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HL1) COLLIER BOGUS VOTER LETTERS-VOTOPS-WIPE

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VOTER INTIMIDATION INVESTIGATION.

COLLIER COUNTY VOTERS TARGETED.

HL2) METRO PKWY EXT OPEN-SOTVO-WIPE

"I'm just afraid that the county or the state will wait until we have a few people killed there before they do anything

HL3) RED TIDE IN COLLIER-SOTVO

"You gotta breath through your mouth so dont

take deep breaths through your nose."

IF YOU DO--

THIS IS WHAT YOU'LL SMELL--

THOUSANDS OF DEAD FISH LINING THE SHORELINE FOR MILES.

WHAT'S BEING DONE TO GET RID OF THE MESS.

SANDY CLIP-CLIP

FIRST WEATHER-WX WALL

BREAKING NEWS OPEN-CLIP

NEW DETAILS CRASH-VOTOPS OC

BREAKING NEW DETAILS TONIGHT ON A SERIOUS CRASH ON THE NEW METRO PARKWAY EXTENSION -- LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER IT OPENED.

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES WANT TO TALK TO A DRIVER WHO MAY HAVE PLAYED A RLE IN THE CRASH.

IT HAPPENED AROUND ONE-THIRTY THIS AFTERNOON.

WITNESSES SAY THE DRIVE OF AN S-U-V -- POSSIBLY A LEXUS OR TOYOTA -- STOPPED IN THE PATH OF A MOTOR SCOOTER.

THE RIDER TRIED TO AVOID THE CRASH AND SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES.

THE DRIVER OF THE S-U-V LEFT THE SCENE. SHE'S DESCRIBED AS A WOMAN IN HER 50S WITH BROWN HAIR.

RESIDENTS NEAR THE NEW EXTENSION TELL US THEY FEARED SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD HAPPEN --

THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE LACK OF LIGHTS AT THE INTERSECTION.

METRO PKWY EXT OPEN-LIVE

METRO PKWY EXT OPEN-PKG

The cries for lights are brighter tonight.

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Barbara

"it just opened up yesterday and look at it now."

Residents in the Briarcliff community have been calling for stoplights at the intersection of Briarcliff and the new Michael g rippe parkway--claiming crossing six lanes of busy roadway is dangerous.

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Barbara

"once I got on this road I told my boys I will not use this road until there are stoplights there."

A witness tells us a motorcyclist traveling north on the new road put down his bike to avoid being hit by a car driving across. It wasnt even 24 hours before the newly opened road had to be shut down while investigators collected evidence on the intersection's first accident.

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Residents say they saw this coming.

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Laura Allen, Resident

"I'm afraid people are really going to be speeding on metro because they won't have to stop around here and it's going to be that much harder for us to get out."

Before the construction on the 2.7 mile roadway began, DOT staff told the Briarcliff community they would need to see firsthand how traffic used this new intersection before a signal could be approved. DOT says a traffic warrant study is scheduled for this intersection in late winter early spring of 2013.

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If a signal is approved, the department has taken steps that save time toward installation. DOT has already paid for the lights, But some residents are wondering at what cost will time be to drivers.

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Laura Allen, Resident

METRO PKWY EXT OPEN-LIVE

WE REACHED OUT TO F-DOT FOLLOWING THE CRASH.

NO ONE COULD COMMENT.

BUT OFFICIALS DO SAY THEY'RE SORRY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.

VOTE 2012 OPEN-CLIP

PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE SETUP-----------

AS THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES PREPARE TO MAKE THEIR FINAL PITCHES, BOTH CAMPAIGNS ARE IN AN ALL-OUT BLITZ--

TODAY, REPUBLICAN VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PAUL RYAN SPENT THE DAY CAMPAIGNING IN COLORADO AND IOWA.

VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN STUMPED IN OHIO -- THE BIGGEST OF THE SWING STATES.

THIS IS HIM IN CANTON.

AND FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA CAMPAIGNED IN DAVIE FLORIDA TODAY AHEAD OF TONIGHT'S FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.

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b) biden in ohio-VOTOPS-WIPE

c) michelle obama in fl-VOTOPS-WIPE

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PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE-TCMON

THAT IS WHERE WE BEGIN OUR COVERAGE -- YOUR LAST CHANCE TO SEE THE TWO CANDIDATES ON THE SAME STAGE TOGETHER.

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SO FAR, DEBATING TOE TO TOE.

Obama: i'm happy to answer the question. Romney: All right, and it is? Obama: here's what happened.

HAS RESULTED IN CANDIDATES RUNNING NECK AND NECK.

A CNN POLL OF FIVE NATIONAL POLLS FINDS THE CANDIDATES TIED. THAT MAKES TONIGHT'S DEBATE A POTENTIAL GAME-CHANGER.

Ad: President Obama ended the Iraq war. Mitt Romney would have left 30,000 troops there.

THIS AD JUST RELEASED BY THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN MAY PREVIEW THE PRESIDENT'S STRATEGY. POINTING OUT FOREIGN POLICY SUCCESSES AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF.

ROMNEY IS LIKELY TO HIT HARD ON LIBYA, REPUBLICANS ARGUE THE ADMINISTRATION'S HANDLING OF THE RECENT ATTACK THERE WHICH RESULTED IN THE US AMBASSADOR'S DEATH PROVES IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE.

Last couple of weeks with all of the problems in Libya and the administration's don't know--four or five different conflicting statements about it, maybe Mitt Romney goes in with the upper hand.

THOUGH THE DEBATE IS ABOUT ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS--LOOK FOR CANDIDATES TO BRING DISCUSSIONS BACK TO THE ECONOMY, AS THEIR RUNNING MATES ARE DOING.

We're not even creating enough jobs every month just to keep up with the growth of the population. He can't run on that record.

America's not in decline. Romney/Ryan are in denial.

VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SPOKE IN OHIO, WHERE A NEW QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY/CBS NEWS POLL SHOWS PRESIDENT OBAMA LEADING. HIS LEAD IS HALF OF WHAT IT WAS BEFORE THE FIRST TWO DEBATES--PUTTING MORE PRESSURE ON BOTH CANDIDATES TO MAKE THIS FINAL DEBATE COUNT.

DEBATE COVERAGE TEASE-SSTOPS

YOU CAN WATCH THE DEBATE LIVE TONIGHT RIGHT HERE ON ABC-7--

COLLIER BOGUS VOTER LETTERS-VO-WIPE

BACK IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA,

THE COLLIER COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING AT LEAST FOUR CASES OF VOTER INTIMIDATION.

LETTERS ARE SHOWING UP IN THE MAIL, THREATENING ARREST OR OTHER CRIMINAL SANCTIONS IF PEOPLE GO TO VOTE.

THE LETTERS ARE POSTMARKED FROM SEATTLE WASHINGTON -- BUT IT IS UNCLEAR WHO SENT THEM.

THE F-B-I IS INVESTIGATING.

THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS OFFICE SAYS THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ANY CONNECTION BETWEEN THE FOUR PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED THE LETTERS -- OTHER THAN THEY ARE ALL REGISTERED REPUBLICANS.

THE OFFICE ALSO BELIEVES OTHER LETTERS MIGHT STILL BE OUT THERE --

LEE VOTING MACHINE TESTING-VOTOPS

IN LEE COUNTY, ELECTION STAFF SPENT THE MORNING TESTING VOTING MACHINES.

THE "LOGIC AND ACCURACY TEST" CHECKS TO MAKE SURE THE OPTICAL SCANNERS GET IT RIGHT WHEN YOU SLIDE YOUR BALLOT THROUGH ON ELECTION DAY.

ABSENTEE VOTING IS ALREADY UNDERWAY.

EARLY VOTING STATEWIDE RUNS FROM SEVEN IN THE MORNING TO SEVEN AT NIGHT, STARTING SATURDAY.

KAREN HAWES EXIT STRATEGY-ONCAM

NEW TONIGHT AT SIX --

WE NOW KNOW WHEN LEE COUNTY MANAGER KAREN HAWES WILL LEAVE HER JOB.

SHE CAME UNDER FIRE AFTER THE SHUT-DOWN OF THE COUNTY'S MEDICAL HELICOPTER PROGRAM --

AND THE INVESTIGATION INTO YOUR TAX MONEY BEING GIVEN TO V-R LABS. A COMPANY WHO HAS STOPPED BUILDING.

KAREN HAWES EXIT STRATEGY-POP

OCTOBER 31ST IS THE DATE.

BUT FIRST - SHE WANTS COMMISSIONERS TO ASK HER TO RESIGN.

KAREN HAWES EXIT STRATEGY-PKG

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WITH TWO SCANDALS ON LEE COUNTY'S PLATE -

COMMISSIONER FRANK MANN IS LOOKING FOR A QUICK FIX.

for the best interest of everybody - especially the taxpayers of Lee County if we can find a pleasant way to resolve this, this is what I'd work for.

COUNTY MANAGER KAREN HAWES IS UNDER FIRE

FIRST - FOR HER ROLE IN A GROUNDED MEDICAL HELICOPTER PROGRAM THAT MIS-BILLED PATIENTS TO THE TUNE OF 3 MILLION DOLLARS.

THEN THE USE OF 5 MILLION DOLLARS ON A STALLED PROJECT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO CREATE 200 JOBS.

INSTEAD OF BEING FIRED - HAWES IS WORKING ON A WAY OUT.

I think by this time tomorrow there will be a resolution

TODAY SHE MET ONE ON ONE WITH MANN.

TO REVIEW HER EXIT STRATEGY.

If Hawes is allowed to leave on her own terms - her contract guarantees her one year salary of 170-thousand dollars plus health benefits.

the alternative to a painless resignation is a prolonged agony and bad morale for everybody.

HAWES HAS WORKED FOR THE COUNTY FOR NEARLY 27 YEARS -

AND DESPITE CALLS FOR HER TO GO -

SHE STILL HAS SUPPORT IN THE HALLS OF LEE COUNTY GOVERNMENT.

KAREN HAWES EXIT STRATEGY-POP

COMMISSIONER MANNINGS EXPECTS KAREN HAWES TO STAY ON BOARD UNTIL INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE MEDSTAR HELICOPTER PROGRAM ARE COMPLETE.

FL SCHOOL STOMPING SENTENCE-VO-SS

A SOUTH FLORIDA TEEN IS SENTENCED TO PRISON.

THIS AFTER BEING CONVICTED IN THE VIOLENT ATTACK OF A MIDDLE SCHOOLER.

IT LEFT A 15-YEAR-OLD WITH PERMANENT BRAIN DAMAGE.

18-YEAR-OLD WAYNE TREACY WILL SPEND 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR THE BEATING OF JOSIE LOU RATLEY.

TREACY WAS CONVICTED OF ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AFTER AN UNSUCCESSFUL INSANITY DEFENSE.

THE ATTACK HAPPENED IN 2010.

TREACY KICKED AND STOMPED RATLEY AFTER A SERIES OF INSULTING TEXT MESSAGES.

FAMU HAZING SENTENCE-VO-SS

THE FIRST DEFENDANT IN THE HAZING DEATH OF A FLORIDA A-AND-M DRUM MAJOR HAS AVOIDED JAIL TIME.

23-YEAR-OLD BRIAN JONES WAS SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS OF STRICT SUPERVISION AND FREQUENT CHECK-INS WITH A PROBATION OFFICER IN THE DEATH OF ROBERT CHAMPION.

AS PART OF A PLEA DEAL, JONES ADMITS TO A MINIMAL ROLE--

SAYING HE DID *NOT BEAT OR HIT CHAMPION.

THE FAMU DRUM MAJOR DIED IN NOVEMBER AFTER BEING BEATEN BY FELLOW BAND MEMBERS DURING A HAZING RITUAL.

CHAR ARSON ARREST-SS-VO

CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY A MAN TORCHED A FRIEND'S HOME--

BECAUSE OF D-V-D'S.

39-YEAR-OLD DANIEL LEWIS FACES ARSON CHARGES AFTER DEPUTIES SAY HE SET A HOME ON FIRE.

INVESTIGATORS SAY LEWIS SHOWED UP DRUNK AT HIS FRIEND'S HOUSE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

HE'S SAID TO HAVE BEN LOOKING FOR HIS D-V-D'S.

THEY SAY LEWIS TRIED PUNCHING THE DOOR IN --

AND LIT IT ON FIRE WHEN NO ONE ANSWERED.

LEWIS ADMITTED HE GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH THE OWNER -- BUT DENIED STARTING THE FIRE.

CAPE FUEL SUPPLIER BIDS-VO-WIPE

THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL IS "PIGGY BACKING" ON LEE AND COLLIER COUNTY'S EFFIRTS TO GET A BETTER PRICE ON FUEL AND SAVE YOU MONEY.

RIGHT NOW THE CITY SPENDS - ON AVERAGE - 183 THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH ON FUEL.

THAT WORKS OUT TO ABOUT THREE DOLLARS-AND FIVE CENTS A GALLON USING ITS CURRENT DEAL WITH ITS VENDOR.

BUT --

THAT VENDOR, EVANS OIL, HAS FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY.

CAPE FUEL SUPPLIER BIDS-SOTVO

-rana erbrick/cape councilwoman-01:40-"anytime we can expend taxpayer dollars more efficiently and still get the same outcome, that is what we need to do, that's our job."

COLLIER SA HOLIDAY ASST SIGN UP-VO-WIPE

SOME COLLIER COUNTY FAMILIES WAITED IN LINE OVERNIGHT TO GET SOME HELP THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.

THIS WAS THE SCENE AT THE SALVATION ARMY IN NAPLES -- HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WAITING TO SIGN UP FOR THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS ASSISTANCE.

SOME HAD BEEN THERE SINCE NINE LAST NIGHT.

COLLIER SA HOLIDAY ASST SIGN UP-SOTVO

SOT:Michel Pickard, Getting assistance "They're going to put the gifts under the tree this year, and maybe a Thanksgiving meal. Money only goes so far and if they give a hand it really helps."

THE SALVATION ARMY WILL BE TAKING APPLICATIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY -- THE DOORS OPEN A NINE,.

NEXT AT 6 OPEN-CLIP

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

A-B-C SEVEN IS TRACKING RED TIDE --

A TOXIC BLOOM IS GROWING OFF OUR COAST -- TONIGHT WE LOOK AT HOW IT COULD AFFECT TOURISM.

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TWISTED ANKLES -- BROKEN BONES -- SOUND LIKE INJURIES ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD --

BUT THEY ARE HAPPENING ON THE SIDELINES -- WHY SOME ARE CALLING FOR NEW RULES FOR CHEERLEADERS.

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TZ1 B CHEERLEADING A SPORT-NATVO

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WEATHER-PWC

RED TIDE IN COLLIER-OC-DBX

A-B-C SEVEN IS TRACKING RED TIDE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA -- AND IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE PRETTIEST PICTURE.

HUNDREDS OF DEAD FISH ARE WASHING ASHORE AS THE TOXIC ALGAE BLOOM GROWS IN CHARLOTTE AND COLLIER COUNTY.

A-B-C SEVEN'S RICK RITTER IS LIVE AT WIGGINS PASS STATE PARK.

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CERTAINLY A CONCERN WITH THE COUNTY'S BIGGEST TIME OF THE YEAR JUST AROUND THE CORNER.

MANY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ARE HOPING THAT RED TIDE IS ON IT'S WAY OUT OF TOWN BUT HERE AT WIGGINS PASS STATE PARK,

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OVER 20 YEARS OF VISITING COLLIER COUNTY'S BEACHES AND some have NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE IT.

KARL UDO/GERMANY/16:54:11 "This is the first time i've seen this."

THOUSANDS OF DEAD FISH SCATTERED FOR MILES DOWN WIGGINS PASS STATE PARK--A SCARE FOR ONE GERMAN COUPLE--ALL THANKS TO RED TIDE.

KARL UDO/16:54:15 "It's no good."

THE TOXIC ALGAE STARTED TO WASH THROUGH COLLIER COUNTY BEACHES JUST LAST WEEK, CARRYING AN UNPLEASANT STENCH.

LIZ KOCH/CHICAGO/16:59:05 "You gotta breath through your mouth so dont take deep breaths through your nose."

THE LATEST TESTS DONE BY COUNTY OFFICIALS SHOW RED TIDE AT MEDIUM LEVELS THROUGHOUT SOME OF COLLIER'S BEACHES.

THE TOXIN CAN CAUSE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION, A CONCERN FOR COUNTY OFFICIALS WITH TOURIST SEASON IN SIGHT.

DEB MILLSAP/COLLIER COUNTY HEALTH DEPT./16:43:19 "We recommend anybody who has respiratory problems illness to stay off the beach."

BUT people on the beach WE SPOKE to are not LETTING IT RUIN THEIR VACATIONS.

LIZ KOCH/CHICAGO/16:59:27 "Anytime you're on the beach it's better then being back in Chicago."

AND ARE CONFIDENT THAT THE COUNTY HAS THE TOXIN UNDER CONTROL.

RED TIDE IN COLLIER-REM-LIVE

CAPTIVA BEACH EROSION-VOTOPS

RED TIDE ISN'T THE ONLY PROBLEM FOR CAPTIVA'S BEACHES --

MEMBERS OF THE CAPTIVA EROSION PREVENTION DISTRICT ARE HEADING TO WASHINGTON TO ASK FOR 10 MILLION DOLLARS TO REPAIR DAMAGE DONE BY TROPICAL STORM DEBBIE.

THE ISLAND'S BEACHES LOST MORE THAN 200 THOUSAND CUBIC YARDS OF SAND DURING THE STORM.

CHEERLEADING A SPORT-OC-SOTVO

A NEW STUDY FINDS THE ROLE OF A CHEERLEADER IS EVOLVING AND BECOMING MORE DANGEROUS.

The more complex stunt, the more gymnastic fast paced routine, the higher the injury rate.

THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS STUDIED CHEERLEADING FOR TWO YEARS.

NATIONAL RESEARCH SHOWS THERE WERE NEARLY FIVE THOUSAND HOSPITAL VISITS BY CHEERLEADERS IN 1990.

BY 2007 IT CLIMBED BY 400 PERCENT TO MORE THAN 26-THOUSAND.

THE ACADEMY IS ASKING ALL STATES TO CONSIDER CHEERLEADING AN OFFICIAL SPORT.

COMING UP NEXT OPEN-CLIP

TEASE TWO-POP

WE'VE GOT BAD NEWS FOR THE F-S-U FOOTBALL TEAM. EVEN WORSE NEWS FOR LANCE ARMSTRONG. BUT IT'S NOT ALL DOOM AND GLOOM IN SPORTS.

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WORLD NEWS TEASE-BLK-SOT

TONIGHT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

TONIGHT AT 7 OPEN

A THREE MONTH OLD COVERED IN FILTH, CAT SCRATCHES AND SORES.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THE BABY EVEN HAD MAGGOTS COMING OUT OF HER EARS.

WE GET DETAILS OF THE INVESTIGATION AT 7.

WHEN FISH ATTACK!

LOOK AT THIS--

A 600 POUND BLACK MARLIN GOES BESERK!

HOW THE FISHERMEN GOT AWAY--

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TZ 7 2) BLACK MARLIN ATTACK-VOTOPS

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

LANCE STRIPPED OF TITLES-VOTOPS

FSU THOMPSON OUT-POP

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JIMBO REAX-SOT

MNF ON ESPN-POP

GATEWAY LABELLE TONIGHT-VOTOPS

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GAME 7 TONIGHT-VOTOPS-WIPE

GAME 7 SOUND-SOT

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