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Wednesday, November 4, 2009.

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Reporting Today: Jenifer McAndrews
Doug Harlow is in the Weather Center
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  • FOX OPEN 1
      COMING UP ON EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING .....HUNDREDS LINE UP TO GET THEIR HANDS ON THE H1N1 VACCINE....FIND OUT WHAT LENGTHS SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO GO TO...TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THIS VIRUS.

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    FOX OPEN 2
      AND, THE SECOND OF THREE TOWN HALL MEETINGS ON H1N1 WAS HELD AND AGAIN, ATTENDANCE WAS POOR.

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    FOX OPEN 3
      AND, A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER AND AN AIDE ARE ON SUSPENSION AFTER THEY WERE CAUGHT VERBALLY HARASSING STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS.

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    FOX WELCOME
      GOOD MORNING, I'M JENIFER McANDREWS. WELCOME TO FOX 11'S EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING .

      IT'S WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH.

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

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    PUTNAM SWINE FLU
      MORE THAN 600 PEOPLE LINED UP FOR FOR MORE THAN FIVE HOURS TO GET THEIR CHILDREN VACCINATED AGAINST THE H1N1 VIRUS.

      PUTNAM COUNTY'S CLINIC STAYED OPEN LONGER THAN EXPECTED AND WAS ABLE TO ACCOMODATE EVERY CHILD.

      EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER DARRAH WILCOX IS LIVE AT J-E ROBINS ELEMENTARY... WHERE A CLINIC WILL BE HELD TODAY FOR STUDENTS. DARRAH....

      JENIFER....THAT'S RIGHT!

      PUTNAM COUNTY PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN STOOD IN LONG LINES ....AS YOU CAN SEE IT WENT ALL THE WAY AROUND THE FRONT OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT... AND, WAY DOWN THE STREET..POLICE HAD TO BE BROUGHT IN TO DIRECT TRAFFIC.

      THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR FROM THE PUTNAM COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAID THAT MANY OF THE FAMILIES WHO CAME TO THE CLINIC WERE NOT PUTNAM COUNTY RESIDENTS..BUT HAD HEARD ABOUT THE VACCINES AND WANTED TO GET THEIR CHILDREN VACCINATED.

      THEY BROUGHT THEIR CHILDREN BECAUSE THEIR OWN COUNTY HADN'T RECIEVED THE VACCINE.

      MANY PARENTS ALSO CHOSE TO KEEP THEIR KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL AND BRING THEM TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, HOPING THE VACCINE WILL KEEP THEM FROM GETTING SICK AND MISSING MORE SCHOOL, LATER.

      THE CLINIC WILL NOT BE RESCHEDULE UNTIL ANOTHER SHIPMENT OF VACCINES ARE RECIEVED...AND THAT WON'T BE UNTIL THE END OF NOVEMBER.

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    KANAWHA SWINE SHOTS
      AND HERE IN CHARLESTON NEARLY 500 MORE PEOPLE WERE VACCINATED AGAINST H-1-N-1 YESTERDAY.

      THEY STARTED LINING UP EARLY AT THE KANAWHA- CHARLESTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

      THIS IS THE FIRST ADULT-ONLY VACCINATION CLINIC FOR HIGH-RISK PATIENTS AGES 19 TO 64.

      AFTER A 58-YEAR-OLD KANAWHA COUNTY WOMAN DIED OVER THE WEEKEND... MOST LIKELY FROM SWINE-FLU RELATED COMPLICATIONS... MORE PEOPLE WANT TO BE PROTECTED.

      I think we have a very informed community who understand the importance of vaccination... as well as each other.

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    CAPITAL HIGH
      AND, THE SECOND OF THREE TOWN HALL MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY THE KANAWHA-CHARLESTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON H1N1 WAS HELD AT CAPITOL HIGH SCHOOL TUESDAY AND AGAIN, ATTENDANCE WAS POOR.

      SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY THE LIGHT TURNOUT MAY ACTUALLY BE A POSITIVE SIGN....MEANING THAT PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THE INFORMATION THEY ARE RECIEVING.

      THERE WILL BE A FINAL TOWN HALL MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT AT ST. ALBANS HIGH SCHOOL. IT WILL BEGIN AT 5:30 P.M.

      MORE H1N1 VACCINES ARE ON THE WAY TO KANAWHA COUNTY SCHOOLS.

      J-E ROBINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS ONE OF SEVERAL IN THE COUNTY TO HOLD AN H-1-N-1 VACCINATION CLINIC LATER THIS MORNING.

      PRINCIPAL HENRY NEARMAN SAYS ALL OF THE REACTION AT THEIR SCHOOL HAS BEEN POSITIVE... AND HE SAYS GETTING STUDENTS PROTECTED IS A WIN-WIN FOR STUDENTS AND THE SCHOOL.

      A lot of kids start to get H1N1, then pass it to the next student, then there will be a lot of students missing. So if we can prevent this, and keep them here at school, that's what our goal is

      THE CLINIC HERE SHOULD START AT ABOUT 8-30 THIS MORNING.

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    CHILDREN SHOTS
      AND, THE KANAWHA- CHARLESTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS GIVING VACCINES TO SEVERAL OTHER SCHOOL CHILDREN.

      HERE'S A LIST OF THE SCHOOLS FOR THIS WEEK.

      TODAY ... CHILDREN AT WATTS, FLINN AND J-E ROBINS AND ST. ANTHONY ELEMENTARIES WITH GET THE SHOT...

      ON THURSDAY, GRANDVIEW AND CHANDLER.

      AND, ON FRIDAY ...PIEDMONT, GLENVIEW AND VISTA VIEW PRE-SCHOOL.

      ALSO A HEALTH DEPARTMENT CLINIC FOR STUDENTS NOT CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN SCHOOL OR WHO ARE HOME-SCHOOLED AND THOSE IN CHARLESTON DAYCARES AND PRE-SCHOOL WILL BE GIVEN OUT AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON THURSDAY FROM 3-6PM.


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      REPORTING LIVE IN CHARLESTON... DARRAH WILCOX... EYEWITNESS NEWS.

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    BUFFALO ELEMENTARY
      A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER AND AN AIDE HAVE BEEN PUT ON SUSPENSION AFTER THEY WERE CAUGHT ON TAPE VERBALLY HARASSING STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS.

      THE PUTNAM COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD SUSPENDED CAROLYN ROGERS AND VON FRANCISCO WITH PAY.

      THE PAIR WORKS AT BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND WERE CAUGHT ON AUDIO TAPE CALLING THE STUDENTS IN THEIR CLASS BABIES AND SAYING THEY HAVE ADHD.

      ROGERS AND FRANCISCO WILL STAY ON SUSPENSION UNTIL THE CONCLUSION OF THEIR INVESTIGATION.

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    CHIP PROGRAM
      A POPULAR CHILDHOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM IS THREATENED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

      THE CHIP PROGRAM IS IN DANGER OF DISAPPEARING AGAIN.

      THE PROGRAM COULD END BY 2013 AND THAT WILL AFFECT 14 MILLION CHILDREN, INCLUDING 25 THOUSAND WEST VIRGINIANS INTO PRIVATE INSURANCE PLANS.

      THE COST FOR COVERAGE COULD BOOST FOR PARENTS FROM 2 PERCENT TO UP TO 35 PERCENT.

      ALSO THE PRIVATE PLANS WOULD NOT CONTAIN THE SAME BENEFITS AS THE CHIP PROGRAM.

      THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE CHIP PROGRAM HAS COME UNDER FIRE...IN EARLY OCTOBER SENATOR JAY ROCKEFELLER SUCCESSFULLY AMENDED THE BILL TO KEEP THE PROGRAM IN PLACE UNTIL 2019.

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    HURRICANE COUNCIL
      A SURPRISING THING HAPPENED WHILE THE HURRICANE MAYOR WENT OUT OF TOWN... THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED NOT TO PAY THIS MONTH'S BILLS.

      THEY SAY THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY THE CITY HAS SPENT ON PROJECTS.

      MAYOR SCOTT EDWARDS SAYS THE TOWN IS IN THE BEST FINANCIAL SHAPE IT HAS EVER BEEN IN AND THERE WAS NO NEED STOP THE BILLS FROM BEING PAID.

      IF THE BILLS AREN'T PAID, SOME OF THE CITY'S SERVICES COULD BE SHUT OFF.

      MAYOR EDWARDS HAS CALLED A SPECIAL MEETING MONDAY TO REVERSE THE VOTE.

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    HUNTINGTON RESIDENCY
      ALL NEW HUNTINGTON CITY EMPLOYEES HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS TO WORK THERE.

      THEY WILL HAVE TO SIGN AN AFFIDAVIT AND SHOW PROOF OF RESIDENCY WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF BEING HIRED.

      THEN THE CITY WILL DO PERIODIC AUDITS TO MAKE SURE THE EMPLOYEES ARE STILL LIVING IN HUNTINGTON CITY LIMITS.

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    TEASE 1/WX FONT
      COMING UP NEXT, THEY'RE HEADING TO THE CATWALK TO HELP THE SYMPHONY....DETAILS AHEAD ON HOW YOU CAN HELP.

      AND METEOROLOGIST DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING 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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    SYMPHONY FUNDRAISER
      WEST VIRGINIA SYMPHONY

      HELEN LODGE

      WEST VIRGINIA SYMPHONY

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    TEASE 2/JOBS
      STICK AROUND.....HOW YOU CAN HELP US IN OUR FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER.

      BUT FIRST, HERE ARE SOME JOB OPENINGS WITH THE STATE.

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    SPORTS MINUTE
      THE LATEST HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RATINGS ARE OUT...AND THE MOUNTAINEERS GET SET TO BOUNCE BACK...IT'S TIME FOR THE MORNING SPORTS REPORT WITH MARK MARTIN..

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    FIGHT HUNGER FOOD DRIVE



      OUR 11TH FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER FOOD DRIVE IS STILL GOING STRONG

      ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS BRING YOUR NON PERSHABLE FOOD TO OUR STUDIOS RIGHT HERE ON PIEDMONT ROAD.

      OR FOR ALL YOU PIZZA LOVERS YOU ALSO DROP OFF ANY 12 CANS OF FOOD AT ANY PAPA JOHNS LOCATION FROM HURRICANE TO CHARLESTON YOU CAN GET A FREE ONE TOPPING PIZZA FOR FREE...BUT HURRY THAT ENDS TODAY AT 4:00 P.M...

      AND DON'T FORGET YOU CAN ALSO TAKE YOUR DONATIONS TO ANY ONE OF THESE OTHER SPONSERS..

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    GOVERNOR BITE
      WEST VIRGINIA GOVERNOR JOE MANCHIN STOPPED BY YESTERDAY TO MAKE A DONATION AND ISSUE A CHALLENGE TO VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

      THE FOOD DRIVE ENDS THIS FRIDAY.

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    TSO TICKETS
      TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA RETURNS TO CHARLESTON FOR THEIR MUCH ANTICIPATED CONCERT.

      THE CONCERT WILL BE IN TOWN THIS FRIDAY NOVEMBER 6TH AT 8PM.

      TICKETS RANGE FROM 25 TO 57.50.

      WITH A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE PERFORMANCE GOING TO THE MOUNTAIN MISSION FOOD DRIVE.

      IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND ON US....JUST GIVE US A CALL AND BE THE 11TH CALLER AT 1-866-831-0811....ENJOY THE SHOW.

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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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    TRAFFIC
      JACKIE WEST

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    GRANT SHOOTING
      CHARLESTON POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THE PERSON WHO SHOT AND KILLED A MAN LAST NIGHT.

      POLICE SAY SOMEONE SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGH THE DOOR OF THE HOUSE ON THE CORNER OF PARK AVENUE AND GRANT STREET ON THE CITY'S WESTSIDE..

      THE BULLETS HIT THE VICTIM IN THE CHEST..

      POLICE SAY THERE ARE NO SUSPECTS AT THIS TIME.

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    FOX OPEN 1
      COMING UP ON EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING .....HUNDREDS LINE UP TO GET THEIR HANDS ON THE H1N1 VACCINE....FIND OUT WHAT LENGTHS SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO GO TO...TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THIS VIRUS.

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    FOX RE-OPEN 2
      AND IF YOU'RE THINKING OF CASHING IN YOUR FREQUENT FLYER MILES FOR YOUR HOLIDAY TRAVEL, YOU MAY WANT TO THINK AGAIN.

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    FOX RE-OPEN 3
      AND, WE'LL GET YOU IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT...WITH DETAILS OF THIS WEEKENDS HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE

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    FOX WELCOME
      GOOD MORNING, I'M JENIFER McANDREWS. WELCOME TO FOX 11'S EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING.

      IT'S WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH.

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

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    PUTNAM SWINE FLU
      MORE THAN 600 PEOPLE LINED UP FOR FOR MORE THAN FIVE HOURS TO GET THEIR CHILDREN VACCINATED AGAINST THE H1N1 VIRUS.

      PUTNAM COUNTY'S CLINIC STAYED OPEN LONGER THAN EXPECTED AND WAS ABLE TO ACCOMODATE EVERY CHILD.

      EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER DARRAH WILCOX IS LIVE AT J-E ROBINS ELEMENTARY... WHERE A CLINIC WILL BE HELD TODAY FOR STUDENTS. DARRAH....

      JENIFER....THAT'S RIGHT!

      PUTNAM COUNTY PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN STOOD IN LONG LINES ....AS YOU CAN SEE IT WENT ALL THE WAY AROUND THE FRONT OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT... AND, WAY DOWN THE STREET..POLICE HAD TO BE BROUGHT IN TO DIRECT TRAFFIC.

      THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR FROM THE PUTNAM COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAID THAT MANY OF THE FAMILIES WHO CAME TO THE CLINIC WERE NOT PUTNAM COUNTY RESIDENTS..BUT HAD HEARD ABOUT THE VACCINES AND WANTED TO GET THEIR CHILDREN VACCINATED.

      THEY BROUGHT THEIR CHILDREN BECAUSE THEIR OWN COUNTY HADN'T RECIEVED THE VACCINE.

      MANY PARENTS ALSO CHOSE TO KEEP THEIR KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL AND BRING THEM TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, HOPING THE VACCINE WILL KEEP THEM FROM GETTING SICK AND MISSING MORE SCHOOL, LATER.

      THE CLINIC WILL NOT BE RESCHEDULE UNTIL ANOTHER SHIPMENT OF VACCINES ARE RECIEVED...AND THAT WON'T BE UNTIL THE END OF NOVEMBER.

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    KANAWHA SWINE SHOTS
      AND HERE IN CHARLESTON NEARLY 500 MORE PEOPLE WERE VACCINATED AGAINST H-1-N-1 YESTERDAY.

      THEY STARTED LINING UP EARLY AT THE KANAWHA- CHARLESTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

      THIS IS THE FIRST ADULT-ONLY VACCINATION CLINIC FOR HIGH-RISK PATIENTS AGES 19 TO 64.

      AFTER A 58-YEAR-OLD KANAWHA COUNTY WOMAN DIED OVER THE WEEKEND... MOST LIKELY FROM SWINE-FLU RELATED COMPLICATIONS... MORE PEOPLE WANT TO BE PROTECTED.

      I think we have a very informed community who understand the importance of vaccination... as well as each other.

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    CAPITAL HIGH
      AND, THE SECOND OF THREE TOWN HALL MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY THE KANAWHA-CHARLESTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON H1N1 WAS HELD AT CAPITOL HIGH SCHOOL TUESDAY AND AGAIN, ATTENDANCE WAS POOR.

      SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY THE LIGHT TURNOUT MAY ACTUALLY BE A POSITIVE SIGN....MEANING THAT PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THE INFORMATION THEY ARE RECIEVING.

      THERE WILL BE A FINAL TOWN HALL MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT AT ST. ALBANS HIGH SCHOOL. IT WILL BEGIN AT 5:30 P.M.

      MORE H1N1 VACCINES ARE ON THE WAY TO KANAWHA COUNTY SCHOOLS.

      J-E ROBINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS ONE OF SEVERAL IN THE COUNTY TO HOLD AN H-1-N-1 VACCINATION CLINIC LATER THIS MORNING.

      PRINCIPAL HENRY NEARMAN SAYS ALL OF THE REACTION AT THEIR SCHOOL HAS BEEN POSITIVE... AND HE SAYS GETTING STUDENTS PROTECTED IS A WIN-WIN FOR STUDENTS AND THE SCHOOL.

      A lot of kids start to get H1N1, then pass it to the next student, then there will be a lot of students missing. So if we can prevent this, and keep them here at school, that's what our goal is

      THE CLINIC HERE SHOULD START AT ABOUT 8-30 THIS MORNING.

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    CHILDREN SHOTS
      AND, THE KANAWHA- CHARLESTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS GIVING VACCINES TO SEVERAL OTHER SCHOOL CHILDREN.

      HERE'S A LIST OF THE SCHOOLS FOR THIS WEEK.

      TODAY ... CHILDREN AT WATTS, FLINN AND J-E ROBINS AND ST. ANTHONY ELEMENTARIES WITH GET THE SHOT...

      ON THURSDAY, GRANDVIEW AND CHANDLER.

      AND, ON FRIDAY ...PIEDMONT, GLENVIEW AND VISTA VIEW PRE-SCHOOL.

      ALSO A HEALTH DEPARTMENT CLINIC FOR STUDENTS NOT CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN SCHOOL OR WHO ARE HOME-SCHOOLED AND THOSE IN CHARLESTON DAYCARES AND PRE-SCHOOL WILL BE GIVEN OUT AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON THURSDAY FROM 3-6PM.


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      REPORTING LIVE IN CHARLESTON... DARRAH WILCOX... EYEWITNESS NEWS.

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    GRANT SHOOTING
      CHARLESTON POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THE PERSON WHO SHOT AND KILLED A MAN LAST NIGHT.

      POLICE SAY SOMEONE SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGH THE DOOR OF THE HOUSE ON THE CORNER OF PARK AVENUE AND GRANT STREET ON THE CITY'S WESTSIDE..

      THE BULLETS HIT THE VICTIM IN THE CHEST..

      POLICE SAY THERE ARE NO SUSPECTS AT THIS TIME.

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    FUG FILES INTRO
      WE'RE UP TO 181 FUGITIVES BROUGHT TO JUSTICE THANKS TO YOUR TIPS.

      AS RUDI RAYNES REPORTS, THE BEST TIPS WE GET ARE ONES THAT POINT US TO THE EXACT LOCATION WHERE A SUSPECT COULD BE. AND LAST NIGHT OUR TIPSTERS WERE RIGHT.

      When did you find out you were on the fugitive files? Today.

      26 year old jessica brown didn't say if she was innocent or guilty of committing computer fraud on the way to magistrate court.

      Anything you wanna say? No.

      Anything you didn't do? ....

      But brown allegedly stole a woman's food stamp assistance card and used it at the south charleston kroger.

      :tipsters said brown was staying in campbell's, but by the time we got there she was already on her way to the courthouse to turn herself in

      :nats: Cuffs

      Although she was put in cuffs tonight deputies and police still need your help finding these men.

      21 year old matthew landers is wanted for six counts of sexual assault. Landers 15 year old girlfriend told police she and landers began having sex in january of 2009 and had continued up until july of 09. The underage girlfriend told police she was unable to remember sepecific dates when they had had sex but she was able to remember at least six different locations. Landers is 5'5" 145 pounds. His last known address is on grapevine road in sissonville.

      Gary nottingham is no stranger to police. He has a record of numerous traffic citations, and at least five dui's, but police say he will not come to court. During one of his arrests a dunbar police officer said nottingham's eyes were glassy and bloodshoot and he smelled of alcohol but he refused to take a field sobriety test stating "i ain't drunk!" but at police headquarters he blew a .136 blood alcohol content.... well over the legal limit to drive. Nottingham is 5'11" 250 pounds. His last known address is at the central avenue apartments in charleston.

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    TIPLINE
      THE TOLL FREE NUMBER TO CALL, 1-888-720 TIPS.

      IF YOU DO CALL, YOU CAN REMAIN ANONYMOUS. AND YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE FUGITIVES ANYTIME BY LOGGING ON TO OUR SISTER STATIONS WEBSITE AT WCHSTV DOT COM.

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    TEASE 5/WX FONT
      COMING UP NEXT, WE'LL GET YOU IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT WITH DETAILS OF THE BRIDGE ROAD HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE

      AND METEOROLOGIST DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING 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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    FARE SURCHARGES
      JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS... SEVERAL AIRLINES HAVE INCREASED THEIR SURCHARGES FOR FLYING ON THE BUSIEST TRAVEL DAYS TO $20 EACH WAY, UP FROM $10.

      THE SURCHARGES WILL APPLY TO MANY FLIGHTS WITHIN THE U-S ON MORE THAN A DOZEN PEAK DAYS AROUND THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S.

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    FREQUENT FLYER FEES
      AND IF YOU'RE THINKING OF CASHING IN YOUR FREQUENT FLYER MILES FOR YOUR HOLIDAY TRAVEL, YOU MAY WANT TO THINK AGAIN... HERE'S MEGAN HUGHES WITH YOUR CONSUMER WATCH...

      IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SAVE ON HOLIDAY TRAVEL, REDEEMING FREQUENT FLYER MILES MIGHT SEEM LIKE A GOOD OPTION. If you can use them for one of these very expensive holiday fares -- and holiday fares are expensive right now for peak holiday travel -- that might be a good way to use your miles, assuming that they give you a seat. BUT WITH THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY STRUGGLING, EVEN THE MOST LOYAL FLYERS HAVE DISCOVERED FEW FREE RIDES. If you cash them in at the last minute there might be a fee. If you want to put them back into your account there's another fee. If you want to change them there's another fee. Unfortunately, these tickets aren't really free. SO BEFORE YOU CASH IN, DO YOUR HOMEWORK ON POTENTIAL FEES, AND COMPARE THE COST TO THAT OF AN ACTUAL TICKET. AND ALSO MAKE SURE YOU'RE MAKING THE MOST OF THOSE MILES. I would say if you're only spending 2- or 2-50 roundtrip on a ticket that you shouldnt use your miles. You should save it for a more expensive trip. IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO USE THEM, DON'T LOSE THEM. KEEP YOUR ACCOUNT ACTIVE EVEN WHEN YOU DON'T FLY, BY LINKING IT TO A REWARDS CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD. FOR CONSUMER WATCH, I'M MEGAN HUGHES.

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    TIPPING POLL
      TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES MAY MEAN FEWER TIPS DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

      CONSUMER REPORTS NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER SAYS THAT TIPS GIVEN TO WORKERS HAS DECLINED FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW..

      MORE THAN 20-PERCENT OF THOSE SURVEYED SAY THEY PLAN TO SPEND LESS THIS YEAR.

      HOUSE KEEPERS USUALLY GET THE BIGGEST TIPS-- NEARLY 60-PERCENT OF THOSE SURVEYED SAY THEY USUALLY TIP HOUSE CLEANERS WITH CASH OR GIFTS.

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    TEASE 6
      COMING UP, THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT IS SPARKLING IN SOUTH HILLS....DETAILS ON HOW YOU CAN GET IN THE EARLY SPIRIT WITH THEIR OPEN HOUSE.

      WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

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    HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE
      HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE

      AT THE BRIDGE ROAD SHOPS

      THEBE JORDAN

      EGGPLANT

      NOVEMBER 6 - 8

      BRIDGE ROAD SHOPS WILL HAVE A WEEKEND OF FESTIVITIES INCLUDING A TRUNK SHOW. FOOD TASTING, MUSIC..ART SHOWS AND HOLIDAY GIFT AND DECORATING IDEAS.

      COMPLIMENTARY CIDER, COCOA AND OTHER REFRESHMENTS.

      SATURDAY...THEY WILL HAVE CARRIAGE RIDES FROM 2-4PM

      FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS ALSO AVAILABLE

      WWW.BRIDGEROAD.ORG

      FOR DETAILS AND TIMES.

      FRIDAY 10- 8PM

      SATURDAY 10 -5PM

      SUNDAY 12:30- 5PM

      1-866-831-0811

      11TH CALLER

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    TEASE 7/FUN FACT
      STAY TUNED, WE'LL HAVE AN ADORABLE PET UP FOR ADOPTION FROM THE KANAWHA CHARLESTON ANIMAL SHELTER.

      BUT FIRST, YOUR FUN FACT FOR TODAY.

      DAIRY COWS DRINK UP TO 50 GALLONS OF WATER A DAY.

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    PETS
      DONNA CLARK FROM THE KANAWHA CHARLESTON ANIMAL SHELTER

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    CLOSE 1
      STICK AROUND, DOUG HAS OUR FORECAST AND WE'LL HAVE A CHECK FOR 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

      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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    TRAFFIC
      JACKIE WEST

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    CLOSE 2/NOON
      WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE NEWS AND A CHECK OF YOUR WEATHER...IT'S 7:58....HAVE A GREAT MORNING.

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    PRIME PICKS

    TWO AND A HALF MEN
    Tonight at 7:00 PM

    A Jock Strap in Hell
    The guys run into Jake's former teacher (Alicia Witt) who became a stripper after a fling with Charlie






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