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 EARLY VOTINGReturn to index of stories... |
BRAD AND KELI. BY THIS AFTERNOON EARLY VOTING NUMBERS HERE IN MADISON COUNTY SURPASSED THE LAST RECORD HELD IN THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. SOME SAY WITH SUCH A HEADLINE GRABBING ELECTION.NOTHING LESS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. THE LINE WAS SO LONG, IT WRAPPED AROUND THE BUILDING. BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP EARLY VOTERS FROM CASTING THEIR BALLOT. SOT: 00 03 55 07 "I ACTUALLY THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE A LOT MORE THAN THIS ON THE LAST DAY OF EARLY VOTING." SOT: 00 11 57 16 "IT WASN'T TOO BAD. IT WAS OK. IT WAS A LITTLE LENGTHY BUT IT SEEMED LIKE WE WAS MOVING PRETTY FAST." FAST INDEED. THE MAJORITY OF VOTERS I SPOKE WITH SAID IT TOOK THEM LESS THAN TEN MINUTES TO VOTE. AND WITH THINGS GOING SO SMOOTHLY ITS EASY TO SEE HOW RECORDS COULD BE BROKEN. SOT: 00 01 05 23 "THIS IS THE BIGGEST ELECTION MADISON COUNTY HAS EVER SEEN." SOT: 00 01 16 08 "I WONDER IF PERHAPS MORE PEOPLE HAVE VOTED EARLY THAN WE WILL VOTE ON ELECTION DAY." BUCKLEY SAYS A LITTLE MORE THAN 3 THOUSAND VOTERS TURNED OUT TO CAST THEIR BALLOT TODAY.MORE THAN 27 THOUSAND VOTED THROUGHOUT THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD. THAT'S MORE THAN 41 PERCENT OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN MADISON COUNTY. TO THE VOTERS WHO DECIDED NOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EARLY VOTING. BUCKLEY HAS A MESSAGE. SOT: 00 01 41 17 "ON TUESDAY THE AG COMPLEX IS NOT A VOTING PLACE. THEY NEED TO GO TO THE VOTING PLACE LISTED ON THEIR VOTER REGISTRATION CARD." |
| TAG EARLY VOTING Return to index of stories... |
BUCKLEY SAYS THE ONLY PROBLEM THEY FACED THROUGHOUT THE DAY WAS HELPING CITIZENS WHO THOUGHT THEY WERE REGISTERED, BUT WEREN'T. JONQUIL NEWLAND, ABC 7, EYEWITNESS NEWS. |
| PALIN Return to index of stories... |
130-MILES WEREN'T ENOUGH TO STOP SOME OF OUR YOUNG VIEWERS FROM GETTING A FIRST HAND GLIMPSE OF REPUBLICAN VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SARAH PALIN. PALIN WAS IN CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI, TODAY.RALLYING THE CROWD THAT INCLUDED ERIN NAIFEH AND MATT COKER OF DYERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL. THEY WERE KIND ENOUGH TO SHARE THIS HOME VIDEO FROM THE EVENT. IN THE PAST FOUR ELECTIONS.MISSOURI HAS BEEN SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE.VOTING TWICE FOR PRESIDENT CLINTON, THEN TWICE FOR PRESIDENT BUSH. THE STATE HOLDS 11 ELECTORAL VOTES. |
| MCCAIN Return to index of stories... |
IN OHIO.JOE THE PLUMBER STUMPED FOR PALIN'S RUNNING MATE.JOHN MCCAIN. JOE WURZELBACHER BECAME FAMOUS WHEN THE TWO PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES REFERRED TO HIM REPEATEDLY DURING THE FINAL DEBATE. HE URGED VOTERS TO GET INFORMED AND VOTE REPUBLICAN. THE MCCAIN CAMPAIGN WAS EXPECTING HIM AT A RALLY EARLIER IN THE DAY IN DEFIANCE, OHIO. MCCAIN TRIED TO INTRODUCE HIM AT THE RALLY.THEN REALIZED HE WASN'T THERE. JOE LATER CALLED IT A MISCOMMUNICATION. |
| OBAMA Return to index of stories... |
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BARACK OBAMA TOOK TIME TO ENJOY THE HALLOWEEN SEASON, TODAY. OBAMA STOPPED OFF AT A PUMPKIN PATCH DURING A SWING THROUGH SARASOTA FLORIDA. HE TALKED WITH THE OWNER OF THE PATCH, THEN BOUGHT TWO PUMPKINS. A GROUP OF VOTERS CHEERED FOR OBAMA FROM ACROSS THE STREET.PROMPTING HIM TO INVITE THEM TO HELP IN HIS PUMPKIN SEARCH. |
| PLOT HEARING Return to index of stories... |
THE TWO MEN ACCUSED OF PLOTTING TO KILL OBAMA AS WELL AS DOZENS OF OTHER AFRICAN-AMERICANS WILL SPEND AT LEAST ANOTHER WEEK IN FEDERAL CUSTODY. 20 YEAR OLD DANIEL COWART AND 18 YEAR OLD PAUL SCHLESSELMAN.APPEARED BEFORE A FEDERAL MAGISTRATE IN MEMPHIS THIS AFTERNOON. THE JUDGE WAS SUPPOSED TO HEAR TESTIMONY TO DETERMINE IF THERE'S PROBABLE CAUSE TO SEND THEIR CASES TO A GRAND JURY.BUT DEFENSE ATTORNEYS ASKED FOR MORE TIME TO PREPARE. IN THE MEANTIME THE TWO.WHO HAVE BEEN LINKED TO A SKIN HEAD GROUP.WILL REMAIN BEHIND BARS. COWART'S ATTORNEY.SPOKE BRIEFLY WITH REPORTERS ABOUT THE DECISION TO ASK FOR THE DELAY. |
| B-PLOT HEARING Return to index of stories... |
THAT WAS A DECISION MADE IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CLIENT.YEA.L WAS HE A MEMBER OF THE SKINHEADS. CAN'T GET INTO THAT. THE TWO ARE CHARGED WITH POSSESSING AN ILLEGAL FIREARM, PLANNING TO STEAL WEAPONS FROM A FEDERALLY LICENSED GUN DEALER AND THREATENING A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. THE NEW PROBABLE CAUSE HEARING HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR NEXT THURSDAY. |
| ELECTION MYTHS Return to index of stories... |
DEMOCRACY WORKS BEST WHEN "WE THE PEOPLE" ARE WELL INFORMED. THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION FOR A VOTER TO PROCESS THIS ELECTION CYCLE.WHICH MEANS YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE YOUR HEAD STUFFED WITH MISCONCEPTIONS. ABC'S SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER, RICK KLEIN, CLEARS UP SOME PERSISTENT ELECTION-DAY MYTHS. THE STAKES COULD NOT BE HIGHER COME NOVEMBER FOURTH. BUT SOME OF THE REASONS THAT OFTEN STOP PEOPLE FROM VOTING COULD NOT BE MORE ABSURD. WITH THAT IN MIND, HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OF THE TOP URBAN LEGENDS ABOUT VOTING, AS THE NATION ENGAGES IN THIS HISTORIC ELECTION FIRST -- YOU MUST HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE TO VOTE MOSTLY FALSE. ONLY THREE STATES -- INDIANA, GEORGIA, AND FLORIDA -- REQUIRE PHOTO IDENTIFICATION AT POLLING SITES. EVERYWHERE ELSE, OTHER FORMS OF I-D -- INCLUDING RECENT UTILITY BILLS OR PAY STUBS -- CAN BE USED TO PROVE YOUR IDENTITY ANOTHER POPULAR MYTH -- ABSENTEE BALLOTS ARE ONLY COUNTED IF THEY MIGHT DETERMINE THE OUTCOME. THAT'S COMPLETELY FALSE: EVERY VALID VOTE IS COUNTED, REGARDLESS OF WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE OUTCOME. THE ONLY ABSENTEE BALLOTS THAT DON'T COUNT ARE ONES THAT ARE CAST INCORRECTLY NEXT UP -- CONVICTED FELONS CAN'T VOTE. WELL, THAT DEPENDS ON THE STATE. FELONS CAN ACTUALLY VOTE FROM BEHIND BARS IN VERMONT AND MAINE. OTHER STATES ALLOW EX-CONS TO RE-REGISTER TO VOTE. STILL OTHER STATES DEFINE SPECIFIC TYPES OF OFFENSES THAT STRIP CONVICTED CRIMINALS OF THE RIGHT TO VOTE. ONE EASY CALL -- YOU CAN'T GET ARRESTED FOR OUTSTANDING PARKING TICKETS IF YOU SHOW UP AT THE POLLS ANOTHER MYTH -- WHEN YOU MOVE, YOUR REGISTRATION FOLLOWS YOU. *FALSE.* THOUGH MOVING YOUR REGISTRATION HAS BECOME EASIER WITH MOTOR-VOTER LAWS, YOU STILL NEED TO REGISTER AT YOUR NEW ADDRESS. YES, YOU CAN VOTE EVEN IF YOUR HOME IS IN FORECLOSURE, AS LONG AS YOU'RE REGISTERED AT YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS AS FOR WEARING POLITICAL GARB -- THE RULES VARY STATE BY STATE, AND EVEN PRECINCT BY PRECINCT. SOME VOTING-RIGHTS GROUPS RECOMMEND PLAYING IT SAFE BY LEAVE THE T-SHIRTS AND PINS AT HOME -- OR AT LEAST BRINGING A JACKET OR A SWEATSHIRT TO COVER THEM UP RICK KLEIN ON CAMERA: IF YOU RUN INTO PROBLEMS AT YOUR POLLING SITE, YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO CAST A PROVISIONAL BALLOT. LOCAL ELECTION OFFICIALS THEN DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY -- AND WILL COUNT THE VOTES THAT ARE LEGITIMATE RICK KLEIN, ABC NEWS WASHINGTON. |
| ANNE PRESSLY Return to index of stories... |
FORMER ABC 7 EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER ANNE PRESSLY IS REMEMBERED IN A MEMORIAL AT A LITTLE ROCK CHURCH TODAY. ABOUT 800 MOURNERS ATTENDED THE SERVICE AT SAINT ANDREW'S ANGLICAN CHURCH. SO MANY PEOPLE SHOWED UP.SOME HAD TO WATCH THE SERVICE ON TELEVISION MONITORS OUTSIDE THE SANCTUARY. NEARLY THE ENTIRE K-A-T-V STAFF, THE STATION WHERE PRESSLY WORKED, TURNED OUT IN SUPPORT OF THEIR FORMER ANCHORWOMAN. THE 26 YEAR OLD DIED SATURDAY FROM INJURIES SUFFERED IN A BRUTAL ATTACK AT HER HOME ON OCTOBER 20TH. THERE HAVE BEEN NO ARRESTS IN THE CASE. |
| MILAN ARSENAL Return to index of stories... |
GIBSON COUNTY IS REELING TONIGHT.AFTER THE SHUT-DOWN OF PRODUCTION AT THE MILAN ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT IS ANNOUNCED. AMERICAN ORDINANCE SAYS THAT DURING THE NEXT FEW YEARS.MORE THAN 400 JOBS WILL BE PHASED OUT AT ITS MILAN FACILITY. PLANT LEADERS SAY THE PRODUCTION WORK WILL BE MOVED TO IOWA. AFTER PRODUCTION SHUTS DOWN.MILAN WILL BE CONVERTED INTO A STORAGE FACILITY. AN EMPLOYEE OF THE PLANT WHO WISHES TO REMAIN NAMELESS.SAYS WORKERS WERE TOLD THIS MORNING THAT BY 20-12 ONLY 150 EMPLOYEES WILL REMAIN EMPLOYED IN MILAN. |
| B-ARSENAL Return to index of stories... |
*SOT* 00:17:25:19 "THE ARSENAL IS SOMETHING THATS BEEN AROUND ALL OF MY LIFE, MY DAD WORKED THERE, MY FATHER IN LAW WORKED THERE, MY WIFE HAS WORKED THERE, AND ITS JUST ANOTHER DISASTER FOR THE COMMUNITY." THE MILAN AND GIBSON COUNTY MAYORS SAY THEY BOTH REGRET THE DECISION AND HOPE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE FACILITY IN THE COMING DAYS. |
| VERIZON/ALLTEL Return to index of stories... |
IF YOU'RE A VERIZON CUSTOMER.YOU COULD SOON MAKE YOUR CALLS THROUGH THE LARGEST WIRELESS CARRIER IN THE COUNTRY. A PENDING MERGER BETWEEN VERIZON WIRELESS AND ALLTEL HAS GOTTEN THE NOD FROM THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.BUT THE 28-MILLION-DOLLAR DEAL CAN ONLY MOVE FORWARD IF VERIZON SELLS OFF ASSETS IN 22-STATES.WHERE THE TWO COMPANIES CURRENTLY OVERLAP. |
| AMERICAN EXPRESS Return to index of stories... |
SEVEN THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE "BLUE" OVER AMERICAN EXPRESS'S DECISION TO CUT ITS WORKFORCE. THE COMPANY SAYS THE 10-PERCENT REDUCTION IS PART OF A RESTRUCTURING PLAN THAT IT HOPES WILL SAVE ABOUT 1 POINT 8 BILLION DOLLARS NEXT YEAR. THE PLAN INCLUDES REDUCING STAFFING LEVELS, CUTTING OPERATING COSTS AND SCALING BACK INVESTMENT SPENDING. |
| KISBER GERMANY TRADE Return to index of stories... |
NOT ALL NEWS IS BAD.AT LEAST ACCORDING TO TOP STATE LEADERS. ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER MATT KISBER WAS IN JACKSON EARLIER TODAY.EXPRESSING HIS OPTIMISM ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE MEGASITE IN HAYWOOD COUNTY. KISBER IS FRESH OFF A TRADE MISSION TO GERMANY.WHERE HE SPOKE WITH VOLKSWAGEN LEADERS ABOUT ITS PLAN TO BUILD A PLANT ON A MEGASITE IN CHATTANOOGA. KISBER BELIEVES THE HAYWOOD COUNTY SITE COULD BE JUST AS SUCCESSFUL.*IF* THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS IN PLACE. |
| B-KISBER Return to index of stories... |
WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN IN HAYWOOD COUNTY BUT WE'RE COMMITTED TO BEING A PARTNER IN DOING THAT. A 41 MEMBER DELEGATION FROM TENNESSEE VISITED GERMANY EARLIER THIS MONTH TO TALK WITH V-W AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS. |
| GRANT Return to index of stories... |
ALSO TODAY MATTHEW KISBER.ALONG WITH GOVERNOR PHIL BREDESEN.APPROVE MORE THAN 23 MILLION DOLLARS IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS. THE FUNDS WILL ASSIST WITH INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS IN THE STATE.LIKE IMPROVING HOUSING, SEWER SYSTEMS AND WATER LINES IN SEVERAL WEST TENNESSEE COUNTIES.INCLUDING OBION, FAYETTE, MCNAIRY, GIBSON AND TIPTON. THE MONEY WAS ALLOCATED UNDER A PROCEDURE AUTHORIZED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.AND WERE AWARDED BASED ON PRIOIRTIES. |
| SEX OFFENDERS Return to index of stories... |
WE'RE JUST A FEW HOURS AWAY FROM HALLOWEEN.BUT NOT EVERYONE IN THE STATE CAN LEGALLY PARTICIPATE IN FESTIVITIES LIKE TRICK-OR-TREATING. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, 180 REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS LIVE IN THE CITY OF JACKSON. STATE LAW PROHIBITS THEM FROM GIVING OUT CANDY DURING THE HOLIDAY. THEY'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO TURN OFF ALL OUTDOOR LIGHTS AT THEIR HOMES. MANY PARENTS TELLS US THEY FEEL SAFER KNOWING THERE ARE LAWS IN PLACE AIMED AT PROTECTING CHILDREN, SPECIFICALLY AT HALLOWEEN. |
| B-SEX OFFENDERS Return to index of stories... |
*SOT* 35:13-22 I WASN'T SURE IF PEOPLE WERE BEING CAREFUL AS FAR AS THE STATE.AS FAR AS THE GUIDELINES. TO FIND OUT IF ANY REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS LIVE IN OR AROUND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE AT WBBJ TV DOT COM.AND CLICK ON SEEN ON 7. |
| OMAN ARENA ROOF Return to index of stories... |
A BIG CHANGE HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR THE DISNEY LIVE "WINNIE THE POOH" SHOW COMING TO JACKSON. A CHANGE IN VENUE FOR THE NOVEMBER 8TH EVENT WAS ANNOUNCED EARLIER TODAY. IT WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR OMAN ARENA. BUT THE PRODUCTION COMPANY SAYS THE CITY TOLD THEM THE CEILING OF THE ARENA CAN NOT SUPPORT THE STAGING USED FOR THE SHOW. |
| B-OMAN ARENA Return to index of stories... |
"ON THE PHONE" GFX WILL SUPER SOUNDBITE 9:29:47 "BECAUSE OF THESE RESTRICITIONS WE WORKED WITH THE CITY OF JACKSON AND CAME UP WITH AN ALTERNATIVE TO MOVE THE SHOW TO THE CARL PERKINS CIVIC CENTER." 9:29:56 THE SHOW'S PROMOTER SAYS IF YOU'VE ALREADY PURCHASED TICKETS TO THE EVENT YOU CAN EXCHANGE THEM AT THE CARL PERKINS CIVIC CENTER. THE SHOW IS STILL SET FOR NOVEMBER 8TH. |
| MELBA MOORE Return to index of stories... |
ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED SINGERS AND ACTRESSES TO GRACE BROADWAY COMES TO THE HUB CITY FOR AN EVENING OF MUSIC AND INSPIRATION. TONY AWARD WINNER MELBA MOORE PRESENTED HER AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MUSICAL SHOW, "STILL STANDING: THE MELBA MOORE STORY" AT THE CARL PERKINS CIVIC CENTER. THE SHOW IS A UPCLOSE-AND-PERSONAL LOOK AT THE HIGHS OF MOORE'S CAREER FROM HER EARLY LIFE, TO HER BEGINNINGS ON BRAODWAY, TO THE LOWS INCLUDING DIVORCE AND LOSING HER DAUGHTER. JACKSON IS ONE OF MANY STOPS FOR THE SHOW CURRENTLY ON A CROSS-COUNTRY TOUR. MELBA MOORE HAS WON NUMEROUS AWARDS INCLUDING A TONY IN 1970 AND GRAMMY AWARDS IN THE 19-70S AND 80S AFTER THE MUSICAL PLAYS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ITS NEXT STOP IS BROADWAY. |
| 3 STARS Return to index of stories... |
TONIGHT, THE WEST TENNESEEE HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION TOOK US BACK IN TIME TO HONOR THE VOLUNTEER STATE. A PREVIEW PARTY FOR THE THREE STARS OF TENNESSEE: AN EXHIBITION OF TENNESSEE ARTIFACTS, FINE ART AND APPLIED ART WAS HELD AT THE CARNEGIE IN DOWNTOWN JACKSON. TOP QUALITY 18TH, 19TH, AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY ANTIQUE PAINTINGS AND FURNITURE ALONG WITH DOCUMENTS, BOOKS, HUNTING PARAPHERNALIA AND PHOTOGRAPHY WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT THE CARNEGIE THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. TONIGHT'S PREVIEW EVENT ALSO INCLUDED SOME LARGER-THAN-LIFE PERSONALITIES. |
| B-3 STARS Return to index of stories... |
IT MAKES ME QUITE PROUD TO FOLKS STILLL KNOW ABOUT OLD HICKORY, KNOW ABOUT US OLD TIMERS AND THE PLACE WE MADE OUT HERE IN TENNESSEE, WEST TN ESPECIALLY AND HOW WE KINDA PLOTTED THE COURSE FOR FUTURE FOLKS TO LIVE IN THE PART OF THE COUNTRY I THINK IT JUST FINE THAT THE POSITIVE THINGS I DID IN MY LIFE ARE COMING BACK NOW TO REWARD ME, AND MRS. JACKSON. TONIGHT'S EVENT BENEFITS THE WEST TENNESSEE HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION LARRY A. RAY ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS. THIS EXHIBIT WILL COMPLIMENT THE 2008 CHARITY GALA WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 22ND AT JACKSON FAIRGROUNDS. |
| N.S./LIBERTY Return to index of stories... |
THREE WORDS, THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.NEED I SAY MORE. AN EARLY EDITION OF THE 5TH QUARTER GETS US STARTED TONIGHT AT LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL AS THE CRUSADERS HOST THE NORTH SIDE INDIANS. REGGIE DOES HIGHLIGHTS.CALLS FOR SCORE. |
| S.FULTN/McKENZI Return to index of stories... |
REGGIE DOES HIGHLIGHTS.CALLS FOR SCORE. |
| CAMPUS Return to index of stories... |
THIS WEEK'S CAMPUS NOTEBOOK FOCUSES ON THE UNION LADY BULLDOGS, WHO COME INTO THIS SEASON STILL REELING FROM THE LAST-SECOND LOSS TO VANGUARD IN LAST YEAR'S SEMI FINALS. THE LADY BULLDOGS LOST ONLY ONE PLAYER TO GRADUATION LAST YEAR, AND RETURN FOUR STARTERS, MISSING ONLY CRYSTAL EASON. TOMORROW NIGHT THE LADY BULLDOGS TAKE ON MILLIGAN AT HOME, AND SENIOR MERIDETH RICHARDSON SEES GOOD THINGS GOING FORWARD FOR THIS TEAM. |
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| THRILLER DANCE Return to index of stories... |
OK, ADMIT IT. YOU'RE DANCING IN YOUR CHAIR RIGHT NOW.BUT DON'T BE EMBARRASSED.WE'VE ALL TRIED TO DO THE THRILLER DANCE BEFORE. BUT TODAY.A GROUP GATHERED IN NEW YORK TO TRY TO BREAK THE RECORD FOR THE MOST PEOPLE DOING THE THRILLER DANCE AT THE SAME TIME. PARTICIPANTS FROM 95 CITIES AROUND THE WORLD ATTEMPTED THE SIMULTANEOUS DANCE RECORD. THE CURRENT RECORD WAS SET TWO YEARS AGO.WHEN MORE THAN 17 HUNDRED DANCERS IN 52 CITIES PERFORMED THE ROUTINE. THE KING OF POP THRILLED US WITH THE SONG 25 YEARS AGO. |