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HEADLINES MISSING TEENS-VOTOPS OMNITIOPS

THEY VANISHED FRIDAY --

FOUND TODAY IN TEXAS.

AND HERE'S THE STUNNER.

NEXT AT 11 --

WHY THE PERSON WHO CLAIMED TO BE THE LAST ONE TO SEE THE COLLIER TEENS.

WAS FOUND *WITH THE COLLIER TEENS.*

PLUS --

RAIN'S COMING!

J-P TELLS YOU WHEN --

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FIRST WEATHER-WX WALL

MAYBE BREAKING NEWS-VOTOPS

ABC7 AT 11 STARTS WITH BREAKING NEWS!

WE HAVE A CREW ON THE SCENE OF A BRUSH FIRE IN SAN CARLOS PARK.

IT'S NEAR SAN CARLOS BOULEVARD AND U-S 41.

THIS IS THE *SEVENTH BRUSH FIRE IN THE PAST WEEK IN COLLIER COUNTY.

TONIGHT'S FIRE IS CONTAINED.

NOW THE INVESTIGATION STARTS..

THE SIX OTHER FIRES ARE ALL BEING CALLED SUSPICIOUS.

AUTHORITIES BELIEVE SOMEONE SET THEM ALL.

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MISSING TEENS FOUND-VO IN TC MON

FOR FIVE DAYS -- EVERY SCENARIO PLAYED OUT IN THE MINDS OF THE PARENTS OF THREE MISSING NAPLES TEENAGERS.

TONIGHT THEY'RE FOUND.

THEY'RE IN BOERNIE TEXAS 15-THOUSAND-45 MILES FROM COLLIER COUNTY.

MISSING TEENS FOUND-PKG

THREE SEPARATE SETS OF PARENTS OUTRAGED AND RELIEVED.

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THESE THREE COLLIER COUNTY TEENS.

17-YEAR-OLD SHYLA VALVERDE

HER BOYFRIEND 16-YEAR-OLD ANDREW RUIZ

AND 16-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL GIDEON

WERE THOUGHT TO BE MISSING. LAST SEEN BY GIDEON'S 20-YEAR-OLD GIRLFRIEND.ASHLEY HOLLANDER.

THE STORY. HOLLANDER DROPPED THE THREE IN NAPLES FRIDAY NIGHT.AND NEVER SAW THEM AGAIN.

SHE TOLD ABC7 THAT TODAY.

AT 11 - WE KNOW IT'S A LIE.

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INSTEAD THE TWO COUPLES PLOTTED AN ELABORATE SCHEME TO RUNAWAY. HEAD FOR CALIFORNIA FROM EAST NAPLES.

THEY TURNED OFF PHONES. LEFT BEHIND IMPORTANT THINGS.

OFF THE RADAR.

UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON.AN OFFICER IN BOERNIE TEXAS SAW THEM AT A LAUNDROMAT.

HE ALSO SAW THE FLYERS FOR THE MISSING TEENS. AND TOOK THEM IN FOR QUESTIONING.

THAT'S WHEN THEY FESSED UP TO RUNNING.

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BOTH BOYS ARE IN A JUVENILE FACILITY. BEING HELD FOR 24 HOURS.

SHYLA VALVERDE IS IN AN EMERGENCY YOUTH SHELTER.

AND ALL THREE PARENTS SAY THE TEENS AREN'T STAYING IN TEXAS.

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you have some working off money to do 17:45

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THEIR PARENTS ARE HEADING TO TEXAS NOW.SPENDING THOUSANDS ON FLIGHTS TO GET THEIR CHILDREN.

IN FACT, ANDREW RUIZ'S MOTHER AND FATHER JUST GOT ON A FLIGHT TO GET THEIR SON BFORE HE'S RELEASED FROM TEXAS JU-V.

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MISSING TEENS FOUND-TC MON

AS FOR ASHLEY HOLLANDER. -- SHE WON'T BE CHARGED BECAUSE TEXAS OFFICERS TELL US ALL THREE TEENS WENT WILLINGLY WITH HER.

UNABLE TO TEST-VO

NEW AT 11 --

A FORT MYERS MAN WHO DREAMS OF HELPING THE DISABLED IN COURT.

NOW NEEDS A LAWYER.

TO BECOME A LAWYER.

RUBEN CASTRO BATTLES SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY.

IT CONFINES HIM TO A WHEELCHAIR, AND IMPACTS HIS NERVES AND MUSCLES.

BECAUSE OF HIS CONDITION --

HE SAYS HE NEEDS MORE TIME ON THE L-SAT, THE ADMISSION TEST TO LAW SCHOOL.

THE LAW SCHOOL ADMISSION COUNCIL ADMINISTERS THAT TEST.

BUT THEY'VE DENIED CASTRO THE EXTRA TIME FIVE TIMES NOW.

UNABLE TO TEST-SOTVO

RUBEN CASTRO, FIGHTING TO TAKE LSAT: ADA is set for these reasons for individuals with disabilities to receive the accommodations and equality every other individual would receive

CASTRO WON'T GET INTO LAW SCHOOL WITHOUT THE L-SAT SCORE.

SO HE'S SUING -- HOPING TO GET MORE TIME FOR THE TEST, PLUS A COMPUTER AND PRINTER, BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WRITE LEGIBILY.

A-B-C-7 DID REACH OUT TO THE GROUP THAT RUNS THE L-SAT --

FIRE INVESTIGATION-VO

A FAST-MOVING FIRE THAT DESTROYED TWO TRAILERS IN SOUTH FORT MYERS IS UNDER INVESTIGATION TONIGHT.

IT HAPPENED AT THE JAMAICA BAY MOBILE PARK.

TAKE A LOOK AT THESE NEW PICTURES INTO ABC7 OF THE DAMAGE.

THE FIRE LEFT A FAMILY HOMELESS.

THE OTHER BURNED TRAILER WAS VACANT.

FLAMES DAMAGES TWO OTHER MOBILE HOMES.

CHRISTIE SETTLEMENT-VO

A WOMAN WHOSE HUSBAND DIED -- WHEN LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES PEPPER-SPRAYED HIM -- HAS A BIT OF CLOSURE TONIGHT.

IT ALL STARTED WITH A VIDEO.

A WARNING FIRST --THAT VIDEO'S HARD TO WATCH.

NICK CHRISTIE WAS ARRESTED ON A TRESPASSING CHARGE IN 2009.

DEPUTIES PEPPER-SPRAYED HIM SEVERAL TIMES EVEN THOUGH HE WAS RESTRAINED IN A CHAIR AND WEARING A SPIT MASK.

HE LATER DIED.

MULTIPLE INVESTIGATIONS FOUND NO CRIMINAL WRONGDOING.

BUT TODAY -- THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND ATTORNEYS REACHED A CIVIL SETTLEMENT.

CHRISTIE SETTLEMENT-SOTVO

UNSOLVED MURDER-SOT SS VO

THERE IS A STANDING 25-THOUSAND DOLLAR REWARD FOR TIPS THAT HELP SOLVE *ANY OF FORT MYER'S UNSOLVED MURDERS --

AND TODAY A FORT MYERS MOTHER WANTS YOU TO FIND HER SON'S KILLER.

21:00 we know there are ppl out there who know what happened but they don't want to come fwd

SARABRAIN ALEXANDER WAS THE FIRST MURDER IN THE CITY IN 2010.

OFFICERS INITIALLY ARRESTED SOMEONE IN THE CASE -- BUT PROSECUTORS DROPPED THE CHARGES WHEN A WITNESS TOOK BACK HER STORY.

NOW DETECTIVES SAY THEY KNOW WHO KILLED ALEXANDER - BUT NEED PEOPLE TO COME FORWARD.

KNIFE IN SCHOOL-SS (2)

*TWICE* NOW IN THE PAST WEEK --

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY STUDENTS TOOK WEAPONS TO SCHOOL WITH THEM.

NUMBER TWO HAPPENED TODAY.

DEPUTIES ARRESTED 18-YEAR-OLD CHARLES LOPEZ AT CAPE CORAL HIGH SCHOOL.

THEY SAY HE BROUGHT A *SIX-INCH KNIFE TO SCHOOL IN HIS BOOK BAG.

LAST WEEK, THEY SAY 14-YEAR-OLD JYMEZ FORTE BROUGHT A GUN AND A TASER TO MARINER MIDDLE SCHOOL.

LA MANHUNT LATEST-NATVO

MORE DETAILS ARE COMING OUT TONIGHT ON THE DEATH OF SUSPECTED COP-KILLER CHRISTOPHER DORNER IN CALIFORNIA.

Copy. Seven burners deployed and we have a fire."

TONIGHT AT 11 -- ABC7 CAN TELL YOU AUTHORITIES DID *NOT INTENTIONALLY BURN DOWN THE CABIN WHERE THEY SAY DORNER BARRICADED HIMSELF.

DEPUTIES SHOT PYROTECHNIC TEAR GAS INTO THE CABIN AND IT ERUPTED IN FLAMES --

THE GOAL WAS TO SMOKE HIM OUT,.

WE ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW -- THE BODY FOUND IN THE CABIN'S BASEMENT HAS YET TO BE POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED -- CORNONERS ARE STILL WORKING ON THAT.

NEXT AT 11 OPEN-CLIP

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

"I think that it's ridiculous. It's absurd."

THAT'S WHAT PARENTS ARE SAYING ABOUT A LOOPHOLE IN FLORIDA'S UNDERAGE DRINKING LAWS.

WHY YOU'LL END UP BEHIND BARS IF YOU *TEND* BAR IN *HERE* --

BUT ARE IN THE CLEAR IF YOU SERVE A BEER *OUT HERE.*

PLUS --

YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT COPS SAY IS A HALF-MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF DRUGS.

TZ1 A UNDERAGE DRINKING-SOTVO

TZ1 B SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA-VOTOPS

STORMWARN 7 JP OPEN-CLIP

WEATHER-PHC

SHOWERS ON THE WAY

Most of the evening down here in southwest Florida will be fine - humid and breezy - but fine. Rain is off to the north and approaching the Tampa area tonight. By midnight we should start to see some showers breaking out here. A cold front is inching down the peninsula and it looks like the front will stall over/near south Florida through Friday. This means that we will carry a chance for showers in our forecast for the next two days. It does NOT mean that we will be rained-out for two days, but you should plan on passing showers both Thursday and Friday. Temperatures will drop into the 60's tonight and it will be breezy and very humid. Tomorrow afternoon, thanks to the increased clouds and showers, our highs will only hit the mid and upper 70's. Looks like the 80 degree temps will be gone for a while.

The weekend outlook is looking good and we will start to see more sunshine returning on Saturday and Sunday. Afternoon highs on Saturday will be in the lower 70's and noticeably cooler on Sunday. In fact, Sunday morning and Monday morning will likely be in the 40's! The chilly weather will only last for a few days and we will warm up again next week.

LOTTO TEASE 1 UNDERAGE DRINKING-SOTVO

"To have such an open loophole seems ludicrous to me."

AND TONIGHT WE'RE EXPOSING IT!

HOW FLORIDA'S TOUGH LAWS AGAINST UNDERAGE DRINKING ALL OF A SUDDEN GET VERY *WEAK --

WHEN *WHERE* IT'S HAPPENING CHANGES.

PLUS --

FIND OUT THE *BEST* CITY IN THE COUNTRY. TO BE SINGLE IN!

LOTTO TEASE 2 CITIES FOR SINGLES-VOTOPS

LIVE FLORIDA LOTTERY DRAWING-LIVE

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UNDERAGE DRINKING-TC MON

IF YOU'RE CAUGHT SERVING A BEER TO A MINOR *IN YOUR OWN HOUSE* IN FLORIDA --

YOU'RE LOOKING AT JAIL AND A FINE.

BUT IN OUR ABC7 EXTRA TONIGHT --

WE UNCOVER A LOOPHOLE IN THE LAW THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING --

UNDERAGE DRINKING-PKG

"I think that it's ridiculous. It's absurd."

RIGHT NOW --

FLORIDA LAW PROHIBITS ADULTS FROM PROVIDING ALCOHOL TO MINORS *WITHIN A RESIDENCE.*

THAT'S THE KEY.

BECAUSE WHAT IT DOESN'T STOP --

IS ADULTS GIVING ALCOHOL TO MINORS AT OTHER LOCATIONS. LIKE STATE PARKS. OR VACANT LOTS.

"That's the whole idea of not being able to drink when you're under 21. You shouldn't be able to do it anywhere."

THAT'S THE REASONS LAWMAKERS ACROSS THE STATE. ARE NOW WORKING TO STRENGTHEN THE LAW THAT'S ALREADY ON THE BOOKS.

"To have such an open loophole seems ludicrous to me."

ADULTS WHO'VE HOSTED PARTIES WHERE ALCOHOL WAS SERVED TO MINORS. HAVE FOUND THEMSELVES IN TROUBLE BEFORE.

IN 2009. TWO MEN WENT TO JAIL AFTER INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY ALLOWED TEENS TO DRINK AT A PARTY NEAR PALM BEACH.

THREE OF THOSE TEENS DIED AFTER CRASHING THEIR JEEP INTO A FRONT-END LOADER.

AND IN BOCA RATON IN 20-10. TWO PARENTS FACED CHARGES AFTER HOSTING A PARTY WITH HUNDREDS OF TEENS.

SO NOW. FROM INSIDE SOMEONE'S HOUSE. TO OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

THERE'S A NEW PUSH TO STOP UNDERAGE DRINKING EVERYWHERE.

UNDERAGE DRINKING-OC

IF THE LAW PASSES --

ADULTS WHO GET CAUGHT HOSTING PARTIES WITH ALCOHOL AND MINORS - INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THEIR HOUSE -- WOULD FACE FINES AND EVEN JAILTIME.

AIRLINE MERGER-VO

NEW AT 11 --

AMERICAN AIRLINES AND U-S AIRWAYS WILL MERGE AND CREATE THE WORLD'S BIGGEST AIRLINE.

THE BOARDS OF BOTH COMPANIES APPROVED THE MERGER LATE TONIGHT.

A FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT IS EXPECTED TOMORROW.

AMERICAN STARTED RESTRUCTURING UNDER BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION IN 2011.

RUBIO WATER FOLO-NATVO SS

IT'S CALLED THE NEXT "WATERGATE."

TONIGHT -- SENATOR MARCO RUBIO IS DEALING WITH FALLOUT AFTER HIS RESPONSE TO THE PRESIDENT'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS LAST NIGHT.

no nats really, just him drinking,

IN THE MIDDLE OF RUBIO'S RESPONSE, HE TOOK A MOMENT TO TAKE GET A BOTTLE OF WATER.

THE SENATOR BRUSHED IT OFF ON HIS WEBSITE -- IN FACT HE PICKED UP 13-THOUSAND NEW TWITTER FOLLOWERS.

AND A RUBIO PAC IS RAISING MONEY, TOO.OFFERING MARCO WATER.

AND CHECK OUT WHAT POLAND SPRING NATURAL SPRING WATER'S FACEBOOK PAGE.

CRUISE NIGHTMARE-VO IN TC MON

LOOKING AHEAD --

TOMORROW AFTERNOON, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ON-BOARD A CRIPPLED CARNIVAL CRUISE SHIP WILL *FINALLY* BE BACK ON DRY LAND.

THEY'VE BEEN STRANDED AT SEA SINCE SUNDAY.

NEW AT 11 --

CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO FLYING OVER THAT CRUISE SHIP THAT HAS NO POWER.

PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING ON THE DECKS BECAUSE THEIR ROOMS ARE STIFLING HOT.

FAMILIES ARE CAMPING OUT AT THE PORT IN MOBILE, ALABAMA TONIGHT.

THAT'S WHERE TUG BOATS ARE DRAGGING THE SHIP.

CRUISE NIGHTMARE-SOTVO

my baby is up there, she was crying mama I'm scared.

CRYING BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONS.

WE'RE HEARING ABOUT FLOODED ROOMS, SEWAGE-FILLED HALLWAYS, LONG LINES FOR FOOD.

GIANT SYNTHETIC POT BUST-VO

WE HAVE PROOF TONIGHT SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA IS A GROWING PROBLEM ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

LOOK AT THIS!

OFFICERS IN SAN ANTONIO SEIZED THOUSANDS OF PACKETS LAST NIGHT.

THEIR HAUL IS WORTH ALMOST A HALF-A-MILLION DOLLARS.

INVESTIGATORS SAY CLERKS AT A PHILLIPS GAS STATION WERE SELLING THEM FROM BEHIND-THE-COUNTER.

BEST CITY FOR SINGLES-VO HS CG VBOX

IT'S VALENTINE'S DAY IN LESS THAN AN HOUR -- AND IF YOU ARE STILL SINGLE -- THEN MAYBE IT"S TIME FOR YOU TO MOVE!

TONIGHT -- WE HAVE THE RESULTS FROM A NEW SURVEY OF THE *BEST CITIES FOR SINGLES.

ACCORDING TO KIPLINGER'S PERSONAL FINANCE, THAT CITY IS BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS.

THE SURVEY FACTORED IN COST OF LIVING - THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE -- AND THE NUMBER OF SINGLES.

BLOOMINGTON'S SISTER CITY -- NORMAL -- IS ALSO HOME TO ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY.

THE RUNNER-UP, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

FOLLOWED BY ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, AND NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

OFFICE ROMANCE-WX ID

LET'S TALK ABOUT OFFICE ROMANCE.

ON A-B-C --

WE HAVE DOCTOR MEREDITH GREY AND MC-DREAMY ON GREY'S ANATOMY.

ON SCANDAL, THERE'S OLIVIA POPE AND THE PRESIDENT.

CAN'T FORGET ABOUT CASTLE.

THE TITLE STAR AND KATE BECKETT.

ALL INVOLVED IN WORKPLACE ROMANCES.

AND NOT ALONE.

ACCORDING TO A NEW CAREER BUILDER SURVEY --

TWO IN FIVE PEOPLE HAVE HAD AN OFFICE ROMANCE.

I'M ONE OF THEM.

NOT HERE.

OF THOSE WHO ADMITTED IT -- MOST WERE DATING A PEER.

BUT THREE IN TEN, SAY THEY DATED THEIR BOSS.

MOST PEOPLE WERE ALSO OPEN ABOUT THEIR ROMANCE.

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NEWS TEASE ASTEROID ALERT-VOTOPS

AS BIG AS A BUILDING -- AND CLOSER THAN THE MOON --

A MASSIVE SPACE ROCK WILL HAVE A CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH EARTH TOMORROW.

TEASE TWO-POP

THE FUN IS JUST STARTING. RAYS AND TWINS ARE BACK. HEAR FROM BOTH TEAMS.

TZ2 A SPORTS-VO

NIGHTLINE TEASE-BLK-SOT

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

TWINS WORKOUT-POP

TWINS WORKOUT-VOTOPS-WIPE

LIKE ALL-STAR JOE MAUER.

THE MAN HAS BEEN PLAGUED BY INJURIES. MISSINGS TIME LAST SEASON.

AND PLAYED ONLY 82 GAMES IN 2011.

TWINS WORKOUT-SOTTOPS-WIPE

RAYS WORKOUT-VOTOPS-WIPE

NEXT STOP PORT CHARLOTTE. FOR DAY ONE OF SPRING TRAINING

PITCHERS AND CATCHERS GETTING THEIR FIRST WORKOUTS. IN.

RAYS WORKOUT-SOTTOPS

ACE GROUP PRO AM-POP

ACE GROUP PRO AM-VOTOPS-WIPE

OF COURSE. HE'S HOPING TO DO IT AGAIN THIS WEEKEND AT THE ACE GROUP CLASSIC.

TODAY HE WAS GETTING THE LAY OF THE LAND AT TWINEAGLES DURING THE PRO AM EVENT.

ACE GROUP PRO AM-SOTTOPS-WIPE

FRIDAY PAIRINGS-CGTOPS-WIPE

SPEAKING OF THE ACE GROUP CLASSIC.

THE PAIRINGS FOR FRIDAY HAVE BEEN RELEASE.

SOME IMPRESSIVE GROUPS PLAYING TOGETHER.

INCLUDING KENNY PERRY AND BERNHARD LANGER. THEY ARE LAST TWO CHAMPIONS.

BLACK WIDOW`-VOTOPS

SPEAKING OF GOLF. HOW ABOUT THIS WOMAN. DANIELA HOLMQUIST. SHE WAS BITTEN BY A BLACK WIDOW SPIDER. WHILE PLAYING IN A TOURNAMENT.

MIAMI HURRICANES-POP

MIAMI HURRICANES-VOTOPS-WIPE

LET'S GO TO TALAHASSEE. FLORIDA STATE AWAITING THE CANES.

FIRST HALF WE GO. CANES ON THE RUN. TREY MCKINNEY JONES. WITH THE HAMMER. CANES UP 3.

SECOND HALF MIAMI GETTING SOME SEPARATION.. SHANE LARKIN. ATTACKING THE RIM. BUCKET AND ONE.

WILL FARRELL-VOTOPS

SECRURITY WAS TIGHT LAST NIGHT AT THE LA LAKER GAME.

AND BY TIGHT I MEAN. RIDICULOUS.

FUNNY GUY WILL FARRELL WORKING THE FLOOR LAST NIGHT.

TOSS TO BREAK-POP

ASTEROID ALERT-VOTOPS

AN ASTEROID HALF THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL FIELD IS EXPECTED TO PASS WITHIN JUST 17-THOUSAND MILES OF EARTH TOMORROW.

THAT'S CLOSER THAN THE MOON.

AND IT'S A MODERN-DAY RECORD FOR A SPACE ROCK OF THAT SIZE.

NASA SAYS THE EARTH'S NOT IN DANGER.

BUT SOME WORRY IT COULD MESS UP THE SIGNAL ON YOUR CELL PHONE COVERAGE.

KIMMEL TEASE-SOT

CLOSE 11PM-3SHOT