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TONIGHT ON ABC7 NEWS AT 11!
A STUNNING HOAX --
HOW OF THE NATION'S BEST PLAYERS NEVER KNEW HIS DYING GIRLFRIEND --
WAS NOT REAL.
PLUS --
WHY A SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN THINKS WE SHOULD CONSIDER IMPEACHING PRESIDENT OBAMA.
NEXT AFTER POWERBALL.
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IN JUST A FEW HOURS --
PUNTA GORDA DETECTIVES COULD SOLVE A MYSTERY THAT'S PUZZLED THEM FOR 20 YEARS
64-YEAR-OLD FRANCES HENDRICKSON VANISHED IN 1993.
SHE WAS LAST SEEN DRIVING AWAY FROM HER HOUSE IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY.
MANY BELIEVED SHE ACCIDENTALLY DROVE INTO A CANAL.
AND TODAY. IN THIS CANAL. PUNTA GORDA POLICE USED SONAR TECHNOLOGY AND FOUND A BLUE STATION WAGON.
THAT MATCHES THE DESCRIPITION OF HENDRICKSON'S CAR AND THE CANAL IS NEAR HER HOUSE.
TOMORROW --
THEY'LL DIVE INTO THE WATER. HOPING TO FIND CLUES THAT WILL HELP THEM SOLVE EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO FRANCES HENDRICKSON TWO DECADES AGO.
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"she went out either to get gas in her car or to get milk and she just doesn't come back -- where are you? I mean, where is she for God's sake?"
OFFICERS HAVE NOT CONFIRMED THIS IS HENDRICKSON'S CAR.
THEY ALSO HAVE NOT SAID IF THERE'S A BODY INSIDE.
BUT DIVE TEAMS WILL START AT NINE.
STAY WITH ABC-7 TO LEARN WHAT THEY FIND.
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NEW SINCE SEVEN --
WE ARE HEARING FROM THE DAUGHTER OF A CAPE CORAL WOMAN FOUND STABBED TO DEATH IN HER KITCHEN.
i would never think that my father was capable of doing something so something that would take someones life:55
BUT CAPE POLICE SAY PORFIRIO RIVERA HAS ADMITTED TO KILLING HIS WIFE -- ANNA RIVERA -- OVER THE WEEKEND.
DETECTIVES SAY HE WAS FOUND NEAR HER BODY -- BLEEDING FROM SEVERAL SELF-INFLICTED STAB WOUNDS.
POLICE ADD HE WAS ALREADY ARRESTED TWICE BEFORE FOR DOMESTIC BATTERY AGAINST ANNA.
HE NOW FACES 2ND DEGREE MURDER CHARGES AND IS OUT OF JAIL TONIGHT.
HIS EX-WIFE ALSO TELLS A-B-C7 --
SHE ONCE FILED INJUNCTIONS AGAINST HIM AND SHE'S NOT SUPRRISED THIS HAPPENED.
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NEW SINCE SEVEN --
GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT IS NOT SAYING WHETHER HE'LL SUPPORT *ANY OF THE PRESIDENT'S NEW GUN LAW PROPOSALS.
BUT TONIGHT --
OTHER POLITICIANS ARE NOT BEING SO QUIET.
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President Obama's Gun Control
Proposals
ADVISORIES/RESTRICTIONS/EMBARGOES:
FORMAT: ws Brandi Hitt PACKAGE
SUPERS:
Sheriff Tim Mueller, Linn County, Oregon - 0;00 and 0;16
Gov. Phil Bryant, Mississippi - 0;27
President Obama - 0;45
David Keene, NRA President - 1;09
Sandy Phillips, Daughter Murdered in Aurora, Colorado - 1;20
Brandi Hitt, ABC News - 1;28
VIDEO PROVIDED BY:
LENGTH: 1;38
SUGGESTED INTRO:
Swift and vehement reaction today to President Barack Obama's gun control
proposals.
ABC Brandi Hitt sums it all up.
SCRIPT:
SOT -- Sheriff Tim Mueller, Linn County, Oregon / "It's not going to fix
anything." 2
TAKING A STRONG STANCE *AGAINST* PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PROPOSED GUN LAW CHANGES.
. OREGON SHERIFF TIM MUELLER SENT A LETTER TO THE WHITE HOUSE. WARNING
ANY UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACTIONS
"shall not be enforced by me or my deputies."
SOT -- Sheriff Tim Mueller, Linn County, Oregon / "Making criminals out of
honest citizens, that's not the right path." 4
MISSISSIPPI'S GOVERNOR ALSO WANTS TO MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO ENFORCE *ANY* NEW
FEDERAL GUN LAWS IN HIS STATE.
SOT - Gov. Phil Bryant, Mississippi / "To use this tragedy somehow as
to say we need great reform. is just the wrong thing to do." 4
NATS -- FULL:01
PRESIDENT OBAMA SIGNED 23 EXECUTIVE ORDERS WEDNESDAY. including one THAT
makes more information available for BACKGROUND CHECKS.
BUT FOR SWEEPING CHANGES. he's looking to capitol hill.
SOT -- President Obama / "Congress too must act, and Congress must act soon
." 4
THE PRESIDENT IS ASKING CONGRESS FOR STRONGER, UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS.
.
LIMITING BULLETS IN A CLIP TO 10 ROUNDS.
AND A RENEWED ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN.
AND WHILE GUN SALES CONTINUE TO SKYROCKET.
NATS --
.THE PRESIDENT *IS* GETTING SUPPORT FROM THOSE WHO'VE SUFFERED FROM GUN
VIOLENCE FIRST HAND.
SOT -- Sandy Phillips, Daughter Murdered in Aurora, Colorado / "If you
think that this cannot happen to you and that you will never be touched by
gun violence, you are fooling yourself." 7
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SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S NEWEST CONGRESSMAN -- TREY RADEL -- HAD STRONG WORDS FOR THE PRESIDENT --
*EVEN BEFORE THE GUN VIOLENCE PACKAGE CAME OUT.
HERE'S HIS RESPONSE WHEN ASKED IF HE SUPPORTED A PUSH TO IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT FOR USING EXECUTIVE POWER ON GUN CONTROL.
The congress needs to hold the president accountable for the decisions he's making right now and that's why again I would say that all options should be on the table in doing so. 1:30
NEW SINCE SEVEN --
TEXAS CONGRESSMAN STEVE STOCKMAN -- WHO ORIGINALLY SUGGESTED IMPEACHMENT -- NOW SAYS HE HOPES IT ISN'T NECESSARY.
HE SAYS CONGRESS AND THE COURTS CAN BLOCK THE PRESIDENT'S GUN CONTROL MEASURES.
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FOLLOWING THE NEWTOWN TRAGEDY --
SCHOOL LEADERS ARE STEPPING UP EFFORTS TO KEEP STUDENTS SAFE.
FOR THE FIRST TIME *ARMED LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES WILL PATROL LEE COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
A-B-C SEVEN'S CAMERAS FOLLOWED ONE DEPUTY ON HIS PATROL TODAY.
TEN DEPUTIES WILL PATROL 44 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT.
THEY'LL ROTATE BETWEEN THEM SO *WHERE AND *WHEN THEY WLL BE AT A SCHOOL WILL BE RANDOM.
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Take sot
Patrick Hayhurst
Lee Co. Schools Director of Security
"We can only do so much with locks and windows and such, but the so presence is not only important for security- it's good for the kids."
Sot
Don Rutledge
Parent
"I want guns in my schools, kids are safer if they have guns, not the kids, but adults who are trained to use them."
ALL LEE COUNTY PUBLIC MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS *ALREADY HAVE A DEPUTY ASSIGNED TO THEM EVERYDAY.
THE 10 NEW OFFICERS WON'T COST THE DISTRICT OR THE COUNTY ANY MORE MONEY.
BUT -- BOTH GROUPS PLAN TO APPLY FOR FEDERAL FUNDING TO HIRE AT LEAST 10 MORE *PERMANENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.
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DEVELOPING TONIGHT --
ISLAMIC MILITITANT ARE HOLDING DOZENS HOSTAGE TONIGHT IN ALGERIA --
POSSIBLY INCLUDING AMERICAN CITIZENS.
THESE MILITANTS ATTACKED AND OCCUPIED AN OIL FIELD PARTIALLY OPERATED BY B-P.
THIS IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO MALI --
WHERE FRECH WARPLANES HAVE BEEN POUNDING MILITANTS FOR DAYS.
THE MILITANTS SAY THEY'RE RESPONDING TO THE FRENCH ATTACK.
TONIGHT --
THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAS CONDEMNED THE *TERRORIST *ATTACK.
WE ARE CLOSELY MONITORING THE SITUATION,
STAY WITH A-B-C SEVEN AS THE STORY UNFOLDS.
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NEW AT 11,
A NAPLES MAN IS BEHIND BARS TONIGHT --
HE'S ACCUSED OF TRYING TO PULL A GIRL INTO HIS CAR.
DEPUTIES SAY ORLINDE RICARDOROMERO FOLLOWED A VAN INTO THE WAL-MART PARKING LOT IN EAST NAPLES LAST NIGHT.
A FATHER AND HIS DAUGHTER WERE IN THE VAN.
THE FATHER DROPPED THE GIRL AT THE NEARBY DOLLAR TREE.
A SHORT TIME LATER SHE CALLED HER DAD SAYING RICARDOROMERO TRIED TO GRAB HER BY THE ARM AND PULL HER INTO HIS CAR.
SHE GOT AWAY AND DEPUTIES SAY HE DROVE OFF.
DEPUTIES FOUND AND ARRESTED HIM A SHORT TIME LATER.
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IT TOOK A YEAR-AND-A-HALF-LONG INVESTIGATION --
BUT LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYS THEY SWEPT ALMOST TWO DOZEN OF THE WORST DRUG DEALERS OFF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA STREETS.
23 ARRESTED --
ALL ACCUSED OF SELLING POT.
THE COLLIER AND LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE -- ALONG WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL -- CALL THIS "OPERATION MARIO BROTHERS" --
NAMED AFTER MARIO VICENTE, THE SUSPECTED LEADER.
AND DECTECTIVES SAY THIS CASE IS NOT FINISHED.
MORE ARRESTS COULD BE COMING.
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IT WAS BILLED AS THE PLANE OF THE FUTURE -
BUT TONIGHT THE NEW BOEING 7-87 DREAMLINER IS GROUNDED.
THE F-A-A HAS ORDERED A SAFETY CHECK OF THE PLANES' LITHIUM BATTERIES.
THEY ARE WORRIED THEY CAN START FIRES.
THIS COMES AFTER A 7-87 FLIGHT IN JAPAN WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER A WARNING LIGHT AND SMOKE ALARM.
ALL 137 PASSENGERS EVACUATED THE DREAMLINER.
THIS IS JUST THE LATEST PROBLEM PLAGUING THE AIRCRAFT.
WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON WHAT THE SAFETY CHECK UNCOVERS.
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THAT ESCAPED GRIZZLY BEAR CUB --
IS STILL ON THE LOOSE TONIGHT IN COLLIER COUNTY.
IT'S NAME IS BOO BOO.
IT RAN AWAY FROM HOME IN GOLDEN GATE ESTATES YESTERDAY.
HE, HIS BROTHER YOGI, AND AN ADULT GRIZZLY NAMED TONK ARE ALL PART OF AN EDUCATIONAL SHOW.
WILDLIFE OFFICIALS WERE BACK OUT TONIGHT --
SETTING TRAPS AND LAYING OUT FOOD.
THEY'RE TRYING TO LURE THE BEAR OUT OF HIDING.
THEY SAY HE'S NOT AGGRESSIVE AND NOT A THREAT.
BUT --
IF YOU SPOT HIM, *DO *NOT APPROACH HIM.
INSTEAD CALL F-W-C OR THE SHERIFFS OFFICE.
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NEW AT 11 --
NEMOS ON THE BEACH IS NOW THE FIRST FORT MYERS BEACH BAR TO BE ABLE TO SERVE ALCOHOL ON THE SAND.
IT TOOK FIVE MONTHS FOR THE APPLICATION TO GO THROUGH.
CITY LEADERS SAY THEY'LL WATCH HOW PATRONS BEHAVE.
SOME TOWN RESIDENTS FOUGHT THE MOVE, SAYING IT WOULD BRING MORE DRINKING AND CREATE PROBLEMS ON THE ISLAND'S BEACHES.
SO FAR, FIVE ESTABLISHMENTS HAVE APPLIED FOR PERMISSION TO SERVE BOOZE ON THE BEACH.
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MEANWHILE THE OWNER OF "TOP O MAST" --
ANOTHER FORT MYERS BEACH BAR --
IS IN TROUBLE FOR SERVING BEYOND HIS LINE IN THE SAND.
A JUDGE FOUND STEVE STRAUSS GUILTY OF ILLEGALLY SERVING ALCOHOLIC DRINKS ON THE BEACH.
TODAY THE JUDGE RULED HE SERVED TOO CLOSE TO THE WATER.
HE FINED STRAUSS AND SENTENCED HIM TO SIX MONTHS PROBATION.
NOW HIS BUSINESS CAN NOT SERVE DRINKS MORE THAN 19 FEET OUT ONTO THE SAND.
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you take the love of my life.Just alot of questions
AND EVEN MORE QUESTIONS TONIGHT.
HE THOUGHT HIS GIRLFRIEND HAD DIED.
AND NOW THIS STAR FOOTBALL PLAYER FOUND OUT --
SHE DID NOT EXIST *AT ALL.*
THE STUNNING HOAX COMING OUT TONIGHT.
AND THIS WOMAN WENT FROM TURNING HEADS TO MAKING HEADLINES.
NOW SHE'LL BE ON THE SIDELINE IN FRONT OF MILLIONS OF VIEWERS.
HER NEW JOB STILL AHEAD.
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"the last thing she said to me was I love you."
THIS STAR FOOTBALL PLAYER --
THOUGHT HE LOST HIS GIRLFRIEND TO LEUKEMIA THIS YEAR.
BUT TONIGHT --
WE'RE LEARNING SHE NEVER EXISTED AT ALL.
WHY NOTRE DAME SAYS HE'S A VICTIM --
NOT EVEN KNOWING THE PERSON HE CALLED THE "LOVE OF LIFE" --
WASN'T REAL.
THAT'S 60 SECONDS AWAY AFTER LOTTO!
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why me why them it all happened in one day
THOSE WORDS WILL NOW HAUNT ONE OF THE BEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS IN THE COUNTRY FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
IN TONIGHT'S A-B-C SEVEN EXTRA --
A BIZARRE STORY TONIGHT --
ABOUT A STAR NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL PLAYER AND THE DEATH OF HIS GIRLFRIEND.
IT TURNS OUT --
SHE NEVER EXISTED.
ABC'S MICHAEL BARR HAS OUR STORY.
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man-tie tay-oh.NOTRE DAME'S STAR LINEBACKER AND NOW THE VICTIM OF AN
INCREDIBLE HOAX.
LAST SEPTEMBER HE MOURNED THE DEATH OF BOTH HIS GRANDMOTHER AND the person
he called THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE - GIRLFRIEND leh-nay ku-kua JUST SIX HOURS
LATER.
sot te'o:
"the last thing she said to me was I love you."
KEEPING HIS PROMISE TO KEKUA NOT TO MISS A GAME, TE'O WENT ON TO LEAD THE
FIGHTING IRISH TO A SERIES OF VICTORIES that also catapulted him TO BE A
FINALIST FOR THE HEISMAN TROPHY.
TE'O TALKED OPENLY ABOUT HIS DOUBLE LOSS.
sot te'o:
"my brother called me crying, crying and crying. But I was still in denial."
NOW IT TURNS OUT, LENNAY KEKUA DID NOT EXIST.
THE STORY WAS FIRST REPORTED ON THE SPORTS WEBSITE DEADSPIN-dot-com
NOTRE DAME then admitted it had LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION in December AND
DETERMINED in early January TE'O WAS THE VICTIM OF A HOAX
SOT Jack Swarbrick -
"This was a very elaborate, very sophisticated hoax perpetrated for reasons
we can't fully understand. it had certain cruelty at its core."
Swar-brick SAID Teo's RELATIONSHIP with KEKUA WAS only ONLINE AND only OVER
THE PHONE. THEY NEVER MET. HE SAID te'o HAS BEEN TRAGICALLY IMPACTED BY
THESE EVENTS.
SOT Swarbrick:
"Thing i most sad about that the single most trusting human being I
have ever met will not be able to trust again in his life."
Swarbrick said MANTI TEO is expected to talk ABOUT THE HOAX in the next few
days.
Michael Barr, ABC NEWS, NEW YORK.
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THESE DAYS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TURN TO THE INTERNET TO FIND LOVE.
AND IN MANY CASES - THE PERSON YOU THINK YOU'RE CONNECTING WITH. IS SOMEONE ELSE.
THEY'RE LYING ABOUT WHO THEY ARE
IN FACT, THERE'S EVEN A DOCUMENTARY AND A SHOW ON M-T-V CALLED CATFISH.
WE HEARD NOTRE DAME'S ATHLETIC DIRECTOR MENTION IT THIS AFTERNOON WHEN SPEAKING TO THE MEDIA.
A CATFISH IS SOMEONE WHO POSTS FAKE INFORMATION ONLINE.TRYING TO LURE YOU IN AND GET YOU TO FALL.
IT'S ESSENTIALLY A SCAM.
SO HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN IT'S REAL.
EXPERTS SUGGEST PLAYING IT SAFE.
ASK TO SKYPE OR VIDEO CHAT
YOU CAN ALSO ASK FOR A PICTURE OF YOUR ONLINE CRUSH HOLDING SOMETHING THAT SHOWS THE DATE.
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TOMORROW NIGHT --
WE EXPECT TO HEAR ANOTHER ATHLETE'S BOMBSHELL CONFESSION. IN FULL.
CYCLIST LANCE ARMSTRONG ALREADY ADMITTED TO OPRAH WINFREY HE USED PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING DRUGS.
OPRAH'S NETWORK WILL BROADCAST THAT INTERVIEW THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
THE FIRST PART AIRS TOMORROW AT NINE.
WE WILL BRING YOU THE HIGHLIGHTS.
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A NEW LIST OF COLLEGE RANKINGS IS OUT TONIGHT --
PAY MY TUITION AND I'LL DATE YOU.
THE DATING WEBSITE SEEKING-ARRANGEMENT-DOT-COM RELEASED A LIST OF COLLEGES WITH THE MOST FEMALE STUDENTS LOOKING FOR "SUGAR DADDIES."
IN THIS CASE. THOSE MEN AND SOME WOMEN PAY TUITION, FOR MEALS AND EXPENSIVE GIFTS.
GEORGIA STATE IN ATLANTA TOPPED THE LIST OF SCHOOLS WITH FEMALE STUDENTS SIGNING UP FOR THE SITE.
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY IS SECOND AND TEMPLE UNIVERSITY THIRD.
THE WEBSITE SAYS IT'S NOT PROSTITUTION BECAUSE THESE ARE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WANT TO HAVE RELATIONSHIPS TOGETHER.SOME GO ON TO GET MARRIED.
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LOOKING AHEAD --
TOMORROW, FLORIDA SENATOR BILL NELSON PLANS TO JOIN HUNDREDS OF OTHERS SCOURING THE EVERGLADES IN THE PYTHON CHALLENGE.
NELSON'S SPEAR-HEADING AN EFFORT TO BAN THE TRADE OF DANGEROUS REPTILES.
AND IN JUST A FEW HOURS --
HE'LL JOIN THE HEAD OF THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION TO HUNT BURMESE PYTHONS.
LAST WEEKED --
HUNTERS TURNED IN 11 OF THEM.
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ONE OF TELEVISION'S MOST FAMOUS SITCOM FATHERS HAS DIED.
CONRAD BAIN'S DAUGHTER SAYS HE DIED MONDAY OF NATURAL CAUSES IN HIS CALIFORNIA HOME.
BAIN IS BEST KNOWN AS MISTER DRUMMOND ON "DIFF'RENT STROKES."
HE STARRED OPPOSITE GARY COLEMAN AND TODD BRIDGES.
HE ALSO HAD A LONG CAREER ON BROADWAY AND IN FILM.
BRIDGES IS NOW THE ONLY SURVIVING MEMBER FROM THE CAST OF DIFF'RENT STROKES.
COLEMAN DIED IN 20-10.
BAIN WOULD HAVE CELEBRATED HIS 90TH BIRTHDAY NEXT MONTH.
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WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON A REMARKABLE STORY WE FIRST BROUGHT YOU MONDAY NIGHT.
A DOG -- LOST NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO IN CAPE CORAL -- WILL RETURN HOME THIS WEEKEND.
THIS IS ENDO!
THE MASTIFF'S OWNER LOST HIM WHEN HE BROKE OUT OF THEIR FENCED-IN YARD.
THE FAMILY FIGURED AN ALLIGATOR GOT HIM.
BUT --
ENDO TURNED UP AT AN ANIMAL SHELTER IN DULUTH, MINNESOTA.
BECAUSE HE HAS A MICROCHIP, THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND HIS OWNER 17-HUNDRED MILES AWAY IN FLORIDA.
THIS AFTERNOON --
THE GROUP ANIMAL ALLIES LOADED HIM INTO A VAN.
THEY ARE HEADING TO FLORIDA.
THEY SHOULD BE IN CAPE CORAL THIS WEEKEND.
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FROM THE TARGET OF ONE SPORTS REPORTER'S ADMIRATION TO COVERING SPORTS HERSELF.
THE ATTRACTIVE YOUNG WOMAN THRUST INTO THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT DURING LAST WEEK'S B-C-S TITLE GAME HAS A NEW JOB.
REMEMBER THIS WOMAN?
SHE IS KATHERINE WEBB --
THE GIRLFRIEND OF ALABAMA QUARTERBACK A-J MCCARRON.
SHE'S ALSO A FORMER MISS ALABAMA.
SO WHAT'S THE NEW GIG.
ON HER TWITTER PAGE SHE LET HER NOW *THOUSANDS OF FANS KNOW SHE WILL BE COVERING THE SUPERBOWL FOR INSIDE EDITION.
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MORE ON THE MANTI TEO STORY. NOTRE DAME SAYS HE WAS THE PERFECT MARK. THE TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING. SAY STARTING FAST IS A MUST.
LOOK AT THIS BILLBOARD IN THE BOSTON AREA. WE'LL EXPAIN COMING UP.
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NIGHTLINE TEASE
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SPORTS OPEN
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10 DAYS AGO,. NOTRE DAME WAS NOT FEELING GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES. GETTING BEAT BY ALABAMA IN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. TODAY. THAT 28 POINT SEEMS LIKE SMALL POTATOES COMPARED TO THE BOMBSHELL THAT GOT DROPPED INTO THEIR LAPS. ALL AMERICAN LINEBACKER MANTI TEO THE VICTIM OF AN ONLINE HOAX. IN WHICH HIS GIRLFRIEND NOR HER DEATH EVER EXISTED.
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IN MUCH LIGHTER NEWS. CHECK OUT THIS BILLBOARD IN THE BOSTON AREA.
JUST DAYS BEFORE THE PATROITS PLAY THE RAVENS IN THE AFC TITLE GAME. THIS BAD BOY WENT UP.
RAVENS LINEBACKER RAY LEWIS SAYS HE WILL RETIRE WHEN THIS SEASON IS OVER. WHICH ACCORDING TO THIS BILLBOARD. RAY'S CAREER WILL BE OVER AFTER HE LOSES TO THE PATRIOTS THIS SUNDAY.
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SO CHIP KELLY IS NOW THE NEW HEAD COACH OF THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES. LEAVING THE OREGON DUCKS BEHIND.
KELLY TURNED DOWN THE EAGLES 10 DAYS AGO. BUT SAYS THAT'S NOT BECAUSE HE DIDN'T LIKE WHAT PHILLY HAD TO OFFER
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HOME SWEET HOME. YEAH. YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN. THE FGCU MEN. DO NOT LOSE AT HOME. HAVEN'T ALL SEASON. AND THEY DON'T PLAN ON STARTING THURSDAY NIGHT. THE FELLAS HAVE ANOTHER BIG CONFERENCE GAME. HOSTING LIPSCOMB AT THE NEST. BUT THEN AGAIN ALL CONFERCENCE GAMES ARE BIG.
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RIGHT NOW THE EAGLES ARE TIED FOR FIRST PLACE IN THE ASUN CONFERENCE WITH JACKSONVILLE AND STETSON.
SO FAR THE EAGLES ARE DOING IT ON BOTH ENDS OF THE FLOOR. THEY LEAD THE LEAGUE IN SCORE. AT 71 POINTS A GAME.
THEY ALSO LEAD THE LEAGUE IN STEALS.
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THE NBA IS TAKING IT'S ACT TO LONDON THIS WEEK. WHEN THE KNICKS AND PISTONS GET TOGETHER THURSDAY NIGHT.
IT'S ONLY THE 3RD EVER GAME TO BE PLAYED IN EUROPE.
AS FOR THE TEAMS. IT'S A DIFFERENT EXPEIRENCE
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LIGHTING HEAD COACH GUY BOUCHER HAS 4 DIFFERENT DEGREES. FROM SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY TO ENGENEERING.THIS WEEK. HE NEEDS ONE IN CHEMISTRY. THIS HOCKEY TEAM NEEDS TO COME TOGETHER. AND QUICK
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THE LIGHTNING OF COURSE GETTING READY FOR THAT SHORTENED SEASON. AT GERMAIN ARENA THIS WEEK.
THE SEASON IS JUST 48 GAMES. SO THEY KNOW THEY CANNOT LET DOWN ALL SEASON
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FORMER CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE HEAD COACH MARK TESTMAN IS NOW THE HEAD COACH OF THE CHICAGO BEARS.
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AD LIB GOODBYE
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