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THE MONSTER NOREASTER BATTERING NEW ENGLAND ISN'T OVER YET.

PARTS OF 7 STATES FROM NEW JERSEY TO MAINE ARE STILL UNDER BLIZZARD WARNINGS THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

AND A MAN IS ARRESTED AFTER HE TAKES POLICE ON A SEARCH THAT IMPACTED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.

PLUS--THE HUNT IS ON.

HL1) NORTHEAST SNOW-VIDBOX

HL2) SUSPECT ARRESTED-VIDBOX

HL3) CA MAN HUNT-VIDBOX

WX HEADLINE-WX CENTER

GOOD MORNING-2 SHOT

GOOD MORNING.

I'M KELLY CRESWELL

AND I'M JOE ROETZ.

THANKS FOR WAKING UP WITH US THIS SATURDAY MORNING.

OPEN-CLIP

GOOD MORNING-2 SHOT

GOOD MORNING SOUTHWEST FLORIDA

THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE ON NBC-2 NEWS TODAY.

I'M KELLY CRESWELL.

AND I'M JOE ROETZ.

BLIZZARD BY THE NUMBERS-CG

WE ARE BREAKING DOWN THE BLIZZARD--

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, THREE FEET OF SNOW COULD DUMP ON TOWNS THROUGHOUT NEW ENGLAND.

IT'S PACKING HURRICANE FORCE WINDS, WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MILES PER HOUR.

AND POWER IS OUT TO 650-THOUSAND HOMES, WITH THAT NUMBER EXPECTED TO CLIMB.

NORTHEAST SNOW-2SHOT

WE ARE ALSO LEARNING UP TO A HUNDRES CARS ARE STRANDED ON THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY, AND THE NOREASTER ISN'T OVER YET.

PARTS OF SEVEN STATES FROM NEW JERSEY TO MAINE ARE STILL UNDER BLIZZARD WARNINGS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

MORE THAN 40 MILLION PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO STAY INSIDE AND OUT OF ITS WAY.

ANXIETIES ARE RUNNING HIGH OVER BLACKOUTS AND GAS SHORTAGES.

NORTHEAST SNOW-PKG

DRIVERS SLIPPING AND SLIDING ON TRECHEROUS ROADS.

SOT The weather beat us to the punch so yeah the regret is, uh, should've

borrowed a friend's truck.

ON NEW YORK'S LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY HUNDREDS OF CARS GOT STUCK, WITH DOZENS

OF DRIVERS SPENDING THE NIGHT ON THE ROAD.

EVEN EIGHTEEN WHEELS DIDN'T HELP.

SOT Man WABC 11:37

you're either, you're gonna go off the road or you're gonna get hit by a

plow

NEARLY THREE FEET OF SNOW FALLING IN SOME PLACES, AND IT'S COMING DOWN.

WINDS TRAVELING AT UP TO 83 MILES PER HOUR WHIPPING UP OCEAN WATERS AND

CAUSING FLOODING FROM MASSECHUESETTS TO MAINE.

SOT -- Gov. Dan Malloy/D-CT

". if you lose power and we're experiencing a lot of wind at that time, you

should plan on your power being out for some period oftime."

AND THIS MORNING OVER 600,000 PEOPLE ARE WAKING UP WITHOUT POWER.

SOT -- Gov. Deval Patrick/D-MA

"MAKE SURE YOU HAVE BASIC FOOD SUPPLIES AND MEDICATIONS AT HOME. AND PREPARE

FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING SHUT IN AND AT HOME FOR THE NEXT 24 OR 48

HOURS."

MANY RESIDENTS SAY THEY'RE AS PREPARED AS THEY CAN BE.

SOT

"We're buyin' space heaters right now. Yeah, for the house, cuz God forbid

the electricity goes out. Now we're gettin' some food."

ARMIES OF SNOW PLOWS AND SALT TRUCKS ARE CLEARING ROADS.

WITH THE SNOW SOMETIMES GETTING THE BETTER OF THEM.

SOT -- Woman/no id

NORTHEAST SNOW-TAG

THAT WAS LINZIE JANIS REPORTING.

IN NEW YORK CITY AND THROUGHOUT THIS STATE MOST OF THE EXPECTED SNOW

HAS ALREADY FALLEN.

BLIZZARD IMPACTS RSW-VOTOPS WIPE

NBC-2 WENT TO R-S-W TO SEE HOW THE STORM IS IMPACTING TRAVELERS TRYING TO GET TO THE NORTHEAST.

THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED NATIONWIDE, INCLUDING MORE THAN TWO DOZEN HERE.

BLIZZARD IMPACTS RSW-SOTVO

Cindy Homburt/Stranded traveler

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13:12:38 I'm like on my god what am I gonna do and the guy was like it'll be ok just go get another flight. there are no other flights to Pittsburgh. I'm stuck on the sunny beaches of fort myers 48

IT MAY BE TOUGH FOR STRANDED TRAVELERS TO FIND A ROOM AT LOCAL HOTELS.

THIS TIME OF YEAR, MANY ARE ALREADY FULL AND PRICES CAN RUN HIGH AT THOSE THAT AREN'T.

SOME HOTELS ARE EVEN TURNING AWAY AIRLINE PASSENGERS.

TODAY'S WEATHER-WX CENTER

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.

We've got a fantastic weekend of weather on the way across Southwest Florida featuring very pleasant temperatures, plentiful sunshine, and comfortable humidity.

We'll get our Saturday started with temperatures a little on the cool side with most locations in the mid to upper 50s around sunrise, but we'll warm up nicely through the day with daytime highs projected to reach the low 80s.

Sunshine will be our main weather player as only a few fair-weather clouds develop through the day. Rain won't really be a factor in our forecast through the weekend either as our rain chance remains below 10% through early next week.

The wind will stay fairly breezy through the weekend as it becomes more easterly today with gusts up to 15-10 mph; by Sunday the wind will become more southeasterly with gusts getting up to 20 mph.

Our overnight temperatures will stay fairly cool for the next couple of mornings. On Sunday morning we'll start with temperatures in the mid to upper 50s, and on Monday morning our lows will dip into the upper 50s and low 60s.

SECOND TEEN ARRESTED IN WENDYS ROBBERY-TRX-VO

NEW THIS MORNING.

A SECOND SUSPECT IS NOW CHARGED WITH THE ROBBERY OF A LOCAL RESTAURANT.

16 YEAR-OLD ANTHONY ROSS-SPAGONE WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY NIGHT.

WITNESSES SAY ROSS-SPAGONE AND KRISTIAN FOSTER ROBBED EMPLOYEES AT WENDYS AT THE CORNER OF PALM BEACH BOULEVARD AND BUCKINGHAM ROAD.

DEPUTIES SAY FOSTER ALSO TRIED CARJACKING SOMEONE IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE RESTAURANT.

MORNING CRASH-clip

MORNING CRASH-ON CAM

FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL IS INVESTIGATING A FATAL CRASH FROM EARLY THIS MORNING.

IT HAPPENED ON STATE ROAD 80 AND AL DON FARMING ROAD - THAT'S EAST OF LABELLE.

ACCORDING TO FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL'S WEBSITE - THE CRASH HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 4 THIS MORNING.

NO WORD ON HOW MANY CARS OR PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED.

F-H-P SAYS RIGHT NOW - STATE ROAD 80 IS CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.

AGAIN - F-H-P SAYS THIS IS A FATAL CRASH.

LEE COUNTY SUSPECT ARRESTED-VO-TRX

THIS MAN -- NATHAN TUCKER -- WILL GO BEFORE A JUDGE TODAY --

AFTER TRIGGERING A SCHOOL LOCKDOWN AND A MAJOR BACKUP ON I-75 -- RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR ON FRIDAY.

ROCK KATSCHNIG, RESIDENT: we looked up and the helicopter was circling right above our head

FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS THE MAN WAS WALKING ALONG I-75 WHEN A TROOPER STOPPED HIM AND FOUND A GUN ON HIM --

HE THEN TOOK OFF ON FOOT INTO A WOODED AREA.

THE SEARCH LASTED NEARLY THREE HOURS --

THIS IS VIDEO SHOWING PATROLS SEARCHING A WOODED AREA WHERE THEY THOUGHT THE SUSPECT COULD BE HIDING.

LEE COUNTY SUSPECT ARRESTED-SOTVO

:46-:49 PARENT: kind of unnerving when you pull up and don't see the kids outside 6secs PARENT: my immediate concern was somebody in the school but we were reassured that it was only in the area

ONLY OUR CAMERAS CAUGHT THE ARREST -- WHEN A TROOPER SPOTTED THE MAN TRYING TO JUMP A WALL INTO THE PLANTATION GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB, NEAR BAVARIA AND TREELINE.

OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHY HE RAN IN THE FIRST PLACE.

COLLIER CRASH-NAVIMAP

A NAPLES WOMAN IS RECOVERING IN THE HOSPITAL THIS MORNING AFTER A SERIOUS CRASH IN COLLIER COUNTY FRIDAY EVENING.

FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS THE CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 5:45 AT THE INTERSECITON OF US-41 AND FEDERICK STREET.

TROOPERS SAY 51 YEAR OLD ROBIN ORTMAN OF NAPLES FAILED TO YIELD AS SHE TURNED ONTO FREDERICK.

HER CAR STRUCK THE FRONT OF ANOTHER CAR.

ORTMAN SUFFERED SERIOUS FACIAL AND SHOULDER INJURIES AND WAS AIRLIFTED TO THE HOSPITAL.

FORMER DEPUTY ARRESTED-VO

A FORMER DEPUTY IS ARRESTED AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY SMASHED A WINDOW AT A CAPE CORAL JEWLERY STORE --

GRABBING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN JEWELRY.

CAPE CORAL POLICE ARRESTED KYLE BEINER.

WHO WE LEARNED WAS BOTH A CORRECTIONS AND ROAD DEPUTY FOR COLLIER COUNTY FROM 1999 TO 2005.

JUST BEFORE FOUR A-M THURSDAY POLICE RESPONDED TO AN ALARM AT GRECO JEWELERS IN CAPE CORAL.

REPORTS SAY BEINER USED A SLEDGEHAMMER TO SMASH THE FRONT WINDOW AND GRAB AN ESTIMATED 20 THOUSAND DOLLARS OF JEWELRY.

POLICE SAY THEY WATCHED BEINER RUN FROM THE STORE.

FORMER DEPUTY ARRESTED-SOTVO

14:19 they broke a plate of glass that will have tobe shipped in broke three high security jewelry showcases 14:30

POLICE RECOVERED THE JEWLERY.

CAPE TEEN GUN-VO

THIS MORNING A CAPE CORAL MOM IS RELIEVED HER TEENAGE SON IS LOCKED UP IN JUVENILE DETENTION.

38:51 I feel safe and I hate to say that. I can sleep at night, keep my bedroom door open.

14 YEAR OLD JYMEZ FORTE, A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT GOT ARRESTED EARLIER THIS WEEK FOR BRINGING A GUN AND TASER TO MARINER MIDDLE.

HIS MOTHER, HOPE, SAYS SHE FEARS FOR HER LIFE --

WITH THE NUMBER OF CRIMES HER SON IS COMMITTING ESCALATING.

JYMEZ WAS ARRESTED 5 TIMES IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

FORTE TELLS US JYMEZ WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER WHEN HE WAS 5

AND WON'T TAKE HIS MEDICATION.

CAPE TEEN GUN-SOTVO

my wish is to get him in some mental health facility. He needs to be in place where he can get the help he needs

DOCTORS TELL US GETTING MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT IN FLORIDA IS VERY DIFFICULT.

THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE IN NEED IS STAGGERING -

AND THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH PLACES TO GO TO GET HELP IN THE STATE.

SCP FIRES-VO

INVESTIGATORS ARE BACK ON SCENE TODAY OF A SUSPCIOUS FIRE THAT HAS SPARKED IN THE SAN CARLOS PARK AREA.

INVESTIGATORS ALREADY HAVE THEIR HANDS FULL. WITH 5 ARSON INVESTIGATIONS IN THAT AREA.

THE SIXTH SUSPICIOUS FIRE WAS CONTAINED FRIDAY EVENING IN A WOODED AREA SOUTH OF CONSTITUTION BOULEVARD.

FIGHTER FIGHTERS SPENT THE NIGHT CHECKING IN ON THE AREA MAKING SURE A FIRE DIDN'T SPARK BACK UP.

SCP FIRES-SOTVO

It is suspicious considering what's happened around this area the

last couple of days

FM BANK ROBBERY-TRX 2 SSTOPS VO

FORT MYERS POLICE RELEASED *THIS PICTURE-- FROM A BANK IN FORT MYERS.

POLICE SAY THIS GUY ROBBED THE WELLS FARGO YESTERDAY.

IT HAPPENED AROUND 5:30, AT THE BRANCH ON LEE BOULEVARD.

WITNESSES SAY THE MAN DEMANDED MONEY, JUMPED OVER THE COUNTER-- AND THEN RAN OUT.

HE THEN GOT ON A BIKE--

RODE TO HIS GETAWAY CAR. A MAZDA PICK UP.

JUMPED INTO THE PASSENGER SEAT --

LAST MONTH'S FM BANK ROBBERY-VOTOPS

POLICE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THAT ROBBERY IS CONNECTED TO ONE THAT HAPPENED AT THE SAME BANK BACK ON JANUARY 17TH.

THIS IS VIDEO FROM THAT SCENE.

WITNESSES SAY AROUND 4-30 A MAN JUMPED OVER THE COUNTER, TOOK SOME CASH AND THEN TOOK OFF.

CA MAN HUNT-PLASMA

ON THE WEST COAST NOW, WHERE A SEARCH RESUMES THIS MORNING IN BIG BEAR CALIFORNIA.

AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR FORMER L-A-P-D OFFICER CHRISTOPHER DORNER WHO IS WANTED IN A STRING OF DEADLY SHOOTINGS.

NOTHING WAS FOUND ON FRIDAY TO INDICATE THAT HE'S STILL IN THE AREA.

BUT ON THE OTHER HAND---HE COULD STILL BE AROUND.

CA MAN HUNT-PKG

LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES LEFT BEAR MOUNTAIN TONIGHT. PUTTING THE BRAKES ON THE SNOWY SEARCH FOR ACCUSED COP KILLER CHRISTOPHER DORNER.

THE CONDITIONS TOO DANGEROUS TO CONTINUE.

"If you go by my gut feel he's long gone."

WITH JUST A FEW VISITORS IN TOWN. THE VILLAGE STREETS WERE EERILY QUIET FOR A FRIDAY NIGHT IN FEBRUARY.

THE MANHUNT PROMPTING MANY TO STAY HOME.

"Our group was going to be larger and a few of the dad's made the choice not to come and i appreciate that."

AT JASPER'S SMOKEHOUSE AND STEAKS. NOTHING BUT EMPTY TABLES TONIGHT.

"We don't really know if it's because of the snow or this guy you know. It's kind of scary."

WITH DORNER'S WHEREABOUTS. STILL UNKNOWN. THE FOCUS REMAINS HERE. FOLLOWING THE DISCOVERY OF HIS BURNED OUT VEHICLE THURSDAY MORNING.

BRAVING TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S. AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. TODAY SWAT TEAMS USED ARMORED VEHICLES. AND SNOW CATS.

THEY FOLLOWED TRACKS THAT TURNED OUT TO BE THOSE OF CROSS COUNTRY SKIERS. AND EVEN A REPORT OF A DOOR KICKED IN AT A CABIN.

CA MAN HUNT-TAG

WHIT JOHNSON REPORTING.

HENDRY ELECTIONS-VO

VOTER INTIMIDATION OR A POORLY RECEIVED JOKE?

THE *FORMER HENDRY COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS HAS TO PAY UP FOR HER COMMENTS.

LUCRETIA STRICKLAND PLED NO CONTEST TO EXTORTION CHARGES FOR USUING AUTHORITY TO INFLUENCE OR INTERFERE WITH AN ELECTION.

THIS- AFTER A FLORIDA DEPARMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATION.

THE INCIDENT DATES BACK TO JUNE 2013 WHEN NOW SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS BRENDA HOOTS WAS RUNNING FOR OFFICE.

VOTER KATHY MONACELLI SAYS STRICKLAND ASKED HER TO CHANGE HER PARTY AFFILITATION FROM REPUBLICAN TO DEMOCRAT,

TO VOTE FOR HOOTS IN THE PRIMARY.

HENDRY ELECTIONS-SOTVO

I said I'll tell you what, if she loses by one vote ill break your leg, just like that and she said what did you say, and I laughed I thought it was funny."

STRICKLAND PLEADED NO CONTEST TO THE CHARGE.

A JUDGE ORDERED TO PAY A $250 FINE,

COLLIER CAR WASH-2 SHOT SOTVO

IN NORTH NAPLES --

A PLAN HAS MOVED FORWARD TO TURN A PARK INTO A CAR DEALERSHIP.

AND THAT'S NOT GREAT NEWS FOR SOME RESIDENTS.

Peg Black/North Naples/8:42 "For me it's air quality because I have asthma."

THE PLAN IS TO TURN KING RICHARD'S AMUSEMENT PARK OFF AIRPORT PULING ROAD,

INTO A HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP AND CAR WASH.

SOME RESIDENTS SAY IT WOULD BE A NICE CHANGE.

OTHERS HAVE A MAJOR CONCERNS.

COLLIER CAR WASH-2SOTVO

Peg Black/8:58 "It's not the smelling it, you can't see it, can't smell it, it's the particles in the air."

Joan Ortlepp/North Naples/15:38 "Before the people that wanted to buy it wanted to put a 5 story condo in, I'd much rather have a car dealership."

THE LAND HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE COUNTY.

COMMISSION HAS THE FINAL SAY MARCH 12.

THINGS TO DO TODAY-2 SH CGS

HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THIS WEEKEND.

THE ANNUAL EVERGLADES SEAFOOD FESTIVAL IS THIS WEEKEND IN EVERGLADES CITY.

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WILL SHOW UP TO FILL UP ON FOOD AND LISTEN TO LIVE MUSIC.

TODAY'S FUN STARTS AT 10:00AM ALL THE WAY THROUGH THIS EVENING.

JOIN ARTIST, MEGAN KISSINGER IN THE HISTORIC EDISON FORD GARDENS AND BE INSPIRED.

WORKSHOP INCLUDES CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, TIME TO ILLUSTRATE IN THE GARDENS AND ENCOURAGING CRITIQUES AT THE END OF CLASS.

IT'S TODAY FROM 9:30 AM UNTIL 3 AT THE EDISON FORD WINTER ESTATES.

FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF THINGS TO DO GO TO OUR WEBSITE, NBC-2.COM AND CLICK ON "THINGS TO DO" ON THE SIDE MENU.

EDISON MALL JOB FAIR-CGTOPS

AND EDISON MALL HAS A JOB FAIR TODAY--

FROM 11 AM - 2 PM.

IT WILL BE HELD IN THE THE DILLARD'S COURT.

TEASE ONE-2 SHOT

PUTTING PEOPLE BACK IN THE POWER SEAT.

COMING UP IN HEALTH MATTERS, A HIGH TECH SOLUTION FOR BLADDER CONTROL.

AND IT'S WHAT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IS KNOWN FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR---SPRING TRAINING.

TZ1) HEALTH BEAT-VOWP

TZ2) SPORTS-VO

FORECAST OPEN-CLIP

FORECAST-WXWALL

We've got a fantastic weekend of weather on the way across Southwest Florida featuring very pleasant temperatures, plentiful sunshine, and comfortable humidity.

We'll get our Saturday started with temperatures a little on the cool side with most locations in the mid to upper 50s around sunrise, but we'll warm up nicely through the day with daytime highs projected to reach the low 80s.

Sunshine will be our main weather player as only a few fair-weather clouds develop through the day. Rain won't really be a factor in our forecast through the weekend either as our rain chance remains below 10% through early next week.

The wind will stay fairly breezy through the weekend as it becomes more easterly today with gusts up to 15-10 mph; by Sunday the wind will become more southeasterly with gusts getting up to 20 mph.

Our overnight temperatures will stay fairly cool for the next couple of mornings. On Sunday morning we'll start with temperatures in the mid to upper 50s, and on Monday morning our lows will dip into the upper 50s and low 60s.

As we head into early next week, we'll stay warm and dry with lots of sunshine through Tuesday. Temperatures will stay quite warm as well with daytime highs climbing all the way into the mid 80s under a partly cloudy sky. Our forecast could get a little interesting in terms of rain prospects Wednesday as a cool front slides down the Florida peninsula and stalls out over South Florida. If this scenario pans out, the stalled front may bring a few days of rainy weather from Wednesday through Friday.

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

HEALTH BEAT PKG-BUBBA

IF YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A BATHROOM ANYTIME YOU ARE AWAY FROM HOME, YOU MAY BE AMONG THE 16 PERCENT OF ADULTS WITH AN OVERACTIVE BLADDER.

NOW THERE'S A HIGH TECH SOLUTION THAT IS HELPING PEOPLE REGAIN CONTROL.

HEALTH BEAT PKG-PKG

FOR YEARS, PEGGY PEPPER STRUGGLED TO CONTROL HER BLADDER.

PEGGY PEPPER/SUFFERS FROM OVERACTIVE BLADDER

RUNS:

1:26 I used to use the pads.1:16 medication for a year. And it didn't help.

WHEN THE VOIDING DYSFUNCTION IS NOT MECHANICAL, MEANING NOTHING'S WRONG WITH THE BODY- IT MAY BE A NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEM WHERE THE BRAIN AND BLADDER NERVES STOP COMMUNICATING. MANY PEOPLE DO WELL ON MEDICATIONS. BUT OTHERS, LIKE PEGGY DON'T. SO DOCTORS MAY OPT FOR A HIGH TECH BLADDER SOLUTION.

DR. MARK MINTZ/UROLOGIST

RUNS:

1:59 This subset that we're talking about, we test them, make sure they fit the qualification for the procedure and then we'll go ahead and implant the pacemaker. Which it basically I call a pacemaker for your bladder.

THE INTERSTIM DEVICE CAN FIT IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND. IT'S IMPLANTED BENEATH THE SKIN IN THE HIP AREA. WIRES send mild electrical pulses to THE SACRAL nerveS WHICH CONTROL THE BLADDER.

DR. MARK MINTZ/UROLOGIST

RUNS:

4:42 It's almost like telling the nerve to be quite because you keep tapping on it and eventually it gets a numb effect. It calms the nerve down.

AMY OSHIER/REPORTING

RUNS:

Patients control the amount of stimulation with a handheld programmer which talks to the neurotransmitter inside their body. Together they make up for the lack of conversation between brain and nerves, giving patients the choice: to pee or not to pee.

PEGGY PEPPER/SUFFERS FROM OVERACTIVE BLADDER

RUNS:

4:40 It feels like you're holding it in…but not forcefully. That it's just there and waiting, rather as before I'd have to run for it.

DR. MARK MINTZ/UROLOGIST

RUNS:

3:00 If you're leaking and you're having to wear Depends or having to go to the bathroom every hour to hour and a half or two hours, you don't really have a lifestyle. We basically give them back their social life.

SPORTS PKG-PKG

TEASE TWO-2 SHOT

A LOCAL FAMILY HIRED A CARETAKER TO LIVE WITH THEIR ELDERLY GRANDMOTHER.

NOW THAT CARETAKER IS IN JAIL--

ACCUSED OF A SCHEME TO STEAL THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS!

YOU CAN'T ALWAYS TRUST EVERYONE.

PLUS A MAN SPENDS HIS LIFE SAVINGS TO BUY HIS DREAM HOME ONLY TO BE EVICTED.

TZ2A) CAREGIVER ARREST-VO

TS2B) UNEXPECTED EVICTION-VOTOPS

CAREGIVER ARREST-2SHOT, SS

CAREFUL WHO YOU TRUST.

POLICE SAY A CAREGIVER USED CREDIT CARDS AND CHECKS FROM HER ELDERLY PATIENT.

NOW TERESA SHELTON IS IN JAIL FACING 13 CHARGES.

CAREGIVER ARREST-PKG

Nats - "glad you're home"

AFTER MONTHS IN THE HOSPITAL, 80-YEAR-OLD DELORIS SURGEON IS HAPPY TO BE BACK HOME.

"I could be better, but I feel good." Deloris Surgeon, Victim

WHILE SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL LATE LAST YEAR, HER FAMILY NOTICED SOMETHING STRANGE.

"we found the receipts and saw there were lots of charges on my grandmother's card." Dawn Croy, Victim's Granddaughter.

DAWN CROY - SURGEON'S GRANDDAUGHTER - WAS ALWAYS A LITTLE SUSPICIOUS OF HER GRANDMOTHER'S CARETAKER.

TERESA SHELTON KNEW THE FAMILY THROUGH CHURCH AND MOVED IN LAST OCTOBER TO HELP AROUND THE HOUSE.

"she had a lot of my granmother's credit cards and she was probably going on a shopping spree." Dawn Croy, Victim's Granddaughter.

CROY FOUND OUT SHELTON HAD WRITTEN HERSELF CHECKS FROM SURGEON'S BANK ACCOUNT AND WAS USING HER CREDIT CARDS RACKING UP MORE THAN 10-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CHARGES MOSTLY WHILE SURGEON WAS IN THE HOSPITAL.

"She took advantage of it and took advantage of my grandmother's trust. That's what's most upsetting." Dawn Croy, Victim's Granddaughter.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUND SHELTON ON SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE MAKING SEVERAL TRANSACTIONS WITH THE VICTIM'S CREDIT CARD.

"unfortunately, there are some people who prey on the elderly." Lt. Jim Kirdy, PGPD

LIEUTENANT JIM KIRDY SAYS HIS DEPARTMENT DOESN'T SEE THIS TYPE OF CRIME OFTEN.

ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ELDER AFFAIRS, 16 PERCENT OF ELDER ABUSE CASES IN FLORIDA LAST YEAR INVOLVED SIMILAR EXPLOITATION.

CROY ALSO THINKS SHELTON WAS STEALING HER GRANDMOTHER'S PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND REPLACING THEM WITH OVER THE COUNTER MEDICINE WHICH MAY HAVE LED TO SURGEON'S RECENT HEALTH ISSUES.

SHELTON IS IN JAIL FACING 13 CHARGES AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS MORE COULD BE COMING.

UNEXPECTED EVICTION-SOTVO

A COUPLE IN LEHIGH ACRES HAS A ROUGH ROAD AHEAD.

THEYV'E BEEN EVICTED FROM THERI DREAM HOME.

Ralph / 09:13:09 It's a good thing I ain't a fighting man. 09:13:10

RALPH AND LINDA DONLEY BOUGHT THEIR HOME FROM AN AUCTION COMPANY.

BUT THEY RECEIVED AN EVICTION NOTICE AFTER A SECOND

MORTGAGE CAME DUE ON THEIR HOME.

UNEXPECTED EVICTION-SOTVO OC

Linda Donley/Homeowner / 09:19:42 They say well you own the house free and clear. It is yours I said it can't be mine Fanny May bought it.We're getting evicted so how is it ours. 09:19:52

THE WHOLE ORDEAL LEAVES THE DONLEYS WITH JUST DAYS TO GET OUT.

THE BEST ADVICE TO AVOID THIS TYPE OF A SITUATION IS TO USE A WELL KNOWN REALTOR WHO KNOWS THE AREA AND THE PROPERTIES --

TEASE THREE-2 SHOT

THE NORTHEASTERN BLIZZARD TURNS DEADLY.

AS MASSIVE POWER OUTAGES GRIP MORE THAN 600 THOUSAND PEOPLE.

THE LATEST ON WHAT MAY BECOME A HISTORIC STORM.

PLUS

TZ3A (WINTER BLIZZARD)-VO

TZ3B) CAPE DOG DONATE-VOTOPS

HEADLINES-ANIBOXES

A WINTER WALLOP.

WE ARE TRACKING THE BLIZZARD PUMMELING THE NORTHEAST, DUMPING FEET OF SNOW AND STRANDING THOUSANDS IN THEIR CARS AND AT THE AIRPORTS.

IT WAS JUST MONTHS AGO AND STILL FRESH IN SO MANY PEOPLE'S MINDS WHEN SUPERSTORM SANDY RIPPED THROUGH THE NORTHEAST

WE SHOW YOU WHY NEW YORKERS HEEDED WEATHER WARNINGS THIS TIME AROUND.

AND REMEMBER THIS GIRL WHO FLIPPED OFF A MIAMI JUDGE?

HL1) WINTER BLIZZARD-VIDBOX

HL2) STORM POWER OUTAGES-VIDBOX

HL3) FINGER FLIPPER-VIDBOX

MAIN OPEN-CLIP

GOOD MORNING 2-2 SHOT

GOOD MORNING, THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE ON NBC-2 NEWS TODAY.

I'M KELLY CRESWELL

AND I'M JOE ROETZ

WE'LL GET A LOOK AT OUR TOP STORIES IN JUST A MINUTE.

BUT FIRST JASON DUNNING JOINS US WITH YOUR FIRST ALERT FORECAST.

FIRST WEATHER-WX CENTER

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.

We've got a fantastic weekend of weather on the way across Southwest Florida featuring very pleasant temperatures, plentiful sunshine, and comfortable humidity.

We'll get our Saturday started with temperatures a little on the cool side with most locations in the mid to upper 50s around sunrise, but we'll warm up nicely through the day with daytime highs projected to reach the low 80s.

Sunshine will be our main weather player as only a few fair-weather clouds develop through the day. Rain won't really be a factor in our forecast through the weekend either as our rain chance remains below 10% through early next week.

The wind will stay fairly breezy through the weekend as it becomes more easterly today with gusts up to 15-10 mph; by Sunday the wind will become more southeasterly with gusts getting up to 20 mph.

Our overnight temperatures will stay fairly cool for the next couple of mornings. On Sunday morning we'll start with temperatures in the mid to upper 50s, and on Monday morning our lows will dip into the upper 50s and low 60s.

WINTER BLIZZARD-VO

MORE THAN 600-THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE WAKING UP IN THE DARK THIS MORNING.

MANY WILL FIND THE STORM THAT WAS RAGING WHEN THEY WENT TO SLEEP, IS STILL POWERFUL.

AT ITS PEAK, THE BLIZZARD PACKED NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH WINDS AND PRODUCED HUGE SNOW TOTALS.

WINTER BLIZZARD-SOTVO

Well their crashing. You got to be patient and take your time.

TODAY IS EXPECTED TO BRING MUCH OF THE SAME IN THE AREAS SOCKED WITH SNOW.

CITRIS CANKER-VO

LEE COUNTY CITRUS GROWERS CELEBRATE A MAJOR WIN IN COURT -

AFTER THEY SAY THE STATE OF FLORIDA RUINED THEIR TREES.

A CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE RULED FLORIDA'S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE CAN BE HELD LIABLE FOR NOT FULLY COMPENSATING HOMEOWNERS AFTER IT CUT DOWN GROWERS TREES.

THIS IS ACCORDING TO OUR PARTNERS AT THE NAPLES DAILY NEWS.

THE STATE WAS TRYING TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF CANKER - A FRUIT DESTROYING DISEASE.

THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OFFERED HOMEOWNERS GIFT CARDS TO REPLACE THE TREES.

BUT HOMEOWNERS SAID THAT WASN'T ENOUGH.

PG BUSINESS CONTROVERSY-VO

A TATTOO STUDIO IN DOWNTOWN PUNTA GORDA CONTINUES TO KICK UP CONTROVERSY.

AN ART GALLERY SET TO MOVE INTO THE HERALD COURT CENTER ASKED TO GET OUT OF ITS LEASE WITH THE CITY.

IT CLAIMS BY ALLOWING OTHERSIDE INK TO MOVE IN--

THE CITY VIOLATED THE CONTRACT THAT GUARANTEES ONLY FAMILY FRIENDLY BUSINESS WOULD FILL THE CENTER.

PG BUSINESS CONTROVERSY-SOTVO

"I've never so much felt what it feels like to be a stereotype than I do right now."

IN NOVEMBER.SERENDIPITY SALON AND SPA CANCELLED ITS REQUEST TO MOVE INTO THE DOWNTOWN LOCATION AFTER LEARNING THE TATTOO STUDIO WOULD BE ITS NEIGHBOR.

CITY LEADERS PLAN TO MEET WITH CREATIVE CIRCLE TO REACH A SEPARATION AGREEMENT.

LEE SCHOOLS MENTAL HEALTH-VO

THIS CASE IS JUST PART OF A BIGGER ISSUE.

AS THE NATION DEBATE'S NEW GUN LAWS IN THE WAKE OF THE NEWTOWN SCHOOL SCHOOTING -- MENTAL HEALTH REFORM IS ALSO GETTING TOP BILLING.

ONE OF LEE COUNTY SCHOOL'S BOARD MEMBERS IS CALLING FOR MORE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO BE AVAILABLE IN SCHOOLS.

CURRENTLY, HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAVE COUNSELORS.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS SHARE THEM.

LEE SCHOOLS MENTAL HEALTH-SOTVO

With school safety, it's all about prevention and education. So I think those are some of the things we can look at to enhance our prevention activities. And it's a lot cheaper than intervention.

FISCHER SAYS THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS,

LEE MENTAL HEALTH ALONG WITH SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ADDICTION SERVICES.

SANIBEL CAUSEWAY-VO

NBC-2 CHECKED.

AND THE SALT AND FRESHWATER LEVELS ON SANIBEL ARE RIGHT WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.

AND HERE'S WHY IT MATTERS.

THE MIX CAN MEAN LIFE OR DEATH FOR SHELLFISH AND SEA GRASS

TOO MUCH SALT CAN MAKE HARMFUL ALGAE BLOOMS WORSE.

WITH MANY DEMANDS ON LIMITED WATER RESOURCES AROUND THE STATE,

SANIBEL CAUSEWAY-SOTVO

32:37 this is a major impact to our environment to our tourism trade, and to our property values 32:43

NEXT WEEK --

COUNTY LEADERS AND SCIENTISTS WILL BRING STATE WATER OFFICIALS HERE --

SOLOMAN ISLAND-VO

STRONG AFTERSHOCKS HAVE RATTLED THE SOLOMON ISLANDS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AND HAMPERED TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORTS.

NINE DEATHS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED SINCE AN EIGHT-POINT-OH EARTHQUAKE STARTED A TSUNAMI ON WEDNESDAY

THE FIRST PLANE REACHED THE ISLAND OF SANTA CRUZ AFTER AN AFTERSHOCK INITIALLY FORCED IT TO TURN BACK.

AFTERSHOCKS HAVE FORCED PEOPLE WHO FLED INLAND AFTER THE ORIGINAL EARTHQUAKE TO STAY AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE.

AROUND 100 HOMES ARE DESTROYED.

SOLOMAN ISLAND-SOTVO

S/ Fipuru Rove / Natural Disaster Management:12

"I also felt the 7.1 earthquake at 2 a.m. this morning. It's like we are all floating in the sea, something like that. So, it's really bad."

OBAMA TO HONOR NEWTOWN-VO

NEXT WEEK, PEOPLE FROM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT AND RECEIVE THE 2012 PRESIDENTIAL CITIZENS MEDAL.

IT'S THE SECOND HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOR.

PRESIDENT OBAMA IS ALSO PLANNING TO POSTHUMOUSLY AWARD MEDALS TO THE SIX EDUCATORS KILLED IN THE NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT SCHOOL SHOOTING MASSACRE.

THE PRESIDENT SAID THEIR SELFLESSNESS AND COURAGE SHOULD INSPIRE US ALL.

SUE PATERNO SPEAKS-VOTOPS-TRX

THE WIFE OF JOE PATERNO IS COMING TO HER HUSBAND'S DEFENSE IN A LETTER SENT TO FORMER PENN STATE FOOTBALL PLAYERS.

U-S-A TODAY POSTED THE LETTER ON ITS WEBSITE.

IN IT, SUE PATERNO PRAISES THE CHARACTER OF HER LATE HUSBAND AND LEGENDARY PENN STATE FOOTBALL COACH.

AIRLINE MERGER-OTS-VO

LOOKING AHEAD, THIS MORNING --

AIRLINE PASSENGERS IN THE UNITED STATES ARE RUNNING OUT OF CHOICES.

THERE WILL ONLY BE FOUR MAJOR CARRIERS -- ONCE THE U-S AIRWAYS AND AMERICAN AIRLINES MERGE IS FINALIZED, LATER THIS MONTH.

IN 2001, THERE WERE 10 MAJOR AIRLINE COMPANIES.

THE FINAL FOUR WILL BE -- UNITED CONTINENTAL, DELTA AIR LINES, SOUTHWEST AIRLINES AND THE COMBINED AMERICAN AND U-S AIRWAYS.

CAPE DOG DONATE-VO

THE CAPE CORAL POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A NEW OFFICER.

THANKS TO THE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS OF A LOCAL FAMILY.

THIS IS NATE.

THE GERMAN SHEPHERD IS NAMED AFTER OFFICER NATHAN BURNFIELD.

HE WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN 2008 IN PENNSYLVANIA.

THE 27 YEAR OLD HAD ASPIRATIONS OF BEING A K9 OFFICER ONE DAY BUT DIED BEFORE HE COULD REACH HIS GOAL.

SO HIS PARENTS RAISED MONEY FOR A K-9 DOG AND DONATED IT TO CAPE'S DEPARTMENT.

CAPE DOG DONATE-SOTVO

im very honored and pleased and my sons legacy is going to live on and this is my baby

ANIMAL CRUELTY-VO SS

A 77-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM NORTH FORT MYERS IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING HIS NEIGHBOR'S KITTEN.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE LAST PICTURE OF THE ANIMAL ALIVE.

IT WAS TAKEN RIGHT BEFORE VETS SAY HE DIED.

THE LITTLE TABBY WAS SHOT IN THE BACK WITH A PELLET GUN.

DENNIS SMITH --

A SELF-PROCLAIMED CAT WHISPERER -- TAKES CARE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD CATS.

HE FOUND THE KITTEN NAMED TAYLOR ON THE FRONT PORCH WITH A BULLET HOLE IN HIS BACK.

ANIMAL CRUELTY-SOTVO

33:40 "it's awful- it's disgusting that anybody could do that to a creature like that."

COVEY ADMITTED TO SHOOTING THE KITTEN TO DEPUTIES.

THEN HE BEGAN LAUGHING.

AIRFORCE COMPUTER ISSUE-INTRO

A REVOLUTIONARY NEW AIR FORCE LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY COMPUTER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WAS SUPPOSED TO SAVE MONEY.

INSTEAD, MANY YEARS AND A BILLION DOLLARS LATER, CRITICS SAY IT BECAME AMONG WORST CASES OF PENTAGON WASTE.

AIRFORCE COMPUTER ISSUE-PKG

It was supposed to be the Air Force's revolutionary new computer system.to track everything from planes.to spare parts.to bombs.to when a refueling tanker is in need of maintenance.

Called the Expeditionary Combat Support System, the idea was to SAVE BILLIONS of dollars by combining 240 existing computer systems--some from the 70s-- into a single system for buying and managing everything.

Instead, after 7 years, and $1 billion, the Air Force has pulled the plug, stating the program "has not yielded any significant military capability."

Sen. John McCain wrote the pentagon, calling it "one of the most egregious examples of mismanagement in recent memory."

010226McCain: A billion dollars has been basically totally wasted with nothing to show for it.

LM: Just flushed down the drain.

010233McCain: Flushed down the drain.

010727LM: A lot of Americans remember the infamous 600 dollar toilet seat. Is this even worse than that?

010744 I don't mean to make a joke but at least they got a toilet seat. Out of this, they got nothing. They got nothing.

So what went wrong?

**17:14:20 you had a company that wasn't up to the task of managing the project. You had a computer system that wasn't actually able to do the job, and you had an air force that was asleep at the switch.

A top executive for the lead contractor--Computer Sciences Corporation or CSC--told NBC NEWS that it provided the Air Force "with capabilities and assets.to deliver the system of the future" and that taxpayers got their money's worth.

An Air Force official sees it differently.

010330 I am personally appalled at the limited capabilities that program has produced relative to that amount of investment. we are losing this for another graph involving doc

AIRFORCE COMPUTER ISSUE-TAG

LISA MYERS REPORTING.

THINGS TO DO TODAY-2 SH CGS

HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THIS WEEKEND.

THE ANNUAL EVERGLADES SEAFOOD FESTIVAL IS THIS WEEKEND IN EVERGLADES CITY.

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WILL SHOW UP TO FILL UP ON FOOD AND LISTEN TO LIVE MUSIC.

TODAY'S FUN STARTS AT 10:00AM ALL THE WAY THROUGH THIS EVENING.

JOIN ARTIST, MEGAN KISSINGER IN THE HISTORIC EDISON FORD GARDENS AND BE INSPIRED.

WORKSHOP INCLUDES CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, TIME TO ILLUSTRATE IN THE GARDENS AND ENCOURAGING CRITIQUES AT THE END OF CLASS.

IT'S TODAY FROM 9:30 AM UNTIL 3 AT THE EDISON FORD WINTER ESTATES.

FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF THINGS TO DO GO TO OUR WEBSITE, NBC-2.COM AND CLICK ON "THINGS TO DO" ON THE SIDE MENU.

NAPLES TOWN HALL SERIES-SS

THIS MORNING --

THE NAPLES TOWN HALL SERIES IS BACK --

AND NBC-2 IS A SPONSOR FOR THE EVENT.

FORMER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE -- ROBERT GATES WILL BE SPEAKING AT THE EVENT -- TONIGHT, STARTING AT 6 P-M.

IT'S ALL HAPPENENG AT THE RITZ-CARLTON GOLF RESORT IN NAPLES.

OTHER NOTABLE SPEAKERS SCHEDULED ARE TIM TEBOW AND RICK SANTORUM.

FOR MORE INFORMATION -- AND TICKETS --

TEASE FOUR-2 SHOT

ITS LIGHTS OUT FOR MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.

A POWERFUL COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW TAKING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES.

WHAT'S NEXT FOR THOSE HIT THE HARDEST.

AND

A WOMANS GESTURE TO A JUDGE GOT HER IN BIG TROUBLE.

TZ4A) POWER OUTAGES-VO WIPE

TZ4) FINGER FLIPPER APOLOGIZES-VOTOPS

FORECAST OPEN-CLIP

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.

We've got a fantastic weekend of weather on the way across Southwest Florida featuring very pleasant temperatures, plentiful sunshine, and comfortable humidity.

We'll get our Saturday started with temperatures a little on the cool side with most locations in the mid to upper 50s around sunrise, but we'll warm up nicely through the day with daytime highs projected to reach the low 80s.

Sunshine will be our main weather player as only a few fair-weather clouds develop through the day. Rain won't really be a factor in our forecast through the weekend either as our rain chance remains below 10% through early next week.

The wind will stay fairly breezy through the weekend as it becomes more easterly today with gusts up to 15-10 mph; by Sunday the wind will become more southeasterly with gusts getting up to 20 mph.

Our overnight temperatures will stay fairly cool for the next couple of mornings. On Sunday morning we'll start with temperatures in the mid to upper 50s, and on Monday morning our lows will dip into the upper 50s and low 60s.

STORM POWER OUTAGES-2SHOT

IN NEW YORK CITY, SUPERSTORM SANDY CHANGED THE WAY PEOPLE HEED WEATHER WARNINGS.

MORE THAN 600-THOUSAND CUSTOMERS ARE IN THE DARK. INCLUDING 400-THOUSAND IN

MASSACHUSETTS.

STORM POWER OUTAGES-PKG

SCRIPT:

OVERNIGHT THE SNOW STORM INTENSIFIED, BLANKETING PARTS OF

LONG ISLAND UNDER MORE THAN A FOOT OF SNOW.

NATS Go push it go!

AS RESIDENTS WAKE UP THIS MORNING SOME ARE FINDING THEIR LIGHTS

WON'T GO ONAND THE LOCAL POWER COMPANY EXPECTS THE NUMBER OF

POWER OUTAGES TO PILE UP TO MORE THAN 100,000 CUSTOMORS.

NATS

SOME WHO WENT MORE THAN A WEEK IN THE DARK AFTER SUSPESTORM SANDY,

AREN'T SURE HOW LONG THE POWER WILL BE OUT THIS TIME.

SOT Couldn't get much worse, so we're hoping for the best.

OVER IN THE ROCKWAY SECTION OF NEW YORK CITY IT'S A SIMILAR FEELING OF

HERE WE GO AGAIN. THIS HOME WAS FLOODED DURING SANDY FORCING SHEILA

FORSMYTHE OUT FOR 6 WEEKS. BUT THIS TIME SHE'S STAYING PUT.

MOS SOT it's a little disheartening that we're getting just hit and hit and

hit.

LEARNING THE HARD WAY MANY DECIDED TO STOCK UP ON ICE AND GASOLINE

FOR THE GENERATOR.

MOS SOT I was prepared for 3 or 4 days. I wasn't prepared for a month

BACK OUT ON LONG ISLANG NATIONAL GRID WHO CONTROLS THE POWER LINES

HERE SAYS THIS TIME AROUND THEIR RESPONSE WILL BE FASTER, BECAUSE

THEY TOO HAVE LEARNED THEIR LESSON. MAKING SURE

THE CREWS WERE IN PLACE BEFORE THE SNOW STARTED FALLING.

Schriffen What part of this storm most concerns you?

Bruckner/LIPA President It's not only the snow, and potentially the wet

snow, but winds in excess of 60 mph.

THE POWERFUL COMBINATION TAKING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES ALL OVER THE

REGION

NOW IT'S UP TO CREWS, LIKE THIS TEAM CALED IN FORM ONTARIO, CANADA TO GO TO

WORK.

Crew when the poles are down on the ground and we have to replace the pole.

That's when this piece of equipment comes out. Dig a hole.put a new pole in

.

Schriffen And that processhow long does that take? Could be hours could be

minutes

SUPERBOWL OUTAGE-VO

WE NOW KNOW WHAT CAUSED THAT BLACKOUT DURING LAST WEEKENDS SUPERBOWL.

ENGINEERS TRACED IT BACK TO A FAULTY DEVICE ACTUALLY PUT IN--

TO STOP THE KIND OF SURGE THAT TURNED OFF THE LIGHTS.

THE DEVICE HAS SINCE BEEN REMOVED--

FINGER FLIPPER APOLOGIZES-VO WIPE

THE MIAMI WOMAN WHO MADE NATIONAL NEWS AFTER FLIPPING OFF A JUDGE IN COURT FOUND HER MANNERS.

IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE INCIDENT---LETS TAKE YOU BACK TO MONDAY WHEN 18 YEAR OLD PENELOPE SOTO WAS IN COURT ON A DRUG CHARGE.

THE CAMERAS CAUGHT HER GIVING THE JUDGE HER FINGER, AND A LOT OF ATTITUDE.

THE JUDGE SENT HER TO JAIL FOR 30 DAYS.

SHE ADMITTED TAKING TWO PILLS BEFORE MONDAY'S APPEARANCE.

FINGER FLIPPER APOLOGIZES-2 SOTVO

S/PENELOPE SOTO /Defendant:07

"My behavior was very irrational. I apologize not only to the court and to you but to my family."

S/PENELOPE SOTO/Defendant :04

"I normally don't act like that."

FL ADS IN NEW ENGLAND-ON CAM

FLORDA IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF NEW ENGLAND'S WEATHER MISERY.

THE SUNSHINE STATE IS LAINCHING A SERIES OF TELEVISION AND RADIO ADS--

PROMOTING OUR GLORIOUS WEATHER!

THE CAMPAIGN IS CALLED "IT MUST BE THE SUNSHINE".

PART OF GOVERNOR SCOTT'S PUSH TO MAKE FLORIDA TO NUMBER ONE TRAVEL DESTINATION IN AMERICA.

JESSE JACKSON JR PLEA-VO

JESSE JACKSON JUNIOR PLEADED GUILTY YESTERDAY--

TO CHARGES HE "MISUSED" CAMPAIGN FUNDS.

THE CHARGES INCLUDE CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT WIRE FRAUD--

MAIL FRAUD AND MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS.

PROSECUTORS ARE ASKING FOR 5-YEARS IN PRISON.

FLU SEASON OVER-VO

THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL SAYS THE WORST IS BEHIND US.

AND FLU SEASON IS JUST ABOUT OVER.

HOSPITALS ARE NOT NEARLY AS CROWDED--

AND MORE AND MORE STATES ARE DROPPING ALL WARNINGS FOR SHOTS.

VALENTINES SPENDING-VO

LOVE CAN BE HARD ON THE BANK ACCOUNT--

ESPECIALLY FOR MEN.

AMERICANS WILL SPEND NEARLY 19-BILLION DOLLARS ON VALENTINE'S CANDY, FLOWERS, JEWELRY AND GIFTS THIS YEAR.

THAT'S ABOUT 131-DOLLARS PER PERSON!

AND YES THERE IS A GENDER DIVIDE.

USPS LOSSES-VO

THIS MORNING MORE PROOF THE U-S POSTAL SERVICE IS IN *BIG* TROUBLE.

IT LOST MORE THAN ONE POINT 3 BILLION DOLLARS-

DURING THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF 2012.

THE SERVICE MAILED FEWER LETTERS--

BUT *MORE* PACKAGES.

IN 2006--

CONGRESS MANDATED THAT THE POSTAL SERVICE "PRE-FUND" HEALTH CARE BENEFITS FOR RETIREES.

SINCE THEN--

IT HAS STRUGGLED--

DEFAULTED ON LOANS TWICE--

GOLD COAST SALAD RECALL-OC-SS-OC

A NAPLES FOOD MANUFACTURER IS AT THE CENTER OF A RECALL AFFECTING THE ENTIRE EAST COAST.

"GOLD COAST SALADS" IS RECALLING IT'S "BLUE CRAB SPREAD" BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE CONTAMINATED WITH LISTERIA.

THE ONE POUND CONTAINERS AND EIGHT OUNCE CONTAINERS ARE A CONCERN.

THE PRODUCT WAS MADE LAST DECEMBER AND DISTRIBUTED TO STORES IN THE SOUTHEAST AND NORTHEAST.

TAXES & EDUCATION CREDITS-VO

IF YOU WANT TO CLAIM AN EDUCATION CREDIT ON YOUR TAXES, YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEEK.

THE I-R-S WILL START ACCEPTING RETURNS WITH FORM "8-6-6-3" THURSDAY.

WHEN THE FILING SEASON STARTED LAST MONTH, THE I-R-S WAS STILL UPDATING THE SYSTEM THAT PROCESSES THOSE FORMS.

GOLF CARTS INSURANCE-INTRO

THEY LOOKS LIKE CARS. THEY GO ALMOST 30 MILES PER HOUR. AND ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE SEAT BELTS AND MIRRORS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOUPED-UP GOLF CARTS.

AND RESIDENTS AT A FLORIDA RETIREMENT COMMUNITY AREN'T HAPPY THAT THEIR STREET-LEGAL TOYS NOW REQUIRE INSURANCE.

GOLF CARTS INSURANCE-PKG

THE VILLAGES. CONSIDERED ONE OF THE LARGEST RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES IN THE NATION.

ABOUT 100,000 PEOPLE. AND IT SEEMS LIKE MOST EVERYBODY OWNS

A GOLF CART OR TWO. THEY USE THEM TO SHOP. CRUISE AROUND. USE THEM MORE THAN THEIR CARS

"We love golf carts and like you said it's a way of life down here"

AND JUST AS GOLF CARTS COME IN ALL SORTS OF SHAPES AND SIZES. TO LOOK LIKE CADILLACS. T-BIRDS. HOT RODS AND CHEVYS. THEY IN ESSENCE. COME IN TWO SPEEDS. REGULAR AND FAST.

FAST WHICH WILL TAKE YOU UP TO 27 MILES PER HOUR. IT'S CALLED STREET LEGAL.

IT'S THE DRIVER'S TICKET TO FREEDOM. CAN BE USED TO CROSS BUSY HIGHWAY 441 TO

"We love it other wise we would have to take the car out and do it. This is electric it cost us nothing."

BUT WITH THE FREEDOM COMES A PRICE. FOR STARTERS. THE GOLF CART HAS TO BE SPECIALLY EQUIPPED

"And you can see they got speedometers turn signals wipers dot windshield. solid dot tires and this is a standard golf car but it was made street legal."

AND THE GOLF CART HAS BE INSURED. AS IF IT IS A CAR. WHICH CAN COST UP TO $1000 A YEAR. SOME DON'T LIKE IT.

"It's lighter it doesn't have the speed of an automobile yet the insurance companies are going to charge you like it's a regular automobile and of course they are doing it because they can."

AND OTHERS SAY IT ONLY MAKES SENSE.

TEASE FIVE-2 SHOT

THE WINTER STORMS CONTINUES.

A POWERFUL BLIZZARD IS BARRELING DOWN ON THE NORTHEAST THIS MORNING DUMPING RECORD AMOUNTS OF SNOW.

PLUS-THE SEARCH STILL CONTINUES FOR A CALIFORNIA POLICE OFFICER WANTED IN CONNECTION TO A STRING OF SHOOTINGS.

TZ2A) BLIZZARD-VO

TZ5B) CA MANHUNT-VOTOPS

HEADLINES-ANIBOXES

STATE TROOPERS CATCH A GUY IN FORT MYERS, WHO THEY SAY TRIGGERED A SEARCH THAT IMPACTED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.

PLUS: SIX BRUSH FIRES IN THREE DAYS, IN THE SAME AREA OF LEE COUNTY.

NEW DETAILS IN THE ARSON INVESTIGATION.

AND THE BLIZZARD IN THE NORTHEAST IS READLLY PICKING UP SPEED THIS MORNING.

HL1) LEE COUNTY SUSPECT ARRESTED-VIDBOX

HL2) SCP FIRES)-VIDBOX

HL3) BLIZZARD-VIDBOX

NEWS OPEN-CLIP

GOOD MORNING 3-2SHOT

GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME BACK TO THE FINAL HALF HOUR OF NBC-2 NEWS TODAY.

I'M JOE ROETZ.

AND I'M KELLY CRESWELL.

WE'LL HAVE YOUR TOP STORIES OF THE DAY IN JUST ONE MINUTE.

FIRST WEATHER-WX CENTER

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.

We've got a fantastic weekend of weather on the way across Southwest Florida featuring very pleasant temperatures, plentiful sunshine, and comfortable humidity.

We'll get our Saturday started with temperatures a little on the cool side with most locations in the mid to upper 50s around sunrise, but we'll warm up nicely through the day with daytime highs projected to reach the low 80s.

Sunshine will be our main weather player as only a few fair-weather clouds develop through the day. Rain won't really be a factor in our forecast through the weekend either as our rain chance remains below 10% through early next week.

The wind will stay fairly breezy through the weekend as it becomes more easterly today with gusts up to 15-10 mph; by Sunday the wind will become more southeasterly with gusts getting up to 20 mph.

Our overnight temperatures will stay fairly cool for the next couple of mornings. On Sunday morning we'll start with temperatures in the mid to upper 50s, and on Monday morning our lows will dip into the upper 50s and low 60s.

NORTHEAST BLIZZARD-VO

A WINTER STORM IS STILL WREAKING HAVOC ACROSS THE NORTHEAST.

MORE THAN 600,000 PEOPLE ARE WAKING UP IN THE DARK THIS MORNING.

MANY WILL FIND THE STORM THAT WAS RAGING WHEN THEY WENT TO SLEEP, IS STILL POWERFUL.

AT ITS PEAK, THE BLIZZARD PACKED NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH WINDS AND PRODUCED HUGE SNOW TOTALS.

NORTHEAST BLIZZARD-SOTVO

Well their crashing. You got to be patient and take your time.

TODAY IS EXPECTED TO BRING MUCH OF THE SAME IN THE AREAS SOCKED WITH SNOW.

BLIZZARD IMPACTS RSW-VOTOPS WIPE

NBC-2 WENT TO R-S-W TO SEE HOW THE STORM IS IMPACTING TRAVELERS TRYING TO GET TO THE NORTHEAST.

THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED NATIONWIDE, INCLUDING MORE THAN TWO DOZEN HERE.

BLIZZARD IMPACTS RSW-SOTVO

Cindy Homburt/Stranded traveler

Clip 2655

13:12:38 I'm like on my god what am I gonna do and the guy was like it'll be ok just go get another flight. there are no other flights to Pittsburgh. I'm stuck on the sunny beaches of fort myers 48

IT MAY BE TOUGH FOR STRANDED TRAVELERS TO FIND A ROOM AT LOCAL HOTELS.

THIS TIME OF YEAR, MANY ARE ALREADY FULL AND PRICES CAN RUN HIGH AT THOSE THAT AREN'T.

MORNING CRASH-clip

MORNING CRASH-ON CAM

FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL IS INVESTIGATING A FATAL CRASH FROM EARLY THIS MORNING.

IT HAPPENED ON STATE ROAD 80 AND AL DON FARMING ROAD - THAT'S EAST OF LABELLE.

ACCORDING TO FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL'S WEBSITE - THE CRASH HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 4 THIS MORNING.

NO WORD ON HOW MANY CARS OR PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED.

F-H-P SAYS RIGHT NOW - STATE ROAD 80 IS CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.

AGAIN - F-H-P SAYS THIS IS A FATAL CRASH.

SECOND TEEN ARRESTED IN WENDYS ROBBERY-TRX-VO

NEW RIGHT NOW --

THE SECOND TEEN NOW CHARGED IN CONNECTION TO A ROBBERY AT A FORT MYERS SHORES WENDY'S RESTURANT WILL SPEND 21 DAYS IN JUVENILE DETENTION.

16-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY ROSS SPAGONE WAS ARRESTED LAST NIGHT --

WITNESSES SAY ROSS WAS WITH --

THIS TEEN, Kristian Foster -- WHEN THE ROBBERY HAPPENED, THURSDAY NIGHT.

WE FOUND OUT THE TWO HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

THIS MORNING -- BOTH TEENS FACE SEVERAL CHARGES.

A JUDGE TOLD ROSS THIS MORNING HE CANNOT RETURN TO THE SCENE OF THE ROBBERY.

HIS MOTHER WAS SO CHOKED UP IN THE COURTROOM - SHE COULDN'T SPEAK.

LEE COUNTY SUSPECT ARRESTED-VO-TRX

THIS MAN -- NATHAN TUCKER -- WILL GO BEFORE A JUDGE TODAY --

AFTER TRIGGERING A SCHOOL LOCKDOWN AND A MAJOR BACKUP ON I-75 -- RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR, YESTERDAY.

ROCK KATSCHNIG, RESIDENT: we looked up and the helicopter was circling right above our head

OFFICIALS SAY THE MAN WAS WALKING ALONG I-75 AND WHEN A TROOPER FOUND A GUN ON HIM --

HE THEN TOOK OFF ON FOOT INTO A WOODED AREA.

THE SEARCH LASTED NEARLY THREE HOURS --

THIS IS VIDEO SHOWING UNITS SEARCHING A WOODED AREA WHERE THEY THOUGHT THE SUSPECT COULD BE HIDING.

LEE COUNTY SUSPECT ARRESTED-SOTVO

:46-:49 PARENT: kind of unnerving when you pull up and don't see the kids outside 6secs PARENT: my immediate concern was somebody in the school but we were reassured that it was only in the area

ONLY OUR CAMERAS CAUGHT THE ARREST -- WHEN A TROOPER SPOTTED THE MAN TRYING TO JUMP A WALL INTO THE PLANTATION GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB, NEAR BAVARIA AND TREELINE.

OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHY HE RAN IN THE FIRST PLACE.

COLLIER CRASH-NAVI

A NAPLES WOMAN IS RECOVERING IN THE HOSPITAL THIS MORNING AFTER A SERIOUS CRASH IN COLLIER COUNTY FRIDAY EVENING.

FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS THE CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 5:45 AT THE INTERSECITON OF US-41 AND FEDERICK STREET.

TROOPERS SAY 51 YEAR OLD ROBIN ORTMAN OF NAPLES FAILED TO YIELD AS SHE TURNED ONTO FREDERICK.

HER CAR STRUCK THE FRONT OF ANOTHER CAR.

ORTMAN SUFFERED SERIOUS FACIAL AND SHOULDER INJURIES AND WAS AIRLIFTED TO THE HOSPITAL.

CAREGIVER ARREST-2SHOT, SS

CAREFUL WHO YOU TRUST.

POLICE SAY A CAREGIVER USED CREDIT CARDS AND CHECKS FROM HER ELDERLY PATIENT.

NOW TERESA SHELTON IS IN JAIL, FACING 13 CHARGES.

CAREGIVER ARREST-PKG

Nats - "glad you're home"

AFTER MONTHS IN THE HOSPITAL, 80-YEAR-OLD DELORIS SURGEON IS HAPPY TO BE BACK HOME.

"I could be better, but I feel good." Deloris Surgeon, Victim

WHILE SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL LATE LAST YEAR, HER FAMILY NOTICED SOMETHING STRANGE.

"we found the receipts and saw there were lots of charges on my grandmother's card." Dawn Croy, Victim's Granddaughter.

DAWN CROY - SURGEON'S GRANDDAUGHTER - WAS ALWAYS A LITTLE SUSPICIOUS OF HER GRANDMOTHER'S CARETAKER.

TERESA SHELTON KNEW THE FAMILY THROUGH CHURCH AND MOVED IN LAST OCTOBER TO HELP AROUND THE HOUSE.

"she had a lot of my granmother's credit cards and she was probably going on a shopping spree." Dawn Croy, Victim's Granddaughter.

CROY FOUND OUT SHELTON HAD WRITTEN HERSELF CHECKS FROM SURGEON'S BANK ACCOUNT AND WAS USING HER CREDIT CARDS RACKING UP MORE THAN 10-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CHARGES MOSTLY WHILE SURGEON WAS IN THE HOSPITAL.

"She took advantage of it and took advantage of my grandmother's trust. That's what's most upsetting." Dawn Croy, Victim's Granddaughter.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUND SHELTON ON SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE MAKING SEVERAL TRANSACTIONS WITH THE VICTIM'S CREDIT CARD.

"unfortunately, there are some people who prey on the elderly." Lt. Jim Kirdy, PGPD

LIEUTENANT JIM KIRDY SAYS HIS DEPARTMENT DOESN'T SEE THIS TYPE OF CRIME OFTEN.

ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ELDER AFFAIRS, 16 PERCENT OF ELDER ABUSE CASES IN FLORIDA LAST YEAR INVOLVED SIMILAR EXPLOITATION.

CROY ALSO THINKS SHELTON WAS STEALING HER GRANDMOTHER'S PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND REPLACING THEM WITH OVER THE COUNTER MEDICINE WHICH MAY HAVE LED TO SURGEON'S RECENT HEALTH ISSUES.

SHELTON IS IN JAIL FACING 13 CHARGES AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS MORE COULD BE COMING.

SCP FIRES-VO

INVESTIGATORS HAVE THEIR HANDS FULL. WITH 5 ARSON INVESTIGATIONS.

AND NOW. ANOTHER SUSPICIOUS FIRE.

THE LATEST.SET IN A WOODED AREA IN SAN CARLOS PARK --

SOUTH OF CONSTITUTION BOULEVARD.

THE SIXTH SUSPICIOUS FIRE WAS CONTAINED FRIDAY EVENING.

FIGHTER FIGHTERS SPENT THE NIGHT CHECKING IN ON THE AREA MAKING SURE A FIRE DIDN'T SPARK BACK UP.

SCP FIRES-SOTVO

It is suspicious considering what's happened around this area the

last couple of days

LEE SCHOOLS MENTAL HEALTH-VO

THIS CASE IS JUST PART OF A BIGGER ISSUE.

AS THE NATION DEBATE'S NEW GUN LAWS IN THE WAKE OF THE NEWTOWN SCHOOL SCHOOTING -- MENTAL HEALTH REFORM IS ALSO GETTING TOP BILLING.

ONE OF LEE COUNTY SCHOOL'S BOARD MEMBERS IS CALLING FOR MORE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO BE AVAILABLE IN SCHOOLS.

CURRENTLY, HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAVE COUNSELORS.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS SHARE THEM.

LEE SCHOOLS MENTAL HEALTH-SOTVO

With school safety, it's all about prevention and education. So I think those are some of the things we can look at to enhance our prevention activities. And it's a lot cheaper than intervention.

FISCHER SAYS THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS,

LEE MENTAL HEALTH ALONG WITH SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ADDICTION SERVICES.

CA MAN HUNT-VO

BIG BEAR, CALIFORNIA IS STILL THE FOCUS OF THE SEARCH FOR CHRISTOPHER DORNER.

THE FORMER L-A-P-D OFFICER WANTED IN A STRING OF SHOOTINGS.

LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES LEFT BEAR MOUNTAIN. PUTTING THE BRAKES ON THE SNOWY SEARCH FOR ACCUSED COP KILLER CHRISTOPHER DORNER.

THE CONDITIONS TOO DANGEROUS TO CONTINUE.

WITH JUST A FEW VISITORS IN TOWN. THE VILLAGE STREETS WERE EERILY QUIET.

CA MAN HUNT-SOTVO

"They checked that out. It's old damage. No sign that anyone has been there in a very long time."

WITH DORNER'S WHEREABOUTS STILL UNKNOWN.

TEASE SIX-2 SHOT

THE DAYS OF GETTING YOUR FAST-FOOD SUPER SIZED MAY BE LONG GONE.

HEAR HOW SOME RESTURANT CHAINS ARE URGING CUSTOMERS TO TAKE SMALLER BITES.

PLUS-BEWARE OF THE FOOD YOUR EATING.

THERE'S SOME CONTROVERSY ABOUT SOME COUNTRIES USING HORSE MEAT.

TZ6A) MINI FAST FOOD-VOWP

TZ6B) HORSE MEAT PROBES-VOTOPS

MR. GREENTHUMB-PKG

FORECAST OPEN-CLIPTOPS

FORECAST-WX WALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

We've got a fantastic weekend of weather on the way across Southwest Florida featuring very pleasant temperatures, plentiful sunshine, and comfortable humidity.

We'll get our Saturday started with temperatures a little on the cool side with most locations in the mid to upper 50s around sunrise, but we'll warm up nicely through the day with daytime highs projected to reach the low 80s.

Sunshine will be our main weather player as only a few fair-weather clouds develop through the day. Rain won't really be a factor in our forecast through the weekend either as our rain chance remains below 10% through early next week.

The wind will stay fairly breezy through the weekend as it becomes more easterly today with gusts up to 15-10 mph; by Sunday the wind will become more southeasterly with gusts getting up to 20 mph.

Our overnight temperatures will stay fairly cool for the next couple of mornings. On Sunday morning we'll start with temperatures in the mid to upper 50s, and on Monday morning our lows will dip into the upper 50s and low 60s.

MINI FAST FOOD-VO

WITH AMERICANS STRIVING TO BE HEALTHIER AND MAKE BETTER FOOD CHOICES.THE ERA OF THE SUPERSIZED ITEM IS GETTING SOME COMPETITION.

SMALLER BITES ARE NOW EXPANDING THE CHOICES AT FAST FOOD CHAINS ACROSS AMERICA.

PIZZA HUT IS THE LATEST RESTAURANT TO OFFER DOWN-SIZED ITEMS ON THEIR MENU.

MINI PIZZAS, CALLED BIG PIZZA SLIDERS ARE HELPING DINERS EAT LESS WHILE INDULGING THEIR GUILTY PLEASURE.

THE SLIDERS WHICH WERE TESTED LAST YEAR RETAIL FOR 4-DOLLARS FOR AN ORDER OF THREE OR FOR A BIGGER APPETITE, YOU CAN BUY A BOX OF 9 FOR 10-DOLLARS.

MCDONALD'S IS ALSO ONE OF THE CHAINS OFFERING UP SMALLER FOOD PORTIONS WITH THE LAUNCH OF FISH MCBITES.

SMALL CAR SALES-VO

IF YOU'RE IN THE MARKET FOR A NEW CAR, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER THIS.

ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT FROM EXPERIAN AUTOMOTIVE, IF GAS WERE TO INCREASE BY A DOLLAR A GALLON, SMALL CAR SALES WOULD BEAT OUT HYBRIDS AND ELECTRIC CARS.

EXPERIAN BASED THEIR 5 YEAR RESULTS IN PART FROM A STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF RISING GAS PRICES ON VARIOUS TYPES OF VEHICLES.

CAR IN APPLIANCE STORE-VOTOPS

NBC-2 IS LEARNING WHY THIS CAR PLOWED INTO A KENTUCKY APPLIANCE STORE.

POLICE IN LOUISVILLE SAY THE WOMAN DRIVING ADMITTED SHE WAS HIGH ON MARIJUANA.

BATS AT MISS ST DORM-VO WIPE

BATS ARE FLYING AROUND A DORM AT MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY.

IT'S SO BAD, STUDENTS SAY THEY HAVE TO DUCK SOMETIMES TO DODGE THEM.

SOME STUDENTS HAVE MOVED OUT.

BATS AT MISS ST DORM-SOTVO

"I mean when you see one you are going to scream but its whatever."

THE SCHOOL SAYS THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH IT CAN DO, BECAUSE SOME BATS ARE COVERED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT.

OFFICIALS SAY THEY'VE INSTALLED DEVICES THAT ALLOW BATS TO EXIT THE BUILDING AND NOT RE-ENTER.

WORKERS HAVE FILLED HOLES AND CREVICES WITH EXPANDABLE FOAM TO KEEP THE BATS FROM GETTING INSIDE.

DIRT MEALS-VO

PEOPLE ARE "EATING DIRT" IN JAPAN, AND THEY'RE PAYING A LOT FOR IT.

A FRENCH RESTAURANT IN TOKYO IS SERVING THINGS LIKE "SOIL SOUP" AND "SWEET DIRT GRATIN."

A SIX-COURSE, SOIL-BASED MEAL COSTS ABOUT 100 BUCKS.

HORSE MEAT PROBE WIDENS-VO

IN THE U-K.

HORSE MEAT STRIKES AGAIN.

THIS TIME FROM A COMPANY THAT MAKES FROZEN LASAGNA.

FOR SAFETY MEASURES,

HORSE MEAT PROBE WIDENS-SOTVO

"We have a massive problems on our hands / We got to investigate that. We got to find out if there's criminality involved."

A LABOR PARTY LAWMAKER WANTS A GOVERNMENT REVIEW OF *ALL OF ITS MEAT.

WHILE HORSE MEAT IS NOT A HEALTH RISK,

IT DOES RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT THE FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN.

THINGS TO DO TODAY-2 SH CGS

HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THIS WEEKEND.

THE ANNUAL EVERGLADES SEAFOOD FESTIVAL IS THIS WEEKEND IN EVERGLADES CITY.

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WILL SHOW UP TO FILL UP ON FOOD AND LISTEN TO LIVE MUSIC.

TODAY'S FUN STARTS AT 10:00AM ALL THE WAY THROUGH THIS EVENING.

JOIN ARTIST, MEGAN KISSINGER IN THE HISTORIC EDISON FORD GARDENS AND BE INSPIRED.

WORKSHOP INCLUDES CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, TIME TO ILLUSTRATE IN THE GARDENS AND ENCOURAGING CRITIQUES AT THE END OF CLASS.

IT'S TODAY FROM 9:30 AM UNTIL 3 AT THE EDISON FORD WINTER ESTATES.

FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF THINGS TO DO GO TO OUR WEBSITE, NBC-2.COM AND CLICK ON "THINGS TO DO" ON THE SIDE MENU.

TEASE SEVEN-ON CAM

COMING UP - WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THIS MORNING'S TOP STORIES.

AND WE'LL HAVE YOUR FINAL LOOK OF WEATHER.

TRASH OR TREASURE-PKG

TS1) BLIZZARD-TRX-VOTOPS-WIPE

NOW LET'S TAKE ONE MORE LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

THERE'S A BLIZZARD THAT'S *PILING UP SEVERAL INCHES SNOW IN PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST, THIS MORNING.

BOSTON COULD GET AS MUCH AS THREE FEET OF SNOW BEFORE IT'S ALL OVER LATER TODAY.

THE MASSIVE STORM IS THE RESULT OF TWO CONVERGING SYSTEMS, COLLIDING OVER THE NORTHEAST.

TS2) CA MAN HUNT-VOTOPWP

RIGHT NOW -- AUTHORITES IN CALIFORNIA ARE PREPPING FOR ANOTHER DAY OF SEARCHING -- FOR ONE OF THEIR OWN.

A FORMER L-A-P-D OFFICER IS ON THE RUN -- AFTER DELARING WAR AGAINST THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT -- AFTER MURDERING THE DAUGHTER AND FIANCE OF THE ATTORNEY IN HIS DISMISSAL FROM THE L-A-P-D.

TS3) LEE CO SUSPECT ARRESTED-SSTOPS

THIS MAN -- NATHAN TUCKER -- WENT BEFORE A JUDGE THIS MORNING --

AFTER TRIGGERING A LOCKDOWN OF TREELINE ELEMENTARY --

AND A MAJOR BACKUP ON I-75 --YESTERDAY.

OFFICIALS SAY -- TUCKER WAS WALKING ALONG I-75 WHEN A TROOPER STOPPED HIM AND FOUND A GUN ON HIM --

HE THEN TOOK OFF ON FOOT INTO A WOODED AREA.

THE SEARCH LASTED NEARLY THREE HOURS --

HE'S CHARGED WITH RESISTING AN OFFICER AND CARRYING A CONCEALED WEAPON.

HIS BOND WAS SET AT 12-THOUSAND DOLLARS.

TS4) LEE BANK ROBBERY-SSTOPS-SS-VO

FORT MYERS POLICE RELEASED *THIS PICTURE -- FROM A LOCAL BANK'S SURVEILLENCE CAMERA.

POLICE SAY THIS GUY ROBBED THE --

-- WELLS FARGO, YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, ON LEE BOULEVARD.

WITNESSES SAY THE MAN DEMANDED MONEY, JUMPED OVER THE COUNTER-- AND THEN RAN OUT.

HE THEN GOT ON A BIKE--

RODE TO HIS GETAWAY CAR --

JUMPED INTO THE PASSENGER SEAT --

AND GOT AWAY.

TS5) WENDYS ARREST-SSTOPS-SS-SS

THE SECOND TEEN NOW CHARGED IN CONNECTION TO A ROBBERY AT A FORT MYERS SHORES WENDY'S RESTURANT WILL SPEND 21 DAYS IN JUVENILE DETENTION.

16-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY ROSS SPAGONE WAS ARRESTED LAST NIGHT --

WITNESSES SAY ROSS WAS WITH --

THIS TEEN, KRISTIAN FOSTER -- WHEN THE ROBBERY HAPPENED, THURSDAY.

THIS MORNING -- BOTH TEENS FACE SEVERAL CHARGES.

A JUDGE TOLD ROSS THIS MORNING HE CANNOT RETURN TO THE SCENE OF THE ROBBERY.

HIS MOTHER WAS SO CHOKED UP IN THE COURTROOM - SHE COULDN'T SPEAK.

TS6) FATAL CRASH-NAVITOPS

FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL IS INVESTIGATING A FATAL CRASH FROM EARLY THIS MORNING.

IT HAPPENED ON STATE ROAD 80 AND AL DON FARMING ROAD, JUST EAST OF LABELLE.

NO WORD ON HOW MANY CARS OR PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED.

F-H-P SAYS RIGHT NOW - STATE ROAD 80 IS CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.

FINAL WEATHER-3-SHOT

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

CLOSE-3-SHOT

CREDITS-REM LIVE