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A CHARLOTTE COUNTY COLD CASE COMES TO A CLOSE.

AND TONIGHT, THE BROTHER OF AN ACCUSED KILLER COMES TO HIS DEFENSE.

WHAT HE'S DOING TO TRY TO CLEAR HIS BROTHER'S NAME

"I recognize that we're going to have to compromise and as I said on election night, compromise is hard."

UNDER PRESSURE AND UNDER FIRE--

THE COMMANDER AND CHIEF TACKLES TOUGH QUESTIONS OF THE DAY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE ELECTION.

WAIT TIL YOU SEE HOW WALL STREET REACTED TO WHAT HE SAID.

TRAPPED ON THE TRACKS.

STRANGERS LEAP INTO ACTION AFTER A WOMAN FALLS FROM A PLATFORM.

WHY THESE FALLS ARE AN ALL TOO COMMON PROBLEM.

HL 1) MCMANNIS BROTHER PLEA-VO

HL 2) OBAMA ON PATRAEUS SCANDAL-SOTVO

HL 3) WOMAN RESCUED FROM TRACKS-VO

SHOW OPEN-CLIP

ROBERT DUNN TRIAL BEGINS-SOTVO

1:14:20 lot of screaming, gunshots, then quiet. ***

INVESTIGATORS SAY ROBERT DUNN WENT INTO THE BOBBIE NOONAN DAY CARE IN CAPE CORAL FIVE YEARS AGO AND OPENED FIRE -- KILLING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE.

HIS TRIAL FINALLY STARTED TODAY --

AFTER FIVE WEEKS OF JURY SELECTION.

ROBERT DUNN TRIAL BEGINS-(2)SOTVO

Mia Weiskopf, teacher: i was soiled from one of the student's clothing being soaked with blood

13:16:09 "But I do remember after hearing the gunshots. saying somthing to the effect that there was no safe place to put the children" 13:16:29 RENEE DICK, DAYCARE DIRECTOR

CHRISTINE DUNN DIED THAT DAY.

THE TERRIFIED TEACHERS AND CHILDREN HID UNDER TABLES AND IN CLOSETS TO AVOID BEING SHOT.

THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY SAYS THE STATE WON'T BE ABLE TO PROVE DUNN COMMITTED THE CRIMES.

PHILLIP BARR ARRESTED-SS

AFTER A DECADE OF SEARCHING, A CHARLOTTE COUNTY MURDER SUSPECT IS FINALLY BEHIND BARS TONIGHT.

OFFICERS ARRESTED PHILLIP BARR IN HARDWICK, VERMONT TODAY.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY HE AND ANOTHER MAN MURDERED 19-YEAR-OLD TARA SIDAROVICH.

N 2001. PUNTA GORDA OFFICERS FOUND HER BODY IN A FIELD NOT FAR FROM HER HOME

LAST MONTH.

AUTHORITIES IN MARYLAND ARRESTED DAVID MCMANNIS FOR HIS ROLE IN THE KILLING.

HE'S BEING HELD IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY WITHOUT BOND.

ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS BOTH MEN WERE AT SIDAROVICH'S HOME DOING WORK THE DAY SHE DISAPPEARED.

MCMANNIS BROTHER PLEA-SOTVO

I'm hoping now that when I look at her picture, it doesn't automatically go to the bad. I can look at it and say baby we did this.

DAVID MCMANNIS'S BROTHER POSTED THIS VIDEO ONLINE CLAIMING HIS BROTHER IS INNOCENT.

HE ASKS FOR DONATIONS TO HIRE A DEFENSE ATTORNEY.

PROSPECT AVE HOMICIDE REWARD-VO

TODAY WE FOUND OUT --

A FORT MYERS IMMIGRANT WAS KILLED WHILE TALKING TO HIS WIFE ON THE PHONE.

TONIGHT, THE COMPANY HE WORKED FOR WANTS JUSTICE.

DEPUTIES SAY DOMINGO GUTIERREZ-LEON WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE LAST WEEK.

THE SHOOTER IS STILL OUT THERE.

FLAGS FLY AT HALF STAFF TONIGHT OUTSIDE CROWTHER ROOFING IN FORT MYERS WHERE GUTIERREZ-LEON WORKED FOR 13 YEARS.

PROSPECT AVE HOMICIDE REWARD-SOTVO

5447 "right now, it's turned into anger. The initial emotion was disbelief. It's a heartbreaking experience.

CROWTHER MAMANGEMENT TELLS A-B-C 7 GUTIERREZ SENT MOST OF HIS PAYCHECK BACK HOME TO GUATEMALA FOR HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN.

FORMER TRACEY HOME ARSON-VO-WIPE

ABC7 IS UNCOVERING NEW INFORMATION ABOUT A FORT MYERS SHORES HOUSE FIRE LAST NIGHT.

THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL IS CALLING IT ARSON.

TONIGHT WE ALSO KNOW THE VACANT HOUSE ON FOURTH STREET IS THE SITE OF ONE OF THE WORST CASES OF ANIMAL CRUELTY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HISTORY.

ANIMAL SERVICES RESCUED NEARLY 40 DOGS FROM THE HOME BETWEEN 2008 AND 2010.

THE HOMEOWNER, ROBERT TRACEY, AGREED TO A PLEA DEAL AND SERVED FOUR YEARS PROBATION.

FORMER TRACEY HOME ARSON-SOTVO

I'm glad to see that it burned, that means somebody will come in and have to tear the thing down. It was an eyesore, it was getting worse and worse since nobody was taking care of it

THE CAUSE OF THIS FIRE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

NEIGHBORS SAY TRACEY LIVES IN A NURSING HOME.

PETRAETUS LATEST-VO

THE BIZARRE SCANDAL INVOLVING DAVID PETRAEUS HAS WIDENED TONIGHT.

LAWMAKERS WORRY ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY, AFTER REPORTS SURFACED BROADWELL HAD CLASSIFIED INFORMATION AT HER HOUSE.

TODAY THE ARMY SUSPENDED HER SECURITY CLEARANCE.

PRESIDENT OBAMA ADDRESSED THIS AT HIS NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY.

OBAMA ON PATRAEUS SCANDAL-SOTVO

I am withholding judgment with respect to how the entire process surrounding General Petraeus came up. You know, we don't have all the information yet. But I want to say that I have a lot of confidence generally in the FBI, and they've got a difficult job.

JOHN ALLEN -- THE OTHER FOUR-STAR GENERAL CAUGHT UP IN THE SCANDAL--

WILL LIKELY KEEP HIS JOB.

OBAMA ON FISCAL CLIFF-SOT-CG

ONE OF THE OTHER ISSUES THE PRESIDENT ADDRESSED TODAY--

THE IMPENDING FISCAL CLIFF.

HE EXPRESSED HIS CONFIDENCE THAT LAWMAKERS WILL BE ABLE TO REACH A BUDGET DEAL BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR--

TO STAVE OFF MASSIVE SPENDING CUTS AND TAX HIKES THAT MANY FEAR COULD BE DEVASTING TO THE ECONOMY.

So there is a package to be shaped, and I'm confident that parties -- folks of good will in both parties can make that happen. But what I'm not going to do is to extend Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest 2 percent that we can't afford and, according to economists, will have the least positive impact on our economy

WALL STREET RESPONDED BY DROPPING 100 POINTS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING HIS SPEECH.

CAPE MAYOR ANNOUNCEMENT-VO

WHILE ELECTION DAY IS STILL A YEAR AWAY, TWO CANDIDATES ARE ALREADY GETTING THEIR NAMES IN FOR MAYOR OF CAPE CORAL.

TODAY, VINCE CUMMINGS ANNOUNCED HIS BID FOR OFFICE.

THE IRAQI VETERAN MOVED TO CAPE CORAL AT THE AGE OF FIVE, AND IS CURRENTLY A MILITARY CHAPLAIN.

LA FIRE BOARD RECOUNT-VO

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TOO CLOSE TO CAL --

AN ELECTION RECOUNT IS UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW.

IT'S FOR THE DISTRICT 3 SEAT ON THE LEHIGH ACRES FIRE BOARD.

THE RACE COMES DOWN TO INCUMBENT LARRY BECKER AND CHALLENGER RONALD KROME.

KROME SAYS THE TIGHT RACE SENDS A STRONG MESSAGE PEOPLE IN LEHIGH WANT SOMETHING BETTER FROM THEIR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

LA FIRE BOARD RECOUNT-SOTVO

59:26 "I didn't actually ever think I was going to have the seat I really thought that sooner or later he was going to win the seat." Krome

05:43"If you go into an election you cannot think to be a loser, you have to think to be a winner all the time, and I believe the people of Lehigh will end up voting the right way. " Becker

IF THE RACE IS STILL CLOSE AFTER THE FINAL TALLY, A HAND RECOUNT WILL FOLLOW.

NAPLES PARKING ISSUE-VO

NAPLES CITY COUNCIL OPENED A BID TODAY, WHICH COULD MEAN RELIEF FOR DOWNTOWN PARKING PROBLEMS.

THEY'RE BIDDING ON THE NAPLES WOMEN'S CLUB PARKING LOT.

THE MOVE ALLOWS THE CITY TO OFFER ONE-POINT-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS FOR ROUGHLY 50 PARKING SPOTS.

BONITA HOMELESS SHELTER-VO

NEW AT 7 --

THE FIGHT CONTINUES OVER WHETHER A HOMELESS SHELTER WILL BE BUILT IN BONITA SPRINGS.

RIGHT NOW --

AN ATTORNEY BONITA CITY COUNCIL HIRED IS REVIEWING TWO DOCUMENTS.

THE FIRST IS A PROPOSED LAW TO GUIDE HOMELESS SHELTERS.

IT INCLUDES 16 PAGES OF RULES LIKE A MAXIMUM OF 30 RESIDENTS ALLOWED.

BONITA HOMELESS SHELTER-SOTVO

They're not drafting operational guidelines they're drafting An ordinance that would Preclude homeless shelters in the city of Bonita springs

THE SECOND DOCUMENT UNDER REVIEW IS 800 PAGES OF PLANS FROM THE DEVELOPER.

THEY LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY.

NEXT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE ONE

POLICE DISPATCHERS HANDLE CRITICAL CASES ON A DAILY BASIS.

HOW ONE FORT MYERS MAN IS TURNING HIS TRAGEDY TO TRAINING FOR THOSE WHO ANSWER THE CALLS.

YOUR HEART WILL BREAK WHEN YOU SEE THIS PUPPY.

UP NEXT --

WHAT TWO TEENAGERS DID TO HIM, TO MAKE HIM LOOK LIKE THIS.

TZ1 A) NATE LEE 911 CLASS GRADUATING CLASS-TBA

TZ1 B) PUPPY BURNED-TBA

NATE LEE 911 CLASS GRADUATING CLASS-VO

A WIDOWER -- WHOSE WIFE WAS VIOLENTLY MURDERED -- IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN HER HONOR.

NATHAN LEE BELIEVES A BOTCHED 9-1-1 CALL LED TO HIS WIFE'S MURDER.

NOW, THANKS IN PART TO HIS EFFORTS, ALL 911 PROFESSIONALS HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED THROUGH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH -- SOMETHING HE THINKS WILL MAKE THEM BETTER AT THEIR JOBS.

NATE LEE 911 CLASS GRADUATING CLASS-SOTVO

15:54 "it's exciting to get to be able to tell my boys someday what's happened- to have to explain all the horrible things she went through to turn around and say this is what we did about it-this is the difference she's made everywhere."

LEE SAYS HE AND HIS SONS ARE DOING O-K.

PUPPY BURNED-VO

TWO TEENAGED SUSPECTS ARE IN POLICE CUSTODY FOR ALLEGEDLY SETTING A 16-WEEK

OLD PUPPY ON FIRE.

THE JACK RUSSEL TERRIER PUPPY, WHO HAS BEEN GIVEN THE NAME "PHOENIX",

CONTINUES TO RECOVER AT THE SMALL ANIMAL HOSPITAL.

YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW BADLY THE DOG WAS BURNED

THE SUSPECTS, WERE PICKED UP BY POLICE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AFTER DETECTIVES RECEIVED A TIP CALL OVER THE WEEKEND.

PUPPY BURNED-(2)SOTVO

There's no way on God's green earth that my grandson has anything with the torture of a dog.

It was a despicable act and they both were charged, as I said, with aggravated cruelty to animals.

NEXT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE TWO

ONE WAS AN INDUSTRIALIST.

THE OTHER AN INVENTOR.

HOW VOLUNTEERS ARE TURNING THE HOMES OF TWO OF FORT MYERS' MOST FAMED WINTER RESIDENTS INTO A JOURNEY BACK IN TIME.

A TIMEOUT PREFORMANCE TURNS TO DISASTER--

AS A CHEERLEADER SLAMS ONTO THE COURT.

TZ2 A) EDISON HOME LIGHTS-VO

TZ2 B) MAGIC CHEERLEADER FALLS-VO

WEATHER-CLIP

WEATHER-PWC

"STAYING WARM THURSDAY, COOLER CHANGES BY THE WEEKEND"

A mix of sun and clouds will close out our Wednesday afternoon with a couple of spotty showers riding the east and northeast breeze across the peninsula. Through the early evening hours, a shower or two is possible as rain prospects will remain near 20%. Any showers that do push into the viewing area should dissipate and fade away just after sunset with mainly dry conditions setting up for tonight.

Overnight, skies will go mostly clear and temperatures will fall back into the lower 60s inland with a middle 60s up and down the urban corridor.

The weak front that has stalled across north-central Florida continues to washout and our Thursday is shaping up to be a bit nicer. A push of some slightly drier air will keep our skies mostly to partly sunny during the day as rain chances will slip to below 20%. Our warm airmass that has been with us over the last several days, will continue to hang around with highs in the lower to middle 80s as we close out the work week.

Some changes are coming down the pike by the weekend, as another cold front pushes its way across the peninsula. This will bring us a few more cloudy periods early Saturday and even a couple of widely scattered showers. This time though, a cooler and drier airmass will make its way into our part of the state as winds become a bit more northerly. This will allow much cooler air to drain down the state resulting in cooler than normal temperatures beginning Sunday morning.

EDISON HOME LIGHTS-VO

AMERICA'S MOST FAMOUS INVENTOR CALLED FORT MYERS HOME.

AND NOW HIS HOME IS DRESSED FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

DOZENS OF VOLUNTEERS ARE DECORATING THE EDISON AND FORD WINTER ESTATES THIS WEEK.

IT'S PART OF THE 37TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY NIGHTS.

MORE THAN 60 TREES ARE STRATEGICALLY PLACED THROUGHOUT THE GROUNDS OF THE ESTATES -

EDISON HOME LIGHTS-(2)SOT-CG

i'm attracted to history. To what happened in the past and how people lived in a more gracious style.

it was colored lights, very unique glass ornaments- what were Edison and Ford like in those days.

HOLIDAY NIGHTS RUNS DECEMBER 1ST THRU DECEMBER 30TH FROM 5-30 TO 9 AT NIGHT.

IT'S CLOSED CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY.

CAVIAR SWFL-VO

IT'S ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE DELICACIES YOU CAN EAT---

AND NOW RESEARCHERS HERE IN FLORIDA HAVE AN ECO-FRIENDLY WAY TO PRODUCE IT.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SIBERIAN STURGEON CAVIAR.

RESEARCHERS AT MOTE MARINE LAB IN SARASOTA FARM-RAISE THE FISH--

AND SAY THEY RE-USE WATER, TO REDUCE THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT.

CAVIAR SWFL-SOTVO-BNR

they're an ancient fish, but they are in a lot of trouble today, so it's very important we think to do something like this and offer people a chance to have their caviar and eat it too, a way to have it sustainably

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN TRYING THE CAVIAR-- THERE'S A SPECIAL DEAL GOING ON NOW.

EAGLE NEST CELEBRATION-VO

A BALD EAGLE COUPLE IS BACK IN SOUTHWEST FLORDIA.

IT'S THE SIXTH YEAR IN ROW THIS EAGLE COUPLE HAS MADE THEIR HOME HERE.

THEY'RE NESTING OFF OF TIGERTAIL COURT ON MARCO ISLAND.

AND HAVE LAID TWO EGGS.

THIS NEST IS ONLY ONE OF TWO LEFT ON THE ISLAND AND IS ONE OF THE ONLY PLACES IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WHERE YOU CAN GET SUCH A CLOSE LOOK AT THE PROTECTED BIRDS.

WOMAN RESCUED FROM TRACKS-VO-WIPE

A TERRIFING SCENE IN MASSACHUSETTS AS A WOMAN FALLS ONTO THE TRAIN TRACKS.

TAKE A LOOK.

IT HAPPENED TUESDAY AT A STATION IN SOUTH BOSTON.

FORTUNATELY SHE DIDN'T HIT THE ELECTRIFIED THIRD RAIL AND ONLY SUFFERED A LEG INJURY.

THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FOURTH TIME IN RECENT MONTHS, SOMEONE HAS FALLEN ONTO THE TRACKS OF BOSTON'S COMMUTER TRAIN SYSTEM.

MAGIC CHEERLEADER FALLS-VOTOPS

A CHEERLEADER CAME CRASHING DOWN LAST NIGHT IN ORLANDO.

SHE'S A MEMBER OF THE ORLANDO MAGIC STUNT TEAM.

SHE FELL OFF THE SHOULDERS OF ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE SQUAD DURING A TIMEOUT OF THE MAGIC-KNICKS GAME LAST NIGHT.

JAMIE WOODE HIT HEAD FIRST.

SHE SUFFERED THREE FRACTURES TO HER VERTABRAE AND A BROKEN RIB.

TEASE THREE-POP

A GOOD DAY FOR A COUPLE LOCAL BASEBALL PAYERS. AS THEY SIGN WITH SOME BIGTIME COLLEGE PROGRAMS. A BAD DAY FOR THE NHL.

TZ3 A-VO-DISS

TONIGHT AT 11 OPEN-CLIP

11PM TZ1) MCAFEE MURDER-VOTOPS-WIPE

ALL NEW TONIGHT AT 11,

THE LATEST ON THE SEARCH FOR JOHN MCAFEE -- THE TECH MOGUL WANTED FOR QUESTIONING IN HIS NEIGHBOR'S MURDER.

11PM TZ2) CREEPY LEHIGH-VOTOPS

AND LEHIGH ACRES GETTING NATIONAL ATTENTION, CALLED ONE OF THE WORLD'S EERIEST ABANDONED PLACES.

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

NHL LABOR-VOTOPS

THE NHL AND IT'S PLAYERS. ARE NO LONGER SPEAKING. WHICH OF COURSE IS NOT A GOOD SIGN.

AND NO MEETINGS ARE SCHEDULED.

AFTER FOUR STRAIGHT DAYS OF TALKING LAST WEEK. NEGOTIATIONS CAME TO A SCREETCHING HALT ON FRIDAY. SO THE LOCKOUT CONTINUES.

FGCU SOCCER-POPMON

FGCU SOCCER-VOTOPS

ON THUSDAY NIGHT THE FELLLAS HOPE TO KEEP THE GOOD TIME ROLLING. WHEN THEY FACE SOUTH FLORIDA.

THE BULLS BEAT THE EAGLES 3-0 EARLIER THIS YEAR.

FGCU SOCCER-SOTTOPS

BASEBALL SIGNINGS-VOTOPS

IT WAS A BIG DAY FOR A COUPLE LOCAL BASEBALL PLAYERS.

SEAN BRADY OF IDA BAKER. IS HEADING TO GAINESVILLE. TODAY THE LEFT HANDED PITCHER SIGNED WITH THE FLORIDA GATORS.

AN HOUR LATER. KAMERON GELLLINGER SIGNED TO PLAY BALL AT CENTERAL FLORIDA.

BASEBALL SIGNINGS-SOTTOPS

DAVID PRICE-VOTOPS

SPEAKING OF BASEBALL. RAYS PITCHER DAVID PRICE HAS BEEN NAMED THE AMERICAN LEAGUE CY YOUNG AWARD WINNER.

LPGA-VOTOPS

AS MANY OF YOU KNOW. THE LPGA IS TOWN. ON THURDAY. IT'S ROUND ONE OF THE TITLEHOLDERS TOURNAMENT

TODAY A FEW OF THOSE PLAYERS WERE TEAMING UP WITH TEENAGE GIRLS FROM AROUND THE STATE. AS PART OF THE FIRST TEE CHALLENGE.

LPGA-SOTTOPS

DRISKEL-VOTOPS

GATORS QUARTERBACK. JEFF DRISKEL WILL NOT PLAY AGAINST JACKSONVILLE STATE THIS SATURDAY. BECAUSE OF A STRAINED RIGHT ANKEL.

DRISKEL COULD MISS THE SEASON FINALE AGAINST FLORIDA STATE AS WELL.

MIAMI CANES-VOTOPS

THE MIAMI HURRICANES. WILL VENTURE OUTSIDE OF THE ACC THIS WEEKEND. WHEN THEY FACE SOUTH FLORIDA.

AND WHILE THE CANES HAVE ONE EYE ON THE BULLS THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT A TRIP TO THE ACC TITLE GAME.

MIAMI CANES-SOTOPS

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