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SCRIPT FOR EYEWITNESS NEWS NEWSCAST
Tuesday, February 7, 2012.from Eyewitness News Online 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.
12 OPEN
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DOUG TALKS ABOUT WEATHER
Return to Story IndexWELCOME
Return to Story IndexPRESTERA ARREST CABELL COUNTY DEPUTIES ARREST A MAN AFTER HE SHOWED UP AT THE PRESTERA CENTER IN HUNTINGTON TUESDAY MORNING WITH A B-B GUN. IT HAPPENED AROUND NINE A-M .... WHEN JAY PIKE WALKED INTO THE CENTER ON ROUTE 60 ... SAYING HE WAS GOING TO KILL PEOPLE IF HE DIDN`T GET PRESCRIPTION PILLS. THANKFULLY, NO ONE WAS HURT IN THE INCIDENT.
Return to Story IndexLARRY THOMAS
LARRY THOMAS IS ACCUSED OF TRYING TO SUFFOCATE HIS 11-MONTH OLD DAUGHTER. IT HAPPENED AROUND 11-30 MONDAY NIGHT AT A HOME IN THE 21 HUNDRED BLOCK OF 10TH AVENUE IN HUNTINGTON. COURT DOCUMENTS SAY THOMAS AND HIS LITTLE GIRL'S MOTHER GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT. THOMAS PUT A PILLOW OVER THE BABY'S FACE AND THEN PUNCHED HER MOTHER IN THE FACE. THE BABY IS REPORTEDLY OKAY.
Return to Story IndexROBERT EWING
40-YEAR-OLD ROBERT EWING FACES MULTIPLE COUNTS OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT. HE GOES ON TRIAL IN APRIL. THE JUDGE REFUSED TO CUT HIS 25-THOUSAND DOLLAR CASH ONLY BOND TODAY AND ADDED AN ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR HOME CONFINEMENT IF HE MAKES BOND, EWING WAS ARRESTED IN NOVEMBER.
Return to Story IndexSANDRA SHAFFER
MIKE CLIFFORD JUST MISSED HIS PUBLIC DISMISSAL BY FORMER CLIENT SANDRA SHAFFER. ED REBROOK STOOD IN FOR CLIFFORD WHO SHE ALSO FIRED AS HER CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER IN AN UNRELATED CASE. SHAFFER SUED THE COUNTY AND CITY OVER THE DEMOLITION OF HER CONDEMNED TRAILER-HOUSE IN AN UNSUCCESSFUL SEARCH FOR A TRUCK LINKED TO THREE 2003 SNIPER MURDERS THAT COPS THOUGHT WAS BURIED UNDER THE BUILDING. SHAFFER NOW REPRESENTS HERSELF IN A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY OF CHARLESTON. THE COURT HAS DISMISSED KANAWHA COUNTY FROM THE LAWSUIT. SHE REFUSED TO COMMENT OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM.
Return to Story IndexBODY FOUND
THE MAYOR OF THE TOWN SAYS THE VICTIM'S NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, BUT WOULD ONLY SAY THE MAN LIVED IN HURRICANE.
Return to Story IndexJACOB BALL
16 YEAR OLD JACOB BALL WAS WALKING HOME FROM SCHOOL ALONG THE RAILROAD TRACKS ALSO NEAR TEAYS VALLEY ROAD WHEN THE C-S-X TRAIN HIT HIM. INVESTIGATORS SAY JACOB WAS WEARING HEADPHONES AND IT'S POSSIBLE HE DIDN'T HEAR THE TRAIN COMING.
Return to Story IndexPIZZA FOR JACOB
GIOVANNI'S IN HURRICANE IS DONATING A PORTION OF ALL SALES TO JACOB'S FAMILY. THE "PIZZA FOR JACOB" FUNDRAISER WILL RUN ALL DAY FROM 11AM TO 10PM.
Return to Story IndexLAMARR WILDER
19-YEAR-OLD LAMARR WILDER OF ATHENS WAS STABBED AND KILLED IN A FIGHT THAT BROKE OUT AT A GRADUATION PARTY NEAR BELPRE IN JUNE OF 2010. THE PARENTS OF THE NOW 18 YEAR OLD TEEN, CAMERON LUCAS WERE NAMED AS THE DEFENDANTS. LUCAS SAYS HE ACTED IN SELF-DEFENSE.
Return to Story IndexCORBIN'S BILL
THE BILL WOULD REQUIRE TESTING FOR OXYGEN LEVELS IN NEWBORNS. ONE MOTHER WHOSE SON, CORBIN, DIED OF CONGENTITAL HEART DEFECT SAYS IF SCREENING WAS DONE HER SON MAY HAVE HAD A CHANCE. THE BILL THAT HAS BEEN NICK-NAMED "CORBIN'S LAW."
Return to Story IndexI HEART SURVIVOR
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER DARRAH WILCOX SAT DOWN WITH ONE OF THOSE SURVIVORS WHO IS TRYING TO BE AS PROACTIVE AS POSSIBLE ABOUT HER HEART HEALTH. Lisa Hamrick Business Development Manager Brickstreet Insurance Even though Lisa Hamrick was diagnosed with a heart murmur when she was four years old, she lead pretty active childhood... with the exception of some fainting episodes through junior high, high school and college. Doctors told her, "Just take it easy when you get hot." Growing up, her dad had several heart attacks. During college, she was at one of her dad's doctor's appointments when she was finally got her own diagnosis. "Peyton ductor arteriosis." "Basically the ductis arteriosis is a blood vessel when you're an infant forming, that's to shut off shortly after birth to prevent the blood flow between your aorta and pulmonary valve. Mine did not." She went to Cleveland Clinic for surgery. "I have a metal clamp now in my heart." Since then, she hasn't had any issues. "I don't have to do anything special other than be sensible, as we all should be, with our diet." She's happy to share her story, and excited to know how far medical advances have come in the past 30 years for the condition. "They can repair this on the spot with a heart cath." She wants more women to know that heart disease is not just a "man's disease". It's the number of killer of women in the country. That's why Lisa has joined the AHA's Go Red For Women Campaign to fight heat disease. "I'm very fortunate to have survived and be able to talk about this today." You can be your own advocate, and take better care of yourself to reduce your risk factors by eating right, exercising regularly, and educating yourself about heart health. IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HEART DISEASE AWARENESS... JUST GO TO W-C-H-S-T-V- DOT COM.
Return to Story IndexWVSU DAY CAPITOL
THE UNIVERSITY IS SHOWCASING IT'S ASSETS AT THE ROTUNDA FOR EVERYONE TO SEE. THE SCHOOL, WHICH IS MORE THAN 120 YEARS OLD, OFFERS 22 BACCALAUREATE DEGREES AND THREE MASTER'S DEGREES WITH 79 AREAS OF STUDY. PRESIDENT HAZO CARTER SAYS EDUCATION IS THE KEY TO WEST VIRGINIA'S FUTURE. MEANWHILE GOVERNOR EARL RAY TOMBLIN WILL READ A PROCLAMATION FOR THE DAY THIS AFTERNOON.
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Return to Story IndexBABY STEPS 2/6
EYEWITNESS NEWS ANCHOR JENIFER MCANDREWS TAKES A LOOK AT HOW TO DEAL WITH INFANT REFLUX. NEW BORN BABIES BRING WITH THEM, A NEW SET OF WORRIES FOR PARENTS. AND WITH OF ALL THE HEALTH ISSUES TO WATCH FOR AND BE AWARE OF... WHO WOULD DREAM FEEDING TIME COULD BE AN ISSUE? ONE OF THE LEAST SUSPECTED PROBLEMS? IS REFLUX... IT'S SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T USUALLY START UNTIL A BABY IS 2 OR 3 WEEKS OLD. HERE'S WHAT PEDIATRICIAN JOE MATUSIC SAYS IS OKAY. Dr. Joe Matusic, MD, Pediatrician I tell parents, it's normal to have a wet burp every meal. To spit up one mouth full once a day is probably okay. Once you go past that we get concerned the child may have reflux. REFLUX IS ESSENTIALLY, A CHILD THAT SPITS UP, TOO MUCH... HERE'S HOW THAT'S MEASURED. Dr. Joe Matusic, MD A mouthful two or three time a a day or especially if they throw up after every meal. Then we get concerned. Here are few things to try to avoid the spit ups... if you're breast feeding try a different position. If you're bottle feeding, ask your doctor about adding rice cereal. Try and burp the baby more frequently during feeding. And try feeding more frequently, but less at each meal. and pay attention to how you lay them down in the crib. Dr Joe Matusic, MD After you feed them lay them on their belly with their head in the air about 45 degrees, put blankets under the mattress. That's the reflux position. The hardest position to throw up in.... and that seems to help out a bit. THERE'S A MEDICINE AVAILABLE IF NOTHING ELSE HELPS THE BABY... IN SOME CASES, CERTAIN OVER THE COUNTER REMEDIES MAY BE PRESCRIBED... KEEP IN MIND, BABIES GENERALLY OUTGROW THE CONDITION IN A FEW MONTHS... YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE-- WCHSTV.COM.
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EYEWITNESS STORM TEAM METEOROLOGIST ASHLEY SMITH EXPLAINS WHY WE'RE MISSING OUT ON WINTER THIS YEAR...AND HOW SOME ARE MAKING DO IN THE SNOW BUSINESS. Sun, sandals, and snow? It's been a mixed bag of weather this winter in the Mountain State BUT IT'S BEEN MOSTLY SNOW-FREE. With record setting warmth in both December and January, snow has been scarce especially in the lowlands. AND REACTION HAS BEEN MIXED. Tyson Corley Spring Hill 38:12 I think we've been blessed!.. 38:24 I'm lovin it! Kim Silvernagel Patuxent River, MD 3:00 It was disappointing not to have as much snow .. There just hasn't been any to enjoy so I'm hoping it keeps snowing 57:6 it's been a bad winter for everyone *Nats of Plane* There's no reason to fly south to find the warmth this year. 39:06 You hear people talking about moving down south for warmer weather but it seems like it came to us! *Nats of golf club* Tyson Corley has been hitting the links all winter long. And he's not alone. Jeff Bryant Golf Course Manager 36:22 It's been wonderful for instance yesterday we did more business than we did all of last winter But while this warm weather has been nice for golfers.. not so much for skiiers.... *Nats of snow making* Skiing is an estimated quarter-billion-dollar industry in West Virginia. An industry that relies on Mother Nature and Old Man Winter to bring in the big bucks. Mark: 49:37 Skiing on the east coast is always a roll of the dice you just have to pray to mother nature and hope for the best. We're all optimists in this business, we know it's going to get cold and when it does we know we can make a lot of snow DAVE HUBER DIRECTOR OF SKI OPERATIONS, SNOWSHOE 44:42 This year's been a struggle compared to the last two winters. The weather hasn't been consistent for snow making.. We're about 86% open Dave Huber is the Director of Ski Operations at Snowshoe Resort and is largely in charge of the snow making routine on 244 acres of ski slopes. As you might imagine, he's been very busy this year. As of February 1st, Snowshoe received only 70 inches of snow. Of those 70 inches, 20 fell before they were even open in October. Their total snowfall is less than half of their seasonal average with their peak snowfall typically falling in January. With less natural snow, the resort is focrced to make more snow than usual. An investment that doesn't come cheap. Joe: 27:54 We have invested millions upon millions of dollars in the last decade on snow making and keeping up to speed on that for years like this THE UNUSUALLY Warm weather ALSO caused a delay in opening ALL OF WEST VIRGINIA'S SKI resorts. JOE: 27:08 For the delay in opening we're still down about 10%, we've made up some numbers FEWER people hitting the slopes also means FEWER people buying skiis, boots, snow gear, and even gloves. Buddie: 34:54 It's a little slow right now Clendenin says discounts at Sport Mart in Charleston have been OFFERED UP earlier this year than in the past. Another sign of bad snow business. So where's winter? *vids of weather graphics/explainers* Taking a look at the big picture... this was the setup last year. A high pressure SYSTEM WAS parked over Greenland WHICH PUSHED cold air and snow south into our area. This year, the HIGH PRESSUE is not there SO THERE'S NOTHING PUSHING THAT COLD CANADIAN WEATHER SOUTH. The result is record warmth and not a lot of snow. Stand Up: While most of us are enjoying the mild winter in our neighborhoods, you don't have to go very far to find a winter wonderland in Snowshoe. Joe: 29:01 that is our biggest challenge right now is convincing people in the metro areas that the daffodils are blooming in January and February and there's snow on the mountains 36:31 there's still skiing out there you just have to get away from this nice valley weather for golf and get into the ski resorts and ski So if you are a winter weather lover, there are STILL plenty of places to hit the slopes without going too far.. Reporting in Snowshoe, Ashley Smith, Eyewitness News. AS FAR AS WHAT FEBRUARY AND MARCH MIGHT HOLD, IN PAST YEARS LIKE 1993 WHEN WE HAD A MILD START TO WINTER WE DID GET A BLIZZARD IN MARCH. WHILE LONG TERM FORECASTS DON'T CALL FOR ANY MAJOR CHANGES, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT MOTHER NATURE DISHES OUT.
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IF IT'S A GOOD PICTURE OF A GOOD STORY... WE'LL USE IT ON THE AIR!
Return to Story IndexPRESTERA ARREST
HERE ARE SOME OF THE STORIES WE'RE WORKING ON FOR YOU TODAY... CABELL COUNTY DEPUTIES ARREST A MAN AFTER HE SHOWED UP AT THE PRESTERA CENTER IN HUNTINGTON TUESDAY MORNING WITH A B-B GUN. THIS IS EXCLUSIVE VIDEO OF JAY PIKES ARRAIGNMENT... POLICE SAY PIKE WALLKED IN PRESTERA ON ROUTE 60 AROUND NINE A-M ... SAYING HE WAS GOING TO KILL PEOPLE IF HE DIDN`T GET PRESCRIPTION PILLS. THANKFULLY, NO ONE WAS HURT IN THE INCIDENT. "" PIKE IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED ROBBERY.
Return to Story Index12 LARRY THOMAS
LARRY JAMES THOMAS IS ACCUSED OF TRYING TO SUFFOCATE HIS 11-MONTH OLD DAUGHTER. IT HAPPENED AROUND 11-30 MONDAY NIGHT AT A HOME IN THE 21 HUNDRED BLOCK OF 10TH AVENUE IN HUNTINGTON. COURT DOCUMENTS SAY THOMAS AND HIS LITTLE GIRL'S MOTHER GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT. THOMAS PUT A PILLOW OVER THE BABY'S FACE AND THEN PUNCHED HER MOTHER IN THE FACE. THE BABY IS REPORTEDLY OKAY.
Return to Story IndexROBERT EWING
40-YEAR-OLD ROBERT EWING FACES 3 COUNTS O FIRST DEGREE SEXUAL ASSAULT, 5 COUNTS OF SEXUAL ABUSE BY A PARENT, AND TWO COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE SEXUAL ABUSE. HE GOES ON TRIAL APRIL 23RD. THE JUDGE REFUSED TO CUT HIS 25-THOUSAND DOLLAR CASH ONLY BOND TODAY AND ADDED AN ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR HOME CONFINEMENT IF HE MAKES BOND, EWING WAS ARRESTED IN NOVEMBER.
Return to Story IndexHUNT WEED & SEED
THIS WRAPS UP THE THIRD YEAR FOR THE INITIATIVE TO FIGHT DRUGS AND VIOLENCE IN HIGH CRIME AREAS. DRUG OFFENSES ARE DOWN MORE THAN 30 PERCENT IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, AND 84 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE ARRESTED FOR DRUGS AND VIOLENT CRIMES ARE CONVICTED. POLICE CHIEF SKIP HOLBROOK SAYS THEY HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF...
Return to Story IndexHUNT WEED & SEED
THE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAM HAS ENDED... BUT POLICE SAY THEY'LL STILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROGRESS THEY'VE MADE SO FAR.
Return to Story IndexHIV AIDS AWARENESS DAY
STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE OFFERING FREE CONFIDENTIAL HIV TESTING. THIS ONE AT PERKINS AVENUE IN DUNBAR AT THE KANAWHA INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND ACTION OFFICE AFRICAN -AMERICANS REPRESENTED 26 PERCENT OF ALL CASES IN THE MOUNTAIN STATE. PREVENTION BEGINS WITH EDUCATION AND TESTING. THE OTHER TESTING SITE IS AT THE MARSHALL MEMORIAL STUDENT CENTER ON THE CAMPUS OF MARSHALL UNIVERSITY. BOTH SCREENINGS ARE SCHEDULED FROM 11:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.
Return to Story IndexPOWELL TRAGEDY
MINUTES BEFORE JOSH POWELL APPARENTLY KILLED HIMSELF AND HIS TWO SONS, HE CALLED HIS RELATIVES TO SAY GOOD-BYE. HERE'S THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION.
Return to Story IndexGAS PRICES
IT'S UP NEARLY 20 CENTS IN FOUR WEEKS. AND THERE ARE REPORTS GAS MAY COST FOUR DOLLARS OR MORE BY THE MONTH OF MAY. HERE'S A LOOK AT WHICH CITIES WILL BE HIT HARDEST. If you were driving the predictions might make you slam on your breaks Just in time for Memorial Day Weekend...the highest average gas prices this country has ever seen. SOT -- expert 160008 FOR NOW THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM is HERE. GFX 1: Prices that already seem sky high are about to get even higher... one estimate has an average price of $4.05 a gallon by May... another predicts $4.15... That menas by year's end American households with two cars could be shelling out as much as $300 more for gas than just last year. SOT: John Glassick - Los Angeles 161858 I can't afford those prices with everything else going up. Grocery store is going up, rents are going up... VEGA: Is that the sort of magical figure that makes you go, ok, drive less. MOS: 162451 I think $4 is kind of a good boundary between where you can tolerate and when you can't. And $4.15 a gallon-- for some American cities-- will seem like a bargain. Big cities will be hit especially hard... in some cases because of higher taxes, in others, because their distance from refineries. * GFX 2 Chicago could reach $4.95 a gallon. San Francisco-- $4.85 . Seattle-- $4.65 MOS-- it's tough because it makes you cut expenses. * GFX 3 Mounting tensions in Iran are only partly to blame for this springtime sticker shock. American drivers can also thank increased demand from China, refinery closures and our own never-ending need to drive. SOT gas buddy expert 160332 THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS: THAT AMERICANS WHO COMMUTE TO WORK STILL WILL NEED TO COMMUTE TO WORK SO THERE'S A REALLY A LIMITED AMOUNT OF THINGS, REALLY A LIMITED AMOUNT OF OPTIONS THAT AMERICANS CAN TAKE. (160354) * GFX 4 Except for buying other things For every 10 cent hike at the pump, economists say consumers cut other spending to the tune of 9 billion dollars.
Return to Story IndexVALENTINE SPENDING
IT'S ESTIMATED NEARLY 18-BILLION DOLLARS WILL BE SPENT FOR THE HOLIDAY. A SURVEY BY THE NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION PREDICTS THE AVERAGE PERSON WILL SPEND ABOUT 126 DOLLARS - UP NEARLY NINE PERCENT FROM LAST YEAR. JEWELRY IS THE MOST POPULAR GIFT -- WITH A SPECIAL EVENING OUT COMING IN SECOND... AND OF COURSE PEOPLE WILL SPEND BILLIONS ON FLOWERS, CANDY, CLOTHING AND GIFT CARDS.
Return to Story IndexBLOOMBERG
HERE'S MORE IN YOUR BLOOMBERG MARKET UPDATE.
Return to Story IndexDISNEY NEWS CHANNEL
THE COMPANY IS IN TALKS WITH UNIVISION FOR THE PROJECT. THE CHANNEL WILL BE BROADCAST IN ENGLISH AND TARGET ENGLISH-SPEAKING LATINOS IN THE U-S. IF THE DEAL GOES THROUGH, IT COULD BE UP AND RUNNING BEFORE THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER. IT WOULD BE HEADQUARTERED AT UNIVISION'S STUDIOS IN MIAMI. WALT DISNEY IS THE PARENT COMPANY OF ABC NEWS.
Return to Story IndexPOSTAL SERVICE
A BRITISH STUDY HAS DECLARED IT NUMBER ONE FOR EFFICIENCY. IT LOOKED AT 20 POSTAL SERVICES AROUND THE WORLD. THE U-S-P-S DELIVERS MORE LETTERS PER EMPLOYEE THAN THE ANY OTHER SERVICE STUDIED. THE STUDY'S AUTHOR SAYS WHILE OUR POSTAL SERVICE IS EFFICIENT.... IT'S A DYING INDUSTRY.
Return to Story IndexALZHEIMERS RECLASSIFICATION
A NEW STUDY FOUND MANY PEOPLE DIAGNOSED WITH MILD OR VERY MILD ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE MAY LAND IN A NEW MEDICAL CATEGORY THAT DOES NOT EVEN MENTION ALZHEIMER'S. IT'S CALLED MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT OR MCI. NOT EVERYONE DIAGNOSED WITH MCI GOES ON TO DEVELOP ALZHEIMER'S. AND THERE IS CURRENTLY NO FDA APPROVED TREATMENT. MCI IS A CONDITION IN WHICH A PERSON HAS PROBLEMS WITH MEMORY AND LANGUAGE BUT IS NOT SERIOUS ENOUGH TO INTERFERE WITH DAILY LIFE.
Return to Story IndexSMOKING COGNITIVE
RESEARCHERS STUDIED MORE THAN SEVEN THOUSAND MIDDLE-AGED MEN AND WOMEN AND FOUND MEN WHO SMOKED EXPERIENCED MORE RAPID MEMORY DECLINE THAN THOSE WHO DIDN'T... STUDY AUTHORS NOTE THEY DID NOT SEE AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SMOKING AND COGNITIVE DECLINE IN WOMEN... BUT A REASON FOR THAT IS NOT CLEAR.
Return to Story IndexPEDIATRIC DENTISTRY
BUT SADLY MANY KIDS DON'T SEE A DENTIST TILL THERE'S A PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO THE 2009 NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION. TOOTH DECAY IS THE SINGLE MOST COMMON CHRONIC CHILDHOOD DISEASE - FIVE TIMES MORE COMMON THAN ASTHMA AND SEVEN TIMES MORE COMMON THAN HAY FEVER.
Return to Story IndexSPANKING TROUBLED KIDS
TWO CANADIAN CHILD DEVELOPMENT EXPERTS ANALYZED TWO DECADES OF RESEARCH ON CHILDREN AND SPANKING. THEY FOUND PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER LEVELS OF AGGRESSION AGAINST PARENTS, SIBLING, PEERS AND SPOUSES. WHILE STUDIES SHOW SPANKING HAS DECLINED IN THE U-S SINCE THE 1970'S ... MANY PARENTS STILL BELIEVE IT'S AN ACCEPTABLE FORM OF PUNISHMENT. THE STUDY'S AUTHORS ARE URGING PHYSICIANS TO HELP PARENTS LEARN NON-VIOLENT, EFFECTIVE APPROACHES TO DISCIPLINE.
Return to Story IndexKIDS ABUSE
AND RESEARCHERS AT YALE UNIVERSITY BELIEVE THE NUMBERS THEY'VE SEEN ARE ONLY "THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG." INFANTS LESS THAN A YEAR OLD WERE AT HIGHEST RISK FOR CHILD ABUSE-RELATED HOSPITALIZATIONS. AND POVERTY APPEARS TO BE A RISK FACTOR. CHILDREN COVERED BY MEDICAID WERE SIX TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE VICTIMS OF SERIOUS ABUSE. HEALTH EXPERTS BELIEVE THESE NUMBERS ARE JUST A SMALL SAMPLE OF THE AMOUNT OF ABUSE CASES NATIONWIDE SINCE MANY ABUSED CHILDREN DON'T END UP IN THE HOSPITAL.
Return to Story IndexFULL WEATHER
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!
Return to Story IndexGISELE'S RANT
SUPER MODEL GISELE BUNCHEON ELECTRIFIES THE RUNWAY. OF COURSE, SHE DOESN'T USUALLY TALK MUCH THERE. BECAUSE LATELY WHEN SHE HAS, IT'S LESS ELECTRIFY AND MORE ELECTROCUTE (MAYBE SOUND EFFECTS BUZZZZZ)...HER WORDS AFTER THE PATRIOTS--AND HUSBAND TOM BRADY'S-- SUPER BOWL LOSS, NOW SCANDALOUS SOT--(Gisele Buncheon will need to chyron) "MY HUSBAND CANNOT F***ING THROW THE BALL AND CATCH THE BALL AT THE SAME TIME. I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY DROPPED THE BALL SO MANY TIMES." TRACK TWO: ON THE FACTS, SHE'S NOT ACTUALLY TOTALLY WRONG...IF WES WELKER HAD CAUGHT THIS PASS THE PATRIOTS PROBABLY WOULD HAVE WON. HE KNOWS THAT SOT--(Wes Welker) IT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT CATCH IN MY LIFE AND I RUINED IT FOR THE TEAM TRACK THREE: BUT HE PROBABLY DIDN'T NEED THE REMINDER FROM GISELE BUNCHEON. WORD IS, THE TEAM IS NOT HAPPY. THE TMZ HEADLINE ASKING IF GISELE HAS BECOME THE "YOKO ONO" OF THE PATRIOTS. MAYBE A BIT SEXIST, BUT.... SOT--(ANDREA LAVINTHAL, US Weekly) SHE IS A CELEBRITY SHE SHOULD UNDERSTAND AS THE WIFE OF ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN QUARTERBACKS IN THE WORLD, YOU KIND OF DON'T SLAM YOUR HUSBAND'S TEAMMATES ON CAMERA. TRACK FOUR: 3 SECONDS THIS VIDEO SHOWS A DIFFERENT TONE SHE TOOK WITH HER HUSBAND... SOT/CHYRON : "You played the best game of your life ... you were amazing." TRACK FIVE: IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME HER WORDS HAVE CAUSE TROUBLE...SOME DIDN;T LIKE WHEN THE RAIL THIN FASHION PLATE SEEMED TO CRITICIZE PREGNANT WOMEN TRACK SIX: GARBAGE DISPOSALS. I WAS MINDFUL ABOUT WHAT I ATE." SOT--(Andrea Lavinthal US Weekly 5729) GISELE IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMEN IN THE WORLD BUT SOME OF THE THINGS OUT OF HER MOUTH ARE NOT SO ATTRACTIVE TRACK SEVEN: SHE IS NOT THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE CONNECTED TO FOOTBALL CONTROVERSY...A FEW YEARS AGO, TONY ROMO TOOK SOME HEAT FOR DATING JESSICA SIMPSON. TRACK EIGHT: AND SOME OLD-FASHIONED MEN IN SPORT--LIKE MICKEY IN ROCKY-- EVEN THINK THEY CAN BE A CURSE.. SOT--(Mickey from Rocky) WOMEN WEAKEN LEGS
Return to Story IndexRANDY TRAVIS
TEXAS POLICE FOUND THE COUNTRY SINGER SITTING IN HIS CAR PARKED IN FRONT OF A CHURCH EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING. THEY FOUND AN OPEN BOTTLE OF LIQUOR AND SAID HE SMELLED OF ALCOHOL. HE WAS CITED AND RELEASED A SHORT TIME LATER.
Return to Story IndexAM SPORTS
MARK MARTIN IS HERE NOW WITH A LOOK AT SPORTS.
Return to Story IndexHEADLINE SPORTS
WITH HEADLINE SPORTS, I'M CARLOS DIAZ. THE NBA HANDED DOWN THEIR PUNISHMENT ON MONDAY, TO THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES' KEVIN LOVE AFTER HE WAS SEEN STOMPING ON THE HOUSTON ROCKETS' LUIS SCOLA DURING SATURDAY NIGHTS GAME. LOVE HAS BEEN SUSPENDED 2 GAMES FOR "DRIVING HIS FOOT INTO THE UPPER BODY AND FACE OF SCOLA AS HE WAS LYING ON THE FLOOR". LOVE APOLOGIZED IN A TEAM ISSUED STATEMENT SAYING HE "HAS TO DO A BETTER JOB OF HANDLING HIS EMOTIONS". THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS' KOBE BRYANT MADE HISTORY ON MONDAY NIGHT IN PHILADELPHIA. BRYANT MOVED TO FIFTH ON THE NBA'S ALL-TIME CAREER SCORING LIST WITH 28,601 POINTS AND PASSED HIS FORMER TEAMMATE, SHAQUILLE O'NEAL IN THE PROCESS. BUT IT WAS THE 76ERS WHO GOT THE LAST LAUGH AS THEY PULLED AWAY LATE IN THE GAME AND TOOK DOWN THE LAKERS, 95-90. LOU WILLIAMS LED THE WAY FOR PHILLY WITH 24 POINTS. NOW ONTO NBA ACTION FROM LAST NIGHT...THE LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS VISITED THE MAGIC IN ORLANDO AND GOT THE WIN IN OVERTIME, 107-102. CHRIS PAUL LED THE WAY FOR L.A., SCORING 29 POINTS, 11 OF THOSE IN THE 4TH QUARTER AND IN OVERTIME. THE CLIPPERS SNAPPED A 9-GAME LOSING STREAK TO THE MAGIC AND NOW HAVE WON 6 OF THEIR LAST 7 GAMES. SPEAKING OF OVERTIME, THAT'S WHAT IT TOOK TO DECIDE THE WINNER OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER / PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS GAME LAST NIGHT. THIS TIME IS WAS THE THUNDER WHO CAME UP BIG IN THE EXTRA PERIOD AND THEY WERE LED BY RUSSELL WESTBROOK WHO FINISHED THE GAME JUST 2 ASSISTS SHY OF A TRIPLE-DOUBLE. WESTBROOK FINISHED THE GAME WITH 28 PTS, 11 REBOUNDS AND 8 ASSISTS. WITH HEADLINE SPORTS, I'M CARLOS DIAZ.
Return to Story IndexGIANTS PARADE
A TICKER TAPE PARADE IS TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW. PLAYERS ARE RIDING ON FLOATS THROUGH THE CITY STREETS. AFTER THE PARADE THERE WILL BE A CEREMONY AT CITY HALL AND MAYOR BLOOMBERG WILL GIVE THE TEAM THE KEYS TO THE CITY.
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