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SCRIPT FOR EYEWITNESS NEWS NEWSCAST
Wednesday, February 8, 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
A MAJOR SURPRISE IN ALL THREE OF LAST NIGHT'S REPUBLICAN CONTESTS COULD MAKE THIS A RACE AFTER ALL 
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WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING. IT'S WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 8th. DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.
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ONE PERSON DIED, ANOTHER WAS LEFT IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE BECAME SICK, AFTER A PIPE DISLODGED AND SENT A DEADLY AMOUNT OF CARBON MONOXIDE INTO SEVERAL ROOMS. EYEWITNESS ANCHOR ELIZABETH NORIEKA HAS THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION. 59:47 'WE HAVE INTERVIEWED A NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO TRY AND DETERMINE THE FACTS OF THIS INCIDENT...." EYEWITNESS NEWS HAS UNCOVERED NEW INFORMATION SURROUNDING THE FATAL CARBON MONOXIDE LEAK AT THE HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS IN SOUTH CHARLESTON. WE NOW KNOW THAT INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHOM OF 3 DIFFERENT PARTIES IS ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXHAUST PIPE ON THE POOL HEATING UNIT TO BECOME DISCONNECTED. :012 "WE'VE TALKED TO A HOTEL WORKER...LIMITED MAINTENANCE MAINLY CUSTODIAL.....HE SAID HE HAD VERY LITTLE INVOLVEMENT ACCORDING TO HIS TESTIMONY...AND WE ARE STILL TRYING TO FILL IN SOME OF THE GAPS." THAT HOTEL WORKER, AN UNNAMED COMPANY AND BARBOURSVILLE BASED PREMIER POOLS ALL WORKED ON THE HEATING UNIT. STEVE COMBS OWNS PREMIER POOLS...HE SAYS HE WAS JUST FINISHING A JOB SOMEONE ELSE STARTED AND FEELS HIS ROLE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE EXHAUST PIPE. THIS IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY LAST WEEK WHEN WE FIRST BROKE THE NEWS OF HIS INVOLVEMENT. THE POOL HEATER IS ON THE MAIN FLOOR IN THE POOL EQUIPMENT ROOM, A ROOM NOT ACCESSIBLE TO GUESTS. ....IT IS A JANDY POOL HEATER MODEL NUMBER LRZ......WE'RE TOLD A UNIT JUST LIKE THIS ONE WAS INSTALLED AROUND DECEMBER 27TH... CHECK OUT THIS DIAGRAM WE HAVE MADE TO BREAK DOWN WHAT HAPPENED FOR YOU..... THE EXHAUST PIPE ATTACHED TO THE HEATER GOES STRAIGHT UP UNTIL IT GETS TO THE FOURTH FLOOR...THAT'S WHERE IT BENDS AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE TO RELEASE CARBON MONOXIDE OUTSIDE. AND *THAT IS WHERE THE PIPE BECAME DISCONNECTED....CAUSING C-O TO FIRST BUILD UP INSIDE THE WALL-- AND EVENTUALLY LEAK OUT INTO THE HOTEL. 5:45 "tHE PIPE WAS DISJOINTED ONE PIECE IS HANGING AWAY FROM ANOTHER.....THE PIECE WAS DENTED SMASHED OUT AROUND.....AND IT WAS NEXT TO A CONCRETE SLAB WHICH LOOKS LIKE IT WAS IMPACTED IN A WAY THAT IT WOULD BE DENTED." 6:01 "IT WASN'T CORRODED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THE APPEARANCE TO ME IS THAT IT HAD BEEN RAISED UP..HIT THAT PIECE OF CONCRETE......IT COMES TO AN ELBOW AND THE OTHER PIECE FELL OFF......AND THAT'S WHY THEY WERE SEPARATED." INVESTIGATORS SAY WHILE THEY ARE NOT CERTAIN IT IS LIKELY...THE EXHAUST PIPE BECAME DISCONNECTED WHEN THE OLD POOL HEATING UNIT WAS DISASSMBLED.......AROUND DECEMBER 27TH....MEANING CARBON MONOXIDE WAS BUILDING UP IN A LARGE AREA FOR AROUND A MONTH. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY SHOULD BE FINISHED WITH THEIR INVESTIGATION BY FRIDAY.
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THE GROUP MADE UP OF EMERGENCY RESPONDERS, DISASTER OFFICIALS AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS WANTS TO ADD TO THE NUMBER OF PLACES WHERE A CO DETECTOR WOULD BE REQUIRED. IN ADDITION TO APARTMENTS, DORMS, CABINS AND ROOMS FOR RENT, COMMITTEE MEMBERS SAY HOTELS, MOTELS, DAYCARES AND LONG TERM HEALTH CARE FACILITIES SHOULD ALSO HAVE THE DEVICES. ALTHOUGH A DEATH AT A HOTEL SPARKED THIS MOVEMENT, FIRST RESPONDERS SAY A CARBON MONOXIDE LEAK IN YOUR HOME IS MUCH MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR. A MAN WHO POLICE SAY HAS A HISTORY OF PREYING ON THE ELDERLY... IS NOW GOING TO JAIL FOR A LONG TIME. GARY MULLINS WAS FOUND GUILTY OF KIDNAPPING YESTERDAY... BUT IN A SAD TWIST OF FATE, HIS ELDERLY VICTIM DID NOT GET TO SEE JUSTICE SERVED. THE VICTIM, 84-YEAR OLD GEORGE JACOBS, DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES-- JUST HOURS AFTER HE TESTIFIED AGAINST MULLINS. MULLINS KIDNAPPED JACOBS LAST YEAR, FROM A KROGER PARKING LOT... AND FORCED THE MAN TO DRIVE TO HIS OWN HOME AND GET HIM THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. MULLINS WAS ONLY CONVICTED ON A KIDNAPPING CHARGE, HE WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY OF ROBBERY AND OBTAINING BY FALSE PRETENSES... THE ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR SAYS THE VERDICT BRINGS MIXED EMOTIONS. "1313 it's a very sad day i wish that he could have been here to see that justice was served for him" THE JURORS WERE NOT TOLD ABOUT MR. JACOBS DEATH BEFORE THEIR DELIBERATIONS. MULLINS STILL HAS TWO CRIMINAL TRIALS PENDING AND POLICE ESTIMATE HE'S VICTIMIZED HUNDREDS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS.
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THE CURRENT NITRO SAINT ALBANS BRIDGE IS BEING TORN DOWN AND REBUILT. CONSTRUCTION ON THE NEW BRIDGE WILL CLOSE THE EXISITNG BRIDGE ON JANUARY 7TH, 2013. THE NEW BRIDGE SHOULD BE OPENED BY THANKSGIVING, 20-13.
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GOVERNOR TOMBLIN SIGNED A PROCLAMATION STATING THAT SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AND FLOODING BETWEEN NOVEMBER 21ST AND 23RD CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGE AND LOSSES TO THE FARM INDUSTRY IN JACKSON COUNTY - - -QUALIFYING THE AREA FOR FLOOD DISASTER DECLARATION. THE CROP LOSS IS ABOUT 60-THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE DECLARATION WILL ENABLE THE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO APPLY FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FOR DISASTER VICTIMS.
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HEART DISEASE KILLS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES BUT WE;'VE GOT INFORMATION SHOWING YOU A SURPRISINGLY EASY WAY TO GET YOUR HEART IN SHAPE. BUT FIRST...HE MITIGATED MITT AND WAS A GRINCH TO GINGRICH...THIS MAN SWEPT LAST NIGHTS REPUBLICAN CONTESTS AND TURNED THE PRIMARY BACK INTO A RACE. 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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SANTORUM SWEPT ALL THREE GOP RACES YESTERDAY AND THOSE WINS ARE RESHAPING THE RACE. WE WERE TALKING MOMENTUM HERE -- 70 DELEGATES UP FOR GRABS -- AND WITH SANTORUM WINNING THESE RACES -- THE MOMENTUM HAS SHIFTED HIS DIRECTION. SANTORUM'S WIN IN COLORADO, MINNESOTA AND MISSOURI ARE RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT MITT ROMNEY'S ELECTABILITY AMONG CONSERVATIVES. THE FORMER PENNSYLVANIA SENATOR WON 40 PERCENT OF THE VOTE IN COLORADO -- 45 PERCENT IN MINNESOTA AND 55 PERCENT IN MISSOURI. SANTORUM HAS LONG BEEN CRITICAL OF MITT ROMNEY'S ABILITY TO WIN IN THE GENERAL ELECTION AND THIS WIN GIVES HIM MORE AMMUNITION IN THAT ARGUMENT. THE NEXT CONTESTS -- MAINE ON FEBRUARY 11TH AND ARIZONA AND MICHIGAN FEBRUARY 28TH. LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM ATISH BAIDYA EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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NOW, THE CONVENIENCE OF THE "MORNING AFTER PILL" -- BEING DISPENSED IN AN UNORTHODOX WAY AT ONE PENNSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY... HAS GOTTEN THE ATTENTION OF FEDERAL REGULATORS. THE MACHINE, INSIDE THE HEALTH CENTER AT SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY IN PENNSYLVANIA, PROVIDES THE EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVE. ALSO INSIDE: CONDOMS, AND PREGNANCY TESTS -- AS WELL AS COUGH DROPS AND COLD REMEDIES. THE MACHINE HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS -- BUT HAS RECENTLY CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF THE F-D-A...AND THEY ARE "CONTACTING PENNSYLVANIA STATE AUTHORITIES" AND "SCHOOL OFFICIALS." PLAN B CAN PREVENT PREGNANCY IF TAKEN WITHIN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS OF UNPROTECTED SEX. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE FIRST VENDING MACHINE OF ITS KIND.
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A REPORT BY THE CDC SAYS NINE OUT OF 10 ADULT AMERICANS EAT TOO MUCH SALT EACH DAY. IT ISSUED A LIST OF 10 FOODS THAT ACCOUNT FOR MORE THAN 40-PERCENT OF SALT INTAKE. AFTER BREADS AND ROLLS, DELI LUNCH MEATS CAME IN SECOND, FOLLOWED BY PIZZA. SOUP WAS FIVE; SNACK FOODS SUCH AS PRETZELS AND POTATO CHIPS WERE 10TH. SOME OF THE FOODS ARE NOT HIGH IN SODIUM, BUT EATING MULTIPLE SERVINGS RAISES LEVELS. SO WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL WITH SALT? WELL, HIGH SODIUM LEVELS INCREASE BLOOD PRESSURE, PUTTING PEOPLE AT HIGHER RISK FOR HEART DISEASE AND STROKE.
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AND MEDICAL EXPERTS SAY... GETTING AND KEEPING A HEALTHY HEART ... ISN'T AS HARD AS IT SEEMS. CHYRONS: 0:25 - 0:33 MARTHA GROGAN, M.D. / MAYO CLINIC CARDIOLOGIST CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES. IN FACT.. THE C-D-C REPORTS IT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE OUT OF THREE DEATHS. FEBRUARY IS AMERICAN HEART MONTH AND EXPERTS WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE IT'S NEVER TOO LATE CHANGE A BAD HABIT. GROGAN says: " sometimes people do think oh I'm going to get heart disease no matter what I do. But that's not true at all because eighty percent of heart disease is preventable.". GROGAN says " "It's really important for people to realize that even small changes, even after thirty or forty years of bad health habits they could make a big difference in their heart health." DOCTOR MARTHA GROGAN IS A CARDIOLOGIST AT THE MAYO CLINIC. SHE WORKED WITH COLLEAGUES TO CREATE THE "MAYO CLINIC HEALTHY HEART FOR LIFE"⦠WHICH INCLUDES A PLAN TO PREVENT AND CONQUER HEART DISEASE. GROGAN says: " Quick start is a commitment to eating five fruits and vegetables a day , moving at least ten minutes more per day and trying to get adequate sleep. After that we go into the full ten week Mayo Clinic Healthy Heart program which gives you all the knowledge of all the important things you need to knowi./iThen we finish up with the most important step, which is enjoy life." GROGAN SAYS EVEN THE BUSIEST PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO FIT THESE TIPS INTO THEIR SCHEDULES. DR. GROGAN says: " People know the healthy activities that they maybe should do but they feel that they don't have time, which is why it's so important for people to realize that if you're sedentary and if you move even ten minutes a day that can reduce your risk of heart attack by as much as fifty percent. DOCTORS SAY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER, IS THAT NO ONE IS PERFECT... THAT SETBACKS ARE NORMAL... AND STICKING WITH IT WILL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.
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AND ONE AREA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL VACANCY HAS BEEN FILLED...MARK MARTIN JOINS US NOW WITH A LOOK AT SPORTS...HERE ON EYEWITNESS NEWS...
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RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LOOKED AT HOW TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE USE SOCIAL MEDIA. PARTICIPANTS WERE POLLED SEVERAL TIMES A DAY ON THEIR DESIRE TO CHECK IN ON SITES SUCH AS FACEBOOK AND TWITTER. THE TEAM FOUND PEOPLE FOUND IT HARDER TO NOT CHECK IN ON SOCIAL MEDIA... THEN TO GIVE UP SMOKING OR DRINKING. SOCIAL MEDIA CAN TURN INTO AN ADDICTION.... FINDINGS ARE SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN AN UPCOMING ISSUE OF "PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE."
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A MAN WALKED INTO A HUNTINGTON MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY ARMED AND LOOKING FOR DRUGS...FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. AND REMEMBER THE FIGHT BETWEEN KENT CARPER AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OVER HOW RESTAURANTS ARE GRADED? THEY'VE REACHED A COMPROMISE AND WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT IS. 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 WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 8th. DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.
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SANTORUM SWEPT ALL THREE GOP RACES YESTERDAY AND THOSE WINS ARE RESHAPING THE RACE. WE WERE TALKING MOMENTUM HERE -- 70 DELEGATES UP FOR GRABS -- AND WITH SANTORUM WINNING THESE RACES -- THE MOMENTUM HAS SHIFTED HIS DIRECTION. HERE IS MORE FROM A-B-C'S TAHMAN BRADLEY... Rick Santorum made it a clean sweep. NATS - Santorum "WOW!" The former senator may have breathed new life into his push for the GOP nomination (GFX) with victories in the Colorado and Minnesota caucuses and the Missouri primary. SOT Santorum "I DON'T STAND HERE TO CLAIM TO BE THE CONSERVATIVE ALTERNATIVE TO MITT ROMNEY. I STAND HERE TO BE THE CONSERVATIVE ALTERNATIVE TO BARACK OBAMA." Santorum used his victory speech to unload on President Obama, who he said is not listening to the American people. SOT SANTORUM "HAS HE EVER LISTENED TO THE VOICE OF AMERICANS BEFORE? NO. WHY? CUZ HE THINKS HE KNOWS BETTER." Tuesday was a punch in the gut for Mitt Romney. The results raise fresh questions about the former Massachusetts governor's ability to win conservatives. This Minnesota voter talked about why she supported Santorum. MOS - Voice of: Helene Buys/ Minnesota Voter (off cam) "HIS VALUES AND HIS VIEW OF GOVERNMENT, LOWER SPENDING AND JUST HIS SOCIAL CONSERVATISM IS IMPORTANT TO ME." It's Republican base voters like this that rebuked Romney in Tuesday's contests. SOT Romney "THIS WAS A GOOD NIGHT FOR RICK SANTORUM. // WE'LL KEEP ON CAMPAIGNING DOWN THE ROAD. BUT I EXPECT TO BECOME OUR NOMINEE WITH YOUR HELP." Santorum's huge night could also be a blow to Newt Gingrich. The former Speaker is trying to hold onto his spot as the chief alternative to Romney. (STANDUP CLOSE) Romney performed much worse in all three states compared to when he ran four years ago. In 2008, Romney won 60 percent of the vote in Colorado and grabbed Minnesota by 18 points. Tahman Bradley, ABC News, Washington.. THE NEXT CONTESTS -- MAINE ON FEBRUARY 11TH AND ARIZONA AND MICHIGAN FEBRUARY 28TH. LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM ATISH BAIDYA EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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DOUGLAS WESLEY, JUNIOR, IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING LARRY CREWS TWICE ON SUNDAY OUTSIDE A CENTRAL AVENUE BAR NARROWLY MISSING TWO WOMEN IN A CAR. WESLEY ADMITTED BEING IN THE AREA, BUT DENIES HE SHOT ANYONE. " I guess I don't know what went on.". So, you're saying you weren't there when the gunplay went down? " Oh, no that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying I didn't do it! You were in the area, though. " Yeah, I was in the area. I was in the Kickback (the bar) ." CREWS TOLD POLICE A MAN HE KNEW ONLY AS "DOUGIE" TRIED TO ROB HIM, AND SHOT HIM WHEN HE TRIED TO RUN.
Return to Story IndexPRESTERA ARREST JAY PIKE WAS ARRESTED FOR SHOWING UP AT THE PRESTERA OFFICE, AND SHOWING A GUN AND DEMANDING DRUGS. THE GUN, TURNED OUT TO BE A "B-B" BUN... AND WITNESSES SAID PIKE CLAIMED HE WAS GOING TO KILL PEOPLE IF HE DIDN`T GET PRESCRIPTION PILLS. "I'm a patient there and I already get prescription drugs there." PIKE IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED ROBBERY.
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THAT SUBCOMMITTEE SAYS INSPECTORS SHOULD GRADE THE RESTAURANTS AS EXCELLENT, GOOD OR FAIR. THIS IS A COMPROMISE BETWEEN WHAT COUNTY COMMISSION PRESIDENT KENT CARPER HAS WANTED FOR YEARS, AND WHAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WAS WILLING TO DO. CARPER WANTS LETTER GRADES BUT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS HAPPY WITH THE WAY IT IS NOW, LISTING CRITICAL AND NON-CRITICAL VIOLATIONS ONLY. THE COMPROMISE SYSTEM IS BASED ON ONE USED IN ALBANY, NEW YORK CARPER ALSO SAID THERE HAVE BEEN NO COMPLAINTS FROM RESTAURANTS ABOUT THE NEW DECISION.
Return to Story IndexPIZZA FOR JACOB GIOVANNI'S WILL BE HOLDING A FUNDRAISER FOR THE FAMILY OF JACOB BALL TODAY. FOR EVERYONE WHO ORDERS CARRY-OUT, OR DELIVERY, A PERCENTAGE OF THE MONEY MADE WILL GO TO JACOB'S FAMILY TO HELP COVER EXPENSES. "PIZZA FOR JACOB" RUNS FROM 11 AM TO 10 PM TODAY.
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GAS PRICES GOING UP...AND IT WON'T STOP ANYTIME SOON...FIND OUT HOW MUCH YOU COULD BE PAYING AT THE PUMP COME SPRING. AND, ONE GROUP TURNED A CAR INTO A ONE MAN BAND...WE'LL TAKE A LOOK 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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AND THERE ARE REPORTS GAS MAY COST FOUR DOLLARS OR MORE BY THE MONTH OF MAY. HERE'S A LOOK AT WHICH CITIES WILL BE HIT HARDEST. If you were driving the predictions might make you slam on your breaks Just in time for Memorial Day Weekend...the highest average gas prices this country has ever seen. SOT -- expert 160008 FOR NOW THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM is HERE. GFX 1: Prices that already seem sky high are about to get even higher... one estimate has an average price of $4.05 a gallon by May... another predicts $4.15... That menas by year's end American households with two cars could be shelling out as much as $300 more for gas than just last year. SOT: John Glassick - Los Angeles 161858 I can't afford those prices with everything else going up. Grocery store is going up, rents are going up... VEGA: Is that the sort of magical figure that makes you go, ok, drive less. MOS: 162451 I think $4 is kind of a good boundary between where you can tolerate and when you can't. And $4.15 a gallon-- for some American cities-- will seem like a bargain. Big cities will be hit especially hard... in some cases because of higher taxes, in others, because their distance from refineries. * GFX 2 Chicago could reach $4.95 a gallon. San Francisco-- $4.85 . Seattle-- $4.65 MOS-- it's tough because it makes you cut expenses. * GFX 3 Mounting tensions in Iran are only partly to blame for this springtime sticker shock. American drivers can also thank increased demand from China, refinery closures and our own never-ending need to drive. SOT gas buddy expert 160332 THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS: THAT AMERICANS WHO COMMUTE TO WORK STILL WILL NEED TO COMMUTE TO WORK SO THERE'S A REALLY A LIMITED AMOUNT OF THINGS, REALLY A LIMITED AMOUNT OF OPTIONS THAT AMERICANS CAN TAKE. (160354) * GFX 4 Except for buying other things For every 10 cent hike at the pump, economists say consumers cut other spending to the tune of 9 billion dollars.
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BLOOMBERG'S JANE KING, AT THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE WITH THAT AND IF YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE REFINANCING YOU MIGHT NOT BE THE ONLY ONE, IN THIS MORNING'S BLOOMBERG BUSINESS REPORT.
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THEY'RE TRYING TO TRANSPORT THE LISTENER INTO APPRECIATING MUSIC PRODUCED IN A WHOLE NEW WAY. JEANNE MOOS REPORTS. WHY JUST PLAY THE CAR RADIO WHEN YOU CAN PLAY...THE CAR... "I've been waiting for months, waiting for years..." IT'S SO UNUSUAL WE HAD TO MAKE UP A NAME FOR IT. "I guess it's drive by rock 'n' roll." ROCK 'N' ROLL ON OVER 11-HUNDRED HOMEMADE INSTRUMENTS, LIKE GLASS JARS AND PIPES. THE GROUP OK GO HAS GONE AND DONE IT AGAIN...AFTER MAKING MUSIC VIDEOS ON TREADMILLS... AND WITH A DOZEN LEAPING DOGS... AND WITH A RUBE GOLDBERG CONTRAPTION BIG ENOUGH TO FILL A WAREHOUSE. NOW OK GO IS GOING ON THE ROAD. "So I've been sitting around..." LEAD SINGER DAMIAN KULASH SAYS IT TOOK 4 MONTHS OF PREP AND 4 DAYS OF SHOOTING IN THE CALIFORNIA DESERT ON A 2 MILE TRACK IN A CAR THAT DEPLOYED 7 ARMS. "If you're off by a little bit you just rip the arms off car. We broke dozens of those arms." HIS FELLOW BAND MEMBERS TURNED LEVERS TO DEPLOY THE ARMS, ARMS THAT TICKLED THE IVORIES ON 55 PIANOS... "Each piano we had to tune the bottom half down to one note so no matter where you hit it you get same note." "I've been waiting for months..." DAMIAN HAD TO TAKE A STUNT DRIVING COURSE. THOUGH HE SAYS THE TRICKY PART WASN'T DRIVING FAST IT WAS DRIVING AT THE PERFECT SPEED. "That guitar solo is about 42 which doesn't sound like much but on an unpaved road on the edge of a cliff with some turns in it it's scary." DID HE SAY GUITAR SOLO? "The guitars were played with a fishing rod." 288 GUITARS, WITH 4 OF THEIR 6 STRINGS REMOVED. CHEVROLET PAID FOR THE PROJECT AND GAVE OK GO TOTAL CREATIVE FREEDOM AS WELL AS THE NEW CHEVY SONIC. IN EXCHANGE, CHEVY GOT TO USE OK GO'S MATERIAL IN A COMMERCIAL THAT FIRST AIRED ON THE SUPER BOWL. THE CAR EVEN RAN OVER HOSES THAT BLEW AIR INTO TUBAS. TO COMMEMORATE THE VIDEO, OK GO IS SELLING CAR AIR FRESHENERS WITH THEIR FACES ON THEM. EACH GUY IS A DIFFERENT SCENT. "I think I might be new car smell. I hope I'm new car smell." NEW CAR SMELL WITH A TOP NOTE OF DUSTY GUITAR. JEANNE MOOS, CNN, NEW YORK. "Did we get it? We got it."
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A BIG WIN FOR REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE RICK SANTORUM THE SURPRISING SOURCE OF SODIUM IN MOST AMERICAN'S DIET. METEOROLOGIST DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING RETURNS.
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A MAJOR SURPRISE IN ALL THREE OF LAST NIGHT'S REPUBLICAN CONTESTS COULD MAKE THIS A RACE AFTER ALL
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WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING. IT'S WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 8th. DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.
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ONE PERSON DIED, ANOTHER WAS LEFT IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE BECAME SICK, AFTER A PIPE DISLODGED AND SENT A DEADLY AMOUNT OF CARBON MONOXIDE INTO SEVERAL ROOMS. EYEWITNESS ANCHOR ELIZABETH NORIEKA HAS THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION. 59:47 'WE HAVE INTERVIEWED A NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO TRY AND DETERMINE THE FACTS OF THIS INCIDENT...." EYEWITNESS NEWS HAS UNCOVERED NEW INFORMATION SURROUNDING THE FATAL CARBON MONOXIDE LEAK AT THE HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS IN SOUTH CHARLESTON. WE NOW KNOW THAT INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHOM OF 3 DIFFERENT PARTIES IS ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXHAUST PIPE ON THE POOL HEATING UNIT TO BECOME DISCONNECTED. :012 "WE'VE TALKED TO A HOTEL WORKER...LIMITED MAINTENANCE MAINLY CUSTODIAL.....HE SAID HE HAD VERY LITTLE INVOLVEMENT ACCORDING TO HIS TESTIMONY...AND WE ARE STILL TRYING TO FILL IN SOME OF THE GAPS." THAT HOTEL WORKER, AN UNNAMED COMPANY AND BARBOURSVILLE BASED PREMIER POOLS ALL WORKED ON THE HEATING UNIT. STEVE COMBS OWNS PREMIER POOLS...HE SAYS HE WAS JUST FINISHING A JOB SOMEONE ELSE STARTED AND FEELS HIS ROLE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE EXHAUST PIPE. THIS IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY LAST WEEK WHEN WE FIRST BROKE THE NEWS OF HIS INVOLVEMENT. THE POOL HEATER IS ON THE MAIN FLOOR IN THE POOL EQUIPMENT ROOM, A ROOM NOT ACCESSIBLE TO GUESTS. ....IT IS A JANDY POOL HEATER MODEL NUMBER LRZ......WE'RE TOLD A UNIT JUST LIKE THIS ONE WAS INSTALLED AROUND DECEMBER 27TH... CHECK OUT THIS DIAGRAM WE HAVE MADE TO BREAK DOWN WHAT HAPPENED FOR YOU..... THE EXHAUST PIPE ATTACHED TO THE HEATER GOES STRAIGHT UP UNTIL IT GETS TO THE FOURTH FLOOR...THAT'S WHERE IT BENDS AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE TO RELEASE CARBON MONOXIDE OUTSIDE. AND *THAT IS WHERE THE PIPE BECAME DISCONNECTED....CAUSING C-O TO FIRST BUILD UP INSIDE THE WALL-- AND EVENTUALLY LEAK OUT INTO THE HOTEL. 5:45 "tHE PIPE WAS DISJOINTED ONE PIECE IS HANGING AWAY FROM ANOTHER.....THE PIECE WAS DENTED SMASHED OUT AROUND.....AND IT WAS NEXT TO A CONCRETE SLAB WHICH LOOKS LIKE IT WAS IMPACTED IN A WAY THAT IT WOULD BE DENTED." 6:01 "IT WASN'T CORRODED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THE APPEARANCE TO ME IS THAT IT HAD BEEN RAISED UP..HIT THAT PIECE OF CONCRETE......IT COMES TO AN ELBOW AND THE OTHER PIECE FELL OFF......AND THAT'S WHY THEY WERE SEPARATED." INVESTIGATORS SAY WHILE THEY ARE NOT CERTAIN IT IS LIKELY...THE EXHAUST PIPE BECAME DISCONNECTED WHEN THE OLD POOL HEATING UNIT WAS DISASSMBLED.......AROUND DECEMBER 27TH....MEANING CARBON MONOXIDE WAS BUILDING UP IN A LARGE AREA FOR AROUND A MONTH. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY SHOULD BE FINISHED WITH THEIR INVESTIGATION BY FRIDAY.
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THE GROUP MADE UP OF EMERGENCY RESPONDERS, DISASTER OFFICIALS AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS WANTS TO ADD TO THE NUMBER OF PLACES WHERE A CO DETECTOR WOULD BE REQUIRED. IN ADDITION TO APARTMENTS, DORMS, CABINS AND ROOMS FOR RENT, COMMITTEE MEMBERS SAY HOTELS, MOTELS, DAYCARES AND LONG TERM HEALTH CARE FACILITIES SHOULD ALSO HAVE THE DEVICES. ALTHOUGH A DEATH AT A HOTEL SPARKED THIS MOVEMENT, FIRST RESPONDERS SAY A CARBON MONOXIDE LEAK IN YOUR HOME IS MUCH MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR. A MAN WHO POLICE SAY HAS A HISTORY OF PREYING ON THE ELDERLY... IS NOW GOING TO JAIL FOR A LONG TIME. GARY MULLINS WAS FOUND GUILTY OF KIDNAPPING YESTERDAY... BUT IN A SAD TWIST OF FATE, HIS ELDERLY VICTIM DID NOT GET TO SEE JUSTICE SERVED. THE VICTIM, 84-YEAR OLD GEORGE JACOBS, DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES-- JUST HOURS AFTER HE TESTIFIED AGAINST MULLINS. MULLINS KIDNAPPED JACOBS LAST YEAR, FROM A KROGER PARKING LOT... AND FORCED THE MAN TO DRIVE TO HIS OWN HOME AND GET HIM THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. MULLINS WAS ONLY CONVICTED ON A KIDNAPPING CHARGE, HE WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY OF ROBBERY AND OBTAINING BY FALSE PRETENSES... THE ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR SAYS THE VERDICT BRINGS MIXED EMOTIONS. "1313 it's a very sad day i wish that he could have been here to see that justice was served for him" THE JURORS WERE NOT TOLD ABOUT MR. JACOBS DEATH BEFORE THEIR DELIBERATIONS. MULLINS STILL HAS TWO CRIMINAL TRIALS PENDING AND POLICE ESTIMATE HE'S VICTIMIZED HUNDREDS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS.
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THE CURRENT NITRO SAINT ALBANS BRIDGE IS BEING TORN DOWN AND REBUILT. CONSTRUCTION ON THE NEW BRIDGE WILL CLOSE THE EXISITNG BRIDGE ON JANUARY 7TH, 2013. THE NEW BRIDGE SHOULD BE OPENED BY THANKSGIVING, 20-13.
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GOVERNOR TOMBLIN SIGNED A PROCLAMATION STATING THAT SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AND FLOODING BETWEEN NOVEMBER 21ST AND 23RD CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGE AND LOSSES TO THE FARM INDUSTRY IN JACKSON COUNTY - - -QUALIFYING THE AREA FOR FLOOD DISASTER DECLARATION. THE CROP LOSS IS ABOUT 60-THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE DECLARATION WILL ENABLE THE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO APPLY FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FOR DISASTER VICTIMS.
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A PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL IS GETTING SOME UNWANTED ATTENTION FOR WHAT THEY ARE SELLING IN THEIR VENDING MACHINES... PLUS, DOWNLOADING MOVIES ON NETFLIX TO KEEP THEIR KIDS QUIET TURNED OUT TO BE A BAD IDEA FOR ONE FAMILY...WE'LL TELL YOU WHY METEOROLOGIST DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING RETURNS.
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SANTORUM SWEPT ALL THREE GOP RACES YESTERDAY AND THOSE WINS ARE RESHAPING THE RACE. WE WERE TALKING MOMENTUM HERE -- 70 DELEGATES UP FOR GRABS -- AND WITH SANTORUM WINNING THESE RACES -- THE MOMENTUM HAS SHIFTED HIS DIRECTION. SANTORUM'S WIN IN COLORADO, MINNESOTA AND MISSOURI ARE RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT MITT ROMNEY'S ELECTABILITY AMONG CONSERVATIVES. THE FORMER PENNSYLVANIA SENATOR WON 40 PERCENT OF THE VOTE IN COLORADO -- 45 PERCENT IN MINNESOTA AND 55 PERCENT IN MISSOURI. SANTORUM HAS LONG BEEN CRITICAL OF MITT ROMNEY'S ABILITY TO WIN IN THE GENERAL ELECTION AND THIS WIN GIVES HIM MORE AMMUNITION IN THAT ARGUMENT. THE NEXT CONTESTS -- MAINE ON FEBRUARY 11TH AND ARIZONA AND MICHIGAN FEBRUARY 28TH. LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM ATISH BAIDYA EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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A VENDING MACHINE IS GETTING THE ATTENTION OF FEDERAL REGULATORS. AND WHY HEALTH EXPERTS WANT YOU TO GET HEART HEALTHY BUT FIRST, HERE'S YOUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
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NOW, THE CONVENIENCE OF THE "MORNING AFTER PILL" -- BEING DISPENSED IN AN UNORTHODOX WAY AT ONE PENNSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY... HAS GOTTEN THE ATTENTION OF FEDERAL REGULATORS. THE MACHINE, INSIDE THE HEALTH CENTER AT SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY IN PENNSYLVANIA, PROVIDES THE EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVE. ALSO INSIDE: CONDOMS, AND PREGNANCY TESTS -- AS WELL AS COUGH DROPS AND COLD REMEDIES. THE MACHINE HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS -- BUT HAS RECENTLY CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF THE F-D-A...AND THEY ARE "CONTACTING PENNSYLVANIA STATE AUTHORITIES" AND "SCHOOL OFFICIALS." PLAN B CAN PREVENT PREGNANCY IF TAKEN WITHIN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS OF UNPROTECTED SEX. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE FIRST VENDING MACHINE OF ITS KIND.
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A REPORT BY THE CDC SAYS NINE OUT OF 10 ADULT AMERICANS EAT TOO MUCH SALT EACH DAY. IT ISSUED A LIST OF 10 FOODS THAT ACCOUNT FOR MORE THAN 40-PERCENT OF SALT INTAKE. AFTER BREADS AND ROLLS, DELI LUNCH MEATS CAME IN SECOND, FOLLOWED BY PIZZA. SOUP WAS FIVE; SNACK FOODS SUCH AS PRETZELS AND POTATO CHIPS WERE 10TH. SOME OF THE FOODS ARE NOT HIGH IN SODIUM, BUT EATING MULTIPLE SERVINGS RAISES LEVELS. SO WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL WITH SALT? WELL, HIGH SODIUM LEVELS INCREASE BLOOD PRESSURE, PUTTING PEOPLE AT HIGHER RISK FOR HEART DISEASE AND STROKE.
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AND MEDICAL EXPERTS SAY... GETTING AND KEEPING A HEALTHY HEART ... ISN'T AS HARD AS IT SEEMS. CHYRONS: 0:25 - 0:33 MARTHA GROGAN, M.D. / MAYO CLINIC CARDIOLOGIST CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES. IN FACT.. THE C-D-C REPORTS IT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE OUT OF THREE DEATHS. FEBRUARY IS AMERICAN HEART MONTH AND EXPERTS WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE IT'S NEVER TOO LATE CHANGE A BAD HABIT. GROGAN says: " sometimes people do think oh I'm going to get heart disease no matter what I do. But that's not true at all because eighty percent of heart disease is preventable.". GROGAN says " "It's really important for people to realize that even small changes, even after thirty or forty years of bad health habits they could make a big difference in their heart health." DOCTOR MARTHA GROGAN IS A CARDIOLOGIST AT THE MAYO CLINIC. SHE WORKED WITH COLLEAGUES TO CREATE THE "MAYO CLINIC HEALTHY HEART FOR LIFE"⦠WHICH INCLUDES A PLAN TO PREVENT AND CONQUER HEART DISEASE. GROGAN says: " Quick start is a commitment to eating five fruits and vegetables a day , moving at least ten minutes more per day and trying to get adequate sleep. After that we go into the full ten week Mayo Clinic Healthy Heart program which gives you all the knowledge of all the important things you need to knowi./iThen we finish up with the most important step, which is enjoy life." GROGAN SAYS EVEN THE BUSIEST PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO FIT THESE TIPS INTO THEIR SCHEDULES. DR. GROGAN says: " People know the healthy activities that they maybe should do but they feel that they don't have time, which is why it's so important for people to realize that if you're sedentary and if you move even ten minutes a day that can reduce your risk of heart attack by as much as fifty percent. DOCTORS SAY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER, IS THAT NO ONE IS PERFECT... THAT SETBACKS ARE NORMAL... AND STICKING WITH IT WILL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.
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NETFLIX IS SUPPOSED TO BE INEXPENSIVE....UNLESS PERHAPS IF YOU'RE ON VACATION. 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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THE INDIANA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF PEOPLE WERE EXPOSED TO MEASLES AT THE SUPER BOWL VILLAGE. OFFICIALS SAY A PERSON INFECTED WITH MEASLES VISITED THE VILLAGE ON LAST WEEK. SO FAR, THERE ARE TWO CONFIRMED CASES OF MEASLES IN INDIANA.
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TRACY FOX AND HIS FAMILY SAID THEY DID IT AS BOTH A TRIBUTE TO TEBOW, AND A SIGN OF THEIR SHARED CHRISTIAN FAITH. PLUS -- THEY HAD TO DO SOMETHING WITH ALL THE SNOW THAT BLANKETED THE AREA RECENTLY. FOX ESTIMATES IT TOOK TEN TONS OF SNOW TO MAKE THE SCULPTURE. THE SNOWY TEBOW IS A HIT. IT'S GONE VIRAL ON THE INTERNET. AND, NEIGHBORS COME BY AND TAKE PICTURES. THIS ISN'T THE FAMILY'S FIRST SNOW CREATION. THE FOXES SAID THEY DID A MINNESOTA VIKINGS SNOW SCULPTURE WHEN THEY LIVED NEAR THE TWIN CITIES.
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THEIR INTERNET PROVIDER CHARGED THEM OVER 10 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR STREAMING MOVIES FROM NETFLIX. JASON GIBSON HAD A SO-CALLED AIR CARD PLUGGED INTO HIS LAPTOP AND LET THE KIDS DOWNLOAD SEVERAL MOVIES, NOT REALIZING THERE WOULD BE ROAMING CHARGES. THE CARD RAN OFF CELLULAR NETWORKS...AND WHEN THEY DOWNLOADED MOVIES IT CHARGED HUNDREDES AND SOMETIMES THOUSANDS TO DOWNLOAD THE MOVIES. HIS ONLINE PROVIDER DROPPED A THOUSAND DOLLARS OFF THE BILL...BUT HE STILL OWES OVER 9 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
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A NEW SYSTEM TO RATE RESTAURANTS....WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THE "COLORFUL" CODES... GET DRESSED UP AND HELP OUT THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE..FIND YOU WHERE YOU CAN GET TICKETS TO THIS YEAR'S MCGALA. 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 WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 8th. DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.
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SANTORUM SWEPT ALL THREE GOP RACES YESTERDAY AND THOSE WINS ARE RESHAPING THE RACE. WE WERE TALKING MOMENTUM HERE -- 70 DELEGATES UP FOR GRABS -- AND WITH SANTORUM WINNING THESE RACES -- THE MOMENTUM HAS SHIFTED HIS DIRECTION. Rick Santorum made it a clean sweep. NATS - Santorum "WOW!" The former senator may have breathed new life into his push for the GOP nomination (GFX) with victories in the Colorado and Minnesota caucuses and the Missouri primary. SOT Santorum "I DON'T STAND HERE TO CLAIM TO BE THE CONSERVATIVE ALTERNATIVE TO MITT ROMNEY. I STAND HERE TO BE THE CONSERVATIVE ALTERNATIVE TO BARACK OBAMA." Santorum used his victory speech to unload on President Obama, who he said is not listening to the American people. SOT SANTORUM "HAS HE EVER LISTENED TO THE VOICE OF AMERICANS BEFORE? NO. WHY? CUZ HE THINKS HE KNOWS BETTER." Tuesday was a punch in the gut for Mitt Romney. The results raise fresh questions about the former Massachusetts governor's ability to win conservatives. This Minnesota voter talked about why she supported Santorum. MOS - Voice of: Helene Buys/ Minnesota Voter (off cam) "HIS VALUES AND HIS VIEW OF GOVERNMENT, LOWER SPENDING AND JUST HIS SOCIAL CONSERVATISM IS IMPORTANT TO ME." It's Republican base voters like this that rebuked Romney in Tuesday's contests. SOT Romney "THIS WAS A GOOD NIGHT FOR RICK SANTORUM. // WE'LL KEEP ON CAMPAIGNING DOWN THE ROAD. BUT I EXPECT TO BECOME OUR NOMINEE WITH YOUR HELP." Santorum's huge night could also be a blow to Newt Gingrich. The former Speaker is trying to hold onto his spot as the chief alternative to Romney. (STANDUP CLOSE) Romney performed much worse in all three states compared to when he ran four years ago. In 2008, Romney won 60 percent of the vote in Colorado and grabbed Minnesota by 18 points. Tahman Bradley, ABC News, Washington.. THE NEXT CONTESTS -- MAINE ON FEBRUARY 11TH AND ARIZONA AND MICHIGAN FEBRUARY 28TH. LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM ATISH BAIDYA EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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DOUGLAS WESLEY, JUNIOR, IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING LARRY CREWS TWICE ON SUNDAY OUTSIDE A CENTRAL AVENUE BAR NARROWLY MISSING TWO WOMEN IN A CAR. WESLEY ADMITTED BEING IN THE AREA, BUT DENIES HE SHOT ANYONE. " I guess I don't know what went on.". So, you're saying you weren't there when the gunplay went down? " Oh, no that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying I didn't do it! You were in the area, though. " Yeah, I was in the area. I was in the Kickback (the bar) ." CREWS TOLD POLICE A MAN HE KNEW ONLY AS "DOUGIE" TRIED TO ROB HIM, AND SHOT HIM WHEN HE TRIED TO RUN.
Return to Story IndexPRESTERA ARREST JAY PIKE WAS ARRESTED FOR SHOWING UP AT THE PRESTERA OFFICE, AND SHOWING A GUN AND DEMANDING DRUGS. THE GUN, TURNED OUT TO BE A "B-B" BUN... AND WITNESSES SAID PIKE CLAIMED HE WAS GOING TO KILL PEOPLE IF HE DIDN`T GET PRESCRIPTION PILLS. "I'm a patient there and I already get prescription drugs there." PIKE IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED ROBBERY.
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THAT SUBCOMMITTEE SAYS INSPECTORS SHOULD GRADE THE RESTAURANTS AS EXCELLENT, GOOD OR FAIR. THIS IS A COMPROMISE BETWEEN WHAT COUNTY COMMISSION PRESIDENT KENT CARPER HAS WANTED FOR YEARS, AND WHAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WAS WILLING TO DO. CARPER WANTS LETTER GRADES BUT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS HAPPY WITH THE WAY IT IS NOW, LISTING CRITICAL AND NON-CRITICAL VIOLATIONS ONLY. THE COMPROMISE SYSTEM IS BASED ON ONE USED IN ALBANY, NEW YORK CARPER ALSO SAID THERE HAVE BEEN NO COMPLAINTS FROM RESTAURANTS ABOUT THE NEW DECISION.
Return to Story IndexPIZZA FOR JACOB GIOVANNI'S WILL BE HOLDING A FUNDRAISER FOR THE FAMILY OF JACOB BALL TODAY. FOR EVERYONE WHO ORDERS CARRY-OUT, OR DELIVERY, A PERCENTAGE OF THE MONEY MADE WILL GO TO JACOB'S FAMILY TO HELP COVER EXPENSES. "PIZZA FOR JACOB" RUNS FROM 11 AM TO 10 PM TODAY.
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A SURPRISING VICTOR IN YESTERDAY'S PRIMARIES...BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE FRONTRUNNERS..WE'LL TELL YOU IN A LIVE REPORT. 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 IndexSANTORIUM WINS
SANTORUM SWEPT ALL THREE GOP RACES YESTERDAY AND THOSE WINS ARE RESHAPING THE RACE. WE WERE TALKING MOMENTUM HERE -- 70 DELEGATES UP FOR GRABS -- AND WITH SANTORUM WINNING THESE RACES -- THE MOMENTUM HAS SHIFTED HIS DIRECTION. SANTORUM'S WIN IN COLORADO, MINNESOTA AND MISSOURI ARE RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT MITT ROMNEY'S ELECTABILITY AMONG CONSERVATIVES. THE FORMER PENNSYLVANIA SENATOR WON 40 PERCENT OF THE VOTE IN COLORADO -- 45 PERCENT IN MINNESOTA AND 55 PERCENT IN MISSOURI. SANTORUM HAS LONG BEEN CRITICAL OF MITT ROMNEY'S ABILITY TO WIN IN THE GENERAL ELECTION AND THIS WIN GIVES HIM MORE AMMUNITION IN THAT ARGUMENT. THE NEXT CONTESTS -- MAINE ON FEBRUARY 11TH AND ARIZONA AND MICHIGAN FEBRUARY 28TH. LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM ATISH BAIDYA EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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EMBASSIES ARE REPORTEDLY REQUESTING GAS MASKS. MEANWHILE THE ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTRY IS ALSO PROVIDING EMBASSIES WITH A LIST OF PUBLIC BOMB SHELTERS.
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AL ARABIYA IS REPORTING 15 THOUSAND REVOLUTIONARY GUARD SOLIDERS ARE IN SYRIA TO HELP THE GOVERNMENT FIGHT AGAINST OPPOSITION FORCES. REPORTING LIVE IN THE STUDIO..ABA EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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DANCING THE NIGHT AWAY FOR A WORTHY CAUSE. WE'LL TELL YOU HOW YOU CAN ATTEND THIS WEEKEND'S McGALA...
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MCGALA COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON MCGALA ST. GEORGE CONFERENCE CENTER SATURDAY FEB. 11 6:00PM
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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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FOR MORE, WE SEND IT OVER TO ABC IN NEW YORK WITH THIS MORNING'S AMERICA'S MONEY REPORT.
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