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HL1) SNAKE HUNT-NATVO

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TONIGHT AT 11 --

SNAKES.

WHY'D IT HAVE TO BE SNAKES?!

HUNTERS ALL OVER FLORIDA ARE GRABBING THEIR GUNS AND THEIR MACHETES FOR A TRIP TO THE EVERGLADES.

THE GOAL -- KILL THE LARGEST PYTHON YOU CAN.

HL2) FLU OUTBREAK-NATVO

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THE FLU SEASON MAY HAVE REACHED ITS PEAK.

AND NEW TONIGHT FROM THE C-D-C --

WE NOW KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER IT WILL BE --

HL2) FLU REMEDIES-VOTOPS

PLUS,

THANKS MOM!

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

SOME NON-TRADITIONAL FLU REMEDIES *IN YOUR HOUSE* --

NEWS OPEN-CLIP

SNAKE HUNT-NAT VO VO IN TC MON

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IN JUST TWO HOURS --

MAN FIGHTS BEAST.

THE WINNER COULD WIN 15-HUNDRED DOLLARS.

FLORIDA'S PYTHON CHALLENGE BEGINS AT ONE IN THE MORNING.

CASH FOR THE BIGGEST PYTHON OR THE MOST PYTHONS --

AND YOU'RE HELPING THE ENVIRONMENT TOO.

SNAKE HUNT-PKG

NATS OF GUY WITH SNAKE-

ON THE EVE OF FLORDA'S BIGGEST PYTHON HUNT.

-NATS OF GUY WITH SNAKE-

SNAKE COLLECTOR SIMON HEAVLIN FROM CAPE CORAL IS SPENDING SOME QUALITY TIME WITH 38 OF HIS OWN SLITHERY SIDEKICKS.

SIMON HEAVLIN, SNAKE COLLECTOR: I've had some kind of reptile all my life I would say it's a passion for me

THAT PASSION HAS SIMON HEADING TO FORT LAUDERDALE --.

WHERE ABOUT 700 PROFFESIONALS AND NOVICES WILL SCOWER THE EVERGALDES FOR DANGEROUS PYTHONS.

SIMON HEAVLIN, SNAKE COLLECTOR: I know they are out there and they are a problem."

A PROBLEM FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

A PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT NATIVE TO FLORIDA.

AND A PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY'RE LEAVING NATURE --

AND INCHING CLOSER TO CIVILIZATION.

Lieutenant Scott Mullin. Miami-Dade Venom One Unit. "They're starting to

come back into civilization looking for easy food. Our pets and that's

typically what they're feeding on cats, small dogs."

Natsound from USGS video.

SO FLORIDA'S OFFERING AN INCENTIVE TO DO WHAT THESE GUYS DID --

NAB A 17-AND-A-HALF FOOT, 160 POUND VERSION.

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SOME ESTIMATES SUGGEST THERE ARE 150 PYTHONS LURKING IN THE EVERGLADES TONIGHT.

FLU OUTBREAK PEAKS-FDOT IN POP NATVO

THE LATEST INFORMATION TONIGHT FROM THE C-D-C.

THE NATION"S DEADLY FLU OUTBREAK COULD BE AT ITS PEAK.

BUT, ONLY THREE STATES HAVE ESCAPED THE WORST OF THE VIRUS -- CALIFORNIA, MISSISSIPPI, AND HAWAII.

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WE ARE NOW IN WEEK SIX OF FLU SEASON.

IT CAME A MONTH EARLIER THEN EVER BEFORE.

AND,

IF THIS YEAR IS LIKE YEARS' PAST,

FLU OUTBREAK PEAKS-SOTVO

The only thing that's predictable about the flu is that it's unpredictable.

Only time will tell us how long our season will last.

And how moderate or severe this season will be in the end.

ALSO NEW FROM THE C-D-C.

IT LOOKS LIKE THIS SEASON"S FLU VACCINE IS WORKING.

IT IS 62 PERCENT EFFECTIVE AGAINST THE MOST COMMON STRAIN.

BUT,

WHAT TO DO IF YOU GET THE FLU-VOWIPE

ALL DAY --

OUR CREWS HAVE BEEN ON THE LOOKOUT FOR ANY SHORTAGES OF FLU REMEDIES SHORTAGES IN OUR AREA.

WE FOUND SPORADIC PROBLEMS.

PHARMACIES COULD BE OUT ONE HOUR,

THEN GET ANOTHER SHIPMENT IN.

TAMIFLU IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR REMEDIES.

IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE.

WHAT TO DO IF YOU GET THE FLU-SOTVO

21:08" Drink a lot of chicken soup, just relax and take fluids."

21:42 "I'm just talking vitamin C right now."

WE TALKED TO A LOCAL DOCTOR ABOUT THOSE REMEDIES.

HE TOLD US THEIR EFFECTIVENESS VARIES FROM PERSON-TO-PERSON.

HE RECOMMENDS TAM-I-FLU --

THAT RECOMMENDATION INCLUDES CHILDREN, THE ELDERLY, AND THOSE WITH COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEMS.

WHAT TO DO IF YOU GET THE FLU-SOT VO OC

10:49 "If you're on day 6, day 7, day 8 of your illness and someone writes you for some Tamifllu you're not going to be getting the benefits like you would in the beginning."

DEPENDING ON YOUR INSURANCE, TAMIFLU COSTS BETWEEN 60 AND 100 DOLLARS.

STILL AHEAD IN TONIGHT'S A-B-C SEVEN EXTRA --

MOM MAY HAVE BEEN RIGHT WHEN SHE SAID CHICKEN SOUP WAS THE BEST REMEDY.

AND WE WILL REVEAL OTHER REMEDIES YOU CAN FIND IN YOUR KITCHEN --

THAT COULD STOP SYMPTOMS IN THEIR TRACKS.

MISSING MEN NEW INFORMATION-VO

COULD THERE FINALLY BE A BREAK IN TWO COLLIER COUNTY COLD CASES?

TONIGHT - DEPUTIES ARE CHASING TWO NEW LEADS THEY GAINED AFTER A POWERHOUSE NEWS CONFERENCE WITH TYLER PERRY AND THE REVEREND AL SHARPTON.

THE NATIONALLY KNOWN MEN ARE SHINING ATTENTION ON THE DISAPPEARANCES OF FELIPE SANTOS AND TERRANCE WILLIAMS.

EACH WAS LAST SEEN IN 2003 WITH FORMER DEPUTY STEVEN CALKINS.

TONIGHT AT 11 - DEPUTIES TELL ABC7 THE TIPS THEY GOT IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS COULD BE THE BIGGEST IN YEARS.

ONE TIP IS A POSSIBLE SIGHTING OF FELIPE SANTOS.

THE OTHER INVOLVES THAT FORMER DEPUTY.

DEPUTIES CAN'T RELEASE WHERE THE POSSIBLE SIGHTING OF SANTOS WAS OR WHO EXACTLY PROVIDED THESE TIPS.

FL MISSING BABY-VO

NEW AT 11 --

THERE'S A BREAK IN THE SEARCH FOR A FLORIDA TODDLER MISSING FOR A YEAR-AND-A-HALF.

TODAY --

POLICE HAVE DISCOVERED HUMAN REMAINS IN A BACKYARD.

TONIGHT, THEY HAVE ARRESTED THE BOY'S PARENTS.

THIS IS ONE THE LAST PICTURES TAKEN OF DONTRELL MELVIN.

HE VANISHED IN 20-11 WHEN HE WAS FIVE MONTHS OLD.

SOUTH FLORIDA INVESTIGATORS SAY EACH PARENT BLAMED THE OTHER.

THAT LED POLICE TO SEARCH THEIR HOUSE.

THEY FOUND REMAINS.

THEY'RE NOT SURE IF IT'S DONTRELL.

MONEY TO SOLVE MURDER-VOWIPE

POLICE IN FORT MYERS ARE LOOKING FOR HELP WITH SOME UNSOLVED CRIMES.

20-12 WAS A DEADLY YEAR FOR THE CITY,

THERE WERE 24 MURDERS -- AND MANY OF THEM ARE STILL UNSOLVED.

NOW THE DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING TO GREASE THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE.

THEY ARE OFFERING BIG CASH REWARDS OF INFORMATION THAT LEADS TO ARREST AND CONVICTION OF ANYONE INVOLVED IN A MURDER.

HOW BIG ARE THE REWARDS.

TRY 25-THOUSAND DOLLARS.

MONEY TO SOLVE MURDER-SOTVO

SOT: "When you think about it, is a possible relocation money for that individual if they don't want to be here anymore or want to go do something else, there's a lot of things that could be turned around with that kind of money."

CHIEF BAKER SAYS HE GOT THE IDEA FROM A SIMILAR PROGRAM BEING DONE IN WASHINGTON D-C THAT HAS SEEN SOME SUCCESS.

THE CHIEF ALSO WANTS TO SEE PUBLIC RECORD LAWS CHANGED TO BETTER PROTECT THE IDENTITIES OF PEOPLE WHO WITNESS VIOLENT CRIMES.

RED TIDE WEEKEND-SS VO

RED TIDE IS BLOOMING OFF OUR COAST AT THE FASTEST RATE SO FAR THIS SEASON.

BUT THERE'S SOME GOOD NEWS,

IT SHOULD NOT EFFECT YOUR WEEKEND PLANS.

THE YELLOW AND GREEN PATCHES IN THE GULF OF MEXICO INDICATE THE RED TIDE BLOOM.

WE KNOW THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATIONS ARE OFF OF GASPARILLA ISLAND.

WE TOOK A BOAT OUT TODAY AND OUR CAMERAS FOUND A LOT OF DEAD FISH ALONG THE SHORELINE.

WILDLIFE EXPERTS TELL US THESE FISH ACTUALLY DIED FAR OFF SHORE -- NOT ALONG THE BEACHES.

THEY WERE BROUGHT IN BY THE WIND.

IT IS STILL O-K TO GO OUT AND ENJOY THE BEACHES.

BUT AS ALWAYS,

MEDAL OF HONOR-SS

NEW AT 11,

PRESIDENT OBAMA ANNOUNCED THE FOURTH EVER LIVING RECIPIENT OF THE DISTINGUISED MEDAL OF HONOR.

IT WILL GO TO FORMER U-S ARMY STAFF SERGEANT CLINTON ROMESHA.

HE"S FROM SOUTH DAKOTA.

RO-MAH-SHAY EARNED THE DISTINCTION FOR HIS HEROISM DURING AN INSURGENT ATTACK IN AFGHANISTAN IN 2009.

HE WAS WOUNDED BY SHRAPNEL AS HE TOOK OUT AN ENEMY MACHINE GUN TEAM.

AND, DESPITE HIS INJURIES.

SPEEDING UP WAR STRAT-SOTVOTOPS

OBAMA: AT THE END OF THIS CONFLICT, WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT THE SACRIFICES THAT WERE MADE BY THOSE MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM HAS BROUGHT ABOUT THE GOAL THAT WE SOUGHT.

ALSO TODAY THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED HE'S SPEEDING UP THE EXIT STRATEGY FOR U-S FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN.

COALITION FORCES WILL HAND OVER THE COMBAT ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN IN SPRING INSTEAD OF SUMMER.

GUN CONTROL REPORT-VO

LOOKING AHEAD,

VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WILL SUBMIT HIS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE TO THE CONNECTICUT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS ON MONDAY.

TODAY THE V-P MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY.

EARLIER THIS WEEK HE MET WITH THE HEADS OF GUN OWNERS GROUPS.

BIDEN ALSO SAYS HE'S INTERESTED IN TECHNOLOGY THAT WOULD PREVENT A GUN FROM BEING FIRED BY ANYONE OTHER THAN THE PERSON WHO BOUGHT IT.

NEXT AT 11 OPEN-CLIP

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

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DOES MOM'S CHICKEN SOUP REALLY CURE THE FLU?

CAN SOMETHING ON YOUR SPICE RACK MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER?

WE'RE INVESTIGATING SOME NON-TRADITIONAL WAYS TO FIGHT OFF FLU SYMPTOMS TONIGHT.

WHAT'S ACTUALLY EFFETIVE.

PLUS --

AFTER MISS D-C COMPETES IN MISS AMERICA TOMORROW NIGHT --

SHE'S GOING UNDER THE KNIFE.

WHAT SHE'S HAVING DONE --

AND WHY HER FAMILY HISTORY SUGGESTS IT'S A GOOD IDEA.

TZ1 A HOME REMEDIES-SOTVO

TZ1 B MISS DC MASTECTOMY-VOTOPS

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WEATHER-PWC

LOTTO TEASE HOME REMEDIES-VOTOPS

THE BERRY THAT SHORTENS YOUR BOUT WITH THE FLU.

THE SPICE THAT STOPS A VIRUS FROM SPREADING.

TONIGHT -- WE REVEAL SECRET HOME REMEDIES YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT.

PLUS --

YOU HAVE TO HEAR THE RESPONSE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT --

TO A GROUP WANTING THEM TO BUILD A REAL-LIFE DEATH STAR FROM STAR WARS.

BOTH STORIES --

LOTTO TEASE DEATH STAR-VOTOPS

EXTRA CLIP-CLIP

HOME REMEDIES-TC MON

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

40 PERCENT OF AMERICANS ARE USING NON-TRADITIONAL TREATMENTS TO FIGHT OFF THEIR SYMPTOMS.

HOME REMEDIES-PKG

EASING YOUR SYMPTOMS.

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MIGHT NOT NEED A PRESCRIPTION.

TAKE THE ELDERBERRY.SPECIFICALLY THE SAMBUCOL TYPE.IS IN THE VITAMIN SECTION.

THERE ARE STUDIES THAT SHOW ELDERBERRY PILLS OR EXTRACT SHORTEN THE DURATION OF FLU SYMPTOMS IN ADULTS.

THEY CAN ALSO HELP REDUCE SWOLLEN SINUSES.

BUT DON'T GIVE ELDERBERRY TO YOUR CHILDREN.

AND DO NOT EAT THE WILD BERRIES. THEY'RE TOXIC IF UNCOOKED.

NEXT UP.LOOK TO YOUR SPICE RACK FOR THIS ONE.

TURMERIC, THE POPULAR INDIAN SPICE IS CURRENTLY BEING STUDIED FOR ITS ANTIVIRAL PROPERTIES.

IT HAS A CHEMICAL THAT'S BELIEVED TO PREVENT VIRUSES FROM SPREADING.

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AND HERE'S ONE FROM MOM.

CHICKEN SOUP ISN'T JUST GOOD FOR THE SOUL.IT CAN CLEAR UP CONGESTION.

ONE PROMINENT MEDICAL JOURNAL EVEN CLAIMS CHICKEN SOUP AFFECTS YOUR BODY'S RED BLOOD CELL COUNT.

IT HOLDS THEM BACK FROM CREATING CONGESTION

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WHAT NOT TO TOUCH-VO

THOSE ARE ALL INTERESTING IDEAS TO TREAT THE FLU,

BUT MOST OF US WERE PREFER NOT GETTING IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

WE SENT A-B-C SEVEN'S SARA MILES OUT TODAY TO SHOW US JUST HOW MANY SURFECES WE TOUCH EVERY DAY JUST GOING TO WORK, LUNCH, AND JUST TALKING TO OTHER PEOPLE.

WE COUNTED AT LEAST 30 DIFFERENT SURFACES THAT OTHER PEOPLE ALSO TOUCH.

MEDICAL EXPERTS WE TALKED TO DURING THIS LITTLE EXPERIMENT SAY WE SHOULDN'T BE PARANOID ABOUT WHAT WE TOUCH.

MISS AMERICA TEASE-VOWIPE

WE ARE LESS THAN 24 HOURS AWAY FROM THE MISS AMERICA PAGEANT RIGHT HERE ON A-B-C SEVEN.

AND THIS YEAR ONE CONTESTANT WILL MAKE HISTORY.

MISS MONTANA -- ALEXIS WINEMAN -- WILL BECOME THE FIRST MISS AMERICA CONTESTANT WITH AUTISM.

SHE'S 18-YEARS OLD,

BUT WHEN SHE WAS 11 SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THE DISORDER.

AND,

MISS AMERICA TEASE-SOTVO

WINEMAN SOT - IT'S ALL ME. AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THIS IS YOU

NOW. YES.

YOU CAN WATCH MISS MONTANA MAKE HISTORY TOMORROW NIGHT HERE ON A-B-C SEVEN.

LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS,

MISS DC MASTECTOMY-VOTOPS

THE MISS AMERICA CONTESTANT FROM WASHINGTON, D-C WILL GO UNDER FOR MAJOR SURGERY AFTER SHE COMPETES IN THIS WEEKEND'S PAGEANT.

ALLYN ROSE IS PLANNING TO GET A DOUBLE MASTECTOMY.

SHE HAS A STRONG FAMILY HISTORY OF BREAST CANCER.

ROSE SAYS HER MOTHER WAS FIRST DIAGNOSED WHEN SHE WAS 27 YEARS OLD --

JUST A COUPLE YEARS OLDER THAN SHE IS NOW, AND ,

RUNWAY GATOR-SS (2)

A PAIR OF PICTURES ARE GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION TODAY.

THEY SHOW A CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTY WRESTLING AN ALLIGATOR,

POSSIBLE PREVENTING A DISASTER.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

THE SEVEN-FOOT LONG GATOR WAS RIGHT NEXT TO THE MAIN RUNWAY AT THE PUNTA GORDA AIRPORT.

A COMMERCIAL JET WAS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AT ANY MOMENT.

THAT IS WHEN THE DEPUTY AND COUPLE OF OTHER MEN WRESTLED THE BEAST --

HOLDING IT'S POWERFUL JAWS TOGETHER AND THEN TAPING THEM SHUT.

DEATH STAR-VO

STAR WARS FANS --

YOU'LL BE DISAPPOINTED.

THE WHITE HOUSE HAS OFFICIALLY REJECTED PLANS. TO BUILD A DEATH STAR.

25-THOUSAND PEOPLE SIGNED A PETITION --

ASKING THE U-S TO BUILD A REAL-LIFE VERSION OF THE MOVIE'S FEARSOME BATTLE STATION.

BUT THE CHIEF OF THE SPACE AND SCIENCE WING OF THE BUDGET OFFICE SAYS. NO WAY.

TWO OF THE REASONS HE CITES --

ONE -- IT WOULD COST 850 QUADRILLION DOLLARS TO BUILD A DEATH STAR.

SPORTS TOSS-POP EST

TEASE TWO-POP

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NIGHTLINE TEASE-BLK-SOT

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

EVERBLADES-VOTOPS

LET'S START THIS PARTY ON ICE. EVERBLADES AND TOLEDO.LET'S GET ROWDY.

WARREN SAPP-POPMON

WARREN SAPP-VOTOPS

HOW ABOUT A LITTLE WARREN SAPP TO KICK THINGS OFF.

THE FORMER MIAMI HURRICANE AND TAMPA BAY BUCS STAR. IS ONE OF 15 FINALIST FOR THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME.

HOUSTON TEXANS-VOTOPS

THE LAST TIME THE HOUSTON TEXANS WERE IN NEW ENGLAND. THINGS DID NOT TURN OUT WELL.

IT WAS JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO AND THEY WERE GETTING HAMMERED BY THE PATRIOTS 42-14.

HOUSTON TEXANS-SOTTOPS

SEMINOLES-VIDBOX

HERE A LOOK FLORIDA STATE'S SCHEDULE.

WOFFORD, NEVADA, IDAHO AND OF COURSE FLORIDA ON THE NON-CONFERENCE PART O FHTE SCHEDULE.

FGCU MEN-POPMON

FGCU MEN-SOTTOPS

FLORIDA GATORS-VOTOPS

FLORIDA GATORS ARE IN THE BAYOU SATURDAY LOOKING FOR THEIR SECOND CONFERENCE WIN.

THE GATORS OPENED SEC PLAY IN STYLE ON WEDNESDAY WITH A 33 POINT BEATDOWN OF GEORGIA

FLORIDA GATORS-SOTOPS

CAPE CORAL-VOTOPS

GREAT MATCHUP IN HIGH SCHOOL HOOPS. UNDEFEATED CAPE CORAL. TAKING ON THE DEFENDING STATE CHAMPS. DUNBAR.

3RD QTR. TIGERS ON THE RUN. KERRI JEWETT CAPS IT OFF WITH THE LAY IN. DUNBAR UP 3.

MOMENTS LATER. TIGERS ON THE MOVE AGAIN. THIS TIME IT'S DOMINIQUE COLLINS. SHE LAYS IT HOME. DUNBAR UP 3.

SONY OPEN-POPMON

SONY OPEN-VOTOPS

LET'S GO TO HAWAII.

AND THIS GUYS BEEN GOOD FROM THE GET GO. SCOTT LANGLEY. FIRST ROUND LEADER. GETS THE BIRDIE TO DROP. 4 UNDER FOR THE DAY. 12 UNDER FOR THE TOURNAMENT.

TOSS TO BREAK-POP

KIMMEL TEASE-SOTTOPS GO TO BLACK

KIMMEL RATINGS-VO

JIMMY KIMMEL IS WRAPPING UP HIS FIRST WEEK AFTER MOVING TO HIS NEW 10-35 TIMESLOT.

AND, IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF YOU HAVE JOINED HIM HERE.

LAST NIGHT A-B-C'S JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE BEAT OUT ITS LATE-NIGHT COMPETITION -- DE-THRONING THE REIGNING KINGS OF LATE NIGHT ON NBC AND C-B-S.

KIMMEL WAS NUMBER ONE FOR THE FIRST TIME AS HIS NEW TIME SLOT AMONG KEY VIEWER GROUPS.

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