BREAKING NEWS-CLIP

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BREAKING NEWS AT ELEVEN.A CRASH ENDS A LEE COUNTY DEPUTY CHASE WHERE A SHOT WAS FIRED.

THIS IS BRAND NEW VIDEO FROM A VERY WILD SCENE ALONG DANIELS PARKWAY WHERE STOP STICKS WERE USED DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC.

NBC2 HAS A CREW ON SCENE GATHERING THE DEVELOPMENTS.

DEPUTY CRASH-REM LIVE

THIS IS WHERE IT ALL ENDED. YOU CAN SEE DAMAGE TO THE SUSPECTS VEHICLE RIGHT HERE AND TO THE PATROL CAR.

DEPUTY CRASH-VO

LCSO TELLS US DEPUTIES FIRST CHASED THE SUSPECT TO THE NORMAN LOVE INTERSECTION WHEN THEY TRIED A PIT MANEUVER KNOCKING THE SUSPECTS CAR OFF THE ROAD.

BUT THE CHASE DIDN'T STOP THERE, POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT THEN TRIED TO RUN OVER SOME DEPUTIES, THAT'S WHEN OFFICERS OPENED FIRE.

THE SUSPECT MANAGED TO GET AWAY AGAIN THOUGH.

AND HEADED BACK EAST ON DANIELS, DID ANOTHER U-TURN, AND LOST CONTROL RIGHT HERE, WHERE HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.

DEPUTY CRASH-SOT

DEPUTY CRASH-REM LIVE

4 CIVILIAN CARS WERE ALSO DAMAGED HERE.

2 HAD THEIR TIRES BLOWN OUT BY STOP STICKS, 2 MORE WERE SIDE-SWIPED BY A DEPUTY DURING THE CHASE.

FL UNEMPLOYMENT-SS

BRAND NEW AT ELEVEN.THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE JUMPS HERE IN FLORIDA.

THE STATE'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE INCREASED BY TWO TENTHS OF A PERCENTAGE POINT IN JULY, TO 8.8 PERCENT.

HOWEVER, FLORIDA HAS GAINED MORE THAN 130 THOUSAND PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS SINCE DECEMBER 2010.

GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT REACTING TO THESE NUMBERS THAT WERE JUST RELEASED.

LEE COUNTY JOBS OUTLOOK-SS

LOCAL BUSINESS LEADERS SAY THEY'RE LOSING CONFIDENCE IN LEE COUNTY'S ECONOMY.

A NEW SURVEY OF BUSINESS EXECUTIVES IN LEE COUNTY SAY 61 PERCENT EXPECT THE ECONOMY TO IMPROVE OVER THE NEXT YEAR.

36 PERCENT OF EXECUTIVES HIRED MORE WORKER OVER THE LAST YEAR, WHILE 13 PERCENT CUT BACK ON WORKERS.

NY STOCK EXCHANGE OPEN-SAT LIVE

Stocks are holding steady in early trading after some mostly positive results from retailers.

YOU'RE LOOKING LIVE AT THE BIG BOARD ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

FIRE VIDEO-TRX VO TOPS

ANIMATED MAP OF FIRE-VO TOPS

FLAMES BROKE OUT OVERNIGHT AT THE WILLARD APARTMENTS ON WILLARD STREET.

WILLARD FIRE-REM LIVE

NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THIS FIRE

BUT TAKE A LOOK AT THESE ELECTRICAL WIRES.

THE FIRE CAUSED THEM TO FALL AND BREAK.

AND SINCE IT WAS DARK OUT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SEE.

WILLARD FIRE-PKG

This apartment building is Now - gutted and charred - It Set fire around 1130 last night.

Neighbors say no one was living there at the time - But tell us the owner was making repairs to the building.

Harold bunker who lives in an apartment in front of the building saw it go up in flames - The handyman and lawn service worker watched as it burned all of his work equipment.

Take sound - Harold bunker

14:43

It's the only thing I got to make

My money with. Because there's no work out here besides I am 5o years old. Who is going to hire me?

Cont vo-

The fire was contained to the one building.

But the heat from the flames is now causing problems for the church next door.

It caused the rear taillight on the church's sunday school van to melt.

WILLARD FIRE-REM LIVE

IREFIGHTERS ARE USING THIS FIRE TO LEARN FROM IN CASE OF FUTURE FIRES.

THEY WERE OUT HERE FOR ABOUT 4O MINUTES STUDYING HOW LAST NIGHTS CREW PUT IT OUT- FIRE FIGHTERS TELL ME THEY DON'T USUALLY RESPOND TO A LOT OF BIG FIRES LIKE THIS ONE.

THE STATE FIRE MARSHALS ARE STILL INVESTIGATING A CAUSE.

AFGHAN POLICE SHOOTING-VO

A BIG PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE FOR AMERICAN TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN.

IN TWO SEPARATE INCIDENTS TODAY AFGHAN SECURITY MEMBERS TURNED THEIR GUNS ON AMERICAN FORCES.

IN THE SECOND ATTACK.THE GUNMAN DIDN'T KILL ANYONE BEFORE HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED.

EARLIER TODAY THAT WASN'T THE CASE IN THE COUNTRY'S WEST.

ITS THE SEVENTH SIMILAR INCIDENT IN TWO WEEKS.

NATO SAYS THE ATTACKER WAS A MEMBER OF THE AFGHAN LOCAL POLICE, A VILLAGE DEFENSE FORCE. TRAINED BY U-S SPECIAL FORCES.

CHOPPER CRASH FOLLOW-VO WIPE

THIS COMES A DAY AFTER SEVEN AMERICAN TROOPS WERE KILLED IN A HELICOPTER CRASH IN AFGHANISTAN.

THE TALIBAN CLAIMS TO HAVE SHOT DOWN THE BLACKHAWK. BUT U.S. INVESTIGATORS HAVE CAST DOUBT ON THAT AND SAID AN INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.

BUT, WE'RE TOLD THERE WERE NO WEATHER PROBLEMS, NO INDICATION FROM THE PILOT OF MECHANICAL FAILURE, AND THE

HELICOPTER WAS FLYING DEEP IN ENEMY TERRITORY.

CHOPPER CRASH FOLLOW-SOT VO

rockets rpgs all of those types of weapons really can get at helos they

have defenses on board but they're not perfect.

AFGHAN DEATHS-SS

WITH ONLY JULY HALF OVER.ITS NOW THE DEADLIEST MONTH FOR AMERICAN TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN IN 2012.

NEARLY TWO THOUSAND AMERICANS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN COMBAT DURING THE 11 YEAR WAR INCLUDING 219 THIS YEAR.

40 TROOPS HAVE DIED THIS MONTH ALONE.

BARRICADE SITUATION-SS VO

THE SEARCH IS ON FOR A SUSPECTED MURDERER THAT BROUGHT OUT QUITE A SCENE IN LEHIGH ACRES.

A MAN HUNT IS UNDERWAY FOR THIS MAN --

FELIPE TORRE-ALBA.

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES TELL US HE'S FROM BROWARD COUNTY --

LAST NIGHT--AUTHORITIES SURROUNDED A HOUSE ON MEADOW ROAD IN LEHIGH, WHERE THEY THOUGHT HE HAD BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE.

BUT WE FOUND OUT.THEY CAME UP EMPTY.

WEST NILE LATEST-2 SHOT

WEST NILE WORRIES.

MOSQUITO CONTROL WORKERS AROUND THE DALLAS AREA ARE IN AN INTENSE BATTLE TO TRY AND STOP THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.

THEY'RE UNLEASHING AN AERIAL ATTACK OF INSECTICIDE TO COMBAT THE MOSQUITO POPULATION THERE.

MORE THAN 200 CASES OF THE DISEASE AND AT LEAST TEN DEATHS ARE BEING REPORTED IN THE AREA ALONE.

WEST NILE LATEST-PKG

And moments ago planes began taking off at Dallas'."

"It will be traveling at 172 miles an hour."

THE OVERNIGHT AERIAL ATTACK WAS COVERED LIVE ON THE LOCAL NEWS

"Aerial spraying to fight the West Nile virus underway at this hour."

Two small planes--flying just a few hundred feet above neighborhoods---

raining pesticides down on one of America's biggest cities.

Dallas' mayor had hoped it wouldn't come to this.

Mike Rawlings, Dallas Mayor

"When you are dealing with someone's life---that should come first and

foremost."

The planes are the latest weapon in North Texas's war on mosquitoes. Dallas

is the epicenter of the West Nile epidemic. Crews have been spraying on

the ground for several weeks now--but the death toll keeps climbing. 10HAVE

NOW DIED. So now the aerial assault.

Graphic

The EPA says the chemical mist is only harmful to people or pets if it's

swallowed, but some doctors disagree--saying people with asthma or

respiratory problems are at risk.

Dr. Alfred Johnson/Internal Medicine

"Well, I tell them if they can and they're really sensitive. to leave town.

"

The pesticide is toxic to bees and fish.

WFAA vid of backyard folks

which is why some homeowners SCRAMBLED TO COVER their backyard gardens and

ponds.

Katharyn DeVille is one of more than 200 people sickened by West Nile in

Dallas County alone. From her hospital bed, she is relieved to finally see

those planes in the air.

Katharyn DeVille/West Nile Patient

"I don't want anyone to get this! So if means they have to go spray from

WEST NILE LATEST-ONCAM

RYAN OWENS REPORTING.

ACCORDING TO THE C-D-C EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE WHO CONTRACT THE WEST NILE VIRUS HAVE NO SYMPTOMS AND THEIR BODY EVENTUALLY GETS RID OF IT.

FLORIDA VOTING RULE-TRX OC

ITS NOW OFFICIAL FLORIDA CAN USE A DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY DATABASE TO WEED OUT INELIGIBLE VOTERS.

STATE ELECTION OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE SIGNED A FORMAL AGREEMENT WITH FEDERAL AUTHORITIES TO USE AN IMMIGRATION DATABASE TO SCREEN VOTERS.

THE BINDING AGREEMENT WAS FINALLY SIGNED THIS WEEK.

CAMPAIGN LATEST-OC SOT VO WIPE

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL MITT ROMNEY SAYS HE WON'T RELEASE MORE TAX RETURNS.

BUT WHILE EXPLAINING HOW HIS MEDICARE PLAN WOULD WORK USING A WHITEBOARD IN SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY---HE DID GIVE HIS CLEAREST EXPLANATION YET OF WHAT HE'S PAID TO UNCLE SAM.

Presidential Candidate:20-:29

"I did go back and look at my taxes and over the past 10 years I never paid less than 13 percent. 14:46:58 I think the most recent year is 13.6 or something like that."

ROMNEY HAS ALREADY MADE HIS 2010 TAX RETURN AND ESTIMATES OF WHAT HE PAID IN 2011 PUBLIC.

CAMPAIGN LATEST-SOT VO

This brought the income tax debate back to the forefront, after we had spent so much time talking about Medicare, about the Ryan pick."

THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT WILL ATTEND A SECOND DAY OF MEETINGS AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY.

WHITNEY MOVIE-OC NATS VO WIPE

THE LATE WHITNEY HOUSTON'S FINAL FILM WILL DEBUT IN THEATERS TODAY.

nats: "Sparkle, you can have a gift, it's how you use it."

"SPARKLE" WAS THE FIRST ACTING ROLE IN MORE THAN 15 YEARS FOR HOUSTON. IT WAS ALSO HER LAST.

IN THE MOVIE, HOUSTON PLAYED A MOTHER COMING TO TERMS WITH HER OWN BAD CHOICES, WHILE LATER ENCOURAGING HER DAUGHTERS' SINGING CAREERS.

WHITNEY MOVIE-SOT VO

"This movie, what better gift for her to leave for all of her fans and everybody than this amazing performance that she does."

NFL ON NBC 2-2 SS

FOOTBALL IS ALIVE ON NBC2 THIS WEEKEND.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF BIG N-F-L GAMES BEGINNING TONIGHT.

THE MIAMI DOLPHINS AND CAROLINA PANTHERS PLAY TONIGHT AT EIGHT IN CHARLOTTE.

IT'S THE SECOND PRE-SEASON GAME FOR THE FINS.

AND SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL ON NBC RETURNS AS ANDREW LUCK LEADS THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS INTO PITTSBURGH TO TAKE ON THE STEELERS.

LOVE THAT DRESS-VO WIPE

MARK YOUR CALENDARS- LOVE THAT DRESS IS JUST DAYS AWAY AND TICKETS ARE SELLING FAST!

ON AUGUST 29TH YOU CAN SHOP THE NIGHT AWAY ON DRESSES. THOUSANDS OF THEM AT AN EXTREMELY DISCOUNTED PRICE.

FROM WEDDING GOWNS TO SUNDRESSES.IT'S ALL FOR A GOOD CAUSE, SUPPORTING THE PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS IN FORT MYERS.

LOVE THAT DRESS-SOT VO

You can come with a group of girlfriends it's a ladies night out. You get bargain deals on some great dresses. And it all supports PACE Center for girls. This is our biggest fundraiser of the year, so it's so important."

TICKETS ARE 25 DOLLARS. THE EVENT TAKES PLACE AT TWO LOCATIONS THIS YEAR- THE EMBASSY SUITES IN ESTERO AND THE WALDOR ASTORIA IN NAPLES. WHERE I WILL BE THE EMCEE.

TEASE ONE-------

it's a DANGER THAT LURKS HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

NOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS CRACKING DOWN TO PREVENT HORRIFIC SCENES LIKE THIS.

NATS -- 911 Caller: I'm in the parking lotthere's two babies in the back

seat of a black Honda civic. There's nobody around and we've been standing

here for about 5 minutes.

WHAT LEADERS ARE NOW DOING NATIONWIDE TO CLAMP DOWN ON PARENTS LEAVING THEIR KIDS INSIDE CARS.

A) KIDS IN HOT CARS-2 SHOT SOT VO

B) MI POLICE SHOOTING-VOTOPS

WEATHER-STC

SHIP RESCUE-VOTOPS

AMAZING VIDEO.POWERFUL WAVES CAUSE A SHIP TO RUN AGROUND JUST OFF THE COAST OF CHILE.

WAVES POUNDED THE HULL OF THE HONG KONG FLAGGED SHIP NAMED THE "OCEAN BREEZE."

YOU CAN SEE 22 CREW MEMBERS BEING AIRLIFTED TO A HOSPITAL.

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP

FIRST ALERT 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.

We'll close the work week out with a very muggy airflow coming in off the Gulf of Mexico. This will keep hit or miss morning coastal showers and storms in the forecast with a slightly higher chance for rain in the afternoon mainly east of the I-75 corridor.

Clouds will mix in with our sunshine on this Friday, but that won't prevent our temperatures from climbing into the lower to middle 90s. Humidity will be plentiful, and that will keep our heat index value or "feels like" temperature well over 100°.

A couple of isolated downpours are possible through the evening with skies clearing overnight. Temperatures will be slow to cool and will eventually settle into the mid and upper 70s by morning.

A weak flow out of southwest will hang on through the weekend with the opportunity of morning and midday showers across the urban corridor, before winds become a bit more easterly by the middle of next week.

KIDS IN CARS-PLASMA

IT CAN HAVE DANGEROUS AND DEADLY CONSEQUENCES ESPECIALLY HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

PARENTS ACCIDENTALLY LEAVING KIDS INSIDE HOT CARS.

NOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS LAUNCHING A NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN TO CRACK DOWN ON THE PRACTICE.

AT LEAST EIGHT KIDS HAVE DIED OF HEAT STROKE IN CARS IN THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST ALONE.

KIDS IN CARS-PKG

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THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT'S HAPPENING WITH ALARMING FREQUENCY

NATS -- 911 Caller: I'm in the parking lotthere's two babies in the back

seat of a black Honda civic. There's nobody around and we've been standing

here for about 5 minutes.

IN CUDAHY, CALIFORNIA A ONE-YEAR-OLD BOY AND HIS TWO-WEEK-OLD SISTERFOUND

LOCKED INSIDE A HOT CAR IN A MALL PARKING LOT AUGUST 11TH LEFT BEHIND BY

THEIR MOTHER AS SHE SHOPPED

PEDRO MEJIA We immediately could hear the small child was crying

OFFICERS ESTIMATED THE INSIDE OF THE CAR WAS ABOUT 110 - 115 DEGREES AND

THIS OFFICER CAME TO THE RESCUE.

PEDRO MEJIA was a partially open window. I managed to stick my arm through

the window and unlock the car from the inside.

MORE AND MORE CHILDREN, EVEN INFANTS, LEFT IN SWELTERING CARS BY PARENTS,

OFTEN ACCIDENTALLY AND OFTEN WITH DISASTEROUS CONSEQUENCES.

TWENTY-THREE CHILDREN IN FOURTEEN STATES HAVE DIED AFTER OVERHEATING IN CARS

THIS YEAR EIGHT IN THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST ALONE.

IN IOWA ANOTHER TODDLER SAVED AFTER A POLICE OFFICER SPOTTED THE INFANT.

AND IN KENTUCKYA TWO AND A HALF YEAR OLD BOY WAS LEFT IN HIS CAR SEAT FOR

TWO HOURS HIS FATHER FORGOT TO DROP HIM OFF AT DAYCARE.

THIS DEMONSTRATION SHOWS HOW QUICKLY A CAR CAN HEAT UP: WATCH THE

TEMPERATURE JUMP TO 186 --- CARS BECOMING OVENS SOMETHING G-M-A WITNESSED

FIRST HAND

NATS PIZZA DEMO

CHILDREN ARE ESPECIALLY AT RISK

KATE CARR: their bodies heat up 3 to 5 times faster than that of an adult.

TODAY'S PUSH, THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IS ABOUT AWARENESS. EXPERTS SAY WITH

HECTIC SCHEDULES IT'S EASY FOR PARENTS TO MAKE A MISTAKE

KATE CARR: This doesn't have any kind of a profile where you can say rich

MI POLICE SHOOTING-OC NATS VO

SHOCKING BRAND NEW VIDEO IS SURFACING OF A MAN BEING SHOT AND KILLED WHEN POLICE OFFICERS FIRED ATLEAST 30 ROUNDS AT HIM DURING A STANDOFF.

WE WANT TO WARN YOU, THE VIDEO IS VERY GRAPHIC.

nats of gunfire

STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE ACTIONS OF THE SAGINAW POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THE FAMILY OF THE MAN KILLED SAY HE HAD A HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND WAS INVOLVED WITH A RUN-IN WITH A CONVIENCE STORE CLERK WHEN OFFICERS WERE CALLED.

SEATTLE POLICE SLAM-TRX NATS TOPS VO

Officer says - get down, do you see that there? Then officer behind hits

suspect to hood of car

NEW VIDEO SHOWS A SEATTLE POLICE OFFICER BODY SLAMMING A HOMELESS - AND

POSSIBLY MENTALLY ILL MAN - ONTO A PATROL CAR.

THE DEPARTMENT CALLS IT "REASONABLE.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SUSPECT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ARMED.

405 TRAFFIC JAM-TRX VO TOPS

BE GLAD YOU'RE NOT STUCK IN THIS TRAFFIC.

TAKE A LOOK.THE BUSY 405 FREEWAY IN LOS ANGELES WAS SHUT DOWN FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT CAUSING THIS CHAOS.

ITS ALL BECAUSE OF THIS CRASH INVOLVING A JACK-KNIFED TRUCK.

AT LEAST ONE PERSON WAS HURT.

TEASE TWO---------

A WARNING FOR PARENTS WHO ARE PLANNING TO LET THEIR CHILD FLY ALONE.

A TEN YEAR OLD GIRL IS LOST IN TRANSIT AND THAT'S NOW OPENING UP SOME FLAWS IN A SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS KIDS TO TRAVEL BY THEMSELVES.

A) UNITED SNAFU-2 SHOT VO

UNITED SNAFU-2 SHOT

IT'S ONE THING TO LOSE A BAG, BUT UNITED AIRLINES IS ACCUSED OF LOSING A 10-YEAR-OLD.

YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PAY TO HAVE YOUR KIDS ESCORTED TO THEIR CONNECTING FLIGHTS.

UNITED SNAFU-PKG

TEN-YEAR-OLD PHOEBE WAS ALL ALONE AT ONE OF THE WORLD'S BUSIEST AIRPORTS. HER PARENTS PAID UNITED'S EXTRA 99-DOLLAR FEE TO HAVE THEIR DAUGHTER ESCORTED TO HER CONNECTING FLIGHT. THE ESCORT NEVER SHOWED UP.

"They're trying to get the cheapest labor for so many of their services, and that's where the public's being misled."

AIRLINE TRAVEL INDUSTRY CONSULTANT ALEXANDER ANOLIK SAYS WHAT UNITED DID WAS OUTSOURCE THE ESCORT SERVICE,A LITTLE-KNOWN INDUSTRY PRACTICE OF HIRING OUTSIDE COMPANIES TO ESCORT KIDS FROM GATE TO GATE.

"When you drop a child off, you think it's with a career carrier employee. That's more reassuring than knowing that your kid is going to be taken by the cheapest labor they can find to get that person to another plane."

PHOEBE WAS HEADING TO CAMP IN MICHIGAN. SHE FLEW FIRST FROM S-F-O TO CHICAGO'S O'HARE, WHERE SHE WAS STRANDED, NEVER GETTING ON HER CONNECTED FLIGHT TO MICHIGAN. HER PARENTS FOUND OUT SHE WAS MISSING WHEN THEY RECEIVED A FRANTIC PHONE CALL FROM THE CAMP THAT PHOEBE WASN'T ON HER FLIGHT. PHOEBE'S PARENTS SENT A LETTER OF COMPLAINT TO UNITED, DETAILING THE AIRLINE'S NEGLECT OF THEIR DAUGHTER, HOW SHE WAS ALONE FOR MORE TWO HOURS AT THE AIRPORT, AND THE COUPLE'S NIGHTMARE EXPERIENCE CALLING CUSTOMER SERVICE, BEING CONNECTED TO AN AGENT IN INDIA, AND BEING PUT ON HOLD FOR MORE THAN 40-MINUTES.

UNITED SNAFU-ONCAM

JULLIETTE GOODRICH REPORTING.

ACCORDING TO THE FAMILY, THE GIRL MADE A FLIGHT FOUR HOURS LATER, BUT HER BAGS DID NOT.

TEASE THREE------

MICHAEL PHELPS COULD BE IN HOT TROUBLE AFTER HIS OLYMPIC CONQUEST.

BUT ITS LIKELY NOT HIS FAULT.

WHY A STEAMY ENDORSEMENT MAY BE RUFFLING SOME FEATHERS WITH OLYMPIC ORGANIZERS.

PLUS HE CALLS HIMSELF THE MOST INTERESTING MAN.

BUT APPARENTLY HE'S BECOMING POPULAR WITH THIEVES.

B) CARDBOARD CUTOUT-VOTOPS

NEWS AT 11:30am OPEN-CLIP

TOSS TO LIVE-VO TOPS

BREAKING NEWS AT ELEVEN.A CRASH ENDS A LEE COUNTY DEPUTY CHASE WHERE A SHOT WAS FIRED.

THIS IS BRAND NEW VIDEO FROM A VERY WILD SCENE ALONG DANIELS PARKWAY WHERE STOP STICKS WERE USED DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC.

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TELLS US A DEPUTY WAS FOLLOWING A SUSPECTED STOLEN CAR WHEN THE DRIVER TRIED TO RAM A DEPUTY.

AT ONE POINT A DEPUTY FIRED A SHOT AT THE SUSPECT BUT MISSED.

WE'RE ALSO TOLD STOP STICKS WERE USED BUT THEY ONLY PUNCTURED THE TIRES OF TWO CIVILIAN CARS.

AND ALL THIS HAPPENING JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM GATEWAY CHARTER AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

THE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.

DEPUTY CRASH-REM LIVE

DEPUTY CRASH-VO

DEPUTY CRASH-SOT

DEPUTY CRASH-REM LIVE

NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNS-2 SHOT

THE 20-12 PRESIDENTIAL RACE IS FULL OF ATTACK ADS, BUT PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS HAVE BEEN GOING NEGATIVE FOR LONGER THAN YOU PROBABLY THINK.

IN FACT, THIS YEAR'S ATTACKS ARE PRETTY MILD IN COMPARISON.

NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNS-PKG

MITT ROMNEY-THE AD IMPLIES HE WAS MORE OR LESS RESPONSIBLE FOR A WOMAN DYING.

A STRETCH TO SAY THE LEAST.

BARACK OBAMA-THE AD SAYS HE WANTS TO END WELFARE REFORM.

NOT REALLY TRUE EITHER.

NO, MITT ROMNEY AND BARACK OBAMA DO NOT AGREE ON A LOT. BUT THEY DO AGREE THIS CAMPAIGN HAS BECOME POSITIVELY NEGATIVE.

There is so much negativity, there is so much cynicism.

What's different this year is that the president is taking it to a new low.

DIFFERENT? DIFFERENT THAN SAY MITT ROMNEY'S CAMPAIGNS AGAINST RICK PERRY, RICK SANTORUM, NEWT GINGRICH.

Norah O'Donnell: Are you calling mitt romney a liar.

Newt Gingrich: Yes.

OR FOR THAT MATTER BARACK OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST HILLARY CLINTON.

Shame On You Barack Obama.

IF HISTORY HAS TAUGHT US ANYTHING IT S THAT EVERY CAMPAIGN IN HISTORY SEEMS LIKE THE MOST NEGATIVE IN HISTORY.

"2010 is likely to have the most negative campaign ads ever."

"So how do they explain the spectacular surge in voter turnout today after the most negative campaign in memory?"

"Analysts are all saying this is going to be probably the most negative campaign any of us can remember."

YES NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNS EXISTED BEFORE SUPER PACS.

LYNDON JOHNSON IMPLIED BARRY GOLDWATER WOULD START A NUCLEAR WAR.

GROVER CLEVELAND? ACCUSED OF HAVING A CHILD OUT OF WEDLOCK-"MA MA WHERE'S MY PA?

ANDREW JACKSON WAS ACCUSED OF KILLING A MAN, AND HAVING A WIFE WHO WAS A BIGAMIST.

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS? IT WAS SAID HE PROCURED PROSTITUTES FOR THE RUSSIAN TSAR.

THOMAS JEFFERSON? JOHN ADAM'S SUPPORTERS ONCE SAID HIS ELECTION WOULD RESULT IN, "MURDER, ROBBERY, RAPE, ADULTERY, AND INCEST."

SO UNTIL WE GET CHARGES OF ROBBERY, NUCLEAR WAR-STARTING, OR PROSTITUTE PROCURING, MAYBE THIS WILL HAVE TO WAIT.

The president is taking things to a new low.

PIKES PEAK SURVIVOR-OC NATS VO WIPE

ITS VIDEO THAT CONTINUES TO AMAZE THE WORLD.

nats of crowd stunned as car goes over the side of mountain

A RACE CAR ROLLS OFF THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN DURING A RACE AT PIKE'S PEAK IN COLORADO.

THE CAR WAS GOING MORE THAN 100 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL.

TWO PEOPLE THE DRIVER AND THE NAVIGATOR WHO WERE INSIDE WALKED AWAY WITHOUT SERIOUS INJURIES.

PIKES PEAK SURVIVOR-SOT VO

the moment I knew all over for us I knew we were started going over the gravel.tumble tuble and hope for it to stop as soon as possible

MICHAEL PHELPS PHOTO-SS

OLYMPIC CHAMPION MICHAEL PHELPS COULD HAVE PUT HIMSELF IN HOT WATER WITH A NEW PHOTO FOR A NEW AD CAMPAIGN.

PHELPS APPEARS IN A BATHTUB FOR A LOUIS VUITTON AD CAMPAIGN.

HE COULD BE IN TROUBLE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE.

A NEW RULE PROHIBITS ATHLETES FROM APPEARING IN ADS FOR NON-OLYMPIC SPONSORS FROM JULY 18TH TO AUGUST 15TH.

THE NEW PHOTOS BEGAN SURFACING ONLINE DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.

DISNEY FACE CLONING-SS

SCIENTISTS EMPLOYED BY DISNEY SAY THEY HAVE DEVELOPED TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOWS THEM TO CLONE A HUMAN FACE.

THIS IS SOME OF THE ARTIST DRAWINGS FROM DISNEY'S RESEARCH TEAM.

ITS SUPPOSED TO HELP THE COMPANY CREATE A MORE HUMAN LIKE ANIMATRONIC CHARACTER FOR ITS THEME PARKS.

FRIENDSHIP BRACELET BANNED-VO

THERE'S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL.AND APPARENTLY THERE'S NO FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS EITHER.

THIS WEEK UMPIRES ORDERED NEW YORK METS PITCHER R-A DICKEY TO REMOVE TWO FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS DURING A GAME.

GET THIS.THE BRACELETS WERE MADE BY DICKEY'S CHILDREN, THAT HE HAS WORN ON HIS GLOVE HAND FOR THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS.

A TRAINER EVEN HAD TO CUT THE BRACELETS TO REMOVE THEM.

SHARPIE PARTIES-ONCAM

FORECLOSURE HOMES ARE APPARENTLY BECOMING VICTIM OF A NEW CRIME.SHARPIE PARTIES.

A NEW C-N-B-C REPORT CLAIMS PEOPLE ARE TAKING TO FACEBOOK AND TWITTER AND INVITING FOLLOWERS TO TAKE SHARPIES AND WREAK HAVOC ON FORECLOSED HOMES.

PEOPLE USE THE SOCIAL MEDIA SITES TO INCLUDE ADDRESSES OF FORECLOSED HOMES AND WRITE GRAFITITI ON THE WALLS.

RUNWAY COPEPR THEFT-SS

COPPER THEFTS ARE NOTHING NEW.BUT POLICE IN CHICAGO SAY A CITY EMPLOYEE STOLE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF COPPER WIRING FROM A MAJOR AIRPORT'S RUNWAY.

DAVID COATES IS ACCUSED OF CUTTING PIECES OF RUNWAY COPPER WIRE FROM CHICAGO'S MIDWAY AIRPORT.

POLICE SAY HE TOOK 500 FEET OF WIRING WORTH NEARLY 700 DOLLARS.

WE'RE TOLD THE WORKER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PUMPING GAS AT THE AIRPORT.

CARDBOARD CUTOUT STOLEN-VO TOPS

THE MOST INTERESTING MAN in the WORLD IS APPARENTLY ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE AS WELL.

SURVEILLANCE VIDEO CATCHES A MAN AND WOMAN TEAMING UP TO STEAL A CARD BOARD CUT OUT OF THE DOS EQUIS PITCHMAN OUT OF A VIRGINIA GAS STATION.

YOU CAN SEE THE MAN SIGNALING HIS PARTNER AS HE DISTRACTS THE CLERK WHILE SHE WALKS OUT OF THE STORE.

CARDBOARD CUTOUT STOLEN-SOT VO

We've had Earnhardt, we've had Gordon, we've had all

kinds of people - Snoop Dogg we had. This is the most popular."

THE AUCTION RAISED 400 DOLLARS ALREADY BEFORE THE THEFT.

MINIVAN COMEBACK-OC SOT VO WIPE

IF, BY CHANCE, YOU DO A LITTLE CAR SHOPPING THIS WEEKEND, DON'T BE SURPRISED IF THE SALESMAN STEERS YOU TOWARD A MINIVAN.

ITS APPARENTLY MAKING A COMEBACK.

"Correct ! And the most popular minivan models are growing about 24% overall"

ANALYSTS SAY THEY'RE NOT ONLY MORE FUEL EFFICIENT.BUT OFFER A LOWER STICKER PRICE. AND ARE MORE PRACTICAL.

MINIVAN COMEBACK-SOT VO

The technology nowadays with the doors that open on the side automatically, great for carpools, great for bags full of groceries, that kind of thing. You can put everybody in.they don't have to touch each other"

COUNTERFEIT SHOES-INTRO

LADIES WE LOVE OUR SHOES.

BUT SOMETIMES FAKE DESIGNER SHOES MAKE THEIR WAY INTO THE U-S FOR A FRACTION OF THE PRICE FOR THE ACTUAL BRAND.

CUSTOMS AGENTS IN CALIFORNIA SEIZED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FAKE DESIGNER SHOES ON THEIR WAY FROM CHINA TO THE U-S.

COUNTERFEIT SHOES-PKG

Is that a pair of Christian Louboutins in the hands of a United States

border agent? The famous red soles are usually flashed by the great and the

good, selling for up to $2,000 a pair. Now they're a counterfeiter's dream.

You're looking at 20,000 pairs of fake Louboutins, intercepted by quick

thinking agents.

SOT: Todd Owen. Customs and Border Patrol: These red-soled shoes were

coming out of China. The genuine products are only made in Italy.

Every year here in Los Angeles, the busiest port in the country, they

intercept a staggering 1,000 shipments of counterfeit goods.

OC: Nick Watt, ABC News, Long Beach, California: We're not just talking

high fashion here. We've got some kids shoes with dangerously high levels of

lead in that paint. We've got a whole container of counterfeit flat screen

TVs and if you're feeling hot this summer, you might be tempted by this fan.

But with wiring like that it's likely to catch on fire.

GFX: Counterfeit and pirated goods cost the US economy 750,000 jobs and 250

billion a year.

SOT: Todd Owen. Customs and Border Patrol: There's also a loss of sales

taxes that would go to schools and hiospitals that are not being received

when

youre buying counterfeited goods.

Illicit imports range from perfume to luxury car parts to counterfeit

circuit boards destined for NASA.

SOT: Todd Owen/Customs and Border Patrol. NW: You can never catch all the

counterfeit stuff? We can never catch all the counterfeit stuff. Here in Los

Angeles 13,000 containers a day, half of those containers come from China.

And for those who care, how do you spot a fake Louboutin?

SOT: Lee Harty/Customs and Border Patrol: This particular one has ridges.

The lacquered sole should be totally smooth, and must curl around to meet

the leather upper. And the true Louboutin color? Ironically it's called

China Red.

CHINA IPHONE-VO

IS CHINA TRYING TO OUT DUEL THE APPLE I-PHONE?

A NEW SMART PHONE WILL SOON BE ON THE MARKET IN CHINA THAT COULD CHALLENGE THE DEVICE.

THE PHONE IS CALLED THE MI-TWO AND ITS A SUCCESSOR TO THE POPULAR MI-ONE SMART PHONE THAT IS PRODUCED BY A CHINESE FIRM.

THE MAKER OF THE PHONE LAUNCHED ITS LATEST CREATION IN BEIJING WITH ALL THE GLITZ AND GLAMOR EXPECTED FROM ITS RIVALS APPLE AND SAMSUNG.

IPHONE CLUMSEY-SS

JUST HOW CLUMSY ARE YOU WITH YOUR iPHONE?

A STUDY RELEASED BY ONE OF THE NATION'S LARGEST WARRANTY PROVIDERS. SQUARETRADE. FOUND THAT AMERICA'S MOST CLUMSIEST STATE WITH THEIR iPHONES IS. MISSISSIPPI!

THAT'S BASED ON EVERYDAY CONSUMER iPHONE BREAKS AND DAMAGES.

ROUNDING OUT THE TOP FIVE WERE NEW MEXICO, RHODE ISLAND, NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTH CAROLINA.

TEASE FOUR-------

CATS SUSPECTED TERRORISTS AND LEBRON JAMES.

ONE STORY HAS ALL THIS.NBC2 BRINGS YOU A SHOCKING CONFESSION FROM A GUANTANIMO BAY INMATE.

nats of explosion

NEW AMAZING VIDEO OF A BUILDING EXPLODING.

B) BOARDWALK EXPLOSION-NATS VO

POWERBALL LATEST-PLASMA

THE SEARCH IS ON FOR THE WINNER OF THE GIGANTIC POWERBALL JACKPOT.

337-MILLION-DOLLARS. ONE OF THE BIGGEST PRIZES IN POWERBALL HISTORY WAS SOLD IN MICHIGAN.

BUT ALREADY THE SMALL TOWN WHERE IT WAS SOLD COULD BE CASHING IN AS WELL.

POWERBALL LATEST-PKG

IT'S THE TALK OF THE TOWN.

"It's great, I just wish it was me"

WITH A POPULATION OF ONLY 10,000 PEOPLE LAPEER IS BUZZING TONIGHT. AND

HOPING THAT THIS NEW INSTANT MILLIONAIRE IS ONE OF THEIR OWN.

"Who has this winning ticket? I don't know I hope it's one of my regular

customers so he can be happy like us."

SEEMINGLY EVERYONE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO IT IS.

"My Mom called and was like 'did you buy the ticket?"

A POWERBALL WINDFALL COULD BE A MUCH NEEDED BOOST FOR THIS COMMUNITY - LIKE

SO MANY OTHERS ACROSS MICHIGAN, HIT HARD BY THE ECONOMY AND DECLINE IN THE

AUTO INDUSTRY.

AND PUT OFF SOME IMPORTANT PROJECTS LIKE FIXING THIS CRUMBLING BRIDGE - AND

THE MAIN ROAD GOING THROUGH TOWN.

"Looks like a lot of patchwork going on here / basically the structure and

the bottom itself is gone."

IF THE WINNER IS IN FACT FROM HERE - AND TAKES A LUMP SUM PAYOUT OF ABOUT

REIF OPEN-CLIP

WEATHER-WX WALL

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.

We'll close the work week out with a very muggy airflow coming in off the Gulf of Mexico. This will keep hit or miss morning coastal showers and storms in the forecast with a slightly higher chance for rain in the afternoon mainly east of the I-75 corridor.

Clouds will mix in with our sunshine on this Friday, but that won't prevent our temperatures from climbing into the lower to middle 90s. Humidity will be plentiful, and that will keep our heat index value or "feels like" temperature well over 100°.

A couple of isolated downpours are possible through the evening with skies clearing overnight. Temperatures will be slow to cool and will eventually settle into the mid and upper 70s by morning.

A weak flow out of southwest will hang on through the weekend with the opportunity of morning and midday showers across the urban corridor, before winds become a bit more easterly by the middle of next week.

BOARDWALK EXPLOSION-NATS TOPS VO

nats of exposion

A SPECTACULAR EXPLOSION.BUT IT WAS ALL FOR EFFECT IN NEW YORK CITY.

A CONTROLLED EXPLOSION SHOOK BROOKLYN. PART OF A STAGED STUNT FOR THE T-V SERIES "BOARDWALK EMPIRE."

NEW YORK FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE WERE ON HAND TO SUPERVISE THE EXPLOSION.

T-V AND FILM PRODUCTION AROUND NEW YORK HAS BEEN BOOMING.

BRIDGE IMOPLOSION-NATS TOPS VO

nats of implosion

AND THERE SHE GOES.

IT WAS OVER IN AN INSTANT WITH A FLASH AND A BOOM.

FOLLOWING THE IGNITION OF DEMOLITION EXPLOSIVES A BRIDGE IN PITTSBURGH DROPPED INTO THE ALLEGHENY RIVER.

CREWS WILL USE A BARGE AND A CRANE TO REMOVE THE DEBRIS.

ASSANGE WIKILEAKS-VO

WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE REMAINS HOLED UP IN ECUADOR'S LONDON EMBASSY ONE DAY AFTER THE COUNTRY GRANTED HIM POLITICAL ASYLUM.

THERE IS STILL A LARGE POLICE PRESENCE OUTSIDE OF THE EMBASSY AND BRITAIN'S GOVERNMENT SAYS THEY WILL STILL EXTRADITE ASSANGE TO SWEDEN.

ASSANGE IS WANTED IN SWEDEN WHERE HE IS ACCUSED OF SEX CRIMES. INCLUDING RAPE.

EBAY CHANGES-VO

IF YOU'RE RUNNING LOW ON WISHES, YOU BETTER STOCK UP WHILE YOU STILL CAN.

EBAY WILL BAN THE SALE OF MAGIC SERVICES AS PART OF A NEW POLICY UPDATE.

THAT MEANS YOU CAN'T BUY BLESSINGS, YOU CAN'T PURCHASE PRAYERS, AND YOU CAN'T SPEND YOUR MONEY ON SPELLS -- AT LEAST, NOT ON EBAY.

EBAY SAYS IT'S TRYING TO BUILD TRUST IN THE MARKETPLACE.

HOLLYWOOD MINUTE-ON CAM

BOBBY BROWN TAKES A TRIP TO REHAB.

AND WE NOW KNOW WHEN THE NEXT "AVENGERS" MOVIE WILL HIT THEATERS.

HOLLYWOOD MINUTE-PKG

R&B SINGER BOBBY BROWN HAS CHECKED INTO REHAB FOR ALCOHOL-RELATED TREATMENT, ACCORDING TO HIS SPOKESMAN.

IN APRIL, BROWN AGREED TO ENTER THE 90-DAY PROGRAM AFTER HE PLEADED NO CONTEST TO DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE.

HE WAS ALSO SENTENCED TO 36 MONTHS OF PROBATION, ACCORDING TO HIS ATTORNEY.

IN A STATEMENT, BROWN'S WIFE SAYS HIS FAMILY IS VERY PROUD OF HIM.

MARVEL COMICS FANS, ASSEMBLE!

YOU CAN START COUNTING DOWN TO "THE AVENGERS" SEQUEL.

MARVEL STUDIOS WILL RELEASE THE NEXT SUPERHERO FILM ON MAY FIRST, 20-15.

JOSS WHEDON, WHO WROTE AND DIRECTED THE FIRST ONE, WILL BE BACK FOR THE SEQUEL.

WHEDON WILL ALSO BE DEVELOPING A "MARVEL-CENTRIC" SHOW FOR A-B-C.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE AVENGERS CO-STAR ROBERT DOWNEY JUNIOR ISN'T MADE OF IRON.

ACCORDING TO ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY THE 47-YEAR-OLD ACTOR INJURED HIS ANKLE PERFORMING A STUNT WHILE SHOOTING "IRON MAN THREE."

IN A STATEMENT, MARVEL STUDIOS SAID THERE WILL BE A SHORT DELAY IN PRODUCTION OF THE FILM WHILE THE STAR RECOVERS.

THE MOVIE, ALSO STARRING GWYNETH PALTROW, IS SET TO RELEASE ON MAY THIRD, 20-13.

GITMO CATS-ONCAM

A FORMER TRANSLATOR FOR OSAMA BIN LADEN WANTS A CAT AS COMPANY IN GUANTANAMO BAY.

AND HE ALSO THINKS LEBRON JAMES SHOULD APOLOGIZE TO CLEVELAND.

THAT'S ACCORDING A WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE THAT CLAIMS A LAWYER REPRESENTING MUHAMMED RAHIM,SENT A LETTER DETAILING HIS CLIENTS COMPLAINTS.

THE DETAINEE CLAIMS PRISONERS ARE BEING GIVEN CATS FOR A REWARD FOR INFORMATION.

TEASE FIVE----

THE THOUGHT OF US LEAVING OUR CELL PHONE AT HOME CAN BE SCARY.

BUT IT COULD SAVE SOME MONEY.

A) CELL PHONE AWAY-2 SHOT VO

GOOGLE MEXICO-VO TOPS

GOOGLE IS TEAMING UP WITH THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT TO BRING ITS MOST FAMOUS ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES TO INTERNET USERS AROUND THE WORLD.

THE COMPANY WILL BUILD A COLLECTION OF 30 ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES ONLINE THAT WILL ALLOW USERS TO EXPLORE THE SITES WITH THE GOOGLE MAPS STREET VIEW FEATURE.

INTERNET USERS CAN CLICK AND DRAG TO EXPLORE THE VIRTUAL SPACE.

CELL PHONE AWAY-2 SHOT TRAFFOC

WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO LEAVE YOUR CELL PHONE AT HOME OR EVEN TURN IT OFF INSIDE A RESTARANT TO SAVE MONEY?

A POPULAR LOS ANGELES RESTAURANT IS KNOCKING A LITTLE CASH OFF THE BILL FOR DINERS BRAVE ENOUGH TO STASH THEIR CELL WHILE THEY EAT

CELL PHONE AWAY-PKG

This is the most romantic thing I've ever done.

UPSOUND:

02:08 Hi there!

I'm wearing a clean shirt, I'm bathed in aftershave. And the headline.

UPSOUND: Server

04:24 Would you like to turn in your cell phone?

I'm checking my cell phone for the duration of dinner with my wife.

Our world has come to this. We can't be trusted to just leave the phone

alone. It has come to this.

How would we handle dinner a deux sans cell phones?

UPSOUND

02:07:57 Nick: We've got no cell phones we're supposed to talk to each other

.

There are places that ban phones all together, or suggest you turn them off.

But Eva in Los Angeles,is offering a unique incentive. A 5% discount on the

check if you surrender the cell. For a tight fisted Scotsman like me, that'

s appealing, if uncomfortable.

UPSOUND

02:09:42 I might be missing something right now. Claudine: What you could

you be missing? N: I don't know.

SOT: Mark Gold. Chef and owner, Eva.

17:51 For us it's about like you guys on a date night, just taking the time

and really getting to experience each other and not so much being distracted

by a cell phone.

About half the diners take up the offer.

SOT: Customer

21:46 Do I find myself at dinner with my husband sometimes and we have out

cell phones out? Yes. Does it annoy me? Yes. / 22:03 I think for an hour or

two you can put your cell phone down and whatever is happening can wait.

UPSOUND: Me talking garbage

02:12:23 And apparently the mountain scenery is outstanding

I got into it and cut loose.

UPSOUND: Me talking about really boring stuff

02:12:52 Because it costs quite a lot of money to replace street signs, and

once the street sign is down

As I continue talking, play this audio as internal monologue.

UPSOUND: Claudine

02:13:50 Wow, he is so boring. I wish I had my cell phone back.

Well, I enjoyed dining without cell phones. Next time maybe I'd try it without

TOSS TO NOON TEASE-2-SHOT PLASMA

NBC 2 NEWS AT NOON IS NEXT!

NEW AT NOON TEASE-ANC IN TRAFFIC

IF YOU'RE JUST TUNING IN - NBC2 WILL HAVE AN UPDATE ON THIS MORNING'S CAR CHASE, CRASH, SHOOTING AND ARREST.

A BUSY FRIDAY MORNING - FOR LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES - WE'LL EXPLAIN WHAT WENT DOWN IN A LIVE REPORT.

AND DON'T YOU LOVE IT WHEN YOU PULL UP TO A PARKING METER - AND THERE'S STILL TIME LEFT ON IT?

NOW ONE CITY - WANTS TO ERASE THOSE EXTRA MINUTES.

AND PEOPLE ARE NOT HAPPY.

HEALTH NEWS - NEW AT NOON -

SOME RESEARCHERS BELIEVE THE USE OF ANTI-BIOTICS IN KIDS IS MAKING THEM FAT.

FIND OUT WHY THE MEDICATION MAY BE THROWING KIDS OFF BALANCE.

WE'LL ALSO HAVE YOUR FIRST ALERT FORECAST - TO SEE HOW THE AFTERNOON AND WEEKEND ARE SHAPING UP.

NOON TZA) DEPUTY CRASH-VO

NOON TZB) PARKING METER MINUTES-VO

NOON TZC) KIDS & ANTIBIOTICS-VO

CLOSE-2-SHOT PLASMA