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AHEAD ON ABC-7 SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S ONLY LOCAL NEWS AT NINE --

GEORGE ZIMMERMAN OPENS UP --

STRAIGHT FROM HIS MOUTH -- WE HEAR HIS TAKE ON THE AFTERMATH OF FATALLY SHOOTING TRAYVON MARTIN

PLUS -- NEW DETAILS THIS MORNING LINKING THE BULGARIA SUICIDE BUS BOMBER TO THE UNITED STATES

AND THE WIFE OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MITT ROMNEY TALKS LIFE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL

HL1)ZIMMERMAN-SOTVO

HL2)BULGARIAN BUS BOMBING-VO-WIPE

HL3) ANNE ROMNEY SPEAKS-SOTVO

WX HL-WX WALL

NEWS AT 9:00 OPEN-CLIPTOPS

ZIMMERMAN-PKG

ZIMMERMAN-OC

BULGARIAN BUS BOMBING-BNR-VOTOPS

NEW DETAILS THIS MORNING ON A BUS BOMBING IN BULGARIA.

OFFICIALS SAY A SUICIDE BOMBER LIKELY CARRIED OUT THE ATTACK,

WHICH KILLED KILLED SIX ISRAELI TOURISTS, AND A BULGARIA.

MORE THAN 30 PEOPLE WERE INJURED.

ALSO-- THAT ATTACKER HAD A MICHIGAN DRIVER'S LICENSE.

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA RESPONDED THIS MORNING--

CAPE DEATH INVESTIGATION-VO

DEVELOPING THIS MORNING--

WE'RE WORKING TO LEARN THE IDENTITY OF A MAN -- FOUND DEAD INSIDE A CAPE CORAL HOME

ABC-7 CONFIRMS A MAN'S BODY WAS FOUND INSIDE A HOME ON SOUTHWEST 49TH LANE.

NEIGHBORS SAY AN ELDERLY MAN LIVED THERE WITH HIS SON.

THEY TELL US THEY LAST SAW HIM MORE THAN A WEEK AGO --

RIGHT NOW,

CLIP VOTE-CLIP

OBAMA VISIT-SOTVO-SS-OC

IN YOUR VOICE, YOUR VOTE 2012 ---

FORT MYERS GETS READY FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN STOP.

HE'LL SPEAK AT THE HARBORSIDE EVENT CENTER IN THE RIVER DISTRICT.

HE'LL PITCH FOR YOUR VOTE TO RE-ELECT HIM.

AND HIS VISIT COMES THE *SAME DAY THAT FLORIDA'S UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS COME OUT.

There are also a number of challengeS facing small businesses.

. and those are issues the president knows that people in the area are talking about at the dinner table.

THERE ARE NO MORE TICKETS AVAILABLE TO SEE THE PRESIDENT ON FRIDAY AT HARBORSIDE.

BUT YOU CAN WATCH PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN STOP. RIGHT HERE ON ABC-7.

IT'S SCHEDULED TO START AROUND 11-20 A-M,

AND WE WILL AIR IT LIVE.

WE DID REACH OUT TO REPUBLICAN RIVAL MITT ROMNEY'S CAMP -

CAMPAIGN POLITICS-OC

MITT ROMNEY'S FIGHTING BACK.

UNDER HEAVY PRESSURE - EVEN FROM REPUBLICANS - TO RELEASE MORE TAX RETURNS, ROMNEY AND HIS CAMPAIGN ARE POINTING THE FINGER BACK AT PRESIDENT OBAMA.

THE CAMPAIGN CONTINUES IN FLORIDA TODAY.

CAMPAIGN POLITICS-PKG

LIVE / TRACIE POTTS / WASHINGTON, DC

TAPE / FORMER GOVERNOR JEB BUSH/ FLORIDA

TAPE / JAY CARNEY/ WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY

TAPE / GOVERNOR BOBBY JINDAL/ LOUISIANA

TAPE / MITT ROMNEY/ PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

LIVE / TRACIE POTTS / WASHINGTON, DC

REPUBLICANS CLAIM PRESIDENT OBAMA'S FOCUSING ON ROMNEY'S TAX RETURNS AND TIME AT BAIN CAPITAL TO SHIFT FOCUS FROM THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC PROBLEMS.

THE POLITICAL FIGHT OF THE YEAR CONTINUES IN FLORIDA TODAY. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S MAKING TWO CAMPAIGN STOPS THERE.

HE'LL FOCUS ON MEDICARE - CLAIMING MITT ROMNEY WOULD MAKE IT MORE EXPENSIVE FOR THE STATE'S 3-POINT-4 MILLION SENIORS.

Florida

"I am so tired of President of the United States - with the awesome seal he gets to go around with - pointing, trying to create divisions."

THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THE PRESIDENT WON'T BACK OFF PUSHING FOR MORE ROMNEY TAX RETURNS. PROMINENT REPUBLICANS HAVE CALLED FOR THEM, TOO

"It's not necessarily comfortable, but it's become a tradition and it's an important one, you make your tax returns available because you think the American people deserve that kind of transparency."

BUT IN OHIO - ROMNEY AND HIS SURROGATES CLAIMED THE TAX RETURN ISSUE - AND ATTACKS ON ROMNEY'S WORK AT BAIN CAPITAL - ARE DELIBERATE DISTRACTIONS:

Louisiana

"All he can do is distort his policies. All he can do is make up allegations, try to distract our attention away from his failed performance."

Presidential Candidate

"His priority is not creating jobs for the American people, his priority is trying to keep his own job and that's why he is going to lose it."

CAMPAIGN POLITICS-OC

TRACIE POTTS REPORTING

NO LEAKS ON WHO THAT MIGHT BE - BUT ROMNEY INSISTS IT'LL BE A CONSERVATIVE.

MEANTIME -- HIS WIFE "ANN" -- SAT DOWN FOR AN ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW.

CAPE UEP-VOTOPS - CG

ANOTHER STEP FORWARD --

CAPE CORAL CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES GETTINGWATER AND SEWER TO SOUTHWEST 6/7.

THAT'S NEAR TRAFALGAR PARKWAY AND CHIQUITA BOULEVARD.

THE CHEAPEST OPTION WOULD COST HOMEOWNERS A ONE TIME FEE --

OF AROUND 18 THOUSAND 500 DOLLARS.

THAT INCLUDES ASSESSMENT AND IMPACT FEES.

IF HOMEOWNERS SELECT TO PAY IT OFF OVER 20 YEARS --

ONE WOULD COST ABOUT 24-THOUSAND DOLLARS,

WITH A TWO-POINT-FOUR PERCENT INTEREST RATE.

OR WITH A SIX-POINT-FIVE PERCENT INTEREST RATE,

A WHOPPING 34-THOUSAND.

CAPE UEP-SOTVO

12:21:20 the way it looks could be around 20 thousand -- of if comes a lot cheaper - construction is a lot cheaper these days cuz of economy that could favor us 21:30

PILL DEPUTY 911 CALL-VOTOPS

NEW VIDEO RELEASED -- FROM A DASH CAM OF A PATROL CAR

ITS OF A FORMER LEE COUNTY DEPUTY -- AFTER HE SLAMMED INTO A CAR WHILE ON PRESCRIPTION PILLS BACK IN MAY

PATRICK MILOSEVIC WAS *OFF DUTY AT THE TIME -- BUT WAS IN HIS MARKED CAR

WITNESSES NOTICED HIM DRIVING WRECKLESSLY BEFORE HE HIT A PARKED PICK-UP.IN A WAL-MART PARKING LOT.

WE'RE EVEN HEARING NEW 9-1-1 CALLS OF THE INCIDENT.

PILL DEPUTY 911 CALL-SOT 2 VO

911 CALL: "he just hit a truck.dispatcher: he did hit it? caller: yeah he hit it"

911 CALL: dispatcher: does he seem confused? caller: I don't know he's not in uniform

MILOSEVIC WAS ARRESTED, BUT WILL NOT FACE D-U-I CRIMINAL CHARGES.

ROAD RAGE-VOTOPS SS

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES INVESTIGATE A CASE OF ROAD RAGE.

AN EDISON COLLEGE STUDENT WAS ON HIS WAY HOME,

WHEN DEPUTIES SAY ANOTHER DRIVER GOT ANGRY. SPED AROUND THE STUDENT. THEN SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES.

THE STUDENT THEN BUMPED INTO HIS CAR.

DEPUTIES SAY LOUIS SHEENE GOT OUT OF HIS CAR,

AND ATTACKED THE STUDENT!

A WITNESS GOT PART OF SHEENE'S PLATE NUMBER.

LEE VS. CCSO DAY 3-VO

NEW DETAILS IN THE CIVIL TRIAL WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING -- THAT INVOLVES THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

IT'S DAY FOUR TODAY--

AND MORE TESTIMONY IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING AFTER NATHAN LEE TOOK THE STAND YESTERDAY -- TALKING ABOUT THE DAY HIS WIFE, DENISE AMBER LEE -- WAS ABDUCTED, RAPED AND KILLED.

HE'S SUING THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE BECAUSE HE CLAIMS A 9-1-1 DISPATCHER DID NOT PASS ALONG A TIP THAT COULD HAVE SAVED HER LIFE.

NAPLES BOAT MYSTERY-VO SS

THIS ONE'S A REAL MYSTERY.

NAPLES CITY LEADERS SEARH FOR THE OWNER OF A BOAT,

THAT WAS ABANDONED AT THE NAPLES DOCK.

A 50-THOUSAND DOLLAR CATAMARAN APPEARED AT THE DOCK ON JUNE 6TH

NO ONE HAS PAID THE SLIP FEES.

AND THE BOAT'S OWNER -- 57-YEAR-OLD WAYNE BALL -- IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.

WE SPOKE TO BALL'S EX-WIFE, PAMELA, ON THE PHONE YESTERDAY

SHE SAYS SHE HASN'T HEARD FROM HER EX IN YEARS.

SHE THINKS HE IS EITHER IN TROUBLE,

SCRAPPING FCAT-VO

FLORIDA'S TOP EDUCATION LEADER.TALKING ALL THINGS EDUCATION -- AT HIS FIRST COMMUNITY FORUM IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

COMMISSIONER - GERARD ROBINSON - SPOKE AT EDISON'S LEE CAMPUS YESTERDAY

THE STATE'S STANDARDIZED TEST, THE F-CAT, WAS ONE OF THE TOP SUBJECTS

RECENTLY, LEE COUNTY'S DISTRICT GRADE -- DROPPED FROM AN 'A' TO A 'B'.

SCRAPPING FCAT-SOTVO

The real goal is we raise the standards and in Florida when we raise the standards we always see a decline, and then we see an increase in a few years.

IN TWO YEARS, THE FCAT WILL NO LONGER EXIST.

A TOUGHER EXAM WILL REPLACE IT

TEASE ONE-2SHOT

TZ1 A)FLASH FLOOD-VO

TZ1 B) TV TALK AND TEXT-VOTOPS

WEATHER TEASE-WX ID

BLOOMBERG TEASE-SOT

BLOOMBERG BUSINESS REPORT-PKG TOPS

GOOD MORNING.

RETAILERS GEARING UP FOR A *HUGE* BACK TO SCHOOL SEASON!

THE NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION OUT WITH ITS ANNUAL FORECAST--

SPENDING IS EXPECTED TO RISE THE *MOST* SINCE 2003 AS SHOPPERS BUY NEW CLOTHES, SUPPLIES, AND ELECTRONICS.

N-R-F SAYS THE AVERAGE PERSON WITH KIDS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE PLANS TO SPEND JUST OVER $688 BUCKS THIS YEAR!

THAT'S A 14-PERCENT JUMP FROM LAST YEAR.

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MORE BAD NEWS FROM THE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT.

SECRETARY TOM VILSACK SAYS THE DROUGHT PLAGUING U-S FARMS MAY PERSIST FOR THE REST OF THE GROWING SEASON.

THE USDA ALSO DECLARED 39 *MORE* COUNTIES IN 8 STATES AS DISASTER AREAS.

BARCLAYS NOW SAYING THE SURGE IN GRAIN AND SOYBEAN PRICES MAY SPUR A THIRD WAVE OF FOOD INFLATION.

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COMING UP-- LAY'S WANTS TO PAY YOU A MILLION BUCKS FOR A NEW POTATO CHIP FLAVOR.

I'LL EXPLAIN, AFTER THIS:

EARNINGS SEASON IS IN FULL SWING!

INVESTORS TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT RESULTS FROM SOUTHWEST, PHILIP MORRIS, AND VERIZON THIS MORNING.

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STOCKS IN RALLY MODE YESTERDAY--

ONE REASON-- A REPORT SHOWING MORE BUILDERS BREAKING GROUND ON HOMES.

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AND WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?

PEPSICO'S FRITO LAY DIVISION WANTS *YOU* TO COME UP WITH A WINNING RECIPE FOR A NEW POTATO CHIP--

AND PAY YOUR $1-MILLION DOLLARS FOR IT.

IN A PROMOTION LAUNCHING TOMORROW, USA TODAY SAYS THE WINNING CHIP WILL BE DECIDED ON BY FACEBOOK VOTES.

THE PAPER SAYS, THE MOVE USES SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING-- IN WHAT'S CALLED "CROWD-SOURCING."

FACEBOOK WILL EVEN REPLACE THE FAMILIAR 'LIKE' BUTTON WITH AN "I'D EAT THAT" BUTTON.

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FLASH FLOOD-VOTOPS

HIKERS IN ARIZONA MANAGED TO CATCH THIS FLASH FLOOD ON CAMERA\

THEY CAME ACROSS THIS RUSHING WATER ON THEIR TRAIL

AND QUICKLY GOT TO HIGHER GROUND

FROM THERE - THEY WATCHED THE TRAIL BECOME COMPLETELY UNPASSABLE IN JUST A MINUTE

THEY HAD TO WAIT FOR HOURS BEFORE THEY COULD HIKE BACK OUT

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS - IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO WAIT

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.

After a wet start to the week, our weather pattern is drying out and heating up.

The upper level low that brought us the soggy rains continues to weaken across the southeast states today with the rain focused across central and north Florida. Skies will start off mostly clear with most locations in the middle and upper 70s.

The tropical airmass that has been entrenched across the area will be replaced by dry high pressure building in from the Atlantic along with Saharan dust. This will bring hot, hazy, and humid conditions to Southwest Florida for Thursday and Friday, while keeping rain chances to a minimum. With the seabreeze making its way in this afternoon, a stray afternoon/evening shower is possible otherwise the vast majority of the area will stay dry. Temperatures will soar into the mid 90s with heat index values in the 101°-105° range.

CAPE FD DOG CANAL RESCUE-SSTOPS

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PICTURE.

ALL OF THAT RAINFALL THE OTHER DAY -- MADE FOR A VERY SCARY EXPERIENCE FOR THESE PUPS.

BECAUSE OF THE RAIN, AND FLOODING IN CAPE CORAL.THEY HAD TO BE PULLED OUT OF A CANAL.

NO FLY LIST-VO

HOMELAND SECURITY IS LOOKING INTO ITS OWN FLIGHT SCHOOL SCREENING PROGRAM.

US SECURITY IS RECOGNIZING A LOOPHOLE.

AMERICAN'S ON THE "NO-FLY" LIST BECAUSE OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS ACTIVITY.CAN JUMP ON BOARD AND LEARN TO FLY.NO BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIRED.

ANOTHER LOOPHOLE. IDENTIFYING FLIGHT STUDENTS.

WHILE FOREINGERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE AN M-1 VISA. IT DOESN'T REVEAL IF THEY'RE IN THE US LEGALLY OR ILLEGALLY.

NO FLY LIST-SOTVO

think they only way to prevent another 911 is if instructors are looking for suspicious items t

TV TALK AND TEXT-VO

THE MAJORITY OF ADULTS GETTING MORE INTERACTIVE WHILE WATCHING TV.

A NEW SURVEY SHOWS 52 PERCENT OF ALL ADULTS -- USE THEIR CELL PHONES WHILE THEY ARE WATCHING TELEVISION.

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SOME USE THEIR PHONE -- TO KEEP OCCUPIED DURING COMMERICIALS

OTHERS TEXT WITH SOMEONE WHO'S WATCHING THE SAME SHOW.

COST OF FRIENDSHIP-VO

WHILE HAVING FRIENDS CAN ENRICH OUR LIVES,

A NEW SURVEY SHOWS THAT THEY CAN ALSO HELP BREAK THE BANK.

ACCORDING TO A NEW SURVEY,

31 PERCENT OF ADULTS SPENT MORE MONEY ON THEIR FRIENDS THAN WHAT THEIR FRIENDS SPENT ON THEM IN A GIVEN YEAR.

BUT THE SURVEY ALSO SHOWED THAT MONEY COULD DESTROY A FRIENDSHIP.

TRAMPOLINE RECALL-VOTOPS

AND THERE IS A RECALL TO TELL YOU ABOUT.

PANLINE U-S-A IS RECALLING ITS ALEX MODEL 786X LITTLE JUMPERS TRAMPOLINE.

THE HANDLEBAR CAN BREAK.POSING A FALL HAZARD.

THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF ANY INJURIES.

BABY BOTTLE BAN-VOTOPS

THE U-S FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION HAS ANNOUNCED IT IS BANNING A CONTROVERSIAL CHEMICAL IN SOME BABY PRODUCTS.

THE AGENCY SAYS COMPANIES CAN NO LONGER USE BISPHENOL-A, OR B-P-A, IN PLASTICS USED TO MAKE BABY BOTTLES AND SIPPY CUPS.

MOST MANUFACTURERS HAVE ALREADY STOPPED USING THE CHEMICAL IN THESE PRODUCTS.

TEASE TWO-1SHOT

YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW--

A BREAKTHROUGH IN THE FIGHT AGAINST H-I-V INFECTION

A NEW DRUG - JUST APPROVED COULD DECREASE CHANCES OF CONTRACTING THE DISEASE.

BUT IT'S NOT A SURE BET --

TZ2 A) NEW HIV DRUG-VO

WOMEN STRESSFUL JOBS-VO

WOMEN WITH STRESS IN THE WORKPLACE -- COULD FACE SERIOUS HEALTH RISKS

A NEW STUDY POINTS TO STRESSFUL JOBS ARE THE CULPRIT FOR HEART ATTACKS IN WOMEN

RESEARCHERS FOUND WOMEN WITH THE MOST JOB-RELATED STRESS WERE NEARLY SEVENTY PERCENT MORE LIKELY TO SUFFER A HEART ATTACK,

FATHER TODDLER BONDING-VO

FATHERS WHO ACTIVELY ENGAGE THEIR THREE MONTH-OLD CHILDREN -- MIGHT HAVE BETTER BEHAVED TODDLERS.

A STUDY FINDS CHILDREN WHOSE FATHERS INTERACTED WITH THEM WHEN THEY WERE THREE MONTHS-OLD -- HAD FEWER BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS,

FLIP FLOP PROBLEMS-VOTOPS

WHILE FLIP-FLOPS ARE A SUMMER STAPLE, EXPERTS SAY THE THE STRAPPY SANDALS AREN'T GOOD FOR YOUR BODY

THEY SAY THE FLAT SURFACE PROVIDES LITTLE ARCH SUPPORT, WHICH CAN DISRUPT YOUR BODY'S ALIGNMENT AND LEAD TO PAIN IN THE KNEES, HIPS AND BACK.

NEW HIV DRUG-OC

THERE'S NEW HOPE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST H-I-V AND AIDS.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 30 YEARS. THE F-D-A HAS APPROVED A DRUG TO REDUCE THE RISK OF INFECTION.

BUT AS JOSH GREEN DISCOVERED.

NEW HIV DRUG-PKG

"This morning when I opened up my Facebook account. The first thing I saw was somebody say. New drug to prevent HIV yay!"

IT WAS A POST THAT DIDN'T SIT TOO WELL WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE AIDS SERVICE ASSOCIATION.

"That frightened me to death because I can just see people say. Oh my God! Throw away the condoms; we're good. We don't have to worry about this anymore; we just take a pill. Well, the pill costs 14,000 a year."

PEOPLE WITH H-I-V HAVE USED TRUVADA FOR YEARS.

NOW THE F-D-A OKAYED IT AS A PREVENTIVE MEASURE FOR HEALTHY PEOPLE AT HIGH RISK OF GETTING HIV, LIKE THOSE WHO HAVE SEX WITH HIV-INFECTED PARTNERS.

"We're happy to find any kind of opportunity to help reduce HIV infections. But we cannot let it be in our mind. this is going to prevent HIV because that's just not true."

ONE STUDY SHOWED THE DRUG REDUCED INFECTION RATES BY 63% OVERALL IN HEALTHY MEN AND WOMEN AT HIGH RISK OF INFECTION.

AFTER THE F-D-A'S DECISIONS. DOCTORS AROUND THE COUNTRY TOUTED ITS BENEFITS.

"I know for a fact that I am preventing HIV infections in high risk individuals by putting them on Truvada."

BUT ADVOCATES WARN LESSONS ABOUT SAFER SEX ARE STILL NEEDED.

NEW HIV DRUG-OC

ADVOCATES WARN LESSONS ABOUT SAFER SEX -- ARE STILL NEEDED.

TEASE THREE-2SHOT

YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW--

A HUGE BLOW THE SYRIAN REGIME OF PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD

3 KEY MEMBERS OF HIS INNER CIRCLED KILLED IN A BLAST AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE SECURITY FORCES

COMING UP, A LOOK AT THE AFTERMATH

PLUS - EXCLUSIVE.

ABC'S ROBIN ROBERTS SITS DOWN WITH ANNE ROMNEY.

TZ3 A) SYRIA AFTERMATH-VO

TZ3 B) ANNE ROMNEY SPEAKS-VOTOPS

NEWS AT 9:00 OPEN-CLIP

NY STOCK EXCHANGE OPEN-SAT 3 TOPS

ABC SEVEN IS ALWAYS ON TOP OF THE LATEST BUSINESS NEWS.

TS1) ZIMMERMAN-VOTOPS

ALL NEW OVERNIGHT--

GEORGE ZIMMERMAN BREAKS HIS SILENCE.

HE OPENED UP LAST NIGHT IN AN INTIMATE INTERVIEW WITH FOX NEWS.

ZIMMERMAN TALKED IN DETAIL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THE NIGHT HE SHOT TRAYVON MARTIN.

HE'S CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER.

THE FORMER NEIGHBORHOOD WATCHMAN ALSO OFFERED AN APOLOGY TO MARTIN'S PARENTS.

TS2) BULGARIA-VOTOPS

NEW DETAILS THIS MORNING--

AS BULGARIAN OFFICIALS SAY THE BUS BOMBING THAT KILLED ISRAELI TOURISTS WAS MOSTLY LIKELY CARRIED OUT BY A SUICIDE ATTACKER WHO WAS CARRYING A MICHIGAN DRIVER'S LICENSE.

AUTHORITIES SAY THE BOMBER KILLED SIX ISRAELIS AND A BULGARIAN, AS WELL AS HIMSELF MORE THAN 30 PEOPLE WERE INJURED.

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA RESPONDED TO THE ATTACK THIS MORNING--

TS3) CAPE DEATH-VOTOPS

RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING TO LEARN THE IDENTITY OF A MAN FOUND DEAD INSIDE A CAPE CORAL HOME.

ABC-7 CONFIRMS A MAN'S BODY WAS FOUND INSIDE A HOME ON SOUTHWEST 49TH LANE.

NEIGHBORS SAY AN ELDERLY MAN LIVED THERE WITH HIS SON.

BUT NO ONE HAD SEEN HIM IN MORE THAN A WEEK.

POLICE WILL NOT SAY IF THE DEATH LOOKS SUSPICIOUS.

SYRIA BOMBING AFTERMATH-OC

IT WAS PERHAPS THE MOST SERIOUS BLOW STRUCK AGAINST THE REGIME OF PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR IN SYRIA.

THREE KEY MEMBERS OF HIS INNER CIRCLE. KILLED IN A BLAST AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE SECURITY FORCES IN DAMASCUS.

SYRIA BOMBING AFTERMATH-PKG

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Omaran Zoabi

Syrian Information Minister

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Voice of Sander Van Hoorn

Dutch National Radio

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Ivan Watson

Istanbul

--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS --

AS SYRIAN REBELS BATTLED GOVERNMENT FORCES IN THE STREETS OF DAMASCUS FOR THE FOURTH STRAIGHT DAY ON WEDNESDAY&

STUNNING NEWS EMERGES ON SYRIAN STATE TELEVISION.

THAT A SUICIDE BOMBER STRUCK THE NATIONAL SECURITY HEADQUARTERS.

IN ONE FELL SWOOP AT LEAST FOUR OF THE GOVERNMENT'S TOP SECURITY OFFICIALS ARE KILLED.

THE DEFENSE MINISTER, GENERAL DAOUD RAJJA.

THE INTERIOR MINISTER, MOHAMAD AL SHA'AR.

THE PRESIDENT'S SECURITY ADVISOR AND DEPUTY VICE PRESIDENT HASSAN TURKMANI.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER ASSEF SHAWKAT&A BROTHER-IN-LAW OF THE SYRIAN PRESIDENT.

NEWS OF THE DEADLY BLAST&SPARKED CELEBRATIONS IN OPPOSITION STRONGHOLDS& FROM IDLIB PROVINCE IN THE NORTH&TO THE SOUTHERN CITY OF DERA'A WHERE THE UPRISING STARTED 16 MONTHS AGO.

THE REGIME IS STRUGGLING TO SHOW IT IS IN CHARGE.

QUICKLY ANNOUNCING A REPLACEMENT DEFENCE MINISTER

AND TAKING TO THE AIRWAVES, BLAMING THE ATTACK ON OUTSIDERS.

"with all the killing tha thas taken place the legal responsibility and political and moral responsibility directly falls upon arab govt, particular arab govts.and all their intelligence agents."

BUT THIS WEEK, THE GOVERNMENT'S CONTROL OF THE CAPITAL HAS BEEN CHALLENGED LIKE NEVER BEFORE.

PROMPTING IT TO DEPLOY ARMORED VEHICLES IN THE STREETS

AS WELL AS HELICOPTER GUNSHIPS THAT EYEWITNESSES SAY KEEP SHOOTING IN TO DAMASCUS NEIGHBORHOODS

THE FIGHTING HAS FORCED RESIDENTS OF THE CAPITAL TO FLEE FLASH-POINT NEIGHBORHOODS ON FOOT&AS SEEN HERE IN FOOTAGE FILMED BY DUTCH TELEVISION.

SYRIA BOMBING AFTERMATH-OC

IVAN WATSON REPORTING

THE REGIME HAS BEEN SEVERLY WOUNDED BUT NOW THERE ARE REPORTS THAT IT'S ARMED SUPPORTERS ARE LASHING OUT

DROUGHT HELP-VOTOPS

FARMERS SUFFERING FROM THE WIDESPREAD DROUGHT NEED HELP FROM CONGRESS.

THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SAYS CONGRESS NEEDS TO PASS A FIVE YEAR 500-BILLION DOLLAR FARM AND NUTRITION BILL OR APPROVE ADDITIONAL DISASTER RELIEF.

THE BILL HAS ALREADY PASSED IN THE SENATE BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN SCHEDULED FOR A VOTE IN THE HOUSE.

SECRET SERVICE PUNISHMENT-VOTOPS

PUNISHMENTS HANDED DOWN FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN THE RECENT SECRET SERVICE PROSTITUTION SCANDAL

IT HAPPENED IN SOUTH AMERICA EARLIER THIS YEAR.

SEVEN ARMY SOLDIERS AND TWO MARINES RECEIVED ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE BUT WILL NOT FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES.

ANNE ROMNEY SPEAKS-PKG

FERRY CAPSIZE-VO

AT LEAST 31 PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A FERRY CAPSIZED AND SANK OFF THE COAST OF EASTERN AFRICA YESTERDAY

THERE WERE 250 PEOPLE ON BOARD

145 WERE RESCUED - BUT DOEZENS ARE STILL MISSING

RESCUE MISSIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY - BUT WERE SUSPENDED AFTER DARK LAST NIGHT

BOY RESCUED FROM SEWER SYSTEM-VO

A THREE YEAR OLD BOY -- IS RESUCED AFTER GOING MISSING FOR A DAY

HE WAS FOUND IN A SEWER

IN COLOMBIA -- A LITTLE BOY DISAPPEARED WHILE HE WAS PLAYING IN THE SAND AT A CONSTRUCTION ZONE

AUTHORITIES SUSPECTED HE FELL IN A HOLE

AFTER DOUBLE CHECKING THE SEWER

HE WAS FOUND CLOSE TO BEING SWEPT DOWN A PIPE.

BONITA HOMELESS SHELTER-VO

PLANS FOR A HOMELESS SHELTER IN BONITA SPRINGS ARE OFFICIALLY ON HOLD.

YESTERDAY COUNCIL MEMBERS AGREED THAT A ONE YEAR BAN ON SHELTERS *DOES APPLY TO A PROPERTY ON OLD 41.

THIS- EVEN THOUGH THE DEVELOPER APPLIED FOR PERMITING FOR THE PROPERTY *BEFORE THE BAN WAS PASSED.

COUNCIL IS ACTING ON THE ADVICE OF SPECIAL COUNSELER BEVERLY GRADY,

HIRED BY THE CITY AT A COST OF UP TO 25-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO LOOK AT THE ISSUE.

BONITA HOMELESS SHELTER-SOTVO

We were in fact in the sunshine, and in writing advised that we could proceed.

Local govts can apply pending rules if they were pending prior to a proper application being filed.

FMB SAFETY TASK FORCE-VO-WIPE

TASK FORCE ON FORT MYERS BEACH ABANDONED A PLAN YESTERDAY

TO REDUCE SPEED LIMITS ON THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE. ESTERO BOULEVARD

DECIDING INSTEAD, TO MAKE OTHER CHANGES TO IMPROVE SAFETY BEFORE SEASONAL VISITORS RETURN.

THEY NARROWED DOWN A LIST OF CROSSWALKS THAT NEED WORK--

FMB SAFETY TASK FORCE-SOT-OC

andrew cochrane, task force member: 57:32 "maybe something of just replacing the 200 watt lightbulbs that we have now, we do have a lot of dark areas especially in cross walks that do need to be addressed and that's what we're trying to do here 57:45

THE GROUP WANTS TO MAKE CHANGES BY OCTOBER 15.

TEASE FOUR-1SHOT

YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW--

. LAST TUESDAY A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL FROM SOUTH PHILADELPHIA WAS WALKING HOME WITH HER YOUNGER BROTHER WHEN A UNKNOWN MAN SUDDENLY TRIED TO KIDNAP HER.

THE BRAVE LITTLE GIRL WAS ABLE TO FIGHT THE ABDUCTOR UNTIL HE FLED THE SCENE.

THE INCIDENT IS ALL CAUGHT ON TAPE.

PLUS. THIS GUY FLIES DOWN THE HIGHWAY -- IN THE WRONG DIRECTION

TZ4 A) CHILD ABDUCTION ATTEMPT-VO

TZ4 B) WRONG WAY DRIVER-VOTOPS

WEATHER TEASE-WX ID

CHILD ABDUCTION ATTEMPT-OC

CHILD ABDUCTION ATTEMPT-PKG

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.

After a wet start to the week, our weather pattern is drying out and heating up.

The upper level low that brought us the soggy rains continues to weaken across the southeast states today with the rain focused across central and north Florida. Skies will start off mostly clear with most locations in the middle and upper 70s.

The tropical airmass that has been entrenched across the area will be replaced by dry high pressure building in from the Atlantic along with Saharan dust. This will bring hot, hazy, and humid conditions to Southwest Florida for Thursday and Friday, while keeping rain chances to a minimum. With the seabreeze making its way in this afternoon, a stray afternoon/evening shower is possible otherwise the vast majority of the area will stay dry. Temperatures will soar into the mid 90s with heat index values in the 101°-105° range.

TOSS TO SABINA-2SHOT BOXES

IT IS ALMOST THE WEEKEND

AND TODAY

ALL OF THESE EVENTS

SABINA BHASIN -- FROM NAPLES DAILY NEWS -- JOINS US EVERY THURSDAY.

WITH A RUNDOWN OF THINGS TO DO.

NAPLES DAILY NEWS-REM-LIVE

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES-NATVOTOPS

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BATMAN IS BACK!

ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED FILMS OF THE SUMMER WILL HIT THE SCREENS THIS WEEKEND -- "THE DARK KNIGHT RISES".

AND THIS MORNING-- THEATERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE PREPPING FOR LONG LINES AS THEY OPEN THEIR DOORS FOR MIDNIGHT SHOWINGS TONIGHT.

ONE OF THOSE THEATERS -- SILVERSPOT CINEMA. AT THE MERCATO.IN NAPLES.

AND TONIGHT THEY ARE OFFERING MUCH MORE THAN JUST THE MOVIE.

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES-PKG

WRONG WAY DRIVER-VOTOPS

IT'S A DRIVER'S WORST NIGHTMARE CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

A DRIVER SPEEDING THE WRONG WAY ON A HIGHWAY.

YOU CAN SEE THE CAR SWERVE ONTO THE WRONG SIDE OF DIVIDED HIGHWAY 49 IN COLLINS, MISSISSIPPI.

THE DRIVER OF THE WRONG WAY CAR, 58-YEAR OLD EDWARD FAIRLEY,

SHUTTLE DISPLAY-VO

THE SPACE SHUTTLE PAVILION AT NEW YORK'S INTREPID SEA, AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM OPENS TODAY

THE ENTERPRISE - WHICH WAS NASA'S TEST SHUTTLE AND NEVER ACTUALLY FLEW IN SPACE - WILL GO ON PUBLIC DISPLAY.

TEASE FIVE-1SHOT

WHEN WE COME BACK

WE'LL HAVE A FINAL CHECK ON WEATHER

BUT FIRST -

A LOOK AT SOME OF THE TOP CONTENDERS FOR TONIGHTS EMMY AWARDS

TZ5 A) EMMY NOMS-VO

FINAL CHECK OF STOCKS-SAT 3 FULL

EMMY NOMS COMEDY-CAM 10 BMP-VO

EMMY AWARDS ARE TONIGHT

SOME POPULAR COMEDIES ARE LIKELY TO BE NOMINATED FOR AWARDS

MODERN FAMILY, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, LOUIE, THE BIG BANG THEORY, PARKS AND RECREATION AND THIRTY ROCK -- ALL CONTENDERS

MODERN FAMILY HAS WON BEST COMEDY FOR THE PAST TWO SEASONS

EMMY NOMS DRAMA-VOTOPS

AND IN THE DRAMA CATEGORY

POSSIBLE NOMINEES

BOARDWALK EMPIRE, BREAKING BAD, GAME OF THRONES, HOMELAND AND MAD MEN

MAD MEN'S WON BEST DRAMA THE PAST FOUR SEASONS

WHITNEY HOUSTON EXHIBIT-VOTOPS

WHITNEY HOUSTON'S MUSICAL LEGACY WILL BE PUT ON DISPLAY AT THE GRAMMY MUSEUM.

A NEW EXHIBITION FEATURING THE LATE POP SUPERSTAR WILL DEBUT ON AUGUST 15TH.

THE MUSEUM SAYS IT WORKED WITH HOUSTON'S FAMILY TO GET A DIVERSE SET OF ARTIFACTS --

INCLUDING HER PERSONAL BIBLE AND STAGE COSTUMES.

TOP STORIES OPEN-CLIPTOPS

TS1) ZIMMERMAN-VOTOPS

ALL NEW OVERNIGHT--

GEORGE ZIMMERMAN BREAKS HIS SILENCE.

HE OPENED UP LAST NIGHT IN AN INTIMATE INTERVIEW WITH FOX NEWS.

ZIMMERMAN TALKED IN DETAIL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THE NIGHT HE SHOT TRAYVON MARTIN.

HE'S CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER.

THE FORMER NEIGHBORHOOD WATCHMAN ALSO OFFERED AN APOLOGY TO MARTIN'S PARENTS.

TS2)CAPE DEATH INVESTIGATION-VOTOPS

RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING TO LEARN THE IDENTITY OF A MAN FOUND DEAD INSIDE A CAPE CORAL HOME.

ABC-7 CONFIRMS A MAN'S BODY WAS FOUND INSIDE A HOME ON SOUTHWEST 49TH LANE.

NEIGHBORS SAY AN ELDERLY MAN LIVED THERE WITH HIS SON.

BUT NO ONE HAD SEEN HIM IN MORE THAN A WEEK.

POLICE WILL NOT SAY IF THE DEATH LOOKS SUSPICIOUS.

TS3)BONITA SHELTER-VOTOPS

THE CITY OF BONITA SPRINGS PUMPS THE BREAKS ON PLANS FOR A HOMELESS SHELTER.

YESTERDAY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AGREED THAT A ONE YEAR BAN ON SHELTERS *DOES APPLY TO A PROPERTY ON OLD 41.

COUNCIL IS ACTING ON THE ADVICE OF A SPECIAL COUNSELER HIRED BY THE CITY AT A COST OF UP TO 25-THOUSAND DOLLARS.

IT'S NOW UP TO THE DEVELOPER TO PROVE THE CITY ISN'T PLAYING FAIR.

TS4) LEE TRIAL-VOTOPS

TURNING NOW TO THE LATEST DETAILS IN THE CIVIL TRIAL AGAINST THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

IT'S DAY FOUR TODAY--

AND MORE TESTIMONY IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING AFTER NATHAN LEE TOOK THE STAND YESTERDAY TALKING ABOUT THE DAY HIS WIFE, DENISE LEE WAS ABDUCTED, RAPED AND KILLED.

HE'S SUING THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE BECAUSE HE CLAIMS A 9-1-1 DISPATCHER DID NOT PASS ALONG A TIP THAT COULD HAVE SAVED HER LIFE.

FINAL WEATHER-WX GFX

After a wet start to the week, our weather pattern is drying out and heating up.

The upper level low that brought us the soggy rains continues to weaken across the southeast states today with the rain focused across central and north Florida. Skies will start off mostly clear with most locations in the middle and upper 70s.

The tropical airmass that has been entrenched across the area will be replaced by dry high pressure building in from the Atlantic along with Saharan dust. This will bring hot, hazy, and humid conditions to Southwest Florida for Thursday and Friday, while keeping rain chances to a minimum. With the seabreeze making its way in this afternoon, a stray afternoon/evening shower is possible otherwise the vast majority of the area will stay dry. Temperatures will soar into the mid 90s with heat index values in the 101°-105° range.

CLOSE-2SH-AWS ANI

AD LIB GOODBYE

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