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Tuesday, May 6, 2008.

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Reporting Today: Christine Hablre
and Rick Lord
Jim Barach is in the Weather Center
and Mark Martin has Sports
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    Good Morning West Virgina






  • PRESHOWOPEN
      A QUICK THINKING NEIGHBOR WRITES DOWN SOME DIGITS TO CATCH SOME STICKY FINGERED THIEVES...

      BUT FIRST

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    PRESHOWOPEN 2
      IT PROVIDES HEALTH CARE FOR A COMMUNITY... NOW IT FACES THE CHOPPING BLOCK...THAT'S OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT.

      GOOD EVENING, I'M RICK LORD....

      AND I'M CHRISTINE HABRLE... WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS AT TEN.

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    HOSPITAL CLOSING
      THE RICHWOOD AREA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IN NICHOLAS COUNTY WILL BE CLOSING ITS DOORS IN JUNE.

      EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER ATISH BAIDYA IS LIVE IN THE STUDIO WITH HOW THE COMMUNITY IS REACTING TO THE CLOSURE.

      ATISH?

      CHRISTINE,

      COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE COMING TOGETHER......THEY'RE HOPING FOR HELP TO SAVE THEIR HOSPITAL...SAYING THE CLOSURE WOULD BE DEVESTATING TO THE AREA.

      ((sotdr. diaz "People will die.."

      A GRIM DIAGNOSIS FOR MEDICAL CARE IN RICHWOOD AFTER THE NEWS THAT THE HOSPITAL IN TOWN WILL BE CLOSING...COMMUNITY MEMBERS DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN...AND SHARE COUNTLESS STORIES ABOUT HOW THE MEDICAL STAFF THERE HAS SAVED LIVES.

      SOT patients

      100 PEOPLE WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS BECAUSE OF THE CLOSURE...WORKERS....WHO ARE THE HEARTBEAT OF THE HOSPITAL... ARE HOPING FOR A MIRACLE.

      SOTworker

      THEY SAY THE HOSPITAL HAS AN ESTIMATED 3 TO 5 MILLION DOLLARS OF DEBT.... YET THEY'RE SO DESPERATE TO SAVE THE PLACE THEY WORK...THEY'VE TAKEN DRASTIC ACTION.

      SOT worker "we've played the lottery to pay off the debt...

      NOW THEY ARE HOPING FOR BETTER LUCK...FOR THE SAKE OF THE TOWN'S HEALTH...MEDICAL AND ECONOMICAL.

      WITHOUT INTERVENTION THE HOSPITAL WILL CLOSE IN JUNE.

      THE CLOSEST HOSPITAL WILL THEN BE IN SUMMERSVILLE...ABOUT 25 MILES AWAY.

      NO ONE FROM THE HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION WAS AVAILABLE TO TALK TO US.

      LIVE IN THE STUDIO ATISH BAIDYA EYEWITNESS NEWS.

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    AMBULANCE TROUBLES
      AMBULANCE SERVICE TO RURAL AREAS COULD STOP!

      THE REASON... INCREASING COSTS.

      WEST VIRGINIA E-M-S COALITION LEADERS SAY FUEL COSTS AND THE PRICE OF EQUIPMENT ARE FORCING THEM TO CONSIDER CANCELLING EMERGENCY SERVICES TO CERTAIN AREAS...

      our expenses have increased by 70 percent over the last five years and our reimbursement is been flat...We're receiving the same reimbursement as in 2002

      RIGHT NOW, THE ASSOCIATION IS JUST WEIGHING ITS OPTIONS...

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    HIGHLAND HOSPITAL JOBS
      MEANWHILE, ONE LOCAL HOSPITAL IS EXPANDING...AND BRINGING NEW JOBS TO TOWN...

      HIGHLAND HOSPITAL PLANS TO HIRE 200 WORKERS AND ADD THREE NEW BUILDINGS OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS.

      IT'S ALL PART OF A 38-MILLION-DOLLAR EXPANSION.

      THE PROJECT WILL START WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FOUR-STORY REPLACEMENT HOSPITAL ON MacCORKLE AVENUE.

      NEXT WILL BE A "CENTRAL SERVICES" BUILDING THAT'LL HOUSE A WELCOME CENTER, CAFETERIA, KITCHEN AND GYMNASIUM.

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    NOWCAST WEATHER
      JIM PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

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    METH LAB
      AN ANONYMOUS TIP LEADS TO A METH BUST ON CHARLESTON'S WESTSIDE...

      THIS IS EXCLUSIVE VIDEO FROM THE SCENE... TROOPERS SAY THEY RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT THE HOME ON GRANT STREET... WHEN THEY GOT THERE... THEY NOTICED A STRONG METH ODOR...

      WHEN THEY SEARCHED THE HOME, THEY FOUND A METH LAB IN THE BASEMENT ALONG WITH THE TWO WOMEN... DONNA MOLES AND JULIA HISER.

      METH WASN'T THE ONLY THING THEY FOUND INSIDE....

      We continued searching the upstairs of the home and we found a large amount of marijuna and methamphamine.

      TROOPERS SAY THEY FOUND ENOUGH OF BOTH DRUGS TO CHARGE THEM WITH INTENT TO DELIVER...

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    METAL THEFTS
      METAL THIEVES IN HUNTINGTON CONTINUE TO TARGET AUTOMOTIVE SHOPS.

      BUT AS EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER STEVE BORECKY EXPLAINS---THIS TIME THEY GOT CAUGHT.

      RICH BOARD KNOWS CARS---HE ALSO KNOWS HIS PASSION IS THE TARGET OF THIEVES ACROSS HUNTINGTON.

      SINCE OPENING HIS SHOP IN 1996---BOARD SAYS HE'S BEEN ROBBED OF CAR PARTS MORE TIMES THAN HE CAN REMEMBER.


      ALONG WITH CAMPING OUT---HE'S ALSO INSTALLED SECURITY CAMERAS AND AN ALARM SYSTEM.

      BUT THAT WASN'T ENOUGH TO STOP THIEVES FROM CLIMBING INTO THIS WINDOW SUNDAY NIGHT AND STEALING 25 RADIATORS.

      BUT THIS TIME THINGS ENDED DIFFERENTLY---A NEIGHBOR SAW THE THIEVES AND WROTE DOWN THEIR LICENSE PLATE NUMBER.

      THE NEXT DAY, BOARD WAS ABLE TO TRACK THE ALUMINUM PARTS DOWN AT THIS RECYCLING YARD.


      ANDREW XX OF EMPIRE RECYCLING SAYS THE LICENSE PLATE WAS THE KEY TO FINDING THE RADIATORS.


      BOARD KNOWS A CITY ORDINANCE REQUIRING METAL YARDS TO KEEP RECORDS OF EVERYONE WHO CASHES IN THEIR METAL HELPED HIM GET THE PARTS BACK----BUT HE SAYS STRICTER LAWS ARE NEEDED TO END THE THEFTS.

      IN HUNTINGTON---STEVE BORECKY---EYEWITNESS NEWS.

      HUNTINGTON POLICE SAY THEY KNOW WHO THE THIEVES ARE AND PLAN TO MAKE AN ARREST SOON.

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    FUGITIVE FILES
      TONIGHT ON THE FUGITIVE FILES ... POLICE ARE TRYING TO TRACK DOWN A MAN THEY SAY VIOLATED HIS BOND JUST DAYS AFTER BEING ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH A DRIVE BY SHOOTING.

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    FUGITIVE INTRO
      THAT SHOOTING HAPPENED RIGHT NEAR OUR STATION HERE ON PIEDMONT ROAD.

      POLICE BROUGHT IN ALPHONSO HARPER FOR QUESTIONING ... CHARGED HIM WITH DRIVING THE GETAWAY CAR ... HE POSTED BOND, AND IS NOW WANTED AGAIN.

      STINGER

      POLICE SAY ALPHONSO HARPER DROVE THE GETAWAY CAR IN THE DRIVE-BY SHOOTING ON CHARLESTON'S EAST END LAST WEEKEND.

      HE WAS CHARGED WITH MALICIOUS WOUNDING IN CONNECTION TO THE SHOOTING ... AND POSTED BOND. POLICE SAY HE THEN BEAT UP HIS GIRLFRIEND ... WHICH IS A VIOLATION OF HIS BOND.

      ALPHONSO HARPER IS 6-3, AND WEIGHS ABOUT 260.

      NATS

      A CIRCUIT JUDGE ISSUED A WARRANT FOR RICKY DALE IGO LAST WEEK. HE'S WANTED FOR PROBATION VIOLATION ON A SLEW OF CHARGES ... INCLUDING ROBBERY, MALICIOUS WOUNDING, THIRD DEGREE ARSON, AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY CHARGES.

      IGO IS 46 YEARS OLD, HE'S 5-8, AND WEIGHS ABOUT 150. HIS LAST KNOWN ADDRESS IS IN TAD ... IN THE CAMPBELL'S CREEK AREA OF KANAWHA COUNTY.

      NATS

      37 YEAR OLD DAVID SHIRKEY IS WANTED FOR PROBATION VIOLATION FOLLOWING MALICIOUS WOUNDING CHARGES. HIS CRIMINAL COMPLAINT SAYS HE ATTACKED A WOMAN WITH A KNIFE AT AN APARTMENT ON CHARLESTON'S WEST SIDE. SHIRKEY IS 5-6, WEIGHS ABOUT 135. HIS LAST KNOWN ADDRESS IS ON WEST WASHINGTON STREET IN CHARLESTON.

      NATS

      IF YOU'VE SEEN ALPHONSO HARPER, RICKY IGO, OR DAVID SHIRKEY, PLEASE CALL OUR TIPLINE.

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    TIPLINE
      AND THE NUMBER TO CALL, 720 TIPS.

      IF YOU DO CALL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE YOUR NAME. AND YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE FUGITIVES ANYTIME BY LOGGING ON TO OUR SISTER STATION'S WEBSITE AT WCHSTV DOT COM.

      REMEMBER ... NO FUGITIVE FILES NEXT WEEK BECAUSE OF THE PRIMARY ELECTION. THE NEXT REPORT WILL BE ON MAY 20.

      LIVE IN THE STUDIO, JAKE GLANCE. EYEWITNESS NEWS.

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    REBECCA BALL
      A BOONE COUNTY WOMAN WHO ALLEGEDLY SOLD METHADONE TO AN OVERDOSE VICTIM WILL GO ON TRIAL FOR MURDER.

      43- YEAR OLD REBECCA BALL IS FACING A MULTI-COUNT INDICTMENT FOR THE DEATH OF CATHY JO WOODRUM.

      BALL PLEAD NOT GUILTY TODAY...

      POLICE SAY WOODRUM BOUGHT METHADONE FROM BALL.

      UNDER WEST VIRGINIA LAW -- IF SOMEONE DIES FROM TAKING DRUGS -- THE PERSON WHO SOLD THEM COULD BE LIABLE FOR THE DEATH.

      BALL IS FREE ON BOND.

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    6 BOONE MURDER
      AND... TWO MEN INDICTED IN A BOONE COUNTY MURDER PLEAD NOT GUILTY.

      LESLIE LONG AND WAYNE GULLETT WILL GO ON TRIAL IN SEPTEMBER.

      BOTH ARE CHARGED UNDER THE FELONY MURDER LAW.

      POLICE SAY LONG AND GULLETT, AS WELL AS MAXELL LONG, ALLEGEDLY HELD DAVID JARRELL AT GUNPOINT.

      JARRELL THEN ALLEGEDLY SHOT AND KILLED MAXELL LONG...

      JARRELL HAS ALSO BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER.

      RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE ALL FREE ON BOND.

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    WHAT WE KNOW
      A SCANDAL AT W-V-U LEADS TO A BIG RESIGNATION REQUEST...HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW...

      WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY'S FACULTY SENATE IS CALLING FOR PRESIDENT MIKE GARRISON'S RESIGNATION... BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE THE FINAL SAY IN THE MATTER.

      YESTERDAY, THE SENATE PASSED A MOTION OF NO CONFIDENCE IN A 77-19 VOTE, ON THE HEELS OF THE GOVERNOR'S DAUGHTER DEGREE SCANDAL

      EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER MEREDITH WOOD SPOKE ONE ON ONE WITH GARRISON... WHO SAYS HE WILL NOT RESIGN

      LESS THAN A YEAR INTO HIS JOB AS WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY'S PRESIDENT -- MIKE GARRISON IS BEING PRESSURED TO QUIT AMID A DEGREE SCANDAL INVOLVING THE GOVERNOR'S DAUGHTER.

      MIKE:I THINK EVERYONE WOULD HAVE RATHER THIS NOT HAPPEN, INCLUDING MYSELF BUT IT HAPPENED, WE HAVE TO MOVE BEYOND IT.

      LAST OCTOBER, WVU RETROACTIVELY GRANTED HEATHER BRESCH A MASTERS DEGREE, BUT QUESTIONS SOON SURFACED OVER WHETHER BRESCH ACTUALLY EARNED IT.

      AN INVESTIGATION BY AN INDEPENDENT PANEL FOUND THAT SHE DID NOT.

      UNIVERSITY PROVOST GERALD LANG AND BUSINESS SCHOOL DEAN STEPHEN SEARS BOTH RESIGNED BECAUSE OF THE SCANDAL.

      NOW, THE FACULTY SENATE IS ASKING GARRISON TO STEP DOWN.

      BUT GARRISON SAYS THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN.

      HOWEVER, HE ADMITS MISTAKES WERE MADE AND WOULD DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY IF HE COULD.

      MIKE:IN RETROSPECT I WOULD HAVE HAD MY CHIEF OF STAFF MEMORIALIZE EVERY THING IN WRITING AND SEND IT DIRECTLY TO THE DEAN OF B AND E AND LET THEM HANDLE IT, RATHER THAN HAVE ANYONE INVOLVED IN MY OFFICE.

      GARRISON SAYS HE KNOWS THIS SITUATION HASN'T PUT HIS SCHOOL IN A GOOD LIGHT.

      MIKE:THIS HAS COMPROMISED IN SOME WAY HOW WE OPERATE AS A UNIVERSITY.

      IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW WITH MIKE GARRISON, LOG ON TO OUR WEBSITE WCHSTV.COM.

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    MANCHIN REACTION
      GOVERNOR MANCHIN SPOKE ABOUT THE SCANDAL TODAY.

      HE SAYS HE'S NOT SURPRISED BY THE FACULTY SENATE'S RECOMMENDATION.

      BUT MANCHIN SAYS WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT IS TO MAKE SURE THE SAME ERRORS ARE NOT MADE AGAIN.

      "MISTAKES ARE MADE THROUGH OUT EVERYONE'S LIFE. MISTAKES ARE MADE. YOU NEED TO CORRECT THEM AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEING DONE."

      MANCHIN DID NOT COMMENT WHEN ASKED WHETHER OR NOT HE THINKS GARRISON SHOULD RESIGN.

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    WHAT'S NEXT
      MEANWHILE, THE CONTROVERSY IS FAR FROM OVER.

      THE UNIVERSITY ASSEMBLY PLANS TO HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING ON MAY 14TH TO FURTHER DISCUSS THE ISSUE.

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    ARTZ OUT
      HE WORKED ON THE KANAWHA-CHARLESTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT BOARD FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES.

      NOW HE'S OUT OF A JOB...

      CHARLETON MAYOR DANNY JONES DECIDED TO REPLACE DR. STEVEN ARTZ WITH COUNCILMAN BOBBY REISHMAN.

      THE CHANGE TAKES EFFECT JULY 1ST, WHEN ARTZ'S TERM RUNS OUT.

      CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS UNANIMOUSLY BACKED JONES WHO DECIDED TO REPLACE ARTZ AFTER A MEETING WITH HEALTH DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES.

      THE MAYOR SAYS ARTZ ACTED DISRESPECTFULLY TOWARD HIM, AND WAS AN OBSTACLE TO HIS EFFORTS TO MOVE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

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    JEFFERSON AWARDS
      THEY TIRELESSLY GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY. TODAY THEY'RE RECOGNIZED FOR HELPING OTHERS.

      EYEWITNESS NEWS IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF THE 2008 JEFFERSON AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVICE.

      GOVERNOR JOE MANCHIN PRESENTED THE FIVE WINNERS WITH THE PRESTIGIOUS MEDALLION FOR THEIR EFFORTS.

      THE RECIPIENTS HOPE OTHERS WILL FOLLOW THEIR EXAMPLE.

      Annie Campbell/Jefferson Award Winner: "We have so much and we need to look around and see what people need and see what we can do about it."

      THIS YEAR'S WINNERS ARE:

      JAMES ADKINS, JUNIOR ...FOUNDER OF "CHALLENGING OUR FUTURE" --- WHICH GETS KIDS INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.

      THE 90- YEARS- YOUNG ANNIE CAMPBELL... A LONGTIME VOLUNTEER FOR MANNA MEAL.

      13-YEAR OLD HANNAH CHAPMAN, WHO WORKS WITH KIDS IN NETTIE.

      MIKE SNYDER, OWNER OF A BOXING GYM IN COW-EN THAT HELPS PREVENT KIDS FROM FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS.

      AND RIPLY SCOUTMASTER FOREST WIBLEN JUNIOR-- WHO HAS DONATED HIS TIME AND MONEY TO THE GROUP.

      CONGRATULATIONS!

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    DREAM HOME
      DREAM HOME TICKETS ARE SELLING LIKE HOTCAKES!

      NOW THERE ARE ONLY TWO WAYS TO GET YOUR HANDS ON THEM!

      WITH A ONE-HUNDRED DOLLAR TICKET, YOU COULD WIN THIS HALF-MILLION DOOLLAR HOME BEING BUILT IN PUTNAM COUNTY... THIS YEAR, YOU CAN ALSO WIN A NEW CAR... THE FOLKS AT SAINT JUDE SAY TICKETS ARE GOING FAST...

      Over half the tickets are gone.. and that's so much more than we aniticipated"

      TO GET YOUR TICKET, LOG ON TO WCHSTV dot COM, AND CLICK ON THE DREAM HOME ICON, OR YOU CALL SAINT JUDE AT 1-800-592-1582... TICKETS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE DURING AN "OPEN HOUSE." WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOU CAN TAKE A TOUR.

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    WVU SCHOLARS
      COLLEGE IS STILL A FEW MONTHS AWAY FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS-- BUT A HANDFUL OF LUCKY ONES WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PAYING FOR THEIR EDUCATION.

      FIVE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WERE REWARDED FOR THEIR HARD WORK TODAY WITH WVU FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS.

      THEY ARE WORTH MORE THAN 65 THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND WILL PAY FOR 4 YEARS OF TUITION, BOOKS, AND ROOM AND BOARD.

      FOR THESE STUDENTS, THE SCHOLARSHIP MAKES COLLEGE POSSIBLE -- AND THEY ARE READY TO HEAD TO MORGANTOWN.

      "MAKING NEW FRIENDS. PURSUING WHAT I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO WHICH IS BEING A VET AND STUDYING ABROAD MOSTLY."

      THE WVU FOUNDATION IS THE HIGHEST SCHOLARSHIP BESTOWED BY THE UNIVERSITY.

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    HICKMAN SCHOLARSHIP
      MEANWHILE, A SCHOLARSHIP CREATED IN MEMORIAL TO THE DEATH OF A MARSHALL STUDENT IS GIVEN OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME.

      MARSHALL STUDENT GRIFFIN MCELROY WAS AWARDED THE LEAH HICKMAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP....HE'S A BROADCAST JOURNALISM STUDENT AT THE SCHOOL.

      LEAH HICKMAN WAS STRANGLED BACK IN DECEMBER...HER BODY WAS FOUND IN THE CRAWL SPACE OF HER HOME...POLICE ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO KILLED HER...THEY DO SAY HER MURDER WAS NOT A RANDOM ACT OF VIOLENCE.

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    CLINTON TO CAPITOL
      CLINTON IS SCHEDULED TO COME TO CHARLESTON THIS THURSDAY...

      SHE'S HOLDING A "SOLUTIONS FOR AMERICA RALLY" AT THE STATE CAPITOL.

      THE EVENT WILL BEGIN AT 10- 15 IN THE MORNING AND THE DOORS OPENING AT EIGHT.

      THE RALLY IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC AND YOU DON'T NEED A TICKET TO GET IN...

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    INDIANA PRIMARY
      MEANWHILE, HILLARY CLINTON AND BARACK OBAMA ARE WAITING FOR THE FINAL RESULTS OF TWO PRIMARIES TONIGHT...

      INDIANA AND NORTH CAROLINA...

      RIGHT NOW, CLINTON IS LEADING IN THE HOOSIER STATE, BUT IT'S STILL TOO EARLY TO CALL.

      CLINTON'S ADVANTAGE IS BASED ON GROUPS THAT HAVE SUPPORTED HER IN EARLIER PRIMARIES - WHITE WOMEN, WHITE WORKING-CLASS VOTERS AND RURAL VOTERS.

      WITH 79 PERCENT OF PRECINCTS REPORTING, CLINTON IS LEADING 52-TO-48 PERCENT.

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    NORTH CAROLINA PRIMARY
      AND BARACK OBAMA CALLS NORTH CAROLINA A WIN OVER CLINTON...

      THE TWO STATES ARE THE LAST BIG CONTESTS ON THE PRIMARY CALENDAR AND OFFER THE FINAL CHANCE TO MAKE A SERIOUS DENT IN THE DELEGATE COUNTS.

      AND ONCE AGAIN SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN IS WINNING THOSE STATES AS WELL... IN INDIANA HE HAS 77 PERCENT AND NORTH CAROLINA 74.

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    AIRPORT GRANTS
      SOME BIG IMPROVEMENTS ARE COMING TO AIRPORTS ACROSS THE STATE.

      SEVEN WEST VIRGINIA AIRPORTS ARE GETTING FEDERAL FUNDS TO UPGRADE RUNWAYS AND MAKE OTHER CHANGES...

      THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION GAVE THE BIGGEST GRANT TO TRI-STATE AIRPORT.

      THAT FOUR-AND-A-HALF MILLION DOLLAR AWARD WILL BE USED TO IMPROVE THE TRI-STATE RUNWAY SAFETY AREA...

      MINGO COUNTY AND BECKLEY AIRPORTS ARE ALSO RECEIVING FUNDING...

      BUT YEAGER AIRPORT IS NOT.

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    WALMART GREEN
      WALMART IS TAKING STEPS TO HELP WEST VIRGINIA AND 18- OTHER STATES CUT ENERGY COSTS.

      THE RETAIL GIANT WILL ASK ENGINEERING EXPERTS TO PERFORM ENERGY AUDITS AT THE CAPITOL COMPLEXES.

      THE PROJECT IS CALLED "THE GREENING STATE CAPITOLS PARTNERSHIP."

      WALMART OFFERING THE HELP AS AN OUTREACH EFFORT AND TO MARKET ITS AUDIT SERVICES.

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    STOCK REJOINER
      STINGER

      CLOSING BELL

      STOCKS GAINED SOME GROUND ON WALL STREET TODAY...

      THE DOW ADDED 51,

      THE NASDAQ PICKED UP 19,

      AND THE S-AND-P WENT UP NEARLY ELEVEN.

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    USA UPDATE
      HOGS AND THE HIGHWAY IN PENNSYLVANIA... A CHEMICAL SPILL IN CALIFORNIA CONTINUES TO CAUSE PROBLEMS... AND LIVING THE GOOD LIFE, EVEN IN DEATH, IN ILLINOIS... WE WILL NOT BURY THIS USA UPDATE...

      PENNSYLVANIA... A ROUGH MORNING COMMUTE IN CHESTER COUNTY, AFTER A TRUCK LOADED WITH PIGS WRECKED, AND THEN ENDED UP LEANING OVER THE EDGE OF A RAMP. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT ABOUT 6:15 A.M. WHERE ROUTE 30 MEETS ROUTE 202... ANOTHER TRUCK HAD TO COME TAKE THE PIGS FROM THE SCENE ... NO ONE WAS HURT, BUT IT TOOK MOST OF THE MORNING TO GET EVERYTHING CLEANED UP...

      NEW YORK... A SINK HOLE IN BAY RIDGE, BROOKLYN OPENS UP... MEASURING 10-BY-20 FEET, THE HOLE ON 76TH STREET BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH AVENUES BACKED UP TRAFFIC, BUT NO ONE WAS HURT... THIS ENTIRE SECTION OF ROAD WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL ITS FIXED... SO FAR, ROAD CREWS HAVE NO IDEA HOW IT HAPPENED...

      CALIFORNIA... THE CLEANUP CONTINUES IN RICHMOND FOLLOWING A CHEMICAL SPILL THAT WAS TRIGGERED BY A THEFT... THIS IS THE MESS IN A SAN PABLO BAY MARSH... THE LEAK HAPPENED AFTER SOMEBODY STOLE THE BRASS COUPLINGS FROM A STORAGE TANK CONTAINING THE CHEMICAL... HAZ-MAT CREWS CONTAINED THE SCENE... NO INJURIES TO REPORT...

      ILLINOIS... A CHICAGO MAN IS TOASTING HIS MORTALITY... LITERALLY... THE 68 YEARS OLD SAYS HE'S LIVED A GOOD LIFE... ALTHOUGH A FRAGILE ONE... HE'S HAD FIVE HEART ATTACKS, AND WHILE HE'S STILL HERE, HEWANTS TO TAKE CARE OF HIS FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS TO SAVE HIS FAMILY THE BURDEN... SO, HE'S BOUGHT HIMSELF A SILVER CASKET JUST LIKE A BEER CAN ... DECKED OUT IN PABST BLUE RIBBON LOGOS... BUT BEFORE THEY BOTH GO IN THE GROUND, THE GUY WANTS TO GET HIS MONEY'S WORTH... SO HE'S USING IT AS A COOLER... AND WITH THAT, LET'S ICE THIS USA UPDATE...

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    COMING UP
      STILL TO COME, DOES YOUR BODY SHAPE PROTECT YOU FROM DIABETES? WE'LL EXPLAIN.

      PLUS, THE FINAL FOUR IDOL CONTESTANTS ARE HUNGRY FOR THE TOP TITLE... OUR PANEL IS IN FOR A ROCKIN' ROUND OF IDOL CHAT... THAT'S A LITTLE LATER IN THE NEWSCAST!

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    SPECIAL OLYMPICS
      ABOUT 200 ATHLETES WERE RECOGNIZED AT LINCOLN COUNTY'S SPECIAL OLYMPICS TODAY.

      THIS IS ALWAYS A GREAT EVENT.

      IT HAPPENED AT THE LIONS CLUB FIELD IN HAMLIN.

      VOLUNTEERS-- INCLUDING THE BROTHERS OF THE WHEEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB, R-O-T-C MEMBERS AND OTHER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS-- HELPED OUT WITH THE GAMES AND AWARD CEREMONIES.

      " It makes them feel like they can! Where everybody says you can't, you can't, you can't! This is their day! "

      AFTER SOME 20 YEARS OF HELPING CHALLENGED YOUTH, THE BROTHERS OF THE WHEEL MEMBERS GOT SPECIAL RECOGNITION ALONG WITH THE ATHLETES.

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    DOMINIQUE DAWES
      OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST DOMINIQUE DAWES STOPPED BY CHARLESTON TODAY.

      DAWES ADDRESSED THE BLACK DIAMOND GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL.

      THE FUNDRAISING EVENT BROUGHT IN ABOUT 300 PEOPLE-- INCLUDING SOME GIRL SCOUTS.

      DAWES, WHO WON A GOLD MEDAL IN 19-96, IS THE ONLY AMERICAN FEMALE GYMNAST TO COMPETE IN THREE OLYMPICS.

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    HUGGINS
      THE HOMECOMING FOR MOUNTAINEER MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH BOB HUGGINS HAS BEEN SWEET...AND A NEW CONTRACT MAKES IT ALL THE MORE SWEETER...

      IT'S THE BOTTOM OF THE BLOCK TIME FOR THE TOP SPORTS STORY WITH MARK MARTIN.

      RICK, HUGGS GUIDED THE MOUNTAINEERS TO THE SWEET 16 IN THIS YEAR'S NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT...AND THE FORMER PLAYER IS GOING TO BE AROUND FOR A LONG, LONG TIME...

      BOB HUGGINS WILL EARN AT LEAST 20 MILLION DOLLARS IN GUARANTEED INCOME OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS OF HIS NEW CONTRACT.

      THE CONTRACT INCLUDES INCENTIVES THAT COULD ADD THOUSANDS MORE.

      WVU RELEASED DETAILS OF THE CONTRACT TODAY.

      HUGGINS WILL EARN ABOUT 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS...

      INCENTIVES INCLUDE $10,000 FOR A FIRST-ROUND APPEARANCE IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT AND $50,000 IF THE MOUNTAINEERS REACH THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

      HUGGINS' CONTRACT ALSO INCLUDES A $4 MILLION BUYOUT CLAUSE.

      THE WEST VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL SEASON IS UNDERWAY...SECTIONAL HIGHLIGHTS ARE COMING YOUR WAY LATER ON THIS EDITION OF FOX 11'S EYEWITNESS NEWS AT 10...

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    GMWV PROMO
      START YOU MORNING OFF RIGHT...

      JENIFER MCANDREWS JOINS US NOW TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S UP ON THE MORNING SHOW.

      JENIFER MCANDREWS- FOX 11'S GMWV ANCHOR SPEAKS ABOUT WHAT'S ON TOMORROW ON THE MORNING SHOW

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    GAZETTE HEADLINE
      IT'S TIME TO GET TOMORROW'S HEADLINES TONIGHT...

      MORE ON W-V-U PRESIDENT MIKE GARRISON'S RESPONSE TO THE RESIGNATION REQUEST...

      PLUS, A NEW POLL SUGGESTS A HOTLY CONTESTED RACE FOR WEST VIRGINIA'S HIGHEST COURT.

      AND, A JUDGE APPROVES THE FIRST SETTLEMENTS IN THE JOHN KING MALPRACTICE LAWSUITS IN PUTNAM COUNTY.

      YOU CAN READ ALL ABOUT THESE STORIES AND MORE IN WEDNESDAY'S EDITION OF THE CHARLESTON GAZETTE.

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    IWITNESS NEWS
      IF YOU SEE NEWS HAPPENING, CLICK AWAY, AND SEND US THE PICTURES AT IWITNESS@WCHSTV.COM....

      IF IT'S A GOOD PICTURE OF A GOOD STORY... WE'LL USE IT ON THE AIR!

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    FULL WEATHER
      ANCHORS TOSS TO JIM FOR 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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    IDOL CHAT
      AMERICAN IDOL IS DOWN TO THE TOP FOUR....

      OUR IDOL CHAT JUDGES, LIBBY JO AND COACH KIDD FROM ELECTRIC 102-POINT-7 AND BRIAN SCOTT FROM 100 KEY FM ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY SAW TONIGHT...

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    DAVID COOK
      BROLL OF DAVID COOK

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    SYESHA MERCADO
      BROLL OF SYESHA MERCADO

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    JASON CASTRO
      BROLL OF

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    DAVID ARCHULETA
      BROLL OF DAVID ARCHULETA

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    SOMALIA RIOTS
      WELCOME BACK TO FOX 11'S EYEWITNESS NEWS AT TEN!

      IN WORLD NEWS.... SOARING FOOD PRICES SPARK VIOLENCE IN SOMALIA....

      HUNDREDS FILLED THE COUNTRY'S CAPITAL CITY...THROWING STONES AT STORES AND SETTING CARS ON FIRE....

      THIS IS THE SECOND DAY OF VIOLENT PROTESTS THERE...

      POLICE KILLED TWO PEOPLE DURING THE DEMONSTRATIONS YESTERDAY.

      THE PRICE OF RICE AND OTHER STAPLES HAS GONE UP BY MORE THAN 40 PERCENT SINCE MID-2007.

      THE PLUMMETING SOMALI SHILLING, WHICH LOST NEARLY HALF ITS VALUE AGAINST THE U-S DOLLAR THIS YEAR, HAS

      PARTIALLY DRIVEN UP THE COST.

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    TALIBAN BATTLE
      U-S MARINES ENTER NEW TERRITORY IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN.

      THE 24TH MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT STARTED CONDUCTING OPERATIONS IN THE COUNTRY'S HELMAND PROVINCE.

      IT IS THE FARTHEST SOUTH U-S FORCES HAVE BEEN IN YEARS.

      TALIBAN FIGHTERS HAVE BEEN ATTACKING U-S SOLDIERS DAILY, LEAVING THE MARINES WITH NO CHOICE BUT TO VENTURE INTO THE REGION.

      A TOP U-S COMMANDER SAYS THE TALIBAN ARE USING A TRENCH LINE FOR COVER.

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    PLASTIC BAGS
      CHINA OFFICIALS ARE TAKING STEPS TO MAKE THEIR COUNTRY A GREENER PLACE.

      THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED A BAN ON ULTRA THIN PLASTIC BAGS.

      STORES MUST NOW CHARGE FOR ANY OTHER BAG EMPLOYEES GIVE CUSTOMERS.

      UNDER THE NEW REGULATION IT'S ALSO ILLEGAL FOR MANUFACTURERS TO *MAKE THE THIN BAGS.

      CHINA USES MORE THAN ONE-AND-A-HALF MILLION TONS OF PLASTIC BAGS EVERY YEAR.

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    BLOOMBERG REPORT
      FANNIE MAE BOUNCES BACK... AND HOME SALES HIT A RECORD LOW...

      HERE'S MORE IN TONIGHT'S BLOOMBERG AFTER THE BELL REPORT.

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    SECOND WEATHER
      JIM PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

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    DIABETES AND SHAPE
      BEING PEAR SHAPED MAY ACTUALLY PROTECT AGAINST DIABETES.

      THIS IS INFORMATION FROM A NEW HARVARD STUDY.

      RESEARCHERS FOUND THE FAT RIGHT UNDER THE SKIN AROUND THE HIPS AND BOTTOM COULD ACTUALLY IMPROVE YOUR ABILITY TO REGULATE BLOOD SUGAR.

      THIS FAT -- CALLED SUBCUTANEOUS FAT -- APPEARS TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM METABOLIC DISEASES.

      IN THE STUDY, MICE WHO HAD BEEN IMPLANTED WITH SUBCUTANEOUS FAT ENDED UP WITH IMPROVED BLOOD SUGAR AND INSULIN LEVELS.

      THEY ALSO LOST WEIGHT AND THEIR FAT CELLS GOT SMALLER-- DESPITE NO CHANGES IN DIET AND EXERCISE.

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    HEART ATTACK
      THE GENDER GAP IS ALIVE AND WELL WHEN IT COMES TO HEART DISEASE...

      A NEW STUDY FOUND EVERYTHING FROM SYMPTOMS TO TREATMENT ARE DIFFERENT IN WOMEN COMPARED TO MEN.

      FOR EXAMPLE... DURING A HEART ATTACK, THE STUDY SAYS WOMEN ARE TWICE AS LIKELY AS MEN TO HAVE NORMAL OR MILD RESULTS ON AN EXAM OF THE HEART'S BLOOD VESSELS.

      PLUS.. THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THEIR ARTERIES ARE CLOGGED AT LEAST 50 PERCENT.

      THOSE ARE BOTH THINGS THAT SHOW A MAN IS HAVING A HEART ATTACK.

      DOCTORS FOUND TOO MANY TIMES, WOMEN HAVING A HEART ATTACK THINK IT IS JUST FATIGUE, INDIGESTION, STRESS OR OVEREXERTION... THE BEST RULE OF THUMB.. .IF YOU AREN'T SURE... HEAD TO THE DOCTOR.

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    BRITNEY IN COURT
      BRITNEY SPEARS REGAINS SOME TRUST....

      AT LEAST IN THE EYES OF THE COURT...

      DURING A CUSTODY HEARING TODAY... A JUDGE GAVE THE TROUBLED POP STAR EXPANDED VISITATION RIGHTS WITH HER TWO SONS.

      YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE COURT SKETCHES....

      THE JUDGE ORDERED THE MEDIA TO LEAVE THE COURTROOM RIGHT AFTER SPEARS, HER FATHER AND KEVIN FEDERLINE WERE SWORN IN.

      LATER, FEDERLINE'S SPOKESPERSON TOLD REPORTERS OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE HIS CLIENT IS EXTREMELY PLEASED WITH THE SITUATION.

      THE NEXT COURT DATE IS SET FOR JULY 15TH.

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    FAMILY GUY DEAL
      GOOD NEWS FOR ALL OF YOU FAMILY GUY FANATICS...

      THE SHOW'S CREATOR, SETH MCFARLANE, INKED A DEAL TO KEEP THE SHOW ON FOX THROUGH 2012.

      MCFARLANE'S ALSO IN CHARGE OF "AMERICAN DAD.." AND HE'S WORKING ON A SPINOFF CALLED "THE CLEVELAND SHOW" ABOUT ONE OF THE CHARACTERS ON FAMILY GUY

      THE DEAL IS REPORTEDLY WORTH 100 MILLION BUCKS.. MAKING MCFARLANE THE HIGHEST PAID WRITER-PRODUCER IN TELEVISION.

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    SPORTS TEASE
      LAST WEEK IT WAS FOR A CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP... TONIGHT... NITRO AND ST. ALBANS MET TRYING TO GET THE UPPER HAND FOR A SECTIONAL TITLE... MARK MARTIN HAS HIGHLIGHTS-- NEXT...

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    SPORTS
      RICK TOSSES TO SPORTS ANCHOR

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    HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
      IT WAS JUST LAST WEEK NITRO AND ST. ALBANS PLAYED FOR THE MOUNTAIN STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP...TONIGHT THE TWO RIVALS MET IN A FAR MORE IMPORTANT GAME...A SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT OPENER AS THE ROAD TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT LATER THIS MONTH HERE IN CHARLESTON GETS GOING...

      -NITRO ESTABLISHER

      -4TH INNING-NITRO DANIEL KAHN 2-RUN HOMER, 6-0 NITRO

      -5TH INNING-NITRO ANDREW FRAZIER SINGLE, SCORES 2, 10-2 NITRO

      -7TH INNING-NITRO ANDREW PICKERING 2-RUN HOMER, 14-4 NITRO, NITRO WOULD HIT 8 HOME RUNS IN THIS GAME

      -7TH INNING-NITRO CHASE PICKERINIG DOUBLE, SCORES A RUN, 16-4 NITRO

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    GW-SOUTH CHARLESTON
      -SC ESTABLISHER

      -1ST INNING-SC JACK HUDSON STRIKESOUT MARK JONES TO GET OUT A JAM

      -1ST INNING-GW TYLER WILSON STRIKESOUT KEVIN ROWLEY TO END THE INNING

      -3RD INNING-GW WILSON GETS DYLAN TURNER LOOKING TO GET OUT OF A JAM

      -4TH INNING-SC HUDSON GETS KIRBY PATTERSON LOOKING TO END A BASES LOADED JAM

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    WV POWER
      THE WEST VIRGINIA POWER WRAPPED UP ITS EIGHT-GAME ROAD TRIP TODAY AGAINST THE DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS...AND POWER SET OUT TODAY FOR A SPLIT OF THE FOUR-GAME SERIES BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN...

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    HS TRACK AND FIELD
      QUALIFYING BEGINS FOR THE WEST VIRGINIA STATE HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD MEET TOMORROW NIGHT...THE FOUR REGIONAL CLASS AAA MEETS WILL ALL BE WEDNESDAY...ONE TAKES PLACE IN CHARLESTON AT UC STADIUM...ANOTHER WILL BE AT THE CHRIS PARSONS TRACK AND FIELD FACILITY ON THE CABELL MIDLAND HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS...THE CLASS SINGLE A REGIONAL MEETS ARE THURSDAY...THE CLASS AA AFFAIRS ARE FRIDAY...

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    EMILY STEWART
      WITH A CLOSE FIELD FOR THIS YEAR'S DOUBLE A STATE MEET EXPECTED.......

      WINFIELD'S EMILY STEWART HAS STARTED TO RISE FROM THE PACK...

      AJ GOOD VISITS WITH THE GENERAL SENIOR....

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    ROBERT ALEXANDER
      ONE OF THE STATE'S ALL-TIME GREATEST ATHLETES IS GETTING CLOSER TO THE GAME OF FOOTBALL...ROBERT ALEXANDER, A TWO-TIME KENNEDY AWARD WINNER AT SOUTH CHARLESTON, WHO LATER STARRED FOR THE MOUNTAINEERS AND PLAYED IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, IS BACK IN COACHING...ALEXANDER IS DOING SO IN THE BLUEGRASS STATE AS AN ASSISTANT COACH FOR THE NEW PROGRAM AT KENTUCKY CHRISTIAN IN GRAYSON...NO ATHLETE WAS EVER MORE HIGHLY PUBLICIZED OR RECRUITED THAN ALEXANDER, WHO RECENTLY TURNED 50...EVERY YEAR SOME OF THE STATE'S TOP PLAYERS CHOOSE NOT TO PLAY IN THE NORTH-SOUTH GAME, AND ALEXANDER, WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST CLASS FOR THE NORTH-SOUTH HALL OF FAME, FEELS THAT'S A MISTAKE...

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    WAKE UP WEATHER
      ANCHORS TOSS TO JIM FOR WAKE UP WEATHER

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    MULTI SCISSOR CUT
      FINALLY TONIGHT... A STYLIST IN ISRAEL IS USING HIS CUTTING EDGE TECHNIQUE TO HONOR HIS COUNTRY.

      AS ISRAEL CELEBRATES ITS 60TH ANNIVERSARY, A LOCAL HAIRDRESSER IS TRYING TO BREAK A WORLD RECORD.

      DANNY BARGIL IS CUTTING HAIR ... USING TEN SCISSORS .... IN ONE HAND ....AT THE SAME TIME.

      THE KEY IS HE HAS TO STYLE THE HAIR - NOT JUST CHOP IT WITH SCISSORS.

      BARGIL IS TRYING TO GET BACK INTO THE GUINESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS...HE ORGINALLY GOT IN THE BOOK BY CUTTING HAIR WITH SEVEN PAIRS OF SCISSORS BACK 2001.

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