NEWS AT 11:00am OPEN-CLIP

RADAR LOOK-RADAR 2 SHOT

NBC2 IS TRACKING RAIN ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

YOU'RE TAKING A LOOK AT OUR LIVE RADAR SHOWING SHOWERS CREEPING INTO OUR AREA.

BUT WILL THE SHOWERS BECOME HEAVIER?

FIRST WX-WX CTR

More sunshine, less rain"

More clouds than sunshine dominated our skies yesterday, and Thursday will bring some changes to our weather pattern.

The upper level disturbance responsible for the mostly cloudy skies and scattered downpours continues to move out this morning. We'll start the day with a few patchy clouds and even some areas of fog, especially for those that saw the rain yesterday evening.

As that moisture pushes eastbound, some drier air in the mid and upper levels of the atmosphere will sink its way across the peninsula. This means more sunshine is in store for today, and as a result temperatures will get a boost back into the upper 80s. With some residual moisture, we can't rule out a couple of isolated showers, however the vast majority of Southwest Florida should stay dry.

Tonight, clearing skies will prevail and lows will dip into the low 70s with a few upper 60s north and inland.

RYAN EVENT-2 SHOT TRX

HAPPENING TODAY.REPUBLICANS ARE RALLYING SUPPORT IN THE LARGEST SWING STATE AND FOCUSING THEIR ATTENTION ON SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

VICE PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL PAUL RYAN WILL HOLD A RALLY IN LEE COUNTY.

RIGHT NOW BIG PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY TO MAKESURE IT GOES OFF SMOOTHLY.

RYAN EVENT-REM LIVE

THE STAGE IS SET, WE'VE SEEN SECRET SERVICE ROAMING THE AREA, KEEPING SOME VERY TIGHT SECURITY.

WE'RE EXPECTING A VERY LARGE CROWD TO FILL THIS AREA UP THIS EVENING.

RYAN EVENT-SS VO

LETS TAKE A LOOK AT THIS MAP.

A PORTION OF PLANTATION ROAD WILL BE CLOSED, THAT'S FROM SIX MILE CHARTER ACADEMY TO SIX MILE CYPRESS.

AND THE CROWDS MAY CAUSE SOME TRAFFIC ISSUES ON SIX MILE CYPRESS AS WELL.

RYAN EVENT-SOT

RYAN EVENT-REM LIVE

THE GATES OPEN AT 4:00 THIS AFTERNOON.

THE EVENT WONT START UNTIL 7:15.

IF YOU'RE COMING, YOU NEED TO GET A TICKET, NONE WILL BE GIVEN OUT HERE.

WE'RE TOLD THERE ARE STILL TICKETS AVAILABLE.

YOU CAN GET THEM ONLINE AND IN PERSON.

NAPLES FUNDRAISER-ONCAM

BUT BEFORE PAUL RYAN STOPS IN LEE COUNTY.YOU MAY SEE MORE SECURITY AND TRAFFIC CLOSURES IN COLLIER COUNTY.

HE'S HOLDING A FUNDRAISER AT THE OLD COLLIER GOLF CLUB IN NORTH NAPLES.

HE'S EXPECTED TO BE THERE FROM FIVE UNTIL 6:30 THIS AFTERNOON.

BIDEN IN FL TOMORROW-ONCAM

VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS HOSTING RALLY IN LAS VEGAS TODAY.

GALLUP POLL TODAY-2 SS

TWO POLLS SHOW THE RACE FOR PRESIDENT IS STILL VERY CLOSE NATIONWIDE.

THE LATEST GALLUP POLL SHOWS MITT ROMNEY LEADING PRESIDENT OBAMA 50 TO 46 PERCENT.

ACCORDING TO THE NEWEST RASMUSSEN POLL, MITT ROMNEY HOLDS A ONE POINT LEAD OVER THE PRESIDENT WITH TWO PERCENT OF VOTERS CLAIM THEY'RE UNDECIDED.

FL SENATE DEBATE-OC 2 SOTS VO

FLORIDA VOTERS ARE MULLING OVER THE PERFORMANCE OF THE DEBATE BETWEEN CONNIE MACK AND BILL NELSON.

Connie Mack:00:48:14 "They want you to look them in the eye and tell 'em what you're going to do for them instead of what you're going to do for Barack Obama."

"Is that the only line that you have memorized!"

THE TWO MEN TOOK TO THE STAGE IN DAVIE, JUST OUTSIDE OF MIAMI LAST NIGHT.

IT WAS AN EVENT YOU ONLY SAW HERE ON NBC2 LIVE.

FL SENATE DEBATE-2 SOTS VO

"Because of your vote, they're going to lose their Medicare Advantage."

SOT Bill Nelson

:00:31:00

"i'm not going to let you get away with this."

SOT :00:31:03

"$716 billion was in fact savings that extended the life of Medicare."

TERROR PLOT ARREST-2 SHOT TRX

A TERROR SCARE IN THE BIG APPLE.

A 21 YEAR OLD MAN FROM BANGLADESH IS ARRESTED IN AN F-B-I STING OPERATION.

HE'S ACCUSED OF TRYING TO LEVEL THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK WITH A THOUSAND POUNDS OF

EXPLOSIVES.

TERROR PLOT ARREST-PKG

The target: New York's financial DISTRICT--just off WALLSTREET. The mission:

to blow up a FEDERAL RESERVE building just as people came to work during

rush hour.

The FBI says Quazi Mohammad Ahsan Nafis was planning to kill HUNDREDS as he

parked a van that he thought was full of ONE THOUSAND pounds of explosives.

They said he got out of the VAN, walked a short distance away to this hotel

and dialed a cellphone number he thought would detonate the car bomb.

But the bomb was a fake. It was a sting and the FBI put him in handcuffs.

KELLY SOT: He gets a student visa under the pretext of being a student in a

college in Missouri. And he comes here with again the avowed purpose of

committing some kind of Jihad here in the United States.

Ahsan Nafis, 21, had arrived to the u.s. from Bangladesh last January. The

FBI sent an undercover operative to meet Ahsan Nafis after he allegedly

began posting comments on radical sites on the internet. He claimed to be Al

Qaeda.

The FBI claims he quickly made clear that he wanted to conduct an attack---

even doing surveillance on the NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

TERROR PLOT ARREST-ONCAM

PIERRE THOMAS REPORTING.

NEWSWEEK IS DONE-TRX 2 SS

BRAND NEW AT ELEVEN.

NEWSWEEK PLANS TO END ITS PRINT PUBLICATION AFTER 80 YEARS.

THE COMPANY SAYS IT WILL SHIFT TO AN ONLINE-ONLY FORMAT STARTING IN EARLY 2013.

JOB CUTS ARE EXPECTED.

NEWSWEEK'S LAST U.S. PRINT EDITION WILL BE ITS DECEMBER 31ST ISSUE.

LEE SAR OPENS-VO WIPE

A NEW FACILITY BRINGING NEW JOBS TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA OPENS ITS DOORS TODAY IN FORT MYERS.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE LEE-SAR REGIONAL SERVICE CENTER.

THE NONPROFIT FACILITY IS LOCATED ON WINKLER AVENUE IN FORT MYERS.

ONLY NBC-2 GOT A FIRST LOOK AT THE 40-MILLION DOLLAR FACILITY PROVIDES SERVICES LIKE INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION, FOOD PREPARATION, MEDICAL COMPOUNDING AND SUPPLY DISTRIBUTION TO LEE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEMS FIVE HOSPITALS ALL AT A LOW COST.

LEE SAR OPENS-SOT VO

"We started 10 years ago with 34 jobs, today we have about 320 and we'll be adding to that as we add extra shifts to do more work. We've added over 100 people since this facility opened shop here."

THE FACILITY ALSO BIG ON BUYING LOCAL.

METRO EXPANSION-TRX SS

A TRAFFIC ALERT FOR PEOPLE DRIVING IN LEE COUNTY THIS WEEKEND.

A BIG ROAD PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE OPEN TO TRAFFIC.

THE CONTRACTOR EXPECTS TO OPEN THE NEW SIX-LANE METRO PARKWAY FROM SIX MILE CYPRESS PARKWAY TO US 41 TO TRAFFIC AT FIVE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

NY STOCK EXCHANGE OPEN-TRX SAT LIVE

Oil futures have been the big mover this morning

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

GREKOS HEARING-VO OC

DAMAGING TESTIMONY AGAINST A BONITA SPRINGS DOCTOR ACCUSED OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE.

DAY THREE OF DOCTOR ZANNOS GREKOS' HEARING IS UNDERWAY.

HIS LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED AFTER TWO OF HIS PATIENTS DIED FOLLOWING A CONTROVERSIAL STEM CELL PROCEDURE.

A CARDIOLOGIST IS TESTIFYING FOR THE STATE RIGHT NOW.

HE SAYS THE PROCEDURE SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN DONE.

BOY SCOUT FILES-VO

CONFIDENTIAL FILES KEPT BY THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ON MEN THEY SUSPECTED OF CHILD SEX ABUSE ARE BEING RELEASED TODAY AFTER A TWO-YEAR-LONG COURT BATTLE.

THE COURT-ORDERED RELEASE OF THE SO-CALLED PERVERSION FILES FROM 1965 TO 1985 HAS PROMPTED THE ORGANIZATION TO PLEDGE THAT THEY WILL GO BACK INTO THE FILES AND REPORT ANY OFFENDERS WHO MAY HAVE NOT BEEN REPORTED TO THE POLICE WHEN ALLEGED ABUSE TOOK PLACE.

KILLER SENTENCED-SS

GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT IS RESCHEDULING THE EXECUTION OF A MASS KILLER.

JOHN FERGUSON IS SCHEDULED TO DIE TUESDAY AFTER HE LOST ANOTHER APPEAL TO THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT.

THE 64-YEAR-OLD DEATH ROW INMATE WAS CONVICTED OF KILLING EIGHT PEOPLE IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

SIX VICTIMS DIED IN A DRUG RELATED, EXECUTION-STYLE MASS KILLING IN CAROL CITY IN 1977.

CONCEAL CARRY FGCU-VO

A GROUP OF STUDENTS AT FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY WANTS TO CARRY GUNS ON CAMPUS AND THEY'RE TAKING THE FIGHT TO THE STATE.

THE GROUP--"EAGLES FOR CONCEALED CARRY"--FORMED A FEW MONTHS AGO.

THEY MET FOR THE FIRST TIME YESTERDAY.

THEY WANT TO CHANGE UNIVERSITY POLICIES AND STATE LAW REGARDING CONCEALED CARRY RIGHTS.

CONCEAL CARRY FGCU-SOTVO

IT IS ILLEGAL TO CARRY ON ANY SCHOOL CAMPUS.

BULLET TAX-SS

IS IT CONSTITUTIONAL?

A CHICAGO LAWMAKER WANTS TO TAX THE SALE OF EVERY BULLET AND FIREARM.

COOK COUNTY BOARD PRESIDENT TONI PRECKWINKLE WILL SUBMIT THE PLAN TODAY.

SHE'S CALLING FOR A TAX OF A NICKEL FOR EACH BULLET AND 25 DOLLARS FOR EACH FIREARM SOLD.

STUDENT LOANS-VO

STUDENT LOAN DEBT AMONG COLLEGE SENIORS HAS HIT A RECORD HIGH.

LAST YEAR, THE AVERAGE COLLEGE STUDENT GRADUATED WITH NEARLY 27-THOUSAND-DOLLARS IN OUTSANDING LOANS.

THAT'S UP FIVE PERCENT FROM 20-10.

THE INSTITUTE FOR COLLEGE ACCESS AND SUCCESS PROJECT BLAMES RISING TUITION AND A TOUGH JOB MARKET FOR THE BUMP IN STUDENT LOAN DEBT AMONG NEW GRADUATES.

DISNEY CHANGES-ONCAM

CHANGES ARE COMING TO DISNEY WORLD.

THE COMPANY IS ANNOUNCING A NEW PROGRAM FOR 2013 IN WHICH GUESTS WILL ENCOUNTER SURPRISE WEEKLY THEMES AT DISNEY PARKS IN ORLANDO AND CALIFORNIA.

SOME OF THE CHANGES INCLUDE, A WEEKLONG VALENTINE'S DAY CELEBRATION THAT WILL INCLUDE PINK LIGHTING ON DISNEY CASTLES, SURPRISE MEET-AND-GREETS WITH DISNEY CHARACTERS AND CANDLELIT DINNERS FOR LOVEBIRDS.

TEASE ONE-------

KIDS AT ONE FLORIDA RESTARANT GOT SOMETHING THAT WAS DEFINITELY NOT ON THE MENU.

"That's totally unacceptable and insane. I'm shocked. I can't believe that."

TWO PEOPLE ARE ACCUSED OF HAVING SEX AS CHILDREN DINE.

WHY POLICE ARRESTED THEM FOR ANOTHER CRIME.

A) RESTARANT ARREST-2 SHOT SOT VO

B) CABBIE ATTACK-VOTOPS

CA METEOR SHOWER-VO TOPS

CHECK THIS OUT, A METEOR SHOWER LIGHTS UP SKIES IN CALIFORNIA.

WITNESSES REPORT SEEING A BRIGHT FIREBALL STREAKING ACROSS THE SKY.

THIS VIDEO WAS CAPTURED BY A TELESCOPE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EAST OF SAN JOSE.

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP

FIRST ALERT 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.

"More sunshine, less rain"

More clouds than sunshine dominated our skies yesterday, and Thursday will bring some changes to our weather pattern.

The upper level disturbance responsible for the mostly cloudy skies and scattered downpours continues to move out this morning. We'll start the day with a few patchy clouds and even some areas of fog, especially for those that saw the rain yesterday evening.

As that moisture pushes eastbound, some drier air in the mid and upper levels of the atmosphere will sink its way across the peninsula. This means more sunshine is in store for today, and as a result temperatures will get a boost back into the upper 80s. With some residual moisture, we can't rule out a couple of isolated showers, however the vast majority of Southwest Florida should stay dry.

Tonight, clearing skies will prevail and lows will dip into the low 70s with a few upper 60s north and inland.

RESTARANT ARREST-INTRO

IT'S A SHOCKING STORY THAT'S MAKING NATIONAL HEADLINES.

A CENTRAL FLORIDA COUPLE IS ACCUSED OF HAVING SEX ON A RESTAURANT TABLE -- IN FULL VIEW OF PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THE COUPLE THEN REFUSED TO LEAVE -- FORCING POLICE TO GET INVOLVED.

RESTARANT ARREST-PKG

AS PEOPLE WALKED THEIR DOGS AND AS PARENTS ATE DINNER WITH THEIR KIDS, ORLANDO POLICE SAY 32-YEAR-OLD JEREMIE CALO AND HIS DATE WERE HAVING SEX IN PLAIN VIEW.

"What are you going to do? I mean, that's unreal."

PEOPLE IN BALDWIN PARK CAN'T BELIEVE ANYONE WOULD BE SO BOLD, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE POLICE REPORT SAYS THE COUPLE WAS HAVING SEX ON A TABLE IN VIEW OF MINOR CHILDREN. WE'RE TOLD PARENTS WITH KIDS WERE EATING ON THE PATIO AS THE COUPLE STARTED MAKING OUT, THEN THINGS GOT HEAVY.

"That's ridiculous that they would do that out in public and also in front of kids."

"That's totally unacceptable and insane. I'm shocked. I can't believe that."

AS JACKIE KELVINGTON WATCHES HER DAUGHTER AT GYMNASTICS ACROSS THE STREET, SHE WONDERS HOW THE PARENTS AT PADDY MURPHY'S DEALT WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON JUST A FEW FEET AWAY.

"I would absolutely yank my kids, pull them away from that situation and hope that they didn't see too much I guess."

RESTARANT ARREST-ONCAM

SHAUN CHAIYABHAT REPORTING.

WHEN POLICE ARRIVED, THEY ARRESTED CALO FOR FIGHTING WITH THE MANAGER AND REFUSING TO PAY THE 100-DOLLAR BILL.

CABBIE ATTACK-VOTOPS

NEW SHOCKING VIDEO OUT OF NEW YORK TO SHOW YOU.

A CAB DRIVER HAS HIS TAXI LICENSE TAKEN AWAY BECAUSE OF THIS.

THE VIDEO SHOWS THE CABBIE THROWING A PASSENGER OUT OF HIS TAXI AND INTO THE STREET.

THE PERSON WAS DRUNK AND APPARENTLY THREW UP IN THE BACK OF THE CAB.

TRUCK CHASE-TRX VO TOPS

AND MUST SEE VIDEO FROM MISSOURI. POLICE CHASING DOWN A SEMI TRUCK AS IT BARRELS DOWN THE WRONG WAY.

OFFICERS ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE MAN OVER AFTER CATCHING HIM DRIVING ERRATICALLY.

BUT WHEN THEY DID,HE TOOK OFF.

HE EVENTUALLY FLIPPED THE BIG RIG AND RAN INTO THE WOODS.

COURT CHASE-TRX VO TOPS

CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO.

A 25-YEAR-OLD MAN.THAT'S HIM IN THE PURPLE SHIRT. REFUSED TO SIGN HIS PAPERWORK IN A TAMPA COURT CASE.

THEN HE TAKES OFF RUNNING THROUGH THE COURTHOUSE.

BAILIFFS AND TWO TAMPA POLICE OFFICERS GAVE CHASE.

HE WAS EVENTUALLY TACKLED.

THE MAN WAS ARRESTED AND JAILED WITHOUT BOND.

TROOPER DODGES CAR-TRX VO TOPS

AKE A LOOK A WASHINGTON STATE TROOPER COMING CLOSE TO GETTING RUN OVER BY AN OUT OF CONTROL CAR.

THE TROOPER WAS TRYING TO HELP A DRIVER WHO LOST CONTROL OF HER CAR AND SLID INTO A DITCH.

BUT AS HE WAS WALKING BACK TO HIS CRUISER ANOTHER CAR BARRELS OUT OF CONTROL MISSING HIM BY INCHES.

PLANE WHEELIE-TRX VO TOPS

IN THE CATEGORY OF:YOU WON'T BELIEVE YOUR EYES.

LOOK AT THE UNUSUAL POSITION OF THIS PRIVATE JET.

ITS LANDING GEAR WAS UP OFF THE GROUND, WITH ITS NOSE IN THE AIR!

TURNS OUT, THREE JET MECHANICS BOARDED THIS PRIVATE JET IN CALIFORNIA AND MOVED TO THE BACK OF THE PLANE.

THAT'S WHEN THE NOSE POPPED UP.

SOMEHOW, THEY CORRECTED THE PROBLEM AND ALL WAS WELL, WITH EVERYTHING

WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.

TEASE TWO-------

GOOD OR BAD THEY'RE FILLING THE AIRWAVES.

Nat swamp people - "Fresh fried alligator. don't get any fresher than that."

SO CALLED REDNECK REALITY SHOWS ARE BECOMING A RATINGS HIT ACROSS THE BOARD.

A) REDNECK REALITY-2 SHOT NATS VO

REDNECK REALITY-NATS TOPS VO IN PLASMA

Nats Honey Boo Boo - "you better red-neck-ignize."

THE BIG, NEW TREND ON T-V. REALITY SHOWS HAVE GONE REDNECK.

THE OUTRAGEOUS ANTICS OF THEIR STARS EXPLODING IN POPULARITY.

AND RAKING IN BIG RATINGS ALL OVER CABLE.

REDNECK REALITY-PKG

Nats

IN THE INCREASINGLY BIZARRE UNIVERSE KNOWN AS REALITY TV-- REDNECK IS 'RED

HOT.' CHANGE THE CHANNEL ANY GIVEN NIGHT AND YOU CAN GO FROM.

"HILLBILLY HANDFISHING"

Nats HillBilly Handfishin' - "I catch big ole catfish with nothing but my

barehands and feet'

TO "ROCKET CITY REDNECKS"

Nats Rocket City Rednecks - "We are in a damn submarine."

TO "SWAMP PEOPLE"

OH, AND SOMETIMES IT FEELS "HONEY BOO BOO" IS ON 24 HOURS A DAY---OR WE WISH

SHE WAS!

Nats Honey Boo Boo - "you better red-neck-ignize."

THESE LARGER-THAN-LIFE CHARACTERS ARE JUST TOO MUCH FOR REALITY SHOW

PRODUCERS TO PASS UP. T-V CRITICS SAY THEIR POPULARITY ALSO SAYS A LOT ABOUT

US!

SOT Linda Stasi / TV Critic, NY Post - "I think it has to do with the

economy because we used to look at shows with Housewives and false breasts

and false teeth and false everything to people with no teeth."

OF COURSE, NOT ALL OF THE SELF-DESCRIBED REDNECKS ARE DOWN ON THEIR LUCK. I

RECENTLY MET THE ROBERTSONS--- A LOUISIANA FAMILY WHO TURNED DUCK CALLS

INTO A MILLION DOLLAR EMPIRE---AND INTO A AND E'S HIT SHOW "DUCK DYNASTY."

Nats Duck Dynasty - "A new breed of millionaire, my family."

THE PREMIERE OF SEASON TWO'S 'DUCK DYNASTY' BROUGHT IN 3.8 MILLION VIEWERS.

HONEY BOO BOO GETS 2.4 MILLION VIEWERS A POP

AND THE HISTORY CHANNEL'S 'SWAMP PEOPLE AVERAGED 4.2 MILLION FOR ITS

THIRD SEASON.

SOT Linda Stasi / TV Critic, NY Post - "These numbers are very big for cable

and we are talking about shows that cost 15 cents make."

Nat swamp people - "Fresh fried alligator. don't get any fresher than that."

BUT WHILE AMERICA'S APPETITE FOR REDNECK REALITY SEEMS INSATIABLE.NOT

EVERYONE IS SO SURE IT'S A HEALTY DIET.

SOT Ted Ownby / Professor Southern Studies, Univ.of Miss. - "They represent

an exarragrated image of the lives of rural people that deal with their

hands."

BUT AS LONG AS REDNECKS KEEP BRINGING IN THE RATINGS. THEY'RE NOT GOING

TEASE THREE-----

ARE YEARLY CHECKUPS ACTUALLY SAVING YOUR LIFE?

SOME RESEARCHERS SAY NO.

WE'LL SHOW YOU WHY THEY SAY YOU'RE JUST AS LIKELY TO DIE WITHOUT VISITING A DOCTOR EACH YEAR.

nats of guys drinking

THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE PROTECTING AMERICANS.

BUT SOME SECURITY CONTRACTORS ARE APPARENTLY HAVING A GOOD TIME ON OUR DIME.

A) CHECKUP HEALTH-2 SHOT VO

B) DRUNK CONTRACT WORKERS-NATS VO

NEWS AT 11:30am OPEN-CLIP

CHECK UP HEALTH-2 SHOT

WE'VE ALL BEEN URGED TO GET A YEARLY CHECK-UP FROM OUR DOCTOR.

BUT NOW WE LEARN THAT MAY NOT HELP KEEP YOU HEALTHY AFTER ALL.

A NEW STUDY BY BRITISH RESEARCHERS IS CASTING A SHADOW OF DOUBT ON HOW

VALUABLE ANNUAL CHECK-UPS ARE.

CHECK UP HEALTH-PKG

WE'VE THOUGHT OF IT AS THE RIGHT WAY TO DO MEDICINE:

URGE EVERYONE TO GET AN ANNUAL CHECKUP, EVEN IF THEY FELT FINE.

BUT THE STUDY OUT TODAY, LOOKING AT MORE THAN 150,000 PEOPLE AT DIFFERENT

TIMES IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, MAY TAKE YOU OUT OF THAT WAITING ROOM.

COMPARING AVERAGE PEOPLE WHO GOT AN ANNUAL CHECKUP WITH PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T -

THERE WAS NO DIFFERENCE IN THE RISK OF DEATH FROM HEART DISEASE, OR IN

CANCER DEATHS -- NO DIFFERENCE IN THE RISK OF DEATH FROM ANY DISEASE.

ANNUAL PHYSICALS ALSO MEAN ANNUAL TESTING - BLOOD TESTS, FOR ONE.

$187 MILLION DOLLARS CHANGES HANDS EACH YEAR - FOR BLOOD TESTS DURING

PHYSICAL EXAMS - THAT YOU DON'T NEED.

PROBLEM IS: PATIENTS WANT TO GET POKED AND PRODDED - 90% EXPECT A PHYSICAL

EXAM OF EVERYTHING FROM REFLEXES TO HEARTBEAT. DOCTORS, TOO - 94% SAID AN

CHECK UP HEALTH-ONCAM

RICHARD BESSER REPORTING.

THE STUDY SHOWED THAT PATIENTS WHO RECEIVED ROUTINE HEALTH CHECKS WERE JUST AS LIKELY TO DIE OVER NINE YEARS COMPARED WITH THOSE WHO DIDN'T GET THEM.

DRUNK CONTRACTORS-OC NATS VO WIPE

A BRAND NEW INVESTIGATION SHOWS DRUNK PRIVATE SECURITY CONTRACTORS IN CHARGE OF PROTECTING AMERICANS OVER SEAS.

there you go alright as guy drinks from a glass

THESE ARE SOME OF THE MEN BEING PAID BY AMERICAN TAXPAYERS.

THE INVESTIGATION SHOWS THE SECURITY MANAGER WITH A 47 MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT TO TRAIN AFGHAN POLICE.

DRUNK CONTRACTORS-SOT VO

all indications from what i've been able to

read and see so far would indicate somebody missed something.

THE REVEALING VIDEO FOOTAGE WAS PROVIDED TO A-B-C NEWS BY TWO FORMER COMPANY EMPLOYEES.

SEVERE WX-VO

NEW AT ELEVEN.

PARTS OF THE SOUTH ARE CLEANING UP FOLLOWING SEVERE WEATHER.

GUSTING WINDS LEFT FOUR PEOPLE INJURED AS IT PUNCHED ACROSS A WIDE SWATH OF THE SOUTHEAST, DOWNING POWER LINES, TOPPLING TREES.

DNC COMES UP SHORT-VO

THE HOST COMMITTEE IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA CHARGED WITH RAISING MONEY FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION WAS 12 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS SHY OF ITS GOAL.

THE COMMITTEE WAS OBLIGATED TO COME UP WITH 36 MILLION TO COVER TEH COSTS, BUT IT WAS ONLY ABLE TO BRING IN 24 MILLION IN CONTRIBUTIONS.

TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE, THE COMMITTEE IS BORROWING MONEY FROM AN ENERGY COMPANY.

LARRY KING 3RD PARTY-VO

FORMER C-N-N TALK SHOW HOST LARRY KING WILL MODERATE A DEBATE AMONG THIRD PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.

THE DEBATE WILL TAKE PLACE ON OCTOBER 23-RD AT THE CHICAGO HILTON.

PARTICIPANTS WILL INCLUDE LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE GARY JOHNSON, GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE JILL STEIN, CONSTITUTION PARTY CANDIDATE VIRGIL GOODE, AND ROCKY ANDERSON OF THE JUSTICE PARTY.

HOSPITAL WORKERS ARE SICK-VO

SOMETHING ,YOU DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT IF YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL.

THE PEOPLE TREATING YOU MAY NOT BE HEATHLY.

A NEW STUDY REPORTS THAT HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES ARE LESS HEALTHY THAN THE GENERAL WORKFORCE.

RESEARCHERS FOUND HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE DIAGNOSED WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS LIKE ASTHMA, OBESITY AND DEPRESSION AND ARE FIVE PERCENT MORE LIKELY TO BE HOSPITALIZED.

OVERWEIGHT DONATIONS-OC SOT VO WIPE

IMAGINE YOU ARE WILLING TO DONATE A KIDNEY TO A COMPLETE STRANGER THEN YOU'RE TOLD YOU CAN'T BECAUSE YOU'RE OVERWEIGHT.

"One of the things that we have learned is that obesity in organ donors is quite dangerous."

DOCTORS TOLD 65 YEAR OLD CHRISTINE HALL SHE WAS TOO OBESE TO DONATE. A PROBLEM AFFECTING MILLIONS OF AMERICANS AND POTENTIAL ORGAN DONORS.

RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO NATIONAL WEIGHT LIMIT FOR DONORS. BUT ABOUT 10 PERCENT OF HOSPITALS REQUIRE DONORS TO HAVE A BODY MASS INDEX UNDER 35.

OVERWEIGHT DONATIONS-SOT VO

"I owe him as much as he owes me. Because he gave me the motivation to do something I've been wanting to do for years. So in a way, I feel like I got more than I gave, because he gave me the gift of good health."

ANTI VIRUS SOFTWARE-INTRO

ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE IS ONE OF THE EASIEST WAYS YOU CAN PROTECT YOUR COMPUTER.

BUT THAT PROTECTION HAS BECOME A TARGET FOR SCAMMERS, AND YOUR BEST INTENTIONS MAY END UP BEING COSTLY.

ANTI VIRUS SOFTWARE-PKG

IT'S ONE OF THE SIMPLEST STEPS TO PROTECT A COMPUTER - AND THE PERSONAL INFORMATION STORED THERE -- INSTALLING ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE, AND UPDATING IT ON A REGULAR BASIS.

WITH THAT IN MIND, INTERNET SECURITY EXPERTS HAVE NOTICED A FAST-GROWING TREND - SCAMMERS TRYING TO SNARE WELL-INTENTIONED CONSUMERS WITH FAKE ANTI-VIRUS WARNINGS AND MALWARE.

Nowadays it's gotten a lot worse because cyber-criminals can make a lot of money off of this so they've developed elaborate graphical user-interfaces to mimic things.

SECURITY EXPERT DEREK MANKY SAYS THE SCAREWARE CAN SILENTLY INSTALL ITSELF ON A COMPUTER AND TRY TO HIJACK EXISTING ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE.

RED FLAGS THAT A VIRUS WARNING MAY NOT BE LEGITIMATE CAN INCLUDE REDIRECTING A USER TO A WEBSITE, AND ASKING FOR A CREDIT CARD NUMBER TO FIX THE SO-CALLED PROBLEM.

IN THE EVENT OF A SCAM, TAKE THE COMPUTER OFFLINE, REINSTALL EXISTING ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE, AND COMPLETE A NEW SCAN OF THE DEVICE.

TO AVOID GETTING TRIPPED UP BY SUCH A SCAM IN THE FIRST PLACE, HAVE SAFE WEB BROWSING IN PLACE, AS WELL AS WEB FILTERING SECURITY SOFTWARE AND ANTI-VIRUS PROTECTION TO BLOCK MALICIOUS WEBSITES.

BRAWL ON TAPE-VO

FIVE ARIZONA CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS ARE OUT OF A JOB AFTER VIDEO SURFACED ON THEM IN A FIGHT.

TAKE A LOOK.POLICE SAY THE FIVE, ALONG WITH TWO OTHER OFF DUTY JAIL GUARDS WERE AT A TUCSON BAR WHEN SOME OF THE MEN GOT INTO A BRAWL WITH OTHER PATRONS OUTSIDE.

THE VIDEO SHOWS THE MEN REPEATEDLY PUNCHING A MAN IN THE HEAD.

DURING THE INVESTIGATION, POLICE LEARNED THAT FOUR PEOPLE WERE ATTACKED, INCLUDING A TEENAGER

NEW PLANET FOUND-VO

ASTRONOMERS MAY HAVE BROUGHT US ONE STEP CLOSER IN THE SEARCH FOR ANOTHER EARTH.

A STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL "NATURE" ANNOUNCED THE DISCOVERY OF A NEW PLANET WITH ROUGHLY THE SAME MASS AS THE EARTH.

IT'S LOCATED IN THE CLOSEST STAR SYSTEM CLOSEST TO OUR OWN SUN, BUT RESEARCHERS SAY IT'S TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN TO SUPPORT LIFE.

YACHT RESCUE-VO WIPE

AN AMAZING STORY.PEOPLE ON BOARD A PASSENGER AIRLINER HELP SAVE THE LIFE OF AN AUSTRALIAN SAILOR.

GLENN EY WAS RESCUED BY POLICE THANKS TO THE HELP OF AN AIR CANADA FLIGHT.

HE WAS SAILING OFF THE COAST OF AUSTRALIA WHEN HIS BOAT WAS HIT BY A MASSIVE WAVE THAT BROKE THE MAST.

AUTHORITIES BEGAN TO SEARCH AFTER AN EMERGENCY BEACON WAS ACTIVATED.

YACHT RESCUE-SOT VO

Yes, absolutely fabulous. I wasn't even aware of any of this until this morning, yeah. I've actually spoke to some Canadian people about it. I did hear the jet but it wasn't until the aircraft from Melbourne, the Air Sea Rescue plane 431 flew over the top of me and I heard it. That I realized they found me."

TEASE FOUR------

WHETHER MOST OF US ADMIT IT.MOST HAVE ENACTED THE FIVE SECOND RULE AND PICKED UP FOOD OFF THE FLOOR.

BUT IS SCIENCE REALLY BACKING UP THE CLAIMS.THAT ITS SAFE TO EAT IF IT ONLY SITS THERE FOR 5 SECONDS?

WE HAVE THE ANSWER.

PLUS EARLY VOTING IS UNDERWAY IN MANY OF THE CRUCIAL SWING STATES.

SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE STRATEGY FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA AND MITT ROMNEY?

B) EARLY VOTING-VO TOPS

EARLY VOTING-PLASMA

ELECTION DAY MAY BE NOVEMBER 6TH --- BUT AMERICANS IN 30 STATES ARE ALREADY VOTING.

EARLY VOTING-PKG

COULD ELECTION DAY SOON BE A QUAINT RELIC OF THE PAST?

There really isn't any such thing in Ohio any more, it is an election month.

IN 2008, 30 PERCENT OF ALL VOTES IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE WERE CAST BEFORE

ELECTION DAY.

EXPERTS PROJECT THAT COULD INCREASE TO ABOUT 35 PERCENT THIS YEAR

part of the increase is due to states offering more early voting options.

AND VOTERS LOVE THE CONVENIENCE

Now I don't have to worry about it anymore.

BOTH CAMPAIGNS ARE AGGRESSIVELY PUSHING VOTERS TO CAST THEIR VOTE

EARLYEITHER IN PERSON OR THROUGH ABSENTEE BALLOT.

In Iowa, you can vote today -- today. /In fact, you can go vote

right after this event at the Cole Library.

Friends, don't forget, early voting has already started in OH.

LOCKING DOWN SUPPORT EARLY HELPS THE CAMPAIGNS BUILD MOMENTUM.AND BETTER

FOCUS THEIR LATE GAME VOTER OUTREACH ON THE TRUE UNDECIDEDS.

The people who take the advantage of early voting are the partisans, the

ones that already know how they are going to vote.

THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE WILL BE WON OR LOST IN A HANDFUL OF BATTLEGROUND

STATES.AND RIGHT NOW THERE IS SOME TYPE OF EARLY VOTING GOING ON IN ALL OF

THEM

THIS IOWA VOTER CAST HIS BALLOT IN SEPTEMBER - THE DAY EARLY VOTING BEGAN.

So we just got up really early, my wife and I were both really excited.

SO ARE THE OBAMAS - THE PRESIDENT SAID HE'LL CAST HIS BALLOT IN ILLINOIS ON

OCTOBER 25.

ON MONDAY THE FIRST LADY TOLD SUPPORTERS SHE COULDN'T WAIT ANY LONGER:

Today! I voted for my husband. Yes! It felt so good.

THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN SAID THIS IS THE FIRST TIME A PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE AND

SPOUSE WONT VOTE IN PERSON ON ELECTION DAY.

SWFL EARLY VOTING-SS TOPS

KAREN TRAVERS REPORTING.

REIF OPEN-CLIP

WEATHER-WX WALL

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.

"More sunshine, less rain"

More clouds than sunshine dominated our skies yesterday, and Thursday will bring some changes to our weather pattern.

The upper level disturbance responsible for the mostly cloudy skies and scattered downpours continues to move out this morning. We'll start the day with a few patchy clouds and even some areas of fog, especially for those that saw the rain yesterday evening.

As that moisture pushes eastbound, some drier air in the mid and upper levels of the atmosphere will sink its way across the peninsula. This means more sunshine is in store for today, and as a result temperatures will get a boost back into the upper 80s. With some residual moisture, we can't rule out a couple of isolated showers, however the vast majority of Southwest Florida should stay dry.

Tonight, clearing skies will prevail and lows will dip into the low 70s with a few upper 60s north and inland.

DINOSAUR SMUGGLING ARREST-ONCAM

A FLORIDA MAN IS CHARGED ACCUSED OF SMUGGLING DINOSAUR FOSSILS INTO THE UNITED STATES.

ERIC PROKOPI HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE CRIMES.

PROSECUTORS SAY THE FOSSILS INCLUDED A NEARLY COMPLETE TYRANNOSAURUS BATAAR SKELETON FROM MONGOLIA.

ONE OF THE FOSSILS WAS SOLD AT AUCTION FOR MORE THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS.

PROKOPI WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY IN GAINESVILLE.

EVIL ELMO-VO WIPE

PARENTS SAY A MENACE IS ON THE LOOSE IN AND HE'S DRESSED IN AN ELMO COSTUME.

THE SO-CALLED "EVIL ELMO" FIRST APPEARED IN NEW YORK.

THE VIDEOS OF A MAN DRESSED AS ELMO CURSING AT PEOPLE HAVE BECOME VIRAL ONLINE.

NOW, A MAN DRESSED AS THE SAME SESAME STREET CHARACTER WAS SEEN SPOUTING OBSCENITIES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE U-S, IN SAN FRANCISCO.

REPORTERS FOUND AN ELMO AT A SAN FRANCISCO TOURIST SPOT POSING FOR PICTURES FOR A BUCK.

EVIL ELMO-SOT VO

I don't think it's a David Duke guy in an Elmo costume. I think people are harassing him because they don't like the federal rulings on trademarks."

PHELPS IS FIT-SS

OLYMPIC SWIMMER MICHAEL PHELPS IS THE FITTEST MAN ALIVE.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO MEN'S HEALTH MAGAZINE.

THE 27 YEAR OLD OLYMPIC CHAMPION SAYS HE KEEPS HIS BODY RIPPED WITH HIS GRUELING DAILY 5-HOUR WORKOUTS

BRUCE LEE, ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, JACK LALANNE, AND HERSCHEL WALKER ROUNDED OUT THE TOP FIVE.

HOLLYWOOD MINUTE-ON CAM

ABLE TO KEEP THE PRYING EYES AWAY, MEGAN FOX IS BEAMING ABOUT SOME BIG NEWS.

MEANWHILE, A MUSIC AND REALITY T-V STAR WITH A HISTORY OF LEGAL PROBLEMS IS AGAIN IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW.

HOLLYWOOD MINUTE-PKG

IT'S A BOY FOR ACTRESS MEGAN FOX!

THE ACTRESS ANNOUNCED SHE AND HUSBAND BRIAN AUSTIN GREEN WELCOMED NOAH SHANNON GREEN INTO THE WORLD.

THE STAR OF THE "TRANSFORMERS" FILMS MANAGED TO KEEP THE BIRTH A SECRET - AS HER BUNDLE OF JOY WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 27TH.

IN A FACEBOOK POSTING FOX SAYS HER SON IS QUOTE - "HEALTHY, HAPPY - AND PERFECT."

RAP AND REALITY TELEVISION STAR FLAVOR FLAV HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN LAS VEGAS -

POLICE SAY THEY WERE CALLED TO A HOME EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE CALL.

OFFICERS SAY A WOMAN CLAIMING TO BE FLAVOR FLAV'S FIANCE SAID AFTER SHE HAD BEEN IN A VIOLENT ARGUMENT WITH THE 53-YEAR-OLD ENTERTAINER HE THREATENED HER TEENAGE SON WITH A KNIFE.

FLAVOR FLAV, WHOSE LEGAL NAME IS WILLIAM DRAYTON, IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN COURT THURSDAY ON CHARGES OF BATTERY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON.

A WEBSITE FOR COUPON ENTHUSIASTS HAS PARTED WAYS WITH KATE GOSSELIN - WHO HAD BEEN BLOGGING FOR THE PAGE.

THE CEO OF COUPONCABIN DOT COM SAID THERE WAS A - QUOTE - "SERIES OF RECENT EVENTS" THAT LED HIM TO DECIDE THE FORMER STAR OF KATE PLUS 8 WAS NOT RIGHT FOR HIS COMPANY.

NO FURTHER DETAILS WERE GIVEN ON WHAT THE INCIDENTS WERE.

BUT NOT TO LET THE FIRING GET HER DOWN - THE MOTHER OF 8 TWEETED THAT SHE'S HAVING LOTS OF FUN AND IS STAYING BUSY.

5 SECOND RULE-SS

MOST OF US HAVE ENACTED THE SO-CALLED FIVE SECOND RULE WHEN WE DROP FOOD ON THE FLOOR.

BUT SCIENCE SAYS THAT'S STILL ENOUGH TIME FOR GERMS TO COVER THE FOOD.

A STUDY FUNDED BY CLOROX FOUND THAT GERMS DO IN FACT ATTACH THEMSELVES TO EDIBLE ITEMS WITHIN THAT AMOUNT OF TIME.

THE COUNTERTOP WAS FOUND TO BE THE DIRTIEST SURFACE, WITH THE CARPETED AND TILED FLOORS FOLLOWING CLOSELY IN SECOND AND THIRD PLACE.

TEASE FIVE-----

YOUR NEXT DREAM HOME COULD COME ON A TRAIN.

"They're throwing them away and we thought well we'll recycle those containers and turn them into little apartments."

SHIPPING CONTAINERS THAT ONCE WERE USED TO TRANSPORT GOODS ARE ABOUT TO BECOME HOMES.

A) TRAIN HOMES-1 SHOT SOT VO

BREAK FIVE

TOASTED PUMPKINS-VO TOPS

ITS DEFINITELY NO TRICK.NOR A TREAT.TOASTED PUMPKINS.

HUNDREDS OF PUMPKINS BECAME FRIED IN A FIERY CRASH IN TEXAS.

AN 18 WHEELER CAUGHT FIRE AND SO DID THE PUMPKINS.

NOBODY WAS HURT.

TRAIN HOMES-VO IN TRAFFIC

WOULD YOU EVER WANT TO LIVE INSIDE A TRAIN CAR?

OLD SHIPPING CONTAINERS ARE BEING CONVERTED INTO HOMES THANKS TO A COMPANY IN TEXAS.

TRAIN HOMES-PKG

IT'S AN IDEA THAT DALE AVANT AND HIS BROTHER DON HAVE HAD FOR A WHILE. THE MEN AND THEIR BUSINESS PARTNER ARE BUYING TRAIN SHIPPING CONTAINERS AND FIXING THEM UP INTO LIVING SPACES.

"They're throwing them away and we thought well we'll recycle those containers and turn them into little apartments."

IT SOUNDS CRAZY BUT TO THEM IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE DURING THE HOUSING CRUNCH.

"We've got eight more being built right now. We believe we'll have them within six or seven weeks."

"It'll average about a week a container to turn one out.".

THE CONTAINERS ARE BOUGHT AND REMODELED IN SAN ANGELO, THEN SHIPPED TO BIG SPRING.

"They meet all of the plumbing codes, all of the electrical wiring.They're energy efficient, real easy to clean up. When you close the door and go to sleep at night, you can't hardly hear anything outside of them."

THEY'RE ALSO FURNISHED AND AT ABOUT $25,000 A HOME. THE MEN SAY THEY'RE AFFORDABLE.

"Instead of owing the bank or owing somebody your whole life you can say well this is kinda paid for."

THESE HOMES CAN EVEN BE PICKED UP AND MOVED.

"Over the years, we've accumulated several pieces of property and this seems just to ideally fit on the lots."

THE BROTHERS SAY EVEN THE CITY CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT WAS SKEPTICAL.

"They thought man, a shipping container? No, we don't want those here. They walked in and they were just as shocked as you."

BUT THE IDEA IS TAKING OFF AND THESE MEN ARE JUST GLAD TO OFFER SOME RELIEF.

TOSS TO NOON TEASE-2-SHOT PLASMA

NBC 2 NEWS AT NOON IS NEXT!

NEW AT NOON TEASE-ON CAM AT DESK

NEXT AT NOON - NBC2 AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA GETS READY TO WELCOME REPUBLICAN VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, PAUL RYAN.

THE STAGE IS SET - AND PREPARATIONS CONTINUE - AS SUPPORTERS GEAR UP TO GREET HALF OF THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.

FROM TICKETS TO TRAFFIC - WE'RE LIVE WITH EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW.

PLUS -

SOT JULIA GILLARD: "if you wear a heel it can be embedded in soft grass

the rest of it is

as you saw. "

NAVIGATING IN HIGH HEELS IS NOT EASY.

NEXT AT NOON - AVOIDING THE FALL - THE BEST WAY TO PUT YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD.

AND -

"We have to get it done while the things are still on sale and we can get the best toys."

HOLIDAY MADNESS - ALREADY UNDERWAY.

NEW AT NOON - WHAT RETAILERS ARE DOING TO GET YOU IN AN EARLY SHOPPING MOOD!

DO YOU LOVE CHOCOLATE?

CAKES, BROWNIES, COOKIES - NEXT AT NOON, WE'LL TAKE YOU TO THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS TO THE GHIRARDELLI CHOCOLATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

NOON TZA) PAUL RYAN-VO

NOON TZB) HIGH HEELS-SOTVO

NOON TZC) XMAS SHOPPING-SOTVO

NOON TZD) CHOCOLATE-VO

CLOSE-2-SHOT PLASMA