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HL1) BANK ROBBER CAUGHT-SS WIPE

WE'RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS AT NOON - DEPUTIES ARREST A SUSPECTED BANK ROBBER!

INVESTIGATORS SAY THIS MAN ROBBED A BANK OF AMERICA IN LEE COUNTY YESTERDAY.

HL2) DNC DAY THREE-VO WIPE

THE STAGE IS SET FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA.

HL3) DUCKS CROSS HIGHWAY-VO TOPS

AND YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THIS!

THAT IS A MOTHER DUCK LEADING HER *EIGHT* BABIES ACROSS A BUSY CANADIAN HIGHWAY!

OPEN-CLIP

FIRST FORECAST-WX CTR

BANK ROBBER CAUGHT-TRX, OC, SS

TRACKING BREAKING NEWS AT NOON - AUTHORITIES THIS MORNING *CAPTURED* THE MAN THEY SAY, ROBBED THE BANK OF AMERICA ON WHISKEY CREEK DRIVE IN FORT MYERS YESTERDAY.

THIS IS A SURVEILLANCE PICTURE FROM THE ROBBERY.

THE SUSPECT IS IDENTIFIED AS 29-YEAR OLD JACOB SCOTT OF NORTH CAROLINA.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES FOUND HIM IN A PORT CHARLOTTE HOTEL.

TOSS TO ELIZABETH-ON CAM

THE WOMAN WHO HIT A LADY BIKING ON THE SANIBEL BRIDGE WITH HER CAR--

KILLING HER--

WILL *NOT* SPEND ANY TIME IN JAIL.

NBC2's ELIZABETH BILLINGSLEY WAS IN THE COURT WHEN THE SENTENCE CAME DOWN--

SHE JOINS US LIVE FROM THE NEWSROOM--

THERESA SHIRLEY LATEST-NEWSROOM

THERESA SHIRLEY WASN'T CHARGED WITH A FELONY -

SHE WAS GIVEN A TRAFFIC CITATION FOR FAILING TO MAINTAIN HER LANE.

SO EVEN THOUGH TRACEY KLEINPELL WAS KILLED -

THERESA SHIRLEY LATEST-VO WIPE

SHIRLEY CHANGED HER PLEA TO NO CONTEST THIS MORNING -

AND THE JUDGE HANDED DOWN THE MAXIMUM PENALTY AVAILABLE TO HER UNDER THE LAW.

SHE SUSPENDED SHIRLEY'S DRIVERS LICENSE FOR SIX MONTHS -

FINED HER ONE-THOUSAND DOLLARS,

AND ORDERED HER TO PERFORM 120 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AND ATTEND A DAY-LONG TRAUMA CLASS.

THERESA SHIRLEY LATEST-SOT

"He's very upset. Obviously, he had hoped that the state would have prosecuted a felony, and he's obviously disappointed. But he knew that this was going to be the result when the state refused to prosecute a felony case."

THE FATAL ACCIDENT HAPPENED IN MAY 2011 WHEN TRACEY KLEINPELL AND HER HUSBAND WERE BIKING ON THE SHOULDER OF THE SANIBEL CAUSEWAY.

THERESA SHIRLEY LATEST-NEWSROOM

THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAID THEY COULD NOT FILE CRIMINAL CHARGES IN THIS CASE -

THAT'S BECAUSE TOXICOLOGY REPORTS COULD NOT SHOW THAT PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FOUND IN SHIRLEY'S SYSTEM CAUSED HER TO FALL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL.

SHIRLEY AND HER ATTORNEY HAD NO COMMENT FOR US TODAY.

MATT BUSH PLEA-VO WIPE

THE TAMPA BAY RAYS PLAYER ACCUSED OF DRIVING DRUNK--

AND RUNNING INTO A MOTORCYCLE IN PORT CHARLOTTE HAS A PLEA DEAL TO CONSIDER.

NBC2 HAD THE ONLY CAMERA IN THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY COURTROOM THIS MORNING, AS THE STATE OFFERED MATT BUSH A PLEA BARGAIN.

DETAILS WERE NOT DISCLOSED - BUT BUSH UNTIL SEPTEMBER 20TH TO RESPOND.

LAWYERS ARE STILL WAITING FOR FORENSIC RESULTS.

MATT BUSH PLEA-SOTVO

there's no way for me to advise my client, hey you should take this and go to prison when I don't know all the evidence. There might be evidence there that exonerates my client.

BUSH IS STILL BEING HELD IN THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY JAIL.

HE IS DUE BACK IN COURT IN NOVEMBER IF HE REJECTS THIS DEAL.

TOSS TO CLIFTON-SS

A MAN IN LEHIGH ACRES DROVE INTO A CANAL LATE LAST NIGHT.

HE SPENT THE NEXT *EIGHT* HOURS ON TOP OF HIS CAR, UNTIL HELP FINALLY ARRIVED.

IT HAPPENED AT WILLIAMS AVENUE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF WEST 18TH STREET.

NBC-2'S CLIFTON FRENCH JOINS US THERE LIVE.

CAR INTO A CANAL-LIVE

CAR INTO A CANAL-PKG

CAR INTO A CANAL-LIVE

ART MODELL DIES-ON CAM

FORMER BALTIMORE RAVENS OWNER ART MODELL HAS DIED.

MODELL WAS AMONG THE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURES IN THE NFL.

HE OWNED THE CLEVELAND BROWNS--

BUT MOVED THE TEAM TO BALTIMORE AND CHANGED THEIR NAME TO THE RAVENS.

MODELL WAS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE 1970 CONTRACT--

TO TELEVISE GAMES ON MONDAY NIGHT.

CA BANK HEIST-ON CAM

AUTHORITIES ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THE GUNMEN WHO STRAPPED A FAKE *BOMB* TO A BANK MANGER, BEFORE ROBBING HER LOS ANGELES BANK.

THE SUSPECT KIDNAPPED THE BANK MANAGER FROM HER HOME, STRAPPED THE DEVICE TO HER WAIST, THEN FORCED HER EMPLOYEES TO "TAKE OUT ALL THE MONEY".

THE QUESTION THIS AFTERNOON - WAS IT AN INSIDE JOB?

CA BANK HEIST-PKG

A man-hunt continues on the West Coast for two gunmen who reportedly

kidnapped a bank manager.and tied a bomb around her waist.before

ordering her to rob her own bank.

SOT: LAURA EIMILLER, FBI SPOKESWOMAN

A significant amount of money was taken. that's clear

The nightmare allegedly began AROUND 8 WEDNESDAY MORNING when THE two men

approached her outside her home as she was leaving for work.

SHE TOLD POLICE THE MEN.allegedly armed with handguns and wearing ski

masks.ORDERED HER TO strap a DEVICE to her stomach, and THEN drive to the

Bank of America.

POLICE SAY she did exactly as she was told: first, opening the vaults.

SOT CAPTAIN MIKE PARKER

She took the money out of the bank and threw it out the door to the bank

robbers.

The robbers - who never even set foot inside the building - made their

escape before cops and the bomb squad arrived on the scene.

SOT CAPTAIN PARKER

That is a very rare occurrence, to actually remove a device from a person.

But it's something that the bomb squad investigators are trained for.

A bomb squad robot detonated the device, which turned out to be a very

convincing fake.

Now some believe it might have been an inside job.that the manager might

have been involved.

SOT BRAD GARRETT, FORMER FBI AGENT, ABC NEWS CONSULTANT

If she doesn't have a piece of this, then you've got some guys who have

CA BANK HEIST-TAG

THAT WAS T-J WINICK.

FL HIGHWAY OFFLINE-ON CAM

A HEADS UP TODAY--

THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES IS GOING *OFFLINE* TOMORROW NIGHT.

THE DEPARTMENT IS SHUTTING DOWN ITS WEBSITE--

SO IT CAN LITERALLY MOVE ITS HEADQUARTERS FROM ONE SIDE OF TALLAHASSEE TO THE OTHER.

WALL STREET UP-LIVE TOPS

WALL STREET IS SOARING TODAY.

LET'S TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT THE BIG BOARD.

RIGHT NOW THE DOW IS UP ____________.

INVESTORS RECEIVED GOOD NEWS FROM THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK--

CONCRETE PLANS TO SUPPORT STRUGGLING COUNTRIES IN THE REGION BY BUYING GOVERNMENT BONDS.

DECISION 2012-CLIP

DNC DAY THREE-ON CAM

PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL ACCEPT THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION TONIGHT, WRAPPING THE PARTY'S CONVENTION IN NORTH CAROLINA.

LAST NIGHT THOUGH, IT WAS FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON'S NIGHT.

HE ARGUED PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS HANDED A BAD HAND AND NEEDS MORE TIME TO FIX THE ECONOMY.

DNC DAY THREE-PKG

NATO AFGHANISTAN KILLINGS-VO

COALITION FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN SAY THEY ARE "ABSOLUTELY DETERMINED"--

TO DEFEAT THE THREAT OF ROGUE SOLDIERS CARRYING OUT INSIDER ATTACKS.

25-PERCENT OF THIS YEAR'S INSIDER ATTACKS--

HAD CONFIRMED LINKS TO THE TALIBAN.

THE MILITANTS INFILTRATE THE RANKS OF THE AFGHAN ARMY AND POLICE--

AND PERSUADE MEMBERS TO TURN ON THEIR COALITION PARTNERS.

SO FAR THIS YEAR--

45 INTERNATIONAL SERVICE MEMBERS--

DIED AT THE HANDS OF AFGHAN SOLDIERS OR POLICEMEN.

ISRAEL AIRSTRIKE-VO

AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE KILLED THREE PALESTINIAN MILITANTS TODAY.

IT HAPPENED OVER THE NORTHERN GAZA STRIP.

ISRAELI CLAIMS THE MILITANTS WERE TRYING TO PLANT EXPLOSIVES NEAR A BORDER FENCE.

THE INCIDENT FOLLOWS THE KILLING OVERNIGHT OF THREE OTHER MILITANTS IN A SEPARATE AIRSTRIKE.

DISCOVERY COVE ANIMALS-VO WIPE

SOME SPECIAL GUESTS FROM DISCOVERY COVE STOPPED BY NBC-2 STUDIOS TODAY!

THE RIVER OTTER AND MARMOSET MONKEY MADE THEIR DEBUT ALONGSIDE RETURNING GUEST QUIGLEY THE KOOKABURRA.

YOU MIGHT REMEMBER HIM FROM THE SOUND OF HIS VOICE.

DISCOVERY COVE ANIMALS-SOTVO, BNR

"Mango, she is our common marmoset. These guys are some of the smallest primates in the world. Dunder here is are Asian small clogged river otter likes a lot of fish and shrimp and mullisks."

DISCOVERY COVE AND SEA WORLD HAVE A SPECIAL DEAL FOR FLORIDA RESIDENTS.

TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN EXPERIENCE THE FURRY FRIENDS FOR A GREAT FALL PRICE--

TEASE ONE-2SHOT

FOR THE SECOND TIME IN MONTHS--

FORD IS RECALLING THOUSANDS OF ITS ESCAPES.

THE PROBLEM THIS TIME--

THE ENGINES MIGHT CATCH FIRE!

AND REMEMBER PAPER MAPS?

KIDS TODAY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY ARE--

SO WE'RE GOING DOWN MEMORY LANE--

TZ1 A) FORD RECALL-VOTOPS

TZ1 B) PAPER MAPS-VOTOPS

WEATHER-STC

MARKET WATCH-PKG

COLLISION WARNING SYSTEM-VO

THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD WANTS GROUND COLLISION WARNING SYSTEMS ON LARGE COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT.

THOSE SYSTEMS INCLUDE TOOLS, SUCH AS CAMERAS MOUNTED TO WINGTIPS OF PLANES.

THE N-T-S-B's RECOMMENDATION COMES AFTER SEVERAL INCIDENTS INVOLVING PLANES COLLIDING WITH ONE ANOTHER WHILE TAXIING AT U-S AIRPORTS.

MEDICARE CHECKS-VO

SOME 13-THOUSAND MEDICARE PART *D* BENEFICIARIES--

WILL SOON RECEIVE A CHECK IN THE MAIL.

A C-V-S CAREMARK GROUP--

"UNDERSTATED" THE PRICE OF MEDICATIONS.

SO SOME SENIORS WERE OVERCHARGED FOR DRUGS USED TO TREAT EPILEPSY AND SYMPTOMS OF BREAST CANCER.

THE SENIORS WERE FORCED INTO THE SO-CALLED "DONUT HOLE".

THAT'S A GAP IN GOVERNMENT INSURANCE COVERAGE--

NAPLES DEBBY FEMA FUNDS-ON CAM

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS HELPING NAPLES RECOVER FROM TROPICAL STORM DEBBY.

FEMA IS GIVING THE CITY NEARLY 100 THOUSAND DOLLARS.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS APPROVED AN AGREEMENT FOR MONEY TO REPLACE GULF BUOYS, COVER THE COST OF DEBRIS CLEANUP ON THE BEACH AND TO DREDGE DOCTORS PASS.

CROSSTALK-2 SHOT

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.

A SHOWER AT ANY TIME

FORD RECALL-VO

THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY RECALLS ITS NEW ESCAPE.

AGAIN.

THIS LATEST RECALL INVOLVES 2013 ESCAPES.

PLUGS THAT FILL ENGINE HOLES MAY NOT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED PROPERLY--

AND CAN FALL OUT WHILE THE MOTOR IS RUNNING.

COOLANT CAN THEN LEAK--

CAUSING THE ENGINES TO OVERHEAT, AND CATCH FIRE.

FORD SAYS IT'LL FIX THE PROBLEM AT NO COST TO OWNERS.

LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AGO--

FORD RECALLED MORE THAN 11-THOUSAND 2013 FORD ESCAPES--

APP INFORMATION-VO

MOBILE USERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR PRIVACY.

THAT'S WHY MORE THAN HALF OF AMERICANS WHO USE MOBILE APPS DECIDED NOT TO INSTALL ONE, ONCE THEY FOUND OUT HOW MUCH PERSONAL DATA THEY REQUIRE.

MOBILE APPS INCLUDE MAPS, GAMES AND OTHER PROGRAMS.

PAPER MAPS-ON CAM

PAPER OR PLASTIC?

MORE AND MORE DRIVERS ARE CHOOSING THAT *PLASTIC* GPS DEVICE ON THE DASH TO GET AROUND--

LEAVING *PAPER* MAPS IN THE DUST.

BOB REDELL REACHES INTO THE GLOVE BOX FOR HIS OWN TRIP--

PAPER MAPS-PKG

THE MORE TRAVELERS DITCH THE PAPER MAP IN FAVOR OF GPS. THE MORE READING A MAP.

BECOMES A LOST ART.

NONE OF THAT IS LOST. ON RON METZLER. WHO IS NOSTALGIC FOR THE OLD DAYS.

WHEN THOSE PAPER MAPS WERE EASIER TO FIND

AND MUCH MORE INTERESTING TO LOOK AT.

RON TRAVELS ON THE ROAD

AND ON EBAY. RON HAS COLLECTED MORE MAPS THAN YOU CAN SHOVE INTO A GLOVE BOX.

SOME OF WHICH WERE QUITE POSSIBLY SCRIBED BY HAND.

BY JEFF HOLMAN AT AAA OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

"You look at a map like this one dating back to the twenties."

WHERE HE IS STILL EMPLOYED.

"You can really see the art."

BUT NOT AS A MAP MAKER.

"AAA Nor Cal shut down it's cartography unit and outsourced its map production back in 2008, because the demand for paper maps was so low. Since 2000. whoa!. it's down by as much as 60 percent."

JEFF AND LON FOR THAT MATTER DON'T RESENT GPS TECHNOLOGY. IT'S GREAT FOR GETTING FROM POINT A TO POINT B. BUT BOTH WONDER WHAT YOU LOSE BY FINDING YOUR OWN WAY.

"The computer doesn't know my wishes as well as I do I guess. And a map lets me comprehend the big picture."

"Because again they can see that big picture and say oh look at this road it goes off into the forest and there's a little small town along the way I wonder what's up there, what's in that area."

PAPER MAPS-TAG

THAT WAS BOB REDELL REPORTING.

TRIPLE-A MEMBERS CAN STILL PICK UP FREE MAPS AT TRIPLE-A LOCATIONS.

TEASE TWO-2SHOT

IF YOU'VE EVER SHOT A GUN--

IF SO - YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT CAN BE TO HIT A BULLSEYE.

NOW TRYING IT WITH YOUR *FEET!

THAT'S WHAT ONE MAN DOES - AND HIS STORY IS AMAZING!

AND THE FIGHT IS ON.

REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS GO TO COURT OVER VOTER I-D LAWS.

TZ2 A) GUN SHOOTING FEET-VOTOPS

TZ2 B) VOTER ID LAWS-VOTOPS

GUN SHOOTING FEET-2SHOT

A COLLEGE STUDENT IN TEXAS IS PUSHING HIMSELF AS FAR AS HE CAN GO EVERY DAY-- AND INSPIRING OTHERS.

HE'S A SHARPSHOOTER--

WHO DOESN'T HAVE THE USE OF HIS ARMS!

GUN SHOOTING FEET-PKG

THE SOCKS COME OFF.

THE CHAIR PULLED OUT.

MARCUS PARKS IS NOT JUST KICKING BACK.

HE'S FIRING AWAY. WITH HIS FEET.

"Did i hit a bullseye, I certainly aimed for one."

PARKS TYPES, WRITES, AND EATS WITH HIS FEET.

DESPITE MORE THAN 20 MEDICAL PROCEDURES, HIS ARMS JUST AREN'T STRONG ENOUGH TO ACCOMPLISH LIFE'S BASICS.

"My arms originally started out turned backwards, and so they had to cut in places and to fuse the wrists in order to turn them around."

THE 20 YEAR OLD TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT SAYS HIS CONDITION ISN'T A LIMITATION.

IT'S A MOTIVATION.

"If people think you aren't worth something, prove them wrong."

SO THROUGH AN OUTDOOR ADVENTURE CLASS, PARKS CHALLENGED HIMSELF, AS HE DOES HERE AT THE ELM FORK SHOOTING RANGE.

"It gets your adrenaline going."

FIRST TO TAKE AIM.

THEN TO MASTER THE CRAFT.

TURNS OUT -- HIS MINDSET WAS THE BIGGEST BATTLE.

"I can't shake the feeling that it's just right there, and all that's stopping me from taking it is me."

IT'S WITH THAT ATTITUDE HE APPROACHES EACH DAY, TEACHING FRIENDS AND STRANGERS A THING OR TWO ABOUT LIFE.

"The way he thinks about it, the way he talks about it, the way he deals with it is just, it's really inspirational to me."

"It's a higher calling to do something important. To tell people who are handicapped and people who aren't handicapped that just because you have physical boundaries, it doesn't mean you can do things."

"He definitely doesn't view it as a limitation. He just recognizes he is a little different and so he works around it."

IN A WAY HE HOPES, SENDS A STRONG MESSAGE THAT HE IS A PERSON FIRST.

TEASE THREE-2SHOT

NO ONE WANTS TO DEAL WITH A VICIOUS DOG.

ONE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COMMUNITY HAS HAD ENOUGH.

IT JUST GAVE OFFICERS AND CODE ENFORECEMENT MORE POWER TO DEAL WITH OWNERS WHO CAN'T CONTROL THEIR DOGS.

AND BEAR SIGHTINGS ARE ON THE RISE!

IT'S FEEDING TIME BEFORE WINTER.

TZ3 A) DOG PARK-VOTOPS

TZ3 B) BEAR SIGHTINGS-VOTOPS

OPEN-CLIP

SAN CARLOS PARK FIRE-SS;VO

BRAND-NEW AT 12:30, A FIRE AT A DUPLEX EXTINGUISHED BEFORE DOING MAJOR DAMAGE IN SAN CARLOS PARK -- THE HOUSE IS THERE ON FRANK ROAD --

OUR CREW ON SCENE LEARNING FROM FIREFIGHTERS THIS DUPLEX CAUGHT FIRE -- ONE ROOM INSIDE WAS BADLY DAMAGED AND THERE'S SMOKE DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THAT SIDE OF THE DUPLEX. THE OTHER SIDE'S FINE.

TOP STORIES-HLF SCR RVL

TRACKING THE OTHER TOP STORIES ON NBC2 NEWS AT NOON.

CHARLOTTE DEPUTIES ARREST A SUSPECT IN YESTERDAY'S LEE COUNTY BANK ROBBERY -- IT HAPPENED AT THE BANK OF AMERICA NEAR WHISKEY CREEK.

THEY FOUND JACOB SCOTT HIDING OUT IN A HOTEL.

SCOTT IS ALSO WANTED ON BANK ROBBERY CHARGES IN NORTH CAROLINA.

A LEE COUNTY MAN ACCIDENTALLY DROVE HIS CAR INTO A LEHIGH CANAL LAST NIGHT--

BUT HE WASN'T SPOTTED UNTIL THIS MORNING - SITTING ON HIS CAR!

HE'S FINE.

TROOPERS SAY HE DIDN'T SEE THE TURN IN THE ROAD.

AND PRESIDENT OBAMA FORMALLY ACCEPTS HIS PARTY'S NOMINATION TONIGHT.

VOTER ID LAWS-ON CAM

A HIGH STAKES--

HIGHLY PARTISAN FIGHT OVER VOTER FRAUD AND VOTER IDS IS PLAYING OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND DEMOCRATS--

ARE SCRAMBLING TO CHALLENGE LAWS AND PROPERLY REGISTER VOTERS--

FOR THIS YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

BUT REPUBLICANS VOW TO BLOCK THEIR EFFORTS.

VOTER ID LAWS-PKG

Ninety-three year old Viviette Applewhite cast her first vote for president

in 1932 for Franklin Roosevelt. But this year, because of a new voter ID law

in Pennsylvania, she's worried that she won't have a chance to vote THIS

NOVEMBER. Applewhite doesn't have the required documents to obtain a photo

ID.

Viviette Applewhite-SOT-

THEY PARTICULARLY MADE IT TO CRIPPLE THE BLACK RACE SO OBAMA WILL NOT GET IN

THERE.

Applewhite is now the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against the state.

Thirty-three states have passed laws requiring identification before

citizens can vote. Critics say the real issue is voter suppression, not

voter fraud -pointing out that nearly every state legislature that's passed

tougher voter ID laws is controlled by Republicans.

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa-SOT-

THEY'RE NOW ADOPTING AND APPROVING LAWS THAT WILL LIMIT PEOPLE FROM VOTING.

Supporters of voter IDs say the laws weren't passed to exclude voters, just

to protect against voter fraud.

Nikki Haley-SOT-

WE SAID IN SOUTH CAROLINA/ IF YOU HAVE TO SHOW A PICTURE ID TO SET FOOT ON

AN AIRPLANE, THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE TO SHOW A PICTURE ID TO PROTECT/ THE

RIGHT TO VOTE.

Earlier this year, WLOS, an ABC affiliate proved how easy it could be to

vote as some elsesending a 20 something, white male to vote as a deceased

African American woman.

NATS:

SO WAIT I DON'T NEED TO SHOW MY ID?

WE DON'T NEED IT.

But research shows that cases of actual voter fraud are very rare. A probe

by the Justice Department found that between 2002 and 2007, *no one*

was prosecuted for impersonating another voter.

Stand Up Bridge

DEMOCRATS SAY THEY'VE TRIED TO SHED LIGHT ON VOTER ID LAWS. THEY SAY THEY'LL

FIGHT THESE LAWS THROUGH NOVEMBER AND BEYOND.

Last week, Texas' voter ID law was struck down by a federal court, which

ruled the law would place "an unfair burden on minorities and the poor. But

appeals in crucial battleground states are underway, like in Pennsylvania,

where the state Supreme Court will take up the voter ID law. These rulings

could determine if a number of citizens in swing states have to sit out

VOTER ID LAWS-TAG

THAT WAS TAHMAN BRADLEY REPORTING.

ALTHOUGH VIVIETTE APPLEWHITE LACKED THE PROPER DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED TO

SECURE THAT PENNSYLVANIA PHOTO--

SHE GOT ONE ANYWAY.

DESPITE THIS--

NIGER FLOODING-VO

NIGER IS SUFFERING ITS WORST FLOODS IN YEARS.

WEEKS OF HEAVY RAIN HAVE KILLED MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE AND LEFT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS HOMELESS.

HOUSES ARE COLLAPSING UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE RAIN.

MOST HOUSES ARE MADE OF MUD.

THE RED CROSS SAYS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE SICK, MANY WITH MALARIA.

MOST CROPS ARE ALSO LOST.

WILDFIRE THREATS-VO

WILDFIRES HAVE SCORCHED MORE THAN 15-HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND NEAR WHITE SALMON, WASHINGTON.

THEY WERE FIRST REPORTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

DOZENS OF STRUCTURES ARE ALSO THREATENED.

THERE WERE FOUR FIRES GOING AT FIRST--

BUT CREWS WERE ABLE TO PUT TWO OUT OF THEM.

CHAR DEPUTY CHILD PORN UPDATE-VO WIPE

A FORMER CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF'S SERGEANT NOW AWAITS SENTENCING, AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO HAVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.

KEN BARTON APPEARED IN COURT YESTERDAY AND ADMITTED HE "KNOWINGLY DOWNLOADED COMPUTER FILES THAT HAD CHILD PORN.

BARTON RESIGNED FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN 2007 AFTER HE WAS ACCUSED OF MOLESTING A TEENAGE GIRL.

CHAR DEPUTY CHILD PORN UPDATE-SOTVO

"There may be truth to it. We don't know and in the discovery it's not apparent. The issue will be twelve videos."

BARTON FACES A MAXIMUM 10 YEARS IN PRISON AND A 250-THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE.

FMB ALCOHOL FALLOUT-SOTVO WIPE

MORE THAN 24-HOURS AFTER FORT MYERS BEACH LEADERS APPROVED A PROPOSAL FOR RESTAURANTS TO SERVE ALCOHOL IN THE SAND --

MANAGERS AT SOME BEACHFRONT BARS AND RESTAURANTS ARE BUSY MAKING PLANS.

TOWN STAFF EXPECT ABOUT TEN BUSINESSES TO APPLY FOR PERMITS TO SERVE BOOZE ON THE BEACH

the sooner we get it in the sooner we can start selling some alcohol on the beach

MANAGERS AT "NEMOS ON THE BEACH" HOPE TO ADD PICNIC TABLES AND HIRE MORE STAFF.

FMB ALCOHOL FALLOUT-SOTVO

the fact that it's not the will of the citizens of this island is a huge factor, that's the number one epic fail of this council and mayor larry kiker

LEE CO SHERIFF BUDGET-VO

LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH CUTTING THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE BUDGET BY MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS.

THE BUDGET WILL STILL BE AROUND 143-MILLION.

COMMISSIONERS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT DISCUSSION OVER SHERIFF MIKE SCOTT'S DECISION TO GIVE BONUSES TO HIS EMPLOYEES PLAYED A FACTOR IN THEIR DECISION.

DOG PARK-VO WIPE

THE PUNTA GORDA CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED NEW RULES TO HELP CONTROL AGGRESSIVE DOGS AT THE DOG PARK.

THIS AFTER THE CITY RECEIVED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT OUT OF CONTROL CANINES THERE.

THE NEW ORDINANCE GIVES LAW ENFORCEMENT THE POWER TO ISSUE TICKETS TO DOG OWNERS WHO VIOLATE THE RULES.

NBC-2 CAUGHT UP WITH ONE FREQUENT DOG PARK VISITOR--

DOG PARK-SOTVO

"I think it's a wonderful idea. It'll keep a lot of the aggressive dogs out of the dog park and keep everyone else happy so we can relax and enjoy the day."

LEE BEAR SIGHTINGS-VO-SS

THREE BEAR SIGHTINGS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA--

THE FIRST IN LEHIGH ACRES.

A HOMEOWNER CAUGHT THESE IMAGES FROM HIS HOME SECURITY CAMERAS--

NEAR GUNNERY ROAD AND STATE ROAD 82.

AND IN ESTERO --

A VIEWER SENT US THESE PICTURES OF ANOTHER BEAR SPOTTED TUESDAY.

STATE WILDLIFE OFFICERS TELL NBC-2 THE RECENT SPIKE IN BEAR SIGHTINGS IS NORMAL THIS TIME OF YEAR.

COLLIER HUNGRY BEARS-VO WIPE

AND A THIRD IN GOLDEN GATES ESTATES

RESIDENTS SAY IT'S TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT.

PICTURES SENT IN TO NBC-2 SHOW BEARS RUMMAGING THROUGH TRASH.

COLLIER HUNGRY BEARS-SOTVO

CRAFTON WALLACE, WANTS BEARS REMOVED: possibly changing their habitat but not just letting us try to get lucky

FWC: there is a high probability that the bear could make it's way back to the community if there are readily available food sources

FL PANTHER POPULATION-ON CAM

THERE ARE NEW EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO BOOST THE PANTHER POPULATION IN FLORIDA.

STATE WILDLIFE LEADERS TELL US THEY ARE WORKING ON A PLAN TO EXPAND THE BREEDING GROUND FOR THIS ENDANGERED SPECIES NORTHWARD IN CENTRAL FLORIDA.

HOWEVER THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE IS THAT SOME OF THE EXPANSION AREA IS PRIVATELY OWNED.

PANTHERS ONCE RANGED ACROSS FLORIDA AND INTO SEVEN OTHER SOUTHERN STATES.

NUISANCE GATOR-VOTOPS WIPE

THEY STALK AND CRAWL THEIR WAY THROUGH SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S WATER HABITATS.

NOW F-W-C WANTS *MORE PEOPLE ON HAND TO TRAP NUISANCE GATORS.

IT'S PART OF A NEW PLAN BEING PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION IN TAMPA--

OFFICIALS SAY THE MOVE WOULD STABILIZE RESPONSE TIMES DURING *ALL PERIODS OF THE YEAR--

NUISANCE GATOR-SOTVO

HARRY DUTTON- FWC 53:38 we are shifting when coverage needs arise to placing multiple trappers within a given coverage area who are assigned to complaints on a rotational basis. :48

ADDING EMPLOYEES IS BEING MET WITH RESISTANCE FROM THOSE ALREADY IN THE BUSINESS.

SOME ARE WORRIED ABOUT MAKING A LIVING ON A SMALLER WORKLOAD.

CAR FALLS INTO SINKHOLE-VO

NOBODY LIKES TO SIT IN RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC, BUT THIS IS A WHOLE NEW DEFINITION TO GETTING STUCK ON THE HIGHWAY!

A DRIVER IN OTTAWA WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, WHEN HE WENT STRAIGHT INTO THIS HUGE SINKHOLE!

THE DRIVER TOLD POLICE HE AT FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS A BLACK TARP ON THE PAVEMENT, BUT ONCE HE REALIZED IT WAS A GIANT HOLE, IT WAS TOO LATE TO STOP.

HE WAS OK.

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ANIMALS DO SOME STRANGE THINGS.

AND THIS KITTEN HAS QUITE A STORY.

HE WENT ON A RIDE - A REALLY LONG RIDE!

MORE THAN 100 MILES!

WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR HOW HE DID IT!

AND IF YOU FIND YOURSELF CONSTANTLY TIRED AND WITHOUT ANY ENERGY--

YOU COULD BE ANEMIC.

WE'LL TELL YOU SOME SIGNS--

TZ4 A) KITTEN BUMPER RIDE-VOTOPS

TZ4 B) ANEMIA TREATMENT-VOTOPS

KITTEN BUMPER RIDE-ON CAM

THIS IS TRULY AN AMAZING STORY.

A WOMAN FROM UPSTATE NEW YORK--

SAYS A KITTEN HITCHED A RIDE IN HER CARS AS SHE DROVE ON A 12-HOUR.

A 100-MILE JOURNEY ACROSS THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

KITTEN BUMPER RIDE-PKG

STILL SPORTING BATTLE WOUNDS FROM A WILD RIDE - THIS NINE WEEK OLD KITTEN NAMED "PUMPKIN" CLEARLY DIDN'T WANT TO BE HOMELESS

ANYMORE. SHOWING UP STACEY PULSIFER'S PLATTSBURGH CITY DOOR STEP LAST MONTH

S/ Stacey Pulsifer / Cat Owner 14-17

"She was actually on my porch, on a Friday afternoon when I came home from work and I tried to get her and she ran off."

STACEY DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT -- NOT KNOWING WHERE THE -THEN- 6 WEEK OLD KITTEN CAME FROM.

SHE WENT TO BED -- AND LEFT FOR A WEDDING THE FOLLOWING MORNING

S/ Stacey Pulsifer / Cat Owner

"I traveled to Elizabethtown and to Lewis. And then back to Elizabethtown and then back to Lewis to Peru and then we got lost on the way to the wedding, we went a little bit further into Skylar Falls and then traveled back into Peru again and then finally home.

S/ Heather Van Arsdel / Reporting:42-54

After what she estimates was a 12-hour.hundred mile journey. It was about midnight when she decided to stop here at this route 3 Mcdonalds. She pulled up through the drive through. that's when she started hearing meowing.

AND INSTANTLY REALIZED IT WAS COMING FROM HER CAR

S/ Stacey Pulsifer / Cat Owner:58-1:05

"I called my friends and they came over. And we found her stuck under, in a part of the bumper area."

STACEY SAYS THE KITTEN WAS LODGED IN SO TIGHT - THEY HAD TO UNSCREW PIECES FROM THE INSIDE OF THE BUMPER JUST TO GET HER OUT -

S/ Stacey Pulsifer / Cat Owner 1:12-1:17

"Her face was facing down toward the ground and one paw was out. Approximately six inches off the road.

THE FELINE SUFFERED BURNS ON HER EARS.` HER FRONT RIGHT LEG - IS SO SEVERELY DAMAGED A VET HAS RECOMMENDED AMPUTATION.

OTHERWISE THOUGH. SHE'S IN GOOD HEALTH AND EXPECTED TO RECOVER.

S/ Stacey Pulsifer / Cat Owner 1:29-1:31

"We actually got her out. And she's been mine since"

WHALES MOVED-VO

THAT WAS HEATHER VAN ARSDEL REPORTING.

VETS AT SEAWORLD ARE CARING FOR THE SURVIVING PILOT WHALES.

THEY BEACHED THEMSELVES OVER THE WEEKEND IN FORT PIERCE.

A TRANSPORT TEAM TOOK THE YOUNG WHALES TO ORLANDO YESTERDAY.

VETS WERE ORIGINALLY TREATING THEM AT A REHAB CENTER IN FORT PIERCE.

NOW SEAWORLD STAFF WILL CARE FOR THEM AROUND THE CLOCK.

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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.

A SHOWER AT ANY TIME

2ND CASE BUBONIC PLAGUE-VO WIPE

DOCTORS IN COLORADO CONFIRMED THE FIRST CASE OF BUBONIC PLAGUE IN THEIR STATE - IN 6 YEARS.

2ND CASE BUBONIC PLAGUE-SOT, ON CAM

There's golden hours of resuscitation, she'd been sick for about 24 hours, 36 hours at that time and you want to treat them very rapidly, all of the studies have shown, early aggressive fluid resuscitation, giving them lots of fluid and antibiotics very early on saves their lives."

SIERRA CONTRACTED THE DISEASE BY TOUCHING A DEAD SQUIRREL SHE WANTED TO BURY.

IN JUNE - A MAN IN OREGON CONTRACTED THE DISEASE AFTER A CAT BIT HIM WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO TAKE A RAT OUT OF ITS MOUTH.

GINKGO BILOBA STUDY-VO

A MAJOR STUDY FROM EUROPE--

SHOWS TAKING GINKGO BILOBA SUPPLEMENTS DOES *NOTHING*--

TO PROTECT THE ELDERLY FROM DEVELOPING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.

THE RESEARCH INCLUDED NEARLY 3-THOUSAND PEOPLE IN FRANCE OVER AGE 70.

NEITHER THE DOCTORS NOR THE STUDY PARTICIPANTS KNEW WHETHER THEY WERE TAKING REAL GINKGO BILOBA--

OR A PLACEBO.

AFTER 5 YEARS--

THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GROUPS--

IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH ALZHEIMER'S--

ANEMIA TREATMENT-ON CAM

FEELING TIRED?

YOU MIGHT BE ANEMIC.

IT'S A CONDITION THAT AFFECTS MORE THAN 5 MILLION AMERICANS.

ANEMIA TREATMENT-PKG

"I was exhausted all of the time."

MARIA SERAFINI HAS HER HANDS FULL WITH HER 17 MONTH OLD SON GIULIANO. CHASING AFTER A TODDLER IS NOT EASY. HER EXHAUSTION GOT SO BAD SHE STARTED THINKING IT WAS SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS.

"Sitting through interesting training sessions for work other people would be wide awake, I would have to standup in the back of the room in order to stay awake. that's how prevalent it was."

MARIA WAS TOLD SHE WAS SO ANEMIC THAT SHE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO GIVE BLOOD. DR. CHRISTINE LAFFERMAN SAYS IT'S VERY COMMON IN WOMEN ,THE ELDERLY AND THOSE WITH CHRONIC DISEASE.

"Anemia is a low red blood cells and it can be caused by many different things."

DR. LAFFERMAN SAYS THERE ARE MULTIPLE CAUSES BUT THREE MAJOR REASONS WHY SOMEONE WOULD BE ANEMIC.

"You're not making enough red blood cells or losing them or they make enough and they don't live long enough for some reason they have some sore of low length of life span."

SO WHEN SHOULD YOU GET CHECKED OUT WITH A SIMPLE BLOOD TEST?

ANEMIA TREATMENT-TAG

THAT WAS LISA ROBINSON REPORTING.

THE TREATMENT COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS IRON SUPPLEMENTS LIKE IT WAS FOR MARIA.

DUCKS CROSS HIGHWAY-VO

HAVE YOU SEEN THE LATEST VIRAL SENSATION?

CHECK THIS OUT.

A PHOTOGRAPHER FLYING OVER A BUSY HIGHWAY IN TORONTO SPOTTED A MOTHER DUCK AND HER EIGHT DUCKLINGS, TRYING TO CROSS *FIVE* BUSY LANES OF TRAFFIC.

WHAT FOLLOWS IS NAIL-BITING - HEART STOPPING VIDEO OF THE DUCKS CROSSING THE EXPRESSWAY.

TWICE CARS COME SO CLOSE - THAT SOME DUCKLINGS ARE BLOWN OFF THEIR FEET!

COMING UP @ 4-CLIP

THEY PROMISED "TIL DEATH DO US PART" -- BUT SOME COUPLES FIND IT EASIER TO STAY TOGETHER WHILE LIVING IN SEPARATE HOUSES.

FIRST AT FOUR - NON-TRADITIONAL COUPLES THAT ARE MAKING THEIR LOVE LAST, MILES APART.

PLUS - SHE BECAME A HOUSEHOLD NAME OVERNIGHT WHEN A MAGAZINE TIED HER TO SCIENTOLOGIST TOM CRUISE.

WE'RE GETTING MORE DETAILS ABOUT HER ALLEGED SECRET RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HOLLYWOOD STAR.

AND - THREE POLICEMEN RUSH TO PULL AN ELDERLY MAN FROM A BURNING CAR.

A) together forever, living apart-VOTOPS-WIPE

B) vanity fair scientology-VOTOPS-WIPE

C) burning car rescue-VOTOPS

TEASE FIVE-2SHOT

AND STILL AHEAD ON THE NEWS AT NOON--

A LOOK AT OUR TOP STORIES.

BANK ROBBER CAUGHT-TRXSS TOPS

AUTHORITIES THIS MORNING *CAPTURED* THE MAN THEY SAY--

ROBBED THE BANK OF AMERICA ON WHISKEY CREEK DRIVE IN FORT MYERS YESTERDAY.

THIS IS A SURVEILLANCE PICTURE FROM THE ROBBERY.

THE SUSPECT IS IDENTIFIED AS 29-YEAR OLD JACOB SCOTT OF NORTH CAROLINA.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES FOUND HIM IN A PORT CHARLOTTE HOTEL.

CAR INTO CANAL-VOTOPS

A LEE COUNTY MAN ACCIDENTALLY DROVE HIS CAR INTO A LEHIGH CANAL LATE LAST NIGHT.

BUT TROOPERS SAY NO ONE FOUND HIM UNTIL THIS MORNING!

THE F-H-P HELPED THE MAN TO SHORE--

HE WASN'T SERIOUSLY INJURED.

TROOPERS SAY THE DRIVER DIDN'T SEE THE ROAD COME TO AN END--

DOG RESCUED FROM FIRE-SSTOPS, VO

WE JUST GOT THIS NEW PICTURE OF THE DOG RESCUED FROM A FIRE AT A DUPLEX IN SAN CARLOS PARK THIS MORNING -- YOU CAN SEE SHE'S OKAY --

THE FIRE WAS CONTAINED TO ONE SIDE OF THE DUPLEX -- AND ONE ROOM WAS PRETTY HEAVILY DAMAGED.

DNC DAY THREE-VOTOPS

PRESIDENT OBAMA FORMALLY ACCEPTS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S NOMINATION TONIGHT.

IT WAS FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON WHO FIRED UP THE DELEGATES LAST NIGHT.

HE TOLD THEM PRESIDENT OBAMA FOUND MORE PROBLEMS THAN HE THOUGHT, AND IS GOING TO NEED FOUR MORE YEARS TO "CLEAN UP THE MESS".

YOU CAN SEE THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH TONIGHT AT TEN--

LEE SHERIFF BUDGET-VOTOPS

AND LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH PLANS TO CUT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE BUDGET BY MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS.

COMMISSIONERS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT DISCUSSION OVER SHERIFF SCOTT'S DECISION TO GIVE BONUSES TO HIS EMPLOYEES--

PLAYED A FACTOR IN THEIR DECISION.

COMMISSIONERS SAY THE SHERIFF WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE HIS CASE AGAINST THE CUTS--

MARKET WATCH-SATLIVE

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