST US FORCES CONTINUED SUNDAY - A ROADSIDE BOMB KILLED ONE AMERICAN NEAR BAGHDAD, AND ANOTHER ATTACK WOUNDED A BRITISH SOLDIER IN BASRA.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S NUMBER TWO, ON A VISIT HERE, CONCEDED IT DOES LOOK A LOT LIKE A WAR ZONE.

(SOT Dept. Sec. Of State Dick Armitage-Sat Wknd Rim)
"We are involved in an insurgency, and that's pretty close to war."

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AMERICA'S TOP OFFICIAL HERE IS REPORTEDLY CONSIDERING A CONTROVERSIAL IRAQI NATIONAL COUNCIL PROPOSAL TO USE MEMBERS OF ARMED IRAQI MILITIAS, LINKED TO SOME OF THE POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE COUNCIL, TO BEEF UP AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE.

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UNTIL INTELLIGENCE IMPROVES, THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP THE PEACE MAY BE TO REIMPOSE THE CURFEWS THAT HAD BEEN LIFTED FOR THE MUSLIM HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN

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THE CURFEW IS BACK IN TIKRIT, TO KEEP GUERILLAS FROM USING THE COVER OF DARKNESSTO PLANT THE BOMBS AND FIRE THE MORTARS THAT ARE COSTING AMERICAN LIVES. KIMBERLY DOZIER, CBS NEWS, BAGHDAD.
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It's a second chance at life for a California toddler, who was found floating face down in her family's swimming pool.
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Doctors had actually pronounced 20- month- old Mackayala Jespersen dead last Friday.
But more than 40- minutes later, police detective Mike Kendrick was investigating the apparent drowning, when he noticed the girl was starting to breathe again on her own.
Mackayala was transferred to Childrens Hospital of Orange County, where a spokeswoman says she remains in critical condition.
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Coming up after the break, we'll speak live with the Kitchen Detective, as he tries to take the mystery out of some of your favorite recipes.
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But first, some Roanoke residents want to put a stop to a proposed methadone clinic, before it moves into their neighborhood.
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Some residents in northwest Roanoke don't want to see a proposed methadone clinic move into their neighborhood. As Jennifer Wishon tells us, they are concerned about what the clinic will attract.
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The same type of drug treatment clinic that upset Roanoke County resident now has city residents taking names. Roanoke's chapter of the Southern Leadership Conference is leading the campaign to guide the clinic elsewhere.
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((PERNELLER CHUBB-WILSON: WE FEEL VERY SORRY ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON DRUGS AND THEY DO NEED HELP BUT WE HAVE ENOUGH PROBLEMS AS IT IS WITH OUR CHILDREN GOING TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY SEEING DRUG DEALERS AND DRUG ADDICTS GOING UP AND DOWN COVE ROAD AS IT IS NOW.))
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Recovering drug addict Eddie Muse says there's no doubt that the clinic would attract dealers and negative behavior.
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((EDDIE MUSE: I'M A RECOVERING ADDICT MYSELF AND YOU KNOW A LOT OF TIMES YOU KNOW YOU GET FRUSTRATED WITH LIFE WHEN THINGS DO GO YOUR WAY AND YOU TAKE IT OUT ON OTHER PEOPLE AND YOU FIND WAYS TO USE AND IT'S JUST A BAD SITUATION ALL THE WAY AROUND.))
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The clinic's close proximity to a number of schools is the main reason SCLC Chairman Jeff Artis would like to see the clinic decide on a more urban setting.
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((JEFF ARTIS: IF PEOPLE ARE THIS SICK, AS SICK AS THEY SAY THEY ARE THEY NEED TO BE IN A HOSPITAL SETTING.))
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Pastor Shadrack Brown and the congregation of Garden of Prayer number seven plan to build a new gym and sanctuary on the property that backs up to the proposed clinic. Church leaders worry about their youth being exposed to criminals.
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The SCLC is prepared to photograph those who seek treatment at the clinic to determine whether or not they have a criminal record and then post their pictures and records on a website. But Artis hopes it will never come to that. In about a week the SCLC plans to approach Roanoke City Council with a plan that they hope will correct the situation.
Jennifer Wishon, News 7, Roanoke.))

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A shake-up in the Presidential campaign of Massachusetts Senator John Kerry--
Sources say the Democrat has fired his campaign manager.
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Kerry appeared yesterday on "Face the Nation," focusing most of his comments on campaign rival, Howard Dean, whom Kerry is trailing in the polls.
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In a statement, Kerry said campaign manager Jim Jordan's job is being given to a veteran Democratic operative, Mary Beth Cahill, and that Jordan's being offered another position.
Cahill is currently chief of staff for Senator Ted Kennedy.

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He's known as the Sherlock Holmes of the culinary set--
Christopher Kimball is the founder of Cook's Illustrated Magazine, host of a cooking program on public television, and is also the author of several best- selling cookbooks.
He's made it his mission to solve some of the mysteries of cooking.
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Christopher joins us this afternoon to talk about his newest book, "The Kitchen Detective."
Good Afternoon, Christopher.

(It sounds like you have the curiosity of a journalist...how did you become so interested in the culinary arts?)

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(In "The Kitchen Detective," you promise 150 foolproof recipes... What makes a recipe foolproof?)

(What are a couple of the most common cooking mysteries that you've managed to solve during your career?)

(You have some interesting tidbits in the book, like the history of the boxed macaroni and cheese, that was only popula
r with World War One soldiers....)
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Thanks for talking with us today, Christopher.

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Still to come on the newscast,
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one of London's biggest hits these days is an Opera about Heaven, Hell and Jerry Springer. We'll take a look after the break.
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It's high art meets trash T-V.
There's a new opera based on talk show host Jerry Springer, and it's becoming the biggest sensation in London.
Tom Fenton reports.
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narration:.....JERRY SPRINGER THE TV HOST TO VOYEURS AND EXHIBITIONISTS . HAS COME TO LONDON TO SEE JERRY SPRINGER THE OPERAA BRILLIANT PARODY OF THE REAL SHOW....

JERRY SPRINGER SOT Opera really is our show put to music, cause our
show has all the traditional themes of opera, the chaos, the mock tragedy, the farce, gender misidentification,
look at little piggy see show she squeals my advice to you bitch, get a face peel loser loser loser loser
T ALL BEGAN WHEN COMPOSER RICHARD THOMAS - A HUGE JERRY SPRINGER FAN, - WAS WATCHING TV WITH THE SOUND TURNED DOWN.
do you want some come and get it come and get it
RICHARD THOMAS Eight people on stage screaming at each other you had a chorus, an audience screaming at them and I suddenly thought the parallels between this and opera are really obvious ...loads of shouting and no one can understand a word that's been said.
you're so tragic you're so sad cos your brother is your dad
SO HE ORCHESTRATED THE CURSES AND SLANDERS AND HOWLS OF DESPAIR AND AMERICA'S BEST KNOWN TRASHY TV TALK SHOW HAS BECOME LONDON'S HOTTEST HIT
kill all gays, kill all gays, welcome to the show tremont
IN THE SECOND ACT JERRY GOES TO HELL, HOSTING THE ULTIMATE TALK SHOW BETWEEN GOD AND THE DEVIL,
RICHARD THOMAS he reconciles the forces of good and evil STEWART LEE which is something he never does on the show he always avoids conflict resolution RICHARD THOMAS its the greatest piece of conflict resolution in the history of opera...///and also its got funny swearing in it.
i just want to fing dance
which is the main selling point (laughs)
this is my jerry springer moment...
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LORE LIXENBERG, A CLASSICALLY TRAINED OPERA SINGER NOW PLAYING A BABY FETISHIST SAYS OPERA TRADITIONALLY REFLECTS THE LANGUAGE OF ITS DAY
080708 what the f--k what the f--k what
the f---ing f---ing f-ck but put to a beautiful phrase of musicmusic is
kind of it does transform it,,,,at the same time if someone is saying to you i',m sleeping with your best friend or you can say it with this incredible Puccini-esque phrase which KIND OF magnifies it

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you watch people in the audience their whole faces just drop they can't believe they hear what they are hearing it its really good fun.
THE WRITERS INSIST THEIR CREATION DOESN'T MAKE FUN OF THE SHOW OR AMERICANS THAT THE OPERA UNDERSCORES THE GRAND PASSIONS OF THE CHARACTERS. AND GIVE THEM DIGNITY...
Stewart Lee Jerry Springer Opera is about notions of forgiveness and tolerance really for different kinds of people
JERRY SPRINGER FAMOUSLY SAID HE WISHED HE'D THOUGHT OF IT HIMSELF..
Jerry Springer: It's just me a shlub with a show, and my mother would have been so proud she's have said Gerald you have culture you're an opera.
For the Early Show, I'm Tom Fenton in London ))

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On Wall Street at Noon, the DOW was DOWN 44 points. The NASDAQ has lost 31.
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Nascar's leader takes an even stronger lead in points as he cruises to a win at the Rock.
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And the Redskins finally end their losing streak, as Spurrier gets help at the reins.
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Matt Kenseth has led the Winston Cup points race since March.
Yesterday at the Rock, he joined Allan Kulwicki as the only Wisconsin- born drivers to claim a championship.
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Ryan Newman started on the pole for the 11th time this season, but he didn't stay there long.
Jeff Gordon spun Newman around, but he was able to recover for a 5th place finish.
Bill Elliott started last after changing engines, but he charged to the front, taking the lead at lap 186, and holding off Jimmie Johnson for the win.
The man of the hour, though, was Kenseth, who finished 4th, bringing the Cup to Roush Racing for the first time.
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Kenseth has just one victory this season, but he has eleven top fives and 26 top tens.

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The Washington Redskins four- game losing streak is now over.
Yesterday, Steve Spurrier relinquished the play- calling duties to offensive coordinator Hue Jackson.
And the Skins didn' give up a sack for the first time all season en route to a 7 point win over Seattle.
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Patrick Ramsey didn't know what to do with all that free time in the pocket, so why not throw to Rod Gardner for a 14 yard touchdown, tying things at 14 by halftime.
Late in the game, it was still tied at 20 when Spurrier resorted to some trickery.
Ramsey found Gardner, who then lofts a perfect pass to
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Trung Canidate all by himself in the endzone for the game winning score.
Washington won it 27 to 20.
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