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NOW ON SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S ONLY LOCAL NEWS AT 9--

IT'S HAPPENING IN JUST *2* DAYS!

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA WILL BE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA-

WE HAVE A LIVE REPORT ON SUPPORTERS -- ANXIOUS TO SEE THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF!

AND SECURITY BREACH!

A WANTED MURDERER STEALS A PLANE,

THEN CRASHES IT.

SO HOW'D HE GET ON THE JET?

THE BIZARRE CASE EXPOSES A *WEAK LINK IN AIRPORT SECURITY.

Okay, I'm not eating, I'm exercising. It should come off!

SOUND FAMILIAR?

DIETING, EXERCISING AND THE WEIGHT ISN'T COMING OFF-

HL1) OBAMA FORT MYERS VISIT-LIVE

HL2) UTAH SECURITY BREACH-VO-WIPE

HL3) EXTREME DIETING-VOTOPS

WX HL-WX WALL

NEWS AT 9:00 OPEN-CLIPTOPS

OBAMA FORT MYERS VISIT-2 SHOT

IT'S YOUR CHANCE TO MEET THE PRESIDENT!

IN JUST THREE HOURS --

YOU CAN PICK UP TICKETS TO SEE BARACK OBAMA,

WHEN HE VISITS FORT MYERS.

THE RALLY HAPPENS IN JUST 2 DAYS -- AT THE HARBORSIDE EVENTS CENTER.

ABC-7'S JOE ROETZ IS LIVE AT PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS -- IN DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS-

HE'S BEEN THERE ALL MORNING-

OBAMA FORT MYERS VISIT-BOXES

OBAMA FORT MYERS VISIT-REM LIVE

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OBAMA FORT MYERS VISIT-PKG

NATS

AN OVERNIGHT WAIT-

BUT IT'S FOR AN OPPORTUNITY THESE PEOPLE WOULDN'T MISS.

TAKE SOT

Cynthia Lowe

4 seconds

Boom they said the tickets were going to be for free. We came right down.

A CHANCE TO SEE PRESIDENT BARACK OBAAM SPEAK IN THEIR HOME TOWN.

A ONCE IN A LIFE TIME CHANCE - THAT SPARKS MOMENTS LIKE THIS

NATS

THAT'S JULIO OSEGUEDA IN 2009 -

HIS QUESTION WENT VIRAL TO THE PRESIDENT WENT VIRAL- AND THIS MORNING, HE'S IN LINE LIKE DOZENS OF OTHERS

TAKE SOT

JULIO

12 seconds

Reporter - DId that opportunity open doors for you Julio - It did Im no longer in fast food. I am in cell phone technology. I am still majoring in communications and doing online schooling now.

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA WILL STOP AT HARBORSIDE EVENT CENTER DURING A 2 DAY CAMPAIGN TOUR THROUGH THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

WITH TICKETS BEING DOLED OUT ON A FIRST COME - FIRST SERVE BASIS- THAT'S WHY LINA Alfaro IS FIRST IN LINE.

Take SOT

Lyna Alfaro

OBAMA FORT MYERS VISIT-REM LIVE

-3 LOCATIONS - Here - Collier County.

-Tickets handed out at noon

ROMNEY FIGHTS BACK-OC-SOT-OC

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE--

TODAY MITT ROMNEY IS HEADING TO OHIO --- WHERE HE'LL KEEP HITTING BACK AT CHARGES THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE ABOUT ROMNEY'S TIME AT BAIN CAPTIAL.

ROMNEY ALSO SAYS THE PRESIDENT WAS LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO BLAME -- AND HE'S OUT OF TOUCH.

so the president is looking around for someone to blame. and recently i became the reason for all our problems here. it was a surprise to my family and me but he's always looking for someone out there, atm machines, china, europe, i mean it's always something, congress

MEANWHILE, FROM THE SAME SIDE OF THE AISLE, REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN RON PAUL -- SAYS ROMNEY NEEDS TO RELEASE MORE OF HIS TAX RETURNS.

SO FAR, HE HAS RELEASED HIS 2010 RETURN AND ESTIMATES FOR 2011.

HOUSING STARTS-ONCAM

BRAND NEW AT NINE--

A NEW REPORT FINDS U-S HOME BUILDERS BROKE GROUND ON THE MOST NEW HOMES AND APARTMENTS IN NEARLY FOUR YEARS LAST MONTH.

ANALYSTS SAY THE INCREASE WAS DRIVEN BY A JUMP IN SINGLE-FAMILY HOME CONSTRUCTION.

ECONOMY WARNING-ONCAM

DIRE WARNINGS IN WASHINGTON TODAY.

IF CONGRESS DOES *NOT EXTEND THE BUSH TAX CUTS BY THE END OF THE YEAR,

THE ECONOMY COULD GO INTO FREEFALL.

BUT WHO SHOULD GET THOSE TAX BREAKS?

AS TRACIE POTTS REPORTS --

ECONOMY WARNING-PKG

"American people don't deserve to watch this debate come down to last minute."

BUT IT MAY. THE BUSH TAX CUTS EXPIRE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, AND CONGRESS MUST DECIDE WHETHER TO EXTEND THEM.

"Everybody who's making $250,000 a year or less, your income taxes will not go up one dime, period."

BUT REPUBLICANS WANT TO INCLUDE THE RICH, TOO - ARGUING A TAX HIKE ON JOB CREATORS WILL MAKE THINGS WORSE.

"We've got two wings out there flapping in the American political system and the fuselage is missing."

A NEW REPORT FROM THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY PREDICTS WHAT THEY CALL "EMPLOYMENT ARMAGEDDON" - TWO MILLION JOB LOSSES NEXT YEAR.

quick!

"That's a lot of jobs."

BIG SPENDING CUTS MAY ALSO KICK IN IF CONGRESS DOESN'T ACT.

Phoenix, AZ

"We expect you to act, and act now, and not use it as a political wedge."

FORMER VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY TOLD REPUBLICANS THAT COULD LEAVE THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT UNABLE TO DEAL WITH SUDDEN THREATS.

BUT THE BIGGEST CONCERN RIGHT NOW IS THE ECONOMY. FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIR BEN BERNANKE TELLS CONGRESS NOT EXTENDING THE TAX BREAKS COULD DELAY RECOVERY:

"It would probably knock the recovery back into a recession and cost a lot of jobs."

ECONOMY WARNING-ONCAM

TRACIE POTTS REPORTING.

SENATE DEMOCRATS PLAN TO VOTE AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK --

ON THE PLAN TO EXTEND TAX BREAKS ANOTHER YEAR,

HOMELESS LATEST-VO

BACK HERE AT HOME-

HAPPENING NOW -- LAWYERS FOR BONITA SPRINGS ARE HEADING BACK INTO MURKY LEGAL WATERS -- AS THE CITY EXAMINES A HOMELESS SHELTER BAN.

HERE'S THE SITUATION --

THE CITY PASSED A MORATORIUM, BANNING ANY *NEW* HOMELESS SHELTERS IN THE CITY FOR ONE YEAR.

THE OWNER OF A PROPERTY ON OLD 41, SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION TO HAVE A SHELTER ON THE LAND. *BEFORE* THAT BAN WENT INTO PLACE.

THE SAINT MATTHEWS HOUSE BACK OUT -- AFTER NEGATIVE REACTION.

LEE TRIAL-VO

RIGHT NOW AT NINE --

OPENING STATEMENTS BEGIN.

IN THE DENISE AMBER LEE WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT.

THE JURY OF TWO MEN AND SIX WOMEN.

WILL DECIDE IF DISPATCHERS AT THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE COULD HAVE *PREVENTED THE YOUNG MOTHER'S MURDER.

MICHAEL KING RAPED AND KILLED HER IN 2008.

HER HUSBAND -- NATHAN LEE -- CLAIMS A DISPATCHER *FAILED TO RELAY CRITICAL INFORMATION TO DEPUTIES,

AFTER RECEIVING A CALL ABOUT THE CAR KING WAS WAS DRIVING, AFTER KIDNAPPING DENISE.

ABC-7 HAS A CREW IN THE COURTROOM,

DEPUTY ARREST-VO

A LEE COUNTY DEPUTY IS OUT OF A JOB THIS MORNING--

AFTER ALLEGEDLY CRASHING HIS PATROL CAR -- WHILE ON PRESCRIPTION PILLS.

BUT HE WON'T BE FACING ANY CRIMINAL CHARGES, BECAUSE PROSECUTORS SAY THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE.

ACCORDING TO AN INVESTIGATION JUST RELEASED --

DEPUTY PATRICK MILOSEVIC ADMITTED TO TAKING PILLS -- HE DIDN'T HAVE A VALID PRESCRIPTION FOR -- BEFORE GETTING INTO HIS PATROL CAR.

HE WAS OFF-DUTY AT THE TIME.

MARY ANN ZARB-SS-VO-SS

ABC-7 KEEPS LEARNING MORE DETAILS --

ABOUT THE MURDER OF MARY ANN ZARB.

THE ESTERO WOMAN WAS KILLED IN APRIL LAST YEAR.

HER BODY WAS DUMPED IN THE WOODS,

ALONG THE LEE/CHARLOTTE COUNTY LINE.

NOTEBOOK DRAWINGS

WE GOT A LOOK AT WHAT APPEARS TO BE CONSTRUCTION PLANS --

FOR THE WORK SHANE SIMPKINS SAID HE WOULD DO AT ZARB'S HOME.

SHOTS OF CHECKS

ABC-7 HAS ALSO LEARNED --

A WOMAN CLAIMING TO BE ZARB.

CALLED HER BANK ON THE MORNING SHE DISAPPEARED.

THE WOMAN TOLD A TELLER --

SHE WOULD SEND OVER A MAN TO CASH CHECKS.

SURVEILLANCE PIC AT BANK

SURVEILLANCE IMAGES ALSO SHOW SIMPKINS --

CASHING 25-THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF CHECKS,

AT TWO SUNTRUST BANK LOCATIONS.

SIMPKINS AND CHRISTOPHER NEUBERGER ARE CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER.

THEY'LL BE BACK IN COURT AT THE END OF THE MONTH,

UTAH AIRPORT SECURITY BREACH-ONCAM

NOW TO THAT SECURITY BREACH AT AN AIRPORT IN UTAH --

A MURDER SUSPECT ON THE RUN --

WAS ABLE TO JUMP ON TO THE RUNWAY -- STEAL -- AND START AN UNLOCKED JET.

UTAH AIRPORT SECURITY BREACH-PKG

The damage, extensive and dramatic. A delta connection jet sits on the

tarmac at St. George Utah its nose cone and left wing crushed IN a desperate

act by a desperate manCRASHING THE PLANE apparently tRYING TO escape

justice and exposing a weak link in airport security.

SOT BITE ST. GEORGE POLICE CAPTAIN JAMES VAN FLEET: HE'S A CURRENT SKYWEST

PILOT, HE'S GONNA KNOW TO GET INTO THE PLANE, ACTIVATE ALL THE SYSTEMS/AND

TAKE THAT PLANE OFF"

In fact, that is what licensed, but suspended commercial pilot for skywest

airlines, Brian Hedglin may have tried to do. THE 40 YEAR OLD JUMPED A

SECURITY FENCE, WEARING GLOVES, AND Throwing a rug over the barbed AT 1 in

the morning darkness he boarded the unlocked jet, started it up and headed

for the runway. But in his haste he clipped the jetway and bounced through

a perimeter fence damaging the terminal.

SOT MARC MORTENSEN PIO CITY OF ST. GEORGE: HE REVERSED THE JET, THEN PUT IT

INTO DRIVE SO TO SPEAK. THEN HE CLIPPED THE JET BRIDGE/PROBABLY MAKING

IT INOPERABLE

Pilot Hedglin was on the run from Colorado springs. prime suspect in the

murder of his ex girlfriendChistina Lopez Cornejo. In a reckless, possible

attempt to escape from justice he apparently tried to fly away but when that

failed shot himself to death. The jet engines still idling when police

arrived. A personal tragedy and wakeup call on several security levels.

SOT BITE:COMMERCIAL JETS USED IN THE AIRLINES DO NOT HAVE KEYS TO OPEN THE

DOORS.

That's right, the jet was protected only by the barbed wire fence and the

lone patrol car assigned to watch 7 miles of perimeter.

ALABMA SHOOTING LATEST-VOTOPS

LOOK CLOSELY --

THIS IS 44-YEAR-OLD NATHAN VAN WILKINS.

TUSCALOOSA POLICE SAY HE WALKED INTO A BAR MONDAY NIGHT,

AND OPENED FIRE.

17 PEOPLE WERE INJURED.

WILKINS IS BEING HELD ON TWO MILLION DOLLARS BOND.

AND HE'S FACING 17 COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER.

POLICE ARRESTED HIM,

TEASE ONE-1SHOT

MUCH OF THE NATION IS NOW IN THE GRIPS OF A DROUGHT NOT SEEN SINCE THE 1930'S---

AND WITH THAT, COMES HIGHER FOOD PRICES--

ABC-7 WILL TELL YOU HOW MUCH MORE YOU'LL BE PAYING FOR DAIRY PRODUCTS, MEAT AND OTHER ESSENTIALS.

PLUS-

HELP COULD SOON BE ON THE WAY FOR RESIDENTS OF ONE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA NEIGHBORHOOD BATTLING BAD ROADS-

BUT THAT HELP COMES AT A PRICE-

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WEATHER TEASE-WX ID

BLOOMBERG BUSINESS REPORT-PKG TOPS

GOOD MORNING.

MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF AMERICANS OUT OF WORK--

ARE DIPPING INTO THEIR *RETIREMENT* TO KEEP UP WITH DAILY LIVING EXPENSES AND UNEXPECTED BILLS.

AND ONLY 10-PERCENT SAY THEY'RE "VERY CONFIDENT" IN THEIR ABILITY TO RETIRE *COMFORTABLY.*

THAT'S ALL ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY BY THE TRANSAMERICA CENTER FOR RETIREMENT.

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AND SOME PEOPLE JUMPING BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE--

ARE SNAGGING JOBS-- AS TEMPS.

BASED ON DATA FROM THE LABOR DEPARTMENT--

THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON PAYROLL FOR TEMP-STAFFING BUSINESSES HAS GROWN NEARLY 11-PERCENT IN JUNE, FROM A YEAR EARLIER.

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SOME FORD VEHICLES ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION.

THIS INVOLVES 730-THOUSAND ESCAPE SUV'S AND MAZDA TRIBUTES-- MODEL YEARS 2001 TO 2004.

U-S AUTO SAFETY REGULATORS HAVE RECEIVED ABOUT 100 COMPLAINTS ABOUT UNINTENDED ACCELERATION IN THE VEHICLES, INCLUDING ONE DEATH.

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ALRIGHT, ANOTHER DRUG WINS F-D-A APPROVAL TO HELP YOU LOSE WEIGHT.

I'LL HAVE MORE, AFTER THIS:

TODAY, INVESTORS KEEPING AN EYE ON QUARTERLY RESULTS FROM BANK OF AMERICA.

STOCKS ENDED HIGHER AFTER FED CHAIRMAN BEN BERNANKE TESTIFIED THE CENTRAL BANK IS PREPARED TO ACT TO BOOST GROWTH IF THE LABOR MARKET DOESN'T IMPROVE.

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THE F-D-A HAS APPROVED A DRUG CALLED 'QSYMIA' TO TREAT OBESITY.

VIVUS PLANS TO BEGIN SELLING THE DRUG-- A COMBINATION OF AN APPETITE SUPPRESSANT AND ANTI-SEIZURE MEDICINE-- BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

IT WILL BE AVAILABLE INITIALLY THROUGH MAIL-ORDER PHARMACIES.

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AT THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, I'M ELLEN BRAITMAN WITH THE BLOOMBERG BUSINESS REPORT.

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ANOTHER DRUG GETS F-D-A APPROVAL TO TREAT OBESITY.

PLUS, FORD IS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR UNINTENDED ACCELERATION OF ITS ESCAPE SUV'S.

I'LL HAVE ALL THAT, AND MORE, COMING UP, IN THE BLOOMBERG BUSINESS REPORT

AURORA BOREALIAS-VOTOPS

CHECK THIS OUT --

A TIME-LAPSE OF THE AMAZING AURORA BOREALIS.

DANCING IN THE NIGHT SKY OVER CANADA.

THE SO-CALLED "NORTHERN LIGHTS" HAPPEN --

WHEN ELECTRICALLY-CHARGED PARTICLES FROM THE SUN.

COLLIDE WITH THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.

THESE IMAGES WERE TAKEN IN ONTARIO --

STORMWARN GENERIC CLIP-CLIP

CROSSTALK INTO WX-CAM 9 WX EST

FORECAST-WXWALL

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.

Showers and storms return to Southwest Florida today, but our rain chances will be cut in half with the showers expected to cover much less ground. This is the beginning of a quieter and sunnier period we expect to last through Friday.

We'll start the morning with a quiet radar along with a nice supply of sunshine, but with an onshore flow still in place, isolated rain could still develop along our coast after sunrise. By the mid to late morning, we'll see the potential for more isolated pockets of rain to pop up along the urban corridor , but then the onshore flow will carry most of the rain and storms deeper inland as we progress through the afternoon. This means the prime time for rain for most of us will come between 11am and 3pm, and then the bulk of the rain will be east of I-75 later in the afternoon.

Cloud cover also won't be as abundant as in previous days, allowing temperatures to warm back to the low 90s.

Tonight, we'll stay mainly dry with a partly cloudy to mostly clear sky with temperatures cooling to the middle 70s through the late night hours.

On Thursday and Friday, a dome of dry, stable air will settle over Southwest Florida, bringing us hot and sunny weather with much lower rain chances. The heat will be the main focus these days with highs expected to get into the mid to upper 90s, and the heat index will be over 100 degrees.

DROUGHT PRICES-CHANCE AT POP

THE DROUGHT -- GRIPPING MUCH OF THE COUNTRY IS NOT ONLY CAUSING PROBLEMS FOR FARMERS---

YOU AND I WILL BE SHELLING OUT MORE CASH AT THE GROCERY STORE--

ON EVERYTHING FROM BEEF, TO MEDICINE, EVEN BARBEQUE SAUCE-

DROUGHT PRICES-PKG

THIS ISN'T A REMOTE DESERT.

IT'S A PHOTO SNAPPED IN INDIANA.

AS WE SWELTER IN THE HEAT OF MID-JULY, CROPS ARE WITHERING.

"i don't like it, but there's nothing the farmers can do. it looks like they're going to lose half their crops. it's not about being more expensive it's about there being less of everything.

AND AS THE RAIN STAYS AWAY, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU'LL SOON SPEND TO KEEP YOUR FAMILY ALIVE WILL RISE LIKE THE MERCURY.

"It's going to shave off time doing other things. transportation costs, all that stuff. it's going to affect everything."

DAIRY PRODUCTS WILL JUMP AN ESTIMATED SIX PERCENT.

BEEF PRICES WILL RISE AT LEAST 5 PERCENT.

AND ANYTHING MADE FROM CORN AND SOYBEANS WILL SPIKE 10 PERCENT, LIKELY MORE.

THAT MEANS CEREAL, TORTILLA CHIPS, ICE CREAM, MILK, AND PIZZA PRICES ARE GOING UP.

BUT IT ALSO MEANS MANY OTHER THINGS WILL LIKELY COST MORE TOO.

BBQ SAUCE HAS HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP. SODA POP, LOADED WITH IT.

OVER THE COUNTER MEDICINES LIKE DAYQUIL USE CORN STARCH.

MARGARINE, IS MADE FROM SOY BEANS.

EVEN FLAVORED WATER BECAUSE IT CONTAINS SUCRALOSE, MADE FROM CORN.

EVEN GREEN CLEANERS, BECAUSE THEY'RE MADE WITH ETHANOL, DERIVED FROM CORN.

DROUGHT PRICES-CHANCE AT POP

ROB ELGAS REPORTING-

BONITA ROAD PAVING-VOWIPE

IT COULD BE A ROUGH ROAD AHEAD FOR SOME BONITA SPRINGS RESIDENTS..

A MEETING TAKES PLACE TONIGHT AT 6 P-M,

AT BONITA SPRINGS CITY HALL.

THE CITY HAS AGREED TO FIX 14 MILES OF ROADS OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS

BUT IT WILL COME AT A COST-

THE CITY WILL FOOT 80 PERCENT OF THE BILL.

RESIDENTS HAVE TO COME UP WITH THE OTHER 20 PERCENT.

BONITA ROAD PAVING-SOTVO

:19 not fun to see kids playing down the street in puddles and mosquitoes, you name it its not fun:26 and its so close to main road its just unsightly:30

GAS GUZZLING BEHAVIORS-CG VID BOX REVEAL

WITH GAS PRICES INCHING BACK UP, WE HAVE A LOOK AT SOME COMMON GAS GUZZLING MISTAKES.

DID YOU KNOW YOU'RE PAYING AN EXTRA 26 CENTS PER GALLON -- FOR EVERY *FIVE MILES PER HOUR YOU GO OVER 50?

ALSO -- LUGGAGE ON TOP OF A CAR, CAN CUT WIND RESISTANCE, LOWERING FUEL ECONOMY BY TWO PERCENT.

TEASE TWO-1SHOT

A GIFT USUALLY GIVEN TO NEW MOMS.

NO LONGER ALLOWED!

SOME HOSPITALS ARE BANNING THE PRESENT.

AND MANY MOTHERS WANT TO KNOW WHY.

PLUS-

A NEW WEIGHT LOSS TOOL. APPROVED.

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TZ2 B FDA DIET DRUG-VOTOPS

BABY FORMULA BAN-CAM 10 BMP-2 SHOT

CHANGES AT HOSPITALS IN MASSACHUSETTS --

NEW MOTHERS WILL *NO LONGER GET FREE BABY FORMULA.

IT'S THE SECOND STATE TO ENACT THE BAN.

THE HOSPITALS HOPE TO PROMOTE BREAST FEEDING. AND IT'S SOMETHING MORE AND MORE BIRTH FACILITIES ARE DOING AROUND THE COUNTRY.

BUT AS LINDA ERGAS REPORTS --

BABY FORMULA BAN-PKG

"What we are talking about giving stuff things to take home. Gift bags that are really samples of formula to get moms formula feeding."

BUT THOSE GIFT BAGS ARE NOW A THING OF THE PAST IN MASSACHUSETTS. ALL 49 BIRTH FACILITIES IN THE STATE HAVE VOLUNTARILY ELIMINATED THE GIVEAWAYS. AND MEREWOOD IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE BREAST FEEDING CENTER AT BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER.

"Breast-feeding is undermined when women go home with these bags. Women are less likely to breast-feed and they're less likely to breast-feed exclusively."

THE INTERNATIONAL FORMULA COUNCIL SAID THE RESEARCH HAS NOT BEEN CONSISTENT; SOME STUDIES A CONNECTION AND OTHERS DO NOT.

"I think that is a bias statement. The research is consistent and I've done a lot of it. No one is saying that you can't formula feed your baby. No one is saying that we won't give your baby formula in the hospital. It is simply about reducing the marketing."

THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS RECOMMENDS THAT MOTHERS EXCLUSIVELY BREASTFEED DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTH. COURTNEY IS BREASTFEEDING HER SON BUT SAYS THE GIFT BAGS DO NOT SEEM BAD.

"I think it seems kind of silly that they stopped giving them out."

PIERCE IS BREAST-FEEDING HER SON PARKER EXCLUSIVELY, BUT SAID THE GIFT BAGS DO NOT SEEM THAT BAD.

BABY FORMULA BAN-ONCAM

FDA DIET DRUG-VO

THE F-D-A HAS APPROVED A NEW DIET PILL.

ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS Q-NEXA.

THE DRUG WILL NOW BE SOLD AS Q-SYM-IA.

OVER FOUR THOUSAND PEOPLE TESTED THE DRUG IN CLINICAL TRIALS.

AND MORE THAN HALF LOST 10 PERCENT OF THEIR BODY WEIGHT.

THE DRUG IS EXPECTED TO BE AVAILABLE,

MAMMOGRAMS-VOTOPS

A NEW STUDY FINDS MAMMOGRAPHIES -- HAVE A LIMITED IMPACT ON BREAST CANCER DEATHS.

THE RESEARCHERS FOUND NO PRONOUNCED DECREASE IN MORTALITY RATES -- AFTER MAMMOGRAMS WERE INTRODUCED IN THE 1970S.

TEASE THREE-1SHOT

VANISHED. WITHOUT A TRACE.

THE DESPERATE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR TWO MISSING LITTLE GIRLS IN IOWA.

ABC 7 TALKS TO THEIR MOTHER.

ALSO - HEAR FROM A MAN WHO SAW THEM.

*JUST BEFORE THEY DISAPPEARED.

AND A TEXAS-SIZE "WHO-DONE IT."

A WELL KNOWN PLASTIC SURGEON --

CHARGED WITH PLOTTING THE MURDER OF A ROMANTIC RIVAL.

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NEWS AT 9:00 OPEN-CLIP

NY STOCK EXCHANGE OPEN-SAT 3 TOPS

LET'S GO LIVE TO THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

U-S STOCKS WERE POISED FOR A LOWER OPEN ON WEDNESDAY.

FED CHAIRMAN BEN BERNANKE RETURNS TO CAPITOL HILL TODAY.

HE'LL TESTIFY FOR A SECOND DAY BEFORE CONGRESS.

AND INVESTORS WANT TO HEAR WHAT HE'LL SAY.

YESTERDAY -- HE SHARED *BLEAK ECONOMIC NEWS.

TS1) OBAMA FORT MYERS VISIT-VOTOPS

NOW AT 9:30, HERE'S A LOOK AT THIS MORNING'S TOP STORIES-

IN ABOUT TWO AND HALF HOURS, PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN STAFF WILL START GIVING OUT TICKETS TO SEE THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF.

MISTER OBAMA WILL BE IN FORT MYERS AT THE HARBORSIDE EVENTS CENTER IN JUST TWO DAYS.

TS2) LEE TRIAL-VOTOPS

OPENING STATEMENTS HAVE BEGUN --

IN THE DENISE AMBER LEE CIVIL TRIAL.

COURT STARTED ABOUT 30 MINUTES AGO.

LEE'S WIDOWER -- NATHAN -- SAYS THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE COULD HAVE PREVENTED HIS WIFE'S MURDER ,

AT THE HANDS OF MICHAEL KING.

TS3) UTAH AIRPORT SECURITY BREACH-VOTOPS

AND FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO HOW A WANTED KILLER MANAGED TO GET HIS HANDS ON A PLANE.

BRIAN HEDGLIN IS A COMMERCIAL PILOT.

HE WAS WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH KILLING HIS GIRLFRIEND.

HEDGLIN TRIED TO GET THE PLANE AIRBORNE AND INSTEAD CRASHED INTO A SECTION OF THE TERMINAL AS WELL AS SEVERAL CARS IN THE PARKING LOT.

MISSING COUSINS LATEST-ONCAM

THE FRANTIC SEARCH CONTINUES THIS MORNING --

FOR TWO MISSING LITTLE GIRLS IN IOWA.

AUTHORITIES BEGAN DRAINING A MAN-MADE LAKE TUESDAY,

AFTER FINDING THE GIRLS' BIKES NEARBY.

BUT FIVE DAYS OF SEARCHING HAVE TURNED UP FEW LEADS.

AS ABC'S ALEX PEREZ REPORTS --

WE STILL DON'T KNOW *HOW THE GIRLS VANISHED,

MISSING COUSINS LATEST-PKG

For Misty and Daniel Morrissey staying busy helps to stay strong.

desperately searching for their 10 year old daughter Lyric Cook and her 8

year old cousin Elizabeth Collins.

Sot--Misty Morrissey"we've been in the woods getting dirty, sweaty,

scratched up"

The girls vanished after leaving for a bike ride about noon ON Friday. They

were reported missing just before 3pm

For the first time we're hearing from someone who saw them during that short

window of time.

Sot--Robert Carpenter " They just come riding by on their bikes and said hi

and that's the last thing I heard from them."

Robert Carpenter was watering his lawn when the girls rode by his home, just

a few blocks away from Meyers Lake, where their bikes where later recovered

on a trail.

Sot--Robert Carpenter and Alex Perez

18:26:40 Q: what's like to think you may have been the last one to see the

girls?

A: Shocking seen them and then you don't get to see them again.

The lack of solid police leads has many parents in this tight knit town

hugging their children and frantic for answers.

Sot--Barbara White "Iit's a mystery. We have nothing to go on, they're just

gone.

The agony isn't getting any easier for Heather Collins.

She remembers spending the morning with her daughter Elizabeth, just hours

before that fateful bike ride.

Sot--Heather Collins "she like quickly just popped out of her bed and

quickly crawled in my bed. She was like, 'It's Mommy and Elizabeth time!'

It's memories like those and pictures of their sporty, happy, little girl,

that keep them hopeful.

MISSING COUSINS LATEST-ONCAM

ALEX PEREZ REPORTING.

THERE'S ONLY BEEN ONE SOLID LEAD IN THE CASE.

BLOODHOUNDS CONFIRMED THE GIRLS *WERE AT THAT LAKE.

MO 5 ALARM FIRE-VO

THE RED CROSS IS NOW HELPING WITH RESIDENTS WHO LOST EVERYTHING -- WHEN AN APARTMENT BUILDING IN SAINT LOUIS WENT UP IN FLAMES.

IT TOOK ABOUT 100 FIREFIGHTERS TO BATTLE THE BLAZE.

AT ONE POINT -- THE THIRD AND FOURTH FLOORS COLLAPSED.

THANKFULLY, NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

KERRY KENNEDY LATEST-VO

KERRY KENNEDY NOW SAYS A PARTIAL SEIZURE, *NOT DRUGS.

IS WHAT CAUSED HER CAR CRASH LAST WEEK.

SHE ENTERED A NOT GUILTY PLEA YESTERDAY IN COURT.

AUTHORITIES CLAIMED --

SHE WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS.

SHE TOLD OFFICERS SHE OFTEN USES A SLEEPING AID.

BUT KENNEDY SAYS TESTS SHOWED *NO DRUGS IN HER SYSTEM.

CAR ELEVATOR SHAFT RESCUE-VO

TWO PARKING GARAGE WORKERS ARE RECOVERING THIS MORNING -- AFTER A CAR TOOK A FIVE STORY PLUNGE DOWN AN ELEVATOR SHAFT IN MANHATTAN YESTERDAY.

THE PARKING ATTENDANT WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE INTO THE FIFTH FLOOR ELEVATOR. ONLY TO DISCOVER, TOO LATE, THAT THE ELEVATOR CAR WASN'T THERE.

THE CAR FELL FIVE STORIES DOWN THE SHAFT. ABOUT 40 FEET.

PLASTIC SURGEON MURDER FOR HIRE-ONCAM

A MURDER CASE IN TEXAS. HAS BEEN PLAYING OUT LIKE A SOAP OPERA.

A PROMINENT PLASTIC SURGEON ALLEGEDLY PAID A HITMAN WITH SILVER BARS,

TO KILL HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND'S LOVER.

PLASTIC SURGEON MURDER FOR HIRE-PKG

POLICE SAY DR. THOMAS MICHAEL DIXON WAS SO HUNG UP ON HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND - HE

CONTACTED HER CONSTANTLY EVEN AFTER SHE BEGAN DATING ANOTHER MAN. DR.

JOSEPH SONNIER.

911 TAPE

18 SOMEONE HAS BROKEN A WINDOW IN THE BACK AND THE DR DID NOT SHOW UP FOR

WORK TODAY.

ON JULY 11. DR. SONNIER'S LANDSCAPER CALLS POLICE FROM OUTSIDE HIS HOME.

911 TAPE

I NEED SOMEBODY TO HURRY!

NO ONE HAD HEARD FROM THE RESPECTED CHIEF PATHOLOGIST.

911 TAPE

MAAM WHAT DO YOU SEE? ONE OF HIS COWORKERS WENT IN THE HOUSE AND HE SAYS IT

NOT GOOD

DR. SONNIER WAS FOUND SHOT AND STABBED TO DEATH IN HIS LIVING ROOM.

POLICE INTERVIEWED HIS GIRLFRIEND - WHO MENTIONED THAT EX-FLAME.DR. DIXONS

FIXATION ON HER.

Moved up:

YOUTUBE

NO ANESTHESIA, NOTHING INVOLVED. BUT FDA APPROVED.

New track:

DISSOLVE FROM DIXON COMM OR YOUTUBE TO PERPWALK

DR. DIXON - A PLASTIC SURGEON - IS PERHAPS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ON-CAMERA

APPEARANCES.

AND JUST DAYS AFTER SONNIER'S BODY WAS FOUND, DR. DIXON WAS ARRESTED. ADDING

TO THIS TANGLED WEB, POLICE ALSO ARREST 51-YEAR-OLD DAVID SHEPARD.

SHEPARD'S ROOMMATE TOLD OFFICERS THAT IT WAS AN ALLEGED MURDER-FOR-HIRE AND

THAT SHEPARD CONFESSED TO STALKING AND KILLING SONNIER. HIS ALLEGED REWARD

FOR THE MURDER? 3 SILVER BARS - WORTH 3-THOUSND DOLLARS EACH. DELIVERED BY

DR. DIXON, THE EX.

CAPTAIN JOHN CASPELL/LUBBOCK POLICE DEPARTMENT:"this is all very surprising

that he would be involved at this level. And nothing that we have been able

to find so far in his background that would make him behave this way."

BOTH MEN ARE NOW CHARGED WITH MURDER. DR. DIXONS BAIL WAS SET AT 10 MILLION

DOLLARS WHILE SHEPARD IS STILL WAITING TO FACE A JUDGE.

GRFX

DR SONNIER'S CHILDREN HELD HIS FUNERAL TUESDAY AFTERNOON - TELLING ABC NEWS

IN A STATEMENT. "Although there were many tears shed, there was also a

PLASTIC SURGEON MURDER FOR HIRE-ONCAM

DIANA PEREZ REPORTING.

SHEPARD SERVED 10 YEARS PROBATION,

AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO THEFT IN 2001.

HE ALSO PLEADED GUILTY TO A BAD CHECK CHARGE IN 19-99.

BABY BORN ON SIDE OF ROAD-VO

A NEW MOM AND HER BABY GIRL -- ARE IN THE HOSPITAL THIS MORNING-

WHILE THAT ISN'T UNUSUAL, *WHERE THE BABY GIRL CAME INTO THIS WORLD IS-

THE BABY GIRL WAS BORN ON THE SIDE OF I-95.

THE BABY WAS BORN WITHOUT HELP -- WHILE MOM AND DAD WERE ON THEIR WAY TO THE HOSPITAL.

MOM AND BABY ARE DOING JUST FINE AND ARE EXPECTED TO STAY AT THE HOSPITAL FOR THE NEXT TWO OR THREE DAYS.

INTERNET CAFE PATRON SHOOTS ROBBERS-VOTOPS

CHECK THIS OUT-

AN ELDERLY MAN STOPS AN ARMED ROBBERY!

HE PULLED HIS GUN ON THE WOULD-BE BANDITS.

AND OPENED FIRE!

IT WAS ALL CAUGHT ON SURVEILLANCE CAMERA.

WATCH --

TWO MEN, ONE WITH A GUN AND THE OTHER WITH A BASEBALL BAT.

TRIED TO ROB AN OCALA INTERNET CAFE LAST FRIDAY.

BUT THEN 71-YEAR-OLD SAMUEL WILLIAMS JUMPS INTO ACTION,

AND SHOT BOTH SUSPECTS.

THE 19-YEAR-OLDS WERE ARRESTED,

BONITA PROMENADE AUCTION-SS-VO

THE FUTURE OF A ONCE BUSTLING SHOPPING CENTER IN BONITA SPRINGS HAS BEEN DECIDED.

BIDDING FOR THE PROMENADE AT BONITA BAY ON 41 -- STARTED AT TWO MILLION DOLLARS.

IT USED TO BE A BIG DESTINATION FOR SHOPPERS.

THE WINNING BID WENT FOR FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.

RIGHT NOW ONLY A QUARTER OF THE STORES ARE FULL.

SHY WOLF SANCTUARY-VO

A NON-PROFIT ANIMAL SANCTUARY IN COLLIER COUNTY.

STRUGGLES THIS MORNING.

THE SHY WOLF SANCTUARY IN GOLDEN GATE STATES CLOSED ITS DOORS LAST WEEK,

AFTER A CODE VIOLATION.

SINCE THE OWNERS CAN NO LONGER OPEN TO THE PUBLIC --

THEY'RE STRUGGLING TO FIND ENOUGH MONEY TO CARE FOR THE ANIMALS.

CAPE CITY MGR ADDING JOBS-VO-WIPE

CAPE CORAL'S CITY MANAGER WANTS THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE 21 NEW POSITIONS.

THAT WILL COST AN ADDITIONAL SIX-MILLION DOLLARS FOR SALARIES AND BENEFITS.

THE BULK OF THE NEW POSITIONS WOULD HELP MAINTAIN CITY PARKS.

OTHERS WOULD WORK ON THE UTILITIES EXPANSION PROJECT.

CAPE CITY MGR ADDING JOBS-SOTVO

-There's people out there right now who cant put food on their table so we need to be cautious in what we do."

SCHOOL SUPPLIES NEEDED-VO

WE ARE LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY.

FROM THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE ALREADY GEARING UP --

COLLECTING SCHOOL SUPPLIES.

THE FOUNDATION FOR LEE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS --

EXPECTS THE NEED WILL BE *JUST AS GREAT AS LAST YEAR.

ABOUT 70 PERCENT OF STUDENTS ARE ON FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH -

MEANING THEY FALL UNDER FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR POVERTY.

THE GROUP WILL GIVE SUPPLIES OUT TO NEARLY 40 TO 50 THOUSAND CHILDREN.

SCHOOL SUPPLIES NEEDED-SOTVO

Over the last couple of years we've seen an uptick in the requests through guidance counselors, school nurses, and teachers and administrators for really the essential things not even school related like hygiene items.

THE FOUNDATION WILL KNOW HOW BIG THE NEED IS.

TEASE FOUR-1SHOT

ABC-7 IS CONTINUING TO FOLLOW THE LATEST ON THE DIVORCE OF TOM CRUISE AND KATIE HOLMES--

AND NOW, NEW PICTURES ARE OUT SHOWING TOM AND HIS DAUGHTER -- TOGETHER IN NEW YORK CITY.

WHAT'S NEXT FOR SURI.AND HER NEW *CHRISTIAN SCHOOL.

PLUS-

WHEN DOES HEALTHY EATING TURN FROM A GOOD IDEA TO OBSESSION?

TZ4 A TOMKAT DIVORCE LATEST-VO

TZ4 B EXTREME DIETING-VOTOPS

WEATHER TEASE-WX ID

TOMKAT DIVORCE LATEST-CAM 10 BMP-2 SHOT

IN CELEBRITY NEWS -

NEW DETAILS IN THE TOMKAT DIVORCE.

TOM CRUISE FINALLY REUNITED WITH HIS DAUGHTER SURI.

CRUISE TOOK AN OVERNIGHT FLIGHT FROM CALIFORNIA TO NEW YORK TUESDAY --

FOR HIS FIRST POST- BREAK-UP VISIT -- WITH HIS SIX-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER SURI.

TOMKAT DIVORCE LATEST-PKG

NATS ET: "Tom Cruise reunites with Suri!"

NATS Extra: "6 year old Suri, finally back with her daddy!"

NATS Access Hollywood: "Tom's first visit with Suri since the split!"

THEY'RE THE HEADLINE GRABBING PHOTOS - TOM CRUISE FINALLY REUNITING WITH

DAUGHTER SURI TUESDAY. THEIR FIRST APPEARANCE TOGETHER SINCE KATIE HOLMES

FILED FOR DIVORCE FROM THE A-LIST ACTOR - ALMOST THREE WEEKS AGO.

NATS paparazzi

OVERNIGHT - CRUISE ONCE AGAIN CARRYING SURI - THIS TIME CRADLING HER HEAD

AND EVEN CRACKING A SMILE- AS THE FATHER DAUGHTER DUO MADE THEIR WAY TO THE

SIX-YEAR-OLD'S GYMNASTICS LESSONS AT NEW YORK CITY'S CHELSEA PIERS.

SOT CARLOS GREER / REPORTER, PEOPLE MAGAZINE: "Tom has this tough image as

this big tough action star but when you see him with Suri, you really see

the tender side of him. He's ecstatic to see her / and sources tell People

that the pair are going to spend several days together in New York City."

TOM AND SURI REPORTEDLY SPENT TUESDAY CATCHING UP ONE-ON-ONE AT NEW YORK

CITY'S GREENWICH HOTEL - HIS SISTER CASS SPOTTED ENTERING THE SAME HOTEL --

BEARING TOYS FOR SURI -

NOTICEABLY ABSENT WAS HOLMES - WHO HAS KEPT A LOW PROFILE SINCE CRUISE

ARRIVED ON THE EAST COAST TUESDAY - THE ACTRESS WILL REPORTEDLY HAVE NO

CONTACT WITH CRUISE WHILE HE IS IN TOWN.

OVER THE WEEKEND CRUISE WRAPPED FILMING ON HIS MOVIE OBLIVION - BEFORE

JETTING OFF TO NEW YORK TO CATCH UP WITH SURI.

SOT CARLOS GREER / REPORTER, PEOPLE MAGAZINE: "He's going to have a really

active role in Suri's life / Tom is a devoted Dad."

A ROLE CRUISE HAS PROMISED TO KEEP SINCE BIRTH - AS HE TOLD OUR DIANE SAWYER

A WEEK BEFORE SURI WAS BORN IN APRIL 2006.

SOT DIANE SAWYER / ABC NEWS: "Have you thought what the first thing is you

want to say to this child?"

SOT TOMCRUISE / ACTOR: "Just how much I love this child. How much I love

TOMKAT DIVORCE LATEST-2 SHOT

AMY ROBACH REPORTING.

AGAIN, THIS WAS THE *FIRST TIME TOM AND SURI SAW EACH OTHER IN *PERSON.

STORM WARN GENERIC CLIP-CLIP

CROSSTALK-CAM 9 WX EST

FORECAST-WX WALL

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.

Showers and storms return to Southwest Florida today, but our rain chances will be cut in half with the showers expected to cover much less ground. This is the beginning of a quieter and sunnier period we expect to last through Friday.

We'll start the morning with a quiet radar along with a nice supply of sunshine, but with an onshore flow still in place, isolated rain could still develop along our coast after sunrise. By the mid to late morning, we'll see the potential for more isolated pockets of rain to pop up along the urban corridor , but then the onshore flow will carry most of the rain and storms deeper inland as we progress through the afternoon. This means the prime time for rain for most of us will come between 11am and 3pm, and then the bulk of the rain will be east of I-75 later in the afternoon.

Cloud cover also won't be as abundant as in previous days, allowing temperatures to warm back to the low 90s.

Tonight, we'll stay mainly dry with a partly cloudy to mostly clear sky with temperatures cooling to the middle 70s through the late night hours.

On Thursday and Friday, a dome of dry, stable air will settle over Southwest Florida, bringing us hot and sunny weather with much lower rain chances. The heat will be the main focus these days with highs expected to get into the mid to upper 90s, and the heat index will be over 100 degrees.

EXTREME DIETING-ON CAM

EATING HEALTHY IS MORE THAN A WAY OF LIFE FOR SOME.

IT'S AN OBSESSION.

DOCTORS ARE STARTING TO SEE EXTREME HEALTHY EATING.SOMETIMES BECOMING DANGEROUS EATING DISORDERS.

EXTREME DIETING-PKG

EATING LESS.AND WEIGHING MORE?

HEATHER DIMEO: "nothing was coming off. Actually, I think I gained 2 pounds!"

6 MONTHS AFTER HAVING A LITTLE GIRL.HEATHER DIMEO COULDN'T LOSE THE BABY WEIGHT.

HEATHER DIMEO: "very frustrating. Okay, I'm not eating, I'm exercising. It should come off!"

DESPERATE TO DROP THE POUNDS, SHE CUT HER DIET.

IT HAD TO BE.

ALL CLEAN.

ALL HEALTHY.

AND BECAME ALL CONSUMING.

LIMITED HERSELF MOSTLY TO CUCUMBERS.

HEATHER DIMEO: "I would occasionally dip it in some hummus, just a little bit. Sugar-free Jell-o. And that's about it. Diet soda! Diet soda."

IN EXTREME CASES.WHEN FOOD MUST *ALWASY BE CLEAN AND HEALTHY.DOCTORS HAVE A NEW DIAGNOSIS -- ORTHOREXIA.

HEATHER'S CASE NEVER CROSSED THAT LINE.BUT GOT UNCOMFORTABLY CLOSE.

PHIL CIRRONE, M.S.: "she was getting too few calories and actually when she was working out, her body was breaking down muscle, which in turn actually slows down the metabolism"

SKINNY WOMEN AT THE GYM.AND FLAWLESS STARS IN MAGAZINES.MADE HEATHER DESPERATE.

HEATHER DIMEO: "you get to the point where it's like, 'I will do anything. I will starve myself to get to a point I look good and it's healthy."

CHANCE SEALES: "when you're walking down the aisles, don't think of it as a jail cell where you have one, maybe two options. Experts say, pick what you like, eat it in moderation, and that's going to help you get to your goal."

HEATHER DIMEO: "phil and I had a come to Jesus meeting. And he was like, 'you need to eat some carbs.'"

PHIL CIRRONE, M.S.: "And when she started, the weight started to fly off."

HEATHER DIMEO: "i've lost 8 pounds.if I want some ice cream, I have ice cream."

AND AFTER SEEING HER MOM YO-YO FOR YEARS.HEATHER WANTS TO PASS ON SOMETHING *DIFFERENT TO HER DAUGHTER.

EXTREME DIETING-ON CAM

EATINGS DISORDERS AREN'T LIMITED TO ANOREXIA AND BULIMIA.

DOCTORS SAY TO LOOK FOR THREE THINGS.

AN EXTREME FIXATION ON FOOD.

WITHDRAWING FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

DAD BIRTH DEFECTS-VO

DAD'S *JOB.

COULD IMPACT THE BABY'S HEALTH..

RESEARCHERS SPOKE TO THOUSANDS OF FATHERS.

THEIR FINDINGS DREW A LINK BETWEEN *CERTAIN JOBS.

AND AN INCREASED RISK FOR BABIES BORN WITH DEFECTS --

INCLUDING COMPUTER SCIENTISTS, ARTISTS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, LANDSCAPERS, DRIVERS AND THOSE OPERATING CRANES AND DIGGERS.

LARGE BABIES & BREAST CANCER-VOTOPS

A NEW STUDY INDICATES GIVING BIRTH TO LARGE BABIES -- AT LEAST 8 POUNDS -- MAY INCREASE THE RISK A WOMAN WILL LATER DEVELOP BREAST CANCER.

THESE MOMS -- HAVE HIGHER LEVELS OF ESTROGEN AND OTHER HORMONES ASSOCIATED WITH CANCER.

WOMAN FLIPS SCOOTER-2 SHOT-VO

SURVEILLANCE VIDEO CAUGHT A MOTORIZED SCOOTER MISHAP -

IN BOSTON'S SUBWAY SYSTEM.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS--

THE WOMAN ON THE SCOOTER TRIED TO TAKE AN "UP" ESCALATOR FROM THE RED LINE. DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE WAS AN ELEVATOR FIFTY FEET AWAY.

YOU CAN SEE SHE FELL BACKWARDS.

OTHER PASSENGERS CAME TO HELP HER.

THEY ALSO FELL DOWN.

FINALLY, A SUBWAY WORKER PUSHED THE ESCALATOR'S EMERGENCY STOP BUTTON.

TEASE FIVE-1SHOT

RUMORS SWIRL --

AFTER J-LO AND STEPHEN TYLER CALL IT QUITS.

WHO WILL JOIN THE JUDGES PANEL ON AMERICAN IDOL?

MARIAH CAREY'S NAME HAS BEEN THROWN OUT THERE.

TZ5 A MARIAH CAREY ON IDOL-VO

FINAL CHECK OF STOCKS-SAT 3 FULL

TIGER WOODS NO LONGER TOP EARNER-VO

TIGER WOODS HAS BEEN DETHRONED,

AS THE WORLD'S BEST-PAID ATHLETE.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE LIST STARTED IN 2004.

THAT WOODS IS *NOT ON TOP.

BOXER FLOYD MAYWEATHER, JUNIOR KNOCKED WOODS OFF.

MAYWEATHER RAKED IN 85-MILLION-DOLLARS.

FELLOW GOLFER PHIL MICKELSON ALSO SURPASSED WOODS,

TO TAKE THE NUMBER TWO SPOT.

PEOPLE HAPPIER WITH GOOGLE-VOTOPS

IN A VIRTUAL POPULARITY CONTEST -- GOOGLE-PLUS IS BEATING FACEBOOK.

THE ONE-YEAR-OLD SOCIAL NETWORK -- TOPS A NEW SURVEY.

FACEBOOK LOGGED IN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST, EVEN THOUGH IT DWARFS ITS COMPETITION IN TERMS OF USERS.

MARIAH CAREY ON IDOL?-VOTOPS

TWO SEATS ARE NOW OPEN AT THE "AMERICAN IDOL" JUDGES' TABLE.

AND THERE'S GROWING SPECULATION THAT MARIAH CAREY COULD BE OFFERED A CHAIR.

BUT HUSBAND NICK CANNON SAYS --

THE SHOW LIKELY CAN'T AFFORD HER!

JENNIFER LOPEZ REPORTEDLY MADE 20 MILLION DOLLARS ON THE SHOW.

CANNON SAYS -- *DOUBLE THAT!

*THEN THEY'LL CONSIDER IT.

THE SHOW WILL NOT COMMENT --

BEER DRINKING REGATTA-VOTOPS

BEER DRINKERS ARE PUTTING THEIR BOAT MAKING SKILLS TO THE TEST -- AT THE ANNUAL BEER CAN REGATTA IN DARWIN, AUSTRALIA.

THE LARGEST BOAT TAKING PART IN THIS YEAR'S REGATTA. THE EXTRAVA"CAN"ZA WEIGHING IN AT ONE AND A HALF TONS.

TOP STORIES OPEN-CLIPTOPS

TS1) OBAMA FORT MYERS VISIT-VOTOPS

BEFORE WE SAY GOODBYE, HERE'S A LOOK AT THIS MORNING'S TOP STORIES.

IN ABOUT TWO HOURS --

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN STAFF STARTS GIVING OUT TICKETS --

FOR THE PRESIDENT'S RALLY IN FORT MYERS ON FRIDAY.

HE'LL BE AT THE HARBORSIDE EVENTS CENTER.

TICKETS ARE FREE, BUT SPACE IS LIMITED.

ALL THE INFORMATION IS ON OUR WEBSITE.

ABC-DASH-SEVEN DOT COM.

TS2) LEE TRIAL-VOTOPS

A CHARLOTTE COUNTY JURY IS NOW HEARING OPENING STATEMENTS -- IN THE WRONGFUL DEATH CIVIL TRIAL OF DENISE AMBER LEE.

TS3) UTAH AIRPORT BREACH-VOTOPS

AND FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS LOOK INTO HOW A WANTED KILLER.

MANAGED TO GET HIS HANDS ON A PLANE.

BRIAN HEDGLIN WAS A COMMERCIAL PILOT,

WANTED FOR KILLING HIS GIRLFRIEND.

HEDGLIN CRASHED THE PLANE INTO A TERMINAL,

PLUS -- SEVERAL CARS IN THE PARKING LOT.

TS4) MISSING COUSINS-VOTOPS

AND--

INVESTIGATORS LOOKING FOR TWO MISSING IOWA COUSINS -- WILL CONTINUE TO DRAIN A MAN MADE LAKE.

THE GIRLS HAVE BEEN MISSING SINCE FRIDAY WHEN THEY WENT FOR A BIKE RIDE.

CLOSE-3SH-AWS ANI

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