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TOSS TO CHRISTINA-2SH-OBX

TAKING BACK THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ONE HOME AT A TIME.

IT'S OUR TOP STORY AT 5:30.

A GROUP WORKING TO HELP PEOPLE FIGHT DRUG ADDICTION--

IS BUYING UP PROPERTY IN A NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWN TO HAVE DRUG PROBLEMS.

THEY'RE TURNING THOSE HOMES INTO REHAB CLINICS.

TEEN CHALLENGE-REM1-LIVE

THESE STREETS OF PINE MANOR ARE NO STRANGERS TO GUNS, DRUGS OR DRUG HOUSES.

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12:10 theres crimes everywhere and from what i see it seems like everybody over there is having fun they getting off drugs12:14

DOWN STREETS PLAGUED WITH GUNS AND DRUGS--A GLIMMER OF HOPE.

5:04 we're taking back what was intended for dark and putting light there 5:09

A DRUG REHAB PROGRAM--REACHING OUT TO BREAK ADDICTION--IN THE MOST UNLIKELY PLACE.

16:02:28 our building has been shot before 2:30

55:32 i would say this is where we need to be because this is where the problems are 55:36

nats of home

HERE NEARLY 7 YEARS--IT'S PRESENCE IS CUTTING DOWN CRIME.

WINNING SUPPORT OF BOTH POLICE AND CITY MAYORS.

nats ribbon cutting

ITS SUCCESS IS ALLOWING IT TO EXPAND IT'S HOUSING.

IT BOUGHT A HANDFUL OF NEW HOMES FOR ITS MENS PROGRAM IN PINE MANOR.

IT CAN NOW HOUSE 85 INSTEAD OF 50.

IT'S MISSION TO EXPAND ITS REACH DOWN THESE STREETS--EVEN WITH ACTIVE DRUG HOUSES A FEW DOORS DOWN.

A SPOT--ADDICTS EVEN QUESTIONED ON ARRIVAL.

8:13 i kind of looked around and though there is no way this is the place --i pictured the big building and smiling secretary 8:25

AND YET ITS RIGHT HERE 86% OF ADDICTS CHANGE THEIR LIVES AND NEVER LOOK BACK.

TEEN CHALLENGE-REM1-LIVE

BENNETT HAS BEEN IN THE PROGRAM 7 MONTHS ITS A YEAR LONG.

THEN YOU CAN MOVE TO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.

THERE IS NOTHING FORCING THE MEN OR WOMAN TO STAY--THEY CAN LEAVE IF THEY WANT.

SOME DO--BUT TEEN CHALLENGE SAYS MOST STAY.

VEGAS SHOOTOUT CRASH-ONCAM

A BIZARRE STORY CONTINUES TO UNFOLD IN LAS VEGAS.

A HIGH SPEED SHOOTING FROM ONE SPEEDING TO ANOTHER ALONG THE VEGAS STRIP--

IN THE END--

THREE PEOPLE ARE DEAD--

SEVERAL MORE ARE INJURED--

AND COPS ARE STILL LOOKING FOR ONE OF THE CARS.

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CARNAGE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAS VEGAS STRIP -- FOLLOWING A DEADLY SHOOTING.

.THAT LED TO THIS FIERY CRASH IN FRONT OF SEVERAL FAMOUS CASINOS.

SUPER: Sgt. John Sheahan Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

"We had characterized earlier as possibly a rolling gun battle. we believe

that there was an assailant vehicle."

IT WAS AFTER FOUR O'CLOCK THIS MORNING. POLICE SAY PASSENGERS IN A BLACK

RANGE ROVER OPENED FIRE ON A MASERATI. HEADING UP LAS VEGAS BOULEVARD.

THE DRIVER OF THE MASERATI WAS KILLED -- A PASSENGER WOUNDED.

AND AMIDST THE GUNFIRE. THE SPORTS CAR CRASHED INTO SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES

.

SOT -- Sgt. John Sheahan Las Vegas Metropolitan Police

Department / 1:33 - 1:40 / "One of those vehicles which was a taxi cab.

. the taxi cab subsequently caught on fire and exploded."

THE TAXI DRIVER AND HIS PASSENGER -- TRAPPED INSIDE -- WERE ALSO KILLED.

SUPER: John Lamb, Witness

"And I could see one vehicletotally engulfed in flames."

WITNESSES WENT RUSHING TO THE SCENE TO HELP. THIS MAN DIDN'T WANT TO BE

IDENTIFIED.

SOT -- / 1:55 - 2:01 / "I ran over to help the dude in the

Maserati. pulled him out of the Maserati, and tried to give him some CPR.

."

SOT -- / 2:03 - 2:04 / "I don't think he made it."

POLICE SAY A TOTAL OF SIX CARS WERE INVOLVED. AND SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE

INJURED AS THEY CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR THE SUSPECTS IN THE RANGE ROVER.

SOT -- Sgt. John Sheahan Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department /:38 -:

VEGAS SHOOTOUT CRASH-ONCAM

THAT WAS ALEX STONE.

DETECTIVES ARE ALSO NOW COMBING THROUGH SURVEILLANCE VIDOE CAPTURED ALONG

THE STRIP--

IMMIGRATION REFORM-VO

THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS WORKED OUT A DEADL TO BRING LESSER SKILLED WORKERS TO THE U-S.

THE DEAL ALLOWS BUSINESSES--

TO MORE EASILY HIRE FOREIGN WORKERS--

WHEN AMERICANS AREN'T AVAILABLE TO FILL JOBS.

THIS WILL REQUIRE A NEW KIND OF WORKER VISA PROGRAM--

SEQUESTER TALKS-VO-WIPE

8-DAYS UNTIL THOSE MASSSIVE *AUTOMATIC* FEDERAL BUDGET CUTS ARE SCHEDULED TO TAKE EFFECT.

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FEDERAL WORKERS WILL EITHER SEE THEIR HOURS CUT--

OR LOSE THEIR JOB ENTIRELY.

THE "SEQUESTER" AS ITS CALLED--

WAS DESIGNED TO BE SO BAD--

CONGRESS WOULD BE FORCED TO FIND A COMPROMISE AND NEVER LET IT GO INTO EFFECT.

SEQUESTER TALKS-SOT-OC

"Well, I got one when I left work yesterday and I got one today when I went to work."

"you know if they take this away a lotta people gonna be hurt."

"To know that some of those people are uncertain about where their job is gonna be is very very scary. Scary for them and scary for us as well."

A NEW U-S-A TODAY POLL FOUND 31-PERCENT OF AMERICANS--

WOULD BLAME PRESIDENT OBAMA IF THE CUTS TAKE EFFECT--

RADEL ON BUDGET-VOTOPS-WIPE

NBC2 CAUGHT UP WITH NEWLY ELECTED CONGRESSMAN TREY RADEL TODAY IN FORT MYERS AS HE TOURED THE TELECOM COMPANY MILLICORP.

THE CONGRESSMAN TOLD US THE PRESIDENT IS USING THE SEQUESTER AS A "POLITICAL TOOL".

RADEL ON BUDGET-SOT-OC

sequestration is not just about cut cut cut. It's about save save save. We need to find a way to ace social security save Medicare and ultimately save our government it's budget and this economy

IF THE CUTS GO THROUGH. THERE MAY BE LONGER SECURITY LINES AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

PROPERTY INSURANCE-VO-WIPE

SEVERAL DEMOCRATIC STATE SENATORS--

ARE CALLING ON GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT TO FORM A "REGIONAL AGREEMENT"--

THAT SHARES THE RISK OF HURRICANE DAMAGE.

THEY CLAIM THE CURRENT METHOD ISN'T WORKING--

AND PROPERTY INSURANCE RATES ARE SOARING.

THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO SPREAD THE RISK AMONG SOUTHERN STATES--

PROPERTY INSURANCE-SOTVO

"Sandy was a game-changer. Sandy showed the entire East Coast, the Atlantic seaboard, that we all have some risk. Yes, Florida has more risk than others but it opened the eyes of governors and residents up and down the Atlantic that there is risk for everyone."

THE DEMOCRATS CALL HURRICANE SANDY A "GAME-CHANGER".

HE SAYS THE DAMAGE FROM SANDY--

MIDWEST WINTER STORM-ONCAM

OLD MAN WINTER IS LAYING A WHOOPING ON THE MIDWEST AGAIN!

AT LEAST 20 STATES--

FROM ARIZONA TO OHIO--

ARE UNDER WINTER WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS TONIGHT.

THE STORM COULD DUMP UP TO 20-INCHES OF SNOW!

AND RIGHT ON ITS HEELS--

BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES.

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BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS -

NOW- BLASTING PARTS OF THE MIDWEST-

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THUNDER SNOW - RATTLING PARTS OF KANSAS- WHERE ABC'S GINGER ZEE - IS BRAVING

THE EXTREME WEATHER-

SOT FROM IPHONE VIDEO Here we are in Topeka the snow is really coming down.

I'd say we got a couple inches already.

THE STORM - THAT STARTED IN CALIFORNIA - WITH SNOW - AND TORNADOES ---IS

MAKING ITS WAY EAST- ****SAM CHAMPION WN SPOT

20 STATES FROM NEW MEXICO TO VIRGINIA ARE UNDER WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS AND

WATCHES.WITH AS MUCH AS 20 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS--

WICHITA: "From the looks of the forecast. we'll be doing this the whole

night"

THE ACCUMULATION - AND ICE - AS MUCH AS A HALF-INCH THICK IN SPOTS ---

CAUSING BIG PROBLEMS FOR DRIVERS-

nats of car crashing

INCLUDING FIRST RESPONDERS.

THE STORM - ALREADY BLAMED FOR AT LEAST ONE DEATH-

AND THE CANCELLATION OF HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS.

AND WHILE SO MANY ARE SPENDING THE EVENING- DIGGING OUT -

MILLIONS OF OTHERS ARE BRACING FOR MUCH MORE SNOW, ICE--

AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES.

THE STORM IS MOVING INTO DES MOINES, MINNEAPOLIS - AND CHICAGO TONIGHT--

MIDWEST WINTER STORM-ONCAM

MARCI GONZALEZ REPORTING.

MOVING IN BEHIND THE STORM IS BRUTALLY COLD WEATHER.

PISTORIUS HEARING-VO

THE OSCAR PISTORIUS MURDER CASE IS GETTING BIZARRE.

TODAY WE LEARNED THE CHIEF INVESTIGATOR IS FACING HIS OWN CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MURDER!

BUT THOSE CHARGES ARE FROM A SEPARATE CASE.

MEANTIME.TODAY THE PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE BOTH POINTED OUT OBVIOUS FLAWS IN EVIDENCE THE OTHER SIDE HAS SO FAR PRESENTED.

SPOTTED SEALS BORN-VO

WE'RE WARNING YOU--

THE "AWWW" FACTOR ON THIS STORY IS OFF THE CHARTS!

TAKE A LOOK AT THESE TWO CUTE SPOTTED SEAL PUPS!

THEY WERE BORN THIS WEEK AT CHINA'S NATIONAL SEAQUARIUM.

SPOTTED SEALS ARE A PROTECTED SPECIES IN CHINA--

TEASE ONE-2SHOT

A LOT OF PEOPLE LOVE FISH--

IT'S A STAPLE HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA!

BUT A NEW STUDY FOUND OUT THAT WHAT YOU'RE EATING--

MAY NOT BE WHAT YOU ORDERED!

THE LATEST ON A MAJOR CASE OF "FISH FRAUD"!

AND ENGINEERS WERE READY TO START PHASE *TWO* OF THE DREDGING PROJECT AT BLIND PASS.

BUT WITH ALL THE EQUIPMENT IN PLACE--

NOTHING HAPPENED!

TZ1 A) FISH FRAUD-VO-WIPE

TZ1 B) BLIND PASS DREDGING-VOTOPS

TZ1 C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

FISH FRAUD-ONCAM

IF YOU ORDER FISH AT A RESTAURANT OR GROCERY--

CHANCES ARE YOU'RE *NOT* GETTING WHAT YOU THOUGHT!

A NEW STUDY FOUND MANY OF THE SAMPLES TESTED FROM HUNDREDS OF LOCATIONS--

WERE "FALSELY" LABELED.

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FROM FRESH OFF THE BOAT- ALL THE WAY TO YOUR DINNER PLATE.

TEASE TWO-ONCAM

LEE COUNTY NAMED ITS TEACHER OF THE YEAR TODAY.

NBC2 CAMERAS WERE THERE WHEN HER NAME WAS CALLED--

LET'S JUST SAY SHE HAD *NO* IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON!

THAT STORY IS STILL TO COME.

PLUS--

TZ2 A) TEACHER OF YEAR-VO-WIPE

TZ2 B) CHARLIE STANDUP-SOTTOPS

ROBERT WX OPEN-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.

SPRING TYPE WEATHER ARRIVING

Did the title catch your eye? I'm sure it did… It's true, too. Spring time weather is arriving, but it'll only be here for a few days before another cool down takes over.

So enjoy it while it lasts!

Friday through Sunday will be gorgeous. I'm forecasting partly cloudy skies and no rain. Perfect beach weather, grilling weather, golfing weather, boating weather… You get the idea - the weather will be perfect. Mid 80 degree temperatures will accompany the sunshine. The beaches will be a little cooler though because of the afternoon sea breeze.

Monday will serve as our day of transition as a cold front approaches from our northwest. We'll begin seeing more cloud cover, and by Tuesday/Wednesday we'll have overcast skies with periods of showers.

Grab those rain coats! Oh, and grab the sweaters while you're at it because temperatures will drop into the upper 60s to lower 70s in wake of the front. Morning lows will be in the 50s.

PG SPEEDWAY-ONCAM

ACTION PACKED SATURDAY NIGHTS AT THE PUNTA GORDA SPEEDWAY--

ARE COMING TO AN END.

THE OWNERS ARE MOVING THE RACES TO A SPEEDWAY IN BRADENTON.

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Nats: hood clanking

WHEN MIKE BIALEKI RACES HIS COWBOY CADILLAC "v-8, 8 cylinder, two-barrel carburetor" THERE'S ONLY ONE THING ON HIS MIND - WINNING

Nats "winning is everything." Mike Bialeki, Racer

HE'S BEEN CHASING DOWN CHECKERED FLAGS AT THE PUNTA GORDA SPEEDWAY FOR 11 YEARS.

Nats "we have a lot of fun with it." Mike Bialeki, Racer

NOW THE FUTURE OF THE SPEEDWAY ISN'T SO CLEAR.

THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY IS RAISING RENT BY 3-THOSUAND DOLLARS A MONTH. SO THE CURRENT OPERATORS PURCHASED THE DESOTO SPEEDWAY IN BRADENTON LAST WEEK.

"it was quite a surprise." Pam Seay, PG Airport Authority

AIRPORT AUTHORITY MEMBER PAM SEAY SAYS SHE'S BEEN TRYING TO WORK WITH THE OWNERS ON A NEW LEASE BUT WASN'T GETTING ANY RESPONSE.

"No, I have not personally heard anything from him despite my efforts. The only information I have is what I read on facebook." Pam Seay, PG Airport Authority

THE SPEEDWAY OPERATORS AREN'T SAYING WHAT THEY'LL DO WHEN THE LEASE EXPIRES IN MARCH.

THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY IS PREPARING TO PUT OUT REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS TO FIND A NEW TENANT COME APRIL.

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BIALEKI SAYS THE RACERS WILL GO TO THE SPEEDWAY IN BRADENTON, BUT WORRIES FANS MIGHT STRUGGLE TO MAKE THE HOUR LONG TRIP NORTH.

"The older folks that are 70, 80 something years old; they're my best fans and I hope they get to try and make it, car pool or something to see us race there." Mike Bialeki, Racer

THE NEW DESOTO SPEEDWAY OWNERS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO OWNING THE PROPERTY OUT-RIGHT AND ARE CONFIDENT FANS WILL MAKE IT TO THE FIRST RACE THIS APRIL.

"It's not too much further north, it's going to be a lot more fun and no more animosity." Mike Chase, PG Speedway Business Partner

BIALEKI AND HIS COWBOY CADILLAC WILL BE THERE.

NUCLEAR RECOVERY COST-VO-WIPE

FLORIDA LAWMAKERS ARE TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT A CONTROVERSIAL LAW.

IT ALLOWS UTILITIES TO CHARGE CUSTOMERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS--

SO FAR POWER COMPANIES HAVE COLLECTED A BILLION DOLLARS--

BUT NO NEW PLANTS.

NUCLEAR RECOVERY COST-SOTVO

"The reality is things have changed and now as we see a nuclear plant being shut down and as we see one maybe not getting built, we're very concerned of the cost to the consumer."

FL MEDICAID REACTION-VO-WIPE

GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT IS GETTING MIXED REVIEWS--

FOR HIS DECISION TO EXPAND MEDICAID.

HE SAYS COVERING ONE MILLION UNINSURED FLORIDIANS--

IS THE COMPASSIONATE, COMMON SENSE THING TO DO.

WHILE DEMOCRATS SUPPORT SCOTT'S CHANGE--

FL MEDICAID REACTION-SOTVO

"Having him flip flop his decision like this was a real shock and a big disappointment to the conservative base that supported him winning the governor's seat."

THAT CONSERVATIVE GROUP.AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY.SAYS GOVERNOR SCOTT JUST WASTED 2-YEARS OF HARD WORK IMPROVING THE STATE--

MARS ROVER-VO

WE CALLS MARS THE "RED PLANET"--

BUT IT MIGHT BE TIME TO RE-THINK THAT NAME.

NASA'S CURIOSITY ROVER SUCCESSFULLY DRILLED INTO MARTIAN ROCK FOR THE FIRST TIME EARLIER THIS MONTH.

BUT LOOK AT THE SAMPLE IT EXTRACTED.

THE POWDERY SOIL APPEARS GREY--

NOT RED.

TEASE THREE-2SHOT

DREDGING AT BLIND PASS WAS SUPPOSED TO START TODAY--

BUT IT DIDN'T WORK OUT THAT WAY!

IT SEEMS THE BIG DREDGE BROUGHT IN FOR THE JOB--

DOESN'T FIT UNDER THE BRIDGE!

AND ALL NEW AT SIX--

TZ3 A) BLIND PASS DREDGING-VO

AHEAD AT 6-BANNER

A) CHAD STANDUP TEASE-SOTTOPS

FLORIDA GOLF DAY-VOTOPS

GOLF IS BIG NOT ONLY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA--

BUT THE ENTIRE STATE!

SO TODAY--

LAWMAKERS TOOK TIME TO RECOGNIZE THE INDUSTRY'S IMPACT ON THE SUNSHINE STATE.

GOLFERS PUMP AT LEAST 7-BILLION DOLLARS EACH YEAR INTO THE STATE'S ECONOMY--

TEACHER OF THE YEAR-2SHOT

HER STUDENTS SAY SHE'S LIKE A MOM.

AND HER COLLEAGUES CALL HER AN INSPIRATION.

TODAY. AN 18 YEAR VETERAN TEACHER LEARNED SHE'S LEE COUNTY'S "TEACHER OF THE YEAR".

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A BALLET PERFORMANCE OF THE WIZARD OF OZ SET THE STAGE FOR THE SURPRISE.

AS HIGH SCHOOL ACTORS FINISHED THEIR TWIRLS. AND THE LIGHTS CAME UP. INTERMISSION BECAME A SHOW OF ITS OWN.

PATRICIA GAIR. USUALLY BEHIND THE SCENES. TOOK CENTER STAGE.

THE ENGLISH. DANCE AND THEATER TEACHER AT CYPRESS LAKE HIGH RECEIVED HUGS. APPLAUSE. AND THE HONOR OF TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

TEACHING IS HER SECOND CAREER.

SHE RAN A DANCE COMPANY. THEN GOT INVOLVED WITH CYPRESS HIGH. DESIGNING THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS.

HER STUDENTS SAY GAIR HELPS THEM SUCCEED.

THAT CARE. PROMPTED THE NOMINATION.

GAIR CALLS HER *STUDENTS THE INSPIRATION.

SHE JUST HELPS SET THE STAGE.

BLIND PASS DREDGING-2SH-MAPFLY

RIGHT NOW AT 5:30-

6 MONTHS AFTER THE FIRST PART OF A DREDGING PROJECT WAS FINISHED AT BLIND PASS--

THE SECOND PHASE IS AT A STANDSTILL.

THE EQUIPMENT IS SET GO IN THE ESTUARY THAT SEPARATES SANIBEL AND CAPTIVA ISLANDS--

BUT AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM STOPPED WORK EARLY TODAY.

BLIND PASS DREDGING-PKG

Joelle su

"After a 6 month delay sand was supposed to start pumping from blind pass into these tubes today, but a computer mishap about a half hour into the start of their day shut down the dredging, delaying the process once again, you can see no dredging is happening."

Sot Larry haas, sanibel resident

We're out here fishing today."

Larry haas is enjoying one more day casting his line at blind pass.

Sot Larry

It's nice now but when the dredging starts up all the fish will be gone."

Larry's not alone.

Sot Derek Gavin, sanibel resident

"It's beautiful but that barge is in the way, we wanted to fish down there but we can't."

The barge is ready.

But without the rigs computer up and running- no work can be done.

It's a project that sanibel resident Derek Gavin has been watching for months.

Sot Derek Gavin, sanibel resident

They were doing it a few months ago and I guess they're doing it again, it's starting 6 months late."

Derek grew up on sanibel.

He's used to seeing this pass dredged every 4 years, As part of a plan to keep water moving from the Gulf of Mexico to pin risk and sound.

Sot Derek

" it's shallow over there but it gets pretty deep out there in the middle."

That's because half the project was completed *last summer.

it wasnt finished because the equipment was too big to fit underneath the bridge.

That- and tropical storm issac was looming.

The county agreed to the delay- to allow a smaller rig to come in.

Work is scheduled to start as soon as the computers fixed, Pumping sand- 1 and a half miles away to renourish the beach.

Sot Larry

It's an endless exercise."

Joelle su

SELL THE 6PM-2SHOT

A TEENAGER ACCUSED OF ATTACKING HIS OWN FATHER WITH A MACHETE!

AT SIX WE TALK TO HIS PARENTS. WHO ARE IN FEAR OF THEIR OWN SON.

AND A DOG SHOT WITH A BOW AND ARROW IN LEE COUNTY!

WE'RE GETTING OUR FIRST PICTURE OF THE DOG.