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MINDY MCCREADY -- A SOUTHWEST FLORIDA NATIVE TURNED COUNTRY STAR -- FOUND DEAD IN AN APPARENT SUICIDE.

WE'RE FOLLOWING THE LATEST IN A TRAGEDY THAT'S LEFT A FAMILY DEVASTATED, AND THE MUSIC WORLD IN SHOCK.

PLUS.

YOU SAW THIS AMAZING VIDEO RIGHT HERE ON NBC-2.

TWO HOMES, DESTROYED, ANOTHER DAMAGED IN A WEEKEND FIRE ON UPPER CAPTIVA.

THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES -- WE'LL UPDATE YOU WITH A LIVE REPORT.

AND, WE ARE TRACKING COLD TEMPERATURES AND FINDING OUT IF IT COULD AFFECT YOUR GROCERY BILL.

FLORIDA GROWERS, LOOKING FOR DAMAGE RIGHT NOW, AFTER A COLD NIGHT. AFTER A COLD SNAP.

HL1) MCCREADY LATEST-TRX VOTOPS

HL2) UPPER CAPTIVA FIRE-TRX VOTOPS

HL3) COLD CROPS-TRX VOTOPS

BREAKING-CLIP

LA LAKERS COACH DEAD-VOTOPS

BREAKING NEWS AT NOON.

JERRY BUSS, OWNER OF THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS HAS DIED.

HE WAS 79 YEARS OLD.

NO FURTHER DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE ABOUT HIS DEATH RIGHT NOW.

BUSS TOOK THE TEAM TO TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS.

FIRST WEATHER-AWS TEMPS TOPS

RIGHT NOW -- YOU CAN FEEL THE CHILLY AIR.

NOT AS COLD AS IT WAS THIS MORNING OR OVERNIGHT -- BUT YOU CAN DEFINITLY NOTICE.

METEOROLOGIST JIM REIF JOINS US RIGHT NOW, TRACKING TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

FIRST WEATHER-ANIBOX

COLD CROPS-TRX OC DBX

CONTINUING TEAM COVERAGE ON COLD TEMPERATURES.

FARMERS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA -- EVALUATING DAMAGE AFTER LAST NIGHT.

NBC-2'S CLIFTON FRENCH HAS BEEN TALKING TO FARMERS THROUGHOUT THE AREA AND JOINS US NOW LIVE AT BUCKINGHAM FARMS.

COLD CROPS-REM

LIVE:

VERY MINOR DAMAGE HERE, BUT EXPERTS ARE EXPECTING EVENTUALLY THAT THE FREEZE WILL HAVE A MILE TO MODERATE IMPACT.

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TJ Cannamela, Owner of Buckingham Farms "We've got a little bit of burn, see the leaves we have tip burn on some of these leaves."

AFTER A COLD NIGHT ON BUCKINGHAM FARMS. OWNER TJ CANNAMELA LOOKS OVER HIS VERTICAL FIELDS.

THE FRIGID WEATHER KEPT WORKERS HERE BUSY ALL NIGHT. COVERING CROPS, AND TRYING THEIR HARDEST TO MAKE SURE THESE PLANTS DIDN'T FREEZE.

SOT: TJ "It's something that you have to invest in, it's either that or lose."

STU: "As the sun came out daylight did reveal a little bit of damage here at Buckingham farms. You can see some of the damage here on this piece of lettuce."

SOT: TJ "So we did have some here, but very very minimal."

BUT NOT EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE AS LUCKY.

SOME FARMS IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY REPORTED DAMAGE TO THINGS LIKE TOMATOES.

SOT: Roy Beckford, Agricultural Agent for University of Florida in Lee County "There may be minimal to moderate damage."

ROY BECKFORD WORKS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AS THE AGRICULTURE AGENT IN LEE COUNTY.

HE SAYS OVERALL THE FREEZE WASN'T THAT BAD.

BUT IT WILL TAKE DAYS BEFORE THE DAMAGE CAN REALLY BE ASSESSED.

AND SOME FARMS WILL BE WORSE OFF THAN OTHERS.

SOT: "Mild to moderate is my prediction , but of course if you have one single farmer who lost 50 percent of what they're doing, it may be moderate but for that one guy, it's certainly devastating."

COLD CROPS-REM

LIVE:

FOR THINGS LIKE FRIUT. WHICH GREW EARLIER BECAUSE OF THE MILD WINTER THIS YEAR. IT WILL TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS TO REALLY TELL HOW MUCH DAMAGE THERE IS.

BUT HERE. HARD WORK BY COVERING THEIR CROPS REALLY PAID OFF.

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COUNTRY TRAGEDY.

NOW AT NOON --

A LOOK BACK ON THE LIFE OF MINDY MCCREADY.

THE TROUBLED COUNTRY MUSIC STAR AND LEE COUNTY NATIVE REPORTEDLY TOOK HER OWN LIFE YESTERDAY IN ARKANSAS.

NBC-2'S NICK CILETTI HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS FOR US.

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STACEY.

WE DID IN FACT HEAR FROM BILLY MCKNIGHT THIS MORNING ON TODAY.RIGHT HERE ON NBC-2.

ALTHOUGH HE EXPRESSED HIS CONDOLENCES.

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I feel for her mother, her family, and especially for my son. I can't say it shocks me

SHE ONCE SHOWED SO MUCH PROMISE.

NATS.

COUNTRY SINGER AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA NATIVE MINDY MCCREADY BURST ON THE MUSIC SCENE BACK IN THE 90S.

BUT HER SUCCESS WOULD BE SHORT-LIVED.

OVER THE LAST DECADE.DRUG ARRESTS.STINTS IN REHAB.A BITTER CUSTODY BATTLE WITH HER MOTHER WHO LIVES IN NORTH FORT MYERS.AND MOST RECENTLY.THE DEATH OF HER FIANCE.HAVE ALL PLAGUED HER.

I was hurting so bad, then they just did whatever they could to make it hurt even more

LATE SUNDAY.

WORD BROKE THAT MINDY ENDED HER OWN LIFE.

SHOOTING AND KILLING HERSELF ON THE SAME PORCH WHERE HER FIANCE.DAVID WILSON.WAS FOUND DEAD LAST MONTH.

THIS MORNING ON TODAY.WE HEARD FROM BILLY MCKNIGHT.

THE FATHER OF HER FIRST SON.WHO SPOKE OUT ABOUT HIS LITTLE BOY'S FUTURE.

he shouldn't have been taken from me to being with. He was taken out of FL. He has a happy home here. I can provide for him. It's been a really big mess. Enough is enough

ZANDER AND HIS YOUNGER BROTHER ZANE.JUST NINE MONTHS OLD.REMAIN IN FOSTER CARE THIS AFTERNOON.

BUT MCKNIGHT SAYS THEY NEED TO BE BACK HERE IN FLORIDA.

MCCREADY-PLASMA

CAPTIVA FIRE-TRX VOTOPS DBX

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS AMAZING VIDEO?

FIRE DESTROYED TWO MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR WATERFRONT HOMES ON UPPER CAPTIVA ISLAND.

THESE IMAGES WERE CAPTURED JUST BEFORE 9, SUNDAY MORNING.

THE WIND WAS A MAJOR FACTOR - FIGHTING THIS FIRE.

ALSO, YOU CAN ONLY GET THERE BY BOAT -- MEANING ADDITIONAL FIRE CREWS TOOK AS MUCH AS 40-MINUTES TO GET THERE.

NBC2 KELLY CRESWELL HAS SURVEYED THE DAMAGE.

CAPTIVA FIRE-LIVE U

CAPTIVA FIRE-VO

CAPTIVA FIRE-LIVE U

CAPE CORAL FIRE-TRX ONCAM

A VACANT CAPE CORAL HOME FULL OF STUFF - IS NOW A BURNT MESS - THE HOME A TOTAL LOSS AFTER AN EARLY MORNING FIRE.

FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED ON SOUTHEAST 19TH TERRACE AROUND FIVE THIRTY.

THIS MORNING.

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LIVE

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AN EARLY MORNING BLAZE LIT UP THE SKY IN THIS CAPE CORAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

"The first pop went off and then It was pop, pop, pop."

PHOTOS FROM NEIGHBORS CAPTURE THE BLAZE AND PLUME OF SMOKE.

NAT BREAK OF CAMERA VIDEO

SHELLY SPINELLA WATCHED FROM HER YARD JUST ACROSS THE STREET AS SHE CALLED 9-11.

"I kept saying the house is exploding. It was, you just wait for that big one to take the whole thing."

CAPE CORAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED WITHIN MINUTES OF HER CALL. A SCENE TOO DANGEROUS FOR FIRE CREWS TO FACE INSIDE.

STORM SHUTTERS BLOCKING ENTRY.FLAMES THROUGH THE ROOF. AND A SHRIVELED POWER LINE DANGLING THROUGH THE FLAMES.

"It was very scary."

IT TOOK FIRE CREWS MORE THAN AN HOUR TO BATTLE THE BLAZE.

ONCE INSIDE FACED WITH AN EVEN BIGGER DISASTER.

PILES AND PILES OF CLUTTER-- A MESS THEY COULDN'T CLEAN UP ALONE.

NAT BREAK OF TRACTOR COMING THROUGH REMOVING STUFF

"It is a horders house it is full of stuff. Full!"

STUFF THAT'S NOW PILES OF DEBRI-- AND NOW AN EYESORE FROM ACROSS THE STREET.

CAPE CORAL FIRE-REM

LIVE

FORT MYERS FIRE-TRXTOPS-VO

DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW NOW.

WE'RE WORKING TO GET NEW INFORMATION ABOUT A DUPLEX IN FORT MYERS.

THE BLAZE DISPLACED TWO FAMILIES EARLY THIS MORNING.

IT HAPPENED ALONG BEACON BOULEVARD.

THREE PEOPLE WERE HOME, BUT NO ONE WAS HURT.

THERE IS NO ELECTRICITY IN THE BUILDING AND DAMAGE IS PRETTY BAD.

CAPE PAVING PROJECT-OC-CG

HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, WE ARE MONITORING A NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN CAPE CORAL.

IT'S A 1.1 MILLION DOLLAR PAVING PROJECT THAT STARTS TODAY.

SIX MAIN ROADWAYS ARE SCHEDULED FOR RESURFACING.

HERE ARE THE ROADS BEING AFFECTED.

JACARANDA, KISMET, ROTUNDA, AND CORNWALLIS PARKWAYS

TEASE ONE-2 SHOT

FIREFIGHTERS ARE STILL ON SCENE OF A MASSIVE FIRE IN TAMPA.

NEXT AT NOON - WE'LL TAKE YOU TO THERE - AND SHOW YOU THESE IMAGES OF THE FIRE - CAPTURED OVERNIGHT.

NEW TODAY - THE LATEST ON HOW THE FIRE BEGAN.

AND ON THE HEELS OF RUSSIA'S METEORITE LAST WEEK -

WE HAVE OUR OWN BRUSH WITH SPACE - AS A METEOR STREAKS ACROSS THE SKY OVER WEST PALM.

HEAR HOW LOCALS REACTED.

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TZ1 B) FL METEOR-VOTOPS

WEATHER-STC

MARKET WATCH-PKG

FL INDUSTRIAL FIRE-TRX VOTOPS

CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO FROM OVERNIGHT.

A MASSIVE FIRE RIPS THROUGH A RECYCLING FACILITY IN TAMPA.

FIREFIGHTERS SAY A BIG PILE OF METAL. ABOUT 30 TO 40 FEET HIGH CAUGHT FIRE.

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE CREWS HAVE ARE STILL ON SCENE RIGHT NOW.

THEY'VE GOT THE BLAZE KNOCKED DOWN TO A SMOKEY MESS.

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CAUGHT ON CAMERA -- AND YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IT!.

THIS WAS WHAT PEOPLE SAW IN the SKY LAST NIGHT - IT APPEARS TO BE A METEOR, STREAKING ACROSS THE SKY OVER WEST PALM BEACH.

THE U-S COAST GUARD SAYS THEY WERE FLOODED WITH CALLS FROM PEOPLE ALL UP AND DOWN FLORIDA'S EAST COAST. FROM JACKSONVILLE TO KEY WEST.

METEORITE RESEARCH RUSSIA-VOTOPS

RUSSIAN RESEARCHERS SAY THEY HAVE FOUND PIECES OF THE METEORITE THAT EXPLODED OVER THE URAL MOUNTAINS FRIDAY.

A TOTAL OF 53 PIECES WERE FOUND NEAR A FROZEN LAKE.

MORE THAN A THOUSAND PEOPLE WERE INJURED LAST FRIDAY AFTER THAT METEOR STREAKED ACROSS THE SKY AND EXPLODED.

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-WXWALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

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

"A warm up is on the way"

After a cold and frosty start to the day, our warming trend begins this afternoon. By mid day, temperatures will climb into the 60s with a return to the lower 70s by later today. With a cool and dry airmass still in place across the peninsula humidity values will be quite comfy through the day.

Tonight, mostly clear skies will remain in the forecast, however overnight lows won't be quite as cold. In fact most of the urban corridor will settle into the lower 50s with 40s to our north and across our inland communities.

CARNIVAL CRUISE UPDATE-TRX VO

A DREAM VACATION - NOW JUST A BAD DREAM.

PASSENGERS OF THE CARNIVAL TRIUMPH ARE PUTTING MISERABLE MEMORIES OF THEIR TIME AT SEA BEHIND THEM.

NEW TODAY - SEVERAL AGENCIES ARE INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE FIRE, THAT DISABLED THE BOAT - AND THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE THAT FOLLOWED.

THE CRUISE LINER WAS OUT OF COMMISSION FOR NEARLY FIVE DAYS -- FLOATING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO - BEFORE BEING TOWED TO PORT.

TUCKER CRUISE PICTURES-VO

WE'RE GETTING A BETTER IDEA OF HOW CONDITIONS WERE ON THE CARNIVAL TRIUMPH.

DEE TUCKER WAS A PASSANGER ON THAT SHIP ALONG WITH HER SISTER.

SHE TOOK HUNDREDS OF PICTURES OF HOW LIFE WAS FOR FIVE DAYS AS THEY WERE STRANDED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WITHOUT POWER AFTER AN ENGINE FIRE.

PEOPLE LEFT THEIR CABINS TO ESCAPE THE SMELL AND DARKNESS.

THEY SETTING UP CAMPS ON THE DECK.

IT WAS KNOWN AS 'TENT CITY.'

OTHERS DRAGGED OUT THEIR MATTRESSES AND STAYED NEAR ELEVATORS.

TUCKER CRUISE PICTURES-SOT VO

It was so noisy there. All these people are always fighting for something. We were always in a line for something it was so noisy.

SHE DID SAY THERE WERE SOME POSITIVES THE TRIP.

SHE SPENT MORE TIME WITH HER SISTER AND ALSO SAID THE CREW ON BOARD DID A GOOD JOB TRYING TO MAKE THE PASSENGERS FEEL BETTER.

CARNIVAL IS REIMBURSING ALL THE PASSENGERS--

PISTORIUS CANCELS RACES FOR MURDER TRIAL-SS VO

WELL-KNOWN OLYMPIAN, OSCAR PISTORIUS IS HANGING UP HIS BLADES.

THE DOUBLE-AMPUTEE HAS CANCELED ALL RACES, TO CONCENTRATE ON DEFENDING HIMSELF AGAINST MURDER CHARGES.

HIS SITTING IN A SOUTH AFRICAN JAIL RIGHT NOW -

THE PARALYMPIC ATHLETE WAS CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF HIS MODEL GIRLFRIEND LAST WEEK.

LOCAL REPORTS SAY A BLOODY CRICKET BAT WAS FOUND IN PISTORIUS' HOME, WHERE REEVA STEENKAMP WAS KILLED LAST THURSDAY.

NBC2 HAS LEARNED PISTORIUS WILL REAPPEAR IN COURT TOMORROW - THE SAME DAY AS REEVA'S FUNERAL.

NY JEWELRY HEIST-VO

POLICE IN NEW YORK ARE INVESTIGATING A TWO-MILLION-DOLLAR JEWELRY HEIST.

THE SMASH AND GRAB HAPPENED AT THE FOUR SEASONS HOTEL ON SATURDAY.

POLICE SAY THE THIEVES USED A SLEDGEHAMMER TO SMASH OPEN THE JACOB AND COMPANY CASE NEXT TO THE HOTEL'S FRONT DESK.

EXPENSIVE WATCHES, NECKLACES, EARRINGS, CUFFLINKS, AND PENDANTS WERE STOLEN.

FACEBOOK TAXES-VO

A TAX WATCHDOG GROUP SAYS FACEBOOK WILL PAY NO STATE OR FEDERAL TAXES ON ITS PROFITS FOR 20-12 -- AND WILL EVEN GET A HALF-BILLION-DOLLAR REFUND.

THE GROUP, CITIZENS FOR TAX JUSTICE FOUND DETAILS IN ITS EARNINGS REPORT THAT SHOW FACEBOOK IS USING STOCK OPTIONS AND OTHER FORMS OF COMPENSATION FOR THE WRITE-OFF.

PYTHON WINNERS-VO

TWO FRIENDS FROM RIGHT HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ARE THE WINNERS OF THE 20-13 PYTHON CHALLENGE GENERAL COMPETITION.

THEY ARE BRIAN BARROWS FROM FORT MYERS.

AND PAUL SHANNON FROM LEHIGH ACRES.

THEY WON THE TOP TWO PRIZES FOR HARVESTING THE MOST AND LONGEST BURMESE PYTHONS.

THEIR TEAM CAUGHT SIX OF THEM.

ONE OF THOSE SNAKES - MORE THAN 14 FEET LONG.

PYTHON WINNERS-SOT VO

We're amateur hunters. We've never hunted pythons before. The challenge came about and we decided we'd give it a shot.

Between Brian and myself we've never looked for a snake. I mean you stumble across them while your outdoors walking around, rattlers, cottonmouths, that kind if thing. But to actually go out and be searching for a 6 to 10 foot python, that's pretty crazy.

TEASE TWO-2 SHOT

THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HITS TURBULENCE - AS IT PUSHES IMMIGRATION REFORM.

RIGHT NOW, A LEAKED DOCUMENT HAS SOME LAWMAKERS UP IN ARMS.

.SAYING HE'S OVERSTEPPING HIS BOUNDARIES, AND IGNORING THE ISSUE OF BORDER SECURITY.

PLUS -

THE MAKER OF THE ICONIC WAX-TOP BOTTLED WHISKEY - MAKES A MOVE - AFTER IT'S CUSTOMERS CLAMOR.

WE'LL EXPLAIN -

TZ2 A) immigration papers leaked-VO

TZ2 B) makers mark change of heart-VOTOPS

IMMIGRATION LEAK-TRX ONCAM

DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW IN WASHINGTON -- THE WHITE HOUSE IS TRYING TO GET OUT AHEAD OF YET ANOTHER LEAKED DOCUMENT.

THIS TIME, IT'S AN IMMIGRATION PLAN PENNED BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.

WE'RE LEARNING SOME LAWMAKERS ARE NOT PLEASED.

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SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER/ NEW YORK/ "CNN STATE OF THE UNION":00-:06

TAPE / REP. PAUL RYAN/ WISCONSIN/ "ABC THIS WEEK":24-:28

TAPE / SENATOR RAND PAUL/ KENTUCKY/ "FOX NEWS SUNDAY":29-:34

TAPE / DENIS McDONOUGH/ WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF/ "NBC MEET THE PRESS":41-:46

TAPE / SENATOR JOHN McCAIN/ ARIZONA/ "NBC MEET THE PRESS":50-:58

super burned in

New York:00-:06

"I'm happy with the President. He's given us the space, and I'm optimistic we can get something done."

BUT OTHER LAWMAKERS HERE ARE WARNING PRESIDENT OBAMA TO BACK OFF. AFTER SOMEONE LEAKED A WHITE HOUSE PROPOSAL THAT WOULD IMMEDIATELY PROTECT 11 MILLION ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

AND ALLOW THEM TO BECOME CITIZENS WITHIN EIGHT YEARS.

IT DOES NOT GUARANTEE WHAT REPUBLICANS WANT: BORDER SECURITY FIRST.

super burned in

Wisconsin:24-:28

"That tells us that he's looking for a partisan advantage and not a bipartisan solution."

super burned in

Kentucky:29-:34

"This is the President torpedoing his own plan and shows me that he's really not serious."

THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS IT'S PROPOSAL IS A BACKUP PLAN FOR THE GROUP OF EIGHT DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES ON A COMPROMISE:

super burned in

"If those do not work out, then we'll have an option that will be ready."

BUT REPUBLICANS INSIST THIS LEAK WAS NO ACCIDENT:

super burned in

Arizona:50-:58

"Does the President really want a result, or does he want another to beat up Republicans so that he can get political advantage in the next election?"

THE G-O-P SAYS THE WHITE HOUSE PROPOSAL WOULD BE DEAD ON ARRIVAL IF IT CAME UP FOR A VOTE TODAY.

MAKERS MARK CHANGES MIND-VO

THE BOURBON IS BACK!

FAMED BOURBON DISTILLER 'MAKERS MARK' IS LISTENING TO THEIR LOYAL PATRONS.

MANY PEOPLE WERE UPSET WHEN THE DISTILLER ANNOUNCED IT WAS GOING TO DILUTE IT'S WHISKEY.

IT WAS GOING TO LOWER THE ALCOHOL CONTENT FROM 45 TO 42 PERCENT -- ANTICIPATING SUPPLY SHORTAGES.

JFK JACKET AUCTION-VOTOPS

PIECES OF PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY GRABBED TOP-DOLLAR AT AN AUCTION IN MASSACHUSETTS.

ONE BIDDER SPENT 629-THOUSAND-DOLLARS ON THIS AIR FORCE ONE BOMBER JACKET.

IT WAS ONCE OWNED BY PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY.

TEASE THREE-2 SHOT

2 YOUNG BOYS ARE LEFT WITHOUT A MOTHER TODAY, AFTER A TROUBLE COUNTRY STAR, WITH SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TIES, ENDS HER LIFE.

Mindy

"When there would be some kind of crisis or some kind or some kind of

painful thing happen to me, you know, it was readily available to go and

drink too much."

MINDY MCCREADY - SPEAKING OPENLY ABOUT HER DEMONS IN 2010.

NEXT AT NOON - A LOOK BACK AT HER LIFE - AND REACTION TO THE NEWS OF HER DEATH.

NEW AT NOON - AN IDAHO MAN FACES FEDERAL CHARGES - ACCUSED OF SLAPPING A TODDLER DURING A FLIGHT.

THE FULL STORY - AND AN INTERVIEW WITH MOM - IN OUR NEXT HALF HOUR.

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DR. OZ LOOKLIVE TEASE-SOTTOPS

OPEN 12:30-CLIP

FIRST WEATHER-AWS TEMPS TOPS

WE BEGIN OUR SECOND HALF-HOUR OF NBC-2 NEWS AT NOON, KEEPING AN EYE ON COLD TEMPERATURES AROUND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

COLD AS IT WAS OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING, THINGS ARE ABOUT TO CHANGE.

FIRST WEATHER-ANIBOX

"A warm up is on the way"

After a cold and frosty start to the day, our warming trend begins this afternoon. By mid day, temperatures will climb into the 60s with a return to the lower 70s by later today. With a cool and dry airmass still in place across the peninsula humidity values will be quite comfy through the day.

Tonight, mostly clear skies will remain in the forecast, however overnight lows won't be quite as cold. In fact most of the urban corridor will settle into the lower 50s with 40s to our north and across our inland communities.

COLD CROPS-VO

LOCAL FARMERS ARE ASSESSING THE DAMAGE FROM LAST NIGHT'S COLD.

FREEZING TEMPERATURES THREATENED CROPS ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING.

EXPERTS ARE EXPECTING EVENTUALLY THAT THE FREEZE

WILL HAVE A A SLIGHT IMPACT.

COLD CROPS-SOT VO

SOT: "Mild to moderate is my prediction , but of course if you have one single farmer who lost 50 percent of what they're doing, it may be moderate but for that one guy, it's certainly devastating."

SOME FARMS IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY HAD DAMAGE TO TOMATOES AND OTHER CROPS.

"MANGO FARMS" ON PINE ISLAND ARE ALSO REPORTING SOME DAMAGE.

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BREAKING NEWS AT NOON.

WE HAVE LEARNED JERRY BUSS, OWNER OF THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS HAS DIED.

BUSS TOOK THE TEAM TO TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS.

HE MANAGED A LONG LIST OF SUPERSTAR TALENT OVER THE YEARS -- STARTING WITH HIS FIRST DRAFT PICK, MAGIC JOHNSON.

IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES - A SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED BUSS HAD BEEN HOSPITALIZED FOR CANCER, BUT THE IMMEDIATE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS KIDNEY FAILURE.

GMA MCCREADY-TRX VOTOPS OC

NBC2 IS ON TOP OF A DEVELOPING NEWS STORY - MAKING NATIONAL HEADLINES.

COUNTRY MUSIC STAR MINDY MCCREADY HAS DIED AS THE RESULT OF AN APPARENT SUICIDE.

SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO A CALL OF GUN SHOTS AT HER HOME NEAR LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS, SUNDAY.

THERE THEY FOUND THE BODY OF 37-YEAR-OLD, MOTHER OF TWO.

SHE APPEARED TO HAVE DIED FROM A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND.

THE DEATH COMES AFTER A DIFFICULT PERIOD IN MINDY'S LIFE -- IT INVOLVED DRUGS, A CUSTODY BATTLE, AND THE APPARENT SUICIDE OF HER BOYFRIEND LAST MONTH.

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Mindy

"Guys do it all the time."

YEARS AGO, LONG BEFORE HER PORTRAYAL OF A HUNGOVER PARTY GIRL WOULD SEEM

CRUELLY IRONIC.MINDY MCCREADY WAS A FRESH-FACED 20-YR-OLD FROM FLORIDA.

AS HER "GUYS DO IT ALL THE TIME" BECAME A #1 COUNTRY SINGLE IN 1996

Mindy

Sure, I had some beers with the guys last night/Guys do it/All the time

HER BRIGHT PROMISE STILL SHINED THROUGH THE '90S AS HER DEBUT CD TEN

THOUSAND ANGELS WENT DOUBLE PLATINUM.BUT THE RADIANCE OF THAT SMILE.WOULD

FADE. AS ALCOHOL AND DRUG DEPENDENCY SEIZED CONTROL OF HER LIFE

Steve Helling/People Magazine:

There were 4 suicide attempts, there were several arrests, there were at

least 3 trips to rehab./All put together her career was derailed because

her personal life was so chaotic.

SHE SPOKE ABOUT OPENLY ABOUT HER ADDICTIONS ON THE VIEW IN 2010

Mindy

"When there would be some kind of crisis or some kind or some kind of

painful thing happen to me, you know, it was readily available to go and

drink too much."

REALITY TV CHRONICLED HER STRUGGLE TO GET CLEAN WHEN SHE SAT DOWN with abc

news LATE IN 2011, MCCREADY WAS HOPING THAT SHE HAD TURNED A CORNER.

Mindy

"Everybody has to grow up. I understand why I've made the bad choices I've

made and how not to make them in the future."

YET ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON, MINDY MCCREADY WAS FOUND DEAD OF AN APPARENTLY

SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND. /

SHE LEAVES BEHIND 2 YOUNG SONS AND UNSULLIED MEMORIES OF A HOPEFUL YOUNG

SINGER WHO ONCE DREAMED OF HAVING IT ALL

"NATS"

FMB EBB TIDE-TRX ONCAM

NEW RIGHT NOW AT NOON.

LEE COUNTY LEADERS GIVE THE GREEN LIGHT--

ALLOWING LAND OWNERS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE BIG CHANGES TO A SMALL ISLAND NEAR FORT MYERS BEACH.

FMB EBB TIDE-PLASMA

THIS IS A RE-ZONING REQUEST THAT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR YEARS.

TODAY'S RULING LET'S OWNERS DEVELOP THE SOUTHERN CORNER OF SAN CARLOS ISLAND.

FMB EBB TIDE-NATS VOTOPS

PLANS INCLUDE BUILDING 5-CONDO AND HOTEL TOWERS, ADDING A CONVENTION CENTER, NEW SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS-- EXPANDING THE MARINA, ALL WHERE A MOBILE HOME PARK SITS NOW.

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take sots

super=Charlie Whitehead, Lives near proposed development

runs=5

19:49 before you on your nice table lies a big fat stinking steaming mistake

super= Matt Uhle, Attorney for land owners

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REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE LAND OWNERS SAY THEY DON'T

HAVE THE FINANCING YET-- TO START THE PROJECT.

IT COULD BE YEARS BEFORE THEY FIND SOMEONE INTERESTING IN BUILDING IT.

DON'T EXPECT TO SEE CHANGES THERE SOON.

CAPE HOUSE FIRE-TRX VO

A CAPE CORAL HOME IS A TOTAL LOSS AFTER A FIRE BROKE OUT EARLY THIS MORNING.

THIS WAS THE SCENE ON SOUTHEAST 19TH TERRACE AROUND FIVE THIRTY THIS MORNING.

THE BLAZE WASNT THE ONLY THING WORKING AGAINST THE CREWS.

HURRICANE SHUTTERS MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR FIREFIGHTERS TO GET IN.

FLAMES WERE SHOOTING THROUGH THE ROOF --

CAUSING A POWER LINE TO FALL INTO THE HOUSE.

CAPE HOUSE FIRE-SOT VO

Sherry Spinella Neighbor:14

"It was like popcorn. Literally, the first pop went off and it just was pop, pop, pop. Just like microwave popcorn going and that went for the first 15 minutes. The pops were flying flames out of the front of the house.'

NO ONE WAS HOME AT THE TIME.

NEIGHBORS SAY THE HOME HAS BEEN VACANT

GMA CRUISE SHIP LATEST-TRX VO OC

IT'S BEEN JUST 3 DAYS SINCE THE NIGHTMARE JOURNEY OF THE CARNIVAL TRIUMPH FINALLY ENDED.

PICTURES FROM CAPE CORAL PASSENGER DEE TUCKER, SHOW WHAT CONDITIONS WERE LIKE ON THE SHIP -- DWINDLING FOOD SUPPLIES, DARK HALLWAYS AND TENT CITIES BUILT ON THE TOP DECK.

THESE WERE THE CONDITIONS, MORE THAN 3-THOUSAND PASSENGERS HAD TO ENDURE WHEN THE SHIP BROKE DOWN IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.

CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES IS ALREADY FACING THE FIRST LAWSUITS.

SOME PASSENGERS ARE WASTING NO TIME HIRING LAWYERS.

GMA CRUISE SHIP LATEST-PKG

SCRIPT:

THE NEW LAWSUIT OUTLINES WHAT LISA WILLIAMS CALLS PHYSICAL INJURY FROM HER

8-DAY SAGA AT SEA.

SOT Lisa Williams / Suing Carnival

18:58:41

When your gut tells you you're not going to survive this eventthat shouldn't

be allowed to exist.

IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, THE HOUSTON RESIDENT TELLS ABC NEWS SHE BECAME

DEHYDRATED ON THE SHIP - AND HAS SPENT THE WEEKEND IN AND OUT OF URGENT CARE

CENTERS GETTING I-V DRIPS.

SOT Lisa Williams / Suing Carnival

18 52 51

Nobody offered me additional water, and I was not about to drink water

coming out of the ship!

WILLIAMS' 75-THOUSAND DOLLAR LAWSUIT IS THE FIRST TO FOCUS ALMOST ENTIRELY

ON BODILY INJURIES FROM THE SO-CALLED CRUISE FROM HELL.

SOT Spencer Aronfeld / Lisa's Attorney

She thought that this luxury cruise had turned into the titanic, it seemed

that nobody was in control and that the passengers were pretty much left in

the dark, literally, as they were being towed about.

WILLIAMS SAYS THE PICTURES TELL THE STORY -- MORE THAN 3,000 PASSENGERS

FORCED TO MOVE THEIR BEDS OUTSIDE. WAIT HOURS FOR SCARCE FOOD. AND DODGE

SEWAGE THEY SAY WAS ALL OVER THE BOAT. WILLIAMS SAYS THE CHAOS LEFT HER

BATTERED AND BRUISED.

SOT Lisa Williams / Suing Carnival

19:03:30

i expected to get some sun I didn't expect to come home in the situation I

was in and it's not fair.

SO WHAT DOES THE FINE PRINT SAY? CARNIVAL'S TICKET CONTRACT STATES THE

COMPANY CAN'T BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR EMOTIONAL DISTRESS AND MENTAL

SUFFERING. BUT PHYSICAL INJURIES ARE ANOTHER STORY.

SOT Dana Cole / Legal Analyst

These cases are going to be winnable. It'd be a pretty mean judge to toss

these out.

BUT CARNIVAL'S REPUTATION MAY ALREADY BEING A PRICE.

SOT- SNL

23:29:59

if you guys think you have it bad, how about 4000 passengers stranded on

nightmare cruise, no wait that's us.

S-N-L -- TAKING THE COMPANY TO TASK THIS WEEKEND.BUT WILLIAMS IS NOT

LAUGHING.

SOT Lisa Williams / Suing Carnival

19:04:44

My only concern is that this never happens again. so that they never have

PAKISTAN ATTACK-TRX VO

NEW AT NOON - VIOLENCE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AHEAD OF NEXT MONTH'S NATIONAL ELECTION IN PAKISTAN.

FOUR SECURITY GUARDS WERE KILLED TODAY - WHEN GUNMEN RAIDED A GOVERNMENT COMPOUND.

TWO EXPLOSIONS WERE HEARD, FOLLOWED BY GUNFIRE.

THE ATTACK HAPPENED WHILE TRIBAL OFFICIALS WERE MEETING WITH POLITICAL PARTY OFFICIALS.

INDONESIA LANDSLIDES-VOTOPS

HEAVY RAINS TRIGGERED DEADLY LANDSLIDES IN INDONESIA.

AT LEAST 14 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED.

FLOODWATERS AS HIGH AS SIX-FEET SWEPT THROUGH SOME AREAS.

THE DEATH TOLL IS EXPECTED TO RISE BECAUSE SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS ARE JUST MAKING THEIR WAY INTO MORE RURAL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.

HUGO RETURNS TO VENEZUELA-VOTOPS

NEW AT NOON - VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT,HUGO CHAVEZ HAS RETURNED HOME FROM CUBA - AFTER 2 MONTHS OF MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR CANCER.

OREGON HOSPITAL SHOOTING-TRX VO

DEVELOPING NEWS.

POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THEIR OWN ACTIONS AFTER A DEADLY SHOOTING OUTSIDE A HOSPITAL IN OREGON.

THIS HAPPENED LAST NIGHT IN PORTLAND AT THE ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER.

POLICE SAY THEY CONFRONTED A MAN WITH A GUN OUTSIDE, THEN FIRED ON HIM.

NO WORD IF THE SUSPECT RETURNED FIRE.

THAT MAN DIED AT THE SCENE.

TODDLER SLAPPED-TRX VO

NBC2 IS LEARNING NEW INFORMATION A SHOCKING STORY - LISTEN TO THIS - AN IDAHO MAN IS FACING FEDERAL CHARGES.

A WOMAN SAYS HE SLAPPED HER TODDLER SON - DURING A FLIGHT.

THE FBI SAYS *THIS* MAN, 60 YEAR OLD JOE HUNDLEY, ASSAULTED THE CHILD.

TODDLER SLAPPED-SOT VO

"the guy looked at me, shook his head and said "fing n.r".

THAT'S JESSICA BENNETT, THE BOY'S BOTHER.

THIS HAPPENED JUST OVER A WEEK AGO ON A DELTA FLIGHT FROM MINNEAPOLIS TO ATLANTA.

TODDLER SLAPPED-SOT VO

jessica bennett sot: and he put his mouth into my ear and he said it again

and i had to push his face away from me and i screamed and this caused a

commotion with the other passengers because they got worried and they all

stood up and they wanted to intervene and at that point is when he hit my

child.

JONAH SUFFERED CUTS AND BRUISES TO HIS FACE BUT IS OK.

THIS ISN'T THE FIRST RUN IN WITH THE LAW FOR HUNDLEY WHO IS BEING CHARGED

WITH ASSAULT.

LAST YEAR HE WAS ARRESTED FOR DUI, IN IDAHO.

TEASE FOUR-2 SHOT

NEW PROBLEMS TODAY FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA AND IMMIGRATION REFORM.

NEXT AT NOON - WHY THE WHITE HOUSE IS FORCED TO RESPOND TO A NEW PLAN AND WHAT REPUBLICANS, INCLUDING SENATOR MARCO RUBIO, ARE SAYING ABOUT IT.

AND DANICA PATRICK HAS ADDED ANOTHER 1ST TO HER RESUME.

A RECAP OF HER IMPRESSIVE DAY ON THE TRACK AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE UPCOMING DAYTONA 500.

TZ4 A) IMMIGRATION LEAKED DOCUMENT-VO

TZ4 B) DANICA PATRICK-VOTOPS

OBAMA IMMIGRATION-ONCAM

NOW TO THE LATEST ON THE BATTLE OVER IMMIGRATION REFORM.

ANOTHER LEAKED DOCUMENT IS CAUSING HEADACHES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION ON THEI PRESIDENT'S DAY.

OBAMA IMMIGRATION-PKG

MCDONOUGH: We want there to be an earned path to citizenship.

NEW WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF DENIS MCDONOUGH ON MEET THE PRESS -- AFTER "USA TODAY" REPORTED ON A LEAKED COPY OF THE PRESIDENT'S IMMIGRATION PROPOSAL.

THE "DRAFT" BILL WOULD:

--CREATE A NEW VISA ALLOWING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO BECOME LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENTS WITHIN EIGHT YEARS

--BOOST BORDER SECURITY FUNDING

--AND REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO CHECK IMMIGRATION STATUS OF NEW HIRES.

MCDONOUGH said THE PRESIDENT HAS NOT PROPOSED A BILL YET AND IS HOPING CONGRESS WILL ACT FIRST.

MCDONOUGH: we'll be prepared in the event that the bipartisan talks going on the Hill, which by the way we're very aggressively supporting, if those do not work out, then we'll have an option that will be ready to put out there.

BUT REPUBLICANS SLAMMED THE REPORT -- INCLUDING A KEY PLAYER IN THE BIPARTISAN TALKS, FLORIDA SENATOR MARCO RUBIO, SAYING: "IF ACTUALLY PROPOSED, THE PRESIDENT'S BILL WOULD BE DEAD ON ARRIVAL."

SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN ACCUSED THE WHITE HOUSE OF PLAYING POLITICS.

Leaks don't just happen in washington by accident.

DEMOCRATS ENGAGED IN DAMAGE CONTROL.

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-WXWALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

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

"A warm up is on the way"

After a cold and frosty start to the day, our warming trend begins this afternoon. By mid day, temperatures will climb into the 60s with a return to the lower 70s by later today. With a cool and dry airmass still in place across the peninsula humidity values will be quite comfy through the day.

Tonight, mostly clear skies will remain in the forecast, however overnight lows won't be quite as cold. In fact most of the urban corridor will settle into the lower 50s with 40s to our north and across our inland communities.

GMA DANICA TAKES POLE POSITION-TRX ONCAM

BIG NEWS IN THE SPORTS WORLD.

DANICA PATRICK HAS TAKEN THE POLE POSITION IN THE DAYTONA 500.

IT'S THE FIRST TIME A WOMAN HAS DONE IT.

THE BIG QUESTION NOW, CAN SHE CAPITALIZE ON THAT ADVANTAGE AND WIN THE RACE.

GMA DANICA TAKES POLE POSITION-PKG

SCRIPT:

TRACK 1: 8 SECONDS

WHAT YOU'RE WATCHING IS 196.434 MILES PER HOUR OF SPEED AND SASS AND.

HISTORY

Nats "danica runs the same line"

TRACK 2: 11 SECONDS

DANICA PATRICK CEMENTING HER PLACE NOT JUST IN THE POLE POSITION AT NEXT

WEEK'S DAYTONA 500 BUT IN THE HISTORY BOOKS OF A SPORT UNTIL NOW COMPLETELY

DOMINATED BY MEN.

NAT race

TRACK 3:9 SECONDS

PATRICK'S FIRST PLACE FINISH AT SUNDAY'S QUALIFIER NOW GIVES HER THE LEAD

POSITION AT NEXT WEEK'S 500THE HIGH-HOLY HOLIDAY OF HIGH SPEED RACING

SOT DANICA PATRICK

18;54;12;20 IF YOU ARE GOING TO START ANYWHERE ESPECIALLY AT A BIG

SUPER SPEEDWAY, YOU HOPE IT IS ON THE FRONT

TRACK 4: 10 SECONDS

PATRICK DIDN'T JUST WIN, THOUGH. SHE BESTED THE SPEEDWAY'S BEST THREE TIME

DAYTONA 500 WINNER JEFF GORDON.BY THE NARROWEST OF RAZOR-THIN MARGINSLESS

THAN ONE HALF OF ONE TENTH OF A SECOND.

TRACK 5: 4 SECONDS

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PATRICK'S FINISH NOT LOST ON THE MAN SHE BEAT

SOT JEFF GORDON

17;05;58;07 THATS ABOUT AS MUCH EXPOSURE THIS SPORT COULD GET.

TRACK 6: 11 SECONDS

IT'S THE SAME TYPE OF EXPOSURE PATRICK HAS BEEN BRINGING TO RACING SINCE

THIS 2008 INDYCAR VICTORY IN JAPAN A YEAR LATER. SHE MADE HISTORY AGAIN

PLACING 3RD IN THE INDY 500

TRACK 7: 10 SECONDS

BUT SINCE SWITCHING TO NASCAR IN 2011 SHE'S YET TO WIN A SINGLE RACE.

LEAVING SOME CRITICS TO COMPLAIN SHE'S SPENT HER TIME CAPTALIZING ON BEING

RACY -

NAT GO DADDY COMMERCIAL

TRACK 8: 3 SECONDS

INSTEAD OF SPENDING HER TIME FOCUSING ON RACING

SOT CHRISTINE BRENNAN

19;50;27;20 DANICA PATRICK HAS BEEN A LIGHTENING ROD / IF SHE WERE

TO WIN THIS, THAT WOULD SILENCE EVERY CRITIC. /

SOT DANICA PATRICK

18;51;03;12 I'M GOING TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO PREPARE FOR SUNDAYS

DAYTONA 500 SO THAT I CAN KEEP THE CAR AS UP FRONT AS POSSIBLE

TRACK 9: 5 SECONDS

BASED ON HER PERFORMANCE ON SUNDAY.IT LOOKS LIKE THAT MAY BE WHAT SHE WILL

DO.

SOT CHRISTINE BRENNAN

19;57;03;17 IF DANICA PATRICK WINS THE DAYTONA 500, SHE WILL

MOBILE MADWARE-VO

JUST LIKE THEY DO ON YOUR DESKTOP. ADS ARE POPPING UP YOUR SMARTPHONE. AND TABLET COMPUTER.

AND THEY ARE LIKELY HERE TO STAY.

SECURITY EXPERTS HAVE GIVEN IT A NAME -- "MAD-WARE."

MOBILE MADWARE-SOT VO

"During the course of 2012, we saw over a 200% increase in the number of apps that had madware characteristics in them"

SECURITY EXPERT CON MALLON SAYS MADWARE ISN'T ILLEGAL.JUST ANNOYING.

BEST BUY PREVENTS SHOWROOMING-trx VO

BEST BUY IS LAUNCHING A NEW PRICE-MATCHING GUARANTEE.

BEGINNING MACH 3RD, BEST BUY WILL MATCH PRICES AT ALL LOCAL RETAILERS AND NEARLY 20 MAJOR ONLINE COMPETITORS.

THE CHAIN WANTS TO END SO-CALLED "SHOWROOMING."

THAT'S WHEN A CUSTOMER GOES INTO THE STORE TO CHECK OUT THE PRODUCTS, THEN BUY IT ONLINE FOR A CHEAPER PRICE.

GAS SPENDING-VO

WE ARE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY FOR GAS!

LAST YEAR - FAMILIES SAW MORE OF THEIR BUDGET GO INTO PAYING FOR GAS THAN IN THE PAST 30 YEARS.

EXPERTS SAY 4 PERCENT OF OUR GROSS INCOME IS NOW SPENT ON FILLING UP.

GAS SPENDING-SOT VO CG

"the more people spend on gasoline the less they have to spend on other parts of the economy. so that could slow our economic growth."

TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR GAS PRICES RIGHT NOW.

THE NATIONAL AVERAGE TODAY FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR IS 3-73 -- THAT'S 15 CENTS HIGHER THAN LAST WEEK.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA SEES AN AVERAGE OF 3-79.

TAX DAY ID THEFT-VO

IDENTITY THEFT IS SERIOUS BUSINES IN TAX SEASON.

THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION SAYS YOU CAN PROTECT YOURSELF WITH A FEW SIMPLE PRECAUTIONS.

USE ONLY A "SECURE" INTERNET CONNECTION IF YOU'RE FILING ELECTRONICALLY.

AND IF YOU'RE FILING BY MAIL, GO TO THE POST OFFICE DIRECTLY.

YOU SHOULD FILE EARLY IF YOU CAN -- THAT WAY THIEVES WON'T BE ABLE TO FILE WITH YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NIMBER.

DO "NOT" RESPOND TO E-MAIL MESSAGES STATING THEY ARE FROM THE "I-R-S".

BEATLES COLLABORATOR DIES-VO

ONE OF THE EARLIEST COLLABORATORS OF THE BEATLES HAS DIED.

BRITISH SINGER AND GUITARIST TONY SHERIDAN DIED AGED 72 ON SATURDAY IN HAMBURG, GERMANY.

ZERO DARK 30-VO

CONTROVERSIAL FILM "ZERO-DARK-30" PULLS IN A TOP HONOR JUST ONE WEEK BEFORE THE ACADEMY AWARDS.

THE WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA AWARDED THE FILM FOR BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY.

THE MOVIE DRAMATIZES THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE DEATH OF OSAMA BIN LADEN.

PSU DANCE MARATHON-VO

PENN STATE UNIVERSITY'S DANCE MARATHON SHATTERED THE RECORDS THIS WEEKEND. RAISING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO BENEFIT KIDS WITH CANCER.

THE EVENT, CALLED 'THON', HAS RAISED MORE THAN 100-MILLION DOLLARS IN THE LAST 30 YEARS.

PSU DANCE MARATHON-SOT VO

"It puts everything into perspective, knowing how blessed we are. How much we have. How much we have to give back."

THE MONEY RAISED BY 'THON' GOES TO HELPING KIDS IN THEIR FIGHT -- FUNDING CANCER RESEARCH AND PAYING MEDICAL BILLS.

PRESIDENT'S DAY NYC-VOTOPS

HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF THE MANHATTAN SKYLINE EARLY THIS MORNING.

THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING SHINES RED, WHITE AND BLUE IN HONOR OF PRESIDENTS' DAY.

PRESIDENTS' DAY HONORS ALL AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, PRESIDENTS GEORGE WASHINGTON AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN. BOTH BORN IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.

COMING UP @ 4-CLIP

THE NBC-2 TEAM IS WORKING TO GATHER NEW DETAILS ABOUT OUR TOP STORIES.

A VACANT CAPE CORAL HOME IS A BURNED MESS - AFTER AN EARLY MORNING FIRE.

FIRST AT FOUR - HOW IT'S CONTENTS, WHAT WAS *INSIDE THE HOME, FUELED THE FLAMES.

PLUS - NO MORE SKINNY MODELS ISRAEL.

THE COUNTRY IS BANNING THEM!

FIRST AT FOUR - OTHER COUNTRIES THAT MAY DO THE SAME.

ALSO - BRAND NEW RESEARCH FOR PEOPLE WITH PEANUT ALLERGIES.

THE SURPRISING WAY - THEY COULD BE CURED SOMEDAY.

A) cape house fire-TRAFFIC VO

B) israel banning skinny models-VOTOPS

C) peanut allergy changes-VOTOPS

COLD CROPS-TRXVO TOPS

HERE'S ANOTHER LOOK AT THE TOPS STORIES WE'RE FOLLOWING--

COLD TEMPERATURES ARE A BIG CONCERN TODAY FOR FARMERS ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

THOSE WE SPOKE WITH SAY THEY'VE ALREADY SEEN SOME DAMAGE.

BUT IT WILL BE A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE THEY KNOW THE IMPACT THE WEATHER IS HAVING ON THEIR CROPS.

MCCREADY-VOTOPS

NBC2 GATHERING NEW INFORMATION TODAY ABOUT THE DEATH OF COUNTRY MUSIC STAR, MINDY MCCREADY.

DEPUTIES FOUND THE SINGER'S BODY AT HER LITTLE ROCK HOME - WITH A SELF INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND.

TODAY, HER EX - AND FATHER OF HER OLDER SON, BILLY MCNIGHT, SPOKE ABOUT HER DEATH - EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES.

BUT SAYS THE NEWS WAS NOT SHOCKING.

MINDY HAS 2 SONS, ZANDER AND BABY ZANE.

THEY ARE IN FOSTER CARE RIGHT NOW.

CAPTIVA FIRE-VOTOPS

CLEANUP IS UNDERWAY TODAY AFTER THIS MASSIVE FIRE TURNED TWO MULTI-MILLION DOLLARS HOMES TO ASH ON UPPER CAPTIVA ISLAND.

THE FIRE STARTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

RESIDENTS SAY THEY HEARD AN EXPLOSION AND RAN OUT TO SEE THE HOMES BURNING TO THE GROUND.

TWO PEOPLE WERE INSIDE ONE OF THE HOMES. THE MANAGED TO ESCAPE UNHARMED BUT LOST EVERYTHING INSIDE.

MARKET WATCH-SATLIVE

CLOSE-3-SHOT

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