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Tuesday, October 7, 2008.

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  • OPEN
      COMING UP ON EYEWITNESS NEWS AT NOON....AN EARLY MORNING ALTERCATION ENDS IN TRAGEDY.

      A MAN FORCES HIS WAY INTO AN APARTMENT AND ENDS UP STABBED TO DEATH.

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    OPEN 2
      THEN, THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WILL SQUARE OFF ON THE ISSUES AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS TONIGHT.

      DOUG TALKS ABOUT WEATHER

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    WELCOME
      GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M JENIFER McANDREWS.

      WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS AT NOON.

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    BREAKING NEWS
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    HUNT DOG ABUSE
      WE START THIS AFTERNOON WITH BREAKING NEWS OUT OF HUNTINGTON.

      WHERE POLICE ARE ON THE SCENE OF ONE OF THE WORST CASES OF ANMIAL CRUELTY THEY HAVE EVER SEEN.

      EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER STEVE BORECKY JOINS US NOW WITH EXCLUSIVE VIDEO OF THE RESCUE. STEVE...WHAT DID POLICE FIND?

      JEN....

      HUNTINGTON POLICE RECOVERED FIVE DOGS AND ATLEAST ONE KITTEN FROM A HOME ON 11-TH AVENUE.

      THEY SAY THE ANIMALS HAD BEEN LIVING IN A SECOND FLOOR APARTMENT IN "HORRID" CONDITIONS.

      THE ANIMALS WERE FOUND WANDERING AROUND IN THE FECES AND TRASH COVERED APARTMENT EARLIER THIS MORNING.

      INVESTIGATORS ALSO FOUND SEVERAL DEAD CATS INSIDE.

      HUNTINGTON POLICE SUSPECT SOMEONE WAS DROPPING A BAG OF FOOD OFF IN THE DOOR FOR THE ANIMALS AND LEAVING THEM UNATTENDED.

      THERE WAS WATER TO THE APARTMENT---BUT IT IS NOT BELIEVED THE ANIMALS HAD ACCESS TO IT.

      IT IS NOT KNOWN HOW LONG THE DOGS AND CATS LIVED IN THESE CONDITIONS---BUT INVESTIGATORS SAY IT COULD HAVE BEEN MONTHS.


      HUNTINGTON POLICE SAY THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE ANIMALS WILL FACE ANIMAL CRUELTY CHARGES.

      COMING UP TONIGHT ON EYEWITNESS NEWS AT SIX---WE'LL INTRODUCE YOU TO THE WOMAN WHO HEARD THE ANIMALS CRY FOR HELP AND ALERTED POLICE.

      REPORTING LIVE IN HUNTINGTON---STEVE BORECKY---EYEWITNESS NEWS.

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    CHRISTOPHER WASHBURN
      A CROSS LANES MAN WAS ARRESTED THIS MORNING AND NOW IS IN JAIL WITH HIS WIFE AWAITING TRIAL IN THE DEATH OF HIS 22-MONTH OLD SON..

      31-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER WASHBURN WAS IN COURT TO ANSWER HIS RECENT INDICTMENT FOR FOR CHILD NEGLECT CAUSING A DEATH. THE CHILD'S MOTHER--21-YEAR-OLD ELIZABETH THORNTON OF CROSS LANES-- HAD ALREADY BEEN ARRESTED ON THE SAME CHARGE. SHE ALSO APPEARED IN COURT TODAY. WASHBURN WAS UNABLE TO POST A 100-THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND AND WAS TAKEN JAIL. . BOTH GO ON TRIAL JANUARY 9TH. PROSECUTORS CONTEND THEY FAILED TO GET MEDICAL HELP FOR THE CHILD WITH SEVERE HEAD INJURIES.

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    CROSS LANES STABBING
      WE HAVE CONTINUING, EYEWITNESS NEWS, COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON, FROM CROSS LANES-- WHERE A MAN WAS KILLED DURING AN ALTERCATION AT AN APARTMENT. AND IT ALL BEGAN WITH A RUDE AWAKENING FOR ONE COUPLE...

      EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER BOB AARON HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING.

      UNLESS A KANAWHA COUNTY GRAND JURY DECIDEDS OTHERWISE, THERE WILL BE NO CRIMINAL CHARGES FILED IN THIS MORNING'S FATAL STABBING.

      WHEN DEPUTIES ARRIVED THEY FOUND 22-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM RUSSELL BARR LYING IN THE PARKING LOT. HE HAD BEEN STABBED IN THE NECK.

      POLICE SAY THE NITRO MAN FORCED HIS WAY INTO THE APARTMENT AND GOT INTO A SCUFFLE OVER A GUN WITH SOMEONE IN THE APARTMENT.

      THAT'S WHEN BARR WAS STABBED. HE LEFT THE APARTMENT AND COLLAPSED IN THE PARKING LOT.

      BARR WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND DIED A SHORT TIME LATER.

      DEPUTIES SAY BARR KNEW SOMEONE LIVING IN THE ARPARTMENT. NEIGHBORS WERE SHOCKED BY THE VIOLENCE.

      "I was very startled. Sad!..........no, sir."

      A WOMAN LIVING IN THE APARTMENT TOLD ME HER BOYFRIEND GRABBED A SHOTGUN AS THEY HEARD SOMEONE KICKING IN THEIR DOOR. SHE SAID BARR AND HER BOYFRIEND STRUGGLED OVER THE GUN AND THAT HER BOYFRIEND GRABBED A KNIFE AND STABBED BARR. SHE SAID SHE KNEW BARR BUT SAID HE WAS ACTING INTOXICATED AND VERY VIOLENT.

      DEPUTIES HAVE NOT CLOSED THE DOOR ON POSSILBE CHARGES LATER, BUT THERE ARE SELF DEFENSE ELEMENTS IN THE DEATH THAT A GRAND JURY WILL HAVE TO WEIGH.

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    11 CAR JACK
      THERE ARE NEW DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVING A CARJACKING.

      STATE POLICE HAVE FOUND THE THE MAN ALLEGEDLY RESPONSIBLE AND THE CAR.

      28 YEAR OLD NATHAN SCOTT PHILLIPS OF DUNBAR WAS BUSTED AROUND 9-THIRTY THIS MORNING.

      THEY ALSO FOUND THE CAR ON FALCON DRIVE OFF ROUTE 21 IN CHARLESTON AROUND 8:30 THIS MORNING.

      INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SUSPECT ASKED JOHN DIEGES FOR HELP AND THEN USED A GUN TO TAKE HIS CAR.

      THE GUN STILL HAS NOT BEEN FOUND.

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    HOTEL ROBBERY
      POLICE IN ASHLAND ARE LOOKING FOR THE MAN WHO ROBBED A HOTEL EARLY THIS MORNING.

      ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS---A MAN CARRYING A KNIFE WALKED INTO THE COLONIAL INN ON WINCHESTER AVENUE AND DEMANDED MONEY.

      THEY SAY HE THEN TOOK OFF ON FOOT.

      THE SUSPECT IS A WHITE MAN--APPROXIMATELY 6-FOOT TALL, WITH A MEDIUM BUILD. HE WAS WEARING A GRAY HOODED SWEATSHIRT AND WEARING A YELLOW BANDANA WITH BLUE DOTS ON HIS FACE.

      IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION--CALL ASHLAND POLICE AT 606-327-2078.

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    POLITICS TUESDAY
      IT'S ROUND TWO FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES TONIGHT... AFTER ISSUING A CHALLENGE TO BARACK OBAMA FOR A SERIES OF TOWN-HALL STYLE DEBATES... JOHN McCAIN GETS HIS ONE CHANCE THIS EVENING IN A STYLE OF METTING, THAT BEST SUITS HIS STYLE.

      THE CANDIDATES ARE FACING OFF WITH EXACTLY FOUR WEEKS TO GO, UNTIL ELECTION DAY,

      YOU CAN SEE THE DEBATE RIGHT HERE STARTING AT NINE P.M.

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    OBAMA CAMPAIGNING
      SENATOR BARACK OBAMA WILL BE CAMPAIGNING IN SOUTHERN OHIO THIS WEEK.

      THE VISIT IS PART OF A TWO-DAY "AMERICAN JOBS TOUR".

      OBAMA WILL HOLD A RALLY IN PORTSMOUTH AT THE ALUMNI GREEN AT SHAWNEE STATE UNIVERSITY AT 7:30 THURSDAY NIGHT.

      THIS WILL BE IS OBAMA'S FIRST CAMPAIGN VISIT TO THE AREA.

      TICKETS ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR THE EVENT.

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    HILLARY FOR BARTH
      AND SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON WILL BE STUMPING IN THE MOUNTAIN STATE LATER THIS WEEK.

      CLINTON WILL BE IN CHARLESTON FRIDAY, CAMPAIGNING FOR ANNE BARTH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHARLESTON.

      BARTH IS TAKING ON INCUMBENT REPRESENTATIVE SHELLY MOORE CAPITO IN WEST VIRGINIA'S 2ND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

      THE EVENT IS SCHEDULED FOR ONE O'CLOCK ...AND IT'S FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

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    CAMPAIGN CAR
      A KANAWHA COUNTY MAN HAS PUT A POLITICAL STATEMENT ON AN IMPORT.

      THE MERCEDES BENZ NOW PERMINANTELY REFLECTS SUPPORT FOR A SUPREME COURT CANDIDATE.

      TIMOTHY STAFFORD SAYS HE JUST WANTED TO OUTWARDLY DISPLAY HIS POSITION.

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    11 TABLE GAMES
      DEALERS WILL BE DEALING OUT CARDS FOR MORE GOOD CAUSES TONIGHT.

      TRI-STATE RACE TRACK AND GAMING CENTER NOW OFFERS BLACKJACK, CRAPS AND ROULETTE.

      AND LAST NIGHT TRI-STATE HOSTED CHARITY NIGHT AS A PRACTICE RUN FOR ITS NEWEST WORKERS.

      THE KANAWHA CHARLESTON HUMANE ASSOCIATION AND THE CITY OF NITRO HANDICAPPED CHILDREN'S PARK BENEFITED FROM THE EVENT. THEY EACH RECIEVED FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

      CHARITY NIGHT CONTINUES TONIGHT FROM FOUR TO TEN. THE KANAWHA VALLEY FELLOWSHIP HOME AND HIGHLAND HOSPITAL'S INDIGENT FUND WILL GET FIVE GRAND EACH.

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    SCHOLAR ATHLETE
      SHE'S RACKING UP GOALS...WHILE FULFILLING GOALS ON THE ACADEMIC SIDE...MARK MARTIN INTRODUCES YOU TO OUR LATEST SCHOLAR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK....

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    DANCING WITH THE STARS
      ANOTHER CELEBRITY HAS TO HANG UP THEIR DANCING SHOES BUT THIS TIME IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HER DANCING.

      GOLD MEDALIST MISTY MAY TREANOR IS BEING SIDELINED FROM THE COMPETITION DUE TO AN INJURY.

      MISTY MAY APPEARED AT THE END OF LAST NIGHT'S DANCING WITH THE STARS WITH HER LEG IN A CAST AND ON CRUTCHES TO MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT.

      THE BEACH VOLLEYBALL STAR RUPTURED HER LEFT ACHILLES TENDON LAST WEEK WHILE PRACTICING THE JIVE.

      BEFORE THE INJURY MISTY MAY AND HER PARTNER MAKSIM WHERE CONSIDERED ONE OF THE FRONTRUNNERS IN THE COMPETITION.

      MISTY MAY IS EXPECTED TO HAVE SURGERY TODAY.

      SHE PLANS TO RETURN TO THE SHOW TO CHEER ON THE OTHER CONTESTANTS.

      TUNE IN TONIGHT TO DANCING WITH THE STARS TO FIND OUT WHAT MISTY MAY'S EARLY EXIT MEANS FOR THE COMPETITION.

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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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    BABY STEPS 10/6
      BABIES GROW AND LEARN EVERY DAY.

      AND, ENRICHING THEIR LIVES IS A FULL-TIME JOB.

      BUT, ONE WAY TO HELP YOUR BABY LEARN, IS TO PLAN SOME TUMMY TIME.

      DOCTOR JOE MATUSIC SHOWS US HOW THAT SIMPLE PLAN WILL HELP STRENGTHEN YOUR BABIES MIND AND BODY.

      The back to sleep campaign has babies on their backs when it's time for sleep. But when baby's awake, it's full speed ahead for learning! What to do? The answer is tummy time. A chance to get a different view on their new world. Not all babies love the idea, so they'll need a little help.

      sot.. Dr Joe Matusic

      One thing is when they're on their belly is they can't lift their head until a certain age. so it may be two [demonstrates], three, four, six months until they can lift their head all the way up. They want to see everything so you may have to lift their head so they can see the world

      Physical therapists say tummy time can help your baby strengthen her back and neck muscles, all while exploring her new surroundings.

      You can schedule tummy time for a few minutes, a few times a day... With you... so she can see you and bond-- starting when they can lift their head.

      Some medical experts say it helps develop motor skills... however Dr. Matusic says don't push the tummy time if it isn't working out.

      sot.. Dr. Joe Matusic

      I think it's important to get them used too tummy time. Will it make a difference in the long run? No. But right now it is [making a difference].

      Dr. Matusic stresses there is a wide range of normal when it comes to developmental milestones, especially those associated with tummy time. So take your time with your growing baby, and make sure to tell you pediatrician if you think there are some delays.

      IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS STORY AGAIN, YOU CAN LOG ON TO BABYMD.NET, THERE'S A LINK TO BABY STEPS STORIES AT THE TOP OF THE HOME-PAGE.

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    VASALE
      TOM VASALE JOINS US NOW.

      THE NUMBER TO CALL US TOLL FREE IS 877-924-7888.

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