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FIRST AT FOUR: THE JERSEY SHORE BARELY RECOGNIZABLE- BOATS TOSSED ON THEIR SIDES LIKE TOYS AND HOMES BURIED IN SAND.

WE HAVE NEW IMAGES AND INFORMATION ON THE DESTRUCTION FROM SANDY.

PLUS, PANIC AT THE POLLS --

FIRST RESPONDERS RUSH TO A CROWDED EARLY VOTING LINE IN LEE COUNTY AFTER AN ELDERLY MAN COLLAPSES.

AND --

"The message young women and girls are getting is: 'You can be anything you want, as long as you're hot.'"

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SANDY CLIP-CLIP

SANDY CLEAN UP-SOTVO

I've lived here for 39 years, I've been through several hurricanes, going back to Gloria. And I've never seen anything like this at all.

SHOCK AND DISBELIEF AS CLEAN-UP BEGINS AFTER HURRICANE SANDY.

SUBWAY PUMPING LEVELS-VOTOPS

BUT THE RESILLIENCE OF AMERICANS SHINES AS THE NATION'S LARGEST CITY SLOWLY CLIMBS TO ITS FEET.

TOMS RIVER ANIMAP-ANIMAP

WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH NBC'S JAY GRAY.

SANDY STORM DAMAGE-SATLIVE

SANDY STORM DAMAGE-PKG

THE IMAGES ARE OVERWHELMING. THE SHEER SCOPE OF THE DISASTER - UNIMAGINABLE.

"We're seeing this very common site here all up and down the coastline in our area."

FROM THE BATTERED NEW JERSEY SHORE. TO FLOOD WATERS THAT FILL THE STREETS OF HOBOKEN. AND FURTHER NORTH IN RHODE ISLAND. WHERE HOMES WERE SPLINTERED OR PICKED-UP AND PUSHED TO THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.

PRESIDENT OBAMA JOINED NEW JERSEY'S GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE TOURING THE DEVASTATION - AN OVERWHELMING FIRST HAND LOOK AT WHAT HURRICANE SANDY LEFT BEHIND.

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IN MANY AREAS CITY STREETS ARE STILL RIVERS. CARS ARE USELESS. BOATS AND KAYAKS NOW THE ONLY WAY TO GET AROUND.

SUPPORT IS SLOWLY MOVING IN. THIS CARAVAN PROVIDING HELP. AND HOPE TO THOSE STRANDED HEADED OVER THE BRIDGE INTO SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NEW JERSEY.

MANY WHO LIVED THROUGH STORM. STILL STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE.

"We're worried, we don't have a place to live, we're staying with friends and family. that only lasts so long. we're running out of food and everything."

IN NEW YORK CITY MANY OF THE SUBWAYS ARE STILL UNDERWATER. LIMITED SERVICE COULD START SOMETIME THURSDAY.

chopper pilot nats "virtually all of them leveled right to the ground"

MORE THAN 100 HOMES. SWALLOWED BY FLAMES IN BREEZY POINT QUEENS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS PREVENTING FIRE FIGHTERS FROM BATTLING THE BLAZE.

Too quick to super

this is a community not a house./ EDIT / "We lost everything, this is all we own right now."

SANDY STORM DAMAGE-SATLIVE

BIG BOARD-NATVO, SATLIVE

THIS MORNING, THE OPENING BELL ON WALL STREET SOUNDED FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE FRIDAY.

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NEW YORK MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG RANG THE STOCK MARKET BACK INTO BUSINESS.

SANDY FORCED INVESTORS TO STAY OUT OF HARMS WAY FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS.

WALL STREET WAS SHUT DOWN FROM ANY TYPE OF TRADING.

MARKETS WERE OFF TO A MIXED START THIS MORNING.

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CAMPAIGN TODAY-OC, ANIBOX

PRESIDENT OBAMA ANNOUNCES HE WILL BE BACK ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TOMORROW AFTER TAKING TIME TO DEAL WITH SANDY.

TODAY, THE PRESIDENT MET WITH NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE.

THE PRESIDENT ARRIVED IN ATLANTIC CITY - ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS ALONG THE EAST COAST.

IN THE MEANTIME, BOTH PARTIES STUMPED IN OUR BATTLEGROUND STATE TODAY.

GOVERNOR ROMNEY IS CRISS-CROSSING FLORIDA.

HE STARTED IN TAMPA AND JUST WRAPPED-UP AN EVENT IN CORAL GABLES.

LATER TONIGHT, HE'S SCHEDULED TO BE IN JACKSONVILLE.

VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN CAMPAIGNED FOR THE DEMOCRATS.

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EARLY VOTING COLLAPSE-OC

WE ARE LESS THAN A WEEK FROM ELECTION DAY, AND WE'RE SEEING RECORD LINES AND LONG WAITS AT POLLING STATIONS FOR EARLY VOTING.

AND THIS MORNING, A MEDICAL EMERGENCY ROCKED THE POLLING STATION NEAR BELL TOWER SHOPS IN SOUTH FORT MYERS.

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THEY WERE SCARY MOMENTS IN FRONT OF THE SOUTH FORT MYERS ELECTIONS OFFICE.

MEDICS RESPONDED AS A MAN WAITING IN LINE COLLAPSED.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN A CONCERN FOR ELECTION'S OFFICIALS AS THEY CONTINUE TO SEE LONG LINES.

SOT: Sharon Harrington "If somebody can't wait in line because of a disability or special need, they need to go immediatly when they get there to the deputy at the front door and let them know because we have special provisions for them."

THE LINES STARTED EARLY.

THE FIRST VOTERS HERE SHOWED UP AT 5:30 IN THE MORNING.

HALF AND HOUR LATER, THE LINE STRETCHED DOWN THIS WALL.

SOT: Lynn Casper, waiting to vote "So this morning im out here hoping to get in."

LYNN CASPER GOT HERE AT 6:55.

BUT SHE HAS BEEN COMING TO EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS FOR THE PAST FOUR DAYS.

THE LINES WERE JUST TOO LONG FOR HER TO WAIT.

SOT: "Yesterday I drove over to the voting on thomson and couldn't find a parking space."

DOWNTOWN THIS MORNING. THE LINES WEREN'T AS BAD.

BUT THROUGH TUESDAY. MORE THAN 24-THOUSAND PEOPLE HAD VOTED EARLY.

AVERAGING 6-THOUSAND EVERY DAY.

RECORD BREAKING NUMBERS IN LEE COUNTY

AND WHILE IT CAN TAKE HOURS TO GET THROUGH LINE. THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE OUT TO VOTE.

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CLIFTON FRENCH REPORTING.

THE MAN IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY.

THE ELECTIONS OFFICE HAS BEEN SEEING SOME PROBLEMS WITH PEOPLE TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE LINES FASTER BY USING THE WALK-UP WINDOWS TO GET ABSENTEE BALLOTS, THEN FILLING IT OUT IN THE PARKING LOT AND HANDING IT IN.

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RESEARCHERS ON SANIBEL SAY THEY'RE 2 FOR 2 -- FINDING A RARE RAT TWICE IN THE PAST TWO DAYS, ONE THAT HASN'T BEEN SEEN IN 3 YEARS!

RICE RAT ON SANIBEL-CELLREM

RICE RAT ON SANIBEL-VO

IT'S NATIVE, ONLY FOUND ON THE ISLAND

AND HELPS KEEP THE ENVIRONMENT BALANCED.

MANY THOUGHT THEY HAD DISAPPEARED--

BUT BOTH YESTERDAY AND TODAY,

RICE RAT ON SANIBEL-SOT

RICE RAT ON SANIBEL-CELLREM

TARA AND HER TEAM WILL BE BACK OUT HERE IN A FEW HOURS SETTING THESE TRAPS WITH GRAINS, HOPING TO FIND MORE RATS THEY CAN STUDY.

TEASE ONE-2SHOT

A HEARTBREAKING AND HEARTLESS ACT TO AN INNOCENT ANIMAL.

A CAT IS SEVERLY BURNED - BUT REMARKABLY SURVIVED THE TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE.

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C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

CAT BURNED ALIVE-VO

WE'RE LEARNING A CAT- BADLY BURNED- MAY HAVE BEEN INTENTIONALLY SET ON FIRE.

THIS IS VIDEO OF THE CAT, NOW NAMED PAISLEY FOR THE STREET SHE WAS FOUND ON.

HER EARS AND HEAD ARE BURNED, HER FUR- SINGED.

ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS FOUND HER HIDING UNDER A CAR AFTER SHE RAN FROM A SMALL FIRE ACROSS THE STREET IN LEHIGH ACRES.

THE RESIDENT SAW THE FLAMES AND CALLED 9-1-1.

OFFICERS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE YOUNG CAT- THEY FIND IT ODD THAT ONLY HER HEAD IS BURNED AND NOT HER PAWS.

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP

FORECAST-WXWALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

"A SPOOK-tacular Halloween night"

After morning lows bottomed out in the middle 50s, temperatures have rebounded nicely today into the middle and upper 70s. This coupled with low humidity and a light breeze out of the northwest have made for another pleasant afternoon across our part of the state with mostly sunny skies.

As we head into the evening hours, our skies will stay mostly clear with mainly dry conditions. Temperatures will begin to drop into the upper 60s around sunset, so as your ghosts and goblins are getting ready to head out for some treats there will be a very slight chill in the air. Overnight, temperatures won't be quite as cool as most locations along the coast and urban corridor will drop into the upper 50s to near 60° with spots deeper inland falling into the middle 50s.

A weak cold front will sag down the peninsula on Thursday keeping a mix of sun and clouds in the forecast with a slight chance for a few spotty showers during the afternoon and early evening. Temperatures will continue to run in the upper 70s to near 80°. While this front, won't bring another dose of colder air, it will reinforce the pleasant weather we've already been seeing.

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TEASE TWO-ONCAM

DELAYING ROUTINE MEDICAL TESTS CAN BE A RECIPE FOR SEVERE CONSEQUENCES.

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KEY HEALTH TESTS MEN-OC

LADIES, THINK FOR A MOMENT ABOUT THE MEN IN YOUR LIFE.

ARE THEY RELUCTANT TO GO TO THE DOCTOR FOR ROUTINE TESTS?

AFRAID OF WHAT THEY MIGHT DISCOVER?

THAT HESITATION CAN HAVE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES AS WE GET OLDER.

KEY HEALTH TESTS MEN-PKG

"I have never taken a sick day from work."

JEFF IS THE PICTURE OF HEALTH AND HE HAS THE ANNUAL PHYSICALS TO PROVE IT.

BUT WHEN A NEW TEST TOOK A MICROSCOPIC LOOK AT JEFF'S "NORMAL" CHOLESTEROL LEVELS. THAT PICTURE TURNED UGLY.

"It is a dangerous thing not to want to look a little deeper into some of these things."

"It is all about how you look at it - think of medical tests like getting a tune up for your car."

A BASIC CHECK FINDS BASIC PROBLEMS. FOR BETTER PERFORMANCE YOU NEED A BETTER LOOK.

"The worst part is conventional tests could still let the 85% walk out of here thinking they are okay."

A STANDARD CHECKLIST AT AGE 30 INCLUDES A CHOLESTEROL TEST AND A LOOK AT THE THYROID. A SCREENING FOR SKIN CANCER SINCE IT OCCURS IN MEN MORE THAN WOMEN.

AND A TESTICULAR EXAM BECAUSE THIS CANCER USUALLY OCCURS BEFORE THE AGE OF 40.

DR OTT SAYS IN THE 30'S THE NAME OF THE GAME IS PREVENTION -

MAKING SURE THE BODY IS WORKING EFFICIENTLY.

SO YOU SHOULD ADD A MICRO-NUTRIENT TEST TO SEE WHAT VITAMINS AND MINERALS YOUR BODY IS ABSORBING.

"You can assume at 30 you are looking at preventing aging at 40 you start repairing what aging has occurred."

A DECADE LATER AND IT IS TIME TO KICK IT UP A NOTCH.

"It takes a lot more to make the 40's work."

DO THE SAME CHECKS AS 30 - BUT ADD BLOOD PRESSURE AND A DIABETES SCREENING TO THE MIX.

ALSO - LOOK AT VITAMIN D. THE BODY DOESN'T COLLECT IT AS WELL AFTER 40.

OTT SAYS 40 IS THE AGE TO ADD THAT ADVANCED CHOLESTEROL SCREENING JEFF HAD.

"At 40 we want to find out if your building the initial blocks of heart disease, most people at 40 will still look good on conventional tests."

10 MORE YEARS AND THE SAME TESTS APPLY BUT NOW ADD HEARING AND COLON CHECKS ALONG WITH SCREENINGS FOR BLADDER AND PROSTATE CANCER. AND IT IS TIME TO CHECK THE METABOLISM.

"at 50 you want the WHOLE package."

OTT SAYS AGE 50 IS A GOOD TIME TO DO A TELEMERES TEST.

KEY HEALTH TESTS MEN-OC

OWEN CONFLENTI REPORTING.

TEASE THREE

A MIRACLE IN THE FACE OF SANDY'S FURY.

07:07:28 D: They took her off the bed, got her on this med sled and proceeded to slide her really slowly down eight flights of stairs.

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HANGING SUPERHEROES-VO

HANGING HEROES MAKE HALLOWEEN HAPPEN FOR CHILDREN STUCK AT THE HOSPITAL.

WINDOW WASHERS FOR THE 'CLEAN UP GROUP' DRESSED UP IN FULL COSTUME--

TO CHEER KIDS UP AT NAPLES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL.

BATMAN, SPIDERMAN AND SUPERMAN SURPRISED PATIENTS AS THEY RAPPELED DOWN THE SIX STORY BUILDING-- JOKING WITH KIDS AND STAFF INSIDE.

HANGING SUPERHEROES-SOTVO

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Tommy hubbell, clean up group

11:35 I think I might have enjoyed it more than the kids just dressing up and then seeing the action on everbodys face it was pretty incredible 43

Nate starkweather, clean up group

7:57 Smiles, laughs, pointing, lots of picture taking 01

WE POSTED THIS STORY ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND IT WENT VIRAL--

STORM BABIES-TRXVOTOPS, OC

IN THE WAKE OF SUPERSTORM SANDY, OVER TWO HUNDREND PATIENTS WERE EVACUATED FROM A NEW YORK HOSPITAL AFTER IT LOST POWER AND THE BACKUP GENERATOR FAILED.

BUT EVEN DURING THE STORM OF THE CENTURY. THERE WERE SEVERAL VERY SPECIAL DELIVERIES.

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This is mica elmany marcus and he was born 12:42 am

ALMOST FIVE HOURS AFTER HURRICANE SANDY HIT LAND, MICAH MARCUS WAS BORN. BUT IT WAS A LABOR OF LOVE TO BRING HIM INTO THE WORLD.

7:10:48 it was more crazy than we could possibly imagine

JULIA ALMANY WAS HAVING CONTRACTIONS AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY'S LANGONE MEDICAL CENTER. WHEN THE POWER WENT OUT AND THE BACK-UP GENERATOR FAILED. HER HUSBAND DORON WAS GETTING SOMETHING TO EAT.

07:02:45 D: I walk into the cafeteria, and it's full on blackout.

DORON COULDN'T SEE THE STORM, BUT HE COULD HEAR IT.

The hurricane was battering the hospital. D: I heard this crazy rushing of water sound. 07:03:20 D:It was coming off FDR into first avenue and into the hospital, the basement was flooded, the ground floor was flooded at that point.

BACK IN THE DELIVERY ROOM, JULIA WAS HAVING POWERFUL CONTRACTIONS.

07:04:31 J: they were like 30 seconds apart, it started being like really painful,

07:05:01 D: I was like this- this is insane. This couldn't get any worse/.

DORON STEPPED IN AND HELPED DOCTORS GIVE HIS WIFE AN EPIDURAL IN THE DARK.

7:06:07 i was holding a cellphone above her while they were putting in the iv and putting in the epidural.

WITH NO POWER TO SAFELY DELIVER THE BABY, THE HOSPITAL EVACUATED JULIA AND THE OTHER PATIENTS

07:07:28 D: They took her off the bed, got her on this med sled and proceeded to slide her really slowly down eight flights of stairs.

07:07:45 D: There was a lot of screaming going on. there were um - about six people with newborns, like there would be a group of six people with oxygen tanks and other medical attachments to this baby trying to get by us, trying to get down more quickly than us.

AFTER 20 MINUTES, THEY REACHED THE GROUND FLOOR AND RUSHED TO MT. SINAI HOSPITAL.. BUT THE ROADS WERE DANGEROUS.

07:09:58 D: we're driving up third avenue, I hear a loud bang on top of the - on top of the ambulance/ once we got to the hospital, we found out that a tree - a tree branch or something had fallen right on the ambulance as we were driving up third avenue.

THE COUPLE MADE IT JUST IN TIME. WITHIN MINUTES, MICAH WAS BORN, ARRIVING INTO THE WORLD AS THE CALM AFTER THE STORM.

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ANDREA CANNING REPORTING.

TEASE FOUR-2SHOT

OPEN FOR BUSINESS.

A CAPE CORAL HOME KNOWN FOR IT'S HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS IS READY FOR TRICK-OR-TREATERS AFTER A FIRE DESTROYED THEIR HOUSE.

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SHOW OPEN-CLIP

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TOSS TO STEVE-VOTOPS, OBX

ON MONDAY - A FIRE GUTTED A CAPE CORAL HOME KNOWN FOR IT'S HALLOWEEN TRADITION.

BUT TODAY, THE HOMEOWNERS SAY THEY'LL BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS TO TRICK-OR-TREATERS.

NBC-2'S STEVE CAMPION IS LIVE IN CAPE CORAL.

HALLOWEEN HOUSE DECORATIONS-REM-LIVE

The most frightening nights of the Yasbeck family's life looks like -- charred walls and holes through the roof.

HALLOWEEN HOUSE DECORATIONS-PKG

In the wee hours Monday morning -- fire destoryed this home on SE 4th place known by neighbors as "the Halloween House."

Years worth of decorations were burned -- firefighters blame the blaze on an outside electrical cord used for all the Halloween decorations.

Today -- the family started picking up the pieces -- getting ready for the Halloween festivites despite a tremendous loss.

TAKE SOT

Debbie Yasbeck, Homeowner

HALLOWEEN HOUSE DECORATIONS-REM-LIVE

Now -- that resolve is amazing to see here tonight.

The family who is staying in a hotel -- spent the morning cleaning up and made sure there's enough candy out here.

One neighbor is even pitching in his generator to get what decorations are left back up and running.

While some places register and limit their Halloween guests -- the people on this cape coral block tell me everyone is welcome here tonight.

And Despite one family's heartbreak here -- they're wishing everyone a happy halloween.

CAPE MAYOR COUNCILMAN ARRESTED CHARITY-OC, NATVO

UNDER ARREST - CAPE CORAL'S MAYOR AND A COUNCILMAN - WERE ESCORTED OUT OF CITY HALL TODAY - IN HANDCUFFS!

ONLY OUR CAMERAS WERE ROLLING AS MAYOR JOHN SULLIVAN AND COUNCILMAN CHRIS CHULAKES-LEETZ WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.

THE DUO WAS PUT INTO THE BACK OF A CAPE CORAL POLICE CRUISER AND TAKEN TO JAIL.

YOU CAN RELAX THOUGH - THE ARREST WAS FOR CHARITY.

MICHAEL HUNT RESIGNATION-OC, SS, OC

THE COUNTY ATTORNEY WANTS TO BUMP UP HIS LAST DAY AT WORK.

MICHAEL HUNT SENT A LETTER TO LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MOVING HIS LAST DAY FROM AUGUST 9TH OF 2013 TO NOVEMBER 30TH OF THIS YEAR.

IN RETURN - HUNT WANTS 26 WEEKS OF PAY PLUS VACATION, SICK TIME AND HEALTH BENEFITS.

HUNT CITED FAMILY MATTERS AS HIS REASON TO LEAVE - BUT HIS RESIGNATION CAME DAYS AFTER TWO COUNTY COMMISIONERS BLASTED HIM IN HIS ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW.

COMMISSIONERS HAD ASKED HIM TO MOVE THE DATE OF HIS RESIGNATION TO A SOONER DATE.

DECISION 2012-CLIP

POLITICS TODAY-OC

SANDY PUT THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAGINS ON HOLD, BUT POLITICIANS RAMP UP THEIR PUSH FOR VOTERS.

THREE OF THE FOUR PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES WERE IN THE ALL-IMPORTANT BATTLEGROUND STATE OF FLORIDA TODAY.

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A POLITICAL EXPERT HERE IN WASHINGTON TODAY SAYS: THE HIGH PRAISE CHRISTIE IS GIVING MR OBAMA IS MUCH MORE VALUABLE THAN ANY SPEECH CHRISTIE GAVE FOR GOV ROMNEY

PRESIDENT OBAMA SET OUT TO SURVEY HURRICANE DAMAGE IN NEW JERSEY. STILL NO CAMPAIGNING, 6 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION.

MITT ROMNEY CAMPAIGNED. IN TAMPA. SYMPATHIZING WITH THE VICTIMS OF SANDY.

Presidential Nominee :15 -:21

"A kind of trauma you've experienced here in Florida more than once. And it's interesting to see how people come together."

HE PIVOTED TO THE ELECTION

Presidential Nominee :24 -:29

"Now people coming together is what's also going to happen, I believe on November 7th."

THE RACE IN FLORIDA IS CLOSER

48-47 IN THE RESPECTED QUINNIPIAC POLL

BUT IN OHIO IT'S STILL A FIVE POINT OBAMA ADVANTAGE, IN THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE.

AND, IN NEW JERSEY, THE PRESIDENT GOT A BOOST THAT COULD HELP IN ALL THE SWING STATES. A WARM GREETING AND MORE PRAISE FOR THE FEDERAL STORM RESPONSE FROM REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE, WHO'S CAMPAIGNED ALL YEAR FOR MITT ROMNEY, AGAINST BARACK OBAMA, 'TIL THE HURRICANE

"The message that Christie is sending voters is that Obama is doing a good job. He's not a scary socialist person. That he's someone who can be trusted."

BETTER THAN ANY SPEECH OR TV AD: TO LEAD IN A CRISIS AND HAVE EVEN POLITICAL OPPONENTS OFFER PRAISE.

BUT THAT SWORD IS DOUBLE EDGED. IF FEMA STUMBLES IN THE NEXT WEEK. THE BLOWBACK IS SURE TO HURT THE PRESIDENT

99 YR OLD FIRST VOTE-VO, OC

A FORT MYERS SENIOR CITIZEN IS PROVING YOU'RE NEVER TOO OLD TOO TRY SOMETHING NEW.

TODAY 99-YEAR OLD ROSIE LEWIS VOTED FOR THE FIRST TIME.

SHE WAS IN HER FIFTIES BY THE TIME JIM CROW LAWS WERE ABOLISHED, AND SAYS SHE NEVER HAD AN INTEREST IN POLITICS.

ROSIE WANTED TO VOTE FOR BARACK OBAMA 4-YEARS AGO BUT WASN'T REGISTERED TO VOTE.

RECENTLY A FAMILY FRIEND HELPED HER REGISTER AND TODAY DROPPPED OFF HER ABSENTEE BALLOT.

IMPORTANCE OF COUNTY MANAGER-OC, SS

IT IS THE LAST DAY ON THE JOB FOR LEE COUNTY MANAGER KAREN HAWES -

NOW ALL EYES ARE ON HER TEMPORARY REPLACEMENT.

BILL WILLIAMS AND DOUG MEURER'S NAMES ARE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.

WILLIAMS IS THE COMMISSIONER OF THE ESTERO FIRE RESCUE DISTRICT.

MEURER IS CUIRRENTLY THE ASSISTANT COUNTY MANAGER.

BOTH SAY THEY ARE INTERESTED IN FILLING THE ROLE UNTIL A PERMANENT REPLACEMENT IS FOUND.

THAT COULD TAKE 6 MONTHS.

THEY'D BE RESPONSIBLE FOR STEERING THE COUNTY THROUGH THE MEDSTAR MIS-HAP AND VR-LABS ISSUES.

BUT WOULDN'T HAVEANY INPUT ON NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

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A BIT OF POSTIVE NEWS TODAY FOR THE FLORIDA ECONOMY.

GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT'S DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORUTINTY REPORTS AN 18 POINT 5 PERCENT INCREASE IN HOUSING STARTS IN AUGUST COMPARED TO THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.

CAPE GOLF COURSE DEBATE-OC

NEIGHBORS OF AN OLD CAPE CORAL GOLF COURSE MAY SOON KNOW WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE OVERGROWN PROPERTY.

THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL LOST A BATTLE TO PUT AN END LEGAL WRANGLING OVER THE 175 ACRE PROPERTY FORMERLY KNOWN AS "THE GOLF CLUB" WITHOUT A TRIAL.

THE LANDOWNERS CLOSED THE 18 HOLE GOLF COURSE IN 2006 AND THEY CLAIM THE CITY'S RESTRICTIONS HAVE KEPT IT FROM DEVELOPING THE PROPERTY TO ADD OFFICES, RETAIL SPACE, AND HOUSING.

CLARION HOTEL DEMO PLANNED-VO

A DEMOLITION DATE IS SET FOR AN OLD FORT MYERS HOTEL.

STEVE HONC - WITH HONC INDUSTRIES SAYS HIS COMPANY WAS CHOSEN TO DEMOLISH THE OLD CLARION HOTEL ON U-S 41 NEAR COLLEGE PARKWAY.

HONC TELLS US THEY'LL USE EXCAVATORS TO CLEAR OUT THE SOUTH END OF THE PROPERTY TOMORROW.

PANTHERS TRACKED-TRX, OC

RIGHT NOW, FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE ARE TRACKING TWO PANTHERS IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA.

THE CATS WERE ORIGINALLY CAUGHT IN COLLIER COUNTY LAST SEPTEMBER.

THE BROTHER AND SISTER ESCAPED AN ENCLOSURE IN NASSAU COUNTY WHEN HURRICANE SANDY KNOCKED DOWN A FENCE.

CO THEATER VICTIMS COURT DOCS-VO

A JUDGE HAS DECLINED A MOTION TO LET VICTIMS OF THE AURORA, COLORADO THEATER SHOOTING LOOK AT SEALED COURT DOCUMENTS.

JAMES HOLMES IS ACCUSED OF OPENING FIRE JULY 20TH DURING A MIDNIGHT PREMIERE OF THE LATEST BATMAN MOVIE, "THE DARK KNIGHT RISES."

THE RAMPAGE LEFT 12 PEOPLE DEAD AND 58 INJURED.

VICTIMS WERE SEEKING ACCESS TO COURT DOCUMENTS AND 911 CALLS.

NY NANNY ACCUSED OF MURDER-(2) SS, VO

FIRST AT FOUR - AN UPDATE ON THE MURDER OF 2 YOUNG CHILDREN IN NEW YORK - ALLEGEDLY AT THE HANDS OF THEIR NANNY.

THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS REPORTS 50-YEAR-OLD, YOSELYN ORTEGA IS EXPECTED TO BE ARRAIGNED FROM HER HOSPITAL BED.

THE MANHATTAN NANNY IS AWAKE AND REPORTEDLY ABLE TO COMMUNICATE.

ORTEGA IS ACCUSED OF STABBING TO DEATH - 6-YEAR-OLD LUCIA AND 2-YEAR-OLD LEO KRIM.

POLICE SAY SHE THEN ATTEMPTED TO KILL HERSELF.

ORTEGA SUFFERED A BROKEN VERTEBRA AND HAS UNDERWENT SURGERY.

THE NANNY REPORTEDLY HIRED A LAWYER AND STILL IS REFUSING TO TALK WITH POLICE.

SHE HAS, HOWEVER, ALLEGEDLY ASKED TO SPEAK WITH HER OWN FAMILY.

A SOURCE SAID A SEARCH WARRANT EXECUTED ON THE NANNY'S APARTMENT TURNED UP NO CLUES OF A MOTIVE IN THE MURDERS.

CASEY ANTHONY REQUEST-VO

CASEY ANTHONY'S ATTORNEY IS TRYING TO GET HER CIVIL TRIAL MOVED OUT OF ORANGE COUNTY.

IN COURT MONDAY, HE ARGUED IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AN IMPARTIAL JURY IN THE COUNTY, SINCE THAT'S WHERE CAYLEE ANTHONY DIED IN 2008 AND WHERE CASEY WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY IN HER DAUGHTER'S DEATH.

THE PLAINTIFF, ZENAIDA GONZALEZ, IS SUING ANTHONY FOR SAYING A WOMAN WITH THE SAME NAME WAS THE NANNY WHO KIDNAPPED CAYLEE.

POLICE LATER DETERMINED ANTHONY LIED ABOUT THE KIDNAPPING.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS STUCK-VO

THINGS DIDN'T GO AS PLANNED FOR A PAIR OF IMMIGRANTS ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE U-S ILLEGALLY TUESDAY.

TAKE A LOOK.

THE MEN BUILT A RAMP TO GET OVER THIS 14-FOOT HIGH FENCE, BUT ENDED UP STUCK AT THE TOP.

WHEN BOARDER PATROL AGENTS FOUND THE JEEP, THE TWO MEN TOOK OFF.

THE AGENTS REMOVED THE JEEP FROM THE FENCE, AND SEIZED BOTH THE VEHICLE AND THE RAMP.

HEALTH CLIP-CLIP

HEALTH MATTERS-ONCAM

BASIL CELL SKIN CANCER MAY BE A MINOR PROBLEM FOR SOME OF US, BUT A MAJOR ISSUE FOR OTHERS.

FOR THE MOST PART, BOTH GROUPS ARE TREATED THE SAME.

THE ALTERNATIVE FOR SERIOUS CASES, WAS TO MOVE ON TO TRADITIONAL CANCER TREATMENTS.

BUT THAT'S CHANGED WITH A NEW DRUG APPROVAL.

HEALTH MATTERS-PKG

A LIFETIME OF SUN EXPOSURE CAUGHT UP WITH BOB DAVIES.

BOB DAVIES/BATTLES BASIL CELL CARCINOMA

RUNS:

:57: They have found different spots, mostly on my arms and on my back, from being out in the sun when I was younger.

BANDAGES MARK SPOTS ON HIS FACE AND ARM WHERE A DOCTOR REMOVED SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS.

BOB DAVIES/BATTLES BASIL CELL CARCINOMA

RUNS:

:18: He will take a cut out of it and have it tested to see if it's cancerous or a basil cell. And I've got two spots that he's in the process of testing.

BASIL CELL CARCINOMA IS THE MOST COMMON SKIN CANCER. IT'S TYPICALLY REMOVED BY A DERMATOLOGIST. BUT SOME PEOPLE HAVE IT MUCH WORSE THAN BOB.

DR. LOWELL HART/ONCOLOGIST/HEMATOLOGIST

RUNS:

:56: The really bad ones are the ones that come back after surgical incision, they can be quite disfiguring. It can be close to the eye, close to the ear, close to the nose.

RADIATION THERAPY WAS OFTEN USED IN ADVANCED OR PROBLEMATIC BASIL CELL CANCERS. UNTIL THE FDA APPROVED A NEW DRUG CALLED ERIVEDGE.

3:05: Patients that have basal-cell cancer in places that are too large to remove or they came back after radiation therapy or after surgery. Or ones that have metastasized, or spread to another part of the body, are candidate with treatment with this drug.

AMY OSHIER/REPORTING

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Researchers are combating cancers by determining their biologic pathways. If a pathway is not turned off, cells and tumors grow. The focus now, is on drug inhibitors that disrupt the pathway.

DR. LOWELL HART/ONCOLOGIST/HEMATOLOGIST

RUNS:

5:33: Patients with the most severe basal cell cancer that have been treated with this drug it has been very, very dramatic. You see over a short period of time when you take away the fire that makes the cancer grow what happens to the cancer.

TEASE FIVE-ONCAM

KIDS HALLOWEEN COSTUMES EVOLVE OVER TIME, AND IT HAS SOME PARENTS ON EDGE.

"The message young women and girls are getting is: 'You can be anything you want, as long as you're hot.'"

A) sexy costumes-sotvo

B) concussion app-vo

C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

PRESIDENT SANDY-SATLIVE

ALL NEW AHEAD AT 5:00-CLIP

PAUSE FOR AHEAD AT 5:00 CLIP

SANDY'S AFTERMATH BEING FELT UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST TODAY.

AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR --

WE WILL BREAK DOWN ALL THE LATEST INFORMATION --

AND CLEAN UP EFFORTS AS RESIDENTS TRY TO RETURN TO NORMALCY.

A)-NWSRM

B) ALEX STANDUP TEASE-SOTTOPS

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP

FORECAST-WXWALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

"A SPOOK-tacular Halloween night"

After morning lows bottomed out in the middle 50s, temperatures have rebounded nicely today into the middle and upper 70s. This coupled with low humidity and a light breeze out of the northwest have made for another pleasant afternoon across our part of the state with mostly sunny skies.

As we head into the evening hours, our skies will stay mostly clear with mainly dry conditions. Temperatures will begin to drop into the upper 60s around sunset, so as your ghosts and goblins are getting ready to head out for some treats there will be a very slight chill in the air. Overnight, temperatures won't be quite as cool as most locations along the coast and urban corridor will drop into the upper 50s to near 60° with spots deeper inland falling into the middle 50s.

A weak cold front will sag down the peninsula on Thursday keeping a mix of sun and clouds in the forecast with a slight chance for a few spotty showers during the afternoon and early evening. Temperatures will continue to run in the upper 70s to near 80°. While this front, won't bring another dose of colder air, it will reinforce the pleasant weather we've already been seeing.

TRAFFIC-trxTFC FDOT

TRAFFIC BILLBOARD-CLIP

SPOOKY SWEETS-CG

CALORIES WILL BE THE LAST THING ON KIDS MINDS TONIGHT DURING TRICK OR TREATING.

BUT THERE ARE WAYS TO CUT DOWN ON THE SUGAR RUSH WITHOUT TAKING AWAY ALL THE CANDY.

OPT FOR CANDY CORN, PIXIE STICKS AND STARBURSTS OVER CHOCOLATE CANDY BARS.

YOU CAN SHED HUNDREDS OF CALORIES JUST BY STICKING TO THOSE SNACKS.

TETRIS PUMPKIN-VO

OK - LAST HALLOWEEN STORY FOR THIS NEWSCAST.

BUT WE PROMISE IT'S REALLY COOL.

THIS WASHINGTON STATE MAN CREATED THE GAME TETRIS OUT OF A PUMPKIN.

NATHAN PRYOR CARVED THE GRID AND LOADED IT UP WITH L-E-D LIGHTS.

500TH SISTINE CHAPEL ANNIVERSARY-VO

TODAY MARKS A HISTORICAL ANNIVERSARY FOR ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS PAINTINGS.

500 YEARS AGO MICHELANGELO PUT THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON THE CEILING OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL IN VATICAN CITY.

AT THE CENTER OF THE PAINTING, A DEPICTION OF GOD TOUCHING LIFE INTO ADAM.

TAYLOR SWIFT RED-VO

TAYLOR SWIFT'S NEW ALBUM REACHES RECORD BREAKING SALES.

THE ALBUM "RED" SOLD A RECORD-SETTING ONE POINT TWO MILLION COPIES IN ITS FIRST WEEK.

THAT'S THE LARGEST SALES WEEK FOR ANY ALBUM IN 10 YEARS.

IN 2002 THAT ALBUM WAS THE EMINEM SHOW BY EMINEM.

OCTOMOM REHAB-VO

OCTOMOM NADYA SULEMAN IS IN A DRUG REHAB CENTER TODAY.

HER REPRESENTATIVE SAYS THE MOM OF 14 IS BATTLING AN ADDICTION TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

SHE WAS ADMITTED LAST WEEK AND IS EXPECTED TO BE THERE FOR AT LEAST 3 WEEKS.

SULEMAN BECAME NOTORIOUS WHEN SHE GAVE BIRTH TO OCTUPLETS IN 2009.

TEASE SIX-2SHOT

A NEW TOOL TAKES THE GUESSING GAME OUT OF CONCUSSION INJURIES.

"Are they vomiting? Balance problems or dizziness?

THE LIFE-SAVING TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS.

A) concussion app-sotvo

FOUR AT FOUR-CGTOPS

1. A SPOOK-tacular forecast

2. Man arrested after swallowing cocaine

3. Keep your kids safe this Halloween

SEXY COSTUMES-OC

EACH YEAR ON HALLOWEEN WE CELEBRATE BY CARVING PUMPKINS AND DRESSING UP IN COSTUMES.

BUT ARE COMPANIES MAKING KIDS' SCARE-WEAR MORE SKIMPY?

SEXY COSTUMES-PKG

HALLOWEEN WHEN KAREN GILBERT WAS A LITTLE GIRL.

"And one of us was dressed like a pumpkin."

.MIGHT HAVE LOOKED SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

AN ON-LINE PHOTO.SHOWING A LITTLE GIRL IN A FELT COSTUME.LOOKING LIKE."A PUMPKIN."

BUT HERE'S WHAT SOME PUMPKIN OUTFITS -- MARKETED TOWARD VERY YOUNG GIRLS -- LOOK LIKE TODAY.

"Children don't need to be sexy. They need to be cute and fun."

"I think Halloween has become, very much, a "gender display ritual.""

SOCIOLOGIST LISA WADE AT OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE CALLS IT A "DISTURBING" TREND.

ONE WHERE HALLOWEEN HAS BECOME LIKE THE JUNIOR PROM.OR OTHER RITES OF PASSAGE IN A YOUNG WOMAN'S LIFE.

EXCEPT THE PACKAGES -- AND THE WEBSITES AND STORES -- OFTEN AIM THEM TOWARD PRE-ADOLESCENTS.

"The message young women and girls are getting is: 'You can be anything you want, as long as you're hot.'"

AND SHE'S NOT ALONE.

BLOGS AND TWEETS HAVE BEEN HEATING UP IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS.WITH PARENTS LAMENTING THE TREND.

ONE TODDLER'S MOTHER EVEN ASSEMBLED A SLIDE SHOW:

- COWGIRL COSTUME A FEW YEARS AGO.COWGIRL NOW.

- CAVE GIRL A DECADE AGO.CAVE GIRL NOW.

- EVEN A SILLY CLOWN OUTFIT.NOW HAS A SEXY SISTER.

WADE SAYS THE REASON ADULT HALLOWEEN COSTUMES STARTED GOING "SEXY" TO BEGIN WITH, IS BECAUSE THE LINES BETWEEN FEMININITY AND YOUTH.HAVE BECOME BLURRED.

"We expect adult women to be childish, in a sense, and young girls to be "adult-like.""

"I think it's bad."

PARENT CRUZ ROQUE TOLD US.IF HIS DAUGHTER, RISA, WANTED TO WEAR ONE OF THOSE COSTUMES, HE'D PUT HIS FOOT DOWN.

"I tell her 'no.' I prefer costumes for children."

WADE SAYS ONE SOLUTION IS: PARENTS COULD BUY THEIR GIRLS OUTFITS MARKETED TOWARD BOYS INSTEAD.

SEXY COSTUMES-OC

OF COURSE, YOU COULD ALSO NOT BUY THEM.

MAKING YOUR OWN COSTUME IS BECOMING QUITE TRENDY.

THAT'S IT FOR THE FOUR

CONCUSSION APP-TFC CTR

NOW, MORE THAN EVER BEFORE. CONCUSSIONS ARE A BIG HEALTH CONCERN AT EVERY LEVEL OF SPORTS.

AND NOW THERE'S ANOTHER TOOL OUT THERE TO TAKE THE GUESSING GAME OUT OF CONCUSSIONS. IT'S A CHECK-LIST. RIGHT ON YOUR SMART-PHONE.

CONCUSSION APP-PKG

IN THE HEIGHT OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SEASON THERE'S A NEW TOOL IN PLAY TO HELP COACHES AND PARENTS QUICKLY RECOGNIZE CONCUSSION SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS.

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST PUBLISHING COMPANY THAT CREATED THE APP IS HERE TO SHOW ME HOW IT WORKS.

"Are they vomiting? Balance problems or dizziness? Fatigue or feeling tired? Blurry or double vision? Sensitivity to light or noise? Numbness or tingling? "

THE APP SHOWS YOU THE 12 DANGER SIGNS THAT NEED EMERGENCY ATTENTION. THERE'S A BUTTON BUILT IN TO CALL 911.

YOU CAN SAVE ALL OF YOUR INFORMATION INTO YOUR PROFILE - FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS TO KNOW WHAT DO NEXT. AND TAKE A PICTURE OF THE PERSON.

"It even shows you through GPS - protects them from liability - actually it did."

CRITICAL INFORMATION TO ACCESS BEFORE EVER JUST ASSUMING SOMEONE IS OK.

"If you miss the signs and your kid's operating with a concussion that can be very dangerous."

"Oh definitely there's something called second impact syndrome and a lot of children actually end up in wheel chairs or actually die due to second impact syndrome and what that is is when a concussion is not seen and then they send them back into play, get another hit in the head, and you know."

CONCUSSION APP-TFC

THE CONCUSSION RECOGNITION & RESPONSE APP COSTS JUST UNDER FOUR DOLLARS. AND A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS ARE DONATED TO CONCUSSION RESEARCH.

THAT WRAPS UP FIRST AT FOUR.

GOODBYE-2 SHOT

YOU SAW PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA TALK ONLY MOMENTS AGO AFTER TOURING THE DAMAGES IN NEW JERSEY -- WE'RE COVERING THE DAMAGES FROM SANDY, AHEAD AT FIVE.

AND A CAT FOUND IN LEHIGH ACRES, BURNED ALIVE!

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