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SANDY SPECIAL OPEN

FORECASTERS ARE CALLING IT "FRANKENSTORM."

BESIDES BRINGING HEAVY WIND AND RAIN TO THE STATE, HURRICANE SANDY IS EXPECTED TO BRING AN EARLY BLAST OF WINTER TO THE NORTHEAST.

THE CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE IS LEAVING ITS MARK BEHIND.

THIS IS THE DAMAGE LEFT BEHIND IN CUBA AS WINDS OF OVER 100 MILES PER HOUR KNOCKED DOWN TREES, POWER LINES AND RIPPED ROOFS FROM BUILDINGS.

AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STATE, THE EFFECTS ARE ALREADY BEING FELT AS SANDY CREEPS CLOSER TO THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST.

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SANDY OPEN-CLIP

TRACKING SANDY-WXWALL

Hurricane Sandy will not have a direct impact on southwest Florida. There are zero watches or warnings for us since Sandy will stay 300-400 miles to our east. Thus, all active watches and warnings are being issued for the east coast of our state.

What will it bring us? Breezy conditions, cloudy skies, and periods of rain for the next few days.

The weather coming after Sandy passes will be phenomenal - In fact, it's game changing.

Sandy is currently pushing to the north, and it's going to merge with a very large low pressure system heading for the northeast and mid Atlantic states. This will cause a mega storm to form around Chesapeake Bay - very comparable to the storm of the century we witnessed in the early 90s.

Sandy may rewrite the record books

It has the possibility of causing millions, if not billions, of dollars in damage across the northeastern United States when it makes landfall on Tuesday.

It'll be such a mega system that it may very well catapult us into the dry season. Sound familiar? It should. Hurricane Wilma did it a few years back.

We're going to see a lot of sunshine after Sandy passes, and yes cool fall weather, from the start of your day to the beginning.

OPERATION FELON SWEEP-TRX-SOTTOPS-TCMON

2:55 "this was an operation to literally clean the streets of wanted felons."

HUNDREDS OF FELONS ARE OFF THE STREETS IN A STATEWIDE TAKEDOWN.

IN 25 DAYS, "OPERATION: "FELON SWEEP" MADE NEARLY 12-THOUSAND FELONY ARRESTS STATEWIDE.

NEARLY A THOUSAND HAPPENED RIGHT IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

OPERATION FELON SWEEP-PKG

THEY'RE CONSIDERED THE WORST OF THE WORST.

COVER 4:24 some of them are wanted for violent crimes against people.

HUNDREDS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDIANS-

ARRESTED IN A BIG BUST DUBBED "OPERATION: FELON SWEEP"

2:55 "this was an operation to literally clean the streets of wanted felons."

THESE PICTURES SNAPPED IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY-

SHOW SOME OF THE ACCUSED FELONS BEING TAKEN DOWN.

THE SWEEP BEGAN SEPTEMBER 28TH AND RAN THROUGH SUNDAY. SHERIFF'S OFFICES ACROSS THE STATE HUNTED THEIR MOST VIOLENT OFFENDERS-

AND THOSE WANTED OTHER FELONY WARRANTS.

5:01 "in addition, we removed weapons and drugs from our streets."

THE CHARGES RANGE FROM ROBBERY-

TO SEX ASSAULT-

TO BURGLARY-

EVEN A HOMICIDE CHARGE.

SCOTT SICA WAS FINALLY CAUGHT A FEW WEEKS AGO AS PART OF THIS OPERATION ON A WARRANT OUT OF NORTH CAROLINA FOR ALLEGEDLY MURDERING A COP.

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HE WAS PICKED UP AT HIS CAPE CORAL HOME.

COLLIER MOST WANTED ARREST-VO WIPE

ONE OF COLLIER COUNTY'S MOST WANTED CRIMINALS SITS BEHIND BARS TONIGHT.

41 YEAR OLD MARCO ANDALUZ OF COLLIER COUNTY WAS WANTED ON CHARGES OF MOLESTING A 12-YEAR OLD GIRL IN GOLDEN GATE CITY BACK IN 2005.

DEPUTIES SAY AFTER THEY PUT OUT A WARRENT FOR HIS ARREST, ANDALUZ WENT INTO HIDING, MOVING TO MIAMI.

FROM THERE, DEPUTIES SAY HE CONTINUED TO MAKE PHONE CALLS TO THE GIRL AND HER MOTHER -- WARNING THEM TO KEEP QUIET.

COLLIER MOST WANTED ARREST-SOT VO

SGT. RON MYERS/CCSO/ "To get a predator like that off the street, away from the public and little girls, they're a target for him."

COLLIER WHISTLEBLOWER-VO

NEW AT 6 --

A SOUTHWEST FLORIDA PRODUCE COMPANY IS ACCUSED OF KNOWINGLY HIRING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS-- AND TRYING TO COVER IT UP.

A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF LIPMAN PRODUCE--

WHICH IS BASED IN IMMOKALEE -- SAYS COMPANY EXECUTIVES FIRED HIM WHEN HE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT HIRING PRACTICES.

THE WHISTLEBLOWER HAS FILED A FEDERAL LAWSUIT ALLEGING LIPMAN KNOWINGLY HIRED ILLEGAL WORKERS AND CONCEALED IT.

HE CLAIMS THE COMPANY TRIED TO PAY HIM 800-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO KEEP QUIET.

CHAR CO SKIDMORE-VO

THE ACTIONS OF A CHARLOTTE COUNTY COMMISSIONER MIGHT BE IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA ETHICS LAWS.

THE STATE COMMISSION ON ETHICS UPHELD THREE OF THE FOUR ALLEGATIONS FACING COMMISSIONER ROBERT SKIDMORE.

THOSE ALLEGATIONS INCLUDE GIVING A LIQUOR LICENSE IN EXCHANGE FOR NASCAR TICKETS--

OFFERING AN EMPLOYEE A RAISE IN EXCHANGE FOR DIGGING UP DIRT ON A RESTAURANT, OWNED BY HIS EX-WIVE'S NEW HUSBAND--

AND, EVIDENCE THAT SUGGESTS SKIDMORE ASKED TO HAVE A HEARING POSTPONED THAT WOULD HAVE BENEFITED HIM IN A PROPERTY DEAL.

YVYV 2012 OPEN-CLIP

ABC DAILY TRACKING POLL-CG-TOPS

TONIGHT. THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE REMAINS VERY CLOSE.

OBAMA CAMPAIGN TODAY-VO WIPE

WITH 12 DAYS TO GO, THE PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS ARE CAMPAIGNING FURIOUSLY.

PRESIDENT OBAMA IS NEARING THE END OF A NON-STOP 48-HOUR BATTLEGROUND STATE TOUR THAT WRAPS UP TONIGHT IN OHIO.

OBAMA CAMPAIGN TODAY-SOTVO

you notice my my voice is gettin' a little hoarse but i am just going to keep on - i am just going to keep on keeping on until every single person out there who needs to vote is going to vote because the stakes are just so high florida.

TODAY PRESIDENT OBAMA CAST HIS BALLOT EARLY IN HIS HOMETOWN OF CHICAGO-- MAKING HIM THE FIRST SITTING PRESIDENT TO VOTE EARLY.

ROMNEY CAMPAIGN TODAY-VOTOPS WIPE

MITT ROMNEY SPENT THE DAY FIGHTING FOR VOTES IN OHIO - A MUST-WIN STATE FOR HIM.

ROMNEY CAMPAIGN TODAY-SOTVO

Our campaign is about big things because we happen to believe that America faces big challenges. We recognize that this is a year with a big choice and Americans want to see big changes and I am going to bring it to this country."

BONITA GAMBLING-CG VO WIPE

A NEW POLL SHOWS FLORIDIANS ARE SPLIT ON WHETHER TO ALLOW VEGAS STYLE CASINOS.

THE STATEWIDE POLL FINDS 45-PERCENT FAVOR OF THE CREATION OF THE VEGAS GAMBLING.

41-PERCENT ARE AGAINST IT--

WHILE ANOTHER 14-PERCENT ARE UNDECIDED.

THE POLL COMES AS LEE COUNTY VOTERS WILL DECIDE NOVEMBER 6TH WHETHER TO ALLOW SLOT MACHINES AT THE BONITA SPRINGS GREYHOUND TRACK.

BONITA GAMBLING-SOT VO

Sot Izzy Havenick, Track Owner

"There's already gambling in lee county that the voters didn't get to decide on and this is a way for them to decide that one business, which is already a gambling facility is entitled to have an expanded product."

RICK SCOTT EDUCATION PLAN-VO WIPE

TODAY FLORIDA'S GOVERNOR CHOSE FORT MYERS AS THE SITE TO EXPLAIN HIS EDUCATION AGENDA FOR NEXT YEAR.

RICK SCOTT SPOKE THIS MORNING AT HARBORSIDE EVENT CENTER.

HE TALKED ABOUT FLORIDA JOINING 45-OTHER STATES IN USING 'COMMON CORE STANDARDS.'

THE GOVERNOR SAYS THOSE STANDARDS WILL DO A BETTER JOB MEASURING PROGRESS THAN THE F-CAT.

RICK SCOTT EDUCATION PLAN-SOT VO

"Look it's your money. Your family is paying sales taxes and property taxes you're paying for education. So you want that money to be spent where a student is going to have more success."

ESTER SCOTT-ONCAM

GOVERNOR SCOTT WILL NOW HEAD TO THE HOSPITAL TO JOIN HIS AILING MOTHER.

ALORICA JOB FAIR-VO

MORE JOBS ARE COMING TO FORT MYERS.

ALORICA PLANS TO ADD 100 PEOPLE TO ITS CALL CENTER.

THE COMPANY CURRENTLY EMPLOYS NEARLY 600 PEOPLE--

IN A FACILITY NEAR INTERSTATE 75 AND DANIELS PARKWAY.

ALORICA SAYS IT PLANS TO HIRE ANOTHER 100 PEOPLE WITHIN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.

NEXT AT 6 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE ONE

20:48:10 this is a lot of them, their last year, it could be their last year to play soccer professionally

A SOCCER TEAM'S DREAM IS CRUSHED BY THIEVES.

HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS SAVED UP FOR AN IMPORTANT TRIP NOW GONE.

DUMPED LIKE TRASH ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

WHERE ANIMAL LOVERS ARE OUTRAGED OVER A SICKENING CASE OF ABUSE.

TZ1 SOCCER TEAM STOLEN $-SOTTOPSVO

TZ1 DOG DUMPED-VOTOPS

SANDY LIVE LOOK-SATLIVEorVO

HURRICANE SANDY IS INCHING CLOSER TO THE U-S.

HERE'S A LIVE LOOK IN MIAMI WHERE TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT.

RED TIDE BIRDS-VOTOPS

AS HURRICANE SANDY APPROACHES SOUTHEAST FLORIDA, ITS WINDS ARE ALSO KICKING UP WATER ON THE WEST COAST.

RESEARCH SCIENTISTS SAY THAT MAY BE A GOOD THING.

FOR THE FIFTH CONSECUTIVE DAY, TESTS SHOW LOW LEVELS OF TOXIC RED TIDE.

JP STORMWARN OPEN-CLIP

WEATHER-PWC

First thing is first, Hurricane Sandy will not have a direct impact on southwest Florida. There are zero watches or warnings for us since Sandy will stay 300-400 miles to our east. Thus, all active watches and warnings are being issued for the east coast of our state.

What will it bring us? Breezy conditions, cloudy skies, and periods of rain for the next few days.

The weather coming after Sandy passes will be phenomenal - In fact, it's game changing.

Sandy is currently pushing to the north, and it's going to merge with a very large low pressure system heading for the northeast and mid Atlantic states. This will cause a mega storm to form around Chesapeake Bay - very comparable to the storm of the century we witnessed in the early 90s.

Sandy may rewrite the record books

It has the possibility of causing millions, if not billions, of dollars in damage across the northeastern United States when it makes landfall on Tuesday.

It'll be such a mega system that it may very well catapult us into the dry season. Sound familiar? It should. Hurricane Wilma did it a few years back.

We're going to see a lot of sunshine after Sandy passes, and yes cool fall weather, from the start of your day to the beginning.

DOG DUMPED FROM CAR-TCMON-VO BNR

ONE LOOK AT THIS FACE, AND IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THE HEARTBREAKING ORDEAL THIS LITTLE GUY HAS BEEN THROUGH

HE WAS DUMPED FROM A CAR WINDOW.AND LEFT TO DIE. IN A TIED UP BAG!

A REWARD IS NOW BEING OFFERED IN THE HOPE OF FINDING WHOSE RESPONSIBLE.

A WOMAN FOUND THE MALTESE, WEIGHING LESS THAN THREE POUNDS, INSIDE THE TRASH BAG ON A STREET IN LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY.

DOG DUMPED FROM CAR-SOTVO

"this person.Karma will get them back." --CUT TO--

Just the monster that could do that. let alone not take care of the animal but, then to stuff it into a bag and discard it on the side of the road made me sick."

SOCCER TEAM STOLEN MONEY-ONCAM

HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS MEANT FOR A SHOT AT A FUTURE FOR TEENAGE BOYS -- NOW GONE.

THIEVES BROKE INTO A BONITA SPRINGS HOME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY -

AND THEY MAY NOT REALIZE WHAT THEY TOOK FROM A TRAVELING SOCCER TEAM.

SOCCER TEAM STOLEN MONEY-PKG

TURNS OUT LEXI'S NOT A GOOD GUARD DOG -

YESTERDAY MORNING - SOMEONE BROKE INTO THIS WINDOW --

AND SHATTERED THE DREAMS OF 17 TEENAGE BOYS.

"Definitely not just a burglary. It's a personal thing as well, but it means - it doesn't affect just our felony. It affects all these boys."

PRYING OPEN DOORS --

RANSACKING THE BEDROOMS --

THE THIEVES TOOK LAPTOPS, TV'S, WEDDING BANDS AND A RIFLE -

BUT THEY ALSO TOOK NEARLY 700 DOLLARS --

MONEY THE BOYS SPENT HOURS OF HARD WORK RAISING.

"They stood out on the street, screaming for people to come in and they worked really hard"

SOCCER MOMS DELMA TORRES AND GARNET DASHER ARE HELPING THE SAN CARLOS SCORPIONS U-18 TEAM EARN MONEY FOR AN UPCOMING TOURNAMENT -- IN NORTH CAROLINA

A CHANCE TO BE SEEN BY COLLEGE RECRUITERS.

"A lot of these boys, they're seniors. This is their last year in high school, so this is it. If they get seen at this tournament and that's in November, so we're trying our hardest to get them up there. Try to get as much money as we can to get up there. It would break my son's heart."

FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS - THE TEAM HAS WORKED EVERY WEEKEND -- EITHER PLAYING GAMES OR WASHING CARS.

THEY NEED 500 DOLLARS FOR EACH OF THE 16 PLAYERS TO MAKE THE TRIP.

"Since then it's like fundraiser, fundraiser, fundraiser. Let's get these boys going because a lot of these can't afford to go."

WHATEVER THEY TOOK - THE MOMS VOW THE THIEVES WON'T ROB THE BOYS OF THEIR' FUTURES.

"We'll do what we have to do to get them up there, so we'll just do more fundraisers"

"They'll just work that much harder to get there. I'm telling you. Saturday, we're at Publix in Naples"

COMING UP NEXT OPEN-CLIP

TEASE TWO-POP

BIG NEWS IN THE NBA. A 30 YEAR FIXTURE. STEPPING DOWN. FLORIDA GATOR HOOPS AND FOOTBALL. WHAT WILL MUSCHAMP IS SAYING ABOUT PLAYING HIS ALMA MATER

TZ2 SPORTS-VO

WORLD NEWS TEASE-BLK-SOT

TONIGHT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

TONIGHT AT 7 O'CLOCK

TONIGHT AT SEVEN.

A MOTHER CLAIMS HER SON WAS VIOLENTLY PUSHED BY A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH DURING A FIGHT BETWEEN STUDENTS.

WE'LL TELL YOU WHY THE VIDEO IS NOW IN THE STATE'S HANDS.

PLUS.

PERSONAL INFORMATION IS A COMPUTER HACKER'S PERFECT HEIST.

YOU PASSWORD IS THE LOCK ON THE VAULT.

TZ 7 1) ARCADIA PLAYER COACH FIGHT-VO-WIPE

TZ 7 2) WORST PASSWORD-VOTOPS

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

DAVID STERN-POMON

DAVID STERN-VOTOPS

TODAY STERN ANNOUNCED HE WILL RETIRE AS COMMISSIONER IN 2014. 30 YEARS TO THE DAY HE TOOK OVER.

IN THOSE 30 YEARS STERN HAS TURNED THE GAME INTO A GLOBAL PRODUCT. THE NBA IS BROADCASTS IN 215 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. AND IS NOW A 4 BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY.

DAVID STERN-SOTTOPS

FLORIDA HOOPS-VOTOPS

SPEAKING OF HOOPS. THE FLORIDA GATORS HAVE BEEN PICKED TO FINISH 2ND IN THE SEC. DESPITE LOSING 3RD OVERALL PICK BRADLEY BEAL AND HIGH SCORING POINT GUARD ERVING WALKER.

KENTUCKY IS PICKED TO FINSH FIRST. TO WHICH WILDCATS COACH JOHN CALIPARI SAYS. EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE DRUG TESTED FOR PICKING THEM THAT HIGH.

FLORIDA HOOPS-SOTTOPS

GATOR FOOTBALL-POPMON

GATOR FOOTBALL-SOTTOPS

TAMPA BAY-VOTOPS

THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS ARE ON PRIME-TIME TONIGHT. TAKING ON MINNESOTA. ON THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.

BUCS HAVE A 5 GAME WIN STREAK AGAINST THE VIKINGS.

TAMPA BAY-SOTTOPS

WORLD SERIES-VOTOPS

GAME 2 OF THE WORLD SERIES COMES YOUR WAY LATER TONIGHT.

GIANTS TOOK GAME ONE LAST NIGHT. THANKS TO 3 HOMERUNS BY PABLO SANDOVAL.

WORLD SERIES-SOTTOPS

GOODBYE-4SHOT