NEWS OPEN-CLIP

FOOTBALL FUNDRAISER-VO-WIPE

FORT MYERS POLICE CRACK DOWN ON WHAT SOME SAY, ISN'T EVEN A CRIME!

THIS POP WARNER FOOTBALL AND CHEER TEAM ARE TRYING TO COLLECT DONATIONS FOR EQUIPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS.

THE ONLY PROBLEM IS.PANHANDLING IN FORT MYERS CITY LIMITS ISN'T EXACTLY LEGAL -- UNLESS YOU HAVE A PERMIT.

FOOTBALL FUNDRAISER-SOTVO

Annie Davis, Pop Warner Fundraiser: "you see the fire people out here raising money, you see the church out here raising money what's the difference these are about our kids I mean we're focusing on keeping kids out of trouble keeping them positivethis is not a crime this is a need of money."

WENDY HUDAKOC-SS

TOMORROW MARKS THE ANNIVERSARY OF AN 11-YEAR-OLD MYSTERY IN COLLIER COUNTY.

11-YEARS-AGO WENDY HUDAKOC DISAPPEARED FROM NAPLES.

HUDAKOC WAS A 14-YEAR-OLD NAPLES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AT THE TIME.

SHE WOULD NOW BE 25 YEARS OLD.

INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL LOOKING FOR LEADS INTO THIS MISSING PERSON'S CASE.

PAGE FIELD CRASH-VO-WIPE

A PLANE GOES CRASHING TO THE GROUND TODAY AT PAGE FIELD AIRPORT IN FORT MYERS.

FAMILIES WERE THERE FOR AVIATION DAY, BUT ENDED UP WITNESSING A LIVE PLANE CRASH.

PAGE FIELD CRASH-SOTVO

I don't know if wind hit him, but it picked up the wing and put it on it's side."

"And about three minutes after that we started seeing people climb out of the plane."

WITNESSES SAY THREE PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD.

AN OLDER MAN AND A YOUNGER BOY: ALONG WITH THE PILOT.

FIRE WATCH CLIP-CLIP

CHARLOTTE COUNTY FIRE-VO-WIPE

WE ARE AT THE TAIL END OF HURRICANE SEASON, BUT TODAY BRUSH FIRE SEASON REMINDS US THAT ITS NEXT IN LINE.

CHECK OUT THIS 8-ACRE BLAZE JUST EAST OF ROUTE 31 IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY.

IT STARTED JUST BEFORE ONE THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD QUICKLY -- THREATENING A FEW HOMES AND SENDING A TEENAGE GIRL TO THE HOSPITAL.

THE GIRL WAS TREATED FOR MINOR SMOKE INHALATION.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY FIRE-SOTVO

"Be very careful out there. We are twice as dry this time this year than we were this time last year, and we had an active brush fire season last year."

FIREFIGHTERS TELL US A HOMEOWNER WAS BURNING TRASH AND THE FLAMES GOT AWAY FROM HIM.

THE DIVISION OF FORRESTRY SAYS HE GOT A VIOLATION NOTICE.

COLLIER FATAL-BNR-OC

WE ARE LEARNING NEW DETAILS TONIGHT ABOUT A FRIDAY NIGHT CRASH ON I-75.

FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPERS SAY 22-YEAR-OLD BREE KELLY OF BUCHANAN, NEW YORK DIED AFTER BEING THROWN FROM A CAR ON THE EAST BOUND LANES OF MILE MARKER 102.

TROOPERS SAY THE DRIVER OF AN INFINITI ANDREA KIDDER OF ESTERO HIT THE BACK OF THE CAR KELLY WAS IN.

ACCORDING TO TROOPERS KELLY WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT.

MARINE FUNERAL-VO

A FINAL FAREWELL TO A U-S MARINE TODAY IN CAPE CORAL.

SERGEANT MICHAEL MARTINS FUNERAL WAS HELD TODAY AT SAINT ANDREWS CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CAPE CORAL.

MARTINS WAS KILLED WHILE RIDING HIS MOTORCYCLE TO WORK AT "MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, MIRAMAR" IN SAN DIEGO.

THE 23-YEAR OLD GREW UP IN CAPE CORAL AND IS A GRADUATE OF MARINER HIGH SCHOOL.

VIETNAM TRAVELING MEMORIAL WALL-VO

TOMMORROW CLOSING CEREMONIES WILL BEGIN FOR THE VIETNAM TRAVELING WALL AT LAISHLEY PARK IN PUNTA GORDA.

THE WALL IS THREE FIFTHS THE SIZE OF THE MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

IT LISTS THE NAMES OF SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE DIED IN THE WAR.

THE WALL IS SCHEDULED TO BE DISASSEMBLED MONDAY MORNING AT 9-AM.

FT HOOD FUNERAL-NATSVOTOPS

NATS - bell rings

MORE THAN A WEEK AFTER THE TRAGEDY AT FORT HOOD, FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR SOME OF THE 13 VICTIMS WHO WERE KILLED IN THAT SHOOTING RAMPAGE.

FT HOOD FUNERAL-ONCAM

MEANTIME THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE LONE ACCUSED GUNMAN NIDAL HASAN CONTINUES TONIGHT.

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS URGING CONGRESS TO

HOLD OFF ON ANY INVESTIGATION INTO THE FORT HOOD RAMPAGE.

OBAMA WANTS LAWMAKERS TO ALLOW FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MILITARY AUTHORITIES

TO COMPLETE THEIR PROBES FIRST.

LIGHT THE NIGHT-VO-WIPE

HUNDREDS IN ESTERO CAME OUT TO SUPPORT CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER.AND IT ALL STARTED WITH ONE LITTLE BOY.

THE 'LEUKEMIA LYMPHOMA SOCIETY' HELD THE 'LIGHT THE NIGHT' EVENT THIS YEAR IN HONOR OF FOUR-YEAR-OLD CALEB WHAN LOST HIS BATTLE WITH LEUKEMIA.

HUNDREDS WALKED ALONGSIDE CALEB'S FAMILY WITH BALLOONS TO SHINE A LIGHT ON CHILDHOOD CANCER.

LIGHT THE NIGHT-SOTVO

"the biggest thing is time is sweet that's all we have, I've had 4 years and 11 days with my son and you know cherish every moment."

EACH BALLOON CARRIED TONIGHT HAD A SPECIAL MEANING.

CLEVELAND BODIES FBI SEARCH-VO

THE FBI IS USING SPECIAL EQUIPMENT TO SEARCH FOR MORE BODIES THIS WEEKEND AT THE CLEVELAND HOME OF ANTHONY SOWELL.

POLICE HAVE FOUND ELEVEN BODIES ON THE PROPERTY WHERE SOWELL LIVED.

HE IS CHARGED WITH FIVE COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED MURDER.

THIS WEEKEND INVESTIGATORS ARE USING THERMAL IMAGING EQUIPMENT AND GROUND PENETRATING RADAR TO LOOK FOR BURIED EVIDENCE.

ORION BANK LATEST-VO

REGULATORS HAVE SHUT DOWN TWO FLORIDA BANKS,

BOOSTING TO 122 THE NUMBER OF U.S. BANK FAILURES THIS YEAR AS LOAN

DEFAULTS RISE IN THE WORST FINANCIAL CLIMATE IN DECADES.

THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION ON FRIDAY TOOK OVER

ORION BANK, BASED IN NAPLES, WITH ABOUT 2-POINT-7 BILLION IN ASSETS AND SARASOTA-BASED CENTURY BANK.

IBERIABANK, BASED IN LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, AGREED TO ASSUME ALL

OF ORION AND CENTURY BANK'S DEPOSITS.

OBAMA IN ASIA-VO

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS HOPING TO NUDGE

FORWARD AN ARMS-CONTROL DEAL IN TALKS WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT DMITRY

MEDVEDEV.

THE 21-NATION ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION FORUM BROUGHT

OBAMA TO SINGAPORE, BUT HE'S FOCUSING ON INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS SUNDAY

WITH MEDVEDEV AND WITH THE PRESIDENT OF INDONESIA, THE WORLD'S

LARGEST MUSLIM NATION.

THE U.S.-RUSSIA MEETING TAKES PLACE AS THE NATIONS SEEK A

SHUTTLE MONDAY LAUNCH-VO

NASA LOOKS TOWARDS A MONDAY AFTERNOON LIFTOFF FOR SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS.

ATLANTIS WILL DELIVER SPARE PARTS TO THE

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, ALONG WITH SIX ASTRONAUTS WHO WILL

UNLOAD EVERYTHING.

LIFTOFF IS SCHEDULED FOR 2-28 P.M. MONDAY.

FORECASTERS SAY THERE'S A 90 PERCENT CHANCE OF GOOD FLYING

WEATHER MONDAY.

MANATEE SPEED ZONES-VO

THEY ARE HEADED FOR WARMERS WATERS SO BOATERS NEED WATCH OUT FOR MANATEES.

THE MAMMALS ARE ON THE MOVE AS COOLER WEATHER APPROACHES.

WILDLIFE OFFICIALS ARE URGING BOATERS TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE MAMMALS AND FOR CHANGING SPEED ZONES.

BOAT SHOW CONTINUES-VO

THE FORT MYERS BOAT SHOW IS IN TOWN THIS WEEKEND.

AND BOATERS ARE NOTICING A LARGER SELECTION OF MODERATELY PRICED BOATS IN ADDITION TO BIG PRICE CUTS.

SOME BOATS ARE ON THE LOT THIS YEAR FOR LESS THAN 20-THOUSAND DOLLARS.

ITS TAKING PLACE AT THE FORT MYERS BOAT CLUB YACHT BASIN IN DOWNTOWN.

COCONUT FESTIVAL-ONCAM

ANOTHER THING TO CHECK OUT THIS WEEKEND.

THE 5TH ANNUAL COCONUT FESTIVAL.

THE FESTIVAL CELEBRATES THE UNIQUENESS OF CAPE CORAL WITH STREET ENTERTAINMENT, FULL CARNIVAL, FIREWORKS AND LIVE BANDS.

NEXT AT 11-CLIP

TEASE ONE-------

I think its a bit of history I liked them, I thought it'd be a kick having Bernie's putter.

EVEN IN INFAMY THE MADOFF NAME MEANS DOLLARS.

TONIGHT A LOOK AT HOW MUCH PEOPLE WERE WILLING TO FORK OVER FOR THE CONVICTED BILLIONAIRE'S PERSONAL EFFECTS.

Resident MOS: I have seen many bad storms, but not quite as bad as this.

AN UNPLEASANT SURPRISE!

SEE FOR YOURSELF THE ROUGH AFTERMATH ---FROM THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IDA.

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

TONIGHT.CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 60 NEAR THE COAST AND IN THE MID

50S INLAND. NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.

.SUNDAY.SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.

.SUNDAY NIGHT.CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.

.MONDAY.MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTH WINDS AROUND

10 MPH.

.MONDAY NIGHT.MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S NEAR THE COAST AND IN

THE MID 50S INLAND. NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.

.TUESDAY.MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.

HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.

.TUESDAY NIGHT.MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.

.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER

80S. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.

.THURSDAY.PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SPRINKLES IN THE AFTERNOON.

HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.

.THURSDAY NIGHT.PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.

.FRIDAY.PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SPRINKLES IN THE AFTERNOON.

HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.

.FRIDAY NIGHT.PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 60.

.SATURDAY.PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SPRINKLES IN THE AFTERNOON.

WEATHER SATPKG-POP

HURRICANE IDA DID NOT TURN OUT TO BE MUCH AS HURRICANES GO, BUT THE STORM'S AFTERMATH WAS AN UNPLEASANT SURPRISE.

THE SEVERE WEATHER HER REMNANTS GENERATED ALONG THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD HAS CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE.

WEATHER SATPKG-PKG

MADOFF AUCTION-VO-WIPE

AS FAR AS MONEY GOES THE MADOFF NAME STILL MEANS COLD HARD CASH EVEN THOUGH THE CONVICTED PONZI SCHEMER IS SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE BEHIND BARS.

TODAY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AUCTIONED OFF PERSONAL EFFECTS FROM THE MADOFF ESTATE IN NEW YORK CITY, LONG ISLAND AND PALM BEACH, FLORIDA.

WHEN IT COMES TO RETURNS, THE AUCTION WAS A SUCCESS.

ITEMS LIKE MADOFF'S WIFE'S EMERALD AND DIAMOND BRACELET PRICED AT 18-THOUSAND SOLD FOR 50 THOUSAND.

HER DIAMOND EARRINGS VALUED AT 25 THOUSAND SOLD FOR 70.

MADOFF AUCTION-SOTVO

SOT CHARLES TEARLE: Madoff auction bidder

Everything was really selling 3 or 4 times the price that I would expect the items to sell at a regular auction. So I think its Madoff Mania.

NEARLY 200 ITEMS WERE AUCTIONED OFF.

ZSA GABOR TAX TROUBLE-VOTOPS

ACTRESS ZSA ZSA GABOR BLAMES BERNIE MADOFF FOR HER TAX TROUBLES WITH UNCLE SAM.

GABOR SAYS THE I-R-S HAS FILED A HUGE TAX LEIN AGAINST HER BECAUSE SHE INDIRECTLY INVESTED SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS WITH A THIRD PARTY MONEY MANAGER WHO DID INVEST WITH MADOFF.

TEASE TWO-ONCAM

THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH IS ON A MISSION TO BE GERM FREE WITH SWINE FLU LOOMING AROUND.

WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT DISNEY WORLD IS DOING.

PALIN GOES ROUGE AND MCCAIN GOES ON THE RECORD.

DISNEY HAND SANITIZER-ONCAM

HOW ABOUT SOME HAND SANITIZER BEFORE

GREETING MICKEY MOUSE?

IN AN EFFORT TO HALT THE SPREAD OF THE SWINE FLU, WALT DISNEY

WORLD HAS INSTALLED DOZENS OF HAND SANITIZER DISPENSERS THROUGHOUT

THE THEME PARK, HOTEL LOBBIES AND CHARACTER MEET-AND-GREET AREAS.

IN ALL, MORE THAN 60 BULK HAND SANITIZER DISPENSERS HAVE BEEN

ADDED AT DISNEY WORLD AND DISNEYLAND.

THE HEALTH PRECAUTIONS ARE THE MOST VISIBLE STEPS TAKEN BY ANY

OF ORLANDO'S MAJOR THEME PARKS SINCE THE SWINE FLU OUTBREAK LAST

SARAH PALIN-VO-WIPE

JOHN MCCAIN GOES ON THE RECORD ABOUT SARAH PALIN'S NEW BOOK--"GOING ROUGE"

IN THE BOOK, PALIN REPORTEDLY POINTS OUT TENSIONS BETWEEN HER AND MCCAIN STAFFERS.

SHE TALKED ABOUT BEING BOTTLED UP BY THE MCCAIN TEAM AND PREVENTED FROM GIVING A CONCESSION SPEECH ELECTION NIGHT.

MCCAIN RESPONSE-SOTVO

In every campaign there are tensions but the fact is I'm proud of the campaign we ran and I'm proud of Sarah Palin."

MCCAIN SAYS HE LOOKS FORWARD TO READING PALIN'S BOOK.

SPORTS NEXT-ONCAM

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FLORIDA SOUTH CAROLINA-ONCAM

WELCOME BACK. WE ALL KNOW TIM TEBOW'S ON A QWEST FOR A RECORD-TYING SECOND HEISMAN AND A THIRD NATIONAL TITLE.

BUT THAT'S NOT WHERE THE HISTORY MAKING ENDS.

FLORIDA SOUTH CAROLINA-VO

BRANDON SPIKES BACK IN THE LINEUP TO FACE THE OLD BALL COACH AND SOUTH CAROLINA.

GATORS LOOKING GOOD EARLY. TIM TEBOW SPLITS THE DEFENSE AND NAILS IT TO RILEY COOPER. 68 YARD TOUCHDOWN. COOPER HAD 112 YARDS AND A SCORE IN THE FIRST HALF ALONE.

COACH SPURRIER'S NEW GANG MAKING THIS A GAME, THOUGH. BRIAN MADDOX CROSSES THE PLANE. TIED AT SEVEN.

GAMECOCKS STILL WITHIN THREE IN THE FOURTH. GATORS RESPOND WITH THEIR D-LINEMAN MAKING A PLAY. WHAT? JUSTIN TRATTAU WITH THE INTERCEPTION. AND THE BIG MAN IS MOVING. WELL INTO U-S-C TERRITORY.

FLORIDA STATE WAKE-VO

BOBBY BOWDEN AND F-S-U AT WAKE FOREST.

TIED AT 7 IN THE FIRST. JERMAINE THOMAS WEAVES HIS WAY TO THE ENDZONE. 14-7 SEMINOLES.

NOLES D HELD ITS GROUND AND FORCED A PUNT. GREG REID WAITING ON THE RECEIVING END. AFTER FIELDING IT ON THE HOP. HE'S GONE. 68 YARDS FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. E-J MANUEL GETS THE WIN IN HIS FIRST START FOR THE INJURED CHRISTIAN PONDER.

MIAMI NORTH CAROLINA-VO

A GEORGIA TECH WIN ELIMINATED MIAMI'S A-C-C TITLE HOPES BEFORE THEY EVEN TOOK THE FIELD AT NORTH CAROLINA.

JACORY HARRIS PLAYING MAYBE HIS WORST GAME AS A HURRICANE. THREW FOUR INTERCEPTIONS ON THE DAY. THREE TO THIS GUY, KENDRIC BURNEY. HE'S OFF TO THE ENDZONE FOR A 77-YARD SCORE.

HOUSTON UCF-VO

FIFTEENTH-RANKED HOUSTON PLAYING AT CENTRAL FLORIDA TODAY. THE KNIGHTS WINLESS AGAINST RANKED TEAMS IN THEIR PREVIOUS 22 TRIES.

HOUSTON LED 17-10 AT THE HALF. BUT U-C-F PLAYED GREAT IN THE SECOND. BRYNN HARVEY SCORES ONE OF HIS THREE T-D'S.

IOWA OHIO STATE-VO

IOWA AND OHIO STATE FIGHTING IT OUT FOR A ROSE BOWL BID AT THE HORSESHOE.

BUCKEYES UP A TOUCHDOWN WITH ABOUT THREE MINUTES TO PLAY. HAWKEYES PUT A TEMPORARY HALT TO THE CELEBRATION. JAMES VANDENBURG 10 YARDS TO MARVIN MCNUTT TO EVEN THINGS UP. WE'RE GOING TO OVERTIME.

GEORGE MCNEILL-ONCAM

NORTH FORT MYERS GRAD GEORGE MCNEILL HAS ONE CAREER P-G-A TOUR WIN TO HIS NAME.

GEORGE MCNEILL-VO

MCNEILL WAS TWO BACK WHEN PLAY BEGAN IN ROUND THREE.

HE SEEMED TO ROTATE BIRDIES AND BOGIES ON NEARLY EVERY HOLE ON THE FRONT NINE.

THEN, HE MADE HIS MOVE. FOR FOR EAGLE ON A HUGE BREAKING PUTT ON 10. GOT IT. ONE OF TWO EAGLES MCNEILL CARDED ON THE BACK SIDE.

NOW FOR BIRDIE AT 13. HOW BOUT IT. HE'S IN THE LEAD.

HE WAS UP TWO HEADING TO 18. TAKES OUT THE DRIVER. AND IMMEDIATELY KNOWS HE HIT IT POORLY. GEORGE TAKING THE SCENIC ROUTE TREES. HAD TO DROP FROM THERE AND IN BAD SHAPE.

GEORGE MCNEILL-FULLSCREEN

BUT MCNEILL'S STILL IN A THREE-WAY TIE FOR FIRST.

JOEY PORTER-READER

DOLPHINS HEAD COACH TONY SPARANO SAYS LINEBACKER JOEY PORTER WILL SIT OUT SUNDAY'S GAME AGAINST THE BUCS.

WALLEYE EVERBLADES-VO

EVERBLADES HOPING TO FINISH A THREE-GAME SWEEP AGAINST TOLEDO

BOTH TEAMS PUMP THREE ON THE BOARD IN THE SECOND. INCLUDING THIS ONE BY NEWLY SIGNED BLADE AHREN SPYLO. EVEN AT THREES INTO THE THIRD.

WE'D GO TO OVERTIME. WHEN TOLEDO'S MALCOLM MACMILLAN GETS CALLED FOR THE CROSSCHECK. HE'S EJECTED.

STATE CHAMP SWIMMER-ONCAM

CONGRATS TO BISHOP VEROT SENIOR SWIMMER STEPHANIE PEACOCK.

SHE'S A TWO TIME STATE CHAMP. WINNING BOTH THE 200 AND 500 FREESTYLE.

BERKELEY BISHOP VEROT VB-VO

THE UNBEATEN VIKING VOLLEYBALL TEAM HOSTING BERKELEY IN THE REGIONAL FINAL.

BERKELEY TOOK THE FIRST GAME. BUT HERE COME THE VIKINGS. KATIE MOSHER NICE DIG. KATIE CLINGER SPIKES IT HOME. VEROT TAKES GAME TWO. 25-15.

BERKELEY BISHOP VEROT VB-SOT

FT. MYERS BRADEN RIVER VB-FULLSCREEN

FORT MYERS FARING BETTER. BEATING BRADEN RIVER, 3-0. AND MOVING ON TO THE STATE SEMIS.

WADE BUZZER BEATER-VO

FINALLY. THE WINLESS NETS HAD THE HEAT ON THEIR HEELS TONIGHT. UP TWO IN THE CLOSING SECONDS. NO WORRIES. DWYANE WADE GETS HIS HANDLE BACK AND HITS THE GAME-WINNING THREE WITH A TENTH OF A SECOND LEFT.

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