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HEADLINES-------------

FIRST AT FOUR: THE COUNTDOWN TO THE DEBATE -- NBC2 LIVE WITH LAST MINUTE DETAILS BEFORE IT'S BIDEN TAKES ON RYAN.

HUNDREDS PACK THE CHURCH TO HONOR THE LITTLE BOY KILLED AFTER BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

A) VP DEBATE-trxVOTOPS

B) JESSE WATLINGTON-trxVOTOPS

C) MISSING CO GIRL-trxVOTOPS

BREAKING OPEN

MISSING CO GIRL-VO WIPE

BREAKING NOW, FIRST AT FOUR --

POLICE ARE WORKING TO DETERMINE IF A BODY FOUND LAST NIGHT BELONGS TO A MISSING COLORADO GIRL.

A DENVER TELEVISION STATION IS REPORTING THE BODY FOUND LAST NIGHT IN A PARK

ABOUT SEVEN MILES FROM WHERE JESSICA RIDGEWAY WAS LAST SEEN - HAD BEEN DISMEMBERED.

POLICE HAVEN'T OFFICIALLY IDENTIFIED THE BODY AS JESSICA, BUT SOURCES SAY IT IS THE MISSING LITTLE GIRL.

MISSING CO GIRL-SOT VO

The focus shifts to an unknown suspect as we think that she was abducted

JESSICA WAS LAST SEEN WALKING TO SCHOOL FRIDAY MORNING.

BREAKING OPEN-CLIP B

MENINGITIS DEATH 2 IN FL-ONCAM

ALSO BREAKING --

A SECOND DEATH IN FLORIDA HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CONNECTION TO A NATIONWIDE

MENINGITIS OUTBREAK.

THE RARE FUNGAL MENINGITIS HAS

BEEN LINKED TO STEROID SHOTS FOR BACK PAIN.

THE LATEST VICTIM IS AN 83-YEAR-OLD MARION COUNTY MAN

WHO RECEIVED ONE OF THE CONTAMINATED INJECTIONS.

VP DEBATE LIVE LOOK-SATLIVE-TOPS

THE STAKES ARE HIGH FOR TONIGHT'S VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.

VP DEBATE-2SHOT

IT'S THE ONLY VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE OF THIS CAMPAIGN SEASON --

AND WHILE IT'S IMPORTANT. POLITICAL EXPERTS SAY IT WON'T MAKE OR BREAK THE ELECTION.

NONE THE LESS -- JOE BIDEN AND PAUL RYAN ARE GEARING UP FOR WHAT'S EXPECTED TO BE AN ANIMATED NIGHT.

DECISION 2012-CLIP A

VP DEBATE-PKG

SCRIPT:

THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE READY FOR A SHOWDOWN IN KENTUCKY

REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN - PAUL RYAN - HAS NEVER BEEN ON A DEBATE STAGE THIS

SIZE BUT SAYS HE'S PREPARED TO CHALLENGE VICE PRESIDENT - JOE BIDEN.

SOT - Rep. Paul Ryan, Vice Presidential Candidate /:47

-:51 / "what he can't run from is President Obama's indefensible record."

BIDEN HAS MORE THAN 20 DEBATES UNDER HIS BELT AND PARTICIPATED IN THE MOST-

WATCHED VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IN HISTORY 4 YEARS AGO.

SOT - Joe Biden, Vice President "We have a fundamentally

different view on a whole range of issues so I hope it will be a good debate

."

THE STAKES TONIGHT ARE ALSO HIGH.

THERE'S BEEN A TIGHENING IN THE POLLS AFTER MOST VOTERS FELT MITT ROMNEY

DOMINATED THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.

SOT - Obama "I had a bad night"

IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH A-B-C's DIANE SAWYER PRESIDENT OBAMA SAYS HE'

S READY FOR HIS NEXT SHOWDOWN WITH ROMNEY AND HAD THIS ADVICE FOR HIS

RUNNING-MATE.

SOT - Obama "I think Joe just needs to be Joe."

THE OBAMA TEAM IS ALSO CRITICIZING ROMNEY'S RECENT INTERVIEW WHERE HE SAID "

THERE'S NO LEGISLATION WITH REGARDS TO ABORTION THAT HE'S FAMILIAR WITH THAT

WOULD BECOME PART OF HIS AGENDA."

ROMNEY TOUTED A DIFFERENT MESSAGE DURING THE PRIMARY.

SOT - Romney, File "Do I believe Supreme Court should

overturn Roe. v. Wade? Yes!"

AND HE NOW FINDS HIMSLEF DEFENDING HIS POSITION

VP DEBATE-SSTOPS

VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND CONGRESSMAN PAUL RYAN FACE OFF STARTING AT NINE O'CLOCK TONIGHT --

RIGHT HERE ON NBC-2.

NBC NEWS POLL-(3)SS

ACCORDING TO THE LATEST NBC NEWS/WALL STREET JOURNAL/MARIST POLL-- ROMNEY HAS NARROWED THE GAP WITH OBAMA AMONG LIKELY VOTERS IN THREE KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES.

FLORIDA - ONE OF THEM.

HERE IN FLORIDA -- PRESIDENT OBAMA CONTINUES TO HAVE A ONE POINT LEAD -- 48 TO 47 PERCENT.

THE G-O-P CANDIDATE SAW HIS BIGGEST GAIN IN VIRGINIA -- WHERE HE NOW EDGES OBAMA 48 TO 47 PERCENT.

2 YR OLD PULLED FROM POOL-VO

WE'RE WAITING TO LEARN THE NAME AND CONDITION OF A BOY WHO NEARLY DROWNED IN LEHIGH ACRES.

CREWS RESPONDED THIS MORNING AT A HOME ON MERRITT AVENUE SOUTH.

THE BOYS MOTHER FOUND HIM IN THE POOL AND CALLED 9-1-1.

THE 2-YEAR OLD IS BEING TREATED AT HEALTHPARK.

JESSE WATLINGTON MEMORIAL-PLASMA-VO

A SOMBER DAY FOR A FRIENDS AND FAMILY HONORING THE LIFE OF AN 11 YEAR OLD KILLED BY LIGHTNING.

MEMORIAL SERVICES WERE HELD TODAY FOR JESSE WATLINGTON.

HE DIED LAST WEEKEND AFTER HE WAS STRUCK ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD.

JESSE WATLINGTON MEMORIAL-PKG

KNOWN FOR HIS BIG SMILE-

Nat

AND EVEN BIGGER HEART,

11 YEAR-OLD JESSE WATLINGTON'S YOUNG LIFE-

WAS HONORED TODAY.

12:53:26 "fingerprints imprinted on our hearts."

JUST OVER A WEEK AGO-

THE 6TH GRADER AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY RAN OUT ONTO THE FIELD WITH HIS FRIENDS AND TEAMMATES FOR FOOTBALL PRACTICE WHEN LIGHTNING HIT HIM.

DAYS LATER-

HIS FAMILY TOOK HIM OFF LIFE SUPPORT AFTER DOCTORS TOLD THEM HE HAD NO BRAIN ACTIVITY.

IT WAS A SEA OF PURPLE AS PEOPLE PACKED MCGREGOR BAPTIST CHURCH-

THAT WAS JESSE'S FAVORITE COLOR.

STANDING OUT IN THE CROWD-

THE 11 YEAR-OLD'S TEAMMATES, WEARING THEIR UNIFORMS TO HONOR THEIR FRIEND.

JESSE'S FATHER HAD PLANNED TO SPEAK AT TODAY'S SERVICE,

BUT LAST MINUTE-

DECIDED IT WOULD BE TOO HARD.

A FAMILY FRIEND READ A LETTER WRITTEN BY JESSE'S MOTHER ALDA,

sot

THERE WASN'T A DRY EYE IN SIGHT-

AS EVERYONE TOOK IN PICTURES AND STORIES OF JESSE'S LIFE,

ONE TAKEN TOO SOON.

TOSS TO ALEX-TRX-VOTOPS OC

FIRST AT 4-

WERE LEARNING MORE ABOUT ONE OF VICTIM'S

INVOLVED IN THAT CAR CRASH IN CAPE CORAL.

THE TWO-CAR ACCIDENT FORCED THE SHUTDOWN

OF ANDALUSIA BOULEVARD FOR HOURS WHILE

DIVERS WORKED TO PULL ONE OF THE CARS FROM A CANAL.

CAPE CANAL CRASH-REMLIVE

CAPE CANAL CRASH-MINIPKG

-batallion chief ryan lamb/EMS-"it was difficult to even see where the car had entered the canal b/c brush was so thick in that area."

batallion chief ryan lamb was one of the first emergency responders to arrive on scene. Within minutes, his divers were inside the water, trying to save the life of a woman who had driven into the canal.

-lamb-"once they had her at the surface we were able to put her on a backboard and begin resussutative measures at that time."

According to cape coral police, the unidentified female pulled out of a side street, and t-boned a white toyota carolla that was travelling southbound on andalusia boulevard. The woman drove though a field before plunging into a canal.

CAPE CANAL CRASH-REMLIVE

The driver who was pulled from the canal remains at cape coral hospital with life-threatening injuries.

PARKING GARAGE COLLAPSE-VO

A THIRD PERSON HAS DIED FOLLOWING A PARKING GARAGE COLLAPSE AT MIAMI-DADE COLLEGE.

THE LATEST VICTIM JAVIER BAEZ WAS PULLED FROM THE RUBBLE EARLY THIS MORNING

SOME 13 HOURS AFTER THE FIVE-STORY STRUCTURE FELL.

HE DIED AT A TRAUMA CENTER.

THE MISSION HAS NOW TURNED TO A RECOVERY EFFORT.

CREWS ARE EXPECTING TO FIND ANOTHER BODY IN THE RUBBLE.

THE CONSTRUCTION CREW THAT WAS BUILDING THAT GARAGE IS TRYING

HORSE ADOPTION-VO WIPE

THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICE IS ASKING FOR YOUR HELP TONIGHT.

TAKE A LOOK AT THESE HORSES - THEY ARE NOW UP FOR ADOPTION.

OFFICERS SEIZED THE ANIMALS FROM A MAN IN SOUTHERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY,

YOU CAN SEE HOW SKINNY THEY WERE.

HORSE ADOPTION-SOT VO

Really their biggest issue was a lack of food. There were no outstanding medical issues or anything like that. it was the shear fact that they did not have proper food or the proper amount of food

JOBLESS CLAIMS-VIDBOX

JOBLESS BENEFITS DROPPED LAST WEEK TO ITS LOWEST LEVEL IN MORE THAN FOUR YEARS.

ACCORDING TO THE LABOR DEPARTMENT, WEEKLY UNEMPLOYMENT AID APPLICATIONS FELL TO 339,000.

THAT'S THE LOWEST LEVEL SINCE FEBRUARY 2008.

BIG BOARD-SAT-LIVE-TOPS

RED TIDE UPDATE-VO

WE SHOULD KNOW TOMORROW EXACTLY HOW

RED TIDE IS AFFECTING THE GULF.

RIGHT NOW THE BLOOM EXTENDS FROM PORT CHARLOTTE TO CAPTIVA.

WE FIRST SAW THE AFFECTS SEVERAL DAYS AGO

WHEN DEAD FISH WASHED ASHORE IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY.

YESTERDAY -- WE STARTED TO SEE DEAD FISH

OFF THE COAST OF CAPTIVA.

MOTE MARINE LABORATORY HAS DEPLOYED

AN UNDERWATER ROBOT TO KEEP AN EYE ON

THE CONDITIONS OF THE BLOOMS.

SANIBEL BEACH PARKING PERMITS-CG

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A SANIBEL BEACH PARKING PERMIT - RESIDENTS ON SANIBEL ISLAND CAN GET THEM NEXT WEEK.

STARTING ON MONDAY -- YOU CAN BUY THEM AT THE SANIBEL RECREATION CENTER.

TEASE ONE-2SHOT

HOW SAFE DO YOU FEEL WHEN YOU'RE OUT

WALKING ALONE AT NIGHT?

"It's definitely important especially as a single woman

WE'LL SHOW YOU A THE BRAND NEW SAFETY APP

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD HAVE

AND THESE UNEXPECTED VISITORS CAUSED AN ENTIRE SCHOOL TO

BE PLACED ON LOCKDOWN! WE'LL SHOW YOU WHERE CLASSES HAD

A) safety escort-SOTVO

B) bear school lockdown-VOTOPS

C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

WENDY'S NEW LOGO-VO

FAST FOOD CHAIN "WENDY'S" IS GETTING A NEW LOOK.

THE MAKER OF THE FROSTY, BACONATER AND HOT 'N JUICY IS UPDATING ITS LOGO AS IT TRIES TO TRANSFORM INTO A HIGHER-END HAMBURGER CHAIN.

ITS THE FIRST LOGO CHANGE IN NEARLY 30 YEARS.

BEAR SCHOOL LOCKDOWN-VOTOPS

SOME STUDENTS HAD A HARD TIME FOCUSING IN CLASS WHEN A MAMA BEAR AND THREE CUBS WALKED THROUGH CAMPUS.

THIS WAS TAKEN AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YESTERDAY IN WASHINGTON STATE JUST OUTSIDE OF SEATTLE.

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP

FORECAST-WXWALL

Now that we're headed into mid October, we'll start to see some slight changes to our weather pattern signaling a hint of fall across Southwest Florida.

Well it's official! We hit an overnight lows of 69° at Page Field this morning. The last time we had a morning low in the 60s was back on May 22nd. Drier air in the mid and upper levels of the atmosphere will keep our weather stable through the afternoon, with mainly dry conditions and plenty of sun.

Daytime highs will run in the upper 80s to near 90°, but lower humidity will keep our afternoon a bit more comfortable with a northeasterly breeze. Tonight, clear skies are in store with cooler overnight lows as temperatures drop into the upper 60s with a few mid 60s across our inland cool spots.

Sunny weather will prevail as we round out the work week as an area of cool and dry high pressure scoots to our north and east. This will keep our days sunny and warm, while our nights stay slightly cooler and more comfy.

Through the weekend, our highs will climb into the upper 80s to near 90° under mostly to partly sunny skies. By the start of next week, we'll start to increase the moisture just a bit with the chance for a few isolated showers.

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

TRAFFIC-trxTFC FDOT

TRAFFIC BILLBOARD-CLIP

TEASE TWO-ONCAM

A BEAT DOWN WITH A BASEBALL BAT!

THE RANDOM ATTACK ALL CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

NOW INVESTIGATORS ARE RACING AGAINST THE CLOCK

A) beat down on tape-VO

WELLS DISCLAIMER-SSTOPS

TOSS TO NICK-2SHOT

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE ALREADY IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2012.

IT'S BEEN A VOLATILE YEAR FOR WALL STREET BUT SO FAR A PROFITABLE ONE.

FINANCIAL ADVISOR JIM NOLTE JOINS US IN THE STUDIO.

WELLS FARGO-PLASMA

WELLS FARGO-CG

* Create a year end financial check list

* October is a planning month

* November is an action month

WELLS FARGO-PLASMA

WELLS TAG-SSTOPS

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

TEASE THREE-ONCAM

A NEW SURVEY FINDS MORE WOMEN START DRINKING AFTER SAYING "I-DO."

A) brides & booze-VO

BRIDES & BOOZE-2SHOT

MARRIAGE HAS BEEN KNOWN TO MAKE MEN HUNKER DOWN AND SOBER UP--

BUT IT APPEARS THAT TYING THE KNOT HAS THE OPPOSITE EFFECT ON WOMEN.

BRIDES & BOOZE-PKG

NAT SOUND

VO/NARRATION…………. FIRST COMES LOVE, THEN COMES THE LICENSE THEN COMES. THE LIQUOR?

NAT SOUND

TEASE FOUR-2SHOT

ANOTHER LIFE IS LOST IN A LIFE OVER LIMB RESCUE.

AS MORE VICTIMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FOUND IN THE RUBBLE--

THE COMPANY BEHIND A PARKING GARAGE THAT CRUMBLED TO THE

GROUND IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSED THE DEADLY MISHAP.

--PLUS--

consensual sexual activity between adults isn't in and of itself criminal.

A SEX SCANDAL ROCKS AN ENTIRE TOWN.

NOW THE COMMUNITY IS BRACING FOR THE FALLOUT FROM

A) parking garage collapse-VO

B) fitness prostitution scandal-SOTVO

SHOW OPEN-CLIP

booth alert

JUST INTO OUR NEWSROOM

A GOLDEN GATE MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER IN THE DEATH OF 25-YEAR-OLD ERNEST TORRES JR.

WE'VE JUST LEARNED ABRAHAM ECKMAN WAS ARRESTED THIS AFTERNOON AT THE NAPLES JAIL CENTER, WHERE HE HAS BEEN IN CUSTODY SINCE AUGUST.

DETECTIVES SAY ECKMAN SHOT TORRES WHILE HE WAS ASLEEP

PARKING GARAGE COLLAPSE-PLASMA-VO

AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN A PARKING GARAGE COLLAPSED IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.

NOW THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IS SCRABLING TO FIGURE OUT WHY IT HAPPENED.

RESCUERS PULLED A 53-YEAR OLD MAN OUT OF THE DEBRIS EARLY THIS MORNING AFTER BEING BURIED IN THE RUBBLE FOR 13 HOURS.

HE DIED A SHORT TIME LATER.

PARKING GARAGE COLLAPSE-CLIP B TRX-PKG

Nearly 14 hours after the walls and ceiling of this 5 story parking garage

came tumbling down--- rescuers finfreed the last known survivor from the

rubble.

-SOT @13:10:18

"This person is in extremely critical condition."

About 100 members of the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue-- helped to pull off the

technical rescue.

As that trapped man lay alive yet helpless--- rescuers used K-9's to find

other trapped construction workers.

-nats-

This man was pulled out screaming in pain before being rushed to a nearby

hospital.

His survival gave rescuers hope that perhaps all had survived.

But sadly the truth revealed itself-- as two people were later found dead.

One more remains missing-- even as rescuers paused their efforts overnight.

-SOT @13:11:57

PARKING GARAGE COLLAPSE-ONCAM

BEN KENNEDY REPORTING.

BREAKING OPEN

MISSING CO GIRL-ONCAM

THE SEARCH FOR A MISSING 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN COLORADO MAY HAVE COME TO A TRAGIC END.

POLICE SAY THEY'VE FOUND A BODY NOT MORE THAN 7-MILES FROM THE LITTLE GIRL'S HOME.

MULTIPLE MEDIA SOURCES INCLUDING U-S-A TODAY ARE REPORTING IT COULD BE ANOTHER DAY BEFORE THE BODY IS IDENTIFIED BECAUSE IT'S NOT INTACT.

MISSING CO GIRL-PKG

SCRIPT:

POLICE WORKED THROUGH THE NIGHT.EVENTUALLY ADMITTING TO THE COMMUNITY OF

WESTMINSTER, COLORADO, WHAT THEY DID NOT WANT TO HEAR.

NATS - TREVOR MATERASSO / WESTMINSTER POLICE DEPARTMENT /

"This afternoon a body was discovered"

TWO LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES TOLD ABC NEWS THAT INVESTIGATORS HAVE REASONS TO

BELIEVE IT IS THE BODY OF MISSING 10 YEAR OLD.JESSICA RIDGEWAY. THE GIRL

DISAPPEARED ON HER WAY TO SCHOOL LAST FRIDAY. AUTHORITIES ARE STILL AWAITING

A POSITIVE I-D, WHICH THEY SAID COULD TAKE AWHILE. THE YOUNG GIRL'S BODY

WAS EVENTUALLY REMOVED.SEVEN MILES FROM JESSICA'S HOME. ON SUNDAY POLICE

WERE ABLE TO FIND HER BACKPACK AND A WATER BOTTLE.

THE DISCOVERY COMES SHORTLY AFTER POLICE SAID THEY WERE CONFIDENT HER

PARENTS WERE NOT SUSPECTS.

"You don't want any, any parentany parent to ever experience in their whole

entire life."

HER FATHER LIVES OUT OF STATE AND IS IN A CUSTODY BATTLE WITH HER MOTHER.

POLICE SAY THEY STILL DON'T HAVE ANY SUSPECTS.

"The focus shifts to an unknown suspect as we think that she was abducted."

THE FBI IS INVESTIGATING WHETHER THERE WAS A POSSIBLE CONNECTION BETWEEN

RIDGEWAY'S CASE AND THE KIDNAPPING OF AN 11 YEAR OLD GIRL IN WYOMING, MONDAY

. THAT GIRL WAS LURED INTO A CAR BY A MAN ASKING TO HELP FIND HIS PUPPY.

MISSING CO GIRL-ONCAM

REENA NINAN REPORTING.

THAT WYOMING TOWN, CODY, IS 500 MILES FROM WHERE JESSICA RIDGEWAY DISAPPEARED.

WHILE IT'S NOT CLEAR IF THERE'S A CONNECTION--

LT. GOVERNOR INVESTIGATION-VO-OC

PROSECUTORS WANT TO QUESTION A NEWSPAPER REPORTER OVER A CRIMINAL CASE

INVOLVING A FORMER AIDE TO LIUETINENT GOVERNOR JENNIFER CARROLL.

CARLETHA COLE FACES CHARGES OF SECRETLY TAPING A CONVERSATION WITH CARROLL'S CHIEF OF STAFF.

TODAY A FLORIDA TIMES-UNION REPORTER WAS SUBPEONED TO TESTIFY ABOUT THE SECRET RECORDING - WHICH REPORTEDLY CAPTURES CARROLL IN "A SEXUALLY COMPROMISING POSITION WITH A FEMALE AIDE.

PROSECUTORS BELIEVE THE REPORTERS TESTIMONY WOULD VIOLATE STATE LAW - PROTECTING THEM.

BODY IN CONCRETE CHARGES-VO WIPE

TWIN BROTHERS ARE CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER A BODY BELIEVED TO BE A MISSING NORTH FLORIDA MAN WAS FOUND BURIED IN CONCRETE.

ACTING ON A TIP FROM PENSACOLA POLICE, OFFICERS IN WINDER GEORGIA SHOWED UP AT THE HOME OF WILLIAM AND CHRISTOPHER CORMIER.

THEY SOON DISCOVERED THE BODY.

THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE RULED THE MAN DIED FROM BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA.

INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING TO CONFIRM THE IF THE MAN IS SEAN DUGAS --

BODY IN CONCRETE CHARGES-SOT VO

The medical examiner was also able to establish a time of death of being approximately one month ago which matches up with the time frame that mr. Dugas was pronounced missing

BEAT DOWN ON TAPE-VO

A VICIOUS STREET FIGHT INVOLVING A BASEBALL BAT IS CAUGHT ON TAPE --

NOW INVESTIGATORS ARE HOPING SOMEONE WILL RECOGNIZE THE PEOPLE IN THE VIDEO.

IT HAPPENED IN AUGUST IN DAYTON, OHIO.

YOU CAN SEE THE SUSPECT BEATING THE VICTIM SEVERAL TIMES WITH A BASEBALL BAT - EVENTUALLY KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND UNCONSCIOUS.

SINCE THE FIGHT HAPPENED, THE VICTIM HAS MADE A FULL RECOVERY,

FITNESS PROSTITUTION SCANDAL-VO WIPE

A SMALL TOWN IN MAINE IS ROCKED BY AN APPARENT PROSTITUTION SCANDAL.

A FITNESS INSTRUCTOR IS ACCUSED OF RUNNING A BROTHEL OUT OF HER STUDIO AND SECRETLY TAPING THE ENCOUNTERS.

ALEXIS WRIGHT PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO 106 COUNTS OF PROSTITUTION THIS WEEK.

POLICE BEGAN INVESTIGATING HER AFTER PEOPLE TOLD THEM THEY WOULD SEE MEN GOING IN AND OUT OF FITNESS STUDIO AT ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT.

FITNESS PROSTITUTION SCANDAL-SOT VO

Sarah Churchill, Lawyer for Alexis Wright: "the fact of the matter is rumors around town um are not evidence of criminal activity. And frankly moaning and groaning of consensual sexual activity between adults isn't in and of itself criminal. 11

WRIGHT'S LAWYER SAYS SHE IS MARRIED AND HAS A YOUNG SON WHO IS STILL IN HER CUSTODY.

RIGHT NOW INVESTIGATORS ARE CONTINUING TO INTERVIEW THE ALLEGED JOHNS.

SANDUSKY PENSION FORFEITED-VO

AFTER LOSING HIS FREEDOM -- CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER JERRY SANDUSKY

IS ALSO LOSING HIS UNIVERSITY PENSION.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

ONE RULE STATES A MEMBER FORFEITS HIS OR HER PENSION IF CONVICTED OF CERTAIN CRIMES.

SANDUSKY WAS FOUND GUILTY OF SEXUALLY MOLESTING 10-BOYS BOTH BEFORE

AND AFTER HIS RETIREMENT IN 1999.

MENINGITIS LATEST-VO

A SECOND DEATH IN FLORIDA HAS BEEN REPORTED IN A NATIONWIDE

MENINGITIS OUTBREAK.

THE LATEST VICTIM WAS AN 83 YEAR OLD MAN IN MARION COUNTY.

ACCORDING TO THE C-D-C TODAY, 14 PEOPLE HAVE NOW DIED AND 170 OTHERS HAVE DEVELOPED A RARE FUNGAL MENINGITIS LINKED TO CONTAMINATED STEROID INJECTIONS.

PANDA CUB DEATH CAUSE-VO

A LIVER PROBLEM IS BEING BLAMED FOR THE DEATH OF A BABY PANDA CUB AT THE NATIONAL ZOO.

AT A NEWS CONFERENCE THIS MORNING, DOCTORS SAID THE CUB'S LUNGS WERE ALSO UNDERDEVELOPED AND LIKELY DIDN'T PROVIDE ENOUGH OXYGEN TO THE LIVER.

THE 6-DAY OLD CUB DIED LAST MONTH.

HEALTHCAST OPEN-CLIP

HEALTH MATTERS-ONCAM

TURNING TO HIGH TECH IMAGES FOR FASTER DIAGNOSIS.

A NEW HIGH SPEED SCANNER CAN SCAN THE WHOLE BODY IN SECONDS AND PROVIDE SHARP 3-D IMAGES OF ANY ORGAN.

GULF COAST MEDICAL CENTER IN LEE COUNTY IS WELCOMING THE NEW TECHNOLOGY.

HEALTH MATTERS-PKG

FASTER IS BETTER WHEN IT COMES TO EMERGENCY MEDICINE. AT GULFCOAST MEDICAL CENTER, THIS HIGH TECH IMAGER IS HELPING DOCTORS SCAN FOR STROKES IN LESS TIME THAN IT TOOK FOR ME TO SAY THIS PARAGRAPH.

DR. WILLIAM HEARN/RADIOLOGIST

RUNS:

4:46 To actually get the information is probably less than 10 seconds. However, the post processing portion of it can take a couple minutes because there's human hands involved.

WITH STROKE IN PARTICULAR, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. victims must get clot-busting drugs within three hours OF FIRST SYMPTOMS to stand the best chance of a full recovery.

DR. WILLIAM HEARN/RADIOLOGIST

RUNS:

:56 With this type of system we can actually see where there is abnormal profusion into the brain and, therefore, a neural interventionalist could actually go in with a catheter and break up some of those clots with special clot-busting drugs.

AMY OSHIER/REPORTING

RUNS:

It's not just speed, but accuracy that sets this scanner apart. A 128-slice scanner, it images in rapid succession- in this case of 128 slices. The higher the number, the more detailed the information.

DR. WILLIAM HEARN/RADIOLOGIST

RUNS:

2:34 The computers can use that information and reconstruct virtually any anatomic structure, and allow us to look at it in 3D views, rotating it from side to side or even end over end.

DR. CORY DUFFEK/RADIOLOGIST

RUNS:

4:25 We can then take it one step farther and identify which blood vessel is occluded causing the stroke. We can also image the patient's physiology using this and watch the blood flow into the brain.

CHANGING THE FACE OF DIAGNOSIS WITH IMAGES LIKE THESE.

Dr. William Hearn CT 3D Scanner Demo

:01 The image is actually rotating. So we can see not only the main vessel and any abnormality of those, but also many of the branch vessels.

IMPULSE BUYS OBESITY-VO

STRAYING FROM YOUR GROCERY LIST COULD TRANSLATE TO EXCESS WEIGHT GAIN.

A RECENT SURVEY FOUND NINE OUT OF TEN SHOPPERS MAKE IMPULSE PURCHASES WHILE AT THE GROCERY STORE. WHICH IS WHY MARKETERS PUT ALL THOSE YUMMY TREATS AT THE CHECKOUT COUNTER.

THE SURVEY REVEALED THE AVERAGE AMERICAN WOMAN EATS OVER 14-THOUSAND CALORIES A YEAR IN IMPULSE PURCHASES ALONE.

NOT YOUR DAUGHTERS JEANS-VO WIPE

FOR MANY WOMEN, FINDING A PAIR OF JEANS THAT FIT JUST RIGHT ISN'T AN EASY TASK.

NOW ONE DENIM COMPANY WANTS TO CHANGE THAT WHILE HELPING A GREAT CAUSE AT THE SAME TIME.

JUST GO TO ANY DILLARD'S LOCATION IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THIS WEEK,

AND TRY ON A PAIR OF "NOT YOUR DAUGHTER'S JEANS".

NOT YOUR DAUGHTERS JEANS-SOTVO BNR

"75 percent of all money raised stays here in our community to help people, men and women in need."

NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY.

THE MONEY GOES DIRECTLY TO THE LOCAL BRANCH.

TO CHECK OUT MORE BREAST CANCER AWARENESS EVENTS,

BALLOON TURTLE ADOPTED-VOTOPS

REMEMBER THIS LITTLE GUY?

AFTER THIS VIDEO OF A TURTLE TAPED TO BALLOONS AND THEN TANGLED IN A TREE WENT VIRAL-- THE ANIMAL HAS A NEW HOME.

SOMEONE IS ADOPTING THE TURTLE. NOW NAMED THOMAS.

TEASE FIVE-ONCAM

PLUCKED AND PULLED BEYOND REPAIR? PERHAPS NOT.

A NEW PROCEDURE THAT'S SURE TO RAISE SOME EYEBROWS

IS HELPING BOOST WOMENS' CONFIDENCE.

ONE FINAL TRIP FOR SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR.

A) eye brow transplant-VO

B) endeavour final trip-VOTOPS

C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

ALL NEW AHEAD AT 5:00-CLIP

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP

FORECAST-WXWALL

Now that we're headed into mid October, we'll start to see some slight changes to our weather pattern signaling a hint of fall across Southwest Florida.

Well it's official! We hit an overnight lows of 69° at Page Field this morning. The last time we had a morning low in the 60s was back on May 22nd. Drier air in the mid and upper levels of the atmosphere will keep our weather stable through the afternoon, with mainly dry conditions and plenty of sun.

Daytime highs will run in the upper 80s to near 90°, but lower humidity will keep our afternoon a bit more comfortable with a northeasterly breeze. Tonight, clear skies are in store with cooler overnight lows as temperatures drop into the upper 60s with a few mid 60s across our inland cool spots.

Sunny weather will prevail as we round out the work week as an area of cool and dry high pressure scoots to our north and east. This will keep our days sunny and warm, while our nights stay slightly cooler and more comfy.

Through the weekend, our highs will climb into the upper 80s to near 90° under mostly to partly sunny skies. By the start of next week, we'll start to increase the moisture just a bit with the chance for a few isolated showers.

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

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EYE BROW TRANSPLANT-ONCAM

THIN IS NO LONGER IN --

AT LEAST WHEN IT COMES TO EYEBROWS.

BUT SOME WOMEN WHO'VE BEEN PLUCKING FOR YEARS JUST CAN'T SEEM TO GROW THEM BACK IN.

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THE ANGLE, THE ARCH, THE ATTITUDE. IF YOUR EYES ARE THE WINDOW TO YOUR

SOUL, THEN YOUR EYEBROWS ARE THE FRAME!

PEOPLE STILL LOVE BROOKE SHIELDS' GORGEOUS EYEBROWS. AND KIM KARDASHIAN'S

BROWS HAVE ALMOST DEVELOPED A CULT FOLLOWING. IF YOU DON'T LIKE YOURS, IT CAN BE DOWNRIGHT DEPRESSING.

"It's a little embarrassing and it affects my self-esteem."

FOR 10 YEARS, PAMELA PENROSE WATCHED AS BALD SPOTS APPEARED IN HER EYEBROWS.

"Brooke Shields has a sophisticated look and that's what I'm looking

for."

PAMELA TURNED TO DR. SANUSI UMAR FOR AN EYEBROW TRANSPLANT. THE PROCEDURE EXISTED BEFORE, BUT DOCTORS USED TO USE HEAD HAIRS.

"I can spot it from a distance, a mile away."

SO DR. UMAR PIONEERED A WAY TO HARVEST HAIR FROM A WOMAN'S ARMS, LEGS, OR NAPE OF THE NECK INSTEAD.

IT'S PAINSTAKING WORK, DONE ONE HAIR AT A TIME. THE TRANSPLANT TAKES 2 AND A HALF HOURS IN ALL.

AFTER THREE WEEKS, WE GO BACK TO SEE PAMELA.

SHANNON MORRISON ONCE HAD THIN, SPARSE BROWS. AFTER HER TRANSPLANT - YOU CAN

SEE THE OUTLINE OF HER SOON-TO-BE THICKER BROWS.

SARAH TIROSH HAD HER TRANSPLANT 5 MONTHS AGO. SHE WAS SO

FRUSTRATED WITH HER EYEBROWS, THAT SHE RESORTED TO PAINFUL TATTOOING TO GET

A DRAMATIC BROW.

"Now my face looks even and normal I am absolutely happy 100%.

HERE'S SARAH BEFORE THE PROCEDURE. EVEN WITH THE TATTOOS, YOU CAN SEE HOW

FEW HAIRS SHE HAD. THIS IS SARAH TODAY - THE AWKWARD INITIAL HAIRS THAT WERE

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WITH MUCH FANFARE AND A HUGE CROWD OF ONLOOKERS EXPECTED --

THE SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR IS ABOUT TO START ITS TWO-DAY

PARADE THROUGH THE STREETS OF LOS ANGELES.

TOMORROW MORNING -- ENDEAVOUR WILL START ITS TWELVE MILE STROLL THROUGH THE STREETS OF L-A.

IT'S HEADED TO ITS NEW PERMANENT HOME AT THE CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER.

ENDEAVOUR WILL PASS BY RANDY'S DONUT SHOP, A 35 YEAR INSTITUTION THERE.

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"That's great. And they look just like space shuttles, well, kind of like a space shuttle."

"Actually it should because it came from a space shuttle mold. But its pretty neat isn't it?"

THE EVENT ISN'T WITHOUT CONTROVERSY.

SOME WERE UPSET THAT MANY HUNDREDS OF TREES HAD TO BE CUT DOWN TO ALLOW THE SHUTTLE TO PASS THROUGH.

SARAH BRIGHTMAN SPACE-VO

THERE HAVE BEEN TEACHERS IN SPACE, DOCTORS IN SPACE --

NOW, A SOPRANO WILL HEAD TO SPACE.

SINGER SARAH BRIGHTMAN HAS BOOKED A TRIP TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AS A SPACE TOURIST.

BRIGHTMAN ROCKETED TO FAME AS THE HEROINE OF THE PHANTOM OF OPERA.

ROBIN ROBERTS RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL-VO

A MAJOR MILESTONE FOR "GOOD MORNING AMERICA" ANCHOR ROBIN ROBERTS ON HER ROAD TO RECOVERY.

SHE IS BACK AT HOME AFTER SHE WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL.

SHE HAS BEEN ON EXTENDED MEDICAL LEAVE SINCE AUGUST WHILE SHE GETS TREATMENT FOR M-D-S, A RARE BLOOD DISORDER

THAT AFFECTS THE BONE MARROW.

TEASE SIX-2SHOT

YOU MAY BE WALKING ALONE --

BUT WITH "B SAFE'S" NEW SMARTPHONE APP --

YOU'LL NEVER BE ALONE AGAIN.

THE APPLICATION EVERY FEMALE SHOULD HAVE.

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DO YOU EVER GET NERVOUS WALKING ALONE AT NIGHT?

THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT!

IT'S LIKE A DIGITAL SAFETY ESCORT TO HELP MAKE SURE YOU MAKE IT SAFELY TO WHEREVER YOU'RE GOING.

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24-YEAR-OLD MICHELLE SENS IS CHECKING OUT HER NEWEST APP - B SAFE. IT'S A VIRTUAL PANIC BUTTON THAT'S AIM IS TO SAVE LIVES.

IT'S SOMETHING VIVIAN WENTZEL DOESN'T HAVE, BUT IS PLANNING TO DOWNLOAD.

"I think it is great. It's dangerous sometimes to walk to your car because sometimes you have someone walking behind you, so you wish somebody would call, or you could call somebody but you don't want to make it to obvious."

"You may literally be walking by yourself, but with B Safe, you will never walk alone. That's the apps slogan and it's making people feel safe and secure."

"It's definitely important especially as a single woman going out with a man or something. I think it's very important."

B SAFE CAN NOTIFY ANYONE YOU WANT, TELL THEM WHERE YOU ARE, AND THAT YOU NEED HELP. YOU JUST SELECT THESE CONTACTS AS WHAT ARE CALLED "GUARDIANS."

B SAFE HAS 'REAL TIME TRACKING' SO ONE OF YOUR 'GUARDIANS' CAN MONITOR YOU AS YOU WALK HOME BY YOURSELF AT NIGHT. MICHELLE THINKS IT'S A GOOD IDEA, BUT SAYS SHE CAN DO WITHOUT IT.

"Why don't I just call someone and talk to them as I'm walking?"

B SAFE ALSO HAS A GPS NAVIGATION THAT CAN HELP YOU IF YOU'RE LOST, AND IT CAN EVEN MAKE A FAKE CALL FOR YOU. THE SOUND OF AN INCOMING CALL COULD BE ENOUGH TO SCARE AN ATTACKER AWAY. OR MAYBE EVEN GET YOU OUT OF A BAD DATE. AND THAT'S SOMETHING MICHELLE SAYS SHE WOULD DEFINITELY USE.

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CHRISTINE HERNANDEZ REPORTING.

THE APP HAS BOTH A FREE AND PREMIUM VERSION--

WHICH COSTS A DOLLAR-99 PER MONTH OR 14 -99 PER YEAR - WHICH INCLUDES REAL-TIME POSITION TRACKING AND

A TIMER MODE WITH AUTOMATIC ALARM ACTIVATION.

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EVER HEARD OF "FLOHVA?"

IT'S THE NEW CATCH PHRASE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN -- AND IT PUTS FLORIDA FRONT AND CENTER IN THE OUTCOME.

PLUS GAS PRICES SPIKE AGAIN -- AND NBC2 WORKS TO FIND OUT WHY.

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