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WE'RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS AT NINE --

FIRST, A STUDENT RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL,

AFTER BEING HIT BY A CAR IN LEE COUNTY.

WE HAVE A LIVE REPORT FROM THE ACCIDENT SCENE.

WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM TROOPERS.

ALSO -- VIOLENCE IN LIBYA.

THE U-S AMBASSADOR AND THREE AMERICAN OFFICIALS. HAVE BEEN KILLED.

AFTER PROTESTERS ATTACKED THE U-S CONSULATE.

OFFICIALS FEAR -- THERE IS MORE TO COME.

PLUS -- BIGGER. AND BETTER.

MANY SAY APPLE WILL UNVEIL THE I-PHONE FIVE TODAY.

HL1) PEDESTRIAN HIT-VO-WIPE

HL2) EMBASSY ATTACKS-VO-WIPE

HL3) IPHONE REVEAL-VOTOPS

WX HL-WX WALL

NEWS AT 9:00 OPEN-CLIPTOPS

BREAKING CLIP-CLIP

DEVELOPING CLIP-CLIP

EMBASSY ATTACKS-POP SS VO

NOW TO A HORRIFYING SITUATION. THAT IS *NOT OVER.

AND ABC7 HAS BEEN TRACKING THIS OVERNIGHT.

A SENIOR U.S. OFFICIAL CONFIRMS --

MILITANTS KILLED AMBASSADOR CHRIS STEVENS.

AFTER AN ATTACK ON THE U-S CONSULATE IN LIBYA.

THREE OTHER U-S EMBASSY EMPLOYEES ARE ALSO DEAD.

THE PROTESTS APPEAR TO BE A RESPONSE -- TO A FILM MADE BY ANTI-MUSLIM ADVOCATES IN THE U.S.

EMBASSY ATTACKS-PKG

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IT WAS A CHAOTIC AND TERRIFYING SCENE - TWENTY GUN WIELDING ATTACKERS

STORMING THE AMERICAN CONSULATE IN BENGHAZI OVERNIGHT.

6:08:41

NEARLY A DOZEN AMERICANS WERE INSIDE - GUARDED ONLY BY LIBYAN SECURITY.

6:08:45

FOR NEARY 20 MINUTES, THE LIBYAN GUARDS EXCHANGED FIRE WITH THE ATTACKERS

AND HURLED FIREBOMBS INSIDE.

6:09:08

THE MILLITANTS BURNED DOWN AT LEAST ONE BUILDING. the americans APPARENTLY

TRAPPED INSIDE, APPARENTLY DIYING OF SMOK INH.

AMB STEVENS LONG SERV DIP. WIDELY RESP AND PASSIONATE ABOUT LIBY. WAS THERE

DURING REVOLUTION TO TRANDITIONAL GOT.

6:09:37

EARLIER IN THE DAY TUESDAY OF THE U-S EMBASSY IN CAIRO TEARING DOWN THE

AMERICAN FLAG AND RIPPING IT TO SHREDS RAISING A BLACK FLAG READING "THERE

IS NO GOD BUT ALLAH."

6:09:49

BY NIGHT FALL THE DEMONSTRATION INCLUDED THOUSANDS.

6:09:53

U-S OFFICIALS FEAR BOTH INCIDENTS ARE A RESPONSE TO THIS LOW-BUDGET ANTI-

MUSLIM FILM. IT'S SO CONTROVERSIAL IN THE MIDDLE EAST ABC NEWS IS NOT

SHOWING IT. THE MOVIE WAS PRODUCED IN THE US BY AN ISRAELI FILMAKER WHO

INTENDED THE FILM TO BE PROVOCATIGVE AND SAID ISLAM IS A CANCER

Stephen Ganyard/Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State what they wanted

to do is really make Muslims mad and it seems like that occurred/we'll find

out if it spreads to other cities around the world.

6:10:17

MUSLIMS SAY IT INSULTS THE PROPHET MOHAMMAD - DEPICTING HIM AS A FRAUD AND

WOMANIZER. MANY BLAME AMERICA FOR THE FILM.

AND IT'S NOW BEING PROMOTED BY IT'S NOW BEING PROMOTED BY TERRY JONES --THE

GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA PASTOR WHO ANGERED THE MUSLIM WORLD IN 2010 WHEN HE

EMBASSY ATTACKS-OC

MARTHA RADDITZ REPORTING.

STICK WITH ABC-7.

RICK SCOTT IN FM-VO

THIS MORNING.

GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT MAKES A STOP IN FORT MYERS.

IT'S PART OF HIS STATEWIDE EDUCATION LISTENING TOUR.

HE'S MEETING WITH TEACHERS TODAY AT LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.

ON THIS TOUR, THE GOVERNOR IS LOOKING FOR IDEAS TO STRENGTHEN THE STATE'S EDUCATION SYSTEM.

WE HAVE A CREW THERE NOW.

WHEN WE GET WORD OF WHAT HE'S ADDRESSED.

IPHONE REVEAL-VO

ANTICIPATION BUILDS THIS MORNING --

FOR APPLE'S NEW GADGET.

THE I-PHONE 5.

APPLE HOLDS A BIG EVENT IN SAN FRANCISCO,

AT ONE THIS AFTERNOON.

THERE ARE ALWAYS SURPRISES,

BUT MANY EXPECT WE'LL SEE THE NEW I-PHONE FIVE.

WITH SEVERAL IMPROVED FEATURES --

INCLUDING A LARGER SCREEN AND BETTER CAMERA.

BUSES IN NEIGHBORHOODS-2 SHOT VO

THEY FOUGHT HARD TO GET THEIR CHILDREN'S SCHOOL BUS STOPS BACK INSIDE THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

SOME PARENTS IN LOCAL GATED, OR PRIVATE COMMUNITIES.

HAVE ASKED THE LEE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD --

TO KEEP THEIR BUS STOPS OFF BUSY ROADS.

LAST NIGHT.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAID FEEDBACK FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT -- INCLUDING LOCAL POLICE CHIEFS AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS -- SHOWS THOSE STOPS OUTSIDE THE GATED COMMUNITIES -- ARE SAFE.

BUT INSTEAD OF MAKING A FINAL RULING.

THE BOARD WILL MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM NINE NEIGHBORHOODS IN QUESTION--

BUSES IN NEIGHBORHOODS-SOTVO

00:28:54 "I feel like this is just a way to drag out everything and keep us pacified for now." But I am hopeful -- we're not giving up."

THIS MEANS FOR NOW. THE STOPS WILL STAY INSIDE THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

VEH VS PED-VO

RIGHT NOW, A MAN IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER GETTING HIT BY A CAR.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS NEW VIDEO.

IT HAPPENED AROUND 9:30 LAST NIGHT -- ON U-S 41 AT MARSH LANDING IN ESTERO.

TROOPERS TELLS US A MAN IN HIS LATE 20'S OR EARLY 30'S RAN INTO TRAFFIC AND GOT HIT BY A CAR.

NO WORD YET ON HIS IDENTITY.

CHICAGO TEACHER STRIKE-VO

STILL NO DEAL THIS MORNING--

THE CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION AND CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE IN THE MIDST OF ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS---

BUT NO CONTRACT YET.

AND THE STRIKE ENTERS ITS THIRD DAY.

REPRESENTATIVES FROM BOTH SIDES RETURNED TO THE BARGAINING TABLE TUESDAY.

MORE THAN 25 THOUSAND TEACHERS ARE ON STRIKE.

LOCAL UNION REACTION-SOTVO OC

HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA -- TEACHERS HAVE BEEN ASKED TO WEAR RED TODAY TO SHOW SUPPORT.

THE LEE COUNTY TEACHERS UNION PRESIDENT -- IS WRITING A LETTER TO CHICAGO TEACHERS TO LET THEM KNOW THEY ARE BEHIND THEM --

EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NOT MUCH THEY CAN DO.

23:08:45 23:08:53

we're going through the same things. We can't strike. They can. So, we can empathize and sympathize with them and what they're doing

IF FLORIDA TEACHERS STRIKE -- THEY CAN LOSE THEIR JOBS AND RETIREMENT.

LEE COUNTY TEACHERS DID GET RAISES THIS YEAR.

WOMEN FOR MITT-VO

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MITT ROMNEY IN IS FLORIDA RIGHT NOW.

HE'LL SPEAK IN JACKSONVILLE IN 30 MINUTES.

HIS WIFE ANN WILL ALSO HOST A RALLY NEAR SAINT PETE.

THE NEXT STEP ON THE ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE --

THE DEBATES.

AND A NEW POLL SHOWS PRESIDENT OBAMA WITH THE EDGE THERE.

59-PERCENT OF LIKELY VOTERS THINK HE'LL DO BETTER IN THE THREE DEBATES.

34 PERCENT BELIEVE ROMNEY WOULD WIN A VERBAL MATCH-UP.

CENSUS ON POVERTY-VO

HAPPENING TODAY--

INFORMATION ON THE STATE OF NATIONAL INCOME AND POVERTY -- WILL BE RELEASED.

THE CENSUS BUREAU WILL ANNOUNCE THE FINDINGS FROM 2011.

MEDSTAR LATEST-SOTVO

WITH LEE COUNTY'S MEDICAL HELICOPTER ABRUPTLY GROUNDED --

SOME RESIDENTS AND EVEN A COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

CALL FOR LEE COUNTY MANAGER KAREN HAWES TO STEP DOWN.

.if they knew about this they should be fired 05. if they did not know about this they should be fired. it is their job.

HAWES HAS LAUNCHED HER OWN INVESTIGATION INTO MEDSTAR OPERATIONS.

THE CLERK OF COURTS AND THE F-A-A --

ARE ALSO INVESTIGATING MEDSTAR'S BILLING SYSTEM.

CUSTOMERS WERE IMPROPERLY BILLED ALMOST THREE MILLION DOLLARS.

ARCADIA BODY FOUND-VO-SS

TODAY WE EXPECT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WOMAN FOUND IN THE PEACE RIVER, IN ARCADIA -- AFTER THE CORONER PERFORMS AN AUTOPSY TODAY.

DESOTO COUNTY DEPUTIES THINK THE YOUNG WOMAN'S BOYFRIEND -- PUSHED HER INTO THE WATER SUNDAY.

SEARCH CREWS FOUND HER BODY TUESDAY MORNING.

THEY HAVE NOT RELEASED HER NAME.

AUTHORITIES ARRESTED HER BOYFRIEND, MARK HUNTLEY, AND HIS FRIEND, ANDREW SKEVINGTON.

ROSALES PLEA DEAL-SS-VO-WPE

A HONDORUN MAN PLEADS GUILTY --

TO SLITTING HIS DAUGHTER'S THROAT.

THEN TURNING THE MACHETE ON HIS 7-WEEK OLD GRANDSON.

MANUEL ROSALES ACTUALLY CHANGED HIS PLEA TO GUILTY.

THAT SPARES HIM FROM THE DEATH PENALTY.

IN EXCHANGE, HE WILL SERVE TWO CONSECUTIVE LIFE SENTENCES.

ROSALES CLAIMS WHAT HAPPENED WAS A MATTER OF WITCHCRAFT.

HIS DAUGHTER -- KARMINDA-SALAZAR -- SURVIVED THE ATTACK IN MAY 2010,

ROSALES PLEA DEAL-SOTVO

"When a person is possessed by the devil, you don't understand. I apologize. I ask forgiveness of my daughter and everybody else for what has happened."

PROSECUTORS SAID HIS PLEA DEAL ENSURES --

PARASAILING REGULATIONS-OC-VO

FLORIDA LAWMAKERS WANT TOUGHER REGULATION FOR PARASAILING BUSINESSES -

AFTER TWO RECENT DEATHS.

THE PROBLEM --

IS PARASAILING BUSINESSES ARE SELF-REGULATED.

IT REQUIRES A BUSINESS LICENSE FROM THE CITY AND COUNTY.

BUT NO ONE PHYISCALLY INSPECTS THE CHUTES, ROPES OR HARNESSES.

A NEW BILL WOULD REQUIRE INSURANCE COVERAGE--

DEFINE PARAMETERS OF WHERE THE CHUTES CAN FLY.

FED RESERVE GERMANY STOCKS-CG

INVESTORS WILL BE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON A TWO-DAY FEDERAL RESERVE MEETING -- GETTING UNDERWAY TODAY.

MANY EXPECT THE FED WILL ANNOUNCE A NEW STIMULUS EFFORT.

AND GERMANY'S HIGH COURT -- RULED THE COUNTRY *CAN PARTICIPATE IN A EUROPEAN BAILOUT FUND.REVERSING CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL'S POLICY.

YESTERDAY THE DOW CLOSED UP 69 POINTS -- THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN NEARLY FIVE YEARS.

TEASE ONE-1SHOT

IT'S WIDELY KNOW THAT A GLASS OF RED WINE CAN BE GOOD FOR YOUR HEART.

BUT WHAT ABOUT VODKA.

TZ1 A) WINE V VODKA-VOTOPS

WEATHER TEASE-WX ID

BLOOMBERG TEASE-SOT

BLOOMBERG BUSINESS REPORT-PKG TOPS

GOOD MORNING,

APPLE -- EXPECTED TO UNVEIL A NEW IPHONE IN SAN FRANCISCO TODAY!

AND POSSIBLY PUT IT ON SALE SEPTEMBER 21ST.

THE NEW FASTER IPHONE -- EXPECTED TO HAVE A BIGGER SCREEN, THINNER BODY AND NEW MAPPING SOFTWARE.

THE BLOG MAC-RUMORS -- REPORTING APPLE MAY BE GEARING UP TO TAKE PRE-ORDERS STARTING FRIDAY.

SOME ANALYSTS SAY APPLE MAY SELL 50-MILLION NEW IPHONES BY THE END OF THIS YEAR'S HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON --

*IF* IT CAN MANUFACTURE ENOUGH DEVICES TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND.

*****

SPEAKING OF HOLIDAY SHOPPING --

*RETAILERS* MAY BAG THE FIRST INCREASE IN HOLIDAY FOOT TRAFFIC SINCE 2007!

SHOPPERTRAK SAYS STORE VISITS THIS NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY ALMOST 3-PERCENT THIS YEAR.

AND SALES MAY RISE MORE THAN THAT.

*****

AND -- COMING UP AFTER THIS --

AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE COULD HELP YOU STEER CLEAR OF THE LATE NIGHT SNACKS.

FACEBOOK FOUNDER MARK ZUCKERBERG -- ON THE DEFENSIVE.

IN HIS FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE FACEBOOK'S DISASTROUS STOCK DEBUT IN MAY --

ZUCKERBERG SAYS EMPLOYEE MORALE'S BEEN HURT BY THE EXPERIENCE, AND FACEBOOK'S TRYING HARDER TO MAKE MONEY OFF MOBILE ADVERTISING.

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HIGHER CLOSE FOR STOCKS YESTERDAY -- AS INVESTORS BET THE FEDERAL RESERVE WOULD DO SOMETHING TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY, AT THE END OF A 2 DAY FED POLICY MEETING THAT STARTS TODAY.

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AND -- HOW'D YOU LIKE TO LOSE WEIGHT -- AND KEEP IT OFF, *FOREVER.*

"INTRA-PACE" IS GETTING READY TO SEEK U-S APPROVAL FOR A DEVICE THE SIZE OF A HALF INCH STACK OF BUSINESS CARDS.

THE "ABILITI" GETS IMPLANTED NEAR THE STOMACH AND SENDS SIGNALS TO THE BRAIN TO DISCOURAGE SNACKS AND LATE-NIGHT EATING.

IT'S ALREADY BEING USED IN EUROPE.

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GARAGE CRUSHES CORVETTE-VO

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO.

A MAN IN NEWFOUNDLAND WOKE UP TUESDAY.

AND WATCHED IN HORROR --

AS TROPICAL STORM LESLIE PICKED UP HIS GARAGE.

THEN DROPPED IT ON TOP OF HIS 19-84 CORVETTE.

THE STORM KNOCKED OUT POWER TO THOUSANDS OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES.

STORMWARN GENERIC CLIP-CLIP

CROSSTALK INTO WX-CAM 9 WX EST

FORECAST-WXWALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

We're tracking a few changes in our Wednesday weather, and the primary one deals with our winds.

We saw a wind shift yesterday with our wind flow coming from the east instead of the west. This change will become even more prevalent today as winds start to ramp up a little, which will produce some breezy conditions through the day. Look for winds to be out of the east northeast around 15 with some gusts up to 20 mph. Also, the winds will produce moderately choppy conditions for our inland waters, and seas will be close to 2 feet.

Our weather will stay mostly dry and sunny this morning, but showers return this afternoon with the best rain chances coming close to the coast and the urban corridor. The rain that develops today will follow the easterly steering flow, moving from east to west. Outside of today's scattered showers, our sky will stay partly sunny, and highs will be in the low 90s. Most of today's storms will move offshore by sunset, setting the stage for a partly cloudy to mostly clear night with lows in the mid to low 70s.

Our weather will stay on cruise control for the next few days with each day featuring partly sunny skies, a stiff easterly breeze, and a scattering of PM showers close to the coast. Highs will be close to average as temperatures peak in the low 90s. Overnight lows will also be fairly seasonable with lows near the mid 70s.

By the upcoming weekend, more moisture will build back over Southwest Florida, adding to the coverage of PM showers and storms.

TOSS TO CLIFTON-ANIMAP

WE WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT BREAKING NEWS OUT OF FORT MYERS THIS MORNING.

A VEHICLE STRUCK A STUDENT IN SAN CARLOS PARK.

NEAR CONSTITUTION CIRCLE.

LET'S GO LIVE TO ABC7'S CLIFTON FRENCH.

CLIFTON -- WE KNOW THE STUDENT GOES TO FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL.

PEDESTRIAN HIT-REM LIVE

WE KNOW THE STUDENT IS A BOY, AND THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL TELLS US HE WAS TAKEN TO HEALTH PARK HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.

PEDESTRIAN HIT-VO

THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 6:10 THIS MORNING.

THE BOY WAS HIT BY THIS TRUCK.

THE DRIVER DID NOT HAVE A LICENSE, BUT POLICE SAY OTHER THAN THAT, HE SEEMED TO BE OBEYING TRAFFIC LAWS.

PEDESTRIAN HIT-SOTVO

PEDESTRIAN HIT-REM LIVE

FHP DOES NOT BELIEVE SPEED WAS A FACTOR, BUT A TROOPER IS ON HIS WAY TO SPEAK WITH THE VICTIM AT THE HOSPITAL.

INAHLED STERIODS AND ASTHMA-VO

A NEW ASTHMA STUDY COULD CHANGE TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR MILLIONS OF PATIENTS.

THEY'RE USUALLY PRESCRIBED A TWICE DAILY DOSE OF INHALED STEROIDS.

WHICH CAN BE PRICEY. AND HAVE LONG TERM SIDE EFFECTS.

HOWEVER, RESEARCHERS FOUND PATIENTS WITH MILD ASTHMA -- WHO USED THE STEROIDS ONLY WHEN SYMPTOMS OCCURRED ---

NITROUS OXIDE AND PREGNANCY-VO

A NEW STUDY FINDS --

WOMEN IN THE EARLY STAGES OF LABOR.

CAN GET SAFE AND EFFECTIVE PAIN RELIEF BY INHALING NITROUS OXIDE.

DUTCH RESEARCHERS SAY T --

HIS METHOD IS AN ALTERNATIVE.

FOR WOMEN WHO DON'T WANT MORE INVASIVE FORMS OF PAIN RELIEF LIKE AN EPIDURAL.

NITROUS OXIDE WORKS QUICKLY --

LETTING THE MOTHER STAY AWAKE AND SWALLOW NORMALLY.

FEWER FALLS-VO

BACK SURGERY CAN TAKE WEEKS TO HEAL,

LEAVING PATIENTS LAID UP IN BED -- IN LOTS OF PAIN.

BUT NOW A NEW TYPE OF ROBOTIC SURGERY IS SPEEDING UP RECOVERY.

IT'S MINIMALLY INVASIVE.

DOCTORS SAY PATIENTS TYPICALLY LEAVE THE HOSPITAL IN ONE TO THREE DAYS.

WINE VS VODKA-OC

WINE VERSES VODKA.

A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS AT A RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL.

NOW MEASURE THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF BOTH DRINKS.

PARKER GAVIGAN REPORTS ON THE LINK --

WINE VS VODKA-PKG

RED WINE AND VODKA.

PAIRED UP WITH PIGS? NOW INSERT THE JOKE OF YOUR CHOICE: LIKE THIS HEADLINE IN A TORONTO NEWSPAPER.THAT STARTS WITH - A PIG WALKS INTO A BAR.

"Wine and swine.next time you see a drunken pig."

THE CURIOUS COMBO IS THE WORK OF DR. FRANK SELLKE - CHIEF OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY AT RI HOSPITAL AND HIS COLLEAGUES.

"Well, actually I'm a pig farmer from way back. I grew up in Indiana on a pig farm, so I've always had a liking of pigs."

THAT LIKING LED TO THE RARE RESEARCH TAKING A LOOK AT THE EFFECTS OF WINE AND VODKA ON PIGS WITH HIGH CHOLESTEROL.

"So we actually had 3 groups: 1 got a high fat diet, 1 got a high fat diet with red wine and the other group got the high fat diet with vodka, which is essentially pure alcohol."

WINE VS VODKA-OC

PARKER GAVIGAN REPORTING.

DOCTORS SAY DRINKING A SMALL TO MODERATE AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL.

*IS ACTUALLY HEALTHY.

TEASE TWO-1SHOT

GROCERY SHOPPING.

CAN TAKE A BIG CHUNK OUT YOUR PAYCHECK.

AND SOMETHING ELSE.

A CELL PHONE BILL.

FIND OUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY PAYING MORE FOR THEIR MOBILE DEVICES.

TZ2 A) CELL PHONE BILL-VO

KATIE TEASE-SOT

CELL PHONE BILL-2 SHOT VO

WHERE DO YOU SPEND MORE MONEY?

ON YOUR CELL PHONE BILL OR YOUR GROCERIES?

A NEW SURVEY FINDS MANY OF US ARE.

ACCORDING TO COUPON-CABIN-DOT-COM---

ONE IN FIVE MOBILE PHONE OWNERS -- IS PAYING MORE PER MONTH ON THEIR PHONE PLAN THAN GROCERIES.

NEARLY HALF SAY THEY PAY -- 100 DOLLARS OR MORE PER MONTH ON THEIR PHONES.

E BOOK PRICES-VO

E-BOOK LOVERS CAN SPEND LESS ON THEIR NEXT E-BOOK.

*IF IT'S PUBLISHED BY HARPER COLLINS.

THE PUBLISHER HAS ANNOUNCED --

IT'S REACHED NEW PRICE AGREEMENTS WITH RETAILERS.

THE MOVE CONFORMS TO A SETTLEMENT WITH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT --

HOLIDAY SALES FORECAST-OC

RETAILERS CAN EXPECT SOLID SALES THIS UPCOMING HOLIDAY SEASON.

CHICAGO-BASED RESEARCH FIRM "SHOPPER-TRAK".

RELEASED THE NEW STUDY THIS MORNING.

THEY PREDICT RETAIL REVENUE IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.

SHOULD GO UP 3-POINT-3 PERCENT.

LEE JOB OUTLOOK-VOWIPE

GOOD NEWS FOR JOB SEEKERS --

THE FORT MYERS-CAPE CORAL MARKET RANKS *SECOND IN THE NATION.

FOR BUSINESSES LOOKING TO HIRE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

A NEW MANPOWER SURVEY FOUND --

BUSINESS OWNERS WILL LOOK TO HIRE IN AREAS.

SUCH AS RETAIL, HEALTH CARE, AND HOSPITALITY.

LEE JOB OUTLOOK-SOTVO

we've not added the number of jobs we'd like to be adding but certainly that's a positive sign that 22% of the companies in the Manpower survey indicated that they're going to be adding employees.

DOCTOR GARY JACKSON SAYS ---

SOME EMPLOYERS STILL HAVE UNCERTAINTIES THOUGH.

LIKE THE UPCOMING ELECTION AND HEALTHCARE--

MATLACHA BRIDGE-VOWIPE

TWO YEARS IN THE WORKS

AND NOW, SO CLOSE TO THE FINISH,

BUILDERS OF THE MATLACHA BRIDE HAVE A NEW PROBLEM.

THE PART THAT LIFTS THE DRAWBRIDGE -- ISN'T WORKING PROPERLY.

BUT THE COUNTY SAYS IT CAN BE FIXED IN 2 OR 3 DAYS--

THE BUILDER, THOUGH, SAYS THEY'VE NEVER ENCOUNTERED THIS PROBLEM BEFORE,

AND THE SOLUTION COULD TAKE MORE TIME.

MATLACHA BRIDGE-SOTVO

jim frock 5406 its been a very long two years for me business wise because there's no place for people to park and fish off the bridge

THEY HAVE TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE DRAW BRIDGE SUCCESSFULLY -- NEARLY 250 TIMES FOR IT TO BE CONSIDERED WORKING PROPERLY--

THEY MADE IT HALFWAY THROUGH THOSE TESTS, BEFORE FINDING THE PROBLEM.

BONITA SPRINGS SHOPPING CENTER-VO

MAINTENANCE WORK IS EXPECTED TO START THIS WEEK -

AT A ONCE PROMINENT SHOPPING CENTER IN BONITA SPRINGS.

THE PROMENADE AT BONITA BAY SOLD IN AN ONLINE AUCTION IN JULY --

FOR FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.

THE DEAL CLOSED THIS WEEK.

THE BUYER IS ALSO THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE PROPERTY--

R-L-R INVESTMENTS.

THEY HOPE TO FILL THE 47 UNITS --

WITH RETAIL, RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESS OFFICES,

TEASE THREE-2 SHOT

TEACHERS IN CHICAGO ENTER DAY *THREE ON STRIKE.

WHILE SCHOOL OFFICIALS BARGAIN FOR A FINAL DEAL.

"Every time we step on the football field it's an interview for us. No matter what level it is."

SOME STUDENTS ALREADY FEEL THE IMPACT OF THE STRIKE.

TZ3 A STRIKE AFFECTING SCHOLARS-SOTVO

NEWS AT 9:00 OPEN-CLIP

NY STOCK EXCHANGE OPEN-SAT 3 TOPS

U-S STOCKS ARE HEADED FOR A HIGHER OPEN WEDNESDAY.

GOOD NEWS FROM EUROPE --

A GERMAN COURT BACKED EUROPE'S LATEST RESCUE FUND.

HERE IN AMERICA --

THE FEDERAL RESERVE BEGINS A TWO DAY MEETING TODAY.

MANY EXPECT THE FED WILL ANNOUNCE A *NEW EFFORT --

TO REVIVE THE SLUGGING ECONOMY.

TS) PEDESTRIAN HIT-VOTOPS

A FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IS IN THE HOSPITAL,

AFTER A CAR STRUCK HIM NEAR CONSTITUTION CIRCLE IN SAN CARLOS PARK.

IT HAPPENED AROUND SIX A-M.

A TRUCK HIT THE STUDENT.

TS1) EMBASSY ATTACKS-VOTOPS

RUNNING DOWN YOUR TOP STORIES THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING.

AT LEAST FOUR AMERICAN OFFICIALS ARE DEAD -- AFTER A ROCKET ATTACK ON THE U-S EMBASSY IN LIBYA.

INCLUDING THE U-S AMBASSADOR TO LIBYA -- CHRISTOPHER STEVENS.

AND IN CAIRO --

PROTESTORS SCALED THE WALLS OF THE U-S EMBASSY,

REPLACING THE AMERICAN FLAG WITH AN ISLAMIC BANNER.

BOTH PROTESTS APPEAR TO BE SPARKED BY A FILM -- MADE BY ANTI-MUSLIM ADVOCATES IN THE U.S.

TS2) MEDSTAR-VOTOPS

NEW DETAILS IN THE MEDSTAR MESS.

LEE COUNTY MANAGER KAREN HAWES --

SAYS HER OFFICE IS LAUNCHING ITS OWN INVESTIGATION.

INTO THE SUSPENDED MEDICAL HELICOPTER PROGRAM.

THE CLERK OF COURTS AND THE F-A-A ARE LOOKING INTO THE PROGRAM'S BILLING SYSTEM,

TS3) IPHONE 5-VOTOPS

AFTER WEEKS OF SPECULATION --

APPLE HOLDS AN EVENT TODAY.

AND IT'S EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE THE NEW IPHONE FIVE.

THE NEW MODEL IS EXPECTED TO HAVE A LARGER SCREEN AND BETTER CAMERA.

IT WILL LIKELY GO ON SALE IN A WEEK OR TWO.

STRIKE AFFECTING SCHOLARSHIPS-OC AT POP

PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN CHICAGO REMAIN CLOSED -- AS TEACHERS HEAD INTO DAY *THREE OF A STRIKE.

THE DISAGREEMENT OVER A NEW CONTRACT -- IS ALREADY HAVING AN EFFECT ON HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES.

ESPECIALLY THOSE EARNING SCHOLARSHIP MONEY.

STRIKE AFFECTING SCHOLARSHIPS-PKG

--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS --

THESE ARE THE SIMEON CAREER ACADEMY WOLVERINES.AND THANKS TO THE STRIKE, THIS PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM ISN'T OFFICIALLY ALLOWED TO HOLD PRACTICE. SO, THE STUDENTS ARE DOING IT ON THEIR OWN-- WITHOUT COACHES.

"Any one of ya'll got a football?"

"One.two.three.hard work."

CLEARLY NOT SOMETHING THEY'RE USED TO… SINCE THEIR COACH, DANTE CULBREATH, IS NOT ALLOWED TO WORK WITH THEM IN ANY WAY, WE CAUGHT UP WITH HIM EARLIER IN THE DAY…

"Yea this is our practice field, an empty practice field right now. We just got the lines put on the field, the goal post just went up."

"No players at all. It's an eerie feeling right now. I'm used to being out here at this time just working with my young men trying to motivate them and get them opportunities to go to college and I'm unable to do it."

ONE OF THOSE YOUNG MEN IS STANDOUT OFFENSIVE LINEMAN KENDALL MOORE. HIM-AND MANY OF HIS PEERS-- WITHOUT A SCHOLARSHIP HE SIMPLY COULDN'T ATTEND COLLEGE.

"Its very important because after college, then I want to start my career."

"KENDALL SAYS HE ISN'T WORRIED SO MUCH ABOUT HIMSELF BECAUSE HE'S BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO ALREADY HAVE SCHOLARSHIP OFFERS, BUT IT'S HIS TEAMMATES HE SAYS WHO MAYBE HAVEN'T BEEN AS FORTUNATE WHO REALLY NEED THIS SEASON'S GAMES TO IMPRESS RECRUITERS."

NOT HAVING VIDEO OF EVEN ONE OR TWO GAMES TO SHOW RECRUITERS CAN MAKE OR BREAK A DIVISION TWO OR THREE PROSPECT'S CHANCES. THE JUNIOR VARSITY TEAM AT SIMEON HAS ALREADY MISSED ONE GAME. IF THE STRIKE CONTINUES PAST THURSDAY, THE VARSITY GAME THIS WEEK IS OUT TOO.

"Every time we step on the football field it's an interview for us. No matter what level it is."

HE HAS JUST ONE THING TO SAY TO THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THE TEACHERS UNION:

"I just hope that the powers that be would get it together and get us back in school so these young men can have an opportunity to go to school for free."

POSSIBLE NHL LOCKOUT-ONCAM

THE N-H-L BRACES FOR A LOCKOUT,

AND THIS WOULD BE THE FOURTH TIME SINCE 19-92.

THAT A LABOR DISPUTE INTERRUPTED THE N-H-L SCHEDULE.

THE N-H-L HOLDS THEIR MEETINGS IN NEW YORK CITY --

FAMU HAZING BLAME-VOTOPS OC

FLORIDA A & M -- SAYS ITS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR A BAND MEMBER'S DEATH -- AFTER A HAZING RITUAL.

ATTORNEYS FOR THE UNIVERSITY SAY 26-YEAR OLD ROBERT CHAMPION,

WHO DIED AFTER ALLEGEDLY BEING BEATEN ON A BUS LAST NOVEMBER,

IS TO BLAME FOR HIS OWN DEATH.

THEY SAY CHAMPION SHOULD HAVE REFUSED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HAZING RITUAL.

FL COP COMMENT-CG

A FLORIDA PATROL OFFICER IS UNDER INVESTIGATION --

ACCUSED OF MAKING A THREATENING COMMENT ABOUT PRESIDENT OBAMA ONLINE.

RIGHT BEFORE THE PRESIDENT SPOKE AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION --

PATROL OFFICER SARAH COURSEY POSTED THIS COMMENT ON HER FACEBOOK PAGE.

"WHERE'S LEE HARVEY OSWALD OR JOHN WILKES BOOTH WHEN YOU NEED THEM!?!?"

THE SECRET SERVICE IS LOOKING INTO IT.

FDA NEW DEVICE-VO

THE F-D-A HAS A NEW WEAPON IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COUNTERFEIT DRUGS.

TAKE A LOOK --

IT'S CALLED THE C-D-3.

AGENTS CAN USE IT TO SCREEN DRUG INGREDIENTS, PRODUCTS AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS.

IT EMITS LIGHT THAT EXAMINES DRUG CAPSULES AND PACKAGING.

IT COSTS ABOUT ONE-THOUSAND-DOLLARS.

ARNOLD PALMER HONORED-VO

RETIRED GOLF SUPERSTAR ARNOLD PALMER.

WILL BE HONORED BY CONGRESS THIS MORNING.

PALMER WILL BE RECOGNIZED FOR HIS CIVIC ACTIVITY,

AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GAME OF GOLF.

CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS WILL HOLD A CEREMONY --

TO AWARD PALMER A CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

VOTE CLIP-CLIP

CAMPAIGN TRAIL-2 SHOT

THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN'S IN FULL SWING AGAIN TODAY -- AFTER A BREAK ON 9-11.

PRESIDENT OBAMA HEADS TO NEVADA.

MITT ROMNEY DID GIVE A SPEECH ON 9-11,

BUT CALLED IT "NON POLITICAL."

RIGHT NOW -- ROMNEY IS SPEAKING IN JACKSONVILLE.

WHILE HIS WIFE ANN HOSTS A RALLY NEAR SAINT PETE.

CAMPAIGN TRAIL-PKG

PRESIDENT OBAMA AND MITT ROMNEY PROMISED TO PUT CAMPAIGNING ASIDE ON 9-11.

BUT IN A SPEECH TO THE NATIONAL GUARD, ROMNEY SAID OVER $50 BILLION IN AUTOMATIC DEFENSE CUTS COULD DEVASTATE THE PENTAGON.

Presidential Nominee:19-:25

"We cannot cancel program after program, we cannot jeopardize critical missions, and we cannot cut corners."

HE'S CRITICIZED PRESIDENT OBAMA'S 2014 PULLOUT FROM AFGHANISTAN. BUT NOW SAYS THE GOAL SHOULD BE A SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION.

WITH POLLS SO TIGHT, THIS ELECTION MAY HINGE ON TURNOUT. PRESIDENT CLINTON'S STILL IN FLORIDA TODAY. GOING AFTER THE YOUTH VOTE. TELLING COLLEGE STUDENTS THIS SHOULD NOT BE A REFERENDUM ON THE ECONOMY:

"If that were the test, the president would vote against himself."

IN WISCONSIN TODAY, PAUL RYAN RELEASES NEW ADS TO KEEP HIS HOUSE SEAT.

CAMPAIGN TRAIL-OC

TRACIE POTTS REPORTING.

THAT YOUTH VOTE PRESIDENT CLINTON'S GOING AFTER IN FLORIDA MAY BE CRITICAL.

POPCORN PROBLEM-VOTOPS

SOMETHING TO LOOK AT THE NEXT TIME YOU HEAD TO THE MOVIES --

THE EXTREME SUMMER DROUGHT HAS TAKEN A TOLL ON POPCORN CROPS.

MANY DON'T REALIZE POPCORN AND CORN ARE ACTUALLY TWO DIFFERENT CROPS.

BUT BOTH HAVE BEEN HIT HARD BY THE DRY SUMMER.

RETAIL PRICES HAVE JUMPED,

THE COST OF A 50-POUND BAG WENT FOR 20 DOLLARS EARLIER THIS YEAR --

NOW IT'S 30 DOLLARS OR HIGHER.

CAPE SEWER RATES-VO

WHAT CAPE BUSINESSES PAY FOR COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE RATES.

IS ABOUT TO TRIPLE.

HOMEOWNERS HAD BEEN SUBSIDIZING THOSE RATES,

BUT THE CITY ATTORNEY SAYS THAT NEEDS TO STOP.

THAT MEANS THE COST FOR BASIC COMMERCIAL SERVICE.

WILL JUMP FROM 22 DOLLARS TO 70 DOLLARS,

SKIDMORE MONEY-VOWIPE

CHARLOTTE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGREE TO PAY *PART --

OF FELLOW COMMISSIONER ROBERT SKIDMORE'S LEGAL FEES.

SKIDMORE HAS ALREADY RACKED UP MORE THAN FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS --

DEFENDING HIMSELF IN AN ETHICS CASE.

HE'S ASKING FOR AN ADVANCE --

TO HELP PAY FOR MORE ATTORNEY FEES UP FRONT.

THE ETHICS COMPLAINT SUGGESTS SKIDMORE GAVE SPECIAL TREATMENT.

WHEN SOLVING CERTAIN CODE VIOLATIONS.

THE COMMISSION WON'T PAY FOR THAT,

SKIDMORE MONEY-SOTVO

I vehemently deny any and all accusations and the only way for me to disprove those allegations is to be represented by the best counsel I can obtain." Commissioner Robert Skidmore/Charlotte County

THE BOARD AGREED TO FRONT TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS --

FOR SKIDMORE'S LEGAL FEES IN THIS CASE.

IF HE IS FOUND GUILTY,

TEASE FOUR-1SHOT

CHRIS BROWN.

CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM CONTROVERSY.

THIS TIME -- IT'S OVER HIS BRAND NEW TATTOO.

SOME SAY IT'S OFFENSIVE.

TZ4 A CHRIS BROWNS TATTOO-VO

WEATHER TEASE-WX ID

CHRIS BROWNS TATTOO-POP VO

CHRIS BROWN HAS A NEW TATTOO.

AND YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN IT ALREADY.

IT'S CREATING A LOT OF BUZZ,

BECAUSE SOME SAY IT LOOKS LIKE HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND RIHANNA.

BUT NOT IN A POSITIVE WAY.

CHRIS BROWNS TATTOO-PKG

--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS --

CHRIS BROWN'S PEOPLE SAY IT WAS A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY. THE IDENTITY OF A TATTOO.

Is that Rihanna's face?

A TATTOO SPOTTED ON CHRIS BROWN'S NECK.

The eyes are Rihanna's eyes

HIS FORMER GIRLFRIEND.WHO EVEN NOW TELLS OPRAH.

He was the love of my life. he was the first love.

It looks like the Rihanna that he beat up.

IT LOOKED SO MUCH LIKE BATTERED RIHANNA THAT, EVEN AFTER BROWN'S REPRESENTATIVE SAID IT WASN'T HER, JUST A RANDOM WOMAN.EVEN THEN WHEN TMZ ASKED READERS ABOUT CHRIS' TAT.THREE QUARTERS SAID IT WAS DEFINITELY RIHANNA.

It's creepy.

It's gross.

It strikes me as sick.

JUST THE IDEA THAT BROWN WOULD HAVE A TATTOO OF A BATTERED WOMAN ON HIS NECK PROMPTED TWEETS LIKE THE END IS NEAR FOLKS. STOCKPILE WATER AND BULLETS. BUT ONE YOUNG WOMAN WE SPOKE WITH LOOKED AT THE TATTOO AND SAW SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

A skeleton maybe.

AND SURE ENOUGH BY MID-AFTERNOON CHRIS BROWN'S REP SAID HIS TATTOO IS A SUGAR SKULL.SIMILAR TO SKULLS MADE OUT OF SUGAR TO HONOR DEPARTED SOULS ON MEXICO'S DAY OF THE DEAD. THE REP DESCRIBED THE TATTOO AS A SUGAR SKULL BASED ON A MAC COSMETICS DESIGN. THEY EVEN RELEASED THE DESIGN THAT BROWN IS SAID TO HAVE GIVEN THE TATTOO ARTIST. AS FOR ALL THE FLAK BROWN GOT WHEN MOST FOLKS THOUGHT IT WAS RIHANNA.

Come on Chris Brown you know better than this. I know your mother taught you better than that. That's what I'm gonna say to you even though I love you.

NOW SHE CAN LOVE HIM AGAIN.EVEN FOR CHRIS BROWN, WEARING A BATTERED WOMAN TATTOO SEEMED LIKE STICKING HIS NECK OUT TOO FAR. JEANNE MOOS, CNN,

C'mon Chris Brown get your life together.

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.

We're tracking a few changes in our Wednesday weather, and the primary one deals with our winds.

We saw a wind shift yesterday with our wind flow coming from the east instead of the west. This change will become even more prevalent today as winds start to ramp up a little, which will produce some breezy conditions through the day. Look for winds to be out of the east northeast around 15 with some gusts up to 20 mph. Also, the winds will produce moderately choppy conditions for our inland waters, and seas will be close to 2 feet.

Our weather will stay mostly dry and sunny this morning, but showers return this afternoon with the best rain chances coming close to the coast and the urban corridor. The rain that develops today will follow the easterly steering flow, moving from east to west. Outside of today's scattered showers, our sky will stay partly sunny, and highs will be in the low 90s. Most of today's storms will move offshore by sunset, setting the stage for a partly cloudy to mostly clear night with lows in the mid to low 70s.

Our weather will stay on cruise control for the next few days with each day featuring partly sunny skies, a stiff easterly breeze, and a scattering of PM showers close to the coast. Highs will be close to average as temperatures peak in the low 90s. Overnight lows will also be fairly seasonable with lows near the mid 70s.

By the upcoming weekend, more moisture will build back over Southwest Florida, adding to the coverage of PM showers and storms.

BUBONIC PLAGUE-VO

AFTER 17 DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL FIGHTING THE BUBONIC PLAGUE --

A 7 YEAR OLD COLORADO GIRL IS NOW HEADED HOME.

AS YOU CAN SEE -- SIERRA DOWNING IS DOING MUCH BETTER.

HER DIAGNOSIS WAS THE FIRST CONFIRMED CASE OF BUBONIC PLAGUE IN COLORADO SINCE 2006.

BUBONIC PLAGUE-SOTVO

Sierra Downing / Bubonic Plague Survivor

I got it from a squirrel.my sweater was near it and flees.my mom says flees jumped onto it and then *mom tied it around my waist.

I'm going to tackle you, I'm so going to tackle you.

of tickling.

MIAMI BEACH SHARK BITE-VOTOPS

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

DOCTORS IN MIAMI BELIEVE THESE BITE MARKS ARE FROM A SHARK.

A MAN WAS SWIMMING ON SATURDAY --

IN THE WATERS OFF POPULAR SOUTH BEACH.

WHEN HE WAS BITTEN.

DOCTORS SAY HE HAS THREE LARGE BITE MARKS ON HIS LEG.

HE LOST A LOT OF BLOOD,

ROYAL BABY-ON CAM

NOW THE LATEST ON PRINCE WILLIAM AND KATE'S ROYAL TOUR-- AND NEW SPECULATION ABOUT A ROYAL BABY.

KATE RAISED A LOT OF EYEBROWS WHEN SHE RAISED HER GLASS AT ONE EVENT --

SHE TOASTED WITH WATER -- NOT WINE -- AND YOU CAN GUESS WHAT THE BRITISH PRESS TOOK NOTE.

ROYAL BABY-PKG

Victoria Murphy/The Mirror

SCRIPT:

IT WAS AT THIS DINNER WITH THE PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER. WHILE

WILLIAM AND THE OTHERS RAISED THEIR GLASSES OF WINE TO TOAST THE QUEEN.

KATE POLITELY PASSED ON THE WINE TO DRINK WATER INSTEAD. NOT ONCE. BUT

TWICE.

WHICH LEFT MANY WONDERING IF FINALLY. THERE'S AN HEIR IN THERE.

Victoria Murphy, Royal Correspondent, The Mirror: Things like this people

do look at them and wonder if they are signs. People whispering going on is

she pregnant is she pregnant.

OF COURSE THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE OF THIS. KATE AFTER ALL IS NOT A

BIG ALCOHOL DRINKER.

BUT THIS TOPIC JUST KEPT BREWING TODAY.

WILLIAM TOLD ONE FAN THAT HE HOPED TO HAVE TWO CHILDREN. THE FIRST TIME HE

GAVE A SPECIFIC NUMBER.

"you never know. hope so very much. looking forward to the offspring very

much."

THE CROWDS WERE HUGE TODAY. FOR WILLIAM.

"I had a crush on William since i was 11."

FOR KATE.THEY WATCHED EVERY SMILE. EVERY MOVEMENT OF HER DRESS..

LOOKING FOR ANY HINT OF A BABY BUMP.

ROYAL BABY-OC

BOB WOODRUFF REPORTING.

TODAY WILLAM AND KATE WENT TO PROMOTE BRITISH INTERESTS.

SANTA CLAUS GOES TO COURT-VO

. SANTA CLAUS TRIED TO CLEAR HIS OWN NAME.

BEFORE THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

HE GOES TO CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS AND ORPHANAGES AND ENTERTAINS THOUSANDS OF KIDS.

HE DOESN'T ACCEPT MONEY.

BUT THE LITHUANIAN GOVERNMENT HAS CHARGED HIM TAXES.

HE'S DEMANDED THAT THE GOVERNMENT RETURN THE MONEY -- TAKEN FROM HIS SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT.

FL POLICE CHASE-VO

A HIGH SPEED, CROSS COUNTY CHASE IN SOUTH FLORIDA --

ENDS WITH THIS DRAMATIC CRASH IN FORT LAUDERDALE.

THREE SUSPECTS WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.

POLICE SAY THEY BURGLARIZED TWO HOMES IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY EARLIER IN THE DAY.

FORT LAUDERDALE FIRE RESCUE TREATED TWO WOMEN.

MAN LIVING IN ATTIC-2 SHOT VO

THIS NEXT STORY IS JUST CREEPY!

A SOUTH CAROLINA WOMAN HEARD NOISES IN HER HOUSE OVER THE WEEKEND.

AND SHE THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A CRITTER.

SHE ASKED HER NEPHEW TO CHECK IT OUT.

HE FOUND A MAN SLEEPING IN THE HEATING UNIT.

HE WOKE UP, AND RAN OUT OF THE HOME -- BEFORE POLICE COULD GET THERE.

OFFICERS THINK HE RIGGED THE VENTS, SO HE COULD LOOK INTO THE WOMAN'S BEDROOM.

AND SHE SAYS SHE KNOWS WHO THAT MAN IS.

ROYAL COUPLE SINGAPORE-VO

NEW VIDEO THIS MORNING --

OF THE ROYAL COUPLE ON THEIR ASIA PACIFIC TOUR.

ABOUT 100 PEOPLE GREETED PRINCE WILLIAM AND THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE,

AS THEY ARRIVED AT SINGAPORE'S GARDENS BY THE BAY.

THE ROYAL COUPLE WILL TRAVEL TO MALAYSIA TOMORROW.

THE TOUR IS PART OF THE CELEBRATION --

TEASE FIVE-1SHOT

THE LAST MAN STANDING.

AMERICAN IDOL ENTERS ITS 12TH SEASON.

AND RANDY JACKSON HAS BEEN THERE THROUGH IT ALL.

TZ5 A RANDY JACKSON-VO

FINAL CHECK OF STOCKS-SAT 3 FULL

RANDY JACKSON BACK ON IDOL-VO

RANDY JACKSON IS REPORTEDLY KEEPING HIS SEAT AT THE JUDGES' TABLE ON "AMERICAN IDOL."

A SOURCE CLOSE TO THE SHOW SAYS -- JACKSON WILL BE BACK FOR THE SHOW'S 12TH SEASON.

SIMON COWELL ALSO TWEETED THE NEWS, CALLING IT THE "RIGHT DECISION."

TRUEBLOOD TWINS-VOTOPS

IT'S TWINS FOR A REAL-LIFE "TRUE BLOOD" COUPLE.

ANNA PAQUIN AND STEPHEN MOYER WELCOMED THEIR NEW BABIES A FEW WEEKS EARLIER THAN EXPECTED.

BOTH ARE HEALTHY.

KATIE COURIC RATINGS SMASH-VO

KATIE COURIC'S NEW TALK SHOW IS A RATINGS SMASH.

ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE SYNDICATED PROGRAM "KATIE" PREMIERED MONDAY, SCORING THE BEST DEBUT RATINGS FOR A TALK SHOW -- SINCE "DR. PHIL" IN 2002.

HER FIRST GUESTS INCLUDED SHERYL CROW AND JESSICA SIMPSON.

TOP STORIES OPEN-CLIPTOPS

TS) PEDESTRIAN HIT-VOTOPS

A FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IS IN THE HOSPITAL,

AFTER A CAR STRUCK HIM NEAR CONSTITUTION CIRCLE IN SAN CARLOS PARK.

IT HAPPENED AROUND SIX A-M.

WE'RE TOLD A TRUCK HIT THE STUDENT.

THE DRIVER DID NOT HAVE A LICENSE,

BUT WAS OBEYING TRAFFIC LAWS.

AND TROOPERS SAY SPEED WAS NOT A FACTOR.

TS1) EMBASSY ATTACKS-VOTOPS

RUNNING DOWN YOUR TOP STORIES THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING.

AT LEAST FOUR AMERICAN OFFICIALS ARE DEAD -- AFTER A ROCKET ATTACK ON THE U-S EMBASSY IN LIBYA.

INCLUDING THE U-S AMBASSADOR TO LIBYA -- CHRISTOPHER STEVENS.

AND IN CAIRO --

PROTESTORS SCALED THE WALLS OF THE U-S EMBASSY,

REPLACING THE AMERICAN FLAG WITH AN ISLAMIC BANNER.

BOTH PROTESTS APPEAR TO BE SPARKED BY A FILM -- MADE BY ANTI-MUSLIM ADVOCATES IN THE U.S.

TS2) CHICAGO TEACHER STRIKE-VOTOPS

STILL ON STRIKE.

STUDENTS IN THE CHICAGO'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

WILL BE OUT OF CLASS AGAIN.

AS TEACHERS HIT THE PICKET LINE FOR A THIRD DAY.

NEGOTIATORS FOR CHICAGO'S TEACHERS UNION SAY THEY'LL MEET TODAY --

TS3) MED STAR-VOTOPS

NEW DETAILS IN THE MEDSTAR MESS.

LEE COUNTY MANAGER KAREN HAWES -- SAYS HER OFFICE IS LAUNCHING ITS OWN INVESTIGATION INTO THE OPERATIONS AND PERSONNEL ISSUES -- OF THE SUSPENDED MEDICAL HELICOPTER PROGRAM.

TS4) IPHONE 5-VOTOPS

ANTICIPATION BUILD FOR APPLE'S NEW GADGET-- THE I-PHONE 5.

IT'S IS EXPECTED TO HAVE NEW, IMPROVED FEATURES.

LIKE A SLIGHTLY LARGER SCREEN,

AND A BETTER CAMERA.

BUT WITH APPLE, THERE ARE ALWAYS SURPRISES.

THE BIG REVEAL IS SET TO HAPPEN IN SAN FRANCISCO,

FINAL WEATHER-WX GFX

We're tracking a few changes in our Wednesday weather, and the primary one deals with our winds.

We saw a wind shift yesterday with our wind flow coming from the east instead of the west. This change will become even more prevalent today as winds start to ramp up a little, which will produce some breezy conditions through the day. Look for winds to be out of the east northeast around 15 with some gusts up to 20 mph. Also, the winds will produce moderately choppy conditions for our inland waters, and seas will be close to 2 feet.

Our weather will stay mostly dry and sunny this morning, but showers return this afternoon with the best rain chances coming close to the coast and the urban corridor. The rain that develops today will follow the easterly steering flow, moving from east to west. Outside of today's scattered showers, our sky will stay partly sunny, and highs will be in the low 90s. Most of today's storms will move offshore by sunset, setting the stage for a partly cloudy to mostly clear night with lows in the mid to low 70s.

Our weather will stay on cruise control for the next few days with each day featuring partly sunny skies, a stiff easterly breeze, and a scattering of PM showers close to the coast. Highs will be close to average as temperatures peak in the low 90s. Overnight lows will also be fairly seasonable with lows near the mid 70s.

By the upcoming weekend, more moisture will build back over Southwest Florida, adding to the coverage of PM showers and storms.

CLOSE-2SH-AWS ANI

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