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HL1) FM SHOOTING-VOTOPS WIPE

THE 23RD MURDER THIS YEAR.

A MAN SHOT AND KILLED THIS MORNING IN NORTH FORT MYERS.

HL2) FISCAL CLIFF-SOTVOTOPS WIPE

the government's supposed to be working FOR the people and I don't see that

WILL TODAY'S MEETING IN WASHINGTON PUT AN END TO THE FISCAL CLIFF DEBATE?

HL3) GENERAL SCHWARZKOPF-DISSOLVE VOTOPS

AND REMEMBERING 'STORMIN NORMAN'.

TOP U-S OFFICIALS REFLECT ON GENERAL NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF'S LEGACY.

OPEN-CLIP

JERSEY COPS SHOT-VOTOPS

WE START IN CAMDEN COUNTY NEW JERSEY.

THREE POLICE OFFICERS SHOT INSIDE THEIR STATION.

TODAY THE GUNMAN IS DEAD.

POLICE SAY THE MAN WAS AT THE STATION BECAUSE OF A DOMESITIC INCIDENT.

THEY SAY HE GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH OFFICERS - GRABBED A GUN AND STARTED SHOOTING.

TWO OFFICERS WERE GRAZED.

ANOTHER HIT BELOW HIS BULLETPROOF VEST.

HE'S IN SURGERY AT NOON.

FM SHOOTING DANIELLE LIVE-OC TRX DBX DANIELLE

IN NORTH FORT MYERS,

INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING THE 23RD MURDER OF THE YEAR.

A MAN SHOT INSIDE HIS HOME EARLY THIS MORNING.

NBC2'S DANIELLE KOLENIAK IS SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH INVESTIGATORS AT NOON.

FM SHOOTING DANIELLE LIVE-REM LIVE

FM SHOOTING DANIELLE LIVE-PKG

PIECING TOGETHER EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED

NATS.

16:50:55-58

"I'm honestly sick and tired of it."

CRIME SCENE TAPE STRETCHED ALONG BERT DRIVE AND MANOR PARKWAY FOR HOURS.

EARLY MORNING GUNSHOTS--RESULT IN ONE MAN DEAD.

SAMUAL NAGION LIVES JUST DOWN THE STREET.

16:49:46-50

"My sister, she woke up during the gunshots, she stood up, she was scared."

WHEN POLICE ARRIVED OUTSIDE THIS HOME THEY FOUND THE victim.

VIDEO AND NATS OF MAN CRYING

NEIGHBORS NEARBY RUSHED TO THE CRIME SCENE TAPE, TOO EMOTIONAL TO TALK, TEARS EXPRESS their GRIEF.

16:50:07-09

"I feel the loss, I honestly feel the loss."

NAGION'S TIRED OF THE CRIME HAPPENING IN HIS FORT MYERS NEIGHBORHOOD.

16:50:13-20

"I came down here to get away from it, I can't get away from it, so you know it's something thats unavoidable right now."

***TODAY MARKS THE 23RD MURDER IN THE CITY OF FORT MYERS THIS YEAR.**

A HEARTLESS CRIME TOO CLOSE TO SAMUAL'S DOORSTEPS.

"If it's not on tv it's in the streets, or it's hitting close to home.

"too close this time

"Too close, too close. Exactly."

ANOTHER LIFE TOO MANY FOR THE HEARTS THAT SURROUND EACH ONE-- AND PROMISE FROM THOSE WHO PROTECT THIS CITY.

FM SHOOTING DANIELLE LIVE-REM LIVE

FISCAL CLIFF NICK-OC TRX TRAFFIC

DANIELLE THANKS.

JUST DAYS AWAY FROM THE FISCAL CLIFF.

THE FINGER-POINTING CONTINUES ON CAPITOL HILL.

NBC2'S NICK CILETTI IS IN THE STUDIO AT NOON.

NICK,

FISCAL CLIFF NICK-VO IN TRAFFIC

THE PRESSURE IS MOUNTING.

FISCAL CLIFF NICK-PKG

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS NEED TO MAKE SOME PROGRESS.

AND TODAY'S LAST-MINUTE MEETING AT THE WHITE HOUSE COULD BE LAST CHANCE.

:12-:19

"McConnell seemed to give the indication that maybe just maybe the president may make a new offer here in getting toward the 11th hour of this fiscal cliff negotiation we have to wait and see"

WITHOUT A DEAL THAT CUTS THE U-S DEBT-

-TAXES WILL GO UP ON EVER WORKER NEXT WEEK.

-THE EXTENSION TO UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS EXPIRES.

-AND DEEP SPENDING CUTS TAKE EFFECT. THREATENING ANOTHER RECESSION.

:31-:37

"It really upsets me because the government's supposed to be working FOR the people and I don't see that."

DESPITE WHAT'S AT STAKE- SENATORS CAME BACK FROM THEIR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY EARLY- ONLY TO ENGAGE IN ANOTHER MORE BACK AND FORTH ARGUING.

:44-:56

"republicans have bent over backwards, stepped out of our comfort zone and had no takers"

:57-1:05

"We are in the same situation we've been a long time - cant negotiate with ourselves"

HOUSE MEMBERS WEREN'T EVEN PLAYING- THEY'RE STILL HOME.

THEY'LL COME BACK TO WORK THIS SUNDAY AND STAY THROUGH THE NEW YEAR IF NEEDED.

1:13-1:16

"I just wish they'd hurry up and make a decision one way or the other."

REPUBLICANS SAY THEY'RE WILLING TO COMPROMISE ON TAXES. BUT NOT MORE GOVERNMENT SPENDING.

FISCAL CLIFF NICK-VO IN TRAFFIC

THE GOAL IS STILL TO GET A DEAL DONE BEFORE MIDNIGHT MONDAY- BUT NOW A GROWING NUMBER OF LAWMAKERS SAY THEY DOUBT IT WILL HAPPEN-

THEY SAY THE SOONEST DEAL MAY COME IS JANUARY 3 WHEN THE NEW CONGRESS TAKES OVER.

HOW MUCH LESS YOU'LL HAVE-SS

NICK THANKS.

IF THERE'S NO DEAL, YOU'RE PAYROLL TAXES WILL JUMP 2 PERCENT.

WE HAVE SOME NUMBERS ON THE SCREEN.

IF YOU EARN $25-THOUSAND A YEAR, YOU'LL HAVE $42 LEE A MONTH ON YOUR PAYCHECK.

THOSE EARNING $45-THOUSAND A YEAR WILL HAVE $75-DOLLARS LESS A MONTH.

GENERAL SCHWARZKOPF KRISTA-OC PLASMA

TODAY WE'RE REMEMBERING THE U-S GENERAL KNOW AS 'STORMIN NORMAN'.

GENERAL NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF IS DEAD AT THE AGE OF 78 - FROM COMPLICATIONS FROM pneumonia.

NBC2 ANCHOR KRISTA FOGELSONG IS IN THE STUDIO AT NOON.

GENERAL SCHWARZKOPF KRISTA-VO IN PLASMA

STACEY,

FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE H-S BUSH CALLS SCHWARZKOPF QUOTE "A GOOD AND DECENT MAN."

FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL SAYS AMERICA HAS QUOTE "LOST A GREAT PATRIOT AND A GREAT SOLDIER."

GENERAL SCHWARZKOPF KRISTA-PKG

"If the Iraqis are dumb enough to attack - they are going to pay a terrible price for it."

THE COUNTRY KNEW HIM AS STORMIN NORMAN.

"Come on in. Come on in around me, guys."

THE STRAIGHT-SHOOTING GENERAL.WHO TOOK ON SADDAM HUSSEIN'S IN THE 90S.

"If he dares come across that border and comes down here - I'm completely confident we're going to kick his butt when he gets here."

WHEN HE RETIRED FROM CENTRAL COMMAND - HE CALLED TAMPA HOME.

AND HIS FRIENDS KNEW HIM AS AN AVID OUTDOORSMAN WHO HELPED USE HIS SHOOTING SKILLS TO RAISE MONEY FOR A CHILDREN'S HOME.

"He was in love with his country. He was almost possessed by a sense of duty."

CARL NORTON MET THE WEST POINT GRADUATE DURING A SHOOTING LESSON AND BECAME CLOSE FRIENDS.

ONE OF HIS MOST HEART-FELT MOMENTS WITH SCHWARZKOPF. WHEN A LITTLE GIRL ASKED HIM A QUESTION AT A LOCAL SCHOOL.

"And she stood up and she said. General Schwarzkopf when you were in Iraq. Did you pray? No one expected that question, okay? And you know what he said - his reply was. Every day."

SCHWARZKOPF'S FAMILY SAYS HE WAS FIGHTING prolonged illness AND Parkinson's disease.

he DIED OF RESPIRATORY FAILURE. IT WAS UNEXPECTED BUT HE WAS SURROUNDED BY FAMILY.

GENERAL SCHWARZKOPF KRISTA-VO IN PLASMA

NO WORD YET ON FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS.

THE PRESIDENT ALSO CALLING SCHWARZKOPF QUOTE 'AN AMERICAN ORIGINAL WHO STOOD STOOD TALL FOR THE COUNTRY AND ARMY HE LOVED'.

GEORGE BUSH UPDATE-VO

FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE H-W BUSH REMAINS IN THE HOSPITAL.

HIS CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS HE IS UNLIKELY TO LEAVE THE HOUSTON HOSPITAL ANYTIME SOON.

WE'RE TOLD THE 88-YEAR-OLD, IS RECEIVING EXCELLENT CARE AFTER A QUOTE "TERRIBLE CASE OF BRONCHITIS WHICH THEN TRIGGERED A SERIES OF COMPLICATIONS."

BUSH HAS BEEN IN INTENSIVE CARE SINCE SUNDAY.

NFM FIRE-VOWIPE

IN NORTH FORT MYERS,

A FAMILY MANAGES TO ESCAPE A BURNING HOME.

TODAY THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IS HELPING OUT

TAKE A LOOK.

FLAMES TORE THROUGH THIS MOBILE HOME ALONG MARX DRIVE EARLY THIS MORNING.

NFM FIRE-SOTVO

"duty officer from Lee County EMS.we won't know for sure."

AGAIN EVERYONE'S OKAY TODAY.

CAPE CORAL FIRE-TRX VOTOPS

CHECK OUT THIS SCENE IN CAPE CORAL.

CREWS RESPOND TO A HOUSE FIRE EARLY THIS MORNING.

EVERYONE'S OKAY THIS AFTERNOON.

INVESTIGATORS WANT TO KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE BLAZE AT THIS HOME ON NORTHWEST 43RD AVENUE.

MATLACHA BRIDGE-VO

AN OLD SOUTHWEST FLORIDA BRIDGE IS ON THE MOVE AT NOON.

TAKE A LOOK.

THIS IS A BARGE CARRYING THE REMNANTS OF THE OLD MATLACHA BRIDGE.

THE REMAINS OF THE BRIDGE -- WHICH WAS DEMOLISHED EARLIER THIS YEAR -- WILL BE TAKEN TO THE NOVAK REEF -- THREE MILES OFF THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY COAST.

TEASE ONE-TRX TOPS

nats of opening bell

STOCKS ARE FALLING AGAIN ON WALL STREET.

AS THE POLITICAL GRIDLOCK CONTINUES TO BLOCK A DEAL ON THE FISCAL CLIFF.

LOOKING LIVE AT THE BIG BOARD.

RIGHT NOW THE DOW ___.

YOUR MARKET WATCH UPDATE IS IN THREE MINUTES.

PLUS THIS.

Its a good idea to use it right away. People also misplace the card, its not unusual for it to get lost.

IT'S A ONE-HUNDRED *BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY.

WE'RE TALKING GIFT CARDS AT NOON.

AND TIPS TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THEM - IF YOU GOT ONE FOR CHRISTMAS.

TZ1 A) MARKET WATCH-NATS VOTOPS BIGBOARD

TZ1 B) GIFT CARDS-SOTVO

WEATHER-STC TO BREAK

MARKET WATCH-PKG

Nook sales fall short.

Barnes & Noble, which makes the ereader, has been losing money as it develops this competitor to the iPad and Kindle. Trying to take advantage of a growing preference for digital books.

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Meantime, Apple's gotten a patent for a technique that molds glass into curvy shapes.

Apple patents a lot of ideas that don't end up in products.

and this comes at a time many are wondering where Apple will go next with its phones and tablets.

Apple's not alone. Other companies have also been looking into flexible products that would be more durable.

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Underwater homeowners are willing to work for less.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta says that's because people who owe more than their home is worth. value employment more than people with real estate wealth.

Without a job. they could default and lose their home.

The pay gap -- as much as nine percent.

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And a break if you're looking to get away to Sin City.

Room rates are 20 percent below peak 2007 prices.

Even with a record number of visitors this year, Las Vegas has too many hotel rooms.

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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.

"Increasing clouds, a warmer finish"

After a cold start to the day, our cool snap will quickly come to an end as our warming trend has begun.

Sunshine with a few patchy clouds will prevail through the mid day hours as temperatures gradually work their way into the middle 70s later in the day.

The cool dome of high pressure that brought us a quick dose of cool and dry air will shift to the east with more clouds filtering in from the south across our part of the state. Forecast models suggest a stray shower during the afternoon hours, however it looks like the vast majority of us will stay dry with increasing rain prospects by the first half of the weekend.

We will be watching a cold front approach the Florida peninsula throughout the day on Saturday. As a result, our skies will cloud up with a band of showers moving across Southwest Florida during the afternoon hours and quickly exiting to our south and east by the evening. Clouds will clear from north to south and a cooler and drier airmass will settle in across the state.

GIFT CARDS-VO IN PLASMA

KIRA THANKS.

ON THE CONSUMER FRONT TODAY,

EXPERTS ESTIMATE WE SPENT MORE THAN 100 AND TEN *BILLION DOLLARS ON GIFT CARDS THIS YEAR.

BUT IF YOU RECEIVED A GIFT CARD IN YOUR STOCKING THIS YEAR,

GIFT CARDS-PKG

GIFT CARDS ARE CONVENIENT. BUT WATCH OUT!

"There are complaints and in several instances, the FTC has actually filed actions against retailers."

WILLIAM EFRON IS REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION. WHICH SEVERAL YEARS AGO ORDEREDK-MART. AND THE OLIVE GARDEN AND RED LOBSTER RESTAURANT CHAINS. TO DISCLOSE FEES ON THEIR GIFT CARDS AND REIMBURSE SOME CUSTOMERS.

NOW, IT'S FEDERAL LAW THAT THOSE FEES. AND TERMS. BE EASILY SEEN.

"Any expiration date on the card must be clearly disclosed on the card itself and any fees, like inactivity fees, must also be clearly disclosed either on the card or on its packaging."

AND THOSE INACTIVITY FEES CAN ONLY BE IMPOSED AFTER A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME.

"Inactivity fees can only be charged after at least one year that the card has not been used. And then fees such like that can only be charged once a month."

THOSE SAME FEDERAL RULES MANDATE THAT GIFT CARDS BE VALID FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS.

AND BE CAREFUL ABOUT BUYING CARDS ONLINE.

"Know and trust your source. Avoid online auction sites. The cards could be fake or obtained fraudulently."

AND IF YOU RECEIVE A GIFT CARD THIS HOLIDAY, THE FTC HAS THIS SUGGESTION:

TEASE TWO-1 SHOT

YOUR TIME NOW __.

IT'S FRIDAY,

AND THAT MEANS WE'RE TALKING BAD GUYS ONCE AGAIN.

FUGITIVE FRIDAY IS UP NEXT!

FUGITIVE FRIDAY-2 SHOT

TODAY YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO HELP POLICE AND EARN SOME MONEY IN THE PROCESS!

IT'S ANOTHER ROUND OF FUGITIVE FRIDAY,

FUGITIVE FRIDAY-5 SS

Starting off our list is a woman on the run after being busted for growing large amounts of marijuana less than five feet from the bedrooms of a six month old baby and a one year old child. Yasmeli Fumero was arrested last year for those charges, after deputies found 52 marijuana plants in the Collier County home, with a total weight of more than 300 pounds and a street value of just over $150,000. After her release from jail, Fumero was tasked with showing back up in court to answer those charges, but instead she decided to run and become a fugitive from justice. This 27 year old now has a bench warrant for a long list of charges, including drug trafficking and manufacturing narcotics in the presence of a child. Fumero is 5'5", 120 pounds and may be in the company of her boyfriend, Juan Torres, who is also wanted on similar charges.

Also trying to lay low from the law this last Friday of 2012 is Jontavious Griffin, wanted for violating his probation after arrests for the possession of cocaine and marijuana. This 23 year old registered convicted felon started racking up criminal charges when he was just a teenager, only to continue down that crooked path as an adult, with 11 additional arrests on his rap sheet. Of those violations, nearly every one has been for drug dealing and related malfunctions. Griffin is another Fort Myers native, who is likely to be seeking refuge in either Dunbar or Tice. Upon his arrest, Griffin will be held without bond.

Also on the run this week is Nelson Sanderson, one of the top 10 fugitives on Crime Stoppers Most Wanted list. This 71 year old fugitive has been on the run for several months now, on the heels of a warrant for two counts of the lewd or lascivious molestation of a child under the age of 12. According to the arrest warrant, Sanderson is accused of performing extremely repulsive acts on a child on one or more occasions between July 2010 and July 2012. The victim was a young girl to whom Sanderson was an authority figure, however his accused actions terminated that level of trust. Sanderson was last known to be living in North Fort Myers, and if he's convicted of the charges, he'll be facing two life felony sentences.

TEASE THREE-OC

TRISH THANKS.

LOOKING AHEAD TO THE NEXT HALF HOUR.

ALL THOSE DONATIONS AND TOYS TO SANDY HOOK HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE.

Every time we turn around, another truck load of stuff has pulled up

THE COMMUNITY IS MORE THAN GRATEFUL FOR THE ITEMS,

SO IT HAS TO GET CREATIVE WITH STORAGE.

WE'LL TAKE A TRIP TO NEWTOWN.

AND LADIES A STORY FOR YOU.

TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR EYEBROWS.

WISH THEY WOULD GROW BACK AFTER YEARS OF PLUCKING?

WE HAVE A NEW TRANSPLANT PROCEDURE TO TELL YOU ABOUT.

TZ3 A) SANDY HOOK DONATIONS-SOTVO

TZ3 B) EYEBROW TRANSPLANTS-VO TO BREAK

OPEN-CLIP

FM SHOOTING-VOTOPS WIPE

FISCAL CLIFF-TRX VOTOPS

DAYS AWAY FROM THAT FISCAL CLIFF,

THE PRESIDENT MEETS WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TODAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER HARRY REID, SENATE MINORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL, HOUSE SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER AND HOUSE MINORITY LEADER NANCY PELOSI WILL BE THERE.

THE PRESIDENT CUT HIS HOLIDAY SHORT TO BE IN WASHINGTON TODAY.

THE SENATE RECONVENED YESTERDAY.

SANDY HOOK DONATIONS-VO IN TRAFFIC

WE START IN CONNECTICUT THIS AFTERNOON,

DONATIONS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE OVERWHELMING NEWTOWN.

THERE IS SO MUCH THAT SPACE IS ALMOST RUNNING OUT.

SANDY HOOK DONATIONS-PKG

THESE VOLUNTEERS CAN BARELY KEEP UP.

MOS

"It's like once you get here, you can't leave. There's just so much to be done."

SORTING THROUGH THOUSANDS OF STUFFED ANIMALS AND TOYS.AND THERE'S NO END IN SIGHT.

MOS

"Every time we turn around, another truck load of stuff has pulled up."

BOXES FILLED WITH DONATIONS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE TAKING OVER THIS NEWTOWN WAREHOUSE.

S/ Eric Brown/ Attorney, AFSCME Council 15:24 -:28 ***NOTE FIRST PART OF SOT IS COVERED BY VIDEO***

"Louisiana, Texas, Florida. I think we've seen just about every state."

PEOPLE STARTED SENDING THEM RIGHT AFTER THE SHOOTINGS AT SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY.AND THE STACKS ARE GETTING HIGHER BY THE HOUR.

S/ Ilana Gold/ Reporting:35 -:41

"And because there are so many donations here the town hasn't even started to figure out how they'll be divided up or where they'll even go to."

S/ Eric Brown/ Attorney, AFSCME Council 15:43 -:49

"We'd like to give it to the kids first and let them take what they want, but we don't know. We're just busy taking it all in."

AND THERE'S NO SLOWING DOWN.SINCE THE GIFTS KEEP SHOWING UP.

MOS

"All of the support.we really appreciate it."

THESE NEWTOWN VOLUNTEERS WILL WORK AS LONG AS THEIR HELP IS NEEDED.

MOS

"It's just an amazing outpouring."

BECAUSE FOR SOME.BEING HERE IS ALSO A WAY TO HEAL.

MOS

"It's very cathartic. I feel like I'm finally able to do something for somebody."

SANDY HOOK DONATIONS-OC

ILANA GOLD REPORTING.

TOWN LEADERS SAY IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A DONATION, DON'T SEND A GIFT.

THEY'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO GET GIFT CARDS FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES,

ANOTHER NY SUBWAY DEATH-VO

IN NEW YORK THIS AFTERNOON,

ANOTHER MAN IS PUSHED INTO AN ONCOMING TRAIN AND KILLED.

IT HAPPENED IN QUEENS.

WITNESSES SAY A WOMAN, MUMBLING TO HERSELF AND PACING THE PLATFORM, SHOVED THE MAN ONTO THE TRACKS.

POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR HER RIGHT NOW.

IT DOESN'T APPEAR THE VICTIM AND THE SUSPECT KNEW EACH OTHER.

A MOTIVE IS ALSO UNCLEAR.

CA JET CRASH-VOWIPE

IN CALIFORNIA,

A FIGHTER PILOT IS ALIVE AFTER DITCHING HIS JET YESTERDAY.

IT HAPPENED DURING A TRAINING MISSION IN FRESNO.

HE SAFELY EJECTED FROM THE F-16 FIGHTER JET,

CA JET CRASH-2SOTVO

we'll be dispatching our own security out there to secure the site so the accident investigation can start and we can determine exactly what occurred

it appears all the systems in the airplane worked correctly because he reached the ground safely

ICEY LAKE RESCUE-TRX VOTOPS WIPE

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

A DOG RESCUED FROM ICEY LAKE ERIE.

YOU CAN SEE A MAN TRYING TO KEEP THE DOG WARM - FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF BEFORE CREWS ARRIVED!

ICEY LAKE RESCUE-PKG

He's an 11-year-old Walker Hound named Bart.

And if dogs could talk, he would have quite the story to tell.

"I kept my eyes off him just for a second."

Just hours ago, Bart was fighting to survive.

During an afternoon walk with his owner, the hunting dog wandered away and fell through the ice on Lake Erie.

His two front paws kept him from sinking in.

"I tried to walk around to him and it was just too deep and I couldn't get to him."

Waist deep in freezing water, Jim Swayze called 911-and then he called his cousin Lance who arrived first.

"I just wasn't thinking, I just wanted to try to rescue a friend of the family."

With his waders on, Lance ventured out, taking a chance on every step.

"It broke and I fell in and I was probably about 3 and half feet deep."

He finally reached Bart.who spent an hour and a half in the frigid water. Lance held him close before they were rescued.

"I was talking to him, I was trying to keep him warm I was trying to rub him and get some blood flowing through his body."

This dog's tale.comes with a happy ending.

"Hi buddy, hi buddy."

N KOREA NUKE PLANT-VOWIPE

THANKS BISI.

NEW SATELLITE IMAGES SUGGEST NORTH KOREA HAS REPAIRED FLOOD DAMAGE AT ITS NUCLEAR TEST FACILITY.

EXPERTS SAY THIS MEANS THE NORTH CAN NOW CONDUCT A QUICK ATOMIC EXPLOSION AT ANY TIME.

THE WEST IS BRACING FOR THAT POSSIBILITY.

NORTH KOREA IS THOUGHT TO HAVE ENOUGH PLUTONIUM FOR A HANDFUL OF CRUDE ATOMIC BOMBS.

JAPAN NUCLEAR SAFETY-VOTOPS

AND IN JAPAN,

OFFICIALS HOPE TO RESTART NUCLEAR REACTORS WITHIN THREE YEARS.

CLINTON RETURNING TO WORK-VO

SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON RETURNS TO WORK NEXT WEEK.

SHE WAS OUT DUE TO A STOMACH VIRUS AND A CONCUSSION.

BUT SHE'LL BE STAYING PUT ON U-S SOIL.

DOCTORS HAVE GROUNDED HER FROM OVERSEAS TRAVEL FOR SEVERAL WEEKS.

CLINTON PLANS TO STEP DOWN FROM HER POST EARLY NEXT YEAR.

DJJ OFFICER ARRESTED-VOWIPE

A JUVENILE DETENTION OFFICER IS OUT OF JAIL TODAY,

AFTER BEING ARRESTED FOR A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT.

ACCORDING TO THE ARREST REPORT,

TAMIKO ELLEN WAS DRIVING ON HARBORVIEW ROAD IN PORT CHARLOTTE, WHEN THINGS QUICKLY ESCALATED.

STEVE RUTHVEN SAYS HE HONKED AT ELLEN AS SHE DRIFTED INTO HIS LANE.

THE TWO DRIVERS YELLED AT ONE ANOTHER DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.

DJJ OFFICER ARRESTED-SOTVO

Steve Ruthven, Port Charlotte "it sounded like a huge rock or something hit the window, it was very loud."

ELLEN FACES ONE FELONY CHARGE AND ONE MISDEMEANOR.

EYEBROW TRANSPLANTS-OC

LISTEN UP WOMEN.

TODAY WE'RE TALKING EYEBROWS!

WOMEN WHO'VE BEEN PLUCKING FOR YEARS JUST CAN'T SEEM TO GROW THEM BACK IN.

NOW THERE'S HELP, WITH EYEBROW TRANSPLANTS.

EYEBROW TRANSPLANTS-PKG

THE ANGLE, THE ARCH, THE ATTITUDE. IF YOUR EYES ARE THE WINDOW TO YOUR

SOUL, THEN YOUR EYEBROWS ARE THE FRAME!

PEOPLE STILL LOVE BROOKE SHIELDS' GORGEOUS EYEBROWS. AND KIM KARDASHIAN'S

BROWS HAVE ALMOST DEVELOPED A CULT FOLLOWING. IF YOU DON'T LIKE YOURS, IT

CAN BE DOWNRIGHT DEPRESSING.

"It's a little embarrassing and it affects my self-esteem."

FOR 10 YEARS, PAMELA PENROSE WATCHED AS BALD SPOTS APPEARED IN HER EYEBROWS.

"Brooke Shields has a sophisticated look and that's what I'm looking

for."

PAMELA TURNED TO DR. SANUSI UMAR FOR AN EYEBROW TRANSPLANT. THE PROCEDURE

EXISTED BEFORE, BUT DOCTORS USED TO USE HEAD HAIRS.

"I can spot it from a distance, a mile away."

SO DR. UMAR PIONEERED A WAY TO HARVEST HAIR FROM A WOMAN'S ARMS, LEGS, OR

NAPE OF THE NECK INSTEAD.

IT'S PAINSTAKING WORK, DONE ONE HAIR AT A TIME. THE TRANSPLANT TAKES 2 AND A

HALF HOURS IN ALL.

AFTER THREE WEEKS, WE GO BACK TO SEE PAMELA.

SHANNON MORRISON ONCE HAD THIN, SPARSE BROWS. AFTER HER TRANSPLANT - YOU CAN

SEE THE OUTLINE OF HER SOON-TO-BE THICKER BROWS.

SARAH TIROSH HAD HER TRANSPLANT 5 MONTHS AGO. SHE WAS SO

FRUSTRATED WITH HER EYEBROWS, THAT SHE RESORTED TO PAINFUL TATTOOING TO GET

A DRAMATIC BROW.

"Now my face looks even and normal I am absolutely happy 100%.

HERE'S SARAH BEFORE THE PROCEDURE. EVEN WITH THE TATTOOS, YOU CAN SEE HOW

FEW HAIRS SHE HAD. THIS IS SARAH TODAY - THE AWKWARD INITIAL HAIRS THAT WERE

TRANSPLANTED HAVE SHED AND NEW HAIRS HAVE GROWN IN NATURALLY.

When you look in the mirror, do you get a little surprise every time?

Pamela:

I feel like a totally different person. I feel so much more confident.

Eli:

All because of eyebrows?

Pamela:

TEASE FOUR-TRX TOPS

You name it whatever it may be, instead of re-gifting it, gift it to the charity of your choice

IN THREE MINUTES,

WHAT TO DO WITH THOSE UNWANTED CHRISTMAS GIFTS.

COULD BE A GOOD TIME TO THINK ABOUT CHARITY - INSTEAD OF THE RETURN COUNTER.

AND ON THE MEDICAL FRONT,

A NEW WAY TO TREAT BREAST CANCER.

DOCTORS TURN TO MUSHROOMS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

WE'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT,

TZ4 A) CHARITY REGIFTING-SOTVO

TZ4 B) MUSHROOM BREAST CANCER-VO

CHARITY REGIFTING-OC

IT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS TO EVERYONE AT SOME POINT.

GETTING THAT UNWANTED GIFT FOR CHRISTMAS!

BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO RETURN OR EXHANGE IT.

TODAY WE'RE TAKING THE CHARITABLE APPROACH.

CHARITY REGIFTING-PKG

WHAT IF YOU KNEW YOU WANTED TO GIVE BACK THIS SEASON BUT COULDN'T FINANCIALLY.WELL DID YOU GET SOME GIFT CARDS TO A STORE OR TWO YOU THAT YOU'RE SURE YOU'LL NEVER USE?WELL STOP RIGHT THERE.

S/ Michael Acaldo/ Society of St. Vincent de Paul:11 -:17 **NOTE: FIRST PART OF THE SOT IS COVERED BY VIDEO**

"You name it whatever it may be, instead of re-gifting it, gift it to the charity of your choice."

JUST LIKE THAT, YOU CAN DONATE YOUR UNWANTED, NOT SO PERFECT GIFT CARDS OR GIFT CARD BALANCES OF ANY AMOUNT FROM ANY STORE - TO CHARITY.

S/ Michael Acaldo/ Society of St. Vincent de Paul:27 -:30

"We want to make sure that people know that that's an avenue out there."

IF YOU HAVE RECEIPTS FOR THE CARDS OR RETURNS, DON'T THROW THEM AWAY JUST YET-BECAUSE WITH THAT DONATION YOU'RE ACTUALLY GAINING SOMETHING YOURSELF.

S/ Michael Acaldo/ Society of St. Vincent de Paul NOTE: TOO QUICK TO SUPER

"Oh yeah, it's all tax deductible."

S/ Danielle Grossman/ Reporting:40 -:52

"You might be thinking to yourself what would an organization that helps the homeless do with a gift card to a pet store? Well, what they could do is go to numerous websites online where they could re-sell the gift cards and get cash that they can use."

BEFORE YOU DONATE, GO TO CHARITY NAVIGATOR DOT COM. IT'S A WEBSITE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO SEE WHERE YOUR FUNDS ARE REALLY GOING WITHIN EACH ORGANIZATION.

BUT GIFT CARDS ARE NOT THE ONLY THINGS YOU CAN DONATE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.

S/ Michael Acaldo/ Society of St. Vincent de Paul 1:06 - 1:21

"Someone might get a book they already have and don't want to bring it back to the book store. They may get that Christmas sweater that looks great but ain't the right style. Someone at one of our shelter facilities could use it to stay warm on a cold winter day."

FASTEST WEINER DOG-TRX NATS VOTOPS

nats start of race

AND THEY'RE OFF!

YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE 16-TH ANNUAL WIENERSCHNITZEL NATIONALS IN SAN DIEGO.

IT'S PART OF THE BIG DAY BALLOON PARADE EVERY YEAR.

TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TURN OUT FOR THE EVENT.

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.

"Increasing clouds, a warmer finish"

After a cold start to the day, our cool snap will quickly come to an end as our warming trend has begun.

Sunshine with a few patchy clouds will prevail through the mid day hours as temperatures gradually work their way into the middle 70s later in the day.

The cool dome of high pressure that brought us a quick dose of cool and dry air will shift to the east with more clouds filtering in from the south across our part of the state. Forecast models suggest a stray shower during the afternoon hours, however it looks like the vast majority of us will stay dry with increasing rain prospects by the first half of the weekend.

We will be watching a cold front approach the Florida peninsula throughout the day on Saturday. As a result, our skies will cloud up with a band of showers moving across Southwest Florida during the afternoon hours and quickly exiting to our south and east by the evening. Clouds will clear from north to south and a cooler and drier airmass will settle in across the state.

COMING UP @ 4-CLIP

We're not going to get the guns out of the criminal's hands, so let's put some guns in the good guys hands.

WHILE THE DEBATE OVER GUN CONTROL HEATS UP--

TEACHERS ARE TURNING OUT IN DROVES FOR FREE CLASSES ON GUN TRAINING.

STALKED BY HER OWN PARENTS.

A YOUNG WOMAN WINS A UNIQUE CASE IN COURT AFTER A JUDGE GRANTS HER WITH A RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST HER MOTHER AND FATHER.

AND IT'S BAAACK.

WHERE RED TIDE IS SHOWING UP ON SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S SHORES AND CAUSING HEALTH CONCERNS.

STAY WITH US.

A) GUN TRAINING FOR TEACHERS-SOTTOPS-VO-WIPE

B) PARENT STALKING COURT CASE-VOTOPS-WIPE

C) ENGLEWOOD RED TIDE-VOTOPS

DR. OZ LOOKLIVE TEASE-SOTTOPS TO BREAK

PHONE INSURANCE-TRX VOTOPS WIPE

TALKING CONSUMER NEWS,

NOW THAT CHRISTMAS IS OVER,

IT'S TIME TO GET ALL THOSE GIFTS INSURED!

THE INSURANCE INFORMATION INSTITUTE REPORTS THAT QUOTE "IN GENERAL" -

PERSONAL ITEMS ARE COVERED UNDER STANDARD HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS INSURANCE POLICIES.

AMAZON RANKS NUMBER ONE-VOTOPS WIPE

AND ONCE AGAIN,

"AMAZON DOT COM" TOPS THE "E-RETAIL SATISFACTION INDEX".

IT'S A REPORT FROM "FORESEE".

THAT'S A COMPANY WHICH MEASURES CUSTOMER SATISFACTION.

MORE THAN 24-THOUSAND PEOPLE WERE SURVEYED BETWEEN THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS.

EREADERS-VOTOPS

AND IT LOOKS LIKE MORE READERS ARE PICKING UP A GOOD E-BOOK.

A NEW REPORT SHOWS NEARLY A QUARTER OF ALL AMERICANS AGES 16 AND OLDER READ E-BOOKS THIS YEAR.

MUSHROOM BREAST CANCER-CLIP VO IN PLASMA

ON THE MEDICAL FRONT THIS AFTERNOON,

WHEN YOU THINK BREAST CANCER TREATMENT, YOU MIGHT NOT THINK MUSHROOMS.

BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT DOCTORS ARE TURNING TO.

MUSHROOM BREAST CANCER-PKG

THIS IS HOW LISA CLINTON SHARES HER GIFT. TEACHING CHILDREN ON THE ICE.

"Skating gives me a sense of exhilaration."

AND THIS IS HOW SHE FEEDS HER SOUL.

"It gives me an opportunity to express myself."

THEN CAME BREAST CANCER.

"Once I was diagnosed I kind of shut everything down."

CLINTON IS CONVINCED SHE IS BACK ON THE ICE TODAY BECAUSE AFTER HER SURGERY, SHE REFUSED CHEMO-THERAPY AND TURNED TO BASTYR. A NATURAL HEALING UNIVERSITY, IN THE MIDDLE OF A GROUND BREAKING INVESTIGATION.

"We consider cancer a failure of the immune system, so when Lisa came here after being diagnosed with breast cancer she wanted to know what she could do."

DR. LEANNA STANDISH DECIDED TO INTRODUCE LISA TO THE TURKEY TAIL.

A SMALL MUSHROOM COMMONLY FOUND IN NORTHWEST FORESTS THAT PHYSICIANS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD HAVE BEEN USING FOR CENTURIES TO BOOST THE BODY'S IMMUNE SYSTEM.

"When I measured her immune system when she came here, it wasn't in ideal shape."

RESEARCHERS AT BASTYR GOT PERMISSION FROM THE FDA TO STUDY TURKEY TAIL'S HEALING QUALITIES.

"When they are ingested, they stimulate immune cells that line the intestines and then those cells stimulate other immune cells all over the body."

WINTER MOODS-VO

GARY CHITTIM REPORTING.

HERE'S A STORY FOR YOU.

NOW THAT WINTER'S IN FULL SWING,

ONE IN FIVE AMERICANS WILL SEE A NEGATIVE CHANGE IN THEIR MOOD.

IT'S CALLED 'SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER'.

EXPERTS SAY IT USUALLY OCCURS DURING THE COLD, DARK MONTHS OF WINTER.

SYMPTOMS INCLUDE SLEEPINESS, SOCIAL WITHDRAWAL AND DIFFICULTY CONCENTRATING.

PANDA CUB UPDATE-TRX VOTOPS

AND WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT BABY PANDA AT SAN DIEGO ZOO.

HE'S ALMOST FIVE MONTHS OLD,

AND NOW WEIGHS 15-POINT-4 POUNDS.

DOCTORS SAY HE'S A BIT ON THE SMALL SIDE.

BUT HE'S GROWING AT A NORMAL RATE.

JERSEY COPS SHOT-TRXVO TOPS

THREE POLICE OFFICERS WERE SHOT INSIDE THEIR STATION THIS MORNING IN CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

THEY SAY A MAN CAME IN BECAUSE OF A DOMESTIC INCIDENT.

HE STARTED ARGUING WITH OFFICERS- GRABBED A GUN AND STARTED SHOOTING.

TWO OFFICERS WERE GRAZED.

A THIRD WAS HIT BELOW HIS BULLETPROOF VEST AND IS IN SURGERY.

FM SHOOTING DANIELLE LIVE-VOTOPS

A MAN WAS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH INSIDE HIS NORTH FORT MYERS HOME THIS MORNING.

IT HAPPENED NEAR BERT DRIVE AND MANOR PARKWAY.

THIS IS THE 23 HOMICIDE OF THE YEAR IN FORT MYERS.

FISCAL CLIFF NICK-VOTOPS

THE PRESIDENT WILL MEET WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TODAY IN HOPES OF STAVING OFF THE FISCAL CLIFF.

THIS COULD BE ONE OF THEIR LAST CHANCES TO REACH DEAL, WITH JUST THREE FULL DAYS LEFT UNTIL THE DEADLINE.

MARKET WATCH-SATLIVE

CLOSE-2-SHOT

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