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HL1) FIRE BOAT-NATVO

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SAVING LIVES ON THE OPEN WATER.

HL2) GUN LAWS COSTAS-SOTVO

IF JOVAN BELCHER DIDN'T POSSESS A GUN, HE AND KASANDRA PERKINS WOULD BOTH BE ALIVE TODAY

CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTS FROM A WELL KNOWN SPORTS ANCHOR --

HL3) ROYAL PREGNANT-VOTOPS

AND THE ROYAL COUPLE IS EXPECTING --

BUT COULD THEY BE EXPECTING TWINS?!

WHY MEDICAL EXPERTS ARE EXPECTING A SNAG IN THE LINE OF SUCCESSION.

NEWS OPEN-CLIP

DOWNTOWN PARKING CHANGES-OC

ALL NEW TONIGHT AT 11,

IT'S GOING TO COST YOU MORE TO GO DOWNTOWN!

AND SOME ARE ARGUING PAYING MORE TO PARK WILL STOP PEOPLE FROM VISITING DOWTOWN BUSINESSES.

A-B-C SEVEN'S JULIAN JOHNSON JOINS US LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS.

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COURTNEY THIS IS IN GARAGES AND PAID LOTS --

SO CITY OFFICIALS ARGUE THE INCREASE IS NOT THAT BAD.

WHILE SOME BUSINESSES FEAR IT COULD HURT THEIR BOTTOM LINE.

DOWNTOWN PARKING CHANGES-VO

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TONIGHT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED HIKES TO MONTHLY GARAGE PARKING GOING FROM 50 TO 55 DOLLARS.

AND ALSO SPECIAL EVENT PARKING.

WHICH WILL INCREASE FROM FOUR DOLLARS TO FIVE.

DOWNTOWN PARKING CHANGES-SOT OC

1:17-25 "increase demand from all the new businesses coming in, and the demand for parking on nights weekdns and special event days it was time to look at the rates once again"

46:49-56 "we finally have it the way we've been looking for it for years and I hope it doesn't discourage people from coming downtown"

DOWNTOWN PARKING CHANGES-LIVE-REM 7

SPECIAL EVENT ORGANIZERS WILL NOW ALSO BE ALLOWED TO CHARGE A FIVE DOLLAR SURCHARGE.

THE CHANGES WILL BE IN PLACE AROUND THE NEW YEAR

ROAD RENAME TALKS-VOTOPS

ALSO ON THE AGENDA --

FORT MYERS CITY LEADERS DISCUSSED RE-NAMING A PORTION OF EVANS AVENUE TO HONOR A MAN WHO LOST HIS LIFE TRYING TO HELP OTHERS.

CURTIS SMITH DIED IN 1998, TWO DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS.

THE GROUNDSKEEPER WAS TRYING TO SAVE TWO PEOPLE FROM DROWNING IN LAKE OKEECHOBEE.

BOTH HE AND THE MAN HE WAS TRYING TO RESCUE DIED.

THE MAN'S SON SURVIVED -- HE'S NOW 23.

DUNN SENTENCING DAY 1-VO

HE MURDERED HIS WIFE INSIDE A BUSY CAPE CORAL DAYCARE --

TONIGHT ROBERT DUNN FACES THE DEATH PENALTY.

LAST WEEK A JURY FOUND DUNN GUILTY OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER

TODAY JURORS BEGAN HEARING TESTIMONY TO HELP THEM DECIDE HIS FATE.

DUNN SENTENCING DAY 1-SOTVO

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"she wasn't prom queen or on the honor roll, but we couldn't have had a more perfect daughter" "he was very quiet, he was lost. he was - he didn't really have friends that I remember."

DEFENSE ATTORNEYS ARGUE DUNN IS BIPOLAR AND HAS A FAMILY HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS.

THEY SAY HE SHOULD GET LIFE IN PRISON.

KC CHIEFS SHOOTING UPDATE-SOTVO

TONIGHT,

RELATIVES OF KANSAS CITY CHIEFS LINEBACKER JOVAN BELCHER ARE SPEAKING OUT.

TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF THIS WEEKEND'S TRAGIC MURDER-SUICIDE.

AUNT SOT -- "WE ARE OVERWHELMED WITH BOTH SADNESS AND CONFUSION."

BELCHER SHOT AND KILLED HIS GIRLFRIEND KASSANDRA PERKINS SATURDAY --

THEN HE DROVE TO THE TEAM'S TRAINING FACILITY AND SHOT HIMSELF IN FRONT OF HIS COACH AND GENERAL MANAGER.

KC CHIEFS SHOOTING UPDATE NFL BRAINS-VOTOPS

SOME BLAME INJURIES BELCHER TOOK ON THE FIELD.

A NEW STUDY RELEASED TODAY LOOKED AT 85 BRAINS DONATED BY THE FAMILES OF FOMER ATHLETES.

IT SHOWED 34 FORMER HAD C-T-E,

KC CHIEFS SHOOTING UPDATE-SOTVO

IF JOVAN BELCHER DIDN'T POSSESS A GUN, HE AND KASANDRA PERKINS WOULD BOTH BE ALIVE TODAY."

N-B-C BROADCASTER BOB COSTAS DREW THE IRE OF GUN RIGHTS ADVOCATES DURING HIS HALFTIME SEGMENT ON "SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL."

HE WAS PARAPHRASING FOX SPORTS COLUMNIST JASON WHITLOCK.

LOCAL REACT GUN LAWS-SOTVO

3:15 guns dont kill people, people kill people:16:18 guns are a nice thing to have in the house gives you a piece of mind if someone comes in you have a line of defense to save your family:27

A HANDFUL OF GROUPS LIKE THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS DID COME OUT IN FAVOR OF THE REMARKS.

FISCAL CLIFF UPDATE-VO

LESS THAN A MONTH! --

THERE ARE JUST 29 DAYS UNTIL AMERICA COULD GO OVER THE SO-CALLED "FISCAL CLIFF."

MOST REPUBLICANS HAVE REJECTED THE PRESIDENT"S PLAN TO INCREASE TAXES ON THE TOP TWO PERCENT OF TAXPAYERS.

TODAY HOUSE SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER SENT THE PRESIDENT A COUNTER OFFER.

THE REPUBLICANS PLAN OFFERS A TOTAL OF TWO-POINT-TWO TRILLION DOLLARS IN DEFICIT REDUCTION OVER THE NEXT DECADE --

BUT NO TAX INCREASE FOR THE TOP EARNERS.

THE WHITE HOUSE HAS REJECTED THAT OFFER.

FIRE BOAT LAUNCH-NATVO

TODAY CHARLOTTE COUNTY E-M-S SHOWED OFF IT'S NEW BOAT --THE "MARINE 2".

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45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR THAT'S HOW LONG IT TAKES CHARLOTTE COUNTY EMERGENCY WORKERS TO REACH THOSE IN NEED IN THE CHARLOTTE HARBOR.

FIRE BOAT LAUNCH-SOTVO

MARINE TWO IS THE FIRST BOAT IN THE AREA THAT CAN FIGHT FIRES AND PROVIDE MEDICAL HELP.

CHECK THIS OUT--- IT CAN SPRAY 1,000 GALLONS OF WATER PER MINUTE.

IT'S POWERED BY 200 TO 300 HORSEPOWER.

"MARINE 2" IS THE COUNTY'S THIRD RESCUE BOAT.

MATLACHA BRIDGE DEMO-NATVO

PIECE BY PIECE,

CREWS ARE TEARING APART THE THE OLD MATLACHA BRIDGE.

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CONTRACTORS TELL US THE HEAVIEST LIFTING BEGAN TODAY.

SOME OF THE CONCRETE SLABS WEIGH 22- THOUSAND POUNDS A PIECE.

THAT CONCRETE IS NOT GOING TO WASTE EITHER --

CHUNKS OF THE BRIDGE WILL ACTUALLY BE RE-USED TO CREATE AN ARTIFICIAL REEF.

VR LABS EXTENSION-VO

NEW DEVELOPMENTS TONIGHT IN THE SAGA BETWEEN V-R LABS AND LEE COUNTY.

THE COUNTY GAVE THE COMPANY A 5 MILLION DOLLAR GRANT TO CREATE JOBS AND BUILD A FACILITY TO PRODUCE ITS BOTANICAL PHARMACEUTICALS.

TONIGHT. V-R LABS IS ASKING FOR ANOTHER EXTENSION.

BY THE END OF THIS YEAR THE COMPANY PROMISED TO CREATE 40 JOBS.SO FAR V-R LABS HAS HIRED 8.

IT AGREED TO HIRE 208 BY 2016.

V-R LABS NOW WANTS THE DEADLINE PUSHED BACK TO 2017.

COMPANY REPS POINT TO STALLED WORK AT ITS NEW FACILITY.

OSPREY SHOT-VO

A RARE BIRD SHOT LATE LAST MONTH HAS BEEN RELEASED BACK INTO THE WILD.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE RARE OSPREY.

VETS HAD TO LEAVE A PELLET IN ITS WING BECAUSE THEY WERE WORRIED REMOVING IT WOULD CAUSE PERMANENT DAMAGE.

THIS WAS THE *SECOND OSPREY SHOT IN PUNTA GORDA ISLES IN THE LAST MONTH --

THE OTHER DIED.

FLU SEASON-VO

FLU SEASON IS HERE --

AND HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THIS ONE COULD BE BAD.

THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION SAYS ITS SEEING REPORTS OF ONE PROMINENT STRAIN OF THE FLU.

THE C-D-C ALSO SAYS THE FLU SHOT IS AN EXCELLENT MATCH TO FIGHT WHAT'S GOING AROUND.

SO FAR FLU ACTIVITY IS HIGHEST IN THE GULF STATES -- BUT NOT IN FLORIDA.

FLU SEASON-SOTVO

SOT Dr. Joseph Gigante, Vanderbilt University "I think very important to let viewers know it's never too late to get the flu vaccine so if you haven't been vaccinated for the flu go ahead and get vaccinated as soon as possible."

THERE'S NO CONCERN OVER A VACCINE SHORTAG3E.

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TEASE ONE------------

STILL AHEAD AT 11,

THE ROYAL SECRET IS OUT --

DUCHESS KATE IS PREGNANT.

BUT COULD SHE ACTUALLY BE EXPECTING TWINS?

DOCTORS SAY THE PROOF IS IN HER MORNING SICKNESS.

PLUS --

ARE THESE BABIES FIGHTING,

OR PLAYING.

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER -- AN INTIMATE LOOK AT TWINS BEFORE BIRTH,.

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AND BABY MAKES THREE --

OR FOUR DEPENDING ON WHO YOU ASK.

THE ROYAL COUPLE IS EXPECTING --

AND SOME DOCTORS SAY DUCHESS KATE IS SHOWING SIGNS THAT THE STORK WILL BRING TWINS!

THAT'S IN JUST 30 SECOND AFTER YOUR FLORIDA LOTTERY NUMBERS.

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KATE PREGNANT-OC

IN TONIGHT'S A-B-C SEVEN EXTRA,

AFTER MONTHS OF SPECULATION --

"IS SHE, OR ISN'T SHE" --

WE HAVE OUR ANSWER --

THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE KATE MIDDLETON *IS PREGNANT.

SHE IS EXPECTING HER FIRST CHILD -- AND IF SOME DOCTORS ARE RIGHT --

KATE PREGNANT-PKG

THE LAST TIME THE WORLD SAW KATE MIDDLETON WAS ON FRIDAY.A PICTURE OF

HEALTH.PLAYING FIELD HOCKEY.

NOW WE LEARN THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE.IS PREGNANT.AND HOSPITALIZED FOR A SEVERE FORM OF MORNING SICKNESS.

THE PALACE TODAY SAYING "AS THE PREGNANCY IS IN ITS VERY EARLY STAGES, HER

ROYAL HIGHNESS IS EXPECTED TO STAY IN HOSPITAL FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND WILL

REQUIRE A PERIOD OF REST THEREAFTER.".

THIS FORM OF MORNING SICKNESS - DEBILITATES AN EXPECTING MOTHER -

CAUSING SEVERE VOMITING, WEIGHT LOSS AND DEHYDRATION.

IT AFFECTS ABOUT TWO PERCENT OF ALL PREGNANCIES AND HAD WOMEN ACROSS THE GLOBE CHIMING IN.

IN FACT A-B-C'S SHARYN ALFONSI EXPERIENCED IT.

SOT "SHARON ALFONSI - IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN MORNING SICKNESS, YOU ARE SICK

MORNING NOON AND NIGHT. YOU'RE NOT THROWING UP A COUPLE TIMES A DAY, YOU'RE

THROWING UP 2 DOZEN TIMES A DAY, YOU CAN'T KEEP ANYTHING DOWN."

KATE IS LIKELY LESS THAN 12 WEEKS PREGNANT.

.IN MOST CASES THE CONDITION WILL EASE AFTER 16 WEEKS. DOCTORS SAY THE SICKNESS CAN ALSO GIVE A HINT ABOUT THE BABY.

STUDIES SHOW MOTHER'S THAT EXPERIENCE IT HAVE SLIGHTLY HIGHER ODDS OF CARRYING A GIRL.OR TWINS.

AND IF THERE ARE TWINS - AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A C-SECTION -- DOCTORS TELL US - IT IS CLEAR THAT ONE WILL NEED TO BE DELIVERED FIRST AND THUS THE FIRST IN LINE.

SOT " INGRID SEWARD SOT - THE FIRST CHILDS BORN GETS TO BE THE 3RD IN LINE TO THE

THRONE."

EVER SINCE THE FAIRYTALE WEDDING, 18 MONTHS AGO, THE WORLD HAS BEEN WATCHING

FOR A BABY BUMP.

KATE PREGNANT-VOTOPS

RIGHT NOW THE ROYAL LINE OF SUCCESSION IS PRINCE CHARLES.THEN PRINCE WILLIAM. FOLLOWED BY HIS BROTHER PRINCE HARRY.

REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WILL AND KATE HAVE A BOY OR A GIRL -

BABIES FIGHTING IN WOMB-VOTOPS

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS --

VIDEO PROOF THAT SIBLING RIVALRIES CAN BEGIN IN THE WOMB.

RESEARCHERS IN LONDON TOOK THIS INCREDIBLE VIDEO USING A SPECIAL KIND OF M-R-I.

YOU CAN SEE THE FETUSES KICKING AT EACH OTHER WITH THEIR FEET.

DOCTORS EXPECT CINEMATIC-M-R-I TECHNOLOGY TO BECOME MORE COMMON IN FUTURE.

UNLIKE CAT SCANS --

CHARCO FILM GUY-VO

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA --

MEET CHARLOTTE COUNTY FLORIDA.

COUNTY LEADERS ARE LOOKING TO ATTRACT FILM, TELEVISION AND COMMERCIAL PRODUCTIONS TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

THEY SAY WITH ITS BEACHES AND CITIES -- CHARLOTTE COUNTY IS THE PREFECT BACK-DROP FOR A HOLLYWOOD PRODUCTION.

TO SPREAD THE WORD -- COMMISSIONERS HIRED A VETERAN FILM DIRECTOR.

NEW INFO HOMELESS GUY-VOTOPS

WE ARE LEARNING MORE TONIGHT ABOUT THE HOMELESS MAN IN THIS PICTURE,

LAST WEEK WE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE NEW YORK POLICE OFFICER WHO GAVE A PAIR OF BOOTS TO THIS SHOE-LESS MAN IN TIMES SQUARE.

IT TURNS OUT THAT MAN, WHOSE NAME IS JEFFREY HILLMAN, IS NOT HOMELESS.

HE ACTUALLY HAS AN APARTMENT IN THE BRONX AND COLLECTS SOCIAL SECURITY.

HE'S PART OF A HOMELESS OUTREACH PROGRAM THAT HELPS PEOPLE GET OFF THE STREETS.

HILLMAN ALSO HAS A LIFETIME FEDERAL HOUSING VOUCHER AS A MILITARY VETERAN.

NASA DISCOVERY-VO

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LAST WEEK NASA SCIENTISTS ANNOUNCED THE MARS ROVER HAD MADE A DISCOVERY THAT WAS QUOTE "ONE FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS."

WELL, YOU CAN PUT THOSE BOOKS AWAY NOW.

THE MARS ROVER CURIOSITY'S RECENTS TESTS OF SOIL SAMPLES SHOW *NO SIGNS OF MARS.

INSTEAD THE ROVER DETECTED WATER, SULFER AND A MIX OF OTHER CHEMICALS.

MYSTERY MONKEY BEHIND BARS-VO

THE MYSTERY MONKEY OF TAMPA HAS A NEW NAME AND A NEW HOME.

HE'S NOW CALLED CORNELIUS.

HE WAS CAPTURED LAST MONTH AND SPENT THE LAST 30 DAYS IN QUARANTINE.

HE'S NOW KEPT INSIDE A PRIVATE ENCLOSURE AT DADE CITY WILD THINGS.

YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT IS THE SAME ZOO THAT LETS YOU SWIM WITH TIGERS.

MYSTERY MONKEY BEHIND BARS-SOTVO

here he can get the medical. safest that we know

SOX TIX-VO OC

BASEBALL SEASON IS JUST A FEW MONTHS AWAY,

AND FANS ARE ALREADY LINING UP TO BUY TICKETS AT THE RED SOX'S NEW SPRING TRAINING FACILITY,.

THIS IS THE SCENE OUTSIDE JET BLUE PARK.

SPRING TRAINING TICKETS DON'T GO ON SALE UNTIL THIS SATURDAY --

BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE TAKING A WEEK OFF OF WORK TO HOLD THEIR SPOT.

LAST DECEMBER FANS HAD TO GET THEIR TICKETS AT THE CITY OF PALMS FACILITY --

MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE WAITED IN LINE THEN.

FANS OF THE MINNESOTA TWINS AND TAMPA BAY RAYS WILL HAVE TO WAIT.

SINGLE GAME TICKETS FOR THE TWINS WON'T GO ON SALE UNTIL JANUARY 12TH.

SPORTS TOSS-POP EST

TEASE TWO-POP

HEISMAN TROPHY FINALIST NAMED. HEAR FROM ONE OF THEM. DOZENS LEGENDARY ATHLETES IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. PLAYING GOLF AND RAISING MONEY.

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MUSCHAMP-SOTTOPS

MUSCHAMP-POPMON

MUSCHAMP-VOTOPS

AN 11-1 SEASON AND A TRIP TO THE SUGAR BOWL WILL EARN YOU SOME FANS.

TONIGHT MUSCHAMP WAS SPEAKING AT THE CARRIGAN CLASSIC BANQUET. FEATURING THE BEST FOOTBALL PLAYERS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA

THAT ALL-STAR GAME WILL BE SATURDAY NIGHT.

MUSCHAMP-SOTTOPS

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CONITNUE VO

HEISMAN-POPMON

HEISMAN-VOTOPS

KANSAS STATE QUARTERBACK COLIN KLINE AND NOTRE DAME LINEBACKER MANTI TA'O. HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

THOSE TWO. ALONG WITH MANZIEL ARE THE 3 FINALIST FOR THE HEISMAN.

HEISMAN-SOTOPS

ART OF THE OLYMPIANS-VOTTOPS

NO HEISMAN TROPHY WINNERS ON THE GOLF COURSE TODAY IN BONITA SPRINGS.BUT THERE WAS PLENTY OF STAR POWER.

MORE THAN 50 CELEBRITY ATHLETES. INCLUDING PRO FOOTBALL AND NBA HALL OF FAMERS. AND A NUMBER OF OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST

ALL ON HAND TODAY FOR THE ART OF THE OLYMPIANS PRO AM GOLF TOURNAMENT

ART OF THE OLYMPIANS-SOTTOPS

LEBRON JAMES-POMON

LEBRON JAMES-VOTOPS

FOR ALL THAT HE DID. LEBRON HAS BEEN NAMED SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SPORTSMAN OF THET YEAR.

JAMES IS JUST ONE OF 6 NBA STARS TO WIN THE AWARD.

LEBRON JAMES-SOTTOPS

RED SOX-VOTOPS

IT LOOKS LIKE THE RED SOX ARE STARTING THE REBUILDING PROCESS.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS REPORTING THE SOX HAVE SIGNED TEXAS SLUGGER MIKE NAPOLI TO A 3 YEAR DEAL WORTH 39 MILLION.

TWO YEARS AGO NAPOLI HAD A MONSTER SEASON HITTING 320 WITH 30 HOMERUNS.

AROD-VOTOPS

SPEAKING OF BASEBALL. ALEX RODRIGUEZ WILL START THE SEASON ON THE DISABLED LIST.

AROD NEEDS TO HAVE SURGERY ON HIS HIP THAT WILL CAUSE HIM TO MISS MOST OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE SEASON.

TOSS TO BREAK-POP

GANGNAM CHRISTMAS-NATVO

RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDERR --

I'M DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS --

FROSTY THE SNOWMAN --

THOSE ARE ALL GREAT CHRISTMAS SONGS --

AND, HERE'S ONE MORE -- GANGNAM STYLE.

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TAKE A LOOK AT THIS,

ONE HARD-WORKING ELF IN TEXAS COVERED HIS HOME WITH LIGHTS AND HAD THEM SYNC UP TO THE K-POP HIT.

THE DISPLAY HAS 25-THOUSAND L-E-D LIGHTS --

ORBITZ FM HOLIDAY-VOTOPS

THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS --

AND FORT MYERS WAS JUST NAMED ONE OF THE TOP TEN CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS DESTINATIONS FOR 20-12.

THE ORBITZ HOLIDAY TRAVEL INSIDER INDEX RANKED FORT MYERS THE SEVENTH BEST CHRISTMAS DESTINATION AND TENTH BEST FOR NEW YEARS.

THAT'S ABOVE CANCUN, SAN JUAN AND PHOENIX, ARIZONA.

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