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Today on News 7 at five, we'll see new video of the three American Soldiers held in Yugoslavia as Jessee Jackson meets and prays with the men,
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and closer to home, parents take to the halls of a local school to help put their childrens' minds at ease.
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The weekend forecast looks fine as high pressure slowly settles over the region. The warmer numbers just ahead.
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On health check --
Virginians are making great strides in finding a cure for Cystic Fibrosis this weekend.
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And a new product is helping breast cancer survivors avoid reconstructive surgery.
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((VOICE OF JESSE JACKSON: THEY'VE BEEN EATING WELL. THEY'RE IN GOOD HEALTH.))
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The words of Jesse Jackson who visited three American Prisonors of War-
Today the first new pictures of the men are released.
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The Reverand Jesse Jackson met with the prisoners today in Yugoslavia.
He says the men know they're in hard times but also know they're going to survive this.
Lisa Hughes has more on today's visit.
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[SUPER=01-Christopher Stone/Prisoner;]
[SUPER=03-Tirana, Albania;]
[Super=01-Gen. Hugh Shelton/Joint Chiefs Chairman;]
[Super=01-Madeleine Albright/Secretary of State;]
[Super=01-Lisa Hughes/CBS News;]
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((
IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE SEEN PICTURES OF THE 3 AMERICANS IN A MONTH.
IN VIDEO TRANSMITTED DIGITALLY OVER A SATELLITE PHONE, REVERAND JACKSON
IS SEEN PRAYING WITH THE THREE MEN AND BRINGING THEM MESSAGES FROM HOME.
AT ONE POINT, HE ASKED STAFF SERGEANT CHRISTOPHER STONE IF HE HAD ANY
MESSAGE FOR HIS FAMILY HOME IN MICHIGAN.
STAFF SGT. CHRISTOPHER STONE, PRISONER:
Also in the Balkans_General Hugh Shelton, the Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs.
In his brief morale-boosting mission_he toured the base at Tirana,
Albania and debunked reports NATO is running out of firepower.
Gen. Hugh Shelton/Joint Chiefs Chairman
THE ARSENALS O DEMOCRACY ARE DEEP. WE AREN'T ANYWHERE NEAR
RUNNING OUT
The allies are launching the heaviest attacks so far. And leaders are
turning up the political heat on suspected war criminals. Investigators
have been talking with refugees _documenting accounts of rape, torture
and executions. The U-N is spending millions to determine who committed
the crimes and who ordered them.
Madeleine Albright, Secretary of State
THERE WILL BE NO IMMUNITY FOR THOSE WHO COMMIT THESE HEINOUS OFFENSES
HUGHES:
Some of the refugees who escaped the offenses will be coming to the U-S.
The Secretary of State says they will live with relatives or volunteer
families after being processed at Fort Dix, New Jersey. The first group
should arrive early next week. Lisa Hughes. CBS News. The White House))
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The first arrest in the Columbine School Shootings-
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but it's not the big break authorities hoped for-
Hardware Store Clerk Gary (Soul) Sowell is charged with making a false report.
Police say he fabricated a story about selling propane tanks used to make bombs to Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold.
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((STEVE DAVIS/JEFFERSON CO. SHERIFFS DEPT: OUR INVESTIGATORS ARE CHASING DOWN SO MANY LEADS. THE LAST THING WE NEED IS TO BE CHASING DOWN ERRONEOUS INFORMATION.))
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[OUT Q=eroneous information.]
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Police also confirm the deputy stationed everyday at Columbine received a report last year that Harris wanted to commit mass murder.
The deputy said he was especially watching Harris, and attempting to keep up on what he was doing.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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Attendance was down at many area schools today, with some parents worried about their kids' safety.
But a number of parents took it upon themselves to make sure schools were safe.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;]
At Hidden Valley Junior High, parents wearing yellow shirts swarmed the building.
The "grown-up" hall monitors wanted to make sure students felt comfortable attending class.
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[IN Q=i want to]
((DANIELLE RAND-BYRD: I WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE TO PEOPLE THAT WE'RE NOT THAT EASILY INTIMIDATED. I DON'T THINK THERE'S A PROBLEM AT HIDDEN VALLEY, BUT I THINK IT'S A MESSAGE OF SOLIDARITY, THAT WE'RE HERE FOR THEM.))
[SUPER=01-Danielle Rand-Byrd/Hidden Valley Parent;]
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Hidden Valley had a bomb threat earlier this week.
Since then, it's been one of the many schools plagued by rumors...
Rumors that students say they're getting tired of hearing.
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[SOT 17:31:30]
[IN Q=i think]
((MAGGIE HUNTER: I THINK IT WAS JUST A STUPID PRANK SOMEONE PLAYED. COLORADO WAS REALLY TRAGIC AND FOR SOMEONE TO COME INTO HIDDEN VALLEY AND DO THE SAME THING ... IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT.))
[SUPER=01-Maggie Hunter/Eighth-Grader;]
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[OUT Q=just not right]
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School administrators say they will not tolerate any pranks.
Four Roanoke County students have been arrested so far.
In the city of Roanoke, five have been arrested in connection with phony bomb threats.
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Two students arrested in connection with yesterday's bomb threat at Gretna High School will spend the weekend in jail.
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Police arrested 18-year old Shawn L. Barley of Java, Virginia, this morning.
And 18-year old Robert Dessay (Duh-SAY) Davis was taken into custody yesterday.
A 16-year old student, whose name was not released, is being held in a juvenile detention home in connection with the same threat.
Police say the three students called in the bomb threat from a pay phone inside the school. It turned out to be a prank.
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((MAJOR GARY GOODSON/PITTSYLVANIA CO. SHERIFF'S DEPT.: THEY MAY JUST BE PREYING ON THE FEARS OF OTHERS AND THEY MAY JUST THINK THAT THIS IS A JOKE, BUT IT'S A VERY SERIOUS OFFENSE. FOR THE TWO ADULTS, IT'S A CLASS FIVE FELONY...THEY CAN GET 10 YEARS IN PRISON AND A $2500 FINE. AND THE JUVENILE THAT'S BEEN CHARGED COULD ACTUALLY SERVE A YEAR IN A DETENTION FACILITY.))
[SUPER=01-Major Gary Goodson/Pittsylvania Co. Sheriff's Dept.; :00]
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[OUT Q=detention facility.]
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Both of the 18-year-olds are being held without bond until they appear before a judge on Monday.
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An explosion in a British pub kills two and leaves many injured. We'll have that story in just a moment.
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And then a little later in the newscast, we'll see how children, teachers and parents a like gathered today for a celebration in a local school.
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On Health Check, area walkers and runners get ready to fight Cystic Fibrosis.
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and Patrick Evans walks the dog with a National Champion.
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Two people are dead and at least 13 others are injured after an explosion rips through a busy pub in Central London.
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The explosion tore through the Admiral Duncan which is a gay pub in the heart of London's busy Soho district.
Witnesses say the wounded were lying all over the road.
It's the third bomb attack in London in the past couple of weeks.
Police had been urging gay businesses and organizations to be alert for possible
bomb attacks.
The last two bombings were in the racially mixed areas of the city.
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An accident involving a tour bus in Illinois has left one person dead.
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Police say another 20 were injured when the bus collided with a car and overturned on Interstate 55 outside Joliet.
Two people were pinned under the bus.
Three of the injured are in critical condition.
They range from 10-years old to 40.
Authorities could not confirm where the bus was from, but it was heading to a spelling bee for deaf children in Peoria.
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A Smith Mountain Lake computer software company released a program today that could help employers monitor their workers.
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[SUPER=03-Franklin Co.;]
A transplant from New York, Software Techniques Incorporated is a small company with ten employees.
Today it launched E-2000 which files personal information, awards, benefits and reviews for each employee.
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((BRIAN MULLER/VICE PRESIDENT: AT FIRST PEOPLE ARE GENERALLY DISCONCERTED ABOUT BEING TRACKED ON THE COMPUTER. I THINK IT'S A SIMPLER SYSTEM, JUST TO KNOW YOU'RE BEING GRANTED ALL THE VACATION TIME YOU'RE DUE. BEING TRACKED IS A COMFORTING FEELING ONCE YOU GET USED TO IT.))
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[OUT Q=used to it]
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E-2000 costs 200-dollars.
Software Techniques Incorporated also makes programs to help police departments keep track of evidence.
Tonight on News7 at Six, we'll hear the company's offer to the Roanoke police.
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Bedford County Sheriff Mike Brown is seeking re-election.
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In front of a crowd of about 70 people Brown says he has fulfilled his promises from his 1995 campaign.
Brown spoke of the County's success in its fight against crime on the Internet.
His department has been invited to give a Congressional briefing to the Internet caucus on Capital Hill.
He also thanked his police force for helping him accomplish his goals.
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[12:15:13]
((SHERIFF MIKE BROWN: THE REASON I LOOK GOOD IS BECAUSE THE MEN AND THE WOMEN OF THIS DEPARTMENT ARE SOME OF THE BEST POLICE OFFICERS THAT I HAVE EVER WORKED WITH.))
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` Brown is seeking his second term as Bedford County Sheriff.
So far no one else has entered the race.
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Coming up next, Patrick Evans is trying to put a postive spin on life's little ups and downs as he talks to a Master Yo-Yo champion.
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Stocks
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Patrick Evans frequently "rocks the cradle" around the newsroom, and on occasion, we've even sent him "around the world".
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Today, though, he will do all that and more with the help of a master Yo-Yo exhibitionist who's visiting Imagination Station at Towers Shopping Center.
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[SUPER=01-Lew Newmyer/National Yo-Yo Champion;]
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Comin up today in Sports, Steve Mason will have a live interview with the head coach for the Roanoke Express.
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Today on health check -- a hospital calls for better heart surgery facilities for Southern West Virginia,
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Plus a breakthrough for breast cancer survivors gives them back more than self-esteem.
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((ANNA ABDULLAH/BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR: NO ONE BUT A MASTECTOMY PATIENT WOULD REALIZE WHAT THIS CAN DO FOR YOU. YOU FORGET YOU HAVE CANCER.))
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A new and safe alternative for breast cancer patients who've undergone mastectomies is available in Southwest Virginia.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.; ]
Anna Abdullah (ab-DOOL-al) had a mastectomy in 1979.
She'd almost given up on the idea of wearing a protheses, and was considering reconstructive surgery.
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[SUPER=01-Anna Abdullah/Breast Cancer Survivor; :04]
[SUPER=01-Hilda Patterson/Wig-Mart; :37]
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((ANNA ABDULLAH/BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR: I'VE TRIED SEVERAL OTHER TYPES, BUT MY SKIN IS SENSITIVE, AND I'D BE SORE AT THE END OF THE DAY. SOMETIMES EVEN AT WORK I GO IN AND PUT IT IN MY HANDBAG, IT WAS JUST AWFUL.))
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[OUT Q=just awful.]
She's been wearing the Luxa Contact prothesis for about three weeks.
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((ANNA ABDULLAH/BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR: IT HAS GIVEN ME BACK MY LIFE IT HAS TAKEN MY MIND OFF OF THE FACT THAT I CAN'T WEAR THE PRETTY THINGS I USED TO WEAR AND IT'S REALLY GIVEN ME BACK A WEALTH OF EMOTIONAL WELLNESS.))
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the self adhereing breast forms are not for everyone.
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((HILDA PATTERSON/WIG-MART: IT WOULD WORK FOR ABOUT 80 PERCENT OF THE WOMEN. SOME SURGERIES IT WON'T WORK FOR.))
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Luxa Contact cost about 390-dollars.
Medicare coverage is provided for breast protheses and most private insurance pays for the products.
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A little girl from Roanoke has passed away four months after undergoing heart transplant surgery.
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[SUPER=03-Charlottesville/December 20;]
We first met Kayla Griffin last December just before she received her new heart.
She was able to leave the hospital just a week after her surgery.
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She had made excellent progress, but yesterday Kayla took suddenly ill and passed away. She was not quite two years old.
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A hospital in Bluefield says southern West Virginia needs an open heart surgery center.
Bluefield Regional Medical Center has asked the state's Health Care Authority for permission to open a cardiac center.
The center says currently heart patients must drive to either Charleston or Roanoke to receive treatment.
Hospitals in Princeton and Beckley are fighting the proposal.
A hearing is scheduled for July in Charleston.
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The community is taking steps to find a cure for Cystic Fibrosis.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke/Last Year; ]
Great Strides is a fundraising walk through the campus of Hollins University.
97-cents of every dollar raised goes to research for Cystic Fibrosis.
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[IN Q=When you]
((CHRIS HODGES/COMMITTEE MEMBER: WHEN YOU ARE A PARENT OF A KID WITH CF, YOU FEEL HELPLESS THAT YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING FOR THE RESEARCH, BUT BY RAISING MONEY YOU SORT OF CAN DO SOMETHING YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT LEADS TOWARDS A CURE.))
[SUPER=01-Chris Hodges/Committee Member; ]
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[OUT Q=a cure]
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[Pinnacle]
If you'd like to join the walk -- sign in time is 9:00 tomorrow morning.
The walk begins at 10:00 at Hollins University in front of the Moody Center.
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[GRAPHIC=Ticker]
It's time now for our two minute ticker, which begins and ends on the ice.
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The Express is one series away from playing for the Kelly Cup. But first Roanoke must get by a tough Richmond team. Steve Mason joins us from the Round House with a pregame report.
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(THANKS JEAN, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO YOUR END OF THE WEEK TICKER. WE ARE GONNA GO OUT WITH A BANG. ROAN
OKE AND RICHMOND OPEN THE BEST OF SEVEN NORTHERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES TONIGHT. THE PUCK DROPS AT 7:30.
THE EXPRESS IS 5-3 AND 2 AGAINST THE RENEGADES THIS SEASON. TONIGHT'S MATCH UP PITS AWESOME DEFENSE IN ROANOKE'S AGAINST RICHMOND'S' DANGEROUS SPEED. EXPRESS COACH SCOTT GORDON JOINS US NOW. COACH, THE HYPE OF ROANOKE REACHING THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FRANCHISE HISTORY IS NOW OVER, FINALLY IT'S TIME TO PLAY. RICHMOND PRESENTS SOME PROBLEMS WITH THEIR SPEED WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO TO CONTAIN THAT.)
[SUPER=01-Scott Gordon/38-22-10 Record as Express Coach; :]
[STEVE ASKS COACH SECOND QUESTION----PLEASE B-ROLL OVER COACHS' SECOND ANSWER]
((DANIEL BERTHIAUME HAS BEEN A BRICK WALL BETWEEN THE PIPES, HE'S 6-1 IN THE POST SEASON, BUT YOU HAVE TO SCORE, TALK ABOUT WHAT THE EXPRESS OFFENSE HAS TO DO. ))
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((THANKS COACH, FACE OFF IS SET FOR 7;30 TONIGHT. ONE RACING NOTE, FOR THOSE WONDERING ABOUT WINSTON CUP QUALIFYING FOR THE CALIFORNIA 500, IT DOES NOT GET UNDERWAY UNTIL 5:30 EASTERN TIME. MIKE STEVENS WILL HAVE THE UP TO THE MINUTE RESULTS AT 6. DALE EANRHARDT WILL QUALIFY 42ND AND DEFENDING RACE CHAMPION MARK MARTIN WILL GO OUT 8TH. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYBODY, I'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE IN ABOUT 45 MINUTES.))
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Finally today, as we close out what has been a stressful week for many people in the local schools, we say goodbye with a celebration over at Roanoke's Raleigh Court Elementary School.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Students and teachers marched down Gilford and Grandin Avenues as the streets became the Roadway to Reading this morning.
The children were dressed as the characters from some of the 30-thousand books they read during the school year.
Raleigh Court's principal says today's celebration was a good opportunity to let them express their joy of reading and their love of school.
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[IN Q=We just wanted]
((CLARKE VANDERGRIFT-RALEIGH COURT PRINCIPAL: WE JUST WANTED TO CELEBRATE AND WE'RE SORRY SOME OF THE SCHOOLS HAD TIME DOING SOMETHING VERY POSITIVE FOR THE CHILDREN AND CELEBRATING READING AND ENCOURAGING THE CHILDREN TO DO THEIR BEST WHILE IN SCHOOL.))
[SUPER=01-Clarke Vandergrift/Raleigh Court Principal ;]
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[OUT Q=best while in school]
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Vandergrift says he appreciated the many parents and neighbors who lined the street in support of the children.
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