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"i've never been hit by a mack truck."

BUT HE SAYS THAT'S WHAT THE FLU FEELS LIKE.

TONIGHT ON ABC7 NEWS AT 11 --

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE OUTBREAK --

INCLUDING WHAT HAPPENS EVERY DAY YOU'RE SICK.

BREAKING NEWS OPEN-CLIP

LEHIGH MOTORCYCLE CRASH-VOTOPS

BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT AT ELEVEN.

RIGHT NOW A ROAD IS SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF A SERIOUS MOTORCYCLE CRASH.

IT'S HAPPENING ON ALABAMA ROAD AND NAVAJO AVE IN LEHIGH ACRES.

WE'RE TOLD A MOTORCYCLE REAR-ENDED A VEHICLE AT THE INTERSECTION.

THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE GOT OUT AND ATTEMPTED TO STOP TRAFFIC.

AN ONCOMING VEHICLE DID NOT STOP IN TIME.

THE VEHICLE RAN OVER THE MOTORCYCLIST.

HE'S AT LEE MEMORIAL NOW IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

WE HAVE A CREW SETTING UP,

FLU SEASON-VO IN POP

A PUBLIC HEALTH OUTCRY.

THE FLU IS HITTING THE UNITED STATES HARD.AND EVEN THE FLU SHOT ISN'T KEEPING YOU SAFE.

TODAY - BOSTON DECLARED A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.

FLU SEASON-PKG

AT MASS GENERAL THERE ARE NOW 24 HOUR WAITS TO BE ADMITTED AND WHEN YOU DO

SEE A DOCTOR OR NURSE, THEY'LL NOW BE WEARING PROTECTIVE MASKS.

DR. PAUL BIDDINGER SOT - "WHAT'S REALLY BEEN A PROBLEM FOR US HAS BEEN THE

INCREASE IN VOLUME WHERE WE ARE SEEING UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS OF HOSPITAL

CROWDING AN EMERGENCY DEPT VISITS."

IT'S NOT JUST BOSTON

ONE PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL IS SO INUDATED WITH THE FLU, THEY'VE SET UP A

SPECIAL TENT OUTSIDE THE EMERGENCY ROOM TO DEAL WITH THOSE PATIENTS.

AND IN MINNESOTAWHERE THEY'VE ALREADY HAD ALMOST A THOUSAND CONFIRMED CASES

OF THE FLUTHEY'RE TRYING EVERYTHING TO STOP THE SPREAD.

CHERI LEWER SOT - "PLEASE, WE IMPLORE YOU TO STAY HOME WHEN YOU ARE SICK."

FOR UP TO 5 DAYS YOU MAY BE INFECTED AND CONTAGIOUS - WITHOUT A SINGLE

SYMPTOM.

ON DAY 1 OF YOUR SYMPTOMS - THE VERY FIRST SIGN, YOUR FEVER WILL SPIKE, AS

HIGH AS 104EVEN 106 DEGREES. SEVERE HEADACHE AND MUSCLE PAINS TOO.

GIRL PATIENT SOT - I WAS FEELING DIZZY STILL AND I COULDN'T BREATHE EVEN

MORE. MY FACE WAS ALL SWEATY.

BY DAY 3 - ADD ON A SORE THROAT, STUFFY NOSE AND A DRY COUGH.

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THIS IS DAY 3 FOR LAWRENCE DELOACH.

LAWRENCE DELOACH SOT - I FEEL WEAK. IT'S A STRUGGLE TO HOLD THIS PHONE UP TO

TAKE THIS VIDEO, BUT I DON'T KNOW,

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I NEVER BEEN HIT BY A MAC TRUCK, BUT I

FEEL LIKE THIS IS IT.

BY DAY 7 YOU ARE LIKELY NO LONGER CONTAGIOUS BUT SYMPTOMS CAN PERSIST,

ESPECIALLY FATIGUE AND COUGHING. BOTH CAN LAST FOR WEEKS. YES WEEKS.

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THAT'S WHERE THINGS STAND AT THE PETROCELLI HOUSENOW ENTERING THEIR SECOND

WEEKOF SICKNESS.DESPITE THEIR 9 AND 12 YEAR OLD DAUGHTERS BOTH GETTING FLU

SHOTS.

ANDREA PETROCELLI SOT WE'VE ALL MOVED ON TO THE UPPER-RESPIRATORY, WHICH IS

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LEHIGH BASEBALLS STOLEN-SOTVO-OC

people think its okay to do this its not okay I mean they'll get theirs that's for sure

TONIGHT --

A LEHIGH ACRES FAMILY IS TICKED OFF SOMEONE STOLE THEIR PRIZED AUTOGRAPHED BASEBALLS.

A-B-C-7'S JULIAN JOHNSON FOUND OUT HOW THE THIEF SNATCHED THEM --

LEHIGH BASEBALLS STOLEN-PKG

ADAMARIS OSORIO, HOME BURGLARIZED: the fact that they think it's something cool to do when its really not that's what angering about the situation

THAT ANGRY FEELING STILL LINGERS WITH ADAMARIS OSORIO AND HER STEPFATHER JOSE GONZALEZ AFTER THEY CAME HOME YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

TO FIND BURGLARS HAD RANSACKED THEIR HOUSE.

ADAMARIS OSORIO, HOME BURGLARIZED: there was glass all over our beds the rock was in the closet because that's where it fell

-NATS-

THE FAMILY BELIEVES THE CROOKS USED A ROCK TO SHATTER A SIDE BEDROOM WINDOW AT THEIR HOME ON 11TH STREET SOUTHWEST IN LEHIGH ACRES.

ONCE INSIDE THEY WENT AFTER TV'S, JEWELRY, AND AN IRREPLACEABLE AUTOGRAPHED BASEBALL COLLECTION.

ADAMARIS OSORIO, HOME BURGLARIZED: Carlos Beltran, Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire

AND THAT'S JUST TO NAME A FEW.

THE COLLECTION TOTALED ABOUT 40 SIGNED BASEBALLS.

THE ESTIMATED COST--- ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

TRANSLATION OF FATHER: translation "to him that was something really important because that's what he grew up wanting to do

ALSO STOLEN FROM THE HOUSE --

ADAMARIS' SOCIAL SECURITY CARD. AND *NEW DRIVER'S LICENSE.

ADAMARIS OSORIO, HOME BURGLARIZED: drove two days and that's it

THE THIEVES LEFT BEHIND TIRE TRACKS IN THE DRIVEWAY BUT NOT MUCH ELSE.

AND WHILE THE FAMILY KNOWS SOME THINGS CAN BE REPLACED AND REPAIRED.

THEIR SENSE OF SECURITY MAY BE FOREVER SHAKEN.

ADAMARIS OSORIO, HOME BURGLARIZED: people think its okay to do this its not okay I mean they'll get theirs that's for sure

GOLDEN GATE FIRE DISTRICT MEETING-VO-WIPE

NEW AT ELEVEN,

THE GOLDEN GATE FIRE CHIEF IS ASKING TO BE RELEASED FROM HIS JOB EARLY.

CHIEF ROBERT METZGER SAYS IT WILL SAVE THE DISTRICT 59-HUNDRED DOLLARS, PLUS PENSION COSTS.

METZGER HAS ALREADY ANNOUNCED HIS DEPARTURE.

HE'S TAKING A JOB IN CALIFORNIA.

HIS DEPARTURE HAS LEFT THE DISTRICT WONDERING WHO WILL BECOME INTERIM CHIEF.

TYPICALLY--THE ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF WOULD BECOME INTERIM.

GOLDEN GATE FIRE DISTRICT MEETING-SOT OC

THAT WAS NOLAN SAPP, THE CURRENT ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF IN GOLDEN GATE.

GGE TEMPORARY BRIDGE-VO-WIPE

IN COLLIER COUNTY --

MAILBOXES ARE RIPPED OUT OF THE GROUND TONIGHT.

TRASH CANS ARE SMASHED.

AND GARBAGE LITTERS THE STREET.

BUT RESIDENTS SAY DON'T BLAME THE TRASH COLLECTORS.

BLAME THE COUNTY.

HERE'S WHY.

THEY POINT TO A TEMPORARY BRIDGE SET UP IN GOLDEN GATE ESTATES.

THE DETOURS IT CAUSES --

HAVE TURNED WHAT WAS A DEAD END STREET INTO A VERY BUSY ROAD.

AND RESIDENTS SAY 23RD STREET SOUTHWEST IS TOO NARROW FOR THE LARGE TRUCKS AND CARS TO PASS EACH OTHER.

SO THE TRASH CANS AND MAILBOXES WERE SMASHED.

GGE TEMPORARY BRIDGE-2SOTVO

Tony Jacobsen/Golden Gate Estates - "I heard a noise, I saw my neighbors trashcan totally destroyed and the mailbox pulled completely out of the ground."

Dr. Fritz Lemoine/Golden Gate Estates - "One of the big issues is we've said from the beginning that the street was barely big enough for one car."

COUNTY OFFICIALS WON'T COMMENT ON THE MATTER JUST YET.

CAPE TOWING COMPANY IN TROUBLE-VO-WIPE

CAPE CORAL POLICE OFFICERS HAVE SHUT DOWN A TOWING COMPANY.AFTER PEOPLE SAY THEY OVERCHARGED OR TOWED FOR NO REASON.

AMERICA'S TOWING IS SUSPENDED FOR TWO MONTHS.

OFFICERS TELL US THE COMPANY OFTEN CHARGED FAR MORE THAN THE LAW ALLOWS.

THEY SAY THE COMPANY MADE DRIVERS PAY STORAGE FEES EVEN WHEN THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO.

CAPE TOWING COMPANY IN TROUBLE-SOTVO-WIPE

"We believe there may have been others who've grinned and barred it. We're looking for you."

THE SUPENSION GOES INTO EFFECT AT THE END OF THIS MONTH - SO THE COMPANY HAS TIME TO APPEAL.

STOCKS-NATVOTOPS-CG

nats of closing bell

THE SOUND OF THE CLOSING BELL ON WALL STREET FINISHED OFF A SOLID DAY.

LOOKING AT THE FINAL NUMBERS --

THE DOW UP 61 POINTS.

THE NASDAQ UP 14 POINTS.

AT THE PUMP-CGTOPS

ABC7 IS ON PUMP PATRO TONIGHT.

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL PAY HEADING TO WORK TOMORROW.

EXPECT 3-42 FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

THE STATE AVERAGE IS 3-30 TONIGHT.

OSCAR NOMINATIONS TOMORROW-VO

TOMORROW --

BRIGHT AND EARLY --

HOLLYWOOD' WILL ANNOUNCE ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS FOR THEIR BEST AND BRIGHTEST STARS.

BUT PREDICTIONS ARE SWIRLING TONIGHT.

"LINCOLN," "ARGO," AND "DJANGO UNCHAINED" MADE BIG BUCKS AT THE BOX OFFICE.

THEY ARE ALSO EARNING MAJOR BUZZ FOR "BEST PICTURE" CONSIDERATION.

AND IF THE GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS ARE ANY INDICATION, ALL THREE COULD MAKE AN APPEARANCE ON THE BEST PICTURE LIST TOMORROW.

NEXT AT 11 OPEN-CLIP

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

"The sound was like a war bomb."

PEOPLE ARE HEARING MYSTERIOUS BOOMS IN INDIANA.

AND WE JUST FOUND OUT IT'S SPREAD ACROSS THE MIDWEST.

WHAT GEOLOGISTS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE STRANGE SOUNDS TONIGHT.

'use the screeching nats the guy makes in middle of jeanne moos outcue'

AND A MAN BLAMES AN AIRLINE FOR *THAT* SOUND --

THE NOISE IT MADE WHEN THEY DESTROYED HIS GUITAR.

HOW THEY WRECKED A VINTAGE 1965 GIBSON!

TZ1 A MYSTERY BOOMS-SOTVO

TZ1 B AIRLINE BREAKS GUITAR-SOTVO

STORMWARN 7 JP OPEN-CLIP

WEATHER-PHC

AIRLINE BREAKS GUITAR-SOTVOTOPS

all of a sudden sounded like a wood shredder

THE SOUND YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR AT THE AIRPORT.

ESPECIALLY WHEN THAT SOUND IS THE AIRLINE CRUSHING YOUR EXPENSIVE GUITAR!

FIND OUT HOW IT HAPPENED AND HOW HE'S FIGHTING BACK --

JACKSONVILLE GIANT SHARK-VO

A GREAT WHITE SHARK TRACKED OFF THE COAST OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.

CHECK THIS WHOPPER OUT.

AN OCEAN RESEARCH GROUP CONTACTED POLICE WHEN A GREAT WHITE NAMED "MARY LEE" WAS TRACKED ABOUT 200-YARDS OFFSHORE.

SHE WAS TAGGED OFF THE COAST OF CAPE COD BACK IN SEPTEMBER.

AIRLINE BREAKS GUITAR-VO IN POP

IMAGINE THE SOUND OF A BAGGAGE ELEVATOR GRINDING YOUR VINTAGE GUITAR.

DAVE SCHNEIDER DOESN'T HAVE TO IMAGINE.

HE SAYS IT HAPPENED FOR REAL.

HE TOLD JEANNE MOOS --

AIRLINE BREAKS GUITAR-PKG

A LITTLE UNDER 10-THOUSAND BUCKS, DAVE SAYS.

BUT DELTA AGENTS IN BUFFALO INSISTED HE COULDN'T CARRY IT ON AS HE HAD ALWAYS DONE BEFORE. WHEN DAVE LANDED IN DETROIT, HE TOOK OUT HIS PHONE AND SHOT THE GUITAR BEING TRANSFERRED.

Can you possibly ask them to be careful with guitars if that's possible? Sure. thank you.

A FRIENDLY FLIGHT CREW MEMBER EVEN WENT ONTO THE TARMAC ASKING THE BAGGAGE HANDLERS TO BE GENTLE. BUT AS DAVE WAITED WITH THE OTHER PASSENGERS.

This big 3 tiered metal crate goes up on the elevator shaft and all of a sudden sounded like a wood shredder.

"I let out a couple of amazingly creative expletives."

ACTUALLY THE CASE LOOKED WAY WORSE THAN THE GUITAR. IT TOOK EMPLOYEES AN HOUR TO EXTRICATE THE INSTRUMENT, WHICH COST ALMOST 2-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO FIX AND, DAVE SAYS, WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. HE DID NOT DO WHAT ANOTHER DAVE, DAVE CARROL, DID 3 AND A HALF YEARS AGO.

You broke my taylor guitar.

THIS DAVE GOT FED UP WITH GETTING THE RUN-AROUND FROM UNITED AFTER HIS GUITAR WAS DAMAGED, SO HE WROTE A SONG AND PERFORMED IT ON YOUTUBE.

Cause United breaks guitars.

HE EVEN ENDED UP WRITING A BOOK, "UNITED BREAKS GUITARS: THE POWER OF ONE VOICE IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA."

AIRLINE BREAKS GUITAR-ONCAM

SCHNEIDER WANTS 10-THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM DELTA.

HE SAYS THAT COVERS THE VALUE OF THE GUITAR --

AMERICANS DIE YOUNGER THAN PEERS-VO

SHORTER LIVES.

POORER HEALTH.

TURNS OUT AMERICANS DIE YOUNGER THAN THEIR INTERNATIONAL PEERS.

ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT LIFE EXPECTANCY IN THE U-S LAGS BEHIND 27 OTHER INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES.

THAT'S DESPITE AMERICANS PAYING THE MOST ON HEALTHCARE PER PERSON.

RESEARCHERS POINT TO A NUMBER OF FACTORS INCLUDING CAR CRASHES, ILLNESS, INJURY, VIOLENCE, OBESITY AND DIABETES.

TABLETS TO OUTSELL LAPTOPS-VO-WIPE

MOVE OVER LAPTOPS,

THE TABLET WORLD IS GAINING SERIOUS MOMENTUM TONIGHT.

THIS YEAR TABLET SALES ARE EXPECTED TO OUTPACE NOTEBOOKS BY MORE THAN 30 MILLION UNITS.

EXPERTS CREDIT THEIR PORTABILITY AND DIFFERENT SCREEN SIZES.

APPLE LEADS THE TABLET MARKET WITH THE IPAD.

CO DOG ICE RESCUE-VOTOPS

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS --

AN AMAZING RESCUE CAUGHT ON CAMERA IN DENVER.

MAN'S BEST FRIEND NEEDED SOME HELP AFTER FINDING ITSELF IN AN ICY SITUATION.

THAT BULLDOG STRUGGLED TO STAY AFLOAT AFTER FALLING THROUGH A HALF-FROZEN POND.

BUT CREWS WERE ABLE TO PULL THE POOCH OUT.

MYSTERY BOOMS-VO-WIPE

THERE'S A MYSTERY IN THE MIDWEST TONIGHT.

PEOPLE KEEP HEARING STRANGE LOUD BOOMS IN WESTERN INDIANA.

NATS: "The sound was like a war bomb."

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CALLING 9-1-1 TO REPORT LOUD NOISES OVERNIGHT.

IT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR DAYS.

SOME THOUGHT IT WAS AN EXPLOSION.

OTHERS A BOMB.

MYSTERY BOOMS-SOTVO

sound / Stacey Lowery / Resident:13-:17

"a huge explosion, like definitely knew it wasn't a firecracker going off. I've never heard anything like it. Like very disturbing."

AND NOW WE KNOW PEOPLE THROUGH THE MIDWEST ARE HEARING THE BOOMS.

THE U-S GEOLOGICAL SERVICE SAYS THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY EARTHQUAKES IN THE AREA.

OVARIAN CANCER-VO-WIPE

ON THE MEDICAL FRONT TONIGHT,

A NEW STUDY COULD HELP THE *EARLY FIGHT AGAINST OVARIAN CANCER.

IT BEGINS WITH A SIMPLE TEST THAT WOMEN ALREADY GET ROUTINELY.

SCIENTISTS AT JOHNS HOPKINS STARTED WITH THE FAMILIAR PAP SMEAR THAT LOOKS FOR ABNORMAL CELLS THAT BECOME CERVICAL CANCER.

THE DID NOT LOOK AT THE CELLS,

OVARIAN CANCER-SOTVO

Just as important is that we could detect no false positives, there were no erroneous or missed diagnoses in this pilot study

MORE RESEARCH IS NEEDED.

BUT DOCTORS SAY THE EVIDENCE IS PROMISING.

PYTHON HUNT-VO

CATCH A PYTHON --

AND EARN SOME CASH.

STATE WILDLIFE LEADERS ARE TRYING TO CURB THE STATE'S PYTHON PROBLEM.

SO THIS SATURDAY --

THEY'RE HOLDING THE FIRST "PYTHON CHALLENGE".

BIOLOGISTS SAY THEY'RE DISRUPTING THE NATURAL BALANCE OF THE EVERGLADES' ECOSYSTEM.

SO YOU CAN WIN MONEY BY CATCHING AND KILLING A PYTHON.

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER --

SPORTS TOSS-POP EST

TEASE TWO-POP

BIG DAY IN THE WORLD OF BASEBALL. BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY. EVERBLADES GET IT GOING AT HOME.

TZ2 SPORTS-VO

NIGHTLINE TEASE-BLK-SOT

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

EVERBLADES-VOTOPS-WIPE

LET'S START THIS PARTY ON ICE. EVERBLADES HOSTING TOLEDO

'BLADES ON THE POWER-PLAY IN THE FIRST.THE PUCK FINDS T LEIGH SALTERS. AND HE FINDS THE NET. 1-0 EVERBLADES.

NHL LABOR-SOTTOPS

NHL LABOR-POP

NHL LABOR-VOTOPS-WIPE

THE GOOD NEWS FOR BETTMAN AND COMPANY THE SEASON IS CLOSE.

TODAY THE NHL OWNERS VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE NEW COLLECTIVE BARGANING AGREEMENT.

NOW IT'S THE PLAYERS TURN. AND THEN WE CAN PLAY SOME HOCKEY.

NHL LABOR-SOTTOPS

FM MIRACLE-POP

FM MIRACLE-VOTOPS-WIPE

HE IS BRING THAT PHILOSOPHY TO THE FORT MYERS MIRACLE. TODAY HE WAS OFFICALLY ANNOUNCED AS THEIR NEW MANAGER.

MIENTKIEWICZ IS COMING HOME SO TO SPEAK. HE STARTED HIS MINOR LEAGUE CAREER WITH THE MIRACLE AND HIS MAJOR LEAGUE CAREER WITH THE TWINS.

FM MIRACLE-SOTTOPS-WIPE

BASEBALL HOF-VOTOPS-WIPE

OF COURSE A BIG DAY IN THE WORLD OF BASEBALL.

THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME DID NOT ELECT ANY PLAYERS TO THIS YEAR'S CLASS.

LONGTIME ASTROS SECOND BASEMAN CRAIG BIGGIO. WAS THE CLOSEST. FALLING 39 VOTES SHY OF MAKING IT IN.

BUT THE REAL STORY. ROGER CLEMENS AND BARRY BONDS. DID NOT MAKE IT IN.

BOTH GUYS CLEARLY HAD THE NUMBERS TO GET IN. BUT ACCUSATIONS OF USING PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS KEPT THEM OUT.

BASEBALL HOF-SOTTOPS-WIPE

FLORIDA GATORS-POP

FLORIDA GATORS-VOTOPS-WIPE

FIRST THINGS FIRST. CONFERNCE OPENER AGAINST GEORGIA.

AND THE GATORS CAME OUT BLAZIN. ERICK MURPHY FROM DISTANCE. THAT IS GOOD. GATOR UP 11-0

LATER IN THE FIRST. IT'S MURPHY AGAIN. WHY NOT. GOOD AGAIN. HE HAD 11. GATORS UP 13 AT HALF.

SECOND HALF MORE OF THE SAME. MICHAEL FRAZIER. GETS THE MEMBERS BOUNCE. RATTLES HOME A 3.

FSU MARYLAND-VOTOPS-WIPE

SAN FRANCISCO-VOTOPS-WIPE

THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS WERE A WIN AWAY FROM THE SUPER BOWL LAST SEASON.

THEY HAVE BEEN GOOD AGAIN THIS YEAR. THE NINERS ARE THE SECOND SEED IN THE NFC. AND

HAVE AVERY STINGY DEFENSE GIVING UP JUST 17 POINTS AGAME.

SAN FRANCISCO-SOTTOPS

TOSS TO BREAK-POP

DOG MISTAKEN AS LION-2SH-VO-WIPE

IF YOU LOOK TO FAST, YOU'D THINK YOU SAW A LION!

CHECK IT OUT.

IF YOU SAW THIS POOCH RUNNING DOWN THE STREET YOU MIGHT DO A DOUBLE-TAKE.

BUT IT'S NOT A LION.

DOG MISTAKEN AS LION-SOTVO

"Hello. I'm driving down Granby Street right before the zoo and there's a lion that ran across the street. A baby lion."

CLOSE 11PM-4SHOT