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<P>ADLIB GOOD MORNING
<P>LOTS TO TALK ABOUT TODAY.
<P>BASEBALL IS HOLDING THEIR WINTER MEETINGS THIS WEEK. 
<P>AND DURING THOSE MEETINGS. THE RUMORS ABOUT THE CUBS POSSIBLY COMING TO NAPLES HAVE HEATED UP AGAIN.
<P>AND TODAY IS THE GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT.
<P>WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT SOME COMPANIES ARE DOING TO ENCOURAGE THEIR EMPLOYEES TO KICK THE CIGARETTE HABIT.


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<H3><IMG SRC=script.gif ALIGN=left HSPACE=5>BODY FOUND IN CAR-VOWIPE</H3><BR>
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<P>WE NOW KNOW THE NAME OF THE MAN FOUND DEAD INSIDE A CAR SUBMERGED IN A COLLIER COUNTY CANALE.
<P>56 YEAR OLD ROBERT GIRARDI WAS FOUND INSIDE HIS RED CORVETTE AS INVESTIGATORS PULLED IT OUT OF THE DITCH IN THE AREA OF IMMOKALEE ROAD AND EYE 75.
<P>TROOPERS BELEIVE THE MAN'S BODY WAS IN THE CAR FOR A COUPLE OF *DAYS.
<P>LANDSCAPERS WORKING IN THE AREA FOUND THE CORVETTE 
<P>FRIENDS WORRY THIS MAY NOT BE A SIMPLE CASE OF DRIVER ERROR-- BECAUSE GIRARDI WAS FOUND MILES AWAY FROM WHERE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.


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<P>THE SEARCH RESUMES THIS MORNING FOR A MISSING NORTH FORT MYERS MAN WHO IS LOST IN THE EVERGLADES.
<P>JAMEY MOSCH  HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE MONDAY.
<P>ONE OF THE RESCUERS WORKING IN THE SEARCH REPORTEDLY HEARD MOANING AND CALLS FOR HELP YESTERDAY BUT WAS UNABLE TO PINPOINT WHERE THOSE SOUNDS WERE COMING FROM. 


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<P>-----  GOOD MORNING, SOUTHWEST FLORIDA!  -------  TODAY IS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009.  -----  YOU ARE WATCHING ABC7 GULFSHORE NEWS IN HIGH DEFINITION.  -----  HERE'S METEOROLOGIST JOHN PATRICK'S ABC7 PRECISION FORECAST:  JP SAYS WE'LL SEE A LITTLE HAZY SUNSHINE TO START OUR DAY ON THE GULFSHORE.  IT'LL BE A MOSTLY TO PARTLY SUNNY AND MILD AFTERNOON WITH A GENTLE NORTH BREEZE FROM 8-12 MPH.    -----  HERE ARE TODAY'S HIGH TEMPERATURES:
<P>--  NAPLES:  84
<P>--  BONITA SPRINGS:  85
<P>--  MARCO ISLAND:  83
<P>--  FORT MYERS:  85
<P>--  GOLDEN GATE:  86
<P>--  PUNTA GORDA:  84
<P>--  CAPE CORAL:  85
<P>--  IMMOKALEE:  87
<P>--  LEHIGH ACRES:  86
<P>--  NORTH NAPLES:  86
<P>--  PORT CHARLOTTE:  85
<P>--  ESTERO:  85


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<P>WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING.
<P>A BIZARRE SCENE ON EYE 75.
<P>A CAR SLAMS INTO A GUARD RAIL IN THE NORTHBOUND LANES NEAR ALICO ROAD.
<P>BUT WHEN DEPUTIES GET ON THE SCENE. THE DRIVER IS GONE.
<P>THIS HAPPENED AROUND TWO A-M.
<P>K-9 UNITS WERE CALLED OUT. IT TOOK THEM ABOUT 30 MINUTES TO FIND THE DRIVER HIDING IN SOME BRUSH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY.
<P>HE WAS ARRESTED. NO WORD YET ON WHAT HE IS BEING CHARGED WITH.


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<H3><IMG SRC=script.gif ALIGN=left HSPACE=5>JUAN MENDEZ TRIAL WEDNESDAY-VO-WIPE</H3><BR>
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<P>THE JUAN MENDEZ DOUBLE MURDER TRIAL WILL RESUME TODAY WITHOUT ONE OF THE JURORS. 
<P>THE WOMAN WAS DISMISSED LAST NIGHT FOR PERSON REASONS AFTER GIVING THE JUDGE A LETTER. 
<P>DETAILS OF THE LETTER WERE NOT DIVULGED IN OPEN COURT. 
<P>ALSO YESTERDAY, SUPRISING TESTIMONY FROM THE LEAD DETECTIVE.  SEARGENT WALTER RYAN ADMITTED HE DIDN'T DO A THOROUGH JOB INVESTIGATING THIS CASE.
<P>PRINTS WERE NOT COLLECTED FROM SOME OF THE EVIDENCE AND PHONE RECORDS WERE NOT RETRIEVED FROM THE ONE OF THE VICTIMS.
<P>THE STATE IS EXPECTED TO CALL TWO DNA EXPERTS THIS MORNING WHEN COURT RESUMES.   
<P>PROSECUTORS SAY MENDEZ STABBED TO DEATH HIS ESTRANGED WIFE AND MOTHER IN LAW. 


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<P>A MAN ACCUSED OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SAYS IT'S A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY.  
<P>JOHNNY SMITH, THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR FOR THE BARRON COLLIER HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM WAS ARRESTED ON A WARRANT FROM JACKSONVILLE FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
<P>THE WARRANT STATES THAT LAST NOVEMBER, A MAN BY THE NAME OF JOHNNY DRUMMOND SMITH, GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH AN EX-GIRLFRIEND.   
<P>DEPUTIES SAY HE THEN CHARGED AT HER WITH A KNIFE- AND CUT HER ARM.
<P>COACH SMITH SAYS DEPUTIES HAVE HIM CONFUSED WITH SOMEONE ELSE.


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<P>THE POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION IS SHOCKED THIS MORNING, AFTER LEE COUNTY OFFICIERS SAY NO TO UNIONIZING.
<P>56 PERCENT OF EMPLOYEES AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE VOTED  AGAINST THE IDEA OF A UNION.
<P>EMPLOYEES CAN ASK FOR THE P-B-A'S HELP FOR ANOTHER VOTE TO UNIONIZE THE DEPARTMENT ONE YEAR FROM TODAY.


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<P>WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING, PRESIDENT OBAMA ARRIVED IN SOUTH KOREA.
<P>MR. OBAMA WAS HONORED WITH A WELCOMING CEREMONY IN SEOUL.
<P>HE THEN JOINED THE SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT AT THE BLUE HOUSE--THAT'S  THE SOUTH KOREAN VERSION OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
<P>THE TWO LEADERS THEN MET BRIEFLY, TO TALK ABOUT HOW TO END NORTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM.


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<P>COLLIER COUNTY SCHOOLS COULD HAVE A NEW SEX EDUCATION POLICY AS EARLY AS TODAY.
<P>LAST MONTH, THE SCHOOL BOARD DREW UP A NEW POLICY CENTERED AROUND THE STATE STATUTE DEALING WITH ABSTINENCE.
<P>THE REVISED POLICY EXPANDS THE CURRICULUM TO INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT CONTRACEPTION AND CONSEQUENCES OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY.
<P>THE BOARD VOTES ON THAT TODAY.


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<P>THIS MORNING,     RUMORS ARE SWIRLING ABOUT THE CHICAGO CUBS MOVING TO COLLIER COUNTY FOR SPRING TRAINING. 
<P>ESPN DOT COM REPORTS THIS MORNING, THAT THE OWNER OF THE CUBS ANDTHE TEAM PRESIDENT WILL BE IN NAPLES THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 30TH TO LOOK AT POTENTIAL SITES. 


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<P>TEMPERS WERE FLYING AT THE FLORIDA EVERBLADES GAME LAST NIGHT.
<P>SEVERAL FIGHTS BROKE OUT BETWEEN THE BLADES AND THE READING ROYALS,  BUT THE BLADES PASSION DIDN'T TRANSLATE TO A WIN-
<P>READING WON FIVE TO THREE.
<P>THE TWO TEAMS PLAY AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT AT GERMAIN ARENA.


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<P>SARAH PALIN'S BOOK TOUR IS RED HOT. 
<P>THE FORMER VP CANDIDATE  IS GETTING ROCK STAR CROWDS AS SHE TRAVELS THE COUNTRY SIGNING COPIES OF HER NEW BOOK.


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<P>THIS MORNING,  AVE MARIA IS BEING CALLED A HOT SPOT FOR RETIREMENT. 
<P>NEWS PARTNER THE NAPLES DAILY NEWS, REPORTS AVA MARIA AS ONE OF 11 TOP SOUTHERN RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES. 
<P>RETIREMENT LIFESTYLES MAGAZINE SAYS THE COLLIER COUNTY TOWN WILL BE FEATURED IN  THEIR 2010 FIRST QUARTER EDITION. 
<P>TWO OTHER FLORIDA AREAS TO MAKE THE LIST INCLUDE LAKELAND AND GAINESVILLE.
<P>FOR MORE BUSINESS NEWS. HERE IS JEREMY HUBBARD WITH YOUR MONEYSCOPE REPORT.  


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<P>THE SUNSHINE STATE GETS A VERY STRANGE RANKING THAT MAY SUPRISE YOU. 
<P>AND J-P WILL HAVE YOUR THURSDAY MORNING FORECAST PLUS A PEAK AT WHAT THE WEEKEND HOLDS. 
<P>YOU'RE WATCHING GULFSHORE NEWS.


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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 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009.  -----  YOU ARE WATCHING ABC7 GULFSHORE NEWS IN HIGH DEFINITION.  -----  HERE'S METEOROLOGIST JOHN PATRICK'S ABC7 PRECISION FORECAST:  JP SAYS WE'LL SEE A LITTLE HAZY SUNSHINE TO START OUR DAY ON THE GULFSHORE.  IT'LL BE A MOSTLY TO PARTLY SUNNY AND MILD AFTERNOON WITH A GENTLE NORTH BREEZE FROM 8-12 MPH.    -----  HERE ARE TODAY'S HIGH TEMPERATURES:
<P>--  NAPLES:  84
<P>--  BONITA SPRINGS:  85
<P>--  MARCO ISLAND:  83
<P>--  FORT MYERS:  85
<P>--  GOLDEN GATE:  86
<P>--  PUNTA GORDA:  84
<P>--  CAPE CORAL:  85
<P>--  IMMOKALEE:  87
<P>--  LEHIGH ACRES:  86
<P>--  NORTH NAPLES:  86
<P>--  PORT CHARLOTTE:  85
<P>--  ESTERO:  85


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<DIV DIR=LTR><A NAME=FORECAST AND TRAFFIC TRANSITION-CLIP>
<H3><IMG SRC=script.gif ALIGN=left HSPACE=5>FORECAST AND TRAFFIC TRANSITION-CLIP</H3><BR>
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<DIV DIR=LTR><A NAME=TRAFFIC-POP>
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<DIV DIR=LTR><A NAME=TRAFFIC BILLBOARD-CLIP>
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<DIV DIR=LTR><A NAME=VENICE HOSTAGE SUSPECTS-POP VO>
<H3><IMG SRC=script.gif ALIGN=left HSPACE=5>VENICE HOSTAGE SUSPECTS-POP VO</H3><BR>
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<P>TWO MEN REMAIN ON THE RUN THIS MORNING AFTER A  STANDOFF SITUATION AT A VENICE DEPARTMENT STORE.
<P>INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE GUNMEN HAD ALREADY LEFT THE T-J MAXX STORE BY THE TIME EMERGENCY RESPONDERS ARRIVED  TUESDAY NIGHT. 
<P>ABOUT 15 PEOPLE WERE INSIDE THE STORE WHEN THE SUSPECTS STORMED IN. 
<P>THE HOSTAGES WERE RESCUED SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. 


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<DIV DIR=LTR><A NAME=EMERGENCY LANDING-POP VOWIPE>
<H3><IMG SRC=script.gif ALIGN=left HSPACE=5>EMERGENCY LANDING-POP VOWIPE</H3><BR>
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<P>WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING,  AN ALLEGIANT AIR PLANE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN WICHITA, KANSAS.
<P>THE M-D 80 LOST POWER TO ONE OF IT'S ENGINES.  
<P>THE PLANE WAS HEADED FROM PITTSBURGH TO NEVADA. 
<P>125 PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD.
<P>PEOPLE ON BOARD SAY THEY HEARD A LOUD BOOM AS THE PLANE WAS TAKING OFF.


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<DIV DIR=LTR><A NAME=SHUTTLE ATLANTIS-VOTOPS>
<H3><IMG SRC=script.gif ALIGN=left HSPACE=5>SHUTTLE ATLANTIS-VOTOPS</H3><BR>
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<P>ASTRONAUTS ON SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS' 
<P>ARE ABOUT TO STEP OUT ON THE FIRST SPACEWALK OF THIS MISSION.
<P>THREE SPACEWALKS ARE PLANNED.
<P>YESTERDAY, THE ASTRONAUTS  UNLOADED SUPPLIES WHICH SHOULD KEEP THE SPACE STATION OPERATING.


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<DIV DIR=LTR><A NAME=RED KETTLE CAMPAIGN-POP>
<H3><IMG SRC=script.gif ALIGN=left HSPACE=5>RED KETTLE CAMPAIGN-POP</H3><BR>
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<P>THE SALVATION ARMY WILL LAUNCH THEIR RED KETTLE CAMPAIGN IN COLLIER COUNTY TODAY.
<P>THE KICKOFF WILL BE TODAY AT A LUNCHEON AT THE WYNDEMERE COUNTRY CLUB IN NAPLES.
<P>MAYOR BILL BARNETT WILL BE ON HAND FOR THE LAUNCH.
<P>THE SALVATION ARMY TELLS US DEMAND FOR ASSISTANCE IS WAY UP THIS YEAR.


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<DIV DIR=LTR><A NAME=FLORIDA STRANGEST STATE-POP CG>
<H3><IMG SRC=script.gif ALIGN=left HSPACE=5>FLORIDA STRANGEST STATE-POP CG</H3><BR>
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<P>A WEBSITE HAS NAMED FLORIDA AS THE STRANGEST STATE IN THE NATION.
<P>THE RANKING AT TABLESEED.COM WERE BASED ON 2,000 STRANGE NEWS STORIES THAT WERE RELEASED BY THE PAST YEAR BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. TWO OF THE STORIES MENTIONED ARE A MAN IN SOUTH FLORIDA WHO CALLED 9-1-1 AFTER A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT RAN OF LEMONDATE AND A TAMPA LOTTERY WINNER WHO WANTS TO OPEN A NUDE DUDE RANCH.  
<P>NEW HAMPSHIRE WAS 2ND, FOLLOWED BY ALASKA, WYOMING, AND MAINE.  


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<DIV DIR=LTR><A NAME=GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT-VOTOPS>
<H3><IMG SRC=script.gif ALIGN=left HSPACE=5>GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT-VOTOPS</H3><BR>
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<P>TODAY IS THE ANNUAL GREAT AMERICAN SMOKE OUT.  
<P>THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY USES THIS DAY TO ENCOURAGE SMOKERS TO QUIT FOR AT 
<P>LEAST 24 HOURS.  
<P>THE EVENT IS ALSO MEANT T0 WARN ABOUT THE RISKS OF USING OTHER TOBACCO 
<P>PRODUCTS.  


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<DIV DIR=LTR><A NAME=PALIN BOOK SIGNING-VOWIPE>
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<P>SARAH PALIN IS DRAWING CROWDS LIKE A ROCK STAR AT STOPS ON HER BOOK TOUR. 
<P>HER BOOK "GOING ROGUE" HIT STANDS TUESDAY.
<P>THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LINED UP IN THE PRE-DAWN HOURS WEDNESDAY MORNING IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN FOR A CHANCE TO SHAKE THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES HAND AND GET A PERSONAL AUTOGRAPH. 
<P>DOZENS OF BOOK SIGNING STOPS ARE SCHEDULED ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN THE COMING WEEKS.
<P>THERE ARE 3 STOPS IN FLORIDA.  


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<DIV DIR=LTR><A NAME=PLOT TO KILL HUSBAND-VOTOPS>
<H3><IMG SRC=script.gif ALIGN=left HSPACE=5>PLOT TO KILL HUSBAND-VOTOPS</H3><BR>
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<P>POLICE RELEASE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO THAT SHOWS A BOYNTON BEACH WOMAN PLOTTING HER HUSBAND'S DEATH.   
<P>POLICE SAY DALIA DIPPOLITO MET WITH AN UNDERCOVER OFFICER, WHO WAS POSING AS A HIT MAN, TO PLAN HER HUSBAND'S MURDER.   
<P>POLICE STAGED A CRIME SCENE AND TOLD DIPPOLITO HER HUSBAND WAS DEAD.  
<P>AUTHORITIES SAY SHE RESPONDED LIKE A SADDENED WIDOW.  BUT, THAT ALL CHANGED WHEN SHE CAME FACE TO FACE WITH HER HUSBAND, WHO WAS STILL ALIVE.   
<P>WE'LL LOOK AT THE SEVEN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW RIGHT AFTER THIS BREAK.


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<DIV DIR=LTR><A NAME=COMING UP ON GMA-POP CG POP>
<H3><IMG SRC=script.gif ALIGN=left HSPACE=5>COMING UP ON GMA-POP CG POP</H3><BR>
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<P>A BUSY SHOW THIS MORNING ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA AT 7 OCLOCK. 
<P>FROM CHASTITY TO CHAZ.
<P>CHAZ BONO IS ON THE SET THIS MORNING, TO TALK ABOUT HER SEX CHANGE OPERATION AND THE DIFFICULTIES OF GOING FROM FEMALE TO MALE.
<P>AND G-M-A'S BIGGEST GETAWAY EVER!
<P>LIVE FROM PORT EVERGLADES AS THE LARGEST CRUISE SHIP EVER GETS READY TO SET SAIL.
<P>AND HOLIDAY TRAVEL.
<P>A WARNING TO YOU ABOUT OUTRAGEOUS NEW SURCHARGES AND FEES.
<P>WE'LL LOOK AT THE SEVEN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW RIGHT AFTER THIS BREAK.


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<DIV DIR=LTR><A NAME=7 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW-CLIP>
<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) CUBS ESPN-VOTOPS>
<H3><IMG SRC=script.gif ALIGN=left HSPACE=5>7) CUBS ESPN-VOTOPS</H3><BR>
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<P>LOOKING AT THE SEVEN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS MORNING.
<P>THE OWNER OF THE CHICAGO CUBS IS PLANNING A TRIP TO COLLIER COUNTY.
<P>ESPN DOT COM REPORTS THE OWNER AND TEAM PRESIDENT WILL TRAVEL TO NAPLES, AT THE END OF THE MONTH TO LOOK AT POTENTIAL STADIUM SITES. 


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<DIV DIR=LTR><A NAME=6) MENDEZ TRIAL-VOTOPS>
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<P>THE JUAN MENDEZ DOUBLE MURDER TRIAL WILL RESUME TODAY. D-N-A EXPERTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE FOCUS OF THIS MORNING'S TESTIMONY.  LAST NIGHT, ONE OF THE JURORS WAS DISMISSED FOR PERSONAL REASONS. PROSECUTORS SAY MENDEZ STABBED TO DEATH HIS ESTRANGED WIFE AND MOTHER IN LAW. 


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<H3><IMG SRC=script.gif ALIGN=left HSPACE=5>TRANSITION-CLIP</H3><BR>
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<DIV DIR=LTR><A NAME=5) LCSO UNION VOTE-VOTOPS>
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<P>THE LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS NO TO UNIONIZING. 56 PERCENT OF EMPLOYEES AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE VOTED YESTERDAY AGAINST THE IDEA OF A UNION.
<P>EMPLOYEES CAN ASK FOR THE P-B-A'S HELP FOR ANOTHER VOTE TO UNIONIZE THE DEPARTMENT ONE YEAR FROM TODAY.


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<DIV DIR=LTR><A NAME=4) MISSING HUNTER-VOTOPS>
<H3><IMG SRC=script.gif ALIGN=left HSPACE=5>4) MISSING HUNTER-VOTOPS</H3><BR>
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<P>THE SEARCH RESUMES THIS MORNING FOR A MISSING NORTH FORT MYERS MAN WHO IS LOST IN THE EVERGLADES.
<P>JAMEY MOSCH HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE MONDAY.
<P>ONE OF THE RESCUERS WORKING IN THE SEARCH REPORTEDLY HEARD MOANING AND CALLS FOR HELP YESTERDAY BUT WAS UNABLE TO PINPOINT WHERE THOSE SOUNDS WERE COMING FROM. 


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<DIV DIR=LTR><A NAME=3) FATAL CAR CRASH-VOTOPS>
<H3><IMG SRC=script.gif ALIGN=left HSPACE=5>3) FATAL CAR CRASH-VOTOPS</H3><BR>
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<P>WE NOW KNOW THE NAME OF THE MAN FOUND DEAD INSIDE A CAR SUBMERGED IN A COLLIER COUNTY CANALE.
<P>56 YEAR OLD ROBERT GIRARDI WAS FOUND INSIDE HIS RED CORVETTE AS INVESTIGATORS PULLED IT OUT OF THE DITCH IN THE AREA OF IMMOKALEE ROAD AND EYE 75.


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<DIV DIR=LTR><A NAME=2) TRAFFIC-ONCAM>
<H3><IMG SRC=script.gif ALIGN=left HSPACE=5>2) TRAFFIC-ONCAM</H3><BR>
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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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<DIV DIR=LTR><A NAME=RED SEA COMPETITION-VOTOPS>
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<P>SOME SPECTACULAR IMAGES CAPTURED AT A UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION IN ISRAEL.
<P>SCORES OF SCUBA DIVING PHOTOGRAPHERS TOOK PART IN THE ANNUAL "EPSON RED SEA" COMPETITION.
<P>THE COMPETITORS DOVE INTO THE RED SEA WHERE THEY TOOK PICTURES OF CORALS, FISH AND OTHER MARINE CREATURES.
<P>ARTURO TELLE OF SPAIN WON THE COMPETITION AND WON TEN-THOUSAND DOLLARS.


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<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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