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The death toll rises to 29, as Hurricane Ivan continues its destructive path across the Caribbean.
Jamaica is next-- but Floridians aren't wasting anytime escaping from the storm.
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And, a suspected is arrested for allegedly beating and robbing a man at a Henry County car wash.
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Beautiful weather has arrived across most of the area with a lot of sunshine, will it continue through the weekend. I'll have your forecast.
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Stay with us. News 7 at noon, starts right now.
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It's an all too familiar drill in Florida--
With no time to recover from Hurricane Frances, the threat of Hurricane Ivan is sending many residents and tourists packing.
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Good Afternoon, I'm Kimberly McBroom.
Right now, Hurricane Ivan is starting to make its presence known in Jamaica.
The outer bands of the storm are reaching the island.
Meanwhile Florida residents are battoning down...or simply getting out of town.
Brian Andrews has more from Key Largo.
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[SUPER=03-Key Largo, FL;]
[SUPER=01-Toby Bagley/Upper Keys Resident;]
[SUPER=03-Grenada;]
[SUPER=01-Brian Andrews/CBS News;]
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[OUT Q=Andrews, CBS News, Key Largo.]
((
A STEADY STREAM OF TRAFFIC HEADING UP US 1.... CARS, TRUCKS, RV'S, EVEN
SWAMP BUGGIES. .... ALL HEADING OUT OF THE FLORIDA KEYS.
(nat pop - rope)
AT THIS KEY LARGO MARINA, BOAT OWNERS ARE MAKING SURE THEIR VESSELS ARE
READY FOR WHATEVER IVAN MAY BRING
(nat pop - all set? all tied up)
THERE'S LOTS OF WORK TO BE DONE IN THE UPPER KEYS AND AT THIS MARINA --
LOTS OF LINE TO BE RUN.
SOT - TOBY BAGLEY/UPPER KEYS RESIDENT "once we secure.... protect them
from surges."
(african queen boat)
THIS MARINA IS HOME TO A POPULAR KEYS TOURIST ATTRACTION... THE BOAT
FROM THE CLASSIC FILM, THE AFRICAN QUEEN -- BUT THERE ARE NO TOURISTS
VISITING TODAY. .... BOGEY'S CAFE IS CLOSED -- AND SO IS THE HOLIDAY
INN... (bird shot) WHERE THIS KEYS RESIDENT IS ENJOYING THE BREEZE.
(nat pop - lumberyard)
AT THIS LUMBERYARD, UPPER KEYS RESIDENTS ARE GRABBING THE LATEST LOAD OF
PLYWOOD TO PROTECT THEIR HOMES.
(nat pop - george)
(nats...destruction) LOCATOR: GRENADA
IVAN LEFT A WAKE OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IN THE CARIBBEAN ISLAND OF
GRENADA.... RIPPING APART 90 PERCENT OF THE HOMES. RESIDENTS SAY HE
MADE A FAST BUT FURIOUS VISIT.
(nat pop - lady waves hands "poof!!...in and out!")
(nats hammering boards on windows) LOCATOR: KINGSTON, JAMAICA
JAMAICA IS IVAN'S NEXT TARGET -- AND PEOPLE ARE DOING ALL THEY CAN TO
STAY OUT OF THE BULLS-EYE. (nats...petrol station) THE LINES ARE LONG
FOR GAS... AND GROCERIES..... OFFICIALS HAVE URGED HALF A MILLION
RESIDENTS TO FLEE THEIR COASTAL HOMES.
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CUBA IS NEXT -- THEN FLORIDA
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An explosion at a Ukrainian church in Connecticut today reduced the building to rubble.
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Saint Mary's Ukrainian Church was flattened just before 7 this morning.
Authorities aren't yet sure what caused the explosion.
No injuries have been reported.
Fire crews and utility companies are on the scene.
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C-B-S is finding itself on the defensive, following its story on newly- released documents related to President Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard.
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While White House officials have dismissed the documents as partisan politics, Democrats say they're proof the President skipped out on the National Guard.
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((SEN. TOM HARKIN/D- IOWA: IT'S ABOUT WHETHER HE DID DO HIS DUTY OR NOT AND THE RECORDS, AS I SAY, SHOW - I THINK VERY CLEARLY - HE DID NOT DO HIS DUTY. ))
((SCOTT REED/REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST:YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 50 DAYS LEFT TO GO IN THIS CAMPAIGN.. EVERY DAY MATTERS.. BOTH CAMPAIGNS ARE FIGHTING TO WIN THE DAY TO GET THOSE UNDECIDED VOTERS. THIS IS LIKE THE NFL, YOU PUT THOSE PADS ON EVERY MORNING AND YOU GO OUT AND BANG HEADS. ))
[SUPER=01-Sen. Tom Harkin/(D) Iowa;]
[SUPER=01-Scott Reed/Republican Strategist; :07]
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[OUT Q=and bang heads.]
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C-B-S says it was assured the documents it obtained questioning Bush's military record are real.
However, an independent expert says they look more like they were produced using Microsoft Word, rather than a Vietnam- era typewriter.
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Roanoke police are trying to find the parents of a little girl found at an apartment complex this morning.
Officials say they were called to the 3600 block of Panorama Avenue around 10 because a small, unknown, unattended child was wandering around the area.
The girl is approximately two years old, 30 inches tall and 25 pounds, She's wearing a cotton sleeveless shirt with pink, blue, white and orange stripes.
She is in police custody and will be transferred to Child Protective Services.
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Police ask anyone with information to call (540) 853-5959.
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Police have arrested the man they say beat and robbed another man at a car wash earlier this week.
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The Henry County Sheriff's department charged 27 year old Calvin Elmore George, Jr. with felony robbery and felony malicious
wounding.
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The incident occured at the Magic Car Wash on Moran's Hill in Bassett.
George is being held in the Henry County jail without bond.
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Police in Danville have caught an inmate who walked away from work detail last month.
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They say Micheal Dean Turner was arrested without incident at a residence in the 400 block of Parker Road.
Turner was on a work crew near Market Garden baseball field when he ran off.
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He's being charged with misdemeanor escaping custody without force.
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Surf's up in Elmwood Park.
Today, the city of Roanoke unveiled an expanded wireless internet zone in downtown Roanoke.
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Roanoke's wi-fi zone has been up and running for about a year in the city market area.
But today, officials introduced expanded service that extends through Elmwood Park to the Main Library building.
They hope it will serve city residents and burnish Roanoke's image as a tech-saavy city.
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[IN Q=We're trying to bring more technology related companies]
((DAVID DIAZ/DOWNTOWN ROANOKE INC.: WE'RE TRYING TO BRING MORE TECHNOLOGY RELATED COMPANIES TO DOWNTOWN ROANOKE AND WE THINK THAT BY COMMUNICATING THE FACT THAT WE HAVE GOT WI-FI IT MAKES IT A TECHNOLOGY FRIENDLY CITY AND DOWNTOWN.))
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[OUT Q=friendly city and downtown.]
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Most days, about two dozen users log onto the system with wireless laptops and other digital devices.
But officials say the number has topped several hundred on some occasions.
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Still to come on the newscast, hundreds of protesters march in the streets of Iraq.
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Plus one of the world's best known business leaders announces he is close to retiring.
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Hundreds of Iraqis took to the streets of Najaf today, demanding that Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his followers leave their city.
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This is the second anti- Sadr demonstration in a week.
Najaf has been ravaged by fighting between the radical cleric's
followers and U-S and Iraqi troops.
The protestors also demanded that the Iraqi government investigate the practices of a religious court that al-Sadr's office operated, and punish those in charge of it.
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Some military families in our region are learning to adapt with their loved ones' absences.
One wife who's husband is with the National Guard in Afghanistan tells us everyone has to cope in their own way.
Shannon Young found a Clifton Forge family is finding its strength in numbers.
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[SUPER=01-Stephanie Nelson/Wife of Soldier; :31]
[SUPER=01-C. W. Nelson/Son of Soldier; :56 QUICK!!!]
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((
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[IN Q=His missions are hard...]
((HIS MISSIONS ARE HARD, HIS DAYS ARE LONG AND THE PAY IS NOT THAT GREAT.))
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CW Nelson and his mom, Stephanie are a team.
Together they weather the anxiety that comes with having their respective father and husband deployed to the Middle East.
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[IN Q=And here is your...]
((AND HERE IS YOUR HERO, YOUR DAD PICTURE.))
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[OUT Q=your dad picture.]
Carl Nelson, known as CB, is not new to overseas service.
His ten years with the National Guard also took him to Bosnia for 9-months.
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[IN Q=When he was doing the peacekeeping stuff..]
((WHEN HE WAS DOING THE PEACEKEEPING MISSION IT WAS JUST BASIC PEACEKEEPING BUT NOW IT'S ACTUALLY HEAVY STUFF SO IT'S A LOT DIFFERENT THIS TIME.))
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[OUT Q=alot different this time.]
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[IN Q=But I have to say...]
((BUT I HAVE TO SAY THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE HERE LOCALLY HAVE BEEN A VERY BIG SUPPORT FOR US BUT BASICALLY, THEY DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR OUR COUNTRY.))
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[OUT Q=what they're doing for our country.]
CB's 9-year old son is quick with an answer.
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[IN Q=Killing every Afghani that...]
((KILLING EVERY AFGHANI THAT GETS IN HIS PATH.))
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[OUT Q=gets in his path.]
Even though the realities are often overwhelming, Stephanie says she can't afford to fall apart.
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[IN Q=I have my good days...]
((I HAVE MY GOOD DAYS AND MY BAD DAYS. I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO BE STRONG FOR C.W. AND C.B. AND HIS GUYS BECAUSE I WANT THEM TO KNOW THEY HAVE SUPPORT BACK HOME SO WE HAVE TO KEEP GOING FOR THEM, SO...))
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[OUT Q=have to keep going for them, so...]
So, she's become active in the Clifton Forge Guard Family Support Group.
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[IN Q=We raise money to support...]
((WE RAISE MONEY TO SUPPORT FAMILIES BACK HOME... WHATEVER THEY MAY NEED, DOCTOR'S BILLS OR WHATEVER...TO HELP THAT FAMILY OUT SO THAT'S ONE THING LESS THAT THE SOLDIER HAS TO WORRY ABOUT BACK HERE.))
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[OUT Q=has to worry about back here.]
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[IN Q=We all feel like we just need...]
((WE ALL FEEL LIKE WE JUST NEED TO STICK TOGETHER 'CAUSE WE'RE ALL GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING. WE ALL JUST NEED TO BE HERE FOR EACH OTHER.))
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[OUT Q=we all just need to be here for each other.]
Meantime, young C.W. is more than willing to put up with the emotions his father's absence makes him feel.
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[IN Q=Sad. But I'm kinda glad...]
((SAD. BUT I'M KINDA GLAD 'CAUSE HE NEEDS TO DO IT. WE NEED TO GET THIS WAR OVER.))
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[OUT Q=get this war over.]))
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He's led the Walt Disney company for two decades-- but Michael Eisner says he'll retire when his contract expires in about two years.
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Disney confirms that Michael Eisner will step down in 2006.
His leadership has been sharply criticized by two former board members.
They say Eisner was responsible for moving the entertainment company in the wrong direction.
Eisner has also reportedly lost confidence among investors.
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The C-E-O of one the Valley's largest employers is stepping down.
Lawrence Castellani will retire after Advance Auto's annual stockholders meeting in May.
He will remain chairman of the company, but Michael Coppola will assume the C-E-O job.
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Up we'll meet a writer who will tell us that Nothing's Too Small to Make a Difference.
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Then a little later we'll meet a man who is trying to make a small difference in an unusual way.
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[OUT Q=at Ram's Head Book Store.]
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Wanda Urbanska will be signing copies of her new book tonight at Ram's Head from 5-to-7.
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On Wall Street at Noon, the DOW was DOWN 32 points. The NASDAQ was UP 10 points.
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After the break we'll take a look at
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how the A-C-C landscape is shaping up for the year.
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Two big rivalries headline the weekend in ACC football. Steve Mason has more on what teams can expect from each other.
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[IN Q=]
[SUPER=@Steve1; :00]
[SUPER=01-Larry Coker/Miami Head Football Coach; :16]
[SUPER=01-Bobby Bowden/Florida State Football Coach; :30]
[SUPER=03-Charlottesville/2002 Season; :39]
[SUPER=01-John Bunting/14-24 Record as UNC Coach; :54]
[SUPER=03-Philadelphia, PA/Last Saturday; 1:09]
[SUPER=03-Chapel Hill, NC/William & Mary vs. UNC; 1:16]
[SUPER=01-Marquis Weeks/UVa Safety; 1:22]
[SUPER=01-Wali Lundy/3 TD's for UVA vs. Temple; 1:42]
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[OUT Q=for your ACC connection"]
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He wears a pink wig, a mask, a tutu and a pair of wings-- and has become somewhat of a super hero in Miami.
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Xavier Cortes is the city's first Parking Meter Fairy.
He skates around the Coconut Grove area of Miami, putting change into meters that are about to expire.
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[IN Q=We had a lot]
((CYNTHIA BETTNER/BEST TOURIST PUBLISHER: WE HAD A LOT OF SHOP OWNERS THAT WERE COMPLAINING THAT THEIR SHOPPERS WERE GETTING TICKETED AND LEAVING VERY UPSET. SO WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD COME UP WITH THIS IDEA TO BRING A CHARACTER THAT WOULD BE LIKE A SUPER HERO, TO COME SAVE PEOPLE FROM GETTING A PARKING FINE. ))
[SUPER=01-Cynthia Bettner/Best Tourist Publisher;]
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[OUT Q=getting a parking fine.]
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Bettner says Cortes is perfect for the job because he has a background in theatre and isn't embarassed by the flamboyant costume.
He also educates the public on how to use the new ticketing machines, which are replacing the meters in the area.
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