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Thursday, July 17, 2008.

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  • FOX OPEN 1
      COMING UP ON FOX 11'S GOOD MORNING WEST VIRGINIA.....ONE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES IS SETTING UP SHOP IN THE CAPITAL CITY TODAY.

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    FOX OPEN 2
      THEN, IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE TABLE GAMES PASSED BUT THE CARDS HAVE YET TO BE DEALT. WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE CASINO'S PROGRESS.

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    FOX OPEN 3
      PLUS, A POPULAR NASCAR DRIVER HAS TRADED IN HIS RACE CAR FOR A MOTORCYCLE TO HELP OUT A GOOD CAUSE.

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    FOX WELCOME
      GOOD MORNING, I'M JENIFER McANDREWS. WELCOME TO FOX 11'S GOOD MORNING WEST VIRGINIA.

      IT'S THURSDAY, JULY 17TH.

      DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.

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    INDYMAC INVESTIGATION
      IT'S THE SECOND LARGEST BANK FAILURE IN THE NATION...BUT INDYMAC'S PROBLEMS AREN'T OVER. SOURCES SAY THE CALIFORNIA-BASED BANK IS NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE FBI FOR POSSIBLE

      FRAUD.

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    E-COLI OUTBREAK SPREADS
      AN E-COLI OUTBREAK IS SPREADING.

      HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY IT STARTED FROM BEEF SOLD IN KROGER SUPERMARKETS IN MICHIGAN AND OHIO.

      BUT NOW OFFICIALS SAY NEW YORK, GEORGIA, KENTUCKY AND INDIANA EACH HAVE A CASE.

      AT LEAST 45 PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN SICK.

      23 HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED.

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    MCCAIN HEADQUARTERS
      THE PRESUMED REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE IS OPENING A HEADQUARTERS IN THE CAPITAL CITY TODAY.

      SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN'S CAMPAIGN WILL HAVE A SITE AT 111 HALE STREET.

      THE OPENING WILL TAKE PLACE AT THREE THIS AFTERNOON.

      MCCAIN'S STATEWIDE CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN, LARRY SWANN, AND KANAWHA COUNTY CHAIRMAN MIKE STUART WILL BE AT THE EVENT. MEMBERS OF WEST VIRGINIANS FOR MCCAIN AND OTHER SUPPORTERS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO ATTEND.

      BARACK OBAMA HAS YET TO OPEN TO A HEADQUARTERS IN WEST VIRGINIA BUT IS EXPECTED TO OPEN MULTIPLE SITES ACROSS THE STATE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

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    MORE TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN
      THE PENTAGON MAY BE SENDING MORE TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN.

      SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROBERT GATES SAID THAT HE IS HOPING TO SEND MORE TROOPS, SOONER, RATHER THAN LATER.

      THIS COMES JUST AFTER THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE IN VIOLENCE. SUNDAY... NINE U-S SOLDIERS WERE KILLED IN A TALIBAN ATTACK ON AN OUTPOST... THE DEADLIEST ATTACK ON U-S TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN IN THREE YEARS.

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    SNOW FUNERAL
      THE FUNERAL FOR FORMER WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY AND FOX NEWS ANCHOR, TONY SNOW WILL BE HELD IN WASHINGTON THIS MORNING.

      PRESIDENT BUSH WILL BE AMONG THOSE EULOGIZING THE MAN WHO WAS HIS CHIEF SPOKESMAN UNTIL LAST SEPTEMBER.

      PRESIDENT BUSH SAYS SNOW IS ALREADY SORELY MISSED. BUSH CALLED HIM A GOOD FRIEND AND VALUED ADVISER, WHO LOVED TO LAUGH, LOVED HIS COUNTRY AND LOVED HIS FAMILY.

      SNOW DIED AT AGE 53 SATURDAY FOLLOWING A LONG BATTLE WITH COLON CANCER.

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    11 POKER PLAYERS
      NEARLY A YEAR AFTER KANAWHA COUNTY VOTERS APPROVED TABLE GAMES, TRI-STATE RACETRACK AND GAMING CENTER IS STILL TRYING TO GET THE PROJECT OFF THE GROUND.

      THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS OBSTACLES AND DELAYS, HOWEVER, THE FIRST BATCH OF POKER STUDENTS IS READY TO GRADUATE, WITH CLASSES ON ROULETTE, BLACKJACK AND CRAPS SET TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK.

      THE TRACK WANTS TO HIRE BETWEEN 150 AND 200 DEALERS FOR ITS VARIOUS GAMES. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TAKING AND SIGNING UP FOR CLASSES TO QUALIFY FOR A JOB IS SHORT OF THAT NUMBER, TAKING TRI-STATE'S DIRECTOR OF TABLE GAMES BY SURPRISE.

      LADUCA SAYS THE PLAN IS TO START PLAYING POKER AT THE NITRO FACILITY IN AUGUST AND BRING THE REST OF THE TABLE GAMES ON LINE IN SEPTEMBER.

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    NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL
      WITH SCHOOL RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER SOME STUDENTS IN WEST VIRGINIA ARE COMING BACK TO A FEW CHANGES.

      STARTING THIS FALL, WOOD COUNTY'S JUNIOR HIGHS WILL SWITCH TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL FORMAT THAT IS IN EFFECT AROUND THE STATE. THE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOLS WILL SERVE GRADES SIX THROUGH EIGHT. SCHOOL OFFICIALS HOPE THE NEW CHANGES WILL MEET THE GROWING NEEDS OF STUDENTS.

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    CAPITAL MARKET
      FORGET YOUR BIG CHAIN GROCERY STORE-- SEEMS-- THE CAPITOL COMPLEX IS THE PLACE TO BE TO BUY FRESH FRUIT AND VEGGIES.

      THIS IS THE FOURTH YEAR FOR THE CAPITOL MARKET AT THE CAPITOL.

      YOU CAN PICK UP FRESH PRODUCE EVERY WEDNESDAY THROUGH AUGUST 20-TH. AND THIS YEAR, YOU CAN ALSO BUY IT EVERY FRIDAY THROUGH AUGUST 22-ND.

      THERE ARE CURRENTLY 59 FARMERS' MARKETS AND STANDS IN THE STATE.

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    11 PETTY RIDE
      NASCAR HAS COME TO WEST VIRGINIA.

      THE ANNUAL KYLE PETTY CHARITY MOTORCYCLE RIDE ROARED ACROSS WEST VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY.

      THE 14TH ANNUAL RIDE FOR THE VICTORY JUNCTION GANG CAMP FOR CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC ILLNESSES AND OTHER KID'S CHARITIES STOPPED IN GRAYSON KENTUCKY AND BECKLEY YESTERDAY. OVER THE YEAR'S, IT'S RAISED MORE THAN TEN MILLION DOLLARS. ABOUT 250 RIDERS INCLUDING NASCAR LEGEND HARRY GANT ARE TAKING PART IN THE 23-HUNDRED MILE RIDE. THEY STARTED OUT IN TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN. PETTY WAS SURPRISED AT THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT HE SAW THERE.

      "Up North really, I was surprised up in Michigan .....When you get down to this part of the country, there's race fans everywhere....up there we were very pleased and very blessed."

      THE 2300 MILE ROAD TRIP WILL END IN SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. THE RIDERS SPENT THE NIGHT AT THE GREENBRIER RESORT IN WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS.

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    BASEBALL STAMP
      WE'VE BEEN TELLING YOU FOR A COUPLE DAYS ABOUT THE NEW STAMP HONORING THE FAMED BASEBALL TUNE "TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME."

      LAST NIGHT, FANS AT WEST VIRGINIA POWER PARK MARKED THE SONG'S ANNIVERSARY WITH THE UNVEILING OF A 42-CENT POSTAGE STAMP.

      BEFORE THE POWER TOOK THE FIELD AGAINST THE COLUMBUS CATFISH, CHARLESTON POSTMASTER JON LITTON REVEALED THE STAMP, BASED ON A VINTAGE 1880 "TRADING CARD."

      "TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME" HAS BEEN PART OF BASEBALL FOR MOST OF ITS 100 YEARS.

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    TEASE 1/WX FONT
      WHEN BAD GUYS GET CAUGHT SOMETIMES THEY'RE WEARING THE MOST UNUSUAL THINGS.

      WE'LL CHECK THAT OUT COMING UP NEXT.

      AND METEOROLOGIST DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN FOX 11'S GOOD MORNING WEST VIRGINIA RETURNS.

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    FULL WEATHER
      DOUG PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

      Join Doug Harlow 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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    MUG SHOT T-SHIRT
      IMAGINE GETTING NABBED BY THE COPS, THEN GETTING BUSTED BY THE FASHION POLICE.

      A NOW INFAMOUS T-SHIRT WORN BY A SUSPECT HAS JEANNE MOOS MULLING OVER FASHION FELONIES.

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    TEASE 2/COMMUNITY
      STICK AROUND... JOSH LEWIS WILL HAVE ALL YOUR POWER HIGHLIGHTS.

      BUT FIRST, HERE ARE SOME COMMUNITY EVENTS HAPPENING IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

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    SPORTS MINUTE
      THE NORTH TOOK ON THE SOUTH LAST NIGHT AT APPALCHIAN POWER PARK.

      AND THE MATCHUP FEATURED TWO OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE'S TOP TEAMS... JOSH LEWIS IS IN NOW WITH THE HI-LITES.

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    AMERICAN IDOL AUDITIONS
      AMERICAN IDOL WANNABES...START WARMING UP YOUR VOCAL CHORDS.

      ONE LUCKY WEST VIRGINIAN WILL GET THE CHANCE TO SING FOR THE IDOL JUDGES.

      MORGANTOWN'S HIT MUSIC STATION W-V-A-Q IS SENDING ONE PERSON TO THE AMERICAN IDOL AUDITIONS IN NEW JERSEY.

      TO QUALIFY YOU MUST BE A WEST VIRGINIA RESIDENT OR STUDENT BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 28.

      THE WEST VIRGINIA IDOL AUDITIONS ARE FRIDAY, JULY 25TH AT THE MEADOWBROOK MALL. REGISTRATION BEGINS AT 4PM.

      TEN PEOPLE WILL ADVANCE TO THE FINALS AT THE METROPOLITAN THEATRE ALSO IN MORGANTOWN ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 9TH. SHOW STARTS AT 7PM.

      ONE IDOL HOPEFUL WILL WIN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND A GUARANTEED AUDITION IN NEW JERSEY, TUESDAY AUGUST 19TH FOR A SPOT ON SEASON 8 OF AMERICAN IDOL.

      FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE IDOL AUDITIONS LOG ONTO WVAQ-DOT-COM

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    RE OPEN
      GOOD MORNING, I'M JENIFER MCANDREWS...IT'S 7:23.

      DOUG HARLOW JOINS US NOW WITH A CHECK OF THE FORECAST.

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    WEATHER
      DOUG PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

      Join Doug Harlow 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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    MCCAIN HEADQUARTERS
      THE PRESUMED REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE IS OPENING A HEADQUARTERS IN THE CAPITAL CITY TODAY.

      SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN'S CAMPAIGN WILL HAVE A SITE AT 111 HALE STREET.

      THE OPENING WILL TAKE PLACE AT THREE THIS AFTERNOON.

      MCCAIN'S STATEWIDE CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN, LARRY SWANN, AND KANAWHA COUNTY CHAIRMAN MIKE STUART WILL BE AT THE EVENT. MEMBERS OF WEST VIRGINIANS FOR MCCAIN AND OTHER SUPPORTERS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO ATTEND.

      BARACK OBAMA HAS YET TO OPEN TO A HEADQUARTERS IN WEST VIRGINIA BUT IS EXPECTED TO OPEN MULTIPLE SITES ACROSS THE STATE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

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    CAPITAL MARKET
      FORGET YOUR BIG CHAIN GROCERY STORE-- SEEMS-- THE CAPITOL COMPLEX IS THE PLACE TO BE TO BUY FRESH FRUIT AND VEGGIES.

      THIS IS THE FOURTH YEAR FOR THE CAPITOL MARKET AT THE CAPITOL.

      YOU CAN PICK UP FRESH PRODUCE EVERY WEDNESDAY THROUGH AUGUST 20-TH. AND THIS YEAR, YOU CAN ALSO BUY IT EVERY FRIDAY THROUGH AUGUST 22-ND.

      THERE ARE CURRENTLY 59 FARMERS' MARKETS AND STANDS IN THE STATE.

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    FOX RE-OPEN 1
      COMING UP ON FOX 11'S GOOD MORNING WEST VIRGINIA...A TRAGIC MOTORCYCLE CRASH IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AND POLICE SAY SPEED MAY BE TO BLAME.

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    FOX RE-OPEN 2
      THEN, FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS CATCH ALLEGED BAD GUYS. AND ONE OF THEIR MOST WANTED IS FROM WEST VIRGINIA.

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    FOX RE-OPEN 3
      AND, ANOTHER PERSON HAS PLEAD GUILTY TO TORTURING MEGAN WILLIAMS.

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    FOX WELCOME
      GOOD MORNING, I'M JENIFER McANDREWS. WELCOME TO FOX 11'S GOOD MORNING WEST VIRGINIA.

      IT'S THURSDAY, JULY 17TH.

      DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.

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    FATAL MOTORCYCLE CRASH
      A MOTORCYCLIST DIES AFTER CRASHING HIS BIKE JUST A FEW HOURS AGO.

      THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 3:30 THIS MORNING.

      POLICE SAY THE DRIVER WAS SPEEDING DOWN CAPITAL STREET. HE DID A WHEELIE AS HE PASSED SOME CITY WORKERS.

      HE HIT A RAMP NEAR CAPITAL MARKET WENT AIRBORNE AND FLIPPED OVER THE HANDLE BARS. HE DIED AT THE SCENE.

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    MISSING KY TEEN
      KENTUCKY STATE POLICE NEED YOUR HELP TO FIND A 15- YEAR OLD GIRL.

      CANDACE PENNINGTON OF NOAH'S LANDING IN LAWRENCE COUNTY HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE LAST SATURDAY NIGHT.

      SHE WAS WEARING DARK COLORED BOXER SHORTS AND A TAN COLORED TANK TOP.

      PENNINGTON HAS A HISTORY OF BEING A RUNAWAY BUT NEVER FOR MORE THAN A DAY.

      YOU CAN CALL THE KENTCUKY STATE POLICE IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, AT 1-877-416-1208.

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    AM-WOODS UPDATE
      NATIONAL AUTHORITIES MAKE A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT GETTING ALLEGED CRIMINALS OFF OUR STREETS.

      ONE OF THEIR 15 MOST WANTED IS A WEST VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A CHILD.

      BUT HIS FRIENDS SAY IT'S ALL A MISUNDERSTANDING.

      SOME FRIENDS AND RELATIVES DEFEND RONALD KEITH WOODS. THEY SAY HE WOULD NEVER COMMIT THE CRIMES HE'S ACCUSED OF.

      BACK IN JUNE AS PART OF THE NATIONAL OPERATION FALCON DRAGNET, U-S- MARSHALLS ARRESTED WOODS CHARGING HIM WITH TWO COUNTS OF SEXUAL ABUSE BY A PARENT OR GUARDIAN.

      THEY SAY HE HAD REPEATEDLY SEX WITH A 7 YEAR OLD GIRL FOR MORE THAN A YEAR AND THAT HE THREW A CHILD INTO A BATHTUB OR DOWN SOME STAIRS.

      BUT FRIENDS SAY THAT A FAMILY MEMBER IS OUT TO GET WOODS BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW IN THE PAST FOR STEALING.

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    AM-S-WOODS UPDATE
      SOT: 4722 Charles Bailey/Best Friend: "She was out to get him she took the kids to the hospital had them tested and tests come back negative..they have the paperwork .those kids weren't touched in any certain way"

      U-S MARSHALLS DISAGREE WITH THAT.

      MEANWHILE THEY'RE CALLING THIS THE FIFTH YEAR OF OPERATION FALCON THE MOST SUCCESSFUL.

      THEY NABBED NEARLY 200 ALLEGED CRIMINALS FOR MORE THAN 300 FELONY WARRANTS IN THE MOUNTAIN STATE ALONE.

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    KIDDIE PORN BUST
      A WYOMING COUNTY MAN IS HELD ON A 150-THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND FOR ALLEGEDLY HAVING 47 IMAGES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AT HIS PINEVILLLE HOME.

      WYOMING COUNTY DEPUTIES BEGAN INVESTIGATING 35-YEAR-OLD DAVID MARTIN IN MARCH WHEN THEY RESPONDED TO A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE CALL. THEY ARRESTED HIM TUESDAY. THEY FOUND THE IMAGES ON A PERSONAL COMPUTER ALONG WITH SOME D-V-D'S.

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    911 HANGUP
      A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING IN WAYNE COUNTY NOW HAS POLICE ON A MANHUNT.

      WAYNE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 39 YEAR OLD DAVID ADKINS DROVE BY HIS FORMER MOTHER-IN-LAWS HOUSE SUNDAY AFTERNOON, AND SHOT A SMALL CALIBER PELLET GUN ABOUT FOURTEEN TIMES.

      POLICE LATER FOUND THE CAR HE WAS DRIVING... ALONG WITH A SKI MASK AND GLOVES...

      ADKINS HAS A LONG LIST OF CHARGES AWAITING HIM; INCLUDING DOMESTIC ASSAULT, DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, AND TWO COUNTS OF WANTON ENDANGERMENT.

      "i never would have dreamed in a hundred million years, that ever that id be sitting here today with my mom, talkin about somebody that i loved more thananything, could have ever done this kind of stuff to me, my family,"

      MANDY ADKINS AND HER MOTHER ARE OFFERING A REWARD FOR INFORMATION ON DAVID ADKINS' WHEREABOUTS.

      IF YOU THINK YOU MAY KNOW WHERE DAVID ADKINS IS YOU'RE URGED TO CALL THE WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ; 304-272-6378

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    BOBBY BREWSTER
      ONE OF THE TWO REMAINING DEFENDANTS CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE KIDNAPPING AND TORTURING OF MEGAN WILLIAMS HAS PLEADED GUILTY.

      BOBBY BREWSTER WAS SENTENCED TUESDAY IN LOGAN COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT.

      BREWSTER WILL SPEND AT LEAST 13 YEARS IN PRISON, WITH A POSSIBILITY OF UP TO 40.

      BREWSTER WAS ARRESTED LAST SEPTEMBER ALONG WITH FIVE OTHERS AND CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING WILLIAMS.

      ALL THE OTHER DEFENDANTS HAVE PLEADED GUILTY EXCEPT DANNY COMBS, WHOSE TRIAL IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER.

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    11 MARCUS JERDINE
      A JURY CONVICTS ONE OF THE SUSPECTS IN A HOME INVASION.

      JURORS FOUND MARCUS JERDINE GUILTY OF FOUR COUNTS OF ROBBERY, ONE COUNT OF BURGLARY, AND ONE COUNT OF MALICIOUS WOUNDING.

      JERDINE BROKE INTO A HOME ON CHARLESTON'S WEST SIDE LAST NOVEMBER.

      THE HOMEOWNER -- BASIL WHITE-- FOUGHT BACK AND WAS STABBED IN THE SHOULDER WITH A SCREW DRIVER.

      WHITE SAYS HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO PUTTING THE ORDEAL BEHIND HIM.

      JERDINE'S NEXT COURT DATE IS SET FOR SEPTEMBER

      19-TH.

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    JEREL GARNER
      THE COURT HEARING IN THE CASE AGAINST A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A FORMER MARSHALL FOOTBALL PLAYER, HAS BEEN POSTPONED.

      JEREL ADDISON GARNER WILL HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE LONGER BEFORE HE GOES BEFORE THE JUDGE.

      GARNER IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING DONTE NEWSOME ON JULY 5TH OUTSIDE THE FLUID NIGHTCLUB.

      GARNER'S NEXT COURT DATE IS JULY 29TH.

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    JOLLY PIRATE WAIVED
      THE GRAND JURY WILL NOW GET THE CASE OF ONE OF THE MEN ACCUSED IN THE DONUT SHOP ROBBERY IN HUNTINGTON.

      POLICE SAY JOSHUA WYRICK AND HIS FATHER, STEPHEN, WENT INTO THE JOLLY PIRATE SHOP WITH BAGS OVER THEIR HEAD AND ARMS, AND STOLE HUNDREDS OF LOTTERY TICKETS AND THE CASH REGISTER.

      WYRICK HAS WAIVED HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING.

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    HANDLEY PLEA
      RICKY HANDLEY HAS CUT A DEAL FOR ILLEGALLY STORING WASTE TIRES AT A NITRO WAREHOUSE.

      HANDLEY PLEAD TO CONSPIRACY TO STORE MORE THAN ONE- THOUSAND TIRES.

      THE CHARGE IS A FELONY AND CARRIES 1 TO 5 YEARS BEHIND BARS, BUT PROSECUTORS WILL RECOMMEND PROBATION.

      D-E-P INSPECTORS SAY MORE THAN 40 THOUSAND TIRES WERE BEING STORED AT THE WAREHOUSE, WHICH WAS SET ON FIRE IN MAY, 2006.

      HANDLEY WILL BE SENTENCED IN SEPTEMBER (17TH.)

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    TEASE 5/WX FONT
      COMING UP, GRAB YOUR FISHING POLE THE STREAMS ARE STOCKED FULL OF TROUT. WE'RE GOING FISHING IN THIS WEEK'S WEST VIRGINIA WILDLIFE REPORT.

      AND METEOROLOGIST DOUG HARLOW WILL HAVE YOUR FORECAST WHEN FOX 11'S GOOD MORNING WEST VIRGINIA RETURNS

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    WEATHER
      DOUG PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

      Join Doug Harlow 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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    SMITH GARDENING
      FOR PLANTS THAT TAKE THE HEAT OUR GARDENING EXPERT P. ALLEN SMITH TURNS TO SOME VARIETIES THAT LOOK LIKE THEY ARE FROM OUTER SPACE. TAKE A LOOK.

      FOR SOME OF ALLEN'S FAVORITE GARDENING TIPS JUST LOG ONTO TO HIS WEBSITE AT PALLENSMITH dot COM.

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    TEASE 6/BIRTHDAYS
      MORE TROUBLE FOR COMEDIAN ANDY DICK.

      STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST ON HIS RUN IN WITH THE LAW.

      BUT FIRST, HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME BIRTHDAYS.

























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    HOLLYWOOD BUZZ
      STINGER

      STINGER

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    HOLLYWOOD MINUTE
      THE LATEST HOLLYWOOD MUGSHOT IS NO LAUGHING MATTER FOR A

      TELEVISION SITCOM STAR WHO IS NOW FACING DRUG AND SEXUAL BATTERY CHARGES.

      PLUS, KATIE HOLMES FINDS HERSELF HEADING BACK TO TELEVISION.

      EMMY NOMINATIONS WILL BE RELEASED THIS MORNING, AND BOTH AMC'S "MAD MEN" AND FX'S "DAMAGES" HAVE A SHOT AT HISTORY.

      NEVER BEFORE HAS A SHOW AIRING ON BASIC CABLE BEEN NOMINATED FOR BEST-SERIES, BUT BOTH OF THOSE SHOWS HAVE A SHOT AT CHANGING THAT.

      THE WIRE, WHICH JUST RECENTLY FINISHED ITS RUN ON HBO, IS ALSO HOPING TO END YEARS OF EMMY SNUBS.

      THE FINAL LIST OF NOMINEES WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY KRISTIN CHENOWETH, NEIL PATRICK HARRIS AND TV ACADEMY CHAIRMAN JOHN SHAFFNER.

      AWARDS WILL BE HANDED OUT ON SEPTEMBER 21ST.

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    ELTON JOHN ICE CREAM
      BRITISH ROCKER ELTON JOHN CAN ADD ANOTHER TITLE TO HIS RESUME -- ICE CREAM FLAVOR.

      BEN AND JERRY'S -- THE VERMONT ICE CREAM KINGS -- HAVE CREATED A NEW FLAVOR IN HONOR OF JOHN'S FIRST-EVER VERMONT PERFORMANCE TAKING PLACE MONDAY.

      THE ICE CREAM IS CALLED "GOODBYE YELLOW BRICKLE ROAD" AND IS A MIX OF CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM...PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE DOUGH...BUTTER BRICKLE AND WHITE CHOCOLATE CHUNKS.

      THE SPECIAL BATCH IS ONLY AVAILABLE AT BEN AND JERRY'S VERMONT SHOPS AND ALL PROFTS WILL GO TO THE ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION.

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    TEASE 7
      COMING UP, WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT TROUT STOCKING IN THIS WEEKS WEST VIRGINIA WILDLIFE REPORT.

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    AMERICAN IDOL AUDITIONS
      AMERICAN IDOL WANNABES...START WARMING UP YOUR VOCAL CHORDS.

      ONE LUCKY WEST VIRGINIAN WILL GET THE CHANCE TO SING FOR THE IDOL JUDGES.

      MORGANTOWN'S HIT MUSIC STATION W-V-A-Q IS SENDING ONE PERSON TO THE AMERICAN IDOL AUDITIONS IN NEW JERSEY.

      TO QUALIFY YOU MUST BE A WEST VIRGINIA RESIDENT OR STUDENT BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 28.

      THE WEST VIRGINIA IDOL AUDITIONS ARE FRIDAY, JULY 25TH AT THE MEADOWBROOK MALL. REGISTRATION BEGINS AT 4PM.

      TEN PEOPLE WILL ADVANCE TO THE FINALS AT THE METROPOLITAN THEATRE ALSO IN MORGANTOWN ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 9TH. SHOW STARTS AT 7PM.

      ONE IDOL HOPEFUL WILL WIN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND A GUARANTEED AUDITION IN NEW JERSEY, TUESDAY AUGUST 19TH FOR A SPOT ON SEASON 8 OF AMERICAN IDOL.

      FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE IDOL AUDITIONS LOG ONTO WVAQ-DOT-COM

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    FINGERLING STOCKING
      IT'S NO SECRET TO TROUT FISHERMEN THAT TROUT UNLIMITED IS RESPONSIBLE FOR STOCKING MANY OF THE BEST STREAMS AND RIVERS IN THE STATE.

      EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER PATRICK MCMURTRY HAS MORE ON THIS SUCCESS STORY IN THIS WEEK'S WEST VIRGINIA WILDLIFE REPORT.

      EVERY DAY IS A GOOD DAY TO GO TROUT FISHING, AND THANKS TO GUYS LIKE ERNIE NESTER, THERE ARE PLENTY OF TROUT IN EVEN THE MOST HIDDEN STREAMS.

      14:11

      "I'm gonna release him into the water. There you go, brown trout."

      ERNIE WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE KANWAHA VALLEY CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED MORE THAN 40 YEARS AGO. HE'S BEEN BUSY EVER SINCE TRANSFORMING THE FISHING INDUSTRY IN THE AREA.

      31:58Ernie Nester/TU Member says:

      "The first fingerling brown trout we stocked was actually in Hominy Creek in Nicholas County in 1977, but then about 1980, we strated stocking streams in Fayetee County."

      TROUT UNLIMITED MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS WILL SPEND AROUND 28 HUNDRED MAN HOURS STOCKING FISH THIS YEAR. IT WOULD TAKE ONE PERSON WORKING FULL TIME A YEAR AND A HALF TO LOG THAT MANY HOURS. IT'S HARD WORK, BUT IT'S ALSO A LABOR OF LOVE FOR THESE MEN AND WOMEN. AND THAT WORK IS PAYING OFF BIGTIME.

      33:10-37

      "Fortunately, we do have some re-production in this stream in the upper section of this stream there is reproduction.

      33:45-59

      It has produced a lot of good sized browns, I'm talking about 16,18,20 inches long. I haven't caught a lot of these nice ones, but I've caught a few."

      AND ERNIE PASSES HIS KNOWLEDGE ALONG. STEVE SATTLER FIRST MET ERNIE AT A TROUT UNLIMITED MEETING AND SAYS ERNIE TOOK HIM UNDER HIS WING AND TAUGHT HIM HOW TO FLY FISH.

      46:54-06Stephen Sattler/TU says:

      "Finding people that have been in the sport for a number of years, that really helps a lot. That's probably the best thing you can do, find someone who has some experience, get with them and just spend some time with them on the water."

      THE TWO DON'T JUST FISH, THEY'RE PART OF THE TU TEAM THAT PUTS NEARLY A TON OF FINGERLINGS IN OUR STREAMS EVERY YEAR. THEY'VE OPENED 20 STREAMS IN 9 COUNTIES AND THE IMAGINATIONS OF COUNTLESS FUTURE FISHERMEN.

      39:40

      "This year we have 70,000 fingerlings we're gonna stock and we do that every year."

      50:00

      "To go out on a stream, maybe a stream you helped stock or a wild trout steam is a different experience for me and I find it very rewarding."

      SPEAKING FOR ALL OF US WHO LOVE TO TROUT FISH, THANKS GUYS, AND PLEASE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. FOR WEST VIRGINIA WILDLIFE, PATRICK MCMURTRY, EYEWITNESS NEWS.

      FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FINGERLING STOCKING PROGRAM, GO TO WCHSTV dot COM AND CLICK ON THE WEST VIRGINIA WILDLIFE ICON, OR YOU CAN E-MAIL PATRICK DIRECTLY.

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    CLOSE 1
      STICK AROUND, DOUG HAS YOUR FORECAST AND WE'LL HAVE A CHECK OF YOUR MORNING COMMUTE TO WORK.

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    RE OPEN
      GOOD MORNING, I'M JENIFER MCANDREWS...IT'S 7:56.

      DOUG HARLOW JOINS US NOW WITH A CHECK OF THE FORECAST.

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    WEATHER
      DOUG PITCHES TO QUICK FORECAST

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