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DIRECTORS PAGE CHOKING GAME-PKG
BREAKING NEWS-CLIP CHOKING GAME-ONCAM
TOYOTA RECALL-VO PITBULL ATTACK-VO
CAPE COUNCIL-VO-WIPE SHARKS ON THE BEACH-VO
CAPE COUNCIL-SOTVO SODA AND PANCREATIC CANCER-VO-WIPE
SCAM ALERT-VO-WIPE BEER HELPS YOUR BONES-VOTOPS
SCAM ALERT-SOTVO AMERICAN TO CHARGE FOR BLANKETS-ONCAM
70 YEAR OLD CYBER STALKER-VO PALIN PALM-VO
PINE ISLAND CRIME SPREE-VO TEASE TWO-ONCAM
GOLDEN GATE FIRE CHIEF NO CONFIDENCE VOTE-VO-WIPE GAS STATION EXPLOSION-NATSVOTOPS
GOLDEN GATE FIRE CHIEF NO CONFIDENCE VOTE-SOTVO CAPE BUSINESS SECURITY SYSTEM-VO
FM BUDGET SHORTFALL-VO GARY COLEMAN GUILTY-VO-WIPE
GA PLANE CRASH-VO CHARLIE SHEEN-VOTOPS
MURTHA DEATH-VO NORMAN LOVE EXPENSIVE CHOCOLATES-VO-WIPE
HAITI SURVIVOR FOUND-VO-WIPE NORMAN LOVE EXPENSIVE CHOCOLATES-SOTVO
HAITI SURVIVOR FOUND-SOTVOWIPE TEASE THREE-ONCAM
HAITI ARRESTED AMERICANS-VOTOPS STEVIE ON TIGER-ONCAM
MURRAY IN COURT-VO YOUKILIS WORKOUT-VO-WIPE
NEXT AT 11-CLIP YOUKILIS WORKOUT-SOTVO
TEASE ONE-ONCAM FL DEER INTO HOTEL-VO
WX OPEN-CLIP SAINTS RETURN-VO
WEATHER-RP BEST SUPERBOWL ADS-CGRVL
SEVEN DAY FORECAST-SEVENDAY WEATHER RECAP-WXGRX
LIVE FLORIDA LOTTERY DRAWING-SATLIVE CLOSE 11PM-3SHOT
CHOKING GAME-ONCAM  


DIRECTORS PAGE


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BREAKING NEWS-CLIP


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TOYOTA RECALL-VO


BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT FROM TOYOTA.

THE CARMAKER IS RECALLING THEIR NEW PRIUS IN JAPAN FOR BRAKE PROBLEMS.

THEY ARE RECALLING THE CARS THAT WENT ON SALE LAST YEAR.

THE RECALL WILL INCLUDE TWO OTHER HYBRID MODELS - THE LEXUS

HS250H SEDAN AND THE SAI, WHICH IS SOLD ONLY IN JAPAN.

NO WORD TONIGHT ON WHEN THE US VEHICLES WILL BE RECALLED. Return to index of stories...


CAPE COUNCIL-VO-WIPE


CAPE CORAL HOMEOWNERS ARE FED UP WITH THE CHINESE DRYWALL PROBLEMS AND NOW THEY WANT THE CITY GOVERNMENT TO GO AFTER THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS FOR HELP.

THE CITY IS LISTENING AND THEY APPROVED A MEASURE AT TONIGHT'S COUNCIL MEETING.

THEY ESSENTIALLY WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO TREAT THE TOXIC DRYWALL ISSUE LIKE A NATURAL DISASTER.

TONIGHT CITY COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO ASK GOVERNOR CHARLIE CRIST FOR ANY STATE EMERGENCY FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR HOMEOWNERS WHO'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH IMPORTED DRYWALL.

THEY'RE ALSO ASKING THE GOVERNOR TO PETITION PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR FEMA FUNDS.

HOMEOWNERS ARE REJOICING. Return to index of stories...


CAPE COUNCIL-SOTVO


Richard Kampf

Homeowner

"This is just another step in the direction of joining other cities across florida to make this resolution happen and to declare this problem is an emergency just like it would be for a hurricane."

HOMEOWNERS WITH THE DEFECTIVE DRYWALL -- PRIMARILY IMPORTED FROM CHINA -- HAVE COMPLAINED THAT IT CORRODES METAL IN THEIR HOMES.

SOME BELIEVE IT'S CAUSED HEALTH PROBLEMS INCLUDING RASHES AND RESPIRATORY ISSUES. Return to index of stories...


SCAM ALERT-VO-WIPE


ALL NEW AT 11, THIEVES PREYING ON THE ELDERLY BY POSING AS SOMEONE DEAR TO THEIR HEARTS.

THE LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS WARNING GRANDPARENTS, BE CAREFUL WHO YOU SEND MONEY TO.

STACEY PAYNE AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS SHE IS SEEING AN UP-TICK IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE CALLING AND REPORTING THE GRANDPARENT SCAM.

THAT'S WHEN A THIEF CALLS YOU, PRETENDING TO BE YOUR GRANDCHILD.

THE SCAMMER THEN SAYS HE OR SHE IS IN TROUBLE AND NEEDS CASH FAST. Return to index of stories...


SCAM ALERT-SOTVO


3:54 if they get a call supposedly from their grandchild--call their grand child--call the number that have for their grand child and check it out.

PAYNE SAYS A 92-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER FELL FOR THE SCAM JUST LAST WEEK.

THE 92 YEAR-OLD WIRED MORE THAN FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS TO CANADA BEFORE SHE REALIZED SHE WAS SCAMMED. Return to index of stories...


70 YEAR OLD CYBER STALKER-VO


A 70 YEAR OLD MAN IS CHARGED WITH CYBER STALKING A 16 YEAR OLD CHARLOTTE COUNTY GIRL.

BUT WHAT MAKES THIS STORY EVEN MORE ALARMING, IS WHERE THE TWO MET.

THE VICTIM TELLS DEPUTIES SHE MET HER ALLEGED STALKER, JOSEPH MEDICO AT CHURCH WHILE VOLUNTEERING.

THE TEEN SAYS MEDICO ASKED HER TO DINNER THEN OVER TO HIS HOUSE TO DISCUSS VOLUNTEERING.

BUT THE 70 YEAR OLD JUST WOULDN'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER.

DEPUTIES SAY MEDICO CALLED THE 16 YEAR OLD AT LEAST THREE TIMES THE DAY HE MET HER, THEN SEVERAL MORE TIMES IN THE FOLLOWING DAYS. Return to index of stories...


PINE ISLAND CRIME SPREE-VO


BURGLARS BREAK-IN A PINE ISLAND BUSINESS AND ONLY LEAVE WITH A BUCK!

THE THING IS, IT WAS SENTIMENTAL IN VALUE TO APRIL COLLINS, THE OWNER OF APRIL'S ISLAND SALON.

IT WAS THE FIRST DOLLAR SHE MADE WHEN SHE OPENED HER SHOP BACK IN OCTOBER. IT EVEN HAD A GOOD LUCK MESSAGE ON IT AND WAS SIGNED.

THE THIEVES BROKE IN THROUGH A WINDOW ON THE SIDE OF THE SHOP.

TWO NEIGHBORING BUSINESSES WERE ALSO BROKEN-INTO BUT NOTHING WAS TAKEN. Return to index of stories...


GOLDEN GATE FIRE CHIEF NO CONFIDENCE VOTE-VO-WIPE


THE GOLDEN GATE FIRE CHIEF IS IN THE HOT SEAT TONIGHT.

A LETTER FROM THE GOLDEN GATE FIRE FIGHTERS UNION PRESIDENT GIVES CHIEF ROBERT METZGER A UNANIMOUS VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE.

FIRE FIGHTERS ACCUSE THE CHIEF AND HIS ASSISTANT OF LACKING INTEGRITY AND PROFESSIONALISM.

THE LETTER GOES ON TO SAY THEIR LEADERSHIP PLACES THE PUBLIC, THE DISTRICT, AND ITS FIREFIGHTERS AT RISK.

THE CHIEF CALLS THAT CLAIM ABSURD AND SAYS THE LETTER LACKS SPECIFICS IN THE COMPLAINTS AGAINST HIM. Return to index of stories...


GOLDEN GATE FIRE CHIEF NO CONFIDENCE VOTE-SOTVO


i do take great exception to the allegations that I lack integrity or professionalism. great exception.

THE UNION PRESIDENT DIDN'T RESPOND TO OUR REQUESTS FOR AN INTERVIEW, BUT THE CHIEF EXPECTS THEM TO CALL FOR HIS JOB.

IT WILL LIKELY BE TAKEN UP AT WEDNESDAY'S FIRE COMMISSION MEETING. Return to index of stories...


FM BUDGET SHORTFALL-VO


4 MONTHS AFTER THEY APPROVED ONE OF THE TOUGHEST BUDGETS IN RECENT HISTORY FORT MYERS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE LOOKING AT ANOTHER DIRE YEAR.

TODAY COUNCIL MEMBERS GOT THEIR FIRST LOOK AT THE 2011 BUDGET.

IT INCLUDES AN EXPECTED $16 MILLION DOLLAR SHORTFALL.

THE DROP, WHILE $2 MILLION LESS THAN LAST YEAR, TAKES INTO ACCOUNT AN ADDITIONAL 10 PERCENT DROP IN PROPERTY TAX VALUE.

AS A RESULT, CITY LEADERS WILL BE FACED WITH OPTIONS THAT RANGE FROM DIPPING INTO CITY SAVINGS, FURLOUGHS, SHORTER WORK WEEKS AND 5 PERCENT SALARY CUTS. Return to index of stories...


GA PLANE CRASH-VO


A PILOT DIES IN A GEORGIA PLANE CRASH.

IT HAPPENED IN GWINNETT COUNTY.

ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS THE PLANE CLIPPED THE TREE BEHIND A HOUSE AFTER TAKE-OFF.

NO HOUSES WERE HIT.

THREE OTHERS WERE ON THE PLANE AND SURVIVED.

THE NAMES OF THE VICTIMS HAVE NOT YET BEEN RELEASED. Return to index of stories...


MURTHA DEATH-VO


NEW DETAILS TONIGHT IN THE DEATH OF US CONGRESSMAN JOHN MURTHA.

CNN REPORTS REPRESENTATIVE MURTHA DIED AFTER DOCTORS NICKED HIS INTESTINES WHILE RECENTLY UNDERGOING GALLBLADDER SURGERY.

THE SURGERY WAS CONSIDERED ROUTINE AND MINIMALLY INVASIVE.

MURTHA REPRESENTED PENNSYLVANIA'S 12TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT SINCE 1974.

HE WAS 77 YEARS OLD. Return to index of stories...


HAITI SURVIVOR FOUND-VO-WIPE


TWENTY EIGHT DAYS AFTER THAT DEVESTATING EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI--

A SURVIVOR IS PULLED FROM THE RUBBLE.

WE'RE GETTING THE FIRST PICTURES TONIGHT OF 28-YEAR EVAN MUNCIE.

HE WAS FOUND IN THE WRECKAGE OF A MARKET IN PORT-AU-PRINCE WHERE HE SOLD RICE.

ALTHOUGH HE TOLD DOCTORS SOMEONE BROUGHT HIM WATER WHILE HE WAS TRAPPED--

TONIGHT DOCTORS ARE SAYING MUNCIE APPEARS TO BE DISORIENTED. Return to index of stories...


HAITI SURVIVOR FOUND-SOTVOWIPE


Dr. Mike Connelly/University of Miami, Project Medshare: "He was emaciated. He hadn't had anything in quite some time. He had open wounds that were festering on both of his feet. The story that we have been told is that he was actually trapped under the rubble market place and they were digging through that when they heard him. 17:55:19

SHORTLY AFTER BEING FOUND--

MUNCIE HAD TO BE RESUCIATED.

HE'S STILL BEING TREATED TONIGHT.

OVER 200,000 PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN THE 7.0 EARTHQUAKE DESTROYED THE HAITIAN CAPITAL.

THE CARIBBEAN NATION CALLED OFF ALL SURVIVOR SEARCHES ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. Return to index of stories...


HAITI ARRESTED AMERICANS-VOTOPS


WE'RE GETTING NEW VIDEO TONIGHT OF THE TEN AMERICANS CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING IN HAITI.

THEY'RE ACCUSED OF TRYING TO TAKE 33 HAITIAN ORPHANS OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

TONIGHT WE'RE LEARNING THEY DID HAVE AUTHORIZATION FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO BRING THE CHILDREN ACROSS THE BORDER.

THE BAPTIST MISSIONARIES FROM IDAHO ARE SCHEDULED FOR ANOTHER HEARING TOMORROW. Return to index of stories...


MURRAY IN COURT-VO


MICHAEL JACKSON'S DOCTOR IS OUT ON BOND TONIGHT.

AFTER BEING CHARGED WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IN CONNECTION WITH THE POP STARS DEATH.

IN COURT TODAY DOCTOR CONRAD MURRAY ENTERED A NOT GUILTY PLEA.

HE WAS BOOKED AND RELEASED AFTER POSTING 75-THOUSAND DOLLARS BAIL.

PROSECUTORS SAY MURRAY GAVE JACKSON A POWERFUL ANESTHETIC CALLED PROPOFOL

BEFORE HIS DEATH.

IF CONVICTED THE DOCTOR COULD FACE UP TO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON. Return to index of stories...


NEXT AT 11-CLIP


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TEASE ONE-ONCAM


PARENTS, A NEW SURVEY REVEALS WHAT YOUR CHILDREN KNOW ABOUT A DEADLY GAME.

"They tried to tell me I tried to commit suicide. And I was like, 'No, no, no. no.'"

IT'S CALLED THE CHOKING GAME OR SUFFOCATION ROULETTE.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT.

A DEADLY SHARK ATTACK IS KEEPING PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE BEACH.

SHARKS ARE STILL BEING SPOTTED OFF FLORIDA'S OTHER COAST. Return to index of stories...


WX OPEN-CLIP


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WEATHER-RP


TONIGHT.PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 50. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND

5 MPH.

.TUESDAY.PARTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING MOSTLY

CLOUDY. BECOMING BREEZY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE

MORNING.THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS AROUND

70 NEAR THE COAST AND IN THE MID 70S INLAND. SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO

15 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE

AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT.

.TUESDAY NIGHT.MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN BECOMING

PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. LOWS

AROUND 50. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST

AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT.

.WEDNESDAY.MOSTLY SUNNY.BREEZY AND COOLER. HIGHS IN THE LOWER

60S. NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT.MOSTLY CLEAR. COLDER. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S

NEAR THE COAST AND IN THE UPPER 30S INLAND. NORTH WINDS 5 TO

10 MPH.

.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID

60S. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.

.FRIDAY.MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.

HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT.

.FRIDAY NIGHT.MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE

EVENING.THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS

AROUND 50. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT.

.SATURDAY.PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS IN THE

MID 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT.

.SATURDAY NIGHT.PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN CLEARING.

LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S NEAR THE COAST AND IN THE LOWER 40S INLAND.

.SUNDAY.MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.

.SUNDAY NIGHT AND PRESIDENTS DAY.PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE

LOWER 50S NEAR THE COAST AND IN THE MID 40S INLAND. HIGHS IN THE

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SEVEN DAY FORECAST-SEVENDAY


HERE IS A LOOK AT YOUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST.

IT'S 11:15 AND TIME FOR TONIGHT'S FLORIDA LOTTERY DRAWING.

GOOD LUCK. FROM ALL OF US HERE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S OFFICIAL LOTTERY STATION - ABC7! Return to index of stories...


LIVE FLORIDA LOTTERY DRAWING-SATLIVE


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CHOKING GAME-ONCAM


NOW TO STARTLING NEW INFORMATION ON THE SO-CALLED "CHOKING GAME".

WE'VE TOLD YOU ABOUT IT IN THE PAST.

SOMEONE CHOKES THEMSELVES, ON PURPOSE TO TEMPORARILY PASS OUT.

NOW SHOCKING NEW RESEARCH SHOWS 30-PERCENT OF KIDS KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS DONE IT. Return to index of stories...


CHOKING GAME-PKG


"I'm a rare case of people who survived, the other kids who survive are vegetables, and you don't want to be that."

THIS WAS LEVI DRAHER THREE YEARS AGO -- RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL IN A COMA.

HIS MOTHER FOUND HIM - BLUE - COLD TO THE TOUCH - WITH BRUISES AROUND HIS NECK.

"There were no life signs."

Lee: "He was dead?"

A: "Yes."

MIRACULOUSLY, LEVI'S BRAIN DIDN'T DIE. HE CAME BACK.

"They tried to tell me I tried to commit suicide. And I was like, 'No, no, no. no.'"

INSTEAD, LEVI ADMITTED THAT HE'D BEEN PLAYING THE CHOKING GAME - MORE APTLY NAMED, SUFFOCATION ROULETTE.

PLAYERS INTENTIONALLY STRANGLE THEMSELVES FOR WHAT THEY DESCRIBE AS A VERY BRIEF SENSE OF EUPHORIA.

LEVI - AND HIS FRIENDS - THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE.

SOT Carrie Draher/Mother 1:01 - 1:08

"He says, 'Mom, it's just passing out. It's just fainting.' I've never seen anybody faint that didn't get up."

IT CAN BE A DEADLY MISCONCEPTION.

SOT Ken Tork/Father 1:11 - 1:15

"I wanna see my boy, I wanna run my fingers through his hair."

KEN TORK'S 15 YEAR OLD SON, KEVIN, PLAYED THE CHOKING GAME - AND LOST.

THE CDC JUST CONDUCTED ITS FIRST LARGE-SCALE SURVEY. 10,000 EIGHTH GRADERS WERE ASKED ABOUT THE CHOKING GAME. 36 PERCENT SAID THEY HAD HEARD OF IT. 1 IN 15 SAID THEY'D TRIED IT."

"We as parents owe it to other parents not to let them have to go through this. If it's in our power to stop it. We owe it them to stop it." Return to index of stories...


CHOKING GAME-ONCAM


SO WHO IS AT RISK WITH THIS DEADLY GAME?

ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL 87 PERCENT OF VICTIMS ARE BOYS.

MOST OF THE CHILDREN WHO DIE ARE BETWEEN 11-16 YEARS OLD.

AND NEARLY ALL OF THE CHILDREN WHO DIED WERE PLAYING THE GAME ALONE. Return to index of stories...


PITBULL ATTACK-VO


A CENTRAL FLORIDA BOY IS IN THE HOSPITAL WITH BITES TO HIS FACE FROM A PIT BULL ATTACK.

IT HAPPENED IN ORLANDO.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THE THREE-YEAR-OLD WAS OUTSIDE PLAYING IN HIS YARD THIS MORNING WHEN A STRAY DOG ATTACKED HIM.

BOTH HIS PARENTS REPORTEDLY TRIED TO PULL THE BOY FREE. THEY WERE FINALLY ABLE TO PULL HIM AWAY.

WHEN POLICE ARRIVED THEY SAY THE ANIMAL CHARGED AT THEM SO THEY SHOT AND KILLED IT.

TONIGHT INVESTIGATORS ARE SEARCHING FOR THE DOG'S OWNER. Return to index of stories...


SHARKS ON THE BEACH-VO


SHARKS KEEP SHOWING UP OFF BEACHES ON FLORIDA'S EAST COAST.

IN THE WAKE OF A FATAL SHARK ATTACK JUST LAST WEEK MANY VISITORS ARE BECOMING A LITTLE WARY OF THE WATER.

CAMERAS CAUGHT A FISHERMAN PULLING SHARKS OUT THE WATER AFTER REELING IN HIS LINE ON RIVERIA BEACH.

THE FISHERMAN WAS NOT TRYING TO CATCH THE FISH BUT MANAGED TO PULL FOUR DURING HIS VISIT.

HE RELEASED THE SHHARKS RIGHT AWAY.

LIFE GUARDS IN THE AREA HAVE PUT UP A DOUBLE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE AREA. Return to index of stories...


SODA AND PANCREATIC CANCER-VO-WIPE


THAT GLASS OF SODA COULD BE LINKED TO A RISING FORM OF CANCER.

NEW RESEARCH SHOWS A CONNECTION BETWEEN PANCREATIC CANCER AND SODA CONSUMPTION.

DOCTORS FOLLOWED MORE THAN 60 THOUSAND PEOPLE LIVING IN SINGAPORE FOR A DECADE AND FOUND THAT THOSE WHO DRANK TWO OR MORE SOFT DRINKS PER WEEK HAD AN 87 PERCENT INCREASED CHANCE OF DEVELOPING PANCREATIC CANCER.

SCIENTISTS SAY THE EXCESS SUGAR IN SODA TRIGGERS GREATER INSULIN RELEASE WHICH MAY STIMULATE CANCER CELLS. Return to index of stories...


BEER HELPS YOUR BONES-VOTOPS


IT APPEARS BEER COULD HELP MAKE YOUR BONES STRONGER.

NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT BEER IS A SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF DIETARY SILICON -- WHICH INCREASES BONE MINERAL DENSITY.

THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF SILICON WERE FOUND IN HOPS AND IN THE HUSK OF THE BARLEY -- SO BEERS WITH GREATER AMOUNTS OF BARLEY AND HOPS HAD THE BIGGEST BONE BENEFIT. Return to index of stories...


AMERICAN TO CHARGE FOR BLANKETS-ONCAM


IF YOU WANT A PILLOW AND BLANKET IN COACH ON AMERICAN AIRLINES, IT'S GOING TO COST YOU.

THE AIRLINE WILL CHARGE $8 FOR A PILLOW AND BLANKET IN COACH CLASS FOR DOMESTIC TRIPS AND SOME INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS LONGER THAN TWO HOURS, BEGINNING MAY 1.

THE AIRLINE WILL REPORTEDLY SELL A FLEECE BLANKET WITH AN INFLATABLE NECK PILLOW AND WILL THROW IN A COUPON FOR $10 OFF A $30 PURCHASE AT BED, BATH AND BEYOND. Return to index of stories...


PALIN PALM-VO


NOTE TO SELF -- DON'T SHOW YOUR PALM TO THE CAMERAS IF YOU HAVE NOTES SCRIBBLED ON IT.

SARAH PALIN IS TAKING HEAT FOR DOING JUST THAT AT THE TEA PARTY CONVENTION IN TENNESSEE THIS WEEKEND.

SHE WAS WAS PHOTOGRAPHED DELIVERING A SPEECH WITH THE WORDS "ENERGY" AND "TAX CUTS" WRITTEN ON HER PALM -- AND SHE'S SEEN LOOKING AT HER PALM DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ORGANIZER OF THE EVENT.

IT WAS IRONIC BECAUSE PALIN HAD CRITICIZED PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR USING A TELEPROMPTER WHEN HE DELIVERS SPEECHES.

BUT, PALIN SHOWED HER SENSE OF HUMOR SUNDAY -- DURING A CAMPAIGN STOP WITH GOVERNOR RICK PERRY OF TEXAS -- SHE HELD UP HER HAND AND THE WORDS "HI MOM" WERE WRITTEN ON HER PALM. Return to index of stories...


TEASE TWO-ONCAM


WITH VALENTINE'S DAY AROUND THE CORNER, FIND OUT WHERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA YOU CAN PICK UP A 10 THOUSAND DOLLAR BOX OF CHOCLATES.

AMAZING VIDEO OUT OF WASHINGTON STATE.

A GAS STATION EXPLODES. Return to index of stories...


GAS STATION EXPLOSION-NATSVOTOPS


the roof's on fire dude!

A GAS STATION ENGULFED IN FLAMES.

THIS HAPPENING IN TACOMA WASHINGTON.

AN EYEWITNESS VIDEOTAPED IT.

NOT ONLY DID THE GAS STATION BURN--

A GAS PUMP AND A CAR BURST INTO FLAMES.

WITNESSES SAY THEY COULD FEEL THE HEAT A HALF BLOCK AWAY.

FIREFIGHTERS STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSED IT. Return to index of stories...


CAPE BUSINESS SECURITY SYSTEM-VO


CAPE CORAL POLICE HAVE A NEW WAY TO HELP STOP CRIME.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS TRYING OUT A NEW SECURITY SYSTEM ON ONE BUSINESS IN CAPE CORAL.

IT HAS A CENSOR THAT DETECTS MOTION AT NIGHT IN THE BACK.

SO IF ANYONE MOVES AROUND, THE STROBE LIGHT ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING WILL START BLINKING.

IF A PATROL CAR GOES BY AND THE OFFICER SEES THE LIGHT BLINKING, THEN THEY KNOW TO CHECK BEHIND IN THE ALLEY TO SEE IF SOMEONE IS THERE.

THE PROGRAM IS ABOUT A MONTH OLD.

CAPE POLICE SAY THEY WOULD LIKE PARTICIPATION FROM OTHER BUSINESSES. Return to index of stories...


GARY COLEMAN GUILTY-VO-WIPE


HE'S KNOWN AS THE SMART MOUTH KID ON THE SITCOM DIFFERENT STROKES--

TONIGHT GARY COLEMAN IS DEALING WITH A STIFF REALITY.

TODAY HE PLEADED GUILTY TO CRIMINAL MISCHIEF--

IT ALL STEMS FROM A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT.

THE ORIGINAL CHARGE WAS DROPPED.

COLEMAN'S LAWYER SAYS THE ACTOR AND HIS WIFE HAD AN ARGUMENT LAST APRIL THAT GOT OUT OF HAND.

COLEMAN HAS TO COMPLETE A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COURSE AND PAY A FINE OF 595-DOLLARS.

IF HE DOESN'T, HE'S OFF TO JAIL FOR 31 DAYS. Return to index of stories...


CHARLIE SHEEN-VOTOPS


ACTOR CHARLIE SHEEN AND HIS WIFE MADE AN APPEARANCE IN A COLORADO COURTROOM.

HE'S ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING HIS WFE AND FACES THREE CHARGES.

HE DID NOT ENTER A PLEA TODAY.

BUT THE JUDGE ALLOWED THE COUPLE TO MODIFY A PROTECTIVE ORDER.

THEIR LAWYERS SAY THEY WANT TO RECONCILE.

THE STAR OF TWO AND A HALF MEN WAS ARRESTED ON CHRISTMAS DAY--

ACCUSED OF HOLDING A KNIFE TO HIS WIFE'S THROAT.

SHEEN DENIES THREATENING HIS WIFE. Return to index of stories...


NORMAN LOVE EXPENSIVE CHOCOLATES-VO-WIPE


VALENTINE'S DAY IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND WE'VE FOUND SOME WAYS TO HELP MAKE YOUR SWEETHEART HAPPY.

NORMAN LOVE CHOCOLATE HAS TEAMED UP WITH MARK LOREN DESIGNS FOR A 10-THOUSAND DOLLAR BOX OF CHOCOLATES!

WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT THE CHOCOLATES?

THEY'LL TELL YOU IT'S A UNIQUE KIND OF CHOCOLATE THAT MAKES IT WORTH THE PRICE, BUT IT ALSO COMES WITH A UNIQUE DIAMOND RING.

THE DIAMOND DISTRICT ALSO HAS A HERSHEY'S KISS PENDANT THAT RANGES FROM 1 TO 3-THOUSAND DOLLARS. Return to index of stories...


NORMAN LOVE EXPENSIVE CHOCOLATES-SOTVO


"It's an exclusive gift, very affordable gift, you know, they're not all $10,000.

RETAILERS ARE HOPING FOR A GOOD VALENTINE'S DAY.

NEW NUMBERS SHOW THAT DIAMOND SHOPPING IS DOWN, BUT THE MARKET FOR CANDIES AND OTHER VALENTINE'S TREATS IS STILL HOLDING STEADY. Return to index of stories...


TEASE THREE-ONCAM


TIGER WOODS' CADDIE PUTS AN END TO RUMORS OF TIGER'S RETURN.

FIND OUT WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.

A FLORIDA HOTEL GETS AN UNEXPECTED GUEST.

HOW IT WAS ABLE TO CHECK OUT. Return to index of stories...


STEVIE ON TIGER-ONCAM


TIGER WOODS FRIEND AND LONG-TIME CADDY SAYS DON'T EXPECT HIM ON THE GREENS DESPITE REPORTS FROM AN AUSTRALIAN NEWS PAPER LAST WEEK.

STEVE WILLIAMS DENIES THAT THE GOLFER WILL RETURN TO PLAY AT THE ACCENTURE WORLD MATCH PLAY IN A FEW WEEKS. Return to index of stories...


YOUKILIS WORKOUT-VO-WIPE


THE TWINS FIRST FULL SQUAD WORKOUT IS THE 27TH.

THE RED SOX IS NOT UNTIL THE 24TH.

YET THERE WERE A BUNCH OF GUYS, MOST OF THEM RED SOX MINOR LEAGUERS WORKING OUT THIS MORNING OVER AT THE COMPLEX IN FORT MYERS.

BUT AMONG THEM, RED SOX ALL-STAR KEVIN YOUKILIS.

HE PLAYED CATCH WITH RED SOX PITCHER MANNY DELCARMEN.

THEN YOUK LEAD-OFF THE BATTING PRACTICE SESSION.

FOR THE RED SOX TO GET BACK TO THE PLAYOFFS STAYING HEALTHY ALL-SEASON WILL BE KEY. Return to index of stories...


YOUKILIS WORKOUT-SOTVO


YOUKILIS TALKED ABOUT THE ADDITIONS AND SUBTRACTIONS TO THE RED SOX LINE-UP FROM LAST SEASON TO THIS YEAR.

WE'VE PUT AN EXTENDED VERSION OF THE INTERVIEW WITH THE RED SOX ALL-STAR ON OUR WEBSITE AT ABC DASH SEVEN DOT COM. Return to index of stories...


FL DEER INTO HOTEL-VO


A PENSACOLA HOTEL GETS A PRETTY WILD GUEST.

CHECK IT OUT!

EMPLOYEES OF THE HOTEL SAY THEY HEARD A NOISE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN SAW THIS VISITOR A YOUNG DEER.

THE DEER REPORTEDLY RAN THROUGH THE GLASS OF THE FRONT DOOR SCRAMBLED AROUND THE LOBBY AND THEN DID A SERIOUS LEAP OVER THE COUNTER.

FORTUNATELY THE ANIMAL DID NOT HURT ANYONE OR ITSELF AND ENDED UP LEAPING OUT OF A HALLWAY WINDOW TO FREEDOM. Return to index of stories...


SAINTS RETURN-VO


THE SAINTS ARE BACK IN NEW ORLEANS TONIGHT.

THE TEAM IS BACK HOME IN THE "WHO DAT CITY" AFTER THEIR 31-17 VICTORY OVER THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS LAST NIGHT.

THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS PLANS TO OFFICIALLY WELCOME THE SAINTS HOME ON TUESDAY EVENING WITH A PARADE THROUGH THE CITY AND AT THE SUPERDOME. Return to index of stories...


BEST SUPERBOWL ADS-CGRVL


SO WHICH SUPERBOWL COMMERCIAL TOPS THE LIST THIS YEAR.

TONIGHT WE BREAK DOWN THE TOP 5.

NUMBER 5 ANHEUSER BUSCH "STRANDED" CASTAWAYS FIND RELIEF IN A COOLER OF BUD LIGHT.

NUMBER 4 KIA "JOYRIDE" CHARACTERS FROM KIDS TV SHOW "YO GABBA GABBA" DAYDREAM ABOUT A KIA.

NUMBER 3 ANHEUSER BUSCH "ASTEROID" ASTRONOMERS PARTY AS METEOR HURDLES TOWARD EARTH.

NUMBER 2 SNICKERS "PICK-UP GAME" BETTY WHITE SHOWS THE EFFECTS OF HUNGER IN A FOOTBALL GAME.

AND THE NUMBER ONE AD GOES TO ANHEUSER BUSCH "FENCE" WHERE A STEER CRASHES THROUGH A FENCE TO BE WITH HIS CLYDESDALE FRIEND.

THE LIST WAS COMPILED BY ONLINE RESEARCHER SPOTBOWL.COM Return to index of stories...


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THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA. Return to index of stories...


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