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0402 "She's screaming and I was afraid it fractured some bones because I could hear crunching too."

CHAOS INSIDE A CAPE CORAL HOME.

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IT HAPPENED ON SOUTHEAST 17TH STREET.

THE MOTHER IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL.

AND HER UPSET DAUGHTER JUST GOT VACCINATED FOR RABIES.

NBC2'S STEVE CAMPION IS LIVE IN THE STUDIO, TONIGHT AT SIX.

FERAL CAT ATTACK-PLASMA

WITH BOTH HER WRISTS BANDAGED UP -- BARB GLOVER DESCRIBES AN UNBELIEVABLE EVENING.

AS SHE TRIED TO SHOO A STRAY CAT OUT OF HER HOME -- GLOVER SAYS THE ANIMAL BIT INTO HER HANDS WITHOUT MERCY -- BEFORE TURNING ON HER MOTHER.

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0913 "it was a bad scream. It almost sounded human."

A STRAY CAT'S HISS TURNS HEINOUS --- INSIDE BARB GLOVER'S CAPE CORAL HOME -- TUESDAY NIGHT.

0324 "it was vicious. I was away from it. It was still hissing."

GLOVER TELLS US -- THIS FERAL CAT --NOW NICKNAMED "EVANDER" -- MUST HAVE MADE HIS WAY THROUGH HER BACK YARD -- AND INTO THIS DOGGY DOOR.

ONCE SHE SPOTTED THE FELINE -- GLOVER SAYS A SIMPLE "SHOO" -- SPARKED THE STRAY'S FURY.

WITH HER SWOLLEN HANDS STILL BANDAGED -- SHE RECOUNTS HOW THE ANIMAL UNLEASHED AND RIPPED INTO HER SKIN.

0738 "it was a reflex. I did a windmill and it latched on my other wrist. My mother's instinct kicked in and she went to get off. Before he bit her."

GLOVER TELLS US -- THEY TRAPPED "EVANDER" INTO A BACKROOM -- BEFORE HELP COULD ARRIVE.

DOMESTIC ANIMAL SERVICES TOOK THE ANIMAL AWAY -- WHICH LEFT 20 PUNCTURE WOUNDS IN THE WOMAN'S HANDS.

0750 "the cat had a good bite, a lot of pressure per pound. It was a lot of pain. I screamed."

GLOVER EXPLAINS -- THE CAT'S BITE HAS LEFT HER MOTHER STILL IN THE HOSPITAL IN A WORLD OF PAIN.

SHE SAYS -- THE DOGGY DOOR WAS OPEN SO HER DOG AND TWO CATS CAN COME AND GO.

0607 "I don't know what I could have done differently but I would never do that again."

TONIGHT -- THIS SELF-DESCRIBED ANIMAL LOVER TELLS US SHE WANTS THE CAT PUT DOWN.

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NOW THE STRAY CAT IS UNDER QUARANTINE AT LEE COUNTY DOMESTIC ANIMAL SERVICES -- FOR THE NEXT EIGHT DAYS.

AT THAT POINT, THEY TELL US -- THEY'LL DECIDE IF THE AGGRESSIVE ANIMAL NEEDS TO BE PUT DOWN.

MEANWHILE BOTH GLOVER AND HER MOTHER HAVE HAD RABIES SHOTS JUST IN CASE.

FM RIVER BASIN BODY FOUND-TRX-MAP-VOWIPE

FIRST - BREAKING NEWS IN FORT MYERS.

POLICE PULLED A BODY OUT OF THE CALOOSAHATCHEE NEAR THE DOWNTOWN YACHT BASIN JUST OVER AN HOUR AGO.

A MAN WALKING ALONG THE RIVER FOUND THE BODY.

N-B-C TWO'S JULIAN JOHNSON TALKED TO HIM ABOUT IT.

JULIAN IS LIVE ALONG THE RIVER.

WE'RE STANDING RIGHT OVER THE AREA WHERE THIS BODY WAS FOUND THIS AFTERNOON.

OFFICERS JUST SAYING IT WAS AN OLDER MALE THEY'RE WAITING ON AN IDENTIFICATION BEFORE THEY RELEASE MORE INFO

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THIS IS VIDEO FROM THE SCENE JUST A SHORT TIME AGO.

AND AFTER EERYTHING BROKE DOWN WE CAUGHT UP WITH THE MAN WHO CAME ACROSS THE BODY AROUND 2:00

HE TELLS US HE WAS HELPING TWO MEN PUT THEIR BOAT IN THE WATER AND AS HE WAS WALKING AWAY.SAW A MANS HEAD POKING OUT OF THE WATER THEN IMMEDIATELY CALLED POLICE.

Michael Nunnink

"I wanted to throw up first when you see a dead body it's not a pleasant thing.I'm a little shaken up right now it's not good to see something like that"

HE TELLS US HE'S GOING TO HAVE A HARD YINE FORGETTING THIS.

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BRIARCLIFF LIGHT-trxSS-CGR

A CONCERNED COMMUNITY HAD ITS REQUEST GRANTED TODAY FOR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL TO BE INSTALLED AT AN INTERSECTION THEY CALL DANGEROUS.

TODAY, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION APPROVED A STOP LIGHT ON THE NEW MICHAEL G RIPPE PARKWAY AND BRIARCLIFF ROAD.

THE DECISION TO ADD THE LIGHT ISN'T BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL CRASHES OR THE SPEED LIMIT.

WE'RE TOLD IT'S BECAUSE DRIVERS ON BRIARCLIFF, HAVE TO WAIT AT LEAST ONE MINUTE TO CROSS THE SIX LANE ROAD.

IT WON'T BE OPERATIONAL UNTIL THE FALL OF NEXT YEAR.

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ONE OF THE FAMILIES WHO LED THE EFFORT TO GET THE STOP LIGHT IS THE VANAMAN'S.

DAVID VANAMAN WAS INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS CRASH AT THE INTERSECTION, ON THE FIRST FULL DAY IT OPENED-- A MONTH AND A HALF AGO.

THE HUSBAND AND FATHER WAS JUST RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL YESTERDAY.

TODAY, HE AND HIS FAMILY SPOKE TO NBC2.

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THE FIRST FULL DAY THAT MICHAEL G RIPPE PARKWAY OPENED,

CHRIS VANAMAN GOT AN UNEXPECTED PHONE CALL.

15:45 the nurse just said that David Vanaman had been in an accident and that he severe head trauma. 52

HER HUSBAND HAD CRASHED HIS SCOOTER NEAR BRIARCLIFF ROAD WHEN AN SUV PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF HIM.

18:07 it was awful because we just got there so soon they still hadn't been able to clean him up 11 so there was still a lot of blood 17 that was very difficult and immediately he was hooked up to everything so with all the machines 25

7:22 I don't remember anything, I woke up 10 days after the accident and there I was 28

AFTER 42 DAYS AT LEE MEMORIAL-

THE HUSBAND, FATHER AND GRANDFATHER IS BACK HOME.

RETURNING TO LIFE HERE WON'T BE EASY.

12:04 it's hard to talk, this side of my face doesn't work well 07

THE CRASH CAUSED NERVE DAMAGE TO DAVID'S LEFT SIDE,

MAKING IT HARD TO GET AROUND,

AND RETURN TO WORK AS A CHURCH PASTOR AND SCHOOL BUS DRIVER.

29:02 there's a lot of things that need to be taken into account to protect David and his family and legal action will likely be required to make sure that David's taken care of in the future 12

DAVID AND HIS FAMILY-

ARE ON A MISSION TO CHANGE THE ROAD THAT CHANGED THEIR LIVES.

11:43 caution sometime a isn't enough, you need to have the traffic things there. 45

THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AT THIS INTERSECTION IS THE FIRST STEP,

BUT THEY SAY THE 6 MONTH TIMELINE IS UNACCEPTABLE.

21:36 I can't image in somebody else going through this, it's been very difficult 53

WHILE THEY PUSH FOR MORE PRECAUTIONS,

DAVID WILL PUSH FORWARD WITH HIS RECOVERY.

15:05 I know he's got a long way to go, but were hoping for the best 09

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TONIGHT, DOCTORS ARE TRYING TO SOLVE A MYSTERY ILLNESS SPREADING THROUGH THREE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA NURSING HOMES.

AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, HEALTH EXPERTS DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT IT IS, OR WHAT'S CAUSING IT TO EXPAND.

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THE FEAR OF LOSING A LOVED ONE.

Nancy O'Brien/Visiting 102 year old mother/Naples11:57 "You don't want to loose them.no matter what age they are."

ALL BECAUSE OF A MYSTERY ILLNESS SWEEPING THROUGH SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

Nancy O'Brien/Naples/11;13 "It's very dangerous."

COUGHING, SNEEZING, VOMITING.SYMPTOMS THE COLLIER COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT LEARNED OF IN LATE NOVEMBER.

Deb Millsap 0:34 "It's nature that this is the time of the year where there is more infections."

ONES THAT ARE SPREADING.AND SPREADING FAST.

Nancy O'Brien/10:47 "It's been a quite a concern."

THREE NURSING HOMES ARE AFFECTED.

ONE IS TUSCANY VILLA ON EAST TAMIAMI TRAIL IN NAPLES,

ANOTHER OTHER REMAINS UNIDENTIFIED.

AND A THIRD IN BONITA SPRINGS, THE EMERITUS--ALSO CONFIRMS IT HAS SICK EMPLOYEES AND RESIDENTS.

Deb Millsap/3:03 "It's a vulnerable population usually."

THE TUSCANY VILLA IS ON A CLOSE WATCH ---

Tuscany Villa Resident/8:06 "Everybody's been staying in their rooms."

MANAGEMENT THERE ASKING RESIDENTS TO STAY IN THEIR BEDS --- URGING FAMILY TO CUT BACK ON VISITING HOURS.

Nancy O'Brien/11:19 "I did stay away for a couple of days because she asked me to."

THE CAUSE OF THE SUDDEN OUTBREAKS REMAINS UNKNOWN.

OFFICIALS ARE MONITORING THEM UNTIL THEY GO 72 HOURS WITHOUT ANY FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS.

Deb Millsap/2:46 "If a facility does not contact us and is not able to get an infection under control, it can spread."

Nancy O'Brien/11:19 "It's been very hard on people but I think Tuscany has been doing what they're instructed to do."

FL TEACHER EVALUATIONS-OC-VO-OC

TONIGHT, WE'RE LEARNING THERE ARE SOME GLITCHES IN THE STATE'S NEW TEACHER EVALUATION SYSTEM.

THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAD TO TAKE DOWN A WEBSITE SHOWING NEARLY 97-PERCENT OF FLORIDA TEACHERS WERE RATED "EFFECTIVE" OR "HIGHLY EFFECTIVE", WITHIN HOURS OF PUTTING IT UP.

THE PROBLEM WAS THAT SOME DISTRICTS SUBMITTED DUPLICATE INFORMATION.

LEE GRADUATION & DROP OUT RATE-CG-RVL

NEW NUMBERS OUT TONIGHT SHOW LEE COUNTY'S HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE IS GOING UP, WHILE THE DROP OUT RATE IS GOING DOWN.

THE GRADUATION RATE IS AT NEARLY 72-PERCENT.

THAT'S UP FROM LAST YEAR'S REATE OF 68-PERCENT.

THE DROPOUT RATE SLIPPED TO THE LOWEST RATE IN THE HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS-- AT ONE POINT THREE PERCENT.

FL LICENSE PLATES FOLO-OC-VO-OC

THE DEBATE ON WHETHER FLORIDA SHOULD REDESIGN EVERY SINGLE LICENSE PLATE IN THE STATE IS CLOUDED IN CONTROVERSY.

THE PROPOSAL COULD TURN OVER RESPONSIBILITY FOR DISTRIBUTING AND MANUFACTURING THE PLATES TO PRIVATE COMPANIES.

RIGHT NOW, THE FLORIDA TAX COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION TAKES CARE OF THAT.

THE ASSOCIATION, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER GROUPS, ARE PROTESTING THE STATE'S BIDDING REQUIREMENTS FOR THOSE RIGHTS.

DNA DATABASE-TRX-VO

A NEW STATE DATABASE HAS BEEN COMPILED, CONTAINING NEARLY ONE MILLION DNA SAMPLES-- AND IT'S ALREADY WORKING TO TRACK DOWN SOME OF THE WORST CRIMINALS IN FLORIDA.

STARTING NEXT MONTH--

AUTHORITIES WILL BEGIN COLLECTING DNA SAMPLES FROM PEOPLE CHARGED WITH FELONY BURGLARY AND THEFT.

CURRENTLY, STATE LAW REQUIRES THOSE SAMPLES TO BE COLLECTED ONLY WHEN SOMEONE IS CONVICTED OF A FELONY.

ROBERT DUNN PENALTY PHASE-VO

THE JURY IN THE ROBERT DUNN TRIAL COULD BEGIN DELIBERATING AS SOON AS TOMORROW.

FINAL TESTIMONY IS EXPECTED TO FINISH TONIGHT.

THIS IS THE FOURTH DAY OF DUNN'S PENALTY PHASE.

A JURY WILL RECOMMEND LIFE IN PRISON OR THE DEATH PENALTY.

BUT ULTIMATELY, IT'S UP TO THE JUDGE.

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A TEENAGER ON TRIAL FOR KILLING HIS MOTHER.

JONATHAN ROWLES WAS JUST 13 WHEN HE ALLEGEDLY SHOT KELLY ANN ROWLES.

HE IS NOW 15, FACING A MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE IN JUVENILE COURT.

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Thomas macdonald, neighbor

"21:07 jonathan was there and he said a man came to the door and shot his mother 10"

A NEIGHBOR TESTIFYING IN COURT REMEMBERS A FRANTIC AND FRIGHTENED 13 YEAR OLD JONATHAN ROWLES POUNDING ON HIS DOOR TWO YEARS AGO.

"26:53 he was scared, his mothers shot. How's a 13 year old supposed to react? He was scared to death."

39-YEAR-OLD KELLY ANN ROWLES HAD JUST BEEN SHOT TO DEATH WHILE WATCHING TV IN HER EAST NAPLES HOME.

A VICTIM ADVOCATE WITH THE COLLIER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE TESTIFIED THAT A CALM BUT NERVOUS ROWLES DESCRIBED THE MAN WHO COMMITTED THE CRIME.

Angela larson, collier sheriffs office victim advocate "Saw the man, he was bald and wearing black clothes."

ROWLES LATER TOLD DETECTIVES A DIFFERENT STORY-- THEY SAY HE CONFESSED.

TOLD THEM HE WAS PLAYING WITH HIS FATHERS RIFLE WHEN HE SHOT HIS MOM BY ACCIDENT.

ROWLES' DAD ALSO TOOK THE STAND TODAY-- TELLING THE JUDGE HE TAUGHT HIS SON HOW TO SHOOT GUNS-- AND HOW TO DO IT SAFELY.

Christopher rowles, jonathans dad

"Not to point it at something to you're not willing to shoot."

HE SAID JONATHAN HAD PRACTICED SHOOTING WITH THE SAME RIFLE AT A RANGE WEEKS BEFORE.

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DAY TWO OF THE TRIAL WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW WITH MORE STATE WITNESSES.

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A NORTH PORT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE IS ONE OF TWO MEN ACCUSED OF STEALING BASEBALL EQUIPMENT FROM THE SCHOOL.

POLICE ARRESTED TWO TEENS WHO ADMITTED TO STEALING MORE THAN 6-THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF GEAR FROM THE BASEBALL TEAM.

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TWO MONTHS BEFORE PLAYERS TAKE THE FIELD, THEIVES ALMOST GUARENTEED THERE WOULDN'T BE A BASEBALL SEASON AT NORTH PORT HIGH SCHOOL.

"You couldn't have a team. We didn't have catcher's equipment, we didn't have batting helmets, bats, gloves. You couldn't have played a game." Ryan LaVallee, NPHS Athletic Director

ATHLETIC DIRECTOR RYAN LAVALLEE SAYS NOW THE SEASON IS BACK ON TRACK.

"it's a great relief" Ryan LaVallee, NPHS Athletic Director

POLICE SAY 18-YEAR-OLD EDWARD HIGNUTT AND 19-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA LUFF STOLE BALLS, BATS AND OTHER ITEMS TOTALLING MORE THAN 6-THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE TEAM'S STORAGE CLOSET.

"what happened was a school administrator got a tip." Capt. Anthony Sirianni, North Port Police Department

FOLLOWING THAT LEAD, POLICE TRACKED DOWN THE PAIR WENDESDAY AFTERNOON. THEY ADMITTED TO STEALING THE EQUIPMENT, BUT WHAT WERE THEY GOING TO DO WITH ALL THAT STUFF?

"I don't believe they planned that far ahead." Capt. Anthony Sirianni, North Port Police Department

LAVALLE CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT MOTIVATED THE TEENAGERS TO STEAL AND IS DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR LUFF, A 2011 NORTH PORT GRAD, WAS INVOLVED.

"They knew Coach Rowe even, the one of them, and had been in his class." Ryan LaVallee, NPHS Athletic Director

LAVALLEE SAYS AS THE NEWS OF THE THEFT SPREAD, PEOPLE FROM SARASOTA TO PORT CHARLOTTE CALLED ASKING HOW THEY COULD HELP.

"we'll probably ask those people if they'd like us to rip up the check, we'd gladly do that. We appreciate their hospitality, but if they'd still like to make a donation to the baseball

team, we could definitely use it." Ryan LaVallee, NPHS Athletic Director

SOON THE EMPTY EQUIPMENT CLOSET WILL BE FULL AGAIN. Nats: "those bats are expensive." AND PLAYERS WILL BE FIELDING GROUNDERS THIS SPRING.

BOTH MEN ARE CHARGED WITH BURGLARY AND GRAND THEFT.

TEASE ONE-ONCAM

LEE COUNTY'S TRYING TO ELIMINATE THE MYSTERY BEHIND ITS UNIQUE FLU SEASON EVERY YEAR.

IN A FULL REPORT--

WHY LEE IS DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, AND WHAT HEALTH EXPERTS ARE DOING FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER THIS YEAR.

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TZ1 C) FORECAST TEASE-STC

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ROBERT VAN WINKLE FORECAST OPEN-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.

LIMITED COVERAGE OF SHOWERS

A few showers popped up this afternoon, but many places in southwest Florida were dry again today. Showers fell over Collier, Lee and Hendry counties this afternoon. If you were lucky enough to get some rain, you probably got less than half an inch. Looking at the forecast for the rest of the evening, I will likely be tracking a few more showers past sunset along with clouds moving across the area. Temperatures will drop very slowly into the 60's tonight and land at 60 - 62 tomorrow morning.

The forecast for the next few days is not very clear-cut. As we approach the weekend I can almost guarantee that the warm weather will continue. Highs on Friday, Saturday and Sunday will easily top out above 80 degrees. The 'tricky' part of the forecast through the weekend will be the return of a little more tropical moisture from the southeast. By Saturday and Sunday it looks like there could be enough moisture around to kick off a couple of isolated showers over the weekend. It certainly does not appear to be a big deal, and like the past few days, the showers I'm talking about here would only cover a limited area across southwest Florida.

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FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, LEE COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE TRACKING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO TURN UP AT LOCAL HOSPITALS WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF THE FLU.

IN THE PAST, THEY RELIED ON STATE AND NATION-WIDE NUMBERS--

THAT OFTEN DON'T REFLECT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE--

LEE FLU TRENDS-PLASMA

AS VACATIONERS AND SEASONAL RESIDENTS HEAD SOUTH FOR WINTER-- MANY COULD BRING FLU VIRUSES WITH THEM.

LEE FLU TRENDS-BNR-PKG

Nats lab

AT CAPE CORAL'S MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY, CLINICAL SUPERVISOR FRAN CIOFFI RUNS UP TO 25 FLU TESTS A DAY.

the specimen is collected in a viral transport media

SHE EXPECTS THAT NUMBER COULD INCREASE, AS THE VIRUS --AND ITS DIFFERENT STRAINS--SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND LEE COUNTY.

in the last 2 weeks we saw about a tripling of the laboratory positive results that we had seen prior to that time

STEPHEN STREED HEADS UP INFECTIOUS DISEASE PREVENTION FOR LEE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM--

--WHICH FOR THE FIRST TIME- IS SHARING FLU TEST RESULTS WITH THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

by having this type of coordination, it's not a surprise to anybody and we can get the word out more quickly to the general public that vaccines are a good idea

RATHER THAN TRACK JUST HOW MANY PEOPLE TURN UP AT THE HOSPITAL WITH FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS--

NOW--

THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT GETS A RECORD OF DEFINITIVE DIAGNOSIS.

so we can say with confidence this year that the influenza viruses that are circulating in this country are very much like the vaccine which gives us more confidence that the vaccine is effective

HEALTH DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR JUDITH HARTNER SAYS IT'S COINCIDENCE THE TRACKING STARTED AS WHAT COULD BE A BAD FLU SEASON SETS IN.

the influenza season is moving in on us, it's moving in a little early

ALREADY, LEE COUNTY'S SEEN MORE THAN 200 CONFIRMED CASES-- AND STREED SAYS AT LEAST ONE PERSON IN FLORIDA HAS DIED.

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PUBLIX PROTEST-VO

AFTER MONTHS OF CONSTRUCTION-- ONE COLLIER COUNTY GROCERY STORE FINALLY OPENED IT'S DOORS TODAY.

PUBLIX IN THE NAPLES PLAZA CELEBRATED IT'S GRAND RE-OPENING-- INTRODUCING A NEW 55-THOUSAND SQUARE-FOOT FACILITY.

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

SHARK ON TOURNEY-SOTTOPS

FRANKLIN TEMPLETON SHOOTOUT-ONCAM

AS IS TRADITION. THE SHARK HIMSELF. GREG NORMAN. SPEAKING TO THE MEDIA THE DAY BEFORE ROUND ONE OF THE FRANKLIN TEMPLETON SHOOTOUT.

NORMAN SAYS HE FEELS THIS YEAR'S GROUP OF 24 PLAYERS IS RIGHT ON PAR WITH TOURNAMENT FIELDS HE'S HAD IN THE PAST.

NORMAN PLAYING WITH JACOBSEN-VOTOPS-WIPE

NORMAN GOT IN 18 HOLES BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT STARTS IN TODAY'S FINAL PRO-AM ROUND.

HE'S TEAMMED WITH FREDRIK YACOBSON THIS YEAR.

THE TWO WERE SUPPOSED TO PLAY TOGETHER A YEAR AGO BEFORE YACOBSON HAD TO PULL OUT WITH AN INJURY.

NORMAN REAX-SOTTOPS-WIPE

POULTER JOHNSON BACK-VOTOPS-WIPE

ONE OF THE FAVORITES TO WIN. THE TEAM OF IAN POULTER AND DUSTIN JOHNSON.

THE PAIR WON THE SHOOTOUT TWO YEARS AGO. BUT NEITHER PLAYER COULD FIT THE EVENT IN HIS SCHEDULE LAST YEAR.

SO IN THEORY. THEY'RE A SECOND DEFENDING CHAMPIONSHIP SQUAD.

POULTER JOHNSON REAX-SOTTOPS

NHL LABOR UPDATE-ONCAM

AFTER LONG, LATENIGHT MEETINGS LAST NIGHT. THE N-H-L AND ITS PLAYERS ASSOCIATION STILL COULDN'T REACH A NEW LABOR DEAL.

BUT BOTH SIDES SUBMITTED PROPOSALS.

NHL REAX-SOTTOPS-WIPE

REVERE TRADED-VOTOPS-WIPE

FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THE LAST WEEK. THE TWINS HAVE TRADED ONE OF THEIR STARTING OUTFIELDERS FOR PITCHING HELP.

TODAY MINNESOTA DEALT FORMER FIRST ROUND PICK BEN REVERE. WHO'S COMING OFF A CAREER YEAR. TO PHILADELPHIA.

THE TWINS GET PROMISING YOUNG PITCHER VANCE WORLEY AND MINOR LEAGUE PITCHER TRAVIS MAY IN RETURN.

YANKEES YOUK INTEREST-VOTOPS

AND IF RED SOX FANS WANT TO GET SICK TO THEIR STOMACH. THEY CAN START THINKING ABOUT KEVIN YOUKILIS WEARING PINSTRIPES NEXT SEASON.

IT DEFINITELY COULD HAPPEN.

E-S-P-N REPORTS THAT YOUK HAS BEEN OFFERED A ONE-YEAR, TWELVE MILLION DOLLAR DEAL BY THE YANKEES.

SPORTS CLOSE-ONCAM

THE SOX. EXPECTED TO SIGN RELIEF PITCHER KOJI UEHARA.

HEAT AND KNICKS PLAY TONIGHT IN MIAMI IN A BATTLE OF THE TOP TWO TEAMS RECORD-WISE IN THE N-B-A'S EASTERN CONFERENCE.

THE STEELERS SAY BEN ROETHLISBERGER WILL START SUNDAY AGAINST THE CHARGERS.

GIVING TREE-VOTOPS-SS

NBC2 NEEDS YOUR HELP THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.

NEARLY SIX THOUSAND GIFT TAGS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA PERKINS LOCATIONS, BUT ONLY ABOUT ONE THIRD HAVE BEEN COLLECTED.

THIS IS THE WAREHOUSE WHERE GIFTS ARE STORED.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS STILL A LOT OF EMPTY SPACE.

SOX ANTHEM SINGERS WANTED-SS

THINK YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM IN FRONT OF A SOLD-OUT CROWD OF MORE THAN 11-THOUSAND PEOPLE?

IF SO, THE RED SOX ARE LOOKING FOR YOU.

THE TEAM THAT TRAINS OFF DANIELS PARKWAY NEEDS SINGERS FOR THE UPCOMING SPRING TRAINING SEASON.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED--

YOU NEED TO GO TO AN OPEN AUDITION AT JETBLUE PARK.

TRYOUTS ARE MONDAY DECEMBER 17TH AND TUESDAY THE 18TH, FROM TWO P.M. UNTIL SIX.

ALL AGES ARE WELCOME TO TRYOUT.

WE'VE PUT CONTACT INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE.

CLOSE-4SHOT