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BREAKING AT 5--

WITNESSES DESCRIBE A HORRIFYING SCENE--

WHEN THIS MINI-VAN CRASHED INTO A POWERPOLE, SNAPPING IT IN HALF.

THEY TELL US A WOMAN DIED.

ABC 7 CREWS ARE ON THE SCENE IN CAPE CORAL.

PLUS--

9:17 they were a fraud. they were swindlers 20

HE PERFORMED SURGERIES ON PETS WITHOUT A LICENSE.

SOME OF THEM DIED.

TONIGHT THIS LEE COUNTY VETERINARY CLINIC WORKER GETS HIS PUNISHMENT.

GET READY TO CLEAN YOUR FRIDGE AND KITCHEN CABINETS.

NEW TONIGHT AT 5--

FROM SODA, TO MEATS, EVEN CERTAIN FRUITS AND VEGGIES--

WE REVEAL THE KILLERS IN YOUR KITCHEN.

AND--

6 SEC "She started calling me a demon, so I said 'I'll show you bad' and I picked up a cookie and I threw it at her."

THIS 8-YEAR OLD SAYS HE WAS BEATEN, WITH A BELT, BY A STORE CLERK AT THE DOLLAR GENERAL.

SO IS HE THE VICTIM OR THE INSTIGATOR--

YOU DECIDE, RIGHT NOW AT FIVE.

HL1) CAPE CORAL CRASH-trxVOTOPS

HL2) GENTSCH SENTENCING-trxSOTVO

HL3) TOP KILLERS IN THE KITCHEN-trxVOTOPS

HL4) GA CHILD CHILD SPANKED BY DOLLAR GENERAL-trxV

AL HOSTAGE-VO

BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT AT FIVE --

A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT IS EXPECTED IN THE CASE OF A 5-YEAR-OLD WHO HAS BEEN HELD IN AN UNDERGROUND BUNKER FOR SEVEN DAYS NOW.

LOCAL MEDIA IS REPORTING THE HOSTAGE SITUATION IS OVER.

THEY'RE ALSO SAYING THEY HEARD LOUD EXPLOSIONS IN THAT AREA.

CNN JUST REPORTED THE KIDNAPPER IS DEAD, THE FIVE YEAR OLD BOY IS ALIVE.

AN AMBULANCE THAT HAD BEEN PARKED NEAR THE SCENE COULD BE SEEN DRIVING AWAY.

BUT -- IT'S NOT CLEAR IF ANYONE WAS INSIDE.

THE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE ITS SIRENS OR EMERGENCY LIGHTS ON.

AL HOSTAGE

BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT AT FIVE --

WE ARE JUST LEARNING THE HOSTAGE SITUATION IN ALABAMA IS OVER.

A 5-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN HELD IN AN UNDERGROUND BUNKER FOR SEVEN DAYS NOW.

WE ARE JUST GETTING WORD THAT THE STANDOFF HAS ENDED AN A NEWS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD SHORTLY.

AN AMBULANCE THAT HAD BEEN PARKED NEAR THE SCENE COULD BE SEEN DRIVING AWAY.

BUT -- IT'S NOT CLEAR IF ANYONE WAS INSIDE.

BREAKING NEWS OPEN-CLIP

BREAKING

CRASHES TODAY-VOTOPS-WIPE

BREAKING RIGHT NOW AT 5--

THREE SERIOUS ACCIDENTS ON SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ROADS.

A FATAL CRASH IN CAPE CORAL WHERE THE DRIVER RAN INTO A POWER POLE.

A SCHOOL BUS CRASH IN FORT MYERS--

A DRIVER REAR-ENED THE BUS AT RAILROAD TRACKS.

AND SMOKE BILLOWS IN THE SKY OVER I-75--

SERIOUS CAPE CRASH-SSTOPS-VO-WIPE

LET'S START WITH THE BREAKING NEWS IN THE CAPE --

WHERE RIGHT NOW, ACADEMY BOULEVARD SOUTHBOUND IS CLOSED AT SOUTHEAST 22ND TERRACE.

A VAN SMASHED INTO A POLE.

THE CRASH LEFT THE WOMAN DRIVING TRAPPED INSIDE THE MINI-VAN.

WITNESSES TELL US SHE HAS DIED.

RIGHT NOW, OFFICERS WON'T CONFIRM THAT --

BUT WE DO SEE A BLUE TARP DRAPED OVER THE VAN.

ONE MAN WHO TRIED TO HELP FIRST RESPONDERS PULL THE WOMAN OUT -- SAYS SHE WAS PINNED IN AFTER HITTING THE POLE.

THE VAN SNAPPED THE POLE IN TWO --

SERIOUS CAPE CRASH-SOTVO

4 "go over there and try to get here out. They say don't move her but I was afraid it was going to catch on fire."

THE CRASH KNOCKED OUT POWER TO AN ENTIRE BLOCK -- LEAVING 12 CUSTOMERS STILL IN THE DARK.

IT WON'T BE BACK ON UNTIL CREWS CAN GET ANOTHER POLE OUT HERE.

SCHOOL BUS CRASH-(2)S-WIPE

IN FORT MYERS,

A CAR REAR ENDED A SCHOOL BUS TODAY.

IT HAPPENED AT THE CORNER OF EVANS AND M-L-K.

47 KIDS WERE ON THE BUS--

IT HAD STOPPED AT THE RAILROAD TRACKS WHEN THE CAR BEHIND HIT IT.

POLICE THINK THE DRIVER MAY HAVE BEEN DISTRACTED BY *ANOTHER CRASH THAT HAPPENED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

CORKSCREW VEHICLE FIRE-VOTOPS

AND LOOK AT THE SMOKE BILLOWING UPWARDS HERE --

AT THE CORKSCREW EXIT OFF I-75 IN ESTERO THIS AFTERNOON!

A PICK-UP TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE OVERPASS.

TROOPERS CLOSED THE WESTBOUND LANES TO PUT OUT THAT FIRE.

GGE HOME INVASION ARREST-OC-SOT-SS-OC

WE'RE HEARING THE 9-1-1 CALL FROM A VIOLENT HOME INVASION IN COLLIER COUNTY THAT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

911 sot:"1:00 they robbed my house they tied us up and told us to just keep quiet and not move. Dragged me across the lawn."

TONIGHT NICHOLAS CHANDLER AND CARLOS WALKER ARE UNDER ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH THIS HOME INVASION AND 2 OTHERS IN COLLIER COUNTY.

GGE HOME INVASION ARREST-LL PKG

I TALKED WITH SOME OF THE VICTIMS TODAY WHO ARE NOT COMFORTABLE GOING ON CAMERA - BUT THEY ALL TELL ME THEY'RE RELIEVED ABOUT THE ARRESTS.

DETECTIVES BELIEVE THAT MORE COULD FOLLOW SOON.

TAKE TRACKED VO

NICHOLAS CHANDLER AND CARLOS WALKER - THESE TWO MEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THREE VIOLENT HOME INVASIONS.

ALL THREE TOOK PLACE OVER THE PAST MONTH AND A HALF - ONE ON VIKING WAY IN NORTH NAPLES - ANOTHER OFF 11TH STREET SOUTHWEST IN GOLDEN GATE ESTATES - AND THE MOST RECENT ONE OFF POMPEI LANE IN NAPLES - ALL THREE LEFT THE VICTIMS SEVERELY INJURED AND THEIR HOMES TORN APART.

EVEN THOUGH CHANDLER AND WALKER ARE NOW BEHIND BARS - DETECTIVES ARE LOOKING TO MAKE MORE ARRESTS- AT LEAST TWO MORE PEOPLE BELIEVED TO BE INVOLVED WITH THESE INVASIONS.

LEHIGH ACRES OCCUPIED BURGLARY-SS-VO

WE WANTED TO TELL YOU ABOUT A BREAK-IN THAT HAPPENED IN LEHIGH ACRES.

DIDN'T END BADLY -- BUT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IT.

IT HAPPENED ON RANDLETREE STREET EAST -- OUT NEAR THE COUNTY LINE.

THE VICTIM SAYS TWO MEN RANG THE DOORBELL BUT SHE DIDN'T ANSWER.

NEXT THING SHE KNEW --

THEY WERE BREAKING IN THROUGH THE BACK DOOR.

BRIANNA ADDISON REPORT-(2)SS

NEW DETAILS TONIGHT ABOUT THE DEATH OF 2 YEAR OLD IN FORT MYERS.

BRIANNA ADDISON WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE LAST WEEK IN HER HOME AT HORIZON'S APARTMENTS.

SHE LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL.

OFFICERS SAY THE LITTLE GIRL HAD BRUISES AND CUTS ALL OVER HER BODY

HER MOTHER'S LIVE IN BOYFRIEND DERRIC JOHNSON IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED CHILD ABUSE AND MANSLAUGHTER.

A POLICE REPORT WE RECEIVED TODAY SAYS BRIANNA'S SIBLINGS TOLD INVESTIGATORS JOHNSON HIT THE TODDLER WITH A BELT AND A SHOE FOR MISBEHAVING.

FM BAR SHOOTING-VO-OC

TONIGHT, A FORT MYERS BAR OWNER SAYS HE'S TRYING TO CLEAN UP --

AFTER SOMETHING THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN HIS 25 YEARS OWNING THAT BAR.

HE SAYS A MAN WITH A GUN -- WEARING A MASK -- WALKED INTO BRYBILL'S TAVERN OFF METRO NEAR WINKLER AVENUE LAST NIGHT.

HE FIRED HIS GUN AND HE DEMANDED MONEY.

ONE OF THE CUSTOMERS WAS SHOT.

FM BAR SHOOTING-LL PKG

SOT: "Guy walked in, he fired a couple of shots as he walked in the door."

BILL LUFT HAS OWNED BRYBILL'S TAVERN FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS.

IN THAT QUARTER OF A CENTRY OF BUSINESS. WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT WAS A FIRST.

SOT: "He says give me all your wallets and pocketbooks, I think he got somewhere around 3 wallets and 3 purses."

HE SAYS IT WAS QUICK.

A MASKED MAN BUSTED IN POPPING OFF SEVERAL ROUNDS INTO THE CEILING.

HE TOOK WALLETS, CASH, PURSES.

THEN STARTED SHOOTING AGAIN. THIS TIME TOWARD PEOPLE.

ONE CUSTOMER TOOK A BULLET TO THE ARM.

SOT: "He had them all lay down on the floor."

THAT'S WHEN THE MASKED MAN TOOK OFF.

BEING CHASED BY A FEW CUSTOMERS, HE RAN INTO THE WESTCHASE APARTMENT COMPLEX.

THAT'S WHERE POLICE STARTED THEIR SEARCH FOR THE VIOLENT CRIMINAL.

WALLETS, CREDIT CARDS AND CASH WERE FOUND IN FRONT OF THIS BUILDING.

BUT THE MASKED MAN WAS STILL ABLE TO GET AWAY.

NOW THE LONG TIME OWNER OF THIS BAR WANTS ONLY ONE THING.

FOR THAT MASKED CRIMINAL TO GET CAUGHT.

SOT: "I'm at a loss for words like anyone else, what possesses anyone to do that kind of thing, harm people for money."

LIVE:

I TALKED TO THE VICTIM WHO WAS SHOT IN THE ARM OVER THE PHONE, HE IS NOW OUT OF THE HOSPITAL RECOVERING FROM HIS INJURY AT HOME.

STUDENT HIT BY CAR-VO

NEW AT 5 --

A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL IS RECOVERING TONIGHT AFTER A CAR HIT HER IN FORT MYERS.

IT HAPPENED THIS MORNING ON GLADIOLUS DRIVE AT STRAIGHT STREET.

TROOPERS TELLS US THE STUDENT WAS TRYING TO CROSS GLADILOUS AT A CROSSWALK WHEN SHE WAS HIT.

SHE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL.

SHE MAY HAVE BROKEN HER LEG.

GENTSCH SENTENCING-SS-VO-SS

NEW AT 5

THE FORT MYERS MAN WHO PRACTICED VETERINARY MEDICINE WITHOUT A LICENSE WILL SPEND THE NEXT 6 MONTHS IN JAIL.

LARRY GENTSCH WAS SENTENCED TODAY AFTER PLEADING NO CONTEST TO HIS CHARGES IN DECEMEBER.

PROSECUTORS SAY HIS WIFE AMY ALLOWED HIM TO PERFORM SURGERIES ON PETS WITHOUT A LICENSE AT "DR. AMY'S ANIMAL HOSPITAL."

DAVIES SENTENCING-SS-VO

TODAY A JUDGE SENTENCED THE LEE COUNTY TEEN ACCUSED OF MAKING THREATS AGAINST THE PRESIDENT TO 18 MONTHS IN JAIL.

IN JULY --

CHRISTOPHER DAVIES WROTE A LETTER FROM JAIL TO JAIL WORKERS SAYING "WHEN I AM RELEASED FROM JAIL I AM GOING TO KILL PRESIDENT OBAMA".

MAATCSCH IN COURT-SS-VO

ALSO IN COURT TODAY THE MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING HIS NEIGHBOR IN THE CHEST.

JOHN MAATSCH ENTERED A NOT GUILTY PLEA TODAY.

HE IS CHARGED WITH BURGLARY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.

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

CAMERAS ON LEE CO BUSES-VO

ANOTHER SET OF EYES WILL SOON BE ON YOU, AS YOU DRIVE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VIDEO CAMERAS ATTACHED TO THE OUTSIDE OF LEE COUNTY BUSES.

A COMPANY CALLED "RED FLEX" APPROACHED THE DISTRICT FOR A PILOT PROGRAM.

CAMERAS WILL BE USED TO CATCH UNSAFE DRIVERS.

THEY'LL BE INSTALLED IN MARCH.

IT'S UNCLEAR HOW MANY BUSES WILL GET THE CAMERAS.

FLORIDA ELECTIONS-VIDBX RVL

THE REPORT ON WHAT WENT WRONG ON ELECTION DAY HERE IN FLORIDA IS NOW DONE.

YOU'LL REMEMBER --

LONG LINES SNAKES OUTSIDE OF BUILDINGS FOR WHAT SEEMED LIKE MILES IN LEE COUNTY.

SOME PEOPLE WAITED SIX HOURS TO VOTE.

NOW TO THE FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE REPORT --

FLORIDA'S SECRETARY OF STATE WANTS AT LEAST EIGHT EARLY VOTING DAYS --

BUT WILL ALLOW LOCAL ELECTION SUPERVISORS TO HAVE AS MANY AS 14.

HE ALSO WANTS TO ADD MORE EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS.

ANOTHER PROPOSAL CALLS FOR PUTTING WORD LIMITS ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS IN ORDER TO KEEP THE BALLOT FROM BEING TOO LONG.

FL MEDICAID-ONCAM

NEW AT 5

FEDERAL HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE GIVING THE OKAY FOR FLORIDA TO ENROLL LONG-TERM CARE PATIENTS INTO A STATEWIDE MEDICAID PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM.

GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT IS ALSO ASKING FOR APPROVAL OF A SECOND REQUEST.

IT WOULD ALLOW FLORIDA OFFICIALS TO PRIVATIZE MEDICAID FOR MOST POPULATIONS STATEWIDE.

PINE ISLAND RV RESOURT-VO

TODAY --

LEE COUNTY LEADERS VOTED DOWN A PROPOSAL TO RE-ZONE NEARLY 60 ACRES OF LAND.

WHAT THAT WOULD HAVE DONE IS ALLOW A COMPANY TO BUILD AN R-V PARK ON PINE ISLAND.

DEVELOPERS WANTED TO TURN 57 ACRES OF LAND OFF TURTLE TRAIL INTO A 200-SLOT R-V PARK.

RIGHT NOW --

ALL YOU CAN BUILD ON THAT LAND ARE HOUSES.

THE COMPANY WANTED TO CHANGE THAT.

BUT COMMISSIONERS SAID NO.

NEXT AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

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

STILL AHEAD -

ABC7 IS FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS IN ALABAMA. WHERE A STANDOFF BETWEEN A MAN HOLDING A FIVE-YEAR-OLD BOY HOSTAGE IS OVER.

WE ARE FOLLOWING THE LATEST.

"There's really some incredible concern."

KILLERS IN YOUR KITCHEN.

FROM SODA AND CHIPS.

TO CANNED FRUITS AND SOUP.

THE FOODS THAT CAN CAUSE CANCER. DIABETES AND OBESITY.

PLUS THE LIGHTS WENT OUT AT THE SUPERBOWL.

THE BLACKOUT THAT DELAYED THE GAME.

ABC7 FINDS OUT WHAT WENT WRONG.

AL HOSTAGE

TZ1 A TOP KILLERS IN THE KITCHEN-SOTVO-WIPE

TZ1 B SUPERBOWL LIGHTS OUT-VOTOPS

CHICAGO SNOW-VOTOPS

ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS CAUSING PROBLEMS IN THE MIDWEST.

THIS IN CHICAGO WERE AT LEAST

SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW FELL.

FLIGHTS WERE DELAYED AT AT O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THIS MORNING FOR MORE THAN 90 MINUTES.

STORMWARN OPEN-CLIP

FORECAST-PHC

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

FORECAST-WXWALL

WARM WEATHER RETURNS

The overall weather picture is looking great this week. Tonight will be mostly clear and it will be another chilly start to the day on Tuesday. I anticipate lows to drop well into the 40's inland and bottom out around 49 to 52 along the coast. No rain is on the radar tonight and there won't be any again tomorrow. Tuesday high temperatures will reach 78 degrees. And it looks like the 80's are coming back by Wednesday.

A cold front is expected to move across northern Florida over the next few days and stall out around that part of the state. This will keep southwest Florida on the warm side of the front and our daytime highs will top 80 beginning on Wednesday and lasting through this upcoming weekend. There could be some showers up in the panhandle and toward Jacksonville over the next few days, but down here I expect it to be a dry week.

TOP KILLERS IN THE KITCHEN-VO IN TCMON

THERE ARE KILLERS LURKING IN YOUR KITCHEN!

FOODS THAT DO THE MOST DAMAGE

TOP KILLERS IN THE KITCHEN-PKG

THEY ARE KILLERS IN YOUR CABINETS. DEATH TRAPS IN YOUR FRIDGE.

DITCH THE SODA, SWEET TEA AND FRUIT-FLAVORED PUNCH! EACH 12-OUNCE CAN OF POP HAS SEVEN TEASPOONS OF SUGAR.

"There's really some incredible concern, I think, about fructose."

BEWARE OF CANNED FRUITS AND VEGGIES. AND BE SURE TO BUY THEM PACKED IN THEIR OWN JUICE, NOT SYRUP. IT'S THIS TYPE OF SUGAR-FRUCTOSE THAT IS BELIEVED FEED CANCER CELLS.

"We could be helping those cancer cells to grow and divide."

SAUSAGES, HOTDOGS AND BACON ARE THE BAD BOYS OF THE MEAT COUNTER. THEY'RE HIGH IN FAT AND SODIUM. ONE SLICE OF BACON HAS 194-MILLIGRAMS OF SODIUM. THAT'S AS MUCH AS AN ENTIRE ORDER OF WENDY'S FRENCH FRIES.

CANNED SOUP IS BETTER OFF LEFT IN THE CAN. THAT'S BECAUSE THE LINING IN THE CANS ARE MADE OF THE CHEMICAL B-P-A -- OFTEN FOUND IN PLASTICS.

"Some of them have BPA in them, which is a hormone disrupter."

IN A STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, PEOPLE WHO ATE CANNED SOUP EVERY DAY FOR FIVE DAYS HAD URINE LEVELS OF B-P-A THAT WERE 1,221-PERCENT HIGHER THAN THOSE WHO ATE FRESHLY-MADE SOUP. HIGH LEVELS OF B-P-A CAN CAUSE EARLY PUBERTY, A-D-H-D, OBESITY AND TYPE 2 DIABETES.

TWO MORE DON'TS: CHIPS AND CRACKERS. THEY MAY BE LABELED LOW FAT OR TRANS FAT-FREE, BUT THEY STILL HAVE PLENTY OF SALT AND CALORIES. THE BEST ADVICE: KEEP ALL OF THIS OUT OF THE KITCHEN.

TOP KILLERS IN THE KITCHEN-ONCAM

WHERE YOU PLACE YOUR FOOD IN YOUR FRIDGE COULD ALSO SABOTAGE YOUR DIET.

RESEARCH SHOWS THE AVERAGE PERSON OPENS THE FRIDGE 22 TIMES A DAY, SO BE STRATEGIC.

TB VACCINE-VO-WIPE

STAYING WITH YOUR ABC7 HEALTHY LIVING.

A STUDY FOUND A NEW TUBERCULOSIS VACCINE DOES NOT HELP PREVENT INFECTIONS IN INFANTS.

AFTER TESTING IT ON A GROUP OF SOUTH AFRICAN INFANTS. RESEARCHERS SAY IT WAS NO BETTER THAN A PLACEBO IN PREVENTING NEW CASES OR STOPPING THE PROGRESSIONS OF EXISTING INFECTIONS.

BUT, EXPERTS SAY IT COULD POSSIBLY BENEFIT ADOLESCENTS OR ADULTS.

ALLERGIES EQUATOR-VOTOPS

LIVING CLOSER TO THE EQUATOR COULD INCREASE YOUR RISK FOR ALLERGIES AND ASTHMA.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY.

RESEARCHERS SAY GREATER VITAMIN D PRODUCTION CAUSED BY U-V EXPOSURE MAY CHANGE THE IMMUNE SYSTEM.

THEY THINK THOSE CHANGES LEAD TO ELEVATED RISKS FOR ALLERGY PROBLEMS.

SUPER BOWL LIGHTS OUT FOLO-NATVO

TONIGHT WE HAVE A MUCH BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHY THE LIGHTS FLIPPED OFF DURING LAST NIGHT'S SUPER BOWL.

3 secs blackout

THE BLACKOUT IN THE THIRD QUARTER STOPPED THE GAME FOR 34 MINUTES.

HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW AT 5.

THE F-B-I RULED OUT SABOTAGE.

AND THE N-F-L SAYS BEYONCE'S ELECTRIFYING HALFTIME SHOW *DID NOT* OVERLOAD THE SYSTEM.

INSTEAD, THE ELECTRICAL COMPANY RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING SOME EQUIPMENT RECOGNIZED AN ABNORMALITY.

THAT SHUT OFF THE POWER AT THE SUPERDOME --

AND THE GENERATORS KICKED ON.

SO IT'S A VERY GENERIC EXPLANATION.

NEW AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE TWO-SAT LIVE

ABC7 IS ON TOP OF BREAKING NEWS.

A HOSTAGE STANDOFF INVOLVING A LITTLE BOY IS OVER.

YOU ARE TAKING A LIVE LOOK AS OFFICERS PREPARE FOR A NEWS CONFERENCE

HOSTAGE

TZ2 A DEADLY BUS CRASH-SOTVOTOPS-WIPE

TZ2 B MALALA NEW VIDEO-VOTOPS

BUMP SHOT-BUMP IN

CALIFORNIA BUS CRASH-VO IN POP

NEW AT 5 --

WE'RE HEARING SOME TERRIFYING ACCOUNTS --

OF WHAT HAPPENED DURING A DEADLY BUS CRASH IN CALIFORNIA.

ONE PASSENGER SAYS THE BUS CAREENED DOWNHILL FOR FIVE MINUTES --

BEFORE SMASHING INTO OTHER CARS.

AT LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE DIED.

CALIFORNIA BUS CRASH-PKG

INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL COMBING THROUGH THE HORRIFIC SCENE OF A DEADLY TOUR

BUS CRASH NEAR YUCAIPA. IN THE MOUNTAINS JUST EAST OF LOS ANGELES.

SOT - Officer Mario Lopez, California Highway Patrol / "It's probably one

of the worst collisions I've witnessed in my career." 5

THE ROOF OF THE BUS IS PEELED BACK.

THE WINDOWS -- BLOWN OUT.

AS BODIES CONTINUE TO BE REMOVED FROM THE SCENE.

SOT -- Michelle Profant, CalTrans / "The worst part was seeing the

backpacks. and the gloves. and the personal effects of the people who

were in the bus." 8

SUNDAY NIGHT'S CRASH KILLED AT LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE AND INJURED DOZENS MORE.

THE MEXICAN TOURISTS WERE HEADING BACK TO TIJUANA FROM A TRIP TO BIG BEAR

LAKE. WHEN INVESTIGATORS SAY THE BUS SLAMMED INTO TWO VEHICLES AND ROLLED

DOWN THE HIGHWAY. EJECTING PASSENGERS ALONG THE WAY.

MANY ARE *STILL* MISSING AND THE DEATH TOLL IS EXPECTED TO RISE.

SOT -- Miguel Arce, Tijuana, Mexico / "That's the only thing I want to know

-- where's my sister." 3

MIGUEL ARCE IS SEARCHING FOR HIS SISTER -- ELITA.

HIS 11-YEAR-OLD NIECE -- VICTORIA -- WAS ONE OF SEVERAL RUSHED TO THE

HOSPITAL.IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

THE BUS DRIVER CLAIMS THE BRAKES *FAILED*.

SOT -- Officer Mario Lopez, California Highway Patrol / "Speed seems to be

a factor. but we do not know what caused the bus to speed down the

mountain road." 7

"SCAPADAS MAGICAS" -- THE NATIONAL CITY OPERATING FIRM LISTED ON THE BUS --

WAS GIVEN AN OVERALL "SATISFACTORY" RATING BY THE U-S GOVERNMENT.

BUT RECORDS ALSO SHOW ITS BUSES HAVE FLUNKED 36 PERCENT OF RANDOM

INSPECTIONS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS -- IN SOME CASES -- FOR TIRE AND BRAKE

PROBLEMS.

AND NOW. THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD IS JOINING THE

INVESTIGATION.

TEASE THREE-2SHOT

HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

ABC7 CONTINUES TO STAY ON TOP OF BREAKING NEWS IN THE NEARLY WEEK LONG STANDOFF BETWEEN OFFICERS AND A MAN HOLDING A FIVE-YEAR-OLD HOSTAGE.

YOU'RE TAKING A LIVE LOOK AS AUTHORITIES PREPARE FOR A NEWS CONFERENCE.

WE KNOW THE KIDNAPPER IS DEAD.

THE LITTLE BOY OKAY.

WE'LL LISTEN IN TO THE LATEST FROM ALABAMA.

FORT MYERS IS TALKING ABOUT THEIR NEW PLAN TO KEEP SEX OFFENDERS AWAY FROM CHILDREN.

WHAT THE CITY'S PROPOSING FOR PLAYGROUNDS AND SCHOOLS ---

AND WHAT LEE COUNTY IS ALREADY DOING.

WHAT TO BUY.

WHERE TO SAVE.

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TZ3 B BEST THINGS TO BUY IN FEBRUARY-VOTOPS-WIPE

TZ3 C 6 YEAR OLD JOY RIDE-SOTVO-DISS

FACEBOOK WOMAN OF THE DAY-SSTOPS

BUMP SHOT-BUMP OUT

BREAKING NEWS-LIVE

A-B-C SEVEN CONTINUES TO FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT AT FIVE-THIRTY.

THE ALABAMA HOSTAGE STANDOFF IS NOW OVER.

THE THE CHILD IS OKAY AND THE KIDNAPPER IS DEAD.

65-YEAR-OLD JIMMY LEE DYKES.

HERE'S WHAT AUTHORITIES TELL US HAPPENED LAST MONDAY. DYKES GOT ON A SCHOOL BUS. SHOT THE DRIVER AND TOOK A FIVE-YEAR-OLD HOSTAGE.

HE BUNKERED UNDERGROUND WITH THE BOY.

NEGOTIATORS WORKED TO FREE THE BOY.

THE EFFORTS SUCCESSFUL TONIGHT.

AGAIN JUST WAITING ON THAT NEWS CONFERENCE WITH AUTHORITIES. WE KNOW the F-B-I ALSO INVOLVED IN THIS.

THE MAN WHO ABDUCTED THE BOY FROM A SCHOOL BUS AFTER FATALLY SHOOTING THE BUS DRIVER, IS DEAD.

NEWS AT 5:00 PM OPEN-CLIP

TS CAPE CORAL CRASH-VIDBOX TOPS

WITNESSES TELL US A WOMAN IS DEAD AFTER HER VAN SMASHED INTO A POWER POLE IN CAPE CORAL

ACADEMY BLVD SOUTHBOUND IS CLOSED AT SouthEeast 22ND TERRACE RIGHT NOW DUE TO THE CRASH.

A WOMAN WAS TRAPPED INSIDE THE MINI VAN.

TS SCHOOL BUS CRASH-VIDBOX TOPS

NO KIDS WERE HURT AFTER A

CAR REAR ENDED A SCHOOL BUS TODAY.

IT HAPPENED AT THE CORNER OF EVANS AND M-L-K.

47 KIDS WERE ON THE BUS--

IT HAD STOPPED AT THE RAILROAD TRACKS WHEN THE CAR BEHIND HIT IT.

TS FM SHOOTING-VIDBOX TOPS

FORT MYERS POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO FIRED SHOTS IN A BAR DURING A ROBBERY.

THEY SAY AN ARMED MAN WEARING A MASK WALKED INTO BRYBILL'S TAVERN.

HE DEMANDED MONEY FROM A CUSTOMER IN THE BAR.

OFFICERS SAY SEVERAL SHOTS WERE THEN FIRED.

ONE OF THE CUSTOMERS WAS SHOT IN THE ARM.

AL HOSTAGE SUSPECT PICTURE-VOTOPS

BUNKER SCENE-VOTOPS

BUNKER ANIMATION-VOTOPS

OBAMA GUN LAWS-trxVOTOPS-2SH

PRESIDENT OBAMA JUST WRAPPED UP HIS MESSAGE ABOUT GUNS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

HE MET WITH LOCAL AND STATE LEADERS IN MINNEAPOLIS --

PLUS LAW ENFORCEMENT THERE, AS HE PITCHED HIS PLAN TO CURB VIOLENCE.

HI I'M JEFF BUTERA.

AND I'M COURTNEY ROBINSON.

ABC7'S KAREN TRAVERS TELLS US ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST TRIP

OBAMA GUN LAWS-PKG

WITH HIS POPULARITY RATINGS AT THEIR HIGHEST IN FOUR YEARS.PRESIDENT OBAMA'

S TRYING TO RALLY PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HIS GUN CONTROL MEASURES.

if there's one life we can save, we have an obligation to try

THE PRESIDENT TRAVELED TO MINNEAPOLIS IN PART BECAUSE OF THE CITY'S PUSH TO

STEM GUN VIOLENCE, INCLUDING STRICTER BACKGROUND CHECKS.

you've shown that progress is possible.

BEFORE HIS REMARKS, HE HEARD FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND ELECTED

LEADERS.

We still need commonsense law changes in Washington.

AFTER THE NEWTOWN CONNECTICUT SHOOTING, THE PRESIDENT MADE GUN CONTROL A TOP

PRIORITY AND WANTS LEGISLATION THAT WILL

LIMIT THE NUMBER OF ROUNDS IN A MAGAZINE CLIP

RENEW A BAN ON THOSE SO-CALLED ASSAULT WEAPONS.

AND REQUIRE UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR GUN PURCHASES.

THE WHITE HOUSE EXPECTED OPPOSITION FROM REPUBLICANS.BUT THEY ALSO HAVE TO

WIN OVER SOME DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE OFFERED ONLY LUKEWARM SUPPORT.

Universal background checks?

Im still a supporter of the Second Amendment, but you can do things like

that.

How about restrictions on high-capacity magazines for ammunition?

I think that's something we definitely have to take a look at.

OVER THE WEEKEND THE WHITE HOUSE RELEASED A PHOTO OF THE PRESIDENT FIRING AT

CLAY PIGEONS AT A GUN RANGE AT CAMP DAVID LAST SUMMER.

HIS SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THEY DECIDED TO RESPOND TO THE PERSISTENT QUESTIONS

FROM CRITICS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S PERSONAL EXPERIENCE SHOOTING FIREARMS.

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RIGHT NOW, A PUBLIC HEARING IS UNDERWAY FOR A PROPOSAL TO KEEP SEX OFFENDERS FARTHER AWAY FROM CHILDREN IN FORT MYERS.

THE PLAN WOULD CREATE CHILD SAFETY ZONES.

SEX OFFENDERS WOULD HAVE TO STAY AT LEAST 300 FEET AWAY FROM PUBLIC PLACES LIKE PLAYGROUNDS AND SCHOOLS.

CAPE LEE COUNTY TOPICS-HLF RVL

CAPE CORAL LEADERS WILL SIT DOWN WITH LEE COUNTY OFFICIALS TONIGHT.

THEY PLAN TO PICK TWO TO THREE TOPICS THEY WANT TO TACKLE WITH NEWLY ELECTED COUNTY COMISSIONERS.

THE LIST INCLUDES THE TOLL REVENUE SHARING AGREEMENT,

THE CEITUS BARRIER DEBACLE, AND A

PROPOSED I-75 INTERCHANGE INTO THE CITY.

COUNCIL MEMBERS MUST PRIORITIZE A LIST AT THE MEETING.

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SEVEN DAYS UNDERGROUND IN A BUNKER. WITH HIS KIDNAPPER.

TONIGHT THERE'S LITTLE PROGRESS IN FREEING A FIVE-YEAR-OLD BOY.

OFFICERS SAY 65-YEAR-OLD JIM LEE DYKES REMAINS IN THAT UNDERGROUND BUNKER WITH FIVE YEAR-OLD. ETHAN.

THIS IS IN MIDLAND CITY IN ALABAMA.

ACCORDING TO OFFICERS DYKES TOOK THE BOY LAST WEEK AFTER SHOOTING AND KILLING HIS SCHOOL BUS DRIVER.

AUTHORITIES HAVE AN OPEN LINE OF COMMUNICATION WITH DYKES.

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We're doing everything we humanly possibly can do to resolve this safely

and bring this child home."

OFFICERS STILL ARE SAYING NOTHING ABOUT THE MOTIVE.

THEY SAY DYKES HAS MADE FEW DEMANDS AND GIVEN NO INDICATION OF WHEN THIS

SNIPER KILLED LATEST-VO-WIPE

RIGHT NOW --

INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE MOTIVE --

IN A SHOCKING SHOOTING THAT KILLED AMERICA'S FORMER TOP SNIPER.

FORMER MARINE EDDIE ROUTH IS NOW CHARGED IN THE SHOOTING DEATHS OF LEGENDARY MILITARY SNIPER CHRIS KYLE AND HIS FRIEND, CHAD LITTLEFIELD.

KYLE WAS ONE OF THE MOST SKILLED SNIPERS IN U-S MILITARY HISTORY.

HE ALSO DEDICATED HIMSELF TO HELPING VETS WHO SUFFERED FROM POST

TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.

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We kinda have an idea that's why they were at the range for some type of therapy.

IT'S STILL TOO SOON TO KNOW IF P-T-S-D WAS A FACTOR IN THE MURDER OF

KYLE AND LITTLEFIELD.

ED KOCH FUNERAL-NATVO

NEW YORK CITY HONORED IT'S FORMER MAYOR TODAY.

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THOUSANDS PACKED FUNERAL SERVICES THIS MORNING TO REMEMBER ED KOCH.

THE 88-YEAR-OLD DIED LAST WEEK OF HEART FAILURE.

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JOHN KERRY RECEIVED A WARM WELCOME ON HIS FIRST DAY IN HIS NEW ROLE.

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STATE DEPARTMENT WORKERS CHEERED THE NEW SECRETARY OF STATE.

DURING HIS FIRST SPEECH TO HIS STAFF,

JOHN KERRY ON THE JOB-SOTVO

MALALA NEW VIDEO-OC-SOTVO

THE PAKISTANI GIRL SHOT IN THE HEAD FOR PROMOTING EDUCATION FOR GIRLS IS MAKING INCREDIBLE PROGRESS IN HER RECOVERY.

TODAY, DOCTORS ANNOUNCED THEY SUCCESSFULLY RECONSTRUCTED MALALA YOUSUFZAI'S SKULL AND RESTORED HER HEARING.

ALSO OUT TODAY. A VIDEO FROM THE 15-YEAR-OLD.

"I am getting better day by day. It's just because of the prayers of people. --CUT TO-- God has given me this new life, and this is a second life, this is a new life." i want to serve, i want to serve the people.

BOY SCOUTS GAY BAN-VO

THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA COULD DECIDE THIS WEEK WHETHER TO LIFT THE BAN ON GAYS.

SCOUTS AND THEIR FAMILIES DELIVERED A PETITION TO THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA HEADQUARTERS TODAY IN IRVING, TEXAS,

THEY'RE URGING THE SCOUTS TO END A POLICY BANNING GAY SCOUTS AND LEADERS FROM THE ORGANIZATION.

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A LITTLE GIRL IS IN BIG TROUBLE TONIGHT.

THE SIX YEAR OLD TOOK HER MOTHER'S CAR ON A JOY RIDE THIS WEEKEND.

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ROMMIE HAWKINS WAS SHOVELING SNOWWHEN HIS SUNDAY MORNING GOT A LOT MORE

INTERESTING: THIS BMW, COMING RIGHT AT HIM.

ROMMIE HAWKINS/WITNESS

IN FACT SHE WAS ONLY 6 YEARS OLD. POLICE SAY THE GIRL TOOK THE CAR, AND LEFT

HER HOUSE AFTER HER MOTHER FELL ASLEEP.

SGT JERRY PARKER/PITTSBURGH POLICE

THE MOTHER FIRST CALLED POLICE AFTER WAKING UP AND NOTICING BOTH HER

DAUGHTER, AND THE CAR MISSING. THE GIRL MADE IT ABOUT HALF A MILE TO STANTON

AVENUE AT WOODBINE BUT THEN, LOST CONTROL:

THE GIRL SMASHED THE BMW INTO 3 PARKED VEHICLES AND FINALLY, INTO THE LIGHT

POLE. SHE STEPPED OUT OF THE CAR UPSET AND ASKING FOR HER FATHER.

POLICE BROUGHT THE DAD TO THE SCENE AND TALKED TO HIM INSIDE A

PATROL CAR. AND INVESTIGATORS SAY, THEY'RE NOT SURE HOW THE GIRL EVEN KNEW

6 YEAR OLD JOY RIDE-ONCAM

THE GIRL WAS NOT SERIOUSLY HURT.

OFFICERS ARE STILL INVESTIGATING.

TOSS TO NINA-ONCAM

FEBRUARY'S OUR SHORTEST MONTH OF THE YEAR!

BUT IT'S JAM-PACKED WITH SAVINGS

ABC 7 SMART SHOPPER NINA MOINI FOUND A HOLIDAY WHERE YOU CAN EXPECT 80 PERCENT MARKDOWNS.

BEST THINGS TO BUY IN FEB.-TCMON

I FOUND OUT WHILE VALENTINE'S DAY IS PERHAPS THE BIGGEST DEAL THIS MONTH -

BEST THINGS TO BUY IN FEB.-PKG

NATS - MONEY

FEBRUARY IS A GREAT TIME TO GO OVER YOUR FINANCES-

WITH TAX SEASON IN FULL SWING LEADING UP TO APRIL 15TH -

NATS - MONEY

TAX SOFTWARE DEALS ARE COMING IN HOTTER THAN LAST YEAR ACCORDING TO SAVINGS EXPERTS AT DEALNEWS.

NATS - TYPING

SO FAR - THERE ARE MARKDOWNS OF UP TO 58 PERCENT ON PROGRAMS FROM H AND R BLOCK AND TURBO TAX.

"With Valentine's Day around the corner you might be looking for savings on jewelry and candy but you'll have to wait till after the holiday for those buys."

BUT YOU CAN LOOK FOR COUPONS AT LINGERIE STORES LIKE VICTORIA'S SECRET.

LAST YEAR IT TOOK $15 OFF $100 ORDERS.

EVEN DEPARTMENT STORES ARE WORTH SORTING THROUGH.

EXPECT DISCOUNTS OF 15% TO 30% OFF BEFORE VALENTINE'S DAY, WITH SALES THAT TAKE UP TO 50% OFF OR MORE AFTER FEBRUARY 14.

"You can find greater discounts leading up to President's Day."

YOU CAN EXPECT MARKDOWNS OF ABOUT 80 PERCENT AT DEPARTMENT STORES OVER THAT THREE-DAY WEEKEND.

BEST THINGS TO BUY IN FEB.-TCMON

AND FOR SOME FREEBIES ON VALENTINE'S DAY YOU CAN HEAD TO ABC DASH SEVEN DOT COM.

NEW AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

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

THE RAVENS WON.

BUT DORITOS FANS TOOK TOP PRIZE.

THE SPOTS THAT COST MILLIONS.AND HOW MUCH THEY'RE BRINGING IN TODAY.

PLUS --

A ROYAL MYSTERY NOW SOLVED.

HOW RESEARCHERS FOUND KING RICHARD BURIED UNDER A PARKING LOT!

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UPDATING YOU NOW ON BREAKING NEWS OUT OF ALABAMA.

THE SEVEN DAY HOSTAGE SITUATION INVOLVING A 5-YEAR OLD BOY HELD UNDERGROUND IS OVER.

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THE FBI STORMED THE UNDERGROUND BUNKER LATE TODAY BECAUSE THEY FEARED THE BOY WAS IN DANGER.

THEY SAY THE 65-YEAR OLD WAS SEEN WITH A GUN.

DYKES SNATCHED THE BOY A WEEK AGO FROM A SCHOOL BUS AND SHOT AND KILLED THE BUS DRIVER.

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THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

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WARM WEATHER RETURNS

The overall weather picture is looking great this week. Tonight will be mostly clear and it will be another chilly start to the day on Tuesday. I anticipate lows to drop well into the 40's inland and bottom out around 49 to 52 along the coast. No rain is on the radar tonight and there won't be any again tomorrow. Tuesday high temperatures will reach 78 degrees. And it looks like the 80's are coming back by Wednesday.

A cold front is expected to move across northern Florida over the next few days and stall out around that part of the state. This will keep southwest Florida on the warm side of the front and our daytime highs will top 80 beginning on Wednesday and lasting through this upcoming weekend. There could be some showers up in the panhandle and toward Jacksonville over the next few days, but down here I expect it to be a dry week.

RAVENS FANS CELEBRATE-NATVO

RAVENS FANS ARE STILL CELEBRATING THEIR TEAM'S SUPER BOWL WIN LAST NIGHT.

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BALTIMORE OUTLASTED THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS 34-TO-31 LAST NIGHT.

AFTER THE GAME --

FANS SPILLED OUT OF THE BARS AND RESTAURANTS AND ONTO THE STREETS IN BALTIMORE TO CELEBRATE THE WIN.

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WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE. YOU WATCHED THE GAME AND THE ADS DURING THE SUPER BOWL.

FIFTY NEW ADS RAN DURING THE GAME -- AT ALMOST 4 MILLION DOLLARS EACH.

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THEY MAY HAVE COST ADVERTISERS MILLIONS

BUT THE BIGGEST WINNERS IN THIS YEAR'S SUPER BOWL OF COMMERICAL-ISM

WERE A PAIR OF LOW-BUDGET ADS MADE AND CHOSEN BY DORITOS FANS

INCLUDING THIS CHIP-CHEWING GOAT

AND THESE MANLY MEN PLAYING DRESS-UP IN ORDER TO CHOW DOWN.

TACO BELL RAN FOR THE BORDER WITH SOME HARD PARTYING RETIREES

AND BUDWEISER POURED ON THE TEARS WITH A HEART-WARMING REUNION BETWEEN A

HORSE AND ITS TRAINER

AND WHILE CALVIN KLEIN MADE A BRIEFBUT EXTREMELY POPULAR APPEARANCE -

SHOWING OFF SOME ABS IN ITS FIRST BOWL AD

OTHER ATTEMPTS AT OVERSELLING SEX. APPEARED TO FALL SHORT

BAR RAFAELLI'S UNCOMFORTABLE GO-DADDY LIP LOCK , JUST SEEMED SO WRONG.

STILL IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE THIRTY FOUR MINUTE STADIUM POWER-OUTAGE THAT

GENERATED THE BEST ADVERTISING SCORES OF THE GAME WITH OREOS TWEETING THIS

REMINDER THAT YOU CAN "STILL DUNK IN THE DARK" TIDE SUGGESTING IT CAN'T GET

YOUR #BLACKOUT BUT IT CAN GET STAINS OUT

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PEOPLE ARE ALSO STILL TALKING ABOUT BEYONCE'S HALFTIME PERFORMANCE.

AND SHE'S GETTING READY TO TOUR AROUND THE WORLD.

SHE RELEASED THIS VIDEO TODAY PROMOTING THE "MRS. CARTER SHOW" TOUR.

IT STARTS IN EUROPE APRIL 15TH.

THE NORTH AMERICAN LEG OF THE TOUR BEGINS JUNE 28TH.

THE CLOSEST SHE'LL COME TO US?

KING RICHARD'S BODY-VO

ONE OF HISTORY'S GREATEST MYSTERIES IS NOW SOLVED.

RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER FOUND THE REMAINS OF KING RICHARD THE THIRD.

AND GET THIS. THEY FOUND THE 500-YEAR-OLD SKELETON BENEATH A PARKING LOT IN THE CITY OF LEICESTER.

D-N-A FROM THE REMAINS MATCHES A SAMPLE TAKEN FROM A DISTANT LIVING RELATIVE OF RICHARD'S SISTER.

ROSA PARKS STAMP-VO

THE U-S POSTAL SERVICE HAS CREATED A FOREVER STAMP HONROING A CIVIL RIGHTS HERO.

IT'S A TRIBUTE TO ROSA PARKS.

THE STAMP WENT ON SALE TODAY --

WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN HER 100TH BIRTHDAY

IN 1955 --

PARKS REFUSED TO GIVE UP HER SEAT ON A MUNICIPAL BUS TO A WHITE MAN.

THAT WAS AGAINST THE LAW AT THE TIME.

TWITTER HACKING-VO

SOME ADVICE TONIGHT FOR THOSE WHOSE TWITTER ACCOUNTS WERE HACKED INTO.

THE SOCIAL MEDIA SITE SAYS HACKERS MIGHT HAVE GAINED ACCESS TO INFORMATION ON 250 THOUSAND ACCOUNTS.

THOSE AFFECTED HAD TO RESET PASSWORDS.AND DID GET EMAIL ALERTS.

TWITTER IS TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND USERS TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A STRONG PASSWORD THAT'S AT LEAST 10 CHARACTERS.

MCDONALD'S NEW HAPPY MEAL-VO

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A DECADE --

MCDONALDS IS OFFERING SOMETHING NEW IN ITS HAPPY MEALS.

BEGINNING THIS WEEK --

YOU CAN ASK FOR FISH McBITES.

YOU CAN DO THAT THROUGH MARCH.

THE DEAL COINCIDES WITH LENT.

NEXT AT 5 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE FIVE------------

She started calling me a demon, so I said 'I'll show you bad'

HE TAUNTED A STORE CLERK AT A DOLLAR GENERAL.

THEN THIS EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BOY GOT SCARED AND HID.

THE CLERK FOUND HIM.

AND THE VIDEO SHOWS WHAT SHE DID. HITTING HIM WITH A BELT AT LEAST 25 TIMES.

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DID YOU GO TOO FAR?

A STORE CLERK AT A DOLLAR GENERAL IN GEORGIA IS FACING CHARGES TONIGHT --

ACCUSED OF CALLING AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BOY A DEMON CHILD AND THEN SPANKING HIM.

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"It's just heartbreaking me that it happened two days before my birthday, it's just, I don't like it. It happened two days before my birthday."

LOGAN IVEY SAYS WHAT HE DOESN'T LIKE.IS HOW HE ENDED UP SPANKED AT THE DOLLAR GENERAL STORE.

"So I walked down this aisle and I seen the lady. She started calling me a demon, so I said 'I'll show you bad' and I picked up a cookie and I threw it at her. So I tried to hide behind the counter and somehow she found me and started whipping me and I didn't have nowhere to go."

IVEY SAYS THE CLERK HIT HIS BACK WITH A BELT.

"I felt like I had five needles sticking in me, then it really hurt. I was screaming Momma."

WRIGHTSVILLE POLICE CHIEF PAUL STERLING SAYS FROM THE FOOTAGE THEY HAVE.

IVEY WAS HIT WITH THE BELT AROUND 25 TIMES BY THE CLERK.

WHICH IS WHY POLICE CHANGED THE CHARGES AGAINST THE CLERK TO AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.

"It wasn't a spanking, it was more or less a beating than a spanking the way she was hitting him, you know? I don't know how to explain it. It just - I don't even like to think about it."

"And I was crying real bad because she had actually hurt me. When I had actually got up from when she stopped whipping me my pants were actually a little bit warm."

WHILE THE VIDEO OF WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE THE DOLLAR GENERAL HASN'T BEEN RELEASED.IVEY'S FAMILY SAYS IT WOULD PROVIDE MORE ANSWERS.

"I just wish everybody could see the video because everybody makes comments about what it should be and what they should have done as far as the parent and all that, but if they seen the video it would be a lot different, you know, because it shows how many times she really hit him and how bad it was."

LOGAN'S FATHER DESCRIBES HIS SON AS A TYPICAL BOY.

"I mean he likes to play. You have to get onto him just like any other kid, but he didn't deserve to be beat with no belt like that by nobody else."

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COMING UP AT 6PM------------

BREAKING DEVELOPMENTS OUT OF ALABAMA--

THE 5-YEAR OLD HELD HOSTAGE IN AN UNDERGROUND BUNKER IS SAFE AND HIS CAPTOR IS DEAD.

WE HAVE NEW INFORMATION AT SIX.

PLUS-

AFTER UNNECESSARY SURGERIES AND BOTCHED PROCEDURES--

ABC-7 IS IN THE COURTROOM AS A LEE COUNTY MAN IS PUNISHED FOR

PRACTICING MEDICINE ON ANIMALS WITHOUT A LICENSE.

ABC 7 CREWS ARE GETTING NEW INFORMATION ON THAT FATAL CRASH IN THE CAPE WE TOLD YOU ABOUT AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR.

WITNESSES DESCRIBE HOW THEY TRIED TO SAVE THE WOMAN.

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