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Unfortunately, it's probably one of the most severe cases of child abuse that I've seen in my career.
Up next on the CAP Local News Hour, Ellensburg police are dealing with a shocking case of alleged child abuse.
And some part-time faculty at YBCC are protesting unfair pay and working conditions.
Plus, it's going to be chilly, but we could see some sunshine. Stay tuned. Your local news hour starts right now.
Good evening. Thanks for joining us. I'm Dana Cowley.
And I'm Isa Arnita. Tonight's top story, a community is shaken after an alleged case of child abuse.
We'll tell you how neighbors are dealing with the situation.
Why veteran police officers are stunned by the case.
And what charges a couple may be facing.
An Ellensburg couple is in jail tonight. They're expected to be charged with child abuse in the first degree.
And a 17-month-old boy is in the custody of Child Protective Services.
It's a case that is shocking residents and law enforcement officers in the tight-knit community of Ellensburg.
CAP 35's Alex Peach was there today, and he joins us now with this report live in the newsroom.
In Santa Ana, ESA, in Seattle or Spokane, a case like this might not even make the news. But in Ellensburg, it's a bit different.
The people who live there say things like this just don't happen.
It's probably one of the most severe cases of child abuse that I've seen in my career.
Captain Bob Ritchie has been on the Ellensburg police force for 27 years.
Yesterday afternoon, his officers arrested 24-year-old Wilbur Allen in this apartment.
The 17-month-old boy found inside was taken to Kittitas Valley Community Hospital.
They treated him for a broken wrist, burns to his groin, deep bruises and severe malnutrition.
He only weighs 16 pounds.
The boy's mother and Allen's girlfriend, 20-year-old Shannon Hostetter, was taken into custody at the hospital this morning.
We didn't see it. We heard it.
This isn't the first time police were called to the apartment.
Jennifer Jutan lives upstairs. She says she called the police on November 2nd.
A man yelling at their son and really loud thumps. We assumed it was him hitting them.
Officers investigated, but Captain Ritchie says the child appeared to be healthy and normal at that time.
When detectives returned yesterday, the boy's condition had worsened so much they could hardly recognize him.
Ritchie says his officers are having a hard time dealing with the case.
It's always difficult when you deal with a case of this nature involving an assault against a child
that's basically unable to help themselves and especially to handle one to this magnitude is extremely difficult.
For neighbor Jutan, she's thankful she reported it.
I'm really glad we did because we weren't sure if anything was going on and I hate to think what would have happened if we hadn't called.
It's good to know we had some part in bringing justice.
Now we want to stress that neither Wilbur Allen or the child's mother Shannon Hostetter have been convicted of any crimes.
They are however expected to be formally charged with child abuse in the first degree early next week.
Now the boy was released today from Kittitas Valley Community Hospital. He's in the care of Child Protective Services.
Sad, sad case. That is Alex Peetsch reporting live in the CAP 35 newsroom.
What are your thoughts about tonight's top story?
We'd like to hear from you. Email us at CAPNews at CAPtv.com and we'll try to read your responses on the air.
Our weather expert Tom Spencer joins us now live from the weather center and he says the chance of showers is easing up.
Absolutely right. The clouds have taken sort of a shift a little bit to the south of us.
Let's take a look at the Doppler satellite and you'll get a good idea of how they've moved down to the south.
And so the rain is easing up and moving that direction and hopefully so is the snow.
We just have a slight chance of showers tomorrow and we should see some sun breaks.
Despite that it's going to be on the cool side just into the 30s.
And good news about the winds, they will be a little bit lighter tomorrow as well.
So it's shaping up to be a pretty good forecast and I'll have more in just a bit.
Thanks Tom. Well if you live near Sadis Creek in the lower valley you may want to keep an eye on the water level.
The creek is causing the first flooding of the season.
Water is spilling over the banks near the area of West Sadis Road.
A long stretch of the road has been closed. It's completely covered by water.
Mountain runoff is to blame for the high water.
It's also forcing logs and other debris to pile up against some of the lower bridges.
Crews are busy clearing that debris in an effort to keep the water flowing.
The city of Grandview has a new mayor. It's Mike Brann.
He's a Grandview life insurance agent and he's also been serving as a Grandview City Councilman.
Brann will replace Jesse Palacios.
He's resigning so he can take over his newly elected post as Yakima County Commissioner.
Brann will fill the remainder of Palacios' term, which is about one year.
He says he's pleased with the support from the council and the staff
and he's going to continue Grandview on the path it's already on.
Yakima County Commissioners are getting ready to approve this year's amendments to its 2015 plan.
Before they do that though, they want to hear from you.
The plan serves as a guidebook for county development over the next 20 years.
A public hearing is scheduled for tonight. It will be held at 630 in room 420 of the courthouse.
Citizens have requested nine map changes to the plan, which was originally adopted last year.
It's not just huge companies like Macy's and J.C. Penney's that are using the internet to sell their products this Christmas.
Right here in Yakima, you can find several businesses online.
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Another company taking advantage of this technology is Baby Joggers in Yakima.
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Company leaders say they get about 50 emails a day from around the world.
They send out a thousand brochures a month in response to online customers.
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Do you think teen pregnancy is a problem here?
Up next, a look at teen pregnancy and why it may not be as bad as some think.
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You're watching the Local News Hour with Dana Cowley and Isa Arnita, CAP ABC.
At 507, it's now 38 degrees. Thomas Besser says we could see some snow tonight. He'll be back with the forecast in a few minutes.
Today, some part-time teachers turned out to protest unequal pay at Yakima Valley Community College.
English teachers like Gail Perlman and Paula McMinn say they're frustrated because the part-time instructors make only 40 percent of what full-time instructors make for teaching the same class.
They say it's hard to make a living on the part-time work.
Today, they held a rally at the Hub on campus, and they asked supporters to fill out a card stating their concerns for part-timers.
Those cards will be mailed to Governor Gary Locke.
People know that, that they will understand that that's not a good situation, it's not a fair situation, it's not good for either our students or for our ability to live on our incomes.
The Washington Federation of Teachers will submit the cards to the governor on Monday.
The teenage problem in Yakima County may not be as bad as some people have portrayed over the years.
Betsy Nagel-McNaughton, who is the Director of Youth Services at the Project Change, says we need to recognize the good.
Statistics show that Yakima County has almost double the rate of teenage pregnancy compared to Washington State.
About two teens get pregnant in Yakima County each day.
But Nagel-McNaughton says there's another way to look at it.
92 percent of girls ages 15 to 17 don't get pregnant, 99 percent are not in drug treatment programs, and 99 percent of teens are not involved in violent crimes.
Nagel-McNaughton says youth need encouragement.
She says one of the ways to do that is to recognize those that aren't participating in high-risk behaviors.
The next time you consider hiding your purse under your car seat, remember this.
Police say thieves are scouting out shopping mall parking lots.
They're looking for loot.
As Cap35's Kirsten Joyce reports, students in parking lots on campuses are targets, too.
Our stereo ripped off doesn't sound good.
Just ask Valerie Stauffer what it's like to drive without music.
It's awful. It's like you really hear the problems of your car and stuff like that.
Valerie was on her way back from a fall sports banquet at Kennewick High School.
She noticed her window was broken and her stereo and purse gone.
It made me feel very violated. I was very upset.
And I felt that the security wasn't very good because I was just in there for an hour at the most,
and it happened in such a short time.
It's amazing how fast these people can move.
Kennewick High School principal Dottie Stevens says the amount of car prowl incidents increased during basketball season.
Stevens is reminding students through a public bulletin how to avoid becoming the next victim.
The basic caution is first thing, lock your car.
Two, if you have anything that's valuable, get it out of sight.
Lock it, cover it, don't leave it in plain view.
The C-Frenz is focusing on that truck.
High School vice principal Mike Guajardo and Pasco is taking security one step further.
He is installing four cameras outside the high school in addition to the 12 inside.
They'll be more likely not to get near this area because we can't identify them.
Of course he says this won't stop everyone, but he hopes it will deter the majority.
But the best deterrent is making sure you don't leave any valuables inside your car.
For Safe Neighborhoods, Kirsten Joyce, Total News.
School administrators in the region say they hire more security guards to patrol the parking lots during basketball season.
But again, security guards can only be in one place at one time,
so it's up to you to make sure that you don't leave anything desirable visible in your car.
Good advice. Our weather expert, Don Spencer, says, hey, we could get some snow tonight.
If we do, it should be mixed with rain, so it shouldn't stick, but you want to be careful on the roads anyway.
We'll talk about that more in just a moment. Right now let's check out conditions in the valley tonight.
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Weather with Tom Spencer is next on the local news hour, CAP ABC.
The jet stream is still south of us, and that means we're still getting some cool air,
but at least the moisture now is also tracking a little bit to the south of us.
On the satellite picture, this had been a very big system pushing our way,
and it's gradually starting to break up, and the tail end of it has sort of dropped down California way.
It doesn't look like it's going to give us too much trouble over the next bit.
We still have a nice big counterclockwise spin here, so some of the clouds are going to come back around
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but it has improved quite a bit, and it's not as cold as it might have been.
The wind pattern bringing winds up from the southwest has kept all of that cold air up in Canada and north,
so it's really not that bad of a weather pattern right now.
Okay, tonight's weather trivia question has to do with the weather over the entire northwest.
I'm going to say that many parts of the northwest are getting twice the normal rainfall so far this season.
So, so far this season, stick that at the front, many parts of the northwest are getting two times the normal rainfall.
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We'll also give you the five-day forecast, which has some things in there you want to know about.
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See how in tonight's NewsHour Discovery.
Patrick Flynn had been smoking for 50 years when he decided to get regular chest x-rays to check for lung cancer.
Everyone who had cancer discovered via chest x-rays seemed to be dying.
That's when Flynn enrolled in a study led by Dr. Claudia Henschke of New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center,
using CT screening or CAT scans to detect lung cancer.
One CAT scan revealed a small tumor in Flynn's lung that x-rays had missed, and doctors treated it successfully.
Early results of the study on a thousand smokers and former smokers like Flynn show that CT screening detects lung cancers three times as accurately as chest x-rays,
and catches the tumors early enough to greatly improve patients' chances of beating the disease.
They really have a 90 percent chance of 90 or better chance of survival.
Whereas if you waited until you had symptoms, you really, it's, for 40 years it hasn't changed. It's been 10 percent.
CT screening is quick, it takes about 90 seconds, and not too expensive, costing about as much as an x-ray.
But for people like Patrick Flynn, it may also turn out to be a lifesaver.
I'm absolutely convinced that the only reason that we're here talking this afternoon is because of the procedure at New York Hospital, the CAT scan.
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most of Boeing's new job cuts will fall on workers in Seattle, Everett, and Renton.
The company announced 20,000 more cuts yesterday, and it'll reduce its production.
The total job loss will be about 50,000 by the year 2000.
Boeing's chairman says the economic crisis in Asia is hitting home.
Asian airlines are largely responsible for reductions in the 747 program.
The jumbo jet is Boeing's most profitable airliner.
Seattle is celebrating the life of John Stanford. The Seattle school superintendent died Saturday from complications with leukemia.
A district spokesperson says Stanford loved the kids, and the kids loved him.
A service for his family was held this morning in Seattle.
He'll be buried Friday at Arlington National Cemetery, and a memorial will be held tonight at 7 on the University of Washington campus.
His sons will speak about their dad.
Also in Seattle, Microsoft's chairman is sharing his wealth.
Bill Gates is donating millions of dollars to help immunize kids in third world countries.
Gates and his wife are supposed to make an announcement about the gift tomorrow in New York City.
About 3 million children die each year from diseases, including hepatitis B and meningitis.
Vaccines are available to help American children,
but there's a wait up to 15 years before kids can get these basic shots in third world countries.
Gates says something has to be done about this inequity.
Farmers in the Northwest are watching how the Asian financial crisis is affecting their livelihoods.
Washington farmers do a lot of business with foreign countries, and they've noticed a dramatic drop in business over the past year.
Many farmers in the Columbia Basin say they don't expect any turnaround in the near future.
In the Tri-Cities, Columbia Basin dive rescue teams believe they may have found a bomb in the Columbia River.
On Sunday, divers found an object that looked like a torpedo in front of the Richland Yacht Club.
During World War II, a bombing range was in the area, and this could be one of those bombs.
Today, numerous agencies gather at the Columbia Point Marina to begin a search.
If it is a bomb, it'll have to be taken care of.
One would be to actually move it from where it is and take it to another site to dispose of it.
If it's in a dangerous or sensitive condition, then the safest option would be to take care of it where it's sitting.
Because of bad weather and poor visibility, the search was put on hold until tomorrow morning.
An Oregon woman is accused of stealing money from the teachers' union.
Karen Tulaski used to teach middle school. She was the treasurer of the Morrill County Education Association.
Prosecutors say Tulaski embezzled more than $9,000 from the teachers' union.
Some of the money came from a college scholarship fund.
Michael Limerick joins us now with the Northwest Sportsman.
Yeah, big fish in the water.
Fish hatcheries are hard at work this time of year.
While salmon fishing season is over, hatcheries are preparing for next year.
Darrell Romaine has more in tonight's Northwest Sportsman.
It is nature's way for salmon to die after spawning, and here it happens by the bin full.
These are fish that start and end their lives at the Priest Rapids Hatchery.
You're following Chinook or your biggest fish species follows salmon go.
I've heard of some 55 pounders being caught, and that's an awesome fish for this far inland.
Hatchery manager Paul Peterson stands 441 miles from the ocean.
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It is done each November to make up for the loss of spawning grounds when dams like Priest Rapids were built.
I think we're doing a pretty good job.
More than 6 million salmon fry are raised and released here,
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These are the survivors, adults returning to spawn.
Their numbers making this a bright spot in salmon recovery.
We've seen our runs increase.
The last two or four years, five years, we've been getting approximately up to 14,000 adult returns here.
The hatchery effort is boosted by abundant water, helping make this strain of salmon strong.
They are fish that fulfill nature's plan with a helping hand from man.
Still to come tonight on your local news hour, in tonight's top story update at 528,
Ellensburg police investigate an alleged case of child abuse.
And at 529, Yakima Valley Community College fights for better wages.
Join weather expert Tom Spencer at 532 for your total forecast.
At 51 after the news hour, top honors for a local college star.
And at 558, on the job training for local teens.
Stay tuned. Your local news hour continues in a moment.
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You're watching the Local News Hour with Dana Cowley and Issa Arnitta, CAP ABC.
At 526, it's now 38 degrees.
Our weather expert Tom Spencer is tracking the latest weather patterns with our Doppler radar.
He'll have the full forecast in just about five minutes.
Our top story tonight, a shocking case of alleged child abuse in Ellensburg.
A 17-month-old boy is in the care of Child Protective Services,
and two people, including the mother, are behind bars tonight.
CAP 35's Alex Peach has been following the story.
He joins us now live from the newsroom.
Issa, Dana, late this afternoon, 24-year-old Wilbur Allen appeared in Kittitas County Superior Court
on suspicion of first-degree child abuse.
The boy's mother, 20-year-old Shannon Hostetter, was arrested today at Kittitas Valley Community Hospital.
That's where the young boy was treated for bruises, burns, a broken wrist, and severe malnutrition.
Ellensburg police are calling this their worst case of apparent child abuse in recent memory.
And this isn't the first time they've been called to this apartment.
Early November, a neighbor suspected the child was being abused and called police.
They checked, but Captain Bob Richie says at that time, the boy was in good health.
I think that's probably what made the case as emotional for the officers involved in this,
was the officers were involved in both of these investigations
and realizing how much the health of that child had diminished over that period of time.
This boy was released from Kittitas Valley Community Hospital this morning.
He's now in the custody of Child Protective Services.
Okay, thanks Alex. That's CAP-35's Alex Peach reporting live in the newsroom.
Oh, part-time college faculty across the state rallied today to try to make some changes to their paychecks.
They say they're not paid fairly.
CAP-35's Laura Jevnikar met with some YVCC instructors who say they're taking their case to the governor.
Laura Peerlman has been teaching English part-time at Yakima Valley Community College for about a year.
She says she's frustrated because part-time instructors like her make only 40% of what a full-time instructor receives
for teaching the very same class.
Today, some of those teachers protested in order to get the message across about unequal pay.
We think if people know that, that they will understand that that's not a good situation,
it's not a fair situation, it's not good for either.
It's not good for our students or for our ability to live on our incomes.
To make ends meet, Peerlman teaches two classes here, two at Heritage College and one at Central Washington University's Yakima Campus.
Because she can't get full-time work, she doesn't get health coverage in the summertime and receives no retirement benefits.
She says it's time Governor Locke did something to increase state funding for full-time teachers.
We would like him to support equal pay for equal work.
Today, students and other faculty could show their support for the part-timers by filling out these cards that will be sent to the governor.
Peerlman says she knows she could probably make better money if she chose another career, but for her that's something she'd rather not do.
Teaching is the only job I've ever had that I found worth getting up for in the morning, and I'll definitely keep doing it.
She says there's something special about watching students learn and grow, and that's something she could never put a price tag on.
Covering Yakima, I'm Laura Jevnikar, Total News.
Peerlman says the Washington Federation of Teachers will submit the cards supporting equal pay for part-time teachers to Governor Locke on Monday.
Washington's embattled beekeepers are working with the State Department of Ag to try to improve their troubling situation.
Many beekeepers have been forced out of business in recent years because of bee kills.
The state is working to reduce the bee kills caused by ag pesticide use,
but some beekeepers are angry now about paying state registration and pollination fees because of their financial situation.
State leaders say without the fees they wouldn't be able to operate a bee program to support the beekeepers.
There is a new survey out.
It collected input from the state's beekeepers about how the state can best serve their needs,
and that's going to be used to create an action plan this winter.
Well, tis the season to go shopping, and it's not just the huge companies like Macy's and JCPenney's that are using the Internet now to sell their products.
Companies right here in Yakima are on to it, too.
You'll find several businesses online.
How about McBrow's Gift Pack Center?
You can order some fresh Washington apples grown right off the net.
Another company taking advantage of this technology is Yakima's Baby Jogger Company.
Anything found in this building can also be found on your screen.
Company leaders say they get about 50 emails a day from around the world.
They send out a thousand brochures a month in response to online customers.
The first flooding of the season is happening in the lower valley.
Satis Creek is spilling over its banks near the area of West Satis Road.
A long stretch of the road has been closed.
It's completely covered by water.
Mountain runoff is to blame for the high water.
It's also forcing logs and other debris to pile up against some of the lower bridges.
Crews are busy clearing the debris in an effort to keep the water flowing.
Authorities also want to remind you it's very dangerous to drive on these flooded roads.
Speaking of weather like that, our expert forecaster is back with the full forecast,
and he says Mother Nature may be giving us a little break from the brad storms.
At least the chance of rain and snow are easing up,
but the temperatures are still going to be on the cool side.
Now you can see that on this map that shows you tonight will be generally in the 30s
throughout the region, and then as the temperature bands shift tomorrow,
not a whole lot of change. We're only going to get up to near 40.
And for the most part, that's going to be in the 30s for the valley and for surrounding areas.
Here's the system that's over us.
It's really about the most active weather system in the U.S.
And you can see that it's just very gently kind of making its way down this way.
The top edge of the system is eroding, and that's what we've been under.
And so we're getting a little bit of a break.
Now again, there's still a nice spin on this,
and so it's going to bring some clouds back around over us and threaten some rain,
but it really shouldn't be anything too dramatic.
You can see today it really wasn't.
You get a nice picture here.
You can see how the storm gradually shifts to the north and south today.
You get rain up here, and then it drops down to the south as that system starts to break off.
So kind of an interesting weather pattern.
All right, we're out over the Pacific. There's Washington. There's Oregon.
We're just going to drop down very slowly and take a look at the systems today that were over us.
This is when most of the rain was scattered through Washington,
but again, it sort of made it up to the Cascade Curtain, and then it stopped.
We did have some rain in southeastern Washington and Idaho,
but generally central Washington came out of it pretty good today,
considering the cloud cover, things shaped up pretty dry.
Okay, in the forecast for tonight, we do have a chance of snow continuing.
They'd be isolated showers, and any snow would be mixed with rain.
Rain or snow tonight, with the overnight low at 31,
so it doesn't look like anything will stick on the ground.
Winds will be out of the west between 5 and 15 miles an hour.
Then tomorrow, mostly cloudy, just a 20 percent chance of showers,
and if any showers do show up, they could be snow or rain.
Winds will be west 5 to 15 miles an hour.
Cooling, gray, and Ellensburg, that same 20 percent chance of rain or snow.
36 for the high in the Kittitas Valley, with winds west to about 15.
The five-day forecast, the same kind of weather tomorrow will hold through Saturday.
Then Sunday and Monday, it's going to be considerably cooler,
and we could see snow either one of those days.
So it looks like a couple of days where we might see a scattered shower,
but in general it should be pretty nice.
Recapping the weather trivia tonight,
many parts of the northwest are getting twice the normal rainfall, true or false.
Meanwhile, our website winner this week for trivia is Yasmin Khalish of Richland.
Yasmin told us who narrated the classic ABC series, The Untouchables.
You remember Elliot Ness? Well, that was Walter Winchell who did that.
If you'd like to get in on the website trivia contest and win a t-shirt,
go to CAPTV.com and look for the website trivia icon.
Click on it, answer the question correctly, and you're in the drawing.
That's the way you win prizes. Thanks, Tom.
Well, do you drink grapefruit juice with your daily medications?
Next, Dr. Bob says if you're taking medicine with grapefruit juice,
it might be a bad combination.
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At 37 minutes after the news hour, it's 37 degrees.
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Tonight they're searching for two felons from Wapato.
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Moving on tonight to Healthwatch.
There may be a new weapon in the fight against breast cancer.
Breast cancer rates are growing.
It used to affect 1 out of 14. Now it's 1 out of 8.
Dozens of scientists' studies point to the breast cancer diet connection.
Doctors say a vegetable-based diet offers protection against cancer.
Studies show women whose diet is based on meat, cheese, butter, and milk
are at a higher risk of getting breast cancer.
Alcohol and genetics also play a role.
Waking up and drinking a fresh glass of grapefruit juice is certainly refreshing.
But what if you're taking medication?
Dr. Bob Lanier says grapefruit juice and drugs just don't mix.
If you take a cholesterol drug like Mevacor and drink a glass of grapefruit juice,
you get the effect of 10 or 15 tablets.
Now at first you might think, hey, I can cut my dose and drink grapefruit juice and save money.
It doesn't work that way, though.
It's undependable because grapefruit juice affects metabolism differently every day
and affects every person differently.
Older people may be especially sensitive.
Grapefruit juice affects an important enzyme called CYP3A4.
Get a pencil. There will be a quiz in a minute.
No quiz. Just remember that grapefruit juice and drugs like Valium, Xanax,
Cyclosporine, Caffeine, and calcium channel blockers do not mix.
So will your doctor warn you about these interactions?
Not likely. Pharmacists, on the other hand, are on top of it already
and probably will give you a printout with your prescription.
For the 60-Second House Call, I'm Dr. Bob Lanier.
Taking a quick glance at the top stories now from around the USA at NASA,
the space shuttle Endeavour is ready for liftoff.
It's supposed to take off tomorrow.
Endeavour will be carrying the second piece of an international space station.
Last month, the Russians launched the first piece.
Forecasters say the predicted cloudy weather and rain reduces the chances of the launch.
The weather is even iffy at the shuttle's emergency landing sites in Spain and Morocco.
When the launch does happen, though, the shuttle will have a six-person crew for the 11-day flight.
In Washington, D.C., the federal government threw an online switch today.
Now 18- to 25-year-old males can register for selective services on the Internet.
Selective service is the government's way of tracking men available for military draft and wartime.
Almost two million men are required to register each year.
It used to take a trip to the post office and filling out a form.
Then it took the government about 90 days to acknowledge that they received it.
Now registration is virtually instantaneous.
You can link to the government site from our web page.
Around the States, an oil slump is bringing gas consumers a gift for the holidays.
This week, the average retail price of regular unleaded gas dipped to 97 cents a gallon.
Last year, prices averaged at about $1.15.
The decline in oil prices is also providing a lump of coal for drillers and refiners.
It's also keeping U.S. manufacturers' costs down.
This contributes to cheaper electricity and reducing the chances of inflation.
The low gas price is a contributing factor in yesterday's merger between Exxon and Mobil.
Now we turn to the top stories around the world.
In China, an earthquake has destroyed several houses in a rural village.
But there are no reports of casualties from yesterday's initial shock.
The quake registered 5.1 on the Richter scale.
It followed a succession of earthquakes in recent weeks.
Residents are still struggling to recover.
The area is in a remote region of China's Yunnan province.
Residents have been hit by four strong earthquakes in the last two months.
Seismologists say there could be more in the coming weeks.
Meanwhile in the Middle East, more problems are surfacing for the West Bank peace plan.
The Israeli government is stopping further troop withdrawals.
Leaders are waiting for the Palestinians to comply with a list of demands.
Those include a promise to publicly abandon a plan to declare a state next year.
Israel says it's responding to recent attacks on a soldier and a civilian.
An angry Palestinian mob dragged the soldier out of a car and beat him.
The attack was even shown on Israeli television.
In Australia, the government is investing millions of dollars in firefighting measures after a slew of fires.
The new resources will include a fleet of water bombers and 800 extra fire personnel, especially for rural areas.
Right now, there are many fires burning.
Five firefighters are dead after battling a brush fire yesterday.
200 firefighters and about 40 trucks and five planes tried to keep the blaze under control,
but at the same time, another major blaze was burning.
Up next, Tom Spencer has the answers to tonight's weather trivia.
And you still have time to email us your thoughts about a case of possible child abuse in Ellensburg.
Send us your comment.
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That's one of the exciting times for us, is shopping for Christmas.
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Child abuse is more widespread than you might realize.
Thousands and thousands of cases go unreported each year, making the abuse statistics inaccurate.
Alex Peets joins us now live from the NewsHour Net Center with a helpful website for victims of abuse.
ESA, the incident in Ellensburg reminds us of the reality of child abuse.
One out of every five children has suffered through some sort of abuse in their life.
It takes a lifetime to heal the wounds that child abuse can leave on a person.
Now, there is some help available, and much of it can be found on the Internet.
This is a website called Child Abuse Statistics Research and Resources.
It's written by Jim Hopper, who is a psychologist who has spent much of his life researching the lasting effects of child abuse.
There's a lot of information about what to look for to diagnose child abuse and what to do once you've found it.
So it might be worth checking out if you've experienced child abuse in your life.
Reporting live in the NewsHour Net Center, I'm Alex Peets.
And as Alex mentioned in his earlier story, if you have suspicions, why not report it? Be safe and sorry.
Weather expert Tom Spencer is back with the Travelers' Forecast, and he says it is raining around parts of the state.
Again, although things look like they're clearing up a bit for the valley, we have those systems spinning around us.
So the outer areas will continue to get some rain and snow, and that shows on the Travelers' Forecast.
Seattle with some scattered showers. Snow Quamie will have snow falling.
Scattered showers and maybe even thundershowers for Portland, high of 46.
Spokane will just get up to 35 and could have scattered rain or snow tomorrow.
Our temperatures again on the cool side, 36 degrees for the high tomorrow at Ellensburg and 39 for the valley and lower valley.
It's not going to get much warmer than that, only 42 degrees at the Tri-Cities and Walla Walla.
Okay, tonight's weather trivia question. Many parts of the Northwest are getting twice the normal rainfall.
True or false? Well, it would seem what to you this year so far? It is. That answer is true.
In fact, since the first of November, we've had some many areas that have gone double the normal amount of rainfall, Astoria, Oregon being the worst.
Normally it's about 10 inches by this time. It's over 21 right now. Seattle also more than double, Portland and Medford.
We're a little bit above normal, but we're not quite double, so we're still doing okay.
And again, we do have some showers tonight, but it looks like tomorrow you'll see some sun breaks and maybe just a few more snowflakes and raindrops.
We're going to have a mixed bag of tricks it sounds like. We'll take the sunshine. We can get it.
Michael Limerick joins us now with sports. Yeah, maybe a little sports sunshine. Hey, we love sports sunshine.
Hopefully not too much rain in sports. It's a tale a local guy makes good in the NFL. We'll tell you who won what today.
Seattle Super-Sonic star Gary Payden is updating his passport. We'll tell you why.
And the Yakima Sun Kings are on a roll after corralling the Idaho Stampede at the Yakima Valley Sun Dome.
Here comes the hoops and here comes the sports.
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And when you need a break, stop by the beautiful new food court.
The kids can see Santa and get a free coloring book and crayons and make sure to visit the giant teddy bear.
So start your shopping now at the Yakima Mall and have a very Merry Christmas.
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Sports with Michael Limerick is next on the local news out, CAP ABC.
Former Central Washington University quarterback John Kidna is now the stuff of headlines in the NFL.
The league is honoring Kidna today as the AFC offensive player of the week.
Kidna led the Hawks to a come from behind win over the Tennessee Oilers Sunday at the Kingdom.
He replaced quarterback Warren Moon in the starting lineup and showed poise and confidence in leading the Hawks back from the brink of defeat.
Kidna tossed two touchdown passes, including a pinpoint strike to Hawk receiver James McKnight.
This is the first time in Kidna's career that he as one player of the week honors.
Seahawk coach Dennis Erickson says Kidna will start for the remainder of the season.
The Hawks will play in New York Sunday against the New York Jets.
Well the Yakity Yak at the Yak Shack tonight is men's college basketball hoopla.
Translated into plain English, the Yakima Valley Yaks are set to host Mount Hood tonight at 7 o'clock.
That's your gym. We'll swish highlights your way tonight at the local news at 11 o'clock.
The Sun Kings are back in the driver's seat.
The Yakima Sun Kings rolling over the visiting Idaho Stampede at the Sun Dome last night.
Shooting very well from the outside. Randy Woods with the smooth moves after the smooth hoop.
Sun Kings running down the floor. Carlos Daniel, the former Wazoo star with the hoop right there.
Everybody hitting on all cylinders. Sherelle Ford, the former Sonic.
Ford with the Mustang like dunk right there.
The Sun Kings, Sun Kings improve their record the three and five on the season despite their funny name that I just gave them.
The Yakima hosts the Grand Rapids Hoops Friday night at 7 o'5.
Gary Payton's place may very well be overseas this basketball season.
The Sonic point guard says he's ready to play Hoops in Europe if the NBA season is canceled.
Payton will lose 13 million dollars if the season goes down the tubes.
He could earn several million back by playing in Europe.
Payton's agent says the Sonic All-Star is looking into a one-year option that would allow him to return to the NBA next season.
The league is currently locking out all of its players.
Now while Payton looks to possibly reign in Spain, the Seattle Reign are looking to reign in Seattle.
We know it always reigns in Seattle, but the Women's League Seattle Reign usually don't reign or play at Seattle's Key Arena.
They will play there, however, on the day after Christmas.
The move will help Key Arena financially with the loss of all the Sonic games due to the men's season being canceled so far.
The top college basketball team in the Pacific Northwest is licking its wounds today.
The 15th ranked Washington Huskies met up with the bigger and meaner dog last night in Chicago.
The top ranked Connecticut Huskies battling the guys from Seattle, Connecticut.
Off to a good start until the Huskies, Dionne Luton gets the hoop right there, but Connecticut number one in the country and built to stay that way.
Richard Hamilton, their big star, the All-American forward with the hoop right there.
Khalid Al Amin, their talented point guard, also scoring big for Connecticut.
The Connecticut Huskies win this one, 69-48, Washington falls to 4-1 on the season.
Connecticut beat Washington last year in the NCAA National Playoffs.
You would think $53 million would bring a smile to the face of former Mariner star Randy Johnson.
Instead, the XM is busy taking offense at his critics' suggestions that Johnson didn't give his all last season.
Johnson says nonsense. He only wants to talk about his new team, the Arizona Diamondbacks.
I'm coming here because I feel the team can win, first and foremost, and also my family will be comfortable here.
There's no other reason than that. If I felt this team was going to lose, I would not be here.
The Diamondbacks sign the big unit to a four-year contract on Monday.
He's still a little upset that people are making those statements that he may have not given his all with the M's last year, but we'll see this year with Arizona how well he pitches.
Michael, thank you very much. Tom Spencer has your Pinpoint Podcast coming right up.
Also up next, a special visitor at CAP gets on-the-job training.
The retirement sale for the Yakima Diamond Center is in progress, and everything goes.
We even have Black Hills Gold marked down at 50% off. Many items in the store are marked at 70% off.
This coming Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Ken Flax, the owner, is giving away 200 chains each day to the first 200 people at 12 noon.
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the Yakima Diamond Center. Be there.
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They say their plastic surgeon disfigured them. He says not true. Is he or isn't he board certified? Watch the next Inside Edition.
If you have an interesting story idea, or would like to comment on a news story, type in CAPNEWS at CAPTV.com and get connected.
Dom is back with the Pinpoint forecast, and tonight he takes us to a town that I've never heard of.
It's so small, in fact, I thought I was looking at Arizona until I took a closer look at Arzina, Washington.
It's just a little bit northwest of Spokane, and despite the deserty-sounding name, it's going to have some cool weather tomorrow.
Mostly cloudy, a chance of showers, either snow or rain, and a high of just 34 at Arzina. The winds will be out of the west to about 15 miles an hour.
Today's worst weather again comes from the northwest. Seven Devils Wayside in Oregon had rain again, and they've only had six dry days since November 1st, so it definitely has been wet.
Remember, 23 days until Christmas. I hope you're getting in the spirit and at least getting your shopping in.
That's it for weather. Be prepared tonight for some showers. Tomorrow, some improvement.
Thanks, Tom. Educators throughout the Valley are working hard to give their students on-the-job training.
Isabel Sanchez spent the day at our television studio yesterday. She went out on the news stories that we covered and got hands-on experience.
Sanchez is a freshman at Taupnish High School. She wants to get a job in television. Right now, she's working at the radio KDNA in Granger.
Her experience today is yesterday. It was part of Taupnish's job shadowing program. Sanchez says it's given her a good opportunity to learn.
It's been a real good opportunity, and it's been a good chance for me to learn. It's a good chance for people who want to learn about communications.
It's been a good experience. It's more important to be there in person on the job. You learn more that way.
Each year, Taupnish schools send out about 200 students to participate in the school-to-work program.
If you're just tuning into the CAP Local NewsHour, here's a quick look at today's top stories.
Ellensburg police are looking to an alleged case of child abuse. A 17-month-old has been treated for a broken wrist, burns, and malnutrition.
Two people are in custody.
Pregnancy in Yakima County may not be a good thing.