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BANK ROBBERY KELLY LIVE-VOTOPS TRX OBX LIVE

A CRIME ALERT AT NOON.

TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN.

POLICE WANT TO KNOW WHERE THESE MEN ARE.

ACCUSED OF ROBBING A BANK.

INVESTIGATORS TELL US IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 8 O'CLOCK AT THE FLORIDA COMMUNITY BANK ON GOLDEN GATE PARKWAY.

NBC2'S KELLY CRESWELL IS THERE NOW.

BANK ROBBERY KELLY LIVE-REM LIVE

BANK ROBBERY KELLY LIVE-VO

BANK ROBBERY KELLY LIVE-VO

BANK ROBBERY KELLY LIVE-REM LIVE

AEROMED LEAVES LEE COUNTY-TRX VO

THANKS KELLY.

DEVELOPING IN LEE COUNTY AT NOON,

MEDSTAR'S REPLACEMENT PULLS OUT OF THE COUNTY.

THE CEO OF AERO MED SAYS THE MOVE KICKS IN JANUARY FIRST.

AEROMED PLANS TO BE STATIONED IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY.

LAST WEEK, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ANNOUNCED A PRIVATE COMPANY WILL TAKE THE PROGRAM OVER -

GRAFFITI CLIFTON LIVE-OC TRX DBX LIVE

TURNING TO NORTH CAPE CORAL AT NOON.

WATER TREATMENT TARGETED BY VANDALS.

POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR TAGGING THE PLANT.

NBC2'S CLIFTON FRENCH IS AT THE R-O WATER TREATMENT PLANT ON KISMET PARKWAY WEST.

GRAFFITI CLIFTON LIVE-REM LIVE

POLICE BELIEVE IT WAS DONE SOMETIME OVER NIGHT.

GRAFFITI CLIFTON LIVE-VO

IT SAYS QUOTE, "STOP PUTTING FLOURIDE IN WATER! ONLY HITLER DID THIS EVIL. CHEM-TRAILS BY PLANES ALSO KILL US SLOWLY!

ACCORDING TO THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL, FLUORIDE IS A NATURAL CHEMICAL IN IT'S WATER, AND THE WATER FACILITY HERE ACTUALLY REMOVES IT.

GRAFFITI CLIFTON LIVE-REM LIVE

POLICE SAY IF THE DAMAGE DONE TO THE ROAD FROM THIS GRAFFITI IS MORE THAN 1-THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHOEVER IS RESPONSIBLE COULD FACE A FELONY AND UP TO 5 YEARS IN PRISON.

POWERBALL FRENZY-2 SHOT

THANKS CLIFTON.

IT'S SAFE TO SAY 500 MILLION DOLLARS CAN BUY JUST ABOUT ANYTHING.

THAT'S HOW BIG TONIGHT'S POWERBALL JACKPOT IS.

DO YOU HAVE YOUR TICKET?

POWERBALL FRENZY-PKG

TICKET SALES ARE EXPECTED TO TOP A WHOPPING ONE BILLION DOLLARS BY TONIGHT'S DRAWING. WHERE A SINGLE WINNER COULD WALK AWAY WITH A CASH PRIZE OF MORE THAN 327 MILLION DOLLARS BEFORE TAXES.

MOS: I will take um my entire family on a cruise around the world.

MOS: A sports car for me

MOS: An Astin Martin DV9

MOS: I'll pinch myself

AND IT'S NOT JUST THE LUCKY WINNERS WHO WIN BIG…ONE DOLLAR OF EVERY 2 DOLLAR POWERBALL TICKET GOES TO THE STATE. COVERING LOTTERY OVERHEAD AND SUPPORTING PROGRAMS LIKE EDUCATION.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ALSO HITS THE JACKPOT…TAKING A QUARTER OF THE WINNER'S EARNINGS IN TAXES…AND YES, THERE'S MORE -- STATES AND CITIES CAN TAKE AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 12 PERCENT.

A NEW YORK CITY WINNER WOULD PAY THE HIGHEST TAXES. BUT LUCKY WINNERS IN 8 STATES PAY NO STATE TAXES ON WINNINGS AT ALL.

UNTIL TODAY THE BIGGEST POWERBALL ON RECORD WAS 365 MILLION - WON BY 8 NEBRASKA MEAT PACKERS IN 2006.

Mr. ERIC M. ZORNES: We process hams and corned beef.

THEY WENT FROM CORNED BEEF TO CAVIAR OVERNIGHT AND SO COULD YOU.

BUT JEREMY ELSON. A SENIOR RESEARCHER FOR MICROSOFT. SAYS IT'S OK TO DREAM. BUT DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB JUST YET.

mathematically its not a good bet to buy a lottery ticket even though the jackpot is very large.

ODDS OF WINNING: 1 in 175 MILLION.

you could line up 175 million pennies on the road from los angeles all the way to chicago and just a single one of them has an x on it. you have the same chance of winning the lottery as taking a road trip stopping alongside the road as a random place flipping over a penny and finding the x.

STILL YOU CAN'T BLAME PEOPLE FOR GETTING MESMERIZED BY THE POWER OF THE POWERBALL FRENZY.

POWERBALL FRENZY-2 SHOT

ANDREA CANNING REPORTING.

AGAIN TONIGHT'S DRAWING IS AT 11 OCLOCK.

OBAMA AND ROMNEY TODAY-TRX VOTOPS OC

TURNING TO WASHINGTON AT NOON.

THE PRESIDENT WILL MEET WITH FORMAL RIVAL MITT ROMNEY.

IT'S THE FIRST FACE-TO-FACE ENCOUNTER SINCE THE 2012 CAMPAIGN.

THE PRESIDENT PROMISED A MEETING WITH ROMNEY IN HIS VICTORY SPEECH.

THE TWO WILL TALK ABOUT IDEAS TO PUSH THE COUNTRY FORWARD.

THE MEETING ALSO COMES AHEAD OF THE LOOMING FISCAL CLIFF.

LEE COUNTY POLL WORKERS-VO

IN LEE COUNTY,

PEOPLE WHO WORKED THE POLLS DURING THE ELECTION WILL BE PAID MORE - FOR WORKING MORE.

ELECTIONS SUPERVISOR SHARON HARRINGTON SAYS WORKERS WILL GET AN EXTRA 50 DOLLARS EACH FOR WORKING LONGER THAN EXPECTED.

YOU MIGHT REMINDER VOTING ISSUES KEPT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WAITING IN LINE FOR HOURS.

BP ARRAIGNMENTS TODAY-VO SS

THREE B-P OFFICIALS ARRAIGNED ON CRIMINAL CHARGES STEMMING FROM THE 2010 OIL DISASTER.

ROBERT KALUZA AND DONALD VIDRINE WERE INDICTED EARLIER THIS MONTH ON MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES IN THE DEATH OF 11 RIG WORKERS.

THEY'RE ACCUSED OF DISREGARDING ABNORMAL HIGH-PRESSURE READINGS.

THOSE READINGS INDICATED TROUBLE ON THE RIG BEFORE THE BLAST.

RED TIDE COLLIER-SS

RED TIDE IN BACK IN COLLIER COUNTY.

HERE'S A MAP.

NEW TESTS SHOW THE TOXIC BLOOM ALONG SEAGATE.

OFFICIALS TELL US THE LATEST BLOOM IS NOT THAT CONCENTRATED.

WE'RE ALSO HEARING REPORTS OF DEAD FISH ALONG BIG MARCO PASS.

REMEMBER RED TIDE CAN CAUSE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION.

BASEBALL HOF BALLOT-SS

PRO BASEBALL PLAYERS ACCUSED OF DOPING ARE ELIGIBLE FOR HALL OF FAME TODAY.

VOTERS CAN DECIDE WHETHER BARRY BONDS, ROGER CLEMENS AND SAMMY SOSA BELONG IN THE HALL OF FAME.

CRAIG BIGGIO, MIKE PIAZZA AND CURT SCHILLING ARE CERTAIN TO BE AMONG THE OTHER FIRST-TIMERS ON THE LIST.

JACK MORRIS, JEFF BAGWELL AND TIM RAINES ARE THE TOP HOLDOVER CANDIDATES.

TEASE ONE-TRX TOPS

nats of opening bell

STOCKS OPEN LOWER ON WALL STREET THIS MORNING.

INVESTORS WAIT FOR SIGNS OF PROGRESS ON THE SO-CALLED FISCAL CLIFF.

LOOKING LIVE AT THE BIG BOARD.

RIGHT NOW THE DOW ___.

YOUR MARKET WATCH UPDATE IS IN THREE MINUTES.

PLUS, WHO GETS A THUMBS UP - AND WHO DOESN'T?

CONSUMER REPORTS TAKES AIM AT COMPANIES AROUND THE COUNTRY - ROLLING OUT ITS ANNUAL 'NAUGHTY OR NICE' LIST.

TZ1 A) MARKET WATCH UPDATE-NATS VOTOPS BIGBOARD

TZ1 B) NAUGHTY OR NICE-VO

WEATHER-STC TO BREAK

MARKET WATCH-PKG

IF YOU'RE IN ONE OF THE STATES WHERE YOU CAN PLAY POWERBALL

HAVE YOU BOUGHT A TICKET.

OR SEVERAL?

BLOOMBERG CALCULATES U-S ADULTS SPEND AN AVERAGE OF 396-BUCKS A YEAR ON LOTTERY TICKETS.

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MEANTIME, DO YOU LIKE WHOLE FOODS, BUT STAY AWAY BECAUSE OF THE PRICES?

BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK TOOK A LOOK AND TURNS OUT --

ITS PRICES ON ALMOST 400 ITEMS ARE IDENTICAL TO SIMILAR PRODUCTS AT TRADER JOE'S.

AND ITS HOUSE-BRAND IS ABOUT 25-PERCENT CHEAPER THAN COMPARABLE BRANDED PRODUCTS.

THOUGH ANALYSTS SAY THE GROCER'S INCREASED ITS BASKET SIZE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, TO GET YOU TO BUY MORE.

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ARE YOU A K-CUP USER?

GREEN MOUNTAIN, THE COMPANY BEHIND KEURIG, SAYS SALES OF ITS K-CUPS AND MACHINES HAVE BEEN SURGING.

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A SLOWDOWN, THOUGH, IN NEW HOMES SALES.

THEY UNEXPECTEDLY FELL LAST MONTH.

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AND OIL GIANT B-P, WHICH RECENTLY AGREED TO PLEAD GUILTY TO CRIMINAL CHARGES RELATED TO THE GULF OIL SPILL.

IS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED FROM WINNING GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.

THE E-P-A SAYS BP'S CONDUCT DURING THE DISASTER, LACKED INTEGRITY AND THE COMPANY NOW HAS TO SHOW IT CAN MEET GOVERNMENT STANDARDS.

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TOY RECALL-VO BNR

BEFORE YOU BUY - TAKE A LOOK AT THIS -

THERE'S A RECALL FOR MORE THAN 15-THOUSAND 'STEP 2' CHILDREN'S RIDING TOYS.

KIDS WHO LEAN TOO FAR FORWARD CAN GO OVER THE HANDLE BAR AND HIT THE GROUND.

'STEP2' RECEIVED FOUR REPORTS OF INJURIES, INCLUDING ONE RESULTING IN A MINOR CONCUSSION AND CUTS TO THE GUM AND LIP.

FOR A FREE REPLACEMENT TOY, HEAD TO NBC DASH TWO DOT COM.

AT THE PUMP-CG BNR

NBC2 ON PUMP PATROL THIS AFTERNOON.

UNCHANGED FROM OVERNIGHT.

EXPECT TO PAY 3-41 FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

THE STATE AVERAGE IS 3-39 THIS AFTERNOON.

THE NATIONAL IS 3-42.

FOR THE BEST PRICES IN YOUR AREA CHECK OUT OUR PUMP PATROL PAGE AT NBC DASH 2 DOT COM.

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.

A FEW MORNING CLOUDS

After a foggy start to our Wednesday the fog has now lifted with a bit more sunshine across our skies. Our streak of warm days will continue through the afternoon hours with highs near 80°, which is near normal for this time of year.

A weak front to our north will continue to push southbound and dissipate. This will clear some of the clouds that loomed over Southwest Florida earlier today and we will end our Wednesday on a mostly to partly sunny note.

Tonight, just a few clouds will be left and with a northerly breeze, slightly drier air will filter down the state. This means temperatures by tomorrow morning will trend a bit cooler as they settle into the upper 50s.

High pressure will build in across the southeast keeping our weather dry and partly sunny for Thursday. Afternoon temperatures will be on the warm side with highs rebounding into the low 80s, while overnight lows drop near the 60° mark.

NAUGHTY OR NICE-VO IN PLASMA

THANKS JIM.

AN NBC2 CONSUMER ALERT - THAT SHOWS EVEN COMPANIES CAN GET ON SANTA'S LIST.

NEW AT NOON - CONSUMER REPORTS HAS ANNUAL STANDOUTS.

NAUGHTY OR NICE-PKG

NORDSTROM LANDS ON THIS YEAR'S "NICE" LIST, WITH THE SITE OFFERING FREE SHIPPING AND FREE RETURNS "ON ORDERS OF EVERY SIZE."

AND HOW ABOUT THOSE PRESENTS YOU REALLY DON'T LIKE - KOHL'S "NO QUESTIONS ASKED - HASSLE FREE" RETURNS POLICY ONLINE AND IN STORES IS SOMETHING MANY OF ITS COMPETITORS DON'T OFFER. IT APPLIES TO ALL PURCHASES, AND THERE ARE NO TIME RESTRICTIONS.

BUT OTHER COMPANIES' RETURN POLICIES COULD LEAVE YOU WITH A BIG LUMP OF COAL. FOR INSTANCE, TIGER DIRECT HAS A LAUNDRY LIST OF CONDITIONS YOU HAVE TO MEET. AND IF YOU DON'T.

"They can hit you with a restocking fee of up to 25 percent. That's more than most other companies charge."

FOR TRAVELERS, TWO AIRLINES LANDED ON THE NAUGHTY LIST, INCLUDING DELTA.

"When I bought a round-trip $248 non-refundable fare, Delta offered me the chance for 'peace of mind' to upgrade to a refundable fare for $737, nearly triple that of my original fare."

AND WHILE SPIRIT AIRLINES OFFERS LOW FARES, IF YOUR CARRY-ON BAG WON'T FIT UNDER THE SEAT, THE AIRLINE CHARGES AS MUCH AS 100 DOLLARS. HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO STAY, THE MODERATELY PRICED DRURY HOTELS ARE PRETTY "NICE" INDEED.

"Drury hotels really live up to their motto, 'The extras aren't extra.'"

NAUGHTY OR NICE-OC

MONICA BUCHANAN REPORTING.

MINNESOTA RED KETTLE DONATION-2 SHOT VO

WE SEE IT EVERY YEAR - A LARGE DONATION TO THE RED KETTLE CAMPAIGN.

THIS ONE FROM ROSEVILLE, MINNESOTA.

THE SALVATION ARMY SAYS SOMEONE DROPPED A WAD OF HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS INTO A KETTLE.

TEASE 2-2 SHOT

TEASE

YOUR TIME NOW __.

THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR ANOTHER CHRISTMAS SONG!

nats of music

IN THREE MINUTES,

GIVING A TIMELESS CLASSIC, A MODERN TWIST.

TZ2 A) DO IT YOURSELF XMAS SONG-NATS TO BREAK WITH

DO IT YOURSELF XMAS SONG-2 SHOT

HAVE YOU NOTICED CHRISTMAS SONGS ON THE RADIO?

THEY'RE OUT IN FULL FORCE!

HOW ABOUT CREATING your own HOLIDAY SONG?

DO IT YOURSELF XMAS SONG-PKG

--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS --

IT'S ONE OF THOSE OMNIPRESENT CHRISTMAS SONGS YOU HEAR.

PLAYED ON CELLOS.

AND PERFORMED BY VOCALISTS.

BUT NOW THE DING DONG IS COMING OUT OF THE OFFICE PHONE.

"The day of there were over 250 takes."

Jeanne:

"No all the sounds are real."

PRODUCED AT THE WAREHOUSE WHERE ALPHABET PHOTOGRAPHY ASSEMBLES THEIR PRODUCTS IN NIAGARA FALLS, CANADA.

OWNER JENNIFER BLAKELY USED A MIX OF HER EMPLOYEES AND LOCAL MUSICIANS TO CREATE A DO- IT-YOURSELF VERSION OF THE CAROL OF THE BELLS.

"The janitor was also, he's actually a local rapper."

THE GUY MANNING THE PHONE LIKE SOME DEMONIC ELF.

"Demonic?"

IS A SINGER-SONGWRITER NAMED JOEL VAN VLIET.

"I got excited."

ALPHABET PHOTOGRAPHY IS A SMALL COMPANY AND UNLIKE WALMART.

UNLIKE THE N-B-A.

JENNIFER CAN'T AFFORD A BIG AD BUDGET.

SO THIS IS A SORT OF VIRAL CHRISTMAS COMMERCIAL.

TWO YEARS AGO SHE ORGANIZED A CHRISTMAS FLASH MOB IN A MALL FOOD COURT.

THAT VIDEO NOW HAS 39-MILLION VIEWS.

THE NEW VIDEO STARTS WITH DIAL TONE.

Jeanne: "Imagine all those folks at home who are going be dialing 9591."

TAKE IT FROM THE DEMONIC DIALER.

"If people are trying to play it just know that not all telephones are in the same key."

MY PRODUCER FOUND A BETTER COMBO.

"Pound 8 pound 4 pound 8 pound 4."

IT'LL EITHER SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET OR LEAVE YOU WISHING FOR DIAL TONE.

JEANNE MOOS, C-N-N.

"What's the Beethoven one?

"Oh."

"5-5-5-7."

ELF THE MUSICAL -2SHOT NATS VO

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOME HOLIDAY FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY-- WE HAVE A TREAT FOR YOU.

ELF THE BROADWAY MUSICAL, IS HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

nats of musical

THE SHOW OPENED LAST NIGHT, AT THE BARBARA B MANN IN FORT MYERS

WE WERE THERE, AND LOVED IT!

IT'S PLAYING UNTIL DECEMBER SECOND.

AND TOMORROW WILL HAVE A SPECIAL BEHIND THE SCENES SNEAK PREVIEW.

TEASE THREE-2 SHOT

LOOKING AHEAD TO THE NEXT HALF HOUR.

WHY WASN'T A HURRICANE WARNING POSTED FOR SANDY?

sandy just posed a scenario that no matter what we were going to do it was going to have the potential for confusing people

IN TWO MINUTES,

AS CLEAN-UP CONTINUES AFTER SANDY - A BIG QUESTION REMAINS - WHY WEREN'T ANY WATCHES OR WARNINGS ISSUED?

HEAR FROM THE EXPERTS.

PLUS THIS,

my kids my grandkids, my great grandkids and their children also will never have to worry because we're not going to blow this

TURNS OUT WINNING THE LOTTERY IS POSSIBLE.

JUST ASK THIS ELUSIVE CLUB OF MEGA-MILLIONAIRES.

COMING INTO OUR NEWSROOM JUST MINUTES AGO,

TONIGHT'S POWERBALL JACKPOT NOW 550 MILLION!

TZ3 A) SANDY WARNINGS-SOTVO

TZ3 B) LOTTTERY WINNERS-SOTVO TO BREAK

OPEN-CLIP

SANDY WARNINGS-2 SHOT

HELLO EVERYONE!

I'M STACEY DEFFENBAUGH.

I'M HEATHER TURCO.

YOU MAY NOT HAVE KNOW THIS - BUT - WHEN SUPERSTORM SANDY MADE LANDFALL - **NO HURRICANE WATCHES OR WARNINGS WERE ISSUED.

AS HURRICANE SEASON ENDS THIS WEEK,

THE QUESTION REMAINS AS TO WHY.

SANDY WARNINGS-PKG

SANDY ROARED ASHORE WITH A VENGEANCE -- CAUSING CATASTROPHIC DESTRUCTION.

AND ALTHOUGH THE SUPERSTORM WAS ALWAYS FORECAST TO BE POWERFUL --- INITIALLY THAT MESSAGE, OBVIOUSLY, DID NOT RESONATE.

"Although we're expecting a large surge of water, it is not expected to be a tropical storm or hurricane-type surge."

WAS IT BECAUSE NO HURRICANE WATCHES AND WARNINGS WERE ISSUED?

SANDY WAS FORECAST TO TRANSITION FROM A HURRICANE TO SOMETHING POST TROPICAL BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL.

".the big challenge with Sandy was not just the usual challenge of forecasting where it's going to go and how strong its going to be we also had the added challenge of forecasting what kind of system was Sandy going to be."

AS A RESULT, THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER DECIDED TO LEAVE ALL WARNINGS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES.

".it would have been pretty bad to put up the hurricane warning and everyone starts preparing to evacuate and in the middle of the event the warnings come down so we would not have wanted to do that.

NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER DIRECTOR, DOCTOR RICK KNABB, SAYS THE OTHER TWO OPTIONS -- WERE NOT REALLY OPTIONS. EITHER TO CONTINUE TO ISSUING WATCHES AND WARNINGS EVEN WITH A POST TROPICAL SANDY --- OR KEEP IT TROPICAL WHEN IT WASN'T.

".but we would have risked breaking the dissemination system of our products and our warnings that was a risk we weren't too keen on taking / so sandy just posed a scenario that no matter what we were going to do it was going to have the potential for confusing people."

BUT WHAT THEY DID DECIDE TO DO, CAUSED A STORM OF ITS OWN.

"One words matter and while there were alot of watches and warnings issued the terms hurricane watch and hurricane warning send a strong message. Two sandy not being a hurricane that last hour before landfall was based on a meteorological technicality and actually it still right up through landfall had what meteorologists call a warm core which is a fundamental characteristic of tropical cyclones. Before that last hour sandy was producing hurricane force wind gusts on land and extreme storm surge heights while it was still officially a hurricane.

BUT WHAT MOST AGREE ON IS THAT THERE ARE SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE CURRENT PROTOCOL -- THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AND POTENTIALLY CHANGED.

SANDY WARNINGS-OC VO

AL ROKER REPORTING.

ESTIMATES SHOW DAMAGE TOTALING AT LEAST $71 BILLION FROM SANDY.

MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE DIED.

BUT VICTIMS OF SANDY MOVE FORWARD.

IN TEN MINUTES WE HEAD TO ROCKEFELLER CENTER AHEAD OF TONIGHT'S TREE LIGHTING.

DOLE IN HOSPITAL-VO

FORMER SENATOR BOB DOLE IS AT WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER TODAY.

DOCTORS SAY THE 89-YEAR-OLD IS "DOING VERY WELL".

DOLE IS EXPECTED TO CHECK OUT TODAY AFTER A ROUTINE PROCEDURE.

IN THE EARLY 90S, HE UNDERWENT SURGERY FOR PROSTATE CANCER.

AND IN 2001 HE HAD SURGERY TO TREAT AN ANEURYSM.

GULFSTREAM INVESTIGATION-SS VO

IN FORT MYERS TODAY,

POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A PERSON OF INTEREST.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE THIS MAN IS?

DETECTIVES WANT TO SPEAK WITH 24-YEAR OLD JONATHAN ESPINOSA.

THEY'RE TYRING TO SOLVE A MURDER AT THE GULF STREAM ISLES APARTMENT COMPLEX.

28-YEAR OLD SHIRLEY ZERNA WAS FOUND DEAD INSIDE AN APARTMENT IN JUNE.

ESPINOSA'S LAST KNOWN ADDRESS WAS IN THE PINE MANOR COMMUNITY OF LEE COUNTY.

NAPLES NIGHCLUB-VOWIPE

A NIGHTCLUB IN NAPLES GETS LABELED AS DANGEROUS.

HERE'S A LOOK AT DIMENSION NIGHTCLUB.

COLLIER DEPUTIES SAY THE PLACE IS A MAGNET FOR ROUGH CROWDS.

IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS, SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR DRUGS AND FIGHTS.

NAPLES NIGHCLUB-SOTVO

"It tends to create sort of a frenzy with the folks that are there to see the musical act and they get a little excited and out of control and fights start."

A GANG-UNIT WILL NOW PATROL THE CLUB.

FGCU SAY NOPE TO DOPE-VOWIPE

DRUG-USE IS DROPPING IN LEE COUNTY.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

DEPUTIES SAY PREVENTION METHODS ARE HELPING TO KEEP THE NUMBERS DOWN.

TAKE THE 'NARCOTICS OVERDOSE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION PROGRAM' FOR EXAMPLE.

FGCU SAY NOPE TO DOPE-SOTVO

56:47 its preventing the first use because the earlier they start the more they can become addicted which ultimately can lead to an over dose:55

ASTRONAUTS TRAIN-VO

IN RUSSIA, THIS AFTERNOON - TRAINING CONTINUES FOR A TEAM OF ASTRONAUTS SPENDING A YEAR IN SPACE!

THE SPACE STATION EXPEDITION IS SLATED FOR DECEMBER 19TH.

THE THREE ASTRONAUTS HAVE TRAINED FOR FOUR YEARS.

SCIENTIST WANT TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF LIVING IN SPACE FOR MORE THAN 6 MONTHS.

POWERBALL-2 SHOT

DO YOU HAVE YOUR TICKET?

THE POWERBALL JACKPOT HAS GROWN TO A RECORD 550 MILLION DOLLARS.

SO, IF YOU WIN - WHAT DO YOU DO WITH ALL THAT MONEY?

POWERBALL-PKG

nats

THE RUSH FOR THE NUMBERS IS ON THIS MORNING.

nats- "Good Luck"

MILLIONS LOOKING TO BEAT THE ODDS. AND THE DEADLINE BEFORE TONIGHT'S POWERBALL DRAWING.

nats- "Give me two separate Powerballs"

LOTTERY OFFICIALS SAY A BILLION TICKETS OR MORE WILL BE SOLD BEFORE THE NUMBERS ARE PULLED TONIGHT.

"People love Powerball. It's big money."

THE BIGGEST MONEY IN POWERBALL HISTORY - A JACKPOT OF 500-MILLION DOLLARS. AND GROWING.

"Who knows it might be your day."

TO "BE YOUR DAY," YOU'D HAVE TO BEAT 175-MILLION-TO-1 ODDS.

FOR COMPARISON. YOU HAVE A BETTER CHANCE AT BECOMING AN ASTRONAUT. BEING ELECTED PRESIDENT. WINNING AN ACADEMY AWARD. OR BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING - MULTIPLE TIMES.

nats pop machine spitting out tickets or someone taking them

STILL THAT DOESN'T STOP PLAYERS FROM PLANNING HOW THEY WILL SPEND THEIR WINNINGS.

"I would buy an island, and it would be my island."

"Buy an Aston Martin db-9."

"Probably retire, live on a yacht."

OTHERS, ARE QUITE SURE ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULDN'T DO IF THEY WON.

" have a job interview tomorrow, I wouldn't go on that."

CHANCES ARE, NONE OF US ARE QUITTING OUR DAY JOBS. BUT.

"Your always hopeful that you're gonna win something. hope is always there."

BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAS TO WIN - RIGHT?

POWERBALL-2 SHOT

JAY THANKS.

A REMINDER YOU CAN CATCH TONIGHT'S POWERBALL DRAWING AT 11 OCLOCK-

ON OUR SISTER STATION ABC7.

IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE AN INSTANT MILLIONAIRE.

A SELECT FEW KNOW FIRST-HAND.

LOTTO SUCCESS STORIES-PKG

MEMBERSHIP HAS ITS PRIVILEGESTHE NEXT INDUCTEE WILL GET A HALF BILLION

DOLLAR PAYOUT!

THAT'S THE NET WORTH OF WILL SMITH , BRITNEY SPEARS AND

JENNIFER ANISTON COMBINED!

WITH 500 MILLION DOLLARS YOU COULD KNOCK ON THE DOOR OF OPRAH'S 85

MILLION DOLLAR CALIFORNIA HOME, TELL HER YOU WANT TO BUY 5 OF THEM AND STILL

HAVE 75 MILLION DOLLARS TO SPARE.

BUT THE *LUCKIEST* PEOPLE OF ALL ARE THOSE WHO YEARS LATER.HAVEN'T MANAGED

TO GO BROKE.

NATS "We've been married 41 years.I know what to do with this check."

PEOPLE LIKE JIM AND CAROLYN MCCULLAR WHO BOUGHT A WINNING MEGA MILLIONS

LOTTERY TICKET IN JANUARY OF 2011 WORTH 190 MILLION DOLLARS

SOT "my kids my grandkids, my great grandkids and their children also will

never have to worry because we're not going to blow this."

AND NOW, ALMOST TWO YEARS LATER, THEY'VE MANAGED TO DO JUST WHAT THEY SAID.

THEY'VE SET UP TRUST FUNDS FOR THEIR 4 KIDS AND 23 GRANDCHILDREN, BEEN VERY

GENEROUS WITH DONATIONS AND MOST IMPORTNALYHAVEN'T BLOWN THEIR MILLIONS.

CYNTHIA STAFFORD WHO WON 112 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE CALIFORNIA LOTTERY BACK

IN 2007 HASN'T EITHER.

SOT cynthia stafford- it's a blessing and people who receive it that way

they tend to keep it. i'm involved with a number of organizations and it

just warms my heart to be able to do these things.

USING HER PAY DAY TO PAY IT FORWARD BIG TIME.ADVICE THAT FOR WEDNESDAY

TEASE FOUR-2 SHOT

YOUR TIME NOW __.

PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY WILL FOCUS ON ROCKEFELLER CENTER TONIGHT.

AND THIS YEAR, THE ANNUAL TREE LIGHTING TAKES ON NEW MEANING.

"I love the tree but I love to see it go so it's two different ideals."

IN THREE MINUTES,

MEET THE MAN WHO DONATED THE ROCKEFELLER TREE - AND THE SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO VICTIMS OF SANDY.

TZ4 A) ROCKEFELLER TREE-SOTVO

ROCKEFELLER TREE-2 SHOT

KEEP YOUR TV TUNED TO NBC2 TONIGHT.

IT'S TIME FOR THE ANNUAL LIGHTING OF THE ROCKEFELLER CHRISTMAS TREE!

AND THIS YEAR IT SYMBOLIZES MUCH MORE, AS VICTIMS OF SANDY MOVE PAST THE STORM.

ROCKEFELLER TREE-PKG

nats

HOISTED INTO PLACE AT ROCKEFELLER CENTER. THIS 80 FOOT TALL NORWAY SPRUCE.

IS MORE THAN A CHRISTMAS TREE.

nats- cutting down

JUST WEEKS AGO IT CAME FROM FLANDERS, NEW JERSEY-

CUT DOWN AFTER SURVIVING SUPERSTORM SANDY-

"It's great that after all the devastation we've been through we can have a joyous occasion in our community."

ONLOOKERS LIKE JOANN CONAHAN CAME TO WATCH AS CREWS REMOVED THE ROUGHLY 50 YEAR OLD TREE FROM JOE BALKU'S YARD.

"I love the tree but I love to see it go so it's two different ideals."

SANDY LEFT BALKU WITH NO POWER AND KNOCKED DOWN TWO OTHER TREES IN HIS YARD.

BUT THIS SPRUCE STOOD TALL.

NATS-

NOW ITS BEEN DECORATED IN MORE THAN 30-THOUSAND LIGHTS. AND TOPPED WITH A SWARVOSKI CRYSTAL STAR.

BALKU'S TREE WILL TWINKLE FOR WEEKS IN MANHATTAN-

"its amazing that everyone can pull together so quickly."

A SYMBOL OF STRENGTH-

ROCKEFELLER TREE-SAT LIVE TOPS

DANIELLE LEIGH REPORTING.

THE ROCKEFELLER TREE LIGHTING IS TONIGHT AT 8 RIGHT HERE ON NBC2.

NORTHEAST SNOW-TRX VOTOPS

LOTS OF SNOW UP NORTH THIS WEEK.

ROADS ARE ICEY IN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY TODAY.

SNOW EASED UP A BIT OVERNIGHT - BUT TRAVEL REMAINS ROUGH IN BOTH STATES.

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.

A FEW MORNING CLOUDS

After a foggy start to our Wednesday the fog has now lifted with a bit more sunshine across our skies. Our streak of warm days will continue through the afternoon hours with highs near 80°, which is near normal for this time of year.

A weak front to our north will continue to push southbound and dissipate. This will clear some of the clouds that loomed over Southwest Florida earlier today and we will end our Wednesday on a mostly to partly sunny note.

Tonight, just a few clouds will be left and with a northerly breeze, slightly drier air will filter down the state. This means temperatures by tomorrow morning will trend a bit cooler as they settle into the upper 50s.

High pressure will build in across the southeast keeping our weather dry and partly sunny for Thursday. Afternoon temperatures will be on the warm side with highs rebounding into the low 80s, while overnight lows drop near the 60° mark.

COMING UP @ 4-CLIP

THE REPLACEMENT FOR LEE COUNTY'S GROUNDED TRAUMA HELICOPTER IS PULLING OUT OF THE COUNTY.

FIRST AT FOUR - WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR SAFETY WHEN AEROMED RELOCATES.

PLUS - GETTING BACK IN STRIDE AFTER BECOMING A MOM.

THE NEW CLINIC THAT'S PUTTING NEW MOM'S BACK ON TRACK.

AND - DO YOU HAVE YOUR TICKET?

YOU CAN'T WIN THE POWERBALL IF YOU DON'T PLAY.

A) aeromed pulling out of lee county-VOTOPS-WIPE

B) moms running clinic-VOTOPS-WIPE

C) powerball update-VOTOPS

DR. OZ LOOKLIVE TEASE-SOTTOPS TO BREAK

POOLING THE POWERBALL-2 SHOT

POWERBALL IS THE WORD TODAY.

DO YOU HAVE YOUR TICKET?

MAYBE YOU'RE PART OF AN OFFICE POOL - WHERE YOU'LL SPLIT THE WINNINGS.

POOLING THE POWERBALL-PKG

--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS --

IT ALWAYS SEEMS LIKE A GOOD IDEA TO GO INTO AN OFFICE LOTTERY POOL.

IT BUILDS CAMARADERIE, AND GIVES EVERYONE A CHANCE TO SHARE IN THE WEALTH.

BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR CUBE MATE TAKES ALL THE MONEY AND LEAVES YOU IN THE DUST?

HERE'S SOME ADVICE TO MAKE SURE YOU GET YOUR FAIR SHARE.

FIRST.IT MIGHT BE OBVIOUS, BUT WRITE EVERYTHING DOWN.

CREATE A DOCUMENT WITH WHO CONTRIBUTED MONEY, AND HOW MUCH. AND HAVE EVERYONE RIGHT DOWN THEIR OWN NAME OR SIGNATURE.

AND BE SURE TO CLARIFY IF CERTAIN PEOPLE ARE MEANT TO GET A BIGGER CUT.IF THEY INVESTED MORE.

LEGAL EXPERTS SAY A SIMPLE DOCUMENT LIKE THAT WILL HOLD UP IN COURT.

ALSO - BEFORE THE DRAWING…MAKE SURE EACH PERSON IN THE GROUP HAS A PHOTOCOPY OF ALL THE TICKETS THE GROUP IS SHARING.

THAT WAY, ANY PERSONAL TICKET PURCHASES ARE kept SEPARATE FROM THE POOL.

THERE HAVE BEEN MANY LAWSUITS FILED BY PEOPLE INVOLVED IN OFFICE POOLS, WHO CLAIMED THE EVENTUAL WINNING TICKET.WAS ACTUALLY ONE THEY'D BOUGHT ON THEIR OWN.

AND OF COURSE. USE COMMON SENSE.

IT'S ALWAYS BETTER TO GO INTO A POOL WITH PEOPLE YOU KNOW AND TRUST.

THEN ALL YOU HAVE TO TO IS DECIDE WHAT TO DO IF YOU WIN.

WHAT WOULD YOUR FIRST BIG SPLURGE BE?

EDISON FORD ESTATES-+

WE'RE TEN DAYS AWAY FROM THE ANNUAL EDISON AND FORD HOLIDAY NIGHTS!

FROM THE DINING ROOMS TO THE GARDENS,

THE EDISON AND FORD WINTER ESTATES IN DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS WILL LIGHT UP THE HISTORIC ESTATES ALL DECEMBER LONG.

EDISON FORD ESTATES-SOT SS

This year it's new with new tours, behind the scene tours and of course we finish 14 million in restoration so never been better."

ALL THE FUN STARTS DECEMBER 1ST AT 6 PM.

MEMBERS AND KIDS UNDER THREE GET IN FREE.

ADULTS - 15 DOLLARS.

AND STUDENTS - 8 DOLLARS.

HEARING AID IN YOUR MOUTH-CLIP VO IN PLASMA

ON THE MEDICAL FRONT TODAY,

WE'RE TALKING HEARING AIDES.

THERE'S A NEW DEVICE ON THE MARKET -

BUT IT DOESN'T GO IN YOUR EAR.

RATHER, YOU PUT IT IN YOUR MOUTH!

HEARING AID IN YOUR MOUTH-PKG

HER PARENTS WALK ON HER RIGHT SIDE OUT OF HABIT. 17-YEAR-OLD ALISSA MONTZKA IS DEAF IN HER LEFT EAR, SOMETHING THEY'VE KNOWN SINCE SHE WAS FOUR, TRYING TO TALK TO A COUSIN ON THE PHONE.

"She wouldn't respond. We'd ask her, 'Say something Alissa. You know your cousin is talking to you.' Finally she handed the phone back and said my ear doesn't work."

BUT NOW A SOUNDBITE HAS CHANGED HER LIFE.

"It's pretty weird like my dad whispered to me from across the room and I could hear him."

SOUNDBITE IS THE NAME OF THIS NEW DISCREET NON-SURGICAL HEARING DEVICE ACTUALLY WORN IN THE MOUTH.

HOW DOES IT WORK? AUDIOLOGIST KATE PULS SAYS A BEHIND-THE-EAR MICROPHONE UNIT, TRANSMITS SOUND FROM INSIDE THE DEAF EAR WIRELESSLY TO THE DEVICE WORN ON THE TEETH. SOUND IS THEN SENT THROUGH THE BONE TO THE INNER EAR OF THE GOOD EAR.

"Our teeth are a natural conduit because they are attached to our skull so that vibrates the sound into our skull."

ALISSA SAYS SOUNDBITE IS COMFORTABLE. WEARING IT, SHE CAN LOCATE SOUNDS BETTER. SHE ALSO HEARS A DIFFERENCE PLAYING PIANO.

"I can hear the bass clef better its sounds different and so I can hear the balance better and I know when I'm playing too loud with my left hand."

AND TURNING HER HEAD? NO LONGER REQUIRED WHEN HER PARENTS HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.

BANK ROBBERY KELLY LIVE-TRXVO TOPS

RENEE TESSMAN REPORTING.

RECAPPING OUR TOP STORIES AT NOON.

POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR TWO SUSPECTS WHO THEY SAY ROBBED THE FLORIDA COMMUNITY BANK ON GOLDEN GATE PARKWAY THIS MORNING.

THEY SAY ONE OF THE MEN SHOWED A GUN TO EMPLOYEES BEFORE FLEEING WITH CASH.

NO ONE WAS HURT.

GRAFFITI CLIFTON LIVE-VOTOPS

OFFICERS ARE ALSO ON THE LOOKOUT TODAY FOR WHOEVER TAGGED THE ROAD AT A WATER TREATMENT PLANT IN CAPE CORAL.

THEY SAY IT HAPPENED SOMETIME LAST NIGHT AT THE R-O WATER TREATMENT PLANT ON KISMET PARKWAY WEST.

THE GRAFFITI CALLS FOR THE CITY TO STOP PUTTING FLUORIDE IN THE WATER.

AEROMED LEAVES LEE COUNTY-VOTOPS

MEDSTAR'S REPLACEMENT IS HEADED OUT OF LEE COUNTY.

ON JANUARY FIRST, THE MEDICAL HELICOPTER WILL BE MOVED TO CHARLOTTE COUNTY.

LAST WEEK, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ANNOUNCED A PRIVATE COMPANY WILL TAKE THE PROGRAM OVER -

MARKET WATCH-SATLIVE

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