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I'M LEAH JOHNSON..
FRANK MALLOY HAS THE NIGHT OFF.

A WARNER ROBINS WOMAN AND HER DAUGHTER SURVEYED THE DAMAGE TODAY... AFTER ESCAPING THEIR BURNING HOME ON CAROLINA AVENUE THIS MORNING.
(NATS: the window in the corner is our kitchen window)
(KEY-NET) KYNETTE CHEATHAM SAYS SHE WOKE UP AROUND MIDNIGHT AND SAW FLAMES THROUGH HER WINDOW.
28-YEAR-OLD JARRAD PIERCE SAYS HE SAW THE FIRE AS HE DROVE DOWN THE STREET.
HE STOPPED... BANGED ON THE DOOR AND CALLED 9-1-1.
CHEATHAM AND HER 12-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER RAN OUT.
SHE SAYS PIERCE CIRCLED THE HOUSE... SEARCHING FOR THE FAMILY'S TWO DOGS.
I praise God for people like him who are willing to help others no matter what the situation, and are willing to reach out, i praise god that he was on my journey in that moment and that he was just riding by.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE FIRE CAUSED HEAVY DAMAGE... AND A CIGARETTE OUTSIDE THE HOME MAY HAVE CAUSED THE BLAZE.

A MACON WOMAN SAYS SHE LOST 500 DOLLARS... AFTER FALLING VICTIM TO A PHONE SCAM.
THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE MACON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE 23 YEAR OLD SINGLE MOTHER WHO HAS PLANS TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL TALKED TO US ABOUT BEING SCAMMED INTO THINKING SHE WON SOME MONEY TO FURTHER HER EDUCATION.
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"When I saw it, I should have knew something then because it was to India. i should have just backed down but you know it was ten thousand dollars so.

ERNIESHA CLIETT SAYS SHE WENT AGAINST HER GUT FEELING. SHE SAYS IT STARTED WITH A PHONE CALL LAST TUESDAY AND AN OFFER SHE COULDN'T REFUSE.
SHE SAID THE MAN ON THE PHONE TOLD HER HE WAS WITH THE U-S HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE MAN TOLD CLIETT THEY CHOSE HER TO WIN A $10-THOUSAND GRANT.. TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL... BUT FIRST SHE HAD TO PAY THEM $500.

sot: I pulled up the website and it had like the grants and funding and stuff and it was showing you how you can go about it and it did have the ten thousand dollars on there so that's why I didn't think nothing of it and that's why I ended up sending them the money and I didn't know that they had just pretended like it was their company when it wasn't.

THAT TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WAS PROMISED NEVER SHOWED UP IN HER ACCOUNT. NOW CLIETT SAYS SHE'S DEALING WITH REGRET.

sot: It's like real hard because I had to scape up that money and that was money that I had saved in the bank for me and my daughter and now it's like getting harder and harder now.


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B-B-B OFFERS THE FOLLOWING ADVICE:
NEVER PAY ANY MONEY TO COLLECT SWEEPSTAKES WINNINGS.
IF YOU HAVE TO PAY TO COLLECT YOUR WINNINGS, YOU'RE NOT WINNING - YOU'RE BUYING. LEGITIMATE SWEEPSTAKES DON'T REQUIRE YOU TO PAY "INSURANCE," OR "TAXES".
NEVER WIRE MONEY. SCAMMERS PRESSURE PEOPLE TO WIRE MONEY THROUGH COMMERCIAL MONEY TRANSFER COMPANIES BECAUSE WIRING MONEY IS THE SAME AS SENDING CASH.
PHONE NUMBERS CAN DECEIVE. INTERNET TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS CON ARTISTS TO DISGUISE THEIR AREA CODE SO IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE CALLING FROM YOUR LOCAL AREA. BUT THEY COULD BE CALLING FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

A FLORIDA GRAND JURY WILL NOT HEAR THE CASE OF SLAIN TEENAGER TRAYVON MARTIN.
THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR ASSIGNED TO INVESTIGATE SAYS SHE ALONE WILL DECIDE WHETHER THE SHOOTER... GEORGE ZIMMERMAN WILL BE CHARGED.
SUSAN MCGINNIS IS IN SANFORD FLORIDA WITH AN UPDATE.
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STUDENT PROTESTERS BLOCKED THE ENTRANCE TO THE SANFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT MONDAY... THEIR GOAL: SHUT IT DOWN, AND PRESSURE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR ANGELA COREY TO ARREST NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH CAPTAIN GEORGE ZIMMERMAN FOR THE SHOOTING DEATH OF TRAYVON MARTIN.

Pipe 4 April 09 McGinnis12:40:49 - Stephen Green

"she said that the process will continue and that justice will be served, but we're still here to fight for justice and until justice is served, we're still here fighting."

COREY'S DECISION NOT TO USE A GRAND JURY IN THE CASE MEANS THE STATE WILL NOT PURSUE A FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CHARGE. COREY SAYS SHE NEEDS MORE TIME.

SOT - Angela Corey/Special Prosecutor

"I think if the public will be patient they would understand that this is a very complicated area of the law and we are going to do everything we can to make sure the public also has all the answers they need."

ZIMMERMAN'S ATTORNEY SAYS THE 28-YEAR OLD FIRED IN SELF-DEFENSE.

SOT - Hal Uhrig

"we believe that if she applies the law to the evidence as we understand it to the facts that exist, then it it out expectation that there will not be charged filed. if we're wrong, we'll be prepared to defend them."

STANDUP BRIDGE: COREY COULD CHARGE ZIMMERMAN WITH A LESSER CRIME, OR NOT CHARGE HIM AT ALL. IT'S NOT CLEAR *WHEN* OR *HOW* SHE WILL DECIDE, BUT SANFORD'S MAYOR SAYS THE TOWN IS PREPARING FOR POSSIBLE RIOTS.

CITY OFFICIALS MET WITH PROTESTERS TO HEAR THEIR DEMANDS... AND AGREED TO HOLD A TOWN HALL MEETING NEXT WEEK.

(SOT: Norton N. Bonaparte, Jr/Sanford, FL City Manager)

"WE WANT TO USE THIS, AS TRAGIC AS IT IS, AS MAKING OUR COMMUNITY A BETTER COMMUNITY."

DEMONSTRATORS ARE PROMISING TO CONTINUE AND EVEN EXPAND THEIR PROTESTS.
CITY OFFICIALS AND PROTESTORS WILL MEET NEXT THURSDAY.
IN GEORGIA... A CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST IS CHALLENGING THE STATE'S SELF-DEFENSE LAW IN FEDERAL COURT.
THE REVEREND MARKEL HUTCHINS SAYS HE FILED THE LAWSUIT IN RESPONSE TO TRAYVON MARTIN'S DEATH.
HIS SUIT SAYS GEORGIA'S LAW LEADS TO UNNECESSARY USE OF LETHAL FORCE... AND COULD ENDANGER PEOPLE.
THE STATE'S ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE DECLINED TO COMMENT.
MARTIN'S DEATH IGNITED RACIAL TENSIONS AND DEBATE ABOUT SO-CALLED "STAND YOUR GROUND" LAWS IN FLORIDA... GEORGIA AND OTHER STATES.
THE LAWS GIVE PEOPLE LATITUDE TO USE DEADLY FORCE RATHER THAN RETREAT DURING A FIGHT.

A FORMER TAYLOR COUNTY FOOTBALL STAR SCHEDULED FOR EXECUTION NEXT WEEK WILL GET ONE LAST CHANCE TO MAKE THE CASE THAT HE SHOULDN'T DIE.
DANIEL GREENE IS SCHEDULED TO DIE BY LETHAL INJECTION APRIL 19TH AT 7 P-M AT THE GEORGIA DIAGNOSTIC AND CLASSIFICATION PRISON IN JACKSON GEORGIA.
GREENE WAS SENTENCED TO DIE FOR A 1991 CRIME SPREE DURING WHICH HE STABBED SEVERAL PEOPLE THE STATE BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES SET A TIME FOR GREENE'S REPRESENTATIVES TO ADVOCATE FOR CLEMENCY.
GREENE HAS EXHAUSTED ALL OF HIS OPPORTUNITIES FOR APPEAL... ONE OF WHOM LATER DIED.

AN ELDERLY MAN WITH A LONG CRIMINAL HISTORY IS ACCUSED OF STEALING ALUMINUM SIDING FROM A HOUSE IN SOUTH MACON.
66-YEAR-OLD JAMES MOORE IS CHARGED WITH THEFT, VANDALISM, CRIMINAL TREPASS AND A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM.
A NEIGHBOR CALLED POLICE AFTER NOTICING A MAN REMOVING SIDING FROM A HOUSE IN THE 4200 BLOCK OF HOUSTON AVENUE.
WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED, THEY SAY MOORE WAS HOLDING AN AX...... AND ALUMINUM SIDING WAS ON THE GROUND NEAR HIS FEET AND IN A NEAR-BY SHOPPING CART.
POLICE ALSO FOUND A RIFLE INSIDE THE HOUSE NEAR MOORE'S BELONGINGS.
INVESTIGATORS SAY MOORE WAS CONVICTED OF MURDER IN 19-76 AND BURGLARY IN 19-90.

TOMORROW NIGHT... THE HOUSTON COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD IS SET TO DECIDE WHETHER TO INCREASE PRICES ON SCHOOL LUNCHES.
IF THEY DO... STUDENTS COULD PAY A QUARTER MORE FOR LUNCH NEXT YEAR.
SCHOOL NUTRITION COORDINATOR SHANA WOOD SAYS THEY NEED TO RAISE PRICES TO MEET A FEDERAL MANDATE.
SHE SAYS A 2010 LAW CALLED THE CHILD NUTRITION AUTHORIZATION ACT... REQUIRES ALL SCHOOL SYSTEMS TO GRADUALLY RAISE LUNCH PRICES.
THE GOVERNMENT WANTS STUDENTS TO PAY TWO DOLLARS AND 51 CENTS FOR SCHOOL LUNCHES.
Shana Wood, School Nutrition Coordinator: (20:45) "We are concerned about how it will impact families. We encourage all families to apply for free and reduced meal applications at the beginning of each school year to see if they qualify for free and reduced meals. If they do, it will significantly help their family."
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MAILS APPLICATIONS FOR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCHES TO ALL PARENTS IN JUNE AND JULY.
WOOD SAYS THE SYSTEM LAST INCREASED MEAL PRICES DURING THE 2008-2009 SCHOOL YEAR.

THAT FEDERAL MANDATE HAS ALREADY SPARKED PRICE JUMPS FOR SOME OTHER CENTRAL GEORGIA SCHOOL SYSTEMS.
BREAKFAST AND LUNCH PRICES JUMPED ABOUT 25 CENTS IN JONES COUNTY BACK IN AUGUST.
THAT MEANS ELEMENTARY STUDENTS ARE PAYING A DOLLAR-FIFTY AND MIDDLE AND HIGH-SCHOOLERS...A DOLLAR-75.
THE DISTRICT SAYS PARENTS HAVEN'T COMPLAINED ABOUT THE INCREASE.
CRAWFORD COUNTY STUDENTS ALSO SAW A CHANGE THIS SCHOOL YEAR.... A TEN-CENT INCREASE.
LUNCH FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS NOW COSTS A DOLLAR-25.
MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLERS SHELL OUT A DOLLAR-FIFTY.
THE SYSTEM SAYS THEY HAVEN'T DECIDED WHETHER TO INCREASE PRICES AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
HANCOCK COUNTY IS WHAT'S CALLED A "FEDERAL PROVISION TWO" SCHOOL.
THAT MEANS AT LEAST 75 PERCENT OF STUDENTS ARE LOW INCOME... SO ALL STUDENTS EAT LUNCH AT NO COST.
BECAUSE OF THAT... HANCOCK WON'T FACE A PRICE INCREASE.
BALDWIN COUNTY SCHOOLS SAY THEY DON'T PLAN TO BUMP PRICES EITHER.
THE SCHOOLS CAN DECIDE TO NOT RAISE PRICES... BUT IF THE FEDERAL GOVERMENT IS PAYING A HIGHER COST FOR THE LUNCHES OF UNDERPRIVELEDGED KIDS...THAN WHAT THE SCHOOL IS CHARGING... THEY COULD FACE BUDGET CUTS IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

TODAY'S 13WMAZ DOT COM WEB POLL ASKS... WHO SHOULD PAY THE COST OF HEALTHIER SCHOOL LUNCHES?
SO FAR 34 PERCENT OF YOU SAY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
19 PERCENT SAY SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
AND 47 PERCENT SAY THE PARENTS.
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THE BIBB COUNTY SCHOOLS' WELCOME CENTER IS OFFICIALLY OPEN.
SUPERINTENDENT ROMAIN DALLEMAND GATHERED SCHOOL EMPLOYEES AND COMMUNITY LEADERS TO CELEBRATE THE CENTER'S GOAL OF FOSTERING PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.
HE SAYS IT'S A ONE-STOP SHOP... WHERE PARENTS CAN REGISTER THEIR KIDS... FIND COMMUNITY RESOURCES... TAKE CLASSES... AND GET THE ANSWERS TO THEIR QUESTIONS.
"One place where they can go and have their needs met. One place where they can gie one phone call and not having to get bounced back and forth from one place to another."
THE BUILDING USED TO BE A WAREHOUSE FOR SCHOOL DOCUMENTS.
SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY IT COST 1-AND-A-QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS TO RENOVATE.

TWO PROGRAMS AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL GET MORE MONEY TO EXPAND THEIR SERVICES... THANKS TO VOTES FROM COMMUNITY.
THE CENTER FOR PALLIATIVE CARE AND THE CANCER WELLFIT PROGRAM EACH RECEIVED A 10-THOUSAND DOLLAR LIVESTRONG 2012 COMMUNITY IMPACT GRANT.
THE PALLIATIVE CARE CENTER WAS ONE OF ONLY 20 IN THE COUNTRY AWARDED A GRANT.
THEY'LL USE THE GRANT MONEY TO HELP GET ADVANCED CERTIFICATION... THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN GEORGIA.
THE PALLIATIVE CARE CENTER WORKS TO HELP PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES DEAL WITH PAIN... SYMPTOMS AND STRESS OF SERIOUS ILLNESSES.
THE CANCER WELLFIT PROGRAM IS A 12-WEEK ONCOLOGY RECOVERY PROGRAM.
PATIENTS USE ART TO HELP DEAL WITH THE STRESS OF DIAGNOSIS... TREATMENT OR RECOVERY.
WELLFIT WILL USE ITS GRANT MONEY TO EXPAND ART SERVICES BEYOND PAINTING... TO INCLUDE SCULPTING AND CARVING.

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