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FIRST AT FOUR: NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE CHILD STRUCK BY LIGHTNING ON HIS WAY TO FOOTBALL PRACTICE -- AS CLASSMATES PREPARE FOR A PRAYER SERVICE FOR HIM TONIGHT.

THE FIRST DEBATE OF THE 2012 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS IN THE BOOKS -- 40-MILLION PEOPLE SAW IT -- THE QUESTION NOW, DID IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR DECISION?

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SHOW OPEN-CLIP

FIRST WEATHER-ANIBOX

"A bit more sun, with afternoon downpours"

The plume of deep tropical moisture that sat across Southwest Florida over the last couple of days, continues to push away from the peninsula giving a slight improvement to our weather.

The airmass across the area remains warm and humid, therefore it will be a muggy to start to our Thursday morning. Our skies will be a bit sunnier along with mainly dry conditions and that will keep temperatures on warming trend into the upper 80s to low 90s during the afternoon.

Expect a mix of sun and clouds today, along with a scattering of downpours during the late afternoon and lingering into the evening hours. With our steering winds taking more of an easterly turn, the seabreeze will stay pinned closer to home with showers and storms more than likely favoring the urban corridor. The rain activity will not be as widespread as the last few days, in fact rain prospects will be down to about 50%.

A few showers will linger across Southwest Florida through the evening, before skies partially clear and lows settle back into the middle and upper 70s.

High pressure will dominate our weather pattern Friday and into the weekend, bringing more sunshine with our typical pattern of hit or miss afternoon thunderstorms. An uptick in the moisture Sunday will allow for more clouds and scattered rain ahead of an approaching cool front. This may bring the first hint of fall like weather by mid week with lower humidity in the forecast along with cooler nights.

CHILD HIT BY LIGHTNING-SOTVO, 2 SHOT PUSH

we don't have any magical answers for this we don't have any words to take away the reality of the situation.

TEACHERS AND CLASSMATES COME TOGETHER AFTER A LIGHTNING BOLT HIT THEIR CLASSMATE YESTERDAY.

THE PASTOR OF MCGREGOR BAPTIST CHURCH TELLS US THE 11 YEAR OLD BOY IS NOT BREATHING ON HIS OWN.

CHILD HIT BY LIGHTNING-PKG

AN EMOTIONAL MOMENT-

CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

AS MEMBERS OF 11 YEAR-OLD JESSE WATLINGTON'S FOOTBALL TEAM PRAY FOR HIM,

RIGHT AFTER HE WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

JUST RELEASED-

THE 911 CALL MADE MOMENTS AFTER THE STRIKE.

TODAY, THE PASTOR AT MCGREGOR BAPTIST TELLS US THE 6TH GRADER'S CONDITION IS THE SAME-

STILL CRITICAL AND IN INTENSIVE CARE AT A TAMPA HOSPITAL.

7:34 "officially he has been checked and there is no deterioration of his situation, so we're taking that as a hopeful step."

YESTERDAY AFTERNOON,

AOUND 4PM,

JESSE- A STUDENT AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY-

RAN OUT ONTO THE FIELD FOR FOOTBALL PRACTICE.

HE WAS SURROUNDED BY HIS FRIENDS AND FELLOW PLAYERS WHEN A LIGHTNING BOLT STRUCK HIM.

STAFF MEMBERS PERFORMED CPR, BUT THE CHILD HAD STOPPED BREATHING AND DID NOT HAVE A PULSE.

JESSE WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL, AND THEN TRANSPORTED UP TO TAMPA.

JEFF TAYLOR'S DAUGHTER IS IN THE 11 YEAR-OLD'S CLASS.

4:11 "they're in the 6th grade together and my daughter kate has been asking lots of logistical questions- how did it happen, how does lightning strike a person- is he going to die? as a dad, my heart just breaks."

HE, ALONG WITH EVERYONE AT THE CHURCH AND SCHOOL,

IS PRAYING FOR JESSE RIGHT NOW.

CHILD HIT BY LIGHTNING-OC

TONIGHT THE MCGREGOR BAPTIST CHURCH WILL HOLD A PRAYER SERVICE AT 7 O'CLOCK FOR JESSE.

MENINGITIS OUTBREAK-TRX, OC, VO

BREAKING NEWS, RIGHT NOW CONCERNING A DEADLY MENINGITIS OUTBREAK.

THE GOVERNMENT IS WARNING DOCTORS NOT TO USE ANY PRODUCTS FROM A MASSACHUSETTS CLINIC LINKED TO THE OUTBREAK.

AN OFFICIAL WITH THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION SAYS A STEROID WAS CONTAMINATED AT THE NEW ENGLAND COMPOUDNING CENTER.

THE MEDICINE WAS USED TO TREAT PATIENTS FOR BACK PAIN.

SO FAR, 5 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THE INFECTION.

26 CASES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN 6 STATES, INCLUDING FLORIDA.

VOTER REGISTRATION FRAUD-TRX OC CG OC

ALSO DEVELOPING AT THIS HOUR, THE STATE OF FLORIDA OPENED A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE VOTER REGISTRATION FIRM THAT REGISTERED VOTERS HERE IN FLORIDA.

THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYS THE STATE ELECTIONS DIVISION BROUGHT UP A COMPLAINT AFTER REPORTS OF SUSPICIOUS VOTER FORMS.

THE F-D-L-E SPOKESMAN SAYS THAT AFTER REVIEWING THIS COMPLAINT FDLE HAS DECIDED THAT A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO THESE ALLEGATIONS IS WARRANTED.

THEY ARE INVESTIGATING "STRATEGIC ALLIED CONSULTING".

IT'S A BUSINESS BASED IN VIRGINIA.

MEDICARE FRAUD-OC

A FEDERAL MEDICARE FRAUD INVESTIGATION HITS CLOSE TO HOME.

91 PEOPLE, INCLUDING DOCTORS AND NURSES ARE ACCUSED OF FAKE BILLING UPWARDS OF 429- MILLION DOLLARS.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY UNCOVERED A FRAUD SCHEME IN MIAMI AS WELL AS 6 OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE NATION.

DECISION 2012-CLIP

PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE-SOTVOTOP, OC

Now, it ultimately is going to be up to the voters, to you, which path we should take.

"We know that the path we're taking is not working, it's time for a new path."

ACCORDING TO EARLY NIELSEN NUMBERS, NEARLY 40 MILLION PEOPLE TUNED IN LAST NIGHT TO THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.

PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE-PKG

REPUBLICAN JOY IN DENVER! MITT ROMNEY DECLARED HIS CAMPAIGN IS REJUVENATED!

Presidential Nominee

"you know what? We're going to take back the White House."

A NEW MOOD. AFTER MANY SAW A NEW MITT ROMNEY LAST NIGHT.

Presidential Nominee

"let's get back to medicare.let's get back. but my experience."

IN CONTROL. ASSERTIVE. PRESIDENTIAL.

WHILE BARACK OBAMA KEPT HIS EYES AND ENERGY LOW.

HE CHARGED ROMNEY CHANGED HIS STANDS ON TAXES AND SPENDING.

ROMNEY'S HOPING THE DEBATE STRENGTHENS HIS POLL NUMBERS IN BATTLEGROUND STATES.

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TOSS TO STEVE-OC, TRX

AT HEATED ODDS -- CAPE CORAL AND LEE COUNTY LEADERS DELAY A CONTROVERSIAL DECISION ON THE CEITUS BOAT LIFT.

SOME BLAME THE WASHED OUT BARRIER IN THE NORTHWEST CAPE FOR DESTORYING MATLACHA PASS.

OTHERS CALL THE CLAIMS BOGUS.

NBC'2 STEVE CAMPION WAS AT TODAY'S MEETING FOR EVEY TWIST AND TURN.

HE JOINS IN THE STUDIO.

CEITUS BOAT LIFT-PLASMA

NO SHORTAGE OF DRAMA THIS MORNING.

LESS THAN 15 MINUTES INTO THE LONG-AWAITED MEETING, CAPE CORAL'S MAYOR JOHN SULLIVAN WANTED OUT -- TELLING COUNTY LEADERS THEY'RE WASTING EVERYONE'S TIME AND MONEY.

AFTER SPENDING 45 MINUTES DECIDING IF THEY'D THEN EVEN TALK ABOUT THE ISSUE, THE MEETING PROGRESSED.

CEITUS BOAT LIFT-VO

TWO PASSIONATE SIDES EXIST OVER WHETHER TO REINSTALL A BARRIER IN THE CANAL WATERS CLOSE TO OLD BURNT STORE ROAD AND CEITUS PARKWAY.

SOME -- PRIMARLY THOSE LIVING ON PINE ISLAND AND MATLACHA - ARGUE WITHOUT IT POLLUTED FRESHWATER POURS INTO THE OPEN WATER AND DESTORYS PRECIOUS MARINE LIFE AND THEIR FISHING ECONOMY.

THOSE ON THE MAINLAND DISMISS THOSE CLAIMS AS UNPROVEN SCIENCE -- DESCRIBING THE CURRENT WATERFLOW AS WHAT MOTHER NATURE HERSELF INTENDED.

CEITUS BOAT LIFT-SOTVO

3630 "it's going to be a cat fight. You've got the county commission that has taken a position based on hot air. They have any data to go on."

4030 "since the barrier has been taken out, we've had the biggest die off of marine life in the area. The tuna, oysters, sponges, sea grass. Everything died immediately because of the fresh water coming out of Cape Coral."

CEITUS BOAT LIFT-PLASMA

LEADERS IN A THREE TO ONE VOTE -- WITH SULLIVAN VOTING NO - TOLD CITY AND COUNTY STAFF TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THE SCIENCE IS THERE.

THEY'LL GIVE SCIENTISTS THROUGH THE END OF THE DRY SEASON -- NEXT JUNE TO CONTINUE COLLECTING SAMPLES FROM THE WATER.

BIG BOARD-SAT-LIVE-TOPS

STOCKS WERE HIGHER AHEAD OF TOMORROW'S MONTHLY JOBS REPORT.

THE ADVANCE COMES AFTER THE WEEKLY UPDATE ON NEW JOBLESS CLAIMS.

THE GOVERNMENT REPORTED AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBERS OF AMERICANS SEEKING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.

BARRICADED MAN BONITA SPRINGS-VO, SS

A MAN IS IN CUSTODY AFTER A STANDOFF WITH DEPUTIES.

IT HAPPENED AROUND 9 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING IN A BONITA SPRINGS HOME ON SUNSHINE DRIVE.

FAMILIES LIVING NEAR THE HOME HAD TO EVACUATE FOR THEIR SAFETY.

DEPUTIES TELL US SHAWN ISOM GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH A WOMAN OVER FINANCES.

HE WOULDN'T LET HER OR THEIR CHILD LEAVE THE HOUSE.

WHEN DEPUTIES ARRIVED, THEY CONVINCED ISOM TO LET THE WOMAN AND TODDLER GO.

DETECTIVES WENT INTO THE HOME AROUND 12-30 AND ARRESTED ISOM WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS.

TEASE ONE-2SHOT

DESTINATION SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

LEE COUNTY'S VISITOR AND CONVENTION BUREAU UNVEILS A NEW LOGO.

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C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

LEE VCB ANNOUNCEMENT-OC VO OC

DESTINATION FORT MYERS AND SANIBEL-

LEE COUNTY'S VISITOR AND CONVENTION BUREAU UNVEILS A NEW LOGO AS PART OF ITS LATEST MARKETING STRATEGY.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEW IMAGE.

THE SHELL DEPICTED ON THE LOGO IS A JUNONIA- WHICH RESEMBLES A STYLIZED VERSION OF A MAP OF LEE COUNTY.

THE NEW LOGO IS PART OF THE COUNTY'S NEW-BRAND CAMPAIGN.

IT INCLUDES AN UPDATED VC--B WEBSITE.

THE V-C-B ALSO ANNOUNCED A FIRST OF ITS KIND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE.

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP

FORECAST-WXWALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

"A bit more sun, with afternoon downpours"

The plume of deep tropical moisture that sat across Southwest Florida over the last couple of days, continues to push away from the peninsula giving a slight improvement to our weather.

The airmass across the area remains warm and humid, therefore it will be a muggy to start to our Thursday morning. Our skies will be a bit sunnier along with mainly dry conditions and that will keep temperatures on warming trend into the upper 80s to low 90s during the afternoon.

Expect a mix of sun and clouds today, along with a scattering of downpours during the late afternoon and lingering into the evening hours. With our steering winds taking more of an easterly turn, the seabreeze will stay pinned closer to home with showers and storms more than likely favoring the urban corridor. The rain activity will not be as widespread as the last few days, in fact rain prospects will be down to about 50%.

A few showers will linger across Southwest Florida through the evening, before skies partially clear and lows settle back into the middle and upper 70s.

High pressure will dominate our weather pattern Friday and into the weekend, bringing more sunshine with our typical pattern of hit or miss afternoon thunderstorms. An uptick in the moisture Sunday will allow for more clouds and scattered rain ahead of an approaching cool front. This may bring the first hint of fall like weather by mid week with lower humidity in the forecast along with cooler nights.

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TRAFFIC BILLBOARD-CLIP

TEASE TWO-ONCAM

IT WAS THE BULLYING VIDEO THAT WENT VIRAL THIS SUMMER.

Student: Are you sweating?

KLEIN: I'm crying.

A BUS MONITOR WAS TORMENTED BY A GROUP OF BOYS.

A) klein anti bullying-sotvo

WELLS DISCLAIMER-SSTOPS

TOSS TO NICK-OC

WELLS FARGO-PLASMA

WELLS FARGO-CG

And the one option or program I want to review today, introduced by the government in the last couple of years is called the Home Affordable Refinance Program or HARP. And in essence, under certain criteria, this program allows homeowners that are financially upside down in their homes to refinance at lower interest rates; however, there are eligibility requirements for this type of transaction. Here are the main ones.

First, the mortgage you have must be owned or guaranteed by Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae. Second, the mortgage must have been sold to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac on or before May 31, 2009. Third, the mortgage cannot have been refinanced under the HARP program previously unless it is a Fannie Mae loan that was refinanced under HARP from March to May of 2009. And last, the homeowner must be current on their mortgage at the time of the refinance, with a good payment history in the past 12 months.

One important point, refinancing under the HARP program through your current loan servicer will enable you to take advantage of the unlimited loan to value ratios. In other words, if your mortgage is with Wells Fargo, you should apply for a HARP refinance through Wells Fargo to take advantage of the maximum benefits to refinancing.

I think in general, there's a big misconception out there that you don't have any options or absolutely cannot refinance your home if you're underwater. But that's not necessarily true. I've seen homeowners who owed twice as much as their home was worth refinance their mortgage under this program at much lower interest rates. The only way you will know is to call your mortgage service provider and find out if your mortgage is eligible.

In some cases, homeowners can refinance under what is called a streamline HARP which is basically the same as the regular HARP except that the homeowner does not have to pay closing costs or have an appraisal completed for the home.

WELLS FARGO-PLASMA

WELLS TAG-SSTOPS

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

TEASE THREE-OC

AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT NBC-2'S LIVE RADAR.

OUR METEOROLOGIST TEAM IS TRACKING THUNDERSTORMS AT THIS HOUR.

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EMU IN CAPE CANAVERAL-VOTOPS

TRAFFIC WAS SNARLED IN CAPE CANAVERAL YESTERDAY, THANKS TO THIS GUY.

THIS IS TACO.

THE EMU ESCAPED HIS OWNER AND WAS LOOKING FOR A MATE.

BUT HE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH LUCK.

TACO DID HOWEVER GET A LITTLE TESTY WITH A MOTORCYCLIST.

KLEIN ANTI BULLYING-OC, VO

NOW TO A FOLLOW-UP ON A STORY FROM JUNE ABOUT A BUS MONITOR WHO WAS VICIOUSLY BULLIED AND VERBALLY ASSAULTED.

ALL OF IT CAUGHT ON TAPE - AND THE VIDEO SPREAD ACROSS THE INTERNET, SPARKING INTENSE SUPPORT FOR THE 68 YEAR OLD GRANDMOTHER.

NOW, SHE'S TRYING TO USE THE INCIDENT. TO BRING AN END TO THE TAUNTS.

KLEIN ANTI BULLYING-PKG

Student: Your reflexes are so slow, you freaking fat.

Student: You have reflexes like an elephant.

THIS PROFANITY-LACED VIDEO OF KAREN KLEIN, A 68 YEAR OLD BUS MONITOR FROM GREECE, NEW YORK, BEING RIDICULED MERCILESSLY BY A GROUP OF SEVENTH GRADERS SHOCKED US ALL.

Student: Oh, my God. You are such a.troll!

DURING THE TEN MINUTE LONG ATTACK, INSULTS HURLED WERE NON-STOP.

Student: You don't have a family because they all killed themselves because they didn't want to be near you.

THE VIDEO, FILMED BY ONE STUDENT ON HIS CELL PHONE, SHOWS THE AGGRESSION ESCALATE AS THEY BEGIN TO PHYSICALLY POKE HER.AND EVEN MAKE THREATS.

Student: If I stabbed you in the stomach and.my knife would go through you like butter because it's all.lard./

Student: Are you sweating?

KLEIN: I'm crying.

KLEIN:

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT HAPPENED/NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THAT/

KLEIN SAYS THE MEANNESS STOPPED ONLY WHEN THE KIDS GOT OFF THE BUS. SHE DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT TO SCHOOL OFFICIALS.

KLEIN

I JUST CAN'T EXPLAIN WHY I DID WHAT I DID, OR WHY I DIDN'T DO WHAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE.

IN FACT, SHE LEARNED THAT THE VIDEO.NOW SEEN MORE THAN EIGHT MILLION TIMES.HAD BEEN POSTED WHEN SHE WAS CALLED IN BY THE SCHOOL THE NEXT MORNING AS PART OF THEIR INVESTIGATION.

DR. JENNIFER HARTSTEIN/PSYCHOLOGIST

WE EXPECT VICTIMS TO REPORT ALL THE TIME, BUT THE FACT IS SO OFTEN THEY DON'T.BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID/ SHE'S THE ADULT IN THIS SITUATION.ARE PEOPLE GONNA BELIEVE HER? / OR THEY MIGHT REALLY BLAME HER FOR NOT TAKING IT INTO HER OWN HANDS AND DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

DEBORAH HOEFT/ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, GREECE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

We can say that students found to be involved would face--will face strong disciplinary action.

DISCIPLINE CAME IN THE FORM OF A YEAR-LONG SUSPENSION.

EITHER THE BOYS, OR THEIR FAMILIES, HAVE SINCE SENT KLEIN LETTERS OF APOLOGY.

nat klein reads a letter

I cannot believe I did that. I'm so sorry for being so mean and I will never treat anyone this way again.

THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE RALLIED BEHIND THE GRANDMOTHER OF EIGHT. A DONATION FUND SET UP ON THE WEB SITE INDIEGOGO RAISED OVER $700,000.

NOW KAREN WILL PAY IT FORWARD, using some of that money to launch an ANTI-BULLYING FOUNDATION.

KLEIN

KLEIN ANTI BULLYING-OC

TAMRON HALL REPORTING.

FOUR OF THE STUDENTS LINKED TO THE BULLYING ARE GOING TO AN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL

TEASE FOUR-2SHOT

RED TIDE BLOOM IS SPOTTED OFF THE COAST OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

NBC-2 FINDS IT ALREADY HAS A DEADLY IMPACT ON THE WILDLIFE.

WE'LL TELL YOU WHERE WE FOUNDTHE TOXIC ALGAE.

AND -

14:34:03;25 How bad for us is a diet with gluten in it?

MARK SISSON:

14:34:06;20 Gluten is poison. In my estimation, gluten is poison.

THIS MAN CREDITS HIS CHISELED BODY TO EXERCISE AND ABSOLUTELY NO GLUTEN.

A) red tide charco line-vo

B) gluten free fad-sotvo

SHOW OPEN-CLIP

FIRST WEATHER-ANIBOX

"A bit more sun, with afternoon downpours"

The plume of deep tropical moisture that sat across Southwest Florida over the last couple of days, continues to push away from the peninsula giving a slight improvement to our weather.

The airmass across the area remains warm and humid, therefore it will be a muggy to start to our Thursday morning. Our skies will be a bit sunnier along with mainly dry conditions and that will keep temperatures on warming trend into the upper 80s to low 90s during the afternoon.

Expect a mix of sun and clouds today, along with a scattering of downpours during the late afternoon and lingering into the evening hours. With our steering winds taking more of an easterly turn, the seabreeze will stay pinned closer to home with showers and storms more than likely favoring the urban corridor. The rain activity will not be as widespread as the last few days, in fact rain prospects will be down to about 50%.

A few showers will linger across Southwest Florida through the evening, before skies partially clear and lows settle back into the middle and upper 70s.

High pressure will dominate our weather pattern Friday and into the weekend, bringing more sunshine with our typical pattern of hit or miss afternoon thunderstorms. An uptick in the moisture Sunday will allow for more clouds and scattered rain ahead of an approaching cool front. This may bring the first hint of fall like weather by mid week with lower humidity in the forecast along with cooler nights.

GLUTEN FREE MENUS-2 shot

GLUTEN-FREE FOOD HAS BECOME A HOT HEALTH TREND AND A BOOMING BUSINESS.

CELEBRITIES AND PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES ALL PRAISE THEIR GLUTEN-FREE DIETS.

BUT WILL

GIVING UP GLUTEN HELP YOU LOSE WEIGHT? JOSH MANKIEWICZ EXPLORES WHY GLUTEN HAS BECOME

GLUTEN FREE MENUS-PKG

MARK SISSON IS A FORMER MARATHONER AND IRONMAN TRIATHLETE.

AT 59 HE LOOKS AND SAYS HE FEELS MUCH YOUNGER. HE CREDITS GIVING UP GLUTEN.

MARK SISSON:

13:47:55;24 The arthritis that I'd had in my fingers that I thought was just a normal artifact of being in my 40s went away.

13:48:21;24 lingering sinus issues I'd have after hay fever seasn, they went away.

I stopped getting colds and flu almost entirely.

SISSON SAYS IT'S TIME TO ONCE AGAIN EAT THE WAY THE CAVEMEN DID- MOSTLY FRUITS, VEGETABLES, MEAT AND FISH. NOTHING PROCESSED.

AND NO GRAINS.WHICH SISSON BELIEVES ARE SIMPLY WASTED CALORIES.

MARK SISSON:

Grains are just beige glop that don't taste that great. They're just a cheap source of calories that converts to glucose.

JOHN MANKIEWICZ:

14:34:03;25 How bad for us is a diet with gluten in it?

MARK SISSON:

GLUTEN FREE MENUS-OC, SS

WE FOUND SEVERAL FAMILY-FRIENDLY RESTAURANTS WITH GLUTEN-FREE MENU ITEMS.

YOU CAN FIND THE LIST ON OUR WEBSITE, NBC DASH TWO DOT COM.

AND YOU CAN SEE JOSH'S FULL REPORT TONIGHT ON NBC'S "ROCK CENTER WITH BRIAN WILLIAMS."

RED TIDE CHARCO LINE-OC VO

RED TIDE IS BACK IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

A LARGE BLOOM WAS SPOTTED OFF THE COAST BETWEEN CHARLOTTE AND SARASOTA COUNTY LINE.

THE BLOOM IS ABOUT 12 MILES LONG AND SIX MILES WIDE AND IS KILLING FISH.

NBC-2 FOUND SEVERAL FISH WASHED UP ON SHORE AT ENGLEWOOD.

HONDA RECALL-TRX, CG

now to an nbc2 consumer alert--

AUTO MAKER, HONDA, IS RECALLING 820-THOUSAND VEHICLED BECAUSE OF HEADLIGHT FAILURES.

THE RECALL AFFECTS CIVICS FROM THE 2002 AND 2003 MODEL YEARS AND PILOTS FROM 2004 AND 2005.

HONDA SAYS WIRES CONNECTING A SWITCH TO THE LIGHTS CAN OVERHEAT AND MELT -- CAUSING LOW BEAM LIGHTS TO BLOW-OUT.

NO CRASHES OR INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM THE PROBLEM.

CREDIT CARD RESPONSIBILTY-VO

A NEW REPORT SHOWS MORE AMERICANS ARE KEEPING UP WITH CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS.

THE AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION SAYS ACCOUNTS THAT WERE MORE THAT 30 DAYS OVERDUE FELL TO AN 11-YEAR LOW THE SECOND QUARTER.

HOWEVER, NUMBERS REGARDING HOME EQUITY STILL SHOW SIGNS OF TROUBLE.

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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI ATHLETIC DIRECTOR SHAWN EICHORST HAS RESIGNED, ACCORDING TO INSIDER REPORTS.

HE LED THE TROUBLED TEAM FOR ABOUT 18 MONTHS.

THE UNIVERSITY HAS NOT CONFIRMED THE MOVE YET--

BUT, REPORTS OUT NEBRASKA SUGGEST EICHORST IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR A SOON-TO-BE SPOT WITH THE CORNHUSKERS.

HEALTH CLIP-CLIP

BUSTING ALLERY MYTHS-OC

YOUR SKIN, YOUR NOSE, YOUR DIGESTIVE SYSTEM…ALLERGIES CAN AFFECT THEM ALL.

SUFFERERS WILL TRY JUST ABOUT ANYTHING TO GET RELIEF…BUT SOME MIGHT BE WASTING THEIR TIME.

BUSTING ALLERY MYTHS-PKG

TRIGGERED BY THINGS LIKE POLLEN OR PETS…

ALLERGIES AFFECT MILLIONS…

AS THE TROUBLESOME DUST AND DANDER SPREAD THROUGH THE AIR…SO DO MYTHS ABOUT WAYS TO BEAT THEM.

SOME BELIEVE BEES MAKE THE BEST ALLERGY FIGHTER…AND THE POLLEN COLLECTED IN THEIR HONEY…CAN HELP YOU BUILD IMMUNITY….WITH JUST…

BUT…THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE RESEARCH ON THE ALLERGY BENEFITS OF LOCAL HONEY. A 2002 STUDY FOUND IT WAS NOT EFFECTIVE, BUT A SMALL STUDY IN 2011 SHOWED IT REDUCED SYMPTOMS IN BIRCH POLLEN SUFFERERS BY 60-PERCENT. DOCTOR AMITAVA DASGUPTA SAYS WHILE THERE'S NOT MUCH SCIENTIFIC BACKING.

"Honey is not going to cause any harm to your body, so if it doesn't do any harm to your body, what do you have to lose?"

IF YOU THINK MOVING OUT HERE WILL GET RID OF YOUR ALLERGIES ….

…THINK AGAIN. SOME OF THE PLANTS THAT TRIGGER YOUR SYMPTOMS MIGHT NOT BE IN THE DESERT… BUT GRASS AND RAGWEED POLLEN ARE FOUND JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE!

RESEARCH SHOWS EXPOSURE TO DOGS EARLY IN LIFE CAN HELP PREVENT PET ALLERGIES. PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY ALLERGIC TO MAN'S BEST FRIEND…MIGHT THINK HYPO-ALLERGENIC DOGS ARE THE ANSWER TO THEIR PROBLEM.

BUSTING ALLERY MYTHS-OC

WHILE THEY'RE ANNOYING…THERE SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR UPSIDE TO ALLERGIES. A

FASTER GENE SCREEN-VO

A NEW METHOD OF GENETIC SCREENING COULD HELP DIAGNOSE SICK BABIES MUCH MORE QUICKLY.

IT TYPICALLY TAKES DOCTORS SIX OR MORE WEEKS TO GET RESULTS BACK FROM GENETIC TESTING ON CRITICALLY ILL INFANTS.

BUT WITH THE USE OF NEW SOFTWARE, RESEARCHERS WERE ABLE TO GET GENETIC RESULTS IN ONLY TWO DAYS.

EXPERTS SAY THE TURNAROUND MEANS MORE LIVES SAVED.

HEALTH MATTERS-ONCAM

HEALTH MATTERS-PKG

A NEW GRANDBABY PROMPTED CYNTHIA McCLOUD TO TAKE COMMAND OF HER HEALTH. AND LIKE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS SHE DECIDED TO GET A PHYSICAL.

CYNTHIA McCLOUD/GETS REGULAR HEALTH SCREENINGS

RUNS:

:29 I went to the doctor's and they checked, well tested me for several things. I was tested for diabetes, hypertension, cholesterol.

THAT HEALTH SCREENING UNCOVERED ISSUES EARLY ENOUGH FOR CYNTHIA TO MAKE POTENTIALLY LIFE-SAVING CHANGES IN HER DIET AND EXERCISE.

CYNTHIA McCLOUD/GETS REGULAR HEALTH SCREENINGS

RUNS:

2:05 Take care of yourself. 2:40 If your body is telling you something, you get signs every day, don't ignore them.

Women are most likely to get screened. And overall more adults in this country are getting tested for high cholesterol, with some exceptions. Hispanics and young people are two groups, slipping through the cracks. And it turns out, they have a lot at stake.

DR. SAL LACAGNINA/VP HEALTH & WELLNESS

FROM HIS FIRST INTV

1:45 We've seen younger and younger people with both diabetes and cardiovascular disease so we are screening for the cholesterol to make sure that were not missing anything early on.

THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION REPORTS HIGH CHOLESTEROL is one of the major controllable risk factors for coronary heart disease, heart attack and stroke.

DR. SAL LACAGNINA/VP HEALTH & WELLNESS

LACAGNINA INTV

4:19 All of those illnesses are killing so many people. 4:10 It's anticipated that the next generation will not live as long this current generation if things continue to go the way they are.

FINDING WHERE YOU STAND IS AS SIMPLE AS A BLOOD TEST.

DR. SAL LACAGNINA/VP HEALTH & WELLNESS

LACAGNINA/OBESITY INTV

17:12 You should be discussing with your physician each time you go in. 'Where do I need to be, what should my number be', so that you can be an educated consumer.

TEASE FIVE-ONCAM

A FAMILY JUMPS OUT OF THEIR THIRD STORY WINDOW TO ESCAPE A FIRE.

"I was afraid at first cuz I thought nobody was gonna catch me."

BUT GOOD SAMARATANS CAME TO THE RESCUE TO HELP WITH THE DARING ESCAPE.

THAT'S STORY'S COMING UP.

PLUS - FOR THE FIRST TIME, SUPER-STAR ACTRESS NICOLE KIDMAN TALKS ABOUT HER BOUT WITH DEPRESSION.

A) family jumps to safety-sotvo

B) nicole kidman interview-vo

C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

ALL NEW AHEAD AT 5:00-CLIP

PAUSE FOR AHEAD AT 5:00 CLIP

WE ARE FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC STORY OF A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT IN LEE COUNTY STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

AT FIVE.MORE FROM THE FRANTIC 9-1-1 CALL --

AND HOW THE CHURCH COMMUNITY IS COMING TOGETHER TO PRAY FOR THE 11 YEAR OLD.

PLUS --

A CASE OF ANIMAL NEGLECT IS SPARKING CHANGES IN COLLIER COUNTY.

A) BOY STRUCK BY LIGHTNING FOLO-NWSRM-VO

B) COLLIER DAS STRICTER RULES-VOTOPS

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP

FORECAST-WXWALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

"A bit more sun, with afternoon downpours"

The plume of deep tropical moisture that sat across Southwest Florida over the last couple of days, continues to push away from the peninsula giving a slight improvement to our weather.

The airmass across the area remains warm and humid, therefore it will be a muggy to start to our Thursday morning. Our skies will be a bit sunnier along with mainly dry conditions and that will keep temperatures on warming trend into the upper 80s to low 90s during the afternoon.

Expect a mix of sun and clouds today, along with a scattering of downpours during the late afternoon and lingering into the evening hours. With our steering winds taking more of an easterly turn, the seabreeze will stay pinned closer to home with showers and storms more than likely favoring the urban corridor. The rain activity will not be as widespread as the last few days, in fact rain prospects will be down to about 50%.

A few showers will linger across Southwest Florida through the evening, before skies partially clear and lows settle back into the middle and upper 70s.

High pressure will dominate our weather pattern Friday and into the weekend, bringing more sunshine with our typical pattern of hit or miss afternoon thunderstorms. An uptick in the moisture Sunday will allow for more clouds and scattered rain ahead of an approaching cool front. This may bring the first hint of fall like weather by mid week with lower humidity in the forecast along with cooler nights.

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TRAFFIC BILLBOARD-CLIP

NICOLE KIDMAN INTERVIEW-OC

FOR THE FIRST TIME, NICOLE KIDMAN OPENS UP ABOUT HER MARRIAGE TO TOM

CRUISE, AND THE DEPRESSION SHE SUFFERED WHEN THEIR RELATIONSHIP COLLAPSED.

AND SHE'S ALSO REVEALING INTIMATE DETAILS ABOUT THEIR STRUGGLE TO START A

FAMILY

NICOLE KIDMAN INTERVIEW-PKG

they are the bomb-shell revelations from 45 year old a-lister Nicole Kidman, speaking candidly for the first time about her failed marriage to Tom Cruise. Her battle with depression, her struggles with infertility. Opening up in the Australian magazine, Who. Quote: I got married really fast and really young, says Kidman who was just 23 when she tied the knot, then when it didn't workout I had to really dig deep and find my way through depression. I have no regrets about all of it. It was all part of growing up.

Kidman says part of her depression was the inability to conceive. Still she says she doesn't regret the relationship quote: It got me Bella and Connor. The two children she and Cruise adopted together. Kidman calls their 11 year reunion: a fantastic marriage for a long period.

After her divorce in 2001, this is what she told Diane Sawyer.

"I refuse to let it make me bitter, I still completely believe in love."

And love she found.

Kidman married country crooner and fellow Aussie Keith Urban in 2006 and gave birth to daughter Sunday Rose two years later. Her second daughter with Urban. Faith, was born via surrogate in 2011.

Quote: I've had an ectopic pregnancy, miscarriages and I've had fertility treatments. I've done all the stuff you can possibly do to try to get pregnant. So the way it just happened with Sunday was like, what? The percentages were so low. It is the miracle in my life.

"she wants people to know, yes, I'm a super-star, but I've gone through struggles just like you."

nats of movie

NICOLE KIDMAN INTERVIEW-OC

LARA SPENCER REPORTING.

MOORE STOLEN JEWELRY-VO

SOMEONE SWIPED 127-THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF JEWELRY FROM JULIANNE MOORE'S NEW YORK APARTMENT.

THE ACTRESS SAYS IT HAPPENED BETWEEN JUNE AND AUGUST, WHEN HER APARTMENT WAS BEING RENOVATED.

AT LEAST 15 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS HAD ACCESS TO THE ENTIRE HOUSE.

FACEBOOK 1B USERS-VO

SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT "FACEBOOK" SURPASSES A REMARKABLE MILESTONE.

THE NETWORK NOW HAS ONE *BILLION USERS.

*BILLION WITH A B.

THAT'S EQUAL TO ONE SEVENTH OF THE WORLD'S ENTIRE POPULATION.

FACEBOOK CREATER, MARK ZUCKERBERG, EXPLAINED WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE COMPANY'S FUTURE SINCE THERE IS PRESSURE FROM SHAREHOLDERS.

TV ANCHOR BROTHER-SS, VO

A WISCONSIN T-V ANCHOR WAS ABLE TO HOLD HER OWN AGAINST A VIEWER WHO COMMENTED ON HER WEIGHT.

BUT JENNIFER LIVINGSTON'S BROTHER IS ALSO IN HER CORNER.

YOU MAY RECOGNIZE HIM.

RON LIVINGSTON IS KNOWN FOR HIS LEAD ROLE IN OFFICE SPACE AND AS CARRIE BRADSHAW'S LOVE INTEREST IN SEX AND THE CITY.

HIS SISTER MADE HEADLINES ACROSS THE NATION WHEN SHE BROADCAST A VIEWER'S COMMENTS.

JENNIFER STOOK UP FOR HERSELF AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO MAY BE VICTIMS OF BULLYING.

KUTCHER HOAX-VO

ACTOR ASHTON KUTCHER IS KNOWN FOR PULLING PRANKS ON FELLOW CELEBRITIES.

BUT YESTERDAY, HE WAS THE TARGET OF AN EXPENSIVE AND DANGEROUS JOKE.

SOMEONE TOLD POLICE THERE WAS A POSSIBLE HOSTAGE SITUTATION AT THE ACTOR'S HOLLYWOOD HOME

EMERGENCY CREWS SWARMED THE HOME, BUT SOON DISCOVERED THE 9-1-1 CALL WAS A PRANK.

THE CALL WAS SENT BY TELETYPE MESSAGE. THAT'S WHAT HEARING IMPAIRED PEOPLE USE TO CONTACT EMERGENCY CREWS.

POLICE SAY THEY WILL TRACK DOWN THE PERSON WHO MADE THE PHONY CALL.

GARTH BROOKS VEGAS SHOW END-VO

COUNTRY SINGER, GARTH BROOKS, IS SAYING GOODBYE TO VEGAS.

AFTER 3 YEARS AT THE WYNN HOTEL, BROOKS WILL WRAP UP HIS SHOWS AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

LAS VEGAS WEEKLY GAVE RAVE REVIEWS FOR HIS PERFORMANCES, CALLING IT THE BEST THING ON ANY VEGAS STAGE SHOW EVER.

NO WORD ON WHY HE'S LEAVING SIN CITY.

BALD, POWERFUL, MANLY-VO

A NEW STUDY SHOWS BALD MEN ARE VIEWED AS POWERFUL, MANLY AND TALL.

A STUDY USED TESTS TO SEE HOW PEOPLE REACT TO MEN WITH THINNING HAIR AND THOSE WHO HAD A SHAVED HEAD.

MEN WHO SPORTED THE BALD LOOK WERE PERCEIVED AS MORE MASCULINE, AND EVEN TALLER THAN MEN WITH THINNING HAIR OR FULL LOCKS.

TEASE SIX-2SHOT

SURVEILLANCE VIDEO CAPTURES A NEW JERSEY FAMILY ESCAPING AN APARTMENT FIRE.

"I kept waking up and I'm coughing and coughing and I just woke up and when I woke up I saw nothing but smoke."

LEFT WITH NO CHOICE, SHE AND HER CHILDREN JUMP FROM THEIR THIRD STORY APARTMENT.

FIRST AT FOUR - THE GOOD SAMARITAN'S THAT CAME TO THEIR RESCUE.

A) family jumps out of building-sotvo

FOUR AT FOUR-CGTOPS

FAMILY JUMPS OUT OF BUILDING-VOTOPS, VO IN TFC

SECURITY CAMERA VIDEO CAPTURES SIX MEMBERS OF A NEW JERSEY FAMILY AS THEY LEAP FROM THE THIRD FLOOR OF THEIR BURNING APARTMENT BUILDING.

IT'S LIKELY THE FIRE STARTED FROM CANDLES THE FAMILY WAS USING FOR LIGHT.

THEY HAD JUST MOVED IN THE DAY BEFORE AND DID NOT HAVE ELECTRICITY YET.

FAMILY JUMPS OUT OF BUILDING-PKG

"I was scared."

SIX YEAR OLD TANIYAH MARTIN COULD BARELY DESCRIBE WHAT BEGAN, AS THIS VIDEO FROM THE STORE BELOW SHOWS, WITH HER OLDEST SISTER MAKING THE FIRST JUMP.

SHE SCREAMS FOR HELP.

THEN SEES PASSERSBY AND ASK THEM TO SAVE HER FAMILY.

S/Julissa McMillan/Sister:15-:17

"She was really brave cuz I wasn't thinking of that."

BUT SISTER JULISSA MCMILLAN MADE THE SECOND JUMP.THE CAMERA SHAKING EACH TIME AS THEY HIT THE AWNING RIGHT ABOVE IT.

IT ALL STARTED HERE ABOUT 1230 A-M, A CANDLE LEFT BURNING AS PSEG HAD YET TO TURN THE POWER ON IN THEIR BRAND NEW HOME.

THEIR MOTHER TAHONDA MARTIN.

S/Tahonda Martin/Mother:34

"I kept waking up and I'm coughing and coughing and I just woke up and when I woke up I saw nothing but smoke."

BUT THE OLDEST DAUGHTER YAKEEMAH, WHO BROKE HER TOES WHEN SHE HIT THE GROUND IN THAT FIRST JUMP, WAS THE THE FIRST TO MAKE THE DARING LEAP.

S/Yakeemah Martin/Older Sister:48-:52

"I was so scared I don't even know I'm gonna just gonna lean up here and if I fall it's ok."

NOW, WITH PASSERSBY GATHERED, THEY CAME DOWN ONE BY ONE, FIRST HITTING THE AWNING AND SHAKING THE CAMERA.THEN BEING CAUGHT.

NINE YEAR OLD YAZIR.

S/Yazir Mayers/Brother 1:05-1:09

"I was afraid at first cuz I thought nobody was gonna catch me."

FINALLY CAME THE LAST TWO, INCLUDING THEIR MOTHER TAHONDA.BUT IT WAS THE FIRST JUMP THAT TURNED YAKEEMAH INTO A HEROINE.

S/Yakeemah Martin/Older Sister 1:17-1:19

"If anybody else gonna jump, I gotta jump, I'm gonna help my family."

LATER, THE FAMILY GATHERED BACK INSIDE WHAT WAS LEFT OF THEIR APARTMENT TO SEE WHAT THEY COULD STILL SALVAGE.

AND A MOTHER GAVE THANKS TO TOTAL STRANGERS WHO MADE THESE CATCHES.

S/Tahonda Martin/Mother 1:31-1:36

FAMILY JUMPS OUT OF BUILDING-TFC

ALL SIX MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY WERE TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL AND THEY ARE ALL OK.

THAT'S IT FOR FIRST AT FOUR.

GOODBYE-2 SHOT

IN TWO MINUTES YOU'LL HEAR THE HEART-WRENCHING 911 CALLS FROM THE SCHOOL WHERE A BOY WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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