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I'M AMY AUBERT.
THIS IS EYEWITNESS NEWS AT SIX.
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REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE NEWT GINGRICH IS IN GEORIGA TODAY... FOR A PAIR OF NORTH GEORGIA CHURCH APPEARANCES.
HE MADE HIS FIRST STOP THIS MORNING AT THE FRIST REDEEMER CHURCH IN CUMMING... GEORGIA.
GINGRICH TOLD THE CONGREGATION THAT THE "SECULAR LEFT" IS TRYING TO UNDERMINE AMERICAN PRINCIPLES ESTABLISHED BY THE FOUNDING FATHERS.
HE WENT ON TO SAY... HE WASN'T SPEAKING AS A RELIGIOUS LEADER... AND THAT HE SOUGHT QUOTE... "GOD'S FORGIVENESS" IN THE PAST.
THE FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IS SCHEDULED TO SPEAK AT ROCK SPRINGS CHURCH TONIGHT... IN LAMAR COUNTY.
13 WMAZ'S CANDACE ADORKA AND RANDALL SAVAGE ARE THERE... AND WE'LL HAVE MORE ON GINGRICH'S VISIT TONIGHT ON EYEWITNESS NEWS AT 11.
GINGRICH'S CAMPAIGN TRIP THROUGH THE PEACH STATE WON'T STOP TODAY... HE'S SCHEDULED TO SWING THROUGH SEVERAL CITIES ON A TWO DAY BUS TOUR.. INCLUDING DALTON.. ROME.. AND COVINGTON.
A NORFOLK SOUTHERN TRAIN ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE THIS AFTERNOON IN BYRON.
A DISPATCH OPERATOR WITH THE BYRON POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS CREWS GOT THE BLAZE QUOTE... UNDER CONTROL... A FEW HOURS AGO.
ACCORDING TO THE OPERATOR... IT HAPPENED AS THE TRAIN APPROACHED THE TRACKS NEAR BOYSCOUT ROAD.
SHE SAYS... THE FUEL TANK BEGAN LEAKING... AND CREWS THINK THAT'S WHAT STARTED THE BLAZE.
THE OPERATOR SAYS THE TRAIN WAS CARRYING EQUIPMENT... AND SO FAR NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
SHE WAS NOT AWARE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD.
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WE BROUGHT YOU THE STORY OF TROOPER THE DOG LAST SEPTEMBER.
OFFICIALS SAYS HE WAS DRAGGED BY A CAR AND LEFT ON SIDE OF THE ROAD IN TWIGGS COUNTY.
WE'RE PROUD TO TELL YOU... HE'S RECOVERED AND FOUND A NEW HOME.
JENNIFER MOULLIET CAUGHT UP WITH THE PUP... AND HIS PROUD NEW OWNER.
ITS A STORY THAT COMES STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART.
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MILLER NORRIS SAYS LAST OCTOBER... HE LOST HIS COMPANION... A SAINT BERNARD.. TO CANCER.
HE SAYS WHEN HE MET TROOPER HE KNEW HE WOULD BE A GOOD FIT.
"He goes to work with me everyday and stays at my shop."
A SIMPLE TASK... SOME THOUGHT IMPOSSIBLE A FEW MONTHS AGO.
Miller Norris, Milledgeville: " It's really hard to imagine because it looked almost down to the bone where he had been dragged."
LAST SEPTEMBER... TROOPER WAS DRAGGED BY A CAR FOR ALMOST A MILE IN TWIGGS COUNTY.
"He dragged himself out of the road over onto the shoulder of the road and somebody saw him over there and when they came by he raised his head up."
FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS TROOPER HAS RECOVERED AT OLD CAPITOL PET CARE IN MILLEDGEVILLE.
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BUT A WEEK AGO NORRIS OFFICIALLY MADE TROOPER A PART OF HIS FAMILY.
"I dont think he's gotten quite used to somebody to look after him and provide for him."
HE SAYS HIS NEW COMPANION IS STRONG "He's tough 'laughs'." AND SAYS HE'S A COUCH POTATO.
" first thing he likes to do when we go into the house is jump up on the sofa and lay down."
HE SAYS THIS PUP HAS COME A LONG WAY... FROM LAST SEPTEMBER.
"It's amazing that he would have anything to do with people."
IN MILLEDGEVILLE JENNIFER MOULLIET 13 WMAZ EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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NORRIS SAYS TROOPER ENJOYS CHASING THE OTHER ANIMALS AROUND HIS NEW HOME IN MILLEDGEVILLE.
TONIGHT... INCREASING CLOUDS WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND LOWS IN THE MID-TO-UPPER 40S.
MONDAY... MOSTLY, THEN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS AND HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S.
MONDAY NIGHT... PARTLY CLOUDY AND FOGGY WITH LOWS IN THE MID-TO-UPPER 40S.
TUESDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED SHOWER AND HIGHS NEAR 70.
THANKS ... WE'LL CHECK BACK WITH YOU LATER FOR AN EXTENDED LOOK AT THAT FORECAST.
HOLLYWOODS IS CELEBRATING ITS BIGGEST NIGHT TONIGHT.
THE 84TH ACADEMY AWARDS IS SET TO GET UNDERWAY IN JUST A FEW HOURS.
WE'LL TELL YOU WHICH FILMS ARE THE FAVORITE TO TAKE HOME AN OSCAR.
AND AS WE GO TO BREAK... SOME CENTRAL GEORIGA RESTUARANTS ARE TAKING HOME GOLDENT STATUES OF THEIR OWN.. HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OF THE NOMINEES FOR TONIGHTS... FOODIE AWARDS... WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
HERE'S A LOOK AT TODAY'S WINNING CASH 3 NUMBERS AT MIDDAY...
THEY ARE....
EYEWITNESS NEWS CONTINUES... AFTER THE BREAK.. STAY WITH US.
TONIGHT THE BEST RESTAURANT IN MACON WILL BE HONORED AT THE ANNUAL AWARDS EVENT... THE FOODIES.
IN THE PAST... PEOPLE WOULD GET PRETTY DRESSED UP FOR THE EVENT... BUT TONIGHT... EVERYONE WILL BE DECKED OUT... IN THEIR FAVORITE '80'S ATTIRE.
OUR OWN BEN JONES IS EMCEEING THE SHOW.
WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE ON THE FOODIES.. AND TONIGHT'S BIG WINNERS TONIGHT ON EYEWITNESS NEWS AT 11.
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