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HL1 DANIELS PARKWAY-VOTOPS

MORE TRAFFIC TROUBLE FOR DRIVERS ON DANIELS PARKWAY.

TONIGHT --

HL2 DOLPHIN ATTACK-NATVO

nat's girl playing with dolphin from top of story

A HAPPY TRIP TO SEA WORLD TURNS INTO A DANGEROUS ENCOUNTER.

A DOLPHIN ATTACK CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

HL3 FM PARKING-VOTOPS

AND,

THE PRICE TO PARK IN DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS COULD BE GOING UP.

BREAKING CLIP-CLIP

FATAL CRASH UPDATE-ABC NAVITOPS

BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW AT SIX --

WE NOW KNOW THE NAME OF THE MAN KILLED IN A CRASH LAST NIGHT IN ALVA.

THE LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TELLS US 27-YEAR-OLD PEDRO RAMIREZ WAS KILLED AT PALM BEACH BOULEVARD AND HICKEY CREEK ROAD LAST NIGHT.

HE IS FROM LABELLE.

DEPUTIES SAY RAMIREZ WAS SPEEDING AND DID NOT HAVE HIS HEADLIGHTS ON.

HE HIT A TRUCK WITH THREE PEOPLE INSIDE.

THEY SAY ALCOHOL MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR FOR BOTH DRIVERS.

DANIELS ROAD WORK-OC

WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH AN ABC-7 TRAFFIC ALERT -

GOOD EVENING, I'M ALEX BOYER. CREWS ARE PREPARING TO SHUTDOWN PARTS OF DANIELS PARKWAY - AGAIN. IN ORDER TO FINISHING REPAIRING THE DAMAGED ROADWAY.

DANIELS ROAD WORK-LIVE

WE'RE ABOUT 2 HOURS AWAY BEFORE RESURFACING BEGINS.TRAFFIC IS STILL MOVING SMOOTHLY AT THIS HOUR.

DANIELS ROAD WORK-MINI PKG

VO:

WORKERS WILL RESURFACE THE THREE EAST BOUND LANES OF DANIELS PARKWAY STARTING TONIGHT AT 8:00.

THE WORK SHOULD BE FINISHED BY 5 TOMORROW MORNING.

AS THIS STARTS, EXPECT ONE LANE TO BE CLOSED AT A TIME.

TWO LANES WILL REMAIN OPEN.

DANIELS ROAD WORK-FDOTTOPS

TRAFFIC STILL MOVING SMOOTHLY

THESE REPAIRS GO BACK TO WHEN CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT SLAMMED INTO THE OVERPASS EARLIER THIS MONTH.

COST FOR THE REPAIR PROJECT IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 750-THOUSAND DOLLARS.

BOIL WATER NOTICE OVER-OC

SOME GOOD NEWS TONIGHT FOR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN PORT CHARLOTTE -

A BOIL WATER NOTICE THAT WENT INTO EFFECT LATE LAST WEEK HAS BEEN LIFTED.

AS MANY AS 30-THOUSAND CUSTOMERS FELL UNDER THAT NOTICE.

TESTS FOR BACTERIA IN THE WATER CAME BACK TODAY SHOWING THE WATER IS SAFE TO DRINK.

AFGHAN ATTACK-VO

NEW TONIGHT AT SIX --

THE TALIBAN HAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR AN ATTACK ON A KEY AMERICAN AIRFIELD IN EASTERN AFGHANISTAN.

MULTIPLE SUICIDE BOMBERS ATTACKED THE BASE AND STARTED A GUN BATTLE THAT LASTED AT LEAST TWO HOURS.

OFFICIALS SAY TWO AFGHAN CIVILIANS AND THREE AFGHAN SPECIAL FORCES WERE KILLED -- THOUGH IT IS STILL NOT CLEAR OF ANY OF THE DEAD WERE ACTUALLY BOMBERS IN DISGUISE.

DOWNTOWN FM PARKING-OC

DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS PARKING RATES HAVEN'T "CHANGED" IN FIVE YEARS --

BUT NOW CITY LEADERS SAY THEY NEED MORE OF *YOUR "CHANGE."

THEY SAY THEY NEED THE MONEY FOR MORE PARKING PROJECTS -- INCLUDING A BRAND NEW PARKING GARAGE.

DOWNTOWN FM PARKING-PKG

KC FANS MOVE FORWARD-VO

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS FANS RETURNED TO ARROWHEAD STADIUM TODAY FOR THE FIRST GAME FOLLOWING YESTERDAY'S SHOCKING MURDER-SUICIDE INVOLVING LINEBACKER JOVAN BELCHER.

POLICE SAY THE 25-YEAR-OLD SHOT AND KILLED THE MOTHER OF HIS THREE-MONTH-OLD CHILD.

BELCHER THEN SHOWED UP AT THE TEAM'S PRACTICE FACILITY. WHERE HE SHOT AND KILLED HIMSELF.

THE FRANCHISE HAS BEEN DEALING WITH A SERIES OF CONTROVERSIES AND EIGHT CONSECUTIVE LOSSES.

DERAILMENT UPDATE-VOTOPS

HEAVY FOG DELAYED PLANS TO START CLEARING A TRAIN DERAILMENT THAT CAUSED A HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL SPILL IN NEW JERSEY.

ON FRIDAY, THE TRAIN CRASHED, RELEASING A CHEMICAL IN TO THE AIR, FORCING AN EVACUATION OF THE AREA. 70 PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

MANNING TRIAL DELAYED-VOTOPS

THE TRIAL OF AN ARMY PRIVATE CHARGED WITH SENDING U-S. SECRETS TO THE WEBSITE "WIKI LEAKS" IS BEING PUSHED BACK.

THIS IS VIDEO OF BRADLEY MANNING ARRIVING AT A PRE-TRIAL HEARING EARLIER TODAY.

THAT'S WHERE A MILITARY JUDGE ANNOUNCED THE TRAIL WOULD BE DELAYED BY A MONTH.

IT WAS SET TO BEGIN IN FEBRUARY.

DOLPHIN BITES GIRL-NATVO

INCREDIBLE NEW VIDEO TODAY OUT OF ORLANDO --

A LITTLE GIRL'S DREAM OF FEEDING A DOLPHIN TURNED INTO A NIGHTMARE.

kid playing nats

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS,

EIGHT YEAR-OLD JILLIAN THOMAS WAS FEEDING A DOLPHIN AT THE PARK'S DOLPHIN COVE WHEN THIS HAPPENED.

SHE LIFTED A TRAY FULL OFF FOOD AND THE DOLPHIN BIT INTO HER ARM,

NEARLY DRAGGING HER IN.

THE PARK WARNS PEOPLE NOT TO LIFT THE FOOD TRAYS.

THE GIRL NOW HAS DIME-SIZED BITE MARKS ON HER ARM.

NH CUSTODY-VOTOPS

A COUPLE ARRESTED LAST WEEK AT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS IN ORLANDO ARE NOW BACK IN NEW HAMPSHIRE --

FACING CHILD ENDANGERMENT CHARGES.

FEDERAL MARSHALS SPENT TWO WEEKS SEARCHING FOR JESSICA LINSCOTT AND HER BOYFRIEND --

THEY ARE ACCUSED OF BRUTALLY BEATING AND BURNING LINSCOTT'S THREE-YEAR-OLD BOY.

THE CHILD IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL.

MIAMI INVESTIGATION-OC

POLICE IN MIAMI ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A CORRECTIONAL OFFICER. THEY SAY HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN HIS OWN DRIVEWAY SATURDAY NIGHT.

THE VICTIM, 46-YEAR-OLD ANDREW JOHNSON WAS A 10 YEAR VETERAN OF MIAMI-DADE CORRECTIONS.

FISCAL CLIFF-VO

WE ARE NOW 30 DAYS AWAY FROM THE SO-CALLED "FISCAL CLIFF" WHEN PRE-SET TAX HIKES AND BUDGET CUTS ARE SET TO TAKE EFFECT NATIONWIDE --

THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH REPUBLICANS WHO CONTROL THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN TO HEAD OFF THE MAJOR CHANGES.

THE MAIN STICKING POINT IS HIGHER TAX RATES ON HIGHER-INCOME AMERICANS.

FISCAL CLIFF-SOTVO

sot

Timothy Geithner

There's no reason why 98% of Americans have to see their taxes go up because

some members of congress on the republican side want to block tax rate

increases for 2% of the wealthiest Americans.

sot

Rep. John Boehner

House Speaker

"I was flabbergasted. I looked him and said, "You can't be serious. I've

just never seen anything like it."

THE BOTH SIDES DO NOT REACH A DEAl,

THE AVERAGE AMERICAN FAMILY OF FOUR WOULD SEE ITS TAXES GO UP BY ABOUT TWO-

COMING UP NEXT-CLIP

TEASE ONE---

PUTTING THE ROAD, IN ROADEO!

WATCH SOME MODERN DAY COWBOYS COMPETE,

REPLACING BUCKING BRONCOS WITH BUSSES!

YOU CAN'T MISS THIS.

PLUS,

THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING A NEW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

A LEETRAN ROADEO-VO-WIPE

B MERRY MATLACHA-VOTOPS

MERRY MATLACHA-OC

MATLACHA NOW HAS IT'S OWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE --

TO CELBRATE THAT, THE COMMUNITY WAS INVITED TO ITS FIRST EVER TOWN-WIDE EVENT.

BUT, WHILE THE GOAL IS TO SPUT ON NEW BUSINESS --

A-B-C SEVEN'S LEIGH DANA EXPLAINS,

MERRY MATLACHA-PKG

IF YOU "SPEND A DAY IN MATLACHA"

THIS IS WHAT YOU'LL FIND:

COVER @ 36:33 the town is really quaint

BRIGHTLY-COLORED BUILDINGS

36:46 it reminds me of key west

UNIQUE ART, LITTLE SHOPS AND A FISHING VILLAGE.

AND NOW, THERE'S A GROUP TO PROMOTE ALL OF IT.

LEOMA LOVEGROVE IS A BUSINESS OWNER.AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE NEW MATLACHA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

leoma lovegrove/ matlacha chamber president

21:17 matlacha needs a voice

22:52 we want to capture the person looking for a vacation before they get here

THIS WEEKEND - THE CHAMBER HELD ITS FIRST OFFICAL EVENT.

23:30 / leoma

it's called merry matlacha. It will be held every weekend for the month of december

leigh dana

45:13 from art galleries, to seafood restaurants, so far 14 out of about 100 businesses have joined the chamber

IT'S FREE FOR BUSINESSES TO JOIN --

BUT SOME OWNERS, DON'T THINK THERE'S A NEED FOR IT.

MANY OF THE MATLACHA BUSINESSES ARE ALREADY INVOLVED IN THE GREATER PINE ISLAND CHAMBER.

10:21 steve timcak, president-elect, greater pine island chamber

all the publicity is good, but I feel as a community, our chamber of commerce is enough. And we'd be better served if we all join together towards the same goal

leoma lovegrove/ matlacha chamber president

25:45 I think what Matlacha has that the other chamber doesn't have is we are totally focusing on Matlacha

A FOCUS ON MATLACHA,

23:14 we're trying to get up on the search engines

THAT LOVEGROVE HOPES WILL GO VIRAL.

LEETRAN ROADEO-VO

LEETRAN BUS DRIVERS PUT THEIR SKILLS TO THE TEST.WITH AN EYE ON THE PRIZE.

TODAY MORE THAN 20 DRIVERS COMPETED IN THE ANNUAL ROADEO.

THERE WASN'T CATTLE -

INSTEAD 20 AND 40 FOOT BUSES.

THE DRIVERS HAD TO NAVIGATE THROUGH AN OBSTACLE COURSE WITHOUT TIPPING OVER ANY OF THE CONES.

MANY SAY WHILE IT'S GOOD PRACTICE FOR THE ROADS.

LEETRAN ROADEO-SOTVO

Tom marinell,

LeeTran Driver

"We've got some drivers from big metropolitan areas, Boston and NY. these guys have years of experience so were looking at tough competition today"

THERE WERE ACTUALLY TWO WINNERS THIS YEAR.

THEY ARE DANTE MARINELL AND BOB BLINKHORN.

TEASE TWO-OC

STILL AHEAD TONIGHT ON ABC7 --

IF YOU THOUGHT THE CROWDS ON BLACK FRIDAY WERE ROUGH --

YOU MAY WANT TO AVOID THIS STORE.

TEASE 2 2 TOYS R US-VOTOPS

FLOODING IN WINE COUNTRY-VOTOPS

FLOODING IN WINE COUNTRY!

THIS IS NEW VIDEO TONIGHT OF THE HEAVY RAIN HITTING NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

EMERGENCY OFFICIALS ARE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON SEVERAL RIVERS IN THE REGION THAT ARE UNDER FLOOD WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

DAYS OF HEAVY RAIN BEFORE THIS HAVE LEFT THE NAPA RIVER SWOLLEN IN SOME PLACES.

STORMWAR 7 OPEN-CLIP

WEATHER FORECAST-WX WALL

FULL WX

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

Nice Weather Here to Stay

December 1st was the official start to meteorological winter, but apparently mother nature didn't get the memo. Our highs on Sunday ran several degrees above average as most areas had daytime highs around 83.

If you enjoy it - fabulous - because mother nature will hit the repeat button as we go into our first full week of December.

Our warmest days this week will come on Monday and Tuesday. On those two days we'll see afternoon temperatures of 82 to 83 degrees. That warm up will come after starting the day off in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Very similar to Saturday and Sunday. After Tuesday we expect temperatures to drop by a couple of degrees. It'll still feel great, but the numbers will be closer to normal for early December. Average is 79 degrees and we'll see temps right around that.

We're seeing this warm up because high pressure sits on top of us from the bottom to the top of the atmosphere. The center of that high is very close, and the closer you are to the center. The warmer it'll be.

Why?

Well, air under a high sinks, and when that air sinks it compresses. Compressing air heats up. Thus, we get warm temperatures.

Come midweek, that high shifts to our east, and as a result our temperatures cool down.

We've seen a lot in the way of sunshine, too, because of that high pressure. Good news here - the sun isn't going anywhere. It's here to stay!

NOSE RING IN BURITTO-VO

A GEORGIA MOTHER IS OUTRAGED.

SHE SAYS SHE FOUND A NOSE RING IN HER DAUGHTER'S BREAKFAST BURRITO FROM MCDONALD'S.

FRANCES ROSARIO STOPPED BY A RESTAURANT IN LAWRENCEVILLE GEORGIA.

SHE HAD COUPONS FOR HER DAUGHTER'S BREAKFAST BURRITO.

SHE SAYS SHE OPENED IT UP AND FOUND A PIECE OF JEWELRY -- NOT JUST ANY JEWELRY, BUT A NOSE RING.

NOSE RING IN BURITTO-SOTVO

"And I turned it and I see this piece of jewelry sticking out.I'm like what the heck is this."

"My concern was if something happened, if she had swallowed it."

SHE COMPLAINED TO THE STORE"S MANAGER.

SHE EVEN CALLED CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS.

TEXT MESSAGE ANNIV-VO

FOR ANYONE WHO HAS EVER TEXTED OR TWEETED TOMORROW IS A BIG DAY -

IT'S THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST TEXT MESSAGE SENT TO A MOBLIE PHONE.

BRITISH ENGINEER NEIL PAPWORTH DID THE HONORS WHEN HE WAS 22 YEARS OLD.

HE SENT THE MESSAGE "MERRY CHRISTMAS" FROM HIS COMPUTER TO HIS FRIEND'S MOBILE PHONE.

THIS WAS BACK IN DECEMBER OF 1992.

HUMAN QR CODE-VOTOPS

AND HERE'S THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE.

YOU KNOW THOSE Q-R CODES YOU CAN SCAN WITH YOUR PHONE --

WELL MORE THAN A THOUSAND PEOPLE GATHERED IN TAIPEI FOR AN ATTEMPT TO CREATE THE WORLD'S LAREST *HUMAN Q-R CODE.

THEY USED UMBRELLAS TO MAKE IT WORK.

TOYS R US-VOTOPS

THE TOYS R US STORE IN NEW YORK'S TIMES SQUARE BEGAN A MARATHON RUN THIS MORNING.

THE STORE OPENED AT SEVEN A-M ---

IT WON'T CLOSE UNTIL THE NIGHT OF CHRISTMAS EVE.

THAT'S 543 CONSECUTIVE HOURS. LONGER THAN THE STORE'S HOLIDAY MARATHON LAST YEAR.

NEIMAN MARCUS-VOTOPS

TARGET AND NEIMAN MARCUS BOTH WANT IN ON THE HOLIDAY ACTION.

THEY HAVE LAUNCHED A JOIN HOLIDAY COLLECTION.

THE LIMITED COLLECTION OFFERS ITEMS FROM 24 DESIGNERS. LIKE JASON WU, TORY BURCH, AND ROBERT RODRIGUEZ. ON BOTH OF THE RETAILERS' WEBSITES, AND IN THEIR STORES.

PRICES RANGE FROM 7-99 TO 499-99.

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

CHIEFS PANTHERS-VOTOPS

LET'S KICK THIINGS OFF IN KANSAS CITY. WHERE THE CHIEFS WERE PLAYING WITH HEAVY HEARTS AFTER LINEBACKER. JOVAN BELCHER KILLED HIS GIRLFRIEND. THEN KILLED HIMSELF AT THE CHIEFS TEAM FACILITY. ON SATURDAY.

2ND QTR. KC ROCK. BRADY QUINN HOOKING UP WITH TONY MOEAKI. A 1 YARD STRIKE. 17-14

THEY DON'T LOOK BACK. WINNING 27-21. ON A DIFFICULT DAY IN KANSAS CITY

CHIEFS PANTHERS-SOTTOPS

FINS PATS-POPMON

FINS PATS-VOTOPS

DOLPHINS 5 AND 6 ON THE YEAR. NEEDING SOME WINS.

PATRIOTS NOT COOPERATING. TOM BRADY SLINGS IT TO WES WELKER. AND HE DOES THE REST. 7 YARDS FOR THE TOUCH. 14-3 PATS

FINS HANGING AROUND. RYAN TANNEHILL GOING TO KEEP IT HIMSELF. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. 2 YARD JAUNT. 17-10 PATS.

FINS PATS-SOTTOPS

TEXANS TITANS-VOTOPS

NEXT STOP. NASVILLE. TITANS AND TEXANS.

1ST QTR. HOUSTON GOING TO WORK. MATT SHAUB GIVES IT A RIDE. LASTAR JEAN. ON THE OTHER END WORKS THE SIDELINES FOR 6. 7-3 HOUSTON

JETS CARDINALS-VOTOPS

JETS HAVE BEEN A MESS THIS SEASON. TAKING ON ARIZONA.

MARK SANCHEZ. FIRST THROW OF THE GAME IS A BAD ONE. HE GETS PICK. AND HE GETS BENCHED.

FORMER ALABAMA QUARTERBACK GREG MCILROY COMES IN. ROLLS AND FIRES TO JEFF CUMBERLAND.

SKIP HOLTZ-POPMON

MUSCHAMP-VOTOPS

LAST YEAR HOLTZ WAS IN FORT MYERS SPEAKING AT THE CARRIGAN ALL-STAR CLASSIC.

WHICH FEATURES THE BEST HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

ON MONDAY. GATORS HEAD COACH WILL MUSCHAMP WILL BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER. THAT'S AT THE HARBORSIDE EVENT CENTER

MUSCHAMP. AND COMPANY WILL HAVE ABOUT A MONTH OFF UNTIL THEIR BOWL GAME. MOSTLY LIKE THE SUGAR BOWL.

MUSCHAMP-SOTTOPS

COLLEGE FOOTBALL-CGTOPS

HERE'S A LOOK AT THE TOP 25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL POLL.

NOTRE DAME AND ALABAMA ARE 1.2

CHRIS SALE-VOTOPS

IT'S A BIG NIGHT ON THE CAMPUS OF FGCU.

IT'S THE 3RD ANNUAL NIGHT AT THE NEST.

A NUMBER OF PRO ATHLETES ON HAND. INCLUDING WHITE SOX PITCHER. CHRIS SALE. WHO IS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER.

CHRIS SALE-SOTTOPS

WORLD CHALLENGE-POPMON

WORLD CHALLENGE-VOTOPS

FINAL STOP. THE WORLD CHALLENGE.

KEEGAN BRADLEY. HE'LL BE NAPLES LATER THIS WEEK. AT THE FRANKLIN TEMPLETON SHOOTOUT. FINISHED 3 SHOTS BACK. AT 14 UNDER.

SPORTS WRAP-POPMON

GOODBYE-3SHOT