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Friday, February 3, 2012.

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  • 12 OPEN
      COMING UP ON EYEWITNESS NEWS..... DOZENS ARE HOMELESS AFTER A FIRE RIPS THROUGH AN APARTMENT BUILDING.

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    12 OPEN 2
      THEN, THE FIGHT OVER CHANGING THE NAME OF A CHARLESTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONTINUES.

      DOUG TALKS ABOUT WEATHER

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    WELCOME
      GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M DEBORAH LINZ.

      WE BEGIN WITH A CHECK OF THE WEATHER WITH METEOROLOGIST DOUG HARLOW.

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    MARCUS CURTIS
      DEPUTIES CHARGE A DUNBAR MAN WITH WANTON ENDANGERMENT AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY FIRED GUN SHOTS AT A WOMAN NEAR SALON COURT.

      CAROL PAULEY TOLD DEPUTIES SHE'S BEEN IN AN ALTERCATION WITH MARCUS CURTIS WHO THEN FIRED SEVERAL SHOTS AT HER. CURTIS WAS ARRESTED.



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    SA WANTED ROBBER
      SAINT ALBANS POLICE NEED YOUR HELP FINDING AN ALLEGED ROBBER ON A RAMPAGE.

      POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR 41 YEAR OLD SHAWN GILMORE OF ST. ALBANS.

      OFFICERS SAY HE ROBBED A WOMAN AFTER SHE GAVE HIM A RIDE, AND HE ATTACKED A TEENAGER WITH A HAMMER AND STOLE HIS CASH.

      POLICE SAY GILMORE HAS SEVERAL ALIASES INCLUDING SHAWN TEAGUE, KENNETH TEAGUE, JASON HARRIS, AND SHAWN CLARK. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON HIS WHEREABOUTS, PLEASE CALL POLICE.

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    CHILD NEGLECT DEATH
      A SOUTH CHARLESTON WOMAN PLEAD GUILTY THIS MORNING TO CAUSING THE DEATH OF HER BABY.

      LESLIE BOGGS FACES UP TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO CHILD NEGLECT CAUSING A DEATH. BOGGS, UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, HAD PASSED OUT AND ROLLED ON TOP OF HER TWO MONTH OLD CHILD.. ACCIDENTLY SUFFOCATING HER. PROSECUTORS SAY THE BABY HAD BEEN DEAD FOUR HOURS BEFORE HELP WAS CALLED.

      BOGGS ONLY ADMITTED TO MIXING ALCOHOL WITH HER PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE. SHE''LL REMAIN ON HOME CONFINEMENT UNTIL HER APRIL SENTENCING.

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    HUNTINGTON APT FIRE
      A MASSIVE FIRE DESTROYED AN APARTMENT BUILDING IN HUNTINGTON LATE LAST NIGHT.

      FIREFIGHTERS GOT THE CALL AROUND 11:30 THAT THIS BUILDING IN THE 800 BLOCK OF WEST 9TH STREET WAS BURNING.

      BUILDINGS AROUND IT WERE EVACUATED. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD 20 PEOPLE LIVED IN SIX APARTMENTS... AND THAT EVERYONE GOT OUT SAFELY.

      NEIGHBORS SAY THEY FEEL TERRIBLE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED THERE.

      THAT FIRE REKINDLED THIS MORNING AROUND 9-30. THE SALVATION ARMY IS ASSISTING THOSE LEFT HOMELESS.

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    HUNTINGTON SHOOTING
      A MAN IS RECOVERING AT A HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL AND ANOTHER IS IN JAIL AFTER A SHOOTING LAST NIGHT.

      POLICE SAY GREG TRUSLOW WALKED INTO THE HOSPITAL AFTER HE WAS SHOT SEVERAL TIMES AT THE 20TH STREET SUNOCO STATION. A LITTLE WHILE LATER, HUNTINGTON POLICE CHARGED STEFON FERGUSON WITH THAT SHOOTING. FERGUSON APPARENTLY HAD HIS YOUNG SON IN THE CAR AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING. THE CHILD WAS NOT HURT.



      HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE PACKED WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY IN CHARLESTON LAST NIGHT IN ANOTHER PUSH TO CHANGE THE SCHOOL'S NAME...TO HONOR EDUCATION PIONEER MARY SNOW.

      MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE SPOKE IN FAVOR OF CHANGING THE NAME. SNOW WAS THE FIRST BLACK PRINCIPAL IN KANAWHA COUNTY AFTER INTEGRATION.

      IN DECEMBER, THE BOARD VOTED 3-2 TO KEEP THE NAME THE SAME.

      LAST NIGHT THE SCHOOL RELEASED RESULTS OF A SURVEY THEY SENT HOME.

      IT CAME BACK 70% OF PARENTS, 65% OF STUDENTS, AND 90% OF FACULTY WANT TO KEEP THE NAME THE SAME.

      THE BOARD MADE NO DECISION LAST NIGHT ON THE NAME CHANGE AND HAVE NOT SAID IF THEY ARE EVEN CONSIDERING IT.

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    MCDOWELL SWEEPS 11
      EXTREME POVERTY... BROKEN HOMES AND RAMPANT DRUGS... THOSE ARE SOME OF THE SERIOUS AND COMPLEX PROBLEMS FACING PEOPLE LIVING IN MCDOWELL COUNTY AND CRIPPLING IT'S EDUCATION SYSTEM. BUT A NEW, ALL ENCOMPASSING INITIATIVE WILL HOPEFULLY BRING NEW HOPE AND A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR IT'S CHILDREN.

      NO SUPERS

      THE PROBLEM WITH EDUCATION IN MCDOWELL COUNTY STARTS WITH ITS TERRAIN...IT'S A VERY LARGE COUNTY AND VERY MOUNTAINOUS... THERE USE TO BE FIVE HIGH SCHOOLS HERE...NOW'S THERE'S ONLY TWO..

      'BITE ..it's real tough to bring kids to two locations...

      CONSEQUENTLY... SOME KIDS SIT ON SCHOOL BUSES TWO HOURS EVERY DAY.

      THE COUNTY IS ALSO VERY POOR... THE EIGHTH POOREST IN THE UNITED STATES... 50 YEARS AGO... MORE THAN 100-THOUSAND PEOPLE LIVED HERE.. NOW ONLY 22-THOUSAND... 70 THOUSAND MINING JOBS HAVE EVAPORATED SINCE THE 1980'S...

      there's really no job opportunities around around here voice over

      SADLY 72% OF STUDENTS LIVE IN HOMES WITHOUT GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT. (GRX)

      BITE..DAN... ABSENTEE PARENTS. (voice over)

      HALF THE CHILDREN IN MCDOWELL COUNTY LIVE IN POVERTY...

      AND AT LEAST 46 PERCENT DON'T LIVE WITH THEIR BIOLOGICAL PARENTS. (GRX)

      AT LEAST 78 ARE HOMELESS...(ask Jim)



      MCDOWELL COUNTY RANKS LAST IN EDUCTION IN WEST VIRGINIA.... 26 PERCENT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS LAST YEAR DROPPED OUT... THE AVERAGE THREE YEAR OLD IN THE U.S. SPEAKS 12-THOUSAND WORDS.. IN MCDOWELL THEY SPEAK ONLY FIVE THOUSAND.

      AND MCDOWELL LEADS THE NATION PER CAPITA IN OVERDOSE DEATHS FROM NARCOTIC PAIN MEDICATIONS... (GRX) ON AVERAGE NINE PEOPLE DIE EVERY MONTH. (ask Jim)

      DEB SU (The lack of jobs has created a loss of hope..turned into despair...has many people turning to drugs as an escape from their apparent abysmal reality)

      "How bad drug problem... it's bad...really bad."

      12:21:45 "I would say 85 percent of the parents on are on dope."


      SUPT My daddies in jail.

      OTHER PROBLEMS INCLUDE A VERY HIGH RATE OF OBESITY, INFANT MORTALITY AND TEENAGE PREGNANCY..

      AND THERE ARE MORE CHALLENGES...IT'S VERY HARD TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS......

      Trey... sub..???

      10:16:55-:00

      "A real strong student can recover from one year bad instruction... an at risk student doesn't"

      FOR TEACHERS... FINDING DECENT MIDDLE CLASS HOUSING IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.

      BITE WITH HEIDI...

      11:00:55-:01

      "Most of the kids I have really do want to try... really do want to learn."

      "They just have a lot more challenges than kids in other parts of the country." VO

      HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR REAGAN STAFFORD'S MOM HAD A DRUG PROBLEM AND SPENT FIVE YEARS IN PRISON... SHE NEVER KNEW HER FATHER...

      10:28:28-:36

      "I had to take care of myself and little sister...it was very stressful growing up... but made me a better person."

      FORTUNATLY REAGAN HAS SUPPORTIVE GRANDPARENTS AND IS NOW AN HONOR STUDENT AND WANTS TO GO TO COLLEGE AND BECOME A PEDIATRICIAN.

      10:35:52-:55

      "I love working with kids...and helping them.. that's my goal."

      THE STATE TOOK CONTROL OF MCDOWELL COUNTY SCHOOLS IN 2001 BUT THERE'S BEEN LITTLE SUCCESS IN TURNING AROUND THE FAILING SCHOOL SYSTEM....UNTIL SUPERINDENDANT JIM BROWN WAS APPOINTED IN THE FALL OF 2010. LAST YEAR ACT SCORES WERE THE HIGHEST THEY'VE BEEN IN FIVE YEARS.. AND WEST TEST SCORES IN READING AND MATH IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY.

      10:14:58-:02

      "We're still below the state and national average... but see something we can build on."

      BECAUSE OF THE CRISIS IN MCDOWELL... THE INITIATIVE "RECONNECTING MCDOWELL" WAS CREATED.

      NATS FROM MEETING.

      ..SUPT

      ...DRUGS

      ...BANDWITH

      IT'S AN UNPRECENDENTED COMPREHENSIVE FIVE-YEAR PLAN... LED BY THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS AND FORMER WEST VIRGINIA FIRST LADY GAYLE MANCHIN.

      "we have a real opportunity"

      IT INCLUDES 40 PARTNERS WHO HAVE SIGNED A COVENANT TO HELP REVERSE MCDOWELL COUNTY'S FAILING SCHOOL SYSTEM AND SEEK SOLUTIONS TO IT'S TROUBLING SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES.

      bite with gayle and randi

      NATS....

      THERE ARE NO SIMPLE SOLUTIONS TO ALL THESE COMPLEX PROBLEMS... BUT ALL INVOLVED AGREE SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO HELP THE KIDS AND COMMUNITY OF MCDOWELL COUNTY SUCCEED.

      WHILE MANY RESIDENTS HAVE LEFT THE COUNTY FOR GOOD...REAGAN SAYS AFTER SHE HOPEFULLY BECOMES A DOCTOR...SHE PLANS TO RETURN TO HER ROOTS HERE AND GIVE BACK.

      10:36:49-:55

      "You were given an opportunity to make something of self...now it time to help others...that's the way I feel about it."

      10:20:51

      "The children in this county deserve and opportunity for success just like any other child in WV or in America...and failure is not an option."

      THE NEXT SIX MONTHS OF THE RECONNECTING MCDOWELL INITIATIVE INVOLVES STRATEGIC PLANNING.. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW... SEVERAL COMPANIES AND NON-PROFITS HAVE MADE COMMITTMENTS TO HELP... INCLUDING CISCO SYSTEMS, FRONTIER, FIRST BOOK, AND KABOOM. AS THINGS PROGRESS WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED.

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    PIZZA FOR JACOB
      A LOCAL PIZZARIA WILL BE HOLDING A FUNDRAISER FOR A TEENAGER KILLED BY A TRAIN EARLIER THIS WEEK.

      GIOVANNI'S IN HURRICANE WILL BE HOLDING A FUNDRAISER FOR JACOB BALL NEXT WEDNESDAY... IT'S CALLED "PIZZA FOR JACOB."... AND THE COMPANY WILL DONATE A PORTION OF IT'S SALES THAT DAY TO JACOB'S FAMILY.

      ONCE AGAIN THE FUNDRAISER WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT WEDNESDAY.

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    LADY ANTEBELLUM
      LADY ANTEBELLIM WILL "OWN THE NIGHT" IN HUNTINGTON THIS EVENING...AND SEATS ARE STILL AVAILABLE!

      DARIUS RUCKER AND THOMPSON SQUARE WILL OPEN FOR THE TRIO AT THE BIG SANDY SUPERSTORE ARENA. THIS IS " LADY A'S" VERY FIRST HEADLINING TOUR.

      MORE SEATS WERE ADDED THIS MORNING FOR JUST 55 DOLLARS ... CALL THE BOX OFFICE ... OR LOG ONTO TO TICKETMASTER dot COM.

      AND, MONSTER TRUCKS ARE ROLLING INTO THE CIVIC CENTER THIS WEEKEND.

      FOUR MONSTER TRUCKS WILL BE CRUNCHING CARS AND POPPING WHEELIES.

      THE TRUCKS ARE 12 FEET TALL, 12 FEET LONG AND SIT ON TOP OF 66 INCH TIRES.

      GRAVE DIGGER, MONSTER MUTT, TRIPLE X AND MOUNTAINEER WILL BE SOME OF THE TRUCKS ENTERTAINING THE CROWDS.

      MONSTER JAM STARTS TONIGHT AT 7:30.

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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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    ALBERT'S CHAPEL
      NESTLED ON TOP OF SOME SCENIC WEST VIRGINIA HILLS LIES "A LITTLE ROUND CHURCH," THAT WILL SURELY CATCH YOUR EYE.

      PHOTOJOURNALIST BRAD RICE TAKES US TO CALHOUN COUNTY FOR A LOOK AT THE UNIQUE DESIGN OF ALBERT'S CHAPEL IN THIS WEEK'S TRAVELING WEST VIRGINIA.

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    G ALBERT'S CHAPEL
      YOU CAN VISIT ALBERT'S CHAPEL ON STATE ROUTE 119 AT SAND RIDGE IN CALHOUN COUNTY.

      IF YOU GO ON SUNDAY, CHURCH STARTS AT 11:00 IN THE MORNING... EVERYONE'S WELCOME.

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    TIC TOC HIHO
      ((DROP BUG & TICKER

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    REV RECIPE
      THIS WEEK'S REVOLUTION RECIPE IS SO DELICIOUS... IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S REALLY HEALTHY! STEPHANIE SIAS DEMONSTRATES CORN CAKES WITH AN AVOCADO AND TOMATO SALSA.

      IF YOU MISSED ANY INGREDIENTS... GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND CLICK ON THE FOOD REVOLUTION LINK.. AND IF YOU HAVE A RECIPE YOU'D LIKE TO SEE FEATURED, SEND IT TO US ON FACEBOOK OR TWITTER!

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

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

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    CHILD NEGLECT DEATH
      WELCOME BACK TO EYEWITNESS NEWS.

      HERE ARE SOME OF THE STORIES WE'RE WORKING ON FOR YOU TODAY.

      A SOUTH CHARLESTON WOMAN PLEAD GUILTY THIS MORNING TO CAUSING THE DEATH OF HER BABY.

      LESLIE BOGGS FACES UP TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO CHILD NEGLECT CAUSING A DEATH. BOGGS, UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, HAD PASSED OUT AND ROLLED ON TOP OF HER TWO MONTH OLD CHILD.. ACCIDENTLY SUFFOCATING HER. PROSECUTORS SAY THE BABY HAD BEEN DEAD FOUR HOURS BEFORE HELP WAS CALLED.

      BOGGS ONLY ADMITTED TO MIXING ALCOHOL WITH HER PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE. SHE''LL REMAIN ON HOME CONFINEMENT UNTIL HER APRIL SENTENCING.

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    HUNTINGTON APT FIRE
      A MASSIVE FIRE DESTROYED AN APARTMENT BUILDING IN HUNTINGTON LATE LAST NIGHT.

      FIREFIGHTERS GOT THE CALL AROUND 11:30 THAT THIS BUILDING IN THE 800 BLOCK OF WEST 9TH STREET WAS BURNING.

      BUILDINGS AROUND IT WERE EVACUATED.

      WE HAVE BEEN TOLD 20 PEOPLE LIVED IN SIX APARTMENTS... AND THAT EVERYONE GOT OUT SAFELY.

      THE FIRE REKINDLED THIS MORNING AROUND 9-30. THE SALVATION ARMY IS ASSISTING THOSE LEFT HOMELESS.

      HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE PACKED WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY IN CHARLESTON IN ANOTHER PUSH TO CHANGE THE SCHOOL'S NAME...TO HONOR EDUCATION PIONEER MARY SNOW.

      MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE SPOKE IN FAVOR OF CHANGING THE NAME.

      SNOW WAS THE FIRST BLACK PRINCIPAL IN KANAWHA COUNTY AFTER INTEGRATION.

      IN DECEMBER, THE BOARD VOTED 3-2 TO KEEP THE NAME THE SAME.

      THE BOARD MADE NO DECISION ON THE NAME CHANGE AND HAVE NOT EVEN SAID IF THEY ARE CONSIDERING IT.

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    CYBER THREATS
      IN NATIONAL NEWS...A NEW THREAT ON THE U-S.

      THE FBI SAYS THE ATTACK WILL BE A CYBER ATTACK.

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    NO FLY LIST
      THE F-B-I'S LIST OF PEOPLE BANNED FROM FLYING WITHIN THE U-S HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED OVER THE LAST YEAR.

      COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICIALS SAY THE "NO-FLY LIST" HAS 21-THOUSAND NAMES ON IT.

      AMERICANS MAKE UP ABOUT 500 OF THOSE NAMES.

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    SARRIS CHOCOLATES FIRE
      FIRE DAMAGES A FAMOUS CHOCOLATE FACTORY OUTSIDE PITTSBURGH.

      FLAMES AND SMOKE FILLED A PORTION OF SARRIS' (SAR-ASS) CANDY STORE IN CANNONSBURG THIS MORNING.

      ALL EMPLOYEES GOT OUT SAFELY. THE FIRE WAS MAINLY IN THE ICE CREAM PARLOR SECTION OF THE LANDMARK BUILDING.

      SARRIS CANDIES HAS BEEN AROUND MORE THAN 50 YEARS, AND WAS A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS.

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    BEEF PRICES
      WE COULD SOON SEE A SPIKE IN BEEF PRICES.

      THE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT SAYS THE NATION'S CATTLE HERD IS THE SMALLEST IT'S BEEN IN 60 YEARS.

      THE U-S-D-A SAYS THERE WERE ABOUT 91-MILLION CATTLE IN THE U.S. AS OF JANUARY FIRST.

      THAT'S DOWN TWO MILLION FROM LAST YEAR.

      EXPERTS BELIEVE THE EXTREMELY DRY WEATHER IN THE SOUTHWEST IS PLAYING A BIG PART IN THE SHORTAGE.

      BECAUSE OF THE SMALL HERD, WE COULD SEE BEEF PRICES SHOOT UP FIVE PERCENT THIS YEAR.

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    LIQUOR SALES UP
      2011 PROVED TO BE A GOOD YEAR FOR LIQUOR MAKERS.

      ACCORDING TO THE DISTILLED SPIRITS COUNCIL, SALES WERE UP FOUR PERCENT LAST YEAR.

      THE TRADE ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING SAYS PEOPLE SPENT NEARLY 20-BILLION DOLLARS ON HIGH-END BOOZE.

      THE GROUP'S PRESIDENT AND C-E-O SAYS THE INCREASE

      SHOWS PEOPLE ARE FEELING BETTER ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND ARE MORE WILLING TO SPEND THEIR MONEY ON PREMIUM BEVERAGES.

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    BLOOMBERG
      IN BUSINESS NEWS...A QUARTER-MILLION NEW JOBS HELPED BOOST THE ECONOMY LAST MONTH. AND IF YOU DON'T WANT TO WATCH THE SUPER BOWL YOU CAN STILL WATCH THE COMMERCIALS.

      HERE'S MORE IN YOUR BLOOMBERG MARKET UPDATE.



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    CONSUMER SUPERBOWL
      A LOT OF MONEY IS BEING SPENT ON THE SUPER BOWL.

      A NEW SURVEY BY THE NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION ESTIMATES WE'LL SHELL OUT A RECORD 11-BILLION DOLLARS FOR THE GAME.

      THE AVERAGE GAME-WATCHER IS EXPECTED TO SPEND MORE THAN 60 DOLLARS ON SUPER BOWL MERCHANDISE, CLOTHING AND FOOD.

      THE SURVEY ESTIMATES 173-MILLION PEOPLE WILL WATCH THIS SUNDAY WHEN THE NEW YORK GIANTS TAKE ON THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS IN INDY.

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    GODIVA CONTEST
      CHOCOLATE LOVERS, THIS IS FOR YOU.

      GODIVA HAS TEAMED UP WITH A BEST-SELLING ROMANCE AUTHOR AND A HOT YOUNG ACTRESS FOR THE SWEETEST LOVE STORY EVER TOLD CONTEST.

      GODIVA, NICHOLAS SPARKS AND BLAKE LIVELY WANT YOU TO SHARE YOUR SWEETEST LOVE STORIES FOR A CHANCE TO WIN THE ULTIMATE VALENTINE'S DAY EXPERIENCE.

      YOU CAN SIGN UP ONLINE AT GODIVA DOT COM.

      THE DEADLINE IS OF COURSE...FEBRUARY 14TH .

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    FUNDING FIGHT
      ALL THOSE PINK RIBBONS AND THE "RACE FOR THE CURE" HAVE MADE THE SUSAN G. KOMEN FOUNDATION THE NATION'S BEST KNOWN BREAST CANCER CHARITY.

      BUT THE GROUP IS FACING A MOUNTING BACKLASH OVER ITS DECISION TO CUT TIES WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD.

      THOUSANDS OF WOMEN AND MEN ARE SPEAKING OUR ON BOTH SIDES, TAKING TO FACEBOOK AND TWITTER.

      That pink ribbon -- helping fight breast cancer for decades -- is in crisis management. The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation is losing support from thousands of women -- after its decision to drop funding for Planned Parenthood. Many people believe the decision was made for political reasons. MOS - Monique Benoit, received Komen-Planned Parenthood mammogram "IT IS VERY DISTURBING THAT THE WHOLE THING HAS BECOME A POLITICAL TOOL AND THAT KOMEN IS BUYING THAT." The politics are this: Planned Parenthood provides abortion and birth control services -- drawing fire from conservatives. Congress is investigating whether the organization has used public money to fund abortions. Planned Parenthood's president worries politics have gotten in the way of women's health. SOT Cecile Richards "MORE THAN 700-THOUSAND BREAST EXAMS ARE PROVIDED EVERY YEAR BY OUR DOCTORS AND NURSES. // THE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN PRESSURING THE KOMEN FOUNDATION TO END THEIR TIES WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD DON'T PROVIDE A SINGLE WOMAN WITH HEALTH CARE IN THIS COUNTRY." Many women with no health insurance rely on Planned Parenthood's help. Maria Olivera was diagnosed with breast cancer last summer -- after receiving a free mammogram made possible by a Susan Komen Foundation grant. MOS - Olivera (in Spanish - with translator) translator: "SHE'S VERY SURE, YES. IT SAVED HER LIFE." CEO Nancy Brinker has changed explanations for Komen's decsion to cut off funding, but insists it was not due to political pressure. SOT Brinker (Komen announcement via YouTube) "THE SCURRILOUS ACUSATIONS BEING HURLED AT THIS ORGANIZATION ARE PROFOUNDLY HURTFUL." The battle is over only a small portion of Komen's funds. (GFX) Of the 93-million dollars the foundation gave out last year, Planned Parenthood received roughly 680-thousand dollars. (STANDUP CLOSE) The controversy has polarized Americans on both sides of the funding debate. Komen has gained support from conservative groups, while Planned Parenthood has received a pledge of up to 250-thousand dollars from New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg. Tahman Bradley, ABC News, Washington.

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    ORANGE JUICE
      MORE DISTURBING NEWS ABOUT ORANGE JUICE.

      FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION HAS CONFIRMED LOW LEVELS OF AN ILLEGAL FUNGICIDE IN ORANGE JUICE SAMPLES TAKEN FROM FLORIDA MANUFACTURERS.

      PREVIOUS TESTS FOUND THE FUNGICIDE IN O-J FROM BRAZIL.

      FEDERAL AUTHORITIES SAYS THE JUICE IS SAFE TO DRINK. SO FAR, AND THERE ARE NO PLANS FOR A RECALL.

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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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    NOW SHOWING
      IN THEATERS THIS WEEKEND, A DARKER THEATRICAL SIDE OF "HARRY POTTER" STAR DANIEL RADCLIFFE.

      PLUS, A SMALL ALASKAN TOWN PROVES THAT WHEN PEOPLE UNITE BEHIND A COMMON CAUSE, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.

      DANIEL RADCLIFFE IS LEAVING HIS "HARRY POTTER" DAYS BEHIND.

      IN "THE WOMAN IN BLACK" RADCLIFFE PLAYS ARTHUR KIPPS - A YOUNG LAWYER WHO IS CONSUMED BY GRIEF AFTER HIS WIFE DIES.

      HE IS SENT ON AN ASSIGNMENT TO A REMOTE VILLAGE WHERE A GHOST IS TERRORIZING RESIDENTS.

      THIS TOWN IS KEEPING A DEEP SECRET AND EVERYONE SEEMS DETERMINED TO KEEP KIPPS FROM UNCOVERING THE TRUTH.

      "THE WOMAN IN BLACK" IS RATED PG-13.

      "CHRONICLE" IS THE STORY OF THREE HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS WHO SUDDENLY OBTAIN SUPER POWERS.

      AT FIRST, THEIR NEW-FOUND TALENTS ARE FUN.

      BUT THEN THEIR WORLD STARTS SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL.

      "CHRONICLE" IS RATED PG-13

      IN "BIG MIRACLE" ONE SMALL ALASKAN TOWN COMES TOGETHER TO SAVE A FAMILY OF GRAY WHALES TRAPPED BY ICE.

      STARRING DREW BARRYMORE AND "THE OFFICE'S" JOHN KRASINSKI, "BIG MIRACLE" WAS INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY ABOUT THE POWER PEOPLE HAVE TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE.

      "BIG MIRACLE" IS RATED PG.

      FOR NOW SHOWING, I'M PAUL CHAMBERS.

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    ROSEANNE BARR
      ENTERTAINER ROSEANNE BARR IS JUMPING INTO THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE.

      THE COMEDIAN PLANS TO RUN FOR THE GREEN PARTY NOMINATION ON TWITTER.

      ACCORDING TO REPORTS, BARR FILED PAPERWORK WITH THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION LAST MONTH.

      IF ELECTED THE ACTRESS SAYS SHE'LL INSITUTE EUROPEAN STYLE, SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH CARE WITHIN THE FIRST 100 DAYS OF HER TERM AND FORGIVE ALL CREDIT CARD AND MORTGAGE DEBT.

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    KODAK THEATER
      EASTMAN KODAK WANTS A DIVORCE FROM THE OSCARS.

      THE COMPANY FILED A MOTION IN COURT THIS WEEK ASKING TO PULL ITS SPONSORSHIP OF THE ICONIC HOLLYWOOD THEATER THAT BEARS ITS NAME.

      THE MOVE IS TO SAVE MONEY.

      THE COMPANY FILED FOR CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION TWO WEEKS AGO.

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    SPORTS
      THERE WAS COLLEGE BASKETBALL IN MONTGOMERY LAST NIGHT.

      AND ONE OF THE STATE'S VETERAN SPORTSWRITERS PASSES AWAY.

      MARK MARTIN JOINS US NOW WITH A LOOK AT SPORTS.

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

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