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ABC-7 STAYING ON TOP OF TWO MAJOR TRAFFIC BACK-UPS IMPACTING RUSH HOUR.

IN LEHIGH -- A CAR CRASHED INTO A LEETRAN BUS.

8 PEOPLE ARE HURT.

AND IN FORT MYERS--

A DUMP TRUCK SMASHED AN I-75 OVERPASS THIS MORNING AND PALM BEACH BOULEVARD IS STILL CLOSED.

POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE 17-TH MURDER THIS YEAR IN THE CITY OF FORT MYERS--

TONIGHT WHAT POLICE ARE DOING TO COMBAT THE CRIME.

AND TEARS AND HUGS FOR HUNDREDS OF TROOPS

WHO ARE BACK AT HOME IN FLORIDA

AFTER SPENDING MONTHS OVERSEAS.

HL1) PALM BEACH BLVD ROLLOVER-VOTOPS

HL2) 17TH FT MYERS MURDER-VOTOPS

HL3) SOLDIERS HOMECOMING-NATS-VO

SHOW OPEN-CLIP

FIRST WEATHER-WXWALL

RAIN CHANCES INCREASE THROUGH MIDWEEK

You can call Monday our transition day. It started off nice and clear, but after lunch time the clouds started to build and in came the rain.

Monday's rain was very scattered in nature. Tuesday and Wednesday; however, we will see the storms become more numerous.

There's two weather features that will impact our forecast. First is an interesting system off the coast of Louisiana. It's providing the north Gulf Coast states with high rainfall totals. Flood Watches are in effect for much of the southeast. All that rain will continue to spread across the Deep South. Including Florida. Next, a cold front is dropping from the north. It'll arrive by midday tomorrow and essentially stall in north Florida.

AIM AVE LEE BLVD CRASH-SS-VO

TWO LANES HAVE NOW RE-OPENED AFTER ALL EAST BOUND LANES OF LEE BOULEVARD WERE CLOSED DUE TO A CRASH INVOLVING A LEE TRAN BUS.

IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 4:30 THIS AFTERNOON EAST OF WESTGATE BOULEVARD AT THE INTERSECTION OF AIM AVENUE AND LEE BOULEVARD.

20 PEOPLE WERE RIDING THE BUS AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH - EIGHT PEOPLE WERE HURT WHEN INVESTIGATORS SAY THE CAR SLAMMED INTO THE BACK OF THE BUS.

THE INJURED WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

PALM BCH BLVD ROLLOVER-TRX-SOTTOPS-VO

Take sound Lucy Papp, FHP

"avoid it if possible because we don't want it to be anymore complicated out here than it has to be

A DUMP TRUCK THAT SMASHED INTO AN I-75 OVERPASS THIS MORNING

PALM BCH BLVD ROLLOVER-2SHOT-VO WIPE

NEARLY 13 HOURS AFTER THE CRASH HAPPENED --ALL WESTBOUND LANES ARE BLOCKED AND ALL EASTBOUND LANES WERE JUST RE- OPENED.

THE TRUCK WAS HEADED WEST WHEN THE UPRIGHT BED OF THE TRUCK HIT THE OVERPASS --AND ROLLED ONTO ITS SIDE --SPILLING GALLONS OF FUEL AND FORCING LANES OF TRAFFIC TO BE SHUT DOWN.

PALM BCH BLVD ROLLOVER-SOT VO

Dave Parks, PIO for Construction Project

"almost like northern conditions. So we've got to come in and actually tear up the old asphalt and put new, fresh asphalt down just for safety concern. Really it makes it a much smoother and safer driving consistency."

TROOPERS SAY THE INTERSECTION WILL REMAIN CLOSED FOR MOST OF TONIGHT.

THE DRIVER OF THE DUMP TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH A POSSIBLE BROKEN ARM.

ALTERNATE ROUTE-NAVITOPS

HERE ARE SOME ALTERNATE ROUTES IF YOU'RE TRAVELING IN THIS AREA.

IF YOU'RE HEADING WEST --

TAKE STATE ROAD 31 UP TO BAYSHORE.

17th FORT MYERS MURDER OF 2012-2SHOT-SS-VO-2SHOT

FOR THE 17TH TIME THIS YEAR, SOMEONE HAS BEEN MURDERED IN FORT MYERS.

DAMARQUIS BLANKS IS THE LATEST VICTIM.

HE WAS SHOT NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF VERONICA

SHOEMAKER AND MICHIGAN AVENUE LAST WEEK AND DIED FROM THOSE INJURIES.

OF THOSE 17 MURDERS --MORE THAN HALF OF THEM

STILL REMAIN UNSOLVED TONIGHT.

ABC 7'S MEAGHAN SMITH WENT TO THE POLICE CHIEF

17th FORT MYERS MURDER OF 2012-PKG

the scene-

fort myers' 17th murder of the year.

this man-

19 year-old damarquis blanks was shot wednesday night on lantana street in dunbar-

he was rushed from the scene to the hospital, where he died days later.

fort myers police chief doug baker-

says this killing wasn't random,

but wasn't drug or gang related.

56:30 "no, i don't believe this one was from the early indications and early anaomyous tips that we are recieving- it was not related to either one of those."

a van was seized from the scene-

police do have a suspect,

but need more evidence to make an arrest.

chief baker says they actually have suspects in all the homicides this year except for one-

and like the blanks murder-

they need more evidence in those also.

their biggest hurdle baker says-

is getting witnesses to testify and give statements.

many won't-

out of fear of retaliation or they're involved in criminal activity themselves

LSU BOMB THREAT-VO

A BOMB SCARE CAUSED ANOTHER UNIVERSITY TO BE EVACUATED TODAY.

IT WAS RAINING TODAY WHEN THOUSANDS WERE FORCED FROM THE LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS.

THE THREAT WAS CALLED IN THIS MORNING.

THE SWAT TEAM AND BOMB-SNIFFING DOGS BOTH RESPONDED.

LAST FRIDAY --

CAMPUSES IN TEXAS, NORTH DAKOTA AND OHIO WERE EVACUATED AFTER RECEIVING BOMB THREATS--

BUT POLICE FOUND NO EXPLOSIVES.

BOTH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND NORTH DAKOTA STATE ISSUED ALERTS AFTER BOMB THREATS WERE MADE.

ARAB WORLD PROTESTS-NATS-VO WIPE

TENSIONS HAVE COOLED SOMEWHAT IN THE MIDDLE EAST AFTER LAST WEEK'S VIOLENT PROTESTS -- BUT THE UNREST HAS NOW SPREAD TO OTHER PARTS OF THE GLOBE.

TODAY THERE WERE LARGE ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS IN INDONESIA --THE PHILIPPINES -- PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN.

ALL THE PROTESTS APPEAR TO BE SPARKED BY THAT ANTI-MUSLIM FILM, "INNOCENCE OF MUSLIMS," THAT MOCKS THE PROPHET MOHAMMED.

THE RIOTING AGAINST THE FILM IS NOT LIKELY TO CALM DOWN ANY TIME SOON.

THE LEADER OF HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON MADE A RARE PUBLIC

APPEARANCE TO CALL FOR MASSIVE DEMONSTRATIONS UNLESS THE

ARAB WORLD PROTESTS-SOT VO

whether you're talking about Libya, or Tunisia, or Yemen, or Egypt, don't want now to let some -- a few mobs hijack their desire for a better future.

THE MAN WHO MADE THE FILM AND HIS FAMILY ARE AFRAID THEY'RE IN DANGER.

TODAY -- DEPUTIES TOOK THEY AWAY FROM THEIR HOUSE TO A SECRET LOCATION.

YVYV 2012 OPEN-CLIP

YOUR VOICE YOUR VOTE-ONCAM

YOUR VOICE, YOUR VOTE --

WITH *50* DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION -- FLORIDA WILL RECEIVE A LOT OF ATTENTION OVER THE NEXT SEVEN WEEKS AS EACH CANDIDATE TRIES TO WIN THIS CRUCIAL STATE.

TODAY PRESIDENT OBAMA HELD *TWO* SEPARATE RALLIES IN THE BATTLE GROUND STATE OF OHIO.

AFTER TWO WEEKS DOMINATED BY FOREIGH POLICY--

REPUBLICAN MITT ROMNEY IS TRYING TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT BACK TO ECONOMY.

YOUR VOICE YOUR VOTE-PKG

IT'S BEEN A ROUGH POST-CONVENTION STRETCH FOR MITT ROMNEY.

IN THE EIGHT STATES THAT ABC NEWS LISTS AS TOSS UP - HE'S TRAILING PRESIDENT

OBAMA IN THE POLLS IN EVERY SINGLE ONE.

HE'S ALSO STRUGGLING AMONG LATINOS.SO TODAY HE TRIED TO MAKE HIS SALES

PITCH.

Over two million more Hispanics are living in poverty today than the day

President Obama took office.

IT WAS ROMNEY'S FIRST PUBLIC EVENT SINCE FRIDAY.

OVER THE WEEKEND, HE WAS SKEWERED ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.

just this summer one of my horses failed to medal at the Olympics, so I know

hardship

AND CONTINUED TO TAKE HEAT FOR HIS RESPONSE TO THE UNREST IN THE MIDDLE EAST

.

ADD IT ALL UP AND IT LOOKS LIKE AS GOOD A TIME AS ANY TO HIT THE RESET

BUTTON.

BUT THE ROMNEY CAMPAIGN WON'T CALL IT THAT.

INSTEAD AN ADVISOR TOLD REPORTERS TODAY THE REPUBLICAN CONTENDER WILL SOON

GET MORE SPECIFIC ON THE TRAIL.

what we've found is that people want to hear a little bit more of that, not

just to say that we have plan to do it, but here's what's in that plan.

IN BATTLEGROUND OHIO TODAY, PRESIDENT OBAMA ANNOUNCED THAT HIS

ADMINISTRATION FILED A TRADE COMPLAINT AGAINST CHINA.ARGUING THAT THEY ARE

USING ILLEGAL SUBSIDES TO LURE AUTO COMPANIES.COSTING THOUSANDS OF

AMERICAN JOBS.

THE PRESIDENT SAID ROMNEY WOULDNT FIGHT FOR THOSE JOBS.

you can't stand up to China when all you've done is sent them our jobs. You

can talk a good game, but -- but I like to walk the walk, not just talk the

YOUR VOICE YOUR VOTE-ONCAM

RIGHT NOW IN BONITA SPRINGS --

DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST JAMES CARVILLE

IS SPEAKING AT THE HYATT COCONUT POINT.

HE IS BREAKING DOWN THE CONVENTIONS

AND TALKING STRATEGY.

WE'RE TOLD HE WILL OPEN THE FLOOR UP

MICHELLE OBAMA IN FL-VOTOPS

FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA IS TRYING TO ENERGIZE THE STUDENT VOTE IN FLORIDA.

TODAY MRS. OBAMA HELD A RALLY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IN GAINESVILLE BEFORE HEADING NORTH TO FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY.

THE FIRST LADY HAS BEEN A FREQUENT VISITOR TO FLORIDA.

BROTHERS ARRESTED-VO WIPE

A PUNTA GORDA RESTAURANT IS STILL SERVING ITS WELL KNOWN

BAR-B-QUE DESPITE BOTH OWNERS GETTING ARRESTED.

THE LLOYD BROTHERS OF "BIG JOHN AND LLOYD BROTHERS BAR-B-QUE"

ARE FACING CHARGES RANGING FROM ROBBERY TO DRUG POSSESSION.

MARCUS LLOYD WAS ARRESTED AFTER DEPUTIES SAY HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR AT LEAST FOUR BANK ROBBERIES ACROSS THE STATE.

LAST WEEK, A CHARLOTTE COUNTY NARCOTICS TEAM ARRESTED JOHNNY LLOYD AFTER RECORDS SAY HE SOLD COCAINE TO A DEPUTY.

AFTER THE ARRESTS -- JOHN, THE FATHER OF THE TWO BROTHERS ARRESTED, DECIDED TO TAKE HIS

BROTHERS ARRESTED-SOTVO

Sot 10 seconds

"I got a reputation in town, most of the people in town know me. I was born in Punta Groda. It's gotta be done my way or I'm out." Big John Lloyd, Marcus and Johnny's Father

BIG JOHN SAYS HE WISHES HIS CHILDREN SUCCESS WITH THE RESTAURANT

COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTY CHASE-VO

FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS A MAN WHO LED COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTIES ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE WAS ON DRUGS.

THE CHASE ENDED AT THE INTERSECTION OF RANDALL BOULEVARD AND EIGHTH STREET NORTHEAST JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT.

INVESTIGATORS SAY BRYAN GARDNER LOST CONTROL OF A B-M-W AND CRASHED INTO A TREE.

FOUR PEOPLE INSIDE THE B-M-W WERE TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL.

CAPE CORAL HOUSE FIRE-VOTOPS

TONIGHT, INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT SPARKED AN EARLY MORNING FIRE THAT RIPPED THROUGH A CAPE CORAL HOME.

THE FAMILY WAS AWAY ON VACATION.

IT HAPPENED ON SOUTHWEST 42ND STREET NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF PELICAN BOULEVARD.

DAMAGES TOTAL ABOUT 150-THOUSAND DOLLARS.

NEXT AT 6 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE ONE

PROTECTING ONE OF THE MOST PRIZED ASSESTS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AS LOCAL WATERWAYS IN THE AREA'S LARGEST CITY ARE PUT TO THE TEST.

TZ1 CAPE WATER TESTING-VO

TZ1 SOLDIERS RETURN-VOTOPS

WX TEASE-WXWALL

ENDEAVOUR TRANSPORT-VO

STORMS ARE DELAYING THE FINAL FLIGHT OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR.

THE SPACECRAFT HAD BEEN SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IT'S

MULTI-LEG TRIP TO LOS ANGELES TODAY --

BUT BAD WEATHER HAS PUSHED TAKE-OFF UNTIL TOMORROW.

THE SHUTTLE IS NOT ACTUALLY FLYING--IT WILL BE PIGGY-BACKING ON A BOEING 747

JP STORMWARN OPEN-CLIP

WEATHER-PWC

RAIN CHANCES INCREASE THROUGH MIDWEEK

You can call Monday our transition day. It started off nice and clear, but after lunch time the clouds started to build and in came the rain.

Monday's rain was very scattered in nature. Tuesday and Wednesday; however, we will see the storms become more numerous.

There's two weather features that will impact our forecast. First is an interesting system off the coast of Louisiana. It's providing the north Gulf Coast states with high rainfall totals. Flood Watches are in effect for much of the southeast. All that rain will continue to spread across the Deep South. Including Florida. Next, a cold front is dropping from the north. It'll arrive by midday tomorrow and essentially stall in north Florida.

The front will help push the Louisana low pressure system to the east - brushing Florida. This will cause our winds to be from the southwest for the next 48 hours, and that spells an uptick in the rain department.

Coastal communities will see showers wash ashore early on both Tuesday and Wednesday. The beach rain quickly migrates inland after the noon hour. As the first line moves through, more will build in the Gulf and move over. It'll be a constant cycle with periods of rain and dry weather.

There will be a lot of clouds, too, and consequently we will se highs stay at 90 or below.

CAPE CANAL WATER TESTING-SOT-VO WIPE

AS THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL CONTINUES TO GROW --

SO DOES A CHALLENGE TO PROTECT WHAT MAKES THE CITY SO APPEALING TO BEGIN WITH.

Joy Barber, lives in Cape Coral

1930 "the canals probably aren't as deep, or as clear as you'd wish. When you come to Florida, you think all the water is going to look like it does in key west."

IN THE RAINY SEASON LIKE WE ARE IN NOW --

WATER CAN WASH HARMFUL CHEMICALS OR TOO MANY NUTRIENTS INTO THE CANALS.

TODAY --CITY WORKERS TOOK SAMPLES FROM MORE THAN 35 SITES TO DETERMINE THE WATER QUALITY.

CAPE CANAL WATER TESTING-SOT VO

Connie Jarvis, Cape Coral Enivormental Resource Manager 0600 "the more people you get the more houses that are built. You get more runoff."

RECENT RESULTS RATE THE WATER AS "FAIR" --

JUST BELOW THE STATE'S RANGE FOR GOOD.

IN 2010 -- CITY LEADERS BANNED NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS

MILITARY SUBSTANCE ABUSE-VO WIPE

SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN THE MILITARY HAS NOW BECOME A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.

ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT RELEASED TODAY -- THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NEEDS TO DO A BETTER JOB OF HELPING ITS SERVICE MEMBERS.

MILITARY SUBSTANCE ABUSE-SOTVO

"The current operational tempo, the rapid redeployments, the long lengths of stay, have contributed to increases in the risk of alcohol and drug use disorders."

THE REPORT MAKES SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS --

LIKE REDUCING ACCESS TO ALCOHOL ON BASES --

FL ARMY SOLDIERS RETURN-NATS-VO WIPE

AN EMOTIONAL HOMECOMING THIS MORNING IN MIAMI FOR A GROUP OF 90 ARMY RESERVE SOLDIERS WHO ARRIVED HOME FROM A STINT IN AFGHANISTAN.

AFTER 18 HOURS OF TRAVELING AND A CANCELED FLIGHT -- FAMILY MEMBERS COULDN'T WAIT TO GET

THEIR HANDS ON THE SOUTH FLORIDA SOLDIERS THEY HADN'T SEEN IN SEVEN MONTHS.

FL ARMY SOLDIERS RETURN-(2)SOTVO

SOT S/ Sgt. Carl Toussant, home from Afghanistan 1:00-1:03

"Oh I was so happy to see them. it was a great feeling, I was dreaming about it."

SOT S/ Matthew Toussant, Welcomed dad home 1:07-1:17

"I'm so happy that he served our country, helped other people and I'm happy that he's back so we can spend time with each other and have fun." Matthew Touissant/Welcomed Dad Home

26 MORE MEMBERS OF THE SAME BATTALION ARE STILL IN AFGHANISTAN.

SUNSPLASH ADMISSION DEALS-CG

SUN SPLASH FAMILY WATERPARK HAS AN END OF SEASON DEAL RIGHT NOW.

IS ONLY SEVEN DOLLARS THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT.

THE PARK IS OPEN FROM 10 A-M TO 5 P-M ON WEEKENDS.

COMING UP NEXT OPEN-CLIP

TEASE TWO-POP

GOOD WEEK FOR BOTH THE GATORS AND SEMINOLES. BUT BOTH SAY. THINGS NEED TO IMPROVE.

TZ2 SPORTS-VO

WORLD NEWS TEASE-BLK-SOT

TONIGHT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

TONIGHT AT 7 O'CLOCK

A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO CRACK DOWN ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IS DRAWING CRITISIM.

WHY THE INITIATIVE IS LIKELY TO RENEW DESPITE THE OPPOSITION.

AN ANNOYANCE FOR RESIDENTS IS A THREAT FOR LOCAL PLANT LIFE.

TZ 7 1) ICE PROGRAM-VO-WIPE

TZ 7 2) WHITE FLIES-VOTOPS

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

BUCS HAND SHAKE-VOTOPS

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT.

THE HANDSHAKE AFTER THE GIANTS/BUCCANEERS GAME WAS ANY THING BUT FRIENDLY.

GIANTS HEAD COACH TOM COUGHLIN. WAS ALL FIRED UP. ACCUSING THE BUCS OF TAKING CHEAP SHOTS AT AT THE END OF THE GAME. DURING NEW YORK'S 41-34 WIN.

BUCS HAND SHAKE-SOTTOPS

UF GATORS-POPMON

UF GATORS-VOTOPS

THE GATORS ARE COMING OFF BACK-TO BACK ROAD WINS. ROAD WINS IN THE SEC. ALWAYS A BIG DEAL.

THINGS SHOULD BE A LOT EASIER THIS SATURDAY WHEN KENTUCKY DROPS BY. WILDCATS HAVE LOST 25 STRAIGHT TO THE GATORS.

UF GATORS-SOTVO

CONTINUE VO

MEANWHILE. GATORS QUARTERBACK. JEFF DRISKEL HAS BEEN NAMED SEC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK.

TOP 25-CGTOPS

STICKING WITH COLLEGE FOOTBALL. HERE'S A LOOK AT THE RANKINGS.

FLORIDA STATE NOW 4TH IN THE NATION. THANKS TO THEIR 52 POINT BEATDOWN OF WAKE FOREST.

TOP 25-SOTTOPS

NHL LOCKOUT-POMON

NHL LOCKOUT-VOTOPS

THINGS DO NOT LOOK GOOD

NO TALKS ARE SCHEDULED BETWEEN THE LEAGUE AND IT'S PLAYERS.

WHICH IS WHY SOME GUYS HAVE ALREADY JUMPED SHIP. STARS LIKE EVGENI MALKIN AND ILYA KOVALCHUCK WILL PLAY IN RUSSIA.

NHL LOCKOUT-SOTTOPS

GOODBYE-4SHOT