ANCHOR SUPERS

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HE WENT OUT, THE WAY HE OPERATED, WHICH WAS VIOLENT

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

AN ACCUSED KILLER-

DEAD-

AFTER LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES SHOOT AND KILL BILLY RETHERFORD -- INSIDE A NORTH FORT MYERS NEIGHBORHOOD.

ABC-7 IS LIVE WITH THE LATE BREAKING DETAILS.

LEE COUNTY KIDS ARE BACK IN CLASS!

AND THERE A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE DISTRICT THIS YEAR.

ABC-7 BRINGS YOU INSIDE A BRAND NEW SCHOOL.

THAT TAKES LEARNING TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

PLUS-

YOU KNOW THE DANGERS OF SMOKING AND SECOND HAND SMOKING-

BUT HAVE YOU HEARD OF -- THIRD HAND SMOKE?

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HL2) LEE COUNTY FIRST DAY-VO-WIPE

HL3) THIRD HAND SMOKE WORRIES-VOTOPS

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BREAKING OPEN-CLIPTOPS

NFM SHOOTING-2 SHOT-SS (2)

BREAKING NEWS AT 9-

A WANTED KILLER. IS DEAD.

LEE COUNTY SHERIFF MIKE SCOTT TELLS ABC-7 --

DEPUTIES SHOT AND KILLED BILLY RETHERFORD.

RETHERFORD WAS WANTED FOR KILLING DEBRA STRIANO,

INSIDE HER THREE OAKS NEIGHBORHOOD HOME.

TWO WEEKS AGO.

RETHERFORD WAS SHOT OVERNIGHT -

IN THE SUNCOAST ESTATES COMMUNITY IN NORTH FORT MYERS.

ABC7'S KELLY CRESWELL HAS BEEN ON SCENE ALL MORNING LONG-

SHE'S LIVE WITH SOME BREAKING NEW DETAILS.

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Dubbed as a career criminal--billy retherford's spree has ended.

Take sound

Sheriff mike Scott

"retherford didn't want to go back to prison the good news for the community here tonight, he's not going back to prison."

Retherford---wanted in the murder of Debbie Striano--is also linked to another homicide in lee county. Deputies responded to a murder in the sable springs community around 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon.

Take mike scott

"the sad news here, to underscore is that this isn't sad enough, is that he took another victim, before we were able to take him."

Deputies already arrested retherfor's nephew Dustin Jaye and charged him in the murder of Striano. And Deputies have been hot on retherford's trail ever since, tracing him back to this house on laurel drive.

Take sound

Sheriff Scott

"These people weren't the smartest people in the world. They're able to law low, it's a big community, there's a lot of hiding places, but at the end of the day they left some calling cards behind."

Just after midnight--the us marshals regional task force found retherford, who was armed and dangerous. A violent shoot out ended in retherford's death. Sheriff Scott is glad none of his deputies got hurt and a career criminal cant hurt anyone else.

Take sound

Sheriff Scott

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FORT MYERS ROAD RAGE-VO

FORT MYERS POLICE ARRESTED A MAN,

BECAUSE THEY SAY HE POINTED A GUN AT A CAR.

WITH YOUNG CHILDREN INSIDE.

POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED A FEW DAYS AGO --

IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE MURPHY GAS STATION,

ON COLONIAL BOULEVARD.

LATIESHA DAVIS DOES *NOT WANT US TO SHOW HER FACE.

BUT TELLS ABC-7 --

SHE HAD HER GRANDKIDS WITH HER IN THE CAR.

DAVIS SAYS MICHAEL HUGGINS CUT HER OFF,

AND THEY EXCHANGED WORDS.

THEN HUGGINS ALLEGEDLY PULLED OUT A GUN,

FORT MYERS ROAD RAGE-SOTVO

39:40 "my middle granddaughter- she knew. she was like- that's a gun grandma- i was like, yeah that's a gun and he's going to jail"

DAVIS CALLED 9-1-1 AND FOLLOWED HUGGINS,

UNTIL COPS CAUGHT UP AND ARRESTED HIM.

THEY FOUND A LOADED PISTOL IN HIS CAR.

YOUSEL RIVERA CASE POSTPONED-SS-VO

THE TRIAL OF A MAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO KILL A CAPE CORAL POLICE OFFICER IN 20-11 -- HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL DECEMBER.

YOUSEL RIVERA'S TRIAL WAS SUPPOSED TO START THIS MONTH.

HE'S ACCUSED OF SHOOTING CAPE CORAL POLICE OFFICER DAVID WAGGONER -- DURING A TRAFFIC STOP, LAST APRIL.

RIVERA FACES A CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER OF A POLICE OFFICER.

THE DEFENSE ASKED THE DELAY FOR QUOTE "VARIOUS REASONS"

RIVERA'S ATTORNEY - DAVID BRENER - WAS ARRESTED OVER THE WEEKEND ON MISDEMEANOR BATTERY CHARGES.

FORT MYERS POLICE SAY THE CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY -- ATTACKED HIS GIRLFRIEND, CHOKING AND CUTTING HER.

SIKH TEMPLE SHOOTING LATEST-ONCAM

NOW TO THE LATEST FALL-OUT FROM THE TEMPLE SHOOTING IN WISCONSIN.

POLICE HAVE ARRESTED THE FORMER GIRLFRIEND --

OF GUNMAN WADE MICHAEL PAGE.

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SOUTH MILWAULKEE POLICE AND THE F-B-I ARRESTED MISTY COOK LATE TUESDAY,

BOOKING THE EX-GIRLFRIEND OF WADE MICHAEL PAGE ON AN UNRELATED GUN CHARGE

SOURCES SAY AUTHORITIES ALSO WANT TO TALK TO THE 31 -YEAR-OLD ABOUT PAGE.

THE COUPLE - --- LIVED TOGETHER UNTIL JUNE. WHEN COOK'S MOTHER SAYS HE

MOVED OUT AND THEY STOPPED TALKING.

BERNIE SOT: "she had put his stuff in the basement and told him if he

needed anything else just to get it out of the basement, she really didn't

want him around"

COOK AND PAGE REPORTEDLY SHARED TIES TO WHITE SUPREMACIST GROUPS. COOK CAN

BE SEEN IN THESE WEB PHOTOS PROVIDED BY THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE WEARING A

T-SHIRT AND POSING BEHIND A BANNER OF ONE GROUP - VOLKSFRONT THE GROUP

SAID TUESDAY COOK HAD NOT BEEN INVOLVED SINCE 2008.

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA CRIMINOLOGY PROFESSOR PETE SIMI SAYS HE ALSO HAS

UNIQUE INSIGHT INTO PAGE'S PYSCHE.

SIMI SOT: "When he joined his first white power music band, this really

changed his life"

SIMI SAYS HE INTERVIEWED PAGE FOR A PROJECT RESEARCHING WHITE SUPREMACISTS

from 2001-2003 AND THAT PAGE TOLD HIM HIS NEO NAZI BELIEFS CAME AFTER

SERVING IN THE ARMY.

SIMI SOT: "he saw and experienced things that angered him, convinced him

whites were victimized"

SIMI SAYS PAGE DRANK EXCESSIVELY AND NEVER FELT COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT

SIKH TEMPLE SHOOTING LATEST-ONCAM

ALEX PEREZ REPORTING.

THE SIKH AMERICAN COMMUNITY CALLS FOR A NATIONAL MOMENT OF SILENCE ON SUNDAY --

BOAT EXPLOSION LATEST-VO

A COLLIER COUNTY MAN IS BACK AT HOME THIS MORNING, JUST ONE MONTH AFTER THE BOAT HE WAS ON.EXPLODED.

ALEX SEMPF TELLS ABC-7, HE WAS TRYING TO VACUUM UP A GAS SPILL ON HIS BOAT -- WHEN IT SPARKED AND EXPLODED.

SEMPF SUFFERED BURNS OVER 60 PERCENT OF HIS BODY.

HIS 11-YEAR-OLD SON KRISTOFF -- WAS ALSO ON BOARD AND SUFFERED BURNS ON HIS LEGS AND FEET.

BOAT EXPLOSION LATEST-SOTVO

I KNOW I'M A WALKING MIRACLE. AND PRAISE GOD. GOD IS ALIVE AND HE HEALS AND I AM WALKING PROOF OF THAT.

NEIGHBORS AND A LOCAL BUSINESS IS TRYING TO HELP THE SINGLE FATHER OF TWO.

PARK FAMILY AND COSMETIC DENTISTRY IN NAPLES -- IS COLLECTING DONATIONS FOR THE FAMILY.

KID VANDALS-VO-SS

IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY-

THREE CHILDREN ARE ACCUSED OF TRASHING AN ABANDONED HOME IN ENGLEWOOD.

CHECK THIS OUT-

DEPUTIES SAY THE TRIO TORE APART WALLS,

AND BROKE WINDOWS.

DID ALL THIS DAMAGE.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY VANDALIZED EVERY SINGLE ROOM.

DEPUTIES ARRESTED -- EIGHT-YEAR-OLD ALEXANDER SABJA -- AND 13-YEAR-OLD TWIN BROTHERS RYAN AND ANTHONY MAURER.

LEE COUNTY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL-2 SHOT

RIGHT NOW -- LEE COUNTY STUDENTS ARE BACK IN CLASS.

AND IT'S ALSO A YEAR OF MANY CHANGES FOR THE DISTRICT--

NEW START TIMES, NEW PRINCIPALS AND NEW SCHOOLS.

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IT'S AN EXCITING DAY FOR LEE COUNTY STUDENTS.

83THOUSAND STUDENTS HEAD BACK TO 119 SCHOOLS. TWO OF WHICH ARE NEW STEM. WE CAUGHT UP WITH ONE STEM SCHOOL TO FIND OUT WHAT MAKES IT SO UNIQUE.

DESKS LINED UP. COMPUTERS READY FOR TAKE OFF.

IT'S THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR HARNS MARSH MIDDLE. THE FIRST DAY EVER.

"It's a unique opportunity for us to provide to the community something different and we're really excited about it."

THESE FOUR WALLS WILL HOLD A STEAM APPROACH TO LEARNING-- SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING ARTS AND MATH.

ALL BASED OFF OF A PROGRAM CALLED "PROJECT LEAD THE WAY".

ENGINEERING TEACHER DANA BERRY SAYS IT'S ABOUT GETTING BACK TO THE BASICS OF SCIENCE.

"Bringing that back and empowering our students to actually excel once they leave school"

LEARNING IS MARKED OUT THROUGH WHAT IS CALLED A DESIGN PROCESS.WHERE STUDENTS CAN APPLY ALL ASPECTS OF STEAM IN ANY DISCIPLINE THEY CHOeSE TO FOLLOW.

AND TEXTBOOKS.THEY'RE A THING OF THE PAST A HARNS MARSH MIDDLE SCHOOL.

"The kids are involved in problem solving projects."

put together with

"following a design process. The kids actually end up teaching."

IT'S ALL HANDS-ON LEARNING. IN MR. BERRY'S CLASS THIS YEAR, STUDENTS HANDS WILL TOUCH THE SKY AS THEY WILL DESIGN THEIR OWN AIRPLANES.

"They wind tunnel test their air foil. They go back the re-evaluate, they see what they can do to improve that and then they test it again."

A TYPE LEARNING THAT THIS MOM SAYS IS CRUCIAL FOR HER SON'S FUTURE.

"It's going to be a technology world so the more early he is introduced to that the better he'll be."

AND A HOPE THAT TODAY WILL BE THE START OF START OF SOMETHING GREAT.

HARNS MARSH MIDDLE STARTED A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO. WITH THAT SAID, THERE WILL BE MORE BUSES, STUDENTS AND DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. THE DISTRICT URGES DRIVERS TO BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS WHILE OUT ON THE ROADWAYS.

CHARTER SCHOOL VOTE-VO

HAPPENING NOW-

THE STAFF OF RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY -- ARE MEETING WITH PARENTS AFTER THE LEE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD VOTED TO *TERMINATE THE CHARTER SCHOOL'S CONTRACT.

HOWEVER, THE COMPANY'S OTHER SCHOOL, LEE ALTERNATIVE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, WILL STAY OPEN.

BOTH SCHOOLS CONTRACTS WERE ORIGINALLY UP FOR TERMINATION -- AFTER A DISTRICT INVESTIGATION SHOWED THE SCHOOLS, ALLOWED STUDENTS TO GRADUATE WHO DIDN'T MEET THE REQUIREMENTS.

CHARTER SCHOOL VOTE-SOTVO

The majority of those students will stay in this particular area because we have four or five charter schools in the area we have their home high schools in the area. so those students will definitely be taken care of in their community.

LEE ALTERNATIVE CHARTER SCHOOL WILL BE MONITORED FOR A YEAR.

TEASE ONE-1SHOT

A BIG WORRY FOR ANYONE TRAVELING THE FRIENDLY SKIES.

IS WHETHER YOUR BAG WILL ARRIVE AT THE FINAL DESTINATION!

BUT THIS MORNING -

SOME GOOD NEWS TO EASE YOUR MIND.

PLUS-

GET YOUR CASH BACK!

REEBOK OFFERS REFUNDS FOR CERTAIN SHOES.

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BLOOMBERG BUSINESS REPORT-PKG TOPS

GOOD MORNING,

WATCH FOR HIGHER GAS PRICES -- AFTER THAT BIG FIRE MONDAY NIGHT AT CHEVRON'S RICHMOND REFINERY.

THE OIL GIANT SAYS EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY TO GET NORTHERN CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST REFINERY FULLY OPERATIONAL AGAIN.

THE FIRE HAS INTERRUPTED GASOLINE PROCESSING, SPARKED HIGHER GAS PRICES, AND SENT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TO NEARBY HOSPITALS FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT.

THE REFINERY PROCESSES NEARLY 250-THOUSAND BARRELS OF OIL A DAY.

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MEANTIME -- MORE SIGNS THE HOUSING MARKET BACK IS ON TRACK!

UNION PACIFIC -- PULLING RAIL CARS FROM STORAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 4 YEARS -- IN ORDER TO TO HAUL MORE LUMBER FOR HOMEBUILDERS!

AND NORTH AMERICAN TRAINS RIGHT NOW -- CARRYING 10-PERCENT MORE LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS THAN LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS.

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AND -- IT MAY BE ABOUT TO GET EASIER TO USE YOUR CELL PHONE TO PAY AT STARBUCKS.

THE NATION'S LARGEST COFFEESHOP CHAIN -- INSTALLING A PAYMENT SYSTEM MADE BY STARTUP "SQUARE," IN 7-THOUSAND STORES.

STARBUCKS ALREADY PROCESSES MORE THAN A MILLION MOBILE PURCHASES A WEEK THROUGH ITS SMARTPHONE APP.

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AND -- COMING UP AFTER THIS -- SOME GOOD NEWS ON THE JOBS FRONT.

WALT DISNEY -- POSTING A BETTER-THAN-EXPECTED QUARTERLY PROFIT.

THANKS IN PART TO THIS YEAR'S TOP-GROSSING HIT FILM "MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS."

BUT SALES OVERALL DISAPPOINTED -- PARTLY BECAUSE OF INCOME AT IT'S ESPN CABLE NETWORK.

*BETTER* THAN EXPECTED CORPORATE PROFITS HELPING PUSH STOCKS HIGHER *YESTERDAY.*

AND THE LABOR DEPARTMENT REPORTED THE NUMBER OF JOB OPENINGS ROSE TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN 4 YEARS IN JUNE.

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AT THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, I'M JANE KING WITH THE BLOOMBERG BUSINESS REPORT.

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ALABAMA FLOODING-VOTOPS

SOME SOUTHEAST ALABAMA NEIGHBORHOOD ROADS WERE CLOSED.

BECAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND SEVERAL HOMES HAD SIGNIFICANT WATER DAMAGE.

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.

The heat will be the main weather focus today as afternoon temperatures climb all the way to the middle and even upper 90s. As the heat cranks up this Wednesday, one thing we won't see much of is rain. Some drier, slightly more stable air is pushing into Southwest Florida, which will significantly reduce our afternoon rain chances. We can't rule out rain entirely, but aside from one or two downpours on the local radar, the majority of us will stay dry.

The humidity will be another important variable in our weather today. With the humidity at such high levels, the "feels like" temperatures will range from 100-110 degrees; our thermometers will be on pace to reach 95-97 degrees. Today's record is 97 at Page Field in Fort Myers, so we may come close to tying or perhaps breaking that record set back in 1993.

The air will also feel rather stuffy tonight with temperatures still holding in the 80s through midnight before dropping into the upper 70s later in the night and into Thursday morning.

By Thursday our rain chances will gradually creep up but coverage will still stay somewhat spotty. The lack of rain and slow arrival of the sea breeze will once again allow our afternoon highs to reach the mid 90s.

Afternoon showers and storms will become more numerous starting Friday as deeper moisture makes a return to Southwest Florida. This means our weekend will also feature some fairly decent rain chances, but the showers and storms will primarily hold off until the afternoon and evening.

In the tropics, Ernesto continues to weaken as it interacts with land. After finishing its journey over the Yucatan peninsula tonight, the storm will move back over water and then over land once again by Thursday night. Ernesto's final destination will be Central Mexico, where it will finally get ripped apart by the mountainous terrain.

Farther out in the tropical Atlantic, we're still monitoring what's left of Florence along with a new tropical wave farther out at sea. The National Hurricane Center gives the latter the best chance of developing over the next couple days, but even that wave is only given a 30% probability of becoming a tropical system within the next couple days.

BETTER BAGGAGE ODDS-ONCAM

GOOD NEWS FOR FLYERS!

AIRLINES ARE LOSING FEWER BAGS THESE DAYS.

BETTER BAGGAGE ODDS-PKG

AIRLINES ARE DELIVERING YOUR BAGS ON TIME MORE THAN EVER.

A REPORT FROM SITA, AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, SHOWS THAT 99-POINT-1-PERCENT OF CHECKED BAGGAGE ARRIVED ON TIME IN 2011.

THIS IS THE HIGHEST RATE ON RECORD.

ALL TOLD, 25-MILLION BAGS WERE MISHANDLED LAST YEAR.

THAT'S DOWN FROM 32-MILLION BAGS THE YEAR BEFORE.

A MISHANDLED BAG IS ANY PIECE OF LUGGAGE THAT'S DELAYED, DAMAGED, LOST OR STOLEN.

TRANSFER BAGS ARE THE MOST LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED.

THOSE ARE BAGS BELONGING TO PEOPLE WITH A CONNECTING FLIGHT.

BASICALLY, THE MORE FLIGHTS YOU HAVE, THE MORE OPPORTUNITY THERE IS FOR A MISTAKE.

THESE LOST BAGS COST AIRLINES NEARLY 1-AND-A-HALF-BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.

THE SITUATION IS IMPROVING PARTIALLY BECAUSE THERE'S MORE PRESSURE ON AIRLINES.

AFTER ALL, CHECKING LUGGAGE COMES WITH A FEE. SO FLYERS HAVE HIGHER EXPECTATIONS.

ANOTHER FACTOR. FEWER PEOPLE ARE CHECKING THEIR LUGGAGE BECAUSE OF THOSE FEES.

AND TRACKING IS A BIG HELP TOO.

FLYERS CAN DOWNLOAD MOBILE APPS TO TRACK THEIR BAGS THEMSELVES.

ONE CARRIER IS GOING A STEP FURTHER.

AMERICAN AIRLINES IS OFFERING A SERVICE SO YOU CAN SKIP THE BAGGAGE CLAIM ALTOGETHER AND GET YOUR BAGS DELIVERED STRAIGHT TO YOUR DOOR.

OF COURSE, THIS ALL COMES WITH AN ADDED FEE.

LEE BUILDING PERMITS-VO

IT'S A SIGN OF THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN --

SOMETIMES LITERALLY IN OUR OWN BACKYARDS.

HALF-FINISHED HOMES AND BUILDINGS. *ABANDONED.

BUT NOW, LEE COUNTY LEADERS WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.

THEY ARE LOOKING TO TURN ABANDONED PROPERTIES. INTO FINISHED PROJECTS.

THEY'RE CONSIDERING AN ORDINANCE TO RE-INSTATE EXPIRED PERMITS.

BUT BEFORE THEY CAN SIGN OFF --

LEE BUILDING PERMITS-SOTVO

MICHAEL REITMANN/LEE COUNTY BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION 2:54:42 it's a major economic economic impact and it's an incentive for those individuals who have started the permit process to finish it 51

RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROJECTS IN UNINCORPORATED LEE COUNTY MAY QUALIFY.

*IF THE PERMITS EXPIRED AFTER JANUARY FIRST, 2006.

THE PROJECT MUST HAVE AT LEAST A POURED FOUNDATION.

TARGET TO SELL HUNGER GAMES SWAG-VO

HUNGER GAMES FANS -- NOW HAVE THE CHANCE TO OWN COLLECTIBLES FROM THE HIT FRANCHISE.

TARGET CORPORATION IS PARTNERING WITH LIONSGATE -- TO RELEASE A COLLECTION OF KEEPSAKES.

INCLUDING REPLICAS OF STAR KATNISS EVERDEEN'S MOCKINGJAY PIN AND LEATHER HUNTING JACKET.

THE PRICE TAG?

BUYERS WILL HAVE TO SHELL OUT ANYWHERE FROM $349 -- TO CLOSE TO A GRAND FOR PREMIUM ITEMS.

REEBOK $25 MILLION SETTLEMENT-VO

IF YOU BOUGHT EITHER THE REEBOK EASY-TONE OR RUNTONE SHOES.

YOU MAY GET A REFUND CHECK ON THE MAIL.

THE GOVERNMENT REACHED A SETTLEMENT WITH REEBOK.

AFTER SAYING THE SHOEMAKER FALSELY ADVERTISED THOSE PRODUCTS.

REEBOK ALREADY HAS HANDED OVER 25 MILLION DOLLARS --

TO SETTLE WITH THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION.

THE F-T-C WILL START SENDING THAT MONEY BACK WEDNESDAY.

TO ABOUT 315-THOUSAND CONSUMERS.

BUT IF YOU HAVE *NOT ALREADY FILED A CLAIM,

THE F-T-C SAYS YOU'RE OUT OF LUCK.

TEASE TWO-1SHOT

THE NAME-CALLING CONTINUES ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL WITH THE TERMS "ROMNEY HOOD" AND "OBAMALONEY" BEING ADDED INTO THE MIX.

BUT WILL THE UNFRIENDLY RIVALRY CONTINUE TODAY -- AS PRESIDENT OBAMA HEADS TO COLORADO, AND MITT ROMNEY TO DROUGHT-STRIKEN IOWA?

ABC-7 TAKES A LOOK.

WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE DANGERS SMOKING AND SECOND-HAND SMOKE CAN CAUSE-

BUT DID YOU KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED THIRD-HAND SMOKE?

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WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT SECOND HAND SMOKE,

AND HOW IT CAN AFFECT PEOPLE.

NOW SCIENTISTS FIND --

THIRD HAND SMOKE CAN BE DANGEROUS. TOO.

WHAT IS THIRD HAND SMOKE -- AND HOW CAN IT BE AVOIDED?

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WE KNOW SMOKING CAN HARM US. AND IF WE LIVE WITH A SMOKER, THAT SECOND HAND SMOKE WE INHALE CAN AFFECT US AS WELL.

"Second-hand smoke is when somebody smokes in the presence of other people and they inhale that smoke. that causes all kinds of problems such as lung cancer, such as C-O-P-D, such as asthma and respiratory infections in children."

NOW SCIENTISTS ARE FINDING THAT THIRD HAND SMOKE, WHICH IS THE FUMES THAT COME OFF SOMEBODY WHO HAS SMOKED ELSEWHERE CAN HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR HEALTH, AS WELL AS OUR CHILDREN'S.

"There's evidence now that third-hand smoke is a risk factor in children like chronic ear infections and chronic respiratory infections. And if your clothes reek of smoke, your hair reeks of smoke.your little child is going to get an asthma attack, more than likely."

HOW TO AVOID PASSING ON YOUR SMOKE TO OTHERS? THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION SAYS, TRY TO QUIT. IF THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE TAKE THE SMOKING OUTSIDE, WHERE THE AIR IS LESS CONCENTRATED AND THE SMOKE FUMES ARE NOT AS HEAVY AND WON'T BE LEFT ON CLOTHING.

"Smokers should know that they're not only doing damage to their own hearts and lungs and other organs but they're doing damage to the people around them."

OBESE DRIVERS CRASH-ONCAM

OBESE DRIVERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO CAUSE A CRASH.

AND THOSE ACCIDENTS CAN CAUSE MORE SEVERE INJURIES.

A NEW STUDY SAYS --

IT'S BECAUSE OF WEIGHT-RELATED HEALTH COMPLICATIONS.

ALSO -- EXPERTS SAY CAR DESIGNS THAT ARE LESS THAN SYMPATHETIC TO LARGER FRAMES.

COULD LEAVE OBESE DRIVERS IN MORE CRITICAL CONDITION,

TEASE THREE-1SHOT

A FLORIDA MAN IS IN HOT WATER THIS MORNING-

AFTER LAW ENFORCEMENT BUSTS HIM WITH FAKE UNIFORMS AND BADGES -- FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT AGENCIES-

AND NOW THEY WANT TO KNOW IF IT'S FANTASY -- OR SOMETHING MORE EXTREME.

PLUS-

A BIT OF GOOD NEWS FOR RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ALONG ONE LAKE IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY-

TZ3 A MAN ARRESTED WITH FAKE BADGES-VOTOPS

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NEWS AT 9:00 OPEN-CLIP

NY STOCK EXCHANGE OPEN-SAT 3 TOPS

TEEN VOGUE IS RINGING THE OPENING BELL AT THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

THEY'RE CELEBRATING A NATIONAL HOLIDAY --

BACK-TO-SCHOOL SATURDAY IS AUGUST 11TH.

THIS MORNING -- U-S STOCKS WERE SET TO OPEN SLIGHTLY LOWER.

FOLLOWING A STRING OF GAINS,

NFM SHOOTING LATEST-CLIP-2 SHOT-SS (2)

A TWO WEEK MANHUNT. IS FINALLY OVER.

THE WANTED MURDER SUSPECT. WAS KILLED THIS MORNING.

LEE COUNTY SHERIFF MIKE SCOTT TELLS ABC7 --

BILLY RETHERFORD WAS SHOT AND KILLED INSIDE THE SUNCOAST ESTATES COMMUNITY OVERNIGHT.

RETHERFORD HAD BEEN WANTED BY DEPUTIES FOR THE DEATH OF DEBRA STRIANO -- INSIDE HER THREE OAKS NEIGHBORHOOD HOME -- TWO WEEKS AGO.

ABC-7'S KELLY CRESWELL IS LIVE IN SUNCOAST ESTATES-

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NFM SHOOTING LATEST-REM LIVE

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PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS-CLIP-ONCAM

YOUR VOICE, YOUR VOTE 2012-

THE ATTACKS AND THE NAME CALLING HEAT UP ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

BOTH CANDIDATES TRY TO DEFINE EACH OTHER,

AS THEY RAMP UP THEIR FUNDRAISING

PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS-PKG

MITT ROMNEY ON A CAMPAIGN STOP AT A MANUFACTURING COMPANY IN ILLINOIS, -TOOK THE GLOVES OFF -- RIPPING PRESIDENT OBAMA ON A NEW ISSUE: WELFARE.

Presidential Candidate:10-:18

"Taking the work requirement out of welfare, that is wrong. If I'm President, I'll put work back in welfare."

TEAM ROMNEY IS TRYING TO GET A NEW ANGLE ON THE RACE -- DEBUTING THIS AD

ACCUSING OBAMA OF PLANNING TO GUT WELFARE REFORMS MADE BY PRESIDENT CLINTON.

FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT SLAMMED ROMNEY ON THE NEW AD SAYING IT WAS MISLEADING.

"From a policy standpoint, let me say that this advertisement, is categorically false and it is blatantly dishonest."

THE RHETORIC IS TURNING DOWNRIGHT NASTY WITH BOTH CANDIDATES POINTING FINGERS AND CALLING EACH OTHER NAMES.

PRESIDENT OBAMA AT A CONNECTICUT FUNDRAISER EARLIER THIS WEEK

"It's like Robin Hood in reverse. It's Romney Hood."

MITT ROMNEY ON FOX NEWS A DAY LATER ANSWERED THE CHARGE:

Presidential Candidate 1:07-1:16

"We've been watching the President say a lot of things about me, and about my policies. And they're just not right. And if I were to coin a term it would be -- 'Obamaloney.'"

PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS-ONCAM

CLARE LEKA REPORTING.

COLORADO IS *CRUCIAL.

OBAMA WON IT IN 2008.

TWO NEW POLLS SHOW HIM LEADING ROMNEY,

PETRAEUS FOR MITT'S VP?-VOTOPS

THE VEEPSTAKES CONTINUES THIS MORNING-

AND YOU CAN ADD ANOTHER NAME TO THE TALK -- GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS.

BUT, AFTER THE DRUDGE REPORT THREW THE GENERAL'S NAME INTO THE MIX, A SPOKESMAN FOR PETRAEUS QUICKLY SHOT IT DOWN.

OBAMA ON DROUGHT-OC-SOT-OC

A BIT OF GOOD NEWS FOR DROUGHT-STRIKEN FARMERS-

THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THEY WILL SEND *MORE MONEY AND ASSISTANCE. TO THE HARDEST HIT AREAS.

YESTERDAY, PRESIDENT OBAMA OUTLINED THE DROUGHT RESPONSE PLAN.

HE SAID IT'S A STARTING POINT.

Now at my direction the Department of Agriculture, led by Secretary Vilsack, has been working with every other agency across the federal government to make sure that we are taking every possible step to help farmers and ranchers to fight back and Recover from this. We've already designated over 15-hundred counties over 32 states as disaster areas which gives qualified farmers access to low-interest emergency loans.

THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION PLANS TO SPEND AN ADDITIONAL 30-MILLION-DOLLARS ON WATER --

LOUGHNER PLEADS GUILTY-VO

THE MAN ACCUSED IN THE DEADLY SHOOTING IN TUCSON LAST YEAR -- PLEADS *GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT.

23-YEAR OLD JARED LOUGHNER TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SHOOTING RAMPAGE THAT KILLED SIX -- AND WOUNDED 13 OTHERS INCLUDING THEN-CONGRESSWOMAN GABRIELLE GIFFORDS.

FAA CHANGES AIRPORT POLICY-VO

THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION --

CHANGES THE WAY FLIGHTS ARE DIRECTED AT COMMERCIAL AIRPORTS.

THIS COMES AFTER A NEAR COLLISION AT REGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT LAST WEEK.

THE F-A-A SAYS IT'S *STOPPING OPPOSITE DIRECTION OPERATIONS.

AT REAGAN AIRPORT IN WASHINGTON D-C.

THREE U-S AIRWAYS-OPERATED PLANES NEARLY COLLIDED.

TWO WERE TAKING OFF AND ONE WAS LANDING.

WHEN THE PLANES' PATHS NEARLY CROSSED.

THE F-A-A SAYS IT WON'T LET THAT HAPPEN,

MAN ARRESTED WITH FAKE BADGES & UNIFORMS-ONCAM

AT FIRST GLANCE, ROY ANTIGUA SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY IMPRESSIVE GUY.

THE FLORIDA MAN'S I-DS -- SAY HE'S A HIGH-RANKING MEMBER OF THE COAST GUARD, AND PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT, AMONG OTHER THINGS.

THE PROBLEM IS, NONE OF THAT IS TRUE.

IS THIS A CASE OF EXTREME FANTASY -- OR SOMETHING MUCH MORE DANGEROUS.

MAN ARRESTED WITH FAKE BADGES & UNIFORMS-PKG

NEW PORT RICHEY POLICE SHOWED US SEVEN TABLES PACKED WITH UNIFORMS, I.D.s, AND BADGES.

EVERYTHING FROM BOY SCOUT TROOP LEADER UNIFORMS TO CUSTOMS AGENTS JACKETS, AND COAST GUARD UNIFORMS.

"The only thing at this point is legitimate is that you have an auxiliary Coast Guard name tag."

POLICE SAY 52-YEAR-OLD ROY ANTIGUA ALSO HAD A C.I.A. SPECIAL AGENT BADGE, A U.S. CUSTOMS SPECIAL AGENTS BADGE, AND MUCH MORE. THE PROBLEM IS, POLICE SAY HE WASN'T REALLY ANY OF THESE THINGS.

"Really, fantasy is the common denominator. He wished that he was any of these things, and he wasn't."

POLICE SAY ANTIGUA GOT MOST OF IT ON THE INTERNET.

HE EVEN MADE HIS OWN I.D.s USING HOLOGRAMS. BUT THEY ARE WORRIED THIS IS MUCH MORE THAN JUST A COLLECTION OF THINGS.

"We need to know if you've ever interacted with him. Was it under suspicious circumstances? Was it under circumstances that you now find suspicious? We need to know: from start to finish, who is Roy Antigua?"

NEW PORT RICHEY POLICE CHIEF JAMES STEFFANS SAYS HE EVEN SAT NEXT TO ROY ANTIGUA AT AN EVENT TO HONOR MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY.

ANTIGUA WORE THE UNIFORM OF A LT. COMMANDER IN THE COAST GUARD.

"He sat next to me, and everybody around there thought he was the real deal."

POLICE ARRESTED ANTIGUA ON A VIOLATION OF PROBATION CHARGE, BUT WHEN HE PRESENTED IDENTIFICATION, AND DEMANDED TO SPEAK TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE, OFFICERS NOTICED SOMETHING DIDN'T ADD UP.

MAN ARRESTED WITH FAKE BADGES & UNIFORMS-ONCAM

JEFF PATERSON WITH THAT REPORT.

ANTIGUA IS BEING HELD IN THE PASCO COUNTY JAIL -- ON AN UNRELATED PROBATION VIOLATION-

CAPE BOAT LIFT LATEST-VO

LEE COUNTY IS READY TO TAKE THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL. TO COURT.

BOTH SIDE ARE LOCKED IN A BITTER BATTLE --

OVER THE CONTROVERSIAL CEITUS BOAT LIFT.

THE COUNTY WANTS IT PUT BACK IN.

BUT THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL DOES *NOT.

OPTING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ALTERNATIVES.

COUNCILMEMBER KEVIN MCGRAIL HAS ASKED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DRAFT A RESOLUTION --

EXPRESSING THE CITY'S DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE COUNTY.

CAPE BOAT LIFT LATEST-SOT(2)VO

-Frank Mann/Lee County Commissioner-"We set aside money for litigation last week in hopes that we don't have to use it."

-"According to the science, what we have seen happen twice before you're going to get another blow out."

COUNCILMEMBER KEVIN MCGRAIL HAS ASKED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DRAFT A RESOLUTION --

EXPRESSING THE CITY'S DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE COUNT.

SUNSHINE LAKE ALGAE-VO

GOOD NEWS THIS MORNING FOR RESIDENTS -- ALONG THE SUNSHINE LAKE IN PORT CHARLOTTE-

TESTS BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION -- SHOW ALGAE IN THE LAKE IS *NOT TOXIC.

PEOPLE LIVING ALONG THE LAKE HAVE COMPLAINED OF SKIN IRRITATION, RESPIRATORY ISSUES AND NAUSEA SINCE THE BLUE- GREEN ALGAE HAS GROWN.

SUNSHINE LAKE ALGAE-SOTVO

21:33 without taking air samples and my being told that non toxic algae can turn toxic overnight we don't know what we are breathing in really:43

CURRENTLY THE COUNTY IS GOING THROUGH THE BIDDING PROCESS TO DREDGE THE LAKE OF THE ALGAE LATER THIS YEAR.

TEASE FOUR-1SHOT

THE FIRST COLOR PICTURES FROM NASA'S CURIOSITY ROVER.

FINALLY RELEASED.

ABC-7 TAKES A LOOK.

AND HEAR FROM EXCITED SCIENTISTS,

WHO SAY EVERYTHING IS WORKING AS IT SHOULD.

ALSO ---

IN CASE YOU MISSED ANY OF THE EXCITEMENT FROM LAST NIGHT'S OLYMPICS. NO NEED TO WORRY.

WE HAVE YOU COVERED!

TZ4 A MARS LANDING-VO

TZ4 B OLYMPICS LOOKBACK-VOTOPS

WEATHER TEASE-WX ID

BREAKIUNG

HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION IN COLLIER COUNTY

115 FLAME VINE DRIVE

WOMAN FOUND DEAD ON PORCH

SHARON DEFENDS JACK-2SHOT

A MAJOR FEUD -- BETWEEN SHARON OSBOURNE AND "AMERICA'S GOT TALENT"-

SHE SAYS SHE'S QUITTING THE SHOW.

BECAUSE N-B-C FIRED HER SON JACK,

ONCE THEY LEARNED HE HAD M-S --

SHARON DEFENDS JACK-PKG

Jack Osbourne HAS MADE NO SECRET HE"s furious HE WAS REMOved from the cast

of NBC'S "Stars earn Stripes" - even talking with his mom about it ON / "

The Talk."

Jack Osbourne: The Talk

"Unfortunately the company that hired me didn't think I could actually

perform the job. And out of everything that's what ticked me off the most

because it's like don't tell me what I can and cannot do."

BUT NOW OSBOURNE'S MOTHER, SHARON IS JOINING HER SON'S BATTLE - TELLING THE

NEW YORK POST SHE'S QUITTING HER JOB AS A JUDGE ON NBC'S AMERICA'S GOT

TALENT - BECAUSE, she says, THE NETWORK FIRED HER SON.

SHARON SAYS THE FINAL STRAW CAME AFTER EXECUTIVES SENT AN EMAIL SAYING THEY

WERE BOOTING JACK FROM THE NEW BOOT-CAMP-THEMED SHOW BECAUSE OF HIS MULTIPLE

SCLEROSIS.

GFX: SHARON TELLS THE POST: "I just can't be fake. It's discrimination, and

it was badly handled. It's time to move on "

/ but Producers of the new show - which pits celebrities against one

another in military training exercises- say they never hired Jack for show.

GFX: in a statement, producers said: "we required all potential participants

to undergo medical vetting to ensure that they could safely participate.

We did not ask Jack to participate in the competition. This network does not

discriminate on any basis."

GFX: Overnight Jack fired back. tweeting: NBC said they didn't fire me over

my diagnosis? Bull-EXPLETIVE #BoycottNBC

US weekly SOT-21:44:06- This is something that Jack has had to deal with for

the first time. He now not only has a disease but he's dealing with loosing

work over it, losing money over it and having people look at him as not

capable of being able to do the things that he knows he's capable of doing.

JACK ISN'T EXACTLY OUT OF WORK. /. Last month he TOLD Robin / how HIS

diagnosis ISN'T stopPING him /

ROBIN

all these new projects that you have,talk about the new one, 'cause I saw it

last week on SyFy Channel.

08:19:08 JACKOSBOURNE

Yeah, it's, it's a show in SyFy called "Haunted Highway. We film these

investigations all ourselves, and we go off and, you know, investigate kind

of the paranormal and the haunted.

MEANTIME SHARON OSBOURNE IS STILL UNDER CONTRACT WITH AMERICA'S GOT TALENT

SHARON DEFENDS JACK-2 SHOT

BIANNA GOLODRYGA REPORTING.

SHARON OSBOURNE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN HINTING ABOUT LEAVING THE SHOW FOR WEEKS NOW.

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.

The heat will be the main weather focus today as afternoon temperatures climb all the way to the middle and even upper 90s. As the heat cranks up this Wednesday, one thing we won't see much of is rain. Some drier, slightly more stable air is pushing into Southwest Florida, which will significantly reduce our afternoon rain chances. We can't rule out rain entirely, but aside from one or two downpours on the local radar, the majority of us will stay dry.

The humidity will be another important variable in our weather today. With the humidity at such high levels, the "feels like" temperatures will range from 100-110 degrees; our thermometers will be on pace to reach 95-97 degrees. Today's record is 97 at Page Field in Fort Myers, so we may come close to tying or perhaps breaking that record set back in 1993.

The air will also feel rather stuffy tonight with temperatures still holding in the 80s through midnight before dropping into the upper 70s later in the night and into Thursday morning.

By Thursday our rain chances will gradually creep up but coverage will still stay somewhat spotty. The lack of rain and slow arrival of the sea breeze will once again allow our afternoon highs to reach the mid 90s.

Afternoon showers and storms will become more numerous starting Friday as deeper moisture makes a return to Southwest Florida. This means our weekend will also feature some fairly decent rain chances, but the showers and storms will primarily hold off until the afternoon and evening.

In the tropics, Ernesto continues to weaken as it interacts with land. After finishing its journey over the Yucatan peninsula tonight, the storm will move back over water and then over land once again by Thursday night. Ernesto's final destination will be Central Mexico, where it will finally get ripped apart by the mountainous terrain.

Farther out in the tropical Atlantic, we're still monitoring what's left of Florence along with a new tropical wave farther out at sea. The National Hurricane Center gives the latter the best chance of developing over the next couple days, but even that wave is only given a 30% probability of becoming a tropical system within the next couple days.

MARS LANDING SCENE-ONCAM

THE RED PLANET. IN LIVING COLOR.

NASA HAS RELEASED NEW IMAGES FROM THE SURFACE OF MARS.

SCIENTISTS CALL THE PICTURES -- SIMPLY AWESOME.

MARS LANDING SCENE-PKG

MISSION MANAGERS HAVE RELEASED NEW IMAGERY - TAKEN BY AN ORBITING SPACECRAFT. OF THE LANDING SITE -- GALE CRATER -- WHERE THE CURIOSITY ROVER IS JUST NOW GETTING ITS BEARINGS. THERE, PLANTED FIRMLY ON MARTIAN SOIL. ARE THE ROVER, AND ALL OF THE COMPONENTS THAT HELPED IT LAND SAFELY ON THE SURFACE.

"And this is what we call - - it's like a crime scene photo here."

IT WAS VISUAL PROOF THAT THE LANDING WENT ACCORDING TO PLAN. THAT BLACK SPECK IN THE MIDDLE. IS THE CURIOSITY ROVER.

ANIMATION ILLUSTRATING ITS ENTRY, DESCENT, AND LANDING ON THE RED PLANET GAVE EARTHLINGS A PREVIEW. THE HEAT SHIELD - THAT BURNED THROUGH THE MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE - NOW LIES CHARRED - 12-HUNDRED METERS AWAY FROM THE ROVER. THE PARACHUTE THAT SLOWED ITS DESCENT -- NASA RELEASED A PHOTO OF IT IN ACTION, TOO -- NOW LIES ON THE SURFACE ABOUT 600 METERS FROM THE ROVER. AND THE SKY CRANE - WHICH HELPED LOWER CURIOSITY GENTLY TO THE SURFACE - WAS DESIGNED TO CRASH LAND A SAFE DISTANCE AWAY. IT DID JUST THAT.

"So this pattern is consistent with an oblique impact."

THE MISSION TEAM ALSO RELEASED THE FIRST COLOR IMAGE FROM THE ROVER - A TEST PHOTO THAT CONFIRMED THE CAMERA'S FOCUS WAS WORKING. IT WAS YEARS IN THE MAKING FOR ONE, EMOTIONAL TEAM MEMBER.

"We'll talk about it some more in a second. um I've waited a long time for this to come back."

MARS LANDING SCENE-ONCAM

CURIOSITY COULD PREPARE MARS FOR HUMAN EXPLORATION!

PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID HE BELIEVES THAT WILL COME IN HIS LIFETIME.

AND NASA'S ADMINISTRATOR BELIEVES A HUMAN *WILL SET FOOT ON MARS.

OLYMPICS LOOKBACK-VO

IN CASE YOU MISSED ANY OF THE EXCITEMENT FROM LAST NIGHT'S OLYMPICS.GOOD THING YOU'RE WATCHING US!

TODAY, TWO-TIME OLYMPIC BEACH VOLLYBALL CHAMPS -- MISTY MAY TREANOR AND KERRI WALSH JENNINGS -- WILL TAKE ON SOME FAMILIAR FACES FOR THE GOLD.FELLOW AMERICANS JENNIFER KESSY AND APRIL ROSS, WHO ADVANCED TO THE FINAL WITH A WIN OVER TOP-SEEDED BRAZIL.

THE MATCH GUARANTEES THE U-S WILL BRING HOME BOTH THE GOLD AND SILVER IN WOMEN'S BEACH VOLLEYBALL.

HOUSECATS WIPING OUT BIRD POPULATION?-VO

YOUR OUTDOOR CAT. PROBABLY HAS KILLER INSTINCTS.

RESEARCHERS SAY 44-PERCENT OF ROAMING CATS HUNT WILDLIFE.

AND ON AVERAGE MAKE TWO KILLS A WEEK.

ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY --

THOSE PREDATOR CATS ARE WIPING OUT THE BIRD POPULATION.

ONE IN THREE AMERICAN BIRD SPECIES IS IN DECLINE,

AND THE GROUP BLAMES FELINES.

RESEARCHERS PUT VIDEO CAMERAS ON THE COLLARS OF CAT,

TEASE FIVE-1SHOT

IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US THIS MORNING, WE'LL HAVE A RUNDOWN OF THIS MORNING'S TOP STORIES-

AND-

THE MATERIAL GIRL IS NOT ONLY ON TOUR -- BUT PROMOTING HER FITNESS CLUB AS WELL!

TZ5 A MADONNA PROMOTES FITNESS CLUB-VO

FINAL CHECK OF STOCKS-SAT 3 FULL

COLLER BREAKING-CLIP

BREAKING NEWS ---

COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE ON THE SCENE RIGHT NOW OF A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION-

THIS IS HAPPENING IN THE 100 BLOCK OF FLAME VINE DRIVE.

ABC7 IS THE *ONLY NEWS CREW ON THE SCENE.

OUR GABBY FLEISCHMAN IS LIVE-

J.LO DRIVER BLACKMAIL-VO

DON'T MESS WITH JENNY FROM THE BLOCK.

JENNIFER LOPEZ IS SUING ONE OF HER FORMER DRIVERS --

SAYING THE MAN THREATENED AND TRIED TO BLACKMAIL HER.

LOPEZ SAYS THE DRIVER DEMANDED NEARLY THREE MILLION DOLLARS.

OR ELSE HE WOULD DISCLOSE SENSITIVE AND PERSONAL INFORMATION,

WHICH HE OVERHEARD WHILE DRIVING HER AROUND.

FAITH HILL, TIM MCGRAW VEGAS-VOTOPS

SINGING COUPLE FAITH HILL AND TIM MCGRAW -- ARE TAKING THEIR ACT TO LAS VEGAS.

THE COUNTRY MUSIC SUPERSTARS WILL PERFORM THEIR "SOUL-2-SOUL" SHOW AT THE VENETIAN HOTEL-CASINO.

IT RUNS FOR 10 WEEKS -- FROM DECEMBER 7-TH THROUGH APRIL 2013.

PITTSBURGH HOT SPOT FOR MOVIES-VOTOPS

PITTSBURGH. GOES HOLLYWOOD.

THE CITY ONCE KNOWN FOR ITS STEEL MILLS.

IS QUICKLY BECOMING THE TINSELTOWN OF THE EAST.

IN THE LAST THREE YEARS --

24 MOVIES HAVE FILMED IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA,

INCLUDING THE LATEST BATMAN BLOCKBUSTER, "THE DARK KNIGHT RISES."

MADONNA PROMOTES FITNESS CLUB-SOTVO

AMERICAN POP LEGEND MADONNA TOOK HER LOVE OF EXERCISE TO RUSSIA MONDAY.

MADONNA WAS GREETED BY FANS -- AS SHE OPENED HER NEW "HARD CANDY" FITNESS CLUB IN DOWNTOWN MOSCOW.

SO.WHY RUSSIA?

"WELL, I CAN SAY WHY I CHOSE MOSCOW, BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL I LOVE THE CITY, AND I HAD A VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE WHEN I CAME HERE WITH MY SHOW. AND SECOND OF ALL I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE HERE REALLY HAVE A GOOD WORK ETHIC, AND ARE REALLY INTO FITNESS AND WORK LONG HOURS. AND I THOUGHT THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO SET A GYM."

"HARD CANDY" ALREADY HAS BRANCHES IN MEXICO AND CHILE.

CLIENTS ARE ABLE TO CHOOSE FROM 80 WORKOUT PROGRAMS, INCLUDING ONES SPECIFICALLY PREPARED BY THE SINGER.

TOP STORIES OPEN-CLIPTOPS

TS1) NFM SHOOTING-VOTOPS-SS (2)

BEFORE WE SAY GOOD BYE,

HERE'S THIS MORNING'S TOP STORIES-

AFTER A TWO WEEK MANHUNT,

THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING DEBRA STRIANO. IS DEAD.

A DEPUTY SHOT AND KILLED BILLY RETHERFORD,

INSIDE SUNCOAST ESTATES OVERNIGHT.

RETHERFORD WAS WANTED FOR THE MURDER OF DEBRA STRIANO.

WHO WAS KILLED INSIDE HER THREE OAKS HOME.

RETHERFORD'S NEPHEW, JUSTIN JAYE, IS ALREADY IN THE LEE COUNTY JAIL --

TS2) SIKH TEMPLE SHOOTING LATEST-VOTOPS

THE FORMER GIRLFRIEND OF SIKH TEMPLE SHOOTER WADE MICHAEL PAGE HAS BEEN ARRESTED BY POLICE AND THE F-B-I.

SHE WAS ARRESTED ON UNRELATED WEAPONS CHARGES.

THE F-B-I SAYS THEY WANTED TO TALK TO HER ABOUT PAGE ANYWAY.

TS3) KID VANDALS-VOTOPS-SS

THREE CHILDREN IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY --

WERE ARRESTED FOR TRASHING AN ABANDONED HOME IN ENGLEWOOD.

DEPUTIES SAY THE TRIO TORE APART WALLS,

BROKE WINDOWS,

AND VANDALIZED EVERY ROOM.

DEPUTIES ARRESTED EIGHT-YEAR-OLD ALEXANDER SABJA,

AND 13-YEAR-OLD TWIN BROTHERS RYAN AND ANTHONY MAURER.

TS4) LEE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOLS-VOTOPS

AND-

TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS FOR LEE COUNTY STUDENTS-

CHARLOTTE COUNTY STUDENTS WENT BACK TO CLASS A FEW DAYS AGO-

CLOSE-3SH-AWS ANI

AD LIB GOODBYE

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