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Wednesday, March 17, 2010.

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  • FOX OPEN 1
      COMING UP ON EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING .....THE RECOVERY WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING FOR A MISSING KANAWHA COUNTY FIREFIGHTER.

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    FOX OPEN 2
      AND, AMERICANS HAVE FILLED THEM OUT EVERY DECADE SINCE 17-90... AND NOW "YOUR" CENSUS FORMS ARE IN THE MAIL.

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    FOX OPEN 3
      AND IF YOU DRIVE A HONDA...YOUR CAR COULD BE ON THE RECALL LIST ALONG WITH MORE THAN 400-THOUSAND VEHICLES...

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

      IT'S WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17TH.

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

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    WET SUIT FOUND
      RECOVERY CREWS WILL BE BACK OUT THIS MORNING SEARCHING FOR A MISSING KANAWHA COUNTY FIREFIGHTER.

      YESTERDAY, SEARCHERS FOUND THE WET SUIT OF 32-YEAR-OLD DONALD ADKINS.

      THE KANAWHA COUNTY FIREMAN DISAPPEARED LAST SATURDAY, AFTER HIS RESCUE BOAT FLIPPED IN RALEIGH COUNTY FLOODWATERS.

      EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER BOB AARON HAS THE LATEST.

      SEARCHERS RETRACED STEPS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME REFOCUSING THE SEARCH TO A LARGER CREEK WHERE THE MISSING FIREFIGHTERS WETSUIT WAS DISCOVERED. STERLING LEWIS. EARLIER HIS LIFE JACKET AND A GLOVE WERE FOUND. GLASGOW FIREFIGHTER DONNIE ADKINS WAS SWEPT AWAY AFTER HIS RESCUE BOAT OVERTURNED SATURDAY IN A FLOODED BEAVER CREEK. THE AREA OF PINEY CREEK-- 10 MILES FROM THE NEW RIVER-ONLY IS REACHABLE ON BY FOOT AND A-T-V'S. STANDUP. TUESDAY LEWIS SAID THEY USED SWIFT WATER RESCUE TEAMS, A DOG, AND FORESTRY CREWS WITH SAWS TO CUT THRU HUGE PILES OF DEBRIS. BUT THE CORE OF THE SEARCH IS SIMPLER. STERLING LEWIS. BOB AARON, EYEWITNESS NEWS, BEAVER.

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    MANCHIN ON FLOODING
      GOVERNOR JOE MANCHIN HAS SAID HE'LL DO EVERYTHING HE CAN TO HELP FLOOD VICTIMS.

      HE TOURED SOME OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS OF RALEIGH COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND, AND IS EXPECTED TO HEAD BACK DOWN TO THE REGION THIS WEEK.

      FEMA REPRESENTATIVES WERE ALSO IN AREAS LIKE BEAVER AND BRADLEY THAT HAD HEAVY FLOODING FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.

      MANCHIN SAID THEY ARE ALSO CONCERED ABOUT PARTS OF ROADS THAT WERE WASHED AWAY IN THE FLOODING, AND WILL PAY CLOSE ATTENTION POTENTIAL DAMAGE TO INFRASTRUCTURE.

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    KANAWHA FLOOD DEBRIS
      MEANWHILE, THE KANAWHA COUNTY COMMISSION WILL AGAIN BE ACCEPTING YOUR FLOOD DEBRIS. .

      THEY WILL BE AT THE CHELYAN CLEANUP SITE BEHIND GO MART.

      AS YOU CAN SEE, FLOODED OUT RESIDENTS HAVE DROPPED OFF VARIOUS ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN RUINED BY FLOOD WATERS.

      THE SITE WILL BE OPENED FROM EIGHT TO FIVE.

      FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL THE KANAWHA COUNTY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AT 304-357-0570.

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    CENSUS PREVIEW
      THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS SPENT LOADS OF MONEY ON EXPENSIVE COMMERCIAL TIME, AND POSTAGE FOR PRE-CENSUS LETTERS... AND NOW THEY SAY THE FORMS ARE REALLY COMING NOW.

      EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER MEREDITH WOOD HAS MORE ON WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO FILL OUT THE FORM.

      ANOTHER ENVELOP FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT -- THIS ONE, HOWEVER, WON'T COST YOU ANYTHING --- EXCEPT A FEW MINUTES OF YOUR TIME.

      THE 2010 CENSUS WILL HELP DIVIDE UP 400 BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF FUNDING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

      ROD:COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT FUNDING HELPS PAVE STREETS, HELPS TO PROVIDE SHELTER FOR HOMELESS FOLKS IN NEED, MAKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

      STANDUP:THE CENSUS IS DONE EVERY 10 YEARS -- A LOT CAN CHANGE IN A DECADE. THAT IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO BE COUNTED TO CITIES NOT ONLY GET WHAT THEY NEED, BUT WHAT THEY DESERVE.

      ROD:IT'S ALSO ABOUT REPRESENTATION, DRAWS LINES OF CITY WARDS, LEGISLATURE, CONGRESS.

      AND FOR PLACES LIKE CHARLESTON -- A FEW PEOPLE CAN MEAN A LOT.

      THE CITY DOESN'T WANT TO FALL UNDER 50 THOUSAND -- ALTHOUGH IF THAT HAPPENS MONEY WILL STILL COME IN, IT JUST MIGHT NOT BE AS MUCH.

      BUT BECAUSE CHARLESTON SWELLS WITH WORKERS ON WEEKDAYS -- EVERY CENT HELPS.

      ROD:SO MUCH OF WHAT WE DO AS A CITY IS BASED ON WHAT IS AVAILABLE FOR THE PEOPLE WE SERVE.

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    CENSUS PUBLIC MEETING
      MEANWHILE, THE CENSUS IS A HOT TOPIC AT CHARLESTON'S CITY HALL.

      THE GROUP MET TO DISCUSS HOW TO GET AN ACCURATE COUNT IN THE CITY. WITH FEDERAL MONEY ON THE LINE, CITY LEADERS WANT EVERYONE COUNTED AND WANT TO CLEAR UP ANY MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE CENSUS.

      THE CENSUS FORMS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MAILED BACK BY APRIL FIRST -- IF YOU DON'T A CENSUS TRACKERS WILL COME TO YOUR HOME TO COLLECT IT.

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    HONDA RECALL
      HONDA IS RECALLING MORE THAN 400-THOUSAND VEHICLES...

      THEY ARE BRINGING IN THE ODYSSEY MINI VANS AND ELEMENT SMALL TRUCKS BECAUSE OF BRAKING SYSTEM PROBLEMS.

      THE RECALL INCLUDES 344-THOUSAND ODYSSEYS AND 68-THOUSAND ELEMENTS FROM 2007 AND 2008.

      ACCORDING TO HONDA, LEFT UN-MODIFIED THE PROBLEM COULD CAUSE LOSS OF

      BRAKING POWER AND POSSIBLY ACCIDENTS.

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    RALLY AT BANKS
      JOB LOSS IS BECOMING A SERIOUS PROBLEM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

      BUT RIGHT HERE AT HOME, THE AFL-CIO IS PLANNING TODAY TO PUSH WALL STREET BANKS TO REPLACE THE JOBS ''THEY SAY'' HELPED DESTROY THE INDUSTRY.

      STATE AFL-CIO PRESIDENT KENNY PERDUE SAYS THEY HOPE THE RALLY WILL URGE BANKS to START LENDING TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND OTHERS STARVED FOR CREDIT. THE RALLY WILL TAKE PLACE OUTSIDE THE WELLS FARGO/WACHOVIA BANK IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON.

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    BLOCKBUSTER BANKRUPTY
      A HUGE DEBT LOAD COULD FORCE BLOCKBUSTER TO FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY.

      THE VIDEO RENTAL COMPANY IS FACING INCREASED COMPETITION FROM OTHER MOVIE PROVIDERS LIKE NETFLIX, I-TUNES, AND AMAZON.

      REUTERS REPORTED YESTERDAY THAT BLOCKBUSTER'S OVERALL DEBT IS ONE-BILLION DOLLARS.

      IN GOVERNMENT FILINGS..... BLOCKBUSTER SAYS IF IT DOESN'T SEE IMPROVEMENT AND CAN'T REFINANCE OR RESTRUCTURE ITS DEBT.... IT WILL LIKELY DECLARE BANKRUPTCY.

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    PEPSI SCHOOLS
      PEPSI IS STEPPING UP TO HELP SCHOOLCHILDREN LIVE A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE.

      THE COMPANY PLANS TO REMOVE SURGERY DRINKS FROM SCHOOLS ACROSS THE GLOBE.

      THE COMPANY PLANS TO REMOVE FULL-CALORIE, SWEETENED DRINKS FROM SCHOOLS IN

      MORE THAN 200 COUNTRIES BY 20-12.

      THIS FOLLOWS THE REMOVAL OF SUCH DRINKS FROM SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN THE U-S.

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    JAMIE OLIVER SHOW
      THEY'RE ROLLING OUT THE RED CARPET FOR THE PREMIERE OF JAMIE OLIVER'S "FOOD REVOLUTION" IN HUNTINGTON THIS WEEKEND.

      THE FIRST TWO EPISODE'S WILL BE SHOWN THIS SATURDAY AT THE JESLYN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT 7PM.

      THE EVENT WILL BE FOR A FUNDRAISER FOR HUNTINGTON'S KITCHEN THAT OLIVER STARTED DURING HIS VISIT LAST YEAR.

      FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE EVENT..INCLUDING TICKET PRICES...CALL THE KITCHEN AT THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN

      THE SHOW WILL PREMIERE ON OOUR SISTER STATION W-C-H-S THIS SUNDAY AT 10.

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    TEASE 1/CLINIC
      COMING UP NEXT, A WISCONSIN CLINIC IS GIVING MEN THE DOCTORS NOTE THEY NEED TO STAY HOME AND CATCH "MARCH MADNESS"

      WE'LL EXPLAIN.

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

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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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    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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    MARCH MADNESS
      SOME GUYS WILL DO ANYTHING TO WATCH "MARCH MADNESS"

      AND A WISCONSIN CLINIC IS GIVING THEM THE DOCTORS NOTE THEY NEED TO STAY HOME AND CATCH THE ACTION.

      THE BAYCARE CLINIC IS KICKING OFF A CAMPAIGN ENCOURAGING MEN TO GET A VASECTOMY BEFORE THE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT.

      THE CLINIC IS EVEN OFFERING PATIENTS FREE PIZZA AND COOLERS FILLED WITH DRINKS, AND MICROWAVE POPCORN.....

      SO THEY CAN RELAX.... WHILE THEY RECOVER.

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    B MARCH MADNESS
      AFTER GETTING A VASECTOMY DOCTORS RECOMMEND DOING NOTHING FOR FORTY-EIGHT HOURS AND TAKING AT LEAST A FEW DAYS OFF OF WORK.

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    TEASE 2/BASKETBALL
      STICK AROUND...MARK MARTIN IS IN TOURNAMENT ACTION GETS UNDERWAY....DETAILS AHEAD SO YOU WON'T MISS A THING.

      MARK MARTIN IN IN NEXT...STAY WITH US.

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

      AN EXCITING WEEK OF TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL GOT UNDERWAY LAST NIGHT WITH MARSHALL AT HOME...MARK MARTIN BRINGS YOU THE HIGHLIGHTS, PLUS GETS YOU READY FOR THE STATE BOYS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT...HERE'S MARK WITH YOUR MORNING SPORTS REPORT...

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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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    BECKLEY KILLER FIRE
      INVESTIGATORS WILL BE BACK ON THE SCENE OF A HOUSE FIRE IN BECKLEY THAT KILLED AN ELDERLY WOMEN.

      IT APPARENTLY STARTED IN THE BEDROOM WHERE THE WOMAN WAS SLEEPING.

      THE 72-YEAR-OLD WOMAN LIVED ALONE IN THE HOUSE ON WOODLAWN AVENUE.

      HER NAME IS BEING WITHHELD PENDING NOTIFICATION OF HER FAMILY.

      FIREFIGHTERS HAD TO BREAK DOWN THE DOOR TO GET IN.

      A NEIGHBOR CALLED 9-1-1 WHEN SHE SAW THE FIRE.

      " I had went up to my bedroom and I was sitting there a little bit and I heard a boom noise and I came running downstairs outside and I just saw the side of the house engulfed in flames. "

      STATE FIRE MARSHALS ARE LOOKING INTO THE FIRE BUT INITIAL REPORTS INDICATE THE FIRE DID NOT APPEAR SUSPICIOUS.

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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 ....CUSTOMERS WHO LOST POWER DURING ONE OF THE WORST SNOWSTORMS GOT A CHANCE TO VENT.

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    FOX RE-OPEN 2
      AND,. TWO WORLD WAR TWO VETERANS WERE RECOGNIZED AT THE CAPITOL.

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    FOX RE-OPEN 3
      AND, ONE TAXI COMPANY IS SEEING GREEN THIS ST. PATRICK'S DAY.

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

      IT'S (DAY AND DATE OF WEEK).

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

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    AEP HEARING
      THREE MONTHS AFTER NEARLY 200-THOUSAND CUSTOMERS LOST POWER...THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION IS GIVING THOSE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO VENT.

      EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER DARRAH WILCOX IS LIVE IN THE STUDIO WITH MORE. DARRAH?

      SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE IN THE DARK EVEN THROUGH CHRISTMAS... AFTER A MAJOR SNOWSTORM BLANKETED THE STATE... AND THEY DON'T WANT TO FOOT THE BILL FOR THE COSTLY REPAIRS.

      DOZENS OF PEOPLE EXPRESSED THEIR ANGER OVER INCREASES IN THEIR POWER BILLS IN THE WAKE OF THOSE MASSIVE OUTAGES THIS WINTER.

      NOW THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMISSION IS ORDERING A GENERAL INVESTIGATION INTO APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY AND ALLEGHENY POWER'S WIDESPREAD OUTAGES.

      A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS SAY THAT POOR MAINTENENCE LEAD TO THE MASSIVE OUTAGES.

      LAST NIGHT ... SOME OF THEM GOT A CHANCE TO SPEAK OUT AT THE SOUTHERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE LOGAN CAMPUS.

      ""

      PEOPLE WERE ALSO UPSET ABOUT APPALACHIAN POWER'S PROPOSED RATE HIKE OF 8.2 PERCENT IN JULY... BUT THE COMPANY SAYS THAT INCREASE IS DUE TO THE COST OF COAL NOT THE POWER OUTAGES.

      THERE WILL BE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW AT IAEGER HIGH SCHOOL AT 6 P.M.

      REPORTING LIVE IN THE STUDIO... DARRAH WILCOX... EYEWITNESS NEWS.

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    GOV BILLS
      THIS MORNING, LAWMAKERS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON FINALIZING THE STATE'S BUDGET.

      AND, THAT HAS GOVERNOR MANCHIN LOOKING AT THEIR WORK FROM THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

      MANCHIN SAYS HE'S PLEASED TO SEE THAT 17 OF THE 18 BILLS ON HIS AGENDA PASSED.

      ONE ISSUE CAUSING CONCERNS IS A BILL TO OFFER A TAX HOLIDAY TO GUN OWNERS.

      HE SAYS THE TAX HOLIDAY WOULD CAUSE THE STATE TO LOSE MONEY.

      ALSO SOME LAWMAKERS SAID THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THEM TO PASS THE BILL THAT WOULD WIPE OUT SALES TAX ON GUN SALES THE FIRST WEEKEND OF EVERY OCTOBER.

      OVERALL... MANCHIN SAYS HE'S SATISFIED WITH HOW THINGS PLAYED OUT THIS SESSION.

      "In the session that we had out there, we're pleased with, and the things that we had on the agenda passed. There are some other things that we're watching, you know, and there might be some surprises why something didn't move."

      THE HOUSE SENT 97 BILLS TO THE GOVERNOR FOR FURTHER ACTION.

      THE SENATE COMPLETED 121 BILLS THIS SESSION.

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    WWII VETS
      TWO WORLD WAR TWO VETERANS WERE RECOGNIZED AT THE CAPITOL.

      DEWEY MANN AND KENNETH HESS BOTH FOUGHT IN FRANCE DURING THE WAR AND WERE GIVEN THE COUNTRY'S HIGHEST HONOR RECENTLY FROM THE FRENCH EMBASSY.

      THE GOVERNOR PERSONALLY THANKED THE MEN FOR THEIR SERVICE.

      I was a successful leader in combat when the stakes were the highest that you could ever get, and that was to lose your life.

      EACH VETERAN WAS GIVEN A CERTIFICATE AT THE SPECIAL CEREMONY.

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    DEWEY MANN
      DEWEY MANN WENT TO WASHINGTON D.C. LAST WEEK TO RECEIVE THE NATIONAL ORDER OF THE LEGION HONOR FOR HIS SERVICE.

      HE HELPED LIBERATE FRANCE FROM NAZI GERMANY DURING THE WAR.

      ALTHOUGH HE HAS MANY MEDALS-- INCLUDING THE PURPLE HEART -- MANN SAYS IT'S NICE TO BE HONORED MORE THAN 60 YEARS LATER.

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    PLANE MESS
      IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A 6-HOUR NONSTOP FLIGHT FROM LOS ANGELES TO NEW YORK.

      BUT NOW WE'VE LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE 126 PASSENGERS ON BOARD A FLIGHT GOING NOWHERE FAST OVER THE WEEKEND....

      RATIONING POTATO CHIPS?

      AND THAT HAD EVERYONE HAULING OUT THEIR CAMERAS.

      HERE'S THE LATEST FROM "THE NIGHTMARE ON FLIGHT 404."

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    STARBUCKS FRAPPACINOS
      COMING SOON TO A STARBUCKS NEAR YOU ...

      FRAPPAUCCINOS HOWEVER YOU LIKE.

      THE COFFEE CHAIN WILL ALLOW CUSTOMERS TO ORDER THE BLENDED ICE DRINK WITH

      SOY MILK INSTEAD OF DAIRY AND DECAFFEINATED INSTEAD OF CAFFEINATED.

      CUSTOMIZED FRAPPUCINOS ARE SET TO DEBUT SOMETIME IN MAY.

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    ST. PATTY'S FREE RIDES
      ONE TAXI COMPANY IS SEEING GREEN THIS ST. PATRICK'S DAY.

      C & H TAXI WILL BE OFFERING INTOXI-TAXI SERVICE FOR THOSE OUT CELEBRATING TONIGHT.

      AND THERE'S A NEW WAY TO GET THE FREE RIDE...JUST BE WEARING GREEN IN HONOR OF THE HOLIDAY.

      ALSO...THE RIDES MUST BEGIN AND END IN KANAWHA COUNTY...AND BE NO MORE THAN 15 MILES AWAY...OTHERWISE THE CUSTOMER WILL BE PAYING THE REST OF THE TRIP.

      TO GET YOUR FREE INTOXI-TAXI SERVICE TONIGHT...CALL THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN OR TEXT "INTOXI-TAXI" TO (304)932-2299.

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    FIX A LEAK WEEK
      HAVE A PESKY LEAKY FAUCET?

      WELL, THIS IS THE WEEK TO FIX IT.

      IT'S "FIX A LEAK WEEK" AND IT'S TO PROMOTE WATER CONSERVATION ACROSS THE STATE.

      YESTERDAY FIRST LADY GAYLE MANCHIN AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, BUREAU FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND WEST-VIRGINIA AMERICAN WATER COMPANY WERE AT J-E ROBBINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO DISCUSS WATER CONSERVATION AND EFFICENCY.


      EVERY YEAR MORE THAN ONE TRILLION GALLONS OF WATER IS WASTED IN THE COUNTRY BY LEAKY FAUCETS OR BY LEAVING THE FAUCET OR HOSE ON WHEN THEY'RE NOT BEING USED.

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    TEASE 5/TIGER
      COMING UP NEXT, TIGER WOODS WILL RETURN TO GOLF NEXT MONTH AT THE GAME'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS TOURNAMENT: THE MASTERS.

      WE'LL HAVE DETAILS AND REACTION.

      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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    TIGER RETURNS
      TIGER WOODS WILL RETURN TO GOLF NEXT MONTH AT THE GAME'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS TOURNAMENT: THE MASTERS.

      AFTER A FOUR MONTH HIATUS BECAUSE OF A SEX SCANDAL, WOODS WILL PLAY AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL AND A TOURNAMENT REKNOWNED FOR ITS PRIVACY.

      TIGER WOODS IS BACK. THE WORLD'S GREATEST GOLFER ANNOUNCED HE'LL TRY AND WIN HIS FIFTH GREEN JACKET AT THE MASTERS NEXT MONTH. SOT Tiger Woods (from apology speech) "I DO PLAN TO RETURN TO GOLF ONE DAY, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT DAY WILL BE." THAT WAS JUST THREE WEEKS AGO. YESTERDAY, WOODS RELEASED THIS STATEMENT. [CG] "After a long and necessary time away from the game, I feel like I'm ready to start my season at Augusta. " SOT Tom Rinaldi, ESPN Correspondent "IT IS THE MOST CONTROLLED SETTING ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. // THE MEDIA WILL BE CONTROLLED. THE FANS OR PATRONS // WILL BE CONTROLLED." IN OTHER WORDS, JEERS AND CAT CALLS FROM THE GALLERY WON'T BE TOLERATED. WOODS HAS REPORTEDLY HIRED FORMER BUSH WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY ARI FLEISCHER TO MANAGE HIS IMAGE. A TRIUMPHANT RETURN COULD BE THE BIGGEST GAME-CHANGER. SOT Michael Levine, Levine Communications "IT CHANGES THE SUBJECT, AND LISTEN, IT GETS HIM OFF OF DEFENSE AND ON TO OFFENSE. AS LONG AS HE PLAYS WELL HE IS ON OFFENSE." GOLF'S TV RATINGS DROPPED AS MUCH AS 50-PERCENT WITHOUT THE WORLD'S NUMBER ONE. MANY PRO GOLFERS ARE EXCITED WOODS IS RETURNING SO SOON. SOT Kenny Perry, Pro golfer "I JUST WANT TO GIVE THE GUY A HUG AND GIVE HIM A HANDSHAKE AND GET HIM BACK OUT HERE AND GET HIM PLAYING GREAT GOLF AGAIN." STILL, OTHERS REMAIN SKEPTICAL. SOT Christine Brennan, Sports Columnist, USA Today "HE'S NOT EVEN GOING TO MISS ONE MAJOR? WOW. IT MAKES YOU WONDER IF THE WHOLE THING WASN'T A FRAUD."

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    KISS TELL POSE
      JOHN EDWARDS' FORMER MISTRESS AND CAMPAIGN VIDEOGRAPHER... IS NOW ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAMERA.

      JEANNE MOOS REPORTS ON THE REACTION FROM SOME OF T-V'S BIGGEST TALKERS.

      SHE USED TO BE HIS MISTRESS AND CAMPAIGN VIDEOGRAPHER...

      "Very graceful camera girl."

      NOW THE CAMERA GIRL IS IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA FOR GQ.

      "It like this but drop this leg like."

      RIELLE HUNTER SHOWED SOME LEG, SHE SHOWED SOME MIDRIFF WHILE HOLDING HER TWO YEAR OLD DAUGHTER FATHERED BY JOHN EDWARDS. BUT WHEN THE PHOTOS APPEARED...

      "That's beautiful."

      SHE TOLD BARBARA WALTERS SHE CRIED FOR TWO HOURS.

      "She said she found them repulsive. so why did she pose? she said she trusted mark Seliger, the photographer, who she says is a brilliant photographer and in her words "I went with the flow."

      THAT'S PRETTY MUCH HOW THE AFFAIR WITH EDWARDS STARTED, ACCORDING TO RIELLE... WHEN THEY BUMPED INTO ONE ANOTHER ON THE STREET ..."I JUST UTTERED TO HIM, YOU'RE SO HOT." AND HE SAID, "WHY THANK YOU!" AND HE ALMOST JUMPED INTO MY ARMS.

      "Now look away."

      LATER IN HIS HOTEL ROOM SHE SAID "I HAD NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE WHAT WAS FLOWING BETWEEN US."

      BUT WHAT WAS FLOWING THRU COMMENTATORS WASN'T SYMPATHY.

      "She's with us now like...foot decay! (laughter)."

      SPEAKING OF DECAY, RIELLE HUNTER SAID JOHN EDWARDS' RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS WIFE HAD BEEN DYSFUNCTIONAL AND TOXIC AND AWFUL FOR MANY, MANY YEARS"..."THE HOME WAS WRECKED ALREADY. i WAS NOT THE HOMEWRECKER."

      "Now take a sip."

      REILLE HUNTER TOLD GQ SHE GAVE EDWARDS A PHONE THAT LOOKED LIKE HIS WORK PHONE SO HE COULD CALL HER ON IT. BUT ELIZABETH EDWARDS CONFIRMED SUSPICIONS

      WHEN SHE PICKED UP HER HUSBAND'S PHONE AND HIT REDIAL. "AND I ANSWERED THE PHONE AND SAID, "HEY BABY" AND CLICK."

      "Ah that was a good one."

      THEIR FIRST NIGHT TOGETHER EDWARDS TOLD HER "FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOU COULD REALLY MESS UP MY PLANS FOR BECOMING PRESIDENT." SHE TOLD GQ "WE LOVE EACH OTHER VERY MUCH. AND THAT HASN'T CHANGED, AND I BELIEVE THAT WILL BE TILL DEATH DO US PART."

      "Chin up

      AT LEAST THE NEW PHOTOS ARE AN IMPROVEMENT OVER THE PREVIOUS TABLOID ONES.

      "Rielle Hunter has company in one of the GQ photos, a lot of company in bed with her. Not exactly a menage a trois, you count."

      BARNEY AND FRIENDS...

      "With dora and kermit, that is so bad."

      "If you're gonna involve kermit barney dora put your pants on ok?! (laughter)

      KEEP BARNEY OUT OF THIS...

      I love you you love me.

      JEANNE MOOS CNN

      happy family

      NEW YORK

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    MJ SONY
      THE HITS JUST KEEP ON COMING. IT'S BEEN ALMOST NINE MONTHS SINCE MICHAEL JACKSON DIED. BUT HIS ESTATE HAS JUST SIGNED THE BIGGEST RECORD DEAL IN HISTORY -- UP TO 250 MILLION DOLLARS FROM SONY FOR 10 PROJECTS. IT MAY BE THE BIGGEST MUSIC DEAL -- BUT IT'S HARDLY THE ONLY POSTHUMOUS CONTRACT.

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    TEASE 6/DOG SHOT
      STAY TUNED, WE HAVE AN ADORABLE PET UP FOR ADOPTION FROM THE KANAWHA CHARLESTON ANIMAL SHELTER.

      WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK

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    JAPAN DOG WASH
      WELCOME BACK TO FOX 11'S EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING.

      IF YOU'VE GOT A STINKY DOG AND BATH TIME IS NOTORIOUSLY DIFFICULT....THEN, A COMPANY IN JAPAN HAS A DOGGIE WASHING MACHINE THAT MAY COME IN HANDY.

      THAT'S RIGHT, YOU JUST POP YOUR POOCH IN THE MACHINE AND SELECT THE CYCLE.

      THE WATER IS A TROPICAL NINETY-FIVE DEGREES AND THE SHAMPOO IS A NO-TEARS FORMULA.

      THE DOG WASH WAS DESIGNED IN THE U-S AND SO FAR, JAPAN HAS TEN MACHINES.

      BIG PUPS ARE OFF THE HOOK... IT ONLY CAN HOLD SMALL DOGS.

      IT COSTS ABOUT TEN DOLLARS A WASH AND IT'S CHEAPER THAN TRADITIONAL GROOMING.

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    PETS
      DONNA CLARK FROM THE KANAWHA CHARLESTON ANIMAL SHELTER

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      STICK AROUND, DOUG HAS OUR FORECAST AND WE'LL HAVE A CHECK FOR YOUR MORNING COMMUTE TO WORK.

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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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    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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    TRAFFIC
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