WDBJ 7 morning news for 12/11/03

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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

[NEWSCAST=Morning]
[WRITER=jwi]
[TAPE#=03-41 TC 1:23:15]
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Henry County students will soon begin registering for next year's classes. It will be the first year of school consolidation, but as Jennifer Wishon reports, students are learning the benefits of joining forces.

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[IN Q=Henry County school]
[SUPER=03-Henry Co.; :00]
[SUPER=01-Linda Door/Career and Technical Education Director; :05]
[SUPER=01-Sharon Dodson/Henry Co. School Superintendent; :26]
[SUPER=01-Donna Hicks/Curriculum Specialist; :46]
[SUPER=01-Courtney Newnam/Bassett Junior; 1:10]
[SUPER=01-Hannah Joice/Fieldale-Collinsville Junior; 1:24]
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[OUT Q=JW, News 7, Henry County]
(( Henry County School officials were pleased at the number of students who turned out to their curriculum expo that looked more like a college fair.
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[IN Q=We are educating]
((LINDA DOOR: WE ARE EDUCATING STUDENTS FOR CAREERS THAT WE ARE NOT AWARE OF AT THIS VERY MOMENT AND SO WE TRY AND STAY ABREAST OF WHAT'S OUT THERE, PARTICULARLY WHAT INDUSTRY AND BUSINESSES SAYING THEY NEED.)) [RUNS11]
[OUT Q=saying they need]
The fair was the latest step on the way to next year's school consolidation. Nearly a dozen new courses are being expanded or added and everyone from students to counselors turned out to learn more.
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[IN Q= By combining our]
((SHARON DODSON: BY COMBINING OUR RESOURCES INTO TWO NEW SCHOOL FACILITIES AS FAR AS WHAT GOES ON INSIDE, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THE KIDS A CURRICULUM SECOND TO NONE IN VIRGINIA.)) [RUNS13]
[OUT Q=none in Virginia]
A curriculum that includes Criminal Justice, Pre- engineering and opportunities to intern.
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[IN Q=Forensic science is one]
((DONNA HICKS/CURRICULUM SPECIALIST: FORENSIC SCIENCE IS ONE THAT WE PLAN TO OFFER. WITH CSI AND COLD CASE AND ALL THE TV PROGRAMS THAT ARE ON KIDS ARE FASCINATED WITH THIS TYPE OF SCIENCE.)) [RUNS11]
[OUT Q=type of science]
And while students WILL have a whole new academic environment, the name, mascot and colors at Bassett and Magna Vista High Schools will stay the same. Last week the school board voted not to change the school mascots to incorporate the high schools being vacated.
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[IN Q=I was glad]
((COURTNEY NEWNAM/BASSETT JUNIOR: I WAS GLAD... MORE WELCOME THEN THEY ACTUALLY THINK THEY WILL.)) [RUNS11]
[OUT Q=think they will]

[BUTT BUTT BUTT BUTT]

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[IN Q=They're getting used ]
((HANNAH JOICE/FIELDALE-COLLINSVILLE STUDENT: THEY'RE GETTING USED TO THE IDEA OF US GOING TO A DIFFERENT SCHOOL AND THE ACADEMIC PROGRAMS WILL HELPS US TO MESH TOGETHER BECAUSE THERE WILL BE DIFFERENT CHANCES FOR US TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS.)) [RUNS12]
[OUT Q=do different things]
School officials are also working with Patrick Henry Community College. They hope to create joint programs that will quickly train work- bound students. Jennifer Wishon, News 7, Henry County.))

[Malvo]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
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Attorneys trying to keep alleged sniper Lee Malvo off death row are expected to rest their case today at his capital murder trial in Chesapeake.
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[VO-NAT]

Meanwhile, the prosecution is expected to call its own mental health expert.
That after two psychiatrists for the defense testified that Malvo couldn't tell right from wrong, which is the legal standard for insanity.
They added that Malvo lost his sense of identity to convicted sniper John Muhammad, and was unable to resist the impulse to commit murder.
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[Bush-Iraq]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
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[ENG#=3]

President Bush has decided to punish the countries who didn't join the war effort in Iraq.
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Bush is excluding them from the re-building of the country.
Leaders from Russia, France, Germany, Canada and others are angry with the U-S decision to bar companies in those nations from bidding on reconstruction projects.
They say the decision is unacceptable and is a threat to future support.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon says the move may encourage more countries to join the U-S led coalition.
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[6-Warner-Taxes]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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[GRAPHIC=Tax Reform]
[ENG#=4]

Governor Mark Warner defended his tax reform plan in Lynchburg yesterday. He explained how he hopes to overhaul the state's tax code and balance the budget at the same time.

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[VO-NAT]
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Warner is criss-crossing the state, trying to drum up support for his plan to raise state sales and cigarette taxes, while cutting other taxes.
Some Republicans are disputing the figures, and several analysts say the changes could end up hurting poor residents.
But Warner fired back yesterday.
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[IN Q=I challenge anyone]
((GOV. MARK WARNER: I CHALLENGE ANYONE SHOW ME A BUSINESS PLAN FOR THE NEXT SIX YEARS WHERE WE CAN GROW OUR WAY OUT OF THIS PROBLEM. WE'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH IT AND THE NOTION THAT WE HAVEN'T MADE CUTS WHEN WE'VE ALREADY CUT SIX BILLION DOLLARS IS JUST CRAZY.)) ((DEL. PRESTON BRYANT/R-LYNCHBURG: I'M ENCOURAGED THAT MOST MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE ARE KEEPING THEIR POWDER DRY, THEY'RE NOT RULING IT OUT, THEY'RE MAKING NO COMMITMENTS EITHER WAY. THEY'RE WAITING TO UNDERSTAND THE DETAILS AND THAT'S THE MOST WE CAN HOPE FOR RIGHT NOW.))
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[SUPER=01-Del. Preston Bryant/(R) Lynchburg; :16]
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[OUT Q=hope for right now.]
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[VO-NAT]

Warner maintains that, under his plan, two thirds of Virginians will end up paying fewer taxes than they do now.
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[11Boucher]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=rde]
[TAPE#=03-45 TC1:07:48]
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A Democratic Congress man is defending his support of the new, nearly 500-billion dollar Medicare bill.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-File Tape]

Congressman Rick Boucher says the bill will help thousands of low income seniors in the New River Valley get free medicines and smaller co-payments.
He says local hospitals will also get nearly 80-million dollars in extra funding and doctors will receive higher Medicare Re-imbursements.
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[IN Q=It's also]
((RICK BOUCHER: IT ALSO TREMENDOUSLY BENEFITS THE LOW INCOME ELDERLY AND EXPANDS UPON OUR STATE'S MEDICAID PROGRAM WHICH OFFERS FREE PRESCRIPTION MEDICINES BY BRINGING THE ELIGIBILITY LEVEL FROM 80-PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL WHERE IT IS TODAY TO 150-PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL UNDER THE NEW LAW.))
[SUPER=01-Rep. Rick Boucher/(D) 9th District;]
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[OUT Q=the new law.]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg]

But his support does not come without intense criticism of the bill's prescription medicine coverage for seniors. He says it won't take effect for 2-years and leaves a huge gap in coverage.
He says he'll support new legislation to change that part of the bill.
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[Nixon-Tapes]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[WRITER=kmc]
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There's new insight into the life-- and opinions-- of late President Richard Nixon.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-File Tape;]

Just- released tapes from the National Archives capture private conversations on everything from the Vietnam War to minorities in Washington, as well as his candid feelings about future President Ronald Reagan.
The discussion was with his chief of staff, H-R Haldeman.
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[IN Q=Reagan on a personal]
((RICHARD NIXON: "REAGAN ON A PERSONAL BASIS, IS TERRIBLE. HE JUST ISN'T PLEASANT TO BE AROUND" HALDEMAN - "NO - HE ISN'T" NIXON- "I DUNNO.. MAYBE HE'S DIFFERENT WITH OTHERS" HALDEMAN - "NO, I DON'T THINK SO" NIXON - "NO - HE'S JUST AN UNCOMFORTABLE MAN TO BE AROUND.))
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[OUT Q=to be around.]
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[VO-NAT]

It was Nixon himself who installed the system that recorded that conversation and many others-- including those notorious comments about Watergate which eventually led to his resignation.
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[11Radio-Stations]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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[WRITER=jwi]
[TAPE#=net]
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[ENG=none]

Half a dozen local radio stations have been knocked off the air by the Federal Communications Commission. The stations were silenced Monday after they failed to renew their licenses. Management at South Boston's W-H-L-F AM radio say they planned to go out of business, but Pulaski's W-B-L-B is scrambling to get back on the air. Officials with the Christian station say the renewal was overlooked, but that they hope to be back on the air today.

Call letters of the canceled stations are now up for grabs.

[Marketwatch]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Business News]
[ENG#=1]

In business news, The November retail sales numbers are due out today.
Alexis Christoforous has that story and more in this morning's Marketwatch.
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((RETAILERS WILL BE IN THE SPOTLIGHT ON WALL STREEET TODAY.... WHEN WE GET > THE NOVEMBER RETAIL SALES NUMBERS... > > ALSO ON THE STOCKS TO WATCH LIST, THE AIRLINES... IN PARTICULAR UNITED > AIRLINES ... IT'S PARENT COMPANY UAL HOPES TO FLY OUT OF BANKRUPTCY EARLY > NEXT YEAR. > THE GOVERNMENT MUST STILL RULE ON UNITED'S REQUEST TO STRETCH OUT PENSION > PAYMENTS OVER SEVERAL YEARS. > > THE NEWS IS NOT SO GOOD FOR US AIRWAYS.. THE CREDIT RATINGS AGENCY > STANDARD AND POORS SAYS THE $1.6 BILLION DOLLARS IN US AIRWAYS DEBT IS AT > RISK FOR DOWNGRADE AND HAS BEEN PUT ON CREDITWATCH. STANDARD AND POORS > SAYS ITS CONCERNED ABOUT COMPETITION FROM LOW COST AIRLINES AND HIGHER > FUEL PRICES. > ON WALL STREET.. AFTER A YO-YO DAY OF TRADING.. STOCKS FINISHED NOT TOO > FAR FROM WHERE THEY STARTED THE DAY. > > > THE DOW DIPPED A POINT AND A HALF > > THE NASDAQ SLIPPED MORE THAN 3 > > AND Freddie Mac has agreed to pay the government 125 million dollars in > damages to settle charges that the mortgage giant manipulated its earnings > numbers to please wall street analysts....FREDDIE MAC DID NOT ADMIT ANY > WRONGDOING... > > tobacco stocks had a good day after a jury rejected claims from a > floriday man that the tobacco companies were to blame for his lung cancer > and emphysyma....analysts say the tide seems to be turning in such cases, > with jurors refusing to award money to smokers who knew the dangers of > their actions up front. > > TRACK ALL THE MARKET ACTION AT CBS.MW.COM... IN NY I'M AC.))

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[Children-Drowned]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
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A young mother and her boyfriend are being held on five million dollars' bond each for the drowning of her three children.
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Amanda Hamm and Maurice Lagrone are charged with first- degree murder.
The children, ranging in age from 23 months to six years old, died when the car they were in went off a boat ramp and into an Illinois lake.
Police haven't yet offered a motive.
Both suspects could face the death penalty if they're convicted.
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[11Henry-Fatal]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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[WRITER=jda]
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An Axton man was killed when his car crashed in Henry County.
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State Police say 44-year old Lonnie Lee Wilson was travelling north on route 632 yesterday afternoon when he ran off the right side of the road.
The car overturned in a creek and landed on its top in six feet of water.
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
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Wilson died at the scene.

[M'ville-Burglaries]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[WRITER=tco]
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Two Martinsville men are behind bars after police respond to a robbery. On Tuesday, police responded to a burglary call at Uptown Automotives to find 18 year old Herbert Shawon Nowlin and 18 year old Joseph Reed Sink hiding on the premises. During the investigation officers linked the men to three other robberies in the area and recovered over $4,000 in stolen goods. A total of 24 charges have been brought against the two men.

[6-Christmas-Store]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=rde]
[TAPE#=03-54 TC18:21]
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[ENG#=]

The Montgomery County Christmas Store is expecting a record crowd this year.
New River Valley Bureau Chief Rachel DePompa has a look at how the annual event is trying to make sure every family has presents under the tree.
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[IN Q=Welcome to the Christmas]
[SUPER=03-Christiansburg; :00]
[SUPER=01-Catherine Breske/Volunteer; :09]
[SUPER=@Rachel1; :31]
[SUPER=01-Patsy Dillon-Long/Christmas Store President; :37]
[SUPER=01-Stacey Brennan/Shopper; :54]
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[OUT Q=Rachel DePompa, News 7.]
((Welcome to the Christmas store. A place where long lines....
NATS OF SHOPPING CART 7:32:29:00
and overflowing shopping carts aren't so bad.

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[IN Q=You really come]
((CATHERINE BRESKE: YOU REALLY COME HERE I THINK TO GET YOU IN THE MOOD FOR THE REST OF THE HOLIDAY BECAUSE IT REALLY PUTS YOU IN THE SPIRIT)) [RUNS:06]
[OUT Q=you in the spirit]

In the spirit because these shoppers are getting the gift... of free gifts. Most of the shoppers can't afford a Christmas, and this places lets them have it. There are shelves of new and used toys, clothes and household goods.
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[IN Q=The store has]
((RACHEL DEPOMPA: THE STORE HAS A 137-THOUSAND DOLLAR BUDGET THIS YEAR BECAUSE THEY NEED ENOUGH GIFTS TO GIVE TO 11-HUNDRED FAMILIES.)) [RUNS:07]
[OUT Q=hundred families.]

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[IN Q=You know my goal]
((PATSY DILLON-LONG: YOU KNOW MY GOAL OF COURSE WOULD BE TO BE OUT OF BUSINESS, AND WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HELP ANYBODY, BUT THAT'S JUST NOT A REALITY SITUATION RIGHT NOW :06)) [RUNS:06]
[OUT Q=situation right now.]

NATS TAPING UP GOODS-7:30:43:00
So many are in need, there's a record number of volunteers this year. More than a thousand people will donate their time in just 4-days.

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[IN Q=I think it's wonderful]
((STACEY BRENNAN: I THINK ITS WONDERFUL I THINK ITS GREAT THAT EVERYBODY GETS TOGETHER AND COMES DOWN AND HELPS THE CHILDREN. AS YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE WONDERFUL GIFTS. EVERYBODY'S SO SWEET AND NICE AND WONDERFUL. :14)) [RUNS:14]
[OUT Q=and wonderful.]
Rachel DePompa, News 7))

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[ANCHOR=Kim]
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The Christmas store is in Christiansburg and is open all day through Saturday. That's when it will close at 2 p-m.

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[TAKE PHONE NUMBER]
If you want to try and set up a time you can call 540-381-0585. Also, the store is still excepting donations. They need money and of course clothing and toys.
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[6-Weights-measures]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mmu]
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When Virginians buy a gallon of gas or pay for a pound of salami, how do they know they're not being shortchanged?
Meghan Muldoon has the answer.
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[IN Q=EACH TIME A GALLON OF GAS IS PUMPED]
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[SUPER=01-Alan Rogers/Virginia Office Industry Standards; :28]
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[OUT Q=MM, NEWS 7, RICHMOND]

(( Every time a gallon of gas is pumped,
or a pound of potato salad sold,
or a motorist pulled over for speeding,
Virginia's Metrology lab is involved. [NAT SOUND OF TUNING FORK] [RUNS:02]
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((ALAN ROGERS/OFFICE OF INDUSTRY STANDARDS: EVERYTHING WE DO IS DIRECTED AT THE PROTECTION OF THE CONSUMER.)) [RUNS:04]
The state has been involved in measurement standards since the colonial days.
Almost four centuries later, the office of product and industry standards regulates ninety percent of all transactions all across Virginia.
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((ALAN ROGERS/OFFICE OF PRODUCT & INDUSTRY STANDARDS: ON ANY GIVEN DAY THEY MAY BE INSPECTING GAS PUMPS, INSPECTING SCALES, INSPECTING TAXI METERS, FUEL DELIVERY TRUCKS, PROPANE GAS METERS, THEY MAY BE SAMPLING GASOLINE FOR QUALITY ASPECTS, SAMPLING AG COMMODITIES SUCH AS FERTILIZER, FEED, SEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MEETS TRUTH IN LABELING STATEMENTS.)) [RUNS:23]
Virginia's metrology lab maintains the official weights and measures standards of the Commonwealth and is one of only ten that are nationally accredited.
And that means they are precise.
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((MEGHAN MULDOON REPORTING: THIS IS A WEIGHT USED TO TEST TRUCK SCALES. WHEN VIRGINIA'S METROLOGY SAYS IT IS ONE THOUSAND POUNDS YOU CAN BET THAT THEY ARE ACCURATE WITHIN THIS AMOUNT, ONE AND A HALF OUNCES.)) [RUNS:11]

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((ALAN ROGERS/OFFICE OF PRODUCT & INDUSTRY STANDARDS: IT'S ONE OF THE FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT THAT IF YOU ASK SOMEONE YEAH, I KNOW IT'S BEING DONE, I ASSUME ITS BEING DONE BUT I'M NOT SURE WHO DOES IT.)) [RUNS:07]
Now you know it is the state's metrology lab that more than measures up.
Meghan Muldoon, News 7, Richmond.))
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[COMM] [Biz-Brief]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Business News]
[ENG#=2]

In business news, Stocks fell yesterday. Stan Case has more in today's business brief.
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[OUT Q=I'm Stan Case.]
((THE MAJOR AVERAGES CLOSED NEARLY UNCHANGED ON WEDNESDAY.

THE DOW LOST ONE-POINT...
THE NASDAQ WAS DOWN THREE.

THE DEMAND FOR MORTGAGES APPEARS TO BE EASING.
THE MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION SAYS REQUESTS FOR NEW MORTGAGES DECLINED BY 12 PERCENT LAST WEEK, BRINGING THE WEEKLY VOLUME TO ITS LOWEST LEVEL IN NEARLY A YEAR AND A HALF.
THE ASSOCIATION SAYS THE INCREASE IN MORTGAGE RATES FROM THEIR LOWS IN MAY CONTRIBUTED TO THE DROP.
NEW LOAN REQUESTS FOR REFINANCING ALSO DECLINED FOR THE WEEK TO AN 18-MONTH LOW.

FREDDIE MAC HAS AGREED TO PAY A 125-MILLION-DOLLAR PENALTY TO SETTLE ALLEGATIONS IT MANIPULATED EARNINGS REPORTS.
THE OFFICE OF FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT HAD CHARGED FREDDIE MAC WITH IGNORING ACCOUNTING RULES FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
IN NOVEMBER, THE AGENCY SAID IT UNDERREPORTED EARNINGS BY FOUR-POINT-FOUR-BILLION-DOLLARS FOR THE YEARS 2000 THROUGH 2002.

THE ECONOMY CONTINUES TO HEMORRHAGE JOBS.
S-B-S COMMUNICATIONS IS CUTTING ITS WORKFORCE BY AS MANY AS FOUR-THOUSAND.
S-B-S SAYS THE LAYOFFS WILL TAKE PLACE IN ITS FOURTH QUARTER.
THE COMPANY SAYS THE MOVE IS IN AN EFFORT TO CUT COSTS.
S-B-S IS THE NATION'S NUMBER TWO LOCAL TELEPHONE COMPANY.

WITH THE BUSINESS BRIEF, I'M STAN CASE.))

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[5-Simmons]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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[WRITER=ejo]
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A pregnant 17 year old pleaded "no contest" yesterday to helping abduct a woman from a Roanoke hotel parking lot last June.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]

Monique Simmons could get two life sentences, but it's likely she'll get a lot less when she is sentenced in March.
Simmons admitted her role in the abduction of 22-year old Tiffany Young as Young was about to check in at the Wyndham Hotel. Three juveniles grabbed her, threw her in the trunk of her car, and drove around for three hours. (------------) The victim managed to escape when the group stopped at a convenience store in Campbell County.