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we've put in the toughest most crippling sanctions ever!

Presidential Nominee

they do work. seeing it right now in the economy.

AHEAD ON SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S *ONLY* LOCAL NEWS AT 9.

THE CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT ARE BACK ON THE TRAIL THIS MORNING.

AFTER A HIGHLY CHARGED THIRD AND FINAL DEBATE.

AND-

HAPPENING TODAY-

WE COULD SOON KNOW IF LEE COUNTY'S EMBATTLED MANAGER -- WILL STEP DOWN -- WITH A HANDSOME PAYCHECK.

ABC-7 IS TRACKING ALL THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS.

PLUS-

A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT FOR A SMALL ITEM.

APPLE WILL SOON ANNOUNCE THE DETAILS OF THE I-PAD MINI!

AND IT COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING---

HL1) YOUR VOICE, YOUR VOTE-SOT(2)VOTOPS

HL2) KAREN HAWES-VO-WIPE

HL3) IPAD MINI-VOTOPS

WX HL-WX WALL

NEWS AT 9:00 OPEN-CLIPTOPS

YOUR VOICE, YOUR VOTE, THE FINAL PUSH-2 SHOT-CG-CL

THE CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT AND THEIR RUNNING MATES -- ARE BACK ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. AFTER LAST NIGHT'S THIRD AND FINAL DEBATE.

FOR PART OF THE DAY, PRESIDENT OBAMA IS IN FLORIDA-

HE'LL CAMPAIGN IN DELRAY BEACH.

AFTER THAT, HE'LL HEAD TO OHIO FOR AN EVENT WITH VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN.

AND REPUBLICAN NOMINEE, MITT ROMNEY AND HIS RUNNING MATE, PAUL RYAN --- WILL CAMPAIGN TOGETHER AT EVENTS IN NEVADA AND COLORADO.

WITH JUST 14 DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION,

IT'S AN ALL OUT SPRINT TO THE FINISH-

YOUR VOICE, YOUR VOTE, THE FINAL PUSH-PKG

THE PRESIDENT CLEARLY SET OUT NOT JUST TO BURNISH HIS COMMANDER IN CHIEF

CRED ON THE DEBATE STAGE -- BUT TO DISCREDIT MITT ROMNEY'S

OBAMA SOT: WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH RESPECT TO THE MIDDLE EAST IS STRONG,

STEADY LEADERSHIP, NOT WRONG AND RECKLESS LEADERSHIP THAT IS ALL OVER THE

MAP

THE PRESIDENT PLAYED *THAT CARD* REPEATEDLY

OBAMA COMMANDER IN CHIEF MONTAGE: WELL, MY FIRST JOB AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF

/ AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF / HERE'S ONE THING I'VE LEARNED AS COMMANDER IN

CHIEF.

ROMNEY SEEMED MORE CAUTIOUS WITH A MORE MODEST GOAL OF PASSING A THRESHOLD

NOT SCORING A KNOCKOUT.

ROMNEY SOT: ATTACKING ME IS NOT AN AGENDA. ATTACKING ME IS NOT TALKING ABOUT

HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THE CHALLENGES THAT EXIST IN THE MIDDLE EAST

AT TIMES EVEN SAYING HIS POLICY VIEWS WERE NOT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE

PRESIDENT'S.A POINT MR. OBAMA REPEATEDLY UNDERLINED.

OBAMA AGREEMENT MONTAGE: I'M PLEASED THAT YOU NOW ARE ENDORSING OUR POLICY

/ AND I'M GLAD THAT GOVERNOR ROMNEY AGREES WITH THE STEPS THAT WE'RE TAKING

. / IT SOUNDED LIKE YOU THOUGHT THAT YOU'D DO THE SAME THINGS WE DID, BUT

YOU'D SAY THEM LOUDER AND SOMEHOW THAT -- THAT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE

ROMNEY EVEN PRAISED THE PRESIDENT RIGHT OFF THE BAT FOR GIVING THE ORDER TO

HAVE OSAMA BIN LADEN KILLED.

ROMNEY OBL SOT: I CONGRATULATE HIM ON TAKING OUT OSAMA BIN LADEN, AND GOING

AFTER THE LEADERSHIP IN AL QAEDA

PERHAPS HOPING THAT WOULD TAKE THE ISSUE OFF THE TABLE.IT DID NOT

OBAMA OBL SOT: WHEN YOU WERE A CANDIDATE IN 2008 YOU SAID WE SHOULDN'T MOVE

HEAVEN AND EARTH TO GET ONE MAN

ROMNEY DID SCORE POINTS DESCRIBING THE UNREST AND CHAOS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD

AS EVIDENCE OF OBAMA'S FOREIGN POLICY FAILURES.WITH A VOCABULARY WORD THAT

SOON BECAME A TOP GOOGLE SEARCH

ROMNEY TUMULT MONTAGE: VIOLENCE, CHAOS, AND TUMULT / TUMULT / TUMULT

AND LAMBASTING WHAT HE CALLED OBAMA'S APOLOGY TOUR IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

SAYING THE PRESIDENT TOLD AN ARAB AUDIENCE THE U-S HAS BEEN DISMISSIVE AND

DERISIVE.

ROMNEY SOT: MR. PRESIDENT, AMERICA HAS NOT DICTATED OTHER NATIONS, AMERICA

HAS FREED OTHER NATIONS FROM DICTATORS

BUT THE MOST TALKED ABOUT AND TWEETED LINE OF THE NIGHT CAME AS THE

PRESIDENT CRITICIZED ROMNEY FOR SAYING THE U-S NAVAL FLEET SHOULD BE LARGER.

. LECTURING HIM ON THE MILTARY

OBAMA SOT: WE HAVE FEWER SHIPS THAN WE DID IN 1916. WELL, GOVERNOR, WE ALSO

HAVE FEWER HORSES AND BAYONETS, BECAUSE THE NATURE OF OUR MILITARY'S

CHANGED. WE HAVE THESE THINGS CALLED AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, WHERE PLANES LAND ON

THEM. WE HAVE THESE SHIPS THAT GO UNDERWATER, NUCLEAR SUBMARINES. AND SO

YOUR VOICE, YOUR VOTE, THE FINAL PUSH-2 SHOT-VO

JAKE TAPPER REPORTING.

THAT COMMENT YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT HORSES AND BAYONETS.

IT'S GONE VIRAL.

YOU'LL SEE IT ALL OVER FACEBOOK AND TWITTER.

HERE ARE SOME FUNNY MEMES.

LAST POLL LOOKS-ONCAM

RIGHT NOW, THE CANDIDATES ARE NECK-AND-NECK IN NATIONAL POLLS.

THE RACE IS ALSO TIGHT IN SEVERAL BATTLEGROUND STATES.

ACCORDING TO THE LATEST POLLS, OBAMA HAS A SLIGHT LEAD IN OHIO.

ROMNEY IS AHEAD IN FLORIDA.

3RD PARTY DEBATE TONIGHT-CGTOPS

WHILE THE DEBATES FOR THE TWO MAIN POLITICAL PARTIES ARE NOW OVER -- TONIGHT THE THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES GET THEIR CHANCE TO SHINE.

LARRY KING WILL MODERATE THAT DEBATE-

IT WILL HAVE LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE GARY JOHNSON-

GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE JILL STEIN-

CONSTITUTION PARTY CANDIDATE VIRGIL GOODE-

AND ROCKY ANDERSON, HE'S THE JUSTICE PARTY CANDIDATE.

FLORIDA SENATE POLL-SSTOPS

A NEW POLL SHOWS --

THE RACE FOR FLORIDA'S U-S SENATE SEAT IS TIGHTENING.

THIS COMES FROM OUR NEWS PARTNER, NAPLES DAILY NEWS, ALONG WITH SCRIPPS.

IT SHOWS 45 PERCENT OF LIKELY VOTERS WOULD VOTE FOR DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT SENATOR BILL NELSON.

WHILE 41 PERCENT SAID THEY WOULD VOTE FOR REPUBLICAN OPPONENT CONGRESSMAN CONNIE MACK.

THE POLL WAS TAKEN AFTER THEIR FIRST AND ONLY DEBATE.

VOTE BY PHONE SCAM-VO WIPE

A WARNING THIS MORNING-

THE NEXT TIME YOUR PHONE RINGS,

IT COULD BE SOMEONE TRYING TO SCAM YOU OUT OF YOUR VOTE.

IT HAPPENED TO NOELLE BISHOP OF CAPE CORAL.

SHE SAYS A WOMAN CALLED HER,

SAYING SHE WAS WITH THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE.

AND WANTED TO TAKE BISHOP'S VOTE FOR PRESIDENT OVER THE PHONE.

BUT AFTER BEING QUESTIONED, THE CONVERSATION STOPPED.

VOTE BY PHONE SCAM-SOTVO

"Once it starting happening I grabbed my mail and that was the first thing I started jotting down."

SHE USED STAR 69 TO GET THE MYSTERY CALLER'S NUMBER,

CALLED IT AND GOT NOWHERE.

ELECTION OFFICIALS THINK IT'S JUST ANOTHER TACTIC MEANT TO CONFUSE VOTERS,

BECAUSE IN FLORIDA *NO ONE CAN VOTE OVER THE PHONE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS LEADING UP TO NOVEMBER SIXTH--

EARLY VOTING REMINDER-CGTOPS

JUST A REMINDER, EARLY VOTING -- STARTS SATURDAY, THE 23RD, ALL OVER THE STATE-

METRO PKWY EXTENSION-VO

THIS MORNING, LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES WANT TO SPEAK WITH A WOMAN,

WHO MAY HAVE CAUSED A CRASH.

ONE PERSON HAD SERIOUS INJURIES.

IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY--

ON THE NEW PART OF THE METRO PARKWAY EXTENSION.

ACCORDING TO WITNESSES,

THE WOMAN DROVE ACROSS THE INTERSECTION AT BRIARCLIFF.

THAT'S WHEN A MAN RIDING A SCOOTER WAS HEADING NORTHBOUND.

HE PUT HIS SCOOTER DOWN TO AVOID BEING HIT.

BUT AREA RESIDENTS SAY THEY SAW THE WRECK COMING,

METRO PKWY EXTENSION-SOT-CG

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 S-U-V,

POSSIBLY A LEXUS OR TOYOTA.

KAREN HAWES EXIT STRATEGY-CLIP-VO

DEVELOPING THIS MORNING-

LEE COUNTY MANAGER KAREN HAWES IS MEETING WITH LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TODAY --- ABOUT HER LAST DAY ON THE JOB.

SHE MET WITH COMMISSIONER FRANK MANN YESTERDAY -- TO LAY OUT HER EXIT STRATEGY.

HAWES CAME UNDER FIRE FOR HER PART -- IN THE COUNTY'S GROUNDED MEDICAL HELICOPTER PROGRAM.

THEN THE USE OF 5 MILLION TAXPAYER DOLLARS -- TO FUND A STALLED PROJECT AIMED AT BRINGING JOBS TO LEE COUNTY.

KAREN HAWES EXIT STRATEGY-SOTVO

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.

HAWES WILL SUGGEST OCTOBER 31ST BE HER LAST DATE - BUT FIRST SHE WANTS COMMISSIONERS TO ASK HER TO RESIGN.

THEN - THE COUNTY WILL OWE HER ONE YEAR SEVERENCE PAY OF 170-THOUSAND DOLLARS -- PLUS HEALTH BENEFITS.

DUNBAR HOAX BOMB THREAT ARREST-VO

A LEE COUNTY TEEN IS IN TROUBLE THIS MORNING,

AFTER DEPUTIES ARRESTED HER FOR A BOMB THREAT AT DUNBAR MIDDLE SCHOOL.

DEPUTIES TELL ABC-7 --

STUDENTS AND STAFF WERE EVACUATED FOR A SHORT TIME.

SCHOOL RESOURCES OFFICERS TOLD DEPUTIES --

15 YEAR OLD ALICIA ROSALES PHONED IN THE THREAT.

UEP VOTE-SOTVO

IN CAPE CORAL-

THE CONTROVERSIAL UTILITIES EXPANSION PROJECT -- GETS THE GO AHEAD.

AFTER THE COUNCIL AGREED LAST NIGHT -- TO HIRE AN ENGINEERING FIRM AT A COST OF MORE THAN 7 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.

COLLIER SUPT TOWN HALL-VO

TONIGHT -- COLLIER COUNTY PARENTS CAN VOICE THEIR OPINIONS.

ABOUT THEIR CHILD'S SCHOOL.

IT'S ALL PART OF SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR KAMELA PATTON TOWN HALL MEETINGS.

TONIGHT AT NAPLES HIGH SCHOOL --

YOU'L LEARN ABOUT A BRAND NEW PARENTAL ONLINE TOOL.

ISSUES YOU WILL VOTE ON IN THIS ELECTION.

COLLIER SUPT TOWN HALL-SOTVO-CG

"This gives us an opportunity to actually here directly from parents, but most importantly, to share our story, what's going on, so we carry a plethera of topics."

THE TOWN HALL STARTS TONIGHT AT 6 AND GOES UNTIL 7.

THERE WILL BE TIME TO MEET DR. PATTON AFTER THE MEETING.

IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT, YOU CAN SEND YOUR QUESTIONS ONLINE.

UNITED WAY BREAKFAST-VO

IT RAISES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THE COMMUNITY EVERY YEAR.

TODAY, THE UNITED WAY IS KICKING OFF THE 2012 AND 2013 CAMPAIGN.

THE YEAR'S GOAL IS MORE THAN EIGHT-MILLION-60-THOUSAND DOLLARS.

THIS MORNING THE NON-PROFIT HELD IT'S KICK OFF -- AT THE HARBOR SIDE EVENT CENTER IN FORT MYERS.

THE UNITED WAY HELPS SUPPORT AROUND 70 HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES. FROM THE HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK TO LOCAL BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS.

UNITED WAY BREAKFAST-SOTVO

"We're confident that the caring capacity of this community will come through once again, this is 19 years that we've made our goal or surpassed it, so we don't want to break that streak this year and I don't think SWFL will let us down."

LAST YEAR, THE UNITED WAY TOPPED IT'S GOAL -- OF MORE THAN EIGHT-MILLION-30-THOUSAND DOLLARS.

WEST NILE IN FL-OC

ANOTHER CASE OF WEST NILE VIRUS -- HAS BEEN CONFIRMED IN FLORIDA.

THE LATEST VICTIM IS A 39-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IN DUVAL COUNTY --- BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES IN THE JACKSONVILLE AREA TO 26.

TEASE ONE-ONCAM

ONE BRAVE TEEN TURNS HER PERSONAL BATTLE WITH A CRIPPLING DISEASE.

INTO A WAY TO HELP OTHERS.

ABC-7 WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO SAMI-

AND SHOW YOU HOW SHE'S TURNING HER TRAGEDY INTO TRIUMPH.

PLUS-

SHOULD CHEERLEADING BE CONSIDERED A SPORT?

ABC-7 WILL DIG DEEPER --

TZ1 A SCOLIOSIS-VOTOPS

TZ1 B CHEER SHOULD BE-VOTOPS

WEATHER TEASE-WX ID

BLOOMBERG BUSINESS REPORT-PKG TOPS

GOOD MORNING,

ARE YOU BETTER OFF THAT YOU WERE 4 YEARS AGO?

CHANCES ARE -- PROBABLY NOT.

ESPECIALLY, IF YOU'RE A HOMEOWNER!

REALTYTRAC SAYS THE AVERAGE PRICE ON A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IS 20-PERCENT LOWER THAN 4 YEARS AGO.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT HOME PRICES, UNEMPLOYMENT AND FORECLOSURES --

65-PERCENT OF HOUSING MARKETS NATIONWIDE ARE WORSE OFF.

THINGS *ARE* GETTING BETTER THO --

ZILLOW SAYS HOME VALUES JUMPED 1-POINT 3 PERCENT IN THE LAST QUARTER --

THE BIGGEST QUARTERLY GAIN SINCE 2006!

ANNUALLY, PRICES CLIMBED 3-POINT 2 PERCENT.

*****

AND -- COMING UP AFTER THIS --

SOME NEWS THAT PEOPLE NOT-SO-POPULAR IN HIGH SCHOOL, MIGHT NOT WANT TO HEAR!

TODAY'S THE DAY APPLE TAKES THE WRAPS OFF ITS NEW, SMALLER IPAD, AT AN EVENT IN SAN JOSE.

SOURCES SAY THE DEVICE WILL HAVE A 7-POINT-85 INCH SCREEN MEASURED DIAGONALLY, COMPARED WITH THE 9-POINT-7 INCH SCREEN ON THE CURRENT IPAD.

AND ANALYSTS FORECAST THE CHEAPEST COULD GO FOR AS LITTLE AS 2-HUNDRED 49-DOLLARS --

A PRICE POINT DESIGNED TO MAINTAIN APPLE'S DOMINANCE IN THE TABLET MARKET.

APPLE LEADING A RALLY IN TECH SHARES YESTERDAY -- AND HELPING TAKE STOCKS HIGHER.

BUT SHARES OF MONSTER BEVERAGE -- RUNNING OUT OF ENERGY -- AND PLUNGING 14-PERCENT, ON REPORTS 5 PEOPLE DRANK THE HIGHLY-CAFFEINATED BEVERAGE AND DIED SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

THE F-D-A IS INVESTIGATING THE REPORTS.

*****

AND -- IF YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU EARN MORE AS AN ADULT -- TRY BEING -- MORE POPULAR -- IN HIGH SCHOOL.

A STUDY IN THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH SAYS --

STUDENTS MORE POPULAR IN HIGH SCHOOL -- MAY EARN UP TO 10-PERCENT MORE, NEARLY 40 YEARS LATER.

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NORCAL TORNADO-VOTOPS

CHECK THIS OUT-

A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN MONDAY AFTERNOON IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

DURING A TORNADO WARNING -- SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE SPOTTED NORTH OF SACRAMENTO.

STORMWARN GENERIC CLIP-CLIP

CROSSTALK INTO WX-CAM 9 WX EST

FORECAST-WXWALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

Another beautiful day is in the works across Southwest Florida with lots of sunshine, highs in the upper 80s, and a refreshing easterly breeze.

Our atmosphere continues to stay stable and dry, so our rain chance will stay incredibly low through our Tuesday as sunshine dominates. Winds will get a little blustery at times as a strong easterly flow remains in place, producing winds from 5-15 mph with gusts up to 25.

As we enjoy another gorgeous and glorious day, though, one thing we continue to watch is Tropical Storms Sandy as it continues to organize quickly in the Caribbean. Sandy is expected to quickly intensify today and Wednesday before the storm moves over Jamaica and Eastern Cuba by midweek. Sandy will then move over the Bahamas Thursday night into Friday, most likely as a Tropical Storm.

SCOLIOSIS-2 SHOT

IN HEALTH NEWS THIS MORNING-

A BRAVE TEEN, ONCE CRIPPLED BY A DEBILITATING CONDITION.

NOW SHOWS OFF HER SEVERE DEFORMITY.

SHE HOPES BY SPEAKING OUT, IT CAN HELP OTHERS.

SCOLIOSIS-PKG

AT A TIME WHEN MOST TEENAGE GIRLS ARE PREOCCUPIED WITH FASHION AND HAVING PERFECT FIGURES. THIS WAS THE DEFORMED FIGURE OF 14 YEAR OLD SAMI PETERSEN.

"Some of the questions. people would just be like 'what's wrong with you'"

SAMI WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SCOLIOSIS, A CURVATURE OF THE SPINE, AT AGE 11. AND, FOR A WHILE, SHE SAYS, SHE COULD HIDE HER HUMP UNDER BAGGY CLOTHES BUT AT AN AGE WHEN MOST KIDS ARE JUST EMBARRASSED TO HAVE BRACES ON THEIR TEETH. SAMI GREW SO DISFIGURED SHE HAD TO WEAR A FULL BODY BRACE 24 HOURS A DAY.

"People would treat me a little different like I was sick when I didn't want

to be treated any different than anyone else my age."

THROUGH IT ALL, SAMI'S MOM, SAY HER DAUGHTER STOOD TALL. EVEN THOUGH THE CONDITION WAS BOTH PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY CRIPPLING.

"Scoliosis isn't just somebody with a crooked back it affects their whole life, who they are and how they see themselves and what they can do."

ONCE ONE OF THE BEST SWIMMERS IN THE STATE, SAMI COULDN'T EVEN GET IN A POOL. BUT THAT WASN'T THE WORST OF IT.

"Just doing the daily activities that everybody takes for granted. like picking something up off the floor or laughing or giving my family a hug became a struggle."

FINALLY, HAVING EXHAUSTED ALL OTHER OPTIONS AND THERAPIES, SAMI UNDERWENT A LENGTHY SURGERY LAST MONTH AND NOW THAT SHE'S BEEN SET STRAIGHT AND IS WELL ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY. THIS COURAGEOUS TEEN WITH A CONSTANT SMILE IS SETTING THE WORLD STRAIGHT ABOUT SCOLIOSIS.

SAMI CREATED AN INSPIRING VIDEO ABOUT HER JOURNEY, MAKING NO APOLOGIES FOR HER BEFORE PICTURES. EVEN LOOKING PROUD AS A PEACOCK IN HER BRACE. WHILE VISITING THE NBC STUDIOS IN NEW YORK. AND SINCE POSTING IT TO YOUTUBE TWO WEEKS AGO SHE'S BEEN HEARING FROM PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

"I have had people from Peru, I had somebody that spoke a different language type to me, I had to translate back and forth with them."

SCOLIOSIS-2 SHOT

AMY PARMENTER REPORTING-

SCOLIOSIS MOST OFTEN OCCURS DURING THE GROWTH SPURT JUST BEFORE PUBERTY.

ORGANIC FOOD NO BETTER FOR KIDS-VO

PARENTS - YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON ORGANIC FOOD.

A NEW REPORT FINDS *NO EVIDENT --

THAT AN ORANIC DIET IS BETTER FOR KIDS.

PEDIATRICIANS SAY ORGANIC FOOD AND CONVENTIONALLY GROWN FOOD.

BOTH OFFER THE SAME AMOUNT OF VITAMINS, ANTIOXIDANTS AND PROTEINS.

THE REPORT DID NOTE --

ORGANIC FOODS CONTAIN LOWER LEVELS OF PESTICIDES,

CHEER SHOULD BE A SPORT-VO

HERE'S A QUESTION FOR YOU-

SHOULD CHEERLEADING BE CONSIDERED A SPORT?

A NEW STUDY BY THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS SAYS, YES-

THIS COMES AFTER A GROUP OF DOCTORS -- LOOKED AT DATA FROM THE CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION.

WHICH SAW NEARLY FIVE-THOUSAND HOSPITAL VISITS IN 1980.

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

CHEER SHOULD BE A SPORT-SOTVO

When a sport is a sanctioned school sport, they have access to the athletic trainers that are there or the team physician at the practice facility.

ACCORDING TO THE STUDY-

ONLY 29 STATE HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONS -- RECOGNIZE CHEERLEADING AS A SPORT.

TEASE TWO-SOTVOTOPS

No word or anything I can do would be sufficient enough to express how regretful I am of the loss of Robert.

FOR THE FIRST TIME,

ONE OF THE STUDENTS ACCUSED IN THE FAM-U HAZING SCANDAL. SPEAKS OUT.

BUT FIRST-

COULD YOU CALL THIS SMALL HOUSE. HOME?

IT'S ONLY 156 SQUARE FEET!

TZ2 A FAMU BAND TRIAL-SOTVOTOPS

TZ2 B TINY, TINY HOMES-VOTOPS

TINY, TINY HOMES-2 SHOT

MANY HOMEOWNERS DREAM OF A BIGGER HOUSE.

WITH MORE SPACE TO SPREAD OUT.

BUT SOME PEOPLE THINK THE EXACT OPPOSITE -

LIVING IN HOUSES THAT SOME MIGHT CALL COZY.AND OTHERS WOULD SAY IS JUST PLAIN SMALL.

TINY, TINY HOMES-PKG

SICK AND TIRED OF YOUR CRAMPED QUARTERS? THEN STRETCH OUT AND LOOK AT THIS

A TEENY SLIVER OF 156 SQUARE-FEET JUST 36-INCHES WIDE IN PLACES.

SHAQ MIGHT SQUEEZE THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR, BUT I'M THINKING HE'D GET STUCK

IN THAT BATHROOM.

THERE'S A TABLE FOR TWO COSY BY CANDLE-LIGHT. BUT A BED JUST FOR ONE

"I THINK PLENTY OF LIGHT IS MOST IMPORTANT," SAYS THE EXPERIMENTAL ARCHITECT

JAKUB SZCZESNY.

DESIGNED FOR THIS GUY, ETGAR KERET, AN ISRAELI WRITER WITH POLISH ROOTS.

AND HOW MUCH SPACE DO WE REALLY NEED?

THE GLOBAL TINY HOUSE MOVEMENT IS GAINING SOME TRACTION HERE'S POSTER BOY

JAY SCHAFER.

NATS - THIS SLEEPS TWO COMFORTABLE.WOW IT IS SMALL.

THIS MODEL MICRO APARTMENT IN SAN FRANCISCO, TOURED BY OUR VERY OWN CECILIA

VEGA

NATS - VEGA

FROM THE BATHROOM YOU CAN ALMOST REACH AND GET SOMETHING FROM THE FRIDGE

THAT PLACE IS JUST 150 SQUARE-FEET.

THE WORLD'S POPULATION IS EXPLODING, WE'RE GETTING BIGGER, WE'RE GATHERING

IN URBAN CLUSTERS

WILL WE SOON BE VACATIONING IN JAPANESE-STYLE CAPSULE HOTELS, DRIVING THE

MINISCULE PEEL P50, AND STROKING DESCENDENTS OF MR. PEEBLES, THE WORLD'S

SMALLEST CAT?

THE AVERAGE FAMILY HOME IN THE US IS SHRINKING, BUT STILL OVER 2,300 SQUARE-

FEET: 15 TIMES THE SIZE OF OUR POLISH PIED A TERRE

30 SOMETHINGS WORRIED ABOUT RETIREMENT-VO

RETIREMENT WORRIES ARE GROWING. AND IT'S NOT JUST AMERICA'S BABY BOOMERS WHO ARE WORRIED.

A NEW "PEW SURVEY" -- FINDS AMERICANS IN THEIR LATE 30s ARE THE ONES MOST LIKELY TO DOUBT THEY'LL BE FINANCIALLY SECURE *ENOUGH TO RETIRE.

TEASE THREE-ONCAM

APPLE UNVEILS *ANOTHER NEW PRODUCT.

ABC-7 GOES DIGGING --

TZ3 A IPAD MINI UNVIELING-VOTOPS

TZ3 B SPA SHOOTER-SOTVOTOPS

NEWS AT 9:00 OPEN-CLIP

NY STOCK EXCHANGE OPEN-SAT 3 TOPS

ABC SEVEN GOES LIVE TO THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

A handful of corporate reports -- are impacting the market today.

Before the bell, 3M, UPS and DuPont are putting out their numbers.

After the bell -- Facebook and Netflix.

Plus. Apple is expected to announce a new iPad Mini today -- helping numbers.

TS1) YOUR VOICE, YOUR VOTE-VOTOPS

NOW AT 9:30,

HERE'S A LOOK AT THIS MORNING'S TOP STORIES-

WITH JUST 14 DAYS LEFT UNTIL ELECTION DAY,

THE CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT HIT THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA STARTS HIS DAY IN DELRAY BEACH-

THEN HEADS TO OHIO.

MITT ROMNEY WILL STUMP IN NEVADA AND COLORADO.

TS2) METRO PARKWAY EXTENSION-VOTOPS

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE LOOKING FOR A WOMAN THIS MORNING -- WHO MAY HAVE CAUSED A CRASH ON THE NEWLY OPENED METRO PARKWAY EXTENSION.

ACCORDING TO WITNESSES --- THE WOMAN DROVE ACROSS THE INTERSECTION AT BRIARCLIFF.

THAT'S WHEN A MAN RIDING A SCOOTER -- WAS HEADING NORTHBOUND.

HE PUT IT DOWN. TO AVOID BEING HIT.

TS3) KAREN HAWES EXIT-VOTOPS

EMBATTLED LEE COUNTY MANAGER KAREN HAWES MEETS WITH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TODAY.

ABOUT HER LAST DAY ON THE JOB.

HAWES CAME UNDER FIRE FOR THE COUNTY'S GROUNDED MEDICAL HELICOPTER PROGRAM.

ABC-7 HAS LEARNED --

SHE WILL SUGGEST OCTOBER 31ST BE HER LAST DAY.

IPAD MINI UNVIELING-2 SHOT

ANOTHER WEEK, ANOTHER BIG ANNOUNCEMENT FROM APPLE.

THE COMPANY IS EXPECTED TO UNVEIL THE NEWEST IPAD -- A MINI-VERSION -- LATER TODAY.

IPAD MINI UNVIELING-PKG

THERE HASN'T BEEN THIS KIND OF FRENZY FOR THE LITTLE VERSION OF A BIG HIT

SINCE AUSTIN POWERS MET HIS TINY CLONE

I shall call himmini me!!

WHILE "MINI ME" WAS DESCRIBED AS AN EXACT COPY, BUT ONE-EIGHTH THE SIZE-

THE EXPECTED IPAD MINI IS ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAN THE

ORIGINAL.

ROUGHLY A SEVEN OR EIGHT INCH SCREEN VERSUS THE IPAD'S TEN INCHES WHEN

MEASURED DIAGONALLY.

Sot/

Joanna Stern, ABC News Technology Blogger

"What we will probably see is a tablet that is focused on consuming content,

not creating content like we've seen with the larger iPad."

UNTIL THE NOW-THE BIGGEST CRITIC AND OBSTACLE TO A SMALLER IPAD HAS COME

FROM INSIDE APPLE.

THE LEGEND HIMSELF-STEVE JOBS-FAMOUSLY AND NOT SO SUBTLY CALLED SEVEN INCH

TABLETS "DEAD ON ARRIVAL."

APPLE SAYS HE CHANGED HIS VIEWS IN THE FINAL MONTHS BEFORE HIS DEATH.

APPLE IS GOING AFTER A MARKET THAT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL FOR AMAZON AND ANDROID

WITH THEIR SMALLER TABLETS.

Sot/

Joe Brown, Editor-in-Chief, Gizmodo.com

"It makes sense that Apple, the company, would want to defend its turf by

making a product that is selling well from other people."

THE ONLY QUESTION LEFT SEEMS TO BE-ARE THEY REALLY GOING TO CALL IT "MINI".

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FACEBOOK EARNINGS TODAY-VO

HAPPENING TODAY-

FACEBOOK'S THIRD QUARTER EARNINGS WILL BE RELEASED.

THE SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT -- JUST REACHED ONE-BILLION ACTIVE USERS EARLIER THIS MONTH.

FACEBOOK STOCK DEBUTED ON NASDAQ IN MAY AT 38-DOLLARS A SHARE -- IN WHAT WAS THE THIRD-LARGEST INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING IN U-S HISTORY.

SOYUZ ROCKET LAUNCH-VO

A SOYUZ ROCKET IS ON THE WAY TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,

AFTER BLASTING OFF FROM RUSSIA THIS MORNING.

THE ROCKET LEFT THE PAD JUST BEFORE SEVEN A-M THIS MORNING,

CARRYING THREE ASTRONAUTS TO THE I-S-S --

FOR A SIX MONTH MISSION TO THE ORBITING OUTPOST.

ON THE RETURN MISSION, SOYUZ WILL BRING THREE PEOPLE BACK TO EARTH.

TRIPLE MURDER ARREST-VO

AUTHORITIES HAVE IDENTIFIED A PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE MURDER OF THREE PEOPLE -- INCLUDING AN 18-MONTH-OLD -- NEAR THE TENNESSEE-ALABAMA STATE LINE.

THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR 24-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM VINCENT CRUTCHER -- IN CONNECTION TO THE MURDERS.

FAMILY FRIENDS SAY THE 3-YEAR-OLD BEGAN RANDOMLY CALLING PEOPLE -- ON HIS MOTHER'S CELL PHONE YESTERDAY MORNING.

THE CHILD'S MOTHER WAS SEVEN MONTHS PREGNANT.

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NOW TO THE LATEST ON THAT DEADLY SHOOTING AT A WISCONSIN MALL --

WE'RE LEARNING MORE THIS MORNING ABOUT THE GUNMAN.

WHO OPENED FIRE AT A SPA THERE SUNDAY MORNING.

ABC'S ALEX PEREZ HAS BEEN ON THIS STORY FROM THE BEGINNING,

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THIS MORNING, WE ARE HEARING THE VOICE OF RADCLIFFE HAUGHTON'S WIFE, ZINA.

. DESCRIBING ONE OF HIS VIOLENT OUTBURSTS IN COURTROOM AUDIO OBTAINED BY ABC

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"He pulled a gun from behind his pants, and it accidentally went off in

between me and my daughter's head."

THE AUDIO WAS RECORDED AS SHE SOUGHT A RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST HER

ESTRANGED HUSBAND OCTOBER 18TH.

"I don't want to die. I just. Don't want to die."

SHE WAS GRANTED THAT ORDER, WHICH ALSO REQUIRED HIM TO TURN OVER ANY

FIREARMS. BUT THAT PROTECTIVE ORDER WASN'T ENOUGH.

TWO DAYS LATER, HAUGHTON REPORTEDLY PURCHASED A NEW GUN, THEN STORMED INTO

HIS WIFE'S SALON, AND OPENED FIRE. KILLING ZINA, TWO OTHER WOMEN, AND

THEN HIMSELF.

ZINA'S LONGTIME CUSTOMER BETTY BRUNNER WAS SITTING IN HER CHAIR. AS ZINA

PLEADED WITH HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND TO SPARE OTHERS.

020522 ***I think she felt responsible for the whole salon. I think she

wanted to protect all of us.

HAUGHTON WASN'T SWAYED, AND THIS MORNING BRUNNER SAYS THERE'S ONLY ONE

REASON SHE'S STILL ALIVE.

9:25 I believe there's a reason why I'm here. I think that's why a lot of

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ALEX PEREZ REPORTING.

FAMU BAND TRIAL-VO

A FLORIDA A&M BAND MEMBER, WHO WAS INVOLVED IN LAST YEAR'S HAZING DEATH OF DRUM MAJOR ROBERT CHAMPION, AVOIDS JAIL TIME.

YESTERDAY, BRIAN JONES WAS SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS OF COMMUNITY CONTROL, TWO YEARS OF SUPERVISED PROBATION AND 200 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.

HE PLEADED NO CONTEST.

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And I just want the world to know that I am sorry for the death of your son Robert, I truly am. No word or anything I can do would be sufficient enough to express how regretful I am of the loss of Robert.

UF STUDENT FUNERAL TODAY-VO

A FUNERAL MASS AND BURIAL HAPPENS TODAY --

FOR MURDERED UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA STUDENT CHRISTIAN AGUILAR.

HIS BODY WAS RETURNED TO HIS FAMILY IN MIAMI YESTERDAY.

AGUILAR'S BODY WAS FOUND MORE THAN A WEEK AGO,

IN A WOODED AREA NEAR GAINESVILLE.

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.

CAPE CORAL RV PARK-VO

A LUXURY R-V RESORT IN THE NORTH CAPE.

GETS ONE STEP CLOSER TO REALITY.

LAST NIGHT, CAPE CORAL CITY COUNCIL APPROVED TO CHANGE THE LAND USE REGULATION --

FOR PROPERTY WEST OF BURNT STORE ROAD.

THE LAND WILL BE CHANGED FROM RESIDENTIAL AND PUBLIC BUILDING TO MIXED USE.

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.

COPS DISCOVERED THIS BACK IN JULY,

BUT DEPUTIES JUST RECENTLY GOT A WARRANT.

THE COUPLE FACES CHILD NEGLECT CHARGES.

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DANCING WITH THE STARS.

IS ALL ABOUT GUILTY PLEASURES THIS WEEK.

PAUSE FOR NATS!!!!!!

INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES PLUS A GROUP DANCE --

TO SOME OF THE BEST, CATCHIEST SONGS.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE BALLROOM.

PLUS -- MARINES STICK TOGETHER THROUGH THICK AND THIN.

WE HAVE A STORY YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS.

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IT'S GUILTY PLEASURES WEEK ON DANCING WITH THE STARS, ALL STARS!

WE SAW THE CONTESTANTS DIVIDED INTO TEAMS FOR GROUP DANCES-

AND SOME INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES.

THEY HAD THEIR TOES TAPPING TO SOME CATCHY SONGS, WE KNOW-

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Gilles Marini and Peta Murgatroyed rumbaed their way to near perfection

with 29 and a half out of 30 points.

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half a point behind, emmitt smith and cheryl burked sambaed to success.

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kristie alley and maksim chmerkovskiy had their best individual dance of

the all-star season. but after the show, they were excited to talk about

the gangnam style number you'll see on tuesday night's show.

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with 24 and a half points for their samba, kelly monaco and val

chmerkovskiy got the lowest judges' scores monday night. but kelly thought

they did a great job.

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the other four couples danced a couple freestyle number that got each of

them 29 and a half points.

and their good fortune came after melissa rycroft herniated a disc in her

neck during rehearsal on sunday.

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Tony & Melissa

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TONIGHT - ANOTHER GROUP DANCE.

AND MORE INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES.

AND THERE WILL BE *NO ELIMINATIONS THIS WEEK.

STORM WARN GENERIC CLIP-CLIP

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FORECAST-WX WALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

Another beautiful day is in the works across Southwest Florida with lots of sunshine, highs in the upper 80s, and a refreshing easterly breeze.

Our atmosphere continues to stay stable and dry, so our rain chance will stay incredibly low through our Tuesday as sunshine dominates. Winds will get a little blustery at times as a strong easterly flow remains in place, producing winds from 5-15 mph with gusts up to 25.

As we enjoy another gorgeous and glorious day, though, one thing we continue to watch is Tropical Storms Sandy as it continues to organize quickly in the Caribbean. Sandy is expected to quickly intensify today and Wednesday before the storm moves over Jamaica and Eastern Cuba by midweek. Sandy will then move over the Bahamas Thursday night into Friday, most likely as a Tropical Storm.

CAPTIVA DEBBY-VO

DEBBY IS TURNING OUT TO BE A VERY EXPENSIVE TROPICAL STORM.

EXPERTS NOW SAY IT WILL TAKE TEN MILLION DOLLARS -- TO FIX THE DAMAGE ON CAPTIVA ISLAND.

THE CAPTIVA EROSION PREVENTION DISTRICT -- HOPES THE FEDS WILL PICK UP THE TAB.

CAPTIVA DEBBY-SOTVO

to go all the way to Washington to ask for that is wonderful and to put our Captiva Island on the map right there in Washington is a great thing

THE GROUP SAYS IT WOULD BE A SMART INVESTMENT FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

ACCORDING TO THEIR 2010 STUDY-- VISITORS SPEND 85 MILLION DOLLARS ON THE ISLAND EACH YEAR--

MILITARY DOG HOMECOMING-2 SHOT

MARINES STICK TOGETHER.

WHETHER ITS SIDE BY SIDE ON THE BATTLEFIELD,

OR HUNDREDS OF MILES APART IN THE U.S.

THAT BOND PROMPTED A FORMER MARINE IN NORTH TEXAS -- TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR A WAR-TIME BUDDY--

HIS FRIEND BONDED WITH A DOG IN AFGHANISTAN,

AND WANTED TO BRING HIM HOME TO THE STATES.

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"We're Marines. We not only keep in contact with each other, but we take care of each other".

FORMER LOCAL MARINE CARLOS PLATA SPENT TWO DEPLOYMENTS WITH SHAUN DULING.

THIS LAST TIME SHAUN WENT TO AFGHANISTAN BY HIMSELF. BUT AS SOON AS HE STEPPED FOOT ON FOREIGN SOIL - A SPECIAL FRIENDSHIP WAS FORMED.

"He became his family there."

A RAGGED AND HUNGRY STRAY, BOLT AND SHAUN WERE INSTANT FRIENDS.

HE FED BOLT, BUILT HIM A HOME AND EVEN LET HIM STAY IN HIS TENT DURING THE WINTER. IN RETURN BOLT GAVE SHAUN AN ESCAPE FROM THE HARSH DAYS IN AFGHANISTAN.

"He kinda took to me and since I got there everywhere I went he was pretty much by my side or behind me"

BUT THEN THE COMMANDER OF THE BASE ORDERED ALL THE DOGS TO BE REMOVED. SHAUN WAS FORCED TO SAY GOODBYE.

"I made a collar for him so I took his collar off. I wanted to have his collar to hold on to as a memento."

BOLT WAS LOADED UP WITH THE OTHERS AND TAKEN TO A VILLAGE. BUT EVEN DISTANCE COULD NOT BREAK THEIR BOND.

"Bolt apparently ran behind the convoy for roughly ten miles or so. Pitch black, three o'clock in the morning and all of a sudden just out of no where Bolt just comes running full speed behind me scared me half to death. It was a good feeling having your buddy back and so it's an awesome feeling."

BUT THE TIME CAME WHEN SHAUN HAD TO COME HOME, AND BOLT WOULD HAVE TO STAY.

"As I was walking to the helicopter I tried to get some of the the guys to hold on to him, he broke free and he tried to jump on the helo with me and I think he knew I was leaving and leaving for good. He just looked sad and confused and I was just like that can't be the last time I see him."

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AND THAT EFFORT WAS A SUCCESS,

THANKS TO THE WEBSITE "NOWZAD DOT COM".

DULING'S RAISED THE FOUR-THOUSAND DOLLARS -- HE NEEDED TO BRING BOLT STATESIDE.

HE EXPECTS TO BRING HIS BUDDY TO HIS NEW HOME BEFORE DULING'S BIRTHDAY,

PLANE ON INTERSTATE-VO

A PRIVATE PLANE MADE AN UNSCHEDULED STOP MONDAY NIGHT ON A WISCONSIN INTERSTATE.

THE PLANE IS REPORTED TO BE A TWIN ENGINE TURBO-PROP.

IT HAD TWO PEOPLE ON BOARD,

WHEN IT CRASH LANDED ON I-94 --

WEST OF RACINE, WISCONSIN.

THE ACCIDENT CLOSED PART OF THE INTERSTATE FOR SEVERAL HOURS,

AND BACKED UP TRAFFIC FOR MILES.

LANCE ARMSTRONG TITLES STRIPPED-VO

HAVING WON SEVEN TOUR DE FRANCE TITLES -- IS NO LONGER PART OF LANCE ARMSTRONG'S TWITTER PROFILE-

REFERENCE TO THE RACE WAS REMOVED HOURS AFTER ARMSTRONG WAS STRIPPED OF THE TITLES -- BY THE INTERNATIONAL CYCLING UNION.

HE HAS ALSO BEEN BANNED FROM THE SPORT FOR LIFE -- IN WHAT THE U-S ANTI-DOPING AGENCY DESCRIBED AS A MASSIVE DOPING PROGRAM.

TEASE FIVE-ONCAM

COMING UP, WE'LL HAVE A LAST CHECK OF THIS MORNING'S TOP STORIES-

PLUS, HOW DOES SOME FREE PIZZA SOUND?

TZ5 A FREE SLICE OF PIZZA-VO

FINAL CHECK OF STOCKS-SAT 3 FULL

GIANTS WIN NLCS-VO

THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS OVERCAME A THREE-GAMES-TO-ONE SERIES DEFICIT ---- TO PLAY THE DETROIT TIGERS IN THE WORLD SERIES AFTER GAME SEVEN.

SAN FRANCISCO DOMINATED ALL NIGHT -- SCORING NINE AND SHUTTING THE CARDINALS OUT.

SLICE OF FREE PIZZA-VOTOPS

HALF A MILLION PIZZA LOVERS COULD GET THEIR HANDS ON A FREE SLICE OF PIZZA TODAY.

PARTICIPATING DOMINO'S STORES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

WILL GIVE AWAY 100 SLICES OF DOMINO'S NEW HANDMADE PAN PIZZA --

FROM NOON TO 2 P-M LOCAL TIME.

DOMINO'S JUMPED INTO THE PAN PIZZA CATEGORY LAST MONTH,

LOHAN INTERVENTION-VOTOPS

IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS-

LINDSAY LOHAN IS FEUDING WITH HER FATHER AGAIN.

MICHAEL ATTEMPTED TO STAGE AN INTERVENTION FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE LAST WEEK -- AFTER THE TROUBLED STAR FAILED TO SHOW FOR A SHOOT.

HER DAD SPOKE TO ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT -- CLAIMING HIS DAUGHTER'S FRIENDS AND LEGAL TEAM WERE ALL ON BOARD WITH THE PLAN.

TIMBERLAKE, BIEL WEDDING-VOTOPS

HOLLYWOOD LOVE BIRDS JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE AND JESSICA BEIL --

FINALLY REVEAL DETAILS ABOUT THEIR TOP SECRET ITALIAN WEDDING.

TIMBERLAKE TELLS PEOPLE MAGAZINE --

THE EVENING WAS "MAGICAL."

JESSICA CALLED IT A "FANTASY."

THE CELEBRATION LASTED SEVERAL DAYS,

AND INCLUDED A BEACH PARTY AND FIREWORKS.

TOP STORIES OPEN-CLIPTOPS

TS1) YOUR VOICE, YOUR VOTE-VOTOPS

BEFORE WE SAY GOODBYE, HERE'S A LAST LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES-

WITH JUST 14 DAYS LEFT UNTIL ELECTION DAY --- THE CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT ARE BACK OUT ON THE STUMP-

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS STARTING HIS DAY HERE IN FLORIDA-

HE'S MAKING AN APPEARANCE IN DELRAY BEACH-

AFTER THAT, HE'S HEADING TO OHIO-

TS2) METRO PARKWAY-VOTOPS

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES LOOK FOR A WOMAN THIS MORNING --

WHO MAY HAVE CAUSED A CRASH ON THE NEWLY OPENED METRO PARKWAY EXTENSION.

ACCORDING TO WITNESSES ---

THE WOMAN DROVE ACROSS THE INTERSECTION AT BRIARCLIFF.

THAT'S WHEN A MAN RIDING A SCOOTER -- WAS HEADING NORTHBOUND.

HE PUT IT DOWN. TO AVOID BEING HIT.

TS3) KAREN HAWES-VOTOPS

HAPPENING TODAY-

EMBATTLED LEE COUNTY MANAGER KAREN HAWES -- IS MEETING WITH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TODAY ABOUT HER LAST DAY ON THE JOB.

HAWES CAME UNDER FIRE FOR HER PART -- IN THE COUNTY'S GROUNDED MEDICAL HELICOPTER PROGRAM.

ABC-7 HAS LEARNED, SHE WILL SUGGEST OCTOBER 31ST BE HER LAST DATE - BUT FIRST SHE WANTS COMMISSIONERS TO ASK HER TO RESIGN.

TS4) iPAD MINI-VOTOPS

HAPPENING TODAY-

APPLE IS EXPECTED TO INTRODUCE THE I-PAD MINI.

IT WILL CHALLENGE OTHER DEVICES --

SUCH AS AMAZON'S KINDLE FIRE H-D AND GOOGLE'S NEXUS SEVEN.

BOTH SELL FOR 199-DOLLARS.

THE IPAD MINI IS EXPECTED TO HAVE A 7 TO 8 INCH SCREEN-

CLOSE-2SH-AWS ANI

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