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NEWS OPEN-CLIP

LIVE DOPPLER-DOPPLER

HL1) HIT AND RUN-VOTOPS-WIPE

A FAMILY'S CALL FOR HELP.

A WOMAN IS DEAD AFTER SHE'S HIT WHILE RIDING HER BICYLCLE.

HL2) BIDEN IN SWFL-VOTOPS-WIPE

PLUS. AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEK OF THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.

VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. LEAVES HIS IMPRESSION ON SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

HL3) IPAD LEARNING-VOTOPS

TECHNOLOGY TRUMPS DISABILITIES.

HELLO-1SHOT PUSH

GOOD MORNING SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

TODAY IS SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 30TH.

I'M JOE ROETZ.

BEFORE WE GET TO OUR BIG STORIES OF THE DAY -

FIRST WEATHER-WX CTR

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.

Over the last few days, the rain has been few and far between and today will be no exception.

The weekend overall has shaped up to be pretty nice as a summer like weather pattern stays in place. Mostly sunny skies will greet us as we wake on our Sunday morning with the possibility of some patchy fog, especially across our inland areas.

A few fair weather clouds will be mixing in with our sunshine during the afternoon. Even though the calendar says it's fall, our temperatures will feel anything but fall like, as most spots will aim for the lower 90s. Due to the west coast seabreeze, coastal and beach locations will remain just shy of that 90° mark.

With plenty of humidity around, isolated showers and storms will favor the afternoon and early evening hours. Rain prospects will hold around 20-30%, so not everyone will see the rain.

By sunset, the rain will come to an end and skies will become partly cloudy as temperatures drop into the mid 70s with a few inland spots in the lower 70s.

A weather system to our north and west will stall across the peninsula, while drawing up plenty of tropical moisture early in the week. This means more clouds and scattered rain with an unsettled pattern through the middle part of the week, with the rain getting a jumpstart during the morning hours.

BREAKING CLIP-CLIP

FM SHOOTING INVESTIGATION-VO

WE BEING WITH BREAKING NEWS JUST INTO THE ABC-7 NEWSROOM-

WE HAVE LEARNED FORT MYERS POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING AT THE WESTWOOD APARTMENTS.

THE APARTMENTS ARE IN THE 3000 BLOCK OF METRO PARKWAY.

THE CALL CAME IN JUST BEFORE 5 THIS MORNING.

FEW DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.

BREAKING CLIP-CLIP

AFGHAN ATTACK-OC

WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS FROM OVERSEAS THIS MORNING.

A U-S OFFICIAL CONFIRMS THE DEATH OF TWO AMERICANS IN AFGHANISTAN, HITTING 2,000 KILLED IN THE AFGHAN WAR.

A MILITARY MEMBER, ALONG WITH A CIVILIAN IS DEAD IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN INSIDER ATTACK.

AFGHAN FORCES ATTACKED SATURDAY IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY.

NEW THIS MORNING CLIP-CLIP

DALLAS EARTHQUAKE-MITTO TOPS

NEW THIS MORNING--

A 3-POINT-4 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRIKES DALLAS OVERNIGHT.

THE U-S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SAYS THE THREE POINT FOUR MAGNITUDE QUAKE WAS CENTERED ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF IRVING.

IT LASTED SEVERAL SECONDS.

BUT IT WAS MINOR. AND NO DAMAGED OR INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

HIT AND RUN CYCLIST-OC

AN EAST NAPLES FAMILY IS ASKING FOR YOUR HELP.

THEY'RE TRYING TO TRACK DOWN THE PERSON THAT HIT AND KILLED A WOMAN - AND THEN TOOK OFF.

THE CRASH HAPPENED SATURDAY MORNING ALONG ESTEY AVENUE.

HIT AND RUN CYCLIST-PKG

"As you can see this Collier County community is not only grieving the loss of a wife, a mother, but also a good friend."

JOHN WALLACE SAYS HE WANTS PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT HIS LATE WIFE ROBIN WAS LIKE NO OTHER.

16:51 "Robin is a beautiful person, kind-hearted."16:57

THE FAMILY IS AT LOSS FOR WORDS OVER THE TRAGEDY THAT ENDED ROBIN'S LIFE.

18:59"I just fell to the ground cause that's my heart I mean what am I supposed to do?" 19:08

FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS ROBIN WAS HIT BY A CAR WHILE SHE WAS RIDING HER BIKE DOWN ESTEY AVENUE.

NO ONE KNOWS WHY, BUT SOME IN THIS COMMUNITY HAVE THEIR THOUGHTS AS TO WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED.

"People are texting and driving and flying up and down the street and all the time and it just needs to come to an end."

F-H-P IS STILL SEARCHING FOR THE DRIVER.

17:14 "She was a good person I mean for the community she helped anyway she could." 17:20

THE WALLACE FAMILY TELL US ROBIN WAS A MCDONALD'S EMPLOYEE WHO LOVED WHAT SHE DID AND GIVING BACK THROUGH CHARITY.

THEY ALSO TOLD US BIKING IS ONLY SOMETHING SHE TOOK UP RECENTLY.

HIT AND RUN CYCLIST-OC

GEORGE SOLIS REPORTING.

VOTE CLIP-CLIP

DEBATE SITE SETUP-VOTOPS

THE STAGE IS IN PROGESS. FOR THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE OF YOUR VOICE YOUR VOTE 2012.

THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER WILL HOST THE CANDIDATE SHOWDOWN WEDNESDAY.

A THOUSAND PEOPLE WILL GET TICKETS TO WATCH PRESIDENT OBAMA AND MITT ROMNEY DEBATE DOMESTIC POLICY ISSUES.

THE WORK ON THE ARENA WILL BE COMPLETED ON MONDAY.

BIDEN IN SWFL-NATVO

THERE'S LESS THAN 6 WEEKS LEFT UNTIL ELECTION DAY-

AND WHILE THE CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT ARE PREPARING FOR NEXT WEEK'S DEBATE, THEIR RUNNING MATES TOOK TO THE BATTLEGROUND STATES THIS WEEKEND.

VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN CAMPAIGNED RIGHT HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

47:07 the vice president of the united states, mr joe biden

MR. BIDEN SPOKE TO A CROWD OF MORE THAN 21 HUNDRED PEOPLE SATURDAY.

AT THE WA-KE HATCHEE RECREATION CENTER OFF SUMMERLIN ROAD IN SOUTH FORT MYERS.

BIDEN IN SWFL-SOTVO

54:34 if what romney ryan are saying about obama and biden is true on medicare why would the american medical association endorse our position why would the american hospital association and most importantly why would aarp endorse us

BUT NOT EVERYBODY WAS SUPPORTIVE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT-

BIDEN IN SWFL-SOTVO

Nona Nychyk, Fort Myers

with mitt romney we get freedom with president obama we get more government

AMERICANS HEAD TO POLLS IN JUST 37 DAYS.

BUT EARLY VOTING ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA GETS UNDERWAY IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS-

RYAN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE-VOTOPS

MEANWHILE, PAUL RYAN STOPPED IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND OHIO.

MAKING A ROUND OF POLITICAL SPEECHES.

IN COLUMBUS, HE SPOKE OF THE NEED TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF HUNTING AND FISHING.

RYAN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE-SOTVO

he said people like us in the Midwest, we get bitter, and we cling to our guns and our religion. Well you know what I have to say - this Catholic deer hunter is guilty as charged, and I'm proud of that fact

MISSING UF SUSPECT IN COURT-VO

CHARGED WITH MURDER -- AND DENIED BAIL.

THAT'S THE LATEST ON THE SUSPECT IN THE CASE OF A MISSING UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA STUDENT.

PEDRO BRAVO MADE AN APPEARNCE IN COURT SATURDAY.

HE'S CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN THE APPARENT DEATH OF CHRISTIAN AGUILAR.

AGUILAR WAS LAST SEEN TEN DAYS AGO.

BRAVO HAS TOLD INVESTIGATORS HE FOUGHT WITH AGUILAR THE NIGHT HE DISAPPEARED,

CLARION HOTEL CLOSED-VO

EVERYTHING MUST GO!

THE CONTENTS OF A LONG TIME LEE COUNTY HOTEL AND WATERING HOLE ARE UP FOR GRABS,

IN PREPARATION FOR A NEW DEVELOPER TO TAKE OVER.

THE CLARION HOTEL, ITS RESTAURANTS AND TIKI BAR CLOSED FOR GOOD LAST MONTH.

NOW- EVERYTHING FROM BEDROOM SETS TO KITCHEN EQUIPMENT TO CHANDELIERS- IS UP FOR SALE.

CLARION HOTEL CLOSED-SOTVO

Mark spinoso,Fmb resident

8:49:59-14

" it was like a godsend, or whatever you want to call it a stroke of luck. Eight he economy the way it is- everybody's trying to save a buck so place sleek this and thrift stores actually help out a lot of people."

ALL THE GOODS THAT DON'T SELL WILL BE DONATED TO LOCAL CHARITIES.

THE LIQUIDATION STARTS UP AGAIN TODAY AT NOON.

TEASE ONE-OC

FOR SOME. TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM TEACHING DOESN'T DO THE TRICK.

BUT NEW TECHNOLOGY IS MAKING UP FOR IT.

TZ1 A) IPAD LEARNING-VO-WIPE

IPAD LEARNING-OC

THE TREND TOWARD TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM CONTINUES TO GROW BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS.

AN I-PAD MAY SEEM LIKE A FUN TECH TOY.

BUT AS ONE CONNECTICUT SCHOOL FOUND.

IT CAN BE A LIFE-CHANGING TOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES.

IPAD LEARNING-PKG

NATS: "you need to select a box first."

AT THE FORMAN SCHOOL, STUDENTS ARE LEARNING ABOUT THE WORLD.

NATS: "northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere below."

USING SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR TECHNOLOGY IN THE WORLD. THE IPAD.

"It's a great writing tool, a great research tool and I think it's helped a lot of kids here." COVER?

THE TABLET HAS A PROFOUND EFFECT ON THIS SCHOOL BECAUSE MOST OF THE NEARLY 200 STUDENTS HERE. HAVE LEARNING DISABILITIES.

"I have issues with writing and reading comprehension and they're able to give me the support I need."

SOPHOMORE PETER NEWMARK STRUGGLES WITH DYSLEXIA.

"what happens to me is when I read a lot. for some reason. out of a book, I freeze up a lot quicker. My brain just doesn't want to keep going."

APPS LIKE IREAD ALLOW PETER TO MANIPULATE HIS ASSIGNMENTS IN SEVERAL WAYS. ENABLING HIM TO COMPLETE WORK THAT WAS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE. JUST A YEAR AGO.

NATS: "I just highlight the section and hit speak. the hospital seems to stretch out forever."

"it's much easier for me than just reading it in my head. because it takes me much longer to interpret the words."

THE iPADS WERE INTRODUCED HERE AT FORMAN JUST LAST YEAR. AND NOW THEY'RE LOOKING TO TAKE THINGS A MAJOR STEP FURTHER.

"Not just help kids access the curriculum, but actually perhaps change the way they interact with it at the base root. at the level of neuroplasticity, actually rewiring the brain."

THE SCHOOL JUST WON A 50 THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT FROM THE HEARST FOUNDATION TO DEVELOP AN IPAD APP TO GET AT THE ROOT OF LEARNING.

"See how I can spread out."

FACULTY AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS WILL WORK WITH KIDS LIKE PETER NEWMARK. TO FIND WAYS TO TRAIN THE BRAIN TO HOLD AND PROCESS MORE INFORMATION. AND PAVE THE WAY TO EVEN GREATER ACCOMPLISHMENT.

"As we continue to refine it and find success, our hope would be to share it with others, so that kids anywhere could benefit from it."

STORMWARN CLIP-CLIPTOPS

CROSS TALK-CAM 9

WEATHER-WX WALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

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

Over the last few days, the rain has been few and far between and today will be no exception.

The weekend overall has shaped up to be pretty nice as a summer like weather pattern stays in place. Mostly sunny skies will greet us as we wake on our Sunday morning with the possibility of some patchy fog, especially across our inland areas.

A few fair weather clouds will be mixing in with our sunshine during the afternoon. Even though the calendar says it's fall, our temperatures will feel anything but fall like, as most spots will aim for the lower 90s. Due to the west coast seabreeze, coastal and beach locations will remain just shy of that 90° mark.

With plenty of humidity around, isolated showers and storms will favor the afternoon and early evening hours. Rain prospects will hold around 20-30%, so not everyone will see the rain.

By sunset, the rain will come to an end and skies will become partly cloudy as temperatures drop into the mid 70s with a few inland spots in the lower 70s.

A weather system to our north and west will stall across the peninsula, while drawing up plenty of tropical moisture early in the week. This means more clouds and scattered rain with an unsettled pattern through the middle part of the week, with the rain getting a jumpstart during the morning hours.

SPORTS PKG-PKG

THINGS TO DO-CLIP

THINGS TO DO-CGTOPS OC BNR

THERE'S STILL ONE MORE DAY TO GET OUT AND ABOUT-

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO, LOOK NO FURTHER, WE HAVE YOU COVERED IN TODAY'S THINGS TO DO.

THE BIG BOY EXPO IS IN TOWN.

FROM AIRBOATS TO GOLF CARTS --

TO ELECTRONIC GIVE-AWAYS --

YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT AT GERMAIN ARENA.

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY OF THE EXPO.

EXPECT TO SEE AND TRY OUT ALL KINDS OF TOYS.

TICKETS ARE EIGHT BUCKS FOR ADULTS.

CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER GET IN FREE.

YOU CAN ALSO EXPLORE THE BEAUTIFUL FLORIDA OUTDOORS AS ROOKERY BAY CELEBRATES NATIONAL ESTUARY DAY.

IT'S FROM 10 TO THREE TODAY.

THEY'LL HAVE KAYAK AND BOAT TOURS--

EVEN PADDLE BOARDING.

IT'S JUST 3-DOLLARS FOR ADULTS.

HEAR SELECTIONS FROM YOUR FAVORITE BIG SCREEN EPICS FROM THE NAPLES PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA.

"MUSIC FROM THE MOVIES" TAKES PLACE TONIGHT AT EIGHT.

SELECTIONS INCLUDE STAR WARS--

INDIANA JONES AND MISSION IMPOSSIBLE.

TEASE TWO-OC

A LITTLE PUPPY IS OUT OF HARMS WAY TODAY.

LOOK AT HIM.

SAFE AND SOUND AFTER A NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE.

TZ2 A PUPPY FOUND BURIED-VO-WIPE

FOREVER FAMILY-ON CAM

ON TODAY'S FOREVER FAMILY, WE INTRODUCE YOU TO TRAVINO-

HE'S AN ENERGETIC CHILD LOOKING FOR A FAMILY THAT'S FULL OF ENERGY AND LOVE, JUST LIKE HIM.

FOREVER FAMILY-PKG

FOREVER FAMILY-OC

GIA TUTALO-MOTE REPORTING.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ADOPTING TRAVINO.

CALL 888-365-FAMILY.

PUPPY FOUND BURIED-VO

SAVED BY A TIMELY WHIMPER, A FLORIDA PUPPY IS BACK ABOVE GROUND.

THIS TINY GUY, JUST A WEEK OLD, WAS FOUND BURIED ALIVE BY WILLISTON POLICE OFFICERS.

THEY WERE OUT IN THE REMOTE AREA ON A COURT ORDERED EVIDENCE ASSIGNMENT,

WHEN THEY HEARD THE PUPPY WHIMPERING AND DUG HIM UP, BURIED JUST SIX TO EIGHT INCHES DOWN.

THEY BELIEVE THE ACT WAS INTENTIONAL.

TEASE THREE-ON CAM

JUST OVER A MONTH FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

AND ONLY DAYS FROM THE FIRST DEBATE.

AND THE V-P CANDIDATES ARE DOING WORK IN BATTLEGROUND STATES.

WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS.

PLUS.

GROWING CONCERN ABOUT THE RISING COST OF FAVORITE CUTS OF MEAT.

TZ3 A) BATTLEGROUND FOCUS-VO-WIPE

TZ3 B) MEAT PRICES-VOTOPS

NEWS OPEN-CLIP

LIVE DOPPLER-DOPPLER

TS 1) BATTLEGROUND-VOTOPS

AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEK OF THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.

TS 2) MEAT PRICES-VOTOPS

THE WORST DROUGHT IN DECADES LEAVES IT'S MARK ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

TS 3) BULLIED TEEN SHINES-VOTOPS

PLUS. TRICKED INTO HOMECOMING COURT.

WX TOSS-1 SHOT PUSH

GOOD MORNING SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

TODAY IS SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 30TH.

I'M JOE ROETZ.

BEFORE WE GET TO OUR BIG STORIES OF THE DAY -

WEATHER-WX CTR

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.

Over the last few days, the rain has been few and far between and today will be no exception.

The weekend overall has shaped up to be pretty nice as a summer like weather pattern stays in place. Mostly sunny skies will greet us as we wake on our Sunday morning with the possibility of some patchy fog, especially across our inland areas.

A few fair weather clouds will be mixing in with our sunshine during the afternoon. Even though the calendar says it's fall, our temperatures will feel anything but fall like, as most spots will aim for the lower 90s. Due to the west coast seabreeze, coastal and beach locations will remain just shy of that 90° mark.

With plenty of humidity around, isolated showers and storms will favor the afternoon and early evening hours. Rain prospects will hold around 20-30%, so not everyone will see the rain.

By sunset, the rain will come to an end and skies will become partly cloudy as temperatures drop into the mid 70s with a few inland spots in the lower 70s.

A weather system to our north and west will stall across the peninsula, while drawing up plenty of tropical moisture early in the week. This means more clouds and scattered rain with an unsettled pattern through the middle part of the week, with the rain getting a jumpstart during the morning hours.

BREAKING CLIP-CLIP

TEEN HIT BY SHERIFF VEHICLE-OC

ABC-7 HAS LEARNED A TEEN IS IN SERIOUS CONDITION THIS MORNING.

SHE WAS HIT BY A LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE VEHICLE IN LEE COUNTY.

FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS IT HAPPENED AROUND FOUR SATURDAY MORNING.

WE'RE TOLD 18-YEAR OLD MEGAN CONWAY OF BONITA SPRINGS WAS WALKING ON OLIVE ROAD AND BEGAN TO CROSS SAN CARLOS BOULEVARD.

TROOPERS SAY SHE WALKED IN FRONT OF THE CAR.

WE'RE TOLD A LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE VEHICLE HIT HER.

VOTE CLIP-CLIP

BATTLEGROUND FOCUS-OC

BOTH VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES CAMPAIGNED THEIR WAY THROUGH IMPORTANT BATTLEGROUND STATES SATURDAY.

PAUL RYAN HELD AN EVENT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE BEFORE HEADING TO OHIO, WHILE JOE BIDEN WRAPPED UP A TWO-DAY VISIT TO FLORIDA.

BATTLEGROUND FOCUS-PKG

--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS --

WHILE THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE PREPARING FOR NEXT WEEK'S FIRST DEBATE, THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE HONING IN ON THE BATTLEGROUND STATES.

PAUL RYAN TOOK TO THE IMPORTANT STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE -- BEFORE MOVING ON TO THE EVEN MORE CRITICAL OHIO.

You're either part of the problem or part of the solution. And you know what, President Obama has become part of the problem and Mitt Romney is the solution.

AND JOE BIDEN TALKED ABOUT HIS OPPONENTS' POSITIONS ON THE NATIONAL DEBT AND THE MIDDLE CLASS -- DURING A TWO-DAY TRIP TO THE BATTLEGROUND STATE OF FLORIDA.

I love how they bleed over the national debt debt they are so concerned about it.

What's even more amazing watching their convention is they discovered middle class. It's like my God there's a middle class.

THIS WEEK'S ADDRESSES FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE G-O-P LOOKED TO JOBS AND THE HOUSING MARKET.

I agree with Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan that we need to stop all the looming tax hikes and develop a pro-growth tax code that brings jobs home and keeps jobs here.

Last week, mortgage rates were at historic lows. But instead of helping more and more hardworking families take advantage of those rates, Congress was away on break. Instead of worrying about you, they'd already gone home to worry about their campaigns.

MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT OBAMA AND MITT ROMNEY ARE GEARING UP FOR THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES BY USING SENTATORS JOHN KERRY AND ROB PORTMAN TO PREPARE.

GLOBAL CITIZEN FEST-VO

A CONCERT IN CENTRAL PARK URGED THOUSANDS TO BECOME MORE INFORMED CITIZENS SATURDAY.

THE GLOBAL CITIZEN FESTIVAL WAS SCHEDULED TO COINCIDE WITH THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETINGS THIS WEEK.

BANDS INCLUDING THE BLACK KEYS, FOO FIGHTERS AND NEIL YOUNG WERE SCHEDULED TO PERFORM.

VATICAN TRIAL-VO

POPE BENEDICT'S BUTLER IS OFFICIALLY ON TRIAL.

PAOLO GABRIELE FACES UP TO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON IF CONVICTED.

VATICAN TRIAL-SOT VO

"This trial is completely unprecedented in the last 200 years because it never happened that there was a traitor in the inner circle of the Pope."

CARMAGGEDDON WORK-VO

WORK ON THE 405 FREEWAY IN LOS ANGELES CONTINUES THIS MORNING.

AND WORKERS SAY THEY ARE STILL ON SCHEDULE.

WORK ON TEARING DOWN AND REBUILDING THE MULHOLLAND BRIDGE OVERPASS WAS TEMPORARILY HALTED YESTERDAY WHEN AN OLD PILLAR FROM THE BRIDGE FELL ONTO A NEW SECTION.

THIS IS ALL PART OF THE SO-CALLED "CARMAGGEDON TWO" WEEKEND THAT HAS CLOSED DOWN TEN MILES OF THE BUSIEST HIGHWAY IN THE NATION.

BUT OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE BACK ON SCHEDULE TO REOPEN THE FREEWAY FOR MONDAY MORNING'S COMMUTE.

HAIRDO BAN-VO

A REALLY BIG HAIRDO IS CAUSING SOME PROBLEMS FOR A STUDENT IN DELAND.

17-YEAR-OLD ASHER STONESIFER SAYS HE USES HIS HAIR TO EXPRESS HIMSELF.

BUT EARLIER THIS WEEK -- THE PRINCIPAL AT HIS SCHOOL TOOK EXCEPTION TO THE TWO-FOOT SPIKES ON HIS HEAD --

AND TOLD HIM THEY WERENT' ALLOWED.

HAIRDO BAN-SOTVO

"I've had no complaints from teachers or anything and to me its kind of hindering my self expression because it's not hurting anyone."

ASHER SAYS HE'LL FOLLOW THE RULES FROM NOW ON.

HIS PRINCIPAL ACTUALLY MADE A CONCESSION --

CAPE CANCER DUNK-NATVO

TAKING A DUNK- FOR A GOOD CAUSE.

mayor sullivan getting dunked- crowd going ohhhhh

CAPE CORAL MAYOR JOHN SULLIVAN AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TOOK A SEAT IN THE DUNK BOOTH SATURDAY.

TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST BREAST CANCER.

THE BANGLES, BUBBLES AND BLING EVENT WAS ONE WAY ORGANIZERS THOUGHT THEY COULD HAVE SOME FUN-

CAPE CANCER DUNK-SOTVO

This event is my dream. I've lost a lot of family members to cancer and I moved here from Georgia and I did relay for life a lot, for many years. And when I came here, I needed to get involved with American cancer again.

THIS EVENT IS A FUNDRAISER FOR THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY'S MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER WALK.

WHICH IS OCTOBER 20TH.

ORGANIZERS HOPE TO RAISE AT LEAST 5 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR CANCER RESEARCH,

GM RECALL-OC-(2)CG-OC TAG

GENERAL MOTORS IS RECALLING MORE THAN 40-THOUSAND CARS BECAUSE A PLASTIC PART MIGHT CRACK AND ALLOW FUEL TO LEAK.

THAT COULD LEAD TO A FIRE. AND G-M SAYS THE PROBLEM IS FAR MORE COMMON IN WARM-WEATHER STATES.

THE RECALL INCLUDES CHEVROLET COBALT AND PONTIAC G-5 SEDANS.MODEL YEARS '07 THROUGH '09.

AND CHEVROLET EQUINOXES, PONTIAC TORRENTS AND SATURN IONS FROM THE 2007 MODEL YEAR.

MEAT PRICES RISING-OC

FARMERS -- HIT HARD BY THE EXTENDED DROUGHT AND RISING FEED PRICES --

SENT A HIGHER-THAN-USUAL NUMBER OF ANIMALS TO SLAUGHTER LAST MONTH.

THAT MEANS THE PRICE OF MEAT WILL LIKELY RISE NEXT YEAR.

MEAT PRICES RISING-PKG

--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS --

"People love meat."

MEAT HAS PRIDE OF PLACE AT JAMIE STACHOWSKI'S BUTCHER SHOP IN WASHINGTON.

"What can I get for you, my friend?"

HAM.PASTRAMI.STEAK.IT'S ALL HERE.

"We're a meat eating country and no matter what, people are going to find a way to get meat."

BUT WITH PRICES FOR PORK AND BEEF EXPECTED TO RISE NEXT YEAR.

THIS LONG-TIME MEAT MAN SAYS CONSUMERS WILL HAVE TO PAY MORE -- OR GET USED TO NEW CUTS.

"What happened in the last increase is people went from eating a lot of primals to NY strips, the porterhouses - they went to eating secondary cuts."

"Everybody loves bacon."

THE COMING STICKER SHOCK WILL IMPACT NOT JUST BUTCHERS BUT RESTAURANTS AND DINNER TABLES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

"THE WORST DROUGHT IN DECADES MEANS HIGHER COSTS FOR ANIMAL FEED AND LOWER PROFITS FOR FARMERS. FARMS LIKE THIS ONE HERE IN MARYLAND HAVE ALREADY HAD TO RAISE PRICES TO KEEP UP. "

"What you doing, honey?"

JULIE GRAY STINAR RUNS A SMALL FARM NEAR THE WEST VIRGINIA BORDER.

WHERE SHE RAISES HENS, HOGS AND CATTLE.

A THIRD OF HER COSTS GOES TO ANIMAL FEED -- WHICH IS MOSTLY CORN AND SOY.

PRICES FOR CHICKEN AND PIG FEED HAVE SKY-ROCKETED SINCE JULY.

Stinar: It was $14.77 on July 2nd. Now it's $16.79 so it's gone up by two dollars in two months.

Athena: That's fair-- a significant amount.

Stinar: And so then here we have the pig pellet was 12.22 and now the pig pellet is 15.06.

Athena: So it's gonna get worse?

Stinar: Oh it'll get a lot worse.

SHE'S NOW CHARGING A DOLLAR A POUND MORE FOR HER SAUSAGE, PORK CHOPS AND BACON AND PLANS TO SWITCH FROM CORN-BASED HOG FEED TO SORGHUM TO SAVE MONEY.

"It's requiring a lot more creativity. You have to be really good at adapting."

SINCE SHE DOESN'T RAISE BROILER CHICKENS -- THE KIND YOU EAT -- IN WINTER, STINAR IS HOPING TO AVOID THE WORST OF THE PRICE SPIKE FOR THEIR FEED.

AND UNLIKE MOST AMERICAN FARMERS, SHE GRASS FEEDS HER CATTLE -- MEANING SHE WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GRAIN PRICES FOR THEM.

BACK IN WASHINGTON, STACHOWSKI'S CUSTOMERS ARE PREPARING THEMSELVES.

"The quality is worth it. I don't mind spending the money."

"There is a limit to what any person would pay."

ONE TONGUE-IN-CHEEK SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM.

"Eat more tofu."

THEN AGAIN - TOFU IS MADE OF SOY.

TEASE FOUR-OC

OUTSMARTED BY AN APP.

A THEIF SCORES AN IPAD.IPOD. A CAMERA AND SOME JEWELRLY.

SEE HOW POLICE WERE ABLE TO TRACK HIM DOWN.

TZ4 A) FIND MY IPHONE-VO-WIPE

LOTTERY NUMBERS-CG

ANCHORAGE SNOW-VOTOPS

SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA GETS ITS FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON.

THE ANCHORAGE AREA WOKE UP SATURDAY TO FIND SNOW THAT RANGED FROM A DUSTING TO A FEW INCHES IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

KIDS AND CROSS COUNTRY SKIERS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE CONDITIONS WHILE THEY COULD.

STORMWARN OPEN-CLIPTOPS

MAIN WEATHER-2SHOT

MAIN WEATHER-WXWALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

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

Over the last few days, the rain has been few and far between and today will be no exception.

The weekend overall has shaped up to be pretty nice as a summer like weather pattern stays in place. Mostly sunny skies will greet us as we wake on our Sunday morning with the possibility of some patchy fog, especially across our inland areas.

A few fair weather clouds will be mixing in with our sunshine during the afternoon. Even though the calendar says it's fall, our temperatures will feel anything but fall like, as most spots will aim for the lower 90s. Due to the west coast seabreeze, coastal and beach locations will remain just shy of that 90° mark.

With plenty of humidity around, isolated showers and storms will favor the afternoon and early evening hours. Rain prospects will hold around 20-30%, so not everyone will see the rain.

By sunset, the rain will come to an end and skies will become partly cloudy as temperatures drop into the mid 70s with a few inland spots in the lower 70s.

A weather system to our north and west will stall across the peninsula, while drawing up plenty of tropical moisture early in the week. This means more clouds and scattered rain with an unsettled pattern through the middle part of the week, with the rain getting a jumpstart during the morning hours.

BREAKING CLIP-CLIP

FM SHOOTING-VO

ABC-7 IS FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING.

FORT MYERS POLICE CONFIRM A SHOOTING AT THE WESTWOOD APARTMENTS HAS LEFT ONE PERSON DEAD.

THE APARTMENTS ARE IN THE 3000 BLOCK OF METRO PARKWAY.

POLICE RESPONDED TO A SHOOTING JUST BEFORE 5 THIS MORNING.

WE ARE ALSO FOLLOWING A SECOND CRIME SCENE AT LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NEAR DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS.

FIND MY IPHONE APP-VO-WIPE

TO CATCH A THIEF. A PENNSYLVANIA WOMAN LEARNED SHE ONLY NEEDED AN APP.

TWO WEEKS AGO. DESIREE HUGHES SAYS A BURGLAR BROKE INTO HER HOME.

STEALING ALL HER JEWELRY - INCLUDING HER WEDDING RINGS - CAMERAS, AND AN I-POD AND I-PAD.

THEN SHE REALIZED SHE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND THE DEVICES AND THE BURGLAR.

FIND MY IPHONE APP-SOTVO

Desiree Hughes/Tracked Down Stolen IPad:05

"They were using it and it tracked them right to the house exactly where my stuff was

POLICE THEN ARRESTED A MAN WHO THEY SAY CONFESSED TO THE CRIME AND TOLD THEM HE SOLD THE JEWELRY FOR HEROIN.

POLICE RECOVERED THE I-PAD, BUT IT'S BROKEN.

THEY'RE TRYING TO TRACK DOWN THE JEWELRY.

LANTERNS IN MICHIGAN-POP VO

A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT IN THE SKIES OVER GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

SOME 20-THOUSAND PAPER LANTERNS FILLED THE SKIES DOWNTOWN FRIDAY NIGHT.

AS PART OF AN ART PERFORMANCE CALLED "LIGHTS IN THE NIGHT."

CHINA PANDAS-VOTOPS

A PANDA HOUSE HOUSING THREE GIANT PANDAS OPENS UP IN CHINA

IT'S THE AREA'S FIRST FACILITY FOR PANDA BREEDING AND EXHIBITION.

THERE'S TWO FEMALES AND A MALE.

1,000 DOLLAR PENNY-POP VO

SOME CONSIDER THE PENNY OBSOLETE.

BUT ONE MISSOURI MAN MIGHT NOT AGREE AFTER HITTING A MINI JACKPOT WITH A RARE ONE CENT COIN.

A COMPANY CALLED 'THE GREAT AMERICAN TREASURE HUNT' WAS IN TOWN BUYING UP ANTIQUES, GOLD, SILVER AND COINS.

AN ANONYMOUS MAN BROUGHT IN A PENNY THAT WAS VALUED AT CLOSE TO ONE-THOUSAND-DOLLARS.

TEASE FIVE-AT POP

SHE WAS PICKED FOR HOMECOMING COURT AS A JOKE.

. AND EVEN HAD THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE BECAUSE OF IT.

TZ5 A BULLIED TEEN-VO

BULLIED TEEN SHINES-OC

PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE RALLIED AROUND A BULLIED MICHIGAN TEEN.

THE 16-YEAR-OLD WAS ELECTED TO HER SCHOOL'S HOMECOMING COURT AS A JOKE.

BUT SHE IS THE ONE HAVING THE LAST LAUGH.

BULLIED TEEN SHINES-PKG

A SUPERSTAR PRACTICALLY OVERNIGHT, 16 YEAR OLD WHITNEY KROPP IS A ROLE MODEL TO ANYONE WHO'S EVER BEEN BULLIED.

"It's just so overwhelming!"

BUT THIS SOPHOMORE'S JOURNEY TO STARDOM WAS NO FAIRYTALE. WHEN HER PEERS PICKED HER FOR THE HOMECOMING COURT AS A JOKE-SHE HAD THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE.

"I'm like wow I feel like trash. I feel like im a little thing that no one really cares about."

AT HER SISTER'S URGING, SHE DECIDED TO KEEP HER TITLE ON THE COURT.

Reporter: If I were in your position, that would be really hard to do.

It's really hard to do right now, bc at first I thought about dropping out of the homecoming court. but I thought about it overnight and I'm like wait a minute I'm just gonna prove myself."

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT SHE DID.

Since then, she's been swamped with support.

FROM THE LOCAL HAIR SALON THAT GAVE HER A NEW DO.

"To find out it was all a joke. it really touched me."

TO THE FACEBOOK PAGE WITH OVER 100,000 FANS.

"It's so cool to see emails we're getting or she's getting from parents and other students from all over the place telling their stories and how it helped them and it touched them and my daughter is out there as an inspiration to a lot of people and it's a really cool thing."

"I thought before 'oh no one cares about me.' I thought not even my own brother and sister care but they're proving me they do care. The world is proving they do, well not really care about me, but they care about the situation."

"FOLKS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE ARE HERE TONIGHT, INCLUDING THIS GROUP OF GIRLS-AND YOU GUYS LEFT YOUR HOME FOOTBALL GAME TO COME HERE AND SUPPORT WHITNEY. WHY?

"We just wanted to show whitney that our entire student body is completely and 100% behind her."

FROM BEING BULLIED-TO THE BULLY PULPIT. SHE'S USING HER NEWFOUND FAME TO SEND A MESSAGE.

"The kids that are bullying you, do not let them bring you down. Stand up for what you believe in. And go with your heart and go with your gut. That's what I did and look at me now! I'm just as happy as can be!"

BIEBER FAN FUNERAL-VO

A LITTLE GIRL WHO CALLED HERSELF "MRS. JUSTIN BIEBER" IS LAID TO REST IN MASSACHUSETTS.

6-YEAR OLD AVALANNA ROUTH LOST HER BRAVE BATTLE AGAINST A RARE FORM OF BRAIN CANCER ON WEDNESDAY.

AVALANNA GRABBED NATIONAL HEADLINES EARLIER THIS YEAR.

WHEN A FACEBOOK CAMPAIGN LED TO HER MEETING HER POP IDOL, JUSTIN BIEBER IN PERSON.

AND NOT ONLY DID SHE MEET BIEBER, THE TWO BECAME CLOSE FRIENDS, WITH THE SINGER TAKING HER TO SOME OF HIS CONCERTS.

TOP STORIES-CLIPTOPS

FM SHOOTING INVESTIGATION-VO

ABC-7 IS FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING.

FORT MYERS POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING AT THE WESTWOOD APARTMENTS.

THE APARTMENTS ARE IN THE 3000 BLOCK OF METRO PARKWAY.

THE CALL CAME IN JUST BEFORE 5 THIS MORNING.

FEW DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.

TS1) AFGHAN ATTACK-OC

WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS FROM OVERSEAS THIS MORNING.

A U-S OFFICIAL CONFIRMS THE DEATH OF TWO AMERICANS IN AFGHANISTAN, HITTING 2,000 KILLED IN THE AFGHAN WAR.

A MILITARY MEMBER, ALONG WITH A CIVILIAN IS DEAD IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN INSIDER ATTACK.

AFGHAN FORCES ATTACKED SATURDAY IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY.

TS2) HIT AND RUN-VOTOPS

AN EAST NAPLES WOMAN IS KILLED WHILE RIDING HER BIKE.

48- YEAR OLD ROBIN WALLACE WAS HIT BY A CAR SATURDAY ON ESTEY AVENUE.

THE DRIVER TOOK OFF.

NOW, FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE REMEMBERING HER LIFE.

TS3) STAGE SETUP-VOTOPS

THE STAGE IS IN PROGESS. FOR THE FIRST DEBATE OF YOUR VOICE YOUR VOTE 2012.

THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER WILL HOST THE CANDIDATE SHOWDOWN WEDNESDAY.

ABOUT A THOUSAND PEOPLE WILL GET TICKETS TO WATCH PRESIDENT OBAMA AND MITT ROMNEY DEBATE DOMESTIC POLICY ISSUES.

THE WORK ON THE ARENA WILL BE COMPLETED ON MONDAY.

FINAL WEATHER-WXCOMP

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.

Over the last few days, the rain has been few and far between and today will be no exception.

The weekend overall has shaped up to be pretty nice as a summer like weather pattern stays in place. Mostly sunny skies will greet us as we wake on our Sunday morning with the possibility of some patchy fog, especially across our inland areas.

A few fair weather clouds will be mixing in with our sunshine during the afternoon. Even though the calendar says it's fall, our temperatures will feel anything but fall like, as most spots will aim for the lower 90s. Due to the west coast seabreeze, coastal and beach locations will remain just shy of that 90° mark.

With plenty of humidity around, isolated showers and storms will favor the afternoon and early evening hours. Rain prospects will hold around 20-30%, so not everyone will see the rain.

By sunset, the rain will come to an end and skies will become partly cloudy as temperatures drop into the mid 70s with a few inland spots in the lower 70s.

A weather system to our north and west will stall across the peninsula, while drawing up plenty of tropical moisture early in the week. This means more clouds and scattered rain with an unsettled pattern through the middle part of the week, with the rain getting a jumpstart during the morning hours.

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