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BREAKING NEWS ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA RIGHT NOW AT 5--
THE HUNT FOR A SECOND THIEF IN A STRING OF FAST FOOD ROBBERIES HAS A COMMUNITY ON EDGE.
young people are here and they might get robbed at night. it;s not good."
DEPUTIES SHOT AT SUSPECTS OUTSIDE OF A WENDY'S LAST NIGHT.
TWO OTHER FAST FOOD JOINTS HIT WITHIN THE LAST WEEK.
HOW THEY'RE ALL CONNECTED, AT 5.
PLUS--
all of the sudden I look at the top of the truck and there are just flames shooting out of it 48:32
FIRE ON FORT MYERS BEACH--
A GARBAGE TRUCK AND AN R-V UP IN FLAMES.
THE ALL DAY ORDEAL ON THE ISLAND.
We're trying to figure out what's going on and who or what is starting them."
A FIRE BUG IS RUNNING WILD IN SAN CARLOS PARK--
SETTING FIVE FIRES IN ONE NIGHT, DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO HOMES.
AND A NANNY CAM EXPOSES THIS--
A BABYSITTER BEATING A CHILD AND TRYING TO FORCE THE BABY TO EAT.
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SMALL CHANCE OF RAIN FRIDAY
This month sure hasn't felt like February! Temperatures have been in the 80s, sunny skies during the day, and no rain.
That is all going to change within the next 24 hours, but just slightly. No colossal changes expected. It's all due to a low pressure pushing across South Georgia. That low is swinging a cold front in our direction for Friday which will usher in these changes.
Changes start to occur tonight as low temperatures won't be quite as cool. They'll settle into the middle 60s as the clouds begin to increase.
The storm system moving across the northern gulf states will eventually send a weak cool front our way as I mentioned earlier. This front will approach the area on Friday morning with an increase in cloud cover, and a small threat for just a few isolated showers. Once the front clears the peninsula during the day, skies will clear and this will set the stage for a pleasant weekend across Southwest Florida.
Drier air mass will make its way down the state behind the front. That'll cool our overnight lows into the middle and upper 50s by Sunday morning. It won't have much of an impact on our afternoon temperatures as they will continue to warm into the lower 80s with plenty of sunshine.
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BREAKING NEWS --
ABC7 HAS JUST CONFIRMED LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES HAVE ARRESTED A TEENAGER THEY SAY IS CONNECTED TO A STRING OF ARMED ROBBERIES..
DEPUTIES SAY 16 YEAR OLD KRISTIAN FOSTER AND ANOTHER PERSON ROBBED A WENDY'S RESTAURANT LAST NIGHT.
IT HAPPENED ON PALM BEACH BOULEVARD.
ABC7 LEARNED THE TEEN WAS SHOT AT BY LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES AFTER THEY SAY HE DIDN'T DROP HIS GUN.
HE IS IN CUSTODY TONIGHT.
BUT AS ABC7'S MEAGHAN SMITH TELLS US THE OTHER ROBBER IS STILL ON THE LOOSE.
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shots are fired by a deputy at 16 year-old kristian foster. about 1:30
in the morning- wendy's employees were cleaning up outside after closing
the restaurant at 1. lee county deputies say foster and his accomplice-
both armed with guns, pistol whipped an employee, who they forced
inside. the others were left out back. someone pulled into the parking
lot to pick up an employee and witnessed the robbery. detectives tell
us that person ordered foster and his accomplice to stop, but instead
they say foster came up to his car while he was on the phone with 911
and banged on the window with a gun- he reportedly later fired at the
man as he was speeding away.
that's when lee county deputies got there. a deputy reportedly ordered
foster to drop his gun and he didn't.
in fear for himself and the victims inside- the deputy fired but missed.
then foster apparently ran to the other side of wendy's while still
armed- deputies fired again.
then- foster dropped gun and was arrested.
deputies are still searching for the other suspected robber.
Meaghan smith abc7.
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DEPUTIES BELIEVE THIS ROBBERY IS CONNECTED TO ANOTHER ONE AT A NEARBY DUNKIN DONUTS ON TUESDAY AND A ROBBERY AT DOMINOES ON FRIDAY.
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ABC7 HAS CREWS SPREAD OUT ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TONIGHT --
COVERING SEVERAL FIRES.
IN COLLIER COUNTY, A FIRE SPARKED IN SOME BRUSH TODAY --
AND THEN SPREAD TO A HOUSE.
IN SAN CARLOS PARK, FIVE BRUSH FIRES OVERNIGHT.
TONIGHT --
INVESTIGATORS CALL THOSE FIVE SUSPICIOUS.
AND ON FORT MYERS BEACH, FIREFIGHTERS HAD TO SNUFF OUT A FIRE AT RED COCONUT R-V PARK.
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WE START OUR TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT IN EAST NAPLES.
A FIRE BROKE OUT IN SOME BRUSH AND THEN SPREAD TO A HOUSE ON FLORIDIAN AVENUE.
A TEEN AND DOG WERE INSIDE SLEEPING AT THE TIME.
ABC7'S GABY FLEISCHMAN TELLS US HOW A NEIGHBOR HELPED THEM GET OUT.
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Travis green
16:04:05 I was inside sleeping and I woke up to somebdoy banging on my door saying there's a fire 10
A brush fire on the 5-thousand block of floridian avenue in east naples spread to travis greens home around 230 this afternoon.
He was taking a nap inside when a neighbor woke him up.
4:22 I didn't know what was happening I htoght I was in a dream to tell you the truth
Eugene green, dad
16:00:22 he called me and said the house on fire the house on fire. The house on fire what you mean?
Green tried to put the fire out with a hose but it just kept getting bigger. His dog shallow was trapped inside. East naples fire crews were able to save the dog and put the fire out in 20 minutes-- But part of greens home is gone.
Dad
16:01:17 the house may be gone we've been living here now since 86 so its a part of me
GABY FLEISCHMAN ABC7.
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THE FIRE ALSO FLEW ABOUT A BLOCK DOWN AND BURNT A SHED.
NO ONE WAS HURT AND NO WORD YET ON WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE.
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IN SAN CARLOS PARK --
INVESTIGATORS NOW THINK SOMEONE SET FIVE BRUSH FIRES ON PURPOSE.
THEY ALL STARTED NEAR SOUTH TAMIAMI TRAIL WITHIN THE PAST DAY.
THEY'RE ALL WITHIN TWO MILES OF EACH OTHER.
ABC7'S JOELLE PARKS FOUND OUT WHY THEY THINK THIS WAS INTENTIONAL.
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Take joelle
The fires are out but investigators are still surveying the fires, searching for any evidence. They're driving around asking neighbors for clues and posting these signs- saying an arsonist is wanted.
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This is a look at the flames from one of the scenes.
The 5 separate brush fires burned through about 5 acres of property.
All of the land- vacant.
But this one- came pretty close to one neighborhood.
One neighbor- even took matters into his own hands, Using a hose to douse his grass and home Ina and effort to protect them.
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Bill Kress
San Carlos Park resident
The closest it was right over in here, it seemed like it was a big flare up but they put it out pretty quick."
Take live
You can see the charred remains from this brush fire behind me.
The fires we now all contained after the first district plowed fire lines around the flames.
Tonight at 5- hear from fire investigators, and why they think just one person could be responsible.
Reporting live Jp.
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TONIGHT AT FIVE.
ABC7 HAS NEW INFORMATION ABOUT A FIRE THAT STARTED IN A GARBAGE TRUCK AND SPREAD TO AN RV.
IT BROKE OUT THIS MORNING AT THE RED COCONUT RV PARK ON FORT MYERS BEACH ON SAND DOLLAR DRIVE.
INVESTIGATORS SAY PARTS INSIDE THE TRUCK BROKE DOWN, SENDING FLAMMABLE LIQUID ONTO ITS ENGINE.
THE GARBAGE TRUCK, AND ALL THE TRASH INSIDE BURNED-- AND SO WAS ONE FAMILY'S R-V--
TWO PEOPLE WERE INSIDE WHEN THE FIRE STARTED, BUT THEY GOT OUT SAFELY.
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Fernand Boutin, fire victim
45:35 we have to get new clothes, and everything, new passports, new credit card, nothing at all, verything is burned 45:42
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THE FAMILY IS VISITING FROM CANADA.
TOURISM OFFICIALS ARE NOW TRYING TO HELP THEM GET NEW DOCUMENTS.
THE TRUCK'S DRIVER IS ALSO OK.
ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICIALS ARE NOW TESTING RUN OFF FROM THE WATER USED TO DOUSE FLAMES TO SEE IF IT MIXED WITH WASTE INSIDE THE TRUCK.
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NEW AT 5
WE NOW KNOW THE CAUSE OF DEATH FOR A MOTHER AND HER TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS WHO DIED AFTER A CRASH ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY.
CECILIA DOUGALS AND HER DAUGHTERS.3 YEAR OLD RYLEE AND 4 YEAR OLD MADISON DIED AFTER THEIR CAR CRASHED INTO A CANAL LAST MONTH.
TODAY, THE MEDICAL EXAMINER TELLS US CECELIA AND RYLEE DIED FROM DROWNING.
CECELIA ALSO HAD BLUNT FORCE INJURIES.
MADISON WENT TO A HOSPITAL IN SAINT PETE, WHERE SHE LATER DIED.
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER SAYS SHE DIED FROM COMPLICATIONS OF BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA.
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WE LEARNED NEW INFORMATION TODAY --
ABOUT THAT SWAT SITUATION WE TOLD YOU AS BREAKING NEWS YESTERDAY.
THE BIGGER PICTURE IS THIS --
AUTHORITIES HAVE NOW ARRESTED FIVE PEOPLE IN CHARLOTTE AND SARASOTA COUNTIES CONNECTED TO A BURGLARY.
DETECTIVES SAY TODD MATSINGER AND ANOTHER MAN GOT THE COMBINATION TO A SAFE INSIDE THIS SHED IN ENGLEWOOD.
THEY STOLE NINE GUNS AND SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THE SHERIFF'S DIVE TEAM PULLED SIX OF THE GUNS OUT OF A CANAL ON THE CHARLOTTE-SARASOTA COUNTY LINE THIS WEEK.
WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY WAS THE SWAT TEAM RAIDING A GULF COVE HOME LOOKING FOR MORE CLUES.
AUTHORITIES ARE STILL LOOKING FOR MORE SUSPECTS.
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A 14 YEAR OLD IS UNDER ARREST FOR BRINGING A GUN AND TASER TO SCHOOL.
JYMEZ FORTE IS A STUDENT AT
MARINER MIDDLE SCHOOL IN CAPE CORAL.
FOUR STUDENTS TOLD DEPUTIES THEY SAW FORTE PULL OUT THE WEAPONS ON A SCHOOL BUS.
DEPUTIES WENT TO HIS HOUSE AND FOUND THE GUN.
IT WAS NOT LOADED.
THEY ALSO FOUND THE TASER.
THEY ARRESTED THE TEEN FOR POSSESSION OF A WEAPON ON SCHOOL GROUNDS.
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COUNTRY MUSIC SINGER AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA NATIVE MINDY MCCREADY HAS NOW LOST CUSTODY OF HER TWO CHILDREN.
BILLY MCKNIGHT IS THE FATHER OF MCCREADY'S SIX-YEAR-OLD SON ZANDER.
HE TELLS A-B-C-7 ZANDER AND HER NINE MONTH OLD ZAYNE ARE NOW IN FOSTER CARE.
HE SAYS HE'S WORKING TO GET CUSTODY OF ZANDER.
HE ALSO TELLS US MCCREADY IS IN REHAB.
ALL THIS FOLLOWS AN INTERVIEW LAST WEEK IN WHICH SHE DENIED HAVING ANYTHING TO DO WITH HER BOYFRIEND'S DEATH.
INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF DAVID WILSON KILLED HIMSELF. OR IF HE WAS MURDERED.
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LAWN THIEVES ARE AT IT AGAIN IN NAPLES - THIS TIME STEALING A HOMEOWNERS SHEEP STATUE WORTH ABOUT A-THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THE SHEEP IS A PIECE OF HAND-PAINTED "YARD ART".
THE HOMEOWNER RUNS A DESIGN STORE IN DOWNTOWN NAPLES WHERE SHE SELLS THE STATUES.
SHE SAYS THEY'RE POPULAR.
OFFICERS ARE ASKING RESIDENTS TO TRY AND ANCHOR DOWN STATUES ON THEIR LAWN - MAKING IT HARDER FOR THIEVES TO STEAL.
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PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOMINEE TO HEAD THE C-I-A FACED TOUGH QUESTIONING TODAY --
ABOUT THE U-S DRONE PROGRAM.
THE USE OF THOSE UNMANNED DRONES TO KILL AL QAEDA TERRORISTS HAS SPIKED UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA.
BUT SOME QUESTIONED THEM --
AFTER THE 2011 C-I-A DRONE ATTACK IN YEMEN.
THAT ATTACK KILLED A TOP AL QAEDA MEMBER WHO WAS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.
TODAY --
DURING HIS SENATE CONFIRMATION HEARING --
JOHN BRENNAN DEFENDED THE ADMINISTRATION'S OVERALL COUNTERTERRORISM APPROACH.
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we never believe it's better to kill a terrorist than to detain them
LAST NIGHT --
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION RELEASED THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS JUSTIFYING THE MORE THAN 300 DRONE STRIKES.
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NEARLY 400 PEOPLE NATIONWIDE ARE BUSTED FOR STEALING TAX FORMS AND CLAIMING A REFUND.
MANY OF THE VICTIMS ARE RIGHT HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
THE IRS HAS DISCOVERED 20-BILLION DOLLARS IN FAKE TAX RETURNS.
45 PEOPLE HERE IN FLORIDA WERE CHARGED.
THE IRS TODAY CALLED THE FRAUD A CRISIS.
HERE'S HOW IT WORKS.
INDENTITY THIEVES GET YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND IMMEDIATELY FILE A TAX RETURN IN YOUR NAME. COMPLETE
WITH BOGUS NUMBERS.
IN MANY CASES THIEVES ARE
GETTING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
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14:31 Now that we're getting closer to tax return filing time we're going to see an increase and we've already had a couple of calls. 14:36
THE IRS SAYS IT HAS DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF INVESTIGATORS TO LOOK INTO THIS EPEDEMIC.
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FLORIDA SENATOR MARCO RUBIO HAS ADDED ANOTHER LINE TO HIS RESUME TONIGHT.
RUBIO GRACES THE COVER OF TIME MAGAZINE.
AND WE TOLD YOU YESTERDAY --
HE WILL DELIVER THE REPUBLICAN RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS.
THAT'S NEXT TUESDAY.
RUBIO IS OFTEN TALKED ABOUT AS A POTENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN 2016.
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NEXT AT 5 OPEN
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BEFORE YOU HIT THE TOWN WITH YOUR VALENTINE.
IT'S TIME TO GET BEAUTIFUL.
MANICURES.PEDICURES.THE HAIR.A FACIAL.
OUR SMART SHOPPER SHOWS YOU HOW TO GET READY HEAD TO TOE ON A DIME.
PLUS - IT TASTES SO GOOD.BUT WE KNOW IT'S NOT.
WHAT THAT FRIED CHICKEN. AND OTHER SOUTHERN COMFORT FOODS ARE REALLY DOING TO YOUR BODY.
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TONIGHT, NEW ENGLAND IS BRACING FOR A MAJOR WINTER STORM.
IT COULD DUMP UP TO 2 FEET OF SNOW IN SOME PLACES FROM TOMORROW INTO SATURDAY.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COULD GET BETWEEN 18 AND 24 INCHES OF SNOW.
UNITED AIRLINES IS ALREADY CANCELING MORE THAN 350 FLIGHTS FOR TOMORROW.
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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.
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SMALL CHANCE OF RAIN FRIDAY
This month sure hasn't felt like February! Temperatures have been in the 80s, sunny skies during the day, and no rain.
That is all going to change within the next 24 hours, but just slightly. No colossal changes expected. It's all due to a low pressure pushing across South Georgia. That low is swinging a cold front in our direction for Friday which will usher in these changes.
Changes start to occur tonight as low temperatures won't be quite as cool. They'll settle into the middle 60s as the clouds begin to increase.
The storm system moving across the northern gulf states will eventually send a weak cool front our way as I mentioned earlier. This front will approach the area on Friday morning with an increase in cloud cover, and a small threat for just a few isolated showers. Once the front clears the peninsula during the day, skies will clear and this will set the stage for a pleasant weekend across Southwest Florida.
Drier air mass will make its way down the state behind the front. That'll cool our overnight lows into the middle and upper 50s by Sunday morning. It won't have much of an impact on our afternoon temperatures as they will continue to warm into the lower 80s with plenty of sunshine.
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WITH VALENTINE'S DAY JUST ABOUT A WEEK AWAY - IT'S TIME TO GET BEAUTIFUL.
YOU HAVE TO GET THE NAILS DONE.THE HAIR.
IT ADDS UP.
SO ABC 7 SMART SHOPPER NINA MOINI IS HERE WITH HOW WE CAN GET OUR FAVORITE BEAUTY SERVICES FOR MORE THAN HALF OFF.
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COSMOTOLOGY SCHOOLS ARE YOUR BEST BET.VERSUS MAINSTREAM SALONS.
WHILE SCHOOLS DON'T HAVE PROFESSIONALS WITH LOTS OF EXPERIENCE-
I FOUND OUT THE STUDENTS ARE UNDER CONSTANT SUPERVISION BY A PROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTOR.
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NATS - HAIR
A FRESH NEW LOOK TAKES HARD WORK.
07:54:05 4
"I normally have color decided to have cuts too."
FOR THIRTEEN YEARS - JANET GALLANDER HAS TRUSTED STUDENTS AT SUNSTATE ACADEMY WITH HER HAIR.
SHE'S GETTING A CUT AND COLOR FOR UNDER 40 BUCKS.
WE SHOPPED AROUND AND FOUND OUT MOST MAINSTREAM SALONS WOULD CHARGE MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE SAME TREATMENTS.
07:55:00 2
"It's half the price of a salon."
THERESA MEDEIROS IS AN INSTRUCTOR AT THIS FORT MYERS LOCATION-
SHE SAYS MANY CUSTOMERS START OUT SKEPTICAL-
08:00:15 8
"People think they're going to come in and students go wild on their own, not the case each one has an educator assigned just to them."
MEDEIROS SAYS HER SALON OFFERS JUST ABOUT ANYTHING YOU COULD FIND AT A MID TO HIGH LEVEL SALON-
FACIALS - MANICURES - CUTS AND COLOR.
AT HALF THE PRICE.
NATS - hair
REGENCY BEAUTY INSTITUTE INSTRUCTOR MICHAEL TOMAIOLO SAYS HIS SCHOOL IS A PART OF SEVERAL CHAINS ACROSS THE NATION -
BECAUSE OF THAT - HIS PRICES ARE CLOSER TO 65 PERCENT CHEAPER THAN TRADITIONAL SALONS.
08:07:41 9
"This is a corporation that can afford best supplies but we are not interested in making money it's about learning."
NATS - DRYER
AS STUDENTS SHARPEN THEIR SKILLS-
JANET SAYS CUSTOMERS LIKE HER CAN ALSO LEARN A LESSON IN SAVING MONEY.
NATS - janet likes it
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YOU CAN EVEN GET ADDITIONAL DISCOUNTS AT THESE SCHOOLS FOR HAVING SERVICE-ORIENTED JOB LIKE A TEACHER OR FIREFIGHTER.
FOR MORE BEAUTY PRICES AND SERVICES FOR LESS-
VISIT ABC DASH SEVEN DOT COM-
AND CLICK ON SMART SHOPPER.
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IN YOUR ABC7 HEALTHY LIVING TONIGHT --
A NEW STRAIN OF WHOOPING COUGH HAS DEVELOPED IN THE U-S.
A GERM THAT MAY BE RESISTANT TO THE VACCINE IS CAUSING IT.
HEALTH OFFICIALS THINK THAT MIGHT BE ONE REASON THE U-S IS DEALING WITH ITS WORST YEAR FOR WHOOPING COUGH IN SIX DECADES.
THERE'S ALREADY BEEN ONE CASE THIS YEAR IN LEE COUNTY.
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WE KNOW THEY CAN BE FATTENING.
AND NOW RESEARCHERS SAY THAT SOUTHERN COMFORT FOOD. CAN INCREASE YOUR RISK OF STROKE.
RESEARCHERS COMPARED THE EATING HABITS OF MORE THAN 20-THOUSAND ADULTS.
THEY FOUND STROKE FREQUENCY IS DIRECTLY LINKED TO THE AMOUNT OF FRIED, HIGH FAT, HIGH SODIUM SOUTHERN FOODS.
IN FACT, PEOPLE WHO ATE SOUTHERN FOODS SIX TIMES A WEEK WERE 41-PERCENT MORE LIKELY TO HAVE A STROKE.
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AN ABC7 UPDATE TONIGHT --
CHARGES WILL BE DROPPED AGAINST THAT INDIANA COUPLE WHO NURSED AN INJURED DEER BACK TO HEALTH.AND THEN WERE ARRESTED FOR IT.
THEY DID FACE UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A DEER.
THEY WERE LOOKING AT JAIL AND FINES.
BUT, PROSECUTORS SAY THEY ARE DROPPING THE CASE --
AFTER FACING STINGING CRITICISM FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AFTER TWO YEARS WITH THAT COUPLE, THE DEER ESCAPED AND WAS LATER EUTHANIZED.
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A HIDDEN CAMERA.CAUGHT THIS NANNY'S SECRETS.
A CRYING FIVE-MONTH-OLD BABY HIT IN THE FACE.THE LEG. SHAKEN.
WHY THE PARENTS SPIED ON THE NANNY AND WHAT ELSE THIS NANNY CAM CAUGHT.
A HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAM WANTED TO RAISE MONEY.
NOW THEY'RE USING THAT MONEY TO PAY OFF A SEVEN-THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE.
WHAT THEY SOLD. AND HOW IT VIOLATES LAWS TO KEEP KIDS HEALTHY.
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BUMP IN W/ ANCHOR MICS
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A 52-YEAR-OLD NANNY IS FACING CHARGES TONIGHT AFTER SHE WAS CAUGHT ON TAPE SLAPPING A BABY IN THE FACE.
NEW TONIGHT AT 5
NEIGHBORS ARE DESCRIBING THAT NANNY'S BEHAVIOR.
BRYNN GINGRAS HAS THE STORY.
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THE MOTHER AND FATHER WHO LIVE HERE HAD A BAD FEELING ABOUT THEIR NANNY.
SO THEY DECIDED TO TAKE ACTION. THEY HID A CAMERA INSIDE THEIR HOME. AND WHAT THEY SAW WAS DISTURBING.
WITH A CAMERA TUCKED AWAY IN A CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR, THIS IS WHAT TWO STATEN ISLAND PARENTS WITNESSED THEIR NANNY DOING.
THE VIDEO, NOW POSTED ON YOUTUBE SHOWS THE WOMAN SLAPPING THE FIVE MONTH OLD BABY IN THE FACE, NOT ONCE BUT THREE TIMES WHEN SHE REFUSES TO EAT.
THEN THE BABY. NOW CRYING. GETS HIT *AGAIN BY THE NANNY. THIS TIME ON THE LEG, WHILE ANOTHER CHILD LOOKS ON.
SOURCES SAY THE KIDS MOTHER SAW THIS HAPPEN REMOTELY, RUSHED HOME AND FIRED THE NANNY ON THE SPOT.
"It makes me think she wasn't a nice person at all."
MARGARET MEEKINS LIVES ACROSS THE STREET.
SHE TOLD ME SHE'S SEEN THAT NANNY BEFORE WITH THOSE KIDS. BUT NEVER QUESTIONED HER. UNTIL NOW.
reporter: You've seen her spank them. Neighbor: "Yeah, she goes like this to them, stop it, but I never seen him hit her in the face./ You don't put your hands on children. One thing you shouldn't do. that's a no no. "
POLICE ARRESTED THE NANNY A FEW DAYS AFTER THE PARENTS CAPTURED THE ALLEGED ABUSE.
THE WOMAN IS CHARGED WITH ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD AND RESISTING ARREST AFTER REPORTS SHOW SHE REFUSED TO LET POLICE CUFF HER.
SHE'S NOW IN JAIL AND UNABLE TO MAKE BOND.
"Oh my goodness and she's a baby."
THAT CAME AS RELIEF TO OTHER PARENTS WHO WATCHED THE VIDEO WITH ME. REALIZING IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO THEIR CHILDREN.
"I think it's very upsetting and thank god im here to take care of mine bc i wouldn't want a stranger taking care of mine. you can't trust people today.
"It's your kids, no one is going to treat your kids like you."
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BRYNN GINGRAS REPORTING.
THE NANNY'S NAME IS NOW LISTED ON A NANNY BLACKLIST WEBSITE.
SHE IS DUE BACK IN COURT TOMORROW.
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A RACIST RAGER AT A PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITY.
SOT:
"when you wrote "herRo" duke on your invitation you were not just mocking an accent you were mocking an immigrants struggle to make it in this nation"
THE ASIAN-THEMED FRAT PARTY AND WHY THESE DUKE STUDENTS AREN'T IN ANY TROUBLE.
Steve Campion - "Dead fish plagued one popular southwest Florida island for weeks. I'm ABC7s Steve Campion how the community here now wants to make sure scientists document every kill."
SOT -- "Officer Shot. multiple times."
OFFICERS SAY ONE OF THEIR OWN WENT ROGUE.
THEY SAY HE GUNNED DOWN THREE OFFICERS.THEN KILLED A NEWLY ENGAGED COUPLE.
THE HUNT FOR THIS POLICE OFFICER AND HIS MOTIVE.
BUT FIRST - MEET ABC 7'S FACEBOOK WOMAN OF THE DAY.
MARIE LABROSSE OF PORT CHARLOTTE.
THANKS FOR WATCHING MARIE.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE OUR FACEBOOK WOMAN OF THE DAY HEAD TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND LIKE US.
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BUMP OUT W/ MUSIC
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AN ARMED ROBBERY AT ANOTHER DOMINOS.
THIS IN CAPE CORAL ON SKYLINE BOULEVARD.
JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AGO - TWO MASKED MEN CAME IN. ACTED LIKE THEY HAD GUNS AND DEMANDED MONEY,.
THEY DID GET AWAY WITH CASH IN A RED CAR.POSSIBLY A HONDA.
OFFICERS ARE LOOKING FOR THEM. SCOURING THE AREA.
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MAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW AT 530 --
INVESTIGATORS SAY FIVE BRUSH FIRES HAVE BURNED IN JUST ONE DAY IN SAN CARLOS PARK --
AND NOW THEY THINK THE FIRES ARE SUSPICIOUS.
THEY ALL STARTED NEAR SOUTH TAMIAMI TRAIL.
THEY SPARKED WITHIN TWO MILES OF EACH OTHER.
INVESTIGATORS ARE ASKING NEIGHBORS FOR CLUES AND POSTING SIGNS..
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A FIRE STARTED IN A GARBAGE TRUCK AND SPREAD TO AN RV PARK.
TONIGHT THE FIRE MARSHAL SAYS IT WAS NOT INTENTIONAL.
IT BROKE OUT AT THE RED COCONUT RV PARK ON FORT MYERS BEACH.
INVESTIGATORS SAY SOME OF THE GARBAGE TRUCK'S EQUIPMENT BROKE -- SPARKING A FIRE.
IT DESTROYED THE GARBAGE TRUCK AND ONE RV.
NO ONE GOT HURT.
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TONIGHT AT 530 --
DEPUTIES BELIEVE THREE ROBBERIES AT FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS ALONG PALM BEACH BOULEVARD IN FORT MYERS ARE CONNECTED.
THIS MORNING TWO WITH GUNS ROBBED A WENDY'S.
ONE'S IN CUSTODY.
THE OTHER'S ON THE LOOSE.
DEPUTIES THINK THEY'RE CONNECTED TO ROBBERIES AT DUNKIN DONUTS AND DOMINOS.
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HAPPENING RIGHT NOW --
A WIDESPREAD MANHUT FOR A FORMER COP --
ACCUSED OF SHOOTING THREE CALIFORNIA POLICE OFFICERS TODAY.
ONE OF THEM HAS DIED.
HI I'M JEFF BUTERA.
AND I'M COURTNEY ROBINSON.
ABC'S BRANDI HITT TELLS US HOW INNOCENT PEOPLE GOT SHOT IN THE SEARCH FOR THE SUSPECT.
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POLICE THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARE ON "HIGH ALERT".
AS THE MANHUNT CONTINUES FOR FORMER LOS ANGELES COP -- CHRISTOPHER DORNER --
WHO'S ACCUSED OF GUNNING DOWN FELLOW OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN REVENGE
KILLINGS.
SOT -- "Officer Shot. multiple times."
POLICE SAY THE 33 YEAR OLD -- SEEN HERE IN HIS FACEBOOK PROFILE -- SHOT TWO
OFFICERS IN RIVERSIDE THIS MORNING -- KILLING ONE AND SERIOUSLY INJURING
ANOTHER.
SOT -- Lt. Guy Toussaint, Riverside Police Dept. / "They were stopped at a
red light and were just ambushed by the suspect."
MINUTES EARLIER -- IN CORONA -- ANOTHER SHOOTING.
DETECTIVES SAY A BULLET GRAZED AN OFFICER'S HEAD. AS DORNER SPEAD AWAY IN
*THIS* GRAY NISSAN PICK-UP TRUCK.
SOT -- Chief Charlie Beck, Los Angeles Police Dept. / "He has multiple
weapons at his disposal. including assault rifles."
SOT -- Chief Charlie Beck, Los Angeles Police Dept./ "This is a vendetta
against all of Southern California law enforcement."
DORNER CLAIMS HE WAS FIRED BY L-A-P-D IN 2008. FOR REPORTING ABUSES.
AND -- IN HIS ALLEGED MANIFESTO -- HE BLAMES RETIRED CAPTAIN RANDY QUAN FOR
GETTING HIM FIRED -- STATING --
"I NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A FAMILY OF MY OWN. I'M TERMINATING
YOURS."
DETECTIVES BELIEVE DORNER KILLED QUAN'S DAUGHTER AND HER FIANCE IN IRVINE.
ON SUNDAY.
AND BASED ON THE MANIFESTO. CHIEF BECK HAS ORDERED OFFICERS TO PROTECT 40
OTHER LOCATIONS.
A SITUATION -- NOW SO TENSE -- L-A OFFICERS OPENED FIRE ON THE *WRONG* TRUCK
IN TORRANCE. THINKING IT WAS DORNER. AND WOUNDED TWO INNOCENT PEOPLE
THURSDAY.
NATS -- "search area"
THE CHIEF ALSO SAYS DORNER TRIED HIJACKING A BOAT IN SAN DIEGO.
SOT - Lt. David Rohowits, San Diego Police Dept.
"He pointed a handgun at the victim. and demanded the boat."
BUT -- HE WASN'T ABLE TO MOVE THE BOAT FROM THE DOCK.
DORNER WAS "HONORABLY DISCHARGED" FROM THE NAVY LAST WEEK
AND HIS FORMER L-A-P-D BADGE *WAS FOUND*. NEAR POINT LOMA NAVY BASE.
AS A PRECAUTION LAPD OFFICERS ARE DOUBLING UP WHILE ON DUTY. AND HAVE
PULLED THEIR MOTORCYCLE OFFICERS FROM PATROL.
BRANDI HITT -- ABC NEWS -- LOS ANGELES.
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AN AUTOPSY IS BEING PREFORMED ON THE BODY OF THE MAN WHO HELD A 6-YEAR-OLD BOY HOSTAGE FOR NEARLY A WEEK.
INVESTIGATORS REMOVED JIMMY DYKES' BODY FROM HIS UNDERGROUND BUNKER LAST NIGHT.
THEY SAY THE BODY HAD MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS.
AGENTS DID NOT FIND ANY MORE EXPLOSIVES ON THE PROPERTY.
SWAT MEMBERS SHOT DYKES TO DEATH WHEN THEY WENT IN TO THE BUNKER TO SAVE THE BOY.
HE CELEBRATED HIS SIXTH BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY AND IS DOING WELL.
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WE HAVE NEW DETAILS TONIGHT --
ABOUT A MURDER-SUICIDE IN DENVER.
POLICE SAY A MOTHER SHOT HER THREE CHILDREN, BEFORE TAKING HER OWN LIFE.
TWO ARE DIED.
ONE CLINGS TO LIFE.
FAMILY MEMBERS SAY THE HUSBAND LEFT THE HOUSE AFTER AN ARGUMENT WITH THE MOTHER.
WHEN HE CAME HOME --
HE SAW THE GRUESOME SCENE.
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A RED TIDE ALERT IS ISSUED FOR BOCA GRANDE.
THE MOVE FOLLOWS WEEKS OF FISH KILLS.
ABC7'S STEVE CAMPION TELLS US WHAT BEACHGOERS NEED TO KNOW.
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THE DEAD FISH WASHED INTO THE BOCA BAYOU WEEKS AGO.
SOME STILL REMAIN HERE.
YOU CAN SEE MOTHER NATURE AND TIME SLOWLY TAKE THEIR TOLL ON THIS
FISH.
WHILE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS ISLAND REMAINS CLEAN AND PRISTINE
-- LOCAL FISHERMEN TELLS US THIS PROBLEM GROWS BY THE YEAR.
THIS COMMUNITY IS NOW TRACKING AND MONITORING MOST
OF THIS ISLAND FOR ANY KILLS.
TAKE MINI PKG
Take beauty nats
IN BOCA GRANDE -- CRYSTAL CLEAR WATER AND AMPLE SUNSHINE MAKE FOR A
PICTURE PERFECT DAY.
PARADISE CAN BE PUT ON PAUSE -- EVERY TIME A FISH KILL WASHES IN FROM
THE GULF OF MEXICO.
LAST MONTH -- LOCALS AND FISHERMEN REPORT LARGE AMOUNTS OF DEAD
MULLETS.
WHILE SOME SPECULATE ABOUT THEIR SUDDEN DEATHS - WILDLIFE EXPERTS
ASSURE US -- RED TIDE BLOOMS ARE TO BLAME FOR THE ROTTING FISH.
THAT'S WHY -- THE GASPARILLA BRIDGE AUTHORITY AND STATE PARK RANGERS
TEAMED UP WITH MOTE FOR DAILY BEACH UPDATES TO -- KEEP SCIENTISTS AND
TOURISTS AWARE OF ANY UNWELCOMED GUESTS.
Scott Vanatten, Gasparilla Island Bridge Island
"Right when the sun comes up, we'll go. We'll drive all the way to the
end of our property and check if there is anything weird going on or if
there is dead fish and any smells.
Captain Phil O'Bannon, Mote Marine Laboratory
"They give off a toxic gas in the air. I know I sneeze and get a sore
throat when they come in."
TAKE LIVE
WE'RE TOLD -- VOLUNTEERS ON THE ISLAND ARE NOW WORKING TO PUT IN
TWO MORE MONITORING SITES.
THEY EXPLAIN THEY WANT TO GIVE RESEARCHERS AS MUCH INFORMATION AS
POSSIBLE SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS SMELL OFTEN.
IN THE BOCA BAYOU ON BOCA GRANDE, STEVE CAMPION NBC2
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THE DEATH TOLL FROM THAT DEVASTATING TSUNAMI IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC HAS CLIMBED TONIGHT --
AS PEOPLE ARE STILL TRYING TO GET A FULL GRASP ON THE DAMAGE.
AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND SEVERAL REMAIN MISSING.
AND STRONG AFTERSHOCKS ARE KEEPING FRIGHTENED VILLAGERS FROM RETURNING TO THE COAST.
THE SOLOMON ISLAND OF SANTA CRUZ WAS HIT HARDEST.
A NEARLY FIVE FOOT WAVE SMASHED INTO THE ISLAND.
IT FLATTED DOZENS OF HOUSES.
IT WIPED OUT FIVE VILLAGES.
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A SHOCKING DISCOVERY AT A HOME IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.
OFFICERS FOUND A MALNOURISHED AND MENTALLY CHALLENGED 17-YEAR-OLD BOY HANDCUFFED IN A BASEMENT TO A POLE BY HIS PARENTS.
A NEIGHBOR CALLED POLICE AFTER SHE SAW THE TEEN HANDCUFFED TO A DOOR.
THE VICTIM SAYS HE'S BEEN IN THAT BASEMENT SINCE SEPTEMBER.
HE SAYS HE WOULD GET ONE PACKAGE OF OATMEAL AT 4 IN THE MORNING, THEN BE LOCKED UP FOR NEARLY 12 HOURS.
HIS FATHER WOULD COME HOME, UNLOCK THE HANDCUFFS AND LET HIM GO TO THE BATHROOM.
NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AGAINST THE TEEN'S PARENTS YET.
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CHECK THIS OUT!
A POLICE CHASE IN LOS ANGELES ENDS WITH THE SUSPECT'S CAR ENGULFED IN FLAMES.
OFFICER WERE CHASING A SUSPECTED DRUNK DRIVER.
THAT DRIVER'S CAR EVENTUALLY SPUN OUT AND CRASHED INTO A GUARDRAIL.
OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO PULL THE DRIVER TO SAFETY BEFORE THE CAR COMPLETELY BURST INTO FLAMES.
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GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND TO CLEAN UP THEIR IMAGE-
BOEING'S DREAMLINER TOOK OFF TODAY-
FLYING FROM TEXAS TO WASHINGTON STATE.
IT'S A ONE-TIME TEST FLIGHT AS THE REST OF THE 50-PLANE FLEET REMAINS GROUNDED.
THIS MORNING'S FLIGHT WAS APPROVED BY THE F-A-A
SO ENGINEERS CAN STUDY WAYS TO REDUCE THE RISKS OF ANOTHER BATTERY FIRE.
REGULATORS AROUND THE WORLD GROUNDED THE FLEET OF 787s
AFTER A BATTERY FIRE IN BOSTON AND A SECOND INCIDENT IN JAPAN.
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THERE COULD BE A NEW TWIST TONIGHT --
IN A MURDER MYSTERY THAT'S GONE ON FOR 10 YEARS.
CHANDRA LEVY'S MURDER GAINED NATIONAL ATTENTION --
BECAUSE OF HER ROMANTIC INVOLVEMENT WITH THEN U-S CONGRESSMAN GARY CONDIT.
AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT FROM EL SALVADOR WAS CONVICTED OF KILLING LEVY IN 2010.
HE WAS SENTENCED TO SIXTY YEARS IN PRISON.
BUT TODAY --
THERE WAS A CLOSED-DOOR HEARING IN THE CASE.
BUT THERE IS WORD THE CONVICTION COULD BE THROWN OUT.
WE'RE WORKING TO FIND OUT WHY.
LEVY'S PARENTS SAY DEPITE THE OUTCOME, THEIR DAUGHTER IS GONE.
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S/ Susan Levy/Chandra Levy's Mother:09
"There's nothing we can do to bring our daughter back. No matter what happens, it still leaves us with pain."
THE JUDGE DID SAY SOME INFORMATION WOULD BE AVAILABLE SOON.
SOME PUBLISHED REPORTS SAY THE RECENT HEARINGS ARE RELATED TO THE CREDIBILITY OF A WITNESS.
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A HIGH SCHOOL COACH IN TEXAS SOLD FRIED CHICKEN TO RAISE MONEY FOR HIS TEAM.
NOW IT'S COSTING HIS SCHOOL THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
THE SCHOOL AND 7 OTHERS WERE SLAPPED WITH FINES TOTALING 73-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR VIOLATING TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REGULATIONS.
IT'S ALL IN AN EFFORT TO CURB OBESITY.
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And those guidelines include the nutrition content of the things that are sold outside the school cafeteria. They include the time and the place those things are sold. They also require that nutrition information is provided for those items.
THE GUIDELINES VARY FROM ELEMENTARY TO MIDDLE TO HIGH SCHOOL.
IT'S UP TO EACH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL TO DETERMINE WHAT OUTSIDE FOODS CAN BE BROUGHT ON CAMPUS.
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NEW AT 530 --
ALL OPERATIONS AT DUKE UNIVERSITY FRATENITY ARE SUSPENDED TONIGHT.
THE FRAT'S UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR THROWING AN ASIAN-THEMED PARTY THAT SOME ARE CALLING RACIST.
MICHELLE KOSINSKI EXPLAINS WHY --
AND THE BACKLASH TO THE PARTY SOME DUB A RACIST RAGER.
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THESE ARE THE INVITES SENT OUT ONLINE BY KAPPA SIGMA FRATERNITY, TO A PARTY THEY CALLED "ASIA PRIME." WITH MISSPELLINGS MOCKING ACCENTED ENGLISH.AND A CHARACTER BASED ON THE LATE KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG IL FROM THE SATIRICAL "TEAM AMERICA" MOVIE.
SOT:
"I was really angry and i was hurt by it."
NATS rally chanting
THE RESULT? SOME FURIOUS STUDENTS HERE AT PRESTIGIOUS DUKE UNIVERSITY.
SOT:
"when you wrote "herRo" duke on your invitation you were not just mocking an accent you were mocking an immigrants struggle to make it in this nation"
WORD OF THE PARTY WENT VIRAL ONLINE AND SEVERAL STUDENTS COMPLAINED TO THE UNIVERSITY. THE FRAT THEN SENT OUT ANOTHER EMAIL, CHANGING THE NAME OF THE PARTY. BUT IT WENT ON AS PLANNED ON FEBRUARY FIRST.
THIS WEEK, ANGRY STUDENTS POSTED FLYERS ALL OVER CAMPUS IN PROTEST.
SHOWING PHOTOS FROM THE PARTY OF PEOPLE IN ASIAN ATTIRE. THE PROTESTERS' CAPTION: IF YOU'RE NOT OUTRAGED, YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
HERE, A STUDENT WEARS A SUMO WRESTLING COSTUME, WITH THE TWITTER HASHTAG "RACIST RAGER."
SOT:
"their costumes made a mockery of our culture reducing a way of life into a crude joke for one drunken night of so called fun."
BUT SOME THINK THOSE OFFENDED ARE BLOWING THIS OUT OF PROPORTION, ONE TWEETED: "OF ALL THE THINGS WORTH PROTESTING, THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM." WHILE ANOTHER POSTED: "I'M ASIAN AND I THINK THAT THE THEME IS HILARIOUS."
NATS frat house "hey man no comment no comment"
DUKE'S VICE PRESIDENT OF STUDENT AFFAIRS SAYS HE TAKES THE ALLEGATIONS SERIOUSLY BUT HAS NO PLANS FOR ANY FORMAL DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
SOT LARRY MONETA/VICE PRESIDENT OF STUDENT AFFAIRS, DUKE UNIVERSITY
"At the moment we're not aware of any overt violations. Acting boorish and foolish is not in and of itself a violation."
NATS no comment
NO ONE AT THE FRATERNITY WAS TALKING, BUT IN THE SCHOOL PAPER, FRAT PRESIDENT LUKE KEOHANE APOLOGIZED, SAYING QUOTE:
"The Duke Community in which we exist is one that we see too often as divided, and while our actions have brought attention to and widened that divide, it is our sincere intention to work to contribute to a United Duke."
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MICHELLE KOSINSKI REPORTING.
THE FRATERNITY JUST GOT THEIR CHARTER BACK LAST YEAR.
THEY HAD DISSOLVED IN 2002 AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF VIOLATING POLICY ABOUT ALCOHOL.
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GMA OPEN: "This is a moment we've been waiting for
ROBIN ROBERTS IS COMING HOME!
AFTER MONTHS AWAY FROM HER ABC FRIENDS ON GMA AND BATTLING A RARE BLOOD DISEASE.
SHE'LL SOON RETURN.
WHEN YOU CAN SEE ROBIN DAILY.
PLUS CHIVALRY MIGHT BE DEAD. BUT IS ROMANCE TOO?
HOW THE DIGITAL ERA IS TURNING TO DIGITAL DATES.
WEATHER IS COMING UP.
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AD-LIB WEATHER CHAT
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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.
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SMALL CHANCE OF RAIN FRIDAY
This month sure hasn't felt like February! Temperatures have been in the 80s, sunny skies during the day, and no rain.
That is all going to change within the next 24 hours, but just slightly. No colossal changes expected. It's all due to a low pressure pushing across South Georgia. That low is swinging a cold front in our direction for Friday which will usher in these changes.
Changes start to occur tonight as low temperatures won't be quite as cool. They'll settle into the middle 60s as the clouds begin to increase.
The storm system moving across the northern gulf states will eventually send a weak cool front our way as I mentioned earlier. This front will approach the area on Friday morning with an increase in cloud cover, and a small threat for just a few isolated showers. Once the front clears the peninsula during the day, skies will clear and this will set the stage for a pleasant weekend across Southwest Florida.
Drier air mass will make its way down the state behind the front. That'll cool our overnight lows into the middle and upper 50s by Sunday morning. It won't have much of an impact on our afternoon temperatures as they will continue to warm into the lower 80s with plenty of sunshine.
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A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA.
RIGHT HERE ON ABC7 THIS MORNING THEY ANNOUNCED WHEN ROBIN ROBERTS IS RETURNING.
SHE'S BEEN ON MEDICAL LEAVE SINCE AUGUST BATTLING A FRIGHTENING BLOOD DISEASE.
ABC'S LINZIE JANIS TELLS US WHEN SHE WILL RETURN.
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GMA OPEN: "This is a moment we've been waiting for
Good Morning America's Robin Roberts has been cleared by her doctors to
return to work.
She's been testing her strength, running through shows and winding her alarm
clock back to 3:45am
NATS: ROBIN SAYS HELLO TO GEORGE
And now we have a date.
Sot George - "FEB 20th it is exactly 5 months after she got her bone
marrow transplant
Vo dry run on set?
Robin rejoins co-host George Stephanopoulos and the rest of the GMA gang -
And they aren't the only ones welcoming her home.
Sot String Celebs
Jen Lawrence: OH! OMG
JLO: WELCOME BACK ROBIN
Denzel Washington: Robin I love you , God Bless you.
Hillary Clinton - I am delighted to know that robin is coming back on the
air.
Cheerleaders - Welcome back Robin!!!!!
Vo Gets off plane and dances
Just last week - Robin returned to her home town of Pass Christian,
Mississippi for the first time since her bone marrow transplant
Upsot -robin at Superbowl party in living room
Watching the superbowl and celebrating her recovery with family.
Upsot - "I feel mother's spirit, I feel dad's spirit and I know that from
their heavenly balcony right now they are celebrating"
It was Robin's sister Sally Ann who donated the bone marrow Robin needed to
get better
Her blood disorder was a side effect of chemotherapy she received as part of
her breast cancer treatment back in 2008.
This morning a message from Robin to all of us.
Hallelujah! Your compassion has been an enormous source of comfort to me and
my family.
Standup close:
When she returns, Robin will be eased back in, working her way back up to
five days a week
She says she can't wait to get back to work.
Linzie Janis ABC News NY
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ROBERTS WILL ALSO SHARE HER PERSONAL JOURNEY LATER THIS MONTH ON A SPECIAL EDITION OF 20-20.
YOU CAN WATCH THAT FEBRUARY 22-ND AT 10 RIGHT HERE ON ABC7.
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NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE IS BLASTING A FORMER WHITE HOUSE DOCTOR TONIGHT --
FOR SAYING SHE'S CONCERNED HE'LL DIE IN OFFICE BECAUSE OF HIS WEIGHT.
If she wants to get on a plane and come here to New Jersey and ask me if she wants to examine me, review my medical history, I'll have a conversation with her about that. Until then, that time, she should shut up."
CHRISTIE SAYS HIS CHILDREN HEARD THE DOCTOR'S COMMENTS AND HIS PRE-TEEN SON ASKED HIM IF HE WAS GOING TO DIE.
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A BASEBALL CARD CERTAINLY TURNED OUT TO BE VALUABLE.
THE 148 YEAR-OLD CARD FOUND AT A YARD SALE WAS SOLD AT AUCTION FOR 92 THOUSAND DOLlARS.
THE CARD DEPICTS THE 18-65 BROOKLYN ATLANTICS BASEBALL TEAM.
IT'S A SHOT OF TEN MEN WITH BASEBALL BATS THAT GOES BACK TO THE YEAR THE CIVIL WAR ENDED.
THE CARD CAME FROM A YARD SALE IN MAINE
THE WINNING BIDDER SAID HE BOUGHT THE CARD AS INVESTMENT ITEM FOR HIS YOUNG SON.
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ONE CONNECTICUT COUPLE HAS BEEN MARRIED FOR 80 YEARS!
MEET JOHN AND ANN BETAR FROM CONNECTICUT.
THEY'RE 101 AND 97.
MARRIED IN 1932.
AT EACH'S SIDE EVER SINCE.
THE LONGEST MARRIED COUPLE IN THE U-S.
SO WHAT'S THEIR SECRET?
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80 years, you know it's just contentment.
80 years of really living. Normally.
Just contentment. She's no problem. She's always never worked. She's always a cook, took care of her family. Good mother. Great mother.
He's always got his hand on my knee or my hair.
THEY WENT ON TO HAVE FIVE KIDS, 14 GRANDCHILDREN AND 16 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
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MAYBE THEIR SECRET IS NO TECHNOLOGY.
A STUDY BY COUPONCABIN DOT COM FOUND NEARLY SIX IN TEN SINGLE U-S ADULTS AGREE THERE'S LESS ROMANCE WHEN DATING IN THE DIGITAL AGE.
64 PERCENT SAY TEXTING IS THE PRIMARY FORM OF COMMUNICATION.
THE STUDY ALSO FOUND THAT WITH ALL THE DIGITAL COMMUNICATION, FORMAL DATING IS NOW UNCOMMON.
NEARLY FOUR IN TEN SINGLES REPORTED THE LAST TIME THEY WENT ON AN ACTUAL DATE WITH ANOTHER PERSON WAS MORE THAN ONE YEAR AGO.
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A NEW STUDY BLAMES THE INTERNET FOR DISTRACTING YOU AT WORK.
IT SHOWS BETWEEN 60 AND 80 PERCENT OF WHAT YOU DO ONLINE AT WORK --
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WORK.
THE CONCLUSIONS FROM THE RESEARCHERS?
BOSSES NEED TO ENFORCE CYBERSLACKING POLICIES.
BUT SOME PSYCHOLOGISTS ARGUE --
A LITTLE WEB SURFING AT WORK CAN ELIMINATE BOREDOM AND INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY.
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YOU CAN SEE WHAT THESE OFFICERS ARE DOING.
COFFEE. TALKING.
STRAIGHT AHEAD WE SHOW YOU WHAT THEY WEREN'T DOING.AND HOW IT COULD HAVE COST LIVES.
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BUMP IN W/ ANCHOR MICS
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THE VIDEO'S STUNNING --
IT SHOWS FLORIDA POLICE OFFICERS DRINKING COFFEE OR TALKING --
AND IGNORING EMERGENCY CALLS FROM DISPATCH --
INCLUDING AN UNCONSCIOUS BABY.
BRAND NEW TONIGHT --
SOME STRONG WORDS FROM PEOPLE IN CHARGE.
HERE'S A-B-C'S JOHN SCRIFFEN.
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NATS "5 month old not alert."
When THE CALL COMES IN TO HELP AN UNCONSCIOUS 5 MONTH OLD THIS on-duty MIAMI
DADE POLICE OFFICER IS SUPPOSED TO SPRING INTO ACTION.
BUT THIS NEWLY RELEASED hidden camera VIDEO SHOWS THE OFFICER DOESN'T even
BUDGE FROM HIS SEAT what's more--that's his SUPERVISOR SITTING right next
to him.
SOT JAMES LOFTUS, FORMER MIAMI-DADE POLICE DIRECTOR
"the idea of not going to a call honestly never crosses your mind. that's
not so much about being a bad cop, that's about being a bad human being."
ACCORDING TO AN INTERNAL POLICE INVESTIGATION launched in 2010--- JUST HOURS
EARLIER, THE SAME OFFICER IGNORED AN ARMED ROBBERY IN PROGRESS.
NATS AUDIO
NATS "I'm in the area and ill advise when I get to the residence."
But instead of LENDing A HAND at the scene he had HIS ARMS WRAPPED AROUND
HIS GIRLFRIEND, WHO ALLEGEDLY MET HIM ON THE JOB ON NUMEROUS OCASSIONS.
OVER THE COURSE OF 2 YEARS, 5 OFFICERS AND A SERGEANT WERE SECRETLY WATCHED
while ON THE CLOCK, TAKING CARE OF OTHER business. LIKE SHOPPING AT TARGET
AND VISITING FAMILY OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT.
SOT MAYOR CARLOS GIMINEZ, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
"Not only are they not providing services to the residents they're also
making other officers do their work for them so that's really kind of a
despicable action."
TWO OFFICERS AND THE SERGEANT HAVE now BEEN FIRED, THE OTHER THREE.SUSPENDED
. WE REACHED OUT TO THE OFFICERS AND HEARD BACK FROM THE ONE SEEN HERE
KISSING HIS GIRLFRIEND, HE HAS NO COMMENT. BUT ALL THREE WHO WERE STRIPPED
OF THEIR BADGES ARE APPEALING TO GET THEIR JOBS BACK.
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ABC 7 IS STAYING ON TOP OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE STRING OF FAST FOOD ROBBERIES IN LEE COUNTY.
TONIGHT AT SIX--
THE LONG CRIMINAL HISTORY OF THE TEEN ARRESTED AFTER DEPUTIES SHOT AT HIM LAST NIGHT--
AND THE HUNT FOR A SECOND PERSON.
PROTECTING YOUR MONEY --
THE IRS UNCOVERS A 20-BILLION DOLLAR FRAUD CRISIS.
NEW AT SIX--
WHAT THE AGENCY IS DOING TO KEEP THIEVES FROM STEALING YOUR IDENTITY.
AND A NEW CRIME TREND THAT TARGETS YOUR YARD--
WHY THIEVES ARE SNATCHING STATUES.
THAT'S ALL NEXT ON ABC 7 NEWS AT SIX.
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AD LIB GOODBYE
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