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POPE BENEDICT HAS MADE HIS PUBLIC FAREWELL TO A CROWD OF ABOUT 150-THOUSAND PEOPLE.

SET TO RESIGN TOMORROW -- TODAY WE OUTLINE WHAT'S AHEAD FOR HIM.

ALSO -- WE VISIT PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SAYING THANKS FOR HIS SERVICE.

PLUS.

NEW DETAILS IN THAT DEADLY SHOOTING ON THE VEGAS STRIP.

POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR TWO PEOPLE NOW -- ONE OF THEM WITH TIES TO SOUTH FLORIDA.

AND.

A STUDENT SUSPECTING TROUBLE BUSTS A TEACHER ON CAMERA -- RUMMAGING THROUGH STUDENT'S BAGS, AND STEALING THINGS!

NOW A FULL INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY.

HL1) POPE LAST EVENT-TRX VOTOPS

HL2) VEGAS STRIP SHOOTING UPDATE-TRX VOTOPS

HL3) TEACHER CAUGHT STEALING FROM BACKPACK-TRX VOT

BREAKING-CLIP

POPE LAST EVENT-TRX ONCAM

BREAKING NEWS AT NOON -

POPE BENEDICT THE 16TH HAS MADE HIS LAST PUBLIC APPEARANCE TO THOUSANDS GATHERED IN ST. PETER'S SQUARE TODAY.

BENEDICT IS THE FIRST POPE TO RESIGN IN 700 YEARS.

NBC-2'S KRISTA FOGELSONG IS LIVE THE STUDIO WITH AN UPDATE.

POPE LAST EVENT-VO IN PLASMA

IT WAS A HIGHLY FESTIVE EVENT -- THOUSAND OF PEOPLE CHEERING, BANDS PLAYING, PEOPLE ARRIVED EARLY IN THE MORNING TO GET A GOOD SPOT.

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BENEDICT ENTERED THE SQUARE BY POPEMOBILE TO CHEERING CROWDS.

HOWEVER, THE CROWD IS SMALLER THAN THOSE WHO GATHERED TO SAY GOODBYE TO JOHN PAUL II EIGHT YEARS AGO.

SOME RAN TO FIND A GOOD PLACE FOR HIS FINAL GENERAL AUDIENCE.

"It's a sad day because I love the Pope, he was a great person he was my Pope."

"I think it's a time of hope for the world church."

HE SPOKE FIRST IN ITALIAN BUT ALSO DELIVERED A MESSAGE IN ENGLISH.

"The decision I have made after much prayer is the root of the serene trust in God's will and the deep love of Christ's church. I will continue to accompany the church with my prayers, and I ask each of you to pray for me."

HIS RESIGNATION HAS PROMPTED SPECULATION AS TO WHAT HE WILL BE CALLED; THE DECISION -- HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT THE 16TH, POPE EMERITUS.

THE CARDINALS FROM ACROSS THE WORLD WILL MEET BEGINNING NEXT MONDAY -- SETTING RULES AND SIZING UP ONE ANOTHER BEFORE THEY ENTER THE CONCLAVE. THAT'S WHERE THE VOTES ARE CAST FOR WHO WILL LEAD THE 1.2 BILLION ROMAN CATHOLICS.

"In those daily sessions, each cardinal will share some of his, the challenges that the Church is facing, the priorities and that's a good time to listen."

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AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE CARDINALS ARE EXPECTED TO MEET ON MARCH 4TH -- THEY MAY SET A DATE FOR THE CONCLAVE THEN.

BUT - WITH NO TRADITION TO TURN TO, SINCE IT HAS BEEN CENTURIES SINCE A POPE STEPPED DOWN -- EACH DAY IS UNPREDICTABLE.

AVE MARIA THANKSGIVING-TRX OC DBX

WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON OF THE POPE'S RESIGNATION.

PEOPLE HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ARE ALSO SAYING THANK YOU TO THE POPE FOR HIS SERVICE.

IN AVE MARIA, TODAY MARKS THE FIRST DAY OF THANKSGIVING IN HONOR OF HIM.

CLIFTON FRENCH JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM AVE MARIA.

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IT'S FITTING THAT THEY'RE HOLDING THESE MASSES AND PRAYERS FOR THE POPE WHO PLANS TO RETIRE AND SPEND HIS REMAINING DAYS PRAYING.

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SOT: "the words that I heard today came directly from the holy father and we should pay attention."

ONLY AN HOUR AFTER POPE BENEDICT GAVE HIS FINAL GENERAL AUDIENCE.

PARISHIONERS IN AVE MARIA ATTENDED A MASS OF THANKSGIVING. AS THEY SAY GOODBYE TO A POPE WHO HAS DECIDED TO RETIRE.

SOT: "I think it's very special."

ROD MILLER AND HIS WIFE LIVE IN AVE MARIA.

THEY ATTENDED THIS MORNING'S MASS. AND ARE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF THEIR CHURCH.

SOT: ROD MILLER, LIVES IN AVE MARIA "It's a time to be happy, it's a time to be pleased that the will of God is being activated through the church, we're going to get a renewed vibration and a renewed reverence."

AND ACROSS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THIS IS A TIME TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BENEDICTS SERVICE, WHO WAS FIRST ORDAINED A PRIEST IN 1951.

BENEDICT THE 16TH IS 265TH POPE IN THE HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. AND IS THE FIRST TO STEP DOWN IN 6 CENTURIES.

A HISTORIC MOMENT IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.

AND A ONCE IN A LIFE-TIME EVENT FOR THESE FOLLOWERS.

CHRIS SMITH, ATTENDED MORNING MASS "This is a man that is definitely full of humility, full of courage that knows himself, knows his calling to serve our church and knows his weaknesses as well and that this is a time that he he feels confident that the lord is asking him to pass on his reign to another pope."

AVE MARIA THANKSGIVING-REM

THERE WILL BE ONE MORE MASS OF THANKSGIVING HERE, AT 5:00 THIS EVENING.

HERE IN AVE MARIA, TODAY AND TOMORROW ARE FULL OF EVENTS CELEBRATING THE SERVICE OF BENEDICT.

IMMOKALEE FARM WORKERS MARCH-TRX ONCAM

BREAKING NEWS.

IMMOKALEE FARM WORKERS ARE PLANNING A 200 MILE MARCH TO PROTEST AT PUBLIX HEADQUARTERS IN LAKELAND.

THEY SAY ITS AN ATTEMPT TO GET BIG BUSINESS TO TREAT THEM RIGHT AND PAY FAIRLY.

THEY'RE SETTING UP AN EXHIBIT TO SHOW AT THE DAVIS ART CENTER IN DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS.

THATS WHERE WE FIND CHRISTINA LUSBY--

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FARM WORKERS ARE ASKING FOR 1 CENT MORE PER BUCKET--IT WOULD BE A 64% INCREASE IN PAY.

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HERE'S WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

THEY SET UP THE BUCKETS EARLY TODAY AT TERRY PARK IN FORT MYERS.

THEY WANT TO MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE OF THEIR MARCH PLANNED FOR SUNDAY.

FARMWORKERS ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO MEET THEM AT TERRY PARK IN FORT MYERS.

THEY WILL MARCH FROM THERE TO PUBLIX ON MCGREGOR FOR A PROTEST.

IMMOKALEE FARM WORKERS MARCH-SOT

GERARDO REYES IMMOKALEE FARMWORKERS

IMMOKALEE FARM WORKERS MARCH-REM

MANY FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS AND SOME GROCERER'S HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN ON BOARD WITH THE FAIR FOOD PROGRAM.

THEY'RE ASKING PUBLIX TO DO THE SAME.

WE REACHED OUT TO PUBLIX.

HEADQUARTERS SAY IT UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE AND VALUES FARMWORKERS.

BUT THEY SAY THIS IS A LABOR DISPUTE--AND THEY DONT WANT TO GET PRESSURED TO GET INVOLVED.

IMMOKALEE FARM WORKERS HOPE TO CHANGE PUBLIX VIEWS THIS SUNDAY WITH THEIR PROTEST.

CHUCK HAGEL SWORN IN-TRX VO

BREAKING NEWS AT NOON.

CHUCK HAGEL HAS BEEN SWORN IN AS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.

WITHIN THE LAST HOUR -- HAGEL ADDRESSED CIVILIAN AND UNIFORMED EMPLOYEES AT THE PENTAGON.

HE SAID HE VOWED TO ENHANCE RELATIONS WITH ALLIES AROUND THE WORLD.

TUESDAY, THE SENATE CONFIRMED THE VIETNAM VET IN A 58 TO 41 VOTE, FOLLOWING A BITTER NOMINATION FIGHT ON CAPITOL HILL.

BIDEN ON GUN VIOLENCE-TRX OC SOT OC

MORE BREAKING NEWS FROM CAPITOL HILL.

VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN MADE A PUBLIC STATEMENT TODAY ON REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE.

TODAY -- HE MET WITH ATTORNEYS GENERALS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

HERE'S A CLIP FROM THAT STATEMENT.

"THERE WILL BE A MORAL.PEOPLE KNOW TOO MUCH."

ALSO TODAY -- THE SENATE HELD ITS FIRST HEARING TO CONSIDER A REVAMPED ASSAULT

WEAPONS BAN TODAY.

CALIFORNIA SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN, THE AUTHOR OF THE ORIGINAL

BAN PRESIDED OVER THE HEARING.

STRIP SHOOTING LATEST-TRX VO

POLICE IN NEVADA ARE NOW LOOKING FOR A PERSON OF INTEREST AFTER LAST WEEK'S DEADLY SHOOTING ON THE LAS VEGAS STRIP.

AUTHORITIES SAY SHE HAS CONNECTIONS TO SOUTH FLORIDA.

THIS IS 22-YEAR-OLD TINEESHA HOWARD.

SHE IS CURRENTLY LISTED AS A MISSING PERSON FROM MIAMI, AND IS POSSIBLY IN DANGER.

POLICE BELIEVE SHE WAS INSIDE THE RANGE ROVER WHEN THE SHOOTING STARTED.

DETECTIVES SAY AMMAR HARRIS SHOT AT KENNY CHERRY'S MASERATI, KILLING HIM - CHERRY'S CAR CRASHED INTO A TAXI - WHICH EXPLODED.

THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER IN THE CAB WERE KILLED.

MANATEE DEATH-SS

A DEAD MANATEE IS FOUND AT A CAPE CORAL MARINA AT A TIME WHEN RED TIDE IS KILLING SEA LIFE IN OUR AREA.

THIS IS A NEW PHOTO OF THE ENDANGERED ANIMAL AT THE PINELAND MARINA.

IN RECENT WEEKS DEAD FISH HAVE BEEN WASHING ASHORE.

FORT MYERS SHOTS FIRED ANIMAP-TRX VOTOPS

THIS AFTERNOON POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR ANSWERS AFTER SHOTS WERE FIRED AT A FORT MYERS APARTMENT COMPLEX.

FORT MYERS SHOTS FIRED SCENE-VOTOPS

NBC-2 CAMERAS WERE ROLLING AS POLICE PATROLLED THE AREA.

FORT MYERS POLICE TELL NBC-2 -- THERE WAS AN ALTERCATION THAT ENDED IN THE APARTMENT PARKING LOT, AND THAT'S WHERE SHOTS WERE FIRED.

EVERYONE IS OK.

NORTH CAPE VISION-ONCAM

CAPE CORAL CITY LEADERS RE-ENERGIZE EFFORTS TO BRING BUSINESS TO THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE CITY.

THEY PLAN TO PITCH IDEAS TOMORROW NIGHT - FOR THE AREA NICKNAMED THE VETERANS' INVESTMENT ZONE.

'VIZ' IS LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO THE NEWLY BUILT V-A CLINIC OFF DIPLOMAT PARKWAY.

COMMUNITY LEADERS WILL OUTLINE GROWTH FOR "VIZ" AND PROMOTE COMMERICAL EXPANSION.

GAS PRICES-CG

GAS PRICES SEEM TO BE HOLDING STEADY MID-WEEK.

NEW NUMBERS FROM TRIPLE A SHOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE PRICE FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR IS AT $3.78 - UNCHANGED FROM YESTERDAY.

ACROSS FLORIDA DRIVERS ARE PAYING, $3.86.

TEASE ONE-2 SHOT

A HORRIFIC SCENE OUT OF EGYPT.

WE WANT TO WARN YOU - THE VIDEO IS TOUGH TO WATCH.

19 PEOPLE WERE KILLED - WHEN SOMETHING WENT WRONG DURING A HOT AIR BALLOON TOUR.

AMATEUR VIDEO CAPTURES THE EVENT.

NEW AT NOON - THE NEW CALL FOR BETTER SAFETY STANDARDS.

AND AN NBC2 CONSUMER ALERT - ONE COMPANY IS RECALLING 10-THOUSAND SCOOTERS KIDS.

WE'LL TELL YOU WHY AND WHAT TO DO IF YOU HAVE ONE, NEXT AT NOON.

TZ1 A) BALLOON CRASH-VO

TZ1 B) SCOOTER RECALL-VOTOPS

WEATHER-STC

MASS SNOW-VOTOPS

HEAVY SNOW CONTINUED THROUGH THE NORTHEAST THIS MORNING.

THIS IS IN MASSACHUSETTS.

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.

After seven straight days of highs in the 80s, cooler weather will be moving into Southwest Florida over the next few days and into the weekend. Yesterday's cold front didn't bring much rain with it, but it will bring a few more clouds to the area through today as it stalls out across the southern portion of our viewing area.

Through the mid day hours, we'll continue to see sunshine mixed in with some cloudy periods especially across Collier county. Temperatures today will be a bit cooler as they climb into the middle to upper 70s, along with the slightest drop in our humidity thanks to a light northerly breeze. Much of the area will stay dry through the afternoon, however with the stalled front to our south folks around Collier county have the best chance of seeing a few spotty showers through the evening hours.

Tonight, the clouds should begin to break up across Southwest Florida with partly cloudy skies overnight. Temperatures will also be a bit cooler as they drop into the upper 50s with a few spots reaching the middle 50s by morning.

By Thursday, a bit more sunshine will break out and daytime highs will remain on a cooling trend as they top out in the middle 70s. As another system passes across the state, Friday and into the weekend we'll notice our skies beginning to cloud up and temperatures will take a tumble. By Saturday we're looking at highs in the 60s with a pretty good chance of a few scattered showers to develop Saturday and into Sunday. Overnight lows will drop into the 40s through Monday morning with 30s deeper inland.

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BALLOON CRASH VIDS-TRX VO

A WARNING, THIS COULD BE DISTURBING TO SOME VIEWERS.

NEW AMATEUR VIDEO SHOW THAT HORRIFYING BALLOON CRASH IN EGYPT THAT KILLED 19 PEOPLE.

THE BALLOON WAS PACKED WITH TOURISTS ON A SUNRISE FLIGHT OVER THE ANCIENT CITY WHEN IT CAUGHT FIRE.

THE BALLOON COLLAPSED, AND FELL ONE-THOUSAND FEET TO THE EARTH.

SAFETY STANDARDS ARE NOW BEING CALLED INTO QUESTION.

UTAH ROOF COLLAPSE-VOTOPS

A CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION - AFTER A WORKER DIES IN A ROOF COLLAPSE IN NORTHERN UTAH.

A CREW WAS GETTING READY TO TEAR DOWN AN OLD K-MART STORE WHEN SUPPORTS GAVE WAY.

EXECUTION HAULTED-TRX (2)SS

THE EXECUTION OF A DRUG TRAFFICKER, CONVICTED OF KILLING A FLORIDA STATE TROOPER, IS NOW ON HOLD.

THE U-S SUPREME COURT REFUSED THE STATE'S REQUEST TO PROCEED JUST HOURS BEFORE THE EXECUTION OF PAUL HOWELL.

JUSTIVE CLARENCE THOMAS REFERED THE CASE TO A FULL COURT.

NY WOMAN DISMEMBERED-VO

A GRUESOME DISCOVERY IN THE BRONX, NEW YORK.

AUTHORITIES SAY THE CHOPPED-UP BODY OF A 45-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS FOUND IN BAGS.

SHE'S BEEN IDENTIFIED AS TANYA BYRD, A HOME HEALTH NURSE.

NY WOMAN DISMEMBERED-SOT VO

"A dog walker in St. Mary's Park found a bag, actually two bags in the park, they were separated, ultimately opened one of the bags and found what appeared to be body parts."

BYRD'S 23-YEAR-OLD SON, BASHID MCLEAN, IS IN CUSTODY AND BEING QUESTIONED.

U MAINE BUS CRASH-VO

A COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM IS RECOVERING THIS AFTERNOON AFTER THE TEAM BUS CRASHED NEAR GEORGETOWN, MASSACHUSETTS.

A MEDICAL INCIDENT CAUSED THE BUS DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL AND RUN OFF I-95.

THE 22 STUDENTS ON BOARD WERE TAKEN TO SEVERAL HOSPITALS.

THE GIRLS ONLY HAD MINOR INJURIES.

INDIA MARKET FIRE-VO

A FIRE THAT SWEPT THROUGH A SIX-STORY BUILDING IN INDIA KILLED AT LEAST 18 PEOPLE EARLY THIS MORNING.

AUTHORITIES SAY THE BLAZE INJURED AT LEAST EIGHT MORE PEOPLE.

THE BUILDING HOUSED BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS

THIS IS THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF FIRES -- CALLING FOR NEW BUILDING SAFETY REGULATIONS.

HORSE MEAT-ONCAM

AN UPDATE FOR YOU ON THE EUROPEAN HORSE MEAT SCANDAL.

AUTHORITIES IN PORTUGAL HAVE SEIZED 79 TONS OF BEEF CONTAINING TRACES OF HORSE MEAT.

FIVE LOCAL COMPANIES ARE BEING INVESTIGATED.

HORSE MEAT HAS RECENTLY BEEN FOUND MIXED INTO BEEF DISHES SOLD ACROSS EUROPE, INCLUDING IN FROZEN SUPERMARKET MEALS.

ITUNES STORE CREDIT-VO

IF YOUR CHILDREN WERE IMPROPERLY CHARGED FOR PLAYING GAMES ON THEIR MOBILE APPLE DEVICES. AN iTUNES STORE CREDIT MAY BE COMING YOUR WAY.

APPLE HAS AGREED TO HAND OUT MORE THAN 100 MILLION DOLLARS IN iTUNES STORE CREDITS TO SETTLE A LAWSUIT.

THE SUIT ALLEGES APPLE IMPROPERLY CHARGED KIDS BY NOT CREATING ADEQUATE PARENTAL CONTROLS.

SCOOTER RECALL-TRX VO

WE HAVE AN NBC-2 CONSUMER ALERT FOR YOU.

THE COMPANY, DYNACRAFT, IS RECALLING MORE THAT TEN-THOUSAND MOTOR SCOOTERS BECAUSE THEY CAN SUDDENLY ACCELERATE.

THERE HAVE BEEN NINE REPORTS OF SUCH CASES, INCLUDING THREE WITH INJURIES.

THIS INCLUDES THE MONSTER HIGH, AND HELLO KITTY VERSIONS.

THE SCOOTERS WERE SOLD AT WAL-MART AND TOYS-R-US.

TEASE TWO-2 SHOT

STILL AHEAD ON NBC-2 NEWS AT NOON -- A TEACHER CAUGHT RED HANDED.

SLEUTHING BY A STUDENT HAS STARTED AN INVESTIGATION.

A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER, BUSTED SNOOPING THROUGH BAGS AND ALLEGEDLY STEALING THINGS.

DETAILS AHEAD.

AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SPECTRUM -- GET THIS.

THE BACK DOORS OF A ARMORED TRUCK FLY OPEN -- AND CASH STARTS FLYING OUT.

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TZ2 B) armored truck cash-VOTOPS

GMA TEACHER STEALS FROM BACKPACK-TRX ONCAM

NEW AT NOON - THE STORY OF A CALIFORNIA TEACHER ACCUSED OF STEALING MONEY FROM HER STUDENT.

AS GIO BENITEZ REPORTS, ONE SOPHOMORE AT THE SCHOOL CONDUCTED A STING, AND CAUGHT IT ALL ON TAPE.

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SCRIPT:

IS THIS A TEACHER RUMMAGING THROUGH A STUDENT'S BAG?

LOOK CLOSELY - THIS NEW VIDEO WAS SECRETLY RECORDED BY A linden, CALIFORNIA

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT-

A STUDENT CLAIMING HER TEACHER STOLE MONEY FROM STUDENTS' BAGS. RIGHT IN

THE SCHOOL LOCKER ROOM.

SOT Justine Betti / Student who Recorded Video

23:15:15 Something had to be done about this, because it's not right to be

taking kids money like that.

LINDEN HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORE JUSTINE BETTI SAYS SHE'D HEARD STORIES OF

THINGS GOING MISSING DURING GYM CLASS.

SOT Justine Betti / Student who Recorded Video

23:12:29 / We thought it was another student. We were blaming it on each

other.

SO SHESTARTED THINKING LIKE A PRIVATE EYE ANDSET UP A STING. EQUIPPED WITH A

CELL PHONE CAMERA, BETTI HID INSIDE THIS LOCKER EVEN PROPPING UP A SECOND

PHONE TO CATCH VIDEO FROM ANOTHER ANGLE.

WATCH AS THE WOMAN IN THE VIDEO APPEARS TO TAKE SOMETHING OUT OF THE PINK

BACKPACK- SEE THERE SOMETHING IS NOW IN HER RIGHT HAND. AND THEN SHE SEEMS

TO CHECK THE POCKETS OF THE JEANS NEXT TO THE BAG, BUT DOESN'T APPEAR TO

REMOVE ANYTHING.

SOT Justine Betti / Student who Recorded Video

23:08:45 I couldn't believe it. It was hard to believe she was doing that.

She was such a nice teacher, I really liked her, but I couldn't believe she

was doing that.

23:09:59

THE 16-YR-OLD TOOK THE VIDEO TO HER DAD AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS.NOW, A

FULL ON INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY.

SOT Justine Betti / Student who Recorded Video

23:16:00 Everybody tells me I did the right thing, but I still feel guilty.

/ I feel really bad for her/

THE ACCUSED TEACHER- WHO IS NOT BEING IDENTIFIED- IS NOW reportedly ON

ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE, PENDING THE INVESTIGATION. AND AFTER A WEEK-LONG

POLICE INVESTIGATION, THIS MORNING THE CASE IS IN THE HANDS OF THE DISTRICT

ATTORNEY, WHO WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO CHARGE THE TEACHER WITH A CRIME.

ABC AFFILIATE KXTV REPORTED THAT THEY SPOKE TO A SISTER OF THE ACCUSED

TEACHER, AND THAT SHE TOLD THEM "she didn't take anything. It looks

like she's searching for something. She would never steal. She doesn't need

ARMORED TRUCK CASH-VO

A WILD STORY OUT OF NEW YORK.

A WOMAN WAS DRIVING BEHIND AN ARMORED TRUCK WHEN IT SUDDENLY STARTED SPEWING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

PAT WESNER SAYS SHE WAS DRIVING ON A BUMPY HIGHWAY WHEN SHE WAS PASSED BY A BRINKS TRUCK.

ARMORED TRUCK CASH-SOT VO

"He hit a bump and a spray of change came out in front of my car and I looked and went Oh My God, that's money! He hit another bump and bills just flew out all over the place."

NOT EVEN THINKING OF KEEPING A PENNY OF IT -- SHE GATHERED IT ALL UP, ALL 11-THOUSAND DOLLARS OF IT AND CALLED POLICE, STAYING THERE UNTIL THEY ARRIVED.

TEASE THREE-2 SHOT

A LOT OF LADIES LOVE TO SHOP AT CHICO'S!

CHICOS' HEADQUARTERS IS LOCATED IN FORT MYERS - AND THE COMPANY IS GEARING UP FOR A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR EXPANSION - NEXT AT NOON - NBC2 IS LIVE, WITH WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE FOLKS IN LEE COUNTY.

PLUS

OBAMA SOT: there are too many republicans in congress right now who refuse

to compromise even an inch

BOEHNER SOT: where's the president's plan to avoid the sequester? have you

seen one?

THE BUDGET BLAME GAME.

TZ3 A) CHICO'S EXPANSION-VO

TZ3 B) BUDGET CUTS-2 SOTS VO

DR. OZ LOOKLIVE TEASE-SOTTOPS

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AVE MARIA THANKSGIVING-VO

AVE MARIA IS CELEBRATING POPE BENEDICT THE 16-TH'S LEGACY

BEFORE HIS HISTORIC RESIGNATION TAKES EFFECT TOMORROW.

AVE MARIA IS HOLDING A TOTAL OF THREE MASSES OF THANKSGIVING TODAY.

THE LAST MASS WILL BE HELD THIS EVENING AT 5-30.

AVE MARIA THANKSGIVING-SOT VO

CHRIS SMITH, ATTENDED MORNING MASS "This is a man that is definitely full of humility, full of courage that knows himself, knows his calling to serve our church and knows his weaknesses as well and that this is a time that he he feels confident that the lord is asking him to pass on his reign to another pope."

POPE STEPS DOWN-TRX ONCAM

POPE BENEDICT THE 16TH THANKED HIS FOLLOWERS FOR THEIR PRAYERS AT HIS LAST PUBLIC APPEARANCE BEFORE STEPPING DOWN TOMORROW.

THE CROWD ESTIMATED AT MORE THAN 150 THOUSAND STRONG.

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AN EMOTIONAL SENDOFF AS THOUSANDS FILLED ST PETERS SQUARE FOR POPE BENEDICT THE 16THS LAST PUBLIC APPEARANCE.

THIS FINAL BLESSING AND GENERAL AUDIENCE MOVED OUTSIDE TO ACCOMMODATE THE CROWD. HE ACKNOWLEDGED THE GRAVITY OF HIS DECISION TO HE'S STEP DOWN.

"The decision I have made after much prayer is the root of the serene trust in God's will and the deep love of Christ's church. I will continue to accompany the church with my prayers, and I ask each of you to pray for me and for the new Pope."

EARLY THIS MORNING, SOME DASHED TO FIND A PLACE AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE -- A BITTERSWEET DAY FOR MANY, INCLUDING CHURCH LEADERS.

"It was such a beautiful moment to see the Holy Father. Have a chance to say goodbye."

NOT JUST THOSE WHO WILL CHOOSE HIS SUCCESSOR, OTHER ROMAN CATHOLICS WERE MOVED AS WELL.

"You had a lot of peope that were very much excited. Eight years as pope."

CHICO'S RIBBON CUTTING-TRX OC DBX

IT'S BEEN A YEAR IN THE MAKING.

TODAY CHICO'S OPENS THE DOORS OF IT'S NEWEST EXPANSION.

NBC2'S DANIELLE KOLENIAK IS LIVE FROM CHICO'S CAMPUS IN FORT MYERS WHERE THE RIBBON CUTTING TOOK PLACE A SHORT TIME AGO.

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LAST YEAR'S PROMISE IS TODAY'S REALITY--

NATS OF RIBBON CUTTING

THIS 146 THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT BUILDING NOW KNOWN AS "BUILDING TEN" IS CHICO'S LATEST EXPANSION, JUST ONE YEAR AFTER BREAKING GROUND.

LEE COUNTY FUNDED MORE THAN 3.26 MILLION DOLLARS TO THE EXPANSION.A PRICE BACK BY A COMMITMENT- THAT THE COMPANY WILL GROW RIGHT HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

THATS WHY THIS BUILDING SITS RIGHT ON CHICO'S 60 ACRE FORT MYERS CAMPUS. A SPACE THAT WON'T STAY EMPTY EMPTY LONG. THE COMPANY WILL HIRE 150 NEW EMPLOYEES.

JIM MOORE

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LEE COUNTY'S DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS.

CHICO'S RIBBON CUTTING-REM

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NOW THAT THE BUILDING IS OPEN, THE COMPANY PLANS TO HIRE THE 150 NEW EMPLOYEES QUICKLY. IN THREE MONTHS.

GMA BUDGET CUTS-TRX ONCAM

BREAKING NEWS FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT.

THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED HE'LL MEET FRIDAY WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TO DISCUSS BUDGET CUTS.

MEANTIME, THE COUNTDOWN CONTINUES TO BIG SPENDING CUTS, THAT GO INTO EFFECT THURSDAY AT MIDNIGHT - UNLESS A DEAL IS REACHED.

GMA BUDGET CUTS-PKG

SCRIPT:

INSTEAD OF TRYING TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT, THE TWO SIDES ARE PLAYING THE

BLAME GAME.

BOEHNER SOT: I DON'T THINK THE PRESIDENT'S FOCUSED ON TRYING TO FIND A

SOLUTION

OBAMA SOT: THERE ARE TOO MANY REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS RIGHT NOW WHO REFUSE

TO COMPROMISE EVEN AN INCH

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE JOHN BOEHNER POINTED THE FINGER AT PRESIDENT OBAMA.

BOEHNER SOT: WHERE'S THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN TO AVOID THE SEQUESTER? HAVE YOU

SEEN ONE?

THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE HAS A PLAN -- IN FACT THE SENATE PLANS TO VOTE ON IT

TOMORROW BUT IT HAS VIRTUALLY NO CHANCE OF PASSING

BOEHNER SOT: WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO MOVE A THIRD BILL BEFORE THE SENATE GETS

OFF THEIR ASS AND BEGINS TO DO SOMETHING.

EACH DAY THE LIST OF TERRIBLE THINGS THAT WILL BE CAUSED BY THE CUTS GROWS

LONGER, INCLUDING FLIGHT DELAYS, KIDS LOSING VACCINES, AND MEAT SHORTAGES --

AND NOW THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SAYS IT HAS BEEN FORCED TO

RELEASE HUNDREDS OF UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS BACK INTO THE UNITED STATES, THEY

HAD BEEN DETAINED BY IMMIGRATIONS AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT

THE PRESIDENT TUESDAY TRAVELED TO A GIANT MILITARY SHIPYARD IN NEWPORT NEWS

FLORIDA WIRE STORIES-HALFSCREEN RVL

A TAMPA MAN HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF KILLING HIS GIRLFRIEND AND BURYING HER BODY IN HIS BACKYARD.

A JURY TOOK LESS THAT AN HOUR TUESDAY TO FIND 37-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM ROUTENBERG GUILTY OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER.

POLICE SAY HE CONFESSED TO KILLING HER AFTER AN ARGUMENT IN 2011.

A MIAMI BEACH MAN IS SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON FOR FORCING A WOMAN INTO PROSTITUTION.

THE SENTENCING OF 34-YEAR-OLD ROBERT BURTON MARKS THE FIRST CONVICTION FOR THE MIAMI DADE HUMAN TRAFFICKING UNIT.

BURTON WAS ACCUSED OF BEATING AND CHOKING A 31-YEAR-OLD WOMAN AND ABDUCTING THEIR 7-YEAR-OLD SON IN 2011

ALSO IN MIAMI -- A FEDERAL JURY RETURNS FOR A SECOND DAY OF DELIBERATIONS IN THE TRIAL OF A MAN, ACCUSED OF SENDING MONEY TO THE TALIBAN TERROR ORGANIZATION.

HA-FEEZ KAHN IS ACCUSED OF FUNNELING 50-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE TERROR GROUP.

AFGHAN POISON ATTACK-OTS

VIOLENCE IN AFGHANISTAN.

AFGHAN OFFICIALS SAY TALIBAN INSURGENTS POISONED AND THEN SHOT TO DEATH 17 PEOPLE IN AN OVERNIGHT ATTACK ON A GOVERNMENT-BACKED MILITIA POST IN EASTERN AFGHANISTAN.

SWISS OFFICE ATTACK-TRX VO

DEVELOPING NEWS OUT OF SWITZERLAND.

THREE PEOPLE, INCLUDING A SUSPECTED GUNMAN, HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A SHOOTING AT A FACTORY.

SEVEN OTHERS WERE INJURED IN THE ATTACK.

POLICE ARE RELEASING FEW DETAILS ON THE INCIDENT BUT SAY THAT THE PUBLIC IS NOT IN ANY DANGER.

TRAYVON MARTIN NY VIGIL-VO

TRAYVON MARTIN'S FAMILY MARKED THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HIS SHOOTING DEATH WITH A CANDEL-LIGHT VIGIL IN NEW YORK CITY.

A MOMENT OF SILENCE WAS HELD AT 7:17 P.M. LAST NIGHT.

THE 17-YEAR-OLD UNARMED BLACK TEENAGER WAS KILLED FEBRUARY 26, 2012 BY NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH LEADER GEORGE ZIMMERMAN AFTER THE TWO GOT INTO A CONFRONTATION.

CAROLINA U SHOOTING-VO

POLICE IN SOUTH CAROLINA ARE INVESTIGATING A DEADLY SHOOTING ON A UNIVERSITY CAMPUS.

A 19-YEAR-OLD STUDENT WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT A COASTAL CAROLINIA UNIVERSITY RESIDENCE HALL LAST NIGHT.

KIWI SHARK ATTACK-VOTOPS

NOW TO THAT DEADLY SHARK ATTACK OFF THE COAST OF NEW ZEALAND.

POLICE OFFICERS FIRED SHOTS AT A GREAT WHITE AS IT ATTACKED A 40-YEAR-OLD MAN

THE SURFER WAS KILLED, JUST A COUPLE HUNDRED YARDS OFFSHORE.

THE SHARK -- BELIEVED TO 12-TO-14 FEET LONG -- ROLLED OVER AND VANISHED AFTER OFFICERS OPENED FIRE.

KIWI SHARK ATTACK-SOT VO

A shark, and then we look up, blood everywhere. Shark was still attacking him and then the shark stopped the attacking, he put his head up, we yell at him to swim over to the rock, and he raise his hand up, while he was raise his hand up, next minute, he went down, the shark pulled him down, he came up with his head underwater, and then we know, he's dead.

NORTH KOREA RELAXES MOBILE RESTRICTIONS-VO

NORTH KOREA WILL SOON RELAX MOBILE TECHNOLOGY RESTRICTIONS ON VISITORS, ALLOWING THEM TO TWEET, SKYPE, AND SURF THE NET.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES JUST WEEKS AFTER NORTH KOREA BEGAN ALLOWING

FOREIGNERS TO BRING THEIR OWN CELL PHONES INTO THE COUNTRY.

THE DECISION REVERSES A LONGSTANDING RULE REQUIRING MOST VISITORS TO

RELINQUISH THEIR PHONES AT CUSTOMS

NORTH KOREAN CITIZENS WILL NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE MOBILE INTERNET

GOV SCOTT AT SPRING TRAINING-ONCAM

GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT SAYS HE WANTS TO SPEND 5-MILLION DOLLARS IN THE COMING YEAR TO HELP KEEP SPRING TRAINING ALIVE IN THE STATE.

SCOTT MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE BALL PARK IN LAKELAND -- SPRING TRAINING HOME OF THE DETROIT TIGERS.

THE GOVERNOR WORKED WITH THE GROUNDS CREW, HANDED OUT PROGRAMS AND SOLD CONCESSIONS TO BASEBALL FANS.

RED TIDE MEETING-CG

WONDERING WHAT YOU CAN DO TO STOP RED TIDE OR WHAT TO DO TO MAKE SURE YOUR FAMILY STAYS HEALTHY?

TONIGHT- A PANEL OF SCIENTISTS IS MEETING ON SANIBEL ISLAND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, AND PRESENT THE LATEST RESEARCH ON TOXIC ALGAE BLOOMS.

IT TAKES PLACE AT THE SANIBEL COMMUNITY HOUSE AUDITORIUM ON PERIWNKLE WAY.

TEASE FOUR

SANTA CRUZ CALIFORNIA -- SHOTS RING OUT IN A DEADLY POLICE CONFRONTATION WITH A SUSPECT.

THE CITY MOURNING THE LOST OF TWO OF THEIR FINEST.

PLUS - FOUR RARE CANCER CASES AT ONE OREGON SCHOOL.

NOW THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY IS GETTING INVOLVED.

WE'LL EXPLAIN.

TZ4 A) GUNFIGHT-NATVOTOPS

TZ4 B) OREGON CANCER INVESTIGATION-VOTOPS

SHOOTING CAUGHT ON TAPE-TRX NATVOTOPS

CAUGHT ON A CELL PHONE CAMERA -- A DEADLY GUNFIGHT BETWEEN POLICE AND A SUSPECT IN SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA.

POLICE SAY IT STARTED WHEN THE MAN GUNNED DOWN TWO OFFICERS WHEN THEY APPROACHED HIM DURING AN INVESTIGATION.

THE SUSPECT LED BACKUP OFFICERS ON A CHASE -- THEY CAUGHT UP TO HIMAT THIS APARTMENT BUILDING WHERE THE GUNFIGHT HAPPENED.

AUTHORITIES SAY THE GUNMAN WAS KILLED BY RESPONDING OFFICERS.

SHOOTING CAUGHT ON TAPE-SOT VO

TWO OF OUR MOST BELOVED OFFICERS.ROCKED OUR COMMUNITY TO FOUNDATION.

THE OFFICERS KILLED WERE BOTH VETERANS OF THE DEPARTMENT.

DENVER HIGHWAY CLOSED-trx VOTOPS

OUT WEST IN DENVER, WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE STILL BAD - OFFICIALS HAD TO CLOSE I-70 OVERNIGHT.

THE HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS LEFT ABOUT 60 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS STUCK AT THEIR SCHOOL.

SNOW IN QUINCY ILLINOIS-VOTOPS

AND CHECK IT OUT.

THIS IS QUINCY ILLINOIS -- PEOPLE THERE ARE STILL DIGGING OUT FROM A THICK BLANKET OF SNOW FROM BLLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS YESTERDAY.

CITY WORKERS ARE OUT WITH BULL-DOZERS, CLEARING STREETS.

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.

After seven straight days of highs in the 80s, cooler weather will be moving into Southwest Florida over the next few days and into the weekend. Yesterday's cold front didn't bring much rain with it, but it will bring a few more clouds to the area through today as it stalls out across the southern portion of our viewing area.

Through the mid day hours, we'll continue to see sunshine mixed in with some cloudy periods especially across Collier county. Temperatures today will be a bit cooler as they climb into the middle to upper 70s, along with the slightest drop in our humidity thanks to a light northerly breeze. Much of the area will stay dry through the afternoon, however with the stalled front to our south folks around Collier county have the best chance of seeing a few spotty showers through the evening hours.

Tonight, the clouds should begin to break up across Southwest Florida with partly cloudy skies overnight. Temperatures will also be a bit cooler as they drop into the upper 50s with a few spots reaching the middle 50s by morning.

By Thursday, a bit more sunshine will break out and daytime highs will remain on a cooling trend as they top out in the middle 70s. As another system passes across the state, Friday and into the weekend we'll notice our skies beginning to cloud up and temperatures will take a tumble. By Saturday we're looking at highs in the 60s with a pretty good chance of a few scattered showers to develop Saturday and into Sunday. Overnight lows will drop into the 40s through Monday morning with 30s deeper inland.

EPA OREGON CANCER INVESTIGATION-TRX ONCAM

IS IT COINCIDENCE, OR SOMETHING MORE?

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY IS GOING TO INVESTIGATE WHAT CAUSED AT LEAST FOUR CASES OF A RARE BONE CANCER IN WEST SALEM, OREGON.

EPA OREGON CANCER INVESTIGATION-PKG

--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--

LISA HARDER ALWAYS DREAMED OF BEING A HOME COMING QUEEN. FRIENDS MADE HER WISH COME TRUE LAST FALL -- A FEW MONTHS BEFORE SHE DIED FROM OSTEOSARCOMA, A RARE FORM OF BONE CANCER.

SHE WAS THE FOURTH STUDENT FROM THE SAME GRADE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL TO COME DOWN WITH THE DISEASE.

NOW THE EPA IS IN TOWN TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

We're not focused on what may or may not be causing osteosarcoma at EPA. We're focused environmental contaminants that might be present, that might cause any illness that we're aware of.

RESEARCHERS WILL CHECK WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL WHERE EACH OF THE CANCER KIDS ATTENDED -- AND THIS NEARBY BALL FIELD WHERE THEY EACH PLAYED, ALONG WITH ORCHARDS HEIGHTS PARK WHERE THERE WERE SOCCER AND BASEBALL GAMES AND WEST SALEM HIGH SCHOOL WHERE EACH WENT TO CLASS.

TYLER PROSSER STILL GOES THERE -- HE'S DONE WITH HIS CHEMO AND FEELING MUCH BETTER.

Last summer stuck in a wheel chair inside the house, couldn't go outside much. But I just want sun.

CRAIG PROSSER IS HIS DAD, ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS BEHIND A PARENT GROUP THAT HELPED FOCUS THE GOVERNMENTS ATTENTION HERE.

People in the community are concerned about living here and drinking the water or going to schools.

DOZENS GATHERED FOR AN AFTERNOON MEETING TO HEAR FROM GOVERNMENT RESEARCHERS ABOUT THE PROCESS THEY'LL UNDERTAKE.

TEENS LIKE TYLER JUST HOPE THEY FIND AN ANSWER SOON.

BREAST CANCER IN YOUNG WOMEN-TRX VO

BREAST CANCER IN YOUNG WOMEN IS ON THE RISE.

THE NUMBER OF CASES IS STILL RELATIVELY SMALL -- BUT THE STUDY FOUND MORE WOMEN AGES 25 TO 39 ARE BEING DIAGNOSED WITH ADVANCED BREAST CANCER.

THE STUDY SPANNED THREE DECADES.

RESEARCHERS SAY MORE STUDIES NEED TO BE DONE.

EARLY DETECTION IS KEY -- DOCTORS URGE YOUNG WOMEN TO DO A MONTHLY SELF BREAST EXAM.

TEENS DRUGS AND DRINKING-VO

ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY -- ONE IN FOUR 10TH GRADERS IN THE U-S HAVE SMOKED POT.

THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE LOOKED AT MORE THAT 25-HUNDRED STUDENTS.

MORE THAN A THIRD OF THEM SAID THEY HAD TRIED ALCOHOL IN THE LAST YEAR.

THAI FLOODS-TRX VO

HAPPENING RIGHT NOW -- FLOODWATERS IN THAILAND ARE FINALLY RECEEDING AFTER HEAVY RAINS SWEPT THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY.

THE RAINS TRIGGERED LANDSLIDES, DESTROYED HOMES, AND RUINED THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF FARMLAND.

TITANIC II UNVEILED-VO

AN AUSTRALIAN BILLIONAIRE SAYS HE INTENDS TO BUILD A NEW VERSION OF THE TITANIC.

CLIVE PALMER UNVEILED HIS PLANS IN NEW YORK.

HE SAYS AT LEAST 40-THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN BUYING TICKETS FOR THE MAIDEN VOYAGE!.

IF ALL GOES AS PLANNED -- THE NEW SHIP WOULD SET SAIL IN 2016, FROM SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND TO NEW YORK.

NEVADA GOLD-VO

3 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

THAT'S WHAT HALF OF A LATE NEVADA MAN'S GOLD COIN COLLECTION BROUGHT IN, WHEN IT WAS AUCTIONED OFF.

TAKE A LOOK, THE AUCTION WAS HELD IN A CARSON CITY BUILDING, PACKED WITH HEAVILY ARMED GUARDS.

THE RECLUSIVE MAN PASSED AWAY LAST YEAR, LEAVING THE FORTUNE BEHIND, HIDDEN IN HIS GARAGE.

HE WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST HOLDERS OF GOLD COINS IN THE COUNTRY.

SEVEN YEAR OLD TATTOO ARTIST-VO

A LITTLE GIRL IN TEXAS WANTS TO BE JUST LIKE HER DADDY.

SHE''S BEEN TAGGING ALONG WITH HIM.TO THE TATTOO PARLOR WHERE HE WORKS AS AN ARTIST.

ALICIA GUTIERREZ IS SEVEN YEARS OLD AND HER SKILL IS GETTING REALLY GOOD -- ENOUGH TO GAIN THE TRUST OF PATRONS -- WITH DAD'S SUPERVISION OF COURSE.

SEVEN YEAR OLD TATTOO ARTIST-SOT VO

"I want her by the age of 12 to just be rocking out bad tattoos. I mean, good tattoos, you know what I mean, awesome tattoos. And if she keeps up with what she's doing now, she draws a lot and she watches me a lot, by the age of 10 or 12 she's going to be pretty good."

"Do you want to be a tattoo artist you think?"

"Just like my daddy."

COMING UP @ 4-CLIP

NEW DETAILS INTO THE NEWSROOM ABOUT A LETTER WRITTEN TO THE PRESIDENT BY LEE COUNTY SHERIFF, MIKE SCOTT.

SHERIFF SCOTT TELLS THE PRESIDENT - HE WILL NOT ENFORCE ANY GUN REGULATION HANDED DOWN BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

NBC-2 IS WORKING RIGHT NOW TO CONTACT THE SHERIFF TO TALK ABOUT HIS WORDS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA.

PLUS - SKETCHY SNEAKERS.

MOMMY BLOGS SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE NEWEST T-V AD HITTING AIR WAVES FROM SKECHERS.

WHY THEY SAY THE REFERENCE TO "DADDY'S MONEY SHOES" SEND A BAD MESSAGE TO GIRLS.

THOSE STORIES FIRST AT FOUR.

A) sheriff letter to obama-VO

B) teacher allegedly steals-VOTOPS

C) skechers sneaker controversy-VOTOPS

POPE FINAL AUDIENCE-TRXVO TOPS

RECAPPING TODAY'S TOP STORIES --

THOUSANDS WERE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY TO WATCH POPE BENEDICT'S HISTORIC

FINAL PUBLIC FAREWELL IN ST. PETER'S SQUARE.

BENEDICT SAID HE WOULD CONTINUE SERVING THE CHURCH THROUGH PRAYER.

TOMORROW --HE WILL REMOVE HIMSELF COMPLETELY FROM THE PUBLIC EYE.

FORT MYERS SHOOTING-VOTOPS

POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR CLUES AFTER A SHOOTING EARLY THIS MORNING AT A FORT MYERS APARTMENT COMPLEX ALONG DELEON STREET.

THERE WAS AN ALTERCATION IN A PARKING LOT WHERE SHOTS WERE FIRED.

EVERYONE IS OK.

SEQUESTER BATTLE-VOTOPS

JUST OVER 48 HOURS UNTIL THE SEQUESTER CUTS START KICKING IN,

AND THERE'S NO SENSE OF URGENCY TO BE SEEN IN WASHINGTON.

PRESIDENT OBAMA CONTINUES TO DEMAND THAT REPUBLICANS

COMPROMISE ON RAISING NEW REVENUES.

REPUBLICANS BLAME THE PRESIDENT FOR HOLDING RALLIES TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE,

MARKET WATCH-SATLIVE

U.S. STOCKS - RISING IN MIDDAY TRADING BECAUSE OF STRONG EARNINGS FROM DISCOUNT RETAILERS AND MORE EVIDENCE THAT HOUSING IS RECOVERING.

CLOSE-3-SHOT

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