HEADLINES-

AHEAD ON SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S *ONLY LOCAL NEWS AT NINE --

BRAND NEW DETAILS ABOUT A DARING F-B-I OPERATION.

THAT HOSTAGE STAND-OFF IN ALABAMA.

WHAT INVESTIGATORS FOUND IN THE UNDERGROUND BUNKER.

AS THE LITTLE BOY INVOLVED -- CELEBRATES A BIRTHDAY.

PLUS --

CHANGES MAY BE COMING TO ONE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT --

WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT MADE THE CUT --

AND WHICH IDEAS WERE THROWN OUT, COMPLETELY.

AND OUTRAGEOUS NEW VIDEO.

FLORIDA POLICE OFFICERS *SLACKING ON THE JOB.

CALLING GIRLS.

SHOPPING.

DRINKING COFFEE.

HL1) AL HOSTAGE LATEST-VOTOPS

HL2) LEE CO IMPACT FEES-WIPE-VOTOPS

HL3) SLACKER COPS-WIPE-VOTOPS

WX HL-WX WALL

BREAKING-CLIP

POST OFFICE RESTRUCTURE-2SHT

BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW AT NINE --

THE U-S POSTAL SERVICE SAYS IT PLANS TO STOP DELIVERING MAIL ON SATURDAYS.

BUT CONTINUE DELIVERING PACKAGES SIX DAYS A WEEK.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE AT 10 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING.

THE CUT WOULD BEGIN IN AUGUST.

SAVING THE POSTAL SERVICE ABOUT $2 BILLION ANNUALLY.

WE'RE LEARNING -- FACILITY CLOSURES MAY ALSO BE PART OF THAT PLAN.

SOURCES TELL US -- U-S-P-S LOSES ABOUT 25-MILLION DOLLARS A DAY.

SFL TRUCK HANGING-VOTOPS

ALSO BREAKING IN SOUTH FLORIDA --

ONE PERSON IS DEAD --

AFTER THIS TERRIFYING ACCIDENT.

A BAKERY DELIVERY TRUCK ALMOST FELL OVER A HIGHWAY RAMP,

IN FORT LAUDERDALE.

THAT PERSON WAS TRAPPED INSIDE --

AND LATER DIED

ANOTHER PERSON WAS RESCUED.

AND TAKEN TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL.

WE SHOWED YOU THIS LIVE --

DURING ABC7 NEWS AT SIX A-M.

AUTHORITIES SAY IT ALL HAPPENED AFTER A CAR WRECK --

ON INTERSTATE 95

CREWS WERE ABLE TO STABLIZE THE TRUCK,

SOLOMON EARTHQUAKE-WIPE-VO-OC

DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW --

A POWERFUL EIGHT-POINT-OH MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE TRIGGERED TSUNAMI WARNINGS ACROSS THE SOUTH PACIFIC.

AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED BECAUSE OF THAT EARTHQUAKE.

YOU CAN SEE RESIDENTS OF FIJI RUSHING TO HIGHER GROUND -- JUST AS THE WARNING WAS ISSUED.

THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER SAID A THREE FOOT HIGH TSUNAMI HIT THE REMOTE SOLOMON ISLAND OF SANTA CRUZ.

LOCAL REPORTS PUT THE WAVE AS HIGH AS FIVE FEET.

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NOW WE TURN TO THE LATEST WITH LITTLE ETHAN ---

WHO WAS TRAPPED IN AN UNDERGROUND BUNKER FOR NEARLY A WEEK.

HE'S AT HOME TODAY --

CELEBRATING HIS SIXTH BIRTHDAY WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

BUT BACK ON THE SCENE --

OFFICIALS GATHER NEW INFORMATION.

ON EXACTLY WHAT WAS IN THAT BUNKER.

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ABC News has learned BOMB TECHNICIANS HAVE ALREADY FOUND two homemade

explosives WHERE THE LITTLE BOY NAMED ETHAN WAS BEING HELD-- one inside the

HOMEMADE bunker, another inside THIS WHITE VENTILATION PIPE negotiators WERE

USING to communicate with hostage taker / jimmy lee dykes.

NEW PHOTOS RELEASED BY THE F-B-I SHOW THE ENTRANCE TO THE MAKE-SHIFT 6 BY X

8 FOOT UNDERGROUND CELL

SOURCES SAY THIS IS WHERE THE RAID WENT DOWN MONDAY AFTER NEGOTIATORS

convinced Dykes TO APPROACH THE BUNKER Hatch AROUND 3PM.

POLICE NEW HE WAS ARMED BUT SOURCES NOW SAY DYKES HAD ALSO FORTIFIED THE

DOOR

GFX - FBI AGENTS QUICKLY SET OFF AN EXPLOSION AND A firefight began. ABC

NEWS HAS LEARNED Dykes fired on the agents FIRST. They fired back. /

MOMENTS LATER Dykes was dead and LITTLE ETHAN WAS RUSHED FROM THE BUNKER.

SOT Brad Garrett - "in split seconds, flash bang, shoot before Mr Dykes

would even have an opportunity to react."

SOURCES SAY THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT FBI AGENTS DID REHEARSING THE RAID JUST

YARDS FROM WHERE DYKES WAS HOLDING THE BOY.

WE FLEW ABOVE THE SCENE LATE TUESDAY HERE YOU CAN SEE THE FULL-SCALE MOCK

VERSION OF THE BUNKER THE FBI BUILT TO TRAIN FOR DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.

SOT Brad Garrett - "you can practice. Breaching the door / you can

practice how to get a camera inside and ultimately design how you are going

to assault this bunker.'

THIS MORNING THANKS TO THAT RAID ETHAN IS WITH HIS FAMILY TODAY IS HIS 6TH

BIRTHDAY.

GFX - IN A STATEMENT HIS MOTHER CALLS HIM "THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SIGHT" SAYING

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GIO BENITEZ REPORTING.

AND TODAY -- MORE THAN A THOUSAND BIRTHDAY CARDS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

BIGELOW TODAY-SSTOPS-VO

ALSO HAPPENING IN A FEW MINUTES -- AT 9:30.

FORMER LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER BRIAN BIGELOW --- IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR BEFORE A JUDGE --

AND LIKELY GET A NEW BOND.

BIGELOW WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY -- AFTER FAILING A DRUG TEST HE WAS REQUIRED TO PASS.

THIS ALL COMES AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED LAST MONTH -- FOR COCAINE POSSESSION.

COMMISSIONER FRANK MANN SAYS SINCE BIGELOW LEFT HIS SEAT. LOST HIS RUN FOR CLERK OF COURT. AND LOST HIS FATHER.

BIGELOW TODAY-SOTVO(2)

Frank Mann--He needs to be in a program. He told me he'd do that and hasn't done it

in time. I hope that happens.

Cecil Pendergrass6:43-8 -- I wish him well and hope there is a chance to reach his goals in

recovery.

MANN SAYS -- HE NEVER SUSPECTED BIGELOW OF BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE DURING WEEKLY COMMISSION MEETINGS.

LEE CO IMPACT FEES-OTS-OC

THE LEE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD SAYS "NO" TO SUSPENDING IMPACT FEES.

THEY MADE THE VOTE LAST NIGHT --

OPPOSING THE COUNTY COMMISSION'S IDEA.

SAYING THAT WOULD CUT *SIX MILLION DOLLARS FROM THEIR BUDGET,

OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD.

THOSE IMPACT FEES PAY FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS --

LEE CO SCHOOL SECURITY-SOTVO

STAYING ON THE TOPIC --

LEE COUNTY CONSIDERS ADDING MORE SECURITY.

MORE THAN 40 DEPUTIES TO ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

The SRO's in all the elementary schools are something we've been looking at for years. But Newtown put another little thing into it to show that we do need security at the elementary schools.

LAST MONTH -- 10 SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS WERE ADDED TO SEVERAL LEE COUNTY SCHOOLS.

BUT THAT'S ONLY TEMPORARY -- UNTIL SUMMER.

NOW -- OFFICIALS RECOMMEND *MORE TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES.

AND EXTRA DRILLS FOR STUDENTS.

THE BOARD HAS NOT MADE ANY FINAL DECISIONS,

LEE CO SCHOOL SECURITY-SOTVO

It's like I've said before and ill say it again. I'm not gonna put a price tag on our child's safety. I just won't do it.

ADMINISTRATORS ARE WORKING WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND LEGISLATORS --

TO RAISE 'SAFE SCHOOL FUNDS."

TO PAY FOR SOME OF THESE CHANGES.

ON THE STATE LEVEL --

THERE'S A BILL IN THE FLORIDA HOUSE.

CAPE CORAL SIDEWALKS-VO

MEANWHILE --

SOME CAPE CORAL PARENTS ARE FEARING FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S SAFETY -- WHILE WALKING TO AND FROM SCHOOL.

THIS MORNING -- THEY'RE ASKING FOR MORE SIDEWALKS NEAR PELICAN ELEMENTARY.

AT A PUBLIC MEETING -- THEY ASKED THE CITY TO APPLY FOR A NEARLY 200-THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT.

IT WOULD ADD A STRIP OF SIDEWALK -- SO KIDS AREN'T WALKING SO CLOSE TO CARS.

CAPE CORAL SIDEWALKS-SOTVO

Dawn Powers Son's in Fifth Grade

24:22 i think they need to get it done sooner i think that our kids safety depends on these sidewalks 24:31

THE DISTRICT WILL NOT KNOW IF IT'S SELECTED -- UNTIL NOVEMBER.

CHILD ARSONISTS-WIPE-VOTOPS

AND TAKE A LOOK AT THESE CHARRED REMAINS --

LEFT BEHIND BY THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS --

AFTER AUTHORITIES SAY -- THEY *INTENTIONALLY STARTED A FIRE IN EAST NAPLES.

TWO TEN YEAR OLD BOYS -- AND A NINE YEAR OLD --

FORT MYERS CRIME-2SHT-VO

AND WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT CRIME NUMBERS --- IN THE CITY OF FORT MYERS.

NEW STATS SHOW --- THE CRIME RATE DROPPED.

BY MORE THAN *18 PERCENT BETWEEN 2011 AND 2012.

THAT'S LARGELY DUE --

TO A 24 PERCENT DROP IN BURGLARIES AND THEFTS.

BUT THE NUMBER OF MURDERS ROSE TO A RECORD 24.

FORT MYERS POLICE CHIEF DOUG BAKER CREDITS COMMUNITY AWARENESS --

FOR THE OVERALL DROP IN CRIME.

BUT HE SAYS THE MURDER RATE IS ALARMING.

FORT MYERS CRIME-SOTVO

i'm very confident that's going to bear positive fruit for the future but its not saying we're out of the woods yet.

THE DEPARTMENT BROUGHT IN THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE --

TO HELP DEVELOP NEW STRATEGIES.

AND THE ADDITION OF FOOT PATROLS IN DUNBAR.

WHITE HOUSE AGENDA TODAY-OTS-OC-VO

NOW TURNING TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S AGENDA, TODAY

HE'LL SPEAK TO THE DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF CONGRESS -- IN MARYLAND.

BUT SOME IN WASHINGTON SAY -- HE'S JUST ON A P-R MISSION.

TO GET MEMBERS OF HIS PARTY BEHIND HIS SECOND TERM AGENDA.

YESTERDAY -- THE PRESIDENT ROLLED OUT HIS NEW BUDGET PLAN --

AND HOUSE REPUBLICANS FIRED BACK -- OPPOSING IT.

AHEAD AT 9-30 -- WE'LL TAKE A DETAILED LOOK AT THE PRESIDENT'S EVENT TODAY --

BOY SCOUT VOTE TODAY-VO

HAPPENING TODAY --

A HIGHLY ANTICIPATED VOTE BY THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA -- ON ITS CONTROVERSIAL BAN ON GAY MEMBERS AND LEADERS.

THE ORGANIZATION'S NATIONAL EXECUTIVE BOARD --- MEETS IN TEXAS.

WHERE THEY ARE CONSIDERING REVERSING THAT POLICY.

ARMSTRONG LATEST-OTS-VO

LANCE ARMSTRONG HAS UNTIL THE END OF THE DAY --- TO SPEAK TO THE U-S ANTI DOPING AGENCY.

IF NOT -- HIS LIFETIME BAN FROM CYCLING WILL BE IRREVERSIBLE.

BUT THERE'S ANOTHER INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY --

AGENTS ARE INVESTIGATING ARMSTRONG FOR OBSTRUCTION, WITNESS TAMPERING, AND INTIMIDATION.

ALL THIS. FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION -- ABANDONED BY THE U-S ATTORNEY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

TEASE ONE-OC

WE'VE ALL NOTICED.

GAS PRICES KEEP INCHING UP.

BUT ABC7 HELPS YOU SAVE.

WE HAVE *FIVE WAYS --

TO KEEP MORE MONEY IN YOUR POCKET.

PLUS, FACEBOOK FATIGUE.

IT SEEMS *MORE PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF THE SOCIAL NETWORK.

TZ1 GAS SAVING-VOTOPS

TZ1 FACEBOOK BREAK-WIPE-VOTOPS

WEATHER TEASE-WX ID

BLOOMBERG TEASE-SOT

BLOOMBERG BUSINESS REPORT-PKG TOPS

STORMWARN GENERIC CLIP-CLIP

CROSSTALK INTO WX-CAM 9 WX EST

It's a noticeably warmer Wednesday morning across Southwest Florida with temperatures in the low 60s and upper 50s, which is about 10 points higher than Tuesday morning.

The warmer start will be a sign of things to come today as daytime highs return to the low 80s and humidity continues to rise in tandem with winds coming in from the south and southeast.

We'll also notice more clouds mixing in with sunshine through our Wednesday, so skies will likely become partly to mostly cloudy at times after our sunny and clear start.

We're tracking a cool front moving into North Florida today, but this front will lose its battle with an area of high pressure, ultimately fading away before having a chance to make it all the way to Southwest Florida.

Without a front moving in, the result will be continued warmth and increasing humidity for us over the next several days along with a mix of sun and clouds.

Despite the increasing humidity, however, rain prospects will keep running pretty low with the exception of a couple stray, lonely showers Thursday or Friday afternoon, but rain really won't be a factor in our forecast all the way through the weekend.

FORECAST-WXWALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

GLOBAL CREDIT CARD FRAUD-SOTVO

EIGHTEEN PEOPLE ARE FACING CHARGES, THIS MORNING --

IN WHAT MAY BE THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST CREDIT CARD FRAUD RING.

ACCORDING TO FEDERAL AUTHORITES -- THE INTERNATIONAL SCAM DUPED CREDIT-RATING AGENCIES.

AND STOLE 200-MILLION DOLLARS.

Paul Fishman, US Attorney --The losses in this case are, in a word, massive. The conspirators in this

criminal enterprise allegedly obtained more than 25-thousand credit cards by

fraudulent means using more than seven-thousand false identities.

GLOBAL CREDIT CARD FRAUD-SOTVO

The conspirators sent many millions of dollars in illegal profits overseas,

to a variety of countries named in the complaint: Pakistan, Canada, India

and the UK.

IF CONVICTED -- EACH OF THE DEFENDANTS WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF BANK FRAUD.

AND COULD FACE UP TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON.

GAS SAVING-OTS-OC-WIPE

YOU'VE PROBABLY NOTICED.

GAS PRICES ARE ON THE RISE.

TRIPLE-A REPORTS --

THE NATIONAL AVERAGE PRICE FOR REGULAR UNLEADED.

IS UP A PENNY FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK.

IT'S NOW THREE-53 A GALLON.

THIS MARKS THE 19TH STRAIGHT WEEKLY INCREASE.

DURING THAT STRETCH --

THE AVERAGE PRICE JUMPED 24 CENTS.

GAS SAVING-VIDBOXRVL

FIRST, DON'T DRIVE FAST.

YOUR ENGINE HAS TO BURN MORE FUEL TO HANDLE HIGH SPEEDS.

SECOND -- GET PUMPED.

A LOT OF CARS OUT THERE ARE DRIVING ON DEFLATED TIRES.

WHICH INCREASES FRICTION,

AND DECREASES FUEL EFFICIENCY.

THREE -- LIGHTEN UP.

MORE JUNK IN YOUR CAR.

EQUALS WORSE GAS MILEAGE

FOUR -- SMOOTH IT OUT.

ACCELERATING AND BRAKING UNNECESSARILY.

IS A DOWNER ON YOUR GAS TANK!

AND FIVE -- SHUT IT OFF.

WHEN YOUR CAR IS NOT MOVING. TURN IT OFF.

GAS IS BURNING *WHENEVER IT'S RUNNING.

SO IF YOU'RE SITTING FOR MORE THAN 30 SECONDS,

POWER IT DOWN.

PRACTICING ALL THESE HABITS --

FACEBOOK BREAK-VO

IF YOU'VE DECIDED TO TAKE A BREAK FROM FACEBOOK -- YOU'RE NOT ALONE.

A NEW PEW SURVEY FINDS ABOUT 61 PERCENT OF FACEBOOK USERS --- HAVE TAKEN A BREAK FROM FACEBOOK.

REASONS RANGE FROM BEING TOO BUSY -- TO NEEDING A BREAK FROM "TOO MUCH DRAMA."

BLACKBERRY RELEASE-VOTOPS

AND BLACKBERRY RELEASES ITS NEW SMART PHONE --- THE Z-TEN IN CANADA.

BUT CUSTOMERS DIDN'T GO CRAZY -- AS THEY WOULD FOR APPLE'S NEW RELEASES.

ONE OF THE FEW PLACES WHERE CUSTOMERS LINED UP FOR THE NEW PHONE -- WATERLOO, ONTARIO.

IT'S HOME TO THE COMPANY'S HEADQUARTERS.

BUSINESS DID REMAIN STEADY --

COMING UP NEXT-CLIP

TEASE TWO-OC

YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW--

VENDING MACHINES -- HOME TO SOME OF THE FATTIEST FOODS --

BUT THAT MAY SOON BE CHANGING --

WE'LL SHOW YOU ONE WOMAN'S PUSH -- THAT'S GETTING NATIONAL ATTENTION.

AND --

IT'S HAPPY HOUR SOMEWHERE --

BUT BEFORE YOU MIX THAT DIET SOFT DRINK WITH YOUR FAVORITE ALCOHOL -- THINK AGAIN.

TZ2 HEALTHY VENDING-VOTOPS

TZ2 ALCOHOL & DIET DRINKS-WIPE-VOTOPS

HEALTHY VENDING MACHINES-VO

YOU COULD SOON SEE *HEALTHIER VENDING MACHINES.

ONE NORTH CAROLINA MOM WAS FRUSTRATED WITH SNACK CHOICES.

AFTER HER DAUGHTER DEVELOPED A FOOD ALLERGY.

SO SHE STARTED HER OWN VENDING MACHINE BUSINESS.

"I mean high fructose corn syrup, transfats, just artificial coloring, flavoring. just all kinds of preservatives."

SHE SAYS SHE STARTED READING LABELS.

BUT THEN, SHE TOOK IT FURHTER.

HEALTHY VENDING MACHINES-SOTVO

"The sugary choices for normal vending machines are just not appealing and you don't want to undo all the work."

THE MACHINES SELL UNPROCESSED SNACKS.

AND THEY'RE A HIT!

HUMAN HEALTHY VENDING IS BASED OUT OF CALIFORNIA.

AND THERE ARE ABOUT ONE-THOUSAND MACHINES IN THE U-S.

ALCOHOL & DIET DRINKS -VO

LISTEN UP BEFORE YOU TOAST --

MIXING ALCOHOL WITH DIET SOFT DRINKS MAY BE LESS FATTENING --

BUT IT COULD MAKE YOU MORE INTOXICATED.

ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY -- COMBINING DIET DRINKS WITH ALCOHOL.

MAY LEAD TO HIGHER BREATH ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION.

THAT'S BECAUSE IT CAUSES THE STOMACH TO EMPTY FASTER.

PARENTAL OBESITY & CANCER-VO

ANOTHER NEW STUDY OUT THIS MORNING SHOWS --

BABIES BORN TO OBESE FATHERS COULD BE AT A HIGHER RISK FOR CANCER -- LATER IN LIFE.

RESEARCHERS AT DUKE UNIVERSITY FOUND PATERNAL OBESITY WAS LINKED TO SPECIFIC CHANGES IN D-N-A IN NEWBORNS --

WHICH CAN LEAD TO CANCER DEVELOPMENT.

BLACK CANCER RATES -VOTOPS

MEANWHILE --

CANCER DEATH RATES AMONG AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE DROPPING.

BUT A SIGNIFICANT RACIAL GAP STILL DOES EXIST.

WE HAVE THE LATEST FIGURES FROM THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY.

BLACK MALES HAD THE *LARGEST DECREASE IN CANCER DEATHS,

OF ANY RACIAL OR ETHNIC GROUP.

BUT RACIAL GAPS WIDENDED FOR COLORECTAL AND BREAST CANCERS.

RESEARCHERS BLAME UNEQUAL ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE,

FREE BLOOD PRESSUE TEST-VO

AND THROUGHOUT THIS MONTH --

YOU CAN GET YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKED FOR FREE.

IT'S HAPPENING AT ALL WALGREENS PHARMACIES NATIONWIDE.

TO SUPPORT AMERICAN HEART MONTH --

THE COMPANY WILL PROVIDE FREE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND PRODUCT DISCOUNTS.

IT'LL ALSO DONATE ONE DOLLAR TO THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION --

FOR EACH BLOOD PRESSURE TEST CONDUCTED THIS MONTH.

TEASE THREE-2SHT

WE'RE STAYING ON TOP OF SEVERAL STORIES, AT THIS HOUR --

A CONTROVERSIAL BOY SCOUT VOTE HAPPENS TODAY.

ABC-7 LOOKS AHEAD.

THE POSSIBLE CHANGE TO A LONG STANDING POLICY.

AND --

AIRLINE HAZARD --

A GROWING CRIME THAT'S CAUSING PILOTS A HEADACHE.

WE'LL SHOW YOU THE BIZZARE TREND --- ENDANGERING PASSENGERS, NATIONWIDE.

PLUS -- A MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE RATTLES THE SOUTH PACIFIC.

INFORMATION IS *STILL UNFOLDING, RIGHT NOW.

TZ3 BOY SCOUT VOTE-VOTOPS

TZ3 AIRLINE HAZARD-VOTOPS-WIPE

TZ3 SOLOMON EARTHQUAKE-VOTOPS

NEWS AT 9:00 OPEN-CLIP

NY STOCK EXCHANGE OPEN-SAT 3 TOPS

ABC7 TAKES YOU LIVE TO THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

THE TRADING DAY IS JUST BEGINNING.

AND U-S STOCK FUTURES WERE HIGHER THIS MORNING.

AS INVESTORS PLAN FOR A *SERIES OF *HEAVY HITTING REPORTS.

C-V-S. TIME WARNER. YELP. AND NEWS CORP --

ALL RELEASE THEIR CORPORATE EARNINGS TODAY.

YESTERDAY, U-S STOCKS FINISHED HIGHER.

BREAKING-CLIP

POST OFFICE RESTRUCTURE-2SHT

BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW--

THE U-S POSTAL SERVICE SAYS IT PLANS TO STOP DELIVERING MAIL ON SATURDAYS, BUT CONTINUE DELIVERING PACKAGES SIX DAYS A WEEK.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE AT 10 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING.

THE CUT WOULD BEGIN IN AUGUST.

SAVING THE POSTAL SERVICE ABOUT $2 BILLION ANNUALLY.

WE'RE LEARNING THAT FACILITY CLOSURES MAY ALSO BE PART OF THAT PLAN.

SOURCES TELL US -- U-S-P-S LOSES ABOUT 25-MILLION DOLLARS A DAY.

SFL TRUCK HANGING-VOTOPS

ALSO BREAKING IN SOUTH FLORIDA --

ONE PERSON IS DEAD,

AFTER THIS BAKERY DELIVERY TRUCK CRASHED IN FORT LAUDERDALE.

YOU SEE IT HANGING RIGHT OVER THE HIGHWAY RAMP.

ANOTHER PERSON WAS INJURED.

BIGELOW TODAY-SS-TRX

HAPPENING *ANY MINUTES NOW --

A FORMER LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER WILL APPEAR BEFORE A JUDGE *AGAIN.

DEPUTIES ARRESTED BRIAN BIGELOW TUESDAY --

FOR FAILING A DRUG TEST HE WAS REQUIRED TO TAKE.

BIGELOW WAS ARRESTED A FEW WEEKS AGO FOR COCAINE POSSESSION.

WE HAVE A CREW IN THE COURTROOM,

AS A JUDGE SETS A NEW BOND.

SOLOMON EARTHQUAKE-VO

DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW --

A MASSIVE EIGHT-POINT-OH MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE TRIGGERED TSUNAMI WARNINGS ACROSS THE SOUTH PACIFIC.

AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE ARE DEAD.

YOU CAN SEE RESIDENTS OF FIJI RUSHING TO HIGHER GROUND -- JUST AS THE WARNING WAS ISSUED.

THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER SAID A THREE FOOT HIGH TSUNAMI HIT THE REMOTE SOLOMON ISLAND OF SANTA CRUZ.

LOCAL REPORTS PUT THE WAVE AS HIGH AS FIVE FEET.

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ABC-7 IS LEARNING --

BOMB TECHNICIANS HAVE ALREADY FOUND TWO HOMEMADE EXPLOSIVES WHERE A SIX YEAR OLD WAS TRAPPED FOR NEARLY A WEEK.

F-B-I OFFICIALS RAIDED THAT UNDERGROUND BUNKER -- AND SHOT JIMMY LEE DYKES -- THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WHOLE ORDEAL.

SOT Brad Garrett - "in split seconds, flash bang, shoot before Mr Dykes would even have an opportunity to react."

NEW PHOTOS RELEASED BY THE F-B-I SHOW THE ENTRANCE TO THE MAKE-SHIFT 6 BY X

8 FOOT UNDERGROUND CELL

POLICE SAY DYKES HAD FORTIFIED THE

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"you can practice. Breaching the door / you can

practice how to get a camera inside and ultimately design how you are going

to assault this bunker.'

AGAIN -- FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY FOUND EXPLOSIVE DEVICES. ONE INSIDE THE BUNKER AND ONE IN THE VENTILATION PIPE.

BOY SCOUT VOTE TODAY-OC

NOW TURNING TO THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA.

AND IT'S HIGHLY ANTICIPATED, YET CONTROVERSIAL VOTE --

TO REVERSE A LONG STANDING POLICY.

AGAINST ALLOWING GAY MEMBERS AND SCOUT LEADERS.

JAY GRAY REPORTS FROM TEXAS --

BOY SCOUT VOTE TODAY-PKG

THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA MAY BE "PREPARED" TO CHANGE THEIR LONG STANDING POLICY BANNING GAY SCOUTS AND LEADERS.

LATER TODAY THE B-S-A EXECUTIVE BOARD IS EXPECTED TO VOTE ON A MEASURE THAT WOULD ALLOW LOCAL TROOPS TO DECIDE THE ISSUE FOR THEMSELVES.

IN A STATEMENT ISSUED LAST WEEK THE ORGANIZATION SAID THE SWITCH WOULD ALLOW PARENTS AND MEMBERS TO "CHOOSE A LOCAL UNIT WHICH BEST FITS THE NEEDS OF THEIR FAMILIES."

"It's about life skills, and it's really about building character. It's not about sexual orientation, and it never has been."

IT HAS BEEN TOUGH. FOR A NUMBER OF LEADERS AND SCOUTS KICKED OUT AFTER SAYING PUBLICLY THEY WERE GAY. INCLUDING EAGLE SCOUT JAMES DALE - WHO TOOK THE ISSUE ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT - BUT LOST.

"I think fair-minded Americans know that discrimination is wrong, and that the Boy Scouts were out of step with America by excluding gay young people and telling non-gay children that discrimination was an American value."

BUT NOT EVERYONE AGREES WITH THE POTENTIAL CHANGE.

"It's not hate. It's not bigotry. It's a choice about how to raise my children in what I perceive to be my Christian values. If yours are different, great, take your values in places where people agree with you."

A CHANGE TO THE CURRENT POLICY WOULD BE A DRAMATIC SHIFT.

BOY SCOUT VOTE TODAY-OC

JAY GRAY REPORTING --

THROUGHOUT THE DAY, WE'LL FOLLOW THE ON-GOING DEBATE.

TUNE IN TO ABC-7 NEWS AT FIVE --

PENTAGON SAME SEX BENEFITS-OTS-VO

LOOKING AHEAD, THIS MORNING --

THE PENTAGON IS EXPECTED TO MAKE CHANGES -- TO ITS BENEFITS POLICY FOR SAME-SEX COUPLES.

THE AGENCY WILL LIKELY -- BEGIN GRANTING SAME-SEX SPOUSES OF SERVICE MEMBERS BENEFITS THAT *WERE BLOCKED.

THOSE INCLUDE HOUSING ON MILITARY BASES, MILITARY I-D CARDS, AND HEALTH SERVICES.

DRONE TARGETED KILLINGS-VO

ABC-7 LEARNS MORE ABOUT A LEAKED JUSTICE DEPARTMENT MEMO.

WHICH SAID IT'S *LEGAL FOR THE U-S GOVERNMENT --

TO KILL AMERICANS ABROAD.

*IF THEY ARE HIGH RANKING TERRORISTS POSING A THREAT TO THE U-S.

THE 16-PAGE MEMO EXPLAINS LEGAL RATIONALE--

BEHIND THE USE OF DRONE STRIKES.

ACCORDING TO THE MEMO --

IT IS LAWFUL TO TARGET AL-QAIDA LINKED U-S CITIZENS.

WHITE HOUSE AGENDA TODAY-OC

TODAY, PRESIDENT OBAMA PREVIEWS NEXT WEEK'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS --

BUT IT'S ALL HAPPENING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

OFFICIALS SAY -- HE'S LAYING OUT HIS SECOND TERM AGENDA TO SENATE DEMOCRATS.

AT THEIR RETREAT NEAR WASHINGTON, DC.

WHITE HOUSE AGENDA TODAY-PKG

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TRYING PUSH MEDICARE REFORM AND AN ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN THAT EVEN SOME DEMOCRATS OPPOSE. HIS JOB TODAY: TO GET HIS OWN PARTY BEHIND HIM:

"That's not assured as he gets in his second term because he's dealing with some issues that are internally divisive for Democrats as well as Republicans."

PLUS THERE'S IMMIGRATION. REPUBLICANS INSIST ON BORDER SECURITY FIRST, BUT LATINO GROUPS SAY 11 MILLION UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS NEED A PATH TO CITIZENSHIP:

"It can't be dependent on some future Secretary of Homeland Security saying that the border is secure."

AND THERE'S NEW CONTROVERSY OVER THE ADMINISTRATION'S UNPRECEDENTED USE OF DRONES TO KILL SUSPECTED TERRORISTS. AGAIN - EVEN SOME DEMOCRATS QUESTION WHETHER IT'S TOO MUCH.

BUT MONEY'S THE BIGGEST ISSUE, WITH 85 BILLION IN AUTOMATIC CUTS LOOMING AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. THE PRESIDENT'S PUSHING FOR ANOTHER TEMPORARY FIX FOR NOW:

"This balanced mix of spending cuts and tax reform is the best way to finish the job of deficit reduction."

REPUBLICANS WANT MORE CUTS:

Ohio

"The sooner we solve our spending problem, the sooner our jobs problem will go away as well."

WHITE HOUSE AGENDA TODAY-OC

TRACIE POTTS REPORTING --

OFFICIALS SAY -- THIS WOULD BE THE SMALLEST DEFICIT SINCE PRESIDENT OBAMA TOOK OFFICE,

THANKS TO THE FISCAL CLIFF DEAL.

SECRETARY OF INTERIOR-OC

BREAKING NEWS FROM WASHINGTON--

ABC NEWS HAS LEARNED THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA IS SELECTING THE HEAD OF OUTDOOR GEAR COMPANY R-E-I AS SECRETARY OF INTERIOR.

SHE'S SALLY JEWELL.

R-E-I SELLS CLOTHING AND GEAR FOR OUTDOOR ADVENTURES.

JEWELL ALSO SPENT 19 YEARS IN THE COMMERCIAL BANKING INDUSTRY.

AIRLINE LAZER HAZARD-VO

NOW TO A GROWING CRIME -- THAT'S AFFECTING AIRLINES, AROUND THE NATION.

"YOU MIGHT THINK IT'S FUN, BUT IT'S EXTREMELY DANGEROUS."

ALL CAUGHT ON TAPE -- PILOTS STUNNED BY LIGHT AIMED AT THEIR EYES.

THIS MORNING -- THE F-A-A IS CRACKING DOWN ON LASER ATTACKS.

WE'VE SEEN A HUGE JUMP IN THE CRIME --

AIRLINE LAZER HAZARD-SOTVO

SOT BITE ROBERTSON

You take the vision from a pilot, that aircraft's ability to land is greatly

compromised

ZIMMERMAN LATEST-VO

TURNING TO THE LATEST WITH THE GEORGE ZIMMERMAN CASE --

ACCUSED OF SHOOTNG AND KILLING TRAYVON MARTIN LAST YEAR.

YESTEDAY, A JUDGE DENIED THE DEFENSE'S REQUEST.

TO DELAY THE TRIAL

ZIMMERMAN'S ATTORNEYS PRESENTED THEIR MOTION --

TO PUSH THE TRIAL FROM MID-JUNE TO NOVEMBER.

THEY CLAIMED THE PROSECUTOR HAS BEEN SLOW TO TURN OVER MUCH NEEDED EVIDENCE.

ZIMMERMAN LATEST-SOTVO

SOT - Jackson: "Everyone here wants to have a fair and just case. However there is a concern on both sides of protecting witnesses and that's what we have to do.

THE JUDGE DENIED THE DEFENSE'S MOTION--

VA CHILD LOADED GUN-VOTOPS

THIS IS THE SCHOOL WERE STUDENTS RETURNED --

AFTER AUTHORITIES SAY, A SECOND-GRADER THREATENED HIS CLASSMATES -- WITH A LOADED HANDGUN ON A SCHOOL BUS.

POLICE IN VIRGINIA --- SAY THE SEVEN-YEAR-OLD REMOVED THE GUN FROM HIS BACKPACK ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL.

THAT'S WHEN HE POINTED IT AT OTHER STUDENTS.

AND MADE THREATENING REMARKS.

STUDENT GUN NUMBERS-OC

A STARTLING LOOK AT SCHOOL SAFETY -- ACROSS THE U-S.

SINCE JANUARY 1ST --

THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 48 TIMES WHERE GUNS WERE FOUND ON STUDENTS -- IN THEIR BAGS -- OR IN THEIR LOCKERS.

*FIVE LAST WEEK ALONE -- ONE OF THOSE WAS IN NORTH PORT.

TEASE FOUR-OC

WE ARE COUNTING DOWN --

TO THE WINTER OLYMPICS!

ABC7 TAKES YOU TO RUSSIA.

TO SEE ALL THE PREPARATIONS IN PLACE.

PLUS - BRAND NEW, DRAMATIC VIDEO.

A DEVASTATING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FIRE.

ABC-7 EXPLAINS WHY CREW MEMBERS --

TZ4 WINTER OLYMPICS-VOTOPS

TZ4 FIRE VIDEO-VOTOPS

WEATHER TEASE-WX ID

MIAMI SLACKER COPS-OC

OUTRAGE -- OVER SOUTH FLORIDA COPS -- CAUGHT LOAFING ON CAMERA.

IN MIAMI -- THEY WERE IGNORING EMERGENCY CALLS, INCLUDING AN UNCONSCIOUS BABY.

MIAMI SLACKER COPS-PKG

IT IS A BIZARRE STORY. OF SURVEILLANCE.

ON-DUTY OFFICERS.

ALLEGEDLY DOING OFF-DUTY THINGS. DURING ACTUAL CALLS.

STACKS OF DOCUMENTS. DOZENS OF DVDS. SECRET G-P-S DEVICES. ALL ADDING

UP TO AN ENORMOUS INVESTIGATION OF MISCONDUCT.

AT LEAST 5-OFFICERS. AND SOME SUPERVISORS. WERE ALL UNDER INVESTIGATION

FROM A SINGLE MIAMI-DADE POLICE DISTRICT IN KENDALL.

ONE OF THEM. OFFICER DARIO SOCARRAS. WRITTEN UP FOR SEVERAL INCIDENTS.

"I'm in the area. and I'll advise when I get to the residence."

IN OCTOBER, 2010. AS AN EMERGENCY ROBBERY CALL WAS TAKING PLACE.

THIS IS HIM. ON DUTY, INTERNAL AFFAIRS SAYS. HUGGING AND KISSING A

WOMAN AT DADELAND MALL. ALL WHILE AN ARMED ROBBERY WAS IN PROGRESS.

"We're coming from a distance. we're not arrival yet."

AN ARMED ROBBERY THAT HE ALLEGEDLY SAID HE WAS EN ROUTE TO.

" 341."

IN ANOTHER CASE. THIS IS SOCARRAS AGAIN. POLICE DOCUMENTS CLAIM HE WAS

DISPATCHED TO AN EMERGENCY CALL OF AN UNCONSCIOUS 5-YEAR OLD.

"5-month old. not alert."

BUT, INSTEAD OF RESPONDING. SOCARRAS WAS ALLEGEDLY HAVING COFFEE WITH

FELLOW OFFICERS

MIAMI SLACKER COPS-ONCAM

JOHN TURCHIN REPORTING --

STORM WARN GENERIC CLIP-CLIP

CROSSTALK-CAM 9 WX EST

FORECAST-WX WALL

It's a noticeably warmer Wednesday morning across Southwest Florida with temperatures in the low 60s and upper 50s, which is about 10 points higher than Tuesday morning.

The warmer start will be a sign of things to come today as daytime highs return to the low 80s and humidity continues to rise in tandem with winds coming in from the south and southeast.

We'll also notice more clouds mixing in with sunshine through our Wednesday, so skies will likely become partly to mostly cloudy at times after our sunny and clear start.

We're tracking a cool front moving into North Florida today, but this front will lose its battle with an area of high pressure, ultimately fading away before having a chance to make it all the way to Southwest Florida.

Without a front moving in, the result will be continued warmth and increasing humidity for us over the next several days along with a mix of sun and clouds.

Despite the increasing humidity, however, rain prospects will keep running pretty low with the exception of a couple stray, lonely showers Thursday or Friday afternoon, but rain really won't be a factor in our forecast all the way through the weekend.

There's indications in some of our long-range forecast models that another cool front will be in play for us by the middle of next week, but in the meantime the warm weather rolls along. It looks as though our daytime temperatures will keep climbing into the low to mid 80s through earl next week while our overnight temps only cool down to the low to mid 60s.

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

BREAKING-CLIP

BREAKING-OC

BREAKING NEWS ON ABC-7.

A WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL SAYS PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL ANNOUNCE HIS PICK FOR SECRETARY OF INTERIOR.

THE OFFICIAL SAY THE PRESIDENT WILL CHOOSE SALLY JEWELL.

SHE IS THE HEAD OF AN OUTDOOR GEAR COMPANY CALLED R-E-I.

BEFORE LEADING THE COMANY, JEWELL SPENT 19 YEARS IN THE COMMERCIAL BANKING INDUSTRY.

NOAA REPORTS RED TIDE-VO WIPE

THIS IS A GREAT TOOL FOR YOUR NEXT BEACH TRIP.

FOR THE FIRST TIME --

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL ALERT YOU ABOUT DANGEROUS RED TIDE LEVELS.

THE ALGAE CAN CAUSE BREATHING PROBLEMS.

BUT SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHEN OUTBREAKS ARE REALLY BAD.

YESTERDAY -- THE N-W-S STARTED ISSUING RED TIDE ALERTS,

NOAA REPORTS RED TIDE-SOTVO

Take sot

1752

Michael

I think they're becoming proactive instead of reacting to a situation. Understand what they have to do 1802

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL INCLUDE THE INFORMATION IN ITS FORECASTS,

BRUSH FIRE AWARENESS-VO

HURRICANE PLANS ARE COMMON --

BUT WHAT ABOUT A BRUSH FIRE PLAN?

OFFICIALS SAY IT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT.

DRY SEASON CAN BE DANGEROUS.

AND LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS ---- ALONG WITH THE FOREST SERVICE --- ARE ROLLING OUT A NEW ACTION PLAN CALLED, "READY, SET, GO!"

THE PROGRAM INCLUDES A CHECKLIST -- OF WHAT YOU CAN DO TO *READY* YOUR HOME--

NEW WA SCHOOL FIRE VIDEO-VOTOPS-BNR

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS --

A CLOSE CALL FOR TWO WASHINGTON STATE FIREFIGHTERS ---- CAPTURED ON VIDEO.

THE TWO MEN RUN TO SAFETY MOMENTS BEFORE A BLAST --- OF HEAT AND BURNING EMBERS.

WINTER OLYMPICS PREPS-OC

THE COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN --

FOR THE 2014 WINTER OLYMPICS.

ONE YEAR FROM NOW --

SOCHI, RUSSIA WILL HOST THE GAMES.

AND THE RESORT TOWN IS GOING INTO HIGH GEAR.

MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS IN PLACE.

WINTER OLYMPICS PREPS-PKG

SOCHI WAS SAID TO BE A FAVORITE RETREAT FOR SOVIET LEADER JOSEPH STALIN.

AND IN A YEAR.THE BLACK SEA RESORT TOWN HOPES THE *WORLD* WILL APPRECIATE IT TOO.

SOCHI'S RELATIVELY MILD CLIMATE AND BEAUTIFUL PARKS MAY BE PART OF THE REASON IT WON THE RIGHTS TO HOST THE 2014 WINTER GAMES.

THE CLINGING AND CLANGING ARE IN FULL SWING. OLYMPIC BUILDING EXTENDS FOR MILES FROM THE TOWN'S BRILLIANT COAST. ALL THE WAY UP THE MOUNTAINS ON A NEW ROAD BEING CONSTRUCTED.

CREWS ARE BUSILY BUILDING VENUES AND UPGRADING EXISTING INFATRUCTURE. ALMOST ALL THE VENUES HAD TO BE BUILT FROM SCRATCH. SOCHI ORGANIZERS SAY NOT TO WORRY. EVERYTHING WILL BE BUILT ON TIME.

"we are testing now with 22 international level test events, like World Cup and higher."

THE GAMES WILL FEATURE A TOTAL OF 98 MEDAL EVENTS, INCLUDING 12 NEW EVENTS LIKE WOMEN'S SKI JUMP.

A SKIER FROM THE U-S TEAM RECENTLY TOOK A TEST RUN.

"Of course, the snow makes it really slow and soft, and it was pretty deep in spots."

NEW NUMBERS SHOW THE COST OF THE GAMES HAS RISEN TO MORE THAN 50 BILLION DOLLARS, FIVE TIMES MORE THAN EXPECTED.

WINTER OLYMPICS PREPS-OC

THAT WAS FRANCES KUO REPORTING.

AS PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN PUTS IT--

NASA SPIRAL GALAXY-VOTOPS

NASA AND THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY --

RELEASED *SPECTACULAR PICTURES OF A NEARBY GALAXY.

IT'S ONLY 20 MILLION LIGHT YEARS AWAY.

THE HUBBLE TELESCOPE TOOK THE BREATH-TAKING PICTURES,

REVEALING TWO SECRETS.

THERE IS A MASSIVE BLACK HOLE.

AND IT HAS *FOUR SPIRAL ARMS, INSTEAD OF TWO.

TEASE FIVE-OC

YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW--

WE HAVE A VERY *UNIQUE STORY FOR YOU.

SOME MAY CALL IT STRANGE --

A MONKEY --- WITH A SPECIAL TALENT.

TZ5 RODEO MONKEY-VO

FINAL CHECK OF STOCKS-WIPE SAT 3

RODEO MONKEY-VOTOPS

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS LITTLE GUY.

HIS NAME IS "WHIPLASH."

AND HE'S BEEN PERFORMING RODEO FOR MORE THAN *20 YEARS!

WHIPLASH IS A 27-YEAR-OLD CAPUCHIN MONKEY

HIS ACT IS PRETTY SIMPLE --

WHIPLASH HOLDS TIGHT,

AS TOBY THE BORDER COLLIE WORKS TO ROUND UP THE SHEEP.

HIS OWNER SAYS --

WHIPLASH IS JUST A REGULAR MONKEY, WHEN HE'S NOT PERFORMING.

TOP STORIES OPEN-CLIPTOPS

TS1) SOLOMON EARTHQUAKE-VOTOPS

DISASTER TEAMS ARE ON THE GROUND IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS --

TRYING TO REACH VILLAGES HIT BY A TSUNAMI OVERNIGHT.

A POWERFUL 8-POINT-ZERO MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE.

GENERATED WAVES UP TO FIVE FEET.

THE TSUNAMI HAS DAMAGED OF HOMES IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC ISLAND CHAIN.

TS2) AL HOSTAGE LATEST-VOTOPS

NEW DETAILS --

ABOUT THE ALABAMA HOSTAGE SITUATION.

THE F-B-I RELEASED NEW PHOTOS OF THE SUSPECT'S PROPERTY.

AND WE KNOW MORE ABOUT THE RESCUE --

THE HOSTAGE TEAM OPENED THE BUNKER HATCH,

AND DROPPED IN A FLASH BANG DEVICE TO DISTRACT HIM.

THEN THE TEAM FATALLY SHOT HIM,

AND SAVED THE BOY.

TS3) BOY SCOUT VOTE TODAY-VOTOPS

THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA IS SLATED --- TO VOTE ON A BAN OF GAY MEMBERS AND LEADERS.

THE ORGANIZATION'S NATIONAL EXECUTIVE BOARD -- MEETS IN TEXAS.

TO CONSIDER REVERSING A LONG STANDING POLICY OF EXCLUDING GAYS.

TS4) BIGELOW TODAY-SSTOPS

A FORMER LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER -- APPEARS IN COURT -- AFTER *ANOTHER ARREST.

DEPUTIES ARRESTED BRIAN BIGELOW YESTERDAY --- FOR FAILING A DRUG TEST HE WAS REQUIRED TO TAKE.

HE WAS ARRESTED A FEW WEEKS AGO --- FOR COCAINE POSSESSION.

NEW MONOPOLY TOKEN-VO

AND FINALLY, THIS MORNING

WE'VE FINALLY FOUND OUT WHAT WILL REPLACE ONE OF THE ICONIC M MONOPOLY PLAYER TOKENS.

THE FAMOUS IRON IS GONE --

AND A NEW *CAT IS IN.

PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO VOTE FOR THEIR FAVORITE NEW TOKEN ONLINE.

THE TOKENS THAT DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT --

A DIAMOND RING --

A GUITAR,

A TOY ROBOT,

CLOSE-2SH-AWS ANI

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