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HL1) FAMILY FIRE-SOTVO

"its all stuff that can be replaced my children are okay and thats the most important thing" 5 sec

A FIRE RIPS THROUGH A FAMILY'S GARAGE IN THE CAPE.

THEY'RE O-K.

THE GARAGE IS NOT.

WHAT SPARKED THE FIRE --

HL2) AIDS CLINIC-VOTOPS

OUR CAMERAS WERE ROLLING AS WORKERS WERE EVICTED FROM AN AIDS CLINIC IN FORT MYERS.

HL3) HAND HOLDING PUNISHMENT-VOTOPS

AND --

HOLD HANDS OR ELSE!

THE UNIQUE PUNISHMENT TWO TEENS ENDURED TO AVOID SUSPENSION.

WHY IT MAY HAVE BACKFIRED!

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HURRICANE SEASON SETUP SANDY-PKGTOPS

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HURRICANE SEASON 20-12 ENDS TONIGHT.

IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE ON RECORD --

THE MOST ICONIC STORM OF THE SEASON HAD TO BE SANDY.

IT WAS SECOND-COSTLIEST ATLANTIC HURRICANE OF ALL TIME --

IT HIT THE NORTH EAST --

PARALYZING THE BIG APPLE,

AND LEFT ATLANTIC CITY'S BOARDWALK IN RUINS.

MORE THAN 250 PEOPLE WERE KILLED ALONG ITS PATH.

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WHILE WE MISSED MOST OF THE STORMS.

THIS SEASON STILL LEFT A LASTING IMPACT ON OUR SHORES.

TROPICAL STORM DEBBIE WAS THE FOURTH NAMED STORM OF THE SEASON.

IT CURVED NORTH OUT OF THE GULF, CAUSING THE MOST DAMAGE IN NORTH FLORIDA AND THE PANHANDLE.

BUT, THE STORM SURGE WHIPPED UP A 2-POINT 7 MILLION DOLLAR TAB.

AND THEN THERE WAS ISAAC.

WE WATCHED AS IT PASSED OVER HISPANIOLA AND CUBA.

ITS SIGHTS WERE ON US,

BUT THE STORM VEERED TOWARD THE GULF --

BUT NOT BEFORE FEAR OF A FLORIDA LANDFALL PUSHED BACK THE START OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.

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AND J-P -- EVEN WITHOUT THE "BIG ONE" --

HURRICANE SEASON BEACHES-VOTOPS

HURRICANE SEASON HAS OFFICIALLY ENDED.

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ESCAPED WITH ONLY MINOR DAMAGE.

THE LIGHT STORM SEASON --IS ENOUGH TO MAKE ANYONE MANAGING A LOCAL COUNTY BUDGET --CELEBRATE.

EACH YEAR CHARLOTTE, LEE AND COLLIER COUNTIES SET ASIDE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR DISASTER RELIEF.

THE MONEY IS IN EACH COUNTIES GENERAL FUND.

SINCE MOST OF IT WAS NEVER TOUCHED --THE MONEY WILL BE SAVED AND ROLL OVER TO NEXT YEAR.

BUT IT CAN BE USED TO AID OTHER COUNTY PROJECTS -- IF APPROVED BY COMISSIONERS.

TO GET AN IDEA OF JUST HOW LIGHT THIS HURRICANE SEASON WAS --SOME OF THE COUNTIES USED ONLY TWO TO THREE MILLION DOLLARS THIS YEAR --

TERROR PLOT-VO

NEW AT 11 --

WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT TWO FLORIDA BROTHERS -- ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH PLOTTING TO HELP TERRORISTS.

THE BROTHERS ARE BOTH NATURALIZED U-S CITIZENS.

THEY'RE ORIGINALLY FROM PAKISTAN.

A GRAND JURY INDICTMENT CLAIMS THE TWO PROVIDED MONEY, HOUSING, COMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER SUPPORT -- TO A GROUP TRYING TO GET A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

IT'S NOT CLEAR HOW FAR THEY GOT OR WHAT THEY WERE TARGETING.

WE DO KNOW --

AIDS CLINIC-VO

NEW AT 11,

WORKERS AT A LOCAL AIDS CLINIC *EVICTED --

ESCORTED OUTSIDE BY POLICE --

ON THE EVE OF WORLD AIDS AWARENESS DAY.

OUR CAMERAS ROLLED AS WORKERS AT THE BOB RAUSHENBERG CENTER LEFT THE BUILDING -- AND CREWS CHANGED THE LOCKS.

THE CLINIC STOPPED OPERATING EARLIER THIS MONTH.

IT WAS A NON-PROFIT TREATMENT CLINIC, OFFERING H-I-V SCREENINGS AND MEDICAL CARE FOR THOSE INFECTED WITH HIV / AIDS.

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I don't want to say he abandoned his patients but if there is not one to take them what is that.

TODAY THE CLINIC'S BOARD PRESIDENT WOULD NOT ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS.

FAMILY FIRE-NATVO

SOMETIMES YOU CAN HEAR PAIN IN PEOPLE'S VOICES.

TODAY WAS ONE OF THOSE TIMES --

AFTER A FIRE IN CAPE CORAL.

"its been a tough year its just another thing to happen but we will get through it."\

LESA KALATKA LOST HER JOB, HER HUSBAND AND NOW HER HOUSE.

A MALFUNCTIONING DRYER SPARKED THE FIRE THAT DESTROYED THE GARAGE.

SHE STILL HAS HER FOUR CHILDREN TO WORRY ABOUT TONIGHT.

THEY WERE NOT HOME WHEN THE FIRE STARTED.

BUT POLICE THOUGHT THEY WERE.

SO TWO OFFICERS STRUGGLED TO GET INSIDE.

THEY SUFFERED SMOKE INHALATION.

AS FOR THE FAMILY --

FAMILY FIRE-VOTOPS

THE U-S FIRE ADMINISTRATION ESTIMATES ALMOST THREE-THOUSAND DRYER FIRES BREAK OUT EVERY YEAR.

THEY'VE CAUSED 35 MILLION DOLLARS IN PROPERTY DAMAGE.

DOG SAVES FAMILY-SOTVO

AN EAST NAPLES FAMILY SAYS THEIR LABRADOR RETRIEVER NAMED "BLACK" IS THE REASON A FIRE DIDN'T DO ANY MORE DAMAGE TO *THEIR PROPERTY.

Guillermo Soto/9:59 "The dog kept barking and because the dog barks, thought there might be someone out here so came out to see and saw the fire."

THE SOTO FAMILY WAS ASLEEP AT THE TIME.

BUT WOKE UP AFTER BLACK STARTED BARKING.

THE BLAZE DESTROYED A BACKYARD SHED AND MORE THAN 100-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN EQUIPTMENT.

BOIL WATER NOTICE CONTINUES-VO

30 THOUSAND PEOPLE IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY STILL NEED TO BOIL THEIR WATER TONIGHT.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY UTILITIES PUT A BOIL WATER NOTICE INTO PLACE LAST NIGHT.

IT IMPACTS CUSTOMERS EAST OF COLLINGSWOOD BOULEVARD.

CHECK OUT THIS MAP TO SEE IF YOU'RE EFFECTED.

THE EARLIEST THE NOTICE WOULD EXPIRE IS SUNDAY.

THAT'S WHEN OFFICIALS GET WATER TESTS BACK.

UNTIL THEN -- BOIL WATER BEFORE YOU COOK WITH IT.

IT'S BEST TO DRINK ONLY BOTTLED WATER.

YOU CAN STILL TAKE SHOWERS OR DO THE DISHES --

DANIELS WORK THIS WEEKEND-VO

ROAD CLOSURES START BACK UP THIS WEEKEND ON DANIELS PARKWAY AT THE I-75 INTERCHANGE.

CREWS ARE RESURFACING THE ROADWAY.

THEY'RE PLANNING TO WORK ON ALL THREE EASTBOUND LANES, FROM EIGHT AT NIGHT, UNTIL FIVE MONDAY MORNING.

THEY WILL CLOSE ONE LANE AT A TIME.

DOCTOR SUSPENDED-SS VO

A MARCO ISLAND DOCTOR -- AT THE CENTER OF A SEX SCANDAL -- MUST STOP PRACTICING MEDICINE.

49-YEAR-OLD ANDREW GUIDRY FACES ACCUSATIONS HE TRIED TO TRADE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR SEX THREE YEARS AGO.

THE STATE HAS NOW SUSPENDED HIS MEDICAL LICENSE.

GUIDRY HAS BEEN ARRESTED SEVEN TIMES IN THREE YEARS --

INCLUDING SEVERAL INCIDENTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WITH HIS WIFE.

ALGAE RULING-VO

NEW AT 11,

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS IMPOSING TOUGH NEW WATER POLLUTION RULES ON FLORIDA.

ENVIROMENTAL GROUPS HAVE PUSHED FOR THESE RULES FOR SOME TIME NOW.

THEY'RE DESIGNED TO CURTAIL POLLUTION BLAMED FOR ALGAE BLOOMS.

SOME STATE OFFICIALS, AGRICULTURE, BUSINESS AND UTILITY COMPANYS OPPOSE THEM.

THEY ARGUE THEY'LL BE TOO EXPENSIVE TO IMPLEMENT.

PYTHON LAW-VO

BIG KILLER SNAKES ARE THREATENING FLORIDA -- BOTH PEOPLE AND OUR ENVIRONMENT.

BECAUSE OF THAT --

CONGRESSMAN TOM ROONEY PROPOSED A LAW BROADENING OUR BAN ON SNAKES -- ADDING BOA CONSTRICTORS AND ANACONDAS.

HE'S ALSO WORRIED ABOUT BURMESE PYTHONS.

THEIR POPULATION IS GROWNING AND THREATENS THE EVERGLADES.

BUT THIS PROBLEM DOES *NOT* EXTEND BEYOND FLORIDA --

SO WE FOUND OUT --

PYTHON LAW-SOTVO

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ken warren, us fish and wildlife service

11:24

we just want to make sure we stop them where they are 11:31

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chris lechowicz, herpetologist

04:48 to 05:00

"this is a florida problem, if someone has a burmese python in wisconsin and it escapes the problem is solved over the winter "

AND IT MIGHT JUST BE A SOUTH FLORIDA PROBLEM.

SOME SCIENTISTS ARGUE TEMPERATURES NORTH OF TAMPA DROP TOO LOW FOR THE EXOTIC SNAKES TO SURVIVE.

SCOTUS SAME SEX RULING-VO

THE NATION'S HIGHEST COURT IS TAKING ON THE ISSUE OF SAME SEX MARRIAGE.

THE NINE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES MET PRIVATELY TODAY--

THEY NEED DECIDE IF THEY WILL ACCEPT *ANY*--

OF THE TEN APPEALS THAT CONCERN WHETHER GAYS AND LESBIANS HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO MARRY.

IF THE COURT AGREES TO HEAR THE ISSUE--

ORAL ARGUMENTS WOULD BE LIKELY BE HELD IN MARCH--

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THEY'RE HOLDING HANDS --

AND *NOT* VOLUNTARILY!

THE REASON FOR THIS PUNISHMENT AT SCHOOL --

AND WHY IT BACKFIRED.

I WANT IT OFF!

THE MAN WHO TATTOOED THE MITT ROMNEY CAMPAIGN LOGO TO HIS FACE --

NOW WANTS TO REMOVE IT!

WHAT ROMNEY SAID THAT HIS HIM BREAKING HIS PROMISE

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HE'S WEARING NEON YELLOW AND A BIG GIANT GRIN ON HIS FACE!

WHY YOU MIGHT BE WATCHING THE EXACT MOMENT THAT MAN'S LIFE MASSIVELY CHANGED!

PLUS --

WHY ARE THESE TWO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HOLDING HANDS AT SCHOOL?

THE STORY BEHIND THE PICTURE --

AND WHY IT CAUSED SUCH AN UPROAR.

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POWERBALL WINNERS LATE-VO IN TC

LIKE CURIOUS GEORGE'S MAN IN THE YELLOW HAT --

EVERYONE IS CURIOUS WHO THE MAN IN THE YELLOW JACKET IS.

THIS GUY COULD BE IN FOR *HALF OF THIS WEEK'S RECORD POWERBALL JACKPOT.

CLUE'S ARE POURING IN,

IN TONIGHT'S A-B-C SEVEN EXTRA WE GO IN SEARCH FOR THIS MYSTERY MAN.

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THE USUAL MID-DAY BUZZ AT A GAS STATION'S CONVENIENCE STORE.

ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, THE BUZZ STARTS REALLY HUMMING.

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THE APPARENT WINNER SURE MADE AN IMPRESSION WITH CASHIER KAMRAN AFGAN.

"He hit really bad to the counter, really bad, he said Oh my God, really hard.

"Did it scare you?

"I'm scared! I think so - have a heart attack."

AFGAN SAYS THE MAN RAN OUT, THEN CAME BACK- REALIZING HE'D FORGOTTEN TO GET HIS GAS.

BUT WHO IS HE?

SO FAR WE DON'T HAVE A NAME.

SU:This is the spot where all the excitement took place. THE COUNTER, THE MACHINE THAT PRINTED OUT THE TICKET WHERE THE MAN CHECKED HIS NUMBERS.

BUT IT'S ON THE SURVEILLANCE TAPE WHERE YOU CAN PICK UP A COUPLE MORE CLUES, ABOUT THE GUY-- AND ABOUT HIS BEHAVIOR HERE.

ON THE VIDEO WE SEE HIM- BEFORE HE FINDS OUT- GIVING SOME CASH TO A YOUNG MAN WHO DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH FOR HIS PURCHASE.

WE SEE HIS CAR PULLING OUT- BUT CAN'T MAKE OUT HIS LICENSE PLATE.

A WITNESS SAYS HE MAY HAVE HAD A VIRGINIA DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION LOGO ON THE BACK OF HIS VEST.

WE SEARCHED FOR THAT LOGO - FOUND A PATTERN THAT LOOKS TO BE SIMILAR.

A SPOKESWOMAN FOR THAT AGENCY SAYS IT LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THEIR VESTS, MAYBE WORN BY SOMEONE IN THEIR SAFETY SERVICE PATROL- BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHO THIS MAN IS.

WE DO KNOW HE HAS A SENSE OF HUMOR.

"How did his behavior change once he figured out he might have won?

"I dunno, last comment I heard is he had enough money to ask Beyonce out. So -

POWERBALL WINNERS LATE-OC

THE MYSTERY TICKET HOLDER HAS 180 DAYS TO CLAIM HIS PRIZE.

HAND HOLDING PUNISHMENT-VO

HOLD HANDS OR BE SUSPENDED --

THAT'S THE CHOICE TWO ARIZONA HIGH SCHOOLERS FACED.

THEY CHOSE THE LATTER.

TAKE A LOOK.

THE TEENS WERE IN A FIGHT.

BUT INSTEAD OF SUSPENDING THEM --

THE PRINCIPAL LET THEM HOLD HANDS FOR 15 MINUTES IN THE HIGH SCHOOL COURTYARD AS THEIR PUNISHMENT.

SOME STUDENTS TAUNTED THEM.

OTHERS TOOK PICTURES AND POSTED THEM TO FACEBOOK.

THAT'S WHEN THE COMMENTS CAME FLOODING IN.

SOME SAID THE PUNISHMENT WAS INAPPROPRIATE --

OTHERS THAT IT SENT THE WRONG MESSAGE TO GAY STUDENTS.

HAND HOLDING PUNISHMENT-SOTVO

" They had the opportunity early to become suspended so, it was their option

to get in the fight.

"I was in ROTC and we had to do stuff like that so, I think it works."

"It's kind of like elementary school. Making these teenagers hold hands

instead of giving them actual punishment.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS THEY DO NOT APPROVE.

HELICOPTER PARENT-VO

A VERMONT MAN IS GIVING NEW MEANING TO THE TERM HELICOPTER PARENT.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

PAUL WALLICH BUILT THIS DRONE TO FOLLOW HIS SON TO SCHOOL.

HE SAYS THE COLD WINTERS IN VERMONT MAKE THE QUARTER-MILE WALK TO SCHOOL WITH HIS SON A DRAG.

THE DRONE IS PROGRAMMED TO STAY A CERTAIN DISTANCE AWAY FROM HIS BOY -- BUT FOLLOWS HIS EVERY MOVE USING A SMART PHONE AND A G-P-S TRACKER.

IT DOESN'T WORK ALL THE TIME.

ROMNEY TATTOO GUY-SOTVO

AN INDIANA MAN -- WHO WAS PAID 15-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO GET THE ROMNEY CAMPAIGN LOGO TATTOOED ON HIS FACE -- NOW SAYS HE WANTS IT REMOVED.

HERE'S WHY --

"The change of heart come at post election when Mittens come out saying oh Barack Obama he bought votes, saying I would have won the election if wouldn't have bought the votes."

THAT'S ERIC HARTSBURG --

AT ONE TIME ONE OF MITT ROMNEY'S BIGGEST SUPPORTERS.

BUT HE SAYS HE'S UPSET ROMNEY SAYS PRESIDENT OBAMA WON THE ELECTION BY GIVING GROUPS, QUOTE, "GIFTS."

SO --

IN A FEW WEEKS HE'LL FLY OUT TO L-A AND GET A GIFT HIMSELF.

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CANTERBURY-VOTOPS

MEANWHILE THE CANTERBURY SCHOOL IS LOOKING FOR THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ON SATURDAY NIGHT.

LAST YEAR THEY WON THE 6-MAN TITLE. THIS YEAR IT'S 7-MAN FOOTBALL.

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FSU NOLES-POPMON

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BAMA GEORGIA-VOTOPS

WHILE THE ACC TITLE GAME ISN'T GETTING MUCH BUZZ. THE SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IS.

GEORGIA AND ALABAMA GO AT IT ON SATURDAY. FROM ATLANTA. WINNER IS OFF TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

BAMA GEORGIA-SOTVO

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WILL MUSCHAMP WILL NOT BE IN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR. ALTHOUGH SOME THINK HE SHOULD.

WHERE HE WILL BE THIS MONDAY. IS AT HARBORSIDE EVENT CENTER IN FORT MYERS.

WORLD CHALLENGE-VOTOPS

TOSS TO BREAK-POP

NEIMAN TARGET-VOTOPS

THE HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED TARGET AND NEIMAN MARCUS HOLIDAY COLLECTION DEBUTS IN STORES TOMORROW.

YOU MIGHT EVEN CALL TOMORROW "BULLSEYE SATURDAY.:

THE COLLECTION FEATURES LIMITED EDITION ITEMS FROM MARC JACOBS, TORY BURCH, AND DIANE VON FURSTENBERG -- AMONG OTHERS.

HOLIDAY FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS-VO SS

JOIN THE ABC 7 TEAM FOR THE 2012 HOLIDAY FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS IN CAPE CORAL TOMORROW.

THIS IS VIDEO FROM LAST YEAR'S BIG EVENT.

WE'LL ALL BE THERE FOR THE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY THAT STARTS AT 6.

YOU CAN WATCH IT LIVE RIGHT HERE ON ABC 7 NEWS AT 6-THIRTY.

BUT THERE ARE EVENTS ALL DAY BEGINNING AT 4--

INCLUDING A 20-TON SNOW DRIFT SLIDE, TINY TOTS TRAIN RIDE, AND PICTURES WITH SANTA.

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