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RIGHT NOW ON NBC-2 NEWS AT NOON - BREAKING NEWS.

NBC2 WITH THE LATEST ON SEVEN MARINES, KILLED IN A MILITARY EXERCISE IN NEVADA.

ALSO BREAKING, SYRIAN REBEL FORCES ARE ACCUSED OF A CHEMICAL WEAPON ATTACK.

ON THE LOCAL FRONT -- GARRETT KERN, THE MAN WHO ADMITTED TO KILLING HIS GRANDFATHER, LEARNS HIS FATE IN A LEE COUNTY COURTROOM.

PLUS. A SOMBER ANNIVERSARY IN IRAQ.

COORDINATED SUICIDE ATTACKS ROCK BAGHDAD TODAY -- THE SAME DAY TEN YEARS AGO, U-S TROOPS MOVED IN.

AND - NBC2 BROUGHT THIS TO YOU LIVE THIS MORNING.

ONE FINAL, AND MASSIVE CEREMONY SEALS POPE FRANCIS AS THE LEADER OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

HL1) GARRETT KERN-TRX 2 SHOT VO

HL2) IRAQ WAR-TRX VOTOPS

HL3) POPE INAUGURATION-TRX VOTOPS

BREAKING-CLIP

COLLIER MURDER ARREST-ONCAM

BREAKING NEWS AT NOON

AN EAST NAPLES WOMAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND LAST NIGHT.

THIS INFORMATION JUST INTO THE NBC-2 NEWSROOM.

DEPUTIES SAY THEY WERE CALLED BY A COINCERNED RELATIVE TO A HOME ON PROVINCETOWN DRIVE LAST NIGHT AROUND 11-PM.

DEPUTIES SAY THEY FOUND 68-YEAR OLD HELEN JOHNS INSIDE THE HOME, AND THE BODY OF 72-YEAR-OLD JACK JOHNS, WHO HAD SUFFERED A GUNSHOT WOUND.

HELEN JOHNS HAS BEEN BOOKED ON SECOND DEGREE MURDER CHARGES AND IS CURRENTLY IN JAIL.

COLLIER MURDER ARREST-REM

MGCREGOR ACCIDENT-TRX ONCAM

WE HAVE A BREAKING TRAFFIC ALERT FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.

AN ACCIDENT AT MCGREGOR BOULEVARD AND COLLEGE PARKWAY IS CAUSING PROBLEMS FOR DRIVERS RIGHT NOW.

NBC-2'S KELLY CRESWELL JOINS US RIGHT NOW WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING.

GARRETT KERN-TRX VO

NEW AT NOON. A CAPE CORAL MAN WILL SPEND 38 YEARS IN PRISON FOR KILLING HIS GRANDFATHER.

BRAND NEW VIDEO FROM COURT THIS MORNING, OF GARRETT KERN TELLING THE JUDGE HE CHOKED JAMES ARTHUR TO DEATH IN AN ARBYS PARKING LOT AFTER THE TWO GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT.

GARRETT KERN-SOT VO

"she's had her ups and downs, she misses her husband and rightfully so. This had a tragic ending that's torn the family apart and its not something she's been dealing with well at all, understandably so."

PROSECUTORS SAY IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE VICTIMS WIFE TO HEAR HER GRANDSON ADMIT HIS GUILT IN OPEN COURT.

TASTY TREAT ROBBERY FOLO-TRX OC DBX

DEVELOPING AT NOON - DEPUTIES ARE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A ROBBER WHO HIT AN ICE CREAM STORE LAST NIGHT.

IT HAPPENED AT THE TWISTEE TREAT STORE IN NORTH FORT MYERS.

NBC-2'S CHRISTINA LUSBY IS UNCOVERING EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED - SHE JOINS US LIVE WITH AN UPDATE.

TASTY TREAT ROBBERY FOLO-REM

TASTY TREAT ROBBERY FOLO-VO

TASTY TREAT ROBBERY FOLO-sot

MARINES KILLED IN EXERCISE-TRX VO(ANIMAP)

BREAKING NEWS AT NOON.

A TRAGIC STORY WE'RE FOLLOWING OUT OF NEVADA.

NBC NEWS REPORTS SEVEN U-S MARINES HAVE BEEN KILLED, EIGHT WOUNDED IN A LIVE FIRE EXERCISE.

IT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT, AT A MILITARY FACILITY IN THE NEVADA DESERT.

A 60-MILLIMETER MORTAR EXPLODED IN A TUBE AT HAWTHORNE ARMY DEPOT AS MARINES WERE GETTING READY TO FIRE IT.

THREE OF THE INJURED ARE IN SERIOUS CONDITION, FIVE ARE IN FAIR CONDITION.

MARINES KILLED IN EXERCISE-VO FROM NV

SYRIA UPDATED SCRIPT!!!-TRX ONCAM

BREAKING NEWS WE'RE WATCHING OUT OF WAR-TORN SYRIA.

STATE MEDIA REPORTS THAT OPPOSITION FIGHTERS HAVE FIRED A CHEMICAL WEAPON IN THE NORTH OF THE COUNTRY -- KILLING AT LEAST 25 PEOPLE.

WE'RE TOLD MOST OF THOSE KILLED WERE CIVILIANS.

A NUMBER OF OTHERS WERE WOUNDED.

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

IRAQ WAR ANNIVERSARY-TRX OTS

BREAKING NEWS AT NOON.

A WAVE OF BOMBINGS ROCKS BAGHDAD, KILLING AT LEAST 56 PEOPLE AND WOUNDING MORE THAN 200.

TODAY IS THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DAY THE UNITED STATES WAGED WAR IN IRAQ.

NBC-2 ANCHOR CLAY MILLER IS FOLLOWING THE VIOLENCE TODAY.

IRAQ WAR ANNIVERSARY-TRAFFIC TO VO IN MON

HEATHER, GOOD AFTERNOON.

WE ARE NOW ONE DECADE SINCE THE WAR BEGAN.

AND EVEN AFTER U-S TROOPS HAVE BEEN PULLED FROM IRAQ.

.MORE AND MORE, WE HAVE SCENES LIKE THIS.

SMOKE RISING IN THE DISTANCE OVER BAGHDAD.

WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS FROM THE MOST POWERFUL BLAST TODAY.

IT HAPPENED NEAR THE HEAVILY GUARDED GREEN ZONE WHERE MANY GOVERNMENT EMBASSIES ARE LOCATED, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN.

IRAQ WAR ANNIVERSARY-PKG

TEN YEARS LATER. BOMBS ARE STILL EXPLODING IN IRAQ.

JUST THIS MORNING - MANGLED WRECKAGE FROM MULTIPLE DEADLY CAR BOMBS. TARGETING RESTAURANTS. DAY LABORERS AND BUS STOPS.

VESTIGES OF WAR WHICH SOME SAY WAS WORTH IT:

"If you'd left Saddam in charge of Iraq you'd have had carnage on an even worst scale than Syria and no end in sight."

"His removal was good for the world."

EVEN WITHOUT WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AS SUSPECTED. SADDAM HUSSEIN WAS REMOVED.

THE RESULT: A COUNTRY LEFT WITH WARRING FACTIONS TRYING TO ESTABLISH A FLEDGLING DEMOCRACY.

"This has to be solved by sitting together and finding a solution. There is no way back to the past."

IN THE END. DEMOCRACY PREVAILED. BUT IRAQ IS STILL A DANGEROUS PLACE:

"We really did give them an opportunity. And today we have in Iraq we have a partner, not an adversary."

"But we did it at a huge cost. A trillion dollars in American spending, more than 5000 U.S. lives, more than 100-thousand Iraqi lives."

PLUS OVER 30-THOUSAND WOUNDED. COMING HOME

"We've got to make sure that our veterans who are returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan have a chance to put their incredible skills and leadership to work at home."

TODAY. THE PENTAGON IS SHIFTING ITS FOCUS. TO ASIA. DEALING WITH MASSIVE BUDGET CUTS.

IRAQ WAR ANNIVERSARY-TRAFFIC

AND WHILE THE LIBERATION OF IRAQI PEOPLE FROM THE HUSSEIN REGIME MAY BE SEEN AS A VICTORY -- IT'S DIFFICULT TO TALK ABOUT IT THAT WAY BECAUSE OF CONTINUED SECTARIAN VIOLENCE IN THE COUNTRY.

IN A RECENT POLL, MORE THAN HALF THE PUBLIC - 53%, CALL THIS WAR A MISTAKE.

POPE INSTALLATION-TRX ONCAM

POPE INSTALLATION-PKG

STOCKS RIGHT NOW-TRX SAT LIVE TOPS

UCF STUDENT INVESTIGATION-TRX VO

SOMETHING SINISTER.

AN NBC2 UPDATE NOW - ON THAT UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA STUDENT FOUND DEAD IN HIS DORM ROOM.

NEW DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED ON EXACTLY WHAT POLICE FOUND EARLY YESTERDAY.

CAMPUS POLICE SAY THIS 30-YEAR OLD, JAMES PULLED A FIRE ALARM, POSSIBLE TO DRAW PEOPLE OUT INTO 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.

JAMES WAS ARMED WITH TWO GUNS, HUNDREDS OF ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION, A BACKPACK FILLED WITH EXPLOSIVES AND A PLOT TO ATTACK OTHER STUDENTS AS THEY FLED THE SEVEN-STORY DORM WHERE HE LIVED.

WHEN POLICE ARRIVED THEY FOUND THE GUNMAN DEAD.

UCF STUDENT INVESTIGATION-SOT VO

"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."

IN A NOTE JAMES LEFT BEHIND, HE REPORTEDLY WROTE HE WANTED TO QUOTE, "GIVE THEM HELL."

CASEY ANTHONY STORY RIGHTS-VO

TRUSTEES FOR CASEY ANTHONY HAVE FILED A MOTION TO SELL THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO HER LIFE STORY, SO THAT SHE CAN PAY HER DEBTS.

THE MOTION WAS FILED IN TAMPA ON FRIDAY.

CASEY'S REPRESENTATIVES SAY THEY HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A 10-THOUSAND DOLLAR OFFER FROM A MAN HOPING TO PREVENT ANTHONY FROM PUBLISHING HER STORY.

ANTHONY WAS ACQUITTED OF MURDER IN THE DEATH OF HER 2-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER CAYLEE BACK IN 2011.

TEASE ONE-2 SHOT

AHEAD AT NOON.

THE F-G-C-U EAGLES ARE GETTING FOR THEIR FIRST N-C-DOUBLE-A TOURNAMENT GAME THIS WEEKEND.

A LOT HAPPENING THIS WEEK, NOT JUST WITH THE BASKETBALL TEAM - BUT THE CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE!

STUDENTS ARE KICKING SCHOOL SPIRIT INTO HIGH-GEAR.

NBC2 WITH A LIVE UPDATE FROM CAMPUS.

PLUS.

CONTESTANTS IN GEORGIA TAKE THE WINTER WEATHER IN STRIDE.

WATCH AS THEY HIT THE SLOPES AND TAKE A FRIGID PLUNGE.

TZ1 A) FGCU MADNESS-VO

TZ1 B) GA JUMP AND FREEZE-VOTOPS

WEATHER-STC

MARKET WATCH-PKG

DISNEY ADMISSION-VOTOPS

DISNEY THEME PARKS ACROSS THE U-S WILL SOON HAVE A NEW ADMISSIONS POLICY FOR GUESTS UNDER 14.

THOSE GUESTS WILL NOW HAVE TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY SOMEONE 14 OR OLDER.

THE NEW POLICY BECOMES EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY.

DISNEY CURRENTLY HAS A PARK-BY-PARK POLICY.

THE NEW RULES WERE *NOT* SPURRED BY ANY SPECIFIC INCIDENTS.

NORETHEAST WEATHER-VOTOPS

ANOTHER BIG STORM IS PUSHING THROUGH THE NORTHEAST.

NEARLY HALF THE COUNTRY IS DEALING WITH A BRUTAL MIXED BAG OF SNOW, SLEET, HAIL AND SEVERE WINDS.

ROADS ARE TREACHEROUS.

WINDS BLEW TRUCKS OFF OVERPASSES.

NORETHEAST WEATHER-(2)SOT VO

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

go away

WAIT

MOS/truck driver "this is bad I stayed at 10 MPH, you gotta do what you

gotta do to stay safe."

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-WXWALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

FGCU CHAMP GAME STICKERS-TRX OC DBX

EAGLE FEVER IS FLYING HIGH.

QUITE THE BUZZ - LEADING INTO F-G-C-U'S BIG GAME AGAINST GEORGETOWN THIS WEEKEND.

NBC-2'S DANIELLE KOLENIAK HAS BEEN FOLLOWING ALL OF THE CAMPUS HAPPENINGS - AND SHE JOINS US LIVE - WITH SOMETHING GOING ON RIGHT NOW - TO GET EVERYBODY IN THE EAGLE SPIRIT!

FGCU CHAMP GAME STICKERS-REM

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FGCU CHAMP GAME STICKERS-REM

ANOTHER TEXAS BRIDGE IMPLOSION-TRX NATVOTOPS

BOOM!

BRIDGE DEMOLITIONS -- ALWAYS FUN TO WATCH.

OFFICIALS SAY THE FORT WORTH BRIDGE WAS IMPLODED TO MAKE WAY FOR A NEW BRIDGE.AS WELL AS A NEW ON-RAMP TO THE INTERSTATE.

GA JUMP AND FREEZE-VOTOPS

PROMOTERS AT RED BULL ARE ALWAYS UP TO SOMETHING CRAZY.

LOOK AT THIS.

A SKI RESORT IN GEORGIA HOSTED THE ANNUAL 'JUMP AND FREEZE' CONTEST.

24 TEAMS SIGNED UP TO TAKE THE FRIGID PLUNGE, INCLUDING A BRIDE AND GROOM -- WHO CALLED THEIR PERFORMANCE "A TRAGIC WEDDING".

TEASE TWO-2 SHOT

CAN A PERSON CHANGE THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION?

"So from the age of six I was sent from doctor after doctor in hope of curing me of my femininity and wrong gender identity."

"If not for the freedom to pursue my path, to pursue a different journey, my wife and two children and soon to be third would not be here today."

NEXT AT NOON - BOTH SIDES WEIGHT ON THIS HIGHLY SENSITIVE, HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC.

GAY CONVERSION-2SOT VO

SPEAKING OUT: GAY CONVERSION THERAPY-TRX ONCAM

THE TOPIC IS HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL.

A BILL BEFORE NEW JERSEY'S SENATE HEALTH COMMITTEE COULD BAN CONVERSION THERAPY FOR PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 18.

CONVERSION THERAPY IS A TREATMENT TO CHANGE A PERSON'S SEXUAL ORIENTATION.

SPEAKING OUT: GAY CONVERSION THERAPY-PKG

--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--

ONE AFTER ANOTHER, OPENLY GAY MEN TOOK TO THE PODIUM TO TELL THEIR STORIES OF BEING FORCED BY PARENTS TO UNDERGO TREATMENT TO TRY AND REVERSE THEIR SEXUALITY.

A THERAPY THAT LEFT THEM BROKEN AND LEANING TOWARD SUICIDE.

"So from the age of six I was sent from doctor after doctor in hope of curing me of my femininity and wrong gender identity."

"For the next decade I struggled with depression, periods of homelessness and drug abuse."

AND THEN THERE WAS BRIELLE GOLDANI OF TOMS RIVER, WHO TOLD OF BEING SENT TO A CAMP IN OHIO AT THE AGE OF 13.

"Twice a week I was hooked up to electrodes on my hands."

WHEN HE WAS SHOWN AN AN IMAGE DEEMED UNACCEPTABLE SUCH AS TWO MEN HOLDING HANDS HE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK.

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

standup -- "The people who perform this type of therapy are against this ban. They argue legislators here in Trenton shouldn't be interfering in a parent's right to treat their child."

CAROL VALENTINE IS WITH ONE OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS CALLED JONAH.

"If we choose to have counseling that might help them see another side of this self destructive lifestyle."

AND THERE WAS CHRISTOPHER DOYLE, WHO SAYS HE WAS GAY BUT AT 23 UNDERWENT SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION THERAPY.

"If not for the freedom to pursue my path, to pursue a different journey, my wife and two children and soon to be third would not be here today."

SPEAKING OUT: GAY CONVERSION THERAPY-ONCAM

THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION CONDEMNS CONVERSION THERAPY.

SINKHOLE MEMORIAL-TRX VO

LOOKING AHEAD TO THIS EVENING.

THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR THE MAN WHO WAS SWALLOWED BY A SINKHOLE IN HIS HOME NEAR TAMPA.

A SERVICE FOR 37-YEAR-OLD JEFFREY BUSH IS PLANNED FOR 7 P.M. TONIGHT AT BELL SHOALS BAPTIST CHURCH IN BRANDON.

BUSH DIED FEBRUARY 28TH WHEN THE EARTH OPENED UP UNDER HIS BEDROOM FLOOR.

HIS BROTHER, JEREMY BUSH, HEARD HIS SCREAMS AND TRIED TO SAVE HIM, BUT WAS ANABLE TO GET TO HIM.

OFFICIALS LATER DETERMINED THE SINKHOLE WAS ABOUT 60-FEET DEEP.

TEASE THREE-2 SHOT

TZ3 A) POPE INSTALLATION-VO

TZ3 B) TAMPA FISHERMEN CATCH SHARK-VOTOPS

DR. OZ LOOKLIVE TEASE-SOTTOPS

BREAKING-CLIP

GARRETT KERN-TRX VO

BREAKING NEWS AT NOON.

A CAPE CORAL MAN WILL SPEND 38 YEARS IN PRISON FOR KILLING HIS GRANDFATHER.

BRAND NEW VIDEO FROM COURT THIS MORNING, OF GARRETT KERN TELLING THE JUDGE HE CHOKED JAMES ARTHUR TO DEATH IN AN ARBYS PARKING LOT AFTER THE TWO GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT.

GARRETT KERN-SOT VO

"she's had her ups and downs, she misses her husband and rightfully so. This had a tragic ending that's torn the family apart and its not something she's been dealing with well at all, understandably so."

PROSECUTORS SAY IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE VICTIMS WIFE TO HEAR HER GRANDSON ADMIT HIS GUILT IN OPEN COURT.

MARINES KILLED IN EXERCISE-TRX VO(ANIMAP)

NBC2 STAYING ON TOP OF BREAKING NEWS OUT OF NEVADA.

7 U-S MARINES HAVE BEEN KILLED AND EIGHT WERE WOUNDED IN A LIVE FIRE EXERCISE.

IT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT A MILITARY FACILITY IN THE NEVADA DESERT.

AN EXPLOSIVE BLEW UP AT HAWTHORNE ARMY DEPOT AS MARINES WERE GETTING READY TO FIRE.

THREE OF THE INJURED ARE IN SERIOUS CONDITION, FIVE ARE IN FAIR CONDITION.

MARINES KILLED IN EXERCISE-VO FROM NV

SYRIA UPDATED SCRIPT!!!-TRX ONCAM

BREAKING NEWS IN SYRIA.

STATE MEDIA REPORTS THAT OPPOSITION FIGHTERS HAVE FIRED A CHEMICAL WEAPON IN THE NORTH OF THE COUNTRY -- KILLING AT LEAST 25 PEOPLE.

WE'RE TOLD MOST OF THOSE KILLED WERE CIVILIANS.

A NUMBER OF OTHERS WERE WOUNDED.

STATE OFFICIALS ARE ACCUSING REBEL FIGHTERS IN THE CHEMICAL ATTACK -- IN ORDER TO PUSH PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD OUT OF POWER.

AVE MARIA MASS-TRX VOTOPS DBX

A DAY FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS --

TENS OF THOUSANDS POURED OUT TO WITNESS POPE FRANCIS' INAUGURAL MASS AT ST. PETER'S SQUARE.

THE POPE WORE THE SAME SIMPLE CROSS MADE OF IRON HE WORE AS A CARDINAL.

SIMPLICITY IS DEFINITELY THE THEME SO FAR WITH HIS PAPACY.

AND TODAY.

THE LOCAL CATHOLIC COMMUNITY IS ALSO MARKING THIS MOMENTOUS OCCASION.

AVE MARIA MASS-REM live

POPE INSTALLATION-ONCAM

THANK YOU NICK FOR THAT REPORT.

ST PETER'S SQUARE WAS PACKED TO SEE POPE FRANCIS ON THE DAY OF HIS INAUGURATION.

POPE INSTALLATION-PKG

--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--

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.

ICE CREAM STORE ROBBERY-VO

DEPUTIES ARE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A ROBBER WHO HIT AN ICE CREAM STORE LAST NIGHT.

LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TELLS NBC-2 --

A MAN TOOK AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF MONEY FROM THE TWISTEE TREAT IN NORTH FORT MYERS.

DEPUTIES SEARCHED THE AREA --

LAKE TRAFFORD PLANE CRASH-VO-WIPE

WE HAVE NEW INFORMATION ON A PLANE CRASH IN COLLIER COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND.

THE PILOT, TONY RADELAT, IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER CRASHING HIS ULTRA LIGHT PLANE IN A WOODED AREA.

COLLIER DEPUTIES TELL US HE WENT DOWN NEAR LAKE TRAFFORD AROUND 10 A-M SATURDAY AND CALLED 9-1-1 HIMSELF.

HE SUFFERED A BROKEN LEG AND BACK.

LAKE TRAFFORD PLANE CRASH-SOTVO

6:14 i got that phone call on saturday that you dont want, you mentally prepare yourself for that but hope you dont get that call.:22

IN PLANE CRASH SURVEILLANCE-VO

SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS CATCH THE FINAL MOMENTS BEFORE A PRIVATE JET CRASHES IN AN INDIANA NEIGHBORHOOD.

A LOCAL WAREHOUSE OWNER NOTICED THE FOOTAGE.

YOU CAN SEE THE PLANE MAKING A STEEP DIVE THEN CRASHING INTO WHAT LOOK LIKE A ROW OF HOMES.

FORMER FOOTBALL STAR STEVE DAVIS AND FRIEND WES CAVES DIED SUNDAY WHEN THE PLANE CRASHED INTO THREE HOUSES.

CYPRUS CRISIS-TRX VO

SHOCKWAVES FROM TROUBLES IN THE EUROZONE ECONOMY ARE BEING FELT WORLD-WIDE.

BANKS AND CASH MACHINES IN CYPRUS ARE STILL SHUT DOWN TODAY.

IN A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO AVOID BANKRUPCY, THE GOVERNMENT THERE IS WRANGLING WITH A PLAN TO SEIZE 10-PERCENT OF SAVINGS ACCOUNTS TO PAY FOR A BAILOUT.

INDIA BUS CRASH-VOTOPS

AT LEAST 37 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN A BUS CRASH IN INDIA.

WHEN A PACKED BUS CRASHED THROUGH A GUARD RAIL AND OVER THE SIDE OF A BRIDGE IN WESTERN INDIA.

THE BUS REPORTEDLY CRASHED THROUGH A GUARD RAIL OVERNIGHT, ON THE WAY BACK FROM A RESORT TOWN.

IRAQ BLASTS-VOTOPS

IN BAGHDAD, A COORDINATED SUICIDE ATTACK KILLED AT LEAST 50 PEOPLE TODAY -- THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INVASION THAT OUSTED SADDAM HUSSEIN.

WHILE NO ONE HAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY, AL QAEDA INSURGENTS HAVE STEPPED UP ATTACKS ON OPPOSING ETHINIC GROUPS SINCE THE START OF THE YEAR.

TODAY'S CAR BOMBS EXPLODED NEAR A BUSY BAGHDAD MARKET, CLOSE TO THE HEAVILY FORTIFIED GREEN ZONE AND IN OTHER DISTRICTS ACROSS THE CAPITAL.

IL MEMORIAL FOR BABY SHOT-TRX VO

FAMILY AND LOVED ONES LINED UP MONDAY. WAITING TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO A BABY KILLED BY GUN VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO.

SIX-MONTH-OLD JONYLAH WATKINS WAS SHOT AS SHE SAT IN HER FATHER'S LAP IN A MINIVAN A WEEK AGO.

HER WAKE WAS HELD MONDAY.

POLICE BELIEVE THE GUNFIRE WAS MEANT FOR HER FATHER, JONATHAN WATKINS.

HE IS COOPERATING WITH INVESTIGATORS. ACCORDING TO POLICE.

THE GIRL'S DEATH COMES AFTER THE DEATH OF 15-YEAR-OLD HADIYA PENDLETON IN JANUARY.

TAMPA FISHERMEN CATCH SHARK-TRX ONCAM

NEW AT NOON.

A RARE SITE WEST OFF TREASURE ISLAND NEAR TAMPA - A FISHERMAN AND THE CHARTER GROUP HE WAS WITH SAY A GREAT WHITE SHARK TOOK THEM ON A THREE AND A HALF HOUR RIDE AT SEA.

TAMPA FISHERMEN CATCH SHARK-PKG

THE SUN WAS JUST SETTING ON THEIR FISHING TRIP IN THE DEEP WATERS OF THE GULF.

"About 30 miles out; out there in about 80, 90 foot of water. About 4 hours into the fishing trip and Big Momma showed up."

"oh there he is right here! Right here!"

UP POPPED THE SHADOW THAT SURPRISED EVERYONE.

"Looks like a submarine swimming around."

"I wanted to see it right up close. That was my whole thing: Don't goof up."

FAB MARCHESE mar-kay-zee, A CANADIAN ON SPRING BREAK KNEW IT WAS PROBABLY A GREAT WHITE ON THE OTHER END OF THE LINE.

"I had to hold it like this."

A STRUGGLE THAT WASN'T JUST A FIVE MINUTE ORDEAL.

"No. It was. I don't know. three and a half hours I guess."

"yeah - it drug us for five miles before we finally caught it."

"This is the boat the guys were fishing in. It's 32 feet long. They say the shark was 18 feet. It means that would make it more than half the size of this boat."

"Basically, what was going through my mind was - I'm hanging on to this thing no matter what."

FROM THE VIDEO, MARINE SCIENTISTS CAN CONFIRM IT IS A SHARK IN THE GREAT WHITE FAMILY.

SAYING IT COULD BE A MAO SHARK IF IT'S NOT THE FAMED GREAT WHITE.

"The vision of seeing that head. Just. It was massive. That's what I'm going to remember the most."

AFTER THE FIGHT MADE EVEN SEASONED FISHERMAN GIGGLE-

TAMPA FISHERMEN CATCH SHARK-2 SHOT

THAT WAS JOSH GREEN REPORTING.

THEY DID LET THE SHARK GO.

TEASE FOUR-2 SHOT

WE HAVE SUNSHINE, BEACHES AND THEME PARKS - AND THEY HAVE.WELL. MARIJUANA.

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

FROM "HEMPFEST" TO "BUD AND BREAKFASTS" - SOME FOLKS ARE LOOKING TO LURE TOURISTS, WITH POT-BASED TRAVEL DESTINATIONS.

PLUS -

S/ Mahalia Morgan/ Hero:14 -:22

"I felt really scared and nervous, like the other house next to it, like on the left side of it was going to burn."

NEW AT NOON - MEET THE YOUNG HERO BEING PRAISED TODAY FOR HER QUICK THINKING AND ACTION.

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TZ4 B) HOUSE FIRE HERO-SOT VO

WASHINGTON POT TOURISM-TRX ONCAM

PLANNING A VACATION?

FROM MARIJUANA DINNER CRUISES TO "BUD AND BREAKFAST" LODGING - SOME PEOPLE ARE HOPING TRAVELERS WILL HEAD TO WASHINGTON STATE - FOR A LITERAL HIGH.

WASHINGTON POT TOURISM-PKG

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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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A NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SEVEN YEAR OLD IS BEING CALLED A HERO FOR CALLING 911 AFTER SPOTTING A HOUSE FIRE.

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THIS IS THE FIRE THAT BURNED YESTERDAY ON SYCAMORE AVENUE IN MILLVALLEY-A CARPORT AND TWO VEHICLES UP IN SMOKE. IT'S THE SAME FIRE SEVEN-YEAR-OLD MAHALIA MORGAN SAW FROM ACROSS THE STREET WHILE LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW OF HER GRANDMA'S HOUSE.

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"I felt really scared and nervous, like the other house next to it, like on the left side of it was going to burn."

MAHALIA CALLED OUT TO GRANDMA TO CALL FOR HELP BUT GRANDMA IS HARD OF HEARING. MAHALIA KEPT ASKING.

"Should I call 911? I said that two times and she couldn't hear me. The flames started getting louder and higher and then she didn't hear me. I just did it by myself so they can and put out the fire."

AND FIREFIGHTERS DID PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH THE TIP OF THE HAT TO MAHALIA.

"A lot of people panic in situations like that. Not just 8-year-olds but adults also. So, she did a great thing."

MAHALIA'S BROTHER AND SISTER ARE TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE DID BUT HER MOTHER IS VERY PROUD

"Her actions would ultimately save houses in the neighborhood, maybe even people. I think she is an amazing hero."

MAHALIA HAD NIGHTMARES LAST NIGHT BUT SHE'S BACK ON TOP AGAIN TONIGHT.

S/ Mahalia Morgan/ Hero 1:14 - 1:20

HOTELS HURT BY SEQUESTER-TRX VO

THE HOTEL INDUSTRY IS STARTING TO FEEL THE PAIN AS FEDERAL BUDGET CUTS TAKE HOLD ACROSS THE NATION.

WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES CUTTING BACK ON NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL. THE DECLINE IN BUSINESS IS BEING FELT AT HOTELS.

TRAVEL BY FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ACCOUNT FOR AT LEAST 30 PERCENT OF HOTEL BUSINESS.

STUDENT LOANS OVERSIGHT-VO

GOOD NEWS FOR STUDENTS WITH LOANS.

THE CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU IS PROPOSING STRICTER SUPERVISION ON COMPANIES WHO COLLECT LOAD PAYMENTS.

BORROWERS COMPLAIN THAT NON-BANK STUDENT LOAN COMPANIES PROVIDE POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE.OFTEN MISPLACING PAPERWORK OR FAILING TO APPLY PAYMENTS.

KOMODO DRAGON BABIES-VO

A ZOO IN EASTERN INDONESIA WELCOMED SEVEN KOMODO DRAGON BABIES THIS WEEK.

THE ZOO HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY INCUBATING KOMODO DRAGON EGGS SINCE THE 1990S.

THE ZOO NOW HAS 63 KOMODO DRAGONS WITH MORE ON THE WAY.

WORLD'S LARGEST FLOWER GARDEN-VOTOPS

YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT THE DESERT WOULD BE THE BEST PLACE FOR A RECORD-SETTING GARDEN, BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN DUBAI.

THE EXHIBIT, CALLED "MIRACLE GARDEN" FEATURES MORE THAN 45 MILLION FLOWERS OVER AN AREA COVERING ALMOST 18 ACRES.

THE HUGE PROJECT WAS COMPLETED IN LESS THAN THREE MONTHS AT A COST OF ABOUT ELEVEN MILLION DOLLARS.

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WHALE WATCHERS GET THE RIDE OF A LIFETIME OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA.

THESE GRAY WHALES CAME TO PLAY YESTERDAY.

TWO ADULTS, ABOUT 45 TO 50 FEET IN LENGTH. GENTLY GLIDING THROUGH THE WATER.

CLOSE ENOUGH FOR SMALL BOATERS TO REACH AND TOUCH. BUT THEY DIDN'T DARE.

BIGGEST LOSER WINNER-VO

THE BIGGEST LOSER IS NOW THE BIGGEST WINNER.

THE N-B-C SHOW CROWNED IT'S WINNER MONDAY NIGHT AND IT'S DANNI ALLEN FROM WHEELING, ILLINOIS.

ALLEN WON 250-THOUSAND DOLLARS BY LOSING 121 POUNDS.OR 46-POINT-9 PERCENT OF HER BODY WEIGHT!

JEFF NICHOLS CAME IN SECOND.

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