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Tuesday, July 27, 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. PRESHOWOPEN
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MANS BEST FRIEND ......SHOT WITH ARROWS.... A COMMUNITY RALLIES TO SAVE A DOG'S LIFE. AND THAT'S OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT... GOOD EVENING, I'M RICK LORD AND I'M ELIZABETH NOREIKA IN FOR DEBORAH LINZ.. WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexDOGGY ARROW FOLO
THANKS TO A BLANK CHECK AND A BIG HEART.....THAT DOG IS ALIVE AND DOING WELL. NOW WE MUST WARN YOU SOME OF THE IMAGES YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE ARE GRAPHIC. (NATS) HAPPY TO BEGOING HOME..... 9 YEAR OLD PITBULL TOBY IS DOING WELL POST SURGERY AS HE'S REUNITED WITH HIS OWNER JERMEY WILLIAMS. 5:46 "I'M VERY HAPPY THAT HE'S STILL ALIVE....." TOBY ALMOST DIDN'T MAKE IT......SOMEONE SHOT HIM WITH ARROWS. 2:55 IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE THREE EDGES ON THIS ONE...AND THE OTHER ONE IS A POINT TIP." 2 ARROWS..ONE THROUGH HIS JAW...THE OTHER THROUGH HIS SHOULDER BLADE. IT HAPPENED AROUND 11:30 MONDAY NIGHT IN WILLIAM'S CROSS LANES HOME. HE SAYS SOMEONE BROKE IN WHILE HE WAS OUT..... HE CAME HOME TO THIS.....BLOOD SPATTERED FLOORS AND WALLS. 17:00 "CAME IN SEEN ON THE BLOOD...AND I WAS WONDERING WHERE IT CAME FROM AND I SEEN IT WAS MY DOG." WILLIAMS SAYS HE NOTICED THINGS MISSING FROM HIS TRAILER...A LAPTOP AND MP3 PLAYER....BUT ALL HE COULD THINK ABOUT WAS HIS HURT BEST FRIEND. 7:28 "I DIDN'T WANT TO L OSE HIM NOW...I DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE HIM NOW." WILLIAMS SAYS HE DROVE TO A 24 HOUR ANIMAL HOSPITAL......BUT WAS TURNED DOWN BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY. 8:12 "THEY WOULDNT HELP ME BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE NO MONEY...THEY SAID THEY'D PUT HIM TO SLEEP FOR FREE BUT HE'D DIE IN MY ARMS BEFORE HE DIED IN THEIRS." WILLIAMS HAD NO OTHER OPTION BUT TO TAKE TOBY HOME TO DIE.....BUT THEN HE CALLED EYEWITNESS NEWS AND WE TOLD HIS STORY...IT'S THEN AN OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT CAME FROM THE COMMUNITY....... A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER AT GEORGE WASHINGTON GAVE WILLIAMS A BLANK CHECK. 6:05 "IT WAS VERY OVERWHELMING..EVEN PEOPLE WITHOUT MONEY CALLED TO SEE HOW HE WAS DOING." MORE MONEY CAME INTO THE CROSS LANES VETERINARY HOSPITAL...ALL TO HELP TOBY PULL THROUGH. A 9 YEAR BOND.....KEPT ALIVE BECAUSE OF THE KINDESS OF STRANGERS. 8:31 "IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD RIDE..I MIGHT EVEN STOP AND GET HIM A CHEESBURGER." IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE BREAK-IN... YOU CAN CALL KANAWHA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES AT 304- 357-0169.
Return to Story IndexHUNTINGTON SHOOTING
EMERGENCY DISPATCHERS SAY IT HAPPENED AROUND SEVEN THIRTY TONIGHT CLOSE TO THE FAIRFIELD APARTMENTS - THAT'S AT THE INTERSECTION OF 11TH AVENUE AND 17TH STREET IN DOWNTOWN HUNTINGTON. WE'RE TOLD THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL. HIS CONDITION IS NOT KNOWN. HUNTINGTON POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING.
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MICHAEL LACY WAS ARRESTED AFTER THE MOTHER OF THE VICTIM TOLD POLICE HER DAUGHTER HAD BECOME PREGNANT. THE INCIDENT ALLEGEDLY OCCURRED IN MID-MAY AT LACY'S APARTMENT. THE GIRL HAD SPENT THE NIGHT THERE WITH LACY'S DAUGHTER.
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23 YEAR OLD ZERLINDA WHITE OF ST. ALBANS APPEARED EMOTIONLESS AS SHE STOOD IN FRONT OF THE JUDGE THIS AFTERNOON. HER SON AYDEN WAS ABOUT TWO MONTHS OLD WHEN HE DIED FROM HEAD INJURIES HE RECEIVED FROM PHYSICAL ABUSE. WHITE'S TRIAL WILL START IN NOVEMBER.
Return to Story IndexALEXANDER MALLO
A JUDGE SENTENCED ALEXANDER MALLO TO ONE TO THREE YEARS IN JAIL FOR "ALLOWING SEXUAL ABUSE TO HAPPEN WITH HIS KNOWLEDGE IN HIS HOUSE." MALLO HAS ALREADY SERVED MORE THAN 400 DAYS IN JAIL. THE JUDGE LEFT IT UP TO THE PAROLE BOARD TO DECIDE IF HE SHOULD BE LET FREE... OTHER MEMBERS OF THE MALLO FAMILY HAVE FACED NUMEROUS CHARGES OVER THE LAST YEAR, RANGING FROM CHILD NEGLECT TO SEXUAL ASSAULT, TO MURDER...
Return to Story IndexHUNTINGTON ARRESTS
28 YEAR OLD JERMAINE JOHNSON AND 20 YEAR OLD DAVID BOLDEN BOTH OF HUNTINGTON ARE CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF KIDNAPPING AND ONE COUNT OF FIRST DEGREE ARMED ROBBERY. POLICE SAY THE TWO SHOWED WEAPONS AND DEMANDED PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS AT TWO HOMES. HUNTINGTON POLICE CAUGHT UP WITH THE TWO THIS AFTERNOON IN THE EIGHT HUNDRED BLOCK OF 25th STREET. THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING AND FURTHER CHARGES COULD BE FILED.
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VALERIE FRIEND COULD HAVE GOTTEN LIFE FOR HER ROLE IN THE SHOOTING AND BEATING DEATH OF CARLA COLLINS. FRIEND PLEAD GUILTY INSTEAD OF GOING TO TRIAL. SHE ALSO TESTIFIED AGAINST CO-DEFENDANT GEORGE "PORGY" LECCO. A JURY CONVICTED HIM IN APRIL AS THE MURDER'S MASTERMIND. LECCO HAD BEEN SELLING COCAINE OUT OF HIS MINGO COUNTY PIZZA PARLOR.
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STATE POLICE WERE FOLLOWING UP ON A TIP ABOUT A STOLEN A-T-V. ON TOP OF RECOVERING THE A-T-V, THEY FOUND METH-MAKING MATERIALS. THAT'S WHEN THEY SAY DREW HOLSTEIN TOOK OFF INTO THE WOODS. TROOPERS DID ARREST KIMBERLY GIFFIN, ROBERT SAMPSON JUNIOR AND TOMMY SAMPSON AND CHARGED THEM EACH WITH ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE A METH LAB. HOLSTEIN HAS BEEN ARRESTED THREE TIMES FOR MANUFACTURING METH IN THE LAST YEAR. HE FACES ADDITIONAL CHARGES FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING THE A-T-V AND ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE A CLANDESTINE LAB. IF YOU'VE SEEN DREW HOLSTEIN... CALL YOUR LOCAL POLICE.
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ACCORDING TO AN UNSEALED INDICTMENT, THE GROUP DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 22-HUNDRED POUNDS OF MARIJUANA AROUND THE NITRO AREA OVER THE LAST 8 YEARS. CHRISTOPHER CLARK----JEFFERY PERRY AND MARK CHAPPALEAR WERE ARRESTED LAST NIGHT IN COLUMBUS---CLARK IS CONSIDERED THE LEADER OF THE GROUP. FEDERAL AUTHORITIES ARE STILL LOOKING FOR JAY VAN MEENEN---RUSSELL NELSON---ROSA IMELDA LEDEZMA (LIDEZMA)----BARRY ADKINS AND RICHARD FLEMING.
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BUT ANOTHER MAN WHO TURNED HIMSELF IN TONIGHT, TURNED OUT NOT TO BE A FUGITIVE AT ALL.
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Return to Story IndexLANDRUM NOT A FUGITIVE
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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 ... WE'LL SEE YOU THEN.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER BOB AARON FOUND MUCH OF PIKE COUNTY'S FLOOD ZONE STILL LOOKS LIKE A WAR ZONE MORE THAN A WEEK AFTER IT WAS HIT. RACCOON CREEK STILL LOOKS LIKE A WAR ZONE IN THE WAKE OF FLOODING THE WEEKEND OF JULY 18TH THAT HIT WITH HOME DESTROYING FORCE. MANY SAY THEY'LL MOVE FROM THE FLOOD PRONE AREA NOW. DOUGLAS HUNT. STANDUP. BRUCE WARD IS COUNTING ON HELP FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AFTER HIS TRAILER WAS SWEPT WAY. BRUCE WARD. PAUL EDMONDS IS MAKING PROGRESS AFTER 60 INCHES OF WATER DID 200-THOUSAND DOLLARS DAMAGE TO HIS BUSINESS. IT SHOULD REOPEN IN A FEW DAYS. HE ISN'T ASKING FOR FEDERAL HELP. PAUL EDMONDS. FEMA HAS OPENED TWO DISASTER RECOVERY CENTERS AT THE MOUTHS OF THE 2 HARDEST HIT HOLLOWS, RACCOON AND HARLESS CREEKS. THEY CAN PROVIDE ONE-ON-ONE INFORMATION ON STATE AND FEDERAL DISASTER HELP. LAST WEEK, PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ISSUED A DISASTER DECLARATION FOR PIKE COUNTY. BOB AARON, EYEWITNESS NEWS, PIKEVILLE. FLOOD VICTIMS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REGISTER FOR FEDERAL HELP BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 800-621-FEMA.
Return to Story IndexTIDE LOADS OF HOPE
THE TIDE CREW HAD TO FIGHT SOME HEAVY RAINS OF THEIR OWN AS THEY SET UP 32 WASHERS AT THE FOOD CITY PARKING LOT JUST OFF U-S 23 AT THE ELKHORN CITY EXIT. FLOOD VICTIMS CAN WASH LAUNDRY THERE THRU MONDAY FROM 8 A-M TO 6 P-M.. " Everybody has so many things on their plate, it's just a great thing that we can take one of those things off! So, instead of spending a day or two in a Laundromat, we can take care of it. We'll wash. We'll dry it. We'll fold it. " THE TIDE MOBILE LAUNDRY WAS CREATED IN 2005 TO PROVIDE FREE LAUNDRY SERVICES TO THE VICTIMS OF HURRICANE KATRINA. TIDE HAS SINCE WASHED OVER 33-THOUSAND LOADS OF LAUNDRY FOR 22 THOUSAND FAMILIES HIT BY DISASTERS.
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AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT YEAGER AIRPORT TURNS OUT TO BE NOTHING MORE THAN A SCARE. UNITED FLIGHT 229 FROM WASHINGTON DULLES TO SAN DIEGO WAS CARRYING 178 PASSENGERS AND CREW WHEN IT WAS FORCED TO LAND AT YEAGER AIRPORT THIS MORNING. INTIALLY THERE WAS THOUGHT TO BE SMOKE IN A BATHROOM -- BUT PASSENGERS TELL EYEWITNESS NEWS THE PILOT SAYS IT WAS LEAKING HYDROLIC FLUID. NO ONE WAS INJURED -- AND IT ONLY CAUSED A FEW HOURS DELAY FOR PASSENGERS. "" A PLANE TO TAKE PASSENGERS TO SAN DIEGO ARRIVED AT YEAGER AROUND 12:30 -- AFTER LOADING LUGGAGE AND REFUELING -- THEY WERE BACK IN THE AIR ABOUT AN HOUR LATER.
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A YEAR AGO -- A SOUTHWEST FLIGHT WAS FORCED TO LAND AT YEAGER BECAUSE THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE FUSELAGE. PASSENGERS ON THAT FLIGHT COULD ACTUALLY SEE THE HOLE IN THE TOP OF THE PLANE. THE FLIGHT WAS HEADING FROM NASHVILLE TO BALTIMORE WHEN IT WAS ROUTED TO YEAGER.
Return to Story IndexCOAL FORK MINING AX
EMERGENCY DISPATCHERS SAY IT HAPPENED AT TWO HUNDRED REMMINGTON COAL LANE UP CABIN CREEK. SOURCES SAY A CAR FELL OFF IT'S TRACKS AND LANDED ON A MINER. WE'RE TOLD THAT MINER MAY HAVE BROKEN HIS LEG. HIS INJURIES ARE NON LIFE THREATENING.
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SERVICES FOR SERGEANT JUSTIN ALLEN WERE HELD EARLIER THIS EVENING AT DAWSON-BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL IN LAWRENCE COUNTY. THE 23-YEAR-OLD WAS ON HIS FOURTH TOUR OF DUTY WHEN HE WAS KILLED BY INSURGENTS WHILE CONDUCTING COMBAT OPERATIONS.
Return to Story IndexWAYNE COUNTY FATAL
IT HAPPENED NEAR THE CAMP CREEK PLAZA JUST NORTH OF LAVALETTE. DEPUTIES SAY 48-YEAR-OLD SUSAN SMITH OF HUNTINGTON WAS ON ROUTE 152 WHEN SHE CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND HIT A TRUCK. SMITH DIED AT A NEARBY HOSPITAL. THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES.
Return to Story IndexKUHN MEMORIAL MARKER
THE DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS PUT UP A MEMORIAL SIGN THIS MORNING HONORING KELSEY KUHN. KUHN---HER FRIEND MEAGHAN CRAWFORD, AND MEAGHAN'S MOTHER CAROLE WERE KILLED LAST YEAR ON ALTERNATE ROUTE 10 NEAR BARBOURSVILLE ON THEIR WAY TO SAINT JOSEPH'S HIGH SCHOOL. ERMA BROWN HIT THE THREE WHEN SHE CROSSED THE YELLOW LINE---SHE PLEADED GUILTY EARLIER THIS YEAR, SAYING SHE WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AT THE TIME.
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DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE KEN HECHLER HELD HIS FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY. THE FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE AND CONGRESSMAN STRESSED HIS OPPOSITION OF MOUNTAINTOP MINING AND SAID HE WANTS TO GIVE VOTERS THE A CHANCE TO WEIGH-IN AGAINST THE METHOD. "" THE 95-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN A VOCAL FOE OF MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL, WHICH INVOLVES BLASTING RIDGETOPS TO EXPOSE COAL SEAMS, AND DUMPING LEFTOVER ROCK AND DIRT INTO VALLEYS.
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THIS AFTERNOON MEMBERS OF THE KANAWHA COUNTY COMISSION AND COUNTY CLERK VERA MCCORMICK MET WITH "EVERYONE COUNTS." THEY ENTERED THEIR CODES....CONDUCTING TESTS TO MAKE SURE THE SYSTEM WORKED. THINGS WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH AND MCCORMICK SAYS THOSE SERVING OVERSEAS CAN START VOTING THIS THURSDAY.
Return to Story IndexMASSEY LOSS
AFTER THE MARKET CLOSED, MASSEY ANNOUNCED IT LOST NEARLY 89 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE QUARTER, MOSTLY DUE TO THE FATAL EXPLOSION AT THE UPPER BIG BRANCH MINE IN APRIL... MASSEY SAYS THE RALEIGH COUNTY MINE IS NOT EXPECTED TO REOPEN ANYTIME THIS YEAR.
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THE CHANGES ARE EXPECTED TO HIT COAL MINES ACROSS THE NATION. THE OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT IS SEEKING PUBLIC COMMENT ON AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT IT WOULD USE TO WRITE THE NEW RULES.
Return to Story IndexSURFACE MINE PERMIT
THE U.S. ARMY OF CORPS OF ENGINEERS WILL ALLOW COAL MAC TO OPERATE ITS PINE CREEK NO. 1 SURFACE MINE IN LOGAN COUNTY. TO MITIGATE THE MINE'S EFFECTS, COAL MAC MUST RESTORE AND ENHANCE MORE THAN 60-THOUSAND FEET OF STREAMS AND MORE THAN 70 ACRES OF FORESTS NEAR THE OPERATION. THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY SAYS THE PERMIT COMPLIES WITH ITS NEW EFFORT TO REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL HARM CAUSED BY MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL MINES IN APPALACHIA.
Return to Story IndexNEW CHEMICAL PLANT
IT WOULD MAKE MATERIAL USED IN LITHIUM ION BATTERIES FOR ELECTRIC CARS. ACCORDING TO A REPORT PUBLISHED IN THE DAILY MAIL, KANAWHA COUNTY IS IN THE RUNNING FOR THE NEW FACTORY... NO WORD YET EXACTLY WHERE IN THE COUNTY THE PLANT WOULD BE... BUT WE CAN TELL YOU THAT IT WOULD COST UP TO 46 MILLION DOLLARS.
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BUT AS EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER STEVE BORECKY EXPLAINS...THE AFFECTED WORKERS AT KINGS DAUGHTERS MEDICAL CENTER PLAN TO FIGHT BACK. (for her to tell me whats going on with no explanation at all given why im being laid off and why my job is being done away with i was just totally humiliated and disrespected) 82 UNION WORKERS AT KINGS DAUGHTERS MEDICAL CENTER WERE TOLD TO FIND A NEW JOB TUESDAY MORNING---WITH APPROXIAMENTLY 150 OTHERS BEING CUT FROM FULL-TIME TO PART-TIME. THE HOSPITAL BASED IN ASHLAND SAYS THE CUTS ARE DUE TO A SLUMPING ECONOMY, WHICH HAS LED TO A HUGE INCREASE IN UNREIMBURSED CARE AND BAD DEBT. AFFECTED WORKERS SAY THEY PLAN TO FIGHT THE LAYOFFS---SAYING KDMC DIDN'T FOLLOW THEIR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BY GIVING SEVEN DAYS NOTICE OF THE CUTS. IN ASHLAND---STEVE BORECKY--EYEWITNESS NEWS. KINGS DAUGHTERS MEDICAL CENTER IS ASHLAND'S LARGEST EMPLOYER. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ THE HOSPITAL'S FULL STATEMENT, YOU CAN LOG ON TO OUR WEBSITE---W-C-H-S-T-V-DOT-COM.
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FOR THE 280 QUALIFYING FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS, THE PROGRAM OFFERS A 30-YEAR FIXED RATE LOAN AT 3-AND A-HALF PERCENT. THERE IS ALSO "NO" DOWN-PAYMENT AND CLOSING COST LOANS. ACCORDING TO THE WEB-SITE; WVHDF DOT COM, IN KANAWHA COUNTY-- A FAMILY OF 3 OR MORE, WITH A MEDIAN INCOME OF 74-THOUSAND DOLLARS, CAN LOOK AT HOUSES IN THE 270-THOUSAND DOLLAR PRICE RANGE. THIS DEAL IS THE LOWEST IN THE HOUSING FUND'S 42-YEAR HISTORY. MEANWHILE, WITH CONSUMER CONFIDENCE DROPPING... THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS IS REPORTING EXISTING HOME SALES FELL TO A 3-MONTH LOW... AND INTEREST RATES ON 30-YEAR FIXED-RATE MORTGAGES WERE AVERAGING AT 4-AND A-HALF PERCENT.
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THE KEY AVERAGES HAD A MIXED FINISH. THE DOW GAINED 12 POINTS. THE S&P DROPPED 1 POINT, WHILE THE NASDAQ LOST 8 POINTS.
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NEW MEXICO... EMERGENCY CREWS ARE MONITORING A DANGEROUS FUEL LEAK AFTER A TRAIN DERAILS... ABOUT NINETEEN CARS WERE INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT, INCLUDING A FUEL-OIL CAR BROKE... THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE LEAK'S PROXIMITY TO A WILDLIFE REFUGE... NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED... CALIFORNIA... AFTER A SIX MONTH INVESTIGATION, A GARAGE SALE FIND IS AUTHENTICATED TO BE THE LOST WORKS OF PHOTOGRAPHER ANSEL ADAMS... TEN YEARS AGO, A CONSTRUCTION WORKER BOUGHT A STACK OF SIXTY-FIVE GLASS NEGATIVES FOR FORTY-FIVE DOLLARS, NOT KNOWING WHO TOOK THE SNAP SHOTS... A TEAM OF MUSEUM CURATORS AND HANDWRITING EXPERTS WORKED TO PROVE THESE WERE THE EARLY WORKS OF ANSEL ADAMS, WHICH ARE NOW VALUED TO BE WORTH AT LEAST TWO-HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS... AN EXHIBITION IS PLANNED FOR OCTOBER AT FRESNO STATE UNIVERSITY. NEBRASKA... A FIRST-BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AT ONE ZOO... HADARI THE GORILLA TURNED ONE TODAY... HE'S THE YOUNGEST GORILLA AT THE OMAHA ZOO... CAKE AND PRESENTS MARKED THE BIG DAY, AS GUESTS AT THE ZOO ENJOYED CUPCAKES IN HADARI' HONOR... AND THAT PUTS A NICE BOW ON THIS USA UPDATE...
Return to Story IndexCOMING UP
PLUS, KEEPING OFF THE POUNDS MAY JUST BE A CLICK AWAY. THOSE STORIES AND MORE A LITTLE LATER IN THE NEWSCAST!
Return to Story IndexDREAM HOME BMP
TODAY KICKS OFF OUR ST. JUDE DREAM HOME EARLY BIRD TICKET DRIVE. WE WILL RAFFLE OFF THE 20-10 ST. JUDE DREAM HOME IN OCTOBER. THE 700-THOUSAND DOLLAR, 43-HUNDRED SQUARE FOOT HOUSE IS BEING BUILT IN EAGLE VIEW JUST OUTSIDE OF CHARLESTON. IF YOU BUY A TICKET BEFORE FRIDAY, AUGUST 6TH, YOU ARE IN THE RUNNING FOR OUR SPECIAL EARLY BIRD PRIZE... A 32 INCH SONY BRAVIA HDTV AND A 500 DOLLAR BEST BUY GIFT CERTIFICATE. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS AT MARDI-GRAS CASINO AND RESORT OR GOOD NEIGHBOR PHARMACIES... YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN, OR LOG ONTO OUR WEBSITE OR ST. JUDE'S WEB SITE.
Return to Story IndexGREENBRIER CLASSIC
IT'S THE BOTTOM OF THE BLOCK TIME FOR THE TOP SPORTS STORY WITH MARK MARTIN. RICK, MANY GREAT NAMES FROM THE WORLD OF GOLF HAVE COME TO WEST VIRGINIA THIS WEEK TO TAKE PART IN THE LATEST STOP ON THE PGA TOUR...AND TODAY, THEY CONTINUED TO FINE TUNE THEIR GAMES AND GET ACCUSTOMED TO THE PAR-70 OLD WHITE COURSE THAT THEY WILL PLAY... OF COURSE, WHEN THEY AREN'T ON THE LINKS...MANY ARE MINGLING WITH FANS...AND ONE OF THE MORE POPULAR FIGURES IN THE GAME IS THE TALENTED AND COLORFUL JOHN DALY...EARLIER TODAY WE HAD A CHANCE TO CHAT WITH DALY ABOUT MAKING HIS WAY TO THE MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA...
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Return to Story IndexGAZETTE HEADLINE
EVENTS AT THE GREENBRIER RESORT CONTINUE AS THE PGA TOURNAMENT RAMPS UP FOR LATER THIS WEEK PLUS.......WHILE CANDIDATES FOR ROBERT C. BYRD'S U.S. SENATE SEAT SPEAK OUT, ONE CANDIDATE IN THE RACE GETS DISQUALIFIED AND A HISTORIC BELL STOLEN FROM SOUTH HILLS HAS BEEN RECOVERED, BUT IT'S NOT ALL IN ONE PIECE YOU CAN READ ALL ABOUT THESE STORIES AND MORE IN TOMORROW'S EDITION OF THE CHARLESTON GAZETTE.
Return to Story IndexFULL WEATHER
JIM PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS Join Jim Barach 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!
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LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THOSE FUGITIVES WE PROFILED A LITTLE EARLIER. DOMINIQUE CALHOUN TURNED HIMSELF IN AROUND EIGHT THIS EVENING AND WAS QUESTIONNED BY POLICE.. HE ALLEGEDLY SHOT UP A HOUSE ON WERTZ AVENUE IN CHARLESTON YESTERDAY. NO ONE WAS INJURED. CALHOUN WAS RELEASED ON BOND.
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WE'LL SEE YOU HERE AGAIN NEXT WEEK WITH MORE FUGITIVES THAT WE'LL NEED YOUR HELP TO CATCH. REPORTING LIVE IN THE STUDIO... RRA.. EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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IF IT'S A GOOD PICTURE OF A GOOD STORY... WE'LL USE IT ON THE AIR!
Return to Story IndexSAUDI ARABIA CRASH
AN INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY AFTER A LANDING TURNS TO DISASTER. A CARGO PLANE CAUGHT FIRE AND SPLIT IN TWO WHILE LANDING IN SAUDI ARABIA. THE LUFTHANSA PLANE WAS ABOUT TO LAND WHEN IT CAUGHT FIRE. AFTER THE ENGINES STOPPED WORKING, THE M-D ELEVEN CRASHED AND SPLIT IN HALF. THE TWO GERMAN PILOTS WERE RUSHED TO A NEARBY MILITARY HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES. IT TOOK CREWS THREE HOURS TO CONTAIN THE FIRE. THERE'S NO WORD ON WHAT STARTED IT.
Return to Story IndexIRAQ CAR BOMBINGS
SHREDS OF CLOTHING AND BACKPACKS WERE LEFT ALONG THE ROAD NEAR THE SHI'ITE HOLY CITY OF KARBALA. THE VICTIMS WERE HEADING THERE FOR AN ANNUAL RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL. ABOUT 50 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HURT. NO ONE IS CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY, BUT, SUNNI MUSLIM TERRORISTS OFTEN ATTACK BIG SHI'ITE GATHERINGS. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PILGRIMS ARE EXPECTED FOR CEREMONIES TOMORROW.
Return to Story IndexAUSTRIA KITTEN RESCUE
THE RUNAWAY KITTEN JUMPED FROM AND HID UNDER SEVERAL VECHICLES BEFORE IT ENDED UP UNDER A POLICE CAR IN VIENNA. FIRE OFFICIALS, POLICE AND AN ANIMAL AMBULANCE WERE ALL ON THE SCENE. IT TOOK MEMBERS OF THE FIRE BRIGADE A HALF HOUR TO DISASSEMBLE THE CRUISER AND FREE THE FELINE. THE KITTEN WAS CAUGHT AND TAKEN TO AN ANIMAL SHELTER. ONE FIREFIGHTER SUFFERED A BITE TO HIS FINGER.
Return to Story IndexWEIGHT LOSS WEB
STUDIES SHOW THOSE WHO CONSISTANTLY LOG-ON TO SITES DESIGNED FOR WEIGHT LOSS ARE BETTER AT MAINTAINING THE POUNDS. RESEARCHERS AT KAISER PERMANENTE'S CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH SAY PEOPLE WHO CHECKED IN ONLINE AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH OVER TWO AND A HALF YEARS WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN AN AVERAGE OF NINE OF THEIR ORIGINAL 19 POUND WEIGHT LOSS. THOSE WHO CHECKED IN LESS MAINTAINED THREE POUNDS. STUDY AUTHORS SAY PEOPLE WHO REGULARLY USED INTERACTIVE WEIGHT LOSS WEB SITES WERE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO KEEP THEIR NEW HABITS GOING.
Return to Story IndexNH HEALTHIEST FOR KIDS
AN ANNUAL SURVEY OF CHILDREN'S WELL-BEING RANKS THE STATE NUMBER ONE. THE DATA WAS COLLECTED BETWEEN 2000 AND 2008, *BEFORE THE RECESSION. NEW HAMPSHIRE FARED WELL IN MOST CATEGORIES BUT SAW A SETBACK IN THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN POVERTY, WHICH INCREASED 50-PERCENT OVER THOSE EIGHT YEARS, BUT STILL REMAINED THE LOWEST RATE OF ALL STATES. CATEGORIES THAT IMPROVED NATIONALLY INCLUDED LOWER INFANT MORTALITY AND TEEN DEATH RATES... BY THE WAY, WEST VIRGINIA RANKED 43RD... OHIO WAS 29TH AND KENTUCKY WAS 40TH...
Return to Story IndexBLOOMBERG REPORT
HERE'S MORE IN TONIGHT'S BLOOMBERG AFTER THE BELL REPORT.
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STINGER
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D-M-X IS NOW SERVING TIME. HE SURRENDERED TO A JUDGE MONDAY IN LOS ANGELES TO BEGIN SERVING A NINETY-DAY JAIL SENTENCE. IT'S FOR A 2002 RECKLESS DRIVING CONVICTION. INITIALLY D-M-X, WHOSE REAL NAME IS EARL SIMMONS, WAS CHARGED WITH DRUNK DRIVING- -BUT THOSE CHARGES WERE LATER DROPPED. BEING IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW IS NOTHING NEW FOR THE RAPPER. OVER THE PAST DECADE HE HAS HAD A HISTORY OF ARRESTS AND JAIL TIME.
Return to Story IndexRIHANNA ACTING
E! NEWS REPORTS THE POP STAR HAS BEEN CAST IN THE UPCOMING MOVIE "BATTLESHIP." IT CO-STARS ALEXANDER SKARSGARD OF "TRUE BLOOD" AND TAYLOR KITSCH OF "FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS". RIHANNA HAS APPEARED ON T-V A FEW TIMES, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SHE'LL BE PLAYING SOMEONE *OTHER* THAN HERSELF. IT'LL ALSO BE HER FIRST APPEARANCE IN A FEATURE FILM. "BATTLESHIP" IS EXPECTED TO HIT THEATERS MAY OF 2012.
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ON EYEWITNESS NEWS...
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LOTS OF TIME SPENT ON THE RANGE TODAY BY MANY OF THE PLAYERS WHO HAVE MADE THEIR WAY TO THE RESORT FOR THE FIRST-EVER CLASSIC...THIS NEW EVENT GIVES THE PLAYERS A CHANCE TO COME TO THE MOUNTAIN STATE AND NOT ONLY EXPERIENCE A DIFFERENT GOLF VENUE BUT THE ENTIRE FEEL OF AMERICA'S RESORT...
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BUT IF YOU ARE OUT ON THE GROUNDS, THERE'S PLENTY TO CHOOSE FROM ON THE EXTENSIVE GREENBRIER CLASSIC CONCESSION STAND MENU...YOU HAVE YOUR USUAL ITEMS LIKE HOT DOGS, BURGERS, CHICKEN SANDWICH...AND WHILE THE MASTERS IS KNOWN FOR ITS FAMOUS PIMINTO CHEESE SANDWICHE...THE SIGNATURE SANDWICH OF THE GREENBRIER CLASSIC IS WHAT ELSE?...THE GREEN FRIED TOMATO SANDWICH...
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Return to Story Index PRIME PICKS SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Tonight at 9:00 PM Two contestants are eliminated; Christian TV performs; a performance by dancers from the upcoming movie ``Step Up 3D.''  |
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