WDBJ 7 news at 5 for 11/10/04

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Next on News 7 at 5, a jury reaches a verdict in the case of a Danville man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend.
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Plus the foreman is thrown off the jury in the Scott Peterson case.
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The Reverend Jerry Falwell is ready to make a political comeback.
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On Healthcheck, we'll see a drug under testing that could be a good tool for weight loss.
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Also Roanoke prepares for the world premiere of a major motion picture. News 7 at 5 is next.
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Just a week has passed since President Bush won re-election, but some of the folks who helped put him back in the White House aren't resting on their laurels.
The Reverend Jerry Falwell says Bush's victory has encouraged him to start up a new version of the Moral Majority ... this one aimed at keeping Christians involved in the political process.
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Steve Smallshaw talked with Falwell today and is in our Lynchburg newsroom with more.
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Shannon, Falwell calls his new movement the 'Faith and Values Coalition', and its focus is more narrow than the Moral Majority's.
The 71-year-old preacher says ... in some sense ... their work has just begun.
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Falwell says they'll also be pushing for a Federal Marriage Amendment and the nomination of strict constructionist judges.
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He also hopes to register millions more evangelical voters in the next four years.

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The verdict is in in the case of a Danville man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend earlier this year.
A jury in Franklin County today found 32 year old Stanley Deon Tate guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of 28 year Charmane Davis, the mother of his two children. Tate's lawyer says she is not happy with the outcome of the case. She believes it may be due to the makeup of the jury.
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The jury recommended a ten year prison sentence.
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A the battle for Fllujah continues...insurgents are fighting back with more kidnappings. This time the victims are related to Iraq's interim prime minister. Charlie D'Agata reports.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's condition appears to have taken a serious turn for the worse.
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Palestinian officials say Arafat's brain is only partially functioning, and that all of his organs except his heart and lungs have failed. Yesterday, an aide said the leader had suffered a brain hemorrhage. He was flown to France for treatment nearly two weeks ago for an unspecified illness. President Bush has said that Arafat's impending death could mean a new ``opening for peace.''
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Up next on the newscast, the President names his choice for the next Attorney General.
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Also for the second time in two days, a juror is thrown off the Scott Peterson case.
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The jury in the Scott Peterson trial has a new foreman after the judge booted the original one.
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There's no word as to why the judge dismissed the 40-something year old man with medical and law degrees. The new foreman is a firefighter/paramedic who's been seen rolling his eyes during the trial. The move is the second switch in as many days. The panel's been told to start deliberations from the beginning. They're trying to decide whether Peterson killed his wife, Laci, and their unborn son.
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In health check tonight --
A new pill to help people lose weight could be coming to the market.
While it could be at least a year away --the drug, Acomplia (uh-comp-lee-uh), is already making national headlines.
Even doctors and weight loss clinics in our area are getting the skinny on the medication.
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Health Check Reporter Joy Sutton joins us with details ---
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Shannon,
More than 3-thousand people in U-S and Canada participated in studies on this drug.
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They not only lost weight --they kept it off for two years. Many lost 5 to 10 percent of their body weight on higher doses of the drug.
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Bonny Lee, the owner of the Center for Bariatric Medicine, has helped hundreds of patients over the years lose weight -the majority with help of medication. She says for many obese people it may be necessary.
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Some wonder if Acomplia could be the answer. The drug's goal is to reduce cravings by blocking the pleasure centers in the brain.
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Cardiologist John Schmedtje say the drug appears to have fewer side effects than other options that are linked to the heart and lungs.
And it has another use as well.
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But if you want to lose weight -- Lee says there's no need to wait for this drug.
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Lee says maintenance does get easier after the first year.
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One of the most prominent Hispanics in the Bush administration could take over as Attorney General.
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President Bush today nominated Alberto Gonzales to take the place of John Ashcroft, who announced his resignation yesterday.
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Gonzalez has long been eyed as a leading candidate to fill a supreme court vacancy. He is currently White House counsel but has been linked to President Bush for at least a decade, serving as general counsel when Bush was governor of Texas. If the senate approves, Gonzalez would become the first Hispanic to head the nation's justice department

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Up next on the newscast, there's a pretty good chance you won't recognize a single person at an upcoming fundraiser for the Salvation Army. And that's just the way they want it.
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Halloween may be over, but many will still be getting "masked" for a good cause this weekend.
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Brent Watts joins us from Brides House and Formals with more on a benefit for the Salvation Army.
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Up next, Mike Stevens will tell us who was named major league baseball's managers of the year.
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Then a little later, we'll have the inside story of Samuel L. Jackson's new movie which is premiering tonight in Roanoke.
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Good afternoon everybody and welcome to the midweek ticker. We begin with some NC Double A men's soccer from the Division Three level as Roanoke College took on Arcadia.
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The match was played this afternoon on the Elizabeth Campus as the ODAC Champions took on the visitors from Pennsylvania. The Maroons had all kinds of chances to turn this game in a blowout. With under two minutes left in the first half Roanoke is in great position for the tally, but the shot off the break from Elliott Hodge is stopped in the left corner.

Then early in the second half, Roanoke again has a wide open goal after come nice passing, but Elliott Stallings gets blocked and then pulls the rebound shot to the left of the goal. Roanoke also had a excellent chance to score off this free kick, but Dave DeMello's hook shot is just a foot shy of perfection.
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Those missed chances would come back to haunt the Maroons as they lose it 1-to-0 in overtime to end their season at 12-7-and-2.
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Major League baseball's postseason honors continue to be distributed on a daily basis this week. This afternoon it's the manager of the year awards that are front and center.
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In the National League, Bobby Cox picked up 22 first place votes to easily outdistance Tony LaRussa for senior league skipper of the year honors. Cox who is now 63, took a depleted and re-tooled teamandled it to its 13th straight divisional title. Along the way this season, Cox won his 2000 game as a big league manager.
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Buck Showalter, who kept Texas in the chase for a playoff berth, finished with 14 first-place votes, to edge Minnesota
's Ron Gardenhire for the Junior Circuit's award.

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The ACC is certainly living up to its preseason billing, but despite the logjam at the top of the conference, the bowl folks are already politicking hard to put themselves in position to bring in an attractive team. The Chick Fil A Peach Bowl has the third pick in the conference, and today it's Chairman said the Atlanta Based Bowl is looking hard at four teams.

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Coming up at the top of the hour on News 7 at Six we'll have some news from both UVa and Tech, plus JMU gets ready for its battle with William & Mary. And NASCAR is in the spotlight, as well. Shannon will be back to wrap up News 7 at Five in just a moment.

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The Federal Reserve increased interest rates today for the fourth time this year. But as Marcella Palmer tells us, the move had little influence on the stock markets.

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A coach who locked his undefeated high school basketball team out of the gym and forced them to study- is in Roanoke today.
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Coach Ken Carter's actions made national headlines back in 1999.
Now his story is also featured in an upcoming movie- called Coach Carter.
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Coach Carter's motto- if students wanted to play- they had to sign a contract agreeing to go to class and do their homework.
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((COACH KEN CARTER/RICHMOND CA, HIGH SCHOOL COACH: A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID COACH YOU HAVE THIS CONTRACT. WHAT WAS YOUR GOAL? MY GOAL WAS JUST GET THE KIDS TO THEIR NEXT CLASS WE WERE TAKING BABY STEPS AT FIRST.))
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Coach Carter told students at Lucy Addison Middle School that using knowledge earns power.
The film's first screening will taking place at the Grandin theatre for local students tonight. The movie will open in theaters nationwide in January.
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