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FMB 4TH OF JULY-VOTOPS-CG

FOURTH OF JULY FESTIVITIES ARE IN FULL EFFECT WHILE THE COUNTDOWN IS ON FOR TONIGHT'S FIREWORKS FINALE.

FORT MYERS BEACH WAS BUSY TODAY WITH LIVE MUSIC AND EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

NAPLES PARADE-VOTOPS-CG

IN NAPLES -- THE PARTY CONTINUES WITH FIREWORKS AT CITY PIER AT NINE O'CLOCK.

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BUT THE CAPE IS WHERE THE BIGGEST PARTY IS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA!

MORE THAN 20 THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED FOR TO PACK CAPE CORAL PARKWAY FOR

THIS YEARS ANNUAL RED WHITE AND BOOM.

ABC 7'S SARA MILES JOINS US LIVE FROM THE BASE OF THE BRIDGE IN WHAT'S ANTICIPATED

RED WHITE & BOOM-REMLIVE

RED WHITE & BOOM-TBA

RED WHITE & BOOM-REMLIVE

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FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TODAY -- BUT J-P -- HOW IS THE FORECAST LOOKING

FIRST WEATHER-WXCTR

HEAT WAVE POWER OUTAGE-OC-SOT-VO WIPE

THOUSANDS IN THE EASTERN U.S. ARE SPENDING THEIR INDEPENDENCE DAY JUST LIKE AMERICA'S FOUNDERS - WITHOUT ELECTRICITY AND AIR CONDITIONING.

"It's 104 degrees up in the shade at our house right now."

MANY WERE FORCED TO SWEAT IT OUT FOR A FIFTH DAY AFTER POWERFUL STORMS PUMMELED SEVERAL STATES.

A WOMAN FROM FLORIDA HAS BECOME THE LATEST FATALITY AS THE DEATH TOLL IS NOW AT 26 AFTER TWO ACCIDENTS IN VIRGINIA.

JACQUELINE GREEN-- A UTILITY WORKER FROM MILTON -- WAS ASSISTING WITH POWER RESTORATION IN VIRGINIA WHEN SHE WAS KILLED IN A TRUCK CRASH.

WESTERN WILDFIRES-VOTOPS

MEANWHILE OUT WEST -- THE BIG CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE WILDFIRES SEVERAL ARE STILL BURNING IN COLORADO.

TODAY FIREFIGHTERS NEAR LOS ANGELES MADE QUICK WORK OF A RAGING BRUSH FIRE IN PALMDALE.

WESTERN WILDFIRES-SOTVO

SOT -- Zachary Dalton/Beech Grove, Indiana Police "It's pretty much going to be a cat and mouse game--especially once the word gets out that it could be a $2500 fine or a B misdemeanor."

PINE MANOR SHOOTING FOLO-OC-SOT-VO WIPE

PINE MANOR SHOOTING FOLO-SOT VO

LOWER GAS PRICES-(2)CG

PRICES AT THE GAS PUMP IS OFFERING A SPECIAL TREAT FOR TRAVELERS THIS HOLIDAY.

PRICES ARE 20 CENTS CHEAPER THAN THE LAST FOURTH OF JULY.

IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA YOU'LL PAY 3-16 ON AVERAGE.

THAT'S SEVEN CENTS CHEAPER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.

COMPARE THAT TO A YEAR AGO WHEN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S AVERAGE WAS 3-51

LOWER GAS PRICES-SOT VO

Take sot-8 sec Betty Hemmingway, resident " I can kinda spend more money toward family stuff like for the holidays, the 4th of July get more fireworks, get more groceries."

BUT MOTORISTS MIGHT FACE ANOTHER HEADACHE- MORE DRIVERS THAN EVER ON THE ROAD.

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TEASE ONE

This is telling us something that is key to the structure of the universe."

UNTIL TODAY -- THE KEY TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIVERSE EXISTED ONLY IN THEORY. NOT ANYMORE.

TZ1 GOD PARTICLE-SOTTOPSVO

FIREWORKS SCROLL-CGTOPS

GOD PARTICLE-ONCAM

IT COULD BE THE DISCOVERY OF OUR LIFETIME!

SCIENTISTS SAY THEY ARE PRETTY SURE THEY HAVE FOUND THE ELUSIVE SO-CALLED GOD PARTICLE--

THE SUB-ATOMIC PARTICLE THAT GIVES EVERY OTHER PARTICLE IN THE UNIVERSE ITS MASS.

GOD PARTICLE-PKG

TO CHEERS AND STANDING OVATIONS -- SCIENTISTS ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING THEY FOUND A NEW SUBATOMIC PARTICLE -- KNOWN AS THE HIGGS-BOSON PARTICLE -- THAT COULD HELP UNLOCK THE MYSTERY OF THE UNIVERSE.

THE TINY PARTICLE IS NAMED AFTER THE 83-YEAR-OLD BRITISH PHYSICIST PETER HIGGS WHO THEORIZED ALMOST 50 YEARS AGO WHY ATOMS, AND EVERYTHING ELSE, HAS WEIGHT.

for me personally it's just the confirmation of something that I did 48 years ago and it's very satisfying to be proved right in some way.

THE HIGGS BOSON IS SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS THE "GOD PARTICLE" BECAUSE IT IS BELIEVED TO GIVE MASS TO *ALL* OTHER PARTICLES, THUS EVERYTHING THAT MAKES UP THE UNIVERSE.

" this is not like other ordinary particles, it really is, we're reaching in to the fabric of the universe at a level we've never done before. This is telling us something that is key to the structure of the universe."

"It may be that we would understand the next secret of the universe; that we would know -- we'd be another step closer to knowing where we came from. We'd be another step closer to understanding the universe itself, which is ultimately quite a mystery to us." 16

DESPITE THE FINDING, SCIENTISTS ARE NOT SAYING THAT THE NEW PARTICLE IS INDEED THE ELUSIVE HIGGS BOSON. THEY ARE ONLY SAYING THAT THE NEW PARTICLE IS "CONSISTENT WITH IT."

THE NEXT STEP WILL BE FOR SCIENTISTS TO DETERMINE THE PRECISE NATURE OF THE PARTICLE AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIVERSE.

sot/ Peter Higgs/ Physicist:31

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TEASE TWO-ONCAM

MORE THAN A WEEK AFTER DRENCHING THE STATE --

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IS *STILL FEELING THE EFFECTS OF DEBBY.

07:04:11 people better be really careful really i mean, because of the low tide

HOW THE STORM IS TAKING A TOLL ON FOR PEOPLE OUT ON THE WATER.

AND AS THE TEMPERATURE RISES OUTSIDE --

DEALS ARE DROPPING TO HELP GET YOU IN SHAPE!

TZ2 MANTANZAS PASS-SOTVO

TZ2 HEALTH CLUB DEALS-VOTOPS

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WEATHER-CLIP

WEATHER-PWC

AFTERNOON STORMS CONTINUE

We had an early start to the expected storms today. Most of the time this signals a fairly quiet evening, which should be good for the fireworks shows around southwest Florida. I can't completely guarantee that there won't be any more rain. But the chances for evening rain is lower when the afternoon storms fire up early. Temperatures will likely be in the lower 80's and upper 70's for fireworks shows and skies will feature passing clouds.

Tomorrow's forecast looks exactly like today. We will start off Thursday with mostly sunny weather and hit 94 in the afternoon. Downpours and storms will develop later in the day and there could be periods of heavy rain and frequent lightning near the storms.

Looking ahead to the weekend, there does not appear to be any significant change in the weather. Each day will be in the 90's and we will track afternoon thunderstorms through the weekend and beyond.

SUMMER HEALTH CLUB DEALS-VO WIPE

IF YOU'RE READY TO JOIN A GYM BUT HAVEN'T GOTTEN AROUND TO IT NOW'S THE TIME!

LOCAL GYMS ARE GIVING SPECIAL DEALS TO TRY AND ATTRACT NEW CUSTOMERS DURING THE SUMMER.

WE CHECKED MANY THROUGHOUT ARE AREA AND FOUND OUT THEY ARE REDUCING OR WAIVING NEW MEMBERS FEES.

THEY SAY IT'S TIME TO ATTRACT CUSTOMERS BECAUSE SEASONAL RESIDENTS ARE GONE AND LESS NEW MEMBERS JOIN IN THE SUMMER.

SUMMER HEALTH CLUB DEALS-(2)SOT VO

05:24:55 AMBER GOODBERRY WORLD GYM

"We have a ten dollar enrollment fee instead of the usual 59."

05:35:02 JEFF FALZONE PLANET FITNESS

"When you're seeing the clientele drop by 50 percent there are less people coming through the door."

WHEN IT COMES TO FINDING YOUR BEST GYM-

IN ADDITION TO COST - TRAINERS SAY CONSIDER WHAT SERVICES YOU'RE LOOKING

MANTANZAS PASS FILLING UP-VO WIPE

BOATERS ON FORT MYERS BEACH SAY THEY'RE STILL FEELING THE AFFECTS OF TROPICAL STORM DEBBY.

SOME SAY THE NORTH END OF MATANZAS PASS -- NEAR BOWDITCH POINT -- BEGAN FILLING IN WITH SAND MONTHS AGO.

THE STORM SEEMS TO HAVE PUSHED SAND FURTHER INTO THE CHANNEL MEANING BOATERS HAVE LESS WATER TO NAVIGATE THROUGH.

MANTANZAS PASS FILLING UP-SOT VO

John Murray, Fort Myers

07:02:05 it was a little shocking i just couldn't believe it was gonna be that shallow that quick even my son and law made the comment, he said god this looks like its awful low 07:02:13:02

FREEDOM SWIM-VO WIPE

IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY - A UNIQUE TRADITION TO CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE DAY.

DECKED OUT IN RED, WHITE AND BLUE, HUNDREDS TURNED OUT FOR THE ANNUAL FREEDOM SWIM.

WITH STORM CLOUDS LOOMING - FOLKS SWAM, CANOED AND BOATED ACROSS THE PEACE RIVER TO FISHERMAN'S VILLAGE IN PUNTA GORDA.

SHERIFF DEPUTIES AND THE COAST GUARD WATCHED ON FOR SAFETY.

FREEDOM SWIM-SOT VO

interview two swimmers together, both from Charlotte County

18.00.35 - 18.00.45

Pamala Staik: "I've never done it before. The Freedom swim is just an event you have to do at least one time in Punta Gorda, so here we go. "

Lorraine Schneeberger: "And this is my 5th time, so let's do it together "

NATURALIZATION CEREMONY-NATS-VO

MORE THAN TWO-DOZEN U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS ARE THE NEWEST CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES.

FIRST 4 SECS OF MUSIC

PRESIDENT OBAMA SPOKE AT THE NATURALIZATION CEREMONY HELD AT THE WHITE HOUSE THIS MORNING.

911 MEMORIAL WOUNDED VETS-VOTOPS

A TOUCHING SIGHT AT THE 9-11 MEMORIAL AT GROUND ZERO ON THIS INDEPENDENCE DAY.

IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE MEMORIAL HAS BEEN OPEN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY.

WOUNDED VETERANS WERE AMONG THE VISTORS TO THE MEMORIAL TODAY.

HOT DOG EATING COMPEITION-VO

IT WOULDN'T BE THE FOURTH OF JULY WITHOUT THE ANNUAL NATHAN'S HOT DOG EATING CONTEST.

FOR A SIXTH STRAIGHT YEAR -- JOEY CHESTNUT ATE HIS WAY THROUGH A PLATE OF 68 HOT DOGS IN TEN MINUTES TO WIN THE COMPETITION.

THE 28-YEAR-OLD TAKES HOME 10-THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THE COVETED MUSTARD YELLOW BELT FOR HIS FIRST PLACE FINISH.

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TZ3 SPORTS-VO-DISS

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RAYS YANKEES-POPMON

RAYS YANKEES-VOTOPS

LIGHTNING-VOTOPS

LET'S KEEP IT IN TAMPA. LAST WEEK THE LIGHTNING AND FLORIDA EVERBLADES RENEWED THEIR RELATIONSHIP. ONCE AGAIN MAKING THE BLADES THE ECHL AFFILIATE OF TAMPA BAY.

LIGHTNING-SOTTOPS

MINNESOTA WILD-VOTOPS

THE MINNESOTA WILD. BROKE OUT THE POCKETBOOK TODAY.

THE WILD SIGNED RYAN SUTER AND ZACH PARISE. TO IDENTICAL CONTRACTS. BOTH GUYS GETTING 98 MILLION DOLLARS OVER 13 YEARS.

WIMBLEDON-POPMON

WIMBLEDON-VOTOPS

MURRY IN A BATTLE WITH DAVID FERERER

BIG POINT HERE IN THE 4TH SET. MARRAY HAMMERS A BACKHAND FOR THE POINT. TO WIN THE GAME.

THEN FOR THE MATCH. GETS THE ACE. MURRAY WINS IN 4 SETS. HE WILL FACE JO-WILFRIED TSONGA IN THE SEMI-FINALS.

TIGER WOODS-VOTOPS

FRESH OFF HIS WIN AT THE AT&T NATIONAL. TIGER WOODS BACK ON THE COURSE THIS WEEK FOR THE GREENBRIER CLASSIC.

TIGER WOODS-SOTTOPS

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