[11Bokel]
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A Lynchburg child involved in a suspected parental kidnapping has been found safe and sound.
3 year old Rachel Bokel (boe-KELL) and her mother were found at Kennedy International Airport last night.
The Lynchburg police department is making arrangements to have the girl returned to the custody of her father.
[11Missing-Boy]
[ANCHOR=Jennifer]
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[WRITER=dse]
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The family of a missing five year old hopes the new year brings new information into thier sons wherabouts.
Trained crews and hundreds of volunteers have been searching for Deandre Barksdale since he wandered away Tuesday.
Steve Smallshaw has more on the search.
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[SUPER=03-Halifax Co.; :05]
[SUPER=01-Michael Barksdale/Father of Missing Boy; :17]
[SUPER=01-Bob Wingfield/Commonwealth Search and Rescue; :57]
[SUPER=01-Cassandra Barksdale/Aunt of Missing Boy; 1:22]
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[11Williams]
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A woman who allegedly abandoned her child now faces felony child abuse charges.
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25 year old Tiffney Nicole Williams left a doctor's office in North Carolina with her two year old child Monday morning.
After her boyfriend reported her missing, the child was found alone in a car in the Whittles community of Pittsylvania County.
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[ANCHOR=Jennifer]
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Williams was located yesterday about five miles away in Gretna.
After a mental evaluation, she was charged and arrested.
She is being held without bond.
Her child was turned over to Pittsylvania County Social Services.
[6Mayfield]
[ANCHOR=Jennifer]
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[ENG#=2]
Ron Mayfield's family has hired an attorney to help investigate his death - and what led to it.
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[VO-NAT]
The Woodrow Wilson Middle School teacher jumped off
[SUPER=04-October 16]
the Blue Ridge Parkway Bridge over the Roanoke River following allegations that he'd assaulted a student.
A decision had been made not to pursue charges against Mayfield, but he didn't know that.
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[ANCHOR=Jenn]
[SS=None]
Attorney Frank Rogers says he's already spent "some time" investigating the matter.
He says he expects to be able to release his findings sometime early this year.
[Terror-Alert]
[ANCHOR=Jennifer]
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[ENG#=3]
2004 may have arrived without any major problems in the U-S, but the nation's HIGH security alert is not being lowered.
Jennifer Donelan has more from Washington.
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[SUPER=03-New York, NY; :00]
[SUPER=03-Las Vegas, NV; :32]
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[OUT Q=JD, CBS News Washington]
(((NAT- Happy New Year)
THE BALL DROPPED WITHOUT A HITCH.
AS MANY AS ONE MILLION PEOPLE PACKED TIMES SQUARE FOR THE ANNUAL NEW
YEARS EVE BASH. THE TERRORISM ALERT DIDNT KEEP THE CROWDS FROM HAVING
A GOOD TIME.. THEY ENJOYED MUSIC FROM CYNDI LAUPER.. AND WATCHED MAYOR
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG AND FORMER POW SHOSHANA JOHNSON LEAD THE CELEBRATION.
(NAT-Metal Dector)
THE N-Y-P-D PUT EVERY PARTY-GOER THROUGH A METAL DETECTOR. THOUSANDS OF
OFFICERS FLANKED BY SHARPSHOOTERS AND HELICOPTERS KEPT A CLOSE EYE ON
THE CROWD.
(NAT-Vegas)
THREE HOURS LATER LAS VEGAS RANG IN THE NEW YEAR.. UNDER TIGHT SECURITY.
WHILE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CELEBRATED ON THE STRIP..
SHARPSHOOTERS STOOD GUARD ON CASINO ROOF TOPS. THE F-B-I CHECKED HOTEL
AND FLIGHT RESERVATIONS AGAINST TERRORIST WATCH LISTS.
TROOPS FIGHTING TERRORISM ABOARD STAGED THEIR OWN BALL DROP TO WELCOME
THE NEW YEAR IN AFGHANISTAN.
IN BAGHDAD.. IRAQIS CELEBRATED THE NEW YEAR A FEW HOURS EARLY.. BECAUSE
OF THE TENSE SECURITY SITUATION THERE.
STAND UP: WHILE 2004 ARRIVED WITHOUT INCIDENT.. CODE ORANGE IS EXPECTED
TO STAY IN EFFECT FOR SEVERAL MORE WEEKS. TODAY OFFICIALS TURN THEIR
ATTENTION TO SECURITY FOR COLLEGE BOWL GAMES AROUND THE COUNTRY.
JENNIFER DONELAN, CBS NEWS, WASHINGTON.))
[Baghdad-Bombing]
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Five Iraqis were killed and 35 injured last night when a car bomb tore through a Baghdad restaurant during a New Year's Eve party.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Baghdad, Iraq;]
The explosion sent glass, metal and concrete flying for blocks.
Rescuers were forced to retreat after nearby cars caught fire, while survivors pushed to get back inside to find their loved ones.
Earlier in the night another apparent car bomb blew up next to a U-S Military patrol injuring some of the soldiers.
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[ANCHOR=Jennifer]
[SS=none]
An Associated Press review has found that National Guard and Reserve soldiers have suffered the largest share of U-S military casualties-- That as they prepare to increase their presence in Iraq.
[11Heironimus]
[ANCHOR=Jennifer]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=khu]
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[ENG#=1]
Heironimus only will be a part of Virginia history by the end of next month.
All of the remaining stores - INCLUDING the one in Salem - will close by the end of February.
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[VO-NAT]
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There's a year left on the lease at Spartan Square. The terms of the lease require Heironimus to remain in business through the end of what's been a 15-year agreement.
Property owner L-S Waldrop says he can hold the company to it, but he says "it doesn't make sense." He fully expects the parent company to close Heironimus in Salem when the rest of the stores- -in Roanoke and Lynchburg- -close February 29th.
Waldrop says he's confident he can find a new tenant, "equal to or better than what we have now."
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[ANCHOR=Jennifer]
[SS=None]
When NEWS 7 broke this story Monday we incorrectly reported that the parent company, the Dunlap Company, lost money last year. Revenues were off by 11-and-a half percent from the year before, according to Yahoo Finance, but not in the red.
[11Unemployment]
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[WRITER=tbr]
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[ENG#=2]
Unemployment in Virginia is the lowest it's been in more than two years.
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[VO-NAT]
The state average fell a tenth of a point to three point three percent.
The Roanoke metro area saw unemployment drop two tenths, coming in at an even three percent.
The Danville metro area saw the biggest improvement for the month. Unemployment there dropped eight tenths of a point. But at seven percent, it is still the highest jobless rate in the state.
The rate remained unchanged at four point three percent in the Lynchburg area.
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[JENN TOSS TO BUMP]
[COMM]
[New-Years]
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2004 was ushered in under some of the tightest anti- terrorism measures in U-S history.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-New York, NY;]
Nearly a million party- goers celebrated the new year in New York's Time Square.
Thousands of police officers kept watch on the ground as helicopters circled overhead and sharpshooters stood poised on roof- tops.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former P-O-W Shoshana Johnson activated the famous New Year's Eve ball.
No major crowd problems were reported.
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[11City-Market]
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[ENG#=2]
Many Roanoker's rang in new year with a new festival downtown.
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((NAT MUSIC))
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[VO-NAT]
The first ever Midnight on the Market kicked off the new year last night/.
The event featured live music and a visit from the "New Year's Baby" at midnight.
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by SS