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Saturday, May 10, 2008.

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  • WELCOME
      THE ROAD TO THE WHITE STOPS IN WEST VIRGINIA...

      OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT...CLINTON AND OBAMA COME TO TOWN.

      GOOD EVENING, I'M ELIZABETH NOREIKA...

      AND I'M JAKE GLANCE... THANKS FOR STAYING UP LATE WITH US.

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    NOWCAST WEATHER
      WX ANCHOR PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

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    OBAMA TO WV
      PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL BARACK OBAMA IS COMING TO WEST VIRGINIA.

      SENATOR OBAMA WILL MAKE A CAMPAIGN STOP IN CHARLESTON ON MONDAY, MAY 12TH.

      HE'LL SPEAK AT THE CIVIC CENTER.

      DOORS OPEN AT 10:30 IN THE MORNING...HE WILL TAKE THE PODIUM AT 12:15.

      THE EVENT IS FREE BUT YOU HAVE TO GO PICK UP A TICKET.







      YOU CAN GET YOUR FREE TICKETS TOMORROW AT OBAMA'S HEADQUARTERS ON QUARRIER STREET.

      YOU CAN ALSO GET THEM AT THE SECOND AVENUE COMMUNITY CENTER.


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      AND THE SOUTH CHARLESTON OFFICE ON 6TH AVENUE.

      THEY'LL BE AVAILABLE FROM NINE IN THE MORNING UNTIL NINE AT NIGHT.

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    CLINTON TO WV
      HILLARY CLINTON WILL SPEND MOTHER'S DAY IN THE MOUNTAIN STATE.

      SHE WILL CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY WITH HER DAUGTHER...CHELSEA IN GRAFTON... THE BIRTH PLACE OF MOTHER'S DAY.

      SENATOR CLINTON WILL THEN HOLD A "SOLUTIONS FOR AMERICAN EVENT" AT GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL IN ELEANOR.


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      SHE'LL BE IN GRAFTON TOMORROW SHORTLY AFTER 3:00 PM.

      AND IN ELEANOR AROUND 8:00 PM.


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      ON MONDAY, THE FORMER FIRST LADY WILL HOLD A SERIES OF RALLIES ACROSS THE STATE.

      SHE'LL BE IN MONTGOMERY AT EIGHT IN THE MORNING.

      THEN SHE'S OFF TO WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL IN CLEAR FORK.

      AT 3:00 PM SHE'LL HOLD A RALLY AT THE LOGAN FIELD HOUSE.

      SHE'LL END HER DAY AT FAIRMONT STATE UNIVERSITY.

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    I GOP MEETING
      WITH ALL THE BUZZ ON THE UPCOMING DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY, WE HAVEN'T HEARD MUCH FROM THE G-O-P ... UNTIL TODAY. WE WENT TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S PUBLIC MEETING TO SEE WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY.

      THE HOPE WEST VIRGINIA WILL LEAN TO THE RIGHT AND GO RED FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW IS HIGH AMONG WEST VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS.

      14:56 "I HOPE WEST VIRGINIA WILL GO RED UP AND DOWN THE TICKET"

      IN A TOWN HALL STYLE MEETING, THE G-O-P DISCUSSED THEIR PLATFORM AND WAYS TO MAKE IT BETTER.

      4:15 "THE PLATFORM IS OUR NAME BRAND, ITS A DOCUMENT THAT GUIDS OUR LEGISLATURES THAT EXPLAINS WHAT REPUBLICANS IN WEST VIRGINIA BELIEVE IN"

      SOME OF THE MAIN ISSUES INCLUDE THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS, PRO-LIFE, TAX RELIEF AND PUTTING AN END TO GAMBLING.

      5:21 "REPUBLICANS NOT ONLY WISH TO FREEZE THE EXPANSION OF GAMBLING IN WEST VIRGINA, BUT ELIMINATE IT"

      10:23 "THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS A REALLY HOT ITEM, WE HAVE A LOT OF HUNTERS HERE IN WV, AND PEOPLE WANT TO PROTECT THEMSELVES."

      7:15 "OUR TAX SYSTEM IS PART OF THE REASON WE'RE LAST IN EVERYTHING LIKE THE FOOD TAX...TAKING FOOD OFF FAMILIES TABLES, AND ULTIMATELY JOB GROWTH.

      AND WHEN IT COMES TO EITHER CLINTON OR OBAMA ON THE BALLOT.....

      6:10 "REPUBLICANS IN WV DO NOT RELATE TO BARACK OBAMA, OR HILLARY CLITON AND WE BELIEVE IN NOVMEBER THE STATE OF WV IS GOING TO GO RED A THRID TIME IN A ROW"

      TODAY'S EVENT WAS IN EFFORT TO GET THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM READY TO BE PRESENTED TO THE FULL PARTY AT A MEETING IN FLATWOODS DURING THE WEST VIRGNIA STATE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IN JUNE.

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    RON PAUL MEETING
      RON PAUL SUPPORTERS RALLIED IN DUNBAR FOR THEIR CANDIDATE.

      THE GRASS ROOTS GROUP HELD SIGNS NEAR THE SHONEY'S AT THE 10TH STREET AND DUNBAR AVENUE INTERSECTION.

      RON PAUL IS RUNNING AGAINST JOHN MCCAIN FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION.

      AS A TEXAS CONGRESSMAN HE HAS SERVED FOR 10 TERMS IN THE U-S HOUSE.

      EVEN THOUGH RON PAUL DOESN'T GET MUCH PLAY ON THE NATIONAL POLITICAL STAGE ... HE'S STILL OFFICIALLY IN THE RACE, AND HIS SUPPORTERS SAY THEY ARE NOT GIVING UP HOPE FOR HIM.

      TO LEARN MORE ABOUT RON PAUL'S STAND ON THE ISSUES, LOG ON TO RONPAUL2008.COM

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    10 EARLY VOTING ENDS
      LONG LINES AT THE KANAWHA COUNTY VOTERS REGISTRATION TODAY...ON THE LAST DAY OF EARLY VOTING.

      THE LINE WENT OUT THE DOOR AS HUNDREDS CAME DOWNTOWN TO VOTE EARLY FOR THE MAY 13-TH PRIMARY.

      ELECTION WORKERS SAY THERE WAS A STEADY STREAM OF VOTERS ALL DAY LONG.

      AN ESTIMATED 400 PEOPLE HAD VOTED BY ELEVEN THIS MORNING...COUNTY CLERK VERA MC-CORMICK ESTIMATED AT LEAST ONE THOUSAND PEOPLE WOULD VOTE EARLY BY THE END OF THE DAY.

      EARLY VOTING ENDED AT 5 P-M THIS EVENING.

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    CAMPAIGN PLUS
      DON'T FORGET EYEWITNESS NEWS IS YOUR HOME FOR UP TO THE MINUTE RESULTS ON ELECTION NIGHT.

      YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS ON OUR WEBSITE.

      JUST LOG ON TO WCHS-TV dot COM AND CLICK ON THE CAMPAIGN PLUS ICON.

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    YEAGER MOCK CRASH
      IT WAS A SITUATION EMERGENCY CREWS HOPE THEY NEVER SEE ...

      BUT THEY HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR EVERYTHING.

      THE MOCK DISASTER AT YEAGER AIRPORT TESTED EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO A PLANE CRASH WITH 50 VICTIMS.

      14 MOCK PASSENGERS SURVIVED ENOUGH TO BE FLOWN BY CHOPPER OR TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE FOR TREATMENT.

      PARAMEDICS SAY THAT IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS COMMUNICATION IS KEY.

      YEAGER IS REQUIRED TO CONDUCT THIS EXERCISE EVERY THREE YEARS.

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    WVU FULL ASSEMBLY
      WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FACULTY MEMBERS ARE ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING THEY HAVEN'T DONE IN 30 YEARS.

      THEY'VE SCHEDULED A MAY 14TH UNIVERSITY ASSEMBLY MEETING TO ONCE AGAIN CALL FOR THE RESIGNATION OF PRESIDENT MIKE GARRISON.

      ORDINARILY, THE ASSEMBLY MEETS JUST ONCE A YEAR, TO HEAR THE PRESIDENT'S STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY ADDRESS.

      THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDS AN UNEARNED DEGREE WVU ADMINISTRATORS GAVE HEATHER BRESCH, GOVERNOR JOE MANCHIN'S DAUGHTER AND GARRISON'S FRIEND.

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    STEPHEN GOODWIN
      ANOTHER WVU ADMINISTRATOR IS STEPPING DOWN BECAUSE OF THE DEGREE SCANDAL.

      STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF GARRISON, STEPHEN GOODWIN, WILL RESIGN HIS POSITION AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY BOARD OF GOVERNORS.

      HE WILL SERVE OUT HIS TERM AS A BOARD MEMBER THROUGH 2010, BUT WILL NOT PURSUE ANOTHER TERM AS CHAIRMAN.

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    MARSHALL GRADUATION
      YEARS OF DEDICATION AND HARD WORK HAS PAID OFF FOR SOME MARSHALL STUDENTS.

      THE UNIVERSITY HELD IT'S SPRING COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY AT THE BIG SANDY SUPERSTORE ARENA THIS AFTERNOON.

      MORE THAN 26-HUNDRED STUDENTS GOT THEIR DEGREES.

      SENATE PRESIDENT AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR...EARL RAY TOMBLIN...GAVE THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS.

      THIS IS THE UNIVERSITY'S 171-ST COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY.

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    STAMP OUT HUNGER
      SOME LOCAL LETTER CARRIERS ARE DOING THEIR PART TO HELP THOSE LESS FORTUNATE.

      SENDING THE MESSAGE THAT NO ONE SHOULD GO HUNGRY.

      THE NATIONAL LETTER CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION HELD ITS STAMP OUT HUNGER FOOD DRIVE THIS MORNING.

      THE WORKERS COLLECTED NONPERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS ALONG THEIR ROUTES.

      ALL OF THE FOOD WILL GO TO LOCAL PANTRIES, FOOD BANKS AND SHELTERS.

      35-MILLION PEOPLE ARE AT RISK OF HUNGER IN AMERICAN...INCLUDING 12-MILLION CHILDREN.

      THE DRIVE STARTED BACK IN 19-93 AND HAS COLLECTED THREE-QUARTERS OF A BILLION POUNDS OF FOOD...MAKING IT THE LARGEST, SINGLE DAY FOOD DRIVE.

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    TOSS FOR A CAUSE
      KIDS YOUNG AND OLD HAD A GOOD TIME THIS AFTERNOON RAISING MONEY FOR AN IMPORTANT CAUSE .

      AS MANY AS 32 TEAMS TOOK PART IN THE 'TOSS FOR A CAUSE' AT APPALACHIAN POWER PARK.

      THE RECORDING FOR THE BLIND AND DYSLEXIC ORGANIZATION HOSTED A CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT TO BENEFIT STUDENTS IN WEST VIRGINIA WHO LEARN THROUGH LISTENING.

      RFB&D WAS FOUNDED IN THE 1940S FOR BLINDED WORLD WAR 2 SOLDIERS WHO WANTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE G-I BILL, BUT COULDN'T READ BRAILLE.




      THE R-F-B-AND-D RAISED AROUND 5-THOUSAND DOLLARS TODAY.

      IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION OR TO HELP OUT, LOG ON TO RFBD.ORG.

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    EAST END YARD SALE
      THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FLOCKED TO THE EAST END OF CHARLESTON LOOKING FOR TREASURE IN WHAT OTHERS CONSIDER JUNK.

      RESIDENTS IN THE EAST END HELD THEIR ANNUAL YARD SALE TODAY.

      DOZENS OF HOMES TOOK PART IN THE SALE WHICH IS HELD THE SATURDAY BEFORE MOTHER'S DAY.

      PEOPLE SOLD EVERYTHING FROM CLOTHES TO FURNITURE.

      ORGANIZERS SAY THE EVENT IS A WAY SHOW OFF THE BEAUTY OF THE EAST END.

      THE YARD SALE IS ORGANIZED BY THE EAST END COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AND THE GROUP EAST END MAIN STREET.

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    SEMI COMPETITON
      HOW HARD DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE TO MANEUVER A BIG RIG THROUGH AN DOBSTACLE COURSE ... WITHOUT KNOCKING OVER ANY ORANGE CONES?!

      EASY FOR THESE GUYS.

      THE WEST VIRGINIA MOTOR TRUCK ASSOCIATION HELD ITS ANNUAL TRUCK DRIVING CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE CIVIC CENTER THIS AFTERNOON.

      57 DRIVERS FROM ELEVEN DIFFERENT COMPANIES COMPETED.

      EACH DRIVER GOT A CHANCE TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE THROUGH A WRITTEN EXAMINATION, PERSONAL INTERVIEW, AND A FIELD TEST.

      THIS YEAR'S GRAND CHAMPION IS JOHN HODGES FROM UPS-FREIGHT.

      DRIVER OF THE YEAR GOES TO KEITH MILLER WHO HAS LOGGED MORE THAN 2-POINT-6 MILLION ACCIDENT FREE MILES IN HIS 29 YEARS BEHIND THE WHEEL.

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    LOTTERY
      7 18 30 41 45 6

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    FULL WEATHER
      ANCHORS TOSS TO WX ANCHOR FOR WEATHER

      WX ANCHOR PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

      Join Steve Borecky 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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    MEDICAL MINUTE
      IS IT BETTER TO GIVE A FEW NEEDY PEOPLE A LOT HELP, OR MANY NEEDY PEOPLE A LITTLE HELP?

      NEW RESEARCH IS SHEDDING LIGHT ON HOW WE COME UP WITH OUR OWN IDEAS OF WHAT IS FAIR.

      HERE'S MORE IN TONIGHT'S MEDICAL MINUTE.

      People have had to make decisions about how to share limited resources, such as food and water, for a long time. But how do we make these decisions? Researchers from the California Institute of Technology and the University of Illinois wanted to find out more about how the brain determines fairness. To do this, they conducted brain scans on 26 people as they played an electronic game designed to find out the choices they would make during a food shortage in an orphanage. Subjects chose whether to take a greater number of meals from everybody or to take fewer meals, when that meant leaving a few children with a lot less . As subjects were forced to quickly decide which children would lose meals, researchers noted which areas of their brains "lit up." Researchers found that regions of the brain that decided efficiency--a logical area--lit up about the same for everyone. But, regions involved with equity--an emotional area--lit up more, or less, depending on the person. This teaches us, the researchers say, that our individual ideas of fairness may have more to do with our feelings than our thoughts. WITH THIS MEDICAL MINUTE, I'M DOCTOR TIMOTHY JOHNSON.

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    IRAQ VIOLENCE
      IN WORLD NEWS...ANOTHER U-S SOLDIER HAS DIED IN IRAQ.

      THE MILITARY CONFIRMS THE SOLDIER DIED FROM NON-COMBAT RELATED INJURIES.

      MEANWHILE....U-S FORCES KILL AT LEAST 19 SHIITE MILITIAMEN DURING AN ATTACK IN BAGHDAD.

      THE MILITARY SAYS BOTH U-S AND IRAQ FORCES ARE TRYING TO STOP ROCKET ATTACKS FROM MILITANT NEIGHBORHOODS.

      HOSPITALS SAY AT LEAST 13 CIVILIANS DIED AND 77 OTHERS WERE HURT.

      THE LATEST ROUND OF ATTACKS HAVE FORCED AT LEAST 6-THOUSAND PEOPLE TO FLEE THEIR HOMES.

      U-S AUTHORITIES ARE NOW BUILDING A 12 FOOT TALL BARRIER TO CUT OFF MILITIA MOVEMENT.

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    AFGHAN PROTEST
      A PROTEST AGAINST THE U-S MILITARY TURNS DEADLY IN AFGHANISTAN.

      DEMONSTRATORS HIT THE STREETS CLAIMING U-S SOLDIERS KILLED THREE CIVILIANS WHILE SEARCHING FOR INSURGENTS IN SHINWAR YESTERDAY.

      THE PROTESTERS CARRIED THE DEAD BODIES THROUGH THE TOWN.

      BUT THE TROOPS SAY THE INSURGENTS HAVE BEEN USING CIVILIANS AS HUMAN SHIELDS.

      DURING THE DEMONSTRATION...POLICE OPENED FIRE...KILLING ONE PERSON AND WOUNDING THREE OTHERS.

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    THAILAND CYCLONE
      HUMANITARIAN AID GROUPS ARE TRYING TO GET SUPPLIES INTO CYCLONE RAVAGED MYANMAR.

      U-S MILITARY OFFICIALS SAY THE RULING GOVERNMENT GAVE THEM PERMISSION FOR ONLY ONE PLANE FOR THE RELIEF MISSION.

      THE U.S. MILITARY C-ONE-THIRTY WILL ENTER THE COUNTRY ON MONDAY.

      IN ADDITION, U.S. NAVY SHIPS HAVE BEGUN MOVING FROM THE GULF OF THAILAND TOWARD MYANMAR TO BE AVAILABLE IF NEEDED.

      OFFICIALS SAY ALMOST TWO MILLION PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS, INJURED OR THREATENED BY DISEASE AND HUNGER, AND ONLY ONE OUT OF TEN HAVE RECEIVED ANY KIND OF AID IN THE SIX DAYS SINCE THE CYCLONE HIT.

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    BABY IN DRYER
      IN NATIONAL NEWS....RESIDENTS AT A SAN ANTONIO REHAB CENTER MAKE A GRUESOME DISCOVERY.

      THEY FOUND THE BODY OF A NEWBORN BABY GIRL INSIDE A DRYER WRAPPED IN BLOODY TOWELS.

      INVESTIGATORS SAY IT'S UNCLEAR HOW LONG THE BABY WAS INSIDE THE DRYER.

      PARAMEDICS SAY THE BABY APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN CARRIED FULL-TERM.

      POLICE ORDERED AN AUTOPSY TO DETERMINE THE EXACT CAUSE OF DEATH.

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    CHILDREN SHOT
      TWO CHILDREN ARE RECOVERING AFTER THEY WERE SHOT WHILE PLAYING NEAR A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN NORTH PHILADELPHIA.

      THE SEVEN YEAR OLD BOY AND NINE YEAR OLD GIRL BOTH SUFFERED GUNSHOTS WOUNDS TO THEIR UPPER ARMS.

      INVESTIGATORS SAY IT'S NOT CLEAR IF THE CHILDREN WERE TARGETED OR HIT BY STRAY BULLETS.

      NOBODY HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING.

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    OJ CONFESSES
      A FRIEND OF O-J SIMPSON SAYS THE FORMER FOOTBALL STAR DID KILL HIS EX-WIFE NICOLE BROWN SIMPSON.

      MEMORABILIA DEALER...MIKE GILBERT.....SAYS SIMPSON CONFESSED TO THE CRIME TWO WEEKS BEFORE HIS TRIAL.

      HE SAYS O-J HAD TAKEN SEVERAL DRUGS DURING THEIR CONVERSATION.

      O-J ALLEGEDLY TOLD HIM HE WENT TO NICOLE'S HOUSE THAT NIGHT BUT DIDN'T TAKE A KNIFE...INSTEAD HE SAID SHE OPENED THE DOOR WITH THE KNIFE IN HER HAND.

      GILBERT'S BOOK, "HOW I HELPED O-J GET AWAY WITH MURDER...THE SHOCKING STORY OF VIOLENCE, LOYALTY AND REGRET WILL HIT STORE SHELVES MONDAY.

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    BUSH WEDDING
      A NIGHT TO REMEMBER FOR THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY.

      THE FIRST FAMILY HELD THE WEDDING CEREMONY FOR THEIR DAUGHTER JENNA... WHO MARRIED HENRY HAGER TONIGHT IN TEXAS.

      HERE'S MORE.

      THE BRIDE WORE WHITE, A SILK ORGANZA GOWN DESIGNED BY OSCAR DE LA RENTA. NO PICTURES WERE RELEASED BECAUSE SHE WANTED THE GROOM TO BE SURPRISED.

      SURPRISE AND PRIVACY WERE THE TWO MAIN REASONS JENNA BUSH MARRIED HENRY HAGER ON HER FATHER'S RANCH, MILES FROM THE NEAREST REPORTER, AND NOT AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

      THIS IS WHAT JENNA DIDN'T WANT.

      AT THE LAST WHITE HOUSE WEDDING, OF TRICIA NIXON COX, IN 1971, THE 600 REPORTERS OUTNUMBERED THE GUESTS.

      JENNA SHOWED US HOW SHE FEELS ABOUT REPORTERS, IN HER FATHER'S 2004 RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN.

      LYNDA JOHNSON ROBB ALSO GOT MARRIED AT THE WHITE HOUSE, IN 1967. HER WEDDING, LIKE TRICIA NIXON'S, WAS ALSO BROADCAST LIVE ON TELEVISION, WHICH MS. ROBB SAYS NO BRIDE SHOULD HAVE TO ENDURE.

      JENNA LEANED MORE TOWARD HER AUNT DORO...

      THE FIRST PRESIDENT BUSH'S DAUGHTER MARRIED WM. LEBLOND AT CAMP DAVID, AND THE WEDDING WASN'T EVEN ANNOUNCED UNTIL IT WAS OVER.

      PRES. BUSH, WHO PRACTICED HIS WALK DOWN THE AISLE ON HIS WAY HERE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE WEDDING FOR WEEKS. THOUGH HE SWORE HE WASN'T NERVOUS.

      BUSH says/no chyron: "I'm looking forward to it. And, yes, we'll be dancing. We'll be laughing, weeping, hollering. It's going to be a great time."

      THE COUPLE HAVE NOT SAID WHERE THEY WILL SPEND THEIR HONEYMOON...BUT THEY SAY THEY WILL BE BACK IN TIME FOR JENNA TO DO A BOOK SIGNING IN CALIFORNIA ON THE 21ST.

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    SPORTS TEASE
      PLENTY OF ACTION FROM THE DIAMOND AS BOTH SECTIONAL BASEBALL PLAYOFFS WIND DOWN....

      PLUS, THE WEST VIRGINIA POWER IN A DOUBLE-HEADER AGAINST HAGERSTOWN...

      AND IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH-- THE STATE TENNIS TOURNAMENT TAKES PLACE AS WELL..

      JOSH LEWIS HAS IT ALL- STRAIGHT AHEAD IN SPORTS...

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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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    SC-GW BASEBALL
      RAINOUTS FROM LATE IN THE WEEK PUSHED BACK THE HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL PLAYOFFS...

      SECTIONAL PLAY STRETCHING ALL THE WAY INTO THE WEEKEND IN THE CASE OF SOUTH CHARLESTON AND GEORGE WASHINGTON...

      TONIGHT THE DECIDING GAME TO SEE WHO ADVANCES TO REGIONAL PLAY NEXT WEEK...

      -GAME 2 WAS A SLUGFEST... THIS ONE WAS A PITCHERS DUEL!!!

      -2ND INNING-SC JACK HUDSON STRIKESOUT TYLER WILSON TO END A JAM

      -4TH INNING-GW TYLER WILSON STRIKESOUT JAY SEA-BOLD TO END A THREAT

      -6TH INNING-GW JOHN GATEWOOD SCORES ON A WILD PITCH, 1-0 GW

      -7TH INNING-GW TYLER WILSON GETS JIM PETRY TO GROUNDOUT TO END THE GAME

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    WV POWER1
      THE POWER IN A DOUBLEHEADER AGAINST HAGERSTOWN..

      THE CONTINUATION GAME FROM LAST NIGHT IS ALL SUNS-- HAGERSTOWN WINS 9-0....

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    WV POWER
      HANK AARON'S SON-- HANK JUNIOR-- IN TOWN THIS WEEKEND.. JUNIOR A SCOUT FOR THE BREWERS...

      --BOTTOM OF THE 1ST.. BRETT BREWER TO RIGHT.. HIS DOUBLE BRINGS HOME LEE HAYDEL... TIED AT 1...

      --STILL IN THE 1ST... ZELOUS WHEELER DEEP TO RIGHT CENTER.. THAT BRINGS HOME BREWER..

      --THAT HAS MYRON NOODLEMAN ALL FIRED UP ON NERD NIGHT!!!

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    TEAM RESULTS
      LET'S RUN THRU THE TEAM RESULTS: GW RUNS AWAY IN TRIPLE-A BOYS-- THEIR THIRD CROWN IN FOUR YEARS...

      CHARLESTON CATHOLIC'S BOYS COAST TO VICTORY IN DOUBLE-A SINGLE-A...

      TRIPLE-A GIRLS IS A TIE BETWEEN PARKERSBURG AND GW... BUT THE BIG REDS GET THE TIE BREAKER BECAUSE THEY HAD FOUR FINALISTS TO G-W'S THREE....

      MEANWHILE, CATHOLIC'S GIRLS BEAT PETERSBURGS GIRLS BY FOUR POINTS TO WIN THE DOUBLE-A SINGLE GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP...

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    MIKE D'ANTONI
      MIKE D'ANTONI IS LEAVING THE WILD WEST BEHIND FOR THE BIG APPLE...

      THE WEST VIRGINIA NATIVE WILL BE THE NEW YORK KNICKS NEXT HEAD COACH-- A FOUR YEAR DEAL WORTH 24 MILLION DOLLARS....

      HE'S LEAVING WITH TWO YEARS AND NEARLY 9 MILLION REMAINING ON HIS DEAL WITH THE PHOENIX SUNS....

      UNDER HIS GUIDANCE PHOENIX HAS WON AT LEAST 54 GAMES IN FOUR OF THE PAST FIVE SEASONS AND REACHED THE WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS TWICE...

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    FOOTBALL COMBINE
      THE 2ND ANNUAL POTENTIAL PLUS WCHS TV-FOX 11 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COMBINE TOOK PLACE TODAY AT TEAYS PHSICAL THERAPY IN HURRICANE....

      FOOTBALL PLAYERS LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY COLLEGE BALL WERE ON HAND SHOWCASING THEIR SKILLS...

      TODAY'S RESULTS WILL BE SENT OUT TO RECRUITERS-- A GREAT WAY TO GET EXPOSURE....

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    FOOTBALL COMBINE SOT
      THE 2008 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SEASON IN WEST VIRGINIA KICKS OFF THE FINAL WEEKEND OF AUGUST

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    GOLF TOURNAMENT
      A HUGE EVENT IS IN THE MAKING FOR THIS SUMMER...

      RANDY MOSS IS PUTTING TOGETHER A GOLF TOURNAMENT TO HELP OUT KIDS... A MEDIA DAY WAS HELD AT SLEEPY HOLLOW COUNTRY CLUB-- WHERE THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE JUNE 27TH AND 28TH...

      MOSS'S FORMER HIGH SCHOOL TEAMMATE JASON WILLIAMS-- AND WHOEVER ELSE THE TWO CAN ROUND UP WILL BE THERE...

      THEY'RE CALLING IT THE "LINKS FOR LEARNING" WEEKEND GOLF EXTRAVAGANZA...

      PROCEEDS WILL HELP ESTABLISH LEARNING CENTERS HERE IN WEST VIRGINIA...

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    GOLF TOURNEY SOUND
      FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT-- YOU CAN CONTACT TIM DIPIERO-- MOSS'S AGENT...

      YOU CAN ALSO CALL SLEEPY HOLLOW GOLF PRO JONATHAN CLARK...

      OR VISIT WWW.THEREALRANDYMOSS.COM....

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    DODGE CHALLENGER 500
      KYLE BUSCH WINS THE DODGE CHALLENGER 500... HIS FIRST WIN AT "THE LADY IN BLACK"...

      HIS 3RD WIN OF 2008...

      MORE TOMORROW NIGHT ON EYEWITNESS NEWS AT 6....

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    TOSS TO BREAK
      STICK AROUND, MORE EYEWITNESS NEWS AFTER THE BREAK.

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    FINAL WX
      STEVE HAS FINAL WX

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    ALBINO ALLIGATOR
      HERE'S A SIGHT YOU DON'T SEE EVERYDAY.

      A RARE ALBINO ALLIGATOR...NAMED LUCKY...IS MAKING HIS DEBUT AT A WISCONSIN ZOO THIS WEEKEND.

      LUCKY IS FOUR YEARS OLD AND CAME FROM FLORIDA.

      HE'S THREE AND A HALF FEET LONG, BUT EVENTUALLY HE'LL GROW TO ABOUT 18 FEET.

      HE HAD NO PIGMENT ON HIS SKIN...SO THE ZOO HAS TO SET UP A SPECIAL HABITAT TO KEEP DIRECT SUNLIGHT OFF HIS SKIN AND TO KEEP HIS WATER WARM.

      LUCKY IS JUST ONE OF 30 KNOWN ALBINO ALLIGATORS IN THE U-S.

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