[Iraq-Campaign]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Campaign 2004]
[ENG#=1]
The Democrats have new ammunition after the C-I-A's final report on Iraq's weapons program.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-File Tape;]
The thousand- page report says Saddam Hussein had no chemical or biological weapons, and no secret programs to build them when President Bush launched the war to disarm him.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=It is clear]
((CHARLES DUELFER/CHIEF U. S. WEAPONS INSPECTOR: IT IS CLEAR THAT SADDAM CHOSE NOT TO HAVE WEAPONS AT THE POINT IN TIME BEFORE THE WAR. ))
[SUPER=01-Charles Duelfer/Chief U. S. Weapons Inspector;]
[RUNS=:06] (estimated bite runs time)
[OUT Q=before the war.]
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[VO-NAT]
His group's findings contradict the Bush administration's main argument for going to war, but Duelfer (DEHL'-FUR) did agree with the President's claim that Saddam remained dangerous.
Bush avoided mentioning the report, but did defend his reasons for going to war.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=There was a risk]
((THERE WAS A RISK, A REAL RISK THAT SADDAM HUSSEIN WOULD PASS WEAPONS OR MATERIALS OR INFORMATION TO TERRORIST NETWORKS.))
[RUNS=:07] (estimated bite runs time)
[OUT Q=terrorist networks.]
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[VO-NAT]
The President went on to charge that John Kerry changed positions too often to finish the job in Iraq, or lead the war on terror.
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[Pakistan-Bomb]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Explosion]
[ENG#=2]
Anger is building in Pakistan after two bombings killed 39 people today and injured 100 others.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Multan, Pakistan;]
The victims were attending a Sunni Muslim gathering in a
residential area.
A car bomb exploded right as they were starting to leave.
Two minutes later a second bomb attached to a motorcycle went off.
The apparent suicide bombings come less than a week after a suicide attack killed 31 people at a Shiite mosque.
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[11Flood-Costs]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=04-38 TC43:56]
[GRAPHIC=Victory Stadium]
[ENG#=3]
It's too early to tell how last week's flooding will affect the future of Victory Stadium, but it has generated another question, How much does it cost to clean up after a major flood?
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/Last Week]
We contacted the city of Roanoke and got numbers from the last five years, and the flood of 1985.
We were told the city only tracks expenditures for major disasters that require state or federal funds.
The flood in February 2003 cost 276-thousand dollars for clean up and damage to equipment at Victory Stadium.
The flood in 1985 added up to more than 155-thousand dollars.
Damage estimates for last week's flood already top 100-thousand dollars.
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[PKGStadium-Cleanup]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=04-40 TC 12:37]
[GRAPHIC=Victory Stadium]
[ENG#=4]
Supporters of Victory Stadium and parents of Patrick Henry students are outraged the stadium is still not ready.
Some are questioning whether politics are too blame.
Justin McLeod tells us why.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00]
[SUPER=01-Tom Link/Victory Stadium Supporter; :14]
[SUPER=01-Mina Boyd/Civic Center Facilities Manager; :52]
[SUPER=@justin1; 1:16]
[RUNS=1:31]
[OUT Q=JM, News 7]
((((NAT SOUND OF TOM SAYING AT 16:50:18 "TIMING IS EVERYTHING, I THINK THEY'VE WAITED TOO LONG"))
When Tom Link visits Victory Stadium he sees a muddy mess.
He like many others are angry Patrick Henry has to play its homecoming football game in Lynchburg on Friday.
[SOT 16:42:16:42]
[IN Q=How can you have]
((TOM LINK/VICTORY STADIUM SUPPORTER: HOW CAN YOU HAVE A HOMECOMING THAT'S NOT AT HOME. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.))
[Runs05]
[OUT Q=doesn't make sense]
Especially when you consider other places in the flood plain are back to normal.
Take the Moyer Sports Complex.
This is how it looked during the flood.
A week later, it's a whole different ballgame.
[SOT 16:41:29]
[IN Q=Moyers sports complex]
((TOM LINK/VICTORY STADIUM SUPPORTER: MOYERS SPORTS COMPLEX IN SALEM IS READY TO GO FOR A BIG TOURNAMENT THEY'RE HAVING THIS WEEKEND, AND THEY'VE GOT PLAYABLE FIELDS AND THE DIFFERENCE IS A PLAN WAS IN PLACE.))
[Runs09]
[OUT Q=was in place]
The Civic Center which is in charge of Victory Stadium admits its hands are tied.
It has no full-time staff dedicated to the Stadium. In fact, this week only one staff person has been working at Victory Stadium. (SHOTS OF GUY SPRAYING DOWN STANDS ON OTHER TAPE)
[SOT 2:04:05 (OTHER TAPE)]
[IN Q=They've worked]
((MINA BOYD/CIVIC CENTER FACILITIES MANAGER: THEY'VE WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK TRYING TO GET IT DONE. THE OTHER HALF HERE AT THE CIVIC CENTER BECAUSE THIS IS THE BUSIEST WEEK FOR US.))
[Runs08]
[OUT Q=week for us]
But is it all a staffing issue? Supporters of Victory Stadium wonder if the city manager is playing politics.
[SOT 16:47:44]
[IN Q=It is my personal]
((TOM LINK/VICTORY STADIUM SUPPORTER: IT IS MY PERSONAL BELIEF AND I AM SORRY TO SAY THAT I DO BELIEVE MRS. BURCHAM HAS HER OWN AGENDA AND DOES NOT WANT VICTORY STADIUM TO SURVIVE.))
[Runs08]
[OUT Q=stadium to survive]
[SOT ]
[IN Q=The facilities]
((JUSTIN McLEOD/REPORTING: THE FACILITIES MANAGER FOR THE CIVIC CENTER SAYS THAT'S UNTRUE. MINA BOYD POINTS OUT THE CITY MANAGER OR SOMEONE FROM HER STAFF HAS CALLED EVERYDAY ASKING ABOUT THE CLEANUP AT VICTORY STADIUM. MEANTIME, MACHINES WILL BE BROUGHT IN TODAY TO FINALLY CLEAN UP THE MUD FROM THE FIELD. JUSTIN McLEOD, NEWS 7.))))
[11Farm-Flood]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=rde]
[TAPE#=04-34 TC1:03:02]
[GRAPHIC=Flood Aftermath]
[ENG#=1]
Farmers fared better than most in last week's flooding.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Riner;]
Agriculture Extension Agents say there was less than 20-thousand dollars in damage to farms in Montgomery, Giles, Pulaski and Floyd counties.
Farmers reported mild crop losses and minor fence and property damage.
Farmers say all the rain actually helped make this one of the best growing seasons in years.
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[Reagan-Stamp]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
[ENG#=2]
The Gipper is getting his own stamp.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-File Tape;]
Next month, the U-S postal service will unveil a stamp to commemorate the 40th President of the United States-- Ronald Reagan.
The unveiling will take place at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley,
California, where he was buried in June.
The stamp dedication ceremony will take place in February.
Former First Lady Nancy Reagan says she's grateful to the postal service for honoring her late husband so soon after his death.
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[Marketwatch]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Business News]
[ENG#=1]
In business news, R-J Reynolds will pay more than a million dollars to settle a lawsuit.
And, Howard Stern is taking his show to new heights.
Marcella Palmer has those stories and and more in this morning's Marketwatch.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Marcella Palmer/Reporting; :00]
[RUNS=1:23]
[OUT Q=in NY, I'm Marcella Palmer.]
((Cigarette makerRJ Reynolds will have to have to ante-up -- to the tune of $1 and 1/2 million. The company is paying up to settle a lawsuit brought
by attorneys generals in NY-IL-&-MD over the youth oriented promotion of its Kool mix cigarettes.
RJ Reynolds says it admitted no wrong doing. The money will go to programs focused on preventing young people from smoking.
The Dow closed the day up Wednesday 62 -- the NASDAQ closed up as well up 15.
Your home heating bill could rise by almost a third in coming months because of concerns that the oil market might not be able to meet demand this winter. Crude oil futures passed $52 a barrel on Wednesday on news
of a smaller than expected climb in u-s crude supplies.
Shares of flu vaccine maker Chiron Corporation rebounded in late trading. The company announced on Tuesday it is unable to supply the U-S market with
half of its influenza vaccine for the coming flu season.
And shares of Sirius rocketed 15% after Howard Stern announced plans to leave his nationally syndicated radio show on K-ROCK and move to Sirius Satellite Radio. The 5 year multi-million dollar deal begins January 1,
2006.
For more on the market log on to our site CBS.Marketwatch.com.
In NY I'm MP.))
(tape tosses to stocks)
[STOCKS]
[WOOD ROGERS SPONSOR BOARD 5185 ESSC]
[COMM]
[11Burrow]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=04-37 TC20:22]
[GRAPHIC=Richard Burrow]
[ENG#=1]
After two days of deliberations, the jury in the fraud case against former D-Day Memorial Director Richard Burrow gave up.
And for a second time, Judge James Turk declared a mistrial.
Steve Smallshaw has more on the latest step in this long-running legal saga.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Charlottesville; :00]
[SUPER=01-Lois Thomas/Juror; :16]
[SUPER=01-Carole Harding/Juror; :36]
[SUPER=01-Richard Burrow/Former D-Day Memorial Director; :55]
[SUPER=01-John Lichtenstein/Burrow's Attorney; 1:07]
[SUPER=@ssm1; 1:19]
[RUNS=1:35]
[OUT Q=SS, News 7, Charlottesville]
[6-School-Safety]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=sba]
[TAPE#=04-28 TC1:54:59]
[SS=None]
[ENG#=]
A national organization is trying to save lives, by locally- educating children.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
In 2002- more than 43-thousand children age 14 and under were treated in emergency rooms for pedestrian related injuries.
Yesterday, the SAFE KIDS Coalition of Roanoke sponsored an event which brought "Otto the Auto" to the Highland Park Magnet Learning Center.
Otto is a remote control car that uses an interactive program to teach safety.
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[SOT@55:54.08]
[IN Q=To look both ways..]
((DECARA ATKINS/3RD GRADE STUDENT: TO LOOK BOTH WAYS WHEN CROSSING THE STREET...AND WHEN IN THE CAR WITH YOUR MOM, DAD OR GRANDMA? TO SIT IN THE BACK WITH YOUR SEATBELT ON.))
[SUPER=01-Decara Atkins/3rd Grade Student]
[RUNS=:13]
[OUT Q=... your seatbelt on.]
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[VO-NAT]
The Safe Kids Coalitions says 90-percent of injuries to children could be prevented if families took steps to protect them.
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[11Halloween]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=myr]
[TAPE#=04-29 TC1:34:34]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=3]
Some trick or treaters will be out a day early this year.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/File Tape;]
Because Halloween falls on a Sunday, some communities will observe it on Saturday, the 30th, so it won't disrupt family activities and church services that occur on Sunday.
Those communities include Henry County and the city of Martinsville, Alleghany County and the city of Covington, as well as Pittsylvania, Giles, Pulaski and Carroll Counties.
Bedford and Appomattox counties say they will decide whether to make any changes at their next board of supervisors meetings.
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
[SS=None]
All others at this point will observe Halloween on the 31st.
(Kim toss to bump)
[BUMP]
[COMM][Biz-Brief]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Business News]
[ENG#=1]
In business news, Howard Stern is leaving his morning radio show, but you haven't heard the last from him.
Stan Case has more on that plus a look at yesterday's closing numbers in today's business brief.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Stan Case/Reporting; :]
[RUNS=1:11]
[OUT Q=I'm Stan Case.]
((STOCKS GAINED WEDNESDAY.
THE DOW INDUSTRIALS GAINED 62-POINTS.
AS THE NASDAQ LOST 15.
SHARES OF SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO LEPT MORE THAN 15-PERCENT ON NEWS THAT HOWARD STERN WILL JOIN ITS ROSTER BEGINNING IN 2006.
CALLING SATELLITE RADIO "THE NEXT BIG THING," STERN SAID ON HIS MORNING RADIO SHOW THAT COMMERCIAL RADIO IS NO LONGER A SAFE HAVEN FOR SHOCK JOCKS LIKE HIM.
INFINITY BROADCASTING -- A UNIT OF VIACOM -- CURRENTLY BROADCASTS HIS MORNING SHOW IN 46 MARKETS.
HIS FIVE-YEAR DEAL WITH SIRIUS IS VALUED AT 500-MILLION DOLLARS.
U-S LIGHT CRUDE ROSE ABOVE 52-DOLLARS A BARREL, HITTING YET ANOTHER ALL-TIME HIGH.
THE RISE WAS FUELED BY A SMALLER THAN EXPECTED INCREASE IN CRUDE SUPPLIES.
LIGHT SWEET CRUDE SETTLED UP 93-CENTS AT 52-DOLLARS, TWO-CENTS A BARREL.
THE GOVERNMENT WARNS U-S CONSUMERS WILL SEE HEATING COSTS SOAR THIS WINTER.
IT PROJECTS IT WILL COST 15-PERCENT MORE TO HEAT HOMES WITH NATURAL GAS, AND 28-PERCENT MORE WITH HEATING OIL, COMPARED TO LAST WINTER.
THE GOVERNMENT SAID THE EXPECTED INCREASES ARE DUE TO TIGHT GLOBAL OIL SUPPLIES AND ELEVATED CRUDE OIL PRICES.
WITH THE BUSINESS BRIEF... I'M STAN CASE.))
[TAPE TOSS TO STOCKS]
[STOCKS]
[WOOD ROGERS SPONSOR BOARD 5185 ESSC]
[COMM]
[11Coffee-Sign]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jja]
[TAPE#=04-35 TC49:38]
[GRAPHIC=H&C Sign]
[ENG#=2]
The Roanoke Skyline could be brighter soon-
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/1991;]
The H and C coffee sign may light up again- after years in the dark.
A new drive is underway to perk up the sign with a major renovation that includes new neon lights.
[Super=04-Yesterday;]
The sign would also move from the Billy's Ritz Building to the top of the Shenandoah Hotel.
The cost of all of this is 170 thousand dollars... Downtown Roanoke Incorporated hopes to raise 60-grand through private donations.
They'll sell honorary shares in the sign- coffee mugs and set up tins at local Stop In Stores.
If all goes as planned- the new sign will light up next year.
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by SS