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<P>ADLIB GOOD MORNING
<P>PRESIDENT OBAMA ARRIVES IN CHINA WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING.
<P>HE MADE A BIG SPEECH TO THE CHINESE LEADERS TALKING ABOUT AFGHANISTAN, THE INTERNET AND DIVERSITY.
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<P>PLUS, SHUTTLE ATLANTIS BACK ON THE LAUNCH PAD THIS MORNING.
<P>THERE IS ONLY A HALF-DOZEN SHUTTLE MISSIONS LEFT BEFORE THE PROGRAM IS GONE FOR GOOD.
<P>AND J-P, ONE THING NASA ALWAYS KEEPS AN EYE ON BEFORE A LAUNCH IS THE WEATHER.


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<P>NEW DETAILS THIS MORNING ABOUT A HEARTBREAKING STORY WE'VE BEEN COVERING SINCE IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY. 
<P>A TWO YEAR OLD BOY DIED AFTER DROWING ON MARCO ISLAND.
<P>IT HAPPENED AROUND NOON SUNDAY AT A HOME OFF CAXAMBAS COURT.
<P>THE BOY'S NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.
<P>THIS IS THE SECOND FATAL DROWNING ON MARCO IN THE PAST THREE MONTHS.
<P>TWO YEAR OLD NATALIA TUMA DIED IN AUGUST AFTER SHE DROWNED IN THE POOL OF A VACATION HOME.


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<P>-----  GOOD MORNING, SOUTHWEST FLORIDA!  -------  TODAY IS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009.  -----  YOU ARE WATCHING ABC7 GULFSHORE NEWS IN HIGH DEFINITION.  -----  HERE'S METEOROLOGIST JOHN PATRICK'S ABC7 PRECISION FORECAST:  JP SAYS THE SPECTACULAR WEATHER ON THE GULFSHORE CONTINUES TODAY WITH A SUNNY, CLEAR SKY AND PERFECT TEMPERATURES!  IT'LL START OFF A LITTLE COOL THIS MORNING WITH SOME PATCHY FOG, ESPECIALLY INLAND.  IT'LL BE MOSTLY SUNNY AND PLEASANT THIS AFTERNOON WITH A NORTHEAST BREEZE AROUND 5-10 MPH.    -----  HERE ARE TODAY'S HIGH TEMPERATURES:
<P>--  NAPLES:  81
<P>--  BONITA SPRINGS:  81
<P>--  MARCO ISLAND:  81
<P>--  FORT MYERS:  80
<P>--  GOLDEN GATE:  82
<P>--  PUNTA GORDA:  79
<P>--  CAPE CORAL:  80
<P>--  IMMOKALEE:  82
<P>--  LEHIGH ACRES:  81
<P>--  NORTH NAPLES:  81
<P>--  PORT CHARLOTTE:  80
<P>--  ESTERO:  80


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<P>HAPPENING TODAY!
<P>A FORMER COLLIER COUNTY MANAGER WILL BE HONORED.
<P>JIM MUDD IS BATTLING TERMINAL BRAIN CANCER.
<P>HE LED THE COUNTY FOR 8 YEARS.  
<P>THE COUNTY WILL DEDICATE ITS NEW EMERGENCY SERVICES CENTER IN MUDD'S NAME TODAY.  THE SPECIAL SERVICE IS EXPECTED TO START AT 10-AM.  


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<P>ALSO HAPPENING TODAY.
<P>FORT MYERS GETS A NEW MAYOR.
<P>RANDY HENDERSON WILL BE SWORN INTO OFFICE TODAY.
<P>HENDERSON HAS SERVED AS A COUNCILMEMBER FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS REPRESENTING WARD FIVE.
<P>HENDERSON SAYS WHILE MANY TAXPAYERS ARE CONCERNED WITH CUTBACKS AND GROWTH IN THE CITY, PLANS ARE IN THE WORKS TO BRING MORE BUSINESS TO THE AREA BY ATTRACTING PRIVATE INVESTORS, AMONG OTHER INCENTIVES.


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<P>THE JUAN MENDEZ DOUBLE MURDER TRIAL RESUMES THIS AFTERNOON.  
<P>MENDEZ IS ACCUSED OF STABBING HIS WIFE AND MOTHER-IN-LAW TO DEATH INSIDE A LEHIGH ACRES HOME IN JULY OF 2006. 
<P>ON FRIDAY, THE JURY HEARD FROM A CRIME SCENE TECHINICIAN WHO TALKED ABOUT THE EVIDENCE COLLECTED AT THE THE SCENE, AND FROM A FIRST RESPONDER WHO TALKED ABOUT ALL THE BLOOD THAT WAS NEAR THE VICTIMS BODIES. 
<P>TESTIMONY IS EXPECTED TO RESUME AT 1:30 THIS AFTERNOON. 


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<P>IF YOU BANK AT ORION BANK, YOU ARE NOW A MEMBER OF IBERIA BANK!
<P>REPRESENTATIVES FROM IBERIA BANK WERE IN TOWN OVER THE WEEKEND MAKING SURE THE TRANSITION WOULD BE A SMOOTH ONE TODAY.
<P>ON FRIDAY, THE F-D-I-C SHUT DOWN ORION BANK SAYING THAT THE BANK HAD REACHED IT'S LEGAL LENDING LIMIT.


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<P>A NEW BILL WILL BE INTRODUCED TODAY IN TALLAHASSEE REQUIRING ALL 9-1-1 DISPATCHERS TO UNDERGO TRAINING EVERY TWO YEARS.
<P>STATE REPRESENTATIVE KEN ROBERSON OF PORT CHARLOTTE IS ANNOUNCING THE NEW LEGISLATION AT A NEWS CONFERENCE IN NORTH PORT.
<P>THE BILL IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE MURDER OF NORTH PORT MOTHER DENISE AMBER LEE.
<P>LEE WAS KIDNAPPED, RAPED AND KILLED IN JANUARY OF LAST YEAR.
<P>DISPATCHERS BOTCHED 9-1-1 CALLS THAT SOME FEEL COULD HAVE SAVED HER LIFE.
<P>MICHAEL KING WAS CONVICTED FOR 1ST DEGREE MURDER IN HER KILLING.
<P>A JURY RECOMMENDED THE DEATH PENALTY.
<P>HIS FORMAL SENTENCING IS SET FOR DECEMBER 4TH.


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<P>THE COUNTDOWN CLOCKS IS RUNNING THIS MORNING AT NASA TICK.
<P>SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS IS SET TO LIFT OFF TODAY.  GOOD LAUCH WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY.  
<P>ATLANTIS IS LOADED WITH SPARE PARTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 
<P>THE SHUTTLE WILL CARRY UP SIX ASTRONAUTS AND RETURN WITH SEVEN. 
<P>THE SEVENTH, NICOLE STOTT, HAS BEEN LIVING ON THE STATION SINCE THE END OF AUGUST.


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<P>IT'S BEEN ELEVEN YEARS SINCE THE WENDY HUDAKOC DISAPPEARED AND STILL NO LEADS IN THE CASE.
<P>THE 14 YEAR OLD NAPLES HIGH STUDENT VANISHED ELEVEN YEARS AGO YESTERDAY.
<P>INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL DESPERATELY LOOKING FOR LEADS.
<P>SO IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CALL THE COLLIER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.


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<P>AN ESCAPED SUSPECT IS CAUGHT BY LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES AFTER LOOKING AN OBVIOUS PLACE--- THE SUSPECTS HOME!
<P>DEPUTIES SAY 22-YEAR-OLD FREDERICO MILOR WAS ARRESTED DURING A TRAFFIC STOP IN LEHIGH ACRES AND TAKEN TO A SUB STATION ON HOMESTEAD ROAD. 
<P>THAT IS WHEN DEPUTIES SAY MILOR SLIPPED OUT OF THE STATION UNDETECTED. 
<P>A SHORT TIME LATER DEPUTIES FOUND HIM AT HIS LAST KNOWN ADDRESS ON APACHE STREET IN LEHIGH. 
<P>HE NOW FACES SEVERAL TRAFFIC CHARGES IN ADDITION TO POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, ESCAPING AND RESISTING ARREST.  


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<P>A HEADS UP FOR BOATERS WHO USE THE CHIQUITA BOAT LOCK.
<P>CREWS ARE CLOSING THE LOCK AT FOUR OCLOCK TODAY TO DO REPAIRS.
<P>IT'S SET TO RE-OPEN AT EIGHT O CLOCK WEDNESDAY MORNING.
<P>LAST MONTH, WHILE MAKING OTHER REPAIRS, WORKERS NOTICED FLOATATION DEVICES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.
<P>THE REPAIRS WILL COST THE CITY MORE THAN 100-THOUSAND DOLLARS.


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<P>AND IF YOU COULDN'T STAY UP LAST NIGHT FOR THE SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. 
<P>YOU MISSED A DOOZY!
<P>TOM BRADY AND PEYTON MANNING BATTLED IT OUT!   THE GAME WENT DOWN TO THE FINAL SECONDS!


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<P>THE NUMBER OF VISITORS IN LEE COUNTY IS UP ALMOST TWO PERCENT MORE THAN A YEAR AGO.
<P>WHILE THAT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A LOT, TOURISM EXPERTS SAY IT'S POSITIVE NEWS NOT ONLY FOR THE TOURISM INDUSTRY, BUT THE LOCAL ECONOMY AS WELL.
<P>MANY IN THE INDUSTRY EXPECT MORE GROWTH IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2010.
<P>IF THAT HAPPENS, THEY SAY MORE JOBS WILL FOLLOW.
<P>EXPERTS SAY TOURISM DIRECTLY AFFECTS 43 THOUSAND JOBS IN LEE COUNTY ALONE. 
<P>FOR MORE BUSINESS NEWS. HERE IS YOUR MONEYSCOPE REPORT.


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<P>BIG NEWS WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING.
<P>PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA LANDS IN CHINA AND TALKS WITH LEADERS OF THE WORLDS MOST POPULATED NATION.
<P>WE'LL HAVE HIGHLIGHTS FROM A SPEECH HE HOPES WILL STRENGTHEN TIES TO THAT COUNTRY.


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<P>BREAKING NEWS OUT OF CAPE CORAL.
<P>FIREFIGHTERS BATTLING A STRUCTURE FIRE OFF SOUTHEAST NINTH TERRACE.
<P>MICHELLE BURDO IS THERE LIVE WITH ALL THE DETAILS.
<P>MICHELLE.
<P>THAT'S THE VIKINGS CONTRACTORS BUILDING.
<P>THE CALL CAME IN AT FIVE 30 AND THE BLAZE IS STILL BURNING.
<P>WE ARE LEARNING THAT TWO OTHER BUILDINGS ARE ALSO ENDANGERED.
<P>WE HAVE A CREW ON THE SCENE GATHERING DETAILS AND WILL BRING YOU MORE AS INFORMATION AS SOON AS WE GET IT.


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<P>*****NEW*****
<P>THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS ARE ALREADY UP IN MANY LOCATIONS--AND THAT MEANS PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO THINK ABOUT SPENDING FOR THE HOLIDAYS. 
<P>LAST YEAR, THE AVERAGE SHOPPER SPENT  ???
<P>IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE TIGHTENING THEIR BELTS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, THE EXPERTS SAY ITS ALL ABOUT CREATIVITY!
<P>1.  LOOK FOR FREE EVENTS FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON.  
<P>2.  INSTEAD OF AN ELABORATE MEAL, TRY A HOLIDAY POTLUCK DINNER.  INVITE YOUR NEIGHBORS OR FRIENDS SO YOU ARE SHARING THE COST. 
<P>3.  MASS PRODUCE GIFT THIS YEAR!   SPEND ONE AFTERNOON BAKING COOKIES AND THEN HAND THEM OUT THIS YEAR. 
<P>WE POSTED THIS STORY WITH MORE IDEAS ON OUR WEBSITE, ITS ABC-7.COM


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<P>THIS  WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF. 
<P>IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.
<P>-----  GOOD MORNING, SOUTHWEST FLORIDA!  -------  TODAY IS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009.  -----  YOU ARE WATCHING ABC7 GULFSHORE NEWS IN HIGH DEFINITION.  -----  HERE'S METEOROLOGIST JOHN PATRICK'S ABC7 PRECISION FORECAST:  JP SAYS THE SPECTACULAR WEATHER ON THE GULFSHORE CONTINUES TODAY WITH A SUNNY, CLEAR SKY AND PERFECT TEMPERATURES!  IT'LL START OFF A LITTLE COOL THIS MORNING WITH SOME PATCHY FOG, ESPECIALLY INLAND.  IT'LL BE MOSTLY SUNNY AND PLEASANT THIS AFTERNOON WITH A NORTHEAST BREEZE AROUND 5-10 MPH.    -----  HERE ARE TODAY'S HIGH TEMPERATURES:
<P>--  NAPLES:  81
<P>--  BONITA SPRINGS:  81
<P>--  MARCO ISLAND:  81
<P>--  FORT MYERS:  80
<P>--  GOLDEN GATE:  82
<P>--  PUNTA GORDA:  79
<P>--  CAPE CORAL:  80
<P>--  IMMOKALEE:  82
<P>--  LEHIGH ACRES:  81
<P>--  NORTH NAPLES:  81
<P>--  PORT CHARLOTTE:  80
<P>--  ESTERO:  80


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<DIV DIR=LTR><A NAME=OBAMA IN CHINA-POP SOTVO>
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<P>PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ARRIVED IN CHINA WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING.
<P>AND HE'S ALREADY TALKING ABOUT IMPROVING RELATIONS.
<P>There is a Chinese proverb: 'consider the past, and you shall know the future.' Surely we have known setbacks and challenges over the last thirty years.
<P>OBAMA USED A TOWN HALL-STYLE MEETING IN SHANGHAI TO POLITELY BUT FIRMLY PRESS FOR GREATER FREEDOMS IN CHINA.
<P>LATER TODAY, OBAMA WILL MEET WITH CHINA'S PRESIDENT HU.
<P>HE WILL ALSO TAKE A MOMENT TO SOAK IN THE SITES, VISITING THE FORBIDDEN CITY AND THE GREAT WALL.


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<P>THE SEARCH FOR A FIVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN NORTH CAROLINA INTENSIFIED OVER THE WEEKEND---BUT SHANIYA DAVIS REMAINS MISSING THIS MORNING.
<P>ON SUNDAY, AUTHORITIES ACTING ON A TIP ---SEARCHED THE SOUTH-CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE FOR THE LITTLE GIRL. 
<P>DAVIS WAS REPORTED MISSING BY HER MOTHER ON TUESDAY.
<P>THE MOTHER HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH HUMAN TRAFFICKING, CHILD ABUSE INVOLVING PROSTITUTION AND FILING A FALSE POLICE REPORT.


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<P>THE PHYSICIAN BEING INVESTIGATED IN MICHAEL JACKSON'S DEATH IS EXPECTED IN LAS VEGAS FAMILY COURT TODAY FOR A CHILD SUPPORT HEARING. 
<P>DOCTOR CONRAD MURRAY REPORTEDLY OWES A CALIFORNIA WOMAN AND HER SON 14-THOUSAND DOLLARS BUT HE SAYS BECAUSE OF THE INVESTIGATION, HE'S HAD TO CLOSE HIS MEDICAL PRACTICE AND MOVE. 
<P>LOS ANGELES POLICE ARE FOCUSING A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION ON MURRAY. 
<P>HE TOLD INVESTIGATORS HE GAVE JACKSON A POWERFUL ANESTHETIC BEFORE HE DIED.


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<P>A BRAZEN MONEY SNATCHER FINALLY CAUGHT!
<P>37-YEAR-OLD THOMAS PAINTER FACES ROBBERY CHARGES AFTER DEPUTIES SAY HE SNATCHED ONE HUNDRED 50 DOLLARS RIGHT OUT OF A WOMAN'S HAND WHEN SHE WAS WAITING AT A STOPLIGHT.
<P>RALYNN METZ SAYS SHE HAD JUST LEFT THE BANK TUESDAY.AND WAS SITTING IN HER CAR AT THE INTERSECTION OF U-S 41 AND PINE ISLAND ROAD IN NORTH FORT MYERS.
<P>WHEN A MAN CAME TO HER WINDOW AND GRABBED THE CASH SHE JUST PICKED UP FROM THE BANK.


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<H3><IMG SRC=script.gif ALIGN=left HSPACE=5>COLLIER FATAL-POP</H3><BR>
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<P>WE NOW KNOW THE NAME OF A WOMAN WHO WAS KILLED IN HORRIBLE CRASH ON EYE 75 IN COLLIER COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND. 
<P>22-YEAR-OLD BREE KELLY OF NEW YORK DIED AFTER BEING THROWN FROM A CAR ON THE EAST BOUND LANES OF MILE MARKER 102. 
<P>TROOPERS SAY THE DRIVER OF AN INFINITI HIT THE BACK OF THE CAR KELLY WAS IN. 
<P>ACCORDING TO TROOPERS KELLY WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT. 
<P>CHARGES ARE PENDING AGAINST THE DRIVER OF THE INFINITI.


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<P>ALSO OVER THE WEEKEND, A PLANE CRASHED AT PAGE FIELD AIRPOT IN FORT MYERS AND THIS MORNING EVERYBODY ON BOARD IS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL. 
<P>IT HAPPENED SATURDAY.
<P>ONE WITNESS SAYS THE PLANE WAS FLYING TOO LOW.
<P>THE NOSE OF THE PLANE ANGLED TOO HIGH. AND THE RIGHT WING CLIPPED THE RUNWAY.


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<P>A BARN BURNER ON SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL!
<P>THIS ONE WENT DOWN TO THE FINAL SECONDS.
<P>manning, to the end zone, wayne touchdown
<P>PEYTON MANNING CONNECTS WITH REGGIE WAYNE WITH 10 SECONDS TO GO AS THE COLTS BEAT THE PATRIOTS 35 TO 34.
<P>BUT THAT'S NOT THE PLAY EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT THIS MORNING. 
<P>WITH TWO MINUTES TO GO, THE PATS WENT FOR IT ON FOURTH AND TWO!
<P>MAYBE A BAD CALL BY BILL BELLICECK BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GET THE 1ST DOWN.  
<P>THAT GAVE THE COLTS A SHORT FIELD  TO SCORE AND GO AHEAD IN THE GAME.       THE COLTS KEEP THEIR RECORD A PERFECT NINE AND OH.
<P>WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THE SEVEN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW.


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<H3><IMG SRC=script.gif ALIGN=left HSPACE=5>COMING UP ON GMA-POP CG POP</H3><BR>
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<P>GOOD MORNING AMERICA WILL HAVE THE SCOOP ON ALL THE BIG STORIES ACROSS THE NATION.
<P>HEAR MORE ABOUT BARACK OBAMA'S TRIP TO CHINA.
<P>HE SPOKE ABOUT DIVERSITY, THE ECONOMY AND AFGHANISTAN.
<P>G-M-A WILL HAVE MORE HIGHLIGHTS FROM HIS SPEECH.
<P>AND ROGUE RAGE.
<P>SARAH PALIN'S NEW BOOK HAS THE MCCAIN CAMP BRISTLING.
<P>WHAT DOES THE TELL-ALL REVEAL AND HOW WILL IT IMPACT PALIN'S IMAGE?
<P>WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THE SEVEN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW.


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<H3><IMG SRC=script.gif ALIGN=left HSPACE=5>7 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW-CLIP</H3><BR>
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<DIV DIR=LTR><A NAME=7) JUAN MENDEZ TRIAL-VOTOPS>
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<P>TAKING A LOOK AT THE SEVEN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS MORNING.
<P>THE JUAN MENDEZ MURDER TRIAL RESUMES AT ONE 30 THIS AFTERNOON.
<P>MENDEZ IS ACCUSED OF STABBING HIS WIFE AND MOTHER-IN-LAW TO DEATH INSIDE A LEHIGH ACRES HOME BACK IN JULY OF 2006. 


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<DIV DIR=LTR><A NAME=6) MUDD HONORED-SSTOPS>
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<P>A FORMER COLLIER COUNTY MANGER JIM MUDD WILL BE HONORED TODAY BY THE COUNTY COMMISSION.
<P>MUDD IS BATTLING TERMINAL BRAIN CANCER.
<P>HE LED THE COUNTY FOR 8 YEARS.  
<P>THE COUNTY WILL DEDICATE ITS NEW EMERGENCY SERVICES CENTER IN MUDD'S NAME. 
<P>A SPECIAL SERVICE IS EXPECTED TO START AT 10-AM.  


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<P>FORT MYERS GETS A NEW MAYOR.
<P>RANDY HENDERSON WILL BE SWORN IN TO OFFICE TODAY.
<P>HENDERSON HAS SERVED AS A COUNCILMEMBER FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS REPRESENTING WARD FIVE.


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<DIV DIR=LTR><A NAME=4) MARCO NEAR DROWNING-ONCAM>
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<P>A TWO YEAR OLD BOY PRONOUNCED DEAD AFTER HE DROWNS ON MARCO ISLAND.
<P>IT HAPPENED AROUND NOON SUNDAY AT A HOME OFF CAXAMBAS COURT.
<P>THE BOY'S NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.


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<DIV DIR=LTR><A NAME=3) ORION BANK-VOTOPS>
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<P>IF YOU BANK AT ORION BANK. YOU ARE NOW A MEMBER OF IBERIA BANK!
<P>REPRESENTATIVES FROM IBERIA BANK WERE IN TOWN OVER THE WEEKEND MAKING SURE THE TRANSITION WOULD BE A SMOOTH ONE.
<P>ON FRIDAY, THE F-D-I-C SHUT DOWN ORION BANK SAYING THAT THE BANK HAD REACHED IT'S LEGAL LENDING LIMIT.


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<DIV DIR=LTR><A NAME=2) TRAFFIC-ONCAM>
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<P>IT YOU ARE HEADED OUT THE DOOR - THE ROADS ARE.


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<DIV DIR=LTR><A NAME=1) WEATHER-TBA>
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<P>TIME NOW FOR OUR VIDEO OF THE DAY.
<P>A 95-YEAR OLD WOMAN HAS NOW DONE TWICE IN FIVE YEARS WHAT MOST OF US WILL NEVER DO IN OUR LIFETIME.SKYDIVE.
<P>TO CELEBRATE HER 95th BIRTHDAY, ELEANOR CUNNINGHAM OF HOWES CAVE, NEW YORK REPEATED A FEAT SHE ACCOMPLISHED IN 2004.
<P>ELEANOR SUITED UP OVER THE WEEKEND AS HER FAMILY HELPED HER TO THE PLANE.
<P>AND YES, SHE ACTUALLY DID JUMP. AND SAFELY LAND.
<P>ELEANORE SAYS SHE'S PLANNING SOMETHING EVEN BIGGER FOR HER ONE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY.
<P>SHE SAYS SHE PLANS TO GO TO THE MOON!


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<P>ADLIB POINTS
<P>-COVERAGE PROMISE OF THE BIGGEST LOCAL STORY OF THE DAY ON WEB
<P>" WHEN EVER YOU NEED A NEWS OR WEATHER UPDATE - WE ARE LOGGED ON AND UPDATING ABC-7.COM "
<P>-WHAT IS COMING UP ON GMA - BIG STORY COVERAGE OF THE MORNING.
<P>-LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO - IN JUST:30 SECONDS WE HAVE A LOOK AT ALL OF THE THINGS TO DO TODAY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.


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<P>GOOD MORNING AGAIN EVERYONE, I'M STACEY DEFFENBAUGH WITH A LOOK AT SOME THINGS TO DO TODAY AND THIS WEEK IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. 
<P>MEN AND WOMEN ARE TEEING IT UP THIS MORNING FOR A GREAT CAUSE.  THE IMMOKALEE FOUNDATION CHARITY CLASSIC PRO-AM GOLF TOURNAMENT IS TODAY AT THE BAY COLONY GOLF CLUB.  THE FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO BUILD SUCCESS FOR IMMOKALLE CHILDREN THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT HELP KEEP KIDS IN SCHOOL AND FIND THEIR TALENTS.  THE FOUNDATION SERVES MORE THAN 5,000 IMMOKALEE KIDS EVERY YEAR.  
<P>THEY ARE IN THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT TODAY ON MARCO ISLAND.  CHRISTMAS ISLAND STYLE IS TRANSFORMING THE SAN MARCO CATHOLIC CHURCH PARISH HALL INTO A HOLIDAY WONDERLAND.  THERE IS A BIG SPAGHETTI DINNER TONIGHT AT 5 PM.  THE DINNER IS A FUNDRAISER TO HELP PAY FOR THE CHRISTMAS ACTIVIIES THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.  TICKETS FOR TONIGHT DINNER AT 10 DOLLARS FOR ADULTA AND 5 DOLLARS FOR KIDS UNDER 10.  AGAIN ITS TONIGHT FROM 5-7:30 AT THE PARISH HALL AT SAN MARCO CATHOLIC CHURCH.  
<P>AN EVENT TONIGHT BENEFITTING THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.   THERE IS BE A WONDER THREE COURSE MEAL, WINE TASTING, DEMONSTRATIONS WITH THE CHEF AND RECIPES FOR YOU TO TAKE HOME.   THE FUN STARTS AT TONIGHT AT 6:30 IN FORT MYERS.  SEATING IS LIMITED.  CALL 437-0202 FOR MORE INFORMATION. 
<P>CHECK OUT OTHER EVENT BY HEADING TO OUR WESITE, IT'S ABC-7.COM  YOU CAN ALSO ADD YOUR EVENT TO THE LIST. 
<P>LEN AND I WILL SEE YOU FOR THE NEWS TONIGHT AT 6, RIGHT AFTER DR. PHIL. 


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