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he made a strange face at me and started going toward a tree, so i put my foot on the brakes
TONIGHT, THIS 11 YEAR OLD, COLLIER COUNTY BOY IS BEING CALLED A HERO.
HEAR HIS ACCOUNT OF STOPPING HIS SCHOOL BUS WHEN THE DRIVER HAD A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.
IF YOU DRIVE ON I-75 GET READY TO HIT THE BRAKES.
A RECENT RASH OF ACCIDENTS HAS OFFICIALS LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TONIGHT ABOUT A DINNER STAPLE.
TROUBLING AMOUNTS OF A CANCER-CAUSING CHEMICAL HAVE BEEN FOUND IN RICE.
WHAT TO DO BEFORE YOU COOK IT.
AND THE HOT TOYS LIST IS OUT.
NEW AT 5--
ABC 7'S SMART SHOPPER SHOW YOU HOW TO GET THE BEST DEAL ON YOUR CHILD'S HOLIDAY GIFTS, RIGHT NOW.
WEATHER IS COMING UP.
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He's a smart kid and he drives our Kabota around all of the time, so he knows where the break and accelerator are
A COLLIER COUNTY BOY IS BEING CALLED A HERO TONIGHT AFTER JUMPING INTO ACTION WHEN HIS BUS DRIVER SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK BEHIND THE WHEEL.
TONIGHT WE HEAR FROM THE 11 YEAR OLD AND HIS MOTHER ABOUT HIS BRAVE ACTIONS.
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11-YEAR-OLD JACKSON BONAR PLAYS WITH HIS FRIENDS EVERY MORNING.
AS THEY WAIT FOR THE BUS.
BUT YESTERDAY ON THE BUS WAS NO GAME.
THE 6TH GRADER DEALT WITH DISASTER.
"I WAS VERY SCARED."
HIS BUS DRIVER SUFFERED HEART ATTACK. SO JACKSON, THE LAST KID TO BE DROPPED OFF ON THE ROUTE, HAD TO TAKE CONTROL.
"HE STARTED CURVING, HE MADE A STRANGE FACE AT ME AND STARTED GOING TOWARD A TREE, SO I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKES, BUT THE BUS WAS STILL MOVING SO I TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL SO THE AIRBAG WOULDN'T GO OUT AND HURT HIM ANYMORE."
HE CALLED HIS MOM ON THE CELL PHONE.
SHE WAS WAITING FOR HIM TO GET OFF THE BUS JUST DOWN THE ROAD.
PAULA BONAR, MOTHER "HE WAS JUST SCREAMING IN THE PHONE AND I THOUGHT HE WAS PLAYING AROUND AND I JUST YELLED AT HIM, STOP, I CAN'T UNDERSTAND YOU. HE SAID, MOM THE BUS DRIVER HE JUST HAD A STROKE HE JUST HAD A HEART ATTACK, I CALLED 911 AND HEADED DOWN TO THE BUS."
SHE GRABBED HER SON.
SHE HUGGED HIM.
THEN SHE TURNED TO THE BUS DRIVER.
HE NEEDED HELP - WHICH HE GOT.
TODAY, SHE'S THANKFUL FOR THAT AND PROUD OF HER SON.
SOT: "He's a smart kid and he drives our Kabota around all of the time, so he knows where the break and accelerator are and he knows how to steer. He's just a really good boy."
A GOOD BOY, WHO ISN'T GOING TO LET A SCARE KEEP HIM FROM GETTING ON THE BUS.
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THE BUS DRIVER WENT TO NAPLES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL.
HE'S DOING O-K.
IN FACT, HE JUST TALKED TO A-B-C 7.
WE'LL BRING YOU WHAT HE HAD TO SAY, COMING UP AT SIX.
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THREE CAPE CORAL POLICE OFFICERS ARE SUSPENDED TONIGHT **WITHOUT PAY** FOR SEPARATE INCIDENTS.
THE DEPARTMENT SUSPENDED OFFICER HUGH ESTERLE FOR MISTAKENLY FIRING HIS GUN INTO A RESIDENCE.
OFFICER JAMES CARSON WAS REPRIMANDED FOR HITTING A SUSPECT -- WHO WAS FLEEING ON FOOT -- WITH HIS POLICE CAR.
AND OFFICER SATURINO PEREZ CRASHED INTO ANOTHER CAR AFTER RUNNING A RED LIGHT ON HIS WAY TO A CALL.
TODAY THE CITY'S CIVILIAN POLICE REVIEW BOARD VOTED TO *UPHOLD THE DEPARTMENT'S DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
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FIRE OFFICIALS NOW HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT CAUSED A LARGE FIRE AT A STORAGE SHED ON BIG CORKSCREW ISLAND IN COLLIER COUNTY TODAY.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO.
IT BROKE OUT AROUND 10 THIS MORNING
THE SHED IS JUST WEST OF AVE MARIA ALONG WILD TURKEY DRIVE.
NO ONE WAS INSIDE AT THE TIME.
AN INITIAL INVESTIGATION SHOWS AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE FROM A BATTERY CHARGER IS LIKELY TO BLAME.
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THE INVESTIGATION INTO A FOOTBALL BRAWL AT AN IMMOKALEE-NAPLES HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME IS NOW COMPLETE.
OUR VIDEO OF THE FIGHT COMES FROM OUR NEWS PARTNERS AT THE NAPLES DAILY NEWS.
THEY SHOT THE GAME 12 DAYS AGO
STUDENTS SAY SEVERAL COACHES AND PLAYERS JUMPED INTO THE STANDS TO CONFRONT FANS OF THEIR OWN TEAM.
THEY SAY THEY WERE HECKLING.
THE COLLIER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS DECIDED THE IMMOKALEE COACHING STAFF DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG.
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A CAMPAIGN SIGN VANDALIZED.
.SPRAY PAINTED WITH A SWASTICA.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SIGN OFF OF U-S 41 AND CENTER STREET WHICH IS JUST NORTH OF PINE RIDGE ROAD IN COLLIER COUNTY.
THE FACE YOU SEE COVERED IN A SWASTICA AND A SPRAY PAINTED MUSTACHE IS CANDIDATE FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE.PETER RICHTERS.
RICHTER TELLS ABC7.HE DOESN'T KNOW WHO WOULD DEFACE HIS SIGN BUT IS ASKING COLLIER DEPUTIES TO INVESTIGATE.
RICHTER IS RUNNING AGAINST INCUMBENT -- KATHLEEN PASSIDOMO.
SHE SAYS SHE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH DEFACING THE SIGN.
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RECENT CRASHES INSIDE AN I-75 CONSTRUCTION ZONE IN LEE COUNTY HAVE PROMPTED THE STATE TO LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT THERE
THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TELLS US THE SPEED LIMIT BETWEEN LUCKETT ROAD NORTH TO STATE ROAD 80 WILL NOW DROP FROM 70 TO 60 MILES AN HOUR.
IN JUST TWO DAYS, TWO CRASHES BACKED UP TRAFFIC FOR HOURS AND SENT THREE PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL.
TROOPERS BLAME POOR DRIVING AND BAD WEATHER, NOT THE ONGOING ROAD WORK.
BUT THEY SAY THEY'LL BE OUT TO ENFORCE THE NEW SPEED LIMIT ONCE IT GOES INTO EFFECT NEXT WEEK.
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REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MITT ROMNEY IS CAMPAIGNING IN OUR STATE TODAY.
ROMNEY WILL MAKE TWO APPEARANCES TONIGHT IN MIAMI, INCLUDING A CANDIDATE FORUM WITH THE SPANISH-LANGUAGE TELEVISION NETWORK UNIVISION.
MEANWHILE, THE FALLOUT CONTINUES FROM THE HIDDEN CAMERA VIDEO OF ROMNEY SPEAKING AT A PRIVATE FUNDRAISER.
ON THE TAPE ROMNEY CALLS 47 PERCENT OF AMERICANS DEPENDENT ON THE GOVERNMENT,
IN AN EDITORIAL IN USA TODAY -- HE ARGUES THE REASON THERE ARE MORE AMERICANS IN POVERTY, ON FOOD STAMPS, AND GETTING GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE, IS THAT PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HAS FAILED TO FIX THE ECONOMY.
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THEY REMAIN STEADY AND CONFIDENT. THEY'RE HEARTENED BY THE NATIONAL POLL NUMBERS, WHICH SHOW THEM A POINT BEHIND PRESIDENT OBAMA."
A NEW GALLUP POLL SHOWS A THIRD OF LOW-INCOME VOTERS SUPPORT ROMNEY.
MORE THAN HALF BACK PRESIDENT OBAMA.
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PRESIDENT OBAMA IS SPENDING A RARE FULL DAY TODAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE
HE'LL BE HIT THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AGAIN IN FLORIDA TOMORROW WITH APPEARANCES IN BOTH TAMPA AND MIAMI.
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A WALMART IN ENGLEWOOD IS BACK OPEN TONIGHT AFTER A BOMB THREAT THIS MORNING.
A STORE MANAGER CALLED DEPUTIES AROUND 9-30 TO REPORT THE THREAT.
DEPUTIES EVACUATED THE STORE.
THEY CHECKED THE BUILDING.
THEY DID NOT FIND ANYTHING.
THE STORE REOPENED ABOUT 2 HOURS LATER.
DEPUTIES ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THE THREAT.
THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO CALLED IT IN.
ANYONE WITH INFORMATION SHOULD CALL CRIMESTOPPERS.
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NEW DETAILS TONIGHT IN THE TRAYVON MARTIN MURDER CASE.
FORENSIC TESTS RELEASED TODAY SHOW THAT GEORGE ZIMMERMAN'S D-N-A IS THE ONLY D-N-A ON THE GRIP OF THE GUN USED TO FATALLY SHOOT MARTIN.
THE RESULTS RULE OUT MARTIN'S DNA FROM BEING ON THE GUN'S GRIP.
ZIMMERMAN IS CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.
HE CLAIMS SELF-DEFENSE
ZIMMERMAN SAYS MARTIN WAS ON TOP OF HIM, SLAMMING HIS HEAD AGAINST THE GROUND WHEN HE GRABBED HIS GUN FROM A HOLSTER BEFORE MARTIN COULD GET IT.
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TONIGHT - FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR -- SOMEONE HAS DIED FROM WEST NILE IN FLORIDA.
IT HAPPENED IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY.
SO FAR THE COUNTY -- WHICH IS IN THE PANHANDLE -- HAS REPORTED 10 CASES.
THERE ARE 41 CASES STATEWIDE.
NONE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.
THE CDC SAYS THIS YEAR'S WEST NILE OUTBREAK ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS THE WORST IN U-S HISTORY.
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UNBELIEVABLE VIDEO TONIGHT OUT OF CLEARWATER.
CHECK THIS OUT.
A PICKUP TRUCK DANGLED FROM POWER LINES AFTER ITS DRIVER LOST CONTROL IN THE RAIN.
IT TOOK RESCUERS 45 MINUTES TO GET TO THE DRIVER -- AN 18-YEAR-OLD COLLEGE STUDENT.
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ANOTHER AIRBOAT CAPTAIN IS OUT OF A JOB TONIGHT -- AS HE NOW FACES CHARGES OF ILLEGALLY FEEDING ALLIGATORS.
FISH AND WILDLIFE TELLS US ROBERT GOSS WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA TOSSING DOG BISCUITS TO ALLIGATORS AND TURTLES -- WHILE LEADING AN EVERGLADES TOUR FOR SAWGRASS RECREATION PARK.
YOU'LL REMEMBER --
CAPTAIN WALLY WEATHERHOLT IS FACING THE SAME SITUATION IN EVERGLADES CITY.
HE'S CHARGED WITH FEEDING A GATOR WHEN IT RIPPED OFF HIS HAND.
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TWO MONTHS AFTER LEE COUNTY SUNK A PIECE OF WORLD WAR TWO HISTORY.
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YOU REMEMBER THIS INCREDIBLE VIDEO FROM BACK IN JULY -
NOW THE U-S-S MOHAWK COAST GUARD CUTTER IS SERVING A NEW PURPOSE IN ITS UNDERWATER RESTING PLACE.
AS ABC7'S JOE ROETZ TELLS US FROM SEA TURTLES TO A 25 FOOT WHALE SHARK - THE SHIP IS BEAMING WITH UNDERWATER LIFE.
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SCUBA SHOPS SAY THEY'VE BEEN BOOKED THIS SUMMER - SOME EVEN HAVE WAITING LISTS TO CHECK OUT THE SCUTTLED WORLD WAR TWO SHIP -
BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME WE ARE GETTING A FIRST HAND LOOK AT HOW THE SHIP IS FARING UNDERWATER OFF LEE COUNTY'S COAST.
THIS WEEKEND - A GROUP OF DIVERS CAUGHT THIS INCREDIBLE VIDEO WHERE THE SHIP RESTS 28 MILES OFF THE COAST OF SANIBEL ISLAND.
A 25 FOOT WHALE SHARK-
MAKING ITS WAY BY THE MOHAWK LOOKING FOR FOOD.
90 FEET DOWN - YOU CAN SEE THE DRAMATIC CHANGES THE SHIP HAS GONE THROUGH IN SUCH A SHORT TIME -
ONCE CLEAN WALLS ARE NOW RIPE WITH ALGAE -
AND SEA TURTLES ARE USING THE DECK OF THE SHIP AS A RESTING PLACE AT NIGHT.
EXPERTS SAY SWIMMING THROUGH THE SHIP UNDER WATER HAS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT MEANING THAN WALKING THE HALLS ON THE SURFACE.
now they're starting to acquire underwater life with algae and other organisms.
swimming through the hallways and wondering what men were thinking being able to go back and wonder what was stored in these closets.
A 1 POINT 3 MILLION DOLLAR GRANT HELPED THE COUNTY PAY TO SINK THE U-S-S MOHAWK.
THE DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES TELLS ME THEY MADE HALF OF THAT BACK WITHIN THE FIRST 5 DAYS AFTER THE SHIP SUNK - DUE TO ALL THE COVERAGE FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
JOE ROETZ ABC7.
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THE U-S ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS RELEASING WATER FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE INTO THE CALOOSAHATCHEE.
THEIR GOAL IS TO MANAGE THE RISING LAKE LEVELS.
THE LAKE'S LEVEL IS JUST MORE THAN 15 FEET.
THE CORPS WANT TO KEEP THE LAKE LEVEL BETWEEN 12 TO 15 FEET.
THE CORPS SAYS THE RAIN FROM TROPICAL STORM ISAAC HELPED THE LAKE LEVEL RISE NEARLY THREE FEET FROM WHERE IT WAS A MONTH AGO.
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THE MUST-HAVE HOLIDAY TOYS.
MANY OF THE THEM ARE ON SHELVES TODAY --
OUR ABC7 SMART SHOPPER IS CHECKING THE LIST TWICE TO SAVE YOU MONEY.
PLUS - WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THESE BIKINIS.ON YOUR BABIES!
THE NEW SWIMSUIT COLLECTION FOR YOUNG GIRLS THAT HAS SOME PARENTS IN AN UPROAR.
WEATHER IS COMING UP.
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MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ALONG THE EAST COAST ARE CLEANING UP TONIGHT AFTER A POWERFUL STORM.
IN NORTH CAROLINA, PARKING LOTS WERE FLOODED.
HEAVY RAIN ALSO WASHED OUT BRIDGES AND ROADS.
MORE THAN 8 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OUTSIDE PHILADELPHIA.
AND IN THE NEW YORK AREA, HEAVY WINDS SNAPPED POWER LINES AND TREES WERE TOSSED ONTO HOUSES AND CARS.
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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.
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Clouds have been in abundance this afternoon with a few peaks of sunshine here and there, however the rain has been few and far between with most of Southwest Florida staying mostly dry.
A cold front has draped itself across the central part of the state and will continue to washout through Thursday. This will keep our weather in a moist west to southwesterly flow off the Gulf of Mexico with the possibility of a few showers and storms developing throughout the evening hours. With this set up, any rain that does develop should favor the Lake Okeechobee and inland spots before winding up along the east coast this evening.
Tonight, our skies will see some partial clearing with an isolated shower or two. Otherwise overnight lows will settle into the middle 70s along the urban corridor with upper 70s along our beach locations.
With a tropical airmass in place and steering winds remaining out of the southwest, it will be a mild and muggy start to the day with the vast majority of Southwest Florida staying dry. A few showers could get going by the mid day hours before rain gets pushed deeper inland with the seabreeze by the afternoon. With a bit more sunshine for our Thursday, temperatures should climb to near normal values in the lower 90s but with extra humidity, it will feel a bit hotter than what the thermometer is actually reading.
Friday and into the weekend our weather conditions will be improving as light easterly winds take over. This will bring our dry and sunny mornings back with mainly afternoon showers and storms.
In the tropics, Tropical Storm Nadine has moved very little as it remains stationary. Through Friday it is expected to take an easterly track keeping it just to the south of the Azores. Otherwise, the tropics look to stay fairly quiet over the next 7 days.
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TONIGHT, WE HAVE A NEW LIST OF THE HOTTEST TOYS FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
ABC 7 SMART SHOPPER NINA MOINI TELLS US WHEN YOU SHOULD BUY THESE TOYS. SO YOU CAN GET THEM FOR THE CHEAPEST PRICE.
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IT'S NEVER EASY KEEPING UP WITH WHAT KIDS WANT FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
SO WE HIT THE AISLES AT TOYS R US TO FIND OUT WHAT'S ON THE HOT LIST AND HOW TO GET IT CHEAPER.
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AT AN AGE WHEN ANYTHING IS WORTH REACHING FOR-
NATS - PLAYING
TWO YEAR OLD KIANNA CHASEY'S MOM STEFANIE SAYS HER DAUGHTER KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT SHE WANTS FOR CHRISTMAS.
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"She likes baby dolls a lot and she keep asking for a guitar."
BIG-NAME RETAILER TOYS R US RELEASED THIS YEAR'S LIST OF HOT TOYS TODAY - TO GIVE PARENTS AN IDEA OF WHAT'S CLICKING WITH KIDS.
THE LIST HAS 50 TOYS AND COVERS INFANTS TO BIG KIDS -
FOR BOYS - THE ACTION PACKED DOME - BEYBLADE - IS A HIT.
FOR GIRLS - THE FURBY IS SPORTING NEW INTERACTIVE FEATURES.
AND A SAFE BET FROM THE HOT LIST SURE TO ENTERTAIN ANY KID - THE LEARNING TABLET - LEAPPAD 2.
THAT'S WHAT FATHER OF THREE TOM PIETRUSIEWICZ IS OPTING FOR.
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"As long as it has some educational value to it and it's fun as well."
THESE TOYS RANGE FROM 40 TO 100 DOLLARS-
THE CHALLENGE FOR CHASEY IS KNOWING HOW MUCH SHE CAN SAVE AND STILL KEEP HER DAUGHTER HAPPY.
SHE MAKES USE OF GIFT CARDS AND TRIES TO STAY IN A REASONABLE BUDGET FOR HER FAMILY.
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"It's different every year depending on what she wants usually around 100."
RETAIL TRACKERS WITH CHEAPISM DOT COM ADVISE YOU WAIT UNTIL AFTER THANKSGIVING TO GET THE BEST DISCOUNTS ON THESE ITEMS - BLACK FRIDAY SALES AND HOLIDAY MARKDOWNS COULD SAVE YOU ALMOST HALF ON PRESENTS.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET THE GIFTS IN TIME AND THEY DON'T SELL OUT - TOYS R US OFFERS A RESERVATION PROGRAM.
PUT 20 PERCENT DOWN AND THEY'LL HOLD YOUR HOT LIST TOY UNTIL DECEMBER.
THE STORE ALSO OFFERS LAYAWAY THROUGH DECEMBER TO PAY OFF PURCHASES LITTLE BY LITTLE.
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OTHER RETAILERS LIKE WAL-MART HAVE A SIMILAR HOT TOYS LIST-
THEY ALSO HAVE LAYAWAY.
WE'VE GOT LINKS TO THESE LISTS ON OUR WEBSITE ABC DASH SEVEN DOT COM.
CLICK ON SMART SHOPPER
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HERE'S A TOY YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO BUY FOR YOUR CHILD.
A FAMILY IS WARNING OTHERS TONIGHT ABOUT THE TOY.WATER BALZ.
THEY START OUT THE SIZE OF A PEA, THEN GROW AS BIG AS A RACQUETBALL WHEN IMMERSED IN WATER.
AN EIGHT MONTH OLD ENDED SWALLOWED ONE AND HAD TO HAVE SURGERY TO REMOVE IT.
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"What makes this highly unusual actually is typically whatever you swallow would easily pass out. water balz are different because they come in very small but keep growing and get much bigger and that's what happened in this little girl."
THE GIRL IS OKAY.
WATER BALZ DO HAVE A WARNING LABEL SAYING IT'S NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN THREE.
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YOU MAY WANT TO ADD YOGURT TO YOUR DIET.
A RECENT STUDY FOUND LONG-TERM YOGURT-EATERS WERE LESS LIKELY TO DEVELOP HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND ON AVERAGE HAD LOWER SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE.
SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE MEASURES THE FORCE OF BLOOD AGAINST THE WALLS OF YOUR ARTERIES WHEN YOUR HEART IS BEATING.
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ACTRESS ELIZABETH HURLEY'S NEW LINE OF SWIMWEAR FOR GIRLS IS SPARKING CONTRVOERSY.
SOME PARENTS SAY THE SWIMWEAR SEXUALIZES YOUNG GIRLS.
ONE OF THEM IS CALLED THE MINI CHA CHA BIKINI FOR GIRLS YOUNGER THAN EIGHT.
ANOTHER.THE COLLETTE BIKINI FOR THE 8-TO-13 AGE RANGE IS DESCRIBED AS BEING 'GREAT FOR GIRLS WHO WANT TO LOOK GROWN UP'.
A REPRESENTATIVE FOR HURLEY DEFENDED THE LINE. SAYING IT SELLS EXTREMELY WELL IN NUMEROUS STORES.
WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE SWIMSUITS.
YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, FACEBOOK-DOT-COM-SLASH-ABC7 SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.
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GETTING AND STAYING PREGNANT.
COMING UP IN YOUR ABC7 HEALTHY LIVING WE TELL YOU ABOUT THE FIVE FERTILITY GAME CHANGERS THAT CAN HELP.
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A HUSBAND FACES A FEDERAL CRIME.
AHEAD AT 5--
HOW HIS WIFE SAYS HE PLANTED TINY VIDEOCAMERAS AROUND HER HOME, SPYING ON HER FOR YEARS.
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BUMP IN W/ ANCHOR MICS
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IN YOUR ABC7 HEALTHY LIVING TONIGHT.
25 PERCENT OF ALL PREGNANCIES END IN MISCARRIAGE AND THE RISK OF MISCARRIAGE INCREASES WITH AGE.
TONIGHT SOME ADVICE FOR WOMEN WHO HAVE TROUBLE GETTING AND STAYING PREGNANT.
HERE ARE FIVE THINGS THAT COULD BE IMPACTING YOUR FERTILITY.
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DO YOU KNOW THE FIVE FERTILITY GAME CHANGERS YOU CAN DO NOW TO BOOST YOUR CHANCES OF GETTING AND STAYING PREGNANT?
FIRST-CALORIES COUNT. A RECENT STUDY FOUND IT TOOK WOMEN TWICE AS LONG TO GET PREGNANT WHEN THEY HAD A PRE-PREGNANCY B-M-I OF 25-39. FOODS THAT HELP FERTILITY INCLUDE PROTEIN RICH FOODS SUCH AS MEAT, FISH, EGGS AND BEANS.
CUT BACK ON CAFFEINE. A REPORT IN THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY FOUND THAT WOMEN WHO DRANK TWO CUPS OF COFFEE A DAY WERE TWICE AS LIKELY TO MISCARRY THAN THOSE WHO DIDN'T DRINK ANY. AND YOU SHOULD GET MORE OF THIS IN YOUR LIFE. ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE, SOME LUBRICANTS CAN ACTUALLY DECREASE FERTILITY. THEY SAY…USE CANOLA OIL INSTEAD. EVEN PEANUT OIL WILL DO.
AND LAY OFF THE CIGARETTES. NOT ONLY DO THEY DAMAGE A WOMAN'S EGGS, BUT THEY ALSO CAUSE OVARIES TO AGE. THAT MEANS THE OVARIES OF A 35-YEAR-OLD SMOKER FUNCTION AS IF THEY BELONG TO A 42-YEAR-OLD.
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ONE OTHER PIECE OF ADVICE -
YOU CAN PROTECT YOUR FERTILITY BY USING BIRTH CONTROL PILLS.
SOME DOCTORS BELIEVE THE PILL, WHICH STOPS OVULATION, QUIETS DOWN THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM AND ACTUALLY PROTECTS YOUR OVARIES FROM AGING.
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IT'S A DIET STAPLE FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS.
TONIGHT - A WARNING AS YOU MAKE DINNER.
THERE'S WORD **RICE** CONTAINS A DANGEROUS CHEMICAL THAT CAN CAUSE CANCER.
PLUS - NEW EVIDENCE TONIGHT.RE-SPARKING THE DEBATE THAT JESUS WAS MARRIED.
HOW A TINY PIECE OF PAPER AND MICROSCOPIC WRITING COULD BE THE KEY TO UNLOCKING A MYSTERY.
AND CAUGHT ON TAPE!
A POLICE OFFICER JUMPS INTO ACTION IN THE NICK OF TIME.
WHAT LED UP TO THIS CRASH AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.
BUT FIRST - MEET ABC 7'S FACEBOOK WOMAN OF THE DAY.
RACHELLE ROGGIO OF CAPE CORAL.
THANKS FOR WATCHING RACHELLE.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE OUR FACEBOOK WOMAN OF THE DAY HEAD TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND LIKE US.
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MAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW, AN 11-YEAR-OLD COLLIER COUNTY BOY IS BEING CALLED A HERO TONIGHT.
JACKSON BONAR GRABBED THE WHEEL AND GUIDED A SCHOOL BUS INTO A FENCE AFTER HIS BUS DRIVER SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK.
HE WAS THE ONLY CHILD ON HIS BUS AT THE TIME.
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AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE FROM A BATTERY CHARGER MAY HAVE CAUSED A LARGE FIRE AT A STORAGE SHED ON BIG CORKSCREW ISLAND IN COLLIER COUNTY TODAY.
IT BROKE OUT THIS MORNING
THE SHED IS JUST WEST OF AVE MARIA ALONG WILD TURKEY DRIVE.
NO ONE WAS HURT.
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NO EMPLOYEES WILL BE DISCIPLINED AFTER A FOOTBALL FIGHT AT AN IMMOKALEE.NAPLES HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME EARLEIR THIS MONTH.
STUDENTS SAY SEVERAL COACHES AND PLAYERS -- JUMPED INTO THE STANDS TO CONFRONT FANS OF THEIR OWN TEAM.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS THE IMMOKALEE COACHING STAFF DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG.
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YOU MIGHT WANT TO KEEP THIS NEXT STORY IN MIND WHEN MAKING DINNER TONIGHT.
THERE'S A NEW WARNING ABOUT A STAPLE IN THE DIETS OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS.
GOOD EVENING I'M COURTNEY ROBINSON.
AND I'M JEFF BUTERA.
CONSUMER REPORTS SAYS RICE AND RICE PRODUCTS MAY CONTAIN TOO MUCH OF A CHEMICAL KNOWN TO CAUSE CANCER.
ABC'S PAUL BEBAN HAS THE DETAILS YOU NEED TO KNOW TO KEEP YOUR FAMILY SAFE.
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IT'S EITHER RIGHT THERE ON OUR PLATES OR IN THE STUFF WE EAT PRACTICALLY
EVERY DAY. FROM CRACKERS TO CEREAL, FROM POWER BARS TO BABY FOOD. BUT NOW
A NEW STUDY FINDS THAT RICE AND RICE PRODUCTS CONTAIN TROUBLING AMOUNTS OF
ARSENIC -KNOWN TO CAUSE CANCER.
SOT, URVASHI RANGAN, PH. D, DIRECTOR OF CONSUMER SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY
AT CONSUMER REPORTS
"CONSUMERS OUGHT TO TAKE STEPS TO MODERATE THEIR CONSUMPTION."
CONSUMER REPORTS TESTED MORE THAN 60 RICE PRODUCTS AND FOUND THAT MANY
CONTAIN WHAT IT CALLED "WORRISOME" LEVELS OF THE CHEMICAL.
ARSENIC IS LINKED TO SEVERAL KINDS OF CANCER. INCLUDING LUNG, SKIN, AND
BLADDER CANCER. BUT NOBODY IS SAYING "DON'T EAT RICE". AT LEAST NOT YET.
SOT, Dr James R. Coughlin, Consultant for USA Rice Federation, Pres &
Founder of Coughlin & Associates
"RICE IS A SAFE AND NUTRITIOUS FOOD / THESE ARE VERY VERY LOW LEVELS."
BUT RESEARCHERS SAY THAT BECAUSE CHILDREN. ESPECIALLY BABIES. ARE MORE
VULNERABLE TO THE LONG-TERM TOXIC EFFECTS OF ARSENIC, PARENTS SHOULD CUT
THEIR INTAKE.
SOT, URVASHI RANGAN, PH. D, DIRECTOR OF CONSUMER SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY
AT CONSUMER REPORTS
"We are saying for infant rice cereal, that you really shouldn't exceed more
than one serving a day."
SURPRISINGLY, WHEN IT COMES TO ARSENIC, THE LESS HEALTHY WHITE RICE IS
ACTUALLY BETTER THAN BROWN. THAT'S BECAUSE THE OUTER LAYERS OF WHITE RICE -
WHICH CONTAIN MOST OF THE ARSENIC --ARE PARTIALLY REMOVED.
ARSENIC OCCURS NATURALLY IN SOIL. BECAUSE IT'S GROWN IN STANDING WATER, IT'S
EASIER FOR RICE TO ABSORB THE CHEMICAL.
THE FDA IS INVESTIGATING WHETHER THE AMOUNTS OF ARSENIC IN RICE ARE
DANGEROUS, BUT THE RESULTS WON'T BE DONE UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR. CONSUMER
REPORTS IS CALLING FOR NEW GOVERNMENT STANDARDS TO BE SET FOR ARSENIC IN
RICE AND OTHER FOODS, SUCH AS APPLE JUICE.
Paul Beban STANDUP:
EXPERTS SAY YOU CAN GET RID OF SOME OF THE ARSENIC IN RICE BY RINSING IT
UNTIL THE WATER RUNS CLEAR, AND BY COOKING RICE IN LOTS OF WATER. SIX CUPS
OF WATER TO ONE CUP OF RICE.
PAUL BEBAN ABC NEWS New York.
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ANOTHER WARNING ABOUT WHAT YOU EAT.
A CONSUMER ADVOCACY GROUP SAYS CHILDREN MAY BE INGESTING TOO MUCH MERCURY IN THEIR TUNA FISH SANDWICHES.
THE MERCURY POLICY PROJECT TESTED THE MERCURY CONTENT OF NEARLY 60 SAMPLES OF CANNED TUNA.
THE GROUP SAYS ALBACORE OR WHITE TUNA CAN TRIPLE A CHILD'S MERCURY EXPOSURE.
THEY RECOMMEND SCHOOLS AND PARENTS SIMPLY NOT SERVE IT.
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THE THREATS AGAINST AMERICA FROM AL-QAEDA, HOMEGROWN EXTREMISTS AND CYBER ATTACKS CONTINUES TO GROW.
HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY JANET NAPOLITANO TESTIFIED TODAY BEFORE A SENATE COMMITTEE HEARING ON HOMELAND THREATS AND AGENCY RESPONSES TODAY.
SHE TOLD THE COMMITTEE THAT RECENT ATTACKS IN LIBYA, AND DOMESTIC ATTACKS IN AURORA, COLORADO ARE A REMINDER THAT WORK TO DETECT AND PREVENT ATTACKS IS NEVER FINISHED.
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A LONG-AWAITED REPORT ON A BOTCHED EFFORT TO CONTROL GUN SMUGGLING ALONG THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER IS OUT TONIGHT.
THE REPORT FROM THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT BLAMES THE AGENCY FOR MISGUIDED STRATEGIES, ERRORS IN JUDGMENT AND MANAGEMENT FAILURES.
OPERATION FAST AND FURIOUS RESULTED IN HUNDREDS OF WEAPONS FALLING INTO THE WRONG HANDS.
THE REPORT SUGGESTS A DOZEN PEOPLE IN THE AGENCY FACE PUNISHMENT.
IT DOES NOT CRITICIZE ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER.
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FEMALE SOLDIERS IN AFGHANISTAN WILL BE THE FIRST TO TEST FIELD BODY ARMOR MADE JUST FOR WOMEN.
WOMEN SOLDIERS SAY THAT POOR FITTING ARMOR MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO BEND OVER -- GETTING IN AND OUT OF TIGHT SPACES AND POSITION RIFLES AGAINST THEIR SHOULDERS.
WOMEN NOW MAKE UP 14 PERCENT OF THE ARMY AND ARE CLOSER TO COMBAT THAN EVER BEFORE.
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STUDENTS IN CHICAGO RETURNED TO CLASS TODAY
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN A WEEK.
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS VOTED LAST NIGHT TO END THEIR STRIKE --
WHICH LASTED SEVEN DAYS.
CHICAGO MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL CALLS THE NEW CONTRACT
"AN HONEST COMPROMISE."
HE SAYS THE NEW DEAL GETS PARENTS MORE INVOLVED.
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More time, more accountability, better quality, parental involvement, more rigorous academic standards. And this is an exciting day for the City of Chicago
UNDER THE CONTRACT, THE SCHOOL DAY AND YEAR WILL BE LONGER FOR MOST STUDENTS.
ALSO-- TEACHERS WILL HAVE A NEW STRUCTURE FOR GETTING ANNUAL RAISES.
THE TEACHERS UNION STILL HAS TO SIGN OFF ON THE DEAL.
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LOUISIANA OFFICERS ARRESTED A MAN SUSPECTED IN THE BOMB THREAT AT L-S-U THAT LED TO CAMPUS-WIDE EVACUATIONS EARLIER THIS WEEK.
OFFICERS TOOK 42 YEAR OLD WILLIAM BOUVAY JR. INTO CUSTODY LATE LAST NIGHT.
INVESTIGATORS SAY BOUVAY DID NOT HAVE A CONNECTION TO THE CAMPUS.
THEY TRACKED HIM DOWN AFTER TRACING MONDAY'S 9-1-1 CALL TO A DEACTIVATED CELLPHONE THAT COULD ONLY MAKE EMERGENCY CALLS.
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TONIGHT - WE HAVE THE GRUESOME DETAILS OF HOW A MAN KILLED HIS WIFE.
WE WANT TO WARN YOU WHAT HE SAYS HAPPENED IS DISTURBING.
IN A TAPED INTERVIEW, DAVID VIENS TOLD POLICE HE SLOW COOKED HIS WIFE'S BODY IN A 55 GALLON DRUM OF BOILING WATER -- THEN DUMPED IT OUT AS KITCHEN WASTE.
VIENS IS A CHEF IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
OFFICERS SAY HE TOLD THEM HE COOKED HIS WIFE FOR FOUR DAYS.
HE SAYS ALL THAT WAS LEFT WAS HER SKULL AND JAW BONE.
HE HID THEM AT HIS MOTHER'S HOUSE.
OFFICERS SEARCHED THAT HOUSE AND HIS RESTAURANT BUT COULD NOT FIND HER SKULL.
THE MURDER TRIAL SHOULD LAST THREE WEEKS.
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ABC7 HAS VIDEO TONIGHT OF A TEXAS POLICE OFFICER SAVING A WOMAN FROM A SPEEDING CAR THAT COLLIDED WITH A POLICE CRUISER.
LOOK AT THIS --
AUTHORITIES SAY 23-YEAR OLD PETER KELT WAS DRIVING DRUNK AND TOO FAST WHEN HE REAR ENDED THE SQUAD CAR.
THE OFFICER WAS TALKING TO A WOMAN WHO WAS INVOLVED IN AN EARLY MORNING FENDER-BENDER.
HE PUSHED THE WOMAN OUT OF THE WAY JUST BEFORE THE VAN CRASHED.
THE OFFICER SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES -- BUT IS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL TONIGHT.
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MORE DASHCAM VIDEO TONIGHT SHOWING AN OFFICER SHOOTING AND KILLING A PITBULL.
A WARNING YOU MAY FIND THIS VERY GRAPHIC.
THIS IS LUBBOCK, TEXAS.
THE PITBULL WAS FIGHTING ANOTHER DOG OUTSIDE A SUPERMARKET.
YOU CAN SEE AN OFFICER KICKING ONE OF THE DOGS THEN HE TAKES OUT HIS GUN AND SHOOTS THE PIT BULL.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THE OFFICER SHOT THE DOG FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL THOSE IN THE AREA.
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FRENCH PROSECUTORS ARE NOW LOOKING INTO THE PHOTOGRAPHER BEHIND THOSE PHOTOS OF A TOPLESS DUTCHESS.
THE COURT AGREED THAT THE LENS OF THAT PHOTOGRAPHER VIOLATED THE PRIVACY OF THE MOST PHOTOGRAPHED COUPLE IN THE WORLD.
NOW THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AIMS TO FIND OUT WHO DID IT, AND HOW.
MEANWHILE -- THE TOP EDITOR OF A DANISH CELEBRITY WEEKLY SAYS
HIS MAGAZINE WILL HIT SHELVES THIS WEEK WITH THE 200 PLUS PHOTOS OF THE BRITAIN'S LIKELY FUTURE QUEEN WITHOUT HER BIKINI TOP.
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SCHOLARS ARE QUESTIONING THE AUTHENTICITY OF WHAT SOME THINK IS EVIDENCE SHOWING JESUS WAS MARRIED.
HARVARD PROFESSOR KAREN KING CLAIMS A FRAGMENT OF FOURTH-CENTURY PAPYRUS IS THE ONLY EXISTING ANCIENT TEXT IN WHICH JESUS EXPLICITLY REFERS TO HAVING A WIFE.
CHRISTIAN TRADITION HAS LONG HELD JESUS WAS SINGLE ALTHOUGH THERE'S NO RELIABLE HISTORICAL EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THAT.
SOME EXPERTS HAVE QUESTIONED THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE FRAGMENT OF PAPYRUS AND WELCOME KING'S PLAN TO HAVE A CHEMICAL ANALYSIS PERFORMED ON THE INK.
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DOCTORS GIVE YOU PLENTY OF REASONS NOT TO SMOKE.
BUT HERE'S ONE YOU PROBABLY HAVEN'T HEARD BEFORE --
IT MAY MAKE IT HARDER TO REMOVE A TATTOO.
RESEARCHERS SAY SMOKING CAN REDUCE THE CHANCE OF A SUCCESSFUL REMOVAL BY 70-PERCENT.
THEY ALSO FOUND LARGER TATTOOS AND THOSE THAT CONTAIN COLORS LIKE BLUE AND YELLOW ARE MORE DIFFICULT TO GET LASERED OFF.
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IT WAS A DIAGNOSIS THAT COULD HAVE ENDED HER LIFE.
INSTEAD -- A SAN CARLOS PARK WOMAN BEAT OVARIAN CANCER -- AND IS INSPIRING HER OWN FAMILY TO SPRING INTO ACTION TO MAKE SURE OTHER WOMEN ARE JUST AS LUCKY.
HERE'S ABC7'S NICK CILETTI.
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nats.
AS BETTY ALLEN AND HER DAUGHTER, SHARIE, PAGE THROUGH OLD FAMILY PICTURES, THEY'RE REMINDED OF JUST HOW QUICKLY LIFE CAN CHANGE.
I was lucky
2006 HAD BEEN A ROUGH YEAR FOR BETTY ALREADY.
SHE HAD JUST LOST HER HUSBAND.
5-6 months later, I had bloating, fatigue, and just thought it was depression from what had happened
BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL BETTY UNDERWENT A HYSTERECTOMY DID DOCTORS FINALLY REALIZE WHAT SHE WAS UP AGAINST.
it was Stage I ovarian cancer
my first thought was, "oh my god.I don't know anything about ovarian cancer. I knew absolutely nothing
SHARIE FIGURED OTHERS WERE JUST AS LOST AS SHE WAS.
AFTER HELPING HER MOM RECOVER.
SHE LATER FOUNDED HER OWN ORGANIZATION CALLED "THE BETTY ALLEN OVARIAN CANCER FOUNDATION"
THE GROUP IS STILL IN ITS EARLY STAGES AND THEY SAY THEY'RE STARTING OUT SMALL.
THIS FRIDAY.THEY'LL PASS OUT "SYMPTOM CARDS" AT THE FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME.
THEY ALSO WANT TO CLEAR UP SOME MISCONCEPTIONS.
A lot of women assume a pap smear detects ovarian cancer, so it's so important for our foundation to get out there, raise awareness, and educate.
DIAGNOSISNG OVARIAN CANCER CAN BE TOUGH BECAUSE THERE'S NO ONE UNIVERSAL TEST THAT CAN DETECT IT IN ALL WOMEN.
ALSO -- SYMPTOMS OFTEN MIMIC OTHER AILMENTS.
THOSE SYMPTOMS CAN INCLUDE
BLOATING.ABDOMINAL PAIN. AND DIARRHEA.
IF DOCTORS SUSPECT OVARIAN CANCER -- THEY'LL OFTEN PERFORM A SPECIAL BLOOD TEST THAT DETECTS WHAT'S CALLED THE "CA-125 PROTEIN"
PELVIC EXAMS.AS WELL AS ULTRA SOUNDS AND CAT SCANS CAN GIVE DOCTORS A BETTER GLIMPSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING INSIDE.
AFTER HER INITIAL SURGERY AND 8 ROUNDS OF CHEMO.SHE'S A PROUD SURVIVOR.AND EVEN MORE PROUD SHE AND HER DAUGHTER ARE SPREADING THE WORD TO OTHER WOMEN.
i'm so happy we're getting the message out to them
IN SAN CARLOS PARK.
NICK CILETTI.ABC7.
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AND LADIES --
THE BETTY ALLEN FOUNDATION IS HOSTING IT'S "SHOE AWAY" OVARIAN CANCER EVENT AT SAKS FIFTH AVENUE.
YOU CAN BID ON A PAIR OF SHOES AND OTHER PRIZES.
THE PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE BETTY ALLEN OVARIAN CANCER FOUNDATION.
ADMISSION IS FREE.
SO HOW CAN YOU WALK AWAY A WINNER -- HEAD OVER TO THE BELL TOWER SHOPPING CENTER THIS THURSDAY FROM SIX TO EIGHT.
THERE'S MORE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE.ABC7 DASH 7 DOT COM..JUST CLICK ON SITES ON 7 IN THE BIG BLUE BOX.
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SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR IS SPENDING THE NIGHT IN HOUSTON
ON ITS TREK TO IT'S FINAL RESTING SPOT.
NASA'S YOUNGEST SHUTTLE DEPARTED KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
THIS MORNING AFTER A TWO-DAY WEATHER DELAY.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE CHEERED WILDLY DURING THE FLY-BY AND LANDING
NEAR NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE CENTER AT ELLINGTON FIELD.
TOMORROW MORNING -- ENDEAVOUR WILL HEAD TO EDWARDS
AIR FORCE BASE IN CALIFORNIA.
IN MID-OCTOBER IT WILL BE TRANSPORTED TO IT'S PERMANENT
HOME AT THE CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER.
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NEXT AT 5 OPEN
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THE PLUS SIZE WONDER FROM DOWN UNDER!
COMING UP MEET THE FIRST FULL FIGURE MODEL TO STRIKE A POSE FOR AUSTRAILIAN VOGUE.
good night rachel
JENNIFER ANISTON'S SMART WITTED AD.
.WHAT SHE'S DOING IN A WIG AND SPORTING A BIG BABY BUMP.
WEATHER IS COMING UP.
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nats of rain
CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO OF HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
IT STARTED WITH HIGH WINDS YESTERDAY AND TURNED INTO A TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR.
THE COMBINATION SENT TREE LIMBS FLYING AND POWER LINES FALLING.
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AD-LIB WEATHER CHAT
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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.
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Clouds have been in abundance this afternoon with a few peaks of sunshine here and there, however the rain has been few and far between with most of Southwest Florida staying mostly dry.
A cold front has draped itself across the central part of the state and will continue to washout through Thursday. This will keep our weather in a moist west to southwesterly flow off the Gulf of Mexico with the possibility of a few showers and storms developing throughout the evening hours. With this set up, any rain that does develop should favor the Lake Okeechobee and inland spots before winding up along the east coast this evening.
Tonight, our skies will see some partial clearing with an isolated shower or two. Otherwise overnight lows will settle into the middle 70s along the urban corridor with upper 70s along our beach locations.
With a tropical airmass in place and steering winds remaining out of the southwest, it will be a mild and muggy start to the day with the vast majority of Southwest Florida staying dry. A few showers could get going by the mid day hours before rain gets pushed deeper inland with the seabreeze by the afternoon. With a bit more sunshine for our Thursday, temperatures should climb to near normal values in the lower 90s but with extra humidity, it will feel a bit hotter than what the thermometer is actually reading.
Friday and into the weekend our weather conditions will be improving as light easterly winds take over. This will bring our dry and sunny mornings back with mainly afternoon showers and storms.
In the tropics, Tropical Storm Nadine has moved very little as it remains stationary. Through Friday it is expected to take an easterly track keeping it just to the south of the Azores. Otherwise, the tropics look to stay fairly quiet over the next 7 days.
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SHE'S BEING CALLED "THE 'PLUS-SIZE' WONDER FROM DOWN UNDER."
ROBYN LAWLEY IS THE FIRST PLUS-SIZE MODEL TO APPEAR IN THE PAGES OF VOGUE AUSTRALIA.
SHE'S ALSO BREAKING GROUND AS THE FIRST PLUS SIZE MODEL FOR RALPH LAUREN.
ABC'S ELIZABETH VARGAS TELLS US HOW THE WILHELMINA MODEL ROSE TO THE TOP.
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PRONOUNCER: BOUX
NAT pop
TRACK #1 - 3 SECOND DURATION
SHE'S ONE OF FASHION'S HOTTTEST NEW FACES
NATS SOUND EFX CAMERA CLICKS/ FLASHBULB
TRACK #2 - 6 SECOND DURATION
ROBYN LAWLEY'S TURNING HEADS NOT JUST FOR HER BEAUTY BUT FOR HER CURVY SIZE
12 SHAPE.
NATS behind the scenes
TRACK #3 - 7 SECOND DURATION
AT JUST 23, THE AUSTRALIAN MODEL HAS EMBRACED HER FIGURE AND MAINSTREAM
FASHION MAGAZINES ARE TAKING NOTICE.
TRACK #4 - 16 SECOND DURATION
GRACING THE COVERS OF FRENCH ELLE AND VOGUE ITALIA, SHE RECENTLY BECAME THE
*FIRST* PLUS-SIZE MODEL EVER TO SPEARHEAD A CAMPAIGN FOR HIGH END FASHION
DESIGNER - RALPH LAUREN - AN UNHEARD OF MOVE. / IN AN INDUSTRY THAT
GLORIFIES THIN -- SHE IS DEFYING THE ODDS.
SOT JEN GARCIA / SENIOR WRITER, PEOPLE MAGAZINE: "Robyn is absolutely paving
the way, for fuller figured women, to land these larger campaigns."
TRACK #5 - 15 SECOND DURATION
SHE BEGAN MODELING AT 16, BUT STRUGGLED TO KEEP UP WITH THE INDUTRY'S SKINNY
STANDARDS. BUT SHE PERSEVERED --AND GOT HER FIRST CONTRACT AS A PLUS SIZE
MODEL AT 19 -- BECOMING THE HOTTEST FACE OF THE LEGENDARY WILHELMINA
MODELING AGENCY.
TRACK #6 - 12 SECOND DURATION
SHE HAS RECENTLY BECOME A ROLE MODEL FOR ALL CURVY WOMEN, FLAUNTING HER FULL
FIGURE IN AD CAMPAIGN LIKE THIS ONE TITLED - "EMBRACE YOUR CURVES" FOR
LINGERIE COMPANY BOUX AVENUE. / AND SHE'S FEATURED IN PEOPLE MAGAZINE.
"She's happy in her own
skin, and that's something a lot of girls can look up to. / and I think she
's setting a great example for the fashion industry as a whole."
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LINDSAY LOHAN IS IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW AGAIN.
THE ACTRESS WAS ARRESTED IN NEW YORK CITY EARLY THIS MORNING
SHE'S ACCUSED OF CLIPPING A PEDESTRIAN WITH HER CAR AND NOT STOPPING.
LOHAN WAS LEAVING A NIGHTCLUB AT THE TIME.
DOCTORS TREATED THE VICTIM FOR A KNEE INJURY.
OFFICERS SAY LOHAN WAS NOT DRINKING.
LOHAN WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN A CAR CRASH IN JUNE IN CALIFORNIA.
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CHAD OCHOCINCO JOHNSON AND EVELYN LOZADA'S TWO-MONTH MARRIAGE IS OFFICIALLY OVER.
A FLORIDA JUDGE SIGNED THE COUPLE'S DIVORCE PAPERS THIS MORNING.
LOZADA FILED FOR DIVORCE BACK IN AUGUST AFTER JOHNSON WAS ARRESTED FOR HEAD-BUTTING HER.
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INSTEAD OF FIGHTING THE TABLOIDS, JENNIFER ANISTON IS NOW POKING FUN AT THEM IN A NEW VIRAL COMMERCIAL.
HOW ARE MY LITTLE TRIPLETS DOING?
YOU MUST BE SO THIRSTY"
GOSSIP MAGS HAVE BEEN REPORTING FOR YEARS ANISTON IS PREGNANT.
IN A NEW AD FOR SMARTWATER, SHE POKES FUN AT BEING PREGNANT.
JIMMY KIMMEL ALSO PLAYS HER SON AND SHE HAS AN ALIEN BABY.
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SPEAKING OF JIMMY KIMMEL, HE'S GETTING READY TO HOST THE 64TH PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS.
YOU CAN WATCH THE AWARD SHOW THIS SUNDAY STARTING AT 7 RIGHT HERE ON ABC7.
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IF YOU HAVE GROUP-ON, THERE'S A NEW WAY TO PAY FOR THEIR DEALS.
THE COMPANY IS LAUNCHING A PAYMENT SERVICE ALLOWING BUSINESSES TO RUN CREDIT CARDS USING AN I-PHONE OR IPOD TOUCH.
GROUP-ON PAYMENTS IS FOCUSED MAINLY ON BUSINESSES OFFERING DEALS THROUGH THE COMPANY.
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A NEW EFFORT TONIGHT TO PROSECUTE THOSE WHO STEAL INCOME TAX REFUNDS.
STARTING IN OCTOBER, THE U-S JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WILL GRANT FEDERAL PROSECUTORS AUTHORITY TO ARREST SUSPECTS IN CRIMINAL TAX CASES.
RIGHT NOW, U-S ATTORNEYS NEED APPROVAL FROM THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TAX DIVISION BEFORE EVEN STARTING TO PROSECUTE THESE CASES.
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SPIED ON BY HER OWN SPOUSE!
Catherine Zang/ 17:29:48- I felt very violated and I continue to feel violated.
TONIGHT THIS WOMAN IS SUING HER EX.
.HIS EXTENSIVE RECORDINGS IN THE PRIVACY OF HER OWN HOME THAT SHE NEVER KNEW ABOUT.
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BUMP IN W/ ANCHOR MICS
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A WOMAN FROM OHIO IS SUING HER EX-HUSBAND BECAUSE HE SECRETLY RECORDED HER IN THEIR OWN HOUSE WHILE THEY WERE STILL MARRIED.
NOW SHE WANTS HIM TO PAY.
ABC'S LINSEY DAVIS HAS THE STORY.
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Surveillance nats Audio- 19:18:38- There it is! There it is I found it. In
the eye hole right here on the plug, I mean outlet.
ZACH HOLBROOK WAS IN SHOCK WHEN HE DISCOVERED A HIDDEN CAMERA IN AN
ELECTRICAL OUTLET IN HIS LIVING ROOM. And even more startling.the
equipment was put in place to spy on his mother, CATHY ZANG,.secretly
put there by HER HUSBAND JOE.
Catherine Zang/ 17:29:48- I felt very violated and I continue to feel
violated.
THIS EQUIPMENT WAS HIDDEN BEHIND THE WALLS IN AT LEAST ONE ROOM IN HER HOME
- A SIMPLE HOME VIDEO CAMERA, TV AND A RECORDING DEVICE TRACKED HER FAMILIES
EVERY MOVEMENTINCLUDING A VICIOUS ARGUMENT BETWEEN CATHY AND JOE - even
capturing the moment POLICE SHOWED UP.
Surveillance nats: 19:04:42- Cathy- You grabbed me and you shook me and you
pushed me. Good God, what is wrong with you.
THE RECORDINGS WENT ON FOR MONTHS AND are now are at THE CENTER OF A FEDERAL
COURT BATTLE OVER THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY IN THE 21ST CENTURY.
02:32- What do you do when both people pay the bills? When both peoples
names are on the deed. When both people share the same computer, purchased
it together? It's very difficult for a prosecutor then to say well you have
committed a crime against this other person
Don Roberts/ Cathy's Lawyer- 17:25:17 We're not going to allow victimization
like this to continue. 17:32:55- Joe is a homebuilder.
/he put small microphones and small camera's in wall outlets and disguised
them as actual wall outlets. So to the average person it just looks like an
outlet on the wall.
Cathy: 17:27:26- / He was hacking into my personal computer account and
getting into my e-mail/17:27:57- at some point he had a GPS on my car.
Catherine divorced Joe last year. But now, several of her RELATIVES AND
FRIENDS are battling him in court filing lawsuits for privacy invasion
after they were caught on those SECRET RECORDINGS, too.
17:35:20- He was pretty much videotaping 24/7 /17:35:51- There are some
embarrassing things that I wouldn't want other people to see because I was
in the privacy of my own home
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-witness-"It was really heartbreaking to see a mother so out of it at 3:30 in the morning with her baby."
TONIGHT A MOTHER ACCUSED OF DRIVING DRUNK AND SLAMMING INTO A UTILITY POLL WITH HER DAUGHTER IN THE CAR!
ABC 7 TALKS TO NEIGHBORS WHO SAW IT ALL UNFOLD.
:50 I saw him when he hit the fence he was rolling and he's unconscious."
ABC 7 ADVANCING THE BIG STORY OF THE DAY--
A 11 YEAR OLD SAVES HIS BUS DRIVER.
NEW AT 6, ABC 7 TALKS TO THE YOUNG HERO AND THE DRIVER.
AFTER BECOMING THE FIRST IN THE STATE TO OFFER A PET AMBULANCE--
A LOCAL VET IS EXPANDING AGAIN!
THE NEW SERVICE FOR PETS YOU'LL ONLY SEE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.
THAT'S ALL AHEAD AT 6.
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AD LIB GOODBYE
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