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AHEAD ON ABC-7 NEWS AT NINE --

FIRST APPEARANCE.

A MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS OWN FATHER IN CAPE CORAL.

FACES A JUDGE IN 30 MINUTES.

OUR CREW AT THE COURTROOM. HAS ALL THE BREAKING DEVELOPMENTS.

PLUS --- WHAT DID JAMES HOLMES' PSYCHIATRIST KNOW *BEFORE THE COLORADO SHOOTING MASSACRE.

THIS MORNING -- WE KNOW A THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAM, WAS WARNED ABOUT HIS BEHAVIOR.

AND RECESS --

LAWMAKERS HEAD HOME UNTIL THE NEXT SESSION.

HL1) CAPE MURDER ARREST-VO-WIPE

HL2) HOLMES PSYCHIATRIST-VO-WIPE

HL3) LAWMAKERS UNFINISHED-VOTOPS

WX HL-WX WALL

NEWS AT 9:00 OPEN-CLIPTOPS

TOSS TO ALLYSON-OMNI TOPS

FIRST AT NINE -- TRACKING THE TROPICS.

THIS MORNING WE ARE MONITORING A NEW TROPICAL DEPRESSION OUT IN THE ATLANTIC.

ABC7 METEOROLOGIST ALLYSON RAE IS HERE TO GET US UP TO SPEED ON THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT.

FIRST WEATHER-WX CTR

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.

Over the last few days, showers and storms have been concentrated across our inland communities and today is no exception.

Mostly sunny skies will dominate in the early morning hours with a few showers developing over the very warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The vast majority of Southwest Florida will stay dry, but a shower or two could wash ashore through the mid day hours.

As the sea breeze begins to work its way inland, isolated showers and storms will get pushed deeper inland by the afternoon.

Temperatures will quickly warm under partly sunny skies into the lower to middle 90s through the day and with plenty of humidity, heat index values will range from 100°-108°.

A weak tropical wave over the Dominican Republic will bring an increase in tropical moisture by the weekend, which means more cloud cover and a better coverage of showers and storms to the area.

CAPE MURDER ARREST-SS-VO-WIPE

A CAPE CORAL MAN MAKES HIS FIRST APPEARANCE IN COURT. IN JUST 30 MINUTES.

CAPE CORAL POLICE MADE THIS SHOCKING ARREST LAST NIGHT.

DETECTIVES SAY LEROY TAYLOR JUNIOR -- KILLED HIS OWN FATHER.

SOMEONE FOUND THE BODY OF 91-YEAR-OLD LEROY TAYLOR SENIOR,

AT HIS HOME ON SOUTHWEST 48TH LANE IN JULY.

POLICE SAY TAYLOR SENIOR DIED AS A RESULT OF BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA.

TO HIS HEAD AND CHEST.

CAPE MURDER ARREST-SOTVO

".in new York state" 9secs

POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED ANY INFORMATION ON A MOTIVE AT THIS TIME.

TAYLOR'S FIRST APPEARANCE IS IN 30 MINUTES -- AT 9:30.

STRIANO MURDER-SS (2) VO-WIPE

A SUSPECTED MURDERER IS STILL ON THE RUN THIS MORNING.

DEPUTIES STILL SEARCHING FOR BILLY RETHERFORD JUNIOR.

THEY SAY HE AND HIS NEPHEW BRUTALLY MURDERED 55-YEAR-OLD DEBBIE STRIANO.

RESIDENTS ON BREEZEWOOD DRIVE SAY RETHERFORD HAS COME AROUND THERE.

AND DID YARD WORK FOR SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE AREA.

STRIANO MURDER-SOTVO

DEPUTIES SAY RETHERFORD AND HIS NEPHEW, DUSTIN JAYE, KILLED STRIANO.

JAYE IS IN JAIL.

DETECTIVES SAY BOTH MEN KNEW THE VICTIM,

AND THE MOTIVE WAS ROBBERY.

JEWELRY AND A BAG OF MONEY WAS MISSING.

WITNESSES SAW JAYE WITH A BLOODY KNIFE.

WHICH IS ALSO MISSING.

GOLDEN GATE MURDER-SS-VO-WIPE

WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE MAN -- DEPUTIES SAY WAS KILLED INSIDE HIS GOLDEN GATE APARTMENT.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE VICTIM, JOSEPH GODCHARLES, FROM HIS FACEBOOK PAGE.

WE FOUND OUT THE 48 YEAR OLD -- USED TO WORK AT A WALGREENS IN IMMOKALEE.

DETECTIVES SAY JOSEPH'S SON WAS THE LAST PERSON TO SEE HIM.

OFFICIALS ARE NOT SAYING IF THIS WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT.

JAMES HOLMES PSYCHIATRIST-OC

ABC HAS AN EXCLUSIVE NEW REPORT --

ABOUT THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER IN THE COLORADO MOVIE THEATER MASSACRE.

THE INVESTIGATION RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT WARNING SIGNS,

AND WHETHER THE SUSPECT'S UNIVERSITY COULD HAVE OR SHOULD HAVE TAKEN ACTION.

JAMES HOLMES PSYCHIATRIST-PKG

PKG SCRIPT:

This morning, questions about whether there were warning signs before James

Holmes allegedly carried out the Colorado movie theater massacre.

ABC News has learned the psychiatrist, Dr. Lynne Fenton, who was treating

Holmes at the University of Colorado, was also a key member of the school's

threat assessment team.

These documents uncovered by ABC show Fenton actually wrote the university's

policy on threat assessment.

ABC's Denver affiliate, KMGH, is reporting exclusively that by early June,

Dr. Fenton actually notified other members of the team about her concerns

about Holmes' behavior.

But on June 10, three days after Holmes bought an assault weapon, the PhD

student suddenly told the university he was quitting.

So, according to what sources tell KMGH, the larger threat assessment team

never had a formal meeting and never intervened -- thinking they had no

control over Holmes once he left.

Experts say Holmes' exit should have been a red alert.

SOT BARRY SPODAK, Threat Assessment Expert

"I THINK THAT'S THE SIGNAL THAT YOU SHOULD INTENSIFY YOUR EFFORTS NOT WALK

AWAY. /UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, MOST WELL-TRAINED THREAT ASSESSEMENT

TEAMS WOULD HAVE GONE INTO ACTION."

Listen to what the University of Colorado chancellor claimed earlier this

week:

SOT Don Elliman, Univ. of Colorado Chancellor

"TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE AT THIS POINT, WE DID EVERYTHING WE THINK WE

SHOULD HAVE DONE."

But those words are being challenged as those close to the victims wonder

could this tragedy have been prevented.

FLORIDA DOE COMM-OC-SS-SOT-OC

FLORIDA'S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

SELECTS ITS INTERIM COMMISSIONER.

IN AN EMERGENCY MEETING THIS MORNING -

THE STATE BOARD DECIDED PAMELA STEWART WILL TAKE OVER FOR GERARD ROBINSON,

WHILE SEARCHING FOR A PERMANENT REPLACEMENT.

STEWART SERVES AS THE CHANCELLOR FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

THE BOARD ALSO BEGAN THE PROCESS OF SELECTING A SEARCH FIRM --

TO FIND THE NEXT COMMISSIONER.

we will interview them as a board and make a selection that day. They then go and do a whole process and we can make suggestions of candidates we'd like them to review and submit them to the search firm.

GERARD ROBINSON RESIGNED ON WEDNESDAY -

CITING FAMILY REASONS.

HIS YEAR AS COMMISSIONER WAS MARKED BY TURMOIL.

OVER TOUGHER STANDARDS --

THAT DROPPED SCORES ON FLORIDA'S COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT TESTS, OR F-CATS.

SCAM ALERT-VO

A SCAM THREATENING YOUR LOVED ONES LIVES.

CIRCULATES AROUND LEE COUNTY.

OVER THE LAST COUPLE DAYS.

INVESTIGATORS SAY A MAN WITH AN ACCENT HAS CALLED PEOPLE.

HE CLAIMS YOUR BROTHER OR HUSBAND HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED.

THEN DEMAND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS,

THREATENING TO KILL YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. IF THEY DON’T GET THE MONEY.

FRAUD EXPERTS HAVE TAKEN A HANDFUL OF CALLS.

BUT THERE MAY BE MORE VICTIMS OUT THERE.

INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE ALL THE CALLS ARE COMING FROM OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

TOLL BOOTH ALERT-SS

AN ABC-7 TRAFFIC ALERT.THE OVERPASS AT MCGREGOR BOULEVARD AND COLLEGE PARKWAY -- WILL CLOSE TONIGHT FOR CONSTRUCTION.

THAT MEANS ANYONE USING THE CAPE CORAL BRIDGE WILL HAVE TO ENTER AND EXIT FROM MCGREGOR ON THE FORT MYERS SIDE.

CREWS ARE SHIFTING LANES FOR THE TOLL BOOTH CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

NFM ARSON-VO

STILL NO ARRESTS --

AFTER FIRE OFFICIALS SAY -- SOMEONE BURNED DOWN A NORTH FORT MYERS HOME.

A-B-C SEVEN BROKE THIS STORY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

IT HAPPENED ON RICH ROAD,

AT THE INTERSECTION OF LEETANA ROAD.

INVESTIGATORS HAVE A PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE CASE --

BUT WON'T SAY WHO IT IS.

WE *DO KNOW A MAN WHO WAS QUESTIONED AT THE SCENE -- SAYS HIS BROTHER STARTED IT.

THEY'RE STILL PUTTING EVIDENCE TOGETHER,

BEAR AVE MARIA-SS

A BEAR IN COLLIER COUNTY IS GETTING A LITTLE TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT.

TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN.

WE JUST GOT THIS PICTURE FROM DANIEL DIX -- THE OWNER OF A café CALLED "THE BEAN OF AVE MARIA."

HE TELLS US HE TOOK THIS PICTURE AT THE FRONT DOOR OF THE café WHEN TRYING TO OPEN UP THE SHOP ONE MORNING EARLY LAST MONTH.

FLORIDA WILDLIFE OFFICERS TELL US THE BEAR HAS BEEN ROAMING AROUND AVE MARIA FOR QUITE AWHILE NOW LOOKING FOR FOOD.

VOTE CLIP

OBAMA IN FLORIDA-ONCAM

PRESIDENT OBAMA RETURNS TO FLORIDA TODAY.

FOR A CAMPAIGN STOP.

HE WAS SCHEDULED TO BE IN ORLANDO LAST MONTH.

BUT HAD TO LEAVE THE SUNSHINE STATE,

AFTER THE COLORADO SHOOTINGS.

ROMNEY CAMPAIGNS-VOTOPS

AND.REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MITT ROMNEY -- IS BACK TO CAMPAIGNING IN THE U-S AFTER A WEEK-LONG TRIP TO EUROPE THAT GOT SOME NEGATIVE ATTENTION.

HE OFFENDED BRITS BY QUESTIONING THE READINESS AND EXCITEMENT SURROUNDING THE OLYMPIC GAMES. A COMMENT IN ISRAEL OFFENDED ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS. AND HE APOLOGIZED TO REPORTERS IN POLAND AFTER A SPOKESMAN TOLD THEM TO "SHOVE IT".

TEASE ONE-1SHOT

TWO MONTHS ON THE JOB.

AND TOP CITY OFFICIAL ALREADY MAKES ENEMIES.

WHY SOME SAY NEW CAPE CORAL CITY MANAGER JOHN SZERLAG.

IS WASTING THEIR TIME.

PLUS. AT NEW MUSIC APP THAT HAS IT ALL

TZ1 A) CAPE CITY MANAGER-VO

TZ1 B) SAMSUNG APP-VOTOPS

WEATHER TEASE-WX ID

BLOOMBERG TEASE-SOT

BLOOMBERG BUSINESS REPORT-PKG TOPS

GOOD MORNING.

ANOTHER TOYOTA RECALL --

THIS TIME, 760-THOUSAND RAV-4'S -- IT'S TOP-SELLING SUV, FROM MODEL YEAR 2006 TO EARLY 2011.

BECAUSE OF POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR SUSPENSION.

TOYOTA ASKING ANYONE WHO HEARS AN ABNORMAL NOISE IN THE REAR OF THEIR VEHICLE TO CONTACT THEIR DEALER.

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DON'T BET ON YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY COVERING SOMETHING THEY COVERED LAST YEAR.

SOME OF THE BIGGEST HEALTH INSURERS ARE PUTTING UP ROAD BLOCKS FOR PATIENTS SEEKING MEDICAL CARE, IN AN EFFORT TO CUT COSTS.

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL SAYS INSURERS ARE ONCE AGAIN INCREASING RESTRICTIONS WHICH DOCTORS AND HOSPITALS YOU CAN USE, AND REQUIRING MORE REFERRALS AND PRIOR AUTHORIZATIONS.

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AND -- COMING UP AFTER THIS -- IF YOU LIKE TO EAT AND DRINK -- WHERE'S A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE?

UNEMPLOYMENT ON THE RISE IN SOME AREAS --

CITING THE THE LABOR DEPARTMENT, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAYS THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ROSE IN NEARLY 90-PERCENT OF LARGE U-S CITIES IN JUNE --

AS COLLEGE GRADS WITHOUT JOBS FLOODED THE MARKET.

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THE GOVERNMENT REPORTS ON THE NATIONAL JOBLESS RATE TOMORROW.

STOCKS FELL YESTERDAY AFTER THE FEDERAL RESERVE DECLINED TO DO MORE TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY.

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AND -- DO YOU PREFER GOING OUT TO EAT, OR TO DRINK?

MIGHT DEPEND -- ON WHERE YOU LIVE.

PEOPLE ON THE EAST AND WEST COAST PREFER TO DINE.

PEOPLE IN THE NATION'S HEARTLAND PREFER TO DRINK.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO TRULIA -- WHICH TOOK A LOOK AT WHICH CITIES HAVE THE MOST RESTAURANTS OR BARS PER PERSON.

AND TRULIA ALSO SAYS "EATING TOWNS" HAVE FAR MORE EXPENSIVE REAL ESTATE THAN "DRINKING TOWNS."

AND THE ONLY RELATIVELY AFFORDABLE TOP-EATING TOWNS ARE SEATTLE PORTLAND, OREGON AND PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND.

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DEADLY SINKHOLE-VOTOPS

WE WANT TO WARN YOU --

THIS VIDEO IS SHOCKING AND INTENSE.

A MAN WAS KILLED AFTER FALLING INTO A SINKHOLE.

HE WAS WALKING AROUND.

THEN SUDDENLY A MASSIVE SINKHOLE OPENED UP.

AND IT SWALLOWED *EVERYTHING IN SIGHT,

INCLUDING THE MAN.

IT HAPPENED IN TAIWAN.

AND INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE RECENT HEAVY RAINS FROM A TYPHOON HELPED CAUSE THE GROUND TO OPEN UP.

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.

Over the last few days, showers and storms have been concentrated across our inland communities and today is no exception.

Mostly sunny skies will dominate in the early morning hours with a few showers developing over the very warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The vast majority of Southwest Florida will stay dry, but a shower or two could wash ashore through the mid day hours.

As the sea breeze begins to work its way inland, isolated showers and storms will get pushed deeper inland by the afternoon.

Temperatures will quickly warm under partly sunny skies into the lower to middle 90s through the day and with plenty of humidity, heat index values will range from 100°-108°.

A weak tropical wave over the Dominican Republic will bring an increase in tropical moisture by the weekend, which means more cloud cover and a better coverage of showers and storms to the area.

CAPE CITY MANAGER-VOWIPE

A BIT OF CONTROVERSY IN CAPE CORAL LAST NIGHT.

TWO MONTHS ON THE JOB -- AND CITY MANAGER JOHN SZERLAG IS MAKING ENEMIES.

SOME MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TELL A-B-C 7 THEY FEEL SZERLAG IS IGNORING THEIR EXPERTISE.

.AND WASTING THEIR TIME.

THEY WERE ASKED HOW TO MAKE THE CITY MORE BUSINESS FRIENDLY.

CAPE CITY MANAGER-SOTVO

-"It's a heck of a way for us to find out when we get calls from our colleagues asking us if we were interested in going in on the application when we didn't know there was an RFP."

THAT R-F-P IS A "REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL."

SZERLAG SAYS HE REQUESTED THE R-F-P --- IN ORDER TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO MAKE THE CHANGES.

FED RESERVE & ECONOMY-VOWIPE

WE HAVE A *BETTER IDEA THIS MORNING --

OF WHERE THE ECONOMY STANDS.

YESTERDAY, THE FEDERAL RESERVE DECLINED TO TAKE ANY NEW MEASURES.

TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY.

THE FED ENDED A TWO-DAY MEETING.

AND THEY SAY THE ECONOMY IS LOSING STRENGTH.

BUT THE FED WILL STEP IN,

IF THE JOB MARKET DOES *NOT SHOW IMPROVEMENT.

FED RESERVE & ECONOMY-2SOTVO

"It's really not apparent that the situation's bad enough to really waste the ammo"

"The committee expects economic growth to remain moderate over coming quarters then to pick up gradually"

A NEW SURVEY SHOWS --

U-S BUSINESSES KEPT HIRING AT A MODEST PACE LAST MONTH.

SWFL MANGOS-VO-WIPE

ON THE CONSUMER FRONT THIS MORNING.

LOCAL MANGO FARMERS SAY BUSINESS IS BOOMING.

nats of washing mangos

TO HELP MAKE IT HAPPEN.

GROWERS ON PINE ISLAND TURN TO CYBERSPACE.

SWFL MANGOS-SOTVO

that's the difference between my generation and my dad's generation he wasn't into the computer and he probably would have never enjoyed the benefit of that

IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. MANGO FARMING STATEWIDE FELL BY MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND ACRES.

SAMSUNG MUSIC STREAMING APP-VO

NEW COMPETITION THIS MORNING --

WHEN IT COMES TO MUSIC STREAMING APPLICATIONS LIKE "SPOTIFY" AND "RHAPSODY."

SAMSUNG JUST LAUNCHED "MUSIC HUB."

THE 10 DOLLAR SERVICE INCLUDES ON-DEMAND ACCESS --

TO A CATALOG OF 15 MILLION SONGS.

ALSO -- A CLOUD SERVICE THAT LETS YOU CALL UP SONGS YOU ALREADY OWN.

AND CUSTOMIZED STREAMING RADIO.

INITIALLY, THE SERVICE WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE ON THE SAMSUNG S-3 SMARTPHONE.

TEASE TWO-1SHOT

YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW--

WELL WE ALL GET VACCINATED -- IN HOPES TO BE IMMUNE TO SERIOUS ILLNESS.

BUT WHO KNEW -- YOUR DAY TO DAY PATTERNS COULD AFFECT HOW WELL THOSE VACCINES ACTUALLY WORK.

ABC-7 TAKES A LOOK AT HOW YOUR SLEEP PATTERNS CAN MAKE OR BREAK YOUR IMMUNITY.

PLUS. IT'S THE ONLY KIND OF CLINICAL TRIAL OF IT'S KIND IN THE WORLD.

TZ2 A)NO SLEEP VACCINE-VO

TZ2 B) PARALYSIS CURE-VOTOPS

WOMEN HEALTH CARE BENEFITS KICK IN-VOWIPE AT POP

WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE HEADS IN *NEW DIRECTION.

STARTING YESTERDAY --

HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS MUST PROVIDE *EIGHT PREVENTIVE HEALTH BENEFITS FOR *FREE.

THE REQUIREMENTS ARE PART OF THE HEALTH CARE REFORM LAW,

WHICH CONGRESS PASSED IN 2010.

IN JUNE, THE SUPREME COURT UPHELD MOST OF THE LAW.

WOMEN HEALTH CARE BENEFITS KICK IN-SOTVO OC AT POP

thanks to the new health care law, all insurance policies will be required to cover new vital care that women need to stay healthy and they'll have to cover the care without charging women anything out of pocket.

SOME BENEFITS INCLUDE CONTRACEPTIVES. BREAST-FEEDING SUPPLIES. AND SCREENINGS FOR SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS.

KEEP IN MIND --

NOT ALL INSURED WOMEN HAVE ACCESS TO THE NEW SERVICES IMMEDIATELY.

INTERNET VS PEDIATRICIAN-VO

RESEARCHERS ARE WARNING PARENTS *NOT TO SUBSTITUTE THE INTERNET FOR THEIR PEDIATRICIAN.

A NEW STUDY LOOKED AT THE ACCURACY OF GOOGLE SEARCHES -- FOR INFANT SLEEP SAFETY.

IT SHOWED JUST OVER 40% OF WEBSITES WERE ACCURATE,

30% PERCENT WERE INACCURATE.

AND THE REMAINING PROVIDED INFORMATION THAT WASN'T RELEVANT.

NO SLEEP VACCINE EFFECT-VO

NOT GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP.

COULD END UP REDUCING THE PROTECTION YOU GET FROM VACCINES.

A STUDY FINDS --

TEST SUBJECTS WHO GOT LESS THAN SIX HOURS OF SLEEP EACH NIGHT.

DEVELOPED SIGNIFICANTLY FEWER ANTIBODIES AGAINST ILLNESS.

THIS MAKES THEM LESS PROTECTED.

EXPERTS SAY SLEEP PLAYS AN *IMPORTANT ROLE --

IN HOW OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM FUNCTIONS.

PARALYSIS CURE HOPE-OC

NOW. HOPE FOR SOME PARALYZED PATIENTS.

CLINICAL TRIALS WILL START NEXT MONTH -- USING CELL REPLACEMENT THERAPY TO REPAIR SPINAL CORD DAMAGE.

IT'S THE ONLY TRIAL OF IT'S KIND IN THE WORLD.

PARALYSIS CURE HOPE-PKG

L/ MIAMI, FLORIDA

S/ NICK BUONICONTI, FATHER OF PARALYSIS PATIENT:00-:07

S/ MARC BOUNICONTI, PARALYSIS PATIENT:08-:17

S/ DALTON DIETRICH, PHD, SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR:41-:46

S/ MARY BARTLETT-BUNGE, PHD, BIOLOGIST:47-:53

S/ ALEX TOMMASINO, PARALYSIS PATIENT1:13-1:21

S/ BARTH GREEN, NEUROSURGEON1:26-1:40

S/ LUIS HERNANDEZ, PARALYSIS PATIENT1:41-1:46

"Every great journey starts with a first step we're here today to celebrate that first step."

"The FDA has approved the Miami Project to conduct a human clinical trial for Schwann Cell Transplantation in individuals with spinal cord injury."

FOR THE STUDY. A PIECE OF A PERIPHERAL NERVE WHICH HAS SCHWANN CELLS WILL BE TAKEN FROM THE PATIENT AND USED TO GENERATE MILLIONS OF THESE CELLS. THREE TO FIVE WEEKS LATER THEY WILL BE INJECTED INTO THE INJURED AREA OF THE SPINAL CORD.

"And then they mylenate they re-insulate the damaged fibers, the schwann cells also make the injured spinal cord more permissive for regeneration."

"These are not stem cells but the fact that we can use a person's own cells is extremely important."

IN THIS PHASE ONE STUDY RESEARCHERS WILL ONLY BE TESTING SAFETY IN 8 NEWLY INJURED PATIENTS. THE CELLS MUST BE TRANSPLANTED 26 TO 40 DAYS AFTER INJURY

THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE IN A ROOMFUL OF SCIENTISTS, SUPPORTERS AND PATIENTS WITH RENEWED HOPE.

"This is what I still go to physical therapy once a week for and I try to stay as active as possible for this day so it's very emotional and exciting."

THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS THERAPY, GOES BEYOND SPINAL CORD INJURY

"But there are tens of millions of people out there who have brain injuries and other neurological degenerative diseases and all of these people potentially can benefit from this ability to repair the central nervous system."

PARALYSIS CURE HOPE-OC

IF THIS STUDY SHOWS THE CELL THERAPY IS SAFE IN THE NEWLY INJURED.

TEASE THREE-2SHOT

LAWMAKERS IN WASHINGTON. GET READY TO HEAD HOME.

BUT NOT WITHOUT LEAVING SOME UNFINISHED BUSINESS BEHIND.

AS OF NOW BIG CHANGES ARE HEADED OUR WAY THE FIRST OF 2013.

AND COMPROMISE IN CONGRESS -- DOESN'T SEEM TO BE IN THE CARDS RIGHT NOW.

PLUS. DISASTER ZONE.

HIGH TEMPERATURES AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS. SPREAD ACROSS MORE STATES.

TZ3 A) LAWMAKERS UNFINISHED-VOTOPS

TZ3 B) DROUGHT DISASTER-VOTOPS

NEWS AT 9:00 OPEN-CLIP

NY STOCK EXCHANGE OPEN-SAT 3 TOPS

U-S STOCKS WERE POISED TO OPEN SLIGHTLY HIGHER.

INVESTORS PIN THEIR HOPES ON ACTION FROM THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK.

YESTERDAY -- THE FEDERAL RESERCE DID *NOT OFFER A FRESH ROUND OF STIMULUS TO THE ECONOMY.

TS1) CAPE MURDER-SSTOPS

CAPE CORAL POLICE MAKE A SHOCKING MURDER ARREST.

DETECTIVES SAY LEROY TAYLOR JUNIOR -- KILLED HIS OWN FATHER.

SOMEONE FOUND THE BODY OF 91-YEAR-OLD LEROY TAYLOR SENIOR,

AT HIS HOME ON SOUTHWEST 48TH LANE IN JULY.

POLICE SAY THE FATHER DIED -- AS A RESULT OF BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA.

TS2) GOLDEN GATE MURDER-VOTOPS

NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE MAN,

FOUND DEAD INSIDE HIS GOLDEN GATE APARTMENT.

JOSEPH GODCHARLES USED TO WORK AT A WALGREENS IN IMMOKALEE.

DETECTIVES SAY JOSEPH'S SON WAS THE LAST PERSON WHO SAW HIM.

RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ON ALERT.

TS3) OBAMA IN FLORIDA-OC

PRESIDENT OBAMA RETURNS TO FLORIDA TODAY --

FOR A CAMPAIGN STOP.

YOU MAY RECALL, THE PRESIDENT WAS SCHEDULED VISIT ORLANDO LAST MONTH,

BUT HAD TO LEAVE EARLY AFTER THE COLORADO SHOOTINGS.

HE COMES BACK TODAY --

YOUR VOTE 2012 OPEN-CLIP

LAWMAKERS UNFINISHED BUSINESS-OC

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS PLAN TO HEAD HOME TODAY --

FOR A MONTH-LONG RECESS.

AND THEY'RE LEAVING SOME IMPORTANT WORK UNDONE.

PLUS -- WITH THE POLITICAL CONVENTIONS AROUND THE CORNER.

THE CHANCES OF COMPROMISE SEEM SLIMMER THAN EVER.

LAWMAKERS UNFINISHED BUSINESS-PKG

CONGRESS IS GETTING READY TO PACK UP AND HEAD HOME FOR THE SUMMER.

LEAVING BEHIND SOME SERIOUS WORK

THE REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED HOUSE VOTED TO EXTEND THE BUSH TAX CUTS TO EXTEND TAX CUTS TO ALL AMERICANS.

New York:14-:18

"Now is not the time to raise taxes in an economic climate where people are struggling."

BUT THAT'S A PLAN DEAD ON ARRIVAL IN THE SENATE.

California:21-:30

"House Republicans are giving more tax breaks to the the richest two percent - tax breaks they don't need and we can't afford."

THE HOUSE FOUND A WAY TO HELP DROUGHT STRICKEN FARMERS. BUT WAS UNABLE TO PASS A FARM BILL.

AND HELP FOR THE CASH-STRAPPED POSTAL SERVICE WILL HAVE TO WAIT

BUT THERE'S STILL TIME FOR FINGER POINTING.

Ohio:43-:45 quick!

"It's going to be a referendum on the President's economic policies."

BOTH PARTIES ARE GEARING UP FOR THE CONVENTIONS - AND BLAMING EACH OTHER.

"What's standing in our way right now is not the lack of good ideas. What's standing in our way is our politics."

THE WHITE HOUSE AND CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS HAVE AGREED TO FUND THE GOVERNMENT INTO THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR.

LAWMAKERS UNFINISHED BUSINESS-OC

BRIAN MOOAR REPORTING.

LAWMAKERS RETURN IN SEPTEMBER.

BUT IT SEEMS UNLIKELY EITHER SIDE WILL BE WILLING TO BEND,

ROMNEY TAX PLAN-VO

A NEW REPORT SHOWS MITT ROMNEY'S TAX PLAN -- WOULD LIKELY CUT TAXES FOR THE RICH ---- SHIFTING THE BURDEN TO THE MIDDLE AND LOWER CLASSES.

THE REPORT SAYS ROMNEY'S PROPOSED TAX CUTS WOULD SHRINK GOVERNMENT REVENUE BY ABOUT 360 BILLION DOLLARS.

THE GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE TO OFFSET THAT -- WITH A BIG DROP IN TAX BREAKS.

PENN VOTER ID-VO

CLOSING ARGUMENTS TAKE PLACE TODAY IN PENNSYLVANIA,

DURING A HEARING ABOUT THE STATE'S NEW VOTER I-D LAW.

THE LAW IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE EFFECT NOVEMBER 6-TH.

IT REQUIRES ALL VOTERS TO PRODUCE A VALID PHOTO I-D.

CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS ARE CHALLENGING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE LAW.

PENNSYLVANIA'S DEPARTMENT OF STATE HAS SINCE CREATED A SPECIAL PHOTO I-D CARD --

FOR VOTERS WHO CAN’T GET OTHER DOCUMENTATION TO VOTE.

CO VICTIM PUBLIC VIEWING-VO

A PUBLIC VIEWING WILL BE HELD THIS EVENING FOR NAVY VETERAN - AND COLORADO SHOOTING VICTIM - JONATHAN BLUNK.

BLUNK'S BODY WAS TAKEN TO A RENO MORTUARY FRIDAY. ACCOMPANIED BY THE PATRIOT GUARD RIDERS.

BLUNK WAS KILLED IN THE AURORA MOVIE THEATER RAMPAGE -- WHILE PROTECTING ANOTHER PERSON. SHE SURVIVED.

MARS LANDING-VO

THIS MORNING --

WE GET AN IDEA OF WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE.

WHEN NASA'S CURIOSITY ROVER LANDS ON MARS THIS WEEKEND.

NASA JUST RELEASED THIS ANIMATION.

THE SPACECRAFT WAS LAUNCHED LAST NOVEMBER,

AND CARRIES THE MOST ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC GEAR *EVER USED ON MARS.

THE CURIOSITY ROVER IS THE SIZE OF A MINI-COOPER.

AND IT WILL USE A NUCLEAR POWER SOURCE FOR ITS TWO-YEAR MISSION.

ISS DOCKING-VOTOPS

IN SIX HOURS. YOU COULD PROBABLY DRIVE TO JACKSONVILLE.

OR YOU COULD VISIT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION!

AN UNMANNED RUSSIAN CARGO SHIP ONLY NEEDED *SIX HOURS TO GET TO THE I-S-S.

IT WAS THE FIRST SAME DAY DOCKING.

THAT HAS *EVER BEEN ACCOMPLISHED AT THE SPACE STATION.

IT AUTOMATICALLY PARKED IN THE DOCKING COMPARTMENT OF THE COMPLEX,

WHILE BOTH SPACE CRAFT FLEW OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

PENN FATAL SEMI AX-VO

ONE PERSON WAS KILLED -- IN A FIERY SEMI ACCIDENT OVERNIGHT IN PENNSYLVANIA.

TAKE A LOOK AT VIDEO FROM THE SCENE.

A CAR RAN A RED LIGHT.MAKING A SEMI TO LOSE CONTROL AND JACKKNIFE.

SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE TRAPPED INSIDE THE CAR.

AT LEAST ONE PERSON FROM THE CAR DIED.

OFFICIALS HAVE NOT REVEALED HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE TRAPPED.

SMART CAR CHASE-VOTOPS

A SMART CAR DRIVER IN HOUSTON.

MIGHT HAVE DONE SOMETHING NOT SO SMART.

WHEN POLICE ASKED HIM TO STOP.

THE DRIVER REFUSED.

AND THEN LED STATE TROOPERS ON A CHASE THROUGH WEST AND NORTH HOUSTON.

AFTER CRUISING ALONG INTERSTATE TEN,

THE DRIVER CONTINUED HIS JOURNEY ON CITY STREETS.

DROUGHT DISASTER-OC

MORE THAN *HALF OF ALL COUNTIES IN THE UNITED STATES ARE NOW CONSIDERED NATURAL DISASTER ZONES -- BASED ON DAMAGE AND LOSSES BY DROUGHT AND HIGH TEMPERATURES.

DROUGHT DISASTER-PKG

--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS --

THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE DECLARED DISASTER ZONE DESIGNATIONS FOR AN ADDITIONAL 218 COUNTIES IN A DOZEN STATES WEDNESDAY, TIPPING THE U-S PAST THE 50-PERCENT MARK.

IT BLAMES EXCESSIVE HEAT AND A DEVASTATING DROUGHT THAT HAS SPREAD ACROSS THE CORN BELT AND CONTRIBUTED TO RISING FOOD PRICES.

A 92-YEAR-OLD FARMER IN IOWA HAS A BIT OF PERSPECTIVE.

This is about as bad as it was in '36. 36 it was real bad. Yeah, but they weren't bad like it is this year. This year I think is worse.

TULSA, OKLAHOMA IS BEGGING RESIDENTS TO CONSERVE WATER. IT'S NOT MANDATORY -- FOR NOW.

Please, please, please voluntarily conserve the use of water immediately.

TO THE NORTH, PARTS OF CANADA ARE ALSO SUFFERING FROM THE DROUGHT.

A CHEF AT A RESTAURANT IN QUEBEC SAYS BERRIES ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY.

I'm just making some raspberry jam there, and actually, some of it is frozen raspberries. So, that's not -- that would not be normal.

CANADIAN CHEFS SAY FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ARE COSTING UP TO 20 PERCENT MORE. THEY'RE WORRIED THAT IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE.

Some of our local producers are telling us that we can expect definite spikes in prices towards the end of the summer.

DROUGHT DISASTER-OC

CHICK FIL A LOCAL-VO

A FIRESTORM OF CONTROVERSY --

SURROUNDS CHICK-FIL-A RESTAURANTS YESTERDAY.

THESE ARE VIDEOS FROM RESTAURANTS ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

IF YOU WENT PAST A CHICK-FIL-A. YOU LIKELY SAW LONG LINES OUT THE DOOR.

YESTERDAY WAS DUBBED “CHICK-FIL-A APPRECIATION DAY.”

PEOPLE WERE ASKED TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT THE RESTAURANT,

US AIRWAYS-VO

FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO A VERY CLOSE CALL -- INVOLVING THREE COMMUTER PLANES IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

THREE U-S AIRWAYS JETS -- CARRYING A TOTAL OF 192 PEOPLE -- WERE JUST SECONDS FROM COLLIDING IN MID-AIR TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

BAD WEATHER CAUSED AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS -- TO SHIFT THE PATTERN OF INCOMING PLANES-- BUT THE INFORMATION DIDN'T GET PASSED ALONG.

TEASE FOUR-2SHOT

SHE'S THE HOTTEST SINGER ON THE PLANET--

AND HE'S PART OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST FAMOUS FAMILY

DETAILS STILL AHEAD ON TAYLOR SWIFT AND CONOR KENNEDY'S SUMMER ROMANCE

PLUS -- HE STOLE NEARLY TWO MILLION DOLLARS FROM NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS

BUT NOW HE WANTS THE JUDGE TO GO EASY ON HIM!

TZ4 A) TAYLOR SWIFT-VO

TZ4 B) PLAYING THE COUGAR CARD-VOTOPS

WEATHER TEASE-WX ID

SWIFT KENNEDY-OC

IT’S ONE OF THE HOTTEST CELEBRITY ROMANCES OF THE SUMMER--

COUNTRY MUSIC SUPERSTAR TAYLOR SWIFT AND CONNOR KENNEDY.

HE’S THE GRANDSON OF ROBERT AND ETHEL KENNEDY.

SHE'S THE HOTTEST SINGER ON THE PLANET--

AND HE'S PART OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST FAMOUS FAMILY.

SWIFT KENNEDY-PKG

TRT: 5 SECONDS

HAS SINGING SENSATION TAYLOR SWIFT FINALLY FOUND HER ROMEO. CONOR KENNEDY,

THE 18 YEAR OLD GRANDSON OF THE LATE ROBERT F. KENNEDY

TRT: 10 SECONDS

OVERNIGHT AT AN EVENT, FAMILY MATRIACH ETHEL KENNEDY DENIED PLAYING

MATCHMAKER BUT COULDN'T HIDE HER EXCITEMENT FOR THE PAIR TELLING A REPORTER

, QUOTE "WE SHOULD BE SO LUCKY"

TRT: 14 SECONDS

THE 22 YEAR OLD GRAMMY AWARD WINNING SINGER, AND, CONOR WERE OUT THIS

WEEKEND IN HYANNISPORT AT THE KENNEDY COMPOUND ENJOYING A LEISURELY WALK

TOGETHER, SMILING WHILE OUT SAILING, EVEN JUMPING ON A TRAMPOLINE.

SOT: Carlos Greer, Reporter, People Magazine

01;12;58 Connor and Taylor, they have been really affectionate in public,

they have been seen holding hands, hugging, kissing and she seems very happy

and constantly smiling.

TRT: 14 SECONDS

ETHEL KENNEDY, WHO THE COUPLE HAS ALSO SPENT TIME WITH, IS REPORTEDLY A FAN

OF SWIFT'S MUSIC. THEY MET IN JANUARY. SWIFT EVEN ACCOMPANIED ETHEL AND

RORY KENNEDY TO THE HBO PREMIERE OF "ETHEL" A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT HER LIFE.

SOT: Carlos Greer, Reporter, People Magazine

01;09;37 Taylor loves this family and they seem to have their approval as

well. Even the grandmother, Ethel Kennedy has been gushing about Taylor

TRT: 8 SECONDS

CONOR, WHO NEARLY THREE MONTHS AGO ENDURED HIS MOTHER MARY KENNEDY'S SUICIDE

HAD FLOWN UNDER THE RADAR UNTIL THE COUPLE RECENTLY STARTED DATING.

TRT: 13 SECONDS

AND SWIFT IS JUST AS SMITTEN WITH THE KENNEDY CLAN, TELLING VOGUE "I GOT TO

SPEND THE AFTERNOON WITH ETHEL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. SHE IS ONE OF MY

FAVORITES, BECAUSE YOU LOOK BACK AT THE PICTURES OF HER AND BOBBY AND THEY

SWIFT KENNEDY-OC

LARA SPENCER REPORTING.

SWIFT IS CERTAINLY NO STRANGER TO FAMOUS BOYFRIENDS-

AMONG THE FORMER FLAMES--

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.

Over the last few days, showers and storms have been concentrated across our inland communities and today is no exception.

Mostly sunny skies will dominate in the early morning hours with a few showers developing over the very warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The vast majority of Southwest Florida will stay dry, but a shower or two could wash ashore through the mid day hours.

As the sea breeze begins to work its way inland, isolated showers and storms will get pushed deeper inland by the afternoon.

Temperatures will quickly warm under partly sunny skies into the lower to middle 90s through the day and with plenty of humidity, heat index values will range from 100°-108°.

A weak tropical wave over the Dominican Republic will bring an increase in tropical moisture by the weekend, which means more cloud cover and a better coverage of showers and storms to the area.

PLAYING THE COUGAR CARD-OC

LET'S GET RIGHT TO THAT FORMER "NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION CONSULTANT".

CONVICTED OF STEALING $1.7 MILLION DOLLARS FROM SCHOOLS --

WILLARD LANHAM IS NOW PLEADING WITH THE COURT TO GO EASY ON HIM --

AND YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHY --

HIS EX-WIFE HAS TURNED INTO A "COUGAR"

PLAYING THE COUGAR CARD-PKG

WILLARD "ROSS" LANHAM-- CONVICTED OF BILKING SCHOOLS OUT OF ALMOST 2

MILLION DOLLARS-- IS ASKING FOR LENIENCY THIS MORNING. BECAUSE HE FEARS

FOR HIS DAUGHTER IF LEFT WITH EX-WIFE LAURA, A SELF-DESCRIBED 'COUGAR.'

SOT - LAURA BASILE LANHAM / WROTE FOR COUGARLIFEDIARIES.COM

A cougar is really an older woman is going out and meeting younger guys, and

I tend to click with people younger.

THAT'S RIGHT CALL IT THE "COUGAR DEFENSE." LANHAM, ONCE A HOT-SHOT

CONSULTANT FOR THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, LIVED LAVISHLY IN

THIS MANSION WITH HIS THEN-WIFE LAURA, 15 YEARS HIS JUNIOR. HE EVEN NAMED

THEIR STREET AFTER HER. "LAURA LANE."

SOT - LAURA BASILE LANHAM / EX-WIFE OF CONVICTED FELON

I didn't think about it. It just seemed normal, because I knew he was

making money. I don't think anybody would sit there and say, well, where is

this money coming from?

IT WAS *COMING FROM STOLEN TAXPAYER MONEY, ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS WHO SAY

LANHAM SIPHONED 1.7 MILLION DOLLARS OUT OF A FUND TO INSTALL HIGH SPEED

INTERNET IN CLASSROOMS. IN MARCH, A JURY FOUND LANHAM GUILTY, AND HE'S

FACING 20 YEARS IN PRISON.

BUT LANHAM IS ASKING FOR JUST *FOUR* YEARS, SAYING HIS 17-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER

CAN'T RELY ON HIS EX-WIFE, WHO HE CALLS QUOTE "EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE."

IN A LETTER TO THE COURT, HIS ATTORNEY WRITES:

"Laura is going through a highly ostentatious mid-life crisis and conducts

herself largely as a teenager attending night clubs and dating men in their

teens and twenties."

SOT - LAURA BASILE LANHAM / WROTE FOR COUGARLIFEDIARIES.COM

Ross can't take responsibility for his actions, so "let me dig whatever I

can dig up, and get a scapegoat." I'm not sleeping these kids, these are my

friends. So, will I date eventually? Yes. If he's younger, great!"

THE "COUGAR" LABEL IS ONE LAURA LANHAM READILY CLAIMED IN A 2010 POST ON "

COUGAR LIFE DIARIES DOT COM,".A BLOG WHICH CHRONICLES THE EXPLOITS OF

WOMEN OVER 40 WHO USE DATING SITES TO MEET YOUNGER MEN.

AND IN 2009, LANHAM LAUNCHED HER *OWN STEAMY WEBSITE. "THE HOUSE WIVES

NEXT DOOR DOT COM". TO PROMOTE THIS PIN-UP CALENDAR.

SOT - LAURA BASILE LANHAM / SELF-DESCRIBED "COUGAR"

We took great pictures. Were they sexy? Yes, they were. Were they raunchy

? No, they were not. I didn't think it was that bad, everybody else turned

it into something it was not supposed to be.

LANHAM SAYS SHE SHUT THE SITE DOWN FOR HER CHILDREN, BUT THE FACEBOOK

PLAYING THE COUGAR CARD-OC

LINSEY DAVIS REPORTING.

MEANWHILE, "ROSS" LANHAM WON'T LEARN HIS FATE UNTIL NEXT MONTH.

HIS EX-WIFE SAYS SHE DOESN'T WISH PRISON UPON HIM, BUT THAT "COUGAR" OR NOT, HER LIFE

JEWELRY ROBBERY-VO

BRAND NEW SHOCKING VIDEO --

A JEWELRY STORE OWNER IN CALIFORNIA.

OPENS FIRE ON FIVE PEOPLE,

WHO ARE ACCUSED OF TRYING TO ROB THE PLACE.

TAKE A LOOK --

SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS THE GROUP STORM INSIDE.

BUT THE FEMALE OWNER PULLS OUT A PISTOL, AND OPENS FIRE.

AT LEAST TWO OF THE MEN WERE ARMED WITH GUNS.

BUT TAKE A LOOK --

THE SUSPECTS LITERALLY FELL OVER THEMSELVES TRYING TO FLEE.

KITTEN STUCK IN SEWER-VO

THIS LITTLE KITTEN USED UP ONE OF ITS NINE LIVES.

FIRE CREWS RESCUED IT WEDNESDAY -- AFTER BEING TRAPPED FOR DAYS IN A SEWER PIPE IN ONTARIO.

NEIGHBORS FIRST HEARD THE CAT CRYING SUNDAY NIGHT -- BUT COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHERE THE SOUND WAS COMING FROM.

FINALLY, THEY ZEROED IN ON THE SEWER.

TEASE FIVE-1SHOT

IT’S TIME TO HEAD BACK TO SCHOOL!

THAT MEANS NEW SUPPLIES. AND NEW CLOTHES.

ABC7 LOOKS FOR THE LATEST FASHION TRENDS.

TZ5 A) HOT TRENDS FOR SCHOOL-VO

FINAL CHECK OF STOCKS-SAT 3 FULL

TS1) CAPE MURDER ARREST-SSTOPS

BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING

A CAPE CORAL MAN ARRESTED FOR THE MURDER OF HIS OWN FATHER JUST GOT OUT OF COURT

NO BOND WAS SET FOR LEROY TAYLOR JUNIOR.

SOMEONE FOUND THE BODY OF 91-YEAR-OLD LEROY TAYLOR SENIOR,

AT HIS HOME ON SOUTHWEST 48TH LANE IN JULY.

POLICE SAY TAYLOR SENIOR -- DIED AS A RESULT OF BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA.

TO HIS HEAD AND CHEST.

HOT TRENDS FOR SCHOOL-OC

KNOWING WHICH TRENDS ARE IN AND OUT.

CAN BE HARD TO KEEP UP WITH.

AND FROM BACKPACKS TO T-SHIRTS- FOR KIDS- IT'S ALL VERY IMPORTANT.

ABC-7'S DANIELLE KOLENIAK SEARCHED THE TOP RETAILERS --

TO FIND OUT WHAT'S HOT THIS YEAR.

HOT TRENDS FOR SCHOOL-PKG

PARENTS LIKE LARRY TELL ME. IT'S HARD TO KEEP UP. WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT'S IN. FOR KIDS THESE DAYS

"We can't no no. It changes too much."

SO WE SCOUTED OUT OFFICE MAX, WALMART, STAPLES AND TARGET AND TALKED TO THE FASHION EXPERTS THEMSELVES.

"Backpack. Most important purchase. What's it going to be this year."

"Well it's a cool backpack. It's really awesome!"

BUT CLEAR ISN'T THE ONLY TOP CHOICE THIS YEAR.

FROM BACKPACKS TO APPAREL, IF IT HAS SEQUENCE, SPARKLES OR LIGHTS UP, IT TOO GETS A THUMBS UP.

NAT BREAK

"It's way to say you love someone!"

ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE 20-12, THE 70S ARE BACK.

5 TO 15 YEAR OLD GIRLS SAY GIVE PEACE A CHANCE

"The really dark pink. The really soft blue. Peace sign."

"Because it has peace signs and it's nice."

FOR BOYS- CAMO AND ARGILE ARE THE NEW TRENDS FOR PRINTS.

UP TOP, THE CRAZE FOR GRAPHIC TEES IS ONLY GROWING.

"Something fun and cool on the t-shirts always helps I think."

AND. A NEW SCHOOL YEAR MEANS NEW FACES.

"Every year theres a new cartoon character that's more popular than the last year. "

AND THIS YEAR.TECHNOLOGY IS KICKING TV CHARACTERS TO THE CURB.THE POPULAR IPHONE GAME, ANGRY BIRDS TAKES THE LEAD AND THE SHELVES.

"Who doesn't want to have an angry bird on their backpack?!"

STYLES AND TRENDS ASIDE.THE KIDS WE TALKED TO SAY. JUST REUNITED WITH FRIENDS IS THE BEST PART OF GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.

"You get to see your new friend. You get to make new friends."

FRANK SINATRA APARTMENT-VO

IT'S A NEW YORK CITY APARTMENT WITH A UNIQUE PEDIGREE AND IT COULD BE YOURS.

FRANK SINATRA'S OLD PENTHOUSE APARTMENT IN THIS BUILDING IS NOW FOR SALE.

THE 32-HUNDRED SQUARE FOOT APARTMENT -- IS RENOVATED AND HAS GREAT VIEWS OF THE EAST RIVER.

THE ASKING PRICE IS JUST $7.7 MILLION DOLLARS.

BUT YOU DO GET 2000 ADDITIONAL SQUARE-FEET ON TWO TERRACES.

AMAZON VIDEO IPAD-VO

AMAZON'S INSTANT VIDEO SERVICE.

IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE ON THE iPAD.

SUBSCRIBERS CAN NOW STREAM MOVIES AND T-V SHOWS TO THE TABLET.

AT NO EXTRA COST.

IT'S BEEN A BUSY WEEK FOR AMAZON --

THEY JUST MADE A DEAL WITH WARNER BROTHERS.

TO EXPAND THEIR VIDEO LIBRARY

TOP STORIES OPEN-CLIPTOPS

TS2) GOLDEN GATE MURDER-VOTOPS

WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE MAN,

WHO DEPUTIES SAY WAS KILLED INSIDE HIS GOLDEN GATE APARTMENT.

JOSEPH GODCHARLES USED TO WORK AT A WALGREENS IN IMMOKALEE.

DETECTIVES SAY JOSEPH'S SON WAS THE LAST PERSON WHO SAW HIM.

RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ON ALERT.

TS3) HOLMES PSYCHIATRIST-VOTOPS

A-B-C NEWS HAS EXCLUSIVELY LEARNED NEW DETAILS -- ABOUT THE SUSPECT IN THE COLORADO MOVIE THEATER SHOOTING.

IT TURNS OUT HIS FORMER SCHOOL, THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO,

LABELED HIM AS A THREAT!

DOCTOR LYNNE FENTON TOLD THE UNIVERSITY SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HIM --

BUT,

BEFORE THEY COULD MEET AND HOLD AN INTERVENTION,

TS4) OBAMA IN FLORIDA-VOTOPS

PRESIDENT OBAMA RETURNS TO FLORIDA TODAY --

FOR A CAMPAIGN STOP.

YOU MAY RECALL, THE PRESIDENT WAS SCHEDULED VISIT ORLANDO LAST MONTH,

BUT HAD TO LEAVE THE SUNSHINE STATE AFTER THE COLORADO SHOOTINGS.

HE COMES BACK TODAY --

FINAL WEATHER-WX GFX

Over the last few days, showers and storms have been concentrated across our inland communities and today is no exception.

Mostly sunny skies will dominate in the early morning hours with a few showers developing over the very warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The vast majority of Southwest Florida will stay dry, but a shower or two could wash ashore through the mid day hours.

As the sea breeze begins to work its way inland, isolated showers and storms will get pushed deeper inland by the afternoon.

Temperatures will quickly warm under partly sunny skies into the lower to middle 90s through the day and with plenty of humidity, heat index values will range from 100°-108°.

A weak tropical wave over the Dominican Republic will bring an increase in tropical moisture by the weekend, which means more cloud cover and a better coverage of showers and storms to the area.

CLOSE-2SH-AWS ANI

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