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[VO-NAT]
Coming up on News 7 Sunday Morning.......
A fire knocks out the power to 120-thousand people in San Francisco.
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[ANCHOR=Joy]
And a house fire in Martinsville forces a man and his wife to jump from a window.
We will have more on those stories in just a few minutes.
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[M'ville-Fire]
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A house fire in Martinsville early this morning sent two people to the hospital.
67 year old Oscar Stevens, Jr. and his wife were forced to jump from a window when their Liberty Street home caught fire.
Stevens is said to have suffered second degree burns.
His wife injured her arm in the fall.
Their son escaped without injury.
The house was destroyed in the blaze.
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[ANCHOR=Joy]
[NEWSCAST=sun]
[WRITER=jsu]
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[ENG#=2]
Officials say an electrical fire in a substation is to blame for a massive power outage in San Francisco.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-San Francisco, CA]
About 120-thousand customers have been without power since about 6pm last night.
At one point engineers were able to restore power to about half of those affected. But the lights went out again after they discovered the substation fire had not been contained.
Officials don't know what caused the fire or who long it will take before full power is restored.
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[Goodlatte]
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[NEWSCAST=Weekend AM]
[WRITER=jwi]
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Congressman Bob Goodlatte is home from a 19- thousand mile journey last week to Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kuwait and Iraq.
He says the U-S faces many challenges in the future, but is pleased with the progress being made.
Jennifer Wishon has the story
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[IN Q=The schools are open]
[SUPER=@Goodlatte; :00]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :15]
[SUPER=03-Baghdad, Iraq; :45]
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[OUT Q=JW, News 7, Roanoke.]
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[SOT 15:47:45]
[IN Q=The schools are open]
((THE SCHOOLS ARE OPEN, THE HOSPITALS ARE OPEN, THE STREETS OF BAGHDAD ARE TEAMING WITH PEOPLE. I WAS TOLD THAT BEFORE SADDAM HUSSEIN FELL THERE WERE ABOUT HALF A MILLION AUTOMOBILES IN BAGHDAD, NOW THERE ARE ABOUT 1.2 MILLION.))
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[OUT Q=about 1.2 million]
For someone who wanted to measure progress, Goodlatte picked a good time to travel.
The Congressman was having lunch with U-S troops in Rammstein, Germany when he learned Saddam Hussein had been captured.
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[IN Q=And then we went from]
((AND THEN WE WENT FROM GERMANY TO AFGHANISTAN AND WE WENT TO BAGRAM AIR FORCE BASE THERE AND OF COURSE THEY WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT BUT IT ALSO MADE THEM ALL THE MORE RESOLVED TO SAY WELL THEY GOT SADDAM, WE'RE GOING TO FIND OSAMA BIN LADEN, WE'RE GOING TO FIND MULLAH OMAR SO MORALE IS VERY HIGH, PEOPLE ARE VERY UPBEAT.))
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[OUT Q=are very upbeat]
Goodlatte says cooperation among the Iraqi people is steadily increasing as the U-S undertakes about 100 new reconstruction projects every day.
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[SOT 15:51:42]
[IN Q=We visited the U-S]
((WE VISITED THE US MILITARY FACILITIES IN KUWAIT WHERE THEY DO ALL THE LOGISTICAL SUPPLYING AND THE MOVEMENT OF TROOPS IN AND OUT OF IRAQ. THEY SEND THE EQUIVALENT OF 800 TRUCKS A DAY FROM KUWAIT INTO IRAQ AND SINCE IT TAKES SEVERAL DAYS FOR A CONVOY TO MOVE WE WERE TOLD THERE ARE 6 OR 7 THOUSAND TRUCKS AT A TIME DELIVERING TRUCKS INTO IRAQ.))
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((JENNIFER WISHON/JWISHON@WDBJ7.COM: AS CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE GOODLATTE PAID SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE REGION'S AGRICULTURE ACTIVITY. HE SAYS BOTH THE U-S AND BRITAIN ARE PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO AFGHANISTAN'S LARGE POPPY CROP WHICH IS A PRINCIPLE SOURCE OF HEROIN. JENNIFER WISHON, NEWS 7, ROANOKE.))
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A weekend D-U-I checkpoint in Pulaski turned up something other than alcohol.
State police arrested 26-year-old Packis Sumter of Radford yesterday, after discovering more than 300-grams of cocaine and about an ounce of marijuana in his car.
Officers say they searched Sumter's car near that same checkpoint the night before, but did not find anything.
Police believe Sumter may have thrown the drugs out of the car, and came back to the area to look for them.
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[ANCHOR=Joy One Shot]
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[WRITER=jen]
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[ENG#=1]
A national title is decided in Salem. Highlights are just ahead in sports.
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[OUT Q=...News7 Sunday Morning.]
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[Health-Review]
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[NEWSCAST=sun am]
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In health review,
The so called, "morning after pill " could soon be available over-the-counter.
And the Roanoke City Health Department gets more of the flu vaccine.
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[SUPER=01-Dr. Randall Falls/Planned Parenthood of the Blue Ridge; :34]
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While health providers gave out their remaining supplies of their flu vaccine last week-- local health departments received additional doses.
The Roanoke City Health Department got 100 more doses of serum --but is only making that available to those at high risk for the flu. And Martinsville's Health Department is now offering Flu -mist the nasal version of the vaccine.
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In other health news,
A government advisory panel is recommending that the FDA make the morning after pill available over-the-counter.
Dr. Randall Falls with Planned Parenthood of the Blue Ridge says he is also in favor of the idea.
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[IN Q=If our society really]
((IF OUR SOCIETY REALLY WANTS TO DO SOMETHING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ABORTION THIS COULD BE HUGE. THIS IS DEFINITELY A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION))
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But some opponents say this is a form of abortion.
The President of the American Life League says the pills in question do not prevent pregnancy from occurring, but rather end the life of a baby after his or her life has begun at fertilization."
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[SOT 21:19:36]
[IN Q=It may in some cases result in a very early]
(( IT MAY IN SOME CASES RESULT IN A VERY EARLY LOSS OF PREGNANCY JUST BECAUSE IT DIDN'T IMPLANT. IT'S NOT CLEAR THAT'S THE PREDOMINANT IT WAY IT WORKS AND CERTAINLY IT DOES WORK IN OTHER WAYS ))
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Falls points out, however, that emergency contraception is nothing more than a higher dose of one the hormones in the birth control pill.
The morning after pill has be taken within 72 hours of intercourse. The longer you wait to take it --the less effective it will be.
That's health review, ))
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[Music]
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[WRITER=jen]
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Wrapping up our "Sounds of the Season" series this year is a Flute/Oboe duo from the Performing Arts Institute in Blacksburg. Here's Brittany Wells and Abbie Morgan with "Deck the Halls".
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[SUPER=04-Performing Arts Institute Flute-Oboe Duo;] Hot Change to
[SUPER=04-"Deck the Halls"]
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[NEWS RE-OPEN]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=#4070;weekend headline banner]
Coming up on News 7 Sunday Morning......
Friends and family mourn the loss of a Roanoke murder victim.
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[ANCHOR=Joy]
And a Martinsville house fire sends two people to the hospital.
We will have more on those stories in just a few minutes.
[2-shot toss to hello]
[2-M'ville-Fire]
[ANCHOR=Joy]
[NEWSCAST=Sunday AM]
[WRITER=cdo]
[TAPE#=None]
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Two people were injured in a Martinsville house fire early this morning.
67 year old Oscar Stevens, Jr. and his wife were forced to jump from a window when their Liberty Street home caught fire.
Stevens is said to have suffered second degree burns.
His wife injured her arm in the fall. They have both been transported to Virginia Baptist Hospital.
Their son escaped without injury.
The blaze destroyed their house.
[Vigil]
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[NEWSCAST=Sunday AM]
[WRITER=jwi]
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Friends and family of a Roanoke murder victim gathered last night to remember her life, and mourn her loss.
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[VO-NAT]
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Friends and family of Neesha Edwards gathered outside the Bar Palma Beauty Academy where Edwards was studying cosmetology.
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The 23- year- old was fatally shot Thursday morning two hours AFTER alerting police that her former boyfriend was trying to kill her.
26 year old Carl Lamonte Richardson has been arrested for the crime.
Edwards' uncle says he thinks the murder could have been prevented.
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[IN Q=I think it should]
((KELVIN EDWARDS/NEESHA'S UNCLE: I THINK IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOME MORE SERIOUSNESS WHEN SHE HAD MADE SOME ATTEMPTS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT AS EARLY AS THIS SUMMER WHEN I KNOW TWO DETECTIVES TOOK HER TO THE YOUNG MAN'S HOUSE FROM AN EARLIER INCIDENT WHEN HE SHOT IN HER HOUSE.))
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[VO-NAT]
Edwards remembers Neesha as a loving person who was trying to move on with her life.
She leaves behind two children, ages two and six .
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[Dulles-Pilot]
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[NEWSCAST=Sunday AM]
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[ENG#=3]
Hundreds of air travelers heading from Washington to London had to change their plans, after the pilot allegedly showed up drunk for duty.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Chantilly;]
Officials at Dulles International Airport in Virginia say 55-year-old Richard George Harwell was taken into custody Friday night by police officers on-board Flight 22. The police had been summoned to the plane by Transportation Security screeners, who smelled alcohol on the pilot's breath and suspected he was inebriated.
The flight Harwell was supposed to fly Friday night had four-hundred passengers on board.
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[IN Q=We arrived at 6 p-m...]
((WE ARRIVED AT 6 P.M. EVERYTHING WAS ON TIME, ACTUALLY WE WERE TOLD TO BOARD AT 6 P.M. AT 7:15 WHEN THE FLIGHT WAS SUPPOSED TO LEAVE THEY TOLD US THAT THERE WAS NO INFORMATION, THERE WAS A SECURITY GLITCH. THAT'S ALL THE INFORMATION THEY HAD AND AS SOON AS THEY HAD INFORMATION THEY WOULD LET US KNOW.))
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[OUT Q=would let us know.]
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[VO-NAT]
Airline officials say Harwell has has never had a problem in 14-years as a pilot.
He faces as much as five years in prison.
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[Jackson]
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[WRITER=jsu]
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Hundreds turned out for a private gathering last night at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch to show their support for the "King of Pop".
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Santa Barbara Co., CA]
Jackson's spokesman says as many as 6-hundred people were on the guest list, including his family and some celebrities.
Jackson continues to maintain he is innocent of the child molestation charges against him. He faces 7-counts of performing lewd acts upon child under 14, and two counts of administering an intoxicating agent.
He is scheduled to be arraigned on January 16th.
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[WRITER=jen]
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[ENG#=V10]
Need some last-minute toy ideas? Straight ahead, some suggestions from Toys 'R' Us.
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[VO-NAT]
And staying fit never gets old, as Brent discovers in this week's Sunday Shape-Up.
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[Break]
[Biz-Review]
[ANCHOR=Joy]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=dgr]
[TAPE#=Biz Review 11/02 tc 1:32:09]
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Another struggling Southside business closes its doors while a Franklin County company expands.
Plus parking in Downtown Blacksburg may soon get easier.
Donald Graham has more in News 7's Business Review.
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It was supposed to promise high tech jobs for a troubled economy, but now, Cerxon is leaving Henry county's finances in even worse shape.
Saddled with debt and citing poor management, Cerxon's only remaining shareholder closed the business.
Henry County is now taking back possession of the old DuPont building it leased to Cerxon almost two years ago.
The company still owes Henry County 325-thousand dollars it received in start-up loans.
The company employed fewer than 25 people.
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A Franklin County company is growing and bringing more jobs to the area.
Ronile Incorporated announced today it will expand operations at its Rocky Mount facility, adding 74-new jobs.
Ronile makes custom-dyed yarns and other floor coverings.
The one-point-one million dollar expansion is the result of the company's decision to close its Georgia plant.
Officials say moving the jobs to Rocky Mount just made sense.
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((PHILLIP ESSIG/RONILE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER:WE'RE VERY STRONGLY COMMITTED TO THIS COMMUNITY, AND WE DO HAVE OPERATIONS, SUBSTANTIAL OPERATIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND ELSEWHERE IN VA, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, BUT GIVEN THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS, WHAT WE SAW HERE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, WE DECIDED THIS WAS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THIS EXPANSION.))
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[VO-NAT]
Ronile currently employs more than 250-people.
Officials hope to begin filling the new jobs in February.
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[TAPE#=03-43 TC1:38:26]
Parking for shoppers in Downtown Blacksburg will soon get easier.
Crews have been working through the snow and ice to keep the new parking garage on schedule.
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[IN Q=It's been]
((MARC VERNIEL: IT'S BEEN A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON PROVIDING PARKING DOWTOWN FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS. AND TO FINALLY SEE THE PROJECT GOING UP AND MAKING PROGRESS IT'S REAL REWARDING.))
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[OUT Q=it's real rewarding.]
The parking garage is scheduled to open in the summer.
For News 7, I'm Donald Graham and that's Business Review.
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[Brent with guest at Performance Set]
(Brent intros Melissa Rogers/Toys 'R' Us at PS)
[SUPER=01-Melissa Rogers/Toys 'R' Us;]
[3-Music]
[ANCHOR=Joy]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=jen]
[TAPE#=weekend music]
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[ENG#=2]
We're going to leave you now with one more song from the flute - oboe duo from Blacksburg's Performing Arts Institute.
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[TAKE SPECIAL FS]
Don't forget to check out our half hour "Sounds of the Season" special Christmas Eve at 11 p-m and Chrismas Day at 6 p-m.
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Have a great Holdiay.
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[SUPER=04-Performing Arts Institute Flute-Oboe Duo;] Hot Change To
[SUPER=04-"Joy to the World"]
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