[Headlines]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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[VO-NAT]
A bomb threat and chaos at the Job Corps center in Amherst County.
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
And the Kosovo Liberation Army has signed itself out of existence as a military force.
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
Cool and cloudy weather will continue for this Monday...with a few patches of drizzle.
You'll also likely encounter some fog during your drive into work....find out how long the gray weather will linger, coming up in the forecast.
[ANCHOR=Steve]
(ad lib live tease)
[2-shot]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[Job-Corps]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin']
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=99-14 TC1:36:37]
[GRAPHIC=None]
What started as a bomb threat erupted into a near riot between police and students at the Old Dominion Job Corps center in Amherst County last night.
Steve Smallshaw reports.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=The bomb threat]
[SUPER=03-Amherst Co./Last Night; :00]
[SUPER=01-Bob Barlowe/Job Corps Administrator; :17]
[SUPER=01-Roy Wood/On-Duty Supervisor; 1:08]
[SUPER=@ssm2; 1:23]
[RUNS=1:28]
[OUT Q=News7, Amherst County.]
(( The bomb threat came from within the Job Corps center itself.
While the Amherst sheriff's department searched the buildings, students were kept on these buses for more than two hours.
The long wait apparently left some of them agitated and a confrontation erupted between one student and a police officer.
[SOT 1:03:05]
((BOB BARLOW/JOBS CORPS ADMINISTRATOR: MY ASSUMPTION IS HE SAID SOMETHING TO THE OFFICER, AND THE OFFICER SAID SOMETHING TO HIM.. WE KNOW THAT MACE OR PEPPER SPRAY WAS DISCHARGED.))
[RUNS= 12]
[OUT Q=was discharged.]
At that point, the confrontation spilled out of the bus and into the roadway, with students on one side, police on the other.
[SOT 00:54:16]
((BARLOW: THERE WERE STUDENTS ON ONE SIDE.. FIRE HOSE OUT.))
[RUNS= 15]
[OUT Q=hose out.]
[natsot cop cars 00:40:15]
[RUNS= 02]
Deputies on scene called for backup.. and more than fifty officers from five area jurisdictions responded.. a phalanx of emergency vehicles making its way into the center.
It wasn't until two hours later that the situation had defused itself.
[SOT 1:11:48]
((ROY WOOD/ON-DUTY SUPERVISOR: THEIR PROTOCOL IS, WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN THE NATION, IS TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION.. THE NUMBER ONE THING IS SAFETY.))
[RUNS= 11]
[OUT Q=is safety.]
The name of the student arrested has not been released.. authorities are still looking for the person who phoned in the bomb threat.
Steve Smallshaw, News7, Amherst County.))[Plane-Crash]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=Plane Crash Private]
A Covington couple is in serious condition after their small plane crashed in West Virginia.
The crash occurred yesterday while taking off from the Fayetteville, airport.
Police said Bob and Angela Hayward's plane flipped, caught fire and came to rest in a campground adjacent to the airport.
A man from Florida was piloting the plane when the accident happened.
[S-Roanoke-Fire]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=99-32 1:20]
[GRAPHIC=None]
The search for answers in yesterday morning's apartment fire in Roanoke continues.
All of the eight people inside escaped safely...but the house was a total loss.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
When firefighters arrived the house was engulfed in flames...
The house included four apartments.
Fire officials say there was about 75-thousand dollars worth of damage...and about 10-thousand dollars in damages to the house next door.
Tonya Taylor says her son was the first to notice the flames.
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[SOT 03:01:26]
[IN Q=I was laying]
((TONYA TAYLOR/RESIDENT: I WAS LAYING ON THE COACH AND MY SON CAME IN AND SAID THE BED WAS ON FIRE. I LOOKED AT THE BED. I WAS GOING TO TRY AND PUT IT OUT BY MYSELF, BUT IT WAS LIKE I COULDN'T DO IT. SO I GRABBED MY KIDS))
[SUPER=01-Tonya Taylor/Resident]
[RUNS=11]
[OUT Q=grabbed my kids]
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[VO-NAT]
Authorities are still investigating the cause of the fire.
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[KOSOVO]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=MORN]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Serbia Under Attack]
The Kosovo Liberation Army agrees to disarm its troops-- leaving NATO as the only military force in Kosovo.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Pristina, Kosovo;]
[4:02:34]
The K-L-A signed a formal pact today.
It requires the ethnic Albanian rebels to turn in their weapons--and clear minefields--within 90 days.
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[SOT]
[4:02:34]
[IN Q=]
(( GENERAL MIKE JACKSON/COMMANDER OF KFOR:THIS DOCUMENT WHICH I SIGNED TO ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT ON BEHALF OF K-FOR GIVES K-FOR A DETAILED FRAMEWORK TO IMPLEMENT THE RELEVANT REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1244, WHICH DEMANDS THE DEMILITARISATION OF THE UCK."))
[SUPER=01-General Mike Jackson/Commander of KFOR;]
[RUNS=:25]
[OUT Q=DEMILITARISATION OF THE UCK.]
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[VO-NAT]
Just hours earlier, the last of the 40-thousand serb troops pulled out from Kosovo, beating a midnight deadline.
The withdrawal prompted nato to declare the bombings officially over.
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[1-Sports]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=sports cut in]
[GRAPHIC=None]
In sports,
Payne Stewart takes home the US Open title at Pinehurst number two.
Roy Stanley has more in sports.
Good Morning Roy.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Good Morning]
[RUNS=2:05]
[OUT Q=later on mornin]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
(Melanie ad lib toss to Kimberly/Wx)
[One-Steve]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=spa]
[TAPE#]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
[Microwave]
[SUPER=15-Steve/Pardon;]
[SUPER=11-Roanoke;]
[SUPER=01-Mike O'York/VAPT;]
[SUPER=02-Nancy Wallace/Bus Driver]
[SUPER=11-Roanoke;]
(toss to stocks)
[STOCKS]
[COMM]
((Archive: school bus))
[king-update]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Best selling author Stephen King remains hospitalized after being hit by a car this weekend while walking in his hometown of Lewiston, Maine.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lewiston, ME;]
King was reported alert and in good spirits following surgery yesterday and remains in serious but stable condition.
Hospital officials say King suffered a collapsed lung and multiple leg and hip fractures.
King was thrown about 14 feet when a minivan struck him while he was walking along a roadway.
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[SOT]
[4:14:22-34]
[IN Q=HE WAS BLOODY AND BANGED UP...]
[SUPER=01-Matt Baker/Oxford Co. Sheriff's Department;]
[RUNS=:11]
[OUT Q=HOW TO CONTACT THEM.]
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[VO-NAT]
Police say the driver lost control because a dog was running loose inside the vehicle.
The accident has prompted a deluge of inquiries from fans and media from all over the world.
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[Sunday-Feedback]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=jmc]
[TAPE#=Feedback]
[GRAPHIC=Feedback]
Our coverage of the resignation of the pastor of West Salem Baptist Church has generated a lot of mail.
Most of it was critical of our decision to air the story.
But not everyone agreed with that viewpoint.
Here's assignment editor Joe McKean.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[RUNS=1:43]
[OUT Q=McKean News 7]
((Almost all of the comments we received, more than we can cite on the air, were along these lines:
"By allowing such a story to air, you have become no better than the tabloid magazines and television programs I refuse to read and watch. Rev. Slaughter is not my pastor, nor am I a member of his faith, but I believe every person deserves privacy in matters such as these."
A fellow clergyman also disagreed that this was news. But he had a slightly different viewpoint.
"I do not recall any news report by WQDJ on the positive ministries that West Salem Baptist Church has been involved in our community, and there have been many positive and good ministries that this Church has contributed to the residents of the Roanoke Valley. I will continue to watch your news programs because I believe an honest judgment by the news editors was made, but I do expect to start seeing some positive reporting on the ministries, activities and churches that contribute to the residents of the Roanoke Valley."
And a Christiansburg viewer applauded our coverage.
"I think your coverage of Reverent Slaughter's resignation was appropriate and newsworthy. As a minister of the Gospel he is a public servant and open to scrutiny just as our mayor or anyone else in the public eye. Did you not report also that his spouse had forgiven him? Not once did I hear sensational wording or any bias on your part. Please keep up the good work you do as an excellent source of news."
If you'd like to get in touch with us, try P.O. Box 7, Roanoke, 24022-0007.
The fax number is 343-7269.
E-mail should be addressed to news@wdbj7.com.
And our website, wdbj7.com, has a moderated on-line forum.
Joe McKean, News-7.))
[Health-Check]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin Health Check]
In medical news, there's lots of new information about diabetes-- how to treat it and how to prevent it.
Jeffrey Koffman has that story and more in this morning's Health check.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Jeffrey Koffman/Reporting; :00 ]
[RUNS=1:09]
[OUT Q=CBS News, New York.]
(( FOR YEARS, DOCTORS HAVE KNOWN THAT ASPIRIN CAN HELP PREVENT HEART
ATTACKS.
BUT SURPRISINGLY, MOST DIABETICS ARE NOT HEEDING THIS ADVICE-- EVEN
THOUGH THEY'RE AT A GREATER RISK FOR HEART DISEASE.
VT=VO
((vo))
A NATIONAL SURVEY RELEASED TODAY FOUND THAT ONLY ONE IN FIVE ADULTS
WITH DIABETES TOOK ASPIRIN REGULARLY-- DESPITE THE FACT MANY OF THEM HAD
RISK FACTORS FOR HEART DISEASE.
THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION RECOMMENDS THAT PATIENTS TAKE
ASPIRIN DAILY.. AS A PREVENTIVE MEASURE.//
VT=VO
((vo))
MEANWHILE, DOCTORS SAY YOUR CHANCES OF DEVELOPING DIABETES CAN BE
GREATLY REDUCED.. BY JUST TURNING OFF THE T-V SET, AND GETTING MORE
EXERCISE.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND A DIRECT LINK BETWEEN THE
NUMBER OF HOURS SPENT WATCHING TELEVISION... AND AN INCREASED RISK FOR
DIABETES.
THAT'S BECAUSE COUCH POTATOES TEND TO BE OVERWEIGHT.
THE FINDINGS WERE RELEASED THIS PAST WEEKEND.. AT A DIABETES
CONFERENCE IN SAN DIEGO.//
ONCAM=
((on cam))
PEOPLE OFTEN FORGET TO CONSIDER MEDICAL AND DENTAL EXPENSES WHEN
MAKING THE BIG MOVE TO ANOTHER CITY.
BUT THOSE COSTS CAN REALLY ADD UP IN SOME PLACES.
FOR INSTANCE, A DOCTOR'S VISIT IN WASHINGTON D.C. WILL RUN YOU ABOUT
61-DOLLARS ON AVERAGE.
COMPARE THAT TO PHOENIX, WHERE THE SAME VISIT WOULD COST ONLY ABOUT
47-DOLLARS.//
AND THAT IS A LOOK AT TODAY'S MEDICAL NEWS.
I'M JEFFREY KOFMAN, 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=01-Charles Puglisi/VAPT;]
[SUPER=11-Roanoke;]
[Double Boxes=KMC & SPA]
(toss to Kimberly)
((Archive: school bus))
[2-HEADLINES]
[2-shot=Mel/Kmc]
[SUPER=#4049; Morning Headlines]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Here's a look at today's top stories.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
The Kosovo Liberation Army has signed itself out of existence as a military force.
Leaders of the ethnic Albanian rebel group have an agreement with NATO promising an immediate cease-fire, along with the stockpiling of its weapons.
The agreement comes just hours after the last of the Serb troops pulled out of Kosovo.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
At least eleven are dead and 17 injured after three separate van crashes on the nation's roadways yesterday.
Six people were killed and four others injured when a van crashed on california's Mojave Desert freeway.
In Pennsylvania, five people were killed when a tractor-trailer hit them causing the van to burst into flames.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
And Fans of horror writer Stephen King have flooded the hospital in Lewiston, Maine, with calls about his
condition. King, who was hit by a minivan on Saturday, is said to be alert and in good spirits following emergency surgery Sunday.
King could face additional surgery later this week.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
And that's what's making news on this Monday June21.
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
News 7 Mornin' will be right back.
[2-Job-Corps]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin']
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=99-14 TC1:36:37]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Things have quieted down at the Old Dominion Job Corps Center in Amherst County.
That's where a bomb threat seach erupted into a near riout between police and students..
Steve Smallshaw reports.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=The bomb threat]
[SUPER=03-Amherst Co./Last Night; :00]
[SUPER=01-Bob Barlowe/Job Corps Administrator; :17]
[SUPER=01-Roy Wood/On-Duty Supervisor; 1:08]
[SUPER=@ssm2; 1:23]
[RUNS=1:28]
[OUT Q=News7, Amherst County.]
(( The bomb threat came from within the Job Corps center itself.
While the Amherst sheriff's department searched the buildings, students were kept on these buses for more than two hours.
The long wait apparently left some of them agitated and a confrontation erupted between one student and a police officer.
[SOT 1:03:05]
((BOB BARLOW/JOBS CORPS ADMINISTRATOR: MY ASSUMPTION IS HE SAID SOMETHING TO THE OFFICER, AND THE OFFICER SAID SOMETHING TO HIM.. WE KNOW THAT MACE OR PEPPER SPRAY WAS DISCHARGED.))
[RUNS= 12]
[OUT Q=was discharged.]
At that point, the confrontation spilled out of the bus and into the roadway, with students on one side, police on the other.
[SOT 00:54:16]
((BARLOW: THERE WERE STUDENTS ON ONE SIDE.. FIRE HOSE OUT.))
[RUNS= 15]
[OUT Q=hose out.]
[natsot cop cars 00:40:15]
[RUNS= 02]
Deputies on scene called for backup.. and more than fifty officers from five area jurisdictions responded.. a phalanx of emergency vehicles making its way into the center.
It wasn't until two hours later that the situation had defused itself.
[SOT 1:11:48]
((ROY WOOD/ON-DUTY SUPERVISOR: THEIR PROTOCOL IS, WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN THE NATION, IS TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION.. THE NUMBER ONE THING IS SAFETY.))
[RUNS= 11]
[OUT Q=is safety.]
The name of the student arrested has not been released.. authorities are still looking for the person who phoned in the bomb threat.
Steve Smallshaw, News7, Amherst County.))[2-Plane-Crash]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=Plane Crash Private]
A small plane crash in West Virginia has left a Covington couple hospitalized in serious condition.
The crash occurred yesterday while taking off from the Fayetteville, airport.
Police said Bob and Angela Hayward's plane flipped, caught fire and came to rest in a campground adjacent to the airport.
A man from Florida was piloting the plane when the accident happened.
He was also injured.[S-81-Accident]
[ANCHOR=]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=99-29 6:31]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[***ANCHOR TAG***]
Traffic is back to normal on Interstate 81 in Roanoke County after Saturday's fatal truck accident.
But as Joy Sutton reports, the investigation into what happened isn't over yet.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Hazmat crews]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./Yesterday; :00]
[SUPER=04-Saturday; :12]
[SUPER=01-Walter Johnson/Trucker; :29]
[SUPER=01-Peter Pospichal/Trucker; :43]
[SUPER=@joy2; 1:03 Quick!!!]
[RUNS=1:08]
[OUT Q=News-7]
(( Hazmat crews were at the fatal accident location for several hours....removing contaminated soil from the fatal accident...
Robert C. Garrard of Commerce, Georgia was killed by a tractor that detached from a row of three trucks being transported north on Interstate 81 by another tractor ...in what is known as a piggy-back.
The detached tractor crashed head-on with the tractor trailer traveling south bound.
Trucker Walter Johnson says the piggy backs are dangerous and he would not never drive one.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 02:06:01]
[IN Q=they always look]
((WALTER JOHNSON/TRUCKER: THEY ALWAYS LOOKED DANGEROUS TO ME. THAT'S WHY THEY COULDN'T PAY ME TO PULL ONE OF THEM. I ALWAYS WHEN I SEE THEM I JUST GET FROM BEHIND THEM, CAUSE I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE ONE OF THEM COULD COME OFF))
[RUNS:08]
[OUT Q=could come off]
And some truckers say even a pre-trip safety inspection is not fool-proof.
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[SOT1:59:48]
[IN Q=There are always]
((PETER POSPICHAL/TRUCKER: THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR A MISTAKE. A GOOD INSPECTION TAKES YOU ABOUT 10- 15 MINUTES ))
[RUNS:04]
[OUT Q=15 minutes]
Authorities are still trying to determine who or what is to blame in the fatal collision...but authorities have charged the driver of the piggy back, James Edward Blake of Maryland with failure to secure a load.
Futher charges could be pending.
Joy Sutton, News7, Roanoke County.))
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[SS=Interstate 81]
Congressman Rick Boucher convenes a federal task force on Interstate 81 issues later this morning in Abingdon.
We'll have more on the meeting on News-7 at Noon.
[National-accidents]
[ANCHOR=melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
In other parts of the nation, eleven people are dead and 17 injured following three separate van crashes.
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[V-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Baker, CA;]
[4:09:43]
Six people died when the van they were riding in rolled over several times on a Mojave Desert freeway, about 150 miles northeast of Los Angeles.
Four others were injured.
[SUPER=03-Landisville, PA;]
[4:10:33]
In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, five people were killed, including a newborn and a two-year-old child, after a tractor-trailer slammed into the back of a minivan.
The van burst into flames when it was hit.
Only one person in the van, and the driver of the tractor-trailer survived.
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[SS=None]
And a van carrying a dozen workers collided with a car last night in a Washington D-C suburb.
Virginia police say eleven people were injured, some critically.
[peacekeepers]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=MORN]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Serbia Peace Plan]
NATO and the the Kosovo Liberation Army have signed an accord for the disarming and demilitarization of the K-L-A, leaving NATO as the only military force in kosovo.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Pristina, Kosovo;]
[4:02:34]
The K-L-A signed a formal pact today.
It requires the ethnic Albanian rebels to turn in their weapons--and clear minefields--within 90 days.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[4:02:34]
[IN Q=]
((GENERAL MIKE JACKSON/COMMANDER OF KFOR:THIS DOCUMENT WHICH I SIGNED TO ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT ON BEHALF OF K-FOR GIVES K-FOR A DETAILED FRAMEWORK TO IMPLEMENT THE RELEVANT REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1244, WHICH DEMANDS THE DEMILITARISATION OF THE UCK."))
[SUPER=01-General Mike Jackson/Commander of KFOR;]
[RUNS=:25]
[OUT Q=DEMILITARISATION OF THE UCK.]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
Just hours earlier, the last of the 40-thousand serb troops pulled out from Kosovo, beating a midnight deadline.
The withdrawal prompted nato to declare the bombings officially over.
(------------)
[Three-Steve]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=spa]
[TAPE#NONE]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
[Microwave]
[SUPER=15-Steve/Pardon;]
[SUPER=11-Roanoke;]
[SUPER=01-Barbara Goodman/Virginia Dept. of Education]
[SUPER=11-Roanoke;]
[double Boxes=SPA & MEL]
(toss to Melanie)
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[SS=None]
(ad lib toss to bump)
[BUMP-Chyron]
[COMM #6]
((Archive: school bus))
[WebWatch]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=eea]
[TAPE#=Webwatch ]
[GRAPHIC=Webwatch]
Internet traffic makes a big jump in 1999...
And a security company tries to force microsoft into action, by helping hackers.
Eric Earnhart has more on those stories in this week's WebWatch.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=If it seems more crowded.]
[RUNS=1:22]
[OUT Q=EE, News-7]
(([intro]
[RUNS:05]
If it seems more crowded on online, that's because it is... A Nielsen Media Research/Commercenet survey found 92 million people over age 16 online in the U.S. and Canada... that's up 13 million since last August. 55 million people are shopping online... There's a demographic breakdown on the Commercenet website.
Internet Security company eEye says microsoft ignored them when they discovered a security flaw that could give hackers access to credit card numbers at hundreds of thousands of sites, including Disney, Nasdaq, and Barnes and Noble.
So eEye began offering free software that would allow hackers to break into microsoft servers... they say they wanted to force the company to fix the problem.
Last week microsoft posted a security patch on it's website.
You can also get a fix to protect microsoft Outlook from the explore worm.
If you didn't get enough of the Royal weekend wedding, you can go back and enjoy it over and over again... BBCAmerica offers streaming video of the nuptials.
[natsot]
[RUNS:05]
For links to these sites, click on webwatch on the WDBJ website, at WDBJ7-dot-com.))
[S-Fathers-Day]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=99-21 41:47]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Fathers day wouldn't have been the same for one local man without the help of a special program through TAP Virginia Cares.
The organization made it possible for him to spend time with his kids on the special day.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
James Hardy picked yesterday as one of his supervised visitation days to spend with his two children...Malcolm and Danielle.
They made father's day cards and played football.
But if it wasn't for the TAP's Access and Visitation program, many parents wouldn't get to spend time with their children at all.
And Hardy says it is an important day for him to see his kids.
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[SOT 02:56:47]
[IN Q=I picked this]
((JAMES HARDY/PARENT:I PICKED THIS DAY BECAUSE THIS IS A DAY...I WANT TO BE AROUND MY KIDS AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN...ALL FATHER THAT LOVE THEIR KIDS OUT TO BE WITH THEIR CHILDREN))
[SUPER=01-James Hardy/Father;]
[RUNS=:08]
[OUT Q=their children]
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[VO-NAT]
And his son Malcolm gave him something special for Fathers Day.
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[SOT 02:57:39]
[IN Q=Gave him]
((MALCOLM HARDY:GAVE HIM A LOT OF LETTERS....a lot of letters..what did you say in those letters...HAPPY FATHERS DAY DADDY. I LOVE YOU DADDY))
[SUPER=07-Malcolm Hardy]
[RUNS=11]
[OUT Q=you daddy]
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[VO-NAT]
The Access and Visitation Program gives parents, who do not have custody, a supervised environment where they can spend time with their children.
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[3-Sports]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=sports cut in]
[GRAPHIC=None]
In sports,
Bobby Labonte takes the checkered flag at the Pocono 500...
Royy Stanley has more in sports.
Good Morning Roy.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=Good Morning]
[RUNS=1:55]
[OUT Q=day everybody]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
(weather toss)
[Local-Recap]
[SUPER=#4059;Local Recap]
[2-Shot=Mel/Kmc]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Now here's another look at today's top local stories:
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
A bomb threat at the Old Dominion Job Corps Center in Amherst County nearly turned into a riot.
Students were being held on school busses while the area was searched.
That's when a confrontation between a Sheriff's deputy and a student spilled out into the roadway, with students on one side, police on the other.
It took two hours for the situation to defuse itself.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
The roadway is clear, but the search for answers in Saturday's fatal tractor-trailer crash on Interstate 81 continues.
A Georgia truck driver was killed by a rig that detached from a row of three trucks being transported north.
Authorities are still trying to determine who or what is to blame in the fatal collision...but they have
charged the driver of the piggy back, James Edward Blake of Maryland with failure to secure a load.
Meanwhile, Congressman Rich Boucher will convene a federal task force on Interstate 81 issues today in Abingdon.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Authorities in Roanoke are searching for the cause of yesterday morning's apartment fire on Campbell Avenue.
All of the eight people inside escaped safely...but the house was a total loss.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
(Kimberly mic hot)
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[2 shot=Mel/Kmc]
(Kimberly ad lib weather)
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[Double Boxes=Melanie/Kimberly and Steve]
(toss)
[ANCHOR=Steve]
(live ad lib, tease tomorrow)
(ad lib bye)
[Double Boxes=Melanie/Kimberly and Steve]
by SS