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all we seen was sparks flying and people ducking
CAUGHT ON TAPE AND TONIGHT IN POLICE CUSTODY--
THE MAN WHO OPENED FIRE ON AN ALABAMA BAR SURRENDERS TO AUTHORITIES.
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The pins were identical, this all pointed towards something which was deliberate and meant to harm.
IT'S THE STORY THAT HAS EVERYONE TALKING AND WONDERING HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
TONIGHT THE FBI IS ON THE CASE--
TRACKING DOWN HOW NEEDLES ENDED UP IN TURKEY SANDWICHES ON MULTIPLE DELTA FLIGHTS.
SIX YEAR OLDS WANT TO BE SEXY--
ABC FINDS OUT WHAT'S CAUSING THE ALARMING TREND.
AND HAVE YOU SEEN THIS VIDEO YET--
A LITTLE GIRL WHO PLUNGES 30 FEET--
THE GOOD SAMARITAN WHO BROKE HER FALL.
WEATHER IS COMING UP.
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"I'd like to report to the media and to the public that we do have a suspect in custody at this time
A GUNMAN IS CAUGHT ON TAPE CARRYING A MILITARY ASSAULT RIFLE.
AUTHORITIES SAY HE STOOD OUTSIDE OF A BAR NEAR THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AND OPENED FIRE ON THOSE INSIDE INJURING MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE.ONE CRITICALLY.
TONIGHT, THAT MAN IS IN CUSTODY.
ABC'S T-J WINICK TELLS US HOW THEY FOUND THE SHOOTER.
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Surveillance video released this morning shows the man authorities say they
now have in custody.
He can be seen wearing a backwards baseball cap.walking in a parking lot.
.with what police describe as a military style assault weapon.
SOT - New Presser: We do have a suspect in custody at this time/He went to
a business in Jasper and told individuals at the business who he was and he
was sought in connection with the shooting
According to reports.he stood outsidefiring though a window of this
crowded Tuscaloosa bar.
MOS -- All you saw were sparks flying.never saw the guy shooting
The assault occurred early Tuesday morning.not far from the University of
Alabama campus.
SOT - The reason we believe that it was not a random act of violence.
he walked up.stood and observed before he started shooting.
17 people were wounded. Four of the victims were admitted to DCH Regional
Medical Center.
SOT One is very critical3 are critical/very lucky no one was killed.
The Copper Top is near a downtown square in an area that's home to several
nightspots and is popular with students.
Police are investigating whether the incident is related to a shooting at a
home in Northport, Alabama.approximately 45 minutes before the gunman
opened fire in Tuscaloosa.
TJ Winick, ABC News, New York.
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THE JURY THAT WILL DECIDE WHETHER THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE BOTCHED A 9-1-1 CALL.
.IS NOW IN PLACE.
NATHAN LEE IS SUING THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
HIS WIFE.DENISE AMBER LEE. WAS RAPED AND MURDERED IN 2009.
AND HE SAYS A DISPATCHER BUNGLED A 9-1-1 CALL THAT COULD HAVE SAVED HER LIFE.
ABC7'S CHARLIE KEEGAN WAS IN COURT ALL DAY AND TELLS YOU ABOUT A PROBLEM THAT HAPPENED WITH THAT JURY.
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Choosig the jury proved more difficult than expected. After lawyers agreed on 8 member panel, the judge took them into a sidebar. She said there was inappropriate physical contact between two jurors. One was immediately disqualified and lawyers replaced her spot on the jury.
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No further details about the incident were released to the open court.
The judge is swearing in the new jury and the trial is expected to start afterwards with opening statements.
This case comes after Denise lees abduction, rape And murder.
Her widower Nathan lee filed this suit saying a dispatcher at the Charlotte county sheriffs office didn't act on a tip from a 911 call. He thinks the information from the tip may have saved his wife's life.
Now he's asking the sheriffs office for 750 thousand dollars.
A lot of the potential jurors admitted to feeling like they're being sued as Charlotte county tax payers. lawyers on lees side fought to have the jurors instructed that insurance and laws protect the publically funded sheriffs office.
The judge denied the motion.
The trial is expected to last two weeks because of the number of whitnesses called.
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Michael king was convicted of killing Denise lee, he's on death row in Sarasota county.
Since the incident, Florida passed laws requiring dispatchers to be trained and certified.
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MORE DETAILS TONIGHT ABOUT PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT THIS FRIDAY TO
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.
IT'S BEEN MORE THAN THREE YEARS SINCE HE VISITED FORT MYERS.
FEW DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED SO FAR, BUT WE KNOW THERE WILL BE AN EVENT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
NO WORD YET ON TICKETS OR A LOCATION.
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S RE-ELECTION TEAM HAS BEEN SCOUTING SCHOOLS IN LEE COUNTY.
DONNA MUTZENARD HAS ALREADY BEEN INVITED TO THE PRESIDENT'S EVENT.
MUTZENARD ADVOCATES FOR TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF IN LEE COUNTY.
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I saw an email from the lobbyist who is trying to organize all this for FEA to somebody on the campaign saying 'Do you have any information you can give me?' And I haven't seen any responses yet we are all just waiting.
MUTZENARD ALSO RECEIVED AN INVITATION TO A RECEPTION FOR THE PRESIDENT.
NO DETAILS ON THAT EITHER. EXCEPT THE PRICE.
5-THOUSAND DOLLARS.
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RIGHT NOW, PRESIDENT OBAMA IS CAMPAIGNING IN TEXAS.
REPUBLICAN RIVAL MITT ROMNEY IS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
THE PRESIDENT SPOKE TO A CROWD IN SAN ANTONIO.
HE CONTINUED HIS ATTACKS ON ROMNEY'S BUSINESS RECORD AT BAIN CAPITAL.
A RECENTLY PUBLISHED WASHINGTON POST REPORT SAYS BAIN CAPITAL OWNED COMPANIES THAT WERE "PIONEERS" IN OUTSOURCING.
ROMNEY CALLS THAT REPORT BIASED AND DISHONEST. LINKING IT TO AN OBAMA SUPPORTER.
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"What the president said was both startling and revealing. I find it extraordinary that a philosophy of that nature would be spoken by a president of the United States."
I don't want pioneers of outsourcing in the White House. I want someone who believes in "insourcing." Let's bring those jobs back home."
THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN IS NOW USING THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY NEXT MONTH TO RAISE MONEY.
THEY'RE GIVING DONORS A SHOT TO CELEBRATE WITH THE PRESIDENT AT HIS HOUSE IN CHICAGO.
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ABC7 IS LEARNING TONIGHT FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH AND HIS WIFE, BARBARA, WILL NOT BE ATTENDING THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION NEXT MONTH IN TAMPA.
A SPOKESMAN SAYS HEALTH PROBLEMS WILL KEEP BUSH AWAY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 19-76, WHEN HE WAS DIRECTOR OF THE C-I-A.
THE 88-YEAR-OLD IS DEALING WITH A FORM OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE THAT AFFECTS HIS LEGS.
HE NOW GETS AROUND USING A WHEELCHAIR OR MOTORIZED SCOOTER.
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FIRE DESTROYED A VACANT HOUSE THIS MORNING.
TONIGHT, INVESTIGATORS WANT TO KNOW WHAT STARTED IT.
IT BROKE OUT AROUND SIX ON PEACHLAND BOULEVARD.
CREWS INITIALLY THOUGHT IT WAS A BRUSH FIRE.
.THEN, THEY REALIZED 'NO, THIS WAS A HOUSE.'
A-B-C-7'S KELLY CRESWELL ON WHERE THE FIRE STARTED.
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Cause of the fire here still under investigation---but fire marshal says it appears to have started higher up in this one story home.
fortunately no one was inside.
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This is what firefighters pulled up to just before six o clock this morning on peach land boulevard in port Charlotte. Before the sun cane up, this residential neighborhood was already lit up by the flames shooting through the vacant home.
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Dee Hawkins
"so firefighters did attack the fire extremely aggressively in order to protect any surrounding areas, woods and there's a house behind."
At the time of the fire, electricity was still powering the home, but no furniture or appliances were found inside. Neighbors say no one has lived here in over two years. While the cause of the fire is under investigation, it appears it started up above and burned throughout.
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Dee Hawkins, char co fire and rescue pio "when the firefighters arrived on scene, having the flames through the roof that's a good indication that the fire us throughout the house and the attic area and it travels very rapidly into different areas of the home."
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We did some digging and found out this house was bought back in 2004, but it's currently in the foreclosure process. But fire marshal says now, the home is a total loss. Live in of kc NBC2.
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FLORIDA DEPUTIES SHOT AND KILLED A MAN THEY THOUGHT WAS AN ATTEMPTED MURDER SUSPECT.
TONIGHT WE KNOW IT WAS THE WRONG MAN.
IT HAPPENED ON SUNDAY IN LAKE COUNTY.
DEPUTIES THERE SPOTTED A MAN RIDING A MOTORCYLE.
THEY LATER SAW THE MOTORCYCLE PARKED OUTSIDE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX AND KNOCKED ON A DOOR.NOT ANNOUNCING THAT THEY WERE DEPUTIES.
A MAN ANSWERED WITH A GUN IN HIS HAND AND DEPUTIES SHOT HIM.
PARAMEDICS PRONOUNCED HIM DEAD AT THE SCENE.
THEY LATER FOUND THE MAN WANTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER AT A BUILDING NEARBY AND ARRESTED HIM.
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WE HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS TONIGHT FOR YOU.
YOU'LL HAVE MORE OPTIONS AT R-S-W.
AIRLINES ARE ADDING MORE FLIGHTS TO AND FROM FORT MYERS.
SPIRIT AIRLINES IS ADDING ROUTES FROM FORT MYERS TO THREE NEW CITIES - BOSTON, DALLAS/FORT WORTH AND MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL.
THE SEASONAL FLIGHTS WILL BEGIN NOVEMBER 8TH AND RUN THROUGH NEXT APRIL.
THE BOSTON AND MINNEAPOLIS ROUTES FLY EVERY DAY.
THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH FLIGHTS WILL BE ON TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUNDAY.
ALL FLIGHTS ARE NON-STOP.
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senior director of network planning, Mark Kopczak "In an industry that is facing a lot of talk about consolidation and reduction in capacity we're looking forward to putting some of that capacity back into markets that really have the demand for it.
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES IS ALSO ADDING DAILY FLIGHTS TO PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND AND LONG ISLAND'S AIRPORT.
AIRTRAN WILL ADD TWO DAILY NONSTOP FLIGHTS TO CHICAGO'S MIDWAY AIRPORT AND DETROIT.
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THERE'S NOW A NEW OWNER FOR A ONCE BUSSELING SHOPPING CENTER IN BONITA SPRINGS.
THE PROMENADE AT BONITA BAY WENT UP FOR AUCTION TODAY.
THE BIDS STARTED AT TWO MILLION DOLLARS AND ENDED WITH FIVE MILLION.
BUT THE FINAL PRICE- COULD BE MORE THAN WHAT'S LISTED ONLINE.
AS FOR THE NEW OWNERS- THEY'RE REQUESTING ANONIMITY FOR THE TIME BEING.
THE SHOPPING CENTER USED TO BE A BIG DESTINATION FOR SHOPPERS - BEFORE MANY STORES MOVED TO COCONUT POINT AND THE MERCADO DURING THE RECESSION.
NOW ONLY A QUARTER OF THE STORE FRONTS ARE OCCUPIED.
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TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT A PLAN TO FIX ROADS IN BONITA SPRINGS.
BACK IN MARCH, THE CITY COUNCIL THERE LOOKED AT A PLAN TO FIX MORE THAN 14 MILES OF PRIVATE ROADS OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
THE COST FOR FIXING THE FIRST EIGHT ROADS WILL BE A LITTLE MORE THAN 152 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THE CITY IS OFFERING TO PAY 80 PERCENT OF THAT.
AND RESIDENTS WILL PICK UP THE REST.
SO THAT MEANS ABOUT 260 DOLLARS A HOUSEHOLD.
AS FOR TONIGHT, IT'S THE FIRST OF FOUR PUBLIC MEETINGS TO EXPLAIN THE PROCESS.
IT STARTS AT 6 AT CITY HALL.
IT'S FOR RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ON PINE AVENUE AND SMOKEY DRIVE.
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LOOK AT THIS --
A NEEDLE INSIDE OF A SANDWICH SERVED BY DELTA.
AND IT'S NOT THE ONLY ONE!
THE NEEDLE MYSTERY, MEAL SECURITY ON FLIGHTS AND WHY ONE VICTIM IS BEING TREATED FOR HIV!
SIX-YEARS-OLD AND WANTING SEX APPEAL.
THE ALARMING NEW TREND AMONG LITTLE GIRLS!
WEATHER IS COMING UP.
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A WARNING TONIGHT WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING HOME IN THE CAPE.
STREETS IN THE HANCOCK BRIDGE AREA, JACARANDA PARKWAY AND A FEW ROADS IN NORTHWEST CAPE CORAL HAVE STANDING WATER.
CITY OFFICIALS TELL US IT'S DUE TO A COMBINATION OF RAIN ALL DAY TODAY AND SOME SHEET FLOW HITTING THAT SECTION OF THE CITY.
I'M HERE IN THE STORMWARN 7 HURRRICANE CENTER WITH
CHIEF METEROGOLGIST JOHN PATRICK.
JP, WILL THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO DRY OUT IN THE CAPE TONIGHT?
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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.
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MORE SHOWERS TOMORROW
Hang in there! It's been a very wet few days in southwest Florida and it looks like we have more showers tonight and tomorrow morning to track. Rain totals at Page Field are now over 8.00" for the month of July and this puts at a surplus of over 3.00" this month! In fact, for the year we are now just about 'caught up' for rain. If the Page Field airport receives more that.75" tonight and tomorrow our yearly rainfall average will start to go above normal.
The forecast this evening does call for more showers to move in from the Gulf and for downpours and thunderstorms to develop inland. I expect some areas will continue to see on/off showers through midnight. An area of low pressure in the northern part of the state continues an onshore flow in southwest Florida and we will track more rain, at times, through tomorrow.
After tomorrow the weather looks to change noticeable. High pressure in the Atlantic will build across the state and basically cut off the flow of moisture. On Thursday and Friday I expect skies to be mostly sunny and temperatures to rebound in to the mid 90's with heat index readings above 100 degrees. We will trade off the rainy weather for hot weather and by the weekend there will be a few more afternoon storms to track.
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THE FBI IS LAUNCHING A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO HOW SEWING NEEDLES MADE THEIR WAY INTO A HALF DOZEN SANDWICHES SERVED ON BOARD 4 DELTA AIRLINES INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS YESTERDAY.
ONE OF THE PASSENGERS WHO BIT INTO THE SANDWICH SAYS HE IS NOW TAKING AN ANTI-HIV DRUG AS A PRECATION.
ALL SIMILAR SANDWICHES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THEIR FLIGHTS, BUT THE ISSUE IS RAISING MANY QUESTIONS TONIGHT.
ABC'S T.J. WINICK HAS THE LATEST.
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Safety is always a concern on board an airplane.but FOOD safety is
normally NOT at the top of the list.
But that may have changed.now that 6 needles were found in sandwiches.
served on 4 different Delta Airlines flights from Amsterdam to the U.S.
SOT JAMES TONJES
The second bite that I took into the sandwich, I noticed something that
poked me in the top of my south very hard.
James Tonges was flying business class from Amsterdam to Minneapolis.when
he found the one-inch long needle.
In an eerie coincidence.a father and son on separate flights from
Amsterdam also made the disturbing discovery.
SOT DR. JACK DROGT
The pins were identical, this all pointed towards something which was
deliberate and meant to harm.
The food was prepared by Gate Gourmet.the world's largest catering company
.that serves over 300 million passengers every year.
Gate Gourmet's Atlanta Airport operation was recently the target of a
whistleblower investigation by our ABC Affiliate, WSB.
SOT WHISTLEBLOWER-WSB
I can bring a gun in there if I want to, a bomb, anything. That's how easy
it is.
The investigation revealed rows of unsealed, vulnerable catering carts
waiting to be loaded onto flights.
It might have been a similar security gapthat allowed someone in Amsterdam
to plant those half dozen needles.
SOT Brad Garrett Nightline
You can't check every sandwich that goes aboard a planethis demonstrates to
people who want to do bad thingsthis is a gaping hole.
STANDUP WINICK
The FBI is investigating the incidents aboard four Delta Air Lines flights
as a criminal case as is Gate Gourmet.
TJ Winick, ABC News, New York.
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AN ALARMING TREND TONIGHT AMONG YOUNG GIRLS.
RESEARCHERS AT A SMALL COLLEGE IN ILLINOIS SAY GIRLS AS YOUNG AS SIX YEARS OLD ARE FINDING VALUE IN APPEARING "SEXY."
THEY ASKED GIRLS BETWEEN 6 AND 9 WHICH DOLLS THEY WANTED TO PLAY WITH OR LOOK LIKE. AND THE MAJORITY CHOSE A MORE SCANTILY CLAD DOLL.
72-PERCENT OF THE GIRLS ALSO THOUGHT THE "SEXIER" DOLL WOULD BE MORE POPULAR THAN A DOLL WITH MORE CLOTHING.
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THE MOST POPULAR TREATMENT FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS MAY NOT STOP THE DISEASE FROM PROGRESSING.
A NEW STUDY OUT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA MEASURED HOW LONG IT TOOK FOR PATIENTS USING INTERFERON BETA DRUGS TO EXPERIENCE A DECLINE IN THEIR SYMPTOMS.
RESEARCHERS FOUND NO EVIDENCE THE DRUGS HELPED SLOW THE PROGRESSION OF M-S.
THEY SAY THIS STUDY QUESTIONS WHETHER THE DRUGS SHOULD BE SO WIDELY USED.
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ANOTHER WARNING TONIGHT ABOUT THE INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL B-P-A.
RESEARCHERS AT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL FOUND CHILDREN WHO GOT TOOTH-COLORED FILLINGS MADE WITH B-P-A DERIVATIVES SUFFERED HIGHER RATES OF ANXIETY, DEPRESSION AND SOCIAL STRESS --
THE AUTHORS DO CAUTION THESE RESULTS DON'T PROVE THAT B-P-A DIRECTLY CAUSES ANY BEHAVIORAL CHANGES.
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BUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNNMENT HAS NOW SAID.
.BABY BOTTLES AND SIPPY CUPS CAN NO LONGER CONTAIN THE CONTROVERSIAL CHEMICAL.
THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY PUSHED FOR THIS.
THEY FOUND OUT ALL THE MAKERS OF BOTTLES AND SIPPY CUPS HAD ALREADY ABANDONED B-P-A DUE TO CONCERNS ABOUT ITS HEALTH EFFECTS.
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BRUSH DAILY -
FLOSS DAILY -
BUT IT MIGHT NOT BE ENOUGH TO STOP CAVITIES IN YOUR CHILDREN -- AND NOW MANY ARE HAVING TO GO UNDER TO GET RID OF THE TOOTH ROTTERS.
HOW TO FIGHT BACK.
AND WATCH THIS -
INSIDE OF A POLICE CRUISER CHASING A STOLEN CAR.WITH A TODDLER INSIDE!
ABC7 SHOWS YOU WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.AHEAD.
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IN YOUR ABC7 HEALTHY LIVING TONIGHT.
MORE THAN A QUARTER OF CHILDREN BETWEEN AGES TWO AND FIVE SUFFER FROM TOOTH DECAY IN THE U-S.
THE PROBLEM IS SO BAD THAT MANY CHILDREN NEED SURGERY TO FILL NUMEROUS CAVITIES.
TONIGHT, SOME HELPFUL TIPS FOR PARENTS TO STOP THIS GROWING PROBLEM.
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FIVE-YEAR-OLD AUDREY BARIGHT BRUSHES HER TEETH TWICE A DAY…
AND FLOSSES REGULARLY. SO HER PARENTS WERE SHOCKED AT HER LAST DENTAL APPOINTMENT
"Hey, your child has 8 cavities!"
BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY, AUDREY HAD TO UNDERGO GENERAL ANESTHESIA TO HAVE THEM FILLED. DUKE PEDIATRIC DENTIST MARTHA ANN KEELS SAYS IT'S A SCENARIO THAT'S BECOMING MUCH MORE COMMON.
"Every new patient is coming in with a mouth full of cavities."
USING ANESTHESIA WHILE FILLING THEM COULD CAUSE VOMITING, NAUSEA, AND IN RARE CASES, BRAIN TRAUMA OR DEATH. THE COST CAN RANGE FROM TWO-THOUSAND TO FIVE-THOUSAND DOLLARS.
"The cost is expensive."
DOCTOR KEELS SAYS EATING AT BEDTIME WHEN THERE'S DECREASED SALIVA, DRINKING BOTTLED WATER THAT DOESN'T CONTAIN FLUORIDE AND CONSUMING SUGARY DRINKS ALL ARE CAVITY CULPRITS… PERHAPS THE WORST OFFENDER? SUGARY, GUMMY CANDIES THAT STICK BETWEEN THE TEETH. IF YOUR CHILD DOESN'T FLOSS OFTEN ENOUGH, THE CANDY STAYS AND THE TEETH ROT.
"Little kids aren't going, oh look, I got food stuck in my teeth."
SO WHAT CAN YOU DO? SKIP JUICE AND STICK TO WATER AND MILK. SEE A DENTIST BY AGE ONE. BRUSH TWICE A DAY - AND FLOSS DAILY. YOU CAN STILL ENJOY A TREAT OR TWO, JUST STICK TO THOSE THAT MELT.
"I'm a huge proponent of M&Ms or Hershey Kiss."
AUDREY NOW TAKES EXTRA GOOD CARE OF HER TEETH FOR ONE BIG REASON…
"Because you don't want cavities!"
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DOCTOR KEELS ALSO SAYS WATCH OUT FOR SOUR CANDIES BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN A LOT OF ACID, WHICH CAN LEAD TO CAVITY FORMATION.
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TWO MILLION PLUS JOBS. POTENTIALLY LOST.
"Every industry is on the chopping block - the guillotine falls in just 168 days."
THE BUDGET CRISIS CONGRESS IS STARING AT.
AND HOW MEMBERS COULD SAVE DEFENSE AND CIVILIAN JOBS.
STOPPING HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
TONIGHT HOLLYWOOD HEAVYWEIGHT JADA PINKETT SMITH IS TAKING ON CONGRESS -- CREDITING HER 11-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WITH PUSHING THE FIGHT.
AND A THREE STORY DROP --
CAUGHT ON CAMERA!
HOW THIS SEVEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL SURVIVED, THANKS TO A NEIGHBORHOOD SUPERMAN!
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THE JURY THAT WILL DECIDE WHETHER THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE BOTCHED A 9-1-1 CALL IS NOW SEATED.
NATHAN LEE IS SUING THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
HIS WIFE.DENISE AMBER LEE. WAS RAPED AND MURDERED IN 2009.
AND HE SAYS A DISPATCHER BUNGLED A 9-1-1 CALL THAT COULD HAVE SAVED HER LIFE.
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ABC7 IS LEARNING NEW DETAILS TONIGHT ABOUT PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO FORT MYERS ON FRIDAY.
WE KNOW THERE WILL BE AN EVENT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
NO WORD YET ON TICKETS OR A LOCATION.
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S RE-ELECTION TEAM HAS BEEN SCOUTING SCHOOLS IN LEE COUNTY.
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YOU'LL HAVE MORE PLACES TO GO, WHEN YOU LEAVE R-S-W.
SPIRIT AIRLINES IS ADDING ROUTES TO BOSTON, DALLAS/FORT WORTH AND MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL.
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES IS ADDING DAILY FLIGHTS TO PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND AND LONG ISLAND'S ISLIP AIRPORT.
AND AIRTRAN IS ADDING 2 DAILY NONSTOP FLIGHTS TO CHICAGO'S MIDWAY AIRPORT, AS WELL AS DETROIT.
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MILLIONS OF JOBS A BILLIONS OF DEFENSE DOLLARS ARE THE TOPIC TONIGHT IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL.
AUTOMATIC SPENDING CUTS COULD GO INTO EFFECT NEXT JANUARY.
IF THAT HAPPENES, EXPERTS ARE SAYING THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY WOULD BE CRIPPLED.
AND THERE COULD ALSO BE AN EQUALLY DEVASTATING EFFECT ON THE U-S ECONOMY ACROSS THE BOARD.
JAY GRAY HAS A CLOSER LOOK.
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THEY ARE DAUNTING NUMBERS.
"total loss - 2.14 million american jobs."
". $215 billion NEXT year."
PART OF DIRE PREDICTION FROM A NEW DEFENSE INDUSTRY STUDY.
IF LAWMAKERS CAN'T REACH A BUDGET DEAL BY THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. AUTOMATIC "SEQUESTRATION" CUTS WILL CHOP MORE THAN A TRILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL SPENDING.
"Every industry is on the chopping block - the guillotine falls in just 168 days."
A REPORT RELEASED TODAY. COMMISSIONED BY THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION. INDICATES DEFENSE WILL BE HIT HARDEST.
"The DOD hit is really 1.5 million jobs."
THE SPENDING REDUCTION WOULD NOT AFFECT TROOPS ON THE FRONT LINES IN AFGHANISTAN.
BUT WOULD IMPACT PROCUREMENTS. AND LEAD TO WHAT SOME HAVE CALLED A "CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF MILITARY RESOURCES."
THE PENTAGON NOW ACKNOWLEDGES. SEQUESTRATION IS ON ITS RADAR.
"Clearly we would look at contracts should sequestration go into effect."
BUT THE STUDY SHOWS THAT MAJOR JOB REDUCTIONS COULD COME IN THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY. CONSTRUCTION. AND MANUFACTURING.
THE MAYOR OF SAN DIEGO SAYS IT COULD REACH ALL THE WAY TO THE TOURISM INDUSTRY.
"Cruise ships can't come through and dock and let people off if we don't have the border protection facilities
"to process those people in and out of those ships."
"5 million people a year come off those ships and visit the san diego zoo."
ONE OF THE REASONS THERE WILL LIKELY BE NO SMOOTH SAILING FOR LAWMAKERS AS THE BATTLE INTENSIFIES ON CAPITOL HILL.
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JAY GRAY REPORTING.
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THE PERSON AUTHORITIES SAY FIRED INTO A CROWDED BAR NEAR THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA CAMPUS. IS IN CUSTODY TONIGHT AFTER TURNING HIMSELF IN.
OFFICERS SAY 44 YEAR OLD NATHAN VAN WILKINS WENT INTO A BUSINESS AND TOLD EMPLOYEES HE WAS THE SHOOTER.
OFFICERS SAY HE HURT MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE DURING TODAY'S EARLY MORNING RAMPAGE.
ONE IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION TONIGHT.
OFFICERS BELIEVE THE RAMPAGE IS CONNECTED TO AN EARLIER SHOOTING AT ANOTHER HOUSE 45 MINUTES EARLIER.
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TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A SHOOTING AT A LARGE OUTDOOR BARBECUE IN TORONTO.
MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE SHOWED UP FOR THE PARTY.
AN INFANT WAS HURT DURING THE SHOOTING, BUT THEY'LL BE O-K.
AND DETECTIVES SAY THEY THINK MORE THAN ONE PERSON FIRED A GUN.
ONE MAN DESCRIBED AS A "PERSON OF INTEREST" IS IN CUSTODY TONIGHT.
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THIS JUST IN TONIGHT --
DOGS HELPING TO SEARCH FOR TWO YOUNG MISSING GIRLS IN IOWA PICKED UP THEIR SCENTS NEAR IOWA LAKE WHERE SEARCHERS FOUND THEIR BICYCLES.
FAMILY MEMBERS LAST SAW EIGHT-YEAR OLD ELIZABETH COLLINS AND TEN-YEAR-OLD LYRIC COOK FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
ACCORDING TO FAMILY SOMEONE ABDUCTED THE GIRLS ABDUCTED FROM A REMOTE AREA OF THE LAKE WITH EASY ACCESS TO A ROAD.
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A WOMAN WHO CLAIMS GEORGE ZIMMERMAN MOLESTED HER AS A CHILD IS ALSO ACCUSING HIS FAMILY OF RACISM.
BUT ZIMMERMAN'S ATTORNEY MARK O'MARA SAYS THOSE ACCUSATIONS ARE NOT ONLY NOT RELEVEANT TO THIS CASE. THEY CAN'T BE USED DURING THE TRIAL.
my frustration is they're absolutely not relevant to anything that is at hand in the true case. They're not admissible. Not going to get it into a courtroom. Nor will they get before a judge in any way. The frustration I have is these allegations which George contends are untrue
O'MARA SAID THE WOMAN MAKING THE ACCUSATIONS IS ZIMMERMAN'S COUSIN.
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PENN STATE UNIVERSITY COULD BE IN DANGER OF LOSING ITS FOOTBALL TEAM.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE N-C-DOUBLE-A SAYS HE ISN'T RULING OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SHUTTING THE PROGRAM DOWN --- ALL OF THIS IN THE WAKE OF THE JERRY SANDUSKY CHILD SEX ABUSE SCANDAL.
THE LAST TIME THE N-C-DOUBLE-A GAVE A PROGRAM THE SO-CALLED 'DEATH PENALTY' WAS IN THE 1980S.
THAT HAPPENED TO SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY.
THEY LOST THEIR TEAM BECAUSE OF BENEFIT VIOLATIONS.
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HERE'S ANOTHER TRAGIC REMINDER NOT TO LEAVE GUNS WHERE CHILDREN CAN GET TO THEM.
POLICE IN INDIANA SAY A 3-YEAR OLD BOY ACCIDENTALLY SHOT AND KILLED HIS FATHER AFTER FINDING THE LOADED WEAPON.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE FAMILY WAS WATCHING T-V FRIDAY NIGHT, WHEN THE BOY FIRED THE GUN, KILLING 33-YEAR OLD MICHAEL BAYLESS.
AUTHORITIES SAY THE FAMILY SHOULD HAVE KEPT THE GUN LOCKED AWAY, SO THE BOY COULD NOT GET TO IT.
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A DASHBOARD CAMERA CAUGHT THE DRAMA OF A HIGH SPEED POLICE CHASE.
WHAT MADE THIS ONE EVEN MORE DANGEROUS -- A TWO-YEAR-OLD WAS IN THE BACKSEAT OF THE CAR!
THIS HAPPENED IN GULFPORT, FLORIDA.
OFFICERS SAY FOUR PEOPLE WERE INSIDE THE STOLEN CAR -- INCLUDING THAT 2-YEAR-OLD CHILD.
THE CHASE LASTED ABOUT 12 MINUTES BEFORE THE CAR SLAMMED INTO THE SIDE OF A BUS.
THE OFFICER GOT THE TODDLER OUT OF THE CAR.
PARAMEDICS TREATED THE DRIVER FOR MINOR INJURIES BEFORE OFFICERS SLAPPED HIM WITH CHARGES THAT INCLUDE GRAND THEFT AUTO AND CHILD ENDANGERMENT.
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ALSO CAUGHT ON TAPE.
THIS ROBBER WOULD BE A SUCCESS.IF HE WERE A MOUSE.
HE BROKE INTO A FLORIDA PIZZA HUT HUNTING CASH, AND WALKED AWAY WITH CHEESE.
HE WAS BAREFOOT AS HE SHATTERED THE FRONT DOOR AT THE RESTAURANT IN ALTAMONTE SPRINGS.
THAT'S A SUBURB OF ORLANDO.
THEN HE JUMPED THE COUNTER, BUT COULDN'T FIND MONEY.
SO HE WENT BACK TO THE KITCHEN AND SWIPED SOME BOXES OF CHEESE.
POLICE HOPE RELEASING THE VIDEO WILL LEAD TO AN ARREST.
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FIRE RIPPED THROUGH A HIGH-RISE IN ISTANBUL, TURKEY TODAY.
IT SENT MASSIVE PLUMES OF SMOKE HIGH INTO THE AIR.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE INSIDE THE BUILDING AT THE TIME.
ALL MANAGED TO ESCAPE UNHARMED.
SOME PEOPLE LIVE INSIDE OF THE 42-STORY BUILDING -- OTHERS WORK THERE.
AN INITIAL INVESTIGATION POINTS TO A FAULTY AIR CONDITIONER AS THE CAUSE.
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A 24-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IS IN THE HOPSITAL.
.AFTER LIGHTNING STRUCK HER AT SEAWORLD YESTERDAY.
SHE WAS CONSCIOUS ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL.
SHE WAS ALERT.
WE DON'T KNOW HER NAME.
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SOME STAR POWER ON CAPITOL HILL TODAY.
ACTRESS AND ADVOCATE JADA PINKETT SMITH TESTIFIED BEFORE THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SLAVERY.
ABC'S BRANDI HITT TELLS US WHY SHE'S TAKING UP THIS CAUSE.
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JADA SOT -- "Children in EVERY country - including our own - are being
forced into slavery.":24
ACTRESS -- JADA PINKETT SMITH -- IS USING HER STAR POWER ON CAPITOL HILL, TO
SPOTLIGHT MODERN-DAY SLAVERY.
TODAY, AN ESTIMATED 27 MILLION PEOPLE ARE ENSLAVED AROUND THE WORLD,
INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES.
JADA SOT - "Almost 150 years after the abolition of slavery in the United
States, conservative estimates suggest that 40,000 people are enslaved on
our soil.":44
WITH HUSBAND WILL SMITH, AND THEIR 11-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WILLOW BEHIND HER,
THE ACTRESS SAID IT WAS WILLOW WHO INSPIRED HER TO TAKE ACTION, AFTER SHE
WATCHED THE DOCUMENTARY KONY 2012.
ORGANIZATIONS SAY THE AGE-OLD TRADE, HAS ESCALATED INTO A 32 *BILLION*
DOLLAR A YEAR ENTERPRISE -- THAT LIKELY TOUCHES EVERY AMERICAN.
SOT -- David Abramowitz / HUMANITY UNITED -- 6:54:20 "Each of us may well
have eaten, driven, dressed or texted with some product that involves - in
part - modern day slavery.":31
THE U-S ENACTED THE "TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT" IN 2000.
IT'S BEEN RE-AUTHORIZED THREE TIMES, BUT IS NOW STALLED IN THE SENATE.
SEN. KERRY SOT -- "Slavery - whether in the United States or abroad -- must
be recognized, rejected and eliminated.":29
THREE SURVIVORS -- PINKETT-SMITH CALLED SOLDIERS -- STOOD WITH HER, AS SHE
ASKED CONGRESS FOR MORE FUNDING.
JADA SOT -- "Fighting slavery doesn't cost a lot of money. The cost of
allowing it to exist in our nation and abroad are much higher."
THIS IS JADA PINKETT-SMITH'S SECOND RECENT TRIP TO WASHINGTON.
LAST MONTH SHE MET WITH SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON, TO ALSO DISCUSS
HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
BRANDI HITT, ABC NEWS, LOS ANGELES.
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THE MYSTERY SURROUNDING A PICTURE OF A COUPLE IN LOVE HAS BEEN SOLVED -- SORT OF.
ANGELA GOLIK SNAPPED THESE PICTURES AT THE WAR MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON D-C TWO WEEKS AGO.
SHE THOUGHT SHE'D CAUGHT A PROPOSAL ON CAMERA.
SHE WANTED TO GIVE THE COUPLE HER PICTURES, SO SHE TRIED TO TRACK THEM DONE.
SHE POSTED THEM ONLINE.
IT WENT VIRAL.
BUT IT TURNS OUT. THE AIR FORCE MEMBER AND HIS FIANCEE WERE ALREADY ENGAGED.
.AND WERE SCOUTING OUT WEDDING VENUES.
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"I don't really know how to use the camera that well, and I took a total of 5 photos. And when I got back to my hotel room I figured all of them would be blurry and these are the only two that turned out semi-decent."
THE COUPLE RELEASED A STATEMENT THROUGH THE AIR FORCE THANKING GOLIK FOR THE PICTURES.
.BUT SAYING THEY WANT TO STAY ANONYMOUS AND PRIVATE.
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KATIE HOLMES AND HER YOUNG DAUGHTER SURI HIT BY A GARBAGE TRUCK.
WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW THEY'RE DOING TONIGHT.
PLUS - CUE THE KISS CAM.
THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF PUCKERS UP AND PLANTS ONE!
WEATHER IS COMING UP.
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AN INDIANAPOLIS MAN ISN'T LETTING THE LACK OF RAIN THERE STOP HIM FROM HAVING A GREEN LAWN.
TIMOTHY BIRDWELL. IS PAINTING HIS LAWN GREEN.
HE USES A SPECIAL PAINT THAT'S SIMILAR TO A FIELD-TURF TYPE PAINT.
THE GREEN COLOR SHOULD LAST A FEW MONTHS.
BIRDWELL SAYS HE HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL CALLS FROM NEIGHBORS WANTING TO DO THE SAME THING TO THEIR YARDS.
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AD-LIB WEATHER CHAT
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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.
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MORE SHOWERS TOMORROW
Hang in there! It's been a very wet few days in southwest Florida and it looks like we have more showers tonight and tomorrow morning to track. Rain totals at Page Field are now over 8.00" for the month of July and this puts at a surplus of over 3.00" this month! In fact, for the year we are now just about 'caught up' for rain. If the Page Field airport receives more that.75" tonight and tomorrow our yearly rainfall average will start to go above normal.
The forecast this evening does call for more showers to move in from the Gulf and for downpours and thunderstorms to develop inland. I expect some areas will continue to see on/off showers through midnight. An area of low pressure in the northern part of the state continues an onshore flow in southwest Florida and we will track more rain, at times, through tomorrow.
After tomorrow the weather looks to change noticeable. High pressure in the Atlantic will build across the state and basically cut off the flow of moisture. On Thursday and Friday I expect skies to be mostly sunny and temperatures to rebound in to the mid 90's with heat index readings above 100 degrees. We will trade off the rainy weather for hot weather and by the weekend there will be a few more afternoon storms to track.
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WE'VE LEARNED SOME NEW INFORMATION TONIGHT ABOUT HOW SYLVESTER STALLONE'S SON DIED SO SUDDENLY.
AFTER AN AUTOPSY, THE CASE HAS NOW GONE TO THE L-A-P-D'S ROBBERY HOMICIDE SQUAD.
ABC'S DAVID WRIGHT EXPLAINS WHY.
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"The speculation and buzz is in overdrive."
A celebrity's son.
:
"The last photo of Sly's son."
.and his sudden mysterious death.
:
"Are police investigating it as a suicide?"
Tabloid fodder, even as Sage Stallone's
grieving father PLEADS for privacy.
Sylvester Stallone released
a statement Monday - his first comments
on his son's death: "humbly begging to have my
son's memoryand soul left in peace."
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The autopsy is now COMPLETE.but
it'll be WEEKS before toxicology tests
confirm the cause of death.
The 36-year old actor first appeared
opposite his father in Rocky V.
At age 20, he talked about
Hollywood's expectations of HIM.
SAGE STALLONE:
"Being Stallone's son, they expect
you to be, you know, this punk, man,
this spoiled, you know, idiot."
voice of:
SKIP E. LOWE, cable TV host:
"And you're not."
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Lately, Sage Stallone was trying
to find his own path to STARDOM.
SAGE STALLONE:
"I want to focus on my DIRECTING
and, you know, pull off
a few more, few more of my acting
things."
Stallone's family attorney says
Sage was set to get MARRIED
in Las Vegas.
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Instead, his FUNERAL will take
place this weekend.
His body found in his
Hollywood home Friday,
with PILLS nearby.
HIs mother told the NEW YORK POST
Sage may have been taking
powerful PAIN KILLERS for
dental surgery - weeks before
his death.
No signs of foul play, but
Robbery/Homicide detectives
are now on the case
because of his high profile.
Howard Bragman, ABC NEWS consultant / reputation.com
"Part of it doesn't quite add up.
It surprises me that it would take
four or five days for somebody to
find the body."
His devastated father writes:
".when a parent loses a child there
is no greater pain".
For Good Morning America,
David Wright, ABC News, Los Angeles.
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PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE FIRST LADY SHARED SOME P-D-A ON-CAMERA LAST NIGHT.
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THE PRESIDENT PLANTED A WET ONE ON HIS WIFE DURING LAST NIGHT'S EXHIBITION BASKETBALL GAME BETWEEN TEAM U-S-A AND BRAZIL.
IT WAS ACTUALLY THEIR SECOND APPEARANCE ON THE "KISS CAM."
THE FIRST TIME THEY APPEARED ON THE SCOREBOARD -- MRS. OBAMA SHOOK HER HEAD NO --
THAT'S WHEN THE CROWD BOOED --
COME THE FOURTH QUARTER. THEY SHARED A SMOOCH AND THE CROWD CHEERED.
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KATIE HOLMES AND HER DAUGHTER, SURI, ARE OKAY TONIGHT AFTER A CAR CRASH.
PEOPLE MAGAZINE IS REPORTING A GARBAGE TRUCK HIT THEIR MERCEDES.
IT'S THE SECOND TIME SOMEONE HIT THE CAR RECENTLY.
A PAPARAZZI PHOTOGRAPHER DENTED THE CAR LAST FRIDAY.
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POP-STAR KATY PERRY'S MOTHER STOPPED HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TODAY.
KATY PERRY LIVED IN FORT MYERS FOR A YEAR IN FOURTH GRADE.
HER MOM - MARY HUDSON - SPOKE TO A CROWD OF ABOUT 40 PEOPLE AT BALLYORNEY.
HUDSON IS A TRAVELING MINISTER FOR HER ORGANIZATION 'ARISE INTERNATIONAL' TO EMPOWER WOMEN.
HUDSON SAYS SHE USED THIS SAME ENCOURAGEMENT TOWARD HER FAMOUS SINGING DAUGHTER WHEN SHE WAS TRYING TO BREAK INTO THE INDUSTRY.
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There a lot of positive things about the bible and a lot of scriptures in there that we always used and it stuck with her and she knew that she had a calling in her life, she knew that she had destiny, and of she got discouraged about it we kept telling her she did.
THE HUDSONS LIVED IN FORT MYERS IN THE MID 90'S.
ONE OF HER FORMER TEACHERS CAME TO SEE HUDSON SPEAK.
THE EVENT RAISED MONEY FOR 'ACT' AND 'PACE.'
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KEEP THIS IN MIND THE NEXT TIME YOU FLY.
"UNITED AIRLINES" LOSES YOUR BAGS MORE THAN ANY OTHER MAJOR AIRLINE.
THAT'S ACCORDING TO N-B-C-NEWS-DOT-COM.
THE AIRLINE LOSES AN AVERAGE OF NEARLY 20-THOUSAND CHECKED BAGS EACH MONTH.
AN AIRLINE SPOKESMAN BLAMED BAD WEATHER AND MISSED CONNECTIONS FOR THEIR PROBLEMS.
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ANOTHER SURVEY SHOWS FEWER PEOPLE SEE COLLEGE AS A GOOD INVESTMENT.
JUST 57 PERCENT BELIEVE A FOUR-YEAR DEGREE IS A GOOD USE OF MONEY FOR YOUNG ADULTS.
THAT'S DOWN FROM 81-PERCENT FOUR YEARS AGO.
THE NUMBER STARTED FALLING IN 2008 WHEN THE ECONOMIC MELTDOWN STARTED.
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A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL.
CAREFREE.
THEN THIS.
FALLING FROM THREE STORIES UP.
WHO SAVED HER AND HOW -- NEXT.
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BUMP IN W/ ANCHOR MICS
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A MAN IN BROOKLYN IS BEING HAILED SUPERMAN TONIGHT.
HE MANAGED TO CATCH A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL, HURTLING TO THE GROUND FROM THREE STORIES UP.
KATY TUR SHOWS YOU THE HEROIC MOMENT CAPTURED ON CAMERA.
.AND EXPLAINS THE ONE THING THE HERO, KEPT SAYING OVER AND OVER.
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SHE WAS DANCING ON THE AIR CONDITIONER. WAIVING ONE FOOT OVER THE SIDE, HAND ON THE BUILDING, THIS SEVEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL LOOKED LIKE SHE DIDN'T HAVE A CARE IN THE WORLD. AT THE SAME TIME, 30 FEET BELOW, STEPHEN SAINT BERNARD HAD ONE BIG CARE. IF THIS GIRL FALLS WOULD I BE ABLE TO CATCH HER?
TURNS OUT THAT NOT ONLY HE WOULD, BUT THAT HE DID.
"I just picked her up and carried her and hold her and just carried her around. She didn't roll her eyes, she didn't lose consciousness."
THE 52-YEAR-OLD BUS DRIVER WAS JUST GETTING HOME FROM WORK WHEN HE HEARD SCREAMS FROM THE COURTYARD.
HE IMMEDIATELY RUSHED OVER AND TRIED THE TALK THE GIRL BACK IN, ALL THE WHILE PUTTING HIMSELF BELOW HER.
"Please let me catch her, please let me catch her. That's all I could say, please let me catch the little baby."
SOURCES SAY THE GIRL IS AUTISTIC, WHICH IS WHY SOME SAY IT LOOKS LIKE SHE ALMOST JUMPED ON PURPOSE.
"He's our hero. We've known him for a long time, but he's definitely done our family a favor today."
NEIGHBORS AND FAMILY ARE NOW THANKFUL FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY MAN THAT PROBABLY SAVED A YOUNG GIRL'S LIFE.
BUT TO HIS DAUGHTER, EXTRAORDINARY IS JUST DAD.
"The child was almost just my age and he always carries me, so i guess he'll be able to catch her."
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51:21 "under the influence of prescription medication to the extent that he had become a hazard on the road."
A LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY KICKED OFF THE JOB!
ACCUSED OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND CRASHING HIS PATROL CAR.
TWO CROOKS PICK THE WRONG PLACE TO ROB!
HOW AN ELDERY MAN TURNED THE TABLES ON AN ATTEMPTED ARMED ROBBERY.
HEATHER DIMEO: "very frustrating. Okay, I'm not eating, I'm exercising. It should come off!"
IN AN ABC 7 SPECIAL HEALTHY LIVING REPORT--
THE DANGERS OF EXTREME DIETING AND EXERCISING AND HOW ONE LOCAL WOMAN IS OVERCOMING IT.
ALL NEW AND NEXT AT 6.
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AD LIB GOODBYE
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