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31:57 "i raised up and looked through the kitchen and he was standing near the bedroom door."

A 73-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IS ALL ALONE WHEN SHE COMES FACE TO FACE WITH A BURGLAR.

WHAT SHE DID *INSTEAD* OF BEING SCARED.

"We'll it's not the place that you would expect."

A BAFFLING BURGLARY--

TONIGHT INVESTIGATORS SEARCH FOR CLUES AFTER SEVERAL ITEMS ARE STOLEN FROM A BUSY LIBRARY.

AND--

1348 "I'm lost without him. It's like… he's never going to come over to see me."

SHE'S GRIEVING -- AFTER HER DOG FELL VICTIM TO TWO OTHER DOGS.

THE STORY THAT EVERY PET OWNER NEEDS TO SEE.

HL1) ELDERLY WOMAN BURGLARY-SOTVO

HL2) LIBRARY BURGLARY-SOTVO

HL3) DOG ON DOG CRIME-SOTVO

BREAKING OPEN

RICK SCOTT MOTHER DIES-MITTO

BREAKING NOW AT SIX

WE JUST LEARNED WITHIN THE LAST HALF HOUR THAT GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT'S MOTHER HAS PASSED AWAY.

ESTHER SCOTT DIED THIS AFTERNOON IN HER HOMETOWN OF KANSAS CITY MISSOURI.

SHE WAS 84.

SHE APPEARED IN CAMPAIGN COMMERCIALS CALLING HER SON A "GOOD BOY" AT A TIME WHEN SCOTT WAS UNDER ATTACK BY HIS POLITICAL RIVALS.

GOVERNOR SCOTT SAYS SHE HAD A GREAT LIFE AND LIVED THE AMERICAN DREAM.

DEVELOPING OPEN-CLIP

CRASH SPECIAL OPEN-VOTOPS-2SHOT

A TRIPLE THREAT ON SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ROADS.

DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW--

ABC 7 IS UNCOVERING NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE DRIVER NIGHTMARE ON DANIELS PARKWAY.

A LOOK AT UNANNOUNCED ROAD CLOSURES AND WHO'S WILL PAY FOR THE DAMAGE TO THE OVERPASS.

ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY--

A HIGH SPEED CHASE FOLLOWED BY A CRASH.

WHO WERE AUTHORITIES LOOKING FOR AND WHY.

AND WE'RE GETTING NEW INFORMATION ON AN UNMARKED COP CAR THAT CRASHED IN FORT MYERS.

ABC 7'S TEAM COVERAGE BEGINS ON DANIELS PARKWAY.

DANIELS PKWY CLOSURES-FDOT-VOTOPS WIPE

HERE'S A LOOK AT TRAFFIC EAST-BOUND ON DANIELS PARKWAY RIGHT NOW.

AND TONIGHT, THERE'S GOOD NEWS FOR FRUSTRATED DRIVERS.

TODAY, TWO EAST-BOUND LANES REOPENED FOLLOWING YESTERDAY'S NASTY BACKUP.

ACCORDING TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION--

DANIELS PKWY CLOSURES-SOTVO

-Kristen Froehlick/driver-04:36:37-"Have you seen improvements day by day? Yesterday wasn't too bad I was allowed to get off this exit but the traffic is pretty bad in the morning."

F-DOT WARNS DRIVERS THERE COULD BE DETOURS AND LANE CLOSURES AT NIGHT.

CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE BY EARLY DECEMBER.

THE TOTAL COST IS ESTIMATED AT $750-THOUSAND DOLLARS.

ALLIGATOR ALLEY CHASE-VO

A HIGH SPEED CHASE CAME TO A CRASHING END ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY.

OUR DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CAMERAS CAPTURED THE SCENE.

DEPUTIES TELL US AROUND TWO O'CLOCK THEY SPOTTED A CAR LINKED TO SEVERAL BURGLARIES IN LEE COUNTY.

THE DEPUTY TRIED TO PULL THE CAR OVER, BUT THE DRIVER SPED AWAY.

ABOUT 11 MILES LATER. BOTH THE CRUISER AND CAR CRASHED NEAR MILEMARKER 86.

THE DEPUTY IS OKAY.

PARAMEDICS TOOK THE OTHER DRIVER TO THE HOSPITAL.

UNMARKED COP CRASH-VOTOPS

A CLOSE CALL FOR THREE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN A CRASH WITH A LEE COUNTY DEPUTY.

IT HAPPENED ON U-S 41 NEAR CARREL ROAD AROUND TWO.

INVESTIGATORS TELL US A CHRYSLER SEBRING HIT AN UNMARKED CRUISER.

PARAMEDICS TOOK THE DEPUTY AND THE DRIVER ALONG WITH A PASSENGER IN THE SEBRING TO THE HOSPITAL AS A PRECAUTION.

LIBRARY BURGLARY-VO WIPE

A BURGLARY AT ONE OF THE LARGEST AND BUSIEST LIBRARIES IN LEE COUNTY HAS INVESTIGATORS STUMPED.

IT HAPPENED AT THE REGIONAL LAKES LIBRARY LOCATED AT GLADIOLOUS DRIVE AND BASS ROAD.

ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, MONEY WAS STOLEN FROM THE COFFEE MACHINE AND VENDING MACHINES.

A 47 INCH FLAT SCREEN T-V AN ANDROID TABLET, AND CASH FROM THE DESK DRAWERS WERE TAKEN.

LIBRARY BURGLARY-SOT VO

Marilyn Graham, Manager of Public Services for the library system "Public areas look fine there's nothing that's obvious that there's been a problem there was a little bit if vandalism, breaking locks and so forth but it's not too obvious to the public."

WITH NO ALARM SYSTEM, SECURITY WATCHES OVER THE LIBRARY DURING OPERATING HOURS.

ELDERLY BURGLARIZED-VO WIPE

A LEHIGH ACRES GRANDMOTHER SCARED OFF A BURGLAR INSIDE HER HOME.

73-YEAR-OLD LRETTA CRADDOCK IS JUST 4 FOOT 7 AND WEIGHS 100-POUNDS BUT WHEN A BURGLAR BROKE IN -- SHE STOOD HER GROUND.

CRADDOCK TELLS US SHE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AS SHE WAS WATCHING T-V IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON.

SHE SAYS SHE TURNED AROUND.AND SAW THE BURGLAR.

ELDERLY BURGLARIZED-SOT VO

34:22 "i don't know what i would have said- probably asked him what he was doing."

THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL HOME BUGLARIES IN THE LEHIGH AREA.

DEPUTIES ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THIS MAN WAS INVOLVED IN THOSE.

THEY SEARCHED THE AREA TODAY

BIGELOW LAST COMMISSION-TRX-SOTTOPS-POP

33:18-26 Can you talk about what is next for you? I don't know, honestly. Except for this little personal matter.

WHAT'S NEXT FOR BRIAN BIGELOW?

AS HE CLOSES THE CHAPTER ON HIS LEE COUNTY COMMISSION CAREER,

MANY QUESTIONS REMAIN OVER HIS RECENT RUN-IN WITH THE LAW.

NEARLY A WEEK AFTER A TEEN DRIVING HIS CAR WAS ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES, BIGELOW HAS DUCKED OUR QUESTIONS FOR A WEEK.

BIGELOW LAST COMMISSION-PKG

that's all very personal and I am a public figure still and I need to separate the two.

THAT'S LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER BRIAN BIGELOW -

MAKING HIS WAY FOR THE DOOR AFTER HIS LAST PUBLIC MEETING WITH THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.

A LONG WALK WE HAD TO FOLLOW HIM ON - THROUGH STAIRWELLS AND THE HALLS OF LEE COUNTY CHAMBERS - ALL TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS RUN IN WITH THE LAW LAST WEEK.

can you talk about what's next for you then? I don't know Honestly - except this little personal matter.

BIGELOW'S DODGED OUR CAMERAS SINCE LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES PULLED OVER HIS CAR -

AND SAY THEY FOUND 18 YEAR OLD DAVID HENLEY BEHIND THE WHEEL.

DEPUTIES SAY HENLEY WAS UNLICENSED, AND CARRYING COCAINE AND MARIJUANA ON HIM - WITH BIGELOW SITTING IN THE PASSANGER SEAT.

HENLEY TOLD DEPUTIES THE COCAINE BELONGED TO BIGELOW.

bigelow - i'm making no comment - I keep trying to tell you that.

Roetz - Can you at least tell me if you lived with David, or he lived with you?

Bigelow - Can we replay that tape?

BIGELOW RESIGNED EARLIER THIS YEAR TO MAKE A RUN FOR THE CLERK OF COURTS.

HE LOST THE ELECTION IN AUGUST.

WHEN ASKED WHAT TYPE OF LEGACY HE LEAVES BEHIND FOLLOWING A WEEK SWIRLING WITH SCANDAL - HE TOLD US.

PETRAEUS INVESTIGATION-TRX-VOTOP

TWO GENERALS, TWO WOMEN, ONE GROWING SCANDAL.

PETRAEUS INVESTIGATION-VOTOPS WIPE

THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IS INVESTIGATING GENERAL JOHN ALLEN FOR "POTENTIALLY INAPPROPRIATE" EMAILS WITH JILL KELLEY.

KELLEY IS A PETRAEUS FAMILY FRIEND.

SHE WENT TO THE F-B-I WHO STARTED THE F-B-I PROBE THAT COST PETREAUS HIS JOB BY UNCOVERING AN AFFAIR HE HAD WITH PAULA BROADWELL.

OVERNIGHT, NEARLY A DOZEN FEDERAL AGENTS TOOK AWAY BOXES OF MATERIAL FROM BROADWELL'S HOUSE IN CHARLOTTE.

ALLEN DENIES HE DID ANYTHING WRONG, BUT HIS NOMINATION TO BE

PETRAEUS INVESTIGATION-SOT VO

CARNEY SOT:

The president thinks very highly of General Allen and his service to his

country, as well as the job he has done in Afghanistan. At the request of the secretary of defense, the president has put on hold General Allen's nomination as Supreme Allied Commander Europe

FOR NOW, ALLEN WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSEE ALL U.S. TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN.

A SOURCE TELLS A-B-C NEWS THE F-B-I UNCOVERED THOUSANDS OF

DUNN JURY SELECTION-VO

NOW ENTERING ITS FIFTH WEEK, THE LONGEST JURY SELECTION IN LEE COUNTY HISTORY CONTINUES.

TODAY 64 POTENTIAL JURORS ASSEMBLED FOR QUESTIONING IN THE FINAL STAGE OF JURY SELECTION IN THE CASE AGAINST ROBERT DUNN.

HE IS ACCUSED IF SHOOTING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE IN A CAPE CORAL DAYCARE NEARLY 5 YEARS AGO.

JURORS WILL RECONVENE TOMORROW MORNING AT 9:30 TO DETERMINE IF THEY ARE IN THE PANEL.

YOUSEL RIVERA TRIAL UPDATE-VO

MEANWHILE - ANOTHER HIGH PROFILE CASE IS DELAYED BECAUSE OF THE ROBERT DUNN CASE.

TRIAL FOR YOUSEL RIVERA WAS TO BEGIN IN DECEMBER, BUT IT'S BEEN PUSHED BACK TO FEBRUARY.

THAT'S BECAUSE LAWYERS FOR BOTH THE STATE AND DEFENSE ARE TIED UP WITH DUNN'S CASE.

RIVERA IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.

FL VOTING TASK FORCE-VO WIPE

PLANS ARE IN THE WORKS TO MAKE SURE FLORIDA'S ELECTION DAY DEBACLE DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

TWO WELL RESPECTED GROUPS ARE LEADING THE CALLS FOR VOTING CHANGES --

A-A-R-P AND THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS.

TONIGHT THEY'RE CALLING ON GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT TO LEAD THE CHARGE FOR CHANGE.

THE AREAS THE GROUPS WANT TO ADRESS--

THE AMOUNT OF TIME PEOPLE HAD TO WAIT TO VOTE

THE LENGTH OF THE BALLOT

FL VOTING TASK FORCE-(2) SOT VO

"It was like a solution looking for a problem was what we told them because there wasn't any problem with the elections."

"We're hoping that our elected officials take a really hard look at what happened last week and do some things to address that situation."

THESE VOTER ADVOCACY GROUPS HOPE AN ELECTION TASK FORCE WILL DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS BY NEXT FEBRUARY.

SANIBEL SIDEWALK BUSINESS-VO WIPE

SANIBEL LEADERS ARE HELPING THE ISLAND'S BUSINESSES REACH MORE CUSTOMERS.

THIS MORNING, PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS VOTED IN FAVOR OF POTENTIAL CHANGES THAT WOULD NEARLY DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF DAYS RETAILERS CAN SELL THEIR MERCHANDISE IN SIDEWALK SALES.

SANIBEL SIDEWALK BUSINESS-SOT VO

Jill Nichols, Manager, Synergy, Sanibel Retailer

10:07 if you can have an array of merchandise outside that they say, oh, I didn't know they had dresses or jackets or whatever it is, it makes them want to come in and see what else you have 10:17

CITY COUNCIL MUST VOTE ON THE POTENTIAL CHANGES.

MULCH FIRE FOLO-VO-CG

A LARGE MULCH FIRE BURNING IN SOUTH LEE COUNTY SHOULD BE OUT BY TOMORROW NIGHT.

A NATURAL COMBUSTION FROM DECAYING PLANTS IS BELEIVED TO BE THE CAUSE BEHIND THE FIRE THAT SPARKED SUNDAY MORNING AT THE "COASTAL GRINDING" HORTICULTURAL DUMP SITE.

FIRE CREWS HAVE BEEN BATTLING THE BLAZE FOR MORE THAN 60 HOURS STRAIGHT NOW.

TODAY, COASTAL GRINDING ISSUED A STATEMENT APOLOGIZING FOR THE INCONVENIENCE CAUSED BY THE SMOKE.

BURNED CAT UPDATE-VO

A HAPPY ENDING TO A STORY WE TOLD YOU EARLIER THIS MONTH.

A CAT NAMED PAISLEY FOUND BADLY BURNED IN LEHIGH ACRES IS DOING BETTER.

WE'RE TOLD HER SKIN IS STARTING TO HEAL BUT SHE'LL HAVE DEFORMED EARS AND A DEFORMED EYE.

NEXT AT 6 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE ONE--------

A WOMAN MOURNS THE LOSS OF HER PET KILLED IN HER YARD BY TWO OTHER DOGS IN A CAPE CORAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

WHY THE ANIMALS THAT ATTACKED AREN'T BEING CONSIDERED DANGEROUS - PLUS-

20:09:06-10

The art really serves as a way of communication, a bridge

ART THERAPY FOR ALZHEIMER'S PATIENTS.

A LOOK AT THE LOCAL PROGRAM HELPING PATIENTS RETAIN THEIR MEMORY.

TZ1 dog on dog crime-VOTOPS

TZ1 alzheimers art therapy-SOTVO

DOWNTOWN FM CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS-VOTOPS

DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS IS FEELING THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.

CITY WORKERS WERE OUT TODAY PUTTING UP DECORATIONS!

DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES ARE GETTING READY FOR THE CITY'S HOLIDAY STROLL.

IT TAKES PLACE NOVEMBER 24TH.

BUSINESSES PITCH IN TO BUY THE DECORATIONS--

ROCKEFELLER XMAS TREE-OC-NATS-VO

THIS YEAR, THE FAMOUS ANNUAL ROCKEFELLER CENTER CHRISTMAS TREE WILL COME A TOWN JUST HAMMERED BY SUPERSTORM SANDY.

TREE CUTTING 3 SECS

THE EIGHTY-FOOT NORWAY SPRUCE WAS CUT DOWN TODAY IN MOUNT OLIVE, NEW JERSEY.

IT WAS LOADED ONTO A FLATBED TRUCK FOR IT'S JOURNEY TO NEW YORK CITY.

THE TREE WILL GO UP IN ROCKEFELLER CENTER TOMORROW.

JP STORMWARN OPEN-CLIP

WEATHER-PWC

Variable clouds will become mostly clear later tonight as we continue to track a front in northern Florida. The cold front up there still doesn't look like it's headed this way with cooler weather and will continue to slowly die off over the next few days. That means we will continue to see a few clouds mixed with some sunshine and warm weather in the afternoon on Wednesday. The average high for this time of year is 82 degrees and we will hit that number again tomorrow. Rain chances stay pretty low for Wednesday, but not down to 'zero'. It looks like there could be an isolated shower tomorrow covering roughly 20%, or less, of the area. Overnight lows this evening will drop back into the 60's and a little fog could form east of the interstate on Wednesday morning.

DOG ON DOG CRIME-TRX-SOTTOPS-VO-2SHOT

1047 "I don't know how long it will take to get over him. It's like losing my family.""

A CAPE CORAL DOG MEETS A BLOODY END RIGHT IN HIS OWN FRONT YARD.

OFFICERS TELL US TWO, ROAMING BLACK LABS ATTACKED THE DOG AND SHOOK HIM TO DEATH.

DESPITE THAT.

DOG ON DOG CRIME-PKG

THIS SPLASHING MEMORY -- OF ROCKY THE MINI-CHIWEENIE -- STILL BRINGS WATER TO HIS OWNER'S EYES.

1348 "i'm lost without him. He's not coming over to see me."

LAST WEEK -- DEBBIE GOVEIA TELLS US TWO BLACK LABS ROAMING CAPE CORAL STREETS -- SINGLED OUT THE HALF CHIHUAHUA AND DACHSUND MIX -- RIGHT IN HER FRONT YARD.

0757 "he ran under the truck. He was bleeding everywhere."

TONIGHT -- SHE WANTS THE DOGS PUT DOWN -- TELLING US ITS JUST COMMON SENSE THEY'LL STRIKE AGAIN.

1321 "absolutely, they're killers."

"according to animal services records, the black labs Brownie and Brutus lived at this house along SE 8th Avenue. About 2 and half miles away from where Rocky was attacked and killed."

2725 "it is frustrating because the law is very simple."

RIA BROWN WITH LEE COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES -- TELLS US LEASH LAWS ARE CLEAR -- IF YOUR PET IS NOT ON YOUR PROPERTY - THEY NEED TO BE TIED UP OR CAGED.

OFFICERS CITED THE DOGS' OWNER -- FOR ROAMING AND MENACING BEHAVIOR WHICH LEFT ROCKY LIFELESS.

2555 "steve: they're not even labeled a dangerous dog? Right, there has to be more than 1 attack according to Florida law."

WE CALLED AND STOPPED BY THE LAB'S OWNERS HOUSE, BUT NO ONE RESPONDED.

FOR ROCKY'S GRIEVING OWNER -- SHE SAYS THE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS IN TICKETS -- WON'T BRING THE LITTLE GUY BACK.

0911 "if she knew those dogs had that type of temperament. She should have been right out of the door. Instead of letting them roam the neighborhood."

AND WANTS -- REAL CONSEQUENCES FOR THE LIFE-ENDING BEHAVIOR.

1047 "I don't know how long it will take to get over him. It's like losing my family."

ALZHEIMERS ART THERAPY-NATS-VO WIPE

USING ART TO TREAT ALZHEIMER'S PATIENTS.

ALL NEW TONIGHT AT SIX

WE TAKE A LOOK AT HOW PAINTING IS BRINGING BACK MEMORIES FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS.

I always liked the rain

ALZHEIMER'S PATIENTS AT THE SENIOR FRIENDSHIP CENTER ARE JUST ONE GROUP PARTICIPATING IN THIS TYPE OF ART THERAPY.

STUDIES SHOW THAT PAINTING MEMORIES FROM THE PAST AND TALKING ABOUT THEM STIMULATES BRAIN ACTIVITY, STOPPING MEMORY LOSS.

ALZHEIMERS ART THERAPY-SOT VO

20:07:16 the main process with it is storytelling, you have to get them to talk about it, what does it remind you of? the art serves as a diving board to keep asking the questions. 27

YOU CAN PURCHASE ART JUST LIKE THESE PAINTINGS AT A SILENT AUCTION THIS WEEK.

THE EVENT IS CALLED 'BRUSHSTROKES FROM THE SOUL.'

THE AUCTION IS THURSDAY FROM FIVE-30 TO SEVEN-30,

COMING UP NEXT OPEN-CLIP

TEASE TWO-POP

DOLPHINS RUNNING BACK REGGIE BUSH. BENCHED ON SUNDAY. IS HE IN THE DOGHOUSE. TALKING GATOR HOOPS. THEY HAVE A BIG SHOWDOWN WEDENSDAY NIGHT.

TZ2 SPORTS-VO

WORLD NEWS TEASE-BLK-SOT

TONIGHT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

TONIGHT AT 7 OPEN

ALL NEW TONIGHT AT 7.

A BATTLE WITH HIS BOSS ENDS WITH A 60-THOUSAND DOLLAR PAY DAY FOR A SOUTHWEST FLORIDA EMPLOYEE--

WHY COMMISSIONERS SAY THE COST TO TAXPAYERS COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH HIGHER.

AND A NIGHTMARE AT THE PUMP FOR SOME FLORIDA RESIDENTS.

TZ 7 1) GENDER DISCRIMINATION-VOTOPS-WIPE

TZ 7 2) ORLANDO $6.44 GAS-VOTOPS

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

LPGA-POMON

LPGA-VOTOPS

THE TITLEHOLDERS BEGINS PLAY THIS THURSDAY AT TWINEAGLES IN NAPLES.

TO QUALIFY FOR THIS EVENT. GOLFERS MUST HAVE A TOP 3 FINISH IN AT LEAST ONE LPGA EVENT THIS YEAR.

LPGA-SOTTOPS

FGCU MEN-VOTOPS

THE FGCU MEN. TIP OFF THEIR HOME SEASON LATER TONIGHT AS THEY HOST MIAMI AT ALICO ARENA.

AND IT SHOULD BE A PACKED HOUSE. AS OF 4 O'CLOCK. THERE WERE ONLY 300 TICKETS REMAINING.

FLORIDA GATORS-POPMON

FLORIDA GATORS-VOTOPS

THE WISCONSIN BADGERS WILL BE IN THE O-DOME WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

IT WILL BE A MATCH UP OF 2-RANKED TEAMS.

STARTING POINT GUARD. SCOTTIE WILBEKIN REMAINS SUSPENDED FOR THAT GAME.

FLORIDA GATORS-SOTTOPS

UF FOOTBALL-VOTOPS

ON SATURDAY THE FLORIDA GATOR FOOTBALL TEAM LEARNED THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE PLAYING IN THE SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

THANKS TO A WIN BY GEORGIA. BUT THE GATORS STILL HAVE A SHOT AT A BCS BOWL GAME.

UF FOOTBALL-SOTTOPS

REGGIE BUSH-VOTOPS

NOT MUCH GOOD CAME FROM MIAMI'S 34 POINT LOSS TO TENNESSEE ON SUNDAY. IN FACT IT WAS THE MOST LOPSIDED HOME LOSS SINCE 1968.

IN THAT GAME. STARTING RUNNING BACK REGGIE BUSH WAS BENCHED AFTER FUMBLING THE BALL IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

REGGIE BUSH-SOTTOPS

GOODBYE-4SHOT