WDBJ 7 news at 5 for 08/06/04

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Today on News 7 at 5, Roanoke police are looking for a teenager accused of taking shots at moving cars.
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Also a popular model of S-U-V is being recalled by its manufacturer.
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Looks like a record setting weekend with overnight lows dropping into the 40's. Details and the beach forecast just ahead.

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On Healthcheck, Roanokers prepare for the possibility of terrorist attacks.
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The world of funk loses one of its best known performers.
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Plus Brent Watts takes us to one of the region's oldest churches. News 7 at 5 is next.

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((CHRISTOPHER KING: I HEARD A GUN SHOT AND THEN I HEARD SOMETHING RICOCHET OFF THE TOP OF THE CAR.))
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At least two cars are damaged after being shot in Roanoke.
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No one was hurt when two vehicles on Brandon Avenue were shot with a high powered B-B gun this afternoon.
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Police responded to this home in the nine- hundred block where one of the victims says he saw a young male with his hand out of the window shooting. Police guarded the home's exits, but when they entered the building no one was there. They say they're not sure how or when the suspect escaped. A pistol- style B-B gun, pellets and C-O-Two cartridges were recovered near an open window. Police say high- powered B-B guns can be very dangerous.
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((SGT. RICK KAHL: IT CAN BE PRETTY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE USING A CO2 CARTRIDGE. IT HAS A LOT OF POWER SO IT COULD DO A LOT OF DAMAGE. IF IT HIT SOMEBODY. IF THEIR WINDOW WAS OPEN AND IT HIT THEM IT COULD DO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE NOT TO MENTION, YOU KNOW, CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.))
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Police believe a 16 year old male is responsible for the shootings. If charged, he faces two counts of shooting into an occupied vehicle. Police say it's too soon to tell if the incident is related to other cases of car vandalism in the area.
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The U-S military says it has killed hundreds of militants in two days of fighting in southern Iraq.
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U-S and allied forces have been fighting Shiite militia members in Najaf (NAH-jaf) since early yesterday. The battle has ended a series of truces that had halted a widespread Shiite rebellion two months ago. A Marine spokeswoman says the heavy fighting has killed three U-S service members and about ``300 anti-Iraqi forces.''
Iraqi officials say fighting in other Shiite areas has killed dozens more Iraqis.
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Meantime, The Lebanese National New Agency reports four truck drivers have been taken hostage in Iraq.

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Burger King says the six people found dead in a Florida home were all employees.
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The bodies of six adults were found in a home north of Orlando this morning after one victim failed to show up for work. Police say the deaths do not appear to have been accidental or the result of a murder-suicide. They say the four men and two women ranged in age from 18 to the mid-30's. They did not appear to have been related, and had not been living at the house long. Authorities aren't saying how the victims died, or what the motive for killing them might have been. The are still looking for a suspect.
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General Motors plans to recall nearly all of its VUE sport utility vehicles.
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The company says the 2002 through 2004 models have problems with the rear suspension. The recall affects more than 246-thousand vehicles. Last month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the left-rear suspension failed on the four-wheel-drive and front-wheel-drive Saturn VUE's during a 45-mile-an-hour test. Both times, a wheel collapsed. G-M, which is the world's top automaker, has had a rash of costly recalls this year totaling several (m) million vehicles.
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Funk singer Rick James has died.
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Police say the 52 year old was found dead in a Los Angeles home.
James was best known for the 1981 hit, "Super Freak."
After that, his fame began to fade as he became embroiled in legal and health troubles.
James was convicted in 1993 of assaulting two women. The first attack happened in 1991 when he restrained and burned a young woman with a hot pipe during a cocaine binge at his house in West Hollywood.
He was free on bail when the second assault occurred in 1992. James was sentenced to more than two years in prison. In 1997, he released a new album. A year later he suffered a stroke while performing in Denver.
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Coming up next on the newscast, the international round up of terrorism suspects continued today. We'll have the details next.
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Also we'll see how workers are preparing in case terrorists decide to strike in our part of the world.
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Suspected terrorists are being rounded up around the world.
But there is no let up in the high level security alert here in America.
Aleen Sirgany has more.
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((IN THE WAKE OF HEIGHTENED TERROR WARNINGS IN PARTS OF THE U.S THIS WEEK, AUTHORITIES AROUND THE GLOBE HAVE NABBED MORE THAN TWO DOZEN TERROR SUSPECTS...THOUGH NOT ALL ARE RELATED TO THE LATEST ALERT.
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THEY INCLUDE 30 YEAR OLD BABAR AHMAD, ARRESTED IN LONDON, WHO ALLEGEDLY POSSESSED A CLASSIFIED DOCUMENT OUTLINING PLANS FOR NAVY SHIPS OPERATING AGAINST THE TALIBAN AND AL QAEDA.
AUTHORITIES SAY HE ALSO OPERATED TWO U.S BASED WEB SITES TO RECRUIT AND RAISE MONEY FOR TALIBAN FIGHTERS.

(SOT)KEVIN O'CONNOR/U.S ATTORNEY, CONNECTICUT "The sites did more than
solicit financial support or recruit fighters. They also instructed individuals on how to get into Afghanistan through Pakistan without being detected."

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U-S AUTHORITIES ARE TRYING TO EXTRADITE AHMED ON CHARGES THAT INCLUDED CONSPIRACY TO PROVIDE MATERIAL SUPPORT TO TERRORISTS. HIS ATTORNEY, FIGHTING EXTRADITION, SAYS HER CLIENT IS GETTING A BUM RAP.

(SOT: MUDDASSAR ARANI/AHMAD'S LAWYER It appears that anybody who is
arrested in this country in relation to terrorism offences and there is not sufficient evidence to prosecute those individuals, that those individuals' extraditions are being sought by America.)
ALSO DETAINED IN AN UNRELATED ARREST IN BRITAIN THIS WEEK, ABU EISA AL HINDI, A KEY PLAYER IN OSAMA BIN LADEN'S AL-QAIDA NETWORK. HE'S SUSPECTED OF WRITING THE SURVEILLANCE REPORTS THAT LED TO THE RAISED TERROR ALERT. REPORTS TODAY SAY THE SURVEILLANCE OF THE PRUDENTIAL BUILDING DATES FROM JANUARY, BUT MUCH OF THE INFORMATION WAS THREE YEARS OLD. PRESIDENT BUSH SAYS THE ALERTS ARE STILL NECESSARY:

(SOT) BUSH "The threat's we're dealing with are real and therefore we
must do everything we can to ferret out the truth and follow leads."

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DESPITE THE STRING OF ARRESTS, U.S AUTHORITIES WARN THIS DOESN'T MAKE THE U.S ANY SAFER. IN FACT THEY REITERATE AN ATTACK COULD STILL HAPPEN ANYTIME, ANYWHERE. ALEEN SIRGANY, CBS NEWS, WASHINGTON)

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Roanokers prepared for the threat of terrorism today as Carilion conducted a disaster training exercise.
In this drill -- more than one one hundred people were exposed to an unknown substance while inside a downtown building.
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Health Check Reporter Joy Sutton was there and joins us with details.
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Shannon --
While this was only a drill -- many says it's the best way to prepare for the real thing.
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This time the decontamination site was away from the hospital so Carilion could try out it's new portable decontamination tent.
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The tent came by truck -- and in matter of minutes it was ready for the first victims of this terrorism drill.
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This exercise is as real as it gets --- from the protective suits to the mass decontamination tent ---where inside th
e victims were washed off.
Officials say they want to be prepared for anyting.
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((WHATEVER WOULD BE PRESENTED WITH FROM AN INDUSTRIAL SETTING, RAIL, TRACK. HEAVEN FORBID SOMEONE WAS PRESENTING WHO SOME WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION. SUCH AS NERVE AGENTS MUSTARD AGENTS, ANYTHING )) [RUNS18]
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Five hospitals in the region including Roanoke Memorial now have a tent like this -- and every hospital has at least eight new protective suits.
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((WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO WORKING WITH THE REGIONAL HOSPITAL TASK FORCE AND CARILION HEALTH SYSTEM TO DEVELOP SIMILAR PURCHASING ITEMS, TRAINING, SO THAT EVERYONE IS ONE SAME PAGE AND HAVING A COORDINATION OF EVENTS)) [RUNS13]
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Officials say this is one of many drills to come. Most of the pretend victims are hospital employees and the exercise gives them a chance to prepare for the unthinkable.
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Shannon, coming up tonight on News 7 at six --we'll tell about an unexpected twist at the drill today --where one the victims decided to throw everyone for a loop.

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Coming up after the break, it may not feel like it, but Robin Reed will assure us it is still August.
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[VO] Also Brent Watts will visit a local church where he will get quite the history lesson.
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George Washington, Lewis and Clark, even Napoleon were around when the first congregation of Mill Creek Baptist Church in Botetourt County was formed. This year the church is celebrating its 200th anniversary. Brent Watts has more on the historic occasion.
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Coming up next in Sports, Salem High opens football practice without a familiar face on the sidelines.
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Then a little bit later, we'll meet a determined Olympian who will not let a disability stand in the way of her dreams.
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Good afternoon everybody, welcome to your Friday ticker. Salem opened a new football era yesterday with a new head football coach.
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Steve Magenbauer takes over for Willis White who coached Salem to 4 state titles in 21 seasons. For Magenbauer, who played and graduated from Salem in 1992, the feeling was surreal to coach at a place he loves.
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Magenbauerer has 9 starters back. Players are adjusting well to their new coach.
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Frank Beamer and his Hokies are picked to finish sixth in the ACC pre-season poll.
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Tech returns nine starters from last seasons 8 and 5 team and opening with number one USC is already on coaches mind.
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North Carolina State was picked to finish seventh in the ACC pre season football poll voted on by the media. But that has hardly hurt fan excitement.
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While there is still another year before N-C State fans can watch games from new luxury seats at Carter-Finley Stadium all 955 club-level seats set to open in 2005 have been claimed, as have 41 of the 50 suites currently under construction. The Wolfpack Club booster organization plans to pay for the 35 (m) million-dollar project over the next 20 years. The Chuck Amato-led Wolfpack starts practice today.
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The history of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is well documented. For sophomore Nextel Cup driver Casey Mears, his family contributed greatly to that history and Mears would like nothing better than to add another chapter to the story in this weekend's Brickyard 400.
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that's ity for the ticker, coming up at six, more from the Spartans and their new head coach and Rusty Wallace talks about the Brickyard, see ya then everybody.

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On Wall Street today, investors could not hide their disappointment with the July unemployment numbers. Here's Jean Lee with the details.
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The olympics are straight ahead for the female u.s.record holder in the triple jump. But as Aleen Sirgany shows us - the athlete has more to overcome than meets the eye.
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((IT'S PROBABLY NOT WHAT JUMPS TO MIND WHEN YOU THINK OF TRACK AND FIELD...

(nat) Not one of the glamour events.

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TRACK: BUT THE "TRIPLE JUMP" IS NO CAKEWALK. JUST ASK THE WINNER OF THE U-S OLYMPIC TRIALS, AMERICAN RECORD HOLDER TIOMBE HURD, SHOWN HERE AT THE 2001 WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS: :

(SOT) Tiombe Hurd/Triple Jumper You have to be very powerful in order to get 20 times your body weight off the ground.

TRACK: AND 50 FEET INTO A SAND PIT. THE RIGOROUS TRAINING INCLUDES SPRINTS AND PLYOMETRICS, (nat) HEAVY LIFTING, AND THE DREADED POST-WORKOUT ICE BATH:

(SOT: This is at the top of the list of being my worst nightmare)

(STAND-UP: MOST OF THE TRACK AND FIELD NEWS THIS YEAR HAS BEEN CENTERED ON THE DOPING SCANDAL INVOLVING MORE THAN A HAL
F-DOZEN RUNNERS. BUT THIS IS A FEEL-GOOD STORY IF EVER THERE WAS ONE.)
TRACK: BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT TIOMBE HURD. BORN WITH A DEGENERATIVE RETINAL CONDITION, SHE'S LEGALLY BLIND.

(SOT: Hurd Things far away are a blur.)

TRACK: SHE WEARS SPECIAL CONTACT LENSES, AND PUTS BIG PIECES OF COLORED TAPE ALONG THE EDGE OF THE BOARD SO SHE KNOWS WHERE TO JUMP. BUT SHE STILL HAS TO GO BY THE FEEL OF THE TRACK, INSTEAD OF BY SIGHT.

(SOT: Hurd I don't have the same depth perception most people have so it's hard for me to guide myself into the takeoff
board which is only eight inches wide so that's one of the reasons I foul so much!)
TRACK: BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING SHE WANTS TO DWELL ON. AND BESIDES, SOME THINGS TIOMBE HURD CAN SEE PERFECTLY: LIKE HEADING TO THE OLYMPICS.

SOT: I'm going to be in the athlete's village, I'm going sightseeing, I'm going to the opening and closing ceremonies.

TRACK: FOR THAT, SHE HAS 20-20 VISION. ALEEN SIRGANY, CBS NEWS, WASHINGTON.))
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