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BREAKING NEWS: A FLIGHT HEADED TO PUNTA GORDA -- MAKES AN EMERGENCY LANDING

PASSENGERS TELL NBC2 IT FELT LIKE THEY WERE DROPPING FROM THE SKY --

A FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT FIRST AT FOUR.

MURDER IN FORT MYERS -- THE 23RD OF THE YEAR.

FIRST AT FOUR NBC2 TRACKS DOWN FAMILY OF THE VICTIM -- HEARTBROKEN FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

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B) fm death investigation-trxVOTOPS

C) fmpd cocaine ridealong-trxVOTOPS

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BREAKING NEWS OPEN-CLIP

TOSS TO DAVE-SSTOPS-2SH-OBX

WE START WITH BREAKING NEWS: A PLANE BOUND FOR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, MAKES AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN INDIANA

ALLEGIANT AIR CONFIRMED TO NBC2 THERE WAS A FIRE INDICATOR ON BOARD --

THE PLANE LANDED IN FORT WAYNE, AND PASSENGERS HAD TO EXIT ON EMERGENCY SLIDES.

ALLEGIANT EMERGENCY LANDING-REM LIVE

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ALLEGIANT EMERGENCY LANDING-REM LIVE

BREAKING NEWS OPEN-CLIP

NYC FIREFIGHTER SHOOTING ARREST-VO

BREAKING FIRST AT FOUR --

A 24-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IS CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING OF TWO VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK.

DAWN NGUYEN OF ROCHESTER IS CHARGED WITH FILING A FALSIFIED BUSINESS RECORD.

TOSS TO STEVE-2SHOT-VO

THERE IS ANOTHER MURDER VICTIM IN FORT MYERS.

THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL TO 23 MURDERS THIS YEAR IN THE CITY --

THE DEADLIEST YEAR ON RECORD.

A MAN WAS SHOT OUTSIDE A HOME ON BERT DRIVE OFF VERONICA SHOEMAKER BOULEWARD EARLY THIS MORNING.

FM DEATH INVESTIGATION-trxPLASMA-SS

PETER AND KELLIE -- WE JUST LEARNED 35-YEAR OLD ROBERT RAYBON JUNIOR LOST HIS LIFE THIS MORNING -- SHOT TO DEATH OUTSIDE HIS HOME.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF HIM FROM AN ARREST IN SEPTEMBER.

DETECTIVES TELL US HIS KILLER ISN'T IN CUSTODY AND WON'T SAY IF THEY HAVE SOMEONE OF INTEREST IN THIS ACTIVE INVESTIGATION.

FM DEATH INVESTIGATION-VOTOPS-WIPE

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE -- THE RAYBON'S FAMILY TELLS US THEY'RE LEANING ON EACH OTHER RIGHT NOW.

INVESTIGATORS TELL US AROUND FIVE THIS MORNING -- SOMEONE SHOT HIM ON BERT DRIVE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MANOR PARKWAY.

THEY'RE CALLING THIS AN "ISOLATED" INCIDENT.

DETECTIVES TELL US THOSE LIVING IN THE AREA SHOULDN'T BE ALARMED.

FM DEATH INVESTIGATION-SOTVO

1540 "if somebody knows something, I suggest they say something because there are a lot of unsolved murders going around here."

FM DEATH INVESTIGATION-PLASMA

FORT MYERS POLICE OFFICERS TELL US THEIR BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN SOLVING MURDERS IN THE AREA -- IS AN UNWILLINGESS OF WITNESSES TO SPEAK.

IN 20-10 THERE WERE 7 MURDERS, IN 2011 THERE WAS 20.

AGAIN, TODAY'S KILLING IS THE 23RD OF 20-12 -- MAKING IN THE DEADLIEST YEAR ON RECORD FOR THE CITY OF PALMS.

TOSS TO JOELLE-ONCAM

FORT MYERS POLICE MAKE DOZENS OF ARRESTS IN A SWEEP TO GET DRUGS AND GUNS OFF THE STREETS.

NBC-2'S JOELLE PARKS WENT ALONG WITH POLICE AS THEY TRACK DOWN DEALERS AND ILLEGAL GUN OWNERS.

FMPD COCAINE RIDEALONG-OC-SS

SELLING DRUGS AND OWING ILLEGAL GUNS.

FORT MYERS POLICE TELL US THAT THE 2 GO HAND IN HAND.

AND NOW- THEY'RE CRACKING DOWN ON BOTH OFFENSES.

A 3 MONTH LONG UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT 22 PEOPLE PEOPLE IN THE CENTRAL AND DUNBAR AREAS OF FORT MYERS SELLING DRUGS NEAR SCHOOLS, DAY CARES AND CHURCHES.

ON THURSDAY- 10 OF THEM WERE ARRESTED.

FMPD COCAINE RIDEALONG-VOTOPS-WIPE

TODAY THE SEARCH CONTINUED FOR THE OTHER 12 SUSPECTS.

BUT INSTEAD POLICE GOT A TIP THAT SOME BOYS ON DAVIS COURT WERE WALKING AROUND WITH GUNS.

WHEN POLICE ARRIVED- A PURSUIT BEGAN.

2 MEN AND 2 JUVENILE BOYS WERE ARRESTED FOR RESISTING AN OFFICER WITHOUT VIOLENCE.

A K-9 DOG FOUND SOMETHING ELSE.

FMPD COCAINE RIDEALONG-SOTVO

FMPD COCAINE RIDEALONG-GUEST

POLICE ARE STILL ACTIVELY SEARCHING FOR THE 12 ADDITIONAL SUSPECTS AND ANYONE WHO HAS ILLEGAL DRUGS OR WEAPONS.

TODAY'S ARRESTS ALL STARTED WITH A TIP FROM A RESIDENT.

FISCAL CLIFF-SAT21-LIVE-MITTO

IT'S DOWN TO THE WIRE IN WASHINGTON AS CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS FROM BOTH PARTIES ARE MEETING AT THE WHITE HOUSE RIGHT NOW TO FIGURE OUT IF THEY CAN CUT A DEAL TO AVOID THE FISCAL CLIFF.

AT THE TURN OF THE YEAR THE GOVERNMENT WILL START SLASHING SPENDING WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY RAISING YOUR TAX HIKES UNLESS A DEAL IS REACHED.

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BIG BOARD-SAT-LIVE-TOPS

THE FISCAL CLIFF UNCERTAINTY IS DRAGGING DOWN WALL STREET.

GEORGE H.W. BUSH UPDATE-VO

FAMILY MEMBERS OF FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE H-W BUSH FAMILY TODAY SAID THEY ARE CONFIDENT AT THIS HOUR HE WILL BE OUT OF INTENSIVE CARE SOON.

THE ELDER BUSH REMAINS IN INTENSIVE CARE AT A HOUSTON HOSPITAL, BUT HE'S IMPROVING.

TEASE ONE-2SHOT

AN UNWELCOME SIGHT IS BACK ON THE BEACH.

RED TIDE IS ONCE AGAIN PLAGUING THE BEACHES OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

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C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

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RED TIDE IS BEING BLAMED FOR THOUSANDS OF DEAD FISH WASHING UP ON BEACHES IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY RED TIDE-REM LIVE

NO KELLIE, BEACH GOERS I TALKED TO AREN'T LETTING THE RED TIDE STOP THEM.

THE RAIN CHASED AWAY A LOT OF PEOPLE.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY RED TIDE-VOTOPS-WIPE

DEAD FISH LITTER THE SAND, PILING UP AS THE WAVES COME CRASHING IN.

A RED TIDE BLOOM FIRST HIT THIS AREA IN OCTOBER.

NOW THE CONCENTRATION HAS INTENSIFIED ALONG THE COAST PARTICULARLY IN SARASOTA AND CHARLOTTE COUNTIES.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY RED TIDE-SOT-OC

Sotbrea Oliver, New York

"I was really surprised I was shocked they were here and no body was cleaning them up and that there were so many.'

Ashley Law, New York

"I knew the red rude was here so u knew there'd be some dead fish. It was more than I expected. "

COMMUNITY SERVICES CLEANS UP ALL THE DEAD FISH ON PUBLIC BEACHES.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY RED TIDE-REM LIVE

HERE ON ENGLEWOOD PUBLIC BEACH, CHARLOTTE COUNTY

CONSUMER COMPLAINTS-CG

"DO NOT CALL" VIOLATIONS AND TELEMARKETERS TOP THE LIST OF COMPLAINTS IN FLORIDA FOR THE FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW.

HERE'S A LOOK AT THE TOP 10 COMPLAINTS FILED THIS YEAR WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

TEASE TWO-2SHOT

"A GREAT PATRIOT AND A GREAT SOLDIER."

TODAY, AMERICA SAYS GOODBYE TO THE U-S GENERAL KNOWN AS 'STORMIN NORMAN'.

A LOOK BACK AND THE LIFE AND SERVICE OF GENERAL NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF.

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FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP

FORECAST-WXWALL

ur cool snap quickly comes to and end"

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

There will be a chill in the air as we start our Friday with many locations dipping into the middle to upper 40s along the urban corridor with our inland cold spots plummeting into the lower 40s. Sunny skies will prevail through the mid day hours as temperatures gradually work their way into the middle and upper 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.

The better weekend day will be Sunday with sunny skies, however sweater weather will return as afternoon highs will remain unseasonably cool in the upper 60s. Temperatures will quickly rebound from the upper 40s on Monday morning into the upper 70s to 80° with mostly sunny skies and a dry pattern as we welcome the New Year.

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

WINTER STORM UPDATE-PLAS-VO

THERE ARE STILL ABOUT 130,000 HOMES IN ARKANSAS WITHOUT POWER FOLLOWING THAT CHRISTMAS DAY BLIZZARD THAT DUMPED MORE THAN 15 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE STATE.

SOME AREAS MIGHT NOT GET THE LIGHTS BACK ON UNTIL THE NEW YEAR.

AFTER SWEEPING ACROSS ARKANSAS -- THE STORM ROLLED INTO THE MIDWEST AND THE NORTHEAST BEFORE MOVING ON TO CANADA.

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SCHWARZKOPF-PLASMA

WELL DESERVED TRIBUTES ARE POURING IN TODAY FOR NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF.

HE WAS A GREAT GENERAL.BUT YOU MAY FORGET HOW GREAT HE WAS IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA TOO.

SCHWARZKOPF-PKG

Nicknamed "Stormin' Norman" for his legendary temper, Norman Schwarzkopf was an American original: colorful and blunt-talking - he used his pre war briefings to try to scare Saddam Hussein into backing down:

IF THE IRAQIS ARE DUMB ENOUGH TO ATTACK, THEY ARE GOING TO PAY A TERRIBLE PRICE FOR IT.

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IF HE DARES COME ACROSS THAT BORDER AND COME DOWN HERE, I'M COMPLETELY CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE GOING KICK HIS BUTT WHEN HE GETS HERE.

But when the decision to go to war was made - Schwarzkopf was ready with a plan to outflank the Iraqi forces with a sweeping armored movement. Former President Bush with Brian Williams last year:

I REMEMBER WHEN HE CAME AND PRESENTED HIS PLAN AT CAMP DAVID TO US AND-- AND THEN WE FINE TUNED IT A LITTLE BIT OR ASKED THAT IT BE FINE TUNED. BUT HE WAS A GREAT SOLDIER.

Commanding 540 thousand American and another 200-thousand allied troops in the first war televised in real time - Schwarzkopf's briefings made him a matinee idol:

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I WOULD DESCRIBE THAT REPORT AS BOVINE SCATOLOGY.

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THE SIMPLE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT NOW EVERY TIME AN IRAQI AIRPLANE TAKES OFF THE GROUND IT'S RUNNING AWAY

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AS FAR AS SADDAM HUSSEIN BEING A GREAT MILITARY STRATEGIST, HE IS NEITHER A STRATEGIST NOR IS HE SCHOOLED IN THE OPERATIONAL ART.

A West Point graduate - like his father, a famous New Jersey state police leader who cracked the Lindbergh kidnapping case - the younger Schwarzkopf played football - wrestled - sang in the choir -

NAT SOT VIETNAM

In Vietnam, he was wounded twice during two tours of duty -

NAT SOT VICTORY PARADE

He returned from Desert Storm a celebrated hero, despite later questions about President Bush's decision to end the ground war after 100 hours, leaving Saddam Hussein in power.

In recent years, General Schwarzkopf battled poor health - but will long be remembered as the commanding figure he once was:

Schwarzkopf: I JUST WOULD BE VERY HAPPY IF THE HISTORY BOOKS SAID THAT I

WAS A SOLDIER WHO SERVED HIS COUNTRY WITH HONOR AND LOVED HIS--LOVED HIS

NEWTOWN 2 WEEKS LATER-VO-WIPE

THE HEALING PROCESS CONTINUES IN THE CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY OF NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT.

TODAY MARKS TWO WEEKS SINCE A GUNMAN OPENED FIRE AT SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

TODAY, PEOPLE GATHERED AT A VIGIL TO REMEMBER THE 26 VICTIMS.

NEWTOWN 2 WEEKS LATER-SOTVO

We need to continue to be there when be there is the right thing to do."

NEWTOWN TURNS AWAY DONATIONS-VO

MEANWHILE, RESIDENTS OF NEWTOWN ARE BEING OVERWHELMED BY THE OUTPOURING OF GIFTS AND SUPPORT FROM AROUND THE NATION.

THEY ARE HAVING A HARD TIME KEEPING UP WITH ALL THE PACKAGES FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

SO, THEY'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT BY HELPING NEEDY FAMILIES IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES.

TEASE THREE-ONCAM

AS THE DEBATE ON GUN CONTROL CONTINUES IN AMERICA.SO DO CLASSES ON HOW TO ARM TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM.

we just want to make sure people have the tools at their disposal to mitigate risk and save lives at the end of the day

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FREE GUN TRAINING FOR TEACHERS-2SHOT

THE SHOOTINGS IN NEWTOWN HAVE STIRRED PASSIONATE DEBATE ABOUT WHETHER TEACHERS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO CARRY GUNS IN SCHOOLS.

UTAH IS NOW TAKING A STEP IN THAT DIRECTION, OFFERING GUN TRAINING TO TEACHERS TODAY.

AND THEY TURNED OUT IN DROVES.

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SCRIPT:

THERE IS JUST ONE THING ON THE LESSON PLAN FOR THESE UTAH TEACHERS: HOW TO

PACK HEAT. ON THE JOB.

SOT

to have them, handle them and know how to use them and to be able to use

them appropriately is really, quite, high-priority for me.

WHILE THIS GUN MAY BE FAKE MANY FEAR THE THREATS FACING SCHOOL

CLASSROOMS ARE VERY REAL.

AND SO 200 TEACHERS MET OVER THE HOLIDAY BREAK TO BECOME STUDENTS THEMSELVES

. LEARNING HOW TO PROTECT THEIR CLASSROOMS FROM AN ARMED INTRUDER.

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we'll never know how many lives could've been saved at Sandy Hook Elementary

if someone had a firearm.

SINCE THAT SHOOTING AT SANDY HOOK, MORE AND MORE STATES ARE LOOKING TO ADD

THEIR NAMES TO THE FEW THAT ALREADY ALLOW GUNS IN SOME FORM IN PUBLIC

SCHOOLS.

APPLICATIONS AT ONE OHIO SHOOTING CLASS ARE UP 20 PERCENT. AND IT'S

EVERYONE FROM TEACHERS TO BUS DRIVERS TO JANITORS WANTING TO LEARN HOW TO

ARM THEMSELVES ON CAMPUS.

SOT

The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun

SOT

The NRA's blanket call to arm our schools is really nothing more than a

distraction.

AS THE DEBATE IN WASHINGTON RAGES ON.SO DO THE CLASSES ON HOW TO ARM

TEACHERS IN UTAH.

SOT

we just want to make sure people have the tools at their disposal to

mitigate risk and save lives at the end of the day

THIS TRAINING WAS SO POPULAR. THERE'S ALREADY ANOTHER ONE PLANNED FOR THE

NEXT SCHOOL BREAK.

TEASE FOUR-2SHOT

ANOTHER ATTACK ON FIRST RESPONDERS, THE SECOND THIS WEEK.

TONIGHT THREE POLICE OFFICERS ARE RECOVERING AFTER A SHOOTOUT IN NEW JERSEY.

THAT STORY COMING UP.AND TODAY IT BECAME OFFICIAL.

AMERICANS ARE NOW BANNED FROM ADOPTING RUSSIAN CHILDREN --

WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT IT MEANS FOR THOSE WHO WERE ALREADY GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS?

AND RAIN IS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA!

B) russian adoptions-VOTOPS

SHOW OPEN-CLIP

FIRST WEATHER-STC

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

There will be a chill in the air as we start our Friday with many locations dipping into the middle to upper 40s along the urban corridor with our inland cold spots plummeting into the lower 40s. Sunny skies will prevail through the mid day hours as temperatures gradually work their way into the middle and upper 70s later in the day.

NJ POLICE STATION SHOOTING-ONCAM

THREE POLICE OFFICERS ARE RECOVERING AT THIS HOUR, AFTER THEY WERE SHOT DURING A SHOOTOUT AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS IN NEW JERSEY THIS MORNING.

AS ANNALISA PETRALIA REPORTS --

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POLICE IN GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY SAY PARAMEDICS RACED TO POLICE

HEADQUARTERS AROUND 5:30 THIS MORNING, RESPONDING TO REPORTS OF GUNFIRE.

AUTHORITIES SAY A MAN WHO'D BEEN BROUGHT TO THE STATION ON DOMESTIC

VIOLENCE CHARGES, WAS ABLE TO GRAB AN OFFICER'S GUN THEN STARTED SHOOTING AT

OTHERS IN THE STATION. THREE OFFICERS WERE HIT BY THE GUNFIREONE SERIOUSLY

ENOUGH THAT HE REQUIRED SURGERY AFTER BEING SHOT TWICE IN THE ABDOMEN, JUST

BELOW HIS BULET PROOF VEST.

THIS WOMAN, WHO LIVES ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE STATION, DESCRIBES THE

EARLY SCENE.

"I saw them throw somebody into an ambulance. It was very, very

quick. Police officers jumping into the ambulance.and then taking off very

quick.

THE TWO OTHER WOUNDED OFFICERS WERE GRAZED BY BULLETS, AND WERE ALSO TAKEN

TO THE HOSPITAL.

POLICE SAY THE PRISONER WHO GRABBED THE GUN WAS SHOT AND KILLED INSIDE THE

POLICE STATION.

ITS THE LATEST SURPRISE ATTACK ON FIRST RESPONDERS THIS WEEK. ON CHRISTMAS

EVE IN UPSTATE NEW YORK, CONVICTED FELON WILLIAM SPENGLER, LURED VOLUNTEER

FIREFIGHTERS INTO A DEADLY TRAP BY SETTING FIRE TO HIS HOME. BUT ONCE THEY

ARRIVED, HE STARTED SHOOTING AT THEM WITH A HIGH-POWERED RIFLE -KILLING TWO

OF THEM, AND WOUNDING 3 OTHERS.

AUTHORITIES IN THE NEW JESREY SHOOTING HAVE YET TO RELEASE THE NAME OF THE

NJ POLICE STATION SHOOTING-ONCAM

ANNALISA PETRALIA REPORTING.

DEADLY SUBWAY PUSH-VO

IT HAPPENED AGAIN.SOMEONE PUSHED ONTO THE SUBWAY IN NEW YORK.AND THE VICTIM DIED.

EYEWITNESSES SAY A WOMAN SHOVED THE MAN ONTO THE TRACKS OF AT A STATION IN QUEENS LAST NIGHT, JUST AS THE TRAIN WAS PULLING IN.

SURVEILLANCE VIDEO CAPTURED HER RUNNING AWAY AND SHE IS STILL ON THE LOOSE.

IT'S NOT CLEAR IF THE WOMAN KNEW THE VICTIM, BUT WITNESSES SAY SHE HAD BEEN FOLLOWING HIM CLOSELY AND MUMBLING TO HERSELF.

MAN SET ON FIRE-VO-WIPE

A MAIMI MAN IS IN A MEDICALLY INDUCED COMA AFTER BEING ATTACKED AND SET ON FIRE.

DARRELL BRACKETT FAMILY MOTHER SAYS HER SON HAS BURNS OVER 75 PERCENT OF HIS BODY.

HIS GIRLFRIEND TOLD POLICE THEY RAN OUT OF GAS ON CHRISTMAS DAY.

MAN SET ON FIRE-SOTVO

they didn't have to do this to me, they didn't have to do this. That was the last words he ever said.

MACY'S GRAND THEFT ARREST-SS

AFTER TWO YEARS ON THE RUN, DEPUTIES ARRESTED A CHARLOTTE COUNTY MAN FOR GRAND THEFT.

DEPUTIES THEY SAY JASON HOXIE TIRED TO STEAL A LEATHER JACKET FROM MACY'S AT TOWN CENTER MALL IN PORT CHARLOTTE BACK IN 2010.

HE RAN FROM SECURITY GUARDS, BUT DROPPED HIS CELL PHONE WHILE GETTING AWAY.

LONGSHOREMEN CONTRACT-VO

A STRIKE THREATENING MAJOR PORTS ON THE EAST COAST HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD.FOR NOW.

A FEDERAL MEDIATOR SAID THAT DOCK WORKERS AND MANAGEMENT AT THE PORTS HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT.

UNION WORKERS HAD THREATENED TO GO ON STRIKE DECEMBER 30-TH IF A DEAL WASN'T REACHED.

THE TWO SIDES HAVE 30 MORE DAYS NOW TO WORK OUT THEIR ISSUES.

CIRCUS SETTLEMENT-VO

A LAWSUIT AGAINST A POPULAR CIRCUS BACKFIRED.

THE ORGINAZTION AGAINST ANMIAL CRUELTY SUED THE RINGLING BROTHER'S CIRCUS CLAIMING ELEPHANTS WERE BEING ABUSED.

MADE IN SWFL 3 TEASE-VO-WIPE

GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT IS SPENDING THE HOLIDAY'S IN HIS HOMETOWN OF NAPLES.

NBC 2'S CHAD OLIVER CAUGHT UP WITH THE GOVERNOR TO TALK ABOUT THE OUTLOOK FOR 20-13.

THE GOVERNOR SAYS HE WANTS TO FOCUS ON SELLING FLORIDA TO THE WORLD.

HE'S TAKEN *SEVEN* TRADE MISSIONS - MOST RECENTLY TO COLOMBIA.

HE WANTS THE STATE TO BECOME A DESTINATION NOT JUST FOR TOURISTS.

MADE IN SWFL 3 TEASE-SOT-OC

We're going to make it easier to get permits. We're going to have a pro-business attitude. We're going to help you find employees - which is what we do. We're going to help get your employees educated."

RUSSIAN ADOPTION BAN-ONCAM

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SIGNED INTO LAW A BILL THAT BANS ADOPTIONS BY AMERICANS.

RUSSIAN ADOPTION BAN-PKG

President Putin signed the bill less than 24 hours after receiving it from the Russian parliament.

The ban on Americans adopting Russian children will come into force on January first.

It's likely 46 children who were about to be adopted in the US will have to remain in Russia.

It's estimated there are more than 700-thousand children in Russia not living with their parents.

American families have been the biggest overseas adopters, taking in more than 60-thousand in the last two decades.

The bill is being seen as retaliation for recent US legislation designed to punish Russian human rights abusers.

"It's not surprising that there's political retribution, that there's a political tit for tat, that's not surprising, you know. But what's shocking is that they are using, that they're putting the well being of children at risk for the sake of political retribution. And that has to stop."

HEALTH CAST OPEN-CLIP

WEIGHT GAIN & CANCER-VO-WIPE

WE ALL TEND TO INDULGE A LITTLE OVER THE HOLIDAYS. BUT LETTING THAT WEIGHT CREEP UP CAN HURT MORE THAN JUST YOUR SELF-IMAGE.

20 PERCENT OF ALL CANCERS ARE CAUSED BY OBESITY.

WEIGHT GAIN & CANCER-SOTVO

That would in all likelihood not impact weight and the studies linking pattern of consumption still very few and really no conclusive evidence."

FOOD CLOCK-VO

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO LOSE THAT HOLIDAY WEIGHT, YOU MAY NEED TO RESET YOUR FOOD CLOCK.

RESEARCHERS SAY YOUR BODY HAS A FOOD CLOCK THAT KEEPS YOUR METABOLISM WORKING AT A CERTAIN PACE.

WHEN YOU CHANGE THE TYPE OF FOOD YOU EAT AND EAT AT DIFFERENT TIMES -- YOUR FOOD CLOCK IS THROWN OFF SCHEDULE -- WHICH CAUSES WEIGHT GAIN.

HEALTH MATTERS-ONCAM

DOCTORS USE M-R-I'S TO DIAGNOSE AND MONITOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS.

BUT UNDERGOING THE SCAN IS GRUELING FOR SOME PATIENTS.

LEE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM SAYS THEY'RE MAKING IT EASIER FOR THEM, BY BRINGING M-R-I OUT IN THE OPEN.

HEALTH MATTERS-PKG

FOR YEARS, PEOPLE EQUATED AN MRI WITH A LONG, DARK, CRAMPED TUBE. IT MADE THE DIAGNOSTIC SCANNER A SOURCE OF ANXIETY FOR MANY.

DR. JOHN RODRIGUEZ/MEDICAL DIR. OUTPATIENT IMAGING

RUNS:

3:57 Claustrophobic patients, to get a high field exam, the only alternative for them is sedation. Actually giving them medication so that they go to sleep. but there's always risks involved with sedating patients.

Now, developments in MAGNETIC IMAGING mean PATIENTS CAN HAVE THE procedure in an open scanner. WITH NEW HIGH FIELD MACHINES LIKE THIS. images of bone and tissue appear clearly and accurately. matching the high-powered tunnel SYSTEMS, without the darkness and noise.

DR. JOHN RODRIGUEZ/MEDICAL DIR. OUTPATIENT IMAGING

RUNS:

3:41 Children want to have their parents around. If you put a child in a tube-type magnet they can't see mom or dad and they get nervous and they get scared and they want to get out. With this machine the parent can be at the child's side through the whole examination.

AMY OSHIER/REPORTING

RUNS:

Powered by a 17-ton magnet, the machine is quite literally opening up MRI. There are few physical obstructions which offers a sense of space. But also makes room for large patients.

DR. JOHN RODRIGUEZ/MEDICAL DIR. OUTPATIENT IMAGING

RUNS:

4:25 This magnet is approved for 650 pounds. Patients at that size still may have trouble fitting into the even an open magnet, but certainly it expands the ability to get high field examinations on larger patients.

THE SUPER-SIZED MAGNET IS A GAME-CHANGER TOO. WITH LOW FIELD OPEN MRIs, DOCTORS FACED THE CHOICE OF GIVING PATIENTS BREATHING ROOM AND GETTING LOWER QUALITY IMAGES IN RETURN. THIS HIGH FIELD OPEN SYSTEM IS THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS.

DR. JOHN RODRIGUEZ/MEDICAL DIR. OUTPATIENT IMAGING

RUNS:

:34 That ability to have the real high magnetic field strength but still be open is the revolutionary change that this magnet offers.

ALLIGATOR WRESTLING-VO-WIPE

IT WAS AN ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS DAY ON THE JOB TODAY AT AN AUSTRALIAN REPTILE PARK.

WILDLIFE EXPERTS RESTRAINED FEMALE ALLIGATORS WHILE OTHERS RAIDED NESTS AND STOLE EGGS.

ALLIGATOR WRESTLING-SOTVO

"There are a couple of reasons we need to remove the eggs. One is that alligators are cannibals. If they hatched in here they would be eaten by all other alligators."

THE CLIMATE AROUND SYDNEY IS ALSO TOO HOT FOR THE EGGS TO HATCH NATURALLY.

FIFTEEN EGGS WERE COLLECTED TODAY AND TAKEN AWAY TO BE INCUBATED IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.

TEASE FIVE-2SHOT

JUST LIKE THEIR OWNERS, YOUR PET CAN ALSO SUFFER FROM SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER.

NOW -- IT TURNS OUT THAT A SPECIAL TREATMENT THAT WORKS FOR HUMANS MAY WORK FOR DOGS, TOO

THE NEW WAY TO TREAT PET DEPRESSION.

AND SCORING GREAT SEATS TO THE SUPER BOWL IS A DREAM COME TRUE FOR MOST SPORTS FANS.

BUT IMAGINE WINNING A SPOT ON THE HALF-TIME STAGE--NEXT TO MEGA-STAR BEYONCE!

A) dog depression therapy-VO-WIPE

B) beyonce-VOTOPS

C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

ALL NEW AHEAD AT 5:00-CLIP

PAUSE FOR AHEAD AT 5:00 CLIP

WE ARE GATHERING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT EMERGENCY LANDING OF A FLIGHT BOUND FOR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR YOU'LL HEAR FROM A PASSENGER ON BOARD THE ALLEGIANT AIRLINES PLANE --

AND PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T GET THE FRIGHTENING NEWS UNTIL THEY ARRIVED AT THE PUNTA GORDA AIRPORT TO PICK UP THEIR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES.

PLUS --

A) ALLEGIANT EMERGENCY LANDING-VO

B) FISCAL CLIFF-VOTOPS

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP

FORECAST-WXWALL

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

There will be a chill in the air as we start our Friday with many locations dipping into the middle to upper 40s along the urban corridor with our inland cold spots plummeting into the lower 40s. Sunny skies will prevail through the mid day hours as temperatures gradually work their way into the middle and upper 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.

The better weekend day will be Sunday with sunny skies, however sweater weather will return as afternoon highs will remain unseasonably cool in the upper 60s. Temperatures will quickly rebound from the upper 40s on Monday morning into the upper 70s to 80° with mostly sunny skies and a dry pattern as we welcome the New Year.

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DOG DEPRESSION THERAPY-ONCAM

YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT DELUXE DOG HOTELS AND PEDICURES FOR PAWS.

NOW, THERE'S ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE YOUR HOUND HAPPY THAT HAS ITS BASIS IN SCIENCE.

TREATING THEM FOR DEPRESSION.

IT TURNS OUT THAT A SPECIAL TREATMENT THAT WORKS FOR HUMANS MAY WORK FOR DOGS, TOO.

DOG DEPRESSION THERAPY-PKG

SCRIPT:

OF ALL THE ABSURD THINGS WE DO FOR OUR PETS THE MASSAGES. THE THEMED

BIRTHDAY PARTIES. THE TREADMILLS. THE HIGH-END COUTURE. PARIS HILTON'S

$325-THOUSAND DOLLAR DOGHOUSE. WITH CHANDELIERS, AIR CONDITIONING AND

MOULDINGS.

** NATS OF HILTON SHOWING HOUSE TO HARRIS

. OF ALL THE OVER-THE-TOP PAMPERING THIS PICTURE. AT FIRST GLANCE, AT

LEAST. STRUCK ME AS THE APEX OF THIS PARTICULAR BRAND OF MANIA.

THIS DOE-EYED LITTLE POOCH IS STARING INTO AN ARTIFICIAL SUNLIGHT GENERATOR

JUST IN CASE HE'S GETTING DEPRESSED FROM LACK OF SUNLIGHT.

THE THING IS EVEN MADE BY A COMPANY CALLED. PAWSITIVE LIGHTING!

BUT THEN I HEARD ABOUT THE GUY WHO STARTED THE COMPANY. MAX MARVIN. WHO,

NOT LONG AGO, WAS SUFFERING FROM A FIERCE CASE OF INSOMNIA.

MAX'S DOCTOR TOLD HIM TO USE A LIGHT BOX TO BRIGHTEN THE GLOOMY WINTER DAYS

IN PORTLAND, OREGON. AND IT WORKED. NOT ONLY ON MAX. BUT ALSO HIS

GOLDEN RETRIEVER, LUKE.

SOT, Max Marvin/Founder of Pawsitive Lighting

20:00:08- "Luke and I were both basking in the sun every single morning and

I found that he was just completely drawn to the light."

MAX DID SOME RESEARCH. AND IT TURNS OUT LOTS OF VETS THINK PETS *

MIGHT* BE GETTING SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER. A CONDITION THAT CAUSES

DEPRESSION IN HUMANS. AND IN ANIMALS MAY LEAD TO LETHARGY, LACK OF

APPETITE, CLAWING AND INAPPROPRIATE POOPING.

SOT, Dr. Marty Becker/Veterinarian 1:16

"Unlike humans, pets don't fake it. They don't say I don't want to show up

to work today so I'll call in sick, right?But if you eliminate all the

other things that are true problems. then you'd have to look

from the fact that this pet may be depressed. "

SOT, Max Marvin/Founder of Pawsitive Lighting

20:02:36- "Luke would just be on his back enjoying the light, happy as can

be."

AT 200 BUCKS. IT'S CHEAPER THAN A DIAMOND-STUDDED COLLAR. / AND WHO

KNOWS. MAYBE AT THE VERY LEAST, IT WILL CHEER UP THE HUMANS IN THE HOUSE.

FROZEN LAKE RESCUE-VO-WIPE

A DOG SURVIVED A CLOSE CALL IN ONE OF THE GREAT LAKES.

THIS 11-YEAR-OLD WALKER HOUND NAMED BART WANDERED AWAY FROM HIS OWNER

DURING AN AFTERNOON WALK.

THAT'S WHEN BART FELL THROUGH THE ICE ON FROZEN LAKE ERIE.

HIS TWO FRONT PAWS KEPT HIM FROM SINKING IN.

WAIST-DEEP IN THE FREEZING WATER, BART'S OWNER CALLED 9-1-1--

THEN HE CALLED HIS COUSIN LANCE WHO ARRIVED FIRST.

FROZEN LAKE RESCUE-SOTVO

"I was talking to him, I was trying to keep him warm. I was trying to rub him and get trying to get some blood flowing through his body." 5

NEW NFL OFFER-VO

THE N-H-L HAS MADE A NEW PROPOSAL TO THE PLAYERS' ASSOCIATION IN AN AN EFFORT TO GET THE PLAYERS BACK ON THE ICE.

E-S-P-N IS REPORTING THE LEAGUE HAS CHANGED IT'S POSITION ON TERM LIMITS FOR PLAYER CONTRACTS.

THE LEAGUE WANTED A 5-YEAR LIMIT THE PLAYERS WANTED 8.

D. WADE SUSPENDED-NATVO

THE MIAMI HEAT WILL BE MISSING ONE OF THEIR STAR PLAYERS IN TONIGHT'S GAME AFTER THIS PLAY--

pause for game nats

DWAYNE WADE HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FOR ONE GAME WITHOUT PAY, FOLLOWING THAT INCIDENT WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN CHARLOTTE.

WADE WAS BEING GUARDED BY RAMON SESSIONS WHEN THE HEAT STAR STOPPED HIS DRIBBLE, THEN HIT SESSIONS IN THE GROIN WITH HIS LEG.

BEYONCE SUPER BOWL CONTEST-VO-OC-BNR

100 LUCKY FANS WILL GET TO JOIN BEYONCE *ONSTAGE* AT THE UPCOMING SUPER BOWL.

PEPSI IS TEAMING UP WITH THE SINGER TO OFFER FANS THE CHANCE TO JOIN THE GRAMMY-AWARD WINNING SINGER DURING HER HALF-TIME PERFORMANCE.

A CONTEST KICKS OFF TOMORROW THAT ALLOWS FANS TO SUBMIT PHOTOS OF THEMSELVES IN VARIOUS DANCING POSES.

OUT OF THOSE PICTURES --50 PEOPLE - ALONG WITH A FRIEND - WILL BE SELECTED TO JOIN BEYONCE ONSTAGE.

RECORD CHRISTMAS ACTIVATION-VO

THIS HOLIDAY SEASON WAS A RECORD-SETTING ONE FOR THE MAKERS OF MOBILE DEVICES.

NEARLY 17-AND-A-HALF *MILLION* ANDROID AND APPLE SMARTPHONES AND TABLETS WERE ACTIVATED ON CHRISTMAS DAY.

THAT'S THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF ACTIVATIONS IN ONE DAY--EVER.

TEASE SIX-2SHOT

ONE WOMAN SAYS HER OVER-PROTECTIVE PARENTS WENT TOO FAR.

They basically thought that they were paying for my college tuition and living expenses that they could tell me what to do

A) parent stalking-SOTVO-DISS

FOUR AT FOUR-CGTOPS

PARENT STALKING COURT CASE-2SHOT

A STAR STUDENT AT A LEADING MUSIC COLLEGE SAYS HER MOM AND DAD WERE STALKING HER - SO SHE WENT TO COURT TO GET THEM TO STOP.

A JUDGE AGREED HER PARENTS WERE A PROBLEM AND SLAPPED A RESTRAINING ORDER ON THEM.

PARENT STALKING COURT CASE-PKG

AUBREY IRELAND IS A GIFTED 21 YEAR OLD THEATRE MAJOR.

often winning major roles in her school's musicals.but her latest win wasn't

AT her PRESTIGIOUS MUSIC CONSERVATORY. but in court.after she filed

a civil stalking order against her parents.

EARLIER THIS MONTH, a judge RULED in her favor, ordering that her parents

MUST STAY AT LEAST 500 FEET FROM THEIR ONLY CHILD.

Aubrey They basically thought that they were paying for my college tuition

and living expenses

that they could tell me what to do who to hang out with.basically control

all of my daily life.

The dean's list student's COMPLAINTS AGAINST HER PARENTS BEGAN WHEN

SHE realized THEY'D INSTALLED MONITORING SOFTWARE ON HER COMPUTER

AND HER PHONE.MAKING THE SINGING HOPEFUL FEEL LIKE QUOTE "A DOG WITH A COLLAR."

THEY ALSO PAID UNANNOUCED VISITS TO THEIR LITTLE GIRL.TRAVELING 600

MILES FROM THEIR HOME IN KANSAS.TO MEET WITH AUBREY'S DEPARTMENT

HEAD.ACCUSING THEIR DAUGHTER OF PROMISCUITY, DOING DRUGS, AND HAVING

MENTAL ISSUES TO THE POINT WHERE THEY WERE CONSIDERING GOING TO COURT

TO ORDER THAT SHE GET TREATMENT.

Aubrey My mom has always been very overly involved.

I would have to get on skype all the time to show them that I was in

my dorm room or there were nights I had to leave my skype on all night and

my mom would watch me basically sleep.

She claims her parents, DAVID AND JULIE IRELAND, have been

diagnosed with co dependency disorder.but *they* say their daughter is

just a good actor, saying she is lying and calling her "AN ONLY CHILD WHO

HAS BEEN CATERED TO ALL HER LIFE."

BECAUSE AUBREY HAS CUT ALL TIES WITH THEM IN A VERY PUBLIC WAY.

They now want a refund of the 66 thousand DOLLARS they've already paid

TOWARD HER EDUCATION. HER MOTHER SAYS "WE'RE NOT BOTHERING HER.

WE'RE NOT A PROBLEM."

Aubrey I never wanted this to happen that's the last thing I wanted but.I

wasn't

in control of my life at all anymore.I knew that they were holding me back

emotionally, mentally, and professionally and that it got to the point where

that was basically

my last option.

PSYCHOLOGISTS SAY BOUNDRIES CAN BE TRICKY FOR PARENTS WITH COLLEGE AGE

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A HARROWING TRIP TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TONIGHT -- A PLANE ON ITS WAY TO PUNTA GORDA MAKES AN EMERGENCY LANDING --

PASSENGERS ARE TOLD TO BRACE FOR IMPACT, THEY TELL NBC2 THEIR STORIES AT FIVE.

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