WDBJ 7 morning news for 12/18/04

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Coming up on News 7 Saturday Morning- A fatal accident in Roanoke leaves one person dead and sends several to the hospital

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And a baby girl survives after being cut from her mother's womb. We will have more on those stories in just a few minutes.
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One man is dead after colliding head-on with a pickup truck on Franklin Road yesterday. Police in Roanoke say 51 year old Samuel Eugene Brooks of Union Hall drove nearly a quarter mile down the wrong side of the road -- hitting two different vehicles. Brooks first sideswiped a Mazda, then shortly after hit a Chevy pickup truck head on. The other drivers and passengers were taken to the hospital. No word on their conditions.
Brooks was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Another fatal accident yesterday tied up traffic on busy Route 220 for hours.
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The accident occurred around 6:30 in Clearbrook and appeared to be a head-on collision involving two pick-up trucks. A third vehicle may also have been involved. One motorist was killed in the accident, but we have no word about any additional injuries. Both northbound lanes of Route 220 were shut down for hours. Police have not released any further information.
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Halifax County authorities say a man was found dead yesterday in a pile of burning leaves. They are not yet releasing any further information but indicate they may provide more details later today.

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A Kansas woman is behind bars -- charged with strangling a woman and then stealing her UNBORN child.
As Dave Browde (Brow-DEE) reports, it was computer forensics that lead authorities to the woman.
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((AFTER A FRANTIC ALL-DAY SEARCH, AUTHORITIES TRACKED DOWN A BABY WHO WAS RIPPED FROM HER MOTHER'S WOMB -- ALONG WITH THE WOMAN ALLEGEDLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HORRIFIC ACT.

OFFICIALS SAY 36-YEAR OLD LISA MONTGOMERY OF MELVERN KANSAS ENTERED THE NORTHWEST MISSOURI HOME OF 23-YEAR OLD BOBBI JO STINNETT THURSDAY AFTERNOON ... STRANGLED HER ... THEN CUT OUT STINNETT'S UNBORN BABY AND KEPT THE PREMATURE INFANT FOR HERSELF.

THE BABY WAS LATER FOUND ALIVE AT A KANSAS HOME -- THANKS IN PART TO AN AMBER ALERT DETAILING A RED HONDA WHICH MATCHED THE ONE PARKED IN HER DRIVEWAY.

ACCORDING TO A CRIMINAL FILING, MONTGOMERY CONFESSED TO THE KILLING AND THE KIDNAPPING. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE SHE MET STINNETT, WHO IS EIGHT-MONTHS PREGNANT, ON THE INTERNET.

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"Our victim was a breeder of rat terrier dogs and they met through a message board...and our victim had pictures of herself and they hooked up through that message board.

OFFICIALS WOULD NOT GIVE A MOTIVE, BUT THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT SAYS MONTGOMERY LIED TO HER HUSBAND ABOUT GIVING BIRTH.

MEANWHILE, THE BABY SHE'S ACCUSED OF STEALING HAS BEEN REUNITED WITH HER FATHER.

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"The child appears to be healthy and in good shape. The child is at a hospital right now being checked out by pediatricians and we have no indications that the child was hurt in anyway.

STINNETT HAD BEEN MARRIED JUST OVER A YEAR, AND WAS WELCOMING THE BIRTH OF HER FIRST CHILD.

HER ALLEGED KILLER IS NOW CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING RESULTING IN DEATH -- AND COULD FACE THE DEATH PENALTY IF CONVICTED.
DAVE BROWDE, CBS NEWS.))

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While a citizens committee considers 18 possible sites for a regional jail in Roanoke County -- another panel is focused on just a handful. The jail study group has ranked the top five sites, and recommended thirteen others be dropped from consideration.

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Two sites near Dixie Caverns remain at the top. The Higginbotham Farms site bounded by the Roanoke River and a Norfolk Southern rail line is number one. The Horn Property on West River Road is ranked second. Third on the list is the Newbern site, which adjoins Interstate 81 and the Days Inn at Plantation Road. The rest of the top five includes the site of the old Ingersoll Rand plant, and the Old Mountain Road site immediately behind it.
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The citizens advisory committee recently appointed by the board of supervisors is still considering all 18 sites. Members of that group plan to visit as many as possible today.
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Governor Mark Warner wants to make several amendments to the budget.
They include pay raises for state employees, transportation improvements and funding for a new university in Southside.
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Warner presented his plan to members of the House and Senate money committees in Richmond yesterday. He recommends a three- percent pay- raise for state employees and an additional 50- million to public schools. To ensure that Virginia's triple-A bond rating stays intact, the governor proposes depositing nearly 230- million- dollars into the "Rainy Day Fund." He also wants to cut the sales tax on food by one and a half percent. Warner says he hopes lawmakers will support his one-time investments and not spend the state's 900- million- dollar surplus on long- term projects.
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((MARK WARNER: LET'S GO AHEAD AND PAY OFF SOME OF OUR OLD DEBTS, LET'S REPLENISH THE RAINY DAY FUND, LET'S GO AHEAD YES AND ADVANCE THE FOOD TAX CUTS THAT WE PROMISED. LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET THEM ALL PAID OFF THIS COMING YEAR RATHER THAN HAVE IT PHASE IN OVER THREE YEARS.))
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The General Assembly will consider the governor's amendments next month.
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Danville's interim School Superintendent has been appointed to the position on a permanent basis. The Danville School Board appointed Dr. Sue Davis as Superintendent last night. Her interim designation ends January 1.

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Americans are taking more medications than ever before -- but experts say it may be more of a quick fix than a neccesity.
Cynthia Bowers explains in focus on health.

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((This group, gathered for a mid-day tai chi class at a chicago hospital wellness center, puts more stock in meditation than medication,

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I DON'T PUT ANYTHING IN MY BODY BUT GREEN TEA.
But even here, no one we talked with is surprised at recent government findings that Americans are swallowing more pills than ever.

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I TAKE MY MEDS FOR WHATEVER I NEED THEM FOR.

(GFX) The federal report found that 44% of us had taken at least one
prescription drug in the last month. One in 6 adults WAS taking 3 or more of these drugs.....compared to one in 10 just several years before.
Doctors like Northwestern University Medical School professor Dan Derman say it's a singularly American problem.
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(03) dd//AMERICA'S A CULTURE OF QUICK FIX AND PEOPLE WANT TO FIND
RESULTS AND THEY WANT RESULTS RIGHT AWAY.

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that is the implicit promise made in the estimated 3 billion dollars worth of ads drug companies buy each year to make their medicines into household names. Many of these drugs are less about life-saving and more about life-style...
Sot/Dr. Derman 0834 WE NEED TO STOP, TAKE A STEP BACK AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, WHAT THE MEDICATIONS ARE, WHAT THE SIDE EFFECTS CAN BE, AND WHAT ARE SOME OTHER OPTIONS SHORT OF USING MEDICATIONS TO MAKE THEM FEEL BETTER.
Many at this class are re-thinking the balance between risk and rewards.

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I WOULD TAKE A PILL IF IT WAS A GUARANTEED CURE//BUT THERE IS NO SUCH THING
It's a prescription doctors MAY increasingly recommend to their patients... Cynthia Bowers, CBS News Chicago))

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It's easy to turn inexpensive door mirrors into something that doesn't have to be hidden on the back of the closet door.
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Angela Combs shows us how some tape, paint, and a mirror can make a
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[TAKE Decor FS] wall accessory as fasionable as anything pre-manufactured in today's Decor and More.
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Coming up on News 7 Saturday Morning- A man is found dead yesterday in a pile of burning leaves

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And Authorities say a grisly murder and kidnapping in Missouri began with an online chat between two women. We will have more on those stories in just a few minutes.
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A baby literally ripped from her mother's womb is in good condition this morning.
Authorities say 36 year old Lisa Montgomery confessed to kidnapping and killing the child's mother.
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Authorities say Montgomery strangled 23 year old Bobbi Jo Stinnet and cut out her unborn baby and kept the premature infant for herself.
Computer forensics and the amber alert helped track down Montgomery and the baby at a Kansas home.
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((THE ONE THING I FOUND TODAY THAT BROUGHT ME A LOT OF JOY IS THAT THEY FOUND HER DAUGHTER ALIVE AND THAT WAY A SMALL PORTION OF BOBBI WILL BE ABLE TO LIVE ON))
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Authorities say Montgomery had contacted Stinnett through an on-line message board. She was seeking to buy a dog from Stinnett, who raised terriers.
Montgomery is charged with kidnapping resulting in death. She could face the death penalty if convicted.
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One man is dead after colliding head on with a pickup truck on Franklin Road yesterday. Police in Roanoke say 51 year old Samuel Eugene Brooks of Union Hall drove nearly a quarter mile down the wrong side of the road -- hitting two different vehicles. Brooks first sideswiped a Mazda, then shortly after hit a Chevy pickup truck head on. The other drivers and passengers were taken to the hospital. No word on their conditions.
Brooks was pronounced dead at the scene.

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One of two panels has narrowed down the possible sites for a regional jail in Roanoke County from 18 to five.
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Two sites near Dixie Caverns remain at the top. The Higginbotham Farms site bounded by the Roanoke River and a Norfolk Southern rail line is number one. The Horn Property on West River Road is ranked second. Third on the list is the Newbern site, which adjoins Interstate 81 and the Days Inn at Plantation Road. The rest of the top five includes the site of the old Ingersoll Rand plant, and the Old Mountain Road site immediately behind it.
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The other citizens advisory committee recently appointed by the board of supervisors is still considering all 18 sites. Members of that group plan to visit as many as possible today.
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Life in Rockbridge County is retuning to normal after the invading of the martians.
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((ACROSS THE GULF OF SPACE INTELLECTS VAST AND COOL REGARDED OUR PLANET WITH ENVIOUS EYES.))
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When the War of the Worlds is released scenes from Rockbridge County will be included.
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Crews packed up props and moved equipment yesterday. The Steven Spielbuerg film shot four days of footage in the area.
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((I KNOW STEVEN LAST NIGHT ADDRESSED THE TROOPS AT THE END OF THE DAY THANKING THE VIRGINIA CREW THAT WAS PART OF THE FILMING AS WELL AS SOME OF THE NEW YORK CREW SAYING HE'LL MISS EVERYONE JUST NOT THE COLD.))
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400 people from Paramount Pictures dealt with that cold along with 500 extras- who did not seem to mind.
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((AND IT'S COLD ALL DAY AND YOU WALK OVER TO THEM AND SAY DID YOU HAVE FUN AND THEY SAY I HAD A GREAT TIME AND YOU'RE THINKING MY GOD IT'S SO COLD OUTSIDE THEY WERE TERRIFIC.))
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Filming on the sci fi flick is almost done.
The rest will be shot on sound stages in Los Angeles.
The film starring Tom Cruise is set for release next summer.
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(("Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" is two hours of fantasy, suspense, dynamic visuals and excellent actors! "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" begins with the Baudelaire children facing the terrible news that their parents have been killed in a fire which also destroyed their beautiful home. Violet Baudelaire (Emily Browning) is a brilliant girl with a gift for invention. Klaus Baudelair (Liam Aiken) is a voracious reader and remembers everything he reads. Sunny (Kara Hoffman) talks in baby-talk gibberish (with subtitles) and bites things with her sharp teeth. The Baudelaire children's sizable estate is looked after by Mr. Poe (Timothy Spall). Mr. Poe is also responsible for getting the children to their new guardian, Count Olaf (Jim Carrey) who is only interested in the children's estate. Count Olaf is up front with the children about his intentions even stranding them in a car parked on railroad tracks as the train speeds toward them. The children are eventually taken away from Count Olaf and taken to live with Uncle Monty ( Billy Connolly) who is obsessed with snakes. The children begin to suspect that their parents were involved in things they never knew about. Count Olaf shows up as an impostor to take the children back and causes the death of Uncle Monty. The children then go to live with Aunt Josephine (Meryl Streep) who is afraid of everything. The children learn that their parents were investigating mysterious fires before their death. I have to stop before I give too much away, but I'll tell you the children get to the bottom of it. Everything here is top notch. Script, actors and especially the look of the film. The creepy, mysterious visuals dazzled me from beginning to end. Lots of great cameos here too, Luis Guzman, Cedric the Entertainer, Catherine O'Hara, Dustin Hoffman and the man who has done more movies this year than any other, Jude Law. A few years ago I got tired of the ridiculously stupid roles that Jim Carrey played over, and over, again. He stretches his legs here playing many different character roles here quite well. All of the actors who play the Baudelaire children were amazing. Be sure to stay for the credits, they are done in such an amazing way, it was almost watching another version of the same movie. ))

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The next two gubernatorial candidates have some ideas to help the Commonwealth's economy. Donald Graham has more in News 7's Business Review.
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An economic development task force offered 30 recomendations it thinks will improve the way the Old Dominion does business. Some of those would provide tax relief to farmers, eliminate the estate tax, and offer incentives to entrepreneurs. Attorney General Jerry Kilgore appointed the task force, and says more needs to be done to promote growth within the state.
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Lieutenant Governor Tim Kaine has a three part plan to help small businesses cut down on the cost of health care. It includes offering tax credits to companies with fewer than 50 employees, developing private risk pools, and offering incentives to employees who have a healthy lifestyle. Kaine admits it'll have trouble getting passed.
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((LT. GOV. TIMOTHY KAINE: I AM A REALIST. ANY INITIATIVE THAT COSTS MONEY IS ALWAYS A HARD INITIATIVE, AND SOMETIMES IT'S PARTICULARLY HARD IN ITS FIRST YEAR.))
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If Kaine's initiative is approved, it will go into effect at the end of the legislative session, in July.
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The Roanoke Valley Economic Development partnership grows to nine members. The group expanded with the addition of Alleghany County and Covington. The group is designed to attract new business to the area. For News 7, I'm Donald Graham and that's Business Review. [MUSIC AND GRAPHICS]))