BREAKING NEWS OPEN-CLIP

NEVADA EXPLOSION-2SHOT-VO

WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS AT THIS HOUR --

WE'RE LEARNING -- SEVEN U-S MARINES WERE KILLED -- DURING AN OVERNIGHT LIVE-FIRE EXERCISE AT A NEVADA MILITARY FACILITY.

AND LEAST 8 OTHERS WERE INJURED.

A 60-MILLIMETER MORTAR EXPLODED IN A TUBE -- JUST AS THE MARINES WERE PREPARING TO FIRE IT.

IT ALL HAPPENED JUST AFTER 10 O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT.

THAT FACILITY SERVES AS STORAGE FOR AMMUNICION AND OTHER EQUIPMENT.

IT ALSO SERVES AS A TRAINING FACILITY FOR SPECIALS OPERATION FORCES -- PREPARING TO DELPOY TO THE MIDDLE EAST.

RIGHT NOW -- DETAILS ARE CONTINUING TO FLOW INTO OUR NEWSROOM.

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AND ALSO BREAKING RIGHT NOW --

A CAPE CORAL MAN ADMITTS TO IN STRANGLING HIS GRANDFATHER TO DEATH.

IT ALL HAPPENED IN COURT, EARLIER THIS MORNING.

GARRET KERN WAS FACING SECOND DEGREE MURDER CHARGES --

WITHIN THE LAST HOUR HE ENTERED A PLEA OF NO CONTEST --

AND TOLD THE ENTIRE COURT WHAT HAPPENED WHEN HE KILLED JAMES ARTHUR.

KERN TOLD THE JUDGE THE TWO GOT INTO A HEATED ARGUMENT --

THEN CHOKED HIS GRANDFATHER TO DEATH -

THAT'S WHEN HE DUMPED THE BODY IN A WOODED AREA OF CAPE CORAL.

HE THEN WENT TO A BAR -- AND FLED TO CHICAGO.

N-B-C TWO WAS IN COURT FOR THE SHOCKING REVALUATION.

POPE ARRIVES-TRX-VOTOPS

RIGHT NOW.

BRAND NEW PICTURES FROM VATICAN CITY -- WHERE POPE FRANCIS WAS OFFICIALY INAUGURATED.

FOR ABOUT 20-MINUTES -- HE CIRCLED SAINT PETER'S SQUARE IN THIS OPEN-TOPPED S-U-V -- BEFORE GOING INTO ST. PETER'S BASILICA.

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AND THEY ALL GATHERED THERE TO WATCH A VERY HISTORIC MOMENT.

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GATHERED IN ST. PETER'S SQUARE, THIS MORNING, FOR THE INAUGURAL MASS.

FRANCIS OFFICIALLY ASSUMED THE ROLE AS PONTIFF AND SET THE TONE FOR HIS PAPACY.

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POPE FRANCIS ROLLED INTO ST. PETER'S SQUARE TUESDAY MORNING WHERE A CROWD OF THOUSANDS GATHERED UNDER SUNNY SKIES TO WITNESS HIS INAUGURAL MASS.

HE DID NOT RIDE IN THE TRADITIONAL POPE MOBILE, OPTING INSTEAD FOR AN OPEN-AIR VEHICLE THAT ALLOWED HIM DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE FAITHFUL.

HE KISSED BABIES AND EVEN GOT OUT OF HIS S-U-V TO BLESS A DISABLED MAN.

FOLLOWING CEREMONIES INSIDE ST. PETER'S BASILICA, POPE FRANCIS PROCESSED OUTDOORS WHERE HE WAS INAUGURATED BISHOP OF ROME.

THE NEWLY-ELECTED PONTIFF ACCEPTED A LAMB'S WOOL SHAWL.A SYMBOL OF HIS ROLE AS "THE GOOD SHEPHERD" AND THE FISHERMAN'S RING, REPRESENTING HIS DUTY TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL.

POPE FRANCIS DELIVERED HIS FIRST HOMILY IN ITALIAN, ASKING FOLLOWERS TO ASSUME THE ROLE OF PROTECTORS.

We are all protectors of creation of the plan of God, written in nature. Protectors of one another, of the environment. Let us not allow signs of destruction and death accompany our journey of this world.

FIVE HUNDRED PRIESTS DISPENSED COMMUNION TO THE CROWD.

AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TWO-HOUR MASS, POPE FRANCIS GREETED THE INTERNATIONAL HEADS-OF-STATE IN ATTENDANCE, INCLUDING VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, WHO LEAD THE U-S DELEGATION.

FRANCIS ASSUMES HIS ROLE AT ONE OF THE BUSIEST AND HOLIEST TIMES IN THE CATHOLIC CALENDAR.

NEXT SUNDAY IS PALM SUNDAY.

EASTER FOLLOWS, ONE WEEK LATER.

NY STOCK EXCHANGE OPEN-LIVE

After a couple of losing sessions, a surprisingly strong increase in new home construction is sending stocks higher on Wall Street.

YOU'RE LOOKING LIVE AT THE BIG BOARD ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

SENATE CLOTURE VOTE-VO

A POSSIBLE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IS LOOMING --

AND TODAY -- THE SENATE IS MOVING TOWARDS VOTING ON A BILL TO AVOID THAT SHUTDOWN.

THE SENATE VOTED 63 TO 35 TO LIMIT DEBATE ON THE BILL -- WHICH WOULD FUND FEDERAL AGENCIES THROUGH SEPTEMBER.

THIS PAVES THE WAY FOR A VOTE AS EARLY AS TODAY.

IF APPROVED, THE BILL COULD BE SENT TO THE HOUSE FOR FINAL APPROVAL LATER THIS WEEK.

SPACE DANGER HEARING-VO

ALSO HAPPENING TODAY -- ON CAPITOL HILL.

A HOUSE COMMITTEE WILL HOLD A FIRST EVER HEARING ON POTENTIAL THREATS FROM OUTER SPACE.

THE HOUSE SPACE COMMITTEE WILL CONDUCT A REVIEW OF GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO TRACK POTENTIAL THREATS FROM ASTEROIDS AND METEORS.

ATTENTION HAS GROWN IN RECENT YEARS TO THREATS FROM OUTER SPACE --

NOT ONLY TO THE PLANET, BUT TO KEY SATELLITES IN ORBIT.

SYRIA CHEMICAL WARFARE-TRX-OTS-OC

BRAND NEW, RIGHT NOW -- OUT OF SYRIA--

STATE MEDIA THERE REPORTS REBELS HAVE FIRED A CHEMICAL WEAPON IN THE NORTH OF THE COUNTRY, KILLING 15 PEOPLE -- AND WOUNDING 86 OTHERS.

THE REPORT MARKS THE FIRST TIME THE GOVERNMENT HAS ACCUSED FIGHTERS SEEKING TO TOPPLE PRESIDENT BASHAR ASSAD OF USING CHEMICAL WEAPONS.

WE'RE TOLD MOST OF THOSE KILLED WERE CIVILIANS.

IRAQ KILLINGS TODAY-OTS-VO

AND ALSO NEW AT THIS HOUR -- IN IRAQ.

A WAVE OF BOMBINGS ACROSS BAGHDAD AND NEARBY TOWNS KILLS AT LEAST 56 PEOPLE AND WOUNDS MORE THAN 2-HUNDRED OTHERS.

THE ATTACKS WERE MOSTLY CAR BOMBINGS.

ONE OF THE DEADLIEST OF THE ATTACKS HIT NEAR A MAIN GATE TO THE HEAVILY-FORTIFIED GREEN ZONE.

WAR IN IRAQ ANNIVERSARY-OTS-OC

ALL THIS VIOLENCE COMES ON THE EXACT DAY MILITARY STIKES BY THE U-S BEGAN IN IRAQ.

TODAY MARKS THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WAR IN IRAQ -- INITIATED BY PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH.

MORE THAN 4400 U.S. TROOPS AND 100,000 IRAQI CIVILIANS LOST THEIR LIVES, DURING THAT SPAN OF NINE YEARS.

VETERANS WHO RETURNED HOME ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO RECOVER AND FIND JOBS --

WHILE SOME SAY THE EFFORT WAS WORTH IT.

PRESIDENT OBAMA DEPARTS-VO

PRESIDENT OBAMA LEAVES FOR ISRAEL, LATER TONIGHT -- FOR HIS FIRST FOREIGN TRIP DURING HIS SECOND TERM IN OFFICE.

HE WILL MEET WITH MEMBERS OF THE NEW ISRAELI GOVERNMENT, PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP AND THE KING OF JORDAN.

BUT FIRST -- MISTER OBAMA WILL MEET WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FOR LUNCH.

HILLARY SAME SEX MARRIAGE-VO

HILLARY CLINTON IS SPEAKING OUT, THIS MORNING --

ANNOUNCING HER SUPPORT FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.

THE FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE -- AND WHAT SOME ARE CALLING -- PORTENTIAL 20-16 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE -- EXPRESSED HER VANTIGE ON THE ISSUE -- DURING A VIDEO POSTED BY A GROUP WHO'S BACKING GAY RIGHTS.

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NOW TURNING TO THE LATEST ON THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA --

WERE AN INVESTIGATION CONTINUES TODAY -- INTO A BIZARRE SITUATION WE KEPT YOU UPDATED ON, YESTERDAY.

A STUDENT APPARENTLY TAKES HIS OWN LIFE.

THEN -- POLICE FIND GUNS, AMMUNITION, FOUR IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES AND EVIDENCE THAT HE WAS PLANNING A MASSIVE ATTACK.

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POLICE SAY 30-YEAR-OLD JAMES SEEVAKUMARAN PULLED A FIRE ALARM, POSSIBLY TO DRAW PEOPLE OUT IN THE OPEN.

THEN. WENT BACK TO HIS ROOM TO ARM HIMSELF. WHERE HE PULLED A GUN ON HIS ROOMMATE.

THE ROOMMATE RAN INTO A BATHROOM AND CALLED 9-1-1.

WHEN POLICE ARRIVED THEY FOUND THE GUNMAN DEAD.

AS THEY GATHERED EVIDENCE, THEY FOUND A HANDGUN, AN ASSAULT RIFLE, HUNDREDS OF ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION AND A BACKPACK WITH HOMEMADE BOMBS.

THEY ALSO FOUND CLUES ABOUT WHAT HE WAS DOING.

"We found some notes and some writings that indicated that this was a planned attack. This individual had laid out a timeline and laid out some of what we feel were going to be his actions."

STUDENTS WERE EVACUATED FROM THEIR DORM.

SOME SAY THEY WERE LEFT IN THE DARK.

"The way they handled it was like, kinda disappointing. It started off as a fire alarm, and no one said that there was something else going on with the bomb and the shooting."

AUTHORITIES SAY IN HIS TIMELINE, SEEVAKUMARAN HAD WRITTEN HE WOULD, QUOTE. "GIVE THEM HELL."

LUCKILY. IT DID NOT TURN OUT AS HE PLANNED.

"It could have been a very bad day for everybody here. All things considered I think that we were very blessed here at the University of Central Florida."

NOW INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHO THE GUNMAN PLANNED TO ATTACK.

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THIS MORNING --

POLICE SAY -- THAT STUDENT WAS SIMPLY ACTING ON HIS ONW.

WE CHECKED -- AND HIS ONLY ENCOUNTER WITH POLICE -- WAS A TRAFFIC VIOLATION.

HIT & RUN N FORT MYERS-VO

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES HAVE A SUSPECT IN CUSTODY --

FOLLOWING A HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT IN FORT MYERS.

IT HAPPENED AROUND 8 P-M MONDAY.

AT ORANGE GROVE ROAD AND TROPIC TERRACE.

THE DRIVER RAN FROM THE SCENE.

BUT DEPUTIES TRACKED THEM DOWN WITH A K-9.

THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

MARCO DEATH-VO

THIS MORNING POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING.

AFTER A WOMAN IS FOUND DEAD IN A CANAL --- ON MARCO ISLAND.

THIS IS VIDEO OF THE AREA WHERE MARCO POLICE SAY --

THEY FOUND 71 YEAR OLD ALICE BERG -- FLOATING IN A CANAL.

THIS ALL HAPPENED AROUND MIDNIGHT --- NEAR HER HOME ALONG MAYWOOD COURT.

BERG'S FAMILY CALLED POLICE AFTER SHE WENT MISSING FOR TWO HOURS.

FL ELECTION BILL-VO

AN UPDATE THIS MORNING --

ON HOW STATE LAWMAKERS WILL PREVENT THOSE *LONG ELECTION DAY LINES.

IN NOVEMBER IN LEE COUNTY --

PEOPLE WAITED UP TO FIVE HOURS TO VOTE.

WHICH ALSO HAPPENED AT OTHER POLLING PLACES AROUND FLORIDA.

THE SENATE AND ELECTIONS COMMITTEE PASSED A BILL --

TO EXPAND EARLY VOTING,

AND ADD MORE EARLY VOTING SITES.

BUT DEMOCRATS ON THE COMMITTEE OPPOSED THE BILL --

TOSS TO DANIELLE-2SHOT-TRX-BOXES

EAGLE FEVER IS WIDESPREAD -- THIS MORNING --

AS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA PREPARES FOR FGCU MEN'S BASKETBALL'S FIRST EVER N-C-A-A TOURNAMENT GAME, THIS FRIDAY.

NBC-2'S DANIELLE KOLENIAK HAS BEEN FOLLOWING ALL OF THE FESTIVITIES GOING ON F-G-C-U --

AND SHE JOINS US LIVE WITH A NEW INCINTIVE FOR TODAY.

FGCU STICKERS-REMLIVE

ALL DAY STUDENTS HAVE BEEN SWINGING BY. ALL TO GET THEIR RIDE DECALED WITH THIS STICKER "EAGLE COUNTRY"

FGCU STICKERS-VO

THIS MORNING ABOUT A DOZEN LINED UP AT THE ALICO ARENA BOX OFFICE TO GET THEIR HANDS ON A PAIR OF TICKETS.

FGCU STICKERS-SOTVO

"I'm here part time and i really enjoy it. Great school great team."

"To support our eagles for their first trip to the tournament."

"traveling 20 hours to see them play."

FGCU STICKERS-REMLIVE

TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE AT THE BOX OFFICE, BUT THE SEATS ARE DWINDLING BY THE HOUR.

IF THE SCHOOL SELLS OUT TODAY, THEY WILL BE GRANTED ANOTHER 200 TICKETS IF THEY SEE A DEMAND.

TEASE ONE-2SHOT

ALL NEW VIDEO THIS MORNING --

SHOWING FLAMES RIPPING THROUGH THIS APARTMENT BUILDING.

NEARLY TWO DOZEN FAMILYS -- DISPLACED --

AND YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHAT CAUSED THE FIREY MESS.

PLUS --

AN ARTIST PUTS IN YEARS OF HARD WORK TO SHOWCASE A MEMORIAL FOR VICTIMS OF 9-11.

BUT HIS DREAMS -- WERE SHOT DOWN BEFORE THE MEMORIAL EVER MADE IT TO A PERMINANT HOME.

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NY SNOW-VOTOPS

IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE WARM HERE -- BUT WINTER ISN'T OVER YET IN THE NORTHEAST.

A LATE-WINTER STORM BROUGHT SNOW, SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO THAT REGION.

AREAS NORTH OF THE CITY WERE TOLD TO LOOK FOR THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW BEFORE THE STORM TRANSITIONS TO RAIN.

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-WXWALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

After some beneficial rains to start the week, the possibility of even more will remain in the forecast through Wednesday as a cold front approaches from the north. Most of the rain that swept in off the Gulf of Mexico has dissipated and as a result of the wet grounds and high humidity, patchy fog is possible as we get our Tuesday morning going along with a couple of spotty showers.

Temperatures will start off rather mild and muggy in the middle 60s and with a few more rays of sun through the day, afternoon highs will warm back into the lower 80s. As south and southwesterly winds continue to pump in a warm and humid airmass, rain prospects will stand at about 40% this afternoon with a few showers during the day primarily east of I-75.

Late Tuesday and into Wednesday, we'll be tracking another weakening cold front as it slides down the Florida peninsula. This will keep more clouds streaming in across our part of the state, along with scattered showers during the afternoon. As this front pulls away, some slightly drier air will work its way down the state lower humidity in place by Thursday with more sunshine.

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BREAKING RIGHT NOW --

WE'RE LEARNING -- ALL NORTHBOUND LANES OF MCGREGOR BLVD ARE BLOCKED.

2 VEHICLES INVOLVED

STREET POLE BLOCKING ROADWAY

NO WIRES DOWN

10:41PM

FHP ON THE WAY, LCSO DOING TRAFFIC CONTROL

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BREAKING NEWS,

COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTIES HAVE ARRESTED AN EAST NAPLES WOMAN IN CONNECTION WITH HER HUSBAND'S DEATH.

THEY WERE CALLED TO A HOME ON PROVINCETOWN DRIVE LAST NIGHT AT THE REQUEST OF A CONCERNED OUT-OF-STATE RELATIVE.

WHEN DEPUTIES ARRIVED THEY FOUND THE BODY OF 72 YEAR OLD JACK JOHNS INSIDE THE HOME.

DETECTIVES SAY HE WAS SHOT.

THEY ARRESTED HIS WIFE HELEN JOHNS.

AL STORM DAMAGE-VOTOPS

ALL NEW TODAY --

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS DAMAGE A SEVERE STORM LEFT BEHIND -- AFTER SWEEPING THROUGH ALABAMA YESTERDAY.

THIS MOBILE HOME WAS COMPLETELY FLIPPED ON ITS SIDE -- INJURING ONE PERSON INSIDE.

A NEARBY COUNTY IS REPORTING AS MANY AS EIGHT INJURED RESIDENTS.

THE STORM MOVED QUICKLY THROUGH PARTS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. BRINGING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES -- LEAVNG THOUSANDS WITHOUT POWER.

WA 911 MEMORIAL REJECTED-VO

AN ARTIST'S ORIGINAL RENDITION OF A 9-11 MEMORIAL -- SITS IN HIS BACKYARD, THIS MORNING --

AFTER THE WASHINGTON STATE CAPITOL FLAT OUT DENIED THE WORK OF ART FROM BEING DISPLAYED.

ARTIST John Jackson SAYS -- THIS IS A PIECE OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER SURROUNDED BY FOUR BRONZE STATUES.

SHORTLY AFTER SEPTEMBER 11TH JACKSON HELPED DESIGN THIS MEMORIAL.

IT TOOK JOHN JACKSON AND OTHER VOLUNTEERS NEARLY TEN YEARS TO RAISE THE FUNDS TO GET THE MEMORIAL BUILT.

WA 911 MEMORIAL REJECTED-SOTVO

"To see something like this be rejected by our government and then to have it go somewhere else. it kind of makes me ashamed."

--BUTT TO--

"I think it deserves a little bit more than saying we sorry don't want it but I'm not a quitter."

THE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE AGENCY WHICH RUNS THE CAPITOL CAMPUS SAID THE 9/11 MEMORIAL WOULD BE "OUT OF PLACE" IN OLYMPIA SINCE IT HONORS AN EVENT OF "NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE."

TX APT BUILDING FIRE-VOTOPS

THIS IS VIDEO FROM SAN ANTIONIO -- WHERE AT LEAST 20 FAMILIES ARE DISPLACED -- AFTER A MASSIVE FIRE DESTORYS THIS APARTMENT BUILDING.

AND THIS MORNING -- OFFICIALS THINK A BARBECUE PIT MAY HAVE IGNITED THAT FIRE.

IT FORCED THE EVACUATION OF FOUR SURROUNDING BUILDINGS --

AND THE FLAMES WERE *SO HOT -- CREWS WERE UNABLE TO GET INSIDE.

SO LADDER TRUCK FLOODED WATER OVER THE BURNING STRUCTURE.

IN PLANE CRASH LATEST-VO

AND WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THAT DEADLY PLANE CRASH IN INDIANA.

THIS MORNING WE KNOW -- A FORMER UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA QUARTERBACK WAS AMONG TWO KILLED WHEN THIS SMALL PLANE TOOK A NOSE-DIVE RIGHT TOWARDS THIS HOME.

RESCUE WORKERS HAVE CONTAINED THE FUEL SPILL AND RECOVERED MAJOR WRECKAGE FROM SUNDAY'S CRASH.

MOST RESIDENTS IN THE AREA WHERE THE PRIVATE JET WENT DOWN HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES

MS WIND CARRIES TRUCK-SOTVO

AND IN MISSISSIPPI -- LISTEN TO WHAT THIS MAN HAS TO SAY -- AFTER A LITTLE QUARREL WITH MOTHER NATURE.

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"The wind just gently picked me up and made me go across the top of the bridge bannister and it just laid over on its side just like as pretty as you please, as gentle as possible."

WIND GUSTS PROVED TO BE TOO STRONG FOR THIS TRUCK.

FURIOUS WINDS -- AT 60-MILES-PER-HOUR, PICKED UP THE TRAILER AND SLUNG IT OVER THE SIDE OF THE BRIDGE.

THE DRIVER WAS LITERALLY HANGING ON THE EDGE -- BUT WAS LUCKILY BROUGHT TO SAFETY.

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AND A DRUNK DRIVER IN RHODE ISLAND -- GOT MORE THAN HE WAS BARGANING FOR -- WHEN HE SLAMMED RIGHT INTO A CAR DEALERSHIP -- CRASHING INTO SEVERAL VEHICLES.

"I never saw anything like that. Even the fire department was shocked- they

never saw anything like that."

THE WHOLE ORDEAL HAPPENED EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING -- AROUND 5:30.

AFTER SPEEDING DOWN THE ROADWAY --

HIS TRUCK CAUGHT SOME SERIOUS AIRTIME -- AND KNOCKED OVER A SIGN BEFORE HITTING THOSE PARKED CARS.

TEASE TWO-1SHOT

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ART -- STOLEN FROM A BOSTON ART MUSEUM.

AND IT ONLY TOOK A LITTLE LONGER THAN AN HOUR.

BUT IT ALL HAPPENED -- MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO.

WE'LL SHOW YOU WHY THIS MAJOR CRIME IS MAKING HEADLINES TODAY --

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NEW INFORMATION THIS MORNING -- ON ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS ART HeiSTS EVER.

AFTER MORE THAN TWO DECADES -- THE FBI IS REVEALING WHO THEY THINK PULLED OFF THE STUNNING ROBBERY.

13 ART PIECES -- WORTH HALF A *BILLION DOLLARS --

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The theft was timed to the busiest day of the year for Boston police, St.

Patrick's Day.

Just after one in the morning, with the parties still going on downtown, two

thieves, dressed as police, talked their way into the side entrance of the

tiny Gardner Museum of Art.

In just 81 minutes, they had perhaps the largest haul of stolen art in this

country ever.

There were no alarms and they methodically cut the selected paintings out of

their frames.

Three Rembrandts, including his only known seascape, the Storm on the Sea of

Galilee, and this masterpiece, Lady and Gentleman in Black.

From another gallery, one of only 31 known works by the Dutch master Vermeer

, the Concert.

13 pieces in all, an estimated 500 million dollars worth of art, still

missing, the empty frames left on the wall as a reminder of what happened.

Rick Delorie: On the 23rd anniversary of the theft, we are pleased to

announce the FBI has made significant investigative progress.

The statute of limitations has passed but the FBI said Monday its agents

have now figured out who stole the art.

Geoff Kelly:We can say with a high degree of confidence that we

believe we know who was responsible for the theft.

The FBI would not identify the thieves, but over the last three years,

agents have conducted a series of searches of locations in Connecticut and

Massachusetts.

No art, but new leads as to its whereabouts, perhaps offered for sale in

Philadelphia.

Geoff Kelly: We don't know if the sale was ever consummated, we don't know

if it's still down there or if it went somewhere else.

And now the FBI hopes a new round of publicity, with a fancy web site and a

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BRIAN ROSS REPORTING --

THE STOLEN PAINTINGS ARE SO WELL KNOWN IN THE ART WORLD -- THE FBI AND ART EXPERTS SAY, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE VERY LITTLE VALUE FOR THE THIEVES.

TEASE THREE-OC

FROM POPE BENEDICT'S RESIGNATION -- TO TODAY'S INAGURATION OF POPE FRANCIS --

WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW *AMERICAN CATHOLICS ARE RESPONDING TO THE NEW POPE.

PLUS --

A LOCAL TEACHER -- UNDER FIRE THIS MORNING.

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NEWS AT 11:30am OPEN-CLIP

TS1) NEVADA EXPLOSION-VOTOPS

BREAKING AT THIS HOUR --

SEVEN U-S MARINES ARE DEAD -- AFTER AN EXPLOSION ON A TRAINING FACILITY IN NEVADA.

IT ALL HAPPENED JUST AFTER 10 O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT.

WE'RE LEARNING AT LEAST 8 PEOPLE ARE INJURED -- AND SOME OF THOSE INJURIES -- ARE CRITCAL.

RIGHT NOW -- DETAILS ARE CONTINUING TO FLOW INTO OUR NEWSROOM.

TS2) KERN PLEA DEAL-VOTOPS

ALSO BREAKING RIGHT NOW --

DRAMA IN A CAPE CORAL COURTROOM --

WHEN A MAD BLATANTLY ADMITTS TO STRANGLING HIS GRANDFATHER TO DEATH.

KERN TOLD THE JUDGE THE TWO GOT INTO A HEATED ARGUMENT.

GARRET KERN WAS FACING SECOND DEGREE MURDER CHARGES --

AND WITHIN THE LAST HOUR HE ENTERED A PLEA OF NO CONTEST.

TS3) SENATE CLOTURE VOTE-VOTOPS

AND HAPPENING TODAY --

THE SENATE IS LOOKING TO AVOID A POSSIBLE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN -- SET FOR THE END OF THIS MONTH.

THE SENATE VOTED 63 TO 35 TO LIMIT DEBATE ON THE BILL -- WHICH WOULD FUND FEDERAL AGENCIES THROUGH SEPTEMBER.

WE'RE EXPECTING A VOTE AS EARLY AS TODAY.

TOSS TO STACEY-TRX-2SHOT-BOXES

POPE FRANCIS -- HAS OFFICIALly BEGUN HIS PAPACY.

EARLIER THIS MORNING -- AS MANY AS 200-THOUSAND PEOPLE ATTENDED TODAY'S INSTALLATION MASS FOR THE NEWLY APPOINTED POPE.

IN HIS HOMILY, THE NEW PONTIFF ASKED PEOPLE TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT, THE WEAK AND THE POOR.

NBC-2 ANCHOR STACEY DEFENBAUGH WATCHED THE MASS --

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132 DELEGATES AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ATTENDED, INCLUDING VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WHO LEAD THE U.S. DELEGATINO.

PRIOR TO THE MASS, THE POPE RODE IN ON A WHITE JEEP WAIVING AND GREETING PEOPLE WHO WERE GATHERED OUTSIDE.

POPE INAGURATION TODAY-NEWSROOM

THE POPE ASSUMES HIS ROLE AT ONE OF THE BUSIEST AND HOLIEST TIMES IN THE CATHOLIC CALENDAR.

NEXT SUNDAY IS PALM SUNDAY.

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AND AMID ALL THIS POPE TALK --

JUST HOW ARE AMERICAN CATHOLICS FEELING ABOUT POPE FRANCIS AND THE CATHOLIC DOCTRINE?

A RECENT POLL SHOIWS -- 84-PERCENT OF AMERICAN CATHOLICS APPROVE OF FRANCIS BEING SELECTED AS POPE.

THREE-QUARTERS OF AMERICAN CATHOLICS SAY THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO FOLLOW THEIR OWN CONSCIENCE ON DIFFICULT MORAL QUESTIONS -- RATHER THAN THE TEACHINGS OF THE POPE.

NINE IN TEN WANT STRICTER POLICIES TOWARD SEXUAL ABUSE COMMITTED BY PRIESTS --

NEW FL GOV POLL-TRX-SSTOPS

HAPPENING TODAY ---- WE'LL GET OUR HANDS ON ANOTHER POLL.

A NEW POLL IS EXPECTED TO COME OUT ON OUR NEXT FLORIDA GOVERNOR

PUBLIC POLICY POLLING IS SET TO RELEASE THE RESULTS LATER TODAY,

BUT HERE'S THE JIST:

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TAKING A LOOK AHEAD ---

PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL PARTICIPATE IN A BELATED ST. PATRICK'S DAY LUNCH WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AT THE U.S. CAPITOL.

THE PRESIDENT WILL ALSO MEET WITH THE FIRST MINISTER AND DEPUTY FIRST MINISTER OF NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

LATER THIS EVENING, THE PRESIDENT WILL TAKE AIR FORCE ONE TO ISRAEL. THE FIRST FOREIGN TRIP OF HIS SECOND TERM IN OFFICE.

CHINA US TIES-VO

MEANWHILE --

TREASURY SECRETARY JACK LEW -- MET WITH CHINESE LEADER XI JINPING TODAY BEIJING.

IT WAS THE NEW CHINESE LEADER'S FIRST MEETING WITH A FOREIGN OFFICIAL SINCE BEING APPOINTED PRESIDENT, LAST WEEK.

THE CHINESE LEADER SAID HIS COUNTRY WANTS STRONG TIES WITH THE U-S, BUT ADMITTED THE TWO COUNTRIES WILL HAVE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION.

CHINA POLLUTED AIR-VOTOPS

ALSO IN CHINA --

A LARGE PORTION OF THAT AREA IS COVEED IN SMOG AND HAZE.

STRONG WINS DIDN'T BLOW AWAY THE SMOG -- IT JUST MADE THE POLLUTED AIR WORSE.

THE WIND WAS PART OF A SAND STORM THAT CUT THE VISIBILITY TO ABOUT 100 YARDS AT TIMES.

MOST PEDESTRIANS WORE MASKS AND SAND BEGAN BUILDING UP ON EVERYTHING OUTSIDE.

WINTER WX CONTINUES-OC

WEATHER HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA -- MAY BE A LITTLE MILD.

BUT ELSEWHERE -- IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STORY.

EXTREME WEATHER -- MAKING ITS WAY INTO THE NORTH EAST.

A NEW ICY SNOW STORM -- HEADING STRAIGHT TOWARDS 88-MILLION PEOPLE.

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OVERNIGHT the latest WINTER BLAST SENT CARS SLIDING ON ICY ROADS IN THE

NORTH AND BLEW TRUCKS CLEAR OFF OVERPASSES IN THE SOUTH.

NEARLY HALF THE COUNTRY is suffering WITH A BRUTAL MIXED BAG OF SNOW SLEET

HAIL AND SEVERE WHIPPING WINDS

MOS "It's unbelievable it's March an it's still snowing, it's not going to

go away

THIS MORNING NEARLY THREE-HUNDRED THOUSAND CUSTOMERS IN ALABAMA AND GEORGIA

ARE WITHOUT POWER. AS TREES /CRASHED DOWN ON HOUSES AND POWER LINES.

02:32:55 "We have down power lines and want to make sure everyone is safe."

IN THE SOUTHEAST. Hammering WINDS SOME AS HIGH AS 80 MILES-AN-HOUR AND

TENNIS BALL-SIZED HAIL POUNDED CITIES FROM Atlanta to Jackson.

"it's insane because my son is going to sleep away camp for the first time

and I think school and camp are going to conflict. I'm not sure how to deal

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GINGER ZEE WITH THAT REPORT.

AREAS NORTH OF THE CITY WERE TOLD TO LOOK FOR THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW BEFORE THE STORM TRANSITIONS TO RAIN.

UCF STUDENT PLOT FOLO-OC-VO-OC

THIS MORNING -- DETAILS ARE STILL UNFOLDING IN THAT BIZZARE SITUATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA -- IN ORLANDO.

A PLANNED MASSACRE WAS FOILED AT THE U-C-F, YESTERDAY -- WHEN STUDENT -- WHO ASSEMBLED AN ARSENAL --INCLUDING A HIGH CAPACITY DRUM MAGAZINE AND HOME-MADE BOMBS --

TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.

POLICE RECEIVED A FIRE ALERT -- FOLLOWED BY A 911 CALL FROM A STUDENT SAYING HIS ROOMMATE PULLED A GUN ON HIM.

THEN -- POLICE MADE ANOTHER DISTURBING DISCOVERY.

IN THE ROOM OF 30-YEAR-OLD JAMES OLIVER SEEVAKUMARAN. GUNS, AMMUNITION, FOUR IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES AND EVIDENCE OF A PLAN OF ATTACK.

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MEANWHILE -- IN NEWTOWN -- WHERE IT SEEMS LIKE ALL OF THIS GUN CONTROL TALKS STARTED --

A SPECIAL PANEL -- SET UP TO REVIEW THE DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING -- RELEASED A PRELIMINARY LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

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The brutal, heinous, heart-wrenching act of one man sparked a national

debate on many levels - mental health, school safety and security, and gun

control.

The Governor's appointed Sandy Hook Advisory Commission, is tackling all

three - the first recommendations released Monday, and tighter gun laws are

the first to standout. Former Hartford Police Chief Bernard Sullivan is the

vice-chairman.

Bernard Sullivan \ SHAC Vice-Chairman

Certainly the ideas that will spark controvery with gun rights adovcates

include:

* Registering for any firearm

* Banning magazine in excess of 10 rounds

* Limiting amounts of ammunition purchased

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JAMIE MURO REPORTING --

THE COALITION OF CONNECTICUT SPORTSMAN SAYS -- IT ISN'T SURPISED BU THE RECCOMENDATIONS -- SAYING, ONCE AGAIN, HOURS OF DEBATE FAILS TO PINPOINT A *REAL ISSUE.

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BACK HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA --

NEW, DISTURBING DETAILS ARE JUST COMING OUT ABOUT A COLLIER TEACHER ARRESTED FOR SOLICITING A MINOR.

CLINT RICKELMANN WAS ARRESTED THURSDAY IN NAPLES.

OUR PARTNERS AT THE NAPLES DAILY NEWS REPORT --

RICKELMANN DESCRIBED IN DETAIL, SEX ACTS HE WANTED TO PERFORM ON AN UNDERAGE GIRL.

ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS-- RICKELMANN CARRIED OUT LENGTHY, EXPLICIT FACEBOOK MESSAGES WITH A TEENAGER.

WHO HE USED TO TEACH AT PINE RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW THE MESSAGES STARTED WITH SMALL TALK BUT QUICKLY TURNED GRAPHIC --

WITH RICKELMANN TELLING THE GIRL HIS FANTASIES.

SOME OF THE MESSAGES, ACCORDING TO DEPUTIES, WERE SENT DURING SCHOOL HOURS.

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RECREATIONAL USAGE IS LEGAL, IN WASHINGTON STATE --

AND NOW, OFFICIALS ARE SEEING A SPIKE IN BUSINESS PROPOSALS, CENTERED AROUND THE MARIJUANA TOURISM INDUSTRY.

WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW THEY'RE RESPONDING.

PLUS --

LINDSEY LOHAN ARRIVES TO COURT LATE.

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IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN A YEAR SINCE RESIDENTS VOTED TO PILOT RECRATIONAL MARIJUANA LAWS IN WASHINGTON STATE.

AND THIS MORNING -- POT TOURISM IS GROWING.

FROM MARIJUANA DINNER CRUISES -- TO "BUD AND BREAKFAST" LODGING --

THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF IDEAS FOR TURNING LEGALIZED POT INTO A TOURIST ATTRACTION FOR THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.

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"All I can say is its going to be huge."

ON THE SEATTLE WATERFRONT. MIKE MOMANY HAS A VISION. OF A SUN-BAKED DINNER CRUISE TO SEATTLE'S BIGGEST SUMMER POT PARTY.

"What I call a skybox to hempfest. To me hempfest is an island and we're going to cruise this island back and forth and celebrate with the people who are walking on the island."

THE IDEA. RENT A COOL BOAT LIKE THE VINTAGE STEAMER THE VIRGINIA FIVE. AND TAKE HIGH-END STONERS OUT FOR THE DAY. RIGHT NOW MIKE IS A GUY WITH A BUSINESS CARD. FIVE POT-BASED WEBSITES. AND A HEAD FULL OF IDEAS.

"There's other cruises too. the San Juans."

"License certain cabs. where the driver is sealed off."

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ALLEN SCHAUFFLER REPORTING.

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-WX WALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

After some beneficial rains to start the week, the possibility of even more will remain in the forecast through Wednesday as a cold front approaches from the north. Most of the rain that swept in off the Gulf of Mexico has dissipated and as a result of the wet grounds and high humidity, patchy fog is possible as we get our Tuesday morning going along with a couple of spotty showers.

Temperatures will start off rather mild and muggy in the middle 60s and with a few more rays of sun through the day, afternoon highs will warm back into the lower 80s. As south and southwesterly winds continue to pump in a warm and humid airmass, rain prospects will stand at about 40% this afternoon with a few showers during the day primarily east of I-75.

Late Tuesday and into Wednesday, we'll be tracking another weakening cold front as it slides down the Florida peninsula. This will keep more clouds streaming in across our part of the state, along with scattered showers during the afternoon. As this front pulls away, some slightly drier air will work its way down the state lower humidity in place by Thursday with more sunshine.

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LINDSEY LOHAN -- BACK IN COURT.

AND SHE EVEN ARRIVED LATE TO HER HEARING YESTERDAY -- ACCEPTING A PLE DEAL.

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LINDSAY LOHAN IS HEADED TO REHAB.

THE ACTRESS WAS SENTENCED TO 90 DAYS IN A "LOCKED IN" FACILITY AFTER PLEADING NO CONTEST TO TWO MISDEMEANOR CHARGES RELATED TO A CAR ACCIDENT LAST SUMMER.

SHE'S ALSO REQUIRED TO COMPLETE COMMUNITY SERVICE AND PSYCHOTHERAPY, AND HER INITIAL PROBATION FOR SHOPLIFTING WAS EXTENDED BY TWO YEARS.

"This is it. You violate your probation, and we're not going to be having discussions about putting you back on probation on either of these cases."

THE ACTRESS ARRIVED 45 MINUTES LATE FOR HER COURT APPEARANCE MONDAY.

THE 26-YEAR-OLD APPARENTLY ARRIVED IN LOS ANGELES ON A PRIVATE JET AFTER SHE MISSED HER FLIGHT ON SUNDAY NIGHT.

TIGER WOODS AND SKIER LINDSEY VONN ARE OFFICIALLY AN ITEM.

WOODS POSTED A STATEMENT ON HIS FACEBOOK PAGE SAYING THE TWO ARE "NOW DATING."

VONN FOLLOWED UP IN A POST SAYING "YES, I AM DATING TIGER WOODS."

EVEN THOUGH THE COUPLE HAS PUBLICLY CONFIRMED THEIR RELATIONSHIP, THEY ARE HOPING TO KEEP IT PRIVATE.SOMEHOW.

DESPITE A SWARM OF RUMORS, EMMA WATSON HAS NOT BEEN CAST IN "FIFTY SHADES OF GREY."

UNIVERSAL PICTURES AND FOCUS FEATURES BOUGHT THE RIGHTS TO THE MOVIE ALMOST A YEAR AGO.

THE AUTHOR OF THE STEAMY NOVEL, E.L. JAMES, RELEASED A STATEMENT ON FRIDAY SAYING THAT "NO CASTING DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE."

FOR HER PART WATSON TWEETED "WHO HERE ACTUALLY THINKS I WOULD DO 50 SHADES OF GREY AS A MOVIE?"

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GOOD NEWS FOR STUDENTS WITH LOANS.

THE CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU IS PROPOSING STRICTER SUPERVISION ON COMPANIES WHO COLLECT AND LOG STUDENT LOAN PAYMENTS.

ACCORDING TO THE CONSUMER WATCHDOG BUREAU, MORE SCRUTINY IS NEEDED TO ENSURE THAT MILLIONS OF BORROWERS AREN'T TREATED UNFAIRLY.

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A VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR WOMEN GOING TO GET A MAMMOGRAM.

NBC-2 FOUND OUT -- THERE'S SOMETIMES A MARGIN OF ERROR WITH THOSE TESTS --

AND THAT MARGIN -- ISN'T SMALL AT ALL.

PLUS --

ORGANIC FOODS ARE OFTEN TIMES -- THE MOST EXPENSIVE.

AND SOME SAY -- THAT'S WHY AMERICANS DON'T EAT HEALTHY.

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MAMMOGRAM FALSE POSITIVES-TRAFFIC

MAJOR NEWS FOR MILLIONS OF WOMEN, THIS MORNING -- ABOUT BREAST CANCER SCREENING, HERE IN AMERICA.

A NEW STUDY TODAY 60 PERCENT OF ABNORMAL MAMMOGRAMS -- TURN OUT TO BE FALSE POSITIVES.

THAT MEANS -- THERE'S NO CANCERT AT ALL.

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Judy Valencia says she never missed a mammogram appointment.

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Judy

My sister had breast cancer, my mother had breast cancer and my three aunts

also had breast cancer.

Three years ago her mammogram detected an anomaly and the biopsy revealed

she had cancer. Judy decided to remove both breasts

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I just wanted it to be done. I didn't want to have to worry

NAT

But Judy says she couldn't get paperwork from the hospital for her insurance

, so she hired a lawyer. He sent Judy's original biopsy for a second opinion

from a leading expert at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York.

In Dr Bleiwiess' opinion- Judy never had breast cancer.

Sot JUDY

I went to the lawyer / he told me you are cancer free, you have no cancer,

you never had cancer.

Sadly, Judy is not alone. Dr. Bleiwiess says ironically, as mammograms are

better able to detect smaller and smaller lesions it is often more difficult

to make an accurate cancer diagnosis.

In a study released today, 60% of abnormal mammograms turned out not to be

breast cancer and most of those mammograms are followed by a biopsyalso not

always black and white. One estimate revealed that as many as 4 percent of

MAMMOGRAM FALSE POSITIVES-TRAFFIC

CYNTHIA MCFADDEN REPORTING --

JUDY VALENCIA'S SECOND OPINION CAME TOO LATE BUT SHE SAYS SHE'S TELLING HER

CHEAP HEALTHY FOODS-TRAFFIC-VO

HERE'S SOME COMMON SENSE --

ONE WAY TO GET AMERICANS EATING HEALTHIER FOODS -- MAKE IT CHEAPER!

RESEARCHERS EVALUATED A PROGRAM USED IN SOUTH AFRICA THAT OFFERS REBATES ON THE PURCHASE OF NUTRITIOUS FOODS IN GROCERY STORES.

THEY FOUND REDUCING THE PRICE OF FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND WHOLE GRAINS -- BY JUST 25-PERCENT -- WAS LINKED TO A NINE-PERCENT INCREASE IN PURCHASES OF HEALTHY FOODS.

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FROM WEIGHT LOSS -- TO WEIGHT GAIN.

A NEW STUDY SUGGESTS LOW FAT OR SKIM MILK COULD ACTUALLY CONTRIBUT TO WEIGHT GAIN AMONG PRE-SCHOOLERS.

RESEARCHERS TRACKED THE MILK CONSUMPTION AND WEIGHT OF 11-THOUSAND CHILDREN AT AGE TWO -- AND AGAIN AT AGE FOUR.

ON AVERAGE -- KIDS WHO DRANK FULL FAT MILK WEIGHED LESS THAN THOSE WHO DRANK LOW FAT OR SKIM MILK.

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ANOTHER NEW STUDY IS SHEDDING LIGHT ON WOMEN WHO TAKE VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTS, DURING PREGNANCY.

RESULTS SHOW -- TAKING THOSE SUPPLEMENTS DOES NOT AFFECT CHILDREN'S BONE HEALTH.

IT'S BEEN THOUGHT THAT LOW VITAMIN D LEVELS IN EXPECTANT MOTHERS MIGHT LEAD TO PROBLEMS WITH BABIES' BONE FORMATION.

BUT BRITISH RESEARCHERS FOUND NO ASSOCATION BETWEEN A WOMANS' VITAMIN D LEVELS AND HER CHILD'S BONE MINERAL CONTENT.

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NBC 2 NEWS AT NOON IS NEXT!

NEW AT NOON TEASE-ON CAM AT DESK

NBC2 IS FOLLOWING SEVERAL DEVELOPING STORIES -

NEW AT NOON - NEW VIDEO FROM THE COURTROOM, WHERE A CAPE CORAL MAN ADMITTED TO A JUDGE HE KILLED HIS GRANDFATHER.

NEW DETAILS OF HOW IT HAPPENED AND THE SENTENCE THAT FOLLOWED.

ALSO DEVELOPING AT NOON - LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE ON THE HUNT FOR THE MAN WHO ROBBED WORKERS AT LOCAL ICE CREAM SHOP.

NBC2 LIVE WITH AN UPDATE ON THE CASE.

PLUS -

"Because of this program I attempted suicide three times. This is nothing more than legalized child abuse."

NEW AT NOON WE TACKLE THE TOPIC OF CONVERSION THERAPY - THE GOAL TO CHANGE A PERSON'S SEXUAL ORIENTATION.

A BILL BEFORE NEW JERSEY'S SENATE HEALTH COMMITTEE COULD BAN IT FOR KIDS.

AN NBC2 UPDATE - PEOPLE, TODAY, ARE REMEMBERING THE MAN, WHO WAS SWALLOWED BY A SINKHOLE IN HIS HOME NEAR TAMPA.

AND EAGLE FEVER IS SOARING!

THIS AFTERNOON - WE'RE TAKING YOU LIVE TO THE CAMPUS OF F-G-C-U - WHERE THERE'S BIG FUN AND A WHOLE LOT OF SCHOOL SPIRIT HAPPENING BEFORE F-G-C-U'S BIG GAME AGAINST GEORGETOWN.

AND WHEN WILL THE CLOUDS CLEAR OUT?

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