WDBJ 7 morning news for 06/17/04

[Iraq]

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Iraqi authorities are reporting at least 35 are dead and nearly 140-injured in an apparent car-bomb explosion outside a recruiting station in Baghdad today.
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A police captain says a sport utility vehicle packed with artillery shells blew up outside the military installation.
Most of the injured were on a bus passing by outside the facility. Iraqi security forces loaded the blood-soaked victims into ambulances and cars as police worked to cordon off the area where several vehicles -- including an armored car -- were damaged. Glass and debris are scattered on the blood-stained road where at least one artillery shell was seen. A U-S military officer says the attack was clearly aimed at Iraqis.
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[Hostage-Update]

[ANCHOR=Susan]
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[WRITER=sba]
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The son of an American contractor kidnapped in Saudi Arabia says he just wants his father back.
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[VO-NAT]
Paul Johnson - shown here in videotape- was kidnapped Saturday apparently by Islamic militants with ties to al Qaeda.
Johnson's captors threatened to kill him unless Saudi authorities release al-Qaida prisoners by Friday. And, with deadline drawing closer - his son pleaded with the Saudis to work to free his dad.
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(( SORRY NO CLOSED CAPTIONING))
[SUPER=01-Paul Johnson, III/Hostage's Son]
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[OUT Q=... return home safely.]
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[VO-NAT]
Both the Saudi and U-S government have a policy against negotiating with terrorist, but the State Department says it's doing everything in its power.
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[11Henry-Fatal]

[ANCHOR=Susan]
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[WRITER=rle]
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Rescue crews return to work in Henry County today, searching for a man presumed drowned in flash flooding.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Henry Co.;]
The accident happened early yesterday morning. State Police say Louise Fuller was on her paper route delivering for the Greensboro News and Record, along with her ex-husband, Booker John Henry Hutson. Police say Fuller drove into a flooded roadway and her car was washed away. Her body was recovered, but Booker Hutson's was not. Rescue officials say heavy rain sent an intense amount of water rushing down the creek bed.
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((RICHARD COX/OLD DOMINION SEARCH AND RESCUE; FROM LOOKING AT THE TREELINE IN THERE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A WALL OF WATER THAT GOT 10-15 FEET ABOVE GROUD LEVEL HERE. IT MUST HAVE BEEN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FORCE GOING THROUGH THERE. THERE'S TREES YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE THE SIZE OF SOME OF THE TREES THAT JUST PUSHED OVER.))
[SUPER=01-Richard Cox/Old Dominion Search and Rescue; ]
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[VO-NAT]
A state police helicopter and cadaver-sniffing dogs have assisted in the search.
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[VOBFranklin-Bear]

[ANCHOR=Susan]
[NEWSCAST=Morning]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=04-20 42:17]
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[ENG#=4]

We've all heard the saying "lions, tigers, and bears, oh my."
Well, nowadays it's the bear part you need to beware of, as surprised workers discovered two nights ago at a Rocky Mount hospital.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=@file]

The state says the black bear population has increased substantially in the past decade.
It is unclear how many black bears there are, but the state says it's in the thousands and that number will continue to rise.
The best thing you can do to keep bears away is to avoid feeding them.
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((JIM BOWMAN/DEPT. OF GAME AND INLAND FISHERIES: THEY'RE TYPICALLY SHY BUT THEY CAN BECOME A PROBLEM IF THEY START TO FIND YOUR HOME TO BE A GOOD PLACE TO ENJOY A MEAL.))
[SUPER=01-Jim Bowman/Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries]
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[VO-NAT]

Game officials are defending their decision to shoot and kill the black bear that entered Franklin Memorial Hospital Tuesday night.
They say for safety reasons, they had no choice.
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[Marketwatch]

[ANCHOR=Susan]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=ejo]
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[GRAPHIC=Business News]
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In business news, Delta Airlines warns it cannot survive as it currently exists.
Alexis Christoforous has that story and more in this morning's Marketwatch.
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[SUPER=01-Alexis Christoforous/Reporting; :00]
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((WALL STREET WILL BE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE OIL PATCH TODAY... ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY TERRORISTS HAVE TWO KEY OIL PIPELINES IN SOUTHERN IRAQ.. SHUTTING DOWN THE COUNTRY'S OIL EXPORTS. THAT INITIALLY SENT THE PRICE OF BOTH CRUDE OIL AND GASOLINE FUTURES HIGHER ON WORLD MARKETS. SHARES OF ENERGY RELATED COMPANIES INCLUDING SCHLUMBERGER AND EXXON MOBIL RALLIED ON THE NEWS. THE ATTACKS AND A SMALLER THAN EXPECTED RISE IN OIL INVENTORIES WILL MEAN HIGHER PROFITS FOR THE INDUSTRY. ON WALL STREET, STRONGER THAN EXPECTED ECONOMIC REPORTS OFFSET WORRIES ABOUT WORLD OIL SUPPLY AFTER THOSE ATTACKS ON IRAQ'S OIL PIPELINES. THE DOW DIPPED NEARLY A POINT THE NASDAQ INCHED UP MORE THAN 2. ON THE STOCKS TO WATCH LIST: DELTA AIRLINES' CEO SAYS IT'S CLEAR THE AIRLINE CANNOT SURVIVE IN ITS CURRENT FORM AND MAY HAVE TO FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY. DELTA BLAMES TOUGH COMPETITION FROM LOW-COST CARRIERS, AND SOARING JET FUEL PRICES. DELTA IS CURRENTLY TRYING TO GET DEEP WAGE CUTS FROM PILOTS TO HELP IT SURVIVE. FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS RAMPING UP ITS PROFIT FORECAST... IT NOW PREDICTS EARNINGS OF 45 TO 50 CENTS A SHARE IN THE SECOND QUARTER...THAT'S UP FROM ITS PREVIOUS FORECAST FOR 30 TO 35 CENTS A SHARE. BUT IT'S NOT BECUASE FORD IS SELLING MORE CARS. IT CREDITS THE ROSY PROFIT OUTLOOK TO STRONG RETURNS IN ITS FINANCIAL SERVICES DIVISION. FIND OUT MORE OR TRACK YOUR STOCKS AT CBS.MW.COM. I'M AC, CBS MW. ))

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[6Blacksburg-Musuem]
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[ANCHOR=Susan]
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Blacksburg is looking to the past as part of its future. Town council is considering preservation of a nearly 100- year old building that was once the social hub of the African American community in town.
New River Valley Bureau Chief Rachel DePompa says the old Odd Fellows Hall could become a museum.
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[SUPER=01-Beatrice Freeman-Walker/Blacksburg Resident; :09]
[SUPER=01-Walter Lewis/Blacksburg Resident; :34]
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((Hundreds drive by this old white building every day and never give it a second look.

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[IN Q=That's why]
((BEATRICE FREEMAN-WALKER: THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO RESERVE IT. PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IT'S HERE, THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW IT'S HERE AND JUST TO THINK, 1905 AND IN 2005 IT WILL BE A HUNDRED YEARS OLD.)) [RUNS:13]
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The hundred year old building is commonly called the Odd Fellows Hall. It was once the social center of New Town. An all black community of Blacksburg.

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((WALTER LEWIS: IT WAS JUST A SEPARATE PART OF TOWN, IT WAS A RESIDENTIAL SECTION. IT WAS ALL BLACK AND VERY NICE.)) [RUNS:07]
[OUT Q=for themselves.]

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((RACHEL DEPOMPA: THIS WHOLE SECTION OF PRICES FORK ROAD USED TO BE NEW TOWN. THE HOMES THAT WERE ONCE HERE HAVE NOW BEEN REPLACED BY ROADS AND BUSINESSES. THE ONLY REMINDER OF THE PAST STILL STANDING IS THE ODD FELLOWS LOUNGE.)) [RUNS:13]
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Beatrice Freeman Walker used to come here as a teenager. She says there were dinners and dances held on these old wood floors. Bingo and fundraisers.

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((BEATRICE FREEMAN-WALKER: AT THAT TIME IT WASN'T REALLY ANY OTHER PLACE FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE TO GO BUT HERE. EVERYTHING WAS SEGREGATED. THEY DIDN'T HAVE BUILDINGS OR RECREATION BUILDINGS TO CALL THEIR OWN. THIS IS WHAT WE CALLED OWN.))

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NATS- guy taking measurement.
The town is now making plans to put the property in its family of museums. Hoping to one day restore it and dedicate it as a monument to the contributions of black citizens in Blacksburg.

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((BEATRICE:I HOPE I'M LIVING LONG ENOUGH TO SEE ALL THIS HAPPEN)) [RUNS:04]
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Walker's also hoping more people will stop and take notice of this priceless piece of history. Rachel DePompa, News 7, Blacksburg.))

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[Hollywood-Minute]

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[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=ejo]
[TAPE#=Net]
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[ENG#=1]
Singer Michael Bolton tries to make the move from music to the small tube....and news for "Nightmare" fans. Brooke Anderson has those stories and more in the Hollywood Minute.
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[2Iraq]

[ANCHOR=Susan]
[NEWSCAST=morning]
[WRITER=sba]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=Iraq]
[ENG#=1]
A car bomb is blamed for killing at least 35 people and injuring nearly 140-other in an apparent car-bomb explosion outside a recruiting station in Baghdad today.
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A police captain says a sport utility vehicle packed with artillery shells blew up outside the military installation.
Most of the injured were on a bus passing by outside the facility. Iraqi security forces loaded the blood soaked victims into ambulances and cars as police worked to cordon off the area where several vehicles -- including an armored car -- were damaged. Glass and debris are scattered on the blood-stained road where at least one artillery shell was seen. A U-S military officer says the attack was clearly aimed at Iraqis.
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[2Hostage-Update]

[ANCHOR=Susan]
[NEWSCAST=morning]
[WRITER=sba]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=2]
Time is ticking away for an American contractor held hostage in Saudi Arabia.
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[VO-NAT]
Paul Johnson - shown here in videotape- was kidnapped Saturday apparently by Islamic militants with ties to al Qaeda.
Johnson's captors threatened to kill him unless Saudi authorities release al-Qaida prisoners by Friday. And, with time drawing near - his son pleaded with the Saudis to work to free his dad.
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[SOT@ "Hostage Family Reacts" @ :28]
[IN Q=My father...]
(( SORRY NO CLOSED CAPTIONING))
[SUPER=01-Paul Johnson, III/Hostage's Son]
[RUNS=:15]
[OUT Q=... return home safely.]
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[VO-NAT]
Both the Saudi and U-S government have a policy against negotiating with terrorist, but the State Department says it's doing everything in its power.
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[5-Henry-Fatal]

[ANCHOR=Susan]
[NEWSCAST=Five]
[WRITER=tbr]
[TAPE#=504-05 56:18]
[GRAPHIC=Flooding]
[ENG#=3]
The search for a missing man resumes this morning in Henry County. State police believe he was one of two people swept away for by flash flooding two nights ago.
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[SUPER=03-Henry Co.;]

61 year old Louise Fuller was driving on her paper route for a Greensboro newspaper, when she went through flood water near Ridgeway. Her body was found in her car.
Her ex-husband, Booker Hutson, is believed to have been in the car with her, and he remains missing.
A state police helicopter was brought in yesterday to help out. Cadaver sniffing dogs are also being used.
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[SUPER=01-Richard Cox/Old Dominion Search & Rescue;]
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[OUT Q=until we finish it.]
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One of Fuller's coworkers remembers Louise as a dedicated worker. Tommie Lemons says delivering newspapers can be a dangerous job.
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The area near the North Carolina line received more than five inches of rain in a very short time.
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[11Franklin-Bear]

[ANCHOR=Susan]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=jus]
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State game officials say for safety reasons, they had no choice but to shoot and kill the bear that entered Franklin Memorial Hospital Tuesday night.
The questions now are: should you beware of bears and why does it seem there are more of them?
Justin McLeod has some answers.
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[SUPER=01-Jim Bowman/Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries; :12]
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((((NAT SOUND OF BEAR COMING OUT OF HOSPITAL))
What happened Tuesday night with a bear walking into Franklin Memorial Hospital is unusual.
But the fact the bear was spotted in a residential neighborhood days before is actually quite common.
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[IN Q=As the landscape]
((JIM BOWMAN/DEPT. OF GAME AND INLAND FISHERIES: AS THE LANDSCAPE IS MORE COVERED WITH HOMES THERE IS A GREATER LIKELIHOOD A BEAR IS GOING TO ENCOUNTER SOME OF THOSE COMMUNITIES.)) [Runs10]
[OUT Q=those communities]

They tend to venture out from early spring to summer.
The state says the bear population has grown substantially in the past decade.
Typically you would only see them in mountain communities but increasingly they're seen in the Roanoke Valley and parts of southside.
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((JIM BOWMAN/DEPT OF GAME AND INLAND FISHERIES: IT IS SIMPLY NATURAL GROWTH OF THE POPULATION AND EXPANSION.)) [Runs04]
[OUT Q=AND EXPANSION]

As a result, the state expanded hunting season this year and saw a 62 percent increase from the previous harvest.
That was a direct result from the state's new black bear management plan.
The study found bears leave the mountain because of mating season and to look for food, something they usually has no trouble finding.
[SOT 7:39:59]
[IN Q=That solves the vast]
((JIM BOWMAN/DEPT. OF GAME AND INLAND FISHERIES: THAT SOLVES THE VAST MAJORITY OF CASES JUST SIMPLY PUTTING AWAY THINGS, BIRDFEEDERS, TRASH CANS, GRILLS, PET FOOD, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.)) [Runs09]
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((JUSTIN McLEOD/REPORTING: IN FACT IT IS NOW ILLEGAL IN VIRGINIA TO FEED BLACK BEARS. WE SHOULD POINT OUT BEARS ARE TYPICALLY SHY AND ARE NOT KNOWN FOR BEING AGGRESSIVE. IF YOU ENCOUNTER ONE YOU'RE ADVISED TO WALK AWAY SLOWLY AND NOT RUN.))))

[Lighthouse]

[ANCHOR=Susan]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=ejo]
[TAPE#=Net]
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It's been a Gulf Coast landmark for years, but after years of salt, storms and wind corrosion began to take its toll on the Matagorda Lighthouse. A group recently restored the lighthouse and now hundreds are coming to see its beacon shine. Mike Zientek has the story.

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(( Sometimes to truly experience history, you need to get away from the books and take a boat ride out to Matagorda Island State Park. Byron Cumberland calls it "fascinating." He says he fell in love with lighthouses while serving in the Navy, so, he quickly developed an interest in the old one towering 95 feet over the island. Cumberland speaks affectionately of the lighthouse. "I think it gives us a lot of grounding of who we are, knowing where we came from and who we came from." The lighthouse has peered down on the surrounding wetlands since 1852. It witnessed a little known Civil War battle and guided countless captains to the safety of the shore. "It was the main light as far as leading ships in here and that was before GPS systems and satellites and all that." He and others soon noticed though that the old structure was showing its age, especially the base. "Here's one of the anchor bolts that we took out - You can see it's corroded here, and deeper down it was even worse." So, Cumberland joined the Matagorda Island Foundation, which last year began a lighthouse transformation from top to bottom. The foundation has now been completely rebuilt, 16 pilings have been drilled, crews put on a new coat of paint and built a new top for the beacon of light inside. "It should draw a lot of visitors - We have a lot of inquiries about the lighthouse every year." He says the money for the big project came from a federal grant of close to $1 million, combined with $250 thousand in private donations. Half of those private donations came from Houston. Many of those who came for the dedication last week also came from Houston. But, no matter what city they called home, they were all impressed. One called it "awesome" and "worth saving." The Matagorda Island Foundation felt the same way. Mike Zientek for CBS News. ))

[Biz-Brief]

[ANCHOR=Susan]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=ejo]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Business News]
[ENG#=1]

In business news, Ford has issued an improved earnings forecast for the second time this year. The automaker says most of the increased earnings will come not from making cars but from its financial services business. John Lisk has more financial news in today's Business Brief.
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[OUT Q=I'm John Lisk.]

((((NAT SOUND OF BEAR COMING OUT OF HOSPITAL))
What happened Tuesday night with a bear walking into Franklin Memorial Hospital is unusual.
But the fact the bear was spotted in a residential neighborhood days before is actually quite common.
[SOT 7:39:00]
[IN Q=As the landscape]
((JIM BOWMAN/DEPT. OF GAME AND INLAND FISHERIES: AS THE LANDSCAPE IS MORE COVERED WITH HOMES THERE IS A GREATER LIKELIHOOD A BEAR IS GOING TO ENCOUNTER SOME OF THOSE COMMUNITIES.)) [Runs10]
[OUT Q=those communities]

They tend to venture out from early spring to summer.
The state says the bear population has grown substantially in the past decade.
Typically you would only see them in mountain communities but increasingly they're seen in the Roanoke Valley and parts of southside.
[SOT 7:37:11]
[IN Q=It is simply]
((JIM BOWMAN/DEPT OF GAME AND INLAND FISHERIES: IT IS SIMPLY NATURAL GROWTH OF THE POPULATION AND EXPANSION.)) [Runs04]
[OUT Q=AND EXPANSION]

As a result, the state expanded hunting season this year and saw a 62 percent increase from the previous harvest.
That was a direct result from the state's new black bear management plan.
The study found bears leave the mountain because of mating season and to look for food, something they usually has no trouble finding.
[SOT 7:39:59]
[IN Q=That solves the vast]
((JIM BOWMAN/DEPT. OF GAME AND INLAND FISHERIES: THAT SOLVES THE VAST MAJORITY OF CASES JUST SIMPLY PUTTING AWAY THINGS, BIRDFEEDERS, TRASH CANS, GRILLS, PET FOOD, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.)) [Runs09]
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[SOT ]
[IN Q=In fact it]
((JUSTIN McLEOD/REPORTING: IN FACT IT IS NOW ILLEGAL IN VIRGINIA TO FEED BLACK BEARS. WE SHOULD POINT OUT BEARS ARE TYPICALLY SHY AND ARE NOT KNOWN FOR BEING AGGRESSIVE. IF YOU ENCOUNTER ONE YOU'RE ADVISED TO WALK AWAY SLOWLY AND NOT RUN.))))

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[VO911-Commission]

[ANCHOR=Susan]
[NEWSCAST=morning]
[WRITER=sba]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=9/11]
[ENG#=1]
The commission investigating the 9-11 attacks will focus on air defense as it holds its final hearing today.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Washington, D.C.]
It will look into whether some of the hijacked jets could have been intercepted if military jets had been scrambled sooner. That's a question that has bothered relatives of September eleventh victims. They've been frustrated by answers from aviation and defense officials about an emergency response they believe was woefully inadequate. A staff report is expected to lay some of the blame on the chaos and poor communication between the Federal Aviation Administration and the North American Aerospace Defense Command.
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[5-XGR]

[ANCHOR=Susan]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=mmu]
[TAPE#=504-03 59:48]
[GRAPHIC=VA Budget]
[ENG=2]
The 2004 state legislative session in now over. State lawmakers completed their work by approving most of Governor Warner's budget amendments, but funding for a local tobacco reseach program took a hit.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Richmond]

The House of Delegates yesterday rejected 16 of 43 changes proposed by the Governor.
Among the amendments voted down was one that funded tobacco research at Virginia Tech.
Governor Warner allotted 85-thousand dollars a year for the program.
But delegates stripped the money away, saying the changes favored certain state programs over others.
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[SOT 03:21:40]
[IN Q=WHERE'S THE FAIRNESS OF CHERRY]
((DELEGATE PHIL HAMILTON: WHERE'S THE FAIRNESS OF CHERRY PICKING THESE THREE CENTERS TO THE EXCLUSION OF TWO OTHERS.))

[SUPER=01-Del. Phil Hamilton/(R) Newport News; :00]
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[OUT Q=to the exclusion of two others.]
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[VO-NAT]

Montgomery County Delegate Jim Shuler says the money would have benefitted Virginia's tobacco industry.
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[SOT 03:17:45 house #1]
[IN Q=HERE WE ARE WITH AN INSTITUTE]
((DELEGATE JIM SHULER: HERE WE ARE WITH AN INSTITUTE THAT HAS TAKEN THE TOBACCO LEAF WORKING ON THE BIOMASS THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE USED WITHIN THE MEDICAL FIELD TO SAVE LIVES THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF VACCINES.))
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[OUT Q=THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF VACCINES.]
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[VO-NAT]

Legislators succeeded in preserving the funding for the Science Museum of Western Virginia.
They also approved an amendment giving 84-thousand dollars a year to the Virginia Museum of Natural History in Martinsville.
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[3Iraq]

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[NEWSCAST=morning]
[WRITER=sba]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=Iraq]
[ENG#=1]
Iraqi authorities are reporting at least 35 are dead and nearly 140-injured in an apparent car-bomb explosion outside a recruiting station in Baghdad today.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Baghdad, Iraq]

A police captain says a sport utility vehicle packed with artillery shells blew up outside the military installation.
Most of the injured were on a bus passing by outside the facility. Iraqi security forces loaded the blood soaked victims into ambulances and cars as police worked to cordon off the area where several vehicles -- including an armored car -- were damaged. Glass and debris are scattered on the blood-stained road where at least one artillery shell was seen. A U-S military officer says the attack was clearly aimed at Iraqis.
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[911-Commission]

[ANCHOR=Susan]
[NEWSCAST=morning]
[WRITER=sba]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=9/11]
[ENG#=2]
The commission investigating the 9/11 attacks wraps up its final public hearing today. The group issued a report saying al-Qaeda is planning another attack.. and concluded there was no partnership between al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein. Brian Andrew reports.

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[SUPER=03-Washington, D.C.; :00]
[SUPER=01-Dietrich Snell/9-11 Commission; :25]
[SUPER=01-Philip Zelikow/9-11 Commission; :58]
[SUPER=01-Douglas MacEachin/Former Dep. Dir. CIA; 1:14]
[SUPER=01-Brian Andrews/CBS News; 1:27]
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((The September 11th commission has questions for the military and f-a-a officials this morning about their immediate response to the hijackings and terrorist strikes.
wednesday, the panel issued a report detailing a major larger attack envisioned by al-qaeda involving ten jetliners.
((DIETRICH SNELL, SENIOR COUNSEL, 9/11 COMMISSION: THESE HIJACKED PLANES WERE TO BE CRASHED INTO CIA AND FBI HEADQUARTERS, UNIDENTIFIED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AND THE TALLEST BUILDINGS IN CALIFORNIA AND WASHINGTON STATE.))
The commission s report.. citing the interrogation of september 11th mastermind khalid shiakh mohammed concluded osama bin laden himself threw out the west coast targets.. tried to get the attacks off the ground in may 2001.. and wanted to hit the white house.
according to the commission.. al-qaeda wants to use chemical, radiological and biological weapons to strike again.
((PHILIP ZELIKOW, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, 911 COMMISSION: THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY EXPECTS THAT THE TREND TOWARD ATTACKS INTENDED TO CAUSE EVER HIGHER CASUALTIES WILL CONTINUE))
The panel also said it found no evidence supporting white house claims that al-qaeda had strong ties to saddam hussein.

((DOUGLAS MACEACHIN, FORMER DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CIA: BIN LADEN IS SAID TO HAVE REQUESTED SPACE FOR A TRAINING CAMP AND ASSISTANCE IN PROCURING WEAPONS, BUT IRAQ APPARENTLY NEVER RESPONDED.))
The bush administration used assertions that al qaeda and saddam were linked.. to in part justify war in iraq.
((BRIAN ANDREWS, REPORTING: THIS WEEK THE VICE PRESIDENT REASSERTED THAT LINK.. AND THE WHITE HOUSE IS NOT BACKING DOWN.. ARGUING INTELLIGENCE BACKS UP A CONNECTION BETWEEN AL-QAEDA AND IRAQ. BRIAN ANDREWS, CBS NEWS WASHINGTON.)) ))

[2-11Henry-Fatal]

[ANCHOR=Susan]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=rle]
[TAPE#=04-22 TC27:12]
[GRAPHIC=Flooding]
[ENG#=3]

It's back to work for rescue crews in Henry County this morning. They are searching for a man presumed drowned in flash flooding.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Henry Co.;]
The accident happened early yesterday morning. State Police say Louise Fuller was on her paper route delivering for the Greensboro News and Record, along with her ex-husband, Booker John Henry Hutson. Police say Fuller drove into a flooded roadway and her car was washed away. Her body was recovered, but Booker Hutson's was not. Rescue officials say heavy rain sent an intense amount of water rushing down the creek bed.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT - 19:35:41]
[IN Q=]
((RICHARD COX/OLD DOMINION SEARCH AND RESCUE; FROM LOOKING AT THE TREELINE IN THERE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A WALL OF WATER THAT GOT 10-15 FEET ABOVE GROUD LEVEL HERE. IT MUST HAVE BEEN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FORCE GOING THROUGH THERE. THERE'S TREES YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE THE SIZE OF SOME OF THE TREES THAT JUST PUSHED OVER.))
[SUPER=01-Richard Cox/Old Dominion Search and Rescue; ]
[RUNS=17]
[OUT Q= JUST PUSHED OVER]
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[VO-NAT]
A state police helicopter and cadaver-sniffing dogs have assisted in yesterday's search.
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[2VOBFranklin-Bear]

[ANCHOR=Susan]
[NEWSCAST=Morning]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=04-20 42:17]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=4]

Bears may not walk into hospitals every day, but state game officials say there is an increasing chance of seeing them in more populated areas.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=@file]

The state says the black bear population has increased substantially in the past decade.
It is unclear how many black bears there are, but the state says it's in the thousands and that number will continue to rise.
The best thing you can do to keep bears away is to avoid feeding them.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 7:42:06]
[IN Q=They're typically shy]
((JIM BOWMAN/DEPT. OF GAME AND INLAND FISHERIES: THEY'RE TYPICALLY SHY BUT THEY CAN BECOME A PROBLEM IF THEY START TO FIND YOUR HOME TO BE A GOOD PLACE TO ENJOY A MEAL.))
[SUPER=01-Jim Bowman/Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries]
[RUNS=:10]
[OUT Q=enjoy a meal]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]

Game officials are defending their decision to shoot and kill the black bear that entered Franklin Memorial Hospital Tuesday night.
They say for safety reasons, they had no choice.
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[Longwood-Tuition]

[ANCHOR=Susan]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=ejo]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=None]
Longwood University will increase undergraduate tuition for the next school year by nine percent. Overall charges, including room and board, for an in-state undergraduate living on campus will increase six-point-two percent to 11-thousand-865 dollars. This fall, Longwood is enrolling the school's largest freshman class -- 970 students.
[Winner] [FOLLOWS TEASE 3]

[ENG#=D1]

[ROLL OUT OF BREAK]

(///// SOT /////)

[SUPER=45-Sandy Forrest/Martinsville;]

[BIRTHDAYS NEXT]

[2-6Blacksburg-Musuem]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=rde]
[TAPE#=04-26 TC15:00]
[ANCHOR=Susan]
[ENG#=2]
Blacksburg is looking back as it looks ahead. Town council is considering preservation of a nearly 100- year old building that was once the social hub of the African American community in town.
New River Valley Bureau Chief Rachel DePompa says the old Odd Fellows Hall could become a museum.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=Hundreds]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg; :00]
[SUPER=01-Beatrice Freeman-Walker/Blacksburg Resident; :09]
[SUPER=01-Walter Lewis/Blacksburg Resident; :34]
[SUPER=@Rachel1; :39]
[RUNS=1:43]
[OUT Q=News 7, Blacksburg.]

((Hundreds drive by this old white building every day and never give it a second look.

(///// SOT /////)
[SOT:3:44:00 ]
[IN Q=That's why]
((BEATRICE FREEMAN-WALKER: THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO RESERVE IT. PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IT'S HERE, THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW IT'S HERE AND JUST TO THINK, 1905 AND IN 2005 IT WILL BE A HUNDRED YEARS OLD.)) [RUNS:13]
[OUT Q=years old.]

The hundred year old building is commonly called the Odd Fellows Hall. It was once the social center of New Town. An all black community of Blacksburg.

(///// SOT /////)
[SOT:4:50:00 ]
[IN Q=It was ]
((WALTER LEWIS: IT WAS JUST A SEPARATE PART OF TOWN, IT WAS A RESIDENTIAL SECTION. IT WAS ALL BLACK AND VERY NICE.)) [RUNS:07]
[OUT Q=for themselves.]

(///// SOT /////)
[SOT: 1:06:00 ]
[IN Q=This whole section]
((RACHEL DEPOMPA: THIS WHOLE SECTION OF PRICES FORK ROAD USED TO BE NEW TOWN. THE HOMES THAT WERE ONCE HERE HAVE NOW BEEN REPLACED BY ROADS AND BUSINESSES. THE ONLY REMINDER OF THE PAST STILL STANDING IS THE ODD FELLOWS LOUNGE.)) [RUNS:13]
[OUT Q=lounge.]

Beatrice Freeman Walker used to come here as a teenager. She says there were dinners and dances held on these old wood floors. Bingo and fundraisers.

(///// SOT /////)
[SOT:2:12:00 ]
[IN Q=]
((BEATRICE FREEMAN-WALKER: AT THAT TIME IT WASN'T REALLY ANY OTHER PLACE FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE TO GO BUT HERE. EVERYTHING WAS SEGREGATED. THEY DIDN'T HAVE BUILDINGS OR RECREATION BUILDINGS TO CALL THEIR OWN. THIS IS WHAT WE CALLED OWN.))

[2Marketwatch]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Business News]
[ENG#=3]
In business news, a warning from Delta Airlines.
Alexis Christoforous has that story and more in this morning's Marketwatch.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=Wall Street]
[SUPER=01-Alexis Christoforous/Reporting; :00]
[RUNS=1:23]
[OUT Q=in New York.]

((The September 11th commission has questions for the military and f-a-a officials this morning about their immediate response to the hijackings and terrorist strikes.
wednesday, the panel issued a report detailing a major larger attack envisioned by al-qaeda involving ten jetliners.
((DIETRICH SNELL, SENIOR COUNSEL, 9/11 COMMISSION: THESE HIJACKED PLANES WERE TO BE CRASHED INTO CIA AND FBI HEADQUARTERS, UNIDENTIFIED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AND THE TALLEST BUILDINGS IN CALIFORNIA AND WASHINGTON STATE.))
The commission s report.. citing the interrogation of september 11th mastermind khalid shiakh mohammed concluded osama bin laden himself threw out the west coast targets.. tried to get the attacks off the ground in may 2001.. and wanted to hit the white house.
according to the commission.. al-qaeda wants to use chemical, radiological and biological weapons to strike again.
((PHILIP ZELIKOW, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, 911 COMMISSION: THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY EXPECTS THAT THE TREND TOWARD ATTACKS INTENDED TO CAUSE EVER HIGHER CASUALTIES WILL CONTINUE))
The panel also said it found no evidence supporting white house claims that al-qaeda had strong ties to saddam hussein.

((DOUGLAS MACEACHIN, FORMER DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CIA: BIN LADEN IS SAID TO HAVE REQUESTED SPACE FOR A TRAINING CAMP AND ASSISTANCE IN PROCURING WEAPONS, BUT IRAQ APPARENTLY NEVER RESPONDED.))
The bush administration used assertions that al qaeda and saddam were linked.. to in part justify war in iraq.
((BRIAN ANDREWS, REPORTING: THIS WEEK THE VICE PRESIDENT REASSERTED THAT LINK.. AND THE WHITE HOUSE IS NOT BACKING DOWN.. ARGUING INTELLIGENCE BACKS UP A CONNECTION BETWEEN AL-QAEDA AND IRAQ. BRIAN ANDREWS, CBS NEWS WASHINGTON.)) ))

(tape tosses to bump)
[BUMP] [COMM]

[3-HEADLINES] [Kim at Desk]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

Here's what's making news on this Thursday morning.
(----------------)
[ENG#=1]
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Susan]
The death toll continues to mount in Baghdad after a car bomb explosion. Iraqi officials say as many as 35-people were killed and more than 140-injured after the bomb went off outside a recruiting station.
(----------------)
[ENG#=2]
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Susan]
Meanwhile, closer to home... the search continues today for a man believed to have been killed by flash flooding in Henry County. State Police say Louise Fuller was delivering papers along her route with her ex-husband, Booker John Henry Hutson. Police say Fuller drove into a flooded roadway and her car was washed away. Her body was recovered, but Booker Hutson's was not.
(----------------)
[ENG#=3]
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Susan]
And, game officials are defending their decision to shoot and kill a black bear that entered Franklin Memorial Hospital Tuesday night. The bear entered through an automatic door at the front of the hospital and was forced into a room. Officials say for safety reasons, they had no choice.
(------------------)

[2Hollywood-Minute]

[ANCHOR=Susan]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=ejo]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=]
Singer Michael Bolton tries to make the move from music to the small tube....and news for "Nightmare" fans. Brooke Anderson has those stories and more in the Hollywood Minute.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=@File; :05]
[SUPER=03-"Nightmare on Elm Street/New Line Cinema; :25]
[SUPER=@File; :44]
[RUNS=1:00]
[OUT Q=I'm Brooke Anderson]

((Hundreds drive by this old white building every day and never give it a second look.

(///// SOT /////)
[SOT:3:44:00 ]
[IN Q=That's why]
((BEATRICE FREEMAN-WALKER: THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO RESERVE IT. PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IT'S HERE, THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW IT'S HERE AND JUST TO THINK, 1905 AND IN 2005 IT WILL BE A HUNDRED YEARS OLD.)) [RUNS:13]
[OUT Q=years old.]

The hundred year old building is commonly called the Odd Fellows Hall. It was once the social center of New Town. An all black community of Blacksburg.

(///// SOT /////)
[SOT:4:50:00 ]
[IN Q=It was ]
((WALTER LEWIS: IT WAS JUST A SEPARATE PART OF TOWN, IT WAS A RESIDENTIAL SECTION. IT WAS ALL BLACK AND VERY NICE.)) [RUNS:07]
[OUT Q=for themselves.]

(///// SOT /////)
[SOT: 1:06:00 ]
[IN Q=This whole section]
((RACHEL DEPOMPA: THIS WHOLE SECTION OF PRICES FORK ROAD USED TO BE NEW TOWN. THE HOMES THAT WERE ONCE HERE HAVE NOW BEEN REPLACED BY ROADS AND BUSINESSES. THE ONLY REMINDER OF THE PAST STILL STANDING IS THE ODD FELLOWS LOUNGE.)) [RUNS:13]
[OUT Q=lounge.]

Beatrice Freeman Walker used to come here as a teenager. She says there were dinners and dances held on these old wood floors. Bingo and fundraisers.

(///// SOT /////)
[SOT:2:12:00 ]
[IN Q=]
((BEATRICE FREEMAN-WALKER: AT THAT TIME IT WASN'T REALLY ANY OTHER PLACE FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE TO GO BUT HERE. EVERYTHING WAS SEGREGATED. THEY DIDN'T HAVE BUILDINGS OR RECREATION BUILDINGS TO CALL THEIR OWN. THIS IS WHAT WE CALLED OWN.))

[2-5-XGR]

[ANCHOR=Susan]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=mmu]
[TAPE#=504-03 59:48]
[GRAPHIC=VA Budget]
[ENG=3]
State lawmakers completed this year's legislative session yesterday by approving most of Governor Warner's budget amendments, but funding for a local tobacco reseach program took a hit.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Richmond]

The House of Delegates yesterday rejected 16 of 43 changes proposed by the Governor.
Among the amendments voted down was one that funded tobacco research at Virginia Tech.
Governor Warner allotted 85-thousand dollars a year for the program.
But delegates stripped the money away, saying the changes favored certain state programs over others.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 03:21:40]
[IN Q=WHERE'S THE FAIRNESS OF CHERRY]
((DELEGATE PHIL HAMILTON: WHERE'S THE FAIRNESS OF CHERRY PICKING THESE THREE CENTERS TO THE EXCLUSION OF TWO OTHERS.))

[11Youth-Conference]

[ANCHOR=Susan]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=04-29 TC11:08]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=1]

Summer vacation may be under way, but hundreds of kids from around central Virginia are back in school.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg]

Youth Connections 2004 is a three-day conference for middle school students in the Lynchburg area.
They're getting an education in things like substance abuse and violence prevention through a more hands-on approach.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 10:03:18]
[IN Q=And a little]
((SUE HORSLEY/YOUTH CONNECTIONS 2004 ORGANIZER: AND A LITTLE MORE OF A DIFFERENT LEARNING STYLE. A LITTLE MORE FREEDOM, THE KIDS GET TO GO IN THERE AND ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE, SHARE THEIR FEELINGS AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY INTERACT WITH THE SPEAKERS AND WITH EACH OTHER. AND TO DO SOME SKITS, THEY'LL WORK ON SOME PRESENTATIONS OF WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED, SO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILS AND FUN STUFF, LEARNING BUT HAVING A GREAT TIME.))
[SUPER=01-Sue Horsley/Youth Connections 2004 Organizer]
[RUNS=20]
[OUT Q=having a great time.]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]

Horsley says the lessons have more impact because they're being taught mostly by high school students who are volunteering as team leaders.
(------------)