WDBJ 7 morning news for 12/01/04

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State police dispatchers say commuters on Interstate 81 could face some delays this morning. State police say around 12:30, a tractor trailer overturned in the southbound lane near mile marker 167, just south of the Arcadia exit. It was carrying crayons. The truck isn't blocking traffic, but V-DOT has closed the right hand lane while they remove it. No one was injured and there's no word on any charges for the driver.

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[ANCHOR=Kim]
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Dozens came out to honor two well known social activists in Blacksburg last night.
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Sue Daniels and Niklan Jones died last month in an apparent murder suicide.
[SUPER=03-Giles Co./File Tape;]
Police say Jones killed Daniels, then set her Giles County home on fire before killing himself. Last night more than 50 mourners held candles and signs to honor the legacy of the pair.
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[IN Q=Some of us]
[SUPER=01-Susan Anderson/Friend;]
((SUSAN ANDERSON: SOME OF US ARE ALREADY CARRYING THE TORCH, OTHERS ARE MAYBE PICKING UP THE TORCH... BUT :28 WE JUST WANTED TO THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT ACTIVISM DIDN'T DIE WITH SUE. :34 THOUGH SHE WAS ONE OF THE BEST ACTIVIST WE HAD. ))
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[OUT Q=we had.]
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Friends say Daniels was also a great scientist in Virginia Tech's graduate program. One professor told us, she was one of the most brilliant biologists to come through Tech in quite some time.
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[PKGRegional-Jail]

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It's time to lock it up and throw away the key.
That's how opponents of a proposed regional jail in Roanoke County feel even after county leaders pleaded their case.

Justin McLeod has the story.

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[SUPER=03-Salem; :00]
[SUPER=01-Adam Smithey/Roanoke Co. Inmate; :08]
[SUPER=01-Gerald Holt/Roanoke Co. Sheriff; :20]
[SUPER=01-Elmer Hodge/Roanoke Co. Administrator; :40]
[SUPER=01-Herman Lowe/Opposes Jail; 1:07]
[SUPER=01-John Hamon/Opposes Jail; 1:20]
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[OUT Q=JM, News 7]
((((NAT SOUND INSIDE THE JAIL AROUND 3:32:52))
If you were to ever visit the Roanoke County jail, you would find what many believe is a serious overcrowding problem.
[SOT 3:32:01; (JAIL TAPE)]
[IN Q=I've seen up]
((ADAM SMITHEY/ROANOKE COUNTY INMATE: I'VE SEEN UP TO TWELVE TO THIRTEEN FOLKS ON THE FLOOR AT ONE GIVEN TIME.)) [Runs05]
[OU Q=ONE GIVEN TIME]

That's because the jail was built twenty years ago to house 108 inmates.
These days that number has tripled.
[SOT 2:14:39; (MEETING TAPE 1)]
[IN Q=We're able to]
((GERALD HOLT/ROANOKE CO. SHERIFF: WE'RE ABLE TO MANAGE IT BUT WE'RE GETTING INTO A CRITICAL CONDITION UNTIL WE CAN GET SOME RELIEF.)) [Runs06]
[OUT Q=SOME RELIEF]

Relief that could come by building a new 600 bed facility.
The county wants to build the jail in the Dixie Caverns area and is looking at two sites near West River Road.
County leaders say, of the twelve sites considered, those two affect the fewest people.
[SOT 2:11:12 (MEETING TAPE 1)]
[IN Q=The location is very]
((ELMER HODGE/COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR: THE LOCATION IS VERY GOOD AND IT'S FAR ENOUGH FROM RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES THAT WE REALLY DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.)) [Runs06]
[OUT Q=TO BE A PROBLEM]

Nearby residents disagree.
More than three hundred people showed up for a community meeting at the Salem Civic Center. ((NAT SOUND ON MEETING TAPE 2 AT 7:00 SAYING "IF I WAS DONALD TRUMP I WOULD SAY TO YOU YOU'RE FIRED"))
They're angry that Supervisors will vote on the site only three weeks after the proposal was announced.
[SOT 2:33:22 (MEETING TAPE 1)]
[IN Q=Don't shove it]
((HERMAN LOWE/OPPOSES JAIL: DON'T SHOVE IT DOWN OUR THROATS ALL AT IT ONCE. WE HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO GATHER OUR THOUGHTS TOGETHER REAL GOOD.)) [Runs06]
[OUT Q=TOGETHER REAL GOOD]

The county argues it must act now to meet a March deadline for state funding.
Opponents aren't buying it.
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[IN Q=Don't use the]
((JOHN HAMON/OPPOSES JAIL: DON'T USE THE STATE DEADLINE AS AN EXCUSE TO TAKE AWAY THE TAX PAYING CITIZENS RIGHT TO HAVE DIRECT INPUT.)) [Runs07]
[OUT Q=TO HAVE DIRECT INPUT]
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[IN Q=Right now]
((JUSTIN McLEOD/REPORTING: RIGHT NOW, SUPERVISORS ARE SCHEDULED TO VOTE ON THIS AT ITS DECEMBER 7TH MEETING. BY CHOOSING A SITE, THE COUNTY CAN THEN CONDUCT AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE LOCATION IS FEASIBLE. JUSTIN McLEOD, NEWS 7.))))

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[ANCHOR=Kim]
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Michael Bragg represented opponents of a methadone clinic in Washington County, and now the Abingdon Attorney has signed on with a Roanoke citizens group.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

Northwest Concerned Citizens are fighting the clinic that CRC Health Corporation plans to open on Hershberger Road.
Yesterday, leaders of the group introduced Bragg, who opposed a clinic in his own neighborhood a year ago.
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[IN Q=What we had there]
((MICHAEL BRAGG/ATTORNEY; WHAT WE HAD THERE WAS THE COUNTY HAVING THE BACKBONE AND THE CONCERN FOR THEIR CITIZENS TO TAKE UP THE FIGHT AND DO WHATEVER WAS NECESSARY TO STAND UP WITH THE CITIZENS AND FIGHT. I HAVE SEEN THAT YET FOR THE CITY. I HOPE THEY DO FIND WITHIN THEMSELVES CONCERN FOR THEIR CITIZENS FOR THE COMMUNITY.))
[SUPER=01-Michael Bragg/Attorney;]
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[OUT Q=for the community.]
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Bragg says he is 90 to 95 percent certain the group will file a lawsuit within the next few weeks.
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
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Meanwhile, leaders of Northwest Concerned Citizens say they have opened a bank account, and are actively soliciting contributions to pay the group's legal bills.

[Ukraine-Election]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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In Ukraine, a new call for a brand new presidential election.
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[SUPER=03-Kiev, Ukraine;]

Amid continued protests in Kiev, putgoing President Leonid Kuchma (KOOCH'-mah) says he supports holding a new election-- not just a re-vote of the disputed second round.
The opposition has sought a re- vote, claiming that victory was stolen from its candidate, opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko.
Kuchma was quoted at a government meeting as calling the re-vote idea "a farce".
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[Iraq]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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In Fort Bragg, North Carolina today the Army reservist at the center of the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal is expected back in court.
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[SUPER=04-File Tape;]

Private Lynndie England faces a court martial in January.
But this week, the judge will hear pre- trial motions in the case.
She's one of seven reservists charged with abusing detainees.
[SUPER=03-Baghdad, Iraq;]

Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is expected to order a temporary increase of about 150- thousand troops to provide security for elections taking place in Iraq next month.
But not all officials agree on WHO they'll be.
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[IN Q=I think we will]
((LT. GEN. JOHN ABIZAID/CENTCOM COMMANDER: I THINK WE WILL NEED MORE TROOPS THAN WE CURRENTLY HAVE TO SECURE THE ELECTIONS PROCESS IN IRAQ . . . BUT IT IS OUR BELIEF THAT THOSE TROOPS WILL BE IRAQI TROOPS ))
[SUPER=01-Lt. Gen. John Abizaid/Centcom Commander;]
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[OUT Q=be Iraqi troops.l]
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However, Iraqi forces have sometimes proven unreliable--
Recently in Mosul, nearly 70- percent of the police officers abandoned their stations.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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President Bush continues his femce-mending trip to Canada.
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[SUPER=03-Ottawa, Canada;]

Not all Canadians rolled out the welcome mat for the President-- thousands protested his visit.
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[IN Q=The policies of the Bush]
((JOE CRESSY/NO TO BUSH COMMITTEE: THE POLICIES OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION BE IT KYOTO OR IRAQ ARE NOT WELCOME HERE. ))
[SUPER=01-Joe Cressy/"No to Bush" Committee;]
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[OUT Q=not welcome here.]
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Both Bush and Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin are making efforts to heal riffs created by trade disputes and the U-S led invasion of Iraq.
However, Bush remains unapologetic about the war.
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[IN Q=and will continue]
(( WILL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT I THINK IS RIGHT. I'LL CONSULT WITH OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, BUT IF I THINK IT'S RIGHT TO REMOVE SADDAM HUSSEIN FOR THE SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES, THAT'S THE COURSE OF ACTION I'LL TAKE.))
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[OUT Q=that's the course of action I'll take.]
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[VO-NAT]

Today Bush heads to Nova Scotia to offer a belated thank you to the Canadian people.
In aftermath of 9-11, they sheltered tens of thousands of Americans whose flights were diverted.
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[11Anthem-Wellpoint]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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In business news, there's a new giant in the health insurance industry.
Yesterday, Anthem and Wellpoint Health Networks completed their 16 and a half billion dollar merger.
The new company will take the Wellpoint name and will insure about 28 million people in at least 13 states, including Virginia.

[Marketwatch]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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In other business news, Automakers are set to release their earnings for November.
Marcella Palmer has that story and more in this morning's Marketwatch.
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[SUPER=01-Marcella Palmer/Reporting; :00]
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[OUT Q=in New York, I'm MP.]

((AUTOMAKERS WILL REPORT THEIR NOVEMBER U-S SALES RESULTS TODAY WITH ANALYSTS FOCUSING ON EXPECTED PRODUCTION CUTS AT FORD AND GENERAL MOTORS. SOME ANALYSTS BELIEVE IF PRODUCTION PLANS ARE CUT BY 5% OR MORE AUTOMAKERS AND PRIMARY SUPPLIERS COULD COME UNDER PRESSURE...
.... ALSO GM SAYS NEXT YEAR IT WILL LAY OFF 950 EMPLOYEES AT ITS ASSEMBLY PLANT IN LINDEN NEW JERSEY DUE TO LOWER DEMAND FOR ITS CHEVY BLAZER AND GMC JIMMY.

YOU MIGHT SEE FEWER PC MAKERS ON THE MARKET IN A COUPLE YEARS.
A TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH FIRM SAYS IT EXPECTS THREE OF THE TOP 10 PC MAKERS TO QUIT THE BUSINESS BY 2007.
THE FIRM SAYS SLOW GROWTH RATES AND THINNING PROFIT MARGINS COULD LEAD TO P-C MARKET CONSOLIDATION.

U-S STOCKS ENDED LOWER TUESDAY ON MIXED DATA... BUT POSTED THEIR BEST MONTHLY GAIN FOR THE YEAR AFTER A TROUBLE FREE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SPARKED A MARKET RALLY.
THE DOW CLOSED THE DAY DOWN 47...
THE NASDAQ ENDED THE DAY DOWN 10...
AN ADVISORY PANEL TO THE U-S FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION WILL MEET TOMORROW TO REVIEW THE SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF PROCTER & GAMBLE'S HERALDED " FEMALE VIAGRA PATCH. IT'S A FIRST OF ITS KIND THERAPY TO TREAT LOW SEX DRIVE IN SURGICALLY MENOPAUSAL WOMEN.

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)
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[Afghan-Flight]

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The U- S military says search teams have recovered the bodies of six Americans who died when their plane crashed in the mountains of Afghanistan last weekend.
Three civilian crew members and three soldiers were aboard the transport plane.
Officials say there's no sign hostile fire caused the crash, but a full investigation is planned.

[11Goins]

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A Botetourt County man who killed his cousin will spend 18 years in prison.
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[SUPER=@file;]

Milan Goins pleaded no contest to the 2003 murder of David Bowman.
Yesterday, Goins was sentenced to 43 years in prison, but much of it was suspended.
He'll end up serving 18.
Goins also attempted to escape after his arrest in North Carolina. He pled no contest to charges from that incident, but has not yet been sentenced.
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[11Burrow]

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Richard Burrow says he's one of those people who generally believed in the government, believed it was run by well-intentioned individuals who stand for honesty and fairness.
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Now, he's angry. Even though all the charges against the former D-Day Memorial Director have been dismissed, he admits he harbors some lingering animosity.
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
When it comes to criminal charges, Burrow told the Big Lick Kiwanis club today that most people think an indictment is proof of someone's guilt.
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[SOT 4:16:15]
[IN Q=There has to be]
((RICHARD BURROW/FORMER DEFENDANT...THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING. YOU'VE GOT TO BE GUILTY OF SOMETHING. AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT IS.))
[SUPER=01-Richard Burrow/Former Defendant]
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[OUT Q=way it is.]
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Burrow says there are four things that helped him survive his 11-hundred day ordeal: the truth, public support, good lawyers and personal resolve.
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[11State-County]

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Despite the controversy, Supervisors Chairman Richard Flora says Roanoke County has enjoyed a successful year.

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[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.]

Flora delivered his State of the County Address to members of the Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce yesterday morning.
He cited progress on regional cooperation and economic development, and a strong relationship with members of the Roanoke County School Board.
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[IN Q=I think that successes]
((RICHARD FLORA/ROANOKE CO. SUPERVISORS CHAIRMAN: I THINK THAT SUCCESSES AREN'T NECESSARILY DOLLARS AND CENTS, BUT IT'S ALSO ATTITUDES AND THE OTHER KINDS OF ACHIEVEMENTS YOU JUST CAN'T QUANTIFY.))
[SUPER=01-Richard Flora/Roanoke Co. Supervisors Chairman]
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[OUT Q=just can't quantify.]
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Flora says managing growth, and balancing residential and industrial development are among the county's most pressing challenges.
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(Kim and Leo Hello)

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A military spokesman says the flight recorder has been recovered from a U-S plane crash in Afghanistan.
He says it isn't clear yet what the device shows about the crash.
Search teams recovered the bodies of the six Americans earlier today.
Officials say there's no sign hostile fire caused the crash, but a full investigation is planned.

[11Optometrists]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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A bill up for consideration in the General Assembly could change the way your eye doctor does business.
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[SUPER=03-Richmond;]
A House Committee yesterday approved a bill that would prohibit optometrists from practicing in places that share a common door with a commercial business. Supports of the bill say retailers like Costco have an open door to apply pressure to optometrists and affect their medical services. But some say there are already instruments in place to deal with doctors who perform under par.
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[IN Q=I think that if there]
((ROBERT NEBIKER/DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS: I THINK THAT IF THERE IS POOR CARE BEING DELIVERED BY OPHTHALMOLOGIST OR OPTOMETRISTS THAT THERE IS SUFFICIENT LAW AND MECHANISM FOR EITHER THE BOARD OF MEDICINE OR THE BOARD OF OPHTHALMOLOGY TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST PEOPLE WHO DELIVER SUBSTANDARD CARE.))
[SUPER=01-Robert Nebiker/Department of Health Professions;]
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[OUT Q=deliver substandard care]
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The bill will be considered during the upcoming General Assembly session.
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[11New-College]

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An old textile building in Martinsville could be the next higher education institution in Virginia.
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[SUPER=03-Martinsville;]
Martinsville businessman George Lester has offered to donate the old Tultex building as a site for the New College of Virginia.
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[IN Q=we are in]
((GEORGE LESTER/THE LESTER GROUP: WE ARE IN A STATE OF CHANGE NOW, WE USED TO HAVE TEXTILES, FURNITURE AND TOBACCO, AND ALL THREE OF THOSE, BASICALLY ARE GONE, OR CHANGED SUBSTANTIALLY, AND YET WE HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING FOR A CHANCE OF EMPLOYMENT 15 AND THEY NEED NEW SKILL SETS, THEY NEED NEW TRAINING.))
[SUPER=01-George Lester/The Lester Group;]
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[OUT Q=need new training]
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The building has four floors and measures about 175-thousand square feet. But, organizers of the college say it is still just ONE of several sites they're considering.
The group says it's hired a consulting company out of Pittsburgh to help narrow down the choices.
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[3-HEADLINES] [Kim at Desk]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

Here's what's making news--
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[SUPER=03-Giles Co./File Tape;]

Two well- known political activists were remembered at a candlelight vigil last night in Blacksburg.
Sue Daniels and Niklan Jones died last month in an apparent murder suicide.
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[ENG#=2]
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[SUPER=03-Salem]
Opponents of plans for a regional jail in Roanoke County spoke out last night at a meeting at the Salem Civic Center.
Many residents are angry the supervisors will vote on the site only three weeks after the proposal was announced.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[SUPER=04-File Tape;]

Army reservist Lynndie England is expected back in a military court today.
A judge will hear pre- trial motions in the Iraqi prisoner abuse case.
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