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19:16:06 it's just ludicrous. we're being robbed without a weapon 19:16:08

IT'S NOT THE NEWS ANY OF US WANTED TO HEAR

GOING INTO THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND --

RISING GAS PRICES ARE REACHING NEAR RECORD LEVELS.

THE TASK OF GETTING THINGS "BACK TO NORMAL" IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME

AS THOUSANDS REMAIN WITHOUT POWER WHILE THE CLEAN-UP CONTINUES

FOLLOWING HURRICANE ISSAC.

A MANGELD MESS IS ALL THAT'S LEFT OF A POLICE CAR

AFTER A MAN'S JOYRIDE IN THE STOLEN COP CRUSIER

COMES TO A CRASHING HALT.

2 and a half million dollars. it's like money from heaven.

AMERICA'S NEWEST MILLIONAIRE IS NO LONGER A MYSTERY.

WE HEAR FROM THE WINNER OF THIS MONTH'S BIG POWERBALL WINNER

AND WHAT HE PLANS TO DO WITH HIS WINNINGS.

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HL2) ISAAC-trxVOTOPS

HL3) STOELN COP CAR CRASH-trxVOTOPS

HL4) LOTTERY WINNER-trxSOTTOPS

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NEWS AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

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GETTING HIT HARD AT THE PUMP THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND.YOU'RE FEELING IT AND SO ARE WE.

GOOD EVENING I'M COURTNEY ROBINSON.

AND I'M JOE ROETZ.

AS WE HEAD INTO LABOR DAY IT'S NOT THE NEWS DRIVERS WANT TO HEAR.

FOR THE NINTH STRAIGHT DAY -- PRICES JUMPED.

THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS NOW 3 DOLLARS -- 83 CENTS A GALLON.

THAT'S HIGHER THAN BOTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S AVERAGES.

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AS THE NUMBERS TICK BY -

DRIVERS FEEL THE PINCH AT THE PUMP.

19:16:06 it's just ludicruous. we're being robbed without a weapon 19:16:08

THIS IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE LABOR DAY WEEKEND AT THE PUMP EVER - NATIONALLY GAS PRICES AVERAGE 3-83, THAT BEATS THE OLD RECORD OF 3-69 FROM 2008.

19:11:00 it's too high, you can't hardly buy it 19:11:01

TRIPLE A PROJECTS 33 MILLION DRIVERS WILL HIT THE ROAD THIS WEEKEND -

BUT WILLIE DENNIS WON'T BE AMONG THEM

19:11:14 we're going to stay around the house 19:11:16

HE'S GETTING 25 DOLLARS' WORTH TO CUT THE GRASS

19:11:20 we can't go no where 19:11:21

EXPECTS BLAME THE PRICE SPIKE ON AN EXPLOSION AT AN OIL REFINERY IN VENEZUELA -

- SUMMER BLEND FUELS

- AND ISAAC - GULF REFINERIES SHUT DOWN AS A PRECAUTION AGAINST THE STORM.

17:28 they've gone up a little bit more than we expected and that's because of Isaac and because of the oil production being off 25% 17:34

TRIPLE A PREDICTS GAS PRICES WILL DROP SLIGHTLY IN SEPTEMBER -- BUT ONLY AFTER THIS WEEKEND.

19:11 right now, we're expecting the gas prices to hold steady or maybe go up a little bit more until after Labor Day, which is typical 19:18

THERE ARE A FEW THINGS YOU CAN DO TO SAVE ABOUT 2-3 CENTS EACH GALLON ON THE ROAD -

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DAMAGE FROM ISAAC MAY BE MORE VISIBLE RIGHT NOW IN MISSISSIPPI AND

LOUISIANA BUT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ALSO FELT THE IMPACT.

TODAY, INSPECTORS CRISS CROSSED LEE COUNTY FROM BOCA GRANDE

TO BONITA BEACH ---TO CHECK OUT THE DAMAGE.

THEY MARKED DOWN WATER LINES AND CHECKED OUT THE

SAND TO SEE HOW THE BEACH FARED.

THEY EXPLAIN ISSAC DIDN'T WASH AWAY A NOTICEABLE AMOUNT OF SAND LIKE TROPICAL STORM DEBBY.

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Take sot Den Kerkesner, Rebel Water Sports

5738 "in 20 years, I've seen it almost to the seawall and almost out on the pier. There's one extreme and then another."

CHARLOTTE COUNTY TELLS US THEIR BEACHES LOOK GOOD.

COLLIER COUNTY SAYS ITS TOO EARLY TO TELL --

ISAAC OPEN-CLIP

ISAAC AFTERMATH-VOTOPS-OC

ISAAC IS GONE - BUT THE DAMAGELEFT BEHIND WILL BE AROUND FOR SOME TIME ON THE GULF COAST.

FOUR STATES REMAIN UNDER FLASH FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS AFTER DUMPING NEARLY A FOOT OF RAIN.

THOUSANDS IN LOUISANA ARE BOTH UNDER WATER AND IN THE DARK TONIGHT.

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Isaac's moving into the nation's midsection todaybut is leaving behind quite

a mess in Louisiana.

From the air, you can see the devastation.

Entire neighborhoods underwater. Flood waters still rising. Hundreds of

miles of coast - a soggy mess.

WE'VE NEVER FLOODED THIS BAD.

These are the faces of desperation. Young and old. Many strandedneeding to

be rescued

WFAA Reporter: How are you feeling?

Girl: Scared.

Mother hugging and kissing him: It's ok babe. It's ok.

At least four people were killed by Isaac -- 3 in Louisiana and 1

Mississippi.

This woman waded through the destruction in search of her father.

GUTMAN -SOT- SO YOU STAYED HERE THINKING THIS WOULD BE SAFE?

WOMAN: YEAH, CAUSE IT USUALLY DON'T FLOOD, DIDN'T FLOOD FOR KATRINA.

Hundreds of thousands today are still without power. More than 15,000

utility workers are on the case in Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas.

IT'S HORRIBLE LIKE THIS MAN.

Four Gulf states - remain under flashflood warning. They could see an

additional three inches of rain.

Later today, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will join Louisiana

governor Bobby Jindal touring hard hit areas outside New Orleans.

O/C Close: PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL DO A TOUR OF HIS OWN MONDAY. AFTER CAUSING

SO MUCH DEVASTATION, ISAAC NOW HAS A CHANCE TO DO SOME GOOD AS HE BRING

MUCH-NEEDED RAIN TO DROUGHT STRIKEN STATES IN THE MIDWEST.TB, ABC NEWS, NEW

SEMI IN CANAL SURVIVOR-VO WIPE

HE SLAMMED INTO A CANAL --

FIREFIGHTERS HAD TO CUT HIM OUT.

TONIGHT A SEMI DRIVER IS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL.

IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY.AND TAKE A LOOK AT THESE IMAGES FROM THE SCENE.

TROPPERS TELL US THE TRUCK DRIVER COULD ONLY BREATHE BECAUSE OF A SMALL POCKET OF AIR.

IN THIS -- YOU CAN SEE THE DRIVER BEING REMOVED FROM THE WATER.

EMERGENCY RESPONDERS SAY HE WAS ALERT AND WAS ABLE TO TELL THEM THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE INSIDE.

SEMI IN CANAL SURVIVOR-SOT VO

Sot-05:45 Brian Beauvais-GG Fire

This gentleman is extremely lucky to be alive form what they were saying was an air pocket in the vehicle which is unless you watch tv, is extremely rare in real life that will ever happen.

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DNC INSIDE CHARLOTTE CONVENTION HALL-NATS-VO

THE MULTI-MEDIA CONVENTION PODIUM THAT WILL BE THE CENTERPIECE FOR NEXT WEEK'S DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION CONVENTION IN CHARLOTTE WAS UNVEILED THIS MORNING.

THE D-N-C ALSO UNVEILED ITS LIST OF SPEAKERS.

AMONG THEM--

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

VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL GIVE THEIR BIG SPEECHES OUTDOORS--

YOUR VOICE YOUR VOTE-VO WIPE

FRESH OFF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION -- IT WAS STRAIGHT BACK TO THE

CAMPAIGN TRAIL TODAY FOR MITT ROMNEY AND RUNNING MATE PAUL RYAN.

LAST NIGHT IN TAMPA, MITT ROMNEY ACCEPTED HIS PARTY'S PRESIDENTIAL

NOMINATION AND MADE HIS CASE FOR WHY HE SHOULD BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE

UNITED STATES. TODAY HOPING TO BUILDING THE MOMENTUM FROM THAT SPEECH --

YOUR VOICE YOUR VOTE-SOT VO

florida gave me the votes i needed to become the nominee and i thank florida

! and now one more task. i need you to do the work on nov 6th that gets me

elected the next president of the united states that has to happen here in

florida

AFTER THEIR FLORIDA SEND OFF --

RYAN WENT ON TO CAMPAIGN IN VIRGINIA WHILE ROMNEY WENT TO LOUISIANA

ONLINE PROSTITUTION STING-SS

ALSO CONNECTED TO THE R-N-C A LARGE ONLINE PROSTITUTION BUST.

POLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S ARRESTED 89 PEOPLE. INCLUDING THREE WOMEN WHO TRAVELED TO TAMPA'S R-N-C TO MAKE MONEY IN ADULT ENTERTAINMENT.

THERE ARE A COUPLE FROM OUR AREA FACING CHARGES.

ONE INCLUDES AN ARMY SOLDIER FROM CAPE CORAL.

AND A CAR SALESMAN FROM NAPLES.

DEPUTIES ALSO ARRESTED A POLK COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.

DETECTIVES BEGAN THE STING LAST FRIDAY.

59 ARE CHARGED WITH SOLICITATION OF PROSTITUATION.

19 FOR OFFERING TO COMMIT PROSTITUION

AND FIVE WHO DEPUTIES CALL PIMPS.

THEY TELL US ONE MAN EVEN TRAVELED FROM TAMPA TO

OBAMA FORT BLISS-VO

TODAY MARKS THE TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA

OFFICIALLY ENDED THE WAR IN IRAQ.

TO MARK THE OCCASION -- HE'S VISITING ARMY BASE FORT BLISS IN TEXAS, WHERE HE ALSO PAID A VISIT TWO YEARS AGO TODAY.

IT'S SERVING AS A REMINDER TO VOTERS IN AN ELECTION YEAR THAT HE KEPT HIS PROMISE TO END THE UNPOPULAR WAR.

RESCUED LOGGERHEAD TURTLE-VO WIPE

WHILE ISAAC ERODED SOME AREA BEACHES HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA -- IT'S POWERFUL WINDS MAY HAVE SAVED THE LIFE OF A LOGGERHEAD

SEA TURTLE OFF THE FORT MYERS COAST.

THIS 200 POUND LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE IS FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE.

SHE'S BEING TREATED AT CROW FOR ANEMIA--

A CONDITION DUE TO LOW RED BLOOD CELL COUNT.

RESCUED LOGGERHEAD TURTLE-SOT VO

Three out of the four flippers that she has have been traumatized previously probably by some type of predator like a shark in the water.

DOCTORS SAY TROPICAL STORM ISAAC LIKELY HELPED

PUSH THE TURTLE TO THE SHORE.

DOCTORS DON'T KNOW IF SHE'LL MAKE A GOOD RECOVERY.

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TEASE ONE------------

FROM A DESIGNATED DRIVER TO A DESIGNATED TEXTER.

THE NEW PUSH TO GET A D-T.

AND YOU CAN SEE AND FEEL IT AT THE GROCERY STORE --

BUT WORLDWIDE PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING AS FOOD PRICES SOAR.

WHAT'S BEHIND THE SPIKE AND WHAT YOU CAN DO.

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TZ1 B WORLD FOOD PRICES SOAR-VOTOPS

MARCO TORNADO-SSTOPS

CHECK OUT THIS PICTURE A VIEWER SENT INTO OUR NEWSROOM.

THIS FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SPOTTED ON 951 ON THE WAY TO MARCO ISLAND AT ABOUT 3:30 TODAY.

IT WAS EAST OF THE MARCO AIRPORT WHICH IS ABOUT 2 MILES FROM THE JOLLEY BRIDGE.

ALLERGIES-ONCAM

WHILE THE HEAT IS A WELCOME RETURN TO THOSE NOT READY TO SAY GOODBYE TO SUMMER, NOT EVERYONE IS REJOICING.

ALLERGIES-PKG

SEVERAL PEOPLE BRAVED THE HEAT FOR THE LAST THURSDAYS ON 1ST.

BUT IT WASN'T JUST THE TEMPERATURE CAUSING DISCOMFORT.

HOW HAVE YOUR ALLERGIES BEEN THESE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS?

S/ Emily Schultz, Boyceville, WI:09

"horrible. absolutely horrible. I've been miserable. sneezy, runny nose, you name it i have it."

EMILY SCHULTZ ISN'T ALONE.

S/ Sandy Rogness, Rochester:18

"you get stronger headaches and you feel puffy, you feel like you've got asthma or whooping cough."

SO WHAT'S CAUSING THE INCREASE IN ALLERGIES?

AT OLMSTED MEDICAL CENTER, DR. DAVID LOWE SAYS PLANTS RELEASE MORE POLLEN ON WARM AND SUNNY DAYS.

S/ Dr. David Lowe, Olmsted Medical Center:31

"so the last couple of days, warm and sunny, followed by weeks of cooler weather. so all of a sudden you get a kick-up in pollen in the air."

DR. LOWE SAYS HEAT WILL CARRY POLLEN UP IN THE AIR DURING THE DAY, AND COME DOWN IN THE EVENING.

"couple that with the wind over the last few days, and that's swirling pollen around so it's carrying it all over, people are breathing it in."

S/U Heidi Wigdahl, reporting 1:01

"besides the heat and wind, we're hitting the peak for ragweed season which started on august 15th and will go until the end of september."

"stay indoors. early evening may be the best time during ragweed season."

BUT VIN NGUYEN STILL CHOOSES TO BE OUTSIDE.

S/ Vin Nguyen, Rochester 1:14

"I guess I don't care, I just tough it out. I don't need to take any medication or anything. hopefully it just passes by and it'll be okay in a few weeks."

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FORECAST-PHC

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

FORECAST-WXWALL

What's number one on everyone's mind? Is it going to rain while I'm at the beach for Labor Day.

The chances of that happening are dwindling with each passing hour. Drier air is driving down from the east coast, and it's going to limit our rain coverage. Saturday looks to be the wettest of the next three days albeit will be below average. Areal coverage on Saturday will be 30% and it'll drastically drop to 10% Sunday before easing back up to 20% Monday.

So your weekend plays out like this - lots of sunshine each day - isolated thunderstorms Saturday, mostly dry Sunday, and very few storms on Monday. More sunshine and drier air means hotter temperatures, too, and they'll range from 90 to 95 degrees. Good news, all levels of the atmosphere are being hindered by the drier air which means it will not be as humid and heat indices will stay right at 100 degrees.

The same feature giving us a nice weekend will also play bumper ball with Hurricane Kirk and Tropical Storm Leslie. It's going to act as a buffer and keep them from messing with the U.S. They're what we call "fish" storms because they'll stay over the waters.

The big question in the forecast is when the moisture will return. A couple models bring it in Tuesday, and others bring it back on Wednesday. We're going to side on the former so expect and uptick in storms beginning Tuesday.

Our waters have been rough due to Isaac, but they'll simmer down beginning tomorrow morning.

WORLD FOOD PRICES SOAR-VO

A SUMMER OF DROUGHTS AND EXTREME TEMPERATURES AROUND THE WORLD--

IS CAUSING THE COST OF FOOD TO SOAR.

THE WORLD BANK SAYS GLOBAL FOOD PRICES JUMPED 10 PERCENT IN JULY ALONE.

THE EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE U-S AND EUROPE ARE THE MAIN FACTORS.

AMERICA'S WORST DROUGHT IN DECADES.

.PUSHED THE PRICE OF GRAIN TO RECORD HIGHS.

THE U-S IS THE LARGEST EXPORTER OF GRAINS--

AIRLINE MERGER TALKS-ONCAM

AMERICAN AIRLINES AND U-S AIRWAYS COULD BE CLOSER TO A MERGER.

BOTH COMPANIES AGREED TO SHARE INFORMATION CONFIDENTIALLY.

THE U-S AIRWAYS C-E-O HAS BEEN PUSHING FOR A MERGER SINCE AMERICAN AIRLINES PARENT COMPANY, FILED BANKRUPCY PROTECTION IN 2011.

IF THE TWO COMPANIES MERGE -- IT WOULD BE SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE PASSENGERS SEE ANY REAL IMPACT.

DESIGNATED TEXTER-2SHOT

STUDIES SHOW IT - PEOPLE SAY IT AND WE UNFORTUNATELY SEE IT ALL TOO OFTEN.

DISTRACTED DRIVING CAN BE AS DEADLY IF NOT MORE SO THAN DRUNK DRIVING.

IN THE LATEST PUSH TO PREVENT DANGEROUS DISTRACTED DRIVING --

SOCIAL DRIVERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO GET A *DESIGNATED TEXTER*.

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THIS RECENT PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT SHOWS HOW DISTRACTED DRIVING CAN LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE.

IT'S THE LATEST PUSH IN CURBING DISTRACTED DRIVING.

WHEN YOU'RE ON THE ROAD. NAME A DESIGNATED TEXTER - A PASSENGER WHO SENDS AND REPLIES TO ALL MESSAGES FOR THE DRIVER.

SEVERAL TEEN DRIVERS TOLD US THEY ALREADY USE ONE.

"If Im driving and I need to find directions or ask my parents where they are, Ill just give my phone to someone in my car and ask them to do it."

"If Im driving with my mom or something, shell have me look stuff up on her phone for her."

THE GOOD NEWS IS MORE TEENS ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO DISTRACTED DRIVING.

"Its dangerous, people get in crashes, cops sees you, you lose your license. If parents catch me, they'll kill me."

A NEW STUDY SHOWS 4 OUT OF 5 TEENS SAY THEY'VE SPOKEN UP WHEN SOMEONE WAS TEXTING AND DRIVING. IN MOST CASES, THAT DRIVER LISTENED AND STOPPED.

DRIVING INSTRUCTOR JERRY TUCKER SAYS HE AGREES WITH DRIVERS HAVING A D-T.

"We have so many bikers. we have to be extra vigilant and that's a great reason not to be texting, not to be distracted in any way."

CHAD SCHERMERHORN SAYS HE'S HELPING HIS SON JACOB GET READY FOR THE ROAD.

"Gotta get the driver manual so he can get practiced up right."

HE SAYS HE TAUGHT HIS 15 YEAR OLD THE IMPORTANCE OF PAYING ATTENTION BEHIND THE WHEEL AND SUGGESTS STASHING THE PHONE IN THE TRUNK.

ALL IN AN EFFORT TO PUT THE BRAKES ON TEXTING WHILE DRIVING.

SMART TV-VO

A NUMBER OF COMPANIES ARE SHOWING OFF THEIR LATEST IN SMART T-V TECHNOLOGY.

SMART T-VS ARE ONE OF THE HOTTEST ITEMS AT THE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS FAIR IN BERLIN.

THE I-F-A IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST CONSUMER ELECTRONICS AND I-T GATHERINGS.

LIFESTYLE SURVIVAL-VO

LET'S ADD SOME YEARS TO YOUR LIFE --

ALL IT TAKES MAINTAINING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.

RESEARCHERS STUDIED A GROUP OF ADULTS OLDER THAN 75 AND LOOKED INTO THEIR SOCIAL, HEALTH AND EXERCISE BEHAVIORS.

THEY FOUND SMOKERS DIED AN AVERAGE OF ONE YEAR EARLIER THAN NON-SMOKERS --

ALTHOUGH THOSE WHO QUIT IN MIDDLE AGE GAINED BACK THAT YEAR.

THE STONGEST LINK TO SURVIVAL -- PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.

NEW AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE TWO------------

"We just find that it has a domino effect on girls in a positive way when you give them a safe space to have a voice."

GIVING GIRLS A VOICE -- AND SAVING OTHERS FROM THE WORLD OF SEX-TRAFFICKING.

HOW ART IS BRINGING AWARENESS TO SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS MORE OFTEN THAN BREAST CANCER.

PARENTS LISTEN UP -

WITH FOOTBALL SEASON HERE.

THERE'S NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE SAFETY OF YOUR PLAYERS AND THE HELMETS THEY'RE WEARING.

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ART THROUGH AWARENESS-ONCAM

SEX TRAFFICKING IS NOT JUST A PROBLEM OVERSEAS.

THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ESTIMATES MORE THAN 250-THOUSAND CHILDREN ACROSS THE UNITED STATES ARE AT RISK OF BEING TRAFFICKED EACH YEAR.

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THEY FIGHT FOR EQUALITY…

TAKE ON CONTROVERSY…

AND EVEN BARE THEIR SOULS…

PROJECT GIRL, TAKES WHAT IT SEES ON THE STREETS AND BRINGS IT CENTER STAGE.

IT'S THE BRAINCHILD OF PLAYWRIGHTS JESSICA GREER MORRIS AND ASHLEY MARINACCIO

"We just find that it has a domino effect on girls in a positive way when you give them a safe space to have a voice."

EACH WEEK THE 8 TO 21-YEAR-OLDS WORK WITH MENTORS AND PEERS TO TURN THEIR ISSUES INTO ART. FROM POVERTY TO PIMPS, THEY TACKLE ISSUES THEY SEE OVERSEAS AND IN THEIR OWN BACKYARDS.

IN NEW YORK, THERE ARE MORE GIRLS SEX TRAFFICKED IN ONE MONTH THAN THE NUMBER OF WOMEN WHO DIED OF BREAST CANCER IN A YEAR. IN MICHIGAN, GIRLS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE TRAFFICKED THAN KILLED IN A CAR CRASH. AND IN MINNESOTA, THERE ARE MORE COMMERCIALLY SEXUALLY EXPLOITED GIRLS IN ONE MONTH THAN THERE ARE GIRLS WHO DIE BY SUICIDE, HOMICIDE AND ACCIDENTS COMBINED IN ONE YEAR. DOMINIQUE FISHBACK IS ALSO USING HER VOICE TO CREATE CHANGE IN HER SCHOOL.

SHE PERFORMED THIS PIECE-- ON THE LACK OF SERIOUS ROLES FOR BLACK ACTRESSES-- FOR THE HEADS OF HER COLLEGE THEATER DEPARTMENT.

"The next semester we wound up doing a play and it was about the apartheid in South Africa."

PROVING THERE'S NO POWER, LIKE GIRL POWER.

TEASE THREE-2SHOT

SHE CLAIMS PUNTA GORDA'S CHIEF OF POLICE SEXUALLY HARASSED HER --

SAYING HE CALLED HER A HOMOSEXUAL

AND ASKING WHAT KIND OF UNDERWEAR SHE HAD ON.

TONIGHT -- SHE'S SUING.

HOW THE CITY IS FIRING BACK.

PLUS - A DEADLY FALL AT A FOOTBALL GAME.

HOW A MAN FELL TO HIS DEATH AS THE HOUSTON

TEXANS PLAYED THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS.

AND THEIR SUPPOSED TO BE THE CREAM OF THE CROP.

SOME OF THE SMARTEST STUDENTS IN THE NATION.

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TZ3 B FATAL STADIUM FALL-VO

TZ3 C HARVARD CHEATERS-VO

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NEWS AT 5:00 PM OPEN-CLIP

DNC PREPS-2SHOT

HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AT 5:30 --

THE POLITICAL WINDS ARE SHIFTING.

THIS WEEK BELONGED TO REPUBLICANS AS THEY NOMINATED MITT ROMNEY AS THEIR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN TAMPA.

NOW -- THE ATTENTION TURNS TO CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA WHERE DEMOCRATS ARE READYING FOR THEIR OWN CONVENTION.

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DNC PREPS-PKG

CHY: Glen Allen, Va.:00 -:09

PAUL RYAN'S FIRST WEEK ROLE IN THE RACE, WAS ON DISPLAY IN VIRGINIA. TO PUSH GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE CHOICE REPUBLICANS SAY VOTERS HAVE:

Vice Presidential Candidate:09 -:28

which is a nation further in debt, further in doubt, a nation going into decline, or we can get it right, re-apply our principles, get us right on the back track 44

we can't keep spending money don't have.

THE DAY AFTER MITT ROMNEY INSISTED MEDICARE, UNDER THE OBAMA PLAN, WILL RUN OUT OF MONEY, HIS REVELATION ABOUT HIS OWN MONEY.A DECADE OF TAXES.

Presidential Candidate:37 -:39

every year I've paid at least 13 percent

PUT ROMNEY ON THE DEFENSIVE.

HE REFUSED AN OFFER FROM THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN THAT IF HE RELEASES FIVE YEARS OF RETURNS, TEAM OBAMA WON'T ASK FOR MORE.

AND OUT CAME AN ATTACK AD, FROM THE PRO OBAMA SUPER PAC. ON ROMNEY AND RYAN:

ad full: mitt romney's worth over 200 million dollars but under paul ryans budget he'd pay only 1% in taxes.

RYAN PROPOSED NO TAX ON CAPITAL GAINS.

WHICH MADE UP MOST OF ROMNEY'S INCOME ON THE 2010 RETURN HE DID RELEASE.

BUT THE ROMNEY PROMISE TO FIX MEDICARE FOR YOUNGER VOTERS

PUT PRESIDENT OBAMA ON THE DEFENSIVE. AND HE PUT UP AN AD:

AD FULL: the non partisan AARP says obamacare cracks down on medicare waste fraud and abuse and strengthens guaranteed benefits"

THE WHITE HOUSE WARNED SENIORS ABOUT A ROMNEY RYAN ADMINISTRATION.

medicare under their plan would actually be insolvent before even the end of their first term.25

PG HARASSMENT RESPONSE-VO-OC

TONIGHT - WE'RE HEARING FROM THE CITY OF PUNTA GORDA AFTER A FORMER POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE ANNOUNCED PLANS TO SUE.

CHRISTY FEINBERG CLAIMS THE CHIEF OF POLICE SEXUALLY HARASSED HER -- CALLING HER A HOMOSEXUAL AND ASKING WHAT TYPE OF UNDERWEAR SHE WAS WEARING IN FRONT OF CO-WORKERS.

SHE SAYS HIS DISCRIMINATION LED TO HER DISCHARGE.

IN A RELEASE FROM THE CITY TODAY, IT DENIES HER ALLEGATIONS SAYING SHE RESIGNED AND WAS TREATED FAIRLY AFTER RAISING HER CONCERNS.

THE CITY ISN'T DISCUSSING THE SPECIFICS OF THE CASE, BUT IS CONFIDENT THERE IS NO BASIS FOR A LAWSUIT.

NJ SUPERMARKET SHOOTING-VO

THREE PEOPLE ARE DEAD, INCLUDING THE GUNMAN

AFTER AN EARLY MORNING SHOOTOUT INSIDE A NEW JERSEY SUPERMARKET.

THE SHOOTER IS 23-YEAR-OLD TERENCE TYLER --

OFFICERS SAY THE U.S. MARINE CORPS DISCHARGED HIM AND HE BEGAN WORKING AT THE SUPERMARKET WHERE HE OPENED FIRE THIS MORNING.

STOLEN COP CAR CRASH-VO

A TWENTY-FIVE YEAR OLD MAN LOST A LEG AND IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION --

AFTER POLICE SAY HE TOTALED A COP CAR HE STOLE!

THIS IS THE FOOTAGE FROM THE CRASH THAT HAPPENED

IN THE MID CITY AREA OF IN LOS ANGELES.

POLICE SAY THE MAN STOLE THE CAR JUST BEFORE FOUR

THIS MORNING AS POLICE INVESTIGATED ANOTHER CRIME.

HE THEN TOOK THE CAR ON A JOY RIDE -- EVENTUALLY CRASHING

IT HERE INTO A STARBUCKS AND LIGHT POLE.

SUV CRASHES INTO POOL-VO WIPE

A CRASH IN MIAMI DADE COUNTY GIVES A WHOLE NEW MEANING

TO THE TERM "CARPOOL."

THE DRIVER TELLS OF THIS S-U-V SAYS SHE SWERVED TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT --

AND CRASHED AT A NEARBY INTERSECTION CAUSING HER TO HEAD TOWARD THE FENCE AND POOL.

SUV CRASHES INTO POOL-SOTVO

"Got her around to the passenger side, and yeah, we just calmed her down, sat her in a chair, gave her some water. She was fine. She just had some chest pains."

"What were you telling her?"

"Just said, 'Calm down.'"

FATAL STADIUM FALL-VO WIPE

INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO A TRAGIC ACCIDENT

AFTER A MAN FELL TO HIS DEATH LAST NIGHT AT RELIANT STADIUM.

THE FALL CAME DURING A GAME BETWEEN THE HOUSTON TEXANS

AND THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS.

THE 25-YEAR-OLD MAN TUMBLED OFF AN ESCALATOR FROM THE FIFTH FLOOR TO THE GROUND FLOOR.

FATAL STADIUM FALL-SOTVO

"I saw the aftermath. I was outside taking a cigarette and we saw them

loading him up on the stretcher, sticking him in the car. There were about

15 HPD officers and EMTs near him"

THE MAN WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL --

BUT DIED AS A RESULT OF HIS INJURIES.

HIS NAME WAS NOT RELEASED.

BLACK HAWK IN CORNFIELD-VO

AN ARMY NATIONAL GUARD HELICOPTER WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY

LANDING IN A CORN FIELD.

IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. NO ONE WAS HURT.

THREE SOLDIERS WERE TRAINING WHEN THE BLACK HAWK'S

SENSORS ALERTED THE CREW THEY NEEDED TO LAND.

THE FARMER WAS HARVESTING HIS CORN AT THE TIME,

AND THE BIZARRE SIGHT DOESN'T SEEM TO PHASE HIM.

MILITIA COURT OUTBURST-TRX-NATSTOPS-2SHOT

AN EXPLOSIVE COURTROOM OUTBURST- AS THE STEPFATHER OF A MURDERED TEEN WENT AFTER HER ACCUSED KILLER INSIDE A GEORGIA COURTHOUSE.

THE ACCUSED GUNMAN IS AN ARMY SOLDIER--

CHARGED WITH KILLING A FORMER SERVICEMAN AND HIS GIRLFRIEND.

PROSECUTORS SAY HE WAS PART OF A GROUP THAT MAY HAVE BEEN PLOTTING TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT AND ASSASSINATE PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA.

MILITIA COURT OUTBURST-PKG

REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS --

THE STEPFATHER OF 17-YEAR-OLD TIFFANY YORK, WESLEY THOMAS, LUNGED FROM HIS CHAIR AND TRIED TO ATTACK 26-YEAR-OLD ARMY SGT. ANTHONY PEDEN INSIDE THE LONG COUNTY COURTHOUSE.

PEDEN'S ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING YORK.

"I didn't know it was going to get to that situation. I didn't know he was going to run at them."

"I was scared honestly. I didn't know if they were going to start shooting. I didn't know what was about to happen."

NICHOLAS YORK IS TIFFANY'S OLDER BROTHER.

HE SAT WITH HIS MOTHER DURING COURT PROCEEDINGS.

PROSECUTORS ANNOUNCED THEY'LL SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY AGAINST PEDEN, 26-YEAR-OLD PRIVATE CHRISTOPHER SALMON, AND 21-YEAR-OLD PRIVATE ISAAC AGUIGUI.

THEY'RE CHARGED WITH KILLING YORK AND HER BOYFRIEND FORMER ARMY PRIVATE MICHAEL ROURK LAST DECEMBER IN LONG COUNTY.

THE SOLDIERS ARE ACCUSED OF BEING PART OF AN ANTI-GOVERNMENT MILITIA PLANNING TO BOMB FORSYTH PARK, OVERTHROW FORT STEWART, AND KILL PRESIDENT OBAMA. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY STOCKPILED 87-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN GUNS AND BOMB MAKING MATERIALS.

PROSECUTORS SAY THE SOLDIERS KILLED ROURK AND YORK TO SILENCE THEM.

"The judge says this will be a long process. Each defendant will get new public defenders who specialize in death penalty cases. There will be another hearing and an arraignment before the case even goes to trial."

NICHOLAS YORK SAYS HE SUPPORTS THE DEATH PENALTY FOR THE SOLDIERS.

"I want to kill them. I want them dead. They took something from me that's not replaceable. They put so much stress and heartache through my family."

BESIDES THE OUTBURST FROM YORK'S STEPFATHER - ONE OF MICHAEL ROURK'S FAMILY MEMBERS YELLED AT SALMON, WHO'S ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING ROURK.

MILITIA COURT OUTBURST-ONCAM

ROB MACKO REPORTING.

A FOURTH SOLIDER, MICHAEL BURNETT, PLEADED GUILTY TO

LESSER CHARGES THIS WEEK.

INTRUDER ARRESTED-VO WIPE

A CALIFORNIA MAN IS UNDER ARREST AFTER HE WAS CAUGHT IN THE ACT --

PEEPING ON A YOUNG GIRL AFTER BREAKING INTO HER BEDROOM.

18 YEAR OLD JUSTIN SHING WAS ARRESTED INSIDE A NEIGHBOR'S HOME AFTER

POLICE SAY THE GIRL'S FATHER CAUGHT HIM HIDING INSIDE THE BEDROOM.

THE FATHER HELD HIM DOWN UNTIL POLICE ARRIVED.

SHING HAS SINCE POSTED BAIL AND NEIGHBORS SAY HE HAS RETURNED HOME TO

INTRUDER ARRESTED-SOTVO

in his mugshot he's smiling.pretty darn serious charges

SHING ALSO CONFESSED TO BREAKING INTO "ANOTHER" NEIGHBOR'S BEDROOM

EARLIER THIS MONTH ON THE SAME STREET... AND FONDLING HER WHILE SHE SLEPT.

HARVARD CHEATERS-VO WIPE

ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE STUDENTS AT HARVARD

ARE BEING INVESTIGATED FOR CHEATING.

THE SCHOOL IS INVESTIGATING AT LEAST 125 STUDENTS FOR CHEATING ON THEIR FINAL EXAM.

THE EXAM WAS "OPEN BOOK"--

AND STUDENTS COULD REFERENCE THEIR NOTES--

EVEN THE INTERNET.

BUT STUDENT COLLABORATION WAS *NOT* ALLOWED.

THE PROFESSOR GRADING THE EXAM FOUND THAT THOSE STUDENTS WORKED TOGETHER--

HARVARD CHEATERS-SOTVO

BAND MEMBERS CHARGED-VO WIPE

THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SEASON KICKS OFF TONIGHT--

BUT FOR ONE SCHOOL IN GEORGIA--

IT'S A CONTROVERSY!

WHY?

EACH MEMBER OF THE FOOTBALL TEAM AND BAND

THAT WANTS TO RIDE THE BUS TO THE GAME--

HAS TO PAY A 35-DOLLAR "ACTIVITY FEE".

THE CLAYTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT IMPLEMENTED

THE FEE BECAUSE IT SIMPLY RAN OUT OF MONEY.

BAND MEMBERS CHARGED-SOTVO

It's just unfair. It's just hideous.

Everybody in the whole entire school was so looking forward to this game.

It seems like a tax on teens cause we're already paying.

THE 35 DOLLARS WAS ON *TOP* OF A 150-DOLLAR FEE JUST TO PARTICIPATE!

TO SETTLE THE DISPUTE--

THE CLAYTON COUNTY COMMISSION IS GOING TO GIVE

THE SCHOOL MONEY FROM THE NEW AIRPORT TAX TO HELP COVER EXPENSES.

NEW AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE FOUR------------

"It's a boy's sport, but I'm playing"

AND SHE'S MAKING HISTORY.

THE FIRST GIRL IN FLORIDA TO TAKE THE FOOTBALL FIELD AS QUARTERBACK. THE SUPPORT AND BACKLASH SHE'S GETTING.

PLUS THE PEOPLE'S PRINCESS.

REMEMBERING PRINCESS DIANA --

15 YEARS AFTER HER TRAGIC DEATH IN A PARIS TUNNEL.

TZ4 A FIRST FEMALE HIGH SCHOOL QUARTERBACK-SOTVO

TZ4 B PRINCESS DIANA-VO

TYLER WX OPEN-CLIP

FORECAST-PHC

What's number one on everyone's mind? Is it going to rain while I'm at the beach for Labor Day.

The chances of that happening are dwindling with each passing hour. Drier air is driving down from the east coast, and it's going to limit our rain coverage. Saturday looks to be the wettest of the next three days albeit will be below average. Areal coverage on Saturday will be 30% and it'll drastically drop to 10% Sunday before easing back up to 20% Monday.

So your weekend plays out like this - lots of sunshine each day - isolated thunderstorms Saturday, mostly dry Sunday, and very few storms on Monday. More sunshine and drier air means hotter temperatures, too, and they'll range from 90 to 95 degrees. Good news, all levels of the atmosphere are being hindered by the drier air which means it will not be as humid and heat indices will stay right at 100 degrees.

The same feature giving us a nice weekend will also play bumper ball with Hurricane Kirk and Tropical Storm Leslie. It's going to act as a buffer and keep them from messing with the U.S. They're what we call "fish" storms because they'll stay over the waters.

The big question in the forecast is when the moisture will return. A couple models bring it in Tuesday, and others bring it back on Wednesday. We're going to side on the former so expect and uptick in storms beginning Tuesday.

Our waters have been rough due to Isaac, but they'll simmer down beginning tomorrow morning.

It's going to be a great weekend, and it'll be much better than the last!

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

FIRST FEMALE HIGH SCHOOL QAURTERBACK-VO IN TCMON

ANYONE WHO THINKS FOOTBALL IS A SPORT JUST FOR THE BOYS SHOULD SEE THIS GIRL IN ACTION.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FLORIDA'S HISTORY --

A FEMALE IS SET TO TAKE TO THE FIELD AS HER HIGH SCHOOL'S QUARTERBACK.

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--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS --

SOUTH PLANTATION SENIOR ERIN DIMEGLIO HAS QUITE THE ARM.

"It's a boy's sport, but I'm playing"

AND SHE'S MAKING HISTORY AS THE FIRST GIRL IN THE STATE TO PLAY QUARTERBACK ON A BOY'S VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM.

"It makes me feel good because I want to inspire other girls to come out and like, and do something that someone told them they can't do".

THIS SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD DRAFTED BY DOUG GATEWOOD WHO COACHED HER IN GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL AND KNEW SHE HAD THE SKILLS TO PLAY TACKLE WITH THE BOYS.

"Not a matter of her being a girl to me, if she wasn't a legitimate football player she wouldn't be here."

"She's one of us, and we just treat her like she's one of us and not anything different not anything more or anything less".

DIMEGLIO DOES EVERYTHING WITH THE BOYS FROM THROWING TO RUNNING AND EVEN WEARS THE PADS IF SHE'S TACKLED, WHICH CONCERNED HER PARENTS AT FIRST.

"Excited for Erin. I mean how cool is this for your kid, to have their dream come true."

"To throw a touchdown, that's my biggest goal right now that all I'm looking forward to"

ERIN HAS THE WHOLE SEASON TO TRY TO MAKE HER DREAM OF THROWING A TOUCHDOWN A REALITY.

"People come up to me, and I don't even know who they are and they say 'that is so cool that you're playing football. They really think it's cool"

AND SHE SAYS SHE DOESN'T MIND STANDING OUT AS THE ONLY GIRL AMONG THE BOYS.

FIRST FEMALE HIGH SCHOOL QAURTERBACK-ONCAM

ALEX DIPRATO WITH THAT STORY.

WATCHING HER SPIRAL THROW -- IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THIS ISN'T EVEN HER BEST SPORT.

COME COLLEGE -- ERIN IS HOPING TO SWITCH FOOTBALL FOR BASKETBALL.

HELMET STUDY-VO WIPE

RESEARCHERS ARE CONDUCTING A STUDY TO HELP IMPROVE THE PROTECTION

THAT FOOTBALL HELMETS OFFER.

NOW THEY ARE BEGINNING TO STUDY THE IMPACTS THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYERS TAKE.

PROFESSOR STEFAN DUMA AND HIS TEAM OF RESEARCHERS FIT EACH PLAYER WITH A SET OF ONE-THOUSAND DOLLAR SENSORS INSIDE THEIR HELMETS -- WHICH PROVIDES THE DATA THEY NEED.

WHILE COLLEGE AND PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES HAVE ALREADY BEEN GIVEN A HELMET RATING SYSTEM--

HELMET STUDY-SOT VO

"Everything about the child is different than an adult. A pediatrician will tell you that children are not small adults. And there are several reasons for that. It gets into the neck size, the head size, how the head forms, how the brain forms.""

THE TEAM HOPES THE TESTS WILL HELP THEM DESIGN THE SAFEST HELMET

FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS.

THE C-D-C SAYS IF YOU THINK YOUR LITTLE ATHLETE MAY HAVE SUSTAINED A CONCUSSION --

DON'T ASSESS IT YOURSELF.

TAKE THE CHILD OUT OF PLAY.

ROBIN ROBERTS MOTHER DIES-VO

GOOD MORNING AMERICA HOST ROBIN ROBERTS IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF HER MOTHER TODAY.

HER MOTHER -- LUCIMARIAN TOLLIVER ROBERTS DIED LAST NIGHT AT THE AGE OF 88.

ROBERTS LEFT G-M-A ON YESTERDAY MORNING -- A DAY EARLIER THAN PLANNED --

TO BE WITH HER AILING MOTHER.

SHE IS ON EXTENDED MEDICAL LEAVE TO BE TREATED FOR A RARE BLOOD

NEIL ARMSTRONG SERVICE-VO

THE FIRST MAN TO WALK ON THE MOON IS BEING LAID TO REST TODAY.

FORMER ASTRONAUTS -- FAMILY AND FRIENDS GATHERED IN CINCINNATI TO MOURN AND CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF NEIL ARMSTRONG.

A FLYOVER BY NAVY FIGHTER PLANES AT THE END OF THE SERVICE PAID TRIBUTE TO

ARMSTRONG'S NAVY PILOT SERVICE THAT INCLUDED COMBAT MISSIONS IN KOREA.

PRINCESS DIANA 15 YR ANNIV-VO

FIFTEEN YEARS LATER AFTER HER DEATH--

MOURNERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ARE STILL PAYING THEIR RESPECTS TO THE LATE PRINCESS DIANA.

TODAY MARKS 15 YEARS SINCE PRINCESS DIANA DIED IN A CAR CRASH IN PARIS.

SHE AND HER PARTNER DODI AL-FAYED WERE BEING PURSUED BY NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS

WHEN THE CAR THEY WERE TRAVELING IN CRASHED.

PRINCE HARRY PARALYMPICS-VO WIPE

PRINCE HARRY IS GETTING READY TO MAKE HIS FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE

SINCE SCANDALOUS NUDE PHOTOS OF HIS VEGAS TRIP SURFACED.

ON MONDAY -- HE WILL MAKE HIS FIRST STEP BACK INTO

THE INSATIABLE PUBLIC EYE AT LONDON'S 2012 PARALYMPIC GAMES.

THE INTERNATIONAL MULTI-SPORT EVENTS SHOWCASES THOUSANDS

PRINCE HARRY PARALYMPICS-SOTVO

"Prince Harry is currently back at Balmoral in Scotland. He did spend some quality time with his father Prince Charles up there, and of course he went to make a formal apology to her majesty the Queen. Very much a strong telling off by granny I should imagine."

IT'S STILL NOT CERTAIN IF *VIDEO* FROM HARRY'S NIGHT IN LAS VEGAS

TEASE FIVE-ONCAM

IT'S A TOWN OF JUST TEN-THOUSAND AND TONIGHT IT HAS A MILLIONAIRE.

TZ5 LOTTERY WINNER-VO

LOTTERY WINNER REVEALED-2SHOT

ANYONE WHO'S EVER STOOD IN LINE--HOPING TO PURCHASE THE WINNING TICKET IN ONE OF THE MEGA-JACKPOT LOTTERIES-- DREAMS OF RICHES.

WELL, FOR ONE LUCKY MICHIGAN MAN, THAT DREAM CAME TRUE.

LOTTERY WINNER REVEALED-PKG

When word came out the winning ticket for the 3rd largest jackpot in

Powerball history was purchased in tiny Lapeer, Michigan.speculation ran

wild in the town of 10,000 about who the lucky new millionaire was.

Sot: who has this winning ticket? I don't know I hope it's one of my

regular customers so he can be happy like us.

sot: it's great. I wish it was me.

Well it wasn't her, or the millions of others who played. It was 44 year

old Donald Lawson who stepped forward today to claim the prize.

"I got on the computer and started looking at the numbers backwards, reading

backwards and I kind of lost my breath."

He bought his ticket at this Sunoco station, about 40 miles north of Detroit

.

Dawson: "I walked into the Sunoco station, and usually there ain't nobody up

there, but there was a long line of 5 or 6 people ahead of me something

from above told me to go over there and pick my own numbers. then my hand

was guided. I didn't really pick 'em myself."

Originally from Arkansas, Dawson quit his job as a railroad engineer the day

he found out he had the winning ticket.

Dawson: I wanted to travel a lot, and now I can. I can go anywhere in the

world I want, and that's what I'm going to do.

While Dawson said he's going to leave Lapeer, his windfall will still help

the community. Like so many places hit hard by the economy, Lapeer has put

off much needed projects.fixing crumbling bridges and roads. He took a

lump sum payout, totaling 224.6 million dollars and the city gets about 1

percent of that in income tax.

Mayor: 2 and a half million dollars. it's like money from heaven.

Dawson: I'm kind of pissed at Uncle Sam

Standup: Dawson called himself a simple man who will still eat at McDonalds

because as he doesn't like filet mignon or lobster. And as for his

FANTASY 5 WINNERS-ONCAM

THREE WINNERS OF THE "FANTASY 5" GAME WILL EACH COLLECT

66-THOUSAND TWO HUNDERD FORTY SEVEN DOLLARS.

THE WINNING TICKETS WERE PURCHASED IN COCOA BEACH--

LOTTERY PROMO-ONCAM

ABC-7 IS YOUR OFFICIAL LOTTERY STATION

BE SURE TO GET YOUR LIVE LOTTERY DRAWINGS EVERY NIGHT

RIGHT HERE AT 11-15

NEXT AT 6 OPEN-CLIP

COMING UP AT 6PM-ONCAM

STILL AHEAD TONIGHT AT SIX,

WE HEAR THE DRAMATIC ACCOUNT WHO BRAVED GATOR-INFESTED WATER TO SAVE A MAN'S LIFE

14:33 Justin

It was great to actually get here and get somebody out.

PLUS,

WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE MAN WHOSE LIFE HE SAVED.

AND WE HAVE NEW VIDEO OF THE UNDERCOVER SEX STING WE TOLD YOU ABOUT AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR.

TZ 6 1) CANAL RESCUE-SOTVOTOPS

TZ 6 2) SEX STING VIDEO-VOTOPS

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