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A COMMUNITY IN MOURNING: THE DEATH OF THE 11 YEAR OLD BOY STRUCK BY LIGHTNING HAS TOUCHED SO MANY.

FIRST AT FOUR: HOW

JESSE WATLINGTON'S FRIENDS AND CHURCH FAMILY ARE HONORING HIM.

91 PEOPLE SICK, SEVEN DEAD IN A MENINGITIS OUTBREAK RACING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

FIRST AT FOUR: THE EXPANDED RECALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TO STAY SAFE.

FINAL PREPARATIONS HAPPENING TODAY FOR JERRY SANDUSKY'S SENTENCING.

FIRST AT FOUR: WHAT THE DISGRACED FORMER COACH FACES IN COURT TOMORROW.

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A DAY DEVOTED TO A YOUNG LIFE TAKEN TOO SOON.

STUDENTS AND FRIENDS OF JESSE WATLINGTON SPENT THE DAY AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY REMEMBERING THE 11-YEAR OLD.

LIGHTNING HIT JESSE AS HE WAS HEADING OUT TO FOOTBALL PRACTICE LAST WEDNESDAY.

HE DIED YESTERDAY AFTER BEING TAKEN OFF LIFE-SUPPORT.

TODAY, MANY STUDENTS WORE PURPLE IN HIS MEMORY.

IT WAS HIS FAVORITE COLOR.

NBC-2'S MEAGHAN SMITH JOINS US LIVE OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL - WHERE STUDENTS SPENT THE DAY REMEMBERING THEIR CLASSMATE AND FRIEND.

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today was about remembering 11 year-old jesse watlington at his school, southwest florida christian academy. his classmates wore purple- the 6th grader's favorite color- to honor him. jesse's family is now back in town after the trip home from the tampa hospital where their son died yesterday after being taken off life-support. his body had suffered too much damage from wednesday's lightning strike. the bolt hit jesse in the heart while he was running out on the football field with his friends for practice, and doctors told his parents he had no brain activity.

jesse's family is still asking for prayers, while they work to plan hismemorial service.

richard powell, pastor

WATLINGTON DEATH-CGTOPS,

Jesse Watlington's memorial service will be held at McGregor Baptist Church on Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 1 pm.

There will be a public viewing at the church from 11 am until 1 pm.

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DEVELOPING FIRST AT FOUR --

A NEW REPORT SHOWS LEE COUNTY MANAGER KAREN HAWES WAS JUST DOING HER JOB WHEN SHE AGREED TO SHUT DOWN THE TRAUMA HELICOPTER.

NBC2'S JENNIFER TRAMMELL SIFTED THROUGH THE LEGAL OPINION THAT JUSTIFIED HAWES' ACTIONS.

SHE'S LIVE IN THE STUDIO WITH *WHY THE SHUT DOWN WAS LEGAL.

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THIS IS A DETAILED REPORT FROM COUNTY ATTORNEY MICHAEL HUNT.

COMMISSIONER BRIAN BIGELOW SENT HIM AN EMAIL LAST MONTH WITH A *LIST OF QUESTIONS.

HIS MAIN CONCERN.DID COUNTY MANAGER KAREN HAWES HAVE AUTHORITY TO GROUND MEDSTAR?

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ATTORNEY MICHAEL HUNT CITES THE LEE COUNTY CHARTER -- WHICH ALLOWS THE COUNTY MANAGER TO TAKE "CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION."

THAT *INCLUDES TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING A DIVISION OR PROGRAM -- LIKE MEDSTAR.

THROUGHOUT THE REPORT -- HUNT REITERATES THAT THE PROGRAM IS "TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED" AND NOT *TERMINATED.

ANOTHER QUESTION ASKS IF HAWES SHOULD HAVE GONE TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BEFORE GROUNDING MEDSTAR.

THE COUNTY ATTORNEY SAYS NO.

AGAIN -- HE WRITES HAWES HAD THE AUTHORITY UNDER THE COUNTY CHARTER.

JOHN MANNING

LEE CO. CO MMISSIONER

MEDSTAR FOLO-TFC

COMMISSIONERS RECEIVED THIS REPORT *FRIDAY.

THE SAME DAY EMS CHIEF KIM DICKERSON STEPPED DOWN.

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MORE FALLOUT TODAY OVER A NATION-WIDE OUTBREAK OF MENINGITIS.

THE F-D-A EXPANDS A VOLUNTARY RECALL OF ALL MEDICINE SHIPPED OUT OF THE MASSACHUSETTS CLINIC AT THE CENTER OF THE OUTBREAK.

TODAY, NBC-2 LEARNS HOSPITALS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAVE RECEIVED SOME OF THOSE MEDICINES.

WE'LL HAVE MORE ON WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW, COMING UP SHORTLY, BUT FIRST,

THE LATEST NUMBER OF CASES.

AT LEAST 105 PEOPLE ARE SICK, AND 8 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THE RARE INFECTION.

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13-THOUSAND PEOPLE NATIONWIDE MAY HAVE RECEIVED CONTAMINATED STEROID INJECTIONS TO RELIEVE THEIR CHRONIC PAIN. AND NOW STRESS LEVELS ARE HIGH.

"I've heard of people frankly waking up in the middle of the night kind of concerned about it."

THE NEW ENGLAND COMPOUNDING PHARMACY IN MASSACHUSETTS MANUFACTURED THE STEROID USED FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT BETWEEN MAY AND SEPTEMBER.

IT'S A CRITICAL TIME FRAME IN WHICH INVESTIGATORS SAY MANY PATIENTS RECEIVED INJECTIONS CONTAMINATED WITH A FUNGUS CALLED ASPERGILLOS.

"We are cautiously optimistic that many of the efforts to reach patients and clinicians with information about this outbreak are succeeding."

AS-PUH-JILL-UHS CAN LURK SILENTLY IN THE BODY FOR UP TO A MONTH BEFORE SHOWING SYMPTOMS OF A RARE, BUT NON-CONTAGIOUS FORM OF MENINGITIS.

IT'S SICKENED MORE THAN A HUNDRED AND KILLED AT LEAST 8 -- LIKE DIANA REED OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

"I lost a treasure of a friend. I lost my best friend."

THE OUTBREAK HAS LEAD TO SCRUTINY OF FEDERAL REGULATION OF COMPOUNDING PHARMACIES. THEY'RE RUN BY LICENSED PHARMACISTS, AND CAN SOMETIMES MAKE MEDICINES CHEAPER THAN MAJOR DRUG-MAKERS.

BUT THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION HAS VERY LITTLE REGULATORY OVERSIGHT OF COMPOUNDING PHARMACIES.

"They've seem to have fallen into a gap, and this is the problem that's resulted."

FOR NOW -- ALL MANY PATIENTS CAN DO IS WORRY. AND WAIT TO SEE WHETHER THEY TOO WILL DEVELOP THIS RARE AND DEADLY MENINGITIS.

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CLINICS IN OUR AREA ARE ON HIGH ALERT NOW THAT THE RECALL OF THE DRUGS FROM THE NEW ENGLAND COMPOUNDING COMPANY HAS EXPANDED TO ALL OF THEIR PRODUCTS.

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THIS LIST FROM THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS ALL OF THE CLINCS THAT HAVE OR MAY BE USING PRODUCTS FROM THE NEW ENGLAND COMPOUNDING COMPANY.

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WE CALLED EACH ONE TO FIND OUT IF THEY HAD ANY OF THE MEDICIATIONS RELATED TO THE MENINGITIS OUTBREAK THAT HAS TAKEN AT LEAST SEVEN LIVES.

THOSE THAT DID AGREE TO TALK TO US SAID THEY NEVER CARRIED ANY OF THE SPECFIC DRUG RELATED TO THE OUTBREAK BUT THAT THEY HAVE CARRIED OTHER PRODUCTS FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS CLINIC AT THE CENTER OF THE OUTBREAK.

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48:00 "We here at Health Park as well as throughout Lee Memorial Health System have had other products from this compounding center and those have all been pulled, quarantined and not to be used in patients."

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ALL LINKED TO THE CONTAMINATED DRUGS FROM A MARION COUNTY CLINIC.

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VOTER REGISTRATION-OC, BNR

TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A VOICE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

TOMORROW IS THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE.

VISIT ANY SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ELECTIONS OFFICE TO FILL OUT THE PAPERWORK.

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LEE COUNTY VOTERS WHO REQUESTED ABSENTEE BALLOTS SHOULD BE RECEIVING THEM IN THE MAIL THIS WEEK.

THE LEE COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS SAYS SOME BALLOTS WERE MAILED AS EARLY AS LAST FRIDAY.

SO FAR MORE THAN 72-THOUSAND ABSENTEE BALLOTS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED.

THAT'S DOWN FROM NEARLY 90-THOUSAND BALLOTS REQUESTED FOR THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

THE LAST DAY TO REQUEST AN ABSENTEE BALLOT IS OCTOBER 31ST, YOU CAN EITHER CALL OR GO ONLINE TO LEE-ELECTIONS DOT COM.

RICK SCOTT AT FGCU-TRX, OC, VO

NEW RIGHT NOW, GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT IS TOURING FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY.

WE'RE TOLD THIS WILL BE A QUICK STOP AT FORT MYERS CAMPUS --

GOVERNOR SCOTT WILL VISIT TWO ACADEMIC BUILDINGS AND WILL ALSO MEET WITH THE UNIVERSITY PROVOST.

F-G-C-U PRESIDENT, WILSON BRADSHAW, IS OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

SANDUSKY TRIAL-VO

TOMORROW, A FORMER FOOTBALL COACH CONVICTED OF CHILD SEX ABUSE WILL LEARN HIS FATE.

JERRY SANDUSKY IS SCHEDULED FOR SENTENCING TOMORROW.

TODAY ATTORNEYS ARE MEETING PRIVATELY WITH THE JUDGE WHO WILL PRESIDE OVER THE CASE.

TWO HEARINGS WILL TAKE PLACE.

THE FIRST WILL DECIDE IF SANDUSKY IS A VIOLENT SEXUAL PREDATOR.

THE SECOND IS THE SENTENCING ITSELF.

REPORTS SAY THE FORMER PENN STATE ASSISTANT COACH WILL SPEAK IN HIS OWN DEFENSE.

TEASE ONE-2SHOT

CANCEROUS TUMORS COULD BE THE NEXT DEFENSE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE DEADLY DISEASE.

FIRST AT FOUR - WE'LL SHOW YOU THE BREAKTHROUGH RESEARCH THAT IS TEACHING CANCER TO KILL ITSELF.

PLUS - MANY AMERICANS MAY BE WISHING THEY LIVED IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

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C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

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THE NASCAR SEASON GOT OFF TO A DRAMATIC START YESTERDAY.

25 CARS WERE IN A MASSIVE PILE-UP DURING THE FINAL LAP OF THE RACE IN TALLADEGA.

TONY STEWART WAS LEADING THE PACK WHEN ANOTHER CAR CLIPPED HIM.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHAIN REACTIONS IN NASCAR HISTORY.

NINE DRIVERS WERE TREATED AT THE CARE CENTER, BUT NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED.

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STILL FEELING THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

HOWEVER, WINTER IS COMING EARLY FOR MOST OF THE NORTHERN STATES.

PEOPLE ACROSS THE PLAINS AND PARTS OF THE MIDWEST WOKE UP TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING.

OVER THE WEEKEND, 74 RECORD LOWS WERE SET.

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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.

Remember the cold front I talked about all weekend? Well it's still holding steady to our north, and it's pushing a long fetch moisture into southwest Florida.

That'll keep thunderstorms in the forecast for the rest of Monday, but after today. Dry weather will come! Briefly. Don't get your hopes up. Of course there's a price you pay when the rain leaves, too, the temperatures will warm up.

So here's how it all works out.

We'll see some afternoon storms ride up US Hwy 41 and I-75 this afternoon impacting our homeward bound commute. Be sure to keep the headlights on, the windshiled wipers working, and stay below the speed limit when encountering these storms.

I expect them to clear out after 8 PM.

Tomorrow, the front I mentioned will fade away. That's when the changes occur because drier air from our north will begin spilling down.

This dry air does three things for us:

1. Sunny skies

2. Rain free weather

3. Hotter temperatures

Thankfully the humidity levels will be lower so it won't feel as oppressive outside! Highs will range up 3 to 5 degrees above the norm.

On the flip side dry air likes to cool down during the overnight hours, so we'll see overnight temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s.

This will last until Saturday. Clouds begin to increase that day and we will see just isolated storms. Those storms will become more scattered on Sunday.

Tropical weather? Eh, there's some. The National Hurricane Center continues to investigate and area of low pressure pushing over the Bahamas. They're giving it a 10% of developing into something over the next 48 hours.

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TEASE TWO---------

IT LOOKS LIKE A BODY SCANNER YOU SEE AT AIRPORT SECURITY.

BUT IT'S ACTUALLY THE NEXT BIG THING FOR CLOTHING-SHOPPERS.

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WALMART AMERICAN EXPRESS-VO

WALMART IS TEAMING UP WITH AMERICAN EXPRESS TO HELP PEOPLE BETTER MANAGE THEIR FINANCES.

THE TWO COMPANIES ARE RELEASING A RELOADABLE PREPAID CARD CALLED "BLUEBIRD".

THE CARD WILL HAVE NO MINIMUM BALANCE AND NO MONTHLY, ANNUAL OR OVERDRAFT FEES.

CUSTOMER FEEDBACK WAS THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE CARD.

CONSUMERS ARE FED UP WITH RISING COSTS RELATED TO CHECKING ACCOUNTS AND DEBIT SERVICES.

SIZE FINDER-VO

A MALL IN VIRGINIA OFFERS A ONE-STOP-SHOP TO FIND YOUR PERFECT SIZE IN EVERY STORE.

IT'S A VIRTUAL FITTING ROOM.

IT WORKS KIND OF LIKE THOSE BODY SCANNERS AT THE AIRPORT.

BUT THIS JUST MEASURES YOUR SIZE.

SIZE FINDER-SOTVO

"I've been walking around this mall for two hours trying to find pants for work."

NOT ANYMORE.

"Just go right to them and get what I need."

THE DEVICE IS CALLED ME-ALITY.

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CANCER FLIES UNDER THE IMMUNE SYSTEM'S RADAR. …

.IN MANY CASES REMAINING HIDDEN UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE.

NOW A PERSONALIZED VACCINE DEVELOPED IN-PART BY DOCTOR DAVID AVIGAN IS HELPING FIGHT THE POTENTIAL KILLER.

"The goal of the vaccine is to see whether one can really re-educate our immune system to see cancer cells as foreign. "

STILL IN THE EARLY STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT….THE VACCINE FUSES A PATIENT'S TUMOR CELLS WITH IMMUNE-STIMULATING DENDRITIC CELLS. THE NEW CELLS ARE THEN INJECTED BACK INTO PATIENTS.

"What we saw was that there we very strong immune responses that were generated in these patients, against their own tumor cells."

IN A PHASE ONE TRIAL OF THE VACCINE 66--PERCENT OF PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED MULTIPLE MYELOMA STABILIZED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. IN OTHER STUDIES, DOCTOR AVIGAN SAYS SOME PATIENTS SAW THEIR DISEASE REGRESS. HE ALSO HOPES TO USE THE VACCINE AS A WAY TO PREVENT RECURRENCE.

HOWARD BLEICH FOUND OUT HE HAD ACUTE LEUKEMIA TWO YEARS AGO. AFTER FOUR ROUNDS OF CHEMO.HE WAS GIVEN THE VACCINE. AND…

"The last time they checked me I had not relapsed."

HOWARD'S WIFE WASN'T SURE HE'D LIVE TO SEE THEIR TWENTY-FIFTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. THEY'VE JUST CELEBRATED THEIR TWENTY-SIXTH.

TEASE THREE

A WEDDING CELEBRATION TURNS TRAGIC IN PHILADELPHIA.

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TWO WEDDING PARTIES GET OUT OF HAND AND START THROWING PUNCHES.

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STAG CHASES MAN UP TREE-VOTOPS

CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO FROM LONDON.

A MAN GOT MORE THAN HE BARGAINED FOR WHEN HE WANDERED TOO CLOSE TO A DEER HERD IN A WEST LONDON PARK.

THE STAG CHASED HIM AROUND A SMALL TREE.

FINALLY THE MAN WAS ABLE TO GET TO SAFETY BY HOISTING HIMSELF UP ONTO SOME BRANCHES.

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IT WAS A WILD SCENE AT A PHILADELPHIA HOTEL.

TWO WEDDING PARTIES GOT INTO A FIGHT.FINALLY COPS HAD TO COME IN AND BREAK UP THE BRAWL.

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IT WAS ANYTHING BUT BLISS ON THIS WEDDING NIGHT IN PHILADELPHIA.

GUESTS OF TWO SEPARATE WEDDING PARTIES DUKING IT OUT.

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"I was actually, actually up on the second floor watching."

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"It was bedlam it really was out of hand."

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"It was very loud and very obnoxious."

THAT'S THE VOICE OF 15-YEAR-OLD MAX SCHULTZ, A GUEST AT THE SHERATON SOCIETY HILL HOTEL.

HE WITNESSED THE WILD BRAWL AND RECORDED IT ON HIS CELL PHONE.

"They just started punching each other and hitting each other."

BY THE TIME PHILADELPHIA POLICE ARRIVED, THEY SAID 75 TO 100 PEOPLE WERE FIGHTING.

".the police came in and just started clubbing people."

OFFICERS SAY THEY WERE OUTNUMBERED AND CALLED FOR BACKUP TWICE.

INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE MELEE ORIGINALLY STARTED AMONG MEMBERS OF ONE WEDDING PARTY.

BUT THEN SOMEONE REPORTEDLY FROM THE SECOND WEDDING PARTY WAS HIT WITH SOMETHING.

AND THE SITUATION WENT DOWNHILL FROM THERE.

"Did they just deck the bride?"

AT ONE POINT, A BRIDE IS SEEN FALLING TO THE GROUND.

SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE INJURED AND ONE MAN, BELIEVED TO BE AN UNCLE OF A BRIDE, DIED OF A HEART ATTACK.

POLICE ARRESTED SEVERAL PEOPLE FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND MORE ARRESTS COULD COME. ON A NIGHT OF CELEBRATION THAT DISINTEGRATED INTO CHAOS.

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THE SHERATON RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING THEY WERE COOPERATING WITH THE POLICE INVESTIGATION AND OFFERED CONDOLENCES.

AN UNCLE OF ONE OF THE BRIDES DIED FROM A HEART ATTACK.

TEASE FOUR-2SHOT

THERE IS JUST ONE DAY LEFT FOR FLORIDIANS TO REGISTER TO VOTE.

BOTH CANDIDATES HIT THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL WITH 28 DAYS LEFT UNTIL VOTERS HEAD TO THE POLLS.

THEY'RE LATEST PUSH FOR VOTES IS STRAIGHT AHEAD.

PLUS - THE BENEFITS OF GOING 3-D.

THE TRADITIONAL MAMMOGRAM IS GETTING A TECHNOLOGY MAKEOVER AND IT COULD SAVE WOMEN'S LIVES.

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B) 3d mammogram-vo

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OBAMA AND ROMNEY CAMPAIGN-2 SHOT, VO

WEDNESDAY WILL MARK A WEEK SINCE THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.

DEMOCRATS INSIST IT LOOKS LIKE MITT ROMNEY WON BECAUSE THEY SAY HE DIDN'T TELL THE TRUTH.

THAT'S THEIR MESSAGE AS ROMNEY TAKES SLIGHT EDGE OVER PRESIDENT OBAMA IN THE LATEST POLLS.

IN THE MEANTIME, ROMNEY IS CRITICIZING THE PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN POLICY, ACCUSING THE PRESIDENT OF BEING PASSIVE.

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AT VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE.

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"It is time to change course in the Middle East."

MITT ROMNEY CLAIMED PRESIDENT OBAMA MADE THE MISTAKE OF PULLING BACK.

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"Our friends and allies across the globe do not want less American leadership.

They want more."

THAT GOES, SAID ROMNEY, FOR THE MUSLIM WORLD, FROM LIBYA TO SYRIA TO IRAN.

HE SUGGESTED OBAMA POLICIES IN LIBYA LET AL-QAEDA GET STRONG ENOUGH TO KILL OUR AMBASSADOR.

IN SYRIA, ROMNEY WOULD GET THE REBELS HEAVY WEAPONS, DESPITE THE ADMINISTRATION FEAR THEY'LL END IN THE HANDS OF AL QAEDA.

AND ROMNEY CLAIMED HE'D BE TOUGHER ON IRAN ABOUT NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

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"This is a dangerous situation!"

ROMNEY SAID PRESIDENT OBAMA'S MAKING IT MORE DANGEROUS BY RESISTING ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU'S

APPARENT WILLINGNESS TO ATTACK IRANIAN NUKE PLANTS.

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"I know the President hopes for a safer, freer, and a more prosperous Middle East

allied with us. I share this hope. But hope is not a strategy."

ROMNEY'S REMARKS, SAID ONE EXPERT, ARE NOT A STRATEGY.

"He tried to sound very tough in his critique of Barack Obama today."

"However, those are mostly rhetorical differences on some of those key foreign

policy issues as opposed to actual new tough policies that Romney said he would

be committed to."

THE PRESIDENT FIRED BACK IN AN AD - TO RUN IN VIRGINIA.

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"reckless. amateurish. that's what news media and fellow republicans

called mitt romney's gaffe filled july trip to england israel and poland."

BUT BARACK OBAMA HIMSELF TODAY PUBLICLY IGNORED MITT ROMNEY'S SPEECH.

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FATAL MARCO ACCIDENT-(2) SS

A MARCO ISLAND MAN IS DEAD AFTER A CRASH EARLY THIS MORNING.

JUST AFTER 2 THIS MORNING - POLICE SAY 20-YEAR-OLD SHAYNE MURRAY DIED WHEN THE JEEP HE WAS RIDING IN WENT OFF THE ROAD AND INTO A DITCH AT JAMAICA ROAD AND TRINIDAD.

POLICE SAY THE DRIVER, 22-YEAR-OLD ANDREW ROUBICEK RAN AWAY FROM THE SCENE.

OFFICERS TRACKED HIM DOWN AT HIS HOME, WHERE HE ADMITTED HE'D WAS DRIVING THE JEEP.

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STARTING TODAY POLICE IN FORT MYERS WILL BEGIN ENFORCING A NEW CURFEW ALREADY IN EFFECT.

CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN 18 HAVE TO BE OFF THE STREETS BY NINE O'CLOCK DURING THE WEEK.

ON WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS -- KIDS HAVE TO BE BACK HOME BY 11.

THE CURFEW WENT INTO EFFECT LAST MONTH FOR A 30 DAY GRACE PERIOD.

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THE FLORIDA WILDLIFE COMMISSION SAYS A PANTHER WAS FOUND DEAD THIS MORNING.

THEY ESTIMATE THE MALE CAT WAS BETWEEN 12 AND 14 MONTHS OLD.

IT WAS FOUND ON STATE ROAD 29 AND IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN HIT BY A CAR.

JETBLUE LEED CERTIFIED-VO

LEE COUNTY WILL SAVE 100-THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR IN MAINTENANCE COSTS AT JETBLUE PARK.

THAT ADDS UP TO ABOUT THREE-MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE 30-YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE RED SOX.

SINCE THE BEGINNING DESIGN STAGES, LEE COUNTY DEVELOPED WAYS TO CONSTRUCT JETBLUE PARK TO CUT BACK ON ENERGY COSTS.

FEATURES LIKE THE WHITE ROOFING AND TINTED WINDOWS, AND LOW-FLOW FACUETS AND TOILETS ARE ALL ENERGY-SAVING MEASURES THAT HELPED JETBLUE PARK EARN LEED CERTIFICATION.

LEED--OR LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN--IS NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN LEE COUNTY, BUT OVER TIME IT HELPS SAVE MONEY AND ENERGY.

JETBLUE LEED CERTIFIED-SOTVO

not only will the components be incorporated into the the tours that you can take during spring training through the Red Sox, but there will also be a series of thematic signs throughout the facility so that you can go on a walking tour yourself and learn about these things when you're there, we will be incorporating a website and hope to have all that up before spring training.

NEWARK SECURITY LAPSE-VO

A NEW REPORT SHOWS T-S-A SCREENERS RARELY GIVE PROPER PAT-DOWNS AT NEW JERSEY'S NEWARK-LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, UNDERCOVER T-S-A EMPLOYEES NOTICED SCREENERS DOING PROPER PAT-DOWNS JUST UNDER 17-PERCENT OF THE TIME.

STOLEN GASOLINE-VO

A CALIFORNIA GAS STATION IS OUT OVER FOUR-THOUSAND-DOLLARS AFTER THIEVES MADE OFF WITH FREE FUEL.

THE BRAZEN THIEVES HIT THIS SHELL STATION NEAR SACRAMENTO *FOUR* TIMES IN *THREE* DAYS MANAGING TO STEAL MORE THAN 11-HUNDRED GALLONS OF PRECIOUS GAS.

ON THEIR FIRST ATTEMPT, A MAN IN A BLACK PICKUP PULLED UP TO THE STATION.

SOMEHOW HE MANAGED TO DISABLE THE METER AND PUMP 300 GALLONS OF GAS STRAIGHT INTO A TANK IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK

STOLEN GASOLINE-SOTVO

SOT Tony Sandhu / Gas Station Manager - "I don't know if we can recover that

money or not, but at least those people should go to jail."

THIS AS SKYROCKETING CALIFORNIA PRICES BROKE RECORDS OVER THE WEEKEND, WITH

JORAN TO BE FATHER-VO

LOCKED UP ON A 28-YEAR SENTENCE, 28-YEAR-OLD JORAN VAN DER SLOOT SAYS HE'S GOING TO BE A FATHER.

VAN DER SLOOT WAS CONVICTED OF KILLING A 21-YEAR-OLD IN PERU IN 2010.

IN AN INTERVIEW WITH A DUTCH NEWSPAPER, HE ONLY IDENTIFIED THE MOTHER AS "LEIDI."

HIS ATTORNEY SAYS THE PRISON HAS "LEIDI" REGISTERED AS VAN DER SLOOT'S GIRLFRIEND AND THE TWO HAVE CONJUGAL VISITS. THOUGH HE WOULD NOT CONFIRM THE PREGNANCY.

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A NEW TYPE OF MAMMOGRAM IS HELPING DOCTORS FIND THE SMALLEST TUMORS.

IT'S SIMILAR TO A TRADITIONAL MAMMOGRAM, BUT IT ACTUALLY IMAGES THE BREAST TISSUE IN 3-D.

THAT'S HELPING DOCTORS BE MORE ACCURATE SO THEY CAN DIAGNOSE CANCER EARLIER.

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"He said, I would be really shocked if this was not cancer."

A CANCER DIAGNOSIS IS ALMOST ALWAYS SURPRISING, BUT WHEN DOCTORS RECENTLY DIAGNOSED 58-YEAR-OLD PATTY TAYLOR WITH BREAST CANCER. IT WAS ESPECIALLY STUNNING BECAUSE IT NEVER SHOWN UP ON HER MAMMOGRAM.

"Which to me was astounding, just absolutely astounding."

BUT THE WOMAN HAD A NEW TYPE OF SCREENING, A 3-D MAMMOGRAM THAT DOCTORS SAY GIVES THEM A CLOSER LOOK AT THE BREAST TISSUE.

"The procedure is performed by having a series of very low dose images reconstructed so that the breast tissue can be seen in as many as 60, 70, even 80 thin sections or thin slices."

CONVENTIONAL MAMMOGRAMS ARE TWO DIMENSIONAL. IT TAKES TWO IMAGES OF EACH BREAST. ONE FROM THE SIDE AND ONE ON TOP.

BUT WITH THE 3-D VERSION, ALSO CALLED BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS, MANY IMAGES OF THE BREAST ARE TAKEN FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES.

"The problem is that when you have a dense breast and many patients do have a dense breast, the tumor can be hidden in this dense tissue. With the 3-D mammogram, I'm better able to find these small tumors."

THE 3-D SCREENING IS GIVEN ALONG SIDE A TRADITIONAL MAMMOGRAM BECAUSE DOCTORS SAY THEY STILL NEED TO DO BOTH TESTS. BUT THAT ALSO MEANS RADIATION EXPOSURE IS DOUBLED.

"But the total dose to the patient is very low and we feel there's a tremendous benefit to using this technique."

PATTY TAYLOR SAYS GETTING THE 3-D MAMMOGRAM WAS LITERALLY A SPLIT-SECOND DECISION, BUT THE IMPACT OF THAT CHOICE MAY AFFECT THE REST OF HER LIFE.

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DOREEN GENTZLER REPORTING.

AS YOU HEARD, PATTY'S DOCTORS SAY THEY'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE EXTRA RADIATION. BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME RECENT STUDIES FINDING THAT ADDITIONAL EXPOSURE CAN INCREASE YOUR RISK OF CANCER.

COFFEE GLAUCOMA-VO

THOSE OF US WHO NEED A LOT OF COFFEE TO JUMP START THE DAY. MAY BE AT AN INCREASED RISK OF DEVELOPING GLAUCOMA.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS FOUND DRINKING THREE OR MORE CUPS OF CAFFEINATED COFFEE A DAY. WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A 66-PERCENT HIGHER RISK OF EXFOLIATION GLAUCOMA WHEN COMPARED TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T DRINK COFFEE.

HEALTH MATTERS-ONCAM

HEALTH MATTERS-PKG

IMAGINE TAKING A VIRTUAL TOUR THROUGH THE LUNGS. DOCTORS NOW HAVE A TOOL THAT WILL LEAD THEM TO TINY TUMORS WHICH MIGHT BE CANCEROUS.

DR. SUNIL LALLA/PULMONOLOGIST

RUNS:

:38 Something very special about this equipment is that before the procedure we are able to plan a pathway to lead to the mass.The software make us a 3D map, where we can see the inside of the lungs and the lung cube and the bronchi.

LUNG CANCER REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST LETHAL OF CANCERS. IT'S USUALLY DIAGNOSED IN LATE STAGES. THE ELECTROMAGNETIC NAVIGATION BRONCHOSCOPY OR ENB, WILL MAKE IT EASIER TO FIND THE SMALLEST ABNORMALITIES EARLIER.

DR. SUNIL LALLA/PULMONOLOGIST

RUNS:

5:37 We are going to identify where these spots are, are they malignant or not so we can try to catch them early enough for treatment.

AMY OSHIER/REPORTING

RUNS:

Still a form of bronchoscopy, this new equipment gives the doctors the ability to locate, biopsy and if need be, mark the lesion for treatment.

DELIVERED VIA CATHETER THROUGH THE MOUTH OR NOSE, THE ENB TAKES THE PLACE OF A NEEDLE BIOPSY. IT'S LESS INVASIVE WITH FEWER RISKS.

DR. SUNIL LALLA/PULMONOLOGIST

RUNS:

4:02 With the needle biopsy the risk of pneumothorax can be up to 25%. Pneumothorax is a collapse of the lung where the needle is introduced from outside the lung.

PERFORMED AT LEE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEMS' OUTPATIENT SURGERY CENTER, PROFESSIONALS CAN MAKE A SPEEDY DIAGNOSIS.

DR. SUNIL LALLA/PULMONOLOGIST

RUNS:

6:51: We have an on-site pathologist, so we can have the answer within 15 minutes.

IN CASES OF CANCER, THE SITE IS MARKED FOR RADIATION.

DR. SUNIL LALLA/PULMONOLOGIST

RUNS:

7:18 Doctors then pick out these markers and only radiate that portion of the lung that has cancer and not damage the good portion of the lung.

TEASE FIVE-ONCAM

FORMER ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH JERRY SANDUSKY FACES LIFE IN PRISON.

HE WILL FIND OUT HIS FATE TOMORROW. BUT EVEN IF HE SPENDS LIFE BEHIND BARS, HE HAS A CHANCE TO EARN A LIVING.

WE'LL EXPLAIN.

PLUS -

SOT NICOLE SCHERZINGER / SINGER: "It was all new to me and I was incredibly

scared, I was not comfortable with my body."

ANOTHER POP STAR COMES FORWARD ABOUT HER BATTLE WITH SELF IMAGE.

A) sandusky sentencing-vo

B) scherzinger bulimia-sotvo

C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

ALL NEW AHEAD AT 5:00-CLIP

A)-NWSRM

B)

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.

DRY WEATHER TO COME

Remember the cold front I talked about all weekend? Well it's still holding steady to our north, and it's pushing a long fetch moisture into southwest Florida.

It's moving southbound, and eventually it'll fade away which means dry weather will come! Briefly. Don't get your hopes up. Of course there's a price you pay when the rain leaves, too, the temperatures will warm up.

Tomorrow, is when the front begins to fade away. That's when the changes occur because drier air from our north will begin spilling down, but you won't truly notice it until Wednesday forward.

The dry air will bring three things to us:

1. Sunny skies

2. Rain free weather

3. Hotter temperatures

Thankfully the humidity levels will be lower so it won't feel as oppressive outside! Highs will range up 3 to 5 degrees above the norm.

On the flip side dry air likes to cool down during the overnight hours, so we'll see overnight temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s.

This will last until Saturday. Clouds begin to increase that day and we will see just isolated storms. Those storms will become more scattered on Sunday.

Tropical weather? Eh, there's some. The National Hurricane Center continues to investigate and area of low pressure pushing over the Bahamas. They're giving it a 10% of developing into something over the next 48 hours.

TRAFFIC-trxTFC FDOT

TRAFFIC BILLBOARD-CLIP

SCHERZINGER BULEMIA-OC

FIRST IT WAS LADY GAGA, NOW ANOTHER POP STAR IS SPEAKING OUT ABOUT HER BATTLES WITH BODY IMAGE.

THE FORMER LEAD SINGER OF THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS, NICOLE SCHERZINGER IS SPEAKING ABOUT HER 8 YEAR FIGHT WITH BULIMIA.

SCHERZINGER BULEMIA-PKG

NATS "Don't Cha"

TRACK #1 - 7.5 SECOND DURATION

HER SMOLDERING GOOD LOOKS AND POWERFUL VOCAL STYLE HELPED TURN THE PUSSYCAT

DOLLS INTO A WORDWIDE POP SENSATION

NATS "Buttons"

BUT BEHIND THE MILLIONS IN ALBUM SALES AND SOLD-OUT TOURS, NICOLE

SCHERZINGER SAYS SHE WAS SUFFERING FROM BULIMA

SOT NICOLE SCHERZINGER / SINGER: "Every time I had a second to be alone, I

was doing something to myself."

IN A REVEALING INTERVIEW WITH VH1'S BEHIND THE MUSIC, NICOLE TALKS ABOUT HER

EIGHT YEAR LONG STRUGGLE /

SOT NICOLE SCHERZINGER / SINGER: "It's like when I got offstage, I was on

this high, and I'd come back to my room and I'd be alone. / My bulimia was

my addiction; hurting myself was my addiction

THE 34-YEAR-OLD STAR NOW SAYS HER FIRST PHOTO SHOOT WITH THE GROUP STARTED

HER DOWNWARD SPIRAL

SOT NICOLE SCHERZINGER / SINGER: "It was all new to me and I was incredibly

scared, I was not comfortable with my body."

NATS "When I Grow Up"

THOUGH THE REST OF THE GROUP WOULD EVENTUALLY LEARN HER SECRET, SCHERZINGER

SAYS THE PUBLIC NEVER SUSPECTED THAT BEHIND HER SMILE AND SEXY DANCE MOVES

NICOLE HATED HERSELF

SOT NICOLE SCHERZINGER / SINGER: "I really was so disgusted with myself and

so embarrassed. I felt so alone."

SOT BRODY BROWN / REPORTER, US WEEKLY MAGAZINE: "The fact that Nicole is

coming forward and being really candid about a really private personal and

painful struggle can only help encourage dialogue around this issue."

AFTER THE PUSSCAT DOLLS DISBANDED IN 2009 - SCHERZINGER - THEN JUST 31-

YEARS-OLD -- SHE KNEW SHE HAD TO GET HELP TO SAVE HER LIFE SO SHE BEGAN

THERAPY

SOT NICOLE SCHERZINGER / SINGER: "I grew, I started to embrace myself, as a

woman and my curves."

NOW SCHERZINGER SAYS HER BEST CHAPTER IS YET TO COME.

SOT NICOLE SCHERZINGER / SINGER: "I feel on top of the world, and today I

feel like, the sexiest woman alive."

SCHERZINGER BULEMIA-OC

LARA SPENCER REPORTING.

PHELPS GOLF PUTT-VOTOPS

LOOKS LIKE MICHAEL PHELPS IS AS SKILLED ON LAND AS HE IS IN THE WATER.

PHELPS WAS PLAYING IN THE PRO-AM OF THE ALFRED DUNHILL CHAMPIONSHIP IN SCOTLAND WHEN THIS HAPPENED.

THE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST SANK A 50 YARD PUTT.

THIS COULD BE THE LONGEST PUTT TO BE SUNK ON TELEVISION.

GAGA PARENTS RESTAURANT-VO

NEW YORK CITY'S HEALTH INSPECTORS ARE NOT SO "GAGA" FOR LADY GAGA'S PARENTS' RESTAURANT.

THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH GAVE the ITALIAN RESTAURANT A "C" GRADE.

SOME HYGIENE AND CLEANLINESS PROBLEMS COUNTED AGAINST THE RESTAURANT.

OFFICIALS SAID FOOD PREP STATIONS WERE UNWASHED AND THERE WERE NO HAND WASHING FACILITIES CLOSE TO THE KITCHEN.

MILA KUNIS SEXIEST WOMAN-SS

MILA KUNIS IS VOTED "SEXIEST WOMAN ALIVE." AND SHE HAS THE LEATHER PANTS TO PROVE IT.

IN THE ISSUE OF ESQUIRE MAGAZINE THE 29-YEAR-OLD ACTRESS POSES TOPLESS IN BLACK LEATHER PANTS, TO STEAL THE CROWN AWAY FROM THE 2011 WINNER, RIHANNA.

MCCONAUGHEY LOSES WEIGHT-SS

YOU MIGHT NOT RECOGNIZE THIS FORMER "MAGIC MIKE" ACTOR MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY AT FIRST GLANCE.

A FRAIL-LOOKING MCCONAUGHEY WAS SPOTTED LEAVING AN AUSTIN, TEXAS CHURCH WITH HIS FAMILY AND LEANING ON HIS MOTHER FOR SUPPORT.

THE ACTOR HAS BEEN REPORTEDLY ON A LIQUIDS-ONLY DIET, LOSING A REPORTED 30 POUNDS FOR HIS NEW MOVIE, "THE DALLAS BUYER'S CLUB."

DEVITO PEARLMAN SEPARATE-VO

A LONGTIME HOLLYWOOD COUPLE IS SPLITTING UP.

DANNY DEVITO AND RHEA PERLMAN HAVE REPORTEDLY SEPARATED AFTER 30 YEARS TOGETHER.

A BROADWAY PLAY BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER IN 1982.

TOGETHER THEY CREATED A PRODUCTION COMPANY THAT MADE MOVIES INCLUDING: PULP FICTION AND GARDEN STATE.

TEASE SIX-2SHOT

IN JUNE, A JURY FOUND JERRY SANDUSKY GUILTY OF 45 COUNTS OF CHILD SEX ABUSE.

TOMORROW A JUDGE WILL HAND DOWN HIS SENTENCE.

THE FORMER COACH COULD SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON.

BUT HE COULD STILL BE ELIGIBLE TO MAKE MONEY. THAT'S COMING UP.

A) sandusky sentencing-vo

FOUR AT FOUR-CGTOPS

1. Man on golf cart runs down neighbor

2. Man charged after fleeing fatal Marco crash

3. Attorney: County manager had authority to ground MEDSTAR

SANDUSKY SENTENCING-TFC CTR

TOMORROW IS SENTENCING DAY FOR JERRY SANDUSKY.

IN JUNE- THE FORMER PENN STATE ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH WAS CONVICTED OF SEXUALLY ABUSING 10 BOYS OVER 15 YEARS.

THE CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER COULD RECEIVE THE EQUIVALENT OF A LIFE SENTENCE.

SANDUSKY SENTENCING-PKG

TUESDAY- JERRY SANDUSKY WILL RETURN TO THE SAME CENTRE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA COURTHOUSE WHERE HE WAS ESCORTED OUT IN CUFFS. JUST OVER THREE MONTHS AGO. HE'LL EMERGE FROM ISOLATION. THINNER AND WEARING AN ORANGE PRISON JUMP SUIT INSTEAD OF A SPORTS COAT.

"We've know for a long time that the sentence the judge will impose in this case is going to be very lengthy, very significant."

THE FORMER PENN STATE ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH FACES ANYWHERE FROM 60-TO MORE THAN 400 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ABUSING 10 BOYS OVER 15 YEARS.

SANDUSKY NEVER TESTIFIED. THE ONLY TIME WE HEARD FROM HIM WAS DURING A POORLY HANDLED INTERVIEW WITH NBC'S BOB COSTAS LAST NOVEMBER.

Am I sexually attracted to underage boys? Yes. Sexually attracted?

SANDUSKY'S ATTORNEY JOE AMENDOLA ADMITS HE REGRETS ALLOWING THAT INTERVIEW TO TAKE PLACE.

"the fact is he said what he was supposed to say but he said it in a way that wasn't the best way to do it.

NOW AMENDOLA- SAYS SANDUSKY IS PREPARING TO BREAK HIS SILENCE ONCE AGAIN.

"it's probable he will make some statement. it's just a question of how long - how lengthy it is. but he's going to say he's innocent.

AN INNOCENCE HE AND HIS ATTORNEY MAINTAIN.

"I believe, I believe, I believe he was set up I really do

THIS DESPITE GRAPHIC OFTEN HEARTBREAKING TESTIMONY FROM VICTIMS DURING THE TRIAL-

DETAILING ABUSE AT THE PENN STATE CAMPUS AND SANDUSKY'S HOME.

SOME OF THEM WILL LIKELY SPEAK AGAIN DURING THE SENTENCING.

SANDUSKY SENTENCING-TFC

SANDUSKY'S ATTORNEY IS ALREADY PREPARING TO APPEAL THE CONVICTION.

SANDUSKY WILL ALSO PROBABLY BE ABLE TO WORK A 30 HOUR WEEK TO MAKE A FEW DOLLARS WHILE IN PRISON.

THAT'S IT FOR THE NEWS FIRST AT FOUR.

GOODBYE-2 SHOT

IN THE LAST HOUR, WE'VE LEARNED THE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SIXTH GRADER WHO DIED AFTER BEING STRUCK THIS WEEK BY LIGHTNING -- WE'LL SHARE THOSE WITH YOU AT 5.

PLUS THREE MASKED MEN STORM A LEE COUNTY HOME -- STEALING CASH FROM A 72 YEAR OLD WOMAN -- HER 90 YEAR OLD MOTHER JUST FEET AWAY!

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