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RIGHT NOW ON N-B-C 2 NEWS AT 11, AN EARLY MORNING HOME INVASION SENDS ONE WOMAN TO THE HOSPITAL AND POLICE ON THE HUNT FOR An INTRUDER, WE'LL HAVE A LIVE REPORT,

PLUS, SEVERE WEATHER IS TAKING ITS TOLL ON HOLIDAY TRAVEL ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS TORNADOES HIT THE DEEP SOUTH AND HEAVY SNOW MAKES ITS WAY TO THE MIDWEST

AND, PRESIDENT OBAMA HEADS BACK TO WASHINGTON, CUTTING SHORT HIS CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY IN ORDER TO TACKLE THE FISCAL CLIFF, NOW LESS THEN A WEEK AWAY.

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NEWS AT 11:00am OPEN-CLIP

HOME INVASION-2SHOT

GOOD MORNING, I'M KRISTA FOGELSONG,

AND I'M NICK CILETTI.

THANKS FOR JOINING US ON N-B-C 2 NEWS AT 11.

OUR TOP STORY THIS MORNING A HOME INVASION IN SOUTH FORT MYERS.

POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED EARLY THIS MORNING IN THE PASEO COMMUNITY ON ALEGRIA STREET.

N-B-C- 2'S CLIFTON FRENCH JOINS US LIVE WITH THE LATEST.

HOME INVASION-REM LIVE

POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THE SUSPECT.

HOME INVASION-VO

HERE'S VIDEO OF THE SCENE ONLY MINUTES AFTER POLICE ARRIVED.

FORT MYERS POLICE AND THE

LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE BOTH RESPONDED.

THEY HAD DOZENS OF OFFICERS SEARCHING THE STREETS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, K-9'S AND A CHOPPER OVERHEAD.

HOME INVASION-SOTVO

HOME INVASION-REM LIVE

POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED THE NAME OF THE WOMAN WHO WAS STABBED, NEIGHBORS TELL ME SHE'S ABOUT 40 YEARS OLD AND LIVED IN THAT HOME WITH HER SON. WHO THEY SAY IS ABOUT 13.

BUT PEOPLE HERE ARE VISIBLY SHAKEN ABOUT THIS HORRIFIC CRIME.

WE'RE CONTINUING TO LEARN MORE BY THE MINUTE, AND YOU CAN COUNT ON US TO BRING YOU THE LATEST INFORMATION.

NATIONAL SEVERE WX-2SHOT

THIS MORNING -- PEOPLE ACROSS THE SOUTH AND GULF COAST ARE DEALING WITH THE AFTERMATH OF STRONG STORMS.EVEN TORNADOES.

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STATUS:

LOCATION/STORY: Powerful tornadoes batter the south. Reporter: Wendy

Gillette

ADVISORIES/RESTRICTIONS/EMBARGOES:

FORMAT:

VIDEO SHOWS/SHOTLIST:

SUPERS:

Courtesty: Crystal Rivers Curry

Shane Tucker/Pearl River County Sheriff's Dept:31-:40

Teresa Mason:40-44

Wendy Gillette/ABC News 1:19

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SUGGESTED INTRO: Severe storms swept the Gulf Coast from Texas to Alabama on

Christmas Day - triggering over 30 tornadoes. And those dreams of a White

Christmas came true causing travel headaches. ABC's Wendy Gillette reports

on the holiday weather.

SCRIPT:

NATS - "Oh wow,

oh Jesus, look at that tornado."

This is just one of more than thirty reported tornados that touched down on

Christmas Day. leaving behind heavy damage.

1:07 NATS "It's been down on the ground for a minute."

This one roared through Mobile, Alabama. tearing down parts of

Trinity Episcopal Church and some downtown businesses.

NATS running water

Another twister hit Pearl River County in Missisippi

blowing insulation into trees and peeling back walls of

homes.

There were some injuries reported there but no deaths.

SOT: "Judging from the damage we've witnessed today it's a miracle

that no one was hurt any worse than they were."

NATS: "This tree got us in the truck and kept us from

being sucked up in the tornado."

Further east in the state in Stone County, Teresa Mason and her boyfriend

took shelter from a tornado inside their truck.

SOT: "It started jerking us and spinning us."

NATS

The same fast-moving storms brought blizzard conditions to parts of the

country's midsection. causing a 21 vehicle pileup in

Oklahoma City.

NATS snow

And the system is heading eastbringing with it treacherous conditions on the

day after Christmas, often a busy travel day.

NATS pushing cart

enough of a threat for some in Cleveland to stock up on supplies.

SOT: "I'm ready to go."

Butt with "I've decided to get what we needed and head home."

SU: the storms are being blamed for at least three deaths in Texas,

Oklahoma and Louisiana. Wendy Gillette, ABC News

VERBATIM:

NY FD SHOOTING-2SHOT

NEW DETAILS ARE EMERGING ABOUT THAT CHRISTMAS EVE SHOOTING OF FIREFIGHTERS WHO RESPONDED TO AN EMERGENCY IN WESTERN NEW YORK.

POLICE SAY THE SHOOTER MAY HAVE BEEN PLANNING THIS FOR A WHILE.

NY FD SHOOTING-TRX PLASMA

THANKS NICK AND KRISTA.

NY FD SHOOTING-SOT VO WIPE

I still have to get ready to see how much of the neighborhood I can burn down, and do what I like doing best, killing people.

AUTHORITIES SAY 62-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM SPENGLER, WHO SERVED 17 YEARS IN PRISON FOR KILLING HIS GRANDMOTHER MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO, SHOT AT FIRST RESPONDERS WHO ARRIVED AT HIS BURNING HOUSE.

THE FIRE SPREAD TO SIX OTHER HOMES.

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NY FD SHOOTING-PLASMA

IT'S BELIEVED SPENGLER'S SISTER ALSO DIED IN THE FIRE.

POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING WHETHER THE DEATH OF SPENGLER'S 91-YEAR-OLD MOTHER IN OCTOBER AND DONATIONS SHE MAY HAVE MADE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COULD HELP EXPLAIN THE MOTIVE.

ALVA SHOOTING-VO-WIPE

LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES ARE STILL LOOKING FOR A SUSPECT INVOLVED IN A SHOOTING IN ALVA.

THE SHOOTING HAPPENED LAST NIGHT IN THE CHARLESTON COMMUNITY PARK LEAVING ONE MAN IN THE HOSPITAL.

THIS IS THE SAME AREA WHERE A WOMAN WAS STABBED ON CHRISTMAS EVE.

ARNULFO PEREZ IS IN CUSTODY IN CONNECTION TO THAT INCIDENT.

ALVA SHOOTING-SOTVO

11:01:57 6

"they was having a little get together or something and a bunch of dudes just started shooting each other"

FISCAL CLIFF IMPACT-2SHOT

FEARS OVER THE LOOMING FISCAL CLIFF HAVE SOME PARTS OF THE U-S ECONOMY BRACING FOR IMPACT.

PRESIDENT OBAMA RETURNS TO WASHINGTON TODAY WITH LESS THAN A WEEK TO AVOID THE CLIFF

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AMERICANS ARE ALREADY TAKING A GOOD-HARD LOOK AT THEIR WALLETS. AS CONFIDENCE THE COUNTRY WILL AVOID THE FISCAL CLIFF DIMINISHES.

"I dont think grand bargain before the end of the year, there is hope that a deal will be cut."

IF CONGRESS DOESN'T EXTEND EXPIRING TAX CUTS IN JUST DAYS-

MIDDLE INCOME EARNERS WOULD OWE UNCLE SAM ABOUT 2-000 DOLLARS EXTRA A YEAR.

MARKET RESEARCH FIRM IBIS-WORLD PREDICTS CONSUMERS WILL CUT BACK IN THREE MAIN INDUSTRIES.

AUTOMOTIVE, APPAREL AND ENTERTAINMENT.

"Once people decide to pull back on that the effect is dramatic."

THE NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION SAYS RETAILERS SUPPORT ONE IN FOUR AMERICANS JOBS-

AND IF THE DOWNWARD TREND INTENSIFIES- THOSE JOBS WOULD BE AT RISK.

"If retailers stop creating jobs the economy as a whole will probably stop creating jobs."

FOR THOSE INDUSTRIES- THE WAIT IS EXCRUCIATING.

PRESIDENT OBAMA VISITED TROOPS IN HAWAII OVER CHRISTMAS- AFTER A FRUSTRATING WEEK ON CAPITOL HILL- LEFT HE AND SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER A FEW HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS APART ON A DEAL.

super burned in

New York 1:02-1:08

The President was about $200 billion higher on revenues, Speaker Boehner $200 billion higher on spending cuts."

ON SUNDAY- LAWMAKERS WERE MILDLY OPTIMISTIC.

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South Carolina 1:12-1:14

"If you get 80 percent of what you want, that's a pretty good day."

TOUGH DECISIONS AHEAD- SIX DAYS LEFT.

HENDRY CO. AX ON CAM-OTS

THANKS STACEY.

A ONE YEAR OLD BOY IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER INVESTIGATORS SAY HIS AUNT BACKED OVER HIM AT A CLEWISTON APARTMENT COMPLEX.

IT HAPPENED AT THE HARLEM TENANTS APARTMENTS ON CHRISTMAS DAY.

FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS THE WOMAN WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT WHEN HER NEPHEW RAN TOWARD THE CAR AND WAS PINNED UNDERNEATH.

THE ONE YEAR OLD WAS FLOWN TO LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

BUSY RETAIL DAY-VOWIPE

RETAILERS EXPECT A BUSY DAY TODAY. AS MANY PEOPLE HEAD TO THE STORES TO RETURN SOME OF THEIR UNWANTED GIFTS.

AND AS THOSE GIFTS ARE EXCHANGED,

MANY WILL BE CARRYING GIFT CARDS TO BUY WHAT THEY REALLY WANT.

AND SHOPPERS COULD FIND SOME STEEP DISCOUNTS

HOLIDAY RETURNS-VOTOPS WIPE

AND IF YOU DON'T HAPPEN TO LIKE YOUR GIFT

WE'VE DISCOVERED SOME PROBLEMS YOU MIGHT RUN INTO IF YOU TRY TO RETURN IT.

SOME RETURN POLICIES ARE CHANGING.

STORES ARE CREATING NEW RULES.

IF YOU'RE TAKING ANY ELECTRONICS BACK TO TARGET YOU ONLY HAVE 30 DAYS INSTEAD OF 45 TO MAKE THAT RETURN.

SEARS HAS SHORTENED IT'S "EXTENDED HOLIDAY RETURN PERIOD."

HOLIDAY RETURNS-3 SOTVO

"58:40 we dont really return anything unless its broke 58:42 58:57 common sense would say do not go the day after christmas definitely not 59:01. The day after

IF YOU DON'T LIKE SOMETHING YOU RECEIVED, DON'T OPEN IT.

SOME STORES WILL CHARGE A RESTOCKING FEE IF THE BOX IS TORN.

NY STOCK EXCHANGE OPEN-LIVE

YOU'RE LOOKING LIVE AT THE BIG BOARD ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

COMMON CORE STANDARDS-ONCAM

WHEN IT COMES TO FLORIDA'S SCHOOLS-

THEY'RE ADOPTING UNIFORM ACADEMIC STANDARDS SHARED WITH MOST OTHER STATES.

THE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS ARE DESIGNED TO HELP AMERICAN CHILDREN COMPETE WITH THEIR PEERS AROUND THE WORLD.

MOST OF FLORIDA'S TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS AND POLITICIANS LIKE THE IDEA.

TEASE ONE-2-SHOT

COMING UP ON N-B-C 2 NEWS AT 11,

THE SNOWY WEATHER DIDN'T JUST HIT THE MIDWEST THIS CHRISTMAS, TRAVEL IN CALIFORNIA WAS ALSO A BIT TRICKY

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WEATHER-STC

NORCAL CHRISTMAS-VOTOPS

A WET WINTRY MIX OF SNOW, SLEET AND RAIN CAUSED HEADACHES FOR DRIVERS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR CHRISTMAS

THIS WAS THE SCENE IN PLACER COUNTY AS DRIVERS FACED DANGEOURS CONDITIONS YESTERDAY.

DRIVERS FACED TWO HOUR DELAYS AS THEY CRAWLED ALONG INTERSTATE 80.

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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 prolific storm system wreaked havoc across the Southeast on Christmas night. Prelimary storm reports estimate that the system spawned over 30 tornadoes in the Deep South on Christmas alone.

It's still a healthy weather maker as it heads toward New England, and it is still producing strong storms from Northern Florida to North Carolina.

Those storms are heading toward Southwest Florida with an ETA at 3 PM today.

As a result the Storm Prediction Center is outlining West Central Florida for the possibility of severe weather. I expect the brunt of the activity to stay north of Tampa Bay today. As the storms approach our area they'll become disconnected from their energy source and will push through with hardly a punch.

Is that to say you won't hear any thunder or see any lightning? Nope, because some of you most certainly will. However, it'll all stay below severe limits and pass over with little to show.

The line of storms will traverse Southwest Florida pretty quickly the afternoon. They'll be gone by the afternoon rush hour. Once they're gone we'll see the skies begin to clear. And cooler temperatures filter in.

Tomorrow morning we'll wake up to partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the upper 40s to lower 50s. After sunrise we'll see those clouds erode away, and we'll be left with a deep blue sky and temperatures struggling to get passed 70 during the daytime.

The pleasant pattern will continue into Friday, but conditions deteriorate on Saturday with another rain maker approaching. Highs on Saturday will be around 80, storms will bubble up late in the day, and they'll last through Sunday morning.

DAVID GREGORY LATEST-OC SOT VO

N-B-C DAVID GREGORY IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY POLICE OVER HIS DECISION TO SHOW OFF A GUN MAGAZINE ON THE SET OF HIS SHOW.

So, here is a magazine for ammunition that carries 30 bullets. Now, isn't it possible that if we got rid of these, if we replaced them and said you could only have a magazine that carries 5 bullets or 10 bullets, isn't it just possible that we could reduce the carnage in a situation like Newtown?"

THAT WAS GREGORY INTERVIEWING THE HEAD OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION DURING LAST WEEKEND'S SHOW IN THE WAKE OF THE SANDY HOOK SCHOOL SHOOTING.

POLITICO IS REPORTING THAT THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING WHETHER ANY CITY LAWS WERE VIOLATED.

THE CITY IS HOME TO SOME OF THE MOST STRICT GUN LAWS IN THE COUNTRY.

KHOST BLAST HOSPITAL-VOTOPSWIPE

AFGHAN POLICE SAY AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE ARE DEAD THIS MORNING AFTER A SUICIDE BOMBER ATTACK AT THE GATE OF A U-S MILITARY BASE IN EASTERN AFGHANISTAN TODAY.

ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, THE BOMBER AND THREE AFGHANS WERE KILLED IN THE ATTACK IN KHOST.

THE TALIBAN CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BOMBING THAT TARGETED A BASE NEXT TO A MILITARY AIRPORT.

NATO OFFICIALS SAID THE BOMBER DID NOT PENETRATE CAMP CHAPMAN'S PERIMETER.

MYANMAR PLANE CRASH-VOTOPS

TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND TEN INJURED AFTER A PLANE CARRYING TOURISTS CRASHED IN MYANMAR.

ACCORDING TO STATE TELEVISION, A TOUR GUIDE AND A MOTORCYCLIST ON THE GROUND WERE KILLED.

TWO AMERICANS WERE AMONG THE INJURED SURVIVORS.

THE PLANE CRASHED AFTER OVERSHOOTING THE RUNWAY IN MYANMAR'S SHAH STATE.

RUSSIA ADOPTION-VO

RUSSIA'S SENATE HAS APPROVED A BAN ON U-S ADOPTIONS FROM THE COUNTRY.

THE BILL IS IN RETALIATION FOR A NEW U-S LAW IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON RUSSIANS CLASSIFIED AS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATORS.

THE ADOPTION BAN HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY PARLIAMENT'S LOWER CHAMBER.

PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN HASN'T COMMITTED TO SIGNING THE BILL BUT REFERRED TO IT AS A LEGITIMATE RESPONSE TO THE NEW U-S LAW.

CHINA TRAIN-VO

CHINA OPENED THE WORLD'S LONGEST HIGH-SPEED RAIL LINE TODAY.

IT RUNS ONE-THOUSAND-428 MILES FROM THE COUNTRY'S CAPITAL IN THE NORTH TO A CITY IN SOUTHERN CHINA.

THE LINE OFFICIALLY OPENED WHEN A TRAIN DEPARTED FROM BEIJING THIS MORNING.

ANOTHER TRAIN LEFT *FOR BEIJING AN HOUR LATER.

TRAINS ON THIS HIGH-SPEED LINE WILL INITIALLY RUN AT 186 MILES PER HOUR WITH A TOTAL TRAVEL TIME OF ABOUT EIGHT HOURS.

TEXTING-2SHOT

"CALLING" 9-1-1 COULD SOMEDAY BECOME "TEXTING 9-1-1".

WITH MORE OF US COMMUNICATING VIA TEXT MESSAGE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THINKS TEXTING SHOULD BE ANOTHER WAY TO CALL FOR HELP.

BUT AS WE FOUND OUT, THE TECHNOLOGY BEHIND IT MAY NOT BE READY FOR SOME TIME.

TEXTING-PKG

A WRECK, A VICTIM, A TEXT TO 9-1-1?

"One, two, three Main Street."

"Hendricks 911, what's the address?"

TEXTS TO 911 ARE STILL THE FUTURE. YOU CANNOT TEXT 911 NOW.

"Inevitably we are going to see the texting."

TEXTING COULD HAVE PLUSES.

TEXT MESSAGES GO THROUGH FASTER WITHOUT CLOGGING COMMUNICATIONS.

"Might be able to save lives by getting more people with additional means of being able to get in contact with somebody, but I guess I would have a concern about being able to do it when you drive."

"Say there's someone right close to you that you don't want them to see you pick up the phone and you could maybe discretely text."

"That might be good for people that are in a hazardous situation."

THE CONNECTICUT SCHOOL SHOOTING SHE SAYS, A TEACHER LOCKED IN A CLOSET COULD SILENTLY SIGNAL HELP.

"We probably get about a dozen of those kind of cases a year. Where somebody is breaking into a house,"

BUT THERE'S A DOWNSIDE TO TEXT 911. THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOWHERE NEAR READY. AND IF YOU TEXT THAT "123 MAIN STREET" IN AN EMERGENCY?

"There's two of them in Brownsburg, there's two in Pittsboro."

THE TEXTER MUST ADD THE CITY.

"911, what is your emergency?"

AND WHAT IF THE TEXTER DOESN'T KNOW WHERE HE IS, SAY OUT ON A COUNTRY ROAD?

STEVE COOK MADE A 911 CALL FROM RIGHT OVER THE DISPATCHER'S SHOULDER. AND LOOK.

"Even though I have a GPS phone."

ONE OF THE STATE'S TOP DISPATCHER CENTERS PINPOINTED HIS PHONE.

"Probably 2 miles from here."

"Sir, what is your name?"

ALSO LOST WITH TEXT 911, DISPATCHERS CAN'T EASILY GIVE LIFESAVING DIRECTIONS LIKE C-P-R. TIME WOULD BE LOST SETTING UP A PHONE CALL.

"It's all about delivering that service in a timely manner."

GAS PRICES-VO-WIPE

SANTA CLAUS DELIVERED A GREAT PRESENT TO FLORIDA DRIVERS -- LOWER GAS PRICES.

THEY'VE BEEN DROPPING THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.

THE AVERAGE PRICE AT THE PUMP HAS BEEN ABOUT 3 DOLLARS AND THIRTY CENTS.

TRIPLE-A OFFICIALS SAY IT'S ONLY A FEW CENTS SHY OF WHAT DRIVERS PAID THIS TIME LAST YEAR,

GAS PRICES-SOTVO

23:57 Steve Troyer, Filling Up"It's nice to be able to see the gas prices dropping a little bit making it a little but easier to travel and get around, and yes a little less of their budget for gasoline and can spend it on their families.

TRIPLE A FORECASTS MORE THAN 84 MILLION AMERICANS HIT THE ROAD FOR THE HOLIDAY.

COST OF MILK TO GO UP-OTS VO

THE COST OF MILK MAY GO UP IN THE NEW YEAR.

IT COULD RISE FROM ITS CURRENT AVERAGE COST OF 3-65 A GALLON TO AS MUCH AS 7 DOLLARS A GALLON IF CONGRESS FAILS TO PASS A NEW FARM BILL.

WITHOUT LAST MINUTE ACTION,

THE GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW LEGISLATION DATING BACK TO THE TRUMAN PRESIDENCY.

IT WOULD FORCE WASHINGTON TO BUY MILK AT INFLATED PRICES, ALSO PUTTING A BURDEN ON CONSUMERS.

THE SENATE PASSED A FARM BILL BACK IN JULY OF THIS YEAR.

CONSUMER SPENDING-VO

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THREE YEARS. NOVEMBER SAW THE LARGEST JUMP IN CONSUMER SPENDING.

ACCORDING TO THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT. "INFLATION ADJUSTED" CONSUMER SPENDING ROSE POINT 6 PERCENT, WHILE AFTER TAX INCOME INCREASED POINT 8 PERCENT.

ECONOMISTS HAVE ANTICIPATED A SLOW DOWN IN THE FOURTH QUARTER AS COMPANIES WORK TO RE-STOCK THEIR SHELVES.

TEASE TWO-2SHOT

STILL AHEAD ON N-B-C 2 NEWS AT 11, MORE ON OUR TOP STORIES,

PLUS, A MISTAKE BY A CONVENIENCE STORE CLERK LEADS TO A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS FOR ONE NEW HAMPSHIRE FAMILY.

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NOW TO A STORY OF BAD LUCK THAT TURNED INTO GOOD FORTUNE AND A VERY MERRY

CHRISTMAS FOR ONE NEW HAMPSHIRE FAMILY.

THEY WON A TWO-MILLION DOLLAR LOTTERY JACKPOT ALL BECAUSE A CONVENIENCE STORE CLERK SOLD THEM THE WRONG TICKET.

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THE BENNETTS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE HAD A VERY HAPPY HOLIDAY.HITTING IT BIG IN

THE STATE'S MEGABUCKS LOTTERY.

SOT Cathy Bennett / Lottery Winner

"Surreal like it's unreal."

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AND IT WAS ALL BECAUSE OF A MISTAKE - IT TURNS OUT THE BENNETTS BECAME

OVERNIGHT MILLIONAIRES AFTER CATHY'S HUSBAND SCOTT PURCHASED THE WRONG

TICKET.

SOT Nicole Gee / sold winning ticket

23:19:59 "My mistake changed a family's life."

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NICOLE GEE SOLD BENNETT HIS WINNING TICKET AT THIS

CIRCLE K.

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BENNETT ORIGINALLY WANTED TO PURCHASE A LUCKY FOR LIFE TICKET. BUT GEE

ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE MEGABUCKS BUTTON INSTEAD.THEN LOW AND BEHOLD.

SOT Cathy Bennett / Lottery Winner

"He's sitting on the couch with the ticket on one hand and the New Hampshire

lottery website on the computer just staring at both of them and. really

truly didn't believe it."

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TURNS OUT THE BENNETTS TRULY WERE LUCKY AND NOW THEY'RE SET FOR LIFE. CAROL

'S HUSBAND MISSED THE PRESS CONFERENCE BECAUSE HE WAS WORKING.HE'S THANKED

GEE. BUT WHAT ABOUT A REWARD?

SOT Nicole Gee / sold winning ticket

23:23:04 "I honestly don't expect anything. That's all up to them if they

want to do that or not

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GEE SAYS SHE'S SIMPLY PLEASED THE WRONG TICKET TURNED OUT TO BE THE RIGHT

ONE FOR THE BENNETTS.

SOT Nicole Gee / sold winning ticket

23:23:31 "I'm pretty happy about it just becauseI was able to help them have

a really good Christmas."

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A VERY GOOD CHRISTMAS

SOT Cathy Bennett / Lottery Winner:

"It's really very overwhelming but once everything settles.I think we'll

TEASE THREE-2SHOT

COMING UP ON N-B-C 2 NEWS AT 11, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER LOOK AT YOUR TOP STORIES

INCLUDING NEW INFORMATION COMING OUT ON THE DEADLY CHRISTMAS EVE SHOOTING IN WESTERN NEW YORK THAT KILLED TWO FIRFIGHTERS,

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NEWS AT 11:30am OPEN-CLIP

RIGHT NOW ON N-B-C 2 NEWS AT 11, AN EARLY MORNING HOME INVASION SENDS ONE WOMAN TO THE HOSPITAL AND POLICE ON THE HUNT FOR A SUSPECT,

PLUS, SEVERE WEATHER IS TAKING ITS TOLL ON HOLIDAY TRAVEL ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS TORNADOES HIT THE DEEP SOUTH AND HEAVY SNOW MAKES ITS WAY TO THE MIDWEST

HL1) HOME INVASION-VO

HL2) NATIONAL SEVERE WX-VO

HL3) NY FD SHOOTING-VO

HOME INVASION-2shot

WELCOME BACK TO N-B-C 2 NEWS AT 11.

I'M NICK CILETTI.

AND I'M KRISTA FOGELSONG.

AN EARLY MORNING HOME INVASION IN SOUITH FORT MYERS HAS SENT ONE PERSON TO THE HOSPITAL TODAY.

N-B-C 2 HAS LEARNED THAT A WOMAN WAS STABBED AT A HOME ON ALEGRIA STREET IN THE PASEO COMMUNITY.

THIS HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 4 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING.

WE'RE TOLD THE STABBING IS BEING INVESTIGATED AS A HOME INVASION.

THE WOMAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW SERIOUS HER INJURIES ARE.

HOME INVASION-SOTVO

Brad Cherkin, Neighbor "Can't be too careful, have to make sure you lock your doors and that you know what's going on." "Keep them in your thoughts and prayers because a person is hurt." "Frightening, I'm sorry to hear that."

RIGHT NOW DEPUTIES ARE LOOKING FOR A SUSPECT WHO THEY BELIEVE IS MALE.

NATIONAL SEVERE WX-2SHOT VO

SNOW AND ICE ARE COVERING ROADS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHERN INDIANA, AND OFFICIALS ARE URGING RESIDENTS TO STAY HOME IF THEY CAN.

STATE POLICE REPORT A NUMBER OF CARS OFF THE ROAD IN THE EVANSVILLE, INDIANA AREA.

THERE ARE ALSO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ON INTERSTATE 64.

A LARGE STORM SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT SNOW AND SLEET TO THE NATION'S MIDSECTION AND TORNADOES TO THE DEEP SOUTH IS NOW MOVING ITS WAY TOWARD THE NORTHEAST.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO TRAVELED FOR CHRISTMAS ARE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING BACK HOME TODAY.

HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN CANCELED MOSTLY AT AIRPORTS THAT WERE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM, OR WILL SOON BE AFFECTED BY IT.

THE STORM SYSTEM HAS BEEN BLAMED FOR THREE DEATHS AND SEVERAL INJURIES.

ALVA SHOOTING-VO-WIPE

LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES ARE STILL LOOKING FOR A SUSPECT INVOLVED IN A SHOOTING IN ALVA.

THE SHOOTING HAPPENED LAST NIGHT IN THE CHARLESTON COMMUNITY PARK LEAVING ONE MAN IN THE HOSPITAL.

THIS IS THE SAME AREA WHERE A WOMAN WAS STABBED ON CHRISTMAS EVE.

ARNULFO PEREZ IS IN CUSTODY IN THAT INCIDENT.

ALVA SHOOTING-SOTVO

11:01:57 6

"they was having a little get together or something and a bunch of dudes just started shooting each other"

NY FD SHOOTING-2SHOT

NEW DETAILS NOW ABOUT THAT SHOCKING CHRISTMAS CRIME IN WESTERN NEW YORK.

A GUNMAN, WHO AMBUSHED AND KILLED TWO FIREFIGHTERS, LEFT BEHIND A CHILLING

NOTE ABOUT HIS DEADLY PLAN.

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SCRIPT:

INVESTIGATORS CONTINUE TO COMB THROUGH WHAT'S LEFT OF THIS WEBSTER HOME

THE SCENE OF AN AMBUSH ATTACK SET BY THIS MAN WILLIAM SPREGLER THAT

KILLED TWO FIREFIGHTERS AND INJURED 2 OTHERS

NATS SCENE

OVERNIGHT, NEWS THAT A BODY HAS BEEN FOUND IN THE RUBBLE OF THE SPENGLER

HOME. POSSIBLY HIS SISTER, CHERYL SPENGLER, WITH WHOM NEIGHBORS SAY HE HAD A

STRAINED RELATIONSHIP.

PRESSER SOT

EMOTIONS ARE HIGH AS FELLOW FIREFIGHTERS FACE THE GRIM REALITY OF BURYING

THEIR OWN.

PRESSER SOT

SLUG: 5226 wham Webster shooting presser

11:42:03 he intended to burn his neighborhood down and kill as many people

as possible before stopping

GFX - POLICE SAY SPREGLER FIRED FROM A NEARBY BERM OR HILL AS IF HER WERE A

MILITARY SNIPPER. USING A TREE AS COVER

PRESSER SOT: Gerald Pickering / Webster Police Chief

SLUG: 5226 wham Webster shooting presser

11:32:40 this was a clear ambush on first responders Spengler had armed

himself heavily and immediately started firing upon first responders/ 11:

33:52 essentially it was a combat condition

HE KILLED FIREFIGHTERS TOMASZ KACZOWKA AND LT. MICHAEL CHIAPPERINNA BEFORE

SHOOTTING HIMSELF

AT HIS SIDE A RAMBLING, CHILLING TYPED NOTE

PRESSER SOT SLUG: 5226 wham Webster shooting presser

11:35:29 "I still have to get ready to see how much of the neighborhood I

can burn down and do what I like to do best killing people "

HIS INTENT TO KILL IS CLEAR THOUGH HIS MOTIVE IS STILL A MYSTERY BUT WE DO

KNOW SPRENGLER HAS A VIOLENT PAST

GFX- THE 62 , YR- OLD SERVED 17 YRS FOR KILLING HIS GRANDMOTHER WITH A

HENDRY CO. AX ON CAM-OTS

A ONE YEAR OLD BOY IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER INVESTIGATORS SAY HIS AUNT BACKED OVER HIM AT A CLEWISTON APARTMENT COMPLEX.

IT HAPPENED AT THE HARLEM TENANTS APARTMENTS ON CHRISTMAS DAY.

FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS THE WOMAN WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT WHEN HER NEPHEW RAN TOWARD THE CAR AND WAS PINNED UNDERNEATH.

THE ONE YEAR OLD WAS FLOWN TO LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

FISCAL CLIFF-VO

IT'S ONLY FIVE DAYS UNTIL THE NATION FALLS OFF THE SO CALLED FISCAL CLIFF.

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS CUTTING SHORT HIS HOLIDAY IN HAWAII AND HEADING BACK TO WASHINGTON TO DEAL WITH THIS HUGE POLITICAL ISSUE.

THE REST OF THE FIRST FAMILY IS EXPECTED TO STAY ON THE ISLANDS,

WHILE THE PRESIDENT TRIES TO HAMMER OUT A DEAL WITH CONGRESS.

POST HOLIDAY SHOPPING-2SHOT

WELL, THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS NOT QUITE THE BIGGEST SHOPPING DAY OF THE YEAR, BUT IT SURE IS GETTING THERE.

FOR BARGAIN HUNTERS, TODAY'S TRIP TO THE BIG BOX STORE OR ONLINE VENDOR

COULD BE VERY WORTHWHILE.

TODAY'S DEALS MAY BE BETTER THAN WHAT WAS OFFERED ON BLACK FRIDAY.

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SUPERS:

Marshal Cohen, Chief Industry Analyst, NPD Group

Dave Henry, shopper from Arizona:

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SCRIPT:

BIG RETAILERS ARE PUSHING OUT THE POST-CHRISTMAS MERCHANDISE, HOPING TO ADD

TO THEIR BOTTOM LINES. THEY'RE LURING CUSTOMERS WITH GIFT CARDS BY

OFFERING DEEP DISCOUNTS.

SOT/Marshal Cohen, Chief Industry Analyst, NPD Group

"ON KEY ITEMS. look for 75 to even 80 percent off on SOME OF THESE items."

RETAILERS THIS YEAR NEED THE BOOST.

THIS WAS THE WEAKEST HOLIDAY SINCE 2008. NEW FIGURES SHOW SALES INCREASED

ONLY SEVEN TENTHS OF A PERCENT. THIS YEAR'S PREDICTION WAS ANYWHERE FROM

THREE TO FOUR PERCENT.

HURRICANE SANDY DAMPENED THE MOOD OF SHOPPERS IN THE NORTHEAST.

AND THE NEWTOWN SHOOTING TRAGEDY MADE THE SLUMP EVEN WORSE.

AND THEN. THERE'S INDECISION ON CAPITOL HILL. ABOUT THE FISCAL CLIFF AND

HIGHER TAXES.

SOT/Dave Henry, shopper from Arizona:

"I think, you know, with the worries, what we're going to be dealing with at

the end of the year tax-wise and everything like that it definitely has

curbed our spending, for sure."

RETAILERS TODAY ARE TRYING TO OUTDO ONE ANOTHER WITH DEALS. OFTEN BETTER

THAN WHAT WAS OFFERED THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING.

AMAZON IS OFFERING A 46-INCH TV, MARKED DOWN 44-PERCENT, FOR 338-DOLLARS

BEST BUY IS CUTTING THE PRICE OF A NIKON DIGITAL CAMERA. 50-PERCENT. TO

129-99.

AND A 170-DOLLAR CASHMERE SWEATER FROM BLOOMINGDALES IS NOW 89.99.

LAST YEAR, ANALYSTS SAY SHOPPERS SPENT MORE THAN 7-BILLION DOLLARS ON THE

DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS. THE BARGAINS HAVE BECOME A POST-HOLIDAY TRADITION.

AS GIFT RETURNS ARE MADE BY SHOPPERS STILL IN A SPENDING MOOD.

SOT/DAUGHTER AND THEN MOTHER IN TIMES SQ.

"RETURN THE THINGS WE DIDNT LIKE, FROM RELATIVES."

"AND THEN I BUY WHAT I WANT."

WHETHER YOU'RE SHOPPING IN STORES, OR SURFING FOR DISCOUNTS AND FREE

SHIPPING FROM ONLINE VENDORS, THE RETAILERS ARE LOOKING FOR YOU ON WHAT MAY

DR ELLA PIPER'S PARTY-NATSVO WIPE

IT'S A CHRISTMAS TRADITION NEARLY 100 YEARS OLD AND IT HELPS HUNDREDS OF LOCAL CHILDREN EVERY YEAR.

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THIS YEAR ABOUT 400 KIDS RECEIVED GIFTS AT THE 97TH ANNUAL DOCTOR ELLA PIPER CENTER CHRISTMAS PARTY IN FORT MYERS.

ALL OF THE GIFTS AND PRESENTS ARE DONATED BY THE COMMUNITY.

DR ELLA PIPER'S PARTY-SOTVO

Nida Eluna, Dr. Piper Center for Social Services "Everything that we do for these kids, it's all worth it. You have to be here to really witness the glow in the faces of the children that receive a bike or the toys even."

THE CHRISTMAS TRADITION HAS GROWN TO HELP HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN THROUGH THE PAST 97 YEARS.

TEASE FOUR-2SHOT

STAY WITH US,

TZ4 A MOVING SCAMS-VOWIPE

MOVING SCAMS-2SHOT

IT HAPPENS QUITE A BIT.

A MOVING COMPANY PICKS UP YOUR STUFF BUT THEN DEMANDS MORE MONEY TO DROP IT OFF AT YOUR NEW HOME.

WE HAVE A STORY OF ONE SITUATION THAT WAS ALL CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

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SCRIPT:

MEET THE MOVERS FROM HELL.

"I'm ready to jump on you. Get inside the house. Expletive."

CAUGHT ON A CUSTOMER'S CAMERA DELIVERING BROKEN BELONGINGS.

"The TV's ruined.

.DELIVERING THEM LATE.

"The stuff you've been waiting for?"

"For a year and a half."

.AND JUST DUMPING THEM OUTSIDE.

"Nothing go into the house, ok everything going on the plastic.

"oh yeah, the fight is not over"

THE FIGHT IS ABOUT WHETHER THE CUSTOMERS SHOULD HAVE TO PAY THE ORIGINAL

ESTIMATE OF 7-THOUSAND DOLLARS OR THE 25-THOUSAND THE MOVING COMPANY

DEMANDED LATER.

"He would just go ballistic on us."

CAMERON ALMOND AND VANESSA STOCKMAR HIRED THE SAME MOVING COMPANY. AND HAD

A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE.

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.A LOWBALL ESTIMATE OF ABOUT 3-THOUSAND DOLLARS, FOLLOWED BY A DEMAND FOR

NEARLY 10-THOUSAND.

"It was crazy. We slept on the wood floor, we had nothing."

THE MOVER WAS GOLDEN HAND OF COLORADO.

"I actually told him 'You're not even the company that I had talked to in

the first place to make this deal' and he said, Well, I'm the company that

you need to be talk to now because I have your stuff."

IT'S THE LATEST PROBLEM IN THE MOVING INDUSTRY. CUSTOMERS BOOK THEIR MOVES

ONLINE, NOT REALIZING THEY'RE DEALING WITH SKETCHY MOVING BROKERS WHO

PROVIDE UNREALISTICALLY LOW ESTIMATES, THEN SELL THE LEADS TO ACTUAL MOVERS

LIKE GOLDEN HAND THAT JACK UP THE PRICE AND HOLD PEOPLE'S GOODS HOSTAGE

UNTIL THEY PAY.

"I had said, what if Cam and I go undercover, find out if he really has our

goods."

CAMERON AND VANESSA WENT UNDERCOVER FOR THE FBI TO THIS WAREHOUSE AND FOUND

THEIR STUFF --AND LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE'S. THEIR STEALTH MISSION HELPED THE

FEDS CLOSE THE CASE. AND A NON-PROFIT CALLED MOVE RESCUE, STARTED BY

LEGITIMATE MOVERS, HELPED THEM.

"We're able to use our network of Mayflower agencies across the country who

will pick up those goods, that have often times been abandoned in storage,

and deliver them to the customer free of charge."

THE GOVERNMENT INDICTED GOLDEN HAND'S OWNER ON 55 COUNTS INCLUDING EXTORTION

AND THEFT. ALL BECAUSE OF SOME SCRAPPY CUSTOMERS. AND THEIR CAMERAS.

FLORIDA WEEKLY-2SHOT

IT'S FLORIDA WEEKLY WEDNESDSAY. AND OSVALDO PADILLA IS HERE TO GIVE US THE SCOOP.

FLORIDA WEEKLY

1. The lives they led. - honoring those who we've lost this year in southwest Florida.

2. Business parter with the Salvation Army

WEATHER-WX WALL

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 prolific storm system wreaked havoc across the Southeast on Christmas night. Prelimary storm reports estimate that the system spawned over 30 tornadoes in the Deep South on Christmas alone.

It's still a healthy weather maker as it heads toward New England, and it is still producing strong storms from Northern Florida to North Carolina.

Those storms are heading toward Southwest Florida with an ETA at 3 PM today.

As a result the Storm Prediction Center is outlining West Central Florida for the possibility of severe weather. I expect the brunt of the activity to stay north of Tampa Bay today. As the storms approach our area they'll become disconnected from their energy source and will push through with hardly a punch.

Is that to say you won't hear any thunder or see any lightning? Nope, because some of you most certainly will. However, it'll all stay below severe limits and pass over with little to show.

The line of storms will traverse Southwest Florida pretty quickly the afternoon. They'll be gone by the afternoon rush hour. Once they're gone we'll see the skies begin to clear. And cooler temperatures filter in.

Tomorrow morning we'll wake up to partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the upper 40s to lower 50s. After sunrise we'll see those clouds erode away, and we'll be left with a deep blue sky and temperatures struggling to get passed 70 during the daytime.

The pleasant pattern will continue into Friday, but conditions deteriorate on Saturday with another rain maker approaching. Highs on Saturday will be around 80, storms will bubble up late in the day, and they'll last through Sunday morning.

NEW TSA PROGRAM-VO

20-13 MAY BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR AIRLINE TRAVELERS.

THE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ADMINISTRATION HAS LAUNCHED A PILOT PROGRAM THAT LETS PASSENGERS PASS THROUGH SECURITY WITHOUT HAVING TO REMOVE THEIR SHOES OR TAKE LIQUIDS OUT OF THEIR CARRY ON LUGGAGE.

TRAVELERS MUST FIRST GET PAST A BOMB SNIFFING DOG AND AN AGENT WHO IS SPECIALLY TRAINED TO DETECT SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR.

IT'S A PROGRAM CALLED "MANAGED INCLUSION" AND IS CURRENTLY BEING TESTED IN TAMPA AND INDIANAPOLIS.

BOXING DAY-VO

IT'S THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS AND FOR PLACES LIKE THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CANADA THAT MEANS IT'S BOXING DAY.

TRADITIONALLY THIS WAS THE DAY THAT SERVICE WORKERS IN THE COMMONWEALTH WOULD RECEIVE GIFTS FROM THEIR EMPLOYERS.

THIS HAS BEEN A NATIONAL HOLIDAY IN ENGLAND SINCE 18-71.

CHRISTMAS BOX OFFICE-2SHOT

NOW TO SOMETHING WE NOTICED ABOUT A LOT OF *THIS* YEAR'S OSCAR HOPEFULS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO KEEP IN MIND BEFORE YOU HEAD TO THE MOVIES, YOU COULD FLY FROM NEW YORK TO FORT LAUDERDALE IN ABOUT THE SAME TIME IT TAKES TO SIT THROUGH 'THE HOBBIT'.

IT'S LONG! AND MANY OF THIS SEASON'S OTHER BLOCKBUSTERS AREN'T TOO FAR BEHIND.

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SUPERS:

1.RAMIN SETOODEH

The Daily Beast Senior Writer

2.TODAY BUG

3.KRISTEN DAHLGREN

NBC News

4.KRISTEN DAHLGREN

Los Angeles

5.PAUL DerGARABEDIAN

Hollywood.com Box Office

sot les mis

THEY ARE EPIC PRODUCTIONS. EARNING OSCAR BUZZ

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BUT THIS YEAR'S BLOCK BUSTERS HAVE SOMETHING ELSE IN COMMON- YOU BETTER BLOCK OUT THREE HOURS IF YOU WANT TO SEE ONE.

AS WE APPROACH THE END OF THE YEAR, HOLLYWOODS HEAVYWEIGHTS ARE POSTING SOME HEFTY RUN TIMES.

SPIELBERG'S LINCOLN CLOCKS IN AT 2 AND A HALF HOURS.

LES MISERABLES KEEPS AUDIENCES IN THEIR SEATS FOR 2:38

AND THE HOBBIT'S JOURNEY THROUGH MIDDLE EARTH.

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TAKES A WHOPPING 2:49

THAT'S RIGHT - ALMOST 3 HOURS

Ramin Setoodeh/ Senior writer Daily beast/newsweek

"Every movie this year is super long, it shouldbe called the never ending story. They go on and on and on. "

EVEN THE NEVER ENDING STORY WAS ONLY 102 MINUTES!

HOLLYWOOD KNOWS MOVIES ARE LONG THIS YEAR. LES MIS STAR SASHA BARON COHEN JOKED

SACHA BARON COHEN

One word of advice, go to the toilet before the movie starts, because the movies almost three hours long. That's an honest bit of advice.

standup:

so why try to hold moviegoers. "attention" for so long?

many say oscar's to blame. there's a feeling here in hollywood the academy won't take a best picture contender seriously if its under two hours.

AND THIS TIME OF YEAR STUDIOS ARE RACING TO RELEASE THESE EPICS BEFORE THE OSCAR DEADLINE

dergarabedian

any film that opens christmas day is also eligible for oscar. it's right before the end of teh year and that can get you oscar qualification.

LONG OSCAR WINNERS ARE OF COURSE NOTHING NEW. GONE WITH THE WIND WAS ALMOST FOUR HOURS. BUT INCLUDED AN INTERMISSION.

IT SEEMS THAT TODAYS MOVIE GOERS DONT SEEM TO MIND THOUGH-

MOS - "If I believe in the subject matter and everything like that, I'm all for it.***

EXPERTS PREDICT A RECORD BREAKING BOX OFFICE TAKE OF ALMOST ELEVEN BILLION DOLLARS THIS YEAR.

A SIGN THAT THESE SUPERSIZED MOVIES. MAY BE AROUND FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

TEASE FIVE-2SHOT

NOW THAT CHRISTMAS IS OVER AND THE HOLIDAYS ARE WINDING DOWN YOU PROBABLY WANT TO TAKE OFF SOME OF THAT WEIGHT YOU'VE ADDED SINCE THANKSGIVING

NEXT -- WE'LL HAVE SOME TIPS ON WHAT YOU CAN DO TO DROP THAT WIEGHT SAFELY IN THE NEW YEAR.

TZ5 A HOLIDAY WEIGHT-VO

HOLIDAY WEIGHT-2SHOT PLASMA

AS YOU GET UP AND MOVING TODAY AFTER THAT BIG CHRISTMAS MEAL, YOU MAY BE WORRIED ABOUT PUTTING ON EXTRA WEIGHT OVER THE HOLIDAYS.

YOU HAVE LOTS OF COMPANY.

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SCRIPT:

GOOD FOOD AND DRINK ARE TRADITIONAL PARTS OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

BUT OVERINDULGENCE WILL TAKE A TOLL ON YOUR WAISTLINE.

SO HOW DO YOU PACK THE HOLIDAYS WITH FUN-- WITH*OUT* PACKING ON POUNDS?

LIMIT NIBBLING AND AVOID APPETIZERS.

BEWARE THE BUFFET. JUST SEEING A TABLE LADEN WITH FOOD ACTUALLY STIMULATES

YOUR APPETITE.

AND TRYING TO STARVE YOURSELF IS LIKELY TO BACKFIRE-- YOU'LL PROBABLY JUST

BINGE LATER.

EAT A LITTLE SOMETHING-- AN APPLE, FOR EXAMPLE TO TAKE THE EDGE OFF YOUR

HUNGER.

WHEN FACED WITH FOOD, "SCAN" AND "PLAN." DECIDE WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO EAT,

AND THEN LIMIT WHAT YOU PUT ON YOUR PLATE.

FILL UP ON SALADS AND VEGETABLES AND GO EASY ON FOODS WITH RICH SAUCES AND

BUTTER.

PUT DOWN YOUR UTENSILS BETWEEN MOUTHFULS. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT EATING SLOWLY

GIVES YOUR STOMACH TIME TO FEEL FULL.

REMEMBER THAT ALCOHOL IS LOADED WITH CALORIES AND SHARPENS THE APPETITE.

FINALLY, KEEP MOVING.

EVEN A SIMPLE STROLL AROUND THE BLOCK WILL HELP KEEP THOSE CALORIES AT BAY

BOOSTING BRAIN POWER-VO

RESEARHCERS ARE NOW SAYING EXERCISE CAN ALSO BOOST BRAIN POWER.

IN A NEW STUDY, FIFTY-SIX PEOPLE WENT ON AN OUTWARD BOUND EXPEDITION FOR AT LEAST FOUR DAYS LEAVING THEIR SMARTPHONES AND LAPTOPS AT HOME.

ROUGHLY HALF THE GROUP TOOK A CREATIVITY TEST BEFORE THE TRIP, THE REST TOOK THE SAME TEST ON THE FOURTH DAY OF THE TRIP.

RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH FOUND THOSE TAKING THE TEST AFTER BEING OUTSIDE FOR FOUR DAYS PERFORMED BETTER.

CHILDHOOD OBESITY-VO

SOME GOOD NEWS IN THE WAR AGAINST CHILDHOOD OBESITY.

THERE'S EVIDENCE THAT IT'S DECLINING AMONG THOSE MOST AT RISK.

A DATA ANALYSIS FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION FOCUSED ON 2 TO 4 YEAR OLD CHILDREN WHOSE FAMILIES WERE ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERALLY FUNDED NUTRITION PROGRAMS.

THE DATA SHOWS THE OBESITY AND EXTREME OBESITY DECREASED SLIGHTLY OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS.

THIS WAS AFTER ANNUAL INCREASES SINCE 1998.

MILITARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS-VO

A NEW STUDY IS OUT AND IT LOOKS AT THE NUMEROUS OCCURRENCES OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS, OR HARDENING OF THE ARTERIES, IN A GROUP PEOPLE GENERALLY CONSIDERED TO BE IN TOP PHYSICAL HEALTH, MEMBERS OF THE U-S MILITARY.

RESEARCHERS EXAMINED AUTOPSY RECORDS OF MORE THAN 38-HUNDRED SERVICE MEMBERS.

ABOUT 1 IN 12 HAD AT LEAST SOME EVIDENCE OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS.

THOSE WITH THE CONDITION WERE GENERALLY OLDER, HAD LOWER EDUCATION LEVELS AND WERE MORE LIKELY TO BE OBESE OR HAVE HIGH CHOLESTEROL OR BLOOD PRESSURE.

TOSS TO NOON TEASE-2-SHOT PLASMA

NBC 2 NEWS AT NOON IS NEXT!

NEW AT NOON TEASE-ON CAM AT DESK

HELLO EVERYONE!

DEVELOPING AT NOON.

INVESTIGATORS ON THE SCENE OF A HOME INVASION AND STABBING.

WE'RE LIVE IN TWO MINUTES WITH HOW NEIGHBORS FEEL.

NOT A TYPICAL DAY FOR A QUIET GATED COMMUNITY IN SOUTH FORT MYERS.

PLUS TESTING TOYS AT NOON.

NOT EVERY TOY IS CREATED EQUAL.

IN FACT THERE ARE MILLIONS THAT DON'T MAKE IT TO STORE SHELVES.

WE'LL TOUR A FACTORY THAT PUTS THEM ALL TO THE TEST.

I had severe pressure on my heart. I was out of breath

AND ON THE MEDICAL FRONT,

DON'T GET CAUGHT WITHOUT A WARNING.

DOCTORS ROLL OUT A NEW WAY TO SPOT BLOOD CLOTS.

PLUS THE LATEST FROM ALABAMA AFTER A STRING OF TORNADOS.

NOON TZA) LEHIGH HOME INVASION-VO

NOON TZB) TOY SAFETY LAB-VO

NOON TZC) BLOOD CLOTS-SOTVO

NOON TZD) WILD WEATHER-VO

CLOSE-2-SHOT PLASMA