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SANDY OPEN-CLIP

TROPICAL STORM SANDY-WXWALL

Another beautiful day is in the works across Southwest Florida with lots of sunshine, highs in the upper 80s, and a refreshing easterly breeze.

Our atmosphere continues to stay stable and dry, so our rain chance will stay incredibly low through our Tuesday as sunshine dominates. Winds will get a little blustery at times as a strong easterly flow remains in place, producing winds from 5-15 mph with gusts up to 25.

BREAKING OPEN-CLIP

TOSS TO JENNIFER-PLASMA-SS-LIVE

A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWING THE MEDSTAR SHUTDOWN MESS.

LEE COUNTY MANAGER KAREN HAWES IS NOW OUT OF A JOB.

SHE'S THE LATEST PUBLIC OFFICIAL TO RESIGN IN THE WAKE OF THE MEDSTAR SHUTDOWN.

NBC 2'S JENNIFER TRAMMELLHAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY SINCE DAY ONE.

SHE JUST GOT OUT OF TODAY'S COMMISSION MEETING.

HAWES MEDSTAR MESS-REM LIVE

FOR A WEEK WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT KAREN HAWES' EXIT STRATEGY --

TODAY SHE, AND THE BOARD, MADE IT OFFICIAL.

HAWES MEDSTAR MESS-SOTVO

19:30 the board of county commissioners hereby requests and accepts ms hawes resignation and we approve the proposed separation agreement

RIGHT AFTER THE 4-1 VOTE -- HAWES LEFT THE MEETING.

BRIAN BIGELOW WAS THE ONLY COMMISSIONER WHO VOTED AGAINST THE PROPOSAL -- HE'S BEEN VOCAL AOUT HIS DESIRE FOR HAWES TO STEP DOWN.

HE JUST WANTED TO SEE IT HAPPEN *TODAY* -- NOT WAIT FOR OCTOBER 31ST.

HAWES WILL STILL BE PAID A YEAR'S SALARY.PLUS VACATION AND SICK DAYS.

HAWES MEDSTAR MESS-REM LIVE

NOW -- COMMISSIONERS HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHO WILL TAKE OVER THE COUNTY MANAGER JOB.

THEY WILL EACH BRING THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO NEXT WEEK'S MEETING.

THE PLAN IS TO PICK AN INTERIM COUNTY MANAGER NEXT WEEK.

MY COLLEAGUE - JOE ROETZ AND I ARE CAREFULLY FOLLOWING ALL OF TODAY'S DEVELOPMENTS -- INCLUDING WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE FUTURE OF MEDSTAR.

WE'LL BRING YOU THOSE REPORTS TONIGHT ON NBC2.

STOCKS DOWN DOW-SAT LIVE

THE DOW IS TAKING A DIP --

LOOKING LIVE AT THE NEW YOUR STOCK EXCHANGE, STOCKS ARE DOWN MORE THAN 200 POINTS IN EARLY TRADING AFTER WEAK CORPORATE EARNINGS REPORTS.

DECISION 2012 OPEN-CLIP

OBAMA BIDEN TODAY-VO (ANIMAP)

JUST TWO WEEKS UNTIL VOTERS HEAD TO THE POLLS.

AFTER LAST NIGHT'S DEBATE - IT'S BACK TO THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TODAY.

ROMNEY RYAN TODAY-VOTOPS (ANIMAP)

MEANTIME - GOVERNOR MITT ROMNEY AND PAUL RYAN ARE CAMPAIGNING ON THE WEST COAST, MEETING WITH VOTERS AT

DEBATE POLLS-(2)SS TOPS

A C-N-N POLL SHOWS 48 PERCENT OF REGISTERED VOTERS THINK PRESIDENT OBAMA WON LAST NIGHT'S DEBATE. 40 PERCENT SAYING MITT ROMNEY DID A BETTER JOB.

DEBATE WRAP-ONCAM

LAST NIGHT'S DEBATE DIDN'T BRING THE KIND OF FINGER-POINTING AND INTERRUPTING THAT WE SAW LAST WEEK.

IN FACT, ROMNEY AND OBAMA FOUND SEVERAL AREAS OF AGREEMENT DURING THE BATTLE OVER FOREIGN POLICY.

DEBATE WRAP-PKG

SCRIPT:

NATS -

IN THEIR FINAL SHOWDOWN ON FOREIGN POLICY PRESIDENT OBAMA REMINDED VOTERS HE

IS COMMANDER IN CHIEF AS HE AFTER WENT REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER -- MITT ROMNEY

.

SOT OBAMA "Wrong and reckless Leadership that is all over the map

."

SOT ROMNEY "Attacking me is not an agenda."

ROMNEY SPENT THE NIGHT ARGUING AMERICA HAS LOST ITS WORLD INFLUENCE

ESPECIALLY WITH IRAN.

ROMNEY / "the greatest threat is Iran, four years closer to a

nuclear weapon."

BUT THROUGHOUT THE DEBATE. BOTH SIDES AGREED ON IRANIAN SANCTIONS -- AND -

- THE CURRENT POLICIES IN SYRIA EGYPT AND AFGHANISTAN.

STILL -- THAT DIDN'T STOP THE ATTACKS

ROMNEY / 2:30 "I congratulate him on killing Osama bin Laden /

CUT-WhiteFlash / 210553 "but we can't kill our way out of this mess."

OBAMA /:54 - 1:01 / " I'm glad you recognize al-Qaida's a threat

because just a few months ago you said the biggest geo-political threat was

Russia."

ROMNEY WENT AFTER THE PRESIDENT'S MILITARY CUTS AS A SIGN OF WEAKNESS.

SOT ROMNEY /:00 -:04 / "Our navy is smaller than any time since

1917."

SOT OBAMA /:05 -:15/ " Well governor we also have fewer horses

and bayonets because the nature of our military has changed."

AND - AS BOTH DISCUSSED TRADE WITH CHINA THEY BROUGHT THE DEBATE BACK TO THE

NUMBER ONE ISSUE - THE ECONOMY - IN PARTICULAR U-S AUTO JOBS.

222543 OBAMA: You were very clear that you would not provide, government

assistance to the U.S. auto companies, even if they went through bankruptcy.

22:24:07 ROMNEY: the idea that has been suggested that I would liquidate the

industry, of course not. Of course not.

THE LATEST ABC NEWS, WASHINGTON POST POLL SHOWS THE RACE IS STILL CLOSE.

WITH THE PRESIDENT CARRYING A ONE POINT LEAD.

SOT DOWD / 013517 "I don't think Mitt Romney hurt himself

, but I think Barack Obama may have helped himself a point or two in the

NEW RED SOX MANAGER-TRX-SAT 21

SENATE POLL-SS

BRANDI HITT WITH THAT REPORT.

A NEW POLL SHOWS THE RACE FOR FLORIDA'S U-S SENATE SEAT IS TIGHTENING.

THIS COMES FROM OUR NEWS PARTNER, NAPLES DAILY NEWS, ALONG WITH SCRIPPS.

IT SHOWS 45 PERCENT OF LIKELY VOTERS WOULD VOTE FOR DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT SENATOR BILL NELSON.

WHILE 41 PERCENT SAID THEY WOULD VOTE FOR REPUBLICAN OPPONENT CONGRESSMAN CONNIE MACK.

THE POLL WAS TAKEN AFTER THEIR FIRST AND ONLY DEBATE.

TOSS TO CLIFTON-ONCAM

IT RAISES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THE COMMUNITY EVERY YEAR.

TODAY, THE UNITED WAY IS KICKING OFF ITS CAMPAIGN FOR 2012 AND 2013.

NBC-2'S CLIFTON FRENCH WAS AT THE HARBOR SIDE EVENT CENTER WHERE THE KICKOFF WAS HELD THIS MORNING AND JOINS US NOW.

UNITED WAY KICKOFF-PLASMA

MORE THAN EIGHT-MILLION-60-THOUSAND-DOLLARS.

UNITED WAY KICKOFF-PKG

Sandy Martin, Lighthouse of SWFL "At the age of 22 I lost my eyesight due to juvenile diabetes, my daughter was only 6 weeks old and I remember the last vision I had of her was holding her little hands up and yawning."

IT WAS NEARLY 30 YEARS AGO WHEN SANDY MARTIN WENT BLIND.

SHE WAS A NEW MOTHER, BUT WITH A LITTLE INGENUITY, SHE STILL MANAGED TO GET BY.

"I had to raise my daughter being totally blind, I would put bells on her shoes to hear her go across the room."

BUT SANDY DID HAVE SOME HELP.

SHE LEARNED HOW TO TACKLE EVERYDAY TASKS, AS SIMPLE AS COOKING AND CLEANING, FROM GROUPS LIKE THE NON-PROFIT "LIGHTHOUSE"

TODAY, HER DAUGHTER IS GROWN. AND SANDY WORKS FOR THE NON-PROFIT THAT GAVE HER SO MUCH.

"We have just about everything the visually impaired need to give them hope and get their lives back together."

AND WITH SOME HELP FROM HER GUIDE DOG, SANDY STILL LIVES ON HER OWN.

RIGHT NOW SHE'S STRIVING TO HELP OTHERS LIKE HERSELF.

HERE, HUNDREDS OF OTHERS ARE STEPPING UP AS WELL.

THE GROUP THAT HELPED SANDY IS JUST ONE OF DOZENS OF HUMAN SERVICES ORGANZIATIONS SUPPORTED BY THE UNITED WAY.

FROM THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. TO THE HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK----

THE UNITED WAY IS KICKING OFF THEIR CAMPAIGN TO RAISE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE IN NEED, IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS YEAR'S GOAL, MORE THAN 8-MILLION-60-THOUSAND DOLLARS.

Jannine Joy, United Way "We're confident that the caring capacity of this community will come through once again, this is 19 years that we've made our goal or surpassed it, so we don't want to break that streak this year and I don't think SWFL will let us down."

A CHALLENGE IN HARD TIMES.

BUT ONE THAT SANDY, KNOWS CAN BE OVERCOME.

UNITED WAY KICKOFF-PLASMA

LOCAL COMPANIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN COLLECTING DONATIONS FOR THIS YEARS CAMPAIGN.

TODAY THEY ANNOUNCED THOSE COMPANIES HAVE RAISED CLOSE TO FOUR-POINT-SEVEN-MILLION DOLLARS.

THE CAMPAIGN WILL RUN THROUGH FEBRUARY, TO LEARN MORE OR TO DONATE, YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE, NBC-2.COM.

CAPE ROBBERY ARREST-SS

A CAPE CORAL MAN REMAINS IN JAIL WITHOUT BOND AFTER POLICE SAY HE ROBBED A CONVENIENCE STORE OVERNIGHT.

POLICE SAY 28 YEAR OLD TIMOTHY HOLDEN OF NORTH FORT MYERS ROBBED THE 7-ELEVEN STORE ON SANTA BARBARA BOULEVARD SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

INVESTIGATORS SAY HE THREATENED TO SHOOT A CLERK IF THEY DIDN'T HAND OVER MONEY.

COLLIER IMPAC PURCHASE-VO

PLANS FOR A BUSINESS INCUBATOR IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY CAME TO A STOP THIS MORNING.

BEFORE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAD THE CHANCE TO HEAR PUBLIC INPUT OR SEE A STAFF PRESENTATION, COMMISSIONER TRICIA DUFFY VOTED TO REMOVE THE ITEM FROM THE AGENDA.

UEP VOTE-OC-SOTVO

IN CAPE CORAL-

THE CONTROVERSIAL UTILITIES EXPANSION PROJECT -- IS GETTING THE GO AHEAD, AFTER COUNCIL AGREED LAST NIGHT -- TO HIRE AN ENGINEERING FIRM AT A COST OF MORE THAN 7 MILLION DOLLARS.

this is the first step we must take if we are going to move fwd with the uep 28:5- 10

24:11 i have great problems with the order of getting things done for sw 6/7:19

THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN CHRIS CHULAKES-LEETZ -- WERE THE TWO DISSENTING VOTES IN A 6-2 DECISION.

THEY SAY THEY HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE TIMELINE -- AND HOW RESIDENTS WILL PAY.

METRO PKWAY CRASH-VO WIPE

A MAN IS IN THE HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES--

AND NOW LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES WANT TO SPEAK WITH A WOMAN WHO MAY HAVE CAUSED THE ACCIDENT.

IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY ON THE NEW PORTION OF METRO PARKWAY EXTENSION.

WITNESSES SAY THE WOMAN DROVE ACROSS THE BRIARCLIFF INTERSECTION WHEN A MAN RIDING A SCOOTER WAS HEADING NORTHBOUND.

HE PUT HIS SCOOTER DOWN TO AVOID A COLLISION.

THE RIDER SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES.

METRO PKWAY CRASH-SOTCG

LARRY CLOSE, AREA RESIDENT: we knew that was going to happen and it's going to happen tomorrow and the next day

JOAN CORY, AREA RESIDENT: there's a stop sign there that's not good because the people on Metro parkway are zooming up and down

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS THE WOMAN DRIVER WAS HEADING EASTBOUND ON BRIARCLIFFE.

THEY DESCRIBE HER AS WHITE, IN HER 50'S WITH BROWN HAIR.

SHE WAS DRIVING A MID-SIZE TO LARGE SUV, POSSIBLY A LEXUS OR TOYOTA.

WEST NILE IN FL-OC

ANOTHER CASE OF WEST NILE VIRUS IS CONFIRMED IN FLORIDA.

THE LATEST VICTIM IS A 39-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IN DUVAL COUNTY, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES IN THE JACKSONVILLE AREA TO 26.

WEST NILE VIRUS IS A MOSQUITO-BORNE ILLNESS THAT CAN DEVELOP INTO A SEVERE ILLNESS.

BOMB THREAT ARREST-VO

THIS MORNING, A 15 YEAR OLD GIRL IS UNDER ARREST AFTER LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY SHE CALLED IN A BOMB THREAT.

ALICIA ROSALES IS CHARGED WITH MAKING THE THREAT AT DUNBAR MIDDLE SCHOOL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

NBC2 IS WORKING TO GET HER MUG-SHOT.

THE SCHOOL WAS EVACUATED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON - NOTHING SUSPICIOUS WAS FOUND.

SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS TRACED THE CALL AND NOTIFIED AUTHORITIES.

COLLIER SUPER TOWN HALL-VO WIPE

COLLIER COUNTY PARENTS LISTEN UP!

TONIGHT IS YOUR NIGHT TO LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD AND GET "IN THE KNOW" ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR CHILD'S SCHOOL.

IT'S ALL PART OF SUPERINTENDENT DR. KEMELA PATTON TOWN HALL MEETINGS.

TONIGHT AT NAPLES HIGH SCHOOL YOU'L LEARN ABOUT A BRAND NEW PARENTAL ONLINE TOOL, ISSUES YOU WILL VOTE ON IN THIS ELECTION AND BE GIVEN ANY OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THE TOWN HALL STARTS TONIGHT AT 6 AND GOES UNTIL 7.

IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT, YOU CAN SEND YOUR QUESTIONS ONLINE.

COLLIER SUPER TOWN HALL-SOT VO

"This gives us an opportunity to actually here directly from parents, but most importantly, to share our story, what's going on, so we carry a plethera of topics."

THE TOWN HALL STARTS TONIGHT AT 6 AND GOES UNTIL 7.

THERE WILL BE TIME TO MEET DR. PATTON AFTER THE MEETING.

IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT, YOU CAN SEND YOUR QUESTIONS ONLINE.

TEASE ONE-2 SHOT

AFTER SEVERAL RECENT BEAR SIGHTINGS HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, YOU MAY START NOTICING MORE OF THEM.

BLACK BEARS ARE ON THE MOVE!

WHAT'S BRINGING THEM OUT AND WHY THERE MAY BE EVEN MORE FREQUENT SIGHTINGS.

AND PRICES FOR GAS ARE EXPECTED TO GO DOWN, BUT NOT AS FAST AS THEY WENT UP.

TZ1 A) black bears-VOTOPS

TZ1 B) gas prices-VOTOPS

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.Another beautiful day is in the works across Southwest Florida with lots of sunshine, highs in the upper 80s, and a refreshing easterly breeze.

Our atmosphere continues to stay stable and dry, so our rain chance will stay incredibly low through our Tuesday as sunshine dominates. Winds will get a little blustery at times as a strong easterly flow remains in place, producing winds from 5-15 mph with gusts up to 25.

As we enjoy another gorgeous and glorious day, though, one thing we continue to watch is Tropical Storms Sandy as it continues to organize quickly in the Caribbean. Sandy is expected to quickly intensify today and Wednesday before the storm moves over Jamaica and Eastern Cuba by midweek. Sandy will then move over the Bahamas Thursday night into Friday, most likely as a Tropical Storm.

ACTIVE BLACK BEARS-VO

BLACK BEARS ARE BUSY FILLING THEIR BELLIES ALL ACROSS THE STATE.

THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION SAYS BEARS ARE STOCKING UP ON CALORIES FOR FALL.

PREVENTING ACCESS TO FOOD IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING PEOPLE CAN DO TO KEEP BEARS AND OTHER WILD ANIMALS AWAY.

CA STORM DAMAGE-VO

NO REPORT OF ANY INJURIES FROM A TORNADO IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ARE LEFT BEHIND AS THE FIRST STORM OF THE SEASON ROLLED THROUGH.

THE TWISTER TOUCHED DOWN IN THE YUBA CITY AREA WITH ONLY MINOR DAMAGE REPORTED.

SOYUZ ROCKET LAUNCH-NATS-VO

READY FOR LAUNCH.

2, 1 and ignition

AND WE HAVE LIFT-OFF.

A SOYUZ ROCKET LAUNCHED FROM KAZAHKSTAN THIS MORNING -- SENDING THREE NEW CREW MEMBERS INTO ORBIT -- EN ROUTE TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

THE THREE INCLUDE TWO COSMONAUTS AND NASA FLIGHT ENGINEER, AMERICAN KEVIN FORD.

GAS UPS AND DOWNS-ON CAM

THE PRICE OF GAS IS FINALLY COMING DOWN. BUT IS IT HAPPENING FAST ENOUGH?

WHEN IT COMES TO GAS PRICES, SOME ECONOMISTS SAY IT GOES UP LIKE A ROCKET BUT DROPS LIKE A FEATHER.

GAS UPS AND DOWNS-PKG

WHEN MIKE BENBROOK'S R-V PULLS INTO THE GAS STATION, HE KNOWS IT WON'T BE CHEAP TO FILL UP.

"The gouge is on, you have to buy gas, you have to buy electricity, you got to buy water."

BUT MIKE AND OTHER DRIVERS ARE NOTICING THAT THE RECORD HIGH PRICES OF LAST WEEK. ARE FINALLY COMING DOWN. BUT NOT VERY FAST.

"Well we see prices go up quickly because it can be very profitable for the industry and they go down slowly because that's even more profitable."

SO ARE THE OIL COMPANIES AND GAS STATION OWNERS PURPOSELY SLOWING DOWN THIS DROP IN GAS PRICES? WHOLESALE PRICES ARE CLEARLY WAY DOWN THIS WEEK BUT THAT DROP ISN'T ALWAYS REFLECTED AT THE GAS PUMP.

"What economists would call that situation is that prices are kind of sticky to the downside. That they ratchet up but they come down much slower."

"Generally stations won't lower their prices until they get new fuel in their tanks under the ground. After that, the longer they take to lower the prices the more money they can make."

"A lot of these dealers have very expensive gas in their tanks that they have to move out before they can replace it with cheaper gas."

SO HOW CAN YOU GET THOSE PRICES TO DROP FASTER? THAT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY.

"We probably have less competition in oil and gasoline than in a lot of industries."

HOWEVER STATIONS WILL FOLLOW THE MONEY. IF DRIVERS PULL INTO LOWER PRICED RETAILERS. OTHERS WILL BE FORCED TO FOLLOW.

"We are seeing huge discounts at the wholesale level but it's only leaking through in the market at the unbranded, off brand stations right now. The majors are keeping their prices relatively high."

MIKE BENBROOK SAYS HE HAS HIS OWN WAY OF FIGHTING BACK AGAINST HIGH PRICES.

TOSS TO JANE-SAT 30

ONE OF THE WORST DAYS OF THE YEAR ON WALL STREET!-

STOCKS ARE DOWN MORE THAN 200 POINTS IN EARLY TRADING!

MARKET WATCH-PKG

TEASE TWO-2 SHOT

AN UNLIKELY SOURCE SPRINGS INTO ACTION TO SAVE A NEWBORN BABY.

This was a first time experience. --CUT TO-- you just figure out how to get it there. It's kind of that mommy instinct that takes over.

TZ2 A) mouth to snout rescue-SOTVO

MOUTH TO SNOUT RESCUE-ON CAM

AN AMAZING ANIMAL RESCUE AT THE DENVER ZOO WAS CAUGHT ON TAPE.

ZOO WORKERS HAD TO JUMP IN TO SAVE A NEWBORN.

MOUTH TO SNOUT RESCUE-PKG

--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS --

THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS A FEMALE TAPIR IN LABOR. MOMENTS LATER, SHE'S CAUGHT ON CAMERA GIVING BIRTH TO HER BABY. DENVER ZOO STAFFERS WERE WATCHING IN ANOTHER ROOM WHEN THEY NOTICED SOMETHING WAS WRONG.

We could tell that the baby wasn't breathing so after a couple minutes of giving mom the option of doing it herself, we were forced to go in there.

ZOO STAFFER REBECCA MCCLOSKEY AND VETERINARIAN GWEN JANKOWSKI ARE SEEN RUSHING IN TO HELP THE NEWBORN. THEY WERE FORCED TO BREAK OPEN THE AMNIOTIC SAC AND PERFORM MOUTH TO SNOUT RESUSCITATION.

This was a first time experience. It's one of those things that you know the basics of what has to happen and you just figure out how to get it there. It's kind of that mommy instinct that takes over.

AND WITH JUST A FEW SHORT BREATHS, THE BABY TAPIR IS ABLE TO BREATH ON HIS OWN. THEY'VE NAMED HIM DUMADI WHICH IS THE INDONESIAN WORD FOR BECOMING. A SHORT TIME LATER HE'S READY TO NURSE FROM HIS MOTHER.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE BABY TAPIR HAS BEEN INTRODUCED TO ITS NEW EXHIBIT AND THE FIRST TIME A NEWBORN ANIMAL HAS HAD TO BE RESUSCITATED HERE AT THE DENVER ZOO. THANKFULLY, MOM AND BABY ARE DOING JUST FINE.

The baby's doing wonderfully. In fact I haven't seen him very much which means he's doing most excellent and we're all excited.

DOZENS OF PEOPLE WERE THERE TO WATCH AS THE NOW ONE MONTH OLD BABY TAPIR GETS ACCLIMATED TO HIS NEW HOME. IT'S A HEARTWARMING SIGHT FOR ZOO STAFFERS THANKFUL FOR A NEW ADDITIONAL TO THEIR ZOO FAMILY.

TEASE THREE-2 SHOT

A POPULAR ENERGY DRINK IS UNDER FIRE AFTER THE F-D-A SAYS IT MAY ASSOCIATED WITH FIVE DEATHS.

ONE FAMILY IS SUING THE BEVERAGE COMPANY AFTER THEIR 14 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER DIED FROM DRINKING TWO CANS OF THE ENERGY DRINK IN A 24 HOURS.

--PLUS--

"I don't want to die. I just. Don't want to die."

TZ3 A) energy drink death-VOTOPS

TZ3 B) spa victim speaks-SOTVO

DR. OZ LOOKLIVE TEASE-SOTTOPS

OPEN-CLIP

SPA SHOOTING VICTIM SPEAKS-SOTTOPS-2SHOT-PUSH

ZINA HAUGHTON: My husband thinks I'm cheating on him. He woke up really angry that morning. He was screaming.

THIS AFTERNOON - WE'RE HEARING FROM THE WOMAN WHO WAS TARGETED BY HER HUSBAND WHO OPENED FIRE AT A SPA AT A WISCONSIN MALL SUNDAY MORNING.

COURT RECORDS SHOW THE CONFLICT BETWEEN RADCLIFFE HAUGHTON AND HIS WIFE HAD BEEN ESCALATING FOR YEARS.

SPA SHOOTING VICTIM SPEAKS-PKG-BNR

SCRIPT:

THIS MORNING, WE ARE HEARING THE VOICE OF RADCLIFFE HAUGHTON'S WIFE, ZINA.

. DESCRIBING ONE OF HIS VIOLENT OUTBURSTS IN COURTROOM AUDIO OBTAINED BY ABC

AFFILIATE WISN

sot audio

"He pulled a gun from behind his pants, and it accidentally went off in

between me and my daughter's head."

THE AUDIO WAS RECORDED AS SHE SOUGHT A RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST HER

ESTRANGED HUSBAND OCTOBER 18TH.

"I don't want to die. I just. Don't want to die."

SHE WAS GRANTED THAT ORDER, WHICH ALSO REQUIRED HIM TO TURN OVER ANY

FIREARMS. BUT THAT PROTECTIVE ORDER WASN'T ENOUGH.

TWO DAYS LATER, HAUGHTON REPORTEDLY PURCHASED A NEW GUN, THEN STORMED INTO

HIS WIFE'S SALON, AND OPENED FIRE. KILLING ZINA, TWO OTHER WOMEN, AND

THEN HIMSELF.

ZINA'S LONGTIME CUSTOMER BETTY BRUNNER WAS SITTING IN HER CHAIR. AS ZINA

PLEADED WITH HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND TO SPARE OTHERS.

020522 ***I think she felt responsible for the whole salon. I think she

wanted to protect all of us.

HAUGHTON WASN'T SWAYED, AND THIS MORNING BRUNNER SAYS THERE'S ONLY ONE

REASON SHE'S STILL ALIVE.

9:25 I believe there's a reason why I'm here. I think that's why a lot of

SPA SHOOTING VICTIM SPEAKS-ONCAM

ALEX PEREZ WITH THAT REPORT.

UF STUDENT FUNERAL TODAY-VO

A FUNERAL IS BEING HELD TODAY FOR CHRISTIAN AGUILAR.

A FUNERAL MASS AND BURIAL IS BEING HELD AT SAINT DOMINIC'S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MIAMI FOR THE MURDERED UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA STUDENT.

AGUILAR'S BODY WAS FOUND MORE THAN A WEEK AGO IN A WOODED AREA NEAR GAINESVILLE.

HIS FAMILY SAYS THEY HAVE FOUND SOME PEACE INBEING ABLE TO GIVE HIM A PROPER BURIAL.

ENERGY DRINK DEATH-ONCAM

A MARYLAND MOM IS SUING THE MAKERS OF MONSTER ENERGY DRINK.

THE WOMAN SAYS HER 14-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER DIED AFTER DRINKING THE CAFFINATED DRINK TWICE IN TWO DAYS.

ENERGY DRINK DEATH-PKG

ITS EXACTLY 10 MONTHS TOMORROW SINCE 14-YEAR-OLD ANAIS FOURNIER DEATH AND TONIGHT IN HER HAGERSTOWN HOME HER MOTHER STILL GRIEVES.

I visit the cemetery every day.

WENDY CROSSLAND SAYS HER DAUGHTER DIED AFTER A SEVERE REACTION TO DRINKING TOO MUCH MONSTER ENERGY DRINKS IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. DOWNING, SAYS RESEARCHERS THE SAME AS 14 CAFFEINATED SODA. CAUSE OF DEATH, CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA DUE TO CAFFEINE TOXICITY.

WHILE ANAIS HAD A COMMON HEART DEFECT, WHERE ONE OF THE VALUES DOESN'T WORK WELL, SHE HAD REGULAR CHECK UPS AND GIVEN TO RESTRICTIONS BY HER DOCTOR. HER MOTHER SAYS ITS A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OTHERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT.

So we just need to get the word out there, so this never happens to anyone else.

BEFORE FILING A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT LATE LAST WEEK AGAINST THE MAKERS OF MONSTER, THE FAMILY SOUGHT REPORTS OF SIMILAR INCIDENTS ON FILE WITH THE FDA. THEY FOUND FOUR OTHER INCIDENTS IN THE PAST YEAR ALONE ON PEOPLE WHO DRANK MONSTER.

They need to be regulated. They regulate ice, they regulate band-aids.

ENERGY DRINK DEATH-ONCAM

JIM ROSENFIELD REPORTING.

MARIJUANA BEER-VO WIPE

DETECTIVES DISCOVER A FRIGHTENING FIRST: POT-LACED BEER ALLEGEDLY SOLD TO A MINOR.

AUTHORITIES IN TACOMA, WASHINGTON CONFISCATED CASES OF CANNABIS-ENRICHED BEER AT A MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENS-ARY DURING AN UNDERCOVER OPERATION.

MARIJUANA BEER-SOT VO

THE CLUB DOES NOT HAVE A LICENSE TO SELL ALCOHOL.

IRAQ CAR BOMBS-VO

A VIOLENT DAY IN IRAQ-

THREE PARKED CAR BOMBS EXPLODED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN BAGHDAD EARLY THIS MORNING, KILLING AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE AND INJURING 14 OTHERS.

TWO MORTAR ROUNDS ALSO LANDED IN ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD.

TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THAT ATTACK, TEN OTHERS WERE WOUNDED.

SCIENTIST EARTHQUAKE SENTENCING-VO

OUTRAGE IN ITALY TODAY FOLLOWING YESTERDAY'S SURPRISE VERDICT AGAINST SIX SCIENTISTS FOR FAILING TO WARN CITIZENS BEFORE A DEADLY EARTHQUAKE.

THREE YEARS AFTER THE QUAKE KILLED MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE, SIX SEISMOLOGISTS AND A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL HAVE BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF UNDERESTIMATING THE RISKS.

THEY'VE EACH BEEN SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON FOR MANSLAUGHTER.

ROBERT KENNEDY TRIAL-VO WIPE

THE TRIAL FOR DOUGLAS KENNEDY BEGINS TODAY.

THE YOUNGEST SON OF THE LATE ROBERT F. KENNEDY IS ACCUSED OF CHILD ENDANGERMENT AND HARRASMENT --

ALL BECAUSE OF THIS CLASH.

SURVEILLENCE VIDEO OF AN APPARENT PHYSICAL ALTERCATION WITH TWO NURSES AS HE TRIED TO TAKE HIS 2-DAY OLD SON OUT OF THE HOSPITAL EARLIER THIS YEAR.

IN COURT MONDAY, PROSECUTORS TOLD A JUDGE KENNEDY INTENTIONALLY KICKED A NURSE BUT DEFENSE ATTORNEY'S COUNTERED HE WAS ONLY INSTINCTIVELY TRYING TO PROTECT HIS NEW CHILD.

ROBERT KENNEDY TRIAL-(2)SOTVO

sot erin silk/ ny state nurses assoc:they were supposed to protect the baby and that's what they tried to do.

SOT DOUGLAS KENNEDY:I'm feeling ready for this to start and I thank you very

much and hopefully everything will turn out ok

FAMU BAND TRIAL-VO

A FLORIDA A-AND-M BAND MEMBER WHO WAS INVOLVED IN LAST YEAR'S HAZING DEATH OF DRUM MAJOR ROBERT CHAMPION IS AVOIDING JAIL TIME.

YESTERDAY, BRIAN JONES WAS SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS OF COMMUNITY CONTROL, TWO YEARS OF SUPERVISED PROBATION AND 200 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.

HE PLEADED NO CONTEST.

FAMU BAND TRIAL-SOTVO

And I just want the world to know that I am sorry for the death of your son Robert, I truly am. No word or anything I can do would be sufficient enough to express how regretful I am of the loss of Robert.

LANCE ARMSTRONG TWITTER-VO

HAVING WON SEVEN TOUR DE FRANCE TITLES IN NO LONGER PART OF LANCE ARMSTRONG'S TWITTER PROFILE.

REFERENCES TO THE RACE WAS REMOVED HOURS AFTER ARMSTRONG WAS STRIPPED OF THE TITLES BY THE INTERNATIONAL CYCLING UNION.

HE HAS ALSO BEEN BANNED FROM THE SPORT FOR LIFE IN WHAT THE U-S ANTI-DOPING AGENCY DESCRIBED AS A MASSIVE DOPING PROGRAM.

CHEER SHOULD BE A SPORT-VO WIPE

THE NATION'S LEADING GROUP OF PEDIATRICIANS IS PUSHING TO LABEL CHEERLEADING A SPORT - ALL TO MAKE CHEERING SAFER.

THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS IS CALLING FOR CHEERLEADING TO BE DESIGNATED AS A SPORT IN ALL STATES.

SUCH A DESIGNATION WOULD MEAN MANDATORY PRE-SEASON PHYSICALS, ACCESS TO QUALIFIED COACHES, AND BETTER MEDICAL CARE.

BECAUSE AS CHEERLEADING HAS BECOME MORE ACROBATIC, THE NUMBER OF SERIOUS INJURIES HAS SKYROCKETED.

CHEER SHOULD BE A SPORT-SOT VO

When a sport is a sanctioned school sport, they have access to the athletic trainers that are there or the team physician at the practice facility.

ONLY 29 STATE HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONS RECOGNIZE CHEERLEADING AS A SPORT.

GIANTS HEADING TO WORLD SERIES-TRX-NATS-TOPS-VO

the giants have won! 9 nothiong in game seven

SAN FRANCISCO FANS ARE CELEBRATING THEIR TEAM RETURNING TO THE WORLD SERIES AFTER THE GIANTS CLOBBERED THE SAINT LOUIS CARDINALS TO CLINCH THE NATIONAL LEAGUE PENNANT.

TEASE FOUR-2SHOT

THE TABLET WARS ARE HEATING UP!

JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, IT'S HIGH SEASON FOR CONSUMER ELECTRONICS.

WITH APPLE EXPECTED TO REVEAL IT'S IPAD MINI TODAY, THE COMPETITION IS GROWING.

CATCHING BREAST CANCER MAY SOON BE AS SIMPLE AS WEARING A BRA.

TZ4 A) ipad mini-VOTOPS

TZ4 B) cancer bra-VOTOPS

IPAD MINI-2SHOT

IT'S BEEN A MOVE WIDELY ANTICIPATED FOR MONTHS.AND TODAY, APPLE'S EXPECTED TO TAKE THE WRAPPING OFF A SCALED DOWN VERSION OF ITS VERY SUCCESSFUL IPAD TABLET.

IT COMES AS THE MARKET FOR THE SMALLER SIZED TABLETS IS GETTING INCREASINGLY CROWDED.

IPAD MINI-PKG

nats "We've got something great to announce today"

STEVE JOBS ALWAYS INSISTED THERE WAS NO NEED TO DOWNSIZE THE IPAD.

AND THAT WILDLY POPULAR CREATION STILL COMMANDS ABOUT 2/3 OF THE

TABLET MARKET.

nats of Kindle fire ad "We're the reinventors of normal"

BUT, WITH COMPETITORS GETTING SALES TRACTION

nats of Google Nexus ad "It's just the right size"

FROM SMALLER TABLETS IN THE PAST YEAR.APPLE'S EXPECTED TO

RESPOND LATER TODAY WITH THE IPAD MINI.

"It makes total sense. It's just like they did with the Ipod. They need to extend their

lines to keep milking the market."

THE IPAD MINI IS EXPECTED TO HAVE A 7 TO 8 INCH SCREEN.VERSUS

THE 9.7 INCH SCREEN OF THE ORIGINAL.

LESS CERTAIN IS WHAT FEATURES THE NEW VERSION WILL OFFER AND WHAT IT

WILL COST. MANY OBSERVERS EXPECT A BASE PRICE AROUND 249.WHICH

WOULD BE A BIT HIGHER THAN RIVAL DEVICES.

"I imagine these new ipad minis might start at a low end and once you start configuring them,

would start rising up to the price of what the third gen ipad is."

IN FACT, CNET.COM'S SENIOR SCOTT STEIN SAYS THE MINI COULD CANNABALIZE SOME

SALES OF THE LARGER IPAD.

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BUT HE SEES APPLE'S IPOD TOUCH BEING MORE AT RISK.

"It's a tweener device. It can probably exist out there for people who don't have an iphone, but I

think there will be people who will start picking that Ipad mini over the touch."

STEIN EXPECTS SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES TO GET A BIG PUSH FOR THE IPAD MINI.

nats

EVEN AS MICROSOFT'S NEW OFFERING, SURFACE, ALSO JUMPS INTO THE TABLET FRAY

LATER THIS WEEK.

IPAD MINI-OC-VO

APPLE'S ANNOUCEMENT IS EXPECTED AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON.

MEANWHILE, THERE'S SPECULATION THAT APPLE MAY ALSO UNVEIL A NEW VERSION OF I-TUNES AND AN UPDATED VARIATION OF iMAC DESKTOP COMPUTERS.

AND NEW IPAD ISN'T THE ONLY TABLET BEING RELEASED THIS WEEK.

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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.Another beautiful day is in the works across Southwest Florida with lots of sunshine, highs in the upper 80s, and a refreshing easterly breeze.

Our atmosphere continues to stay stable and dry, so our rain chance will stay incredibly low through our Tuesday as sunshine dominates. Winds will get a little blustery at times as a strong easterly flow remains in place, producing winds from 5-15 mph with gusts up to 25.

As we enjoy another gorgeous and glorious day, though, one thing we continue to watch is Tropical Storms Sandy as it continues to organize quickly in the Caribbean. Sandy is expected to quickly intensify today and Wednesday before the storm moves over Jamaica and Eastern Cuba by midweek. Sandy will then move over the Bahamas Thursday night into Friday, most likely as a Tropical Storm.

HEALTHCARE DECISIONS-VO

A NEW STUDY REVEALS AMERICANS SPEND MORE TIME RESEARCHING A NEW CAR THAN CHOOSING A DOCTOR OR HOSPITAL.

RESEARCHERS SURVEYED MORE THAN 76-HUNDRED ADULTS.

WHEN ASKED TO RANK EIGHT KEY RELATIONSHIPS MOST LISTED THEIR DOCTOR SECOND ONLY TO THEIR SPOUSE.

HEALTH CAST OPEN-CLIP

CANCER DETECTING BRA-VO-PLASMA

IT LOOKS LIKE A REGULAR SPORTS BRA -- BUT IT CAN ACTUALLY DETECT EARLY SIGNS OF BREAST CANCER.

AFTER YEARS OF RESEARCH, LIFELINE BIOTECHNOLOGIES HAS DEVELOPED THE FIRST WARNING SYSTEM, OR A SMART BRA.

CANCER DETECTING BRA-PKG

IT JUST MIGHT BE THE CLOSEST THING TO A WOMANS HEART. AND A NEVADA COMPANY BELIEVES. FINDING BREAST CANCER. COULD BE AS CLOSE. AS THE BRA YOU

WEAR EVERYDAY.

Matt Benardis / Operations Manager, First Warning Systems

"The thermoster sends a scan through the breast and reports back as a

temperature."

IN OTHER WORDS. YOU WEAR THE SPORTS BRA. FOR 12 HOURS.AND HEAT SENSORS

MEASURE PATTERNS. THAT CAN SHOW PROBLEMS, LIKE CANCER.

THEN SEND THE INFORMATION BACK TO YOUR DOCTOR. IT'S CALLED THE SMART BRA.

"Against the screening mammogram, we're finding that the mamo was accurate

to about 70 percent on average whereas the first warning system was accurate

to about 90 percent, 90 percent plus on average."

IT'S NOT ON THE MARKET YET. IN THE U-S. IT STILL NEEDS ANOTHER ROUND OF

CLINICAL TRIALS.

Dr. Lisa Schneider / Radiologist

"I think this is still something a bit on the fringe. Certainly not

something in the mainstream for screening for breast cancer."

DOCTOR LISA SCHNEIDER. RADIOLOGIST AT WEST HEALTH IN PLYMOUTH SAYS

MAMMOGRAMS. ARE THE PROVEN STANDARD.

"Mammography has enjoyed a long history and been subjected to many trials,

many studies, demonstrating that is a proven way of detecting breast cancer

and has made a difference in reducing mortality from breast cancer."

AND RIGHT NOW-- MAMMOGRAMS ARE RECOMMENDED. FOR WOMEN OLDER THAN 40. THE

MAKERS OF THE SMART BRA, SAY. FOR WOMEN WITH DENSER BREASTS. IT MIGHT BE

THE RIGHT FIT.

Matt Benardis

"It's a push toward proactive medicine and trying to deal with disease well

CANCER DETECTING BRA-ONCAM

NAOMI PESCOVITZ REPORTING.

THE BRA IS STILL IN A TRIAL STAGE, BUT IT'S SHOWING GOOD RESULTS.

PIG SAVES CAT FROM FIRE-VO WIPE

A CAT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS A PIG TO THANK FOR ONE OF HIS NINE LIVES.

GUMBO THE CAT WAS BADLY BURNED IN A BARN FIRE LAST MONTH IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF THE FIRE.HIS OWNERS THOUGHT HE DIDN'T MAKE IT.

PIG SAVES CAT FROM FIRE-SOTVO

"We were out a few days after the fire and the pig was on a mission to go somewhere, so I followed her and she found Gumbo in the woods."

GUMBO WAS IN ROUGH SHAPE, WITH SECOND DEGREE BURNS ON HIS PAWS, FACE, AND EARS.

COMING UP @ 4-CLIP

A PEEPING TOM'S CRIMINAL PLAN HELPED OFFICERS TRACK HIM DOWN.

FIRST AT FOUR - THE BRAZEN FAILED ATTEMPT TO SPY ON WOMEN.

A NEW PHONE APP GIVES NEW MEANING TO "DRINKS ARE ON ME".

HOW YOU CAN CELEBRATE WITH A BUDDY EVEN IF YOU'RE MILES APART.

AND - A NEW ROADWAY OPENS UP IN LEE COUNTY AND NEARBY COMMUNITY MEMBERS SAY IT'S DANGEROUS.

A) peeping tom caught-VOTOPS-WIPE

B) app buy buddy a drink-VOTOPS-WIPE

C) metro parkway follow-VOTOPS

TEASE FIVE-ONCAM

AND STILL AHEAD ON THE NEWS AT NOON--

A LOOK AT OUR TOP STORIES.

TS) KAREN HAWES RESIGNATION-TRXVO TOPS

LEE COUNTY MANAGER KAREN HAWES IS OUT OF A JOB.

SHE OFFICIALLY RESIGNED THIS MORNING FOR HER ROLE IN THE COUNTY'S GROUNDED MEDICAL HELICOPTER PROGRAM.

SHE'S THE LATEST PUBLIC OFFICIAL TO RESIGN IN THE WAKE OF THE MEDSTAR SHUTDOWN.

TS) ENERGY DRINK DEATH-VOTOPS

THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION IS INVESTIGATING REPORTS OF FIVE DEATHS AND A NON-FATAL HEART ATTACK LINKED TO MONSTER ENERGY DRINKS.

THE NEWS FOLLOWS A WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT FILED BY THE PARENTS OF A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO DIED AFTER DRINKING TWO MONSTER DRINKS IN 24 HOURS.

TS) ROMNEY & OBAMA TODAY-VOTOPS

THE BATTLE IS ON TO WIN OVER THE FEW REMAINING UNDECIDED VOTERS WITH JUST TWO WEEKS LEFT UNTIL THE ELECTION.

BOTH CANDIDATES AND THEIR RUNNING MATES ARE BACK IN BATTLEGROUND STATES TODAY, AS THEY SPRINT TO

THE ELECTION DAY FINISH.

TS) IPAD MINI-VOTOPS

IN JUST A FEW MINUTES - APPLE IS EXPECTED TO UNVEIL ITS NEWEST ADDITION TO THE IPAD FAMILY.

TECHNOLOSY EXPERTS ARE FORECASTING THAT SALES OF SMALLER TABLETS WILL DOUBLE THIS YEAR WITH APPLE'S EXPECTED ANNOUNCEMENT AT ONE O'CLOCK.

MARKET WATCH-SATLIVE

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