A LITTLE BOY IS FOUND ALIVE- AFTER A SCARE WITH A RUNAWAY BALLOON...BUT IS THIS STORY, THAT'S GRABBED INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION, A PUBLICITY STUNT? PLUS... "my altitude is going to move a little bit... I'm in a descent."THESE MAY BE THE VERY LAST WORDS SPOKEN BY A PILOT- BEFORE A LOCAL DEADLY CRASH THIS SUMMER.NEWS THREE HAS OBTAINED AUDIO FROM THE "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION", FROM THE PLANE WRECK THAT KILLED FOUR PEOPLE.DAYBREAK STARTS NOW... GOOD *FRIDAY* MORNING. IT'S THE 16th OF OCTOBER, I'M KEITH JONES.OCTOBER, I'M KEITH IT'S THE 16th OF MORNING. IT'S THE 16th OF OCTOBER, I'M KEITH JONES.THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'M YUNA LEE... ALSO COMING UP IN THIS HOUR OF DAYBREAK-ONE MAJOR BEER COMPANY IS MAKING HISTORY ON "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" THIS WEEKEND...AND, GOOGLE SHARES MAY RALLY IN TODAY'S TRADING... I'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT, COMING UP, IN THE BLOOMBERG BUSINESS REPORT, AT A QUARTER TILL THE HOUR.MORE BOMBINGS IN PAKISTAN... LORILEE VICTORINO HAS THAT STORY FOR YOU IN HER *NEW THIS MORNING* COMING UP IN ABOUT TEN MINUTES YUNA TOSS TO WEATHER(( 1 MINUTE PAST THE HOUR HERE ON DAYBREAK WHERE WE GET YOU WEATHER EVERY TEN MINUTES -- LET'S HEAD OVER TO THE FIRST ALERT STORM CENTER WITH YOUR FIRST FORECAST)) More of the same for your Friday, as a chance of showers continues and temperatures stay in the low 40's. There is a chance we could see a few flurries mixed in with rain showers Friday night and Saturday night as overnight lows approach the freezing mark. We warm back into the low 60's as we begin next week.KEITH AND YUNA? BUMP BUMP WE START OUR *MORNING RUSH* WITH EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT TO WORK OR SCHOOL...WE HAVE THE TOP HEADLINES MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING... WHEN IT COMES TO MONEY... REPUBLICAN BOB MCDONNELL IS AHEAD OF DEMOCRAT CREIGH DEEDS IN THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR. REPORTS FILED WITH THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS YESTERDAY SHOW MCDONNELL'S TOTALS FOR THE RACE SO FAR AT NEARLY $19 MILLION COMPARED TO $14.2 MILLION FOR DEEDS. AND YOU CAN WATCH THE NEXT GUBERNATORIAL DEBATE, BETWEEN DEEDS AND MCDONNELL, LIVE ON "WHSV NEWS-3...IT'S TUESDAY AT 7 P-M...AND IF YOU CAN'T WATCH ON T-V, HEAD TO OUR WEBCHANNEL, WHSV-DOT-COM... AND ONE OF THE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR VIRGINIA ATTORNEY GENERAL IS MAKING STOPS IN THE VALLEY TODAY...REPUBLICAN KEN CUCCINELLI WILL BE IN WAYNESBORO AT 8-30...AND STAUNTON AT 10 THIS MORNING... HE'S SPEAKING DURING THE AMERICAN'S FOR PROSPERITY HANDS OFF MY HEALTH CARE EVENT. HE IS RUNNING AGAINST DEMOCRAT STEVE SHANNON. BUMPWIPE IN NATIONAL NEWS THIS MORNING RUSH...THERE ARE QUESTIONS, AFTER A "CNN INTERVIEW" WITH THE 6-YEAR-OLD COLORADO BOY, INVOLVED IN A BALLOON INCIDENT...WHEN ASKED BY HIS FATHER WHY HE DID NOT COME OUT FROM HIDING, THE BOY SAID, "YOU HAD SAID THAT WE DID THIS FOR A SHOW"... POLICE IN ARIZONA SAY THE DEATHS OF TWO PEOPLE AT A SWEAT LODGE, LED BY SELF-HELP EXPERT JAMES ARTHUR RAY- ARE BEING INVESTIGATED AS HOMICIDES.THE LOCAL SHERIFF SAYS THE DEATHS WERE NO ACCIDENTAL- BUT NO CHARGES YET- HAVE BEEN FILED. FIVE MEN HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF STOCKPILING "BOMB-MAKING INSTRUCTIONS", AND PURCHASING EXPLOSIVE CHEMICALS, AS PART OF A PLOT, TO CARRY OUT A TERRORIST ATTACK IN AUSTRALIA. THE MEN WERE ARRESTED IN A SERIES OF RAIDS ON THEIR HOMES IN 2005. THE MEN FACE UP TO LIFE IN PRISON. THREE MORE HEADLINES AS YOU RUSH OUT THE DOOR THIS MORNING THE SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK IS CELEBRATING WILDNESS HERITAGE THIS WEEKEND.. COMMENRATING THE 33rd ANNIVERSARY OF THE SHENANDOAH WILDERNESS DESIGNATION.AND A GREAT TIME TO SEE FALL FOLIAGE. THIS IS FOR "ROCKINGHAM COUNTY RESIDENTS" ONLY...IT'S "CLEAN-UP DAY" TODAY AND TOMORROW..THE COUNTY LANDFILL IS ACCEPTING CLEAN-UP REFUSE AT NO CHARGE, FROM EACH COUNTY RESIDENT.IT'S A DAY FOR THE KIDS...THE WOODROW WILSON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM IS OFFERING FREE FAMILY ACTIVITIES TOMORROW FROM 1 TO 3... AS A PART OF THE RED BRICK DISTRICT ROLL OUT... BUMP BUMP WE HAVE THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TAPES FROM JULY'S DEADLY PLANE CRASH IN ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY-THAT KILLED ALL FOUR PEOPLE ON BOARDPILOT DANIEL DORSCH WAS THE FORMER "C-E-O OF CHECKERS RESTAURANTS"... "I'm going to need a little heading. I lost my panel. I'm in the ... ""you lost what sir? You need a heading?""Yes I do""Alright... Are you clear of the weather?" "Yes I am"RECORDS SHOW THE PLANE DOVE 6-THOUSAND FEET, IN JUST 14 SECONDS. CHARGES AGAINST TWO PEOPLE ACCUSED OF TRYING TO SNEAK DRUGS INTO MIDDLE RIVER REGIONAL JAIL WERE CERTIFIED TO AN AUGUSTA COUNTY GRAND JURY. PROSECUTORS SAY ELLEN HAMMER DROPPED DRUGS INSIDE A DORITOS BAG OUTSIDE THE JAIL IN AUGUST.OFFICERS SAW THE BAG LATER THAT EVENING FILLED WITH ITEMS, INCLUDING EIGHT PRESCRIPTION PAIN PILLS. WILLIAM CAMPBELL, A JAIL TRUSTEE, WAS THEN CAUGHT WITH THE BAG THE NEXT DAY DURING A TRASH PICK UP AROUND THE JAIL AND WAS LATER FOUND WITH MORE PILLS ON HIM DURING A STRIP SEARCH.AN AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT DISMISSED CONSPIRACY CHARGES AGAINST THE TWO. THE ON-GOING NATIONAL DEBATE ABOUT THE LEGAL DRINKING AGE, RE-SURFACED AT BRIDGEWATER COLLEGE THURSDAY NIGHT. STUDENTS WERE SHOWN RECENT STUDIES THAT CHALLEGE BOTH SIDES OF DROPPING THE LEGAL DRINKING AGE TO 18.OUR MARY PULLEY SPOKE WITH TWO DEBATORS, ONE WHO WANTS IT LOWERED, AND ANOTHER, WHO WANTS IT TO STAY AT 21...MARY? AS AN AUTHOR, FORMER TIME MAGAZINE CORRESPONDENT, AND PARENT, BARRETT SEAMAN KNOWS THE LEAGAL DRINKING AGE ISSUE, ISN'T EASY.((TAKE SOT))"My conversations with my daughter were probably pretty much the same as every parent's conversation with their children when they come of age."AND THAT AGE BEING 18, WHEN BARRETT SEAMAN SAYS YOUNG ADULTS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DRINK ALCOHOL.HE ADMITS, IT'S NOT WITHOUT RISK.((TAKE SOT)) this weekend in the house. Can we have beer if we make sure nobody drives home? It's a very tough issue when you have liabiity laws."DURING A DEBATE, SEAMAN SPOKE OF STUDIES INCLUDING ONE CO-AUTHORED BY HIS OPPONENT, THAT A LEGAL DRINKING AGE OF 21 HAD LITTLE AFFECT IN PREVENT ALCOHOL ABUSE, AND RELATED FATALITIES.HE'S SAYS, THE CURRENT DRINKING AGE ONLY CAUSES THE UNDER-AGED TO ABUSE ALCOHOL MORE, IN AN ACT CALLED "PRE-GAMING."THAT'S WERE STUDENTS CONSUME HEAVY AMOUNTS OF ALCOHOL BEFORE AN ACTIVITY, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY CAN'T LEGALLY DRINK IN PUBLIC.HIS OPPONENT DISAGREES.((TAKE SOT)) "We're talking about maybe 800 to 900 lives that we estimate 21 is saving each year. If we lower it back to 18 we could be killing 800 to 900 more youth.JAMES FELL,IS A SENIOR PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR "THE RESEARCH AND EVALUATION." HE'S DISPLAYED SEVERAL STUDIES THAT SUGGEST LOWER THE DRINKING AGE IS DANGEROUS.ONE STUDY CLAIMS THE CURRENT LAW REDUCE TRAFFIC FATALIES BY 11-PERCENTMARY PULLEY WHSV NEWS THREE AUGUSTA COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE VOICING THEIR THOUGHTS ON PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS TO ROUTE 250 IN STAUNTON. HEARING IS PART OF THE RICHMOND ROAD COORIDOR PROJECT.THE RECOMMENDED IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE SIDEWALKS, BIKE ROUTES, AND INCLUDE SIDEWALKS, IMPROVEMENTS THE RECOMMENDED COORIDOR PROJECT.THE RICHMOND ROAD HEARING IS PART OF LAST NIGHT'S PUBLIC STAUNTON. ROUTE 250 IN IMPROVEMENTS TO PROPOSED THOUGHTS ON VOICING THEIR RESIDENTS ARE AUGUSTA COUNTY NEWS THREEMARY PULLEY WHSV 11-PERCENTTRAFFIC FATALIES BY CURRENT LAW REDUCE ONE STUDY CLAIMS THE DANGEROUS.DRINKING AGE IS SUGGEST LOWER THE STUDIES THAT SUGGEST LOWER THE DRINKING AGE IS DANGEROUS.ONE STUDY CLAIMS THE CURRENT LAW REDUCE TRAFFIC FATALIES BY 11-PERCENTMARY PULLEY WHSV NEWS THREE AUGUSTA COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE VOICING THEIR THOUGHTS ON PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS TO ROUTE 250 IN STAUNTON. LAST NIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING IS PART OF THE RICHMOND ROAD COORIDOR PROJECT. THE RECOMMENDED IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE SIDEWALKS, BIKE ROUTES, AND INTERSECTION ENHANCEMENTS, BETWEEN "GREENVILLE AVENUE", AND "DESPER HOLLOW ROAD".THE PROJECT'S MANAGER SAYS, BECAUSE OF TIGHT BUDGETS, THESE UPGRADES WON'T LIKELY HAPPEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE. "That's one big thing that has not yet been fully identified is the funding. This plan is meant to provide recommendations so that when that when funding becomes avaialble, something can be implemented." THE "CENTRAL SHENANDOAH PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION" IS STILL TAKING COMMENTS ON THEIR WEB SITE.THAT, ALONG WITH LAST NIGHT'S FEEDBACK, WILL BE CONSIDERED IN THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION TO BE RELASED LATER THIS MONTH. AND WE HAVE MORE NEWS FROM OVERNIGHT...AND JOINING US WITH WHAT'S NEW THIS MORNING IS LORILEE VICTORINO...LORILEE? SEVEN PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER PAKISTANI POLICE SAY A BOMB EXPLODED AT A POLICE STATION IN THE CITY OF PESHAWAR.SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE BLAST THIS MORNING. IT'S THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF MILITANT ATTACKS THAT HAVE KILLED MORE THAN 150 PEOPLE IN PAKISTAN OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS. THE BOMB WENT OFF AT A BUILDING WHERE CRIMINALS AND MILITANTS ARE HELD FOR QUESTIONING. IT ALSO DAMAGED A NEARBY MOSQUE. FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE H-W BUSH SAYS PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S VISIT TO TEXAS A AND M IS ABOUT COMMUNITY SERVICE, NOT POLITICS. OBAMA VISITS THE UNIVERSITY TODAY TO MARK THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF BUSH'S "THOUSAND POINTS OF LIGHT" VOLUNTEER PROGRAM. SOME ANTI-TAX GROUPS PLAN TO PROTEST. MASSACHUSETTS PLANS TO VACCINATE SOME INMATES AGAINST THE SWINE FLU -- AHEAD OF THE GENERAL POPULATION.THOSE FIRST IN LINE WILL BE HEALTH CARE WORKERS AT PRISONS -- AND PRISONERS AT HIGH RISK OF CONTRACTING THE VIRUS.THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES WILL GET VACCINE IN MID-NOVEMBER ABOUT THE SAME TIME CLINICS BEGIN FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. FOUR MONTHS AGO PRISONERS AT THE MIDDLESEX JAIL RIOTED OVER RUMORS THAT SWINE FLU WAS SPREADING. STUDENTS AND FACULTY AT A COLLEGE IN OREGAN ARE APOLOGIZING FOR A FAKE ARTICLE REPORTING THAT STUDENTS AT THE NEARBY COLLEGE KILLED ALL THE JEWS ON THEIR CAMPUS. THE ARTICLE, MEANT AS A SATIRE, APPEARED LAST WEEK IN THE PAMPHLETTE, A STUDENT-RUN NEWSPAPER AT REED COLLEGE. IT CARRIED THE HEADLINE "LC STUDENTS KILL JEWISH PEOPLE." ANTI-SEMITISM IS A SENSITIVE ISSUE AT LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE, WHERE SWASTIKA GRAFFITI WAS FOUND IN THE LIBRARY BATHROOM A FEW WEEKS AGO. one of the editors apparently went to the Lewis and school and continuously apologized for huirting and offending people with the article.at least the schools president and students apologized for the article.you know we see a lot of these satirical newspapers but this one especially with recent events may have been out of line. MALLORY HAS WEATHER NEWS