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in the 4th year of your presidency, a real leader would accept responsibility for his actions, and you haven't done it.

"Our success is built on our values and our principles, but so many of them are under attack.

when someone does not to theirn job - we have to let them go!

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THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS SAID TONIGHT AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION --

ALL OF THIS --

JUST A PREVIEW OF THE MAIN EVENT --

MOMENTS AGO WE HEARD FROM MITT ROMNEY AS HE ACCEPTED HIS PARTY'S NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT.

FLORIDA SENATOR MARCO RUBIO INTRODUCED THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE.

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. I wish President Obama had succeeded because I want America to succeed. But his promises gave way to disappointment and division. This isn't something we have to accept. Now is the moment when we can do something. With your help we will do something.. Americans have a choice. A decision.

LOCAL WATCH PARTY-SOTVO

BACK HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA,

WE CHECKED IN WITH A REPUBLICAN WATCH PARTY.

AND ALL EYES WERE GLUED TO THE TELEVISION SET WHEN ROMNEY TOOK THE STAGE.

i think he's the real thing and people are looking for a flaw and the flaw is he probably has so many good things going for him right now that people are finding that hard to believe when the tabloids and newspapers are always looking for the bad.

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STILL AHEAD TONIGHT AT 11,

MY CO-ANCHOR JEFF BUTERA IS IN TAMPA AND LATER IN THE NEWSCAST,

WITH THE CONVENTION IN TOWN,

WE WANTED TO SEE IT'S IMPACT ON A BIG PART OF THE CITY. THE STRIP CLUBS --

SO WE TRACKED DOWN THE SO-CALLED INVENTOR THE THE LAP DANCE.

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BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT AT 11,

NEW DETAILS REVEALED IN THE COLORADO THEATER SHOOTING.

TONIGHT WE LEARNED *NINE MINUTES BEFORE THE ATTACK --

THE SHOOTING SUSPECT CALLED HIS PSYCHIATRIST.

JAMES HOLMES DEFENSE CLAIMS THEIR CLIENT TRIED TO REACH A UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO PSYCHIATRIST --

BUT NO ONE ANSWERED.

THIS IS THE SAME PSYCHIATRIST HOLMES SENT A PACKAGE TO CONTAINING A NOTEBOOK THAT REPORTEDLY CONTAINED VIOLENT DESCRIPTIONS OF AN ATTACK.

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ALSO NEW AT 11,

THE PENTAGON IS CONSIDERING TAKING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE FORMER NAVY SEAL WHO PENNED A NEW BOOK DESCRIBING THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS RAID THAT KILLED OSAMA BIN LADEN.

THE PENTAGON'S TOP LAWYER SAYS THE SEAL VIOLATED AGREEMENTS *NOT TO DIVULGE MILITARY SECRETS.

ARMSTRONG HAMILTON BOOK-VOTOPS

A BOMBSHELL TONIGHT IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS.

LANCE ARMSTRONG"S TOUR DE FRANCE TEAMATE TYLER HAMILTON NOW CLAIMS ARMSTRONG GAVE HIM AN ILLEGAL BLOOD BOOSTER AT HIS HOUSE BEFORE THE 1999 RACE.

THESE ALLEGATIONS APPEAR IN HAMILTON'S NEW BOOK.

IT'S CALLED "THE SECRET RACE." IT IS OUT SEPTEMBER 5TH.

HAMILTON AND ARMSTRONG RODE TOGETHER ON THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE TEAM.

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ISAAC IS MAKING ITS WAY TO THE MIDWEST --

LEAVING FOLKS IN THE GULF DEALING WITH THE MESS IT LEFT BEHIND.

THIS IS THE CITY OF BRAITHWAITE LOUISIANA --

IT TOOK THE BRUNT OF ISAAC'S STORM SURGE.

BUT TONIGHT,

NEW ORLEANS HAS ENDED CURFEWS AND THE AIRPORT SHOULD REOPEN TOMORROW.

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ISAAC HAS LEFT BEHIND AN OCEAN OF MISERY.

HELP REMOVING RESIDENTS FROM WATERS RISING WAIST DEEP.

THERE WERE HARROWING RESCUES LIKE THIS ONE BY A COAST GUARD HELCOPTER.

AND NARROW ESCAPES.

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Man

a tree fell on top of my RV, fell on top of the garage

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Rescued Flood Victim

". we grabbed all of our animals and come upstairs and we tried to grab

things, and the water just came in so fast."

NORTH OF NEW ORLEANS, SIXTY THOUSAND PEOPLE WERE TOLD TO EVACUATE WHEN A

DAM THREATENED TO BURST

WORKERS BEGAN A CONTROLLED RELEASED OF WATER TO RELIEVE THE DANGEROUS

PRESSURE.

MANY WHO MADE IT TO SAFETY NOW CALL A SHELTER HOME.

THEY ARE LEFT WITH BLESSINGS TO COUNT. AND LITTLE ELSE.

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Shawn Encalade

Evacuee

"The food they give you, I wouldn't give to a dog. And the air conditioning?

Been here since Monday, and they're still working on it."

AND THERE ARE FEARS THAT SOME MAY STILL BE TRAPPED..

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John Fortunato

Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office spokesman

". they have no way of contacting us/ Phone lines are down, electricity

is down, phone lines are inoperable, a lot of cellular service down here is

basically non-existent.

POWER LINES WERE AMONG THE CASUALTIES OF THE DRIVING WINDS AND RAIN. MORE

THAN A MILLION PEOPLE ARE IN THE DARK.

THE GOOD NEWS-- IN NEW ORLEANS, THE 14-BILLION-DOLLAR RING OF STEEL BUILT

AFTER KATRINA HELD ISAAC AT BAY.

NOW A TROPICAL DEPRESSION, ISAAC WILL SLOG NORTH INTO ILLINOIS, MISSOURI,

AND THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. DUMPING UP TO TEN INCHES OF RAIN.

TAHMAN BRADLEY ON CAMERA:

HERE IN NEW ORLEANS, WATER IS STILL A THREAT TO RESIDENTS IN LOW LYING

AREASBUT THE RESTURANTS AND BARS ARE OPEN AGAIN. THE BIG EASY IS BACK IN

BUSINESS.

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INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO FIND OUT HOW A WOMAN ENDED UP DEAD ON I-75 --

AND HOW SO MANY PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO DRIVE OVER HER BEFORE SOMEONE CALLED FOR HELP.

IT HAPPENED IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF THE INTERSTATE,

JUST NORTH OF PEACE RIVER.

TROOPERS SAY FIVE VEHICLES HIT THE BODY.

THE WOMAN IS STILL NOT IDENTIFIED -- AND NO WORD YET ON WHAT SHE WAS DOING THERE.

$17K STOLEN FROM NAPLES YOUTH FOOTBALL-VOWIPE

A SOUTH NAPLES SPORTS LEAGUE COULD BE FORCED TO CALL IT QUITS--AFTER SOMEONE STOLE ALL THE MONEY OUT OF THE TEAMS BANK ACCOUNT.

17 THOUSAND DOLLARS ARE GONE.

THE COACHES SAY FOR MANY ON THE TEAM IT WAS TOUGH TO COME UP WITH THE FUNDS.

TO PLAY FOOTBALL FOR THE SOUTH NAPLES PIRATES IT COST $175 AND TO CHEER THEM ON IT COST $125.

$17K STOLEN FROM NAPLES YOUTH FOOTBALL-SOTVO

40:43 a lot of blue collar parents out here and it's the purpose behind the league to bring out and shower a better way 40:55

THE PIRATES AREN'T GIVING UP THE KIDS PLAN TO RAISE MONEY OUTSIDE OF THE NAPLES SPORTS AUTHORITY THIS WEEKEND.

THEY WILL BE RAFFLIGN OFF TICKETS FOR GIFT BASKETS AND A BIG TV.

MEANWHILE--POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE THEFT.

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ANOTHER BIG ROMNEY MOMENT-SOT OC

* Hope and Change had a powerful appeal. But tonight I'd ask a simple question: If you felt that excitement when you voted for Barack Obama, shouldn't you feel that way now that he's President Obama?

ANOTHER BIG MOMENT FROM CANDIDATE MITT ROMNEY'S SPEECH TONIGHT AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.

THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE INSIDE THE CONVENTION TO HEAR HIM SPEAK --

ONE OF THEM --

MY CO ANCHOR JEFF BUTERA --

JEFF TALKS TO DELEGATES-SAT LIVE

BEFORE ROMNEY, RUBIO, OUR FORMER GOVERNOR JEB BUSH SPOKE.

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HE TOLD PRESIDENT OBAMA IT WAS TIME TO STOP BLAMING HIS PREDECESSOR FOR HIS PROBLEMS.

THEN HE TALKED ABOUT ARGUABLY HIS BIGGEST ISSUE - EDUCATION.

JEFF TALKS TO DELEGATES-SOT LIVE

Leslie Dougher

9:48-9:56 ?right on the mark, when it came to putting the kids first, instead of the unions, that?s what it?s all about, putting kids first?

Steve Zieman

14:11-14:19 ?the children are sponges and we need to make sure that we get the opportunity to have those brains just explode with knowledge?

Chuck Oakes

JEFF TALKS TO DELEGATES-SAT LIVE

SOME BELIEVE JEB BUSH WILL RUN FOR PRESIDENT HIMSELF IN 2016 - ALTHOUGH WHILE THE GOP CLEARLY LIKES HIM, THY WOULDN'T LIKE THAT SCENARIO, BECAUSE IT WOULD MEAN MITT ROMNEY DID NOT WIN THIS ELECTION.

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A SCARY SITUATION --

A JAR OF PEANUT BUTTER WITH A BULLET INSIDE FOUND IN A SPECIAL NEEDS CLASSROOM.

THE MYSTERY OF HOW IT GOT THERE.

PLUS,

WE TALK TO THE SO-CALLED CREATOR OF THE LAP DANCE WHO RUNS A STRIP CLUB IN TAMPA --

MY CO-ANCHOR JEFF BUTERA FOUND OUT WHAT HE THINKS ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN NATION CONVENTION BEING IN TOWN,.

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FROM THE CONVENTION STAGE --

TO A VERY NON-CONVENTIONAL STAGE.

ONE OF TAMPA'S BIGGEST ATTRACTIONS.GENTLEMAN'S CLUBS.

ABC7 TRACKED DOWN THE SELF-PROCLAIMED INVENTOR OF THE LAP DANCE.

HOW HIS BUSINESS IS BOOMING AND HIS SURPRISING THROUGHTS ON THE R-N-C.

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TAMPA HAS PLAYED HOST TO THE R-N-C THIS WEEK.

OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH ARE KNOWN FOR MANY THINGS -- INCLUDING STRIP CLUBS.

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TAMPA IS KNOWN FOR MANY THINGS -- INCLUDING STRIP CLUBS.

THE CITY BOASTS A LOT OF THEM.

TODAY I TALKED TO THE OWNER OF THE MOST FAMOUS STRIP CLUB, MONS VENUS.

A MAN CONSIDERED THE INVENTOR OF THE LAP DANCE -- WHO IS NOTHING LIKE YOU'D EXPECT.

THE MAN WHO OWNS THIS FAMOUS YET SURPRISINGLY SMALL STRIP CLUB ALONG DALE MABRY HIGHWAY.

'quick nat of cars on dale mabry'

.IS A 72-YEAR-OLD GAY MAN WITH A PONY TAIL HANGING DOWN HIS BACK AND A MARIJAUNA HABIT CLOUDING HIS PAST.

9:14:00 "I smoke pot -- day and night. Day and night. I was a pot smoker."

BUT JOE REDNER IS ALSO A BUSINESSMAN --

BECAUSE OF MONS VENUS, A VERY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN.

'nats of convention'

YET UNLIKE MANY VERY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMEN, HE IS NOT A REPUBLICAN.

'nats of convention'

AND WHEN REPUBLICANS AT THE CONVENTION HAMMER PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR SUGGESTING BUSINESSMEN DIDN'T SUCCEED JUST ON THEIR OWN, REDNER SAYS HE DOES KNOW WHAT THE PRESIDENT MEANT.

6:00:00 "You need the government to help you, you use government services, and that's what he was trying to say."

BUT REDNER'S SAYING LESS ABOUT POLITICS THESE DAYS.

HE'S DEALING WITH OTHER THINGS.

REMEMBER THE POT SMOKING?

HE THINKS THAT'S HOW HE DEVELOPED STAGE FOUR LUNG CANCER - DIAGNOSED A FEW MONTHS AGO.

'nats from outside strip club'

TOMORROW, HE WON'T BE AT MONS.

HE'LL BE AT MOFFITT CANCER CENTER, FOR A CHECK-UP.

REDNER IS NOT PARTICIPATING IN R-N-C PROTESTS.

BULLET IN PEANUT BUTTER-VO

IT'S A STORY THAT'S HARD TO STOMACH --

TEACHERS AT A MASSACHUSETTS HIGH SCHOOL CALLED THE POLICE WHEN SOMEONE FOUND A 45-CALIBER BULLET IN A JAR OF PEANUT BUTTER.

SO FAR NO ONE CAN EXPLAIN HOW THE BULLET GOT THERE.

TEACHERS SAY THE JAR *WAS SEALED WHEN IT CAME INTO THE SCHOOL.

EVEN WORSE, THE JAR WAS BROUGHT IN BY A SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT WHO PLANNED TO SHARE IT WITH FRIENDS.

JOB SECURITY FIRST RESPONDERS-VO

A FIRST OF ITS KIND --

ABOUT A DOZEN FIREFIGHTERS GRADUATE FROM THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA POLICE ACADEMY HOPING TO ALSO SERVE AS POLICE OFFICERS.

THOSE WHO GRADUATED TODAY -- ALREADY HAVE JOBS AS FULL TIME FIREFIGHTERS IN THE AREA.

BUT SAY THE PILOT PROGRAM GIVES THEM EXTRA BACKGROUND TO EITHER GET A JOB TO FALL BACK ON OR A PART TIME POSITION IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

JOB SECURITY FIRST RESPONDERS-SOTVO

4:10:25 to me anything is possible if you put your mind to it and it opens the door to other avenues, who knows where this will take me i dont know where it will take me

4:13:37 more tools in your toolbox - be able to go out there and help the public the way i've been chosen to do so and base my life on 9 sec

SHARKS CLOSE BEACH-VO

NO SWIMMING -

THE BEACHES CLOSED.

WHY?

TOO MANY SHARK SIGHTINGS.

SCENES LIKE THIS ONE PROMPTED THE DECISION.

IT'S HAPPENING AT A NUMBER OF BEACHES IN MASSACHUSSETTS WHERE SHARK SIGHTINGS ARE COMMON THIS SUMMER.

IN FACT, SOME TOURISTS HAVE SEEN SHARKS EATING JUST YARDS FROM THEM.

HEP C SCREENING-VO

IF YOU WERE BORN BETWEEN 1945 AND 1965 THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION HAS A WARNING FOR YOU --

GET SCREENED FOR HEPATITIS C.

ACCORDING TO THE C-D-C NEARLY TWO MILLION BABY BOOMERS ARE INFECTED WITH THE CONTAGIOUS LIVER DISEASE.

IN LEE COUNTY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS THERE ARE A CUMULATIVE 630 CASES.

HEPATITIS C CAN BE TRANSMITTED THROUGH NEEDLES, BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS OR EVEN SHARING RAZORS.

MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE DISEASE MAY NOT SHOW SYMPTOMS FOR UPWARDS OF 30 YEARS.

THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS HOLDING FREE SCREENINGS SO PEOPLE CAN CATCH IT --

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its one of those disease that we didn't use to be able to cure but now you can have a positive outcome if you identify it before symptoms appear.

YOUR DOCTOR MAY ALSO OFFER THE BLOOD TEST --

CHECK WITH YOUR INSURANCE FOR COVERAGE.

MEN AND CHOCOLATE-VO

LADIES,

WE ALREADY KNOW THE BENEFITS OF EATING CHOCOLATE --

BUT TONIGHT, MEN YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET A SWEET TOOTH.

A NEW STUDY FINDS EATING MODERATE AMOUNTS OF CHOCOLATE COULD LOWER THE RISK OF STROKE IN MEN.

THOSE WHO ATE THE MOST CHOCOLATE HAD A 17-PERCENT LOWER RISK OF STROKE OVER A DECADE.

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NUMBER 9 SOUTH CAROLINA TAKING ON VANDERBILT.

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LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FLORIDA GATORS. WHILE MOST OF THE TALK HAS BEEN ABOUT THE QUARTERBACK POSITION. THE GATOR DEFENSE IS BEIGN OVERLOOKED.

LAST YEAR THE GATORS WITH 5TH IN THE SEC IN TOTAL DEFENSE. AND IN A CONFERENCE LOADED WITH GREAT D'S THAT'S NOT BAD.

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LET'S PLAY SOME TENNIS. US OPEN.

MAYBE THE NEXT GREAT AMERICAN. JACK SOCK. THE 20 YEAR OLD. HE IS MOVING ON AFTER BEATING FLAVIO CIPOLLA. IN STRIAGHT SETS.

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RAYS JAYS-POPMON

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RAYS IN TORONTO TONIGHT.

ALL YOU NEEDED TO SEE WAS THE FIRST INNING. KELLY JOHNSON WITH THE ROCKET TO RIGHT. 2-RUNS ARE GOING TO SCORE.

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FORT MYERS VEROT VOLLEYBALL-VOTOPS

FORT MYERS HOSTING BISHOP VEROT.

NOT MUCH OF A HOME COURT ADVANTAGE FOR THE GREEN WAVE. VEROT STUDENTS RIGHT BEHIND THEIR BENCH

3RD SET……VEROT'S GABBY SEONE DELIVERS THE ACE. VIKINGS WITHIN ONE….AT 16-15.

MATCH POINT…GREEN WAVE NEED JUST ONE MORE POINT….AFTER THE SERVE BY ALEXIS ATHENS….VEROT GOES SIDE-OUT.

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PIPPA'S NEW BOOK-VO

RECENTLY A MEMBER OF THE BRITTISH ROYAL FAMILY GOT A LOT OF ATTENTION FOR HIS WILD PARTYING.

WE SAW PICTURES OF THE THIRD IN LINE TO THE THROWN - PRINCE HARRY - WITHOUT CLOTHES.

NOW, A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL *EXTENDED FAMILY IS PUBLISHING A PARTY BOOK

PIPPA MIDDLETON IS RELEASING A BOOK ON HOSTING BRITISH THEMED-PARTIES.

IT'S CALLED "CELEBRATE: A YEAR OF BRITISH FESTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS" AND YOU SHOULD FIND IT ON STORE SHELVES IN OCTOBER.

INSIDE YOU'LL FIND RECIPES, CRAFTS, AND GAMES.

COLLIER BEAR-SS

SOME INCREDIBLE PICTURES TO SHOW YOU OF *ANOTHER BEAR SIGHTING IN COLLIER COUNTY.

THIS WAS IN OFF IMMOKALEE ROAD IN THE ORANGE TREE COMMUNITY,.

THE PICTURES WERE SENT IN TO US FROM LYNN DEFFET.

YOU CAN SEE THE BEAR ALL THE WAY UP IN A TREE.

WHILE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE WARN PEOPLE TO KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE BEAR, DOZENS OF PEOPLE SURROUNDED THE TREE TO SNAP A PICTURE.

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WITH STORMS LIKE ISAAC,

WE SEE THE TRAGEDY OF THE AFTERMATH -- HOMES FLOODED -- PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP --

TODAY WE FOUND A BRIGHT SPOT.

TAKE A LOOK.

THIS IS A PICTURE FROM A FAMILY IN LOUISIANA.

A FATHER WENT TO CHECK ON HIS FIVE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AND FOUND THIS --

A LIST OF RULES FOR THE GIRL'S STUFFED ANIMALS TO FOLLOW WHILE THE FAMILY EVACUATED.

YOU CAN READ SOME OF THEM --

USE A BUDDY SYSTEM FOR THE BATHROOM,

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