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11:43:13 he was on top of me and hitting my head against the floor. Prosecutor: What did you do?

SHE FAKED OUT HER ATTACKER!

NOW HER EX IS ON TRIAL FOR SHAKING THEIR BABY TO DEATH.

NEW AT 5 --

ABC 7 IS IN THE COURTROOM WITH THAT MOM'S EMOTIONAL TESTIMONY.

THE GREAT DIVIDE--

ABC 7 TAKES TO THE SKY TO SHOW YOU HOW RED TIDE IS IMPACTING SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

NEW AT 5--

TEAM COVERAGE OF THE RECORD SEA LIFE DEATHS ALONG OUR SHORES.

A TEACHER, A THIEF--

CAUGHT RED HANDED STEALING FROM A STUDENT'S BACKPACK.

NEW AT 5--

THE STUDENT STING OPERATION AND THE TEACHER'S TRUTH ABOUT WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.

AND--

cha ching!

this shoe is ridiculous on so many levels

DADDY'S MONEY--

IT'S A NEW LINE OF SHOES TARGETING TEEN GIRLS--

SO IS IT FUN AND LIGHTHEARTED OR OFFENSIVE-

YOU DECIDE ON THE CONTROVERSIAL KICKS, RIGHT NOW AT 5.

HL1) COSTELLO TRIAL-trxSOTVO

HL2) RED TIDE AERIALS-trxVOTOPS

HL3) TEACHER CAUGHT STEALING MONEY-trxVOTOPS

HL4) CONTROVERSIAL NEW SNEAKERS-trx(2)SOTSVO

STORMWARN-CLIP

FIRST WEATHER-WX WALL

After seven straight days of highs in the 80s, cooler weather will be moving into Southwest Florida over the next couple of days and into the weekend. Yesterday's cold front didn't bring much rain with it, but it did bring cloudy periods to the area this afternoon as it has stalled out across the southern portion of our viewing area.

Temperatures today were a bit cooler as they climbed into the middle and upper 70s and we did see a slight drop in the humidity due to a light northerly breeze. For the remainder of our Wednesday afternoon, expect mostly cloudy skies and couple of showers mainly south of the Caloosahatchee River as they roll in from the southwest off the Gulf of Mexico. Through the evening, expect a few of these showers to linger across the area as temperatures fall into the upper 60s to low 70s.

Tonight, the clouds should begin to break up across Southwest Florida with partly cloudy skies overnight. Temperatures will also be cooler as they drop into the upper 50s with a few spots reaching the middle 50s by morning.

By Thursday, we should manage to squeeze out more sunshine and daytime highs will remain on a cooling trend as they top out in the middle 70s. As another system passes across the state, Friday and into the weekend we'll notice our skies beginning to cloud up and temperatures will take a tumble. By Saturday we're looking at highs in the 60s with a pretty good chance of a few scattered showers to develop during the afternoon and into Sunday. Overnight lows will drop into the 40s through Tuesday morning with 30s deeper inland.

DEVELOPING-CLIP

COSTELLO TRIAL-SOTVOTOPS

11:43:13 he was on top of me and hitting my head against the floor. Prosecutor: What did you do? 20 I faked being unconcious so he would stop. 25

DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW AT 5 --

THIS MOM IS TESTIFYING AGAINST THE FATHER OF HER CHILD --

IN LEE COUNTY COURT!

RYAN COSTELLO IS ACCUSED OF SHAKING THE COUPLE'S FOUR-MONTH-OLD SON DARWIN TO DEATH BACK IN 2010.

WHITNEY SIMONSEN ALSO TOLD THE COURT TODAY COSTELLO ATTACKED HER --

AND SHE HAD TO FAKE UNCONSCIOUSNESS TO GET HIM TO STOP.

AFTER THAT --

COSTELLO TRIAL-SOTVO-WIPE

Whitney Simonsen/victim's mother

11:4542 he felt really heavy and he was kind of wheezing and I tried to wake him up and he wasn't so I started screaming what have you done 58

SIMONSEN ALSO ADMITTED SHE WAS A DRUG DEALER--

KANASHA ISAAC NEW INFO.-BNR-VO-SS-OC

ALSO DEVELOPING TONIGHT--

ABC 7 HAS NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE 16-YEAR OLD SHOT AND KILLED IN THE PARKING LOT OF A FORT MYERS RESTAURANT.

ACCORDING TO AN ARREST REPORT OUT TODAY.

KANASHA ISSAC WAS THREE MONTHS PREGNANT AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING.

THE IMMOKALEE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WAS SHOT IN THE FACE OUTSIDE ALE HOUSE SATURDAY NIGHT.

HENRY BRUNSON FACES SECOND DEGREE MURDER CHARGES IN ISAAC'S DEATH.

I75 CRASH FOLO-VO

ALSO NEW TONIGHT.

A FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPER IS ON DESK DUTY AFTER A CRASH ON 1-75.

F-H-P IS INVESTIGATING TROOPER GUSTAVO REYES.

AUTHORITIES ARE CONDUCTING A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION THAT COULD TAKE 60 DAYS TO COMPLETE.

TROOPERS TELL US REYES CLIPPED THE BACK OF A FAMILY'S JEEP BETWEEN COLONIAL AND DANIELS IN LEE COUNTY ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.

FRIENDS OF THE MCCLURE FAMILY SAY CRYSTAL'S UNBORN BABY DID NOT SURVIVE.

HER HUSBAND CHRISTOPHER SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES --

BREAKING-CLIP

DOW 5 YEAR HIGH-NATSVO

nats of closing bell

BREAKING NEWS AT 5 --

A HUGE RALLY ON WALL STREET JUST FINISHED WITH THE CLOSING BELL.

THE DOW GAINED 175 POINTS TODAY.

IT FINISHED AT 14,075.

THAT'S THE HIGHEST CLOSE OF THE YEAR.

IT'S BEEN UP NEARLY 300 POINTS OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS.

SHERIFF SCOTT LETTER TO OBAMA-VO

NEW AT 5 --

LEE COUNTY SHERIFF MIKE SCOTT IS SENDING A STRONG MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA TONIGHT ABOUT GUN CONTROL LAWS.

SCOTT POSTED A LETTER ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE RUNS.

IN IT --

HE CALLS THE PRESIDENT A HYPOCRITE.

HE SAYS PRESIDENT OBAMA ONCE SUPPORTED THE RIGHTS OF GUN OWNERS AND HAS NOW CONTRADICTED THAT WITH HIS RECENT STANCE.

THE PRESIDENT HAS ISSUED 23 EXECUTIVE ORDERS - AND CALLED FOR MORE BACKGROUND CHECKS, AN ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN AND ELIMINATING ARMOR PIERCING BULLETS.

COLLIER DECISION-VOTOPS-WIPE

SHERIFF'S SCOTT'S LETTER COMES ONE DAY AFTER A SIMILAR DECISION IN COLLIER COUNTY.

NEW RED TIDE VIDEO-BNR-VOTOPS-WIPE

NOW TO THE GREAT, RED TIDE DIVIDE--

BRAND NEW VIDEO AT FIVE SHOWS THE TOXIC ALGAE OFF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SHORES.

WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS A MILE WEST OF CAPTIVIA.

AND BRAND NEW TONIGHT--

DEAD MARINE LIFE SETUP-VDBX-TOPS

COURTNEY --

FISH AND WILDLIFE SAYS IN JUST TWO MONTHS THIS YEAR --

THREE TIMES THE NUMBER OF MANATEES HAVE BEEN KILLED BY RED TIDE, COMPARED TO ALL OF LAST YEAR.

TONIGHT --

WE'VE LEARNED SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THE ALGAE BLOOM KILLED A LOGGERHEAD TURTLE AS WELL.

A)DEAD MANATEE-VO

B) DEAD LOGGERHEAD TURTLE-VO

DEAD MANATEE RED TIDE-VO.WIPE

THE RED TIDE BLOOM'S LARGEST VICTIMS. ARE THE MANATEES.

NEARLY ALL OF THE MANATEES TURNING UP DEAD ARE IN LEE, CHARLOTTE AND NORTHERN COLLIER COUNTIES.

SCIENTISTS SAY THE TOXIN PRODUCED BY RED TIDE GETS STUCK IN THE SEA GRASS THAT MANATEE EAT.

THE TOXIN PARALZYES THEM.SUFFOCATES THEM, OR BOTH.

THE BLOOM OFFSHORE IS BECOMING MORE SEVERE, AS MORE MANATEES ARE ARRIVING HERE DURING THEIR WINTER MIGRATION.

SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT'S BEHIND THE HIGH NUMBER OF DEATHS.

DEAD MANATEE RED TIDE-SOTVO

take sots butted together

Garrett Davenport, Pine Island

12:27 wow that really brings it to light 12:30

Richard Lauzon, visiting from Montreal

03:18 astonished astonished beacause we love manatee 03:23

F-W-C OFFICERS NEED YOUR HELP GETTING TO MANATEES THAT MIGHT BE SUFFERING FROM RED TIDE.

YOU CAN CALL THEIR HOTLINE.

TEAM COVEAGE-CLIP

DEAD LOGGERHEAD TURTLE-OC-SS-OC

OUR TEAM COVERAGE CONTINUES IN BONITA SPRINGS

A LARGE LOGGERHEAD TURTLE WAS FOUND DEAD THERE TODAY LIKELY BECAUSE OF RED TIDE.

DEAD LOGGERHEAD TURTLE-LL PKG

So far this year 12 sea turtles have been recovered, Their suspected killer- red tide.

That's compared to just 2 at this time last year.

And today for the first time a large loggerhead turtle is on the list.

Found in a bay just beyond here.

Take vo

This female loggerhead was spotted by a boater in fish trap bay and recovered by Florida gulf coast university Barnacles cover her shell, And she seemed underweight.

Researches says she doesn't have a microchip so she hasn't been studied before.

It's a call that researches say they dread getting.

Especially with protected species like this.

Take sot

16 sec

Hav Erfidle

Turtle Time

"When I get that call I just ' oh no not another one. Its that saddness, but if its an animal like the one we just retrieved perhaps it will give us some answers through laboratory testing."

The loggerhead is headed to the freezer until Fwc can pick it up and perform a necropsy.

POPE LAST EVENT-NATSVO.WIPE

POPE BENEDICT THE 16TH MADE HIS PUBLIC FAREWELL TODAY!

WATCH!

nats or cheering

A CROWD OF ABOUT 150 THOUSAND PEOPLE PACKED SAINT PETERS SQUARE IN VATICAN CITY FOR THE POPE'S LAST PUBLIC APPEARANCE.

HE'S RESIGNING THIS WEEK.

POPE LAST EVENT-SOTVO

I will continue to accompany the church with my prayers, and I ask each of you to pray for me and for the new Pope."

POPE BENEDICT WILL OFFICIALLY LEAVE HIS POST TOMORROW.

TEAM COVERAGE-CLIP

AVE MARIA MASSES-NATSVO

LOCAL COMMUNITIES ARE SHOWING THEIR THANKS TO POPE BENEDICT THE SIXTEENTH.

nats

THREE MASSES OF THANKSGIVING WERE HELD AT AVE MARIA TODAY FOR THE POPE.

AVE MARIA MASSES-SOTVO

Chris Smith, Attended Mass "It will be a sad time but I'm also just very thankful for the amount and time and love he's given to our church.

BUDGET LATEST-VO

PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL MEET FRIDAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS FROM BOTH PARTIES.

THEY WILL TALK ABOUT MASSIVE FEDERAL BUDGET CUTS.

THAT MEETING IS THE SAME DAY AS THE DEADLINE TO AVOID AUTOMATIC 85-BILLION-DOLLAR BUDGET CUTS.

HAGEL SWORN IN-SOTVOTOPS

"I will do everything in my power to be the kind of leader that you expect and you deserve.

CHUCK HAGEL TOOK HIS OATH AS THE NEW DEFENSE SECRETARY TODAY.

SENATORS CONFIRMED THEIR FORMER COLLEAGUE YESTERDAY.

IT WASN'T AN EASY FEAT FOR HAGEL.

BOY INJURED BY HORSE HOME-VO.WIPE

A 13-YEAR-OLD CHARLOTTE COUNTY BOY IS BACK HOME TONIGHT --

AFTER A HORSE-BACK RIDING ACCIDENT LANDED HIM IN THE HOSPITAL FOR 17 DAYS.

OUR CAMERA WAS THERE AS GABE WELCHMAN INTERACTED WITH THE HORSE HE WAS RIDING THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT.

THE EIGHTH GRADER SUFFERED A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY WHEN ANOTHER HORSE COLLIDED WITH THE HORSE HE WAS RIDING.

GABE WAS UNCONCIOUSNESS FOR FOUR DAYS.

BOY INJURED BY HORSE HOME-SOTVO

"I think he's got a little more of an attitude of gratitude. He's just really happy that he's still alive and he's really happy to be home and see his horses and his family."

GABE WILL GO TO LEE COUNTY THREE DAYS A WEEK FOR DIFFERENT REHABILITATION PROGRAMS.

CHICO'S EXPANSION-NATSVO.WIPE

A MAJOR EMPLOYER HERE IN FORT MYERS IS EXPANDING AGAIN.

nats

THIS 146 THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT BUILDING NOW KNOWN AS "BUILDING TEN" IS CHICO'S LATEST EXPANSION.JUST ONE YEAR AFTER BREAKING GROUND.

LEE COUNTY FUNDED MORE THAN 3 POINT 2-6 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE EXPANSION.

THIS BUILDING SITS RIGHT ON CHICO'S 60 ACRE FORT MYERS CAMPUS.

A SPACE THAT WON'T STAY EMPTY LONG.

CHICO'S EXPANSION-SOTVO

JIM MOORE

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LEE COUNTY'S DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS.

"It's not just Chicos. This is a big deal for us. A huge capital investment a lot of new employees, a lot of economic benefit. With that said its what Chico's means to the community."

NEXT AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

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

FREE TESTING.

FROM DIABETES TO SLEEP DISORDERS.

OUR SMART SHOPPER FOUND HOW TO AVOID THOSE HIGH MEDICAL COSTS. WITHOUT PAYING A DIME.

DOUSED WITH INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH LYE. IT BURNED THIS WOMAN'S FACE.DISFIGURING HER.

TONIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME. SHE HAS A NEW FACE.

THE FACE TRANSPLANT.

TZ1 A HEALTH FAIR-VOTOPS

TZ1 B FACE TRANSPLANT-VOTOPS

MICHIGAN SNOW-VOTOPS

THAT MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THIS IS IN WESTERN MICHIGAN WHEREA COMBINATION OF SNOW, RAIN, SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BLANKETED THE GRAND RAPIDS AREA.

STORMWARN OPEN-CLIP

FORECAST-PHC

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

FORECAST-WXWALL

After seven straight days of highs in the 80s, cooler weather will be moving into Southwest Florida over the next couple of days and into the weekend. Yesterday's cold front didn't bring much rain with it, but it did bring cloudy periods to the area this afternoon as it has stalled out across the southern portion of our viewing area.

Temperatures today were a bit cooler as they climbed into the middle and upper 70s and we did see a slight drop in the humidity due to a light northerly breeze. For the remainder of our Wednesday afternoon, expect mostly cloudy skies and couple of showers mainly south of the Caloosahatchee River as they roll in from the southwest off the Gulf of Mexico. Through the evening, expect a few of these showers to linger across the area as temperatures fall into the upper 60s to low 70s.

Tonight, the clouds should begin to break up across Southwest Florida with partly cloudy skies overnight. Temperatures will also be cooler as they drop into the upper 50s with a few spots reaching the middle 50s by morning.

By Thursday, we should manage to squeeze out more sunshine and daytime highs will remain on a cooling trend as they top out in the middle 70s. As another system passes across the state, Friday and into the weekend we'll notice our skies beginning to cloud up and temperatures will take a tumble. By Saturday we're looking at highs in the 60s with a pretty good chance of a few scattered showers to develop during the afternoon and into Sunday. Overnight lows will drop into the 40s through Tuesday morning with 30s deeper inland.

TOSS TO NINA-OC

THE COST OF HEALTH CARE CAN OVERWHELM YOU.

A SINGLE TRIP TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE CAN COST YOU HUNDREDS.

BUT TONIGHT --

WE'RE GOING TO HELP YOU DO IT FOR FREE.

A-B-C 7 SMART SHOPPER NINA MOINI UNCOVERED HOW TO GET COMMON HEALTH SCREENINGS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WITHOUT PAYING A DIME.

HEALTH FAIR-TC MON

HEALTH FAIR-PKG

NATS - DOCTOR SCREENING

FINDING A PROPER DIAGNOSIS TAKES TIME AND MONEY.

22:20:02 3

"I22:19:35 3

"Guess you probably have to make an appointment with the doctor."

BUT EM HAYES FOUND AN ALTERNATIVE WAY TO SEE A DOCTOR THROUGH A FREE COMMUNITY-WIDE HEALTH FAIR.

LEE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM AND LOCAL CLINICS COME TO ONE CONVENIENT SPOT AND PROVIDE ON-THE-SPOT WELLNESS SCREENINGS FOR A VARIETY OF HEALTH CONCERNS.

TODAY - IT'S THE CIVIC CENTER ON SANIBEL.

22:19:01 3

"I thought that was a good idea because it is local."

THIS WAY EM CAN FIND OUT WHAT NEEDS FINE TUNING.

22:19:08 10

"I wanted to get my vision and hearing checked I just had glucose screening."

FRANKETTE RINALDI WITH LEE MEMORIAL SAYS THE FREE FAIRS GIVE PATIENTS LIKE EM MORE COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE.

22:27:44 5

"You can walk through stop and talk to whoever you want for as long as

you want."

AND THE SAVINGS COULD ADD UP TO HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS -

FREE SERVICES HERE LIKE SKIN CANCER SCREENING, A SLEEP APNEA TEST, OR A VISION SCREENING OFTEN COST UPWARDS OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DOCTOR'S VISIT.

AT THE HEALTH FAIR - PATIENTS CAN FIND OUT WHERE TO FOCUS THEIR ATTENTION FOR FUTURE DOCTORS' VISITS AND EVEN MAKE FOLLOW UP APPOITNMENTS ON THE SPOT.

NATS - all good

IT'S A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH FOR EM-

22:20:02 3

"I don't like really going to doctors much."

HEALTH FAIR-TC MON

THERE ARE SEVERAL MORE OF THESE FAIRS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF

THE NEXT ONE IS TOMORROW AT HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN BONITA SPRINGS FROM 10 TO 1.

FACE TRANSPLANT-VO

A VERMONT WOMAN IS RECOVERING TONIGHT AFTER RECEIVING A FACE TRANSPLANT.

CARMEN TARLETON WAS LEFT DISFIGURED IN 2007 AFTER HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND DOUSED HER WITH INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH LYE.

SHE WAS BURNED OVER 80 PERCENT OF HER BODY.

DOCTORS AT BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL IN BOSTON WORKED 15 HOURS TO COMPLETE THE TRANSPLANT.

DANCE INJURIES-VOTOPS

A HEALTH WARNING TONIGHT FOR DANCERS.

DANCE-RELATED INJURIES SUCH AS A SPRAINED ANKLE IS ON THE RISE.

EXPERTS THINK THE POPULARITY OF DANCE REALITY SHOWS MAY BE CAUSING MORE YOUNG PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN BALLET OR TAPE LEADING TO MORE INJURES.

CHINA AIRPORT RAGE-VO IN POP-VO

NEW AT 5 --

RAGE AT THE AIRPORT.

CAUGHT ON CAMERA --

A MAN FLAT-OUT LOSES IT AFTER MISSING HIS FLIGHT.

LOOK AT THIS!

THIS MAN HAS A TOP POSITION IN THE GOVNERMENT IN CHINA.

HE AND HIS FAMILY MISSED A FLIGHT LAST MONTH.

IT WAS THE SECOND ONE THEY MISSED THAT DAY.

AND AFTER THE AIRLINES WOULDN'T LET HIM GET ON-BOARD,

HE STARTED SMASHING THINGS IN THE BOARDING AREA.

THEN HE PICKS UP A METAL SIGN AND BASHED THE GLASS DOOR.

NEW AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE TWO------------

IT'S NOT THE LOOK THAT'S CAUSING THE RAGE.

IT'S THE TAGLINE.

WHY THESE SKETCHERS SNEAKERS ARE CALLED DADDY'S MONEY.

ROSA PARKS INSIDE THE CAPITOL -

TZ2 A CONTROVERSIAL NEW SNEAKERS-SOTVO

TZ2 B ROSA PARKS STATUE-VOTOPS

BUMP SHOT-BUMP IN

CONTROVERSIAL NEW SNEAKERS-VO IN POP

A SNEAKER COMMERICAL IS CAUSING CONTROVERSY TONIGHT.

THE SHORES ARE CALLED "DADDY'S MONEY" SUGGESTING YOUNG GIRLS SHOULD ASK THEIR FATHERS FOR MONEY TO BUY THEM.

CONTROVERSIAL NEW SNEAKERS-PKG

THIS MORNING-- CONTROVERSY IS MOST DEFINITELY *A-FOOT* FOR SKECHERS.

THE POPULAR SHOE BRAND-- UNDER FIRE FOR MARKETING IT'S NEW LINE OF BRIGHTLY

COLORED HIGH-HEELED WEDGE SNEAKERS -- CALLED "DADDY'S MONEY"-TO PRE-TEEN AND

TEENAGE GIRLS.

X058-763-3

1:05:17

THIS IS WHOLE CAMPAIGN THIS SHOE IS RIDICULOUS ON SO MANY LEVELS

THE TAG LINE? "Get spoiled with Daddy's Money, ultra-cool shoes that will

put you in the spotlight."

BUT NOW IT SEEMS -- THE ONLY THING IN THE SPOTLIGHT IS SKECHER'S ITSELF --

WITH MOMMY BLOGGERS LIKE ERICKA SOUTER EXPRESSING THEIR OUTRAGE.

X058-763-3

1:01:30

IT TEACHES YOUNG GIRLS THAT THEY CAN USE THEIR FEMININE WILES TO GET WHAT

THEY WANT EVEN FROM THEIR OWN FATHERS.

1:02:52

AND IT'S TOTALLY SEXIST.IN THIS DAY AND AGE ALOT OF MOMMIES ARE FOOTING

HALF THE BILLS IF NOT ALL OF THE BILLS.

COMMERCIALS FOR "DADDY'S MONEY" ARE NOW AIRING EVERYWHERE FROM MTV TO

CHILDREN'S CARTOON CHANNEL "THE HUB". PARENTING COACH AND PSYCHOTHERAPIST

TAMMY GOLD SAYS IT'S MORE THAN JUST SHOCKING-- IT'S SENDING A POTENTIALLY

DANGEROUS MESSAGE TO YOUNG AND IMPRESSIONABLE GIRLS.

X0058-736_6

2:02:56

THE WHOLE ASPECT OF SELF WORTH IS OFF IN THIS BECAUSE YOU WANT TO MOTIVATE

CHILDREN ESPECIALLY IN THIS DAY AND AGE TO DO FOR THEMSELVES, TO BE

INDEPENDENT, TO GET THINGS FROM THEMSELVES TO EARN ONE DAY AND ALL OF THIS

IS SAYING THE OPPOSITE.

BUT SKETCHERS IS PUTTING ITS CONSIDERABLE FOOT DOWN AND DEFENDING THE LINE--

TELLING ABC NEWS QUOTE:

"The Daddy's Money name and the collection's advertising are designed to be

fun and lighthearted, and we regret that some people have been offended by

the name. "

FASHIONABLE OR NOT-- THE DADDY'S AND MOMMY'S WE SPOKE TO SAY THEY WON'T BE

SPENDING THEIR MONEY ON THE CONTROVERSIAL KICKS.ANY TIME SOON.

TEASE THREE-2 SHOT

BANNING THE SALE OF ASSAULT WEAPONS.

HIGH CAPACITY MAGAZINES.

WASHINGTON IS TAKING UP GUN CONTROL.

AND THEY'RE HEARING FROM THOSE WHO LOST CHILDREN AT SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY.

SOT Neil Heslin - "I am jessie lewis's dad. Jessie was brutally murdered at Sandy Hook School

.

THE LAWMAKERS LISTENING TO THE PLEAS FROM SURVIVORS OF GUN VIOLENCE.

AND THOSE FIGHTING THE LEGISLATION.

CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

A FLORIDA WOMAN ALMOST RUN OVER FOR HER PURSE.

WHAT HAPPENED WHEN SHE TRIED TO STOP THE PURSE SNATCHERS.

"cha-ching!"

THE TOO-TAN MOM IS CELEBRATING TONIGHT.

WHY SHE'S BACK IN THE HEADLINES A YEAR AFTER HER FIVE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER SAID HER MOM TOOK HER T THE TANNING BED.

BUT FIRST - MEET ABC 7'S FACEBOOK WOMAN OF THE DAY.

NICHOLE SHEPHERD OF LEHIGH ACRES.

THANKS FOR WATCHING NICHOLE.

TZ3 A GUN SAFETY CONTROL-SOTVO

TZ3 B FLORIDA WOMAN PURSE SNATCH-VO

TZ3 C TANNNING MOM-NATSVO

FACEBOOK WOMAN OF THE DAY-SSTOPS

BUMP SHOT-BUMP OUT

DEPUTY INVOLVED SHOOTING FOLO-VO

BREAKING NEWS IN THE INVESTIGATION INTO A DEADLY DEPUTY INVOLVED SHOOTING.

INVESTIGATORS SAY LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES FRANK TRESTKA AND DAN COTE SHOT AND KILLED CARLOS JOSEPH CHARLES ALONG I-75 IN LEE COUNTY LAST JUNE.

YESTERDAY THE STATE ATTORNEY SAID HIS OFFICE WILL NOT FILE ANY CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST THE DEPUITES.

NEWS AT 5:00 PM OPEN-CLIP

TS COSTELLO TRIAL-VID BOX

MAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW AT 530 --

A KEY WITNESS TESTIFIED IN THE RYAN COSTELLO MURDER TRIAL TODAY.

COSTELLO'S ACCUSED OF BEATING HIS INFANT SON TO DEATH --

AFTER GETTING INTO A FIGHT WITH THE CHILD'S MOTHER.

TODAY IN LEE COUNTY COURT --

TS KANASHA PREGNANT-VID BOX

ABC7 LEARNED TODAY THE TEEN SHOT AND KILLED IN THE PARKING LOT AT A FORT MYERS RESTAURANT WAS THREE MONTHS PREGNANT.

16 YEAR OLD KANASHA ISSAC WAS SHOT AND KILLED SATURDAY NIGHT.

OFFICERS HAVE ARRESTED ONE MAN IN HER DEATH.

TS DEAD MANATEES RED TIDE-VID BOX

RED TIDE KEEPS CLAIMING THE LIVES OF MARINE LIFE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

TODAY --

FISH AND WILDLIFE TOLD ABC7 THAT SO FAR IN 2013 -

RED TIDE HAD KILLED THREE TIMES THE NUMBER OF MANATEES THAN ALL OF LAST YEAR.

GUN SAFETY DEBATE-TRX-VOTOPS-2 SHOT

THE DEBATE OVER NEW GUN CONTROL LAWS IS HEATING UP IN WASHINGTON.

TODAY THE SENATE FOCUSED ON A BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS.

GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, I'M JEFF BUTERA.

AND I'M COURTNEY ROBINSON.

SEVERAL PEOPLE SPOKE INCLUDING THE PARENT OF ONE OF THE VICTIMS FROM THE NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT SCHOOL SHOOTING.

GUN SAFETY DEBATE-PKG

SOT Neil Heslin

"I am jessie lewis's dad. Jessie was brutally murdered at Sandy Hook School

. 20 minutes after I dropped him off."

THE SOB-STIFLED VOICE- OF A GRIEVING FATHER -

ADDING TO THE CRY - FOR GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION.

THE SENATE'S JUDICIARY COMMITTEE'S FIRST HEARING ON THE ISSUE-

AS EMOTIONAL -

AS IT WAS - HEATED:

-CONFRONTATION BETWEEN OFFICER AND LINDSEY GRAHAM - NATS "You are wrong"

ON THE TABLE - A PROPOSAL BY SENATOR DIANNE FIENSTEIN TO BAN THE SALE OF

ASSAULT WEAPONS AND HIGH-CAPACITY MAGAZINES.

--

GRANDFATHERING IN-THOSE THAT ARE ALERADY OWNED-

BUT BLOCKING THE SALE OF NEARLY 160-MODELS OF WEAPONS-

SOT Grassley bite-

"The fact that these weapons are commonly used for self-defense raise

constitutional questions under the Second Amendment."

WITH PLENTY OF OPPOSITION FROM REPUBLICANS - AND SOME DEMOCRATS-

THE BILL - JOINS OTHERS- FACING AN UPHILL BATTLE IN CONGRESS.

TODAY - VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN - ASKED THE NATION'S ATTORNEYS GENERAL FOR

SUPPORT- AS HE URGED ACTION.

SOT BIDEN

"The excuse that it's too politically risky to act is no longer acceptable.

We cannot remain silent."

ADDING TO THE PLEAS - OF THOSE - WHO ARGUE AN ASSAULT WEAPON BAN WOULD BE A

**START** - IN THE FIGHT TO SAVE LIVES.

SOT Dr. William Begg

People say the overall amount of assault weapon death is relatively small,

but you know what, please don't tell that to the people of Tuczon, or Aurora

, or Columbine or Virginia Tech, don't tell that to the people of Newtown.

Marci Gonzalez Standup Close:

AND THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE COULD BEGIN CONSIDERING SEVERAL GUN-

RELATED BILLS AS SOON AS THURSDAY.

CA SHOOTING-NATSVO

DRAMATIC VIDEO CAPTURES AN INTENSE SHOOTOUT THAT KILLED TWO

POLICE OFFICERS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

THE OFFICERS WERE INVESTIGATING A SEXUAL ASSAULT WHEN

A GUNMAN FIRED AT THEM.

SEARGANT LORAN BAKER AND DETECTIVE ELIZABETH BUTLER

WERE BOTH KILLED.

A SHORT TIME LATER. A SUSPECT WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY POLICE DURING A PURSUIT.

VEGAS SHOOTING PERSON OF INTEREST-VOTOPS

NEW AT 530 --

A MIAMI WOMAN HAS NOW BECOME A PERSON OF INTEREST IN LAST WEEK'S DEADLY SHOOTING AND EXPLOSION ON THE LAS VEGAS STRIP.

"TINEESHA HOWARD" IS CURRENTLY LISTED AS MISSING --

AND IS POSSIBLY IN DANGER.

COPS SAY SHE WAS IN A RANGE ROVER INVOLVED IN SHOOTING-CRASH-AND-EXPLOSION.

THE RANGE ROVER DISAPPEARED AND SO TOO DID HOWARD AND A MAN IN THAT RANGE ROVER.

SWITZERLAND SHOOTING-VO

THREE PEOPLE, INCLUDING A SUSPECTED GUNMAN, HAVE BEEN KILLED

IN A SHOOTING AT A FACTORY IN SWITZERLAND.

SEVEN OTHERS WERE INJURED IN THE ATTACK AT A WOOD PROCESSING PLANT.

THE INCIDENT COMES AS THE SWISS PARLIAMENT PREPARES TO CONSIDER

FM TOOTHLESS ROBBER-SS-SS

NEW AT 5-30

FORT MYERS POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A TOOTHLESS ROBBER.

THEY SAY A WOMAN WEARING A TRENCH COAT AND OVERSIZED GUNGLASSES WALKED INTO A PUBLIX ON SUMMERLIN ROAD THIS MORNING.

SHE HANDED THE CLERK A NOTE DEMANDING MONEY.

THE NOTE IMPLIED SHE HAD A WEAPON.

OFFICERS SAY DURING THE ROBBERY, THE WOMAN HELD HER HAND OVER HER MOUTH AND TOLD THE CLERK SHE FORGOT TO PUT HER TEETH IN TODAY.

IMMOKALEE FARMS PROTEST-VO.WIPE

IMMOKALEE FARM WORKERS ARE TAKING ON PUBLIX ASKING FOR A PAY RAISE.

FARM WORKERS ARE ASKING FOR 1 CENT MORE PER BUCKET OF PRODUCE PICKED.

IT WOULD BE A 64 percent INCREASE IN PAY.

THEY SET 132 BUCKETS INSIDE THE DAVIS ART CENTER IN DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS TODAY

IMMOKALEE FARMS PROTEST-SOTVO-OC

18 it's time for them to use their power to pay a little bit more.Of the workers 27

FARM WORKERS ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO MEET THEM AT TERRY PARK ON SUNDAY.

THEY WILL MARCH FROM THERE TO PUBLIX ON MCGREGOR FOR A PROTEST, THEN CONTINUE ON TO PUBLIX'S HEADQUARTERS IN LAKELAND.

WE REACHED OUT TO PUBLIX.

OFFICIALS THERE SAY THEY

UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE AND VALUES OF FARMWORKERS.

WEINER SAUSAGES IKEA-VO

IKEA IS RECALLING ITS WIENER SAUSAGES IN PARTS OF EUROPE TONIGHT --

BECAUSE THEY HAVE HORSE MEAT IN THEM.

REMEMBER --

EARLIER THIS WEEK THE SWEDISH HOME FURNISHINGS

GIANT PULLED IT'S SWEDISH MEATBALLS IN EUROPE TOO.

CO STUDENTS STRANDED AT SCHOOL-VO

ABOUT 60 STUDENTS WERE FORCED TO SPEND THE NIGHT AT SCHOOL

DUE TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN COLORADO SPRINGS.

THE CHILDREN HAD PLENTY OF SUPPLIES TO RIDE OUT THE STORM.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SERVES ABOUT 316 STUDENTS FROM PRE-SCHOOL THROUGH 12TH GRADE.

THE UNRELENTING STORM CLOSED SEVERAL ROADS.

SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS WERE CALLED OUT LAST NIGHT

HOLLYWOOD PURSE SNATCHING-VO

NEW AT 530 --

A FLORIDA WOMAN IS RECOVERING AFTER SHE WAS ALMOST RUN OVER BY A CAR DURING A PURSE SNATCHING.

THE WHOLE THING WAS CAUGHT ON TAPE.

JACKIE ARNOLD WAS TAKING A PICTURE OF A BANNER NEAR AN ANIMAL HOSPITAL IN HOLLYWOOD LAST WEEKEND.

THAT'S WHEN SOMEONE TOOK HER PURSE FROM HER FRONT SEAT.

SHE TRIED TO STOP THEM WHEN THE CAR SIDESWIPED HER.

ARNOLD FELL ON THE GROUND, FACE-FIRST.

SHE SUFFERED A FRACTURED NOSE AND SEVERE BLACK EYES.

ELDERLY MAN FIGHTS BACK-VO.WIPE

ONE JEWELRY STORE OWNER DIDN'T LET HIS AGE SLOW HIM DOWN FROM FIGHTING OFF A PAIR OF BRAZEN BURGLARS!

TAKE A LOOK --

80 YEAR OLD CHUCK LEER-IE SAID IN 32 YEARS OF BUSINESS,

HE HAS NEVER HAD ANYONE TRY TO STEAL FROM HIM.

BUT HIS INSTINCTS KICKED IN WHEN TWO MEN FINALLY DID.

WATCH AS ONE OF THE SUSPECTS SMASHES A JEWELRY CASE.

LEER-IE RAN INTO ACTION TO TRY TO STOP ANOTHER SUSPECT,

RAISING HIS FISTS IN THE AIR.

ELDERLY MAN FIGHTS BACK-SOTVO

"It wasn't a matter of fighting, it was just protecting what belongs to me,"4

THE MEN GOT AWAY WITH 15 TO 20 WATCHES WORTH AROUND 40 THOUSAND DOLLARS.

THEY WERE IN THE STORE A DAY EARLIER ACTING LIKE CUSTOMERS.

LEER-IE FIRST TRAINED IN THE ARMY WHEN HARRY TRUMAN WAS PRESIDENT

GIRL SCOUTS THEFT-VO

PEOPLE MAY NOT GET THEIR THIN MINT GIRL SCOUT COOKIES IN A TOWN IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

AUTHORITIES SAY THIEVES BROKE INTO A WAREHOUSE IN SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA AND STOLE 19-THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF COOKIES.

THE THIEVES SEEM TO FAVOR THIN MINTS AND SHORTBREADS.

TANNING MOM SPEAKS-NATSVO.WIPE

THE SO-CALLED "TANNING MOM" IS CELEBRATING A GRAND JURY'S DECISION

*NOT* TO INDICT HER FOR CHILD ENDANGERMENT.

"cha-ching!"

PATRICIA KRENTCIL MADE HEADLINES LAST YEAR AFTER STAFF AT HER FIVE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER'S SCHOOL OVER HEARD HER TELLING CLASSMATES THAT SHE WENT TANNING WITH HER MOM.

KRENTCIL SAYS HER LIFE HAS BEEN A LIVING HELL -

TANNING MOM SPEAKS-SOTVO

S/Patricia Krentci/Tanning mom:07

"I like to tan and I don't think that's a crime and I'm still gonna tan, and I don't care what anyone has to say."

KRENTCIL SAYS SHE PLANS TO MOVE TO LONDON FOR A YEAR TO DECOMPRESS

ROSA PARKS STATUE-OC-NATSVO-OC

JUST WEEKS AFTER SHE WOULD HAVE TURNED 100 --

A CIVIL RIGHTS PIONEER EARNED A BIG HONOR TODAY.

nats

PRESIDENT OBAMA UNVEILED A STATUE OF ROSA PARKS.

ROSA PARKS STATUE-PKG

SHE'S AN ICON OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

AND TODAY ROSA PARKS BECAME A PERMANENT PRESENCE IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL.

Obama SOT - statue ceremony

Rosa Parks held no elected office. She possessed no fortune; lived her life

far from the formal seats of power. And yet today, she takes her rightful

place among those who've shaped this nation's course.

THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AGREE ON POLICY.BUT TODAY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND

CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS CAME TOGETHER TO HONOR A WOMAN WHO CHANGED HISTORY.

IN 1955 IN MONTGOMERY ALABAMA PARKS REFUSED TO GIVE UP HER SEAT ON A CROWDED

, SEGREGATED BUS TO A WHITE MAN.

SHE WAS ARRESTEDAND HER ACT OF DEFIANCE SPARKED A BUS BOYCOTT THAT LASTED

MORE THAN A YEAR.

TODAY PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID THAT SINGLE, SIMPLE ACT ALSO LAUNCHED THE CIVIL

RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

Obama SOT - statue ceremony

It is because of these men and women that I stand here today.

THE STATUE UNVEILING WAS A HOMECOMING OF SORTS FOR PARKS.WHO WORKED AS AN

AIDE TO MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN JOHN CONYERS FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES

IN DETROIT.

Pelosi SOT - statue ceremony

pretty soon Mr. Conyers found out that people were visiting the office to

see Rosa Parks and not the congressman.

PARKS DIED IN 2005 AT THE AGE OF 92. THIS MONTH, THE POSTAL SERVICE ISSUED A

STAMP IN HER HONOR, TIMED TO HER 100TH BIRTHDAY.

O/C CLOSE: AFTER HER DEATH, PARKS BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO LIE IN STATE IN

THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA. TODAY SHE MADE HISTORY ONCE AGAIN - AS THE FIRST BLACK

WOMAN HONORED WITH A STATUE IN THE BUILDING'S FAMOUS STATUARY HALL. KT ABC

NEW AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

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

SOMETIMES MY HEAD ISN'T THERE BECAUSE I LEFT DAUGHTER CRYING, AM I GONNA GET A PHONE CALL, SOMEONE IS SICK, I'M 45 MINS AWAY

BUT SHE'LL HAVE TO PUT THOSE THOUGHTS BEHIND HER.

NO MORE WORKING FROM HOME.

THE NEW RULE FOR ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPANIES.

SOT Justine Betti / Student who Recorded Video / We thought it was another student. We were blaming it on each other.

THIS STUDENT CONDUCTED HER OWN STING.

AND CAUGHT ON CAMERA. YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE WHO WAS ACTUALLY STEALING FROM STUDENTS BACKPACKS.

TZ4 A YAHOO WORK FROM HOME-SOTVO

TZ4 B TEACHER CAUGHT STEALING-SOTVO

TX TUMBLEWEED HOUSE-VOTOPS

LOOK WHAT WINDS FROM A WINTER STORM DID TO THIS HOUSE IN TEXAS

IT BLEW IN TUMBLEWEEDS THAT NEARLY COVER THE HOME.

YOU CAN SEE THE WEEDS PILED UP ALONG THE HOUSE, ON TOP AND EVEN CRAMMED IN THE BACKYARD.

STORM WARN JP OPEN-CLIP

CROSSTALK-WX EST

FORECAST-PHC

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

FORECAST-WXWALL

After seven straight days of highs in the 80s, cooler weather will be moving into Southwest Florida over the next couple of days and into the weekend. Yesterday's cold front didn't bring much rain with it, but it did bring cloudy periods to the area this afternoon as it has stalled out across the southern portion of our viewing area.

Temperatures today were a bit cooler as they climbed into the middle and upper 70s and we did see a slight drop in the humidity due to a light northerly breeze. For the remainder of our Wednesday afternoon, expect mostly cloudy skies and couple of showers mainly south of the Caloosahatchee River as they roll in from the southwest off the Gulf of Mexico. Through the evening, expect a few of these showers to linger across the area as temperatures fall into the upper 60s to low 70s.

Tonight, the clouds should begin to break up across Southwest Florida with partly cloudy skies overnight. Temperatures will also be cooler as they drop into the upper 50s with a few spots reaching the middle 50s by morning.

By Thursday, we should manage to squeeze out more sunshine and daytime highs will remain on a cooling trend as they top out in the middle 70s. As another system passes across the state, Friday and into the weekend we'll notice our skies beginning to cloud up and temperatures will take a tumble. By Saturday we're looking at highs in the 60s with a pretty good chance of a few scattered showers to develop during the afternoon and into Sunday. Overnight lows will drop into the 40s through Tuesday morning with 30s deeper inland.

TEACHER CAUGHT STEALING MONEY-OC

A TEACHER IS CAPTURED ON CAMERA STEALING FROM STUDENT BACKPACKS.

SHE WAS CAUGHT IN THE ACT BY A STUDENT WHO CONDUCTED HER OWN STING INVESTIGATION.

TEACHER CAUGHT STEALING MONEY-PKG

IS THIS A TEACHER RUMMAGING THROUGH A STUDENT'S BAG?

LOOK CLOSELY - THIS NEW VIDEO WAS SECRETLY RECORDED BY A linden, CALIFORNIA

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT-

A STUDENT CLAIMING HER TEACHER STOLE MONEY FROM STUDENTS' BAGS. RIGHT IN

THE SCHOOL LOCKER ROOM.

SOT Justine Betti / Student who Recorded Video

23:15:15 Something had to be done about this, because it's not right to be taking kids money like that.

LINDEN HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORE JUSTINE BETTI SAYS SHE'D HEARD STORIES OF

THINGS GOING MISSING DURING GYM CLASS.

SOT Justine Betti / Student who Recorded Video

23:12:29 / We thought it was another student. We were blaming it on each

other.

SO SHESTARTED THINKING LIKE A PRIVATE EYE ANDSET UP A STING. EQUIPPED WITH A

CELL PHONE CAMERA, BETTI HID INSIDE THIS LOCKER EVEN PROPPING UP A SECOND

PHONE TO CATCH VIDEO FROM ANOTHER ANGLE.

WATCH AS THE WOMAN IN THE VIDEO APPEARS TO TAKE SOMETHING OUT OF THE PINK

BACKPACK- SEE THERE SOMETHING IS NOW IN HER RIGHT HAND. AND THEN SHE SEEMS

TO CHECK THE POCKETS OF THE JEANS NEXT TO THE BAG, BUT DOESN'T APPEAR TO

REMOVE ANYTHING.

SOT Justine Betti / Student who Recorded Video

23:08:45 I couldn't believe it. It was hard to believe she was doing that.

She was such a nice teacher, I really liked her, but I couldn't believe she

was doing that.

23:09:59

THE 16-YR-OLD TOOK THE VIDEO TO HER DAD AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS.NOW, A

FULL ON INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY.

SOT Justine Betti / Student who Recorded Video

23:16:00 Everybody tells me I did the right thing, but I still feel guilty.

/ I feel really bad for her/

THE ACCUSED TEACHER- WHO IS NOT BEING IDENTIFIED- IS NOW reportedly ON

ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE, PENDING THE INVESTIGATION. AND AFTER A WEEK-LONG

POLICE INVESTIGATION, THIS MORNING THE CASE IS IN THE HANDS OF THE DISTRICT

ATTORNEY, WHO WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO CHARGE THE TEACHER WITH A CRIME.

ABC AFFILIATE KXTV REPORTED THAT THEY SPOKE TO A SISTER OF THE ACCUSED

TEACHER, AND THAT SHE TOLD THEM "she didn't take anything. It looks

like she's searching for something. She would never steal. She doesn't need

the money."

PRINCE HARRY DANCING-VO

PRINCE HARRY SHOWED OFF HIS DANCE MOVES IN AFRICA TODAY.

HE GOT A LESSON IN TRADITIONAL DANCE AT ONE OF THE CENTERS SUPPORTED BY HIS CHARITIES NEAR SOUTH AFRICA.

THE CHARITY HELPS ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN THAT REGION.

WHILE HE WAS THERE --

PRINCE HARRY GREETED STUDENTS AND LEARNED ABOUT A WRITING SYSTEM USED BY THE BLIND.

BOBBY BROWN JAIL-VO

MORE PROBLEMS FOR BOBBY BROWN.

THE SINGER WAS SENTENCED TO 55 DAYS IN A LOS ANGELES JAIL AND FOUR YEARS OF PROBATION FOR A DRUNKEN DRIVING CASE.

HE PLEADED NO CONTEST YESTERDAY TO CHARGES HE WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE IN OCTOBER.

BROWN WAS ALREADY ON PROBATION FOR ANOTHER DUI CASE AT THE TIME.

7 YEAR OLD TATTOO ARTIST-SOTVO

TONIGHT ON ABC7 --

A TALENTED SEVEN YEAR OLD.

SHE'S ALREADY A TATTOO ARTIST.

"Do you want to be a tattoo artist you think?"

"Just like my daddy."

7-YEAR-OLD ALICIA GUTIERREZ IS LEARNING THE ROPES AT HER FATHER'S TATTOO PARLOR IN TEXAS.

YAHOO WORK FROM HOME ORDER-VO.WIPE

YAHOO EMPLOYEES CAN NO LONGER WORK FROM HOME.

THAT'S AN ORDER FROM THE NEW CEO.

THE COMPANY HAS HAD A FLEXIBLE WORK- FROM-HOME OPTION.

BUT EMPLOYEES WERE SENT A MEMO, REQUIRING THEM TO REPORT TO THE OFFICE, STARTING JUNE 1ST.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ONLINE BACKLASH ABOUT THE DECISION.

YAHOO WORK FROM HOME ORDER-SOTVO

- I FEEL LOT MORE STRESSED SOMETIMES MY HEAD ISN'T THERE BECAUSE I LEFT

DAUGHTER CRYING, AM I GONNA GET A PHONE CALL, SOMEONE IS SICK, I'M 45 MINS

AWAY,

YAHOO SAYS IT DOESN'T DISCUSS INTERNAL MATTERS, BUT SAYS " THIS ISN'T A

BROAD INDUSTRY VIEW ON WORKING FROM HOME -- THIS IS ABOUT WHAT IS RIGHT FOR

APPLE ITUNES STORE CREDIT-VO

PARENTS, IF YOURE CHILD WAS MESSING AROUND ON YOUR PHONE AND ACCIDENTALLY DOWNLOADED AN APP --

GOOD NEWS.

APPLE MAY GIVE YOU STORE CREDIT!

IN ORDER TO SETTLE A LAWSUIT --

APPLE WILL AWARD A FIVE DOLLAR iTUNES CREDIT TO ABOUT 23 MILLION ACCOUNT HOLDERS.

THE SUIT CLAIMS THE COMPANY DIDN'T ADD STRONG ENOUGH PARENTAL CONTROLS --

NEXT AT 5-CLIP

TEASE FIVE

The mommy was found dead, covered in snake bites, and these puppies are crawling the walls, they're so scared.

DOZENS OF DOGS ABANDONED IN THE EVERGLADES BY THEIR OWNERS.

TZ5 A EVERGLADES DOGS-SOTVO

BUMP SHOT-BUMP IN

EVERGLADES DOGS-OC

SAD TO HEAR --

WE'RE LEARNING TONIGHT THAT PEOPLE ARE ABANDONING THEIR DOGS IN THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES.

AS STEVE LITZ REPORTS --

EVERGLADES DOGS-PKG

Eighteen dogs, adults and puppies, were rescued from far southwest Miami-Dade County by activists over the weekend.

Sadly, it's not uncommon for dog owners to release their pets in the Florida Everglades. Dog lover and rescuer Amy Roman goes there regularly - to save them.

"THEY'RE SUFFERING, THERE'S SNAKES, THERE'S SPEEDING CARS, I MEAN IT'S TORTURE FOR THEM. THESE DOGS CANNOT FEND FOR THEMSELVES," SAID ROMAN, THE PRESIDENT OF 100+ ABANDONED DOGS OF THE EVERGLADES.

SOME 50 VOLUNTEERS CORRALLED ABANDONED DOGS DURING ROMAN'S OPERATION ON SATURDAY. THEY WERE TAKEN TO IMPERIAL ANIMAL HOSPITAL IN FORT LAUDERDALE, WHERE THEY ARE BEING TREATED.

The volunteers try and go out once a month and their focus is south, to Homestead, Redlands, and the Everglades. Roman calls the area a never-ending dumping ground for dogs and horses.

"People that don't want their animals anymore, and they're not educated and they think it's better off to dump them out on the streets versus taking them to a shelter," she said.

The dog rescue business certainly has a sad side to it.

"There's two 11-week-old puppies, they were a litter of six. The mommy was found dead, covered in snake bites, and these puppies are crawling the walls, they're so scared," Roman said.

But there are happy times too, like when some pups were reunited with their mother.

Roman said she would like more help from authorities. Meantime, she'll continue to do the heavy lifting.

NEXT AT 6 OPEN-CLIP

COMING UP AT 6PM

A SICKENING, DISTURBING SCENE.

ALMOST A DOZEN ANIMALS FOUND ABANDONED IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE--

STUCK IN CRATES AND MALNOURISHED.

HOW THE SHOCKING DISCOVERY WAS MADE--

AND WHY THEIR OWNER SAYS SHE LEFT THEM.

--PLUS--

"I think he's got a little more of an attitude of gratitude.

A HORSEBACK RIDING ACCIDENT NEARLY COST HIM HIS LIFE.

NOW THIS TEEN IS ON A MISSION TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE HELMET THAT SAVED HIM.

19-MILLION DOLLARS!

CAPE CITY LEADERS WILL SOON HAND OUT THE CHECKS.

NEW AT SIX--

TZ 6 1) ANIMAL CRUELTY-VOTOPS

TZ 6 2) HORSE INJURY TEEN-SOTVO

TZ 6 3) CAPE UTILITIES REFUND-VOTOPS

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