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Today on News 7 at 5, the country begins to say goodbye to former President Ronald Reagan.
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Also authorities in Wythe County search two lockers at a middle school for clues to a murder.
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Both temperatures and humidity levels on the rise this afternoon, as a few storms are firing up across the south. We'll take a look at where they are, and where their going with Skytracker 7.

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Also today, a V-M-I graduate is killed in Iraq.
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On Healthcheck, a drug already on the market shows promise in fighting colon cancer.
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Plus Mike Stevens has the results from today's Bush race. News 7 at 5 is next.

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A loving gesture to Ronald Reagan from wife Nancy-
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Good Evening. I'm Jean Jadhon.
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Hail to the Chief played as Ronald Reagan's casket was carried from the hearse to the Ronald Reagan Library in California.
After a private family service- the library was opened to the public to pay their respects.
Manuel Gallegus is live in Simi Valley California with more.
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(( RONALD REAGAN'S LONG, FINAL JOURNEY HAS BEGUN. DURING A PRIVATE CEREMONY AT HIS PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY, NANCY REAGAN CLUNG TO THE CASKET OF HER PARTNER, HER HUSBAND......RONNIE.
TODAY'S VOYAGE BEGAN AT THE FUNERAL HOME. THE CASKET WAS CARRIED TO A HEARSE BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES, WHICH HE ONCE COMMANDED. A MOTORCADE THEN BEGAN THE HOUR-LONG DRIVE THROUGH HIS BELOVED CALIFORNIA.
BEFORE THEY LEFT, NANCY REAGAN STOPPED WITH HIS CHILDREN RON AND PATTI TO REFLECT AT AN INFORMAL SHRINE..
MANUEL GALLEGUS/CBS NEWS: After a private ceremony, Reagans closed casket will be on display at the library straight through until TUESDAY NIGHT...to allow what could be tens of thousands of visitors to honor Californias former governor. ON WEDNESDAY, MISTER REAGAN'S BODY WILL BE FLOWN TO WASHINGTON D.C. FOR THE NATION'S FIRST FULL STATE FUNERAL SINCE PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON IN 1973. PRESIDENT BUSH WILL DELIVER A EULOGY AT THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL ON FRIDAY; LEADERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ARE EXPECTED. REAGAN WILL BE BURIED IN A CRYPT AT THE LIBRARY. AN INSCRIPTION AT THE SITE BEGINS: "I KNOW IN MY HEART THAT MAN IS GOOD." HIS OPTIMISM IN PEOPLE LIVES ON AS A LEGACY. MANUEL GALLEGUS, CBS NEWS, AT THE REAGAN LIBRARY.))

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New details are emerging in the murder case against two Wythe County teenagers.
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14 year old Nakisha Waddell is charged with first degree murder in the stabbing death of her mother, 42 year old Vaughne Thomas. 15 year old Anastasia Belcher is also facing a first degree murder charge for the crime. Thomas was found, buried in the backyard of her Max Meadows home. Wythe County investigators have searched the Fort Chiswell high school lockers of the two ninth graders. According to a search warrant, investigators took two pieces of notebook paper with writing and two typed pages of song lyrics from Anastasia Belcher's locker. According to the warrant, police were searching for evidence that the teens planned the murder.
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A recent V-M-I graduate died in Iraq over the weekend.
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Specialist Ryan Doltz had been on active duty with a National Guard unit from New Jersey since April.
The Army has yet to make an official announcement, but Virginia Military Institute reports Doltz died "when an improved explosive device was set off."
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In the Summer of 1998, Doltz was among 19 cadets who appeared in a commercial for Norelco shavers. He started out in the class of 2000, but did not graduate until 2002. He earned a degree in history. Ryan Doltz was 26 when he died Saturday.
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Meanwhile in what is being called a major move, the new interim leader of Iraq has persuaded several key political groups to get rid of their militia.
Charlie D'Agata has more from Baghdad.
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((Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's new Iraqi government takes a bold first step...and scores a major victory...disbanding the militias once bent on making Iraq an ungovernable jigsaw puzzle...


SOT; Iyad Allawi, Interim Iraqi Prime Minister:

"I hope all militias will be dismantled as soon as possible according to the programme just laid down."
That program stipulates that armed fighters will lay down their weapons and either join Iraq's security forces or reenter civilian life. And everybody called to the table agreed to the deal.
standup: PRIME MINISTER IYAD ALLAWI SUCCEEDED WHERE THE US LED ADMINISTRATION BEFORE HIM FAILED. GETTING NINE MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES TO DISBAND THEIR MILITIAS . IT'S SEEN AS A DOUBLE VICTORY...NOT ONLY DISARMING 100,000 PEOPLE AND GETTING THEM ON HIS SIDE, HE'S ALSO EFFECTIVELY OUTLAWED MILITIAS THAT AREN'T PART OF THE DEAL.
most importantly...forces loyal to rebel Shiite Cleric Muqtada al Sadrwho's militia suffered a blow when an arms storage depot went up in flames near a mosque where al Sadr preacheskilling three Iraqis and wounding 12 more.
The US military says it had nothing to do with it.
American officials have agreed to hand over security there to Iraqis...as it did in Fallujah, where fighting has ceased
...the idea is simple: insurgents want to fight Americans...so take away the Americans, take away the fight.
Let the Iraqis fight al Sadr...because from today on, his illegal militia is breaking the law. CHARLIE D'AGATA CBS NEWS , BAGHDAD.))

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Another threat from Al Qaeda- this time warning of attacks on a Western airline.
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The statement reportedly came in a website message from al Qaeda militants in Saudi Arabia.
It warned of new attacks on U-S and Western compounds, bases and means of transport, especially Western and American airlines.
It asked Muslims to keep away from Americans and other Westerners to avoid falling victim to an attack.
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The statement followed a gun attack that killed a British cameraman and critically wounded a reporter.
It is the fourth attack in recent weeks in Saudi Arabia- that's helped push oil prices to record highs.
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Still to come election officials discover why a voting machine did not record any votes for a Roanoke candidate.
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Plus a judge decides if a Montgomery County man is to blame for a school bus accident in April.
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A judge says a dirt road is to blame for April's school bus accident in Montgomery County.
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61-year old Bradford Charles Grems of Blacksburg was found NOT guilty this morning of reckless driving. Grems was behind the wheel of a school bus on Camp Carrysbrook Road when the road gave way and his bus overturned. The judge says there is NOT enough evidence to convict Grems and that the road caused the accident. The bus was carrying two teachers and nine high school students. No one was injured.
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It's been more than a month since the Roanoke City election. That's how long its taken to determine what caused a voting machine not to record votes.
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This morning, surrounded by election officials- maintenance workers opened the back of the voting machine which was located at Grandin Court Elementary. Alice Hincker, who had been running for Roanoke City Mayor, didn't receive any votes at that precinct which had officials and Hincker scratching their heads.
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((ALICE HINCKER, FORMER MAYORIAL CANDIDATE: WHEN I SEE THE MACHINE WASN'T IN WORKING ORDER, I WONDER IF THEY DID A GOOD JOB IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE EVERYTHING WAS PREPARED BEFORE THE ELECTION.))
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((BERYL BROOKS, ROANOKE CITY GENERAL REGISTRAR: IT'S A CATCH-22. WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN IN THE BEGINNING TO MAKE SURE THE PROCESS IS FAIR AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, BUT IT LET'S YOU KNOW A MACHINE IS A MACHINE. IT MALFUNCTIONS LIKE WE DO.))
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Workers found a wheel, which recorded the number of votes, was stuck and malfunctioned.
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A new study released today gives new hope that a drug already on the market could help prevent colon cancer.
Dr. Mallika Marshall has more.
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((JUST TWO WEEKS AGO WE FOUND OUT THAT ASPIRIN, ALREADY TAKEN BY MILLIONS TO PREVENT HEART DISEASE, MAY REDUCE THE RISK OF BREAST CANCER. NOW A NEW STUDY HAS FOUND ANOTHER DRUG TAKEN BY MILLIONS, CALLED STATINS, MAY REDUCE THE RISK OF COLON CANCER.

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"the more we learn about statins the more we realize they have profound effects on certain systems." :06
STATINS ARE ALREADY AMONG THE WORLD'S MOST COMMONLY USED MEDICATIONS... TAKEN TO LOWER CHOLESTEROL AND PREVENT HEART ATTACKS. BUT WHEN RESEARCHERS LOOKED AT 35-HUNDRED PEOPLE WHO TOOK THE DRUG FOR OVER FIVE YEARS THEY FOUND THEIR RISK OF COLON CANCER WAS CUT IN HALF. HOW DO STATINS DO IT? EXPERTS DON'T KNOW... BUT DO HAVE SEVERAL THEORIES.

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"we do know that these statins in fact can effect a pathway of genes called rass genes which are active in colon cancer. (:08) And this doesn't prove it but it's a hypothesis, it's a possibility.(:14)
STANDUP: Dr. Mallika Marshall/CBS NEWS/Boston, MA THOUGH THE IDEA OF TAKING A PILL A DAY, LIKE A STATIN OR AN ASPIRIN, TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCE THE RISK OF CANCER IS INTRIGUING RIGHT NOW IT IS JUST AN IDEA. SCIENTISTS ADMIT YEARS OF MORE STUDY IS NEEDED TO MAKE A DEFINITIVE CONNECTION.

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"this is a facinating observation with again potential significant implication but only that we need further testing." :09

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"I surely don't think this study gives us enough evidence that we should all run out and start taking statins to prevent cancer." :06
BUT THE POTENTIAL THAT A CHOLESTEROL DRUG OR AN ASPIRIN MAY BE ABLE PREVENT CANCER HAS SCIENTISTS TAKING NOTICE. DOCTOR MALLIKA MARSHALL, CBS NEWS.))

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Skywatchers will have something to see tomorrow.
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[VO] After this break, we'll tell you where Venus is going to make a rare special appearance.
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For the first time in more than 100-years, Venus will pass between the earth and the sun.
The Transit of Venus was last visible in 1882.
Miles O'Brien has more.
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((Our sun may be a natural born star - but for at least six hours - it will share top billing with the number two rock in our celestial hit parade...Venus.
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for the first time in a a hundred and twenty two years, Earth and venus will be in a direct line with the Sun.. so from our perspective, venus will be crawling across the sun's face, directly in front of it, looking like a little circular black dot, like a large sun spot...
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You weren't around the last time Venus and the sun line danced like this. But fortunately astronomer David Peck Todd was. It was 1882 - when he captured the the transit from - his perch in California. It's safe to say the planetary paparazzi will be poised - and prevalent - this time - Sky and Telescope's Kelly Beatty among those most escited about the last 20 minutes of the six hour event: there's something called the Black Drop, where venus and the sun's edge seem to merge into kind of a teardrop shape, and we're really looking forward to seeing that.
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After months of Mars-mania - a lot of scientists will be happy to focus on our neighbor on the other side of the street - who we don't know so well. Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system - the victim of a runaway greenhouse effect. Many astrobiologists believe when the sun was young - and cooler - Venus was a lot like earth - but when the sun cranked up the theromstat - literally all hell broke loose. The oceans boiled away - and acid clouds enshrouded the planet - sending temperatures past 900 Farenheit. Not the kind of place you would find life, right? Well Venus may still be kicking - with active volcanoes and earthquakes. If NASA is from Mars - scientist David Grinspoon is from Venus:
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Mars is mostly long dead, and Mercury, the moon, they're all dead. Earth is the living planet in terms of geology. Venus we think still might also be a living planet, and it would be really neat to have another one so close by, that is still geologically active, with volcanoes, and Venus quakes, and other kinds of...you know, where you're not just studying the past...
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Studying Venus is fraught with peril - the Soviets managed to land 4 probes named Venera on the rocks in starting the mid 70s - The plucky robots manged to send back a few fleeting images before they burned to a crisp.

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And at night, the rocks would actually glow, faintly, because it is so hot. It's red hot on the surface. and you know, it would be a very bizarre, alien place.
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Alien, indeed. Grinspoon thinks it's even possible that acid-loving organisms called extremophiles could live in the cloud layer. transitory By the way - if you miss this Venesian transit this time - you Miles O'Brien, CNN, Atlanta. ))

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Coming up a little later in the show, the world Barbecue Champ is crowned in Germany.
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Plus in Sports, it takes a few extra days, but the Busch race is officially in the books in Dover.
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Good afternoon everybody and welcome to the Monday ticker that begins with some unfinshed business from the Saturday.
The rain that pelted us last Friday made its way to Dover, Delaware on Saturday and forced the postponement of the Busch Series race until this morning.
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The MBNA America 200 did get started Saturday but was postponed after just 28 of 200 laps - and a delay of 5 hours, 10 minutes. Today the only delays were due to the caution flags that waved eight times for 54 laps. Martin Turex led the most laps today, but Greg Biffle got the hold the trophy as took over the top spot with 21 miles to race and held on to win the race and give Roush Racing a sweep of the weekend's two top events.
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The win is Biffle's 14th in the Busch series. Kyle Busch's lead over Truex in the driver standings was trimmed to 13 points.

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Yet another Roanoke Valley high school star is on his way to a career in professional sports. This afternoon the Major League Amateur draft - former Cave Spring Star Tyler Lumsden was selected with the 34th overall pick - a supplemental first round selection of the Chicago White Sox.
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Lumsden was drafted right out of high school by the Marlins in the fifth round, but shocked a lot of folks when he turned down big bucks and headed to college. The move appears to have paid off. He has matured as a pitcher and a person in the past three years and now the hard throwing lefty is set to cash in on a huge contract. The six foot four inch 205 pounder was listed as the 25th best junior prospect in the nation in the preseason. Again, Tyler Lumsden is taken 34th overall in the supplemental first round of the big league amateur draft today.
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The NHL will crown its Stanley Cup champ tonight as the Lightning plays host to the Flames in game seven. Former Virginia Lancers coach John Tortorella says even if you are a professional player you better have some butterflies tonight.

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The Roy Stanley Memorial celebrity golf tournament is just a couple of weeks away and folks if you are interested in playing with some

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great celebrities who not only have gone of to great sporting careers, but who also were great friends of Roy - you need to get a foursome together and get ready to play in Friday June 25th.
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[WIPE TO PINNACLE 557] If you are interested in the golf - its begins on that Friday at one. But if you not into golf, but want to meet some stars like Shayne Graham, Lee Suggs and Gary Clark - you head out to the course for autographs at 6pm and our third annual celebrity auction at 7. So far, thanks to your support we have raised for than $30,000 for the Roy Stanley Memorial scholarship fund.
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Also, don't forget that the original Roy Stanley Memorial Captain's Choice tournament is still on for Sunday - August 22nd. Take care everybody - Jean will be back in just a moment. [GO TO BREAK]

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On Wall Street today, investors continued Friday's rally, which was sparked by upbeat news about the job market. Alexis Christoforous has more.
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It's that time of year- time for barbequing. And in Germany
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the world's greatest are grilling up the best.
Over 70 teams from 12 nations took part in the world barbeque championship.
It wasn't just pork barbeque, but spicy beef dishes, fish barbeque and even sweet pineapple barbeque-
200 jurors had the tough job of sampling and judging the dishes
In the end.. a Swiss team won.
The secret to barbeque ..according to one of the contestants- you must do it slowly.
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