DIRECTORS PAGE

HEADLINES-------------

YOUR VOICE, YOUR VOTE--

THE FOCUS IS ON FLORIDA--

OBAMA AND ROMNEY CAMPAIGN IN OUR STATE TODAY.

TONIGHT THE FIGHT FOR THE CRUCIAL LATINO VOTE.

A MOM LOSES IT--

NEW AT 5--

ABC 7 IS FINDING OUT WHY SHE GOT ON HER SON'S SCHOOL BUS AND BEAT UP A KID HALF HER AGE.

FACEBOOK ISN'T JUST FOR SOCIAL NETWORKING--

NEW AT 5--

HOW ONE BUSINESS OWNER USED IT TO CATCH A THIEF.

AND LOOKING TO SAVE SOME CASH.

HL1) ROMNEY & OBAMA IN FLORIDA-trxVOTOPS

HL2) FL BULLYING MOM SPEAKS-trxVOTOPS

HL3) FACEBOOK HELPS CATCH THIEF-trxVOTOPS

HL4) 5 TIPS FOR ONLINE SAVINGS-trxVOTOPS

STORMWARN GENERIC-CLIP

FIRST WX-WXWALL

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON

What's on the docket for the next several days? Easy, lots of clouds and a few thunderstorms each day.

We've already seen a large amount of clouds the past several daysb - will we see blue skies and sunshine? Sure, but overall the clouds will win, and they will be slow to erode. There's a weak front just to our north. It's slowly drifting south, and it's causing our winds to be from the southwest.

This time of the year that means the sky is peppered with numerous clouds.

That front will wash out later tonight. That's good news for us because it means our weather will begin to improve - it'll just take a few days.

Tomorrow will be partly cloudy with storms popping up just after the noon hour and pushing inland.

This weekend will be slightly wet because the sea breeze will be pinned along the coastline and urban corridor. Plan your weekend around the afternoon and early evening storms!

There's nothing of interest in the tropics right now.

VOTE 2012 OPEN-CLIP

ROMNEY IN SARASOTA-TCMON-VO-WIPE

RIGHT NOW, REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE MITT ROMNEY IS IN FLORIDA.

IN THE PAST HOUR, ROMNEY HELD A RALLY IN SARASOTA.

ROMNEY IS DEALING WITH A LOT THIS WEEK.

THIS MORNING. FORMER MINNESOTA GOVERNOR.TIM PAWLENTY RESIGNED AS A NATIONAL CO-CHAIRMAN FOR ROMNEY'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.

PAWLENTY SAYS HE WILL NOW WORK FOR A WASHINGTON-BASED LOBBYING GROUP.

AND.ROMNEY IS STILL TAKING HEAT FOR COMMENTS HE MADE IN A SECRETLY TAPED VIDEO AT A PRIVATE FUNDRAISER IN FLORIDA.

ROMNEY IN SARASOTA-SOTVO-WIPE

I guess the question you've had some time to. do you really want four more years of , and do you really want four more years of

YESTERDAY, ROMNEY SPOKE AT A MIAMI FORUM HOSTED BY THE SPANISH-LANGUAGE TELEVISION NETWORK UNIVISION.

OBAMA IN FLORIDA-VOTOPS-WIPE

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SPOKE TO THAT SAME UNIVISION FORUM TODAY.

THAT WILL AIR TONIGHT AT TEN.

DURING THE FORUM, PRESIDENT OBAMA PUSHED HIS IMMIGRATION POLICIES.BUT HE ALSO GOT ANOTHER CHANCE TO JAB MITT ROMNEY FOR HIS

OBAMA IN FLORIDA-SOTVO

"When you experess an attitude that half the country considers themselves

victims- they want to be depends on govt - maybe you haven't gotten around a

lot."

TONIGHT, THE PRESIDENT WILL BE IN TAMPA FOR A PRIVATE FUNDRAISER FEATURING PEARL JAM.

CAPE OPEN FOR BIZ-ONCAM

THE CASH-STRAPPED CITY OF CAPE CORAL IS HOPING TO CASH-IN ON SOME FREE ADVERTISING.

TODAY CITY LEADERS UNVEILED A NEW PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.

CAPE OPEN FOR BIZ-LL PKG

This is the city's new marketing slogan - "open for business." Seventeen billboards like this one are scattered throughout lee county.

The city unveiled the new signs during a public event earlier today. Cape coral taxpayers aren't spending a dime on this billboard campaign. Lamar advertising is donating $16-thousand dollars worth of advertising space every month. The hope is, the city attracts new businesses and those businesses pay to advertise with lamar.

-dana brunett/economic development director-06:16:25-"were using this opportunity to spread the word outside of cape coral. We want to do it throughout lee county, the state of florida and outside into other states eventually."

Currently only 7-percent of the city's tax base is commercial.

AA LABOR DISPUTES-ONCAM

LABOR DISPUTES WITHIN AMERICAN AIRLINES ARE IMPACTING FLIGHTS AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL.

THE AIRLINE CANCELLED HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS THIS WEEK TO COPE WITH A HIGH NUMBER OF PILOTS REPORTING SICK AND AN INCREASE IN MAINTENANCE REPORTS CREWS FILED.

AMONG THOSE CANCELLED -- FLIGHT 1465 FROM FORT MYERS TO CHICAGO-O'HARE.

FLIGHTS ON SATURDAY.SUNDAY AND NEXT THURSDAY ARE GONE.

RSW NEW AIRLINE-CGTOPS

MEANWHILE - A NEW AIRLINE IS COMING TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL.

STARTING ON OCTOBER 10TH --

'METJET' WILL BEGIN SEASONAL SERVICE BETWEEN RSW AND GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN.

THE LEE COUNTY VISITOR CONVENTION BUREAU SAYS METJET IS LESS EXPENSIVE THAN SOME MAJOR AIRLINES.

MICHIE PORN CHARGES-SS-VO-WIPE

AN ELDERLY MAN FACING DOZENS OF CHILD PORN CHARGES MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE IN COURT TODAY.

JUST YESTERDAY -- DEPUTIES ARRESTED DONALD MICHIE AT HIS LEHIGH ACRES HOME.

DURING THAT ARREST -- THEY FOUND MORE THAN 70 PICTURES AND VIDEOS OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ON HIS HOME COMPUTER.

THEY SAY MICHIE EVEN PRINTED OUT ONE OF THE IMAGES AND FRAMED IT.

MICHIE PORN CHARGES-SOTVO

"you've been charged with 72 counts of possessing obscene material depicting illicit child sexual conduct as well as 2 counts of sexual performance by a child"

NORTH PORT ARSON-BNR-VO

TONIGHT - OFFICERS SAY A MOTHER MURDERED HER YOUNG SON -- AND KILLED HERSELF.

ABC7 HAS NEW DETAILS TONIGHT.

ON APRIL THIRD -- INVESTIGATORS CAME OUT TO A FIRE IN NORTH PORT.

INSIDE, THEY FOUND 43-YEAR-OLD CAROLYN WISDOM AND HER EIGHT-YEAR-OLD SON DEAD.

BOTH BODIES WERE BADLY BURNED.

AFTER MONTHS OF INVESTIGATING -- AUTHORITIES SAY WISDOM SET THE FIRE THAT KILLED THEM BOTH.

THE CASE HAS BEEN RULED A HOMICIDE.

CYBER ATTACKS BANKS-ONCAM

BANKS NATIONWIDE ARE BEING WARNED TONIGHT ABOUT POSSIBLE CYBER-ATTACKS.

THE FINANCIAL SERVICES INFORMATION SHARING AND ANALYSIS CENTER RAISED ITS THREAT LEVEL TO "HIGH" BASED ON WHAT IT DESCRIBES AS "RECENT CREDIBLE INTELLIGENCE."

THE FINANCIAL GROUP SAYS THE ATTACKS COULD MAKE COMPANIES' WEBSITES UNUSABLE FOR CUSTOMERS.

COLLIER RENTAL SCAM-ONCAM

ANOTHER WARNING TONIGHT FOR THOSE WHO RENT IN COLLIER COUNTY.

DEPUTIES AND AREA REALTORS ARE TEAMING UP TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT RECENT RENTAL SCAMS.

THEY SAY SCAMMERS ARE ILLEGALLY ENTERING FORECLOSED HOUSES AND THEN LEASING THEM TO PEOPLE.

DEPUTIES SAY IT'S HAPPENING A LOT AND SOME AREN'T REPORTING IT.

FGCU STUDENT PETITION-VO-WIPE

STUDENTS AT FGCU SAY THEY'RE SO FED UP WITH STATE FUNDING CUTS-- THEY'RE PETITIONING THE GOVERNOR AND STATE LEADERS.

STUDENTS STARTED AN ONLINE PETITION.

EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE UNIVERSITY SAID THEY NO LONGER HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO KEEP THE CAMPUS LIBRARY OPEN LATE, AND ON SATURDAY'S.

FGCU STUDENT PETITION-SOTVO

peter cuderman, fgcu student body president:

28:55 i think it's something that needs to happen it's something that our students want to be a part of and they want to see this university continue to grow if the state continues to cut us they're cutting the number one business 29:04

THE PETITION HAS JUST MORE THAN 15 HUNDRED SIGNATURE.

HALT HAZING ACT-VO-WIPE

TONIGHT -- THERE'S A NEW EFFORT TO END HAZING.

FLORIDA CONGRESSWOMAN FREDERICA WILSON HAS ANNOUNCED ANTI-HAZING LEGISLATION.

IT COMES AFTER THE HAZING DEATH OF FLORIDA A-AND-M UNIVERSITY BAND MEMBER ROBERT CHAMPION.

CHAMPION DIED IN NOVEMBER AFTER A HAZING RITUAL ON A BAND BUS.

HALT HAZING ACT-SOTVO

"I said to myself the Crips and the Bloods in California, if they had beaten Robert Champion to death, they would all be in prison now. The Crips and the Bloods. But for some reason because the incidents happen on college campuses it gives students some kind of honor and they are not prosecuted the way that they should be prosecuted.

CENSUS ECONOMY-VIDBOX RVL

NEW CENSUS DATA OUT TODAY SHOWS THE U-S ECONOMY IS STARTING TO STABILIZE.

THE FIGURES FROM 2011 UP TO MARCH OF THIS YEAR SHOW THAT MORE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE LEAVING THEIR PARENTS' TO GO TO COLLEGE OR GET A JOB.

THE ONCE-SHARP DECLINES IN THE BIRTH RATE ARE NOW LEVELING OFF.

.AND POVERTY IS SLOWING.

CAPE MILLAGE RATE-VIDBOX RVL

RIGHT NOW, A PUBLIC HEARING IS UNDERWAY ABOUT CHANGING CAPE CORAL'S MILLAGE RATE.

COUNCILMEMBERS TENTATIVELY SET THAT MILLAGE RATE AT 7.96 PERCENT.

THAT'S THE SAME AS LAST YEAR.

BUT, DESPITE KEEPING THE RATE THE SAME, CAPE CORAL RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT TO PAY MORE IN TAXES.

PG MILLAGE RATE-VO

AND IN PUNTA GORDA -- SOME RESIDENTS WLL PAY MORE ON THEIR PROPERTY TAXES THIS YEAR.

LAST NIGHT, COUNCILEMBERS OFFICIALLY APPROVED INCREASING THE MILLAGE RATE BY 18 PERCENT.

THE RATE HIKE SHOULD GENERATE NEARLY 900-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.

COUNCIL MEMBERS SAY THIS IS THE FIRST PROPERTY TAX INCREASE IN FIVE YEARS.

NEXT AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

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

SHOPPING ONLINE IS EASY.

.BUT FINDING THE LOWEST PRICE CAN BE HARD!

TONIGHT OUR ABC7 SMART SHOPPER DOES THE DIRTY WORK FOR YOU --

BRINGING YOU THE FIVE SITES TO CHECK OUT TO GET THE BEST DEAL.

AND COULD YOUR TASTE BUDS BE TO BLAME FOR YOUR WEIGHT?

TZ1 A 5 TIPS FOR SAVING ONLINE-VOTOPS-WIPE

TZ1 B WEIGHT GAIN TASTE-VOTOPS

ENDEAVOUR LEAVES HOUSTON-VOTOPS

ABC7 IS FOLLOWING SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR'S JOURNEY TO LOS ANGELES.

THE SHUTTLE LEFT HOUSTON THIS MORNING.

IT FLEW OVER TUSCON, ARIZONA TO HONOR FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN GABRIELLE GIFFORDS.

RIGHT NOW, ENDEAVOUR IS AT EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE ABOUT 100 MILES NORTH OF LOS ANGELES.

IT WILL LAND AT L-A-X TOMORROW WHERE IT WILL STAY UNTIL MID-OCTOBER.

STORMWARN OPEN-CLIP

FORECAST-PHC

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

FORECAST-WXWALL

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON

What's on the docket for the next several days? Easy, lots of clouds and a few thunderstorms each day.

We've already seen a large amount of clouds the past several daysb - will we see blue skies and sunshine? Sure, but overall the clouds will win, and they will be slow to erode. There's a weak front just to our north. It's slowly drifting south, and it's causing our winds to be from the southwest.

This time of the year that means the sky is peppered with numerous clouds.

That front will wash out later tonight. That's good news for us because it means our weather will begin to improve - it'll just take a few days.

Tomorrow will be partly cloudy with storms popping up just after the noon hour and pushing inland.

This weekend will be slightly wet because the sea breeze will be pinned along the coastline and urban corridor. Plan your weekend around the afternoon and early evening storms!

There's nothing of interest in the tropics right now.

TOSS TO NINA-ONCAM

IF YOU'RE SHOPPING ONLINE AND WANT TO GET THE LOWEST PRICE - LISTEN.

MANY, MANY SITES THAT CLAIM TO HELP YOU COMPARE COSTS -

5 TIPS FOR ONLINE SAVINGS-TCMON

5 TIPS FOR ONLINE SAVINGS-PKG

NATS - RED BALL IN CART

CARTING AROUND TWO KIDS ISN'T CHILD'S PLAY FOR THIS MOM.

NATS - BALL

AND SHANNON CONREY SAYS SHE'S SERIOUS WHEN IT COMES TO BUYING CHRISTMAS GIFTS, TOO - SPENDING WELL INTO THE HUNDREDS.

"I would say that yes at least."

BUT SHE MAY TRY SHOPPING ONLINE FOR GIFTS - IF SHE CAN KEEP UP WITH HER KIDS.

"They sometimes change their mind too close to christmas"

BUT IT'S MORE DIFFICULT TO KNOW IF SHE'S GETTING THE BEST DEAL -

SINCE WEB RETAILERS LIKES AMAZON AND BEST BUY HAVE BEGUN CHANGING THEIR PRICES MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE DAY TO GRAB YOUR ATTENTION AND BETTER MANAGE INVENTORY.

NATS - Do you like this one?

HERE ARE FIVE ONLINE TOOLS TO HELP YOU KEEP UP AND COMPARE PRICES.

SEARCH ENGINES BING AND GOOGLE BOTH COMPARE PRICES FOR YOU -

BUT RETAIL TRACKING GROUP CONSUMER WORLD DOT ORG WARNS GOOGLE RECENTLY MADE A CHANGE - ONLY ALLOWING FOR PAID LISTINGS ON ALL ITEMS.

THIS COULD LIMIT HOW MANY PRICES YOU CAN COMPARE.

SO, TO COVER YOUR BASES - KEEP THESE THREE INDEPENDENT CONSUMER SITES BOOKMARKED, TOO.

DECIDE DOT COM, PRICEGRABBER, AND PRONTO DOT COM.

THESE SITES CLAIM TO EXPOSE PRICE HISTORY AND FLUCTUATION.

NATS - cart

WAYS TO KEEP UP WITH BARGAINS - CONREY SAYS SHE'LL TRY WHEN TACKLING ANOTHER SHOPPING MISSION - BIRTHDAYS.

5 TIPS FOR ONLINE SAVINGS-TCMON

WE POSTED ALL THESE HELPFUL SITES ON OUR WEBSITE

ABC DASH SEVEN DOT COM.

WEIGHT GAIN TASTE-VO-WIPE

IN YOUR ABC7 HEALTHY LIVING TONIGHT --

THE SECRET TO AVOID GAINING WEIGHT COULD BE ON THE **TOP** OF YOUR TONGUE.

GERMAN RESEARCHERS TESTED THE TASTE SENSITIVITY OF 200 CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF SIX AND 18.

HALF WERE OBESE.

THEY FOUND OBESE CHILDREN HAD A HARD TIME IDENTIFYING THE DIFFERENT TASTES -- ESPECIALLY SALTY, BITTER AND SAVORY.

CHANGING OILS-VOTOPS-WIPE

ANOTHER WAY TO STAY HEALTHY.

RESEARCHERS FOR THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION SAY CHOLESTEROL AND BLOOD PRESSURE LEVELS COULD DROP JUST BY CHANGING THE COOKING OIL YOU USE.

THEY FOUND THAT USING RICE BRAN OIL AND SESAME OIL MAY HELP LOWER BOTH SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE.

JUNK MAIL-VOTOPS

AND EXPECT MORE JUNK MAIL IN YOUR ACTUAL MAILBOX SOON.

THE U-S POSTAL SERVICE IS WORKING TO **INCREASE** ITS DIRECT-MAIL ADVERTISING CUSTOMER BASE.

ADS ON TOILET PAPER -VO

YOU SEE ADS ON JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.

AND NOW THEY'RE ON TOILET PAPER.

TWO MICHIGAN BROTHERS CAME UP WITH THE IDEA.

THEIR BUSINESS IS CALLED 'STAR TOILET PAPER.'

YOU CAN EITHER TEAR OFF THE ADS AND BRING THEM IN OR USE YOUR PHONE TO SCAN A CODE ON THE PAPER.

SO FAR, 30 COMPANIES ARE ADVERTISING WITH THEM.

NEW AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

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

STRAIGHT AHEAD IN YOUR ABC7 HEALTHY LIVING.

.HOW A STREP THROAT COULD CAUSE MENTAL ILLNESS.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND HOW TO KEEP YOUR FAMILY SAFE.

AND CALL IT THE BEER CANS DEFENSE.

NO SIX PACK NECESSARY--

TZ2 A STREP INFECTION CAUSES MENTAL ILLNESS-VOTOPS

TZ2 B BEER CAN ROBBERY-VOTOPS

BUMP SHOT-BUMP IN

STREP INFECTION CAUSES MENTAL ILLNESS-POP

IN YOUR ABC7 HEALTHY LIVING TONIGHT.

IT'S A COMMON INFECTION FOR CHILDREN.

NOW SOME DOCTORS SAY LEFT UNTREATED IT COULD LEAD TO MENTAL ILLNESS.

STREP INFECTION CAUSES MENTAL ILLNESS-PKG

MADELINE GREENSTEIN IS BACK TO BEING A HAPPY, OUTGOING SIX-YEAR-OLD

"She's kind of like the life of the party."

BUT JUST A YEAR AGO, THREE STREP INFECTIONS IN THREE MONTHS…LED TO SOME STRANGE BEHAVIOR.

"She would start asking me questions. And I would have to answer them in a specific way."

HER ANXIETY TURNED INTO CONSTANT FEAR…

"I think about scary stuff and then I get scared."

WITHIN TWO MONTHS

"Crying hysterically over nothing. High pitch laughing like what you would hear in a mental institute."

MADDIE WAS SUFFERING.WHAT'S CALLED PANDAS… BELIEVED TO BE CAUSED BY A STREP INFECTION.

"The key is the psychiatric symptoms just start overnight."

DOCTOR MICHAEL JENIKE SAYS THE BODY'S IMMUNE SYSTEM USUALLY MAKES ANTIBODIES TO ATTACK THE INFECTION, BUT WITH PANDAS, THE ANTIBODIES SEEM TO ATTACK PART OF THE BRAIN. THAT CAN LEAD TO THE SUDDEN ONSET OF O-C-D, SEPARATION ANXIETY, ANOREXIA, BED-WETTING, TICS, OR THE WORSENING OF MOTOR SKILLS AND HANDWRITING.

"I now hear and see patients all the time who have these kinds of sudden onset illnesses. We put them on antibiotics and the illnesses clear up in a week or two."

WITHOUT ANTIBIOTICS

"This could be a trouble throughout their whole life."

MADDIE STARTED TAKING ANTIBIOTICS AND THE RESULTS WERE IMMEDIATE.

"I feel like we're on our path to recovery."

STREP INFECTION CAUSES MENTAL ILLNESS-POP

BECAUSE PANDAS IS JUST STARTING TO BE UNDERSTOOD.

TEASE THREE-ONCAM

ONE MOM IS BEING CALLED A BULLY --

"I got heated because he called me a b.ch and I smushed him in his face or whatever."

THIS MOTHER IS CAUGHT ON TAPE BEATING A STUDENT HALF HER AGE.

WHAT SHE'S SAYING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED ON A SCHOOL BUS.

PLUS THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL HEATS UP IN THE SUNSHINE STATE --

THE PUSH FROM BOTH SIDES TO WIN CRUCIAL VOTERS WITH LESS THAN TWO MONTHS TO GO.

AND TO CATCH A SHOPLIFTER.

HOW A BUSINESS OWNER USED FACEBOOK TO TRACK DOWN A THIEF!

BUT FIRST - MEET ABC 7'S FACEBOOK WOMAN OF THE DAY.

KATHERINE ROSE OF ESTERO.

THANKS FOR WATCHING KATHERINE.

TZ3 A FL BULLYING MOM-SOTVO-WIPE

TZ3 B CAMPAIGN 2012-VOTOPS-WIPE

TZ3 C FACEBOOK HELPS CATCH A THIEF-VOTOPS-DISS

FACEBOOK WOMAN OF THE DAY-SSTOPS

BUMP SHOT-BUMP OUT

STORMWARN GENERIC-CLIP

FIRST WEATHER-WXWALL

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON

What's on the docket for the next several days? Easy, lots of clouds and a few thunderstorms each day.

We've already seen a large amount of clouds the past several daysb - will we see blue skies and sunshine? Sure, but overall the clouds will win, and they will be slow to erode. There's a weak front just to our north. It's slowly drifting south, and it's causing our winds to be from the southwest.

This time of the year that means the sky is peppered with numerous clouds.

That front will wash out later tonight. That's good news for us because it means our weather will begin to improve - it'll just take a few days.

Tomorrow will be partly cloudy with storms popping up just after the noon hour and pushing inland.

This weekend will be slightly wet because the sea breeze will be pinned along the coastline and urban corridor. Plan your weekend around the afternoon and early evening storms!

There's nothing of interest in the tropics right now.

TS MICHIE PORN CHARGES-VID BOX TOPS

BOND IS SET AT 140-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR AN ELDERLY MAN FACING DOZENS OF CHILD PORN CHARGES.

JUST YESTERDAY -- DEPUTIES ARRESTED DONALD MICHIE AT HIS LEHIGH ACRES HOME.

TS CAPE CORAL OPEN FOR BIZ-VID BOX TOPS

CAPE CORAL HAS A NEW WAY TO ATTRACT MORE BUSINESSES.

17 BILLBOARDS ARE NOW UP ACROSS LEE COUNTY.

THEY CARRY THE SLOGAN "OPEN FOR BUSINESS.".

TS FGCU PETITION-VID BOX TOPS

STUDENTS AT FGCU SAY THEY'RE SO FED UP WITH STATE FUNDING CUTS --

THEY'RE NOW PETITIONING THE GOVERNOR AND STATE LEADERS TO DO SOMETHING.

EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE UNIVERSITY SAID THEY NO LONGER HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO KEEP THE CAMPUS LIBRARY OPEN LATE, AND ON SATURDAY'S.

VOTE 2012 OPEN-CLIP

CAMPAIGN 2012-VOTOPS-2SH

RIGHT NOW, BOTH PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE MITT ROMNEY ARE CAMPAIGNING IN OUR STATE.

HI I'M JEFF BUTERA

AND GOOD EVENING -- I'M COURTNEY ROBINSON.

THE PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO WIN VOTES IN MIAMI AND TAMPA -- WHILE ROMNEY IS SPENDING TIME IN SARASOTA.

CAMPAIGN 2012-PKG

AT A UNIVISION FORUM IN MIAMI TODAY.PRESIDENT OBAMA PUSHED HIS IMMIGRATION

POLICIES.BUT HE ALSO GOT ANOTHER CHANCE TO JAB MITT ROMNEY FOR HIS

COMMENTS IN THAT LEAKED VIDEO.

SOT Obama

"When you experess an attitude that half the country considers themselves

victims- they want to be depends on govt - maybe you haven't gotten around a

lot."

THE PRESIDENT SAID HE DISAGREED WITH MITT ROMNEY'S TAKE THAT MANY AMERICANS

WANT OR EXPECT SOMETHING FROM THE GOVERNMENT.

SOT Obama

"Gone through challenging time - want a hand up and not a hand out."

THE PRESIDENT LEADS ROMNEY AMONG LATINOS BY ABOUT A TWO TO ONE MARGIN.

TODAY HE URGED THEM TO GET OUT AND VOTE IN NOVEMBER - AND MAKE THEIR VOICES

HEARD ON IMMIGRATION.

SOT Obama

"They can send a message that this is not something to use as a political

football."

YESTERDAY ROMNEY HAD HIS CHANCE.

BUT RIGHT OUT OF THE GATEHE WAS ON DEFENSEASKED TO RESPOND TO HIS OWN WORDS

IN THE VIDEO STILL CAUSING HIS CAMPAIGN HEADACHES.

ROMNEY SAID DESPITE WHAT VOTERS MAY HAVE HEARD THIS WEEK - HE HASNT WRITTEN

OFF HALF OF AMERICANS.

SOT Romney

"My campaign is about the 100% in America. And I am concerned about them. I

am concerned about the fact that over the past 4 years, life has become

harder for Americans."

ROMNEY WAS PRESSED TO GET MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT HE WOULD DO WITH ILLEGAL

IMMIGRANTS CURRENTLY LIVING IN THE US.

SOT Univision host

"Aare you going to deport them or not? im not that clear."

NATS

"ooooooohhhhhh/"

SOT Romney

"I have some friends apparently ha-ha!! / i am not in favor of a

deportation, mass deportation effort, rounding up 12 million people."

Karen Travers O/C CLOSE:

TK TK TK

OBAMAS ON THE VIEW-VOTOPS

THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY ARE MAKING THEIR FIRST **JOINT INTERVIEW NEXT WEEK HERE ON A-B-C-7.

THE WOMEN OF "THE VIEW" WILL WELCOME THE OBAMAS TO THE SET NEXT MONDAY.

THE FIRST COUPLE WILL ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THEIR RELATIONSHIP.FAMILY LIFE INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE.AND OF COURSE, THE ELECTION.

THE INTERVIEW WILL AIR NEXT TUESDAY.

ROMNEY HAS YET TO APPEAR ON THE VIEW.

PAKISTAN PROTESTS-NATVO

HERE'S A TRAVEL WARNING FOR AMERICANS HEADING TO PAKISTAN

AS PROTESTS CONTINUE TO GROW OVER THAT ANTI-ISLAM VIDEO.

pause for:04 of nats

HUNDREDS OF PAKISTANIS TRIED

TO MAKE THEIR WAY INTO THE U.S. EMBASSY TODAY.

RIOT POLICE USED TEAR GAS AND BATONS TO KEEP

STONE-THROWING DEMONSTRATORS AWAY.

IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE PROTESTS FROM SPREADING --

YOUTUBE ANTI MUSLIM FILM-VO-OC

THE ANTI-MUSLIM FILM THAT'S BEING BLAMED FOR THE VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, ASIA AND AFRICA WILL STAY ON THE INTERNET.

A JUDGE DENIED A REQUEST TO FORCE YOUTUBE TO REMOVE THE VIDEO.

IT CAME FROM ACTRESS CINDY LEE GARCIA. YOU CAN SEE HERE.

SHE SAYS PEOPLE ARE THREATENING HER AND HER FAMILY AND THE 14-MINUTE TRAILER FOR "INNOCENE OF MUSLIMS" IS DAMAGING HER CAREER.

FAST AND FURIOUS HEARING-VO-WIPE

THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TOOK THE HOT SEAT TODAY.

HE'S TESTIFYING BEFORE LAWMAKERS ABOUT THE BOTCHED GUN-TRAFFICKING PROGRAM KNOWN AS "OPERATION FAST AND FURIOUS".

AN EXPLOSIVE REPORT RELEASED YESTERDAY BLAMES OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON AND ARIZONA FOR ALLOWING GUNS TO WIND UP IN THE HANDS OF MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS.

ONE REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER SAYS THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT LET THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DOWN.

FAST AND FURIOUS HEARING-SOTVO

We expect that all 14 would find a way to find appropriate new occupations, ones in which their poor judgment or lack of dedication or unwillingness to actually read documents they were required to read, would be held- would not be held accountable."

HUNDREDS OF GUNS DISAPPEARED IN THE OPERATION.

JAMES HOLMES NOTEBOOK-VO

PROSECUTORS ARE NO LONGER FIGHTING TO GET AHOLD OF THE NOTEBOOK WRITTEN BY JAMES HOLMES.

HE'S CHARGED WITH THE AURORA, COLORADO MOVIE THEATER MASSACRE.

THE JULY SHOOTING KILLED A DOZEN AND INJURED 58 MORE.

A PSYCHIATRIST SAYS HOLMES SENT HER THE NOTEBOOK.

INSIDE THERE ARE DESCRIPTION OF AN ATTACK.

IN TODAY'S HEARING -- HOLMES APPEARED MORE ANIMATED.

HE SMILED AND GLANCED AROUND THE ROOM.

***IF*** MENTAL HEALTH BECOMES AN ISSUE.HOLMES WILL HAVE TO ALLOW PROSECUTORS ACCESS TO THE NOTEBOOK.

PENN ST VICTIM ABC INTERVIEW-VO

THE YOUNG MAN WHOSE ALLEGATIONS LAUNCHED THE SEX ABUSE INVESTIGATION INTO JERRY SANDUSKY IS SPEAKING EXCLUSIVELY TO A-B-C.

THE ATTORNEY FOR THE TEENAGER KNOWN AS VICTIM ONE CONFIRMED A-B-C LANDED THE FIRST INTERVIEW WITH HIS CLIENT.

NO WORD YET ON WHEN THE INTERVIEW WILL AIR.

SANDUSKY WAS CONVICTED OF SEXUAL ABUSE AGAINST

FIGHTING FLIGHT ATTENDANTS-OC-SOTVO-OC

A BRAWL -- ON AN AMERICAN EAGLE FLIGHT -- WHEN TWO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WENT AT IT.

"It was incredible, totally unbelievable that there was just so little professionalism between these women. "

PASSENGERS SAY A HEATED ARGUMENT ESCALATED.

AND THEY HAD TO WAIT MORE THAN FOUR HOURS FOR A NEW CREW.

IT ALL STARTED ON THE FLIGHT FROM NEW YORK TO D-C YESTERDAY.

ACCORDING TO PASSENGERS,

THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS STARTED ARGUING DURING PRE-FLIGHT CHECKS.

THEY SAY ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS TALKING ON HER CELL PHONE AND WHEN THE OTHER ONE TOLD HER TO TURN IT OFF, THERE WAS A VIOLENT ARGUMENT.

CA RIDERS STUCK-VO-WIPE

THRILL SEEKERS AT AN AMUSEMENT PARK IN CALIFORNIA GOT MORE THAN A THRILL -- WHEN THE RIDE THEY WERE ON MALFUNCTIONED --

LEAVING THEM DANGLING IN THE AIR FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

THIS WAS ON THE POPULAR WINDSEEKER AT KNOTT'S BERRY FARM.

THE RIDE LEFT 20 PEOPLE STUCK 300 FEET IN THE AIR FOR MORE THAN THREE HOURS.

CA RIDERS STUCK-SOTVO

donna garrison- stranded rider- it was quite an experience the first hour was pretty rough on me. i have a fear of heights and my husband wanted to train me. by the end i was! its was ok.

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS MONTH THE RIDE BROKE --

MAINTENANCE WORKERS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT WRONG.

BEER CANS ROBBERY-VO-WIPE

A WOULD-BE ROBBER FOUND OUT HE WAS NO MATCH FOR A CONVENIENCE STORE CLERK ARMED ONLY WITH A FOUR-PACK OF BEER.

IT WAS ALL CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

SURVEILLANCE VIDEO AT THIS PORT ORANGE, FLORIDA STORE SHOWS THE CLERK GRAB THE BEER,

AND HIT THE ROBBER.

THE SUSPECT DROPS THE MONEY *AND HIS WEAPON THEN RUNS AWAY.

ROBIN HOOD BANK ROBBER-VOTOPS

A MAN DUBBED "THE ROBIN HOOD BANK ROBBER" HAS BEEN CAUGHT.

OFFICERS SAY HE GAVE OUT CASH THAT HE STOLE FROM THREE BANKS AND A SPORTING GOODS STORE IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.

ACCORDING TO THEM - THE ROBBER THREW CASH OUT OF HIS GET-A-WAY CAR WHILE LEADING OFFICERS ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE.

THEY ARRESTED HIM AT A COLORADO SPRINGS HOTEL WHERE OFFICERS SAY HE PASSED OUT MORE OF THE STOLEN CASH.

ANYONE WHO RECEIVED THAT STOLEN CASH IS BEING ASKED TO TURN IT OVER TO POLICE.

FL BULLYING MOM SPEAKS-OC-SOTVO-OC

TONIGHT, A 35-YEAR OLD FLORIDA MOM -- ACCUSED OF BEATING A STUDENT HALF HER AGE -- IS EXPLANING WHY SHE DID WHAT SHE DID.

"I got heated because he called me a b.ch and I smushed him in his face or whatever."

FELICIA PHILLIPS, FROM FLAGLER COUNTY, WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY -- AFTER A SURVEILLANCE CAMERA CAUGHT HER BOARDING A BUS TO FIGHT WITH A STUDENT.

FL BULLYING MOM SPEAKS-PKG

SOT--Felecia Phillips

21:20 I really honestly can't say I won't do it again.

Felecia Phillips walked on a Flagler County School bus and unleashed her anger on someone she calls a bully.

SOT--Felecia Phillips

21:35 I just want him to leave my son alone, you know what's the problem

Her son is Terec Smith a 15 year old who says he is constantly picked on at the bus stop.

SOT--Terec Smith

26:29 I'm aggravated. i don't say nothing to him but people gonna start stuff with you because people have problems.

SOT--Justin Mickens

35:09 i don't even talk to her son. I don't even hang around her son.

Justin Mickens is the teen Feleica went after. He says he's no bully.

35:09 Me: so that is not true?

Him: no that aint correct

But when Felecia's son told her there was more trouble this week. She decided to walk here to the bus stop with her son

And she says Mickens started the bullying once again.

So she went after him.

SOT--Justin Mickens

35:00 she chased me on the bus and grabbed me by the back of my head.

The bus surveillance camera caught it all.

Justin is the first one on the bus.

Felecia follows behind--and the chaos begins immediately.

Felecia was arrested for child abuse and trespassing--

And everyone involved hopes this is the end to fighting.

SOT--Justin Mickens

NEW AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

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

NATS - WAYNE WATSON/ Popcorn Eater - "I ate about two bags a day every day."

HE ATE ENOUGH TO CAUSE A RARE DISEASE -- POPCORN LUNG.

TONIGHT -- THIS ONE TIME POPCORN LOVER IS NOW A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE.

AND ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET.

.THE COUNTDOWN IS ON TO THE EMMY AWARDS HERE ON ABC7.

TZ4 A MICROWAVE POPCORN LAWSUIT-SOTVO-WIPE

TZ4 B JIMMY KIMMEL EMMY AWARDS SHO-VOTOPS

ALASKA SEVERE WX-VOTOPS

RESIDENTS IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA ARE CLEARNING UP AFTER A POWERFUL WIND STORM.

IT'S THIRD SUCH STORM TO HIT THE CITY THIS MONTH.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. STRONG WINDS SENT DEBRIS FLYING.

IT ALSO DAMAGED CARS AND KNOCKED

STORM WARN JP OPEN-CLIP

CROSSTALK-WX EST

FORECAST-PHC

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

FORECAST-WXWALL

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON

What's on the docket for the next several days? Easy, lots of clouds and a few thunderstorms each day.

We've already seen a large amount of clouds the past several daysb - will we see blue skies and sunshine? Sure, but overall the clouds will win, and they will be slow to erode. There's a weak front just to our north. It's slowly drifting south, and it's causing our winds to be from the southwest.

This time of the year that means the sky is peppered with numerous clouds.

That front will wash out later tonight. That's good news for us because it means our weather will begin to improve - it'll just take a few days.

Tomorrow will be partly cloudy with storms popping up just after the noon hour and pushing inland.

This weekend will be slightly wet because the sea breeze will be pinned along the coastline and urban corridor. Plan your weekend around the afternoon and early evening storms!

There's nothing of interest in the tropics right now.

MICROWAVE POPCORN LAWSUIT-ONCAM

YOU MAY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF "POPCORN LUNG" DISEASE.

BUT IT DOES EXIST AND IT IS SERIOUS.

IT ALSO TURNED ONE MAN INTO A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE.

MICROWAVE POPCORN LAWSUIT-PKG

When ABC News first met Wayne Watson in 2007 the Colorado man was obsessed

with his popcorn snacks.

NATS - WAYNE WATSON

"I ate about two bags a day every day."

That was the case for ten years until his doctor diagnosed him with a rare disease: popcorn lung.

Watson says he now has about 53 percent lung capacity.

SOT - DOCTOR CECILE ROSE, NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER:

"You cannot blow air out./ the very small airways / become blocked with scar tissue and inflammation."

Popcorn lung is usually found in plant workers exposed to high levels of

diacetyl AN ARTIFICIAL flavoring used to give popcorn that buttery taste.

Watson sued the popcorn maker and the supermarket that sold it claiming the

companies never warned consumers that diacetyl also recently linked to

Alzheimer's was dangerous.

SOT - WAYNE WATSON

"They thought that no consumer would ever be exposed to enough of it to make

a difference well they rolled the dice and they lost."

A Jury agreed.even though defense attorneys argued Watson's health

problems stemmed from his years of working with carpet-cleaning chemicals.

Yesterday, Watson was awarded damages totaling 7-point-2 million dollars.

He plans on giving money to charity.

One thing HE SAYS HE won't be doing is buying microwave popcorn.

SOT WAYNE WATSON

"I don't hardly ever eat popcorn anymore. Occasionally, once in a while, we

'll pop some on the stove the old fashion way."

STANDUP WINICK

"Glister-Mary Lee.the popcorn maker in this case told a local TV station it

was disappointed with the jury's decision.

The supermarket chain.Kroger.plans to appeal the judgment.

ROBIN BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT TODAY-OC-SOTVO

IT WAS A BIG DAY FOR GOOD MORNING AMERICA HOST ROBIN ROBERTS.

SHE UNDERWENT A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT TODAY.

ROBERTS THANKED VIEWERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN A VIDEO MESSAGE THAT AIRED RIGHT HERE ON ABC7.

I feel the love and I thank you for it. Thank you.

.

SHE'S BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL FOR THE PAST ELEVEN DAYS PREPPING FOR THE PROCEDURE.

HER OLDER SISTER IS THE DONOR.

JIMMY KIMMEL RED CARPET-VO-WIPE

EVEN HOST JIMMY KIMMEL IS HELPING GET READY FOR SUNDAY'S EMMY AWARDS.

KIMMEL HELPED ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET YESTERDAY.

THE TALK SHOW HOST CONTINUED HOSTING HIS OWN LATE-NIGHT SHOW THIS WEEK.

JIMMY KIMMEL RED CARPET-SOT-SS

There's a lot of work to be done. I've been up very late working on

this stuff. You have to write every presenter intro. Then the presenters

change or the combinations change. What I'm trying to say is this is a real

pain."

YOU CAN WATCH THE AWARDS SHOW THIS SUNDAY RIGHT HERE ON ABC7.

MOST POWERFUL WOMEN-VO

FORTUNE MAGAZINE IS OUT WITH ITS 2012 LIST OF THE 50 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN BUSINESS.

GINNY ROMETTY, THE PRESIDENT AND C-E-O OF I-B-M, HOLDS THE NUMBER ONE SPOT.

INDRA NOOYI, THE CHAIR AND C-E-O OF PESPICO, MAINTAINS HER SECOND PLACE RANKING FROM LAST YEAR.

HEWLETT-PACKARD PRESIDENT AND C-E-O MEG WHITMAN IS IN THIRD.

COLLIER CLOUD 9-VO-WIPE

ONE SCHOOL IN COLLIER COUNTY IS LOOKING TO TAKE LEARNING TO A NEW LEVEL THROUGH THE HELP OF A NATIONWIDE PROGRAM.

SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INTRODUCED A CHARACTER EDUCATION PROGRAM TO ITS KIDS TODAY CALLED, "CLOUD NINE WORLD."

THE PROGRAM WILL HELP KIDS IMPROVE WITH A TAKE HOME BOOK THAT WILL FEATURE A DIFFERENT ANIMAL EVERY MONTH.

EACH ANIMAL WILL REPRESENT A SPECIFIC TRAIT SUCH AS HONESTY OR CONFIDENCE.

COLLIER CLOUD 9-SOTVO

"The best part about the program is that the book goes home, they can read with mom, dad, brother or sister and really extend the lessons into their home and the community environment."

TEASE FIVE-ONCAM

YOU CAN USE IT TO FIND FRIENDS. AND NOW TO FIGHT CRIME.

TZ5 A) FACEBOOK HELPS CATCH THIEF-VO

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FACEBOOK HELPS CATCH THIEF-ONCAM

YOU CAN USE FACEBOOK FOR MORE THAN JUST FINDING FRIENDS.

FACEBOOK HELPS CATCH THIEF-PKG

THIS WOMAN WAS IN THE STORE FOR NEARLY 90 MINUTES.

CHECKING OUT JEWELRY, CHATTING WITH THE EMPLOYEES.

SHE LOOKS UNASSUMING.

AND THE OWNER ADMITS SHE DIDN'T PAY HER MUCH ATTENTION.

BUT YOU CAN SEE HER ON VIDEO TAKING JEWELRY AND PUTTING IT IN HER PURSE.

Renn Farmer/Owner

15:51 I would never have thought that she'd be the one to take the things

RENN FARMER SAYS 69-YEAR-OLD JOSEPHINE MURDOCK STOLE 500 DOLLARS WORTH OF

RINGS, BRACELETS, AND WATCHES.

AND SPENT THIS MORNING LOOKING THROUGH THE SURVEILLANCE TAPE.

Renn Farmer/Owner

It makes you very angry. Because here we are, I'm a small businesswoman,

and so what we bring in each day goes to pay bills and keeps the store going

.

FARMER HAD NO CLUE WHO THE WOMAN WAS.

SO SHE TURNED TO HER CUSTOMERS TO HELP IDENTIFY HER.

Renn Farmer/Owner

I thought well, that's put her on Facebook and just see if anyone know sher

. So we posted her picture and within two or three minutes we just got our

first phone call

FARMER CALLED JOSEPHINE MURDOCK AND TOLD HER THEY HAD HER ON VIDEO.

SHE SAYS MURDOCK RETURNED TO THE STORE AND GAVE HER 500 DOLLARS CASH.

AND SHE AGREED NOT TO PRESS CHARGES.

Renn Farmer/Owner

I guess my heart was a little big

Jeff Smith/Eyewitness News

"Nothing further to add then"

I CALLED MURDOCK TONIGHT.

SHE KEPT REPEATING 'THIS MATTER IS OVER AND DONE WITH' AND THEN HUNG UP THE

PHONE.

Renn Farmer/Owner

You get very frustrated

FARMER 'DID' FILE A POLICE REPORT BANNING MURDOCK FROM THE STORE.

AND SHE'S SAYING THANK YOU TO HER FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS.

FACEBOOK HELPS CATCH THIEF-ONCAM

JEFF SMITH REPORTING.

THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THE STORE ASKED FACEBOOK FRIENDS TO HELP CATCH A THIEF.

IN MARCH, THEY ASKED CUSTOMERS TO I-D A WOMAN WHO STOLE BRACELETS.

NEXT AT 6 OPEN-CLIP

COMING UP AT 6PM------------

NEW AT SIX --

MILLIONS OF TAX DOLLARS ARE STILL FUNDING THE MEDSTAR PROGRAM -- EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN GROUNDED FOR A MONTH.

ABC-7 LOOKS INTO WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING.

SOUNDING OFF OVER TUITION INCREASES AND SCHOOL CUTS.

HOW F-G-C-U STUDENTS ARE HOPING TO CHANGE THE WAY

FLORIDA FUNDS HIGHER EDUCATION.

AND A FACE OF INSPIRATION!

TZ 6 1) MEDSTAR INVESTIGATION-VOTOPS-WIPE

TZ 6 2) FGCU PROTEST-VOTOPS-WIPE

TZ 6 3) CAPE PARALYMPAIN-VOTOPS

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