NBC SATURDAY 11PM |
NBC SATURDAY 11PM |
BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW.
THE COAST GUARD IS RESPONDING TO A BOAT TAKING ON WATER.
THE CALL CAME IN ABOUT A HALF HOUR AGO.
WE'RE TOLD THE BOAT IS LOCATED IN THE AREA OF BOCA GRAND PASS AND CAYO COSTA.
THERE ARE PEOPLE ON BOARD.
WE KNOW THE LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS HELPING WITH THIS CALL, TOO.
STAY WITH NBC-2 FOR UPDATES.
AND LET'S TURN TO METEOROLOGIST TYLER MAULDIN.
TYLER WHAT'S HAPPENING WEATHER-WISE IN THAT AREA?
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RAIN TO END THE WEEK
There probably wasn't as much sunshine for your Saturday as you hoped, but that's okay - it's on the way!
. Just not tomorrow or Monday. Be patient, and give it a few days.
There's a steady plume moisture running over the peninsula today. That provided us with the late day cloud cover and spotty showers. It's associated with an old frontal boundary that washed out a week or so ago, and it's slowly - emphasis on slowly - moving to the south. So it's going to be around for another 48 hours.
What can you expect?
A little more of the same.
By that I mean a partly cloudy, dry start to the day. After sunrise we start heating up, and boom some storms start migrating from east to west. The moisture I mentioned earlier will be seen via the added cloud cover in the sky.
Like I said, we'll see that on Sunday and Monday, but eventually drier air will spill in from our north.
That will do three things for us:
1. Clear out the skies.
2. Give us dry weather.
3. Keep our temperatures hot.
That'll last from Tuesday through Friday. Especially from Wednesday forward. I'm leaving a very small chance of showers in the forecast for Tuesday. I'll consider it our transition day.
As for tropical mischief, there isn't anything going on in the Gulf or Caribbean. What I'm watching is an area of disturbed weather 250 miles to the southeast of the Bahamas. It's pushing to the west, and it has a small chance of developing further. The chance is about 10%. Very slim. It'll just provide us with a little more moisture for those storms on Sunday and Monday!
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MORE FALLOUT TONIGHT AFTER LEE COUNTY'S MEDSTAR PROGRAM WAS SUDDENLY GROUNDED AT THE END OF THE SUMMER.
NOW, EMS CHIEF KIM DICKERSON IS OFF THE JOB.
DICKERSON HAD BEEN ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE FOR A WEEK.
HER "RETIREMENT" WAS ANNOUNCED IN AN EMAIL TO PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES TODAY.
THE NEWS COMES ON THE HEELS OF A COUNTY MANAGER REPORT. WHICH STATES TOP EMS ADMINISTRATORS *KNEW ABOUT PERSONNEL PROBLEMS WITHIN MEDSTAR.BUT NEVER TOLD COUNTY ADMINISTRATION.
TODAY -- ONE OF THE PILOTS WHO LOST HIS JOB WHEN THE EMERGENCY HELICOPTER PROGRAM SHUT DOWN -- SAYS HE WANTS THE CREW REINSTATED -- AND *PAID FOR THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF.
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8:14:17 we're sitting at home unemployed without any kind of benefits, while the people that have been accused of the wrongdoing are just simply resigning or retiring and continue to draw their pay and their benefits 29
DICKERSON IS THE *SECOND TOP ADMINISTRATOR TO LEAVE LEE COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY AFTER THE MEDSTAR SHUTDOWN.
FORMER PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR JOHN WILSON RETIRED A WEEK AGO.
WILSON AND DICKERSON SHUT DOWN MEDSTAR WITHOUT NOTICE ON AUGUST 21-ST, ORIGINALLY SAYING IT WAS TO APPLY FOR NATIONAL ACCREDITATION.
SINCE THEN, NBC2 UNCOVERED MORE THAN $3-MILLION IN IMPROPERLY BILLED FLIGHTS. AND EMAILS WHICH SUGGEST ACCREDITATION WAS SIMPLY A DIVERSION.
THE FAA AND LEE COUNTY CLERK OF COURTS ARE INVESTIGATING.
WE REACHED OUT TO DICKERSON MULTIPLE TIMES TODAY FOR COMMENT,
BUT HAVE NOT HEARD BACK.
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JUST 3 DAYS BEFORE THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE.
BOTH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ARE OUT IN FULL FORCE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THEIR CANDIDATE WINS IN NOVEMBER.
AS NBC-2'S GEORGE SOLIS REPORTS. FROM PHONE CALLS TO BOUNCE HOUSES. BOTH SIDES ARE WORKING EVERY ANGLE TO GET THE VOTE.
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FOR KIDS THIS WAS A CHANCE TO CLIMB A ROCK WALL, PLAY IN A POLICE CAR, AND EAT COTTON CANDY.
NATS
FOR ADULTS IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF HISTORY.
JUAN ARREGIN --- IS HERE, LIKE MANY OTHERS TO REGISTER TO VOTE.
50:29 "" " As US citizens we should all vote." - Arregin
A CHANCE HE'LL GET BECAUSE HE'S REGISTERING BEFORE THE OCTOBER 9TH DEADLINE.
41:27 "We're just trying to get as many people registered to vote as we can." - Mickey Gargan, Collier County Democratic Party Chair
SOME OF IT IS BEING DONE THROUGH EVENTS LIKE THESE.
THIS ONE IS BEING HELD BY ORGANIZING FOR AMERICA- FLORIDA
AN ORGANIZATION WHO'S EFFORTS FOCUS ON HELPING MINORITY VOTERS GET TO THE POLLS FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA.
39:51"We need to go and vote it's the only way our voice will be heard. - Betty Mcguire, Organizing for America, Florida
REPUBLICANS ARE TAKING A DIFFERENT APPROACH.IN WHAT THEY'RE CALLING 'SUPER SATURDAY.'
52:37" Today we had a bank of phone callers making 5000 thousand calls all across the state of Florida." - Eloise Thomson, Republican Party, Collier County
THEY ARE ALSO GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR MAKING SURE THOSE ALREADY REGISTERED WITH THE PARTY WILL BE VOTING FOR THE ROMNEY-RYAN TICKET.
54:17"We liked doing that actually the best that's what our forte is, the grassroots campaign." Thomson
BOTH SIDES SAY THEY KNOW THE CLOCK IS TICKING AND THAT EVERY VOTE COUNTS.
IN NAPLES, GEORGE SOLIS NBC-2
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SO JUST HOW MANY PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COULD BE CASTING BALLOTS BY NOVEMBER?
IN LEE COUNTY THERE ARE MORE THAN 375-THOUSAND REGISTERED VOTERS.
COLLIER HAS ALMOST 178-THOUSAND.AND CHARLOTTE COUNTY HAS MORE THAN 144-THOUSAND REGISTERED VOTERS.
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A NEW POLL TODAY HAS PRESIDENT OBAMA KEEPING A SLIM LEAD OVER REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER MITT ROMNEY.
THE REUTERS POLL SHOWS OBAMA LEADING ROMNEY BY 47-TO-45 PERCENT.
IT FOUND THAT ROMNEY POSTED SOME GAINS FROM UNDECIDED VOTERS.
RASMUSSEN REPORTS RELEASED POST-DEBATE POLLS SHOWING DEAD HEATS IN OHIO,
VIRGINIA AND FLORIDA, COMPARED TO LAST MONTH WHEN OBAMA WAS OPENING UP A LEAD IN THOSE AND OTHER STATES.
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MITT ROMNEY AND HIS WIFE FOCUSED ON FLORIDA TODAY.
ANN ROMNEY VISITED WITH CAMPAIGN VOLUNTEERS IN ORLANDO, WHILE MR. ROMNEY SPOKE AT RALLYS IN APOPKA AND ORLANDO.
THE PRESIDENT WASN'T CAMPAINGING TODAY, BUT THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN REPORTED TODAY THAT COMBINED WITH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IT RAISED A WHOPPING 181 MILLION DOLLARS IN SEPTEMBER.
THAT'S MORE MONEY THAN ANY PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN HAS EVER RAISED IN A SINGLE MONTH.
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HUNDREDS OF VENEZUELANS LIVING IN FLORIDA HIT THE ROAD THIS WEEKEND SO THEY CAN VOTE IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY'S ELECTION.
THEY HAVE TO GO TO NEW ORLEANS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE NEAREST VENEZUELAN CONSULATE IS.
HUGO CHAVEZ CLOSED THE MIAMI LOCATION EARLIER THIS YEAR AFTER THE UNITED STATES EXPELLED A DIPLOMAT ACCUSED OF PLOTTING AGAINST AMERICA.
NEW ORLEANS OFFICIALS SAY THEY EXPECT ABOUT 20-THOUSAND REGISTERED VENEZUELAN VOTERS IN THEIR CITY FOR THE ELECTION.
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PEOPLE ALL ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ARE PRAYING FOR 11-YEAR-OLD JESSE WATLINGTON.
ON WEDNESDAY, THE FORT MYERS 6TH GRADER AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING ON A FOOTBALL FIELD.
TODAY'S GAME AGAINST THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF NAPLES WAS CANCELLED OUT OF RESPECT TO WATLINGTON.
INSTEAD, THE OPPOSING TEAM TOOK TIME OFF THE FIELD, TO SHOW SUPPORT.
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as a parent it's almost incomprehensible how you would feel
we got someone struggling right now, and that's a lot more important that playing a game
AT LAST UPDATE, WATLINGTON REMAINED IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL.
TO SHARE YOUR PRAYERS AND LIKE JESSE'S PAGE ONLINE. GO TO OUR WEBSITE, N-B-C DASH TWO DOT COM.
CLICK ON NEWSLINKS.
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SCIENTISTS ARE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON A RED TIDE BLOOM OFF THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST.
IT'S LOCATED BETWEEN SANIBEL ISLAND AND NAPLES.
BUT- IT'S SMALL AND NO FISH KILLS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THAT AREA.
A FISH KILL WAS REPORTED EARLIER THIS WEEK IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY.
IF YOU HAVE BEACH PLANS THIS WEEKEND, YOU SHOULD BE OK.
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EARLY THIS MORNING.A CAR COLLIDED WITH A FLORIDA PANTER IN COLLIER COUNTY -- KILLING THE ANIMAL.
ACCORDING TO F-W-C.THE FEMALE PANTHER WAS ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS OLD.
BIOLOGISTS HAD TAGGED HER EARLIER THIS YEAR IN THE PICAYUNE STRAND STATE FOREST.
THE PANTER WAS HIT ON US-41 EAST OF SAN MARCO ROAD.
THIS IS THE 17-TH PANTER DEATH THIS YEAR.
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CREWS SPENT PART OF TODAY CLEANING UP YESTERDAY'S SEWER LINE BREAK NEAR FORT MYERS BEACH.
IT HAPPENED AT THE LIFT STATION ON MAIN STREET, SAN CARLOS ISLAND.
LEE COUNTY UTILITIES SPOKESWOMAN PATTY DIPIERO SAYS CREWS FINISHED REPAIRS LAST NIGHT.
THEY WENT BACK TO THE SITE TODAY, FOR MORE CLEAN UP.
THE COUNTY'S ASKING PEOPLE NOT TO SWIM OR FISH IN THE BAY NEARBY UNTIL THEY GET RESULTS FROM WATER SAMPLES.
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A POLICE OFFICER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA SHOT AND KILLED A NAKED STUDENT TODAY.
UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS SAY IT HAPPENED EARLY THIS MORNING OUTSIDE THE POLICE STATION.
OFFICERS SAY THE MAN WAS BANGING ON A WINDOW -- THEN HE REPEATEDLY TRIED TO CHARGE ONE OF THEM.
ACCORDING TO REPORTS, THAT OFFICER PULLED HIS GUN TO TRY TO DIFFUSE THE SITUATION -- BUT ENDED UP SHOOTING THE NAKED MAN IN THE CHEST, KILLING HIM.
THE INCIDENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
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A PINELLAS COUNTY MAN WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY FOR IMPERSONATING A POLICE OFFICER AT A McDONALD'S DRIVE-THROUGH.
DEPUTIES SAY 33-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH PINEDA FLASHED A GUN AND BADGE, AND DEMANDED FREE FOOD!
HE ALLEGEDLY TOLD EMPLOYEES HE WAS WORKING A STING OPERATION AND FORGOT HIS WALLET.
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IN CALIFORNIA. THE PRICE OF GASOLINE IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH.
ACCORDING TO TRIPLE-A. THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR IS NOW FOUR-DOLLARS AND 61-CENTS.
BUT SOME STATIONS ARE CHARGING WELL OVER FIVE-DOLLARS A GALLON.
EXPERTS BLAME SUPPLY ISSUES FOR THE RISE.
THE AVERAGE FOR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IS THREE-70.
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JOB HUNTERS LINED UP AT THE EDISON MALL TODAY -- HOPING TO GRAB ONE OF AT LEAST 150 JOBS OPENING UP.
THE PLACE WAS PACKED -- 550 PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO APPLY AT THE JOB FAIR.
12 SHOPS HAD OPENINGS FOR SEASONAL, FULL AND PART-TIME WORK.
MALL MANAGERS SAY THEY'LL HAVE ANOTHER JOB FAIR IN THE SPRING.
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THE POPE'S BUTLER IS FOUND GUILTY OF STEALING SECRET DOCUMENTS.
WHY PAOLO GABRIELLE SAYS *LOVE COMPELLED HIM TO DO IT.
AND -- AN EPIDEMIC IN THE *AIR.
THIS ONE COMES FROM *OUTSIDE THE PLANE.
WHY *LASERS ARE A GROWING CHALLENGE FOR PILOTS.
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BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW.
THE COAST GUARD IS RESPONDING TO A BOAT TAKING ON WATER.
THE CALL CAME IN ABOUT A HALF HOUR AGO.
WE'RE TOLD THE BOAT IS LOCATED IN THE AREA OF BOCA GRAND PASS AND CAYO COSTA.
THERE ARE PEOPLE ON BOARD.
THE LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS HELPING WITH THIS CALL, TOO.
STAY WITH NBC-2 FOR UPDATES.
AS WE GET NEW INFORMATION, WE'LL POST IT ON NBC-2.COM
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POLICE IN MIAMI , OKLAHOMA ARREST A MAN THEY SAY HAD BOMB-MAKING MATERIALS AND NOTES ABOUT DESTROYING DOZENS OF CHURCHES.
POLICE ARRESTED 23-YEAR-OLD GREGORY WEILER THE SECOND AFTER FINDING MATERIALS, MAPS, AND NOTES ABOUT 48 CHURCHES IN A HOTEL ROOM.
HE NOW FACES WEAPONS AND STATE TERRORISM CHARGES.
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FIVE TERRORISM SUSPECTS ARRIVED IN THE UNITED STATES FROM ENGLAND EARLY THIS MORNING.
ONE OF THEM, A CLERIC, DID *NOT ENTER A PLEA TO CHARGES HE SET UP A TERRORIST TRAINING CAMP IN OREGON.
THE FOUR OTHER MEN PLEADED NOT GUILTY -- TWO OF THEM ARE ACCUSED OF TAKING PART IN THE BOMBINGS OF TWO U.S. EMBASSIES IN AFRICA IN 1998.
AND THE TWO OTHERS ARE CHARGED WITH RUNNING WEBSITES BASED IN THE U-S, TO RAISE CASH, AND RECRUIT FOR TERROR GROUPS, INCLUDING AL QAIDA.
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THE TURKISH MILITARY CONTINUES ITS TROOP BUILD-UP ALONG THE SYRIAN BORDER.
A SYRIAN SHELL LANDED IN A FIELD NEAR A TURKISH VILLAGE TODAY -- TURKEY FIRED BACK.
THIS IS THE FOURTH DAY OF CROSS-BORDER FIGHTING -- IT STARTED WHEN A SYRIAN SHELL HIT A HOUSE IN TURKEY, KILLING TWO WOMEN AND THREE CHILDREN.
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THE BUTLER OF POPE BENEDICT HAS BEEN CONVICTED IN A VATICAN COURT FOR STEALING SECRET DOCUMENTS.
A JUDGE READ THE VERDICT THIS AFTERNOON.
PAOLO GABRIELLE WAS SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS -- DOWN FROM THREE YEARS BECAUSE OF HIS CLEAN RECORD.
GABRIELE TOLD THE COURT IN HIS FINAL APPEAL HE LEAKED THE DOCUMENTS OUT OF A LOVE FOR THE CHURCH AND POPE BENEDICT.
THE PONTIFF IS WIDELY EXPECTED TO PARDON GABRIELE.
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A MENINGITIS OUTBREAK IS SPREADING.AND THERE ARE CASES HERE IN FLORIDA.
STILL AHEAD ON NBC2, WE'LL EXPLAIN THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE DISEASE AND A *PHARMACY.
PLUS -- A GROWING DANGER FOR PILOTS.
WHY, EVEN THOUSANDS OF FEET ABOVE THE EARTH, *LASERS FROM BELOW ARE A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
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FALL LEAVES ARE STILL CHANGING COLORS AND THERE'S ALREADY SNOW ON THE GROUND IN PART OF THE MIDWEST.
THIS WAS THE FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE YEAR FOR MICHIGAN'S UPPER PENINSULA.
PEOPLE THERE ALSO SAW SOME RAIN AND SOME SLEET
STRONG WINDS ADDED AN EXTRA BITE TO THE CHILLY AIR.
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RAIN TO END THE WEEK
There probably wasn't as much sunshine for your Saturday as you hoped, but that's okay - it's on the way!
. Just not tomorrow or Monday. Be patient, and give it a few days.
There's a steady plume moisture running over the peninsula today. That provided us with the late day cloud cover and spotty showers. It's associated with an old frontal boundary that washed out a week or so ago, and it's slowly - emphasis on slowly - moving to the south. So it's going to be around for another 48 hours.
What can you expect?
A little more of the same.
By that I mean a partly cloudy, dry start to the day. After sunrise we start heating up, and boom some storms start migrating from east to west. The moisture I mentioned earlier will be seen via the added cloud cover in the sky.
Like I said, we'll see that on Sunday and Monday, but eventually drier air will spill in from our north.
That will do three things for us:
1. Clear out the skies.
2. Give us dry weather.
3. Keep our temperatures hot.
That'll last from Tuesday through Friday. Especially from Wednesday forward. I'm leaving a very small chance of showers in the forecast for Tuesday. I'll consider it our transition day.
As for tropical mischief, there isn't anything going on in the Gulf or Caribbean. What I'm watching is an area of disturbed weather 250 miles to the southeast of the Bahamas. It's pushing to the west, and it has a small chance of developing further. The chance is about 10%. Very slim. It'll just provide us with a little more moisture for those storms on Sunday and Monday!
WX RUNDOWN:
CITIES
BOATERS
EXTENDED
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.
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BREAKING NEWS INTO THE NBC2 NEWSROOM.
WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE "PRAY FOR JESSE WATLINGTON" FACEBOOK PAGE.
ON WEDNESDAY, THE FORT MYERS 6TH GRADER AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING ON A FOOTBALL FIELD.
ONE OF THE LATEST POSTS SAYS WATLINGTON'S CONDITION IS DETERIORATING.
JESSE IS ON A RESPIRATOR. ACCORDING TO THE POST.YESTERDAY JESSE WAS DOING ABOUT 75% OF THE BREATHING ON HIS OWN. RIGHT NOW.HE'S DOING LESS THAN 10 PERCENT ON HIS OWN.
THE FAMILY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR PRAYERS.AND WE'VE SEEN SUPPORT FROM PEOPLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.
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THE DEATH TOLL FROM AN OUTBREAK OF MENINGITIS IS ON THE RISE.
HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE NOW DIED.
ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL, THE OUTBREAK HAS SPREAD TO MORE THAN 60 PEOPLE IN NINE STATES.
OHIO AND MINNESOTA ARE THE LATEST TO REPORT CASES.
FOUR CASES BEEN REPORTED IN FLORIDA.
HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THIS TYPE OF MENINGITIS IS NOT CONTAGIOUS.
THE OUTBREAK HAS BEEN LINKED TO A STEROID PRODUCED BY A SPECIALTY PHARMACY IN MASSACHUSETTS.
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A CHARTER BUS OVERTURNS ON I-80 IN NEW JERSEY, CARRYING ABOUT 60 PEOPLE.
IT HAPPENED EARLY THIS MORNING.
AT LEAST A DOZEN PEOPLE WERE INJURED -- SEVERAL WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.
SOME OF THE PASSENGERS WHO WERE TRAPPED HAD TO BE CUT OUT.
IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT CAUSED THE BUS TO FLIP OVER.
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THE F-B-I SAYS THE NUMBER OF LASER POINTERS BEING AIMED AT AIRPLANES IS REACHING AN EPIDEMIC LEVEL.
AN AGENCY BLOG POST SAYS THERE COULD BE 37-HUNDRED LASER ATTACKS BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
COMPARE THAT TO THE 283 INCIDENTS IN 2005.
LASER POINTERS CAN CAUSE PILOTS TO BECOME TEMPORARILY BLIND.
ANYONE WHO INTENTIONALLY POINTS A LASER AT AN AIRCRAFT FACES PRISON TIME AND HEFTY FINES.
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SOME DOGS HAVE A UNIQUE GIFT FOR DETECTING ILLNESS.
THIS PAIR OF LABRADOR DOGS HAS BEEN TRAINED TO DETECT TYPES OF CANCER AND OTHER DISEASES FROM URINE SAMPLES.
THEY ARE ORIGINALLY FROM THE U-K AND ARE NOW BEING INTRODUCED IN ITALY.
TRAINERS CLAIM THE DOGS HAVE A 95 PERCENT ACCURACY RATE IN RECOGNIZING POSITIVE SAMPLES OF CERTAIN ILLNESSES.
THEY SAY THIS GIFT HELPS LEAD TO QUICKER THERAPY PROCEDURES FOR PATIENTS.
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TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
A FAMILY IN FRISCO, TEXAS HAS HAD SOME UNWANTED VISITORS IN THEIR BACKYARD
LATELY -- SEVERAL BOBCATS.
THIS IS ONE OF THEM CAUGHT RECENTLY.
IT WAS THE EIGHTH BOBCAT CAUGHT IN THE SAME BACKYARD IN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS.
EXPERTS SAY SIGHTINGS ARE MORE COMMON BECAUSE DEVELOPMENT IS PUSHING INTO ANIMAL HABITATS.
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THE FLORIDA EVERBLADES. GOING FOR THEIR SECOND PRESEASON WIN IN TWO DAYS OVER ORLANDO.
FIRST PERIOD. GOALIE LEAVES THE NET. MATHIEU ROY MAKES HIM PAY. SCORES FOR A 1-0 BLADES LEAD.
LATER THAT PERIOD. ANOTHER FAMILIAR FACE. DAVID RUTHERFORD PUTS IT HOME. BLADES WIN, 5-1, TO END THE PRESEASON. THEY HOST ORLANDO FRIDAY NIGHT AT 7:30 IN THEIR REGULAR SEASON OPENER.
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FOURTH-RANKED L-S-U HAD SHOWN SOME VULNERABILITY THE LAST TWO WEEKS. WINNING UGLY GAMES AGAINST INFERIOR OPPONENTS.
BUT COULD THE FLORIDA GATORS SCORE ENOUGH POINTS AGAINST THE TIGERS VAUNTED DEFENSE TO PULL THE UPSET IN GAINESVILLE?
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THE GATORS. WITH A SHOT AT A FIVE AND OHH START. FOUR AND OHH IN THE A-C-C.
CAPE CORAL GRAD JAYLEN WATKINS. COMING UP BIG IN THE FIRST HALF. PICKS OFF ZACH METTENBERGER. TIGERS LED 6-0 AT THE HALF.
GATORS COME OUT STRONG IN THE THIRD QUARTER. MIKE GILLISLEE. IN FOR THE 12-YARD TOUCHDOWN. 7-6 GATORS.
THEN IN THE FOURTH. GILLISLEE AT IT AGAIN. SCORES HIS SECOND T-D FROM THE SAME DISTANCE. HE HAD 146 RUSHING YARDS. THE GATORS D DID THE REST. FLORIDA. VAULTS INTO THE NATIONAL TITLE DISCUSSION WITH A HUGE 14-6 VICTORY.
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F-S-U. GOING ON THE ROAD IN THE A-C-C TO N-C STATE.
SECOND QUARTER. MANUEL 4 YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS TO NICK O'LEARY. 10-0 NOLES.
THEN THE D. TERRANCE BROOKS INTERCEPTS MIKE GLENNON.
BUT AFTER A BLOCKED PUNT LATE IN THE GAME. N-C STATE DOWN SIX. FOURTH DOWN. MIKE GLENNON TO BRYAN UNDERWOOD FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. NC STATE PULLS THE SHOCKER, 17-16.
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IMMOKALEE GRAD EDGERRIN JAMES ON THE SIDELINE WITH THE CANES AS MIAMI TOOK ON 9TH-RANKED NOTRE DAME AT SOLDIER FIELD.
FIRST QUARTER. CANES GO DEEP. BUT PHILLIP DORSETT DROPS THE T-D PASS FROM STEPHEN MORRIS. DORSETT DROPPED MULTIPLE T-DS.
IRISH. NOT AS MISTAKE PRONE. THEO RIDDICK TD PUTS THEM AHEAD TO STAY.
NOTRE DAME WINS, 41-3. STAYS UNBEATEN.
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F-S-U. CLINGING ONTO A TIGHT 16-10 LEAD AT NC STATE.
NAPLES GRAD CARLOS HYDE. 3 TDS. AS OHIO STATE IS UP 18 ON NEBRASKA.
SOUTH FLORIDA. LOSES ITS BIG EAST OPENER, 37-28, TO TEMPLE.
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SOUTH FORT MYERS GRAD SAMMY WATKINS DIDN'T PRODUCE ONE OF HIS BETTER STAT LINES IN TODAY'S CLEMSON/GEORGIA TECH GAME.
BUT HE WAS CERTAINLY EFFECTIVE.
WATKINS HAD JUST 46 YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE. AND 71 KICKOFF RETURN YARDS. BUT SERVED AS A GREAT DECOY. AS THE 15TH-RANKED TIGERS SCORED 47 POINTS IN A 16-POINT WIN.
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GOLDEN GATE GRAD J-D WOODS AND 8TH-RANKED WEST VIRGINIA. TAKING THEIR HIGH-POWERED OFFENSE TO AUSTIN TO FACE 11TH-RANKED TEXAS.
THIRD QUARTER. NICE GRAB BY WOODS. HANGS ON AFTER THE BIG HIT. HE HAD TWO CATCHES FOR 24 YARDS.
THAT SET UP THIS. GENO SMITH TO STEADMAN BAILEY. PUTS WVU UP 34-31. THOSE TWO CONNECTED FOR THREE SCORES. W-V-U WINS A SHOOTOUT, 48-45.
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MARINER AND EAST LEE COUNTY WERE SUPPOSED TO PLAY ON FRIDAY.
INSTEAD. DUE TO BAD WEATHER. THEY FACED OFF TODAY.
ROUGH DAY FOR THE TRITONS ON OFFENSE. JOEY LANTZ PICKED OFF BY KENDALL SAWYER. 36 YARD TOUCHDOWN. 8-0.
SAME QUARTER. LANTZ IS SACKED. BALL LOOSE. PICKED UP BY PETER GOODEN AND HE'S OFF TO THE RACES. 77 YARDS TO PAYDIRT. 14-0 JAGUARS.
NEXT DRIVE. BOTCHED HANDOFF. MICHAEL GREEN SCOOPS AND GOES 28 YARDS. 22-0
EAST LEE WINS, 49-7.
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TWO DAYS LEFT TO VOTE FOR THE GRIDIRON 2DAY PLAY OF THE WEEK.
CAPE CHRISTIAN'S DYLAN CASILLO, SOUTH FORT MYERS'S EDDIE COLLINS, AND NAPLES'S MANNY MORGAN. YOUR NOMINEES.
TO VOTE. GO TO N-B-C DASH TWO DOT COM. PUT YOUR CURSOR OVER THE WORD "SPORTS". THEN CLICK GRIDIRON 2DAY PLAY OF THE WEEK TO VOTE.
WE'LL ANNOUNCE THE WINNER MONDAY IN OUR SIX P-M NEWSCAST.
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TO BASEBALL. FIRST GAME OF THE TIGERS/A'S A-L-D-S SERIES IN DETROIT.
THE HOMER IN THE FIFTH. 3-1 TIGERS.
JUSTIN VERLANDER DID THE REST. KS BRANDON MOSS. VERLANDER 11 STRIKEOUTS. JUST THREE HITS AND A RUN ALLOWED IN SEVEN INNINGS.
TIGERS WIN, 3-1. TAKE THE EARLY SERIES LEAD.
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REDS AND GIANTS. STILL ON THE FIELD IN SAN FRAN.
REDS LEAD IT, 3-0, THANKS TO HOMERS FROM JAY BRUCE AND BRANDON PHILLIPS.
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RED SOX FANS CAN STOP WONDERING IF THERE'S A CHANCE TERRY FRANCONA RETURNS TO BOSTON.
NO CHANCE NOW. FRANCONA ALREADY HAS A NEW GIG.
HE'S TAKEN THE INDIANS MANAGER JOB.
FRANCONA WILL BE INTRODUCED AS THE INDIANS' NEW SKIPPER AT A PRESS CONFERENCE ON MONDAY.
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THREE ROUNDS IN THE BOOKS AT THE SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN CLASSIC.
HOW 'BOUT JONAS BLIXT? THE MAN WAS ON FIRE. HOLES THE CHIP FOR BIRDIE. HE SHOT A 66. BLIXT IN A THREE-WAY TIE FOR THE LEAD WITH RYAN MORE AND BRENDON DE JONGE HEADING INTO THE FINAL ROUND AT 19-UNDER.
GEORGE MCNEILL IS THREE UNDER.
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ALVA'S ROSS CHASTAIN. IN AN ACCIDENT TEN LAPS IN AT THE NASCAR TRUCK SERIES EVENT AT TALLADEGA. WHICH WAS WON BY PARKER KLIGERMAN.
THAT'S SPORTS. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
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GOODBYE
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