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Tuesday, June 18, 2013.

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    COMING UP ON EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING... POLICE NEED YOUR HELP TO FIND THE MAN THEY SAY OPENED FIRE OUTSIDE A CHARLESTON MALL

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OPEN 5
    WE COULD GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT JUST HOW MUCH OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION WENT TO THE FEDS....AND THE PRESIDENT DEFENDS THE NSA FOR COLLECTING INFORMATION ON YOU.

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OPEN 6

    AND MORE PROBLEMS FOR THE PENTAGON, THIS TIME SOME FOOTBALL PLAYERS FROM THE NAVAL ACADEMY ARE ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.

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HELLO
    GOOD MORNING, I'M JENIFER McANDREWS.

    AND I'M PATRICK MCMURTRY.

    WELCOME TO FOX 11'S EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING .

    IT'S TUESDAY, JUNE 18-TH.

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TOSS TO WEATHER
    DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.

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WEATHER GLANCE
    DOUG PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

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MALL SHOOTING
    CHARLESTON POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO SEARCH THIS MORNING FOR A MAN, ACCUSED OF OPENING FIRE OUTSIDE THE CHARLESTON TOWN CENTER MALL ...

    EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER TAISHA WALKER HAS THE LATEST ...TAISHA ...

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L MALL SHOOTING
    CHARLESTON POLICE SAY THEY BELIEVE THE VICTIM *WAS* TARGETED IN YESTERDAY'S MALL SHOOTING ... BUT THEY ARE LOOKING AT SEVERAL POSSIBLE MOTIVES.

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G SHOOTING SUSPECT
    POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR 19 YEAR OLD SHAQUILLE BURTON.

    INVESTIGATORS SAY HE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE PERSON WHO FIRED OFF FIVE ROUNDS OUTSIDE THE MALL, HITTING ANOTHER MAN IN THE ARM.

    THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AROUND TWO YESTERDAY AFTERNOON .

    POLICE SAY THE VICTIM, 18 YEAR OLD TERRANCE BONNER, WAS DROPPING TWO WOMEN OFF AT THE MALL WHEN HIS CAR WAS SHOT AT FIVE TIMES.

    ONE OF THOSE BULLETS, HIT HIM IN THE FOREARM.

    INVESTIGATORS SAY FIVE MEN RAN FROM THE SCENE ... BUT THEY BELIEVE BURTON WAS THE ONLY SHOOTER.

    THAT AREA OF CLENDENIN STREET BETWEEN THE CIVIC CENTER AND THE MALL IS EXTREMELY BUSY, AND POLICE SAY THEY'RE THANKFUL NO ONE ELSE WAS HURT.

    MOS -- NO SUPER

    "5951 i didn't expect that

    MOS - NO SUPER

    224 I thought we was safe but now I don't know

    LT. STEVE COOPER, CHARLESTON POLICE

    BONNER WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL SHORTLY AFTER THE SHOOTING. HE'S EXPECTED TO BE O-K.

    LIVE IN THE STUDIO, TAISHA WALKER FOR EYEWITNESS NEWS.

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HUNT INMATE
    AN INMATE AT THE HUNTINGTON WORK RELEASE CENTER IS ON THE LOOSE.

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G HUNT INMATE
    A WORKER AT THE CENTER SAYS THAT THEY NOTICED TERRY LEWIS MISSING ABOUT 11:40 LAST NIGHT.

    LEWIS WAS CONVICTED OF MANUFACTURING AND DELIVERING DRUGS.

    HE'S A BLACK MAN AT SIX FEET TALL AND WEIGHS ABOUT 200 POUNDS.

    LEWIS HAS SEVERAL TATTOOS, INCLUDING A STAR ON TOP OF HIS RIGHT HAND AND THE LETTERS B-S-H-G ACROSS HIS RIGHT FINGERS.

    HE HAS FU-BU ACROSS HIS LEFT FINGERS.

    IF YOU SEE HIM CALL 911.

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NSA OBAMA TUES
    WORLD LEADERS ARE MEETING IN NORTHERN IRELAND THIS MORNING AMIDST MORE EMBARRASSING ALLEGATIONS OF U-S SPYING.

    EWARD SNOWDEN -- THAT U-S WHISTLE-BLOWER LEAKER HOLED UP IN HONG KONG -- IS PROMISING EVEN MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS, WHILE HIS FATHER BEGS HIM TO STOP.

    ABC'S DEVIN DWYER IS IN WASHINGTON WITH THE LATEST.

    THE LATEST LEAK OF GOVERNMENT SECRETS HAS STUNNED THE G-8 ECONOMIC SUMMIT IN

    NORTHERN IRELAND.

    EDWARD SNOWDEN REVEALED TO THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER THAT THE BRITISH

    GOVERNMENT SPIED ON (GFX) "DIPLOMATIC TARGETS FROM ALL NATIONS" AND THEIR "

    SMARTPHONES" AT A MEETING OF WORLD LEADERS IN 2009.

    HE SAID THE U-S SPIED TOO, LISTENING IN ON CALLS BY RUSSIA'S PRESIDENT.

    IN AN INTERVIEW OVERNIGHT, PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID THE LEAKS MUST STOP.


    SOT Obama - "The case has been referred to the DOJ for criminal

    investigation."

    SOT Charlie Rose - "And possible extradition."

    SOT Obama - "And possible extradition. I will leave it up to them..."

    THE PRESIDENT SAID SECRET PROGRAMS THAT TRACK PHONE AND INTERNET DATA DO NOT

    TARGET EVERYDAY AMERICANS...

    INSISTING THAT SOME COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS MUST REMAIN CLASSIFIED.

    SOT/President Obama (courtesy: Charlie Rose)

    "We could not have carried out the Bin Laden raid if it was on the front

    page of the papers. I think everybody understands that."


    SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMS AS APPROVE, DESPITE THEIR ROLE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST

    TERRORISM.

    SNOWDEN -- WHO'S STILL HIDING IN HONG KONG -- SAYS HE'S DETERMINED TO REVEAL

    THE FULL EXTENT OF GOVERNMENT SPYING.

    IN AN ONLINE CHAT THROUGH THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER, HE WROTE (GFX) "THE U-S

    GOVERNMENT IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO COVER THIS UP BY JAILING OR MURDERING

    ME."

    MEANWHILE, SNOWDEN'S FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME MADE AN EMOTIONAL PLEA ON FOX

    NEWS FOR HIS SON TO STAND DOWN.

    "I just ask that you measure what you're gonna do and not release any more

    information.

    U-S OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN MOST CONCERNED THAT EDWARD SNOWDEN COULD DEFECT TO CHINA OR PASS ON THE SECRETS HE STOLE. IN THAT ONLINE CHAT, SNOWDEN SAID HE IS NOT A SPY AND HAS HAD NO CONTACT WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.

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NAVY SEX ASSAULT
    A COUPLE NAVY FOOTBALL PLAYERS COULD BE FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES.

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    A FEMALE MIDSHIPMAN AT THE U-S NAVAL ACADEMY HAS ACCUSED THREE PLAYERS OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING HER.

    ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, THE FEMALE STUDENT DROPPED THE COMPLAINT LAST YEAR, BUT HAS SINCE REVIVED IT.

    RECENT HIGH-PROFILE CASES HAVE DRAWN ATTENTION TO THE HIGH NUMBER OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS IN THE U-S MILITARY.

    SOME OF THOSE CASES HAVE INVOLVED OFFICERS IN THE ARMY AND IN THE AIR FORCE.

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WOMEN SPECIAL OPS
    THE PENTAGON IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE TODAY A NEW PLAN TO EXPAND JOBS FOR WOMEN IN COMBAT.

    A DEFENSE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL SAYS WOMEN MAY BEGIN TRAINING FOR JOBS IN ARMY RANGER AND NAVY SEAL UNITS BY MID 2015.

    IN JANUARY, THEN-SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LEON PANETTA ORDERED ALL JOBS OPEN TO WOMEN UNLESS A SPECIFIC "EXCEPTION" WAS REQUESTED BY THE MILITARY SERVICES.

    SINCE THEN THE PENTAGON HAS BEEN WORKING ON PLANS TO IMPLEMENT THOSE ORDERS.

    IN 2012, THE ARMY OPENED OVER 14,000 POSITIONS TO WOMEN.

    THE LATEST MOVE COULD OPEN APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER 6,000 JOBS TO WOMEN IN THE ARMY.

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GOOGLE CHILD PORN
    GOOGLE IS RAMPING UP EFFORTS TO FIGHT CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

    THE TECH GIANT SAYS ITS PLANNING TO SPEND FIVE-MILLION-DOLLARS TO WIPE PICTURES OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE FROM THE WEB.

    PART OF THAT MONEY WILL GO TO ESTABLISHED CHILD-PROTECTION GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN PARTNERING WITH GOOGLE TO FIGHT THE PROBLEM.

    GOOGLE ALSO SAYS IT WILL DEVOTE ANOTHER TWO-MILLION DOLLARS TO RESEARCHING WAYS OF FINDING, REPORTING, AND ERASING CHILD PORN IMAGES.

    THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN SAYS ITS TIP LINE RECEIVED MORE THAN 17-MILLION IMAGES AND VIDEOS OF SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE IN 2011.

    THAT'S FOUR TIMES WHAT THE GROUP RECEIVED FOUR YEARS AGO.

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GOVERNOR SPECIAL SESSION
    AT THE CAPITOL -- LAWMAKERS ARE GOING BACK TO WORK TODAY IN A SPECIAL SESSION.

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VO GOVERNOR SPECIAL SESSION
    THERE ARE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA; ELECTING A NEW SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, AND; PAYING FOR THE EXTRA SESSION.

    FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, RICK THOMPSON, HAS TAKEN A POSITION AS THE VETERANS ASSISTANCE SECRETARY.

    THE SESSION BEGINS AT NOON TODAY.

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MARMET ELECTION FRAUD
    TEMPERS FLARE AFTER ALLEGATIONS OF VOTER FRAUD AT LAST NIGHT'S MARMET CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

    "You are stealing democracy from this community, you stole democracy and i'm going to get it back"

    ROBERT WELLS ACCUSED SEVERAL VOTERS AND MAYOR BILL PAULEY OF VOTER AND ELECTION FRAUD AND USING PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR PERSONAL GAIN.

    WELLS WAS A CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR.... HE LOST.

    VOTERS WHO CAME OUT TO THE MEETING SAY THEY HOPE THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE WILL INVESTIGATE THE ALLEGATIONS.

    "My outcome would be to see that this election was done correctly, that there was nothing done behind the scenes that was not suppose to be done and ultimatley see the city of marmet prosper"

    THE REASON FOR THE CHALLEGENED VOTES DEALS WITH ALLEGATIONS OF REGISTERED VOTERS NOT BEING ALLOWED TO VOTE...AND VOTERS FROM OUTSIDE OF THE AREA BEING ALLOWED TO VOTE.

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I CLUB IMPULSE LATEST
    FROM LATE NIGHT HOT SPOT TO A 24 HOUR GYM, THE FORMER CLUB IMPULSE BUILDING IS GETTING A MAJOR MAKEOVER.

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VO CLUB IMPULSE LATEST
    I-FITT-24 OWNER JEFF CHARLES IS OPENING THE SECOND I-FITT-24 AT THE FORMER SITE OF IMPULSE NIGHT CLUB ON CAPTIAL STREET.

    IT WILL BE THE FIRST 24 HOUR GYM IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AND WILL OFFER TANNING, MASSAGES, AND EVEN HAVE A SMOOTHIE BAR.

    CHARLES HOPES TO BRING POSITIVE THINGS TO THE ONCE TROUBLED AREA.

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SOT CLUB IMPULSE LATEST
    "Not having the problems that it had before but having something that everybody in Charleston can actually use and utilize and benefit them."

    THERE WILL BE A PRE SALE FOR MEMBERSHIPS NEXT WEDNESDAY, THE 26TH, OUTSIDE NEW LOCATION.

    CHARLES SAYS HE HOPES TO HAVE THE FITNESS CENTER OPEN BY THE END OF AUGUST.

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FULL WEATHER
    DOUG PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

    Radar

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SEGMENT BUMP
    {{HEALTH STINGER}}

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ASK THE PEDIATRICIAN
    GOOD MORNING DR. MATUSIC...THANKS FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING.

    DR. JOE MATUSIC

    PEDIATRICIAN

    1-877-924-7888

    CHILDREN'S HEALTH CONCERNS

    2 babymd.net

    FOR MORE INFORMATION

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150TH! WV BIRTHDAY BUMP
    ((HAPPY 150TH WV

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WV QUILT
    THE WEST VIRGINIA SESQUI-CENTENNIAL QUILT WAS UNVEILED YESTERDAY.

    MORE THAN 70 QUILTERS WORKED ON IT.

    THE SQUARES ARE MADE FROM CIVIL WAR-ERA FABRIC AND EACH COUNTY IN THE STATE IS REPRESENTED BY AT LEAST ONE SQUARE.

    THE QUILT WILL JOIN THE WEST VIRGINIA STATE MUSEUM'S PERMANENT COLLECTION AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

    THE FIRST LADY ALSO ANNOUNCED THE WINNERS OF THE STATE'S 150TH BIRTHDAY ART CONTEST.

    STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER WEST VIRGINIA PUT THEIR TALENTS TO PAPER TO CELEBRATE THE MILESTONE.

    JUDGES PICKED FROM OVER A THOUSAND ENTRIES -- AND THE TOP THREE PICKS FROM KINDERGARTEN TO FIFTH GRADE WERE HONORED.

    FIRST PLACE WINNERS TOOK HOME KINDLES FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS.

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WV BDAY PARTY
    AND A LOT OF FUN EVENTS ARE SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK TO CELEBRATE WEST VIRGINIA'S 150TH BIRTHDAY.

    THE OFFICIAL PARTY STARTS THIS THURSDAY-- WITH A CONCERT AND THE FIRST OF THREE STRAIGHT NIGHTS OF FIREWORKS AT THE STATE CAPITOL.

    THE PARTY RUNS THROUGH SATURDAY WITH A CONCERT ON THE CAPITOL STEPS SATURDAY NIGHT BY COUNTRY ACTS "LONESTAR" AND "RONNIE MILSAP".

    YOU CAN EVEN CATCH A 3-D MOVIE EACH NIGHT.

    TROLLEYS WILL BE RUNNING FROM THE CIVIC CENTER AND LAIDLEY FIELD TO THE CAPITOL FROM 10 A-M TO 11:30 P-M.

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G HAPPY BDAY WV 5AM
    IN CELEBRATION OF WEST VIRGINIA'S MILESTONE BIRTHDAY, WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOUR PICTURES OF THE BEST PLACES IN THE STATE!

    CHECK OUT THIS PHOTO OF BRUSH CREEK FALLS ... SENT TO US BY ANGELA MAYNARD.

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GRX YOUR WEST VIRGINIA
    AND WE WANT TO SEE "YOUR WEST VIRGINIA!"... LOG ONTO WCHS TV dot COM AND UPLOAD THEM TO OUR SEE IT, SHOOT IT, SEND IT, PAGE UNDER THE NEWS TAB.

    YOU CAN ALSO POST PICTURES ON OUR FACEBOOK WALL AND TWEET US TOO - JUST USE HASHTAG W-V ONE -FIFTY.

    WE'LL FEATURE THE BEST PICTURES THIS WEEK!

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REOPEN
    GOOD MORNING, I'M JENIFER MCANDREWS...IT'S 7:26...

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TOSS TO WEATHER
    DOUG HARLOW JOINS US NOW WITH A CHECK OF THE FORECAST.

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WEATHER
    DOUG PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

    Chroma Radar

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OPEN 1
    A MAN WANTED FOR A STRING OF VIOLENT HOME INVASIONS IN OUR AREA IS IN A NASHVILLE TENNESSEE JAIL, WE'LL TELL YOU WHY

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OPEN 2
    CHARLESTON POLICE CONTINUE LOOKING FOR THE MAN WITNESSES SAY SHOT A MAN AT THE TOWN CENTER MALL

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OPEN 3
    COPPER THEIVES STRIKE AGAIN, THIS TIME HITTING A COUPLE OF PRETTY HIGH PROFILE SPOTS IN HUNTINGTON

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HELLO
    GOOD MORNING, I'M JENIFER McANDREWS.

    AND I'M PATRICK MCMURTRY.

    WELCOME TO FOX 11'S EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING .

    IT'S TUESDAY JUNE 18TH.

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TOSS TO WX
    DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.

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WEATHER GLANCE
    DOUG PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

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RAND ARREST
    A WEST VIRGINIA MAN TURNED HIMSELF INTO POLICE IN NASHVILLE TENNESSEE... IN CONNECTION WITH A STRING OF VIOLENT HOME INVASIONS HERE IN RAND.

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GRX RAND ARREST
    POLICE HAD A WARRANT OUT FOR 19-YEAR-OLD TEVIN CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS FOLLOWING LAST WEEK'S HOME INVASION AND ROBBERY ON ELAINE DRIVE IN RAND.

    DEPUTIES BELIEVE WILLIAMS FIRED A ROUND FROM A GUN AND THEN PISTOL WHIPPED A MAN.

    THERE HAVE BEEN THREE HOME INVASIONS IN RAND SINCE MARCH.

    WILLIAMS IS EXPECTED TO BE EXTRADITED TO WEST VIRGINIA SOON.

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RAND MEETING
    PEOPLE LIVING IN RAND SAY THEY ARE FED UP WITH ALL OF THE CRIME THERE RECENTLY.

    EYEWITNESS NEWS ANCHOR KERA MASHEK TALKED WITH SOME PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR EFFORTS TO STOP THE VIOLENCE.

    ...CRIMES COMMUNITY WATCH LEADER SYLVESTER SMITH IS DETERMINED TO STOP.

    SMITH SAYS IT'S BEEN A STRUGGLE TO GET PEOPLE HERE INVOLVED IN THE TOWN'S EFFORTS TO CURB CRIME.

    BUT WITH THE BIG TURNOUT AT MONDAY NIGHT'S MEETING, IT APPEARS THE TIDE IS TURNING.

    Chlorine Carter/Rand-We have to get our community back and save our children and let them know we have a nice place to live, and get it back to that.

    THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS IT WILL ALSO CONTINUE INCREASED PATROLS IN THE AREA TO PREVENT CRIME.

    AND WITH SOME COOPERATION FROM THE TOWN, JUST MAYBE MORE COMMUNITY WATCH SIGNS LIKE THESE WILL START POPPING UP ACROSS RAND...LETTING CRIMINALS KNOW RESIDENTS HERE ARE WATCHING OUT FOR THEM.

    THE COMMUNITY WATCH GROUP MEETS EVERY THIRD MONDAY OF THE MONTH AT THE RAND COMMUNITY CENTER.

    THE GROUP HOPES LAST NIGHT'S MEETING IS A LAUNCHING PAD TO GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN ITS EFFORTS TO MAKE RAND SAFER.

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MALL SHOOTING
    CHARLESTON POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO SEARCH THIS MORNING FOR A MAN, ACCUSED OF OPENING FIRE OUTSIDE THE CHARLESTON TOWN CENTER MALL ...

    EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER TAISHA WALKER HAS THE LATEST ... TAISHA ...

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L MALL SHOOTING
    CHARLESTON POLICE SAY THEY BELIEVE THE VICTIM *WAS* TARGETED IN YESTERDAY'S MALL SHOOTING ... BUT THEY ARE LOOKING AT SEVERAL POSSIBLE MOTIVES.

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G SHOOTING SUSPECT
    POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR 19 YEAR OLD SHAQUILLE BURTON.

    INVESTIGATORS SAY HE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE PERSON WHO FIRED OFF FIVE ROUNDS OUTSIDE THE MALL, HITTING ANOTHER MAN IN THE ARM.

    THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AROUND TWO YESTERDAY AFTERNOON .

    POLICE SAY THE VICTIM, 18 YEAR OLD TERRANCE BONNER, WAS DROPPING TWO WOMEN OFF AT THE MALL WHEN HIS CAR WAS SHOT AT FIVE TIMES.

    ONE OF THOSE BULLETS, HIT HIM IN THE FOREARM.

    INVESTIGATORS SAY FIVE MEN RAN FROM THE SCENE ... BUT THEY BELIEVE BURTON WAS THE ONLY SHOOTER.

    THAT AREA OF CLENDENIN STREET BETWEEN THE CIVIC CENTER AND THE MALL IS EXTREMELY BUSY, AND POLICE SAY THEY'RE THANKFUL NO ONE ELSE WAS HURT.

    MOS -- NO SUPER

    "5951 i didn't expect that

    MOS - NO SUPER

    224 I thought we was safe but now I don't know

    LT. STEVE COOPER, CHARLESTON POLICE

    BONNER WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL SHORTLY AFTER THE SHOOTING. HE'S EXPECTED TO BE O-K.

    LIVE IN THE STUDIO, TAISHA WALKER FOR EYEWITNESS NEWS.

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I MAYNARD
    THE MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING THE MINGO COUNTY SHERIFF WILL STAY IN JAIL.

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VO MAYNARD
    TENNIS MAYNARD'S REQUEST FOR BOND, WAS DENIED.

    MAYNARD IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING SHERIFF CRUM WHILE HE WAS SITTING IN HIS CRUISER.

    HIS ATTORNEY ARGUED HE DIDN'T ACT WITH PREMEDIATION.

    BUT THE MINGO COUNTY PROSECUTOR SAYS MAYNARD IS A FLIGHT RISK AND THE JUDGE AGREED.

    THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO START IN MINGO COUNTY OCTOBER 21ST.

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COPPER THEFT FOLO
    POLICE IN HUNTINGTON HAVE TWO SUSPECTED COPPER THIEVES IN CUSTODY AND ARE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A THIRD.

    POLICE SAY THREE MEN STOLE COPPER WIRING FROM THE BIG SANDY SUPERSTORE ARENA, GOLDY'S AUTO AND THE FEDERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION SITE.

    THEY HAVE CAUGHT TWO OF THE SUSPECTS... BUT THEY NEED YOUR HELP TO CATCH THE THRID SUSPECT, CODY DONALD.

    MATT CHRISTUS WITH GOLDY'S AUTO SAYS THE THEFT SET BACK THEIR OPENING DATE.

    "They pulled copper wiring from saome of the light posts and things going up around the building and inside they took copper from there too. It's tough, does nothing but set us back."

    ANYBODY WITH INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP POLICE FIND CODY DONALD SHOULD CALL 911.

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PATRIOT PROTEST ARRESTS
    TWELVE DEMONSTRATORS WERE ARRESTED DURING A PROTEST AGAINST PATRIOT COAL.

    THEY WERE PART OF A UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA MARCH AT

    ST. LOUIS-BASED PATRIOT COAL'S OFFICES.

    A U-S BANKRUPTCY COURT JUDGE HAS GIVEN PATRIOT THE GO-AHEAD TO CHANGE BENEFITS FOR RETIRED AND CURRENT MINERS.

    UNION LEADERS SAY PATRIOT WAS SET UP TO FAIL WHEN IT SPUN OFF FROM PEABODY ENERGY IN 2007.

    A SPOKESMAN FOR PEABODY CALLS THAT CLAIM A "MISGUIDED ATTEMPT TO REWRITE HISTORY."

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LOGAN DROWNING
    A MAN PULLED OUT OF THE GUAYNDOTTE RIVER BY A 12-YEAR-OLD BOY HAS DIED.

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M LOGAN DROWNING
    LOGAN POLICE SAY THE MAN IN HIS MID 50'S WAS SWIMMING NEAR THE WATER STREET BRIDGE IN LOGAN COUNTY WITH THE BOY AND A WOMAN WHEN HE WENT UNDER WATER.

    THE BOY WAS ABLE TO GRAB THE MAN AND GET HIM TO THE BANK

    THE MAN WAS TAKEN TO LOGAN GENERAL HOSPITAL...WHERE HE LATER DIED.

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7/11 RAID
    FOURTEEN, 7-ELEVEN CONVENIENCE STORES IN NEW YORK AND VIRGINIA WERE RAIDED BY FEDERAL OFFICIALS.

    NINE EMPLOYEES AND SOME OWNERS ARE ACCUSED OF EXPLOITING DOZENS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

    U-S ATTORNEY LORETTA LYNCH SAYS THE DEFENDANTS FORCED THE IMMIGRANTS TO WORK 100-HOURS PER WEEK FOR MINIMAL PAY.

    LYNCH ALSO SAYS THE SUSPECTS FACE VARIOUS CHARGES INCLUDING IDENTITY THEFT .

    AUTHORITES SAY THIS WAS GOING ON FOR AT LEAST 13 YEARS.

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SYRIA POLL
    A NEW SURVEY SHOWS ONLY 20-PERCENT OF AMERICANS THINK THE U-S AND ITS ALLIES SHOULD SEND WEAPONS TO SYRIAN REBELS

    AND THAT SUPPORT HAS DECLINED NINE-PERCENTAGE POINTS SINCE MARCH.

    THE PEW RESEARCH CENTER FOUND 70-PERCENT OF AMERICANS OPPOSE ARMING THE SYRIAN OPPOSITION.

    THE PEW INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY OF LAST WEEK...MEANING SOME OF THOSE INTERVIEWS HAPPENED BEFORE THURSDAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT THE U-S WILL START ARMING THE REBELS.

    THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SAID SYRIA CROSSED A "RED LINE" BY USING CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAINST THE OPPOSITION.

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2012 WX COSTS
    WE'VE UNDOUBTEDLY SEEN SOME PRETTY WICKED AND EXPENSIVE NATURAL DISASTERS THIS YEAR. BUT 2012 WAS ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS.

    FROM SUPERSTORM SANDY -- TO THE NUMEROUS WILDFIRES -- TO THE DEVASTATING DROUGHT -- WEATHER AND CLIMATE DISASTERS CAUSED MORE THAN 110-BILLION-DOLLARS IN DAMAGES LAST YEAR.

    ACCORDING TO INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER, 2012 WAS ONE OF THE COSTLIEST YEARS ON RECORD.

    THE N-C-D-C ALSO SAYS THE TWO MOST EXPENSIVE DISASTERS WERE SANDY -- WHICH CAUSED ABOUT 65-BILLION IN LOSSES -- AND THE YEAR-LONG DROUGHT -- WHICH HAD A HEFTY TOLL OF ABOUT 30-BILLION-DOLLARS.

    THE RED CROSS HAS TURNED AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA INTO AN EVACUATION SHELTER. A WILDFIRE IN MARIPOSA COUNTY CAUSED THE EVACUATIONS -- FORCING ABOUT 19 PEOPLE TO CALL THE SCHOOL A TEMPORARY HOME. THE CARSTENS FIRE HAS BURNED MORE THAN 900 ACRES AND IS ONLY 15-PERCENT CONTAINED.

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VO INDIA FLOODING
    TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

    THE MONSOON FURY HAS TAKEN IT'S TOLL ACROSS NORTHERN INDIA.

    BUILDINGS HAVE COLLAPSED -- AND ROADS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY HEAVY RAINS.

    THIRTEEN PEOPLE HAVE DIED AND DOZENS HAVE BEEN LEFT STRANDED AFTER THE SUDDEN RISE IN WATER.

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FULL WEATHER
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CONSUMER ALERT


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I CONSUMER EMPTY PROMISES
    THE FLEXIBILITY OF A "WORK AT HOME" JOB IS VERY APPEALING FOR MOTHERS JUGGLING DIFFERENT SCHEDULES, HOWEVER IN THIS DAY AND AGE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR CONSUMERS TO BE CAUTIOUS.

    YOU COULD BE ON THE LOSING END OF EMPTY PROMISES.

    "I wanted to do something that could work around the schedules of all the kids cause everybody had different schedules and especially with the baby…."


    A SENTIMENT MANY PARENTS CAN RELATE TO. ALANA HOWELL, A SINGLE MOTHER WITH 4 CHILDREN, NEEDED TO SUPPLEMENT HER INCOME.


    "I was on the Internet looking for an online job and I got an email and it said they we're looking for representatives in this state to build a bigger business."


    ALANA WAS TOLD SHE WOULD BE PAID FOR DEPOSITING CHECKS THE COMPANY SENT HER… INTO HER ACCOUNT… THEN SENDING A PERCENTAGE BACK TO THE COMPANY.


    "I went to the bank, deposited the checks (they sent me two checks) totaling almost $4-thousand dollars. About 3 days later - received note saying they're fraudulent checks and I was now in a hole."


    ALANA NOW OWES THE BANK MORE THAN $3-THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THINGS HAVE ONLY GOTTEN WORSE.


    "I'm still stuck in a problem with the bank and my credit is going down and it's hard for me to pay that back because I have other bills I'm taking care of… really, really tough, it makes me feel terrible and vulnerable. After a while I felt kind of silly, and I think why did I do that? But I didn't know."


    "Keep in mind these people are sophisticated. They do this a lot."


    LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYS THIS TYPE OF SCAM IS ON THE RISE. SUSPECTS ARE SENDING OUT THOUSANDS OF FAKE CHECKS AND TRYING TO BEAT THE SYSTEM.


    "The scam artist is counting on the bank releasing the money or you having sufficient funds in your account to cover the expense check back to the scam artist. You don't discover the check is going to bounce until after you've wired or sent the money back to the scam artist."


    VICTIMS ARE THEN RESPONSIBLE TO THE BANK FOR THE FRAUDULENT CHECK AMOUNTS DEPOSITED. ALANA IS ANGRY.


    "I'm a single Mom I'm already struggling it as it is… taking care of what I need to take care of… and then you have people taking away from you and you're trying to make better for you and your family."

    ALANA IS STILL STRUGGLING IN HER DISPUTE WITH HER BANK.

    SHE HAS A RED FLAG ON HER BANKING ACCOUNT, WHICH WILL NOT ALLOW HER TO OPEN ANY OTHER BANKING ACCOUNTS IN OTHER CITIES AND STATES.

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TEASE SIX
    THERE IS MORE NEWS STILL AHEAD RIGHT HERE ON FOX 11 EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING.

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FEMALE ASTRONAUTS
    FOUR OF NASA'S EIGHT NEW ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES ARE WOMEN.

    THIS IS THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF FEMALE ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES EVER SELECTED FOR A CLASS.

    THE GROUP WAS PICKED OUT OF MORE THAN SIX-THOUSAND APPLICANTS.

    NASA SAYS THE NEW CANDIDATES WILL HELP LEAD THE FIRST HUMAN MISSION TO AN ASTEROID, AND THEN TO MARS.

    THEY WILL REPORT FOR DUTY IN AUGUST AT NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN HOUSTON.

    AND SPEAKING OF MAKING HISTORY... THIS WEEK MARKS THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST U-S WOMAN IN SPACE.

    ON JUNE 16-TH 19-83, SALLY RIDE MADE HISTORY WHEN SHE RODE ABOARD THE SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER.

    RIDE WAS ACTUALLY THE SECOND WOMAN TO GO INTO SPACE. THE FIRST WAS VALENTINA TERESHKOVA 19 YEARS EARLIER.

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WHALE SHARK RIDER
    A TEENAGER TAKES A WILD-- AND PROBABLY ONCE IN A LIFETIME RIDE... ON THE BACK OF A WHALE SHARK.

    THE SELF PROCLAIMED SHARK ENTHUSIAST-- JUMPED OFF THE BOAT.. AND ONTO THE BACK OF THE WHALE.. AND HELD ON- BRIEFLY.

    HE SAID HE FELT THE SHARK START TO PICK UP SPEED WHEN HE GRABBED ON.. AND NOT WANTING TO DISTRESS THE ANIMAL, HE LET GO.

    HE SAYS THE THE RIDE WAS INCREDIBLE.

    BY THE WAY, WHALE SHARKS EAT PLANKTON, SO THE GUY WASN'T IN DANGER OF BEING ITS NEXT MEAL. .

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PETS
    DONNA CLARK

    KANAWHA CHARLESTON HUMANE ASSOCIATION

    THE KANAWHA CHARLESTON HUMANE ASSOC.

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CLOSE ONE
    STICK AROUND, DOUG HAS YOUR FORECAST AND WE'LL HAVE A CHECK OF YOUR MORNING COMMUTE TO WORK.

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RE OPEN
    GOOD MORNING, I'M JENIFER MCANDREWS...IT'S 7:56.

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TOSS TO WEATHER
    DOUG HARLOW JOINS US NOW WITH A CHECK OF THE FORECAST.

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WEATHER
    DOUG PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

    Chroma Radar

    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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G TODAY'S HEADLINES
    IN YOUR EYEWITNESS NEWS HEADLINES THIS MORNING...

    CHARLESTON POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN, ACCUSED OF OPENING FIRE OUTSIDE THE TOWN CENTER MALL YESTERDAY.

    AN ARREST WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR 19 YEAR OLD SHAQUILLE BURTON.

    POLICE SAID HE SHOT FIVE ROUNDS -- HITTING A MAN IN THE ARM.

    A MAN WANTED FOR QUESTIONING REGARDING A VIOLENT HOME INVASIONS IN RAND TURNED HIMSELF IN TO NASHVILLE POLICE.

    POLICE SAY 19-YEAR-OLD TEVIN CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS FIRED A ROUND FROM A GUN AND THEN PISTOL WHIPPED A MAN LAST WEDNESDAY.

    THE MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING THE MINGO COUNTY SHERIFF WILL STAY IN JAIL.

    A JUDGE DENIED BAIL FOR TENNIS MAYNARD -- SAYING HE'S A FLIGHT RISK.

    HIS TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO START IN MINGO COUNTY OCTOBER 21ST.

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