[Headlines]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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[VO-NAT]
Boris Yeltsin has ordered beefed-up security in all Russian cities after the second deadly apartment building explosion in Moscow.
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
And an argument between friends ends with a deadly shooting.
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
Hurricane Warnings are posted throughout the northwest and central Bahamas, in preparation for the arrival of Floyd.
Meanwhile, we're awaiting the arrival of a cold front that could bring some showers by tomorrow.
[ANCHOR=Steve]
(ad lib live tease)
[2-shot]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[Russia-explosion]
[ANCHOR=melanie]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Explosion]
At least 34 people are dead in another apartment building explosion in Moscow.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Moscow, Russia;]
[4:02]
The blast occurred before dawn.. leveling this 8 story apartment complex located in southern Moscow.
Rescue workers are desperately digging through the debris looking for any survivors.
[SUPER=04-Thursday;]
It's the second such blast in less than a week.
Ninety three were killed Thursday when an explosion rocked another complex.
Authorities say there's little doubt both explosions were terrorist attacks.
Both incidents may be connected to the recent fighting in Dagestan where Russian troops are battling Islamic rebels.
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[monty-Fatal]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Fatal Accident]
Two men were killed last night in a Montgomery County accident.
David Edward Lucas of Check drove off route 612 near the intersection with route 614 and hit a tree.
Lucas and his passenger, Kenny E. Rader of Pilot were both thrown from the car and died at the scene.
Neither was wearing a seat belt.
The accident happened just before nine last night.
[E-220-Ax]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=jha]
[TAPE#=99-25 01:47:13]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A crash on route 220 in Franklin County last night left three people seriously injured.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Franklin Co.]
It happened around 6 p-m.
A pickup truck traveling northbound hit the side of a car that was attempting to cross 220 at the intersection on route 619.
According to police the car was hit in it's most vulnerable spot, causing it to collapse on impact.
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[SOT 16:53:42]
[IN Q=It was a]
((TROOPER DAVIS/ STATE POLICE: IT WAS A TYPICAL T-BONE ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS STRUCK CENTER MASS BY THE PICKUP TRUCK BETWEEN THE FORWARD AND REAR WHEEL.))
[RUNS=:08]
[OUT Q=rear wheel]
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[VO-NAT]
Two people were flown to Roanoke Memorial Hospital by Lifeguard 10 , and the third victim was taken by ambulance to Franklin Memorial Hospital, and then transferred to Roanoke Memorial.
Eyewitnesses to the accident say they tried to help.
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[SOT 16:56:05]
[IN Q=I JUST]
((MATT SUMMERELL/ EYEWITNESS: I JUST STARTED PRAYING FOR THEM. MY FRIEND HAD A RAG AND HE WAS PUTTING THE RAG ON THE GUY IN THE BACK SEAT TRYING TO STOP THE BLOOD, BUT THE BLOOD WAS COMING OUT OF ALMOST EVERYWHERE ON HIS FACE.))
[SUPER=01-Matt Summerell/Eyewitness]
[RUNS=:10]
[OUT Q=ON HIS FACE]
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[VO-NAT]
The driver of the car-- 19 year old Heather Elizabeth Brown of Salem -- is listed in critical condition.
The passengers were both minors, one is listed as stable -- the other is in intensive care.
The driver and the passenger in the pickup were not injured.
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[Roanoke-Murder]
[ANCHOR=melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=kwe]
[TAPE#=Noen]
[GRAPHIC=Murder Investigation]
Roanoke police say a heated argument between friends led to murder.
It happened early yesterday morning on the 2900 block of Rutrough Road in South East Roanoke.
According to police 20 year old Shane Weaver was arguing with 27 year old Robert Jenkins when Weaver picked up a shot gun and shot Jenkins in the chest.
Jenkins was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Weaver was arrested and charged with second degree murder.
He's being held without bond.
[E-Valley-Metro]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=eea]
[TAPE#=99-24 2;02:37]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Valley Metro workers in Roanoke have voted on a new contract.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Union members cast their ballots at the Union hall between three and five o'clock yesterday.
But when the votes were counted, union officials did NOT reveal the results.
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[SOT 23:51:58]
[IN Q=right now we]
((PERRY GROGAN/UNION OFFICIAL; RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO NOTIFY THE INTERNATIONAL, AND LET THEM KNOW SO THAY CAN CONTACT THE COMPANY.
IS THERE A CHANCE THERE COULD BE A STRIKE GOING ON?
I DOUBT IT VERY SERIOUSLY, I DOUBT IT.))
[SUPER=01-Perry Grogan/Union Official;]
[RUNS=08]
[OUT Q=I doubt it DOUBLE OUT!!!]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=@File]
In 1997 Valley Metro workers rejected a proposed contract, but remained on the job as negotiations continued.
They eventually approved a new two year contract, which expired yesterday.
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[1-Sports]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=sports cut in]
[GRAPHIC=None]
In sports, the Skins opener ends in overtime with a win for the Cowboys.
Here's Roy Stanley with more
Good Morning Roy.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=good morning]
[RUNS=3:15]
[OUT Q=on mornin]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
(Melanie ad lib toss to Kimberly/Wx)
[One-Steve]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=spa]
[TAPE#M99-5]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
[On Record]
[SUPER=15-Steve/Pardon;]
[SUPER=01-Louise Chagnon/Alzheimer's Association;]
(I'll call for boards for 10 things list)
[essc#87??]
(toss to stocks)
[STOCKS]
[COMM]
((Archive: alzheimers))
[Indonesia-peacekeepers]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Hundreds of American military personnel will join the East Timor peacekeeping force.
White House National Security Adviser Sandy Berger says their main role will be to provide transportation, communication and logistical support in the troubled Indonesian province.
Berger spoke at the close of the Asia-Pacific Summit in New Zealand.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Auckland, New Zealand;]
[4:09;37]
Earlier, President Clinton welcomed Indonesia's acceptance of a U-N sponsored forces as a means of ending the bloody rampage of anti- independence militias.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
(("IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THE DETAILS WORKED OUT AND GET THIS FORCE IN A HURRY IN A WAY IT CAN BE EFFECTIVE. ))
[RUNS=:07]
[OUT Q=can be effective]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Dili, East Timor]
[4;07:29]
Pro Indonesian military troops have been on a killing rampage.... ever since a recent vote in favor of East Timor becoming independent from Indonesia.
In East Timor's capital, homes have been looted and burned to the ground... and hundreds--if not thousands--of people have been killed.
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[E-Walk-A-Thon]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=99-31 59:25]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A Christiansburg couple is recovering from transplant surgery -- after the wife gave one of her kidneys to her husband.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem/August 7]
It was just one month ago that Scott and Melissa Cook were preparing for surgery.
Friends and churches were helping them raise money for the procedure by having a yard sale.
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg/Yesterday]
And yesterday a walk-a-thon was held to raise more money.
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[SOT 00:09:05]
[IN Q=I think their ]
((KAREN COOK/FAMILY MEMBER: I THINK THEIR OPERATION IS GOING TO COST THEM ABOUT 20-THOUSAND DOLLARS. THEIR ANTI-REJECTION MEDICATION IS ESTIMATED AT 11-THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR AND HE'LL NEED TO TAKE THAT THE REST OF HIS LIFE))
[SUPER=01-Karen Cook/Family Member]
[RUNS=10]
[OUT Q=rest of his life]
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[VO-NAT]
Sororities from Radford University were among those participating in the 3 mile walk on the Huckleberry Trail.
The walk-a-thon raised about 53-hundred dollars for the couple.
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[Health-Check]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin Health Check]
In medical news, those sports drinks may not be so good for your teeth.
Mika Brzezinski has that story and more in this morning's Health check.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Mika Brzezinski/Reporting; :00 ]
[RUNS=1:15]
[OUT Q=CBS News, New York.]
((THERE'S MORE EVIDENCE TODAY ON THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS COCAINE HAS ON THE
BODY.
VT=VO
((vo))
RESEARCHERS IN BOSTON SAY THE DRUG CAN PROMOTE BLOOD CLOTTING. THIS MAY
EXPLAIN WHY THE ILLEGAL SUBSTANCE PROMOTES HEART ATTACKS IN SOME USERS.
SCIENTISTS SAY COCAINE CAUSES BLOOD TO THICKEN BY INCREASING THE NUMBER
OF BLOOD CELLS. IT ALSO CAUSES PLATLETES TO STICK TOGETHER.
IT IS THIS COMBINATION OF EVENTS DOCTORS SAY THAT CAN LEAD TO HEART ATTACKS AND STROKES.
ONCAM=MIKA
((on cam))
A WARNING TODAY TO ATHLETES OF ALL AGES: HAVE YOUR TEETH CHECKED.
DOCTORS SAY YOU MAY BE AT AN INCREASED RISK OF LOSING YOUR IVORIES BECAUSE OF YOUR HEALTHY DIET.
RESEARCHERS IN LONDON SAY HIGH QUANTITIES OF FRUIT AND ENERGY PACKED SPORTS DRINKS CAN CAUSE TOOTH DECAY BECAUSE THEY ARE CHOCK FULL OF DIETARY ACIDS.
TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM DOCTORS SUGGEST DRINKING THE SPORTS BEVERAGES WITH A STRAW.
VT=VO
((vo))
AND THERE IS GOOD NEWS TODAY FOR WINE LOVERS.
FRENCH RESEARCHERS SAY A FEW GLASSES OF VINO A DAY IS MORE LIFE SAVING THAN BEER DRINKING.
THE RESULTS OF THIS STUDY BASICALLY MIRROR THOSE OF PREVIOUS RESEARCH WHICH FOUND THAT WINE LOWERS BLOOD AND CHOLESTEROL LEVELS THEREBY REDUCING THE RISKS OF A HEART ATTACK.
ONCAM=MIKA
((on cam))
AND THAT'S A LOOK AT TODAY'S MEDICAL NEWS. I'M MIKA BRZEZINKSI, CBS NEWS, NEW YORK.))
(ad lib to weather)
[Two-Steve]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=spa]
[TAPE#NONE]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
[On Record]
[SUPER=15-Steve/Pardon;]
(I'll call for board about meeting)
[essc# 87??]
[Double Boxes=KMC & SPA]
(toss to Kimberly)
[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]
At least 34 people are dead in another apartment building explosion in Moscow.
Police suspect a bomb caused the blast.
Russian news reports say explosives have been found in two nearby buildings.
The country's main intelligence agency says it's treating the blast as a suspected terrorist attack.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[4:10:57]
A hurricane watch has been issued for part of the east coast of Florida, as Hurricane Floyd heads for the
Bahamas with 155 mile-an-hour winds.
Even though the storm is several hundred miles away, Florida residents who remember Andrew are doing everything they can to prepare..
Floyd is a Category Four storm and is threatening to grow into an even more dangerous Category Five storm.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
And Hundreds of American military personnel will join the East Timor peacekeeping force.
President Clinton says the troops will help with logistics and communications and not all of them will be based in the troubled-Indonesian province.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
And that's what's making news on this Monday, September 13.
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
News 7 Mornin' will be right back.
[apartment-explosion]
[ANCHOR=melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Explosion]
In Moscow, at least 34 people are dead and scores more missing or injured after a bomb leveled an eight-story apartment building this morning.
It's the second major blast to rock the city in less than a week.
David Hawkins reports from Moscow.
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[SOT]
[4:00:45]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Moscow, Russia; :00]
[SUPER=04-Thursday; :29]
[SUPER=01-David Hawkins/Reporting; :48]
[RUNS=:59]
[OUT Q=CBS NEWS, MOSCOW.]
(( Rescuer workers at the scene are desperately digging through the debris looking for any survivors, but there is little hope anyone could survive underneath this.
The blast occurred before dawn..completely leveling this 8 story apartment complex located in southern Moscow.
SOT: Ivan Petrovski/Witness
"I live in the next apartment block. It felt like a cracking explosion very near. I grabbed the kids and ran out. All I could see was a heavy dust cloud everywhere."
Moscow/Thursday
AUTHORITIES say there is little doubt this is a terrorist attack and say the blast is similar to one that destroyed another apartment complex last week.
Several Russian officials including Moscow's mayor believe the first incident MAY BE CONNECTED TO THE FIGHTING IN DAGESTAN WHERE RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE BATTLING ISLAMIC REBELS.
David Hawkins/CBS News
One person who's sure this blast is the result of terrorists is Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. He calls those responsible "rabid animals."
David Hawkins, CBS News, Moscow.))
[2-monty-Fatal]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Fatal Accident]
A Montgomery County accident turned deadly for two men last night.
David Edward Lucas of Check drove off route 612 near the intersection with route 614 and hit a tree.
Lucas and his passenger, Kenny E. Rader of Pilot were both thrown from the car and died at the scene.
Neither was wearing a seat belt.
The accident happened just before nine last night.
[2-E-220-Ax]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=jha]
[TAPE#=99-25 01:47:13]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Three people were seriously injured in a crash on route 220 in Franklin County yesterday evening.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Franklin Co.]
It happened around 6 p-m.
A pickup truck traveling northbound hit the side of a car that was attempting to cross 220 at the intersection on route 619.
According to police the car was hit in it's most vulnerable spot, causing it to collapse on impact.
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[SOT 16:53:42]
[IN Q=It was a]
((TROOPER DAVIS/ STATE POLICE: IT WAS A TYPICAL T-BONE ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS STRUCK CENTER MASS BY THE PICKUP TRUCK BETWEEN THE FORWARD AND REAR WHEEL.))
[RUNS=:08]
[OUT Q=rear wheel]
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[VO-NAT]
Two people were flown to Roanoke Memorial Hospital by Lifeguard 10 , and the third victim was taken by ambulance to Franklin Memorial Hospital, and then transferred to Roanoke Memorial.
Eyewitnesses to the accident say they tried to help.
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[SOT 16:56:05]
[IN Q=I JUST]
((MATT SUMMERELL/ EYEWITNESS: I JUST STARTED PRAYING FOR THEM. MY FRIEND HAD A RAG AND HE WAS PUTTING THE RAG ON THE GUY IN THE BACK SEAT TRYING TO STOP THE BLOOD, BUT THE BLOOD WAS COMING OUT OF ALMOST EVERYWHERE ON HIS FACE.))
[SUPER=01-Matt Summerell/Eyewitness]
[RUNS=:10]
[OUT Q=ON HIS FACE]
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[VO-NAT]
The driver of the car-- 19 year old Heather Elizabeth Brown of Salem -- is listed in critical condition.
The passengers were both minors, one is listed as stable -- the other is in intensive care.
The driver and the passenger in the pickup were not injured.
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[Death-Row-Inmates]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=VA Supreme court]
The state supreme court will hear the appeals of two death row inmates today.
Steve Edward Roach and Douglas Christopher Thomas were juveniles when they were convicted and were scheduled for execution this summer.
But in June, the state Supreme Court upheld a ruling that overturned a juvenile conviction in another case because the youth's father wasn't notified of a key hearing.
The justices suggested that any conviction resulting from proceedings in which both parents weren't notified would have to be set aside.
Roach was 17 when he robbed and killed a woman in 1993.
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[VO-NAT]
Thomas was 17 when he killed his girlfriend's parents in 1990.
[SUPER=03-Middlesex Co./1990]
He alleges still that his 14 year old girlfriend killed her own mother.
But he admitted to killing his girlfriend's father with a shotgun.
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[2-E-Valley-Metro]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=eea]
[TAPE#=99-24 2;02:37]
[GRAPHIC=Valley Metro]
Valley Metro workers in Roanoke have voted on a new contract.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Union members cast their ballots at the Union hall between three and five o'clock yesterday.
But when the votes were counted, union officials did NOT reveal the results.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 23:51:58]
[IN Q=right now we]
((PERRY GROGAN/UNION OFFICIAL; RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO NOTIFY THE INTERNATIONAL, AND LET THEM KNOW SO THAY CAN CONTACT THE COMPANY.
IS THERE A CHANCE THERE COULD BE A STRIKE GOING ON?
I DOUBT IT VERY SERIOUSLY, I DOUBT IT.))
[SUPER=01-Perry Grogan/Union Official;]
[RUNS=08]
[OUT Q=I doubt it DOUBLE OUT!!!]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=@File]
In 1997 Valley Metro workers rejected a proposed contract, but remained on the job as negotiations continued.
They eventually approved a new two year contract, which expired yesterday.
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[Feedback]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jmc]
[TAPE#=feedback]
[GRAPHIC=Feedback]
Healthcare policy, and the Al Bedrosian assault case, continue to bring letters to News-7's Feedback.
Here's assignment editor Joe McKean.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=A woman from Roanoke]
[RUNS=1:42]
[OUT Q=McKean, News-7.]
((A woman from Roanoke [Cheryl Clifton] wrote to defend Al Bedrosian and to criticize the mother of the child he swatted.
(She) stated that her child was playing with his cousin, not misbehaving. As numerous witnesses testified her child was very disruptive and certainly not in control. As a parent of three children, I cared enough about them and people they came in contact with to make them behave in public. Some people are concerned that this case was racially motivated, which is ridiculous. Maybe these people should be more concerned about a mother who has a problem with parenting skills...An episode like this would never have taken place if a parent cared enough about her child and others to correct him in the proper way.
From Vinton [Nancy E. McGuire] came a complaint about the business of healthcare.
"You see our pharmacies closing because we the people of the United States have to send our medicine off to be filled at a mail order company, and pray they send us back the correct medicine. Politicians, where are you standing when the Land of the Free needs you to stand up for us? We cannot go to the hospital of our choice anymore, or pick the doctors we need, want, trust, put our faith in, to help us get well...It does not matter what color we are, or if we are male or female. We all still have hearts, and we need the proper care from people whose hands have been tied, because of this political world."
Letters should be sent to News-7 at P.O. Box 7, Roanoke, 24022-0007.
Our fax number is 343-7269.
Our e-mail is news@wdbj7.com.
And a moderated forum is on our website, wdbj7.com.
Joe McKean, News-7.))
[Three-Steve]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=spa]
[TAPE#NONE]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
[On Record]
[SUPER=15-Steve/Pardon;]
[SUPER=01-Louise Chagnon/Alzheimer's Association;]
(I'll call for board about meeting)
[essc# 87??]
[double Boxes=SPA & MEL]
(toss to Melanie)
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[SS=None]
(ad lib toss to bump)
[BUMP-Chyron]
[COMM #6]
((Archive: alzheimers))
[emmys]
[ANCHOR=melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
There were some firsts but few surprises at last night's 51st annual Emmy awards ceremony.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Los Angeles, CA;]
[4:14:08]
For the first time in Emmy history, a Cable T-V show received more nominations than any network show.
The H-B-O Drama The Sopranos was up for 16 emmys but in the end only won two-- Best Drama Writing and Best Actress in a Drama.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
((EDIE FALCO:THIS IS ABSOLUTELY TREMENDOUS AND THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME IN THE
WORLD TO SAY ALL THE THINGS THAT I WOULD SAY IF I HAD PREPARED ANYTHING TO SAY.."))
[SUPER=01-Edie Falco/Best Actress in Drama;]
[RUNS=:09]
[OUT Q=anything to say.]
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[VO-NAT]
N-Y-P-D star Dennis Franz won best ACTOR in a Drama.
But the Practice won best T-V Drama for the second year in a row.
It was good night for practice creator David Kelley, who also won for his comedy creation, "Ally McBeal."
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[IN=]
((DAVID KELLEY, CREATOR, "THE PRACTICE AND ALLY MCBEAL"20:36:29 "AS YOU CAN I SURROUND MYSELF WITH AS MUCH TALENT AS I POSSIBLY CAN.."))
[SUPER=01-David Kelley/The Practice - Ally McBeal;]
[RUNS=:04]
[OUT=AS I POSSIBLY CAN.]
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[vo-nat]
Helen Hunt won her fourth straight emmy for Best Actress in a Comedy.
And John Lithgow won Best ACTOR in a Comedy.
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[WebWatch]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=eea]
[TAPE#=webwatch]
[GRAPHIC=webwatch]
Hackers and pranksters seem to be working overtime on the web.
And a huge online concert is less than a month away.
Eric Earnharrt has details in WebWatch.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=It was quite a week for ]
[RUNS=1:35]
[OUT Q=EE, News-7.]
(([intro]
[RUNS=:05]
It was quite a week for E-bay censors... the site shut down three auctions supposedly selling babies... bidding hit more than a hundred thousand dollars on one. Ebay says all were hoaxes... they're not sure about the Kidney Guy. A man offering a kidney for sale generated a six million dollar bid before ebay shut it down. Now they up to their elbows in kidneys... mostly prank auctions.
Some college football coaches are closing practices because of the internet. Cyber-spying was a hot topic at the last American Football Coaches Association meeting.
Texas Tech closed it's practices recently because details were being posted online.
C-Span is the latest victim of a hacker attack. Last week someone replaced the network's main page with bogus transcripts. The same hacker group claims it hit the ABC news website a few weeks ago.
An interesting note about Hackers... usually by the time YOU find out about a hit... the page has been repaired... but hackers apparently like to keep a record of their work... Attrition-dot-org contains links to several archive sites where infamous hacks like the recent attacks on Senate and Military websites are preserved for posterity.
We've had live-aid, Farm-Aid... now here comes Net-Aid... A month from now, three concerts will be simultaneously webcast from New York, London, and Geneva, as they raise money to fight hunger and help various other causes.
For links to these sites, click on WebWatch, on the WDBJ Website, at WDBJ 7.com.))
[3-Sports]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=sports cut in]
[GRAPHIC=None]
In sports, Andre Agassi not only won the US open, but now he has the number one ranking.
Roy Stanley has more
Good Morning Roy.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=good morning]
[RUNS=1:50]
[OUT Q=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:
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Two men were killed last night in a Montgomery County accident.
David Edward Lucas of Check drove off route 612 and hit a tree.
Lucas and his passenger, Kenny E. Rader of Pilot were both thrown from the car and died at the scene.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
Three people were seriously hurt last night in an accident at the intersection of routes 220 and 619 in Franklin County.
The driver of the car-- 19 year old Heather Elizabeth Brown of Salem -- is listed in critical condition.
The passengers were both minors, one is listed as stable -- the other is in surgery in intensive care.
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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