[11XGR-Budget]

[ANCHOR=Kim]

[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=myr]
[TAPE#=04-03 TC-1:13:31]
[GRAPHIC=VA Budget]
[ENG#=1]

The Senate Finance Committee is expected to vote on a proposed tax compromise later today.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Richmond/File Tape;]

The proposal will likely include a sales tax increase, and an offer to cap the state's car tax reimbursements to localities. The full Senate and the House of Delegates could vote on the proposal tomorrow. Failure to enact a budget by June 30th, the end of the fiscal year, would force state government to effectively shut down.
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[11Augusta-Murders]


[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=rle]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Murder Investigation]

Three people have been found shot to death in a mobile home in Stuart's Draft. The Augusta County Sheriff's Office said in a press release that a man and two women were found dead, apparently of gunshot wounds yesterday morning at the home on Stuarts Draft Highway. Authorities say they will NOT identify the three victims until relatives have been notified.




[11Carroll-Arrest]


[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=rle]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Shooting]

Carroll County authorities have arrested a man on malicious wounding charges after he allegedly shot his wife in the head. Deputies arrested Kenneth Early Horton yesterday and charged him with malicious wounding, firearms charges, and possession of methamphetamines. Authorities say Horton shot his wife Robynn in the head Saturday. She was airlifted to the North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem and is in stable condition. Kenneth Horton is being held at the New River Valley Jail without bond.


[Williams]


[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]
[ENG#=2]


Inside a New Jersey courtroom today, attorneys will deliver their closing arguments in the manslaughter trial of a former N-B-A star.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-File Tape;]


Prosecutors and defense attorneys for Jayson Williams will wrap up two and a half months of testimony that included more than 40 witnesses.
The retired N-B-A player's trial has been delayed three times because of an evidence dispute and deaths in the lawyers' families.
Williams is accused of recklessly handling a gun that killed a hired driver and then trying to cover it up.
The jury could get the case as early as tomorrow.
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[Iraq]


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


U- S forces have extended a cease- fire in Fallujah, Iraq for at least two more days.
American and Iraqi forces will start joint patrols in the besieged city, possibly as early as tomorrow.
Jennifer Donelan reports.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Baghdad, Iraq; :00]
[SUPER=01-Corp. Owen Campbell/U. S. Marines; :21 quick]
[SUPER=03-Najaf, Iraq; :44]
[SUPER=01-Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt/Coalition Spokesman; 1:08]
[SUPER=01-Jennifer Donelan/CBS News; 1:23]
[RUNS=1:41]
[OUT Q=Donelan, CBS news, Washington.]

((

ANOTHER BLACK CLOUD OF SMOKE.. ANOTHER ROADSIDE BOMB.. THIS TIME IN BAGHDAD. WITNESSES SAY AN EXPLOSION HIT A U-S MILITARY CONVOY CAUSING MORE AMERICAN BLOODSHED.
ALL THIS AS THE U-S MILITARY..
HAS EXTENDED THE CEASE-FIRE IN FALLUJAH (NAT-EXPLOSIONS) BUT EXPLOSIONS AND GUNFIRE CONTINUE TO ERUPT ON THE STREETS.

(CORPORAL OWEN CAMPBELL OF ECHOCOMPANY, OF 2-1 MARINES)
MARINE SOT: apparently the insurgents didnt get the memo on that one


DESPITE THE ALMOST DAILY SKIRMISHES.. U-S TROOPS WILL HOLD OFF ON ANOTHER ALL-OUT ASSAULT ON THE SUNNI CITY. MARINES AND IRAQI FORCES ARE SET TO BEGIN JOINT PATROLS THIS WEEK. CITY LEADERS HAVE AGREED TO ANNOUNCE ANYONE CARRYING A WEAPON WILL BE CONSIDERED HOSTILE.. BUT THERE IS LITTLE GUARANTEE GUERILLAS WONT TRY TO ATTACK PATROLS.
ON THE OTHER FRONT OF THE IRAQI INSURGENCY.. COALITION FORCES ALSO PLAN TO TREAD LIGHTLY FOR NOW. A U-S GENERAL SAID HIS FORCES WILL MOVE INTO A SPANISH BASE JUST OUTSIDE NAJAF.. BUT STEER CLEAR OF THE CITYS HOLY SITES. THE MOVE IS AIMED AT INCREASING PRESSURE ON ANTI-AMERICAN CLERIC MUQTADA AL SADR AND HIS MILITIA.. WITHOUT ANGERING IRAQS MAJORITY SHIITE POPULATION.

(Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt)
KIMMITT SOT: 9:25:03 the coalition remains committed to insuring he is

delivered to iraqi justice
COALITION LEADERS BELIEVE SADRS FOLLOWERS ARE STOCKPILING WEAPONS IN SCHOOLS AND MOSQUES AND HAVE SAID IT MUST STOP.
STAND-UP CLOSE: THE JUNE 30TH HANDOVER DATE IS QUICKLY APPROACHING. HERE ON CAPITOL HILL LAWMAKERS ARE CALLING FOR MORE TROOPS ON THE GROUND. MEANWHILE, THE U-N TOP'S MAN IN IRAQ IS WARNING AGAINST ALL-OUT ATTACKS ON NAJAF AND FALLUJAH...IT COULD LEAD TO DISASTER. JENNIFER DONELAN CBS NEWS WASHINGTON. ))

[11Franklin-Arrest]


[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=myr]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]


A standoff in Franklin County ended with the arrest of one man. 36-year-old Robert Keith Browning was arrested around 2:30 yesterday morning, after authorities say he assaulted his girlfriend and fired shots inside their home on Grassy Hill Road.
Officers say Browning was holed up inside the home for more than three hours, before a SWAT team went in and arrested him. Browning now faces two firearms charges. He's being held inside the Franklin County jail without bond.

[Box-Office]


[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=none]
[ENG#=4]

"Man On Fire" was hot at the box office this weekend.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-20th Century;]

The Denzel Washington movie collected 23 million dollars. It's narrowly ahead of the Jennifer Garner comedy "13 Going On 30" which took in 22 million dollars. They could switch places when the final numbers are released later today.

(+++++++)

[TAKE FS CHYRON]
[SUPER=77-''Man On Fire''/23/''13 Going On 30''/22/''Kill Bill Vol. 2''/10.4/''The Punisher''/6.1/''Home On The Range''

/3.4;] ''Kill Bill, Volume Two'' finished third. ``The Punisher'' was fourth and "Home On The Range" was fifth.
[Super=#555;reset]
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[Marketwatch]


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


In business news, Stocks ended the week on a high note.
Alexis Christoforous has that story and more in this morning's Marketwatch.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Alexis Christoforous/Reporting; :00]
[RUNS=1:07]
[OUT Q=in New York. I'm AC.]

((BOTH THE DOW AND THE NASDAQ BEGIN THE NEW TRADING WEEK BACK IN POSITIVE > TERRITORY FOR THE YEAR. > > AFTER A SLOW START TO THE WEEK LAST WEEK, STOCKS GAINED MOMENTUM BY WEEK'S > END.. > > THE DOW FINISHED UP 11 POINTS, FOR THE WEEK IT WAS UP TWO TENTHS OF A > PERCENT > > THE NASDAQ CLIMBED 16 POINTS AND RALLIE 2.7 PERCENT FOR THE WEEK. > > THE EARNINGS PARADE BEGINS TO SLOWDOWN A BIT THIS WEEK. AMONG THE > NOTABLES, LOOK FOR REPORTS FROM TYSON FOODS, VERIZON HALLIBURTON, HILTON > HOTELS AND TIME WARNER. > > ANOTHER REASON TO KEEP TIME WARNER ON YOUR RADAR SCREEN? IT'S SAID TO BE > INTERESTED IN BUYING THE LEGENDARY HOLLYWOOD STUDIO M-G-M. SONY HAS > ALREADY MADE PUBLIC IT'S INTERESTED IN BUYING THE STUDIO. > > THE INTERNET SEARCH ENGINE GOOGLE IS ALSO EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE IN THE > COMING DAYS JUST WHEN IT PLANS TO GO PUBLIC. THERE'S NO WORD ON HOW BIG > THE INITAL PUBLIC STOCK OFFERING WOULD BE OR WHAT IT WOULD BE PRICED AT. > THE ANNOUNCEMENTS COMES AT A TIME WHEN THE I-P-O MARKETS ON WALL STREET IS > BEGINNING TO HEAT UP AGAIN. > > FIND OUT MORE AT CBS.MW.COM IN NY I'M ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS.))


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[11Police-Lawsuit]


[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=myr]
[TAPE#=04-04 TC-1:53:11]
[GRAPHIC=none]
[ENG#=1]


A Rocky Mount man is suing the town's police department.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Rocky Mount;]

Samuel St. Clair says he was roughed up and humiliated by officers last November, when they were called to his home for a domestic dispute. St. Clair filed a lawsuit against the department, but his attorney is now fighting a recent decision to move the case out of circuit court and into federal court.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 842]
[IN Q=my idea]

((HARVEY LUTINS/ST. CLAIR'S ATTY.: MY IDEA WAS THAT I WANTED THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF ROCKY MOUNT TO KNOW HOW THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT OPERATES.))
[SUPER=01-Harvey Lutins/St. Clair's Attorney;]
[RUNS=07]
[OUT Q=department operates]
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[VO-NAT]

According to Lutins, St. Clair's girlfriend called police to escort her to the home so she could pick up her belongings. Lutins says the only violence that occurred that day was by police, and NOT his client. Rocky Mount officials had NO comment.
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[6-FC-Memorial]


[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=rle]
[TAPE#=04-06 TC-1:35:19]
[GRAPHIC=none]
[ENG#=2]


Some race drivers remembered one of their own at the Franklin County Speedway.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Franklin Co./Saturday Night;]

Before Saturday night's races, the track held memorial parade laps for 19 year old Johnathan Quintrell and his fianc� 19 year old Megan Dawn Hall. The two were killed in a car crash in November, but their two young children survived. Quintrell used to race the gray, number-eleven car in Callaway. The track also outfitted the pace car in memory of the couple. An unidentified 17-year old driver was charged with two-counts of manslaughter and driving under the influence in connection with the crash.
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[11Mount-Moriah]


[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jwi]
[TAPE#=04-07 TC-1:22:13]
[GRAPHIC=none]
[ENG#=3]

Three months ago, Mount Moriah Baptist Church was struck by vandals. Yesterday, the congregation said "thank you" to the dozens of people who helped them clean up. As Jennifer Wishon reports, the crime has only strengthened the spirit of a church more than a hundred years old.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :07]
[SUPER=01-Rev. Thomas Pleasant/Mount Moriah Baptist Church Pastor; :13]
[SUPER=04-January; :24]
[SUPER=01-Lelia Clayborne/Mount Moriah Baptist Church Member; :43]
[SUPER=01-Dollie English/Mount Moriah Baptist Church Member; :59]
[SUPER=01-John Kern/Roanoke Regional Preservation Director; 1:27]
[SUPER=@Jennifer2; 1:45]
[RUNS=1:56]
[OUT Q=JW, News 7, Roanoke]
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[SOT 17:15:34]
[IN Q=This right here]

((LELIA CLAYBORNE: THIS RIGHT HERE ARE WE WOULD GO DOWN THE AISLE AND PICK UP THE COLLECTION.))
[RUNS= 06]
[OUT Q=pick up the collection.]

For the past three months members of Mount Moriah Baptist Church have been picking up much more than the collection.
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[SOT 17:18:59]
[IN Q=I had no idea that]

((THOMAS PLEASANT: I HAD NO IDEA THAT NOBODY WOULD COME IN AND WORK IN GOD'S HOUSE THE WAY THEY DESTRUCTED THIS. THIS CHURCH WAS IN CHAOS.))
[RUNS= 09]
[OUT Q=was in chaos]

[COVER BITE WITH FILE]
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[SOT 17:14:10]
[IN Q=We were just devestated]

((LELIA CLAYBORNE: WE WERE JUST DEVASTATED WHEN WE COME UP HERE AND SAW EVERYTHING BROKE UP AND BOOKS THROWN OUTSIDE AND BIBLES AND CHAIRS TURNED OVER AND PEWS TURNED OVER. WE WERE JUST REALLY DEVASTATED BY THAT.))
[RUNS= 10]
[OUT Q=devestated by that]

But the congregation's devastation soon turned to joy when volunteers started showing up to help and money poured in from around the state. Sunday the church said thank you.
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[SOT 17:16:52]
[IN Q=The way people]

((LELIA CLAYBORNE: THE WAY PEOPLE RESPONDED AND SENT MONEY FROM EVERYWHERE, PEOPLE WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW, AND GOT EVERYTHING FIXED UP - WE NEEDED SOME STUFF FIXED UP BECAUSE THEY TORE UP EVERYTHING.))
[RUNS= 10]
[OUT Q=tore up everything]

And while volunteers helped the church get back on it's feet - they were also helping to preserve a national treasure.

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[SOT 17:01:43]
[IN Q=My grandfather, he was]

((DOLLIE ENGLISH: MY GRANDFATHER, HE WAS THE PASTOR HERE FOR 32 YEARS AND ALL HIS EIGHT CHILDREN USED TO BELONG TO THIS CHURCH.))
[RUNS= 09]
[OUT Q=to this church]

Dollie English has been singing in the Mount Moriah choir since before she could see over the choir loft. The church has been on the Virginia and National Historic Registers since 1993 - and now a new designation guarantees the legacy of Dollie and others will be preserved forever.
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[SOT 17:10:41]
[IN Q=They've just granted]

((JOHN KERN: THEY'VE JUST GRANTED AND DONATED AN EASEMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORIC RESOURCES WHICH ENSURES THE CHURCH'S PRESERVATION IN THE UNHAPPY EVENT THAT THE CONGREGATION IS ALL DECEASED.))
[RUNS= 14]
[OUT Q=is all deceased]

But for now this historic church is very much alive with a congregation determined to turn a trying situation into an opportunity to continue God's work. Jennifer Wishon, News 7, Roanoke.))


[Space-Station]


[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
[ENG#=4]


On the international space station today, the crew manning the station for the last six months passes the torch to the new arrivals.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-NASA TV;]


The new crew, American flight engineer Michael Fincke (Fink) and a Russian commander will have to deal with a broken piece of equipment.
Just after their arrival last week, one of the gyroscopes which keeps the space station stable, stopped working.
The station has two other gyroscopes, but the astronauts must conduct a space walk to fix the problem.
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(Kim tosses to bump)

[BUMP]

[COMM][POSING TODDLER]


[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=spa]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
[ENG#=1]


Have you met the new media darling? His name is Jeremy and he has posed with some of the most famous people around. Not bad for a two year old. Jeanne Moos has his story.
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[SOT]

[IN: He may be]
[SUPER=03-New York, NY; :02]
[SUPER=04-"Private School" - Universal Pictures; :33 (QUICK)]
[SUPER=04-"The Woman in Red" - Orion Pictures; :36 (QUICK)]
[SUPER=01-Michael Zorek/Jeremy's Dad; :56]
[RUNS=1:55]
[OUT=Jeanne Moos, New York]


((HE MAY BE JUST LEARNING TO TALK....
uh oh
nice
BUT SOMEHOW HE'S MANAGED TO TALK HIS WAY INTO DOZENS OF CELEBRITY PHOTO OPS.
FROM LENO, TO BILLY CRYSTAL TO ROBIN WILLIAMS TO HALLE BERRY.
it's not the best picture of Jeremy but my God she looks beautiful
JEREMY ZOREK'S DAD POSTS THEM ALL ON THE WEB SITE WHOISTHATWITHJEREMY.COM.
who's that? that's G Gordon Liddy
FROM WATERGATE TO PLAYBOY...SORRY HEF, JEREMY'S A BOY WHO PLAYS....
Whee
NOT A PLAYBOY. BACK IN THE 80S, JEREMY'S DAD WAS AN ACTOR. IN A DRESS, IN A MOHAWK. NOW HIS SON'S POSING WITH ACTORS LIKE 007. SINGERS LIKE BILLY JOEL. THEY RUN INTO CELEBS ON THE STREET, GO TO DOZENS OF BOOK SIGNINGS. JEREMY'S MOST PHOTOGRAPHED MOMENT WAS WITH NONE OTHER THAN MADONNA...
nat
are you doing it for fun or want to have show biz career for this kid? it's for fun, I mean he models...(kid interrupts) mommy momy
WE TAGGED ALONG WHEN JEREMY LINED UP TO MEET DANNY AIELLO SIGNING HIS NEW CD.
can you say hi danny aiello? hi danny aiello
this is my son jeremy He said danny aiello. can I get a photo?
FEW SAY NO...AMONG THEM MIKHAIL GROBACHEV AND PAUL MCCARTNEY, THOUGH RINGO POSED.
can you say P Diddy? P diddy
FROM RAPPER TO FORMER PRESIDENT. THERE'S EVEN A PARODY WEB SITE NOW...WHO IS THAT EATING JEREMY. AND SOMEONE PHOTOSHOPPED JEREMY'S HEAD ONTO MICHAEL JACKSON'S DANGLING BABY.ONCE IN A WHILE JEREMY FUSSES...
Makeit one more for my baby and one ore for the road. if you know the ABC song he likes that better. DANNY AIELLO SINGS TO KID
H I J K L M N O
THIS KID'S TOO COOL TO DROOL ON A CELEBRITY. MAKES POSING WITH SANTA SEEM...QUAINT.
JM CNN NEW YORK))
[Tape tosses to bump] [COMM]

[6-Drug-Bust]


[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jwi]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=none]


South Boston police and the Regional Narcotic Task Force have arrested an alleged drug dealer, following a year-long undercover operation. 27-year-old Sherron Lakee Mosley was arrested Friday at the Willow Oaks Apartment Complex. Mosley is charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Along with crack cocaine and marijuana, law enforcement say they seized jewelry, TV's and other electronics from Mosley's apartment. Investigators say several drug customers have been identified and face potential charges. Police expect other arrests will be made as the investigation continues.

[Low Calorie Diet]


[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=spa]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
[ENG#=1]

Welcome back to News 7 Mornin'.
A low calorie diet has long been the most obvious way to lose weight. Now, researchers at Washington University think cutting calories may actually help you live longer too. Christy Feig has more.
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[SOT]

[IN: New research]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Stuart Seides/Cardiologist; :10]
[RUNS=1:09]
[OUT=Christy Feig, Washington.]


((NEW RESEARCH SHOWS PEOPLE WHO *DRASTICALLY* REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CALORIES in their diet ACTUALLY REDUCE THEIR RISK OF HEART DISEASE AND DIABETEs i think one would bet if one had to bet that these folks would live longer, it's certainly not proven by this study BUT THE RESEARCHERS FOUND 18 PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN EATING THIS VERY LOW CALORIE DIET OF 11-HUNDRED TO JUST UNDER 2,000 CALORIES A DAY ...THEN THEY COMPARED THEM TO 18 PEOPLE WHO ATE LIKE THE AVERAGE -- CONSUMING ANYWHERE FROM NEARLY 2,000 CALORIES A DAY TO MORE THAN 35-HUNDRED. THOSE ON THE RESTRICTED DIET HAD MORE of the GOOD and less of the dangerous CHOLESTEROL. THE HEART BENEFIT HAS BEEN SEEN IN REAL LIFE. DURING WORLD WAR II THE SHORTAGE OF FOOD IN SOME NORTHERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES LED TO A DROP IN DEATH FROM HEART DISEASE. WHEN THE WAR ENDED, DEATHS ROSE AGAIN. ALTHOUGH EXPERTS CAN'T EXPLAIN WHY DRASTIC CALORIE REDUCTION SEEMS TO HAVE THESE BENEFITS.... THEY DO SAY IT SHOULD ONLY BE DONE UNDER A NUTRITIONIST... OR YOU COULD END UP MALNOURISHED. CHRISTY FEIG, CNN, WASHINGTON. ))

[Biz-Brief]


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


In business news, A T and T Wireless released its first quarter earnings report. And, Tyson Foods is cleared in a price fixing case. Stan Case has more in today's business brief.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Stan Case/Reporting; :]
[RUNS=1:25]
[OUT Q=I'm Stan Case.]

((THE NASDAQ COMPOSITE RALLIED FRIDAY, WITH MICROSOFT'S STRONG EARNINGS AND FORECAST LIFTING A NUMBER OF TECHNOLOGY SHARES.
BUT THE BROADER MARKET SHOWED LITTLE REACTION, BARELY CLOSING HIGHER.


THE DOW CLOSED UP 11 POINTS.
WHILE THE NASDAQ GAINED 16.


THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT SAYS ORDERS FOR LONG-LASTING GOODS MADE AT U-S FACTORIES SOARED IN MARCH.
DURABLE GOODS ORDERS ROSE THREE-POINT-FOUR PERCENT AFTER A GAIN OF THREE-POINT-EIGHT PERCENT IN FEBRUARY.
THE RISE IN ORDERS FOR CARS, COMPUTERS, AIRCRAFT AND OTHER LONG-LASTING GOODS WAS BROAD-BASED.
THE READING -- EXCLUDING TRANSPORTATION -- WAS THE STRONGEST IN ALMOST TWO YEARS.


TYSON FOODS IS CLEARED IN A PRICE-FIXING CASE.
THE NATION'S LARGEST MEAT PROCESSOR HAD BEEN ACCUSED OF MANIPULATING CATTLE PRICES.
BUT A JUDGE HAS TOSSED OUT A ONE-POINT-TWO-EIGHT BILLION DOLLAR JUDGMENT AGAINST THE COMPANY.
AN ATTORNEY FOR SIX CATTLE PRODUCERS WHO SUED TYSON SAYS THE JUDGE FOUND THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED DURING THE FEBRUARY TRIAL TO BE INSUFFICIENT.
THE CASE DATES BACK TO 19-96, WHEN I-B-P INCORPORATED, NOW OWNED BY TYSON, WAS SUED.
THE PLAINTIFFS ARE PLANNING TO APPEAL.


AT&T WIRELESS POSTS A FIRST-QUARTER LOSS OF TWO CENTS OF SHARE -- ITS SECOND STRAIGHT QUARTERLY LOSS.
THE COMPANY HAD A FIVE-CENTS A SHARE PROFIT DURING THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.
AT&T, WHICH HAS AGREED TO BE BOUGHT BY CINGULAR WIRELESS, SAYS IT LOST 367-THOUSAND SUBSCRIBERS IN THE FIRST QUARTER.


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