HEADLINES-------------

A LOT TO CELEBRATE THIS MORNING!

A THRILLING SUPERBOWL.

THAT CAME DOWN TO THE FINAL SECONDS.

WE HAVE ALL THE UN-FORGETTABLE MOMENTS.

INCLUDING A POWER OUTAGE THAT STOPPED THE WHOLE GAME.

NATS OF BEYONCE SINGING

BEYONCE STEPS UP AND

SHOWS AMERICA WHAT SHE'S MADE OF

A LOOK INSIDE HER BIGGEST NIGHT.

AND PRESIDENT OBAMA LEAVES WASHINGTON THIS MORNING.

HL1) SUPERBOEL FEVER-VO-WIPE

HL2) BEYONCES BIG NIGHT-SOT VO

HL3) OBAMA ON GUNS-VOTOPS

WX HL-WX WALL

NEWS AT 9:00 OPEN-CLIPTOPS

FIRST WX-OMNI

IT'S ANOTHER CHILLY MORNING IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

YOU'RE TAKING A LIVE LOOK AT CURRENT TEMPERATURES.

METEOROLOGIST ALLYSON RAE IS TRACKING IT FOR YOU THIS MORNING.

FIRST WX-WX CTR

VEHICLE VS. PED-VO

A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IS RECOVERING AT HEALTH PARK HOSPITAL

AT THIS HOUR AFTER BEING HIT BY A CAR THIS MORNING.

TROOPERS TELL US THE 16 YEAR OLD GIRL WAS ATTEMPTING TO CROSS GLADIOLUS DRIVE AT THE CROSSWALK NEAR STRAIGHT STREET AROUND 7 THIS MORNING.

THAT'S WHEN TROOPERS SAY A DRIVER ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN HIT THE GIRL.

SHE WAS TAKEN TO HEALTH PARK WITH INJURIES TO HER LEG.

SUPER BOWL FEVER-2 SHOT

BALTIMORE RAVENS FANS CELEBRATE THIS MORNING.

AFTER AN UNBELIEVABLE SUPER BOWL!

AMONG THE HIGHLIGHTS?

THE RAVENS ROLLED THROUGH THE FIRST HALF.

BEYONCE WAS INCREDIBLE AT HALF TIME.

AND A POWER OUTAGE LEFT EVERYONE IN THE DARK.

NOT TO MENTION -- A SIBLING SHOWDOWN BETWEEN THE COACHES.

SUPER BOWL FEVER-PKG

Super Bowl 47 lived up to the hype.

It was high scoring, but tough and gritty -- just the kind of game the

Baltimore Ravens love.

Led by game MVP Joe Flacco, the Ravens captured a narrow 34 to 31 win over

the San Francisco 49ers.

NATS- announcer Jim Nantz

"THE SUPERBOWL BELONGS TO BALTIMORE."

For a while, it looked like the Ravens would run away with the game.

Jacoby Jones opened the second half with a 108 yard kickoff return for a TD

-- giving the Ravens a 28 to 6 lead.

But then it was lights out.

MOS

"WE LOST POWER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED."

In one of the most bizarre moments in Super Bowl history, partial power went

out in the superdome, causing a 34-minute delay.

NATS - security

"CAN EVERYBODY PLEASE BACK UP PLEASE."

Once power was restored, the 49ers changed the game's momentum.

And with less than two minutes left, 4th and goal.the 9ers with a chance

to win.

But the Ravens held on.

It was the final game in the storied 17 year-career of linebacker Ray Lewis.

SOT Ray Lewis

"BALTIMORE! WE'RE COMING HOME, BABY. WE DID IT."

In Baltimore, fans erupted.

For many, the Super Bowl is much more than just the game.

NATS - Go Daddy ad

Some tune in just to see the commercials -- like this one from Go.Daddy.Com.

NATS - Jennifer Hudson & childrens choir sing America the Beautiful

Before the opening kick, children from Newtown, Connecticut -- scene of the

Sandy Hook Massacre -- joined Jennifer Hudson singing America the Beautiful.

And at the half, Beyonce was on fire:

NATS - Beyonce sings

The game was seen by millions. Even U.S. troops in Kandahar, Afghanistan

SUPER BOWL FEVER-ONCAM

THAT WAS TAHMAN BRADLEY REPORTING.

AND OUR SUPERBOWL COVERAGE CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE HOUR.

STILL AHEAD --

A LOOK AT THE BEST COMMERCIALS.

BAR ROBBERY-VO

NEW THIS MORNING --

POLICE INVESTIGATE A SHOOTING AT A FORT MYERS AREA BAR.

IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE TWO A-M,

AT BRYBILLS TAVERN ON METRO PARKWAY.

POLICE SAY AN ARMED MAN WEARING A MASK WALKED INSIDE.

AND DEMANDED MONEY FROM A CUSTOMER IN THE BAR.

POLICE SAY SEVERAL SHOTS WERE THEN FIRED,

HITTING ONE OF THE CUSTOMERS.

THAT PERSON WAS TAKEN TO LEE MEMORIAL,

AND IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE.

BUT THE SHOOTER GOT AWAY,

FM SEX OFFENDERS-VO-WIPE

TODAY IN A PUBLIC HEARING.

FORT MYERS CITY LEADERS -- ARE ASKING FOR TOUGHER RESTRICTIONS ON SEX OFFENDERS.

TO KEEP SEX OFFENDERS -- FARTHER AWAY FROM CHILDREN.

IT'S TO KEEP PLAYGROUNDS, PARKS AND SCHOOLS.EVEN *SAFER.*.

THE PLAN WOULD CREATE A SAFETY ZONE -- KEEPING SEX OFFENDERS AT LEAST 300 FEET AWAY.

FM SEX OFFENDERS-SOTVO

MAYOR RANDY HENDERSON

40:5 it's sex offenders, it's crime. they're related. anyone behaving like this in our city we need to find them and smoke them out

LEE COUNTY HAS HAD A SIMILAR ORDINANCE IN PLACE, SINCE 2009.

JOHN MAATSCH ARAIGNMENT-SS VO

THIS MORNING, A MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING HIS NEIGHBOR IN THE CHEST.

WILL BE ARRAIGNED ON NEW CHARGES.

JOHN MAATSCH IS NOW CHARGED WITH BURGLARY.

AND THE LATEST CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER.

INVESTIGATORS SAY HE STABBED TRACEY MARAZZI *THREE TIMES IN THE CHEST,

WHILE SHE SLEPT IN HER PASEO HOME BACK IN DECEMBER.

REFLECTIONS SHOOTING-SS-VO

2 BROTHERS ARE IN JAIL THIS MORNING--

FACING FELONY CHARGES---

FOLLOWING A BURGLARY - SHOOTING IN FORT MYERS.

THESE TWO MEN --

ASHANTI AND JAMAR UNDERWOOD HAVE BEEN ARRESTED.

POLICE WERE CALLED TO 'REFLECTIONS' APARTMENTS JUST AFTER 4 AM SATURDAY --- OFF WINKLER.

POLICE SAY A MAN WENT OUTSIDE TO SMOKE.

THAT'S WHEN THE BROTHERS -- PUSHED HIM INTO HIS APARTMENT.

THE VICTIM WAS ARMED - AND FIRED SHOTS.

AT LEE MEMORIAL, POLICE FOUND THE UNDERWOODS --

IMMOKALEE SHOOTING-VO

WE KNOW THE NAME OF THE SECOND MAN --- INJURED IN AN IMMOKALEE SHOOTING.

THAT LEFT ONE PERSON DEAD.

DECTECTIVES SAY 19-YEAR-OLD GOTTY CHARLES OF LEHIGH ACRES.

WAS TAKEN TO LEE MEMORIAL --- IN CRITICAL CONDITION ON SATURDAY.

HE AND 20-YEAR-OLD ERNST GANEM -- WERE SHOT WHILE SITTING IN A PARKED CAR -- OFF WEST DELAWARE AVENUE.

GANEM DIED FROM HIS WOUNDS.

DETECTIVES SAY THE TWO HAD AN ALTERCATION WITH THE SHOOTER,

COLLIER ROBBERY ARREST-SS VO

COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY A CELL PHONE LEFT AT A CRIME SCENE.

LED THEM TO AN ARREST OVER THE WEEKEND.

COLLIER DEPUTIES ARRESTED CARLOS WALKER --

IN CONNECTION TO A HEINOUS ROBBERY.

IT HAPPENED IN GOLDEN GATE ESTATES,

JUST DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

DEPUTIES SAY WALKER IS PART OF THE PLOT --

TO ROB THIS HOME.

THREE PEOPLE WERE *TIED UP* WITH ELECTRICAL CORDS AND DUCT TAPE --

THEN HELD AT GUNPOINT.

THE ATTACKERS RANSACKED THE HOUSE,

STEALING MONEY AND JEWELRY.

OBAMA GUN CONTROL-ONCAM

THIS MORNING THE PRESIDENT PREPARES TO PUSH FOR MORE GUN LAWS

BUT IT'S A PICTURE OF THE PRESIDENT -

WITH GUN IN HAND -

THAT HAS HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING.

OBAMA GUN CONTROL-PKG

AS PRESIDENT OBAMA PITCHES HIS GUN CONTROL PLAN IN MINNESOTA TODAY

super burned in

MORE REACTION TO THIS WHITE HOUSE PHOTO OF THE PRESIDENT SKEET SHOOTING AT CAMP DAVID.

CRITICS SAY HE'S PANDERING TO SECOND AMENDMENT CONSERVATIVES. WHILE PUSHING FOR A BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS.

THAT SEEMS TO HAVE NO CHANCE ON CAPITOL HILL. BUT UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS? THAT'S GAINING SUPPORT:

super burned in

/ Sen. Majority Leader

"I think that everyone acknowledges we should do something with background checks."

MARK KELLY ARGUES CHECKS MUST BE EXPANDED TO KEEP GUNS AWAY FROM MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE LIKE JARED LOUGHNER - CHARGED WITH SHOOTING KELLY'S WIFE, FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN GABRIELLE GIFFORDS.

super burned in

"In the case of the rejection from -- at the gun store, he could have easily gone to a gun show or private seller and get a gun."

THIS SUPERBOWL AD ACCUSES THE NRA OF MAKING A COMPLETE TURNAROUND ON UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS.

THIS WAS THE NRA AFTER COLUMBINE:

super burned in

AND HERE THE NRA'S C-E-O ON FOX SUNDAY:

super burned in

OBAMA GUN CONTROL-ONCAM

THAT WAS TRACIE POTTS REPORTING.

NEW YORK MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG -- WAS BEHIND THE SUPER BOWL AD.

HIS GROUP "MAYORS AGAINST ILLEGAL GUNS"

INCLUDES FOUR MAYORS FROM MINNESOTA,

JOHN KERRY FIRST DAY-VO

THE NEW SECRETARY OF STATE --- SPENT MOST OF HIS FIRST DAY ON THE JOB.

ON THE PHONE.

FORMER SENATOR JOHN KERRY -- WAS BUSY WITH DIPLOMATIC ISSUES AROUND THE WORLD.

HE MADE CALLS TO OFFICIALS IN ISRAEL, TURKEY, CANADA AND MEXICO

TO RECEIVE UPDATES ON U.S. DIPLOMATIC CONCERNS.

IN A CONVERSATION WITH PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS,

KERRY SAID HE INTENDED TO VISIT THE REGION.

TEASE ONE-2-SHOT

YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW--

COMING UP ON ABC-7

STUDENT LOAN DEBT IS GRIPPING THE NATION.

AS STUDENTS CONTINUE TO GRADUATE

*WITHOUT EMPLOYMENT.

OPTIONS TO HELP EASE THE BURDEN.

PLUS

ITS TAX TIME--

AND YOU MIGHT QUALIFY

TZ1 A STUDENT LOAN-VOTOPS

TZ1 B FREE TAX HELP-VOTOPS

WEATHER TEASE-WX ID

BLOOMBERG TEASE-SOT

BLOOMBERG BUSINESS REPORT-PKG TOPS

STORMWARN GENERIC CLIP-CLIP

CROSSTALK INTO WX-CAM 9 WX EST

FORECAST-WXWALL

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.

Tracking temps in the 40s and fog this morning

We've got another very pleasant day on the way with sunshine and highs in the low to mid 70s and comfortable humidity.

STUDENT LOANS-ONCAM

THE COST OF HIGHER EDUCATION IS GOING UP.

LEADING TO A RISE IN STUDENT LOANS.

AND MANY STUDENTS FIND THEMSELVES -- *DEEP* IN THE HOLE.

AND THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE,

STUDENT LOANS-PKG

A graduate student at the University of Southern California.

22 year old Astrid Solorzano. will be 160 thousand dollars in debt. before she lands her first job.

"I feel like that number doesn't process in my head yet, it's just this imaginary number that I am going to have to pay off."

She is one of the 26 million Americans saddled with a ballooning student loan.

Like her classmates. Solorzano worries without a job after graduation.

she'll become part of the record number of former students who are now defaulting. or are delinquent in paying back their loans.

"honestly i don't know how I am going to do it."

With college costs on the rise.

Student loan debt is at an all time high.

Nationally the tab tops 870 Billion dollars.

surpassing credit card debt. and even auto loans.

Now. a new study shows. a third of former students are considered risky borrowers.

Graduates who don't. pay back their bills.

"as many as half of all recent graduates are either unemployed or underemployed/so the problem tends to feed on itself and that is what we are dealing with here. That's why this is such an issue for the whole economy."

With the average student more than 27 thousand dollars in debt.

more than a million graduates have now racked up an astonishing 100 thousand dollars in loans.

A bunch of people who go to this school have that kind of money but a lot of us don't so its pretty difficult"

Next year. Astrid Solorzano will get her diploma.

and her first student loan bill.

"I do have a sense of fear like what am i going to do when i graduate"

She's one of many college seniors.

STUDENT LOANS-ONCAM

MIGUEL ALMAGUER REPORTING.

THERE *IS SOME HELP.

THE STUDENT DEBT REPAYMENT ASSISTANT WEBSITE

HAS INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP STUDENTS -- FIGURE OUT THE BEST REPAYMENT OPTIONS.

AND WHAT TO DO -- IF THEY'RE BEHIND ON PAYMENTS. THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOUND

MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND

FREE TAX HELP-VO

TAX TIME IS HERE

AND YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SCORE SOME FREE HELP.

QUALIFIED TAXPAYERS CAN GET THEIR RETURNS DONE AT NO COST.

PEOPLE WHO MAKE 51-THOUSAND DOLLARS OR LESS.

CAN USUALLY GET HELP FROM THE I-R-S "VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM".

AND THOSE WHO ARE 60 OR OLDER.

CAN GET IT FROM THE "TAX COUNSELING FOR THE ELDERLY PROGRAM".

LOG ON TO "I-R-S DOT GOV" --

EDISON COLLEGE A-VO

EDISON STATE COLLEGE'S CONTINUES FIGHTING --

T TO GET RE-ACCREDITED.

THE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS --

PUT EDISON STATE ON PROBATION.

BUT THEY HAVE MADE IMPROVEMENTS.

THEY HIRED A NEW PRESIDENT.

A NEW VICE PRESIDENT OF RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

AND OPENED 19 NEW FACULTY.

THEY'RE ALSO DOING AUDITS TO MAKE SURE COURSE SUBSTITUTIONS ARE DONE PROPERLY.

THE SCHOOL IS ACCREDITED RIGHT NOW.

BENNETTS EXPANDING-OC-VO

DONUT LOVERS.

LISTEN UP.

'BENNETT'S FRESH ROAST' IS OPENING A NEW SHOP ON SANIBEL.

IT'S EXPECTED TO OPEN IN JULY --- AND WILL HAVE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SEATING.

THE ORGINAL BENNETT'S IS IN DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS.

TEASE TWO-ONCAM

YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW--

ON SUPER BOWL SUNDAY THERE'S A BIGGER DRAW

THAN FOOTBALL -- FOR SOME.

THE HALF -TIME SHOW

TZ2 A BEYONE'S BIG NIGHT-VO-WIPE

GMA BEYONCES BIG NIGHT-2 SHOT

NOW TO THAT KILLER HALFTIME SHOW FROM BEYONCE --

A FIFTY MILLION DOLLAR BLOWOUT --

FILLED WITH FIRE --

FROM BEYONCE -- DESTINY'S CHILD AND THOSE

FLAME THROWING GUITARS.

*SO POWERFUL.

SHE MIGHT BE THE REASON THE LIGHTS WENT OUT!

BUT THE CROWD LOVED EVERY SECOND.

GMA BEYONCES BIG NIGHT-PKG

NATS

THE SHEER ELECTRICITY OF BEYONCE'S HALFTIME SHOW DIDN'T CAUSE THIS SUPER

BOWL POWER OUTAGE. IT JUST SEEMED THAT WAY

NATS

WITH 135 DANCERS2000 PEOPLE IN ALL ON THE FIELDAND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF

EYES.ALL ON 1 WOMAN.SHE KILLED IT.

NATS

BEYONCE SQUEEZED IN 8 SONGS IN 12 MINUTES

NATS

SHE KICKED OFF WITH A PYROFIED LOVE ON TOP

NATS

SUNG UNQUESTIONABLY LIVE

NATS

SHE ROARED INTO CRAZY IN LOVE

NATS

TEARING OFF PIECES OF HER ALREADY-REVEALING RUBIN SINGER DRESS

NATS

THE MUCH-RUMORED REUNION OF DESTINY'S CHILDWITH HER LONG-TIME PALS KELLY

ROWLAND AND MICHELLE WILLIAMS LENDING VOICES TO BOOTYLICIOUS

BEFORE BOOMING THROUGH A SOMETIMES MURKY SOUND MIX WITH SINGLE LADIES.

.BEYONCE CLOSING WITH A HAIR-WHIPPINGLY WONDERFUL HALO AT THE STAGE'S EDGE.

GMA BEYONCES BIG NIGHT-2 SHOT

ON INSTAGRAM,

BEYONCE OFFERED A HANDWRITTEN SHOUT OUT --

TO THE DAY'S OTHER AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE PERFORMERS.

ALICIA KEYES AND JENNIFER HUDSON.

TEASE THREE-2-SHOT

YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW--

A STANDOFF WITH A GUNMAN HOLDING

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD HOSTAGE

IS NOW IN DAY SEVEN.

ARE POLICE ANY CLOSER TO A SOLUTION?

PLUS --

AFTER WEEKS OF SEARCHING.

THE BODY OF AN AMERICAN WOMAN WAS FOUND IN TURKEY

NEW DETAILS ON THE INVESTIGATION.

AND.

RESEARCH MAY BE COSTING YOU MORE THAN YOU THINK.

TZ3 A AL HOSTAGE-VO-WIPE

TZ3 B TURKEY TRAGEDY-VOTOPS-WIPE

TZ3 C TAX AND RESEARCH-VOTOPS

CROSSTALK WX TEASE-2SH-WX GFX

NEWS AT 9:00 OPEN-CLIP

NY STOCK EXCHANGE OPEN-SAT 3 TOPS

ABC7 TAKES YOU LIVE TO THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

FOR THE START OF THE BUSINESS DAY.

STOCK FUTURES WERE LOWER AHEAD OF THE OPENING BELL.

EUROPEAN STOCKS WERE ALSO LOWER.

AND ASIAN STOCKS WERE MIXED.

AMONG THE CORPORATE RESULTS COMING OUT THIS MORNING --

ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES,

GANNETT,

DELL,

TOP STORIES-CLIP

TS1) SUPER BOWL-VOTOPS

FANS ARE STILL CELEBRATING THIS MORNING.

AFTER AN UNBELIEVABLE SUPER BOWL.

THE BALTIMIRE RAVENS CAME OUT ON TOP.

THE RAVENS JUMPED OUT TO AN EARLY 28 TO 6 LEAD,

OVER THE 49ERS.

AND HELD ON FOR A 34 TO 31 VICTORY --

TS2) FM SEX OFFENDER-VOTOPS

TODAY, CITY LEADERS ASK FOR *TOUGHER RESTRICTIONS FOR SEX OFFENDERS,

WHO ARE LIVING IN FORT MYERS.

THE PLAN WANTS TO MAKE PUBLIC PLACES EVEN *SAFER FOR CHILDREN--

LIKE PLAYGROUNDS, PARKS AND SCHOOLS.

THE PROPOSAL WOULD CREATE CHILD SAFETY ZONES --

TS3)MATTSCH ARAIGNMENT-VOTOPS

THIS MORNING JOHN MAATSCH WILL BE ARRAIGNED ON NEW CHARGES.

CURRENTLY HE IS CHARGED WITH BURGLARY

AND THE LATEST CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER.

INVESTIGATORS SAY HE STABBED TRACEY MARAZZI.

THREE TIMES IN THE CHEST -- WHILE SHE SLEPT IN HER HOME BACK IN DECEMBER.

GMA AL HOSTAGE DAY 7-ONCAM

IT'S NOW DAY SEVEN --

IN THE TERRIFYING HOSTAGE STANDOFF IN ALABAMA

A FIVE YEAR OLD BOY IS BEING HELD CAPTIVE IN A BUNKER IN ALABAMA.

AND THE F-B-I IS NEGOTIATING HIS RELEASE

ABC'S GIO BENITEZ HAS NEW DETAILS ON THE MAN --

GMA AL HOSTAGE DAY 7-PKG

THIS MORNING DRONES LIKE THIS ARE FLYING OVER THE HOMEMADE UNDERGROUND

BUNKER WHERE POLICE SAY THIS MAN, JIMMY LEE DYKES, IS HOLDING A 5-YEAR-OLD

BOY NAMED ETHAN HOSTAGE

IT HAS NOW BEEN SEVEN DAYS SINCE AUTHORITIES SAY THE 65-YEAR-OLD STORMED A

SCHOOL BUS HERE IN MINDLAND CITY / THREATENING THE STUDENTS ON BOARD

BEFORE KILLING THE / DRIVER AND KIDNAPPING LITTLE ETHAN. /

Tarrica Singletary / Student on bus -- He said I'll kill ya'll I'll kill all

y'all.

DESPITE DAYS OF NEGOTIATIONS POLICE ADMIT THEY HAVE LITTLE TO GO ON: FEW

DEMANDS NO MOTIVE NO SENSE OF WHEN THE STAND OFF MAY END.

BRAD GARRETT SOT HERE - IT GIVES THEM MORE TIME TO STUDY THIS BUNKER DOES MR

. DYKES HAVE ANY EXPLOSIVES, HAS HE BOOBY TRAPPED THE DOORS IF EVER THEY

TRIED TO GET IN

Gfx flyover - DYKES IS HOLDING THE LITTLE BOY IN A REMOTE PART OF SOUTHERN

ALABAMA NEGOTIATORS HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH

HIM THROUGH A VENTILATION PIPE THAT LEADS TO THE BUNKER -- AND HAVE /

USED IT TO SEND THE CHILD COMFORT ITEMS INCLUDING A RED HOT WHEELS CAR,

COLORING BOOKS, CHEEZIT CRACKERS, POTATO CHIPS AND MEDICINE /.

OVER THE WEEKEND A TWIST. THE / SHERIFF HERE HOLDING A PRESS CONFERENCE

TO THANK THE HOSTAGE TAKER!

SOT 3 - I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR TAKING CARE OF OUR CHILD THAT'S VERY

GMA AL HOSTAGE DAY 7-VOTOPS

THAT WAS GIO BENITEZ REPORTING.

ALSO IN ALABAMA--

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HONOR A MAN WHO LOST HIS LIFE.

PROTECTING THE CHILDREN ON HIS SCHOOL BUS.

CHARLES POLAND JUNIOR WAS REMEMBERED --

AS A KIND AND GENTLE MAN.

WHO WOULD DO ANYTHING TO HELP HIS NEIGHBORS.

HE WAS LAID TO REST YESTERDAY.

THE 66-YEAR-OLD WAS SHOT TO DEATH,

GMA TRAGEDY IN TURKEY-ONCAM

NEW CLUES INTO THE DEATH OF THE AMERICAN MOTHER.

WHO DISAPPEARED THE DAY SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO COME HOME.

OFFICIALS SAY THEY NOW KNOW HOW SHE DIED.

AND THEY'RE QUESTIONING -- A NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO FIND OUT WHY.

GMA TRAGEDY IN TURKEY-PKG

33-year-old Sarai Sierra is dead but the mysteries in her case remain

unsolved. Today plain clothes detectives scoured for clues.

She died from a blow to the head. still wearing all her clothes. But they

don't know who killed her, or why.

STANDUP NICK SCHIFRIN/ABC NEWS/ISTANBUL Her body was found in those trees

right behind me. As you can see the police are still here. Now this is a

pretty isolated area. On this side there's a dropoff, this side are train

tracks. So the theory is that she was killed somewhere else and her body

brought here.

Police are combing through hundreds of hours of surveillance video. This was

the last time she was seen - walking through a mall the day before she was

due home.

STANDUP NICK SCHIFRIN/ABC NEWS/ISTANBUL She stayed in this basement

apartment. This is a mostly working class neighborhood. One of the most

intriguing mysteries of this case - why would she have left her cell phone,

her medical records, even her passport behind in her room.

HER BODY, is NOW in the CORONER'S OFFICE. POLICE say she wasn't involved

with drugs or trafficking AND ARE questioning at least 11 suspects -- trying

GMA TRAGEDY IN TURKEY-ONCAM

THAT WAS NICK SCHIFRIN REPORTING.

SARAI EXCHANGED EMAILS WITH ONE OF THOSE SUSPECTS

THE DAY SHE DISAPPEARED -

BUT HE HAS NOW BEEN RELEASED.

SO THE POLICE - WITH THE HELP OF THE FBI -

SNIPPER SHOOTING-VO

A 25-YEAR-OLD MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER.

IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING DEATH OF

A FORMER NAVY SEAL AND HIS FRIEND.

EDDIE ROUTH IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING --- FORMER NAVY SEAL CHRIS KYLE AND HIS FRIEND.

AT A CENTRAL TEXAS GUN RANGE.

ROUTH WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY -- AFTER A BRIEF PURSUIT

SNIPPER SHOOTING-SOTVO

"It's my understand that the suspect may have been suffering from some type of mental illness from being in the military himself. I understand he was a marine for four years and may have been suffering from some complications from that. I'm not sure."

TOUR BUS AX-VO

SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE KILLED,

AFTER A BUS COLLIDED WITH A TRUCK ON THE MOUNTAIN ROAD.

DOZENS ALSO WERE INJURED.

NEARLY 40 PEOPLE WERE TREATED FOR INJURIES.

AND AT LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE ARE NOW DEAD.

THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED SUNDAY NIGHT IN CALIFORNIA.

OFFICIALS SAY THE BUS WAS LEAVING THE BIG BEAR MOUNTAIN RESORT,

HEADED BACK TO TIJUANA, MEXICO.

ED KOCH FUNERAL-VO

FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD TODAY --

FOR NEW YORK'S FORMER MAYOR ED KOCH.

KOCH LED THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR 12 YEARS --

WITH A CONFRONTATIONAL STYLE,

THAT CAME TO PERSONIFY HIS NEW YORK OF THE 19-80s.

HE DIED ON FRIDAY OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE,

AT THE AGE OF 88.

FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON IS AMONG THE DIGNITARIES --

SUPERSTORM MOLD-VO

MONTHS AFTER HURRICANE SANDY DEVASTATED THE NORTHEAST,

MOLD BECOMES A BIG PROBLEM.

DAMP CONDITIONS LET THE MOLD FUNGUS GROW,

PERMEATING WALLS, DOORS AND FOUNDATIONS.

BUT GETTING RID OF MOLD CAN BE VERY COSTLY.

AND FEDERAL AID DOES NOT COVER MOLD REMOVAL.

ON THURSDAY, NEW YORK MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG ANNOUNCED A 15 MILLION DOLLAR PUBLIC-PRIVATE PROGRAM --

TO HELP UP TO TWO-THOUSAND HOMEOWNERS.

RESEARCH AND TAX DOLLARS-ONCAM

THIS MORNING.

SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT YOUR TAX DOLLARS.

TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS -- POSSIBLY MISUSED.

RESEARCH AND TAX DOLLARS-PKG

WE'VE ALL HEARD OF RESEARCH STUDIES THAT LOOK AT TURNING ALGAE INTO FUEL.

CREATING A MORE ADVANCED M-R-I MACHINE.

OR SCIENCE TO CURE CANCER.

ALL WORTHY CAUSES. BUT WHO'S PAYING FOR IT?

OFTEN. IT IS YOU. YOUR TAXES COMING FROM HERE. AND A HOST OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.

AND IN SOME CASES. THAT MONEY ISN'T BEING WELL SPENT.

"There are some scientists who are gaming the system in order to fund their labs."

DR. SKIP GARNER IS A PROFESSOR AND RESEARCHER AT THE VIRGINIA TECH BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE.

LAST YEAR. HE HEARD PRESIDENT OBAMA SAY THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A REVIEW IN THE WAY GRANT MONEY IS GIVEN OUT.

"We said, ahh, we can do that."

SO GARNER AND HIS RESEARCHERS DESIGNED A PROGRAM TO BE RUN THROUGH THIS.

"What you see in this room is a super computer called 'Shadowfax.'"

"And for a project of this size, you need a super computer. 'Shadowfax,' over two to three months, went through 900,000 grant applications, solely looking for similarities."

AND IT FOUND THOUSANDS OF MATCHES.

AND THOSE SUSPICIOUS GRANTS WENT STRAIGHT TO DR. GARNER'S EYES. FOR A TEDIOUS HUMAN REVIEW.

THE RESULT. 167 PROJECTS LIKELY GOT TWO, THREE OR FOUR GRANTS TO DO THE SAME WORK.

"I was surprised by the amount and ease with which we found these things."

THE PRICE TAG WILL REALLY STARTLE YOU: $70 MILLION FROM THIS SMALLER STUDY ALONE WAS DOUBLE-GRANTED.

RESEARCH AND TAX DOLLARS-ONCAM

THAT WAS JAY WARREN REPORTING.

DR.GARNER FIGURES THE PROBLEM. TO BE CLOSE 300-MILLION A YEAR FOR ALL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.

TEASE FOUR-2-SHOT

YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW--

COMING UP ON ABC-7

COMPUTER HACKERS.

THEY'RE SILENT BUT DEADLY.

CAPABLE OF STEALING

AND RELEASING YOUR INFORMATION.

WAYS TO STAY A STEP AHEAD.

PLUS

BIG BUCKS ARE SPENT EVERY YEAR--

FOR A FEW SECONDS OF ADVERTISING--

DURING THE SUPER BOWL.

TZ4 A CYBER SECURITY-VO-WIPE

TZ4 B COMMERCIAL KICK OFF-VOTOPS

WEATHER TEASE-WX ID

CYBER SECURITY-2 SHOT

A SOCIAL MEDIA WARNING.

*TWITTER WAS HACKED.

THE ATTACK AIMED TO EXPOSE --- USERS' PRIVATE INFORMATION.

IT'S JUST MORE EVIDENCE --

THAT EXPERTS NEED BETTER TRAINING. TO PREVENT ONLINE HACKING.

CYBER SECURITY-PKG

AT THE OFFICES OF CYBER WATCHDOG MANDIANT, COMPUTER SECURITY CONSULTANT FOR THE WASHINGTON POST AND NEW YORK TIMES, A CONSTANT VIGIL KEEPS WATCH FOR SIGNS OF ATTACKS ON THEM AND OTHER CLIENTS.

THE COMPANY ALSO DEVISES WAYS TO STAY A STEP AHEAD, TO BLOCK ATTEMPTED INTRUSIONS FROM SUCCEEDING.

"There's always going to be some kind of gap that attackers can exploit. And very often we see companies haven't invested in responding to the fact that they will sustain a breech and many times they're caught flat-footed when it occurs."

WITH CYBERATTACKS ON THE RISE -- AGAINST BANKS, NEWS ORGANIZATIONS, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THE SYSTEMS THAT KEEP THE COUNTRY GOING.

. THERE'S A GROWING WORRY THAT THE U-S FACES A SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW TO RESPOND.

"It takes a thousand hours of hands-on work, just like a pilot. You can't be a good pilot unless you've actually flown an airplane under pressure. You can't be a good cyber person unless you've actually fought in cyber space, either in a simulator or in the real world."

The need is exploding. The Pentagon's US Cyber Command is drawing up plans to bring four-thousand new computer security experts onboard. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano warns that the lack of experts nationwide is critical.

THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS AMONG A HANDFUL OF THE NATION'S COLLEGES ANSWERING THE CALL, PREPARING TO OFFER A DEGREE IN CYBER SECURITY:

"Whatever type of system I'm going to develop for someone, I'm going to make sure that it's secure."

CYBER SECURITY-ONCAM

EDUCATORS SAY IT'S ESSENTIAL TO START BUILDING THE CYBER WORKFORCE.

*EARLIER IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.

STORM WARN GENERIC CLIP-CLIP

CROSSTALK-CAM 9 WX EST

FORECAST-WX WALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

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

Tracking temps in the 40s and fog this morning

We've got another very pleasant day on the way with sunshine and highs in the low to mid 70s and comfortable humidity.

New Row 1 Leonie Louis

A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA--

WHERE AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING A TOUR BUS CRASH.

AT LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE KILLED, DOZENS OF OTHERS INJURED.

SANDY HOOK @ SUPER BOWL-NATS VOTOPS

IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL START TO THE SUPER BOWL

A CHORUS OF 26 STUDENTS FROM SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

JOINED JENNIFER HUDSON IN SINGING "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL".

THAT'S WHERE 20 STUDENTS AND SIX ADULTS WERE KILLED.

GMA COMMERCIAL KICK OFF-ON CAM

NOW TO THE SUPER BOWL ADS.

FIFTY NEW COMMERCIALS RAN DURING THE GAME --

AT ALMOST 4 MILLION DOLLARS A POP --

ABC'S BIANNA GOLODRYGA IS DIGGING INTO THE NUMBERS --

GMA COMMERCIAL KICK OFF-PKG

NATS

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

GMA COMMERCIAL KICK OFF-ONCAM

THAT WAS BIANNA GOLODRYGA REPORTING.

ANHEUSER-BUSCH CLIMBED BACK INTO THE SADDLE

WITH THE SUPER BOWL'S TOP COMMERCIAL -

BIKE PATH PROPOSAL-VO-WIPE

THERE COULD BE A *NEW WAY --

TO GET FROM NAPLES TO MIAMI.

AND IT'S NOT BY CAR, TRAIN, OR PLANE.

IT'S BY BIKE.

THE NAPLES PATHWAYS COALTION PROPOSES A 75 MILE OFF-ROAD BIKE PATH ALONG U-S 41 --

TRAVELING THROUGH THE EVERGLADES TO MIAMI.

THE COALITION BELIEVES IT WOULD BECOME A WORLD WIDE DESTINATION.

BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY HARD NUMBERS --

ON HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST.

THEY ALSO DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD BUILD IT.

BUT THEY'RE CREATING A MASTER PLAN --

TO FIGURE OUT THOSE DETAILS.

BIKE PATH PROPOSAL-SOT VO BNR

This is such a tremendous opportunity for people to experience the Everglades get out hike and bike. More and more people are wanting to make their travel plans with active activities included.

It's nice to be able to go to the Everglades. You can see all the different wildlife. Out here all you really see is cars.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT A PATH FROM NAPLES TO MIAMI,

HEAD TO OUR WEB SITE, A-B-C DASH SEVEN DOT COM.

TEASE FIVE-ONCAM

IN ONE STATE --

LAWMAKERS TAKE ON THE PAPARAZZI.

WITH A NEW LAW. NAMED AFTER A HUGE ROCK STAR.

WE'LL HAVE DETAILS.

TZ5 A STEVEN TYLER ACT-VO

FINAL CHECK OF STOCKS-SAT 3 FULL

PUPPY BOWL-VO

FOR ANYONE *NOT INTERESTED IN FOOTBALL -

THERE WAS THE NINTH ANNUAL PUPPY BOWL.

THE LOVEABLE LINE-UP AIRED ON ANIMAL PLANET LAST NIGHT.

JUST LOOK AT THE CUTIES ON THE FIELD.

THE GOAL?

GRAB A CHEW TOY AND CROSS INTO THE END ZONE.

THE PUPPY BOWL IS A REALLY BIG DRAW FOR THE CABLE NETWORK.

AND IT'S PRETTY EASY TO SEE WHY.

THERE'S ALSO A KITTY HALF-TIME SHOW ,

ROSA PARKS STAMP-VO

TODAY -- THE U-S POSTAL SERVICE RELEASES A FOREVER STAMP.

IN HONOR OF ROSA PARK'S 100TH BIRTHDAY.

IN 19-55, PARKS REFUSED TO GIVE UP HER SEAT ON A MUNICIPAL BUS TO A WHITE MAN.

DEFYING THE SEGREGATION LAWS OF THAT TIME.

IN ALL, THERE WILL BE THREE CIVIL RIGHTS STAMPS RELEASED THIS YEAR --

CELEBRATING FREEDOM, COURAGE, AND EQUALITY.

STEVEN TYLER ACT-VO

HAWAII LAWMAKERS ARE DEBATING THE NEW STEVEN TYLER ACT.

THE ACT IS INSPIRED BY THE LEAD SINGER

WHO ALSO OWNS PROPERTY THERE.

THE NEW BILL WOULD PROTECT CELEBRITIES FROM PAPARAZZI.

MAKING IT ILLEGAL TO INVADE SOMEONE'S PRIVACY.

WARM BODIES BOX OFFICE NUMBERS-VO

IT WAS A DEAD WEEKEND AT THE BOX OFFICE.

PUN INTENDED.

A ZOMBIE LOVE STORY TOOK THE TOP SPOT.

"WARM BODIES" - IS A SPOOF ON THE UNDEAD GENRE.

AND PULLED IN 20 MILLION DOLLARS IN TICKET SALES.

THE MOVE IS ABOUT A COUPLE TRYING TO MAKE THEIR RELATIONSHIP WORK -

EVEN THOUGH HE'S A ZOMBIE.

HANSEL AND GRETEL. CAME IN SECOND

TOP STORIES OPEN-CLIPTOPS

TS1) VEHICLE VS PED-VOTOPS

A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT RECOVERS AT HEALTH PARK HOSPITAL--

AFTER BEING HIT BY A CAR THIS MORNING.

TROOPERS TELL US --

THE 16 YEAR OLD GIRL WAS TRYING TO CROSS GLADIOLUS DRIVE AT THE CROSSWALK NEAR STRAIGHT STREET THIS MORNING.

WHEN A DRIVER TRYING TO TURN HIT THE GIRL.

SHE WAS TAKEN TO HEALTH PARK WITH INJURIES TO HER LEG.

TS2) BAR ROBBERY-VOTOPS

POLICE INVESTIGATE A SHOOTING AT A FORT MYERS BAR.

IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE TWO A-M,

AT BRYBILLS TAVERN ON METRO PARKWAY.

POLICE SAY AN ARMED MAN WEARING A MASK WALKED INSIDE.

AND DEMANDED MONEY FROM A CUSTOMER IN THE BAR.

POLICE SAY SEVERAL SHOTS WERE FIRED,

HITTING ONE OF THE CUSTOMERS.

THAT PERSON WAS TAKEN TO LEE MEMORIAL,

AND IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE.

BUT THE SHOOTER GOT AWAY,

TS3) IMMOKALEE SHOOTING-VOTOPS

A SUSPECT IS STILL ON THE LOOSE THIS MORNING --- AFTER TWO MEN WERE SHOT IN IMMOKALEE.

19-YEAR-OLD GOTTY CHARLES IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION, AT LEE MEMORIAL.

20-YEAR-OLD ERNST GANEM DIED.

TS4) AL HOSTAGE-VOTOPS

NOW INTO ITS SEVENTH DAY --- THE STANDOFF IN ALABAMA CONTINUES.

POLICE SAY JIMMY DYKES HAS ASKED THAT A *REPORTER BE SENT DOWN INTO THE BUNKER --- WHERE HE'S HOLDING A FIVE-YEAR-OLD BOY HOSTAGE.

AUTHORITIES SAY THEY ALSO ARE DELIVERING MEDICINE AND OTHER COMFORT ITEMS.

CLOSE-2SH-AWS ANI

AD LIB GOODBYE

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