WDBJ 7 morning news for 09/24/04

[VOB-Iraq]

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One leader is trying to win re- election, and the other is trying to insure his country HAS elections.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Washington, DC;]

President Bush and Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi teamed up yesterday to tell American voters that Iraq's future looks bright-- and the U-S role in that future is crucial.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=The Coalition must]
((AYAD ALLAWI/INTERIM IRAQI PRIME MINISTER:I KNOW IT IS DIFFICULT, BUT THE COALITION MUST STAND FIRM. WHEN GOVERNMENTS NEGOTIATE WITH TERRORISTS EVERYONE IN THE FREE WORLD SUFFERS.
))
[SUPER=01-Ayad Allawi/Interim Iraqi Prime Minister;]
[RUNS=:07]
[OUT Q=free world suffers.]
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[VO-NAT]

Both leaders agreed that Iraq is making progress, despite the violence.
While Allawi says Iraq will hold elections by the January 31st deadline, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the violence might prevent balloting in some areas.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Let's say you]
((DONALD RUMSFELD/U. S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: LET'S SAY YOU TRIED TO HAVE AN ELECTION AND YOU COULD HAVE IT IN THREE-QUARTERS OR FOUR-FIFTHS OF THE COUNTRY. BUT IN SOME PLACES YOU COULDN'T BECAUSE THE VIOLENCE WAS TOO GREAT. WELL, SO BE IT. ))
[SUPER=01-Donald Rumsfeld/U. S. Secretary of Defense;]
[RUNS=:10] (estimate bite runs time)
[OUT Q=Well, so be it.]
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[VO-NAT]

So far, Allawi hasn't responded to Rumsfeld's comments.
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[11Jefferson-Forest]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[WRITER=jus]
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Plans to renovate Jefferson Forest High School are now officially dead.
The school board realized it would cost too much to renovate.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Bedford]

So the school system turned to a state law which allows localities to contract out the design, construction, and financing of new schools.
The school board decided last night to move forward with two of the four proposals.
[SUPER=03-Bedford Co./File Tape]

One would build a new Jefferson Forest, the other calls for the construction of a combined middle and high school at an Industrial Park located off Route 460.
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[SOT 15:51:19]
[IN Q=I feel the merits]
((DAVID BLACK/SCHOOL BOARD CHAIRMAN: I FEEL THE MERITS OF A FOURTH HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL IS A VIABLE OPTION. IT TAKES THE 14-HUNDRED TO 16-HUNDRED STUDENTS THAT WE COULD HAVE BEEN PUTTING INTO A JF AND SPLITS THAT SCHOOL.))
[SUPER=01-David Black/School Board Chairman; :]
[Runs=11]
[OUT Q=splits that school]
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[VO-NAT]

At least one board member feels a new school would be unfair to the other high schools in the county.
Another board member also wonders how much this is going to cost taxpayers.
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[SOT 16:01:30]
[IN Q=You take a 15 cent]
((TALBOT HUFF/SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER: YOU TAKE A 15 CENT INCREASE OR MAYBE EVEN MORE IF YOU GET THE GYMS EVERYWHERE AS WELL OR THE SCHOOLS NEED IT WILL BE MORE THAN THAT. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A TWENTY PERCENT INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES.))

[SUPER=01-Talbot Huff/School Board Member; :]
[RUNS=:13]
[OUT Q=property taxes]
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[VO-NAT]

After nearly an hour of debate, the school board voted seven to two to ask for more details on the two proposals.
That should be completed by November and the school board will choose one of the options sometime after the first of the year.
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[11Danville-Power]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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Southside residents may feel the heat from their electric bills next summer.
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[VO-NAT]

The city of Danville just entered a new contract to buy wholesale electricity from A-E-P and the result will be a big increase for consumers.
Danville officials expect a 40 percent increase for residential customers, a 50 percent hike for commercial accounts and a 60 percent increase for the industries that are city's largest power consumers.
That means a 60 dollar residential bill will jump to 84 bucks.
The increases will show up in city bills next August.
The agency that negotiated Danville's new contract also facilitated new contracts for Martinsville, Bedford, Salem, Radford and the Craig-Botetourt Co-Op.
But it's not clear if rates in those communities will rise as well.
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[Marketwatch]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=jen]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Business News]
[ENG#=1]

In business news, Stocks are still struggling to stop sliding lower as oil prices continue rising higher. Investors are concerned that higher oil prices will weaken third-quarter earnings.
Marcella Palmer has that story and more in this morning's Marketwatch.
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[IN Q=Wall STreet will]
[SUPER=01-Marcella Palmer/Reporting; :00]
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[OUT Q=in NY, I'm Marcella Palmer.]
((WALL STREET WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE ITS GAZE FIXED ON CRUDE PRICES TODAY. THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT PLANS TO USE CRUDE FROM THE NATION'S PETROLIUM RESERVE TO HELP REFINERIES HIT BY HURRICANES.
CRUDE PUT PRESSURE ON THE DOW ALL DAY THURSDAY.
THE PRICE OF OIL MOVED CLOSER TO AN ALL TIME HIGH.
IT CLOSED THE DAY AT 48. 46 A BARELL.

THE DOW CLOSED DOWN. 70

THE NASDAQ HELD STEADY AT THE FLAT LINE.

SHARES OF MARTHA STEWART LIVING OMNIMEDIA COULD KEEP UP ITS STREAK TODAY. THURSDAY SHARES CATAPULTED 16 % AFTER THE COMPANY SAID IT SIGNED TV PROGRAMMING DEALS... AND EVER SINCE LAST WEEK WHEN STEWART ANNOUNCED SHE WANTED TO END HER STOCK SALE RELATED ORDEAL AND BEGIN SERVING HER TIME, SHARES OF MARTHA STEWART LIVING HAVE JUMPED MORE THAN 55%.

AND IT APPEARS UNCERTAINTY OVER THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE SEASON AND WEAK U-S CANDY SALES ARE A BAD MIX FOR THE TOPPS COMPANY.
TOPPS IS FEELING THE EFFECTS FROM IT'S DECISION TO POSTPONE THE RELEASE OF ITS NHL CARDS, AND FROM THE LACK OF CUSTOMERS WITH A SWEET TOOTH. FISCAL SECOND QUARTER EARNINGS FOR THE MAKER OF BAZOOKA BUBBLE GUM DROPPED MORE THAN 30%.

FOR MORE ON THE MARKET LOG ON TO CBS DOT MARKETWATCH DOT COM. IN NEW YORK I'M MARCELLA PALMER.))

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[Jeanne]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[GRAPHIC=Hurriucane Jeanne]
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Two different storms are eying different parts of the U-S.
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[VO-NAT]

Jeanne-- which has killed at least 11- hundred people in Haiti--
[SUPER=03-Miami, FL;]
may hit Florida's east coast as a hurricane this weekend, and residents are getting prepared.
Jeanne is the fourth storm to threaten Florida in the last six weeks.
Meanwhile, the remants of Tropical Storm Ivan are pounding the Texas coast near the Louisiana state line.
Part of the storm cycled back into the Gulf of Mexico and may bring up to 10 inches of rain.
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[CA-Fire]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[WRITER=jen]
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A fast moving wildfire is threatening buildings in San Bernardino County California.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Yucaipa, CA]

Hot, dry winds are fueling 20 to 30 foot flames. At least two structures are threatened this morning. Firefighters are battling the blaze on the ground.
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[COMM][PKG-Iraq]

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In Baghdad, gunmen have stormed a mobile phone company and kidnapped two Egyptian engineers.
An officialsays the kidnappers put the men in a black B-M-W and drove away.
While in Washington, Iraq's interim prime minister said he sees a bright future for democracy in his country.
But at least one U-S official says free elections may NOT be a realistic goal at this point.
Susan Roberts reports.
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[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Washington, DC; :00]
[SUPER=01-Ayad Allawi/Interim Iraqi Prime Minister; :17]
[SUPER=01-Sen. John Kerry/(D) Presidential Nominee; :44]
[SUPER=01-Donald Rumsfeld/U. S. Secretary of Defense; 1:20]
[SUPER=01-Susan Roberts/CBS News; 1:31]
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[OUT Q=Roberts, CBS News, Washington.]
((
ONE LEADER TRYING TO WIN REELECTION.. AND THE OTHER TRYING TO INSURE HIS COUNTRY HAS ELECTIONS.. TEAMED UP TO TELL AMERICAN VOTERS IRAQS FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT.
SPEAKING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE ROSE GARDEN.. IRAQI INTERIM PRIME MINISTER AYAD ALLAWI SOUNDED THE MAIN THEMES OF PRESIDENT BUSHS CAMPAIGN.

(Ayad Allawi. Interim Iraqi Prime Minister)
ALLAWI SOT: 23:07:10 "I know it is difficult, but the coalition must
stand firm. When governments negotiate with terrorists everyone in the free world suffers.
DESPITE BOMBINGS, KIDNAPPINGS AND SHOOTINGS THAT HAVE CLAIMED MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND AMERICAN LIVES AND AS MANY AS 10-THOUSAND IRAQI LIVES.. PRIME MINISTER ALLAWI AND PRESIDENT BUSH AGREED IRAQ IS MAKING PROGRESS.
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL JOHN KERRY SAID ALLAWI AND PRESIDENT BUSH ARE TRYING TO PUT THE BEST FACE ON FAILING U-S POLICY IN IRAQ.

(Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), Democratic Presidential Candidate)
KERRY SOT: theyre not getting better theyre getting worse and we need
to change course to protect our troops and to win
THE PRESIDENT WARNED VIOLENCE WILL LIKELY INCREASE.. BUT SUGGESTED CRITICISM FROM HIS POLITICAL OPPONENT EMBOLDENED THE ENEMY.

BUSH SOT 23:08:20 times have been hard, but I understand what mixed
messages do.
THE PRIME MINISTER ALLAWI TOLD THE U-S CONGRESS HIS COUNTRY WOULD HOLD ELECTIONS BY THE JANUARY 31ST DEADLINE. BUT DEFENSE SECRETARY DONALD RUMSFELD UNDERCUT ALLAWIS PRONOUNCEMENT.. INDICATING THE SECURITY SITUATION MIGHT PREVENT BALLOTING IN SOME PLACES.

(Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense)
RUMSFELD SOT: Let's say you tried to have an election and you could have
it in three-quarters or four-fifths of the country. But in some places you couldn't because the violence was too great. Well, so be it.
STAND-UP CLOSE: PRIME MINISTER ALLAWI SO FAR HAS NOT RESPONDED TO THE DEFENSE SECRETARYS COMMENTS.. BUT HE HEADS TO THE PENTAGON FOR MEETINGS THIS MORNING. SUSAN ROBERTS, CBS NEWS WASHINGTON. ))

[11Army-Reservists]

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A Galax Army Reserve unit is headed overseas... possibly to Iraq.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Galax;]
The 424th Transportation Company in Galax is being deployed to Fort Dix in New Jersey. From there, soldiers say it's anybody's guess, but the likely destination is Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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[SOT: 25:17:00 ]
[IN Q=There is some ]
(( JAY KITTS/424TH TRANSPORTATION COMPANY: THERE IS SOME KIND OF BUTTERFLIES IN YOUR STOMACH, BUT OVERALL WITH THE SOLDIERS THAT WE HAVE, YOU COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER GROUP OF PEOPLE.))
[SUPER=01-Jay Kitts/424th Transportation Company;]
[RUNS=:11]
[OUT Q=better group of people.]
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[VO-NAT]
At least 15 members of the unit are from Galax, Grayson, Carroll or Pulaski Counties. They leave for Fort Dix the first week of October. The unit still needs more phone cards so soldiers can stay in contact with their families.
(XXXXXXX)
[WIPE TO Phone Number Full] If you want to help, call the Army Reserve Center at 276- 236-6132.
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[TWO-Steve]

[Biz-Brief]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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[GRAPHIC=Business News]
[ENG#=2]

In business news,
Many big companies are making more, but paying less in taxes and stock prices are narrowly mixed on Wall Street.
Rachel Lee has more in this morning's business brief.
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[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Rachel Lee/Reporting; :00]
[RUNS=1:13]
[OUT Q=I'm Rachel Lee.]

(( THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE DROPPED 70 POINTS TO TEN-THOUSAND-39. THE NASDAQ GAINED LESS THAN A POINT AT 18-HUNDRED-86.
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SEVERAL U-S OIL REFINERIES ARE ASKING THE WHITE HOUSE TO LET THEM BORROW CRUDE OIL FROM THE NATION'S EMERGENCY STOCKPILE. IT'S BECAUSE HURRICANE IVAN SHUT DOWN OIL REFINERIES IN THE GULF AND KEPT TANKERS FROM PORTS, CAUSING A DROP IN SUPPLIES. THAT, IN TURN, HELPED DRIVE-UP OIL PRICES.
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A NEW STUDY SHOWS SOME OF THE NATION'S LARGEST CORPORATIONS HAVE SEEN THEIR FEDERAL TAX RATES DECLINE SIGNIFICANTLY... THANKS TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S TAX CUTS AND THE GROWTH OF TAX SHELTERS. ACCORDING TO TWO RESEARCH GROUPS, 82 OF THESE COMPANIES ... EVEN THOUGH THEY MADE PROFITS ... PAID NOTHING IN FEDERAL INCOME TAX FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR. -INSTEAD... THESE FIRMS COLLECTED A TOTAL OF NEARLY 13-BILLION DOLLARS IN REBATES FOR TAXES PAID IN PRIOR YEARS.
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SAY "ADIOS" TO CHI-CHIS. ALL OF THE MEXICAN CHAIN'S 76 RESTAURANTS ARE NOW CLOSED. CHI-CHI'S DECLARED BANKRUPTCY LAST YEAR. WITH THE BUSINESS BRIEF... I'M RACHEL LEE. ))

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[WINNER] [COMM]

[Winner]

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[WRITER=jen]
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[SUPER=45-Teresa Bowles/Rocky Mount]

[COMM]

[2-Jeanne]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Hurricane Jeanne]
[ENG#=1]

Fears of more flooding, devastation and power outages are again rattling the nerves of Florida residents.
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[VO-NAT]

Jeanne-- which has killed at least 11- hundred people in Haiti--
[SUPER=03-Miami, FL;]
may hit Florida's east coast as a hurricane this weekend, and residents are getting prepared.
Jeanne is the fourth storm to threaten Florida in the last six weeks.
Meanwhile, the remants of Tropical Storm Ivan are pounding the Texas coast near the Louisiana state line.
Part of the storm cycled back into the Gulf of Mexico and may bring up to 10 inches of rain.
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[11Hurricane-Babies]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin']
[WRITER=khu]
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[ENG#=2]

Hurricanes are being blamed for a lot this season - but they may also cause an unexpected surprise.
There's a theory that hurricanes can induce expectant mothers into labor.
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[V/O-NAT ]
[SUPER=03-Salem]
Camden Hart is one of the babies born at the end of last week, as Hurricane Ivan moved up the coast. He wasn't due until October 10th, but Sandy and Danny Hart say the labor and delivery staff at Lewis Gale convinced them that a drop in barometric pressure can produce babies. She was in the final throws of labor Friday, when NEWS 7 broke into programming.
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[SOT 1:50:15]
[IN Q=And they announced]
((DANNY HART/PROUD FATHER; AND THEY ANNOUNCED THAT TORNADOS WERE IMMINENT IN ROANOKE AND SALEM AREA. I NOTICED IT. THE NURSES NOTICED IT. BUT WE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING TO THE PATIENT. HE HE. ))
[SUPER=01-Danny Hart/Proud Father]
[RUNS=:10]
[OUT Q=patient. he he.]
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[V/O-NAT ] Carilion's Assistant Director of Obstetric Education says there have been conflicting studies on the subject, but she says there is some science associated with the phenomenon.
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[SOT 1:58:09]
[IN Q=Science, in the]
((DR. JOANNA STACEY/CARILION OBSTETRIC EDUCATION; SCIENCE IN THE FACT THAT AS THE PRESSURE DROPS, THE WATERS TEND TO BREAK, YES.))
[SUPER=01-Dr. Joanna Stacey/Carilion Obstetric Education]
[RUNS=:05]
[OUT Q=to break, yes.]
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[V/O-NAT] During the two days of Ivan- induced weather, Community Hospital delivered 18 babies, as the barometric pressure fell to 29-point-57.
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[11Burrow]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[WRITER=ssm]
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[GRAPHIC=Richard Burrow]
[ENG#=3]

Was it optimism or deceit?
Government lawyers say former D-Day director Richard Burrow purposely misled banks into loaning money to the project ... based on questionable donations.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Charlottesville]

Burrow is standing trial on ten federal fraud charges related to his fundraising efforts for the Memorial.
Prosecutors say he overstated or mis-represented some pledges while trying to secure bank loans to keep the project going.
Burrow's lawyers have argued that he had every expectation that money would come in and help repay the loans.
His trial continues today in Charlottesville.
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[11Brathwaite]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin']
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=04-24 1:37:47]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]
[ENG#=4]
In another case- attorneys for murder suspect Clinton Brathwaite sought to keep the sole surviving witness from remaining in the courtroom during his trial.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
The defense argues Kierra Arrington's presence could conjure up sympathy from the jury that's set to begin hearing the case next week.
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[SOT 11:46:55]
[IN Q=If this young]
((IF THIS YOUNG TEENAGER WHO SURVIVED THIS HORRIBLE ATTACK ON HER AND HER FAMILY SITS ON THE FRONT ROW AND LOOKS AT THE JURY AT EVERY STAGE OF THE PROCEEDINGS, THAT WOULD- -WE SUBMIT- -UNDERMINE THE FAIRNESS OF THE PROCESS.))
[SUPER=01-Tony Anderson/Brathwaite's Attorney]
[RUNS=:16]
[OUT Q=of the process.]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-April 2003]
Kierra Arrington is one of five people shot on Madison Avenue last year. The other four all died. The judge ruled that her presence would not violate Brathwaite's Constitutional rights, so the judge will allow her to be there.
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[11Car-Crazy]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin']
[WRITER=jda]
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[ENG#=1]

The tracks may be a distant memory for southwest Virginia, but this weekend the green flag will fall on more than fifty years of racing memories.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Ferrum]

The Car Crazy Exhibit at the Blue Ridge Institute documents the history of racing and hotrodding in southwest Virginia.
Tomorrow from 11 until 5, a racer and builder's reunion will bring together drivers, mechanics and fans.
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[SOT 07:26]
[IN Q=One fellow told me]
((LIKE ONE FELLOW TOLD ME, HE USED TO RACE HIS FATHER'S CAR AT THE DRAG STRIP AND HE THOUGHT HIS FATHER NEVER KNEW AND HE WON TWO WEEKS IN A ROW, AND THE THIRD WEEK HE MISSED A GEAR AND HE LOST AND ON MONDAY MORNING HE SAW HIS FATHER AND HE SAID WHAT HAPPENED, YOU DIDN'T WIN. 07:40 AND HERE THIS BOY THOUGHT I HAD HIDDEN THIS AND KEPT IT FROM HIS FATHER, HE'LL NEVER KNOW AND HIS FATHER HAD BEEN IN THE STANDS WATCHING HIM.))
[SUPER=01-Roddy Moore/Blue Ridge Institute]
[RUNS=:22]
[OUT Q=had been in the stands watching him.]
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[VO-NAT]

The Blue Ridge Institute is still looking for photographs that document the hotrod and racing scene in southwest Virginia.
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[6Franklin-Road]

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[WRITER=rle]
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A road in Franklin County will be closed all this weekend. V-DOT says a section of Route 655, Webster Road near the Redwood community, is closed because of damage to a drainage pipe. Traffic is being routed around the damaged area. The road is expected to reopen Monday.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

Here's what's making news.
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[ENG#=1]
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[SUPER=03-Washington, DC]

President Bush warned of tough read ahead in Iraq, as he appeared with Iraqi interim prime minister Ayad Allawi in Washington.
Meanwhile, opponent John Kerry said Allawi and Bush are trying to put the best face on a failing U-S policy in Iraq.

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[ENG#=2]
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[SUPER=03-Galax]
An Army Reserve unit from Galax is about to be deployed overseas-- possibly to Iraq.
The 424th Transportation Company heads to Fort Dix the first week of October.
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[ENG#=3]
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[SUPER=03-Bedford Co.]

No facelift for Jefferson Forest High School--
The Bedford county school board says renovations would be too expensive.
Now it's looking at possibly building a new school.
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[6Lee-FOX]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin']
[WRITER=rle]
[TAPE#=04-33 TC46:09]
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[ENG#=]
WDBJ's General Manager addressed the 60 Minutes Memo flap yesterday in front of the nation.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
Bob Lee is chairman of the C-B-S Affiliates Association.
[SUPER=04-FOX News;]
Appearing on FOX News, Lee said angry viewers are "roasting" many CBS stations with their comments, and he is happy the network finally approved an outside investigation . At the same time, and before a disapproving studio audience, Lee said Dan Rather also wants to know what happened and why.
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[SOT - 15:13:19]
[IN Q=I can tell you...]
((BOB LEE/WDBJ PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER; I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE ONE THING I KNOW IS THAT DAN RATHER STANDS FOR THE TRUTH... (AUDIENCE GRUMBLES) C'MON GIVE ME A BREAK HERE... ABSOLUTELY, GOT TO LET THE MAN FINISH HIS SENTENCE. LEE: I THINK DAN IS AS INTERESTED AS ANYBODY IN KNOWING HOW WE GOT OURSELVES INTO THIS.))
[super=01-Bob Lee/WDBJ-TV General Manager;]
[RUNS=18]
[OUT Q=got ourselves into this.]
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[VO-NAT]
Lee says there's no doubt CBS affiliates will let the network know how they feel about the incident. (------------)