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11:31:50 "They say if you don't do everything exactly as we direct, your vote won't be counted."

YOUR ABSENTEE BALLOT COULD COST YOU YOUR VOTE!

TONIGHT ABC-7 GETS ANSWERS TO VOTER CONFUSION IN COLLIER COUNTY.

they could treat me as a monster, but they can't take away my heart

FROM PENN STATE TO THE STATE PEN.

CONVICTED PEDOPHILE JERRY SANDSUKY VOWS

TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE SENTENCE THAT WILL LIKELY

KEEP HIM IN PRISON FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

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WOW.

INCREDIBLE VIDEO CAPTURES THE POWER OF MOTHER NATURE.

WE HEAR FROM THE COLLIER COUNTY WOMAN BEHIND THE AMAZING FOOTAGE

OF THIS FIREBALL

HL1) ABSENTEE BALLOTS-SOTVO

HL2) SANDUSKY-SOTVO

HL3) FIREBALL-NATS-VO

BREAKING OPEN-CLIP

LEHIGH HOUSE FIRE--VO TOPS WIPE

EMERGENCY CREWS ARE RESPONDING AT THE SCENE OF A HOUSE FIRE IN LEHIGH ACRES. IT'S ON 25TH STREET SOUTHWEST.

THE FIRE IS OUT AND CREWS ARE STILL ON SCENE CHECKING FOR HOT SPOTS AND AWAITING THE FIRE MARSHALL.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TELLS US IT HAPPENED AROUND 4:30 WHEN THE FAMILY SMELLED SMOKE AND DISCOVERED AN ENTIRE BEDROOM WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES.

LEHIGH HOUSE FIRE-SOT VO

TAKE SOT

JOHN WAYNE - BATTALLION CHEIF

9 SEC "told our crews exactly where the fire was at they didnt have to break down doors or force entry they just went in and enterned the bedroom and extinguished the fire.

THE 3 RESIDENTS AND PETS WERE ABLE TO GET OUT SAFELY.

THEY ARE ASKING FOR RED CROSS ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THERE IS HEAVY BLACK SMOKE DAMGE THROUGHOUT THE HOME.

HAWES ASKED TO RESIGN OVER MEDSTAR-SS BNR VO WIPE

THERE ARE MORE DEMANDS TONIGHT FOR SOME OF THE HIGHEST LEADERS

IN LEE COUNTY TO STEP DOWN FOLLOWING THE MEDSTAR MESS.

TODAY --COMMISSIONER FRANK MANN ASKED FOR

LEE COUNTY MANAGER KAREN HAWES TO RESIGN.

IF TAKEN OUT OF HER POSITION --SHE WOULD BE THE

*THIRD TOP ADMINISTRATOR OUT OF A JOB AFTER A SERIES

OF INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE SUDDEN MEDSTAR SHUTDOWN.

E-M-S CHIEF KIM DICKERSON RETIRED FRIDAY --

AND PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR JOHN WILSON

HAWES ASKED TO RESIGN OVER MEDSTAR-SOT VO

3:08:33 it is my hope.particularly considering ms hawes exemplary record for 25+ years that she might consider stepping aside under these circumstances 52

MANN DIDN'T OFFICIALLY ASK FOR HER RESIGNATION TODAY.

HE'LL MAKE A FORMAL MOTION FOR ENDING HER

CONTRACT AT NEXT WEEK'S MEETING.

HAWES ASKED TO RESIGN OVER MEDSTAR-SOT OC

I really cant.voluntarily stepped down

A HANDFUL OF CURRENT E-M-S EMPLOYEES ADDRESSED COMMISSIONERS THIS MORNING.

SOME OF THEM ASKING THE BOARD TO *KEEP* HAWES

GLUOMETER STABBING-VO

20 STUDENT STABBED IN THE FACE AND NECK WITH A NEEDLE AND OFFICERS SAY ANOTHER STUDENT DID IT. ON THE SCHOOL BUS.

IT HAPPENED IN BOYNTON, BEACH.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THE STUDENT USED A NEEDLE COMMONLY USED TO MONITOR BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS.

TONIGHT SHE IS IN CUSTODY AND FACES CHARGES OF AGGRAVATED BATTERY.

NO WORD ON WHY SHE DID IT.

CHARTER SCHOOL REPLACEMENT SEARCH-VOWIPE

AFTER 36 YEARS -- CAPE CORAL'S TOP EDUCATOR IS STEPPING DOWN.

DOCTOR LEE BUSH IS RETIRING FROM THE CITY-RUN CHARTER SCHOOL SYSTEM AT THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

CHARTER SCHOOL REPLACEMENT SEARCH-SOT VO

-bush-"were going to be traveling in an RV. We have kids all ove ther country. We have friends we'd like to spend time with."

THE SCHOOL BOARD IS MEETING TONIGHT TO CHOOSE ONE OF THREE SEARCH FIRMS TO FIND A REPLACEMENT.

SANDUSKY SENTENCED-VO WIPE

FORMER PENN STATE ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH JERRY SANDUSKY

WILL LIKELY SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON.

TODAY A JUDGE SENTENCED SANDUSKY TO NO LESS THAN 30

AND NO MORE THAN 60 YEARS IN PRISON.

THE JUDGE SAID HE COULD HAVE SENTENCED HIM

TO HUNDREDS OF YEARS IN PRISON --

BUT SAID THAT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE FOR A MAN HIS AGE.

IN A RAMBLING STATEMENT TO THE COURT TODAY -- THE 68-YEAR-OLD

SANDUSKY SENTENCED-(2)SOT VO

In my heart, I know I did not do these alleged disgusting acts.-- CUT TO--A young man who is dramatic, a veteran accuser, and always sought attention started everything. He was joined by a well-orchestrated effort of the media, investigators, the system, Penn State, psychologists, civil attorneys and other accusers. They won, I've wondered what they really won. 17

SOT/ JOSEPH MCGETTIGAN, LEAD PROSECUTOR:

"He displayed deviance, narcissism, a lack of feeling for the pain he caused others."

THE PUNISHMENT FOLLOWS SANDUSKY'S CONVICTION

ON 45 COUNTS OF CHILD SEX ABUSE LAST JUNE.

YVYV 2012 OPEN-CLIP

ABSENTEE BALLOT MISTAKE-POP

TONIGHT AT SIX -- WE'RE GETTING ANSWERS TO VOTER CONFUSION IN COLLIER COUNTY.

BECAUSE OF THE LENGTH OF THE BALLOT --SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS STATE-WIDE ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO VOTE BY MAIL.BUT 38-THOUSAND ABSENTEE BALLOTS WENT OUT WITH THE **WRONG** INSTRUCTIONS.

ABSENTEE BALLOT MISTAKE-PKG

"Place your marked ballot in the enclosed secrecy envelope."

EVEN THOUGH FRED TALBOTT HAS READ AND RE-READ INSTRUCTIONS ON HIS MAIL-IN BALLOT. ONE THING STILL DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

"It says place your marked ballot in the enclosed secrecy envelope. Well, I looked around and there was no secrecy envelope."

THERE'S A GREEN SECRECY SLEEVE - INTENDED TO PROTECT VOTER I-D DURING THE COUNTING PROCESS. THERE'S A 'RETURN' ENVELOPE TO MAIL BACK THE BALLOT. BUT NO 'SECRECY' ENVELOPE.

"There was a time when there was a secrecy envelope."

COLLIER COUNTY'S CHIEF DEPUTY OF ELECTIONS REALIZES THE WRONG WORDING. AND PUTS THE BLAMES ON THE COMPANY HIRED TO PRINT AND SHIP BALLOTS.

"What they did was pull an old obsolete PDF, a version that we're no longer using and ran with that instead of the one we asked them to."

HE SAYS THE COUNTY MAY CHOSE ANOTHER PRINTER IN THE FUTURE. HIS FOCUS NOW IS MAKING SURE VOTERS REALIZE THEIR ABSENTEE BALLOTS WILL COUNT AND GO THROUGH THESE MACHINES AS LONG AS IT'S SIGNED.

"We're obviously not happy and what makes it really frustrating from our perspective is this has absolutely no impact on whether a ballot is going to be counted or not."

"My great concern is that other people sitting at home they get this and this look for that envelope and think oh my lord i can't send this in without that secrecy envelope, I just won't vote."

ESPECIALLY CONCERNING FOR A MAN WHO KNOWS THE POWER OF WORDS. TALBOTT IS A FORMER JOURNALIST. ATTORNEY. AND COLLEGE PROFESSOR.

"and I taught directives, that was part of it. How to right instructions."

DESPITE THE CONFUSION, HE DOESN'T REGRET ABOUT VOTING ABSENTEE.

ABSENTEE BALLOT MISTAKE-ONCAM

THE COMPANY HIRED TO PRINT COLLIER COUNTY'S ABSENTEE BALLOTS HAS SINCE CORRECTED THE INSTRUCTIONS.

POLITICS TODAY-VO

THE POLLS SHOW THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE IS NOW

CLOSER THAN EVER BEFORE -- WITH THREE NEW NATIONAL POLLS SUGGESTING THE RACE IS A DEAD HEAT.

A C-N-N POLL OF POLLS THAT AVERAGES THE RESULTS SHOWS MITT ROMNEY HAS THE SUPPORT OF 48-PERCENT OF LIKELY VOTERS COMPARED TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S 47-PERCENT.

THE LATEST ABC NEWS/WASHINGTON POST POLL SHOWS

ROMNEY PULLING AHEAD OF PRESIDENT OBAMA

55 TO 44 PERCENT -- BUT OTHER POLLS STILL

MENINGITIS FOLO-VO WIPE

119 SICK.

ELEVEN DEAD.

ALL FROM A MENINGISTIS OUTBREAK -- AND TONIGHT WE KNOW HOW IT'S HITTING FLORIDA.

GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT SAYS THAT ALL FOUR CASES IN FLORIDA ARE RELATED TO THE SAME HEALTH FACILITY IN MARION COUNTY.

IN PENSACOLA -- THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO PEOPLE WHO POSSIBLY GOT TAINTED INJECTIONS.

THE OUTBREAK IS TRACED TO STEROID SHOTS FOR BACK PAIN.

MENINGITIS FOLO-SOT VO

SOT Dr. John Lanza/Escambia County Health Dept.

Three hundred have been succesfully contacted, we still have a list of the

spinal ones that we have not been able to contact so what we are doing is we

are going out and visiting those individuals.13

WHAT SHOULD YOU LOOK FOR --

SWELLING OR PAIN NEAR THE INJECTION SITE --

OTHER INDICATORS.FEVER, HEADACHE, NAUSEA OR SYMPTOMS CONSISTENT WITH A STROKE.

NEW FL LICENSE PLATE-(3) SS VO WIPE

YOUR FLORIDA LICENSE PLATES COULD SOON BE GETTING A MAKEOVER.

AN OVERHAUL TO CHANGE THE STATE'S PLATE IS UNDERWAY.

IT'S THE LATEST PROPOSAL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY

AND MOTOR VEHICLES TO REPLACE MILLIONS OF UNREADABLE TAGS.

THESE ARE A FEW OF THE PROPOSED DEISGNS.

WITH MORE AND MORE TECHNOLOGY READING LICENSE PLATES --

THE STATE IS LOSING OUT ON MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

NEW FL LICENSE PLATE-SOT VO

00.18.46 Other states that have done this major replace, it averages 3-5% increase in revenue just for that short period of time and that's how I can do this at no cost to our customers.

THE DIRECTOR SAYS THE DEPARTMENT HAS ENOUGH MONEY IN ITS BUDGET TO FOOT THE $31 MILLION DOLLAR BILL TO MANUFACTURE THE NEW PLATES.

IF APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATURE --

SMART CAR FIRE-VO WIPE

A SMART CAR.STARTED THIS.

TAKE A LOOK.

INVESTIGATORS TELL US A BATTERY CHARGER PLUGGED INTO A "SMART CAR" ALMOST DESTROYED THIS HOUSE IN A GATED ESTERO COMMUNITY LAST NIGHT.

THE OWNER - LISA SCHARDEIN SAYS THERE'S ONLY ONE THING SHE HOPED FIREFIGHTERS COULD SAVE INSIDE THE HALF MILLION DOLLAR HOME.

SMART CAR FIRE-SOT VO

4856 "you can't replace life. We know from experience."

4939 "my place of peace if you will to get away from the tradegy. It's just material possessions that can be replaced.

THE PICTURE IS NOW WITH A RELATIVE IN NAPLES.

FIREFIGHTERS TELL US THE BLAZE CAUSED 200-THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE.

BUS HERO HONORED-VO

A SIXTH GRADER WILL BE HONORED THIS WEEK

AFTER HIS QUICK THINKING SAVED A BUS DRIVER'S LIFE.

ON FRIDAY -- JACKSON BONAR WILL RECEIVE A "DO THE RIGHT THING" AWARD FROM THE GOLDEN GATE FIRE DEPARTMENT

AND FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL.

THE 11 YEAR OLD WAS ON THE WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL LAST MONTH

WHEN ROBERT KELLY LOST CONCIOUSNESS AND PASSED OUT

BEHIND THE WHEEL.

THAT'S WHEN JACKSON GRABBED THE WHEEL -- STEERED THE BUS

TO SAFETY --THEN CALLED HIS MOTHER TO CALL 9-1-1.

KELLY IS HOPING TO DRIVE AGAIN AS SOON AS HE IS CLEARED

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TEASE ONE

RITA KRILL/7:43 "It's just frightening as can be."

2:02 "This individual was very lucky.

WHAT CAUSED THAT. A FIREBALL IN ONE WOMAN'S BACKYARD.

STRAIGHT AHEAD HOW SHE CAUGHT IT ALL ON CAMERA.

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JP STORMWARN OPEN-CLIP

WEATHER-PWC

Did the title get your attention? I'm sure it did. Refreshing is synonymous with exhilarating, rejuvenating, reinvigorating, and reviving.

Pick the term you want to use. It's how we can explain the pattern change coming to our weather this week.

A cold front has been teasing us from the north for several days now. It's finally going to move far enough to our south tonight that a little touch of dry air will invade south Florida. That dry air will greatly decrease our rain chances, clear out the skies, and lower our humidity levels.

This means it won't feel so oppressive every afternoon! Oh, and as for the mornings - We will see lows dropping as far down as 68 over the next seven days.

Refreshing.

Here's what will happen. Wednesday morning will be partly cloudy, and there will be a patchy fog around daybreak. Lows will be around 73. The sunshine will zap all the fog, and we see highs get close to the 90 degree mark. With the lower humidity rolling in it will not feel as uncomfortable. We'll also be dry tomorrow afternoon.

Thursday through Saturday is when you'll really feel the change. Lows will be in the upper 60s, and it'll simply be a great start to the day. We'll see mostly sunny, dry weather. Just gorgeous!

CHARLOTTE COUNTY FLOODING-POP-VO WIPE

THE OWNER OF A CHARLOTTE COUNTY BUSINESS SAYS HE CALLED THE COUNTY SEVERAL TIMES ONCE HIS PROPERTY STARTED TO FLOOD, BUT NO ONE HELPED.

RONNIE NEFF SAYS HE'S NEVER SEEN WATER LEVELS LIKE THIS -- IN

THE FOUR YEARS HE'S OWNED THE PROPERTY.

HE'S WORRIED THE RECENT FLOOD WATERS WILL DAMAGE THE 600 BOATS

AND CAMPERS AT BURNT STORE R-V AND TRAILER STORAGE.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY FLOODING-(2)SOT VO

"I would like the county to actually come down here and look at the problem and give us some answers instead of emailing back and forth and getting the run around."

"there may be a couple of pipes that may need to be cleaned out. I'm going to go ahead and schedule those."

THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SENT AN INVESTIGATOR TO THE PROPERTY TODAY,

AND SAYS IT HAD PLANS TO VISIT THE SITE LATER IN THE WEEK.

INVESTIGATORS SAY HEAVY RAINS HAVE SATURATED THE LAND AND

NAPLES FIREBALL-TCMON-VO

IT WAS A STORM ONE COLLIER COUNTY WOMAN WILL NEVER FORGET.

LIGHTNING CREATED A FIREBALL RIGHT IN HER NEIGHBORS BACKYARD!

AND SHE CAUGHT THE WHOLE THING ON HER CELL PHONE.

NAPLES FIREBALL-PKG

RITA KRILL MOVED TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FROM CALIFORNIA AND QUICKLY DEVELOPED A NEW HOBBY.

RITA KRILL/NAPLES

6:37 "We never experienced this sort of weather."

TAKEN BACK BY THE LIGHTNING CAPITAL OF THE U.S., THE 53-YEAR OLD STARTED TO SIT OUTSIDE AND WATCH THE CLOUDS ROLL IN.

RITA KRILL

5:52 "We love thunderstorms, so we sit out here sometimes until the lightning gets real close."

TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT IS WHAT HAPPENED ON OCTOBER 5TH. KRILL WAS CAPTURING A STORM ON HER CELL PHONE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN

LIGHTNING STRUCK RIGHT IN HER NEIGHBORS BACKYARD, CREATING A FIREBALL.

RITA KRILL/7:00 "I've never been involved with anything like that."

THE STRIKE SENT KRILL RUNNING BACK INSIDE--BARK WAS SHREDDED OFF HER NEIGHBORS TREE WHILE ELECTRICAL WIRES WERE BURNED AWAY.

RITA KRILL/7:43 "It's just frightening as can be."

COLLIER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TOOK A LOOK AT THE AMAZING VIDEO. THEY SAY THE FACT THAT KRILL WASN'T INJURED IS AN EVEN BIGGER SURPRISE.

DAN SUMMERS/COLLIER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 2:02 "This individual was very lucky, thankfully she was just inside the doorwell."

REMINDING RESIDENTS TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER, ANYTIME LIGHTNING'S IN SIGHT.

FIRE SAFETY-VO

RICK RITTER WITH THAT REPORT.

PRESCHOOLERS GOT A SPECIAL VISIT TODAY.

WATCH.

SPARKY JOINED IONA-MCGREGOR FIREFIGHTERS FOR A PUPPET SHOW --

CHILDREN GOT TO TRY ON FIREFIGHTER GEAR AND WORK THE FIREHOSE THEMSELVES!

IT'S ALL PART OF FIRE PREVENTION WEEK.

COMING UP NEXT OPEN-CLIP

TEASE TWO-POP

THE MIAMI DOLPHINS. BACK HOME AND LOOKING FOR BACK TO BACK WINS. HEAR FROM THEM. THE HURRICANES LOOKING TO BOUNCE BACK.

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WORLD NEWS TEASE-BLK-SOT

TONIGHT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP B

TONIGHT AT 7 O'CLOCK

ALL NEW TONIGHT AT SEVEN.

THE STEPS SCHOOL OFFICIALS ARE NOW TAKING TO KEEP STUDENTS SAFE FROM LIGHTNNG IN LEE COUNTY..

A SEARCH THAT STARTED IN FLORIDA. ENDED IN A GRISLEY DISCOVEREY IN GEORGIA.

TZ 7 1) LIGHTNING DETECTION-VO-WIPE

TZ 7 2) BURIED IN CONCRETE-VOTOPS

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

FLORIDA EVERBLADES-POMON

FLORIDA EVERBLADES-VOTOPS

TODAY THE BLADES GOT TOGETHER FOR MEDIA DAY AT GERMAIN ARENA.

THE SEASON OPENER IS THIS FRIDAY AGAINST ORLANDO.

FLORIDA EVERBLADES-SOTTOS

MIAMI DOLPHINS-POPMON

MIAMI DOLPHINS-VOTOPS

MEANWHILE THE DOLPHINS HOPE TO DELIVER FOR THE SECOND WEEK IN A ROW.

THE FINS HOST THE ST. LOUIS RAMS THIS SUNDAY.

MIAMI DOLPHINS-SOTVO

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WE'VE GOT NEW PUNISHMENTS FOR THE PLAYERS INVOLVED IN THE SAINTS BOUNTY PROGRAM.

TODAY. NFL COMMISSIONER ROGER GOODELL. CHANGED HIS MIND ON TWO PLAYERS. INCLUDING PORT CHARLOTTE GRAD ANTHONY HARGROVE. WHO'S SUSPENSION HAS BEEN REDUCED FROM 8 TO 7 GAMES.

HOWEVER. HARGROVE. IS A MAN WITHOUT A TEAM. RIGHT NOW HE'S A FREE AGENT.

HURRICANES-VOTOPS

COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND THE MIAMI HURRICANES ARE LICKING THEIR WOUNDS AFTER A 38 POINT BEATDOWN SATURDAY NIGHT TO NOTRE DAME.

THE GOOD NEWS. THE CANES REMAIN UNDEFEATED IN THE ACC. AND HAVE ANOTHER CONFERENCE TEST THIS SATURAY.

HURRICANES-SOTTOPS

FGCU FSU-VOTOPS

LAST YEAR THE FGCU BASEBALL TEAM. WENT TO TALLAHASSEE AND BEAT THE FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES.

DAVID ORTIZ-VOTOPS

SPEAKING OF BASEBALL. THE RED SOX MAYBE COMING OFF A YEAR TO FORGET.

BUT DAVID ORTIZ IS NOT. THE BOSTON DH. HAD ANOTHER GREAT YEAR IN BEANTOWN. HITTING 318 WITH 23 HOME RUNS.

THE RED SOX ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO RE-SIGN BIG PAPPI. SAYING THIS IS A TOP PRIORITY.

DWTS ELIMINATION-VOTOPS-SS

TWO OF THE ALL-STARS WILL HEAD HOME IN A DOUBLE ELIMINATION!

MELISSA RYCROFT AND HER PARTNER SAMBAED THEIR WAY TO TRIPLE NINES.

THEY TIED FOR FIRST PLACE WITH KELLY MONACO AND HER PARTNER.

ON THE BOTTOM OF THE BOARD.FOR THE SECOND WEEK IN A ROW.BRISTOL PALIN AND MARK BALLAS.

GOODBYE-4SHOT