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TONIGHT ON NBC-2 NEWS AT SIX.

ONCE NAMED THE LARGEST FORECLOSURE IN LEE COUNTY -- NEW OWNERS OF A LUXURY HOTEL IN CAPE CORAL ARE BANKING ON A BRIGHTER FUTURE.

PLUS.

THE GAY MARRIAGE DEBATE -- TAKES CENTER STAGE AFTER THE SUPREME COURT ANNOUNCES THE JUSTICES WILL HEAR CASES *THIS TERM ON THE ISSUE.

WE GET LOCAL REACTION.

AND.

HOLIDAY SEASON IS IN FULL SWING -- AND SO IS THE BACKBONE THAT GETS GIFTS TO LOVED ONES.

MILLIONS OF PACKAGES WILL MOVE MONDAY -- WE LOOK INSIDE THE BUSIEST SHIPPING DAY OF THE YEAR.

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hdz2) gay marriage debate-TRX VOTOPS

hdz3) holiday shipping-TRX VOTOPS

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TARPON POINT-SOTVO OC

GOOD EVENING, I'M JENNIFER TRAMMELL.

LEE COUNTY'S LARGEST FORECLOSURE CASE --

IS NOW LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURE.

30:27 for them, business wise, it's definitely going to put them on the map. This is like a best kept secret

THURSDAY - CAPE CORAL'S BIGGEST AND MOST LUXURIOUS HOTEL - CHANGES HANDS AND TURNS INTO A WESTIN.

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FOR HIS FIRST TIME VISITING THE RESORT AT MARINA VILLAGE'S WATERFRONT IN CAPE CORAL --

JULIO SAAVEDRA'S STAY WAS SHORT.

25:20 julio saavedra/cape coral

there is not much tourist life. I don't see too much going on. It's disappointing."

BUT STARTING THURSDAY - A NEW MANAGEMENT COMPANY HOPES TO CHANGE THAT.

STARWOOD HOTELS AND RESORTS IS TAKING OVER.

THE SIGNS DON'T SAY IT YET --

BUT THIS HIGH RISE

WILL BECOME A WESTIN.

26:05 I hope that will bring some life to it.

HOTEL MANAGERS HAD HIGH HOPES FOR THE RESORT WHEN IT OPENED IN 2009.

BUT ONE MONTH LATER - THINGS HIT ROCK BOTTOM.

THE HOTEL BECAME LEE COUNTY'S LARGEST FORECLOSURE CASE.

THEN IN 2011, A DEVELOPMENT GROUP FROM ARKANSAS BOUGHT IT.

THIS YEAR - THE HOTEL'S OPERATIONAL DIRECTOR SAYS OCCUPANCY WAS LOWER THAN HE WOULD LIKE.

HE WOULDN'T GIVE SPECIFIC NUMBERS.

IT WAS A TOUGH YEAR BECAUSE OF THE NEW TRANSITION.

leigh dana

moving forward, starwood hopes to attract more visitors by expanding its meeting rooms, adding new shops and another restaurant.

JULIO SAAVEDRA

26:37 it's a nice area. I believe the only thing they have to do is develop it more and do a little more marketing

ray henley/ hotel guest

29:50 I can see both sides, but my initial knee jerk reaction is not it's not going to be peaceful and will be crowded."

SAAVEDRA HOPES ON HIS NEXT VISIT --

HE WON'T HAVE JUST THE STUNNING VIEW TO TAKE IN --

BUT ALSO MORE TO DO.

julio

27:06 I don't know how it's going to look but I'll have to wait and see.

GAYS WED IN WASHINGTON STATE-TRX VOTOPS

SAME-SEX COUPLES IN WASHINGTON STATE BEGAN RECITING WEDDING VOWS EARLY THIS MORNING.

THE STATE'S GAY MARRIAGE LAW TOOK EFFECT THURSDAY -- AND WITH THE WAITING PERIOD OF THREE DAYS, COUPLES LINED UP TO TIE THE KNOT.

MARRIED SAME-SEX COUPLES WILL STILL BE DENIED ACCESS TO FEDERAL PENSIONS, HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER GOVERNMENT BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO HETEROSEXUAL COUPLES BECAUSE OF THE 1996 FEDERAL DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT.

LOCAL GAY MARRIAGE-ONCAM

THE SUPREME COURTS ANSWERS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LEGAL LANDMARKS FOR OUR GENERATION.

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THE YEAR-

2008.

Our friends and neighbors in St. Louis were going to California to get married and they were longtime couples like we were and we thought, 'Hey, why not.

SARAH SPALDING AND LORI DEROSEAR WED IN CALIFORNIA DURING A SHORT WINDOW WHEN IT WAS LEGAL.

THE CAPE CORAL COUPLE HAS BEEN TOGETHER NOW. 33 YEARS.

It hasn't done anything really, except for we can say we did.

JUST A FEW MONTHS AFTER THEY EXCHANGED VOWS.

PROPOSITION EIGHT PASSED, ENDING SAME SEX MARRIAGE IN CALIFORNIA.

Now it's a gray area for us who are married.

NOW THE SUPREME COURT IS SET TO TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT SAME-SEX MARRIAGES.

Once it hits the supreme court it doesn't get bigger than that.

JUSTICES WILL CONSIDER TWO QUESTIONS:

CAN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REFUSE TO RECOGNIZE THEM IN STATES WHERE THEY'RE LEGAL, AND WHAT'S TO BECOME OF THEM IN CALIFORNIA?

If the Supreme Court rules against us then we go backwards again. I'm hopeful. I don't see it happening. But I also read a lot about it and I know it's not gonna be a slam dunk. They're not gonna bless gay marriage.

AFTER FIRST SUPPORTING THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT, THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION CONCLUDED LAST YEAR THAT IT VIOLATES THE CONSTITUTION.

HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE NOW DEFENDING THE LAW IN COURT.

SUPPORTERS SAY IT HELPS PRESERVE TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE.

SOT Brian Brown / National Organization For Marriage Unions of two men or two women are not the same thing as a marriage between a man and a woman. And only marriage between a man and a woman can connect children to their mother and father and their parents to the children.

BUT WITH NINE STATES ALLOWING SAME SEX PARTNERS TO MARRY, OR SOON WILL.

SPALDING THINKS IT THE TIMING IS RIGHT.

It's our best shot. It's a good time to try.

WEDDING CRASHER-SS OC

A MARCO ISLAND WEDDING CRASHER ENDED UP IN JAIL THIS WEEKEND.

WEDDING GUESTS SAY 22-YEAR-OLD BRADLEY STINER RAN BACK AND FORTH ALONG THE SHORELINE DURING THE BEACHFRONT CEREMONY FRIDAY NIGHT.

ACCORDING TO THE ARREST REPORT.HE STARTED COMING CLOSER TO THE ALTER YELLING "HEY TOURISTS, GET OFF MY BEACH. I'M LOCAL."

THE DISRUPTION TOOK A SERIOUS TURN WHEN HE ALLEGEDLY THREW UNOPENED BEER CANS AT THE WEDDING PARTY.

ACCORDING TO MARCO POLICE, STINER HIT THE BEST MAN.

PLANE CRASH-VO

A SMALL PLANE CRASHES AT A PARK IN LAKE WORTH, KILLING THE PILOT.

OFFICIALS SAY THE CESSNA LOST POWER MINUTES BEFORE THE CRASH.

THE PLANE BURST INTO FLAMES AFTER HITTING THE GROUND.

NO ONE IN THE PARK WAS INJURED.

CRAIGSLIST SHOOTOUT-TRX VO

IN LAKE MARY, ONE MAN IS DEAD AND ANOTHER IS IN THE HOSPITAL -- BOTH WERE HIT IN A SHOOTOUT OVER A CRAIGSLIST DEAL GONE BAD.

SEMINOLE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY TWO MEN TRYING TO SELL AN A-T-V THROUGH CRAIGSLIST, WERE CONFRONTED BY TWO ARMED MEN SATURDAY AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.

ONE OF THE SELLERS HAD A GUN AND EXCHANGED FIRE WITH THE ATTACKERS.

ONE ATTACKER WAS KILLED -- THE OTHER WAS SHOT SEVERAL TIMES AND RAN TO A NEARBY HOME.

HE WAS LATER ARRESTED.

SYRIA LATEST-TRX VOTOPS OC

VIOLENCE HAS PLAGUED SYRIA FOR THE PAST 21 MONTHS, AND THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF IT STOPPING ANYTIME SOON.

WITH NO DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION IN SIGHT, PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE ARE STRUGGLING TO DEAL WITH THE BLOODSHED.

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IN PARTS OF SYRIA THAT ARE CONTROLLED BY THE REBELS THERE IS NO TALK AT ALL OF THE DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO FIND A PEACEFUL SOLUTION TO THIS CONFLICT.

THE TRIPS AND MEETINGS OF HILLARY CLINTON WITH THE U-N AND HER RUSSIAN COUNTERPART, THERE'S NO HOPE HERE FOR A DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION.

INSTEAD WHAT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IS THE SUFFERING OF THE PEOPLE, AND THE PEOPLE ARE SHOWING TREMENDOUS RESILIENCE.

THIS HOUSE WAS BOMBED BY MISTAKE. THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED HERE LIVED NEXT TO A REBEL COMMANDER, NOW THEY'RE HOMELESS.

THERE IS ALSO TREMENDOUS ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES HERE.

THE SYRIAN CURRENCY IS WORTH ABOUT HALF OF WHAT IT WAS WORTH WHEN THE WAR BEGAN.

A LOAF OF BREAD COSTS 20 TIMES WHAT IT DID JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, BUT DESPITE ALL OF THIS THE REBELS ARE MAKING ADVANCES.

THEY SAY THEY WILL, THEY HOPE TO SOON CONTROL THE CITY OF ALEPPO, THE COUNTRY'S COMMERCIAL CAPITAL, AND AFTER THAT DAMASCUS.

GHW BUSH-VIPE VO

FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH REMAINS IN STABLE CONDITION AT A HOUSTON, TEXAS HOSPITAL.

HE WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING WITH A BRONCHITIS RELATED COUGH.

HOSPITAL OFFICIALS SAY THE 88-YEAR-OLD'S HEALTH IS IMPROVING.

ASTRONOMER DIES-VO

WORLD RENOUND BRITISH ASTRONOMER PATRICK MOORE HAS DIED.

MOORE PRESENTED THE B-B-C T-V SHOW "THE SKY AT NIGHT" FOR MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY AND ONLY MISSED ONE EPISODE.

THE SHOW IS CREDITED WITH POPULARIZING ASTRONOMY FOR GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE U-K.

MOORE WAS KNIGHTED IN 2001 AND RECENTLY CELEBRATED THE 55TH ANNIVERSARY OF "THE NIGHT SKY."

RINGLING CONSOLIDATION-VO

THE RINGLING BROTHERS AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS IS CONSOLIDATING OPERATIONS.BUT ADDING JOBS.

THE CIRCUS' PARENT COMPANY PLANS TO MOVE FROM THE FLORIDA STATE FAIR GROUNDS TO A 47-ACRE FACILITY IN ELLENTON.

GIVING TREE-VO

THOUSANDS OF *YOU CAME TOGETHER TO MAKE THE HOLIDAY BRIGHTER FOR SENIORS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

NBC2 AND THE FORT MYERS EDISON KIWANIS CLUB DISTRIBUTED SIX THOUSAND GIFT TAGS TO LOCAL PERKINS RESTAURANTS.

MORE THAN 48-HUNDRED PRESENTS WERE BROUGHT BACK AND ARE NOW STORED IN THIS WAREHOUSE.

GIVING TREE-SOT VO

harris segal, president, FORT MYERS-EDISON KIWANIS CLUB

12:24 In southwest florida, so many seniors are down here without family so at christmas time they may not get a present. And while everyone else is being festive, it becomes a sad time for them if they don't get any."

TONIGHT AT SIX-CLIP

TEASE ONE

THIS WEEKEND -- A VERY SPECIAL AND UNEXPECTED DELIVERY ARRIVED AT ONE *ZOO.

"I went home and changed my clothes and took a shower and talked to my mother. I said I delivered a baby today she said, what kind? A goat or a monkey or what? No, a human!"

HOW THIS ZOOKEEPER JUMPED INTO ACTION WHEN A NEW MOM NEEDED HER MOST.

A) BIRTH AT THE ZOO-VOTOPS

A) BIRTH AT THE ZOO-SOTVO

WEATHER-STC

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FISCAL CLIFF-ONCAM

PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HOUSE SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER MET AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF TALKS.AS THEY TRY TO AVOID THE FISCAL CLIFF.

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PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HOUSE SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER NEGOTIATED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS TODAY.

TRYING TO BREAK THE TAX AND SPENDING STALEMATE THAT THREATENS TO TAKE THE COUNTRY OVER THE FISCAL CLIFF IN JUST OVER THREE WEEKS.

MEANWHILE. ONE BY ONE. REPUBLICANS ARE BOWING TO THE PRESIDENT'S DEMAND THAT TAXES GO UP FOR THE WEALTHY.

Oklahoma :xx-:xx

super already on screen - ABC This Week

"And so will I accept a tax increase as a part of a deal to actually solve our problems? Yes."

Tennessee :xx-:xx

super already on tape - Fox News Sunday

"We don't have a lot of cards as it relates to the tax issue before year end. I mean, we're -- have one house, that's it. The presidency and the Senate in the Democrats' hands."

Oklahoma :xx-:xx

super already on tape - CNN State of the Union

"Since we agree with the Democrats on 98 percent of the American people and 80 percent of the Bush tax cuts, to me, I would just get that off the table now so they don't worry about it."

DEMOCRATS INSIST TAXES ARE GOING UP ON THE RICH NO MATTER WHAT.

Illinois :xx-:xx

super already on tape - NBC Meet the Press

"If you don't increase tax rates on the highest two percent of income earners

you cannot generate enough revenue to have meaningful deficit reduction."

REPUBLICANS WANT BIG SPENDING CUTS TO PROGRAMS LIKE MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY.

California / House Republican Whip :xx-:xx

super already on tape - NBC Meet the Press

"We don't want to be back here in another year, in another 10 years answering the same questions."

AS THE TALKS CONTINUE ON BOTH SIDES OF PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.

AMERICANS FROM MAIN STREET TO WALL STREET WAIT TO WHETHER EITHER SIDE WILL BLINK.

BIRTH AT THE ZOO-VO

ZOOKEEPERS IN SYRACUSE , NEW YORK JUMP IN TO HELP A WOMAN IN LABOR, INSIDE THE PARK.

ROSAMOND GIFFORD, A ZOO EDUCATOR - AND TRAINED FIRST RESPONDER - LIZ SCHMIDT HEARD OVER THE RADIO THAT A WOMAN HAD GONE INTO LABOR NEAR THE PENGUIN EXHIBIT.

BIRTH AT THE ZOO-SOT VO

"The mother was remarkably calm. And me and Liz kind of gave each other an exchange when we saw the baby take it's first breath - it was kind of heart taking."

THE YOUNG WOMAN AND HER BABY ARE HEALTHY.

TONIGHT AT SIX-CLIP

TEASE TWO

THE RUSH IS ON TO MAKE SURE PRESENTS ARE UNDER THE TREE BY CHRISTMAS.

NBC2 HAS AN INSIDE LOOK AT HOW IT HAPPENS --

A) HOLIDAY SHIPPING-VOTOPS

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FORECAST OPEN-CLIP

FORECAST-WXWALL

After a round of rain on Saturday, we ended the weekend on a sunny and dry note as some slightly drier air moved in across the peninsula and made our atmosphere a bit more stable. As we head into the evening hours, temperatures will be slow to fall as they settle into the middle 70s under mostly clear skies.

Overnight, temperatures will stay rather warm in the upper 60s with areas of late night fog developing once again across Southwest Florida. In some spots the fog could become quite dense at times limiting visibilities on area roadways to less than 1/4 of a mile by sunrise.

Early in the week, our weather pattern will become more unsettled as an onshore flow from the Gulf of Mexico transports plenty of tropical moisture across the area ahead of an approaching cold front. With this moist air flow in place, a couple of showers will be possible along the coast and urban corridor through the mid day hours, before any rain activity gets pushed deeper inland. A mix of sun and clouds will remain in the forecast for Monday with afternoon highs running in the lower to middle 80s.

Our skies will turn mostly cloudy both Tuesday and Wednesday as a cold front makes its way down the state and gives our rain prospects quite a boost. With no cold air in sight, our streak of warm weather days will continue, however a slight drop in the humidity may be felt by the end of the week with highs in the upper 70s, while temperatures cool into the upper 50s along with more sunshine.

WX RUNDOWN:

BOATERS

EXTENDED

CITIES

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

HOLIDAY SHIPPING-ONCAM

MONDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE THE BUSIEST DAY FOR HOLIDAY SHIPPING.

FEDEX WILL HANDLE AS MANY AS 19 MILLION PACKAGES TOMORROW.

HOLIDAY SHIPPING-PKG

TEAMS ARE PULLING.

AND PUSHING.

SHUTTLING.

SHIFTING.

AND SORTING.

THE FEDEX WORLD HUB IN MEMPHIS IS A PLACE IN CONSTANT MOTION RIGHT NOW.

MILLIONS OF PACKAGES. MOST OF THEM HOLIDAY PRESENTS. MOVING THROUGH THE FACILITY.

ACTIVITY THAT BEGINS OUT ON THE TARMAC.

"It's not your typical sleigh but with The fifth largest air fleet in the world 660 planes this is how most of your gifts get where they are going."

AND THEY'RE GOING. ALL OVER THE WORLD.

"What we're actually expecting over the next 24 hours is about 20 million pounds of traffic."

A SEA OF BOXES. BAGS. AND LETTERS. THAT FEDEX OFFICIALS SAY WILL MAKE TOMORROW. NOT ONLY THEIR BIGGEST DAY OF THE SEASON. BUT ALSO, THE BUSIEST IN HISTORY OF.

"Peak for us, tomorrow's going to be 19 million packages, on an average day, it's about 9 million packages."

ALL OF IT CONTROLLED BY THE TEAM INSIDE THIS NERVE CENTER OF THE SUPER HUB.

"They're kinda the wizards of oz, they're the people behind the curtains that make the hub run."

MOVING CREWS INTO PLACE.

MONITORING DATA FROM SCANNERS. AND VIDEO FROM 250 CAMERAS. ALL FOCUSED ON WHAT INSIDERS CALL, "THE MATRIX"

A FORTY-TWO MILE MAZE OF CONVEYOR BELTS.

A PROCESS DRIVEN BY TECHNOLOGY.

BUT THAT STILL INCLUDES A HUMAN TOUCH.

"We feel a sense of importance of what we do, just because we are shipping, potentially someone's christmas present."

EVERYONE AT FEDEX. WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO GIVE THE SAME GIFT THIS SEASON.

AN ON-TIME DELIVERY.

KAYAK SHARK FISHING-ONCAM

THIS STORY OUT OF MELBOURNE -- GET THIS,

A SHARK-FISHING KAYAKER HAD A BRUSH WITH DANGER.

F-W-C OFFICERS SAY STAMATIS STOMOULI HAD JUST REELED IN A 7-FOOT LONG BLACKTIP SHARK WHEN A WAVE KNOCKED HIM INTO THE WATER.

THE SHARK SWAM AWAY BUT STOMOULI WAS BATTERED IN THE ROCKY JETTIES NEAR THE SEBASTIAN INLET.

GOOD SEMARITANS PULLED HIM FROM THE WATER.

WILDLIFE OFFICERS SAY THE LIFE PRESERVER HE WAS WEARING DID ITS JOB.

GA SOLDIERS RETURN HOME-VO

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

SOLDIERS FROM FORT STEWART REUNITED WITH FAMILY MEMBERS SATURDAY IN SAVANNAH.

THE 300 MEMBERS OF THE 1ST BATALLION-64TH ARMOR REGIMENT RETURNED AFTER A NINE MONTH DEPLOYMENT IN AFGHANISTAN.

SPORTS TEASE-2-SHOT VO

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SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

SHOOTOUT FOR SHOOTOUT TITLE-ONCAM

SEVEN TEAMS AT THE FRANKLIN TEMPLETON SHOOTOUT SHOT 12-UNDER OR BETTER ON SUNDAY.

MEANING TO WIN IT. THERE WAS VERY LITTLE ROOM FOR ERROR.

TWENTY-FOUR OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD PUT ON A FINAL ROUND SHOW AT TIBURON IN NAPLES.

FRANKLIN TEMPLETON SHOOTOUT FINAL ROUND-VOTOPS

RICKY FOWLER'S CHANCES TO WIN MAY HAVE BEEN SLIM. BUT HIS FANS WERE STILL HAVING FUN.

STEVE STRICKER AND JERRY KELLY RED HOT TODAY. STRICKER GETS THE BIRDIE AT NINE. PART OF A 14 UNDER PAR ROUND. THEY TIED FOR 4TH.

JASON DUFNER AND VIJAY SINGH. GOOD FRIENDS. AND IT SURE SHOWED THIS WEEKEND. DUFNER GETS HIS BIRDIE ON 9. FINISHED 28 UNDER FOR THE TOURNAMENT. IN 3RD PLACE.

CHARLES HOWELL 3RD AND RORY SABBATINI QUIETLY SNEAKING UP ON EVERYONE THE LAST TWO ROUNDS. HOWELL CHIPPING FOR EAGLE ON 17. RIGHT NEXT TO THE PIN. TAP IN BIRDIE. THEIR TEAM ALSO BIRDIED 18 TO GET TO 30 UNDER PAR. TIED FOR THE LEAD.

WITH KENNY PERRY AND SEAN O'HAIR. BUT WHO ALSO HAD AN EAGLE CHANCE ON 17. IT'S O'HAIR. PUTTING OFF THE FRINGE. BEAUTIFULLY DONE. TAP IN BIRDIE TO GET TO -31.

AND THAT PROVED TO BE THE DIFFERENCE. JUST NEEDING A PAR ON 18.

PERRY AND O'HAIR GET IT. THEY'RE YOUR FRANKLIN TEMPLETON SHOOTOUT CHAMPS. POCKETING 375,000 DOLLARS EACH.

SHOOTOUT CHAMPS POST-SOTTOPS

BUCS TIME TO GET SERIOUS-ONCAM

THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS. STILL VERY MUCH PART OF THE N-F-C PLAYOFF PICTURE COMING INTO TODAY.

BUT IT WAS TIME TO GET SERIOUS.

ONE GAME BACK IN THE RACE FOR THE FINAL WILDCARD. WITH THREE CHALLENGING GAMES REMAINING AFTER THIS WEEK.

BUCCANEERS EAGLES-VOTOPS

BUCS WERE OHH-AND-THREE VERSUS THE N-F-C EAST THIS YEAR.

TRAILED 10-0 IN THE THIRD TO THE EAGLES. WHO ARE ALSO FROM THAT DIVISION.

BUT HERE COMES TAMPA. JOSH FREEMAN THOWS THE T-D TO MIKE WILLIAMS. BUCS WITHIN THREE.

THEN IN THE FOURTH. FREEMAN ON THE MARK AGAIN. 13 YARD SCORING STRIKE TO VINCENT JACKSON. BUCS GO UP BY FOUR.

TAMPA KEEPS IT COMING. DOUG MARTIN FOUR YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN. 21-10 GAME.

EAGLES WEREN'T DONE YET, THOUGH. ROOKIE NICK FOLES FINDS CLAY HARBOR. 13 YARD TOUCHDOWN. 21-16 BUCS STILL UP.

BUCS POST-SOTTOPS

DOLPHINS NINERS SCORE-CGTOPS

DOLPHINS HAD BEEN GIVING THE 49ERS A SOLID GAME IN SAN FRANCISCO THIS AFTERNOON.

BUT ANTHONY DIXON JUST PUNCHED IN A TOUCHDOWN TO PUT THE 49ERS UP, 20-6, IN THE FOURTH.

REDSKINS RAVENS-VOTOPS

THE REDSKINS TRAILED BALTIMORE BY EIGHT LATE. THEN THIS HAPPENED. ROBERT GRIFFIN THE THIRD. HURTS HIS ANKLE. AND WOULDN'T RETURN.

SO IN COMES BACKUP KIRK COUSINS. AND BOY DID HE EARN HIS PAYCHECK. HITS PIERRE GARCON FOR THE 11-YARD TOUCHDOWN. ADD THE TWO POINT CONVERSION. WE GO TO OVERTIME.

FANTASY PHENOM WEEK 14-VOTOPS

IF YOUR FANTASY FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS STARTED THIS WEEK. OR IF YOU NEEDED A WIN TO GET IN. YOU MAY BE TOASTING TO CAM NEWTON RIGHT NOW.

THE PANTHERS Q-B THREW FOR 284 YARDS AND TWO TDS. THEN RUSHED FOR 116 MORE AND ANOTHER SCORE.

HE WAS PRETTY EFFECTIVE IN REAL-LIFE FOOTBALL AS WELL.

BOUNTY SETTLEMENT REJECTED-ONCAM

WHEN ASKED IF HE'D ACCEPT A SETTLMENT AGREEMENT FROM THE N-F-L WHILE BOUNTY SCANDAL HEARINGS CONTINUE. BY C-B-S'S JAMES BROWN. PORT CHARLOTTE GRAD ANTHONY HARGROVE SAID, QUOTE, "YOU CAN'T SERVE GOD AND MONEY".

PACQUIAO LOSES-VOTOPS

AND THERE WAS NO DOUBT WHO WON THE LATEST MANNY PACQUIAO/JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ FIGHT.

AFTER THE TWO EXCHANGED KNOCKDOWNS. MARQUEZ ENDED LAST NIGHT'S FIGHT AT THE M-G-M GRAND WITH A BIG RIGHT HAND BLOW. KNOCKING OUT THE PAC-MAN IN THE 6TH ROUND.

GRIENKE DEAL-VOTOPS

FINALLY, ZACH GRIENKE IS ABOUT TO RECEIVE THE SECOND-LARGEST CONTRACT EVER GIVEN TO A PITCHER.

C-B-S SPORTS DOT COM REPORTS THAT THE 29-YEAR-OLD RIGHTY WILL SIGN A 6-YEAR, 147 MILLION DOLLAR DEAL WITH THE DODGERS.

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