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SEVERAL BREAKING STORIES FIRST AT FOUR:
WITHIN THE LAST 15 MINUTES, NBC2 HAS CONFIRMED THAT TREELINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN LEE COUNTY IS ON LOCKDOWN -- THAT MEANS ANY CHILD WHO WAS STILL AT THE SCHOOL AFTER DISMISSAL, WILL REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE LOCKDOWN IS LIFTED.
LOTS OF YOU ARE CALLING AND EMAILIN OUR NEWSROOM ABOUT THE SITUATION HAPPENING AROUND THE SCHOOL -- JUST EAST OF 75 AND SOUTH OF COLONIAL --
WE HAVE SEVERAL CREWS WORKING FOR INFORMATION AND WILL UPDATE YOU AS SOON AS WE HAVE CONFIRMED DETAILS.
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BREAKING NEWS OPEN
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BREAKING NEWS IMPACTING BOTH COASTS OF THE UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW.
TO THE WEST, AN INTENSE MANHUNT BECOMES AN INTERNATIONAL SEARCH AFTER A FORMER POLICE OFFICER IS ACCUSED OF GOING ON A MURDER SPREE.
AND TO THE EAST -- MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HUNKER DOWN AS A POTENTIALLY HISTORIC STORM TRACKS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST.
NBC-2 IS LIVE WITH HOW THE SNOWFALL IS IMPACTING PEOPLE HERE.
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BREAKING NEWS OPEN
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BUT FIRST - BREAKING NEWS HERE IN FLORIDA.
BRAND NEW DETAILS ABOUT EARLIER REPORTS OF A SHOOTING AT FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY.
POLICE SHOT A MAN WHO HAD A KNIFE ON THE ROOF OF A BUILDING.
IT HAPPENED THIS MORNING AT THE CAMPUS IN BOCA RATON.
OFFICERS SAY THEY WERE CALLED FOR A REPORT OF A HOMELESS MAN ON THE ROOF.
AUTHORITIES ARE CONFIRMING THE MAN PULLED A KNIFE WHEN POLICE ARRIVED AND THEY SHOT HIM.
HE IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION TONIGHT.
OFFICIALS SAY STUDENTS AND STAFF WERE NEVER IN DANGER.
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LET'S GET BACK TO THE MAJOR STORM THAT'S EXPECTED TO DUMP SEVERAL INCHES AND EVEN FEET OF SNOW ON THE NORTHEAST.
YOU'RE LOOKING LIVE AT A CAR WRECK IN NEW GUILFORD, CONNECTICUT.
THIS IS JUST A TASTE OF WHAT IS HITTING THE NORTHEAST TODAY AND INTO THE EVENING.
METEOROLOGIST JIM REIF KICKS OFF OUR TEAM COVERAGE IN THE FIRST ALERT STORM TRACKING CENTER.
JIM?
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Two weather systems will continue merging over the East Coast on Friday as a low pressure system over the Great Lakes moves into the Northeast and another system moves northward up the coast. This will pull abundant moisture onshore, while the system to the north will keep the region cool. This will create heavy snow showers from New York through Maine. Snowfall totals will range from 5 to 10 inches, with snowfall rates up to 1 inch per hour through Saturday evening. Expect snow to turn to freezing rain and rain showers along the southern side of these systems across the Tennessee Valley and moving through the Appalachians. Strong winds with gusts from 60 to 70 mph will accompany this system, thus, Hurricane Force Wind Advisories have been issued for the coastal areas of the Northeast. These strong winds will also create blizzard conditions across the Northeast with poor visibility and white out conditions. Please take caution when traveling. Storm totals through the weekend will range from 12 to 18 inches in parts of upstate New York, with 2 to 3 feet possible from Connecticut to Maine.
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THANKS, JIM.
HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW.
AT 4 O'CLOCK, THE GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS BANNED ALL TRAFFIC FROM THE ROADS.
IN NEW YORK CITY, 250-THOUSAND TONS OF SALT ARE ON STANDBY.
AMTRAK HAS SUSPENDED SERVICE BETWEEN NEW YORK AND BOSTON.
IN THE AIR, MORE THAN 4-THOUSAND FLIGHTS ARE CANCELLED.
INCLUDING SOME COMING TO AND FROM SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.
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WHAT DOES THE BLIZZARD MEAN IF YOU OR FAMILY HAVE PLANS TO FLY NORTH?
NBC-2'S MATT WRIGHT CONTINUES OUR TEAM COVERAGE LIVE AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
MATT -
WHAT A MESS.
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BOTTOM LINE IT MEANS YOU'LL LIKELY HAVE TO WAIT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMING UP TO THESE FLIGHT STATUS BOARDS TO FIND THAT THEIR FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED OR DELAYED.
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A TOTAL OF 26 FLIGHTS TO AND FROM SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL HAVE BEEN CANCELLED TODAY. INCLUDING 8 ARRIVALS AND 18 DEPARTURES.
MOST ARE TO THE NORTHEAST. PLACES LIKE NEW YORK. BOSTON AND CONNECTICUT.
OF COURSE THE RIPPLE EFFECT FROM THIS STORM ALSO HAS MANY FLIGHTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY DELAYED. IN SOME CASES FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
IT'S LEFT TRAVELERS SCRAMBLING TO CHANGE THEIR PLANS.
WE SPOKE WITH ONE WOMAN WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO SPEAK AT AN EVENT IN PITTSBURGH TOMORROW.
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SOT
Cindy homburt/traveler
13:11:28 so i come in there was nothing going to pittsburgh. Yu have to go to cleveland which was booked or to chicago tmrw which will be too late. So here I am stuck in fort myers 13:11:39
A LOT OF THE REMAINING FLIGHTS HAVE ALREADY FILLED UP. STRANDING MANY PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.
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BUT ARE THERE ANY ROOMS AVAILABLE AT LOCAL HOTELS??
WE'RE CHECKING IN WITH THEM TO FIND OUT. AND WE'LL LET YOU KNOW COMING UP AT FIVE THIRTY.
LIVE AT SWFL INTL AIRPORT. MATT WRIGHT NBC 2.
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A CAPE CORAL MAN FACED A JUDGE THIS MORNING - AFTER STATE LAW ENFORCMENT OFFICERS ACCUSE HIM OF SHARING CHILD PORN ONLINE.
THEY CLAIM THEY FOUND THE VIDEOS AND PICTURES ON 26-YEAR OLD ANTONY HAMM'S HOME COMPUTER ON SOUTHEAST 14TH STREET IN THE CAPE.
FIRST AT FOUR -- NBC2'S STEVE CAMPION JOINS US LIVE FROM THE LEE COUNTY JAIL WHERE HAMM REMAINS AT THIS HOUR.
STEVE?
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THIS AFTERNOON -- WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT HAMM'S ARREST.
THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TELLS US -- HAMM SHARED VIDEOS AND PICTURES OF CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS ONE YEAR OLDS -- BEING RAPED BY ADULTS.
HAMM'S ARREST HAS LEFT HIS NEIGHBORS STUNNED.
TAKE A LISTEN AT WHAT THEY TOLD US.
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11:23 "would I expect it of you? Can I tell what's going in your heard that isn't right? Cause everybody's got something they're hiding. You're heating me up."
EMOTIONS OVERFLOW ON THIS QUIET CAPE CORAL STREET -- FOLLOWING ONE NEIGHBOR'S SUDDEN DEPARTURE.
STATE OFFICERS ARRESTED 26-YEAR OLD ANTONY HAMM ON A LAUNDRY LIST OF CHILD PORN CHARGES YESTERDAY -- AFTER SEARCHING HIS CAPE CORAL HOME.
INSIDE THEY FOUND HIS COMPUTER WHICH THEY CLAIM -- CONTAINED STOMACH TURNING CHILD PORN VIDEOS AND PICTURES.
FDLE ACCUSES HAMM OF SHARING THE IMAGES ONLINE -- INCLUDING VIDEOS OF CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS ONE -- BEING RAPED BY ADULTS.
INVESTIGATORS WON'T SAY WHAT LED THEM TO HAMM -- ONLY TELLING US MORE CHARGES COULD BE FILED AGAINST HIM,
14:22 "first time meeting him, he was a really nice guy so hearing about that I would have never thought."
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FDLE TELLS US -- HAMM DIDN'T MAKE THE VIDEOS.
THEY'RE STILL INVESTIGATING -- AND WOULDN'T COMMENT ON WHERE THE KIDS IN THOSE VIDEOS AND PICTURES ARE OKAY.
HAMM FACES 22 COUNTS OF CHILD PORN.
HE'S BEING HELD ON A 50 THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND.
LIVE IN LEE COUNTY, STEVE CAMPION, NBC2.
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BREAKING NEWS OPEN
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BREAKING NEWS - FIRST AT FOUR.
HUNDREDS OF LOS ANGELES POLICE OFFICERS ARE SEARCING FOR A KILLER.
A FORMER COP WHO WENT ROGUE.
OFFICIALS SAY CHRISTOPHER DORNER IS ON A DEADLY REVENGE MISSION.
YESTERDAY, INVESTIGATORS FOUND HIS BURNED OUT TRUCK-- BUT HE WAS NO WHERE TO BE FOUND.
NBC'S JINAH KIM REPORTS ON THE FRANTIC SEARCH.
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A TENSE GAME OF CAT AND MOUSE CONTINUED TO PLAY OUT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY -
BUT IT WAS UNCLEAR WHO WAS THE CAT AND WHO WAS THE MOUSE.
"We're gonna continue searching until we discover either that he left the mountain, or we find him. One of the two. 58
HUNDREDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE ON AN UNPRECEDENTED MANHUNT FOR
FORMER LOS ANGELES POLICE OFFICER CHRISTOPHER DORNER, WHO, POLICE FEAR, COULD BE HUNTING THEM.
"It's extremely dangerous. I explained to them to be careful."
WORSENING WEATHER IS HAMPERING A MASSIVE SEARCH OF THE BIG BEAR MOUNTAIN AREA
EAST OF LOS ANGELES.
THAT'S WHERE DORNER WAS SPOTTED LAST, ALLEGEDLY ENGAGING IN A SHOOTOUT WITH OFFICERS AND SETTING HIS CAR ON
FIRE. POLICE FOLLOWED TRACKS LEADING AWAY FROM THE TRUCK, WITH NO LUCK.
"We continued to follow them until we lost 'em, when the ground got frozen. We couldn't continue to track."
THE ORDEAL BEGAN SUNDAY, WHEN A WOMAN AND HER FIANCE WERE FOUND MURDERED IN IRVINE, CALIFORNIA.
OFFICIALS QUICKLY REALIZED SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF A RETIRED LAPD CAPTAIN WHO REPRESENTED DORNER
AT DISCIPLINARY HEARINGS BEFORE HE WAS FIRED IN 2009.
THEN YESTERDAY, POLICE SAY DORNER SHOT THREE OFFICERS IN RIVERSIDE AND CORONA, KILLING ONE.
"As long as he's out there, he's a threat not only to law enforcement, but to the general public, too."
ACCORDING TO A FACEBOOK MANIFESTO POLICE ATTRIBUTE TO HIM, DORNER'S ANGER HAS BEEN SIMMERING SINCE HE JOINED THE FORCE.
THE MANIFESTO ACCUSES THE LAPD OF BETRAYING AND DESTROYING LIVES - INCLUDING HIS, AND SAYS THE KILLING WILL STOP - ONLY WHEN THE TRUTH COMES OUT.
JINAH KIM, NBC NEWS, LOS ANGELES.
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TIME TO LIGHTEN THINGS UP - FIRST AT FOUR.
A HIGHLIGHT OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA BEGINS IN AN HOUR AND A HALF.
THE ANNUAL EVERGLADES SEAFOOD FESTIVAL IS THIS WEEKEND.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WILL SHOW UP TO FILL UP ON FOOD AND LISTEN TO LIVE MUSIC.
NBC-2'S GABY FLEISCHMAN JOINS US LIVE FROM EVERGLADES CITY WHERE CITY OFFICIALS SCRAMBLE WITH FINAL DETAILS.
GABY -- THIS IS ALWAYS A FUN EVENT!
HOW ARE THINGS GOING THERE?
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. Will talk about the seafood for sale--
but most of the vendors out here are actually from out of town.
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Look around the Everglades seafood festival-- and your mouth will water.
Nats fish frying
fried fish, fresh stone crab and
Calamari piled high -- seafood from across the country.
Steve markley, local vendor: 15:18 the festivals gotten so big the
local boys just can't handle it all."
40 years ago the seafood festival started as a local tradition--
hometown people frying fish to raise money for the community.
But as the festival grew in size-- the local vendors got pushed out.
15:23 when it started out you could sell couple hundred pounds of
mullet, couple hundred pounds of stone crab and now it's just so big
you've got more out of town people coming in. 15:36 they can serve
20thpusand people whee the local people its just hard to keep
competing w stuff like that.
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EVERGLADES SEAFOOD FESTIVAL
FEBRUARY 8 - 10
FRIDAY: 5:30P - 9:30
SATURDAY: 10AM - 8:30PM
SUNDAY 11AM - 7PM
There plenty of seafood, vendors an lie music. Live in collier
gf nbc2.
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NOW TO AN NBC2 CONSUMER ALERT - FIRST AT FOUR.
CHECK YOUR REFRIGERATOR.
A COMPANY IN NAPLES IS RECALLING IT'S BLUE CRAB SPREAD FOR A POSSIBLE LISTERIA CONTAMINATION.
THE COMPANY IS CALLED GOLD COAST SALADS.
THE POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION IS IMPACTING ONE POUND CONTAINERS AND 8 OUNCE CONTAINERS.
OFFICIALS SAY YOU SHOULD RETURN THE BLUE CRAB SPREAD TO THE STORE WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE.
NBC DASH TWO DOT COM. CLICK ON NEWSLINKS.
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A PESKY REPTILE, NOT NATIVE TO THE U.S. HAS FOUND ITS WAY TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.
IT'S THE TEGU LIZARD - LEGAL TO OWN, BUT ILLEGAL TO RELEASE INTO THE WILD, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED RECENTLY IN CAPE CORAL.
THE RELEASE OF THE REPTLE CAN CAUSE SERIOUS PROBLEMS TO THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT DUE TO ITS EATING HABITS.
EXPERTS SAY THE LIZARD EATS NATIVE SPECIES.
CAPE CORAL CAUGHT AND PUT DOWN THE TAY-GOO FOUND IN DECEMBER AND SAY IF ONE IS SPOTTED IN THE FUTURE TO CALL A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL SO PROPER ACTION CAN BE TAKEN.
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A TEXAS COUPLE HAS A LOT TO CELEBRATE TODAY.
"It's fun sometime and it's a lot work all the time."
CARRIE JONES GAVE BIRTH TO QUINTUPLETS IN AUGUST.
WHY IT TOOK UNTIL TODAY TO HAVE THEM WAKE UP TOGETHER AS A FAMILY.
IT'S FRIDAY - TIME TO LOOK AT WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THE FAMILY THIS WEEKEND.
IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY, IT'S THE SIXTH ANNUAL TASTE OF PUNTA GORDA.
TOMORROW FROM 11 TO 4, CHECK OUT FOOD FROM 13 RESTAURANTS.
IT'S GOING ON A LASHLEY PARK.
THERE WILL BE EVENTS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY INCLUDING ACTIVITIES FOR THE KIDS.
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FORECAST OPEN
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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.
"Clearing skies through the day"
The showers that moved in overnight and early this morning were associated with a weak cold front currently sweeping across the peninsula. Through the mid day hours, clouds will continue to linger across our skies with a nice clearing trend from north to south throughout the afternoon. Despite the passage of a weak cold front, afternoon highs will warm into the upper 70s to 80° 80s as we add in a bit more sunshine for the second half of the day.
Once the front clears Southwest Florida, a slightly cooler and drier airmass will begin to filter down the state. You'll notice the change early Saturday morning as lows will have bottomed out in the upper 50s here in town with lower to middle 50s across our inland and northern cool spots.
High pressure will be building in for the weekend and this will set the stage for a beautiful Saturday under mostly sunny skies. Even though temperatures will recover into the 80s, our afternoons will feel quite pleasant with comfortable humidity values. Our mainly dry weather pattern will stay firmly in place through the first half of the week with plenty of sunshine and highs in the lower to middle 80s.
By Wednesday, we'll be tracking another cold front moving across the "Sunshine State" with the potential for another round of rain and a cool down by the end of next week.
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A SET OF QUINTUPLETS IS REUNITED AFTER THEIR AUGUST BIRTH.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE THREE BOYS AND TWO GIRLS WOKE UP AS A FAMILY AT HOME.
AMY ROBACH BRINGS US THE STORY.
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YOU MIGHT CALL THEM THE FABULOUS AND FORTUNATE FIVE WILL DAVID MACIE.
GRACE. AND LITTLE SETH.
AND THIS MORNING THIS ADORABLE AND, WELL, SLIGHTLY CRANKY. FIVE-SOME IS
ENJOYING A REUNION FIVE MONTHS IN THE MAKING.
"It's fun sometime and it's a lot work all the time."
CARRIE JONES -- AND HER HUSBAND GAVIN - WELCOMED THESE MIRACLE BABIES INTO
THE WORLD AUGUST 9TH BORN JUST SHY OF 28 WEEKS FOUR OF THE LITTLE ONES
WERE ABLE TO COME HOME AFTER JUST A FEW MONTHS IN THE HOSPITAL.
BUT SETH - WHO WAS JUST ONE POUND, TWELVE OUNCES -- SUFFERED A SERIES OF
SET-BACKS.
"Seth had what's called bronchopulmonary for a while we weren't sure he was
going to heal of if he was just to premature and his lungs were too damaged
to heal"
THROUGHOUT HER FIVE MONTH ORDEAL JONES KEPT A BLOG.
SOT - "People said you have to keep a record of this and we want to hear
what the pregnancy like and what it's like when the babies come."
THE NUMBERS SAY IT ALL WITH MORE THAN A MILLION HITS, PEOPLE AROUND THE
COUNTRY ARE MAKING A POINT OF KEEPING UP WITH THE JONES'S.
SOT - "people on the blog have been following our story and sent us gifts
and that has just been really sweet."
THE COUPLE 9 YEAR OLD ISAAC HAS ALSO BEEN REALLY SWEEET LEARNING TO BE A BIG
BROTHER.
SOT - "It's really loud and it's sometimes get annoying."
THIS MORNING SETH IS HOME WITH HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS, AND WITH THE HELP
OF VOLUNTEERS AND A STROLLER MADE FOR 5 THINGS ARE REALLY ROLLING ALONG.
SOT - "they're everybody's babies in some ways which is a blessing."
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AMY ROBACH REPORTING.
AT HOME, LITTLE SETH WILL BE ON FOUR VENTILATION MACHINES.
THANKFULLY -- THE JONES FAMILY RECRUITED A TEAM OF 25 VOLUNTEERS TO HELP OUT.
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SPRING TRAINING FANS - TODAY IS THE DAY YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR.
THE MINNESOTA TWINS AND BOSTON RED SOX EQUIPMENT TRUCKS ARRIVED IN FORT MYERS THIS MORNING.
THAT MEANS SPRING TRAINING IS A FEW SHORT DAYS AWAY.
NEXT TUESDAY, PITCHERS AND CATCHERS WILL START WORKOUTS.
THE REST OF THE TEAM IS SCHEDULED TO BE HERE NEXT FRIDAY.
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IT WAS SUPPOSED TO PREVENT A POWER OUTAGE.
BUT IT CREATED ONE INSTEAD - ON NATIONAL T-V
A UTILITY COMPANY SAYS IT'S SOLVED THE MYSTERY OF THE SUPER BOWL POWER OUTAGE.
NO -- IT WASN'T BEYONCE
A DEVICE THAT'S CALLED A "RELAY" ESSENTIALLY BROKE.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO PROTECT THE ARENA FROM A CABLE FAILURE BETWEEN THE UTILITY POWER LINE AND LINES THAT RUN INTO THE SUPERDOME.
THE DEVICE HAS SINCE BEEN REMOVED AND WILL BE REPLACED.
THE POWER WAS OUT FOR 34 MINUTES DURING SUNDAY'S BIG GAME.
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POLICE SAY A MOM WAS DRUNK WITH HER THREE KIDS WHEN SHE SLAMMED THROUGH AN AIRPORT PARKING GATE.
THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS HER STOPPED AT THE PARKING GARAGE IN PHOENIX.
EVENTUALLY SHE DRIVES THROUGH THE BARRIER AND INTO THE LOT.
POLICE SAY 43 YEAR OLD JANET MARTINEZ DROVE AROUND THE PARKING AREA - HITTING CURBS AND BARELY MISSING OTHER CARS.
SHE WAS STOPPED BY A SUPERVISOR AT AN EXIT LANE.
AND HE TALKS HER INTO HANDING OVER THE KEYS - WHILE HER SCARED CHILDREN SAT IN THE BACK SEAT.
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the 11-year-old told the officers on scene that her mom had wanted her to drive the vehicle. Obviously impairment is a factor in this case when a mother is wanting her 11-year-old to drive for her.
MARTINEZ IS CHARGED WITH FELONY AGGRAVATED D-U-I.
IF CONVICTED.SHE COULD FACE SOME PRETTY HEFTY FINES.JAIL TIMES.AND LOSING HER LICENSE FOR 3 YEARS.
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WELL ALL KNOW --
THE PRICE OF CLOTHING IS TYPICALLY MORE EXPENSIVE IN PLACES LIKE SAY, BEVERLY HILLS. AS COMPARED TO FORT MYERS.
BUT DID YOU KNOW --
THAT WHEN SHOPPING ONLINE, STORES KNOW WHAT ADDRESS YOUR COMPUTER IS REGISTERED TO.
AND YOU MAY BE CHARGED A DIFFERENT PRICE DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE?
HERE'S VANESSA WELCH.
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IT'S QUICK!
IT'S EASY! AND ONLINE SHOPPING IS SUPPOSED TO BE CHEAPER …RIGHT?
AN INVESTIGATION BY THE WALL STREET JOURNAL SAYS SOME STORES ARE RAISING OR LOWERING THEIR PRICES DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LOG IN, YOUR ZIP CODE, AND EVEN WHICH TYPE OF COMPUTER YOU USE. IN FACT, ON STAPLES-DOT-COM, A STAPLER WAS OFFERED AT 15-79 FOR ONE ONLINE CUSTOMER, BUT ANOTHER ONLINE CUSTOMER WAS OFFERED IT FOR MORE THAN A DOLLAR LESS.
THE JOURNAL REPORTS STAPLES-DOT-COM CHANGES ONLINE PRICES BASED ON WHAT IT BELIEVES IS YOUR PROXIMITY TO ITS STORES. ZIP CODES WHOSE CENTER WAS FURTHER THAN 20 MILES FROM A STAPLES COMPETITOR SAW HIGHER PRICES 67-PERCENT OF THE TIME. BUT ZIP CODES WITHIN 20 MILES OF A RIVAL SAW THE HIGH PRICE ONLY 12-PERCENT OF THE TIME. STAPLES-DOT-COM SHOWED HIGHER PRICES 86-PERCENT OF THE TIME WHEN THE ZIP CODE ACTUALLY HAD A STORE NEARBY, BUT WAS FAR FROM A COMPETITORS' STORE.
AND ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T SEEM FAIR, IT'S NOT ILLEGAL. I'M VANESSA WELCH REPORTING.
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ANOTHER ONLINE MARKETING STRATEGY TO WATCH OUT FOR-- THE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTS THAT HOTEL ROOMS FOUND ON ORBITZ-DOT-COM WERE HIGHER PRICED FOR MAC USERS BECAUSE THEY'RE INCLINED TO SPEND MORE MONEY THAN P-C USERS.
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LET'S GET BACK TO BREAKING NEWS IN SOUTH LEE COUNTY NOW --
HERE'S A LIVE LOOK AT FIRE THAT'S BURNING NEAR ALICO ROAD AND U.S. 41.
THIS IS THE 6TH FIRE IN JUST A FEW DAYS.
NBC2'S GEORGE SOLIS IS LIVE WITH NEW INFORMATION --
GEORGE?
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HERE'S A MAP OF THE FIVE OTHER FIRES IN THE AREA BELIEVED TO BE ARSON.
THESE WERE ALL SET WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING -- ALL WITHIN TWO MILES OF EACH OTHER.
NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
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THANKS FOR WATCHING NBC2 FIRST AT FOUR.
LET'S JUMP RIGHT INTO TODAY'S TOP STORIES.
RIGHT NOW - POLICE IN BOCA RATON ARE INVESTIGATION A SHOOTING ON THE FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY CAMPUS.
POLICE SHOT A HOMELESS MAN ON THE ROOF OF ONE OF THE F-A-U BUILDINGS.
2 CAMPUS OFFICERS TRIED TO GET HIM TO LEAVE - THAT'S WHEN HE REPORTEDLY PULLED A KNIFE AND OFFICERS FIRED.
HE WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL IN SERIOUS CONDITION.
26-YEAR OLD ANTONY HAMM OF CAPE CORAL MAN IS ACCUSED OF SHARING CHILD PORN ONLINE.
HAMM FACED A JUDGE TODAY - CHARGED WITH 22 COUNTS.
THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TELLS NBC2 HAMM SHARED VIDEOS AND PICTURES OF CHILDREN, AS YOUNG AS ONE - BEING RAPED.
HE'S HELD ON A 50 THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND.
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HUNKER DOWN AS A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TRACKS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST.
A HALF HOUR AGO - THE MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR - BANNED ALL ROAD TRAFFIC - AS THE WORST OF THE STORM BEARS DOWN.
BOSTON COULD GET RECORD-BREAKING SNOWFALL - WITH WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 75 MILES AN HOUR.
MORE THAN 4-THOUSAND FLIGHTS ARE CANCELED IN ADVANCE OF STORM
AIRLINES HOPE TO RESUME FLIGHTS TOMORROW.
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DEVELOPING IN LEE COUNTY--
THERE'S SOMETHING TO SMILE ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO WATER QUALITY IN THE CALOOSAHATCHEE.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE THE MIXTURE OF SALT AND FRESH WATER WAS PERFECTLY BALANCED--
AND THE RIVER IS CLOSE TO REACHING THAT PERFECTION RIGHT NOW.
NBC-2'S LAUREN DISPIRITO JOINS US LIVE AT THE SANIBEL CAUSEWAY.
LAUREN - THIS BALANCE IMPACTS ALMOST EVERY WATERWAY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.
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AN 80-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IS OUT MORE THAN 10-THOUSAND DOLLARS AND HER FORMER LIVE-IN CARE-GIVER IS BEHIND BARS.
POLICE SAY DELORIS SURGEON HIRED TERESA SHELTON TO HELP HER AROUND THE HOUSE AND RUN ERRANDS.
SHELTON IS ACCUSED OF WRITING HERSELF CHECKS FROM THE SURGEON'S BANK ACCOUNTS AND MAKING UNAUTHORIZED PURCHASES ON SURGEON'S CREDIT CARDS WHILE SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL.
POLICE BELIEVE SHELTON EVEN OPENED A NEW CREDIT CARD IN SURGEON'S NAME WITHOUT HER PERMISSION.
SHE FACES 12 FELONY CHARGES AND ONE MISDEMEANOR AND MORE CHARGES MAY BE COMING.
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THE SEARCH FOR THE EX-COP TURNED KILLER CONTINUES IN CALIFORNIA.
CHRISTOPHER DORNER'S BURNED OUT TRUCK WAS FOUND DUMPED ON A REMOTE ROAD --
BUT THERE'S NO SIGN OF HIM.
POLICE HAVE SEARCHED MORE THAN 400 HOMES IN THE AREA.
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We'll keep working on it until we are either able to locate the suspect or determine that he is no longer in the Big Bear Valley
"He's told us what he intends to do and so far he's done it."
DORNER IS A FORMER LOS ANGELES COP.
HE'S THREATENED TO HURT L-A POLICE OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES -- POLICE SAY, IN RETRIBUTION FOR BEING FIRED IN 2008.
DORNER ALSO ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT CNN,
SENDING A PARCEL TO ANDERSON COOPER.
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WINTER WOES IN THE NORTHEAST TODAY.
AND WE ARE FEELING THE EFFECTS IN THE FORM OF GROUNDED FLIGHTS AT RSW.
ABOUT 20 FLIGHTS TO THE NORTH ARE GROUNDED.
THAT NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO CLIMB THIS EVENING.
ALL BECAUSE OF RECORD SNOW SET TO HIT THE NORTHEAST.
BOSTON COULD BREAK ITS DECADE-OLD RECORD THIS WEEKEND.
THE REST OF THE NEW ENGLAND AREA EXPECTED TO SEE THREE FEET.
THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS WILL REMAIN GROUNDED UNTIL CONDITIONS GET BETTER.
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THIS ISN'T THE FIRST MAJOR SNOWSTORM TO HIT THE NORTHEAST --
HERE'S A LOOK BACK AT TWO STORMS THAT COME TO MIND.
FEBRUARY OF 1969 - NEW YORK.
AT LEAST 40 PEOPLE DIED IN THE ARTIC BLAST KNOWN AS 'MAYOR LINDSAY'.
NAMED FOR MAYOR JOHN LINDSAY'S POOR HANDLING OF SNOW REMOVAL.
THE STORM STRETCHED DOWN TO NORTH CAROLINA.
THEN CAME THE GREAT BLIZZARD OF JANUARY 1978.
17 PEOPLE DIED IN THIS STORM.
LEAVING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE STRANDED FOR THREE DAYS.
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SOMEONE HACKED INTO THE BUSH FAMILY'S EMAIL ACCOUNTS.
OFFICIALS LAUNCHED A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO HOW PRIVATE PHOTOS AND EMAILS WERE ACCESSED.
THE EMAILS WERE SENT BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE BUSH FAMILY, INCLUDING BOTH FORMER PRESIDENTS.
ACCORDING TO THE SMOKING GUN. THE HACKER SAYS HE HAS BEEN CRACKING INTO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
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A TEENAGE GIRL SHOT IN THE HEAD BY THE TALIBAN IS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL.
MALALA YOUSUFZAI WAS DISCHARGED FROM A HOSPITAL IN BRITAIN.
SHE WAS THERE FOR FOUR MONTHS,
RECEIVING SKULL RECONSTRUCTION, AND AN EAR IMPLANT.
TODAY SHE'S GETTING BETTER - IN HER OWN WORDS.
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"I am getting better day by day it is all just because of the prayers of the people."
MALALA WAS SHOT AND INJURED A FEW MONTHS AGO -- APPARENTLY BY TALIBAN MILITANTS -- FOR SAYING GIRLS HAVE A RIGHT TO AN EDUCATION.
SHE'LL CONTINUE HER REHABILITATION AT HER FAMILY'S TEMPORARY HOME IN ENGLAND.
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IN DECEMBER, TWO SISTERS VISITING FROM CANADA WERE ARRESTED IN MIAMI FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION.
THIS WEEK THEY WERE IN COURT TO FACE CHARGES TIED TO THEIR ARREST AND THEY SAY POLICE ABUSED THEM.
THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT RELEASED THIS VIDEO OF THE NIGHT THEY WERE ARRESTED TO SHOW THAT OFFICERS DID NOTHING WRONG.
ROSHE LOWE HAS THE STORY.
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IT'S NOT THE HOKEY POKEY, THE DUGGIE OR ANYTHING IN BETWEEN BUT IT IS CAUGHT ON CAMERA AND IT IS THEIR STORY.
"They were all laughing at us and cheering us on and telling us to dance and stuff. ALl of them."
"They said you guys are funnier than the Kardashians, I'd watch you instead."
THEY ARE MICHELLE AND ANGELINA MASTRANGELO, TOURISTS FROM CANADA. LATE DECEMBER THEY FOUND THEMSELVES IN A BIT ON TROUBLE ON SOUTH BEACH. ARRESTED FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION AND THAT'S WHEN ANGELINA COMPLAINS THEY WERE ROUGHED UP.
"I actually told the officer to take me to jail. I gave him my wrist and he pushed me back into a brick wall."
THIS MUCH WE DO KNOW WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT MIAMI BEACH HEADQUARTERS THEY TURNED THE HOLDING AREA INTO A DANCE FLOOR BUT THEY SAY BECAUSE THEY WERE EGGED ON BY TWO MALE OFFICERS.
"They were making fun of us saying we don't have a father figure."
"And we need a father figure in our life."
"We're Canadians so we're trashy, he called me me fat Miss Piggy."
"What we found out, and what we have video of, is a different story. We brought them here to our holding cell and the video kind of speaks for itself of their actions and their behavior."
MIAMI BEACH'S POLICE CHIEF RELEASING THIS VIDEO THURSDAY SPEAKING ABOUT THE INCIDENT BECAUSE HE SAYS HIS OFFICERS WERE IN THE RIGHT AND ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF BEING CLEARED.
HE CALLS THE CLAIMS.
"False. Completely false and fabricated allegations."
HE POINTS TO ONE OF THE SISTERS WHO URINATED ON HERSELF AND THEN RUBBED HERSELF ON SEVERAL SEATS.
SHE SAYS SHE WARNED THE OFFICERS OF THE POTENTIAL BAD BREAK, BUT THE TOP COP SAYS SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE BATHROOM THREE TIMES, AND LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, THE VIDEO PROVES IT.
"We actually had to call a decontamination contractor to decontaminate the room."
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A JUDGE FINED THE WOMEN 250 DOLLARS EACH AND ORDERED THEM TO SERVE 20 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE BACK HOME IN CANADA.
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HEALTHCAST OPEN
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ON THE MEDICAL FRONT FIRST AT FOUR,
ONE IN TWELVE STROKE SURVIVORS HAVE CONTEMPLATED SUICIDE.
A NEW REPORT SHOWS DEPRESSION WAS COMMON AMONG THOSE WHO HAD SUICIDAL THOUGHTS.
IT ALSO SHOWS CONTEMPLATION WAS MORE LIKELY AMONG YOUNGER WOMEN WITH A HIGHER BODY MASS INDEX - AND LOWER EDUCATION LEVEL.
THE REPORT DID *NOT SHOW HOW RECENTLY STROKES HAD OCCURRED-
OR ACCOUNT FOR THE PATIENTS' VARYING LEVELS OF DISABILITY.
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RESEARCHERS ARE HARD AT WORK DEVELOPING TESTS THAT CAN IDENTIFY TINY AMOUNTS OF TUMOR CELLS FLOATING IN THE BLOOD OF CANCER PATIENTS.
THEIR FINDINGS COULD LEAD TO BETTER TREATMENTS WITH FEWER SIDE EFFECTS.
AND MAYBE OPEN THE DOOR TO FINDING CANCER EARLIER THAN EVER BEFORE.
AMY OSHIER REPORTS IN TODAYS HEALTH MATTERS.
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IMAGINE FINDING A SINGLE CANCER CELL AMONG A HUGE SAMPLE OF HEALTHY CELLS. IT'S NEXT GENERATION CANCER TECHNOLOGY BEING USED IN THE REAL WORLD.
DR. LOWELL HART/ONCOLOGIST/HEMATOLOGIST
RUNS:
13:07 We now have a molecular test that can find one leukemia cell in like 100,000 normal cells. Very, very accurate. Which is fantastic way to follow patients.
SINCE LEUKEMIA IS A BLOOD CANCER, IT IS LOGICAL TO TEST FOR IT IN THE BLOOD. NOW DOCTORS ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO DETECT MINUTE BLOOD CELLS THAT HAVE BROKEN AWAY FROM A PRIMARY TUMOR AND ARE CIRCULATING IN THE BLOODSTREAM. THEY'RE CALLED CIRCULATING TUMOR CELLS OR CTCs
DR. LOWELL HART/ONCOLOGIST/HEMATOLOGIST
RUNS:
13:42 Tumors will sometimes shed cancer cells in the blood stream sometimes not.
PROSTATE CANCER PATIENTS MAY BENEFIT FROM TESTS THAT SCREEN FOR CIRCULATING TUMOR CELLS.
DR. LOWELL HART/ONCOLOGIST/HEMATOLOGIST
RUNS:
13:42 You put 7 1/2 CC's of blood through a flow cytometry machine and it's pretty accurate for picking out how things are doing. It's not good enough to diagnose the cancer for someone who walks off the street, but if a man has prostate cancer if that number of CTC's is going down you know they are responding to treatment. And if it's going up they're probably not responding.
AMY OSHIER/REPORTING
RUNS:
For decades, doctors have relied on biopsies and snapshots like CAT scans to track the progress of cancer. This new line of blood testing offers a less invasive way monitor disease and find out what's working.
DR. LOWELL HART/ONCOLOGIST/HEMATOLOGIST
RUNS:
14:35 These tests will let us get away from doing so many CAT scans and giving everybody this radiation exposure. There really is tremendous effort towards making them more specific and being able to tell what's going on inside.
CTCs ARE USED IN THREE COMMON CANCERS: PROSTATE, BREAST AND COLON.
DR. LOWELL HART/ONCOLOGIST/HEMATOLOGIST
RUNS:
17:52 Both prostate cancer in men and breast cancer in women tend to metastasize. So if they travel and metastasize, they very often go to the bone and therefore to the blood stream. Colon cancer a little less so.
IT MAY BE YEARS AWAY, BUT ONCOLOGISTS HOPE TO SOMEDAY DIAGNOSE CANCER, THROUGH A SIMPLE BLOOD TEST. FOR LEE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM I'M AMY OSHIER.
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STILL TO COME - FIRST AT FOUR.
A MOTHER'S LOVE.
WHY A KISS TO HER JAILED SON LANDED *HER IN JAIL.
PLUS -
"it's just lots of fun, she's so playful all the time."
THIS BALL OF FUR MAY BE MISSING A CERTAIN SOMETHING.
BUT SHE'S DOING ALL SHE CAN TO ASSIST OTHERS WHO NEED A HELPING PAW.
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PAUSE FOR AHEAD AT 5:00 CLIP
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FORECAST OPEN
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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.
"Clearing skies through the day"
The showers that moved in overnight and early this morning were associated with a weak cold front currently sweeping across the peninsula. Through the mid day hours, clouds will continue to linger across our skies with a nice clearing trend from north to south throughout the afternoon. Despite the passage of a weak cold front, afternoon highs will warm into the upper 70s to 80° 80s as we add in a bit more sunshine for the second half of the day.
Once the front clears Southwest Florida, a slightly cooler and drier airmass will begin to filter down the state. You'll notice the change early Saturday morning as lows will have bottomed out in the upper 50s here in town with lower to middle 50s across our inland and northern cool spots.
High pressure will be building in for the weekend and this will set the stage for a beautiful Saturday under mostly sunny skies. Even though temperatures will recover into the 80s, our afternoons will feel quite pleasant with comfortable humidity values. Our mainly dry weather pattern will stay firmly in place through the first half of the week with plenty of sunshine and highs in the lower to middle 80s.
By Wednesday, we'll be tracking another cold front moving across the "Sunshine State" with the potential for another round of rain and a cool down by the end of next week.
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THERE'S AN UP AND COMING THERAPY DOG THAT'S TURNING HEADS. AND STEALING HEARTS.
THE ELEVEN-WEEK-OLD GOLDEN RETRIEVER IS TRAINING TO HELP PEOPLE GOING THROUGH REHAB. AND SHE HAS A VERY SPECIAL TRAIT THAT'S MAKING HER A UNIQUE FIT FOR THE JOB.
MEGAN BRANTLEY HAS OUR STORY.
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THIS LITTLE BALL OF FUR SEEMS LIKE ANY OTHER PUP.
SHE CHEWS.
SHE CUDDLES.
AND SHE RUNS.
"it's just lots of fun, she's so playful all the time."
BUT THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT LILY.
SHE'S MISSING A PAW.
"I really wanted to get a pet that could work along side me that could help my patients. She did seem like the perfect choice."
IT WAS A COMPLICATION DURING HER BIRTH.AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST HEATHER MULLINS IS HOPING TO TURN IT INTO A POSITIVE FOR HER PATIENTS.
"We actually get many people like that who had amputations for multiple reasons and are learning to walk on prosthetics."
MULLIN IS TRAINING LILY TO BE A THERAPY DOG.
TECHNICIANS FITTED HER FOR HER VERY OWN PROSTHETIC PAW.
"it's challenging. My dad and I did one for a cow years ago and it worked pretty well."
"it's not common. Most people find it easier and less expensive to remove the limb."
BUT THEY BELIEVE THE NEW PAW WILL MAKE THIS PUP A SPECIAL ASSET TO THE GROUP.
"when you do something like this for an animal. Especially in this case. It if works out for her, she'll be a therapy dog to show people it's something you can get along with."
"because people can relate to her by seeing her disability and seeing how happy she is."
BUT ULTIMATELY IT IS FOR LILY TO DECIDE IF SHE WANTS TO WEAR IT.
"it's all up to lily. All up to lily whether she'll tolerate it. All up to lily whether she'll walk on it."
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MEGAN BRANTLEY REPORTING.
THEY'RE HOPING TO GET THE FINAL PROSTHETIC PAW FOR LILY NEXT WEEK AND WILL START HER OFFICIAL TRAINING TO BE A THERAPY DOG WHEN SHE TURNS 6 MONTHS OLD.
FOR NOW SHE CONTINUES TO GO TO WORK WITH MULLINS.
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A CERTAIN MUSICIAN IS TRYING TO BRING THE "SEXY BACK" TO BEER -- SORT OF.
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE IS REPORTEDLY NOW SELLING BEER!
ANHEUSER-BUSCH SAYS IT HIRED TIMBERLAKE TO BE THE CREATIVE DIRECTOR FOR ITS BUD LIGHT PLATINUM BRAND.
THE COMPANY SAYS HE WILL PROVIDE CREATIVE AND MUSICAL INSIGHT.
TIMBERLAKE IS SLATED TO APPEAR IN A BUD LIGHT PLATINUM COMMERCIAL ON SUNDAY DURING THE GRAMMY AWARDS.
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LOVE CAN BE COSTLY - ESPECIALLY FOR THE GUYS.
AMERICANS WILL SPEND AN ESTIMATED 18 POINT SIX BILLION DOLLARS THIS VALENTINES DAY.
THAT'S EVERYTHING FROM CANDY TO FLOWERS TO JEWELRY.
THERE ALSO SEEMS TO BE A GENDER DIVIDE WHEN IT COMES TO SPENDING MONEY.
ON AVERAGE, MEN WILL SPEND TWICE AS MUCH AS WOMEN.
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A HOLLYWOOD ACTOR BEST KNOWN FOR THE GREEN MILE AND BABE HAS BEEN ARRESTED.
74 YEAR OLD JAMES CROMWELL WAS ARRESTED AFTER A PROTEST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN.
POLICE SAY HE DISRUPTED A BOARD OF REGENTS MEETING WHERE HE PROTESTED ANIMAL TESTING.
HE AND AN ANIMAL-RIGHTS GROUP HELD UP SIGNS AND SHOUTED ABOUT TREATMENT OF CATS AT THE UNIVERSITY.
CROMWELL WAS ARRESTED AND CITED FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
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THIS STORY IS JUST SO BIZARRE --
I MIGHT HAVE TO TELL IT TWICE.
A NEW YORK MOTHER IS ACCUSED OF GIVING HER SON, WHO'S IN JAIL, DRUGS.
POLICE SAY SHE PASSED THE OXYCODONE PILLS THROUGH A FRENCH KISS.
I CANNOT MAKE THIS UP!
THE MOTHER WAS ARRESTED FOR PROMOTING PRISON CONTRABAND.
SHE'S FREE AFTER POSTING BAIL.
POLICE HAVE NOT SAID HOW THEY FIGURED OUT ABOUT THE DRUG-PASSING PLOT.
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HOCKEY CAN BE ROUGH - BUT WHO KNEW REPORTERS WHO COVER THE GAMES WOULD BE IN THE LINE OF FIRE.
WE DO WANT TO WARN YOU, THE VIDEO IS GRAPHIC.
LAST NIGHT, A PUCK FLEW INTO THE STANDS WHERE A SIDELINE REPORTER WAS STATIONED.
IT CAUGHT HIM RIGHT IN THE FACE.
BUT IT DIDN'T STOP HIM FROM DOING HIS JOB.
AS MEDICAL STAFF TOOK CARE OF HIM, HE KEPT TALKING.
HE WAS ABLE TO FINISH CALLING THE GAME.
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FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE'RE SEEING HOME MOVIES OF A LITTLE BOY HELD HOSTAGE.
6 YEAR OLD ETHAN WAS HELD UNDERGROUND FOR NEARLY A WEEK AFTER A MAN STOLE HIM FROM HIS SCHOOL BUS.
FIRST AT FOUR - EXCLUSIVE VIDEO FROM HIS BIRTHDAY AFTER HIS RESCUE.
BUT FIRST, OUR FOUR AT FOUR: THE TOP FOUR STORIES GETTING THE MOST ATTENTION ON OUR WEBSITE: NBC-DASH-TWO-DOT-COM.
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1. RSW flights cancelled ahead of NE winter storm
2. Cape man arrested on child porn charges
3. Red Sox, Twins equipment arrives in SWFL
4. Mug shot gallery - 2/07/13
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THE FAMILY OF THE LITTLE BOY HELD CAPTIVE IN AN ALABAMA BUNKER HAS RELEASED EXCLUSIVE VIDEO OF HIS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.
ETHAN'S FAMILY FEARED HE WOULD SPEND HIS 6TH BIRTHDAY AS A HOSTAGE.
THE LITTLE BOY WAS HELD AGAINST HIS WILL FOR NEARLY A WEEK BEFORE HE WAS RESCUED.
DAVID MUIR SPOKE TO ETHAN'S BROTHER IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW.
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This morning, the first HOME MOVIES of little Ethan-- AND IMAGES FROM his
6th birthday party - the party his family, his town, had been praying for-
Just days before he turned 6, Ethan snatched from the front seat of that
school bus -dragged to an underground bunker - by Jimmy Lee Dykes
nats monday presser: the child is physically unharmed and is being treated
at a local hospital, the subject is deceased
In his first interview, Ethan's brother describes the text messages - the
family would get from the hostage negotiators that would keep them going:
16.44.59 C: We did know when, at times, he was asleep - and that was
normally around 9 at night
DM: So they would at least be able to tell you he's gone to bed for the
night
C: Yes. We'd normally get a text that he had fallen asleep
/
16.45.31 DM: Was that at least some comfort?
C: That was actually a lot of comfort - where I could actually go lay my
head down./
Ethan's older brother - never left their mother's side:
DM: You were there when she got the call
C: We were all there when they told us. /
16.47.58 DM: What did they say?
C: They said we have him
The FBI Special Agent whose call it was - to send that team into the bunker
- revealed to us - the suspect left behind writings --- and that while in
that bunker with Ethan--
he'd become agitated. bragging of his plan:
RICHARDSON: / at the end of the day the call was mine and I thought the
child was gonna die.
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YOU CAN CATCH THE REST OF THE INTERVIEW TONIGHT ON 20-20.
THAT'S ON OUR SISTER STATION ABC-7
THAT WRAPS UP THE NEWS FIRST AT FOUR.
PETER BUSCH AND KELLIE BURNS JOIN US LIVE WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS AT FIVE.
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WE HAVE LIVE CREWS COVERING SEVERAL BREAKING STORIES IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AT 5 --
A SUSPECT SEARCH ON I-75 IN FORT MYERS. WE'VE BEEN ON THIS STORY FOR THE LAST HOUR --
AND ANOTHER SUSPICIOUS FIRE IN SAN CARLOS PARK -- WE'VE JUST LEARNED IT'S BEEN CONTAINED --
OUR REPORTER FINDING OUT IF IT'S CONNECTED TO 5 ARSONS FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT --
THE NEWS AT 5 IS NEXT.
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