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

TODAY COULD BE A BOMBSHELL DAY INSIDE AN ALABAMA COURTROOM-

THAT'S BECAUSE DANIEL PROCTOR *MAY* TAKE THE STAND IN HIS OWN DEFENSE-

BUT WHAT WE WON'T HEAR, IS IF HE KILLED AMY PATTERSON-

FIRE SPARKS AT A CAR REPAIR SHOP IN FORT MYERS.

CAUSING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE.

AND INVESTIGATORS KNOW HOW IT STARTED.

PLUS-

LABOR DAY IS QUICKLY APPROACHING-

AND WE WANTED TO KNOW IF RISING GAS PRICES ARE EFFECTING TRAVEL PLANS-

HL1) PROCTOR TRIAL UPDATE-VO-WIPE

HL2) FORT MYERS AUTO SHOP FIRE-VO-WIPE

HL3) LABOR DAY TRAVEL-VOTOPS

WX HL-WX WALL

NEWS AT 9:00 OPEN-CLIPTOPS

FIRST WEATHER: WATCHING THE TROPICS-RADAR TOPS-CAM

TOPPING OUR NEWS AT 9-

TROUBLE IN THE TROPICS.

TAKE A LOOK-

TROPICAL DEPRESSION NUMBER 9 -- FORMED EARLY THIS MORNING-

ABC7'S ALLYSON RAE JOINS US NOW FROM THE STORM WARN 7 HURRICANE TRACKING CENTER.

FIRST WEATHER: WATCHING THE TROPICS-STC

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.

"Tracking higher rain chances Tuesday"

Today could be an interesting day in our world of weather as we're tracking a few items on the weather map this morning. First, we're monitoring a cluster of storms just south of Florida that's quickly spreading north, and we could very well see some of this hold together and push into southern portions of the viewing area before sunrise. The main impact from these cells will be gusty winds along with some heavy rain.

The next feature we're watching is a front that's stalling out over Central Florida, and while we don't expect the actual front to move into Southwest Florida, chances are high that some of the associated showers and storms will build southward into Southwest Florida by the afternoon. These storms, too, will have the potential to produce gusty winds along with heavy rain and frequent lightning. There's some degree of uncertainty in terms of how the storms to the north will evolve today, but it looks as though these will have at least have a good chance of impacting our northern counties.

With more moisture building in today, our sky will be cloudier than the last two days, and as a result, temperatures will be a little cooler with highs in the upper 80s to low 90s.

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PROCTOR TRIAL UPDATE-2 SHOT-SS-VO

A BIG DAY IN COURT.

THE PRIME SUSPECT IN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A CAPE CORAL TEACHER.

MIGHT TAKE THE STAND *TODAY*.

IN HIS OWN DEFENSE.

DANIEL PROCTOR FACES UNRELATED CHARGES IN ALABAMA --

OF STEALING A GUN AND S-U-V.

INVESTIGATORS THINK PROCTOR KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS EX-WIFE TURNED GIRLFRIEND-

AMY PATTERSON.

HE HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED IN HER DISAPPEARANCE.

DETECTIVES TELL ABC7, THEY THINK PATTERSON IS DEAD.

FORT MYERS AUTO SHOP FIRE-CLIP-OC-SS-VO

A FORT MYERS REPAIR SHOP NOW CLEANS UP,

AFTER FIRE SPARKED OVERNIGHT.

AND THE FIRE MARSHALL SAYS IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.

THE FIRE HAPPENED AROUND THREE A-M AT PRO-TECH AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES.

THAT'S IN THE 38-HUNDRED BLOCK OF EDWARDS STREET.

CHECK OUT THIS SURVILLANCE VIDEO,

OUR ABC7 CREWS GOT FROM THE AUTO SHOP.

THE FIRE MARSHAL SAYS THE ENGINE OF A 2005 MERCEDES BENZ SPARKED.

AND FLAMES THEN JUMPED TO THE NEXT CAR.

IN ALL, FOUR CARS CAUGHT ON FIRE.

BUT FIREFIGHTERS GOT THE FLAMES UNDER CONTROL QUICKLY.

LOCAL SOLDIER-OC-SS-OC

WE HAVE SOME SAD NEWS THIS MORNING-

A LOCAL SOLIDER IS AMONG THE LATEST CASUALTIES -- IN THE ONGOING WAR IN AFGHANISTAN.

THE D-O-D SAYS CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER BRIAN HORNSBY -- WAS AMONG 6 KILLED IN A HELICOPTER CRASH IN AFGHANISTAN OVER THE WEEKEND.

HORNSBY WENT TO RIVERDALE HIGH SCHOOL.

HE GRADUATED FROM U-S-F FORT MYERS -- WHAT IS NOW F-G-C-U.

ABC7 SPOKE TO HIS PARENTS.

THEY JUST GOT BACK FROM DOVER AIR FORCE BASE -- WHERE THEY CLAIMED HIS REMAINS.

HORNSBY IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND TWO YOUNG CHILDREN.

THE FAMILY IS MAKING PLANS FOR A PRIVATE SERVICE.

FM CITY CURFEW-VO

IN 30 DAYS -- A NEW CURFEW GOES INTO EFFECT IN FORT MYERS.

CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN 18 YEARS OLD.

WILL NOT BE ALLOWED IN PUBLIC BY THEMSELVES AT NIGHT.

MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY -- THE CURFEW IS NINE P-M.

AND ON WEEKENDS -- THE CURFEW IS 11 P-M.

THE FORT MYERS CITY COUNCIL PASSED THE ORDINANCE.

AND THEY'LL TEST THE CURFEW OF SEVEN MONTHS *BEFORE MAKING ANY CHANGES.

THERE'S BEEN A RECENT CRIME WAVE IN THE CITY OF PALMS.

MURDER SEARCH-SS VO CG

ABC7 IS CONTINUING TO LEARN MORE THIS MORNING -- ABOUT THE MAN LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES WERE LOOKING FOR IN A LEHIGH ACRES HOME LAST WEEK.

ABC7 HAS FOUND OUT-

FELIPE TORREALBA IS WANTED FOR MURDER IN BROWARD COUNTY.

HE'S ALSO WANTED FOR SHOOTING AT OFFICERS IN MIAMI-DADE.

LAST WEEK, DEPUTIES GOT A TIP --- THAT TORREALBA MAY HAVE BEEN IN LEHIGH-

BUT WHEN DEPUTIES SEARCHED THE HOME, HE WASN'T THERE.

ABC7 HAS LEARNED TORREALBA MAY BE DRIVING A RENTED, GRAY MERCEDES C-300 WITH A TEXAS TAG -- THE NUMBER IS ON YOUR SCREEN.

HE MIGHT BE TRAVELING WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND AND TWO YOUNG CHILDREN.

ASHLEY TOYE APPEAL-SS (2)-VO

A U-S SUPREME COURT RULING.

MIGHT CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF ONE OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S MOST NOTORIOUS DOUBLE MURDERS.

ASHLEY TOYE IS A MEMBER OF THE SO-CALLED CASH FEENZ GANG.

SHE'S SERVING TWO LIFE TERMS.

FOR HER PART IN THE BRUTAL KIDNAPPING AND MURDERS OF ALEX AND JEFFREY SOSA,

BACK IN 2006.

THE TWO WERE FOUND DEAD AT A CAPE CORAL CONSTRUCTION SITE.

TEN PEOPLE WERE CHARGED WITH THE CRIME --

INCLUDING TOYE. WHO WAS 17 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME.

TOYE NOW PLANS TO SEEK A NEW SENTENCE UNDER THE RULING.

THE U-S SUPREME COURT'S RULING *PROHIBITS MANDATORY LIFE SENTENCES --

*WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE --

FOR MINORS WHO COMMIT MURDER.

THE HIGH COURT SAYS MINORS ARE IMMATURE,

CLINTON DRAKE NOT FIT-SS (2)-VO

NOT FIT TO STAND FOR TRIAL -

THAT'S THE WORD AFTER A NEW MEDICAL EVALUATION -- OF A CAPE CORAL MAN, ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS GRANDFATHER.

CLINTON DRAKE IS ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS 84-YEAR OLD JOHN DRAKE -- AND THEN LEAVING HIS BODY IN A TRUCK -- NEAR CAPE CORAL ROAD IN DECEMBER.

CAPE CORAL POLICE OFFICERS SAY HE ADMITTED TO KILLING HIS GRANDFATHER WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED.

BUT-

THE COURT LEARNS MEDICAL SPECIALISTS -- BELIEVE HE IS STILL MENTALLY INCOMPETENT.

BELL TOWER GUNS IN THEATERS-VO

ABC 7 INVESTIGATES OUR LOCAL MOVIE THEATERS,

AFTER A MAN BROUGHT A GUN INTO THE BELL TOWER SHOPS CINEMA OVER THE WEEKEND.

TO BE PERFECTLY CLEAR --

THE MAN *DOES* HAVE A CONCEALED WEAPONS PERMIT.

SO DEPUTIES ISSUED HIM A TRESPASSING CITATION AND LET HIM GO.

ABC7 FINDS OUT IF THAT WAS THE RIGHT PUNISHMENT.

THIS IS A SENSITIVE TOPIC,

BELL TOWER GUNS IN THEATERS-SOTVO

STERLING IVEY, DEP'T OF AGRICULTURE "If a concealed weapon permit should not follow that sign they could be faced with a trespass or criminal trespass warning or citation."

THIS IS WHAT WE FOUND OUT-

IF SOMEONE WITH A PERMIT GOES INTO A PLACE WHERE CONCEALED WEAPONS ARE *NOT ALLOWED.

THEY COULD GET A TRESPASSING WARNING OR CITATION.

SO THE CITATION ISSUED TO THE MAN WAS CORRECT.

A-B-C 7 FOUND OUT A-M-C AND REGAL HAVE THE SAME POLICY --

BANNING CONCEALED WEAPONS.

AND POST SIGNS SAYING SO.

TRINITY RIDGE FIRE-VO

BAD WEATHER COULD POSE BIG PROBLEMS FOR FIRE FIGHTERS -- TRYING TO GET WILDFIRES IN IDAHO UNDER CONTROL.

NATIONAL FIRE MANAGERS SAY THREE MAJOR FIRES -- COULD SPREAD FASTER AND FARTHER DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY WINDS TODAY AND TOMORROW.

AKIN CONTROVERSY FALLOUT-ONCAM

THE ISSUE OF ABORTION NOW GETS A LOT OF ATTENTION IN THE POLITICAL WORLD --

AFTER CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTS BY A MISSOURI CONGRESSMAN RUNNING FOR U-S SENATE.

AKIN CONTROVERSY FALLOUT-PKG

THE FIRESTORM IGNITED SUNDAY, WHEN CONGRESSMAN TODD AKIN TOLD A SAINT LOUIS T-V STATION THAT RAPE RARELY LEADS TO PREGNANCY.

If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.

HE LATER SAID HE MISSPOKE AND REPEATEDLY APOLOGIZED.

BUT HE SHIED AWAY FROM THE SPOTLIGHT MONDAY NIGHT, CANCELING A PRIMETIME T-V APPEARANCE WITH C-N-N'S "PIERS MORGAN TONIGHT."

We kept out word. I'm here.but, Rex Elsass, who's the political consultant to Congressman Todd Akin did not keep his. He pulled the interview, having agreed it on his behalf, at the last possible moment leaving us and you looking at an empty chair.

TOP CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS ADVISED AKIN TO SPEND TIME CONSIDERING WHAT IS BEST FOR HIS FAMILY, PARTY AND COUNTRY -- POLITICAL CODE FOR URGING HIM TO WITHDRAW.

WHILE AKIN VOWED TO STAY IN THE RACE, MISSOURI ELECTION RULES ALLOW A CANDIDATE TO WITHDRAW WITH LITTLE DIFFICULTY THROUGH TODAY.

BOTH PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS STRONGLY CONDEMNED AKIN'S REMARKS MONDAY.

AND THE ROMNEY-RYAN CAMPAIGN SAID UNDER A ROMNEY ADMINISTRATION, ABORTION WOULD BE ALLOWED IN THE CASE OF RAPE.

AT NEXT WEEK'S REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IN TAMPA, DELEGATES WILL ONCE AGAIN VOTE ON SUPPORT OF A "HUMAN LIFE AMENDMENT" TO THE CONSTITUTION.

THE DECISION WILL BECOME PART OF THE PARTY'S OFFICIAL PLATFORM.

ACCORDING TO A DRAFT, IT WOULD OUTLAW ABORTION WITHOUT MAKING EXPLICIT EXEMPTIONS FOR RAPE OR INCEST.

AKIN CONTROVERSY FALLOUT-ONCAM

PIERS MORGAN AKIN EMPTY CHAIR-OC-SOT-OC

AS YOU JUST SAW IN THAT PIECE, REPUBLICAN SENATE CANDIDATE TODD AKIN - CANCELED HIS APPEARANCE ON PIERS MORGAN MONDAY NIGHT-

BUT WHAT YOU DIDN'T SEE WERE MORGAN'S HARSH WORDS ABOUT AKIN-

TAKE A LISTEN-

-Congressman, you have an open invitation to join me in that chair whenever you feel up to it because if you don't keep your promise to appear on the show then you are what we would call in Britain, a gutless little twerp."

AKIN HAS UNTIL 5 O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON TO DECIDE IF HE WILL DROP OUT OF THE RACE -- FOR THE GOOD OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

DIANA NYAD GETTING CLOSER-VO

DIANA NYAD HAS *ENDED HER QUEST.

TO SWIM FROM CUBA TO KEY WEST.

THE 62-YEAR-OLD WAS PULLED FROM THE WATER ABOUT AN HOUR AGO.

AND TAKEN ONTO A SUPPORT BOAT.

SHE BATTLED JELLY FISH STINGS, STORMY WEATHER, A BAD SUNBURN AND PULLED MUSCLES.

SHE CAME SO CLOSE TO REACHING HER GOAL.

NYAD LEFT HAVANA ON SATURDAY.

IT WAS HER THIRD ATTEMPT.

TO BECOME THE *FIRST PERSON TO SWIM THE FLORIDA STRAITS,

TEASE ONE-1SHOT

LABOR DAY IS AROUND THE CORNER.

BUT WILL RISING GAS PRICES PUT THE BRAKES ON TRAVEL PLANS?

ABC7 FINDS OUT.

AND SPEAKING OF TRAVEL-

IF YOU PLAN ON FLYING. BOOK THAT TICKET NOW!

TZ1 A LABOR DAY TRAVEL FORECAST-VOTOPS

TZ1 B SOUTHWEST AIRLINES HIKE-VOTOPS

WEATHER TEASE-WX ID

BLOOMBERG BUSINESS REPORT-PKG TOPS

GOOD MORNING,

TRIPLE A SAYS THANKS TO RISING CONSUMER CONFIDENCE --

THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRAVELING 50 MILES OR MORE WILL INCREASE TO 33-MILLION THIS LABOR DAY WEEKEND --

THE MOST SINCE A RECORD 45-MILLION 4 YEARS AGO.

85-PERCENT, WILL BE TRAVELING BY AUTO.

THE NATIONAL AVERAGE ON GAS MEANTIME -- 3-DOLLARS 72 CENTS A FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR-- AS PRICES RISE AFTER REFINERY BREAKDOWNS.

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NO MORE LATE NIGHT FIGHTS OVER NIKE SNEAKERS!

THE FOOTWEAR GIANT -- BANNING MIDNIGHT RELEASES AT DICKS AND AND FOOT LOCKER IN AN EFFORT TO PROMOTE CONSUMER SAFETY, ACCORDING TO THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.

NIKE ALSO TELLING STORE CHAINS NOT TO DISPLAY PHOTOS AND OTHER DESCRIPTIONS OF PRODUCTS BEFORE LAUNCH DATE.

ANALYSTS SAY NIKE IS RAISING SHOE AND CLOTHING PRICES BY 5 TO 10-PERCENT --

AND WILL DEBUT IT'S PRICIEST MASS MARKET SNEAKER YET WITH THE 315-DOLLAR LEBRON X BASKETBALL SHOE THIS FALL.

RIVALS ADIDAS AND CONVERSE ALSO RAISING PRICES.

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AND -- AIR FARES ALSO GOING UP.

MORE ON THAT, AFTER THIS:

OC:

BOSTON MARKET -- TAKING SALT SHAKERS OFF THE TABLE AT ALL 476 LOCATIONS NATIONWIDE.

USA TODAY SAYS THE CHAIN IS ALSO UNVEILING PLANS TO CUT SODIUM LEVELS IN ITS ROTISSERIE CHICKEN, MAC AND CHEESE AND MASHED POTATOES, BY 20-PERCENT OVER THE NEXT MONTHS, AS IT TRIES TO KEEP UP WITH COMPETITORS.

*****

ALRIGHT -- SLIGHTLY LOWER CLOSE FOR STOCKS YESTERDAY.

APPLE SHARES SOARING TO A NEW RECORD HIGH -- IN ANTICIPATION THE NEW IPHONE COMING OUT NEXT MONTH WILL BE A HIT.

AND AIRLINE SHARES SOARING -- AFTER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTED UNITED, DELTA AND AMERICAN SUCCESSFULLY RAISED PRICES 10 DOLLARS ROUND TRIP FOR SHORT-HAUL FLIGHTS --

FOLLOWING SOUTHWEST'S MOVE LAST FRIDAY.

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

*****

STORMWARN GENERIC CLIP-CLIP

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.

"Tracking higher rain chances Tuesday"

Today could be an interesting day in our world of weather as we're tracking a few items on the weather map this morning. First, we're monitoring a cluster of storms just south of Florida that's quickly spreading north, and we could very well see some of this hold together and push into southern portions of the viewing area before sunrise. The main impact from these cells will be gusty winds along with some heavy rain.

The next feature we're watching is a front that's stalling out over Central Florida, and while we don't expect the actual front to move into Southwest Florida, chances are high that some of the associated showers and storms will build southward into Southwest Florida by the afternoon. These storms, too, will have the potential to produce gusty winds along with heavy rain and frequent lightning. There's some degree of uncertainty in terms of how the storms to the north will evolve today, but it looks as though these will have at least have a good chance of impacting our northern counties.

With more moisture building in today, our sky will be cloudier than the last two days, and as a result, temperatures will be a little cooler with highs in the upper 80s to low 90s.

LABOR DAY TRAVEL FORECAST-POP

LABOR DAY IS 13 DAYS AWAY.

AND WE'RE DEALING WITH RISING GAS PRICES AND A SLUGGISH ECONOMY.

BUT A NEW SURVEY FINDS OUT --

AMERICANS ARE PACKED UP AND READY TO HIT THE ROAD.

LABOR DAY TRAVEL FORECAST-PKG

THE LAST MAJOR TRAVEL HOLIDAY OF THE SUMMER IS EXPECTED TO BE A BUSY ONE.

ACCORDING TO A NEW FORECAST FROM TRIPLE-A, 33 MILLION AMERICANS WILL ENJOY A LABOR DAY WEEKEND GETAWAY AT LEAST 50 MILES FROM HOME. THAT'S AN INCREASE OF TWO-POINT-NINE PERCENT OVER LAST YEAR.

THEY'LL ALSO SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THEIR LONG WEEKENDS, 749 DOLLARS ON AVERAGE, UP FROM 702 IN 20-11.

THE AVERAGE TRIP WILL BE ABOUT 626 MILES. BUT ABOUT HALF OF TRAVELERS WILL STAY A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME, BETWEEN 100 AND 400 MILES ROUND-TRIP.

2.3 MILLION AMERICANS WILL TRAVEL BY RAIL, BUS AND CRUISE SHIP.

2.5 MILLION WILL TAKE TO THE SKIES, THANKS TO A SLIGHT DIP IN AIRFARES.

AND THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF TRAVELERS WILL GO BY CAR -- 85 PERCENT OF THEM, OR ABOUT 28-POINT-TWO MILLION.

THAT'S DESPITE THE RECENT UPTICK IN GAS PRICES. GASOLINE IS STILL LOWER THAN AN APRIL PEAK OF 3-94 PER GALLON, BUT HIGHER THAN WHEN TRIPLE-A DID ITS LABOR DAY FORECASTING LAST AUGUST.

LABOR DAY TRAVEL FORECAST-POP

KARIN CAIFA REPORTING.

MOST OF THOSE LOOKING TO TRIM TRAVEL COSTS.

WILL SKIP HOTEL ROOMS AND STAY WITH FAMILY OR FRIENDS.

OTHERS WILL CUT THEIR TRIP A LITTLE SHORTER.

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES AIRFARE HIKE-VO

AND SPEAKING OF TRAVEL-

THERE'S ANOTHER ATTEMPT BY U-S AIRLINES TO HIKE FARES -- TO COVER THE RISING COST OF JET FUEL.

SOUTHWEST RAISED FARES ON SHORT ROUTES BY TEN DOLLARS PER ROUND TRIP -- AND SEVERAL OTHER AIRLINES WERE QUICK TO MATCH THE INCREASE.

APPLE MOST VALUABLE-VOTOPS

APPLE IS NOW THE MOST VALUABLE COMPANY. *EVER.

APPLE'S VALUE SURGED TO MORE THAN 620 BILLION DOLLARS ON MONDAY.

BEATING THE RECORD SET BY MICROSOFT BACK IN 19-99,

DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE DOT-COM BOOM.

APPLE'S STOCK HAS HIT NEW HIGHS --

WITH OPTIMISM AROUND AN IMPENDING LAUNCH OF AN iPHONE 5,

LEAPIN LIZARDS VOLLEYBALL COURT-VO-WIPE

PLANS TO OPEN A VOLLEYBALL COURT IN THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL, HAVE BEEN STOPPED BY THE CITY.

ZONING REGULATIONS STOPPED THE FORT MYERS BEACH VOLLEYBALL CLUB -- FROM OPENING A SAND VOLLEYBALL COURT.

THE GROUP LEASED AN EMPTY LOT BY LEAPIN' LIZARDS,

OFF CAPE CORAL PARKWAY.

LEAPIN LIZARDS VOLLEYBALL COURT-SOTVO

-Mary Ann Evans/Owner, Leapin' Lizards-"it would have been easy access, play and while here buy groceries, gas, bring biz to downtown."

NOW, THE CAPE CORAL COMMUNITY RE-DEVELOPMENT AGENCY WANTS TO RELOCATE THE VOLLEYBALL COURT --

TEASE TWO-1SHOT

HOPE FOR BREAST CANCER PATIENTS.

ABC7 LOOKS AT A BRAND NEW TREATMENT.

THAT COULD SAVE LIVES.

PLUS, CHECK THIS OUT-

A *NEW WAY TO PROTECT YOUR SKIN FROM THE SUN!

TZ2 A NEW TREATMENT FOR BREAST CANCER-VO

TZ2 B CHINA FACEKINIS-VOTOPS

NEW TREATMENT FOR BREAST CANCER-CAM 10 BMP-2 SHOT

BIG HEALTH NEWS-

RESEARCHERS ARE NOW TESTING A *NEW RADIATION THERAPY.

THEY ARE HOPING THE NEW THERAPY -- COULD BRING HELP TO BREAST CANCER PATIENTS.

NEW TREATMENT FOR BREAST CANCER-PKG

IT'S CALLED THE ACCUBOOST SYSTEM. IT DELIVERS RADIATION TO TREAT BREAST CANCER.

"We've been using it the past three or four years to deliver the boost portion of whole breast treatment."

NOW IT'S BEING USED IN A NEW WAY.RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL TESTING IT TO TREAT ONLY THE PORTION OF THE BREAST WHERE THE CANCER IS FOUND. FOLLOWING THE REMOVAL OF THE CANCER. PARTIAL BREAST CANCER RADIATION IS NOT NEW BUT.

"Most of the techniques are invasive. We either have to put multiple needles in to the breast or a catheter in to the lumpectomy cavity and that needs to remain in place for the whole course of treatment which is about a week."

DR. JAROSLAW HEPEL SAYS FOR THE WOMAN, IT CAN BE INCONVENIENT, UNCOMFORTABLE AND THERE'S A RISK OF INFECTION.

"What's nice about the accuboost system is that it's not invasive, there's nothing that's placed inside the breast but we're able to achieve the same level of precision as these invasive approaches."

IT STARTS WITH MAMMOGRAPHY-LIKE IMAGING.

"With this approach we actually immobilize the breast by compressing it gently and image the breast for each and every treatment. That's how we're able to see the lumpectomy cavity and target it very precisely for each treatment."

THAT RADIATION DELIVERED THROUGH CATHETER LIKE WIRES THROUGH THIS DEVICE. PRECISELY TO THE SPOT. THE EXPECTATION THAT WOMEN WILL HAVE FEWER SIDE EFFECTS AND BETTER COSMETIC OUTCOMES. THE HOPE? THIS NON INVASIVE TREATMENT WILL BECOME THE STANDARD OF CARE.

NEW TREATMENT FOR BREAST CANCER-2 SHOT

THAT RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL -- IS THE ONLY PLACE IN NEW ENGLAND ENROLLING FOR THIS STUDY.

THERE ARE THREE OTHER SITES IN THE U-S --

TWO IN NEW YORK,

AND ONE IN FLORIDA.

CHINA FACEKINIS-VO

WOMEN IN CHINA HAVE A NEW WAY TO PROTECT THEIR SKIN FROM THE HOT SUMMER SUN.

CHECK THIS OUT-

IT'S CALLED A "FACEKINI", A COLORFUL MASK THAT COVERS THE ENTIRE NECK AND HEAD.

WHILE IT MAY NOT BE FASHIONABLE IT DOES PROTECT SKIN FROM THE SUN'S POWERFUL RAYS.

NASAL SPRAY TO COMBAT MILITARY SUICIDES?-VOTOPS

SUICIDE RATES HAVE SPIKED AMONG CURRENT AND FORMER SOLDIERS.

BUT THE ARMY HOPES A NASAL SPRAY CAN HELP.

A PROFESSOR AT THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE HAS GOTTEN A GRANT --

TO LOOK INTO WHETHER A NASAL SPRAY COULD SAFELY DELIVER A CERTAIN ANTI-DEPRESSIVE CHEMICAL TO THE BRAIN.

THIS COULD HELP CURB SUICIDAL THOUGHTS.

TEASE THREE-1SHOT

THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE IS HEADED OUT WEST-

PRESIDENT OBAMA HEADS TO OHIO AND NEVADA, WHILE MITT ROMNEY RAISES MONEY IN TEXAS.

BUT HOW ARE VOTERS FEELING ABOUT THE RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE?

ABC7 HAS THE DETAILS.

PLUS-

FLORIDA IS SEEN AS *THE* KEY SWING STATE COME NOVEMBER-

BUT JUST HOW IMPORTANT IS FLORIDA AND IT'S 29 ELECTORAL DELEGATES?

TZ3 A CAMPAIGN LATEST-VOTOPS

TZ3 B IMPORTANCE OF FLORIDA-VOTOPS

NEWS AT 9:00 OPEN-CLIP

NY STOCK EXCHANGE OPEN-SAT 3 TOPS

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

YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

Stocks are poised to open higher -- as hopes in Europe's crisis -- look sunnier today.

TS1) PROCTOR TRIAL UPDATE-VOTOPS

NOW AT 9:30 -

HERE'S A LOOK AT THIS MORNING'S TOP STORIES.

TODAY COULD BE A *BIG* DAY INSIDE AN ALABAMA COURTROOM-

ABC7 HAS LEARNED --

DANIEL PROCTOR *COULD* TAKE THE STAND IN HIS OWN DEFENSE.

HE'S ON TRIAL FOR CHARGES OF STEALING A GUN AND A CAR IN ALABAMA.

HE'S SUSPECTED IN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF HIS EX-WIFE AMY PATTERSON.

TS2) FM AUTO FIRE-VOTOPS

CHECK THIS OUT-

ABC7 GOT THIS SURVILLENCE VIDEO FROM AN OVERNIGHT FIRE AT A FORT MYERS REPAIR SHOP-

THE FIRE MARSHAL TELLS ABC7, THE ENGINE OF A MERCEDES BENZ SPARKED-

AND THEN THE FLAMES JUMPED TO THE NEXT CAR-

IN ALL, FOUR CARS CAUGHT FIRE-

TS3) LOCAL SOLIDER DIES-SSTOPS

AND ABC7 HAS LEARNED --

A LOCAL SOLDIER WAS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN.

CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER BRIAN HORNSBY DIED IN A HELICOPTER CRASH OVER THE WEEKEND.

HORNSBY WENT TO RIVERDALE HIGH SCHOOL.

AND GRADUATED FROM U-S-F FORT MYERS --

WHICH IS NOW F-G-C-U.

YVYV: CAMPAIGN LATEST-CLIP-ONCAM

YOUR VOICE YOUR VOTE-

THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IS MOVING WEST TODAY -- AS THE ROMNEY CAMPAIGN TRIES TO PUT CONTROVERSY ASIDE -- AND RAISE MONEY IN TEXAS.

THAT'S AHEAD OF THE KICKOFF OF THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IN TAMPA NEXT MONDAY.

MEANWHILE, THE PRESIDENT GETS BACK ON THE STUMP -- IN TWO KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES.

YVYV: CAMPAIGN LATEST-PKG

AFTER A TWO MONTH DRY-SPELL-- THE PRESIDENT HELD A WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING FOR REPORTERS.

HE WEIGHED IN ON MISSOURI SENATE GOP CANDIDATE TODD AKIN'S CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTS THIS WEEKEND THAT A "LEGITIMATE RAPE" RARELY RESULTS IN PREGNANCY.

WHICH PUT THE ABORTION DEBATE BACK IN THE ELECTION FOREFRONT.

"What I think these comments do underscore is why we shouldn't have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health care decisions on behalf of women."

PRESIDENT OBAMA LEADS MITT ROMNEY 54 TO 39 PERCENT AMONG WOMEN VOTERS -- ACCORDING THE THE LAST NBC/WSJ POLL, A DEMOGRAPHIC WHERE ROMNEY REALLY NEEDS TO MAKE UP GROUND.

IN AN INTERVIEW WITH W-M-U-R, ROMNEY DID HIS BEST TO TRY DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM AKIN'S COMMENTS.

super burned in

Presidential Candidate

"Those comments about rape were deeply offensive. I can't defend what he said. I can't defend him."

OBAMA'S IMPROMPTU NEWS CONFERENCE TOOK SOME OF THE SPOTLIGHT OFF THE REPUBLICAN DUO.

BUT ROMNEY AND VP RUNNING MATE PAUL RYAN CONTINUED TO SLAM THE PRESIDENT'S LEADERSHIP DURING A JOINT TOWN HALL MEETING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

YVYV: CAMPAIGN LATEST-ONCAM

CLARE LEKA REPORTING.

A NEW POLL FOCUSING ON THE CAMPAIGN WILL COME OUT LATER TODAY-

IMPORTANCE OF FLORIDA-VO

THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS *THE* SWING STATE --

IN THIS YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

HERE'S PROOF--

CAMPAIGNS AND SUPER PACS HAVE ALREADY SPENT MORE THAN 60-MILLION IN ADVERTISING IN FLORIDA.

DOCTOR SUSAN MAC-MANUS IS THE STATE'S LEADING POLITICAL EXPERT.

SHE ADMITS --

MEDICARE IS GETTING THE HEADLINES NOW.

BUT SHE SAYS THE ECONOMY WILL ULTIMATELY DECIDE THE ELECTION.

POLLING SHOWS OBAMA AND ROMMEY NECK AND NECK.

IMPORTANCE OF FLORIDA-SOTVO

"It's certainly always said that Republicans have to win Florida they absolutely must win Florida or they can't win the White House. But now it's become increasingly important for Democrats because the President is trailing in some states that he won in 2008."

THIS YEAR, FLORIDA HAS MORE POLITICAL POWER THAN EVER BEFORE.

29 ELECTORAL VOTES -

RNC STAGE SHOWED OFF-VOTOPS

AND WE ARE DAYS AWAY FROM THE START OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IN TAMPA-

AND ORGANIZERS ARE SHOWING OFF THE EVENT'S MAIN STAGE-

IT HAS 13 VIDEO PANELS, AND A RUNNING NATIONAL DEBT CLOCK.

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY SAYS SOME 318 PRODUCTION STAFF -- BUILT THE STAGE.

DNC SPEAKERS-VO

SOME BIG NAMES WILL SPEAK AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

CHICAGO MAYOR, AND FORMER WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF, RAHM EMANUEL.

HAS JOINED THE LINE-UP OF SPEAKERS,

AT THE CONVENTION IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.

JOINING HIM?

MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR JOHN KERRY.

FORMER VIRGINIA GOVERNOR TIM KAINE.

AND, SAN ANTONIO MAYOR JULIAN CASTRO.

MISSISSIPPI RIVER DREDGING-ONCAM

NEARLY 100-BOATS AND BARGES ARE STUCK ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

THAT'S BECAUSE THE U-S COAST GUARD -- CLOSED AN 11-MILE STRETCH NEAR GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI.

THE DROUGHT IS KEEPING RIVER LEVELS LOW.

AND NOW-

MISSISSIPPI RIVER DREDGING-PKG

A SHORT RIDE UP RIVER ON A SCOUT BOAT. LEADS STRAIGHT UP TO THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS' DREDGE HURLEY.

ON BOARD.

wmc

THREE GE DIESEL ELECTRIC 16-CYLINDER ENGINES.

A TOTAL OF 10,000 HORSEPOWER.

CHURN 24-7.

"We can move around 5,000 cubic yards an hour."

CAPTAIN FRANK SEGREE IS IN CHARGE.

HIS CREW -- 47 MEN.

LIKE JIMMY WOOD.

WHO CONTROLS THE DREDGE.

FROM HIS PERCH IN THE WHEELHOUSE.

"I'm running what you might call a big vacuum cleaner."

THE VACUUM CLEANER IS DOWN BELOW.

UNDERWATER.

SUCKING UP SAND AND MUD FROM THE RIVER BED.

AND SENDING IT THROUGH A PIPELINE.

BEFORE SPITTING IT ALL OUT THE FAR END.

THE INTENDED GOAL IS TO CARVE AND MAINTAIN A 300-FOOT WIDE CHANNEL AT LEAST 9 FEET DEEP.

WHICH IS MAKING FOR MORE WORK THIS YEAR.

"Last year of course it was almost going over the levee backing up in town. But now look around here and it's nothing but rock and sand."

FIRST MATE ADRIAN PIRANI.

IS TASKED WITH KEEPING DREDGE HURLEY FROM COLLIDING WITH RIVER TRAFFIC THAT COMES THROUGH.

"We gotta stop everything and get out of the way. But of course we're here for them. We can't stop them. You know we gotta work around their schedule."

"We're not here to impede navigation we're here to keep it open."

MISSISSIPPI RIVER DREDGING-ONCAM

NICK KENNEY REPORTING-

CASEY ANTHONY PROBATION-ONCAM

A LITTLE MORE FREEDOM FOR CASEY ANTHONY.

HER PROBATION WILL END THIS WEEK.

AUTHORITIES WON'T MAKE A FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT -- BECAUSE OF SECURITY CONCERNS.

HER LAWYERS SAY THE 26-YEAR-OLD HAS RECEIVED DEATH THREATS.

FOR THE PAST YEAR, ANTHONY HAS BEEN SOMEWHERE IN FLORIDA, SERVING PROBATION FOR A CHECK FRAUD CONVICTION.

COLLIER BOY HIT TWICE-ONCAM

A BOY FROM COLLIER COUNTY REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION THIS MORNING,

AFTER BEING HIT BY A CAR IN KEY WEST. *TWICE!

10--YEAR-OLD CAGE AMBURGY OF NAPLES WAS WALKING ALONG U-S ONE,

WHEN A CAR SIDE SWIPED HIM AND KNOCKED HIM INTO THE ROAD.

THEN. *ANOTHER CAR HIT HIM.

TROOPERS ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR THE DRIVE OF THE SECOND CAR.

WHO DID *NOT STOP AT THE SCENE.

ELDERLY COUPLE HELD HOSTAGE-VO-WIPE

AN ELDERLY LEHIGH ACRES COUPLE -- OPENS UP TO ABC7 ABOUT THE SCARIEST THING THEY'VE EVER GONE THROUGH.

EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, THE 83 YEAR OLDS -- SAY THEY WOKE UP TO A ROBBER IN THEIR BEDROOM.

THE CROOK HELD THEM AT KNIFE-POINT FOR 4 HOURS -- WHILE HE SEARCHED EACH ROOM FOR JEWELRY, CASH AND ELECTRONICS.

THEN, STILL ARMED WITH THE KNIFE- DEPUTIES SAY THE ROBBER FORCED THE COUPLE TO DRIVE HIM TO A HOTEL AND DROP HIM OFF.

ELDERLY COUPLE HELD HOSTAGE-SOTVO

40:45 man "we were very calm and cool and we just kept our cool."

AS SOON AS THE ROBBER GOT OUT OF THE CAR, THE HUSBAND AND WIFE CALLED THE COPS.

TEASE FOUR-1SHOT

A NEW SWIM SUIT TREND.

MAKES A HUGE SPLASH.

YOU MIGHT SEE THIS MERMAID INSPIRED FASHION.

AT THE BEACH OR POOL SOMETIME!

ABC 7 DIVES IN 00

TO SEE WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

AND-

ABC7 REMEMBERS THE *QUEEN* OF COMEDY.

WHO INSPIRED A GENERATION OF FEMALE COMICS.

TZ4 A MERMAID TWEENS-VO

TZ4 B REMBERING PHYLLIS DILLER-VOTOPS

WEATHER TEASE-WX ID

MERMAID TWEENS-CAM 10 BMP-2 SHOT

A MOTHER OF THREE IS MAKING A SPLASH WITH A UNIQUE LINE OF SWIMWEAR.

SHE WAS INSPIRED BY HER TWEEN-AGE DAUGHTERS -- WHO'VE GOT AN ACUTE CASE OF MERMAID MANIA.

MERMAID TWEENS-PKG

JUST ANOTHER LAZY SUMMER DAY -SPLASHING.SWIMMING.THE USUAL.

BUT TAKE A GLIMPSE UNDERWATER---IT'S A WORLD OF FANTASTICAL CREATURES.

AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT.MERMAIDING ISNT JUST FOR KIDS.

Lori Pappajohn

I always take my tail with me and it just fits in the overhead bin on the

airplane.

SOME GROWNUPS, LIKE HANNAH FRASER, EVEN MAKE A CAREER OF IT!!

SO JUST HOW HARD IS IT TO LEARN TO SWIM LIKE A MERMAID?

I WASN'T SURE WANTED TO TAKE PLUNGE MYSELF.SO I BROUGHT ALONG MY GAME FOR

ANYTHING DAUGHTER DELLA.

Della:

It feels, ah weird.

BUT WITHIN SECONDS.AWAY SHE WENT, UNDULATING AND FLAPPING HER TAIL LIKE

THE REAL THING.

Claire: Della high five man. Is it fun?

Della; It's awesome!

REAL LIFE MERMAIDS.AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.ARE LIKE.MAGNETS.

Little kids are really amazed.

AND THAT SENTIMENT.HAS BUSINESS BOOMING.ESPECIALLY SINCE THE GIRLS STARTED

TAKING THE TAILS ON VACATIONS.

Monika

People were always asking where you got them, who made them? And the girls

would always say, 'oh my mom made them.' /I just sent one to Japan. And one

is going to Australia.

FINALLY.AFTER ALL OF THE RHAPSODIZING.I SUCCUMBED.

Claire:

The things I do for Good Morning America.

I'VE NEVER HAD THE MERMAID FANTASY.BUT FOR THOSE 5 MINUTES.EVEN

FLOUNDERING AROUND, THE TAIL MAKES YOU FEEL.GRACEFUL.EVEN MYSTICAL.

when you take it off.you feel so different/you can pretend to be whatever

you want.

AND JUST LIKE THE LEGENDARY CREATURES.

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.

"Tracking higher rain chances Tuesday"

Today could be an interesting day in our world of weather as we're tracking a few items on the weather map this morning. First, we're monitoring a cluster of storms just south of Florida that's quickly spreading north, and we could very well see some of this hold together and push into southern portions of the viewing area before sunrise. The main impact from these cells will be gusty winds along with some heavy rain.

The next feature we're watching is a front that's stalling out over Central Florida, and while we don't expect the actual front to move into Southwest Florida, chances are high that some of the associated showers and storms will build southward into Southwest Florida by the afternoon. These storms, too, will have the potential to produce gusty winds along with heavy rain and frequent lightning. There's some degree of uncertainty in terms of how the storms to the north will evolve today, but it looks as though these will have at least have a good chance of impacting our northern counties.

With more moisture building in today, our sky will be cloudier than the last two days, and as a result, temperatures will be a little cooler with highs in the upper 80s to low 90s.

REMEMBERING PHYLLIS DILLER-ON CAM

AND NOW,

WE REMEMBER PHYLLIS DILLER.

SHE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 95.

AFTER A LEGENDARY CAREER IN COMEDY.

HER PUNCH LINES PAVED THE WAY FOR A GENERATION OF FUNNY LADIES.

REMEMBERING PHYLLIS DILLER-PKG

ALMOST 60 YEARS AGO, WHEN MAINSTREAM STANDUP WAS MORE MALE THAN AUGUSTA

NATIONAL, PHYLLIS DILLER WAS A WORKING WIFE AND MOTHER OF FIVE. WHO DECIDED

TO DISCOVER ONSTAGE. IF LOOKS COULD KILL.COMEDICALLY SPEAKING, THAT IS.

SOT PHYLLIS DILLER: "I've had so many things done by plastic surgeons to my

body, that when I die God won't know me."

SHE POKED PRE-FEMINIST FUN AT HER HOUSEWIFELY SHORTCOMINGS.

SOT PHYLLIS DILLER: "I've always been interested in housework. I never did

any."

AND, OVER AND OVER AGAIN, HER APPEARANCE.

SOT PHYLLIS DILLER: "And you know when they play spin the bottle, if they

don't want to kiss you. They have to give you a quarter, well hell, by the

time I was 12 years old I owned my own home."

DILLER WAS AN INSTANT AUDIENCE FAVORITE AND SOON BECAME A FREQUENT FOIL ON

BOB HOPE'S TV SPECIALS

SOT PHYLLIS DILLER: "Don't I have a sympathetic face?"

SOT BOB HOPE: "Well your face has my sympathy."

AND HIS TOURS OF VIETNAM IN THE 60S

SOT BOB HOPE: "Hey where are you going?"

SOT PHYLLIS DILLER: "To the camouflage department. If they made this place

look beautiful, imagine what they can do for me!"

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SHE WOULD APPEAR IN THE OCCASIONAL FEATURE FILM

SOT PHYLLIS DILLER: "Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them

all, eh shut up, who asked you anyway."

***************

.AND SHE WASN'T AFRAID TO TAKE ON ANYONE DURING DEAN MARTIN'S BAWDY ROASTS

.

SOT PHYLLIS DILLER: "The last time Ronnie ran for office, I saw a pregnant

woman wearing a campaign button that said, Reagan's the man."

IRONICALLY THE WOMAN QUICK TO CRITICIZE HER OWN FACE BECAME A DEVOTEE OF

COSMETIC SURGERY.TALK OF THE WORK SHE'D HAD DONE BECAME AS MUCH A PART OF

HER ACT AS THE FEATHER BOA. AND HER EVER PRESENT CIGARETTE HOLDER.

SOT PHYLLIS DILLER: "I swear my face has been pulled up more times than

Jimmy Swaggart's pants."

HER QUICK FIRE ONE-LINERS WOULD MAKE JOHNNY CARSON SMILE AND DELIGHT FEMALE

VIEWERS.WHO SAW IN HER SASS.ALL THE LAUGHTER OF THEIR OWN LIVES.

ADD IN THIS SOT:

I WAS THE WORLD'S UGLIEST BABY WHEN I WAS BORN THE DOCTOR SLAPPED

EVERYBODY!"

PHYLLIS DILLER DIED IN HER SLEEP ON MONDAY AT THE AGE OF 95.

WOMEN ALLOWED IN TO AUGUSTA-VO

FOR THE FIRST TIME, LADIES WILL WEAR GREEN JACKETS -- AT ONE OF THE OLDEST AND MOST FAMOUS PRIVATE CLUBS IN AMERICA.

FOR 80-YEARS, AUGUSTA NATIONAL - SITE OF THE MASTERS GOLF TOURNAMENT - HAS ALLOWED ONLY MEN AS MEMBERS.

BUT MONDAY, THE CLUB ANNOUNCED IT HAD INVITED TWO WOMEN TO JOIN.

SHARK FEEDING FRENZY-VOTOPS

CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO --

SHARKS GO ON A FEEDING FRENZY.

JUST ABOUT 50-YARDS OFF THE JERSEY SHORE.

IT ONLY LASTED A FEW MINUTES.

BUT A PHOTOGRAPHER CAPTURED IT ALL ON CAMERA.

SHARKS FLYING THROUGH THE AIR,

AS THEY DEVOURED FISH.

THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SAYS --

MIDDLE CLASS DONATES MORE-VO

WHEN IT COMES TO SUPPORTING CHARITIES, MIDDLE-CLASS AMERICANS SHELL OUT MORE OF THEIR BUCKS COMPARED TO THE RICH.

ON AVERAGE, HOUSEHOLDS THAT EARNED BETWEEN 50 AND 75-THOUSAND-DOLLARS -- FOR THE YEAR DONATED MORE THAN 7% OF THEIR INCOME TO CHARITY.

TEASE FIVE-1SHOT

WHEN WE COME BACK,

ABC7 LOOKS AT THE STORIES MAKING HEADLINES.

BUT FIRST --

THE LIST OF THE NATION'S TOP PARTY SCHOOLS IS OUT!

TZ5 A TOP PARTY SCHOOLS-VO

FINAL CHECK OF STOCKS-SAT 3 FULL

TOP PARTY SCHOOLS-CG

THIS MORNING --

WE KNOW THE TOP PARTY SCHOOL IN THE U-S-A!

THE PRINCETON REVIEW RELEASES ITS ANNUAL LIST TODAY.

AND WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY IN MORGANTOWN WAS NUMBER ONE!

TWO FLORIDA SCHOOLS CRACKED THE TOP TEN --

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA *AND FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY.

ALLYSON RAE'S PENN STATE CAME IN AT NUMBER 11.

BEST TIME TO TRADE IN PHONE-VOTOPS

IF YOU HAVE YOUR EYE ON APPLE'S NEW IPHONE 5. DON'T WAIT UNTIL IT COMES OUT TO UNLOAD YOUR OLD ONE.

THOSE IN THE TRADE-IN INDUSTRY -- SAY THE VALUE WILL DROP AS EVERYONE ELSE GETS THE SAME IDEA.

AND THAT COULD HAPPEN WITHIN TWO WEEKS.

ROSIE O'DONNELL HEART ATTACK-VOTOPS

A MEDICAL SCARE FOR ROSIE O'DONNELL --

SHE REVEALED ONLINE THAT SHE HAD A HEART ATTACK LAST WEEK.

THE 50-YEAR-OLD COMEDIAN SAYS SHE BEGAN EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS LAST TUESDAY,

BUT WAITED A DAY TO SEE THE DOCTOR.

SHE WAS HOSPITALIZED AND HAD A STENT PUT IN.

O'DONNELL ENCOURAGES WOMEN TO BE AWARE OF THE SYMPTOMS --

INCLUDING CHEST PAIN AND SORE ARMS.

TOP STORIES OPEN-CLIPTOPS

TS1) PROCTOR TRIAL UPDATE-VOTOPS

BEFORE WE SAY GOOD BYE, HERE'S A LAST LOOK AT THIS MORNING'S TOP STORIES-

IT COULD BE A BIG DAY -- INSIDE OF AN ALABAMA COURTROOM-

ABC7 HAS LEARNED DANIEL PROCTOR *COULD* TAKE THE STAND IN HIS OWN DEFENSE TODAY.

HE'S ON TRIAL FOR CHARGES UNRELATED TO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF AMY PATTERSON.

PROCTOR IS SUSPECTED IN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF HIS EX-WIFE PATTERSON.

TS2) FORT MYERS AUTO SHOP FIRE-VOTOPS

CHECK THIS OUT ---

ABC7 GOT THIS SURVILLENCE VIDEO.

FROM AN OVERNIGHT FIRE AT A FORT MYERS REPAIR SHOP-

THE FIRE MARSHAL TELLS ABC7 IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.

THE ENGINE OF A MERCEDES BENZ SPARKED-

AND THEN THE FLAMES JUMPED TO THE NEXT CAR.

IN ALL, FOUR CARS CAUGHT FIRE.

TS3) LOCAL SOLDIER DEATH-SSTOPS

AND-

ABC7 HAS LEARNED THAT A LOCAL SOLDIER IS THE LATEST CASUALTY IN THE ONGOING WAR IN AFGHANISTAN-

CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER BRIAN HORNSBY WAS AMONG THOSE KILLED IN HELICOPTER CRASH OVER THE WEEKEND.

HORNSBY WENT TO RIVERDALE HIGH SCHOOL.

HE GRADUATED FROM U-S-F FORT MYERS -- WHAT IS NOW F-G-C-U.

ABC7 SPOKE TO HIS FAMILY -- WHO SAY THEY ARE PLANNING A PRIVATE SERVICE.

TS4) DIANA NYAD-VOTOPS

ENDURANCE SWIMMER DIANA NYAD.

HAS ENDED HER QUEST TO SWIM FROM CUBA TO KEY WEST.

THE 62-YEAR-OLD WAS PULLED FROM THE WATER THIS MORNING,

AND TAKEN ONTO A SUPPORT BOAT.

THIS WAS HER THIRD ATTEMPT.

TO BECOME THE *FIRST PERSON TO SWIM THE FLORIDA STRAITS,

FINAL WEATHER-WX GFX

CLOSE-3SH-AWS ANI

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