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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. OPEN 1
THE REPUBLICAN RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE CONTINUES...TWO CAUCUSES AND A NEARBY VISIT FROM NEWT GINGRICH TO TELL YOU ABOUT. 
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WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING. IT'S TUESDAY FEBRUARY 7th. DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.
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MEANWHILE MISSOURI HOLDS A PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY. THE THREE RACES MEAN A LOT OF MOMENTUM FOR THE CANDIDATE THAT CAN SECURE ALL THREE. SEVENTY DELEGATES ARE UP FOR GRABS TODAY IN THE FIRST CYCLE OF MULTIPLE CONTESTS. WHILE RICK SANTORUM HAS BEEN PRESSING HIS RIVALS HARD -- WHILE NEWT GINGRICH IS SPENDING TODAY IN OHIO -- LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR SUPER TUESDAY IN MARCH.
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RIVAL NEWT GINGRICH PRAISED SANTORUM'S STRATEGY AS SHREWD EVEN AS HE SIGNALED HE HAD NO INTEREST IN EXITING A FOUR-WAY RACE THAT ALSO INCLUDES RON PAUL. SANTORUM HAS PELTED ROMNEY AND NEWT GINGRICH FOR WEEKS. IN A SIGN THAT HIS FRONT-RUNNING CAMPAIGN IS GROWING CONCERNED, ROMNEY HAS BEEN INCREASING HIS CRITICISM OF SANTORUM. MISSOURI REPUBLICANS ARE ALSO HOLDING A PRIMARY, BUT IT'S LARGELY COSMETIC BECAUSE NO DELEGATES WILL BE AWARDED BASED ON THE VOTING.
Return to Story IndexHOEKSTRA AD CONTROVERSY
IT'S FROM FORMER MICHIGAN CONGRESSMAN, REPUBLICAN PETE HOEKSTRA "thank you, michigan senator debbie spenditnow. Debbie spend so much american money. You borrow more and more from us. Your economy get very weak. Ours get very good. We take your jobs. Thank you, debbie spenditnow. I think this race for u-s senate is between debbie spenditnow and pete spenditnot. I'm pete 'spenditnot' hoekstra, and i approve this message." HE'S RUNNING FOR U.S. SENATE AGAINST INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT DEBBIE STABENOW. THE AD RAN DURING THE SUPER BOWL IN MICHIGAN T-V MARKETS. A GROUP OF DETROIT BAPTIST MINISTERS WANT HOEKSTRA TO APOLOGIZE AND PULL THE AD BECAUSE IT'S STEREOTYPING ASIANS. HOEKSTRA HAS NO INTENTION OF BACKING DOWN, SAYING "THE ONLY STEREOTYPING IS OF LIBERAL DEMOCRATS AND THEIR SPENDING POLICIES." REPORTING LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM, ABA, EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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IT'S NOW HEADED TO THE HOUSE FOR A VOTE. MONDAY, THE SENATE PASSED THE BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW POLICE TO PULL YOU OVER FOR DRIVING AND TEXTING AND GIVE YOU A TICKET. TALKING AND DRIVING WOULD BE A LESSER OFFENSE-- SIMILAR TO THE LAW ON SEATBELTS. 35 STATES HAVE ALREADY HAVE SIMILAR LAWS.
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THIS 'APP' DENIES YOU ACCESS TO TEXT MESSAGES AND E-MAIL WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING MORE THAN 15-MILES PER HOUR. THE DOWNLOAD IS FREE, BUT THE ACCOUNT COSTS ABOUT 9-DOLLARS A MONTH. THE DEVELOPMENT COMES ON THE HEELS OF A DAUNTING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORT-- SHOWING NEARLY 55-HUNDRED PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN 2009 DUE TO DISTRACTION BEHIND THE WHEEL -- MUCH OF IT ATTRIBUTED TO TEXTING.
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33-YEAR-OLD CRYSTAL CLARK WAS SENTENCED TO 40 YEARS IN PRISON. SHE PLEAD GUILTY TO SECOND DEGREE MURDER LAST MONTH. CLARK SHOT AND KILLED HER HUSBAND, DAVID, LAST APRIL AND RAN OFF TO TENNESSEE WITH THEIR 13-MONTH OLD DAUGHTER.
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JEREMY LANE PLEAD NOT GUILTY AND THE JUDGE SET BOND AT 100 THOUSAND DOLLARS. LANE'S TRIAL IS SET FOR APRIL. .
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THE MAYOR OF THE TOWN SAYS THE VICTIMS NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, BUT WOULD ONLY SAY THE MAN LIVED IN HURRICANE. HERE'S ONE YOU DON'T HEAR EVERY DAY....PUTNAM COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY A GUY BROKE INTO A CONVIENANCE STORE, WRAPPED A CHAIN AROUND AN ATM AND TOOK 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., 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. SURPRISINGLY, HUDDLESTON CAME BACK. HUDDLESTON WAS CHARGED WITH BREAKING AND ENTERING AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.
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CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTED 18-6, TO REDUCE THE POLICE FORCE FROM 173 TO 163. THE RESPONSE TO EMERGENCY CALLS WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED, BUT IT WOULD AFFECT THE DETECTIVE, TRAFFIC AND COMMUNITY SERVICE DIVISIONS. THE CUTS WERE AGREED ON, TO HELP STABILIZE THE DEPLETING PENSION FUND.
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ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES HAS DECIDED TO CUT BACK ON COAL PRODUCTION AND IDLE SOME MINES IN WEST VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY. IT WILL COST 320 JOBS. VIRGINIA BASED ALPHA HAS OVER 180 MINES AND PROCESSING PLANTS IN FIVE STATES.
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THE WEST VIRGINIA SCHOLAR PROGRAM, THROUGH WEST VIRGINIA WESLELYAN IS OPEN TO ALL HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. SEVERAL AWARDS WILL BE GIVEN OUT THROUGH THIS PROGRAM... THE TOP PRIZE BEING FULL TUITION, FEES AND ROOM AND BOARD FOR FOUR YEARS AT THE SCHOOL. THE DEADLINE IS APRIL 8th... WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED THIS SUMMER.
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THE UNIVERSITY TURN 145! STUDENT, FACULTY AND STAFF WILL GET FREE CAKE AND DISCOUNTS AT THE MOUNTAINLAIR ALL DAY TODAY. THE SCHOOL WAS BORN ON FEB. 7, 1867 FROM THE MORRILL LAND-GRANT COLLEGE ACT OF 1862. A YEAR AND A HALF LATER, THE STATE LEGISLATURE VOTED TO ACCEPT A GRANT OF LAND TOTALING 150,000 ACRES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. FUNDS FROM THE SALE OF THIS LAND WERE USED TO ESTABLISH WVU.
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THERE'S A SPECIAL DAY COMING UP... NEXT TUESDAY-- VALENTINES. ARE YOU PLANNING TO BREAK THE BANK... OR PLAY IT ON THE 'CHEAP' SIDE? NEW DETAILS FROM TERRIBLE TRAGEDY THAT TOOK THE LIVES OF A MISSING WOMAN'S YOUNG CHILDREN AND HER HUSBAND. METEOROLOGIST DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING RETURNS.
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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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JOSH POWELL HAS LEFT HIS COMMUNITY AND FAMILY COPING WITH THIS ALL WHILE STILL QUESTIONS REMAIN ON WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPEN TO THE CHILDREN'S MOTHER. ABC NEWS ROB NELSON HAS MORE. IT'S AN HORRIFIC CRIME THAT HAS LEFT SO MANY WONDERING HOW IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. SOT - DEBBIE CALDWELL, FORMER BABYSITTER TO JOSH POWELL'S SONS "I was afraid that if it came to it, the only way he could win this sick game was to kill them." EVEN MORE DISTURBING DETAILS HAVE NOW EMERGED POLICE SAY JOSH POWELL TRIED TO KILL HIS 7 YEAR OLD SON CHARLES AND 5 YEAR OLD BRADEN WITH A HATCHET BEFORE THE FIRE COULD TAKE THEIR LIVES. SOT PIO INTV - I don't know if intent was to try and put them out before the fire but he didn't do a very good job of it. POWELL WAS THE PRIME SUSPECT IN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF HIS WIFE. THE BOYS WERE TAKEN TO POWELL'S HOME ON SUNDAY BY A CASE WORKER FOR A COURT ORDERED VISITATION. POLICE SAY HE LOCKED THE CASEWORKER OUT, AND IGNITED TWO CANS OF GASOLINE SPARKING AN EXPLOSIVE FIREBALL THAT LEVELED THE HOUSE KILLING BOTH BOYS AND POWELL. THERE WERE ALSO SIGNS HE HAD BEEN CAREFULLY PLANNING HIS FINAL ACT: HE DONATED THE KIDS TOYS TO A LOCAL CHARITY OVER THE WEEKEND AND SENT GOOD-BYE EMAILS TO SEVERAL PEOPLE.. SOT - CHUCK COX "he's disturbed. He's just disturbed. The act that he did was cowardly." SUSAN POWELL'S PARENTS, CHUCK AND JUDY COX, SAY THEIR GRANDSONS HAD RECENTLY STARTED REMEMBERING *MORE* ABOUT WHAT HAPPEN ON THE NIGHT IN 2009 WHEN THEIR MOTHER VANISHED SOT - CHUCK COX t Braden said that's daddy, that's Charlie and that's me and then he said we' ll Mommy's in the trunk" SOT - Ed Troyer / Sheriff's Dept "We've heard the rumors out there and the talk of what the kids were saying and the kids are evidence in this thing, and the kids are gone." THE ANSWERS TO THEIR MOTHER'S DISAPPEARANCE... MAY HAVE DIED WITH THEM. ROB NELSON, ABC NEWS.. NEW YORK
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AND HOW MUCH ARE YOU PLANNING ON SPENDING ON VALENTINE'S DAY? ATISH JOINS US NOW WITH SOME STORIES MAKING BUSINESS NEWS THIS MORNING.
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THE TWO COMPANIES SAY THEY PLAN TO LAUNCH A VIDEO STREAMING SERVICE IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR. THE SERVICE IS EXPECTED TO OFFER "SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES AND MORE," AND IT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON MULTIPLE PLATFORMS LIKE SMARTPHONES, TABLETS AND T-VS. THE NEW SERVICE IS EXPECTED TO BE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE, NOT JUST VERIZON CUSTOMERS.
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REPORTS SAY THE ONLINE MERCHANT WHO TURNED BRICK-AND-MORTAR RETAILING ON ITS HEAD MAY OPEN A STORE IN SEATTLE. IT WILL BE A TEST TO SEE IF A CHAIN OF STORES SELLING HIGHER-END MERCHANDISE WOULD BE PROFITABLE.
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TELL THAT TO THE AMERICANS WHO WILL SHELL OUT AN ESTIMATED 17-POINT-SIX BILLION DOLLARS THIS VALENTINE'S DAY. A SURVEY BY THE NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION PREDICTS THE AVERAGE PERSON PLANS TO 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.
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MARSHALL, MEANWHILE, WILL LOOK TO FIND A LITTLE SUNSHINE THIS WEEK...MARK MARTIN IS HERE NOW WITH A LOOK AT SPORTS, ON EYEWITNESS NEWS...
Return to Story IndexNATURALIZATION CEREMONY
56 PEOPLE FROM 31 COUNTRIES TOOK THE OATH OF CITIZENSHIP YESTERDAY. TO BECOME A U.S. CITIZEN, YOU MUST LIVE IN AMERICA FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS.. OR BE MARRIED TO AN AMERICAN CITIZEN AND LIVE HERE FOR THREE YEARS. NEW CITIZENS MUST ALSO KNOW HOW TO READ, SPEAK AND WRITE THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND PASS A TEST ON AMERICAN HISTORY. SENATOR JOE MANCHIN WAS ALSO IN ATTENDANCE AND THE HONORABLE JOESEPH GOODWIN PRESIDED OVER THE CEREMONY.
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NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TEXING AND DRIVING BILL... THE VOTES ARE COMING IN... SEE HOW IT COULD AFFECT YOU AND YOUR HABITS. BUT FIRST, THE SEARCH FOR LITTLE ALIAYAH LUNSFORD GETS A MAJOR PUSH...FIND OUT WHICH LEADING EXPERT'S GOING TO HELP OUT. METEOROLOGIST DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING RETURNS.
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WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING. IT'S TUESDAY FEBRUARY 7th. DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.
Return to Story IndexALIAYAH SEARCH
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER LESLIE RUBIN HAS MORE FROM WESTON WHERE A SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM JUST ARRIVED... THEIR CALLED "PPP RECOVERY" AND ARE MADE UP OF EX LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND THOSE WITH EXTENSIVE HISTORIES IN FINDING MISSING PEOPLE. NOW THEIR MISSION IS TO FIND ALIAYAH LUNSFORD... TAKE VO THE NON PROFIT GROUP WAS CALLED IN BY ALIAYAH'S EXTENDED FAMILY. THE GROUP ALSO ANNOUNCED MONDAY THAT, ON TOP OF THE 20-THOUSAND-DOLLAR REWARD OFFERED BY THE F-B-I, THEY ARE ALSO OFFERING A REWARD, BUT WON'T SPECIFY AN AMOUNT. SEVERAL DOZEN VOLUNTEERS SEARCHED AREAS OF LEWIS COUNTY ON MONDAY, AND THE GROUP IS ALSO WORKING TO DISTINGUISH FACT FROM FICTION IN THE CASE AND GET THE FAMILY SOME ANSWERS. THEY'VE SET UP A HEADQUARTERS AT THE F-O-E LODGE IN WESTON AND WILL BE IN TOWN FOR A WEEK... TAKE SOT SEARCH EFFORTS WILL RESUME THIS MORNING. THEY'RE ASKING FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO VOLUNTEER TO COME TO THE FOE LODGE OFF OF ROUTE 33.. REPORTING IN THE NEWSROOM..LESLIE RUBIN...EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING.
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CHIEF CIRCUIT JUDGE DUKE BLOOM ORDERED CHIEF MAGISTRATE TRACI CARPER STRICKLAND TO TAKE OVER FOR WARD HARSHBARGER. HARSHBARGER HAS BEEN IN THE NEWS AFTER USING SOME FRANK LANGUAGE ABOUT SEXTING AT A ST. ALBAN'S HIGH SCHOOL ASSEMBLY WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO FOCUS ON TRUANCY. HARSHBARGER WILL RETURN TO THE REGULAR MAGISTRATE ROTATION.
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POLICE SAY THEY GOT TIPS FROM A DOCTOR AND PHARMACISTS ACROSS THE AREA. "" MCKULL WELCOME AND COREY SMARR OF KANAWHA COUNTY WERE ARRESTED YESTERDAY EVENING... SMARR IS CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY AND POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DELIVER... WELCOME IS CARGED WITH PRESCRIPTION FRAUD AND POSSESSION. POLICE CAUGHT UP WITH THE COUPLE AT THE BARBOURSVILLE WAL-MART. POLICE SAY THEY FOUND PRESCRIPTION PILLS AND MARIJUANA IN THE CAR. BOTH SMARR AND WELCOME FACE A JUDGE FEBRUARY 16TH.
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23-YEAR-OLD SAMANTHA SWINEY OF CLENDENIN, AND 35-YEAR-OLD JEFFREY BURDETTE OF CHARLESTON WERE ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTING TO MAKE METH. THE POLICE DOG FOUND ITEMS USED TO MAKE THE DRUG AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF FINISHED PRODUCT IN THE CAR. WAYNE COUNTY NOW HAS A NEW TOOL TO HELP FIGHT CRIME AND DRUG ABUSE. IT'S A DRUG COURT PROGRAM. A CEREMONY IN JUDGE DARRELL PRATT'S COURTROOM TO SIGN THE OFFICIAL ORDER TO KICK IT OFF YESTERDAY. LAST YEAR... THE 25 DRUG COURTS IN WEST VIRGINIA SAVED THE STATE 31 MILLION DOLLARS. THE PROGRAM WILL LAST 18- MONTHS FOR ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS... WHO ARE NON-VIOLENT... FIRST-TIME OFFENDERS AND MEET OTHER CRITERIA.
Return to Story IndexI GOP PRIMARIES
MEANWHILE MISSOURI HOLDS A PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY. THE THREE RACES MEAN A LOT OF MOMENTUM FOR THE CANDIDATE THAT CAN SECURE ALL THREE. SEVENTY DELEGATES ARE UP FOR GRABS TODAY IN THE FIRST CYCLE OF MULTIPLE CONTESTS. WHILE RICK SANTORUM HAS BEEN PRESSING HIS RIVALS HARD -- WHILE NEWT GINGRICH IS SPENDING TODAY IN OHIO -- LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR SUPER TUESDAY IN MARCH.
Return to Story IndexGOP PRIMARIES
RIVAL NEWT GINGRICH PRAISED SANTORUM'S STRATEGY AS SHREWD EVEN AS HE SIGNALED HE HAD NO INTEREST IN EXITING A FOUR-WAY RACE THAT ALSO INCLUDES RON PAUL. SANTORUM HAS PELTED ROMNEY AND NEWT GINGRICH FOR WEEKS. IN A SIGN THAT HIS FRONT-RUNNING CAMPAIGN IS GROWING CONCERNED, ROMNEY HAS BEEN INCREASING HIS CRITICISM OF SANTORUM. MISSOURI REPUBLICANS ARE ALSO HOLDING A PRIMARY, BUT IT'S LARGELY COSMETIC BECAUSE NO DELEGATES WILL BE AWARDED BASED ON THE VOTING.
Return to Story IndexHOEKSTRA AD CONTROVERSY
IT'S FROM FORMER MICHIGAN CONGRESSMAN, REPUBLICAN PETE HOEKSTRA "thank you, michigan senator debbie spenditnow. Debbie spend so much american money. You borrow more and more from us. Your economy get very weak. Ours get very good. We take your jobs. Thank you, debbie spenditnow. I think this race for u-s senate is between debbie spenditnow and pete spenditnot. I'm pete 'spenditnot' hoekstra, and i approve this message." HE'S RUNNING FOR U.S. SENATE AGAINST INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT DEBBIE STABENOW. THE AD RAN DURING THE SUPER BOWL IN MICHIGAN T-V MARKETS. A GROUP OF DETROIT BAPTIST MINISTERS WANT HOEKSTRA TO APOLOGIZE AND PULL THE AD BECAUSE IT'S STEREOTYPING ASIANS. HOEKSTRA HAS NO INTENTION OF BACKING DOWN, SAYING "THE ONLY STEREOTYPING IS OF LIBERAL DEMOCRATS AND THEIR SPENDING POLICIES." REPORTING LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM, ABA, EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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IT'S NOW HEADED TO THE HOUSE FOR A VOTE. MONDAY, THE SENATE PASSED THE BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW POLICE TO PULL YOU OVER FOR DRIVING AND TEXTING AND GIVE YOU A TICKET. TALKING AND DRIVING WOULD BE A LESSER OFFENSE. 35 STATES HAVE ALREADY BANNED TEXTING WHILE DRIVING.
Return to Story IndexDISTRACTED DRIVER APP
THE APP WILL DENY PEOPLE ACCESS TO TEXT MESSAGES AND E-MAIL... WHILE THEY ARE MOVING FASTER THAN FIFTEEN-MILES-PER-HOUR -- COURTESY OF G-P-S. THE DOWNLOAD IS FREE AND THE ACCOUNT COSTS ROUGHLY NINE BUCKS A MONTH.
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THE SHOCKING STORY OF AN AFFAIR IN THE WHITE HOUSE... HEAR WHAT THIS FORMER INTERN SAYS HAPPENED WITH A PRESIDENT. AND MORE IRANIAN WAR GAMES... THE LATEST ON THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AS THE OBAMA WHITE HOUSE ORDERS NEW SANCTIONS. METEOROLOGIST DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING RETURNS.
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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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PLUS THE VIOLENCE IN SYRIA CONTINUES -- PROMPTING THE UNITED STATES TO ACTION. ATISH JOINS US NOW WITH A LOOK YOUR INTERNATIONAL NEWS HEADLINES.
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AS THE URGENCY OF FINDING A DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION TO THE TENSIONS INCREASES. MORE IRANIAN WAR GAMES AS THE WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN TEHRAN AND TEL AVIV CONTINUES. IN WASHINGTON AN ATTEMPT TO LOWER THE HEAT OF THE RHETORIC AND USE NON-MILITARY MEANS TO PRESSURE IRAN TO GIVE UP ITS NUCLEAR AMBITIONS. PRESIDENT OBAMA SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ON SUNDAY TIGHTENING SANCTIONS, FREEZING IRANIAN ASSETS IN THE UNITED STATES AND LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR ENFORCING SANCTIONS ON IRAN'S CENTRAL BANK. MEANWHILE ISRAEL'S HARDLINE FOREIGN MINISTER AVIGDOR LIEBERMAN WAS ON CAPITOL HILL TODAY TO TALK ABOUT IRAN. ISRAELIS FEEL WASHINGTON DOES NOT FEEL THE SAME URGENCY AS THEY DO. "THOSE PEOPLE WILL STOP AT NOTHING. AND ONCE THEY HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON WE WILL BE LIVING IN AN IMPOSSIBLY UGLY AND DANGEROUS WORLD." THE WHITE HOUSE PUSHED BACK ON ANY NOTION THAT THERE IS A DIVIDE BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND TEL AVIV. CARNEY says: "Our level of cooperation with Israel militarily and intelligence matters has never been higher, we've made that point repeatedly because i think it demonstrates this country's commitment to Israel's security." THE FORMER US MILITARY COMMANDER ONCE IN CHARGE OF US PLANNING IN THE EVENT OF A STRIKE AGAINST IRAN SAYS TALK OF A MILITARY STRIKE IS SHORTSIGHTED. ADMIRAL WILLIAM FALLON LOST HIS JOB AS THE HEAD OF CENTRAL COMMAND WHEN HE QUESTIONED THE WISDOM OF STRIKING IRAN IN AN INTERVIEW WITH ESQUIRE MAGAZINE AT THE END OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION. FALLON says: "So you strike and then what? What happens then? step 2, step 3 step 4? Where does this go? What are the outcomes? What do you think you can really achieve?" THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER REPORTEDLY TOLD HIS CABINET TO QUIT THE QUOTE "CHITCHAT" ABOUT IRAN - JUST DAYS AFTER ISRAEL'S DEFENSE MINISTER WARNED THAT THOSE WHO WANT TO WAIT MAY FIND THAT "LATER IS TOO LATE."
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THE AMBASSADOR AND 17 STAFFERS WERE TOLD TO SHUT DOWN OPERATIONS IN DAMASCUS YESTERDAY. 54-HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED SINCE SYRIA'S GOVERNMENTAL CRACKDOWN. THE DAMASCUS BOMBINGS IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY ARE RAISING CONCERN WITHIN THE WHITE HOUSE THAT THE EMBASSY WAS NOT SUFFICIENTLY PROTECTED FROM ARMED ATTACK.
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BLOOMBERG'S JANE KING, AT THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE WITH THAT AND FORECLOSURE TALKS CONTINUE, IN THIS MORNING'S BLOOMBERG BUSINESS REPORT.
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MARY SNOW HAS THE BACK STORY ON HOW A WHITE HOUSE INTERN GOT A FRONT SEAT TO HISTORY. HER NAME IS MIMI BEARDSLEY ALFORD. AND THE 69-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER WRITES IN A NEW BOOK, "ONCE UPON A SECRET," THAT SHE BEGAN AN 18-MONTH AFFAIR WITH PRESIDENT KENNEDY IN THE SUMMER OF 1962. FOUR DAYS AFTER STARTING AS A WHITE HOUSE INTERN, SHE SAYS SHE MET THE PRESIDENT IN THE WHITE HOUSE SWIMMING POOL AFTER BEING INVITED BY A PRESIDENTIAL AIDE. "THE PRESIDENT SLID INTO THE POOL AND FLOATED UP TO ME, SHE WRITES. IT'S MIMI, ISN'T IT? HE SAID. YES SIR. I SAID. MIMI BEARDSLEY. AND YOU'RE IN THE PRESS OFFICE THIS SUMMER, RIGHT? YES SIR, I AM, I REPLIED." IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH NBC, ALFORD SAYS SHE DIDN'T CONSIDER THE INVITATION UNUSUAL. "But it really didn't seem unnatural, just because everyone was friendly, and I went back to work afterwards." "You just dried off and went back to work and nobody blinked?" "No, no one said anything." LATER THAT DAY ALFORD SAID SHE HAD SEX -- FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HER LIFE -- WITH THE 45 YEAR OLD PRESIDENT, IN MRS. KENNEDY'S BEDROOM. SHE CLAIMS SHE STAYED OVER AT THE WHITE HOUSE ON MANY OCCASIONS, AS MRS. KENNEDY WAS AWAY THAT SUMMER. "DO WHAT YOU WANT..THE PRESIDENT WOULD SAY TO ME. YOU CAN GO HOME OR YOU CAN STAY." ALFORD CLAIMS TO HAVE TRAVELED WITH THE PRESIDENT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND WRITES THAT AFTER RETURNING TO COLLEGE, SHE WAS FLOWN TO WASHINGTON. AND THAT INCLUDES A VISIT, SHE CLAIMS, IN OCTOBER OF 1962, DURING THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS. THE LAST TIME, SHE SAYS, SHE SAW THE PRESIDENT WAS ON NOVEMBER 15TH AT THE CARLYLE HOTEL IN NEW YORK -- JUST DAYS BEFORE HE WAS ASSASSINATED. "HE TOOK ME IN HIS ARMS FOR A LONG EMBRACE AND SAID I WISH YOU WERE COMING WITH ME TO TEXAS. AND THEN HE ADDED..I'LL CALL YOU WHEN I GET BACK." ALFORD SAYS SHE REMINDED THE PRESIDENT SHE WAS TO BE MARRIED IN JUST MONTHS, BUT SAYS HE TOLD HER HE'D CALL HER REGARDLESS. THE ONE PERSON MIMI MENTIONS WHO KNEW ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP WAS AN AIDE NAMED DAVE POWERS. BUT WHATEVER HE KNEW, HE TOOK TO THE GRAVE, DYING IN 1998. MIMI BEARDSLEY ALFORD FIRST SPOKE OF THE AFFAIR IN 2003, ISSUING A STATEMENT AFTER BEING TRACKED DOWN BY A NEW YORK DAILY NEWS REPORTER. IT CAME AFTER HISTORIAN ROBERT DALLEK WROTE THAT IT WAS RUMORED PRESIDENT KENNEDY HAD AN AFFAIR WITH A YOUNG INTERN. AND THEN THERE'S THIS ACCOUNT FROM A WHITE HOUSE PRESS AIDE DURING THE KENNEDY YEARS, FOUND AT THE KENNEDY LIBRARY. IT'S A TRANSCRIPT FROM 1964 IN WHICH SHE TALKS ABOUT MIMI HAVING A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH PRESIDENT KENNEDY. SHE TALKS ABOUT THE PRESS INQUIRING WHY MIMI WAS ON PRESIDENTIAL TRIPS, AND SHE TALKS ABOUT GIRLS IN THE WHITE HOUSE GOING SWIMMING WITH THE PRESIDENT AND DAVE POWERS.
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W-V-U CELEBRATES A BIG BIRTHDAY... COMMEMORATING DECADES OF EDUCATION... AND ONCE CRAZY WAY TO TRY AND RIP-OFF AN A-T-M MACHINE.. METEOROLOGIST DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING RETURNS.
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THE REPUBLICAN RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE CONTINUES...TWO CAUCUSES AND A NEARBY VISIT FROM NEWT GINGRICH TO TELL YOU ABOUT.
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WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING. IT'S TUESDAY FEBRUARY 7th. DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.
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MEANWHILE MISSOURI HOLDS A PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY. THE THREE RACES MEAN A LOT OF MOMENTUM FOR THE CANDIDATE THAT CAN SECURE ALL THREE. SEVENTY DELEGATES ARE UP FOR GRABS TODAY IN THE FIRST CYCLE OF MULTIPLE CONTESTS. WHILE RICK SANTORUM HAS BEEN PRESSING HIS RIVALS HARD -- WHILE NEWT GINGRICH IS SPENDING TODAY IN OHIO -- LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR SUPER TUESDAY IN MARCH.
Return to Story IndexGOP PRIMARIES
RIVAL NEWT GINGRICH PRAISED SANTORUM'S STRATEGY AS SHREWD EVEN AS HE SIGNALED HE HAD NO INTEREST IN EXITING A FOUR-WAY RACE THAT ALSO INCLUDES RON PAUL. SANTORUM HAS PELTED ROMNEY AND NEWT GINGRICH FOR WEEKS. IN A SIGN THAT HIS FRONT-RUNNING CAMPAIGN IS GROWING CONCERNED, ROMNEY HAS BEEN INCREASING HIS CRITICISM OF SANTORUM. MISSOURI REPUBLICANS ARE ALSO HOLDING A PRIMARY, BUT IT'S LARGELY COSMETIC BECAUSE NO DELEGATES WILL BE AWARDED BASED ON THE VOTING.
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IT'S FROM FORMER MICHIGAN CONGRESSMAN, REPUBLICAN PETE HOEKSTRA "thank you, michigan senator debbie spenditnow. Debbie spend so much american money. You borrow more and more from us. Your economy get very weak. Ours get very good. We take your jobs. Thank you, debbie spenditnow. I think this race for u-s senate is between debbie spenditnow and pete spenditnot. I'm pete 'spenditnot' hoekstra, and i approve this message." HE'S RUNNING FOR U.S. SENATE AGAINST INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT DEBBIE STABENOW. THE AD RAN DURING THE SUPER BOWL IN MICHIGAN T-V MARKETS. A GROUP OF DETROIT BAPTIST MINISTERS WANT HOEKSTRA TO APOLOGIZE AND PULL THE AD BECAUSE IT'S STEREOTYPING ASIANS. HOEKSTRA HAS NO INTENTION OF BACKING DOWN, SAYING "THE ONLY STEREOTYPING IS OF LIBERAL DEMOCRATS AND THEIR SPENDING POLICIES." REPORTING LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM, ABA, EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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IT'S NOW HEADED TO THE HOUSE FOR A VOTE. MONDAY, THE SENATE PASSED THE BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW POLICE TO PULL YOU OVER FOR DRIVING AND TEXTING AND GIVE YOU A TICKET. TALKING AND DRIVING WOULD BE A LESSER OFFENSE-- SIMILAR TO THE LAW ON SEATBELTS. 35 STATES HAVE ALREADY HAVE SIMILAR LAWS.
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THIS 'APP' DENIES YOU ACCESS TO TEXT MESSAGES AND E-MAIL WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING MORE THAN 15-MILES PER HOUR. THE DOWNLOAD IS FREE, BUT THE ACCOUNT COSTS ABOUT 9-DOLLARS A MONTH. THE DEVELOPMENT COMES ON THE HEELS OF A DAUNTING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORT-- SHOWING NEARLY 55-HUNDRED PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN 2009 DUE TO DISTRACTION BEHIND THE WHEEL -- MUCH OF IT ATTRIBUTED TO TEXTING.
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33-YEAR-OLD CRYSTAL CLARK WAS SENTENCED TO 40 YEARS IN PRISON. SHE PLEAD GUILTY TO SECOND DEGREE MURDER LAST MONTH. CLARK SHOT AND KILLED HER HUSBAND, DAVID, LAST APRIL AND RAN OFF TO TENNESSEE WITH THEIR 13-MONTH OLD DAUGHTER.
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JEREMY LANE PLEAD NOT GUILTY AND THE JUDGE SET BOND AT 100 THOUSAND DOLLARS. LANE'S TRIAL IS SET FOR APRIL. .
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THE MAYOR OF THE TOWN SAYS THE VICTIMS NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, BUT WOULD ONLY SAY THE MAN LIVED IN HURRICANE. HERE'S ONE YOU DON'T HEAR EVERY DAY....PUTNAM COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY A GUY BROKE INTO A CONVIENANCE STORE, WRAPPED A CHAIN AROUND AN ATM AND TOOK 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., 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. SURPRISINGLY, HUDDLESTON CAME BACK. HUDDLESTON WAS CHARGED WITH BREAKING AND ENTERING AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.
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CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTED 18-6, TO REDUCE THE POLICE FORCE FROM 173 TO 163. THE RESPONSE TO EMERGENCY CALLS WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED, BUT IT WOULD AFFECT THE DETECTIVE, TRAFFIC AND COMMUNITY SERVICE DIVISIONS. THE CUTS WERE AGREED ON, TO HELP STABILIZE THE DEPLETING PENSION FUND.
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ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES HAS DECIDED TO CUT BACK ON COAL PRODUCTION AND IDLE SOME MINES IN WEST VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY. IT WILL COST 320 JOBS. VIRGINIA BASED ALPHA HAS OVER 180 MINES AND PROCESSING PLANTS IN FIVE STATES.
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THE WEST VIRGINIA SCHOLAR PROGRAM, THROUGH WEST VIRGINIA WESLELYAN IS OPEN TO ALL HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. SEVERAL AWARDS WILL BE GIVEN OUT THROUGH THIS PROGRAM... THE TOP PRIZE BEING FULL TUITION, FEES AND ROOM AND BOARD FOR FOUR YEARS AT THE SCHOOL. THE DEADLINE IS APRIL 8th... WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED THIS SUMMER.
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THE UNIVERSITY TURN 145! STUDENT, FACULTY AND STAFF WILL GET FREE CAKE AND DISCOUNTS AT THE MOUNTAINLAIR ALL DAY TODAY. THE SCHOOL WAS BORN ON FEB. 7, 1867 FROM THE MORRILL LAND-GRANT COLLEGE ACT OF 1862. A YEAR AND A HALF LATER, THE STATE LEGISLATURE VOTED TO ACCEPT A GRANT OF LAND TOTALING 150,000 ACRES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. FUNDS FROM THE SALE OF THIS LAND WERE USED TO ESTABLISH WVU.
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FEEDING TIME MAY BE A STRESSFUL TIME FOR PARENTS AND THEIR NEWBORN.. WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW TO CURE A COMMON PROBLEM. AND HOW MUCH WILL YOU SPEND ON YOUR SWEETIE FOR VALENTINES DAY... AND WHAT THE MOST POPULAR GIFT.. THAT'S NEXT. METEOROLOGIST DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING RETURNS.
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IN THIS WEEKS BABY STEPS, HERE ARE SOME TIPS ON 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 IS 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. AND IF YOU QUESTION STILL HASN'T BEEN ANSWERED OR YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ASK DOCTOR MATUSIC...HE'LL BE IN THE STUDIO TO ANSWER YOU CALLS. THAT'S OVER ON FOX 11'S EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING.
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NETFLIX WILL BE FACING A CHALLENGE.. FIND OUT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR YOU. BUT FIRST, HERE'S YOUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
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AND HOW MUCH ARE YOU PLANNING ON SPENDING ON VALENTINE'S DAY? ATISH JOINS US NOW WITH SOME STORIES MAKING BUSINESS NEWS THSI MORNING.
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THE TWO COMPANIES SAY THEY PLAN TO LAUNCH A VIDEO STREAMING SERVICE IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR. THE SERVICE IS EXPECTED TO OFFER "SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES AND MORE," AND IT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON MULTIPLE PLATFORMS LIKE SMARTPHONES, TABLETS AND T-VS. THE NEW SERVICE IS EXPECTED TO BE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE, NOT JUST VERIZON CUSTOMERS.
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REPORTS SAY THE ONLINE MERCHANT WHO TURNED BRICK-AND-MORTAR RETAILING ON ITS HEAD MAY OPEN A STORE IN SEATTLE. IT WILL BE A TEST TO SEE IF A CHAIN OF STORES SELLING HIGHER-END MERCHANDISE WOULD BE PROFITABLE.
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TELL THAT TO THE AMERICANS WHO WILL SHELL OUT AN ESTIMATED 17-POINT-SIX BILLION DOLLARS THIS VALENTINE'S DAY. A SURVEY BY THE NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION PREDICTS THE AVERAGE PERSON PLANS TO 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.
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AN AMAZING RECORDING OF ADVICE FROM A FATHER TO A CHILD... YOU WON'T BELIEVE HOW FAR THIS DATES BACK... WE'LL HAVE HISTORY COME ALIVE THIS MORNING. BUT FIRST, IT'S TIME FOR BIRTHDAYS... IF YOU'D LIKE TO EMAIL A PICTURE OF YOUR LOVED ON ON THIER BIRTHDAY...ALL WE ASK IS THAT YOU SUBMIT IT *TWO DAYS* IN ADVANCE. AND MAKE SURE IT HAS THIER FIRST AND LAST NAME AND THIER BIRTH DATE. IF YOU SEND THE PICTURE VIA THE REGULAR MAIL AND WANT IT RETURNED, PLEASE INCLUDE A SELF ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE. NOW, HERE'S ARE YOUR BIRTHDAY WISHES WE WANT TO PASS ALONG THIS MORNING.
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IT'S FROM THE THOMAS EDISON NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.. THE TAPES WERE FOUND IN INVENTOR THOMAS EDISON'S LABORATORIES IN WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY. WE HEAR THE VOICE OF, THEN-GERMAN CHANCELLOR OTTO VON BISMARCK, SAID TO BE RECORDED IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY. VON BISMARCK says, "In good old colony times, when we lived under the King, three roguish chaps fell into mishaps, because they could not sing." VON BISMARCK says, "Do everything in moderation and morality, namely work, but then also eating, and apart from that especially drinking. Advice of a father to his son." EDISON ALSO RECORDED ORCHESTRAS, PIANISTS, AND A COMEDIAN.
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IT'S STILL A FOUR MAN RACE FOR THE GOP PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION...WE'VE GOT THE LATEST ON THE RACE. WE'LL TELL YOU THE NEXT STEP FOR THE DISTRACTED DRIVING BILL METEOROLOGIST DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING RETURNS.
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WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING. IT'S TUESDAY FEBRUARY 7th. DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER LESLIE RUBIN HAS MORE FROM WESTON WHERE A SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM JUST ARRIVED... THEIR CALLED "PPP RECOVERY" AND ARE MADE UP OF EX LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND THOSE WITH EXTENSIVE HISTORIES IN FINDING MISSING PEOPLE. NOW THEIR MISSION IS TO FIND ALIAYAH LUNSFORD... TAKE VO THE NON PROFIT GROUP WAS CALLED IN BY ALIAYAH'S EXTENDED FAMILY. THE GROUP ALSO ANNOUNCED MONDAY THAT, ON TOP OF THE 20-THOUSAND-DOLLAR REWARD OFFERED BY THE F-B-I, THEY ARE ALSO OFFERING A REWARD, BUT WON'T SPECIFY AN AMOUNT. SEVERAL DOZEN VOLUNTEERS SEARCHED AREAS OF LEWIS COUNTY ON MONDAY, AND THE GROUP IS ALSO WORKING TO DISTINGUISH FACT FROM FICTION IN THE CASE AND GET THE FAMILY SOME ANSWERS. THEY'VE SET UP A HEADQUARTERS AT THE F-O-E LODGE IN WESTON AND WILL BE IN TOWN FOR A WEEK... TAKE SOT SEARCH EFFORTS WILL RESUME THIS MORNING. THEY'RE ASKING FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO VOLUNTEER TO COME TO THE FOE LODGE OFF OF ROUTE 33.. REPORTING IN THE NEWSROOM..LESLIE RUBIN...EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING.
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CHIEF CIRCUIT JUDGE DUKE BLOOM ORDERED CHIEF MAGISTRATE TRACI CARPER STRICKLAND TO TAKE OVER FOR WARD HARSHBARGER. HARSHBARGER HAS BEEN IN THE NEWS AFTER USING SOME FRANK LANGUAGE ABOUT SEXTING AT A ST. ALBAN'S HIGH SCHOOL ASSEMBLY WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO FOCUS ON TRUANCY. HARSHBARGER WILL RETURN TO THE REGULAR MAGISTRATE ROTATION.
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POLICE SAY THEY GOT TIPS FROM A DOCTOR AND PHARMACISTS ACROSS THE AREA. "" MCKULL WELCOME AND COREY SMARR OF KANAWHA COUNTY WERE ARRESTED YESTERDAY EVENING... SMARR IS CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY AND POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DELIVER... WELCOME IS CARGED WITH PRESCRIPTION FRAUD AND POSSESSION. POLICE CAUGHT UP WITH THE COUPLE AT THE BARBOURSVILLE WAL-MART. POLICE SAY THEY FOUND PRESCRIPTION PILLS AND MARIJUANA IN THE CAR. BOTH SMARR AND WELCOME FACE A JUDGE FEBRUARY 16TH.
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23-YEAR-OLD SAMANTHA SWINEY OF CLENDENIN, AND 35-YEAR-OLD JEFFREY BURDETTE OF CHARLESTON WERE ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTING TO MAKE METH. THE POLICE DOG FOUND ITEMS USED TO MAKE THE DRUG AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF FINISHED PRODUCT IN THE CAR. WAYNE COUNTY NOW HAS A NEW TOOL TO HELP FIGHT CRIME AND DRUG ABUSE. IT'S A DRUG COURT PROGRAM. A CEREMONY IN JUDGE DARRELL PRATT'S COURTROOM TO SIGN THE OFFICIAL ORDER TO KICK IT OFF YESTERDAY. LAST YEAR... THE 25 DRUG COURTS IN WEST VIRGINIA SAVED THE STATE 31 MILLION DOLLARS. THE PROGRAM WILL LAST 18- MONTHS FOR ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS... WHO ARE NON-VIOLENT... FIRST-TIME OFFENDERS AND MEET OTHER CRITERIA.
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MEANWHILE MISSOURI HOLDS A PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY. THE THREE RACES MEAN A LOT OF MOMENTUM FOR THE CANDIDATE THAT CAN SECURE ALL THREE. SEVENTY DELEGATES ARE UP FOR GRABS TODAY IN THE FIRST CYCLE OF MULTIPLE CONTESTS. WHILE RICK SANTORUM HAS BEEN PRESSING HIS RIVALS HARD -- WHILE NEWT GINGRICH IS SPENDING TODAY IN OHIO -- LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR SUPER TUESDAY IN MARCH.
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RIVAL NEWT GINGRICH PRAISED SANTORUM'S STRATEGY AS SHREWD EVEN AS HE SIGNALED HE HAD NO INTEREST IN EXITING A FOUR-WAY RACE THAT ALSO INCLUDES RON PAUL. SANTORUM HAS PELTED ROMNEY AND NEWT GINGRICH FOR WEEKS. IN A SIGN THAT HIS FRONT-RUNNING CAMPAIGN IS GROWING CONCERNED, ROMNEY HAS BEEN INCREASING HIS CRITICISM OF SANTORUM. MISSOURI REPUBLICANS ARE ALSO HOLDING A PRIMARY, BUT IT'S LARGELY COSMETIC BECAUSE NO DELEGATES WILL BE AWARDED BASED ON THE VOTING.
Return to Story IndexHOEKSTRA AD CONTROVERSY
IT'S FROM FORMER MICHIGAN CONGRESSMAN, REPUBLICAN PETE HOEKSTRA "thank you, michigan senator debbie spenditnow. Debbie spend so much american money. You borrow more and more from us. Your economy get very weak. Ours get very good. We take your jobs. Thank you, debbie spenditnow. I think this race for u-s senate is between debbie spenditnow and pete spenditnot. I'm pete 'spenditnot' hoekstra, and i approve this message." HE'S RUNNING FOR U.S. SENATE AGAINST INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT DEBBIE STABENOW. THE AD RAN DURING THE SUPER BOWL IN MICHIGAN T-V MARKETS. A GROUP OF DETROIT BAPTIST MINISTERS WANT HOEKSTRA TO APOLOGIZE AND PULL THE AD BECAUSE IT'S STEREOTYPING ASIANS. HOEKSTRA HAS NO INTENTION OF BACKING DOWN, SAYING "THE ONLY STEREOTYPING IS OF LIBERAL DEMOCRATS AND THEIR SPENDING POLICIES." REPORTING LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM, ABA, EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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IT'S NOW HEADED TO THE HOUSE FOR A VOTE. MONDAY, THE SENATE PASSED THE BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW POLICE TO PULL YOU OVER FOR DRIVING AND TEXTING AND GIVE YOU A TICKET. TALKING AND DRIVING WOULD BE A LESSER OFFENSE. 35 STATES HAVE ALREADY BANNED TEXTING WHILE DRIVING.
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THE APP WILL DENY PEOPLE ACCESS TO TEXT MESSAGES AND E-MAIL... WHILE THEY ARE MOVING FASTER THAN FIFTEEN-MILES-PER-HOUR -- COURTESY OF G-P-S. THE DOWNLOAD IS FREE AND THE ACCOUNT COSTS ROUGHLY NINE BUCKS A MONTH.
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THE PRESIDENT IS TAKING MEASURES AGAINST IRAN... PLUS, HOW MUCH ARE YOU WILLING TO SPEND THIS VALENTINE'S DAY...WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT WILL BE COMING OUT OF YOUR POCKET. 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 IndexVALENTINE SPENDING
WILL THERE STILL BE DEALS IN STORE? KARIN CAIFA (PRONO: KAY-FUH) TAKES A LOOK. LOVE ISN'T CHEAP. NOT THIS VALENTINE'S DAY ANYWAY, WHEN AMERICANS WILL SHELL OUT MORE THAN SEVENTEEN BILLION DOLLARS TO SHOW THEIR AFFECTION. COMING OFF OF A HOLIDAY SEASON THAT WAS BETTER THAN STORES EXPECTED, AMERICANS WILL SPEND AN AVERAGE OF 126 DOLLARS PER PERSON, THE HIGHEST AMOUNT SINCE THE NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION STARTED THEIR SURVEY TEN YEARS AGO. THE AVERAGE MAN WILL SPEND ABOUT 169 DOLLARS, TWICE AS MUCH AS THE AVERAGE WOMAN, WHO WILL SPEND JUST OVER 85. AMONG THE MOST POPULAR GIFTS... MORE THAN HALF OF AMERICANS WILL BUY CANDY. 36 PERCENT, FLOWERS. ANOTHER 36 PERCENT WILL SPEND MONEY ON A NIGHT ON THE TOWN. AND 19 PERCENT, JEWELRY. MOST AMERICANS WILL HEAD TO DISCOUNT STORES FOR THEIR SHOPPING, PERHAPS A SIGN THAT THE ECONOMY IS STILL ON THEIR MINDS AND THAT'S WHY RETAILERS ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE SPECIAL DEALS IN STORE, ON THOSE ITEMS LOVEBIRDS SEEK MOST. CONTINUING A TREND FROM THE HOLIDAY SEASON SHOPPERS WILL GET HELP FROM GADGETS. ONE-IN-FIVE SHOPPERS WILL LOOK FOR GIFTS ONLINE. MORE THAN HALF OF TABLET OWNERS ARE EXPECTED TO USE THEM TO RESEARCH PRICES, LOOK FOR DISCOUNTS, AND PURCHASE THEIR GIFTS. FORTY PERCENT OF SMARTPHONE USERS WILL DO THE SAME. FOR CONSUMER WATCH, I'M KARIN CAIFA.
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VIOLENCE IN SYRIA CAUSES THE UNITED STATES TO DO SOMETHING THEY'VE ONLY DONE ONCE BEFORE...WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED... THE PRESIDENT TIGHENS ITS SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN...WE'LL TELL YOU WHY...
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PLUS THE VIOLENCE IN SYRIA CONTINUES -- PROMPTING THE UNITED STATES TO ACTION. ATISH JOINS US NOW WITH A LOOK YOUR INTERNATIONAL NEWS HEADLINES. PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS ORDERED NEW SANCTIONS ON IRAN -- AS THE URGENCY OF FINDING A DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION TO THE TENSIONS INCREASES. MORE IRANIAN WAR GAMES AS THE WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN TEHRAN AND TEL AVIV CONTINUES. IN WASHINGTON AN ATTEMPT TO LOWER THE HEAT OF THE RHETORIC AND USE NON-MILITARY MEANS TO PRESSURE IRAN TO GIVE UP ITS NUCLEAR AMBITIONS. PRESIDENT OBAMA SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ON SUNDAY TIGHTENING SANCTIONS, FREEZING IRANIAN ASSETS IN THE UNITED STATES AND LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR ENFORCING SANCTIONS ON IRAN'S CENTRAL BANK. MEANWHILE ISRAEL'S HARDLINE FOREIGN MINISTER AVIGDOR LIEBERMAN WAS ON CAPITOL HILL TODAY TO TALK ABOUT IRAN. ISRAELIS FEEL WASHINGTON DOES NOT FEEL THE SAME URGENCY AS THEY DO. "THOSE PEOPLE WILL STOP AT NOTHING. AND ONCE THEY HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON WE WILL BE LIVING IN AN IMPOSSIBLY UGLY AND DANGEROUS WORLD." THE WHITE HOUSE PUSHED BACK ON ANY NOTION THAT THERE IS A DIVIDE BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND TEL AVIV. CARNEY says: "Our level of cooperation with Israel militarily and intelligence matters has never been higher, we've made that point repeatedly because i think it demonstrates this country's commitment to Israel's security." THE FORMER US MILITARY COMMANDER ONCE IN CHARGE OF US PLANNING IN THE EVENT OF A STRIKE AGAINST IRAN SAYS TALK OF A MILITARY STRIKE IS SHORTSIGHTED. ADMIRAL WILLIAM FALLON LOST HIS JOB AS THE HEAD OF CENTRAL COMMAND WHEN HE QUESTIONED THE WISDOM OF STRIKING IRAN IN AN INTERVIEW WITH ESQUIRE MAGAZINE AT THE END OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION. FALLON says: "So you strike and then what? What happens then? step 2, step 3 step 4? Where does this go? What are the outcomes? What do you think you can really achieve?" THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER REPORTEDLY TOLD HIS CABINET TO QUIT THE QUOTE "CHITCHAT" ABOUT IRAN - JUST DAYS AFTER ISRAEL'S DEFENSE MINISTER WARNED THAT THOSE WHO WANT TO WAIT MAY FIND THAT "LATER IS TOO LATE."
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THE AMBASSADOR AND 17 STAFFERS WERE TOLD TO SHUT DOWN OPERATIONS IN DAMASCUS YESTERDAY. 54-HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED SINCE SYRIA'S GOVERNMENTAL CRACKDOWN. THE DAMASCUS BOMBINGS IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY ARE RAISING CONCERN WITHIN THE WHITE HOUSE THAT THE EMBASSY WAS NOT SUFFICIENTLY PROTECTED FROM ARMED ATTACK.
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DANI GORDON WILL HAVE A LIVE LOOK AT TRAFFIC...YOU'RE WATCHING EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING. BUT FIRST, HERE'S SOME BIRTHDAY WISHES WE WANT TO PAST ALONG THIS MORNING.
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DAWN, THANKS FOR BEING OUR FAN...IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE OUR FACEBOOK FAN OF THE DAY, JUST HEAD OVER TO OUR PAGE, CLICK ON THE LINK AND LEAVE A COMMENT...MAYBE YOU'LL BE OUR FACEBOOK FAN OF THE DAY!
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FOR MORE, WE SEND IT OVER TO ABC IN NEW YORK WITH THIS MORNING'S AMERICA'S MONEY REPORT.
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