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Monday, February 6, 2012.

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  • 12 OPEN
      COMING UP ON EYEWITNESS NEWS... A ROBBER CAUGHT IN THE ACT! A MAN STEALS AN ATM MACHINE FROM A CONVENIENCE STORE.

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    12 OPEN 2
      THEN, LISTEN UP LADIES... SOME NEW AND EXCITING CHANGES ARE COMING TO THE CHARLESTON TOWN CENTER MALL JUST FOR YOU.

      DOUG TALKS ABOUT WEATHER

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    WELCOME
      GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M DEBORAH LINZ.

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    BP ATM THEFT
      DEPUTIES HAVE ARRESTED A MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY JERKED AN AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE FROM INSIDE A GAS STATION WITH A CHAIN ATTACHED TO A PICKUP TRUCK.

      EYEWITNES NEWS REPORTER BOB AARON IS LIVE IN OUR NEWSROOM. HOW DID THEY MAKE AN ARREST SO QUICKLY.

      AN ALERT NEIGHBOR CALLED 9-1-1 AND APPARENTLY THE CLICHE THAT KILLERS ALWYS RETURN TO THE SCENE OF THE CRIME MAY APPLY TO LESSER OFFENSES.

      A THIEF WHO GOT CAUGHT ON VIDEO GETS CAUGHT IN PERSON WHEN HE HE RETURNS TO THE SCENE OF BIZARRE A-T-M RIP-OFF.

      WORKERS AT THE FRAZIERS BOTTOM B-P STATION SAY THE A-T-M BROKE INTO TWO PIECES WHEN THE THIEF JERKED IT THRU A DOOR AND WALL, THE PART WITH THE MONEY IN IT ENDED UP IN A DITCH AT THE EDGE OF THE PARKING LOT. A NEIGHBOR SPOTTED A MAN LATER IDENTIFIED AS CHRISTOPHER HUDDLESTON DRIVING OFF WITH THE ELECTRONIC END OF THE A-T-M CHAINED TO HIS TRUCK. SURPRISING, HUDDLESTON CAME BACK.

      CHRISTOPHER ADAM HUDDLESTON OF GLENWOOD, WEST VIRGINIA WAS CHARGED WITH BREAKING AND ENTERING AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. HE'S HELD IN THE WESTERN REGIONAL JAIL.

      REPORTING LIVE IN THE CHARLESTON, NEWSROOM, BOB AARON, EYEWITNESS NEWS.

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    GARY MULLINS
      JURY SELECTION IS UNDERWAY IN A KIDNAPPING AND ROBBERY TRIAL.

      GARY MULLINS IS ACCUSED OF GETTING INTO AN ELDERLY MAN'S CAR IN THE KANAWHA CITY KROGER PARKING LOT LAST SUMMER AND DEMANDING TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS. POLICE CLAIM MULLINS FORCED THE MAN, GEORGE JACOBS.. TO TAKE HIM TO HIS HOUSE WHERE HE GOT 1800 DOLLARS AND THEN MADE JACOBS DRIVE TO AN A-T-M AND WITHDRAW ANOTHER 200 DOLLARS. IN A PREVIOUS HEARING MULLINS SAID HE'D BEEN HIRED BY JACOBS TO DO SOME HOME REPAIRS.

      CHARLESTON POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE PERSON WHO PULLED A GUN AND SHOT A MAN ON THE WEST SIDE YESTERDAY.

      POLICE SAY LARRY CREWS WAS SHOT TWICE AT THE KICK BACK LOUNGE.

      HE RAN FOR HELP AND WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL.

      POLICE SAY SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM A NEARBY BUSINESS CAPTURED THE SHOOTER ON CAMERA WHICH IS HELPING THEM NARROW IN ON A SUSPECT.

      BUT THE OWNER OF THE KICK BACK BAR SAYS SHE'S HAD ENOUGH OF THE VIOLENCE. AND SHE DOESN'T WANT IT AFFECTING HER BUSINESS.

      "I cannot constantly be the blame and I don't want my neighbors angry with me that you own this bar. If this bar is here or not, these same things are going to happen over here is how I feel."

      POLICE DID MAKE AN UNRELATED ARREST WHILE ON SCENE INVESTIGATING.

      THEY PICKED UP THE VICTIM'S COUSIN, CAMERON CREWS, FOR HAVE A STOLEN GUN... HE'S CHARGED WITH FELONY POSESSION OF A FIREARM. CREWS IS NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE A GUN BECAUSE HE'S A CONVICTED FELON FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING.

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    CHESAPEAKE UPDATE
      WE NOW KNOW THE NAMES OF THE FATHER AND SON INVOLVED IN A DEADLY SHOOTING IN OHIO ON FRIDAY.

      DEPUTIES SAY 20-YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER RADULIC AND HIS FATHER, 55-YEAR OLD JOSEPH RADULIC GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT AT THEIR HOME ALONG COUNTY ROAD 15 IN CHESAPEAKE.

      THAT`S WHEN CHRISTOPHER BEGAN BREAKING WINDOWS, THEN GOT A GUN AND WENT BACK AND SHOT HIS FATHER TWICE. CHRISTOPHER THEN SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD... KILLING HIMSELF. JOSEPH RADULIC IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY.

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    TRAILER FIRE
      FIREFIGHTERS HAVE A HARD TIME BATTLING A TRAILER FIRE IN KANAWHA COUNTY.

      A DOUBLE WIDE TRAILER ON STRICKER LANE IN PINCH CAUGHT FIRE AROUND 9:30 THIS MORNING.

      WHEN FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED THEY HEARD A SOMETHING EXPLODING. TURNS OUT IT WAS AMMUNITION AND PROPANE GAS. THE BRIDGE WAS NOT WIDE ENOUGH OR HEAVY ENOUGH TO HOLD THE FIRE TRUCKS.

      NO ONE WAS HURT.

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    PARKERSBURG FIRE UPDATE
      THE INVESTIGATION INTO A FIRE THAT KILLED TWO YOUNG GIRLS IS UNDERWAY.

      IT HAPPENED AT A DUPLEX APARTMENT IN PARKERSBURG OVER THE WEEKEND.

      THE FIRE KILLED TWO LITTLE GIRLS, AGES TWO AND FOUR YEARS OF AGE.

      A 3-YEAR-OLD BOY AND A MAN SURVIVED THE FIRE, BUT HAD TO BE TREATED FOR SMOKE INHALATION.

      THE FIRE CHIEF SAYS THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS STILL UNKNOWN.

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    HUNT. ARSONS UPDATE
      IN HUNTINGTON, LIVES HAVE BEEN PUT IN JEOPARDY BECAUSE OF SEVERAL FIRES... AND INVESTIGATORS SAY ARSONISTS ARE TO BLAME.

      LAST WEEK 18 PEOPLE WERE LEFT HOMELESS AFTER SOMEONE SET FIRE TO THIS APARTMENT BUILDING ON WEST 9TH STREET.

      LUCKILY, NO ONE WAS INJURED BUT NO ARRESTS HAVE YET BEEN MADE.

      AND OVER THE WEEKEND, INVESTIGATORS SAY SOMEONE SET FIRE TO A HOME ON DAULTON AVENUE... ONE PERSON HAD TO BE RESCUED FROM THAT BLAZE.

      THE TWO ARSON CASES ARE NOT BELIEVED TO BE CONNECTED... BUT THE FIRE MARSHAL SAYS IT'S ALARMING.

      FIRE MARSHALS SAY IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT ANY OF THESE FIRES CALL THE ARSON HOTLINE AT 1-800-233-FIRE.

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    TEXTING BILL
      TODAY, WEST VIRGINIA SENATORS COULD PASS A BILL THAT MAKES IT ILLEGAL TO TALK OR TEXT ON YOUR CELL PHONE WHILE DRIVING.

      THIS BILL WOULD MAKE TEXTING WHILE DRIVING A PRIMARY OFFENSE--

      AND IT WOULD MAKE TALKING WHILE DRIVING A SECONDARY OFFENSE.

      THE FINES WITH THIS PROPOSAL ARE 50-DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST TIME YOU'RE CAUGHT, 100 FOR THE SECOND AND 200 FOR ANY MORE AFTER THE SECOND.

      35 STATES HAVE ALREADY BANNED TEXTING WHILE DRIVING.

      BACKERS OF THE BILL POINT TO RESEARCH THAT SHOWS TEXTING AND DRIVING IS FOUR TIMES MORE DANGEROUS THAN DRUNK DRIVING.

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    COLLEGE FINANCIAL AID
      FOR SOME COLLEGE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES, THERE'S SOME HELP ON THE WAY WITH FINANCIAL-AID PAPERWORK.

      A SPECIAL EVENT THIS SUNDAY WILL FEATURE NEARLY 300 FINANCIAL AID EXPERTS WILL BE AT 20 LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE... THEY CAN HELP FILL OUT FORMS, AND LOOK FOR RESOURCES.

      THE PROJECT IS CALLED "COLLEGE GOAL SUNDAY", AND IT'S SPONSORED BY THE HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY COMMISSION.

      FOR LOCATIONS AND MORE INFORMATION, CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE; WCHSTV dot COM.

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    NEW MALL STORES
      LADIES... GET READY TO SHOP TIL YOU DROP ... FOUR NEW HIGH END STORES ARE MOVING INTO THE CHARLESTON TOWN CENTER.

      COACH, SEPHORA, WHITE HOUSE BLACK MARKET AND FRANCESCA'S WILL SOON OPEN THEIR DOORS ON THE FIRST FLOOR NEAR STARBUCKS. MALL OFFICALS ARE CALLING IT A "WOMEN'S NEIGHBORHOOD" SHOPPING EXPERIENCE.

      THE FOUR NEW STORES WILL OPEN IN MAY AND JUNE.

      THE TOWN CENTER MALL WILL ALSO BE DOING MAJOR RENOVATIONS TO THE CENTER'S INTERIOR. YOU WILL SOON SEE NEW FLOORING AND LIGHTING AS WELL AS UPGRADES TO THE RESTROOMS AND COMMON AREAS.

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    WHAT YOU THINK
      WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE TOWN CENTER MALL UPGRADES?

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    MU REC ANNIVERSARY
      MARSHALL UNIVERSITY'S RECREATION CENTER IS CELEBRATING THREE YEARS!

      TODAY THE CENTER IS FEATURING SPECIAL GIVEAWAYS FOR CURRENT MEMBERS.

      THE CENTER ALSO HAS FREE CHILD CARE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT YOUR LITTLE ONE WHILE YOU SWEAT OUT THE STRESS OF THE DAY. AND IF YOU'RE NOT ALREADY A MEMBER, YOU CAN SIGN UP TODAY AND GET 15 PERCENT OFF YOUR FIRST MONTH'S MEMBERSHIP.

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    ZAC BROWN BAND
      ANOTHER FAMOUS COUNTRY ACT WILL WILL SHAKE UP THE RIVER CITY NEXT MONTH.

      THE GRAMMY AWARD WINNING ZAC BROWN BAND WILL PERFORM MARCH 24TH AT THE BIG SANDY SUPERSTORE ARENA.

      THE BAND IS BEST KNOWN FOR HITS, "COLDER WEATHER" .... AND "AS SHE'S WALKING AWAY. "

      TICKETS GO ON SALE THIS FRIDAY AT 10 AM. GET YOURS AT THE BOX OFFICE, TICKET MASTER dot COM, OR BY CALLING 1-800-745-3000.

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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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    OHIO AMISH COUNTRY
      LEE ANN MILLER IS SHARING A DELIGHTFUL RECIPE THIS WEEK CALLED COPPER PENNIES. MADE WITH BABY CARROTS, THIS RECIPE IS PERFECT FOR GETTING THOSE DAILY VEGGIES.

      FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OHIO'S AMISH COUNTRY, CHECK OUT O-A COUNTRY.COM.

      AND FOR THIS WEEK'S RECIPE VISIT OUR WEBSITE WCHSTV.COM

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    KENT CARPER
      PRES., KANAWHA COUNTY COMMISSION

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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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    BP ATM THEFT
      WELCOME BACK TO EYEWITNESS NEWS.

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

      DEPUTIES HAVE ARRESTED A MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY JERKED AN AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE OUT OF A GAS STATION WITH CHAIN ATTATCHED TO A PICKUP TRUCK.

      EYEWITNES NEWS REPORTER BOB AARON IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM. HOW DID THEY MAKE AN ARREST SO QUICKLY.

      AN ALERT NEIGHBOR CALLED 9-1-1 AND APPARENTLY THE CLICHE THAT KILLERS ALWYS RETURN TO THE SCENE OF THE CRIME MAY APPLY TO LESSER OFFENSES.

      A THIEF WHO GOT CAUGHT ON VIDEO GETS CAUGHT IN PERSON WHEN HE HE RETURNS TO THE SCENE OF BIZARRE A-T-M RIP-OFF.

      WORKERS AT THE FRAZIERS BOTTOM B-P STATION SAY THE A-T-M BROKE INTO TWO PIECES WHEN THE THIEF JERKED IT THRU A DOOR AND WALL, THE PART WITH THE MONEY IN IT ENDED UP IN A DITCH AT THE EDGE OF THE PARKING LOT. A NEIGHBOR SPOTTED A MAN LATER IDENTIFIED AS CHRISTOPHER HUDDLESTON DRIVING OFF WITH THE ELECTRONIC END OF THE A-T-M CHAINED TO HIS TRUCK. SURPRISING, HUDDLESTON CAME BACK.

      CHRISTOPHER ADAM HUDDLESTON OF GLENWOOD, WEST VIRGINIA WAS CHARGED WITH BREAKING AND ENTERING AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. HE'S HELD IN THE WESTERN REGIONAL JAIL.

      REPORTING LIVE IN THE CHARLESTON, NEWSROOM, BOB AARON, EYEWITNESS NEWS.

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    GARY MULLINS
      JURY SELECTION IS UNDERWAY IN A KIDNAPPING AND ROBBERY TRIAL.

      GARY MULLINS IS ACCUSED OF GETTING INTO AN ELDERLY MAN'S CAR IN THE KANAWHA CITY KROGER PARKING LOT LAST SUMMER AND DEMANDING TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS. POLICE CLAIM MULLINS FORCED THE MAN, GEORGE JACOBS.. TO TAKE HIM TO HIS HOUSE WHERE HE GOT 1800 DOLLARS AND THEN MADE JACOBS DRIVE TO AN A-T-M AND WITHDRAW ANOTHER 200 DOLLARS. IN A PREVIOUS HEARING MULLINS SAID HE'D BEEN HIRED BY JACOBS TO DO SOME HOME REPAIRS.

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    MINGO BAR
      THE WEST VIRGINIA ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL ADMINISTRATION HAS PULLED THE LICENSE OF A MINGO COUNTY NIGHT CLUB WHERE ONE MAN WAS STABBED.

      GIG ROBINSON WITH THE ABCA TELLS US THAT YESTERDAY'S NIGHT CLUB IN WILLIAMSON HAD THEIR LICENSE TAKEN LAST FRIDAY....PENDING AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION INTO A BRAWL THAT INVOLVED MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE LAST MONTH. BRANDEN TEASLEY, A FOOTBALL PLAYER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF PIKEVILLE WAS STABBED MULTIPLE TIMES... AND ANOTHER PLAYER SUFFERED A CONCUSION. BOTH MEN ARE OKAY. BYRON YOUNG HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF MALICIOUS WOUNDING IN THAT INCIDENT.

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    JOSH POWELL
      IN NATIONAL NEWS....AN EXPLOSION IN WASHINGTON STATE KILLS A FATHER AND HIS TWO YOUNG SONS. JOSH POWELL WAS THE ONLY PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF HIS WIFE SUSAN POWELL BACK IN 2009. HE'D RECENTLY BEEN DENIED CUSTODY OF HIS CHILDREN.

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    BLOOMBERG
      IN BUSINESS NEWS...MOVE OVER NETFLIX... VERIZON AND REDBOX HOPE TO SNATCH A CHUNK OF THE VIDEO STREAMING BUSINESS. AND THE SUPER BOWL MAY BE OVER, BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST CASHING IN.

      HERE'S MORE IN YOUR BLOOMBERG MARKET UPDATE.

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    PRODUCT SAFETY APP
      THERE IS A NEW TOOL TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT SAFETY RECALLS.

      THE CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION IS OFFERING A FREE APP TO INFORM YOU ABOUT THE SAFETY OF PRODUCTS YOU'RE USING OR ARE THINKING ABOUT BUYING.

      IT WILL TELL YOU IF THE PRODUCT HAS BEEN RECALLED FOR SAFETY REASONS.

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    JASON WU TARGET
      A DESIGNER COLLECTION AT TARGET SELLS OUT.

      THE JASON WU COLLECTION WENT ON SALE YESTERDAY IN STORES AND ONLINE.

      EVERYTHING ONLINE WAS SOLD OUT BY NOON.

      AND IT WENT QUICKLY AT STORES TOO.

      WU BECAME FAMOUS AFTER FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA WORE ONE OF HIS DESIGNS TO HER HUSBAND'S INAUGURATION BALL.

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    KEEPING WORKERS
      KEEPING HARD WORKING, EXPERIENCED EMPLOYEES CAN BE VERY HARD FOR SOME COMPANIES.

      THAT'S WHY SOME HAVE COME UP WITH WAYS TO KEEP THEM AROUND, INCLUDING HELPING THEM STAY FIT.

      CALL IT A WORK-PLACE PITSTOP... NATS EXERCISE CLASS WHERE YOU CAN DROP IN ON AN EXERCISE CLASS... NATSOT: WOMAN WITH PHYSICAL THERAPIST GET YOUR JOINTS CHECKED BY A PHYSICAL THERAPIST EVEN GET ICED DOWN BETWEEN SHIFTS ALL AT WORK AT THIS HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE PLANT IN WISCONSIN, THE COMPANY IS ENCOURAGING THEIR ASSEMBLY-LINE WORKERS TO SHAPE UP ... SO THEY DON'T BREAK DOWN. SOT-MARK LOVELL, HARLEY DAVIDSON EMPLOYEE BASICALLY IT'S LIKE BEING ON A FOOTBALL FIELD-YOU GET INJURED, THE TEAM DOCTORS TAKE A LOOK AT YOU, THERAPY YOU OUT, AND GET YOU BACK ON THE FIELD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. TWICE A WEEK, 50-YEAR-OLD DEBBIE GERMER, A MACHINIST, GOES TO PHYSICAL THERAPY BEFORE SHE STARTS WORK ... (all paid for by Harley?) TO TREAT A MUSCLE SHE TORE ON THE JOB. SOT-RC AND DEBBIE RC: IT'S TOUGH WORK DG IF YOU'RE HEALTHY ENOUGH AND YOU'RE STRONG ENOUGH AND WE'RE ALL CAPABLE OF BEING PHYSICALLY FIT - I CAN WORK ANOTHER 10 YEARS IF I WANT. (GFX) (SOURCE WHARTON BUSINESS SCHOOL) IT'S NOT JUST A PERK - IT'S GOOD BUSINESS. STUDIES SHOW OLDER WORKERS TAKE FEWER SICK DAYS ... THEY'RE LESS LIKELY TO QUIT AND TEND TO DEAL BETTER WITH CUSTOMERS. ONE LINE ABOUT OTHER SECRET/SURPRISING THINGS COMPANIES ARE DOING (larger print? Nutrition shakes?? Etc - let's google and call the guy at Wharton for examples). AND THEN THERE'S THE VALUE OF EXPERIENCE. AT DUKE ENERGY IN NORTH CAROLINA, IT TAKES UP TO EIGHT YEARS - AND A *LOT* OF MONEY - TO FULLY TRAIN A LINE TECHNICIAN. HALF OF THE TECHS ARE OVER 50. SOT-JIM STANLEY/SR. VP, DUKE ELECTRIC "THESE ARE VERY VALUABLE FOLKS AND WE WANT TO KEEP THEM WORKING AS LONG AS WE CAN - FOR OUR BENEFIT AND FOR THEIRS." NATS DOZENS OF LINE TECHS STRETCHING SO - EVERYONE BEGINS THE WORK DAY WITH A MANDATORY STRETCHING SESSION. NOT ONLY A GOOD WAY TO START THE DAY ... BUT A WAY TO KEEP THOSE PRODUCTIVE OLDER WORKERS ON THE JOB LONGER, HEALTHIER. RC ABC NEWS MENOMONEE FALLS, WISCONSIN

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    HYPNO BIRTHING
      RELAXING IS OFTEN THE LAST THING A NEW MOM IS THINKING ABOUT WHEN IN LABOR.

      BUT A NEW TREND IN CHILDBIRTH IS ENABLING MOMS TO DO JUST THAT - RELAX WHILE GIVING BIRTH.



      RELAXING AND CALM…IT'S HOW LAUREN MUNK DESCRIBES DELIVERING HER SECOND BABY

      GIRL.

      CG: Lauren Munk/Used Hypnobirthing During Labor

      :06:51 "It was really neat to actually experience the birth and actually feel

      her entering the world." :

      LITTLE HADLEY'S BIRTH IS A FAR CRY FROM HER BIG SISTER'S WHERE AN EPIDURAL ONLY

      WORKED ON HALF OF LAUREN'S BODY. THIS TIME SHE WANTED A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE.

      :01:57 Lauren "The first time was hectic. There was a lot of commotion going

      on. It wasn't very calm and…it was still painful."

      LAUREN DECIDED TO TRY 'HYPNOBIRTHING'...WHERE A MOM-TO-BE PUTS HERSELF IN A

      TRANCE-LIKE STATE USING DEEP RELAXATION, IMAGERY AND BREATHING TECHNIQUES.

      CG: Joyce Poplar/Cleveland Clinic

      :07:24 "When you're in a relaxed state you've got hormones called

      endorphins just spilling through your body." Butt with "the more relaxed and

      deeper you get, the stronger that gets" butt with "whether you're pregnant or

      not, you're adrift, you drift off, you go into another place in your mind."

      HYPNOBIRTHING GETS MOMS TO THINK POSITIVELY ABOUT LABOR AND DELIVERY RIGHT DOWN

      TO THE VOCABULARY.

      10:36 Joyce "We call pain, pressure. We're not pushing the baby out, we're

      breathing the baby down." Butt with "It's a little gentler on Mom and on baby

      doing this."

      A LITTLE OVER 2 HOURS AFTER LAUREN STARTED HAVING CONTRACTIONS, HADLEY WAS BORN

      - NATURALLY. LAUREN SAYS THIS TIME WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THANKS TO

      HYPNOBIRTHING.

      :02:50 Lauren "It went…quicker and smoother and…it was a calmer more relaxing

      experience…for everyone involved."

      AT CLEVELAND CLINIC, I'M ERICA FOREMAN.

      JOYCE SAYS HYPNOBIRTHING ISN'T FOR EVERYONE. IT TAKES EXTREME DEDICATION AND

      DAILY PRACTICE TO MASTER THE TECHNIQUES.

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    MASSAGE INFLAMMATION
      IF YOU'VE EVER NEEDED AN EXCUSE TO GET A MASSAGE... HERE IT IS.

      NOW THERE IS SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SHOWING MASSAGE REDUCES INFLAMMATION WHILE PROMOTING ENERGY IN SKELETAL MUSCLES.

      RESEARCHERS STUDIED PEOPLE WHO EXERCISED THEN GOT A MASSAGE. THEY THINK THE PAIN REDUCTION ASSOCIATED WITH MASSAGE MAY BE SIMILAR TO THE REACTION THE BODY HAS TO CONVENTIONAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS.

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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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    SUPER COMMERCIALS
      THE NEW YORK GIANTS WON THE SUPER BOWL. BUT WHO WON THE BATTLE OF THE ADS?

      HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR COMMERCIALS.

      The SUperBowl of ads was an all night adventure of Sex, Dogs and Rock n Roll.

      There was Go Daddy's Sex, Teleflora's Sex, Fiat's Sex, Toyota's Sex (at 841p

      ), H and M's Sex--that's David Beckham--...even M&M's Sex.

      NATS--(from M and M's) OH IT'S THAT KIND OF PARTY

      Dortitos Dog, Volkswagon's Dog, Sketcher's Dog, and Budwesier's Dog...

      NATS--HERE WE GO

      As for Rock..Elton John (Pepsi at 641p), Some Samsung video and Motley Crue


      Not to mention the parade of babies bears and monkeys.

      But which did you like most? A super-powered analysis of all social media--

      twitter and facebook-- from by Bluefin lab, a Social TV analytics company,

      reveals the MOST popular was...THE DOGS MAn's BEst Friend From Doritos

      NATS

      The Great Dane who implicity rubbed out the family cat and used Doritos as

      hush money! This spot was made for just 20 bucks...but netted the maker 1

      million dollars in a contest from Doritos.

      The most talked about ad period...positive and negative? That good long look

      at Davod BEckham...almost all of David BEckham from H and M

      NATS--

      MOre than 80 percent of those weighing in? Women

      Tops among men?

      This uplifting ode to Detroit...from Clinton Eastwood and Chrysler. It's

      Halftime in America

      NATS-- A SENTENCE HERE FROM CLINT....YOU PICK SHARDE

      At 3.5 million dollars for a 30 second spot, for advertisers it is all about

      making memories that stick. And apparently something sticks about Scantily

      clad women, near bare-naked Beckhams, and of course babies. Will it make

      you buys stuff? Who knows. But it sure makes you look.

      For Good Morning America, John Berman, ABC News, New York

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    SPORTS
      ON TOP OF THE WORLD....A FORMER MARSHALL RUNNING BACK HELPED HIS TEAM WIN A SUPER BOWL FOR A SECOND TIME IN FOUR YEARS LAST NIGHT.

      PRETTY GOOD START TO AHMAD BRADSHAW'S CAREER.

      JOSH LEWIS HAS THE HI-LITES.

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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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