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Saturday, October 4, 2008.

Note: Because breaking news happens fast, you may find typographic errors within news scripts. Odd punctuation, visual cues, anchor and producer notes may also appear with the scripts since these are the actual files that the news anchors present to you on Eyewitness News.
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  • WELCOME
      W-V-U TAKES THE FIRST STEP TOWARD A BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP. THAT'S OUR TOP STORY.

      GOOD EVENING EVERONE, I'M CHRISTINE HABRLE...

      AND I'M JAKE GLANCE. THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR EYEWITNESS NEWS AT ELEVEN.

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    10 UP SPORTS
      SATURDAY IN OCTOBER MEANS COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS IN FULL EFFECT...

      AND WHILE WEST VIRGINIA HAS TWO LOSSES ALREADY-- A NEW SEASON BEGAN TODAY IN MORGANTOWN....

      JOSH-JAKE ADLIB...

      THOSE TWO LOSSES WEST VIRGINIA SUFFERED BACK IN SEPTEMBER SHOULD KEEP WVU OUT OF A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME...

      HOWEVER, A CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP-- AND A BCS GAME THAT WOULD GO ALONG WITH IT-- IS STILL A POSSIBILITY....

      THAT'S JUST A SMALL SAMPLE OF WHAT'S TO COME...

      COMPLETE HI-LITES FROM WVU'S WIN LATER IN SPORTS...

      PLUS, MARSHALL TAKES IT ON THE CHIN....

      AND WEST VIRGINIA STATE AND U-C SHOOT FOR MONSTER WINS IN THE WEST VIRGINIA CONFERENCE....

      ALL THAT AND MORE-- A BIT LATER IN SPORTS....

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    NOWCAST WEATHER
      WX ANCHOR PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

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    MISSING PERSON
      POLICE IN CABELL COUNTY ARE SEARCHING FOR A MISSING ALZHEIMER'S PATIENT WHO WANDERED AWAY FROM A RETIREMENT HOME.

      DISPATCHERS SAY 86-YEAR OLD PAUL CHURTON WALKED AWAY FROM THE WOODLAND'S RETIREMENT HOME IN HUNTINGTON AROUND 8:30 THIS EVENING.

      HE IS DESCRIBED AS A WHITE MAN AROUND FIVE FEET NINE INCHES TALL AND 160 POUNDS.

      HE HAS GREY HAIR AND BLUE EYES AND IS WEARING A POLO GOLF SHIRT AND KHAKI PANTS.

      ANYONE WITH INFORMATION SHOULD CALL THEIR LOCAL 911 CENTER.

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    DOLLAR GENERAL
      PEOPLE ARE CELEBRATING THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA IN CLENDENIN.

      RISING FROM THE ASHES EMPLOYEES AT THE DOLLER GENERAL HELD A SPECIAL GRAND OPENING TODAY.

      AND.. AS I FOUND OUT...LOTS OF CUSTOMERS ARE THRILLED THEIR STORE IS ALIVE AGAIN.

      NAT: 5029 bag

      NAT 5718 miracle miracle

      THE SOUNDS OF RECOVERY

      NAT: 5107 beep

      RING LOUD AND CLEAR

      NAT: 5046 "Hi Kim How are you?"

      AT THE DOLLER GENERAL GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION...QUICKLY USHERING IN A NEW BEGINNING FOR CLENDENIN.

      SOT: 5617 Mae Naylor/Clendenin Area: "Oh we're tickled to get it back."

      NAT: fire

      BACK IN DECEMBER 2006 A FAST MOVING FIRE COLLAPSED WALLS AND GUTTED THE STORE SO MANY PEOPLE LIKE MAE NAYLOR DEPEND ON.

      SOT: 5526 Mae Naylor/Clendenin Area: "For Two and a half weeks I was just.. it was a bummer."

      SHE MISSED THE BIG BURNER BY JUST TEN MINUTES.

      SOT: 5514 My grandson called and said Maw Maw I see your special store burning and I said baby you gotta be kidding I was just there."

      FIREFIGHTERS SUSPECTED ARSON RIGHT AWAY. NOW TIARA SPENCER IS SERVING A FIVE YEAR SENTENCE FOR SETTING THE BLAZE.

      THE LOSS THREATENED THE VERY SURVIVAL OF THE TINY TOWN. SO RISING FROM THE ASHES BECAME THE ORDER OF THE FOLLOWING WEEKS, MONTHS AND YEARS.

      SOT: 5241 Jennifer Spears/Clendenin: "I love it .. it's in walking distance it means I don't have to go to walmart and all that way we're very greatful."

      STDUP: Christine Habrle/Eyewitness News: "New employees put a lot of sweat equity into bringing the store back to life. Beginning with building the shelves from the ground up."

      SOT:633 Ann Anderson/Asst. Manager: "Hand unloaded the first truck and the second and the third."

      SOT:606 "none of us had done that before so it was very interesting."

      NAT: 1214 door opening

      REOPENING HAPPENED SLOWLY--BEGINNING IN AUGUST. NOW EVEN THOUGH THE NEW STORE IS IN ITS INFANT STAGES IT'S WELL STOCKED EVEN WITH SEASONAL FARE.

      NAT: christmas guy

      AND PLENTY OF PEOPLE..

      NAT: 306 lots of customers lots of customers

      LIKE MAE NAYLOR ARE SNAPPING UP ALL THE ITEMS THEY NEED AS THEY ENJOY THE SIGN OF A NEW ERA IN CLENDENIN.

      SOT:5718 It's been really great."

      GOING FORWARD STORE MANGERS PLAN TO MAKE SURE TO KEEP UP WITH THE COMMUNITY AND STOCK WHAT THE CUSTOMERS NEED. BUT THE BUILDING WON'T BE EXPANDED SINCE IT'S BRAND NEW.

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    FREEMAN PARENTS
      THE PARENTS OF THE CHARLESTON WOMAN ARRESTED AND ACCUSED OF ONLY FEEDING HER FIVE CHILDREN ONCE A DAY ARE SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THE CHARGES AGAINST THEIR DAUGHTER -- SAYING THE CHARGES SIMPLY ARE NOT TRUE.

      EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER ATISH BAIDYA HAS THE STORY.

      CYNTHIA AND RODNEY WHEELER WATCH HOME VIDEO OF HAPPIER TIMES FOR THEM AND THEIR FIVE GRANDCHILDREN -- THEIR DAUGHTER RUBY FREEMAN AND SON IN LAW THOMAS FREEMAN ARE ACCUSED OF WHAT CHARLESTON POLICE DESCRIBE AS ONE OF THE WORSE CASES OF CHILD NEGLECT THEY'VE EVER SEEN IN YEARS.

      SOT12;31;42

      i was mad i was disgusted because i don't think any child should have to go through neglect.

      THE FREEMAN'S ALLEGEDLY LOCKED FOUR OF THEIR KIDS IN THEIR ROOMS AT THEIR APARTMENT ON SOUTH PARK ROAD AND ONLY FED THEM ONCE A DAY DURING THE PAST SIX MONTHS.

      RODNEY WHEELER SAYS THOMAS CONSIDERED TAKING THE KIDS TO HIS PARENTS AND LEAVING RUBY BECAUSE SHE WASN'T KEEPING UP WITH TAKING CARE OF THE KIDS.

      SOT12;41;28

      it was just a few days before they were arrested because ruby was neglecting not doing what she was supposed to do...he'd be hard working and she'd be late feeding the kids stuff like that.

      WHILE RUBY'S PARENTS BOTH AGREE SOME OF THE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST THEIR DAUGHTER ARE PROBABLY TRUE -- THEY SAY SOME AREN'T.

      SOT12;26;33

      i know for a definite that all the children ate more than one time a day.

      THEY SAY BOTH RUBY AND THOMAS NEED HELP.

      SOT12;38;15

      they both need help parenting classes and stuff

      AND THAT RUBY's TOLD THEM SHE KNOWS SHE MADE A MISTAKE.

      SOT12;34;55

      she feels very sad about what she's done.

      IN CHARLESTON A.B. EYEWITNESS NEWS.

      BOTH RUBY AND THOMAS FREEMAN ARE BEING HELD ON A 100-THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND.

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    COAL TAX BREAK
      THE NEW 700-BILLION DOLLAR BAILOUT PLAN PASSED BY CONGRESS THIS WEEK WILL HELP THE COAL INDUSTRY.

      THE NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION SAYS THE PLAN WILL HELP EXTEND TAX CREDITS FOR SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING, COAL GASIFICATION, ADVANCED ELECTRICITY PROJECTS, CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE AND STORAGE, AND LIQUID FUELS MADE FROM COAL.

      THE N-M-A ALSO SAYS CONGRESS ALSO PROVIDED MORE FUNDING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO TEST MOTOR FUEL MADE FROM COAL.

      THE ORGANIZATION SAYS THE PROVISIONS WILL CREATE JOBS AND MAKE MINING SAFER.

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    BYRD HONORED
      MOST PEOPLE THINK OF SENATOR ROBERT C BYRD AS A POLITICIAN...

      BUT TONIGHT COUNTRY MUSIC FANS HONORED ANOTHER PART OF HIS LIFE.

      THE SENATOR RECEIVED THE DR. PERRY F HARRIS DISTINGUISHED FIDDLER AWARD ON THE GRAND OLE OPRY TONIGHT FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORLD OF FIDDLING AND FIDDLE MUSIC.

      BYRD LEARNED TO PLAY THE FIDDLE AS A TEEN AND HAS PERFORMED AT THE KENNEDY CENTER, THE GRAND OLE OPRY AND ON THE T-V SHOW "HEE HAW."

      HE RECORDED AN ALBUM CALLED "MOUNTAIN FIDDLER" WHILE SERVING AS MAJORITY LEADER OF THE U-S SENATE IN 19-78.

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    KIRK CAMERON
      FORMER SITCOM STAR AND CURRENT HOST OF THE SHOW ... THE WAY OF THE MASTER ... KIRK CAMERON STOPPED BY CHARLESTON TONIGHT TO GIVE A SPECIAL CHRISTIAN MESSAGE.

      CAMERON SAYS THE "TRANSFORMED" CONFERENCE IS ALL ABOUT TEACHING PEOPLE HOW TO TALK ABOUT GOD.

      HE SAYS HE WANTS TO HELP PEOPLE LEARN HOW TO OVERCOME THEIR FEARS ABOUT TALKING ABOUT THEIR FAITH.

      HE SAYS PEOPLE SOMETIMES CAN BE RELUCTANT TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID OF OFFENDING SOMEONE.

      CAMERON HELD TWO EVENTS TODAY AT THE CLAY CENTER IN CHARLESTON.

      HE IS OF COURSE BEST KNOWN FOR HIS PORTRAYAL OF "MIKE SEAVER" ON THE SITCOM "GROWING

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    BUFFALO BIKERS
      A GROUP OF MOTORCYCLE RIDERS KNOWN AS THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS STOPPED BY THE CLAY CENTER TO CHECK OUT A SPECIAL EXHIBIT DEDICATED TO AFRICAN AMERICAN SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN.

      ABOUT ONE HUNDRED MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BUFFALO SOLDIERS AND TROOPERS ARE IN TOWN.

      THE GROUP CELEBRATES THE BUFFALO SOLDIER -- AFRICAN AMERICAN SOLDIERS SERVING IN THE 9TH AND 10TH REGIMENTS OF THE U-S ARMY.

      SOME SAY BUFFALO SOLDIERS GOT THEIR NAME FROM THE NATIVE AMERICANS THEY FOUGHT WHILE ESCORTING SETTLERS WEST.

      THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS BIKERS HAVE CHAPTERS IN NEW JERSEY, OHIO, AND PENNSYLVANIA.

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    PUMPKIN FESTIVAL
      THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PUMPKIN EATERS WERE IN MILTON TODAY TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL PUMPKIN FESTIVAL.

      AND AS EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER BRYANT SOMERVILLE TELLS US; MORE THAN PUMPKIN PIE AND SCARECROWS...THE FESTIVITIES ARE ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE.

      (nats of festival)


      HAVING AS GOOD A TIME AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN...WITH PUMPKINS.


      SUE SHORT IS A VENDOR AT THE FESTIVAL; AND SAYS YOUD BE SURPRISED AT HOW MANY DISHES YOU CAN ADD PUMPKIN TO.


      IIIIIIIILL JUST HAVE TO TAKE HER WORD FOR IT. BUT MORE THAN FOOD; SHORT SAYS THERES MORE TO THE FESTIVITIES...THAN WHAT HITS THE MOUTH.



      FESTIVAL GOERS LIKE BIRDIE WOOD SAY MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE...THERES A BIGGER MEANING TO THE EVENT THAN JUST PUMPKINS AND SCARECROWS; ITS ABOUT PEOPLE.



      MIXING IN FAMILY,FRIENDS, PUMPKINS...AND EVEN CLOWNS...WOOD SAYS ITS EVERYTHING PUT TOGETHER THAT MAKES THIS PUMPKIN FESTIVAL WORTH WATCHING.

      IN MILTON; BSO; EYEWITNESS NEWS.

      IF YOU MISSED OUT TODAY, NO WORRIES.

      THE LAST DAY FOR THE PUMPKIN FESTIVAL IS TOMORROW...IT WILL BE OPEN AT THE WEST VIRGINIA PUMPKIN PARK IN MILTON FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM.

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    PUMPKIN JUDGES
      WHATS A PUMPKIN FESTIVAL...WITHOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOOD THAT PUMPKIN CAN GO IN.

      A PANEL OF JUDGES TASTED EVERYTHING FROM PUMPKIN CAKES TO PUMKIN BREAD.

      OUR OWN JAKE GLANCE GOT TO STUFFHIS FACE QUITE A BIT AS ONE OF THE HONORED JUDGES.

      PUMPKIN FESTIVAL QUEEN STACEY GLEASON SAYS ANY TYPE OF FOOD YOU CAN THINK OF...CAN ALWAYS TASTE BETTER WITH A LITTLE PUMPKIN.

      "we have all different types of varieties from pumpkin rolls to pumpkin breads, pumpkin soup, every type of food you could ever imagine with pumpkins...we have it."

      MARY MCCLURE OR BARBOURSVILLE CLEANED UP TODAY!

      SHE HAD 6 FIRST PLACE RECIPES ... SO SHE WALKED AWAY WITH MORE THAN 300 DOLLARS IN PRIZE MONEY.

      MARGE COOPER OF MILTON HAD 3 FIRST PLACE RECIPES ... AND WON MORE THAN 150 DOLLARS IN PRIZE MONEY.

      AND JANET KELLEY OF MILTON TOOK HOME ONE FIRST PLACE FINISH AND SEVERAL SECOND AND THIRD PLACE PRIZES ... AND WON ABOUT 150 DOLLARS IN PRIZE MONEY.

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    OKTOBERFEST
      ANOTHER FESTIVAL GOT UNDERWAY TODAY IN HUNTINGTON.

      OKTOBERFEST WAS IN PULLMAN SQUARE EARLIER TODAY WHERE PEOPLE LEARNED DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT THE CULTURE, INCLUDING THE PARTY-FAVORITE CHICKEN DANCE SONG.

      NATIVES OF GERMAN DESCENT SAY SPREADING THEIR CULTURE IS THE BEST PART OF ALL THE FESTIVITIES.

      "its about a free spirited good time with family and friends...and keeping up the culture. yeh, bringin the german culture to huntington, making it home for everyone."

      OKTOBERFEST WRAPPED UP JUST A FEW HOURS AGO.

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    LOTTERY
      10/4/2008 1 4 26 32 39 18 x 5

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    FULL WEATHER
      ANCHORS TOSS TO WX ANCHOR FOR WEATHER

      WX ANCHOR PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

      Join Steve Borecky 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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    OJ SIMPSON
      WELCOME BACK TO EYEWITNESS NEWS AT ELEVEN...

      O.J. SIMPSON IS IN A LAS VEGAS JAIL TONIGHT, FACING THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE IN PRISON.

      A JURY FOUND HIM GUILTY OF KIDNAPPING AND ROBBERY IN A DRAMATIC VERDICT.

      SIMPSON'S LAWYER SAYS HE WILL APPEAL.

      ALEX STONE REPORTS ON THE FATE OF A MAN WHO STUNNED MUCH OF AMERICA IN 1995 WHEN HE BEAT MURDER CHARGES.

      O.J. Simpson was summoned to the Las Vegas courthouse late Friday night -- exactly 13-years to the day after his acquittal on double murder charges and after exactly 13-hours of jury deliberations. SOT Q&A with Simpson "Are you ready for this? Simpson: Got to be ready." But was the American sports idol ready for this? NATSOT "Count One - conspiracy to commit a crime - Guilty...(Dissolve) Count 12 - coercion with the use of a deadly weapon - Guilty." ...on 12-counts, including kidnapping and robbing two sports memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room on September 13th, 2007. NATSOT "They are both remanded into custody." Simpson and his co-defendant, Clarence Stewart, were led away in handcuffs. Sentencing is set for December 5th. Simpson is 61 years old. He could spend the rest of his life in prison. SOT Yale Galanter, Simpson's attorney Reporter question: "How is O.J. doing right now?" "He is extremely upset, extremely emotional." The verdict will be appealed. SOT Galanter "Listen guys again, I'm not here to discuss what our points on appeal are and I'm also not here to tell you that we didn't get a fair shake. All I'm saying is that I think there are some significant legal issues on appeal, obviously jury selection is going to be one of them." Thomas Riccio, who arranged and recorded the confrontation in the hotel room that ultimately landed O.J. Simpson in jail, also doubted the jury's intentions. SOT Thomas Riccio, Memorabilia Dealer "People have their own things in their own minds about what they want to happen and Las Vegas got him, everybody wanted him and Vegas got him, somehow."

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    PAKISTAN ATTACK
      IN WORLD NEWS, SUSPECTED U-S MISSILES HIT A HOUSE NEAR THE PAKISTAN-AFGHANISTAN BORDER ... KILLING OVER 20 PEOPLE.

      14 TALIBAN FIGHTERS AND EIGHT ARABS DIED IN THE ATTACK.

      THE AREA IS A STRONGHOLD OF A VETERAN TALIBAN COMMANDER WHO U-S GENERALS SAYS IS ONE OF THEIR MOST DANGEROUS ENEMIES.

      THAT COMMANDER WAS HOLDING A DINNER WHEN THE STRIKES HIT.

      THE COMMANDER, HIS FATHER, AND TWO YOUNG SONS ARE AMONG THE DEAD.

      THE U-S HAS LAUNCHED A FLURRY OF STRIKES IN RECENT WEEKS AGAINST SUSPECTED AL-QAIDA AND TALIBAN TARGETS IN NORTHWESTERN PAKISTAN...WHICH IS BELIEVED TO BE A POSSIBLE HIDING PLACE FOR OSAMA BIN LADEN.

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    FRANCE SUMMIT
      EUROPE'S FOUR MAJOR COUNTRIES ARE VOWING TO SUPPORT THEIR BANKS...DESPITE A SHAKY ECONOMY OVERSEAS AS WELL.

      LEADERS FROM FRANCE, GERMANY, ITALY AND BRITAIN HELD A SUMMIT IN PARIS TODAY TO TRY TO REASSURE JITTERY MARKETS AND INVESTORS.

      BANKING SHARES IN THE COUNTRIES HAVE PLUNGED AMID FEARS THE BANKS WOULD BE UNABLE TO FIND CREDIT TO COVER THEIR DEBTS DURING THE GLOBAL SLOWDOWN.

      LEADERS SAY THEY WILL TAKE ALL NECESSARY MEASURES TO ENSURE THE SOUNDNESS AND STABILITY OF THE BANKING AND FINANCIAL SYSTEM.

      THEY'RE DEMANDING MORE ROOM TO MANEUVER ON EUROPEAN UNION ECONOMY RULES AND THEY'RE ASKING E-U REGULATORS TO ACT QUICKLY AND BE FLEXIBLE IN APPROVING GOVERNMENT BAILOUTS FOR BANKS.

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    SPORTS TEASE
      IT WASN'T AS CONVINCING AS SOME WOULD HAVE LIKED-- BUT IT WAS A "W"...

      AND DON'T EXPECT THE MOUNTAINEERS TO APOLOGIZE....

      JOSH LEWIS TAKES US BACK TO MORGANTOWN FOR MORE ON WEST VIRGINIA'S WIN OVER RUTGERS--

      NEXT ON EYEWITNESS NEWS AT ELEVEN.

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

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

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    WVU FOOTBALL
      YOU'VE GOTTA FIGURE SOONER OR LATER RUTGERS IS GOING TO BEAT WEST VIRGINIA IN MORGANTOWN...

      MOUNTAINEER FANS HOPE IT'S SOONER RATHER THAN LATER....

      AND WITH WVU A DOUBLE-DIGIT FAVORITE TODAY-- THEY SURELY HOPED IT WOULDN'T BE TODAY!!!

      -MAJOR HARRIS....

      -1ST QTR-PAT WHITE FINDS TYLER URBAN FOR THE SCORE...7-0 WVU

      -2ND QTR-PAT WHITE TO JOCK SANDERS FOR THE FIRST DOWN....SETS UP A PAT MCAFFE FIELD GOAL.....10-0 WVU

      -SAME QTR-WHITE TO SANDERS FOR THE TD.....17-3 WVU

      -SAME QTR-BRIAN TEEL QB KEEPER FOR THE TD.....17-10 WVU AT THE HALF

      -3RD QTR-AFTER PAT WHITE WAS KNOCKED OUT OF THE GAME....JARRETT BROWN QB KEEPER FOR THE TD....24-10 WVU

      -4TH QTR-TEEL TO TIM BROWN FOR THE TD......24-17 WVU

      -SAME QTR-4TH AND 5 SCOOTER BERRY KNOCKS DOWN THE PASS TO SEAL THE WIN...

      IT CERTAINLY WASN'T A DOUBLE DIGIT VICTORY AS SOME EXPECTED... BUT IT WAS A WIN-- AND DON'T LOOK FOR AN APOLOGY FROM BILL STEWART....

      PAT WHITE WITH 137 YARDS PASSING-- 59 YDS RUSHING BEFORE HE LEFT THE GAME...

      NOEL DEVINE HELD TO 55 YARDS RUSHING ON 19 ATTEMPTS...

      A-J GOOD WAS IN MORGANTOWN AND HAS MORE FROM MOUNTAINEER FIELD....

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    MARSHALL FOOTBALL
      WHILE PAT WHITE WATCHED MUCH OF THE 2ND HALF FROM THE SIDELINE-- HE STILL PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN WVU'S VICTORY....

      MEANWHILE-- MARSHALL WAS HOPING THE COLOR WHITE WOULD HELP THE HERD GET A VICTORY OVER CINCINNATI LAST NIGHT....

      30-THOUSAND FANS HELPED TAKE PART IN THE HERD'S "WHITE OUT"...

      BUT IT WAS THE BEARCATS THAT DID THE WHITE-WASHING....

      BRIAN KELLY WAS WITHOUT HIS TOP THREE CHOICES AT QUARTERBACK...

      BUT 4TH STRINGER CHAZZ ANDERSON-- A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN-- PLAYED LIKE A SEASONED VETERAN...

      THAT MAKES TWO STRAIGHT LOSSES FOR THE HERD-- BOTH TO BIG EAST TEAMS...

      COACH SNYDER CAN TAKE COMFORT IN HIS TEAM'S 2-AND-OH RECORD IN CONFERENCE PLAY AS THEY HEAD INTO THEIR BYE....

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    MARSHALL SOUND
      YOU HEARD THEM MENTION THE UAB GAME....

      THAT'S TWO WEEKS OFF-- OCTOBER 18TH IN BIRMINGHAM....

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    OSU-WISCONSIN
      BEANIE WELLS....

      --TERRELLE PRYOR TD KEEPER WITH JUST OVER 1:00 TO GO... OHIO STATE WINS AT CAMP RANDALL!!

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    UK-ALABAMA
      KENTUCKY TRYING TO TAKE DOWN WEST VIRGINIA NATIVE NICK SABAN AND THE 2ND RANKED ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE...

      --EARLY 1ST QTR... GLEN COFFEE RIGHT UP THE GUT... A FOOTRACE... WON'T BE CAUGHT... 78 YD SCORE.. 'BAMA UP 7-0..

      UK GOT WITHIN 3 BUT COULDN'T RECOVER AN ONSIDES KICK LATE.... BAMA WINS 17-14....

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    OHIO-WESTERN MICHIGAN
      OHIO FALLS 41-20....WESTERN MICHIGAN WINS ON HOMECOMING-- ALSO THE 500TH IN THE PROGRAM'S HISTORY....

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    STATE-CONCORD
      STATE'S HOMECOMING... JACKETS LOOKING FOR 5-AND-OH.. VS. CONCORD-- ALREADY OH-AND-5....

      --1ST QTR... KEVIN O'BRIEN TO LARRY HINTON... 1ST DOWN..

      --SETS UP CRAIG WISSLER'S 45 YD FG ATTEMPT... GOOD!!

      --EARL MONROE'S TEAM UP 3-0...

      --JACKETS "D"... JOE CLARK PICKS OFF THOMAS FRAZIER PASS AND TAKES IT 41 YARDS FOR THE SCORE... 10-0 STATE...

      --2ND QTR... O'BRIEN W-R SCREEN TO JERMAIN KING... 1ST DOWN...

      --SETS UP FABIAN PAYNE'S 6 YARD SCORE... ONE OF 1 TD'S FOR FORMER SOUTH CHARLESTON BLACK EAGLE....

      THIS A DOMINATING VICTORY FOR STATE...

      THE DEFENSE GIVES UP ONLY 150 TOTAL YARDS...

      WHILE THE OFFENSE PILES UP 435 YARDS....

      BRIAN MITCHELL WITH 121 YARDS AND A PAIR OF SCORES...

      A HUGE ONE FOR THE YELLOWJACKETS NEXT WEEKEND PLAYING AT SETON HILL....

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    UC-SHEPHERD
      UC LOOKING TO FINALLY BEAT SHEPHERD...

      --SCORELESS IN 2ND QTR... LOSE IT FOR A MINUTE... PICK IT UP JUST IN TIME TO SEE DERANTE HUNTER FIND TERRANCE SPENCER DOWN MIDDLE OF FIELD FOR 80 YARD TOUCHDOWN!!!

      --3RD QTR... SHEPHERD'S DEANTE STEELE TAKES PUNT 95 YARDS UP LEFT SIDELINE... POINT AFTER NO GOOD THO-- SO UC STILL LEADS 7-6...

      --TO THE 4TH QTR WE GO...

      --HUNTER UP THE MIDDLE FROM 10 YARDS OUT PUTS UC AHEAD BY 8...

      --SOME DEFENSE... UC'S T-L ASBURY TAKES DOWN SHEPHERD Q-B TYLER LAZEAR... THAT MAKES HIM THE ALL-TIME SACK LEADER AT UC!!!

      --SOME MORE DEFENSE... DAVID PICKETT WITH THE PICK... TWO TEAMS WOULD EXCHANGE LATE TOUCHDOWNS....

      CONGRATS TO TONY DEMEO AND THE GOLDEN EAGLES... A MEMORABLE WIN TO SAY THE LEAST....

      MEANWHILE, MIGHTY SHEPHERD FALLS TO 0-AND-4 IN CONFERENCE PLAY!!

      HOMECOMING NEXT WEEKEND AS FAIRMONT COMES TO TOWN....

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    WVIAC SCORES
      GLENVILLE STATE LED LAKE ERIE 20-14 GOING INTO THE 4TH-- BUT LAKE ERIE EXPLODES FOR 20 4TH QTR POINTS TO GET THE VICTORY...

      MEANWHILE, SETON HILL ESCAPES BUCKHANNON WITH A CLOSE VICTORY KEEPING THEIR PERFECT RECORD IN TACT....

      THAT SETS UP NEXT WEEKENDS CLASH BETWEEN UNDEFEATED WEST VIRGINIA STATE AND UNBEATEN SETON HILL....

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    TECH-UNION COLLEGE
      1.-BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR FOOTBALL AT MARTIN FIELD AS WINLESS WV TECH MET UNBEATEN AND NATIONALLY RANKED UNION, KENTUCKY

      2.-HARD RUNNING BY FORMER NITRO STAR AND KENNEDY AWARD WINNER JOSH CULBERTSON, WHO CRANKS OFF A 23-YARD GAIN...CULBERTSON HAD 57 YARDS ON 8 CARRIES IN THE 1ST QUARTER...

      3.-UNFORTUNATELY, HE LEFT WITH A KNEE INJURY IN THE FIRST QUARTER AND DIDN'T RETURN THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON

      4.-TECH STRIKES FIRST ON AN 8-YD PASS FROM MICHAEL SCOTT TO GARY JOSHWAY...THAT COMES WITH 32 SECONDS LEFT IN THE 1ST....7-0 TECH AFTER 15 MINUTES

      5.-UNION SCORED THE NEXT THREE TDS, INCLUDING THIS 31-YARD PASS AND CATCH FROM MIKE BRINKLEY TO ROLANDO DYER...MAKE IT 21-7 EARLY IN THE 3RD QUARTER

      6.-SCOTT TINSLEY'S CREW KEEPS FIGHTING

      7.-SCOTT GOES UP TOP AND FINDS JOSHWAY...THIS PLAY COVERS 47 YARDS...IT'S A 21-14 GAME WITH PLENTY OF TIME LEFT IN THE 3RD

      8.-BUT UNION ADDS TWO MORE TD'S TO BUILD A CUSHION...TECH SCORES AGAIN AS SCOTT THROWS OUT TO DYRONE JOHNSON WHO TAKES IT 16 YARDS...AND OUR BUDDY ROY EAGLE GOES DOWN...IT'S A 35-21 COUNT WITH LITTLE TIME LEFT IN THE 3RD...

      9.-IN THE FOURTH AND UNION LEADING, 45-21...SCOTT FINDS JOSHWAY AGAIN IN THE 4TH...

      TECH STILL IN SEARCH OF WIN #1...THE FINAL, 45-27

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    BREWERS-PHILLIES
      ESTABLISHER...

      --B1... J-J HARDY SINGLE TO LEFT... SCORES BILL HALL... 2-0 BREWERS...

      --B5.. RYAN BRAUN SAC FLY TO LEFT.... 3-0... BREWERS WIN 4-1.... TRAIL 2-1... GAME 4 TOMORROW...

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    TOSS TO BREAK
      STICK AROUND, MORE EYEWITNESS NEWS AFTER THE BREAK.

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    DOO WOP LOW RIDERS
      FINALLY TONIGHT... HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE REVV THEIR ENGINGS FOR A SPECIAL COMPETITION TODAY.

      THE "LOW RIDERS" TOOK CENTER STAGE FOR THE ROD RUN AND DOO WOP SHOW.

      TAKE A LOOK AT THESE CARS ALONG THE BOULEVARD...

      COMPETITORS CAME FROM ACROSS THE NATION TO SHOW OF THEIR RIDES...

      DRIVERS DID HYDRAULIC JUMPS AND LEAPS IN THEIR VEHICLES...WITH

      WINNERS OF THE COMPETITION TAKING HOME OVER ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH.

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