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I75 CRASH-LIVETOPS VOTOPS

TONIGHT'S SHOWERS CAUSED BIG PROBLEMS FOR DRIVERS ON I-75.

AROUND SEVEN-O-CLOCK,

A SEMI-TRUCK JACK-KNIFED, TAKING OUT TWO CONCRETE MEDIANS -- AND BLOCKING ALL LANES OF THE INTERSTATE.

THIS WAS JUST NORTH OF THE PALM BEACH BOULEVARD EXIT.

IT CAUSED TRAFFIC TO STOP FOR HOURS.

A LIGHTNING STRIKE ALSO KNOCKED THE NAPLES 9-1-1 SYSTEM OFF LINE FOR A SHORT TIME.

BUS CRASH-VO

ALL NEW TONIGHT AT 11 --

AN 11-YEAR-OLD COLLIER COUNTY BOY IS BEING CALLED A HERO TONIGHT --

FOR STOPPING THE SCHOOL BUS HE WAS RIDING WHEN THE DRIVER HAD A HEART ATTACK AND LOST CONTROL.

WE FIRST BROKE NEWS OF THE CRASH TONIGHT AT SEVEN.

OUR NEWS PARTNERS AT THE NAPLES DAILY NEWS REPORT THIS BOY,

JACKSON BONAR,

WAS THE LAST PERSON ON A BUS HEADED HOME FROM AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM AT OAKRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

BONAR SAYS THE DRIVER MADE A STRANGE FACE, AND FELL AGAINST THE WINDOW --

THAT'S WHEN THE SIXTH GRADER SAYS HE HIT THE BRAKES AND STEERED THE BUS INTO A FENCE.

HE IS O-K.

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ALL NEW TONIGHT AT 11 --

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HAS WIDENED HIS LEAD OVER HIS CHALLENEGER MITT ROMNEY.

THE LATEST N-B-C NEWS WALL STREET JOURNAL POLL SHOWS 50 PERCENT OF LIKELY VOTERS NOW SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT.

45-PERCENT SAY THEY WOULD CHOOSE REPUBLICAN RIVAL MITT ROMNEY AND HIS RUNNING MATE REPRESENTATIVE PAUL RYAN.

THAT POLL CAME AFTER BOTH PARTY'S CONVENTIONS *AND* LAST WEEK'S ATTACK ON THE U-S CONSULTATE --

BUT BEFORE THE CONTROVERSIAL NEW VIDEO FROM A ROMNEY FUNDRAISER.

TONIGHT, WE HAVE THE FULL VERSION OF THAT VIDEO --

IN IT, THERE ARE MORE COMMENTS HIS CAMPAIGN LIKELY WISHES YOU WOULD'NT HEAR.

ROMNEY NEW SOUND-PKG

THE ROMNEY CAMPAIGN IS SCRAMBLING TO CONTAIN THE DAMAGE AFTER HIS REMARKS AT

A PRIVATE FUNDRAISER IN MAY WERE LEAKED.

Romney Video w/GFX

"there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government,

who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a

responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to

health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it."

ROMNEY HASN'T BACKED DOWN - AND IN AN INTERVIEW WITH FOX NEWS TODAY HE TRIED

TO EXPLAIN HIS COMMENTS.

Romney SOT Fox News

"Frankly we have two very different views about America. The president's

view is one of a larger government."

PRESIDENT OBAMA TOLD DAVID LETTERMAN TODAY THEY'RE ARENT A LOT OF AMERICANS

WHO THINK THEY'RE VICTIMSOR ENTITLED TO SOMETHING.

Obama Letterman SOT

"One of the things I've learned is you represent the entire country/My

expectation is that if you want to be president you have to work for

everybody not just for some."

GFX

THE 47 PERCENT COMMENT COULD MAGNIFY ONE OF ROMNEY'S BIG WEAKNESSES -

VOTERS DON'T BELIEVE HE'S EMPATHETIC. A RECENT ABC NEWS/WASHINGTON POST POLL

FOUND THAT 58 PERCENT SAID ROMNEY WOULD FAVOR THE WEALTHY OVER THE MIDDLE

CLASS.

AND THE CONTROVERSY COULDNT COME AT A WORSE TIME FOR HIS CAMPAIGN.

IT'S BEEN A ROCKY SEPTEMBER FOR ROMNEY.AND HIS NEXT CHANCE FOR A GAME

CHANGER MAY NOT COME UNTIL THE FIRST PREDIDENTIAL DEBATE ON OCT. 3.

Dowd SOT

"that's the only opportunity he's going to have to shift from the unforced

errors, to shift from the crocks in the foundation and try to repair it in

the final 30 days."

O/C CLOSE: THE CAMPAIGN CLEARLY SEES THIS AS A PIVOTAL MOMENT - ROMNEY HAS

SPENT NEARLY 30 HOURS ON DEBATE PREP SO FAR AND MORE IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT

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THE NEW POLL DID BRING SOME BAD NEWS TO THE PRESIDENT AS WELL.

AMONG INDEPENDENTS, PRESIDENT OBAMA'S APPROVAL RATING ON FOREIGN POLICY FELL 12 POINTS IN THE LAST MONTH.

TONIGHT, HE'S IN NEW YORK, ATTENDING A FUNDRAISER BEYONCE AND JAY-Z ARE HOSTING.

LATER THIS WEEK,

THE PRESIDENT VISITS FLORIDA.

AND TODAY WE FOUND OUT - MITT ROMNEY WILL TOO.

ROMNEY WILL BE IN MIAMI TOMORROW AND THEN SARASOTA ON THURSDAY.

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NEW TONIGHT,

THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN TROOPS ARE RECEIVING NEW ORDERS FOLLOWING A DEADLY BOMBING IN AFGHANISTAN.

A SUICIDE BOMBER KILLED EIGHT SOUTH AFRICANS WHEN HE DROVE INTO A PACKED MINIVAN.

AMERICAN COMMANDERS ARE TEMPORARILY PULLING BACK FORCES.

THEY'RE NO LONGER JOINING AFGHAN SOLDIERS ON JOINT PATROLS.

THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL INSTANCES OF AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES TURNING ON AMERICAN TROOPS.

THERE'S ALSO NEW INFORMATION TONIGHT FOLLOWING PROTESTS IN PAKISTAN.

ROBERT DUNN-VO

THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE INSIDE A DAYCARE SQUARED OFF WITH HIS OWN LAWYER IN A SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COURTROOM TODAY.

ROBERT DUNN WANTS TO FIRE HIS ATTORNEY.

HE CLAIMS THE LAWYER WANTS HIM CONVICTED -- AND EVEN CALLED HIM A KILLER.

THE ATTORNEY FIRED BACK -- CALLING DUNN DELUSIONAL.

AFTER THE OUTBURST, THE JUDGE ORDERED THE ATTORNEY TO STAY ON THE CASE.

DUNN FACES THE DEATH PENALTY IF HE'S CONVICTED.

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DEPUTIES ARRESTED MORE THAN THREE DOZEN MEN IN AN ONLINE SEX STING BASED OUT OF MANATEE COUNTY.

THIS IS VIDEO FROM THE UNDERCOVER OPERATION.

IN ALL DEPUTIES BUSTED 43 MEN --

THREE FROM SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

DETECTIVES WENT UNDERCOVER IN CHAT ROOMS POSING AS CHILDREN.

THEY SAY ONE OF THE MEN -- ERIC BAUM FROM NAPLES -- WALKED UP TO THE HOUSE -- BUT RAN AWAY.

DEPUTIES CAUGHT HIM.

ORAL SEX ARREST-SSTOPS

ANOTHER DISTURBING CASE --

THIS ONE FROM CHARLOTTE COUNTY.

THIS MAN,

32-YEAR-OLD DARRIN HYSELL,

WAS ARRESTED.

A MAN CAME FORWARD, CLAIMING HYSELL COERCED HIM AND THREE OTHER YOUNG BOYS INTO PERFORMING ORAL SEX ON HIM.

THIS WAS BACK IN 2000 WHEN THE BOYS WERE 9 TO 11 YEARS OLD.

THEY'RE GROWN NOW.

CHICAGO TEACHERS STRIKE-VO

NEW TONIGHT,

STUDENTS IN CHICAGO CITY SCHOOLS WILL HEAD BACK TO CLASS TOMORROW --

AFTER A WEEK OF CHICAGO TEACHERS ON THE PICKET LINE.

UNION MEMBERS VOTED TO SUSPEND THE STRIKE AFTER DISCUSSING DETAILS OF A TENTATIVE CONTRACT AGREEMENT.

THEY WILL VOTE ON A FINALIZED CONTRACT IN THE COMING WEEKS.

AMERICAN AIRLINES LAYOFFS-VO

THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN AIRLINES WORKERS WILL FIND THEMSELVES OUT OF WORK JUST BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS.

AMERICAN'S LAYING OFF 44-HUNDRED PEOPLE.

A THIRD OF THEM WORK AT THE AIRPORT IN MIAMI.

THE LAYOFFS START IN TWO MONTHS -- SO THESE PEOPLE WILL BE OFF THE JOB RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS FLIGHTS.

MEDSTAR AUDIT-VO

FOUR DIFFERENT INVESTIGATIONS ARE UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW SURROUNDING MEDSTAR.LEE COUNTY'S EMERGENCY HELICOPTER PROGRAM.

NEXT WEEK.FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INVESTIGATORS WILL *ALSO BE IN LEE COUNTY.

THE F-A-A AND THE LEE COUNTY CLERK OF COURTS WANT TO KNOW HOW THE PROGRAM IMPROPERLY BILLED PATIENTS SOME THREE MILLION DOLLARS.

THE COUNTY MANAGER IS LOOKING INTO PERSONNEL ISSUES --

AND DEPUTIES ARE INVESTIGATING ALLEGATIONS OF STOLEN FUEL.

THE COUNTY CLERK IS AUDITING MEDSTAR.

RED CROSS RETURNS-VO

AFTER TWO WEEKS HELPING PEOPLE IN LOUISIANA RECOVER FROM HURRICANE ISAAC --

A LOCAL RED CROSS VOLUNTEER IS BACK HOME TONIGHT.

JAN GEORGE CAME BACK THIS WEEKEND FROM NEW ORLEANS.

SHE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT SHE WOULD BE HELPING OUT LOCALLY.

BUT WHEN ISAAC PASSED US BY,

SHE HEADED TO THE GULF COAST.

RED CROSS RETURNS-SOTVO

People had to evacuate and they couldn't return to their homes, water over the roads, cattle drowned, horses, just a real bad situation.

ISAAC BRUTALIZED NEW ORLEANS.

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AND IN LOUISIANA TODAY.

STUDENTS ARE RETURNING TO THEIR CLASSROOMS AT SIX DIFFERENT CAMPUSES IN LAPLACE -- THAT'S NEAR LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.

ISAAC DAMAGED THEIR SCHOOLS -- FORDCING THEM TO ATTEND OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT.

ALSO NEW AT 11,

A NEW ORLEANS UTILITIES COMPANY, ENTERGY, ANNOUNCED THE STORM CAUSED 500 MILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGE.

THIS IS THE SECOND-WORST STORM THE COMPANY HAS DEALT WITH NEXT TO KATRINA.

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NEW VIDEO TONIGHT, OF A CRIME LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS NOW CALL "APPLE PICKING"

A WOMAN ROUGHED UP, ALL FOR HER I-PHONE.

WE'LL SHOW YOU JUST HOW FAR SOME WILL TO SNAG ONE.

nats of the beating

ALSO CAUGHT ON CAMERA,

A CAB DRIVER BRUTALLY ATTACKED,

WHAT WE ARE NOW LEARNING ABOUT THE OTHER MAN IN THE VIDEO.

PLUS,

WOULD YOU CALL THIS MAN, MR PRESIDENT?

FIND OUT IF POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS ARE IN TIM TEBOW'S FUTURE,.

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IT APPEARS PEOPLE WILL DO ANYTHING -- AND I MEAN ANYTHING -- TO GET AN I-PHONE.

INCLUDING GOING TO GREAT LENGTHS TO STEAL THEM.

WATCH WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS WOMAN.

.AND INSIDE OF THIS STORE.

THE AMAZING CONCLUSION TO BOTH THOSE VIDEOS,

COMING UP IN 60 SECONDS AFTER LOTTO.

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APPLE PICKING PART 2-VO

WE FIRST TOLD LAST NIGHT ABOUT THE GROWING TREND OF THIEVES TARGETING I-PHONES.

IN TONIGHT'S A-B-C SEVEN EXTRA,

WE HAVE INCREDIBLE NEW VIDEO OF JUST HOW FAR THOSE THIEVES WILL GO TO STEAL THE GADGETS,.

TAKE A LOOK!

THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOT IN BROOKLYN SHOWS A THUG SNEAK UP TO A WOMAN.

HE PUTS HER IN A HEADLOCK AND THEN STEALS HER PHONE.

AND IN THIS VIDEO,

BANDITS BARREL THEIR CAR RIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE OF A STORE.

THEY GRAB HANDFULS OF PHONES.

APPLE PICKING PART 2-SOTVOTOPS

D.C. POLICE CHIEF CATHY LANIER

" they're targeting people they precieve to be more vulnerable. Women.

Women with baby cariages, you know, older folks."

IPHONE CAMPOUT-VO

IT TOOK JUST ONE HOUR FOR THE I-PHONE FIVE TO SELL OUT ONLINE,

NOW GADGET LOVERS LOOKING TO GRAB THE LATEST APPLE DEVICE ARE ALREADY LINING UP TO BUY ONE IN PERSON.

SCENES LIKE THIS ONE ARE HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THIS IS OUTSIDE APPLE'S FLAGSHIP STORE IN NEW YORK.

WII U SOLD OUT-VOTOPS

AND ANOTHER NEW DEVICE SOLD OUT RAPIDLY TODAY.

THE WII-U GAMING SYSTEM LAUNCHES IN NOVEMBER.

BUT ALREADY,

MOST MAJOR RETAILERS HAVE SOLD OUT OF PRE-ORDERS ONLINE.

NINTENDO'S LATEST CONSOLE COMES IN TWO VERSIONS, BUT BOTH ARE ALREADY SOLD OUT.

IF YOU STILL WANT TO SNAG ONE FOR THE HOLIDAYS, WE CAN BRING YOU SOME HOPE.

CABBIE ATTACK-NATVOTOPS

NATS FULL SCREAMING AND PUNCHING

DASH CAM VIDEO CAUGHT THE BRUTAL BEATING.

OFFICERS SAY IT SHOWS A MARINE ASSAULTING A CAB DRIVER MINUTES AFTER GETTING PICKED UP OFF BASE NEAR CAMP LEJUNE NORTH CAROLINA.

CABBIE ATTACK-SOTVO

CHARLES HAWKESWORTH/Cab Driver - "I would like to see him stripped of his rank because i don't think he's deserving to be a Marine."

THE CAB DRIVER SAYS HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TRIGGERED THIS ATTACK.

HE SUFFERED MULTIPLE FACIAL FRACTURES.

AS FOR THE MARINE - HE CHECKED HIMSELF INTO A MENTAL EVALUATION CENTER AFTER THE ATTACK.

AUTONOMOUS CAR-VO

BY 20-40,

YOU MAY NOT NEED A DRIVERS LICENSE.

SEVERAL UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS ARE PREDICTING THAT.

INSTEAD, BY THEN, THEY ENVISION 75 PERCENT OF CARS WILL BE AUTONOMOUS -- MEANING, ABLE TO DRIVE THEMSELVES.

ENGINEERS ALSO PREDICT WITHOUT DRIVERS, TRAFFIC LIGHTS WILL ALSO BECOME A THING OF THE PAST.

NAPLES SIGNS-VO

THE CITY OF NAPLES HAS STRICT CODES FOR STOREFRONT SIGNS.

THEY'RE TRYING TO KEEP THE CITY BEAUTIFUL.

BUT RECENTLY, CITY LEADERS APPROVED A BIGGER SIGN FOR A NEW PUBLIX,

AND NOW OTHER BUSINESSES WANT THE SAME TREATMENT.

CITY CODE ALLOWS STOREFRONT SIGNS TO BE 80 SQUARE FEET.

BUT PUBLIX HAS PERMISSION TO BUILD ONE 150 SQUARE FEET.

NAPLES SIGNS-SOTVO

SAM SAAD, CITY COUNCIL: we have a high standard of living a very high quality of life a place that really cares about it's appearance so you wouldn't want signs all over your roadways

AND ON MONDAY NIGHT, THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED NOT TO CHANGE THE CODE TO ALLOW OTHER BUSINESSES TO PUT UP BIGGER SIGNS.

CAPE CROSSWALKS NOT CROSSWALKS-VO

THE CAPE CORAL COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY IS TRYING TO MAKE DOWNTOWN MORE **WALKABLE.

TONIGHT THE BOARD APPROVED A PROPOSAL TO ADD FIVE FOOT PAVERS TO MEDIANS ALONG CAPE CORAL PARKWAY.

THEY'RE SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU CAN SEE ALONG 41 IN BONITA SPRINGS.

THE IDEA CAME AFTER WATCHING DOZENS OF PEOPLE WALK FROM ONE SIDE OF CAPE CORAL PARKWAY TO THE OTHER IN FRONT OF ON COMING TRAFFIC.

CAPE CROSSWALKS NOT CROSSWALKS-SOTVO

19:53 this is a wonderful step fwd in making this street a little more ped friendly and thats really what we are after 20:03

TEBOW FOR PRESIDENT-VO

CAN YOU IMAGINE PRESIDENT TEBOW OR GOVERNOR TEBOW?

TODAY, E-S-P-N ASKED TIM TEBOW IF HE WOULD CONSIDER RUNNING FOR POLITICAL OFFICE AFTER HIS FOOTBALL DAYS WERE OVER.

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DOLPHINS GENERAL MANAGER JEFF IRELAND NOT MAKING FRIENDS IN MIAMI. FLORIDA STATE TRYING TO SOLVE THE SAMMY WATKINS RIDDLE

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MIAMI DOLPHINS-POPMON

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ON SUNDAY IRELAND GOT INTO IT WITH A DOLPHINS FAN AT HALFTIME OF THE RAIDERS GAME.

IRELAND ADMITTS TO MUTTERING A PROFANITY AFTER THE FAN TOLD JEFF THAT HE SHOULD BE FIRED. SOMETHING IRELAND REGRETS DOING.

MIAMI DOLPHINS-SOTTOPS

HARGROVE-VOTOPS

PORT CHARLOTTE GRAD ANTHONY HARGROVE WAS NEW YORK CITY TODAY MEETING WITH NFL COMMISSIONER ROGER GOODELL.

THE TWO WERE TALKING ABOUT HARGROVES INVOLVEMENT IN THE SAINTS BOUNTY PROGRAM.

ORIGINALLY HE WAS SUSPENDED FOR 8 GAMES. THAT SUSPENSION HAS CURRENTLY BEEN LIFTED.

HARGROVE MAINTAINS HE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BOUNTY PROGRAM. AND THE NFL HAS NO PROOF THAT HE WAS.

MIAMI HURRICANES-POPMON

MIAMI HURRICANES-VOTOPS

ACC PLAY IS BACK THIS WEEKEND WHEN THE CANES TRAVEL TO ATLANTA TO FACE GEORGIA TECH.

THE CANES ARE 1-0 IN ACC PLAY. THANKS TO THEIR OPENING WIN AT BOSTON COLLEGE.

MIAMI HURRICANES-SOTTOPS

SAMMY WATKINS-VOTOPS

LAST YEAR THE FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES. SAW FIRST HAND WHY SAMMY WATKINS WAS A FIRST TEAM ALL AMERICAN. CATCHING 7 PASSING. SCORING TWICE.

THIS SATURDAY SAMMY AND HIS CLEMSON MATES VISIT TALLAHASSEE FOR A REMATCH. A REMATCH YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE ON ABC 7

SAMMY WATKINS-SOTTOPS

NHL-VOTOPS

IT'S DAY 3 OF THE NHL LOCKOUT. AND SOME PEOPLE ARE ALREADY FEELING THE EFFECTS.

THE FLORIDA PANTHERS AND OTTAWA SENATORS HAVE ALREADY STARTED LAYING OFF A NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES.

TOSS TO BREAK-POP

SHARK STUDY-VO

FOR WEEKS WE'VE REPORTED ON GREAT WHITE SHARK SIGHTINGS OFF THE COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS.

WELL, TONIGHT, RESEARCHERS SAY THEY HAVE TAGGED ONE OF THOSE SHARKS SO THEY CAN STUDY IT.

SCIENTISTS ARE USING A SATELLITE TRACKING DEVICE TO WATCH THE SHARK FROM A SAFE DISTANCE.

THEY HOPE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HABITS OF ONE OF THE THE WORLD'S MOST FEARED PREDATORS.

AWARDS TEASE-VO

ON SUNDAY,

THE STARS WILL SHINE IN HOLLYWOOD FOR THE 64TH ANNUAL EMMY AWARDS SHOW.

AND, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER,

THE WINNER OF BEST REALITY HOST WILL BE ANNOUNCED DURING THE PRIMETIME BROADCAST.

NORMALLY THAT WINNER IS ANNOUNCED AT THE CREATIVE ARTS EMMYS.

THAT HAPPENED THIS PAST WEEKEND.

DANCING WITH THE STARS' TOM BERGERON IS NOMINATED.

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