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BREAKING NEWS FIRST AT FOUR---

BLACK SMOKE FROM THE CHIMNEY AT THE SISTINE CHAPEL SIGNALS THERE'S NO NEW POPE --

WE'LL TAKE YOU TO THE VATICAN-- AS DAY ONE OF THE PAPAL ELEECTION ENDS.

IT'S GOOD NEWS FOR HOME BUILDERS.

BUT THE COMMUNITY LOSES OUT ON FUNDING.

FIRST AT FOUR. LEE COUNTY DECISION TO SLASH IMPACT FEES BY 80 PERCENT.

AND NEW VIDEO FIRST AT FOUR OF THE DAMAGE LEFT BEHIND AFTER A FIRE RIPPED THROUGH A BEAUTY SUPPLY STORE.

A) BLACK SMOKE-VO

B) LEE IMPACT FEES-VO

C) FOWLER FIRE-VO

BREAKING NEWS-CLIP

CHIMNEY CAM-SAT LIVE

BREAKING NEWS AT FOUR.

ALL EYES ARE ON THE VATICAN AS WE AWAIT TO SEE WHITE SMOKE TO DETERMINE WHEN CATHOLICS HAVE SELECTED A NEW POPE.

POPE CONCLAVE-2 SHOT

THE FIRST VOTE HAPPENED JUST AN HOUR AGO.

BUT THE PROCESS IS EXPECTED TO LAST FOR DAYS.

POPE CONCLAVE-PKG

WITH THOUSANDS GATHERED. AND WATCHING IN ST. PETER'S SQUARE.

BLACK SMOKE CUT THROUGH THE RAIN AND CLOUDS ABOVE THE SISTINE CHAPEL.

THE FIRST PAPAL VOTE -AS EXPECTED- DID NOT END WITH THE ELECTION OF A NEW POPE.

"I just pray and just ask God to really guide the church in this time."

FOR CATHOLICS IT IS A TIME OF BOTH HISTORY AND CIRCUMSTANCE.

THEIR CHURCH AT A CROSS ROADS - SEARCHING FOR SOMEONE WHO CAN DEAL WITH ON-GOING PROBLEMS AT THE VATICAN. AND INSPIRE THE FAITHFUL AS THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE PARISHIONERS CONTINUES TO WANE.

"We need a leader and we need a visionary and we need somebody that can give our world some hope."

THE PROCESS TO FIND THAT LEADER BEGAN EARLIER TODAY.

WRAPPED IN THE ANCIENT SACRAMENTS OF THEIR RELIGION. AND THE SECRECY OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL.

AS THE 115 VOTING CARDINALS WERE LOCKED BEHIND THE DOORS OF THE CHAPEL.

OUTSIDE, THE WAITING BEGAN.

"We think it's an amazing opportunity to be here to see the election of a new pope because the pope hasn't stepped down in almost 600 years. so it's history in the making it's important to be here."

AND FOR THE AMERICANS WHO HAVE MADE THIS PILGRIMAGE. THERE IS STILL A HOPE THAT THE SMOKE REVEALS SOMETHING THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY OF THEIR CHURCH.

"Just so long as it's an American pope." - laughs

FOR NOW, THE NATIONALITY. THE NAME. IS STILL A MYSTERY.

AS THE WORLD CONTINUES TO WAIT FOR THE WHITE SMOKE.

BIG BOARD-TRX SAT LIVE

AFTER SEVEN STRAIGHT TRADING SESSIONS OF GAINS --

STOCKS SLIPPED LOWER TODAY.

THE DOW ----

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FIRST AT FOUR.

IT WILL NOW COST BUILDERS A WHILE LOT LESS TO BREAK GROUND IN LEE COUNTY.

THE COUNTY COMMISSION VOTED TODAY TO DROP IMPACT FEES BY EIGHTY PERCENT.

LEE IMPACT FEES REDUCED-PLASMA

NEW BUILDERS AND DEVELOPERS WILL NOW PAY 80 PERCENT LESS MONEY TO BUILD IN LEE COUNTY.

LEE IMPACT FEES REDUCED-VO

IMPACT FEES ARE A ONE TIME PAYMENT IMPOSED ON NEW DEVELOPERS.

THE REVENUE COLLECTED PROVIDES FUNDING FOR EVERYDAY INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES.

TODAYS APPROVED ORDINANCE WILL REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT GOES TO SCHOOLS, PARKS AND ROADS.

FIRE AND EMS WILL NOT BE AFFECTED.

THE HOPE IS THAT HOME AND BUSINESS BUILDERS WILL MOVE IN, SPURRING DEVELOPMENT AND JOB GROWTH IN INCORPORATED LEE COUNTY.

LEE IMPACT FEES REDUCED-2 SOT VO

Take sot 9:1:03-9:1:15

Commissioner Frank Mann

Lee County

It's the local citizens who are going to have to pay for those expenses or our classrooms are going to get crowded, our roads are going to get messy, our parks aren't going to get the services they need and our quality of life is going to deteriorate."

Take sot 9:2:42-9:2:55

Commissioner John Manning

Lee County

LEE IMPACT FEES REDUCED-PLASMA

LAST YEAR LEE COUNTY TOOK IN 8.7 MILLION DOLLARS IN IMPACT FEES.

FMB BOIL WATER NOTICE-VO

FIRST AT FOUR--

A BOIL WATER NOTICE IS ISSUED FOR PARTS OF FORT MYERS BEACH.

ITS AFFECTING EVERYONE FROM THE 77 HUNDRED BLOCK OF ESTERO BOULEVARD SOUTH TO THE END OF THE ISLAND.

THIS INCLUDES BOTH THE BAY AND GULF SIDES OF THE ISLAND.

TOSS TO CHRISTINA-TRX VO TOPS

WE HAVE VIDEO OF THE DAMAGE INSIDE A BEAUTY SHOP THAT BURNED ON FOWLER STREET TODAY.

ANI MAP OF FIRE-VO TOPS

NBC2'S CHRISTINA LUSBY IS LIVE OUTSIDE OF FIRST BASE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE.

FOWLER FIRE-REM LIVE

35 STUDENTS GO TO FIRST BASE CHRISTIAN --TODDLERS TO KINDERGARTEN AGE.

THE OWNER SAYS ALL OF THE PARENTS HAD TO FIND SOMEONE ELSE TO WATCH THEIR CHILDREN THIS AFTERNOON.

FOWLER FIRE-VO

HERE IS A LOOK INSIDE THE DAY CARE.

THE ROOM DIDN'T HAVE ANY PHYSICAL DAMAGE--THE MAIN PROBLEM IS THE OVERWHELMING SMELL OF SMOKE.

THE OWNER HAS CONTACTED DCF AND THE LEARNING COALITION PER PROTOCOL.

SHE NEEDS CLEARANCE FROM BOTH TO OPEN THE SCHOOL BACK UP.

FOWLER FIRE-SOT

13:59 parents are having to find alternative measures for child care and just like i had one parent to call she is going to transfer because she has to be in school she has no other means for child care 14:15 so

THIS IS VIDEO NEXT DOOR --WHERE THE FIRE STARTED.

ITS BENITA'S BEAUTY SALON.

THE BUILDINGS OWNERS SAY WIRING IN THE SUPPLY STORES CASH REGISTER MAY HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE.

FIRE FIGHTERS HAVE SENT IT AND A FEW OTHER THINGS OFF FOR TESTING.

FOWLER FIRE-REM LIVE

BOTH THE BEAUTY SALON AND DAY CARE ARE CLEANING UP IN THE DARK.

THE POWER HAS BEEN SHUT OFF.

THE SCHOOL SAYS --IT WILL BE ABLE TO CLEAR ALL OF THE SMOKE FROM ITS BUILDING ONCE THE POWER IS BACK ON.

THEY HOPE TO OPEN UP AS EARLY AS TOMORROW --IF THEY'RE CLEARED BY DCF.

800K THEFT ARREST-TRX SS

NOW TO AN NBC2 CRIME ALERT--

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY A WOMAN STOLE MORE THAN 800 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO FEED HER GAMBLING HABIT.

MARY MONTES WAS ARRESTED IN COLLIER COUNTY.

INVESTIGATORS SAY SHE STOLE THE MONEY FROM TROYER BROTHERS -- WHERE SHE WORKED!!!

AND DEPOSITED CHECKS INTO HER OWN PERSONAL AND BUSINESS ACCOUNTS.

WALLET ARREST-SS

CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARREST A MAN, THEY SAY STOLE A WALLET AT A DOCTOR'S OFFICE, THEN WENT ON A THOUSAND DOLLAR SHOPPING SPREE.

THE VICTIM ACCIDENTALLY LEFT HIS WALLET ON A CHAIR.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THE MAN WHO TOOK WAS 71-YEAR OLD VINCENT SERINO OF DEEP CREEK.

HE WAS REPORTEDLY CAUGHT ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO AT A WAL-MART STORE.

TEASE ONE------

NO MORE SPACE SHUTTLES.SO WHAT IS NASA EXACTLY DOING ON CAPE CANAVERAL?

WELL - IT SEEMS - CHARACTERS FROM A POPULAR VIDEO GAME ARE MOVING IN.

WE'LL EXPLAIN HOW ANGRY BIRDS WILL SOON BE NESTING AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.

B) CAPE RV-VO TOPS

SIMPKINS TRIAL BEGINS-TRX SS VO 2 SS

DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW AT FOUR.

THE MURDER TRIAL OF SHANE SIMPKINS GOT UNDERWAY TODAY IN A LEE COUNTY COURTROOM.

JURY SELECTION BEGAN THIS MORNING.

SIMPKINS IS CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN THE 2011 DEATH OF 64 YEAR OLD ESTERO GRANDMOTHER -- MARY ANN ZARB.

ZARB HIRED SIMPKINS TO REMODEL HER KITCHEN WHEN LEE COUNTY DETECTIVES SAY SIMPKINS AND

CHRISTOPHER NEUBERGER KILLED HER AND SPENT HER MONEY.

CHARLOTTE SETTLEMENT-VO

CHARLOTTE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVED A 100-THOUSAND DOLLAR SETTLEMENT TODAY.

IT'S AN UPDATE TO A STORY WE BROUGHT YOU YESTERDAY.

THE MONEY WILL GO TO DENJER ENTERPRISES WHO SUED THE COUNTY LAST YEAR.

AFTER HURRICANE CHARLEY DESTROYED THE COUNTY'S FLEET MANAGEMENT BUILDING, THE COUNTY STARTED RENTING SPACE FROM DENJER.

THE FLEET MOVED OUT LAST FALL, BUT DENJER CLAIMS THE COUNTY'S TRUCKS DAMAGED THE DRIVEWAY AND SIDING AT THE PROPERTY.

CAPE RV VO-VO

A FIRST FOR CAPE CORAL -- COUNCIL MEMBERS GREEN LIGHT R-V PARKS IN THE CITY.

LEADERS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY LAST NIGHT FOR THE ORDINANCE WHICH ALLOWS FOR A LUXURY R-V RESORT TO BE BUILT IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE CITY.

DEVELOPERS HOPE TO BREAK GROUND ON THE "RESORT AT TRANQUILITY LAKE" BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

TEASE TWO------

TALK ABOUT A SAND TRAP HAZARD!

HOWEVER, IT WASN;T HIS BALL - INSTEAD THE *GOLFER FINDS HIMSELF REALLY STUCK.

A) GOLFER SINKHOLE-2 SHOT SS

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.

TRACKING A COLD FRONT

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WELLS DISCLAIMER-SSTOPS

TOSS TO JIM-ONCAM

THE GREAT NEWS - THE STOCK MARKET HAS REACHED ALL TIME HIGHS.

THE SCARY NEWS - FINANCIAL HEADLINES THAT WARN OF AN ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN.

WELLS FARGO-PLASMA CG

THE FEBRUARY JOBS REPORT WAS VERY POSITIVE

* U.S. EMPLOYERS ADDED 236,000 JOBS

* ALL PARTS OF THE ECONOMY SEEMED TO PARTICIPATE

* UNEMPLOYMENT FELL TO 7.7%

* THIS COULD BE THE BEGINNING OF A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF JOB GROWTH

WELLS FARGO TAG-SSTOPS

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE WELLS FARGO ADVISORS YOU CAN CALL THEM OR VISIT THEM.

TEASE THREE-------

WHAT DO VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, JAY-Z, AND MEL GIBSON HAVE IN COMMON?

A) CELEB HACKING-VO TOPS

CELEB HACKING-INTRO

SEVERAL TOP GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND CELEBRITIES HAVE BEEN HACKED THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION - POSTED FOR THE WORLD TO SEE.

VICTIMS INCLUDE VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, HILLARY CLINTON, AND JAY-Z.

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FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA AND VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ARE JUST TWO OF MORE THAN A DOZEN CELEBRITIES AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

WHOSE NAMES APPEAR ON THE WEBSITE.ALONG WITH WHAT'S CLAIMED TO BE THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION, SUCH AS SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS AND ADDRESSES.AND IN SOME CASES, CREDIT REPORTS.

"As it's become easier for consumers to see their credit report, it's also become easier for criminals to steal them."

ONE OF THE THREE MAJOR CREDIT BUREAUS, EQUIFAX, CONFIRMS THAT FOUR CREDIT REPORTS WERE FRAUDULENTLY

ACCESSED.THROUGH ANNUALCREDITREPORT.COM AND THAT THE COMPANY'S COOPERATING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.

NBCNEWS.COM TECH WRITER BOB SULLIVAN SAYS STOLEN CREDIT REPORTS ARE TRAFFICKED ONLINE LIKE COMMODITIES BY CYBER CRIMINALS.

"They just go to those websites you hear about on tv all the time, and register and get a free copy of your credit report. It's not that hard to break into those websites and that's almost certainly how they've gotten access to this information here."

IN THIS CASE, THE MYSTERIOUS WEBSITE APPEARS TO BE BASED IN RUSSIA.BECAUSE IT USES AN INTERNET SUFFIX ORIGINALLY ASSIGNED TO THE SOVIET UNION. THERE'S NO INDICATION ON THE SITE WHY THE SPOTLIGHTED PERSONALITIES WERE SELECTED AND THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION POSTED.

"My hunch is that whoever has this data tried to use it and failed, and as a last resort, just publicized it as a gag."

BUT IT'S ONE THAT AUTHORITIES ARE TAKING VERY SERIOUSLY.

SOX SCOREBOARD MYSTERY-VO WIPE

SOX SCOREBOARD MYSTERY-SOT VO

MARCO DREDGING-VO WIPE

TONIGHT - A COLLIER COUNTY BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECT IS FRUSTRATING VISITORS.

THE ONE POINT THREE MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT STARTED A FEW DAYS AGO - IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE SOUTH MARCO'S BEACH QUALITY.

BUT MANY PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE AND TOURISTS ARE FURIOUS WITH THE TIMING.E.

MARCO DREDGING-SOT VO

22:36:47 "What really brings money into Marco Island is the visitors in January, February, March & April. They should really work to please those people."

COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY THE WORK NEEDS TO GET DONE BEFORE TURTLE NESTING SEASON -

WHICH BEGINS IN MAY ON THE GULF COAST.

TEASE THREE------

A BRAND NEW LOOK AT AN ACCUSED MASS KILLER.

JAMES HOLMES STEPS INFRONT OF A JUDGE WITH ANOTHER BIZARRE LOOK.

BRAND NEW AT FOUR WE HAVE THE COURTROOM DRAMA SURROUNDING THE MAN SUSPECTED OF KILLING 12 PEOPLE IN A MOVIE THEATER.

PLUS GABBY GIFFORDS' HUSBAND BUYS AN ASSAULT RIFLE, THEN BRAGS ABOUT IT ON FACEBOOK.

A) JAMES HOLMES-VO TOPS

B) MARK KELLY BUYS GUN-VO TOPS

SHOW OPEN-CLIP

JAMES HOLMES LATEST-2 SHOT

NEW DETAILS THIS AFTERNOON IN THE TRIAL OF JAMES HOLMES.

HE'S ACCUSED OPENING FIRE IN A PACKED COLORADO MOVIE THEATER - LEAVING 12 DEAD, NEARLY 60 OTHERS INJURED.

WE NOW KNOW HIS TRIAL WILL BEGIN IN AUGUST.

JAMES HOLMES LATEST-PKG

AS JAMES HOLMES SAT QUIETLY IN COURT, JUDGE WILLIAM SYLVESTER ENTERED A STANDARD NOT GUILTY PLEA ON HIS BEHALF, AFTER DECLINING A DEFENSE REQUEST FOR A CONTINUANCE. HOLMES CAN LATER CHANGE THE PLEA TO NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY IF HE CHOOSES.

AN INSANITY PLEA WOULD MEAN HIS MENTAL HEALTH RECORDS WOULD BECOME EVIDENCE, AND HE WOULD HAVE TO UNDERGO STATE PSYCHIATRIC TESTS, SOMETHING DEFENSE ATTORNEYS HAVE OBJECTED TO, ARGUING IT VIOLATES HOLMES' RIGHTS AGAINST SELF INCRIMINATION.

FOR SOME OF THE VICTIMS, THE HEARING MARKS ANOTHER EMOTIONAL EVENT AS THEY BRACE FOR A LONG LEGAL PROCESS.

"People started crying, it's very emotional to hear the people that murdered your family or shot your loved one is continuing to get these chances and eight months is definitely long enough time to enter a plea."

HOLMES PARENTS SAT IN THE SECOND ROW, CLASPING HANDS. THEY MADE EYE CONTACT WITH THEIR SON, BUT SAID NOTHING.

HE'S NOW BEARDED. HIS BLACK HAIR HAS GROWN OUT, MUCH DIFFERENT FROM HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE LAST JULY WHEN HIS HAIR WAS DYED ORANGE, HIS GAZE, FAR AWAY AND CONFUSED.

GEORGE P BUSH RUNNING-SS

BRAND NEW AT FOUR.

ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE BUSH FAMILY IS RUNNING FOR OFFICE.

GEORGE P. BUSH IS OFFICIALLY RUNNING FOR TEXAS LAND COMMISSIONER - ENDING MONTHS OF SPECULATION.

HE'S THE GRANDSON OF FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE H-W BUSH AND THE NEPHEW OF FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH.

AMERICANS KILLED IN CHOPPER CRASH-ONCAM

FIVE AMERICANS ARE KILLED IN A HELICOPTER CRASH.

THE CRASH HAPPENED NEAR KANDAHAR CITY.

NATO SAYS "INITIAL REPORTS" SHOW THERE WAS NO ENEMY ACTION IN THE AREA AT THE TIME.

OH TEEN CRASH-VO WIPE

FIRST AT FOUR - INVESTIGATORS IN OHIO NOW SAY THE DRIVER OF AN S-U-V THAT CRASHED, KILLING A GROUP OF TEENS, HAD NO VALID LICENSE.

A NEW REPORT RELEASED TODAY CLAIMS A TEEN WHO SURVIVED THE CRASH TOLD A STATE TROOPER, IT FELT LIKE THE 19-YEAR-OLD WOMAN BEHIND THE WHEEL WAS DRIVING 80 MILES PER HOUR.

OH TEEN CRASH-2 SOTS VO

"We get around Buckeye Curve, almost home. So, she sped up. I don't know if she lost control, she jerked, or how fast she was going that lost control."

Everybody was talking about 'we about to die, we about to die.' When I heard that, I wanted to give up, but I had this-- I went to the first light I saw and was hitting the window as hard and fast as I can and my friend Andrique. was like 'bust the window BZ.' They call me BZ. All I heard was 'bust the window, BZ.'

MARK KELLY BUYS A GUN-VO

FORMER ASTRONUAT AND GUN CONTROL ADVOCATE MARK KELLY BUYS AN ASSAULT RIFLE AND POSTS IT TO FACEBOOK.

THE HUSBAND OF FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN GABBY GIFFORDS, POSTED A PHOTO SHOWING HIMSELF FILLING OUT A BACKGROUND CHECK.

ALONG WITH THE PHOTO, KELLY WROTE, QUOTE."EVEN TO BUY AN ASSAULT WEAPON, THE BACKGROUND CHECK ONLY TAKES A FEW MINUTES,"

KELLY SAYS HE BOUGHT AN A-R 15 ASSAULT RIFLE.

IT'S ONE OF THE 157 MILITARY-STYLE WEAPONS THAT WOULD BE BANNED UNDER A BILL PENDING BEFORE THE SENATE.

CANNIBAL COP GUILTY-VO

A NEW YORK CITY POLICE OFFICER ACCUSED OF PLOTTING TO EAT WOMEN IS CONVICTED.

TODAY A JURY FOUND FORMER POLICE OFFICER GILBERTO VALLE GUILTY OF PLOTTING TO KIDNAP AND EAT WOMEN.

HE WAS ALSO CONVICTED ON CHARGES OF ILLEGALLY ACCESSING A FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT DATABASE.

VALLE WAS ARRESTED AND SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY LAST OCTOBER.

HE DID NOT ATTACK ANY WOMEN - HE CLAIMS HIS PLANS WERE ALL TALK.

DC DRIVE BY-TRX VO TOPS

NEW SHOCKING VIDEO OF A DRIVE BY SHOOTING CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

TAKE A LOOK.PEOPLE IN TWO CARS FIRED SHOTS AT A GROUP GATHERED ON THE SIDEWALK IN WASHINGTON D-C MONDAY.

AT LEAST 10 PEOPLE WERE INJURED.

YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THEM HITTING THE GROUND AS THE CAR DROVE BY.

RODMAN RETURNING TO N KOREA-OC SOT OC

FORMER N-B-A STAR DENNIS RODMAN SAYS HE'LL GO BACK TO NORTH KOREA. THIS TIME TO VACATION WITH THE COUNTRY'S DICTATOR KIM JONG UN.

rodman "I don't condone what he does, but he's my friend."

--BUTTED TO--

"Do you anticipate going over there again?"

"Yes I will, in August."

"You are going over there?"

"Yes, I'm vacationing with him. Yes."

GOLFER SINKHOLE-SS

A HOLE IN ONE.

A GOLFER IS SWALLOWED UP BY A SINKHOLE WHILE ON AN ILLINOIS COURSE.

THE MORTGAGE BROKER FROM MISSOURI IS RECOVERING AFTER THE SINKHOLE OPENED UP BENEATH HIM FRIDAY ON THE FAIRWAY.

THE PIT THAT SWALLOWED HIM WAS 18 FEET DEEP AND 10 FEET WIDE.

THE 43-YEAR-OLD WAS HOISTED TO SAFETY WITH A ROPE.

NASA MARS-VO WIPE

FIRST AT FOUR.

NASA SCIENTISTS MAY HAVE HIT PAYDIRT SHOWING POSSIBLE PROOF OF PREVIOUS LIFE ON MARS.

THE ROVER "CURIOSITY" IS NOW A ROCK STAR. AFTER ANALYZING THIS ROCK DUST FROM THE RED PLANET.

CURIOSITY DRILLED THE DUST FROM DEEP INSIDE THE ROCK ON THE RIGHT LAST MONTH, THEN TESTED ALL THE CHEMICALS AND MINERALS.

NASA MARS-SOT VO

I think we had ah. we have found a habitable environment, uh, that is so benign and supportive of life that probably if this water was around and you had been on the planet you would have been able to drink it."

ANGRY BIRDS-ONCAM

NASA IS NO LONGER LAUNCHING SPACE SHUTTLES - INSTEAD IT'S ANGRY BIRDS.

THE CREATOR OF THE ANGRY BIRD SMART PHONE APP IS HELPING BRING AN INTERACTIVE ATTRACTION TO THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VISITOR COMPLEX IN CAPE CANAVERAL.

THE ANGRY BIRDS SPACE ENCOUNTER WILL OPEN AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

GM STOCK-TRX OC

A CONSUMER ALERT FIRST AT FOUR.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS SOLD MORE OF ITS STAKE IN GENERAL MOTORS.

THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT SAYS IT SOLD $489-POINT-NINE-MILLION IN GM STOCK IN FEBRUARY.

AIR FORCE TUITION-VO

FIRST AT FOUR.

THE AIR FORCE WILL TEMPORARILY SUSPEND THEIR TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AS A RESULT OF FEDERAL BUDGET CUTS.

JUST LAST WEEK, BOTH THE U.S. ARMY AND U.S. MARINES ANNOUNCED THEY WERE PLACING A HALT ON TUITION ASSISTANCE.

THE SUSPENSION WON'T AFFECT AIRMEN, ALREADY APPROVED FOR TUITION ASSISTANCE.

OBAMA CARE COSTS-SS

WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH IT OR NOT - THE AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE ACT IS COMING.

STARTING NEXT YEAR, YOU *MUST HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE.

THOSE WHO DON'T, WILL FACE A PENALTY OF 95-DOLLARS PER TAXPAYER OR ONE-PERCENT OF THEIR ANNUAL INCOME, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.

STARTING IN OCTOBER, PEOPLE IN NEED OF INSURANCE CAN SHOP FOR PLANS THAT WILL TAKE EFFECT JANUARY FIRST 2014 THROUGH "EXCHANGES.

EXPERTS SAY WE'RE MORE THAN LIKELY GOING TO HAVE TO PAY MORE "OUT OF POCKET" THAN WE EXPECT.

HEALTH MATTERS-ONCAM

DOCTORS ARE TAKING A NEW APPROACH TO A DIFFICULT HEART VALVE CONDITION.

MORE THAN A MATTER OF PUTTING IN A NEW VALVE, WAS GETTING TO THE RIGHT SPOT WITHOUT OPEN HEART SURGERY.

HEALTH MATTERS-PKG

IT WAS A SURGERY OF LAST RESORT WHEN THE FDA APPROVED A LESS INVASIVE HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT THAT FED A CATHETER FROM THE GROIN TO THE HEART SO DOCTORS COULD INSERT A NEW VALVE. CALLED TAVR, LEE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM WAS FIRST IN THE STATE TO OFFER IT OUTSIDE OF CLINICAL TRIALS.

DR. LEE LUCAS/PhD CLINICAL RESEARCH

RUNS:

1:00 Before TAVR, these patients really had no hope for having this valve replaced.

BUT SOME PEOPLE WITH ADVANCED HEART PROBLEMS, WEREN'T ELIGIBLE BECAUSE THEY HAD CLOGGED ARTERIES.

DR. LEE LUCAS/PhD CLINICAL RESEARCH

RUNS:

1:47 So we couldn't actually get the catheter all the way up there because of their peripheral vascular disease.

AMY OSHIER/REPORTING

RUNS:

Now an advanced approach is proving there's more than one way to a person's heart. A new, transapical entry- that punches directly through the chest wall, is allowing more people to get in on this surgery.

DR. BRIAN HUMMEL/CARDIOTHORACIC SURGEON

RUNS:

:16 Being able to approach it through the chest wall has opened it up to patients who before were excluded because of severe vascular disease and obstruction in the veins that wouldn't allow these big catheters to be placed up their arteries.

INSTEAD OF THREADING A CATHETER THROUGH THE BODY, SURGEONS ARE TAKING A DIRECT APPROACH.

DR. BRIAN HUMMEL/CARDIOTHORACIC SURGEON

RUNS:

2:15 We're creating a tiny hole, perhaps an inch and a half long, in the chest wall and then we place sutures around in the heart muscle itself and poke a hole into the heart.

THE CHEST ENTRY GIVES ALLOWS MORE PRECISION THAN WORKING WITH A LONG CATHETER.

DR. BRIAN HUMMEL/CARDIOTHORACIC SURGEON

RUNS:

1:22 This is a much shorter device and we have direct control. We can move it in and out a little bit within a millimeter of where we want it to be.

TEASE FIVE-----

A WILD RIDE COMES TO AN ABRUPT ENDING AS CAMERAS CATCH THE SCARY SCENE.

WHY A CAR BARRELED THROUGH THIS PENNSYLVANIA DUNKIN DONUTS SENDING PEOPLE SCRAMBLING.

PLUS.

"I've been called a hero and that is something I didn't imagine. I'm not really a hero. I'm just an 8th grade girl."

GAY AND STRAIGHT STUDENTS FORMING A CLUB AT A FLORIDA SCHOOL?

A) CAR SMASHESS DUNKIN DONUTS-TRX VO TOPS

B) ANTI GAY GROUP-SOT VO

C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

ALL NEW AHEAD AT 5:00-CLIP

PAUSE FOR AHEAD AT 5:00 CLIP

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THE NUMBERS DIDN'T ADD UP FOR THIS ACCOUNTANT --

ACCUSED OF STEALING 800 THOUSAND DOLLARS.

WE'LL TELL YOU WHY DEPUTIES THINK SHE TOOK A BIG GAMBLE TO SUPPORT AN EXPENSIVE HABIT.

AND N-B-C TWO IS TRACKING YOUR TAX DOLLARS.

ONE GROUP IS BEING ACCUSED OF MISHANDLING YOUR TAXES AND LEE COUNTY WANTS THE MONEY BACK --

PLUS --

B) RICK STAND UP TEASE-SOTTOPS

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.

TRACKING A COLD FRONT

booth alert

From LCSO -

Alternative Learning Center in central Fort Myers is on lockdown due to a situation in the area.

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ANTI GAY GROUP-INTRO

FIRST AT FOUR--

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS IN CENTRAL FLORIDA HAVE VOTED TO ALLOW MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO JOIN NON-ACADEMIC CLUBS.

IT ALL STEMS FROM THE EFFORTS OF AN EIGHTH GRADE STUDENT WHO WANTED TO START A GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE.

ANTI GAY GROUP-PKG

THIS 14-YEAR-OLD JUST WANTED TO START A CLUB AT HER LAKE COUNTY SCHOOL TO HELP PREVENT BULLYING.

SHE NEVER KNEW IT WOULD LEAD TO A MEDIA FRENZY-- A ROOM PACKED FULL OF PEOPLE, T-SHIRTS WITH HER NAME ON IT, AND A BANNER IN THE SKY.

"I've been called a hero and that is something I didn't imagine. I'm not really a hero. I'm just an 8th grade girl."

AN 8TH GRADE GIRL, FIGHTING FOR HER GAY AND LESBIAN CLASSMATES.

BAYLI SILBERSTEIN APPLIED TO START A GAY STRAIGHT ALLIANCE AT HER LAKE COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL, DIVIDING HER COMMUNITY OVER THE ISSUE OF SEXUALITY.

MANY PEOPLE ARGUING PARENTAL CONSENT SHOULD BE MANDATORY FOR STUDENTS TO JOIN A CLUB.

"I do not think this is the place for that. The school is supposed to be protective, and I also agree that parental permission would be huge."

"I do not believe parents' signatures should be required. Many of these kids are more tolerant and informed than their parents."

FACING A LAWSUIT FROM THE A-C-L-U, THE LAKE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD TALKED ABOUT SHUTTING DOWN ALL EXTRA CURRICULAR CLUBS AS A WAY TO MAKE IT FAIR TO EVERYONE.

"We are about educating and, in middle school, there is no place for clubs that are not curriculum based."

BUT IN A THREE-TWO VOTE, THE BOARD DECIDED TO ACCEPT ALL CLUBS EVEN BAYLI'S GAY STRAIGHT ALLIANCE.

ANTI GAY GROUP-ONCAM

STEPHANIE KOLP REPORTING.

MONDAY'S PRELIMINARY VOTE IS JUST THE FIRST STEP.

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NBC2 JUST GETTING WORD - THE FAA HAS APPROVED BOEING'S PLAN TO FIX 787 DREAMLINER'S FIRE-PRONE BATTERIES;

THOSE BATTERIES HAVE CAUSED FIRES - FORCING THE GROUNDING OF ALL 7-87'S.

TESTING IS STILL NEEDED ON THE BATTERIES.

BURNING CAR RESCUE-TRX VO TOPS

INCREDIBLE VIDEO OF A DARING RESCUE IN IOWA.

TAKE A LOOK AS AN OFFICER SPRINGS INTO ACTION TO SAVE THE DRIVER OF THIS BURNING CAR.

HE SMASHES THE WINDOW. OPENS THE DOOR. AND REACHES INSIDE TO PULL THE UNCONSCIOUS DRIVER TO SAFETY.

THE 18-YEAR-OLD VICTIM WAS DOING DOUGHNUTS IN THE SNOW WHEN HE LOST CONTROL AND HIT AN AIR CONDITIONING UNIT.

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AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS CRASH AT A DUNKIN' DONUTS IN PENNSYLVANIA.

OFFICERS SAY AN ELDERLY WOMAN ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE GAS INSTEAD OF THE BRAKE.

PLOWING RIGHT THROUGH THE STORE WINDOW.

YOU CAN SEE CUSTOMERS RUNNING FROM THE BROKEN GLASS.

AMMO SHORTAGE-VO

GUNS ARE STILL FLYING OFF SHELVES IN STORES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THEY'RE GOING SO FAST, AMMUNITION SUPPLIERS ARE HAVING A TOUGH TIME KEEPING UP.

GUN STORES NATIONWIDE ARE EXPERIENCING AN AMMO SHORTAGE.

EVEN THE BIG RETAILERS ARE HAVING A HARD TIME KEEPING IT IN STOCK.

IRAN HOLLYWOOD SUIT-ONCAM

THE MOVIE "ARGO" RENCENTLY WALKED AWAY WITH THE OSCAR FOR BEST PICTURE.

BUT THE FILM IS ALSO EARNING A LAWSUIT.

THE IRANIAN MEDIA SAYS THEY'RE PREPARED TO SUE HOLLYWOOD OVER THE MOVIE.

IT'S BASED ON THE ESCAPE OF SIX AMERICAN HOSTAGES FROM THE U.S. EMBASSY IN TEHRAN IN 1979.

IRANIAN OFFICIALS SAY IT PORTRAYS AN UNREALISTIC IMAGE OF THE COUNTRY.

MICHAEL VICK TOUR CANCELLED-VO

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES QUARTERBACK MICHAEL VICK IS CANCELING HIS BOOK TOUR.

VICK WAS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR AT BARNES AND NOBLE STORES TO PROMOTE HIS NEW AUTOBIOGRAPHY "FINALLY FREE".

BUT THREATS AGAINST VICK AND STORE EMPLOYEES LED HIM TO CALL OFF VISITS TO ATLANTA, NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA.

FACEBOOK LIKES-VO

A NEW STUDY SHOWS YOUR FACEBOOK "LIKES" MAY BE REVEALING MORE THAN YOU THINK.

RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE STUDIED THE PROFILES OF MORE THAN 58-THOUSAND USERS.

THEY SAY ANALYZING THE "LIKES" GAVE THEM ALL KINDS OF INSIGHT INTO PEOPLE'S PRIVATE LIVES.

TEASE SIX------

IT'S A BITTER FIGHT FOR NEW YORK MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BATTLE OVER LARGER SUGARY DRINKS IN THE HANDS OF NEW YORKERS?

"I think the harder you can make it for them to drink it, the more unlikely they will drink it."

A) NY SODA BAN-2 SHOT SOT VO

FOUR AT FOUR-CGTOPS

NY SODA BAN-2 SHOT TRAFFIC

PUT ON HOLD.

NEW YORK CITY'S SIZE LIMIT ON SODAS AND OTHER SUGARY DRINKS WAS SET TO TAKE EFFECT TODAY.

BUT YESTERDAY, A JUDGE STRUCK DOWN MAYOR BLOOMBERG'S NEW LAW. SAYING IT WENT TOO FAR.

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NEW YORK CITY'S SODA BAN IS ON HOLD AT LEAST UNTIL THE CITY CAN APPEAL A LATE AFTERNOON DECISION BY A STATE SUPREME COURT JUDGE WHO CALLED THE BAN ON DRINKS MORE THAN 16 OUNCES ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS.

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"We believe the judge's decision was clearly in error."

UNDER THE SODA BAN ONE COULD BUY A SUPERSIZED CUP OF SODA AT A 7/11 OR SUPERMARKET

BUT NOT AT THE RESTAURANT NEXT DOOR.

AND WHILE SODA FALLS UNDER THESE RULES, SUGARY MILK BASED PRODUCTS ARE EXCLUDED WHICH IS WHY THE JUDGE CALLED IT ARBITRARY.

"I'm not really in favor of the government getting too involved in people's lives, but I do think it's important that people are educated on nutrition, and I think that's what the mayor was trying to do."

AT THIS SUBWAY RESTAURANT IN GRAMERCY THEY WERE GETTING READY TO TOSS THEIR CUPS AND 20 OUNCE DRINKS FROM THEIR REFRIGERATORS UNTIL WE TOLD THEM THE LATE NEWS.

DO YOU THINK THIS WAS GOING TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM DRINKING TOO MUCH SODA?

"No, they will still buy more soda, they'll still drink, it's not going to help it"

"They'll get refills?"

"Yes"

THE AMERICAN BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION WHO FOUGHT THE PROPOSED BAN ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING THE RULING PROVIDES A SIGH OF RELIEF TO NEW YORKERS AND THOUSANDS OF SMALL BUSINESSES IN NEW YORK CITY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HARMED BY THIS ARBITRARY AND UNPOPULAR BAN.

MAYOR BLOOMBERG WHO HAS SUCCESSFULLY PUSHED FOR CALORIE COUNTS TO BE POSTED AT RESTAURANTS AND THEN A BAN ON TRANS FATS SAYS OBESITY KILLS MORE THAN 5000 NEW YORKERS EACH YEAR.

"I think it's an outrageous law, it makes absolutely no sense, you can go across the street to the liquor store buy as much liquor as you want."

NY SODA BAN-TFC

PEI-SZE CHENG REPORTING.

MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG WILL APPEAL THE DECISION.

THAT'LL DO IT FOR THE NEWS FIRST AT FOUR.

GOODBYE-2 SHOT

NBC2 TRACKS YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT 5. FINDING NEARLY 2-MILLION DOLLARS MONEY MEANT FOR PARKS IN LEHIGH ACRES -- INSTEAD WENT TO JET BLUE PARK AND IMPROVEMENTS AT ANOTHER PARK IN FORT MYERS.

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