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5 & 6 AM HEADLINE 1 HUMAN TRAFFICKING-VO-WIPE

RIGHT NOW ON A-B-C 7,

FEDERAL AGENTS BUST A HUMAN TRAFFICKING RING -- RIGHT HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

5 & 6 AM HEADLINE 2 PHARMACY RAID-VO-WIPE

PLUS, A NAPLES PHARMACY *SHUT DOWN.

AFTER AGENTS RAID THE BUSINESS.

5 & 6 AM HEADLINE 3 LANCE-SOT-VO

Winfrey: "Did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance?"

Armstrong: "Yes."

AND WITH THAT ONE WORD, LANCE ARMSTRONG ADMITS --- HE CHEATED.

530AM~STORMWARN FORECAST OPEN-CLIP

530AM~STORMWARN FORECAST-WXWALL

"A cooler and less humid day"

Our streak of 80 degree weather has finally come to an end as a cold front will bring cooler and drier conditions starting today. The change in our weather will be quite noticeable when you step outside this morning with temperatures 15 degrees cooler compared to yesterday morning.

Expect readings near 50 degrees here in town, while inland and northern cool spots will be waking up in the middle to upper 40s. Through the day we'll see a good mix of sun and clouds with afternoon highs in the lower 70s, but with a cool breeze out of the northeast between 10-15 mph, it will feel even cooler.

This evening, skies will stay partly cloudy while overnight lows settle into the middle 50s here in town, while our inland communities drop into the upper 40s.

Through the weekend high pressure to our north will keep our weather dry and temperatures will begin to moderate fairly quickly into the upper 70s. As this front gets hung up across the Florida Straits, more clouds than sun will remain in the forecast for Saturday and Sunday as an easterly wind sweeps a bit of moisture off the Atlantic and across the peninsula.

HUMAN TRAFFICKING-VOWIPE

GOOD MORNING.

I'M LINH BUI.

AND I'M CHANCE SEALES.

A DISTURBING STORY TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS MORNING.

A HUMAN TRAFFICKING BUST HAS ROOTS.

RIGHT HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA….

FEDERAL AGENTS ARRESTED THIS MAN WEDNESDAY --

45-YEAR-OLD ANTONIO MENDEZ-LOPEZ.

IT WAS PART OF A STING OPERATION CALLED "OPERATION DARK NIGHT"

AUTHORITIES SAY HE RAN A HOUSE IN GOLDEN GATE LIKE A BROTHEL.

AND FORCED WOMEN TO HAVE SEX FOR MONEY.

FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS AGENTS ARRESTED 13 SUSPECTS IN ALL.

AND THEY SAY THEY FREED 11 VICTIMS.

CAUGHT UP IN SEX TRAFFICKING IN FLORIDA, GEORGIA, AND THE CAROLINAS.

AGENTS SAY WOMEN -- MOSTLY IN THEIR 20S -- WERE THREATENED.

THEN SENT ALL OVER THE SOUTH TO HAVE SEX.

HUMAN TRAFFICKING-SOTVO

Lowell Senitz,Wings of Shelter, Take In Victims

2:58:00 "it breaks our heart, each new girl that we get, their stories are just horrific, you wonder about society."

THE U-S ATTORNEY SAYS --

THIS IS ESSENTIALLY SLAVERY IN 2013.

WE KNOCKED AT MENDEZ-LOPEZ'S HOUSE IN COLLIER COUNTY.

SOMEONE ANSWERED THE DOOR --

BUT SHUT IT,

WHEN THEY FOUND OUT WHO WE WERE WITH.

NAPLES PHARMACY RAID-VO

IN JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS -- SUNSHINE PHARMACY IN NAPLES *SHOULD BE OPENING.

BUT IT WON'T.

THAT'S BECAUSE THE D-E-A RAIDED THE BUSINESS AND SHUT IT DOWN.

THIS IS EXCLUSIVE VIDEO OF THAT RAID YESTERDAY ---- AT THE PHARMACY ON RATTLENSAKE-HAMMOCK ROAD.

AGENTS ROLLED OUT BOXES AND COMPUTERS.

THEY WON'T TELL US WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR.

DEPUTY HIT & RUN-TRX SS

RIGHT NOW, AUTHORITIES SEARCH FOR TWO MEN IN A TRUCK,

WHO THEY SAY HIT A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY AND TOOK OFF.

LEAVING THE INJURED DEPUTY BEHIND.

TWO DEPUTIES WERE TRYING TO SERVE AN ARREST WARRANT ON JEFFREY MAY.

THEY SAY MAY WAS INSIDE HIS TRUCK,

IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE ON BURNT STORE ROAD.

ACCORDING TO DEPUTIES -

ANOTHER MAN, HUNTER MORRISON, WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL.

MORRISON TOOK OFF. HITTING THE DEPUTY IN HIS LEG.

LANCE ARMSTRONG INTERVIEW-SOTVO WIPE

THE MUCH ANTICIPATED LANCE ARMSTRONG INTERVIEW WITH OPRAH --- BRINGS TO LIGHT MUCH OF WHAT WE EXPECTED.

AFTER MORE THEN A DECADE --- HE FINALLY COMES CLEAN.

"I view this situation as one big lie. that I repeated a lot of times."

WINFREY ASKED HIM IF HE EVER TOOK BANNED SUBSTANCES TO ENHANCE HIS PERFORMANCE.

AND HE ANSWERED, YES.

LANCE ARMSTRONG INTERVIEW-SOT VO

Winfrey: "Yes or no. In all seven of your Tour de France victories, did you ever take banned substances or blood dope?"

Armstrong: "Yes."

THE SECOND PART OF THAT INTERVIEW --- AIRS TONIGHT ON THE OWN NETWORK.

AND JUST HOURS BEFORE LAST NIGHT'S SHOW --- THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED THEY STRIPPED ARMSTRONG OF HIS BRONZE MEDAL --- FROM THE 2000 SYDNEY OLYMPICS

WELLS FARGO BANK ROBBERY-TRX SS VO

THIS MORNING, FORT MYERS POLICE SEARCH FOR A BANK ROBBER.

TAKE A LOOK --

OFFICERS SAY THE MAN IN THIS PHOTO ROBBED THE WELLS FARGO ON LEE BOULEVARD.

THEY SAY HE JUMPED OVER THE COUNTER,

AND TOOK OFF WITH CASH.

IT HAPPENED AROUND 4:30 P-M THURSDAY.

THE MAN WAS WEARING AN ORANGE HOODED SWEATSHIRT AND JEANS.

ANYONE WITH INFORMATION SHOULD CALL CRIME STOPPERS,

ALGERIA HOSTAGES-VO WIPE

A-B-C 7 CONTINUES TO FOLLOW DEVELOPING DETAILS --- FROM A DEADLY HOSTAGE RESCUE OPERATION IN ALGERIA.

ISLAMIST MILITANTS HAVE BEEN HOLDING HOSTAGES -- FROM AT LEAST TEN COUNTRIES AT A GAS PLANT.

WE'RE TOLD FIVE OF THE AMERICAN HOSTAGES -- ARE NOW SAFE.

BUT DOZENS OF OTHER HOSTAGES -- ARE STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR.

STILL NO WORD -- ON THE NUMBER DEAD.

ALGERIA HOSTAGES-SOT VO

We're gonna-- look at-- at what the situation is-- how best to address it--how can we-- bring our-- our military assets to bear in order to deal with it

STATE PENSION RULING-VO WIPE

A MAJOR *LEGAL* VICTORY FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT RULED --

THE STATE *CAN TAKE OUT *THREE PERCENT FROM PUBLIC WORKERS' SALARIES.

TO HELP PAY FOR THEIR PENSIONS.

GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT SIGNED THE LAW IN 2011.

HE ARGUED IT WAS *NEEDED.

TO HELP STRENGTHEN FLORIDA'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

BUT THEN THE STATE'S TEACHERS UNION SUED --

STATE PENSION RULING-SOT VO

ANDY FORD, FLORIDA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT

the governor just showed that he's insensitive to the needs of the average Floridian who doesn't happen to be wealthy.

donna mutzenard, executive director, teacher's assoc of lee county

56:55 we are all very disappointed. We were hoping it would come out the other way. That our teachers would be able to get the 3% they've been donating towards their retirement back to them

SCOTT SAYS THE RULING WILL HELP FLORIDA FAMILIES ---

BY LOWERING THE COST OF LIVING.

5AM COVERAGE PROMISE TO BREAK-2SH-VO

OPRAH'S INTERVIEW WITH LANCE ARMSTRONG --- LIT UP TWITTER LAST NIGHT.

THERE WERE SOME HOT HASHTAGS TRENDING.

THE BEST:

DOPRAH.

LIESTRONG.

LIVE-WRONG.

THE REVIEWS FOR THE INTERVIEW -- WERE PRETTY POSITIVE. FOR OPRAH.

LANCE GOT SOME CRITICISM.

AMANDA LULHAM TWEETED:

"Might help Lance's case if he admits to using Botox to explain complete, total and utter lack of emotion on his face"

TELL US WHAT YOU THOUGHT ON FACEBOOK.

6AM COVERAGE PROMISE TO BREAK-2SH-VO

DID YOU SEE OPRAH'S INTERVIEW WITH LANCE ARMSTRONG?

WAS SHE TOO EASY. TOO TOUGH?

HUFF POST WATCHED THE EXPERTS' TWITTER FEEDS.

LANCE GOT MIXED REVIEWS FOR BEING FORTHRIGHT.

MEANWHILE, THEY LOVED OPRAH.

SPORTS ILLUSTRATED'S RICHARD DIETSCH WROTE ---- "FREAKING OPRAH IS BRINGING IT."

AND ESPN ANALYST DON VAN NATTA, JR SAID --- "Oprah is doing a remarkable job. Simple, direct questions. She has done her homework."

WHAT DID YOU THINK?

LET US KNOW ON FACEBOOK.

STORMWARN GENFORECAST OPEN-CLIPTOPS

STORMWARN FORECAST-WX WALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

"A cooler and less humid day"

Our streak of 80 degree weather has finally come to an end as a cold front will bring cooler and drier conditions starting today. The change in our weather will be quite noticeable when you step outside this morning with temperatures 15 degrees cooler compared to yesterday morning.

Expect readings near 50 degrees here in town, while inland and northern cool spots will be waking up in the middle to upper 40s. Through the day we'll see a good mix of sun and clouds with afternoon highs in the lower 70s, but with a cool breeze out of the northeast between 10-15 mph, it will feel even cooler.

This evening, skies will stay partly cloudy while overnight lows settle into the middle 50s here in town, while our inland communities drop into the upper 40s.

Through the weekend high pressure to our north will keep our weather dry and temperatures will begin to moderate fairly quickly into the upper 70s. As this front gets hung up across the Florida Straits, more clouds than sun will remain in the forecast for Saturday and Sunday as an easterly wind sweeps a bit of moisture off the Atlantic and across the peninsula.

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KOTTKAMP RESIGNS-VO CG

EMBATTLED HEALTH DRINK COMPANY V-R LABS ---- IS WITHOUT A C-E-O THIS MORNING.

FORMER FLORIDA LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JEFF KOTTKAMP -- RESIGNED AS C-E-O.

RIGHT NOW V-R LABS IS INVOLVED IN A BATTLE -- OVER A FIVE MILLION DOLLAR GRANT FROM LEE COUNTY.

THE COMPANY PROMISED 40 FULL TIME JOBS -- BY THE END OF 2012.

AND 208 JOBS BY 2017.

THEY'RE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THOSE NUMBERS.

TOP STORIES OPEN-CLIP

TS1) HUMAN TRAFFICKING-VO-WIPE

IT'S _________

LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

13 PEOPLE ARE IN JAIL THIS MORNING.

AFTER AUTHORITIES BUST A HUMAN TRAFFICKING RING,

WITH ROOTS IN SOUHTWEST FLORIDA.

45-YEAR-OLD ANTONIO MENDEZ-LOPEZ WAS ARRESTED IN GOLDEN GATE.

OFFICIALS SAY WOMEN WERE FORCED TO HAVE SEX ALL OVER THE SOUTHERN U-S --

TS2) DEPUTY HIT & RUN-SS-WIPE

AUTHORITIES ARE ON THE LOOKOUT -- FOR TWO MEN IN A TRUCK THEY SAY HIT A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY AND TOOK OFF.

TWO DEPUTIES TRIED TO SERVE AN ARREST WARRANT ON JEFFREY MAY.

THEY SAY HE WAS INSIDE HIS TRUCK IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE -- WHILE ANOTHER MAN, HUNTER MORRISON, WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL.

MORRISON TOOK OFF --- HITTING THE DEPUTY'S LEG.

TS3) LANCE-VO-WIPE

LANCE ARMSTRONG FINALLY ADMITS HIS GUILT.

HIS INTERVIEW WITH OPRAH WINFREY AIRED LAST NIGHT.

AND THE *SEVEN-TIME TOUR DE FRANCE CHAMPION ADMITTED --

THAT HE DID TAKE BANNED SUBSTANCES.

TO IMPROVE HIS CYCLING PERFORMANCE.

PART 2 OF THAT INTERVIEW AIRS TONIGHT --

TS4) PHARMACY RAID-VO-WIPE

AND, A NAPLES PHARAMCY WILL BE CLOSED TODAY -- AFTER A D-E-A RAID.

AGENTS WERE AT SUNSHINE PHARMACY YESTERDAY, WITH A SEARCH WARRANT.

AND LEFT WITH SEVERAL COMPUTERS AND BOXES -- AND SHUT DOWN THE PHARMACY.

BIGELOW ARRESTED-TRX MUG

BREAKING NEWS INTO THE A-B-C 7 NEWSROOM--

A FORMER LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER WAS ARRESTED OVERNIGHT --

ON CHARGES OF COCAINE POSSESSION.

WE ARE STILL WORKING TO GET DETAILS OF BRIAN BIGELOW'S ARREST.

BUT ACCORDING TO THE LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WEBSITE,

HE IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD IN JAIL.

AND CHARGES INCLUDE -- POSSESSION OF COCAINE AND LOITERING.

YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT BIGELOW HAD A RUN-IN WITH THE LAW LAST NOVEMBER.

DEPUTIES PULLED OVER BIGELOW'S CAR AND ARRESTED A TEENAGER THAT WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL FOR COCAINE POSSESSION.

DEPUTIES CITED BIGELOW FOR LETTING AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON DRIVE HIS CAR.

HE'S DUE IN COURT THIS FRIDAY FOR THAT CASE.

BIGELOW RESIGNED AS LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER BACK IN NOVEMBER AFTER MAKING A RUN FOR THE LEE COUNTY CLERK OF COURTS POSITION.

STORMWARN ALLYSON OPEN-CLIPTOPS

STORMWARN FORECAST-WX WALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

"A cooler and less humid day"

Our streak of 80 degree weather has finally come to an end as a cold front will bring cooler and drier conditions starting today. The change in our weather will be quite noticeable when you step outside this morning with temperatures 15 degrees cooler compared to yesterday morning.

Expect readings near 50 degrees here in town, while inland and northern cool spots will be waking up in the middle to upper 40s. Through the day we'll see a good mix of sun and clouds with afternoon highs in the lower 70s, but with a cool breeze out of the northeast between 10-15 mph, it will feel even cooler.

This evening, skies will stay partly cloudy while overnight lows settle into the middle 50s here in town, while our inland communities drop into the upper 40s.

Through the weekend high pressure to our north will keep our weather dry and temperatures will begin to moderate fairly quickly into the upper 70s. As this front gets hung up across the Florida Straits, more clouds than sun will remain in the forecast for Saturday and Sunday as an easterly wind sweeps a bit of moisture off the Atlantic and across the peninsula.

COLLIER RED TIDE-VO

RED TIDE IS BACK IN COLLIER COUNTY.

ACCORDING TO OUR PARTNERS AT, THE NAPLES DAILY NEWS,

DEAD FISH ARE WASHING UP ON NORTH NAPLES BEACHES.

THERE ARE LOW LEVELS REPORTED AT OTHER BEACHES TOO --

INCLUDING VANDERBILT BEACH AND SEAGATE.

CAPE STABBING COURT-SS VO

MORE INFORMATION THIS MORNING -

ON A CAPE CORAL MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING HIS WIFE TO DEATH.

OFFICIALS TELL US --

PORFIRIO RIVERA WILL STAY IN JAIL *WITHOUT BOND.

OFFICERS SAY RIVERA STABBED HIS WIFE ANNA TO DEATH,

THEN STABBED HIMSELF.

AND HE'S CURRENTYLY BEING SUPERVISED --

FOR A SEPARATE AGGRAVATED BATTERY CHARGE.

RIVERA'S BEEN IN AND OUT OF COURT FOR OTHER CHARGES,

MAATSCH NEW CHARGES-SS VO

A MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING HIS NEIGHBOR IN THE CHEST -- IS FACING NEW CHARGES.

JOHN MAATSCH IS NOW CHARGED WITH BURGLARY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.

INVESTIGATORS SAY HE STABBED TRACEY MARAZZI --- THREE TIMES IN THE CHEST WHILE SHE SLEPT IN HER PASEO HOME.

PUNTA GORDA MISSING WOMAN CAR RECOVERED-VO SS

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS --

PUNTA GORDA INVESTIGATORS ARE *CONFIDENT THEY'VE SOLVED A MISSING PERSON CASE.

DIVERS PULLED AN OLD BUICK STATION WAGON.

OUT OF A CANAL YESTERDAY.

DETECTIVES SAY THEY'RE 99 PERCENT SURE --

THAT IT BELONGS TO FRANCES HENDRICKSON.

SHE LIVED NEAR THE CANAL.

THE 64-YEAR-OLD VANISHED IN 19-93.

INVESTIGATORS FOUND BONES INSIDE THE CAR.

THEY WILL BE TESTED --

TEO' LATEST-VO

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS NOTRE DAME LINEBACKER

MANTI T'EO MENTIONED HIS DEAD GIRLFRIEND *TWICE* ---- *AFTER FINDING OUT SHE DID NOT EXIST.

T'EO CLAIMS HE WAS THE VICTIM OF A HOAX.

HE DID NOT REALIZE HIS GIRLFRIEND WAS NOT REAL.

THEY ONLY TALKED ONLINE --- AND ON THE PHONE.

THEY NEVER MET.

HE AND NOTRE DAME ANNOUNCED T'EO FOUND OUT ABOUT THE HOAX DECEMBER 6TH.

BUT THE A-P FOUND INTERVIEWS DECEMBER 8TH AND DECEMBER 10TH --

SWEETBAY CLOSINGS-VO

HUNDREDS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDIANS.

WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS SOON.

SUPERMARKET CHAIN SWEETBAY ANNOUNCED --

IT'S CLOSING 33 STORES ACROSS THE STATE.

THAT INCLUDES FOUR IN OUR AREA.

ABOUT TWO-THOUSAND FLORIDA EMPLOYEES WILL BE OUT OF WORK.

SWEETBAY CLOSINGS-SOT

"52:26 I'm really very sad in fact I'm almost in tears but I'm not surprised."

THREE STORES IN NAPLES AND ONE IN PUNTA GORDA WILL CLOSE.

AND THE PHARMACY IN THE BONITA SPRINGS STORE WILL ALSO SHUT DOWN.

HEATHER JENSEN IN COURT-VOWIPE

A COLORADO WOMAN, ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE NOVEMBER DEATHS OF HER TWO CHILDREN.

MAKES AN APPEARANCE IN A LEE COUNTY COURTROOM.

HEATHER JENSEN, WHO ALSO GOES BY THE NAME HEATHER "HOLESAPPLE" ---- WAIVED EXTRADITION, CLEARING THE WAY FOR HER RETURN TO COLORADO.

THAT'S WHERE INVESTIGATORS SAY SHE LOCKED HER TWO AND FOUR YEAR OLD SONS IN A HOT CAR --- WHILE SHE HAD SEX WITH HER BOYFRIEND.

THE BOYS DIED OF HYPERTHERMIA.

HEATHER JENSEN IN COURT-SOTVO

I'm glad she's having to pay for what she did. at the same time her going to jail isn't going to change anyone were still going to be sad we lost the kids 25:41

NEW FLU VACCINE-VO

YOU NOW HAVE A NEW VACCINE TO FIGHT THE FLU VIRUS.

THE F-D-A JUST APPROVED IT.

FLUBLOK IS FOR PEOPLE,

AGES 18 TO 49.

D-N-A TECHNOLOGY AND AN INSECT VIRUS CREATED THE VACCINE.

THE F-D-A SAYS FLUBLOK OFFERS THE POTENTIAL FOR *FASTER MANUFACTURING OF A FLU VACCINE,

5AM COVERAGE PROMISE TO BREAK-2SH-FDOT-VO

NEWEST ONLINE SENSATION?

TE'O-ING.

TAKE A LOOK.

GUYS WITH THEIR INVISIBLE GIRLFRIENDS.

MAKING FUN OF MANTI TEO.

ADLIB

PLUS - THE EAGLES DEFEND THEIR NEST.

ARE THE F-G-C-U MEN STILL UNDEFEATED AT HOME?

THIS ONE WENT INTO OVERTIME.

HIGHLIGHTS NEXT IN YOUR ABC7 SPORTS WRAP.

6AM COVERAGE PROMISE TO BREAK-2SH-FDOT-VO

SUBWAY'S FIVE DOLLAR FOOT-LONG.

COMES UP SHORT.

IT'S ON ONLINE MOVEMENT.

MEASURE YOUR SUB.

POST THE PICTURE.

THE VAST MAJORITY --

ONLY 11 INCHES!

ADLIB

THE CHAIN SAYS BREAD IS BAKED DAILY,

SO CAN'T BE PERFECT.

BUT CUSTOMERS SAY. YOU OWE US MONEY!

WE'RE WATCHING *YOUR CASH --

WITH "AMERICA'S MONEY" NEXT.

INCLUDING A DOUBLE DOSE OF GOOD ECONOMIC NEWS.

SPORTS WRAP AT 5AM-PKG

MONEYSCOPE AT 6AM-PKG

STORMWARN GENERIC FORECAST OPEN-CLIPTOPS

STORMWARN FORECAST-WX WALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS TH

E FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

"A cooler and less humid day"

Our streak of 80 degree weather has finally come to an end as a cold front will bring cooler and drier conditions starting today. The change in our weather will be quite noticeable when you step outside this morning with temperatures 15 degrees cooler compared to yesterday morning.

Expect readings near 50 degrees here in town, while inland and northern cool spots will be waking up in the middle to upper 40s. Through the day we'll see a good mix of sun and clouds with afternoon highs in the lower 70s, but with a cool breeze out of the northeast between 10-15 mph, it will feel even cooler.

This evening, skies will stay partly cloudy while overnight lows settle into the middle 50s here in town, while our inland communities drop into the upper 40s.

Through the weekend high pressure to our north will keep our weather dry and temperatures will begin to moderate fairly quickly into the upper 70s. As this front gets hung up across the Florida Straits, more clouds than sun will remain in the forecast for Saturday and Sunday as an easterly wind sweeps a bit of moisture off the Atlantic and across the peninsula.

STORMWARN AND TRAFFIC TRANSITION-CLIPTOPS

TRAFFIC-AWS OR SS

TRAFFIC SPONSOR BILLBOARD-CLIPTOPS

ELECTIONS CHANGES-VO WIPE

GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT CHANGES HIS MIND --

ABOUT FLORIDA'S ELECTION LAW.

MANY BLAME THAT LAW FOR THE *VERY *LONG LINES --

AT POLLS LAST NOVEMBER.

SCOTT HAD SLASHED EARLY VOTING FROM 14 TO 8 DAYS.

THEN DEFENDED THE DECISION IN COURT.

NOW HE WANTS TO GO *BACK TO 14 DAYS.

THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS SUPPORTS HIS IDEAS --

WITH A FEW OF THEIR OWN.

ELECTIONS CHANGES-SOTVO

"That's something that other states have implemented that have saved other states money and have made the voter registration process more efficient and accurate and we'd like to see that implemented here."

15 OTHER STATES CURRENTLY HAVE ON-LINE VOTER REGISTRATION.

BUMP TO BREAK-3SHOT, CAM 10 BMP

5AM HOUR-CLIPTOPS

BIGELOW ARRESTED-TRX MUG

BREAKING NEWS INTO THE A-B-C 7 NEWSROOM--

A FORMER LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER IS ARRESTED OVERNIGHT ON CHARGES OF COCAINE POSSESSION.

WE ARE STILL WORKING TO GET DETAILS OF BRIAN BIGELOW'S ARREST.

BUT ACCORDING TO THE LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WEBSITE, HE IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD IN THE LEE COUNTY JAIL.

THE WEBSITE LISTS SEVERAL CHARGES-- INCLUDING POSSESSION OF COCAINE AND LOITERING.

YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT BIGELOW HAD A RUN-IN WITH THE LAW LAST NOVEMBER.

DEPUTIES PULLED OVER BIGELOW'S CAR AND ARRESTED A TEENAGER THAT WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL FOR COCAINE POSSESSION.

DEPUTIES CITED BIGELOW FOR LETTING AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON DRIVE HIS CAR.

HE'S DUE IN COURT THIS FRIDAY FOR THAT CASE.

BIGELOW RESIGNED AS LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER BACK IN NOVEMBER AFTER MAKING A RUN FOR THE LEE COUNTY CLERK OF COURTS POSITION.

6AM HOUR-CLIPTOPS

530 & 630AM HEADLINE 1 HUMAN TRAFFICKING-VO-WIPE

RIGHT NOW ON A-B-C 7 --

HUMAN TRAFFICKING TAKE DOWN.

DOZENS ARRESTED.

DETAILS ON A HUGE OPERATION THAT SPANNED THE SOUTH.

530 & 630AM HEADLINE 2 LANCE-SOTVO-WIPE

21:49:20

"I will spend the rest of my life trying to win back trust and apologizing to people"

THAT APOLOGY MAY BE TOO LITTLE TOO LATE.

AS LANCE ARMSTRONG LOSES YET ANOTHER AWARD.

THIS MORNING -- SECRETS REVEALED.

530 & 630 AM HEADLINE 3 CANCER RATES DROP-VO-WIPE

AND, GOOD NEWS FOR CANCER PATIENTS.

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY COMES OUT --

530AM~STORMWARN FORECAST OPEN-CLIP

530AM~STORMWARN FORECAST-WXWALL

"A cooler and less humid day"

Our streak of 80 degree weather has finally come to an end as a cold front will bring cooler and drier conditions starting today. The change in our weather will be quite noticeable when you step outside this morning with temperatures 15 degrees cooler compared to yesterday morning.

Expect readings near 50 degrees here in town, while inland and northern cool spots will be waking up in the middle to upper 40s. Through the day we'll see a good mix of sun and clouds with afternoon highs in the lower 70s, but with a cool breeze out of the northeast between 10-15 mph, it will feel even cooler.

This evening, skies will stay partly cloudy while overnight lows settle into the middle 50s here in town, while our inland communities drop into the upper 40s.

Through the weekend high pressure to our north will keep our weather dry and temperatures will begin to moderate fairly quickly into the upper 70s. As this front gets hung up across the Florida Straits, more clouds than sun will remain in the forecast for Saturday and Sunday as an easterly wind sweeps a bit of moisture off the Atlantic and across the peninsula.

HUMAN TRAFFICKING-VOWIPE

A TROUBLING STORY THIS MORNING.

FEDERAL AGENTS ARRESTED THIS MAN --

45-YEAR-OLD ANTONIO MENDEZ-LOPEZ ON WEDNESDAY --

AS PART OF A STING OPERATION THEY CALLED "OPERATION DARK NIGHT"

AUTHORITIES SAY HE RAN A HOUSE IN GOLDEN GATE LIKE A BROTHEL -- FORCING WOMEN TO HAVE SEX FOR MONEY.

FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS AGENTS -- ARRESTED 13 SUSPECTS IN ALL.

THEY FREED 11 VICTIMS CAUGHT UP IN SEX TRAFFICKING IN FLORIDA, GEORGIA, AND THE CAROLINAS.

AGENTS SAY WOMEN -- MOSTLY IN THEIR 20S -- WERE THREATENED --

THEN SENT ALL OVER THE SOUTH TO HAVE SEX -- INCLUDING SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

HUMAN TRAFFICKING-SOTVO

florida is taking a very proactive stand and it is happening here were considered the second of third worst state for human trafficking

THE U-S ATTORNEY CALL THIS --- SLAVERY IN 2013.

WE KNOCKED AT MENDEZ-LOPEZ'S HOUSE IN COLLIER COUNTY.

SOMEONE ANSWERED THE DOOR --

BUT SHUT IT RIGHT AWAY.

DEPUTY HIT & RUN-TRX SS

THIS MORNING, AUTHORITIES ARE ON THE LOOKOUT.

FOR TWO MEN INVOLVED IN A HIT AND RUN WITH A DEPUTY.

IT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT,

AS TWO DEPUTIES TRIED TO SERVE AN ARREST WARRANT ON JEFFREY MAY.

THEY SAY MAY WAS INSIDE HIS TRUCK,

IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE ON BURNT STORE ROAD.

ACCORDING TO DEPUTIES -

ANOTHER MAN.HUNTER MORRISON. WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL.

AND HE TOOK OFF,

HITTING THE DEPUTY IN HIS LEG.

LANCE ARMSTRONG INTERVIEW-VOWIPE

7 TIME TOUR DE FRANCE WINNER LANCE ARMSTRONG --- FINALLY COMES CLEAN ABOUT USING PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS.

PART 1 OF THE MUCH HYPED INTERVIEW WITH OPRAH WINFREY ---- AIRED LAST NIGHT.

LANCE ARMSTRONG INTERVIEW-SOT VO

Winfrey: "Did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance?"

Armstrong: "Yes."

ARMSTRONG ALSO SAID --- IN HIS OPINION, HE DID NOT THINK IT WAS HUMANLY POSSIBLE FOR SOMEONE TO WIN THE TOUR DE FRANCE WITHOUT DOPING.

WELLS FARGO BANK ROBBERY-TRX SS VO

A DEVELOPING STORY THIS MORNING OUT OF FORT MYERS --

POLICE SEARCH FOR A BANK ROBBER.

LOOK AT THIS.

OFFICERS SAY THE MAN IN THE PHOTO.

ROBBED THE WELLS FARGO ON LEE BOULEVARD.

THEY SAY HE HOPPED THE COUNTER,

AND TOOK OFF WITH CASH.

IT HAPPENED THURSDAY AFTERNOON,

RIGHT AROUND 4:30.

THE MAN WAS WEARING AN ORANGE HOODED SWEATSHIRT AND JEANS.

ANYONE WITH INFORMATION CAN CALL CRIME STOPPERS,

KOTTKAMP RESIGNS-VO WIPE

FORMER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JEFF KOTTKAMP --- HAS RESIGNED AS C-E-O OF V-R LABS, A HEALTH DRINK COMPANY.

V-R LABS IS THE COMPANY --- INVOLVED IN A FIGHT OVER A FIVE MILLION DOLLAR GRANT FROM LEE COUNTY.

THE COMPANY PROMISED 40 FULL TIME JOBS -- BY THE END OF 2012.

AND 208 JOBS BY 2017.

SO FAR -- THEY'RE NOWHERE CLOSE.

KOTTKAMP RESIGNS-SOTVO

26:33 vr labs needed that credibility so this is a blow to that organization when there is a whole lot of questions that need to be answered here:43

LEE COUNTY DOCUMENTS SHOW HE WAS GETTING PAID 240 THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR.

COLLIER BEAR SEARCH-VO

WE NOW ENTER DAY *FOUR --

OF THE SEARCH FOR BOO BOO

F-W-C SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN *NO SIGHTINGS --

OF THE MISSING GRIZZLY BEAR.

RIGHT NOW, AUTHORITIES ARE WAITING --

HOPING FOOD WILL LURE IN THE 125 POUND CUB.

HE INITIALLY WENT MISSING BACK ON TUESDAY,

AFTER ESCAPING FROM HIS HOME ON GOLDEN GATE ESTATES.

"BOO BOO" WAS PART OF AN EDUCATION PROGRAM,

CALLED "A GRIZZLY EXPERIENCE."

IF YOU SEE HIM --

AURORA MOVIE THEATER REOPENS-VO WIPE

THE AURORA, COLORADO MOVIE THEATER THAT BECAME THE SCENE OF A MASSACRE -- IS BACK OPEN.

THERE WAS A MOMENT OF SILENCE -- AT LAST NIGHT'S REOPENING.

THEN, THE NEWLY-NAMED "CENTURY AURORA" SHOWED A MOVIE FOR THE FIRST TIME -- SINCE THAT NIGHT, WHEN 12 PEOPLE WERE KILLED.

BUT SOME ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE REOPENING -- CALLING IT "HAUNTING".

AURORA MOVIE THEATER REOPENS-SOT VO

"We are a community of survivors and we are a community that is united in our recovery."

PLANS ARE UNDERWAY FOR A PERMANENT MEMORIAL TO THE VICTIMS.

530AM COVERAGE PROMISE TO BREAK-2SH-VO

THE LANCE ARMSTRONG INTERVIEW TOOK OVER TWITTER AND FACEBOOK LAST NIGHT.

HEARING THE STAR ADMIT TO DOPING.

MADE SOME PEOPLE MORE SYMPATHETIC.

AND OTHERS GOT ANGRY.

ON ABC7'S FACEBOOK WALL.REVIEWS WERE MIXED.

DONNA POWER WRITES, "What a bold face liar he is! What has he taught his children? He makes me sick to my stomach!"

BUT CAROL CUMBERLAND SAYS -- "Nobody is perfect. Lance has still done a lot to raise cancer awareness and money for the cause."

WHAT'S YOUR TAKE?

LOG ON TO FACEBOOK -- AND LET US KNOW.

630AM COVERAGE PROMISE TO BREAK-2SH-VOWIPE

*GMA*

WE HAVE A SERIOUS POLITICAL STORY TO BREAK.

FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA. HAS BANGS.

SHE TURNED 49 YESTERDAY -- AND DEBUTED HER NEW 'DO.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

LINH:

CHANCE: FACEBOOK WAS MIXED.

ALL THIS, RIGHT BEFORE THE INAUGURATION.

*GMA HAS THE STRONG REACTION ON BOTH SIDES.

PLUS.

THE MANTI TE'O STORY KEEPS GROWING.

IT SEEMS LIKE HE KNEW MORE THAN HE LET ON -- AND LET THE HOAX GROW.

630AM COVERAGE PROMISE TO BREAK-VO

STORMWARN GENFORECAST OPEN-CLIPTOPS

STORMWARN FORECAST-WX WALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

"A cooler and less humid day"

Our streak of 80 degree weather has finally come to an end as a cold front will bring cooler and drier conditions starting today. The change in our weather will be quite noticeable when you step outside this morning with temperatures 15 degrees cooler compared to yesterday morning.

Expect readings near 50 degrees here in town, while inland and northern cool spots will be waking up in the middle to upper 40s. Through the day we'll see a good mix of sun and clouds with afternoon highs in the lower 70s, but with a cool breeze out of the northeast between 10-15 mph, it will feel even cooler.

This evening, skies will stay partly cloudy while overnight lows settle into the middle 50s here in town, while our inland communities drop into the upper 40s.

Through the weekend high pressure to our north will keep our weather dry and temperatures will begin to moderate fairly quickly into the upper 70s. As this front gets hung up across the Florida Straits, more clouds than sun will remain in the forecast for Saturday and Sunday as an easterly wind sweeps a bit of moisture off the Atlantic and across the peninsula.

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PRECISION TRAFFIC-TC MON

WATER PROTEST-VOWIPE

SOME PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA -- SAY THEY DON'T WANT THEIR OWN STATE LEADERS CONTROLLING WATER QUALITY

AT A MEETING IN TAMPA ---- FOLKS FROM SOUTHWEST FLORIDA JOINED PROTESTORS.

URGING THE E-P-A TO KEEP ITS RULES IN PLACE -- RESTRICTING POLLUTION IN FLORIDA'S WATER.

WATER PROTEST-SOTVO

jennifer hecker, conservancy of southwest florida, we don't want you to allow the dep to substitute these week state standards for your truly effective, protective ones

THE E-P-A SAYS STATE RULES ARE NOT NECESSARILY WEAKER -- AND THE STATE HAS THE RIGHT TO CONTROL HOW IT ENFORCES THE CLEAN WATER ACT.

WE CALLED THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION -- AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.

TOYOTA SETTLEMENT-OTS

THE FIRST WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT -- INVOLVING SUDDEN ACCELERATION PROBLEMS IN TOYOTA CAMRYS IS SETTLED.

TOYOTA REACHED AN AGREEMENT IN THE CASE -- BROUGHT BY TWO VICTIMS' FAMILIES.

BOTH MEN DIED -- WHEN THEIR CAMRY HIT A WALL IN UTAH IN 2010.

NO WORD ON HOW MUCH THE GROUPS SETTTLED FOR.

AMERICAN AIRLINES NEW LOOK-VO

IT'S THE *FIRST MAKEOVER FOR 'AMERICAN AIRLINES'.

IN FORTY YEARS.

CHECK IT OUT.

THE COMPANY UNVEILED ITS NEW LOOK ON THURSDAY.

THE NEW LOGO AND PAINT JOB ARE DESIGNED --

TO REFLECT THE COMPANY'S PASSION FOR PROGRESS.

JUST A FEW PLANES AT A TIME THOUGH.

BIGELOW ARRESTED-TRX MUG

WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT--

A FORMER LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER IS ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF COCAINE POSSESSION.

ACCORDING TO THE LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WEBSITE, BRIAN BIGELOW WAS BOOKED INTO THE LEE COUNTY JAIL AROUND 3 THIS MORNING.

THE WEBSITE LISTS SEVERAL CHARGES-- INCLUDING POSSESSION OF COCAINE AND LOITERING.

TOP STORIES OPEN-CLIP

QUARTER TOP STORY REVEAL @ 45-HLF REVEAL

IT'S ________

LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

LANCE ARMSTRONG FINALLY ADMITS HIS GUILT.

HIS INTERVIEW WITH OPRAH WINFREY AIRED LAST NIGHT.

AND THE *SEVEN-TIME TOUR DE FRANCE CHAMPION ADMITTED --

THAT HE DID TAKE BANNED SUBSTANCES.

TO IMPROVE HIS CYCLING PERFORMANCE.

AUTHORITIES ARE SEARCHING FOR TWO MEN IN A TRUCK THEY SAY HIT A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY AND TOOK OFF.

TWO DEPUTIES TRIED TO SERVE AN ARREST WARRANT ON JEFFREY MAY.

THEY SAY HE WAS INSIDE HIS TRUCK IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE -- WHILE ANOTHER MAN, HUNTER MORRISON, WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL.

MORRISON TOOK OFF --- HITTING THE DEPUTY'S LEG.

AND, A NAPLES PAHRAMCY WILL BE CLOSED TODAY -- AFTER A D-E-A RAID.

AGENTS WERE AT SUNSHINE PHARMACY YESTERDAY, WITH A SEARCH WARRANT.

STORMWARN ALLYSON OPEN-CLIPTOPS

STORMWARN FORECAST-WX WALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

"A cooler and less humid day"

Our streak of 80 degree weather has finally come to an end as a cold front will bring cooler and drier conditions starting today. The change in our weather will be quite noticeable when you step outside this morning with temperatures 15 degrees cooler compared to yesterday morning.

Expect readings near 50 degrees here in town, while inland and northern cool spots will be waking up in the middle to upper 40s. Through the day we'll see a good mix of sun and clouds with afternoon highs in the lower 70s, but with a cool breeze out of the northeast between 10-15 mph, it will feel even cooler.

This evening, skies will stay partly cloudy while overnight lows settle into the middle 50s here in town, while our inland communities drop into the upper 40s.

Through the weekend high pressure to our north will keep our weather dry and temperatures will begin to moderate fairly quickly into the upper 70s. As this front gets hung up across the Florida Straits, more clouds than sun will remain in the forecast for Saturday and Sunday as an easterly wind sweeps a bit of moisture off the Atlantic and across the peninsula.

SEARCH FOR BOO BOO-2SHOT

THE HUNT IS STILL ON FOR A GRIZZLY BEAR CUB IN COLLIER COUNTY.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF BOO-BOO AND HIS BROTHER YOGI.

BOO-BOO, A 125 POUND BEAR, GOT LOOSE FROM ITS CAGE IN GOLDEN GATE ESTATES FOUR DAYS AGO.

IT'S OWNED BY A LOCAL MAN WHO TRAVELS THE COUNTRY EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT GRIZZLIES,

A-B-C 7'S CLIFTON FRENCH JOINS US NOW LIVE WITH THE LATEST ON THE HUNT FOR THE BEAR.

SEARCH FOR BOO BOO-REM LIVE

DAY 4 NOW, AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO SITINGS OF THIS GRIZZLY.

SEARCH FOR BOO BOO-VO

THE FIRST DAY OF THE HUNT, FWC AND THE COLLIER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS USING HELICOPTERS AND ATV'S TO SEARCH FOR YOGI.

SEARCH FOR BOO BOO-SOT VO

SEARCH FOR BOO BOO-REM LIVE

FWC SAYS THIS BEAR WAS RAISED IN CAPTIVITY AND IS SOMEONE'S PET, SO IT'S NOT BELIEVED TO BE AGGRESSIVE.

STILL, THEY URGE PEOPLE TO USE CAUTION AND ASK THAT IF YOU SEE THE BEAR TO CALL FWC OR CCSO.

CANCER RATES DROP-OTS VOWIPE

THE OVERALL DEATH RATE FROM CANCER.

HAS DROPPED 20-PERCENT FROM ITS PEAK IN 19-91.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO NEW STATISTICS FROM THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY.

IT TRANSLATES TO NEARLY 1-POINT-2 MILLION DEATHS FROM CANCER.

THAT WERE *AVOIDED DURING THAT TIME.

ACCORDING TO THE REPORT ---

DEATH RATES CONTINUE TO DECLINE FOR LUNG, COLON, BREAST AND PROSTATE CANCERS.

LAP BAND SURGERY-VOTOPS

AND A NEW STUDY FINDS--

LAP BAND SURGERY *IS A SAFE AND LONG-TERM SOLUTION FOR TREATING OBESITY.

AUSTRALIAN RESEARCHERS FOLLOWED MORE THAN THREE THOUSAND PATIENTS,

WHO UNDERWENT GASTRIC BANDING AS FAR BACK AS 19-94.

A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PEOPLE MAINTAINED AN AVERAGE WEIGHT LOSS OF 57 POUNDS --

DEAR ABBY FLOWERS-VO

AN ICONIC NATIONAL NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST -- IS BEING REMEMBERED THIS MORNING IN HOLLYWOOD.

FANS ARE LAYING FLOWERS ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME STAR --- OF PAULINE PHILLIPS, BETTER KNOWN AS "DEAR ABBY."

THE 94 YEAR-OLD COLUMNIST PASSED AWAY --- AFTER BATTLING ALZHEIMERS DISEASE FOR YEARS.

PLANET HOLLYWOOD OFFICES-VO

A NATIONAL RESTAURANT CHAIN MOVES THEIR OFFICES TO ORLANDO.

BRINGING JOBS ALONG.

THURSDAY, GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT TOURED THE *NEW HOME --

OF PLANET HOLLYWOOD'S CORPORATE OFFICES.

SOME EMPLOYEES HAVE ALREADY BEEN WORKING THERE FOR A FEW WEEKS.

90 NEW CO-WORKERS WILL SOON JOIN THEM,

PACINO TO PLAY PATERNO IN MOVIE-ONCAM

OSCAR WINNING ACTOR AL PACINO -- WILL STAR IN A MOVIE ABOUT THE CHILD SEX ABUSE SCANDAL AT PENN STATE.

HE'LL PLAY LEGENDARY COACH, JOE PATERNO, IN MOVIE "HAPPY VALLEY" --BASED ON THE BOOK, "PATERNO."

SUNDANCE STARTS-VOWIPE

HOLLYWOOD'S BRIGHT LIGHTS FOCUS ON A UTAH TOWN --

FOR THE NEXT WEEK-AND-A-HALF.

THE 29TH ANNUAL SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL.

KICKED OFF THURSDAY IN PARK CITY.

THE FESTIVAL IS THE PREMIERE SHOWCASE --

FOR U-S AND INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILMS AND DOCUMENTARIES.

THE PROGRAM'S FOUNDER.ROBERT REFORD. KICKED OFF THE FESTIVITIES WITH A TOWN HALL STYLE MEETING.

SUNDANCE STARTS-SOTVO

S/ Robert Redford/ Sundance Film Festival Founder

"The Festival, being as diverse as it is, shows all kinds of different content. And that gives the audience a chance to choose. That's quite not so available in the main market place.

SUNDANCE HAS HELPED LAUNCH THE CAREERS OF QUENTIN TARANTINO, STEVEN SODERBERGH AND ROBERT RODRIGUEZ.

530AM COVERAGE PROMISE TO BREAK-2SH-VO

WE ALL USE FACEBOOK.

BUT MAYBE WE SHOULD ALL WORK THERE!

THE SOCIAL NETWORK JUST GOT AN AWARD --

"BEST COMPANY TO WORK FOR IN 2013."

EMPLOYEES GAVE FEEDBACK ANONYMOUSLY.

AMONG THE PERKS --

PAID VACATION, FREE FOOD, TRANSPORTATION AND DAY CARE.

ADLIB

TECH BYTES IS NEXT.

SHOWING YOU A BRAND NEW FACEBOOK FEATURE.

630AM COVERAGE PROMISE TO BREAK-2SH-SOTVO

A *BIG* STORY WE'RE FOLLOWING.

LANCE ARMSTRONG'S CONFESSION.

ALL THE FAULT AND ALL THE BLAME HERE FALLS ON ME.

SAT DOWN WITH OPRAH.

ADMITTED TO DOPING.

THEN LYING TO FANS AND SPONSORS.

GOOD MORNING AMERICA CONTINUES OUR COVERAGE.

THE DISGRACED CYCLIST.

AND ONE OF THE DEEPEST COVER-UPS IN SPORTS.

TECH BYTES AT 530AM-PKG

STORMWARN GENERIC FORECAST OPEN-CLIPTOPS

STORMWARN FORECAST-WX WALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS TH

E FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

"A cooler and less humid day"

Our streak of 80 degree weather has finally come to an end as a cold front will bring cooler and drier conditions starting today. The change in our weather will be quite noticeable when you step outside this morning with temperatures 15 degrees cooler compared to yesterday morning.

Expect readings near 50 degrees here in town, while inland and northern cool spots will be waking up in the middle to upper 40s. Through the day we'll see a good mix of sun and clouds with afternoon highs in the lower 70s, but with a cool breeze out of the northeast between 10-15 mph, it will feel even cooler.

This evening, skies will stay partly cloudy while overnight lows settle into the middle 50s here in town, while our inland communities drop into the upper 40s.

Through the weekend high pressure to our north will keep our weather dry and temperatures will begin to moderate fairly quickly into the upper 70s. As this front gets hung up across the Florida Straits, more clouds than sun will remain in the forecast for Saturday and Sunday as an easterly wind sweeps a bit of moisture off the Atlantic and across the peninsula.

STORMWARN AND TRAFFIC TRANSITION-CLIPTOPS

TRAFFIC-AWS OR SS

TRAFFIC SPONSOR BILLBOARD-CLIPTOPS

FACEBOOK BEST PLACE TO WORK-VO

FACEBOOK GETS OFF TO A GOOD START THIS YEAR.

THEIR STOCK IS HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

AND THE COMPANY JUST GOT NAMED THE *BEST COMPANY TO WORK FOR IN 2013.

THIS IS THE *SECOND TIME FACEBOOK HAS RECEIVED THE EMPLOYEE'S CHOICE AWARD.

WORKERS PROVIDED FEEDBACK ANONYMOUSLY THROUGH A SURVEY.

AMONG THE PERKS -- LAID BACK ATMOSPHERE.

JANUARY TRAVEL DEALS-VO

IF YOU'RE PLANNING A VACATION --- THINK ABOUT TRAVELING BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH.

EXPERTS SAY JANUARY IS ONE OF THE BEST MONTHS --- TO FIND TRAVEL DEALS, ESPECIALLY CRUISES.

FORECASTS FOR THE YEAR -- POINT TO *HIGHER AIRFARE AND HOTEL PRICES.

PART OF THE INCREASE COMES FROM THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY.

CROSBY STILLS AND NASH TIX-CGTOPS

A BIG CONCERT HEADS TO FORT MYERS --

THAT WE WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS MORNING

LEGENDARY ROCK AND ROLL BAND "CROSBY, STILLS, AND NASH" --

WILL BE AT BARBARA B. MANN ON TUESDAY, MAY 14TH.

BUMP TO BREAK-3SHOT, CAM 10 BMP

TOP STORIES OPEN-CLIP

BIGELOW ARRESTED-TRX MUG

WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT--

A FORMER LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER IS ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF COCAINE POSSESSION.

ACCORDING TO THE LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WEBSITE, BRIAN BIGELOW WAS BOOKED INTO THE LEE COUNTY JAIL AROUND 3 THIS MORNING.

THE WEBSITE LISTS SEVERAL CHARGES-- INCLUDING POSSESSION OF COCAINE AND LOITERING.

TS 1) HUMAN TRAFFICKING-VO-WIPE

13 PEOPLE ARE IN JAIL THIS MORNING.

AFTER AUTHORITIES BUST A HUMAN TRAFFICKING RING,

WITH ROOTS IN GOLDEN GATE.

45-YEAR-OLD ANTONIO MENDEZ-LOPEZ WAS ARRESTED THERE.

OFFICIALS SAY WOMEN WERE FORCED TO HAVE SEX ALL OVER THE SOUTHERN U-S --

TS 2) LANCE-VOTOPS

LANCE ARMSTRONG ADMITS HE CHEATED.

THE 7-TIME TOUR DE FRANCE WINNER SPOKE WITH OPRAH WINFREY --- AND DID ADMIT TO USING PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS.

INCLUDING WHEN HE COMPETED IN THE TOUR DE FRANCE.

TS 3) PHARMACY RAID-VOTOPS

A NAPLES PHARAMCY WON'T BE OPENING TODAY -- AFTER A D-E-A RAID. SHUTS THEM DOWN.

AGENTS WERE AT SUNSHINE PHARMACY YESTERDAY, WITH A SEARCH WARRANT.

AND LEFT WITH SEVERAL COMPUTERS AND BOXES.

TS 4) DEPUTY HIT AND RUN-SSTOPS

THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR TWO MEN IN A TRUCK --- THAT HIT A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY AND TOOK OFF.

TWO DEPUTIES TRIED TO SERVE AN ARREST WARRANT ON JEFFREY MAY.

THEY SAY HE WAS INSIDE HIS TRUCK IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE -- WHILE ANOTHER MAN, HUNTER MORRISON, WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL.

MORRISON TOOK OFF --- HITTING THE DEPUTY'S LEG.

TS 5) BANK ROBBERY-VOTOPS

FORT MYERS POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN THEY SAY ROBBED THE WELLS FARGO BANK ON LEE BOULEVARD.

THEY SAY HE JUMPED OVER THE COUNTER AND TOOK OFF WITH THE CASH.

IT HAPPENED AROUND 4:30 P-M THURSDAY.

TS 6) BEAR SEARCH-VOTOPS

AND DAY 4 IN THE SEARCH FOR BOO BOO THE GRIZZLY BEAR.

FINAL WEATHER

"A cooler and less humid day"

Our streak of 80 degree weather has finally come to an end as a cold front will bring cooler and drier conditions starting today. The change in our weather will be quite noticeable when you step outside this morning with temperatures 15 degrees cooler compared to yesterday morning.

Expect readings near 50 degrees here in town, while inland and northern cool spots will be waking up in the middle to upper 40s. Through the day we'll see a good mix of sun and clouds with afternoon highs in the lower 70s, but with a cool breeze out of the northeast between 10-15 mph, it will feel even cooler.

This evening, skies will stay partly cloudy while overnight lows settle into the middle 50s here in town, while our inland communities drop into the upper 40s.

Through the weekend high pressure to our north will keep our weather dry and temperatures will begin to moderate fairly quickly into the upper 70s. As this front gets hung up across the Florida Straits, more clouds than sun will remain in the forecast for Saturday and Sunday as an easterly wind sweeps a bit of moisture off the Atlantic and across the peninsula.

GOODBYE WEBSITE TEASE-3SH-WEB ANI

COVERAGE PROMISE OF THE BIGGEST STORY OF THE DAY ON WEB

" WHEN EVER YOU NEED A NEWS OR WEATHER UPDATE - WE ARE LOGGED ON AND UPDATING ABC-7.COM "

-WHAT IS COMING UP ON GMA - BIG STORY COVERAGE OF THE MORNING.

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