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like currency and the economy which will decide this referendum. Time

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now for a look at the news as seen across the United States a couple of

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hours ago, in ABC World News. Is the US getting ready to launch air

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strikes against militants in Iraq? By hurricane about to slam into

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Hawaii, the first hit in more than 20 years. And another hurricane

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right behind it. Windows boarded and tourists stranded tonight. The

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moment at that front door. The man who shot a young woman through the

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door. He said he was frightened. She was looking for help. And look at

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this video. So many have seen this animal in the neighbourhood. Is it

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for real? Good evening. Tonight, we have learned the US military is

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poised and ready to strike against militants in Iraq. A US humanitarian

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aid mission is already under way, the US working to get supplies to

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families on the ground in Iraq, families trapped with no food and

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water in the mountains of northern Iraq. US planes have been flying

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low, with military protection at the moment. Today, the president spoke

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of the real dangers and risks involved in flying over a hostile

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region. Thank you for joining us. Good evening. If the president

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decides Americans are under threat in Iraq, the US military is ready to

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strike. Militant fighters are on the move, taking over key parts of the

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country, parts where Americans could be in danger. Tonight, American

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military strikes are a very real option. Those militant fighters are

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taking control of Iraq and are now threatening the capital of the

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Kurdish region, where America has a key outpost with military

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consultants and a consulate. If the militants threatened, a US official

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says that the US is ready to strike. Tonight, a humanitarian mission is

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already under way. Three cargo jets are tonight dropping critical aid,

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food and water. It is a race to stop a catastrophe. At least 10,000

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people, families who have fled the top of a mountain, now collapsing

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from blistering heat pleading that there is no water, no bread. Nearly

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20 children have already died. They are trapped on top of this mountain

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3000 feet up with no escape because down below, Islamic State

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terrorists have taken over their homes, warning of slaughter if they

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return. It is barbaric and stuffs `` disgusting. We are seeing religious

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and ethnic minorities persecuted because of their identities.

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Dropping food, water and medicine into this hostel environment is a

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complicated and dangerous mission. `` hostile stop Islamic State

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fighters have surface`to`air missiles and other firepower. We

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have to go in low and slow because we will push the supplies out of the

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back of the aeroplane. Beyond threatening that key city, Islamic

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State has taken control of the largest dam in the country, the

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source of elected city and water. The US military is watching all of

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this extremely closely and has all of the necessary warplanes in place

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if needed, which could put the US right back in a combat role in a war

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the President Ford had ended. Thank you.

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You could almost `` the president had thought had ended. Thank you. It

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was weighing heavily on the president today. The terrorist

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threat to the city of Erbil. It is strategically important and there

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are American personnel there as well as a US consulate. When there was

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trouble in Baghdad two months ago, the US took those diplomats out of

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Baghdad and put them in Erbil because it was considered safe. The

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president says protecting American personnel overseas is his top

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priority. That may mean he will have to do what he has long avoided

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doing, which is calling in military airstrikes in Iraq. A giant

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hurricane is barrelling towards Hawaii and will kick in the coming

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hours. And behind it, another hurricane. Nearly 800,000 Americans

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are in the past. Hawaii has not had a direct hit in 22 years and now two

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of them. On the ground, people are bracing for impact. The shops are

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empty and bottled water is all gone. There is a state of emergency

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tonight. They are closing the beaches and we are already seeing

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wind up to 25 mph. The weather is about to take a dramatic turn for

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the worst. Tonight, the hurricane is packing powerful winds, myself and

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heavy rains, all aimed right at Paradise. Not one but two hurricanes

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bear down on Hawaii. Schools are closing and shelters opening. The

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Governor has the National Guard on alert. We are prepared for immediate

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response and have resources in place. For these holidaymakers from

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Seattle, the timing could not be worse. We are getting married on

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Saturday. The plan is to be married on the beach at sunset. Across

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Hawaii, they are scrambling to get ready. Plywood across Windows. Long

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lines for gas and supplies like bottled water has already sold out.

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We have three five gallon drums that are empty. These shop workers have

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been forced to improvise in the absence of sandbags. They were all

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sold out. We have to use duct tape. We hope it will slow the water down.

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They say their wedding will happen, even if the ceremony gets moved to

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the hotel lobby. It will not be a problem. These hurricanes are our

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best man and our bridesmaid. After the first hurricane, the second one

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will strike a glancing blow in the next few hours. We are told it has

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never happened before. Thank you. 22 years since they hurricane and now

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not one but two. Yes. Iselle is the first and Julio is coming behind.

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Iselle is stronger than Julio. We thought it was interesting to look

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at the topography and the two volcanoes. From midnight local time,

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the wind will reach 58 mph across much of the island. That is why we

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have a hurricane Island on the big Island and tropical storm warnings

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back off to the west. The biggest impact will be flash flooding,

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mudslides and rain as well as some of those wind gusts. Rain could

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reach up to 25 feet. Meanwhile some pictures out of Illinois. They got a

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lot of rain very quickly and some flash flooding. More details in a

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moment. This system moved in and to the east. Be on the look out. One

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more weather headline this evening, and this one in the west. A wildfire

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in Oregon. Firefighters say they will work through the evening.

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Hundreds of families have been forced to flee. This picture was

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taken six miles away. Now, the deadly Ebola outbreak and an

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exclusive report. We are hearing from a group of American students

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stuck in the hot zone. Their parents are waiting for them to board

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flights in the US. They have not been able to do so. Their flights

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have been cancelled. Authorities are still trying to contain the growing

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outbreak. Tonight, we hear from those students, who have a message

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for their parents. In this exclusive interview, we

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reached the student studying in Liberia, and now stranded in the

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danger zone after flights to the region were suspended. I personally

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would like everyone to know that we are safe. We are safe and we are

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healthy. They want to come home now. They have talked their parents

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into remaining calm, and are working with British Airways to fly home

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through Ghana before school starts on August 20. Until then they are

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staying inside. Have you all been tested, by any chance, for Ebola? We

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have not been in contact with anyone who has been tracking Ebola, so

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everyone is completely safe. And we are also taking preventative

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measures such as carrying around hand sanitiser and washing our hands

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frequently. Out side their circle of safety there is fear and thousands

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of deaths. So`called sanitation stations are just buckets and hand

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sanitiser. In the middle of the Street, a man believed to be secret

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Ebola. It took authorities five hours to get him help. A husband of

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one of the sick missionaries rescued this week.

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US health officials told Congress today they are sending in more

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workers, saying the best defence here at home is a good offence in

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Africa. The CDC says six people in the US have been tested for Ebola. I

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walked into emergency rooms with what looked like symptoms. All

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results have come back negative. And now to the breaking headline out of

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Detroit late today. A verdict, all of this entering around what really

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happened on one man's front porch. He shot a young woman who had come

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to his door, prosecutors say, looking for help. Prosecutors didn't

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agree, and he told the court he pleaded with his life. `` count one,

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murder in the second degree. Guilty of murder in the second degree.

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After only eight hours of deliberations, the defendant was

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found guilty, choosing her through his screen door as she stood on his

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front porch in the middle of the night. Afterwards, the defendant was

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stoical, the Vic's mother was brimming with emotion, hugging

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prosecutors. In a case that for some drew comparisons to the George

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Zimmermann case, a white shooter killing a black team, prosecutors

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argued McBryde was injured from a nearby car accident, and that

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Theodore Wafer was looking for trouble. And blew her face off. I

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just shot somebody on my front porch with a shotgun, banging on my door.

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The defence claimed Theodore Wafer, frightened by McBride, hadn't no

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choice but to act. `` had no choice but to act. And on the stand,

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Theodore Wafer was that fast in his explanation. I wasn't going to cower

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in my house. I didn't want to be a victim. And now, as one man sits in

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prison, a family feeling vindicated. Justice was served today. Theodore

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Wafer will be back in this courthouse on August 21 to face

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sentencing, at that time he could be sentenced to life in prison. And now

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to the deadly accident on the water making headlines tonight. Four high

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school friends, one of them at the wheel of a speedboat, pulling an

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inner tube, when it unthinkable happened. This evening, a life cut

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short, and it is raising questions about how little it takes to be

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allowed to run a boat. It is every family's worst nightmare on a boat.

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16`year`old Emily and her high school friend thrown from their

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tubes. Boat turned to pick them up, but collided with them instead,

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killing one and seriously injuring another. She was a great, funny

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girl. We miss her. It is a big loss to our community. Officials we

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talked to on the water said the problem is lack of experience. For a

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licence, you just need to pass a multiple`choice exam, it is pretty

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simple. That is all you need to drive a boat. Unlike a drivers

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license for a car, laws to drive a boat are more lenient. Several

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states require no certification at all. In Connecticut, certification

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is required, and the driver had it, but there is no minimum age for

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getting it, and class can be as little as one date. One of the girls

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on the boat tweeted this. Still can't believe what I witnessed

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today. You will never leave my heart, and I will miss you for ever.

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As you can imagine, the community here is still in shock. A second

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girl remains in the hospital, in a stable condition. There is still

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much more ahead on World News this is a night. Have you ever gone

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online to leave a bad comment about a business? What happens when they

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see it? Can they really fine you for a bad review? And have you seen

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this? Is that really about standing toll? Our correspondent in that

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neighbourhood, and what he found, what do you think? `` standing tall.

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Next tonight: if you have ever posted a bad comment about the

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business online, and they see it, can they really fine you for that

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unkind review? Here is Rebecca Jarvis. When Robbie checked into his

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hotel in upstate New York a wedding, he did not expect this. It's not

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bad, we kept a windows open for the entire time we were there. So he

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wrote a review on Yelp, and gave it just one staff. Then a surprise

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landed in his inbox. The hotel e`mailing Robbie that his negative

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review would cost just married couple $500. Fine print. The bride

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and groom had apparently missed it when they signed their contract. And

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that language in contract is becoming more common. It is an

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intimidation tactic that once discovered clearly gets shut down

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right away. It backfires. The hotel's raising plummeted, with one

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person calling it the worst hotel in history. On some levels you are what

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your Yelp reviews say you are. 100%. In some cases businesses have even

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taken the extreme step of suing reviewers. Yelp says Law is on the

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side of the consumer. They have a right to express their opinion and

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accurately and truthfully explained their experiences. The owner was not

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available to speak, but he expressed embarrassment and regret, now

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claiming the policy was a joke. If that was a joke, the reviewers

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tonight are not laughing about it. While this under only in New York.

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Consumers in the `` commuters on the a train getting quite a surprise.

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That is the cast of the Lion King on Broadway serenading the Sunday

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writers, surprising them a few weeks back. That video is taking off

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tonight. And there is a battle this evening over this monkey face that

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went viral. Take a lot, so cute. The monkey snapped this selfie himself,

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but the human who owns that camera says it is his. He says he owns that

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copyright, and since the monkey took it, that is disputed. We wanted to

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know whether this was the real deal. Our correspondent in the

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neighbourhood. See for yourself. That expert is not someone in a bear

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suit, they say it really is a bear, standing on his hind legs and

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walking as comfortably and smoothly as a human. It walks that a new,

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Donna. He started to walk. `` venue. `` than you. That is up `` a bipedal

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bear. In some areas are bare sighting is no big deal. But in

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other areas less so. Local residents have nicknamed this bear Vinnie. It

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turns out state wildlife officials have been monitoring Vinnie since

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June. They say he is a juvenile, under three years old, and weighs

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about ?250. He is walking upright as his front paws are injured. More

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than likely it was a car accident. There is can walk on their hind legs

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very well, but they choose not to. Officials say that there are and his

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bare reference `` officials say the bear, and his bear brethren are not

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a threat. He is said to be healing very nicely. It will take about a

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month before he is fully recovered, but we are told that eventually he

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will be back like any other bare roaming around here, at `` bear

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roaming around here on all fours. Good night.

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Good morning. Plenty of weather to talk about over the next few days.

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Keep watching the weather forecast if you've got outdoor plans. I

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suspect, through today, we could see some heavy spells of rain, all due

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to this area of low pressure moving into the extreme south`east. That is

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where the heaviest of the rain will be. At the same time, close to that

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low pressure in the north`west, plenty of sharp showers as well. So

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yes,

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