WDBJ 7 morning news for 05/11/99

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[ANCHOR=Melanie]

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China continues to unleash its anger over the nato bombing of a chinese embassy in yugoslavia.
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]

And Montgomery County is getting a new High School.
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

Mostly clear skies as you head out this morning, as our run of dry and unseasonably warm weather continues...
We have but only a slight POSSIBILITY of rain by Thursday....the complete forecast is on the way.
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]

[E-Truck-Fatal]

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All lanes of traffic are now open on I-81- where a fiery truck crash killed a Florida man a little over 24 hours ago.
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It happened near the 5-81 interchange on Interstate-81, heading north.
Police say there might have been a mechanical defect that made the truck veer into the woods.
But they say it's more likely the driver fell asleep.
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[trucker tape]
Veteran truck drivers say the going gets tough in the wee hours of the morning.
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((DANNY SCHLICKELMAN/TRUCK DRIVER: ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN, PULL OFF SOMEPLACE, MAYBE WALK AROUND ... KIND OF STRETCH YOUR LEGS //////// TWO OR THREE O'CLOCK IT GETS KIND OF TIRESOME USUALLY WHEN THE SUN COMES UP IT KIND OF PICKS YOU UP.))

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This accident blocked both lanes of northbound traffic on Interstate-81 for three hours.
One lane stayed closed into the evening.
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[anchor=Melanie]
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V-DOT WILL close one lane of I-81 again today, from 9 a-m to 3 p-m, as cleanup continues.
Then tomorrow, the lane will be closed once again while crews replace the guardrail at the site.

[Monty-Schools]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[WRITER=eea]
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Montgomery County supervisors have approved a school board plan to build a new high school.
The move is designed to solve overcrowding problems now, and in the future.
Eric Earnhart reports.
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[SUPER=01-Melissa Hulse/Parent; :23]
[SUPER=01-Connie Hackett/Blacksburg Middle School P.T.A.; :33]
[SUPER=01-Larry Rush/Supervisor; :55]
[SUPER=01-James Klagge/School Board Chairman; 1:09]
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((County supervisors did NOT want to build a new MIDDLE school, to relieve the overcrowding at Blacksburg middle school... so the School board made this proposal... build a new HIGH school on this county owned plot on Prices Fork Road... Turn the old high school into a middle school, and renovate the EXISTING middle school.

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(( MELISSA HULSE/PARENT; I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THE NEED FOR 2 MIDDLE SCHOOLS, NOT JUST ONE, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS ARE OFTEN FILLED WITH KIDS THAT NEED EXTRA GUIDANCE ADN MORE ATTENTION ADN I BELIEVE THAT HAVING TWO SMALLER MIDDLE SCHOOLS WOULD CREATE SUCH ATMOSPHERE ))
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((CONNIE HACKETT/BLACKSBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL P.T.A.; PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE FURTHER TO ACT UPON THIS RESOLUTION, WE DO NOT WANT TO WAIT ANOTHER YEAR, MONTH OR A DAY, WHERE OUR CHILDREN ARE IN INADEQUATE FACILITIES. ))
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It passed with one abstention and one "no" vote... that vote came from Supervisor Larry Rush, who wondered if the money might be better spent on schools in other, poorer parts of the county.

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(( LARRY RUSH/SUPERVISOR; ANY DOLLAR THAT WE SPEND IN ONE PARTICULAR AREA OF THE COUNTY IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SPEND SOMEWHERE ELSE. ))
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The school board is now ready to move forward on the project.

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(( JAMES KLAGGE/SCHOOL BOARD CHAIRMAN; I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK RIGHT NOW, THEY'VE AGREED TO A GENERAL PLAN, WHICH WE'VE ENDORSE UNAMINOUSLY. WE'LL WORK TOGETHER TO WORK OUT THE DETAILS, BUT IT GIVES US WHAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD AND ADRESS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SITUATION IN BLACKSBURG, THAT'S THE MOST PRESSING THING. ))
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The next step is money... The School Board and supervisors need to decide exactly how much they want to spend, and how to spend it...
Eric Earnhart, News 7.))

[2Embassy]

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The demonstrations continue outside the U-S Embassy in Beijing but the crowds are much smaller today.
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Although NATO has apologized for bombing the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, Chinese officials say it's not enough.
They say they want to see punishment for those responsible. [4:04:18]
Russia's Envoy, Victor Chernomyrdin is in Beijing this morning.
He'll meet with chinese leaders.. to try to enlist their help in solving the crisis in Kosovo.
Chernomyrdin has condemned the embassy bombing, but he says the incident should not derail peace efforts.
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[CABLE-CAR]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[WRITER=mel]
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The attorney for a Marine pilot involved in last year's Italian gondola accident says he will appeal his client's conviction and sentence.
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Yesterday Captain Richard Ashby was dismissed from the corps and sentenced to six months in prison.
Ashby had been convicted of helping destroy a videotape made during the fatal flight.
Ashby's jet clipped the gondola cable, sending 20 people plunging to their deaths.
Ashby was acquitted in March of involuntary manslaughter.
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[1-Sports]

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[WRITER=chr]
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In sports this morning--
A big game in local high school baseball action--
And U-V-A Hoops fans got some disappointing news yesterday.
Here with the story is Steve Mason.
Good Morning Steve.
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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[On Record]
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[E-Moonshine]

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White Lightening being produced in the hills of Craig County sells for 100 dollars per six-gallon case here in Virginia, but might go for five dollars a shot in cities like Philadelphia.
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A-T-F officials destroyed eight black pots yesterday inside a garage on Brush Mountain.
Officials say call it the second largest still they've found since Prohibition.
While there's an ever- growing market for moonshine whiskey, the modern-day revenue agent says it's still dangerous.
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((MOONSHINE IS LIKE A DRUG. IT MAKES YOU CRAZY. IT'S MORE POWERFUL THAN REGULAR LIQUOR. AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S BEING PUT IN IT.))
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Now that they're targeting the makers of illegal liquor like drug dealers, McIntyre says they may charge some of them with interstate commerce violations... even racketeering.
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First he asked school superintendents to report any dangerous activity.
Then he told students to "lose the trenchcoats" and dress more respectably for school.
Governor Jim Gilmore has outlined his most comprehensive school safety plan yet.
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It's in response to the killings at Colorado's Columbine High School.
First, G-T-E and Bell Atlantic are donating a toll free anonymous hotline and a website, for students to report on suspicious activity they think might lead to violence.
Also, custodians, cafeteria workers, and school support staff will be trained to spot such activity.
And school resource officers will be given the kind of tactical training that SWAT teams get.
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((ALL TOGETHER, MORE THAN THREE THOUSAND OFFICERS, DEPUTIES, AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL FROM ACROSS VIRGINIA WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS KIND OF TRAINING, WHICH WILL EXTEND THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. AND THE GOAL IS TO HAVE EVERYONE TOUCHED AND TRAINED BEFORE SCHOOL OPENS THIS FALL.))
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The Governor is also asking schools to send blueprints of their buildings to the state Emergency Operations Center-- in case any school violence lasts long enough to be managed from Richmond.
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[sCHOOL-SHOOTING]

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[WRITER=mel]
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A computer programmer charged with providing the semi-auto pistol used in the Columbine High School shooting is free on 15-thousand dollars bond.
Lawyers for 22-year old Mark Manes plan to meet next month with prosecutors to discuss a possible plea bargain.
Rick Sallinger has more on Manes and the latest on the investigation.
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[SUPER=01-Rick Sallinger/Reporting; :41]
[SUPER=01-Chet Ubowski/Colorado Bureau of Investigation; :55]
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22-YEAR OLD MARK MANES ADMITS HE PROVIDED A TEC DC-9 PISTOL TO THE GUNMEN WHILE THEY WERE JUVENILES.
MANES CLAIMS HE DID NOT KNOW HOW THE GUN, LIKE THIS ONE, WOULD BE USED.
HE IS HOPING BY COOPERATING WITH AUTHORITIES HE MAY BE ABLE TO AVOID A SIX YEAR PRISON SENTENCE.
Mark Pautler/Chief Deputy District Attorney: It's too early to say where we will end up with any kind of resolution."

NOW THAT INVESTIGATORS KNOW WHERE THE GUNS IN THE SHOOTING CAME FROM THEY WANT TO KNOW WHO FIRED THE BULLETS.

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THE COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTGATION IS CONDUCTING TEST FIRINGS LIKE THIS AS PART OF THEIR EXAMINATION OF 600 PIECES OF BALLASTIC EVIDENCE.

(Rick Sallinger/Reporting: BY COMPARING THE TEST FIRING WITH THE
BULLETS AND SHELLS FOUND AT THE SCENE INVESTIGATORS HOPE TO DETERMINE WHO FIRED WHAT SHOTS THAT KILLED THE TEACHER AND IF THERE MAY HAVE BEEN ANYONE ELSE INVOLVED.)

THEY ARE ALSO EXAMINING THE BULLET MARKINGS AND ALSO LOOKING FOR FINGERPRINTS.

(Chet Ubowski/Colorado Bureau of Investigation: On occasion we do
recover fingerprints from the cartridge casings themselves to be able to identify who may have handled that particular cartridge before or after it was loaded into that particular weapon.)

INVESTIGATORS HAVE SAID SO FAR THEY HAVE NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE TO LEAD THEM TO BELIEVE ANYONE OTHER THAN THE TWO GUNMEN WERE INVOLVED IN THE ASSAULT ON COLUMBINE HIGH.

RICK SALLINGER FOR CBS NEWS, DENVER.
TAG:
The hearing to discuss a plea is set for June 23rd.
If talks collapse.. a hearing will be set for Manes' arraignment.))

[OJ-Custody]

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O.J. Simpson will get custody of his two young children in a settlement with the parents of his slain ex-wife.
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[05/11/99 - 04NA - 04:14:34]
Lou and Juditha Brown have long fought Simpson over custody ofthe children.
But his attorney says Simpson is now on good terms with his children's grandparents, and that they're closely involved in their upbringing.
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[Health-Check]

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[WRITER=ejo]
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Medical research is documenting what many people believe ... that the power of prayer can mean a longer and healthier life.
Mike Brzezinski has our morning Health Check report.
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(( THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION IS TAKING FURTHER STEPS.. TO MAKE SURE THE PRODUCTS IT APPROVES ARE SAFE.
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THE AGENCY PLANS TO INCREASE ITS OVERSIGHT OF NEW MEDICINES AND MEDICAL DEVICES ONCE THEY'VE HIT THE MARKET.
OFFICIALS WILL ALSO MONITOR PATIENTS' REACTIONS TO THESE ITEMS MORE CLOSELY.
THE F-D-A HAS BEEN CRITICIZED RECENTLY FOR ITS FASTER DRUG REVIEWS--
CONSUMER GROUPS SAY PATIENT SAFETY IS BEING JEOPARDIZED.//
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AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN ARE GETTING SHORT-CHANGED WHEN IT COMES TO BREAST CANCER TREATMENT.
ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE...
BLACK WOMEN ARE LESS LIKELY THAN WHITE WOMEN TO GET -EVEN- THE MOST BASIC OF CARE.
REASERCHERS SAY LOWER INCOMES MAY BE THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM.//
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AND THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY IS BECOMING A BELIEVER IN THE POWER OF PRAYER.
RESEARCHERS SAY CHURCH-GOERS USUALLY LIVE LONGER, AND HAVE STRONGER IMMUNE SYSTEMS.
STUDIES HAVE SHOWN PRAYER CAN ALSO RELIEVE STRESS.
BUT THE SKEPTICS ARE STILL HOLDING OUT FOR MORE RESEARCH ON THE TOPIC.
AND THAT IS A LOOK AT TODAY'S MEDICAL NEWS. I'M MIKA BRZEZINSKI, CBS NEWS, NEW YORK.))

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[On Record]
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]

Here's a look at today's top stories.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]

They're still protesting, but fewer Chinese are surrounding the U-S Embassy in Beijing today.
This is the fourth day of protests over the NATO bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia.
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[ANCHOR=Kim]

It's no easy job tearing down what's called the second largest bootleg whisky operation since prohibition.
The government estimates the operation may have sold nearly seven MILLION dollars worth of moonshine.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]

And O.J. Simpson will get custody of his two young children in a settlement with the parents of his murdered ex-wife. The agreement heads off a second trial over the custody of 13-year-old Sydney and ten-year-old Justin.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

And that's what's making news on this Tuesday May11th..
[ANCHOR=Melanie]

News 7 Mornin' will be right back.

[Truck-Fatal]

[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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[TAPE#=Net]
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All lanes of traffic are now open on I-81, but traffic restrictions will return to the northbound lanes for a while later today.
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This follows the deadly truck accident yesterday near the 581 interchange.
Police say there might have been a mechanical defect that made the truck veer into the woods.
But they say it's more likely the driver fell asleep.
This accident blocked both lanes of northbound traffic on Interstate-81 for three hours.
One lane stayed closed into the evening.
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V-DOT WILL close one lane of I-81 again today, from 9 a-m to 3 p-m, as cleanup continues.
Then tomorrow, the lane will be closed once again while crews replace the guardrail at the site.

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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[WRITER=ejo]
[TAPE#=Net]
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Montgomery County supervisors have approved a school board plan to build a new high school.
The move will solve overcrowding problems now, and in the future.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Christiansburg]

Here's the plan supervisors approved last night ... build a new HIGH school on this county-owned plot on Prices Fork Road...
[SUPER=@File;]
Turn the old high school into a middle school, and renovate the EXISTING middle school.
The next step is money... The School Board and supervisors need to decide exactly how much they want to spend, and how to spend it...
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[Embassy]

[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=Net]
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China continues to unleash its anger over the NATO bombing of a Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia.
Demonstrators gather outside the U-S and British Embassies.. for a fourth straight day of protests.
Barry Petersen has the latest from Beijing.
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THE PROTEST.. MORE LIKE A SIEGE.. CONTINUES OUTSIDE THE US EMBASSY.. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT ALLOWING STUDENTS, WORKERS AND OTHER GROUPS FREE ACCESS, AND A FREE CHANCE TO THROW ROCKS AND EVEN FIREBOMBS AT THE BUILDING.

INSIDE, AMERICAN AMBASSADOR JAMES SASSER REMAINS TRAPPED. HE SPURNED OFFERS BY THE CHINESE TO SLIP HIM OVER A GATE TO A NEIGHBORING EMBASSY AND OFF TO SAFETY.. SYAING HE WILL NOT LEAVE UNTIL HE CAN DRIVE OUT WITH THE AMERICAN FLAG FLYING ON HIS CAR.

BRITAIN'S AMBASSADOR, WHOSE EMBASSY WAS ALSO ATTACKED, SAID THERE WAS NO DOUBT WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE

(Anthony Galsworthy, British Ambassador to China)

BUT THERE WAS A BREAK IN CHINA'S ANTI-AMERICAN RHETORIC..

(Clinton: I am deeply sorry..)

FOR THE FIRST TIME THE CHINESE ARE REPORTING THAT PRESIDENT CLINTON APOLOGIZED FOR THE ATTACK.

THIS AFTER THE PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT ON MONDAY.. HIS TWO PREVIOUS APOLOGIES OVER THE WEEKEND, ALONG WITH THOSE OF OTHER TOP AMERICAN OFFICIALS, WERE POINTED NOT REPORTED BY CHINA'S GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED PRESS.

CHINA'S TOP LEADERS ARE MEETING TODAY WITH THE SPECIAL RUSSIAN ENVOY VICTOR CHERNOMYRDIN, WHO IS WORKING TO BROKER A PEACE ON KOSOVO.. BUT MUST FIRST GET PAST THE HURDLE OF CHINA'S ANGER OVER THE EMBASSY BOMBING.

THERE MAY BE MORE AT PLAY HERE.. THE BOMBING AND PROTESTS CAN DEFLECT CRITICISM ON OTHER ISSUES.. SUCH AS THE THEFT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS SECRETS, OR CHINESE MONEY FLOWING INTO US ELECTION CAMPAIGNS.. SO THE PROTEST WILL LIKELY CONTINUE AS LONG AS CHINA'S LEADERS SEE THEM AS A USEFUL TOOL TO KEEP AMERICAN OFFICIALS EMBARRASSED.. AND DISTRACTED..

BARRY PETERSEN, CBS NEWS, BEIJING.))[2-Scores]

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[WRITER=chr]
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There was only one game in N-H-L playoff action last night.
The St. Louis Blues won their first game against the Dallas Stars--but had to go to overtime to do it.
Pavol Demitra (deh0MEE'-truh) scored almost three minutes into the first O-T period to give St. Louis a three-to-two win.
The Stars lead the Blues two games to one in the Western Conference Semifinals.

Now for the rest of yesterday's scores, let's check the scoreboards.
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[Three-Steve]

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[On Record]
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[SUPER=01-Pauli Piotrowski/West End Center Board;]

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[Steve Live]

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((Archive: West End Center))

[5-Moonshine]

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[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=598-41 1:05:38]
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Federal officials have confiscated eight "blackpot" stills in what's being called the second-largest bootleg whiskey operation since prohibition.
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[SUPER=03-Craig Co.]

The usual method of blowing them up with sticks of dynamite just would not work in this case... INSIDE a huge double-door garage.
Rather than blow the roof off the operation, A-T-F hired a back-hoe operator and dump truck driver to haul them away.
The government estimates this operation may have sold nearly seven million dollars worth of "moonshine" to "nip joints" and "shot houses" all along the East Coast.
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[S-Cook]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[WRITER=tha]
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Giles County's treasurer is scheduled to appear in court later this month on a charge of "drunk in public".
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36-year old Rick Cook was arrested early Sunday morning by a sheriff's deputy.
This is Cook's second term as county treasurer.
Cook's attorney says his client intends to plead NOT guilty when the charge goes to court.
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[George-Jones]

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[WRITER=ejo]
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A Tennessee grand jury has reportedly returned an indictment against country singer George Jones for a highway crash that nearly killed him.
That's according to three Nashville television stations, but none report any specific charge.
The panel was expected to consider whether Jones was driving under the influence, when his vehicle slammed into a bridge two months ago.

[Breast-milk]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[WRITER=mel]
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In Cape Town, South Africa its an art exhibit that's making news.
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[SUPER=03-Cape Town, South Africa;]
[4:34:45]
It looks like chocolate, smells like chocolate and even tastes like chocolate.
But these confectioneries are made from the artist's breast milk.
The dozen or so chocolates are part of an art object titled "Overcome your disgust and you may learn something."

The artist said she got the idea while breast feeding her son.
The artwork is priced at 25-hundred dollars.
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[Fur-flap]

[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mel]
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The fur may fly in Beverly Hills today as voters head for the polls to decide if their city should be the first in the nation to require warning labels in fur clothing.
Vince Gonzales has the story of "proposition A".
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[IN Q=OF ALL PLACES...]
[SUPER=03-Beverly Hills, CA; :00]
[SUPER=01-Luke Montgomery/Animal Rights Activist; :34]
[SUPER=01-Wanda Presburger/Fur Store Owner; :56]
[SUPER=01-Keith Kaplan/Fur Association of S. Cal.; 1:21]
[SUPER=01-Vince Gonzales/Reporting; 1:40]

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[OUT Q= VINCE GONZALES, CBS NEWS, BEVERLY HILLS.]
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OF ALL PLACES.. SUNNY.. WARM.. BEVERLY HILLS IS HOME TO FIGHT OVER THE ULTIMATE WINTER LUXURY.. FUR COATS.

(natsot: it goes with you absolutely everywhere.)

THESE EXCLUSIVE STORES ARE HOME TO SOME OF THE WORLD'S FINEST PELTS.. A SINGLE ONE CAN COST TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

BUT IF ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS HAVE THEIR WAY, THE COATS COULD SOON COME WITH LABELS EVEN MORE STARTLING THAN THEIR PRICES.

LUKE MONTGOMERY IS LEADING THE EFFORT TO REQUIRE FURS TO ADVERTISE EXACTLY HOW THEIR ORIGINAL OWNERDS DIED.

(Luke Montgomery/Animal Rights Activist: Folks want to buy fur coats
that's fine, but people certainly have a right to know if the coat they're buying was made from animals that were clubbed to death or electrocuted or caught in those steel jawed leg hold traps.)

(natsot: This is the American Lynx.. It is absolutely beautiful)

STORES THAT CAN PROVE THEIR GARMENTS ARE MADE FROM ANIMALS KILLED HUMANELY WOULDN'T NEED TO DISPLAY THE WARNINGS.

STILL MANY FUR STORE OWNERS LIKE WANDA PRESBURGER SAY CUSTOMERS WHO BUY FURS DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE DETAILS OF HOW THEIR COATS WERE MADE.

(Wanda Presburger/Fur Store Owner: In all the years that we have been
in business, my husband started this company in 1959, we never once had a client ask the question-- by the way how was this animal killed?)

IF THE MEASURE PASSES, A LOT OF STORE OWNERS MAY HAVE TO CONFRONT THAT QUESTION.

RITZY RODEO DRIVE SHOPS THAT SELL ANIMAL SKIN PURSES OR SHOES, SCARVES AND HEAD BANDS THAT HAVE FUR TRIM-- COULD ALSO BE FORCED TO TAG THEIR WARES.

(Keith Kaplan/Fur Association of Southern California: Where does it
stop? When you walk into a restaurant and there's meat on the menu-- do you expect your waiter to know how the cow lived and how the cow was managed? It's pretty unreasonable.)

EVEN IF THE LABEL LAW PASSES.. BEVERLY HILLS OFFICIALS DON'T PLANT TO LAUNCH A PELT POSSE TO ENFORCE IT ANYTIME SOON.

AND FURRIERS ARE ALREADY PLANNING TO TRAP THE LAW IN THE COURTS BEFORE EVEN A SINGLE TAG CAN GO ON DISPLAY.

VINCE GONZALES, CBS NEWS, BEVERLY HILLS..))[3-Sports]

[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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Taking another look at sports this morning--
The Virginia Tech Hokies add to their basketball family-
And the Heat and Hawks grabbed wins in the N-B-A playoffs last night.
Here to tell you about it all is Steve Mason.
Good Morning Steve
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[OUT Q=a great Tuesday.]

[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]

Now here's another look at today's top local stories:
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]

All lanes of traffic are now open on I-81 at the site of yesterday's deadly accident.
But V-DOT WILL close one northbound lane again today, from 9 a-m to 3 p-m, as cleanup continues.
Then tomorrow, the lane will be closed once again while crews replace the guardrail at the site.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

Montgomery County supervisors have approved a school board plan to build a new high school.
The move will solve overcrowding problems now, and in the future.
The next step is money... The School Board and supervisors need to decide exactly how much they want to spend, and how to spend it...
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]

And agents are meeting new challenges as they follow up to the big moonshine still bust from last week.
They couldn't blow up eight "blackpot" stills, not when they're INSIDE a big garage.
So the A-T-F hired a back-hoe operator and dump truck driver to haul them away.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[ANCHOR=Steve]
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