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Tuition is on the rise again at Virginia Tech--
Graduation plans change for a high school in Montgomery County.
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And, while many are thinking of the D-Day anniversary, it's the war in Iraq that's the focus of today's meeting between President Bush and the Pope.
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Showers and a few isolated storms will continue to track through the region dropping some heavy downpours. Will it continue through the weekend. I'll have your forecast.
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Stay with us. News 7 at noon, starts right now.
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Residents in part of the News 7 viewing area are watching the skies with concern today.
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Rain is falling and flood watches are continuing. Tazewell County is now under at flood WARNING.
Let's head over to meterologist Leo Hirsbrunner for the latest.
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[Auburn]
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The weather is forcing Auburn High School to moved its graduation ceremony for tonight.
It will now be held at Christiansburg High School.
Graduates need to report by 6:30 tonight.
The Auburn ceremonies will begin at seven at Christiansburg High School.
[Tech-Tuition]
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Virginia Tech students will have to pay 15 percent more in tuitions and fees next semester.
For the fourth time in two years, the school has raised student costs.
In-state undergraduates who take a full class load will pay 58 hundred dollars for tuition and fees. That is up 743 dollars.
Out of state students will see about a ten percent raise.
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President Bush received a greeting from the Pope, along with thousands of protestors.
Bush is in Italy to mark the anniversary of the liberation of Rome during World War Two.
But as Teri Okita reports, it's a different war that's on the minds of many Italians today.
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((PKG.
(LOCATOR: VATICAN CITY )
TRACK: PRAYERS FOR PEACE FROM POPE JOHN PAUL, THE SECOND WHO REMINDED
PRESIDENT BUSH OF THE VATICANS OPPOSITION TO THE WAR IN IRAQ. THE POPE
TOLD MR. BUSH THE WORLD WAS TROUBLED BY RECENT DEPLORABLE EVENTS IN
IRAQ MOST BELIEVE IT TO BE A REFERENCE TO THE PRISONER ABUSE BUT HE
ALSO SAID THE NAMING OF A NEW INTERIM GOVERNMENT IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
TRACK: AS MR. BUSH PRESENTED THE POPE WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF
HONOR, HE PLEDGED TO WORK FOR PEACE.
SOT: President Bush: We will work for human liberty and human dignity,
in order to spread peace and compassion.
TRACK: AFTERWARDS, THE PRESIDENT VISITED THE SITE WHERE THE NAZIS
KILLED HUNDREDS OF ITALIANS DURING WORLD WAR TWO AND COMMEMORATED THE
60TH ANNIVERSARY OF ROMES LIBERATION BY THE ALLIES.
(NATSD OF PROTESTORS)
TRACK: BUT ITS THE IRAQ WAR THAT HAS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ITALIANS
TURNING OUT IN PROTEST. DEMONSTRATORS ARE MAKING IT CLEAR THAT THEYRE
AGAINST THE U-S-LED OCCUPATION.
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MOS/PROTESTER:
George Bush, its not okay, what you are doing, and I am totally against
it and all these people are against it, too. Its not okay.
TRACK: File: ITALYS PRIME MINISTER, SILVIO BERLUSCONI, HAS BEEN A
STAUNCH ALLY OF THE U-S AND HAS COMMITTED THREE-THOUSAND TROOPS TO IRAQ.
DURING HIS VISIT, THE PRESIDENT WILL MEET TWICE WITH MR. BERLUSCONI TO
TRY TO KEEP THAT SUPPORT INTACT.
(Super: Teri Okita/Reporting)
STANDUP: His other meeting may not be as easy. After leaving Rome
tomorrow, Mr. Bush will head to France to try to shore up support for
Iraq from President Jacques Chirac. Hell also commemorate the 60th
anniversary of D-Day in Normandy. Teri Okita, CBS News, Washington.
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[Employment]
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A double shot of good economic news--
The government says employers added nearly 250- thousand jobs last month.
May was the third straight month of solid growth.
That's validating the opinion that the job market is finally healthy enough to allow the Fed to raise interest rates for the first time in nearly four years.
Meanwhile, crude oil futures are trading below 39-dollars a barrel, following OPEC's announcement that it would boost production.
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In Russia, an explosion in a crowded marketplace left eight people dead and more than 30 injured.
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Russian media say it was a plastic explosive that went off today about 500 miles southeast of Moscow.
They say the bomb was equivalent to more than two pounds of T-N-T.
Authorities aren't saying whether they believe the explosion was the work of terrorists, or the result of a business dispute.
Media reports quote witnesses saying that they could smell gun powder.
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[Tiananmen-Square]
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Today is the 15th anniversary of the military assault in China's Tiananmen Square.
And the occasion has brought another crackdown of sorts.
Police have detained at least 16 people, but it's unclear as to whether they were marking the anniversary.
Chinese authorities are trying to prevent any sort of public commemoration.
Celia Hatton (Hot-ten) reports.
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[OUT Q=for CBS News.]
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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Coming up next on the newscast,
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members of America's greatest generation head back to France to mark the anniversary of D-Day.
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[D-Day]
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This weekend marks 60 years since D-Day, when American and Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, setting Europe back on track toward democracy.
Stacy Case caught up with some of the veterans who are re-visiting their past.
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PKG:
LOCATOR: OMAHA BEACH, FRANCE
SOT; I've avoided this part.
TRACK: FOR BOB BEDFORD, IT'S A BIG STEP.
I'm here to walk in the sands again after 60 years. I've avoided this
part
NAT: steps in sand (nat up for 2 steps )
TRACK: FROM MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE IT'S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY--- PLAYED OVER
AND OVER AGAIN IN HIS MIND.
SUPER: BOB BEDFORD/ D-DAY VETERAN-- MEMPHIS, TN
I've had my nightmares
well uhh. it's pause--- well you know i'm a little emotional.
TRACK: WITH EACH TEPID STEP--- THE FORMER FLOTILLA COMMANDER TAKES IT
ALL IN, RECALLING EVERY DETAIL.
it was rough as a cob of course, the wx was horrible, we were out of
the water more than we were in the water.
(entire sot covered with D day file)
we were a little tired when we got here
(back on camera here)
see they came down rope ladders and we lowered the ramps and they went
ashore
TRACK: HE ALSO REMEMBERS THE CLOSE CALLS---- THE TIMES HE CHEATED DEATH
BY SECONDS.
(picture of his air mattress with the hole and him holding shrapnel)
there was a big piece of shrapnel right in the middle of the air
mattress.
STAND UP BRIDGE: STACY CASE/REPORTING
THOSE, LIKE BEDFORD, WHO MADE IT OUT ALIVE ARE NOW FACING THE END 60
YEARS LATER. FOR THEM--- LUCK NEVER RUNS OUT, BUT THEY REALIZE TIME IS.
SUPER: JACK SCHLEGEL/D-DAY VETERAN--BRONX, NY
there's 6 of us left out of the rest of the group.
(covered with d day video up until he says "that's life you know")
the french say... that's life you know
TRACK: WORLD WAR II VETS ARE DYING AT THE RATE OF 1,000 A DAY.
SOT: (cover is sot with shots of him walking and close ups of his feet)
i'm glad to be back because it's a closure
TRACK: BEDFORD SPENT THREE LONG MONTHS ON THIS BEACH--- THEN AVOIDED
FOR 60 YEARS . THIS TIME HE'LL RETURN HOME ....HAVING COME FACE TO
FACE WITH THE BEAUTY OF BRAVERY. STACY CASE CBS NEWS NORMANDY, FRANCE.
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A Franklin County veterinarian has accepted the fine and punishment of the state veterinary board.
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A committee concluded Dr. Richard Flint "practiced veterinary medicine so as to endanger the health and welfare of his patients."
The Committee proposed a fine of 10-thousand dollars and a four-month suspension of Flint's license.
He had two weeks to decide whether to appeal.
He chose not to fight it, and last week the Board accepted that decision.
[SUPER=03-Franklin Co.]
The case stemmed from the death of a dog at Noah's Ark Animal Complex while Dr. Flint was pre-occupied with a photo shoot of the clinic.
That case was one of nine instances where Flint was found to have violated state laws and regulations.
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
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The consent order allows Flint to keep his practice open by having another veterinarian run it while Flint's license is under suspension.
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A formerly secret government bunker is about to go back under locak and key.
Richard Lesko sheds some light on what's going on underground at the Greenbrier.
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(( After 30 years as a Congress' relocation facility, and about 10 more as a tourist destination, the bunker under a wing of the Greenbrier resort is about to be closed up again.
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((FRITZ BUGAS/BUNKER COORDINATOR; WE CAN GO OUT AND DIG IT NOW, WE CAN DO THINGS VISIBLY WHICH WE COULDN'T DO BEFORE))
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[OUT Q=which we couldn't do before.]
After all those years the cold war relic is in need of renovation. The massive generator system will be fully integrated into the resort as backup power, and leaky pipes and a tangle of duct work will be replaced.
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[IN Q=Water pipes that...]
((FRITZ BUGAS/BUNKER COORDINATOR; WATER PIPES THAT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE HERE FOR GETTING CLOSE TO 50 YEARS, THREADS ON THEM ARE EATEN AWAY, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.))
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[OUT Q=things of that nature.]
So next month, the bunker will be temporarily sealed, for an expected 12 to 18 months, after which tours WILL resume.
But why can't tours continue while renovation work is going on?
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[SOT 2:27:16]
[IN Q=It just doesn't work...]
((FRITZ BUGAS/BUNKER COORDINATOR; IT DOESN'T WORK, YOU'RE BETTER OFF CLOSING THE FACILITY UP, GETTING INTO IT, AND DOING THE WORK FROM A TO Z.))
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[OUT Q=from A to Z.]
And if conspiracy theorists claim that the renovation is part of a government plan to get the bunker back in action, Bugas (BYOO-guhs) says don't bet on it.
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[IN Q=Anything is possible...]
((FRITZ BUGAS/BUNKER COORDINATOR; ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE, IF YOU HAVE TIME AND MONEY AND MINDPOWER YOU CAN MOVE THE WORLD. REPORTER: BUT IT'S NOT HAPPENING HERE. BUGAS: IT'S NOT HAPPENING HERE.))
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[OUT Q=it's not happening here (2x)]
[BUTT BUTT BUTT]
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[IN Q=Renovation work will begin...]
((RICHARD LESKO/RLESKO@WDBJ7.COM; RENOVATION WORK WILL BEGIN IN EARLY AUGUST, AND THE LAST TOURS OF THE BUNKER WILL BE GIVEN JULY 28TH. RICHARD LESKO NEWS 7, WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS.))
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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Coming up on the newscast, Leo will have our wet forecast.
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Plus Brent Watts tells us what's bugging local gardeners.
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They only come around ever 17 years, but cicadas are still big pests.
While they do aerate the soil, also can damage your foliage.
Brent Watts has more in this week's edition of Growin' It.
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On Wall Street at Noon, the DOW was UP 56 points. The NASDAQ has gained 25.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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Up next on the newscast, the Lightning fails to strike in the N-H-L playoffs.
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Plus we'll see if some physics students can pass a sink or swim test.
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[NHL]
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[NEWSCAST=noon]
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[ENG#=1]
The Calgary Flames are within one victory of winning the Stanley Cup.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Tampa, FL/ABC]
Last night, the Flames Oleg Saprykin (sah-PREE'-kin) scored on a rebound at 14-40 of overtime to give the
Flames a 3-to-2 victory over Tampa Bay.
Calgary now has a three games to two lead in the series, and a chance to clinch their second Stanley
Cup at home on Saturday.
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
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[ENG#=2]
The Nextel Cup Series is in Dover this weekend in the M-B-N-A 400, A Salute to Heroes.
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As part of that tribute, Bobby Labonte's Chevy will sport a commemorative D-Day paint scheme on the anniversary of the Normandy invasion.
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[OUT Q=gonna be special."]
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[Cardboard-Boat]
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You've heard of being up the creek without a paddle, but some high school students in Utah were up the creek with CARDBOARD.
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[SUPER=03-Willard, UT;]
The Physics students competed in the Cardboard Boat Regatta at Willard Bay State Park.
They grabbed canoe paddles, jumped into their cardboard crafts, and found out just how seaworthy they really were.
The students were only allowed to use cardboard and tape.
And the boats could not be chemically treated, painted, or altered in any way.
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[IN Q=We didn't]
((WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN, IF WE WERE GONNA SINK OR IF WE WERE GONNA MAKE IT OR NOT, SO.))
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[OUT Q=make it or not]
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The students got points based on the quality of their engineering, distance traveled, and shortest time to make the trip.
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