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Friday, November 13, 2009.

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Reporting Today: Deborah Linz
and Rick Lord
Jim Barach is in the Weather Center
and Mark Martin has Sports
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  • PRESHOWOPEN
      IT WOULD BREAK MY CHILDREN'S HEARTS TO HAVE THEIR CAT TAKEN BY A COYOTE

      COMING UP ON EYEWITNESS NEWS, COYOTES ON THE PROWL AROUND KIDS AND PETS!

      BUT FIRST

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    PRESHOWOPEN 2
      IT'S THE FIRST WEEK OF THE PLAYOFFS... OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT... WHO WILL MOVE ON AS WE BEGIN THE ROAD TO WHEELING.

      GOOD EVENING, I'M DEBORAH LINZ....

      AND I'M RICK LORD... WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS.

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    FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
      IT'S FRIDAY NIGHT ...AND THAT MEANS FOOTBALL...

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    WVU FOOTBALL
      THE MOUNTAINEER GAME IS GOING...AND PLENTY OF GREAT HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFF ACTION...

      RICK, WE WILL START WITH WVU...THE MOUNTAINEERS ARE HOPEFUL OF BEING KINGS ONCE AGAIN OF THE BIG EAST CONFERENCE IN 2009...A WIN IN THE QUEEN CITY CERTAINLY NEEDED...

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    GW-CAO
      HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL MOTORED INTO ITS SECOND SEASON OF 2009...OF THE 24 FIRST ROUND PLAYOFF GAMES IN THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA THIS WEEKEND, 16 WERE PLAYED TONIGHT...

      -mark ad-libs

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    RICHWOOD
      A GREAT DAY OF FOOTBALL TOMORROW IN NICHOLAS COUNTY...THE RICHWOOD LUMBERJACKS WILL PUT A 10-AND-0 RECORD ON THE LINE AGAINST PENDLETON COUNTY...RICHWOOD IS THE NO. 3 SEED AND GETTTING TO HOST A FIRST-EVER GAME AT DEAN MEMORIAL FIELD...

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    NICHOLAS VO
      AFTER THE AFTERNOON TILT IN RICHWOOD, MANY WILL MOVE ON TO SUMMERSVILLE WHERE THE NICHOLAS COUNTY GRIZZLIES OF '09 ALSO MAKE SCHOOL HISTORY...MEMORIAL STADIUM HAS BEEN THE SITE OF PLAYOFF GAMES IN THE PAST, BUT NEVER WITH A GRIZZLIE TEAM...THE 9-1 CLUB AND NO. 8 SEED WILL HOST RIPLEY AS THE PROGRAM CONTINUES TO CLIMB UNDER GENE MORRIS...

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    FOOTBALL EXTRA
      DON'T MISS THE WEEK 12 EDITION OF FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL EXTRA...JOIN JOSH LEWIS, KENNIE BASS AND ME FOR THE ACTION...A.J. GOOD WILL BE ON ASSIGNMENT TONIGHT IN CINCINNATI AND WILL BE WITH US FOR OUR SATURDAY EDITION OF FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL EXTRA TOMORROW AFTER THE NOTRE DAME-PITT GAME..

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    FOOTBALL EXTRA OT
      ALSO JOIN JOSH, KENNIE AND ME TONIGHT ON THE INTERNET AT WCHSTV.COM FOR FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL EXTRA OVERTIME...FOOTBALL DISCUSSION ON THE ROAD TO WHEELING...

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    GOLDEN EAGLES TODAY
      ALSO DON'T FORGET THAN THE GOLDEN EAGLES TODAY COMES YOUR WAY TONIGHT AT 12:06 FOLLOWING NIGHTLINE...A RECAP OF THE UC-WESLEYAN GAME...THOUGHTS FROM TONY DEMEO AND MUCH MORE...

      MORE ON A BIG NIGHT OF FOOTBALL...PLUS WHAT'S IN STORE TOMORROW...I'LL HAVE IT FOR YOU LATER, HERE ON EYEWITNESS NEWS...

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    NOWCAST WEATHER
      JIM PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

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    BURNING EXPLOSION
      A MAN BURNING LEAVES, ENDS UP IN THE HOSPITAL WITH BURNS OF HIS OWN.

      IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE SIX THIS EVENING ON VALLEY VIEW AVENUE -- THAT'S JUST OFF OF ROUTE 35 IN AMANDAVILLE.

      FIREFIGHTERS SAY HE USED AN ACCELERANT.

      HE WAS TAKEN TO CHARLESTON GENERAL WITH BURNS ON HIS ARMS AND FACE.

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    BURNING SEASON
      REMEMBER WE ARE IN FIRE SEASON UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST.

      IF YOU PLAN TO BURN... A SAFETY STRIP OF AT LEAST 10 FEET AROUND BURNING MATERIALS IS REQUIRED AND FIRES MUST BE ATTENDED TO UNTIL THEY ARE FULLY EXTINGUISHED.

      ALL OUTDOOR BURNING WILL BE PROHIBITED DURING THE SEASON FROM 7 A.M. TO 4 P.M.

      VIOLATORS WILL FACE A FINE AND ARE LIABLE FOR THE COST OF BOTH FIGHTING THE FIRE AND ANY PROPERTY DAMAGE.

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    BURNED BODY FOUND
      RANDOLPH COUNTY DEPUTIES FOUND A BODY IN A BURNING TRUCK, AND ARE TREATING THE CASE AS A POSSIBLE MURDER.

      A HUNTER SAW FLAMES SHOOTING OUT OF A TRUCK IN THE NATIONAL FOREST YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. BY THE TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND DEPUTIES ARRIVED ON THE SCENE, THE BODY INSIDE WAS BURNED BEYOND RECOGNITION. THEY HAVE NOT RULED OUT AN ACCIDENTAL FIRE OR SUICIDE YET. THERE HAD BEEN A MURDER A FEW YEARS AGO IN THE SAME AREA.

      " This is a party location. We do run patrols in this area..........I don't think this is a danger area for Randolph County. "

      THE FIRE DAMAGE WAS SO INTENSE INVESTIGATORS COULD NOT DETERMINE THE GENDER OF THE VICTIM...

      IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION.. CALL THE RANDOLPH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AT 304- 636-2100.

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    CALE ARRESTED
      THE ESTRANGED HUSBAND OF A MISSING CEDAR GROVE WOMAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR CONCEALING A BODY ON HIS PROPERTY IN PARSONS.

      THE BODY HAS NOT YET BEEN IDENTIFIED, BUT INVESTIGATORS SUSPECT THE REMAINS ARE THOSE OF BONNIE CALE-- WHO'S BEEN MISSING SINCE 2002. TROOPERS SEARCHING FOR THE BODY ON WESLEY CALE'S PROPERTY WEDNESDAY FOUND A SKELETON BURIED SEVERAL FEET UNDERGROUND-- UNDER A QUARTER INCH STEEL PLATE.

      42-YEAR-OLD WESLEY CALE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH CONCEALING A BODY. HE IS BEING HELD ON A 150,000 DOLLAR CASH BOND. POLICE CAUGHT CALE AT A MAKESHIFT CAMP IN RURAL TUCKER COUNTY.

      TROOPERS ARE NOW WAITING FOR THE STATE MEDICAL EXAMINER TO IDENTIFY THE REMAINS AND DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF DEATH BEFORE PURSUING OTHER CHARGES.

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    A-4 IN COURT
      ANDREW MILLER -- ALSO KNOWN BY THE STREET NAME A-4 -- SAYS HE'S NOT GUILTY OF ATTEMPTED MURDER AND ROBBERY CHARGES..

      MILLER WAS ARRESTED IN BECKLEY AFTER POLICE SAY HE SHOT A 16-YEAR-OLD CHARLESTON BOY IN THE FACE BACK IN APRIL. AMAZINGLY THE TEEN SURVIVED. A JUDGE SET MILLER'S TRIAL FOR APRIL 19TH. HE REMAINS IN JAIL UNABLE TO POST THE 500-THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND.

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    CARJACKING
      A TWO A-M CAR WASH PROVED TO BE A BAD IDEA FOR A 37-YEAR-OLD ELKVIEW MAN.

      AUTHORITIES SAY HE WAS HIT FROM BEHIND AND SOMEONE JUMPED INTO HIS 2006 WHITE FORD EXPEDITION AND DROVE OFF.

      IT HAPPENED AT THE ELKVIEW CAR WASH ON LITTLE SANDY ROAD.

      ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL THE KANAWHA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AT 304-357-0169

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    WOMAN BEATEN
      A 29-YEAR-OLD CHARLESTON WOMAN TOLD POLICE A MAN BEAT HER AND TOOK NINE DOLLARS FROM HER PURSE ON CHARLESTON'S WEST SIDE.

      CANDACE CLEEK SAID SHE WAS ATTACKED BY A 5 FOOT 8 MAN WITH RED HAIR. SHE SAID HE IS IN HIS 20'S. CLEEK WENT TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES.

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    OH LETHAL INJECTION
      LETHAL INJECTION HAS CHANGED IN OHIO.....IT IS NOW THE FIRST STATE TO PUT IN PLACE A POLICY TO GIVE INMATES JUST ONE DRUG -- INSTEAD OF THE USUAL THREE-DRUG COCKTAIL.

      THIS COMES AFTER A BOTCHED EXECUTION BACK IN OCTOBER.

      EXECUTIONERS HAD TROUBLE FINDING A WORKABLE VEIN IN ROMELL BROOM.

      A JUDGE THEN PUT BROOM'S SECOND PLANNED EXECUTION ON HOLD.

      BROOM'S LAWYERS ARGUED A SECOND TRY AMOUNTS TO CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT. EXPERTS SAY THE NEW COULD BE OPENING ITSELF TO LITIGATION.

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    WAGE WAR
      TONIGHT FORMER RESTAURANT WORKERS STAND IN THE MIDDLE OF A WAGE WAR.

      IT'S BEEN NEARLY THREE MONTHS SINCE THE HALF TIME GRILL AND BAR IN TOWN CENTER MALL CLOSED AND WE'RE TOLD EMPLOYEES ARE STILL WAITING FOR THEIR FINAL CHECKS.

      EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER GILBERT CORSEY TALKED WITH SOME OF THOSE WORKERS TODAY.

      NAT: 12:59:52 ----NEGATIVE 514-DOLLARS AND 39-CENTS.

      IT'S FRUSTRATING FOR JAMES GORE TO LOOK AT HIS BANK STATEMENTS.

      LIKE MANY PEOPLE, JAMES LIVES PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK...

      SO HE SAYS WHEN HIS BOSSES AT HALFTIME IN CHARLESTON STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS PAYING EMPLOYEES, HE STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS PAYING THE BILLS.

      12:54:54 I ended up losing my vehicle, got evicted. two bounced checks and I still haven't been reimburse for them.

      THE RESTAURANT UNEXPEctedly CLOSED IN LATE AUGUST, LESS THAN SIX MONTHS AFTER IT OPENED....LEAVING JAMES WITHOUT A JOB AND THE 8-HUNDRED DOLLARS HE SAYS HE'S OWED.

      12:56:30 I was a very diligent employee and very respectful and for them to disrespect me like this it upsets me a whole lot.

      NAT: 14:55;12 very stress full cause i didn't know if I was going to get another job.

      JAMES' FORMER COWORKERS MARIE HARPER SHARES A SIMILAR STORY.

      14:50:50 I lost my kids. they had to go back to their daddy cause I didn't know where the money was coming from.

      JAMES , MARIE AND AT LEAST TEN OTHER FORMER HALFTIME WORKERS ARE NOW SUING THE OWNERS TO GET THEIR MONEY BACK.

      14:53:55 It's going to take a while to even get anything from them

      AND WHILE THEY WAIT OUT THE LEGAL PROCESS THEY HAVE SINCE GONE BACK TO WORK.....HOPING TO TURN THESE NEGATIVES INTO A POSITIVE AND GET THEIR LIVES BACK ON TRACK.

      IN CHARLESTON GILBERT CORSEY EYEWITNESS NEWS.

      COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW HALF TIME AT THE TOWN CENTER MALL WAS OWNED BY MIKE HUGHES AND RICHARD ROSE.

      EMPLOYEES SAY THE TWO OPERATED SEVERAL RESTRAUNTS TOGETHER-- INCLUDING THE BENNIGAN'S THAT CLOSED IN THE MALL.

      THE PAIR CLOSED THEIR POINT PLEASANT HALFTIME JUST LAST WEEK.

      WE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT HUGHES AND ROSE.

      NEITHER COULD BE REACHED FOR COMMENT.

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    BIRTHDAY TAXES
      AN ELDERLY OHIO WOMAN GOT A NOT SO GOOD SURPRISE ON HER 81ST BIRTHDAY. A BILL FOR MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS..SHE NEVER SAW COMING.

      EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER BRYANT SOMERVILLE EXPLAINS.

      (nats)

      ON WEDNESDAY, WILLA MAE SPENCER TURNED 81 YEARS OLD.

      AND GALLIA COUNTY IN OHIO...GAVE HER A GIFT...A BILL...WITH A PRICETAG OVER 26 HUNDRED DOLLARS.


      HERES WHAT HAPPENED...BACK IN 2004, SPENCERS DAUGHTER, BETTY MULLINS, SAYS A GROUP CALLED COMMUNITY ACTION...BUILT HER MOTHER A BRAND NEW HOME.

      BUT HERE WE ARE, FIVE YEARS LATER...AND SHES NEVER PAID A CENT ON PROPERTY TAXES.





      GALLIA COUNTY AUDITOR LARRY BETZ SAYS SPENCER ISNT ALONE, IN FACT HE SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL CASES OF HOMES, BUILT BY COMMUNITY ACTION...WHERE THEY NEVER TURNED IN BUILDING NOTICES.

      BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THERES NOTHING HE CAN DO.


      AS FOR MULLINS SHE SAYS SHE'LL DO WHATEVER SHE NEEDS TO...TO MAKE SURE HER MOTHER HAS A HOME.


      IN GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO; BSO; EYEWITNESS NEWS.

      WE DID TALK WITH COMMUNITY ACTION ON THE PHONE TODAY, THEY WOULD NOT SPEAK ABOUT SPECIFICS OF THE CASE, AND TOLD US ALL QUESTIONS NEEDED TO GO THROUGH THE COUNTY AUDITOR.

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    CHURCH BELLS
      A SET OF BELLS WAS INSTALLED AT A CHARLESTON CHURCH NEARLY 100 YEARS AGO.

      NOW THEY'RE COMING DOWN BECAUSE OF BUILDING CODES.

      THE BELLS AT CHRIST CHURCH UNITED METHODIST ON QUARRIER STREET HAVEN`T WORKED SINCE A FIRE IN THE SANCTUARY 40 YEARS AGO.

      LAST YEAR, THE CHURCH LEARNED THE BELLS EXCEEDED THE WEIGHT LIMIT FOR MODERN BUILDING CODES. THE LARGEST OF THE BELLS IS MORE THAN 9 FEET LONG AND WEIGHS MORE THAN 300 POUNDS.

      A CHURCH COMMITTEE IS DEVELOPING A PLAN FOR THE BELLS, WHICH MAY INVOLVE INCORPORATING THEM INTO A SCULPTURE.

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    SALVATION BELLS
      IT'S THE SOUND OF THE SEASON..

      AS DARRAH WILCOX REPORTS, THE SALVATION ARMY HAS DUSTED OFF THEIR BELLS AND RED KETTLES... AND SET UP SHOP ALL OVER TOWN.

      Sometimes, it just takes one person to get the ball rolling. It's like the giving spirit... is a little bit contagious. Some folks... are just selfless by nature.

      Ian George Sparks is on a 15-day mid-tour leave from Iraq. He was the first to donate to the Charleston campaign... and the kettles weren't even up.

      "You get out on the streets, and see people doing without, it's always nice to be able to help give back."

      His donation will help thousands...

      Captain Thomas Richmond / Salvation Army

      "This is going to be able to have a good Christmas, and also our Boys and Girls Club programs, Camp Happy Valley, there's social service programs that we run 365 days a year. Food, clothing, shelter, those type of issues."

      The recession has sent more and more people turning to the Salvation Army to help... and they're turning to the community to give back.

      "Even if it's just the change left over from your morning coffee... every little bit can help."

      "Where it takes a community to really raise a child, we say it takes community to help the community be able to heal, and rebuild, and to get back to the place it needs to be. Now is the time for all of us to step forward, and help those that need our help."

      TAG OUT

      THE SALVATION ARMY IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS.. YOU CAN CALL THEM IN CHARLESTON AT 304-343-4548.

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    BYRD MILESTONE
      WEST VIRGINIA'S SENIOR SENATOR IS READY TO MARK ANOTHER MILESTONE IN CONGRESS.

      SENATOR ROBERT C. BYRD IS ALREADY THE LONGEST-SERVING *SENATOR OF ALL TIME.

      ON WEDNESDAY, HE WILL BECOME THE LONGEST SERVING MEMBER OF *EITHER CHAMBER OF CONGRESS, BREAKING THE RECORD OF FORMER ARIZONA REPRESENTATIVE CARL HAYDEN.

      GOVERNOR JOE MANCHIN WILL HOLD A CELEBRATION AT THE STATE CAPITOL NEXT WEDNESDAY.

      THERE WILL BE AN EXHIBIT OF MEMORABILIA FROM BYRD'S CAREER, INCLUDING HIS FAMOUS FIDDLE.

      BYRD TURNS 92 IN ONE WEEK.

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    SPECIAL SESSION
      THE LEGISLATURE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL SESSION STARTING NEXT TUESDAY.

      LAWMAKERS WILL BE DISCUSSING PENSIONS FOR MUNICIPAL POLICE, FIRE, AND PENSION PROGRAMS.

      A GAS TAX MAY ALSO BE ON THE AGENDA.

      THE SESSION WILL LAST THREE DAYS.

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    COYOTE PROBLEM
      COYOTES ARE ON THE LOOSE IN SOUTH HILLS -- AND NOW PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR PETS.

      SOME ONE POSTED SIGNS IN THE AREA WARNING TO WATCH OUT FOR THE WILD ANIMALS, WHICH ARE APPARENTLY ROAMING NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE FOOD IS SCARCE IN THE WOODS.

      COYOTES ARE NOT NEW TO THE AREA -- THEY HAVE BEEN IN CHARLESTON FOR MANY YEARS.

      THE DNR SAYS YOU SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR YOUR PETS AND DO NOT ENTICE THE COYOTES INTO YOUR YARD.

      REMEMBER, YOU CAN HUNT AND TRAP COYOTES ALL YEAR IN WEST VIRGINIA -- BUT YOU CAN'T USE FIREARMS IN CITY LIMITS.

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    CATO FISHING
      A CHARLESTON SWIMMING POOL WILL BE TAKEN OVER BY TROUT THIS WEEKEND.

      CHARLESTON CITY WORKERS HAVE STOCKED CATO POOL WITH HUNDREDS OF POUNDS OF TROUT.

      FOR JUST TEN BUCKS A PERSON OVER 13-YEARS OF AGE... ANGLERS CAN CATCH UP TO FOUR FISH AND WIN PRIZES FOR HOOKING A TAGGED FISH.

      THE EVENT IS OPEN TO ALL AGES AND IS USUALLY A FUN TIME FOR EVERYONE.

      "We just like to bring our grandson. What's he get out of this? He just likes to play with the worms mostly. I think he just caught a fish, yeah."

      GATES WILL BE OPEN TOMORROW AND SUNDAY from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

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    COOK-A-THON
      A CHARLESTON CHEF IS SHOWING SUPPORT FOR CELEBRITY CHEF JAMIE OLIVER'S EFFORT TO SLIM UP THE RIVER CITY.

      EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER RUDI RAYNES JOINS US LIVE IN OUR STUDIO TO SHOW US HOW THE CAPITAL CITY IS PITCHING IN... RUDI

      PARTICIPANTS IN CHARLESTON'S COOK-A-THON SAY THEY DON'T FIND ANYTHING OFFENSIVE ABOUT DISCUSSING WEIGHT ISSUES HERE IN WEST VIRGINIA. THEY THINK AWARENESS HAS TO BE RAISED TO MAKE A CHANGE.

      :nats: cooking

      LOCAL CHEF APRIL HAMILTON SAYS SHE WAS INSPIRED TO HOST HER OWN COOKATHON IN CHARLESTON AFTER SHE SAW THE SUCCESS CELEBRITY CHEF JAMIE OLIVER HAD IN HUNTINGTON.

      April: their goal was to get a thousand cooks to make this stir fry recipe. they cooked with hundreds of people on the streets of huntington

      OLIVER IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON A SHOW FOR ABC THAT WILL SHOWCASE HUNTINGTON'S EATING HABITS, THE RIVER CITY WAS NAMED THE UNHEALTHIEST METROPOLITAN AREA IN THE COUNTRY AND SOME SAY THEY'RE SCARED THE SHOW WILL ATTACK THE CITY. BUT HAMILTON DOESN'T SEE IT THAT WAY.

      50:33 we've gotten carried away w ith packaged and processed foods. you shove it in and it's so quick and we've got to stop we've got major problems coming from these lifestyles that we adapted into.

      58:26 not encesasrily just huntingotn our nation has a weight problem

      REBECCA ST. JEAN WAS IN ATTENDANCE AT THE CRASH COURSE IN QUICK HEALTHY COOKING AND SAYS LEARNING ALTERNATIVES TO FAST FOOD IS IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE.

      58:26 theres been some animosity about jamie oliver coming here but the sad fact of the matter is it is what it is

      57:37 what's most important is what's easy people go to fast food because it's easy

      BUT HAMILTON SAYS THERE ARE WAYS TO STAY OUT OF THE DRIVE THRU.

      52:26 i tell people on sunday plan your menus out for the week

      49:45 you can get a great healthy meal on the table in no time at all

      57:17 im a reluctant chef i dont cook a lot

      56:45 but we walked away saying where's the recipe



      HAMILTON'S COOKING EVENT WAS SOLD OUT AND SHE SAYS SHE EXPECTS TO HAVE MORE IN THE FUTURE.

      REPORTING LIVE IN THE RUDI RAYNES EYEWITNESS NEWS.

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    GAZETTE HEADLINE
      IT'S TIME TO GET TOMORROW'S HEADLINES TONIGHT...

      A LOOK AT NICK CASEY, BEING PUSHED BY STATE DEMOCRATS FOR A SEAT AS A FEDERAL JUDGE.

      FULL COVERAGE OF FRIDAY NIGHT'S HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ACTION.

      WVU LOOKS TO KNOCK OFF THE BEAST OF THE BIG EAST WHEN IT TAKES ON CINCINNATI

      YOU CAN READ ALL ABOUT THESE STORIES AND MORE IN SATURDAY 'S EDITION OF THE CHARLESTON GAZETTE-MAIL.

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    FULL WEATHER
      ANCHORS TOSS TO JIM FOR WEATHER

      JIM PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

      Join Jim Barach 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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    A STUDENT OF
      ANCHORS AND JIM TALK TO -A- STUDENT

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    IWITNESS NEWS
      IF YOU SEE NEWS HAPPENING, CLICK AWAY, AND SEND US THE PICTURES AT IWITNESS@WCHSTV.COM....

      IF IT'S A GOOD PICTURE OF A GOOD STORY... WE'LL USE IT ON THE AIR!

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    NOW SHOWING
      IN THEATERS THIS WEEKEND, A MOVIE ABOUT THE END OF THE WORLD.

      AND ONE ABOUT THE WORLD OF ROCK-AND-ROLL IN THE 1960S.

      HERE'S A SNEAK PEEK.

      IN THE APOCALYPTIC THRILLER "2012," CATASTROPHIC EVENTS, COINCIDING WITH THE END OF THE MAYAN CALENDAR, ARE SPIRALING THE GLOBE INTO CHAOS. AN EXPERT ON ANCIENT PROPHECIES, PLAYED BY JOHN CUSACK, TRIES TO USE HIS KNOWLEDGE TO SAVE HIS FAMILY, AND PREVENT THE EXTINCTION OF THE HUMAN RACE. "2012" IS RATED "P-G 13." IN "PIRATE RADIO," IT'S 1966 AND A GROUP OF ECCENTRIC D-J'S BROADCAST ROCK-AND-ROLL INTO ENGLAND FROM A BOAT CALLED "RADIO ROCK," ANCHORED JUST OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY'S JURISDICTION. THEY'RE CHALLENGING THE GOVERNMENT MONOPOLY OF THE AIRWAVES. MILLIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE CAPTIVATED BY THE MUSIC, AND THE D-J'S BECOME NATIONAL HEROES. BUT THE CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT IS HOPING TO SILENCE THEIR SIGNAL PERMANENTLY. STARRING PHILIP SEYMORE HOFFMAN AND KENNETH BRANAGH, "PIRATE RADIO" IS RATED "R." FOR NOW SHOWING, I'M JIM RIBBLE.

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    PAKISTAN BLAST
      WELCOME BACK TO EYEWITNESS NEWS! IN WORLD NEWS....

      AT LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A SUICIDE CAR BOMBER ATTACKED PAKISTAN'S SPY AGENCY IN PESHAWAR.

      THE EXPLOSION BROUGHT DOWN MUCH OF THE BUILDING.

      IT STRUCK AT THE HEART OF THE AGENCY THAT OVERSEES MUCH OF THE ANTI-TERROR CAMPAIGN IN THE NEARBY BORDER REGIONS WITH AFGHANISTAN.

      THIS IS THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF ATTACKS SINCE THE GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED AN OFFENSIVE IN MID-OCTOBER AGAINST A MAIN TALIBAN STRONGHOLD.

      THE BLAST COULD BE HEARD ACROSS THE CITY.

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    AFGHAN BLAST
      MEANTIME, THE TALIBAN IS CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY FOR A SUICIDE BOMBING THAT WOUNDED AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE NEAR A U.S. CAMP OUTSIDE KABUL, AFGHANISTAN.

      U-S MILITARY AND AFGHAN POLICE BLOCKED OFF THE ROAD LEADING TO THE BLAST SITE AS INVESTIGATORS EXAMINED THE SCENE.

      A TALIBAN SPOKESMAN SAYS A SUICIDE CAR BOMBER TARGETED AN INTERNATIONAL MILITARY CONVOY.

      AT LEAST THREE LOCAL CIVILIANS AND THREE FOREIGNERS WERE INJURED.

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    PLANE CRASH
      A PASSENGER JET crashed INTO THE V-I-P LOUNGE AT THE AIRPORT IN RWANDA.

      AT LEAST ONE PERSON IS DEAD..

      "RWAND-AIR" SAYS THE PILOT OF THE PLANE REPORTED TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES SHORTLY AFTER TAKING OFF FROM THE AIRPORT.

      THE PILOT REPORTEDLY TRIED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING, BUT FAILED.

      THE PLANE WAS ON ITS WAY TO UGANDA.

      NO WORD YET ON WHAT EXACTLY CAUSED THE ACCIDENT.

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    WATER ON THE MOON
      NASA SAYS... IT DETECTED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF *WATER* ON THE MOON.

      SCIENTISTS ANALYZED DATA FROM A SPACECRAFT THEY *INTENTIONALLY* CRASHED NEAR THE LUNAR POLE LAST MONTH.

      FOX'S CLAUDIA COWAN HAS THE STORY.



      CHYRONS:

      :15 ANTHONY COLAPRETE / LCROSS PROJECT SCIENTIST

      :49 DOUG COOKE / NASA

      1:04 CLAUDIA COWAN / FOX NEWS (on cam tag)

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      SIX WEEKS AGO TWO NASA PROJECTILES STRUCK THE LUNAR SURFACE... KICKING UP A HUGE PLUME OF DEBRIS NEAR THE MOON'S SOUTH POLE... AND THAT CLOUD OF DUST CONTAINED EXACTLY WHAT PROJECT SCIENTISTS WERE HOPING TO FIND.

      i /i

      COLAPRETE: "indeed, yes, we found water. and we didn't find just a little bit. we found a significant amount."

      NOW TEAMS AROUND THE GLOBE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW LONG IT'S BEEN THERE... AND WHERE IT CAME FROM.

      ONE THEORY IS THAT IT WAS LEFT BEHIND BY COMETS THAT COLLIDED WITH THE MOON.

      ANOTHER IS THAT THE WATER COMES FROM THE MOON ITSELF... PRODUCED BY SOME KIND OF INTERNAL ACTIVITY.

      AND NOW THERE'S TALK OF SENDING A ROVER BACK TO THE SITE TO COLLECT MORE DATA.

      WHATEVER THE SOURCE, THE DISCOVERY IS SIGNIFICANT --- AND COULD WELL OPEN THE DOOR FOR ANOTHER MANNED MISSION TO EARTH'S ONLY SATELLITE.

      COOKE: "It obviously has implications for science and in terms of understanding the history of the earth, moon system and the solar system and the implications that were described for exploration in the future."

      NASA WANTS TO SEND ASTRONAUTS BACK TO THE MOON AS SOON AS 2018 AND BUILD A PERMANENT OUT-POST SHORTLY AFTER THAT.

      IT'S A MISSION WITH A MUCH STRONGER CHANCE OF SUCCESS...

      NOW THAT WE KNOW WATER - AND POSSIBLY OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES - ARE UP THERE... WAITING FOR US.

      IN SAN FRANCISCO, CLAUDIA COWAN, FOX NEWS.

      THEY ESTIMATE THE CRASH KICKED UP AT LEAST 25 GALLONS OF WATER.

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    SECOND WEATHER
      JIM PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

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    HOLLYWOOD BUZZ
      STINGER

      STINGER

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    CHRIS BROWN CLIP
      TONIGHT IN THE HOLLYWOOD BUZZ... SINGER CHRIS BROWN SPEAKS OUT ON ASSAULTING IS EX-GIRLFRIEND RIHANNA.

      AND HE ONCE AGAIN IS APOLOGIZING FOR THE INCIDENT.

      BROWN SAT DOWN WITH TALK SHOW HOST WENDY WILLIAMS.

      HE SAYS HE'S REMORSEFUL AND WANTS PEOPLE TO TAKE HIS APOLOGY SERIOUSLY.

      WILLIAMS says: What do you say to people who don't feel you act remorseful?

      BROWN says: : What I think, the steps that I've taken to show that I'm sorry probably have been perceived wrong. Certain things when I'm doing certain interviews and how my posture is to how I'm acting. At the end of the day, I'm definitely remorseful and it's not something that I take lightly or think that it's like under the rug. I really think it's something that is a serious matter and I'm learning from it.

      BROWN ALSO DEBUTED HIS NEW VIDEO "CRAWL" ON THE SHOW.

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    CRAWFORD EXTORTION
      FORMER SUPERMODEL CINDY CRAWFORD AND HER HUSBAND ARE ALLEGEDLY TARGETS OF AN EXTORTION SCHEME.

      COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW AN AQUINTANCE OF THE COUPLE'S FORMER NANNY THREATENED TO SELL A PHOTO OF THEIR THEN-SEVEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER.

      THE PICTURE SHOWS THE GIRL BOUND TO A CHAIR IN REVEALING CLOTHING.

      A SPOKESWOMAN SAYS THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN AS PART OF A GAME WITHOUT CRAWFORD'S KNOWLEDGE.

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    BRITNEY SPEARS TWITTER
      BRITNEY SPEARS WORSHIPS THE DEVIL?

      THAT'S THE MESSAGE THAT APPEARED THURSDAY ON HER TWITTER ACCOUNT.

      REPS SAY IT APPEARS HER TWITTER AND MYSPACE ACCOUNTS HAVE BEEN HACKED.

      THAT MESSAGE AND OTHERS WERE REMOVED AFTER HER MANAGEMENT TEAM GOT BACK CONTROL OF THE ACCOUNTS.

      SPEARS HAS ABOUT THREE POINT SEVEN MILLION FOLLOWERS ON TWITTER..

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    MEDICAL MARIJUANA
      WELCOME BACK TO EYEWITNESS NEWS! IN HEALTH NEWS....

      THE NATION'S LARGEST DOCTOR'S ORGANIZATION IS CALLING FOR NEW RULES WHEN IT COMES TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

      THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION WANTS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO RECONSIDER ITS STANCE ON THE DRUG.

      CURRENTLY, IT IS CLASSIFIED AS HAVING NO MEDICAL BENEFIT AND HARMFUL NO MATTER WHAT.

      THE A-M-A IS ENCOURAGING CHANGING THE DRUG'S STATUS SO MORE STUDIES CAN BE DONE TO DETERMINE ITS MEDICAL BENEFITS, IF ANY.

      THE ORGANIZATION SAYS IT'S NOT ENDORSING THE LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA OR ANY STATE MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROGRAM.

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    FOLIC ACID AND ADHD
      NEW RESEARCH SHOWS A LINK BETWEEN FOLATE LEVELS DURING PREGNANCY AND ATTENTION-DEFICIT- HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER DISORDER IN CHIDREN.

      THE FINDINGS SHOW AN INCREASED CHANCE OF HAVING THE DISORDER IN KIDS AGES SEVEN TO NINE-YEARS OLD, WHEN FOLATE LEVELS ARE LOW.

      THE STUDY SUPPORTS THE LONG-HELD BELIEF THAT FOLATE OR FOLIC ACID LEVELS IN EXPECTANT MOTHERS INFLUENCE A CHILD'S NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT.

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    BLOOMBERG REPORT
      ENCOURAGING EARNINGS NEWS HELPED POWER A RALLY IN STOCKS.

      HERE'S MORE IN TONIGHT'S BLOOMBERG AFTER THE BELL REPORT.

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    SPORTS TEASE
      IT WAS BIG NIGHT OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL AS THE PLAYOFFS GET UNDERWAY...MARK MARTIN HAS HIGHLIGHTS NEXT, HERE

      ON EYEWITNESS NEWS...

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    SPORTS
      RICK TOSSES TO SPORTS ANCHOR

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    WVU FOOTBALL
      IT'S THE NIGHT THE MOUNTAINEERS ARE TRYING TO TAKE A BIG STEP IN BECOMING KINGS OF THE BIG EAST...TO DO SO, THEY MUST TAKE DOWN NO. 5 CINCINNATI IN THE QUEEN CITY....

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    MARSHALL FOOTBALL
      IT'S A SHOT AT SIX WINS THIS WEEKEND FOR MARSHALL...THE HERD WILL COLLIDE WITH SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TOMORROW IN HUNTINTINGTON...MARSHALL ENTERS WITH A RECORD OF 5-AND-3 OVERALL...THE HERD KNOCKED OFF THE EAGLES A YEAR AGO ON THE ROAD...

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    TECH
      THE WEST VIRGINIA TECH GOLDEN BEARS WILL CLOSE OUT THE 2009 SEASON TOMORROW NIGHT- THE SECOND UNDER SCOTT TINSLEY WITH A HOME DATE AGAINST GEORGETOWN, KY....TECH HAS CAPTURED THREE WINS THIS SEASON AFTER A WINLESS '08...KICKOFF TOMORROW FROM MARTIN FIELD IS SET FOR 1:30...

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    HS FOOTBALL-SHERMAN
      THE SECOND SEASON OF WEST VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IS HERE...THE PLAYOFFS BEING TONIGHT AROUND THE STATE...24 GAMES IN ALL THIS WEEKEND WITH 16 OF THOSE TONIGHT...EIGHT MORE WILL BE TOMORROW...

      IT WILL BE HISTORY IN THE MAKING TOMORROW IN THE BOONE COUNTY COMMUNITY OF SETH...THE SHERMAN TIDE WILL HOST A PLAYOFF GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY AT ZONTINI FIELD...SHERMAN MEETS CHAPMANVILLE AT 1:30 IN A DOUBLE-A GAME AND WILL TRY TO KEEP ITS PERFECT RECORD IN TACT...

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    CHAPMANVILLE
      THE TIGERS ARE BACK IN THE PLAYOFFS ONCE AGAIN...CHAPMANVILLE FINISHED THE SEASON AT 7-AND-3 AND WILL TRY TO KNOCK OFF A SCHOOL NOT FAR FROM HOME IN THE OPENING ROUND...HEAD COACH GEORGE BARKER SAYS HE'S HAPPY HIS TEAM HAS ANOTHER SHOT AT EXTENDING THEIR SEASON...

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    WIRT
      FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1994 THE WIRT COUNTY TIGERS ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS...THE TIGERS WILL HOST IAEGER SATURDAY EVENING IN ELIZABETH...WIRT COUNTY IS THE NO. 6, IAEGER COMES IN AS THE 11TH SEED...WIRT COUNTY HAS A POTENT OFFENSIVE ATTACK...

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    FOOTBALL EXTRA
      DON'T MISS THE WEEK 12 EDITION OF FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL EXTRA...JOIN JOSH LEWIS, KENNIE BASS AND ME FOR THE ACTION...A.J. GOOD WILL BE ON ASSIGNMENT TONIGHT IN CINCINNATI AND WILL BE WITH US FOR OUR SATURDAY EDITION OF FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL EXTRA TOMORROW AFTER THE NOTRE DAME-PITT GAME..

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    FOOTBALL EXTRA OT
      ALSO JOIN JOSH, KENNIE AND ME TONIGHT ON THE INTERNET AT WCHSTV.COM FOR FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL EXTRA OVERTIME...FOOTBALL DISCUSSION ON THE ROAD TO WHEELING...

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    VOLLEYBALL
      THE WEST VIRGINIA GIRLS STATE HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT STARTED TODAY AT THE CHARLESTON CIVIC CENTER COLISEUM...THE THREE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE SET FOR TOMORROW...AT 10 O'CLOCK ON CENTER COURT IT WILL BE FRANKFORT AND RITCHIE CLASS AA ACTION....

      CLASS AAA WILL FOLLOW WITH S.VALLEY AND PARKERSBURG MEETING ...

      THE SINGLE A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH IS THE LAST OF THE DAY WIRT AND C.CATH.

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    WVC TOURNAMENT
      WEST VIRGINIA CONFERENCE TOURNAMETN...

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    WAKE UP WEATHER
      ANCHORS TOSS TO JIM FOR WAKE UP WEATHER

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    POPE NEW MUSIC CD
      POPE BENEDICT THE SIXTEENTH'S VOICE IS BEING SET TO MUSIC.

      IT'S HAPPENING IN ITALY.

      THE PONTIFF IS FEATURED ON A NEW ALBUM TO BE RELEASED AT THE END OF THE MONTH ...

      IT'S CALLED "ALMA MATER, MUSIC FROM THE VATICAN," AND IT ALSO CONTAINS A MIX OF MODERN MUSIC AND ANCIENT CHURCH HYMNS.

      WHILE THE PONTIFF DID NOT RECORD ANY SERMONS *SPECIFICALLY* FOR THE ALBUM, SOME OF THE MUSIC WAS SPECIALLY COMPOSED.

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