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Tuesday, May 14, 2013. 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. 10 PM PRE-PRO COLD OPEN ONCAM
AN ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING UNRAVELS A STRING OF CRIMES IN CHARLESTON... PAUSE WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT POLICE SAY THEY FOUND IN THE SHOOTING VICTIM'S HOME... PAUSE CREWS CONTINUE INVESTIGATING A SERIES OF PUTNAM COUNTY EXPLOSIONS... WHAT'S NEXT FOR AIR GAS PAUSE A HAZMAT SITUATION SHUTS DOWN A ROADWAY FOR HOURS... MORE ON WHAT WAS LEAKING FROM THE TANKER AFTER THAT CRASH. JIM AD LIB 
Return to Story Index WELCOME A GUNSHOT THAT ALERTED COPS TO A STRING OF CRIMES IN CHARLESTON. GOOD EVENING, I'M RICK LORD... AND I'M KALLIE CART... THIS IS EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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Return to Story IndexKIDS AND STOLEN GUNS
STOLEN GUNS WERE FOUND AT THE SCENE OF THAT SHOOTING AND POLICE SAY NOW THEY HAVE SUSPECTS IN A SERIES OF BURGLARIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 512 we don't want no gun violence coming around here AND SAYS HE'S NOT SURPRISED -- THAT A 13 YEAR OLD, JUST DOWN THE BLOCK WAS SHOT. 341 it could happen with any kid over here, anybody because its environment 358 kids see the guns and they're enfatuated with them CHARLESTON POLICE SAY THE SHOOTING WAS AN ACCIDENT -- BUT IN AN IRONIC TWIST -- BY BEING CALLED TO THIS ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING MONDAY NIGHT -- POLICE SAY THEY WERE LEAD STRAIGHT TO POTENTIAL SUSPECTS IN SEVERAL OTHER CRIMES.... BURGLARIES. 3629 this one ended up biting them POLICE SAY AFTER HEARING SEVERAL DIFFERENT STORIES -- THEY EVENTUALLY MADE THEIR WAY BACK TO THIS HOME IN THE 500 BLOCK OF MAIN STREET -- THEY SAY THE TEEN WAS SHOT INSIDE -- WITH A STOLEN GUN... POLICE SAY THEY THEN FOUND THREE OTHER STOLEN GUNS INSIDE THE HOME. .. ALL TAKEN DURING A BURGLARY AT A NEARBY HOUSE. 3435 we believe that all the stories they were telling us were to get us away from the house where we found four stolen guns NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE -- BUT THE 13 YEAR OLD IS AMONG THE SUSPECTS IN THE BURGLARY -- POLICE ALSO BELIEVE THEIR SUSPECTS COULD BE LINKED TO SEVERAL OTHER BURGLARIES THROUGHOUT CHARLESTON. 3542 we believe we are going to tie those together and help some of those people out over there with all the burglaries that have been going on POLICE SAY THEY ARE WAITING TO PIECE TOGETHER INFORMATION FROM SEVERAL OF THE CASES BEFORE MAKING ARRESTS -- BUT EXPECT ARRESTS TO COME VERY SOON. THE 13 YEAR OLD WAS SHOT IN THE LEG AND IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER. POLICE SAY THEY RECEIVED SO MANY CONFLICTING STORIES THAT THEY ARE NOT SURE IF HE ACCIDENTALY SHOT HIMESELF OR IF A FRIEND PULLED THE TRIGGER.
Return to Story IndexMETH ARRESTS
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MYERS NOW FACES A SLEW OF CHARGES, INCLUDING OPERATING OR ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE A METH LAB, POSSESSION OF METH, RECEIVING OR TRANSFERRING STOLEN GOODS AND AND BEING A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM. TWO OTHER PEOPLE, JONATHAN HARRIS AND TINA BELCHER, WERE ALSO ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY. THIS ALL HAPPENED AFTER POLICE RECIEVED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF DRUG ACTIVITY IN THIS AREA OF RUTLEDGE ROAD IN CHARLESTON. WHEN TROOPERS WENT TO THE HOME -- MYERS' MOTHER LET THEM IN. THAT'S WHEN TROOPERS FOUND THE METH MAKING MATERIALS, LOADED GUNS, A STOLEN JEEP AND AN A-T-V. THEY SAID MYERS TOLD THEM HE TRADED DRUGS FOR THOSE VEHICLES. NEIGHBORS IN THIS AREA SAY THEY SEE A LOT OF TRAFFIC GOING UP TO THIS HOUSE. "It seemed like it was the life to live up here. You could leave your doors open, your windows open, stuff in the yard. You can't no more. You don't know who might be lurking around to knock you in the head." ALL THREE ARE BEING HELD IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL JAIL. MYERS' MOTHER WAS INTERVIEWED AND RELEASED. CHARGES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE FILED AGAINST HER.
Return to Story IndexTRACEY COOPER
38 YEAR OLD TRACEY COOPER OF GILES WAS SENTENCED TODAY. HE HAD MORE THAN 600 PICTURES OF CHILD PORN AND WAS TRADING THE IMAGES WITH OTHER PEDOPHILES OVER THE INTERNET. ONCE COOPER GETS OUT OF PRISON HE WILL HAVE 15 YEARS OF SUPERVISED RELEASE.
Return to Story IndexEMBEZZLEMENT SENTENCE
MARY TAYLOR WAS SENTENCED TO 1 TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON THIS MORNING. TAYLOR EMBEZZED MORE THAN 88 THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE BARBOURSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. SHE WORKED AS A SECRETARY FOR ALMOST SIX YEARS UNTIL SHE WAS FIRED IN JULY OF 2011.
Return to Story IndexFUGITIVE FILES
YOUR TIPS TONIGHT COULD HELP GET HIM OFF THE STREETS...
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Return to Story IndexFUG FILES TIP LINE
IF YOU DO CALL, YOU CAN REMAIN ANONYMOUS. NOW, LET'S OPEN THE FUGITIVE FILES. DAVID ROSLAN IS WANTED FOR THIRD DEGREE SEXUAL ASSAULT. THE 34-YEAR-OLD ALLEGEDLY HAD SEX WITH A 15 YEAR OLD - KNOWING SHE WAS UNDER THE AGE OF CONSENT AND ALLEGEDLY PROVIDED MINORS ALCOHOL DURING THE INCIDENT. ROSLAN IS 5'9" - 180 - AND HIS LAST KNOWN ADDRESS IS ON WYOMING STREET IN CHARLESTON. RICKY JORDAN DECIDED HIS JURY TRIAL FOR A GRAND LARCENY CHARGE WASN'T WORTHY OF HIS TIME - AND DIDN'T SHOW UP. DEPUTIES SAY HE BROKE INTO AN APARTMENT OF A WOMAN WHO WAS IN JAIL AND STOLE SEVERAL ITEMS. JORDAN IS 5'7" - 155 AND HIS LAST KNOWN ADDRESS IS CHESNUT STREET IN ST. ALBANS. JOSEPH THOMAS BUSTED OUT OF HOME CONFINEMENT AFTER ORIGINALLY SERVING TIME FOR POSSESSIONWITH THE INTENT TO DELIVER A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. HE WAS ORDERED TO ATTEND REHAB AND FLED THE FACILITY BEFORE COMPLETETING THE PROGRAM. THOMAS IS 6-0, 174 POUNDS AND HIS LAST KNOWN ADDRESS IS ON FRAME STREET IN CHARLESTON. IF YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND DAVID ROSLAND, RICKY JORDAN, JOSEPH THOMAS...PLEASE CALL OUR TIPLINE.
Return to Story IndexFUG FILES TIP LINE
IF YOU DO CALL, YOU CAN REMAIN ANONYMOUS.
Return to Story IndexGRX FUGITIVE FILES
DON'T GO AWAY IN JUST A FEW MINUTES WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT TONIGHT'S FUGITIVES...
Return to Story IndexAIRGAS SAFETY
HAZMAT CREWS AND OSHA HAVE BEEN AT THE SITE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT WENT WRONG.. THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION IS STILL UNKNOWN. 50 CANISTERS OF THE GAS ACETELYNE EXPLODED IN A BUNKER AT THE SITE IN BLACK BETSY MONDAY AFTERNOON, SENDING FLAMES AND SMOKE 150 FEET IN THE AIR... THE GAS IS COMMONLY USED IN WELDING AND THE TANKS HAD ALL BEEN USED SO THEY WERE LESS THAN HALF FULL. TWO WORKERS WERE BURNED AND ARE RECOVERING IN THE BURN UNIT AT CABELL HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL... THEIR NAMES HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED. THE PLANT HAS REMAINED CLOSED SINCE THE EXPLOSION, BUT A COMPANY SPOKESPERSON SAYS THEY PLAN TO RE-OPEN TOMORROW.
Return to Story IndexHAZMAT WRECK
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Return to Story IndexI HAZMAT WRECK
BUT, NOT WITHOUT A 10 HOUR HEADACHE FOR MOTORISTS, IN A SITUATION THAT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. NATS"CAR ON GRAVEL." PARTS OF WEST PORTSMOUTH WERE SHUT DOWN AFTER A PROPANE TANKER TRUCK OVERTURNED AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 73 AND 104. THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES. ..TENSE MOMENTS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS AS A LEAK SPRANG FROM A RELEASE VALVE ON TOP OF THE TANK. 22:21:24 "WE EVACUATED PEOPLE WITH IN A HALF MILE RADIUS DUE TO A SMALL LEAK." AN ADDITIONAL TANKER WAS BROUGHT IN TO TRANSFER THE GAS FROM THE TRUCK... PEOPLE LIVING NEARBY SAY THEY WERE ON EDGE. 22:23:48 "I WASN'T REALLY SURE WHAT WAS GOING ON, BUT YES IT IS VERY SCARY!" NATS "MAM IT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER HOUR." PAM SMITH SAYS WRECKS ALWAYS HAPPEN AT THIS INTERSECTION. SHE SAYS SHE'S USED TO A HECTIC COMMUTE.. 22:23:58 "TRYING TO GET HOME TO GET TO A BALL GAME AND STUFF. IT'S FRUSTRATING." A ROAD SHUT DOWN, LEAVING MOTORISTS FRUSTRATED... BUT EMERGENCY WORKERS SAID IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE. 911 DISPATCHERS SAY THE ROAD WAS REOPENED ABOUT TWO HOURS AGO. REPORTING LIVE, DAN MATICS EYEWITNESS NEWS
Return to Story IndexI CLAY COMMISSIONERS
THE CLOSURE OF A CONSOL MINE HAS CUT COUNTY REVENUE BY 400-THOUSAND DOLLARS. WITH THAT MASSIVE BUDGET SHORTFALL -- COMMISSIONERS ARE NOW DOING SOME WORK ON THEIR OWN AT THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE WHICH IS EXPECTED TO HAVE ITS BUDGET CUT BY 15 PERCENT IN JULY! TODAY, COMMISSIONERS MIKE PIERSON, JERRY LINKINOGGOR, AND ARLENE TUCKER STARTED PUTTING IN A FENCE AROUND THE STILL UNFINISHED JUDICIAL ANNEX THEMSELVES. THEY DO NOT SEE THE COAL TAX DROP CHANGING ANYTIME SOON. PIERSON SAYS COAL SEVERANCE TAXES ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE COUNTY'S ENTIRE BUDGET. HE SAYS COMMISSIONERS AND OTHER COUNTY WORKERS WILL LIKELY NOW BE DOING JOBS THAT MIGHT HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONTRACTED OUT.
Return to Story IndexI CAMP CREEK BRIDGE
THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WILL HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING THURSDAY AS THEY CONSIDER ALTERNATIVES TO REPLACING THE RUSTING PRIVATE ABRAHAM SAMS MEMORIAL BRIDGE OVER THE ELK RIVER. ONE NEW APPROACH WOULD BE TO BUILD THE BRIDGE WHERE THE EXISTING SPAN SITS. THAT WOULD MEAN IT WOULD BE CLOSED FOR MONTHS, AND SOME CAMP CREEK RESIDENTS ARE WORRIED *THAT WOULD MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR AMBULANCES AND FIRE TRUCKS TO GET TO THE AREA. OTHERS THINK SPEEDING WILL BE A PROBLEM ON THE TWO LANE APPROACH AND REPLACEMENT SPAN. ONE ROUTE WOULD PUT IT IN SAMPLES' FRONT YARD. THE MEETING IS 4-TO-7 THURSDAY AT THE BURKE MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. ONE RESIDENT SAID IF THE OLD BRIDGE CLOSES DURING CONSTRUCTION, IT WOULD BE A 17 MILE TRIP FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES FROM CLAY TO REACH HER HOME.
Return to Story IndexFLAGS HALF STAFF
GOVERNOR EARL RAY TOMBLIN ORDERED ALL FLAGS DISPLAYED AT STATE FACILITIES TO BE LOWERED TO HALF-STAFF FOR THE ENTIRE DAY TOMORROW. PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY IS HELD ANNUALLY ON MAY 15TH IN HONOR OF FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED OR DISABLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY IS HELD IN PART OF POLICE WEEK.
Return to Story IndexBEVERLY HILLS MIDDLE
Return to Story IndexVO BEVERLY HILLS MIDDLE
IN JANUARY, THE STUDENTS AT ENSLOW AND BEVERLY HILLS WILL MOVE INTO THEIR NEW SCHOOL, WHICH IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
Return to Story IndexSOT BEVERLY HILLS MIDDLE
ATHLETIC UNIFORMS, TROPHIES AND OTHER MEMORABILIA FROM BOTH THE MIDDLE AND JUNIOR HIGH ERAS WERE AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE.
Return to Story IndexNATURAL GAS VEHICLE EXPO
THE APPLACHIAN BASIN NATURAL GAS VEHICLES EXPO AND CONFERENCE IS IN TOWN. THIS IS ALL ABOUT PROMOTING THE ADVANTAGES OF USING NATURAL GAS IN VEHICLES, SPECIFICALLY TO LET YOU KNOW YOU CAN CONVERT YOUR TO RUN ON NATURAL GAS, AND THAT YOU CAN PUT A LOT OF MONEY IN YOUR POCKET BY DOING SO, THROUGH THE STATE'S AGGRESSIVE TAX INCENTIVE PROGRAM... AND IT CAN BE A BIG COST-SAVER FOR BUSINESSES. For the fleets, when you can fuel your vehicle and some of these vehicles use maybe 100 to 125 gallons a day, it makes a lot of sense to be able to cut your fuel bill in half. THE EXPO AT THE CHARLESTON CIVIC CENTER WRAPS UP TOMORROW.
Return to Story IndexCONSUMER ALERT
TAKE STINGER
Return to Story IndexI GRADUATION RATE
GOOD NEWS FOR STUDENTS AT WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY AS A RECENT SURVEY SHOWS THE GRADUATION RATE IS ON THE RISE. RIGHT NOW THE GRADUATION RATE IS 57 PERCENT. THAT'S UP FROM IN YEARS PAST....IN THE 2007-2008 SCHOOL YEAR IT WAS ONLY 55 PERCENT. THESE PERCENTAGES ARE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO COMPLETE THEIR DEGREE WITHIN 6 YEARS. WHILE THE INCREASE IS JUST 2 PERCENT.... SCHOOL LEADERS SAY IT'S A GREAT SIGN...MEANING MORE THAN 100 *MORE STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING DEGREES IN WEST VIRGINIA.
Return to Story IndexUNEMPLOYMENT RATE
IN FACT...THE NUMBERS SHOW A DIFFERENCE JUST FROM MARCH TO APRIL....WITH THE NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED WEST VIRGINIANS FALLING BY 26 HUNDRED. THE CURRENT NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN THE MOUNTAIN STATE IS CURRENTLY 53 THOUSAND 500.
Return to Story IndexCAMC NEW BABY ROOM
THE RENOVATIONS ARE PART OF THE HOSPITAL CELEBRATING ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY. THERE ARE 31 PRIVATE POSTPARTUM ROOMS NOW. THE RENOVATIONS WERE DONE ROOM BY ROOM SO THE SPACE COULD STILL BE USED. THESE PRIVATE ROOMS OFFER PRIVACY TO NEW PARENTS GETTING TO KNOW THEIR BABIES. THE PROJECT TOOK A LITTLE MORE THAN 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
Return to Story IndexG HOSPITAL EXPANSION
THE 12 MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT WILL BUILD A 50 BED FORENSICS UNIT. THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE FINISHED IN A YEAR. HOSPITAL OFFICIALS SAY THEY HOPE THIS NEW UNIT WILL HELP ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF OVERCROWDING. WITH TONIGHT'S CONSUMER REPORT, I'M ELIZABETH NOREIKA
Return to Story IndexAPRAXIA AWARENESS DAY
THE CHILDHOOD APRAXIA OF SPEECH ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA OR CASANA IS INVITING COMMUNITIES TO BECOME MORE EDUCATED ABOUT THE DISORDER. TODAY IS THE INAUGURAL APRAXIA AWARENESS DAY. APRAXIA IS A NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER THAT CAUSES MISCOMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE CHILD'S BRAIN AND MUSCLES. IN A LOT OF CASES, IT AFFECTS THE CHILD'S ABILITY TO SPEAK AND SOMETIMES, EVEN EAT... IT CAN ALSO AFFECT MOTOR SKILLS. NINE-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY HERRALD FROM CHARLESTON HAS BEEN IN SPEECH, PHYSICAL, AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SINCE HE WAS 18 MONTHS OLD. ANTHONY HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS BUT STILL HAS TO WORK VERY HARD EVERYDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT CASANA LOG ONTO OUR WEBSITE WCHS-TV-DOT-COM.
Return to Story IndexBIGGEST LOSER CAMC
MORE THAN TWO-HUNDRED EMPLOYEES OF THE WVU CHARLESTON DIVISION AND CAMC WERE REWARDED FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN THE BIGGEST LOSER WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE. COMPETITORS STARTED THE CHALLENGE BACK IN FEBRUARY AND HAVE BEEN WEIGHING-IN WEEKLY. IN TWELVE WEEKS THE GROUP HAS SHED NEARLY 21-HUNDRED POUNDS. WORKERS SAY SUPPORT FROM CO-WORKERS AND FAMILY MEMBERS MADE THE DIFFERENCE THIS TIME AROUND COMPARED TO OTHER ATTEMPTS TO LOSE WEIGHT. PATRICIA WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST LOSERS RECOGNIZED TODAY. SHE HAS SHED FORTY OF THE EIGHTY POUNDS SHE PLANS TO LOSE.
Return to Story IndexCOMING UP GRX
PLUS... AN EASY WAY TO CUT YOUR RISK OF GETTING CANCER... THESE STORIES AND MORE A LITTLE LATER IN THE NEWSCAST!
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Return to Story IndexANDREW WIGGINS
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IN ITS 5TH YEAR... THE WEST VIRGINIA MUSIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTED SEVEN ARTISTS AT THE CAPITOL. THEY RANGE FROM BLUEGRASS TO GOSPEL... THERE'S EVEN A HOLLYWOOD STAR AND A WORLD RENOWNED OPERA SOPRANO. SOME OF THE INDUCTEES WILL PERFORM AT A CEREMONY IN NOVEMBER. HALL OF FAME DIRECTOR MICHAEL LIPTON SAYS THAT WEST VIRGINIA HAS A LOT TO OFFER TO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. THERE ARE MUSICIANS THAT ARE HOUSEHOLD NAMES ALL OVER THE WORLD AND THEY HAVE REALLY TOUCHED A LOT OF PEOPLE'S LIVES AND IT JUST ADDED TO THE WHOLE FABRIC OF AMERICAN MUSIC. MOUNTAIN STATE CROONER LANDAU EUGENE MURPHY WALKED AWAY WITH THE 2013 SPIRIT AWARD FOR BRINGING ATTENTION TO THE STATE, AND SERVING AS A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL FOR KIDS. FOR A LIST OF ALL THE INDUCTEES, LOG ONTO WCHSTV.COM.
Return to Story IndexFACEBOOK TV GIVEAWAY
Return to Story IndexG FACEBOOK TV GIVEAWAY
MAKE SURE TO 'LIKE' THE WCHS AND WVAH TV PAGE ... .AND THEN CLICK THE RED EYEWITNESS INSIDER TAB - TO FILL OUT THE ENTRY FORM. YOU HAVE UNTIL THIS FRIDAY TO ENTER.
Return to Story IndexGAZETTE HEADLINES
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AND...CLOSING ARGUMENTS HEARD IN HUGE TOBACCO LIABILITY TRIAL IN CHARLESTON PLUS...WHEN IT COMES TO THE FINANCIAL HIT WVU TOOK FOR LEAVING THE BIG EAST AND ENTERING THE BIG 12, THE WORST IS OVER YOU CAN READ ALL ABOUT THESE STORIES AND MORE IN TOMORROW'S EDITION OF THE CHARLESTON GAZETTE.
Return to Story IndexJIM WEATHER BUMP
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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!
Return to Story IndexLESLIE @ MON WALL
LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THOSE FUGITIVES WE PROFILED A LITTLE EARLIER.
Return to Story IndexDAVID ROSLAN
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Return to Story IndexFUG FILES TIP LINE
SEE YOU BACK HERE NEXT TUESDAY WHEN WE WILL PROFILE THREE MORE FUGITIVES. REPORTING LIVE... LESLIE RUBIN.. EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexON CAPITOL HILL
TAKE STINGER
Return to Story IndexBENGHAZI MEDIA
THE I-R-S SCANDAL...THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SEIZING ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTERS PHONE RECORDS...THE BENGHAZI ATTACK HEARINGS, WHERE WE HEARD NEW INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WASHINGTON LEARNED MINUTES AFTER THE ATTACK. AND NOW, THERE'S A NEW BIT OF INFORMATION. MEDIA EXECUTIVES OF MAJOR NEWS NETWORKS ARE CLOSELY TIED TO THE WHITE HOUSE. DOES THAT INFLUENCE WHAT YOU SEE AND DON'T SEE ON THE NEWS? WE ASKED NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT KRISTINE FRAZAO TO TURN OUR REPORTING ON THE MEDIA. DURING AND AFTER THE DEADLY TERRORIST ATTACK ON THE DIPLOMATIC POST IN BENGHAZI LAST SEPTEMBER THAT KILLED FOUR AMERICANS, CRITICS ARGUE VIEWERS LEARNED LITTLE FROM ANY OF THE MAJOR NEWS NETWORKS. Sot in 42:08 "You have to ask, where have the mainstream media been with respect to Benghaz?" TRT:04 POLITICAL ANALYST RICHARD VATZ SAYS NEWS OUTLETS DROPPED THE BALL [SOT IN VATZ] IN 48:43 "The coverage of Benghazi has been so bad by the networks." TRT=:03 [PLEASE LAYER OVER LOGOS FOR ABC, CBS, CNN] DID FAMILY TREES AT ABC, CBS, AND CNN, FIGURE INTO WHAT WAS OR WAS NOT COVERED? IN "THOSE OUTLETS ARE TIED TO THE WHITE HOUSE BY BLOOD, YES, BLOOD." TRT=06 [GRAPHICS OR PRE-PRO] THE PRESIDENT OF CBS NEWS IS DAVID RHODES -- HIS BROTHER BEN RHODES SERVES AS A NATIONAL ADVISER FOR STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA. ACCORDING TO MEDIA REPORTS -- BEN RHODES REVISED ADMINISTRATION TALKING POINTS DAYS AFTER THE ATTACK. AT ABC NEWS, PRESIDENT BEN SHERWOOD'S SISTER, ELIZABETH SHERWOOD-RANDALL, IS A SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO OBAMA. AND CNN ALSO HAS A FAMILY TIE TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT. [SOT AMY BECKER] IN 7:45:22 "Is it possible, perhaps, but I think the media outlets have done a pretty fair job covering the story." TRT=:07 AMY BECKER IS A COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSOR THAT SPECIALIZES IN MEDIA BIAS. Sot in 7:43:10 "Do politicians influence how the media covers stories, absolutely." TRT=:03 RICHARD VATZ WON'T VENTURE A GUESS AS TO HOW MUCH INFLUENCE, IF ANY, WAS USED BY THE OBAMA ADMINSTRATION TO SHAPE THE WAY NETWORKS COVERED THE BENGHAZI STORY. BUT VATZ SUSPECTS SOMETHING POSITIVE FOR THE MEDIA WILL COME OF IT. [SOT VATZ] 48:49 "They are going to improve on this and they are going to hold the heels of the Obama administration more to the fire." TRT:06 I'M KRISTINE FRAZAO REPORTING. ABC, CBS AND CNN DECLINED COMMENT FOR OUR STORY. HOWEVER, CBS-- THROUGH OTHER MEDIA REPORTS-- HAS SAID IT WILL NOT ADDRESS THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST OR THE WAY IT'S COVERED BENGHAZI.
Return to Story IndexMAMMOGRAM GUIDE
ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL, REGULAR MAMMOGRAMS ARE THE BEST TOOLS IN EARLY PREVENTION AND HAVE DETECTED CANCER UP TO THREE YEARS BEFORE A LUMP COULD BE FELT. THE CDC SUGGESTS WOMEN HAVE MAMMOGRAMS EVERY TWO YEARS "AFTER" THE AGE OF 50...UNLESS BREAST CANCER RUNS IN YOUR FAMILY. THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF MAMMOGRAMS: SCREEN-FILM MAMMOGRAPHY, DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY AND A NEW 3-D IMAGE. THE TECHNIQUES FOR PERFORMING ALL THREE ARE THE SAME. IT'S RECOMMENDED WOMEN TALK TO THEIR DOCTORS TO SEE WHICH TYPE OF MAMMOGRAM IS BEST FOR THEM.
Return to Story IndexEXERCISE & CANCER
STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT INCREASED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IS LINKED TO REDUCED BREAST, COLON, ENDOMETRIAL AND PROSTATE CANCER RISK. REGULAR EXERCISE IS ALWAYS BEST... BUT RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS GETTING UP EVERY FEW HOURS AND MOVING AROUND CAN HELP REDUCE CANCER RISK TOO, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A DESK JOB. DOCTORS ALSO SUGGEST GETTING UP AND MOVING AROUND DURING COMMERCIAL BREAKS... WHILE WATCHING T-V.
Return to Story IndexBLOOMBERG REPORT
HERE'S MORE IN TONIGHT'S BLOOMBERG AFTER THE BELL REPORT.
Return to Story IndexSECOND WEATHER
Return to Story IndexDR JOYCE BROTHERS DIES
DOCTOR JOYCE BROTHERS DIED MONDAY AT HER HOME IN NEW JERSEY. BROTHERS WON THE POPULAR T-V GAME SHOW "THE 64-THOUSAND DOLLAR QUESTION" AND WENT ON TO BECOME A FAMILIAR GUEST ON T-V TALK SHOWS, EXPLAINING MEDICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES. SHE ALSO WROTE A SYNDICATED NEWSPAPER COLUMN. BROTHERS' DAUGHTER TOLD CNN HER MOTHER PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY WITH HER FAMILY AROUND HER. BROTHERS WAS 85.
Return to Story IndexJOLIE UNDERGOES MASTECTOMY
¤ ELIZABETH COHEN EXPLAINS WHAT HAPPENED AND WHETHER OTHER WOMEN SHOULD GET THE TEST, TOO. "I CARRY A "FAULTY" GENE, BRCA1, WHICH SHARPLY INCREASES MY RISK OF DEVELOPING BREAST CANCER AND OVARIAN CANCER. JOLIE WROTE. MY DOCTORS ESTIMATED THAT I HAD AN 87 PERCENT RISK OF BREAST CANCER AND A 50 PERCENT RISK OF OVARIAN CANCER." HIGH NUMBERS TO BE SURE. SO JOLIE MADE A BIG DECISION: TO SURGICALLY REMOVE BOTH HER BREASTS. SHE WROTE: MY CHANCES OF DEVELOPING BREAST CANCER HAVE DROPPED FROM 87 PERCENT TO UNDER 5 PERCENT. AND THIS MIGHT JUST BE THE BEGINNING FOR JOLIE: DOCTORS GENERALLY RECOMMEND THAT WOMEN IN HER SITUATION HAVE THEIR OVARIES REMOVED TOO. ¤EC: Angelina Jolie got tested, should all of us go out and get tested? Dr: I believe that certain women should get tested. My great nightmare is that a large number of women, just simply because they've heard this news, without thought are going to go out and want to get tested. EXPERTS SAY YOU ONLY NEED TO GET TESTED IF YOU HAVE A SIGNIFICANT FAMILY HISTORY OF OVARIAN OR BREAST CANCER.... WITHOUT THAT HISTORY, THERE'S LITTLE REASON TO SUSPECT A FAULTY GENE. WHEN A TEST DOES SHOW A MUTATED GENE, LIKE IN JOLIE'S CASE... A DOUBLE MASTECTOMY IS JUST ONE OPTION. SOME WOMEN CHOOSE TO KEEP THEIR BREASTS, GETTING FREQUENT MAMMOGRAMS AND MRI'S. AFTER HER MASTECTOMY, JOLIE GOT BREAST RECONSTRUCTION WITH IMPLANTS. SHE SAYS SHE DID ALL OF THIS FOR HER SIX CHILDREN. THEY CAN SEE MY SMALL SCARS AND THAT'S IT, SHE WROTE IN THE TIMES. EVERYTHING ELSE IS JUST MOMMY, THE SAME AS SHE ALWAYS WAS. AND THEY KNOW THAT I LOVE THEM AND WILL DO ANYTHING TO BE WITH THEM AS LONG AS I CAN. ELIZABETH COHEN CNN ATLANTA.
Return to Story IndexJOLIE MASTECTOMY
HERE'S MORE ON THIS REVELATION. In an Op-Ed in today's New York Times, film star, Angelina Jolie made public the very personal news that she had undergone a double-mastectomy after discovering through genetic testing that she has the BRCA-1 gene, which puts her at high risk for breast cancer. She tells the paper: "MY DOCTORS ESTIMATED THAT I HAD AN 87 PERCENT RISK OF BREAST CANCER // ONCE I KNEW THAT THIS WAS MY REALITY, I DECIDED TO BE PROACTIVE AND TO MINIMIZE THE RISK AS MUCH AS I COULD. I MADE A DECISION TO HAVE A PREVENTIVE DOUBLE MASTECTOMY. SOT/DR. JENNIFER ASHTON: "She chose to have preventive surgery which has been conclusively shown to not only reduce the risk but likely convey some survival benefit as well" Cancer took the life of her own mother at only 56. ((GFX WE OFTEN SPEAK OF MOMMY'S MOMMY, AND I FIND MYSELF TRYING TO EXPLAIN THE ILLNESS THAT TOOK HER AWAY FROM US. THEY HAVE ASKED IF THE SAME COULD HAPPEN TO ME. The actress underwent the medical procedures in total secrecy Starting in February and completing the process on April 27th. She also thanked Fiance' Brad Pitt, for standing by her throughout this ordeal ((TRACK-GFX)) WE MANAGED TO FIND MOMENTS TO LAUGHT TOGETHER. WE KNEW THIS WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR OUR FAMILY AND THAT IT WOULD BRING US CLOSER. AND IT HAS. The globetrotting philanthropist and UN goodwill ambassador says she is coming forward.. with hopes of saving lives.. choosing to be an example for other women who could get tested for the gene and make a more informed choice... SOT/PEOPLE MAGAZINE: is going to be a complete game changer when it comes to testing and breast cancer. TAG: Jolie writes she doesn't feel any less of a woman she feels empowered that she made a strong choice that in no way diminishes her femininity.
Return to Story IndexBILL HADER LEAVING
BILL HADER ANNOUNCED THAT THIS WEEK'S SEASON FINALE WILL BE HIS LAST EPISODE. HADER SAYS HE JUST FEELS IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON. THE 34-YEAR-OLD JOINED S-N-L IN 2005. HIS CONTRACT ACTUALLY EXPIRED LAST YEAR, BUT HE WAS PERSUADED TO STAY ON FOR ANOTHER SEASON.
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ON EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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-TOP 2ND-GAME TIED AT 1.....WVU WITH BASES LOADED.....KEVIN COHEN GETS HIT BY A PITCH.....SCORE MAX NOGAY.....2-1 WVU -SAME INNING-WVU BILLY FLEMING RBI DOUBLE....SCORES 2.....4-1 WVU -BOT 7TH-MU DOWN 5-3.......BASES LOADED.....NATHAN GOMEZ RBI SAC FLY......SCORES ANDREW DUNDON......5-4 WVU -SAME INNING-MU ALFREDO BRITO RBI DOUBLE.....SCORES 2......6-5 MARSHALL -TOP 9TH-MU JOSH KING GETS MATT FRAZIER TO GROUNDOUT TO END THE GAME......HERD WINS 6-5 -AFTERWARDS BOTH COACHES TALK ABOUT THE SERIES FINALE.....
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THE WILD ANIMAL WANDERED INTO A LOS ANGELES SUBURB...TAKE A LOOK AT THIS... RESIDENTS RUN FOR COVER AS THE ONE-YEAR-OLD BLACK BEAR WALKS AROUND THE POOL. THE BEAR CUB CAUSED QUITE A RUCKUS AS SHE ROAMED AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. TWO SCHOOLS WERE ON LOCK DOWN AS OFFICIALS SEARCHED FOR THE FURRY INTRUDER. CREWS EVENTUALLY CAUGHT THE BEAR... SEVERAL BEARS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NEIGHBORHOODS AS WILDFIRES THREATEN AND DESTROY THEIR NATURAL HABITAT.
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Return to Story IndexANGELINA JOLIE REVEALS DOUBLE MASTECTOMY
MARY TAYLOR WAS SENTENCED TO 1 TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON THIS MORNING. TAYLOR EMBEZZED MORE THAN 88 THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE BARBOURSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. SHE WORKED AS A SECRETARY FOR ALMOST SIX YEARS UNTIL SHE WAS FIRED IN JULY OF 2011.
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