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Pet of the Week: Banderas the friendly Guinea Pig Richard Atkin © Richard Atkin Banderas enjoying a snack on his blanket FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - He may not be the heartthrob Antonio you’re looking for, but Banderas still has a beautiful mane and tender, whimsical eyes to match....(sigh!). You can even watch TV together! Let’s meet him in this edition of Pet of the Week. Here’s what Britley Calkins, an Animal Handler with Fairbanks North Star Borough Animal Shelter, h...

. john: welcome back, while the animal handler and assistant cat have moved into the audience with their scary looking friends, at least some of the audience is freaked out by one of these guys. yet none of these snakes is really a threat to us. we are programmed to fear minor threats like that. its something to contemplate as we face our fears this halloween. now its your turn, and our studio audiences turn to talk back to tonights guests. fear sociologist margee kerr and the heartland institut...

. john: welcome back, while the animal handler and assistant cat have moved into the audience with their scary looking friends, at least some of the audience is freaked out by one of these guys. yet none of these snakes is really a threat to us. we are programmed to fear minor threats like that. its something to contemplate as we face our fears this halloween. now its your turn, and our studio audiences turn to talk back to tonights guests. fear sociologist margee kerr and the heartland institut...

>> roaches. the ones that fly. john: they are disgusting and scary. im not sure why exactly. there are little. why did they frighten me? anybody here scared of cockroaches? how about one of these tarantulas? can we bring that into the audience youre? lets test our fears. come out while. lyle fuente is an animal handler who provides creatures to movies and tv shows like snakes and cockroaches. he brought these. >> this is an albino boa constrictor. shes about six years old. john: do have a seriou...

>> its moving fast too. >> thats how people get caught off guard when driving across a bridge or somewhere thats not flooded at all and all of a sudden you see that coming, you dont have a chance. >> thank you. appreciate it. a florida alligator handler says he wasnt afraid when a gator start eed chomping on his arm. he was doing some tricks at a gator park. the alligator went for it and clamped down on his arm. he tried to stop the attack but the gator was too fast for him. >> lunging at me b...

earlier i spoke with sergeant roger biven with the police department about the investigation. >> at this point we still have been unable to identify the individual. we do believe hes a hispanic male, probably in his 30s or 40s. and that is all the information we have on his identity. we do have a few leads coming in. and well certainly be following up on that. after an autopsy is conducted in the morning, well have a better indication of cause of death. it was located by the workers in...

all eyes were on the april jobs report this week. welcome to "your $$$$$." fewer jobs than expected were created and the labor force participation rate dropped to its lowest level since 1981. hold organizati hold organization ill tell you what that is. bottom line, this was not a good report. chris even romans is here to break it down for us. >> 115,000 jobs isnt enough to convince anyone theres robust hiring going on here. hiring actually slowing in 8.1% as you point out is a drop in ...