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HL2) SYNTH DRUGS-VOTOPS RENTAL SCAM-SOT VO
HL3) PRIEST SEX AUDIO-SOTVO FACEBOOK EARNINGS-VO
NEWS OPEN-CLIP FORD ESCAPE RECALL-VO
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NEW BANK ROBBERY SOUND-PKG ABC 7 EXTRA OLYMPIC PREVIEW-OC
NEW BANK ROBBERY SOUND-OC ABC 7 EXTRA OLYMPIC PREVIEW-PKG
SYNTH DRUG BUST-POP VO EXTRA SIDEBAR-ABC FDOT
SYNTH DRUGS LOCAL-VOWIPE SPORTS TOSS-POP EST
SYNTH DRUGS LOCAL-SOTVO TEASE TWO-POP
CAPE MURDER UPDATE-VOWIPE TZ2 A-VO
CAPE MURDER UPDATE-VOTOPS NIGHTLINE TEASE-BLK-SOT
SAN CARLOS PARK MURDER UPDATE-SOTVO SPORTS OPEN-CLIP
CO SHOOTING LATEST-VOWIPE BOB BEAMON-POPMON
CO SAILOR BODY RETURNED-VOTOPS BOB BEAMON-PKG
LT GOV SOUND-SOT OC TIM TEBOW-POPMON
SANDUSKY SOUND-SOTVO TIM TEBOW-SOTTOPS
DUNBAR IMAGE-VOWIPE TB BUCS-VOTOPS
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PANTHER SENTENCING-VOWIPE RAYS O'S-VOTOPS
RIPKEN KIDNAPPING-VOTOPS MIAMI HEAT-VOTOPS
NEXT AT 11 OPEN-CLIP CANADIAN OPEN-VOTOPS
TEASE ONE------------ TOSS TO BREAK-POP
TZ1 A OLYMPIC PREVIEW-VOTOPS DEV CLIP
TZ1 B FL COP PICKS UP PROSTITUTE-VOTOPS BUTT LADY-SS 2
STORMWARN 7 JP WX OPEN-CLIP SHARK STEALS CAMERA-VOWIPE
WEATHER-PWC DWTS CAST REVEAL-VOTOPS
TEASE DEMO STORY OF THE NIGHT-SOTVOTOPS CLOSE 11PM-3SHOT
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HL1) NEW BANK ROBBERY-SOTVO


19:06:09:00 "everyone scattered at the bar"

DRAMATIC VIDEO AS OFFICERS TAKE DOWN A SUSPECTED BANK ROBBERY AT A POPULAR BEACHFRONT RESORT.

TONIGHT WE HEAR FROM THE MAN WHO SHOT THIS VIDEO. Return to index of stories...


HL2) SYNTH DRUGS-VOTOPS


DEADLY.

AND 'DECEPTIVELY MARKETED.'

THE D-E-A TARGETS ILLEGAL SYNTHETIC DRUGS ACROSS THE NATION.

AND LOCAL GROUPS SAY THEY DON'T WANT THEM ANYWHERE NEAR THEIR CHILDREN.

BUT SHOPOWNERS SAY THE PRODUCTS THEY SELL ARE LEGAL! Return to index of stories...


HL3) PRIEST SEX AUDIO-SOTVO


it was stupid I realize the level of stupidity of what I did today

STUPID?

TRY ILLEGAL!

THIS FLORIDA PRIEST ADMITS TO HAVING SEXUALLY CHARGED CHATS WITH A TEENAGE GIRL --

AND YOU WON'T BELIEVE YOUR EARS WHEN YOU HEAR WHY HE SAYS HE DID IT. Return to index of stories...


NEWS OPEN-CLIP


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NEW BANK ROBBERY SOUND-SS(2)TOPS VO IN TC MON


WAKIM STEWART SITS IN JAIL TONIGHT.

POLICE SAY HE ROBBED BANK OF AMERICA IN EAST NAPLES THIS WEEK.

A SURVEILLANCE CAMERA SNAPPED A PICTURE OF HIM WEARING A SUIT AT THE BANK.

AND WHEN SOMEONE SAW THAT EXACT SAME SUIT LAST NIGHT, THEY CALLED 9-1-1.

AND THAT LED TO THIS -- A DRAMATIC TAKEDOWN AT THE LANI KAI HOTEL ON FORT MYERS BEACH.

NEW TONIGHT AT 11 --

A-B-C 7 TALKED TO THE MAN WHO SHOT THIS GRIPPING VIDEO. Return to index of stories...


NEW BANK ROBBERY SOUND-PKG


"this is the exact spot the takedown took place."

RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BAR AT LANA KAI.

.WHERE W-CHARLES IVERY STARTED SHOOTING VIDEO.

"stop resisting"

THAT WAS AN OFFICER YELLING 'STOP RESISTING.'

"whoa, what the hell?"

AND THAT WAS IVERY'S VOICE.

YOU HEAR HE'S WONDERING WHAT IS HE'S SEEING.

19:05:00:00 "the first thing I thought was a bar fight."

"oh my god!"

THEN HE SAW AN OFFICER'S BULLET-PROOF VEST.

19:05:07:00 "then I'm like -- this must be a bust."

19:06:09:00 "everyone scattered at the bar"

"oh my god"

BUT SOME STAYED TO WATCH.

AS OFFICERS BROUGHT WAKIM STEWART'S BEHIND HIS BACK. CUFFED HIM.

.AND DRAGGED HIM AWAY.

19:08:45:00 "the guys that took him down, were professionals, just really bad for him." Return to index of stories...


NEW BANK ROBBERY SOUND-OC


DETECTIVES SAY THEY FOUND A GUN, AMMUNITION, AND BOX CUTTERS IN WAKIM STEWART'S BACKPACK.

HE'S A CONVICTED FELON FROM NEW YORK.

AND SEMINOLE POLICE SAY HE'S ALSO A PERSON OF INTEREST IN A SHOOTING AT THEIR BUILDING EARLIER THIS WEEK.

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SYNTH DRUG BUST-POP VO


A BATTLE IN THE WAR ON DRUGS IS BEING WAGED IN OUR OWN BACK YARD.

NATIONWIDE D-E-A AGENTS ARRESTED 91 PEOPLE IN THE FIRST EVER CRACKDOWN AGAINST SYNTHETIC DRUGS,

COMMONLY KNOWN AS BATH SALTS OR INCENSE.

THIS IS VIDEO OF A BUST IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.

AGENTS AND DEPUTIES UNLOADED WHAT THEY SAY IS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF SYNTHETIC DRUGS.

IT'S MONEY. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE IS COMING IN FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THIS WAS JUST ONE PART OF WHAT'S CALLED OPERATION LOG JAM.

IN ALL -

THE D-E-A TARGETED MORE THAN 100 U-S CITIES -- SEIZING MILLIONS OF DRUG PACKETS -- NEARLY 36 MILLION DOLLARS IN CASH -- 53 WEAPONS, AND ALMOST 6 MILLION DOLLARS IN ASSETS. Return to index of stories...


SYNTH DRUGS LOCAL-VOWIPE


THIS IS A BOOMING BUSINESS --

ONE PARENTS HERE SAY THEY DON'T WANT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

OFFICERS TELL US THE DRUGS ARE DESIGNED TO ENTICE TEENS.

THIS IS VIDEO A VIEWER SHOT WHEN HE WALKED THROUGH A CHARLOTTE COUNTY STORE.

VARIOUS DRUG PARAPHERNALIA IS IN PLAIN VIEW.

DRUG FREE CHARLOTTE COUNTY'S DIRECTOR AMITY CHANDLER IS WORRIED FOR YOUTH -- AS A SCHOOL IS JUST A QUARTER MILE AWAY FROM THAT STORE.

WE TALKED WITH EMPLOYEES THERE AND THEY TELL US EVERYTHING THEY SELL IS LEGAL. Return to index of stories...


SYNTH DRUGS LOCAL-SOTVO


18:30:05 and its readily accessible bc its not regulated and a bad store owner can make any profit he wants by selling to any customer he wants including minors:30:14

SO WHAT ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN.

IF THEY DO GET THEIR HANDS ON ONE OF THESE NOW BANNED SYNTHETIC DRUGS -- OFFICERS WILL NOT ARREST THEM --

BUT IF THEY'RE BUSTED IN SCHOOL THEY COULD FACE DISCIPLINARY ACTION -- WITH POLICE THEN GETTING INVOLVED. Return to index of stories...


CAPE MURDER UPDATE-VOWIPE


THE CAPE CORAL MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A DOOR-TO-DOOR SALESMAN WEDNESDAY MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE IN COURT TODAY.

KENNETH ROOP FACES SECOND DEGREE MURDER CHARGES.

NO BOND.

HE'S STAYING IN JAIL.

CAPE POLICE SAY ROOP SHOT NICHOLAS RAINEY AT LEAST TWICE - INCLUDING IN THE BACK OF HIS HEAD. Return to index of stories...


CAPE MURDER UPDATE-VOTOPS


TODAY, WE ALSO LEARNED AN OFF-DUTY COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTY JUMPED INTO ACTION AFTER THE SHOOTING.

DEPUTY KRISTIN SHINER LIVES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOD.

SHE SAYS SHE ORDERED ROOP TO DROP HIS GUN THREE TIMES.

THE THIRD TIME, SHE SAYS HE DID.

THEN HE PUT HIS HANDS UP.

NEIGHBORS CALL HER A HERO. Return to index of stories...


SAN CARLOS PARK MURDER UPDATE-SOTVO


TONIGHT, THE SEARCH IS ON FOR THE PERSON WHO KILLED A SAN CARLOS PARK WOMAN.

TODAY, WE SPOKE WITH THE WOMAN'S LONGTIME BOYFRIEND, WHO TOLD DEPUTIES HE FOUND HER BODY ON THE KITCHEN FLOOR.

russell myers, victim's boyfriend

"had no enemies. she loved everybody and everybody loved her."

THAT'S RUSSELL MYERS.

HE DATED 55 YEAR OLD DEBBIE STRIANO FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS.

GRIEFSTRICKEN AND IN A STATE OF SHOCK, MYERS TELLS US HE HAS NO IDEA WHO WOULD KILL THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE.

MYERS TOLD INVESTIGATORS HE WENT TO GET THEIR PET SOME DOG FOOD TUESDAY NIGHT.

WHEN HE RETURNED, HE FOUND HIS GIRLFRIEND DEAD, AND HIS DOG WITH A SIX INCH CUT TO ITS NECK.

MYERS HAS BEEN INTERVIEWED BY DETECTIVES.

HE IS NOT A SUSPECT OF PERSON OF INTEREST. Return to index of stories...


CO SHOOTING LATEST-VOWIPE


INVESTIGATORS ARE NEARLY DONE SCOURING THE COLORADO THEATER WHERE A SHOOTER KILLED 12 PEOPLE AND WOUNDED DOZENS MORE LAST WEEK.

THE OWNER COULD TAKE CONTROL OF THE THEATER BACK AS EARLY AS TOMORROW.

BUT THE QUESTION REMAINS,

WILL HE RE-OPEN.

THESE ARE NEW PICTURES TONIGHT OF A MEMORIAL *OUTSIDE* THE CENTURY 16.

CINEMARK'S C-E-O HAS MENTIONED HE HOPES THE THEATER WILL REOPEN EVENTUALLY,

BUT, THE COMPANY IS NOT EXPECTING WORKERS TO RETURN ANYTIME SOON.

AND A DEBATE ONLINE HAS SPARKED OVER THE ISSUE. Return to index of stories...


CO SAILOR BODY RETURNED-VOTOPS


ALSO TONIGHT,

THE BODY OF PETTY OFFICER JOHN LARIMER MADE IT HOME TO ILLINOIS.

HE WAS THE NAVY OFFICER KILLED IN THE SHOOTING.

MOTORCYCLISTS AND THE ILLINOIS OLD GUARD ESCORTED THE HEARSE TO A FUNERAL HOME.

THE 27-YEAR-OLD WAS SHOT AND KILLED AS HE SHIELDED HIS GIRLFRIEND FROM GUNFIRE IN THE THEATER.

A PUBLIC VIEWING FOR LARIMER IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW WITH A PRIVATE BURIAL SATURDAY. Return to index of stories...


LT GOV SOUND-SOT OC


FLORIDA LT GOVERNOR JENNIFER CARROLL IS FACING BACKLASH TONIGHT AFTER COMMENTS SHE MADE ABOUT BLACK LESBIANS.

LISTEN TO WHAT SHE SAID.

"usually black women that look like me don't engage in relationships like that":

THAT'S AN INTERVIEW TAMPA STATION W-T-S-P DID WITH THE LT GOVERNOR EARLIER THIS MONTH.

SHE WAS QUESTIONED ABOUT CLAIMS SHE FIRED A FORMER STAFFER AFTER THE STAFFER WALKED IN ON THE LT. GOVERNOR IN A SEXUALLY COMPROMISING POSITION WITH A FEMALE AIDE.

NOW THE GROUP EQUALITY FLORIDA IS ASKING FOR AN APOLOGY. Return to index of stories...


SANDUSKY SOUND-SOTVO


THE MAN KNOWN AS VICTIM NUMBER TWO IN THE JERRY SANDUSKY CASE IS OPENING UP.

TODAY, HIS ATTORNEYS RELEASED VOICEMAIL MESSAGES FROM THE DISGRACED FORMER PENN STATE COACH.

Just calling to see you know whether you had any interest in going to the Penn State game this Saturday.

ATTORNEYS SAY SANDUSKY LEFT THAT VOICEMAIL IN SEPTEMBER 2011 -- TWO MONTHS BEFORE HIS ARREST.

THEY CLAIM THIS WAS SANDUSKY'S ATTEMPT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OVER HIS VICTIM.

HE ENDS THE VOICEMAIL SAYING "I LOVE YOU."

SANDUSKY WAS CONVICTED ON 45 COUNTS OF SEXUAL ABUSE INVOLVING 10 YOUNG VICTIMS.

HE'S IN JAIL AWAITING SENTENCING. Return to index of stories...


DUNBAR IMAGE-VOWIPE


SUCCESS DESPITE HARDSHIP.

THAT WAS THE MESSAGE KIDS FROM THE DUNBAR COMMUNITY WANTED PEOPLE TO LEARN AS THE AREA BATTLES WITH CONSTANT VIOLENCE.

YOUNG CAMPERS FROM THE QUALITY LIFE CENTER PERFORMED THEIR PLAY ENTITLED 'NO EXCUSES' TONIGHT.

THE PLAY URGED PEOPLE TO NEVER GIVE UP.

EVEN IF THEY ARE FACED WITH ADVERSITY.

THE CHILDREN SAY WITH THE RECENT VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.

THEIR PLAY IS EVEN MORE TIMELY. Return to index of stories...


DUNBAR IMAGE-SOTVO


DEDRICK DOUGLAS, PERFROMER: we have the will power to do it but everything needs persistence you know

TAHJ BALLARD, PERFORMER: All the characters have a problem or too much going on and you don't need an excuse anything is possible

OVER A HUNDRED CAMPERS HELPED BRING THE PLAY TOGETHER.

THEY RANGED IN AGE FROM FOUR TO SEVENTEEN. Return to index of stories...


PANTHER SENTENCING-VOWIPE


THE FIRST PERSON EVER CONVICTED OF KILLING A FLORIDA PANTHER. WAS SENTENCED TODAY.

TODD BENFIELD ADMITS HE SHOT THE ENDANGERED ANIMAL WITH A BOW AND ARROW BACK IN 2009.

A FEDERAL JUDGE SENTENCED HIM TO 60 DAYS OF HOME DETENTION.

THAT MEANS HE CAN LIVE AT HOME -- BUT IS RESTRICTED IN WHERE HE CAN GO.

PLUS, HE'LL SPEND 15 STRAIGHT WEEKENDS IN JAIL.

HE'LL 10-THOUSAND DOLLARS AS A FINE.

BENFIELD WILL ALSO HAVE TO TAKE A HUNTER EDUCATION COURSE AND DO 200 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.

HE FACES A THREE-YEAR HUNTING BAN. Return to index of stories...


RIPKEN KIDNAPPING-VOTOPS


NEW PICTURES TONIGHT OF THE MAN MARYLAND AUTHORITES SAY ABDUCTED THE MOTHER OF BASEBALL GREAT CAL RIPKEN JUNIOR.

POLICE DESCRIBE THE SUSPECT AS A WHITE MAN ABOUT 5'10". ABOUT 180 POUNDS WITH SHORT BROWN HAIR, AND GLASSES.

VIOLET RIPKEN WAS KIDNAPPED HER HOME ON TUESDAY - SHE WAS FOUND UNHARMED.

POLICE SAY THE KIDNAPPER IS STILL ON THE LOOSE AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS. Return to index of stories...


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TEASE ONE------------


THE STAGE IS SET,

THE EYES OF THE WORLD ARE FOCUSING ON LONDON FOR THE 2012 OLYMPICS,

BUT EVEN BEFORE THE OPENING CEREMONIES TROUBLE COULD BE BREWING.

PLUS,

THIS DASHCAM VIDEO IS LANDING ONE POLICE OFFICER IN HOT WATER.

WHY HIS OWN CRUISER IS BEING USED AGAINST HIM.

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TZ1 A OLYMPIC PREVIEW-VOTOPS


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TZ1 B FL COP PICKS UP PROSTITUTE-VOTOPS


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STORMWARN 7 JP WX OPEN-CLIP


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WEATHER-PWC


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TEASE DEMO STORY OF THE NIGHT-SOTVOTOPS


i realize the level of stupidity of what I did today

THAT MAN WORKS AS A PRIEST IN FLORIDA.

OR AT LEAST HE USED TO.

TONIGHT, HE'S *OUT* OF A JOB -- AFTER ADMITTING TO TALKING SEX WITH A TEEN.

AND HIS EXCUSE WILL BOGGLE YOUR MIND.

HEAR IT IN 30 SECONDS, AFTER LOTTO! Return to index of stories...


PRIEST TEEN SEX AUDIO-SOTVO


A FLORIDA PRIEST IS OUT OF A JOB TONIGHT, AFTER HE ADMITTED TO HAVING SEXUAL CHATS WITH A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL.

AND YOU HAVE TO HEAR WHY HE SAYS HE DID IT.

so you are saying all this was just research for a book you are doing,

yes, I know that sounds ridiculous,

Yes it does.

THAT"S RIGHT -- HE SAYS IT WAS ALL FOR A BOOK.

BRIAN SHRINER WAS ARRESTED IN JUNE.

COPS SAY HE TRIED TO GET THE TEEN TO HAVE SEX WITH HIM.

BUT HE TOLD THE POLICE HE NEVER INTENDED TO HAVE SEX WITH THE GIRL -- JUST DOING RESEARCH.

SHRINER IS OUT ON BOND.

BUT THE SCHOOL WHERE HE TEACHES, FIRED HIM. Return to index of stories...


FL COP PICKS UP PROSTITUTE-VOTOPS


AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS,

THIS IS A DASH-CAM VIDEO OF A SQUAD CAR IN MELBOURNE FLORIDA.

IN IT,

YOU CAN SEE A WOMAN,

IDENTIFIED BY POLICE AS A PROSTITUTE,

WALK IN FRONT OF THE CAR AND INVESTIGATORS SAY SHE GETS IN -- NOT AS A PRISONER.

THE OFFICER DRIVING THE CAR,

JOSE OTERO,

WAS FIRED AFTER OTHERS SCENES LIKE THIS WERE CAUGHT ON CAMERA,

AND,

INVESTIGATORS INTERVIEWED FOUR PROSTITUTES WHO ADMITTED HAVING SEX WITH OTERO ON THE JOB

OTERO ALSO FACES CRIMINAL CHARGES. Return to index of stories...


RENTAL SCAM-SS VO


TWO CHARLOTTE COUNTY RENTAL PROPERTY MANAGERS ARE ACCUSED OF KEEPING RENT MONEY. FOR THEMSELVES.

DEPUTIES ARRESTED ROB ZOBEL AND CRYSTAL STOTT THIS WEEK.

THEY'RE ACCUSEDOF GRAND THEFT AND OPERATING WITHOUT A LICENSE.

BUT HERE'S THE STORY BEHIND THE CHARGES --

THE DUO RAN R-ZOBEL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT.

ARREST RECORDS SAY THEY STOLE MORE THAN 35-THOUSAND DOLLARS.

DEPUTIES LEARNED WHAT THEY WERE DOING WHEN A FAMILY TRIED RENTING THIS DEEP CREEK HOUSE.

A WOMAN SAYS SHE PAID HER DEPOSIT BUT ZOBEL NEVER SHOWED UP TO LET HER IN THE HOUSE.

WHEN SHE TRIED TRACKING HIM DOWN, SHE FOUND HIS OFFICE EMPTY. Return to index of stories...


RENTAL SCAM-SOT VO


I took out the compute, went to google, I went to the charlotte county property website nad I found the lady's name and threw her name into google and found a match for her in google.

THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE WAS ABLE TO GET THE WOMAN AND HER FAMLY INTO THE HOUSE WITH THE HELP OF A *LEGITIMATE* PROPERTY MANAGER.

BUT SHE HASN'T RECOVERED THE SIX-HUNDRED DOLLAR DEPOSIT. Return to index of stories...


FACEBOOK EARNINGS-VO


IT'S THE MOMENT INVESTORS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR,

TODAY FACEBOOK RELEASED ITS FIRST EARNINGS REPORTS,

AND IT ISN'T EARNING THEM ANY NEW FRIENDS.

SHARES FELL MORE THAN TEN-PERCENT TO AROUND 24-DOLLARS IN AFTER-HOURS TRADING.

THAT'S NEARLY 40-PERCENT BELOW THE COMPANY'S INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING PRICE OF 38-DOLLARS A SHARE.

HOWEVER, FACEBOOK DID BEAT ANALYSTS' REVENUES EXPECTATIONS SLIGHTLY.

REVENUE ROSE 32-PERCENT FROM A YEAR AGO TO NEARLY ONE-POINT-TWO BILLION DOLLARS. Return to index of stories...


FORD ESCAPE RECALL-VO


A RECALL ALERT TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT TONIGHT --

FORD IS RECALLING NEARLY A HALF-MILLION ESCAPE S-U-VS BECAUSE OF A POTENTIALLY DEADLY PROBLEM.

EARLIER THIS YEAR,

A TEEN IN ARIZONA LOST CONTROL OF HER ESCAPE AND CRASHED.

OUR A-B-C STATION IN PHOENIX LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION AND DISCOVERED THE VEHICLE'S SPEED CONTROL CABLE BROKE AND BECOME LODGED UNDER HER ENGINE COVER.

THE RECALL IS BECAUSE OF THAT.

AND IT NOW AFFECTS 2001 AND 2004 MODELS.

FORD SAYS MOST DEALERSHIPS WILL NOT HAVE THE PARTS TO PERMANENTLY FIX THE PROBLEM -- BUT THEY CAN INSTALL A TEMPORARY FIX FOR YOU. Return to index of stories...


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ABC 7 EXTRA OLYMPIC PREVIEW-OC


IN LONDON TONIGHT

THE OPENING CEREMONIES ARE JUST HOURS AWAY.

BUT,

AFTER YEARS OF PREPARATION, OLYMPIC OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN EMBARRASSED BY LAST-MINUTE SHORTFALLS IN THE NUMBER OF SECURITY PERSONNEL. THE BRITISH MILITARY HAS BEEN CALLED IN TO TAKE UP THE SLACK.

AND ONE AMERICAN HAS A LOT OF BRITONS TALKING/

HERE'S ABC'S BRANDI HITT. Return to index of stories...


ABC 7 EXTRA OLYMPIC PREVIEW-PKG


NATS UP FULL /:10 -:12 / "Cheering"

THE OLYMPIC TORCH IS TAKING ITS VICTORY LAP THROUGH LONDON.

AND THE ATHLETES SAY *THEY'RE* READY.

SOT -- Michael Phelps:40 "We want to start competing. we don't want to

wait."

BUT -- IS LONDON PREPARED

FOR FRIDAY'S OPENING CEREMONIES?

SOT: David Cameron/British Prime Minister: "Our absolute top priority must

be to keep people safe."

BRITISH PRIME MINISTER DAVID CAMERON SAYS SECURITY PLANS -- AND CONTINGENCY

PLANS -- INCLUDE EXTRA POLICE ON THE GROUND. IN THE SKY. AND ON THE WATER

.

BUT THERE ARE ALREADY SOME JITTERS.

THIS WEEK -- FIGHTER JETS SCRAMBLED TO MEET A PLANE THAT LOST COMMUNICATION.

.

AND A FIRE ALARM ALSO FORCED THE EVACUATION OF A SHOPPING MALL NEXT TO

OLYMPIC PARK.

NATS FULL "Cameras Flash"

THEN, REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL MITT ROMENY SAID THIS TO NBC NEWS:

SOT Mitt Romney / Presidential Hopeful "You know it's hard to know how

well it will turn out "There are a few things that were

disconcerting: the stories about the private security firm not having enough

people."

SOT: David Cameron/British Prime Minister: "We are holding an Olympic

Games in one of the most active busting cities in the world and of course it

is easier if you hold an Olympic Games in the middle of nowhere."

ROMNEY LATER CLARIFIED THAT HE EVEN MADE A FEW MISTAKES ON THE SALT LAKE

CITY OLYMPIC COMMITTEE.

BUT HIS COMMENTS ALREADY HAD LONDON FIRED UP.

SOT Boris Johnson/Mayor of London: "There's a guy called Mitt Romney who

wants to know whether we're ready / CUT / Are we ready? "

WE WILL FIND OUT IN JUST A FEW HOURS IF LONDON IS READY.

80-THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND OPENING CEREMONIES.

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SPORTS TOSS-POP EST


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TEASE TWO-POP


FOOTBALL IS BACK. HEAR FROM FLORIDA GREAT TIM TEBOW. AND THE BUCCANEERS TRYING TO WIPE THE SLATE CLEAN.

PLUS BOB BEAMON. THE FORT MYERS RESIDENT TALKS ABOUT HIS HISTORY LEAP AT THE 1968 SUMMER OLYMPICS. Return to index of stories...


TZ2 A-VO


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NIGHTLINE TEASE-BLK-SOT


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SPORTS OPEN-CLIP


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BOB BEAMON-POPMON


THE 1968 SUMMER OLYMPICS ALMOST NEVER HAPPENED FOR BOB BEAMON. IT TOOK HIS FINAL JUMP. ON THE FINAL DAY. JUST TO QUALIFY. MAN IS HE GLAD HE DID. BECAUSE MAKING THE OLYMPICS CHANGED HIS LIFE FOREVER. Return to index of stories...


BOB BEAMON-PKG


October 18th, 1968 was a dark, cloudy day in Mexico City…. It hardly seemed fit for Olympic history.

"maybe it's got to be another shower day again and I said, 'hopefully I can get this thing done'

But as 22-year-old Bob Beamon stared down the runway for the long jump… he knew a few rain clouds dampen would not dampen a moment that would change his life forever.

"I've come thousands of miles, I've worked many hours to be at this moment."

"I had no thoughts whatever, I acted on instinct of so many days of what I was doing in terms of working out."

A lifetime of work came down to just a few second.

"I had no thoughts whatever, I acted on instinct of so many days of what I was doing in terms of working out."

When Bob Beamon made that historic leap some 34 years ago, he said he felt like he was up in the air for about an hour, when

he landed, he knew the jump was good, he just didn't know how good.

"My teammate Ralph Boston said it's over 29 feet and so I just lost it. I thought maybe I'd wake up and this would be a wonderful dream."

29 feet 2 ½ inches… a world record… an Olympic record… and a feat so incredible… it is simply known as Beamonesque.

"I'm pretty proud of the description that they've bestowed upon men as a part of greatness."

Greatness achieved in the blink of an eye, passed along for a lifetime.

"I kind of use that with the kids, it doesn't necessarily have to be in sports that you can acheive greatness. Return to index of stories...


TIM TEBOW-POPMON


THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 6-THOUSAND CHURCHES IN THE NEW YORK CITY AREA. GIVING TIM TEBOW PLENTY OF OPTIONS. AND WITH REX RYAN'S POTTY MOUTH. TEBOW MIIGHT NEED ALL SIX THOUSAND. ON PAPER. THIS DOES NOT EXACTLY SEEM LIKE A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN WITH THE NEW YORK JETS. BUT IF ANYONE CAN MAKE IT WORK. MY MONEY'S ON TEBOW Return to index of stories...


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TB BUCS-VOTOPS


TODAY THE BUCCANEERS ARRIVED AT CAMP. THAT IS QUARTERBACK JOSH FREEMAN. 20 POUNDS LIGHTER.

CHANGE IS GOOD. ESPECIALLY AFTER COMING OFF A 4-12 SEASON.

TRAINING CAMP OFFICALLY BEGINS ON FRIDAY. AND FOR NEW HEAD COACH GREG SCHIANO. THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO DO BUT PLAY FOOTBALL Return to index of stories...


TB BUCS-SOTTOPS


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RAYS O'S-VOTOPS


RAYS IN BALTIMORE LOOKING FOR THE SWEEP.

NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. BASES JUICED FOR CHRIS DAVIS. HE WIPES THEM CLEAN WITH A 3 RUN DOUBLE. 5-0 ORIOLES

THEY WIN 6-2. RAYS 2 1/2 BACK OF THE WILDCARD LEAD Return to index of stories...


MIAMI HEAT-VOTOPS


THE MIAMI HEAT WILL START THEIR TITLE DEFENSE. OCTOBER 30TH. AT HOME AGAINST THE BOSTON CELTICS.

TODAY THE NBA RELEASED ITS SCHEDULE.

THE HEAT WILL ALSO FACE OKLAHOMA CITY. CHRISTMAS DAY. Return to index of stories...


CANADIAN OPEN-VOTOPS


CANADIAN OPEN

NEIL LANCASTER HAVING SOME ISSUE. THAT IS WHAT YOU CALL A BAD LIE. LOOK OUT.

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TOSS TO BREAK-POP


BACK TO FOOBALL. THE DOLPHINS SIGN OFFENSIVE GUARD ERIC STEINBACH TO A ONE YEAR DEAL Return to index of stories...


DEV CLIP


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BUTT LADY-SS 2


DEVELOPING TONIGHT

THIS WOMAN -- WHO DEPUTIES SAY INJECTED PEOPLE WITH CEMENT AND FIX A FLAT TO ENHANCE THEIR BUTTOCKS -- NOW FACES MANSLAUGHTER FOR THE MARCH DEATH OF A TALLAHASSEE WOMAN.

THE MEDICAL EXAMINER RULED SHE DIED FROM MASSIVE SYSTEMIC SILICONE MIGRATION.

DEPUTIES SAY THAT'S THE RESULT OF INJECTIONS FROM MORRIS.

OTHERS ALSO CLAIM MORRIS INJECTED THEM IN HER BLACK-MARKET BUTTOCK-ENHANCING BUSINESS.

MORRIS ALREADY FACES CHARGES OF OPERATING WITHOUT A MEDICAL LICENSE. Return to index of stories...


SHARK STEALS CAMERA-VOWIPE


YOU'VE HEARD OF ANIMALS STEALING THE SHOW. BUT HOW ABOUT STEALING THE CAMERA!

A 14-FOOT-SHARK NAMED EMMA SWIPED A FILM CREW'S CAMERA IN THE BAHAMAS.

THE GEAR WAS WORTH ABOUT 15-THOUSAND BUCKS.

IT WEIGHED ABOUT 30 POUNDS -- SO SORT OF A HEAVY SNACK.

SO HEAVY, IN FACT, EMMA DROPPED IT WITHIN A HUNDRED FEET OR SO,

THE DIVEMASTER RECOVERED IT -- UNDAMAGED

AT LEAST IT WAS THE CAMERA AND NOT THE HANDS HOLDING IT THE SHARK WAS AFTER. Return to index of stories...


DWTS CAST REVEAL-VOTOPS


AND BIG NEWS HAPPENING ON A-B-C SEVEN TOMORROW MORNING.

DANCING IS BACK!

TOMORROW ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA,

RACHEL SMITH WILL TALK TO MANY OF THE STARS FROM YEARS PAST -- AND EVEN DROP SOME CLUES TO WHO WILL BE IN THE NEXT CAST LINEUP.

AND DURING GOOD *AFTERNOON AMERICA,

THE CAST OF DANCING WITH THE STARS *ALL-STAR EDITION IS REVEALED.

CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHO WILL GET A SECOND SHOT AT THE MIRROR BALL TROPHEY.

AGAIN COMPLETE COVERAGE ON GOOD MORNING AND GOOD AFTERNOON AMERICA. Return to index of stories...


CLOSE 11PM-3SHOT


AD LIB GOODBYE Return to index of stories...