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HL1) KARATE KIDS-NATVO

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KARATE CHOPS!

HIGH KICKS!

BUT A-B-C 7 FOUND OUT SELF DEFENSE IS NOT WHAT THESE FORT MYERS KIDS ARE AFTER.

HL2) ROACH EATER-VOTOPS

PLUS, HE DOWNED ROACHES -- AND DIED.

HL3) FAST FOOD-VOTOPS

EVERY SECOND COUNTS --

SO WHICH RESTAURANT SAVES YOU THE *MOST* TIME IN THE DRIVE-THRU?

COMING UP --

HL4) SANDUSKY STATEMENT-SOTVO

In my heart, I know I did not do these alleged, disgusting acts

JERRY SANDUSKY SAYS HE'S INNOCENT.

HEAR WHAT HE'S SAYING --

JUST HOURS BEFORE HIS SENTENCING.

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CURFEW CRACKDOWN-VO

HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN FORT MYERS --

IF SOMEONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 IS NOT INSIDE, THEY COULD NOW FACE A TICKET -- STARTING TONIGHT.

THE CITY HAS MOVED ITS CURFEW EARLIER --

AND, AFTER A GRACE PERIOD, OFFICERS STARTED ENFORCING THAT CURFEW THIS EVENING.

BY DEMANDING YOUNG PEOPLE BE INSIDE BY NINE EVERY WEEKNIGHT --

AND 11 EVERY WEEKEND --

CURFEW CRACKDOWN-SOTVO

we're not saying we're going to have officers out stopping every child that's walking up and down the street if they encounter a child they'll question the circumstances why you're out there

IF OFFICERS CATCH A YOUNG PERSON OUT PAST THE NEW CURFEW, THEY GET ONE WARNING -- THEN THEY FACE A 110-DOLLAR FINE.

OPPONENTS ARGUE THIS COULD CREATE A CRIMINAL RECORD FOR HONOR STUDENTS OUT STUDYING LATE.

THE A-C-L-U HAS ALSO ARGUED IT ALLOWS OFFICERS TO STOP ANY "YOUNG PERSON" THEY WANT FOR NO REASON -- NOT KNOWING THEIR EXACT AGE.

20TH HOMICIDE-VO

AND, JEFF, ONE OF THE REASONS THE CITY DECIDED THEY NEEDED THE CURFEW WAS BECAUSE OF ALL THE VIOLENCE THIS YEAR IN FORT MYERS --

20 HOMICIDES IN 2012 ALONE.

TWO-THIRDS OF THEM REMAIN UNSOLVED TONIGHT.

AND TONIGHT DETECTIVES ARE INVESTIGATING NUMBER 20.

SOMEONE FOUND A MAN'S BODY ON THE TARPON STREET PIER YESTERDAY.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY KNOW WHO THE VICTIM IS, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVEN'T RELEASED A NAME.

MARCO FATAL CRASH-VO

A COLLIER COUNTY MAN ADMITS HE WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL DURING A DEADLY CRASH THIS MORNING -- A CRASH HE THEN BOLTED FROM.

IT HAPPENED ON MARCO ISLAND OFF JAMAICA ROAD.

A JEEP FLIPPED OVER.

20-YEAR-OLD PASSENGER SHAYNE MURRAY FLEW OUT OF THAT CAR AND DIED.

WITNESSES SAY 22-YEAR-OLD ANDREW ROUBICEK WAS DRIVING -- AND DARTED AWAY.

DEPUTIES FOUND HIM AT HIS HOUSE.

THEY TESTED HIS BLOOD-ALCOHOL LEVEL.

WATLINGTON MEMORIAL-VO WIPE

PLANS FOR MEMORIAL SERVICES ARE UNDERWAY FOR JESSE WATLINGTON.

THE 11-YEAR-OLD DIED AFTER LIGHTNING STRUCK HIM LAST WEEK ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY.

TODAY -- CLASSMATES WORE JESSE'S FAVORITE COLOR PURPLE TO HONOR OF THE 6TH GRADER.

WATLINGTON MEMORIAL-SOT-SS

36:37 "jesse is at home with the lord and now we want people to turn their attention and pray for mom and dad who are just dealing with a loss that no one expects to when your tuck an 11 year-old boy into bed at night and drop him off at school, and have him play football like every 11 year-old boy wants to do."

JESSE'S MEMORIAL SERVICE IS SET FOR THURSDAY, AT MCGREGOR BAPTIST CHURCH AT ONE O-CLOCK.

SANDUSKY SENTENCING-SOTVO

THE NIGHT BEFORE HIS SENTENCING -

FORMER PENN STATE ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH JERRY SANDUSKY IS TALKING -- FROM PRISON -- *SLAMMING WHAT HE CALLS FALSE ALLEGATIONS.

They can take away my life, they can make me out as a monster, they can treat me as a monster, but they can't take away my heart. In my heart, I know I did not do these alleged, disgusting acts. My wife has been my only sex partner and that was after marriage. Our love continues.

SANDUSKY'S LAWYERS SAY HE *WILL ALSO SPEAK AT TOMORROW'S SENTENCING HEARING.

A JURY CONVICTED HIM OF 45 COUNTS OF SEXUALLY-ABUSING BOYS OVER MORE THAN A DECADE.

ZIMMERMAN TRIAL LATEST-VOTOPS

NEIGHBORHOOD WATCHMAN GEORGE ZIMMERMAN PLANS TO ASK A JUDGE TO DELAY HIS MURDER TRIAL.

ZIMMERMAN'S ATTORNEYS SAY THEY'LL ALSO ASK THE JUDGE TO ALLOW MARTIN'S SCHOOL RECORDS, TWITTER AND FACEBOOK INFORMATION BE SUBPOENAED,

GOLF CART ARGUMENT-VO

CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY A MAN USED HIS GOLF CART TO SETTLE AN ARGUMENT.

53-YEAR-OLD CARL MARTIN AND HIS NEIGHBOR WERE YELLING AT EACH OTHER.

MARTIN TOLD A-B-C 7 THE VICTIM SIMPLY STEPPED IN FRONT OF HIM AND HE COULDN'T SWERVE THE GOLF CART OUT THE WAY.

GOLF CART ARGUMENT-SOTVO

"two witnesses came forward, neighbors out there, and corroborated the victim's story exactly, the wording, the threat to do it and it was carried out." Robert Carpenter, Charlotte County Sheriff's Office.

DEPUTIES LEARNED TWO OTHER THINGS AS THEY INVESTIGATED THIS --

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POST DEBATE POLL-SS SOTVO

IT'S YOUR VOICE, YOUR VOTE 20-12.

TONIGHT WE ARE GETTING A CLEAR LOOK AT THE BOOST MITT ROMNEY IS GETTING AFTER HIS PERFORMACE IN LAST WEEK'S PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.

A NEW PEW RESEARCH POLL SHOWS ROMNEY IS NOW EVEN WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA NATIONWIDE.

BOTH ARE SITTING AT 46 PERCENT.

LAST MONTH THE SAME POLL HAD ROMNEY TRAILING BY NINE POINTS.

Hope is not a strategy.

ROMNEY'S PERSONAL IMAGE IS ALSO GOING UP.

HIS FAVORABILITY RATING IS UP TO 50 PERCENT FOR THE FIRST TIME --

MEANWHILE THE PRESIDENT SAW HIS RATING DECLINE TO 49 PERCENT.

DEBATE PREVIEW-VOTOPS

LOOKING AHEAD --

VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND REPUBLICAN VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PAUL RYAN DUEL ON THURSDAY.

THEY'RE BUSY PREPARING THEIR DEBATE RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS THEIR ONLY DEBATE.

DANVILLE, KENTUCKY WILL HOST IT.

VOTER REGISTRATION-VOTOPS

TOMORROW IS THE DEADLINE FOR NEW VOTERS TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

APPLICATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED AND RETURNED TO THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS OFFICE BY *TOMORROW!

THE OFFICE CLOSES AT FIVE TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

AS OF THIS WEEK, THERE ARE FOUR-POINT SEVEN MILLION REGISTERED DEMOCRATS IN FLORIDA COMPARED TO FOUR-POINT-TWO MILLION REPUBLICANS.

MENINGITIS OUTBREAK LATEST-VO

A-B-C SEVEN IS CLOSELY FOLLOWING A DEADLY MENINGITIS OUTBREAK THAT HAS ALREADY TAKEN AT LEAST SEVEN LIVES.

TONIGHT--

AREA CLINICS TELL US THEY DO *NOT CARRY THE MEDICATION BELIEVED TO BE SPARKING THAT OUTBREAK.

BUT,

HEALTH PROVIDERS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ARE STILL ON HIGH ALERT.

MANY *DO CARRY *OTHER PRODUCTS FROM THE NEW ENGLAND COMPOUNDING COMPANY AT THE CENTER OF THE OUTBREAK.

THAT FACILITY HAS SHUT DOWN.

CRASH COMPARISON-VOTOPS

YESTERDAY AT TALLADEGA TWO-DOZEN CARS PILED UP ON THE FINAL LAP --

IT HAPPENED AT 200 MILES PER HOUR BUT AMAZINGLY NO ONE WAS HURT --

BUT TONIGHT,

CRASH COMPARISON-NATVO

NATS: All you could hear was the crunch of cars

Nats: it was like a nascar crash

THIS WAS THE SCENE ON I-75 IN SARASOTA COUNTY LAST WEEK.

MORE THAN FOUR DOZEN CARS IN A DOZEN DIFFERENT CRASHES.

PRO RACERS SAY THE BEST THING TO DO TO AVOID A CRASH IS TO KEEP YOUR DISTANCE, ESPECIALLY IN BAD WEATHER.

AND, TRY AND DRIVE IN THE OUTSIDE LANES OF THE HIGHWAY,

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

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THESE KIDS ARE LEARNING AN IMPORTANT LESSON -- AND IT'S NOT HOW TO PUNCH AND KICK.

IN TONIGHT'S A-B-C SEVEN EXTRA, WHAT PARENTS ARE GETTING OUT OF MARTIAL ARTS PROGRAMS.

A MAN DIES AFTER WINNING A BIZARRE EATING CONTEST.

WHY A COMMON ALLERGY COULD BE TO BLAME.

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TEASE ABC 7 EXTRA KARATE-NATVO

5:26:18 'nats of karate kids yelling'

KARATE'S EXPLODING IN OUR AREA.

BUT THE KIDS TAKING PART ARE *YOUNGER* THAN YOU MIGHT THINK --

AND THEY'RE NOT DOING IT FOR SELF-DEFENSE.

WE'LL EXPLAIN THAT --

PLUS REVEAL THE *FASTEST* OF THE FOOD JOINTS.

IN 30 SECONDS, WHO GETS YOU IN-AND-OUT OF THE DRIVE-THRU QUICKEST.

FAST FOOD RACE-VO

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PARENTS WILL TRY ANYTHING TO GET THEIR UNRULY CHILDREN UNDER CONTROL.

NO DESSERT -- GROUNDING -- BUT MANY PARENTS ARE NOW TRYING SOMETHING ELSE.

SIGNING THEIR CHILDREN UP FOR KARATE.

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

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EVERY PARENT WANTS THEIR YOUNG KIDS TO BE SAFE, ACTIVE AND WELL MANNERED.

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THAT WOULD EXPLAIN WHY SCHOOLS LIKE KUROKAWA MARTIAL ARTS AND TAEKWONDOW UNITED IN LEE COUNTY

ARE BUSYIER THAN EVER.

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WHILE MOST KIDS START MARTIAL ARTS AT 5 OR 6

THESE DAYS - THEY'RE STARTING EVEN YOUNGER.

sarah McDaniel / Taekwondo United

21:57 the parents calling in, a large portion are 2-4 year old range. They want their child involved in activities during the day.

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"martial arts instructors say one reason for the increase in enrollment are television shows like Kung Fu Panda and Kicking it."

BUT THEY SAY THE BIGGEST REASONS-- DISCIPLINE AND STRUCTURE.

carmen diez/ owner/kurokawa martial arts

33:17 parents want to see their kids are growing up with good manners and be able to respect authority.

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TINA PARSONS IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BRIGHTEST HORIZONS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER.

SHE SAYS DISCIPLINE STARTS AT HOME.

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59:37 "Between the ages of 2-5 children are really learning how to interact. They are really pushing to see what they can get away with."

AND WITH JUST A FEW MONTHS OF MARTIAL ARTS CLASSES -

TIM KELLEY FROM FORT MYERS HAS ALREADY NOTICED A CHANGE IN HIS 4 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, RILEY.

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"seem to be more focused and hold attention better, pay better attention."

PUNCHING FOR A BLACK BELT EVEN EARLIER --

FOR A LESSON IN SELF CONTROL.

ROACH CONTEST-VO

A BIZARRE EATING CONTEST TURNED DEADLY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

MORE THAN TWO DOZEN PEOPLE COMPETED FRIDAY TO EAT AS MANY *LIVE INSECTS AS POSSIBLE.

THE WINNER EARNED A PET PYTHON.

AND THAT WINNER ATE DOZENS OF ROACHES AND WORMS -- BUT COLLAPSED RIGHT AFTERWARD.

HE WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.

AUTHORITIES ARE WAITING ON AN AUTOPSY TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW HE DIED.

ROACH CONTEST-SOTVO

Very saddened. end on he was the life of the party

CONTESTANTS HAD TO SIGN A WAIVER SAYING THEY WERE NOT ON DRUGS.

IT ALSO SAYS THEY CAN'T HAVE ALLERGIES TO SHELLFISH.

DOG IN ENGINE-VO

A DOG SURVIVED A ONE-HUNDRED MILE JOURNEY UNDER THE HOOD OF A TRUCK.

THIS IS THE DOG -- YOU CAN SEE IT IS O-K AFTER THE ROUGH RIDE.

THE DRIVER SAID HE HEARD A SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE -- PULLED OVER -- POPPED THE HOOD AND FOUND THE DOG SHAKING INSIDE.

DOG IN ENGINE-SOTVO

"I can, I can tell that he was a little scared 'cause he was shaking a little bit. But I was expecting to see something else, really. I never thought that the dog was going to be in one piece."

THE DRIVER IS NOW WORKING TO FIND THE DOG'S OWNER --

SKYDIVER PREVIEW-VO

TOMORROW --

AN AUSTRIAN DARE-DEVIL WILL ATTEMPT SOMETHING NO ONE HAS EVER DONE BEFORE.

FELIX BAUMGARTNER WILL TRY TO BREAK THE WORLD RECORD FOR HIGHEST SKYDIVE EVER.

HE WILL LEAP FROM A BALOON NEARLY 23 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH.

THE DEATH-DEFYING JUMP -- FROM THE EDGE OF SPACE -- WOULD ALSO MARK THE FASTEST FREE-FALL IN HISTORY.

THE GOAL IS TO PROVE HUMAN BEINGS CAN BREAK THE SPEED OF SOUND IN THE STRATOSPHERE AND RETURN TO EARTH SAFELY --

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FROM SPEED RECORDS TO SPEEDY SERVICE --

TONIGHT WE KNOW WHICH FAST FOOD CHAIN IS THE FASTEST.

THE 2012 Q-S-R DRIVE-THRU STUDY RANKS WENDY'S AS THE FASTEST FOOD CHAIN.

A TRIP THROUGH THE DRIVE-THROUGH WILL TAKE ON AVERAGE 130 SECONDS.

TACO BELL GOT SECOND PLACE --

BOJANGLES THIRD -- FOLLOWED BY KRYSTAL, MCDONALD'S AND CHICK FIL-A.

BURGER KING CAME IN LAST WITH A WHOPPING 201 SECOND WAIT.

WENDY'S ALSO GOT ORDERS RIGHT MORE OFTEN,

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TEASE TWO-POP

THE FLORIDA GATORS ARE HAPPY BUT NOT SATISFIED. FLORIDA STATE LOST ON SATURDAY. BUT THEY SAY THEY WILL NOT CHANGE THEIR APPROACH.

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NIGHTLINE TEASE-BLK-SOT

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NATS CARDS-VOTOPS

FIRST STOP. ST. LOU. CARDINALS AND NATIONALS.

ALL CARDS IN THIS ONE. CARLOS BELTRAN. PUTS THIS PITCH IN THE BLEACHERS. 2RUN SHOT. HIS SECOND OF THE NIGHT.

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FRANCONA-POP

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FLORIDA GATORS-POPMON

FLORIDA GATORS-VOTOPS-WIPE

THE GATORS OF COURSE MADE A BIG STEP IN GETTING TO ATLANTA OVER THE WEEKEND IN BEATING LSU.

A WIN IN WHICH RUNNING BACK MIKE GILL IS LEE. RAN FOR 146 YARDS AND 2TDS. FOR THAT HE'S BEEN NAMED SEC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK.

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FSU LOSS-VOTOPS-WIPE

THE FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES ARE COMING OF A GUT-WRENCHING LOSS TO NORTH CAROLINA STATE.

A GAME WHICH MOST LIKELY KNOCKED THEM OUT OF THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP CHASE.

FSU LOSS-SOTTOPS-WIPE

HS POLL-VOTOPS-WIPE

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL POLL IS OUT.

NAPLES KEEPS RISING. THIS WEEK THE GOLDEN EAGLES ARE RANKED 4TH IN THE STATE IN 6A.

SOUTH FORT MYERS KEEPS WINNING. BUT THEY KEEP FALLING FOR SOME REASON. NOW RANKED. 14TH

NASCAR-POMON

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THIS WAS THE SCENE AT TALLADEGA.

TOTAL CHOAS ON THE FINAL LAP.

NASCAR-SOTTOPS

TOSS TO BREAK-POP

WILL AND KATE-VO

THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE MADE HER FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE IN THE U-K AFTER A FRENCH MAGAZINE PUBLISHED TOPLESS PHOTOS OF HER.

SHE AND PRINCE WILLIAM WERE AT A LUNCHEON FOR SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS IN LONDON.

KATE WAS DRESSED IN A WINE RED SUIT THAT MATCHED HER HUSBAND'S TIE.

DWTS RECAP-NATVO

WEEK THREE ON DANCING WITH THE STARS --

AND TONIGHT --

THE COUPLES WERE ASKED TO RE-CREATE SOME OF THE MOST ICONIC MOMENTS FROM DANCING WITH STARS HISTORY.

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THE JUDGES THOUGHT MELISSA RYCROFT AND KELLY MONACO'S RECREATIONS SHINED THE BRIGHTEST.

THEY SHARE THE TOP SPOT EACH EARNING A 27.

ON THE BOTTOM AGAIN THIS WEEK -- BRISTOL PALIN.

PALIN ACTUALLY WALKED OUT OF PRACTICE EARLIER THIS WEEK AFTER AN ARGUMENT WITH PARTNER MARK BALLAS.

MARCHING BAND VIRAL-NATVOTOP

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HERE'S SOME COREOGRAPHY WE LOVED.

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY MARCHING BAND PUT ON THIS *EPIC VIDEO GAME THEMED PERFORMANCE OVER THE WEEKEND.

IT'S ALREADY GONE VIRAL WITH MORE THAN A MILLION VIEWS AND COUNTING.

CLASSIC VIDEO GAMES LIKE TETRIS AND SUPER MARIO BROTHERS MADE AN APPEARANCE --

AS WELL AS NEWER HITS LIKE HALO.

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