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CANCELLATION FRUSTRATION! --

A DOCTOR ARRESTED AFTER HER FLIGHT IS CANCELED.

HOW SHE REACTED TO THE NEWS.

MORE THAN TWO DOZEN GUNS STOLEN FROM A NORTH FORT MYERS HOUSE!

NOW THEY ARE OUT ON YOUR STREETS.

HOW YOU CAN HELP FIND THEM --

AND GET THEM INTO SAFER HANDS.

AND,

YOUR GIFTS ARE *UNWRAPPED -- *UN-BOXED --

BUT WHAT ABOUT YOUR TRASH.

HL1) AIRPORT ALTERCATION-VOTOPS

HL2) STOLEN WEAPONS-VOTOPS

HL3) HIDE YOUR GIFTS-VOTOPS

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FIRST WEATHER-WX WALL

AIRPORT ALTERCATION-OC

THE WEATHER HAS RAMPED UP PROBLEMS AT AIRPORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

BUT THE AIRPORT IN FORT MYERS DEALT WITH A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PROBLEM TODAY.

COPS SAY A WOMAN BECAME SO FRUSTRATED HER FLIGHT WAS CANCELLED, SHE THREW A VIOLENT TANTRUM.

AIRPORT ALTERCATION-PKG

SINISA BRCINOVIC IS ONE OF MANY TRAVELERS ON HIS WAY HOME.

sot sinisa brcinovic, traveler

So far it's been great, no delays so I've been lucky."

NANA MIMURA WASN'T SO LUCKY.

HER 6:15 FLIGHT TO DETROIT- CANCELLED BECAUSE OF A SICK FLIGHT ATTENDANT.

SHE DIDN'T TAKE THE NEWS WELL.

ACCORDING TO THE PORT AUTHORITY POLICE REPORT-

MIMURA AND HER HUSBAND WERE ARGUING WITH A SPIRIT AIRLINES TICKET AGENT ABOUT THEIR DELAY.

WHEN POLICE ARRIVED HER HUSBAND BACKED OFF,

BUT ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, MIMURA REFUSED TO LEAVE THE TICKET COUNTER.

Sot sinisa brcinovic, traveler

I think that's extreme, she lost her cool while she should have maintained it."

POLICE SAY SHE CONTINUED YELLING AND SWEARING AT THEM AND THE SPIRIT ARLINES EMPLOYEE,

ALL WHILE TAKING PHOTOS OF THE STAFF WITH HER IPHONE AFTER BEING ASKED TO STOP.

A SPOKESPERSON FOR SPIRIT AIRLINES TELLS US

"'The customer and her husband requested a refund rather than waiting until this afternoon's flight, which we provided. She then started causing a disturbance. When police were called in, she was escorted away.'

MIMURA WAS FINALLY ARRESTED,

POLICE SAY FIGHTING WITH THEM WHILE THEY TRIED TO HANDCUFF HER.

MIMURA WAS TAKEN TO LEE COUNTY JAIL, CHARGED WITH TRESPASSING AND RESISTING ARREST WITHOUT VIOLENCE.

OTHER FLYERS UNDERSTAND HER FRUSTRATION,

BUT THINK SHE WENT TOO FAR.

Sot Paul Ainsley, traveler

I'd rather have my flight delayed and knw that I'm going to they there ok."

Sot sinisa brcinovic, traveler

If she was probably nicer to the workers here she might have gotten on the next flight instead of getting arrested."

AIRPORT ALTERCATION-OC

MIMURA IS OUT ON ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS BOND.

STOLEN WEAPONS-VO

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE SEARCHING FOR THREE THIEVES WHO STOLE MORE THAN TWO DOZEN FIREARMS FROM A NORTH FORT MYERS HOME.

IT HAPPENED JUST DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

THE THREE MEN SHOWN IN THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO TOOK 30 WEAPONS --

INCLUDING HIGH-POWERED ASSAULT RIFLES AND HANDGUNS.

THE CROOKS BACKED UP TO THE HOUSE IN A DARK TOYOTA CAMRY.

DEPUTIES SAY THEY SMASHED A WINDOW TO GET INSIDE.

STOLEN WEAPONS-SOTVO

"I really hope that they get all the guns, you know, even if we don't get them back. At least get all the guns off the streets because that's very unsafe for the children. There could be drive-bys and accidental killings and it's real bad. I feel horrible about it."

THE GUNS ARE PART OF A COLLECTION.

THE OWNER RESTORES AND SELLS FIREARMS FOR A LIVING.

IF YOU KNOW THE THREE MEN IN THE PICTURES, CALL CRIMESTOPPERS.

HOMELESS MAN TASERED-SS

CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THEY HAD TO REPEATEDLY SHOCK A HOMELESS MAN AFTER RESPONDING TO A BOGUS 9-1-1 CALL.

DEPUTIES FOUND ROBERT WHYTE IN FRONT OF A VACANT BUSINESS IN PORT CHARLOTTE YESTERDAY.

THEY TRIED TO ARREST WHYTE.

BUT THAT IS WHEN THEY SAY HE STARTED KICKING THEM AND TRIED TO RUN AWAY.

DEPUTIES TAZED HIM TWICE BEFORE GETTING HIM UNDER CONTROL.

DJJ OFFICER ARRESTED-OC

A PORT CHARLOTTE FAMILY IS STILL REELING TONIGHT --

THEY TELL US THEY WERE THE VICTIMS OF ROAD RAGE.

AND,

YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHO DEPUTIES SAY WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL.

A JUVENILE JUSTICE CORRECTIONS OFFICER!

IT ALL STARTED DURING A SIMPLE LANE CHANGE ON U-S 41.

DJJ OFFICER ARRESTED-PKG

NATS

A NICE NIGHT OUT WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND AND YOUNGEST SON ENDs IN A CHASE THROUGH CITY STREETS.

Steve Ruthven, Port Charlotte

"it was definitely road rage."

Steve ruthven SAYS TAMIKO ELLEN STARTED YELLING AT HIM FROM HER CAR AFTER THEY NEARLY COLLIDED AT US HIGHWAY 41 AND HARBORVIEW road.

Steve Ruthven, Port Charlotte

"I rolled my window down and said you almost hit me you came into my lane and she kept screaming obscenities and whatever."

JUST BEFORE HARBORVIEW MERGES FROM FOUR LANES TO TWO, RUTHVEN CLAIMS ELLEN THREW HER COFFEE AT HIS CAR.

Steve Ruthven, Port Charlotte

"it sounded like a huge rock or something hit the window, it was very loud."

AND BEFORE RUTHVEN COULD REACT, ARREST REPORTS SAY ELLEN SPED UP, and CUT HIM OFF, SWIPING THE SIDE OF HIS CAR.

Steve Ruthven, Port Charlotte

"she drove like a mad woman trying to get away from us."

IT DIDN'T WORK. WHILE ON THE PHONE WITH DISPATCHERS, RUTHVEN FOLLOWED ELLEN AWAY FROM THE SCENE GIVING DEPUTIES HER LOCATION.

THEY TRACKED DOWN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE EMPLOYEE AND ARRESTED HER.

THE RUTHVEN'S ARE ALL UNHARMED, BUT WISH THE RIDE HOME HAD GONE A LITTLE SMOOTHER.

Steve Ruthven, Port Charlotte

"it was not the ending to the day we were expecting, it was a nice day we had gone out to dinner."

DJJ OFFICER ARRESTED-OC

ELLEN IS OUT ON BOND.

WE COULDN'T TRACK HER DOWN TO COMMENT ON THE STORY.

BUSH LATEST-VO

FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH SENIOR IS STILL IN THE I-C-U TONIGHT -- AT A HOSPITAL IN HOUSTON.

HE IS BATTLING WHAT DOCTORS CALL A STUBBORN FEVER.

THE 88-YEAR-OLD IS LISTED IN "GUARDED" CONDITION.

THAT MEANS HE IS DOING BETTER THAN CRITICAL OR SERIOUS CONDITION.

BUT HE'S NOT AS STRONG AS STABLE CONDITION.

PRESIDENT BUSH HAS BEEN AT THE HOSPITAL FOR A MONTH.

BUSH TIES TO SWFL-VOTOPS

WE'RE TOLD THE OLDEST LIVING FORMER PRESISENT IS SURROUNDED BY FAMILY RIGHT NOW.

IT'S A FAMILY THAT HAS CLOSE TIES SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

PRESIDENT BUSH HAS ENJOYED MANY HOLIDAYS IN BOCA GRANDE.

THE GASPARILLA INN HAS LONG BEEN A FAVORITE VACATION SPOT FOR THE BUSH FAMILY.

FISCAL CLIFF LATEST-VO

THERE ARE JUST FIVE DAYS BEFORE THE NATION FALLS OVER THE FISCAL CLIFF --

AND TONIGHT, LAWMAKERS ARE NOT ANY CLOSER TO A DEAL.

THE SENATE RETURNED TO WORK TODAY IN A LAST GASP EFFORT TO FORGE AN AGREEMENT.

THE PRESIDENT, CUTTING HIS VACATION SHORT.

HE CALLED LEADERS OF BOTH PARTIES BEFORE HE RETURNED TO WASHINGTON.

HE BELIEVES THEY CAN NEGOTIATE A DEAL.

FISCAL CLIFF LATEST-SOTVO

REIDSOT 10 03 47 IF WE GO OVER THE CLIFF, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S WHERE WE

'RE HEADED, THE HOUSE/ THEY ARE NOT HERE IN WASHINGTON DC, THEY ARE NOT

HERE.

THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS NOT IN SESSION -- THEY PLAN TO RETURN TO WASHINGTON ON SUNDAY.

REID BLAMED REPUBLICANS, SPECIFICALLY HOUSE SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER, FOR THE PROBLEMS REACHING A BI-PARTISAN COMPROMISE.

DEADLY WINTER STORM UPDATE 1-VO

THE CHRISTMAS STORM THAT SLAMMED THE NATION'S MIDSECTION IS NOW HAMMERING THE NORTHEAST.

HERE'S A LOOK AT J-P'S HOMETOWN OF PITTSBURGH TODAY.

THE STORM IS PRODUCING HEAVY SNOW.

IT COULD DUMP AS MUCH AS TWO-FEET OF THE WHITE STUFF IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.

THOUSANDS OF PASSENGERS WILL FIND THEMSELVES WITHOUT A FLIGHT.

ACCORDING TO "FLIGHT AWARE DOT-COM," MORE THAN 400-FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN CANCELED FOR TODAY.

DEADLY WINTER STORM UPDATE 2-VOTOPS

AS THE STORM HITS THE NORTHEAST, NEIGHBORHOODS THERE STILL CLEANING UP AFTER SANDY ARE BRACING FOR THE WORST.

CREWS ARE MOVING TO PREVENT FURTHER FLOOD DAMAGE.

ON CONEY ISLAND MANY STORES ARE STILL BOARDED UP AND CLOSED FOR REPAIRS.

DRIVING RAIN AND WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO HIT THE COASTAL AREAS AS THE STORM MOVES THROUGH.

DUMP TRUCK ROLLOVER-VO

CREWS ARE WORKING TO CLEAN UP A BIG MESS IN COLLIER COUNTY TONIGHT.

FOUR PEOPLE WERE SERIOUSLY HURT WHEN A DUMP TRUCK TIPPED OVER ON COLLIER BOULEVARD AT GRAND LELY DRIVE IN NAPLES.

BEFORE THAT, THE TRUCK HIT TWO CARS WAITING AT A RED LIGHT.

F-H-P TELLS US THE TRUCK'S BREAKS WERE NOT WORKING AND THE TIRES WERE WORN.

50-THOUSAND POUNDS OF SAND SPILLED OUT ONTO THE ROAD.

MORE THAN 150-GALLONS OF OIL ALSO SPILLED OUT.

PORT STRIKE-VO

WORKERS AT FLORIDA'S PORTS COULD SOON GO ON STRIKE.

THE LONGSHOREMAN UNION'S CONTRACT IS SET TO EXPIRE SATURDAY NIGHT.

GOVERNOR SCOTT AND PORT LEADERS ARE ASKING PRESIDENT OBAMA TO STEP IN TO PREVENT A WORK STOPPAGE.

IF WORKERS DO STRIKE IT WILL ONLY AFFECT "CONTAINER CARGO."

IT WON'T AFFECT PERISHABLE GOODS LIKE FOOD OR CRUISE SHIPS.

FIREFIGHTING TOOL-VO

FORT MYERS BEACH FIREFIGHTERS ARE USING A NEW PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY,

CALLED "MOBILE EYES" TO CUT COSTS AND BETTER HANDLE EMERGENCIES.

THE NEW COMPUTER SOFWARE CAN POINT OUT HAZARDS INSIDE BUILDINGS AND CALCULATES HOW MANY GALLONS OF WATER PER MINUTE IT WILL TAKE TO FIGHT A FIRE.

AFTER A FIRE IT CAN ALSO CUT OUT THREE-TO-FOUR HOURS OF PAPERWORK EVERY DAY.

FIREFIGHTING TOOL-SOTVO

take sot

super= Captain Ron Martin, Fort Myers Beach Fire District runs= 11

17:11 the goal of the program is that when they get dispatched they will see our information and they'll be able to say hey we're going to an occupancy that has a shared common attic does it have a sprinkler system in it 17:22

THE NEW PROGRAM COST ABOUT 27-HUNDRED DOLLARS.

IT WILL TAKE ANOTHER 54-HUNDRED TO GET NEW INSPECTORS LICENSED TO USE THE PROGRAM.

NEW YEARS PREPS-VO

288 CRYSTAL PANELS --

A 141 FOOT TALL FLAGPOLE --

ONE GIANT BALL.

PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY FOR THE FAMOUS NEW YEAR'S EVE BALL DROP AT NEW YORK'S TIMES SQUARE.

WORKERS INSTALLED WATERFORD CRYSTAL TRIANGLES ON THE CEREMONIAL BALL TODAY.

DICK CLARK'S WIDOW INSTALLED A PANEL WITH HER LATE HUSBAND'S NAME ON IT.

NEW YEAR POPULATION-OC

ON NEW YEARS DAY THE NATION'S POPULATION WILL BE JUST OVER 315 MILLION PEOPLE.

THE CENSUS BUREAU RELEASED SOME NEW NUMBERS THIS AFTERNOON.

THE EXACT NUMBER WILL BE 315 MILLION, 91 THOUSAND AND 138 PEOPLE EXACTLY.

FLORIDA POWERBALL WINNER-VO

ONE FLORIDIAN WILL START THE NEW YEAR 50-MILLION DOLLARS RICHER.

THE WINNING TICKET FROM LAST NIGHT'S POWERBALL DRAWING CAME FROM A SWEETBAY IN SAINT PETERSBURG.

IT WAS A QUICK PICK.

THIS IS THE FIRST FLORIDA WINNER IN THE POWERBALL THIS YEAR.

THE WINNER HAS NOT COME FORWARD YET.

THIS MEANS THE LOTTO WILL ROLLOVER, IT WILL BE 15-MILLION DOLLARS SATURDAY NIGHT.

YOU CAN WATCH THE LAST DRAWING OF THE YEAR RIGHT HERE ON A-B-C SEVEN,

NEXT AT 6 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE ONE---

YOU MAY BE ENJOYING YOUR NEW TELEVISION OR COMPUTER THAT SANTA BROUGHT YOU --

BUT YOUR TRASH COULD BE MAKING YOU A TARGET FOR THIEVES.

HOW TO PROTECT *YOUR HOME.

AND,

CAN YOU IMAGINE MILK AT SEVEN -- EIGHT DOLLARS A GALLON?!

IT COULD HAPPEN IF LAWMAKERS DON'T DO SOMETHING IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

NEW TONIGHT --

HOW IT COULD HURT MORE THAN YOUR GROCERY BILL.

TZ1 A HIDE YOUR GIFTS-VOTOPS

TZ1 B DAIRY CLIFF-VOTOPS

JP STORMWARN OPEN-CLIP

WEATHER-PWC

HIDE YOUR GIFTS-OC

THE WRAPPING PAPER IS OFF --

THE BOXES ARE TRASHED --

CHANCES ARE YOUR GARBAGE CANS ARE FILLED WITH ALL THOSE REMNANTS OF SANTA'S VISITS.

BUT --

YOU BETTER THINK TWICE BEFORE LEAVING EMPTY BOXES ON YOUR CURB.

HIDE YOUR GIFTS-PKG

AS YOU HIT THE STORES FOR THOSE AFTER-CHRISTMAS SALES.THIEVES ONLY HAVE TO TRAVEL TO THEIR NEAREST NEIGHBORHOOD TO FIND THE DEALS.

OVERFLOWING TRASH CANS CAN GET THEM UP TO SPEED QUICKLY ON THE NEW, SHINY TOYS INSIDE THE HOUSE.

IN A NORTHWEST AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD A NINTENDO D-S BOX, STUFFED IN A CLEAR TRASH BAG CAUGHT OUR EYE.SO WE RANG THE DOORBELL.

I POLITELY POINTED IT OUT AND EXPLAINED THE EMPTY BOX COULD ATTRACT UNWANTED GUESTS.

"It's nothing I really think about. I guess because the neighborhood I'm in."

LEE MCKINNEY GAVE A D-S TO EACH OF HIS THREE DAUGHTERS.

S/ Lee McKinney/Neighbor:39-:44

"It never even occurred to me about the fact that it's just sitting out there in the open and it does make a lot of sense that they may look at what's in here."

IN ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD A BOX FOR A TV MOUNT WAS STICKING OUT OF THE TRASH CAN.

YOU CAN ONLY ASSUME A FLATSCREEN CAME WITH IT.

AUSTIN POLICE SAY IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE PROTECTING THEMSELVES, SO YOU DON'T BECOME THE NEXT TARGET.

S/ Sgt. David Daniels/Austin Police Department:58-1:03

"A lot of people get in a rush to get the stuff out to the curb, but sometimes the trash is running late and it gives the criminals an opportunity to canvas the area."

S/ Erin Cargile/Reporting 1:10-1:15

"So what's the best way to hide a box like this?"

"And to conceal it even more, stick it in a black trash bag.and toss it."

OR IN LEE'S CASE, SOME SIMPLE REARRANGING.

"Make sure that's covered up."

MILK CLIFF-VO

WE HAVE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE FISCAL CLIFF -- BUT THERE IS ANOTHER THREAT LOOMING THAT CONGRESS NEEDS TO SOLVE BEFORE THE NEW YEAR.

SOME ARE CALLING IT THE DAIRY CLIFF.

WITHOUT LEGISLATIVE ACTION, WE COULD SEE MILK PRICES SKYROCKET.

TO STOP IT --

LAWMAKERS NEED TO PASS A NEW FEDERAL FARM BILL.

RIGHT NOW, AN AVERAGE GALLON OF MILK COSTS THREE-DOLLARS-AND-60-CENTS,

MILK CLIFF-SOTVO

When you're only paying a certain percentage of your income in food and that percentage starts rising, then you have less money to spend on toys, games, prizes, clothing, furniture, in other words discretionary items.

COMING UP NEXT OPEN-CLIP

TEASE TWO-POP

TIM TEBOW CAN'T BUY A BREAK. THE MIAMI DOLPHINS SAY THEY HAVE A LOT TO PLAY FOR IN THE SEASON FINALE.

TZ2 SPORTS-VO

WORLD NEWS TEASE-BLK-SOT

TONIGHT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

TZ 7 1) CAPE FIRE VS CITY-VOTOPS-WIPE

NEW DETAILS IN THE BATTLE OVER EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT MAINTINENCE IN CAPE CORAL.

TZ 7 2) LIGHT BULB PHASE OUT-VOTOPS

AND.

IT'S LIGHTS-OUT FOR ONE PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY, MAKING WAY FOR GREENER OPTIONS.

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

JOSH BRENT-VOTOPS

LET'S KICK THINGS OFF IN TEXAS

WHERE IRVING POLICE SAY COWBOYS NOSE TACKLE JOSH BRENT HAD A BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL OF TWICE THE LEGAL LIMIT WHEN HE CRASHED HIS CAR KILLING TEAMMATE JERRY BROWN DECEMBER 8TH

MIAMI DOLPHINS-POPMON

MIAMI DOLPHINS-VOTOPS

GETTING TO 8 WINS WILL NOT BE EASY.

THEY FACE A NEW ENGLAND TEAM THAT IS HOPING FOR A FIRST ROUND BYE IN THE PLAYOFFS.

MIAMI DOLPHINS-SOTTOPS

NY JETS-POMON

NY JETS-SOTTOPS

AVERY JOHNSON-VOTOPS

LET'S STAY IN NEW YORK. AND THE BROOKLYN NETS NEED A NEW HEAD COACH.

TODAY THE NETS FIRED HEAD COACH AVERY JOHNSON. AFTER THE TEAM LOST FOR THE 10TH TIME IN 13 GAMES LAST NIGHT

FGCU WOMEN-VOTOPS

THE FGCU WOMEN GET ANOTHER BIG TEST ON FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN THEY HOST THE LSU TIGERS.

THE EAGLES HAD THEIR 16 GAME HOME WIN STREAK SNAPPED AGAINST CENTRAL FLORIDA ON SATURDAY.

FGCU WOMEN-SOTTOPS

QUEEN OF PALMS-VOTOPS

THE FELLAS WRAPPED UP THE CITY OF PALMS CLASSIC ON SATURDAY. NOW IT'S THE LADIES TURN. IT'S THE QUEEN OF PALMS CLASSIC.

IT'S A 64 TEAM TOURNAMENT. INCLUDING 59 FROM AROUND THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

GAMES ARE PLAYED AT CYPRESS LAKE, DUNBAR AND LEHIGH HIGH SCHOOLS

GOODBYE-4SHOT