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TONIGHT AT 7!

NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CAPE CORAL.

THERE MAY NOT BE A REFUND TO CUSTOMERS OVERCHARGED FOR UTILITIES.

WE'RE LIVE FROM THE MEETING.

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FIRST WEATHER-RADAR

THE OPPOSITE OF YOUR TYPICAL DAY DURING DRY SEASON.

FIRST ALERT POWER DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS THE SHOWERS MOVING OUT OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AT THIS HOUR-

FIRST WEATHER-STC

TOSS TO ANNE-POP

TONIGHT NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CAPE CORAL BILL BLUNDER -

MORE THAN 100-THOUSAND BILLS, OVERCHARGED CUSTOMERS FOR UTILITIES IN CAPE CORAL.

BUT TONIGHT NBC-2 UNCOVERS, THEY MIGHT *NOT GET A REFUND AFTER ALL.

ANNE IMANUEL IS LIVE AT CITY HALL.

CAPE BILLING BLUNDER FOLO-REM 7 LIVE

HERE INSIDE AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING--

THIS WAS THE FIRST THING BROUGHT UP.

THE CITY MANAGER SAYS THEY WERE HERE ALL WEEKEND TRYING TO SORT THIS OUT.

THE QUESTION IS CAN THIS RESOLUTION OVERRIDE THIS ORDINANCE.

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RESOLUTIONS.

ORDINANCES.

THEY MAY SEEM CONFUSING BUT WHAT'S IN THEM COULD MEAN MONEY IN YOUR POCKET.

*SOT* Deile

"It makes everyone look foolish. Refunds. No refunds. Let's go back read the languge."

THE CITY HAS AN ORDINANCE THAT SAYS IT CAN'T CHARHE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS FOR MORE THAN 10 THOUSAND GALLONS OF SEWER USE.

SOME INTERPRET THIS RESOLUTION TO SUCCESSFULLY MODIFY THAT ORDINANCE-- MEANING THE CITY DID NOT OVERCHARGE AFTER ALL.

*SOT*

"The city atty opinion-- there's nothing in that resolution that the 10 th gallon cap should have been removed."

THAT MEANS CITY STAFFERS ARE STILL WORKING ON REFUNDS.

*SOT*

CAPE BILLING BLUNDER FOLO-REM 7 LIVE

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MOST WANTED ARRESTED-SS

BREAKING NEWS AT 7 -

ONE OF LEE COUNTY'S MOST WANTED IS NOW IN CUSTODY.

DEPUTIES ARRESTED JARVIS JENKINS A SHORT TIME AGO.

AUTHORITIES PUT JENKINS ON THE MOST WANTED LIST IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR.

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I 75 CRASH FOLO-VOWIPE

ON THE CRIMEBEAT-

DEPUTIES ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR 2 ARMED MEN WHO THEY SAY CAUSED A DEADLY CRASH ON I-75.

62 YEAR-OLD MIKE HALL WAS ON HIS WAY HOME FROM A WEEKEND GETAWAY.

DETECTIVES SAY A RED SUV, INVOLVED IN A SHOOTING A FEW MILES AWAY, GOT ONTO THE INTERSTATE, LOST CONTROL AND PLOWED INTO MIKE.

HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.

DETECTIVES SAY 2 MEN INSIDE THE SUV GOT OUT- EACH WITH A GUN- AND TOOK OFF.

I 75 CRASH FOLO-SOTVO

these people go around doing what they do and an innocent man dies for what?

A THIRD MAN IN THE SUV WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE'S IN SERIOUS CONDITION.

JUVENILE ESCAPEES-SS VO

TONIGHT DEPUTIES IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY ARE SEARCHING FOR TWO TEENS WHO ESCAPED FROM A JUVINEILE DETENTION CENTER.

IT HAPPENED AT THE CROSSROADS WILDERNESS CENTER, ON BERMONT ROAD IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY.

INVESTIGATORS SAY 18 YEAR OLD JOE HIX, OF IMMOKALEE, AND 15 YEAR OLD FRED GENTLE OF SARASOTA ESCAPED THROUGH A WINDOW.

PAVEMENT SCHEME-VOWIPE

TONIGHT A WARNING FOR ANYONE WHO OWNS A BUSINESS, OR A HOME.

POLICE SAY TWO CONTRACTORS IN NAPLES OFFERED WHAT *SEEMED* LIKE A GOOD DEAL ON PAVING, BUT LATER TURNED INTO A RIP-OFF.

THE OWNERS OF THE MANGROVE CAFE SAY THE MEN OFFERED TO FIX SOME POTHOLES IN THEIR PARKING LOT FOR 500-DOLLARS.

THE OWNERS CAME BACK A SHORT TIME LATER AND THE WHOLE PARKING LOT WAS PAVED.

AND THEY WERE STUCK WITH A 5-THOUSAND DOLLAR BILL!

PAVEMENT SCHEME-SOTVO

"They are professionals. They are professional thieves. They know what they're doing, they're good at it, they're very good at looking legitimate, sounding legitimate."

NAPLES POLICE SAY PAVING SCAMMERS COULD ALSO BE TARGETING HOMES.

THEIR ADVICE?

ANYONE WHO OFFERS A SERVICE LIKE THIS NEVER COMES AND KNOCKS ON YOUR DOOR.

BAIL BONDSMAN ARREST-SS VO

THE OWNER OF A FORT MYERS BAIL BOND AGENCY IS UNDER ARREST.

STATE INVESTIGATORS SAY ONIL MARTINEZ NEVER RETURNED COLLATERAL TO A CUSTOMER WHO USED HER MORTGAGE TO POST BOND FOR HER HUSBAND.

HE'S ALSO ACCUSED OF STEALING HER COMPUTER, AND TRYING TO EXTORT MONEY FROM HER.

MARTINEZ OWNS "A SECOND CHANCE" BAIL BONDS IN FORT MYERS.

SAN CARLOS MAN SENTENCED-SS

A SAN CARLOS MAN WILL SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON FOR KILLING HIS GIRLFRIEND.

A JUDGE SENTENCED 46-YEAR OLD MARK SCHACK TODAY FOR THE 2008 MURDER OF AMY BOSCARINO.

SCHACK TESTIFIED AT TRAIL THAT HE WAS CLEANING A RIFLE AND PREPARING TO GO TO THE GUN RANGE WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND WHEN THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED.

BUT PROSECUTORS SAY EVIDENCE--

FM HOUSE FIRE-VOTOPS

FIRE GUTS AN ENTIRE HOME IN FORT MYERS.

IT HAPPENED THIS AFTERNOON ON FRANKLIN STREET, JUST OFF OF FOWLER NEAR DOWNTOWN.

2 INSPECTORS WITH THE FORT MYERS FIRE DEPARTMENT JUST HAPPENED TO BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN THEY SAY THEY SAW FLAMES AND SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOUSE.

THE HOUSE IS A COMPLETE LOSS.

TERRY STEWART SIGNS-VO

FORT MYERS BEACH HAS A NEW TOWN MANAGER

THIS MORNING, TERRY STEWART, SIGNED A CONTRACT, PAYING HIM ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR-- WITH AN ANNUAL VEHICLE ALLOWANCE OF 42 HUNDRED DOLLARS.

STEWART HAS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE, BEING THE CITY MANAGER FOR CAPE CORAL.

OBAMA BUDGET-OC SOTVO

TODAY PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SENT CONGRESS A 3-POINT-83 TRILLION DOLLAR BUDGET.

THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET BOOSTS THIS YEAR'S FEDERAL DEFICIT TO A RECORD-BREAKING 1-POINT-56 RILLION DOLLARS.

We won't be able to bring down this deficit overnight given that the recovery is still taking hold and families across the country still need help.we will continue, for example, to do what we need to do to create jobs."

TOYOTA LATEST-VOWIPE

TOYOTA CLAIMS IT HAS FIGURED OUT HOW TO REPAIR THE STICKY GAS PEDALS.

THE PROBLEM LED TO THE RECALL OF MORE THAN FOUR MILLION OF ITS CARS.

THE COMPANY STARTED TRAINING DEALERS AND SHIPPING OUT NEW PARTS TODAY, EXPECTING REPAIRS TO START BY WEEKS' END.

FORT MYERS TOYOTA IS EXPECTING TO RECEIVE THE NECESSARY PARTS BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.

TOYOTA LATEST-SOTVO

"we need them to get their letter in the mail and then call in and we'll know at that point what parts we have on hand and schedule them in accordingly, the last thing we want is for everyone to show up at once and we were only sent 30 parts in the first shipment, because we don't know what we're getting."

FORT MYERS TOYOTA HAS 105 SERVICE STATIONS READY TO HANDLE AN INFLUX OF CUSTOMERS NEEDING THE PEDAL FIX.

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A WARNING TO DRIVERS TONIGHT -

ADDITIONAL RED LIGHT RUNNING CAMERAS ARE BEING INSTALLED IN COLLIER COUNTY.

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TONIGHT, LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS VOTE DOWN A PLAN TO INSTALL RED LIGHT CAMERAS.

AT THE SAME TIME COLLIER COUNTY IS *EXPANDING ITS USE OF THE DEVICES.

ONE FACTOR IN LEE'S DECISION-

RIGHT NOW THE CAMERAS ARE THE FOCUS OF A STATEWIDE LEGAL CHALLENGE.

BUT THAT'S NOT STOPPING COLLIER COUNTY FROM INSTALLING MORE CAMERAS AT BUSY INTERSECTIONS.

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WHETHER YOU LOVE THE CAMERAS-

what's your overall opinion of them? I don't have a problem with them.

OR NEVER WANT TO SEE ONE AGAIN.

find a better way and don't charge the people that much money.

EIGHT MORE RED LIGHT CAMERAS ARE COMING, STARTING TODAY.

FOR THE FIRST TIME, THEY'LL BE INSTALLED AT US-41 AND IMMOKALEE ROAD.

US-41 AND AIRPORT ROAD.

AS WELL AS AIRPORT ROAD AND RADIO ROAD.

ADDITIONAL CAMERAS WILL ALSO GO IN AT US-41 AND PINE RIDGE ROAD.

PINE RIDGE ROAD AND AIRPORT ROAD.

AS WELL AS IMMOKALEE ROAD AND AIRPORT ROAD.

COMMISSIONER DONNA FIALA SAYS THE EXTRA CAMERAS ARE DESIGNED TO KEEP IMPROVING SAFETY.

people were killed there, that's why we went forward with it.

SINCE THE FIRST CAMERAS WERE TURNED ON IN JUNE, NEARLY 20-THOUSAND CITATIONS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN.

BUT 88 PERCENT OF THOSE WERE FOR ILLEGAL RIGHT TURNS ON RED.

FIALA TELLS US THAT'S A FLAW IN THE SYSTEM.

i don't think any of us even thought about giving a ticket on right on a red. Maybe we should adjust that.

SHE'S PUTTING IT ON NEXT WEEK'S COUNTY COMMISSION AGENDA-

HOPING TO HEAR PUBLIC OPINION ON WHAT CHANGES TO MAKE.

there's got to be another way, a better way to do it, I think really.

they need to learn to stop completely before they go.

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A DOG NAMED, "SNOOP" IS COMING TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

NO, NOT THE RAPPER---

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WEATHER-WX WALL

RAIN MOVES OUT TOMORROW

More rain is possible through the evening in southwest Florida. It won't rain everywhere and it won't rain all the time. but there will still be some showers to deal with. Don't let rainy days and Mondays get you down, we will be clearing out by tomorrow afternoon. As the weather system producing the rain moves away from the state tomorrow there could also be a few lingering showers in the morning but they shouldn't last too long.

Temperatures will drop into the mid/lower 60's tonight and we should hit 75 tomorrow afternoon. An area of high pressure will build in by Wednesday and give us very good weather for the rest of the week. Temperatures in the afternoon for the next few days will be between 75 and 80 degrees.

TOXIC DRYWALL SNIFFING DOG-TC MON, VO

WONDERING IF YOU HAVE CHINESE DRYWALL IN YOUR HOME?

IF SO, THIS GERMAN SHEPARD, NAMED "SNOOP," CAN SOON GIVE YOU THE ANSWER.

HE'S ABOUT TO FINISH TRAINING TO BE A CERTIFIED CHINESE DRYWALL SNIFFING POWERHOUSE!

NBC2'S ANNE IMANUEL TRAVELED TO THE FLORIDA CANINE ACADEMY NEAR CLEARWATER---

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*NATS*:01:15:23

"Snoop. Seek. Seek."

FORGET "FETCH"

THIS GERMAN SHEPHERD NAMED "SNOOP"-- LEARNING A TRADE TO HELP SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HOMEOWNERS.

*SOT* Bill Whitstine/ FL Canine Academy 01:04:11 "If we have an odor we want to find, we can use the dogs to find it."

*NATS*

IN THIS TRAINING WHEEL--

NAILS, WOOD, DRYWALL. AND CHINESE DRYWALL.

*NATS*

". Good boy"

SNOOP-- LEARNING TO SNIFF OUT AND ALERT TO THE DEFECTIVE DRYWALL.

*SOT* Bill 01:04:46

"Even if there's, in a house, 200 sheets of regular drywall and one sheet of the Chinese drywall. The dogs can sniff out the drywall and find that."

BILL WHITSTINE'S BEEN TRAINING DOGS FOR 20 YEARS.

FROM DRUGS TO BOMBS. HIS FINDINGS, ACCEPTED IN COURT.

*NATS*

SNOOP-- AMONG THE FIRST DOGS IN THE WORLD NOW LEARNING TO FIND BAD DRYWALL.

*SOT* anne standup 01:11:03

"This training room is equipped with special hinges on the base boards and window sills to hide the drywall in a place it would naturally be found."

*SOT* John Burrows/ Snoop's Owner 43:17

"We're certainly hoping we can fill a void."

SNOOP'S OWNER-- A FORT MYERS CONTRACTOR ADAPTING THE CHANGING NEEDS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HOMEOWNERS.

*SOT* John 40:04

"They want to be able to sleep at night knowing they do or don't have the problem."

AND ABLE TO DO SO-- WITHOUT TEARING UP THEIR WHOLE HOUSE.

SNOOP FINISHES HIS TRAINING IN A FEW WEEKS.

HE ALREADY HAS 10 CLIENTS LINED UP.

*NATS*

"Seek, seek, good boy."

A NOSE THAT KNOWS-- THERE TO OFFER SOME RELIEF TO A GROWING PROBLEM.

ALGENOL FACILITY-VOWIPE

IT'S LEE COUNTY'S TEN MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION.

SHOULD COMMISSIONERS GIVE THAT MONEY TO A COMPANY THAT WANTS TO GROW ALGAE HERE?

THE COMPANY, ALGENOL BIOFUELS, IS A START-UP COMPANY THAT CONVERTS ALGAE INTO ETHANOL. RIGHT NOW THE COMPANY'S OPERATIONS ARE SCATTERED AROUND THE GLOBE. THE COMPANY SAYS IT CAN CREATE AT LEAST, 120 JOBS, ALL WELL ABOVE THE COUNTY'S MEDIAN AVERAGE.

ALGENOL FACILITY-SOTVO

ten million dollars, that's a lot of money, especially during these tough economic times but all I ask is for you to consider what algenol brings to the county.and it is very significant

TOMORROW, COMMISSIONERS WILL VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO APPROVE THE DEAL WITH THE COMPANY.

FL FAMILY SHOOTINGS-VO

THE ARRAIGNMENT FOR THE FLORIDA MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING FOUR OF HIS RELATIVES TO DEATH AT THANKSGIVING DINNER---

IS POSTPONED TO LATER THIS WEEK.

THE HEARING FOR PAUL MERHIGE WAS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY BUT WAS CANCELED.

A TENTATIVE DATE FOR ARRAIGNMENT IS NOW SET FOR THIS FRIDAY.

MERHIGE IS ACCUSED OF KILLING FOUR FAMILY MEMBERS AFTER THANKSGIVING DINNER IN JUPITER.

CRIST HAITI-COPY

GOVERNOR CHARLIE CRIST SAYS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS AGREED TO REIMBURSE THE STATE'S COSTS IN TREATING THE VICTIMS OF HAITI'S EARTHQUAKE.

CRIST ALSO SAID ON TODAY THAT FLORIDA HAS BEEN DESIGNATED ELIGIBLE FOR NATIONAL DISASTER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO COVER THE 10-MILLION-DOLLAR IT HAS ALREADY SPENT, AS WELL AS FUTURE COSTS.

DETAINED AMERICANS HAITI-VOTOPS

TONIGHT NEW VIDEO OF THE TEN AMERICAN MISSIONARIES UNDER ARREST, AND ACCUSED OF CHILD TRAFFICKING IN HAITI.

THE CHURCH MEMBERS, MOSTLY FROM THE STATE OF IDAHO, WERE ARRESTED ALONG HAITI'S BORDER WITH THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

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DWIGHT FREENEY-VOTOPS

COLTS PRO BOWL DEFENSIVE END DWIGHT FREENEY RAMINES QUESTIONABLE FOR SUNDAY'S 6PM KICKOFF.

THE REPORTS HAVE BEEN THAT FREENEY HAS TORN LIGAMENTS IN THE ANKLE.

ANTHONY HARGROVE-ON CAM

PCHS HARGROVE-VOTOPS

SAINTS DEFENSIVE TACKLE ANTHONY HARGROVE IS A GRADUATE FOR PORT CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOL.

WE MADE THE TRIP TO SCHOOL TO TALK TO THOSE THAT WERE AT THE SCHOOL WHEN ANTHONY WAS THE STARTING QUARTERBACK AND BASKETBALL STAND-OUT.

THEY'VE EVEN PUT A VIDEO TOGETHER OF PICTURES AND VIDEOS FROM THE PAST.

THEY REMEMBER HARGROVE AS.

PCHS REAX-SOTVO

DALLAS CRAWFORD-ON CAM

NATIONAL SIGNING DAY IS WEDNESDAY.

WE'LL BE ALL OVER AS THE BEST SENIORS SIGN THEIR NATIONAL LETTERS OF INTENT.

DALLAS CRAWFORD HAS TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR.

BUT THE STANDOUT QUARTERBACK-DEFENSIVE BACK FROM SOUTH FORT MYERS HIGH WAS OFFERED A SCHOLARSHIP TO UNIVERSITY OF IOWA.

CRAWFORD IS BEING RECRUITED BY..

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OBAMA BUDGET-VOTOPS

PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS RELEASED THE THREE-POINT-EIGHT-THREE TRILLION-DOLLAR FEDERAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011.

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TERRY STEWART SIGNS-VOTOPS

FORT MYERS BEACH HAS A NEW TOWN MANAGER

TERRY STEWART, SIGNED A CONTRACT, PAYING HIM ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR-- WITH AN ANNUAL VEHICLE ALLOWANCE OF 42 HUNDRED DOLLARS.

STEWART HAS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE, BEING THE CITY MANAGER FOR CAPE CORAL.

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RED LIGHT CAMERAS-VOTOPS

A WARNING TO DRIVERS, ADDITIONAL RED LIGHT RUNNING CAMERAS ARE BEING INSTALLED IN COLLIER COUNTY, STARTING TODAY.

EIGHT NEW CAMERAS ARE GOING IN THIS MONTH, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER ACROSS THE COUNTY TO TWENTY.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SAY THE ADDITIONS ARE ALL ABOUT IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY.

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TOYOTA LATEST-VOTOPS

TOYOTA CLAIMS IT HAS FIGURED OUT HOW TO REPAIR THE STICKY GAS PEDALS.

THE PROBLEM LED TO THE RECALL OF MORE THAN FOUR MILLION OF ITS CARS.

THE COMPANY STARTED TRAINING DEALERS AND SHIPPING OUT NEW PARTS TODAY, EXPECTING REPAIRS TO START BY WEEKS' END.

FORT MYERS TOYOTA IS EXPECTING TO RECEIVE THE NECESSARY PARTS BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.

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75 CRASH FOLO-VOTOPS

DEPUTIES ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR 2 ARMED MEN WHO THEY SAY CAUSED A DEADLY CRASH ON I-75.

62 YEAR-OLD MIKE HALL WAS ON HIS WAY HOME FROM A WEEKEND GETAWAY.

DETECTIVES SAY A RED SUV, THAT HAD JUST BEEN INVOLVED IN A SHOOTING A FEW MILES AWAY, GOT ONTO THE INTERSTATE, LOST CONTROL AND PLOWED INTO MIKE HALL.

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CAPE BILL BLUNDER FOLO-VOTOPS

TONIGHT NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CAPE CORAL BILL BLUNDER -

WE FIRST TOLD YOU ON FRIDAY THE CITY ADMITS TO OVERCHARGING ON NEARLY 150 THOUSAND UTILITY BILLS SINCE 2005.

NOW WE ARE LEARNING AN UNUSUAL CLAUSE COULD GET THE CITY OFF THE HOOK FOR THE MISTAKE.

THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL HAS AN ORDINANCE THAT OUTLINES IT SHOULDN'T CHARGE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS FOR MORE THAN 10-THOUSAND GALLONS OF SEWER WATER.

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