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Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Note: Because breaking news happens fast, you may find typographic errors within news scripts. Odd punctuation, visual cues, anchor and producer notes may also appear with the scripts since these are the actual files that the news anchors present to you on Eyewitness News. PRESHOW OPEN
COMING UP ON EYEWITNESS NEWS, THE SWAT TEAM BUSTS INTO THE HOME OF A LOCAL LAWYER.... BUT FIRST 
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GOOD EVENING, I'M RICK LORD.... AND I'M DEBORAH LINZ... WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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NOW ONE IS BEHIND BARS AND ANOTHER, POLICE SAY IS RUNNING AROUND THE CHESAPEAKE AREA.
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"The news... nosey a** mother f***ers" CHRISTOPHER WALKER'S GIRLFRIEND WAS NOT PLEASED TO SEE OUR CAMERA ROLLING DURING HER BOYFRIEND'S ARREST. "Is he going to magistrate? No, he's going straight to my office." BUT WALKER TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE FACE TIME TO STATE WHAT HE SAYS IS HIS INNOCENCE. "I was unaware I had a court hearing. I didn't know. I was just picked up on a capias last week, about two weeks ago and they didn't say anything to me." ALTHOUGH HE MAY HAVE BEEN PICKED UP LAST WEEK, WALKER SAYS HE NEVER TRIED TO STEAL COPPER WATER PIPES FROM A HOUSE, WHERE POLICE FOUND HIM SOAKING WET. :nats: car door AS SOON AS POLICE ARRESTED WALKER ON THE WEST SIDE OF CHARLESTON THEY MADE THEIR WAY TO CHESAPEAKE TO ACT ON ANOTHER TIP. :nats: door knocking A TIPSTER SAID FREDERICK LYNCH WAS STAYING AT A HOME ON THE RIVERBANK IN CHESAPEAKE. BUT ONCE HE SAW THE CRUISERS POLICE THINK HE TOOK OFF RUNNING. LYNCH NEVER SHOWED UP FOR COURT AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY SEXUALLY ASSAULTED A 16 YEAR OLD GIRL. BUT LYNCH ISN'T THE ONLY ONE STILL ON THE RUN. TIMOTHY STEVENS FAILED AN INSTANT DRUG TEST AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY STOLE ABOUT 40 THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF COPPER WIRE. HIS LAST KNOWN ADDRESSES ARE IN GALLAGHER AND MARMET, WV.
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IF YOU DO CALL, YOU CAN REMAIN ANONYMOUS. AND YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE FUGITIVES ANYTIME BY LOGGING ON TO OUR WEBSITE AT WCHSTV DOT COM. IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THOSE FUGITIVES AND CAPTURE NUMBER 231... WE'LL SEE YOU THEN.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS ANCHOR ELIZABETH NOREIKA JOINS US LIVE..... IN THE NEWSROOM WITH THE LATEST...ELIZZABETH? JOSHUA ROBINSON WAS SUPPOSE TO POST HIS BOND YESTERDAY AFTERNOON...INSTEAD HE DIDN'T' SHOW UP OR PAY UP. SO CHARLESTON P-D- WENT AFTER HIM. (NATS) IT TOOK THE SWAT TEAM TO GET THIS LAWYER TO COMPLY WITH THE COURT. JOSHUA ROBINSON IS ACCUSED OF BEATING HIS FORMER CLIENT.....DAVID GUMP.....WITH A BASEBALL BAT. THE TWO ALLEGEDLY GOT INTO A SCUFFLE OVER SOME MISSING MONEY BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2009. ROBINSON PLED NOT GUILTY IN COURT MONDAY.....AND HAD THIS TO SAY. ROBINSON 52:30 'I DONT PLAN ON FAILING TO APPEAR...I PLAN ON CLEARING MY NAME." WHILE ROBINSON *SHOWED UP TO COURT ..HE *DIDN'T SHOW UP TO POST HIS BOND. THE JUDGE SET THE DEADLINE AT 4 O'CLOCK...ROBINSON NEVER MADE IT. 4:27 "BECAUSE HE FAILED TO DO THAT..AND FAILED TO REPORT TO THE JAIL AS INSTRUCTED.....A WARRANT WAS FILLED OUT FOR HIM." NEIGHBORS LOOKED ON AS POLICE ARRESTED ROBINSON INSIDE HIS LEE STREET HOME. 11:04 "WE WERE SITTING IN OUR LIVING ROOM AND WE HEARD THE LOUD BANG.....AND THAT WAS THEM ACTUALLY HITTING IN THE DOOR." AMANDA GUTHRIE DESCRIBES THE ARREST AS SHOCKING. 9:15 'ONE OF THE COPS CAME OVER AND SAID THAT THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR HAD BEEN ARRESTED AND THEY HAD TO BEAT HIS DOOR DOWN." 12:11 "APPARENTLY HE DID NOT WANT TO BE ARRESTED." P 13:57 'THERE WERE COP CARS HERE COP CARS THERE....THE STREET WAS BLOCKED OFF.....NOBODY WAS GETTING THROUGH AT ALL." THIS ISN'T ROBINSONS FIRST RUN IN WITH THE LAW. HE PREVIOUSLY PLED GUILTY TO A WANTON ENDANGERMENT CHARGE FOR THROWING A PROPANE TANK INTO THE WINDOW OF HIS WIFE'S CAR CAUSING HER TO WRECK WITH THEIR 4 YEAR OLD SON. AMANDA GUTHRIE PERRY BRYANT ROBINSON IS CHARGED WITH MALICIOUS ASSAULT, TWO COUNTS OF EMBEZZLEMENT AND OBSTRUCTING.... AND BECAUSE HE FAILED TO APPEAR IN A FELONY CASE...THAT IS FELONY IN ITSELF.....SO ROBINSON COULD BE FACING MORE CHARGES. HE DECLINED TO COMMENT . REPORTING LIVE, ELIZABETH NOREIKA EYEWITNESS NEWS
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IT HAPPENED AROUND 3:30 THIS MORNING. POLICE SAY 51-YEAR-OLD NATHANIEL BROWN ENTERED A CAMPUS MAINTENANCE BUILDING EARLY THIS MORNING AND SHOT TWO SUPERVISORS IN AN OFFICE SUITE, KILLING ONE OF THE MEN. BROWN WAS FOUND WITH A SELF INFLICTED GUN SHOT WOUND IN A GARAGE...HE DIED A FEW HOURS LATER. POLICE SAY BROWN WAS TOLD LAST SATURDAY HE WOULD LOSE HIS JOB. HE HAD RECENTLY RECEIVED A POOR EVALUATION AFTER HIS SUPERVISORS COMPLAINED HE WAS TARDY, SLEPT ON THE JOB AND HAD PROBLEMS FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS.
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CARTER COUNTY, KENTUCKY DEPUTIES ARRESTED 61 YEAR OLD, JOHN BUCKNER, LAST SATURDAY ON TWO COUNTS OF RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY. DEPUTIES RECOVERED TWO SEMI'S, TWO BOX TRAILERS, THREE BULLDOZERS, THREE DUMP TRUCKS, A SMALL FARM TRACTOR, A GRADER, AND AN EXCAVATOR. THE ESTIMATED VALUE OF THE STOLEN EQUIPMENT IS BETWEEN 700 AND ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
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AS EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER BOB AARON FOUND OUT.... THE PROBLEM WENT UNDETECTED FOR SIX YEARS. THE ALLEGATION IS THAT FAYETTE COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF JACK MICAH FELTNER EMBEZZLED THE MONEY IN HIS ROLE WITH THE OAK HILL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM 2003 TO 2009. HER'E'S HOW: FIREFIGHTERS WERE PAID 12 DOLLARS CASH FOR A RUN. FELTNER ALLEGEDLY PADDED THE BILLS THAT WERE SENT FOR PAYMENT WITH OAK HILL CITY AND COUNTY FUNDS. THE CITY GOT SUSPICIOUS WHEN FIRE FIGHTING COSTS DROPPED WHEN THE INDIVIDUAL FIREFIGHTERS STARTED TO BE PAID BY CHECK. STANDUP. FELTNER ALLEGEDLY INFLATED THE NUMBER OF CALLS, OVER-BILLING, OVER A PERIOD OF SIX YEARS. OAK HILL CITY MANAGER BILL HANABASS. TROOPERS SAY IT APPEARS NO ONE ELSE WAS INVOLVED AND THAT THE SCAM SHOULDN'T REFLECT ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SGT. J.L. CAHILL. OAK HILL SAYS IT COULDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN NOW ALTHOUGH IT WENT UNNOTICED IN AN ANNUAL BUDGET OF THREE MILLION DOLLARS.. FELTNER IS FREE ON 50-THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND ON FRADULENT SCHEMES CHARGES.. BOB AARON, EYEWITNESS NEWS, OAK HILL. THE FAYETTE COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS FELTNER RESIGNED FROM THE DEPARTMENT YESTERDAY.
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63 YEAR OLD VERNON DOSS WAS PULLED OVER FOR SPEEDING BY A KANAWHA COUNTY DEPUTY, WHO NOTICED DOSS WAS NERVOUS -- SO HE SEARCHED THE CAR AND FOUND SOME POT... BECAUSE OF THE DISCOVERY -- DOSS' HOME WAS ALSO SEARCHED. THERE, DEPUTIES SAY THEY FOUND WEAPONS AND MORE MARIJUANA WITH A STREET VALUE OF MORE THAN SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Return to Story IndexTRUCKER KILLED
IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY IN THE REST AREA, NEAR THE CAMP CREEK EXIT, ON THE WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE. TROOPERS SAY THE MAN WAS UNDER THE TRUCK ADJUSTING THE BRAKES WHEN IT ROLLED FOWARD.
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A TANKER TRUCK, CARRYING MALEIC ACID, OVER TURNED IN KENOVA... LUCKILY NOTHING SPILLED. IT HAPPENED AT THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. 52 AND STATE ROUTE 75 IN WAYNE COUNTY. BOTH ROADS WERE CLOSED, AND RESIDENTS WERE ASKED TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES FOR A SHORT TIME AS A PRECAUTION. MALEIC ACID IS USED AS AN OIL AND A FAT PRESERVATIVE. THE ROADS OPENED UP AT 9-THIRTY THIS EVENING.
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59-YEAR OLD JANET PYLES AND 93-YEAR OLD VIOLET LIPPS WERE FOUND AROUND SIX-THIS MORNING NEAR MOUNT NEBO. LIPPS WAS FLOWN BY HEALTHNET TO CAMC WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. PYLES WAS TAKEN TO SUMMERSVILLE REGIONAL HOSPITAL.
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THERE ARE STILL A FEW ISSUES LEFT TO TACKLE. A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD REQUIRE DOCTORS TO PERFORM ULTRASOUNDS PRIOR TO ABORTIONS IS IN THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. AND THE SCHOOL BUS SAFETY BILL IS SITTING IN A SENATE COMMITTEE. SOME LEGISLATORS SAY THIS SESSION HAS BEEN UNPRODUCTIVE -- BUT GOVERNOR JOE MANCHIN SAYS HE'S PLEASED. THE SESSION WRAPS UP SATURDAY AT MIDNIGHT.
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THE LEGISLATION WOULD ALLOW OPTOMETRISTS TO PERFORM GLAUCOMA LASER SURGERIES. BUT OPHTHAMOLOGISTS SAY THEIR COUNTERPARTS DON'T HAVE THE TRAINING TO DO SURGERY. THIS EVENING THE BILL PASSED THE HOUSE HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE, IT WILL NOW COME UP FOR A FLOOR VOTE LATER THIS WEEK.
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AARP RECENTLY CONDUCTED A SURVERY ABOUT THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE AS THEY GET OLDER. ACCORDING TO THE FINDINGS, MANY SENIORS DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO GO FOR FINANCIAL HELP. BUT AARP SAYS THERE IS A HELPLINE THAT ANYONE 50 AND OLDER CAN CALL TO GET ANSWERS. GRAB A PEN AND PAPER... YOU CAN CALL 877-677-0677 IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE. AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE STATE CAPITOL.
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THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED LAST JULY (28TH) WHEN MARK ALLEN GRAY, AND HIS DUMP TRUCK OVERTURNED INTO A POND AT A KANAWHA COUNTY COAL MINE. AN AUTOPSY REPORT FOUND THAT GRAY HAD TRACES OF POT AND ALCOHOL IN HIS SYSTEM. NO WORD FROM MSHA ON HOW MUCH THE FINE WILL BE.
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THE COMPANY HAS PLANS FOR SHIPPING COAL TO BOTH CHINA AND INDIA. THE FIRST SHIPMENT WILL GO OUT LATER THIS MONTH TO CHINA, AND TWO MILLION TONES OF COAL WILL BE SENT TO INDIA IN 20-11.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER KENNIE BASS TAKES US TO THE INVITATION-ONLY EXPO TAKING PLACE AT THE CHARLESTON CIVIC CENTER. Kennie Bass/Eyewitness News: A replica of an underground coal mine serves as the entrance to the Massey Energy Safety and Environmental Innovations Expo. The company is showing off the latest in equipment and reclamation techniques to demonstrate the emphasis Massey places on responsible mining. Jeff Gillenwater/Massey Energy: Kennie Bass/Eyewitness News: One of the most basic pieces of equipment is getting a makeover. Mining helmets have gone largely untouched since the 1970s but Massey is introducing a new line that it plans to have on all of its miners' heads by this summer. Chris Adkins/C.O.O., Massey Energy: KB STANDUP Kennie Bass/Eyewitness News: Massey says critics who complain about the way it does business generally have little interest in the facts. They say this Expo is a way to show what the company is doing to protect its workers and the land. Jeff Gillenwater/Massey Energy: Kennie Bass/Eyewitness New in Charleston.
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HUCKABEE SPOKE TO THE AUDIENCE ABOUT THE ROLE COAL CAN PLAY IN AMERICA'S ENERGY FUTURE. HE ALSO NOTED THAT A SAFE MINE IS USUALLY A MORE EFFICIENT MINE.
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THEY DEALT WITH MINE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. BLACK CASTLE SURFACE MINE IN BOONE COUNTY IS THE WINNER OF THE BRADBURY AWARD. IT HAD THE FEWEST INJURIES THIS YEAR. THE GREEN MINER AWARD GOES TO LONG FORK COAL COMPANY IN PIKE COUNTY, KENTUCKY. THEY MINED ONE POINT SIX MILLION TONS OF COAL AND HAD NO ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS.
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AT THE CLAY CENTER -- TWELVE TEACHERS FROM ACROSS WEST VIRGINIA GOT 35 HUNDRED DOLLARS FROM THE ARCH COAL FOUNDATION. EACH TEACHER'S SCHOOL ALSO RECEIVED A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO HELP AT-RIsK STUDENTS. CATHERINE GRIM FROM HURRICANE HIGH SCHOOL AND JOSEPH KINCAID FROM POCA HIGH WERE AMONG THE RECEPIENTS. THE ARCH COAL FOUNDATION IS THE LONGEST RUNNING, PRIVATELY FUNDED TEACHER RECOGNITION PROGRAM IN THE STATE.
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17 SERVICE MEMBERS WERE EN ROUTE FROM FORT PICKETT, VIRGINIA TO CAMP DAWSON DURING A TRAINING EXERCISE WHEN THEIR CHOPPER WHEN DOWN. THOUGH NO ONE ONBOARD SUFFERED LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES, RESCUERS IN POCAHONTAS COUNTY BRAVED EXTREMELY COLD AND RUGGED TERRAIN TRANSPORTING THE CREW AND PASSENGERS TO MEDICAL FACILITIES. THE NAVY PLANS TO PRESENT THE RESCUERS WITH PLAQUES AND LETTERS OF APPRECIATION AT THE ELKINS-RANDOLPH COUNTY AIRPORT.
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FIRST A PET FOOD RECALL, OVER SALMONELLA CONCERNS NATURE'S VARIETY HAS A RECALL OF ITS CHICKEN FLAVORED PET FOOD- BOTH DOG AND CAT. IT INCLUDES THREE-POUND PACKAGES OF CHICKEN MEDALLIONS, SIX-POUND PACKAGES OF CHICKEN PATTIES AND TWO-POUND PACKAGES OF CHICKEN CHUBS. THE PACKAGES BEING RECALLED HAVE A BEST-BY DATE OF OCTOBER 29TH, NOVEMBER 9TH, OR NOVEMBER 10TH, 2010.
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THE SLINGS ARE USED TO CARRY INFANTS. NO SPECIFIC SLING HAS BEEN SINGLED OUT, BUT, SEVEN BABIES HAVE SUFFOCATED IN THEM.
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YOU MAY REMEMBER LIFELOCK'S COMMERCIAL FROM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. WHERE THE COMPANY'S PRESIDENT GAVE OUT HIS OWN SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER TO PROVE HIS IDENTITY PROTECTION FIRM WAS SAFE. NOW THE ARIZONA COMPANY WILL PAY $11 MILLION IN RESTITUTION TO CUSTOMERS AND ONE MILLION TO PAY FOR THE INVESTIGATION. MEANWHILE, LIFELOCK HAS AGREED TO STOP SAYING IT PROTECTS AGAINST ALL TYPES OF IDENTITY THEFT.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER DARRAH WILCOX HAS MORE ABOUT THE NEW PROGRAM. If you don't want to spend forever clipping coupons... welcome to the next generation of savings. Stores like Target are launching mobile coupons... that you can download right to your cell phone... and have the barcode scanned when you checkout. Rachel Detec / Exec. Team Leader Guest Experience "We have decided with the growing cell phone usage throughout the country, you know, we're gonna jump on the bandwagon, and we're going to starting sending our guests coupons through their cell phones. Even for folks who say they aren't as tech savvy as others... they can appreciate the convenience. Jill Mullins / "There are so many people with cell phones, and so many people who use them, so I believe they would, yes, and I like coupons myself, so I use them." And with folks who are still struggling in this economy... they'll take advantage of anything to save some money. Matt Olson / "I'm laid off right now, so anything that can help save just a little bit of money would help." That's the goal for companies branching out more and more to the mobile community. "Anybody wants to save money, so anything that we can can do to , you know, get that shopping list in under their budget, is absolutely something that we're willing to do. If that means coupons going mobile, then that's what we'll have to do to get those coupons to our guests." A LOT OF NEWER CELL PHONES HAVE APPLICATIONS THAT ALLOW YOU TO DOWNLOAD COUPONS FOR A VARIETY OF STORES... IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE MOBILE COUPONS FROM TARGET... CHECK OUT THEIR WEB SITE-- TARGET DOT COM.
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SONY'S BRAVIA LINE WILL GO ON SALE IN JAPAN STARTING IN JUNE. BUT GLOBALLY SONY IS RELEASING THEIR MODELS BEHIND SOME COMPETITORS. RIVAL PANASONIC WILL LAUNCH ITS OWN 3-D T-V'S IN THE U-S ON MARCH TENTH. SONY IS ALSO PLANNING TO RELEASE AN UPDATE TO ITS PLAYSTATION THREE GAMING SYSTEM. IT WOULD LET CONSUMERS PLAY THEIR VIDEO GAMES IN THREE-D.
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STOCKS ENDED A QUIET SESSION WITH MODEST GAINS. THE DOW ROSE 12 POINTS THE NASDAQ ADDED MORE THAN 8 POINTS. THE S&P WAS UP 2 POINTS
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IOWA... CHECK OUT THESE HUGE FLAMES AS A LUMBERYARD CATCHES FIRE IN MASON CITY... THE FIRE WAS CONCENTRATED INSIDE A WAREHOUSE.... THE BUILDING'S OWNER SAYS HE STORED SEVERAL VINTAGE CARS INSIDE - AS WELL AS AUTOMOTIVE PAINT... NO ONE WAS HURT... THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. TEXAS... A RUNAWAY BULL THAT ROAMED WILD AND FREE AMONGST THE CROWD AT A HOUSTON RODEO HAS BEEN CORRALLED.. OFFICIALS SAY EXITING WAGONS SPOOKED THE BULL RIGHT BEFORE IT ESCAPED.... SECURITY FURTHER ANGERED THE ANIMAL BY SHOOTING IT WITH A TASER... NO SERIOUS INJURIES, BUT A FEMALE WRANGLER SUFFERED A BRUISED FOOT AND A SECURITY OFFICER WALKED AWAY WITH CUTS AND SCRATCHES ON HIS BACK... CALIFORNIA... IT'S NOT YOUR AVERAGE ART WORK... AS A SAN FRANCISCO ARTIST DECIDES TO PAINT URINALS... HE SAYS IT ALL STARTED AS A JOKE, BUT NOW IT'S ANOTHER PART OF HIS BUSINESS... THE GUY SAYS HE HAS A MOSTLY EUROPEAN CLIENTELE, AND THEY'RE APPARENTLY WILLING TO SHELL OUT A LOT OF MONEY FOR THESE PAINTED TOILETS... AND WITH THAT, WE'RE DONE, WITH THIS USA UPDATE...
Return to Story IndexCOMING UP
PLUS, HOW THE FLU SHOT HELPS STOP THE VIRUS FROM SPREADING IN NON-VACCINATED PEOPLE. A LITTLE LATER IN THE NEWSCAST!
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CONSTRUCTION CREWS WILL BE CLOSING ONE LANE OF THE BRIDGE EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK STARTING AT ABOUT 9 AND OPENING AROUND 6 IN THE MORNING. THAT'S SO WORKERS CAN PAINT AND REPAIR PARTS OF THE BRIDGE. THE BRIDGE WILL CLOSE COMPLETELY ON APRIL 5 AND REOPEN AUGUST 20TH.
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IT'S THE BOTTOM OF THE BLOCK TIME FOR THE TOP SPORTS STORY WITH MARK MARTIN. RICK, WEST VIRGINIA WAS PLAYING FOR A BIG EAST CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP FOR A SECOND TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY TONIGHT...UCONN STANDING IN THE WAY ONCE MORE...THIS TIME WITH A 71-GAME WINNING STREAK ON THE LINE... -mike carey... -korrine campbell on the move... -tina charles...12 points/10 rebounds -liz repella... -repella...10 points -uconn back to work pulls away...kalana green 15 points...12 rebounds...
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RIPLEY MEETS DEFENDING STATE CHAMP NORTH MARION...HUNTINGTON GOES AGAINST MARTINSBURG THURS. MORNING AT 11:15 WHILE THE GIRLS TOURNAMENT BEGINS TOMORROW THE FIRST PHASE OF NEXT WEEK'S BOYS TOURNAMENT WOULD BE FILLED OUT TONIGHT...HIGHLIGHTS FROM FOUR CLASS AAA REGIONALS ARE COMING YOUR WAY LATER IN SPORTS, HERE ON EYEWITNESS NEWS...
Return to Story IndexGAZETTE HEADLINE
A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW SOME OFFICERS COLLECT TWO PAYCHECKS... AND, A LOOK AT THE OVERNIGHT REPAIRS ON YEAGER AIRPORT'S RUNWAY EMERGENCY SYSTEM PLUS, AN ILLINOIS JUDGE'S CONCERNS COULD DERAIL THE FRONTIER/VERIZON DEAL IN WEST VIRGINIA... YOU CAN READ ALL ABOUT THESE STORIES AND MORE IN WEDNESDAY'S EDITION OF THE CHARLESTON GAZETTE.
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STEVE PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS Join Steve Borecky and the entire Storm Team at the Weather Center Online for the only regional web site that provides live, local updates, 24 hours a day!
Return to Story IndexIWITNESS NEWS
IF IT'S A GOOD PICTURE OF A GOOD STORY... WE'LL USE IT ON THE AIR!
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A TIPSTER LED US TO CHRISTOPHER WALKER WHO WAS LIVING ON THE WEST SIDE OF CHARLESTON. HE ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTED TO STEAL COPPER WATER PIPES. HE TOLD US HE WAS PICKED UP ON A CAPIAS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, BUT NEVER GOT HIS COURT PAPERS TO SHOW UP FOR HIS BURGLARY CHARGE. HE IS CAPTURE NUMBER 231.
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WE'LL SEE YOU HERE AGAIN NEXT TUESDAY WITH MORE FUGITIVES THAT WE'LL NEED YOUR HELP TO CATCH. REPORTING LIVE IN THE STUDIO... RRA.. EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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Return to Story IndexHAITI COMFORT
AND NOW SHE'S RETURNING HOME. THE CREW WAS THERE FOR A HUMANITARIAN RELIEF MISSION IN THE EARTHQUAKE-RAVAGED COUNTRY. THE NEED FOR *COMFORT'S* CAPABILITIES HAS DECLINED AS MEDICAL FACILITIES IN HAITI ASSUME A GREATER ROLE. THE MEDICAL STAFF PERFORMED MORE THAN 800 SURGERIES ABOARD THE SHIP DURING THE MISSION. SHE'S SCHEDULED TO RETURN TO HOME PORT IN BALTIMORE ON MARCH 14TH.
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INDIA'S UPPER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT VOTED 186- TO-ONE TO PASS THE CONTROVERSIAL WOMEN'S RESERVATION BILL. THE OPPOSITION BLOCKED DEBATE MONDAY AND FORCED THE UPPER HOUSE TO ADJOURN TWICE TODAY. SOCIALIST LAWMAKERS WANT TO SEE SEATS RESERVED FOR ETHNIC MINORITIES AND PEOPLE FROM LOWER CLASSES. THE BILL NOW GOES TO THE LOWER HOUSE WHERE IT IS EXPECTED TO PASS.
Return to Story IndexISRAEL HEATWAVE
FOLKS ARE ARE TAKING A DIP IN THE OCEAN AS THE AREA UNDERGOES A HEAT WAVE. DOZENS OF BEACH-GOERS ARE HITTING THE SANDY BEACHES IN THE ISRAELI COASTAL CITY OF TEL AVIV IT'S A WHOPPING 95 DEGREES THERE.
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Return to Story IndexLINDSEY LOHAN
IT'S OVER A COMMERCIAL THAT FIRST AIRED DURING THE SUPER BOWL. THE AD SHOWS A BABY BOY AND HIS GIRLFRIEND TALKING ABOUT A BOYFRIEND STEALING "MILK-AHOLIC" BABY WHO HAPPENS TO BE NAMED LINDSAY. LOHAN SAYS SINCE SHE HAS THE SAME SINGLE NAME RECOGNITION AS MADONNA OR OPRAH, PEOPLE ASSUME THE BABY IS MODELED AFTER HER. LOHAN'S ATTORNEYS SAY THE ACTRESS WANTS THE CASH TO HELP WITH HER PAIN AND SUFFERING. E-TRADE IS DECLINING TO COMMENT.
Return to Story IndexCINDY CRAWFORD
EDIS KAYALAR WAS FOUND GUILTY OF EXTORTING MONEY FROM THE SUPERMODEL BY THREATENING TO RELEASE A PHOTO OF CRAWFORD'S THEN SEVEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER GAGGED AND TIED TO A CHAIR. COURT PAPERS SHOW THE PICTURE WAS PART OF A COPS AND ROBBERS GAME THE KIDS AND THE NANNY WERE PLAYING. KAYALAR HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS IN JAIL FOR THE INCIDENT.
Return to Story IndexDAVID LETTERMAN
JOE HALDERMAN -- SEEN HERE LEAVING A MANHATTAN COURT-- PLEAD GUILTY TO ATTEMPTED GRAND LARCENY. LAST YEAR -- HALDERMAN THREATENED TO EXPOSE DAVID LETTERMAN'S LOVE LIFE WITH LATE SHOW STAFFERS -- UNLESS HE WAS PAID TWO MILLION DOLLARS. THIS AFTERNOON, OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE, HALDERMAN SAID HE WAS SORRY.
Return to Story IndexFLU VACCINE AND KIDS
IT HELPS PROTECTS THOSE WHO NEVER GOT ONE TOO. A NEW STUDY OUT OF CANADA'S MCMASTER UNIVERSITY SHOWS IMMUNIZING KIDS IN A COMMUNITY REDUCES THE OVERALL RATE OF FLU... COMPARED TO A PLACE WHERE KIDS DON'T GET VACCINATED. RESEARCHERS SAY KIDS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN FLU TRANSMISSION... SO VACCINATING THEM WILL PREVENT THE VIRUS FROM SPREADING. IT ALSO APPEARS TO PROTECT THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO AREN'T VACCINATED.
Return to Story IndexDIET AND MIND
A NEW DUKE UNIVERSITY STUDY SHOWS DIET AND EXERCISE CAN IMPROVE THINKING. RESEARCHERS SAY HEALTHY HABITS IMPROVE A RANGE OF COGNITIVE FUNCTION, INCLUDING LEARNING. IN THE STUDY, THEY FOUND THOSE WHO CHANGED THEIR HABITS BY ADDING REGULAR EXERCISE, FRUITS, VEGETABLES, AND LOW FAT DAIRY NOT ONLY LOST WEIGHT... BUT ALSO IMPROVED THEIR MENTAL FUNCTION BY THIRTY PERCENT. RESEARCHERS CREDIT NEURO-CHEMICAL CHANGES IN THE BRAIN.
Return to Story IndexBLOOMBERG REPORT
HERE'S MORE IN TONIGHT'S BLOOMBERG AFTER THE BELL REPORT.
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ON EYEWITNESS NEWS...
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Return to Story IndexWINFIELD-LOGAN
--LOGAN VS. WINFIELD... --1ST HALF... NOAH COTTRILL FOR 3... --THEN DEYONTA COLEMAN WITH THE DUNK... LOGAN UP 7 AT THE HALF... --3RD QTR.. WINFIELD'S AARON KEEFER HIGH OFF THE GLASS.... --THEN AUSTIN LEWIS JUMPER FROM THE BASELINE... --LEWIS AGAIN... THIS TIME HE BEATS THE 3RD QTR BUZZER... WINFIELD DOWN 5 THRU 3... --LOGAN PULLS AWAY IN THE 4TH... PAUL WILLIAMSON FOR 3... --COTTRILL AGAIN... HE SCORES 38 AS LOGAN IS HEADED TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT AS A MEMBER OF TRIPLE-A FOR THE 1ST TIME SINCE 1995.... AFTER THE GAME COTTRILL WOULD GUARANTEE A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP NEXT WEEK ON THE LOGAN RADIO BROADCAST....
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-vic herbert -curry haggerty -bubba marino for sc -myrell harris -trent porter for cm -ronnie beatty -perry henry
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-carl clark -tommy gwinn -beckley's larry terry -capital #24 george burkes... -#52 ethan smolder -fred persinger -james morris
Return to Story IndexGW-GREENBRIER EAST
-1ST QTR-GW TYQUANE GOARD REBOUND AND PUTBACK -GW GOARD FOR 3.......RICK GREENE -GE ANDRE SINCLAIR LAYIN -GE JALEN WALKER JUMPER AND ONE....GE FANS -GE HAYDEN ROBERTS LAYIN.....JERRY BRADLEY -GW TINO DITRAPINO FOR 3......GW GETS THE WIN 65-56
Return to Story IndexST. JOE PREVIEW
Return to Story IndexST. JOE SOUND
ST. JOE WILL OPEN THURSDAY AT 5:30 AGAINST MEADOW BRIDGE
Return to Story IndexCHAS CATHOLIC
Return to Story IndexCHAS CATHOLIC SOUND
Return to Story IndexWVU WOMEN
-korrine campbell on the move... -tina charles...12 points/10 rebounds -liz repella... -repella...10 points -uconn back to work pulls away...kalana green 15 points...12 rebounds...72 in a row...16th big east title...33-0...
Return to Story IndexTECH BASEBALL
-BOTTOM OF THE THIRD DOWN 7-0, ERIC HELTON OUT OF GABLES, MICHIGAN HITS ONE DEEP WITH THE BASES FULL...A GRAND SLAM...IT PULLS THE GOLDEN BEARS TO WITHIN THREE...BUT BLUEFIELD, THE DEFENDING NATIONAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE ATHELETIC ASSOC. NATIONAL CHAMPS WIN IT 13-6...
Return to Story IndexWAKE UP WEATHER
Return to Story IndexPANDAS EMERGE
TAI SHAN (TY-shawn) WAS BORN FOUR YEARS AGO IN WASHINGTON, D-C. THE LITTLE GUY HAS BEEN LIVING AT "THE CHINA CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH CENTER FOR THE GIANT PANDA" SINCE FEBRUARY FIFTH. HE'LL BECOME PART OF A BREEDING PROGRAM AIMED AT PROTECTING THE ENDANGERED SPECIES. ABOUT SIXTEEN HUNDRED PANDAS LIVE IN THE WILD, AND SOME TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY ARE IN CAPTIVE BREEDING PROGRAMS WORLDWIDE.
Return to Story Index PRIME PICKS AMERICAN IDOL Tonight at 8:00 PM Scott MacIntyre and Matt Giraud perform; four contestants are eliminated; the top 12 finalists are revealed  |
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