WDBJ 7 news at 5 for 01/09/04

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Today on News 7 at 5, Norfolk Southern is closing one of its operations in Roanoke. Eighteen people could lose their jobs.
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Plus it will be the fall before students are allowed back into a local school.
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Hope you had a chance to shovel a bit today. Readings in the teens tonight and 20's tomorrow will make outdoor work very chilling. Details ahead.

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Federal authorities say the risk of a terrorist attack has been reduced.
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One person is dead and a woman is hurt, both attacked by mountain lions in a public park.
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Plus President Bush wants to see Americans go back to the moon and beyond. News 7 at 5 is next.

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A Grayson County Middle school won't be re-opening anytime soon.
Mold is still a problem there.
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Fries Middle School students haven't been in the school since last May. The siding on the outside of their building is creating a major mold problem, so the school had to close because of health concerns.
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130 students are currently sharing space with Independence Middle School.
Grayson County's Superintendent says renovations to Fries will likely cost 750-thousand dollars.
An architect has finished plans for the project and they've been submitted to the state. The school board is just waiting to hear if it qualifies for an emergency loan.
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((DR. KESTER GREEN:THEY ALREADY HAVE US ON THE LIST ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS AND WE'RE ONE OF THE TWO TOP SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT ARE THERE. SO I THINK IF THE MONEY IS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE STATE LEGISLATURE THAT WE WILL THEN BE ABLE TO GET THAT MONEY.))
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Green says the project could be put out to bid by February. If all goes well with the renovations, students could be back at Fries Middle by next Fall.
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Another round of snow covered the region last night and early this morning, leaving about 3 inches of powder on the ground.
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In the Roanoke Valley, snow removal crews were out early trying to clear a path. For the most part, major roads were cleared in time for the morning commute. However, many secondary roads remain covered, or have many slick spots. V-DOT officials say they were ready for this storm, and will be ready if more snow falls.
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((WE'RE READY FOR WHATEVER MOTHER NATURE THROWS AT US. WE HAVE BUDGETED ACCORDINGLY, WE'RE TRYING TO STAY UNDER BUDGET, BUT WE'LL ALWAYS PUSH SNOW, AND ALWAYS BE HERE READY TO GO WHEN SNOW OCCURS.))
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VDOT warns that colder temperatures tonight could cause icing on roads, especially bridges and overpasses.
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Snow is still falling in portions of the New River Valley.
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Some folks in Pulaski tell us they had more than 6-inches pile up over night. V-DOT is still reporting some slick spots on the Interstates.
Crews still have not spent much time on the side roads either.
Police say there have been a lot of minor accidents today.
They're asking everyone in the New River Valley to slow down and keep a good distance between cars.
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Even as a light snow continues to fall, it's been a fairly quiet day on the roads around central Virginia.
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The Lynchburg area got about two to three inches of snow since it began falling last night.
Local and state police responded to dozens of accidents around the region, but there were not any serious injuries.
Road crews had the main highways clear by noon but side streets and secondary roads still have some slick spots.
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Norfolk Southern has closed its Signal Shop in Roanoke.
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The Company informed The Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen yesterday of its plans to shut down the shop today. Eighteen workers will be out of work as of January 16th, though they all have enough seniority to qualify for field assignments. As this was a cost-cutting move, however, the ripple affect may still result in laying off workers with less seniority. The shop has long refurbished old signal devices. N-S decided it can save money by buying new or re-built signals from outside suppliers.
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One man is dead, authorities say, killed by a mountain lion and a woman is seriously hurt... also attacked by a lion.
Chris Lawrence has more from Whiting Ranch, California.
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((OFFICIALS HAVE CLOSED THE GATES OF THIS CALIFORNIA PARK -- AS THEY OPEN AN INVESTIGATION INTO TWO TERRIFYING ATTACKS. A MOUNTAIN LION CRITICALLY INJURING A BIKER THURSDAY . AND A MAN'S BODY WAS FOUND NEARBY... POSSIBLEY KILLED BY THE SAME LION. Jim Amormino, Orange County Sheriff's Dept.: The victim was disfigured by the animal. NO MOUNTAIN LION HAS KILLED A MAN IN CALIFORNIA IN 10 YEARS.
CHRIS LAWRENCE/CBS NEWS: BUT EVERY YEAR THE HOMES PUSH CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THEIR TERRITORY....AND BIKERS END UP SHARING THESE TRAILS WITH THE LIONS. USUALLY THEY KEEP TO THEMSELVES BUT THIS ATTACK CAME OUT OF NOWHERE. DEBBIE NICHOLS/FRIEND OF VICTIM:This mountain lion jumped on her back, started draggin' her, so I grabbed her leg." THE CAT WEIGHED MORE THAN 100 POUNDS...AND WHEN IT KNOCKED ANN HELJE OFF HER BIKE AND DRAGGED HER 30 FEET DOWN THE RAVINE..DEBBIE NICHOLS FOUGHT A FEROCIOUS TUG-OF-WAR TO SAVE HER FRIENDS LIFE -
DEBBIE - "I was just holdin' onto her the whole time, this guy would not let go of her, he had ahold of her face." - MIKE CASTELLANO/WITNESS "Debbie was hangin' onto ann's legs...ann was facing her head down the ravine and the lion was just pulling, and She wasn't gonna let go." "I was in complete fear." NILS MAGNUSON HEARD THE SCREAMS FOR HELP....AND USED THE ONLY AMMUNITION HE COULD FIND. NILS MAGNUSON/WITNESS "I picked up a boulder, a rock and threw it on the mountain lions head and the mountain lion would not let go. OTHER BIKERS KEPT PELTING THE CAT WITH MORE ROCKS AND DEBRIS UNTIL IT FINALLY RAN AWAY. OFFICIALS ARRIVED IN HELICOPTERS ARMED WITH RIFLES...AND WHEN THEY SIGHTED THE COUGAR -- SHOT AND KILLED IT. CHRIS LAWRENCE, CBS NEWS, WHITING RANCH.))

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Still to come on the newscast, the Bush administration is lowering the nation's terror alert level.
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And on Healthcheck, Joy Sutton will show us a hot new alternative to a facelift. It uses heat to smooth out the wrinkles.
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The terror alert level is being lowered from high to elevated.
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After three weeks at Orange or high risk, the level is now being downgraded to Yellow- or elevated suggesting a decrease in threats picked up by intelligence sources.
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((TOM RIDGE/HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY: WE ARE STILL CONCERNED ABOUT CONT THREATS, BUT THE THR CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING HAVE DIMINISHED. WITH THE PASSING OF THE HOLIDAYS AND MANY LARGE GATHERINGS HAVE PASSED, WE HAVE MADE THE DECISION TO COME DOWN TO YELLOW.))
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Because of their vulnerability the nations airlines and airports will remain on high alert.
During the Orange Alert U-S oficials focused on a possible attack using commercial airlines. 16 international flights involving U-S routes were cancelled. In bound flights were delayed and passengers rescreened.
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One of the people accused of kidnapping Elizabeth Smart will not go to trial.
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Instead Wanda Barzee will go to a mental hospital. A judge says Barzee is not competetnt to stand trial. Barzee and her husband- self proclaimed prophet Brian Mitchell were faced with kidnapping charges in the 2002 abuduction of Elizabeth Smart.
They allegedly kept the girl as Mitchell's second wife before they were discovered nine months later.
Mitchell's mental competency hearings are scheduled for later this month.
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There's a new procedure that plastic surgeons say can give you some of the benefits of a facelift without surgery or lasers.
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Today Joy Sutton saw how the procedure is done --and joins us with the detials.
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Jean,
It's called Thermage -- and it can help with sagging skin and wrinkes.
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With this procedure patients don't have to be put uder or have anesthisia . And there is no recovery time.
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Some of the side effects can include redness, swelling, and numbness, or blisters. The cost can range from 12-hundred dollars for the forehead to 35-hundred for whole face. [Take Pinnacle Full] If you would like more information, Lewis-Gale Clinic will be holding an education seminar January 29th from 6 to 7-30 pm. To register call 540-776-2084.
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Jean,

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The weather outside this week has been anything but fair, but the folks in Salem who operate the largest
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free gate fair in America have plenty to crow about tonight. Carey Harveycutter, the Salem Fair's director has been named "Fair Person of the Year" by the Virginia Association of Fairs. 17 years ago, Harveycutter and his assistant John Saunders began the Salem Fair. The annual 10 day event attracts an average of 300 thousand spectators a year to the Taliaferro (Tala-Ferro) Complex.

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Coming up after the break,
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[VO] President Bush says American astronauts should head back to the moon and possibly Mars.
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The mission should Congress chose to accept it is to send a man to Mars.
But first President Bush wants to establish a base on the moon.
Manuel Gallegus has more.
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((STUNNING IMAGES FROM THE SURFACE OF MARS THROUGH THE ROBOT EXPLORER SPIRIT.
BUT PRESIDENT BUSH APPARENTLY WANTS THE SPACE PROGRAM TO TAKE A GIANT LEAP FORWARDBY HAVING AN AMERICAN GRACE THE SOIL OF THE RED PLANET
WHITEHOUSE OFFICIALS SAY NEXT WEEK THE PRESIDENT WILL PROPOSE A MANNED MISSION TO MARS AND A PERMANENT STATION ON THE MOON.
ITS A LOFTY GOAL THAT SPACE EXPERTS SAY WOULD GIVE NASA NEW LIFE.

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I think that providing this kind long range exciting challenge to NASA will galvanize the organization, and revitilize it.
EXPERTS SAY NASAS HUMAN SPACE PROGRAM HAS BEEN STRUGGLING FOR DIRECTIONESPECIALLY IN THE WAKE OF THE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA TRAGEDY A YEAR AGO. THE SHUTTLES ARE GROUNDED INDEFINETELYAND ITS UNCLEAR HOW MUCH SUPPORT THERE IS FOR THE MANNED SPACE STATION
-STAND-UP-BRIDGE MANUEL GALLEGUS BUT NASAS HAS HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH ITS UNMANNED SPACED PROGRAM-SENDING ROBOTS AND SATELLITES TO OTHER PLANETS-

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NASA right now has spacecraft all over the solar system the Cassini mission gets to Saturn in July, theyre launching a mission to mercury //edit�� Theres a lot going on in the unmanned world.
AT THE PEAK OF THE APOLLO MISSIONTHE U.S. WAS SPENDING FOUR PERCENT OF ITS BUDGET TOWARD SPACE EXPLORATION. NOW ITS LESS THAN ONE PERCENT. ITS ESTIMATED A MOON BASE, AND SENDING A HUMAN TO MARS COULD COST THE U.S. HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS. BUT ADDING THE HUMAN ELEMENT COULD BE PRICELESS.

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Washington University you dont give parades for robots we as humans identify with explorers
IT WILL BE UP TO CONGRESS TO DECIDE WHETHER THE U.S. CAN AFFORD THE NEW CHALLENGE. MANUEL GALLEGUS, CBS NEWS LOS ANGELES.))

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The Falcons have a new head coach, coming up next in the newscast we'll find out who was hired .
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Plus this man may not want to use his toilet paper. A friend's practical joke left his whole apartment wrapped in aluminum foil
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Good evening everybody. The weather has hopefully put you in a hockey frame of mind. The Express hosts Atlantic City tonight and Toledo tomorrow.
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Roanoke is 14-4 and 2 against its Southern Division, not bad considering top scorers Dan Carlson and Shawn Limpright are on call ups.
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The 7 and 5 Virginia Tech Hokies have gotten in some much needed practice time this week on the hardwood with an 8 day layoff following Tuesday's loss at Pittsburgh. Bryan Randall is making progress in his new surroundings as Seth Greenberg's Hokies continue to grow. Travis Wells has more from the Cassell.
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Joe Gibbs got his job yesterday and today the NFL coaching carousel has been spinning again.
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Just outside of Atlanta this afternoon the Falcons named Jim Mora, Junior their new head coach. Mora will be one of the youngest coaches in the entire league. He's just 42 years old, and looks even younger.
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And out in the desert this afternoon - Dennis Green returned to the NFL officially taking over the Cardinals.
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Take care everybody and have a safe night. [GO TO BREAK]

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On Wall Street today, stock prices closed lower after the government reported smaller than anticipated job growth for December.
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A man in Western Washington wishes he had foiled a practical joke by his friends.
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Instead they foiled him.
When he came home from a business trip Monday night, Goose Kirk found everything in his apartment encased in aluminum foil.
The walls, ceiling, cabinets and everything in between shimmered after the prank.
They wrapped the spare change. They wrapped the empty water bottles. They even wrapped the toilet paper.
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((WE ALL WISHED THAT GOOSE WAS THERE WITH US AND WE DECIDED THAT WE HAD NOTHING ELSE TO DO, WE HAD A GROUP OF PEOPLE - LET'S GO WRAP EVERYTHING IN HIS APARTMENT. IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME."))
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Kirk says his friends are known for their large-scale strangeness.
It took about 4-thousand square feet of aluminum foil, which cost about 100- dollars.
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