WDBJ 7 morning news for 10/26/04

[2Halifax-Fire]

[ANCHOR=Kim]

[NEWSCAST=Mornin']
[WRITER=dgr]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=Fire]

Fire crews have been battling flames all night at a tobacco warehouse in South Boston. Police say the fire engulfed the Planters warehouse on Wilburn avenue. Crews from across Halifax County -- and Danville are working the blaze. No one was in the warehouse when the fire started and no one has been injured.

[11Plane-Crash]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=04-36 TC1:19:02]
[GRAPHIC=Plane Crash]
[ENG#=1]

Federal investigators return to Bull Mountain in Patrick County later this morning. They're looking for the cause of the plane crash Sunday that killed all ten people on board. The victims' remains were recovered yesterday and sent to Roanoke for identification. Investigators already know the Hendrick Motorsports plane missed an approach to the Blue Ridge airport just before it crashed. Joe Dashiell has the latest.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=In Concord North Carolina]
[SUPER=03-Harrisburg, NC; :00]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Jerry Whitlow/Baptist Minister; :18]
[SUPER=03-Patrick Co.; :28]
[SUPER=01-Brian Rayner/Air Safety Investigator; :50]
[SUPER=@Joe1; 1:08]
[RUNS=1:15]
[OUT Q=JD News 7 Patrick Springs]

((In Concord, North Carolina, race fans paid their respects at the headquarters of Hendrick Motorsports.
[SOT]
[IN Q=Racing's a big community]
((RACING'S A BIG COMMUNITY. WHAT HAPPENS TO ONE TEAM HAPPENS TO US ALL.))
[RUNS= :05]
[OUT Q=happens to us all.]

And closer to the crash site, thoughts were with the families of the victims, and with the emergency crews and investigators who responded.
[SOT]
[IN Q=We've talked to some of the police]
((WE'VE TALKED TO SOME OF THE POLICE OFFICERS, WE'VE TALKED TO STATE TROOPERS. I THINK IT'S VERY DIFFICULT, ALL OF US ARE HUMAN.))
[RUNS=]
[OUT Q=all of us are human.]

As investigators got their first look at the wreckage on the southeast face of Bull Mountain, they promised a thorough and complete investigation.
While the plane did not carry flight data recorder, or a cockpit voice recorder, investigators say they will piece together the details from air traffic control communications, weather conditions, and analysis of the wreckage and the crash site.
[SOT]
[IN Q=The main fuselage of the aircraft]
[RUNS= :18]
[OUT Q=were seperated along the wreckage path.]
[STAND-UP CLOSE]
Investigators face difficult conditions. They're heading in on ATVs, and descending steep terrain to reach the crash site.
They say the area is dangerous in the daytime, impossible in the dark, so they'll return to the site in the morning.
Joe Dashiell News 7 Patrick Springs.))

[American-Airlines]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=2]

Today the National Transportation Safety Board is set to rule on what caused an American Airlines plane to crash into a New York City neighborhood three years ago.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-Nov. 12, 2001;]

All 265 people on board were killed on American Airlines flight 587.
A government report says the tail of the plane sheared off because the co- pilot improperly manipulated the rudder pedal.
The N-T-S-B is looking at why the co- pilot did NOT know he was putting too much pressure on the tail.
(------------)

[Marketwatch]

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

Mergers make news on Wall Street. Marcella Palmer has those stories and more in this morning's Marketwatch.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Marcella Palmer/Reporting; :00]
[RUNS=1:01]
[OUT Q=in New York.]
((INSURANCE BROKERAGE FIRM MARSH & MCLENNAN HAS A NEW C-E-O MICHAEL CHERKASKY REPLACES CEO JEFFREY GREENBERG, THIS AS THE BROKERAGE TRIES TO WORK TOWARDS A SETTLEMENT WITH NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL ELIOT SPITZER'S OFFICE FOR AN ALLEGED BID RIGGING SCHEME WHICH INVOLVES SEVERAL OTHER INSURERS... ST. PAUL TRAVELERS IS THE LATEST TARGET.
THE U-S DOLLAR DROPPED TO AN 8-MONTH LOW AGAINST THE EURO MONDAY. THE DOW CLOSED DOWN 7... THE NASDAQ CLOSED DOWN 1.... OIL CLOSED AT 54.54 A BARREL.
THE WORLD'S TOP STEEL MAKER WILL BE FORMED BY A THREE-WAY MERGER, ISPAT INTERNATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL STEEL AND L-N-M HOLDINGS. THE COMBINED COMPANY WILL BE CALLED MITTAL STEEL.
IT COULD BECOME THE NATION'S LARGEST WIRELESS CARRIER. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS GIVEN CONDITIONAL APPROVAL TO CINGULAR WIRELESS' ACQUISITION OF AT&T WIRELESS. PENDING FINAL APPROVAL, CINGULAR SAYS THE 41 BILLION DOLLAR DEAL WOULD CREATE A WELL EQUIPPED, PREMIER PROVIDER.
FOR MORE ON THE MARKET LOG ON TO OUR SITE AT CBS DOT MARKETWATCH DOT COM... IN NEW YORK I'M MARCELLA PALMER.))

(tape tosses to stocks)
[STOCKS] [WOOD ROGERS SPONSOR BOARD 5185 ESSC] [COMM]

[Campaign-2004]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=Bush/Kerry]
[ENG#=1]

With just a week to go before Election Day, both Presidential candidates will begin their day in Wisconsin.
President Bush will deliver a new speech on the economy.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Davenport, IA;]

Yesterday, he focused on national security, saying he's committed to fighting the war on terror, while charging his opponent offered a strategy of pessimism and retreat.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=On the largest]
((ON THE LARGEST NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES OF OUR TIME- HE HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY AND DANGEROUSLY WRONG.))
[RUNS=:06] (estimated bite runs time)
[OUT Q=dangerously wrong.]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Philadelphia, PA;]

Former President Clinton appeared with fellow Democrat John Kerry at a rally in Philadelphia.
Clinton told the crowd that the G-O-P is using fear tactics to try to keep voters from backing Kerry-- who jumped on a new report about missing explosives in Iraq.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=The very thing]
(( SEN. JOHN KERRY/D- PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: THE VERY THING WE WENT OVER THERE TO DO, TO PREVENT WEAPONS OF ANY KIND OF DESTRUCTION FROM FALLING INTO THE WRONG HANDS, THIS PRESIDENT THIS ADMINISTRATION FAILED TO DO. ))
[SUPER=01-Sen. John Kerry/(D) Presidential Candidate;]
[RUNS=:09] (estimated bite runs time).
[OUT Q=administration failed to do]
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[VO-NAT]

The White House is playing down the report.
So far, the president hasn't mentioned the issue on the campaign trail.
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[11Senior-Voter]

[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=11 PM]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=04-32 1:11:12]
[GRAPHIC=Campaign 2004]
[ENG#=2]
Election day is now just one week away, and with Iraq and terrorism dominating the national campaign, many senior citizens believe issues important to them have been left out. Justin McLeod has the story.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00]
[SUPER=01-Doris Shelton/Senior Citizen; :15]
[SUPER=01-Fred Phlegari/Senior Citizen; :27]
[SUPER=01-Elton Dotton/Senior Citizen; :38]
[SUPER=01-David Shelton/Senior Citizen; :49]
[SUPER=01-Bob Sams/Senior Citizen; 1:01]
[SUPER=01-Howard Smith/Senior Citizen; 1:24]
[SUPER=@justin1; 1:33]
[RUNS=1:46]
[OUT Q=JM, News 7]

((((NAT SOUND OF THE GROUP))
We gathered a random group of seniors at Friendship Manor to discuss a variety of issues.
They come from different political backgrounds but they all seem to be in agreement that prescription drugs cost too much.
[SOT 2:24:51]
[IN Q=We go to Texas]
((DORIS SHELTON: WE GO TO TEXAS EVERY WINTER FOR SIX WEEKS AND I GO OVER TO MEXICO AND BUY MEDICINE.)) [Runs08]
[OUT Q=buy medicine]

But who's to blame? The government or the drug companies.
[SOT 2:38:18]
[IN Q=There is about]
((FRED PHLEGARl: THERE IS ABOUT THREE OR FOUR GROUPS THAT JUST DOMINATE MEDICINE IN THIS COUNTRY AND THE DRUG COMPANIES ARE ONE OF THEM.)) [Runs06]
[OUT Q=ARE ONE OF THEM]

Seniors are also concerned about possible cuts to Social Security and Medicare.
[SOT 2:43:46]
[IN Q=I take a lupron]
((ELTON DOTTON: I TAKE A LUPRON SHOT EVERY FOUR MONTHS. THAT LUPRON SHOT COSTS 36-HUNDRED DOLLARS.)) [Runs07]
[OUT Q=3600 DOLLARS]

So does that mean universal healthcare is the answer?
[SOT 2:23:59]
[IN Q=I think it is]
((DAVID SHELTON: I THINK IT IS A GOOD THING FROM BIRTH TO DEATH, EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE THE SAME HEALTHCARE.)) [Runs06]
[OUT Q=SAME HEALTHCARE]

But at least one senior points out Canada does provide healthcare for everyone.
[SOT 2:22:45]
[IN Q=People of any]
((BOB SAMS: PEOPLE OF ANY MEANS WITH MONEY IN CANADA WITH A SERIOUS ILLNESS COME TO THIS COUNTRY FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT.)) [Runs07]
[OUT Q=FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT]

Seniors tell us they care about these issues but equally important is the war on terror and the president's handling of the war in Iraq.
[SOT 2:34:30; 2:34:53]
[IN Q=I don't think]
((DAVID SHELTON: I DON'T THINK WE HAD ANY BUSINESS INVADING IRAQ AND ATTACKING IRAQ. I THINK WE OPENED A CAN OF WORMS.)) ((HOWARD SMITH: HE IS LOOKING LONG RANGE AT TERRORISM AND THAT'S WHERE IT WAS STARTING TO COME OUR WAY AND I THINK HE DID THE RIGHT THING IN DOING THAT.)) [Runs15]
[OUT Q=IN DOING THAT]
[SOT ]
[IN Q=Our group is]
((JUSTIN McLEOD/REPORTING: OUR GROUP IS APPARENTLY CYNICAL. MANY TOLD US THE POLITICIANS IT DOESN'T MATTER DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN ARE JUST TELLING THEM WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR. BUT EVERYONE WE TALKED TO SAID THEY PLAN TO VOTE ON ELECTION DAY. JUSTIN McLEOD, NEWS 7.))))

(Kim tosses to bump)

[BUMP]
[COMM]

[Halifax-Fire]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin']
[WRITER=dgr]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=Fire]

Fire crews are still on the scene of a fire that started around midnight in South Boston. Police say the Planters tobacco warehouse on Wilburn avenue is fully consumed now. Crews from across Halifax County -- and Danville are working the blaze. No one was in the warehouse when the fire started and no one has been injured.

[VOB-Plane-Crash]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=Plane Crash]
[ENG#=1]

Federal investigators resume their work in Patrick County this morning, as they try to determine cause Sunday's plane crash that killed all ten people aboard. They have already learned the Hendrick Motorsports plane missed an approach to the Blue Ridge airport just before it crashed. The victims' remains were recovered yesterday from Bull Mountain and sent to Roanoke for identification.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Patrick Co.;]

As investigators got their first look at the wreckage on the southeast face of Bull Mountain, they promised a thorough and complete probe.
While the plane did not carry flight data recorder, or a cockpit voice recorder, investigators say they will piece together the details from air traffic control communications, weather conditions, and analysis of the wreckage and the crash site.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=The main fuselage of the aircraft]
[RUNS= :18]
[OUT Q=were separated along the wreckage path.]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Harrisburg, NC;]

In Concord, North Carolina, race fans paid their respects at the headquarters of Hendrick Motorsports.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=Racing's a big community]
((RACING'S A BIG COMMUNITY. WHAT HAPPENS TO ONE TEAM HAPPENS TO US ALL.))
[RUNS= :05]
[OUT Q=happens to us all.]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]

And closer to the crash site, thoughts were with the families of the victims, and with the emergency crews and investigators who responded.
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[2American-Airlines]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=2]

Federal investigators should provide some answers today about a plane that went down in a New York City neighborhood three years ago.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-Nov. 12, 2001;]

All 265 people on board were killed on American Airlines flight 587.
A government report says the tail of the plane sheared off because the co- pilot improperly manipulated the rudder pedal.
The N-T-S-B is looking at why the co- pilot did NOT know he was putting too much pressure on the tail.
(------------)

[11Tech-Admission]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=jwi]
[TAPE#=04-39 TC32:02]
[GRAPHIC=Virginia Tech]
[ENG#=3]

Some future Virginia Tech students could save almost 10-thousand dollars on a four-year education, thanks to a deal signed yesterday in Richmond.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Richmond;]
Community college students, who meet certain requirements, are now guaranteed admission to Virginia Tech's Agriculture and Life Sciences Program. Tech is now accepting applications for next fall. The deal is designed to afford more students the chance to earn a four- year- degree.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 11:11:25]
[IN Q=Employers want college]
((GLENN DEBOIS/VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM CHANCELLOR: EMPLOYERS WANT COLLEGE EDUCATED WORKERS. THEY WANT WORKERS THAT GO BEYOND THE 12TH GRADE IN SCHOOL. OVERWHELMINGLY K-12 IS JUST NOT ENOUGH TO GET THAT GOOD JOB SO IT'S THE DEGREE THAT COUNTS.))
[SUPER=01-Glenn DuBois/Virginia Community College System Chancellor;]
[RUNS=15]
[OUT Q=the degree that counts]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
The "guaranteed admission initiative" applies to all 23 community colleges in Virginia. Governor Mark Warner hopes to see more partnerships in the future.
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[6Orion-Suit]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=04-37 TC45:30]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=4]

A company hoping to build a shooting preserve in Nelson County wants the case put on the legal fast track.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Nelson Co.]

Orion Sporting Group was turned down for a conditional use permit to allow shooting sports on 450 acres of land it owns near Wingina (win-JY-nuh).
Orion appealed the supervisors' decision to the circuit court ... earlier this month a judge ruled the board's refusal amounted to a county-wide ban on hunting.
Part of the company's lawsuit against Nelson County is now moving forward and Orion yesterday asked for the case to go to trial before the end of the year.
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[11Pedlar-Grant]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=04-35 TC1:11:11]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=1]

Homeland security funds will make a big difference to an Amherst County volunteer fire department this year.
It's annual budget is normally around 55-thousand dollars.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Amherst Co.]

But the Pedlar (PED-lur) Volunteer Fire Department in Amherst County more than doubled that amount yesterday with one check.
Congressman Bob Goodlatte helped deliver nearly 80-thousand dollars in federal grant money from the Homeland Security department.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 15:52:01]
[IN Q=We were real]
((DANNY TUCKER/PEDLAR VFD CHIEF: WE WERE REAL SURPRISED THAT WE GOT IT THIS YEAR. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE APPLIED FOR THIS GRANT AND THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED IT. WE ALL WAS REAL SURPRISED ABOUT A MONTH AGO WHEN I GOT NOTIFIED SO YEAH, WE WERE REAL HAPPY WITH IT.))
[SUPER=01-Danny Tucker/Pedlar VFD Chief]
[RUNS=11]
[OUT Q=real happy with it.]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]

The money will help buy new air breathing apparatus, an air bottle refilling station and a fire hose.
More than 750 million dollars is being given out to fire departments nationwide.
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[Biz-Brief]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Business News]
[ENG#=1]
In business news this morning, new help for Delta Airlines, and events in Norway ease oil prcies. Stan Case has more in today's business brief.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=Stocks barely]
[SUPER=01-Stan Case/Reporting; :]
[RUNS=1:10]
[OUT Q=I'm Stan Case.]
((STOCKS BARELY EDGED LOWER MONDAY.
THE DOW INDUSTRIALS LOST SEVEN-POINTS.
AS THE NASDAQ DROPPED ONE.
U-S LIGHT CRUDE OIL SETTLED DOWN 63-CENTS, AT 54-DOLLARS, 54-CENTS A BARREL.
THAT'S DESPITE HITTING A RECORD HIGH 55-DOLLARS, 67-CENTS IN ELECTRONIC TRADE EARLIER IN THE DAY.
THE MARKET TURNED ON NEWS THE NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT INTERVENED TO STOP AN OIL WORKERS' LABOR DISPUTE THAT THREATENED SHIPMENTS.
DELTA, WHICH IS STRUGGLING TO AVOID BANKRUPTCY, SAID IT HAS OBTAINED 600-MILLION DOLLARS IN NEW FINANCING FROM THE TRAVEL UNIT OF AMERICAN EXPRESS.
AMERICAN EXPRESS WILL LOAN DELTA UP TO 100-MILLION DOLLARS, AND PREPAY 500-MILLION DOLLARS OF FREQUENT FLIER MILES.
MEANWHILE, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTED DELTA IS CLOSE TO A DEAL WITH ITS PILOTS ON A ONE BILLION DOLLAR CONCESSION PACKAGE.
CITIGROUP SAID IT WILL CLOSE PART OF ITS JAPANESE TRUST BUSINESS.
AND THE WORLD'S LARGEST FINANCIAL SERVICES FIRM PROMISED SHARPER OVERSIGHT OF ITS REMAINING OPERATIONS.
THAT'S AFTER A SCANDAL LED TO THE CLOSURE OF ITS PRIVATE BANK IN JAPAN IN SEPTEMBER.
REGULATORS REVOKED THE BANK'S LICENSE, CITING MANIPULATIVE SALES AND LENDING PRACTICES AND LAX CONTROLS AGAINST MONEY-LAUNDERING.
WITH THE BUSINESS BRIEF... I'M STAN CASE.))

[TAPE TOSS TO STOCKS] [STOCKS] [WOOD ROGERS SPONSOR BOARD 5185 ESSC] [COMM]

[3Campaign-2004]

[VOBSenior-Voters]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=cutins]
[WRITER=dgr]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=3]
At least one large group feels left out of this year's presidential election.
Many seniors say issues which are usually in the forefront seem to have taken a back seat to war and terrorism.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
We gathered a random group of seniors at Friendship Manor to discuss a variety of issues.
They come from different political backgrounds but they all seem to be in agreement that prescription drugs cost too much.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 2:38:18]
[IN Q=There is about]
((FRED PHLEGARl: THERE IS ABOUT THREE OR FOUR GROUPS THAT JUST DOMINATE MEDICINE IN THIS COUNTRY AND THE DRUG COMPANIES ARE ONE OF THEM.))
[SUPER=01-Fred Phlegari/Senior Citizen;]
[Runs=06]
[OUT Q=ARE ONE OF THEM]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]

Seniors are also concerned about possible cuts to Social Security and Medicare because of those high costs. Seniors tell us they care about these issues but equally important is the war on terror and the president's handling of the war in Iraq.
[SOT 2:34:30; 2:34:53]
[IN Q=I don't think]
((DAVID SHELTON: I DON'T THINK WE HAD ANY BUSINESS INVADING IRAQ AND ATTACKING IRAQ. I THINK WE OPENED A CAN OF WORMS.)) ((HOWARD SMITH: HE IS LOOKING LONG RANGE AT TERRORISM AND THAT'S WHERE IT WAS STARTING TO COME OUR WAY AND I THINK HE DID THE RIGHT THING IN DOING THAT.))
[SUPER=01-David Shelton/Senior Citizen; :00]
[SUPER=01-Howard Smith/Senior Citizen; :07]
[Runs=15]
[OUT Q=IN DOING THAT]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
Our group also apparently is cynical.
Many told us the politicians are just telling them what they want to hear.
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[11Flood-Center]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=rde]
[TAPE#=04-47 01:14]
[GRAPHIC=Flood Aftermath]
[ENG#=2]
Those hit by tropical depression Jeanne in Montgomery County now have a place to go for help.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Christiansburg;]
A disaster recovery center opened yesterday at the Christiansburg Rescue Squad. The center will be open from 9 to 6 Monday through Thursday and Saturday. Before you go, you must first call 1-800-621-FEMA to register. The center closes on Saturday and will move to Stuart in Patrick County.
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[Paws-Claws]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=Paws and Claws]

Your pooch can put his best paw forward this Halloween-- all while helping his fellow canines that are less fortunate.
(+++++++)
[Take Paws and Claws FS]
In today's "Paws and Claws" segment, we're talking with the folks at Klub Kanine about their upcoming Halloween benefit.
(------------)
[Talent=Kimberly]

Sara Scott is here from Klub Kanine-- Good Morning, Sara.

(Who have you brought with you-- and what is he/she wearing?)

[SUPER=01-Sara Scott/Klub Kanine;]

(The event features a costume contest, as we mentioned. The proceeds to go Star City Greyhound adoptions, but there ar
e some other organizations that will also be represented...)

(Besides the costume contest...you all have have a caricature artist there-- can folks buy portraits of their dogs?)

(And this is happening this Sunday, Halloween-- what are the hours,and what is the cost of admission, if any?)

[ANCHOR=KIMBERLY]

Thanks for coming in today.
News 7 Mornin will be right back.
[BUMP]
[COMM]

[3Halifax-Fire]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin']
[WRITER=dgr]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=Fire]

Fire crews have been battling flames all night at a tobacco warehouse in South Boston. Police say the fire engulfed the Planters warehouse on Wilburn avenue. Crews from across Halifax County -- and Danville are working the blaze. No one was in the warehouse when the fire started and no one has been injured.

[2-11Plane-Crash]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=04-36 TC1:19:02]
[GRAPHIC=Plane Crash]
[ENG#=1]

Federal investigators go back to work in Patrick County this morning, in efforts to determine cause Sunday's plane crash that killed all ten people aboard. They have already determined the Hendrick Motorsports plane missed an approach to the Blue Ridge airport just before it crashed. The victims' remains were recovered yesterday from Bull Mountain and sent to Roanoke for identification. Joe Dashiell has the latest.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=In Concord North Carolina]
[SUPER=03-Harrisburg, NC; :00]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Jerry Whitlow/Baptist Minister; :18]
[SUPER=03-Patrick Co.; :28]
[SUPER=01-Brian Rayner/Air Safety Investigator; :50]
[SUPER=@Joe1; 1:08]
[RUNS=1:15]
[OUT Q=JD News 7 Patrick Springs]

((In Concord, North Carolina, race fans paid their respects at the headquarters of Hendrick Motorsports.
[SOT]
[IN Q=Racing's a big community]
((RACING'S A BIG COMMUNITY. WHAT HAPPENS TO ONE TEAM HAPPENS TO US ALL.))
[RUNS= :05]
[OUT Q=happens to us all.]

And closer to the crash site, thoughts were with the families of the victims, and with the emergency crews and investigators who responded.
[SOT]
[IN Q=We've talked to some of the police]
((WE'VE TALKED TO SOME OF THE POLICE OFFICERS, WE'VE TALKED TO STATE TROOPERS. I THINK IT'S VERY DIFFICULT, ALL OF US ARE HUMAN.))
[RUNS=]
[OUT Q=all of us are human.]

As investigators got their first look at the wreckage on the southeast face of Bull Mountain, they promised a thorough and complete investigation.
While the plane did not carry flight data recorder, or a cockpit voice recorder, investigators say they will piece together the details from air traffic control communications, weather conditions, and analysis of the wreckage and the crash site.
[SOT]
[IN Q=The main fuselage of the aircraft]
[RUNS= :18]
[OUT Q=were seperated along the wreckage path.]
[STAND-UP CLOSE]
Investigators face difficult conditions. They're heading in on ATVs, and descending steep terrain to reach the crash site.
They say the area is dangerous in the daytime, impossible in the dark, so they'll return to the site in the morning.
Joe Dashiell News 7 Patrick Springs.))

[3American-Airlines]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=]

Today the National Transportation Safety Board is set to rule on what caused an American Airlines plane to crash into a New York City neighborhood three years ago.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-Nov. 12, 2001;]

All 265 people on board were killed on American Airlines flight 587.
A government report says the tail of the plane sheared off because the co- pilot improperly manipulated the rudder pedal.
The N-T-S-B is looking at why the co- pilot did NOT know he was putting too much pressure on the tail.
(------------)

[11Food-Bank]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=jja]
[TAPE#=04-41 TC20:44]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=2]

The Roanoke Second Harvest Food Bank is on the move, to make sure it can keep doing its job.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

The bank receives 60 percent of its food from the government and the national food bank.
It was in jeopardy of losing that- America's Second Harvest said the Shenandoah Avenue building was out of compliance with health regulations.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 16:06:54]
[IN Q=]
((PAM IRVINE/SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK: AND THEN THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE CAME IN AND BECAUSE OUR FREEZERS AND COOLERS WERE BREAKING DOWN AND THERE WEREN'T ADEQUATE ENOUGH FOR STORAGE WE COULD NO LONGER GET FROZEN USDA COMMODITIES.))
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So, the food bank will move into the old P-Y-A Monarch warehouse in Salem- this Wednesday.
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((ERNEST LUCI/OPERATIONS MANAGER; THAT'S WHEN EVERYTHING SHOULD BE IN PLACE FROM FLOORS BEING CLEANED TO WALLS TO NEW DEOMLITION AND NEW CARPETS IN OFFICES BEING DONATED.))
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The building is bigger than the current facility and is already equipped with freezers and shelving.
The building cost nearly three and half million dollars.
The food bank must still raise the money to pay for it.
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In business news, mergers in the steel and cell phone business. Marcella Palmer has those stories and more in this morning's Marketwatch.
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((INSURANCE BROKERAGE FIRM MARSH & MCLENNAN HAS A NEW C-E-O MICHAEL CHERKASKY REPLACES CEO JEFFREY GREENBERG, THIS AS THE BROKERAGE TRIES TO WORK TOWARDS A SETTLEMENT WITH NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL ELIOT SPITZER'S OFFICE FOR AN ALLEGED BID RIGGING SCHEME WHICH INVOLVES SEVERAL OTHER INSURERS... ST. PAUL TRAVELERS IS THE LATEST TARGET.
THE U-S DOLLAR DROPPED TO AN 8-MONTH LOW AGAINST THE EURO MONDAY. THE DOW CLOSED DOWN 7... THE NASDAQ CLOSED DOWN 1.... OIL CLOSED AT 54.54 A BARREL.
THE WORLD'S TOP STEEL MAKER WILL BE FORMED BY A THREE-WAY MERGER, ISPAT INTERNATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL STEEL AND L-N-M HOLDINGS. THE COMBINED COMPANY WILL BE CALLED MITTAL STEEL.
IT COULD BECOME THE NATION'S LARGEST WIRELESS CARRIER. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS GIVEN CONDITIONAL APPROVAL TO CINGULAR WIRELESS' ACQUISITION OF AT&T WIRELESS. PENDING FINAL APPROVAL, CINGULAR SAYS THE 41 BILLION DOLLAR DEAL WOULD CREATE A WELL EQUIPPED, PREMIER PROVIDER.
FOR MORE ON THE MARKET LOG ON TO OUR SITE AT CBS DOT MARKETWATCH DOT COM... IN NEW YORK I'M MARCELLA PALMER.))

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Here's what's making news today. It's been an all night battle for firefighters in South Boston.
They're fighting a fire at the Planters tobacco warehouse on Wilburn Avenue.
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More work today for investigators in Patrick County, as they search for a cause to Sunday's crash of a Hendrick Motorsports plane.
Yesterday, they recovered the remains of the 10 victims.
Meanwhile, fans are paying their respects at the racing group's headquarters.
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The National Transportation Safety Board is expected to rule today on what caused an American Airlines crash in a New York City neighborhood three years ago.
All 265 people on board were killed.
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Montgomery flood victims of tropical depression Jeanne now have a place to go for help, but only through the end of the week.
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A disaster recovery center opened yesterday at the Christiansburg Rescue Squad. The center will be open from 9 to 6 Monday through Thursday and Saturday. Before you go, you must first call 1-800-621-FEMA to register. (------------) The center closes on Saturday and will move to Stuart in Patrick County.