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GOOD LUCK.
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IT'S BEGINNING TO SOUND LIKE NEW YORK CITY AGAIN --
BUT SUPERSTORM SANDY WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN.
TWO DAYS AFTER IT STRUCK SANDY HAS CLAIMED AT LEAST 72 LIVES.
BUT THE RECOVERY HAS ALREADY STARTED.
WALL STREET OPENED TODAY -- AND SOME OF THE NATION'S BUSIEST AIRPORTS WILL RE-OPEN TOMMORROW --
J-F-K AND NEWARK --
AND LAGUARDIA STILL WATER LOGGED WILL REOPEN TO A LIMITED SCHEDULE.
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AND EVEN AS THE WATER RECEDES IN SOME PLACES -- OTHER PROBLEMS ARE SPARKING.
CHECK OUT NEW VIDEO AT 11 FROM CONNECTICUT.
THIS FIRE DESTROYED SEVERAL HOUSES.
GOOD NEWS -- NO ONE WAS HURT.
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AND IN NEW JERSEY -- THE DANGER IN MAN-UH-LOW-KING IS STILL NOT OVER TONIGHT.
A HIGH-PRESSURE GAS MAIN BROKE AND GAS IS POURING INTO THE FLOOD WATERS.
AND CREWS CAN'T GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO CONTAIN IT.
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MORE THAN SIX MILLION PEOPLE ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER AS FAR WEST AS WISCONSIN AND AS FAR SOUTH AS THE CAROLINAS.
LIGHTS ARE SLOWLY COMING BACK ON IN LOWER MANHATTANAN AND WORK CONTINUES TO RESTORE OTHER AREAS.
FLORIDA POWER CREWS ARE MAKING THEIR WAY NORTHEAST AS FAST AS THEY CAN TO HELP BRING THE LIGHTS BACK ON.
MANY MORE IN OUR AREA.LIKE REDCROSS VOLUNTEERS.ARE ON STANDBY.
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SOT- OBAMA: what I can promise you is that the federal government will be
working as closely as possible with the state and local officials, and we
will not quit until this is done.
LATE THIS AFTERNOON --
PRESIDENT OBAMA TOURED NEW JERSEY WITH GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE.
PARTS OF THAT STATE ARE UNDEREWATER.
THEY TOOK A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE DEVASTATION FROM MARINE ONE.
IN MANY PLACES, PEOPLE CAN ONLY GET AROUND BY BOAT.
KEEP IN MIND -- THAT INCLUDES POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS.
THE PRESIDENT PROMISED A QUICK RESPONSE FOR ANY LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN NEED,.
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AND IT'S NOT JUST FLOOD WATERS THAT HAVE TURNED DEADLY.
AT LEAST FIVE ARE DEAD TONIGHT IN STATES HIT HARD BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
WEST VIRGINIA, MARYLAND AND NORTH CAROLINA ARE ALL GETTING BLANKETED IN SNOW.
OFFICIALS IN WEST VIRGINIA SAY THE SUPERSTORM CAUSED BUILDINGS TO COLLAPSE, KNOCKED OUT POWER AND LEFT ROADS IMPASSABLE.
IN WEST VIRGINIA ONE LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATE WAS KILLED IN THE STORM.
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TAKE A LOOK AT THIS --
WITH SO MANY ROADS BLOCKED AND GAS STATIONS CLOSED -- THIS WAS THE MASSIVE LINE AT ONE GAS STATION IN POINT PLEASANT BEACH, NEW JERSEY.
SOME PEOPLE ARE WAITING MORE THAN AN HOUR.
STATE TROOPERS ARE THERE TO KEEP THE PEACE.
DISASTER DECLARATIONS ARE IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL COUNTIES.
AND THERE ARE REPORTS OF PRICE GOUGING AT GAS STATIONS, STORES, AND HOTELS.
IT'S AGAINST THE LAW FOR BUSINESSES TO DRASTICALLY HIKE PRICES DURING AN EMERGENCY.
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ONE FORT MYERS FAMILY IS STRUGGLING WITH SANDY'S DEVASTATION.
MOVING HERE A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR AGO-- THEIR EXTENDED FAMILY IS STILL IN NEW JERSEY.
SANDY HIT THE HOMES OF BOTH MARC AND CHRISTINE TAGLIERI'S -- PARENTS, COUSINS AND FRIENDS.
BECAUSE POWER IS OUT. THEY'VE HAD TROUBLE REACHING LOVED ONES.
IN FACT, NEWS VIDEO HELPED CHRISTINE SPOT HER MOTHER'S HOME ON LONG BEACH ISLAND.
MARC HAS NOT SEEN HIS FAMILYS HOME.
BOTH THEIR FAMILIES ARE SAFE--BUT MARC SAYS A FAMILY NEIGHBOR LOST HIS LIFE.
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PART OF THE TAGLIERI FAMILY HAD PLANS TO HEAD UP NORTH FOR A SPORTING EVENT.
IF THEY CAN GET A FLIGHT OUT --THEY'LL MEET UP WITH THEIR NORTHERN RELATIVES AND GETT A FIRST HAND LOOK AT THE DESTRUCTION.
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SANDY IS NOT ONLY AFFECTING PEOPLE IN THE NORTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC --
IT'S AFFECTING YOU TOO.
FOR EXAMPLE -- YOUR DELIVERIES IN THE MAIL.
SEVERAL MAJOR SHIPPING HUBS ARE LOCATED IN NEW JERSEY -- INCLUDING FED-EX.
THAT MEANS PRODUCTS SUPPOSED TO GO THERE NEED TO BE RE-ROUTED.
THOSE ALREADY AT THE HUB WERE EVACUATED AND STORED IN OTHER FACILITIES.
SO YOU CAN EXPECT DELAYS.
WE FOUND OUT FED-EX'S POLICY.
BECAUSE THE DELAY IS DUE TO WEATHER, YOU'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR A REFUND OR A CREDIT UNDER THEIR MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE POLICY.
TO TRACK YOUR SHIPMENT, JUST HEAD TO FED-EX DOT COM.
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WHILE THE PRESIDENT'S CAMPAIGN IS ON-HOLD AS HE TOURS THE FLOOD-DEVASTATED NORTH-EAST --
VOTERS ARE GIVING HIM HIGH MARKS FOR HIS HANDLING OF THE DISASTER.
IN INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED FOR TODAY'S A-B-C NEWS WASHINGTON POST DAILY TRACKING POLL --
78-PERCENT OF LIKELY VOTERS RATED THE PRESIDENT"S RESPONSE POSITVELY.
MITT ROMNEY, WHO NATURALLY HAS HAD A FAR LESS PROMINENT ROLE IN THIS ISSUE,
WAS RATED POSITIVELY BY 44 PERCENT.
NATIONALLY THE RACE IS MUCH CLOSER.
IN TODAY'S TRACKING POLL, THE CANDIDATES ARE IN A DEAD HEAT.
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BACK ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MITT ROMNEY RESUMED HIS PUSH FOR VOTES HERE IN FLORIDA.
"This can happen. It has to happen. Look we can't go on the road we're on. We can't change course in America if we keep on attacking eachother. We have got to come together and get America on track again. "
FORMER FLORIDA GOVERNOR JEB BUSH JOINED ROMNEY TODAY --
AS HE ALSO MADE STOPS IN TAMPA AND JACKSONVILLE.
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GM is back! Chrysler is the fastest growing auto maker in the world and what's happened and what's Ryan's and Romney's response? Desperation,
VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WAS ALSO IN FLORIDA TODAY.
HE UNLOADED A BARRAGE OF CRITICISM AT A ROMNEY CAMPAIGN AD ALLEGING AMERICAN AUTOMAKERS ARE PLANNING TO MOVE MANUFACTURING TO CHINA.
GENERAL MOTORS CALLS THE ALLEGATIONS FALSE -- AND THE HEAD OF CHRYSLER SAID THE COMPANY IS RAMPING UP JEEP PRODUCTION IN CHINA, BUT ONLY FOR THE CHINESE MARKET -- AND ARE ADDING JOBS IN THE U-S.
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A FAMILY IS CALLING A CAPE CORAL POLICE OFFICER A HERO TONIGHT!
HE SAVED A TODDLER FROM A DROWNING LAST NIGHT.
THE 16-MONTH-OLD GIRL JIGGLED THE BABY GATE OPEN -- IT WASN'T FASTENED CORRECTLY.
THEN SHE FELL INTO THE FAMILY'S POOL ON SOUTHWEST 28TH AVENUE.
BUT AFTER MOM CALLED 9-1-1, THE OFFICER JUMPED IN AND SAVED THE BABY.
MOM SAYS SHE LEARNED HER LESSON ABOUT THE BABY GATE.
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make sure its locked correctly and there are alarms on the doors and you hear it 4:28 you take your eye off of them for one sec and this is what happens:31
OFFICER JOSH MORGAN SAYS THE LITTLE GIRL HAD A LOT OF WATER IN HER LUNGS AND BARELY HAD A PULSE.
BUT HE GOT THE WATER OUT, AND SAVED HER LIFE.
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TONIGHT, AS THE STREETS FILLED WITH KIDS IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT -- THE OWNERS OF A FIRE-RAVAGED HOME IN CAPE CORAL ARE TRYING TO KEEP THEIR HALLOWEEN SPIRIT.
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THE HOME, ON SOUTH EAST FOUTH PLACE IS KNOWN AS THE HALLOWEEN HOUSE --
EACH YEAR THE YASBACK'S COVER IT IN HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS.
JUST DAYS BEFORE ALL-HALLOWS-EVE, FLAMES TORE THROUGH THE HOME.
BUT TONIGHT, THE FAMILY PUT ON A SHOW FOR THE KIDS ANYWAY.
AND SOME OF THE TRICK-OR-TREATERS EVENT TRIED TO LEND A HELPING HAND.
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16:59:36 I said sweety, I don't need your quarter, but they insisted I take it to rebuild next year,.
THE FAMILY DOES PLAN TO REBUILD -- AND BRING THE HALLOWEEN HOUSE BACK TO LIFE NEXT YEAR.
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INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO SET A CAT ON FIRE.ON PURPOSE.
58:33 "if the infections had gotten bad- we could have lost her"
SOMEONE FOUND PAISLEY HIDING UNDER A CAR.
SHE HAD RUN AWAY FROM A SMALL FIRE IN LEHIGH ACRES.
BUT NOT BEFORE THE FIRE SCALDED HER HEAD.
IT BURNED HER EARS.
IT SINGED HER FUR.
SHE'S LOST HER WHISKERS.
INVESTIGATORS BELEIVE THIS WAS INTENTIONAL BECAUSE THE YOUNG CAT'S HEAD IS BURNED, BUT NOT HER PAWS.
PAISLEY IS IMPROVING TONIGHT WITH THE HELP OF ANTIBIOICS.
SHE COULD GO UP FOR ADOPTION IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
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15 YEARS AGO HE LEFT TO GO TRICK OR TREATING.
HE NEVER RETURNED.
TONIGHT THE NEXT STEP IN SOLVING A HALLOWEEN MURDER MYSTERY.
PLUS. NAKED WOMEN AND COFFINS.
WHAT THE LIVING ARE DOING MIXING WITH THE DEAD.
AD-LIB WEATHER TEASE
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STORMWARN OPEN
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IT'S A HALLOWEEN MURDER MYSTERY.
EXACTLY 15 YEARS AFTER A FLORIDA MAN DISAPPEARED --
THE NEW CLUE TONIGHT THAT COULD HELP EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED.
PLUS, PEOPLE COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT THEY FOUND UNDERNEATH THIS 100-YEAR-OLD TREE SANDY YANKED OUT OF THE GROUND.
FIND OUT THE SECRET BURIED BELOW --
IN JUST 60 SECONDS AFTER LOTTO.
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IN TONIGHT'S A-B-C SEVEN EXTRA --
NEW DETAILS IN A REAL-LIFE, HALLOWEEN MURDER MYSTERY IN FLORIDA.
MICHAEL ALLEN WAS LAST SEEN IN 1997.
INVESTIGATORS SAY HE WAS LEAVING WORK -- GOING TO MEET HIS SON FOR SOME TRICK-OR-TREATING.
BUT HE NEVER MADE IT.
TODAY --
EXACTLY 15 YEARS AFTER HE DISAPPEARED --
F-D-L-E CONFIRMED HIS REMAINS WERE FOUND IN SHALLOW WATER NEAR THE HOWARD FRANKLAND BRIDGE IN TAMPA.
SOMEONE FOUND THE REMAINS IN 1998.
BUT THEY ONLY FOUND OUT IT WAS ALLEN RECENTLY.
INVESTIGATORS SAY HE WAS MURDERED.
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Det. Lisa Schoneman/Pasco Sheriff's Office:
"I had been speaking to his mother, Nanette, over the years and she's always held out hope and she's always called and Michael has two kids that always wanted to know what happened to him."
ALLEN'S CAR WAS FOUND IN A TARPON SPRINGS PARKING LOT.
WITH THIS NEW INFORMATION -- INVESTIGATORS HOPE SOMEONE WILL COME FORWARD WITH INFORMATION ABOUT ALLEN'S DEATH.
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ANOTHER MYSTERY UNEARTHED BY SUPERSTORM SANDY.
IN CONNECTICUT, POWERFUL WINDS UPROOTED THIS MASSIVE OAK TREE.
UNDERNEATH, A LOCAL WOMAN FOUND HUMAN REMAINS.
THE TREE HAD BEEN STANDING SIND 19-09 -- THE BODY COULD BE EVEN OLDER.
ALSO, NEXT TO THE BONES -- OFFICIALS FOUND A CEMENT BOX, THEY THINK IS IS SOME SORT OF TIME CAPSULE.
SO FAR, IT HAS NOT BEEN OPENED.
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ON HALLOWEEN, WE HEAR ABOUT TRICKS - OR -TREATS --
BUT A SCARY NUMBER OF OUR AREA'S OLDER RESIDENTS ARE BEING TARGETED BY SCAMS.
A LEHIGH ACRES WOMAN WAS SCAMMED OUT OF NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS AFTER SHE'S TOLD HER SON WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT.
?STACY PAYNE, LCSO: Scammers are going to call they're going to push hard they want that money if they give you a chance to call someone or think about it they know they've lost whatever money they're trying to get from you
THE POLICE REPORT SAY IN THIS CASE THE SCAMMERS KNEW THE NAME OF THE WOMAN'S SON WHICH MADE THE SITUATION SEEM EVEN MORE URGENT.
LCSO SAYS THEY SEE AT LEAST ONE TO TWO REPORTS EVERYDAY OF SCAMS LIKE THIS.
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AN INTERESTING PROJECT JUST IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN.
A COFFIN MAKER IN POLAND HAS JUST RELEASED A *PIN-UP CALENDAR TO ADVERTISE HIS PRODUCT.
THE CALENDAR USES SEMI-NUDE WOMEN TO SELL COFFINS!
THIS IS THE FOURTH YEAR FOR THE RISKY CALENDAR.
IT'S RAISING SOME EYE-BROWS IN THE MOSTLY CATHOLIC AND CONSERVATIVE POLAND.
THE MODELS SAY AT FIRST THEY FOUND THE SUBJECT MATTER A LITTLE SPOOKY, BUT NOW ARE O-K WITH IT.
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MOMS AND DADS --
YOU MIGHT BE STARING AT A STOCKPILE OF CANDY TONIGHT AFTER TRICK-OR-TREATING.
MAYBE IT'S TOO MUCH CANDY.
SO HERE ARE SOME IDEAS FOR WHAT TO DO WITH IT --
AFTER THE SUGAR RUSH WEARS OFF.
ONE OPTION --
LOG ON TO HALLOWEEN-CANDY-BUYBACK-DOT-COM.
THEY'LL HELP YOU GET THAT CANDY TO THE GROUP "OPERATION GRATITUDE"
THEY PUT THE TREATS IN CARE PACKAGES FOR U-S TROOPS SERVING OVERSEAS.
OTHER GROUPS THAT DO THE SAME THING --
OPERATION SHOE BOX AND OPERATION STARS AND STRIPES.
ALSO THIS YEAR --
CONSIDER DONATING SOME OF THE TREATS TO KIDS ON THE EAST COAST WHOSE HALLOWEEN MAY HAVE BEEN DISRUPTED BY SANDY.
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A STORY TONIGHT THAT REALLY TOUCHES A NERVE HERE IN FLORIDA.
A WOMAN'S QUICK THINKING -- AND MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING HELPS HER FIGHT OFF A SHARK.
THE ENCOUNTER HAPPENED IN MAUI OVER THE WEEKEND.
THE WOMAN,
MARIKO HAUGAN SAW THE SHARK'S JAWS COMING AT HER.
SHE WAS SCARED FOR A MOMENT, THEN SHE HIT THE PREDATOR IN THE FACE.
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AD-LIB SPORTS TOSS
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NIGHTLINE TEASE
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SPORTS OPEN
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TIM TEBOW TO THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS. THAT'S THE RUMOR.
BUT APPARENTLY. ITS JUST THAT. A RUMOR. JAGUARS SAY THEY HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT A TRADE WITH THE JETS.
TEBOW. WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL OUTSIDE OF JACKSONVILLE. AND OF WON A HEISMAN AND TWO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AT FLORIDA.
WE'LL SEE. NFL TRADE DEADLINE IS THURSDAY AT 4PM.
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IT'S BEEN SAID THAT VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE. THE MIAMI DOLPHINS HAVE TAKEN THAT TO HEART. BUT THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING.SINCE 2000 THE FINS HAVE HAD MORE DIFFERENT STARTING QUARTERBACKS. THAT ANY TEAM IN THE NFL. MORE QUARTERBACKS. THAT TREND MAY CONTINUE. BUT NOT BY CHOICE.
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IT LOOKS LIKE RYAN TANNEHILL COULD MISS SUNDAY'S GAME AGAINST THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS. BECAUSE OF AN INJURED LEFT KNEE.
IF HE DOES PLAY IT WILL BE AN MATCH UP TWO. TOP ROOKIE QUARTERBACKS. ANDREW LUCK. THE NUMBER ON OVERALL PICK. AND TANNEHILL.
IF TANNEHILL DOES NOT GO. IT WILL BE MATT MOORE. BUT THE COLTS WILL BE READY FOR BOTH.
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THE LAST TIME FLORIDA PLAYED MISSOURI. STEVE SPURRIER WAS THE QUARTERBACK FOR THE GATORS. SO NEEDLESS TO SAY. IT'S BEEN A WHILE. THAT WAS 1965. BUT THIS IS 2012 AND THE GATORS DON'T CARE ABOUT THE PAST. THEY NEED TO KEEP WINNING TO KEEP THEIR SEC TITLE HOPES ALIVE.
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IF YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND A SPORT FGCU IS NOT GOOD AT. KEEP LOOKING. THAT TEAM'S GOING TO BE HARD TO FIND. IT IS GOOD TO BE AN EAGLE THESE DAYS. AND THE SOCCER TEAM IS CERTAINLY PROOF OF THAT. THE LADIES LOOKING FOR ANOTHER CONFERENCE TITLE.
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THE EAGLES ARE READY TO DEFEND THEIR CONFERNCE TITLE.
THAT QUEST BEGINS ON FRIDAY. IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE A-SUN TOURNAMENT.
FGCU. IS HOSTING THE TOURNAMENT ONCE AGAIN. AND WILL FACE JACKSVILLE TO KICK THINGS OFF.
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MANY FORGET THAT THE FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES WON THE ACC TITLE LAST YEAR IN MEN'S HOOPS.
HEAD COACH LEONARD HAMILTON SAYS THIS YEARS TEAM IS MORE TALENTED. LESS EXPERIENCE. BUT MORE TALENTED.
ONE OF THOSE TALENTED GUYS IS MICHAEL SNEAR WHO IS A PRESEASON. ALL-CONFERNCE GUARD.
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THE SONG GOES -- IT'S LIKE RAIN ON YOUR WEDDING DAY --
HOW ABOUT A HURRICANE?
TONIGHT WE ARE LEARNING 23-HUNDRED WEDDINGS WERE SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IN NEW YORK OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS --
BUT SUPERSTORM SANDY PUT THEM ON HOLD.
ONE FLORIDA MAN WOULDN'T LET SANDY RAIN ON HIS PROPOSAL.
HE HAS PLANNED ON POPPING THE QUESTION AT A ROMANTIC SPOT IN MANHATTAN -- BUT WITH THE FLOODED SUBWAY SYSTEM HE COULDN'T.
INSTEAD, HE DID IT IN THE SHOE DEPARTMENT INSIDE A BROADWAY MACY'S.
THE COUPLE STILL CAN'T FIND A FLIGHT HOME.
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RIGHT BEFORE OUR NEWSCAST, YOU SAW ACTRESSES CONNIE BRITTON AND HAYDEN PANETTIERE ON A-B-C'S NEW FALL HIT "NASHVILLE."
THEY BOTH PLAY COUNTRY MUSIC STARS ON TELEVISION --
BUT TOMORROW NIGHT ON A-B-C 7, YOU CAN SEE THE REAL THING.
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BRITTON AND PANETTIERE WILL BE PRESENTERS AT THE 46TH ANNUAL COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS.
COUNTRY STARS BRAD PAISLEY AND CARRIE UNDERWOOD WILL HOST FOR THE 5TH TIME IN NASHVILLE.
YOU CAN CATCH THE COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS TOMORROW NIGHT, RIGHT HERE ON A-B-C SEVEN AT EIGHT.
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AD LIB GOODBYE
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