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BREAKING NEWS-CLIP

CHAR BRUSH FIRE RADAR-RADAR

THIS IS THE SMOKE that's SHOWING UP ON NBC2'S DOPPLER RADAR.

YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN TRAILS ON THE MAP.

FLORIDA FOREST SERVICE TELLS NBC2 THIS STARTED LESS THAN AN HOUR AGO --

TRACTOR TRAILERS HAVE BURNED -

THIS IS A RELATIVELY RURAL AREA -- RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NO INDICATION ANY BUILDINGS OR HOMES ARE IN DANGER.

ROTUNDA FIRE-TRX SS TOPS

NBC2 IS ONTOP OF ANOTHER BRUSH FIRE.

THIS ONE IS BURNING IN ROTONDA WEST.

WE'RE TOLD FLAMES ARE ERUPTING ALONG THE 100 BLOCK OF Jade Street

THE STRIKE TEAM HAS BEEN CALLED TO THE SCENE ALONG WITH AIR SUPPORT BECAUSE THERE IS HEAVY FUEL.

SO FAR NO REPORTS OF ANY INJURIES.

BALL INDICTED-TRX SS

MORE BREAKING NEWS AT FOUR:

NBC2 HAS CONFIRMED WITHIN THE LAST 15 MINUTES THE MAN ACCUSED OF ROBBING THREE BANKS IN LEE COUNTY LAST WEEK HAS BEEN INDICTED.

DANIEL BALL IS ACCUSED OF ROBBING TWO FIFTH-THIRD BANKS AND ONE EDISON NATIONAL BANK.

TOSS TO MATT-TRX SOT TOPS

count one, the defendant is guilty of manslaughter

A FORT MYERS MAN IS CONVICTED IN THE DEATH OF HIS INFANT SON.

THE JURY FOUND RYAN COSTELLO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MASSIVE INJURIES HIS BABY. DARWIN. SUFFERED IN 2010--

GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER.

COSTELLO VERDICT-PLASMA

RYAN COSTELLO FACED A POSSIBLE CONVICTION OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER FOR THE DEATH OF HIS SON.

COSTELLO VERDICT-VO

RYAN COSTELLO DID NOT SHOW ANY VISIBLE EMOTION AS THE VERDICT CAME DOWN. BUT HIS FAMILY MEMBERS SOBBED.

FOLLOWING A WEEK OF TESTIMONY. IT TOOK THE JURY ABOUT SIX HOURS TO DECIDE COSTELLO CAUSED THE DEATH OF HIS 11-WEEK OLD SON. DARWIN.

AFTER THE INFANT SUFFERED MASSIVE BRAIN INJURIES AND A SKULL FRACTURE IN 2010. COSTELLO SIMPLY DROPPED HIM OFF AT THE HOSPITAL THEN RETURNED HOME TO CLEAN UP A MARIJUANA GROW ROOM.

IN ADDITION TO MANSLAUGHTER. THE JURY ALSO CONVICTED COSTELLO ON ONE COUNT EACH OF CHILD NEGLECT AND TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE.

BUT THE JUDGE ACQUITTED COSTELLO ON TWO ADDITIONAL COUNTS OF CHILD NEGLECT.

COSTELLO VERDICT-SOT

we're very pleased with the work that the jury did. They obviously put a lot of thought into it, they took their time, they considered the evidence. This was a very difficult case for everyone involved, and we're very pleased with the outcome.

COSTELLO VERDICT-PLASMA

COSTELLO'S ATTORNEY TELLS US HE PLANS TO APPEAL THIS DECISION.

FOR NOW. SENTENCING IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL.

COSTELLO FACES UP TO THIRTY YEARS IN PRISON.

TOSS TO STEVE-TRX VO TOPS SS BOXES

BRAND NEW DEVELOPMENTS AT FOUR ON THIS WILD SCENE.

CAPE CORAL POLICE* NOW SAY THE MAN WHO INTENTIONALLY DROVE HIS VAN INTO A HOME--

AND BEAT HIS WIFE WITH A BASEBALL BAT.

ACTUALLY CALLED 911 FOR HELP.

AND JUST TODAY. JOSE ACEVEDO'S DAY IN COURT WAS DELAYED OVER SOME CONFUSION--

OVER WHETHER HIS WIFE--

WAS DEAD OR ALIVE.

NBC2'S STEVE CAMPION IS LIVE FROM OUR CAPE CORAL MOBILE NEWSROOM WITH NEW DETAILS JUST NOW COMING TO LIGHT.

VAN INTO HOME-REM-26

CAPE COPS SAY BEYOND THAT BUSTED WALL AND CRUMBLING CONCRETE -- WAS JOSE ACEVEDO'S WIFE AND YOUNG SON INSIDE A BEDROOM.

UPON IMPACT -- OFFICERS SAY ACEVEDO RAN INSIDE, GRABBED A BASEBALL BAT, AND USED IT TO HIT HIS WIFE IN THE HEAD.

VAN INTO HOME-PKG

58:09 "good morning. Buenos Dias."

EMOTIONLESS -- 41 YEAR OLD

JOSE ACEVEDO APPEARED SHACKLED AND CHAINED BEFORE A LEE COUNTY JUDGE THIS MORNING.

HIS FIRST APPEARANCE POSTPONED UNTIL TOMORROW -- AFTER A MISTAKE ON HIS CHARGING DOCUMENT.

THE PUERTO RICAN NATIVE FACES ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES -- AFTER COPS SAY HE OFFERED UP A CHILLING CONFESSION.

ACCORDING TO HIS ARREST REPORT -- ACEVEDO SAID HE WANTED HIS WIFE DEAD AND QUOTE "BROKE HER HEAD" UNTIL STUFF STARTED STREAMING OUT IN THE FRONT DRIVEWAY.

WHEN SHE SCREAMED OUT

"I LOVE YOU" -- HE APPARENTLY HAD A CHANGE OF HEART, CALLED 911, AND CARRIED HER TO THE SOFA INSIDE.

INSIDE THIS COURT TODAY -- A CONFUSION LED PROSECUTORS TO THINK SHE PASSED AWAY.

VAN INTO HOME-REM-26

CAPE POLICE SAY ACEVEDO'S WIFE IS ALIVE AND EXPECTED TO SURVIVE THE ATTACK.

SATURDAY EVENING -- OFFICERS WERE CALLED OUT TO THIS HOME.

THE COUPLE WAS ARGUING OVER MONEY.

FOUR DAYS LATER --

THEIR LIVES MAY FOREVER SPLIT WITH A HUSBAND IN JAIL AND A WIFE RECOVERING FROM SEVERE INJURIES.

THEIR SON IS NOW WITH RELATIVES.

GUN ON BUS UPDATE-VO OC

CYPRESS LAKE HIGH SCHOOL SAYS IT'S "SADDENED AND DISHEARTENED" BY THE BACKLASH IT'S GETTING FOR SUSPENDING STUDENTS.

THIS IS A BRAND NEW UPDATE TO A STORY WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING.

LAST WEEK DEPUTIES SAY A STUDENT BROUGHT A GUN ON A SCHOOL BUS.

THEY SAY HE PULLED IT OUT AND THREATENED TO SHOOT ANOTHER STUDENT.

AFTER THE INCIDENT -WE HAD NUMEROUS QUESTIONS--

WHERE WAS THE BUS DRIVER, WHY WERE SOME STUDENTS SUSPENDED FOR HELPING WRESTLE AWAY THE GUN?

CYPRESS LAKE SAYS IT CAN'T SAY MUCH DUE TO PRIVACY ISSUES BUT ADDS "THERE IS MORE TO THE STORY THAN MEETS THE EYE".

WE REACHED OUT THE LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT---

DETECTIVES *DID INTERVIEW THE BUS DRIVER.

THEY SAY THE DRIVER KNEW SOMETHING WAS GOING ON-- BUT DIDN'T KNOW WHAT.

COLLIER MURDER SUSPECT-SS VO

A NEW CRIME ALERT AT FOUR.

COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP IN TRACKING DOWN A SUSPECTED KILLER.

28 YEAR OLD GENS CADETE IS WANTED ON MURDER CHARGES FOR A SHOOTING THAT LEFT ONE MAN DEAD AND ANOTHER INJURED IN IMMOKALEE.

ALL THIS UNFOLDED BACK ON FEBRUARY SECOND WHEN INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SUSPECT SHOT TWO MEN INSIDE A CAR.

A 20 YEAR OLD MAN DIED AT THE HOSPITAL.

CADETE WAS REPORTEDLY DRIVING A BURGUNDY OR PINK FOUR-DOOR FORD, POSSIBLY A TAURUS.

NURSING HOME FIGHT-VO WIPE

BRAND NEW AT FOUR.

DEVELOPERS WANT TO BRING AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY TO CAPE CORAL -- BUT THOSE LIVING NEAR THE SITE AREN'T HAPPY.

NEARLY A DOZEN PEOPLE SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE PLANS AT THIS MORNING'S PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING.

DEVELOPERS WANT TO BUILD A 91 UNIT, MULTI-BUILDING FACILITY ON ROUGHLY LAND OFF SOUTHWEST 17TH PLACE.

BUT PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE AREA SAY IT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL --

NURSING HOME FIGHT-SOT VO

TAKE SOT

bri ippolito/cape coral

"if you havent been out to the property i encourage you to do so it is not on a major thoroughfare its a very residential close knit community it is not the site for this." 18:2:57-3:07

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION VOTED TO DENY THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION.

BUT, CITY COUNCIL CAN OVERRULE IT IF DEVELOPERS APPLY FOR A APPEAL.

NAPLES PIER CAMERA-VO

IMAGINE WATCHING THE SUNSET AT THE NAPLES PIER --

FROM INSIDE YOUR HOME.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LIVE WEB CAM.

IT'S AN IDEA CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS *ALMOST APPROVED ON WEDNESDAY.

MEMBERS VOTED FOUR TO THREE AGAINST INSTALLING A WEB CAM ON THE NAPLES PIER THAT WOULD'VE LIVE-STREAMED SUNSETS TO THE INTERNET.

CLAM PASS DREDGING-VO WIPE

FIRST AT FOUR.

WORK TO REMOVE SAND FROM A COLLIER COUNTY WATERWAY OFFICIALLY STARTED TODAY.

WEDNESDAY MARKED THE FIRST DAY FOR DREDGING AT CLAM PASS IN NAPLES.

SAND HAS CLOGGED THE CHANNEL FOR MONTHS - PUTTING MANGROVES AND WILDLIFE AT RISK WITHOUT FLOWING WATER.

VOLUNTEERS EVEN TRIED DIGGING OUT THE PASS THEMSELVES - BUT ARE THRILLED TO FINALLY SEE CREWS TAKING OVER.

CLAM PASS DREDGING-SOT VO

Gary Laskowsky/Pelican Bay/29:54 "Anytime someone goes by digging our with a truck, everybody's smiling at them. It's the best thing they could ever see at Pelican Bay."

PG LIGHT FOLLOW-VO

FIRST AT FOUR--

FLASHING SIGNS WARNING DRIVERS OF A NEW CROSSWALK IN PUNTA GORDA ARE COMING DOWN.

THIS IS AN UPDATE TO A STORY NBC2 HAS BEEN FOLLOWING.

THE CITY INSTALLED THREE BLINKING SIGNS AT CROSSWALKS NEAR A NEW WALKING TRAIL.

THE SIGNS LED TO CONFUSION BETWEEN MOTORISTS AND PASSENGERS ABOUT WHO HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY.

CHARLOTTE DRUG CRIMES-VO WIPE

FIRST AT FOUR.

DRUG DEALERS AND USERS IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY BE WARNED: THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS BEEFING UP ITS DRUG UNIT.

NBC-2 WENT FOR A RIDE TODAY WITH THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT REORGANIZED BY NEW SHERIFF BILL PRUMMELL.

CHARLOTTE DRUG CRIMES-SOT VO

Sheriff Bill Prummell, Charlotte County

8 seconds

"we need to focus on both of them, the dealers and the users. Yes, the dealers are putting drugs out there on the streets, but the users are ripping us off."

TEASE ONE-2SHOT

A) CRANE COLLAPSE-NATVO

B) COP SAVES MAN-VO TOPS

C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

CRANE COLLAPSE-NATSVOTOP

nats of crane falling into the water

MUST SEE VIDEO OF A CRANE COLLAPSING.

TAKE A LOOK.A CONSTRUCTION CRANE ACCIDENTALLY FELL INTO A BAY IN OREGON.

IT HAPPENED WHILE REPAIR CREWS WERE REPLACING POWER LINE SUPPORT TOWERS THAT SPAN THE BAY.

NO ONE WAS HURT.

ITALY VOLCANO-TRX VO TOPS

CHECK OUT THIS SCENE.

EUROPE'S MOST ACTIVE VOLCANO LIT UP THE NIGHT SKY.

ITALY'S MOUNT ETNA SPEWED HOT ASH AND LAVA HIGH INTO THE AIR OVER SICILY.

COP SAVES MAN-TRX VO TOPS

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AMAZING SURVEILLANCE VIDEO.

IT SHOWS A POLICE OFFICER SAVING A MAN'S LIFE.

THE MAN AND HIS MOTHER WERE HEADED TO THE HOSPITAL WHEN HE STARTED HAVING SEIZURES.

SO SHE PULLED INTO A GAS STATION --

AND A QUICK-THINKING COP JUST HAPPENED TO BE THERE.

TEASE TWO-2SHOT

RETURNING TO THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.

"Be bold. Be courageous. Please support background checks.

FIRST AT FOUR - FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN GABRIELLE GIFFORDS WALKS BACK TO THE SHOPPING CENTER WHERE SHE WAS SHOT AND OPENS UP ABOUT A BRAND NEW MESSAGE.

AND LISTEN TO THIS -

ITS O-K TO KILL AMERICANS HERE ON U-S SOIL WITH DRONES.

That's THE ADMISSION TODAY BY U-S ATTORNEY GENERAL, ERIC HOLDER.

BUT IS HE STICKING TO HIS WORDS, AMID THE CRITICISM?

A) GABBY TEASE-SOTVO

B) ERIC HOLDER VIDEO-VO TOPS

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-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.

"TURNING COLDER TONIGHT"

After a cloudy and showery start to the day, the sun finally returned during the afternoon hours as a cold front moved across Southwest Florida. Despite wall to wall sunshine, afternoon highs remained quite cool as they peaked in the lower 70s. For the remainder of the afternoon, breezy northwesterly winds will usher in another batch of cool and dry air with temperatures hovering in the middle 60s by sunset.

Tonight, skies will go mostly clear and much colder air will filter down the peninsula. This will set the stage for another chilly morning, so it's best to keep the sweaters and jackets handy. Temperatures will start off in the middle 40s here in town, with a few inland and northern cold spots sinking into the upper 30s.

After a chilly start to the day, temperatures will warm only into the lower 70s, despite sunny skies across our part of the state. Typically, we're into the upper 70s for afternoon highs, so temps. will be a bit cool as they stay 8-10° below the average. As we head into the evening hours, temperatures will begin to drop off pretty quickly under clear skies as they bottom out in the upper 40s by Friday morning.

High pressure will be in control of our weather through the upcoming weekend providing us with plenty of sunshine and a dry weather pattern. Winds will begin to shift around to the east, which will help us to warm into the upper 70s by Saturday with lower 80s in the forecast by Sunday afternoon.

TRAFFIC-trxTFC FDOT

TRAFFIC BILLBOARD-CLIP

SMITH AND WESSON SALES-VO

GUN MAKER SMITH AND WESSON IS APPARENTLY RAKING IN THE DOUGH.

AMID THREATS OF TIGHTER GUN CONTROL BY THE WHITE HOUSE, THE COMPANY'S EARNINGS MORE THAN TRIPLED IN ITS MOST RECENT QUARTER.

GIFFORDS GUN CONTROL-INTRO

DURING ALL THE TALK ON GUN CONTROL - FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN GABBY GIFFORDS IS INCREASING HER PUSH FOR STRONGER BACKGROUND CHECKS -- FOR POTENTIAL GUN OWNERS.

SHE RELEASED TWO TELEVISION ADS, THIS WEEK --

AND EARLIER TODAY, SHE RETURNED TO the SCENE OF THE RAMPAGE - WHERE SHE WAS SHOT.

GIFFORDS GUN CONTROL-PKG

MORE THAN TWO YEARS LATER. THEY RETURNED TODAY.

SURVIVORS OF THE ATTACK THAT KILLED SIX - COMING BACK TO THE TUCSON SHOPPING CENTER WHERE IT HAPPENED. WITH A CLEAR. DIRECT MESSAGE.

"everyday gabby heads to therapy she says the same thing -interrupts- fight, fight, fight."

A BATTLE FOR STRICTER GUN CONTROL LAWS THAT IS STILL PAINFUL. AN VERY PERSONAL.

"everybody said at the time something has to change. but. they said it after Aurora, they said it after Wisconsin and finally we had the unbelievable carnage of 20 little children being killed. is that the wake up call we needed?"

THE PUSH FOR CHANGE IS BEING LED BY WOUNDED CONGRESSWOMAN GABBY GIFFORDS.

"We have a problem."

THIS WEEK GIFFORDS RELEASED TWO TELEVISION ADS. AS PART OF A PUSH FOR LAWMAKERS TO EXPAND BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR GUN OWNERS.

KEN DURUSHKA -WHO WAS SHOT SHIELDING HIS WIFE DURING THE RAMPAGE- SAYS THE MEMORY OF A LITTLE NINE YEAR OLD WHO DID NOT SURVIVE. IS ONE OF THE MANY REASONS THINGS HAVE TO CHANGE.

"The right of little Christina Taylor Green to see her 10th birthday supersedes the right of anybody else to have an AK-47."

FOR GIFFORDS. IT'S THE MEMORIES OF THOSE LOST THE DAY THEY CAME TO SUPPORT HER. AND THE REMINDER EVERYDAY DURING THERAPY. THAT FRAME THE MESSAGE SHE DELIVERED TODAY.

"Be bold, be courageous - please support background checks."

WORDS SHE HAS STRUGGLED FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS TO SAY.IN THE HOPE THAT SOMEDAY, WITH CHANGE, THEY WILL NEVER HAVE TO BE SPOKEN AGAIN.

SELLING KIDS INFO-VO WIPE

SELLING STUDENTS INFORMATION.

IT'S WHAT ONE GROUP CLAIMS A NEW SENATE BILL IS TRYING TO DO.

THE BILL WANTS TO STREAMLINE AN ALREADY EXISTING DATABASE OF STUDENT INFORMATION.

IT WOULD CREATE WEB ACCESS FOR PARENTS SHOWING THEM GENERAL ACADEMIC TRENDING.

IT WILL *ALSO GIVE "AUTHORIZED ORGANIZATIONS" ACCESS TO IT.

FUND EDUCATION NOW--A NON PARTISAN GROUP--SAYS THE BILL IS PUTTING FLORIDA'S KIDS IN DANGER.

WE REACHED OUT TO REPUBLICAN SENATOR BILL GALVANO.

SELLING KIDS INFO-SOT VO

PARENTS SAY THEY STILL DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF PUTTING SO MUCH INFORMATION IN ONE PLACE.

THEY SAY--THEY ALREADY HAVE ONLINE ACCESS TO THEIR CHILD'S SCHOOL INFORMATION.

RHODA HAS CANCER-SS VO

VALERIE HARPER, WHO PLAYED RHODA MORGENSTERN ON TELEVISION'S "THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW" AND ITS SPINOFF, "RHODA," HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH TERMINAL BRAIN CANCER.

PEOPLE MAGAZINE REPORTED ON IT'S WEBSITE THAT THE 73-YEAR-OLD ACTRESS RECEIVED THE NEWS BACK IN JANUARY.

THE REPORT SAYS SHE HAS AS LITTLE AS THREE MONTHS TO LIVE.

HARPER TELLS THE MAGAZINE: "I DON'T THINK OF DYING. I THINK OF BEING HERE NOW."

BLOOMBERG LOUD MUSIC-SS

FIRST TRANS-FATS--

THEN IT WAS LARGE SUGARY DRINKS.

NOW LOUD MUSIC FROM EAR PHONES MAY BE THE NEXT TARGET.

ACCORDINGT TO THE NEW YORK POST--

CITY HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE PLANNING A SOCIAL-MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO WARN YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT THE RISK OF HEARING LOSS FROM LISTENING TO MUSIC AT HIGH VOLUMES.

TEASE THREE-2SHOT

ARE MOVIE STUDIOS INVADING YOUR PRIVACY, WHEN YOU HIT THE INTERNET AT HOME?

"They're put in the position of being, yeah, your home police for copyrighted material."

A) ONLINE PIRACY-SOTVO

ONLINE PIRACY-PLASMA

NEW CONTROVERSY FIRST AT FOUR OVER ONLINE PIRACY --

IT'S YOUR RIGHTS AS AN ONLINE USER VERSUS THE DIGITAL CONTENT CREATORS.

ONLINE PIRACY-PKG

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EFFORTS TO BATTLE ONLINE PIRACY CRUMBLED LAST YEAR IN CONGRESS.

ADVOCATES OF A FREE AND OPEN INTERNET RALLIED OPPOSITION THAT KILLED LEGISLATION HOLLYWOOD

SUPPORTED.

"Obviously, this was a loss.there's no way else to describe that. But the problem doesn't go

away."

SO, NOW, THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY'S TRYING A DIFFERENT AND CONTROVERSIAL APPROACH.

THEY'VE TEAMED UP WITH FIVE OF THE NATION'S LEADING INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS.OR ISPs.TO DISCOURAGE PIRACY THROUGH

THE COPYRIGHT ALERT SYSTEM.

"They're put in the position of being, yeah, your home police for copyrighted material."

nats

CONTENT COMPANIES WILL TELL AN ISP WHEN THEY'VE DETECTED THAT A CONSUMER HAS ILLEGALLY DOWNLOADED CONTENT. THE ISP THEN SENDS THAT USER AN EMAIL OR ALERT ABOUT THE PERILS OF, AND ALTERNATIVES TO, ONLINE PIRACY----BUT IF THE PIRACY CONTINUES,

THE ISP'S WARNINGS INTENSIFY.

"They have the right at some point, to institute a slowing down of your internet service.

After 6 strikes, they could suspend your service."

CONSUMERS CAN CHALLENGE A PIRACY ALLEGATION VIA ARBITRATION. BUT CNET SENIOR EDITOR SCOTT STEIN HAS

CONCERNS ABOUT THIS GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT ELEMENT.

The messy part here is that you're policing somebody's home actions via service that they're paying for. If it starts in one area, will it

extend to other areas?

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL CITES FIGURES FROM THE ANTI-PIRACY FIRM IRDETO.THAT INSTANCES OF PIRATED ENTERTAINMENT CONTENT

ZOOMED FROM 5.4 BILLION IN 2009 TO MORE THAN 14 BILLION LAST YEAR.

ONLINE PIRACY-ONCAM

IF YOU'RE CAUGHT AND WANT TO CONTEST --

TEASE FOUR-2SHOT

JUST INCHES FROM DEATH.A SOUTHWEST FLORIDA POLICE OFFICER OPENS ABOUT ABOUT SURVIVING A SHOOTING.

FIRST AT FOUR WE HAVE HIS DRAMATIC STORY AND HIS NEW GIFT, HELPING HIM TO GO ON FIGHTING CRIME.

PLUS LET'S HOPE THEIR FURNITURE ISN'T AS BAD AS THEIR FOOD.

A) ARCADIA COP GETS SHOT-VOWIPE

B) IKEA CAKES-VO TOPS

SHOW OPEN-CLIP

BIG BOARD-SAT30-RTR2

ALSO BREAKING FIRST AT FOUR -- THE CLOSING BELL ON WALL STREET ONE DAY AFTER THE DOW CLOSED AT IS ALL-TIME HIGH.

MIDWEST STORM-2 SHOT

THIS IS A LIVE LOOK AT THE CAPITOL BUILDING -- WHERE A MASSIVE SNOW STORM IS JUST STARTING TO MAKE ITS MARK.

IT'S THE SAME SNOW STORM THAT DUMPED MORE THAN A FOOT OF SNOW ON PARTS OF THE MIDWEST.

AND NOW -- WE'RE LEARNING OF SCHOOL CLOSURES, FLIGHT CANCELATIONS -- AND EVEN CHANGES TO CONGRESS'S SCHEDULE.

MIDWEST STORM-PKG

IN WASHINGTON D-C WIND WHIPPED WET STINGING SNOW DOWN ON CAPITOL HILL.

"It's wet, its sloppy, but nothing what i expected. "

AND COLD- JUST NOT QUITE COLD ENOUGH TO REALLY STICK.

its not the most pleasent storm, that's for sure.

FEDERAL EMPLOYEES STAYED HOME.

AND LAWMAKERS CALLED IT QUITS EARLY TO AVOID THE WORST OF THE WEATHER.

THE STORM HAS DUMPED MORE THAN A FOOT OF SNOW ON PARTS OF VIRGINIA.

TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE NO POWER.

AND AROUND THE REGION SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED.

ALONG THE JERSEY SHORE- BLOWING SNOW THREATENED COMMUNITIES STILL DIGGING OUT FROM SUPERSTORM SANDY.

IN PITTSBURGH- HOMEOWNERS USED A BREAK IN THE STORM TO DIG OUT WITH SNOW-BLOWERS.

the snow is very heavy. it's like mashed potatoes but you have to be very careful shoveling not to have a heart attack.

NEAR CINCINNATI SLICK ROADS WERE TOO MUCH FOR ONE TRUCK DRIVER.

"I lost control of my truck jackkniffed it twice in two different directions"

NEAR CHICAGO A ROOF COLLAPSED UNDER ROUGHLY NINE INCHES OF SNOW.

AND IN TINLEY PARK A SCHOOL BUS LOST CONTROL CRASHING INTO APARTMENTS.

AT CHICAGO OHARE AIRPORT PASSENGERS STRANDED SINCE YESTERDAY WAITED FOR FLIGHTS.

"I was re-scheduled and re-routed yesterday about three times"

AROUND 4000 FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN CANCELED THIS WEEK.

TODAY WASHINGTON'S REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT SAT NEARLY EMPTY-

AS THE REGION BRACED FOR WHAT WAS PREDICTED TO BE THE WORST STORM IN TWO YEARS.

RSW FLIGHTS-OC SOT VO

AS THE MONSTER STORM HEADS TO THE EAST COAST TODAY.TRAVELERS ARE FORCED TO PUT THE BREAKS ON THEIR PLANS HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

Cindy Acker

SWFL winter resident

:10

"Because of the weather I'm a little bit concerned that their plane is going to get canceled. I just want to make sure they get off. I worry. I'm a mother!!! Ahah ha!"

WE REACHED OUT TO MULTIPLE AIRLINES TODAY.

REPS AT JET BLUE SAY FOR THE NEXT FOUR DAYS THEY ARE ALLOWING TRAVELERS FLYING IN AND OUT OF THE NORTHEAST TO SWITCH THEIR FLIGHT TO A LATER DATE EVEN IF IT'S NOT CANCELLED.

ARCADIA COP GETS VEST-VO WIPE

AN ARCADIA POLICE SERGEANT, SHOT IN THE CHEST ON NEW YEAR'S EVE RECEIVED A NEW BULLET PROOF VEST TODAY.

THE SERGEANT WAS SHOT AT MULTIPLE TIMES BY A SUSPECT HE WAS CHASING IN THE CEMETERY.

THE SERGEANT WAS HIT IN THE ARM AND THE CHEST.

ARCADIA COP GETS VEST-SOT VO

07.45.27 It was like getting hit with a sledgehammer. There was no real pain, there was just so much adrenaline when I was shot in the arm, I never felt that. There was no pain, it wasn't until later when I realized, when Sgt. Woods checked my injuries, I had no idea he noticed my arm was all wet and blood was all down my arm.

THE SHOOTER IS DESCRIBED AS TALL AND THIN WITH A TATTOO ON HIS NECK WRITTEN IN OLD ENGLISH-TYPE OF LETTERING.

THE SECOND SUSPECT IS SHORTER, AROUND FIVE FOOT SEVEN WITH A STOCKY BUILD AND A SQUARED OFF HAIRCUT.

BEAUTY SHOP THEFT-TRX SS

A NEW CRIME ALERT FIRST AT FOUR.

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE ON THE HUNT FOR THE MAN THAT HAS TWICE RIPPED OFF A LOCAL BEAUTY SUPPLY STORE.

THIS IS A BRAND NEW SURVEILLANCE PHOTO FROM ULTA AT BELL TOWER SHOPS.

BACK ON FEBRUARY 23RD AND 27TH A STORE MANAGER SAYS THE THIEF SWIPED SEVERAL MEN'S FRAGRANCES.

FONDLING ARREST-SS

A PORT CHARLOTTE MAN ADMITS TO INAPPROPRIATELY TOUCHING A TEEN, WHILE SHE WAS ASLEEP.

POLICE SAY ANDY RAMOS ENTERED HIS 14-YEAR-OLD RELATIVE'S BEDROOM ONE NIGHT LAST MONTH AND PUT HIS HAND UP HER SHIRT.

THE VICTIM NOTICED, BUT PRETENDED TO BE ASLEEP.

FL TEXTING BAN-VO

FLORIDA COULD SOON BAN TEXTING WHILE DRIVING ON FLORIDA ROADS.

THE SENATE COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE IS MEETING TODAY TO CONSIDER A BILL.

IT OUTLAWS TEXTING BY DRIVERS BUT EXEMPTS POLICE AND OTHER EMERGENCY VEHICLES.

THE PROPOSED LAW MAKES TEXTING SUBJECT TO SECONDARY ENFORCEMENT.

POLICE COULD CITE DRIVERS *ONLY IF THEY HAD BEEN PULLED OVER FOR ANOTHER VIOLATION SUCH AS SPEEDING

20 20 RIDING-VO WIPE

SOME RURAL HORSE RIDERS ARE UPSET WITH LEE COUNTY -

THEY WANT TO RIDE THEIR HORSES ON CONSERVATION 20-20 LAND.

BUT SAYS THERE IS FENCING AND SIGNS THAT BLOCK THEM FROM GAINING ACCESS.

20 20 RIDING-2 SOTS VO

I hope to break him and have a place to ride. I don't have a trailer. If we could ride here it would be great.

little by little everything is fenced off and places we used to ride are now getting eaten up by 20/20 land.

THE HEAD OF CONSERVATION 20-20 SAYS IT TAKES TIME TO CARVE OUT HORSE TRAILS.

RIGHT NOW - LEE COUNTY DOES ALLOW HORSEBACK RIDING AT 2 CONSERVATION PRESERVES.

OBAMA GOP DINNER-ONCAM

PRESIDENT OBAMA IS INVITING A GROUP OF REPUBLICAN SENATORS TO DINNER AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

A WEEK FROM TODAY, HE'LL SIT DOWN WITH SENATE REPUBLICANS OVER A MEAL AT THE CAPITOL.

THEY INVITED THE PRESIDENT TO THEIR POLICY LUNCH - AT HIS REQUEST.

THE LAST TIME PRESIDENT OBAMA ATTENDED A REPUBLICAN POLICY LUNCH WAS IN 2010.

HOLDER REAX-OC SOT SS

ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER IS FEELING SOME HEAT OVER CLAIMS HE WON'T RULE OUT A DRONE STRIKE AGAINST AN AMERICAN CITIZEN ON U.S. SOIL.

BUT TODAY HOLDER INSISTED SUCH A STRIKE IS "HIGHLY HYPOTHETICAL."

"The government has no intention to carry out any drone strikes in the United States. Um, it's hard for me to imagine a situation in which that would occur."

CHAVEZ DEATH LATEST-VO

HUGO CHAVEZ SUPPORTERS ARE GATHERING TODAY OUTSIDE THE CARACAS MILITARY HOSPITAL WHERE THE VENEZUELAN LEADER DIED YESTERDAY AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH CANCER.

SUPPORTERS OF THE LEFTIST, HELD PHOTOGRAPHS AND SIGNS IN TRIBUTE TO THEIR DEAD LEADER.

SEVEN DAYS OF MOURNING HAVE BEEN DECLARED FOR CHAVEZ.

CHAVEZ DESIGNATED VICE PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO AS HIS SUCCESSOR.

SEAN PENN REAX-ONCAM

THERE IS NEW REACTION FROM ACTOR SEAN PENN ON THE DEATH OF HUGO CHAVEZ.

HE RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING, THE UNITED STATES HAS LOST A FRIEND IT NEVER KNEW IT HAD.

HE ALSO SAYS HIS THOUGHTS ARE WITH CHAVEZ'S FAMILY AND THE PEOPLE OF VENEZUELA.

HUGO CHAVEZ DIED TUESDAY AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH CANCER.

MINDY NASHVILLE MEMORIAL-VO

HAPPENING RIGHT NOW FELLOW MUSICIANS ARE PAYING TRIBUTE TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA NATIVE MINDY MCCREADY.

A MEMORIAL SERVICE IS TAKING PLACE AT A NASHVILLE CHURCH.

THE FORMER COUNTRY STAR WAS LAID TO REST LAST WEEK IN FORT MYERS.

LORRIE MORGAN AND SEVERAL OTHER COUNTRY MUSIC STARS ARE EXPECTED TO PERFORM TODAY.

BEST BUY ENDS WORK AT HOME-TRX VO

WORKING FROM HOME IN YOUR P-J'S IS QUICKLY BECOMING PASSE.

JUST A WEEK AFTER C-E-O MARISSA MAYER ENDED A YAHOO! EMPLOYEES TELECOMMUTING PROGRAM, BEST BUY ANNOUNCED IT TOO, IS ENDING ITS FLEXIBLE WORK PROGRAM.

BEST BUY HAS FALLEN ON HARD TIMES --AND IT SAYS NOW THE COMPANY NEEDS "ALL HANDS ON DECK."

IKEA CAKES-VO

CHINESE AUTHORITIES HAVE DESTROYED MORE THAN TWO TONS OF CAKES IMPORTED BY IKEA.

THEY DESTROYED THE CAKES AFTER FINDING EXCESSIVE LEVELS OF COLIFORM BACTERIA.

THE COMPANY STOPPED NEARLY ALL SALES OF MEATBALLS AT ITS STORE ACROSS EUROPE AND PARTS OF ASIA AFTER TESTS REVEALED TRACES OF HORSEMEAT.

HEALTH CLIP-CLIP

BEER HEALTH-SS

ON THE HEALTHCAST FIRST AT FOUR, COULD A BREW OR TWO BE GOOD FOR YOU?

IN MODERATION, BEER COULD DO SOME GOOD.

AN ITALIAN STUDY FOUND THOSE WHO DRANK A PINT A DAY, HAD A 31-PERCENT DECREASE IN HEART DISEASE RISK.

BEER CAN ALSO RAISE H-D-L, THE GOOD CHOLESTEROL IN YOUR BODY.

A 2009 STUDY FOUND BEER CAN BE GOOD FOR BONES!

BUT TOO MUCH COULD MEAN MORE FRACTURES - MODERATION IS KEY.

HARVARD STUDIES FOUND BEER CAN PREVENT BLOOD CLOTS AND REDUCE THE RISK OF STROKE, AND THAT A FEW BEERS A DAY LOWERED THE RISK OF DIABETES IN MIDDLE-AGED MEN BY 25-PERCENT.

HEALTH MATTERS-ONCAM

WHO DOESN'T LOOK FORWARD TO A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP?

FOR MANY OF US IT'S EASIER SAID THAN DONE.

EXPERTS SAY OUR OWN HABITS MAY KEEP US TOSSING AND TURNING.

HEALTH MATTERS-PKG

WE HUMANS ARE CREATURES OF HABIT.

RENAE WORRELL/HAS OCCASIONAL INSOMNIA

RUNS:

:24 I probably watch a little TV.

FROM THE TIME WE GET UP UNTIL WE GO TO BED. BUT IT'S OUR EVENING ROUTINES THAT MAY BE KEEPING US UP AT NIGHT.

RENAE WORRELL/HAS OCCASIONAL INSOMNIA

RUNS:

:37 I read in bed also.

DR. JOSE COLON/SLEEP SPECIALIST

RUNS:

8:50 If we're bringing in things that we do during the daytime, such as the television in the bed or doing your homework in bed, texting in bed, Facebooking in bed, then you can't flip your switch.

AMY OSHIER/REPORTING

RUNS:

So we may be our own worst enemy, creating sleep pitfalls that trap us into insomnia. Getting a healthy night's rest takes the proper mindset.

DR. JOSE COLON/SLEEP SPECIALIST

RUNS:

8:50 There are things that relax us and help make a sleep transition.

THE MOST IMPORTANT IS TO TURN OFF THE NOISE. MUSIC IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE 'DAYTIME ACTIVITIES' THAT ACTUALLY FUEL AND ENGAGE US.

DR. JOSE COLON/SLEEP SPECIALIST

RUNS:

8:50 Things that can be helpful is like a white noise, the sound of a fan, or the sound of an mp3 player with an ocean or a rain forest, crickets chirping, something that we specifically associate with soothing and with sleep.

AND WE'VE ALL SUFFERED FROM THIS SLEEP PITFALL, WORRYING ABOUT GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP.

DR. JOSE COLON/SLEEP SPECIALIST

RUNS:

10:43 There's something called psycho-physiologic insomnia and what that means is that some people have difficulty sleeping because something is bothering them. What's bothering them is that they have difficulty sleeping.

RENAE ADMITS TAKING OCCASIONAL SLEEPING AIDS TO QUASH THE CLUTTER IN HER HEAD.

RENAE WORRELL/HAS OCCASIONAL INSOMNIA

RUNS:

2:03 To get quite and eliminate activity and thoughts and just get quiet.

WHAT OFTEN ENDS UP HAPPENING, WE STEAL A NAP DURING THE DAY. THAT DECISION TO TAKE A BREAK AND SHUTDOWN, MAY COST YOU LATER.

DR. JOSE COLON/SLEEP SPECIALIST

RUNS:

12:31 So when nighttime comes, your body process is not aligned.

TEASE FIVE-2SHOT

FEELING A LITTLE WALL STREET DE-JA VU?

"We start with business, the dow and the S&P both breaking records."

THE DOW IS BACK AT 2007 LEVELS.DOES THAT MEAN ANOTHER COLLAPSE IS ON THE HORIZON?

NEXT AT FOUR WE GO IN DEPTH ON WHAT'S REALLY FUELING THE MARKET.

PLUS IT MIGHT NOT BE A GREAT DAY AT THIS FLORIDA BEACH.

A) DOW WHAT DOES THIS MEAN-NATVO

B) SHARKS IN WEST PALM-VO TOPS

C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

ALL NEW AHEAD AT 5:00-CLIP

PAUSE FOR AHEAD AT 5:00 CLIP

CHARLOTTE COUNTY'S SHERIFF IS FOCUSED ON DRUG DEALERS.

NBC2 SPENT THE DAY WITH THE NEW SUPER UNIT TASKED WITH GETTING DRUGS OFF THE STREETS.

IT'S A STORY YOU'LL SEE ONLY ON TWO.

AND AFTER MONTHS OF DELAYS--

THE STATE IS FINALLY DREDGING CLAMS PASS!

WE'LL TAKE you TO THE SITE--

AND SHOW YOU HOW EXTENSIVE THE PROJECT IS--

A) CHARCO FIGHTING DRUGS-CAM99-RTR1 VO WIPE

B) CLAM PASS DREDGING-VO TOPS

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-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.

"TURNING COLDER TONIGHT"

After a cloudy and showery start to the day, the sun finally returned during the afternoon hours as a cold front moved across Southwest Florida. Despite wall to wall sunshine, afternoon highs remained quite cool as they peaked in the lower 70s. For the remainder of the afternoon, breezy northwesterly winds will usher in another batch of cool and dry air with temperatures hovering in the middle 60s by sunset.

Tonight, skies will go mostly clear and much colder air will filter down the peninsula. This will set the stage for another chilly morning, so it's best to keep the sweaters and jackets handy. Temperatures will start off in the middle 40s here in town, with a few inland and northern cold spots sinking into the upper 30s.

After a chilly start to the day, temperatures will warm only into the lower 70s, despite sunny skies across our part of the state. Typically, we're into the upper 70s for afternoon highs, so temps. will be a bit cool as they stay 8-10° below the average. As we head into the evening hours, temperatures will begin to drop off pretty quickly under clear skies as they bottom out in the upper 40s by Friday morning.

High pressure will be in control of our weather through the upcoming weekend providing us with plenty of sunshine and a dry weather pattern. Winds will begin to shift around to the east, which will help us to warm into the upper 70s by Saturday with lower 80s in the forecast by Sunday afternoon.

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TRAFFIC BILLBOARD-CLIP

DOW WHAT DOES IT MEAN-SAT30-RTR2

STOCKS ARE SOARING TO LEVELS WE HAVEN'T SEEN SINCE 2007.

BUT YOU CERTAINLY CAN'T SAY THE SAME ABOUT THE U-S ECONOMY.

THIS ALL COMES AS THE COUNTRY FACES SOME TOUGH ECONOMIC HURDLES.

SO--- WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?

DOW WHAT DOES IT MEAN-PKG

"We start with business, the dow and the S&P both breaking records."

THE LAST TIME THE DOW HIT A RECORD HIGH WAS A LONG TIME AGO-OCTOBER 9TH 2007

"There are different pieces of the economy, but the part that involves your investments, if you are a smart investor, is looking good."

BUT AS WE ALL KNOW, THE GOOD TIMES--- DID NOT LAST-

THE GREAT RECESSION WAS ALMOST UPON US.

IT'S TAKEN THE DOW MORE THAN 5 YEARS TO CLAW ITS WAY BACK.

BUT WHY A NEW RECORD HIGH RIGHT NOW?

AFTER ALL, THE U-S JOBS MARKET REFUSES TO CATCH FIRE.AND ECONOMIC GROWTH REMAINS SLUGGISH.

IN THE 4TH QUARTER OF 2012, THE U-S ECONOMY GREW- BUT ONLY BY THE SLIMMEST OF MARGINS.

TRADERS SAY WE NEVER WOULD HAVE HIT THESE RECORD HIGHS, WITHOUT THE INTERVENTION OF THE U-S FEDERAL RESERVE

"It goes right back to Fed stimulus right? And every other central bank around the world, they're pumping the system with so much money, keeping rates artificially low, that savers and people looking for yield can't get it anymore in the fixed income market so they force this trade into risk assets."

THE FED HAS PUMPED TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF STIMULUS INTO THE ECONOMY.

STIMULUS THAT HELPS KEEP INTEREST RATES ON CONSUMER LOANS LOW, INCLUDING MORTGAGES.

THAT IS DRIVING WHAT WE HOPE WILL BE A SUSTAINABLE COMEBACK FOR THE HOUSING MARKET.

NEW HOME SALES JUST SOARED ALMOST 16 PERCENT TO A 4 AND A HALF YEAR HIGH.

"the federal reserve is not only buying treasuries, but the federal reserve is also purchasing mortgage backed securities which is an out of the box approach what we call unconventional policies and that is helping suppress mortgage rates and that should continue to keep housing affordability high."

A HEALTHIER HOUSING MARKET MAKES HOMEOWNERS FEEL BETTER ABOUT THEIR ECONOMIC WELL BEING.

AND THAT HELPS SPUR DEMAND FOR OTHER GOODS AND SERVICES.

ALSO HELPING STOCKS; THE RELATIVE STABILITY OF THE U.S. COMPARED TO OTHER WORLD ECONOMIES.

THAT MAKES PEOPLE WANT TO INVEST IN THE U-S.

"You can't continue to spend money that you don't have."

"This is not an abstraction. People will lose their jobs."

BUT THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET BATTLES ARE A CONSTANT HEADWIND. AND THATS' ONE OF THE REASONS WHY FED CHAIRMAN BEN BERNANKE SAYS- HE'LL KEEP INTEREST RATES LOW.

"We do not see potential costs to the increased risk taking in some financial markets is outweighing the benefits of promoting a strong recovery and more rapid job creation."

A VIGOROUS DEBATE IS UNDER WAY OVER JUST WHEN THE FED SHOULD REDUCE ITS BOND BUYING.

BUT WITHOUT A VIGOROUS FED THE ECONOMY WOULD SURELY BE LOOKING A LOT WORSE, AND THERE'S A GOOD BET WE WOULD NOT BE SEEING THESE STOCK MARKET HIGHS.

CHAR BRUSH FIRE TOWERCAM-TOWER CAM SS

BREAKING NEWS FIRST AT FOUR.

WE'RE NOW LEARNING THAT BRUSH FIRE BURNING IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY HAS NOW BALLOONED TO 300 ACRES.

WE ARE TOLD THE WIND IS MAKING THIS A TOUGH ONE TO FIGHT.

RURAL AREA - TRACTOR TRAILER HAS BURNED.

WE'RE TOLD ITS BURNING NEAR PARADISE PARK, EAST OF STATE ROAD 31 AND NORTH OF COUNTY ROAD 74.

SHARKS IN WEST PALM-TRX VO TOPS

QUITE A SIGHT OFF THE SOUTH FLORIDA COAST. HUNDREDS OF SHARKS!

BRAND NEW VIDEO AT FOUR.

MARINE BIOLOGISTS SAY THE SHARKS ARE MIGRATING NORTH AFTER GOING SOUTH FOR THE WINTER.

THEY SAY THEY'VE SEEN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF THEM SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH.

KATE GENDER SLIP-OC SOT VO

THE RUMOR MILL IS BUZZING OVER THE POSSIBILITY OF A NEW GIRL IN THE ROYAL FAMILY.

IT ALL STARTED FROM KATE MIDDLETON'S OWN WORDS.

"It's freezing out here."

"Did you say my daughter?"

"No my, oh my. Ahhh, No, no no no I'm sure, I'm sure. We don't know yet, so. Thank you very much it's very sweet of you."

THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE MAY HAVE ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED A HINT YESTERDAY --

ONE WOMAN IN THE CROWD SAID SHE HEARD KATE RESPOND "THANK YOU, I WILL TAKE THAT FOR MY D." BEFORE SHE BROKE OFF HER COMMENT.

STOLEN ID-OC SOT VO WIPE

A SAVVY RESTAURANT SERVER HAS HER STOLEN I-D BACK TODAY - THANKS TO A CROOK'S UNBELIEVABLE BLUNDER.

They start ordering drinks. This girl hands me my ID as a fake ID.

CAN YOU BELIEVE - THE MOST UNUSUAL SITUATION HAPPENED LAST WEEK IN COLORADO.

THE WOMAN HANDED THE I-D TO THE WAITRESS WHO HAD IT STOLEN DAYS EARLIER.

SOMEONE TOOK THE WAITRESS' CASH, CREDIT CARDS, AND WORST OF ALL HER DRIVER'S LICENSE.

SOMEONE WAS USING HER IDENTITY, WRITING HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS IN BAD CHECKS.

STOLEN ID-SOT VO

But I didn't say anything. I handed it back to her and said sure I'll be right back with your margarita. Went straight to the phone. Called the cops.

HALF COURT SHOT-OC NATS VO

A HALF COURT SHOT MEANT WAY MORE THAN A CHANCE AT GLORY.

WATCH THIS ---

nats of drum roll and announcer screaming

HEATH KUFAHL WAS SHOOTING THIS BALL FOR A CHANCE AT 20 THOUSAND DOLLARS.

HE SEEMED PRETTY COOL AS HE STEPPED UP TO THE LINE.

KUFAHL LET THE SHOT FLY - AND HE NAILED IT - NOTHING BUT NET.

AND HE HAS SOME BIG PLANS FOR THE MONEY HE WON.

TEASE SIX-2SHOT

ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN AMERICA GOES IN FRONT OF A JUDGE.

NATS "You stepped on my foot."

NATS "I could break my ankle!"

BUT IT MAY BE SHOPPERS WHO GET HURT THE MOST AS

A) MARTHA STEWART IN COURT-NATVO

FOUR AT FOUR-CGTOPS

MARTHA STEWART IN COURT-2 SHOT TRAFFIC

IT'S A HIGH STAKES LEGAL DRAMA THAT COULD HURT YOUR SHOPPING.

THERE'S A COURTROOM SHOWDOWN BETWEEN MACY'S AND JC PENNEY --

THEY'RE BATTLING FOR RIGHTS TO MARTHA STEWART'S LINE.

AND *SHE IS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

MARTHA STEWART IN COURT-PKG

MARTHA STEWART WALKED OUT OF COURT IN NEW YORK CITY. SMILING. AND TAKING

PICTURES.

NATS "You stepped on my foot."

NATS "I could break my ankle!"

SHE WAS AS REGAL AND FUSSY AS EVER. CHIDING THE PHOTOGRAPHERS. GETTING

ANNOYED WHEN HER BODYGUARDS TRIED TO PUT HER IN THE WRONG CAR.

.AND THEN CHIDING THE PHOTOGRAPHERS AGAIN.

NATS "Don't bash and bang my car."

NEARLY A DECADE AFTER SHE WAS SENTENCED TO 5 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR LYING TO

INVESTIGATORS ABOUT A STOCK TRADE.

SOT MARTHA STEWART: "Today is a shameful day."

SHE WAS BACK ON THE WITNESS STAND TUESDAY. STEWART, WHO'S 71, IS IN THE

MIDDLE OF A FIGHT BETWEEN TWO POWERFUL SUITORS. THE HEADS OF MACY'S AND JC

PENNEY.

ITS GOTTEN EMOTIONAL: MACY'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE TERRY LUNDGREN. WHO'S SUING

BOTH STEWART AND JC PENNY. SAYING HE FELT SICK TO HIS STOMACH WHEN STEWART

TOLD HIM SHE WAS DOING A DEAL WITH JC PENNEY. LUNDGREN THOUGH THEY HAD AN

EXCLUSIVE ARRANGEMENT.

NATS Macy's commercial "Looks like we made it."

LUNDGREN SAID MACY'S HAD HELPED STEWART RESUSCITATE HER BRAND AFTER SHE GOT

OUT OF THE CLINK.

*****RE-TRACK #1 FROM DAN AT TSS - 6.5 SECOND DURATION IN AT @ 00:58 IT'S A

GRAPHIC*****

BOTH STEWART AND JC PENNEY INSIST THERE WAS NO BREACH OF CONTRACT. ON THE

STAND, STEWART SAID QUOTE: "It just boggles my mind that we're sitting here

in front of you, judge."

HERE'S THE QUESTION -- COULD FRESH ACCUSATIONS OF BEING A CORPORATE

BACKSTABBER BE YET ANOTHER BLOW TO THE PUBLIC IMAGE OF AMERICA'S PRE-EMINENT

DOMESTIC DIVA?

SOT DAN HARRIS / ABC NEWS: "She made it through going to prison, can she

make it through being accused of you know having really sharp elbows?"

SOT ADAM HANFT / BRAND STRATEGIST: "I think people used to think that Martha

was nice. And I think they've gotten over that. / she's somebody whose

MARTHA STEWART IN COURT-2 SHOT TRAFFIC

DAN HARRIS REPORTING.

STEWART'S COMPANY IS STRUGGLING-- LOSING $56 MILLION DOLLARS IN 2012.

IT CLOSED MAGAZINES-- AND LAID OFF WORKERS.

AND JUST LAST YEAR, THE HALLMARK CHANNEL CANCELED THE MARTHA STEWART SHOW.

THAT DOES IT FOR THE NEWS FIRST AT FOUR --

GOODBYE-2 SHOT

WE'RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS--

*TWO* BRUSH FIRES ARE BURNING IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY!

CREWS ARE JUST GETTING TO THE SCENE--

WE HOPE TO GO THERE LIVE I JUST A FEW MINUTES.

AND CONFUSION IN COURT!

THE JUDGE AND PROSECUTORS--

DON'T KNOW WHETHER A VICTIM IS "ALIVE OR DEAD"!

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