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Monday, November 2, 2009.

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Eyewitness News at 10 PM
Reporting Today: Deborah Linz
and Rick Lord
Jim Barach is in the Weather Center
and Mark Martin has Sports
Produced by: Jessica Reed
Directed by: Roger Kissinger


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  • PRESHOWOPEN
      45:45 USE... "I THINK THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF FEAR ABOUT THE UNKNOWN"

      COMING UP ON EYEWITNESS NEWS, AS THE MOUNTAIN STATE CONFIRMS IT'S 7TH SWINE FLU DEATH.. DOZENS GATHER TO TALK ABOUT HOW TO KEEP THEIR FAMILIES SAFE.. BUT FIRST

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    PRESHOWOPEN 2
      POLICE FINALLY GET A BREAK IN A FOUR YEAR OLD MURDER CASE.. OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT...TWO SUSPECTS ARE NOW BEHIND BARS..

      GOOD EVENING, I'M DEBORAH LINZ

      AND I'M RICK LORD WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS.

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    MURDER INDICTMENTS
      IT'S A MURDER MYSTERY FOUR YEARS OLD, BUT TONIGHT, A FAMILY MAY BE CLOSER TO GETTING SOME CLOSURE... AS TWO MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED..

      EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER ELIZABETH NOREIKA HAS THE LATEST...ELIZABETH?



      TWO MEN HAVE BEEN CHAREGD WITH THE MURDER,,,,THE MEN WERE INDICTED ON MURDER CHARGES THIS PAST FRIDAY.

      THOMAS DREW BESS AND HUBERT LEE SCRUGGS ARE CHARGED WITH KILLING OF 27 YEAR OLD BRANDON GREENE.

      GREENE WAS SHOT 5 TIMES IN FRONT OF BWHAT WAS ONCE KNOWN AS CLUB MYSTIQUE IN SOUTH CHARLESTON IN AUGUST OF 2005.

      NO ARRESTS WERE EVER MADE.

      FAMILY MEMBERS DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO BRING BRANDON'S KILLERS TO JUSTICE.

      NOW THEY TELL US THEY'RE OVERWHELEMED WITH THIS NEWS.

      SCRUGGS IS CURRENTLY IN JAIL IN TENNESSE ON UNRELATED CHARGES.

      KANAWHA COUNTY PROSECUTOR MARK PLANTS TELLS US SCRUGSS WILL BE EXTRADITED BACK TO WEST VIRGINIA TO FACE THESE CHARGES.

      BESS IS CURRENTLY IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL JAIL.

      BOTH MEN WILL BE ARRAIGNED NOVEMEBR 16TH..AND COULD FACE LIFE SENTENCES.

      ELIZABETH NOREIKA, EYEWITNESS NEWS

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    ADKINS PLEA
      A CABELL COUNTY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MURDER.

      25-YEAR-OLD JONATHAN ADKINS WAS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING JERRY EAVES BACK IN OCTOBER, 2007.

      POLICE FOUND EAVES WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND TO HIS CHEST IN A DRIVEWAY ON HEATH CREEK ROAD IN SALT ROCK.

      ADKINS ENTERED A KENNEDY PLEA, MEANING HE DOESN'T HAVE TO ADMIT GUILT OR SUPPLY ANY DETAILS ABOUT THE INCIDENT... HE WILL BE SENTENCED ON JANUARY 8-TH.

      HE FACES 30 YEARS IN PRISON.

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    JOHNNY DERRIX
      A KANAWHA COUNTY MAN, WHO PLEAD GUILTY TO SEXUALLY ABUSING A FIVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL, WON'T GO TO JAIL.

      A JUDGE SENTENCED JOHNNY DERRIX, JUNIOR OF WITCHER CREEK TO THREE YEARS PROBATION.

      HE PLEAD GUILTY TO ONE COUNT OF SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE ATTACK ON THE CHILD...WHO WERE TOLD IS A RELATIVE. HE WAS 18 AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

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    PAGAN GUILTY
      ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE PAGANS MOTORCYCLE GANG HAS PLEAD GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT.

      35-YEAR-OLD DONNIE RAY WORKMAN OF BUFFALO IS THE 6TH MEMBER TO CUT A DEAL WITH PROSECUTORS.

      HE IS FACING CONSPIRACY, DRUG AND FIREARMS CHARGES.

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    FALSE STANDOFF
      A FALSE ALARM IN CHARLESTON BROUGHT OUT THE BIG GUNS.

      THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SWAT TEAM SURROUNDED AN APARTMENT BUILDING AT OAKWOOD TERRACE THIS MORNING.

      BUT WHEN THEY GOT INSIDE, IT WAS EMPTY.

      POLICE WERE AT THE SCENE FOR AN UNRELATED INCIDENT WHEN THEY SAW A MAN WITH A GUN RUN INTO AN APARTMENT.

      POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR A BLACK MAN IN HIS 20'S WEARING A BASEBALL HAT AND DARK CLOTHING.

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    SWINE FLU RIVERSIDE
      THE KANAWHA-CHARLESTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND KANAWHA COUNTY SCHOOLS HELD THEIR FIRST ROUND OF SWINE FLU TOWN HALL MEETINGS TONIGHT.

      THIS COMES JUST A DAY AFTER THE FIRST CONFIRMED SWINE FLU DEATH IN KANAWHA COUNTY. EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER RUDI RAYNES JOINS US IN OUR STUDIO WITH MORE RUDI...

      HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THE SMALL TURNOUT AT RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL TONIGHT, DIDN'T DISAPPOINT THEM, THEY THINK IT COULD BE A GOOD SIGN PEOPLE ARE UNDERSTANDING THE VIRUS.

      REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND KANAWHA COUNTY SCHOOLS PUT ON A BRIEF PRESENTATION ABOUT THE SWINE FLU, AND THEN TOOK QUESTIONS FROM THE CROWD. ALTHOUGH THERE WEREN'T THAT MANY PEOPLE THEY HAD QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS TO ASK. OFFICIALS ANSWERED EVERYTHING FROM HOW THE VIRUS IS TRANSMITTED TO WHEN PARENTS COULD EXPECT IN-SCHOOL VACCINATIONS TO ARRIVE FOR THEIR CHILD. PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE SAY THE MEETING WAS INFORMATIVE BUT SO MUCH IS STILL UNKNOWN.

      "I think there's a great deal of fear of the unknown. People don't know about this virus. They're just now beginning to learn about it. We had our first death yesterday in Kanawha County."

      THE NEXT SWINE FLU TOWN HALL MEETING WILL BE HELD TOMORROW AT CAPITAL HIGH SCHOOL... AND ANOTHER ONE THURSDAY AT ST. ALBANS.

      REPORTING IN THE STUDIO, RUDI RAYNES, EYEWITENSS NEWS.

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    SWINE FLU FACTS
      AND GOVERNOR MANCHIN IS STEPPING UP THE FIGHT AGAINST SWINE FLU IN THE MOUNTAIN STATE..

      A NEW WEB SITE IS UP AND RUNNING FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN WEST VIRGINIA..

      THE SITE OFFERS FACTS AND RESOURCES TO HELP YOU AVOID THE SWINE FLU..

      IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION LOG ON TO W-V- FLU dot ORG.

      SO FAR THE STATE HAS DISTRIBUTED ABOUT 115 THOUSAND VACCINES..

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    CAPITO ON HEALTH CARE
      CONGRESSWOMAN SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO IS VOICING HER CONCERNS ABOUT SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI'S HEALTHCARE PLAN.

      THE PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES A PUBLIC OPTION AND WOULD COST MORE THAN 800 BILLION DOLLARS- WILL BE VOTED ON THIS WEEK. CAPITO HAS FACED CRITICISM FOR HER STANCE AGAINST THE OPTION, BUT SHE CONTINUES TO SAY IT'S BAD FOR WEST VIRGINIANS.

      SHE SAYS PEOPLE NEED TO LOOK BEYOND THE RHETORIC, AND SEE THAT THE PLAN WILL ONLY HURT "HARD WORKING" PEOPLE IN THE LONG RUN.

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      THE HOUSE IS EXPECTED TO VOTE ON THE BILL THIS THURSDAY.

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    6 OHIO ISSUE 3
      TOMORROW IS ELECTION DAY IN OHIO AND KENTUCKY---AND VOTERS IN THE BUCKEYE STATE WILL HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO VOTE ON CASINO GAMBLING.

      ISSUE THREE WOULD ALLOW CASINOS TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN---CINCINNATI, COLUMBUS, CLEVELAND AND TOLEDO.

      OPPONENTS SAY LICENSE FEES AND TAX RATES ARE TOO LOW AND REGULATORY PROVISIONS ARE TOO WEAK.

      SUPPORTERS SAY IF PASSED---CASINO GAMBLING WOULD CREATE MORE THAN 30-THOUSAND JOBS AND SPLIT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TAX REVENUE BETWEEN THE STATE'S 88 COUNTIES.

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    6 S OHIO ISSUE 3


      OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES---OHIO VOTERS HAVE DEFEATED GAMBLING ISSUES FOUR TIMES.

      THE POLLS WILL OPEN AT 6:30AM AND CLOSE AT 7:30PM

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    FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER
      OUR FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER FOOD DRIVE IS STILL GOING STRONG

      WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP TO FEED HUNGRY FAMILIES THIS HOLIDAY SEASON..

      ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS BRING YOUR NON PERSHABLE FOOD TO OUR STUDIOS RIGHT HERE ON PIEDMONT ROAD.

      OR FOR ALL YOU PIZZA LOVERS YOU ALSO DROP OFF ANY 12 CANS OF FOOD AT ANY PAPA JOHNS LOCATION FROM HURRICANE TO CHARLESTON YOU CAN GET A FREE ONE TOPPING PIZZA FOR FREE...BUT HURRY THAT ENDS THIS WEDNESDAY AT 4:00 P.M...

      AND DON'T FORGET YOU CAN ALSO TAKE YOUR DONATIONS TO ANYONE OF THESE OTHER SPONSERS..

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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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    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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    BABY STEPS 11/2
      BETWEEN MANAGING JOBS, SCHEDULES, AND ACTIVITIES, BUSY MOMS CAN FEEL LIKE THEY ARE DROWNING SOMETIMES..

      IN TONIGHT'S BABY STEPS REPORT, JENIFER MCANDREWS TALKS TO A LIFE-STYLE EXPERT FOR A COUPLE OF TIME MANAGEMENT TIPS TO HELP YOU EASE THE STRESS OF A BUSY LIFE..

      WITH 72-PERCENT OF WOMEN WITH CHILDREN OVER ONE-YEAR OLD, AND MOMS WITH A FULL-TIME JOB RESPONSIBILITIES, MOTHERS SPEND 13 HOURS EACH DAY WORKING AT THEIR JOB, AND AT HOME.

      IF THAT DESCRIBES YOU, THEN LIFESTYLE EXPERT, TARA ARONSON SAYS DON'T STRESS... JUST ORGANIZE AND DELEGATE. SHE'S WRITTEN ARTICLES AND BOOKS ON TIME MANAGEMENT MAKEOVERS FOR OVERWHELMED MOM'S EVERYWHERE. HER FIRST TIP? ELIMINATE MORNING MADNESS.

      TARA ARONSON/LIFESTYLE EXPERT

      YOU CAN DO THAT BY PREPARING THE NIGHT BEFORE. FOR EXAMPLE, I'LL HAVE THE KIDS PACK UP THEIR BACKPACKS, AND LAY OUT THE SCHOOL CLOTHES/UNIFORM, AND MAKE SURE ALL OF THAT IS READY. THEN, I PLACE THOSE BY THE DOOR. SO ALL WE HAVE TO DO IN THE MORNING IS GRAB THE LUNCHES FROM THE REFRIGERATOR, TAKE THE BACKPACKS AND OUT THE DOOR WE GO.

      TARA'S SECOND TIP IS TO CONQUER THE CLUTTER.

      TARA ARONSON/LIFESTYLE EXPERT

      I HAVE WHAT I CALL A HOPPER, OR BASKET ON THE KITCHEN COUNTER. AND THAT'S WHERE, AND THE KIDS KNOW THIS TOO, EVERYTHING IMPORTANT GOES THERE. MY KEYS GO THERE, ANYTHING THE KIDS NEED ME TO SIGN INITIAL OR TAKE CARE OF, IT ALL GOES IN THERE. AND IT'S THE LAST THING I CLEAN OUT EVERY NIGHT.

      ANOTHER TIME MANAGEMENT MAKEOVER TIP TO USE, IS THE MASTER SCHEDULE, AND CHORES.

      TARA ARONSON/LIFESTYLE EXPERT

      PROBABLY THE EASIEST WAY TO SAVE TIME IS TO CREATE A FAMILY SCHEDULE. YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT SCHEDULE SO WHEN IT COMES TIME TO DROP THE KIDS OFF, AND RUN ERRANDS, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE WEEK AHEAD AND SCHEDULE THESE THINGS IN, SIMULTANEOUSLY.

      FOR MORE DETAILS, AND TO SEE THAT STORY AGAIN LOG ON TO WCHSTV.COM

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    NEED TO KNOW
      STINGER

      STINGER

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    VARICOSE VEINS
      25 MILLION AMERICANS SUFFER FROM VARICOSE VEINS. NOT ONLY CAN VARICOSE VEINS BE UGLY AND PAINFUL, BUT THEY CAN CAUSE LEG ULCERS AND BLOOD CLOTS. NOW, A NEW OUTPATIENT PROCEDURE IS RELIEVING THAT PAIN AND THIS IS SOMETHING YOU NEED TO KNOW.



      72 YEAR OLD MARILYN TRAUBE IS A RETIRED NURSE. FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS SHES SUFFERED SEVERE PAIN AND SWELLING IN HER LEGS ESPECIALLY AROUND HER ANKLES DUE TO VARICOSE VEINS.

      16:29:08-:15

      "But then I got this blood clot and it was painful and then I know that I had to have something done."

      SOUTH CHARLESETON GENERAL AND VASCULAR SURGEON DR. DAVID RANSON IS A PIONEER OF THE NEW CLOSUREFAST PROCEDURE NOW BEING DONE NATIONWIDE.

      15:57:12-:22

      "It's minimally invasive.. in office...takes very little time."

      IN FACT THE PROCEDURE ITSELF ONLY TAKES ABOUT TWO MINUTES AND IS 97 PERCENT EFFECTIVE AND VIRTUALLY PAINLESS.

      IT WORKS LIKE THIS... A CATHETER IS INSERTED INTO THE DISEASED VEIN. THEN RADIO FREQUENCY WAVES ARE USED TO HEAT THE VEIN UNTIL IT COLLAPSES AND CLOSES. BY SEALING OR COLLAPSING THE DISEASED VEIN . BLOOD THEN CAN BE REROUTED THRU HEALTHIER VEINS ALLOWING FOR BETTER CIRCULATION. MOST PEOPLE FEEL BETTER RIGHT AWAY.

      16:30:49

      "It's kind of miraculous"

      MARILYN HAD HER RIGHT LEG DONE TWO WEEKS AGO..AND IS GETTING HER LEFT LEG DONE TODAY..YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN HER ANKLES. SHE SAYS SHE NO LONGER HAS PAIN IN HER RIGHT LEG.

      16:29:24

      "It feels good..it doesn't seem to swell... the ankle is no bother at all and blood clot 1/2 of what it was before."

      AND SHE'S HOPING FOR SIMILIAR RESULTS FOR HER LEFT LEG....ANOTHER BENEFIT...MOST PATIENTS CAN WALK OUT, GO HOME AND RESUME THEIR NORMAL ACTIVITIES THE SAME DAY.

      16:31:13-:15

      "It's amazing... I'm pleased.



      THE CLOSURE FAST PROCEDURE IS FDA APPOVED AND DOES NOT REQUIRE GENERAL ANESTHESIA..IT'S ALSO FASTER AND LESS PAINFUL THAN OLDER PROCEDURES SUCH AS VEIN STRIPPING AND THE USE OF LASERS.

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    SPORTS TEASE
      THERE WAS MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL ON THE HIGH SCHOOL SCENE TONIGHT...MARK MARTIN BRINGS YOU HIGHLIGHTS FROM MAN AND BUFFALO NEXT IN SPORTS, HERE

      ON EYEWITNESS NEWS...

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    SPORTS
      RICK TOSSES TO SPORTS ANCHOR

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    MARSHALL FOOTBALL
      THINK OF ORLANDO, YOU THINK OF DISNEY WORLD...A LOT OF FUN IN THE SUN...BUT IT WAS ALL ABOUT HEARTACHE LAST NIGHT FOR MARSHALL'S FOOTBALL PROGRAM...THE THUNDERING HERD LOSES, 21-20, TO CENTRAL FLORIDA...JOSH LEWIS WAS THERE FOR THE SHOWDOWN AND JOINS US NOW WITH POST-GAME REACTION...

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    WVU FOOTBALL
      FLORIDA WAS EQUALLY UNPLEASANT FOR THE MOUNTAINEER FOOTBALL TEAM...TWO DAYS BEFORE MARSHALL'S LOSS, WEST VIRGINIA LOST TO SOUTH FLORIDA, 30-19...

      THE LOSS SENDS WEST VIRGINIA TO 6-AND-2 ON THE SEASON AND 2-AND-1 IN BIG EAST CONFERENCE PLAY...THE MOUNTAINEERS WILL MEET UP WITH LOUISVILLE ON SATURDAY AT NOON...IT'S A GAME YOU WILL SEE LIVE HERE ON WCHS-TV...WEST VIRGINIA NEEDS TO FORGET SOUTH FLORIDA AND MOVE ON...

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    WVU SOT
      We were down here a few years ago and got beat in a heck of an effort and came back and almost played for the national championship. They remember November.

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    HS FOOTBALL
      HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL MOVES INTO ITS FINAL WEEKEND OF THE REGULAR BEFORE THE PLAYOFFS BEGIN...IT WILL BE WEEK 11...FOR BUFFALO AND MAN THEIR WEEK 10 MATCHUP WAS POSTPONED BECAUSE THERE WERE NO OFFICIALS...SO, THE TWO HAD TO RESCHEDULE AND THEIR FRIDAY NIGHT SHOWDOWN BECAME MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL...

      -MAN FLAG...7-1 NO. 1 IN SINGLE-A...BUFFALO 3-5

      -BRANDON PLYMAL GETS THE HANDOFF...

      -BUFFALO COACHES...

      -RYAN CRUM TO DERRRICK ERNEST...

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    FOOTBALL EXTRA
      ANOTHER BIG NIGHT OF FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL EXTRA COMING YOUR WAY...JOIN US AT 11:10 FRIDAY EVENING FOR WEEK 11 HIGHLIGHTS...

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    FOOTBALL OVERTIME
      ALSO DON'T FORGET ABOUT OUR INTERNET SHOW...FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL EXTRA OVERTIME...JOIN JOSH LEWIS, KENNIE BASS, A.J. GOOD AND ME FOR THAT FOOTBALL DISCUSSION PROGRAM ON WCHSTV.COM

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    WAKE UP WEATHER
      ANCHORS TOSS TO JIM FOR WAKE UP WEATHER

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    DOG HOTEL
      FINALLY TONIGHT...LIVING IT UP BIG DOG STYLE IN TAIWAN

      THAT'S WHAT SOME POOCHES ARE DOING IN DOGGIE HOTELS ACROSS THE COUNTRY..

      CHECK OUT THIS TOP PAW HOTEL IN TAIPEI.. THIS POOCH PALACE CAN ACCOMODATE FIFTY TO SIXTY DOGS... AND THE OCCASIONAL CAT.

      AND FOR YOUR FURRY FRIEND THE HOTEL OFFERS SERVICES FROM GROOMING, HEALTH MONITORING, AND EVEN FIELD TRIPS TO LOCAL PARKS FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. AND IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH ALL OF THIS COULD RUN YOU A TWENTY FOUR HOUR STAY AT THE DOG HOTEL IS FOURTEEN U-S DOLLARS.

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