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RAINY WEEKEND IS EXPECTED

First Alert Live Doppler Radar will get a good work out Saturday and Sunday. Deep tropical moisture is going to engulf southwest Florida, and that is going to spike our rain chances.

Saturday will be partly cloudy with scattered storms. You'll be able to go outside periodically through the day, so don't worry!

Sunday has a different outlook. It's the gloomiest day, so to speak. It will be mostly cloudy with periods of heavy downpours and storms.

Rain chances take a precipitous drop Monday through mid week. What storm cells pop up will be very isolated in nature.

Highs will cool off slightly, too. There will not be anymore 95+ degree heat for several days. Lower 90s will be more of the rule, however, when one adds the humidity… It'll still feel muggy and uncomfortable.

For you beach and boat goers expect winds from the east-southeast at 5-10 knots, seas 1-2 feet, and a light chop for the inland waterways.

As for the tropics, they are beginning to show more activity.

Remnants of Florence are fading away, Ernesto is weakening, too.

There's an area of organized clouds that we are watching between the Lesser Antilles and the Cape Verde Islands. It will develop into our next Tropical Depression tonight. The environment ahead of it is conducive for further development as it pushes west.

RSW FLIGHT DELAYS-OMNI 2 TOPS MITTO

THANKS JP.

WEATHER TAKING A TOLL ON FLIGHTS TONIGHT.

HERE'S A LOOK AT DOPPLER OVER ATLANTA.

THE AIRPORT'S BASICALL SHUT DOWN UNTIL THE WORST OF IT PASSES.

THAT MEANS DELAYS FOR PASSENGERS IN AND OUT OF R-S-W TONIGHT.

LOOKING AT THEIR FLIGHT BOARD,

RIGHT NOW A COUPLE OF FLIGHTS TO ATLANTA ARE PUSHED BACK.

NO NEW CAPE JOBS-2SHOT

TONIGHT CAPE CORAL WANTS TO GIVE ITS ECONOMY A LITTLE KICK!

CITY LEADERS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A DEAL,

THAT COULD HAVE MEANT MORE JOBS FOR THE AREA.

**BUT THE BUSINESS PASSED--

OPTING FOR SARASOTA INSTEAD.

NO NEW CAPE JOBS-PKG

LYNN PIPPENGER IS A CAPE CORAL NEWBIE -

THE CHICAGO TRANSPLANT MOVED LAST YEAR TO START A BUSINESS.

-Lynn Pippenger/Owner, Dixie Roadhouse-"We knew we wanted to move South. We were done with the snow so we literally looked across the country.

AFTER TOURING 250 PROPERTIES IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT CITIES.

-Pippenger-"There's a lot of competition we looked at a lot of different properties.

.PIPPENGER DECIDED CAPE CORAL WAS BEST PLACE TO SET UP SHOP.

-Pippenger-"With a business like Dixie Roadhouse it's important we're a good fit for the community and a good fit for us or we won't be successful."

DIXIE ROADHOUSE EMPLOYES 50 PEOPLE.

THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WAS HOPING TO ADD TO THE JOB COUNT.

BUT THE COMPANY HE WAS TRYING TO WOO ULTIMATELY DECIDED TO EXPAND IN SARASOTA.

IN A MEMO WRITTEN BY THE CITY MANAGER, THE MOVE MEANS A "LOSS OF 80 JOBS" AND CONSTRUCTION OF TWO NEW BUILDINGS "VALUED AT $3.8 MILLION."

-Mike Quaintance/Pres., Cape Coral Chamber of Commerce-"Companies want real economic incentives that will help them be more successful more quickly."

WHICH IS WHY THE CITY WAS COUNTING ON LEE COUNTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DOLLARS.

BUT THE COUNTY SAID NO.

-Quaintance-"We don't have all the tools we need to be successful we've got some challenges to overcome."

AND JUST A *LITTLE FINANCIAL HELP CAN MAKE A *BIG DIFFERENCE.

HIT AND RUN-CLIP OC DISSOLVE SS

THE SECOND DAY OF SCHOOL IN SANIBEL STARTED WITH TRAGEDY.

A PICK-UP TRUCK HIT A GIRL WHO WAS WALKING TO THE BUS STOP.

NOW THE SEARCH IS ON FOR THE DRIVER OF THAT TRUCK.

KEISHA BIEN-AIME IS IN SERIOUS CONDITION TONIGHT AT TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL.

HIT AND RUN-PKG

Chris Jensen, neighbor

36:42 "the truck hit her so hard that the grill and stuff busted and flew all over the place."

A horrific hit and run almost killed 11th grader Keisha Bein-Aime just before dawn in San Carlos Park.

The South Fort Myers high school student was walking to her bus stop. Witnesses tell us a red truck veered off the road and hit her -- as classmates looked on.

Jensen, neighbor

3555 "they said one of their friends had been hit by a speeding truck that flew by here going 60 miles an hour and didn't even stop. Just keep going."

As Troopers search for the driver whose truck is damaged on the front right side, Keisha's mother MAREE seeks understanding.

Maree Bien-Aime

0045 "that's my daughter and I love her so much and she loves me too and that happened like that don't make me feel so good.

Paramedics took the 16 year old to lee memorial hospital before airlifting her to Tampa because of severe injuries.

Keisha's 13 year old sister explains all she wants is for her SISTER AND HER best friend to be okay.

Sandra Personnel, sister

2253 "I prayed this morning and my sister prayed so I think that helped."

As her prayers await answers tonight, other moms and dads along this busy road fear their YOUNG ones may suffer a similar fate.

Jensen, neighbor

RETHERFORD FOLO-VOWIPE

WITHIN THE HOUR-

THE LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TELLS US THAT BILLY RETHERFORD SHOT AND KILLED 61 YEAR-OLD GREG IMHOFF BEFORE LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES TOOK HIM OUT.

A BULLET RIDDLED COUCH COVERED IN BLOOD SITS OUTSIDE OF THE NORTH FORT MYERS APARTMENT.

U-S MARSHALS TELL US THEY GOT A TIP THAT RETHERFORD WAS HIDING IN THE HOME.

DEPUTIES SPOTTED RETHERFORD THROUGH THE WINDOW.

THEY SAY HE POINTED A GUN AT THEM.

SO THEY SHOT AND KILLED HIM.

RETHERFORD FOLO-SOTVO

47:56 "he came up to my vehicle and said something about drugs and flashed his pistol to my husband with my 2 year-old in the car."

RETHERFORD IS ACCUSED OF KILLING 55 YEAR-OLD DEBBIE STRIANO,

COLLIER MURDER FOLO-2 SS OC

TONIGHT WE NOW KNOW HOW A WOMAN IN COLLIER WAS KILLED.

INVESTIGATORS SAY SOMEONE SHOT 44 YEAR OLD CONCETTA BEDELL.

SHE WAS FOUND ON HER BACK PORCH YESTERDAY.

THIS MAN, LAWRENCE MACDONALD IS A PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE CASE.

MACDONALD WAS BEDELL'S EX-BOYFRIEND.

DEPUTIES SEARCHING FOR HIM TONIGHT.

AGAIN, MACDONALD IS *NOT A SUSPECT.

DEPUTIES JUST WANT TO TALK WITH HIM.

HOLMES IN COURT-VOWIPE

JAMES HOLMES RETURNED TO COURT TODAY,

HIS ATTORNEYS SAY HE'S MENTALLY ILL.

HIS HEARING DETERMINES HOW MUCH THE PUBLIC MAY GET TO KNOW ABOUT THE ACCUSED KILLER.

LAWYERS FOR AT LEAST 25 NEWS OUTLETS WANT THE JUDGE TO UNSEAL KEY COURT DOCUMENTS.

PROSECUTORS WARN THAT COULD JEOPARDIZE THEIR INVESTIGATION,

HOLMES IN COURT-SOTVO

not transcribed

FOR NOW WE'LL WAIT.

THE JUDGE COULD TAKE SOME TIME BEFORE MAKING A DECISION.

ZIMMERMAN MOTION-VO

GEORGE ZIMMERMAN WANTS WHAT'S CALLED A 'STAND YOUR GROUND' HEARING.

DURING THAT HEARING, HIS ARGUES WILL TRY TO PROVE HE ONLY KILLED TRAYVON MARTIN IN SELF-DEFENSE.

THE BURDEN OF PROOFS ON HIS ATTORNEYS TO DO THAT DURING THE HEARING.

NOAA RAISES HURRICANE PREDICTION-VO

AN UPDATE TONIGHT ON THE NUMBER OF PROJECTED STORMS THIS HURRICANE SEASON.

THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION SAYS WE COULD SEE A 12 TO 17 TROPICAL STORMS,

AND BETWEEN FIVE TO EIGHT HURRICANES.

THAT'S UP FROM THE MAY REPORT THAT PREDICTED NINE TO 15 TROPICAL STORMS,

CAPTIVA BOAT BURNED-OC

OFF CAPTIVA TONIGHT --

CREWS FINALLY REMOVED AN EYESORE - AND A DANGEROUS CHUNK OF METAL.

IT WAS AN ABANDONED BOAT.

CAPTIVA BOAT BURNED-PKG

BOATING IN SHALLOW WATER -- THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THIS IS THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO COME ACROSS--

nats

A HUNK OF CHARRED ENGINES AND REMAINS-- BENEATH THE SURFACE OF ROOSEVELT CHANNEL, OFF CAPTIVA ISLAND.

when you're in the channel you're probably cruising pretty good it's hot catching some cool air and if you come up on something like that there's no chance to stop.

NOW THERE'S ONE LESS PROP KILLER, AS BOATER MARK RICHARDS CALLS IT, TO FEAR.

nats crews

SEA TOW CREWS SPENT HOURS LIFTING DEBRIS OUT OF THE BUSY CHANNEL.

file boat fire

IT'S ALL THAT'S LEFT OF AN APRIL FIRE THAT DESTROYED AT LEAST ONE VESSEL.

with this being a hazard to navigation and a hazard to people's property

DEPUTY MIKE SAWICKI SAYS IF OWNERS DON'T DO THE WORK, COUNTY TEAMS STEP IN TO GET DEBRIS OUT OF THE WATER FAST.

one of the greatest appeals about this area is it's natural beauty, and you can't leave derelict vessels to put people off of coming here to put people off of enjoying things here.

AND CAPTIVA KAYAK TOUR OWNER GREG LEBLANC POINTS OUT ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS.

we live here this is our business, depends on the health of the whole estuary

SEA TOW SAYS THE COUNTY'S PAYING THEM 75 DOLLARS PER FOOT TO REMOVE THIS WRECKAGE.

ITS JUST ONE OF 14 VESSELS TO GET RID OF-- COSTING TAX PAYERS THOUSANDS.

I don't think the tax payers should be paying, we pay enough

THEY COUNTINUE TO INVESTIGATE CASE'S LIKE THIS ONE, IN HOPES OF SOLVING A PROBLEM THAT CAN CLOG SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S WATERS.

FL COAST GUARD OIL SPILL DRILL-VO

THE COAST GUARD SPENT THE DAY IN THE WATER NEAR MIAMI.

THEIR MISSION - TO PROTECT US FROM A FUTURE OIL SPILL.

HERE'S PICTURES OF TODAY'S DRILL.

THE COAST GUARD AND OTHER PRIVATE COMPAINIES ARE TESTING NEW PLANS.

TODAY THEY TESTED A 75-HUNDRED FOOT OIL-BOOM IN BISCAYNE BAY.

CHARCO FIREFIGHTER KILLED SERVICES SET-DISSOLVE SS

THE MEMORIAL SERVICE IS NOW SET TONIGHT FOR A FIREFIGHTER KILLED IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY.

18-YEAR VETERAN SAM DREHER WAS SHOT AND KILLED LAST WEEKEND.

SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY MICHAEL MINOR PULLED THE TRIGGER.

THEY SAY MINOR WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH DREHER'S WIFE.

THIS SATURDAY,

FRIENDS AND FAMILY WILL GATHER AT CHARLOTTE HARBOR EVENT AND CONFERENCE CENTER TO REMEMBER DREHER

DROUGHT GLOBAL FOOD PRICE HIKE-VO

TURNS OUT THE DROUGHT ISN'T ONLY AFFECTING FOOD PRICES IN THE STATES.

NUMBERS ARE UP SIX PERCENT GLOBALLY.

ANALYSTS POINT TO CORN FOR DRIVING THE PRICE HIKE.

CORN PRICES JUMPED A WHOPPING 23 PERCENT LAST MONTH.

AND THE U-S IS THE LARGEST PRODUCER.

BUT YOU CAN'T SELL IT WHEN THE DROUGHT KILLS IT.

CLOSING BELL & STOCKS-WIPE NATS VOTOPS CG

nats of closing bell

THE SOUND OF THE CLOSING BELL ON WALL STREET.

ANOTHER MIXED BAG AT THE END OF TRADING.

THE DOW CLOSED DOWN 10 POINTS.

BUT THE NASDAQ FINISHED UP.

GAS ON THE RISE-VOWIPE

GAS PRICES ARE ON THE RISE.

THEY'VE JUMPED ABOUT 30 CENTS IN THE LAST MONTH.

THE QUESTION TONIGHT IS HOW LONG WILL IT LAST?

REFINERY PROBLEMS OUT WEST *AND HIGHER GLOBAL OIL PRICES ARE TO BLAME.

AT THE PUMP-CG TOPS

LET'S BREAK DOWN THE CURRENT NUMBERS TONIGHT --

UP ANOTHER THREE PENNIES FROM YESTERDAY.

EXPECT TO PAY 3-62 FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

THAT'S ON PAR WITH THE STATE AVERAGE TONIGHT.

WALLENDA TIGHTROPES AGAIN-WIPE VOTOPS

CHECK IT OUT.

SOME PRETTY AMAZING VIDEO OUT OF ATLANTIC CITY TONIGHT.

THE AMAZING NIK WALLENDA DOES IT AGAIN.

HE WALKED A 13-HUNDRED FOOT TIGHTROPE BETWEEN TWO HOTELS -- 100 FEET ABOVE THE BEACH.

NEXT AT 6 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE ONE-1 SHOT

TURNS OUT A SIMPLE PAIR OF SHADES DO MORE THAN MAKE YOU LOOK COOL.

I tell people they should feel naked if they're not wearing their sunglasses

ON THE MEDICAL FRONT TONIGHT WE LOOK AT WHAT SUNGLASSES CAN DO FOR YOU AND YOUR KIDS,

ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE COASTLINE TO EXPLORE!

ARE YOU SEEING MORE BUGS THIS SUMMER?

TURNS OUT IT'S NOT YOUR IMAGINATION.

EXPERTS GIVE US A REASON.

JP?

TZ1 A SUN DANGERS & YOUR EYES-SOTVO

TZ1 B HOT TEMPS MORE BUGS-VO

JP STORMWARN OPEN-CLIP

WEATHER-PWC

RAINY WEEKEND IS EXPECTED

First Alert Live Doppler Radar will get a good work out Saturday and Sunday. Deep tropical moisture is going to engulf southwest Florida, and that is going to spike our rain chances.

Saturday will be partly cloudy with scattered storms. You'll be able to go outside periodically through the day, so don't worry!

Sunday has a different outlook. It's the gloomiest day, so to speak. It will be mostly cloudy with periods of heavy downpours and storms.

Rain chances take a precipitous drop Monday through mid week. What storm cells pop up will be very isolated in nature.

Highs will cool off slightly, too. There will not be anymore 95+ degree heat for several days. Lower 90s will be more of the rule, however, when one adds the humidity… It'll still feel muggy and uncomfortable.

For you beach and boat goers expect winds from the east-southeast at 5-10 knots, seas 1-2 feet, and a light chop for the inland waterways.

As for the tropics, they are beginning to show more activity.

Remnants of Florence are fading away, Ernesto is weakening, too.

There's an area of organized clouds that we are watching between the Lesser Antilles and the Cape Verde Islands. It will develop into our next Tropical Depression tonight. The environment ahead of it is conducive for further development as it pushes west.

SUN DANGERS & YOUR EYES-VO IN POP

IN YOUR ABC7 HEALTHY LIVING TONIGHT AT SIX --

THERE'S A REASON ITS CALLED THE SUNSHINE STATE --

BUT ALL OF OUR RAYS CAN TAKE A TOLL ON OUR EYES,

LEADING TO EYE DISEASE.

SUN DANGERS & YOUR EYES-PKG

--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS --

WE ALL KNOW THAT ITS IMPORTANT TO PROTECT OUR SKIN FROM THE DAMAGING RAYS OF THE SUN, BUT DID YOU KNOW YOUR EYES NEED PROTECTION AS WELL?

The best way to protect your eyes is to wear sunglasses.

BECAUSE SUNGLASSES HELP BLOCK HARMFUL ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT FROM ENTERING OUR EYES. SO BY WEARING THEM.

You're preventing benign and cancerous growths on your eyelid, on the surface of your eye, you're helping to prevent cataract and you're probably decreasing the probability of getting macular degeneration.

DR. KOZARSKY SHOWS US A MODEL OF THE EYE.

WHEN YOU DON'T WEAR SUNGLASSES UVA AND UVB LIGHT

Goes thru the cornea and it gets absorbed by the natural clear lens of the eye.

THE LENS CAN CHANGE AND TURN CLOUDY AND THAT'S CALLED A CATARACT.

THE SUN CAN ALSO DAMAGE THE BACK OF THE EYE, THE RETINA, LEADING TO MACULAR DEGENERATION OR LOSS OF CENTRAL VISION.

WHEN SHOPPING FOR A PAIR OF SUNGLASSES:

- CHOOSE ONES THAT BLOCK 100% OF UVA AND UVB RAYS AND

- LOOK FOR WRAPAROUND STYLES

AND DON'T FORGET CHILDREN. THEY NEED TO WEAR SUNGLASSES TOO.

HOT TEMPS MORE BUGS-2SHOT VO

THE SUN ISN'T JUST BAD FOR OUR EYES.

THE HEAT IS ALSO A BREEDING GROUND FOR CREEPY CRAWLIES!

NOT GOOD NEWS GIVEN THE RECORD DROUGHT WE'RE SEEING.

EXPERTS SAY INSECTS ARE COLD-BLOODED,

AND THEY DEVELOP QUICKER IN EXTREME HEAT.

LEGION MURAL DEDICATION-VO

IN FORT MYERS TODAY,

THERE'S A MISSION TO RESTORE AMERICAN LEGION POST 38.

HERE IT IS.

LOCAL VETERANS AND RASMUSSEN COLLEGE SPENT TWO DAYS PAINTING THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING.

THE COLLEGE ALSO HELPED VETS RAISE 13 HUNDRED DOLLARS TO INSTALL A NEW MURAL.

NAPLES EVENING ON THE FIFTH-CG

GET READY FOR LIVE MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT IN NAPLES TONIGHT.

IT'S ANOTHER ROUND OF 'EVENING ON FIFTH' ON FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH.

CRUISE THE SIDEWALKS FROM 7 TO 10 TONIGHT.

IT'S YOUR CHANCE TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESS BY DINING OUT,

TOSS TO BRAD-CAM 9

TIME TO TALK SPORTS NOW.

TEASE TWO-POP

THE FINAL MAJOR OF THE YEAR IS UNDERWAY. LEADERBOARD IS LOADED. WE GO CAMPING WITH THE FORT MYERS FOOTBAL TEAM.

TZ2 A SPORTS

WORLD NEWS TEASE-BLK-SOT

TONIGHT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

TZ 7 1) GUN IN THE MAIL-VOTOPS

ALL NEW TONIGHT AT SEVEN.

TZ 7 2) BEAR IN CANDY STORE-VOTOPS

PLUS.

THIS KIND OF BREAK-IN YOU DON'T SEE TOO OFTEN.

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

MIAMI DOLPHINS-POPOM

MIAMI DOLPHINS-VOTOPS

JOHNSON SAYS HE IS NOT TALKING TO THE MEDIA. THIS AFTER HEAD COACH JOE PHILBIN TOLD CHAD TO REPRESENT HIMSELF AND THE DOLPHINS IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER.

IN THE MEANTIME THE FINS FACE TAMPA BAY IN THE FIRST PRESEASON GAME OF THE YEAR. A GAME YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE ON ABC-7

MIAMI DOLPHINS-SOTTOPS

FM WAVE-VOTOPS

THE FORT MYERS FOOTBALL PROGRAM HAS THE MOST. ALL-TIME WINS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. LAST YEAR THEY PICKED UP NINE MORE WINS AND A TRIP TO THE STATE PLAYOFFS

FM WAVE-SOTTOPS

US SOCCER-CGTOPS

THE US WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM WINS GOLD FOR THE 3RD STRAIGHT TIME. BEATING JAPAN TODAY 2-1

PGA CHAMPIONSHIP-POPMON

PGA CHAMPIONSHIP-CGTOPS

HERE'S A LOOK AT THE LEADERBOARD. THESE ARE THE GUYS THAT HAVE COMPLETED THEIR ROUNDS.

CARL PETTERSSON. LEADS AT 6 UNDER PAR

BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL GUYS BREATHING DOWN HIS NECK. ONE STROKE BACK.

PGA CHAMPIONSHIP-SOTTOPS

RAYS JAYS-VOTOPS

RAYS AND JAYS.

TAMPA GETTING HOT. JOSE LOBATONE. THAT'S GOING TO GET DOWN. 2 RUNS SCORE. RAYS UP 2-1.

THEY GO ON TO GET THE SWEEP. 7-1 IS THE FINAL

MIRACLE SERVICE-VOTOPS

MEMBERS OF THE FORT MYERS MIRACLE WERE LENDING A HAND TO FEED THE LESS FORTUNATE. TODAY

KYLE KNUDSON, LEVI MICHAELS AND PAT DEAN WERE AT THE EVERYDAY CAFE IN FORT MYERS. SERVING UP SOME FOOD AND TALKING A LITTLE BASEBALL.

GOODBYE-4SHOT