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A standoff this morning in Campbell county ends with the suspect being taken into custody.
We'll have details, up next.
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And, students are gone for the summer, but demolition crews are hard at work at Roanoke's Patrick Henry High School.
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The heat and humidity continues to build through the region with an increased chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms. I'll have your forecast..
[ANCHOR=Kim]
Stay with us. News 7 at noon, starts right now.
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An armed standoff in Campbell County ends peacefully... a man enters a local business and starts shooting.
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Campbell County authorities got the call around 9:30 that a man with a gun had entered a business on Route 29 South and fired several shots.
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[SUPER=03-Campbell Co.]
Police quickly surrounded the building.. Farm Services Company Incorporated.. and began negotiations with the suspect.
He reportedly had been having domestic problems with his wife who worked at the business.
After shooting inside the building, he ordered everyone out except his wife.
Police were able to negotiate with him by cell phone.
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((OBVIOUSLY HE NEEDED PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP.. PLACE HIM UNDER ARREST.))
[SUPER=01-Terry Gaddy/Campbell Co. Sheriff]
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[OUT Q=placed him under arrest.]
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Sheriff Gaddy says the suspect actually placed handcuffs on himself before he surrendered.
He's been identified as 50-year-old Eugene Trail of Rustburg.
Trail is facing several felony charges and will likely undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
North and southbound traffic on Route 29 was blocked for more than an hour while police handled the situation.
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Although in custody, Saddam Hussein is still defiant.
Today he rejected the judicial process now under way to prosecute him and 11 others for crimes against the Iraqi people.
Teri Okita reports from Baghdad, where all eyes were on Saddam's televised court appearance.
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School's out for summer, but the campus of Patrick Henry High School is busy with major changes.
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This morning, crews began tearing down Persinger Hall to make way for construction of the new high school there.
The demolition will clear the footprint for the first phase of construction. The main academic portion of the new building should be complete by the end of next year.
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((DEBBIE DANIEL/CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR: EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR NEW SCHOOL AND WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN GETTING THE KIDS IN ONE BUILDING THAT WILL BE EASIER TO MANAGE AND WILL BE BEAUTIFUL FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.))
[SUPER=01-Debbie Daniel/Construction Supervisor;]
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[OUT Q=for our neighborhood.]
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Demolition of Persinger will take about a week. Then crews will move on to the administration building located nearby.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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A Roanoke man could spend the rest of his life in prison for the December murder of his ex-girlfriend.
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It took the jury just two hours to find 27 year old Khalif Freed Abdul Mateen guilty of murdering Neesha Edwards last year.
Mateen bowed his head when the verdict was heard.
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[OUT Q=for one side.]
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The jury also found Mateen guilty of maliciously wounding Edwards' boyfriend, Mike Webb, who was with her at the time of the shooting.
Mateen was also found guilty of two gun charges connected with the case.
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[SUPER=01-Seth Weston/Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney;]
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[OUT Q=...horrific crime.]
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The jury recommended a sentence of life plus 28 years. A judge will ultimately make the sentencing decision.
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Pakistan has announced it will NOT roll back its nuclear weapons program.
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Officials there say Pakistan plans to carry out a major missile test within two months.
Pakistan's president says there is no pressure from the U-S to slow down the nuclear program, despite a proliferation scandal involving one of its top scientists.
Pakistan hasn't conducted a nuclear test since May, 19- 98, when it carried out a series of experiments in response to rival, India.
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Hong Kong is marking an anniversary, NOT with a celebration, but with a protest.
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The demonstrators are demanding that China give Hong Kong full democracy and the right to elect its own government.
Hundreds of thousands of protestors turned out on the seventh anniversary of the day Britain turned over jurisdiction of Hong Kong to China.
In April, China tightened its grip on Hong Kong even more, by ruling out universal suffrage in 2007, when the city's next chief executive will be chosen.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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Coming up next on the newscast, a new law outlawing civil unions is greeted with both cheers and jeers.
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Also authorities say a team of bank robbers is terrorizing the nation's capitol.
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Washington- area police and the F-B-I are looking for a heavily armed gang that's on a bank robbing spree.
The latest hold- up happened earlier this week, and it was all caught on video.
Thalia Assuras has the story.
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((
ARMED WITH A SEMI-AUTOMATIC WEAPON, ONE MAN CROUCHES BEHIND A WALL
OUTSIDE THE BANK. TWO ACCOMPLICES - BAG IN HAND, PRESUMABLY WITH THE
DAY'S $50,000 TAKE - RUN OUT. THE TRIO SPEEDS OFF IN A STOLEN GETAWAY
VEHICLE. IT ALL TAKES PLACE IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.
SOT: (TOM MCNALLY, FBI) 153123 they are brazen they are obviously masked
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LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED THE BANDITS YET BUT THEY
ARE FAMILIAR WITH THEIR CRIMES. TUESDAY'S HEIST HERE MARKS THE GANG'S
SIXTH HOLDUP THIS YEAR IN THE DC AREA. POLICE SAY THE GROUP HAS STOLEN
MORE THAN 370,000 DOLLARS.
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THE FBI HAS RELEASED SURVEILLANCE PHOTOS FROM INSIDE THE BANK. BUT
ADMIT THAT BESIDES THE FACT THE ROBBERS ARE MALE THEY DON'T HAVE MANY
OTHER CLUES.
SOT: (DC POLICE COMMANDER MIKE ANZALLO) Unlike tv where you can catch
criminals in an hour these are criminals heavily armed fully organized
these investigations take some amount of time
NARR:
THE DRAMATIC RECORDING BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF (FONT: FEBRUARY 28,
1997)THE NORTH HOLLYWOOD BANK ROBBERY IN LOS ANGELES A FEW YEARS AGO
nat - gunfrire exhcange
WHEN A GUNFIGHT ERUPTED. TWO SUSPECTS WERE KILLED, WHILE 11 POLICE
OFFICERS AND FIVE BYSTANDERS WERE WOUNDED. WHILE NO ONE HAS BEEN
INJURED, THE D.C.-AREA ROBBERS HAVE NOT HESITATED IN USING THEIR
FIREPOWER.
SOT: (TOM MCNALLY, FBI) These individuals are ruthless.
NARR:
... ALL THE MORE REASON, WASHINGTON POLICE ARE ANXIOUS TO CATCH THESE
CROOKS - QUICKLY. TTA CBS NEWS WASHINGTON.
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A former Botetourt County supervisor did not break any rules when he voted with the board to vacate a plot of land near his home.
That's the finding of special prosecutor Don Caldwell.
He says John W. Griffin did not violate conflict of interest rules in November 2003.
Griffin voted in a 3 to 2 decision to vacate an undeveloped county-owned right of way.
The land potentially connected property owned by Rainbow Forest Baptist Church with a road in the Brookfield subdivision.
Griffin owned property in that subdivision.
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Some call it extreme, others say it's exactly what Virginia needs.
At issue is a new state law that goes into effect today that bans gay civil unions.
Justin McLeod has both sides of the debate.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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Coming up on News 7--
Leo gives us a preview of the holiday weekend forecast--
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And, new photos from NASA are really out of this world..
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A piece of the old Norfolk and Western Railway was added to the O. Winston Link Museum today.
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Kinsey Crane and Sign Company hung one of two six-by-six foot signs outside the museum.
The other sign is displayed inside.
When the building served as the N and W's passenger station, both signs hung along the railway concourse.
History Museum of Western Virginia officials say when the concourse was demolished in 1991, the signs were placed in storage at the Virginia Museum of Transportation.
That's where they stayed for 13 years.
Norfolk Southern C-E-O David Goode had the signs restored before they were hung.
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No signs, but PHOTOGRAPHS from the Cassini spacecraft, just hours after it settled into orbit around Saturn.
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The pictures contain zoomed- in images of Saturn's rings-- which show back-lit particles arranged in sharply defined bands.
Cassini moved to within 13- thousand miles of the planet's cloud-tops.
The spacecraft was launched nearly seven years ago, and has traveled
more than two billion miles.
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[Stocks]
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On Wall Street at Noon, the DOW was DOWN 110 points. The NASDAQ has lost 32.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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Up next in the newscast, NASCAR punishes Tony Stewart but he can still race this Saturday night in Daytona.
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And a penny saved is a penny earned, but how long does it take to save a million? We'll tell you after the break.
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Tony Stewart was fined $50 thousand dollars, docked 25 points, and placed on double secret probation until August 18th for his misbehavior in California.
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NASCAR could have suspended Stewart for Saturday night's Pepsi 400 at Daytona, but it also could quit running so many laps under caution.
Stewart issued a statement, saying he took responsibility for his actions, but he stopped short of apologizing to Brian Vickers - the driver with whom he had on and off track problems.
You may remember, Stewart was fined $60 thousand by both NASCAR and his sponsor Home Depot in 2002 for punching a photographer.
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The Virginia State Amateur golf tournament taking place at the Roanoke Country Club wrapped up 36 holes of stroke play qualifying yesterday, and cutits field of golfers down from 126 to 32.
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Leesburg's Billy Hurley - a Naval Academy graduate-- fired a 2-under-par 69 to go along with Tuesday's 66.
He earned medalist honors and grabbed the top seed for the start of match play, which begins today.
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Vinton's Scott Wise finished fourth, while Martinsville's Keith Decker- a two time amateur champ- is 5th.
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Several other local golfers made the cut to 32, but the only Roanoke representative is Miller Baber, who shot a 68.
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Ronde and Tiki Barber continued to celebrate their homecoming with an hour-long autograph session with their fans at the Brambleton Kroger. Steve Mason has more.
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[Penny-Saver]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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You'd be hard pressed to find a bigger penny pincher than a man in California.
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Ron England has saved a MILLION pennies.
England says it started with a bet he made with his brother 30 years ago that he could save a million pennies.
Not only did he achieve the feat, each coin is filed by year and mint.
England found a credit union in California to exchange the copper for cash-- which amounts to 10- thousand dollars.
But actually getting it to the bank won't be easy.
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[IN Q=It's tedious]
((RON ENGLAND/PENNY-WISE: IT'S TEDIOUS BECAUSE EACH BOX WEIGHS ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT HUNDRED POUNDS. SO THERE'S NO JUST LIFTING THEM UP AND MOVING THEM.))
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Ron also has another challenge-- getting his brother to make good on their bet, a dinner in Paris.
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