HEADLINE OPEN

A MESS ON FORT MYERS BEACH CAUSED BY

A SEWER LINE BREAK COULD TAKE *HOURS* TO FIX!

NBC-2 IS HAS A LIVE REPORT ON WHICH AREAS YOU

NEED TO STEER CLEAR OF.

i just want to ask everyone in the country to please pray for him.

A FATHER HOLDS ONTO HIS FAITH

AS HIS 11 YEAR OLD SON FIGHTS TO STAY ALIVE

AFTER GETTING STRUCK BY A LIGHTNING BOLT.

Thank you to everybody who made this happen.

A MIRACULOUS REUNION!

HOW A TOWN HELPED A LITTLE GIRL

GET HER BEST FRIEND BACK AFTER HER DOG WENT MISSING.

HL1) sewer break-VOTOPS-TRX

HL2) student hit by lightning-SOTVO-TRX

HL3) girl dog reunion-SOTVO

BREAKING OPEN-CLIP

TOSS TO CLIFTON-VOTOPS-DBLBX

IT COULD TAKE *HOURS* TO FIX A LARGE SEWAGE LINE BREAK NEAR FORT MYERS BEACH.

A LOT OF SEWAGE HAS SPILLED ONTO THE ROAD WHICH HAS CLOSED OFF PART OF MAIN STREET.

THE ROAD IS CLOSED BETWEEN FISHERMAN'S WHARF AND SOUTH STREET.

NBC-2'S CLIFTON FRENCH JOINS US NOW.

FMB SEWER BREAK-TRX-REMLIVE

WORKERS TELL ME THEY BELIEVE IT'S A 24 INCH PIPE.

YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THESE PUDDLES, THAT'S ALL RAW SEWAGE.

I CAN TELL YOU IT DOES NOT SMELL VERY PLEASANT OUT HERE.

THIS SEWAGE HAS FLOWED DOWN THE STREET HERE AND ALSO DOWN FISHERMANS WHARF.

I WAS TOLD THIS PIPE IS CONNECTED TO THIS BUILDING, WHICH IS A SEWAGE PUMP HOUSE.

AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN EASY TASK REPAIRING THIS BREAK THE LINE IS BURIED VERY DEEP, THEY'RE WAITING ON A CONTRACTOR TO GET OUT HERE TO DIG IT UP. AND IT COULD TAKE 12 HOURS TO REPAIR.

FMB SEWER BREAK-REMLIVE

JOBS REPORT-TRX-SSTOPS

THE NEWEST JOBS REPORT SHOWS ENCOURAGING NEWS WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!

THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HAS DROPPED BELOW 8 PERCENT

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY FOUR YEARS TO 7-POINT-8 PERCENT LAST MONTH.

THE LABOR DEPARTMENT SAYS EMPLOYERS ADDED 114-THOUSAND JOBS IN SEPTEMBER.

86-THOUSAND JOBS WERE CREATED IN JULY AND AUGUST.

WAGES ROSE LAST MONTH AND MORE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR WORK.

This COULD HELP PRESIDENT OBAMA --

NY STOCK EXCHANGE OPEN-LIVE

AND STOCKS RALLIED ON THE NEWS OF THE JOBS REPORT

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

DECISION 2012 OPEN-CLIP

CAMPAIGN FOCUS ON JOBS-ONCAM

JOB CREATION IS TAKING CENTER STAGE ON THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN TRAIL AS THE LATEST UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES ARE RELEASED.

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND MITT ROMNEY AGREE THAT CREATING JOBS IS CRITICAL FOR AMERICANS.

CAMPAIGN FOCUS ON JOBS-PKG

--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS --

GETTING AMERICANS BACK TO WORK -- THAT'S THE GOAL FOR BOTH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES. BUT BARACK OBAMA AND MITT ROMNEY HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS ON HOW TO GET THAT DONE. WITH THE ELECTION JUST OVER A MONTH AWAY -- EACH CANDIDATE IS SAYING THEIR FORMULA IS THE ONE THAT WILL CREATE JOBS.

DURING A STOP IN MADISON, WISCONSIN, OBAMA SAID ROMNEY CAN'T PAY FOR HIS FIVE-TRILLION-DOLLAR TAX PLAN WITHOUT "STICKING IT TO THE MIDDLE CLASS."

Can't afford to double down on the same top down economic policies that got us into this mess, that is not a jobs plan, it's not a plan for our economy, it's not a plan to strengthen the middle class it is not change it is a relapse and we're not going to do it.

MITT ROMNEY TOLD SUPPORTERS IN FISHERSVILLE, VIRGINIA THAT THE PRESIDENT HASN'T LIVED UP TO THE PROMISES HE MADE WHEN HE FIRST RAN FOR OFFICE. ROMNEY SAID THE DEMOCRAT'S APPROACH WON'T CREATE MORE JOBS.

They plan on raising taxes on the American people and that will kill jobs, we will not let that happen we want to create jobs not kill jobs in this country.

WHEN ASKED WHICH CANDIDATE WOULD BEST HANDLE UNEMPLOYMENT, ROMNEY TOPPED OBAMA 51-TO-45 PERCENT IN A C-N-N/O-R-C POLL TAKEN BEFORE WEDNESDAY NIGHT'S DEBATE.

EDISON MALL JOB FAIR-CG

SPEAKING OF JOBS --

THE EDISON MALL IS LOOKING FOR PART-TIME AND FULL-TIME SEASONAL HELP.

A JOB FAIR WILL BE HELD THIS SATURDAY FROM 11 TO 2.

WE'RE TOLD STORES AT THE MALL ARE LOOKING TO FILL MORE THAN 150 POSITIONS.

YOU ARE ASKED TO COME DRESSED TO IMPRESS AND HAVE COPIES OF YOUR RESUME READY.

LIGHTNING STRIKE BOY-TRX-SOTTOPS-SS

He was struck hard, he's the smallest player on the football team, he's in a coma in critical condition, it's a miracle he's a live right now

A 6TH GRADER STRUCK BY LIGHTNING IN FORT MYERS CONTINUES TO RECOVER.

AT LAST CHECK--JESSE WATLINGTON IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION

AND IN A COMA AT A HOSPITAL IN TAMPA.

LIGHTNING HIT JESSE AS HE HEADED OUT ONTO THE FIELD FOR FOOTBALL

PRACTICE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY.

THIS MORNING -- THE BOY'S FATHER CHUCK IS HOPING

LIGHTNING STRIKE BOY-SOT-WIPE

LIGHTNING STRIKE BOY-VOTOPS

LAST NIGHT--

DOZENS PRAYED FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOLER

AT MCGREGOR BAPTIST CHURCH.

COUNT ON NBC-2 TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW ALL THE

DEVELOPMENTS ON THIS STORY.

COLLIER HIT AND RUN-VO

TROOPERS HAVE ISSUED ANOTHER PUBLIC PLEA FOR WITNESSES OF A DEADLY HIT AND RUN CRASH TO COME FORWARD.

48-YEAR-OLD ROBIN WALLACE FROM EAST NAPLES WAS HIT WHILE RIDING HER BIKE SATURDAY ON ESTEY AVENUE AND EMBASSY LANE IN COLLIER.

IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 11-30 IN THE MORNING,

IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE CRASH. OR EVEN IF YOU SAW WALLACE

MENINGITIS OUTBREAK-VO

HEALTH PROVIDERS ARE SCRAMBLING TO NOTIFY PATIENTS IN NEARLY TWO DOZEN STATES

THAT STEROID INJECTIONS THEY RECEIVED FOR BACK MAY HAVE BEEN CONTAMINATED

WITH A DEADLY MENINGITIS.

HUNDREDS, AND PERHAPS THOUSANDS, OF PEOPLE GOT

THE SHOTS BETWEEN JULY AND SEPTEMBER.

A TAINTED STEROID SUSPECTED TO HAVE CAUSED

THE MENINGITIS OUTBREAK MADE ITS WAY TO CLINICS IN 23 STATES.

SO FAR, 35 PEOPLE IN SIX STATES HAVE CONTRACTED FUNGAL MENINGITIS.

ROBERT DUNN IN COURT-SS-VO

THE MAN ACCUSED OF GUNNING DOWN HIS ESTRANGED WIFE INSIDE A CAPE CORAL DAYCARE WILL BE IN COURT TODAY--

FOR PRE TRIAL MOTIONS.

IN APRIL, THE JUDGE PUSHED BACK THE TRIAL DATE FOR ROBERT DUNN TO OCTOBER 15TH, BECAUSE OF A SCHEDULING CONFLICT.

THE TRIAL WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO START IN AUGUST.

DUNN IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING CHRISTINE LOZIER, IN FRONT OF A GROUP OF KIDS INSIDE BOBBIE NOONAN'S DAYCARE BACK IN JANUARY OF 2008.

COLLIER DAS RULES-VO

THE DOMESTIC ANIMAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT

IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO DRAFTING A NEW ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE IN COLLIER COUNTY.

THIS AFTER MORE THAN A DOZEN DOGS DIED LAST YEAR FROM BREEDER NEGLECT.

D-A-S HAS BEEN WORKING ON NEW RULES TO MAKE SURE PERMITS ARE REQUIRED FOR ANYONE WORKING WITH ANIMALS--

COLLIER DAS RULES-SOTVO

"Michele Antonia "I think that small organizations may be hurt by this not because we're not taking care of our animals but because the constraints of what they're doing may put us out of business:59"

5TH AVE OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT-VO

KEEP IT DOWN THIS WEEKEND OR ELSE YOU COULD GET FINED IN COLLIER COUNTY.

NAPLES CITY LEADERS ARE LOOKING TO FINE DOWNTOWN RESTAURANTS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IF THEY ABUSE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT PERMITS.

THE ISSUE CAME UP AT YESTERDAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

COUNCILMEMBERS ARE SUGGESTING 5 TO 10 THOUSAND DOLLAR FINES FOR BUSINESSES THAT VIOLATE THEIR MUSIC PERMITS.

TEASE ONE-2-SHOT

YOU PROBABLY HAVE SEVERAL OF THEM IN YOUR HOME

WITHOUT EVEN REALIZING THE DANGERS THEY CAN CAUSE.

UP AHEAD -- A HEALTH WARNING OVER "BUTTON BATTERIES"

AND THE HARM THEY CAN POSE TO CHILDREN. --PLUS--

"It's a really terrible week for gas prices and the worst we have ever had in October that I can remember."

FAMILIAR STORY --

BUT A MUCH DIFFERENT OUTCOME THAN WE'VE SEEN IN QUITE SOME TIME!

THOSE SOARING GAS PRICES MAY EVEN BE FORCING SOME STATIONS TO SHUT DOWN!

TZ1 button battery wanring-VOTOPS-TRX

TZ1 cali gas prices-SOTVO

WEATHER-STC

SNOW IN DENVER-VOTOPS

TALK ABOUT TWO EXTREMES!

FLAKES HAVE BEEN COMING DOWN IN DENVER THIS MORNING--

JUST ONE TWO DAYS AFTER THE THERMOMETER HIT 80 DEGREES.

ABOUT AN INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL.

BUT WARMER WEATHER ISN'T GONE FOR THE SEASON.

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-WXWALL

Even though the calendar says it's October, it looks like mother nature hasn't received the memo as we are stuck in a mid summers weather pattern, with heat and humidity to boot.

Our skies will start off relatively quiet, but it will be a warm and muggy morning with temperatures in the middle to upper 70s. The remnant moisture associated with a decaying front has retrograded back to the northwest as high pressure centered over the western Atlantic waters moves in across the peninsula.

This will keep skies mostly to partly sunny during the mornings with increasing cloud cover during the afternoon. Temperatures will rebound into the lower 90s with a few upper 80s along our coastal and beach locations. However with plenty of humidity, heat index values will approach the 100° mark.

With an easterly flow setting up across the state, a couple of isolated showers could pop as early as the lunchtime hour mainly across our inland communities. Scattered downpours and a few storms will likely fire up close to the urban corridor as the sea breeze stays close to home once again.

Once the rain activity fades and pushes into the Gulf, skies will go mostly clear and lows will drop into the mid to upper 70s.

Expect the same set up for your Saturday - morning sun with afternoon downpours, but by Sunday we'll more than likely see an increase in the clouds and an uptick in our shower and thunderstorm pattern as a cool front approaches from the northwest.

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

POWER LINE POP-ONCAM

WE WANT TO GET TO SOME BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW --

FORD STREET IS CLOSED AT CANAL AND HANSON IN FORT MYERS AFTER A TRAILOR HIT A POWER LINE.

THE ROAD SHOULD BE CLOSED FOR AN HOUR.

F-P-L AND FORT MYERS FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE ON SCENE

THERE ARE NO REPORTS OF INJURIES.

CHAR CO RED TIDE FISH KILL-VO-WIPE

RED TIDE IS KILLING FISH IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY AND YOU MAY FEEL THE EFFECTS

THE TOXIC ALGAE BLOOM IS JUST OFF ENGLEWOOD BEACH.

SOME PEOPLE AT THE BEACH ARE ALSO HAVING BREATHING PROBLEMS.

EXPERTS SAY IF YOU HAVE ASTHMA. EMPHESEMA. OR ANOTHER RESPIRATORY ILLNESS. YOU SHOULDN'T VISIT AN AREA AFFECTED BY RED TIDE.

OTHERWISE. IT IS STILL SAFE TO SWIM IN THE WATER.

BUTTON BATTERY WARNING-VO WIPE

BUTTON BATTERIES ARE CREATING A GROWING NUMBER OF INJURIES.

CHANCES ARE -- YOUR HOME CONTAINS A BUNCH OF THEM --

BUT YOU LIKELY NEVER GIVE THEM A SECOND THOUGHT.

BUTTON BATTERIES ARE USED TO POWER HEARING AIDS, WATCHES,

FLASHLIGHTS, AND COUNTLESS OTHER GIZMOS.

SEVERAL OF THEM ARE ABOUT THE SIZE OF LITTLE CANDIES OR PILLS.

MORE THAN 40-THOUSAND CHILDREN WERE TREATED FOR BATTERY-

RELATED INJURIES IN THE PAST DECADE.

WHEN SWALLOWED AND LODGED IN THE

ESOPHAGUS OR STOMACH -- THE BATTERIES EMIT

BUTTON BATTERY WARNING-SOT VO

Reporter: "Can it be deadly?" "Absolutely, it can be deadly.3" -CUT TO-

"A battery can actually burn through the esophagus in two hours.infection" 13

IF SWALLOWED -- BUTTON BATTERIES USUALLY PASS NATURALLY.

BUT SINCE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS BURNING STARTS ON CONTACT --

HEALTH EXPERTS URGE PARENTS TO GET TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM

HIGH CALI GAS PRICES-OC-SOT-VO

IF YOU THINK GAS PRICES ARE BAD HERE -- BE GLAD YOU'RE NOT DRIVING IN CALIFORNIA!

"I have never seen 5.99, almost six dollars a gallon. That's insane."

DRIVERS IN CALABASAS PAID MORE THAN FIVE-50 FOR

A GALLON OF REGULAR UNLEADED.

SOME STATIONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARE EVEN RUNNING OUT OF GAS!

A FEW STATIONS IN THE REGION HAVE STOPPED BUYING GASOLINE ON THE WHOLESALE MARKET BECAUSE OF HIGH PRICES.

HIGH CALI GAS PRICES-SOT-CG

we had a couple of things happen this week, a power outage in Torrance and then reportedly a pipeline up in Central Valley closed down due to contamination and both of those incidents set the wholesale market for gasoline into a big panic."

ACCORDING TO TRIPLE A -- THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR GAS IS 3-78.

FAST FOOD REVIEW-(5) CGRVL

ZAGAT IS OUT WITH IT'S NEW RESTAURANT RATINGS

FOCUSING ON FAST FOOD.

WENDY'S IS THE BIG WINNER IN THIS YEAR'S SURVEY.

THE OTHER TOP FAVORITES AMONG THE MEGA CHAINS

ARE SUBWAY,

PIZZA HUT,

TACO BELL

AND MCDONALD'S.

PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE SHORTAGE-VO

IF YOU LOVE THOSE PUMPKIN SPICE LATTES FROM STARBUCKS.

YOU MAY WANT TO START HOARDING YOUR FAVORITE DRINK!

ACCORDING TO THE WALL STREET JOURNAL -- THE COFFEE GIANT IS FACING A SHORTAGE OF THE PUMPKIN SYRUP THEY USE.

STARBUCKS SAYS THE SHORTAGES AT SOME STORES ARE DUE

TO INFREQUENT DELIVERIES.

MORE STARBUCKS STORES-VOTOPS

MEANTIME.

STARBUCKS HOPES TO OPEN 1,000 NEW STORES IN THE U.S.

OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

THE NEW CAFES WILL EACH EMPLOY ABOUT 20 WORKERS --

WHICH WOULD CREATE AN ADDITIONAL 20-THOUSAND JOBS.

THE COFFEE CHAIN IS ON TRACK TO HAVE 15-HUNDRED STORES

ITALIAN FEST-VOWIPE

LINGUINE, RAVIOLI, CANOLI'S. DO WE HAVE YOUR ATTENTION YET??

ITALIAN FEST IS BACK FOR THE FOURTH YEAR IN

A ROW WITH ALL YOUR FAVORITE ITALIAN FOODS.

THOUSANDS ARE EXPECTED TO COME OUT FOR THE BIG DAY.

ONLY NBC-2 GOT A SNEAK PREVIEW OF THE ITALIAN FEST WITH A PERFORMANCE BY ITALIAN DANCERS FROM CREATIVE ARTS DANCE CENTER.

PIZZA FUSION ALONG WITH 7 OTHER VENDORS WILL HAVE

ALL OF YOUR MOUTH WATERING ITALIAN FAVORITES.

ITALIAN FEST-SOT-CG

LYDIA BLACK

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR "We have live performances back to back starting at 11:00. We have a great kids area with the spaghetti eating contest a coloring contest for kids, we have the game boys out, we have the bounce houses we have lots of activities for everyone."

ITALIAN FEST KICKES OFF ON SUNDAY AT 11 AM AT THE ALLIANCE FOR THE ARTS IN FORT MYERS. I'll be there EMCEEING FROM 11 TO 1-30.HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.

PIRATE FEST-VIDBOX

THE SEVENTH ANNUAL PIRATE FEST KICKS OFF TODAY ON FORT MYERS BEACH!

IT STARTS AT FIVE THIS EVENING UNTIL 10 TONIGHT.

THE THREE DAY EVENT WILL INCLUDE HUNDREDS OF PROFESSIONAL PIRATES FROM ACROSS THE STATE.

TEASE TWO-1SHOT

IT'S A WEBSITE THAT HAS OUTRAGED MOTHERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

NOW -- AN ANONYMOUS BLOGGER BEHIND A SCATHING AND SARCASTIC

WEBSITE HAS FINALLY REVEALED HER IDENTITY.

BLAIR KOENIG IS THE WOMAN BEHIND THE BLOG '"S-T-F-U, PARENTS" --

TZ2 parents bragging-VO

PARENTS BRAGGING-ONCAM

IT'S THE LATEST CHAPTER IN THE PARENTING WARS.

ONE WOMAN HAS BECOME AN INTERNET STAR BY TAKING

ON PARENTS WHO JUST CAN'T STOP BRAGGING ABOUT THEIR KIDS.

PARENTS BRAGGING-PKG

SCRIPT:

IT'S THE BLOG THAT HAS MOMMIES EVERYWHERE UP IN ARMS -TITLED "S.T.F.U.,

PARENTS" - AND IT'S STIRRING UP QUITE A DEBATE ABOUT THE GROWING TREND OF

OVER-SHARING PARENTAL EXPERIENCES ON SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITES - PLAYFULLY

DUBBED "OVER-SHARENTING"

FED UP WITH ENDLESS CHATTER AND PICTURES ON SOCIAL MEDIA FROM THE MOM-WORLD

OF SONOGRAMS, ONESIES, AND POTTY TRAINING, "OVER-SHARENTING" WAS EVEN

LAMPOONED IN THE MOVIE "WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING"

NATS "WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING"/2012: "I didn't get a glow, I

just got back-ne, and hemorrhoids."

30-YEAR-OLD NEW YORKER, BLAIR KOENIG LAUNCHED THE SITE IN 2009 AS A PLACE

FOR PEOPLE TO VENT FRUSTRATION AND SHARE SOME LAUGHS OVER "T.M.I.-RELATED"

PARENTING POSTS --- LIKE MISPLACED KID POOP, DETAILED DELIVERY ROOM UPDATES,

AND PHOTOS YOU MAY THINK ARE CUTE - BUT MIGHT NOT BE MEANT FOR THE WHOLE

WORLD TO SEE!

THE BLOG GENERATES A WHOPPING 1.5 MILLION PAGE VIEWS A MONTH -- BUT GET THIS

- THE WOMAN BEHIND THE SITE IS NOT EVEN A MOM!

SOT MELISSA LAWRENCE / CEO, CLOUDMOM.COM: "I do think she's a bit harsh and

crossing the line, in taking these comments out of the context in which they

were made within the community that they were made."

THURSDAY - KOENING APPEARED ON "THE RICKI LAKE SHOW" TO DEFEND HER BLOG:

SOT BLAIR KOENIG / CREATOR/BLOGGER, STFUPARENTSBLOG.COM: "I don't want to

you know poke fun at any one particular person, it's more like I'm

highlighting what I'm seeing as a trend."

SHE TOLD US "WHEN WE DON'T EDIT OURSELVESWE START DRIFTING FROM SHARING INTO

OVERSHARING.SOMETIMES, PARTICULARLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA, LESS IS MORE."

SOME PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHERE KOENIG'S COMING FROM

MOS: "Stop it with the kids, I'm sick of it, post something useful or

informative."

MOS: "If it's Facebook or something like that, you can just choose not to

see it."

BUT THE ETIQUETTE OF PARENTING THROUGH THE LENS OF SOCIAL MEDIA - IS STILL

UP FOR DEBATE --

SOT MELISSA LAWRENCE / CEO, CLOUDMOM.COM: "I think that a lot of what you

see within these parenting communities are people that are sharing

experiences that help them to know how to deal with them. / 01:22:38 There

are times when these "gross stories" can actually have relevance."

TEASE THREE-2SHOT

SHE REPORTEDLY MADE CHEERLEADERS DO DANGEROUS STUNTS AND CHARGED THEM MORE THAN A $1,000 EACH FOR A SPOT ON A THE TEAM.

feel like my whole world is shattering?

A SOUTH FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADING COACH IS FIRED AFTER PARENTS SAY SHE BULLIED HER SQUAD.

AMERICAN AIRLINES IS CANCELLING AND DELAYING DOZENS OF FLIGHTS.

THE *NEW* REASON -- TRY A CAN OF SODA.

TZ3 cheerleading mean girls-SOTVO

TZ3 AA loose seats-VOTOPS

NEWS AT 11:30am OPEN-CLIP

MORE POWER LINE POP

WE'RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW.

THE CITY IS NOW REPORTING 800 POWER OUTAGES AFTER A

SEVERAL POWER OUTAGES ARE REPORTED IN FORT MYERS

FORD STREET IS CLOSED AT CANAL AND HANSON.

THE TRAFFIC LIGHT IS OUT AT HANSON AND VERONICA SHOEMAKER IS OUT.

TS1) FMB SEWER LINE-VOTOPS

HEADINING INTO 11-30

HERE'S A LOOK AT THE TOP STORIES THIS HOUR.

A LARGE SEWAGE LINE BREAK NEAR FORT MYERS BEACH HAS

CLOSED OFF PART OF MAIN STREET.

THE ROAD IS CLOSED BETWEEN FISHERMAN'S WHARF AND SOUTH STREET.

IT COULD TAKE 12 HOURS TO REPAIR.

CREWS ON SCENE TELL US THEY THINK A 24 INCH PIPE BROKE.

TS2) JOBS REPORT-SSTOPS

*

THE NEWEST JOBS REPORT SHOWING ENCOURAGING NEWS FOR THE ECONOMY --

A TREND THAT COULD IMPACT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FELL TO 7-POINT-8 PERCENT LAST MONTH --

DROPPING BELOW 8 PERCENT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY FOUR YEARS.

EMPLOYERS ADDED 114,000 JOBS LAST MONTH AND 86,000 JOBS WERE CREATED

TS3) MENINGITIS-VOTOPS

A RARE FORM OF FUNGAL MENINGITIS HAS NOW KILLED FIVE PEOPLE AND SICKENED 30

ACROSS SIX STATES -- WITH MORE CASES EXPECTED.

THE OUTBREAK HAS BEEN LINKED TO SPINAL STEROID INJECTIONS, A COMMON TREATMENT FOR BACK PAIN.

THE STEROID CAME FROM THE NEW ENGLAND COMPOUNDING CENTER WHICH HAS SHUT DOWN OPERATIONS.

CHEERLEADING MEAN GIRLS-2SHOT PUSH

ALLEGATIONS OF FORGERY -- INTIMIDATION -- AND PAYOLA --

ALL INVOLVING A HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADING SQUAD IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

THE COACH HAS BEEN REMOVED -- AND AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY.

BUT WHAT REALLY WENT ON INSIDE THIS REAL-WORLD MEAN GIRLS SQUAD?

CHEERLEADING MEAN GIRLS-PKG

SCRIPT:

Melissa Prochilo Fired Cheer Coach

MELISSA PROCHILO: feel like my whole world is shattering?

COULD MELISSA PROCHILA BE THE KIND OF COACH THE "BRING IT ON" BULLIES MIGHT

HAVE DREAMED OF?

SOT Bring it On "I'm captain and I'm pulling rank! And you can fall in line

or not"

PARENTS AT THIS CORAL SPRINGS FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL ARE ACCUSING THE EMBATTLED

SUBSTITUTE TEACHER AND FORMER CHEERLEADING COACH OF BEING A WHAT YOU COULD

CALL A CRUEL SUE SYLVESTER FROM GLEE

Sue Sylvester: "operation mean girl is a go!

"she was going to put me in a room with a girl who was bullying me"/"I

felt humiliated and like, targeted"

IN A COMPLEX TANGLE OF ALLEGATIONS, WHICH BEGAN LAST YEAR, THE PARENTS OF

THESE CHEERLEADERS SAY PROCHILA NOT ONLY BULLIED THEIR DAUGHTERS BUT

MASTERMINDED A PAY TO PLAY SCHEME COSTING PARENTS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR A

SPOT ON THE TEAM

/ SOT: parents school girls/ 050620: joanne gavin: I'd like to know where

the money is. I'd like to have a booster club meeting what are we paying

for what do we continue to pay for./050600 mg so you're saying on the

first day, there was no accounting for the $9000 in cash? No no there was no

parent meeting

THEY MOTHERS SHOWED GMA STACKS OF CHECKS PAID OUT IN THE THOUSANDS OF

DOLLARS TO OUTISDE COACHES - THE PARENTS WERE NEVER NOTIFIED. NOR WERE THEY

CONSULTED ABOUT OUT OF COUNTRY TRIPS - THE KIDS SAY THEY WERE ENCOURAGED TO

SIGN RELEASE FORMS FOR THEIR PARENTS

Mg: any of you ever been asked to forge your parents signature? All hands go

up

BUT PROCHILA SAYS ITS ALL TRUMPED UP.

Prochila: I'm not a bully coach!/193738 the moneys easy to prove! Theres

all receipts for everything. That's the easiest part. They can say a number,

we can show you every receipt for everything. That's the easy part of this

JOANNE GAVIN HAS PROVEN TOUGHER SHE'D SO PERSISTANTLY TRIED TO BRING THIS TO

THE ATTENTION OF THE PRINCIPAL, THAT HE BANNED HER FROM THE SCHOOL

"Am I satisfied? Am I happy? It should have never gotten this far"

**Cheering nats**

ON TUESDAY DOZENS OF STUDENTS AND CURRENT CHEERLEADERS TEARFULLY FOUGHT FOR

PROCHILA'S REINSTATEMENT AS CHEERLEADING COACH AT A SCHOOL BOARD HEARING.

SHE'D BEEN CLEARED BY TWO SCHOOL BOARD INVESTIGATIONS, BUT WAS FIRED ANYWAY

MG on camera question: What could you have possibly done to have made them

so angry?

194145 I don't know.

MG on camera questions: You have no idea??

194145 I lose sleep over that every night

but she's allowed to remain in her job as a sub When we asked the

SCHOOL SEX SCANDAL-VO

IN NEW JERSEY -- THREE TEACHERS AND TWO ADMINISTRATORS

HAVE BEEN CAUGHT UP IN A TEACHER-STUDENT SEX SCANDAL.

POLICE SAY THREE MALE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS HAD SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH THREE FEMALE STUDENTS FROM NOVEMBER LAST YEAR TO THIS JUNE.

THE SCHOOL'S PRINCIPAL AND VICE PRINCIPAL FACE CHARGES FOR ALLEGEDLY KNOWING ABOUT THE ACTIVITY AND NOT REPORTING THEM TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

BIBLE STUDY FINE-VO WIPE

A MAN HERE IN FLORIDA IS IN TROUBLE FOR HOSTING A BIBLE STUDY INSIDE HIS HOME.

THIS ALL TOOK PLACE IN VENICE.

CODE INSPECTORS SAY THE HOME WAS ILLEGALLY USED AS A HOUSE OF WORSHIP.

THE STORY AND CODE ARE NOW MAKING NATIONAL NEWS.

BIBLE STUDY FINE-SOT VO

"When there is an old ordinance and something is wrong with it, you find out by citing someone and they you say oops we made a mistake. We made a mistake."

THE BOARD NOW IS REPORTEDLY NOW SAYING THERE IS NOW ISSUE.

BUT THE CITY HAD ALSO BEEN GIVING THE GROUP A HARD TIME ABOUT A YARD SIGN WHICH ADVERTISES A RELIGIOUS HOTLINE.

BIBLE STUDY FINE-SOT VO

Kathy Bolam / Consitutional Advocate

"Nobody should be telling me or anybody else what we can put on a sign. As long as the sign does not incite physical violence or harm or be obscene."

WHAT THE BOARD DID NOT DISCUSS WAS THE 20 FOOT

CROSS IN THE FRONT YARD.PAINTED IN BLOOD!

TRUANT MOM-VO WIPE

A CALIFORNIA MOTHER ENDS UP IN JAIL BECAUSE HER KIDS DIDN'T GO TO SCHOOL.

THERE ARE 180 DAYS IN THE TYPICAL SCHOOL YEAR -- AND THAT'S EXACTLY HOW MUCH TIME, LORRAINE CUEVAS WILL SPEND IN JAIL FOR NOT SENDING HER KIDS TO SCHOOL.

TRUANT MOM-SOTVO

That's alot. How many days do you get off for sickness at your job? Whatever they give you right?

THE SCHOOL BOARD SAID CUEVAS HAD PLENTY OF WARNING WITH

RUTGER DEATH LAWSUIT DROPPED-VO

THE PARENTS OF A RUTGERS UNIVERSITY STUDENT WHO

KILLED HIMSELF HAVE DECIDED NOT TO SUE.

TYLER CLEMENTI TOOK HIS LIFE IN 2010 AFTER HIS ROOMMATE, DHARUN RAVI, BROADCAST IMAGES OF HIM KISSING ANOTHER MAN OVER THE INTERNET.

CLEMENTI'S PARENTS SAY THEY HAVE DECIDED NOT TO SUE -- ADDING THEY ARE DEVOTING THEIR EFFORT TO THE FOUNDATION THEY ESTABLISHED IN THEIR SON'S NAME.

ISRAEL US SHOOTING-VO

ISRAELI FORCES SHOT AND KILLED AN AMERICAN MAN WHO OPENED FIRE

IN THE DINING ROOM OF A HOTEL THIS MORNING.

THE MAN REPORTEDLY GRABBED A GUN FROM A SECURITY GUARD,

FIRED SEVERAL SHOTS AND KILLED ONE PERSON.

ANTI-TERROR UNITS MOVED IN AFTER HE BARRICADED HIMSELF IN THE KITCHEN.

THE MAN'S MOTIVE REMAINS UNCLEAR, AND HIS IDENTITY HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.

THIS IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST WEEKS OF THE YEAR IN THE RED SEA RESORT CITY

BORDER AGENT VIGIL-NATS-VO

HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY JANET NAPOLITANO WILL VISIT ARIZONA TO EXPRESS HER CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF A U-S BORDER PATROL AGENT KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY THIS WEEK.

AN EMOTIONAL CANDLELIGHT VIGIL WAS HELD LAST NIGHT TO HONOR AGENT NICHOLAS IVIE.

TODAY -- NAPOLITANO WILL VISIT WITH IVIE'S FAMILY AND WILL MEET WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.

WOMAN FIGHTS TO DIE-VO WIPE

A TERMINALLY ILL WOMAN IS BATTLING HER PARENTS OVER HER RIGHT TO DIE.

GRACE LEE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN INCURABLE BRAIN TUMOR

A YEAR AGO.

A STROKE LAST MONTH LEFT THE 28 YEAR OLD PARALYZED.

HER DOCTORS SAY SHE HAS BEGGED THEM TO REMOVE HER BREATHING TUBE.

BUT HER PARENTS HAVE FILED A LAWSUIT TO KEEP HER ON LIFE-SUPPORT.

WOMAN FIGHTS TO DIE-SOT VO

"This is someone who is inevitably dying within the next two weeks and two months who is hooked up to all these life-sustaining contraptions saying, you know what, I have had enough. It is time for me to be at peace."

THE PARENTS SAY THEIR DAUGHTER IS HEAVILY-MEDICATED

AND DEPRESSED.

AA PILOT SEAT DELAYS FLIGHT-PLASMA-VO

ONCE AGAIN -- AN AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT BOUND FOR MIAMI WAS DELAYED BECAUSE OF SEAT PROBLEMS.

THIS TIME --IT WAS BECAUSE OF MISSING SPRINGS FROM THE *PILOT'S* SEAT.

FLIGHT 469 WAS DELAYED AT PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LAST NIGHT FOR 90 MINUTES.

THIS IS JUST THE LATEST SEAT PROBLEM PLAGUING THE NATION'S THIRD LARGEST AIRLINE.

AA SEAT PROBLEM-PLASMA

THE AIRLINE SAYS IT KNOWS WHY SEATS ON ITS 757'S ARE COMING LOOSE.

AT FIRST -- AMERICAN AIRLINES BLAMED IT ON RECENT MATIENANCE WORK.

BUT NOW -- THEY ARE POINTING TO A NEW PROBLEM.

IT HAS TO DO WITH PASSENGERS SPILLING DRINKS.

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THE PROBLEM PERPLEXED AMERICAN AIRLINES.

HOW IN THE WORLD COULD SEATS UNHINGE FROM THE FLOOR IN FLIGHT?

AMERICAN BRIEFLY PARKED 48 OF ITS 757S TRYING TO PINPOINT THE PROBLEM.

"We've worked with the FAA, we believe we have the culprit."

AND THE CULPRIT IS A RARE, RANDOM EVENT, AMERICAN SAID.

SOUNDS UNBELIEVABLE.

SEATS CAME LOOSE ON TWO OF AMERICAN'S 757S - BECAUSE OF THIS.

COFFEE, TEA AND SODAS INADVERTENTLY SPILLED ONTO THE FLOOR.

THAT'S COMMON.

BUT WHEN IT SPILLED ONTO AN ALREADY WORN LOCKING MECHANISM, AMERICAN SAID,

IT CREATED THE PERFECT STORM.

THIS IS THE PIECE IN QUESTION.

HOLDS SEATS TO THE FLOOR OF 757S.

AMERICAN SAYS SPILLED DRINKS CAUSED SOME OF THOSE PINS TO GET STUCK IN THE

UNLOCKED POSITION.

ESSENTIALLY UNHINGING SEATS FROM THE FLOOR.

"We've actually taken the aircraft out of service. We've stopped them where they are and we're adding an additional locking features on top of this that will, what we believe, prevent this from happening again."

AMERICAN MECHANICS HAVE TO FIX 5,200 OF THESE ON THOSE 48 AIRCRAFT.

TEASE FOUR-2SHOT

WHEN YOU BUY A HOUSE -- YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT EVERYTHING -- RIGHT?

LEAKY ROOFS.

FLOODED BASEMENTS?

AND GHOSTS?!

YOU HEARD RIGHT.

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POWERLINE DOWN

AN UPDATE ON BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW.

THE CITY OF FORT MYERS IS NOW REPORTING 800 POWER OUTAGES AFTER A TRUCK HIT A POWER POLE.

FORD STREET IS CLOSED AT CANAL AND HANSON.

HALF OF THE 800 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER WILL GET IT BACK WITHIN THE HOUR.

THE OTHER HALF WILL GET IT BACK BY TONIGHT.

HAUNTED HOME-ON CAM

IN THIS ECONOMY --- SELLING A HOUSE CAN BE A SCARY UNDERTAKING

BUT TRYING TO SELL A HAUNTED HOUSE -- THAT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.

DAVE GAPINSKI FOUND OUT IT'S SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO REVEAL --

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"We're never going to be able to sell it because it's very very haunted."

JENNIFER ALBERTS FAMILY GAVE UP TRYING TO SELL THEIR HOME NEAR YOUNGSTOWN. THEY BELIEVE THAT IT'S HAUNTED

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"Since I was a little girl I would hear knocking on the windows, knocking on

the doors, you'd hear footsteps."

MOST PEOPLE WOULD STEER CLEAR OF PURCHASING A HOME THAT WAS THOUGHT TO BE

HAUNTED. FLOODED BASEMENTS, AND OTHER STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS SHOULD ALWAYS BE

DISCLOSED. BUT AS A SELLER, SHOULD YOU TELL A PROSPECTIVE BUYER THAT YOUR HOUSE IS HAUNTED?

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"The State of Ohio requires that if you know anything that could be

detrimental, thats a law."

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"If you have knowledge of something IE ghosts, IE a murder, all those kinds

of things should be disclosed."

JENNIFER WAS SO INTRIGUED WITH THE GHOSTS IN HER CHILDHOOD HOME, SHE IS NOW

A GHOST HUNTER.

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"We have an EMF gauge that tells us there's high magnetic fields."

AND SHE IS EQUIPPED TO LOOK FOR GHOSTS IN YOUR HOME

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"If somebody is afraid of buying a house we're happy to come out and check

it out. If there's something going on we'll tell you. Unless you want a

haunted house I wouldn't live here"

DON'T ASSUME THOSE HALLOWEEN DISPLAYS ARE JUST DECORATIONS.

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CROSSTALK-3SHOT

WEATHER-WX WALL

Even though the calendar says it's October, it looks like mother nature hasn't received the memo as we are stuck in a mid summers weather pattern, with heat and humidity to boot.

Our skies will start off relatively quiet, but it will be a warm and muggy morning with temperatures in the middle to upper 70s. The remnant moisture associated with a decaying front has retrograded back to the northwest as high pressure centered over the western Atlantic waters moves in across the peninsula.

This will keep skies mostly to partly sunny during the mornings with increasing cloud cover during the afternoon. Temperatures will rebound into the lower 90s with a few upper 80s along our coastal and beach locations. However with plenty of humidity, heat index values will approach the 100° mark.

With an easterly flow setting up across the state, a couple of isolated showers could pop as early as the lunchtime hour mainly across our inland communities. Scattered downpours and a few storms will likely fire up close to the urban corridor as the sea breeze stays close to home once again.

Once the rain activity fades and pushes into the Gulf, skies will go mostly clear and lows will drop into the mid to upper 70s.

Expect the same set up for your Saturday - morning sun with afternoon downpours, but by Sunday we'll more than likely see an increase in the clouds and an uptick in our shower and thunderstorm pattern as a cool front approaches from the northwest.

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

CHRIS BROWN & RIHANNA-VO

RUMORS ARE SWIRLING OVER RIHANNA AND CHRIS BROWN'S TUMULTUOUS RELATIONSHIP.

CHRIS BROWN ANNOUNCED HE BROKE UP WITH HIS MODEL GIRLFRIEND -- SAYING

HE DIDN'T WANT TO SEE HER HURT OVER HIS "FRIENDSHIP" WITH RIHANNA.

BROWN WAS CONVICTED OF FELONY ASSAULT FOR BEATING RIHANNA

AT THE 2009 GRAMMYS.

AND STILL HAS TWO MORE YEARS OF PROBATION TO SERVE.

BROWN WAS EVEN UNDER COURT ORDER TO STAY AWAY FROM HER --

BUT A JUDGE LIFTED THAT LAST YEAR.

THE BREAK-UP COMES ON THE HEELS OF RECENT PAPARAZZI PHOTOS

HOLLYWOOD MINUTE-ON CAM

WE ARE GETTING AN UPDATE ON G-M-A'S ROBIN ROBERTS TODAY.

PLUS -- YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHO'S PINCH HITTING FOR THE MORNING ANCHOR WHILE SHE'S OUT.

AND ALEC BALDWIN'S SURPRISING MOVE FOR "30 ROCK."

HOLLYWOOD MINUTE-PKG

REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS --

TWO WEEKS AFTER ENDURING CHEMO AND A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT -- "GOOD MORNING AMERICA" ANCHOR ROBIN ROBERTS POSTED THIS NEW PHOTO ON HER ABC NEWS BLOG.

ROBERTS SAYS HER BLOOD COUNTS ARE "GREAT" AND HER DOCTORS ARE PLEASED WITH HER PROGRESS.

BUT WHILE ROBERTS RECOVERS -- YOU'RE LOOKING AT ROBERTS' FILL-IN!

ANN ROMNEY WILL BE BREAKING FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL FOR THE "GOOD MORNING AMERICA" SET.

ROMNEY WILL CO-HOST G-M-A ON OCTOBER 10TH.

ALEC BALDWIN WILL BE BACK ON "30 ROCK" TO PLAY EXEC JACK DONAGHY.

BUT IT COMES AT A COST.

BALDWIN TWEETED HE QUOTE "OFFERED N-B-C TO CUT MY PAY BY 20-PERCENT IN ORDER TO HAVE A FULL 7TH AND 8TH SEASONS OF 30 ROCK. I REALIZE TIMES HAVE CHANGED."

C-N-N RECEIVED A "NO COMMENT" FROM REPS AT NBC AND "30 ROCK."

BIG BIRD ISN'T EXACTLY A POLITICAL HOT-BUTTON ISSUE.

BUT AFTER LAST NIGHT'S PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, MITT ROMNEY RUFFLED A WHOLE LOT OF FEATHERS WITH THIS.

"I like PBS. I love Big Bird. I actually like you too. But I'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for it.

"That was his answer. I mean thank goodness somebody is finally getting tough on Big Bird."

SESAME STREET ISSUED THIS STATEMENT, SAYING "WE DO NOT COMMENT ON POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS, BUT WE'RE HAPPY WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT EVERYONE LIKES BIG BIRD."

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HITTING THE BOX OFFICE THIS WEEKEND --

SCIENCE CLASS SPARKS A BAD IDEA IN TIM BURTON'S "FRANKENWEENIE." AFTER HIS BELOVED DOG DIES

VICTOR TAKES HIS HOMEWORK

TO THE NEXT LEVEL BY BRINGING THE DOG BACK TO LIFE.

LIAM NEESON'S SKILLS EARN HIM A SEQUEL IN "TAKEN TWO."

THE FORMER SECRET AGENT WHO RESCUED HIS KIDNAPPED DAUGHTER IN THE ORIGINAL NOW NEEDS HER HELP TO THWART THE BAD GUYS AGAIN.

IN "THE PAPERBOY" NICOLE KIDMAN PLAYS A DEATH-ROW GROUPIE

TRYING TO FREE AN INMATE FROM PRISON WHICH RESULTS IN A LIFE-OR-DEATH LOVE TRIANGLE.

"ARGO" TELLS THE STORY OF THE 1979 IRAN HOSTAGE CRISIS.

TEASE FIVE-1SHOT

A HEART-WARMING STORY.

Marie Mabanag - This is not just a dog, it's not money, it's my daughter's heart.

ROBBERS BREAK INTO A LITTLE GIRL'S HOUSE AND ALSO GET AWAY WITH HER PUPPY.

BUT THIS "TAIL" HAS A HAPPY ENDING.

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GIRL REUNITES WITH STOLEN DOG-TRAFFIC-VO

GREAT STORY WITH A HAPPY ENDING FOR A FRIDAY!

A LITTLE GIRL IN SAN JOSE WAS DESPERATE TO FIND HER STOLEN PUPPY.

PRETTY SOON. THE WHOLE CITY KNEW ABOUT IT.

STRANGERS DONATED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR A REWARD.

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Marissa Mabanag - I can't believe he is in my arms.

AN EMOTIONAL REUNION BETWEEN A TEN YEAR OLD GIRL AND HER 6 MONTH OLD PUPPY

MIKKO.

Marissa Mabanag - Thank you to everybody who made this happen.

EARLIER THIS WEEK MARISSA MABANG'S SAN JOSE HOME WAS ROBBED.

ALONG WITH ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, THE BURGLAR ALSO NABBED LITTLE MIKKO, A

YORKSHIRE SHIZ ZU MIX.

MARISSA AND HER MOTHER MARIA OFFERED A PUBLIC PLEA FOR HELP.

Marie Mabanag - This is not just a dog, it's not money, it's my daughter's

heart.

MARISSA EVEN OFFERED THE CONTENTS OF HER PIGGY BANK AS A REWARD FOR HIS SAFE

RETURN.

Marissa Mabanag - Can you try to turn him into me, it would me the world to

me.

ALL SEEMED LOST.UNTIL A WOMAN SPOTTED MIKKO WANDERING IN A LOCAL PARKING

LOT AND TURNED HIM IN.

Blanca Del Real - I just found him and I don't know whose he is.

AND WHILE MARISSA GLADLY OFFERED UP HER PIGGYBANK, THE GOOD SAMARITAN

REFUSED.

Marissa Mabanag- I am so happy he's back with my family. That is all I care

TOSS TO NOON TEASE-2-SHOT TRAFFIC

NBC 2 NEWS AT NOON IS NEXT!

NEW AT NOON TEASE-ON CAM AT DESK

IF YOU'RE JUST JOINING US - A SEWER LINE BREAK ON FORT MYERS BEACH COULD TAKE *HOURS* TO FIX!

NBC-2 IS HAS A LIVE REPORT ON WHICH AREAS YOU NEED TO AVOID.

AND PRAYERS FOR JESSE.

THE FATHER OF THE YOUNG BOY HIT BY LIGHTNING THIS WEEK IS LOOKING FOR A MIRACLE.

NEXT AT NOON - AN UPDATE ON HIS CONDITION.

ALSO IF YOU'RE HEADED TO THE BEACH THIS WEEKEND - WE'LL BE LIVE FROM THE BEACH WITH AN UPDATE ON RED TIDE.

PLUS -

one of the most popular getaways for Fall travelers is seeing all the beautiful Fall colors.

IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO VACATION THIS FALL - THERE ARE SOME GREAT DEALS OUT THERE - BUT YOU MAY WANT TO DRIVE.

PLUS - A STRANGE ONE HERE - A PHONE CALL LEADS A UTAH MAN TO THINK HIS HOME IS BEING ROBBED.

ONLY TO FIND OUT HIS DOG WAS THE CULPRIT.

AND NEW AT NOON -

HOW A SLEEP STUDY COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

PLUS JIM HAS YOUR FIRST ALERT WEEKEND FORECAST.

NOON TZA) SEWER LINE BREAK-VO

NOON TZB) LIGHTNING BOY-VO

NOON TZC) RED TIDE-VO

NOON TZD) FALL TRAVEL-SOTVO

NOON TZE) DOG ROBBER-VO

NOON TZF) SLEEP DOCTOR-VO

CLOSE-2-SHOT PLASMA