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A shooting last night in Roanoke leaves a man hospitalized in critical condition.
Neighbors say they'd heard the men arguing.
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
And, the highest court in Massachusetts makes a final ruling on gay marriage.
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[ANCHOR=Leo]
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Today's the calm before the storm as another winter mess heads our way late tomorrow. I'll have your details.
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[ANCHOR=KIM 2-Shot]
Stay with us News 7 at noon, starts right now.
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[VO-NAT]
One man is in hospitalized and another in police custody after a shooting in Old Southwest Roanoke last night.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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The shooting happened shortly after 10 o'clock on the 500 block of Mountain Avenue.
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Police say 41 year old Frederick Mumford had been shot in the head by an acquaintance. He is currently listed in critical condition at Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
23 year old Abdishakur Hassan (ab-DIH-shuh-koor) of Roanoke has been charged with malicious wounding, and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
Neighbors say they heard arguing before the shooting.
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[Danville-Fatal]
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A North Carolina truck driver was killed after he was apparently run over by his own truck in Danville last night.
Police say 68-year-old Charles Taylor Gibson had just unhooked his trailer at Penske Trucking and was outside his tractor when it rolled over him.
The vehicle continued on before hitting a building.
Taylor was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Three people were arrested after an early morning standoff in Cloverdale.
According to the Botetourt County Sheriff's Department, a deputy was responding to a noise complaint at the Birchwood Apartments when he saw a rifle being fired through an apartment window.
After officers tried to contact the people inside the apartment and failed, the Emergency Response Team was called in.
20-year-old William C. Reece, his wife 18-year-old Jessica S. Reece and 22-year-old Blake Randell Fisher were all arrested.
The men are still behind bars, Mrs. Reece has been released.
Officers were able to end the standoff without forced entry or shots fired.
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Law enforcement officials in Florida are seeking help from NASA in their search for a missing girl.
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[SUPER=03-Sarasota, FL;]
Surveillance video from a car wash shows 11- year- old Carlie Brucia (BROO- shee- ah) being led away Sunday by an un-identified man.
The space agency will try to enhance the images seen on the tape.
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[IN Q=Obviously, we hope to]
((KEVIN GOODING/SARASOTA CO., FL SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT: OBVIOUSLY WE HOPE TO NUMBER 1 GET A CLEAR ENOUGH FACIAL IMAGE S
O THAT HOPEFULLY SOMEONE WILL BE ABLE TO RECOGNISE THIS PERSON AND IDENTIFY THEM POSITIVELY FOR US. ASIDE FROM THAT, MAYBE SOME DISTINCT PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OR OTHER THINGS PERTAINING TO CLOTHING THAT HELP US WITH OUR INVESTIGATION.))
[SUPER=01-Kevin Gooding/Sarasota Co., FL Sheriff's Department;]
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[OUT Q=with our investigation.]
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[VO-NAT]
Meanwhile, authorities say they're getting a lot of leads in the case.
Sheriff's officials say more than 260 leads have come in so far, but
all of them have been general in nature and haven't led them to a suspect.
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[Gay-Marriage]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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It's a major victory for supporters of gay rights.
The highest court in Massachusetts has ruled in
favor of gay marriage.
The court said only full, equal marriage rights for gay couples
NOT civil unions would be constitutional.
The ruling removes any doubts that the nation's first same-sex
marriages will take place in Massachusetts beginning in May.
[Primary-Folo]
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[ENG#=1]
Massachusetts Senator John Kerry re-affirmed his first place position in the Presidential race by winning five states in Tuesday's contests.
But John Edwards and Wesley Clark are still in the race after one win apiece.
Stacy Case reports.
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[SUPER=03-Columbia, SC;]
[SUPER=01-Sen. John Kerry/(D) Presidential Candidate;]
[SUPER=01-Stacy Case/CBS News;]
[SUPER=01-Sen. John Edwards/(D) Presidential Candidate;]
[SUPER=01-Sen. Joe Lieberman/Former Candidate;]
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[OUT Q=Case, CBS News, Columbia, SC.]
[Helgeson]
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Another hat is in the ring for one of four Lynchburg city council seats up for grabs this spring.
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Financial planner Jeff Helgeson (HELL-guh-son) announced this morning he'll seek the Ward Three seat being vacated by Robert Garber.
Helgeson ran for an at-large seat in 1998 and lost... he says the city needs someone with his business experience.
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[IN Q=This is a]
((JEFF HELGESON/LYNCHBURG COUNCIL CANDIDATE: THIS IS A DIFFERENT DAY. I BELIEVE THAT NOW IS THE TIME THAT THE EXPERIENCE AND PERSPECTIVE THAT I HAVE WILL BENEFIT THE CITY MOST, AND AT THIS TIME I HAVE AN EVEN GREATER DESIRE TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT THIS CITY NEEDS TO LIVE WITHIN ITS MEANS AND SECURE ITS BRIGHTEST FUTURE.))
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[OUT Q=its brightest future.]
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Helgeson is being endorsed by a large number of Lynchburg-area Republican office holders.
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Today President Bush is expected to officially announce an investigation into intelligence failures that led to the war in Iraq.
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Bush says he'll appoint a bi-partisan commission to conduct the probe, after former chief weapons inspector David Kay said that Iraq did NOT have weapons of mass destruction.
Democrats say with the White House choosing the panel, they doubt it'll be unbiased.
Meanwhile, the results of the panel's investigation are not expected until after the November election.
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The war in Iraq is generating more protests across the pond--
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[SUPER=03-London, England;]
There was shouting today in Britain's House of Commons, but it wasn't from the lawmakers.
A group of anti- war demonstrators interrupted British Prime Minister Tony Blair while he was speaking, and prompted the House to briefly adjourn.
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[IN Q=No more white wash]
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The incident occurred during a debate on the results of a judge's investigation that cleared Blair's government of charges it inflated claims about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction, prior to the start of the war.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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Coming up next on the newscast, a Roanoke County gym will apparently not get off light for making a mistake.
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Also there is some potentially damaging testimony today in the Martha Stewart trial.
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[Martha-Stewart]
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The star witness for the prosecution is testifying in the Martha Stewart trial. Former broker's assistant Douglas Faneuil testified that Stewart
told him to sell her ImClone shares -- after she learned that the
company's founder was selling his own shares.
Sharyn Alfonsi has more.
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[SUPER=01-Jeanne Pirro/Legal Analyst;]
[SUPER=01-Sharyn Alfonsi/CBS News;]
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((((Martha Stewart managed a smile as she headed into court Wedsday morning.
Even as the case against the domestic diva is heating up.
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Martha nats
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The governments star witness, Douglas Faneiul now dishing more
damaging details about Stewarts Im-Clone stock sale.
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Faneiul is the former assistant to Stewart's former stockbroker and
co-defendant, Peter Baconovic.
On his first day on the stand, the 28 year testified that he was
ordered by his boss to call Stewart and warn her ImClone founder, Sam
Waksal was dumping his shares. " I told one client about what another
client was doing in his account and lied about it to cover it up " he
said.
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Jeanne Pirro/Legal Expert (Legal Analyst)
What the prosecutor is doing is they are setting up the stage for what
Martha knew and when she knew it, and how she acted upon that knowledge.
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Faneiul claims Stewart and Baconovic then "cooked up" a story about the
well-timed stock sale. Telling investigators that they had a
pre-existing agreement to sell the stock when it hit 60 dollars.
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Pirro
So this witness, if he is to be believed, is essential to the
prosecutions case as it relates to both Baconovic and Stewart.
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on camera Bridge: So far, Faneiul has come through for the Prosecution.
He's been calm and cool on the witness stand. But his real test will
be how he holds up under what could be a blistering cross examination
from the defense.
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Pirro:
Make no mistake about it they are gunning for Fanieul.
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Defense attorneys say Faneiul is an admitted liar, whose changed his
story three times. They say it was only that after he was caught
accepting illegal gifts, that he cut a deal with prosecutors to save
his own skin. If they convince the jury of that, legal experts say
the prosecutions case could fold, and Stewart could come out clean.))
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At least one lawmaker wants to use rail service to reduce the number of tractor trailers on Interstate 81.
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Roanoke Senator John Edwards' bill creating a statewide rail authority was approved in committee yesterday.
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Edwards says that improving the rail infrastructure along 81 would divert 500-thousand trucks a year from the interstate.
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Edwards says the rail improvements along I-81 would cost over 500 million dollars.
It would be paid for by a surcharge on freight and passenger train traffic.
He says 39 localities from Bristol to Winchester have already endorsed a rail component to I-81.
The bill now goes to the full Senate for a vote.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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A plan to build homes along the Blue Ridge Parkway is moving forward.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.]
Radford and Company wants to build up to 400 homes on 251 acres of land near Cotton Hill Road in southwest Roanoke County.
The company plans to leave 93 acres as open space and give a 63 acre cow pasture to the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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((FRANK RADFORD/DEVELOPER: WE'RE VERY CONCERNED THAT THE PARKWAY REMAIN A NATIONAL TREASURE AND THE VIEW SHEDS NOT TO BE DESTROYED SO THIS HOPEFULLY WILL BE A MODEL PROJECT FOR EVERYBODY DEVELOPING ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY FOR THIS TIME ON.))
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Even so, the county does have concerns over what impact the development will have on resources like rescue personnel and the schools.
Despite that, the Roanoke County Planning Commission voted to make a recommendation that the Board of Supervisors approve this plan.
The Board of Supervisors will take up the issue at its February 24th meeting.
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The developer hopes to begin building by the end of the year and the entire project should take five years to complete.
[Gym-Lights]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
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A Roanoke County gym will apparently not get what it wants from the County's planning commission.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.]
The owners of Gold's Gym on Electric Road near Cave Spring mistakenly had light poles put up that reached 33 and a half feet.
Prior regulations for that site restrict light poles to just 22 feet.
Although it admits it made a mistake, the owners asked the planning commission last night to allow the light poles to remain.
One neighbor thinks the lights should go.
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((RICHARD BALDWIN/GOLD'S GYM NEIGHBOR: RIGHT NOW OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS LIT UP LIKE DAY TIME. YOU DRIVE UP THE STREET YOUR HIT RIGHT IN THE FACT WITH THE LIGHT.))
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The planning commission unanimously denied the contractor's request and will now make a recommendation to the board of supervisors that it do the same.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[ENG#=V10]
Coming up next we will tell you why some people are saying Hello Kitty, Goodbye Money.
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Plus Janet Jackson issues a videotaped apology for her SuperBowl stunt.
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For perhaps the first time ever, Janet Jackson is making more headlines than her brother, Michael.
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Last night, Jackson issued a videotaped statement, apologizing again for her partial nudity during her performance with Justin Timerlake during the Super Bowl Half-time Show.
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[VO-NAT]
Meanwhile, C-B-S isn't taking any chances with Sunday night's Grammy Awards.
The network is working on software that'll allow C-B-S to delay video, as well as bleep out inappropriate audio.
Timberlake is scheduled to perform at the Grammys, while Jackson is scheduled to present an award.
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[Hello-Kitty]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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For 30 years, "Hello Kitty" has graced everything from lunchboxes to bikes.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Tokyo, Japan;]
The popular character turns the ripe old age of 30 this year.
To celebrate the anniversary of the famous feline, a 30- thousand- dollar platinum Hello Kitty figurine is on sale in Tokyo.
But she's a limited edition-- only 30 are available.
Kitty's dress, and trademark hair ribbon are studded with more than 130 diamonds.
Like many celebrities, Kitty is known to have undergone at least one facelift during her career, which brought her eyes and nose closer together for a "cuter" look.
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[2/4/2004]
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CURRENTS
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EXTENDED FORECAST
[Stocks]
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On Wall Street at Noon, the DOW has lost two points. The NASDAQ has lost 30.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[ENG#=V10]
Coming up next in sports, the Dazzle makes a rare home appearance at the Civic Center.
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[VO-NAT ]
And we will catch up with the state's number one girls basketball team.
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[S-Tech]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
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The 22nd ranked Virginia Tech women's basketball team hosted Seton Hall last night.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg/Pirates vs. Hokies; :00]
Hokie player Ieva Kublina just dominated the visitors from the start of the game.
Kublina had a game high 23 points on 9-of-15 shooting.
She also had 6 rebounds and a block.
Tech's catalyst, Carrie Mason also played a solid floor game.
She made 7 points and had just 2 turnovers in 31 minutes.
8 Hokies played at least 13 minutes, including freshman Britney
[super=33-Seton Hall/40/Virginia Tech #22/64;]
Anderson's lay-up.
Tech gets the 64-to-40 win to improve to 17-and-4 on the season and 6 and 4 in the Big East.
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[S-Dazzle]
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The Roanoke Dazzle was at home last night playing a rare Civic Center date this month.
The team has just four home games in February.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/Lowgators vs. Dazzle; :00]
The Dazzle faced former Hokie Rolan Roberts and the first place Charleston Lowgators.
The Lowgators came out strong and looked as though they would reject any upset bid by the Dazzle.
But Roanoke would have none of that, as Marque Perry passes to Mike King, who then passes to Josh Asselin for 2 points.
Asselin had 17 points for the night.
Later Perry will get the defense on its heels and pull for the lay-up.
Perry had 22 points and 8 assists.
[SUPER=33-Charleston/109/Roanoke/125;]
The Dazzle also got a big lift from Terrence Shannon.
He came off the bench and scored a team high 25 points, as the Dazzle wins it 125 to 109.
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[S-Cavs]
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[GRAPHIC=Girls Basketball]
[ENG#=3]
The Lord Botetourt girls are once again ranked number one in the state in Group Two A.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Daleville; :00]
The Lady Cavaliers were rated number one in the state back in December, but lost to Hidden Valley.
Botetourt's recent win over then number one Northside caused the two Blue Ridge District powers to flip flop at the top of the Group Two A poll.
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