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HL1) TORRES MOM SPEAKS-SOTVO

I miss my son and abe eckman took my sons life

HER SON WAS MURDERED IN AUGUST.

TONIGHT, HIS SUSPECTED KILLER SITS IN A COLLIER COUNTY JAIL.

HL2) INTRUDER BEATEN-SOTVO

"My first thought was I need to catch this guy. I need to get him down on the ground."

AND HE DID,

HL3) SWATTING-VOTOPS

A HIGH-TECH CRIME WAVE IS SWEEPING THE NATION.

IT'S COSTING YOU MONEY -- AND PUTTING YOU IN DANGER.

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TORRES MOM SPEAKS-SS VO

NEW TONIGHT --

SHOT IN THE HEAD.MURDERED. WHILE HE SLEPT IN HIS BEDROOM.

TONIGHT - DETECTIVES SAY THEY HAVE THE MAN WHO GUNNED DOWN ERNEST TORRES IN EARLY AUGUST.

THEY SAY IT'S ABRAHAM ECKMAN.SHOT TORRES THROUGH HIS BEDROOM WINDOW.KILLING HIM.

ABC-7 TAPED DEPUTIES QUESTIONING ECKMAN DURING THEIR INVESTIGATION.

TONIGHT - WE KNOW THAT THE VICTIM'S FATHER SAYS ECKMAN THREATENED HIS SON.

DETECTIVES LATER FOUND A 12-GAUGE SHOTGUN AND A RIFLE AND AMUNITION IN HOME.

THEY ARRESTED HIM ON THAT IN AUGUST.AND JUST TODAY ADDED A MURDER CHARGE.

TORRES MOM SPEAKS-SOTSS

Linda torres Victim's Mother

I got some justice out of it bc he needs to suffer for what he did, coming up to my house shooting my son through the window while he was sleeping it's just horrible, its horrible for what I had to deal with and I don't have a child now.

DUNBAR MIDDLE SCHOOL STABBING-SS SOTVO

NEW AT 11 -

TWO DUNBAR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE RECOVERING TONIGHT --

AFTER DEPUTIES SAY ANOTHER STUDENT STABBED THEM WITH MEDICAL SCISSORS.

13-YEAR-OLD JA'DARION THOMAS NOW BATTERY CHARGES

A-B-C 7 TALKED TO HIS MOM TONIGHT.

KIMBERLY THOMAS/MOM

45:41 Reporter - "is Ja'Danion home?"

Mom - you have the wrong information. I don't know where you got your information from but --

Reporter - Would you be able to clear up that information for us?

Mom - I have absolutely no statement because I am taking further action

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THOMAS STABBED TWO TEENS --

ONE OVER A PIECE OF CANDY,

THE OTHER BECAUSE HE STEPPED IN TO PROTECT A GIRL.

INTRUDER BEATEN-SOTVO

IMAGINE COMING HOME TO FIND A STRANGER IN YOUR BEDROOM --

THAT HAPPENED TO A NORTH FORT MYERS MAN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON,

AND BEFORE HE CALLED 9-1-1 -- HE ACTUALLY WRESTLED THE MAN TO THE GROUND!

"I was just glad that I was able to get the first couple shots in him and get somewhat of the advantage because I didn't know what he had. I know he had a knife in one hand and then they found another knife in his pocket."

THIS IS DALE NOTTINGHAM.

THE 50-YEAR OLD MAN SAYS HE CAME HOME TO FIND A YOUNG MAN IN HIS ROOM.

NOTTINGHAM SAYS HE USED SOME BOXING TRICKS TO PUT THE MAN INTO A CHOKEHOLD.

ONE HE DID, HE CALLED DEPUTIES.

REMEMBERING JESSE-VOWIPE

LOOKING AHEAD --

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY WILL RETIRE JESSE WATLINGTON'S JERSEY NUMBER THIS WEEKEND.

THE SIXTH GRADER WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING A WEEK AGO AT FOOTBALL PRACTICE -- AND DIED ON SUNDAY.

TODAY -- FAMILY AND FRIENDS JOINED HANDS AT HIS MEMORIAL SERVICE.

HIS JERSEY -- NUMBER 51 -- WILL BE RETIRED AT HALFTIME ON SATURDAY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL GAME AT BISHOP VEROT.

LEE NEAR DROWNING NEW INFO-VOTOPS

A TWO-YEAR-OLD BOY IS FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE TONIGHT AFTER HE WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE EARLIER TODAY IN A POOL.

THE CHILD, BLAKE OSCEOLA, IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION TONIGHT AT HEALTHPARK MEDICAL CENTER IN SOUTH FORT MYERS.

HIS MOTHER CALLED 9-1-1 AFTER FINDING HIM IN THEIR LEHIGH ACRES POOL.

MENINGITIS UPDATE-VO

TONIGHT, 14 PEOPLE ARE DEAD, 170 SICK FROM THAT MENINGITIS OUTBREAK.

AND TWO FLORIDIANS ARE AMONG THOSE KILLED BY A RARE FORM OF FUNGAL MENINGITIS.

HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY TWO MEN IN THEIR 80S DIED IN MARION COUNTY AFTER GETTING TAINTED STEROID SHOTS TO EASE BACK PAIN.

OFFICIALS ARE WORRIED IT COULD WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER.

SANDUSKY'S WIFE-VO

NEW TONIGHT --

CONVICTED SEXUAL PREDATOR JERRY SANDUSKY'S WIFE DOTTIE IS RIPPING INTO HER HUSBAND'S ACCUSERS,

PARTICULARLY THEIR ADOPTED SON MATT.

IN THE MIDDLE OF SANDUSKY'S SEX ABUSE TRIAL,

MATT TOLD PROSECUTORS HE TOO HAD BEEN MOLESTED.

DOTTIE CALLS HIM A THIEF AND A LIAR -- BUT SAYS SHE STILL LOVES HIM.

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VP DEBATE-SOTVO

TONIGHT'S VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IN KENTUCKY WAS A COMBINATION OF ZINGERS, ATTACKS, AND FREE-WHEELLING POLICY TALK.

25:08:00 "as the vice president knows, sometimes words don't come out the right way. at least I say what I mean"

THAT WAS PAUL RYAN JABBING AT JOE BIDEN'S PROPENSITY FOR VERBAL GAFFES.

IT WAS ALSO HIS WAY OF RESPONDING TO MITT ROMNEY'S LEAKED COMMENT THAT 47 PERCENT OF THE COUNTRY FEEL ENTITLED AND WON'T VOTE FOR HIM.

VP DEBATE-(2)SOTVO

21:48:00 "i've had it up to here with the 47% -- it's about time they took some responsibility here."

23:35:00 "23 million americans struggling for work. 15 percent living poverty. This is not what a recovery looks like."

BIDEN AND RYAN ALSO TALKED FOREIGN POLICY.

THE VICE PRESIDENT ADMITTED THE RECENT ATTACK IN LIBYA WAS A FAILURE BUT TOUTED SUCCESSES IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ.

RYAN PICTURES-VOTOPS

WE ARE SEEING A DIFFERENT SIDE OF V-P HOPEFUL PAUL RYAN TONIGHT.

TIME MAGAZINE JUST RELEASED SOME PUMPED-UP PICTURES OF HIM.

THE PICTURES WERE ACTUALLY TAKEN LAST YEAR, LONG BEFORE HE WAS ON THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.

THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE MAGAZINE'S PERSON OF THE YEAR ISSUE.

HE WAS NAMED RUNNER-UP.

THEY CAME OUT TODAY FOR SOME REASON.

NEW FLORIDA POLL-SSTOPS

A POLL JUST OUT TONIGHT FROM THE TAMPA BAY TIMES AND THE MIAMI HERALD SPELLS TROUBLE FOR THE PRESIDENT IN FLORIDA.

ACCORDING TO THE NEW POLL --

MITT ROMNEY NOW LEADS IN THE SUNSHINE STATE, 51-TO-44.

THAT IS A MAJOR SHIFT FROM LAST MONTH IN THIS POLL -- WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA LED BY ONE.

UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS-VO

AND AS WE HEARD IN TONIGHT'S DEBATE -- JOBS ARE STILL AT THE TOP OF EVERYONE'S MIND.

TODAY, UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS TOOK A DRAMATIC DIP --

FALLING TO A FOUR-YEAR LOW.

BUT NOT FOR THE REASONS YOU MIGHT THINK.

THE AGENCY BELIEVES IT'S BECAUSE ONE *LARGE STATE DID NOT FULLY PROCESS ITS END-OF-QUARTER CLAIMS.

CHARCO JOB FAIR~DEBATE JOBS-VOWIPE

JOB SEEKERS IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY GOT A CHANCE TO SHAKE HANDS AND SUBMIT RESUMES TO PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES AT A JOB FAIR.

MORE THAN 200 APPLICANTS PACKED THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COLLEGE SITE IN PORT CHARLOTTE.

SOME JOB HUNTERS SAY THEY ARE PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.

CHARCO JOB FAIR~DEBATE JOBS-SOTVO

LA'KEISHA WASHINGTON, JOB SEEKER: Obama has put out a stimulus and a lot of jobs have been created with that the market in our area North Port/Port Charlotte area I see a lot of rise in development

FLORIDA FORECLOSURES-VO

THERE'S SOME HOPE FOR HOMEOWNERS --

BUT SOME DARK CLOUDS ARE STILL LOOMING IN THE SUNSHINE STATE.

THE PACE OF NEW FORECLOSURES IS SLOWING.

ACCORDING TO RESEARCH FIRM REALTY-TRAC --

MORTGAGE RATES ARE ALSO FALLING,

AND HOME SALES ARE TICKING UP.

SO ARE HOME PRICES.

THAT'S WELCOME NEWS TO PEOPLE LOOKING TO SELL THEIR HOMES.

THERE IS SOME BAD NEWS THOUGH.

FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2005,

FLORIDA HAS THE HIGHEST FORCLOSURE RANKING IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

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

VICTIMS IN TROUBLE -- EVEN ARRESTED FOR CRIMES THEY DID NOT COMMIT.

CRIMINALS ARE GOING HIGH TECH AND *YOU ARE THE TARGET.

WHAT IF YOUR EMPLOYEE CALLED IN TO WORK BECAUSE THEY "GOT UPSET WATCHING "THE HUNGER GAMES".

IT'S BEEN USED. AND IT'S ON A LIST OF THE MOST CREATIVE EXCUSES FOR CALLING IN.

TZ1 A SWATTING-VOTOPS

TZ1 B WORST WORK EXCUSES-VOTOPS

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WEATHER-PWC

TEASE ABC 7 EXTRA-??

WHAT IS SWATTING?

IF YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU SHOULD.

THE LATEST PRANK SWEEPING THE NATION --

AND WHY IT'S NOT FUNNY AT ALL -- IT'S DANGEROUS.

WE'LL EXPLAIN THAT --

AND THIS.

IT WASHED UP ON-SHORE IN FLORIDA YESTERDAY.

SO WHAT DOES THIS SOFTBALL-SIZE EYEBALL BELONG TO.

30 SECONDS AWAY, AFTER LOTTO.

EXTRA CLIP-CLIP

SWATTING-VOWIPE

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

WE ARE LOOKING AT TWO NEW CRIMES WHERE THE VICTIMS ARE THE ONES WHO END UP GETTING IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW.

FIRST UP --

THE EXTREME VERSION OF THE PRANK CALLED SWATTING.

THE LATEST TARGET --

POP STAR JUSTIN BIEBER.

SOMEONE CALLED 9-1-1 REPORTING A MAN WAVING A GUN NEAR HIS L-A HOME.

POLICE RESPONDED IN FORCE, BUT DIDN'T FIND ANYONE.

THIS SAME THING IS HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

SWATTING-SOTVO

BRAD GARRETT SOT - PEOPLE PRIMARILY SWAT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO WATCH. IT'S

THE THRILL OF IT. IT'S A POWER THING.

THERE ARE NEARLY 400 SWATTING INCIDENTS A YEAR NATIONWIDE.

THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IS CRACKING DOWN THOUGH --

MALWARE DEATH THREATS-OC

A NEW ONLINE SCAM TO WATCH OUT FOR --

THIS ONE IS LANDING SOME PEOPLE IN JAIL.

THREE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED IN JAPAN FOR MAKING DEATH THREATS --

THEY WERE ALL RELEASED THOUGH --

WHY?

THEY DIDN"T MAKE THEM.

IT TURNS OUT CRIMINALS HAVE RELEASED A NEW MALWARE THAT CAN HIJACK YOUR COMPUTER AND SEND THREATS.

CRUSHING THE CRA-VOWIPE

THE FUTURE OF CAPE CORAL'S REDEVLOPMENT AGENCY ONCE AGAIN REMAINS IN JEOPARDY.

AFTER REVIEWING ITS FINANCIAL STATUS, THE CITY MANAGER IS RECCOMENDING COUNCIL PUT THE C-R-A IN CITY HANDS.

COUNCILMAN MARTY MCCLAIN IS SPONSORING THE ORDINANCE.

HE IS CONCERNED THE MAJORITY OF THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS THE AGENCY RECIEVES IS GOING TOWARD SALARIES, RENT AND CONSULTANT FEES.

CRUSHING THE CRA-(2)SOTVO

10:54:21 it makes it hard to fund capt improvement projects which it is supposed to do when the money aren't there to do it:30

11:5:54 cra exisits to build a thriving successful downtown well if you move it out of dt and into city hall how does that benefit dt 6:04

COUNCIL WILL HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING MONDAY TO DISCUSS THE ORDINANCE.

POSTAL PRICES GOING UP-VO

NEW TONIGHT --

THE COST OF SENDING A LETTER IS GOING UP.

STARTING IN JANUARY, A FIRST CLASS FOREVER STAMP WILL COST YOU 46-CENTS.

THAT'S UP A PENNY.

SOMETHING THAT'S NEW FOR NEXT YEAR IS THE GLOBAL FOREVER STAMP.

FOR A DOLLAR AND 10 CENTS, POSTAL CUSTOMERS CAN MAIL A LETTER ANYWHERE *IN THE WORLD.*

OFFICIALS ALSO PLAN TO RAISE THE RATES FOR PRIORITY MAIL SERVICES.

8 9 10 11 12 BABY-VOWIPE

IT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE IT AT FIRST GLANCE, BUT TODAY'S DATE IS ACTUALLY PRETTY SPECIAL.

OCTOBER, 11TH, 2012 --

THAT'S 10-11-12!

A NEWBORN IN KENTUCKY WAS BORN AT AN EVEN MORE UNIQUE TIME.

EDEN BRIAR MANNON WAS BORN AT EIGH-OH-NINE THIS MORNING.

THAT MAKES HER BIRTHDAY -- 8-9-10-11-12!

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S/ Kimberly Mannon/ Mother:13

"I'm sure it'll be a cool story for her to tell people. It'll be easy to remember. We shouldn't forget any birthdays. So yeah, it's just kind of a neat thing."

MYSTERY EYE BALL WASHES ASHORE-VO

AN EYE-OPENING DISCOVERY TONIGHT ALONG THE SOUTH FLORIDA COAST --

YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS,.

A MAN WALKING ALONG THE SAND IN POMPANO BEACH. ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH OF MIAMI. STUMBLED UPON THE EYEBALL ON WEDNESDAY.

THEY TURNED IT OVER TO FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE.

AND TONIGHT,

F-W-C STILL DOESN'T KNOW WHAT ANIMAL IT BELONGS TO.

THEY THINK IT COULD BE FROM A WHALE, BIG FISH, OR EVEN A GIANT SQUID --

SICK DAY EXCUSES-HSVO

EVERY NOW AND THEN,

WE ALL HAVE DAYS WHERE WE JUST DON'T WANT TO COME TO WORK --

NOW US OF COURSE --

BUT YOU HAVE TO HEAR SOME OF THE FIBS TOPPING THIS YEAR'S LIST OF WORST SICK DAY LIES.

…MY DOG IS HAVING NERVOUS BREAKDOWN.

…MY TOE IS STUCK IN A FAUCET.

…I'M HAVING MY DEAD GRANDMOTHER DUG UP FOR A POLICE INVESTIGATION.

THOSE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE CREATIVE EXCUSES WORKERS GAME TO EXPLAIN THEIR ABSENCE FROM WORK.

THIS COMES FROM A CAREER BUILDER SURVEY.

THE COMPANY SAYS 30 PERCENT OF WORKERS OVER THE PAST YEAR CALLED IN SICK EVEN WHEN THEY WERE NOT.

ON THE OTHER SIDE --

SPORTS TOSS-POP EST

TEASE TWO-POP

GREAT DAY OF BASEBALL. INCLUDING A WALK OFF IN DC. FLORIDA STATE STILL TRYING TO GET OVER SATURDAYS LOSS.

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NIGHTLINE TEASE-BLK-SOT

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NATS CARDS-VOTOPS

LET'S START THIS PARTY IN THE NATIONS CAPITAL. AND WHAT A PARTY IT WAS.

JAYSON WERTH. BUH BYE. WALKOFF JACK. NATIONALS BEAT THE CARDINALS 2-1

YANKEES O'S-POPMON

YANKEES O'S-VOTOPS

REDS GIANTS-VOTOPS

GAME 5 FROM CINCINNATI. AND THE GAINT CRASHING THE PARTY

BUSTER POSEY. GOES GRAND SLAM ON THE REDS. GIVING THE GIANTS A 6-0 LEAD.

REDS GIANTS-SOTOPS

FLORIDA STATE-POMON

FLORIDA STATE-SOTTOPS

VICK HAS A DOG-VO

MICHAEL VICK IS ONCE AGAIN A DOG OWNER.

VICK.WHO SPENT 18 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR FUNDING AN ILLEGAL DOG-FIGHTING RING.

ANNOUNCED HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE HIS KIDS DEVELOP A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP WITH ANIMALS.

MIAMI HEAT-POPMON

MIAMI HEAT-VOTOPS

LET'S GO TO BEIJING. CLIPPERS AND HEAT.

RAY ALLEN. DOING WHAT HE DOES. KNOCKS DOWN THE 3. ALLEN WITH 15 IN HIS MIAMI DEBUT.

HOW ABOUT THIS PLAY. HEAT IN MID SEASON FORM. DWAYNE WADE WITH THE STEAL. LEBRON JAMES CAPS IT OFF WITH THE FLUSH. JAMES WITH 20

MIAMI HEAT-SOTTOPS

UNC HOOPS-VOTOPS

A FEW WEEKS AGO. NORTH CAROLINA BASKETBALL COACH ROY WILLIAMS HAD SURGERY TO REMOVE A BENIN TUMOR FROM HIS KIDNEY.

UNC HOOPS-SOTTOPS

NHL LOCKOUT-VOTOPS

NHL LOCKOUT-SOTTOPS

TOSS TO BREAK-POP

SPAM COOKING COMPETITION-VOWIPE

WHEN YOU THINK OF SPAM --

FINE DINING ISN'T USUALLY THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MIND.

BUT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THESE MEALS.

15 SPAM *CHEFS PUT THEIR RECIPIES TO THE TEST AT THE TEXAS STATE FAIR.

THEY WERE JUDGED ON FLAVOR, PRESENTATION, AND ORIGINALITY.

SOME OF THESE LOOK LIKE WORKS OF ART --

SPAM COOKING COMPETITION-SOTVO

"The people who have been judging this competition have done so many of them for over 20 years. It's a really fun group of people and the whole thing of spam it's just so kitch. You gotta love it."

THE WINNER PICKED UP A 150 DOLLAR PRIZE.

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