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NEWS OPEN-CLIP

HL1) INAUGURATION PREPS-VOTOPS-WIPE

LIVE DOPPLER-DOPPLER

HL2) BIGELOW ARREST-VOTOPS-WIPE

A FORMER LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER IS IN HOT WATER!

HL3) ARMSTRONG DOPING-SOTVO

I deserve to be punished - I'm not sure that I deserve a death penalty

HELLO-1SHOT PUSH

GOOD MORNING SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

TODAY IS SATURDAY JANUARY 19TH.

I'M JOE ROETZ.

WE BEGIN WITH YOUR WEEKEND WEATHER - METEOROLOGIST KIRA MINER IS HERE TO HELP YOU PLAN OUT YOUR DAY.

FIRST WEATHER-WX CTR

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.

We finally got that much awaited cool down across Southwest Florida, but don't get too used to it as our very brief cold spell comes to an end starting today.

Clouds have blanketed our skies overnight and into the predawn hours preventing our temperatures from bottoming out too much. So instead of widespread middle and upper 40s, many of us will wake with readings in the upper 50s near 60°.

High pressure across the Carolinas will keep a breezy east and northeasterly wind flow in place through the afternoon. This in combination with a stalled front to our south means more clouds than sun for our Saturday forecast along with daytime highs rebounding into the middle to upper 70s. As some of this moisture from the Atlantic sweeps across the peninsula, a stray sprinkle or shower can't be ruled out during the day, however it looks like the vast majority of the area will end up being dry with rain prospects less than 20%.

Tonight, our skies will stay partly to mostly cloudy and lows won't be nearly as cool as the slip into the lower 60s with a few upper 50s across our inland and northern communities.

INAUGURATION PREPS-TCMON

ON MONDAY - PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA WILL BE SWORN IN FOR HIS SECOND TERM.

SMALLER CROWDS ARE INEVITABLE FOR A SECOND INAUGURATION, AS THE GLOW OF A NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT FADES.

AND WHILE IT MAY NOT BE AS OVER THE TOP AS IT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO, THERE WILL STILL BE A PARTY THIS WEEKEND IN WASHINGTON.

INAUGURATION PREPS-PKG

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS WILL PACK THE NATIONAL MALL ON MONDAYEAGER TO WITNESS

IN PERSON THE SECOND INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT OBAMA.

BUT THEY'RE NOT QUITE PARTYING LIKE IT'S 2009.

FOUR YEARS AGO, A RECORD 1-POINT-8 MILLION PEOPLE GATHERED TO SEE THE

SWEARING IN OF THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT

Insert oath nats

THIS YEAR, OFFICIALS ESTIMATE ABOUT 600 TO 800-THOUSAND WILL BE ON HAND FOR

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CEREMONIAL SWEARING IN.

THAT'S MORE THAN THE CROWDS FOR PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH'S SECOND

INAUGURATION, BUT A FAR CRY FROM 2009.

THERE WILL STILL BE SOME STAR POWER - BEYONCEKELLY CLARKSONAND JAMES TAYLOR

WILL ALL TAKE PART IN THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONY.

AND SURE, PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SUPPORTERS WILL BE ENTHUSIASTICBUT THE MOOD ON

THE MALL WILL BE DIFFERENTAND THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH IS LIKELY TO REFLECT

THAT.

WHILE THE NATION IS NOT TEETERING ON THE BRINK LIKE IT WAS IN JANUARY 2009.

THE PRESIDENT IS STILL STRUGGLING WITH A SLOW ECONOMY, HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT AND

VOTERS' LACK OF TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN WASHINGTON.

We are poised for a good year -- if we make smart decisions, sound

investments, and as long as Washington politics don't get in the way of

America's progress.

BEFORE THE HARD WORK OF THE SECOND TERM BEGINS, THE OBAMAS WILL SQUEEZE IN A

LITTLE BIT OF FUN.

IN 2009, THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY HAD A WHIRLWIND NIGHT ON THE TOWN - 10

INAUGURAL BALLS!

THIS YEAR, THERE ARE JUST TWO OFFICIAL BALLS.ONE IS EXPECTED TO DRAW MORE

THAN 35-THOUSAND WHO WILL GROOVE TO THE SOUNDS OF KATY PERRYSMOKEY

ROBINSONUSHERAND BRAD PAISLEY.

I like a good party.

BUT IT COULD BE AN EARLY NIGHT IN. THE PRESIDENT'S GOT A JOB TO DO THE

NEXT DAY.

It's been a busy and productive four years, and I expect the same from the

next four years.

INAUGURATION PREPS-TAG

THAT WAS ABC'S KAREN TRAVERS WITH THAT REPORT.

VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL TAKE HIS OFFICIAL OATH OF OFFICE AT 8:15 AM AT HIS RESIDENCE, ONE OBSERVATORY CIRCLE IN NORTHWEST WASHINGTON.

car accident-BREAKING

car accident-OC

THIS JUST INTO OUR ABC 7 NEWSROOM.

WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT A 2 CAR CRASH VEHICLE CRASH ON STATE ROAD 82 AND COLUMBUS BLVD.

ONE CAUGHT FIRE AND 2 PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL

BUSH WONT BE AT INAUGURATION-VO

FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE H-W BUSH WILL NOT ATTEND PRESIDENT OBAMA'S INAUGURATION ON MONDAY.

PRESDIENT BUSH'S SPOKESMAN MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON TWITTER TODAY.

THIS WILL BE THE FIRST INAUGURATION BUSH AND HIS WIFE BARBARA HAVE MISSED SINCE 1997.

THE 88-YEAR-OLD WAS DISCHARGED FROM A HOUSTON HOSPITAL ON MONDAY AFTER SPENDING TWO MONTHS THERE.

CAPE STUDENT HIT-SS VO

ABC7 IS UNCOVERING NEW DETAILS AFTER AN ISLAND COAST HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WAS HIT ON HIS WAY TO SCHOOL.

A PICKUP TRUCK DRIVER HIT 16-YEAR-OLD JONATHAN CRUZ AS HE CROSSED THE STREET. HEADING TO SCHOOL.

IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY.

CRUZ ONLY MADE IT HALFWAY ACROSS DE NAVARRO PARKWAY BEFORE THAT DRIVER HIT HIM.

THE CRASH BROKE HIS HIP AND CAUSED SWELLING IN HIS BRAIN.

CAPE STUDENT HIT-SOTVO

Sot

Daniel Anderson, victims grandfather

"My grandson is 16 years old, a very athletic young man. We all love him. This is his little brother right here. He loves sports too. We're all just praying that he'll be okay

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TELLS US PARENTS SHOULD *NOT DROP STUDENTS OFF ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET,.

BIGELOW ARREST-SS(2) VO

FORMER LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER BRIAN BIGELOW IS OUT OF JAIL AND IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER OFFICERS ARRESTED HIM ON COCAINE CHARGES.

FORT MYERS POLICE OFFICERS SAY THEY FOUND 10 BAGS OF COCAINE ON BIGELOW,

ALONG WITH A CUT STRAW, WHICH IS COMMONLY USED FOR SNORTING THE DRUG.

HE FACES FELONY CHARGES.

BUT THIS MORNING - DEPUTIES WILL NOT TELL US WHY BIGELOW IS NOW AT A MEDICAL FACILITY BECAUSE OF PRIVACY LAWS.

BIGELOW WASN'T THE ONLY PERSON POLICE ARRESTED WHEN POLICE STOPPED HIM OUTSIDE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.

THEY THOUGHT THERE WAS A WOMAN IN HIS RENTAL CAR -- TURNS OUT THIS IS REALLY A MAN NAMED MARKIS AVILA.

BOTH APPEARED TOGETHER FRIDAY MORNING IN THIS BOOKING VIDEO.

OPEN BOTTLES DOWNTOWN-VO

ONE ANGRY BAR OWNER SAYS HE PLANS TO SUE THE FORT MYERS POLICE DEPARTMENT --

AS THEY CRACKDOWN ON OPEN CONTAINER VIOLATORS.

THE OWNER OF RED ROCK SALOON IS LEADING THE CHARGE.

BARS AND THE POLICE HAVE BEEN AT ODDS SINCE OFFICERS BEGAN STRICTER ENFORCEMENT OF OPEN CONTAINER LAWS DURING SPECIAL EVENTS.

SOME BUSINESS OWNERS BELIEVE OFFICERS ARE NOT INTERPRETING THE LAW CORRECTLY.

OPEN BOTTLES DOWNTOWN-SOTVO

LT JAY RODRIGUEZ, FMPD: they have a responsibility the management, the bar owner and the bartender to contain their alcohol within their property

RAIMOND AULEN, INDIGO ROOM: You don't have to have someone with a taser to stop someone from going into the parking lot people should be aware of the open container laws

MURDER WARRENT-VO SS

A-B-C SEVEN'S CAMERAS WERE ROLLING WHEN U-S MARSHALS CORNERED A MURDER SUSPECT IN GOLDEN GATE FRIDAY MORNING.

WATCH THIS --

THE CHAOTIC SCENE OUTSIDE AN APARTMENT BUILDING ON 50TH TERRACE SOUTHWEST.

MARSHALS AND A SWAT TEAM MOVED IN.

THE SUSPECT TURNED HIMSELF IN.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THIS MAN --

IFRAIN QUINTANA IS THE SUSPECT.

THEY SAY HE SHOT HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND IN THE FACE LATE LAST MONTH.

THAT HAPPENED OUTSIDE A PHARMACY IN LITTLE HAVANA --

ACCORDING TO MIAMI POLICE.

RED TIDE-VO

LOOKING AHEAD FOR THIS WEEKEND.

ABC7 FOUND THAT YOU COULD BE IN FOR AN UNPLEASANT SURPRISE.A FOUL SMELLING ONE.

A TOXIC RED TIDE BLOOM IS KILLING FISH ALONG THE SHORE.

RIGHT NOW F-W-C REPORTS THE HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF RED TIDE ARE IN LEE, COLLIER, AND CHARLOTTE COUNTIES.

RED TIDE-SOTVO

47:07 "It's awful, it's completely the worst thing that can happen besides a hurricane, as soon as people walk in they're completely turned off by it."

STATE AGENCIES ARE MONITORING RED TIDE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

TEASE ONE-OC

DO YOU HAVE HOLIDAY GIFT CARDS IN YOUR WALLET?

YOU MIGHT WANT TO USE THEM SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

TZ 1 A (GIFT CARD WARNING)-VO-WIPE

WEATHER TEASE-WX CTR

GIFT CARD WARNING-INTRO

IF YOU GOT A GIFT CARD OVER THE HOLIDAYS -

LIZ CRENSHAW RUNS THROUGH WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW WHEN USING THEM.

GIFT CARD WARNING-PKG

"They are something that you know people can get exactly what they want."

"They're very practical actually."

THE HOLIDAYS ARE OVER SO NOW IT'S TIME TO SPEND THOSE GIFT CARDS YOU RECEIVED.

BUT FIRST TAKE A LOOK AT THE FINE PRINT.

GIFT CARD RULES CHANGED IN RECENT YEARS.

"The very first thing I would say is to be mindful of the expiration date."

PAMELA BANKS IS SENIOR POLICY COUNSEL FOR CONSUMERS UNION. THE PUBLISHER OF CONSUMER REPORTS MAGAZINE.

THE GOOD NEWS IS FEDERAL RULES REQUIRE MONEY ON A GIFT CARD TO BE GOOD FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE THE CARD WAS PURCHASED.

"I do often forget about them but eventually I find them somewhere in my wallet."

BUT BEWARE. IF YOU HANG ON TO YOUR GIFT CARD FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. THE VALUE MAY START SLIPPING AWAY.

"If you don't use your card for 12 months you could be accessed monthly fee that eats away the value of the card."

REMEMBER - TREAT YOUR GIFT CARD LIKE CASH AND KEEP IT SAFE.

IF YOU LOSE IT OR IT'S STOLEN. YOU MAY BE CHARGED A FEE TO REPLACE IT.

THAT'S IF THE STORE AGREES TO REPLACE A GIFT CARD AT ALL.

IT'S ALSO UP TO A STORE'S POLICY WHETHER YOU CAN COMBINE GIFT CARDS.

"Most stores want your business so they'll try to work with you."

RETAIL GIFT CARDS CAN ONLY BE USED AT THE THE RETAILER OR RESTAURANT NAMED ON THE CARD.

BANK GIFT CARDS CAN BE USED WHEREVER THE BRAND IS ACCEPTED.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BANK GIFT CARDS AND PRE-PAID BANK RELOADABLE CARDS.

PRE-PAID BANK CARDS DO NOT FALL UNDER THE GIFT CARD RULES. SO YOU MAY BE HIT WITH MORE FEES.

"There are some protections in federal law for prepaid cards but certainly the best protection come with respect to credit cards."

NOT HAPPY WITH THE GIFT CARDS YOU RECEIVED? CONSUMERS REPORTS SAYS CONSIDER EXCHANGING THEM OR EVEN SELLING THEM ON LINE. YOU CAN DO THAT AT SEVERAL WEBSITES LIKE CARD-POOL-DOT-COM. GIFT-CARD-RESCUE-DOT COM. AND MOSTER-GIFT-CARD-DOT COM.

GIFT CARDS: A GREAT WAY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF POST HOLIDAY SALES WITHOUT HITTING YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.

"I usually use them straight after I get them."

STORMWARN CLIP-CLIPTOPS

WEATHER-WX

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.

We finally got that much awaited cool down across Southwest Florida, but don't get too used to it as our very brief cold spell comes to an end starting today.

Clouds have blanketed our skies overnight and into the predawn hours preventing our temperatures from bottoming out too much. So instead of widespread middle and upper 40s, many of us will wake with readings in the upper 50s near 60°.

High pressure across the Carolinas will keep a breezy east and northeasterly wind flow in place through the afternoon. This in combination with a stalled front to our south means more clouds than sun for our Saturday forecast along with daytime highs rebounding into the middle to upper 70s. As some of this moisture from the Atlantic sweeps across the peninsula, a stray sprinkle or shower can't be ruled out during the day, however it looks like the vast majority of the area will end up being dry with rain prospects less than 20%.

Tonight, our skies will stay partly to mostly cloudy and lows won't be nearly as cool as the slip into the lower 60s with a few upper 50s across our inland and northern communities.

SPORTS PKG-PKG

RAYS TICKETS-ON CAM

THE TAMPA RAYS SPRING TRAINING TICKETS GO ON SALE TODAY.

SINGLE GAME TICKETS RANGE IN PRICE FROM TEN BUCKS TO 27-DOLLARS.

YOU CAN HEAD TO THE CHARLOTTE SPORTS PARK BOX OFFICE, GO ONLINE AT RAYSBASEBALL.COM, OR CALL 888-FAN-RAYS.

THINGS TO DO-CLIP

THINGS TO DO-CGTOPS (2) BNR

IF YOUR LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO THIS WEEKEND AND YOU LIKE TO RUN OR WORK OUT HEAD OVER TO THE 22ND ANNUAL TOUR DE CAPE AT THE CAPE HARBOUR IN CAPE CORAL. THE EVENT IS BEING HELD ALL DAY TODAY. THE RUN IS DESIGNED FOR ADVANCED RUNNERS.

IF YOU HAVE THE HOLIDAY OFF THIS COMING MONDAY YOU MAY ENJOY THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR PARADE IN NAPLES.

THE PARADE WILL START AT 11:00 A.M. AND WILL FOLLOW THE TRADITIONAL PARADE ROUTE BEGINNING AT BROAD AVENUE SOUTH AND THIRD STREET SOUTH BEFORE MAKING ITS WAY TO FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH.

THE PARADE WILL END WITH A CELEBRATION AT CAMBIER PARK ON EIGHTH STREET SOUTH.

FOR MORE THINGS TO DO -- HEAD ON OVER TO OUR WEBSITE

TEASE TWO-OC

AN ALL OUT SEARCH IS CALLED OFF FOR A MISSING "BEAR".

AFTER THE BREAK WE'LL TELL YOU WHERE BOO-BOO THE CUB'S BEEN HIDING.

PLUS-THE HAZING SAGA FOR FLORIDA A-AND-M MAY COME TO AN END AS THE UNIVERSITY TAKES ON A NEW AN ANTI-HAZING CZAR.

TZ 2 A BEAR HUNT-VO-WIPE

TZ2B (FAMU HAZING)-VOTOPS

BEAR CAUGHT-VO

A GRIZZLY BEAR CUB IS BACK WITH ITS OWNER THIS MORNING.

IT'S BEEN ON THE RUN IN COLLIER COUNTY.

THIS IS ALL NEW VIDEO OF BOO-BOO THE GRIZZLY SHORTLY AFTER OFFICERS SHOT HIM WITH A TRANQUILIZER DART.

THEY FOUND THE CUB NEAR 29TH AVENUE NORTHEAST IN GOLDEN GATE ESTATES.

THAT'S TWO MILES FROM THE LICENSED EXHIBIT FROM WHERE HE ESCAPED.

TURTLE RESCUE-VO

A *SLOW-SPEED* CHASE IN FORT MYERS ENDS WITH NO INJURIES.

THAT'S BECAUSE IT INVOLVED A TORTOISE AND A POLICE OFFICER --

WHO STOPPED TO HELP IT CROSS THE ROAD.

THIS HAPPENED NEAR THE FORUM AREA.

THE OFFICER'S DASHCAM RECORDED IT.

FORT MYERS POLICE OFFICER GLENN EPPLER SAW THE TRAFFIC HAZARD.

TSA SCANNERS-VO

THE T-S-A IS PULLING THE PLUG ON THOSE CONTROVERSIAL NEAR-NUDE BODY SCANNERS AT THE AIRPORT.

CONGRESS HAD ORDERED THOSE SCANNERS EITHER PRODUCE A MORE GENERIC IMAGE --

OR BE REMOVED BY JUNE.

AND THE COMPANY THAT MAKES THEM COULD NOT MEET THAT DEADLINE.

SO A MORE GENERIC -- LESS INVASIVE -- IMAGE WILL BE USED AS THE PRIMARY X-RAY SCANNER IN AIRPORTS AROUND THE U-S.

FAMU HAZING-VO

MORE THAN A YEAR AFTER THE HAZING DEATH OF DRUM MAJOR ROBERT CHAMPION, FLORIDA A-AND-M UNIVERSITY HAS APPOINTED AN ANTI-HAZING CZAR.

HIS NAME IS BRYAN SMITH.

SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY IT WILL BE HIS JOB TO LOOK OVER THE SCHOOLS CURRENT ANTI-HAZING POLICY AND FIX AND CRACKS IN THEIR PLAN.

HONDA RECALL-VO

WE HAVE AN IMPORTANT A-B-C SEVEN RECALL ALERT FOR YOU THIS MORNING.

HONDA IS RECALLING MORE THAN 750-THOSUAND LATE-MODEL PILOT AND ODYSSEY VEHICLES.

THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAGS.

HONDA SAYS THOSE AIRBAGS MAY HAVE BEEN INSTALLED WITHOUT THE RIVETS THAT SECURE THE BAG'S PLASTIC COVER.

THAT COULD CAUSE THEM TO DEPLOY IMPROPERLY.

TEASE THREE-ON CAM

IT TURNS OUT IT WAS ALL ONE BIG LIE FOR LANCE ARMSTRONG----

THE ONCE ADORED, NOW DISGRACED CYCLIST CAME CLEAN IN AN ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEW WITH OPRAH WINFREY.

THE LATEST ON THAT IN A MINUTE.

PLUS--MANY AMERICANS ARE STILL GETTING SICK FROM THE FLU VIRUS.

TZ 3 A (LANCE ARMSTRONG)-VO-WIPE

TZ3 B (FLU DEATHS-VOTOPS

NEWS OPEN-CLIP

TS1) INAUGURATION PREPS-VOTOPS

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PUBLIC INAUGURATION IS SET FOR MONDAY.

THAT'S ALSO THE NATIONAL HOLIDAY HONORING MARTIN LUTHER KING, JUNIOR.

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S OFFICIAL INAUGURATION WILL ACTUALLY BE HELD SUNDAY, AS MANDATED BY THE CONSTITUTION.

THAT EVENT WON'T BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

LIVE DOPPLER-DOPPLER

TS2) BIGELOW ARREST-SS (2)

FORMER LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER BRIAN BIGELOW IS OUT OF JAIL AND IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER OFFICERS ARRESTED HIM ON COCAINE CHARGES.

FORT MYERS POLICE OFFICERS TELL US THEY FOUND 10 BAGS OF COCAINE ON BIGELOW.ALONG WITH A CUT STRAW, WHICH IS COMMONLY USED FOR SNORTING THE DRUG.

HE FACES FELONY CHARGES.

BIGELOW WASN'T THE ONLY PERSON POLICE ARRESTED.

TS3) OPEN BOTTLES-VOTOPS

ONE ANGRY BAR OWNER SAYS HE'S PLANNING TO SUE THE FORT MYERS POLICE DEPARTMENT --

AS THEY CRACK DOWN ON OPEN CONTAINER VIOLATORS.

THE OWNER OF RED ROCK SALOON IS LEADING THE CHARGE.

BARS AND THE POLICE HAVE BEEN AT ODDS SINCE OFFICERS BEGAN STRICTER ENFORCEMENT OF OPEN CONTAINER LAWS DURING SPECIAL EVENTS.

HELLO-1SHOT PUSH

GOOD MORNING SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

I'M JOE ROETZ.

TODAY IS SATURDAY, JANUARY 19TH.

WE BEGIN WITH YOUR WEEKEND WEATHER - METEOROLOGIST KIRA MINER IS HERE TO HELP YOU PLAN OUT YOUR DAY.

WEATHER-WX CTR

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.

We finally got that much awaited cool down across Southwest Florida, but don't get too used to it as our very brief cold spell comes to an end starting today.

Clouds have blanketed our skies overnight and into the predawn hours preventing our temperatures from bottoming out too much. So instead of widespread middle and upper 40s, many of us will wake with readings in the upper 50s near 60°.

High pressure across the Carolinas will keep a breezy east and northeasterly wind flow in place through the afternoon. This in combination with a stalled front to our south means more clouds than sun for our Saturday forecast along with daytime highs rebounding into the middle to upper 70s. As some of this moisture from the Atlantic sweeps across the peninsula, a stray sprinkle or shower can't be ruled out during the day, however it looks like the vast majority of the area will end up being dry with rain prospects less than 20%.

Tonight, our skies will stay partly to mostly cloudy and lows won't be nearly as cool as the slip into the lower 60s with a few upper 50s across our inland and northern communities.

CAR ACCIDENT BREAKING-DEVELOPING

CAR ACCIDENT BREAKING-VO

DEVELOPING NEWS THIS MORNING.

WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT A TWO CAR CRASH ON STATE ROAD 82 AND COLUMBUS BLVD.

ONE OF THE CARS CAUGHT FIRE AND TWO PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL

OFFICIALS SAY THE PERSON WHO WAS AT FAULT GOT OUT AND RAN.

WE WILL BRING YOU MORE INFORMATION AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE

LANCE ARMSTRONG LATEST-OC

THE SECOND AND FINAL PART OF OPRAH WINFREY'S INTERVIEW WITH LANCE ARMSTRONG AIRED LAST NIGHT.

ARMSTRONG SAID HE HAS REMORSE FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE.

HE DESCRIBED HOW HIS LIFE HAS CHANGED SINCE HIS FALL FROM GRACE.

LANCE ARMSTRONG LATEST-PKG

IN THE SECOND PART OF HIS INTERVIEW WITH OPRAH WINFREY - WHICH WAS BROADCAST ON FRIDAY - LANCE ARMSTRONG DESCRIBED HOW HIS WORLD HAS FALLEN AROUND HIM.

THE DISGRACED CYCLIST WAS MORE EMOTIONAL IN THE SECOND PORTION - NOTABLY WHEN TALKING ABOUT HOW ONE OF HIS CHILDREN HAD BEEN DEFENDING HIM.

I told Luke I said --

I said don't defend me anymore

THE MOST HUMBLING MOMENT - HE SAYS - HAVING TO SEVER TIES WITH THE WILDLY SUCCESSFUL LIVESTRONG FOUNDATION THAT HE STARTED.

The foundation is like my sixth child and to make that decision and to step aside was - that was big

MORE THAN 4.3 MILLION VIEWERS TUNED IN THURSDAY TO HEAR ARMSTRONG FINALLY ADMIT HE USED PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING DRUGS - AS WELL AS UNDERWENT BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS - IN ORDER TO GAIN AN ADVANTAGE.

THIS AFTER A DECADE OF DENIALS.

ARMSTRONG'S RECORD STRING OF SEVEN TOUR DE FRANCE TITLES HAVE BEEN STRIPPED - SAME WITH HIS 2000 OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDAL.

THE U-S ANTI-DOPING AGENCY HAS PUT A LIFETIME BAN ON THE CYCLIST.

HOWEVER ARMSTRONG SAYS HE WOULD LIKE TO BE ALLOWED BACK INTO THE COMPETETIVE SPORTING WORLD SOMEDAY:

This may not be the most popular answer - but I think I deserve it

--Flash--

I deserve to be punished - I'm not sure that I deserve a death penalty

ARMSTRONG CONCEDES HE HAS AN UPHILL BATTLE BACK INTO SANCTIONED SPORTS.

LANCE ARMSTRONG LATEST-TAG

THAT WAS RALITSA VASSILEVA REPORTING.

UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS-VOTOPS

FLORIDA'S UNEMPLOYMENT IS IMPROVING.

A NEW REPORT SHOW UNEMPLOYMENT DIPPED TO 8 PERCENT IN DECEMBER.

THAT'S THE LOWEST SINCE NOVEMBER 2008 WHEN IT WAS 7 POINT 8 PERCENT.

NAPLES REAL ESTATE-VO

THE REAL ESTATE MARKET LOOKS BETTER THIS MORNING IN NAPLES.

NEW NUMBERS FROM THE 'NAPLES AREA BOARD OF REAL-TORS' SHOW SALES JUMPED NINE PERCENT IN 2012.

NAPLES REAL ESTATE-SOTVO

"It's very good news. For what we've been through, were really seeing some very positive numbers and are confirming those numbers now."

"I think we're really looking at a positive 2013 this year if everything continues on, the season is looking pretty good so far, everybody is busy."

SPEEDWAY-OC SOTVO

RACING FANS IN PUNTA GORDA ARE TRYING TO SAVE THEIR SPEEDWAY.

"it's got to say something when 418 people sign something to keep a place open."

THE LEASE BETWEEN THE PUNTA GORDA SPEEDWAY AND THE AIRPORT EXPIRES IN MARCH.

AND THE AIRPORT IS RAISING RENT MORE THAN THREE-THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH.

THE PEOPLE WHO RUN THE SPEEDWAY SAY THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT.

SPEEDWAY-SOTVO

"Racing isn't a hobby, it's a lifestyle. once you get it, you're stuck, you're not going anywhere else."

THE AIRPORT SAYS IT CAN BRING THE PRICE OF RENT DOWN.

BUT THEY'LL HAVE TO OPEN THE PROPERTY UP TO BIDS.

IN THAT CASE --

NFM GUN BURGLARY ARREST-SS VO SS

DEPUTIES IN LEE COUNTY ARREST A THIRD *AND FINAL SUSPECT INVOLVED IN A BURGLARY IN NORTH FORT MYERS.

THEY SAY DEREK PARENT HAD STOLEN GUNS IN IS POSSESSION.

THEY CARRIED OUT A SEARCH WARRANT OF HIS HOME IN SOUTH FORT MYERS.

DEPUTIES ALREADY ARRESTED AND CHARGED JOSEPH RIVERA

MURDER VICTIM TREE PLANTING-NATS VO

PEOPLE IN FORT MYERS HONORED ONE OF THE CITY'S MURDER VICTIMS YESTERDAY.

16:44 people are given life but we still will pass on 16:47

AT CLEMENTE PARK,

FLORINE POWELL READ A POEM SHE WROTE.

IT'S THE PLACE HER 20-YEAR OLD SON CEDRIC ROBINSON WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN JUNE 2011.

MURDER VICTIM TREE PLANTING-SOTVO

13:36 I just want to let me my community know that you know we can't just give up, you know if maybe my case was solved, there's still others out there 13:50

THE GROUP 'MOTHERS AGAINST MURDER' WANTS TO CREATE A MEMORIAL FOR ALL THE CITY'S MURDER VICTIMS.

VOTER REGISTRATION-VO

A FLORIDA LAWMAKER SAYS IT'S TIME TO BRING VOTER REGISTRATION INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.

DEMOCRATIC STATE SENATOR JEFF CLEMENS HAS SPONSORED A LAW THAT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY REGISTER PEOPLE TO VOTE WHEN THEY APPLY-FOR OR RENEW THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE.

RIGHT NOW D-M-V WORKERS HAVE TO ASK YOU IF YOU WANT TO REGISTER.

UNDER HIS PLAN YOU CAN STILL OPT OUT.

MIAMI FUGITIVE CAUGHT IN SWFL-VOWIPE

A CHAOTIC SCENE UNFOLDS OUTSIDE A COLLIER COUNTY HOME--

AS SWAT TEAMS EVACUATE NEIGHBORS, LOCK DOWN A HIGH SCHOOL AND ASK BYSTANDERS TO LEAVE THE STREET.

US MARSHALLS AND SWAT ZEROED-IN ON THE HIDING SPOT OF A DADE COUNTY MAN WANTED FOR MURDER.

IT HAPPENED ON THE 2-THOUSAND BLOCK OF TROPICANNA BOULEVARD IN GOLDEN GATE.

WE'RE TOLD THE MAN WAS ARMED AND READY FOR A SHOOTOUT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.

MIAMI FUGITIVE CAUGHT IN SWFL-SOT-SS

"It was crazy, it was like everybody out here with swat gear, it looked just like call of duty, they were out in the ditches everything like that."

42-YEAR-OLD IFRAIN QUINTANA WAS ARRESTED.

THE MIAMI MAN HAS BEEN ON THE RUN SINCE DECEMBER AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY SHOT HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND IN THE FACE AND CHEST-- KILLING HER.

QUINTANA IS CURRENTLY IN THE CUSTODY OF THE U-S MARSHALS.

HISPANIC POTENTIAL-VO

ITS POPULATION GREW ALMOST 200 PERCENT IN THE LAST DECADE.

NOW, THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY IS DEMANDING TO BE HEARD.

THE NEWLY FORMED ORGANIZATION, HISPANIC-AMERICAN CITIZENS COUNCIL ANNOUNCED ITS PLANS TO BECOME MORE VISIBLE IN THE LEE COUNTY COMMUNITY.

IT'S MISSION IS TO MOTIVATE HISPANICS TO GET MORE INVOLVED IN THE ISSUES IMPACTING THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES.

HISPANIC POTENTIAL-SOTVO

CHARLIE FLORES, PRESIDENT

20:06 we'd like to have classes to teach people what options they have when it comes to elections and benefits for voting

FLU LATEST-INTRO

THE FLU HAS NOW SPREAD TO 48 STATES AND KILLED 29 CHILDREN.

THAT HAS MANY AMERICAN FAMILIES CALCULATING HOW THEY WILL KEEP THEIR LOVED ONES HEALTHY.

FLU LATEST-PKG

AT WASHINGTON'S MAYFLOWER HOTEL THEY'RE WELCOMING INAUGURATION GUESTS WITH

CHAMPAGNE. AND THIS YEAR. SOMETHING EXTRA. HAND SANITIZER. THE HOTEL.

AND ITS GUESTS ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE FLU.

CONCIERGE NATS

SOME 600-THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO JAM THE NATION'S CAPITAL. FLYING

IN ON PLANES, PACKING HOTELS, RUBBING ELBOWS AT THE BALLS -

OVER THE COURSE OF A FLU SEASON, AS MANY 20% AMERICANS GET SICK -- DO THE

MATH AND THAT COULD MEAN THOUSANDS OF POTENTIALLY INFECTED VISITORS.

CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SOMEONE WHO IS SICK IS WHAT SPREADS THE VIRUS. IF I'M BY

MYSELF. NO WORRIES, BUT ON MONDAY THIS SPOT, NEAR THE U.S. CAPITOL --WILL

LOOK LIKE IT DID FOUR YEARS AGO - BE FILLED TO THE BRIM. WITH FOLKS WHO'VE

FLOWN IN FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

THERE'S A DANGER ZONE --IF SOMEONE SNEEZES, THOSE DROPLETS CAN SPREAD 6 FEET

-- IN A PACKED CROWD, MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE COULD BE IN HARMS WAY.

AND THE RISK IS THE GREATEST FROM THE SMALLEST AMONG US - A CHILD'S SNEEZE

CAN SPREAD MILLIONS OF VIRUS PARTICLES TEN TIMES MORE THAN AN ADULT BECAUSE

ADULTS HAVE A MORE DEVELOPED IMMUNE SYSTEM.

SO DOCTORS SAY - TAKE COMMON SENSE PRECAUTIONS. GET THE FLU SHOT, WASH YOU

HANDS. AND JUST AS IMPORTANT.

DR. BRUNO PETINAUX/ER PHYSICIAN SOT - IF SOMEONE HAS THE FLU, THEY ARE

PROBABLY BEST OFF STAYING AT HOME BECAUSE THEY MIGHT BE SICK AND THEY MAY

NOT FEEL WELL AND PROBABLY THE BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE WOULD BE ON THE COUCH

IN THAT CASE.

TEASE FOUR-OC

IT'S THE REAL-LIFE HOMEWARD BOUND STORY.

AFTER TWO YEARS OF THINKING THEIR DOG WAS DEAD--

A CAPE CORAL FAMILY REUNITES WITH THEIR FRIEND.

AND WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR ABOUT THE JOURNEY HE HAD-- SPANNING THOUSANDS OF MILES

TZ4A (ENDO RETURNS HOME)-VO-WIPE

IT'S THE REAL-LIFE HOMEWARD BOUND STORY.

AFTER TWO YEARS OF THINKING THEIR DOG WAS DEAD--

A CAPE CORAL FAMILY REUNITES WITH THEIR FRIEND.

WEATHER TEASE-WX CTR

LOTTERY NUMBERS-CG

AIRSHOW-TOSS TO LEIGH

LEE COUNTY IS ABUZZ WITH HELICOPTERS TODAY.

THE AMERICAN HEROES AIR SHOW RETURNS TO THE AREA FOR A THIRD YEAR IN A ROW.

AIRSHOW-REMLIVE

ENDO RETURNS HOME-POP INTRO

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A FEEL GOOD STORY THIS MORNING.THIS SHOULD DO THE TRICK.

ENDO THE DOG.IS BACK IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TODAY.2 YEARS AFTER HE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS CAPE CORAL HOME AND WOUND UP 2 THOUSAND MILES AWAY.

ENDO RETURNS HOME-PKG

5:16:00

endo! he jumps right out of the car

endo, come here buddy dog looks away

IF THE HARTZOG FAMILY WAS HOPING FOR A BIG SLOBBERY SMOOCH AT FIRST SIGHT.

THEY MAY HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED WITH TONIGHT'S REUNION.

6:07:27

little boy joking it's like im ready to run away again

ENDO NEEDED TO WARM UP TO HIS OLD FAMILY.

AFTER ALL, IT HAD BEEN 2 YEARS, 14 IN DOG YEARS.SINCE HE EMBARKED ON A JOURNEY THAT WOULD TAKE HIM 2 THOUSAND MILES AWAY.

11:36:19 Endo gets a kiss

DENISE HARTZOG THOUGHT HE WAS EATEN BY AN ALLIGATOR.BUT INSTEAD THE BULL MASTIFF CAUGHT A RIDE TO MINNESOTA AND LIVED WITH SEVERAL FAMILIES.BEFORE A VET TRACED HIS MICROCHIP BACK TO CAPE CORAL.

ANIMAL ALLIES OF DULUTH OFFERED TO DRIVE HIM BACK.

karie vander werf

15 26 23

"he's been asleep most of the time so it, just me with him snoring in the background"

19:43:09

Mom

ENDO RETURNS HOME-TAG

STORMWARN OPEN-CLIPTOPS

MAIN WEATHER-2SHOT

MAIN WEATHER-WX

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.

We finally got that much awaited cool down across Southwest Florida, but don't get too used to it as our very brief cold spell comes to an end starting today.

Clouds have blanketed our skies overnight and into the predawn hours preventing our temperatures from bottoming out too much. So instead of widespread middle and upper 40s, many of us will wake with readings in the upper 50s near 60°.

High pressure across the Carolinas will keep a breezy east and northeasterly wind flow in place through the afternoon. This in combination with a stalled front to our south means more clouds than sun for our Saturday forecast along with daytime highs rebounding into the middle to upper 70s. As some of this moisture from the Atlantic sweeps across the peninsula, a stray sprinkle or shower can't be ruled out during the day, however it looks like the vast majority of the area will end up being dry with rain prospects less than 20%.

Tonight, our skies will stay partly to mostly cloudy and lows won't be nearly as cool as the slip into the lower 60s with a few upper 50s across our inland and northern communities.

PYTHON CHALLENGE-VO

A STORY THAT'S CAPTIVATED THE COUNTRY'S ATTENTION. AND KEEPING YOU HOOKED.

THE GREAT EVERGLADES PYTHON HUNT.

THIS MORNING, WE ARE OFFICIALLY ONE WEEK IN AND SO FAR HUNTERS HAVE KILLED 21 BURMESE PYTHONS.

THEY ARE ALL VYING FOR THE TOP PRIZE OF 15-HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE MOST SNAKES KILLED -- OR ONE-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE LONGEST.

EVEN SENATOR BILL NELSON TOOK PART IN THE CHALLENGE THIS WEEK,.

AND THE CONTEST IS CREATING A SKIN RUSH.

PEOPLE ARE CALLING AND ASKING FOR THE DEAD SNAKES TO MAKE BOOTS- WALLETS EVEN FURNITURE!

TEO LATEST-VO

NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL PLAYER MAN-TIE TEO GAVE HIS FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE HIS INVOLVEMENT IN AN ALLEGED HOAX.

IT'S AN ON-CAMERA INTERVIEW WITH E-S-P-N.

NOW --

A STUNNING DEVELOPMENT IN THE SAGA.

THE HONOLULU STAR PLAYER NOW SAYS THE VOICE OF THE FAKE GIRLFRIEND --

CALLED THE FOOTBALL PLAYER *AGAIN* IN DECEMBER.

THAT'S WELL AFTER SHE SUPPOSEDLY DIED OF LEUKEMIA.

BUT THE NEWSPAPER REPORTS SHE TOLD T'EO IN DECEMBER SHE HAD *FAKED* HER OWN DEATH TO ELUDE DRUG DEALERS.

FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THE NOTRE DAME LINEBACKER TOLD THE NEWSPAPER SHE THEN TRIED TO RE-START HER RELATIONSHIP WITH T'EO --

BUT HE WAS MORE SUSPICIOUS THIS TIME.

endo-vo

A 2 THOUSAND MILE TRIP FOR ONE MISSING DOG - WHO MADE HIS WAY BACK TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FRIDAY NIGHT.

THE HARTZOG FAMILY WAS EXCITED TO WELCOME HOME THEIR DOG - ENDO.

THE MASTIFF WENT MISSING 2 YEARS AGO AFTER DENISE HARTZOG THOUGHT HE WAS ATTACKED B Y AN ALLIGATOR!

TURNS OUT HE HAD GOTTEN AWAY AND WOUND UP BEING GIVEN TO A FAMILY IN MINNESOTA.

TEASE FIVE-ON CAM

COMING UP IN YOUR HEALTH NEWS RIGHT HERE ON ABC-7

TZ5 A( KNEE PAIN FOR WOMEN-VO

KNEE PAIN FOR WOMEN-INTRO

FOR MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN, KNEE PAIN IS A COMMON COMPLAINT.

KNEE PAIN FOR WOMEN-PKG

WOMEN WITH KNEE PAIN KNOW HOW MISERABLE AND DEBILITATING IT CAN TRULY BE.

When women are younger, they tend to get more tendonitis or irritation issues around the knee and then as they age, especially when they accumulate previous injuries, it may lead to arthritis and further changes.

THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY SAYS NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF WOMEN AGES FIFTY AND OLDER HAVE SOME DEGREE OF KNEE PAIN - IT MAY COME AND GO, OR STICK AROUND.

OSTEOARTHRITIS IS OFTEN TO BLAME.

women are more at risk for arthritis than men are, and specifically, when women go through menopause, we think that estrogen may have some protective effect on cartilage of the knee.

BUT SOMETIMES THE PAIN IS DUE TO OVER-USE INJURIES.

SO HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE BEST TREATMENT IS?

SEE YOUR PRIMARY DOCTOR TO START DETERMINING THE CAUSE.

HE OR SHE MAY NEED TO SEND YOU TO A SPECIALIST.

DISCUSS OPTIONS LIKE ACETOMINOPHEN OR ANTI-INFLAMMATORY MEDICATIONS WITH YOUR DOCTOR.

-ALSO DON'T FORGET TO USE EXERCISE AS MEDICINE.

DO EXERCISES THAT STRENGTHEN THE MUSCLES AROUND THE KNEE.

YOU MAY ALSO NEED PHYSICAL THERAPY.

AVOID HIGH-IMPACT EXERCISES, INSTEAD, FOCUS ON LOW-IMPACT ONES.

MULTI TASKING BRAIN-VO

YOUR ABILITY TO MULTITASK CHANGES AS YOU AGE.

IN A NEW STUDY--

RESEARCHERS FROM JAPAN AND THE U-S MONITORED BLOOD FLOW IN THE BRAINS OF YOUNG AND OLDER ADULTS AS THEY PERFORMED PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND COMBINATION TASKS.

THEY FOUND OLDER ADULTS NEEDED MORE BLOOD IN THEIR BRAIN WHEN COMPLETING THE COMBINATION TASK.

TOP STORIES-CLIPTOPS

TS1) LANCE ARMSTRONG-VOTOPS

LANCE ARMSTRONG SAYS THE MOST HUMBLING MOMENT IN HIS DOPING SCANDAL WAS BEING FORCED TO STEP ASIDE FROM THE LIVESTRONG CHARITY HE FOUNDED.

IN PART TWO OF HIS TELEVISED INTERVIEW WITH OPRAH WINFREY,

HE DESCRIBED THE ANGUISH OF LOSING LONGTIME SPONSORS.

TS2) INAUGURATION PREPS-VOTOPS

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PUBLIC INAUGURATION IS SET FOR MONDAY.

THAT'S ALSO THE NATIONAL HOLIDAY HONORING MARTIN LUTHER KING, JUNIOR.

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S OFFICIAL INAUGURATION WILL ACTUALLY BE HELD SUNDAY, AS MANDATED BY THE CONSTITUTION.

THAT EVENT WON'T BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

TS3) BIGELOW ARREST-VOTOPS

FORMER LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER BRIAN BIGELOW IS OUT OF JAIL AND IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER OFFICERS ARRESTED HIM FOR COCAINE.

FORT MYERS POLICE OFFICERS TELL US THEY FOUND 10 BAGS OF COCAINE ON BIGELOW.ALONG WITH A CUT STRAW, WHICH IS COMMONLY USED FOR SNORTING THE DRUG.

HE'S CHARGED WITH FELONY POSSESSION.

BIGELOW WASN'T THE ONLY PERSON POLICE ARRESTED.

TS3) FM OPEN BOTTLES-VOTOPS

ONE ANGRY BAR OWNER SAYS HE'S PLANNING TO SUE THE FORT MYERS POLICE DEPARTMENT--AS THEY CRACK DOWN ON OPEN CONTAINER VIOLATORS.

THE OWNER OF RED ROCK SALOON IS LEADING THE CHARGE.

BARS AND THE POLICE HAVE BEEN AT ODDS SINCE OFFICERS BEGAN STRICTER ENFORCEMENT OF OPEN CONTAINER LAWS DURING SPECIAL EVENTS.

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THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

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