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HL1) ENERGY DRINK-VOTOPS

DID A BURST OF CAFFEINE KILL THIS GIRL?

THE F-D-A IS NOW INVESTIGATING HER DEATH --

PLUS FOUR OTHERS --

TIED TO ENERGY DRINKS.

HL2) VOTER SCAM-VOTOPS

PLUS -- THE NEXT VOTER SCAM IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IS HAPPENING BY PHONE.

WHAT THE PERSON ON THE OTHER END IS DOING --

HL3) CHILD NEGLECT-VOTOPS

AND A HELPLESS, THREE-MONTH-OLD BABY IN FORT MYERS WAS LIVING IN THIS FILTH.

SANDY CLIP-CLIP

FIRST WEATHER-WX WALL

VOTE CLIP-CLIP

DEBATE SETUP-SOTVO OC

2:19:00 "we can't kill our way out of this mess."

4:51:00 "your strategy previously has been all over the map."

YOU HAVE JUST WATCHED ROUND THREE --

THE PRESIDENTIAL BOUT TONIGHT FOCUSED ON FOREIGN POLICY.

YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED --

PRESIDENT OBAMA AND GOVERNOR ROMNEY DON'T REALLY DISAGREE ON POLICY ALL THAT MUCH.

THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR ON THE MIDDLE EAST.

SYRIA.

IRAN.

THEY DO DISAGREE, THOUGH, ON THE TONE AMERICA SHOULD TAKE ABROAD.

ONE EXAMPLE --

DEBATE SETUP-SOTVO

7:08:00 "and the 1980s are calling for their foreign policy back, because the cold war has been over for 20 years."

9:39:00 "i have clear eyes on this -- on Russia and Mr. Putin; and certainly I'm not gonna say to him i'll give you more flexibility after elections. After the elections, he'll get more backbone."

IN JUST TWO WEEKS -- ELECTION DAY.

SO, DID TONIGHT SWAY YOU?

WHO WON?

NEW ABC POLL-SSTOPS

AND THIS IS A LOOK AT THE LATEST A-B-C NEWS WASHINGTON POST POLL.

IT SHOWS PRESIDENT OBAMA WITH 49 PERCENT OF LIKELY VOTERS --

AND MITT ROMNEY VERY CLOSE WITH 48 PERCENT.

AND REMEMBER, WE ARE JUST 15 DAYS FROM ELECTION NIGHT.

VOTER SCAM TOSS-OC

THE NEXT TIME YOUR PHONE RINGS, IT MIGHT BE SOMEONE TRYING TO SCAM YOU OUT OF YOUR VOTE.

A-B-C 7 FOUND OUT --

IT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED IN CAPE CORAL.

SO WE SENT REPORTER GEORGE SOLIS OUT TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON, SO YOU CAN BE PROTECTED.

VOTER SCAM-POP

VOTER SCAM-VO

BISHOP SAYS THE WOMAN CALLING HER SAID SHE WAS WITH THE R-N-C, THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE.

WHAT SHE WANTED, WAS TO TAKE BISHOP'S VOTE FOR PRESIDENT OVER THE PHONE.

AFTER BISHOP QUESTIONED HER, THE CONVERSATION STOPPED, AND ALL THAT WAS HEARD WAS A DIAL TONE.

VOTER SCAM-SOTVO

"Once it starting happening I grabbed my mail and that was the first thing I started jotting down." 17:13-17:19 Noelle Bishop

ELECTION OFFICIALS SAY THIS IS A FIRST FOR THEM.

THEY BELEIVE IT'S JUST ANOTHER TACTIC MEANT TO CONFUSE VOTERS, BECAUSE IN FLORIDA NO ONE CAN VOTE OVER THE PHONE.

VOTER SCAM-POP

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS LEADING UP TO NOVEMBER SIXTH, CONTACT YOUR LOCAL SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS.

VOTER LETTERS-VO

THE F-B-I IS INVESTIGATING *ANOTHER VOTER SCAM.

ELECTION OFFICES ALL OVER THE STATE ARE WATCHING OUT FOR A LETTER.

IT'S THREATENING PEOPLE WITH LEGAL ACTION -- EVEN IMPRISONMENT IF THEY CHOOSE TO VOTE.

THIS IS THE LETTER -- IT IS ACTUALLY MODELED OFF OF A REAL ONE -- BUT HERE'S HOW YOU CAN TELL IT'S A FAKE.

THE ELECTIONS OFFICE DOES *NOT THREATEN LEGAL ACTION -- AND THIS LETTER DOESN'T HAVE A SIGNATURE.

SO FAR SIX BOGUS LETTERS HAVE GONE OUT TO REGISTERED VOTERS IN LEE AND COLLIER COUNTIES.

MORE PEOPLE MAY HAVE ALSO RECEIVED ONE.

DEBATE ROUND 3 BEHIND THE SCENES-OC

WHAT YOU SAW ON TELEVISION DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE TONIGHT WAS THE STAGE, THE CANDIDATES, THE MODERATOR --

BUT THERE WAS ALSO A LOT OF ACTION GOING ON *BEHIND THE SCENES YOU DIDN'T SEE.

YOU KNOW WHO DID?

A-B-C SEVEN'S CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT CHAD OLIVER.

HE JOINS US LIVE TONIGHT FROM BOCA RATON --

TO SHOW YOU WHAT YOU MISSED.

DEBATE ROUND 3 BEHIND THE SCENES-LIVE

THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER BEHIND ME PROVIDED THE VENUE FOR FINAL SHOWDOWN IN THIS RACE.

IT'S AN EXTREMELY CONTROLLED *QUIET ENVIRONMENT.

DEBATE ROUND 3 BEHIND THE SCENES-PKG

*OUTSIDE THE DEBATE HALL IS ANOTHER SIDE TO THE FIGHT FOR THIS CAMPAIGN.

FLORIDA GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT PUSHING MITT ROMNEY'S RESUME.

Governor of Florida :00:02:27 "We have similar backgrounds. He's been in business. He knows how jobs are created just how I know jobs are created."

@:00:09:12

CHAD OLIVER: "Within the Media Center - this is 'Spin Alley.' It's where pundits, politicians and journalists collide. Immediately after the debate, this is where surrogates for both campaigns come to claim victory."

ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROOM - OBAMA SUPPORTERS.

FORMER GENERAL WESLEY CLARK PUMPS THE PRESIDENT DURING AN INTERVIEW ON CABLE NEWS. A FEW FEET AWAY - SENATOR DICK DURBIN DOES THAT SAME.

Illinois Senator "This President for 4 years has kept America safe. Brought our troops home from Iraq, he's going to bring them home from Afghanistan." 18

GOVERNOR ROMNEY SUPPORTERS GATHER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROOM. THERE'S FORMER PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE JOHN MCCAIN. AND FLORIDA SENATOR MARCO RUBIO TALKS UP ROMNEY DURING A GAGGLE WITH REPORTERS.

DEBATE ROUND 3 BEHIND THE SCENES-LIVE

NOW THAT THE DEBATES ARE FINISHED, THIS IS THE HOME STRETCH FOR THE CAMPAIGN.

FLORIDA AND IT'S 29 ELECTORAL VOTES - STILL CONSIDERED A TOSS UP BECAUSE POLLING IS SO CLOSE.

EARLY VOTING BEGINS *THIS SATURDAY.

DUNBAR ARREST-VO

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES SPENT THE AFTERNOON INVESTIGATING A PHONY BOMB THREAT AT DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL.

TONIGHT, THEY SAY THEY'VE ARRESTED THE TEENAGER WHO CALLED IT IN.

HER NAME IS ALICIA ROSALES.

SHE'S 15.

THEY SAY SHE'S CONFESSED TO MAKING THE FAKE THREAT.

METRO PKWY EXTENSION-VO

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES WANT TO SPEAK WITH A WOMAN WHO MAY HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT TODAY.

IT HAPPENED ON THE NEW PORTION OF METRO PARKWAY EXTENSION.

WITNESSES SAY THE WOMAN DROVE ACROSS THE BRIARCLIFF INTERSECTION WHEN A MAN RIDING A SCOOTER WAS HEADING NORTHBOUND.

HE PUT HIS SCOOTER DOWN TO AVOID A COLLISION.

THE RIDER SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES.

METRO PKWY EXTENSION-SOTVO

LARRY CLOSE, AREA RESIDENT: we knew that was going to happen and it's going to happen tomorrow and the next day

JOAN CORY, AREA RESIDENT: there's a stop sign there that's not good because the people on Metro parkway are zooming up and down

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS THE FEMALE DRIVER WAS HEADING EASTBOUND ON BRIARCLIFFE.

THEY DESCRIBE HER AS A WHITE FEMALE IN HER 50'S WITH BROWN HAIR.

SHE WAS DRIVING A MID-SIZE TO LARGE SUV, POSSIBLY A LEXUS OR TOYOTA.

CHILD NEGLECT-VO SS

A THREE MONTH OLD-BABY GIRL FROM FORT MYERS IS NOW IN A FOSTER HOME.

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY SHE AND HER PARENTS LIVED IN FILTH -- AND THE CHILD WAS FOUND COVERED IN SORES -- WITH MAGGOTS COMING OUT OF HER EARS.

THIS IS A LOOK INSIDE GUY KEARNS AND MIRANDA BUYCE'S NORTH FORT MYERS HOME.

IT'S OFF SAN DIEGO STREET.

YOU SEE BUGS EVERYWHERE.

YOU'LL FIND HUMAN FECES ON THE FLOOR.

COPS DISCOVERED THIS BACK IN JULY -- BUT DEPUTIES JUST RECENTLY GOT A WARRANT,

KEARNS AND BUYCE ARE UNDER ARREST

THE COUPLE IS FACING CHILD NEGLECT CHARGES.

MISSING GIRL FOUND-VOTOPS

A SAD END TO THE SEARCH FOR A MISSING 10-YEAR-OLD WITH DOWNS SYNDROME IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.

JENNIFER CABALLERO'S BODY WAS FOUND IN A POND OUTSIDE HER SCHOOL JUST HOURS AFTER SHE WAS REPORTED MISSING.

THE POND IS SURROUNDED BY A FOUR FOOT FENCE.

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

SOT 19:41:42--GOLDBERG

"the problem is these kids are drinking these energy drinks have an underlying condition and it's like putting gasoline on a fire."

AND ONE MOTHER SAYS THOSE DRINKS KILLED HER DAUGHTER --

WHAT IT DID TO HER DAUGHTER'S BODY AND WHAT SHE'S DOING TO PREVENT *ANOTHER TRAGEDY.

AND WHY THIS NOVEMBER, ONE THING YOU CAN BE THANKFUL FOR IS A CHANGE IN GAS PRICES.

TZ1 A ENERGY DRINK INVESTIGATION-SOTVO

TZ1 B GAS PRICES-VOTOPS

STORMWARN 7 JP WX OPEN-CLIP

WEATHER-PWC

Strong high pressure over the Southeast US has kept our deep atmosphere dry and stable for the

second day in a row. A nice, dry evening lies ahead.followed by a clear and pleasant night.

Lows at sunrise will fall to the upper 60s with middle 60s for the deep inland cool spots.

A persistent E-NE flow around the surface high will start to move some low level Atlantic mois-

ture across the peninsula.and with time,we may have a few passing showers to track. Tomorrow looks

to be a partly sunny and dry day.but by Wednesday and Thursday, there may be sufficient

moisture for a stray afternoon shower. It will also be a bit breezy around here through midweek.

Sandy will be making her close approach to SW Florida Friday thru early Saturday. Forecast

ideas of the tropical cyclone morphing into more of a hybrid low implies an expansion of the

storm's wind field. And with such a large envelope of cyclonic turning, it's possible that the storm's

moisture field may expand as well. For us, it would be nothing more than a slight uptick in the

TEASE ABC 7 EXTRA-VOTOPS

ARE THESE ENERGY DRINKS.KILLERS?

RIGHT NOW --

THE F-D-A IS INVESTIGATING *FIVE* DEATHS TIED TO THE CAFFEINE BOOSTERS --

INCLUDING A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL.

HOW MANY SHE DRANK IN JUST TWO DAYS,

WHAT IT DID TO HER BODY,

AND HOW THE ENERGY DRINK IS EXPLAINING WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT.

THAT'S IN JUST 30 SECONDS, AFTER LOTTO.

EXTRE CLIP-CLIP

ENERGY DRINK DEATH INVESTIGATION-VO

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

THE F-D-A IS INVESTIGATING *FIVE DEATHS -- AND A NON-FATAL HEART ATTACK -- LINKED TO MONSTER ENERGY DRINKS.

THE LATEST IS 14-YEAR-OLD ANAIS FOURNIER.

A LAWSUIT, FILED IN CALIFORNIA, CLAIMS THE TEEN DIED OF HEART PROBLEMS AFTER DRINKING TWO MONSTER DRINKS IN JUST TWO DAYS.

ACCORDING TO THE LAWSUIT, THAT AMOUNTS TO 14 12-OUNCE CANS OF COCA-COLA.

ENERGY DRINK DEATH INVESTIGATION-SOTVO

step up and regulate these and make the energy companies tell everything in these drinks and how much.you don't know how much caffeine is in there." WENDY CROSSLAND/TEEN'S MOTHER

IN A STATEMENT --

MONSTER BEVERAGE SAYS IT'S, QUOTE, "SADDENED" BY THE DEATH, BUT DOES NOT BELIEVE ITS BEVERAGES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH.

AN AUTOPSY CONCLUDED SHE DIED OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA -- DUE TO CAFFEINE TOXICITY.

ENERGY DRINK SIDEBAR-VOTOPS HS CG

MONSTER IS AMONG A GROWING GROUP OF ENERGY DRINKS ON THE MARKET -- BUT RIGHT NOW ENERGY DRINKS IN GENERAL ONLY ACCOUNT FOR THREE PERCENT OF CARBONATED SOFT DRINK SALES.

THERE ARE CALLS FOR NEW ENERGY DRINK REGULATIONS,.

F-D-A CAPS THE AMOUNT OF CAFFEINE IN *SODA TO 0.02 PERCENT, THERE IS NO SUCH LIMIT FOR ENERGY DRINKS.

AND YOU ARE DOWNING LOTS OF SUGAR!

FOR COMPARISON --

ONE ENERGY DRINK IS ABOUT THE SAME AS *SIX* GLAZED KRISPY KREME DONUTS.

OR THREE-AND-A-HALF REESE'S CANDY BARS.

UEP VOTE-SOTVO

THE UTILITIES EXPANSION PROJECT IN CAPE CORAL WILL MOVE FORWARD.

TONIGHT --

THE CAPE COUNCIL AGREED TO HIRE AN ENGINEERING FIRM AT A COST OF MORE THAN SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS.

this is the first step we must take if we are going to move fwd with the uep 28:5- 10

24:11 i have great problems with the order of getting things done for sw 6/7:19

THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN CHRIS CHULAKES-LEETZ WERE THE TWO DISSENTING VOTES IN A 6-2 DECISION.

THEY SAY THEY HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE TIMELINE AND HOW RESIDENTS WILL PAY.

THIS IS THE NEXT STEP IN BRINGING WATER AND SEWER TO NEIGHBORHOODS IN SOUTHWEST SIX-SEVEN.

UEP VOTE-SOTVO

if everything goes as plan - by middle of next year will turn dirt and residents should see us in their front yards.

THE CITY IS HOPING TO SECURE LOW INTEREST LOANS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN JANUARY.

IF THEY DO --

IT COULD MEAN NEARLY A 10 THOUSAND DOLLAR DECREASE IN PEOPLE'S BILLS.

POLICE PAY CAPS-VO

CAPE CORAL LEADERS SIGN OFF ON A LAW CAPPING POLICE AND FIRE OVERTIME HOURS.

THE NEW RULES--PUBLIC SAFETY CANNOT COUNT MORE THAN 300 OVERTIME HOURS A YEAR.

THEY ALSO CANNOT APPLY UNUSED LEAVE TO THEIR RETIREMENT PLANS.

IMPORTANT TO NOTE--NO ONE WILL GET PAID LESS.

THE DECISION CAME AFTER RECENTLY PASSED STATE LAWS.

THEY CAPPED OVERTIME IN RESPECT TO PENSIONS.

GAS PRICES TO DROP 30 CENTS-VO

SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL ABOUT THIS THANKSGIVING --

GAS PRICES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL 30 CENTS BY TURKEY DAY.

TRIPLE-A REPORTS THAT PRICES HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 11 DAYS TO A NATIONAL AVERAGE OF THREE-DOLLARS 67-CENTS A GALLON -- AND PREDICT IT WILL FALL ANOTHER 30 BY NOVEMBER 22ND.

EXPERTS SAY THIS DECLINE HAPPENS EVERY YEAR BECAUSE AMERICANS ARE DRIVING LESS THAN THEY WERE DURING THE SUMMER.

APPLE MINI-VO

A *BIG DAY PLANNED FOR APPLE TOMORROW -- THEY ARE EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE SOMETHING *SMALL.

C-E-O TIM COOK IS SET TO ANNOUNCE THE I-PAD MINI.

IT'S A SMALLER VERSION OF THE I-PAD.

IT'S NOT ONLY TINY-- BUT IT'S SUPPOSE TO BE LESS EXPENSIVE.

MOST OBSERVERS BELIEVE IT WILL BE PRICED UNDER THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS.

BINDERS FULL O WOMEN COSTUME-VO

TRENDING RIGHT NOW FOLLOWING TONIGHT'S PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE ????

THE FIRST TWO DEBATES HAVE SERVED AS INSPIRATION FOR MANY LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT HALLOWEEN COSTUME.

THIS IS WHAT ONE WOMAN FROM SAINT PETERSBURG CAME UP WITH.

SHE SAYS SHE IS A "BINDER FULL OF WOMAN."

THAT OF COURSE A TAKE ON A COMMENT MADE BY MITT ROMNEY DURING THE SECOND DEBATE.

THE OTHER BIG COSTUME THIS YEAR.

BIG BIRD, WHOSE NAME WAS DROPPED DURING THE FRIST DEBATE.

SPORTS TOSS-POP EST

TEASE TWO-POP

IT'S ANOTHER BIG WEEK FOR THE FLORIDA GATORS. A DIVISION TITLE ON THE LINE. AND OH YEAH. A MONSTER RIVALRY WITH GEORGIA.

TZ2 A-VO

NIGHTLINE TEASE-BLK-SOT

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

GATORS FOCUSED-POPMON

GATORS FOCUSED-VO

GATORS FOCUSED-SOT

FSU THOMPSON OUT-VOTOPS-WIPE

FSU OFFICIALS REPRIMAND-VO

NAPLES PREP POLL-POPMON

GATEWAY LABELLE-VO

GATEWAY CHARTER AND LABELLE PLAYING A MAKEUP GAME TONIGHT.

18-NOTHING AT THE HALF. 39-NOTHING AFTER THREE QUARTERS.

LABELLE DRIVING FOR MORE.JASON JENNER TAKES THE HAND-OFF. BREAKS THE GOAL LINE. 46-NOTHING LABELLE.

GATEWAY CHARTER.LOOKS LIKE A TRICK PLAY. DAVID ANN-DRA-DEE. GRIFFINS HAVE TO PUNT.

WHEN THEY DID.SNAP GOES LONG.BALL IN THE END ZONE. DEREK BASS LANDS ON IT. TOUCHDOWN!

TWINS NEW COACHES-POP

FARRELL INTRO TUESDAY-VO

NLCS GAME 7-VO

GAME 7 OF THE N-L-C-S. CARDS AND GIANTS BATTLING FOR A TRIP TO THE WORLD SERIES.

ALL G-MEN. THE PITCHER MATT CAIN. HE;PING HIS OWN CAUSE. THE RBI SINGLE BRINGS IN GREGOR BLANCO. 2-0 SAN FRAN.

BASES LOADED. HUNTER PENCE LACES ONE THROUGH THE INFIELD. 2 RUNS IN. OUTFIELDER BOBBLES THE BALL. ANOTHER RUN IS IN.

NLCS GAME 7-CGFULL

GAME 7 OF THE N-L-C-S. WINNER GOES TO THE WORLD SERIES.

LANCE STRIPPED OF TITLES-VOTOPS

TOSS TO BREAK-POP

DWTS WRAP-SOTVO

GUILTY PLEASURE NIGHT ON DANCING WITH THE STARS.

TONIGHT TEAMS DANCED TO SUGARY POP HITS LIKE "CALL ME MAYBE" AND OF COURSE "GANGNAM STYLE."

gangnam style if they feed it

GILLES MARINI TOPPED THE LEADERBOARD WITH 29.5 OUT OF A POSSIBLE 30 POINTS FOR HIS INDIVIDUAL DANCE.

KELLY MONACO WAS THE NIGHT'S LOW SCORER WITH 24.5 POINTS.

METEORITE FOUND-VOTOPS

FROM STARS SOARING ON THE DANCE FLOOR TO *ACTUAL SHOOTING STARS.

A CALIFORNA WOMAN SAYS THIS METEORITE HIT HER ROOF DURING LAST WEEK'S METEOR SHOWER.

THAT METEORITE IS WORTH FIVE TO 10 THOUSAND DOLLARS -- BUT SHE ISN'T INTERESTED IN SELLING IT.

SHE SAYS NASA GETS THE FIRST CRACK AT IT -- SHE PLANS TO DONATE IT FOR SCIENCE.

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