NBC 11PM |
TONIGHT WE'RE TRACKING TWO BIG STORIES.
ON THE LEFT, A LIVE LOOK AT THE SCENE OF A DEATH INVESTIGATION IN FORT MYERS, NEAR M-L-K AND I-75.
WE'LL HAVE A LIVE REPORT IN A MOMENT.
ON THE RIGHT: THE STORY THAT IMPACTS EVERY AMERICAN.
TOMORROW, VOTERS WILL HEAD TO THE POLLS TO PICK THE COUNTRY'S NEXT PRESIDENT.
THAT'S WEHRE WE BEGIN TONIGHT.
Return to index of stories...
GOOD EVENING, I'M LINDSAY LOGUE.
AND I'M PETER BUSCH.
IF YOU'RE VOTING TOMORROW WE HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW, STARTING WITH A LOOK AT THE CLOSE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE.
HERE'S NBC'S STEVE HANDELSMAN.
Return to index of stories...
GOOD EVENING FROM CINCINNATI. OHIO COULD BE THE STATE THAT DECIDES THIS RACE TOMORROW. SO OHIO VOTERS GOT THE MOST ATTENTION TODAY.
MITT ROMNEY'S FINAL OHIO RALLY FILLED A HANGAR IN COLUMBUS WITH 10 THOUSAND SCREAMING SUPPORTERS.
presidential candidate :xx-:xx
"Some of you have been successful in convincing your neighbors to vote for Paul Ryan and me,
and I thank you for that. And now let's make sure that everyone we know gets out to vote
on Tuesday!".
EARLIER, INTRODUCED BY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND JAY-Z.
"Hello Columbus! Fired up and ready to go??!"
.PRESIDENT OBAMA HELD HIS FINAL DAY OHIO EVENT IN COLUMBUS. AN ESTIMATED 15 THOUSAND SUPPORTERS. AND A PITCH AIMED AT OHIO.
"I'm proud we saved the auto industry, prouder we're making better cars."
THE PRESIDENT VISITED VOLUNTEERS AND CALLED AN OHIO VOTER.
"hey Karen - this is Barack Obama "
"and I hope that ah - that we bring it home tomorrow."
FOR DAYS, REPUBLICAN VOLUNTEERS LIKE JEREMY BOSCO HAVE WORKED THE CINCINNATI HAMILTON COUNTY OHIO SUBURBS.TO BE SURE ROMNEY BACKERS VOTE.
guy at door: not a problem - i'll be there tuesday morning
jeremy: awesome. thank you so much
JEREMY KNOWS OHIO IS MUST-WIN FOR ROMNEY.
Steve: do you ever figure: jeez, if i do a great job here, now, in this county, in ohio, i can get my guy to the white house? you?
Jeremy: in a small way, yes.
early voting
OHIO EARLY VOTING'S BEEN BUSY BUT REPUBLICAN POLL WATCHERS COULD CHALLENGE THE BALLOTS OF THOUSANDS OF THESE AND TOMORROW'S VOTERS.
Board of Elections :xx-:xx
"You have a tight race in the state of Ohio, you could well have a decision you don't
know the results of for several weeks."
WITH NO TIME TO WORRY ABOUT THAT, PRESIDENT OBAMA WENT TO IOWA.
MITT ROMNEY TO NEW HAMPSHIRE.CAMPAIGNING INTO THE NIGHT.
IN A SURPRISE, THE ROMNEY CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCED: HE'LL GO TO PITTSBURGH AND BACK HERE TO OHIO, CLEVELAND, FOR ONE LAST PUSH ON ELECTION DAY.
I'M STEVE HANDELSMAN, NBC NEWS, CINCINNATI, OHIO
Return to index of stories...
A USA TODAY/GALLUP POLL OF VOTERS IN 12 KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES SHOWS PRESIDENT OBAMA AND MITT ROMNEY TIED AT 48 PERCENT.
WE'RE TRACKING A HANDFUL OF BIG RACES IN FLORIDA.INCLUDING OUR U-S SENATE SEAT.
THE CHALLENGER: REPUBLICAN CONNIE MACK.IS TRYING TO BEAT INCUMBENT, DEMOCRAT BILL NELSON.
ONE OF THE LATEST POLLS HAS NELSON UP AMONG LIKELY VOTERS.51 TO 46 PERCENT.
MACK'S FREEDOM TOUR STOPPED IN CAPE CORAL AND NAPLES TODAY.
THE FORT MYERS CONGRESSMAN WILL WATCH RESULTS FROM THE HYATT REGENCY COCONUT POINT IN ESTERO TOMORROW NIGHT.
AS FOR NELSON --
HE KEPT UP HIS PRE ELECTION TRADITION OF WAVING A SIGN IN ORLANDO ASKING FOR VOTES.
N-B-C TWO WILL BE WITH BOTH CANDIDATES TOMORROW NIGHT.
Return to index of stories...
IF THE LONG LINES DURING "EARLY VOTING" SCARED YOU, YOU'LL BE GLAD TO KNOW LOCAL SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS FEEL BETTER ABOUT WAIT TIMES TOMORROW.
THEY SAY, UNLIKE LAST WEEK, THE BALLOTS WILL ALREADY BE PRINTED.
ALSO, INSTEAD OF JUST FIVE PLACES TO VOTE IN LEE COUNTY FOR EARLY VOTING, THERE WILL BE 125 PRECINCTS.
AND THE PROCESS WILL GO FASTER IF YOU HAVE ALREADY STUDIED YOUR SAMPLE BALLOT.
Return to index of stories...
THE POLLS OPEN IN ABOUT EIGHT HOURS.
YOU CAN VOTE FROM SEVEN A-M UNTIL SEVEN P-M IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.
WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON OUR WEB SITE.
IF YOU NEED TO KNOW WHERE YOU SHOULD VOTE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO LOOK AT A SAMPLE BALLOT, OR LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ISSUES, HEAD TO OUR WEB SITE: NBC DASH TWO DOT COM.
PUT YOUR MOUSE OVER THE "NEWS" TAB, THEN CLICK ON ELECTION 2012.
TOMORROW, COUNT ON NBC2 FOR SPECIAL COVERAGE, DEEP INTO THE NIGHT.
THE RACES WILL BE CLOSE.
OUR TEAM WILL TRACK EVERY NEW NUMBER THAT COMES INTO OUR NEWSROOM.
Return to index of stories...
BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT IN FORT MYERS.
A DEATH INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AFTER SOMEONE FOUND A BODY NEAR M-L-K AND I-75.
NBC 2'S CHRISTINA LUSBY IS LIVE AT THE SCENE
Return to index of stories...
THE BODY OF THE VICTIM WAS FOUND LYING ON THE GROUND AT THIS MOBILE GAS STATION.
ITS ON PARK 82 --OFF MARTIN LUTHER KING.
Return to index of stories...
IT'S A WELL LIT AREA--LOTS OF CARS DRIVING BY.
THE BODY FOUND LAYING OUT IN THE OPEN.
THIS AREA--RIGHT NEXT TO A MAJOR INTERSTATE-ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE FROM I-75.
FORT MYERS POLICE GOT A CALL FROM THIS AREA AROUND 7:45 THEY WERE TOLD THERE WAS A "MAN DOWN"
A DOZEN POLICE CARS SURROUNDED THE AREA.
THE FOUND THE VICTIM-- A BLACK MAN-- DEAD LAYING IN THE CORNER OF THE GAS STATION.
OFFICERS COULDN'T OFFER UP MORE DETAILS.
Return to index of stories...
DETECTIVES ARE WORKING WITH A COUPLE OF WITNESSES.
POLICE ARE WORKING WITH MANAGERS AT THIS MOBILE STATON--GOING THROUGH THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO.
Return to index of stories...
POLICE DECLINED TO SAY HOW THE MAN WAS KILLED.
SO FAR WE HAVE NO DESCRIPTION FOR A PERSON OF INTEREST.
THEY'RE HOPING THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO PICKED IT UP.
WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT THEY FIND.
IN FORT MYERS CHRISTINA LUSBY NBC2.
Return to index of stories...
WE'RE STILL FOLLOWING A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION IN LEHIGH ACRES WHERE DEPUTIES SAY A MAN WAS SHOT TO DEATH.
AND NEIGHBORS SAY HIS GIRLFRIEND CONFESSED TO DOING IT.
NBC-2'S JULIAN JOHNSON FOUND OUT THE VICTIM HAS HAD A TROUBLED PAST.JULIAN?
Return to index of stories...
THE VICTIM MARK HOLM HAD CHARGES AND ARRESTS DATING BACK TO THE LATE 80'S.
BUT DEPUTIES AREN'T YET SAYING IF HIS PAST OF VIOLENCE OR HIS GIRLFRIEND.
HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIS DEATH.
Return to index of stories...
CARLOS RAMIREZ, NEIGHBOR: she left- she go back in the house and i told my wife to call 911
AWOKEN BY A A FRANTIC EARLY MORNING KNOCK AT THE DOOR.
CARLOS RAMIREZ, NEIGHBOR: she was like- panicked
CARLOS RAMIREZ SAYS IT WAS HIS NEIGHBOR CONFESSING TO A KILLING.
CARLOS RAMIREZ, NEIGHBOR: I saw that it was her and i said- what happened. and she said- carlos, call 911- i just shot someone, i just killed someone in my house
WHEN DEPUTIES ARRIVED THEY FOUND 48 YEAR OLD MARK HOLM.SHOT DEAD INSIDE HIS HOME ALONG 51ST STREET SOUTHWEST IN LEHIGH ACRES OVERNIGHT.
DAVID SANCHEZ, NEIGHBOR: I go by once and a while I see the lady and her boyfriend cutting the grass but that's about it they're fairly quiet and kept to themselves
NEIGHBORS SAY THEY KNEW LITTLE OF THE COUPLE AND NEVER HEARD ANY SCREAMING OR ARGUING COMING FROM THE HOME.
MICHELLE --:NEIGHBOR: It's very surprising because there's no activity around here everybody minds their own business
WE FOUND HOLM DOES HAVE A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE.
INCLUDING CONVICTIONS OF BATTERY AND ASSAULT IN THE LATE 80'S.
HE WAS RELEASED IN 2011 AFTER HAVING SERVED 13 OF A 15 YEAR BURGLARY SENTENCE
DEPUTIES SAY THEY HAVE QUESTIONED THE PERSON THEY BELIEVE SHOT HOLM.
BUT HAVE NOT MADE ANY ARRESTS OR NAMED ANY SUSPECTS.
DAVID SANCHEZ, NEIGHBOR: I have four kids of my own that live with me and that makes you think who your neighbors really are
Return to index of stories...
AS FOR MARK'S GIRLFRIEND.
DEPUTIES ARE NOT SAYING IF SHE IS STILL IN CUSTODY OR HOW THEY BELIEVE SHE'S INVOLVED.
THEY DO BELIEVE THE KILLING WAS DOMESTIC BUT ARE NOT SAYING IF IT WAS JUSTIFIED OR NOT.
Return to index of stories...
NEW AT 11: A MAN IS DEAD AFTER TROOPERS SAY HE WALKED IN THE MIDDLE OF A HENDRY COUNTY ROAD, AND A JEEP HIT HIM.
IT HAPPENED AROUND 6-20 TONIGHT, ON STATE ROAD 29, SOUTH OF LABELLE.
F-H-P TELLS NBC 2 THE DRIVER OF THE JEEP ISN'T FACING CHARGES.
TROOPERS ARE TRYING TO REACH THE VICTIM'S FAMILY BEFORE THEY RELEASE HIS NAME.
Return to index of stories...
MORE RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS FROM SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAVE DEPLOYED TO THE NORTHEAST.
NEXT ON NBC 2.THE LATEST ON THE RECOVERY EFFORTS.ONE WEEK AFTER SANDY LEFT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER.
AND DO YOU CONSTANTLY CHECK YOUR PHONE TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY MESSAGES.OR TO MAKE SURE YOUR BATTERY ISN'T DYING?
NO JOKE.DOCTORS THINK YOU MAY HAVE A DISEASE.
Return to index of stories...
HERE ARE TONIGHT'S HEADLINES FROM THE NORTHEAST, AS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE CONTINUE TO RECOVER FROM SUPERSTORM SANDY.
TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DIP INTO THE MID 30'S IN THE NEW YORK CITY AREA, AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE STILL DON'T HAVE HEAT OR ELECTRICITY.
NEW YORK'S ATTORNEY GENERAL IS LAUNCHING AN INVESTIGATION INTO COMPLAINTS OF PRICE GOUGING ON ESSENTIAL THINGS, ESPECIALLY GAS.
PRICE GOUGING IN TIMES OF EMERGENCY IS ILLEGAL UNDER THE NEW YORK STATE CONSTITUTION.
AND PEOPLE ARE STEPPING UP TO HELP.
THE AMERICAN RED CROSS HAS TAKEN IN NEARLY 85-MILLION-DOLLARS SO FAR IN DONATIONS.
Return to index of stories...
SANDY VICTIMS ARE GETTING MORE HELP FROM SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.
TONIGHT THE RED CROSS SENT TWO MORE VOLUNTEERS TO THE NEW JERSEY AREA.
THEIR PLANE LANDED AT NINE IN NEWARK--THEIR FINAL DESTINATION WILL BE TO NEW BRUNSWICK.
THE VOLUNTEERS BELIEVE ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WILL BE HELPING THOSE WITHOUT HEAT.
Return to index of stories...
14:53 all the people without electricity and heat --we have 80,000 blankets being deployed to nj area 15:02
MORE VOLUNTEERS WILL FLY OUT THIS WEEK.
A TOTAL OF 20 WILL BE SENT FROM SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.
THE VOLUNTEERS WILL BE PROVIDING MEDICAL HELP, CLIENT SERVICES AND MASS FEEDING.
Return to index of stories...
THIS FIRE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS FORCING PEOPLE TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES.
THE BLAZE IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY HAS GROWN TO 200 ACRES, AFTER IT SPARKED DURING THE DAY.
FALL IS USUALLY THE WORST TIME OF THE YEAR FOR WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA.
Return to index of stories...
A LEE COUNTY DAD IS IN HOT WATER TONIGHT.
DEPUTIES SAY HE THREW A PARTY.FOR 200 TEENAGERS.
FIND OUT WHAT INVESTIGATORS SAY HE WAS DOING WHEN THEY SHOWED UP.
AND TALK ABOUT YOUR GOLDEN YEARS.
A 91-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WON THE LOTTERY NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE!
Return to index of stories...
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.
Return to index of stories...
NEW AT 11: SOME VICTIMS OF THE NATIONWIDE FUNGAL MENINGITIS OUTBREAK ARE NOW DEALING WITH A SECOND ILLNESS.
IT'S AN EPIDURAL ABSCESS: AN INFECTION NEAR THE INJECTION SITE, SOMETIMES UNDERNEATH THE SKIN.
IT'S EXTREMELY PAINFUL.
DOCTORS ARE WORRIED BECAUSE SOME OF THE CASES POPPED UP AS THE PATIENTS WERE ALREADY TAKING POWERFUL ANTI-FUNGAL DRUGS.
THE MENINGITIS OUTBREAK IS LINKED TO CONTAMINATED STEROID INJECTIONS FROM A PROVIDER IN NEW ENGLAND.
SO FAR 30 PEOPLE HAVE DIED, WITH A TOTAL OF 419 CASES NATIONWIDE.
Return to index of stories...
TODAY WE LEARNED MULTIVITAMINS CAN HELP, BUT THEY'RE NOT "WONDER DRUGS."
NEW RESEARCH, PRESENTED AT AN AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE IN LOS ANGELES, SHOWS MULTIVITAMINS MODESTLY LOWERED THE RISK FOR CANCER IN MIDDLE-AGED AND OLDER MEN.
THEY DID *NOT SEEM TO AFFECT THE CHANCES OF DEVELOPING HEART DISEASE.
THE STUDIES DID NOT INCLUDE WOMEN.
Return to index of stories...
THE GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION RESPONSIBLE FOR REVITALIZING BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN CAPE CORAL DECIDED TO END ITS RUN.
PAINT THE CAPE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING OVER NINE BUILDINGS ALONG CAPE CORAL PARKWAY THROUGHOUT THE LAST YEAR.
TONIGHT IT'S ORGANIZER ANNOUNCED SHE WOULD NO LONGER HOST THE PROGRAM BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY WOULD NO LONGER BE DOWNTOWN.
SHE FEELS WITHOUT THEIR HELP-- GETTING PERMITS TO PAINT BUILDINGS WILL BE TOO DIFFICULT AS THEY HELPED HER GET THROUGH RED TAPE.
Return to index of stories...
i just know what you have to go through to pull off one of these paintings and I cant do it without the people down there ready and willing to essentially hold my hand and get me across the hurdles I don't know how to get across
THE C-R-A SPENT ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS DURING THE LAST YEAR ON THE PROJECT.
Return to index of stories...
CAPE COUNCILMEMBERS MADE A DECISION TONIGHT THAT'S SET TO SPUR GROWTH IN NORTH CAPE.
THE CITY WILL GO FORWARD WITH BUILDING A RACETRAC GAS STATION IN A 200 ACRE AREA CALLED THE JUDD CREEK PRESERVE.
THAT'S OFF PINE ISLAND ROAD.
CITY LEADERS SAY THIS WILL MAKE WAY FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN AN AREA THAT'S BEEN STAGNANT FOR YEARS.
DEVELOPERS SAY THE GAS STATION COULD BE IN PLACE BY NEXT YEAR.
Return to index of stories...
TOMORROW LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HOPE TO DECIDE THE FUTURE OF THE MEDSTAR PROGRAM.
THE MEDICAL HELICOPTER PROGRAM WAS GROUNDED TWO MONTHS AGO BECAUSE OF BILLING ISSUES.
SOME COMMISSIONERS WANT THE COUNTY TO RE-LAUNCH THE PROGRAM IMMEDIATELY.OTHERS THINK IT MIGHT BE BEST TO HAVE A PRIVATE COMPANY TAKE OVER THE PROGRAM.
BUT THERE IS CONCERN THAT COULD PUT LIVES IN DANGER.
Return to index of stories...
Take Sot
Chris Hanson Consultant
0:10
Your plan is saying to drop to a lower level of safety. That's what you want - it is not a good decision.
Take Sot
Arnold McCalister - Former MedStar Pilot
If they turn it over to a private company - they will run it as a private company. ANy control the board thinks they have ill be an illusion
COMMISSIONERS HAVE TOLD THE FAA NO MATTER WHAT, MEDSTAR WILL BE IN THE AIR BY APRIL OF NEXT YEAR AT THE LATEST.
Return to index of stories...
TODAY INVESTIGATORS TOLD NBC 2 THE DRIVER AT FAULT FOR A CRASH ON THE NEW METRO PARKWAY EXTENSION CAME FORWARD, BUT AUTHORITIES HAVEN'T CHARGED HER.
DAVID VANAMAN WAS RIDING HIS MOTORCYCLE LAST MONTH WHEN HE SWERVED TO AVOID GISELLE TAYLOR'S SUV AS SHE CROSSED SIX LANES OF TRAFFIC TO GET TO HER BRIARCLIFF NEIGHBORHOOD.
VANAMAN IS NOW OUT OF HIS MEDICALLY INDUCED COMA AND SHOWS POSITIVE SIGNS OF RECOVERY.
THE VANAMAN'S AND OTHERS HAVE CALLED THE DESIGN OF THE INTERSECTION DANGEROUS.
F-DOT IS NOW SPEEDING UP A STUDY ABOUT PUTTING UP TRAFFIC LIGHTS.
Return to index of stories...
03.35.39 "saying that we're going to do a study a little earlier than we said isn't putting up lights to save people, it's just going to, they're going to document more accidents, what does that do?"
WHILE FDOT HAS TO FOLLOW FEDERAL CRITERIA--SEVERAL MOTORISTS ARE ASKING FOR ONE THING -- A LIGHT.
Return to index of stories...
A SOUTHWEST FLORIDA DAD FACES CHARGES AFTER A HOUSE PARTY FOR HIS TEENAGE DAUGHTER GOT OUT OF CONTROL.
LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRESTED MARIO ALEXANDER DIAZ EARLY THIS MORNING.
HE'S CHARGED WITH CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELIQUENCY OF MINORS.
DEPUTIES SAY ABOUT 200 TEENAGERS WERE DRINKING AT HIS HOME OFF CORKSCREW ROAD, IN ESTERO, FOR HIS DAUGHTER'S FALL PARTY, AND HE WAS "WORKING THE GATE", WHEN THEY ARRIVED.
Return to index of stories...
A 91 YEAR OLD WOMAN IS GETTING NATIONAL ATTENTION FOR BEING LUCKY.
SHE WON THE "HOOSIER LOTTERY" TWICE IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS.
LENA EATON, FROM INDIANAPOLIS, HAS WON AT TOTAL OF 399 THOUSAND DOLLARS, ACCORDING TO THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR.
BY THE STAR'S ESTIMATE, THE ODDS OF EATON'S WINNING BOTH LOTTERIES WAS ONE IN 5 POINT 7 TRILLION.
SHE TOLD LOTTERY OFFICIALS SHE INTENDS TO SPEND THE CASH ON HOME IMPROVEMENTS, TRAVEL AND TO HELP HER FAMILY, WHICH INCLUDES MORE THAN 20 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
Return to index of stories...
WE HAD TO BREAK A 3-WAY TIE FOR 2 PLAYOFF SPOTS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STATE TOURNAMENT.
CHARLOTTE.PORT CHARLOTTE AND LEMON BAY.ALL ON THE SAME FIELD TONIGHT.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TIE-BREAKER.PLUS YOU'LL HEAR FROM THE WINNER.
Return to index of stories...
LAST FRIDAY NIGHT.
IN FRONT OF A STANDING-ROOM-ONLY GROUND AT THEIR HOME FIELD.PORT CHARLOTTE SHUTOUT CHARLOTTE. 13-NOTHING.
ONLY THE PIRATES 3RD WIN AGAINST THE TARPONS SINCE 19-82.
Return to index of stories...
AND WITH LEMON BAY'S WIN OVER GULF COAST.IT GAVE US A 3-WAY TIE FOR THE DISTRICT TITLE AND TONIGHT'S DISTRICT TIE-BREAKER. A ROUND-ROBIN FORMAT.THREE QUARTERS.TO DECIDE THE DISTRICT CHAMP.DISTRICT RUNNER-UP AND THE STATE PLAYOFF SPOTS THAT GO WITH IT.
Return to index of stories...
PORT CHARLOTTE PLAYED HOST.
FIRST QUARTER.IT WAS CHARLOTTE VS. LEMON BAY.
CHARLOTTE WINS 7-6.TO ADVANCE TO THE 2ND QUARTER.TO PLAY PORT CHARLOTTE.
Return to index of stories...
SECOND QUARTER.CHARLOTTE AND PORT CHARLOTTE.
CHARLOTTE WINS ON THE 50-YARDER FROM AUSTIN TAYLOR.
TARPONS ARE THE DISTRICT CHAMPS.WITH THE 10-7 WIN.
Return to index of stories...
THEN IT WAS TIME TO FIGURE OUT THE DISTRICT RUNNER-UP.
THIRD QUARTER.PORT CHARLOTTE AND LEMON BAY.
Return to index of stories...
ALL THREE HAVE TO PLAY THEIR REGULAR SEASON FINALES ON FRIDAY.
CHARLOTTE AT EAST LEE COUNTY.
LEMON BAY AT LAKE PLACID,
AND PORT CHARLOTTE AT NORTH PORT.
Return to index of stories...
THIS AFTERNOON.THE NCAA REVEALED THE 64-TEAM BRACKET FOR THE DIVISION ONE SOCCER TOURNAMENT.
HAD A FEELING THIS WOULD HAPPEN. GATORS AND EAGLES AGAIN.
FGCU EARNED THEIR 2ND-EVER AND 2ND-STRAIGHT APPEARANCE IN THE TOURNAMENT.THANKS TO THEM WINNING THE ATLANTIC SUN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT ON SUNDAY.
Return to index of stories...
IF F-G-C-U IS GOING TO MAKE A TOURNAMENT RUN IN THEIR 2ND APPEARANCE.IT WILL TAKE SOME FIRSTS.
MIAMI AND CENTRAL FLORIDA ARE THE OTHER TWO TEAMS IN THEIR IMMEDIATE BRACKET.
THE EAGLES HAVE NOT REGISTERED A WIN VS. THE GATORS.'CANES.OR KNIGHTS.YET.
Return to index of stories...
DAVID ORTIZ' WAS SMILING TODAY AS HE AND THE RED SOX ANNOUNCED HIS NEW 2-YEAR DEAL TO STAY IN THE RED SOX LINE-UP. IN HIS CUSTOMERY SPOT AT D-H.
Return to index of stories...
BIG PAPI'S NEW DEAL IS FOR 2-YEARS.HIS 11TH AND 12TH SEASONS WITH THE SOX.
HIS BIG BATTING NUMBERS WILL BE PAID AT LEAST 13 MILLION A SEASON OVER THE COURSE OF THE DEAL.
ORTIZ' 2012 SEASON WAS ENDED BY THAT ACHILLES INJURY IN AUGUST.
FIRED MANAGER BOBBY VALENTINE SAID AFTER HE WAS LET GO.THAT ORTIZ ENDED HIS OWN SEASON.
THAT WAS ONCE AGAIN UP FOR DEBATE IN ANNOUNCING THIS NEW DEAL.
Return to index of stories...
THE CLOCK WINDING OUT AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER, MIAMI'S NORRIS COLE TAKES THE INBOUNDS PASS AND LAUNCHES A 3-POINT BOMB FROM HALFCOURT. AND BANKS IT HOME OFF THE GLASS.
HERE'S A BIRD'S EYE VIEW. COLE BEATS THE CLOCK. AND DOES A LITTLE LATE-NIGHT BANKING IN MIAMI!
NORRIS COLE DRAINS THE BUZZER-BEATING 3. AND YES, HE CALLED "GLASS".
Return to index of stories...
AND NEWS THAT BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCER JIM DURHAM PASSED AWAY OVER THE WEEKEND.
ESPN'S RADIO PLAY-BY-PLAY GUY SPENT DECADES WITH THE CHICAGO BULLS.AND DALLAS MAVERICKS.
JIM DURHAM WAS 65 YEARS OLD.
Return to index of stories...
TODAY WE LEARNED HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE "TOO CONNECTED" TO THEIR SMART PHONES.
A NEW STUDY, SPONSORED BY "SECUR-ENVOY," FOUND 66 PERCENT OF PEOPLE SHOW SYMPTOMS OF "NOMOPHOBIA" A FEAR OF NOT HAVING YOUR MOBILE PHONE.
SYMPTOMS INCLUDE PANIC AND ANXIETY WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR PHONE, COMPULSIVE CHECKING OF THEIR PHONE FOR MESSAGES, USING IT IN INAPPROPRIATE PLACES, AND PHONE ACTIVITY THAT BECOMES AN ISSUE IN RELATIONSHIPS, WORK OR SCHOOL.
Return to index of stories...
"For some people who use the phone excessively, we know that the brain is actually responding to the phone as if it is a drug."
IF YOU'RE CONCERNED YOU MAY HAVE NOMOPHOBIA, YOU MIGHT WANT TO TURN YOUR PHONE OFF FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME EACH WEEK.
Return to index of stories...
HERE'S AN EASY WAY TO HELP AMERICAN HEROES THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.
THE AMERICAN RED CROSS PLANS TO SEND ONE THOUSAND STUFFED STOCKINGS TO OUR TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN.
THEY ARE TAKING DONATIONS LIKE INSTANT COFFEE, DOMINOS AND HYGENE PRODUCTS.
VOLUNTEERS WILL SHIP THE STOCKINGS TO AFGHANISTAN IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS.
Return to index of stories...
"We have service men and women who maybe don't have the best family life, don't have a good support group, they don't get packages. This might be the only thing they get this year for the holidays."
BOTH LEE AND COLLIER RED CROSS LOCATIONS ARE ON OUR WEBSITE AT NBC DASH TWO DOT COM.
JUST CLICK ON NEWSLINKS.
Return to index of stories...
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.
Return to index of stories...
AD LIB GOODBYE 4SHOT
Return to index of stories...