[News-Heads]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
More suspects are taken into custody, in hopes of foiling a possible terrorist attack in the U-S.
(---------------)
[ENG#=1]
[VO-NAT]
And, closer to home, authorities want to be prepared, just in case.
Carilion is conducting a Homeland Defense drill in Roanoke.
(------------)
[WX-Head]
[ANCHOR=LEO]
[SS=None]
A refreshing blast of cool weather arrives across southwestern Virginia. Will it continue through the weekend. I'll let you know in your forecast.
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
Stay with us. News 7 at noon, starts right now.
[Video-Open]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=2]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
As the U-S braces for possible terror attacks before Election Day, the arrests of several terrorist suspects around the world are providing some crucial information.
(------------)
[Terrorism]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=News 7 at Noon]
[ENG#=3]
Good Afternoon, I'm Kimberly McBroom.
A top Saudi Arabian terror suspect is in custody.
Word of that arrest follows news that one of 13 terror suspects arrested in Britain may be a key al- Qaida operative.
Aleen Sirgany has more.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Brian Jenkins/Rand Corporation;]
[SUPER=01-Aleen Sirgany/CBS News;]
[RUNS=]
[OUT Q=Sirgany, CBS News, Washington.]
((
PKG
AUTHORITIES WARN IT COULD STILL HAPPEN ANYTIME, ANYWHERE....BUT THEY
HOPE ANY PLANS FOR AN ATTACK IN THE U-S HAVE BEEN DISRUPTED WITH THE
ROUNDUP OF MORE THAN A DOZEN SUSPECTED TERRORISTS IN BRITAIN. THEY
INCLUDE ONE OF AL QAEDA'S HEAD HONCHOS...WHO'S SUSPECTED OF WRITING THE
SURVEILLANCE REPORTS THAT LED TO THE LATEST INCREASE IN THE TERROR
LEVEL.
(GFX)
BRITISH POLICE NABBED ABU EISA AL HINDI DURING A RAID EARLIER THIS WEEK.
U-S OFFICIALS DESCRIBE AL-HINDI AS THE CHIEF OF OPERATIONS FOR AL-QAIDA
IN GREAT BRITAIN AND PERHAPS THE U-S, TOO.
HE WAS BUSTED IN ONE OF SEVERAL MAJOR TERRORIST CRACKDOWNS THIS WEEK
...ALL AROUND THE WORLD. FROM ALBANY NEW YORK -- WHERE POLICE ARRESTED
TWO SUSPECTS ACCUSED OF PLANNING TO BANKROLL A TERRORIST PLOT. TO
PAKISTAN, WHICH HAS PASSED ON NEW INTELLIGENCE SUGGESTING AL QAEDA
PLANNED TO BOMB LONDON'S HEATHROW AIRPORT.
(SOT: BUSH)
TERRORISM EXPERTS SAY THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF ALL THE ARRESTS COULD
HAVE A SERIOUS EFFECT ON TERROR ORGANIZATIONS:
(SOT) Brian Jenkins/Terrorism Expert, Rand Corporation: 10:15:00 Within
those batches of all people rounded up, there will be one or two
important figures, operational planners, key persons in the
communications links.
standup.
))
[Roanoke-Drill]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=jwi]
[TAPE#=04-21 1:53:49]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=4]
Here at home, medical professionals are practicing decontaminating victims in the event of a bio- terrorism attack.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
Medical personnel from the New River Valley to Bedford are at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital this afternoon.
They're practicing decontaminating and screening about a hundred people who've been exposed to an unknown substance downtown.
The goal is to assess everyone's health before they're transported to the emergency room.
Hospital officials say recent terrorist threats have completely changed the way they train for disasters.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 9:19:51]
[IN Q=The imagination of the]
((PAUL DAVENPORT: THE IMAGINATION OF THE TERRORISTS HAS REALLY BROADENED. I THINK WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED THAT SO WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR ALL THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS THAT BEFORE SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH MAY NOT HAVE BEEN REALLY A REALITY FOR US OR EVEN A THOUGHT IN OUR MIND.))
[SUPER=01-Paul Davenport/Carilion Patient Transportation Director;]
[RUNS=15]
[OUT Q=thought in our mind]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
The people portraying victims walked through this tent where they were washed down and decontaminated.
There are four such tents available in central and southwest Virginia.
(------------)
[Iraq]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=Iraq]
[ENG#=1]
The U-S military says it's killed about 300 Iraqi militants in two days of fighting in Najaf.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Najaf, Iraq;]
The battle has also left three U-S troops dead, and 12 wounded.
U-S and allied forces have been fighting Shiite militia members
since early yesterday.
The battle with Muqtada al-Sadr's supporters ended a series of
truces that had halted a widespread rebellion two months ago.
Officials say fighting in other Shiite areas has killed dozens more Iraqis.
(------------)
[Hacking]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=Murder Investigation]
[ENG#=2]
As Mark Hacking sits in a jail cell, his attorney is talking defense strategy.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salt Lake City, UT;]
Hacking reportedly confessed to relatives that he killed his pregnant wife, Lori and dumped her body.
He reportedly made the statement to his brothers when he was a psychiatric patient in a hospital.
Hacking's attorney says he'll fight to keep the alleged confession out of court.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=It is very disappointing]
((GIL ATHAY/MARK HACKING'S ATTORNEY: IT IS VERY DISAPPOINTING TO ME... DISAPPOINTING IN THE SENSE THAT FAMILY IS TURNING ON FAMILY AND I NEVER LIKE TO SEE THAT IN ANY CASE. BUT CLEARLY, THAT'S THE SITUATION THAT'S BEFORE US, IF WHAT'S BEING SAID IS TRUE.))
[SUPER=01-Gil Athay/Mark Hacking's Attorney;]
[RUNS=:14]
[OUT Q=being said is true.]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
A judge has given prosecutors until Monday to file formal charges.
(------------)
[Peterson]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=Peterson]
[ENG#=3]
In California, a major courtroom suprise--
The judge has temporarily stopped Scott Peterson's double- murder trial after new evidence surfaced.
Gloria Gomez has the latest.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Redwood City, CA; :24]
[SUPER=01-Mark Geragos/Peterson's Attorney; THIRD BITE :28]
[SUPER=01-Gloria Gomez/CBS News; 1:21]
[RUNS=1:39]
[OUT Q=Gloria Gomez, CBS News.]
((
The rare, shocking announcement by Judge Alfred Deluchi set off all kinds of confusion: reporters even followed Scott Peterson attorney into the men's room to find out what could happen next. Speculation was rampant: (no super needed) SO
T CHUCK SMITH: Truly if this evidence is tested and it is exculpatory, the trial's gonna be over. SOT MICHAEL CORDOZA:
I don't believe it will bring the trial to an end, even if it is exculpatory: VO/MEDIA SCRUM AROUND GERAGOS: And tho
se who did know, said they couldn't talk,at least, not very much: SUPER: MARK GERAGOS, SCOTT PETERSON'S ATTORNEY SOT G
ERAGOS I can't comment on anything - anything I would say (FADE DOWN) One clear fact presented in court set all this off: Judge Deluchi told the jury "there is newly-discovered evidence that requires investigation on both sides". He didn
't say what the evidence was or which side brought it up. SOT GERAGOS All I can tell you is that obviously as the judg
e indicated, we need to follow up on it and that's what we're going to do. It was also Geragos who raised the possibility that the evidence -could be exculpatory, NAT UP GERAGOS: potentially exculpatory evidence ..meaning it could clear his client. But, sources close to the investigation told CBS News the evidence in question has do with debris found near the bodies on shoreline of San Francisco Bay - and that it is not new. The debris was already tested by California Department of Justice crime lab. What's "new" is that the defense, now that wants further tests. (GOMEZ ON CAM CLOSE)
))
[Tease1]
[HARD MUSIC UNDER]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[ENG#=V10]
Coming up next on the newscast, a soldier returning home from Iraq sees his son for the very first time.
(--------------)
[VO-NAT ]
and a bus accident in Tennessee has left three people dead and more injured.
(---------------)
[MUSIC UP FULL]
[COMM BREAK #1]
[Bus-Crash]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[MINI-OPEN]
[ENG#=1]
A collision between a Greyhound bus and a tractor trailer has left at least three people dead and 20 injured in western Tennessee.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Jackson, TN;]
Authorities say it happened around 4- 30 this morning on Interstate 40.
Traffic was backed up for more than four hours on the highway.
Investigators haven't yet determined what caused the wreck.
(------------)
[Homecoming]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=ejo]
[TAPE#=04-26 1:05:32]
[GRAPHIC=Iraq Homecoming]
[ENG#=2]
A soldier returning to Roanoke from Iraq received a welcome home last night he will never forget.
He got to hold his infant son for the very first time.
Justin McLeod has the story.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00]
[SUPER=01-Jason Spradlin/Soldier; :07]
[SUPER=01-Arbutus Spradlin/Jason's Grandmother; :22 (QUICK)]
[SUPER=01-Shanna Douglas/Jason's Sister; :34]
[SUPER=@justin1; 1:27]
[RUNS=1:38]
[OUT Q=JM, News 7]
[6VA-Farmland]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=mmu]
[TAPE#=04-21 1:05:14]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=3]
State officials say they are concerned about the disappearing farmland in the Commonwealth.
They want to see less asphalt and more soil.
Meghan Muldoon has the story.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=GOVERNOR WARNER PICKED UP SOME TOMATOES]
[SUPER=03-Richmond; :00]
[SUPER=@MarkWarner; :09]
[SUPER=@Meghan1; :19]
[SUPER=01-Carlton Courter/Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture; :31]
[RUNS=1:24]
[OUT Q=MM, NEWS 7, RICHMOND]
((
Governor Warner picked up some tomatoes and peanuts at the Richmond Farmer's Market to help promote Virginia agriculture.
[SOT 55:40]
((GOVERNOR MARK WARNER: IT'S A CHANCE TO SUPPORT VIRGINIA FARMERS IT'S A CHANCE TO MAKE SURE VIRGINIA FARMS STAY ACTIVE AND HEALTHY.))
[RUNS= :07]
Farming is a 39 billion dollar industry in the state but it's future may be threatened.
Virginia has lost nearly 45-thousand acres of farmland every year since 1997.
Fields like this that were once home to grazing cows are now shopping meccas.
[SOT 13:01:06]
((CARLTON COURTER/VIRGINIA COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE: WITHOUT FARM LAND WE WON'T HAVE FARMERS WE WON'T HAVE OUR RURAL SETTING BUT OF COURSE IT GOES FURTHER THAN THAT. VIRGINIA RANKS BELIEVE IT OR NOT IN THE TOP TEN IN SOME AREAS OF FOOD PRODUCTION. IT'S INVALUABLE TO PRESERVE THE INDUSTRY.))
[RUNS= :14]
Land use is regulated at the local level but the state is stepping up to help localities preserve farmland.
The state is promoting purchase of development rights programs whereby cities and counties compensate farm owners who promise not to sell their property for development.
And in Virginia Beach, property owners pay a little more in real estate taxes in order to subsidize farmland preservation.
[SOT 13:02:44]
((CARLTON COURTER: IT'S WORKED QUITE WELL. THE TAXPAYERS ARE WILLING TO DO THAT TO SAVE THE FARMS.))
[RUNS= :03]
Homebuilders and developers point out that as long as the state's population continues to grow, so will the demand for more land to build new housing.
But that's a hard sell to those LIVING off the land.
Meghan Muldoon, News 7, Richmond.))
[Tease2]
[SOFT MUSIC UNDER]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[ENG#=V10]
Still to come on the newscast, we'll hear from some people who want to change the way people think about the overweight.
(-----------------)
[VO-NAT ]
Plus 42 years after her death, fans still mourn the loss of Marilyn Monroe.
(-----------------)
[MUSIC UP FULL]
[COMM BREAK #2]
[Fat-Acceptance]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=1]
It's hard to turn on the T-V or read a newspaper without hearing about the latest diet craze.
But you won't hear anything of the sort at a convention this week in New Jersey.
Instead, these overweight people are fighting to be accepted as they are.
Doctor Sean Kenniff reports.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Newark, NJ;]
[SUPER=01-Paul Campos/College Professor;]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Sean Kenniff/CBS News;]
[SUPER=01-Marilyn Wann/NAAFA Board Member;]
[RUNS=]
[OUT Q=Kenniff, CBS News.]
((
PKG
(Newark, NJ)
WHETHER IT'S THE LATEST DIET FAD OR THE LASTEST MEDICAL STUDY: THE
MESSAGE IS FAT IS BAD.
BUT AT A CONVENTION THIS WEEK IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY FAT IS NOT ONLY
ACCEPTED IT'S EMBRACED.
(nats- "it especially doesn't make any sense to focus on making fat
people thin")
THIS IS THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR NAAFA (pronounced as a word), THE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION TO ADVANCE FAT ACCEPTANCE.... WHERE THE WORD DIET
IS DAMNED.
AND THIS YEAR'S KEYNOTE SPEAKER, COLLEGE PROFESSOR AND COLUMNIST PAUL
CAMPOS, SAYS THE CURRENT OBESITY EPIDEMIC IS MORE MYTH THAN FACT.
(SOT-Paul Campos/College Professor)
"there's really no evidence for that proposition, Americans are
healthier now than they've ever been before."
ALTHOUGH HE'S NOT A DOCTOR, CAMPOS SAYS FAT DOESN'T EQUATE
UNHEALTHY..... A PERSON CAN EAT WELL, EXERCISE AND BE HEALTHY EVEN WHEN
THEY'RE OVERWEIGHT.
(SOT-Paul Campos/College Professor)
"what we ought to be doing is focusing on what's important to health,
which is definetely not dieting and weight loss."
(STANDUP: Dr. Sean Kenniff/CBS NEWS)
OF COURSE THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY DOES NOT AGREE.
BUT THIS CONFERENCE IS LESS ABOUT FINDING DIVISIONS AND MORE ABOUT
PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE.
IN ESSENCE: IT'S O-K TO BE FAT.
(SOT-Marilyn Wann/NAAFA Board Member)
"people come in different shapes and sizes"
MARILYN WANN IS ON THE NAAFA BOARD, AND HAS MADE A CAREER ON OVERWEIGHT
ADVOCACY.
GIVING SPEECHES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WRITING THE BOOK: FAT..... SO.
(prounced as two words)
(SOT- Marilyn Wann/NAAFA Board Member)
"don't worry about the number on the scale, live your life and refuse to
let people treat you badly and through that example inspire other people
to be body liberated."
OTHERS CAN BECOME BODY LIBERATED THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS.
(nats-"forget it, I'm not going to change my life because some people
are going to disprove of what I do." )
ALTHOUGH JUST ABOUT EVERYONE HERE CAN BE CONSIDERED OVERWEIGHT OR
OBESE.... THIS CONFERENCE IS MORE ABOUT THE PERSON ON THE INSIDE... AND
HOW THEY CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE IN THE WORLD AROUND THEM.
DOCTOR SEAN KENNIFF, CBS NEWS.
))
[Monroe-Exhibit]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=2]
Her real name was Norma Jean-- but to her legions of fans, she'll always be Marilyn.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Hollywood, CA;]
Yesterday marked the 42nd anniversary of Marilyn Monroe's death at the age of 36.
In honor of the occasion, the Hollywood Museum unveiled a collection of her memorabilia.
It's a salute to the starlet many call the ultimate Hollywood icon.
The public can view photos and posters, gowns and costumes from her 29 movies, even some personal possessions.
The exhibit runs through September 12th
(------------)
[Stocks]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly 2-Shot]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE# none]
[GRAPHIC=None]
On Wall Street at Noon, the DOW was DOWN 75 points. The NASDAQ has lost 19.
[super=460-y/75/y/19;]
[Tease3]
[SPORTS MUSIC UNDER]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[ENG#=V10]
Coming up next, U-V-A's headcoach says he is not worried about the preseason numbers game.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT ]
Also we will see how Virginia Tech is dealing with some injuries to key players.
(---------------)
[MUSIC UP FULL]
[COMM BREAK #3]
[S-Groh]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=twe]
[TAPE#=SP-185 TC705]
[GRAPHIC=UVA]
[ENG#=1]
With less than a week until the start of practice in Charlottesville, UVA head coach Al Groh paid a visit to the Roanoke Valley Sports Club in Salem last night.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem;]
Plenty of Wahoos packed the joint at the Salem Civic Center to listen to Groh, who knows how valuable the Valley fans are to his program.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Al Groh/Cavaliers Head Coach; :02]
[RUNS=:13]
[OUT Q=knowledgeable about football."]
(--------------)
[VO-NAT]
The Cavaliers were picked to finish third in the ACC, but the coach knows that's only a number.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[RUNS=:19]
[OUT Q=sufficiently challenged this season."]
(--------------)
[S-Humes]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-179 3946TC]
[GRAPHIC=TECH]
[ENG#=2]
At Tech, linebacker Xavier Adibi tweaked a hamstring during yesterday's practice, but the injury is not thought to be serious.
Speaking of injuries,
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg;]
Tailback Cedric Humes returns for his junior season as a starter after missing almost all of spring practice with a broken bone in his lower left leg.
And he still has a little limp in his stride.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=BITES]
[SUPER=01-Cedric Humes/Virginia Tech Junior Running Back; :01]
[SUPER=01-Frank Beamer/Virginia Tech Head Coach; :13]
[RUNS=:28]
[OUT Q=...WORK HARD TO GET IT.]
(-----------)
[VO NAT CON'T]
Right now Justin Hamilton, who has added ten pounds to his frame, and freshman George Bell are standing by to help Humes carry the mail. The Hokies put on the full pads this coming Sunday.
(-----------)
[S-Knights]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-183 4:16]
[GRAPHIC=FFE]
[ENG#=3]
Our Friday Football Extra tour stops at Cave Spring, where the Knights are hoping to improve on last season's 5 and 5 campaign.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;]
Cave returns 12 starters from last years team that missed the playoffs by just a few tenths of a point.
Five offensive starters are back, and the defensive unit returns seven starters in 2004.
But head coach Ben Foutz says the combination of a recent OH and 10 year, and a 9 and 2 season will help this team the most.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Ben Foutz/Cave Spring Football Coach;]
[RUNS=:13]
[OUT Q=..one game at a time"]
(------------------)
[VO-NAT]
The Knights field two returning all district linebackers in Steven Fralin and Andrew Sellers, making the backers one of the main strengths of the team.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Andrew Sellers/Cave Spring Linebacker;]
[RUNS=:14]
[OUT Q=...and do good"]
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
Offensively, the Knights have installed a new offense that maximizes the strengths of the players on the field.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[RUNS=:14]
[OUT Q=spread the ball around"]
(-------------------)
[Quickcast]
[WXPRO/FULL]
QUICKCAST
[REPRS@CL]
SUPER=X4031; Fax/Copyright Noon/Weekends
[SUPER=X4030; e-Mail/Copyright Noon/Weekends]
by SS