WDBJ 7 news at Noon for 09/24/04

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Up next on News 7--

A teenager is charged with spray painting racial and religious slurs on two Bedford County churches.
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And, Florida's governor says the arrival of Hurricane Jeanne would mean a major strain on the state's resources.
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Our nice weather will extend into our weekend. We do have the possibility of a little tropical moisture early next week. I'll have the latest in your forecast.

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Stay with us. News 7 at noon, starts right now.

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Florida residents are making way for what could be the fourth hurricane to hit the state this year.

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Good Afternoon, I'm Kimberly McBroom.
It looks like Hurricane Jeanne could hit Florida Sunday as a category three storm.
And once again, voluntary evacuations are under way for some exhausted residents of the Sunshine State.
Brian Andrews has an update.
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LEO in WX-Center [WXPRO/FULL] SATELLITE HURRICANE JEANNE TRACK WX STORY
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A 16 year old boy has been charged with vandalizing two churches in Bedford County.
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Authorities believe the boy spray painted racial and religious slurs at the First Baptist Church and the Mount Zion United Methodist Church.
The boy has been charged with malicious damage to church property, racially motivated property damage, and arson.
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The boy's name is not being released due to his age.

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Twenty-three people have been busted over the past two days, associated with prostitution in Roanoke. City police arrested 15 men and eight women. The vice squad stepped up enforcement Wednesday and Thursday of this week in response to complaints about prostitution in the city. They say the operation did not target a particular house, but was conducted on the street.

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Israeli security is on heightened alert ahead of the Jewish holiday, Yom Kippur.
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That, after five people were killed in two separate attacks in the past 48 hours.
The attacks prompted Israel to tighten its closures of the West Bank and Gaza.
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Earlier today, an Israeli woman was killed in a mortar attack on a Gaza settlement.
The militant group, Hamas has claimed responsibility.
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Authorities say six Egyptians have been kidnapped in separate incidents in Iraq.
An Egyptian Embassy official says the men worked for an Iraqi mobile phone company.
Despite the ongoing violence in Iraq, the nation's free elections will go on as planned.
That's according to President Bush and Iraq's interim prime minister.
Bill Plante reports.
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(IN THE MIDST OF AN ANGRY ELECTION-YEAR DEBATE OVER THE RISING VIOLENCE
IN IRAQ, THE PRESIDENT AND IRAQ'S INTERIM PRIME MINISTER TRIED TO REASSURE THE WORLD - AND AMERICAN VOTERS.)

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I'm honored to stand with the Prime Minister of a free and sovereign Iraq.

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MR. BUSH'S MESSAGE: THE U.S. IS FIGHTING IN IRAQ TO MAKE BOTH IRAQ AND THE U.S. MORE SECURE.

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We will stay the course and stand with these people so that they become free. It's in our national interest to do so.

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SENATOR JOHN KERRY SAYS MR. BUSH ISN'T FACING THE REALITY THAT THINGS ARE GETTING WORSE IN IRAQ. THE PRESIDENT RETORTED THAT KERRY IS SENDING MIXED MESSAGES.

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You can embolden an enemy by adding mixed messages. You can dispirit the Iraqi people by sending mixed messages. You can send the wrong message to our troops by sending mixed messages.

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IRAQ'S PRIME MINISTER INSISTED THAT DESPITE THE FIGHTING, ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD IN JANUARY.

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Iraqi elections may not be perfect, they may not be the best elections that Iraq will ever hold // but they will take place and they will be free and fair.

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BUT THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TOLD CONGRESS THERE MIGHT BE SOME PLACES IN IRAQ WHERE ELECTIONS WON'T BE POSSIBLE.

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"Well, so be it. Nothing's perfect in life, so you have an election that's not quite perfect. Is it better than not having an election? You bet."

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A GROWING MAJORITY OF AMERICANS THINK THINGS ARE GOING BADLY IN IRAQ, BUT IN THE LATEST CBS NEWS POLL, THEY STILL HAVE FAR MORE CONFIDENCE IN THE PRESIDENT THAN IN JOHN KERRY TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS ABOUT IRAQ.
IN THE HORSERACE, LITTLE CHANGE FROM OUR POLL LAST WEEK. THE PRESIDENT LEADS KERRY BY 8 POINTS.

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(MR. BUSH CONTINUES TO GET HIGH MARKS ON HANDLING THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST
TERRORISM, MAKING IT THE MAIN THRUST OF HIS RE-ELECTION BID AND USING IT AS A REASON FOR THE WAR IN IRAQ.)
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Coming up next on the newscast, we'll tell you why British researchers believe dogs can be a useful tool in detecting cancer.
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Plus some Southside residents could be in for a shock when it come to higher electric bills.
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Southside residents are facing higher electric bills beginning next summer.
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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 dollars.
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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Bedford County's school board says renovating Jefferson Forest High School would cost too much.
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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.
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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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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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((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.))

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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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A new experiment indicates man's best friend can help diagnose cancer.
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British scientists conducted a study with patients suffering from bladder cancer.
Dogs chosen for the study were able to identify cancer in urine nearly three times more often than would be expected by chance alone.
The notion that dogs can smell cancer first emerged in 19-89 from two London dermatologists.
A patient asked for a mole to be removed from her leg because her dog would constantly sniff it.
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((GILL LACEY/CANCER SURVIVOR: WHENEVER SHE WALKED PAST SHE WAS DRAWN TOWARDS IT. SHE WOULD COME AND SNIFF AT AND LICK IT. IT WAS A VERY, VERY TINY MOLE AND AS FAR AS I KNEW IT WAS VERY INSIGNIFICANT BUT BECAUSE THE DOG WAS VERY ATTRACTED TO IT, IT MADE ME WONDER IF SHE COULD SMELL SOMETHING. ))
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Lacy had malignant melanoma - but it was caught early enough to save her life.
The experiment is published in this week's British Medical Journal.
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It's not your grandmother's knitting class-- this one serves beer and includes MEN.
Drew Levinson takes a look at the class that might have you in stitches.
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There's still more News 7 at come,
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Up next, the Tennessee National Guard promises to take Dolly Parton to new heights.
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Country music icon Dolly Parton has earned her share of awards over the years.
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But today, the Tennessee native received a unique honor in her home state.
Members of the Air National Guard's 134th air wing have placed her likeness on the nose of one of their refueling planes.
They unveiled it at a ceremony this morning.
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Parton says she's an "All American" gal, was grateful to be honored bv the military.
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On Wall Street at Noon, the DOW was UP ten points. The NASDAQ has lost five.

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Coming up after the break,
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we'll tell you why racing fans will want to head to Ferrum this weekend.
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The Big East Conference comes to Charlottesville Saturday when Syracuse takes on the 12th ranked UVa.
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The Orange have score 37 and 19 points in its last two games, and knows UVa's defense gives up only a touchdown a game.
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Tech and N.C. State rosters each have heroes on them. Travis Wells explains in our ACC Connection.
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The schedule has changed again for high school football this weekend. Here's the rundown.
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Longtime racing fans in the region will want to head to Ferrum tomorrow as the green flag falls on more than fifty years of motor memories.
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The Car Crazy Exhibit at the Blue Ridge Institute documents the history of racing and hotrodding in southwest Virginia.
On Saturday from 11 until 5, a racer and builder's reunion will bring together drivers, mechanics and fans.
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((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.))
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The Blue Ridge Institute is still looking for photographs that document the hotrod and racing scene in southwest Virginia.
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