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Wednesday, February 1, 2012.

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  • FOX OPEN 1
      COMING UP ON FOX 11'S EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING....A TRAGEDY IN HURRICANE....FRIENDS MOURN THE LOSS OF A TEEN KILLED BY A TRAIN.

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    FOX OPEN 2
      THEN, A DEADLY GAS LEAK, WITH DEVASTATING RESULTS AT A LOCAL HOTEL.

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    FOX OPEN 3
      AND, TEXTING AND DRIVING COULD LAND YOU IN SOME TROUBLE. LAWMAKERS ARE WORKING ON A BILL DESIGNED TO CUT DOWN ON DISTRACTED DRIVING.

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    FOX WELCOME
      IT'S WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1ST.

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

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    LOGAN FIRE
      A BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN LOGAN CATCHES ON FIRE EARLY THIS MORNING.

      EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER ATISH BAIDYA JOINS US LIVE ON THE PHONE...ATISH.

      THE BUILDING ON FIRE IS ON STRATON STREET AND HAS FOUR BUSINESSES. DISPATCHERS TELL US THAT A LEGAL AID OFFICE AND BARBER SHOP WERE THE MOST DAMAGED MOST BY THE FLAMES.

      TWO OTHER BUSINESSES HAVE SUFFERED SMOKE DAMAGE.

      THREE FIRE DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN ON THE SCENE FIGHTING THE FIRE FOR HOURS.

      SO FAR NOBODY'S BEEN HURT.

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    HH STUDENT HIT BY TRAIN
      THE COMMUNITY OF HURRICANE IS TRYING TO COME TO TERMS WITH A TRAGIC ACCIDENT.

      AND STUDENTS AT HURRICANE HIGH SCHOOL ARE MOURNING THE LOSS OF A CLASSMATE.

      GRIEF COUNSELORS WILL BE AT HURRICANE HIGH SCHOOL TODAY TO HELP STUDENTS DEAL WITH WHAT HAPPENED.

      16-YEAR OLD JACOB BALL WAS WALKING ALONG THE TRAIN TRACKS NEAR TEAYS VALLEY ROAD AFTER SCHOOL WHEN A TRAIN STRUCK AND KILLED HIM.

      FRIENDS SAY THE HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR WOULD ALWAYS WALK AROUND WITH HEAD-PHONES IN HIS EARS.

      POLICE BELIEVE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN WHY HE DIDN'T HEAR THE TRAIN COMING.

      SEVERAL STUDENTS SAW THE ACCIDENT HAPPEN INCLUDING A BUS FULL WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS.

      WE SPOKE WITH ONE FRIEND WHO REMEMBERS HIM FONDLY.

      Jacob is a real good guy, don't harm nobody sticks to himself like i say you can go up to him and have a full out conversation with him like he knows you for ten years.

      THERE IS A FACEBOOK PAGE DEDICATED IN JACOB'S MEMORY.

      GRIEF COUNSELORS WILL ALSO BE GOING TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO TALK WITH STUDENTS WHO SAW THE ACCIDENT.

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    HOLIDAY INN DEATH FOLO
      NOW TO ANOTHER TRAGEDY, THIS ONE IN KANAWHA COUNTY.

      ONE PERSON DIED AND MORE THAN A DOZEN OTHERS ARE POTENTIALLY POISONED BY CARBON MONOXIDE AT THE HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS OUT CORRIDOR G. EYEWITNESS NEWS ANCHOR ELIZABETH NORIEKA REPORTS A LEAKING POOL HEATER IS TO BLAME FOR THE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE LEAK.

      1:13

      (NATS)

      A MAJOR MEDICAL EMERGENCY MAKES FOR SOME TENSE AND TRAGIC MOMENTS TUESDAY HERE AT THE HOLIDAY INN IN SOUTH CHARLESTON.


      EMERGENCY WORKERS SAY CARBON MONOXIDE LEVELS WERE SO HIGH IN PARTS OF THE HOTEL ONE BREATH COULD KILL YOU.....AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.

      ONE PERSON DIED.....44 YEAR OLD WILLIAM J. MORAN........ AND EMERGENCY WORKERS TRANSPORTED ANOTHER 16 PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL FOLLOWING A CARBON MONOXIDE LEAK.

      THESE ARE 8 OF THOSE PEOPLE.......OUT OF STATE WORKERS FROM VARIOUS COMPANIES EXHIBITING SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE TO THE COLORLESS AND ODORLESS GAS.


      CARBON MONOXIDE FILLED THE HOTEL TO DANGEROUSLY HIGH LEVELS FOLLOWING A LEAK IN THE POOLS HEATING UNIT.


      WE'RE TOLD BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PEOPLE WERE STAYING AT THE HOTEL AT THE TIME OF THE LEAK.

      THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF CARBON MONOXIDE WERE ON THE 5TH FLOOR, THAT'S WHERE MORANPASSED AWAWY. HE WAS STAYING WITH COWORKERS.

      THE GROUP WORKED FOR A NEW ENGLAND BASED COMPANY.....ROCITI CONSTRUCTION.


      WE'RE TOLD THE HOTEL IS SAFE AND OPEN FOR BUSINESS. THE BUILDING HAS BEEN CLEARED OF THE GAS AND WE ARE TOLD MONITORING WILL CONTINUE AS A PRECAUTION.


      THE MAN STAYING WITH MORAN ON THE 5TH FLOOR IS IN THE HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

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    CARBON MONOXIDE
      THE TWO MOST COMMON CAUSES OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING ARE IMPROPER COMBUSTION AND VENTILATION.

      CARBON MONOXIDE IS A COLORLESS, ODORLESS, AND TASTELESS GAS. SYMPTOMS OF POISONING INCLUDE LIGHT-HEADEDNESS, CONFUSION, HEADACHES, VERTIGO, AND FLU-LIKE EFFECTS.

      LARGER EXPOSURES CAN LEAD TO TOXICITY AND EVEN DEATH.

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    C-O DETECTORS
      WE'RE TOLD THERE WERE NO CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS INSIDE THE HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS WHERE THE INCIDENT HAPPENED.

      UNDER CURRENT STATE LAW, THERE IS NO CODE REQUIRING HOTELS OR MOTELS TO HAVE THE DETECTORS. IT'S ONLY LEGALLY REQUIRED FOR HOMES BUILT AFTER 1998 THAT HAVE A GAS FURNANCE OR STOVE.

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    FL PRIMARY RESULTS
      REBOUNDING FROM A DEFEAT IN SOUTH CAROLINA... MITT ROMNEY REEMERGES AS THE MAN TO BEAT IN THE G-O-P RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE. BUT NEWT GINGRICH IS PROMINING THIS FIGHT IS FAR FROM OVER.

      ROMNEY says:

      "I stand ready to lead this party and this nation

      FRESH OFF A LANDSLIDE VICTORY, MITT ROMNEY PROMISED THAT THIS HARD FOUGHT PRIMARY WONT DIVIDE THE GOP, BUT WILL ONLY MAKE HIM A STRONGER CANDIDATE WHEN HE SQUARES OFF AGAINST PRESIDENT OBAMA.

      ROMNEY says:

      "Mr President you were elected. you chose to follow now time to get out of the way"

      SUPPORTERS ARE HOPING THIS DECISIVE WIN WILL CARRY ROMNEY ALL THE WAY TO THE G-O-P NOMINATION.

      HALVERSON says:

      "I think it'll really push him ahead in the other primaries, especially coming towards Super Tuesday."

      DESPITE THE LOSS, NEWT GINGRICH IS VOWING TO STAY IN THE RACE.

      GINGRICH says:

      "We are going to contest every place and we are going to win and we will be in Tampa as the nominee in August."

      AND STAYING IN IS JUST WHAT SOME OF HIS SUPPORTERS SAY IS NEEDED

      BUTLER says:

      "He's just started, he's on a roll. // once people know more about him, they're going to vote for him.."

      THE BICKERING AND NEGATIVE ATTACK ADS ARE SOMETHING THIRD PLACE FINISHER RICK SANTORUM SAYS THE CAMPAIGN CAN DO WITHOUT.

      SANTORUM says:

      "let's focus on the real issue, which is defeating Barack Obama.. "

      WHILE RON PAUL IS FOCUSING ON NON-PRIMARY STATES..

      PAUL says:

      "if you have an irate, tireless minority you do very well in the caucus states"

      THE NEVADA CAUCUS ON SATURDAY. AND 28 DELEGATES WILL BE UP FOR GRABS.

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    6 LINCOLN LATEST
      THE LINCOLN COUNTY CLERK AND SHERIFF REMAIN IN OFFICE, DESPITE AGREEING TO STEP DOWN AFTER ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR ROLES IN AN ELECTION FRAUD SCANDAL.

      LINCOLN COUNTY CLERK DONALD WHITTEN AND SHERIFF JERRY BOWMAN ARE STILL ON THE PUBLIC PAYROLL--

      A DAY AFTER THE U-S ATTORNEY SAID THEY ADMITTED TO STUFFING THE BALLOT BOX IN THE 2010 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY AND LYING ABOUT IT.

      WHITTEN WAS IN HIS OFFICE YESTERDAY, BUT CLOSED HIS DOOR AND DID NOT MAKE ANY STATEMENTS TO EYEWITNESS NEWS.

      COURTHOUSE SOURCES SAY SHERIFF BOWMAN HAS BEEN ABSENT FROM HIS POST FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

      EVEN WITHOUT THE OFFICIALS ELECTED TO LEAD THEM-- WORKERS IN THE CLERK'S AND SHERIFF'S OFFICES ARE STILL CONDUCTING BUSINESS-- WHILE THE COUNTY WAITS FOR THE OUTCOME OF THE INVESTIGATION.

      ALTHOUGH WHITTEN AND BOWMAN AREN'T REQUIRED TO STEP DOWN FROM OFFICE UNTIL THEY OFFICIALLY PLEAD GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT, SOURCES TELL EYEWITNESS NEWS THEIR RESIGNATIONS COULD BE TENDERED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

      ONCE THE OFFICES ARE VACANT, IT WILL BE UP TO THE LINCOLN COUNTY COMMISSION TO APPOINT REPLACEMENTS.

      LINCOLN COMMISSIONERS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT, BUT HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED FOR SIX P-M TOMORROW.

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    TEXTING
      STATE CAPITOL NEWS....A SENATE COMMITTEE REDUCED PROPOSED FINES FOR DRIVERS CAUGHT TEXTING IN WEST VIRGINIA.

      BUT THEY WANT TO IT BE A PRIMARY OFFENSE... THEIR BILL WOULD ALLOW POLICE TO PULL YOU OVER JUST FOR TEXTING WHILE DRIVING.

      THE PROPOSAL INCLUDES A 50-DOLLAR FINE FOR THE FIRST VIOLATION... AND UP TO 200-DOLLARS AND 3-POINTS ON YOUR LICENSE FOR VIOLATIONS AFTER THAT.

      THIS BILL ALSO BANS USING YOUR HAND-HELD CELL-PHONE WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING-- AND MAKES IT A SECONDARY OFFENSE.

      THE FULL SENATE IS EXPECTED TO VOTE ON THE BILL NEXT WEEK.

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    CONCUSSION
      LAWMAKERS ARE ALSO LOOKING INTO SPORTS... THE SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE ADVANCED A BILL TO REQUIRE ATHLETES WHO MAY HAVE A CONCUSSION, TO BE EVALUATED IMMEDIATELY BY A DOCTOR.

      THE COMMITTEE WANTS THE S-S-A-C TO DRAFT A REGULATION PREVENTING STUDENT ATHLETES FROM RETURNING TO THEIR SPORT UNLESS A DOCTOR CLEARS THEM TO PLAY.

      THIS PROPOSAL STILL HAS TO CLEAR ANOTHER COMMITTEE BEFORE THE FULL SENATE CAN TAKE IT UP FOR A VOTE.

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    TEASE 1/WX FONT
      COMING UP, IT'S MONSTER JAM TIME! SOME REALLY BIG TRUCKS WILL BE ROLLING INTO CHARLESTON. WE'LL TELL WHERE YOU CAN SEE THEM, NEXT.

      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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    MONSTER JAM
      BRING YOUR EARPLUGS TO THE CHARLESTON CIVIC CENTER THIS WEEKEND...

      MONSTER TRUCKS WILL BE INVADING.

      TWO DRIVERS FROM WEST VIRGINIA ARE JOINING THE LIST OF TRUCKS PERFORMING.

      J.D. AND KRISSY MOLER WILL BE DRIVING "TRIPLE X" AND "THE MOUNTAINEER".

      THIS IS THE FIRST TIME FOR THEM TO DRIVE FOR THEIR NATIVE STATE. THEY'LL BE UP AGAINST THE LIKES OF FAN FAVORITE "GRAVE DIGGER" AND "MONSTER MUTT DALMATION".

      A SPECIAL SHOW WITH THE PIT PARTY HAS BEEN ADDED FOR SUNDAY.

      MONSTER JAM KICKS OFF FRIDAY NIGHT.

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    EYEWITNESS WEB
      YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND EYEWITNESS NEWS ON THE WEB AT WCHSTV.COM ON FACEBOOK AND ON TWITTER.

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    AM SPORTS
      WELCOME BACK TO FOX 11'S EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING.

      GW AND SOUTH CHARLESTON RENEW THEIR RIVALRY AT THE CHARLESTON CIVIC CENTER.

      AND ONE MOUNTAINEER GOES DOWN WITH A MAJOR INJURY. A.J. GOOD HAS MORE IN THIS SPORTSREPORT.

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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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    LOGAN FIRE
      A BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN LOGAN CATCHES ON FIRE EARLY THIS MORNING.

      EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER ATISH BAIDYA JOINS US LIVE ON THE PHONE...ATISH.

      THE BUILDING ON FIRE IS ON STRATON STREET AND HAS FOUR BUSINESSES. DISPATCHERS TELL US THAT A LEGAL AID OFFICE AND BARBER SHOP WERE THE MOST DAMAGED MOST BY THE FLAMES.

      TWO OTHER BUSINESSES HAVE SUFFERED SMOKE DAMAGE.

      THREE FIRE DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN ON THE SCENE FIGHTING THE FIRE FOR HOURS.

      SO FAR NOBODY'S BEEN HURT.

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    EYEWITNESS WEB
      YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND EYEWITNESS NEWS ON THE WEB AT WCHSTV.COM ON FACEBOOK AND ON TWITTER.

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    FOX RE-OPEN 1
      COMING UP ON FOX 11'S EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING....A TRAGEDY IN HURRICANE....FRIENDS MOURN THE LOSS OF A TEEN KILLED BY A TRAIN.

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    FOX RE-OPEN 2
      THEN, THE FAMILY OF A WOMAN MURDERED IN HER HOME IS SPEAKING OUT.

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    FOX RE-OPEN 3
      AND, YOU MAY SOON BE ABLE TO OWN A PIECE OF FACEBOOK. WE'LL EXPLAIN.

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

      IT'S WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1ST.

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

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    LOGAN FIRE
      A BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN LOGAN CATCHES ON FIRE EARLY THIS MORNING.

      EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER ATISH BAIDYA JOINS US LIVE ON THE PHONE...ATISH.

      THE BUILDING ON FIRE IS ON STRATON STREET AND HAS FOUR BUSINESSES. DISPATCHERS TELL US THAT A LEGAL AID OFFICE AND BARBER SHOP WERE THE MOST DAMAGED MOST BY THE FLAMES.

      TWO OTHER BUSINESSES HAVE SUFFERED SMOKE DAMAGE.

      THREE FIRE DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN ON THE SCENE FIGHTING THE FIRE FOR HOURS.

      SO FAR NOBODY'S BEEN HURT.

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    CABELL BRUSH FIRE
      FIREFIGHTERS GOT A CALL AROUND 9-40 LAST NIGHT ABOUT A RAGING BRUSH FIRE THREATENING HOMES IN BARBOURSVILLE.

      NO HOMES WERE AFFECTED, BUT THE FIRE DESTROYED ABOUT 4 ACRES OF WOODS OUT ON BOOTEN CREEK ROAD

      RAIN HELPED STOP THE FLAMES FROM SPREADING ANY FURTHER.

      THESE KINDS OF FIRES ARE HARD TO CONTROL BECAUSE OF THE TERRAIN.

      ALMOST 40 FIREFIGHTERS FROM TWO COUNTIES WERE OUT FIGHTING THE FIRE LAST NIGHT.

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    HH STUDENT HIT BY TRAIN
      THE COMMUNITY OF HURRICANE IS TRYING TO COME TO TERMS WITH A TRAGIC ACCIDENT.

      AND STUDENTS AT HURRICANE HIGH SCHOOL ARE MOURNING THE LOSS OF A CLASSMATE.

      GRIEF COUNSELORS WILL BE AT HURRICANE HIGH SCHOOL TODAY TO HELP STUDENTS DEAL WITH WHAT HAPPENED.

      16-YEAR OLD JACOB BALL WAS WALKING ALONG THE TRAIN TRACKS NEAR TEAYS VALLEY ROAD AFTER SCHOOL WHEN A TRAIN STRUCK AND KILLED HIM.

      FRIENDS SAY THE HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR WOULD ALWAYS WALK AROUND WITH HEAD-PHONES IN HIS EARS.

      POLICE BELIEVE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN WHY HE DIDN'T HEAR THE TRAIN COMING.

      SEVERAL STUDENTS SAW THE ACCIDENT HAPPEN INCLUDING A BUS FULL WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS.

      WE SPOKE WITH ONE FRIEND WHO REMEMBERS HIM FONDLY.

      Jacob is a real good guy, don't harm nobody sticks to himself like i say you can go up to him and have a full out conversation with him like he knows you for ten years.

      THERE IS A FACEBOOK PAGE DEDICATED IN JACOB'S MEMORY.

      GRIEF COUNSELORS WILL ALSO BE GOING TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO TALK WITH STUDENTS WHO SAW THE ACCIDENT.

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    AM GAS LEAK LATEST
      A LEAKING POOL HEATER IS TO BLAME FOR A DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE LEAK AT THE HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS IN SOUTH CHARLESTON.

      44 YEAR OLD WILLIAM MORAN MAN WAS KILLED YESTERDAY AND ANOTHER PERSON IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER EMERGENCY WORKERS FOUND CARBON MONOXIDE LEVELS SO HIGH ONE BREATH COULD KILL YOU.

      16 OTHER PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

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      WE'RE TOLD THE HOTEL IS OPEN AND SAFE.

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    MURDER REAX
      KANAWHA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY A MURDER SUSPECT TOOK SEVERAL ITEMS FROM THE HOME OF HIS VICTIM AFTER HE KILLED HER

      AND HER FAMILY SAYS THE SUSPECT IS NO STRANGER... HE WAS A FRIEND WHO SHE WAS TRYING TO HELP.

      EYEWINTESS NEWS ANCHOR KALLIE CART SPOKE TO HER FAMILTY WHO ARE IN DISBELIEF.

      4334 it still don't seem real

      A CRIME THAT IS HARD TO UNDERSTAND...

      4121 they was just trying to help him out, the guy didn't have anything going for him they were just being nice

      BUT POLICE SAY JOHN HUDSON TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT GENEROSITY.

      HE WAS STAYING WITH 39-YEAR-OLD MICHELLE GILLISPIE AND HER BOYFRIEND AT THEIR HOME IN WINIFEDE HOLLOW.

      BUT SOMETIME AFTER MICHELLE'S BOYFRIEND LEFT FOR WORK ON MONDAY, POLICE SAY HUDSON SHOT MICHELLE IN THE HEAD... ROBBED HER HOME AND TOOK OFF IN HER CAR!

      4152 she was a good woman, she'd give you the shirt off her back..

      HUDSON EVENTUALLY TURNED HIMSELF INTO POLICE...

      2100 it was an accident

      AND WHILE HE CLAIMS IT WAS AN ACCIDENT... POLICE SAY AFTER THE MURDER AND ROBBERY... HE TRIED TO PAWN WHAT HE LOOTED FROM HER HOUSE.

      "4314 that's when West Virginia needs the death penalty right there, someone is trying their best to help you and you go and rob em and kill em, he should be hung"

      A MOM TAKEN AWAY FROM HER THREE KIDS...

      AND HER FAMILY LEFT, WANTING JUSTICE.

      4555 you got to pay one way or another, let's just hope the court handles it

      KALLIE CART

      EYEWITNESS NEWS...

      HUDSON, WHO'S FROM BOONE COUNTY, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER.

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    FUNDING SHORTFALL
      GOVERNOR EARL RAY TOMBLIN IS WINNING INITIAL APPROVAL FOR HIS PLAN TO RESOLVE A $5 BILLION FUNDING SHORTFALL.

      THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE ENDORSED TOMBLIN'S PROPOSAL TARGETING OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.

      IT WOULD ONLY CHIP AWAY AT THE BILL BY PUTTING ONE PERCENT OF TOWARDS THE 5 BILLION DEFICIT.

      TOMBLIN'S BILL WOULD DEDICATE $35 MILLION IN ANNUAL PERSONAL INCOME TAX REVENUES TO CLOSE THAT FUNDING GAP.

      THE SCHOOLS WOULD NO LONGER HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF COSTS FROM TEACHERS AND OTHER PERSONNEL PAID THROUGH THE STATE SCHOOL AID FORMULA.

      BUT THE BILL SAYS THAT THIS WOLDN'T MEAN THEY WORK FOR THE STATE.

      THE BILL HEADS TO THE SENATE FOR A FULL VOTE.

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    MINE SAFETY
      LAWMAKERS WILL TAKE UP DEADLY METHANE GAS AND COAL DUST LEVELS IN A MINE SAFETY PROPOSAL .

      LEGISLATION INTRODUCED WOULD REQUIRE COAL OPERATORS TO SCREEN THEIR MINERS FOR DRUG USE.

      ONE PROVISION OF THE BILL WOULD MAKE IT A STATE CRIME TO ANNOUNCE THE ARRIVALS OF MINE INSPECTORS.

      IT ALSO CALLS FOR REVIEWS OF TRAINING FOR MINERS AND INSPECTORS...

      THE BILL HAS ALREADY BEEN INTRODUCED IN BOTH HOUSES.

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    MSHA RULES TO LIVE BY
      FEDERAL INSPECTORS WILL BE FOCUSING ON VIOLATIONS OF 14 SAFETY STANDARDS COMMONLY BEHIND MINING ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

      M-S-H-A UNVEILED ITS LATEST "RULES TO LIVE BY" INITIATIVE YESTERDAY.

      STARTING APRIL 1st, M-SHA WILL RE-TRAIN INSPECTORS MORE CAREFULLY AND CONSISTANTLY TO EVALUATE VIOLATIONS THAT CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO A DEATH.

      OPERATORS NEED TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND CORRECT HAZARDS... AND MINERS NEED TO BE TRAINED TO SEE THEM .

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    BROADBAND ACCESS
      IF YOU THINK YOUR INTERNET SPEED IS SLOW, YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO SOUND OFF ON IT.

      A STATE COUNCIL IS TAKING YOUR OPINIONS FOR A GRANT PROGRAM TO EXPAND HIGH-SPEED INTERNET ACCESS IN WEST VIRGINIA.

      YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE WEST VIRGINIA BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT COUNCIL UNTIL FEBRUARY 5TH... THAT'S THIS SUNDAY.

      YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION AT OUR WEBSITE WCHS-TV-DOT-COM.

      THE BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT GRANT PROGRAM SHOULD BEGIN IN LATE SPRING OR EARLY SUMMER.

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    FACEBOOK IPO
      FACEBOOK IS EXPECTED TO FILE ITS I-P-O REGISTRATION STATEMENT TODAY.

      BUT THE FILING WILL ONLY LOOK TO RAISE $5 BILLION INITIALLY.

      C-E-O MARK ZUCKERBERG HAD BEEN EXPECTED TO RAISE $10 BILLION BY GOING PUBLIC, BUT THE NEW YORK

      TIMES REPORTS THAT THE FINAL TARGET COULD BE MUCH MORE, DEPENDING ON

      INVESTOR DEMAND. IF THE S-E-C REVIEW GOES SMOOTHLY, FACEBOOK COULD START

      TRADING BY MAY.

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    MONSTER JAM
      BRING YOUR EARPLUGS TO THE CHARLESTON CIVIC CENTER THIS WEEKEND...

      MONSTER TRUCKS WILL BE INVADING.

      TWO DRIVERS FROM WEST VIRGINIA ARE JOINING THE LIST OF TRUCKS PERFORMING.

      J.D. AND KRISSY MOLER WILL BE DRIVING "TRIPLE X" AND "THE MOUNTAINEER".

      THIS IS THE FIRST TIME FOR THEM TO DRIVE FOR THEIR NATIVE STATE. THEY'LL BE UP AGAINST THE LIKES OF FAN FAVORITE "GRAVE DIGGER" AND "MONSTER MUTT DALMATION".

      A SPECIAL SHOW WITH THE PIT PARTY HAS BEEN ADDED FOR SUNDAY.

      MONSTER JAM KICKS OFF FRIDAY NIGHT.

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    TEASE 5/WX FONT
      COMING UP NEXT, GET YOUR QUESTIONS READY....OUR "ASK THE DOCTOR SEGMENT" WITH DOCTOR ELIZABETH BROWN IS NEXT...IF YOU HAVE A HEALTH QUESTION....YOU CAN CALL 1-877-924-7888.

      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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    DR. ELIZABETH BROWN
      ASK THE DOCTOR

      ASK THE DOCTOR

      ASK THE DOCTOR

      Elizabeth Brown, MD

      401 Division Street

      Suite 302

      South Charleston, WV


      docbrownbotox.com

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    DOG SHOW CHANGES
      IT'S THE SUPER BOWL OF DOG SHOWS.

      AND THIS YEAR, THERE WILL BE A FRESH CROP OF ROOKIES AT THE WESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUB DOG SHOW.

      SIX NEW BREEDS OF CANINES WILL GET THEIR FIRST SHOT AT THE BIG COMPETITION IN NEW YORK.

      SAY HELLO TO THE NEW PUPS ON THE BLOCK! LED BY REIGNING CHAMP HICKORY...A PARADE OF POOCHES MARCHED THEIR WELL-GROOMED PAWS ACROSS SEVENTH AVENUE IN MIDTOWN THIS AFTERNOON...HOPING TO BE NAMED TOP DOG AT THIS YEARS WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW. FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW...THERE WILL BE SIX NEW BREEDS...AND THEIR FURRY FACES TO BEHOLD! THERE'S THE AMERICAN ENGLISH COON HOUND - REPRESENTED BY GAME CHANGER...WHO WAS A LITTLE CAMERA SHY!

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      THE EVER LOYAL CESKY TERRIER - TWO-YEAR-OLD KATRINA FROM NEW JERSEY... THE ENTLEBUCHER MOUNTAIN DOG...A NATIVE OF SWITZERLAND. THOUGH HOSS HERE ONLY HAD TO MAKE A CROSS COUNTRY TREK FROM COLORADO. CLOSER TO HOME...MEET MYLES. A FINNISH LAPPHUND - FROM THE BRONX - WHO OWNER BARBARA KENNEDY SAYS DIGS THE SPOTLIGHT!

      "He enjoys showing. He enjoys showing off!"

      IT'S THE BIG BOW-WOW FOR THE XOLOITZCUINTLI - OR SHOW-LOW AS IT'S BETTER KNOWN - A HAIRLESS BREED FROM MEXICO. AND HOW ABOUT THE NORWEGIAN LUNDEHUND. A DOG THAT'S DOUBLE JOINTED...AND SPORTS SIX TOES!

      "SOME OF THESE BREEDS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS...BUT THEY'VE ONLY BEEN NEWLY RECOGNIZED BY THE AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB. THE QUESTION: WILL THEY HAVE WHAT IT TAKES, TO TAKE BEST IN SHOW."

      "It's never happened. It's a tough road for these new breeds. They're here to be seen mostly...and to have a good time and show the world what they're all about."

      A LONG SHOT MAYBE...BUT JUST IN CASE THEY'RE NAMED THE HOTTEST DOG...HICKORY, OR HER MOM AT LEAST, HAS A LITTLE ADVICE.

      "Make sure you have a social secretary lined up, ready to go."

      THE WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW IS FEBRUARY 13TH AND 14TH.

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    EYEWITNESS WEB
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