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MITT ROMNEY'S RUNNING MATE PAUL RYAN IS MAKING A STOP IN THE SUNSHINE STATE.

WHERE HE'LL BE AND WHO HE'S BRINGING WITH.

PLUS:

CONVICTED FELONS COULD SOON BE BANNED FROM PUBLIC HOUSING IN FORT MYERS.

WHY SOME RESIDENTS SAY THEY WANT TO SUE THE CITY.

AND A SEARCH FOR SCALLOPS!

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AND I'M KELLY CRESWELL.

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GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO NBC-2 NEWS TODAY.

I'M KELLY CRESWELL.

TODAY IS SATURDAY, AUGUST 18TH.

WE'LL HAVE A LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES IN JUST A MINUTE.

TODAY'S WEATHER-WX CENTER

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.

Warm, humid weekend with showers possible"

Very warm and humid weather will continue through the weekend as our wind flow keeps coming off the Gulf of Mexico.

Along with the warm and muggy air, we can expect a good chance of a passing shower or storm through the course of your Saturday.

The rain will tend to form near the coast and the urban corridor earlier in the day before the west coast sea breeze carries the bulk of the showers and storms inland this afternoon. With that said, a pop up storm will still be possible for those of us close to the coast and I-75 at any time since the atmosphere is so packed with moisture.

With a fair amount of sunshine around today, temperatures in most areas will peak in the low to mid 90s, and the heat index will be close to 100.

By tonight, a lot of the rain will diminish, but we can't rule out a stray shower. Otherwise, our sky will stay partly cloudy with lows in the mid to upper 70s.

Sunday will offer a similar forecast, featuring the potential for a few morning coastal showers with the bulk of the rain moving deep inland later in the day.

As we head into next week, a weak front will try to slowly dip into Central Florida, sending more moisture our way and bringing our rain chances up Tuesday and Wednesday.

CLIFTON LIVE-BOXES TOSS

THEY WERE DISAPPEARING FROM OUR SHORES,

BUT THE BAY SCALLOP IS MAKING A COMEBACK ON PINE ISLAND.

STILL, THE SCALLOP ISN'T OUT OF THE WOODS YET.

AND TODAY, LEE COUNTY OFFICIALS, CONSERVATIONIST AND VOLUNTEERS HIT THE WATER TO COUNT THE CREATURES.

CLIFTON LIVE-REM LIVE

LIVE:

CLIFTON LIVE-VOWIPE

VO:

DECADES BACK, POOR WATER QUALITY AND DISAPPEARING SEAGRASS NEARLY KNOCKED OUT THE BAY-SCALLOP POPULATION.

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CLIFTON LIVE-REM LIVE

RIGHT NOW VOLUNTEERS ARE JUST COUNTING SECTIONS OF THE BAY TO GET A SNAPSHOT OF THE POPULATION.

IF THE SCALLOP IS HEALTHY, THAT MEANS THE WATER QUALITY IS STILL IMPROVING.

PUBLIC HOUSING AND CONIVICTED FELONS-VOWIPE

BANNING CONVICTED FELONS FROM LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSING.

THAT PROPOSED TRESSPASSING POLICY IN FORT MYERS IS GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION THIS MORNING.

THE POLICY WOULD BAN PEOPLE WITH FELONY DRUG, SEX, OR OTHER VIOLENT CRIME CONVICTIONS FROM PUBLIC HOUSING PROPERTIES.

BOARD MEMBERS BELIEVE THE RESTRICTION WOULD HELP DECREASE CRIMES.

PUBLIC HOUSING AND CONIVICTED FELONS-SOTVO

JATAVIA LEE, RESIDENT: I'm not going to lie it can be safer but as long as law enforcement do their job and not overdue their job

MARCUS GOODSON, FM HOUSING AUTHORITY: The drug activity the criminal activity we don't want that on our properties at all and so we think an established policy will give it a little more strength

SUSPICIOUS DEVICE IN A CAR-VO

NBC-2 IS WORKING TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS INSIDE A CAR THAT FORCED THE BOMB SQUAD TO EXAMINE A DEVICE FOR HOURS.

WE WERE THERE AS A LEE COUNTY BOMB SQUAD SEARCHED THE CAR AFTER A CRASH.

DEPUTIES TELL US IT ALL STARTED AFTER A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH AROUND SIX LAST NIGHT.

ACCORDING TO THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL,

THE DRIVER, 54 YEAR OLD JAY ALLEN VANDAL,

WENT OFF THE ROAD, NEAR BURGUNDY FARMS OFF OF CORKSCREW ROAD, AND JUST EAST OF I-75.

WHILE INVESTIGATING THE CRASH, TROOPERS FOUND THE SUSPICIOUS DEVICE BEHIND THE DRIVER'S SEAT.

THE BOMB SQUAD EXAMINED THE DEVICE AND RENDERED IT SAFE.

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PAUL RYAN IN CENTRAL FLORIDA-VO

IN JUST ONE HOUR.

REPUBLICAN VICE PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL PAUL RYAN WILL BE IN FLORIDA.

HE'S CAMPAIGNING IN THE CENTRAL FLORIDA RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, THE VILLAGES.

RYAN IS HITTING THE CAMPAIGN TRIAL WITH HIS MOTHER, WHO IS A FLORIDA RESIDENT AND A MEDICARE RECIPIENT.

HE IS EXPECTED TO TALK ABOUT MEDICARE.

PRESIDENT OBAMA TODAY-ON CAM

TODAY PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HITS THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL-

POLITICS OF JOBS NUMBERS-VOWIPE

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA EMPLOYERS ARE IN A HOLDING PATTERN RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT OUT TODAY FROM F-C-G-U.

ECONOMIST GARY JACKSON SAYS MORE THAN HALF OF LOCAL BUSINESS EXECUTIVES PLAN TO KEEP THEIR STAFF AT THE SAME LEVEL DURING THE NEXT YEAR.

A THIRD OF EMPLOYERS PLAN TO *MODERATELY INCREASE HIRING.

POLITICS OF JOBS NUMBERS-SOTVO

"It's very similar to the investment decision, should I invest to expand my capacity? Well, I will expand my capacity when I think there's going to be additional demand for my products and services."

PAUL RYAN RELEASES TAX RETURNS-CG

WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR FEDERAL TAXES IN THE LAST TWO YEARS,

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MITT ROMNEY HAS PAID A LOWER FEDERAL TAX RATE THAN HIS RUNNING MATE, CONGRESSMAN PAUL RYAN.

PAUL RYAN RELEASED TWO YEARS OF HIS TAX RETURNS FRIDAY.

THE REPUBLICAN VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND HIS WIFE PAID AN EFFECTIVE TAX RATE OF 20-PERCENT

IN 20-11 AND 16-PERCENT IN 20-10.

ACCORDING TO ROMNEY'S TAX RETURNS -- HE PAID AN EFFECTIVE TAX RATE OF 14-AND-A-HALF PERCENT OVER THAT SAME TWO YEARS.

RYAN'S INCOME TOTALED ABOUT 539-THOUSAND-DOLLARS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

HORSE OWNER ARRESTED-VOWIPE

A FORT MYERS WOMAN IS FACING UP TO A YEAR IN PRISON FOR LETTING HER HORSES RUN WILD.

DEPUTIES SAY JENNA ANTICO'S HORSES ESCAPED SIX TIMES IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS.

ANTICO AND HER BOYFRIEND WERE WARNED TWICE THEY WOULD BE ARRESTED FOR NOT KEEPING THEM LOCKED UP.

HORSE OWNER ARRESTED-SOTVO

40:17 we put as much as we could with our finances we had cheap stuff whatever 40:24

ONE OF THEIR HORSES ESCAPED AGAIN.

DEPUTIES SAY ANTICO LIED AND SAID IT WASN'T HERS--

BUT LATER CHANGED HER STORY.

THE 23-YEAR-OLD WAS CUFFED ON MISDEAMOR CHARGES --FOR LIVESTOCK AT LARGE.

DANIELS CHASE SUSPECT ARRESTED-SSTOPS, VO

THIS MAN -- RONGRIC FRANCIS -- IS IN JAIL THIS MORNING AFTER LEADING DEPUTIES ON A WILD CAR CHASE IN LEE COUNTY.

A DEPUTY EVEN HAD TO PULL OUT HIS GUN AND SHOOT.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS MAP.

DEPUTIES SAY THE CHASE STARTED WHEN A DEPUTY SPOTTED THE STOLEN CAR FRANCIS WAS DRIVING --

AND TRIED TO PULL HIM OVER.

THEY SAY THEY TRIED A PIT MANUEVER --

KNOCKING THE CAR OFF THE ROAD.

THAT'S WHEN A DEPUTY FIRED HIS WEAPON AND SAID FRANCIS TRIED TO RUN HIM OVER.

HE MANAGED TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO GATEWAY BOULEVARD BEFORE HE MADE A U-TURN AND WRECKED.

ONE DEPUTY WAS HURT IN THE CHASE.

MURDER SUSPECT SEARCH IN LEHIGH-SS

DEPUTIES SAY A MURDER SUSPECT OUT OF BROWARD COUNTY COULD BE HIDING OUT IN LEHIGH ACRES.

DETECTIVES SAY THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THIS MAN --FELIPE TORREALBA -- AND THEY BELIEVE HE'S ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

INVESTIGATORS THOUGHT THEY TRACKED HIM DOWN TO A HOUSE NEAR MEADOW ROAD AND 54TH STREET SOUTHWEST THURSDAY NIGHT, BUT ONCE THE SWAT TEAM GOT INSIDE - NO ONE WAS THERE.

PORT CHARLOTTE DRUG RAID-SS

SWAT TEAMS TOOK THREE PEOPLE INTO CUSTODY AS THEY RAIDED A HOME IN PORT CHARLOTTE.

DEPUTIES ARRESTED KIMBERLY MARTIN -- HER BOYFRIEND SHANE POLING AND JOHN MCNAMARA JUNIOR AT THE HOUSE ON ACKERMAN AVENUE.

THEY SAY THEY FOUND DRUGS IN THE HOUSE.

WE'RE ALSO TOLD THEY BOUGHT DRUGS FROM ONE OF THREE EARLIER IN THE MONTH.

MASSAGE ARREST-VOWIPE

A BONITA SPRINGS MASSAGE THERAPIST IS ACCUSED OF GIVING MORE THAN A MASSAGE.

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THE MASSEUSE AT THE "SUNSET SPA" OFFERED UP EXTRA SERVICES FOR EXTRA MONEY.

DETECTIVES SAY LI-LU JENNINGS -- A LICENSED MASSAGE THERAPIST -- AGREED TO A 50 DOLLAR HALF-HOUR MASSAGE.

BEFORE IT WAS OVER, THEY SAY SHE OFFERED EXTRA, ILLEGAL SERVICES TO THE UNDER-COVER DETECTIVE.

MASSAGE ARREST-SOTVO

23:20 li "and he said, another half hour, how much? another 1 hour, how much? I explain to him. he kept, kept asking and it confused me."

WILLARD FIRE FOLO-VOWIPE

THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL IS WORKING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT STARTED A FIRE AT A FORT MYERS BUILDING--

BUT A CONTRACTOR WORKING THERE TOLD US HE THINKS IT WAS ARSON.

IT HAPPENED THURSDAY NIGHT ON THE 21-HUNDRED BLOCK OF WILLARD STREET.

OWNERS WERE HOPING TO TURN THE 90 YEAR OLD BUILDING INTO APARTMENTS.

PROPERTY MANAGER NICK PHILLIPS SAYS THE BUILDING HAD BEEN EMPTY FOR YEARS--

WILLARD FIRE FOLO-SOTVO

31:36 "I believe that it was set because there was no actual electricity to the building the structure had been under construction so there was no electricity to it and it could not be in any way an electrical fire"

BASEBALL CARDS STOLEN-VOWIPE

A WEST VIRGINIA COUPLE SPENT THEIR 43-RD WEDDING ANNIVERSARY --

DRIVING HERE TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AFTER THEY FOUND OUT THEIR LEHIGH ACRES HOME WAS ROBBED.

JIM REILLY SAYS THE THIEF GOT AWAY WITH TEN-THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF HIS COLLECTIBLES.

WE CAUGHT UP WITH REILLY AND HIS WIFE AS THEY LOOKED THROUGH THEIR GARAGE TO SEE WHAT WAS MISSING.

HE SAYS THINGS LIKE BASEBALL CARDS, GINSENG KNIVES, AND A GOLF CART WERE GONE.

WHILE REILLY TELLS US THE THIEF DID GET AWAY WITH SOME GOOD STUFF --

BASEBALL CARDS STOLEN-SOTVO

"and whoever it was wasn't too bright because they left this here - from Woodrow Wilson's inauguration, a napkin from the dinner

REILLY SAYS HE RETIRED FROM HIS COIN AND COLLECTIBLES BUSINESSES --

WEST NILE-ON CAM

CREWS ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK IN DALLAS --

THE TARGET: BUGS, SPREADING A DEADLY DISEASE.

THE WEST NILE VIRUS HAS KILLED TEN PEOPLE ALREADY THIS YEAR.

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SUPERS:

DALLAS MAYOR MIKE RAWLINGS

TEXAS RESIDENTS /1:07-1:10

TEXAS RESIDENT /00:49-00:52

Dr. Donald Murphey Pediatric Infectious Diseases/00:54 -1:03

DALLAS JUDGE CLAY JENKINS /1:22- 1:27

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00:03 -- Overnight, the war on west NILe doubled in siZE.

GFX

00:07 -- More than 100 THOUSAND acres of land in Dallas County -- under

aerial attack.SPRAYED with pesticides

00:07-- The target: mosquitoes and West nile-- what could be the worst

outbreak the state of texas has ever seen.

00:05--With TEN DEATHS AND HUNDREDS OF REPORTD ILLNESSES THROUGHOUT THE

STATE

00:09 -- The war on the DISEASE CARRYINg pEsts is two days in tHe makiNg.

And the first time in almost half a century that Dallas county has gone this

far to pRevent tHe diSease From spreading

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43; 32; 09 Mayor: "I think it's important to objective standpoint that we

are only going to be pleased when we see the signs that the mos were killed

and that the west Nile cases drop precipitously. That is our objective that'

s when we can say this was successful."

00:06 --- THERE HAVE BEEN NO reported illnesses due TO THE SPRAY, but SOME

are still SAYing THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS.

SOT:"I think that if they're doing it, there must be a real threat."

Cutaways to Davis.

SOT-Davis: "I think if they can kind of concentrate the ground spraying in

spots that they know where mosquitoes are bad I don't really have an issue

with that."

00:03 --WHILE OTHER RESIDENTS SAY THE SPRAYING IS NECESSARY

SOT --- RESIDENT ---AVAILABLE IMAGES OF HIM RUNNING

22; 19; 33; 24 "I think we need to get rid of mosquitoes and it's obviously

causing a lot of sickness and deaths so I'm all for it."

00:08 -- THere aRe Other cIties that stIll Have to be sprayed. THEy HAVE

UNTIL 2PM TUESDAY TO DECLARE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE GROUND

OR AERIAL BASED SPRAYING.

SOT---DALLAS JUDGE CLAY JENKINS: Each city can use what they wish, but state

trucks and country trucks and recourses will be available for an aggressive

truck based approach for those who chose that.

00:06 --OFFICIALS HOPE THAT THE PESKY MOSQUITOS GET THE MESSAGE - DON'T MESS

WITH TEXAS.

WESTERN WILDFIRES-VO

IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT HUNDREDS OF WASHINGTON AND CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS WILL FIND WHEN THEY RETURN TO THEIR HOMES THIS MORNING -- AFTER EVACUATING FROM AN OUT-OF-CONTROL WILDFIRE.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE FLAMES.

FIREFIGHTERS HOPE TO HAVE THE 22-THOUSAND ACRE FIRE UNDER CONTROL BY SUNDAY.

A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HIGH WILDFIRE DANGER THROUGHT TONIGHT.

LOOK BEFORE YOU LOCK-VOWIPE

IT'S A LIFE SAVING REMINDER FOR PARENTS.

LEAVING YOUR CHILD IN A HOT CAR CAN BE DEADLY.

LOOK BEFORE YOU LOCK-VOTOPS

YOU MAY REMEMBER -- BACK IN MARCH 2010

PAYTON MC-KINNON DIED AFTER ACCIDENTALLY BEING LEFT IN A HOT CAR.

LOOK BEFORE YOU LOCK-SOTVO

Reggie Mckinnon, Daughter Died from Heatstroke:35

"I was walking to my car and spoke with a few friends on the way out, I opened the back door of my suv to put my laptop down and that's the exact moment I will never forget.

To my horror, I realized Payton was still in her carseat and it was the last thing I remember and I heard someone screaming, it was me"

AND HERE IN FLORIDA - WE RARELY GET A BREAK FROM THAT HEAT.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER AS WELL - OFTEN TIMES IN THESE CASES, THE PARENT IS DISTRACTED, OR HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF THEIR ROUTINE.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON TIPS TO KEEP YOUR CHILDREN SAFE, LOG ONTO

THINGS TO DO TODAY-1 SH CGS

HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THIS WEEKEND.

TODAY. IN FORT MYERS.

IT'S THE IMAGINARIUM'S 17TH BIRTHDAY.

AND TO CELEBRATE. ORGANIZERS ARE THROWING A FAMILY FUN EVENT.

IT ALL STARTS AT TEN THIS MORNING AND RUNS UNTIL FIVE.

GUESTS CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HALF PRICE ADMISSION.

AND MUSUEM MEMBERS AND CHILDREN UNDER THREE ARE FREE.

SO HEAD TO THE IMAGINARIUM FOR A SNEEK PEEK AT A NEW OUTDOOR EXHIBIT.

AND LOTS OF GIVEAWAYS.

FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF THINGS TO DO GO TO OUR WEBSITE, NBC-2.COM AND CLICK ON "THINGS TO DO" ON THE SIDE MENU.

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IF YOUR HAND STARTS TO ACHE, THEN IT MAY BE A SIGN OF ARTHRITIS.

BUT CAN THE WAY YOU WALK, DETERMINE IF YOU WILL DEVELOP ALZHEIMER'S OR DEMENTIA?

AMY OSHIER HAS THE ANSWERS COMING UP IN TODAY'S HEALTH MATTERS?

AND AFTER AN IMPRESSIVE DEBUT, THE DOLPHINS GIVE ROOKIE QUARTERBACK RYAN TANNEHILL THE START LAST NIGHT.

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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.

Warm, humid weekend with showers possible"

Very warm and humid weather will continue through the weekend as our wind flow keeps coming off the Gulf of Mexico.

Along with the warm and muggy air, we can expect a good chance of a passing shower or storm through the course of your Saturday.

The rain will tend to form near the coast and the urban corridor earlier in the day before the west coast sea breeze carries the bulk of the showers and storms inland this afternoon. With that said, a pop up storm will still be possible for those of us close to the coast and I-75 at any time since the atmosphere is so packed with moisture.

With a fair amount of sunshine around today, temperatures in most areas will peak in the low to mid 90s, and the heat index will be close to 100.

By tonight, a lot of the rain will diminish, but we can't rule out a stray shower. Otherwise, our sky will stay partly cloudy with lows in the mid to upper 70s.

Sunday will offer a similar forecast, featuring the potential for a few morning coastal showers with the bulk of the rain moving deep inland later in the day.

As we head into next week, a weak front will try to slowly dip into Central Florida, sending more moisture our way and bringing our rain chances up Tuesday and Wednesday.

HEALTH BEAT PKG-PLASMA

THE WAY YOU WALK COULD BE A HINT AS TO WHETHER YOU WILL DEVELOP DEMENTIA OR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE,

THAT'S ACCORDING TO SEVERAL NEW STUDIES.

CHANGES IN WALKING PATTERNS COULD BE AN EARLY WARNING THAT COGNITIVE DECLINE IS UNDERWAY.

HEALTH BEAT PKG-PKG

PKG:

THE STATISTICS ON ALZHEIMER'S ARE HEAD SPINNING: 5.4 MILLION AMERICANS ARE LIVING WITH IT. ONE IN EIGHT OLDER AMERICANS HAS IT.

IT'S THE SIXTH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THIS COUNTRY. ALZHEIMER'S CAN'T BE PREVENTED OR CURED, BUT DOCTORS STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF CATCHING IT EARLY.

DR. MICHAEL RAAB/GERIATRICIAN

RUNS:

6:20 Early diagnosis certainly has benefits, while you still have most of your or all of your functional ability to make decisions and exercise good judgment.

SEVERAL NEW STUDIES CONVERGED ON A COMMON POINT. THE WAY YOU WALK MAY PROVIDE AN EARLY INDICATOR OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT. MOVEMENT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THEY LOOK FOR DURING A COMPREHENSIVE SCREENING GIVEN BY LEE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM.

DR. MICHAEL RAAB/GERIATRICIAN

RUNS:

15:59 We're fortunate to have neuropsychologists, that spend about three hours interviewing people, doing standardized tests where they are able to compare the person against their age related norms.

AMY OSHIER/REPORTING

RUNS:

Researchers found thinking skills like memory and information processing decline almost in parallel with the ability to walk fluidly. So doctors are evaluating a slowing of pace, a change in gait and loss of control.

DR. MICHAEL RAAB/GERIATRICIAN

RUNS

6:13 We do physical examinations- so we look at how the brain controls your balance how well you can move your body rapidly, alternating from one position to another.

SO WHEN IT COMES TO EVALUATING AND PREDICTING ALZHEIMER'S, THERE MAY BE SOMETHING IN THE WAY WE MOVE.

DR. MICHAEL RAAB/GERIATRICIAN

RUNS:

16:54 We look at all those things and try to put together a full picture.

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NFL SUNDAY NIGHT-SSTOPS

DON'T FORGET!

FOOTBALL RETURNS TO NBC-2 SUNDAY NIGHT!

THE COLTS VISIT THE STEELERS.

IT'LL BE THE FIRST CHANCE FOR FANS TO CHECK OUT ANDREW LUCK PLAY FOR THE COLTS.

TEASE TWO-1 SHOT

SELLING CITIZENSHIP.

JUST DAYS AFTER YOUNG ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS GOT THE "GREEN LIGHT" TO APPLY FOR CITIZENSHIP IN THE UNITED STATES --

THEY'RE ALREADY A TARGET FOR SCAM ARTISTS.

ONE MAN TELLS US HOW HE WAS RIPPED OFF.

EXPERTS ARE PREDICTING THIS YEAR COULD BE *THE MOST EXPENSIVE YEAR TO BUY GAS!

WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS THINKING ABOUT DOING --

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SELLING CITIZENSHIP-PLASMA

INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY'RE SEARCHING FOR THIS MAN --

THE MAN ACCUSED OF SELLING FAKE I-D'S TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS.

SELLING CITIZENSHIP-PKG

A FAKE D-M-V WORKER CAUGHT ON CAMERA--

ALLEGEDLY SCAMMING AT LEAST EIGHT UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS.

ONE VICTIM, IRELDA SANCHEZ, WHO WE SPOKE TO OVER THE PHONE TODAY-- SAYS THERE COULD BE MORE.

35:37 I thought it was legit, the guy came out in a suit and tie 43

THIS MAN-- WHO COLLIER INVESTIGATORS SAY GOES BY THE NAME OF ALEX MARTINEZ REPORTEDLY SOLICITED ILLEGAL ALIENS AT

A FLEA MARKET IN LABELLE--

TELLING THEM HE COULD GET FLORIDA DRIVERS LICENSES IN NAPLES.

A GROUP OF EIGHT DROVE TO MEET HIM-- IN HOPES OF FINALLY GETTING U-S DOCUMENTATION.

"People are vulnerable, they're desperate to get some sort of legal papers."

THE GROUP MET MARTINEZ AT THE DMV ON AIRPORT PULLING ROAD.

AS A PRECAUTION, ONE OF THEM RECORDED PART OF THE MEETING.

MARTINEZ REPORTEDLY COLLECTED $700 AND PASSPORTS FROM EVERYONE--

THEN TOOK OFF IN A DARK BLUE FORD EXPEDITION.

REVERENED ROBERT SELLE AT THE AMIGOS CENTER IN BONITA SPRINGS SAYS UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS OFTEN GET VICTIMIZED BECAUSE IT'S LIKELY THEY WONT REPORT CRIMES TO AUTHORITIES.

"If they're here without documents they're afraid to file a complaint so they're seen as vulnerable victims."

IN THIS CASE--

HALF OF THE VICTIMS LEFT THE DMV OUT OF FEAR.

they were too scared to call the cops because they're illegal.

SANCHEZ CALLED 911.

SHE SAYS SHE WANTS MAKE SURE MARTINEZ IS CAUGHT BEFORE HE TARGETS SOMEONE ELSE.

"I'm pretty sure he's done it to many other people and they're just too scared to call the cops because they think they're going to get deported."

MAN STEALS CAR ON TEST DRIVE-VO

THE STICKER PRICE IS SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 75-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A 2008 MASERATI.

BUT AUTHORITIES SAY THIS GUY DIDN'T PLAN ON PAYING FOR IT.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. FROM A LOS ANGELES CAR DEALERSHIP.

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS A SALESPERSON GAVE A POTENTIAL BUYER THE KEYS TO THE 2008 MASERATI.

THE CUSTOMER SAID HE WANTED TO LISTEN TO THE ENGINE.

BUT WHEN THE SALESPERSON OPENED THE DOOR FOR HIM--

THE MAN JUMPED IN AND DROVE OFF.

TEASE THREE-1 SHOT

A RACY PHOTO HAS THE MOST DECORATED OLYMPIAN IN HOT WATER THIS MORNING.

FIND OUT WHY MICHAEL PHELPS COULD BE STRIPPED OF HIS 22 MEDALS.

HARRY POTTER FANS --

TAKING SECOND BEHIND ANOTHER MAJOR SELLER.

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HEADLINES-ANIBOXES

A HIGHSCHOOL TEACHER IS HEADED TO JAIL --

AFTER A JURY FINDS HER GUILTY OF HAVING SEX WITH HER STUDENTS.

THE SURPRISING TESTIMONY FROM HER HUSBAND.

HE DOMINATED IN THE WATER IN LONDON --

BUT THIS PICTURE COULD STRIP MICHAEL PHELPS OF HIS MEDALS.

WE'LL TELL YOU WHY.

AND IF YOU'RE NOT HAPPY WITH THE PRICE AT THE PUMP--

IT COULD GET MUCH WORSE.

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HEADLINE 2 PHELPS PHOTO-VIDBOX

HEADLINE 3 GAS PRICES-VIDBOX REM LIVE

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GOOD MORNING 2-1 SHOT

GOOD MORNING, THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE ON NBC-2 NEWS TODAY.

I'M KELLY CRESWELL.

WE'LL GET A LOOK AT OUR TOP STORIES IN JUST A MINUTE.

FIRST WEATHER-WX CENTER

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.

Warm, humid weekend with showers possible"

Very warm and humid weather will continue through the weekend as our wind flow keeps coming off the Gulf of Mexico.

Along with the warm and muggy air, we can expect a good chance of a passing shower or storm through the course of your Saturday.

The rain will tend to form near the coast and the urban corridor earlier in the day before the west coast sea breeze carries the bulk of the showers and storms inland this afternoon. With that said, a pop up storm will still be possible for those of us close to the coast and I-75 at any time since the atmosphere is so packed with moisture.

With a fair amount of sunshine around today, temperatures in most areas will peak in the low to mid 90s, and the heat index will be close to 100.

By tonight, a lot of the rain will diminish, but we can't rule out a stray shower. Otherwise, our sky will stay partly cloudy with lows in the mid to upper 70s.

Sunday will offer a similar forecast, featuring the potential for a few morning coastal showers with the bulk of the rain moving deep inland later in the day.

As we head into next week, a weak front will try to slowly dip into Central Florida, sending more moisture our way and bringing our rain chances up Tuesday and Wednesday.

PUBLIC HOUSING AND CONVICTED FELONS-ONCAM

CONVICTED FELONS COULD SOON BE BANNED FROM FORT MYERS PUBLIC HOUSING PROPERTIES.

IT'S AN IDEA TO CURB CRIME.

PUBLIC HOUSING AND CONVICTED FELONS-PKG

JATAVIA LEE HAS LIVED IN PUBLIC HOUSING SINCE JANUARY.

AND ADMITS HER COMPLEX ISN'T PERFECT.

JATAVIA LEE, RESIDENT: I'm not going to lie it can be safer but as long as law enforcement do their job and not overdue their job

BUT SHE THINKS RESTRICTING WHO CAN AND CAN'T VISIT HER IS NOT THE WAY TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY SAFE.

JATAVIA LEE, RESIDENT: They could be out here seeing their baby momma, family, their mother, anything

MARCUS GOODSON, FM HOUSING AUTHORITY: The drug activity the criminal activity we don't want that on our properties at all and so we think an established policy will give it a little more strength

THE FORT MYERS HOUSING AUTHORITY WANTS TO KEEP OUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE FELONY DRUG, SEX, OR OTHER VIOLENT CRIME CONVICTIONS.IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE PEACE ON THEIR PROPERTIES.

SEVERE CONSEQUENCES ALSO EXTEND TO RESIDENTS WHO VIOLATE THE POLICY.

MARCUS GOODSON, FM HOUSING AUTHORITY: You could be evicted from your property if you are housing or having people come on the property who you know have been trespassed

WILLIE GREEN, COMMUNITY ACTIVIST: I am for having a nice community but not at the expense of freedom

BUT SOME LIKE COMMUNITY ACTIVIST WILLIE GREEN ARGUE THE NEW POLICY WOULD BREAK UP FAMILIES AND ALSO VIOLATE CIVIL LIBERTIES.

WILLIE GREEN, COMMUNITY ACTIVIST: If that same man was in prison his children could come visit him yet he cannot visit them in public housing

THE POLICY WOULD APPLY TO ALL SIX OF THE CITY'S HOUSING COMMUNITIES.

ALTHOUGH SOME RESIDENTS THINK THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.

JATAVIA LEE, RESIDENT: I'm not going to look after a 25 year old if you want to sit on the porch okay just don't make my community look bad

SON PAWNS MOM'S WEDDING RING-OC-SS

COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY A MAN STOLE HIS MOTHER'S WEDDING RING AND SOLD IT TO A LOCAL PAWN STORE.

INVESTIGATORS SAY JACOB ADAMS ALSO TOOK HIS FATHER'S U-S NAVY "CLASS RING" AND PAWNED THAT, TOO.

DETECTIVES SAY HE DID IT AFTER HIS PARENTS LEFT TOWN.

HE GOT A TOTAL OF 570-DOLLARS FOR THE JEWELRY.

SWFL INT'L BUSY IN JULY-ONCAM

MORE PEOPLE ARE FLYING IN AND OUT OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

MORE THAN 464-THOUSAND PASSENGERS TRAVELED THROUGH R-S-W LAST MONTH.

THAT'S A NEARLY TWO PERCENT INCREASE, COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.

GAS PRICES SOAR-ON CAM

NOW TO THE PAIN WE'RE ALL FEELING AT THE PUMP.

GAS PRICES HAVE SPIKED NEARLY 40 CENTS IN JUST THE PAST MONTH,

WITH SOME EXPERTS PREDICTING THAT 2012 WILL LIKELY BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE YEAR EVER TO DRIVE A CAR IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND NOW THE WHITE HOUSE IS CONSIDERING DRASTIC MEASURES: TAPPING

INTO THE STRATEGIC OIL RESERVE.

GAS PRICES SOAR-PKG

SCRIPT:

IF YOU THINK THE PRICE OF GAS HAS GONE UP IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD YOU'RE NOT

ALONE.

NATS

CHECK OUT THESE SOARING PRICES AT THE PUMP IN JUST THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

FULL SCREEN GRAPHICS

IN WASHINGTON, IT WENT FROM 3.67 TO 3.93-THAT'S AN INCREASE OF 26 CENTS A

GALLON. IN CALIFORNIA, IT'S UP 27 CENTS TO 4 - 10. AND IN OREGON THE PRICE

HAS RISEN A WHOPPING 29 CENTS A GALLON.

20;26;21;08 man #2: its a little difficult to try to go any long

distances; cant afford it.

WHAT'S CAUSED THE UNPLEASANT END OF SUMMER SURPRISE?

Grfx

REFINERY OUTAGES IN THE MIDWEST

RISING CRUDE OIL COSTS

RISING ETHANOL COSTS DUE TO DROUGHT

TO EASE THE BURDEN ON YOUR WALLET, THE WHITE HOUSE IS CONSIDERING RELEASING

SOME OF THE COUNTRIES STRATEGIC OIL RESERVES TO BRING DOWN THE PRICE OF GAS

AND PUT PRESSURE ON IRAN. SOMETHING THE WHITE HOUSE DID NOT DENY FRIDAY.

SOT Josh Earnest

WH Deputy Press Secretary: a release of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is

an option that's on the table, / The administration does carefully

monitor the global oil market and the global price of oil,

20;17;34;10 man #1: if we got the resources why not use them. if its

going to help the american people its going to help us. especially people

who travel a lot

BUT PATRICK DEHAAN FROM GAS BUDDY DOT COM DOES NOT AGREE WITH THIS PLAN.

4 07 THE STRATIGIC PETROLIUM RESERVE IS SUPPOSED TO BE USED IN TIMES OF

WAR OR REAL DISRUPTIONS OF THE OIL SUPPLIES, THAT WAY WE WOULDN'T SEE A

SHOCK IN OIL PRICES. IT'S REALLY NOT SUPPOSED TO BE USED TO SIMPLY BRING

DOWN THE PRICE OF OIL WITH OUT ANY DISRUPTION.

YET MANY WE TALKED TO, ESPECIALLY WITH FAMILIES, THINK THIS COULD BE THE

GOOD NEWS THEY WERE LOOKING FOR.

20;29;09;15 woman #1; that would make me happy. i could buy more

GAS PRICES SOAR-ON CAM , BNR

REMEMBER NBC-2 IS ALWAYS CHECKING FOR THE BEST PRICES AROUND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

SOLDIER SUICIDE RATE ALL TIME HIGH-VO

SOME DISTURBING NEWS TO REPORT ABOUT SOLDIER SUICIDES THIS MORNING.

MILITARY OFFICIALS REPORTED THURSDAY THERE WERE 38 CONFIRMED OR SUSPECTED SOLDIER SUICIDES IN JULY.

THAT'S THE HIGHEST MONTHLY COUNT SINCE THE ARMY BEGAN KEEPING DETAILED STATISTICS.

THE NUMBER INCLUDES ACTIVE AND NON-ACTIVE DUTY SOLDIERS IN THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE.

MOVIE THEATER FEARS-VO

MOVIEGOERS ARE STILL RELUCTANT ABOUT GOING TO THE MOVIES AFTER A MASS SHOOTING INSIDE A COLORADO THEATER LAST MONTH.

A SURVEY BY CONSULTING FIRM SCREEN ENGINE SHOWS THAT FOUR WEEKS AFTER THE SHOOTING 17 PERCENT OF PEOPLE SAY THEY'RE STILL SKEPTICAL ABOUT GOING TO MOVIE THEATERS.

AND LATE NIGHT SHOWINGS WERE HIT THE HARDEST.

PENN STATE TRIAL DATE-VO

TWO FORMER PENN STATE OFFICIALS ACCUSED OF PERJURY ARE SET TO GO TO TRIAL IN JANUARY.

FORMER PENN STATE VICE PRESIDENT GARY SCHULTZ AND FORMER ATHLETIC DIRECTOR TIM CURLEY ARE CHARGED WITH LYING TO A STATE GRAND JURY ABOUT WHAT THEY KNEW ABOUT CHILD MOLESTATION ALLEGATIONS MADE AGAINST FORMER ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH JERRY SANDUKY BACK IN 2001.

IN JUNE -- SANDUSKY WAS CONVICTED OF SEXUALLY ABUSING TEN BOYS OVER A 15 YEAR SPAN.

PATERNO SANDUSKY REPORT-VO

MEANTIME, FORMER PENN STATE HEAD COACH JOE PATERNO REPORTEDLY DIDN'T WANT TO READ THE GRAND JURY REPORT ABOUT HIS FORMER ASSISTANT JERRY SANDUSKY, AFTER SANDUSKY WAS CHARGED WITH CHILD SEX ABUSE.

A BOOK CALLED "PATERNO," COMING OUT NEXT WEEK, SAYS PATERNO'S FAMILY HAD TO PUSH HIM TO READ THE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST HIS FORMER ASSISTANT.

PENN STATE FIRED PATERNO IN THE WAKE OF THE SCANDAL.

PHELPS CONTROVERSY-SS

THE MOST DECORATED OLYMPIC ATHELETE, MICHAEL PHELPS COULD GET STRIPPED OF HIS MEDALS FOR A PICTURE HE TOOK DURING THE OLYMPICS.

IT'S FOR A LOUIS VUITTON AD CAMPAIGN.

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE PHOTO ITSELF.

THE PROBLEM IS, IT WAS LEAKED LAST WEEK.

OLYMPIC RULES PROHIBIT ATHLETES FROM PROMOTING NON-OFFICIAL SPONSORS DURING A NEARLY MONTHLONG PERIOD AROUND THE GAMES.

POTENTIAL PENALTIES COULD INCLUDE LOSING OLYMPIC MEDALS.

EDDIE MURRAY CHARGED INSIDER TRADING-VO

BASEBALL HALL-OF-FAMER EDDIE MURRAY IS IN TROUBLE FACING CHARGES OF INSIDER TRADING.

THE FORMER BALTIMORE ORIOLES STAR IS ACCUSED OF RECEIVING A TRADING TIP FROM AN OLD TEAMMATE, DOUG DECINCES.

THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION CLAIMS MURRAY PURCHASED STOCKS IN 'ADVANCED MEDICAL OPTICS' AFTER RECEIVING A TIP IT WOULD GET BOUGHT UP.

TEACHER TRIAL-ON CAM

A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER, WIFE, AND MOTHER OF THREE IS ON HER WAY TO PRISON.

BRITTANI COLLEPS HAD GROUP SEX WITH FIVE OF HER STUDENTS --

FOUR OF THEM FROM THE FOOTBALL TEAM.

BUT EVEN MORE SURPRISING. THE MAN COMING TO HER DEFENSE --

HER HUSBAND.

TEACHER TRIAL-PKG

SCRIPT:

FIVE YEARS NO PAROLE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER GUILTY OF A TEXAS

LAW PROHIBITING INNAPPROPRIATE RELATIONS WITH STUDENTS.

SHE HAD SEX WITH 5 OF THEM. ALL 18 YEARS OF AGE. 4 OF THEM FOOTBALL

PLAYERS. AND SHE DID IT WHILE HER HUSBAND WAS AWAY SERVING IN IRAQ.

ON THE STAND HER HUSBAND WEPT BUT IN A SURPRISE TWIST -- STOOD BY HIS WOMAN.

nat W CHYRON

"i love her with every part of my heart. every ounce of my being"

HER HUSBAND. BEGGING FOR LENIENCY FOR THEIR THREE CHILDRENS SAKE.

Nats Husband: "We told themthat mommy did some bad things and made some bad

choices and that there's a possibility that mommy may have to go away. I'm

asking you to give her probation."

Lawyer "why"

"because it's not mine or my children's fault"

THEN AN APPEAL FROM BRITTNI COLLEPS' MOTHER.

Nats Mom: " I'm asking you to have mercy for her kids cause they need their

mom."

AT ISSUE: SHOULD SHE GO TO PRISON FOR HAVING SEX WITH 18 YEARS OLDS - WHO

ARE LEGALLY OF AGE AND WHO CONSENTED.

3 OF THE 5 STUDENTS TESTIFIED SHE DID NOTHING WRONG WANTING THE JUDGE TO

WOMAN STEALS FROM COURTHOUSE SECURITY-VO

THIS STORY HAS AN IRONIC TWIST --

A WOMAN WALKING THROUGH A SECURITY CHECKPOINT AT A BROWARD COUNTY COURTHOUSE --

STEALS A WATCH FROM ANOTHER MAN IN LINE!

TAKE A LOOK.

A MAN WALKS THROUGH SECURITY --

FORGETS HIS 22-HUNDRED DOLLAR WATCH IN THE SECURITY BIN.

THE WOMAN BEHIND HIM SWIPED THE WATCH.

AND HEADS FOR THE EXIT JUST SECONDS LATER.

HUNGER GAMES OVER HARRY POTTER-VO

WHEN IT COMES TO BEST-SELLING BOOKS,

HAVING A BOW AND ARROW MAY BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN WAVING A WAND.

THE HUNGER GAMES TRILOGY HAS SURPASED THE HARRY POTTER BOOKS AS THE MORE POPULAR SERIES ON AMAZON-DOT-COM.

THE MOST REMARKABLE PART OF THE SURGE OF KATNISS AND THE HUNGER GAMES IS THE SERIES ONLY CONSISTS OF THREE BOOKS.

THE HARRY POTTER SERIES IS SEVEN.

THINGS TO DO TODAY-1 SH CGS

HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THIS WEEKEND.

A BACK TO SCHOOL BASH IN COLLIER COUNTY.

SUN-N-FUN LAGOON IN NORTH COLLIER REGIONAL PARK HAS ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR THE DAY FROM TEN TO FIVE.

THERE'S A D.J.GAMES. PRIZES.

COST HERE IS MEASURED BY HEIGHT. OVER 48 INCHES GETS IN FOR 8 DOLLARS.

UNDER 48 INCHES. IT'S JUST 4.50. PLUS TAX.

KIDS UNDER THREE ARE FREE.

FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF THINGS TO DO GO TO OUR WEBSITE, NBC-2.COM AND CLICK ON "THINGS TO DO" ON THE SIDE MENU.

TEASE FOUR-1 SHOT

Dan: 01:16:05 How many tigers do ya have?

JIM: 01:16:06 Twenty-nine.

IN SOME STATES.

ALMOST ANYONE CAN GET A TIGER.

AND MAKING IT EASIER.

ARE BACKYARD ZOOS.

WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE DANGERS.

AND DUNKIN DONUTS MAKES IT EASIER FOR YOU TO SATISFY YOU CRAVING.

TZ4 A BUYING A TIGER-SOTVO

TZ4 B DUNKIN DONUTS APP-VOTOPS

FORECAST OPEN-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.

Warm, humid weekend with showers possible"

Very warm and humid weather will continue through the weekend as our wind flow keeps coming off the Gulf of Mexico.

Along with the warm and muggy air, we can expect a good chance of a passing shower or storm through the course of your Saturday.

The rain will tend to form near the coast and the urban corridor earlier in the day before the west coast sea breeze carries the bulk of the showers and storms inland this afternoon. With that said, a pop up storm will still be possible for those of us close to the coast and I-75 at any time since the atmosphere is so packed with moisture.

With a fair amount of sunshine around today, temperatures in most areas will peak in the low to mid 90s, and the heat index will be close to 100.

By tonight, a lot of the rain will diminish, but we can't rule out a stray shower. Otherwise, our sky will stay partly cloudy with lows in the mid to upper 70s.

Sunday will offer a similar forecast, featuring the potential for a few morning coastal showers with the bulk of the rain moving deep inland later in the day.

As we head into next week, a weak front will try to slowly dip into Central Florida, sending more moisture our way and bringing our rain chances up Tuesday and Wednesday.

sisters rescued-vo in plasma

NOW TO A DRAMATIC STORY OF COURAGE IN THE FACE OF CRISIS.

TWO SISTERS, TRAPPED INSIDE A FIREY CAR WRECK ON AN INTERSTATE AND THE STRANGERS WHO COME TO THEIR RESCUE.

sisters rescued-pkg

SCRIPT:

NATS AMBULANCE

WHEN THIS ROADSIDE CAR WENT UP IN FLAMES WITH TWO PASSENGERS INSIDE

STRANGERS CAME TO THE RESCUE

More NATS

SOT MELISSA ESTES / RESCUER

I yelled need a knife"

ALMOST 30 PEOPLE - RUSH TO THE RESCUE ALONG INTERSTATE 10 IN MISSISSIPPI -

SOT MELISSA ESTES / RESCUER

21:06:56i opened the door -and i got her sister out and guy got her wheel

chair and we put her in chair

SECOND CLASS PETTY NAVY OFFICER MELISSA ESTES BREAKS THE BACK WINDOW AND

CUTS THE SEATBELT; RELEASING THE PASSENGER, GIOVANNA DE MONTE WHO IS

HANDICAPPED.

SOT MELISSA ESTES / RESCUER

i went around to the driver side and noticed she was unconscious at the time

THE DRIVER IS HER OLDER SISTER, FELICIDAD. SHE REGAINS CONSIOUSNESS,

BLEEDING FROM THE EARS. GASHES ALL OVER HER FACE.

Gerald Herbert, AP Photographer

"She was pinned by the steering wheel and / no one could get her out.

THE RESCUERS RISK THEIR OWN LIVES - THE SUV COULD EXPLODE AT ANY MOMENT

Gerald Herbert, AP Photographer

The flames were getting higher and higher

THEN, JUST IN TIME, A CEMENT MIXER SHOWS UP WITH WATER ON BOARD

SOT CEMENT MIXER

SOMEONE IN THE CROWD HAS A CROW BAR.

Gerald Herbert, AP Photographer

they pried the door open and got her out and rescued her."

SOT MELISSA ESTES / RESCUER

she was yelling crying and being hysterical - we were trying to calm her

down.

ASSOCIATE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER GERALD HERBERT CATCHES THE DRAMATIC RESCUE ON

CAMERA

Gerald Herbert, AP Photographer

there's no way that woman would have lived if it weren't for all of those

actions by every single one of those people who were there.

FELICIDAD WAS TRANSPORTED TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL AND IS NOW IN STABLE

CONDITION.

SOLAR RAIN-VOTOPS

A SAN DIEGO-AREA COMPANY IS PUTTING A NEW TWIST ON BOTTLED WATER.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE BOTTLED WATERS ON THE PLANET.

IT'S CALLED SOLAR RAIN.

AND GET THIS --

THE COMPANY TAKES THE WATER STRAIGHT FROM THE OCEAN,

CLEANS IT, FILTERS IT, AND BOTTLES IT.

DUNKIN DONUTS APP!-VO

IF YOU'RE CRAVING A DONUT THIS MORNING --

GRAB YOUR CELL PHONE!

DUNKIN DONUTS JUST RELEASED A NEW APP THAT LET'S CUSTOMERS PAY FOR PURCHASES WITH THEIR EYE-PHONES, EYE-PODS, OR ANDROIDS.

CUSTOMERS CAN DOWNLOAD THE APP FROM GOOGLE PLAY OR THE APP STORE AND LOAD IT WITH MONEY,

THEN HAND THE MOBILE DEVICE TO THE CASHIER AT CHECKOUT.

AMAZON.COM TAXES IN CA-VO

IF YOU'RE AN ONLINE SHOPPER --

GET THOSE ORDERS IN NOW!

ESPECIALLY PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA.

THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE IN CALIFORNIA CERTIFIED THIS WEEK THAT NO FEDERAL INTERNET TAX LAW EXISTS.

NOW A NEW STATE LAW TAKES EFFECT NEXT MONTH THAT ALLOWS E-TAILERS --

LIKE AMAZON OR OVERSTOCK MUST START COLLECTING SALES TAX.

FOREVER FAMILY-ON CAM

IN TODAY'S FOREVER FAMILY GIA TUTALO MOTE INTRODUCES US TO A VERY SPECIAL BOY.

FOREVER FAMILY-PKG

FOREVER FAMILY PACKAGE FOR

NBC 2, ABC 7

"T.J."

TCT - 00:01:09:00

: You are smiling like a big boy.

Lanecia Radcliff, child advocate: T.J. is almost two years old and he is an adorable toddler. He does have some vision impairment. And that is his only medical issue. It is likely that he may have some vision in the future but we don't know for sure. He likes to walk around. Likes to be stimulated.

Gia Tutalo-Mote, Forever Family: You like my necklace.

Lanecia: He loves people to talk to him and play with him.

Gia: silly lizard.

Lanecia: He can say Momma, Dada and shoes. The more family stimulates him with his vocabulary I am sure he will not have any problem talking.

FOREVER FAMILY-OC TAG

IF YOU'D LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ADOPTING T-J,

EMORY ADMITS TO FALSE SCORES-VOWIPE

A PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITY IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA HAS ADMITTED TO LYING ABOUT TEST SCORES AND DATA ABOUT ITS STUDENTS.

FOR MORE THAN A DECADE,

EMORY UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN GIVING STUDENT DATA TO GROUPS THAT RANK SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

FOR YEARS, EMORY HAS HAD A PLACE NEAR THE TOP OF THE LIST.

BUT NOW, THE UNIVERSITY HAS COME CLEAN ABOUT THAT DATA,

EMORY ADMITS TO FALSE SCORES-SOTVO

"that's an insanely long time. it's really shocking to find that out, but i think it's really great that the administration let us know."

THE UNIVERSITY'S TOP BRASS SAID THE DECISION TO MISREPRESENT THE DATA WAS AN "INTENTIONAL" ONE.

IT SAYS STEPS WILL BE TAKEN TO ENSURE FUTURE DATA IS REPORTED CORRECTLY.

PET ALLIGATOR-VO

WE'RE USED TO SEEING GATORS HERE IN FLORIDA, BUT WHEN POLICE FOUND A GATOR IN MILWUAKEE, THAT WAS PRETTY RARE!

TAKE A LOOK --

THIS 90 POUND ALLIGATOR NAMED 'WALL-GATOR' WAS LIVING ON A DIET OF FISH, FROZEN RATS, AND CRICKETS.

HIS OWNER SAYS HE DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS ILLEGAL TO HAVE A GATOR AS A PET.

NEW SNOW LEOPARD-VOTOPS

AND A NEW YORK ZOO HAS A NEW ADDITION!

TWO BABY SNOW LEOPARDS WERE BORN THIS WEEK IN SYRACUSE, WHICH IS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN 14-YEARS SNOW LEOPARDS ARE CALLING NEW YORK ZOO HOME.

ACCORDING TO THE ZOO DIRECTOR,

THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT 137 SNOW LEOPARDS AT ZOOS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

HOW EASY IT IS TO BUY A TIGER-on cam

THERE ARE GUN CONTROL AND EXPLOSIVES CONTROL.

BUT IF YOUR NEIGHBHOR WANTS TO OWN A TIGER,

WHAT DO YOU DO?

HOW EASY IT IS TO BUY A TIGER-PKG

SCRIPT:

TO FIND OUT HOW EASY IT IS TO BUY A PET TIGER

DH: "GETTING WIRED UP."

. MY COLLEAGUES AND I WORE HIDDEN CAMERAS AND POSED AS FIRST TIME CAT

BUYERS.

Dan: 01:16:05 How many tigers do ya have?

JIM: 01:16:06 Twenty-nine.

JIM Hofferber owns THE "ANIMAL HAVEN ZOO" IN WEYUWEGA, WISCONSIN. one of

the ROUGHLY ONE-THOUSAND SO-CALLED "roadside zoos" in America today.

THESE BACKYARD ZOOS HAVE BECOME EXTREMELY CONTROVERSIAL. AFTER A ZOO OWNER

IN ZANESVILLE, OHIO RELEASED ALL OF HIS ANIMALS. AND KILLED HIMSELF.

PROVOKING POLICE TO KILL THE ANIMALS.

SOT: Sit on him give him a big old hug

BACKYARD ZOOS HAVE ALSO BEEN CRITICIZED FOR LETTING VISITORS CUDDLE WITH

PREDATORS.

Nats kid screaming.

. WHICH HAS RESULTED IN INJURIES. AND DEATH.

Back in Wisconsin, JIM HOFFERBER DOESN'T ALLOW PEOPLE TO CUDDLE WITH TIGERS.

. BUT HE DID OFFER TO GIVE US ONE. FOR FREE.

THIS IS ONE OF SIX STATES WHERE IT'S PERFECTLY LEGAL TO BUY AND SELL A PET

TIGER WITH LITTLE TO NO PAPERWORK

SOT: She's very nice, very friendly.

NOT SO FRIENDLY, THOUGH, WHEN I WENT IN FOR A CLOSER LOOK.

NATS - huge growl

DAN: If one of these cats got out, what could. what could they do to ya?

JIM: First thing you do is you go to the house, get the 30-odd-six, make

sure the gate's shut over there, and shoot the son-of-a-bitch.

WHILE IN OUR INITIAL CONVERSATION HE TOLD US WE DIDN'T NEED ANY PAPERWORK

AT ALL WHEN WE ARRIVED HE DID ASKED FOR A LETTER FROM THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT

AND A USDA LICENSE WHICH REQUIRES A SITE VISIT.

BUT HE QUICKLY ADDED NEITHER IS DIFFICULT TO GET.

WHEN I REVEALED WHO I REALLY WAS JIM'S WIFE WAS NOT PLEASED.

SOT: You have no right barging in here like you were doing. like we're

doing something illegal.

CORRECT, BUT.

Dan: You really don't have any way of knowing whether I'll be responsible

down the line.

JIM: Absolutely not. But nobody that gave me a tiger knew that I would be

responsible.

AND THAT'S THE RUB: IN SOME STATES. ANYONE CAN GET TIGER. AND YOU NEVER

KNOW WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE.

NEW MARS PICTURES-VOTOPS

BRAND NEW PICTURES OUT FROM PLANET MARS!

TAKE A LOOK AT PICTURES MARS ROVER "CURIOSITY" SENT.

YOU CAN SEE CURIOSITY LANDING NEAR MOUNT SHARP --

AND EVEN TRACKS LEFT BEHIND ON THE GROUND.

FGCU ARTIFACTS-VOWIPE

IT MAY NOT BE FROM MARS --

BUT NASA JUST AWARDED FLORIDA GULF COAST WITH 140-THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF HISTORIC ARTIFACTS.

PART OF THE PRECIOUS CARGO:

A TILE SPREAD TO PROTECT THE SHUTTLE FROM HEAT --

POCKETS FROM AN ASTRONAUTS SUIT--

AND EQUIPMENT USED TO CONNECT CENTRAL COMMAND TO THE SHUTTLE.

FGCU ARTIFACTS-SOTVO

We're very excited about it. Most of the objects we may not necessarily know exactly how they were used where they were used in terms of what shuttle specifically, but that is part of our research.

LOVE THAT DRESS-VO

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

ON AUGUST 29TH YOU CAN SHOP THE NIGHT AWAY ON DRESSES --THOUSANDS OF THEM.

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, SS

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 IS HAPPENING AT TWO LOCATIONS THIS YEAR-

THE EMBASSY SUITES IN ESTERO AND THE WALDORF IN NAPLES.

WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE

TEASE FIVE-2 SHOT

A FORT MYERS WOMAN IS FACING UP TO A YEAR IN PRISON --

AFTER OFFICIALS SAY SHE LET HER HORSES RUN WILD!

TZ5 A HORSE OWNER ARRESTED-VO

TZ5 B LIVE TEASE-REM LIVE

HEADLINES-ANIBOXES

VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PAUL RYAN MAKES A STOP IN FLORIDA.

WE'LL SHOW YOU WHERE HE'LL BE --

AND WHO IS JOINING HIM.

THE SEARCH IS ON FOR A MURDER SUSPECT OUT OF BROWARD COUNTY.

WHY AUTHORITIES THINK HE'S HIDING OUT IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

DIGGING FOR SCALLOPS.

MORE THAN A HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS ARE HITTING THE WATER.

HEADLINE 1 PAUL RYAN-VIDBOX

HEADLINE 2 MURDER SUSPECT SEARCH-VIDBOX

HEADLINE 3 SCALLPS-VIDBOX REM LIVE

NEWS OPEN-CLIP

GOOD MORNING 3-2SHOT

GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME BACK TO THE FINAL HALF HOUR OF NBC-2 NEWS TODAY.

I'M KELLY CRESWELL.

WE'LL HAVE YOUR TOP STORIES OF THE DAY IN JUST ONE MINUTE.

FIRST WEATHER-WX CENTER

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.

Warm, humid weekend with showers possible"

Very warm and humid weather will continue through the weekend as our wind flow keeps coming off the Gulf of Mexico.

Along with the warm and muggy air, we can expect a good chance of a passing shower or storm through the course of your Saturday.

The rain will tend to form near the coast and the urban corridor earlier in the day before the west coast sea breeze carries the bulk of the showers and storms inland this afternoon. With that said, a pop up storm will still be possible for those of us close to the coast and I-75 at any time since the atmosphere is so packed with moisture.

With a fair amount of sunshine around today, temperatures in most areas will peak in the low to mid 90s, and the heat index will be close to 100.

By tonight, a lot of the rain will diminish, but we can't rule out a stray shower. Otherwise, our sky will stay partly cloudy with lows in the mid to upper 70s.

Sunday will offer a similar forecast, featuring the potential for a few morning coastal showers with the bulk of the rain moving deep inland later in the day.

As we head into next week, a weak front will try to slowly dip into Central Florida, sending more moisture our way and bringing our rain chances up Tuesday and Wednesday.

CLIP-CLIP

PAUL RYAN IN CENTRAL FLORIDA-VO

REPUBLICAN VICE PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL PAUL RYAN IS IN FLORIDA TODAY.

THIS IS A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW AT THE EVENT.

HE'S CAMPAIGNING IN THE CENTRAL FLORIDA RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, THE VILLAGES.

RYAN IS HITTING THE CAMPAIGN TRIAL WITH HIS MOTHER, WHO IS A FLORIDA RESIDENT AND A MEDICARE RECIPIENT.

HE IS EXPECTED TO TALK ABOUT MEDICARE.

PRESIDENT OBAMA TODAY-ON CAM

TODAY PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HITS THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL-

PAUL RYAN RELEASES TAX RETURNS-CG

WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR FEDERAL TAXES IN THE LAST TWO YEARS,

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MITT ROMNEY HAS PAID A LOWER FEDERAL TAX RATE THAN HIS RUNNING MATE, CONGRESSMAN PAUL RYAN.

PAUL RYAN RELEASED TWO YEARS OF HIS TAX RETURNS FRIDAY.

THE REPUBLICAN VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND HIS WIFE PAID AN EFFECTIVE TAX RATE OF 20-PERCENT

IN 20-11 AND 16-PERCENT IN 20-10.

ACCORDING TO ROMNEY'S TAX RETURNS -- HE PAID AN EFFECTIVE TAX RATE OF 14-AND-A-HALF PERCENT OVER THAT SAME TWO YEARS.

RYAN'S INCOME TOTALED ABOUT 539-THOUSAND-DOLLARS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

POLITICS OF JOBS NUMBERS-VOWIPE

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA EMPLOYERS ARE IN A HOLDING PATTERN RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT OUT TODAY FROM F-C-G-U.

ECONOMIST GARY JACKSON SAYS MORE THAN HALF OF LOCAL BUSINESS EXECUTIVES PLAN TO KEEP THEIR STAFF AT THE SAME LEVEL DURING THE NEXT YEAR.

A THIRD OF EMPLOYERS PLAN TO *MODERATELY INCREASE HIRING.

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"It's very similar to the investment decision, should I invest to expand my capacity? Well, I will expand my capacity when I think there's going to be additional demand for my products and services."

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THEY WERE DISAPPEARING FROM OUR SHORES,

BUT THE BAY SCALLOP IS MAKING A COMEBACK ON PINE ISLAND.

STILL, THE SCALLOP ISN'T OUT OF THE WOODS YET.

AND TODAY, LEE COUNTY OFFICIALS, CONSERVATIONIST AND VOLUNTEERS HIT THE WATER TO COUNT THE CREATURES.

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THEY WERE DISAPPEARING FROM OUR SHORES, BUT THE BAY SCALLOP IS MAKING A COMEBACK ON PINE ISLAND.

STILL, THE SCALLOP ISN'T OUT OF THE WOODS YET.

AND TODAY, LEE COUNTY OFFICIALS, CONSERVATIONIST AND VOLUNTEERS HIT THE WATER TO COUNT THE CREATURES.

NBC2'S CLIFTON FRENCH IS LIVE AT THE PINELAND MARINA ON PINE ISLAND WHERE MORE THAN 150 VOLUNTEERS ARE JUST GETTING IN THE WATER.

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ABOUT 40 BOATS, AND ABOUT 150 SNORKLERS ARE OUT HERE IN THE SOUND, SIMPLY COUNTING.

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DECADES BACK, POOR WATER QUALITY AND DISAPPEARING SEAGRASS NEARLY KNOCKED OUT THE BAY-SCALLOP POPULATION.

TODAY, THE WATER QUALITY IS IMPROVING, SEAGRASSES ARE COMING BACK, AND SO ARE THE SCALLOPS, WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR ANYONE LIVING NEAR THE WATER.

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"IF YOU EAT SEAFOOD, 70-90 PERCENT OF YOUR SEAFOOD IS GOING TO COME OUT OF A PLACE LIKE THIS WITH SEAGRASS AND MANGROVES, IT WILL HELP PROTECT AGAINST STORMSURGE, IT FILTERS WATER QUALITY WHICH ACTUALLY CAN IMPROVE AIR QUALITY." TRT: 17

RIGHT NOW VOLUNTEERS ARE JUST COUNTING SECTIONS OF THE BAY TO GET A SNAPSHOT OF THE POPULATION.

IF THE SCALLOP IS HEALTHY, THAT MEANS THE WATER QUALITY IS STILL IMPROVING.

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SUSPICIOUS DEVICE IN A CAR-VO

NBC-2 IS WORKING TO FIND OUT WHAT DEVICE WAS INSIDE A CAR --

THAT DEPUTIES SAY WAS SUSPICIOUS.

WE WERE THERE AS A LEE COUNTY BOMB SQUAD SEARCHED THE CAR AFTER A CRASH.

DEPUTIES TELL US IT ALL STARTED AFTER A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH AROUND SIX LAST NIGHT.

ACCORDING TO THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL,

THE DRIVER, 54 YEAR OLD JAY ALLEN VANDAL,

WENT OFF THE ROAD, NEAR BURGUNDY FARMS OFF, EAST OF I-75.

WHILE INVESTIGATING THE CRASH, TROOPERS FOUND THE SUSPICIOUS DEVICE BEHIND THE DRIVER'S SEAT.

HORSE OWNER ARRESTED-VOWIPE

A FORT MYERS WOMAN IS FACING UP TO A YEAR IN PRISON FOR LETTING HER HORSES RUN WILD.

DEPUTIES SAY JENNA ANTICO'S HORSES ESCAPED SIX TIMES IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS.

ANTICO AND HER BOYFRIEND WERE WARNED TWICE THEY WOULD BE ARRESTED FOR NOT KEEPING THEM LOCKED UP.

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40:17 we put as much as we could with our finances we had cheap stuff whatever 40:24

ONE OF THEIR HORSES ESCAPED AGAIN.

DEPUTIES SAY ANTICO LIED AND SAID IT WASN'T HERS--

BUT LATER CHANGED HER STORY.

THE 23-YEAR-OLD WAS CUFFED ON MISDEAMOR CHARGES --FOR LIVESTOCK AT LARGE.

DANIELS CHASE SUSPECT ARRESTED-SSTOPS, VO

THIS MAN -- RONGRIC FRANCIS -- IS IN JAIL THIS MORNING AFTER LEADING DEPUTIES ON A WILD CAR CHASE IN LEE COUNTY.

A DEPUTY EVEN HAD TO PULL OUT HIS GUN AND SHOOT.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS MAP.

DEPUTIES SAY THE CHASE STARTED WHEN A DEPUTY SPOTTED THE STOLEN CAR FRANCIS WAS DRIVING --

AND TRIED TO PULL HIM OVER.

THEY SAY THEY TRIED A PIT MANUEVER --

KNOCKING THE CAR OFF THE ROAD.

THAT'S WHEN A DEPUTY FIRED HIS WEAPON AND SAID FRANCIS TRIED TO RUN HIM OVER.

HE MANAGED TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO GATEWAY BOULEVARD BEFORE HE MADE A U-TURN AND WRECKED.

ONE DEPUTY WAS HURT IN THE CHASE.

MURDER SUSPECT SEARCH IN LEHIGH-SS

DEPUTIES SAY A MURDER SUSPECT OUT OF BROWARD COUNTY COULD BE HIDING OUT IN LEHIGH ACRES.

DETECTIVES SAY THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THIS MAN --FELIPE TORREALBA -- AND THEY BELIEVE HE'S ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

INVESTIGATORS THOUGHT THEY TRACKED HIM DOWN TO A HOUSE NEAR MEADOW ROAD AND 54TH STREET SOUTHWEST THURSDAY NIGHT, BUT ONCE THE SWAT TEAM GOT INSIDE - NO ONE WAS THERE.

MASSAGE ARREST-VOWIPE

A BONITA SPRINGS MASSAGE THERAPIST IS ACCUSED OF GIVING MORE THAN A MASSAGE.

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THE MASSEUSE AT THE "SUNSET SPA" OFFERED UP EXTRA SERVICES FOR EXTRA MONEY.

DETECTIVES SAY LI-LU JENNINGS -- A LICENSED MASSAGE THERAPIST -- AGREED TO A 50 DOLLAR HALF-HOUR MASSAGE.

BEFORE IT WAS OVER, THEY SAY SHE OFFERED EXTRA, ILLEGAL SERVICES TO THE UNDER-COVER DETECTIVE.

MASSAGE ARREST-SOTVO

23:20 li "and he said, another half hour, how much? another 1 hour, how much? I explain to him. he kept, kept asking and it confused me."

TEASE SIX-2 SHOT

A NEW REPORT SHOWS MORE PEOPLE ARE OUT OF WORK IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

NBC-2 INVESTIGATORS CRUNCH THE NUMBERS TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH UNEMPLOYMENT IS COSTING TAXPAYERS.

PLUS MISTER GREENTHUMB IS IN NEXT --

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TZ6 B MR. GREENTHUMB-VOTOPS

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MEXICO CITY HAIL IN AUGUST-VOTOPS

A DIFFERENT PICTURE IN MEXICO CITY.

CHECK THIS OUT.

SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT IS SNOW FALLING IN THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST!

BUT GIVEN THE TIME OF YEAR, TEMPERATURE, AND THUNDER, EXPERTS SAY THAT WHITE PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY TO BE HAIL.

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FORECAST-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.

Warm, humid weekend with showers possible"

Very warm and humid weather will continue through the weekend as our wind flow keeps coming off the Gulf of Mexico.

Along with the warm and muggy air, we can expect a good chance of a passing shower or storm through the course of your Saturday.

The rain will tend to form near the coast and the urban corridor earlier in the day before the west coast sea breeze carries the bulk of the showers and storms inland this afternoon. With that said, a pop up storm will still be possible for those of us close to the coast and I-75 at any time since the atmosphere is so packed with moisture.

With a fair amount of sunshine around today, temperatures in most areas will peak in the low to mid 90s, and the heat index will be close to 100.

By tonight, a lot of the rain will diminish, but we can't rule out a stray shower. Otherwise, our sky will stay partly cloudy with lows in the mid to upper 70s.

Sunday will offer a similar forecast, featuring the potential for a few morning coastal showers with the bulk of the rain moving deep inland later in the day.

As we head into next week, a weak front will try to slowly dip into Central Florida, sending more moisture our way and bringing our rain chances up Tuesday and Wednesday.

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RYAN LIVE EVENT-REM LIVE

WE'RE TAKING A LIVE LOOK OUT OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RIGHT NOW.

PAUL RYAN IS MAKING A CAMPAIGN STOP IN THE VILLAGES.

YOU CAN SEE SUPPORTERS GETTING READY FOR THE EVENT.

NEW JOBLESS NO'S-SS

A BIG FOCUS IN THE RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE:

JOBS.

A NEW REPORT SHOWS UNEMPLOYMENT IS SLIGHTLY UP IN OUR STATE.

HERE'S A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS FOR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA -

THE NUMBERS TELL THE STORY OF A SLOW SUMMER SEASON.

LEE COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT IS UP NINE-POINT-SEVEN PERCENT.

COLLIER COUNTY IS THE SAME RATE.

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WITH THOSE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS GOING UP --

THE NBC 2 INVESTIGATORS ARE DISCOVERING THE RISE IS COSTING FLORIDA TAX PAYERS.

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Jennifer White is among the more than 27-thousand unemployed people in Lee County alone who files here into the Florida Works office in hopes of landing a

job.

So is most of the surrounding area. Collier County has a 9.7% unemployment rate while charlotte is a little lower and DeSoto and Glades County

have even higher rates and Hendry County the highest at 16.1%. All of this costing the state millions. Representative Matt Caldwell tells me the

plan now is to pay back the federal government by 2013. He says borrowing the money allowed the state to pay on the claims without increasing

the tax rate on employers.many of which were forced to layoff people like Margaret Chapman.

And for many it has done just that.

SINGAPORE WEALTHIEST CITY-VO

A NEW SURVEY SAYS SINGAPORE WILL BE HOME TO THE RICHEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD BY 2050.

THE SURVEY PREDICTS ASIA WILL DOMINATE THE LIST OF COUNTRIES WITH THE WORLD'S WEALTHIEST CITIZENS WITH A PROJECTED AVERAGE INCOME OF 138-THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR IN LESS THAN 50 YEARS.

SECOND PLACE: HONG KONG.

TAIWAN TAKES THIRD ON THE LIST,

NEW COLLEGE APPS-VIDBOX

COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE HEADED BACK TO SCHOOL!

AND THERE ARE SOME NEW APPS YOU CAN TAKE WITH YOU.

THE "BOOK-BYTE" APP FOR APPLE AND ANDROID AIMS TO HELP STUDENTS SAVE ON TEXTBOOKS.

STUDENTS CAN BUY, RENT, AND SELL TEXTBOOKS ON THE GO,

AND EVEN SCAN BOOKS TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH THEY'RE WORTH.

THE AMAZON STUDENT APP FOR IPHONES LETS USERS DO THE SAME.

PLUS THROUGH THE APP YOU CAN GET AN AMAZON GIFT CARD IN EXCHANGE FOR A BOOK.

AND THIS APP IS CALLED "COURSE SMARTS".

IT LETS STUDENTS VIEW ANY OF THE THOUSANDS OF E-TEXTBOOKS BOUGHT THROUGHT ITS WEBSITE,

ON A MOBILE DEVICE.

YOU CAN EVEN ADD TO YOUR NOTES AS YOU READ THEM.

AND OF COURSE WITH GOING BACK TO COLLEGE, COMES DECORATING YOUR DORM.

TRY THE "DESIGN YOUR DORM" WEB APP.

APPLE STOCK ALL TIME HIGH-VO

APPLE'S STOCK SOARED TO A NEW ALL-TIME HIGH FRIDAY.

RUMORS OF A SEPTEMBER LAUNCH OF A NEW I-PHONE COULD BE BEHIND THAT PUSH.

THE COMPANY'S SHARES BLEW THROUGH A SERIES OF RECORD-HIGHS IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THE YEAR.

BUT SINCE MAY, THEY DROPPED.

TEASE SEVEN-2 SHOT

COMING UP - WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THIS MORNING'S TOP STORIES.

PLUS JASON IS IN TO TELL US ABOUT YOUR WEEKEND WEATHER.

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TOP STORIES 1 PAUL RYAN IN FL-TRX-VOTOPS-WIPE

NOW LET'S TAKE ONE MORE LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

HAPPENING RIGHT NOW:

REPUBLICAN VICE PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL PAUL RYAN IS IN FLORIDA TODAY.

HE'S CAMPAIGNING IN THE CENTRAL FLORIDA RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, THE VILLAGES.

ALSO HITTING THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL WITH HIS MOTHER. WHO IS A FLORIDA RESIDENT AND A MEDICARE RECIPIENT.

HE IS EXPECTED TO TALK ABOUT MEDICARE.

TOP STORIES 2 OBAMA TODAY-VOTOPWP

TODAY PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS ALSO HITTING THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL-

TOP STORIES 3 PUBLIC HOUSING CONVICTED FELONS-VOTO

BANNING CONVICTED FELONS FROM LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSING.

THAT PROPOSED TRESSPASSING POLICY IN FORT MYERS IS GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION THIS MORNING.

THE POLICY WOULD BAN PEOPLE WITH FELONY DRUG, SEX, OR OTHER VIOLENT CRIME CONVICTIONS FROM PUBLIC HOUSING PROPERTIES.

TOP STORIES 4 SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE-VOTOPS

NBC-2 IS WORKING TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS INSIDE A CAR THAT FORCED THE BOMB SQUAD TO EXAMINE A DEVICE FOR HOURS.

WE WERE THERE AS A LEE COUNTY BOMB SQUAD SEARCHED THE CAR AFTER A CRASH.

DEPUTIES TELL US IT ALL STARTED AFTER A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH AROUND SIX LAST NIGHT.

WHILE INVESTIGATING THE CRASH, TROOPERS FOUND THE SUSPICIOUS DEVICE BEHIND THE DRIVER'S SEAT.

TOP STORIES 5 HORSE OWNER ARRESTED-VOTOPS

A FORT MYERS WOMAN IS FACING UP TO A YEAR IN PRISON FOR LETTING HER HORSES RUN WILD.

DEPUTIES SAY JENNA ANTICO'S HORSES ESCAPED SIX TIMES IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS.

ANTICO AND HER BOYFRIEND WERE WARNED TWICE THEY WOULD BE ARRESTED FOR NOT KEEPING THEM LOCKED UP.

FINAL WEATHER-3-SHOT

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.

Warm, humid weekend with showers possible"

Very warm and humid weather will continue through the weekend as our wind flow keeps coming off the Gulf of Mexico.

Along with the warm and muggy air, we can expect a good chance of a passing shower or storm through the course of your Saturday.

The rain will tend to form near the coast and the urban corridor earlier in the day before the west coast sea breeze carries the bulk of the showers and storms inland this afternoon. With that said, a pop up storm will still be possible for those of us close to the coast and I-75 at any time since the atmosphere is so packed with moisture.

With a fair amount of sunshine around today, temperatures in most areas will peak in the low to mid 90s, and the heat index will be close to 100.

By tonight, a lot of the rain will diminish, but we can't rule out a stray shower. Otherwise, our sky will stay partly cloudy with lows in the mid to upper 70s.

Sunday will offer a similar forecast, featuring the potential for a few morning coastal showers with the bulk of the rain moving deep inland later in the day.

As we head into next week, a weak front will try to slowly dip into Central Florida, sending more moisture our way and bringing our rain chances up Tuesday and Wednesday.

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