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SCRIPT FOR EYEWITNESS NEWS NEWSCAST
Friday, April 12, 2013.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. OPEN 1
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AND I'M PATRICK MCMURTRY... THERE'S LOTS TO COVER TODAY...TAISHA IS HERE TO TELL US ABOUT THAT...
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DEPUTIES BELIEVE WILLIAMS FIRED A ROUND FROM A GUN AND THEN PISTOL WHIPPED A MAN. THERE HAVE BEEN THREE HOME INVASIONS IN RAND SINCE MARCH. WILLIAMS IS EXPECTED TO BE EXTRADITED TO WEST VIRGINIA SOON.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS ANCHOR KERA MASHEK TALKED WITH SOME PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR EFFORTS TO STOP THE VIOLENCE. ...CRIMES COMMUNITY WATCH LEADER SYLVESTER SMITH IS DETERMINED TO STOP. SMITH SAYS IT'S BEEN A STRUGGLE TO GET PEOPLE HERE INVOLVED IN THE TOWN'S EFFORTS TO CURB CRIME. BUT WITH THE BIG TURNOUT AT MONDAY NIGHT'S MEETING, IT APPEARS THE TIDE IS TURNING. Chlorine Carter/Rand-We have to get our community back and save our children and let them know we have a nice place to live, and get it back to that. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS IT WILL ALSO CONTINUE INCREASED PATROLS IN THE AREA TO PREVENT CRIME. AND WITH SOME COOPERATION FROM THE TOWN, JUST MAYBE MORE COMMUNITY WATCH SIGNS LIKE THESE WILL START POPPING UP ACROSS RAND...LETTING CRIMINALS KNOW RESIDENTS HERE ARE WATCHING OUT FOR THEM. THE COMMUNITY WATCH GROUP MEETS EVERY THIRD MONDAY OF THE MONTH AT THE RAND COMMUNITY CENTER. THE GROUP HOPES LAST NIGHT'S MEETING IS A LAUNCHING PAD TO GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN ITS EFFORTS TO MAKE RAND SAFER.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER TAISHA WALKER HAS THE LATEST ... TAISHA ...
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INVESTIGATORS SAY HE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE PERSON WHO FIRED OFF FIVE ROUNDS OUTSIDE THE MALL, HITTING ANOTHER MAN IN THE ARM. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AROUND TWO YESTERDAY AFTERNOON . POLICE SAY THE VICTIM, 18 YEAR OLD TERRANCE BONNER, WAS DROPPING TWO WOMEN OFF AT THE MALL WHEN HIS CAR WAS SHOT AT FIVE TIMES. ONE OF THOSE BULLETS, HIT HIM IN THE FOREARM. INVESTIGATORS SAY FIVE MEN RAN FROM THE SCENE ... BUT THEY BELIEVE BURTON WAS THE ONLY SHOOTER. THAT AREA OF CLENDENIN STREET BETWEEN THE CIVIC CENTER AND THE MALL IS EXTREMELY BUSY. AND POLICE SAY THEY'RE THANKFUL NO ONE ELSE WAS HURT. "5951 i didn't expect that 224 I thought we was safe but now I don't know BONNER WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL SHORTLY AFTER THE SHOOTING. HE'S EXPECTED TO BE O-K. LIVE IN THE STUDIO, TAISHA WALKER FOR EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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MAYNARD IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING SHERIFF CRUM WHILE HE WAS SITTING IN HIS CRUISER. HIS ATTORNEY ARGUED HE DIDN'T ACT WITH PREMEDIATION. BUT THE MINGO COUNTY PROSECUTOR SAYS MAYNARD IS A FLIGHT RISK AND THE JUDGE AGREED. THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO START IN MINGO COUNTY OCTOBER 21ST.
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POLICE SAY THREE MEN STOLE COPPER WIRING FROM THE BIG SANDY SUPERSTORE ARENA, GOLDY'S AUTO AND THE FEDERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION SITE. THEY HAVE CAUGHT TWO OF THE SUSPECTS... BUT THEY NEED YOUR HELP TO CATCH THE THRID SUSPECT, CODY DONALD. MATT CHRISTUS WITH GOLDY'S AUTO SAYS THE THEFT SET BACK THEIR OPENING DATE. "They pulled copper wiring from saome of the light posts and things going up around the building and inside they took copper from there too. It's tough, does nothing but set us back." ANYBODY WITH INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP POLICE FIND CODY DONALD SHOULD CALL 911.
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THEY WERE PART OF A UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA MARCH AT ST. LOUIS-BASED PATRIOT COAL'S OFFICES. A U-S BANKRUPTCY COURT JUDGE HAS GIVEN PATRIOT THE GO-AHEAD TO CHANGE BENEFITS FOR RETIRED AND CURRENT MINERS. UNION LEADERS SAY PATRIOT WAS SET UP TO FAIL WHEN IT SPUN OFF FROM PEABODY ENERGY IN 2007. A SPOKESMAN FOR PEABODY CALLS THAT CLAIM A "MISGUIDED ATTEMPT TO REWRITE HISTORY."
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THE BOY WAS ABLE TO GRAB THE MAN AND GET HIM TO THE BANK THE MAN WAS TAKEN TO LOGAN GENERAL HOSPITAL...WHERE HE LATER DIED.
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NINE EMPLOYEES AND SOME OWNERS ARE ACCUSED OF EXPLOITING DOZENS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. U-S ATTORNEY LORETTA LYNCH SAYS THE DEFENDANTS FORCED THE IMMIGRANTS TO WORK 100-HOURS PER WEEK FOR MINIMAL PAY. LYNCH ALSO SAYS THE SUSPECTS FACE VARIOUS CHARGES INCLUDING IDENTITY THEFT . AUTHORITES SAY THIS WAS GOING ON FOR AT LEAST 13 YEARS.
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AND THAT SUPPORT HAS DECLINED NINE-PERCENTAGE POINTS SINCE MARCH. THE PEW RESEARCH CENTER FOUND 70-PERCENT OF AMERICANS OPPOSE ARMING THE SYRIAN OPPOSITION. THE PEW INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY OF LAST WEEK...MEANING SOME OF THOSE INTERVIEWS HAPPENED BEFORE THURSDAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT THE U-S WILL START ARMING THE REBELS. THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SAID SYRIA CROSSED A "RED LINE" BY USING CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAINST THE OPPOSITION.
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THIS IS THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF FEMALE ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES EVER SELECTED FOR A CLASS. THE GROUP WAS PICKED OUT OF MORE THAN SIX-THOUSAND APPLICANTS. NASA SAYS THE NEW CANDIDATES WILL HELP LEAD THE FIRST HUMAN MISSION TO AN ASTEROID, AND THEN TO MARS. THEY WILL REPORT FOR DUTY IN AUGUST AT NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN HOUSTON. AND SPEAKING OF MAKING HISTORY... THIS WEEK MARKS THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST U-S WOMAN IN SPACE. ON JUNE 16-TH 19-83, SALLY RIDE MADE HISTORY WHEN SHE RODE ABOARD THE SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER. RIDE WAS ACTUALLY THE SECOND WOMAN TO GO INTO SPACE. THE FIRST WAS VALENTINA TERESHKOVA
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THE SELF PROCLAIMED SHARK ENTHUSIAST-- JUMPED OFF THE BOAT.. AND ONTO THE BACK OF THE WHALE.. AND HELD ON- BRIEFLY. HE SAID HE FELT THE SHARK START TO PICK UP SPEED WHEN HE GRABBED ON.. AND NOT WANTING TO DISTRESS THE ANIMAL, HE LET GO. HE SAYS THE THE RIDE WAS INCREDIBLE. BY THE WAY, WHALE SHARKS EAT PLANKTON, SO THE GUY WASN'T IN DANGER OF BEING ITS NEXT MEAL. .
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MORE THAN 70 QUILTERS WORKED ON IT. THE SQUARES ARE MADE FROM CIVIL WAR-ERA FABRIC AND EACH COUNTY IN THE STATE IS REPRESENTED BY AT LEAST ONE SQUARE. THE QUILT WILL JOIN THE WEST VIRGINIA STATE MUSEUM'S PERMANENT COLLECTION AT THE END OF THE YEAR. THE FIRST LADY ALSO ANNOUNCED THE WINNERS OF THE STATE'S 150TH BIRTHDAY ART CONTEST. STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER WEST VIRGINIA PUT THEIR TALENTS TO PAPER TO CELEBRATE THE MILESTONE. JUDGES PICKED FROM OVER A THOUSAND ENTRIES -- AND THE TOP THREE PICKS FROM KINDERGARTEN TO FIFTH GRADE WERE HONORED. FIRST PLACE WINNERS TOOK HOME KINDLES FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS.
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THE OFFICIAL PARTY STARTS THIS THURSDAY-- WITH A CONCERT AND THE FIRST OF THREE STRAIGHT NIGHTS OF FIREWORKS AT THE STATE CAPITOL. THE PARTY RUNS THROUGH SATURDAY WITH A CONCERT ON THE CAPITOL STEPS SATURDAY NIGHT BY COUNTRY ACTS "LONESTAR" AND "RONNIE MILSAP". YOU CAN EVEN CATCH A 3-D MOVIE EACH NIGHT. TROLLEYS WILL BE RUNNING FROM THE CIVIC CENTER AND LAIDLEY FIELD TO THE CAPITOL FROM 10 A-M TO 11:30 P-M.
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YOU CAN ALSO POST PICTURES ON OUR FACEBOOK WALL AND TWEET US TOO - JUST USE HASHTAG W-V ONE -FIFTY. WE'LL FEATURE THE BEST PICTURES THIS WEEK!
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THE TECH GIANT SAYS ITS PLANNING TO SPEND FIVE-MILLION-DOLLARS TO WIPE PICTURES OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE FROM THE WEB. PART OF THE MONEY WILL GO TO ESTABLISHING CHILD-PROTECTION GROUPS. GOOGLE ALSO SAYS IT WILL DEVOTE ANOTHER TWO-MILLION TO RESEARCHING WAYS OF FINDING, REPORTING, AND ERASING CHILD PORN IMAGES.
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THERE ARE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA ... ELECTING A NEW SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, AND PAYING FOR THE EXTRA SESSION. THE SESSION BEGINS AT NOON TODAY.
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THE OWNER OF "I-FITT 24" IS OPENING A SECOND LOCATION AT THE FORMER SITE OF IMPULSE NIGHT CLUB ON CAPITAL STREET. IT WILL BE THE FIRST 24 HOUR GYM IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON ... AND WILL OFFER TANNING, MASSAGES, AND A SMOOTHIE BAR. SOME IN THE COMMUNITY SAY IT'S A POSITIVE CHANGE TO THE ONCE TROUBLED AREA. COMING UP, OCHO CINCO SAYS AIDIOS TO THE SLAMMER. CHAD JOHNSON'S OUT OF JAIL A LITTLE EARLY ... WE'LL HAVE THAT STORY IN A COUPLE MINUTES.
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LAST WEEK, A BROWARD COUNTY JUDGE SENTENCED JOHNSON TO 30-DAYS IN JAIL FOR A PROBATION VIOLATION AFTER HE SLAPPED HIS ATTORNEY ON THE BACK-SIDE DURING A COURT APPEARANCE. THE 35 YEAR-OLD FORMER WIDE-RECEIVER ONCE KNOWN AS OCHO-CINCO APOLOGIZED FOR HIS BEHAVIOR AND WAS RELEASED AFTER SERVING SEVEN-DAYS. NOW HERE'S JOSH LEWIS WITH A LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING SPORTS IN OUR AREA.
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THE TRACK TITLED, "OOH LA LA," DEBUTED ON RYAN SEACREST'S RADIO SHOW. THE SONG IS FEATURED ON THE SOUNDTRACK FOR "THE SMURFS 2." SPEARS' TWO SONS SEAN PRESTON AND JAYDEN MADE CAMEO APPEARANCEs IN THE VIDEO. THE GRAMMY-AWARD-WINNING SINGER IS WORKING ON HER EIGHTH STUDIO ALBUM.
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HE'S MAKING MILLIONS AND CREATING BUZZ FOR HIS NEW ALBUM, EVEN BEFORE IT'S RELEASED. THE ARTIST HAS TEAMED UP WITH SAMSUNG TO PROMOTE HIS UPCOMING ALBUM "MAGNA CARTA, HOLY GRAIL." SAMSUNG IS GOING TO GIVE AWAY A MILLION COPIES TO GALAXY PHONE USERS BEFORE THE REST OF US CAN BUY IT ON JULY SEVENTH. COMING UP, PRESIDENT OBAMA DEFENDS HIS ADMINISTRATION'S DECISION TO SPY ON ORDINARY AMERICANS WE'LL HEAR HOW HE JUSTIFY'S THE ACTIONS IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES METEOROLOGIST DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING RETURNS.
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Return to Story IndexOPEN 6 AND MORE PROBLEMS FOR THE PENTAGON, THIS TIME SOME FOOTBALL PLAYERS FROM THE NAVAL ACADEMY ARE ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.
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AND I'M PATRICK MCMURTRY... THERE'S LOTS TO COVER TODAY...TAISHA IS HERE TO TELL US ABOUT THAT...
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EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER TAISHA WALKER HAS THE LATEST ...TAISHA ...
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INVESTIGATORS SAY HE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE PERSON WHO FIRED OFF FIVE ROUNDS OUTSIDE THE MALL, HITTING ANOTHER MAN IN THE ARM. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AROUND TWO YESTERDAY AFTERNOON . POLICE SAY THE VICTIM, 18 YEAR OLD TERRANCE BONNER, WAS DROPPING TWO WOMEN OFF AT THE MALL WHEN HIS CAR WAS SHOT AT FIVE TIMES. ONE OF THOSE BULLETS, HIT HIM IN THE FOREARM. INVESTIGATORS SAY FIVE MEN RAN FROM THE SCENE ... BUT THEY BELIEVE BURTON WAS THE ONLY SHOOTER. THAT AREA OF CLENDENIN STREET BETWEEN THE CIVIC CENTER AND THE MALL IS EXTREMELY BUSY, AND POLICE SAY THEY'RE THANKFUL NO ONE ELSE WAS HURT. "5951 i didn't expect that 224 I thought we was safe but now I don't know BONNER WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL SHORTLY AFTER THE SHOOTING. HE'S EXPECTED TO BE O-K. LIVE IN THE STUDIO, TAISHA WALKER FOR EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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LEWIS WAS CONVICTED OF MANUFACTURING AND DELIVERING DRUGS. HE'S A BLACK MAN AT SIX FEET TALL AND WEIGHS ABOUT 200 POUNDS. LEWIS HAS SEVERAL TATTOOS, INCLUDING A STAR ON TOP OF HIS RIGHT HAND AND THE LETTERS B-S-H-G ACROSS HIS RIGHT FINGERS. HE HAS FU-BU ACROSS HIS LEFT FINGERS. IF YOU SEE HIM CALL 911.
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EWARD SNOWDEN -- THAT U-S WHISTLE-BLOWER LEAKER HOLED UP IN HONG KONG -- IS PROMISING EVEN MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS, WHILE HIS FATHER BEGS HIM TO STOP. ABC'S DEVIN DWYER IS IN WASHINGTON WITH THE LATEST. THE LATEST LEAK OF GOVERNMENT SECRETS HAS STUNNED THE G-8 ECONOMIC SUMMIT IN NORTHERN IRELAND. EDWARD SNOWDEN REVEALED TO THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER THAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT SPIED ON (GFX) "DIPLOMATIC TARGETS FROM ALL NATIONS" AND THEIR " SMARTPHONES" AT A MEETING OF WORLD LEADERS IN 2009. HE SAID THE U-S SPIED TOO, LISTENING IN ON CALLS BY RUSSIA'S PRESIDENT. IN AN INTERVIEW OVERNIGHT, PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID THE LEAKS MUST STOP. SOT Obama - "The case has been referred to the DOJ for criminal investigation." SOT Charlie Rose - "And possible extradition." SOT Obama - "And possible extradition. I will leave it up to them..." THE PRESIDENT SAID SECRET PROGRAMS THAT TRACK PHONE AND INTERNET DATA DO NOT TARGET EVERYDAY AMERICANS... INSISTING THAT SOME COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS MUST REMAIN CLASSIFIED. SOT/President Obama (courtesy: Charlie Rose) "We could not have carried out the Bin Laden raid if it was on the front page of the papers. I think everybody understands that." SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMS AS APPROVE, DESPITE THEIR ROLE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM. SNOWDEN -- WHO'S STILL HIDING IN HONG KONG -- SAYS HE'S DETERMINED TO REVEAL THE FULL EXTENT OF GOVERNMENT SPYING. IN AN ONLINE CHAT THROUGH THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER, HE WROTE (GFX) "THE U-S GOVERNMENT IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO COVER THIS UP BY JAILING OR MURDERING ME." MEANWHILE, SNOWDEN'S FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME MADE AN EMOTIONAL PLEA ON FOX NEWS FOR HIS SON TO STAND DOWN. "I just ask that you measure what you're gonna do and not release any more information." Tba Devin Dwyer, ABC News, Washington.
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. A FEMALE MIDSHIPMAN AT THE U-S NAVAL ACADEMY HAS ACCUSED THREE PLAYERS OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING HER. ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, THE FEMALE STUDENT DROPPED THE COMPLAINT LAST YEAR, BUT HAS SINCE REVIVED IT. RECENT HIGH-PROFILE CASES HAVE DRAWN ATTENTION TO THE HIGH NUMBER OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS IN THE U-S MILITARY. SOME OF THOSE CASES HAVE INVOLVED OFFICERS IN THE ARMY AND IN THE AIR FORCE.
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A DEFENSE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL SAYS WOMEN MAY BEGIN TRAINING FOR JOBS IN ARMY RANGER AND NAVY SEAL UNITS BY MID 2015. IN JANUARY, THEN-SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LEON PANETTA ORDERED ALL JOBS OPEN TO WOMEN UNLESS A SPECIFIC "EXCEPTION" WAS REQUESTED BY THE MILITARY SERVICES. SINCE THEN THE PENTAGON HAS BEEN WORKING ON PLANS TO IMPLEMENT THOSE ORDERS. IN 2012, THE ARMY OPENED OVER 14,000 POSITIONS TO WOMEN. THE LATEST MOVE COULD OPEN APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER 6,000 JOBS TO WOMEN IN THE ARMY.
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THE TECH GIANT SAYS ITS PLANNING TO SPEND FIVE-MILLION-DOLLARS TO WIPE PICTURES OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE FROM THE WEB. PART OF THAT MONEY WILL GO TO ESTABLISHED CHILD-PROTECTION GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN PARTNERING WITH GOOGLE TO FIGHT THE PROBLEM. GOOGLE ALSO SAYS IT WILL DEVOTE ANOTHER TWO-MILLION DOLLARS TO RESEARCHING WAYS OF FINDING, REPORTING, AND ERASING CHILD PORN IMAGES. THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN SAYS ITS TIP LINE RECEIVED MORE THAN 17-MILLION IMAGES AND VIDEOS OF SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE IN 2011. THAT'S FOUR TIMES WHAT THE GROUP RECEIVED FOUR YEARS AGO.
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FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, RICK THOMPSON, HAS TAKEN A POSITION AS THE VETERANS ASSISTANCE SECRETARY. THE SESSION BEGINS AT NOON TODAY.
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"You are stealing democracy from this community, you stole democracy and i'm going to get it back" ROBERT WELLS ACCUSED SEVERAL VOTERS AND MAYOR BILL PAULEY OF VOTER AND ELECTION FRAUD AND USING PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR PERSONAL GAIN. WELLS WAS A CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR.... HE LOST. VOTERS WHO CAME OUT TO THE MEETING SAY THEY HOPE THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE WILL INVESTIGATE THE ALLEGATIONS. "My outcome would be to see that this election was done correctly, that there was nothing done behind the scenes that was not suppose to be done and ultimatley see the city of marmet prosper" THE REASON FOR THE CHALLEGENED VOTES DEALS WITH ALLEGATIONS OF REGISTERED VOTERS NOT BEING ALLOWED TO VOTE...AND VOTERS FROM OUTSIDE OF THE AREA BEING ALLOWED TO VOTE.
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IT WILL BE THE FIRST 24 HOUR GYM IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AND WILL OFFER TANNING, MASSAGES, AND EVEN HAVE A SMOOTHIE BAR. CHARLES HOPES TO BRING POSITIVE THINGS TO THE ONCE TROUBLED AREA.
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THERE WILL BE A PRE SALE FOR MEMBERSHIPS NEXT WEDNESDAY, THE 26TH, OUTSIDE NEW LOCATION. CHARLES SAYS HE HOPES TO HAVE THE FITNESS CENTER OPEN BY THE END OF AUGUST.
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Return to Story IndexI CONSUMER EMPTY PROMISES
YOU COULD BE ON THE LOSING END OF EMPTY PROMISES. "I wanted to do something that could work around the schedules of all the kids cause everybody had different schedules and especially with the baby…." A SENTIMENT MANY PARENTS CAN RELATE TO. ALANA HOWELL, A SINGLE MOTHER WITH 4 CHILDREN, NEEDED TO SUPPLEMENT HER INCOME. "I was on the Internet looking for an online job and I got an email and it said they we're looking for representatives in this state to build a bigger business." ALANA WAS TOLD SHE WOULD BE PAID FOR DEPOSITING CHECKS THE COMPANY SENT HER… INTO HER ACCOUNT… THEN SENDING A PERCENTAGE BACK TO THE COMPANY. "I went to the bank, deposited the checks (they sent me two checks) totaling almost $4-thousand dollars. About 3 days later - received note saying they're fraudulent checks and I was now in a hole." ALANA NOW OWES THE BANK MORE THAN $3-THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THINGS HAVE ONLY GOTTEN WORSE. "I'm still stuck in a problem with the bank and my credit is going down and it's hard for me to pay that back because I have other bills I'm taking care of… really, really tough, it makes me feel terrible and vulnerable. After a while I felt kind of silly, and I think why did I do that? But I didn't know." "Keep in mind these people are sophisticated. They do this a lot." LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYS THIS TYPE OF SCAM IS ON THE RISE. SUSPECTS ARE SENDING OUT THOUSANDS OF FAKE CHECKS AND TRYING TO BEAT THE SYSTEM. "The scam artist is counting on the bank releasing the money or you having sufficient funds in your account to cover the expense check back to the scam artist. You don't discover the check is going to bounce until after you've wired or sent the money back to the scam artist." VICTIMS ARE THEN RESPONSIBLE TO THE BANK FOR THE FRAUDULENT CHECK AMOUNTS DEPOSITED. ALANA IS ANGRY. "I'm a single Mom I'm already struggling it as it is… taking care of what I need to take care of… and then you have people taking away from you and you're trying to make better for you and your family." ALANA IS STILL STRUGGLING IN HER DISPUTE WITH HER BANK. SHE HAS A RED FLAG ON HER BANKING ACCOUNT, WHICH WILL NOT ALLOW HER TO OPEN ANY OTHER BANKING ACCOUNTS IN OTHER CITIES AND STATES. PRESIDENT OBAMA SIGNALS FED CHAIRMAN BEN BERNANKE MAY HAVE HIS EYE ON THE EXIT DOOR. AND -- IT'S ALMOST SUMMER -- AND NABISCO'S OUT WITH ITS NEW SUMMER FLAVOR -- WATERMELON OREOS. IT'S ALL COMING UP, IN THE BLOOMBERG BUSINESS REPORT
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AN ARREST WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR 19 YEAR OLD SHAQUILLE BURTON. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE'S BEEN POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS THE PERSON WHO FIRED OFF FIVE ROUNDS, HITTING ANOTHER MAN IN THE ARM. THEY BELIEVE THE VICTIM *WAS* TARGETED.
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19-YEAR-OLD TEVIN CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS TURNED WAS ARRESTED FOLLOWING LAST WEDNESDAY'S HOME INVASION AND ROBBERY ON ELAINE DRIVE. DEPUTIES SAY WILLIAMS FIRED A ROUND FROM A GUN AND THEN PISTOL WHIPPED A MAN . HE'S EXPECTED TO BE EXTRADITED TO WEST VIRGINIA SOON.
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TENNIS MAYNARD ASKED A JUDGE TO SET HIS BOND, BUT THE JUDGE DENIED THAT REQUEST BECAUSE HE'S A FLIGHT RISK. MAYNARD IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING SHERIFF CRUM WHILE HE WAS SITTING IN HIS CRUISER. THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO START IN MINGO COUNTY OCTOBER 21ST. PATRICK AND JEN, BACK TO YOU.
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AND CHRYSLER AND FEDERAL SAFETY OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO STARE EACH OTHER DOWN... HERE'S JANE KING WITH THE BLOOMBERG BUSINESS REPORT. GOOD MORNING, IT'S DEADLINE DAY FOR CHRYSLER! THE AUTOMAKER HAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO RESPOND TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S RECALL REQUEST ON 2-POINT-7 MILLION JEEPS. [TAKE VO] {***VO***} THE GAS TANK IS LOCATED BEHIND THE REAR AXLE, POSING A FIRE RISK IN REAR-END COLLISIONS. CHRYSLER HAS SAID GRAND CHEROKEES AND LIBERTY S-U-V's MADE OVER 15 MODEL YEARS, ARE SAFE. ***** [TAKE VO] {***VO***} MEANTIME -- YAHOO NOW DETAILING HOW IT HELPS GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE EFFORTS. THE COMPANY SAYING IT RECEIVED AS MANY AS 13-THOUSAND SUCH REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE PAST 6 MONTHS. MOST -- RELATED TO FRAUD, HOMICIDE AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS. ***** [TAKE: CAMERA] {*CAMERA*} AND -- COMING UP AFTER THIS -- MARK THE UNOFFICIAL START TO SUMMER -- THE WATERMELON OREOS ARE HERE! [TAKE SOT] {***COMMERCIAL***} OC: MORE SPECULATION BEN BERNANKE HAS HIS EYE ON THE EXIT DOOR! [TAKE VO] {***VO***} PRESIDENT OBAMA SAYS -- THE FED CHAIRMAN STAYED IN HIS POST QUOTE "LONGER THAN HE WANTED." [TAKE VO] {***VO***} BERNANKE'S CURRENT TERM ENDS NEXT JANUARY. THE FED BY THE WAY -- KICKS OFF A 2-DAY POLICY MEETING ON THE ECONOMY AND INTEREST RATES, TODAY. [TAKE: FS] {***FS***} AS FOR TRADING, STOCKS YESTERDAY WENT OUT HIGHER -- AFTER A REPORT SHOWED HOMEBUILDER CONFIDENCE RISING TO A 7 YEAR HIGH. ***** [TAKE VO] {***VO***) AND -- CHECK OUT THE WATERMELON OREOS! FOODBEAST SAYS NABISCO'S NEW LIMITED EDITION WATERMELON OREOS FEATURE A VANILLA-FLAVORED COOKIE AND AND A "BUBBLICIOUS - JOLLY RANCHER-ESQUE CREAM FILLING. [TAKE VO] {***VO***} OTHER RECENT LIMITED EDITION OREOS LIKE CANDY CORN, GINGERBREAD, AND BIRTHDAY CAKE HAVE BEEN HITS. [TAKE: CAMERA] {*CAMERA*} JUNK FOOD GUY DOT COM REPORTS THE WATERMELON OREOS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT TARGET FOR 3-BUCKS A PACK. ****** ****** [TAKE: TAG] {**tag**} AT THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, I'M JANE KING WITH THE BLOOMBERG BUSINESS REPORT.
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YOU'VE SEEN IT IN MOVIES AND IN REAL LIFE -- PEOPLE LYING, STEALING AND CHEATING JUST TO GET THEIR HANDS ON SOME OF THAT COLD HARD CASH. --VO-- IT TURNS OUT -- MANY OF US WOULD BE WILLING TO COMPROMISE OUR VALUES FOR SOME MONEY. RESEARCHERS AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH TESTED 324 PEOPLE BY SHOWING THEM IMAGES OF CURRENCY, OR ASKING THEM TO UNSCRAMBLE MONEY-RELATED WORDS. THEY DID FOUR SEPARATE STUDIES AND FOUND THAT ACROSS THE BOARD, PARTICIPANTS EXPOSED TO THE CONCEPT OF MONEY WERE MORE LIKELY TO DEMONSTRATE UNETHICAL DECISIONS. WHAT KINDS OF DECISIONS? BEING WILLING TO STEAL PAPER FROM THE OFFICE BECAUSE THEY RAN OUT AT HOME, OR TO HIRE AN EMPLOYEE THAT IS WILLING TO SHARE INSIDER INFORMATION ON HIS OR HER FORMER COMPANY. --STACEY ON CAMERA-- AND IF SOMEONE THOUGHT THEY MIGHT WIN MONEY, THE TEST SHOWED THEY WERE WILLING TO LIE TO GET IT. DID RESEARCHERS SAY WHY THEY THINK THE EXPOSURE TO MONEY HAS THIS INFLUENCE ON PEOPLE? WE HAVE MORE NEWS COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR OF EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING...
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AND I'M PATRICK MCMURTRY... THERE'S LOTS TO COVER TODAY...TAISHA IS HERE TO TELL US ABOUT THAT...
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DEPUTIES BELIEVE WILLIAMS FIRED A ROUND FROM A GUN AND THEN PISTOL WHIPPED A MAN. THERE HAVE BEEN THREE HOME INVASIONS IN RAND SINCE MARCH. WILLIAMS IS EXPECTED TO BE EXTRADITED TO WEST VIRGINIA SOON.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS ANCHOR KERA MASHEK TALKED WITH SOME PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR EFFORTS TO STOP THE VIOLENCE. ...CRIMES COMMUNITY WATCH LEADER SYLVESTER SMITH IS DETERMINED TO STOP. SMITH SAYS IT'S BEEN A STRUGGLE TO GET PEOPLE HERE INVOLVED IN THE TOWN'S EFFORTS TO CURB CRIME. BUT WITH THE BIG TURNOUT AT MONDAY NIGHT'S MEETING, IT APPEARS THE TIDE IS TURNING. Chlorine Carter/Rand-We have to get our community back and save our children and let them know we have a nice place to live, and get it back to that. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS IT WILL ALSO CONTINUE INCREASED PATROLS IN THE AREA TO PREVENT CRIME. AND WITH SOME COOPERATION FROM THE TOWN, JUST MAYBE MORE COMMUNITY WATCH SIGNS LIKE THESE WILL START POPPING UP ACROSS RAND...LETTING CRIMINALS KNOW RESIDENTS HERE ARE WATCHING OUT FOR THEM. THE COMMUNITY WATCH GROUP MEETS EVERY THIRD MONDAY OF THE MONTH AT THE RAND COMMUNITY CENTER. THE GROUP HOPES LAST NIGHT'S MEETING IS A LAUNCHING PAD TO GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN ITS EFFORTS TO MAKE RAND SAFER.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER TAISHA WALKER HAS THE LATEST ... TAISHA ...
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INVESTIGATORS SAY HE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE PERSON WHO FIRED OFF FIVE ROUNDS OUTSIDE THE MALL, HITTING ANOTHER MAN IN THE ARM. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AROUND TWO YESTERDAY AFTERNOON . POLICE SAY THE VICTIM, 18 YEAR OLD TERRANCE BONNER, WAS DROPPING TWO WOMEN OFF AT THE MALL WHEN HIS CAR WAS SHOT AT FIVE TIMES. ONE OF THOSE BULLETS, HIT HIM IN THE FOREARM. INVESTIGATORS SAY FIVE MEN RAN FROM THE SCENE ... BUT THEY BELIEVE BURTON WAS THE ONLY SHOOTER. THAT AREA OF CLENDENIN STREET BETWEEN THE CIVIC CENTER AND THE MALL IS EXTREMELY BUSY, AND POLICE SAY THEY'RE THANKFUL NO ONE ELSE WAS HURT. "5951 i didn't expect that 224 I thought we was safe but now I don't know BONNER WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL SHORTLY AFTER THE SHOOTING. HE'S EXPECTED TO BE O-K. LIVE IN THE STUDIO, TAISHA WALKER FOR EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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MAYNARD IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING SHERIFF CRUM WHILE HE WAS SITTING IN HIS CRUISER. HIS ATTORNEY ARGUED HE DIDN'T ACT WITH PREMEDIATION. BUT THE MINGO COUNTY PROSECUTOR SAYS MAYNARD IS A FLIGHT RISK AND THE JUDGE AGREED. THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO START IN MINGO COUNTY OCTOBER 21ST.
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POLICE SAY THREE MEN STOLE COPPER WIRING FROM THE BIG SANDY SUPERSTORE ARENA, GOLDY'S AUTO AND THE FEDERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION SITE. THEY HAVE CAUGHT TWO OF THE SUSPECTS... BUT THEY NEED YOUR HELP TO CATCH THE THRID SUSPECT, CODY DONALD. MATT CHRISTUS WITH GOLDY'S AUTO SAYS THE THEFT SET BACK THEIR OPENING DATE. "They pulled copper wiring from saome of the light posts and things going up around the building and inside they took copper from there too. It's tough, does nothing but set us back." ANYBODY WITH INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP POLICE FIND CODY DONALD SHOULD CALL 911.
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THEY WERE PART OF A UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA MARCH AT ST. LOUIS-BASED PATRIOT COAL'S OFFICES. A U-S BANKRUPTCY COURT JUDGE HAS GIVEN PATRIOT THE GO-AHEAD TO CHANGE BENEFITS FOR RETIRED AND CURRENT MINERS. UNION LEADERS SAY PATRIOT WAS SET UP TO FAIL WHEN IT SPUN OFF FROM PEABODY ENERGY IN 2007. A SPOKESMAN FOR PEABODY CALLS THAT CLAIM A "MISGUIDED ATTEMPT TO REWRITE HISTORY."
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THE BOY WAS ABLE TO GRAB THE MAN AND GET HIM TO THE BANK THE MAN WAS TAKEN TO LOGAN GENERAL HOSPITAL...WHERE HE LATER DIED.
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NINE EMPLOYEES AND SOME OWNERS ARE ACCUSED OF EXPLOITING DOZENS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. U-S ATTORNEY LORETTA LYNCH SAYS THE DEFENDANTS FORCED THE IMMIGRANTS TO WORK 100-HOURS PER WEEK FOR MINIMAL PAY. LYNCH ALSO SAYS THE SUSPECTS FACE VARIOUS CHARGES INCLUDING IDENTITY THEFT . AUTHORITES SAY THIS WAS GOING ON FOR AT LEAST 13 YEARS.
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AND THAT SUPPORT HAS DECLINED NINE-PERCENTAGE POINTS SINCE MARCH. THE PEW RESEARCH CENTER FOUND 70-PERCENT OF AMERICANS OPPOSE ARMING THE SYRIAN OPPOSITION. THE PEW INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY OF LAST WEEK...MEANING SOME OF THOSE INTERVIEWS HAPPENED BEFORE THURSDAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT THE U-S WILL START ARMING THE REBELS. THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SAID SYRIA CROSSED A "RED LINE" BY USING CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAINST THE OPPOSITION.
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THIS IS THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF FEMALE ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES EVER SELECTED FOR A CLASS. THE GROUP WAS PICKED OUT OF MORE THAN SIX-THOUSAND APPLICANTS. NASA SAYS THE NEW CANDIDATES WILL HELP LEAD THE FIRST HUMAN MISSION TO AN ASTEROID, AND THEN TO MARS. THEY WILL REPORT FOR DUTY IN AUGUST AT NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN HOUSTON. AND SPEAKING OF MAKING HISTORY... THIS WEEK MARKS THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST U-S WOMAN IN SPACE. ON JUNE 16-TH 19-83, SALLY RIDE MADE HISTORY WHEN SHE RODE ABOARD THE SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER. RIDE WAS ACTUALLY THE SECOND WOMAN TO GO INTO SPACE. THE FIRST WAS VALENTINA TERESHKOVA
Return to Story IndexWHALE SHARK RIDER
THE SELF PROCLAIMED SHARK ENTHUSIAST-- JUMPED OFF THE BOAT.. AND ONTO THE BACK OF THE WHALE.. AND HELD ON- BRIEFLY. HE SAID HE FELT THE SHARK START TO PICK UP SPEED WHEN HE GRABBED ON.. AND NOT WANTING TO DISTRESS THE ANIMAL, HE LET GO. HE SAYS THE THE RIDE WAS INCREDIBLE. BY THE WAY, WHALE SHARKS EAT PLANKTON, SO THE GUY WASN'T IN DANGER OF BEING ITS NEXT MEAL. .
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Return to Story Index150TH! WV BIRTHDAY BUMP
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MORE THAN 70 QUILTERS WORKED ON IT. THE SQUARES ARE MADE FROM CIVIL WAR-ERA FABRIC AND EACH COUNTY IN THE STATE IS REPRESENTED BY AT LEAST ONE SQUARE. THE QUILT WILL JOIN THE WEST VIRGINIA STATE MUSEUM'S PERMANENT COLLECTION AT THE END OF THE YEAR. THE FIRST LADY ALSO ANNOUNCED THE WINNERS OF THE STATE'S 150TH BIRTHDAY ART CONTEST. STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER WEST VIRGINIA PUT THEIR TALENTS TO PAPER TO CELEBRATE THE MILESTONE. JUDGES PICKED FROM OVER A THOUSAND ENTRIES -- AND THE TOP THREE PICKS FROM KINDERGARTEN TO FIFTH GRADE WERE HONORED. FIRST PLACE WINNERS TOOK HOME KINDLES FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS.
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THE OFFICIAL PARTY STARTS THIS THURSDAY-- WITH A CONCERT AND THE FIRST OF THREE STRAIGHT NIGHTS OF FIREWORKS AT THE STATE CAPITOL. THE PARTY RUNS THROUGH SATURDAY WITH A CONCERT ON THE CAPITOL STEPS SATURDAY NIGHT BY COUNTRY ACTS "LONESTAR" AND "RONNIE MILSAP". YOU CAN EVEN CATCH A 3-D MOVIE EACH NIGHT. TROLLEYS WILL BE RUNNING FROM THE CIVIC CENTER AND LAIDLEY FIELD TO THE CAPITOL FROM 10 A-M TO 11:30 P-M.
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YOU CAN ALSO POST PICTURES ON OUR FACEBOOK WALL AND TWEET US TOO - JUST USE HASHTAG W-V ONE -FIFTY. WE'LL FEATURE THE BEST PICTURES THIS WEEK!
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OCHO CINCO SAYS AIDIOS TO THE SLAMMER...CHAD JOHNSON'S OUT OF JAIL A LITTLE EARLY...THAT STORY IN A COUPLE MINUTES.
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THE TECH GIANT SAYS ITS PLANNING TO SPEND FIVE-MILLION-DOLLARS TO WIPE PICTURES OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE FROM THE WEB. PART OF THE MONEY WILL GO TO ESTABLISHING CHILD-PROTECTION GROUPS. GOOGLE ALSO SAYS IT WILL DEVOTE ANOTHER TWO-MILLION TO RESEARCHING WAYS OF FINDING, REPORTING, AND ERASING CHILD PORN IMAGES.
Return to Story IndexGOVERNOR SPECIAL SESSION
THERE ARE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA ... ELECTING A NEW SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, AND PAYING FOR THE EXTRA SESSION. THE SESSION BEGINS AT NOON TODAY.
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THE OWNER OF "I-FITT 24" IS OPENING A SECOND LOCATION AT THE FORMER SITE OF IMPULSE NIGHT CLUB ON CAPTIAL STREET. IT WILL BE THE FIRST 24 HOUR GYM IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AND WILL OFFER TANNING, MASSAGES, AND A SMOOTHIE BAR. SOME IN THE COMMUNITY SAY IT'S A POSITIVE CHANGE TO THE ONCE TROUBLED AREA.
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BUT FIRST...HERE ARE TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS
Return to Story IndexOCHOCINCO RELEASED
LAST WEEK, A BROWARD COUNTY JUDGE SENTENCED JOHNSON TO 30-DAYS IN JAIL FOR A PROBATION VIOLATION AFTER HE SLAPPED HIS ATTORNEY ON THE BACK-SIDE DURING A COURT APPEARANCE. THE 35 YEAR-OLD FORMER WIDE-RECEIVER ONCE KNOWN AS OCHO-CINCO APOLOGIZED FOR HIS BEHAVIOR AND WAS RELEASED AFTER SERVING SEVEN-DAYS.
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THE TRACK TITLED, "OOH LA LA," DEBUTED ON RYAN SEACREST'S RADIO SHOW. THE SONG IS FEATURED ON THE SOUNDTRACK FOR "THE SMURFS 2." SPEARS' TWO SONS SEAN PRESTON AND JAYDEN MADE CAMEO APPEARANCEs IN THE VIDEO. THE GRAMMY-AWARD-WINNING SINGER IS WORKING ON HER EIGHTH STUDIO ALBUM.
Return to Story Index1M COPIES OF JAY Z ALBUM
HE'S MAKING MILLIONS AND CREATING BUZZ FOR HIS NEW ALBUM, EVEN BEFORE IT'S RELEASED. THE ARTIST HAS TEAMED UP WITH SAMSUNG TO PROMOTE HIS UPCOMING ALBUM "MAGNA CARTA, HOLY GRAIL." SAMSUNG IS GOING TO GIVE AWAY A MILLION COPIES TO GALAXY PHONE USERS BEFORE THE REST OF US CAN BUY IT ON JULY SEVENTH. COMING UP, PRESIDENT OBAMA DEFENDS HIS ADMINISTRATION'S DECISION TO SPY ON ORDINARY AMERICANS WE'LL HEAR HOW HE JUSTIFY'S THE ACTIONS IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES METEOROLOGIST DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING RETURNS.
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YOU'VE SEEN IT IN MOVIES AND IN REAL LIFE -- PEOPLE LYING, STEALING AND CHEATING JUST TO GET THEIR HANDS ON SOME OF THAT COLD HARD CASH. --VO-- IT TURNS OUT -- MANY OF US WOULD BE WILLING TO COMPROMISE OUR VALUES FOR SOME MONEY. RESEARCHERS AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH TESTED 324 PEOPLE BY SHOWING THEM IMAGES OF CURRENCY, OR ASKING THEM TO UNSCRAMBLE MONEY-RELATED WORDS. THEY DID FOUR SEPARATE STUDIES AND FOUND THAT ACROSS THE BOARD, PARTICIPANTS EXPOSED TO THE CONCEPT OF MONEY WERE MORE LIKELY TO DEMONSTRATE UNETHICAL DECISIONS. WHAT KINDS OF DECISIONS? BEING WILLING TO STEAL PAPER FROM THE OFFICE BECAUSE THEY RAN OUT AT HOME, OR TO HIRE AN EMPLOYEE THAT IS WILLING TO SHARE INSIDER INFORMATION ON HIS OR HER FORMER COMPANY. --STACEY ON CAMERA-- AND IF SOMEONE THOUGHT THEY MIGHT WIN MONEY, THE TEST SHOWED THEY WERE WILLING TO LIE TO GET IT. DID RESEARCHERS SAY WHY THEY THINK THE EXPOSURE TO MONEY HAS THIS INFLUENCE ON PEOPLE? WE HAVE MORE NEWS COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR OF EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING...
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Return to Story IndexOPEN 6 AND MORE PROBLEMS FOR THE PENTAGON, THIS TIME SOME FOOTBALL PLAYERS FROM THE NAVAL ACADEMY ARE ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.
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AND I'M PATRICK MCMURTRY... THERE'S LOTS TO COVER TODAY...TAISHA IS HERE TO TELL US ABOUT THAT...
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EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER TAISHA WALKER HAS THE LATEST ...TAISHA ...
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INVESTIGATORS SAY HE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE PERSON WHO FIRED OFF FIVE ROUNDS OUTSIDE THE MALL, HITTING ANOTHER MAN IN THE ARM. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AROUND TWO YESTERDAY AFTERNOON . POLICE SAY THE VICTIM, 18 YEAR OLD TERRANCE BONNER, WAS DROPPING TWO WOMEN OFF AT THE MALL WHEN HIS CAR WAS SHOT AT FIVE TIMES. ONE OF THOSE BULLETS, HIT HIM IN THE FOREARM. INVESTIGATORS SAY FIVE MEN RAN FROM THE SCENE ... BUT THEY BELIEVE BURTON WAS THE ONLY SHOOTER. THAT AREA OF CLENDENIN STREET BETWEEN THE CIVIC CENTER AND THE MALL IS EXTREMELY BUSY, AND POLICE SAY THEY'RE THANKFUL NO ONE ELSE WAS HURT. "5951 i didn't expect that 224 I thought we was safe but now I don't know BONNER WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL SHORTLY AFTER THE SHOOTING. HE'S EXPECTED TO BE O-K. LIVE IN THE STUDIO, TAISHA WALKER FOR EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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LEWIS WAS CONVICTED OF MANUFACTURING AND DELIVERING DRUGS. HE'S A BLACK MAN AT SIX FEET TALL AND WEIGHS ABOUT 200 POUNDS. LEWIS HAS SEVERAL TATTOOS, INCLUDING A STAR ON TOP OF HIS RIGHT HAND AND THE LETTERS B-S-H-G ACROSS HIS RIGHT FINGERS. HE HAS FU-BU ACROSS HIS LEFT FINGERS. IF YOU SEE HIM CALL 911.
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EWARD SNOWDEN -- THAT U-S WHISTLE-BLOWER LEAKER HOLED UP IN HONG KONG -- IS PROMISING EVEN MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS, WHILE HIS FATHER BEGS HIM TO STOP. ABC'S DEVIN DWYER IS IN WASHINGTON WITH THE LATEST. Lonnie Snowden Edward Snowden's father Devin Dwyer ABC News LENGTH: insert 1:24 / pkg 1:36 THE LATEST LEAK OF GOVERNMENT SECRETS HAS STUNNED THE G-8 ECONOMIC SUMMIT IN NORTHERN IRELAND. EDWARD SNOWDEN REVEALED TO THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER THAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT SPIED ON (GFX) "DIPLOMATIC TARGETS FROM ALL NATIONS" AND THEIR " SMARTPHONES" AT A MEETING OF WORLD LEADERS IN 2009. HE SAID THE U-S SPIED TOO, LISTENING IN ON CALLS BY RUSSIA'S PRESIDENT. IN AN INTERVIEW OVERNIGHT, PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID THE LEAKS MUST STOP. SOT Obama - "The case has been referred to the DOJ for criminal investigation." SOT Charlie Rose - "And possible extradition." SOT Obama - "And possible extradition. I will leave it up to them..." THE PRESIDENT SAID SECRET PROGRAMS THAT TRACK PHONE AND INTERNET DATA DO NOT TARGET EVERYDAY AMERICANS... INSISTING THAT SOME COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS MUST REMAIN CLASSIFIED. SOT/President Obama (courtesy: Charlie Rose) "We could not have carried out the Bin Laden raid if it was on the front page of the papers. I think everybody understands that." SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMS AS APPROVE, DESPITE THEIR ROLE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM. SNOWDEN -- WHO'S STILL HIDING IN HONG KONG -- SAYS HE'S DETERMINED TO REVEAL THE FULL EXTENT OF GOVERNMENT SPYING. IN AN ONLINE CHAT THROUGH THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER, HE WROTE (GFX) "THE U-S GOVERNMENT IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO COVER THIS UP BY JAILING OR MURDERING ME." MEANWHILE, SNOWDEN'S FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME MADE AN EMOTIONAL PLEA ON FOX NEWS FOR HIS SON TO STAND DOWN. SOT/Lonnie Snowden (courtesy: Fox News) "I just ask that you measure what you're gonna do and not release any more information." Tba Devin Dwyer, ABC News, Washington.
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. A FEMALE MIDSHIPMAN AT THE U-S NAVAL ACADEMY HAS ACCUSED THREE PLAYERS OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING HER. ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, THE FEMALE STUDENT DROPPED THE COMPLAINT LAST YEAR, BUT HAS SINCE REVIVED IT. RECENT HIGH-PROFILE CASES HAVE DRAWN ATTENTION TO THE HIGH NUMBER OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS IN THE U-S MILITARY. SOME OF THOSE CASES HAVE INVOLVED OFFICERS IN THE ARMY AND IN THE AIR FORCE.
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A DEFENSE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL SAYS WOMEN MAY BEGIN TRAINING FOR JOBS IN ARMY RANGER AND NAVY SEAL UNITS BY MID 2015. IN JANUARY, THEN-SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LEON PANETTA ORDERED ALL JOBS OPEN TO WOMEN UNLESS A SPECIFIC "EXCEPTION" WAS REQUESTED BY THE MILITARY SERVICES. SINCE THEN THE PENTAGON HAS BEEN WORKING ON PLANS TO IMPLEMENT THOSE ORDERS. IN 2012, THE ARMY OPENED OVER 14,000 POSITIONS TO WOMEN. THE LATEST MOVE COULD OPEN APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER 6,000 JOBS TO WOMEN IN THE ARMY.
Return to Story IndexGOOGLE CHILD PORN
THE TECH GIANT SAYS ITS PLANNING TO SPEND FIVE-MILLION-DOLLARS TO WIPE PICTURES OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE FROM THE WEB. PART OF THAT MONEY WILL GO TO ESTABLISHED CHILD-PROTECTION GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN PARTNERING WITH GOOGLE TO FIGHT THE PROBLEM. GOOGLE ALSO SAYS IT WILL DEVOTE ANOTHER TWO-MILLION DOLLARS TO RESEARCHING WAYS OF FINDING, REPORTING, AND ERASING CHILD PORN IMAGES. THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN SAYS ITS TIP LINE RECEIVED MORE THAN 17-MILLION IMAGES AND VIDEOS OF SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE IN 2011. THAT'S FOUR TIMES WHAT THE GROUP RECEIVED FOUR YEARS AGO.
Return to Story IndexGOVERNOR SPECIAL SESSION
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FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, RICK THOMPSON, HAS TAKEN A POSITION AS THE VETERANS ASSISTANCE SECRETARY. THE SESSION BEGINS AT NOON TODAY.
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"You are stealing democracy from this community, you stole democracy and i'm going to get it back" ROBERT WELLS ACCUSED SEVERAL VOTERS AND MAYOR BILL PAULEY OF VOTER AND ELECTION FRAUD AND USING PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR PERSONAL GAIN. WELLS WAS A CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR.... HE LOST. VOTERS WHO CAME OUT TO THE MEETING SAY THEY HOPE THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE WILL INVESTIGATE THE ALLEGATIONS. "My outcome would be to see that this election was done correctly, that there was nothing done behind the scenes that was not suppose to be done and ultimatley see the city of marmet prosper" THE REASON FOR THE CHALLEGENED VOTES DEALS WITH ALLEGATIONS OF REGISTERED VOTERS NOT BEING ALLOWED TO VOTE...AND VOTERS FROM OUTSIDE OF THE AREA BEING ALLOWED TO VOTE.
Return to Story IndexI CLUB IMPULSE LATEST
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IT WILL BE THE FIRST 24 HOUR GYM IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AND WILL OFFER TANNING, MASSAGES, AND EVEN HAVE A SMOOTHIE BAR. CHARLES HOPES TO BRING POSITIVE THINGS TO THE ONCE TROUBLED AREA.
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THERE WILL BE A PRE SALE FOR MEMBERSHIPS NEXT WEDNESDAY, THE 26TH, OUTSIDE NEW LOCATION. CHARLES SAYS HE HOPES TO HAVE THE FITNESS CENTER OPEN BY THE END OF AUGUST.
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Return to Story IndexI CONSUMER EMPTY PROMISES
YOU COULD BE ON THE LOSING END OF EMPTY PROMISES. "I wanted to do something that could work around the schedules of all the kids cause everybody had different schedules and especially with the baby…." A SENTIMENT MANY PARENTS CAN RELATE TO. ALANA HOWELL, A SINGLE MOTHER WITH 4 CHILDREN, NEEDED TO SUPPLEMENT HER INCOME. "I was on the Internet looking for an online job and I got an email and it said they we're looking for representatives in this state to build a bigger business." ALANA WAS TOLD SHE WOULD BE PAID FOR DEPOSITING CHECKS THE COMPANY SENT HER… INTO HER ACCOUNT… THEN SENDING A PERCENTAGE BACK TO THE COMPANY. "I went to the bank, deposited the checks (they sent me two checks) totaling almost $4-thousand dollars. About 3 days later - received note saying they're fraudulent checks and I was now in a hole." ALANA NOW OWES THE BANK MORE THAN $3-THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THINGS HAVE ONLY GOTTEN WORSE. "I'm still stuck in a problem with the bank and my credit is going down and it's hard for me to pay that back because I have other bills I'm taking care of… really, really tough, it makes me feel terrible and vulnerable. After a while I felt kind of silly, and I think why did I do that? But I didn't know." "Keep in mind these people are sophisticated. They do this a lot." LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYS THIS TYPE OF SCAM IS ON THE RISE. SUSPECTS ARE SENDING OUT THOUSANDS OF FAKE CHECKS AND TRYING TO BEAT THE SYSTEM. "The scam artist is counting on the bank releasing the money or you having sufficient funds in your account to cover the expense check back to the scam artist. You don't discover the check is going to bounce until after you've wired or sent the money back to the scam artist." VICTIMS ARE THEN RESPONSIBLE TO THE BANK FOR THE FRAUDULENT CHECK AMOUNTS DEPOSITED. ALANA IS ANGRY. "I'm a single Mom I'm already struggling it as it is… taking care of what I need to take care of… and then you have people taking away from you and you're trying to make better for you and your family." ALANA IS STILL STRUGGLING IN HER DISPUTE WITH HER BANK. SHE HAS A RED FLAG ON HER BANKING ACCOUNT, WHICH WILL NOT ALLOW HER TO OPEN ANY OTHER BANKING ACCOUNTS IN OTHER CITIES AND STATES. STILL AHEAD... 20-12 IS PROVING TO BE ONE OF THE COSTLIEST WEATHER YEARS ON RECORD... MORE ON THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING CONTINUES
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FROM SUPERSTORM SANDY -- TO THE NUMEROUS WILDFIRES -- TO THE DEVASTATING DROUGHT -- WEATHER AND CLIMATE DISASTERS CAUSED MORE THAN 110-BILLION-DOLLARS IN DAMAGES LAST YEAR. ACCORDING TO INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER, 2012 WAS ONE OF THE COSTLIEST YEARS ON RECORD. THE RED CROSS HAS TURNED AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA INTO AN EVACUATION SHELTER. A WILDFIRE IN MARIPOSA COUNTY CAUSED THE EVACUATIONS -- FORCING ABOUT 19 PEOPLE TO CALL THE SCHOOL A TEMPORARY HOME. THE CARSTENS FIRE HAS BURNED MORE THAN 900 ACRES AND IS ONLY 15-PERCENT CONTAINED.
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THE MONSOON FURY HAS TAKEN IT'S TOLL ACROSS NORTHERN INDIA. BUILDINGS HAVE COLLAPSED -- AND ROADS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY HEAVY RAINS. THIRTEEN PEOPLE HAVE DIED AND DOZENS HAVE BEEN LEFT STRANDED AFTER THE SUDDEN RISE IN WATER.
Return to Story IndexBIRTHDAY INTRO
BUT FIRST, HERE ARE TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS
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AN ARREST WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR 19 YEAR OLD SHAQUILLE BURTON. INVESTIGATORS HAVE POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED HIM AS THE PERSON WHO FIRED OFF FIVE ROUNDS, HITTING ANOTHER MAN IN THE ARM. THEY BELIEVE THE VICTIM WAS TARGETED.
Return to Story IndexRAND ARREST
19-YEAR-OLD TEVIN CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS TURNED HIMSELF IN FOLLOWING LAST WEDNESDAY'S HOME INVASION AND ROBBERY ON ELAINE DRIVE. DEPUTIES SAY HE FIRED A ROUND FROM A GUN AND THEN PISTOL WHIPPED A MAN . HE AWAITS EXTRADITION TO WEST VIRGINIA.
Return to Story IndexMAYNARD BAIL
TENNIS MAYNARD ASKED A JUDGE TO SET HIS BOND, BUT THE JUDGE DENIED THAT REQUEST BECAUSE HE'S A FLIGHT RISK. MAYNARD IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING SHERIFF CRUM WHILE HE WAS SITTING IN HIS CRUISER. THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO START IN MINGO COUNTY OCTOBER 21ST.
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THAT WILL DO IT FOR US... HAVE A GREAT DAY.
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KRISTIN LIVE CODING JENIFER CODING PATRICK CODING DOUG CODING
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IS THERE A CRIME PROBLEM IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON? THIS MORNING WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT A BRUTAL ROBBERY THAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT.
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POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR TWO YOUNG BLACK MEN WHO HELD-UP A 65 YEAR OLD MAN AT GUNPOINT, ABDUCTED HIM, AND BEAT HIM FOR MONEY.
Return to Story IndexTS2 RITTER FOUNTAIN THEY SAY HE ALSO HIT OTHER CARS IN THE PROCESS. HE WAS ARRESTED A SHORT TIME LATER.
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