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Pregnant wife gets four months for killing husband

Friday, May 17th, 2013, 11:56am

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City woman who admits shooting and killing her husband may serve just four months in jail after a Jackson County judge sentenced Charleatha Nevins to what’s called “shock time”.

Judge John Torrence sentenced her to 120 days in the Jackson County Detention Center. Nevins was 28 when she shot her 25-year old husband Eric Nevins on February 13, 2012. The two had been arguing about a credit card when she shot him in the 3400 block of Forest Avenue.

“She knew what she was doing. She had every intent to shoot him,” said Taloni Miller, the victim’s sister.

Miller is furious with the sentence. She says her former sister-in-law got a slap on the wrist.

“I wish someone would make sense out of it for me ’cause I can’t make sense out of it.”

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Contractor sued for cheating Joplin tornado victims

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Thursday, May 16th, 2013, 9:14pm

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Attorney General Chris Koster filed a lawsuit Thursday against a Dana Point, Calif., resident and his construction company alleging that he failed to provide construction materials and home-repair services that had been paid for by victims of the Joplin tornado.

Koster’s lawsuit alleges that homeowners paid Clark Baxter and his business, Sustainable Design, Inc., tens of thousands of dollars for the construction materials needed to rebuild their homes. However, Baxter failed to deliver the construction materials, and stopped working on the victims’ homes prior to completion, leavingconsumers to purchase these items elsewhere at additional cost.

“Unfortunately, there are always those who will take advantage of unsuspecting consumers during times of tragedy,” Koster said, “This office will continue to protect consumers by pursuing those who engage in this illegal behavior.

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Mom, son walk across Kan. to benefit stroke survivors

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Thursday, May 16th, 2013, 9:12pm

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A metro mother and son began quite a trek Thursday. Their Walk Across Kansas started at the Colorado border. The goal is to raise money so people who’ve had strokes can move toward brighter futures.

Sandra Billinger is a physical therapist and researcher at KU Medical Center. She suspects that movement soon after a stroke doesn’t just keep muscles from deteriorating. It also may make a real difference in the brain. Sandra says walking may improve blood flow there and that might help revive some of the damaged brain tissue.

“And that’s really an exciting part — that if we can help reduce that lesion size by getting them up and moving early, could we improve then their functional outcomes, which would be like walking or dressing or grooming,” says Sandra.

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Internet outage affects FOX 4

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Thursday, May 16th, 2013, 7:17pm

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An internet outage is currently affecting FOX 4. The station is still able to update the website, however video cannot be added to any story. Station email and livestream capabilities are also currently unavailable.

The outage does not affect newscasts.

Phone services are also currently not affected.

If you’d like to contact the station, call 816-753-4567. To reach the newsroom, dial ext. 201.

Engineers hope to have the issue resolved by early Friday morning.

In the meantime, if you’re looking for a story that aired in the 5, 6, 9 or 10 p.m. newscasts on Thursday, it will be posted sometime Friday, barring the internet is functioning again.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

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UPDATE: Viral video star arrested in NJ man’s death

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Thursday, May 16th, 2013, 3:16pm

(CNN) — A homeless hitchhiker who achieved Internet celebrity by acting as a Good Samaritan with a hatchet was arrested at a Philadelphia bus depot Thursday in connection with the murder of a New Jersey attorney, authorities said.

Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, 24, known on Facebook and YouTube as “Kai the Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker,” is facing a murder charge in Union County, New Jersey, authorities said.

McGillvary was arrested Thursday evening at the Greyhound terminal by Philadelphia police after New Jersey authorities issued a public call for help in finding him, said Union County Prosecutor Theodore J. Romankow.

“I am grateful for the overwhelming response and dedicated effort by the public and law enforcement that led to this arrest,” Romankow said in a statement. “I believe that everyone is a little safer with this person off the streets.”

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Chat with Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto about Star Trek

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Thursday, May 16th, 2013, 10:31am

LONDON, ENGLAND — The boys of “Star Trek” are back and they break down “Star Trek Into Darkness” for you. Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto chat with Fox 4 Film Critic Shawn Edwards.

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How safe is your car? Find out here

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Thursday, May 16th, 2013, 7:13am

If you’re like most people, you get in your vehicle every day with no intention of getting in an accident. However, accidents happen. And they can be deadly.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety put 13 small SUVs through crash tests to determine how safe they are. The crash tests concentrated on the left side of the vehicles, which is where a quarter of all serious and fatal injuries occur.

Revealing an overall rating of “poor” in the left-side crash tests were the Hyundai Tuscon, Kia Sportage, Buick Encore, Jeep Patriot and Ford Escape. However, those same vehicles scored high on other crash tests.

The Subaru Forester and Mitsubishi Outlander Sport were given the Institutes new “Top Safety Pick Plus” award, calling them the very safest vehicles.

But what about your car? How safe is it? Find out by visiting the Institutes website.

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