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BREAKING NEWS-CLIP

POPE IS PICKED-SAT21-RTR3 VO

BREAKING NEWS.

THE WAIT IS OVER FOR CATHOLICS.THERE IS A NEW POPE.

ARGENTINE MARIO BERGOGLIO HAS BEEN ELECTED POPE AND HE WILL NOW BE KNOWN AS POPE FRANCIS.

HE's THE FIRST EVER FROM THE AMERICAS AND THE FIRST FROM OUTSIDE EUROPE IN MORE THAN A MILLENNIUM.

HE CHOSE THE NAME POPE FRANCIS.

POPE BACKGROUND-VO TOPS

HERE'S SOME INFO ON THE BACKGROUND OF THE NEW POPE.

CARDINAL JORGE MARIO BERGOGLIO OF ARGENTINA IS 76-YEARS-OLD.

HE WAS BORN IN 1936, IN BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA.

HE STUDIED AT THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF SAN MIGUEL. RECEIVED LICENTIATE IN PHILOSOPHY.

HE WAS ORDAINED FOR THE JESUITS ON DECEMBER 13TH, 1969.

BESIDES HIS NATIVE SPANISH, BERGOGLIO ALSO SPEAKS ITALIAN AND GERMAN.

POPE CONCLAVE-2 SHOT

THE CATHOLIC WORLD NOW LOOKS FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW THEIR NEW LEADER.

AND RIGHT NOW--

POPE CONCLAVE-PKG

TONIGHT, THEY ARE HERE.

ambient quiet nats QUICK POP

LOCKED BEHIND THE GATES OF THE CASA SANTA MARTA RESIDENCE IN THE SHADOW OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA. WITH NO PHONES. TELEVISIONS. OR NEWSPAPERS.

nats pop service today

THE 115 CATHOLIC CARDINALS WHO TODAY BEGAN THE SOLEMN.

"extra omnes"

AND INTENSELY SECRET PROCESS OF SELECTING THE NEXT LEADER OF THEIR CHURCH.

"This doesn't happen in the catholic church very often. we've only had two popes in the last 33 years so this is kind of a sense of history being made here.

HISTORY THAT PULLED THOUSANDS TO ST. PETER'S SQUARE TODAY, ANXIOUSLY WAITING FOR MORE THAN TWO HOURS IN THE RAIN.

nats pop cheer from crowd

UNTIL BLACK SMOKE BEGAN POURING FROM THE CHIMNEY ABOVE THE SISTINE CHAPEL -AS EXPECTED- THE FIRST BALLOT ENDING WITH NO NEW POPE.

"Nobody thought it was going to be tonight. Maybe in the next couple of days."

IN THE LAST CENTURY NO CONCLAVE HAS LASTED MORE THAN 3 DAYS.

BUT WITH NO CLEAR FRONT-RUNNER. SOME HISTORIANS WARN THIS DECISION COULD TAKE SOME TIME.

"Longer than three days I suspect earliest Friday.otherwise Monday."

COVERAGE WRAP-ONCAM

COUNT ON NBC2 TO STAY ON TOP OF ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS FROM VATICAN CITY ON THIS HISTORIC DAY.

TOSS TO ANCHOR-TRX 2 SHOT

BREAKING NEWS AT FOUR.

GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT SPEAKS FOR THE FIRST TIME -- ABOUT THE SUDDEN RESIGNATION OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JENNIFER CARROLL.

THE NEWS JUST COMING OUT THIS MORNING THAT FLORIDA'S NUMBER TWO IS STEPPING DOWN.

THIS AMID A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION INTO A VETERAN'S CHARITY -- THAT CARROLL USED TO CONSULT FOR.

NBC2 ANCHOR PETER BUSCH IS FOLLOWING THIS STORY FOR US FIRST AT FOUR--

LT GOV RESIGNS-PLASMA SS

CARROLL'S RESIGNATION CAME IN THE FORM OF A VERY SHORT LETTER TO GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT.

WHICH SAYS - "EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY I HEARBY RESIGN THE OFFICE OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO HAVE SERVED THE STATE IN THIS CAPACITY."

HER RESIGNATION CAME AS FEDERAL OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED DETAILS IN A THREE YEAR INVESTIGATION INTO A CHARITY CALLED ALLIED VETERANS OF THE WORLD.

THE CHARITY OPERATED INTERNET CAFES ACROSS THE STATE - TELLING PEOPLE THE PROFITS WENT TO HELP VETERANS.

BUT INVESTIGATORS FOUND LESS THAN 2-PERCENT OF THE GROUPS $300 MILLION PROFIT WAS USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

AND THAT THE CAFES WERE FRONTS FOR GAMBLING.

CARROLL'S PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRM ONCE REPRESENTED ALLIED VETERANS.

SHE HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED WITH ANY WRONGDOING.

LT GOV RESIGNS-SOT PLASMA

"Yesterday Lt. Gov Carrol resigned in an effort to keep her former affiliation with the company from distracting from our efforts to help make sure we do the right thing for Florida families. I will not elaborate on the details of her resignation further, other than to say that she resigned and she did the right thing for the state and her family."

THE I-R-S CLAIMS, ALLIED VETERANS EVOLVED FROM A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION THAT RAN BINGO GAMES AND HELD BAKE SALES FOR VETERANS BEGINNING IN 1979 TO A GROUP SUSPECTED OF OPERATING MORE THAN 40 ILLEGAL GAMBLING LOCATIONS AROUND FLORIDA.

THE NBC2 INVESTIGATORS WERE THE ONLY ONES ON SCENE AS ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS WAS RAIDED TODAY -- WE'RE WORKING ON THAT STORY FOR YOU RIGHT NOW - AND WILL HAVE IT TONIGHT AT SIX.

BIG BOARD-TRX SAT LIVE

STOCKS WERE LITTLE CHANGED TODAY --

DESPITE AN UNEXPECTEDLY STRONG INCREASE IN CONSUMER SPENDING LAST MONTH.

THE DOW OVERCAME AN EARLY LOSS -- BUT THEN -- AND THEN.

THE DOW ROSE FOR THE 8TH STRAIGHT DAY TUESDAY.

TOSS TO JENNIFER-SS BOXES

A LOCAL HERO LOST.

A NAPLES SOLDIER IS AMONG THOSE KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN IN A HELICOPTER CRASH.

AND NOW FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF 31 YEAR OLD MARC SCIALDO.

NBC2'S JENNIFER TRAMMELL SPENT THE DAY SPEAKING WITH THOSE CLOSEST TO THE ARMY STAFF SERGEANT.

NAPLES SOLDIER DIES-REM26

TAKE A LOOK AT THE VETERAN'S MEMORIAL WALL HERE AT CAMBIER PARK --

EVERY VETERAN'S DAY -- NOVEMBER 11TH -- THE NAMES OF COLLIER COUNTY MEN AND WOMEN KILLED IN ACTION ARE ENGRAVED HERE.

NAPLES SOLDIER DIES-VO

NBC2 SPOKE WITH SCIALDO'S MOTHER AND SISTER TODAY --

WHO TOLD US HE DIED DOING WHAT HE LOVED.FLYING HELICOPTERS AND SERVING HIS COUNTRY.

NAPLES SOLDIER DIES-SOT

16 seconds

22:46:36 this last time when he deployed again he was lucky enough to come here to spend weeks with his family and his wife 45 just be able to enjoy time 47 we just were counting the days until he was going to be back 50

NOW FRIENDS AND FAMILY KNOW HE WON'T BE RETURNING TO THE VIBRANT LIFE HE WAS BUILDING.

SCIALDO'S FAMILY IS AT DOVER AIR FORCE BASE TO RECEIVE HIS BODY.

NAPLES SOLDIER DIES-REM26

ACROSS TOWN -- FLAGS ARE AT HALF STAFF THIS AFTERNOON.

THE FLAG HAS BEEN LOWERED HERE AND AT SCIALDO'S HIGH SCHOOL -- SAINT JOHN NEUMANN.

DEAD MANATEE-TRX VO TOPS

DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW AT FOUR--

RESEARCHERS ARE LOOKING AT WHETHER RED TIDE IS TO BLAME FOR THIS DEAD MANATEE THAT WASHED ASHORE ON MARCO ISLAND.

WE'VE BEEN TELLING YOU ALL WEEK ABOUT THIS RECORD BREAKING YEAR FOR MANATEE DEATHS ACROSS THE STATE.

181 -- AND COUNTING.

A MAN WALKING DISCOVERED THE SEA COW, BARELY BREATHING, WITH BLOOD NEAR IT'S NOSE.

SHIRLEY PLEA-VO 2 SS

AN NBC2 UPDATE - A WOMAN INVOLVED IN A CRASH THAT KILLED A CYCLIST ON THE SANIBEL CAUSEWAY MORE THAN A YEAR AGO - WILL SPEND THE NEXT 6 MONTHS IN JAIL - BUT IT'S FOR SOMETHING ELSE.

TODAY, THERESA SHIRLEY PLED GUILTY TO TWELVE FELONY FRAUD CHARGES RELATED TO DOCTOR SHOPPING.

COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW SHE OBTAINED MORE THAN 10-THOUSAND PAINKILLERS ILLEGALLY.

THE INVESTIGATION BEGAN IN MAY 2011, WHEN SHIRLEY SWERVED OUT OF HER LANE ON THE CAUSEWAY,

HITTING AND KILLING CYCLIST TRACEY KLEINPELL.

SHIRLEY ADMITTED TO HAVING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS IN HER SYSTEM, BUT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF IMPAIRMENT.

SHE WAS CITED FOR FAILING TO MAINTAIN HER LANE.

GOODLAND BODY ID-VO

FIRST AT FOUR--

INVESTIGATORS HAVE IDENTIFIED THE BODY FOUND FLOATING NEAR THE GOODLAND BRIDGE.

COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY JAY CARSCADDEN'S BODY WAS FOUND ABOUT A QUARTER MILE FROM THE BRIDGE ON TUESDAY.

TEASE ONE-----

BREAKING NEWS AT FOUR.

CATHOLICS HAVE A NEW POPE.

THAT ANNOUNCEMENT MADE THIS AFTERNOON.

it's a STORY that's AFFECTING MORE THAN A BILLION CATHOLICS AROUND THE WORLD.

C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

BLUE JAYS TO SWFL-VO

FIRST AT FOUR--

THE TORONTO BLUE JAYS BASEBALL TEAM IS LOOKING AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AS-- POSSIBLY. ITS NEW SPRING TRAINING HOME.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE TORONTO GLOBE AND MAIL NEWSPAPER.

THE REPORT CLAIMS, THE JAYS' LEASE RUNS OUT IN 2017 AT THEIR STADIUM IN DUNNEDIN--

THAT'S NORTH OF CLEARWATER.

CITY OF PALMS PARK IN FORT MYERS IS AMONG THE LOCATIONS BEING EXPLORED.

BOONE ADOPTED-VO

GOOD NEWS TODAY ABOUT A LOCAL DOG, FOUND SHOT IN THE CHEST WITH AN ARROW.

REMEMBER THIS GUY?

BOONE, A PIT BULL, WAS FOUND INJURED IN SAINT JAMES CITY THREE WEEKS AGO.

HE'S SINCE RECOVERED,

WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT - BOONE WAS JUST ADOPTED FROM LEE COUNTY DOMESTIC ANIMAL SERVICES.

TEASE TWO-------

IMAGINE, NEVER HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT CHANGING YOUR CLOCKS.

FIRST AT FOUR WE'LL BRING YOU A PLAN THAT WOULD ELIMINATE SPRING FORWARD AND FALL BACK HERE IN FLORIDA.

WHY SOME BELIEVE IT WOULD BOOST BUSINESS.

PLUS. NBC2 IS FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS.POPE FRANCIS IS NOW THE NEW LEADER OF THE CATHOLICS.

SELECTED TODAY AFTER SERVING AS A CARDINAL FROM ARGENTINA.

B) CHECK SCAMS-SOT VO

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.

SUNNY AND BREEZY

TRAFFIC-TRAFFIC DESK

TRAFFIC BILLBOARD-CLIP

LOCAL POPE EXPERT-3 SHOT

ITS CERTAINLY A HISTORIC DAY FOR CATHOLICS WORLDWIDE AND HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

THE NEXT POPE HAS JUST BEEN SELECTED.

LOCAL POPE EXPERT-VO

CHECK SCAMS-INTRO

SOME SCAM ARTISTS ARE USING A BAD CHECK TO STEAL YOUR MONEY.

THE CHECK LOOKS REAL and THE BANK WILL LIKELY CASH IT.

HOWEVER, THESE BOGUS CHECKS ARE PART OF AN ELABORATE HOAX.

CHECK SCAMS-PKG

NO ONE LIKES TO GET A BILL IN THEIR MAILBOX. BUT A CHECK. THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.

HOW CAN I GO WRONG?

"It's a valid check, it's signed, it 's dated. It's for 3-thousand 960 dollars and 20 cents."

MIKE REX WASN'T EXPECTING ANY MONEY. ESPECIALLY NEARLY 4,000 DOLLARS, SO YOU CAN IMAGINE HIS SURPRISED TO FIND A REAL CHECK WITH HIS NAME ON IT.

"Got all excited and thought, i thought wow, i hit the jackpot."

IN FACT A LETTER THAT CAME WITH THE CHECK CLAIMED THIS RETIRED PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT HAD WON THE ALL AMERICAN DIRECT LOTTERY SWEEPSTAKES. AND THE CHECK WAS HIS. EXCEPT THE 2-THOUSAND 950 DOLLARS HE HAD TO SEND BACK TO PAY FOR LEGAL FEES, HANDLING, INSURANCE AND TAXES.

"People get excited about finding money they weren't expecting or weren't anticipating."

THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU SAYS THE CHECKS COULD CLAIM TO BE FOR LOTTERIES, SECRET SHOPPING JOBS, OVERPAYMENT ON CRAIGSLIST OR FOR RENTALS. BUT IT ALL ENDS THE SAME WAY AFTER THE VICTIM CASHES THE CHECK AND SENDS SOME OF THE MONEY BACK.

"Unfortunately people don't find out until several days after they've deposited the check and the bank may even recognize funds, that the check is fraudulent or that it bounces."

"So why would the banks cash a bogus check? Unfortunately you won't find out there's no money in that account until days or weeks afterwards. Then the bank will want its money back."

"And your bank will take the funds back and hold you responsible for those funds. you should have known those funds were legitimate when you deposited the check."

SO THAT INNOCENT CHECK IN THE MAIL. IS NOW TAKING A CHUNK OF MONEY OUT OF YOUR PERSONAL ACCOUNT TO PAY BACK THE BANK. PROMISES OF GOOD FORTUNE. DASHED BY A CLEVER SCAM.

SIMPKINS TRIAL-VO WIPE

FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE'RE HEARING FROM ONE OF THE MEN INVOLVED IN THE STRANGULATION MURDER OF AN ESTERO GRANDMOTHER.

CHRISTOPHER NEUBERGER ADMITTED TO HIS ROLE IN THE 2011 KILLING OF 67-YEAR OLD MARY ANN ZARB.

AS PART OF A DEAL WITH THE STATE. NEUBERGER TESTIFIED TODAY IN CODEFENDANT SHANE SIMPKINS' MURDER TRIAL.

NEUBERGER GAVE HIS VERSION OF EVENTS THAT DAY. PINNING THE BLAME ON SIMPKINS.

SIMPKINS TRIAL-SOT VO

SOT

Christopher Neuberger

witness

Cut this down 10:47:12 *I was in the back bedroom working and he came in and told me she had died, she was dead. 20 what was your reaction? 26 I asked him how I asked him how. And what did he say? 36 it didn't really matter, we needed to get rid of the body 38

NEUBERGER SAID HE HELPED SIMPKINS LOAD ZARB'S BODY INTO HER CAR. THEN THEY DUMPED IT IN WOODS IN SOUTHERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY.

NEUBERGER IS EXPECTED TO SERVE A TEN YEAR PRISON SENTENCE IN THIS CASE.

TEASE THREE-2-SHOT

CHEATING DEATH AND NOW OPENING UP ABOUT THE WHOLE THAT OPENED UP AROUND HIM.

The first couple seconds was terrifying."

NEXT AT FOUR, WE HEAR FROM THE GOLFER, WHO FELL INTO A SINKHOLE.

A) GOLFER IN HOLE-SOTVO

GOLFER IN HOLE-VO IN PLASMA

WE HAVE A NEW UPDATE TO THAT GOLFER SWALLOWED BY A SINKHOLE ON AN ILLINOIS GOLF COURSE.

THESE ARE PHOTOS OF HIS RESCUE FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE FAIRWAY.

NOW THAT GOLFER OPENS UP ABOUT HIS HARROWING ORDEAL.

GOLFER IN HOLE-PKG

THIS WAS NOT THE HOLE MARK MIHAL WAS AIMING FOR WHEN HE TOOK TO THE 14TH

FAIRWAY AT ANNBRIAR GOLF COURSE IN WATERLOO, ILLINOIS.

SOT MARK MIHAL / FELL INTO SINKHOLE: "The first couple seconds was

terrifying."

BUT INSTEAD OF HITTING A HOLE-IN-ONE FRIDAY THE 43-YEAR-OLD GOLFER FOUND

HIMSELF BECOMING ONE SWALLOWED BY THIS SINKHOLE.

SOT MARK MIHAL / FELL INTO SINKHOLE: "The ground didn't look like there was

anything there unusual / by the time I got close to it, I was gone."

AS HIS GOLF BUDDIES LOOKED ON IN DISBELIEF MIHAL FOUND HIMSELF BEING SUCKED

18 FEET UNDER THE GROUND FRACTURING HIS SHOULDER

SOT ED MAGALETTA / MARK'S FRIEND: "It was one of those things where I don't

think we thought about anything except get him out of that hole."

THAT'S WHEN ED MAGALETTA, AND THE REST OF MIHAL'S GOLF FOURSOME, SPRANG INTO

ACTION

MAGALETTA-THE BROTHER OF 5 NURSES--FASHIONED A SLING FROM HIS WINDBREAKER

AND WITH THE HELP OF THIS LADDER WENT IN

SOT ED MAGALETTA / MARK'S FRIEND: "I got up that ladder in lick-ity split

seconds and popped out of the hole like a rabbit."

MIHAL SAYS ON HIS WAY DOWN HE WAS TERRIFIED. AND THAT HE COULDN'T HELP BUT

THINK OF THE MAN WHO JUST ONE WEEK EARLIERHAD LOST HIS LIFE WHEN A SINK HOLE

OPENED UNDER HIS FLORIDA BEDROOM.

SOT MARK MIHAL / FELL INTO SINKHOLE: "It just came to mind when I was in mid

air probably so I was just freaking out."

THIS MORNING MIHAL IS HOME AND FEELING BETTER.

MEANTIME THE GOLF COURSE IS NOW WORKING ON FILLING THAT SINKHOLE. HE'S EVEN

BEEN INVITED TO RETURN AN OFFER HE'S NOT SURE HE'S READY TO ACCEPT

SOT MARK MIHAL / FELL INTO SINKHOLE: "I don't know if I could play that

course again, especially that hole."

GOLFER IN HOLE-ONCAM

ALEX PEREZ REPORTING.

TEASE FOUR------

THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT NOW HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE LEFT WITH MISTAKES ON THEIR TAX FORMS.

FIRST AT FOUR WE'LL BRING YOU WHICH TAX SERVICE IS NOW SAYING, "OOPS!"

PLUS ARE YOU A BARGAIN HUNTER?

YOU'RE HUNTING GROUND JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT SMALLER.

B) ENTERTAINMENT CLOSES-VO TOPS

BREAKING NEWS-CLIP

NY SHOOTING-TRX VO

DEVELOPING AT FOUR.

FOUR PEOPLE ARE SHOT DEAD IN SEPARATE SHOOTINGS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK NOW AUTHORITIES ARE ON THE HUNT FOR THE KILLER.

POLICE IN MOHAWK, ARE LOOKING FOR 64-YEAR-OLD KURT MEYERS.

INVESTIGATORS SAY HE OPENED FIRE AT A CAR WASH AND BARBERSHOP THIS MORNING, KILLING FOUR PEOPLE AND WOUNDING AT LEAST TWO OTHERS.

ECON DATA-2 SHOT

SOME GOOD NEWS TODAY FOR THE NATION'S ECONOMY.

A NEW REPORT SHOWS SPENDING IS UP.

IN FACT RETAIL SALES FOR FEBURARY HAVE GROWN AT THE FASTEST PACE IN FIVE MONTHS.

ECON DATA-PKG

nats Cash Register

AMERICANS ARE SPENDING AGAIN.

cha-ching

AND THE SOUND OF CASH REGISTERS, LIKE THE NEW ECONOMIC DATA, IS MUSIC TO THE EARS OF RETAILERS.

"Obviously the numbers are good for our retailers. we're very excited about the continuation of how retail is driving this economy forward."

FEBRUARY SAW AMERICAN SHOPPERS SPENDING AT THE FASTEST PACE IN FIVE MONTHS. BOOSTING RETAIL SPENDING 1.1 PERCENT FROM JANUARY. HIGHER GAS PRICES CONTRIBUTED TO THAT JUMP, BUT EVEN EXCLUDING THE PAIN AT THE PUMP, RETAIL SALES STILL ROSE.6 PERCENT.

BUT ANALYSTS SAY THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.

"We anticipate that they will continue to be positive as long as the head winds continue to diminish and those headwinds consist of econonmic uncertainty, gas prices and and overall concern about the way the economy is moving."

STRONG ON-LINE SALES ARE ALSO DRIVING THE POSITIVE NUMBERS. THE NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION PREDICTS THEY'LL INCREASE 12 PERCENT OVER LAST YEAR.

THE IMPROVED RETAIL SALES PICTURE CAME AS SOMETHING OF A SURPRISE. HITTING AT A TIME WHEN THIS YEAR'S PAYROLL TAX INCREASE HAS CUT INTO WORKERS' TAKE-HOME PAY.

TAX RETURN MISTAKES-VO

FIRST AT FOUR.

TAX TROUBLES FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO FILED TAX RETURNS WITH H AND R BLOCK.

THE NATION'S LARGEST TAX PREPARER ADMITS IT MADE A MISTAKE RELATED TO FORM 8-8-6-3 FOR THE EDUCATIONAL TAX CREDIT.

THE COMPANY SAYS THE FILING PROBLEM IMPACTS SOME 600-THOUSAND CUSTOMERS WHO FILED BETWEEN FEBRUARY 14TH AND FEBRUARY 22ND.

ENTERTAINMENT CLOSES-VO

FIRST AT FOUR.

DEALS DOWN THE DRAIN.

DON'T EXPECT ANY NEW ENTERTAINMENT COUPON BOOKS IN THE FUTURE.

THE COMPANY THAT PRODUCED THE POPULAR COUPON BOOK WITH ALL TYPES OF DISCOUNTS, HAS CLOSED ITS DOORS.

THE COMPANY ABRUPTLY SHUT DOWN TUESDAY, FORCING EMPLOYEES TO LEAVE WITH THEIR PERSONAL BELONGINGS.

EMPLOYEES WERE NOTIFIED BY MANAGEMENT THAT THE COMPANY HAS FILED FOR CHAPTER SEVEN BANKRUPTCY.

OBAMA WH TOURS-VO

FIRST AT FOUR.

PRESIDENT OBAMA CLAIMS HE IS EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF RESUMING WHITE HOUSE VISITOR TOURS.

THE PRESIDENT SAID THE DECISION TO CANCEL TOURS, STARTING LAST SATURDAY, WAS MADE BY THE SECRET SERVICE AFTER IT FURLOUGHED SOME OF ITS EMPLOYEES DUE TO THE RECENT SEQUESTER.

RED LIGHT SWITCHES-VO WIPE

IN COLLIER COUNTY, STOP LIGHTS WILL NO LONGER WORK AGAINST EMERGENCY RESPONDERS WHEN EVERY SECOND COUNTS.

COMMISSIONERS APPROVED THE CREATION OF A BUDGET TO INSTALL MORE EMERGENCY DEVICES THROUGHOUT INTERSECTIONS.

AMBULANCES AND FIRE TRUCKS HAVE A TRANSMITTER THAT SENDS A SIGNAL - ONE THAT CAN TURN ALL LIGHTS AT AN INTERSECTION RED EXCEPT THE ONE RESPONDERS ARE GOING THROUGH.

RED LIGHT SWITCHES-SOT VO

TAKE SOT

DURATION = 0:11

Chief Walter Kopa, Collier County EMS

"If vehicles are coming through that intersection and they don't hear our sirens or see our lights, they may not know we're approaching. It certainly makes it a more dangerous job for responders."

NO DAYLIGHT SAVING-VO WIPE

ONE FLORIDA SENATOR WANTS TO GET RID OF DAYLIGHTS SAVINGS TIME.

HE WANTS OUR CLOCKS TO SPRING FORWARD BUT *NEVER FALL BACK.

THE BILL IS CALLED THE "SUNSHINE PROTECTION ACT".

ITS BEING PRESENTED BY SENATOR DARREN SOTO.

IT WOULD GIVE EVERY FLORIDIAN AN EXTRA HOUR OF SUNLIGHT.

NO DAYLIGHT SAVING-SOT VO

32:43 I think the state of florida needs more daylight because 32:48 its all about recreation the state of florida 32:50

1:02 daylight drives the man hours here for the labor issues and entertainment hours for the boaters 1:12

BUSINESSES ALL ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AGREE ONE HOUR EXTRA OF LIGHT COULD TRANSLATE INTO THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN PROFITS.

ROONEY AND NFL-SS VO

CONGRESSMAN TOM ROONEY IS THROWING HIS SUPPORT BEHIND AN EFFORT TO INVEST 60 MILLION DOLLARS TOWARD BRAIN INJURY RESEARCH IN THE N-F-L.

THE REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER-- who represents much of swfl SAYS THE RESEARCH WON'T JUST HELP THE MILLIONS OF ATHLETES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

IT WILL ALSO HELP IMPROVE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT SERVICES FOR OUR NATION'S TROOPS AND VETERANS.

BUCKET LIST BANDIT-SS

FIRST AT FOUR.

A MAN NICKNAMED THE "BUCKET LIST BANDIT" BY THE FBI AFTER INVESTIGATORS SAY HE TOLD A UTAH BANK TELLER THAT HE HAD JUST FOUR MONTHS TO LIVE, IS PLEADING GUILTY.

MICHAEL BREWSTER IS IN A PENNSYLVANIA COURT TODAY ACCUSED OF THAT HEIST AND TEN OTHERS IN NINE OTHER STATES.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THE PENSACOLA MAN CONDUCTED A CROSS-COUNTRY STRING OF ROBBERIES THAT BEGAN JUNE 21TH.

MILITARY SEX ASSAULTS-OC SOT VO WIPE

A SENATE PANEL IS HOLDING A HEARING TODAY ON SEXUAL ASSAULTS IN THE U.S. MILITARY.

AN AIR FORCE GENERAL HAS JUST OVERTURNED A MILITARY JURY'S VERDICT CONVICTING A TOP COMBAT PILOT OF ASSAULTING A WOMAN AT HIS HOME AT AN AIR BASE IN ITALY.

THE ACCUSER IS TELLING HER STORY.

i had felt some discomfort. the lights came on which woke me up. and- i opened my eyes and -- he was in bed with me with his hands down my pants.

KIMBERLY HANKS TESTIFIED LAST YEAR THAT SHE WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY AIR FORCE LIEUTENANT COLONEL JAMES WILKERSON.

A MILITARY JURY BELIEVED HER.

WILKERSON WAS CONVICTED IN A COURT MARTIAL LAST NOVEMBER, STRIPPED OF HIS RANK-- AND SENTENCED TO A YEAR IN PRISON..

MILITARY SEX ASSAULTS-SOT VO

i question now whether that unit that that man returns to-- whether there is any chance a woman who is sexually assaulted would ever say a word because what that general just said is that that jury's decision didn't matter.

LAWMAKERS ARE PRESSING TO STRIP A MILITARY COMMANDER'S AUTHORITY TO OVERTURN JURY VERDICTS.

FIREFIGHTER SAVES OWN HOME-TRX VO TOPS

BRAND NEW MUST SEE VIDEO FIRST AT FOUR.

A FIREFIGHTER ENDED UP BATTLING A BLAZE AT HIS OWN HOUSE ON NEW YORK'S LONG ISLAND.

TAKE A LOOK. A MAN CRASHED A PICKUP TRUCK INTO THE HOUSE.

BOTH THE HOUSE AND TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE.

A WOMAN AND TWO KIDS WERE INSIDE THE HOUSE AT THE TIME, BUT GOT OUT SAFELY.

THE OWNER, A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER, WAS SENT TO THE SCENE - AGAIN - HIS *OWN HOME ON FIRE!

CA MAN RESCUE-TRX VO TOPS

NEW VIDEO AT FOUR SHOWING SHERIFFS DEPUTIES IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA PULLING A SUICIDAL MAN FROM THE LEDGE OF A HOSPITAL PARKING GARAGE.

A SHERIFF'S HELICOPTER CAPTURED VIDEO OF THE RESCUE.

AUTHORITIES SAY A 59-YEAR-OLD MAN CALLED THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND SAID HE WAS ON TOP OF THE LEDGE AND WANTED TO JUMP.

CA MAN RESCUE-SOT VO

And we got closer to him, and within about a three- or four-foot -- we were just just - kind of took off at a sprint, all three of us. We were all able to grab him at the same time.

THE MAN WAS NOT HURT.

TIPS FOR JOB INTERVIEW-SS

SIXTY PERCENT OF EMPLOYERS SAY THEY FORM AN OPINION ON A JOB SEEKER WITHIN THE FIRST TEN MINUTES OF THEIR MEET.

CAREER BUILDER DOT COM HAS SOME ADVICE ON HOW TO IMPRESS.

ARRIVE HALF AN HOUR EARLY FOR THE INTERVIEW.

IF YOU FIND YOU HAVE TIME TO SPARE, USE IT TO REVIEW YOUR RÉSUMÉ, CHECK YOUR APPEARANCE IN THE RESTROOM AND MAKE SURE YOUR CELLPHONE is off.

SHAKE HANDS LIKE YOU MEAN IT.

HEALTH MATTERS-ONCAM

THE MATERNITY WARDS AT MOST HOSPITALS ARE FILLED WITH HUSTLE AND BUSTLE.

BUT THAT'S CHANGED AT Cape Coral Hospital.

IN THE BIRTHING SUITES THEY'RE NOW GIVING MOMS AND THEIR NEW BABIES, A PERIOD OF QUIET TIME- CALLED THE GOLDEN HOUR.

HEALTH MATTERS-PKG

AMANDA GARCIA IS A MOM TWICE OVER NOW.THE BIRTH OF HER BABY RYLEE WAS A MUCH DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE THAN AVERY'S A YEAR EARLIER.

AMANDA GARCIA/MOM

RUNS:

3:28 With my first child I got to see her briefly and then my husband and the baby exited the room and they proceeded on with those things they needed to get done. Whereas with Rylee all of that waited. And when it was done I got to be there.

THEY CALL IT THE 'GOLDEN HOUR' AT CAPE CORAL HOSPITAL. THE 60 MINUTES IMMEDIATELY AFTER DELIVERY RESERVED FOR FAMILY. THE NEWBORN IS PLACED ON MOM'S CHEST.

LIZ FINN/RN LABOR & DELIVERY

RUNS:

:39 We try to just step back and let them enjoy their time with their baby.

MAKING BIRTHS FAMILY-FRIENDLY TOOK A CHANGE OF MINDSET AS WELL AS HOSPITAL PRACTICES.

LIZ FINN/RN LABOR & DELIVERY

RUNS:

5:36 There are certain things we need to do in the first hour according to the pediatricians. They want the vitamin K shot also the erythromycin ointment in the eyes, but we do those on the mom's stomach.

AMANDA GARCIA/MOM

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1:45 It creates such a calming environment, you feel like you're the only person in the room and it makes such a special bond with this child immediately.

AMY OSHIER/REPORTING

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The skin to skin contact started the bonding process, but experts quickly realized it also triggered a physical response between the mom and baby.

LIZ FINN/RN LABOR & DELIVERY

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2:15 The baby's respirations rates come down, their blood sugar rates are stabilized, therefore we aren't seeing as many hypoglycemic babies. 1:48. Also, research has shown the mother's breast accommodates the baby's temperature- they heat up and cool down according to the babies needs.

BABIES PLACED SKIN TO SKIN ARE MORE APT TO START BREASTFEEDING.

AMANDA GARCIA/MOM

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6:03 The nurses helped me put her right to the breast and there were no problems whatsoever. And it makes you feel so strong and takes the stress away.

TEASE FIVE-2-SHOT

TWINKEES, HO-HO'S, DING DONGS.THEY'RE MAKING A COMEBACK.

AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF HOSTESS - NEXT AT FOUR, WHEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SATISFY THOSE CREAMY CAKE CRAVINGS.

PLUS.

the first year you drive, a third of you will be in an automobile accident."

FIFTEEN TEENS DIE IN THREE RECENT HIGH PROFILE CAR CRASHES.

B) DEADLY TEEN CRASHES-SOT VO

C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

New Row 1 Michael Snodgrass

CONFIRMED -

2-ALARM FIRE IN GOLDEN GATE CITY

PERSON TRAPPED

4349 17th PLACE SW

POPE LATEST-SAT21-RTR3 VO

BREAKING NEWS AT FOUR.

A NEW POPE HAS BEEN ELECTED.

AND NOW WE LEARN THE POPE FRANCIS' INAUGURAL MASS WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 19TH.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE VATICAN.

ALL NEW AHEAD AT 5:00-CLIP

PAUSE FOR AHEAD AT 5:00 CLIP

WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS IN THE N-B-C TWO NEWSROOM -

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS A NEW LEADER.

POPE FRANCIS STEPPED OUT ON A BALCONY AT THE VATICAN WITHIN THE LAST HOUR TO ADDRESS THE TENS OF THOUSANDS IN SAINT PETER'S SQUARE.

AT FIVE --

WE FOUND OUT HOW LOCAL CATHOLIC'S ARE REACTING TO THE NEWS.

AND WE'LL TELL YOU WHEN HIS FIRST MASS AS POPE WILL BE.

PLUS --

RUM EVERYWHERE --

BUT NOT A DROP TO DRINK.

AT FIVE -

WHY SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S FIRST RUM DISTILLERY IS UP AND RUNNING --

A) CONCLAVE ELECTS POPE-CAM99-RTR1

B) DISTILLARY SALES-VOTOPS

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.

SUNNY AND BREEZY

TRAFFIC-trxTFC FDOT

TRAFFIC BILLBOARD-CLIP

DEADLY TEEN CRASHES-INTRO

SOME PEOPLE IN ILLINOIS, TEXAS AND OHIO ARE REELING FROM A SERIES OF DEADLY CAR ACCIDENTS THAT HAVE CLAIMED THE LIVES OF MORE THAN A DOZEN YOUNG PEOPLE.

DRIVING INSTRUCTORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE HOPING THE TRAGEDIES WILL SEND AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE ABOUT SAFETY.

DEADLY TEEN CRASHES-PKG

THREE TRAGIC CAR WRECKS IN THREE DIFFERENT STATES CLAIMED THE LIVES OF 15 TEENAGERS IN A MATTER OF JUST THREE DAYS.

THE MOST RECENT -- NEAR CHICAGO.

AUTHORITIES FOUND FOUR TEENAGERS DEAD AFTER THEY BELIEVE THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL ON A PATCH OF WATER OR ICE, AND SLAMMED INTO A CREEK.

BEFORE THAT, FIVE TEENAGERS WERE KILLED IN A FIERY CRASH AT AN INTERSECTION IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TOWN OF DUMAS.

POLICE SAY THEIR SUV RAN A STOP SIGN, AND COLLIDED WITH A FUEL TANKER WHOSE DRIVER WAS SEVERELY BURNED.

AND IN OHIO, INVESTIGATORS SAY AN SUV TOOK A CURVE TOO FAST, AND FLIPPED OVER INTO A SMALL LAKE -- KILLING 6 OF THE 8 TEENS IN THE PACKED VEHICLE.

"She sped up. I don't know if she lost control, she jerked or how fast she was going that lost control."

CAR CRASHES ARE THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR TEENAGERS AGES 15 TO 20, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION.

AT TAGGART'S DRIVING SCHOOL IN GEORGIA.TEENAGE STUDENTS ARE GIVEN A QUICK REALITY CHECK.

"What do you tell teenagers, the first thing, what do you tell them about driving on the roads in your class?"

"The first 15 minutes of class I have the students randomly, it's every third student is what it is, and I have stand up, then I have them look around in the classroom and I say 'alright, this is a third of the students, the first year you drive, a third of you will be in an automobile accident."

ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY EVERYTHING FROM DISTRACTED DRIVING TO DRUNK DRIVING.

A STUDY BY THE GOVERNOR'S HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION SHOWS THE NUMBER OF FATAL CRASHES FOR 16- AND 17-YEAR-OLDS ROSE 19% DURING THE FIRST 6 MONTHS OF 2012 FROM THE SAME PERIOD A YEAR EARLIER.

"We're going to go around the course. this is a closed course. this is the first part of a person's driving exam."

EVEN FIRST TIME DRIVERS -- LIKE KALI KATZ -- HAVE FIRST HAND KNOWLEDGE OF THE RISKS.

DEADLY TEEN CRASHES-ONCAM

GEORGE HOWELL REPORTING.

MANY OF THE ACCIDENTS ARE CAUSED BY DISTRACTED DRIVING.

NISSAN RECALL-SS

A MAJOR RECALL TODAY FOR NISSAN.

THE COMPANY IS RECALLING FIVE OF IT'S 2013 MODELS DUE TO A SENSOR MALFUNCTION.

THE FAULTY SENSORS CAN SHUT OFF THE PASSENGER AIR BAG.

THE RECALL COVERS THE ALTIMA MIDSIZE CAR, AS WELL AS THE LEAF ELECTRIC CAR, PATHFINDER SUV AND THE SENTRA COMPACT.

ALSO COVERED IS THE INFINITI JX-35 SUV.

TWINKEES RETURNING-VO

WE HAVE A WINNER IN THE BIDDING WAR FOR THE RIGHT TO BRING BACK THE TWINKIE.

APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT AND METROPOULOS & COMPANY WHICH OWNS PABST BLUE RIBBON AND VLASIC PICKLES, BEAT OUT SOME 100-BIDDERS FOR THE ICONIC SNACK CAKES.

THE PRICE TAG: 140-MILLION DOLLARS.

ALONG WITH TWINKIES---

DOLLY MADISON, HO-HO AND SNOW BALLS BRANDS ARE PART OF THE DEAL.

BOY SCOUTS SURVEY-VO

THE BOY SCOUTS ARE SENDING OUT A NEW SURVEY--

ASKING PARENTS THEIR OPINION ON ADMITTING GAY MEMBERS.

THE NINE QUESTION SURVEY IS DESIGNED TO GET SOME INDEPTH UNDERSTANDING.

FOR EXAMPLE, ONE QUESTION ASKS IF IT'S ACCEPTABLE FOR A GAY SCOUT AND A STRAIGHT SCOUT TO SHARE A TENT.

IT ASKS PARENTS TO RANK THEIR RESPONSES FROM "TOTALLY ACCEPTABLE" TO "TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE."

TX DOG DNA-VO WIPE

A TEXAS APARTMENT COMPLEX HAS FOUND A UNIQUE, AND CONTROVERSIAL WAY TO GET DOG OWNERS TO PICK UP AFTER THEIR PETS.

THEY'RE DEMANDING TENANTS HAND OVER D-N-A SAMPLES OF THEIR DOGS OR FACE EVICTION.

THOSE SAMPLES CAN BE USED TO TEST AGAINST SAMPLES OF WASTE LEFT BY THE PETS OF IRRESPONSIBLE OWNERS.

TX DOG DNA-SOTVO

If they're gonna tell me I have to do something that wasn't in that lease, it's my turn to say tough luck.

OWNER WHO FAIL TO CLEAN UP THEIR DOG'S MESS FACES A FINE.

SHARK FIGHTER FIRED-VO

HIS ACTIONS ON THE BEACH EARNED HIM HEROIC PRAISE.

BUT THEY ALSO COST HIM HIS JOB.

REMEMBER THIS GUY IN AUSTRALIA?

BACK IN JANUARY, HE WRESTLED A SHARK IN SHALLOW WATER. SWIMMING DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO CHILDREN.

NOW, THE 62-YEAR-OLD HERO HAS BEEN FIRED.

TURNS OUT, HE WAS ON SICK LEAVE WHEN CAMERAS CAUGHT HIM BATTLING THE SHARK.

THE FOOTAGE WAS SHOWN AROUND THE WORLD.

AND WHEN HIS BOSSES FOUND OUT.

TEASE SIX-2-SHOT

GOING DOWN.GAS PRICES ARE SLIPPING SLIGHTLY.

BUT WHY NOW?

NBC2 SHOWS YOU WHAT'S REALLY BEHIND CHANGING GAS PRICES AND A PLAN BY SOME TO BRING THEM DOWN PERMANENTLY.

A) PRICE OF GAS-VO

PRICE OF GAS-2 SHOT TRAFFIC

HAVE YOU BEEN TO A GAS STATION LATELY?

PRICES ARE DROPPING.

HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THE AVERAGE PRICE IS DOWN FOUR CENTS IN A WEEK.

THERE IS A FIGHT GOING ON ABOUT WHETHER THE U.S. SHOULD HAVE ALTERNATIVES TO OIL.

PRICE OF GAS-PKG

THE PRICE WE PAY FOR A TANK OF GAS CAN FLUCTUATE AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE.

NATURAL DISASTERS LIKE HURRICANES CAN HAVE AN IMPACT. BUT YEAR ROUND… WHAT GOES INTO OUR GASOLINE - AND HOW DOES FEDERAL POLICY AFFECT WHAT WE BUY?

10% OF THE GAS WE BUY NOW IS MADE FROM RENEWABLE FUELS, SUCH AS ETHANOL. THAT'S BECAUSE OF A FEDERAL POLICY CALLED THE RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD, AIMED AT SUPPORTING DOMESTIC FUELS, AND REDUCING GREENHOUSE GASES.

"You have over 200 ethanol plants in the first wave of these fuels. But now what we see, is those technologies, those same advancements that we learned, are being used to make the second wave of advanced biofuels, advanced renewable fuels."

10% OF THE GAS WE BUY NOW IS MADE FROM RENEWABLE FUELS, SUCH AS ETHANOL. THAT'S BECAUSE OF A FEDERAL POLICY CALLED THE RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD, AIMED AT SUPPORTING DOMESTIC FUELS, AND REDUCING GREENHOUSE GASES.

SOT ADAM MONROE NOVOZYMES

You have over 200 ethanol plants in the first wave of these fuels. But now what we see, is those technologies, those same advancements that we learned, are being used to make the second wave of advanced biofuels, advanced renewable fuels. Track That "second wave" includes fuel made from corn plant residue, wood scraps, even garbage.

Natfull oil industry

BUT THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY WOULD RATHER SEE MORE SUPPORT FOR EXPANDED OIL AND NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION, NOT ALTERNATIVE FUELS.

SOT JACK GERARD AM PETROLEUM INST 131751

PRICE OF GAS-2 SHOT TRAFFIC

THAT WILL DO IT FOR US ON THE NEWS AT FOUR.

GOODBYE-2 SHOT

CONTINUING COVERAGE OF THE ELECTION OF THE NEW POPE -- AT FIVE, THE DETAILS ABOUT POPE FRANCIS YOU DIDN'T KNOW -- AND REACTION FROM THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

PLUS NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE UNEXPECTED RESIGNATION

OF FLORIDA'S LIEUTENTANT GOVERNOR -- AND HER CONNECTION TO A NON PROFIT ACCUSED OF RUNNING GAMBLING OPERATIONS DISGUISED AS INTERNET CAFES.

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