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Rosemary Peterson, Witness

05.45 "thump. I turned around and looked and saw the bodies flying over the hedge."

A COUPLE MOWED DOWN BY A MINI-VAN.

THE WIFE DIES--

TONIGHT THE HUSBAND IS IN SERIOUS CONDITION.

RIGHT NOW AT 5--

THE NEW SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ON FORT MYERS BEACH THAT CAME ONE DAY TOO LATE.

14:33:55 "Everyone was just sitting there doing nothing."

EXCEPT THIS 13-YEAR OLD!

WITH HIS LEG IN A CAST, HE JUMPED IN A MARCO LAKE TO TRY AND SAVE A DROWNING 61-YEAR OLD MAN.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.

FORGET, SKINNY, BOYFRIEND AND PAJAMA JEANS--

NOW THERE'S THE SPA JEAN--

BUT DO THEY REALLY SOFTEN YOUR SKIN AND SMOOTH YOUR CELLULITE?

nats of waves & screaming

KILLER WAVES!

THEY SNEAK UP ON BEACH GOERS AND PULL THEM UNDER IN AN INSTANT.

NEW AT 5--

THE WARNING SIGN OF THE SNEAKER WAVE!

HL1) PEDESTRAIN HIT ON ESTERO BLVD-trxSOTVO

HL2) MAN NEARLY DROWNS ON MARCO-trxSOTVO

HL3) CELLULITE JEANS-trxVOTOPS

HL4) SNEAKER WAVES-trxNATSVO

BREAKING NEWS-CLIP

WHOOPING COUGH LATEST-BNC-NATSVO-WIPE

BREAKING RIGHT NOW AT 5--

WE'RE JUST GETTING NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE CONFIRMED WHOOPING COUGH CASE IN LEE COUNTY.

WHILE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT CAN'T SAY WHICH SCHOOL THE STUDENT ATTENDED, BECAUSE OF MEDICAL PROTECTION LAWS--

WE DID GET A COPY OF THE LETTER THAT WAS SENT TO PARENTS TODAY.

IT SAYS EXPOSED STUDENTS COULD BE BANNED FROM SCHOOL FOR WEEKS *IF THEY ARE NOT *ALREADY IMMUNIZED.

nats of coughing

THE HARD STRONG COUGH IS ONE SYMPTOM, THERE ARE ALSO OTHER COLD LIKE SYMPTOMS, INCLUDING A RUNNY NOSE.

PERTUSSIS IS HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS.

IT CAN BE TREATED WITH ANTIBOTICS.

BUT THOSE WHO DON'T GET ANTIBOTICS ARE CONTAGIOUS FOR UP TO THREE WEEKS.

BREAKING NEWS-CLIP

CAPE HOME INVASION-SSTOPS-VO

NOW TO MORE BREAKING NEWS --

WE'RE MONITORING A VIOLENT BREAK-IN THAT HAPPENED IN CAPE CORAL.

IT HAPPENED ON SOUTHWEST THIRD AVENUE.

THE VICTIM TELLS POLICE TWO MEN WEARING MASKS BUSTED INTO HIS HOUSE WITH A GUN AND A KNIFE.

THEY FORCED HIM TO OPEN HIS SAFE AND TOOK SOME CASH.

THE VICTIM SAYS THE MEN GOT AWAY IN A DARK S-U-V.

ABC 7 CREWS ARE THERE.

WE'RE GATHERING NEW INFORMATION.

PEDESTRAIN HIT ON ESTERO BLVD-SSTOPS-SOTVO-WIPE

OUR BIG STORY AT 5--

A-B-C 7 UNCOVERED NEW INFORMATION TONIGHT --

ABOUT THE FIRST FATAL CRASH ON FORT MYERS BEACH THIS YEAR.

IT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT.

AND ISLANDERS ARE STILL UPSET AND AFRAID.

05.54 I just started crying. People started running. A lady came screaming. It was horrible.

ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS --

AN ELDERLY MAN HIT AN ELDERLY COUPLE FROM OHIO.

IT HAPPENED ON ESTERO BOULEVARD NEAR BAY BEACH LANE.

THE COUPLE WAS WALKING IN THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK WHEN THEY GOT HIT.

THE DRIVER TOLD OFFICERS HE WAS GOING 25 MILES AN HOUR.

HE SAW THE COUPLE BUT COULD NOT STOP, HITTING THE WOMAN.

76-YEAR-OLD ANN BANDY DIED AT THE HOSPITAL THIS MORNING WITH HER HUSBAND BY HER SIDE.

THEY'D BEEN MARRIED 57 YEARS.

FMB SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS-VOTOPS-OC

THIS DEADLY ACCIDENT COMES JUST HOURS BEFORE CREWS STARTED WORKING ON CHANGES ON FORT MYERS BEACH TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR PEDESTRIANS.

TODAY CREWS STARTED INSTALLING NEW CROSSWALK LIGHTS AT RED COCONUT R-V PARK AND ON THE SOUTH END OF THE ISLAND.

FMB SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS-LL PKG

on cam

THESE CROSSWALKS ALREADY EXISTED BUT THIS STREET LIGHT UP HERE DID NOT.

AFTER AN OVERHAUL TO SEVERAL OTHER CROSSWALKS - COMMUNITY LEADERS HOPE IT WILL BE SAFER ON THE STREETS.

Its not the most pedestrian friendly street.

Estero boulevard - the main and only road through fort Myers beach.

Take Sot

Linda swartzfager

50:15-20

Just as I was trying to cross - even though it's in the crosswalk.

People don't stop

But the town hopes to change all that.

NATS

After a nearly year long initiative -

Crews began adding lights to 3 crosswalks this morning.

Others will get a fresh coat of paint-

And finally - a few will get a fresh median - a place for pedestrians to stand while they wait for traffic to pass.

Good news to pedestrians like Linda swartzfager.

Take Sot

8 seconds

There's not enough room for someone if they are halfway across to get to safety.

THESE IMPROVEMENTS COULDN'T COME SOON ENOUGH FOLLOWING LAST NIGHTS DEADLY CRASH AT ANOTHER ONE OF THESE CROSSWALKS.

MAN NEARLY DROWNS ON MARCO-OC-SOTVO-OC

A 13-YEAR-OLD MARCO ISLAND BOY IS A HERO TONIGHT - BUT DON'T TELL

HIM THAT.

14:31:38 "I jumped in and I swam and just started swimming as fast as I

could."

HE AND HIS FRIEND RUSHED TO SAVE A DROWNING MAN, WHEN NO ONE ELSE

WOULD HELP.

AS ABC7'S RICK RITTER TELLS US

MAN NEARLY DROWNS ON MARCO-PKG

not on cam

IT WAS A FRIGHTENING SCENE ON MARCO ISLAND - TWO PEOPLE CALLING DESPERATELY FOR HELP WHILE DROWNING IN MACKLE PARKS LAKE.

13-YEAR OLD LOGAN GROSS DIDN'T THINK TWICE - RIPPING OFF HIS CAST AND CLOTHES AND HOPPING IN AFTER THEM.

GROSS WAS ABLE TO GRAB HIS FRIEND TYLER MELTON - WRAPPING HIS ARMS AROUND HIM AND SWIMMING HIM BACK TO LAND.

AFTERWARD - THOMAS JUMPED BACK IN THE LAKE TO SAVE THE 61-YEAR OLD FROM CONNECTICUT BUT RESCUERS ORDERED HIM OUT OF THE WATER.

AFTER SEARCHING FOR OVER 20 MINUTES - RESCUERS FINALLY FOUND THE MAN - PULLING HIM OUT AND TRANSPORTING HIM TO PHYSICIANS REGIONAL.

TAKE SOT

Logan Thomas/Rescued friend

"I was holding him like this on his chest, I just started kicking as fast as I could. I'm glad I saved him but I'm so sad that I didn't save the other guy."

MAN NEARLY DROWNS ON MARCO-OC

IMMIGRATION OBAMA-VO.WIPE

PRESIDENT OBAMA FOCUSED ON IMMIGRATION ONE DAY AFTER A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS ANNOUNCED A REFORM PLAN.

HE SPOKE TODAY IN NEVADA.A STATE EXPERIENCING A BOOM IN ITS HISPANIC POPULATION.

THE PRESIDENT PRAISED THE SENATORS PLAN.

IMMIGRATION OBAMA-SOTVO

we all know that today we have an immigration system that's out of date and badly broken; a system that's holding us back instead of helping us grow our economy and strengthen our middle class

THE WHITE HOUSE IS COUNTING ON THE PRESIDENT HAVING POLITICAL CAPITAL TO GET THIS LEGISLATION PASSED.

TEAM COVERAGE-CLIP

RADEL ON IMMIGRATION-OC-SOT-OC

CONTINUING OUR TEAM COVERAGE --

A-B-C-7 SPOKE WITH NEW SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN TREY RADEL TODAY ABOUT IMMIGRATION.

HE TELLS US HE SUPPORTS SECURING THE BORDER.

4:34:03 number one, we lock down the border and only from there do we begin talking about things were discussing now. Areas to find residency and areas to find the kind of labor force we need and recruiting the best and brightest 16

KERRY CONFIRMED-VO

SENATOR JOHN KERRY WILL BE THE NEXT SECRETARY OF STATE.

JUST MOMENTS AGO, THE FULL SENATE CONFIRMED PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOMINATION.

THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE APPROVED HIM EARLIER TODAY.

RAY LAHOOD LEAVING-VOTOPS

TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY RAY LAHOOD PLANS TO LEAVE THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.

LAHOOD THE ONLY REPUBLICAN STILL LEFT IN THE CABINET FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA'S FIRST TERM.

CHIEF BAKER LOBBY LAWMAKERS-VO

GETTING VICTIMS AND WITNESSES OF VIOLENT CRIMES TO COME FORWARD.

FORT MYERS POLICE CHIEF DOUG BAKER INTRODUCED HIS PLAN TO STATE LEGISLATORS TODAY.

HE WANTS LAWMAKERS TO CHANGE FLORIDA PUBLIC RECORD LAW, TO LEAVE NAMES OUT OF THINGS LIKE POLICE REPORTS.

HE SAYS DOING SO WOULD ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO COME FORWARD WITH THE TRUTH, WITHOUT THE FEAR OF RETALIATION.

THERE WERE 24 MURDERS IN THE CITY LAST YEAR--

MAN ARRESTED FOR POSTING SEX VIDEO-SS-VO-SS

A FORMER SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CORRECTIONS OFFICER IS ACCUSED OF VIDEO TAPING HIMSELF HAVING SEX WITH A WOMAN --

AND THEN POSTING IT ONLINE WITHOUT HER PERMISSION.

THE PUNTA GORDA POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS NICHOLAS FORNARO INVITED A WOMAN HE MET ONLINE TO HIS HOUSE IN SEPTEMBER.

AFTER THE TWO HAD SEX, THE WOMAN'S BROTHER NOTICED A VIDEO OF HIS SISTER ON A PORNOGRAPHIC WEBSITE.

FORNARO IS CHARGED WITH VIDEO VOYEURISM AND MANUFACTURING OBSCENE MATERIAL.

BP SETTLEMENT-VO

A FEDERAL JUDGE APPROVED A CRIMINAL SETTLEMENT TODAY FOR THE MASSIVE BP OIL SPILL IN THE GULF OF MEXICO ALMOST THREE YEARS AGO.

UNDER THE AGREEMENT, BP WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER IN THE DEATHS OF 11 WORKERS.

THE COMPANY WILL ALSO PAY A RECORD 4 BILLION DOLLARS IN CRIMINAL PENALTIES.

LEE COUNTY RECYCING BINS-VO

PARTS OF EAST LEE COUNTY WILL SOON SEE NEW, LARGER RECYCLING BINS.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGREED TODAY TO PAY THE COMPANY "CHOICE" 1-POINT-8 MILLION DOLLARS TO DISTRIBUTE 41-THOUSAND RECYCLE BINS.

THE BINS WILL MEASURE 65 GALLONS IN SIZE.

THAT'S SIMILAR TO THOSE USED IN PARTS OF FORT MYERS AND CAPE CORAL.

MINDY MCCREADY ON TODAY-SOTVO.WIPE

COUNTRY MUSIC STAR AND LEE COUNTY NATIVE MINDY MCCREADY IS BREAKING HER SILENCE TONIGHT ABOUT HER BOYFRIEND'S DEATH.

he didn't just touch my heart; he touched my soul. He was my soul mate

SHE SAT DOWN FOR AN EMOTIONAL ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEW THAT AIRED ON THE TODAY SHOW.

EARLIER THIS MONTH DAVID WILSON WAS FOUND WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND IN ARKANSAS.

INVESTIGATORS INITIALLY SAID IT WAS SELF-INFLICTED.

MINDY MCCREADY ON TODAY-SOTVO

AC: For the record, did you kill David?

MM: OMG! No! OMG! No! He was my life. We were each other's life.

MCCREADY IS NOT CONSIDERED A SUSPECT.

SHE ALSO SHOT DOWN REPORTS WILSON WAS CHEATING.

WALLENDA SARASOTA-VO.WIPE

DAREDEVIL NIK WALLENDA DAZZLED PEOPLE AGAIN TODAY --

THIS TIME IN OUR BACKYARD.

THE FAMED TIGHTROPE WALKER WALKED ACROSS BUSY U-S 41 IN HIS HOMETOWN OF SARASOTA THIS MORNING.

HE WAS 200 FEET IN THE AIR.

HE BATTLED A STEADY WIND.

IT WHIPPED ACROSS THE MICROPHONES IN THIS VIDEO.

IT TOOK WALLENDA ABOUT 15 MINUTES TO MAKE THE TREK FROM BAYFRONT PARK TO THE MARINA TOWER CONDOMINIUM.

WALLENDA SARASOTA-SOTVO

It's just like walking upstairs, if you're gonna trip going upstairs the stairs are there. if you're gonna trip downstairs they're a lot further away. But in the end all's well that ends well and here I am.

NEXT AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

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

I'm like it doesn't fit you!"

BUT FOR A FEW DOLLARS - AND WITH A FEW SNIPS.

THAT OLD PIECE IN THE BACK OF YOUR CLOSET COULD LOOK LIKE A MILLION BUCKS.

ABC7S SMART SHOPPER SHOWS YOU HOW TO **CUT** DOWN ON SAVINGS.

IT LOOKS LIKE FIVE CENTS.

BUT LOOK CLOSER. IT'S REALLY A MILLION BUCKS.

TZ1 A CLOTHING ALTERATIONS-SOTVO

TZ1 B MILLION DOLLAR NICKEL-VOTOPS

WILD WEATHER-VOTOPS

WILD WEATHER CONTINUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

SOME AREAS ARE GETTING SNOW WHILE MANY STATES RECORD WARMTH.

THERE WERE TWO DOZEN RECORD HIGHS YESTERDAY - FROM TEXAS TO KANSAS.

BUT THE MILD WEATHER WON'T LAST LONG.

FOR EXAMPLE IN CHICAGO,

STORMWARN OPEN-CLIP

FORECAST-PHC

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

FORECAST-WXWALL

COLD FRONT HEADED THIS WAY

The weather is about to change in southwest Florida … but not too dramatically and not before Thursday. The forecast tonight calls for variable clouds and I'm tracking a few, isolated showers inland. What little rain there is tonight is moving quickly off to the northwest and it looks like the urban corridor will be quiet this evening. Temperatures will drop slowly through the 60's tonight and the low tomorrow morning will be around 64 degrees.

The cold front coming this way will not be passing through here until early on Thursday morning. That means that tomorrow will be another warm and breezy day. Highs will easily hit the mid 80's tomorrow and winds will be southwesterly at 15 - 20 mph and gusty. Boaters: there is a Small Craft Caution posted for tomorrow. The humidity will be up on Wednesday and a couple of very isolated showers may develop inland once again. The change for rain goes up to 40% after midnight tomorrow and there will be showers passing through around sunrise on Thursday. High temperatures will drop back into the 70's and we will hold on to 70's for highs for several days. Overnight lows by Friday and Saturday will be chilly once again as thermometers register mid 40's on Friday and Saturday morning. It looks like our chance for rain is going to be limited to Thursday as the cold front passes through.

TOSS TO NINA-OC

ONE THING I'VE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS --

IT IS EXPENSIVE TO BE A WOMAN.

WOMEN'S CLOTHES COST A FORTUNE.

BUT TONIGHT --

ABC7'S SMART SHOPPER NINA MOINI FOUND A WAY TO SPICE UP YOUR WARDROBE --

WITHOUT SPENDING ALL THAT MONEY.

NINA --

*ALTERATIONS* CAN DO THE TRICK.

CLOTHING ALTERATIONS-TC MON

CLOTHING ALTERATIONS-PKG

NATS - FITTING

*NOTHING IN NORMA O'NEIL'S CLOSET FITS ANYMORE.

05:21:11 5

"Had a knee replacement and lost 30 pounds not expecting it."

REPLACING EVERYTHING WOULD COST WAY TOO MUCH.

INSTEAD - SHE BRINGS HER FAVORITE THREADS TO EXPRESS ALTERATIONS OFF OF U-S 41 IN FORT MYERS.

AND THE SAVINGS ARE SIGNIFICANT.

05:21:44 1

"I would say thousands."

BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO UNDERGO A MAJOR LIFE CHANGE TO DROP OR LOSE SOME POUNDS.

OWNER ANITA MILISICH SAYS MANY OF HER CUISTOMERS ARE SIMPLY BUYING CLOTHES THAT DON'T FIT.

05:25:34 6

"I hear people say I only spent 20 dollars on the outfit and I'm like it doesn't fit you!"

SHE DOES ALTERATIONS ON ALMOST ALL TYPES OF CLOTHES - EVEN WEDDING DRESSES-

THE PRICES VARY DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE BUT SHE SAYS YOU CAN ALMOST ALWAYS SAVE MONEY.

05:26:24 8

"14-30 dollars to take in pants or skirt pockets and zippers have to be moved."

DOZENS OF DOLLARS LESS THAN AN AVERAGE NEW PAIR OF PANTS.

NATS - SEWING MACHINE

AT CHARLIE'S ALTERATIONS OFF SAN CARLOS BOULEVARD-

OWNER CHARLIE CHURCH SAYS CUSTOMERS SHOULD KNOW THEIR OPTIONS-

GETTING CLOTHES TAKEN OUT A BIT OR CHANGING THE SLEEVES CAN RENEW AN OUTFIT.

05:34:02 6

"Lapels can be moved, shoulder pads removed, you can change the look of anything."

SEWING SECRETS THAT COULD CHANGE YOUR ENTIRE WARDROBE-

CLOTHING ALTERATIONS-TC MON

FOR A LIST OF ITEMS THAT CAN BE ALTERED AND SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES PRICES VISIT ABC DASH SEVEN DOT COM.

JCPENNY SALES BACK-VO

STAYING WITH OUR SMART SHOPPER.

SALES AND DISCOUNTS ARE COMING BACK TO J.C. PENNEY

THE RETAILER STOPPED OFFERING DISCOUNTS LAST YEAR.

BUT TONIGHT AT FIVE. ABC7 CAN TELL YOU. J-C. PENNY PLANS ON RE-INTRODUCING TARGETED DISCOUNTS AIMED AT LURING CUSTOMERS BACK INTO THE STORE.

I SAW THOSE TODAY - BIG TIME CLEARANCE RACKS.

NEW IPAD-VOTOPS

ALL NEW AT FIVE -

A NEW IPAD WILL SOON HIT STORES. ON TUESDAY.

TODAY APPLE ANNOUNCED THE NEW TABLET WITH MORE MEMORY.

128-GIGABYTES OF MEMORY.

TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE. THAT IS TWICE WHAT THE NEWEST IPAD HAS.

OF COURSE - MORE MEMORY. MEANS MORE MONEY.

THE 128 GIGABYTE MODEL WILL COST ABOUT 800-DOLLARS.

MILLION DOLLAR NICKEL-VO

TURNS OUT THIS NICKEL IS WORTH WAY MORE THAN FIVE CENTS.

IT'S A 1913 LIBERTY HEAD NICKEL.

AND IT'S GOING TO AUCTION IN CHICAGO LATER THIS YEAR.

GET THIS --

THEY'RE EXPECTING IT WILL FETCH TWO MILLION DOLLARS.OR MORE.

WHY?

ONLY FIVE OF THESE COINS EXIST.

BACK IN 1912, A MAN WHO WORKED AT THE PHILADELPHIA MINT PRODUCED THE FIVE COINS.

BUT THE NEXT YEAR -- IT WAS REPLACED WITH THE BUFFALO HEAD NICKEL.

NEW AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE TWO------------

144735 "Therapy for legs."

COMBAT CELLULITE BY SLIPPING ON JEANS.

FROM SKINNIES TO BOOT CUTS -

THE "CUTTING EDGE" WAY TO FIGHT DRY SKIN AND *****CELLULITE****

ABC 7 SHOWS YOU THE NEW SPA JEANS.

Victim- "He could have choked me out.

SHE SAYS HE NEARLY KILLED HER IN COURT!

BUT LOOK WHAT HAPPENED.

THE TASING BEFORE THE JUDGE.

TZ2 A CELLULITE JEANS-SOTVO-WIPE

TZ2 B COURTROOM TASER-NATVO

BUMP SHOT-BUMP IN

CELLULITE JEANS-VO IN POP

THEY COME IN SKINNIES. BOOT CUTS. AND NOW ANTI-CELLULITE.

WRANGLER'S INTRODUCED A NEW DENIM SPA LINE THAT CLAIMS TO COMBAT CELLULITE AND SOFTEN YOUR SKIN.

THEY ONLY THING YOU HAVE TO DO. WEAR THEM.

CELLULITE JEANS-PKG

THE DENIM WARS - THE CHOICES SEEM ENDLESS. THERE ARE THE BOYFRIEND JEANS.

THE SKINNY JEANS.PAJAMA JEANS.BUT JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU'VE SEEN IT

ALL.NOW YOU HAVE MOISTURIZING, ANTI-CELLULITE JEANS.

WHAT? THAT'S RIGHT, WRANGLER, THE ICONIC DENIM BRAND KNOWN FOR ITS RUGGED

IMAGE

IS NOW JOINING THE VERY UN-MACHO FIGHT AGAINST DRY SKIN AND CELLULITE.

WRANGLER'S NEW DENIM SPA LINE CONSISTS OF THREE DIFFERENT JEANS THAT THE

COMPANY CLAIMS WILL SOOTHE AND MOISTURIZE YOUR LEGS. WRANGLER EVEN SAYS THE

SMOOTH LEGS JEAN, CAN REDUCE THE APPEARANCE OF CELLULITE.

SOT Lori Bergamotto / LUCKY magazine

143334 "We're always looking for a way to save time so if these jeans cut

out one step in the process, I think a lot of women are going to wanna try

them."

THE JEANS ARE INFUSED WITH INGREDIENTS RIGHT OFF A PRICEY FACE CREAM - LIKE

ALOE, RETINOL, ALGAE EXTRACTS, EVEN CAFFEINE.

SO I DECIDED TO TRY THEM OUT FOR MYSELF.

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ON CAM Amy

144424 "These are just my go-to jeans - they

're comfortable, they fit me. But they don't make the same claims that

these jeans do. Let's see if I can tell the

difference."

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start here

144455 "Here is the Spa DenimIt really does feel like there's lotion in

here. As far as the cellulite - well that's for me to know and you to never

find out."

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144735 "Therapy for legs."

144845 "Seems to be working. I'm relaxed."

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NEXT I TOOK THEM OUT FOR A LITTLE TEST STRIDE IN THE HEART OF NEW YORK'S

TIMES SQUARE.

THEY FELT COMFORTABLE AND SOFT. BUT WHAT DID OTHER WOMEN THINK?

MOS #1

Girl touches jeans "They feel sort of like leggings almost."

MOS #2

145026 Amy: "These jeans claim to reduce the signs of cellulite. Do you

buy it? Do you believe it?"

145032 woman: "No, I think that sounds crazy."

STILL, THE GO-TO BRAND FOR COWBOYS AND THE LADIES WHO LOVE THEM HOPE THAT

WOMEN WILL ADD THE DENIM SPA JEANS TO THE BATTLE AGAINST CELLULITE.

CELLULITE JEANS-OC

TEASE THREE-ONCAM

FIRST CAME THE FLAMES.

THEN WIDESPREAD PANIC AT A NIGHTCLUB IN BRAZIL --

AS HUNDREDS PARTIED.

NATS SCREAMING FROM INSIDE NIGHTCLUB FIRE

NEW AT 5:30 --

A LOOK INSIDE THAT NIGHTCLUB.

THE *LONG* LIST OF THINGS THEY DID NOT HAVE --

THAT MADE THEM SO SUSCEPITBLE TO A PROBLEM.

PLUS - A SMASH AND GRAB CAUGHT ON TAPE.

HOW THIS VIDEO LED TO THE THIEF.

YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE WHERE OFFICERS CAUGHT HIM.

"the roads are really bad."

NOT JUST FOR DRIVERS --

BUT WALKERS, TOO!

THE DESPARATE NEED TO REPAVE THE CAPE --

AND WHERE CITY LEADERS FOUND THE MONEY. AFTER YEARS OF PEOPLE BEGGING FOR HELP.

BUT FIRST - MEET ABC 7'S FACEBOOK WOMAN OF THE DAY.

LISA MEREDITH OF FORT MYERS.

THANKS FOR WATCHING LISA.

TZ3 A BRAZIL NIGHTCLUB FIRE-SOTVO

TZ3 B BURGLAR RETURNS-VO

TZ3 C CAPE PAVED ROADS-SOTVO

FACEBOOK WOMAN OF THE DAY-SSTOPS

BUMP SHOT-BUMP OUT

NEWS AT 5:00 PM OPEN-CLIP

CAPE HOME INVASION-SS-VO

ABC7 IS FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS AT 5-30.

OFFICERS ARE INVESTIGATING A

A VIOLENT HOME INVASION IN CAPE CORAL ON SOUTHWEST THIRD AVENUE.

THE VICTIM TELLS POLICE TWO MEN WEARING MASKS BUSTED INTO HIS HOUSE WITH A GUN AND A KNIFE.

THEY FORCED HIM TO OPEN HIS SAFE AND TOOK SOME CASH.

MARCO DROWNING-VO

A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE TO A STORY ABC7 HAS BEEN FOLLOWING ALL DAY LONG.

EARLIER IN THE SHOW WE TOLD YOU ABOUT TWO BOYS WHO TRIED TO RESCUE A MAN DROWNING NEAR MARCO.AT MACKLE PARK LAKE.

OFFICERS ULTIMATELY FOUND THE MAN AND PULLED HIM FROM THE WATER.

JUST INTO THE NEWSROOM - ABC7 HAS LEARNED 61-YEAR-OLD DEAN PFEL OF KENSINGTON, CONNECICUT HAS DIED.

TS FMB PEDESTRAIN DEATH-VID BOX

ALSO MAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW AT 5:30.

AN OHIO WOMAN IS DEAD AND HER HUSBAND HOSPITALIZED WITH SERIOUS INJURES AFTER A DRIVER HIT THEM IN HIS MINIVAN.

IT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT AS THE COUPLE WAS IN A PEDESTRAIN CROSSWALK ON FORT MYERS BEACH.

THE DRIVER CLAIMS HE COULDN'T STOP.

TS FMB SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS-VID BOX

AND CREWS STARTED MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TODAY TRYING TO MAKE THINGS SAFER ON FORT MYERS BEACH.

THEY BEGAN INSTALLING NEW CROSSWALK LIGHTS.

CREWS WILL ALSO ADD PAINT TO THE CROSSWALKS.

AND THEY WILL REBUILD SOME CROSSWALKS --

TS BP SETTLEMENT-VID BOX

A FEDERAL JUDGE APPROVED A CRIMINAL SETTLEMENT TODAY FOR THE MASSIVE BP OIL SPILL IN THE GULF OF MEXICO

IN THAT SETTLEMENT. BP ADMITS TO MANSLAUGHTER IN THE DEATHS OF 11 WORKERS.

CAPE PAVED ROADS-VOTOPS-2 SHOT

ROUGH ROADS.

RUINING CARS.

EVEN MAKING IT HARD TO WALK.

THIS GOES WELL PAST A BUMPY RIDE ACCORDING TO MANY CAPE CORAL RESIDENTS.

HI AND GOOD EVENING, I'M COURTNEY ROBINSON.

AND I'M JEFF BUTERA.

FOR YEARS --

PEOPLE IN THE CAPE HAVE BEGGED THE CITY TO DO SOMETHING.

NOT JUST FIX POTHOLES, BUT REPAVE.

AND TONIGHT WE KNOW --

THE CITY WILL DO SOMETHING.

CAPE PAVED ROADS-LL PKG

HERE ON KISMET PARKWAY IN THE NORTH CAPE -- YOU CAN SEE THE WEAR AND TEAR ON THIS ROAD.

TRAVEL JUST FARTHER NORTH -- YOU'LL SEE SIDESTREETS WASTING AWAY.

TONIGHT -- THE CITY'S HIRED A CREW TO FIX THIS MESS AND REPAVE OTHER ROADS -- WHILE THE WORST PLACES MUST WAIT EVEN LONGER.

Take nats

POTHOLES AND PIVOTS LINE SOME OF THE BUISEST STREETS IN CAPE CORAL.

YEARS OF UNDERFUNDED ROAD PROJECTS SIDE TRACKED IMPROVEMENTS.

TODAY -- WE'VE LEARNED THE CITY PLANS TO REPAVE SECTIONS OF SIX ROADS FROM JACARANDA AND KISMET PARKWAYS IN THE NORTH CAPE -- TO ROTUNDA PARKWAY AND ACADEMY BLVD IN CENTRAL CAPE CORAL -- TO CORNWALL PARKWAY AND PALM TREE BLVD IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE CITY.

FOR THOSE WHO'VE SEEN THE ROADS AT THEIR WORST -- WELCOME THE NEW ASPHALT WITH OPTIMISM MORE WORK CAN BE DONE IN THE FUTURE.

Johnny Branson, Cape Coral

2230 "If you're walking it could be dangerous for pedestrians. You brakes go out of alignment. Naturally it's not good for your car."

Lew Edwards, Cape Coral

3209 "The roads are really bad some don't even have paving at all. Pot holes which are pretty bad for your cars."

CAPE CORAL PUBLIC WORKS TELLS US THEYRE FOCUSING ON MAJOR ROADS FOR REPAVING WITH THEIR LIMITED RESOURCES.

EVERY YEAR -- THE CITY MUST SPEND MORE THAN SIX MILLIONS DOLLAR TO KEEP THESE ROADS IN PRISTINE SHAPE.

THAT HASN'T HAPPENED FOR YEARS -- MEANING THERE'S A LONG ROAD CAPE CORAL MUST TRAVEL BEFORE SIGHTS LIKE THIS ARE A THING OF THE PAST.

NEW CAPE SWAT TRUCK-VO

NEW AT 530 --

CAPE CORAL POLICE ARE REPLACING ONE OF THEIR AGING LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES.

THE CITY'S SWAT TRUCK IS AT LEAST 30 YEARS OLD.

OFFICERS TELL US THEY CONSTANTLY HAVE TO JUMPSTART THE OLD MILITARY VEHICLE.

PLUS THE COST OF FIXING IT HAS BALLOONED.

SO --

THE NEW VEHICLE WILL COST ABOUT 250 THOUSAND DOLLARS.

BUT FEDERAL FORFEITURE MONEY WILL PAY FOR IT.

BRAZIL NIGHTCLUB FIRE-OC

NEW TONIGHT AT 5:30.

ABC7 HAS DETAILS TONIGHT ABOUT THAT DEADLY FIRE AT A BRAZILIAN NIGHTCLUB THAT KILLED MORE THAN 230 PEOPLE.

WE JUST LEARNED THE MUSIC GROUP PLAYING AT THE TIME LIT A FLARE DESIGNED FOR OUTDOOR USE.

THAT SET THE CLUB'S CEILING ON FIRE.

WE ALSO LEARNED TODAY THE CLUB HAD NO ALARM, NO EXTINGUISHERS, NO SPRINKLERS AND ALMOST NO ESCAPE.

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WITH A NATION REELING FROM THOSE IMAGES

NATS - THE CLUBGOERS FRANTICALLY HACKING THROUGH WALLS TO RESCUE THOSE

TRAPPED - BRAZILIAN POLICE MOVED SWIFTLY TO ARREST THOSE ALLEGEDLY

RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DISCO FIRE.

AUTHORITIES SAY THEY'VE ARRESTED TWO OF THE CLUB OWNERS AND TWO MEMBERS OF

THE BAND THAT LIT FLARES, IGNITING THE SOUND-PROOFING ON THE CEILING THE

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS FAILED.

AND THE FIRE SPREAD QUICKLY, THE SMOKE FASTER - CHOKING SOME 2000 PANICKED

COLLEGE STUDENTS CELEBRATING GRADUATION -

THEY STAMPEDED TOWARDS THE ONLY DOOR.

OFFICIALS FOUND NO FEWER THAN NINE INFRACTIONS, INCLUDING FLAMMABLE BUILDING

MATERIALS, A LACK OF EMERGENCY EXITS AND EXCEEDING FIRE CAPACITY.

ANGER ABOUT THAT SENDING 10'S OF THOUSANDS INTO THE STREETS FOR A MIDNIGHT

MARCH.

GUTMAN SU this is all part of the mourning process and it is impossible to

undersestimate the impact that these deaths have had on this community, the

pain here is still very very raw

ON MONDAY WITH PARENTS DRAPING THEMSELVES OVER CASKETS AS ALL 231 VICTIMES

WERE BURIED, ALL THAT REMAINED WERE WAS THIS TABLEAU OF COFFINS AND PHOTOS

OF TEENAGERS AND TWENTY SOMETHINGS RIPPED FROM LIFE.

MISSING WOMAN TURKEY-VO

NEW SURVEILLANCE VIDEO IS OUT TONIGHT --

SHOWING A NEW YORK WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN MISSING IN TURKEY.

THE VIDEO SHOWS SARAI SIERRA IN ISTANBUL.

SHE'S AT A SHOPPING CENTER AND HAVING LUNCH ALONE IN A FOOD COURT.

THIS IS BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED LAST WEEK.

THE 33-YEAR-OLD MISSED HER FLIGHT BACK TO THE U-S A WEEK AGO/

NO ONE HAS SEEN SINCE.

COLD PUNISHMENT ARREST-VO

OFFICERS SAY SHE FORCED FIVE YOUNG BOYS INTO SUBZERO TEMPERATURES.

TONIGHT THIS SOUTH DAKOTA WOMAN IS FACING CHARGES.

SHE APPEARED IN COURT TODAY ON MULTIPLE CHARGES.

ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS SHE WAS DRINKING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WHEN SHE KICKED THE CHILDREN OUTSIDE FOR FIGHTING.

AT THE TIME -- TEMPERATURES HOVERED AT MINUS 25 WITH THE WIND CHILL.

NY RUNAWAY BUS-VO.WIPE

A MAN IS GETTING CREDIT TONIGHT --

FOR STOPPING A RUNAWAY BUS AS IT BARRELED DOWN A BUSY STREET IN NEW YORK CITY.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE PATH OF DESTRUCTION AND PANIC LAST NIGHT.

SMASHED CARS SHOW WHERE THE PACKED BUS RICOCHETED ALONG THE PACKED STREETS.

PASSENGERS SAY THE DRIVER LOST CONSCIOUSNESS -- AS THE BUS ZOOMED UP MADISON AVENUE BEFORE COMING TO A CRASHING HALT.

GUY PRAISNER *RIDES* THIS BUS EVERY DAY!

NY RUNAWAY BUS-SOTVO

"I grabbed the wheel as soon as we started to hit cars. I was trying to figure out how to stop the bus 13

PARAMEDICS TREATED MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE FOR INJURIES.

CHINA SINKHOLE DEVOURS HOUSE-NATS-VO

I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS VIDEO.

ABC7 FOUND SOME DRAMATIC MOMENTS CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

WATCH AS A SINKHOLE SWALLOWS SEVERAL BUILDINGS.

THIS IS WHAT'S LEFT BEHIND IN CHINA.

THE SINKHOLE COLLAPSED A THREE-STORY BUILDING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

LATER THAT NIGHT -- IT DEVOURED ANOTHER BUILDING.

NO ONE GOT HURT.

COURTROOM TASER-VO.WIPE

WATCH THIS VIDEO FROM A COURTROOM IN OHIO.

TAKE A LOOK!

THE WOMAN WAS ASKING FOR A CIVIL PROTECTION ORDER AGAINST HER BOYFRIEND -- THE MAN AT THE TABLE.

SUDDENLY, HE BOLTS FROM HIS CHAIR AND CHASES HIS GIRLFRIEND!

SHE'S KNOCKED TO THE GROUND AND PUNCHED.

FINALLY A DEPUTY RACES IN AND USES HIS TASER ON THE VIOLENT MAN.

THE VICTIM BELIEVES SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN LEFT IN THE COURTROOM WITHOUT SECURITY TO BEGIN WITH --

COURTROOM TASER-(2) SOTVO

RUNS=:07

-Susan- "We're really looking at what happened and what we can put in place

in the future to sort of safeguard everyone."

RUNS=10

-Victim- "He could have choked me out. He could have took any type of object

and stabbed me anywhere with it. I was just thinking about my life."

THE PEOPE WHO RUN THE DOMESTIC RELATIONS COURT WILL REVIEW SECURITY MEASURES.

MA PARKING GARAGE BRAWL-VOTOPS

ALSO CAUGHT ON TAPE, A BRAWL IN A PARKING GARAGE IN BOSTON.

WITNESSES SAY NEARLY 30 YOUNG MEN GANGED UP ON TWO OTHERS.

THEY SAY THE FIGHT STARTED OVER SOMEONE HONKING THEIR HORN.

OFFICERS ARE INVESTIGATING THIS AS A POSSIBLE HATE CRIME.

INJURED DEER CASE-VO.WIPE

A COUPLE IS FACING POSSIBLE JAIL TIME --

FOR AN ACT OF KINDNESS.

JEFF AND JENNIFER COUNCELLER RESCUED AND THEN RAISED "LITTLE ORPHAN DANI" --

A BABY DEER.

THEY'VE HAD IT FOR TWO YEARS.

WHEN THEY FOUND HER, THEY SAY THE BABY DEER WAS SO HURT.

SHE COULD BARELY WALK.

BUT NOW --

THE COUNCELLERS ARE CHARGED WITH UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A DEER.

IT'S AGAINST THE LAW.

INJURED DEER CASE-SOTVO

JENNIFER sot: i was devastated you know i spent a year and several months

nursing her into adulthood getting to the point where she was able to go out on her own 10

THE STORY HAS SPARKED AN UPROAR ONLINE.

A FACEBOOK PAGE AND AN ONLINE PETITION HAVE LAUNCHED IN SUPPORT.

CAR SLAMS INTO FOOT LOCKER-VO

A SMASH AND GRAB YOU HAVE TO SEE.

AND TONIGHT IT HAS OFFICERS LOOKING FOR DOZENS INVOLVED.

TAKE A LOOK.

WATCH AS A CAR SMASHES THROUGH THE FRONT OF A CLOSED FOOTLOCKER IN ATLANTA.

OFFICERS SAY 15 PEOPLE LOOTED IT. STEALING SHOES AND CLOTHES.

BURGLAR RETURNS-OC

DEPUTIES IN FLORIDA SAY CAUGHT A BURGLAR --

NOT IN THE ACT --

BUT WHEN HE BACK TO THE STORE TO BUY SOMETHING.

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IT STARTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING---THIS MAN WEARING A WHITE HOODIE, SMASHES A

WINDOW AT FUSION FINE WINE AND SPIRITS, STEALING A BOTTLE OF RUM.

14:13--14:29

rob sepe, area manager

"it just seems a little overkill a little unnecessary. this costs the liquor

store crazy amounts of money. the biggest expense in the liquor industry

is stealing."

WATCH WHAT HAPPENS A FEW HOURS LATER--- THAT MAN WEARING THE SAME WHITE

HOODIE, RETURNS TO THE STORE--- GRABS A BOTTLE OF VODKA AND WALKS UP TO THE

COUTNER TO MAKE A PURCHASE. AT THE COUNTER ARE TWO DEPUTIES WITH THE STORE

OWNER FILING A POLICE REPORT.

12:46--13:00

"waiting for the hidden cameras, this can't be real this has to be a

practical joke. and stole a bottle of rum"

DEPUTIES WERE TAKEN ABACK.

FOR A FEW MINUTES NO ONE KNOWS WHAT TO DO.

AFTER THE MAN PURCHASED THE BOTTLE OF VODKA, DEPUTIES DECIDE TO BRING HIM TO

THE BACK OF THE STORE. THEY PLAY BACK THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM EARLIER

THAT MORNING

13:08--13:14

"he of course said 'that's not me' but as you saw by the video, it's him!"

DEPUTIES ARRESTED HIM----BUT BEFORE LEAVING THE STORE, HE MADE ONE FINAL

REQUEST

15:32--15:40

"since he was arrested and police can't carry alcohol in their vehicles, he

NEW AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE FOUR------------

112053 i was still alive so thats really all that mattered to me.

ALIVE.

WITHOUT ARMS -- WITHOUT LEGS.

THE TRANSPLANT THAT'S CHANGING HIS NEW LIFE. BUT NOT HIS ATTITUDE TO SURVIVE.

THE EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM.

BUT THIS TAX SEASON THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE CASE.

ABC7 FOUND OUT WHY FILING EARLY WON'T HELP.

TZ4 A HERO SOLDIER TRANSPLANT-SOTVO

TZ4 B TAX SEASON-VO

OR SNOW-VOTOPS

THERE'S SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IN OREGON'S MOUNT HOOD.

THE AREA COULD RECEIVE UP TO 36 INCHES OF SNOW.

WINDS ARE ALSO UP TO FIFTY MILES AN HOUR.

STORM WARN JP OPEN-CLIP

CROSSTALK-WX EST

FORECAST-PHC

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

FORECAST-WXWALL

COLD FRONT HEADED THIS WAY

The weather is about to change in southwest Florida … but not too dramatically and not before Thursday. The forecast tonight calls for variable clouds and I'm tracking a few, isolated showers inland. What little rain there is tonight is moving quickly off to the northwest and it looks like the urban corridor will be quiet this evening. Temperatures will drop slowly through the 60's tonight and the low tomorrow morning will be around 64 degrees.

The cold front coming this way will not be passing through here until early on Thursday morning. That means that tomorrow will be another warm and breezy day. Highs will easily hit the mid 80's tomorrow and winds will be southwesterly at 15 - 20 mph and gusty. Boaters: there is a Small Craft Caution posted for tomorrow. The humidity will be up on Wednesday and a couple of very isolated showers may develop inland once again. The change for rain goes up to 40% after midnight tomorrow and there will be showers passing through around sunrise on Thursday. High temperatures will drop back into the 70's and we will hold on to 70's for highs for several days. Overnight lows by Friday and Saturday will be chilly once again as thermometers register mid 40's on Friday and Saturday morning. It looks like our chance for rain is going to be limited to Thursday as the cold front passes through.

HERO SOLDIER TRANSPLANT-OC

HE LOST ALL FOUR OF HIS LIMBS.

BOTH ARMS.

BOTH LEGS.

THAT SOLDIER SURVIVED COMBAT.

AND TONIGHT HE'S COMING OUT OF THE HOSPITAL. AFTER A RARE TRANSPLANT.

TODAY - HE SHOWED OFF HIS NEW ARMS.

HERO SOLDIER TRANSPLANT-PKG

HIS STORY IS ONE OF BRAVERY AND HEROISM.

BRENDAN MARROCCO LOST BOTH ARMS AND LEGS IN IRAQ 4 YEARS AGO.

A ROADSIDE BOMB BLEW UP THE HUMVEE THE ARMY PRIVATE WAS DRIVING.

HIS ATTITUDE IS ADMIRABLE.

112053 I WAS STILL ALIVE SO THATS REALLY ALL THAT MATTERED TO ME.

STILL LIFE WITHOUT LIMBS WAS NOT THE SAME.

113731 NOT HAVING ARMS TAKES SO MUCH AWAY FROM YOU EVEN.,.YOUR PERSONALITY.

SO WHEN DOCTORS AT JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL IN MARYLAND APPROACHED THE 26 YEAR

OLD ABOUT A DOUBLE ARM TRANSPLANT. HE DIDN'T HESITATE.

112507 I'VE OVERCOME SO MUCH IN THE LAST 4 YEARS THAT I'M HONESTLY NOT

WORRIED ABOUT THE RISKS.

THE TRANSPLANT TEAM SEEN HERE IN THE OPERATING ROOM - CONNECTED BONES,

BLOOD VESSELS, MUSCLES, TENDONS, NERVES AND SKIN

THE SURGERY - THE MOST COMPLICATED AND EXTENSVE PERFORMED IN THE US, EVER.

AND THE FIRST WORDS MARRACCO UTTERED TO DOCTORS AFTERWARD.

1144 - I WAS HAPPY THAT SURGERY WAS OVER. AND I HAD ARMS SO YEAH. I LOVE

YOU WAS THE FIRST THING I SAID.

TODAY HE STILL DOES NOT HAVE FULL RANGE MOTION BUT WE WATCHED HIM WHEEL

HIMSELF IN TO TALK TO REPORTERS.SCRATCH HIS FACE.TOUCH HIS HAIR.

113415 IT'S LIKE I WENT BACK 4 YEARS AND I'M ME AGAIN.

NOW HE'S READY TO START LIVING HIS OLD LIFE AGAIN TOO. LIKE DRIVING THE

CAR STILL PARKED IN HIS GARAGE.

MORE IMPORTANTLY HE'S SHARING THAT POSITIVE ATTITUDE WITH OTHER AMPUTEES.

111753 TO NOT GIVE UP/THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WILL SAY YOU CANT DO

SOMETHING, JUST BE STUBBORN AND DO IT ANYWAY.

STAND UP:.

DOCTORS SAY IT'LL TAKE 2 TO 3 YEARS BEFORE HE CAN FULLY USE HIS

LIMBS.

DIANA PEREZ ABCN NY.

D&G PERFUME FOR BABIES-SS

YOUR BABY CAN NOW SMELL EVEN SWEETER --

THANKS TO DOLCE AND GABBANA.

ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS --

THE COMPANY WILL START SELLING A PERFUME. FOR BABIES.

YES, YOU HEARD THAT CORRECTLY.

IT'S AN ALCOHOL-FREE FRAGANCE.

IT INCLUDES NOTES OF CITRUS, HONEY AND MELON.

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE SCENT IS A BABY'S SKIN, BREATH AND FIRST SMILE.

KRIS JENNER TALK SHOW-SS

ANOTHER KARDASHIAN SHOW IS IN THE WORKS.

KRIS JENNER WILL DEBUT HER DAYTIME TALK SHOW THIS SUMMER ON FOX.

THE KARDASHIAN FAMILY MATRIARCH WILL HAVE AN HOUR-LONG SHOW.

SHE'LL GET A SIX WEEK TEST RUN IN SELECT CITIES INCLUDING NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES.

THE SHOW WILL INCLUDE CELEBRITY GUESTS. SHE'LL ALSO TALK FASHION AND BEAUTY TRENDS.

TAX SEASON-VO

FILING YOUR TAX RETURN EARLY PROBABLY WON'T HELP THIS YEAR.

WITH NEW TAX LAWS CONGRESS PASSED --

THE I-R-S WON'T BEGIN PROCESSING MOST INDIVIDUAL TAX RETURNS UNTIL TOMORROW.

SO THERE'S NO ADVANTAGE TO FILING BEFORE THEN.

THE I-R-S SAYS IT EXPECTS TO PROCESS REFUNDS WITHIN THE NORMAL TIMEFRAMES.

SKIMMING WARNING-VO

AN ABC7 ALERT FOR YOU TONIGHT.

WHEN YOU'RE AT THE GAS STATION - THINK TWICE ABOUT PAYING AT THE PUMP.

IT COULD PUT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IN THE HANDS OF CRIMINALS.

INVESTIGATORS IN NEBRASKA FOUND CREDIT CARD SKIMMERS INSIDE OF PUMPS AT THREE NORTHWEST OMAHA GAS STATIONS.

WE'VE SEEN THIS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN THE PAST.

THE SECRET SERVICE SAYS HACKERS COME BACK AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS TO DOWNLOAD VICTIMS' ACCOUNT INFORMATION.

SKIMMING WARNING-SOTVO

John Gutsmiedl

"I could put in the decoding device then swipe this card and that would put your account information on the magnetic stripe on this card."

THE THREE STATIONS HIT IMPROVED LOCKS AND TRAINED STAFF ON WATCHING FOR TAMPERED PUMPS.

DICK'S SPORTING FOODS PAGE FIELD-VO

DICK'S SPORTING GOODS IS COMING TO PAGE FIELD.

THE STORE IS MOVING INTO THE OLD LINENS'N'THINGS BUILDING.

THAT BUILDING HAS STAYED EMPTY THE PAST FOUR YEAS.

THEY ARE ALSO TAKING OVER THE CURRENT OFFICE DEPOT BUILDING.

SO IT WILL BE ONE BIG STORE.

THE OFFICE DEPOT STORE WILL DOWNSIZE.

NEXT AT 5-CLIP

TEASE FIVE---

IT'S NOT JUST SWIMMING. IT'S WALKING ON THE BEACH.

THE DANGER OF WAVES.

AND TONIGHT THERE'S A NEW "WAVE" SWEEPING PARTS OF THE NATION.

TZ5 A SNEAKER WAVES-VO

BUMP SHOT-BUMP IN

SNEAKER WAVES-OC

SIMPLY TALKING A WALK ON THE BEACH HAS NOW TURNED DANGEROUS.

WE'RE HEARING TONIGHT ABOUT SOMETHING CALLED A "SNEAKER WAVE" --

THAT'S COMING IN AND SUDDENLY SWEEPING PEOPLE AWAY.

AS ABC'S NEAL KARLINSKY REPORTS --

SNEAKER WAVES-PKG

It's no surprise they're called "sneaker waves."

One look at the ones that have been captured on camera and you can see how

suddenly they sweep in----knocking people hanging around otherwise peaceful

shorelines-off their feet.

It's exactly what happened to 32 year Susan Archer-swept away Sunday while

walking with her boyfriend, Sion Tallerico and their dog Trigger along this

northern California beach.

SOT: SION TALLERICO

"you have to be careful of big waves.We knew it. And it just happened"

Tallerico says it was the same walk they took every day-only this time-the

wave came.

SOT: SION TALLERICO

"Trigger had gone around the corner. I couldn't see them. And when she went

around the corner I couldn't see her either. And by the time I was getting

around the corner I saw her going out already."

This time of year, from northern California to the Washington coast, a

simple walk on the beach can be deadly for those not keeping a close eye on

the churning seas, which whip up these sneaker waves.

SNEAKER WAVES ARE SO DANGEROUS BECAUSE THEY ARRIVE ON THE COAST AS PART OF A

SMALLER WAVE TRAIN.AT FIRST GLANCE THE TRAIN LOOKS LIKE A SERIES OF

NORMAL WAVES.UNTIL A MUCH BIGGER AND STRONGER SNEAKER WAVE EMERGES.

CATCHING EVERYONE AROUND UNAWARE.

Bob Gibson survived one in Oregon, despite being slammed by a huge log.

"My thought was, this cannot be happening to me."

Since November in northern California, two more sneaker waves-one killing a

man on a walk with his wife-the other leaving a couple and their 16-year-old

son drowned.

SOT: CHERYL ANTONY - SHELTER COVE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT

"You never, never, never turn your back on the ocean. And you never want to

get really close to it"

But this morning, Tallerico says people need to know-during the winter a

walk on the beach can be anything but peaceful.

He'll never look at the ocean the same way again.

NEXT AT 6 OPEN-CLIP

COMING UP AT 6PM

the gentleman was lying nearby and his wife was about 15 feet further up the road"

A WALK ON FORT MYERS BEACH TAKES A MAN'S WIFE OF 60 YEARS.

AS HE RECOVERS FROM BEING HIT BY A CAR,

WE LEARN WHAT'S BEING DONE TO MAKE THE STREETS SAFER.

A FORMER CORRECTIONS OFFICER IS FACING CHARGES

AFTER INVESTIGATORS SAY AN X-RATED RECORDING CAUGHT HIM RED HANDED WITH A PROSTITUTE.

--PLUS--

no pay raise in the last six years add up to an economic nightmare

WORKING FOR YEARS WITHOUT A RAISE--

NEW AT SIX,

TZ 6) PEDSTRIAN KILLED-SOTTOPS-VO

TZ 6) STATE EMPLOYEE PAY RAISES-SOTVO

CLOSE-2SHOT