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This is News 10 tonight.
Guess who may not be making an appearance at the Grammy Awards? CBS says they've already put on enough of a show.
And we'll show you why the twisted wreckage of cars in an accident may actually be signs that safety measures are working.
Can we dodge the wintry precipitation bullet again this week? Or will the moisture mix it up with the cold air on Friday?
We'll have answers in weather on deck shortly.
First tonight, the search for a Florida girl whose kidnapping was caught on a surveillance camera has kicked into high gear.
Finding 11-year-old Carly Bruschia could depend on two things, an activated amber alert and the video that caught her abduction.
The Minnesota County Sheriff's Department first believed she might be a runaway.
But that changed after investigators saw what could be their most compelling piece of evidence, surveillance video.
It shows a white man in his 20s or 30s approaching the 11-year-old Sunday evening behind a car wash she was using as a shortcut to get home.
The video catches a few seconds of conversation before the man takes Carly by the forearm and leads her away.
Each minute since is a lifetime for her frantic parents and the authorities searching for her.
Make no mistake about it, we believe that Carly was taken against her will and we are treating this as an abduction.
We fear for her safety.
If anybody has seen this, they need to call.
She's so special and I'm not just saying that because she's my daughter.
She's just so special.
Authorities say the abductor has a tattoo on each of his arms.
The FBI and NASA is helping to further enhance the videotape to get a better description.
Senate staffers are on watch tonight after possible exposure to a deadly poison.
Mailroom workers in the Senate building found an active form of ricin yesterday.
The powder can actually kill, but so far no one who regularly uses the Senate office building has shown any signs of sickness.
On the Senate floor, Majority Leader Bill Fritz said it was obvious the powder was sent with intent to harm,
but new procedures put in place following anthrax attacks in 2001 may have helped protect workers.
We don't have any evidence yet that we have had anybody with significant symptoms.
All the examinations of any filters or air systems we have done since the beginning of this continue to be negative and that is a good sign.
Authorities expect the Senate buildings to stay closed for days while they investigate.
For now, Senators Kay Bailey-Hutchison and John Cornyn are working out of other offices.
The Under Secretary for the Border and Transportation Security says having the right technology is key to keeping Texans safe from terrorist attacks.
Asa Hutchison, whose job is under the umbrella of the Department of Homeland Security, met with officials in Houston today to discuss the ongoing war on terrorism.
Texas has numerous border checkpoints and port entries to consider when it comes to homeland security.
So even though I think we have done a substantial amount, clearly more work needs to be done.
And I think that a strategy is important.
And the strategy that we have put together, first of all, is that we have to have technology to use in homeland security.
The town hall meeting was held at the Baker Institute for Public Safety on the campus of Rice University in Houston.
A Staff Sergeant from West Virginia was identified today as the Fort Hood soldier killed in a weekend mortar attack.
27-year-old Staff Sergeant Roger Turner, Jr. died in Balad from injuries sustained in a mortar attack on a 4th Infantry Division Logistics Support Base.
He was based at Fort Hood.
Meanwhile, the now well-known hiding place near Tikrit, where Fort Hood's 4th ID captured Saddam Hussein, will be sealed up.
Authorities say they want to cover up the bunker to prevent it from becoming a larger tourist attraction in the future.
A team of Army engineers from the 4th ID have been instructed to study the best way to cover up the hole.
And word so far is that the infamous bunker hole will likely be covered up with concrete.
More primary victories for Democratic presidential frontrunner John Kerry tonight.
John Edwards won in his native state of South Carolina, but Kerry has claimed the North Dakota caucuses on top of primary victories in New Mexico, Missouri, Arizona and Delaware.
Wesley Clark has won in Oklahoma.
All was not well for Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman, who never seemed to get his campaign into gear.
He's announced that he's getting out of the race.
The judgment of the voters is now clear, and I want to congratulate John Kerry and John Edwards on the victories that they have won today.
Next up on Saturday, Michigan and Washington State.
Meanwhile, administration officials were on Capitol Hill today to begin trying to sell Congress on the president's new budget.
The president's $2.4 trillion budget includes $521 billion in deficit spending.
The administration says the deficit is manageable.
And in today's KWTX online poll, we asked if you agree.
20.5% of you said you do.
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CBS is taking no chances with the Grammys after what happened during the Super Bowl halftime show.
The network's technicians are working on software that allows CBS to delay video as well as bleep out inappropriate audio.
The move follows the halftime musical number during which Justin Timberlake tore off part of Janet Jackson's bustier and exposed her breast.
The Federal Communications Commission expressed outrage at the incident and plans to launch an investigation into not just Janet Jackson's performance, but the whole MTV produced show.
Meanwhile, a CBS executive speaking on condition of anonymity said the network may ask to ban Jackson and Timberlake from the Grammys if CBS concludes the exposure was intentional.
Timberlake is scheduled to perform at the Grammys while Jackson is to present an award.
The Grammys will be handed out Sunday in Los Angeles.
Well, they had better than front row seats to the Super Bowl, but they missed the revealing moment the whole country is talking about.
MTV chose this group of Mejia High School students to be part of the crowd of performers surrounding the halftime stages.
They were positioned just behind Janet Jackson and said they missed her end-of-show stunt.
The group said they're disappointed that the two seconds of live television has overshadowed their experience of a lifetime.
Because they weren't really focusing on what everyone else was there for and why they were there.
I mean, they were there to entertain. They weren't there to give a little show.
It's all they've talked about and I just want to put a sign on my back that says, you know, it wasn't supposed to happen.
They attended rehearsals before the performance and said they saw no hint of what Jackson and Timberlake had in mind for the show finale.
Both sides rested today in the punishment phase of the trial of a Waco Detention Center escapee convicted of capital murder and the death of his former girlfriend.
On Friday, a federal jury found Sherman Lamont Fields guilty in the November 2001 escape from the McClennan County Detention Center and the shooting of his former girlfriend, Sonsori Coleman.
Now they must determine whether he'll receive the death penalty.
Today, prosecutors called Coleman's mother and sister to the stand, both of whom read statements to the jury about the impact of the murder on their family.
Prosecutors also called a psychiatrist to the stand who told jurors that Fields would be a future danger to others, including inmates and prison guards, should he be given a life prison sentence.
The defense called its own experts today who testified that Fields past behavior is a product of a chaotic childhood riddled with violence and crime.
They told jurors that Fields is capable of furthering his education and helping others.
Closing arguments in the punishment phase are set for Thursday afternoon.
Even veteran officers expressed surprise after a series of deadly accidents in central Texas that literally left cars torn in pieces.
But one local expert says those cars did what they were designed to do. Stephanie Cernet has that story.
The accident surprised even veteran investigators.
This one in Reagan on Thursday left a Houston woman dead, her car broken into three parts.
And this one in Waco on Friday killed a man and an infant, both passengers in a car that split in half when it was broadsided by an oncoming SUV.
Depending on the weight of the vehicle, depending on the force of the impact, depending on the angle that happened has a lot to do with how a vehicle breaks down.
But TSTC Auto Collision Department Chairman Archie Watley says it's a common misconception that newer vehicles will break apart more easily than older ones.
This vehicle gets hit from the front. This shuts down just like an accordion.
Instead, Watley says newer cars are built to absorb most of the impact of the collision to protect those inside.
The design is built so that the passenger section is protected.
That means that there are predetermined collapse points in the vehicle.
So that means the energy has to be absorbed before it gets to the passenger section.
Watley says older cars dating back to the 70s and before were built with fuller frames.
But as technology has improved, manufacturers have moved away from the fuller frame, creating cars that may not survive accidents so that passengers will.
Because there was a need to lessen the weight of vehicles because of energy consumption,
automobile manufacturers had to go into a different design which caused them to build unitized vehicles.
That means vehicles did not have a full frame anymore.
And now vehicles are designed with more safety features to protect the passenger.
They will find that in older vehicles about the safety feature that was there were seat belts.
The newer vehicles, you have side impact bags, you have side impact boards, you have side curtains, you have front airbags, you have airbag sensors.
There are just so many safety features there too. It far outweighs the old vehicle.
Stephanie Serna, News 10, Waco.
Governor Rick Perry was in Central Texas today promoting a plan for academic excellence in Texas schools.
Perry told students, teachers and administrators at Belton High about his plans to offer financial rewards to schools that meet goals of excellence.
The plan proposes cash for schools in which teachers and students excel.
Coming up with funds for the incentive program is a challenge that legislators will face when they're called back to Austin to address school finance reform sometime later this year.
Later in sports, Bobby Knight is courtside tonight after being reprimanded for losing his cool again.
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There's a new deep-fried kid on the block in Waco.
Crispy cream donuts open for business bright and early this morning.
Lines were long as Central Texans gathered yesterday evening to get their first taste of the sweet treat.
The new store employs close to 100 people, features drive-through service, and plenty of in-store seating.
Among its competitors, Crispy Cream isn't, as you might think, being viewed as the big bully on the block.
Mike Barger has more.
After much anticipation and a lot of talk about donuts, Crispy Cream opened the long lines this morning.
It was crazy. We had some campers that came out here last night about 7, 730, and the line was all the way out to the end of the curb
when we opened the door at 530, and it was great. It was great.
The 60-year-old company has finally arrived in Central Texas.
You know you hope for it, but you never know what's going to happen.
Just down the street, another donut shop was doing a brisk business. One of its best Tuesdays ever, in fact.
I guess I'll talk about donuts is all I can really figure.
Shipley Donuts has been around Waco for more than 10 years.
Folks here welcome the competition and say it'll be good for everyone.
There are a couple of things Jeff January says sets Shipley apart from all the hoopla down the street.
We have the kolaches. We also have hot glazes, just like everyone else does.
We also have a handmade quality with pastries. Everything's handmade every day.
So let the donut wars begin. January hopes there's enough appetite to go around.
Mike Barger, News 10, Waco.
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Still ahead, some Waco City leaders are hoping that plans for a major hotel by the river are not forgotten.
And in sports, Bobby Knight gets a slap on the wrist, but is still courtside for tonight's game against Baylor.
We'll have the highlight.
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Waco is still looking into getting a four-star hotel, but chances are it won't be paid for by the city.
City Council discussed the possibilities tonight.
A plan to build a city-owned four-star Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in downtown Waco fell through last month.
It would have been financed through city-backed bonds, direct subsidies and hotel tax revenue.
City Council members say they don't want to abandon the effort and are looking at several options, including private funding.
There's the possibility of taking a request for proposal where we just put it out there and see who brings an interest.
I think that all the Council members are hoping that we'll have some interest with a private investment.
Mission Waco marked 12 years of serving the community with a banquet tonight.
The U.R. banquet was held at the Waco Convention Center with renowned Christian speaker, author and sociologist Dr. Tony Campolo as the guest speaker.
Mission Waco is a Christian organization that was designed to provide services to low-income children and adults who benefit from a wide variety of programs, and the need is great in Waco.
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There's a lot of people in need, children, youth and adults, and Mission Waco is a ministry that tries to reach those folks and empower them so they can be more self-sufficient.
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Yeah, I think we're on a countdown to some showers they're already trying to form out west of us, but I think it'll probably be more toward morning. We'll talk about that next.
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We certainly have cloudy skies over central Texas, but Doppler 10 Live scanning all around does not depict any radar echoes just yet.
Let's go on to the next RAD, National Weather Service Radar, the past 12 hours.
And we've seen a few little sprinkles that have tried to form and are moving slowly to the east. But a lot of this is not reaching the ground yet.
Those clouds will lower and the showers will probably begin as we head toward morning.
Look at this beautiful sky. Now when you got this much high and mid-level cloudiness around the sunset hour, it can really provide some beautiful colors as we see from this time lapse of Skycam 10 over Waco.
Look at the orange explosion here. Great looking sunset.
Well, the temperatures right now in the Waco Temple Colleen area are in the upper 40s. The winds are out of the southeast at 15.
Let's see where the readings were today on the Coleman Autoplex School Watch graphic.
The high 54 degrees at McGregor Elementary, but it got up to 57 at Sims Intermediate in Mejia and 56 on Fort Hood at Venable Village.
And as cold this morning as 29. The official low temperature was 26. And Waco Airport had a high of 55 degrees today.
Well, let's move on to the forecast map. And we've already seen a depiction of snow on the Texas South Plains Panhandle and the western Plains states.
That will continue through morning. 42 degrees. You could probably inch that area of rain a little closer.
I think our western counties will be into some showers and then we'll all get into the rain game during the course of the day.
Periodic showers, maybe one or two thundershowers, snow staying to the north of us, mainly along and north of the Red River.
But it will be quite a little snow event for the state of Oklahoma.
Eventually that will work on off as the low pressure departs. We'll begin to get into a northerly wind.
43 Thursday morning followed by highs in the 50s day after tomorrow, wind chills probably in the 30s and the 40s.
Well, here are the satellite pictures in motion. And here comes that disturbance slowly inching its way toward west Texas and cranking out quite a bit of snow.
This pink here would be the representation of some sleet.
And then we've just got those sprinkles that are trying to form out in west Texas tonight, not all of which are reaching the ground.
Thirty-three near freezing now in both Amarillo and Albuquerque in the 20s from Dodge City back to Denver in the lower 20s up there around Kansas City.
And two zero right now at St. Louis compared to 50 degrees down at New Orleans.
And let's look at the rest of the nation's weather. We'll see that our system is getting better organized out here.
This spin in the atmosphere is a low pressure aloft.
And as it moves closer and closer to us during the early morning hours, the rain will certainly start to reach the ground.
And again, there will be quite an abundance of snowfall in the Plains states.
Cold high pressure tandem lows up here in the upper Midwest represent some of the colder air that's moving now southeast out of central provinces of Canada.
Eighteen below right now in Bismarck on the East Coast.
Milder comparatively speaking than it was just a week or so ago in the middle 30s from Boston to New York City to Washington, D.C.
Seventy-one mile degrees in Miami. Let's check the wind chill factors up here.
Actually feels like 15 below in Minneapolis. And when the wind is blowing up in North Dakota, it can be a very uncomfortable feel.
Thirty-six below currently in Bismarck.
Well, here's our forecast. Cloudy for the time being. Low temperatures in the morning between 39 and about 43.
Southeast winds 10 to 15. May get into some rain in the pre-dawn hours.
Certainly a pretty good bet that we're going to see periods of rain and a few thunderstorms during the day.
And then the rain will move out and Thursday we'll get up to 55 ahead of a cold front that will come through and bring some chilly air in.
32 Thursday night, a blustery Friday high of only 40 degrees with strong northerly winds at 27 Friday night.
Then Saturday and Sunday it will slowly warm back up again.
Thankful we're not in Bismarck. We'll be right back.
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Now let's check in with Matt in the News 10 Sports Zone.
The Lions on the prowl tonight.
Absolutely, Gordon. Waco High has a golden opportunity to get back in the 13-5-8 District race with first place Brian in town.
We have those highlights.
Plus, the Baylor Bears face Bobby Knight in Texas Tech on the High Plains.
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Perhaps tougher than taking on Bobby Knight at a grocery store salad bar, taking on the Red Raiders in Lubbock.
Baylor hasn't won on the high plane since 1998. Tech opens the first half on fire.
Mikey Marshall off the turnover, ahead on the break, and he gets the big dunk.
Tech goes up by as many as 11, but the Bears storm back going on a run of their own.
Carl Marshall gets loose, gets the layup, the foul, and a one-point Baylor lead.
Later on, Tommy Swanson swooning to the rim for the put-back dunk. The green and gold goes to the locker room, all locked up, with Tech 34 all.
Second half, the Red Raiders' big guns answer the call. Ronald Ross bullies Matt Sammon for two of his 22.
Then, Andre Emmett brings down the house with a pair of his 25. 83-63. Tech improves to 17-4.
Matt Sammon is the high-point man for Baylor with 14 as they return home to face A&M in Waco on Saturday.
After the game, though, Coach Knight spoke on yesterday's lunchtime incident.
We got back and forth a little bit, but the one thing there was that I absolutely did not instigate anything.
We decided last night that if that's the way it went with suspension, I would go through what ever means were available to fight that,
but I would have stayed through the suspension simply because I feel so strongly about this situation, this school, this community, and these kids.
Meanwhile, Baylor's Brazos brethren, the Aggies, are looking for their first Big 12 win against Oklahoma State and trying to halt a six-game losing streak.
Melvin Watkins, Eddie Sutton-Cordill before the game first half. Antoine Wright finds some open floor and cans the jumper.
He tallies 14 points, but John Lucas leads the way for the Polks, hitting the buzzer beater to end the half.
OSU wins this one easily, 91-79, Lucas. The Baylor transfer has a career-high 27 points.
Tomorrow, a bevy of high school football products will ink their letters of intent to colleges.
Tonight, though, the high school focus is on the hardwood. Waco's Torrey DeGrade is expected to sign with Texas A&M.
He's ready for Bryan High this evening, though. CJ Richards gets the Lions out of the gate.
Sick crossover move, step back for three, and that's in.
Big Red jumps out to an early lead in the first.
Torrey DeGrade, this time to steal the drive to the hole for the Deuce. Waco rolls over their Highway 6 rivals, 85-69.
In 2A, Dan Campbell, Cowboys tight end on hand to see Clifton and Crawford, the Pirates, hoping to avoid the first district loss.
Cubs headed the way of the upset early. Chris Lemmons with the three.
Later, though, the home team bounces back. Lee Murphy, good from long distance. Crawford moves to 6-0.
Well, the Lady Pirates also won, beating Take Care of Clifton as well.
Julie Heller steps up and rips the triple, leading the team with 18 points tonight.
From there, the defense takes over and opens up the opportunities. Becky Christian, the steal.
Kathy Nance gets the bucket on head on the break. Crawford cruises by 30.
In the NBA, Dallas outshines Golden State 107-93. The Mavs stop a two-game losing streak.
Pro basketball is definitely a nice living, but the glitz, glamour, and community-minded attitude of being a Globetrotter are hard to top.
This evening, the world-famous team treats the Farrell Center crowd to a wonderful show of skill and comedy.
The players all grew up with NBA aspirations, but being part of the Globetrotters is something they definitely don't regret for a second.
I've had dreams of playing professional basketball, no punting on the NBA, but we can do what those guys can do, but they can't even dream about doing what we do.
So, you know, I've been to 65 countries, I've traveled around the world, and I get to play basketball for a living,
and I get to change people's lives for two, two, two, maybe two and a half hours, make them forget their problems and everything like that, and just have a good time.
The Waco Marshals are busy putting together a franchise and building a fan base.
Today, they killed two birds with one stone, signing former Baylor Bear, Odell James.
James will play quarterback and hopes to bring some excitement to the H-O-T with his football skills.
I'm preparing for the battle, and I've been through it for seven years, and I humble myself.
When they see me do something that's spectacular on the football field, they're going to know that it's coming from God, not from Odell James.
It'll be interesting to see who the Marshals sign next, Gordon, Elise, and Rusty.
Matt, you were right, that was a sick crossover move.
What does that mean?
I have no idea, so that means we need to go to Rusty.
Okay, let me pick that ball up, see if I can throw it here.
Let's go for some rain, about a 90% coverage tomorrow, the high getting up to 48, and there could be some thunder and maybe some lightning, but we're not expecting severe weather.
Thursday, a little milder at 55, and then Thursday night, colder air arrives down to 32 and up to only 40 on Friday.
Watch out on those winds, it'll be a cold and blustery Friday.
Boy, that sounds good.
Saturday and Sunday it'll slowly warm up.
Very good, thanks Rusty.
We're out of time, thanks for watching.
Our next news at 6 a.m.
Good night.
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