ABC 7 O'CLOCK NEWS |
A LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER FACING ALLEGATION AND QUESTIONS TONIGHT.
02:01 02:13. "That was my answer to all your questions okay? I'm going to have to close the door."
BRIAN BIGELOW TALKS TO ABC-7, ONE DAY AFTER DEPUTIES FIND DRUGS IN HIS CAR.
PLUS.
HER BABY FOUND WRAPPED IN A GARBAGE BAG IN THE FREEZER -- WHY THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA MOTHER WILL **NOT BE FACING ANY CHARGES
AND.
A COYOTE ROAMING A NEIGHBORHOOD OFF MCGREGOR BOULEVARD.
"It looks like a big fox."
"It is."
A WARNING FOR FAMILIES AND THEIR PETS.
THE NEWS AT 7 STARTS NOW.
Return to index of stories...
BREAKING NEWS AT 7
THE OWNER OF THE BONITA SPRING PROPERTY WHERE A PROPOSED HOMELESS SHELTER CREATED CONTROVERSY EARLIER THIS YEAR -- IS PUSHING FORWARD WITH PLANS TO BUILD.
RIGHT NOW AN ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY IS READING THROUGH AN 800-PAGE-PLAN FOR A HOMELESS SHELTER OFF OF OLD 41.
THE DEVELOPER SUBMITTED THAT DOCUMENT TODAY EXPLAINING WHY HE THINKS A SHELTER SHOULD BE ALLOWED THERE -- AND WHY ANY ORDINANCE AGAINST SHELTERS DOESN'T APPLY.
RIGHT NOW THERE'S A ONE-YEAR BAN ON HOMELESS SHELTERS IN BONITA WHILE CITY LEADERS WORK TO CREATE PERMANENT GUIDELINES.
Return to index of stories...
DEPUTIES SAY THEY FOUND HIM IN A CAR WITH A TEENAGER AND DRUGS.
NEW TONIGHT AT 7 --
LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER BRIAN BIGELOW WOULD NOT TAKE QUESTIONS FROM A-B-C 7.
03:13 "I have the highest regard for your profession I really do and the public's right to know but I'm going to follow my lawyers advice and provide no comment right now."
DEPUTIES SAY THEY SAW BIGELOW'S CAR COMING OUT OF A KNOWN DRUG HOUSE IN TICE THIS WEEK.
BIGELOW WAS THE PASSENGER.
18-YEAR-OLD DAVID HENLEY WAS DRIVING.
ACCORDING TO REPORTS --
DEPUTIES STOPPED THEM FOR NOT OBEYING A TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
THEY SMELLED MARIJUANA IN THE CAR.
DEPUTIES SAY HENLEY LATER ADMITTED TO BUYING POT, AND WAS ARRESTED FOR HAVING IT.
HE WAS ALSO ARRESTED FOR DRIVING BIGELOW'S CAR WITHOUT A LICENSE.
BIGELOW WAS ONLY CITED FOR ALLOWING THAT TO HAPPEN.
Return to index of stories...
17:30 "why was bigelow not arrested if there drugs found on his car." "He was not in constructive possession of those drugs- they were physically on the other individual who was making admissions that it was his marijuana."
DEPUTIES SAY THEY ALSO FOUND COCAINE ON HENELY.
DETECTIVES TELL US HENLEY SAID IT WAS COMMISSIONER BIGELOW'S -- AND THAT BIGELOW USES COCAINE ON A REGULAR BASIS.
BUT BECAUSE IT WAS FOUND ON HENLEY- HE WAS ARRESTED FOR COCAINE POSSESSION TOO.
Return to index of stories...
CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES MADE ANOTHER ARREST IN THE COLD CASE MURDER OF TARA SIDAROVICH.
TARA WAS 19 AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH IN OCTOBER OF 2001.
DETECTIVES ARRESTED 46 YEAR OLD LINDA FAY DILLE FOR PERJURY. THEY ARE PROCESSING HER THROUGH THE JAIL AT THIS HOUR.
DILLE WAS THE LIVE IN GIRLFRIEND OF PHILLIP BARR - ONE OF THE MEN CHARGED IN SIDAROVICH'S MURDER.
NO ONE KNOWS WHERE HE IS - BUT A WARRANT IS OUT FOR HIS ARREST.
ANOTHER MAN - DAVID MCMANNIS, IS ALREADY IN CUSTODY.
Return to index of stories...
TEN MONTHS AFTER POLICE FOUND A DEAD BABY INSIDE A FREEZER WITH COCAINE IN HER SYSTEM,
WE FOUND OUT TODAY, THE BABY'S MOTHER WON'T BE CHARGED BECAUSE ACCORDING TO FLORIDA LAW SHE DID NOTHING WRONG.
PUNTA GORDA OFFICERS MADE THE GRUESOME DISCOVERY IN JANUARY.
NEWLY RELEASED REPORTS SHOW THE MOTHER, JESSICA SMALLWOOD SEARCHED ONLINE FOR INFORMATION ON HOME ABORTIONS AND MISCARRIAGES.
DESPITE COCAINE IN THE BABY'S SYSTEM, THE STATE ATTORNEY ARGUES SMALLWOOD DIDN'T BREAK ANY EXISTING LAWS SINCE THEY CAN'T PROVE THE BABY WAS ALIVE OUTSIDE OF THE WOMB.
Return to index of stories...
:08"the fetus was stillborn and that is not a crime. In order for there to be a homicide charge here in the state of Florida, there has to be a live birth.""
CHARLOTTE COUNTY'S MEDICAL EXAMINER RULED THE DEATH AS STILLBORN.
Return to index of stories...
NEW DETAILS TONIGHT ON A HIT AND RUN CRASH INVOLVING FORMER BASEBALL PLAYER MATT BUSH.
THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE RELEASED VIDEO OF TROOPERS ARRESTING BUSH
THEY PULLED HIS BLACK S-U-V NOT FAR FROM WHERE AUTHORITIES SAY HE RAN OVER A MOTORCYCLIST IN PORT CHARLOTTE.
INTERVIEWS WITH WITNESSES PAINT THE PICTURE OF THE CRASH.
Return to index of stories...
"it's impossible that he didn't know he hit a motorcycle, impossible. And then he continued speeding away, never hit the brakes."
THE VICTIM, TONY TUFANO, IS STILL IN PAIN.
HIS FAMILY TELLS US HE'S NOT THE SAME.
BUSH REMAINS IN JAIL.
Return to index of stories...
TONIGHT AT SEVEN --
THE LOCKDOWN FOR BROWARD COLLEGE IN DAVIE HAS BEEN LIFTED.
A STAFF MEMBER REPORTED SEEING A WOMAN ARMED WITH A GUN AT THE CAMPUS LIBRARY.
OFFICERS DID FIND THE WOMAN.
IT TURNS OUT SHE HAD A LIGHTER THAT LOOKED LIKE A GUN.
Return to index of stories...
A COYOTE IS LURKING IN A FORT MYERS NEIGHBORHOOD.
CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO A VIEWER SENT US.
THE COYOTE IS RUNNING DOWN THE ROAD.
IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE SCARED.
IT WAS LAST SPOTTED OFF MCGREGOR BOULEVARD - NEAR LINDA LOMA DRIVE AND MANDEL ROAD.
FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE OFFICERS TELL US THIS IS A COYOTE.
THEY TELL US THEY ARE NOT SETTING TRAPS OR LOOKING TO RELOCATE THE ANIMAL, SINCE IT HASN'T CAUSED ANY PROBLEMS.
Return to index of stories...
Amelia Hubbard
Fort Myers resident
" there's so many busy roads and so many houses- how is it going to get somewhere else? It's probably going to get hit by a car is what I think."
WILDLIFE OFFICIALS SAY RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE THEIR GARBAGE CANS AND KEEP SMALL ANIMALS INSIDE.
COYOTES WON'T GENERALLY APPROACH HUMANS, BUT THEY WILL GO AFTER FOOD AND THEY WILL GO AFTER SMALL PETS.
Return to index of stories...
AND IN LEHIGH A WOMAN SPOTTED A BEAR NEAR A SCHOOL BUS STOP ON EAST 8TH STREET THIS MORNING.
SHE CLAIMS IT CAME OUT OF THE WOODS AND CROSSED THE STREET IN FRONT OF HER BEFORE RUNNING OFF.
Return to index of stories...
ONE OF FLORIDA'S TOP EXPERTS ON HARMFUL ALGAE SAYS RED TIDE BLOOMS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ARE NOT GETTING WORSE EACH YEAR.
BUT IT'S STILL DANGEROUS.
THE TOXIN RESURFACES EACH OCTOBER --
KILLING FISH AND CAUSING BREATHING PROBLEMS FOR PEOPLE NEAR THE BEACH.
FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE EXPERT ALINA CORCORAN SAYS, WHILE HARMFUL BLOOMS AROUND THE WORLD ARE GETTING WORSE-- THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S RED TIDE IS INCREASING.
Return to index of stories...
take sot
super= Alina Corcoran, Research Scientist
17:16 it's not getting any better, we;ve had these blooms for hundreds of years, so they're just a part of season 17:24
CORCORAN SAYS THE BEST WAY TO AVOID RED TIDE, IS TO CHECK WHERE IT IS DAY BY DAY-- WHICH IS WHY WE DO SO MANY STORIES.
WIND PLAYS A BIG PART IN WHERE YOU CAN FISH OR HIT THE BEACH WITHOUT FEELING ITS EFFECTS.
Return to index of stories...
HOW TO RESCUE LARGE ANIMALS.HORSES, COWS.TODAY - LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIREFIGHTERS FROM EIGHT COUNTIES LEARNED HOW.
THE TEAM PRACTICED RESCUING A HORSE AT THE LEE CIVIC CENTER
A GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PAID FOR THE TRAINING AND A 16-THOUSAND DOLLAR TRAILER.
THE GRANT IS INTENDED TO HELP LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WITH THEIR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
Return to index of stories...
"sometimes there's a lot of people who just do rescues that we never hear about, so now that law enforcement is better trained and better equipped, as folks know that they're here, they may get used more often."
THE TEAM CAN RESPOND TO ANIMAL EMERGENCY CALLS WITHIN A TWO-HOUR DRIVE FROM FORT MYERS.
THE TEAM INCLUDES VETERINARIANS AS WELL.
Return to index of stories...
TWO DAYS LATER.
STILL NO RESULTS ON HOW FLORIDA WENT IN THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE.BUT IT SEEMS THE PRESIDENT WILL TAKE THE WIN HERE, TOO.
ALMOST TWO DAYS AFTER PRESIDENT OBAMA WON RE-ELECTION -- SOME COUNTIES ARE STILL COUNTING BALLOTS.
MISTER OBAMA IS CLINGING LEADS GOVERNOR MITT ROMNEY BY 58-THOUSAND VOTES.
EARLIER TONIGHT.THE ROMNEY CAMPAIGN ADMITTED DEFEAT IN FLORIDA.
THE PRESIDENT ALREADY HAS 303 ELECTORAL VOTES. HE NEEDED MORE THAN THE 270 NEEDED TO WIN RE-ELECTION.
Return to index of stories...
AN H-I-V AND AIDS TREATMENT CLINIC IN FORT MYERS HAS CLOSED ITS DOORS FOR GOOD.
STAFF AT THE 'BOB RAUSCHENBERG CENTER FOR LIVING' TELL ABC-7 IT CLOSED ON MONDAY BECAUSE OF A LACK OF FUNDING.
STAFF SAY THEY ARE WORKING TO FIND OTHER MEDICAL CLINICS FOR ITS 250 PATIENTS.
THE BOARD PRESIDENT SAYS THEY WERE TRYING TO MERGE WITH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION -- BUT THE DEAL FELL THROUGH.
ANOTHER LOCAL AIDS CENTER -- THE ISLAND COAST AIDS NETWORK -- IS ALSO WORKING TO HELP RELOCATE PATIENTS.
Return to index of stories...
A HALL OF FAME BASEBALL PLAYER BROUGHT HIS FOUNDATION TO NAPLES TODAY--CELEBRATING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR UNDERSERVED CHILDREN.
FORMER BALTIMORE ORIOLE CAL RIPKEN JUNIOR TEAMED UP WITH LOCAL COUPLE JAY AND PATTI BAKER--DONATING A BRAND NEW BASEBALL FIELD TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF COLLIER COUNTY.
THE NEW COMPLEX IS ABOUT MORE THEN JUST HOMERUNS--IT'S A FIELD OF DREAMS--GIVING KIDS A BRIGHTER FUTURE.
Return to index of stories...
"When you help a kid, just a singular kid to feel good about themselves and give them confidence and support-you reinsure them in ways and you know they benefit from it."
THROUGH THE BAKER'S GENEROUS DONATION--THE CAL RIPKEN SENIOR FOUNDATION WAS ABLE TO MAKE THIS FIELD NUMBER TWELVE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
IT'S GOAL IS TO HAVE FIFTY BY 2016.
Return to index of stories...
ONE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL IN COLLIER COUNTY IS TRYING TO HELP SANDY STORM VICTIMS-BUT NEEDS A LITTLE HELP OF IT'S OWN.
"LORENZO WALKER TECHNICAL SCHOOL" STARTED COLLECTING DONATIONS ON MONDAY.
A TRUCKING COMPANY WAS SET TO DRIVE THE ITEMS UP NORTH BUT BACKED OUT AT THE LAST MINUTE.
SCHOOL LEADERS ARE NOW ASKING FOR HELP.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO HELP MOVE THE DONATIONS TO NEW JERSEY BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.
Return to index of stories...
JOANN CASSIO/TEACHER, LORENZO WALKER TECH SCHOOL
"what I really need is someone to come here, help us to transport and get it up there in a timely fashion so that it's not 2-3 weeks down the road."
ANYONE INTERESTED IN HELPING IS ASKED TO CONTACT JOANN CASSIO AT 239-377-3335.
Return to index of stories...
NEXT AT 7 OPEN
Return to index of stories...
THE MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING SIX AND INJURING SEVERAL OTHERS IN A 2011 SHOOTING LEARNS HIS FATE.
WHAT CONGRESSWOMAN GABBY GIFFORDS AND HER HUSBAND SAID TO HIM AT THE SENTENCING.
PLUS.
LITTLE MORE THAN A WEEK AFTER HURRICANE SANDY -- THE NORTHEAST NOW DIGGING OUT FROM A HEAVY WINTER STORM!
THE IMPACT THE STORM HAD ON UNEMPLOYMENT.
WEATHER TEASE
Return to index of stories...
THE MAN WHO SHOT A FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN AND HER SUPPORTERS WILL SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON.
JARED LOUGHNER SHOWED LITTLE EMOTION AS VICTIMS SPOKE TO HIM TODAY AT HIS SENTENCING.
LOUGHNER WAS FOUND GUILTY OF KILLING 6 PEOPLE AND INJURING SEVERAL OTHERS IN JANUARY 2011.
TODAY, CONGRESSWOMAN GABBY GIFFORDS AND HER HUSBAND ADDRESSED LOUGHNER.
GABBY STOOD BY HER HUSBAND AS HE SAID "AFTER TODAY, AFTER THIS MOMENT, HERE AND NOW, GABBY AND I ARE DONE THINKING ABOUT YOU."
Return to index of stories...
THE NORTHEAST IS DIGGINT OUT FROM THAT NOR'EASTER THAT BLEW THROUGH LAST NIGHT.
THE STORM DROPPED HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS.
SEVERAL CITIES SET RECORDS FOR A NOVEMBER SNOW--
SOME STORM WEARY RESIDENTS ARE JUST PRAYING FOR SOME NICE WEATHER.
Return to index of stories...
"winter last year was very mild here and it was a wonderful, wonderful thing so I'm kinda hoping this year will be the same." "But what you've seen so far I mean gosh" "Hasn't been pretty."
EMERGENCY CREWS ESTIMATE *THIS* STORM KNOCKED OUT POWER TO OVER 250-THOUSAND PEOPLE.
AIRLINES ARE HOPING TO RESUME NORMAL FLIGHTS SOMETIME TOMORROW.
Return to index of stories...
OFFICIALS SAY SANDY MAY HAVE IMPACTED TODAY'S JOBLESS REPORT.
FEWER PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS LAST WEEK.
SINCE POWER WAS OUT PEOPLE COULD NOT PROCESS THEIR JOBLESS APPLICATIONS.
LAST WEEK, 355-THOUSAND PEOPLE APPLIED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
THAT'S 8-THOUSAND FEWER THAN THE WEEK BEFORE.
THE NATION'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE STANDS AT 7 POINT 9 PERCENT.
Return to index of stories...
NEXT AT 7 OPEN
Return to index of stories...
VIDEO YOU HAVE TO SEE TONIGHT.
MOTORCYCLE RIDERS TEAR THROUGH A MALL IN A MAJOR JEWELRY HEIST.
A SMASH AND GRAB ROBBERY RIPPED RIGHT FROM THE BIG SCREEN.
PLUS.
A CUTE AND CUDDLY COMBO.
WE'LL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THE UNCOMMON FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN A BABOON AND A KITTEN.
BUT -- NOT BEFORE A FULL FORECAST WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST JOHN PATRICK.
Return to index of stories...
AUTHORITIES IN GUATEMALA ARE ASSESSING THE DAMAGE--
AFTER A DEADLY POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE.
IT STRUCK YESTERDAY NEAR GUATEMALA'S BORDER WITH MEXICO.
AT LEAST 55-PEOPLE DIED.
DOZENS REMAIN MISSING.
HUNDREDS OF HOMES COLLAPSED--
OVER A MILLION ARE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY AND WATER.
THOUSAND OF PEOPLE DECIDED TO SLEEP *OUTSIDE* LAST NIGHT--
FOR FEAR OF AFTERSHOCKS.
Return to index of stories...
SOME SANDY HOOK, NEW JERSEY RESIDENTS WENT BACK TO THEIR HOMES FOR THE *FIRST* TIME SINCE HURRICANE SANDY!
THE STORM PLUNGED THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD INTO DARKNESS.
SOME RESIDENTS STAYED BEHIND AND DID THE BEST THEY COULD.
YOU CAN TELL FROM THIS WOMAN--
TONI JAMES--
THE STRESS IS TAKING ITS TOLL.
Return to index of stories...
but we need help here in Red Hook, especially in the Towers, you have shut-ins, you have people that can't go to the bathroom, that can't wash themselves, it, …its emotional for me to be right here, but ……this is all I have. 12-D, 80 Dwight Street, that's me."
AT LEAST ONE ELECTRIC COMPANY SAYS IT COULD TAKE A FEW MORE *WEEKS*--
TO RESTORE POWER TO EVERYONE.
IT'S ESTIMATED THAT SOME 75-THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE STILL LIVING IN SHELTERS.
Return to index of stories...
LONDON METRO POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR SUSPECTS--
AFTER A BOLD ROBBERY IS CAUGHT ON VIDEO!
LOOK AT THIS.
SIX MEN DRESSED IN BLACK--
WEARING HELMETS AND CARRYING AXES AND BATS--
RIDE INTO THE MALL ON THREE MOTORCYCLES.
THEY GO TO A HIGH-END JEWELRY STORE--
SMASH THE DISPLAY WINDOW AND RIDE OFF WITH THREE MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF JEWELS!
NO ONE WAS HURT IN THE HEIST--
BUT AN ELDERLY MAN WAS TREATED FOR SHOCK.
Return to index of stories...
A BRAZEN DOGNAPPER BREAKS INTO A PET STORE AND MAKES OFF WITH THREE EXPENSIVE PUPPIES.
THIS IS THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF THE MAN THROWING A ROCK THROUGH THE WINDOW--
CLIMBING INTO THE STORE AND PUTTING THE PUPS IN HIS BAG.
HE GOT AWAY THROUGH THE SAME WINDOW WITH A 10-WEEK-OLD YORKIE PUP AND TWO 9-WEEK-OLD BUGG PUPPIES, WHICH ARE A MIX OF BOSTON TERRIER AND PUG.
THE OWNER OF THE COLORADO STORE SAY THEY ALL HAVE MICROCHIPS.
Return to index of stories...
SAD NEWS TONIGHT FOR FANS OF DANCING WITH THE STARS.
TODAY, CO-HOST BROOKE BURKE REVEALED SHE HAS THYROID CANCER AND WILL HAVE SURGERY.
SHE TOLD FANS TODAY IN A YOUTUBE VIDEO.
THE 41-YEAR-OLD MOTHER OF FOUR SAYS A LUMP ON HER THYROID WAS FOUND DURING A BIOPSY.
NO WORD WHEN SHE'LL HAVE THE SURGERY.
Return to index of stories...
SPIRIT AIRLINES IS RESUMING SERVICE TO SEVERAL NORTHERN CITIES FOR SEASON.
NEW NON-STOP SERVICE FROM FORT MYERS BEGAN TODAY--
TO BOSTON--
DALLAS FORT WORTH--
MINNEAPOLIS--
CHICAGO--
DETROIT AND ATLANTIC CITY.
THE AIRLINE IS ALSO OFFERING SOME REALLY CHEAP FARES TO BOOT.
BUT YOU HAVE TO GET THOSE TICKETS ONLINE.
Return to index of stories...
THERE'S AN IMPORTANT RECALL YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT.
A NATIONWIDE RECALL IS UDNERWAY FOR A POPULAR SPINACH MIX.
THE F-D-A SAYS IT MAY BE THE CAUSE OF AN E-COLI OUTBREAK.
IT'S THE WEGMANS BRAND ORGANIC SPINACH & SPRING MIX.
THE STORE IS TELLING CUSTOMERS NOT TO EAT THE RECALLED MIX--
AND RETURN IT FOR A FULL REFUND.
Return to index of stories...
WALMART IS GOING TO START BLACK *FRIDAY* ON THANKSGIVING *THURSDAY*!
IT'S THE EARLIEST THE WORLD'S LARGEST RETAILER HAS EVER JUMP STARTED ITS HOLIDAY SALES BONANZA.
THE DEALS KICK OFF AT EIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT--
AND NEW OFFERS BEGIN FRIDAY MORNING AT FIVE.
WALMART EVEN PLANS TO RUN SEPARATE SALES ONLINE.
THE STORE SAYS CUSTOMERS WANT TO SHOP EARLY--
SO THEY CAN HIT THE SACK AFTER EATING ALL THAT TURKEY.
Return to index of stories...
THE U-S POSTAL SERVICE IS FORECASTING A BUSY HOLIDAY SEASON.
IT EXPECTS TO HANDLE NEARLY 400-MILLION PACKAGES!
THAT WOULD BE A 20-PERCENT INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR.
THE POST OFFICE ALSO EXPECTS TO DELIVER SOME 18 *BILLION* CHRISTMAS CARDS.
THAT WOULD BE GOOD NEWS FOR THE AGENCY TRYING TO STAY IN BUSINESS.
THE SERVICE IS LOSING ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS A MONTH.
Return to index of stories...
MOVING A GIRAFFE CAN BE TRICKY, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE.
HERE'S ONE WAY TO DO IT.
.WITH A TRUCK THAT HAS A HOLE IN THE ROOF!
YES THAT'S A GIRAFFE IN A TRUCK RIDING DOWN THE HIGHWAY!
KITOTO THE GIRAFFE TRAVELED TO HER NEW HOME AT TARONGA ZOO IN AUSTRALIA--
SHE'S NOW TWO YEARS OLD--
WHICH MAKES HER OLD ENOUGH TO HANG OUT WITH THE OTHER GIRAFFES.
Return to index of stories...
AND, AT AN ISRAELI ZOO, THERE'S AN UNUSUAL ADOPTION HAPPENING.
A FEMALE BABOON HAS BEEN CARING FOR A KITTEN THAT WANDERED INTO ITS CAGE.
ZOO OFFICIALS PROVIDED THIS VIDEO, YOU CAN SEE THE PAIR GETS ALONG PRETTY WELL.
THE KITTEN REFUSES TO LEAVE, AND THE BABOON WON'T LET IT OUT OF HER SIGHT -- THEY DO QUARREL SOMETIMES OVER THE KITTEN'S FOOD.
A MANAGER AT THE ZOO SAYS THEY ARE WATCHING THE TWO CLOSELY.
Return to index of stories...
ACC CHAMPIONSHIP WITHIN REACH. NOLES NEED TO KEEP WINNING STARTING TONIGHT. THE GATORS PLAYING ON A WARSHIP. WEATHER WILL BE A FACTOR.
PLUS HOW ABOUT SOME RUGBY. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN TOWN TONIGHT.
Return to index of stories...
TONIGHT AT 11 OPEN
Return to index of stories...
PAYING DIFFERENT TUITION FOR DIFFERENT DEGREES --
SHOULD AN ACCOUNTING STUDENT PAY THE SAME THING AS A MUSIC MAJOR?
STUDENTS REACT TO A PLAN THAT COULD PUT A GREATER FINANCIAL BURDEN ON SOME STUDENTS.
Return to index of stories...
AND, WHY TWO WOMAN ARE THROWING THEIR INHIBITIONS TO THE WIND,
LITTERALLY.
WHY THEY ARE SKYDIVING IN THEIR UNDERWEAR TONIGHT AFTER AN ALL NEW SCANDAL.
Return to index of stories...
SPORTS OPEN
Return to index of stories...
FLORIDA STATE LEGEND BOBBY BOWDEN TURNS 83 TODAY. SO WHAT DO YOU GET A GUY WHO HAS EVERYTHING. HOW ABOUT A WIN OVER BIGTIME RIVAL VIRGINIA TECH. THAT WOULD CERTAINLY BE THE ICING. ON HIS BIRTHDAY. IT WOULD ALSO KEEP THE NOLES IN LINE FOR THE ACC TITLE GAME
Return to index of stories...
ON FRIDAY THE FGCU MEN WILL HOST LIPSCOMB. IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE A-SUN TOURNAMENT.
THE FELLAS ARE LOOKING TO MAKE THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT TRIP TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT.
Return to index of stories...
LETS PLAY SOME RUGBY.
THE US CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THIS WEEKEND.
18 OF THE BEST WOMEN'S TEAMS IN THE NATION WILL BE PLAYING AT THE FIELDS AROUND JETBLUE PARK.
THE TOURNAMENT STARTS ON FRIDAY. CHAMPION IS CROWNED ON SUDAY.
Return to index of stories...
COLD AND WINDY IS NOT WHAT JAMES NAISMITH HAD IN MIND WHEN HE INVENTED THE SPORT OF BASEKETBALL. BUT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE GATORS WILL BE DEALING WITH FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN THE PLAY ABOARD A WARSHIP. IN JACKSONVILLE. FORCAST CALLS FOR TEMPERATURES IN THE 40'S WITH 9 MILE AN HOUR WINDS. COULD BE A LOT OF AIRBALLS.
Return to index of stories...
UNFORTUANTELY FOR THE GATORS. THE ELEMENTS WON'T BE THE ONLY THING THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
STARTING POINT GUARD. SCOTTIE WILBEKIN AS BEEN SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY FOR WHAT HEAD COACH BILLY DONOVAN CALLS POOR CHOICES.
THEY ALSO HAVE TO DEAL WITH A PRETTY GOOD GEORGETOWN TEAM.
Return to index of stories...
AS WE TOLD YOU EARLIER. HALL OF FAMER. CAL RIPKEN JUNIOR IS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TODAY.
RIPKEN. IS NO STRANGER TO THIS AREA. RIPKEN IS THE CO-OWNER OF THE CHARLOTTE STONE CRABS. THE SINGLE A AFFILIATE OF THE TAMPA BAY RAYS.
Return to index of stories...
ADLIB POINTS
Return to index of stories...