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A YOUNG MOTHER - KIDNAPPED, RAPED AND MURDERED --

HER KILLER - LONG AGO SENTENCED FOR HIS CRIME --

NOW THE CIVIL TRIAL BEGINS -- THE ONE THAT BLAMES A BOTCHED 911 CALL FOR NOT SAVING HER.

FIRST AT FOUR, NBC2 IS LIVE WITH THE LATE-BREAKING DETAILS.

I found a needle. a one-inch-long needle.

NEEDLES FOUND IN SANDWICHES ABOARD INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS COMING INTO THE U-S -- FIRST AT FOUR -- THE INVESTIGATION INTO JUST WHAT HAPPENED - AND WHO'S TO BLAME.

AND CAUGHT ON CAMERA -- A LITTLE GIRL FALLS 3-STORIES -- ONLY TO BE CAUGHT BY A MAN STANDING BELOW.

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2 needles in airline food-TRXSOTVO

3 bus driver catches kid-TRXVO

SHOW OPEN-CLIP

FIRST WEATHER-ANIBOXTOPS, WX CNTR

MORE SHOWERS TOMORROW

Hang in there! It's been a very wet few days in southwest Florida and it looks like we have more showers tonight and tomorrow morning to track. Rain totals at Page Field are now over 8.00" for the month of July and this puts at a surplus of over 3.00" this month! In fact, for the year we are now just about 'caught up' for rain. If the Page Field airport receives more that.75" tonight and tomorrow our yearly rainfall average will start to go above normal.

The forecast this evening does call for more showers to move in from the Gulf and for downpours and thunderstorms to develop inland. I expect some areas will continue to see on/off showers through midnight. An area of low pressure in the northern part of the state continues an onshore flow in southwest Florida and we will track more rain, at times, through tomorrow.

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NEW DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE PAST TWO HOURS OF A HIGH-PROFILE CASE IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY.

A JURY HAS NOW BEEN SEATED FOR THE CIVIL TRIAL --

A MAN IS SEEKING JUSTICE FOR THE DEATH OF HIS NORTH PORT WIFE.

DENISE AMBER LEE WAS RAPED AND MURDERED IN 2009.

DENISE'S HUSBAND SAYS A CHARLOTTE COUNTY DISPATCHER BOTCHED A 9-1-1 CALL THAT COULD HAVE SAVED HER LIFE.

NBC 2'S CHARLIE KEEGAN HAS BEEN IN COURT ALL DAY.

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NATHAN LEE TRIAL-VO

No further details about the incident were released to the open court.

The judge is swearing in the new jury and the trial is expected to start afterwards with opening statements.

This case comes after Denise lees abduction, rape And murder.

Her widower Nathan lee filed this suit saying a dispatcher at the Charlotte county sheriffs office didn't act on a tip from a 911 call. He thinks the information from the tip may have saved his wife's life.

Now he's asking the sheriffs office for 750 thousand dollars.

A lot of the potential jurors admitted to feeling like they're being sued as Charlotte county tax payers. lawyers on lees side fought to have the jurors instructed that insurance and laws protect the publically funded sheriffs office.

The judge denied the motion.

NATHAN LEE TRIAL-REM 2

Michael king was convicted of killing Denise lee, he's on death row in Sarasota county.

Since the incident, Florida passed laws requiring dispatchers to be trained and certified.

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BIG NEWS TODAY FOR PEOPLE WHO FLY OUT OF FORT MYERS.

4 AIRLINES ANNOUNCED THEY ARE BRINGING NEW FLIGHTS TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

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THE FIRST BIG ANNOUNCEMENT CAME THIS MORNING FROM SPIRIT AIRLINES.

THE COMPANY IS ADDING 3 NEW NON-STOP FLIGHTS TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

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TWO OTHER MAJOR AIRLINES ARE OFFERING MORE OPTIONS FOR FORT MYERS.

SOUTHWEST IS ADDING FLIGHTS TO PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND AND LONG ISLAND.

AIRTRAN IS OFFERING MORE FLIGHTS TO AND FROM THE MIDWEST.

RSW ANNOUNCEMENT-TFC

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IT'S BEEN MORE THAN THREE YEARS SINCE PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S LAST VISIT TO FORT MYERS.

IN 2009, THE PRESIDENT PROMOTED HIS STIMULUS PACKAGE TO A CROWD HIT HARD BY LAYOFFS AND FORECLOSURES.

NOW PRESIDENT OBAMA IS RETURNING TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ON FRIDAY.

OUR CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT CHAD OLIVER HAS BEEN BUSY TODAY - WORKING THE PHONES. TALKING TO SOURCES. TRYING TO NAIL DOWN SPECIFICS.

PREZ OBAMA VISIT-PLASMA

I KNOW THERE WILL BE AN EVENT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

NO WORD YET ON TICKETS OR A LOCATION.

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S RE-ELECTION TEAM HAS BEEN SCOUTING SCHOOLS IN LEE COUNTY.

THE PRINCIPAL OF ESTERO HIGH SCHOOL TOLD ME THEY VISITED HIS SCHOOL BUT THE TIMING AND LOGISTICS JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT.

PREZ OBAMA VISIT-VO

ONE OF MY SOURCES TELLS ME HIS CAMPAIGN HAS SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH HARBORSIDE EVENT CENTER IN DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS.

REMEMBER THIS IS THE VENUE FOR THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT THREE YEARS AGO.

I'VE REACHED OUT TO THE G-M AT HARBORSIDE BUT SO FAR NO CALL BACK.

DONNA MUTZENARD HAS ALREADY BEEN INVITED TO THE PRESIDENT'S EVENT.

MUTZENARD ADVOCATES FOR TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF IN LEE COUNTY.

PREZ OBAMA VISIT-SOTVO

I saw an email from the lobbyist who is trying to organize all this for FEA to somebody on the campaign saying 'Do you have any information you can give me?' And I haven't seen any responses yet we are all just waiting.

MUTZENARD ALSO RECEIVED AN INVITATION TO A RECEPTION FOR THE PRESIDENT.

NO DETAILS ON THAT EITHER. EXCEPT THE PRICE.

5-THOUSAND DOLLARS.

SHE SAYS SHE WILL NOT BE ATTENDING THAT.

PREZ OBAMA VISIT-PLASMA

AS SOON AS WE GET MORE DETAILS ON THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT. WE WILL LET YOU KNOW.

THURSDAY HE WILL BE IN JACKSONVILLE AND WEST PALM BEACH.

CHARLOTTE HOUSE FIRE-OC VO OC

IN PORT CHARLOTTE THIS AFTERNOON, NEW DETAILS INTO A FIRE THAT DESTROYED A HOME.

THE FIRE BEGAN AROUND 6 THIS MORNING AT A HOUSE ON PEACHLAND BOULEVARD.

INVESTIGATORS HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF *WHERE IT BEGAN.

CHARLOTTE HOUSE FIRE-PKG

CAUSE OF THE FIRE HERE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION---BUT FIRE MARSHAL SAYS IT APPEARS TO HAVE STARTED HIGHER UP IN THIS ONE STORY HOME.

TAKE A LOOK ABOVE FROM OUR MAST CAMERA AND YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE DONE TO THE ROOF---FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS INSIDE.

This is what firefighters pulled up to just before six o clock this morning on peach land boulevard in port Charlotte. Before the sun cane up, this residential neighborhood was already lit up by the flames shooting through the vacant home.

Take sound

Dee Hawkins

"so firefighters did attack the fire extremely aggressively in order to protect any surrounding areas, woods and there's a house behind."

At the time of the fire, electricity was still powering the home, but no furniture or appliances were found inside. Neighbors say no one has lived here in over two years. While the cause of the fire is under investigation, it appears it started up above and burned throughout.

Take sound

Dee Hawkins, char co fire and rescue pio

"when the firefighters arrived on scene, having the flames through the

roof that's a good indication that the fire us throughout the house and

the attic area and it travels very rapidly into different areas of the

home."

IRONMAN VOTING-VO

THE CLOCK IS TICKING FOR YOU TO HELP A DOUBLE AMPUTEE REACH HIS DREAM OF COMPETING IN THE IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.

JASON GUNTER IS HOPING TO MAKE A WILD CARD BID IN THE OCTOBER RACE.

HE LOST HIS HAND AND LEG IN A BOATING ACCIDENT IN MATLACHA PASS 20 YEARS AGO.

BUT THAT HASN'T STOPPED HIS COMPETIVE DRIVE.

THERE ARE 15 FINALISTS FOR JUST TWO SPOTS IN THE IRONMAN - AND YOU CAN HELP HIM GET THERE.

JUST GO TO OUR WEBSITE, NBC DASH 2 DOT COM AND CLICK ON NEWSLINKS.

BIG BOARD-SAT-LIVE-TOPS

STOCKS WERE MOVING HIGHER TODAY - AFTER A CHOPPY FIRST FEW HOURS OF TRADING ON WALL STREET.

INVESTORS HAD AN INITIALLY NEGATIVE REACTION TO TESTIMONY FROM FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN BEN BERNANKE WHO GAVE *NO INDICATION THAT THE CENTRAL BANK IS ANY CLOSER TO NEW STEPS TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY.

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NEW DETAILS ABOUT A LATE NIGHT SHOOTING IN A TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA BAR.

OFFICERS HAVE ARRESTED A MAN SUSPECTED OF PULLING THE TRIGGER.

SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS THE MAN WALKING WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE A GUN.

NOW POLICE SAY THE MAN WAS TARGETING ONE PERSON WHEN HE WENT ON HIS SHOOTING SPREE.

AT LEAST 17 PEOPLE WERE HURT.

AL BAR SHOOTING-PKG

AT DAYBREAK TUESDAY, POLICE WERE STILL GATHERING EVIDENCE AT THE COPPER TOP BAR IN TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA.

ABOUT SIX HOURS EARLIER, A GUNMAN. CAUGHT ON SECURITY VIDEO.AND CARRYING A MILITARY ASSAULT RIFLE.

.STOOD OUTSIDE THE BAR AND OPENED FIRE ON THOSE INSIDE.

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MOST OF THOSE INSIDE. AND SEVERAL OF THE 17 PEOPLE INJURED IN THE RAMPAGE. ARE STUDENTS FROM THE NEARBY UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA.

WITNESSES SAY THERE WERE TWO DISTINCT, SEPARATE BURSTS OF GUNFIRE.AND POLICE BELIEVE THE GUNMAN HAD A PARTICULAR VICTIM IN MIND WHEN HE STARTED SHOOTING.

"We believe, based on what we've seen on the video that there was possibly the targeting of an individual who was inside the bar or who the shooter thought was inside the bar."

AFTER THE SHOOTING, THE GUNMAN WALKED BACK DOWN THE STREET, THE SAME WAY HE ARRIVED.

FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS, HE BECAME THE TARGET OF AN INTENSE MANHUNT.UNTIL HE TURNED HIMSELF IN TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

.BY WALKING INTO A BUSINESS IN A SMALL TOWN NORTH OF TUSCALOOSA AND TELLING EMPLOYEES THERE, HE WAS THE ONE POLICE WERE LOOKING FOR.

TEASE ONE-2SHOT

OFF THE AUCTION BLOCK.

ONCE A SHOPPING MECCA IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA

THE PROMENADE AT BONITA BAY HAS A NEW OWNER.

BIDDING STARTED AT 2 MILLION - NBC 2 WILL TELL YOU HOW MUCH SOMEONE WAS WILLING TO PAY FOR THE STRUGGLING SHOPPING CENTER.

A) promenade auction-vo

B) us drought-vo

C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

PROMENADE AUCTION-VO

ONCE, TWICE, SOLD!

A ONCE BUSTLING SHOPPING CENTER IN BONITA SPRINGS WENT UP ON THE AUCTION BLOCK TODAY.

AND NOW - THE PROMENADE AT BONITA BAY BELONGS TO A NEW OWNER.

STARTING BID WAS 2 MILLION DOLLARS - THE LAST BID - 5 MILLION.

BUT THE FINAL PRICE- COULD BE MORE THAN THAT LISTED ONLINE.

AT ONE TIME, SHOPPERS BUSTLED AT BONITA BAY - BUT BUSINESS DIED DOWN WHEN STORES MOVED INTO COCONUT POINT AND THE MERCADO.

NOW ONLY A QUARTER OF THE STORE FRONTS ARE FILLED.

US DROUGHT-TRX VO

NEW RIGHT NOW - THE MIDWEST IS BURNING UP AND THE ONGOING DROUGHT COULD MAKE YOUR TRIPS TO THE GROCERY STORE MORE EXPENSIVE.

MUCH OF THE MIDWEST IS HOLDING OUT FOR RAIN. THE LINGERING HEAT IS TAKING A HEAVY TOLL ON CORN CROPS.

THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT PREDICTS THAT 12 PERCENT OF THE CROP HAS BEEN LOST.

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FORECAST-WXWALL

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.

MORE SHOWERS TOMORROW

Hang in there! It's been a very wet few days in southwest Florida and it looks like we have more showers tonight and tomorrow morning to track. Rain totals at Page Field are now over 8.00" for the month of July and this puts at a surplus of over 3.00" this month! In fact, for the year we are now just about 'caught up' for rain. If the Page Field airport receives more that.75" tonight and tomorrow our yearly rainfall average will start to go above normal.

The forecast this evening does call for more showers to move in from the Gulf and for downpours and thunderstorms to develop inland. I expect some areas will continue to see on/off showers through midnight. An area of low pressure in the northern part of the state continues an onshore flow in southwest Florida and we will track more rain, at times, through tomorrow.

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TEASE TWO-ONCAM

AN AMAZING ACT OF TIMING AND STRENGTH IS CAUGHT ON TAPE IN BROOKLYN.

A BUS DRIVER NOTICES A YOUNG GIRL DANCING ON AN AIR CONDITIONING UNIT - THREE STORIES ABOVE CONCRETE.

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WELLS FARGO DISCLAIMER-SSTOPS

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WITH THE CURRENT ZERO INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT - IT CAN BE HARD TO FIND A GOOD INCOME INVESTMENT.

ONE OPTION YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER ARE PREFERRED STOCKS.

WELLS ADVISORS-PLASMA

WELLS ADVISORS-CG

Benefits:

* $25 denominations

* Trades on major exchanges

* Yields between 5% - 7%

Risks:

* Interest Rate Risk

* Credit Risk

WELLS ADVISORS-PLASMA

WELLS ADVISORS-SSTOPS

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE WELLS FARGO ADVISORS YOU CAN CALL THEM OR VISIT THEM.

TEASE THREE

IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.

"Please let me catch her, please let me catch her. That's all I could say, please let me catch the little baby."

A BUS DRIVER'S IMPECCABLE TIMING IS CAUGHT ON TAPE.

A) bus driver catches kid-sotvo

SEA WORLD LIGHTNING-OC

A 24-YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS SHOCKED BY LIGHTNING YESTERDAY WHILE VISITING SEA WORLD IN ORLANDO.

THE WOMAN WAS ALERT ON HER WAY TO THE HOSPITAL.

WE'RE TOLD SHE WAS INDIRECTLY HIT BY THE LIGHTNING BOLT AROUND 5 O'CLOCK YESTERDAY.

BUS DRIVER CATCHES KID-TRXVOTOP OC

A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL FROM BROOKLYN, NEW YORK IS SAFE AFTER A FALL FROM A THIRD-STORY WINDOW.

HER NEIGHBOR - NOW BEING CALLED A HERO - AND THE WHOLE THING WAS CAUGHT ON TAPE.

BUS DRIVER CATCHES KID-PKG

SHE WAS DANCING ON THE AIR CONDITIONER. WAIVING ONE FOOT OVER THE SIDE, HAND ON THE BUILDING, THIS SEVEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL LOOKED LIKE SHE DIDN'T HAVE A CARE IN THE WORLD. AT THE SAME TIME, 30 FEET BELOW, STEPHEN SAINT BERNARD HAD ONE BIG CARE. IF THIS GIRL FALLS WOULD I BE ABLE TO CATCH HER?

TURNS OUT THAT NOT ONLY HE WOULD, BUT THAT HE DID.

"I just picked her up and carried her and hold her and just carried her around. She didn't roll her eyes, she didn't lose consciousness."

THE 52-YEAR-OLD BUS DRIVER WAS JUST GETTING HOME FROM WORK WHEN HE HEARD SCREAMS FROM THE COURTYARD.

HE IMMEDIATELY RUSHED OVER AND TRIED THE TALK THE GIRL BACK IN, ALL THE WHILE PUTTING HIMSELF BELOW HER.

"Please let me catch her, please let me catch her. That's all I could say, please let me catch the little baby."

SOURCES SAY THE GIRL IS AUTISTIC, WHICH IS WHY SOME SAY IT LOOKS LIKE SHE ALMOST JUMPED ON PURPOSE.

"He's our hero. We've known him for a long time, but he's definitely done our family a favor today."

NEIGHBORS AND FAMILY ARE NOW THANKFUL FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY MAN THAT PROBABLY SAVED A YOUNG GIRL'S LIFE.

BUT TO HIS DAUGHTER, EXTRAORDINARY IS JUST DAD.

BUS DRIVER CATCHES KID-OC

THE LITTLE GIRL'S MOTHER WAS INSIDE THE APARTMENT WATCHING HER OTHER CHILD AND DID NOT SEE THE 7 YEAR OLD WANDER OUT THE WINDOW.

TEASE FOUR-2SHOT

A NEW STATE REPORT SHOWS THAT FLORIDA HAS A LONG WAY TO GO TO CLIMB INTO A BETTER ECONOMY.

BUT THERE IS HOPE WHEN IT COMES TO THE STATE'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE.

PLUS - VERY YOUNG GIRLS - WITH THE DESIRE TO BE "SEXY".

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SHOW OPEN-CLIP

weather

YOU'RE LOOKING LIVE AT OUR DOPPLER RADAR.

YOU CAN SEE THE RAIN IS FINALLY STARTING TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA.

BUT NBC 2 IS FINDING SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING.

CHECK OUT THIS LIVE VIDEO FROM CAPE CORAL.

THIS IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTHWEST 21ST AND CHIQUITA BOULEVARD.

TRY AND AVOID THIS AREA IF YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT.

WE HAVE A REPORTER ON THE SCENE GETTING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FLOODED ROADS.

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A NEW STATE REPORT SHOWS FLORIDA IS HEADED FOR AN UPHILL BATTLE AS IT TRIES TO RECOVER FROM THE RECESSION.

THE REPORT EXPLAINS THAT WHILE THE STATE'S JOBLESS RATE HAS CONSISTANTLY DROPPED THIS YEAR - IT'S BECAUSE MORE PEOPLE ARE LEAVING THE WORK FORCE.

NBC 2 ANCHOR PETER BUSCH LOOKED AT THE REPORT.

FL ECONOMY UPHILL BATTLE-NSRM

THE 30 PAGE REPORT SAYS OUR UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WOULD BE MUCH HIGHER IF SO MANY PEOPLE HADN'T GIVEN UP LOOKING FOR A JOB.

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THE REPORT SAYS WE LOST ABOUT THREE-QUATERS OF A MILLION JOBS ACROSS THE STATE SINCE OUR ECONOMY'S PEAK IN 2007.

AND REHIRING THOSE PEOPLE WON'T BE ENOUGH TO TURN THE TREND AROUND.

ECONOMISTS SAY 1 MILLION JOBS NEED TO BE CREATED TO GET THE SAME PERCENTAGE OF FLORIDIANS WORKING LIKE IN 2007.

THE REPORT DOES HIGHLIGHT SOME POSITIVE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.

WHEN THE RECESSION WAS AT ITS WORST.52 FLORIDA COUNTIES HAD DOUBLE DIGIT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES.

FL ECONOMY UPHILL BATTLE-NSRM

IN MAY - HENDRY COUNTY HAD AN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF ELEVEN POINT SEVEN PERCENT.

ECONOMY POLITICS-OC

THE FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN OFFERED NO IMMEDIATE SOLUTIONS TO AMERICA'S STRUGGLING ECONOMY TODAY.DISAPPOINTING INVESTORS AND SOME MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

THE FED CHAIR SAYS LAWMKERS NEED TO HELP IN THE FISCAL CRISIS.LEADING TO MORE FINGER POINTING BY THE PRESIDENT AND REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE MITT ROMNEY.

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FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN BEN BERNANKE OFFERED A SOUR ASSESSMENT OF THE U.S. ECONOMY TO THE SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE TUESDAY.EVIDENCED BY SLOW JOB GROWTH AND LITTLE CONSUMER SPENDING.

BERNANKE SAYS THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS READY TO TAKE MORE STEPS TO BOOST THE ECONOMY.BUT OFFERED NO SPECIFICS.

New York

"given the political realities.espcially in this fiscal year.i would say the fed is the only game in town."

Presidential Candidate

"his policies didn't help create jobs -- depressed job creation. struggling with so pct unemployment. 41 months above 8 percent."

BONITA SPRINGS POTHOLES-VIDBOXRVL CG

POTHOLES, FLOODING, AND DUST COULD SOON BE GONE ON SOME BONITA SPRINGS ROADS.

IN MARCH, CITY COUNCIL LOOKED OVER A PLAN TO FIX MORE THAN 14 MILES OF PRIVATE ROADS OVER FOUR YEARS.

THE COST FOR FIXING THE FIRST EIGHT ROADS - A LITTLE MORE THAN 150 THOUSAND DOLLARS.

THE CITY IS OFFERING TO PAY 80 PERCENT, AND RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE PICK UP THE REST.

THAT WORKS OUT TO ABOUT 260 BUCKS PER HOUSEHOLD.

THE CITY WILL HOLD IT'S FIRST OF 4 PUBLIC MEETINGS TO EXPLAIN THE PROCESS TONIGHT.

IT'S FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON PINE AVENUE AND SMOKEY DRIVE.

ZIMMERMAN EVIDENCE-VO

ONE OF GEORGE ZIMMERMAN'S RELATIVES IS ACCUSING HIM OF SEXUAL ABUSE.

ZIMMERMAN FACES SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF SANFORD TEEN TRAYVON MARTIN.

ZIMMERMAN'S FIRST COUSIN - KNOWN ONLY AS "WITNESS NUMBER NINE" - TOLD DETECTIVES ZIMMERMAN MOLESTED HER STARTING WHEN SHE WAS SIX. HE WAS EIGHT.

THE WOMAN SAYS IT HAPPENED ON AND OFF FOR TEN YEARS.

IOWA MISSING GIRLS-VO

THERE IS A DESPERATE SEARCH IN IOWA. FOR TWO YOUNG COUSINS.

A VIGIL WAS HELD LAST NIGHT FOR EIGHT YEAR OLD ELIZABETH COLLINS AND TEN YEAR OLD LYRIC COOK.

AND TODAY NBC2 HAS LEARNED LYRIC'S MOTHER HAS TAKEN A LIE-DETECTOR TEST.

MISTY COOK-MORRISSEY, SAID SHE KNEW IT WAS IMPORTANT.

THE GIRLS DISAPPEARED FRIDAY AFTER THEY LEFT THEIR GRANDMOTHERS HOUSE ON BIKES.

THEIR BIKES AND A PURSE WERE FOUND ALONG A NATURE TRAIL NEAR A LAKE.

IOWA MISSING GIRLS-SOTVO

sot it is our opinion that we should be 100 percent sure. and in order to be 100 percent sure we're going to have to drain that lake to do that.

IT COULD TAKE UP TO TWO DAYS TO DRAIN THE FIVE ACRE LAKE.

INVESTIGATORS ALSO ALSO USED F-B-I SCENT DOGS TO SEARCH YESTERDAY AND TODAY.

OLYMPIC SECURITY-VO

TEN DAYS AND COUNTING UNTIL THE SUMMER OLYMPICS.

AND QUESTIONS ARE STILL SWIRLING ABOUT WHETHER THERE WILL BE ENOUGH SECURITY ON HAND IN LONDON.

THE HEAD OF THE PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY FOR THE OLYMPICS TOLD ANGRY BRITISH LAWMAKERS TODAY HIS COMPANY MADE BIG MISTAKES.

THE COMPANY CALLED "G-FOUR-S" TOLD ORGANIZERS RECENTLY IT COULDN'T PROVIDE THE TEN-THOUSAND, 400 SECURITY GUARDS AS PROMISED.

NOW THE BRITISH MILITARY HAS TO FILL THE GAP.

SOSO USAIN BOLT-OC

THE SUMMER OLYMPICS ARE JUST A FEW WEEKS AWAY AND ONE OF THE ATHLETES WHO WILL RECEIVE THE MOST ATTENTION IS THE WORLD'S FASTEST MAN, USAIN BOLT.

WHAT'S THE SECRET TO HIS SPEED?

SOSO USAIN BOLT-PKG

It's a race people still talk about.

NAT SOT - STARTER PISTOL

pistol shot

The men's 100-meter sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Jamaica's Usain Bolt tearing up the track as he sails over the finish line in world record time.

USAIN BOLT

I WANT AFTER THE LONDON GAMES PEOPLE SHOULD SAY "WOW". WHEN THEY TURN THEIR TV OFF AFTER THESE RACES, THEY SHOULD SIT BACK IN THEIR CHAIR FOR A MINUTE AND THINK ABOUT WHAT JUST HAPPENED. THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO. I WANNA JUST "WOW" PEOPLE.

At 6 feet 5 inches, Bolt is several inches taller than most of his rivals. His longer legs give him a naturally longer stride. Other elite runners average 44 steps to run 100 meters. Bolt averages just 41 steps.

ANETTE HOSOI

HIS STRIDE LENGTH IS ENORMOUS. SO EVERY TIME HE TAKES A STEP HE COVERS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF GROUND.

But because he is larger, Bolt has more mass than other sprinters and needs more strength - more force - to move his body.

With each step, Bolt generates enormous force against the ground. The ground applies that force back, propelling Bolt forward. Bolt moves more mass than other runners and he moves it faster.

ANETTE HOSOI

THE AMOUNT OF FORCE THAT YOU CAN GIVE TO THE GROUND DEPENDS PARTIALLY ON YOUR TECHNIQUE, BUT MOSTLY ON HOW MUCH STRENGTH YOU HAVE IN YOUR MUSCLES.

SAMUEL HAMNER

STRENGTH ISN'T JUST HOW BIG IS THE MUSCLE BUT IT'S HOW BIG IS THE MUSCLE AND HOW MUCH FORCE CAN IT PRODUCE WHILE IT'S MOVING.

If Usain Bolt is at his biomechanical best, he could turn in another spectacular time in London's Olympic Stadium.

I MEAN FOR ME IT'S MY STRENGTH AND THE LENGTH OF MY STRIDE, EVERYTHING COMES TOGETHER WHICH MAKES IT LOOK SO SUPERB.

SOSO USAIN BOLT-SSTOPS

IRAN US NAVY SHOOTING-TRX VO

AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER A U-S NAVY SHIP FIRED ON A GROUP OF FISHERMEN IN THE PERSIAN GULF.

IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY OFF THE COAST OF DUBAI.

INDIA'S AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES SAYS FISHERMEN ON THE BOAT WERE NOT WARNED THE U-S NAVY WAS GOING TO FIRE.

OFFICIALS SAY THREE MEN WERE HURT IN THE SHOOTING.

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SEXY GIRLS-VO

A NEW STUDY SUGGESTS GIRLS AS YOUNG AS SIX YEARS OLD ARE FINDING VALUE IN APPEARING "SEXY."

RESEARCHERS IN ILLINOIS PUBLISHED THE STUDY.

THEY SHOWED PAPER DOLLS TO GIRLS SIX TO NINE YEARS OLD.

THEY ASKED THE GIRLS WHICH DOLLS THEY WANTED TO PLAY WITH OR LOOK LIKE.

THE MAJORITY OF THE GIRLS CHOSE THE "SEXIER" DOLL.

HEALTH MATTERS-ONCAM

WE MAY NOT THINK MUCH ABOUT OUR FEET, UNTIL SOMETHING GOES WRONG.

AND FOR MANY PEOPLE PUTTING ON SHOES OR WALKING CAN BE UNCOMFORTABLE IF NOT PAINFUL.

HAMMERTOE IS ONE OF OF THOSE CONDITIONS.

HEALTH MATTERS-PKG

HAMMERTOE GOT ITS NAME FOR A REASON. IT'S USED TO DESCRIBE A DEFORMITY WHERE THE TOES OF THE FOOT CAN BECOME BENT LIKE A CLAW.

DR. ANDREW BELIS/PODIATRIST AND FOOT & ANKLE SURGEON

RUNS:

:38 Hammertoe is when your toes curl up, and that's an imbalance between the tendons, the bones, and the structures of the foot.

THE CONDITION CAN APPEAR IN ANY OF THE TOES.

DR. ANDREW BELIS/PODIATRIST AND FOOT & ANKLE SURGEON

RUNS:

8:20 For instance, in the central toes, the second, third, and fourth, you can get the toes pulling straight up in the air. On the little toes, the fourth and the fifth toes, sometimes it curls in.

AMY OSHIER/REPORTING

RUNS:

The deformity may be inherited, the result of arthritis or linked to poor-fitting shoes. Women are more likely to have it than men. If caught early, doctors can intervene to keep hammer toes from getting worse.

DR. ANDREW BELIS/PODIATRIST AND FOOT & ANKLE SURGEON

RUNS:

9:00 Stretching out the tight ones, strengthening the loose ones in the lower extremity, that can actually help to slow down that process a little bit.

IN SOME CASES, SURGERY IS NEEDED TO HELP STRETCH THE TENDONS.

DR. ANDREW BELIS/PODIATRIST AND FOOT & ANKLE SURGEON

RUNS:

10:25 Sometimes we do small, little percutaneous techniques where we just length the tendon. A little puncture incision through the skin and that helps the toe to sit straight.

THE LONGER THE TOES HAVE BEEN IN AN UNNATURAL POSITION, THE HARDER IT IS TO STRAIGHTEN THEM. ADVANCED CASES CAN REQUIRE SURGERY TO CORRECT THE BONE STRUCTURE.

DR. ANDREW BELIS/PODIATRIST AND FOOT & ANKLE SURGEON

RUNS:

10:25 There are some newer techniques with that. Sometimes we're using absorbable pins that holds the toes in place, as opposed to the old fashioned pins sticking out of the tips of the toes.

KATY PERRY'S MOM IN FM-VO

POP-STAR KATY PERRY'S MOM MADE AN APPEARANCE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TODAY.

KATY'S MOM - MARY HUDSON - SPOKE TO A CROWD OF ABOUT 40 PEOPLE AT BALLYORNEY.

HUDSON IS A TRAVELING MINISTER FOR HER ORGANIZATION 'ARISE INTERNATIONAL.'

HER MESSAGE WAS ABOUT EMPOWERING WOMEN.

KATY PERRY'S MOM IN FM-SOTVO

There a lot of positive things about the bible and a lot of scriptures in there that we always used and it stuck with her and she knew that she had a calling in her life, she knew that she had destiny, and of she got discouraged about it we kept telling her she did.

KATY AND HER FAMILY LIVED IN FORT MYERS IN THE MID 90'S.

ONE OF HER FORMER TEACHERS CAME TO SEE HUDSON SPEAK.

TEASE FIVE-ONCAM

SYLVESTOR STALLONE WANTS HIS SON'S MEMORY AND SOUL LEFT IN PEACE.

BUT FIRST, DETECTIVES HAVE TO SOLVE THE MYSTERY SURROUNDING HIS CHILD'S SUDDEN DEATH.

WHY HOMICIDE DETECTIVES ARE BEING BROUGHT INTO THE HIGH PROFILE INVESTIGATION.

PLUS -

I found a needle. a one-inch-long needle.

AIRPLANE FOOD HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE BUTT OF JOKES - BUT THIS TAKES IT TO A NEW LEVEL.

A) stallone son's death-vo

B) needles in airplane food-sotvo

C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

ALL NEW AHEAD AT 5:00-CLIP

PAUSE FOR AHEAD AT 5:00 CLIP

17 DAYS INTO THE MONTH --

16 DAYS OF RAIN.

AND THE STEADY FLOW OF DOWNPOURS IS FLOODING THE STREETS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

AT FIVE --

THE TREACHEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS.AND WHEN THE RAIN WILL LET UP.

PLUS --

MAKING SURE EVERY CHILD HAS SCHOOL SUPPLIES BEFORE THEY HEAD BACK TO SCHOOL.

A) CAPE CORAL FLOODING-NWSRM-VO

B) BACK TO SCHOOL NEEDS-VOTOPS

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP

FORECAST-WXWALL

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.

MORE SHOWERS TOMORROW

Hang in there! It's been a very wet few days in southwest Florida and it looks like we have more showers tonight and tomorrow morning to track. Rain totals at Page Field are now over 8.00" for the month of July and this puts at a surplus of over 3.00" this month! In fact, for the year we are now just about 'caught up' for rain. If the Page Field airport receives more that.75" tonight and tomorrow our yearly rainfall average will start to go above normal.

The forecast this evening does call for more showers to move in from the Gulf and for downpours and thunderstorms to develop inland. I expect some areas will continue to see on/off showers through midnight. An area of low pressure in the northern part of the state continues an onshore flow in southwest Florida and we will track more rain, at times, through tomorrow.

TRAFFIC-trxTFC FDOT

LIVE PIC UP OF FLOODED ROAD AT SW 21ST AND CHIQUITA IN THE CAPE.

TRAFFIC BILLBOARD-CLIP

STALLONE SON'S DEATH-OC

THERE ARE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SUDDEN DEATH OF SYLVESTER STALLONE'S SON.

AN AUTOPSY HAS BEEN DONE TO DETERMINE HOW SAGE STALLONE DIED AND THE CASE HAS NOW BEEN TURNED OVER TO THE L-A-P-D ROBBERY HOMICIDE SQUAD.

STALLONE SON'S DEATH-PKG

:

"The speculation and buzz is in overdrive."

A celebrity's son.

:

"The last photo of Sly's son."

.and his sudden mysterious death.

:

"Are police investigating it as a suicide?"

Tabloid fodder, even as Sage Stallone's

grieving father PLEADS for privacy.

Sylvester Stallone released

a statement Monday - his first comments

on his son's death: "humbly begging to have my

son's memory and soul left in peace."

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The autopsy is now COMPLETE.but

it'll be WEEKS before toxicology tests

confirm the cause of death.

The 36-year old actor first appeared

opposite his father in Rocky V.

At age 20, he talked about

Hollywood's expectations of HIM.

SAGE STALLONE:

"Being Stallone's son, they expect

you to be, you know, this punk, man,

this spoiled, you know, idiot."

voice of:

SKIP E. LOWE, cable TV host:

"And you're not."

Lately, Sage Stallone was trying

to find his own path to STARDOM.

SAGE STALLONE:

"I want to focus on my DIRECTING

and, you know, pull off

a few more, few more of my acting

things."

Stallone's family attorney says

Sage was set to get MARRIED

in Las Vegas.

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Instead, his FUNERAL will take

place this weekend.

His body found in his

Hollywood home Friday,

with PILLS nearby.

HIs mother told the NEW YORK POST

Sage may have been taking

powerful PAIN KILLERS for

dental surgery - weeks before

his death.

No signs of foul play, but

Robbery/Homicide detectives

are now on the case

because of his high profile.

Howard Bragman, ABC NEWS consultant / reputation.com

"Part of it doesn't quite add up.

It surprises me that it would take

four or five days for somebody to

find the body."

His devastated father writes:

".when a parent loses a child there

STALLONE SON'S DEATH-OC

MIKE TYSON BROADWAY-VO

FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP MIKE TYSON WILL SOON BE BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT. THIS TIME ON THE BROADWAY STAGE.

TICKETS WENT ON SALE TODAY FOR IRON MIKE'S ONE-MAN SHOW, "UNDISPUTED TRUTH"

IT'S DIRECTED BY SPIKE LEE, AND IS BILLED AS A 'PERSONAL LOOK INSIDE THE LIFE AND MIND OF MIKE TYSON.

"UNDISPUTED TRUTH" WILL HAVE A LIMITED 12-NIGHT RUN FROM July 31ST TO AUGUST 12TH.

HANDS OFF BIEBS-VO

A FAN WITH BIEBER FEVER GOT TOO CLOSE TO THE TEEN POP STAR WHILE HE WAS RECORDING AN AUSTRALIAN T-V SHOW.

THE TEENAGE GIRL HAD TO BE CARRIED OFF AFTER DODGING SECURITY GUARDS AND GRABBING JUSTIN BIEBER.

THE TEEN WAS RECORDING A PERFORMANCE FOR AUSTRALIA'S GOT TALENT.

OBAMA ON CAM KISS-VO

THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY SHOWED A LITTLE LOVE WHILE TAKING IN A BASKETBALL GAME AT THE VERIZON CENTER IN WASHINGTON.

THE FIRST COUPLE FOUND THEMSELVES ON THE "KISS CAM" NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE.

THE FIRST TIME THE PRESIDENT SHIED AWAY FROM ANY P-D-A, PROMPTING BOOS FROM THE CROWD.

BUT JUST AS REPORTERS WERE BROUGHT INTO THE ARENA, THEY WERE BACK ON THE BIG SCREEN, AND THE PRESIDENT MADE HIS MOVE.

GOOGLE TO YAHOO-VO

IT'S THE FIRST DAY ON THE JOB FOR YAHOO'S NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.

FORMER GOOGLE EXECUTIVE MARRISSA MAYER TOOK THE REIGNS OF RIVAL COMPANY YAHOO YESTERDAY.

SHE HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT FEMALE LEADERS IN BUSINESS.

ALONG WITH HER NEW ROLE AS C-E-O OF YAHOO, MAYER ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT SHE IS PREGNANT WITH HER FIRST CHILD.

TEASE SIX-2SHOT

FOUR DIFFERENT FLIGHTS, AND UNEXPECTED FINDINGS IN AIRLINE SANDWICHS.

the second bite that I took into the sandwich, i noticed something that

poked me in the top of my mouth very hard.

THAT'S RIGHT. SEWING NEEDLES MADE THEIR WAY INTO HALF A DOZEN SANDWICHES.

AND NOW THE F-B-I IS TAKING ACTION.

A) needles in airplane food-SOTVO

FOUR AT FOUR-CGTOPS

1. Double-amputee trains for Ironman

2. Vacant Port Charlotte home destroyed by fire

3. Spirit Airlines adds routes to three new cities

NEEDLES IN AIRPLANE FOOD-TFC CTR

THE FBI HAS LAUNCHED A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO HOW SEWING NEEDLES MADE THEIR WAY INTO A HALF DOZEN SANDWICHES SERVED ON BOARD 4 DELTA AIRLINES INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS YESTERDAY.

DELTA SAYS ALL SIMILAR SANDWICHES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THEIR FLIGHTS, BUT THE ISSUE IS RAISING MANY QUESTIONS - AND TURNING STOMACHS.

NEEDLES IN AIRPLANE FOOD-PKG

AIRPLANE FOOD HAS LONG BEEN THE BUTT OF JOKES

BUT WHAT HAPPENED ON FOUR SEPARATE DELTA FLIGHTS YESTERDAY WAS NO LAUGHING

MATTER.

James Tonges SOT

the second bite that I took into the sandwich, i noticed something that

poked me in the top of my mouth very hard.

JAMES TONGES WAS FLYING BUSINESS CLASS ON A DELTA FLIGHT FROM AMSTERDAM TO

MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL.

HE WAS SHOCKED AT WHAT HE FOUND IN HIS SANDWICH.

Tonges SOT

I found a needle. a one-inch-long needle.

HE WASN'T THE ONLY ONE - DR. JACK DROGT WAS ON THE SAME FLIGHT AND FOUND A

NEEDLE IN HIS SANDWICH.

AND IN AN EERIE COINCIDENCE

Droght SOT

when i landed, i spoke to an fbi agent. and called my wife to let her know

what happened. and she told me the same thing happened to my son. he found a

needle in his sandwich on a parallel flight from amsterdam.

FOUR SEPARATE DELTA FLIGHTS ON THE SAME - AND A HALF DOZEN SEWING NEEDLES IN

SANDWICHES.

IN A STATEMENT, DELTA AIRLINES SAID IT "HAS TAKEN IMMEDIATE ACTION WITH OUR

IN-FLIGHT CATERER AT AMSTERDAM TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND QUALITY OF THE FOOD

WE PROVIDE ONBOARD OUR AIRCRAFT"

THAT CATERER IS GATE GOURMET AT THE SCHIPOL AIRPORT IN AMSTERDAM.

THE COMPANY OPERATES IN 28 COUNTRIES.SERVES AN AVERAGE 97-HUNDRED

FLIGHTS EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR---AND OVER 300 MILLION PASSENGERS ANNUALLY.

Brad Garrett Nightline

You can't check every sandwich that goes aboard a planethis demonstrates to

NEEDLES IN AIRPLANE FOOD-TFC

THE NEEDLE PUNCTURED THE TOP OF ONE OF THE PASSENGER'S MOUTH SO HARD - HE WAS PLACED ON MEDICATION.

THAT'S IT FOR THE NEWS AT 4:00.

GOODBYE-2 SHOT

NEXT AT FIVE -- WE ARE LIVE IN FLOODED AREAS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, AND ROBERT WILL TELL US WHETHER IT WILL RAIN EVEN MORE.

WE'RE ALSO GETTING NEW DETAILS ON THE ARREST OF A SUSPECT IN THE BAR SHOOTING THAT HURT MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE!

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