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DIRECTORS PAGE FORECAST OPEN-CLIP
11 PM OPEN-CLIP FORECAST-WXWALL
REGISTRATION DEADLINE-ONCAM HOTEL PORN-ONCAM
REGISTRATION DEADLINE-PKG HOTEL PORN-PKG
CAPE REPORTABLE-SS CALI WILDFIRE-VO
GATOR BOY UPDATE-TRX VO CALI BEAR-VOTOP
GATOR BOY UPDATE-SOT VO VIRGIN MARY-VO
NFM HOUSE FIRE-VO SPORTS TEASE-2-SHOT VO
NFM HOUSE FIRE-SOT VO SPORTS OPEN-CLIP
SIBLING STABBING-ONCAM BRITISH OPEN-ONCAM
LT GOV SCANDAL-VO JOHN DEERE CLASSIC FINAL ROUND-VOTOPS
LT GOV SCANDAL-SOTVO US SENIOR OPEN-VOTOPS
SUNDAY POLITICS-ONCAM YOUK ON BOBBY V-ONCAM
SUNDAY POLITICS-PKG RED SOX RAYS-VOTOPS
EGYPT HOSTAGE FAMILY-VO SALE VS ROYALS-VOTOPS
EGYPT HOSTAGE FAMILY-SOT VO TWINS A'S-VOTOPS
GAS PRICES DOWN-VO MINOR LEAGUE SCORES-CGTOPS
TEASE ONE-ONCAM AJ ALLMENDINGER-VO IN PLASMA
A) TX LIGHTNING STRIKE-SOTVO NASCAR LOUDON-VOTOPS
TX LIGHTNING STRIKE-ONCAM WORLD SERIES OF POKER-ONCAM
TX LIGHTNING STRIKE-PKG JASON KIDD ARREST-VOTOPS
TX LIGHTNING STRIKE-ONCAM USA BASKETBALL-VOTOPS
TEASE TWO-ONCAM USA HOOPS REAX-SOTVO
A) HOTEL PORN-VO CLOSE-4SHOT


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11 PM OPEN-CLIP


NEW! Return to index of stories...


REGISTRATION DEADLINE-ONCAM


GOOD EVENING, I'M JENNIFER TRAMMELL.

FLORIDA'S PRIMARY ELECTION IS LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY.

AND *TOMORROW IS THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER.OR CHANGE YOUR PARTY. IF YOU WANT TO CAST A BALLOT.

ALSO, SOME PEOPLES' VOTING PRECINCTS HAVE CHANGED ON THE HEELS OF CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING.

SO, NBC2'S NINA MOINI IS IN THE STUDIO WITH HOW YOU CAN FIND THE CHANGES THAT IMPACT YOU. Return to index of stories...


REGISTRATION DEADLINE-PKG


ONLY RESIDENTS REGISTERED WITH A POLITICAL PARTY CAN VOTE IN THEIR PARTY'S PRIMARY - THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS TOMORROW.

SOME OF YOU WILL BE VOTING AT *DIFFERENT* PLACES THAN YOU HAVE IN THE PAST.

THE IDEA BEHIND MOVING AROUND PRECINCTS WAS TO SAVE MONEY.AND WITH EARLY AND ABSENTEE VOTING, FEWER PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY HEADING TO THE POLLS ON ELECTION DAY.SO THERE ARE FEWER PRECINCTS.

NEW VOTER APPLICATIONS OR CHANGE OF PARTY REGISTRATIONS HAVE TO BE POSTMARKED BY TOMORROW IN ORDER TO VOTE.

ONCE YOU'RE REGISTERED.HERE'S HOW TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO VOTE.

GO TO THIS WEBSITE

TYPE IN ADDRESS - I'M USING STATIONS

THIS WILL TELL YOU YOUR PRECINCT --

AND YOU CAN SEE A SAMPLE BALLOT.

SO YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU HEAD INTO THE VOTING BOOTH.

FOR THOSE OF YOU IN COLLIER AND CHARLOTTE COUNTIES.WE HAVE LINKS FOR YOUR INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE NBC DASH TWO DOT COM.

CLICK ON NEWSLINKS.

I'M NBC2'S NINA MOINI --

FLORIDA'S PRIMARY ELECTION IS COMING UP AND MANY OF YOU WILL BE VOTING IN NEW PLACES.

AT 11 -- I'LL BREAK DOWN THE CHANGES YOU NEED TO KNOW NAD EXPLAIN *TOMORROW'S IMPORTANT DEADLINE. Return to index of stories...


CAPE REPORTABLE-SS


NEW AT 11 --

A RETAIL ROBBER IS ON THE RUN.

CAPE POLICE NEED YOUR HELP IDENTIFYING THIS CLOTHING CROOK.

ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE UNIDENTIFIED MAN STOLE THREE T-SHIRTS AND A RED BRA FROM THE KOHL'S ON PINE ISLAND ROAD -- THEN TOOK OFF ON BIKE.

ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL POLICE OR CRIMESTOPPERS. Return to index of stories...


GATOR BOY UPDATE-TRX VO


DEVELOPING NEWS TONIGHT.

A LOCAL TEEN WHO LOST PART OF HIS ARM DURING A GATOR ATTACK IS FINALLY HOME.

17-YEAR-OLD KALEB 'FRED' LANGDALE WAS RELEASED FROM LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL TODAY.

THE ATTACK HAPPENED LAST MONDAY IN THE CALOOSAHATCHEE RIVER NEAR HIS MOORE HAVEN HOME.

THE GATOR TOOK THE LOWER HALF OF HIS RIGHT ARM.

FRIENDS AND FAMILY WELCOMED HIM HOME BY LINING THE STREETS OF HIS HOMETOWN SHOWING THEIR SUPPORT. Return to index of stories...


GATOR BOY UPDATE-SOT VO


TAKE SOT

FELINDA LANGDALE

27:03 27:09

"Really excited when we come through town, we weren't expecting all the people so he was quite pleased."

JYLES LANGDALE

17:31:57 17:32:06

"I'm very thankful to the Lord that we still got Fred here today. We're missing a little part of him, but I'm sure he'll mend."

THE FAMILY EXPECTS HIS RECOVERY TO CONTINUE ANOTHER SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS.

FROM THEN, THEY HOPE TO GET A PROSTHETIC SO HE CAN CONTINUE TO DO HIS OUTSIDE HOBBIES. Return to index of stories...


NFM HOUSE FIRE-VO


TONIGHT -- STATE FIRE MARSHALS ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW A FIRE THAT KILLED ONE PERSON IN NORTH FORT MYERS STARTED.

THE FIRE BROKE OUT AT THIS BREEZEWOOD DRIVE MOBILE HOME EARLY THIS MORNING.

FIREFIGHTERS SAY THE FIRE WAS CONTAINED MOSTLY TO THE BACK BEDROOM.

ONCE THE FLAMES WERE OUT, THEY FOUND ONE PERSON INSIDE, DEAD.

NEIGHBORS SAY THE WOMAN WHO LIVES THERE IS CONNIE HINE. Return to index of stories...


NFM HOUSE FIRE-SOT VO


18:27 John

Beall/Friend

"She was really good with people. Really friendly. She had a good heart. She would open her door to anyone. It's a shame."

INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOT CONFIRMED WHETHER IT WAS HINE WHO DIED IN THE FIRE. Return to index of stories...


SIBLING STABBING-ONCAM


A WEST PALM BEACH MAN IS ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS BROTHER -- STABBING HIM WITH A KNIFE MORE THAN 65 TIMES.

23-YEAR-OLD BRANDIN ANDERSON GONSALVES IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER.

AN OFFICER SAW BRANDIN GONSALVES STANDING SUSPICIOUSLY IN THE CITY'S BUSINESS DISTRICT ON THURSDAY.WHEN MOST OF THE BUSINESSES WERE CLOSED.

ACCORDING TO POLICE.GONSALVES TOLD THE OFFICER HE HAD KILLED HIS OLDER BROTHER GERARD, AND THAT HE WAS THE ONE POLICE WERE SEARCHING FOR. Return to index of stories...


LT GOV SCANDAL-VO


FLORIDA'S LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IS DEFENDING HERSELF AGAINST ALLEGATIONS OF A SEX SCANDAL WITH A FORMER AIDE.

FORMER EMPLOYEE CARLETHA COLE CLAIMS SHE WALKED IN ON A SEXUAL ENCOUNTER BETWEEN LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JENNIFER CARROLL AND HER AIDE, BEATRIZ RAMOS.

CARROLL DEFENDED HERSELF PUBLICLY THIS WEEKEND IN ORANGE PARK.

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LT GOV SCANDAL-SOTVO


I haven't done anything wrong, it's a total lie.

--butted--

Immediately I become an individual that's now accused. And in America we are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty and now I'm guilty until proven innocent.

CARROLL'S ACCUSER, COLE. FACES CHARGES OF MAKING AN ILLEGAL RECORDING IN THE STATE CAPITOL. Return to index of stories...


SUNDAY POLITICS-ONCAM


PRESIDENT OBAMA'S RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN IS SPENDING BIG BUCKS ON POLITICAL ADVERTISING IN BATTLEGROUND STATES.NEARLY ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.

MOST OF THE MONEY HAS GONE INTO NEGATIVE ADS ATTACKING MITT ROMNEY ON WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE HIS STRONG POINT -- BUSINESS EXPERTISE.

AS RICHARD CANTU REPORTS.THE ADS SEEM TO BE WORKING AND GOVERNOR ROMNEY INTERRUPTED A BRIEF VACATION TO FIRE BACK. Return to index of stories...


SUNDAY POLITICS-PKG


SCRIPT:

TAKING A BREAK FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL BY A NEW HAMPSHIRE LAKE, MITT

ROMNEY IS STILL FEELING THE POLITICAL WAVES.

PRESIDENT OBAMA IS ATTACKING ROMNEY FOR HIS BUSINESS PRACTICES.

A SCALDING OBAMA TV AD HAS ROMNEY SINGING "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL" AMID

CHARGES THAT HE OUTSOURCED AMERICAN JOBS -- AND SOME OF HIS OWN WEALTH INTO

FOREIGN ACCOUNTS.

SOT OBAMA

"I don't want a pioneer in outsourcing. I want some insourcing. I

want to bring companies back."

ROMNEY WAS THE HEAD OF BAIN CAPITAL, WHICH OUTSOURCED JOBS IN THE EARLY

2000'S -- AFTER ROMNEY SAYS HE LEFT THE COMPANY.

sot Romney

"I had no association with the management of Bain Capital after February of

1999."

BUT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE S-E-C LISTED HIM AS CHAIRMAN AND CEO FOR

NEARLY THREE YEARS AFTER THAT.

SOT Rahm Emanuel:

"HE HAS MADE BAIN CAPITAL HIS CALLING CARD FOR THE, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT

, IT DOESN'T MEASURE UP TO WHAT HE CLAIMS."

THE PRESIDENT'S DEPUTY CAMPAIGN MANAGER SUGGESTED ROMNEY

MIGHT BE GUILTY OF A FELONY.

SOT Stepanie Cutter

"Either you're the CEO, president, chairman of the board of Bain

Capital as you attest to the SEC or he's telling the American people he

bears no responsibility for that. Both those things can't be true.

SOT

Ed Gillespie

Romney Campaign Advisor

He actually retired retroactively at that point./So he was actually retired

from Bain.

GOVERNOR ROMNEY ANSWERED THE PRESIDENT IN A MINI-MEDIA BLITZ.

SOT ROMNEY

"He sure as heck oughta say he's sorry for the kinds of attacks that are

coming from his team."

BUT PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL ONLY SAY HE DOESN'T BLAME GOVERNOR ROMNEY FOR

WANTING TO TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY.

SOT OBAMA from CBS Sunday Morning

"That is his argument and you don't hear me complaining about that

argument because if I was in his shoes I'd be making the same argument." Return to index of stories...


EGYPT HOSTAGE FAMILY-VO


A 61-YEAR-OLD PASTOR FROM BOSTON IS BEING HELD HOSTAGE IN EGYPT. AND HIS SON IS CONCERNED FOR HIS FATHER'S HEALTH BECAUSE HE IS DIABETIC.

JEAN LOUIS SPOKE TO REPORTERS SATURDAY ABOUT THE MISSION TRIP HIS PARENTS WERE ON TO ISRAEL WHEN HIS FATHER WAS ABDUCTED.

REVEREND LOUIS IS THE LEAD PASTOR AT THE FREE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD IN BOSTON.

JEAN SAYS HIS FATHER HAS BEEN TO ISRAEL AT LEAST FOUR TIMES. Return to index of stories...


EGYPT HOSTAGE FAMILY-SOT VO


S/ Jean Louis / Son of Rev. Michel Louis:23

"it's an opportunity that he has to bring people together to go to israel to walk the footsteps of jesus christ. a lot of people look forward to it. a lot of people are excited when he goes about doing the trip. this is something that he's done. this is not the first time he's done it."

THE GOVERNOR OF NORTH SINAI SAYS THE KIDNAPPER WANTS HIS UNCLE RELEASED FROM PRISON IN EXCHANGE FOR THE U-S HOSTAGES.

THE KIDNAPPER SAYS THE HOSTAGES ARE FINE AND ARE BEING TREATED AS GUESTS. Return to index of stories...


GAS PRICES DOWN-VO


GAS PRICES HAVE DROPPED AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT SEVEN CENTS A GALLON OVER THE PAST THREE WEEKS.

BUT AN ANALYST SAYS PRICES ARE LIKELY HEADING BACK UP.

THE NATIONAL AVERAGE PRICE OF REGULAR IS AT 3-DOLLARS AND 41-CENTS

JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI HAS THE LOWEST AVERAGE PRICE, AT 3-DOLLARS A GALLON.

FLORIDA'S AVERAGE IS 3-29. Return to index of stories...


TEASE ONE-ONCAM


MOTHER NATURE WIELDS HER POWER --

*LIGHTNING HITS THREE MEN TRYING TO HIDE FROM A STORM.

:56- 1:08

"after the ME's office got here they took his shoe off, and you see a large hole and a burn mark where the electricity went through his foot."

THE SPLIT-SECOND DECISION THAT COST THEM THEIR LIVES. Return to index of stories...


A) TX LIGHTNING STRIKE-SOTVO


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TX LIGHTNING STRIKE-ONCAM


TWO MEN WERE KILLED AND ANOTHER WAS INJURED BY A LIGHTNING STRIKE IN HOUSTON.

AS RYAN KORSGARD REPORTS, THE MEN TOOK SHELTER UNDER A TREE WHEN THE STORM INTERRUPTED A SOCCER GAME. Return to index of stories...


TX LIGHTNING STRIKE-PKG


YOU CAN SEE THE BURN MARKS ON THE SIDE OF THIS SHOE. THIS IS APPARENTLY WHERE THE ELECTRICITY TRAVELED THROUGH THE GROUND AND BURNED ONE OF THE THREE VICTIMS.

THEY WERE ALL SITTING UNDER THIS TREE TAKING SHELTER FROM THE THUNDERSTORM. THE SOCCER GAMES HAD STOPPED. THAT'S WHEN LIGHTNING STRUCK THE TREE, TRAVELED DOWN ITS TRUNK, AND THEN HIT THE THREE MEN.

:18- 27

"All of a sudden the thunderstorm popped up. And people were starting to get off the field. There was lightning and thunder. And then I heard, sounded like a bomb going off."

HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTY JOE SHRIVER HAS WORKED SECURITY HERE FOR 17 YEARS AS A SECOND JOB. HE WAS HERE WHEN THE LIGHTNING STRUCK. HE RAN TO HELP.

:36- 47

"Nothing I've ever seen before in my almost 22 years of law enforcement. It hit the top of the tree and it was just like sparks and fire going all the way down the tree, and then when it hit the ground it just dispersed out."

IT IS ALMOST LIKE THE LIGHTNING ACTUALLY PEELED THE BARK OFF OF THAT TREE. WE'RE TOLD THE MEN WERE SITTING RIGHT OVER THERE. AND THIS BARK SIMPLY RAINED DOWN AROUND THEM.

:56- 1:08

"They just had burns to the body. And the one that was deceased at the scene, after the ME's office got here they took his shoe off, and you see a large hole and a burn mark where the electricity went through his foot."

ONE MAN DIED HERE NEAR THE FIELD. ANOTHER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. SHRIVER SAYS THAT THERE WERE MANY MORE SOCCER PLAYERS SITTING UNDER THE TREES WHEN THE LIGHTNING STRUCK. THEY RAN TO SAFETY. IN ALL, HE SAYS, THERE WERE ABOUT 200 ATHLETES HERE ON THESE FIELDS.

1:23- 1:27

"It hit the top of the tree, and it went all the way around it." Return to index of stories...


TX LIGHTNING STRIKE-ONCAM


THAT WAS RYAN KORSGARD REPORTING.

THE NAMES OF THE VICTIMS HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED. Return to index of stories...


TEASE TWO-ONCAM


UP FOR DEBATE --

DOES *PORN BELONG IN HOTEL ROOMS?

TONIGHT, THERE'S A PUSH TO KEEP ADULT ENTERTAINMENT *OFF THE T-V AT MAJOR HOTEL CHAINS.

NBC2 EXAMINES BOTH SIDES. Return to index of stories...


A) HOTEL PORN-VO


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FORECAST OPEN-CLIP


FORECAST OPEN

NEW! Return to index of stories...


FORECAST-WXWALL


MORE SUNSHINE IN THE FORECAST

Do you aspire to be on the beach or out on the water, but the rain is hindering your plans? Good news, the rain is becoming less numerous this week, and that means good beach and boating weather!

Monday will start mostly clear and sunny. Temperatures in the 70s and 80s. By the midday hours, our temperatures will peak in the upper 80s and lower 90s before the scattered rain cools us off in the afternoon.

The steering will be more westerly, which will take many of the afternoon storms inland. Earlier in the day, however, we'll see the potential for scattered showers over the urban corridor and close to the beaches.

Hit and miss afternoon storms, fairly typical of a July pattern, will continue through mid week before an area of high pressure settles in and reduces our rain chances for a couple days.

The focus on Thursday and Friday will be the heat. High temperatures could potentially reach the mid to upper 90 then, and heat indices will be over 100 degrees.

The heat will back off a bit this upcoming weekend, and rain chances will be close to normal again by Saturday.

The beach and boating forecast tomorrow calls for winds from the SW at 10 knots, seas 2 feet, and inland waterways will be smooth.

The tropics continue to be quiet.

WX RUNDOWN:

CITIES

BOATERS

EXTENDED

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA. Return to index of stories...


HOTEL PORN-ONCAM


A CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM SCHOLAR ARE FINDING COMMON GROUND AND A COMMON CAUSE.RIDDING HOTELS OF PORNOGRAPHY.

BUT SOME SAY IT'S A MISGUIDED EFFORT.

SUSAN CANDIOTTI REPORTS. Return to index of stories...


HOTEL PORN-PKG


--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS --

IN MANY HOTEL ROOMS.FINDING ADULT ENTERTAINMENT IS AS SIMPLE AS A CLICK OF THE REMOTE. BUT THAT MAY CHANGE

"We're reaching out to people who are profiting from pornography and point out that that's a bad thing to do."

PROFESSOR ROBERT GEORGE --A CHRISTIAN SCHOLAR FROM PRINCETON-- AND SHAYK HAMZA YUSUF--A MUSLIM SCHOLAR -- CO-WROTE A LETTER TO CEOS FROM THE TOP FIVE U-S HOTEL GROUPS, ASKING THEM TO REMOVE ADULT MOVIES.

"We believe that despite the lucrative nature of the pornography business that hotel executives, people of goodwill, shareholders, can act on the basis of conscience here, and lay profitability aside for the sake of human dignity."

GEORGE CALLS THE LETTER A "SMALL STEP" AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT PORN WILL STILL EXIST. HE JUST HOPES TO LIMIT ACCESS TO IT.

"The society pays heavy costs in terms of damaged relationships, wounded people, addiction."

CRAIG GROSS AGREES, BUT FEELS GOING AFTER HOTELS IS THE WRONG APPROACH.

"It's an empty gesture."

GROSS--FROM TRIPLE-X CHURCH DOT COM--MINISTERS TO THOSE ADDICTED TO PORN. HE PREFERS TO TARGET THE DEMAND FOR PORN.NOT THE SUPPLIER.

"This is about money And dollars. And that's why this is sold in hotels. And so removing it from hotels, to me, isn't the issue. The issue is that people are consuming pornography."

AFTER ALL, PORNOGRAPHY WOULD STILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AND MOBILE DEVICES, EVEN IF HOTELS PULL THE PLUG.

"Are we going to ask them to stop stocking the mini bar, or stop selling Haagen Daz by the pint in our room service?"

PORN STAR RON JEREMY SAYS THERE ARE MANY NORMAL ADULTS WHO WATCH ADULT MOVIES AND WANTS RELIGION TO BUTT OUT. HE SAYS.YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE OPTION NOT TO WATCH.

"You don't want to watch adult movies, watch Gilligan's Island re-runs. I do. It's fine."

THE AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION DEFENDS THE RIGHT OF HOTELS TO CHOOSE. BUT PROFESSOR GEORGE HOPES HOTEL C-E-OS SEE IT DIFFERENTLY.

"There are some things that are contrary to our humanity that they shouldn't be for sale either."

THE OMNI HOTEL GROUP DROPPED ADULT MOVIES IN 1999. MARRIOTT SAYS ITS NEW HOTELS WON'T HAVE ADULT ENTERTAINMENT. AND HOPES TO PHASE IT OUT ALTOGETHER BY 2013. CHOICE HOTELS LEAVES IT UP TO ITS FRANCHISEES. and OTHERS HAVEN'T RESPONDED TO THE LETTER. SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN, NEW YORK. Return to index of stories...


CALI WILDFIRE-VO


FIREFIGHTERS CONTINUE TO BATTLE A WILDFIRE ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF SACRAMENTO.

THE ROBBERS FIRE BROKE OUT WEDNESDAY AND HAS DESTROYED ONE HOUSE AND THREE OUTBUILDINGS.

OFFICIALS SAY 170 HOMES ARE THREATENED.

THE FIRE IS BURNING IN AN AREA DESCRIBED AS "EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS TERRAIN."

AIR TANKERS ARE AIDING GROUND CREWS IN BATTLING THE BLAZE. Return to index of stories...


CALI BEAR-VOTOP


STAYING IN CALIFORNIA --

A BLACK BEAR THAT VISITED SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS THE PAST FEW MONTHS WAS REMOVED TODAY.

THE 400-POUND BEAR KNOWN AS "MEATBALL" WAS TRANQUILIZED BY CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME OFFICERS.

THE BEAR GOT HIS NICKNAME AFTER PEOPLE SAW HIM EATING A TRAY OF LEFTOVER ITALIAN FOOD IN A BACKYARD. Return to index of stories...


VIRGIN MARY-VO


CROWDS ARE FLOCKING TO SEE A RELIGIOUS IMAGE IN THE BARK OF A TREE IN A NEW JERSEY CITY.

A LIKENESS OF THE VIRGIN MARY WAS NOTICED ON THIS TREE LAST WEDNESDAY.

SINCE THEN, THE FAITHFUL HAVE LINED UP TO PRAY AND SEEK BLESSINGS.

PEOPLE ARE LEAVING FLOWERS, CANDLES AND OTHER OFFERINGS.

OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE, THE MOTHER OF CHRIST, IS WORSHIPPED BY MANY CHRISTIANS. Return to index of stories...


SPORTS TEASE-2-SHOT VO


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SPORTS OPEN-CLIP


SPORTS OPEN

NEW! Return to index of stories...


BRITISH OPEN-ONCAM


TIGER WOODS IS THE SIX-TO-ONE FAVORITE TO WIN THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP. FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE BRITISH OPEN. AT ST. ANNE'S THIS WEEK.

TIGER'S GOOD FRIEND, STEVE STRICKER. IS LISTED AS 40-TO-ONE.

STRICKER HAS NEVER WON A MAJOR. BUT HAD A CHANCE TO TIE ONE OF TIGER'S RECORDS THIS AFTERNOON: WIN A P-G-A TOUR EVEN IN FOUR STRAIGHT YEARS. Return to index of stories...


JOHN DEERE CLASSIC FINAL ROUND-VOTOPS


STRICKER. GOING FOR HIS FOURTH STRAIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE JOHN DEERE CLASSIC.

WAS IN CONTENTION. UNTIL THIS BIG MISTAKE AT 17. HITS IT INTO THE HAZARD. HE'D BOGEY. AND FINISH FOUR OFF THE LEAD.

FORMER MASTER CHAMP ZACH JOHNSON. MAKING A BIG MOVE. SHOT SIX-UNDER. BIRDIES THAT SAME 17TH TO MOVE TO 20-UNDER.

THAT WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO GO TO A PLAYOFF WITH TROY MATTESON. AND WATCH JOHNSON FROM THE BUNKER ON THE SECOND PLAYOFF HOLE. A THING OF BEAUTY. SETS UP A BIRDIE. AND A WIN ON A COURSE NOT TOO FAR FROM WHERE HE GREW UP IN IOWA. Return to index of stories...


US SENIOR OPEN-VOTOPS


FINAL ROUND OF THE U-S SENIOR OPEN. BERNHARD LANGER'S FOUR-SHOT LEAD HEADING INTO SUNDAY QUICKLY DISAPPEARED.

FROM THE ROUGH INTO THE BUNKER AT THE SECOND.

THEN FROM THE BUNKER BACK INTO THE ROUGH.

HE SHOT TWO-OVER FOR THE ROUND. FINISHED TWO BACK.

ROGER CHAPMAN. JUMPING THROUGH THE OPEN DOOR. ONE OF HIS FIVE BIRDIES.

CHAPMAN WINS AT TEN UNDER. JOINS JACK NICKLAUS, GARY PLAYER, AND HALE IRWIN AS THE ONLY PLAYERS TO WIN THE U-S SENIOR OPEN AND SENIOR P-G-A IN THE SAME YEAR. Return to index of stories...


YOUK ON BOBBY V-ONCAM


THE WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN BOBBY VALENTINE AND KEVIN YOUKILIS DIDN'T STOP WHEN THE RED SOX TRADED YOUK TO THE WHITE SOX.

BUT YOUKILIS IS READY TO PUT IT BEHIND HIM.

ASKED ABOUT VALENTINE'S RECENT COMMENT THAT YOUK WAS TO BLAME FOR THE RIFT.

YOUK SAID,

QUOTE, "I'M ALL OVER THE BOSTON THING OF THIS YEAR" Return to index of stories...


RED SOX RAYS-VOTOPS


BOSTON AND TAMPA BAY IN THEIR OWN FEUD. OVER A WILDCARD SPOT.

RAYS LOOKED GOOD EARLY SUNDAY AGAINST JOSH BECKETT.

TWO-RUN SINGLE FOR DESMOND JENNINGS. PART OF A THREE-RUN FIRST INNING FOR TAMPA.

RAYS WOULDN'T SCORE AGAIN. BOSTON WOULD. SEVEN TIMES. DANIEL NAVA GIVES THE SOX THE LEAD WITH THIS HOMER. BOSTON WINS, 7-3. Return to index of stories...


SALE VS ROYALS-VOTOPS


FORMER F-G-C-U STAR CHRIS SALE AND THE WHITE SOX IN KANSAS CITY.

ADAM DUNN. GIVING CHRIS THE EARLY LEAD. SOLO HOMER IN THE FIRST. 1-0 SOX.

CHICAGO UP 2-1 IN THE FIFTH. SALE GETS THE GROUNDOUT TO GET OUT OF THE JAM. HE PITCHES EIGHT INNINGS OF ONE-RUN BALL. WINS HIS EIGHTH STRAIGHT START, 2-1. Return to index of stories...


TWINS A'S-VOTOPS


RON GARDENHIRE'S TWINS. CONTINUING TO GET BEAT BY THE LONG BALL AT THE HANDS OF THE OAKLAND A'S.

OAKLAND HIT THREE HOMERS IN THE SECOND INNING ALONE.

JOHNNY GOMES. WITH THIS ONE. BACK-TO-BACKERS FOLLOWED THAT LATER THAT INNING.A'S WIN, 9-4. Return to index of stories...


MINOR LEAGUE SCORES-CGTOPS


THE FORT MYERS MIRACLE SCORE FOUR IN THE EIGHTH TO BEAT DUNEDIN, 5-2.

MATT JOYCE HAD AN R-B-I DOUBLE AS PART OF A REHAB STINT WITH CHARLOTTE, BUT THE STONE CRABS LOSE AT DAYTONA, 4-3. Return to index of stories...


AJ ALLMENDINGER-VO IN PLASMA


GOOD NEWS FOR A.J. ALLMENDINGER. WHO'S BEEN SUSPENDED BY NASCAR FOR A POSITIVE DRUG TEST:

HE HAS THE BACKING OF TEAM OWNER ROGER PENSKE.

PENSKE SAYS ALLMENDINGER WOULD RETURN IMMEDIATELY IF A B-SAMPLE TESTS NEGATIVE.

AND PENSKE DIDN'T RULE OUT ALLMENDINGER STAYING WITH THE TEAM EVEN IF THAT B-SAMPLE TESTS POSITIVE. Return to index of stories...


NASCAR LOUDON-VOTOPS


DENNY HAMLIN HAD THE LEAD SUNDAY GOING INTO THE PIT AT LOUDON 235 LAPS IN. BUT HIS CREW GIVES HIM FOUR TIRES INSTEAD OF TWO AFTER SOME MISCOMMUNICATION. HAMLIN DROPS TO 13TH.

KASEY KAHNE WOULD TAKE THE LEAD ON LAP 239.

HE HOLDS OFF HAMLIN TO WIN FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR. AND MOVES INTO ONE OF THE CHASE'S TWO WILDCARD SLOTS. Return to index of stories...


WORLD SERIES OF POKER-ONCAM


THERE ARE LESS THAN 60 PLAYERS REMAINING AT THE WORLD SERIES OF POKER'S MAIN EVENT.

TWO MEN FROM NAPLES HAVE ALREADY MADE A NICE PROFIT FROM THEIR 10-THOUSAND-DOLLAR BUY IN.

MARK COLE FINISHED 124TH. WINNING MORE THAN 52-THOUSAND DOLLARS.

LUKE BRERETON PLACED 164TH. CLEARING OVER 44-GRAND. Return to index of stories...


JASON KIDD ARREST-VOTOPS


AND THE NEW YORK KNICKS POINT GUARDS CAROUSEL OF DRAMA HAS TAKEN ANOTHER TURN.

JASON KIDD WAS ARRESTED FOR DRUNK DRIVING AFTER DRIVING AN S-U-V INTO A TELEPHONE POLE IN THE HAMPTONS.

IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU. THE KNICKS REPORTEDLY WON'T MATCH HOUSTON'S OFFER SHEET FOR JEREMY LIN. AND HAVE TRADED FOR ANOTHER POINT GUARD, RAYMOND FELTON. WHO PLAYED IN NEW YORK TWO YEARS AGO. Return to index of stories...


USA BASKETBALL-VOTOPS


THE U-S MEN'S NATIONAL HOOPS TEAM GOT IN AN EMOTIONAL VISIT TO ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETARY ON SUNDAY.

BUT NOT BEFORE A SOLID PRACTICE SESSION. AS THE AMERICANS GET SET TO FACE BRAZIL IN THEIR SECOND EXHIBITION GAME ON MONDAY.

TEAM U-S-A. ALREADY BONDING TOGETHER QUITE WELL. Return to index of stories...


USA HOOPS REAX-SOTVO


OPENING CEREMONY FOR THE LONDON GAMES IS LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AWAY. Return to index of stories...


CLOSE-4SHOT


GOODBYE Return to index of stories...