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BREAKING NEWS.

ABC SEVEN LEARNS CAPE CORAL HAS BEEN MISTAKENLY OVER CHARGING CUSTOMERS ON THEIR UTILITY BILLS.

FIND OUT HOW LONG THIS MISTAKE HAS BEEN HAPPENING.

KEMAR JOHNSTON, THE SO-CALLED RINGLEADER OF THE CASH FEENZ GANG IS FOUND GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS FOR HIS ROLE IN THE BRUTAL KILLINGS OF JEFFERY AND ALEX SOSA.

FIND OUT THE PUNISHMENT HE FACES.

A CLEAN UP CREW REACHES A MILESTONE.

FIND OUT HOW MANY ABANDONED PROPERTIES THEY'VE TURNED FROM EYE SORES TO SPRUCED UP HOMES.

BREAKING NEWS-CLIP

CAPE CORAL CASH CRISIS-2SHOT-TURN-OTS

BREAKING NEWS OUT OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S LARGEST CITY TONIGHT.

ABC-7 LEARNS CAPE CORAL HAS BEEN MISTAKENLY OVERCHARGING THOUSANDS OF UTILITY CUSTOMERS FOR SEWAGE USE FOR YEARS.

THIS HAS BEEN SINCE 2005.

THE ISSUE WAS DISCOVERED AFTER A CUSTOMER COMPLAINED ABOUT HIGH CHARGES.

THE CITY NOTICED IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CAPPING SEWER USAGE AT 10-THOUSAND GALLONS BUT WAS CHARGING FOR COMPLETE USE.

THIS COULD AFFECT AS MANY AS 150-THOUSAND RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS.

CAPE CORAL CASH CRISIS-SOT-OC

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THE CITY WILL NOW BEGIN THE TEDIOUS PROCESS OF SORTING OUT WHO WAS OVERCHARGED AND REFUNDING THEM.

IT'S UNCLEAR HOW MUCH WILL NEED TO BE REFUNDED.

BREAKNG NEWS-CLIP

NO FLY PASSENGER-ONCAM

AND MORE BREAKING NEWS AT 6.

ABC-7 LEARNS FEDERAL LEADERS HAVE DRIVERTED AN AIRLINER TO JACKSONVILLE

BECAUSE A PASSENGER ON THE NO-FLY LIST MIGHT BE ON BOARD.

IT IS NOT CLEAR IF THE PASSENGER IS A SUSPECTED TERRORIST LISTED ON THE GOVERNMENT'S LIST.

THE PLANE LEFT NEWARK, NEW JERSEY AND IS BOUND FOR BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.

FIRE WATCH CLIP-CLIP-B

COLLIER FIRE-VOTOPS

WE ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON A SIX-HUNDRED ACRE BRUSH FIRE.

THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY SAYS THEY HAVE CREWS TRYING TO GET A HANDLE THE FIRE BURNING IN THE AREA OF STATE ROAD-29 AND AGRICULTURE WAY.

THAT'S NEAR FARMWORKERS VILLAGE.

RIGHT NOW, IT'S ONLY ABOUT 60-PERCENT CONTAINED.

FIREFIGHTERS ARE NOT SURE WHAT STARTED THE FIRE.

LEHIGH FIRE DANGER-TCMON-VO

AND THE FIRE DANGER IS A REAL ISSUE TONIGHT.

A FIRE CREPT FROM FEET FROM THIS LEHIGH ACRES HOME.

THE PEOPLE INSIDE TRIED TO HOSE THE YARD DOWN TO HELP STOP THE FLAMES.

FOR FIRE FIGHTERS IN LEHIGH THE OUTLOOK ON THIS DRY SEASON IS A GRIM ONE.

LEHIGH FIRE DANGER-SOTVO

large brush areas that are very dry and a lack of personnel all adds up in the end to potential disaster

FIRE FIGHTERS SAY THE PROLONGED COLD TEMPERATURES EXPONENTIALLY WORSEN CONDITIONS.

KEMAR JOHNSTON FOUND GUILTY-POP

GUILTY AS CHARGED! A JURY CONVICTS --KEMAR JOHNSTON.

THE MAN PROSECUTORS CALL THE RINGLEADER OF TWO BRUTAL MURDERS IN CAPE CORAL.

THE JURY TOOK DETAILED NOTES AND PAID VERY CLOSE ATTENTION DURING THIS LONG TRIAL.

KEMAR JOHNSTON FOUND GUILTY-PKG

"Count 1, the defendant is guilty as charged."

KEMAR JOHNSTON SHOWED NO EMOTION WHEN THE CLERK PUBLISHED THE VERDICT. MANY OF JURORS WERE CRYING AND EMOTIONAL WHEN THEY ANSWERED QUESTIONS FROM THE JUDGE.

nats of judge asking if that is there verdict

DURING THIS 4 WEEK TRIAL, THE JURY LISTENED TO 8 DAYS OF TESTIMONY FROM MORE 20 WITNESSES.

THEY HEARD GRAPHIC ACCOUNTS FROM TWO CRIMES. TEENAGERS TIED UP, TORTURED AND BEATEN AT A BIRTHDAY PARTY AT JOHNSTONS HOME, AND THEN STUFFED IN THE TRUNK OF CAR AND BURNED, ONE BEYOND RECONGITION. 10 PEOPLE WERE CHARGED FOR THE CRIMES, 6 HAVE TAKEN PLEAS DEALS, 3 INCLUDING JOHNSTON HAVE GONE TO TRIAL. THE LAST TRIAL IS SET FOR MAY.

JOHNSTONS FATHER AND STEP MOTHER SAT SILENT IN THE COURTROOM AND HAD NO COMMENT WHEN THEY LEFT WITH DEFENSE TEAM INVESTIGATORS AND SUPPORTERS.

KEMAR JOHNSTON FOUND GUILTY-POP

THE ATTORNEYS AND JURY WILL BE BACK ON FEBRUARY 15TH TO BEGIN THE PENALTY PHASE OF THE TRIAL.

THE STATE WILL PRESENT AGGRAVATORS SUPPORTING THE DEATH PENALTY.

THE DEFENSE TEAM WILL PRESENT MITIGATING FACTORS AND TRY TO SAVE JOHNSTON'S LIFE.

CHILD NEGLECT ARREST-SS-VO-WIPE

A PUNTA GORDA MOTHER IS ARRESTED AFTER POLICE SAY SHE LEFT HER TWO KIDS HOME ALONE AND WENT OUT DRINKING.

21-YEAR-OLD AMBER WATKINS HAD BEEN DRINKING AT JACK'S RESTURANT IN PUNTA GORDA.

ACCORDING TO POLICE WATKINS BECAME EXTREMELY

INTOXICATED AND A FRIEND PUT WATKINS IN HIS TRUCK TO TAKE HER HOME.

That's WHEN POLICE SAY WATKINS DROVE OFF AND STOLE THE MAN'S TRUCK.

WATKINS WAS STOPPED AND ARRESTED.

DEPUTIES LATER FOUND WATKINS HAD LEFT HER TWO KIDS A TWO YEAR OLD AND A 10-MONTH OLD HOME ALONE WITH NO ONE BABYSITTING.

CHILD NEGLECT ARREST-SOTVO

there was no adult supervision.there was marijuana and paraphanilia throughout the house and there even was a bathtub 3/4 full with water which presented a hazard to the children should they have gone around the house.

PHONY BAIL BONDSMAN-VO-WIPE

A PHONY BAIL-BONDSMAN IS ON THE RUN TONIGHT, AND HE'S CONSIDERED DANGEROUS.

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY AHIZER ALVAREZ IS UN-LICENSED, AND HAS BEEN USING THE NAME "SUNSHINE STATE BONDS " TO RUN HIS ILLEGAL BUSINESS.

PHONY BAIL BONDSMAN-SOTVO

his wife knows that he's wanted and he's made it very clear that he's not going to turn himself in and not going to cooperate with law enforcement at all.

COLLIER DEPUTY ARRESTED-ONCAM

A COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTY FINDS HERSELF ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW TONIGHT.

WE ARE TOLD CORPORAL SANDRA MENDEZ NOW FACES CHARGES FOR SCHEMING TO DEFRAUD, 13 COUNTS OF GRAND THEFT IN ADDITION TO PETTY THEFT CHARGES.

SHE HAS BEEN PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE PENDING THE OUTCOME OF THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.

STEWART EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT-SS

ABC-7 LEARNS FORMER CAPE CORAL CITY MANAGER TERRY STEWART HAS REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH FORT MYERS BEACH TO BECOME THEIR NEW TOWN MANAGER.

TODAY STEWART SIGNED AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN COUNCIL.

IMMOKALEE HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION-VO

A CONTINUING INVESTIGATION IN IMMOKALEE TONIGHT.

DEPUTIES ARE LOOKING INTO A HOMICIDE AFTER A WOMAN WAS FOUND DEAD INSIDE A HOME ON NORTH 7TH STREET.

MISSING MILLIONAIRE BODY FOUND-BNR-VO

NEW DETAILS TONIGHT IN THE SEARCH FOR A MISSING FLORIDA LOTTERY MILLIONAIRE.

A BODY FOUND BURIED IN A PLANT CITY BACK YARD HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS MILLIONAIRE ARTHUR SHAKESPEARE.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THE BODY WAS ID'D THROUGH FINGERPRINTS.

THE HOME WHERE THE BODY WAS FOUND IS CONNECTED TO A PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE CASE.

SHAKESPEARE WAS LAST SEEN LAST APRIL.

CHILD CRUELTY ARREST-SS

A LEHIGH ACRES MAN IS ARRESTED FOR PUNCHING HIS 3 YEAR-OLD SON IN THE STOMACH.

DEPUTIES SAY JUAN MENDEZ TOOK THE LITTLE BOY TO THE HOSPITAL FOR AN UNEXPLAINED INJURY TO HIS ABDOMEN.

DOCTORS REPORTED THAT THE CHILD HAD A LARGE BRUISE AND SWELLING CONSISTENT WITH BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA.

THE HOSPITAL CALLED D-C-F AND THE 3 YEAR-OLD LATER TOLD INVESTIGATORS THAT HE HAD BEEN PUNCHED BY HIS FATHER.

COLLIER GROWHOUSE-ONCAM

A MARIJUANA GROWHOUSE WITH DRUGS WORTH 225-THOUSAND DOLLARS IS NOW SHUTDOWN IN COLLIER COUNTY.

DEPUTIES SAY THEY FOUND 43 PLANTS INSIDE THE EVERGLADES BOULEVARD HOME AND 32 MORE INSIDE THE GARAGE.

FORECLOSURE CLEANUP-POP-VO-WIPE

A GROUP THAT CLEANS UP SOME OF CAPE CORAL'S BIGGEST EYESORES WILL HIT THE CENTURY MARK.

AND IT'S NOT COSTING THE CITY A DIME.

VOLUNTEERS INVOLVED IN A PROJECT FIX UP ABANDONED AND FORECLOSED HOMES IN THE CAPE USING THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT.

ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS THEY MOW LAWNS, CUT OVERGROWN BUSHES, AND PICK UP TRASH TO HELP MAKE THE NEIGHBORHOODS LOOK CLEAN.

THIS HELPS PROPERTY VALUES AND GETS THE HOMES BACK ON THE MARKET QUICKER.

FORECLOSURE CLEANUP-SOTVO

people thank us all the time. They come over and shake my hand and tell us how grateful they are that we're doing this.

IN FOUR MONTHS, VOLUNTEERS COLLECTED 22 TONS OF DEBRIS FROM THE HOMES.

NEXT AT 6-CLIP

TEASE ONE-2SHOT-POP

ABC SEVEN DISCOVERS A PROGRAM THAT OFFERS JOB TRAINING FOR FREE.

IT EVENS PAYS FOR CHILDCARE.

WE'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT.

RESIDENT/PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB:

"BUT THIS IS A LESSON AND IT'S A WAKE UP CALL THE WAY I SEE IT."

A FIRE SWEEPS THROUGH A NAPLES BUILDING WITH NO WORKING FIRE DETECTORS.

WHY THE FIRE CHIEF IS GETTING INVOLVED.

" I could stand here and watch it for hours."

A PAIR OF EAGLES DRAWING A CROWD IN DOWNTOWN PUNTA GORDA.

IT'S ROPED OFF, BUT HOW YOU can STILL CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THE SURPRISE INSIDE THE NEST.

MEDICAL CLERK JOB TRAINING-VO-WIPE

A FREE CAREER TRAINING PROGRAM IS NOW AVAILABLE IN LEE COUNTY.

IT'S CALLED THE "MEDICAL OFFICE SKILLS PROGRAM".

THE COURSE WILL TEACH PEOPLE TO WORK THE FRONT DESK AT MEDICAL OFFICES.

IT'S HELD AT HIGH TECH CENTRAL IN FORT MYERS--STARTS IN APRIL--AND LASTS 7 MONTHS.

MEDICAL CLERK JOB TRAINING-SOT-OC

2:27:48-01 "the course covers all expenses. The student pays none of the course--none of the books. We provide supplies and if the student doesn't have childcare we'll pay for childcare during the class."

THE PROGRAM INCLUDES TRAINING IN EVERYTHING FROM MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY TO MEDICAL FRONT OFFICE OPERATIONS.

THERE ARE ONLY 20 PEOPLE IN THE CLASS--AND YOU DO HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.

TOYOTA RECALL LATEST-TCMON

ACCORDING TO REPORTS TOYOTA IS SENDING NEW GAS PEDALS TO CAR FACTORIES IN AN EFFORT TO FIX FAULTY PEDALS.

THE PEDALS ARE NOT GOING TO DEALERSHIPS.

TOYOTA RECALL UPDATE-VOTOPS

MEANWHILE, WE CHECKED TO SEE IF MORE PEOPLE WERE BUSY LOOKING FOR CARS AT OTHER DEALERSHIPS.

ROBERT GALLOWAY, OF SAM GALLOWAY FORD, SAYS HE HAS *NOT* SEEN ANY MAJOR UP TICK IN BUSINESS.

HOWEVER, IF THIS RECALL GOES ON FOR A LONG TIME, HE MAY EXPECT TO SEE MORE PEOPLE BUYING FORDS SIMPLY BECAUSE TOYOTA CANNOT SELL SOME OF THEIR MODELS.

TOYOTA RECALL UPDATE-SOTVO

we're approaching the situation very cautiously, simply because we cannot turn around and retail or wholesale any trade in that's affected by the recall.

FORD IS OFFERING UP TO A ONE-THOUSAND DOLLAR REBATE ON CARS THAT ARE TRADED IN, INCLUDING TOYOTAS.

TEASE TWO-TCMON

THE GOVERNOR REVEALS HOW MUCH HE WANTS TO INCREASE THE STATE'S BUDGET.

IF IT PASSES, FIND OUT WHO WILL BENEFIT THE MOST.

A PAIR OF EAGLES IN PUNTA GORDA IS DRAWING A LOT OF ATTENTION.

A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CHECKING OUT THEIR LATEST ADDITION.

WHERE YOU CAN CATCH A GLIMPSE.

FOR THE BIGGEST STORIES OF THE DAY, HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE.

WEB TEASE-TCMON

WX OPEN-CLIP

WEATHER-RP

TONIGHT.PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS

5 TO 10 MPH.

.SATURDAY.MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT

CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHWEST

WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT.

.SATURDAY NIGHT.MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND

SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL MIDNIGHT.THEN BECOMING

PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE

UPPER 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT.

.SUNDAY.PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS AROUND

70. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT.

.SUNDAY NIGHT.PARTLY CLOUDY UNTIL MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING MOSTLY

CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO

10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT.

.MONDAY.MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.

CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT.

.MONDAY NIGHT.MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID

60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT.

.TUESDAY.MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.

CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT.

.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF

SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND 60. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S NEAR THE COAST

AND IN THE UPPER 70S INLAND. CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT.

.THURSDAY NIGHT.MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE

LOWER 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT.

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

CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30

SMOKE DETECTORS FOR NAPLES APARTMENT-VO-WIPE

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SENIORS TODAY. BACK IN THE CLASSROOM.

BUT THIS IS NO ORDINARY LESSON.

. *THIS IS SMOKE DETECTOR 101.

DOZENS OF NAPLES RESIDENTS SITTING HERE HAVE BEEN FOUND IN VIOLATION OF THE STATE'S FIRE PROTECTION PREVENTION CODE.

LAST MONTH FIRE DESTROYED 10 UNITS AT THE EVERGLADES APARTMENTS IN NAPLES. THE FIRE CHIEF FOUND 58% OF THE UNITS WERE WITHOUT WORKING SMOKE DETECTORS!!!

SMOKE DETECTORS FOR NAPLES APARTMENT-SOTVO

"And we're going to get the word out, we're going to work to educate people in the city that they're required to have the hand-wired smoke detectors."

COPPER THIEF-VO-SS

DEPUTIES SAY A COPPER STEALING SUSPECT WAS CAUGHT IN THE ACT.

IT HAPPENED AT A PUNTA GORDA RECYCLING BUSINESS.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THEY INSTALLED SPECIAL MONITORING EQUIPMENT TO DETECT WHEN SOME ONE WAS INSIDE THE SCRAP YARD.

THEY RECEIVED AN ALERT AND FOUND THIS MAN 29 YEAR OLD BRIAN BEARDMORE.

HE WAS REPORTEDLY HIDING UNDER CARDBOARD BOXES.

DETECTIVES ALSO FOUND A RED BAG WITH STOLEN COPPER ON BEARDMORE.

CAPE CORAL STOLEN PROPERTY-SSTOPS-SS

DEPUTIES GOT THESE ITEMS DURING A ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY LAST NIGHT.

DEPUTIES SAY THE ITEMS WERE STOLEN OUT OF LEE COUNTY IN CAPE CORAL.

THESE TWO MEN WERE ARRESTED FOR POSSESSING DRUGS LIKE OXYCODONE, ROXICODONE, XANAS AND MARIJUANA.

EAGLES IN PUNTA GORDA-POP

A FAMILY OF BALD EAGLES, MAKING ITS HOME IN PUNTA GORDA, IS BECOMING QUITE THE TOURIST ATTRACTION.

THE MOTHER, FATHER, AND EAGLET HAVE ONCE AGAIN BUILT THEIR NEST ABOVE DOWNTOWN.

THE CITY OF PUNTA GORDA ROPED OFF THE AREA SURROUNDING THE EAGLES' NEST ---

EAGLES IN PUNTA GORDA-SOTVO

"well i'm fascinated with it, i''ve learned a lot about eagles."

" I could stand here and watch it for hours."

"neat to see, neat to see parents come back with food for him."

STATE ROAD 82 GROUND BREAKING-VO

A NEW STREET WIDENING PROJECT BREAKS GROUND TODAY IN LEE COUNTY.

STATE ROAD 82 AND MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD WILL BE EXPANDED BETWEEN ORTIZ AND COLONIAL.

THE PROJECT WILL ADD FOUR LANES, NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS, NEW RAMPS AT INTERSTATE 75, AND A NEW DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

RECESSION OVER-ONCAM

NEW EVIDENCE TONIGHT, THAT THE RECESSION MAY BE OVER.

THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT SAYS THE ECONOMY GREW AT A 5-POINT-7 PERCENT ANNUAL RATE FROM OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER.

THAT'S THE SECOND STRAIGHT QUARTERLY GAIN AND THE FASTEST PACE SINCE 2003.

CRIST BUDGET-ONCAM

GOVERNOR CRIST WANTS TO INCREASE STATE SPENDING BY TWO POINT SEVEN BILLION DOLLARS DURING THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR.

A SHORT TIME AGO, THE GOVERNOR UNVEILED HIS MORE THAN 69 BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET RECOMMENDATION.

AN EXTRA 535 MILLION DOLLARS WOULD BE GIVEN TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

ANOTHER 100 MILLION WOULD BE RESERVED FOR UNIVERSITIES.

AND ANOTHER 67 MILLION WOULD BE FOR STATE AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES.

OBAMA AND SCOTT BROWN COUSINS-VO

A GENEALOGIST SAYS THE PRESIDENT AND THE NEWLY-ELECTED SENATOR OF MASSACHUSETTS ARE RELATED!

HERE'S A LOOK AT PRESIDENT OBAMA AND SCOTT BROWN.

A RESEARCHER SAYS BOTH MEN TRACE BACK TO RICHARD SINGLETARY, WHO WAS A TOWN SELECTMAN IN HAVERHILL MASSACHUSETTS IN THE 1650'S.

GENEALOGISTS AT THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY SAY THE CONNECTION THROUGH OBAMA'S AND BROWN'S MOTHERS MAKES THEM TENTH COUSINS.

TEASE THREE-ONCAM

KIDS AT ONE LOCAL SCHOOL GOT A VERY COLORFUL LESSON TODAY.

ABC SEVEN IS THERE AS THE PRINCIPAL GETS A NEW DOO.

SAINTS TO SUPERBOWL-ONCAM

THE SUPER BOWL IS A WEEK FROM SUNDAY.

HARGROVE REAX-SOTTOPS

KURT WARNER-SOTVO

ARIZONA CARDINALS KURT WARNER HANGS UP HIS HELMET.

I'm here to announce my retirement.been 12 unbelievable years, just as

excited about the next 12.

WARNER MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THIS AFTERNOON.

THE 38-YEAR-OLD HAS HAD A STORY BOOK CAREER IN THE NFL.

HE WAS FIRST REJECTED BY THE LEAGUE THEN WENT ON TO BE REVERED AFTER LEADING THE SAINT LOUIS RAMS TO 2 SUPERBOWLS WINNING ONE.

WINTER WINE FESTIVAL KIDS-VO-WIPE

DONORS AT THE NAPLES WINTER WINE FESTIVAL SEE FIRST HAND HOW THEIR MONEY IS HELPING CHILDREN.

TODAY THE DONORS GET TO MEET SOME OF THE 20-THOUSAND KIDS THE FESTIVAL BENEFITS EACH YEAR.

SINCE 2001, THE EVENT HAS RAISED MORE THAN 74 MILLION DOLLARS.

THAT MONEY HELPED MORE THAN 20 CHILDREN'S CHARITIES LAST YEAR.

WINTER WINE FESTIVAL KIDS-SOTVO

it makes a really big difference. You see the kids, you see their progress and it's just something that just touches your heart and you want to give.

HAITI HAIR-NATSVO

ONE THING GUARANTEED TO GET A CAFETERIA FULL OF STUDENTS SCREAMING ---

IT'S NOT THE HUNGARIAN GOULOSH.

THEIR PRINCIPAL --- DYING HIS HAIR THE COLORS OF THE RAINBOW.

DR. LEE BUSH AT CHRISTA MCAULIFFE CHARTER ELEMENTARY IN CAPE CORAL CHALLENGED HIS STUDENTS TO RAISE 2-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR HAITI.

THEY EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS --- BRINGING IN NEARLY 3-THOUSAND.

HAITI HAIR-SOTVO

"i've been taped to the wall, i've kissed pigs, i've slept on roofs, doesn't matter, kids need to see their principal having fun."

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PRINCIPAL BUSH ASKED THE KIDS TO LOOK IN THEIR HOUSE --- IN THEIR CAR SEATS-- ANYWHERE FOR EXTRA CHANGE.

FINAL WEATHER TEASE-2SHOT

TONIGHT AT 7 O'CLOCK-BNC

SENDING THE STIMULUS MONEY INTO SPACE.

NASA GETS A CHUNK OF THE FEDERAL MONEY, FOR A COUPLE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS.

BUT THEY MAY NOT HAVE MUCH TO SHOW FOR IT.

WEATHER TONIGHT-WXGFX

GOODBYE-3SHOT

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