[Headlines]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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[VO-NAT]
Police look for a killer following a shooting at a home in Southwest Roanoke.
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
And a former Tech football player turned Baltimore Raven is arrested in Blacksburg for D-U-I.
[ANCHOR=Steve]
(ad lib weather)
[ANCHOR=Steve]
(ad lib live tease)
[2-shot]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[E-Patterson]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=sta]
[TAPE#=98-63 51:03]
[GRAPHIC=Murder]
Roanoke police are still looking for suspects in last night's murder.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
Police say the shooting happened around eight yesterday evening at a home along the corner of 20th Street and Patterson Avenue.
Authorities identfied the victim as 62-year old Jimmy Lee Penn of Roanoke.
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[SOT 22.06.32 - 22.06.39]
[IN Q=He's just the]
((CHRISTOPHER BROWN/VICTIM'S NEPHEW: HE WAS JUST THE TYPE OF PERSON WHO DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO ANYBODY. HE WAS JUST A VERY LOVING MAN--VERY LOVING MAN.))
[SUPER=01-Christopher Brown/Victim's Nephew;]
[RUNS=07]
[OUT Q=very loving man.]
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[VO-NAT]
Family members say Penn owned the home where the shooting occured and was renting it out.
Police do not yet have a suspect or motive in the shooting.
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[E-Tisha-Howard]
[ANCHOR=MELANIE]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE=98-59; 1:12:02 from 97-1 slugged Howard and 96-70 slugged Galax]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]
For the first time in Carroll County history, D-N-A evidence has led to a conviction.
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[vo-nat]
[super=@file]
Yesterday evening a jury found Tisha Howard guilty of 2nd degree murder in connection with the death of an elderly Galax man.
79-year-old Willie Goins was stabbed 21 times in September of 1996.
Investigators say Howard confessed to the crime, but D-N-A evidence bolstered the case.
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[Brown]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=THa]
[TAPE#98-58 TC53:50]
[GRAPHIC=]
A former Virginia Tech football player is free on bond after being arrested TWICE yesterday by Blacksburg police.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg/Yesterday;]
23- year old Cornell Brown was arrested early yesterday morning for driving under the influence.
His driver's license was immediately revoked for seven days and he was released on his own recognizance.
Several hours later Brown was arrested again for driving on a suspended license.
If convicted on the first offense, assistant Commonwealth's attorney Skip Schwab says Brown COULD be fined and lose his license.
The second charge also carries a potential penalty.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=Driving on]
((SKIP SCHWAB/ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR:DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE IS A CLASS II MISDEMEANOR. THE PENALTIES RANGE UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE AND SIX MONTHS IN JAIL AND ADDITIONAL LICENSE SUSPENSION. ))
[SUPER=01-Skip Schwab/Assistant Prosecutor;]
[RUNS=:10]
[OUT Q=license suspension.]
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[VO-NAT]
Brown is currently a member of the Baltimore Ravens.
The team had "no" comment.
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[S-Impeachment]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#98-53 1:32:50]
[GRAPHIC=Impeachment Inquiry]
Three Virginia Representatives will decide the fate of Bill Clinton's presidency.
Yesterday, one of them tried to define "high crimes and misdemeanors."
Ellen Qualls reports from Richmond.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=It was]
[SUPER=03-Richmond; :00]
[SUPER=07-Ruby Turner; :13]
[SUPER=07-Naomi Saunders; :26]
[SUPER=07-Shirley Harvey; :35]
[SUPER=07-John Wheeler; :45]
[SUPER=@Ellen1; :56]
[SUPER=01-Rep. Bobby Scott/(D) Richmond; 1:01]
[RUNS=1:29]
[OUT Q=Qualls, News 7, Richmond.]
(( It was a town hall style meeting-- with an august panel of impeachment scholars... albeit convened by a Democrat- Richmond's Bobby Scott.
But eventually, the panel of experts yielded to the public.
[SOT TAPE 12:23:05]
((RUBY TURNER: MY QUESTION TO THE PANEL IS, IT'S TWOFOLD-- HOW MANY MEMBERS IN CONGRESS ARE COMMITTING ADULTERY? laughter))
[RUNS:13]
[SOT TAPE ONE 12:26:02]
((NAOMI SAUNDERS: THE REAL ISSUES HERE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH PRESIDENTIAL MORALITY. RATHER THEY HAVE TO DO WITH REPUBLICAN IMMORALITY, TYRANNY, AND DOWNRIGHT EVIL.))
[RUNS:09]
[SOT TAPE two tape 12:37:37 ]
((SHIRLEY HARVEY: EXPOSING HIMSELF TO PAULA JONES. YOU DON'T CALL THAT A HIGH CRIME? MISUSE OF HIS OFFICE. LYING TO THE GRAND JURY. LYING TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.))
[RUNS:08]
[SOT TAPE two 12:46:31]
((JOHN WHEELER: THE PRESIDENT AND HIS BEHAVIOR. AND HE'S A DISGRACE. AND ARE YOU GOING TO IMPEACH THIS MAN? ARE YOU GOING TO GET RID OF HIM? I WANT TO KNOW THAT. clap))
[RUNS:12]
[SOT TAPE 3 STANDUP 13:24:11]
((DESPITE A BROAD RANGE OF OPINIONS, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF VIRGINIA QUICKLY DUBBED THIS A CLINTON PEP RALLY.))
[RUNS:06]
[SOT TAPE 3 13:15:45]
((SCOTT: WELL YOU'VE HEARD THE DISCUSSION... A PEP RALLY.))
[RUNS=:06]
[SOT TAPE 3 13:18:47]
((CONG. BOBBY SCOTT: BUT WHETHER OR NOT IT AMOUNTS TO AN IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE IS A SUBJECTIVE JUDGMENT AS TO WHETHER OR THE BEHAVIOR THREATENED THE CONTINUTION OF THE NATION.))
[RUNS:09]
Next week, Scott's Judiciary Committee votes on whether to recommend impeachment proceedings begin.
He says it's absurd to do that until Congress has defined impeachment.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Richmond.))
[lewinsky-tape]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#net]
[GRAPHIC=Impeachement Inquiry]
[4:42:02]
The House Judiciary Committee plans to publicly release more evidence today as the panel as it moves toward a decision early next week on whether to hold impeachment hearings.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=@file]
[4:42:02]
The thousands of pages of documents include Linda Tripp's secretly recorded conversations with Monica Lewinsky.
The documents were turned over to congress by Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for tripp says she has passed a lie-detector test on whether she tampered with the tapes she gave prosecutors.
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[McCurry]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=mornin]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
After 539 briefings before the White House press corps, he's had enough.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Washington DC;]
Yesterday, McCurry announced he is stepping down as President Clinton's press secretary.
To avoid being consumed by the Monica Lewinsky scandal, in an unusual move, McCurry intentionally took himself out of the inner loop so he could truthfully duck certain questions.
He insisted it was necessary to protect the President.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
(( MIKE MCCURRY:HE WOULD HAVE, IN EFFECT, FORFEITED HIS
ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE_HE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN OPEN, SITTING DUCK FOR
KEN STARR. ))
[SUPER=01-Mike McCurry/Former WH Press Secretary;]
[RUNS=:08]
[OUT Q=SITTING DUCK FOR KEN STARR.]
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[SS=None]
Deputy press secretary Joe Lockhart takes over for McCurry beginning today.
[1-Sports]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=sports cut in]
[GRAPHIC=None]
In sports, the Salem lady Spartans triple Christiansburg on the court.
Mike Stevens has more.
Good Morning Mike.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Good morning]
[RUNS=1:44]
[OUT Q=this morning.]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
(Melanie ad lib toss to Steve/Wx)
[One-Steve]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=spa]
[TAPE#]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
[Microwave]
[SUPER=15-Steve/Pardon;]
[SUPER=11-Roanoke;]
[SUPER=01-Lee Chapman/Craftsman;]
[SUPER=11-Roanoke;]
(toss to stocks)
[STOCKS]
[COMM]
((Archive:Crafts))
[E-Boating-Education]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=tte]
[TAPE#=98-55 1:18:54]
[GRAPHIC=Smith Mtn. Lake]
Are safety courses and licenses on the horizon for Virginia boaters?
It's a question Virginia lawmakers are trying to find the answer but first their asking for opinions.
Tina Tenret talked to boaters at Smith Mountain Lake.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Bob Halstead's been]
[SUPER=03-Franklin Co.; :]
[SUPER=01-Bob Halstead/Task Force Member; :08]
[SUPER=@Tina1; :17]
[SUPER=04-June; :30]
[SUPER=01-Roy Enslow/Bridgewater Marina; :50]
[RUNS=1:14]
[OUT Q=Tina Tenret NEws7 Franklin County]
(( Bob Halstead's been on the water for 50 years.
He knows the rules.
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[SOT 10:11]
[IN Q=You stay]
((BOB HALSTEAD/TASK FORCE MEMBER: YOU STAY ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE LAKE. YOU DON'T CROSS TOO CLOSE TO THE BOAT.))
[RUNS:05]
[OUT Q=TO THE BOAT]
Halstead is steering the movement for mandatory boater education.
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[SOT 33:28]
[IN Q=Bob Halstead says]
((TINA TENRET/NEWS7: BOB HALSTEAD SAYS MANDATORY BOATING COURSES WILL GUARANTEE THAT IF YOU COME TO THE LAKE, YOU WILL RUN YOUR BOAT SAFELY, UNDERSTAND THE RULES OF THE ROAD, AND HAVE THE PROPER SAFETY EQUIPMENT ON BOARD.))
[RUNS:10]
[OUT Q=ON BOARD]
At least two people have died this summer in boating accidents on Smith Mountain Lake.
The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries supports mandatory training but says it will cost the state more than 25 million dollars.
Opponents say it's a waste of money.
They say required courses will scare tourists and sink boat sales.
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[SOT 1:38:14]
[IN Q=I also]
((ROY ENSLOW/BRIDGEWATER MARINA: I ALSO QUESTION THE OBJECTIVE OF SOME OF THE SUPPORTERS OF MANDATORY EDUCATION. IN MY OPINION THIER OBJECTIVE IS TO ELIMINATE TOURISM AT SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE OR LIMIT GROWTH.))
[RUNS:10]
[OUT Q=or limit tourism]
Some marinas at Smith Mountain Lake already show boat renters an instructional video -- that's optional, but some say it's enough.
The General Assembly will decide next spring.
Tina Tenret News7 Franklin County.))
[E-Log-Cabin]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=98-57 1:08:59]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A rare log cabin has a new lease on life.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
The building had been condemned and was set to be demolished by yesterday... until a band of conservationists and historical preservationists stepped in to help shore up the building.
That was enough for the prosecutor to drop the case, so the judge dismissed it.
The cabin is a long way from being saved, though. It still needs a roof... at least some type of temporary (tar-phew-lin) tarpaulin to keep the elements from destroying it.
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[S-Flight-Cuts]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=jmc]
[TAPE#=98-61 58:15]
[GRAPHIC=US Air]
Roanoke travelers looking to fly to Norfolk, Richmond and Raleigh, North Carolina will soon have fewer options.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
CC-AIR has been providing daily round-trip service as "US Airways Express" to those three cities since May.
But the flights haven't been popular.
Business travelers in particular say they'd rather just drive three to five hours than take a plane.
The flights will end Monday.
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[Health-Check]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin Health Check]
In medical news, a warning about the common plant -- Jimson Weed.
Rick Jackson has that story and more in this morning's Health check.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Rick Jackson/Reporting; :00 ]
[RUNS=1:38]
[OUT Q=CBS News, New York.]
(( GOOD MORNING.
A COMMONLY-FOUND WEED IS RAISING CONCERN... AFTER SEVERAL TEEN-AGERS
LEARN THE HARD WAY JUST HOW DANGEROUS--AND SOMETIMES DEADLY--THE PLANT
CAN BE.
VT=VO
((vo))
JIMSON WEED IS A PLANT THAT GROWS WILD ALONG ROADSIDES.. AND IN
ABANDONED LOTS.
BUT IT'S ALSO A HALLUCINGENIC--
SO CURIOUS TEENS LOOKING FOR A CHEAP HIGH EAT THE SEEDS--NOT
REALIZING THAT THE PLANT CAN CAUSE NAUSEA, CONVULSIONS, COMAS--AND EVEN
DEATH.
JUST ASK SEVERAL NEW JERSEY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.. WHO HAD TO BE
HOSPITALIZED THIS WEEK AFTER INGESTING THE SEEDS.//
VT=VO
((vo))
A NEW PILL JOINS TOOTHPASTE AND DENTAL FLOSS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST GUM
DISEASE.
THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION HAS JUST APPROVED PERIOSTAT--
RESEARCHERS SAY PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED GUM DISEASE SAW A SIGNIFICANT
IMPROVEMENT AFTER TAKING THE PILL.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE MEDICATION WON'T COMPLETELY ELIMINATE THOSE
DREADED VISITS TO THE DENTIST.//
VT=VO
((vo))
OPEN AND HONEST DIALOGUE!
THAT'S WHAT RESEARCHERS ARE RECOMMENDING PARENTS DO WHEN IT COMES TO
TALKING TO THEIR TEEN-AGERS ABOUT SAFE SEX.
A STUDY BY THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL FOUND THAT TEENS WERE
THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO USE A CONDOM THE FIRST TIME THEY HAD SEX.. IF
THEY HAD FRANK DISCUSSIONS WITH THEIR MOMS ABOUT THE TOPIC.
THE C-D-C SAYS THIS IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE TEENS WHO PRACTICE SAFE
SEX THE FIRST TIME... ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO DO SO IN THE FUTURE.//
VT=VO
((vo))
AND GETTING OLDER IS APPARENTLY GETTING ALOT EASIER IN AMERICA.
ACCORDING TO A REPORT IN THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH...
PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 65 ARE HEALTHIER, SEEING BETTER, AND GETTING
AROUND MORE THAN SENIORS IN YEARS PAST.
RESEARCHERS CREDIT ADVANCED MEDICAL TREATMENTS.. AND NEW DEVICES THAT
HAVE HELPED OLDER PEOPLE LEAD MORE ACTIVE LIVES.//
AND THAT IS A LOOK AT TODAY'S MEDICAL NEWS.
I'M RICK JACKSON, CBS NEWS, NEW YORK.))
(ad lib to weather)
[Two-Steve]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=spa]
[TAPE#NONE]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
[Microwave]
[SUPER=15-Steve/Pardon;]
[SUPER=11-Roanoke;]
[SUPER=07-Cynthia Luke;]
[SUPER=11-Roanoke;]
[Steve Does 3-Weather]
((Archive:Crafts))
[2-HEADLINES]
[SUPER=#4050; Headline Banner]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Here's a look at today's top stories.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
In Roanoke the search is underway for a gunman.
Last night a man was fatally shot at his home on the corner of 20th Street and Patterson Avenue.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
The family of Hugh Finn has removed the man's feeding tube.
It comes as the state of Virginia plans to appeal a ruling barring it from halting the process.
Finn has spent the past three-and-a-half years in a persistent vegetative state after an accident.
(----------------)
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[ss=none]
NATO is moving toward possible military action against Serbia.
NATO members have been formally asked to supply military units for possible use to stop Serb operations in Kosovo.
Recent massacres of ethnic Albanians there have drawn international attention.
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[anchor=Melanie]
And that's what's making news on this Friday, October Second.
News 7 Mornin' will be right back.
[2-Patterson]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=sta]
[TAPE#=98-63 51:03]
[GRAPHIC=Murder]
Last night's murder in Roanoke has police looking for clues this morning
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
Police say the shooting happened around eight yesterday evening at a home along the corner of 20th Street and Patterson Avenue.
Authorities identfied the victim as 62-year old Jimmy Lee Penn of Roanoke.
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[SOT 22.06.32 - 22.06.39]
[IN Q=He's just the]
((CHRISTOPHER BROWN/VICTIM'S NEPHEW: HE WAS JUST THE TYPE OF PERSON WHO DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO ANYBODY. HE WAS JUST A VERY LOVING MAN--VERY LOVING MAN.))
[SUPER=01-Christopher Brown/Victim's Nephew;]
[RUNS=07]
[OUT Q=very loving man.]
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[VO-NAT]
Family members say Penn owned the home where the shooting occured and was renting it out.
Police do not yet have a suspect or motive in the shooting.
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[E-Hugh-finn]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=jja]
[TAPE#=98-60 1:02:09]
[GRAPHIC=None]
The family of Hugh Finn removed the man's feeding tube yesterday
The move will ultimately mean death for the former Television Newsman.
The state goes to court first thing this morning to try to save Finn's life despite his wife's wishes.
Jean Jadhon has more
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Michele Finn/Hugh Finn's Wife; :00]
[super=@file; :25]
[SUPER=@Gilmore; :40]
[SUPER=@jean2;]
[RUNS=1:11]
[OUT Q=Jadhon, News-7]
(( 14:57:19
MICHELE FINN/HUGH FINN'S WIFE: NOT ONLY GOVERNOR GILMORE BUT DELEGATE MARSHALL AS WELL HAVE PUT ME THROUGH SHEER HELL. AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY BECAUSE THE LAW IS VERY CLEAR IN THE STATE AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY THINK THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO JUST GO ROUGHSHOD OVER A STATUTE THAT IS SO CLEAR WITHIN THE STATE AND PUT ME THROUGH SHEER HELL.
Finn has spent three and half years in a persistent vegetative states.
State law allows withholding of food and water from people in such a state.
Even so, late Wednesday night Governor Jim Gilmore asked a Prince William County judge to keep Finn's family from removing Finn's feeding tube.
The judge refused.
02:00:54
GOV. JIM GILMORE: I THINK THAT MY DUTY AS GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA IS TO LOOK AFTER PEOPLE IN MR. FINN'S SITUATION AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S HANDLED IN A SENSITIVE WAY. BUT I DON'T MEAN TO CAUSE ANY GRIEF TO THIS FAMILY BEYOND THAT WITH WHICH THEY HAVE ALREADY HAD TO ENDURE.
State doctors have even certified that Finn is in a "persistent vegetative state" -- the evaluation legally needed to end life support.
But the Governor says he's troubled by reports that Finn has been able to squeeze a hand, and possibly speak.))
[Humphries]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]
The Virginia man charged with a deadly 19-76 car bombing declared his innocence again.
(------------)
[VO-NAT Cut from 98-57 1:04:16]
[SUPER=03-Covington/Monday]
Carrol Eugene Hummphries was arraigned in Greenbrier County, West Virginia Court yesterday.
He's now locked up in the Southern Regional Jail in West Virginia until his January 19-th trial.
Humphries is charged with murdering Billy Rae Abshire, a romantic rival.
Earlier this week in a Virginia courtroom, Humphries requested his indictments be thrown out.
That request was denied.
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[Porn-warrant]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=NONE]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]
A member of the cadet corps at Virginia Tech is one of nearly 200 suspects in 18 different countries--part of an alleged INTERNATIONAL child pornography ring.
A search warrant executed a month ago- -but UNsealed only yesterday- -identifies Cadet Mark Cowley as a member of the "Orchid Club."
U-S Customs officials say it's a group that chats on the internet about molesting children and trades pornographic images of children.
One of those busted by the British National Crime Squad had a collection of 42-thousand child pornographic pictures.
Cadet Cowley remains enrolled at Tech. No charges have been filed against him.
[KOSOVO]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=MEL]
[TAPE#net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Spurred by pictures of new atrocities against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, NATO is moving toward possible military action against Yugoslavia.
NATO members have been formally asked to supply military units for possible use to stop Serb operations.
Meanwhile... at the United Nations... the Security Council has issued a strong condemnation of the killings in Kosovo.
Liz Gonzalez reports.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[4:04:01]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Jeremy Greenstock/British Ambassador To The UN; :17]
[SUPER=01-Liz Gonzalez; :38]
[SUPER=01-Mike McCurry/White House Spokesman; :55]
[RUNS=1:32]
[OUT Q=cbs news, New York]
((
GRUESOME PICTURES OF TWO MASSACRES OF ETHNIC ALBANIAN CIVILIANS IN
KOSOVO, BROADCAST AROUND THE WORLD, HAVE OUTRAGED THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY AND PROMPTED NEW THREATS OF POSSIBLE MILITARY ACTION.
THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL THURSDAY CONDEMNED THE ATROCITIES. BRITISH
AMBASSADOR TO THE UN AND PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL, JEREMY
GREENSTOCK SAID IT WAS YUGOSLAVIAN PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC'S
RESPONSIBILITY TO BRING THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MASSACRES TO JUSTICE.
SOT/JEREMY GREENSTOCK, BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO THE UN
STAND-UP BRIDGE/LIZ GONZALEZ
MEANWHILE NATO HAS COMPLETED PLANS FOR POSSIBLE TARGETED MILITARY
STRIKES AGAINST YUGOSLAV FORCES IF THEY CONTINUE TO DEFY UN SECURITY
COUNCIL WARNINGS.
WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY MIKE MCCURRY SAID THE US HAD TO BE SKEPTICAL
OF A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION TO THE SEVEN-MONTH OLD CONFLICT AFTER THE
LASTEST VIOLENCE.
SOT/MIKE MCCURRY, 14:04:55-
WE DON'T WANT THE SITUATION TO GET OUT OF CONTROL AND JEAPORDIZE THE
FRAGILE SITUATION IN BOSNIA.
THE YUGOSLAVIAN GOVERNMENT FIRMLY DENIED THAT SERBIAN SECURITY FORCES
WERE INVOLVED IN THE KILLINGS AND OFFERED TO LET FOREIGN EXPERTS
INVESTIGATE THE MASSACRES.
BUT THE US IS PREPARING FOR POSSIBLE NATO MILITARY ACTION IF SERBIAN
FORCES DO NOT COMPLETELY WITHDRAW
FROM THE AREA AND CALL FOR A CEASE-FIRE. ETHNIC ALBANIANS MAKE UP 90
PERCENT OF THE POPULATION IN KOSOVO.
LIZ GONZALEZ.))
[SWISSAIR]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=MEL]
[TAPE#net]
[GRAPHIC=Carsh Investigation]
Investigators now confirm that a type of insulation that played a role in fires on at least four other jetliners was used on the Swissair jetliner that crashed off Nova Scotia last month.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Nova Scotia, Canada;]
[4:09:08]
McDonnell Douglas, manufacturer of the Swissair M-D-11 recommended last year that the insulation be replaced with a more fire-retardant variety.
Investigators say the no evidence the insulation contributed to the crash.
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[SOT]
[4:09:54-4;10:16]
[IN Q=there was smoke...]
[SUPER=01-Jim Harris/Transportation Safety Board;]
[RUNS=:18]
[OUT Q=been some kind of configuration.]
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
Canadian investigators say a small amount of both types had been found in the wreckage of Flight 111.
But none of it showed signs of heat or fire damage.
(----------------)
[Birthdays]
[SS=none]
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[SOT ]
[in-Q=Fri]
[RUNS=1:05]
[out=back to you.]
[Three-Steve]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=spa]
[TAPE#NONE]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
[Microwave]
[SUPER=15-Steve/Pardon;]
[SUPER=11-Roanoke;]
[SUPER=07-Steve Moore;]
[SUPER=11-Roanoke;]
[double Boxes=SPA & MEL]
(toss to Melanie)
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[SS=None]
(ad lib toss to bump)
[BUMP-Chyron]
[COMM #6]
((Archive:Crafts))
[E-Counterfeit]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=sta]
[TAPE#=98-62 36:26]
[GRAPHIC=None]
The new Andrew Jacksons are circulating around Roanoke.
But, not everyone is too impressed with the re-designed 20 dollar bill.
Stacey Martin has more.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=The Treasury Department]
[SUPER=04-File Tape; :01]
[SUPER=01-Sam Alexander/Secret Service; :11]
[SUPER=07-Kay Robertson; :30]
[SUPER=07-George Hoffman; :53]
[SUPER=07-Ed Edwards; 1:06]
[SUPER=@Stacey1; 1:26]
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[OUT Q=SM, News 7, Roanoke.]
((The Treasury Department is rolling out new 20 dollar bills--its latest weapon against counterfeiting and people who use technology to make money.
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[IN Q=With the new]
((SAM ALEXANDER/SECRET SERVICE: WITH THE NEW SECURITY FEATURES IT'S GOING TO BE MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO ACTUALLY PRODUCE COUNTERFEIT VIA COMPUTER--WHAT SOME PEOPLE CALL DESKTOP PUBLISHING--IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE BUT IT'S GOING TO BE MUCH MORE DIFFICULT.))
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[OUT Q=much more difficult.]
The major difference is what you see when the bill is exposed to light.
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[IN Q=I see the logo]
((KAY ROBERTSON:I SEE THE LOGO INSIDE HERE. I SEE IT. I CAN SEE IT HERE. And, the other picture on the right? Pretty Cool? YEAH, IT'S COOL.))
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[OUT Q=Yeah, it's cool.]
And, there's more..
A security thread running down the left side and the number 20 that changes from green to black depending on how you look at it.
But, it's not catching on quickly.
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[IN Q=I think it looks]
((GEORGE HOFFMAN:I THINK IT LOOKS LIKE MONOPOLY MONEY ESPECIALLY THE REVERSE SIDE OF IT. IT'S SO WHITE. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE GREEN MONEY--LIKE WE THINK OF MONEY AS BEING GREEN-- JUST DON'T LIKE IT VERY WELL.))
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[OUT Q=like it very well.]
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[IN Q=It looks a little weird]
((ED EDWARDS:IT LOOKS A LITTLE WEIRD, BUT LIKE I SAID WE'LL JUST HAVE TO GET USED TO IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT UNCLE SAME IS GIVING US TO SPEND.))
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[OUT Q=giving us to spend.]
Secret Service officials say is you still run across a fake bill be sure to hang on to it, delay the person if you can while calling the police, get the person's description then pass the information on to authorities.
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[IN Q=Though for some people]
((STACEY MARTIN/REPORTING: THOUGH FOR SOME PEOPLE, THE NEW LOOK MAY TAKE SOME GETTING USED TO, THE SECRET SERVICE SAYS IT'S WORTH THE EFFORT SINCE 20 DOLLAR BILLS ARE COUNTERFEITED THE MOST. STACEY MARTIN, NEWS 7, ROANOKE.))
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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In sports, Chipper Jones gives the Braves a spark in the tenth.
Mike Stevens has details.
Good Morning Mike.
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[IN Q=Good morning]
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[OUT Q=weekend everyone.]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
(weather toss)
[Local-Recap]
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Now here's another look at today's top local stories:
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Roanoke police are investigating a murder on Patterson Avenue.
They say 62-year old Jimmy Lee Penn was shot to death at his home last night near the corner of Patterson and 20th Street.
Police do not yet have a motive or any suspects in the shooting
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Governor Gilmore will take his appeal for Hugh Finn's life to the state supreme court this morning.
Finn's family removed the comatose man's feeding tube last night.
Gilmore sued in Prince William County Court to keep Finn alive.
But a judge threw out that suit early yesterday morning.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
And the re-deisgned 20-dollar bill is now circulating in our area.
The secret service says new security features will make it much harder to counterfeit.
Some folks who have seen the new bill say it looks like "monopoly money," but they'll get used to it.
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(Steve mic hot)
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(Steve ad lib weather)
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Construction of Interstate 77 nearly thirty years ago brought more than convenient travel--
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[SUPER=03-Bland Co.;]
It resulted in the discovery and excavation of an ACTUAL Indian village.
It was re- created as the WOLF CREEK Indian Village, which opened to the public in May, 1996.
So far, the local Native American population agrees with the interpretation.
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[IN Q=We work very, very ]
((BING LARSON/ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR: WE WORK VERY, VERY CLOSELY WITH THE MONACANS, THE ____ FROM SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA. I WORK WITH ALL THE WAY TO THE ___, MOHAWKS, AND SENECANS UP IN CANADA. SO, WE'RE ABLE TO DRAW A LOT OF NATIVE AMERICAN SUPPORT AND INFORMATION. AND IT'S A GRET LEARNING AND EXCHANGE ALL THE WAY AROUND.))
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[OUT Q=all the way around]
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Kimberly McBroom takes us back to this prehistoric era in this week's
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[ANCHOR=MELANIE]
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"Time Off" segment.
That's coming up tomorrow at 8 on News 7 Saturday Morning.
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