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NO SIGNS OF DANGER!

YET TWO PEOPLE WERE FOUND DEAD IN THIS PUNTA GORDA HOME!

NEW AT 5--

POLICE INVESTIGATE THEIR MYSTERY DEATHS AFTER THEIR HOUSE BURNED.

PLUS--

"It's disgusting, it's just horrible.

STRANGER DANGER IN COLLIER--

AN 11-YEAR OLD SAYS A MAN TRIED TO SNATCH HIM OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL.

TONIGHT PARENTS ARE ON HIGH ALERT AND NEW SECURITY MEASURES ARE IN PLACE.

NO CHIPS, NO CRACKS, TWO WEEKS MAX--

BUT HOLD ON--

THERE'S A NEW WARNING TONIGHT ABOUT GEL MANI'S TONIGHT.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE YOUR NEXT APPOINTMENT.

AND--

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HE'S LAUGHING BUT THIS IS NO JOKE--

IT COULD COST HIM HUNDREDS--

HIS FINE FOR CRACKING UP.

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HL2) COLLIER STRANGER DANGER-trxNATSVO

HL3) GEL MANICURE-trxVOTOPS

HL4) LAUGHING FINE-trxNATSVO

BREAKING NEWS OPEN-CLIP

FM BOMB THREAT-SSTOPS-VO

BREAKING NEWS --

RIGHT NOW, OFFICERS ARE CLEARING THE SCENE AT A STATE BUILDING IN FORT MYERS--

WHERE SOMEONE CALLED IN A BOMB THREAT THIS AFTERNOON.

THEY JUST SWEPT THE PROPERTY.

NO BOMB WAS FOUND AT THE JOSEPH P. D'ALESSANDRO BUILDING ON VICTORIA AVENUE.

IT HOUSES SEVERAL AGENCIES INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

THE BUILDING WAS EVACUATED FOR A SHORT TIME.

BUT JUST MOMENTS AGO--

BREAKING NEWS OPEN-CLIP

PONDELLA FATAL AX-SSTOPS

ALSO BREAKING AT THIS HOUR,

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE INVESTIGATING A FATAL CRASH.

IT HAPPENED AT PONDELLA ROAD AND U-S 41 IN NORTH FORT MYERS.

DEPUTIES TELL US A DRIVER HIT A LIGHT POLE.

DEVELOPING NEWS OPEN-CLIP

ELDERLY COUPLE FOUND DEAD-VO-OC

DEVELOPING TONIGHT --

AN ELDERLY COUPLE IS DEAD AFTER A FIRE IN THEIR PUNTA GORDA HOUSE.

FIREFIGHTERS RUSHED TO THAT HOUSE ON SORRENTO COURT THIS MORNING.

BUT WHEN THEY GOT THERE --

THEY FOUND THE FIRE HAD BURNED ITSELF OUT.

THEY ALSO FOUND TWO PEOPLE, DEAD INSIDE.

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THE CHIEF SAYS THE FIRE AT THIS HOUSE HAPPENED SOMETIME IN THE PAST 12 TO 24 HOURS.

NO ONE NOTICED IT, AND THE FIRE PUT ITSELF OUT, BUT NOT BEFORE KILLING THE TWO PEOPLE INSIDE.

THE FIRE CHIEF SAYS THERE WAS NO WORKING SMOKE DETECTOR IN THE HOUSE.

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HE ALSO TELLS US SOME ONE CAME TO CHECK ON THE COUPLE THIS MORNING AND DISCOVERED WHATS LEFT OF THE FIRE.

IT APPEARS TO HAVE STARTED NEAR THE LIVING ROOM BUT MOST OF THE INSIDE IS COVERED IN SMOKE.

OFFICIALS AREN'T RELEASING THE NAMES OF THE VICTIMS AT THIS TIME.

NEIGHBORS TELL US JOHN AND CAROL FITZMAURICE LIVED HERE.

THOSE NEIGHBORS DIDNT NOTICE ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

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Roger Napolleon, Neighbor

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"I was actually shocked bc I didn't see anything when I left. There was no obvious damage to the house, no smoke billowing out. you'd expect to see something like that. You'd see something going on in the morning or whenever but nothing."

THE STATE FIRE MARSHALL IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE.

THE FIRE CHIEF IS URGING EVERYONE TO CHECK YOUR SMOKE DETECTORS.

COLLIER STRANGER DANGER-OC-VO-MAPFLY

A STRANGER DANGER ALERT TONIGHT IN COLLIER COUNTY.

AN 11 YEAR OLD BOY CLAIMS A MAN IN A MINIVAN PULLED UP NEXT TO HIM AND TOLD HIM TO GET IN.

IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY MORNING ON OIL WELL ROAD.

THAT'S NEAR CORKSCREW MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AS ABC7'S RICK RITTER TELLS US DEPUTIES ARE STEPPING UP PATROLS TO FIND THE MAN.

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THE 11-YEAR OLD BOY DESCRIBED THE FRIGHTENING MOMENT TO DEPUTIES. HE WAS WALKING TO SCHOOL DOWN THIS SIDEWALK WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, A BLACK S-U-V PULLED UP BEHIND HIM, TELLING HIM TO GET IN THE CAR. WHILE THE BOY WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET AWAY - TONIGHT THE SUSPECT IS STILL ON THE LOOSE.

A STRANGER DANGER ALERT IN GOLDEN GATE ESTATES - ONE THAT HAS PARENTS ON EDGE.

YESTERDAY MORNING AROUND 9:00 - DEPUTIES SAY AN 11-YEAR OLD BOY WAS RIDING HIS SKATEBOARD TO CORKSCREW MIDDLE SCHOOL WHEN A BLACK, NISSSAN MINI VAN PULLED UP BEHIND HIM.

THE DRIVER TOLD THE BOY "GET IN KID", AND WENT TO OPEN THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR.

THE VICTIM WAS ABLE TO GET AWAY - RIDING HIS SKATEBOARD TOWARD THE SCHOOL - WHILE THE VAN LEFT THE AREA.

THE DRIVER IS DESCRIBED AS A TALL WHITE MALE THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 18 YEARS OLD - WITH A BROWN CREW CUT, BROWN EYES AND ACNE ON HIS FACE.

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Heather Sclafani/Corkscrew Elementary School Parent

"It's disgusting, it's just horrible. There's so many older people out there, why don't they go for someone their own age? Why do they have to go for a little baby, or a child?"

FWC OFFICER ARREST-VO-WIPE

NEW AT 5 --

A FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE OFFICER IS ACCUSED OF HAVING SEX WITH A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL.

ARREST RECORDS SHOW OFFICER JOHN HOOVER TOOK A 14 YEAR OLD DOWN THIS DIRT ROAD TO AN ABANDONED HOME IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY LAST JULY TO HAVE SEX.

A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY PATROLLING THE AREA FOUND THEM.

REPORTS SAY HOOVER LIED --

TELLING THE DEPUTY HE FOUND THE GIRL AT THE HOUSE AND HE WOULD TAKE HER HOME.

LATER, DETECTIVES QUESTIONED THE VICTIM ABOUT THE INCIDENT.

SHE SAID THEY HAD SEX TWICE.

FWC OFFICER ARREST-SOTVO

Henry Davis, Neighbor

"I am I've cold inside. I'm sick to my stomach. I cannot believe it, I cannot believe it."

HOOVER IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF LEWD BATTERY.

KID WITH RAZOR-SS-VO

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRESTED A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT FOR STABBING ANOTHER STUDENT WITH A RAZOR BLADE IN THE LUNCH ROOM.

DEPUTIES SAY 12 YEAR OLD KELVIN WILLIAMS CUT THE OTHER STUDENT IN HIS LOWER THIGH.

IT HAPPENED AT HARNS MARSH MIDDLE SCHOOL IN LEHIGH ACRES.

INVESTIGATORS FOUND THE RAZOR BLADE.

THEY SAY ONCE THEY SHOWED IT TO WILLIAMS HE CONFESSED TO THE STABBING.

FIREWATCH OPEN-CLIP

FIRES SETUP-VDBX

TONIGHT, ABC7 IS GATHERING NEW INFORMATION ABOUT TWO BRUSHES IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY.

WE BROUGHT YOU BREAKING NEWS UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE NEWSCAST YESTERDAY ON BOTH THOSE FIRES.

RIGHT NOW --

THE ONE OFF BERMONT ROAD IN THE EASTERN PART OF CHARLOTTE COUNTY IS 100 PERCENT CONTAINED.

BUT --

A) BERMONT ROAD FIRE-vo

B) ROTONDA WEST FIRE-vo

ROTONDA FIRE-ONCAM

WE START IN ROTONDA WEST TONIGHT WHERE FIRE CREWS ALMOST HAVE A BRUSH FIRE CONTAINED.

IT BURNED AT LEAST 70 ACRES.

FLAMES THREATENED HOMES.

ROTONDA FIRE-LL PKG

Imagine your home butts up to some of this brush.

- Show and tell scorched area. if this is the start of brush fire season - neighbors are worried about how bad it will be.

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24 hours in - neighbors are still uneasy.

Their homes under tight watch

as firefighters hose down hot spots in whats left of 70 acres of scorched land in Rotonda West.

Today the tactic is to work with bulldozers - drawing lines so that any flareups don't spread quickly.

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Misty Bonnau - Rotonda West

I don't think we could get much coser. As long as we keep it on that side of the street we are godo.

Johanna Pfieffer snapped these pictures as the wall of flames crept closer to her Hercules Drive Home.

All that's left is a charred reminder of how lucky she is

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Johanna Pfieffer - Rotonda West

In my inclination I thought 'Well the fire is across the street, there is a road blocking. Well that was pretty ignorant I had no idea.

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BERMONT RD FIRE LATEST-VOTOPS

INVESTIGATORS WENT BACK TODAY --

TO THAT BRUSH FIRE ON BERMONT ROAD IN PUNTA GORDA.

IT'S NOW OUT.

BUT NOT BEFORE IT BURNED 500 ACRES AND DESTROYED TWO STRUCTURES.

ONE WAS A TRAILER USED AS A WEEKEND HUNTING LODGE.

THE OTHER WAS A MOBILE HOME BEING RE-MODELED.

NO ONE WAS HURT.

ACEVADO COURT APPEARANCE-SS-VO

A CAPE CORAL MAN CHARGED WITH TRYING TO MURDER HIS WIFE -- APPEARED IN COURT TODAY.

OFFICERS ARRESTED JOSE ACEVEDO ON TUESDAY.

THEY SAY HE SMASHED HIS MINIVAN INTO THE MASTER BEDROOM OF HIS HOUSE ON SOUTHWEST 16TH TERRACE. THEN WENT INSIDE AND BEAT HIS WIFE WITH A BASEBALL BAT.

ACCORDING TO THE VICTIM'S FAMILY. SHE IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL AND IN A LOT OF PAIN, BUT SHE IS ALIVE.

PED. HIT-VO-WIPE

A 67-YEAR-OLD MAN IS DEAD TONIGHT --

AFTER HE WAS HIT BY A CAR NEAR THE FORT MYERS BEACH BRIDGE.

IT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT ON SAN CARLOS BOULEVARD AT THE BASE OF THE BRIDGE.

DEPUTIES SAY GARY POLLOCK WAS CROSSING THE ROAD WHEN HE WAS HIT BY 19-YEAR-OLD STEVEN BRADLEY.

BRADLEY SAYS HE DID NOT SEE POLLOCK BUT FELT THE IMPACT AND IMMEDIATELY STOPPED.

HE WENT BACK AND FOUND POLLOCK IN THE ROAD.

DETECTIVES SAY IT'S POLLOCK'S FAULT.

HE DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY.

VICTIM IDENTIFIED IN CAPE VAN CRASH-VOTOPS

ABC7 LEARNED TODAY THE NAME OF THE DRIVER KILLED IN A CRASH IN CAPE CORAL LAST WEEK ON VETERANS MEMORIAL PARKWAY.

OFFICERS SAY THE DRIVER OF A HUMMER RAN OFF THE ROAD INTO A GRASSY AREA--

THEN CROSSED THE MEDIAN INTO THE EASTBOUND LANES--

CRASHING INTO A WHITE TOYOTA VAN.

BOTH FLIPPED.

THE DRIVER OF THE VAN.EDWARD MILDNER AND HIS PASSENGER JOANNE MARIE GRIMES DIED.

THE FATHER AND SON IN THE HUMMER WENT TO THE HOSPITAL

UEP OUTRAGE-VO

CAPE CORAL IS DISHING OUT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN REFUNDS --

BUT SOME PEOPLE DON'T THINK THEY'RE GETTING THEIR FAIR SHARE.

THE REFUNDS COME FROM THE UTILITIES EXPANSION PROJECTS STARTED IN THE 19-90S.

THE CITY SAYS WHOEVER OWNED THE PROPERTY THEN OVER-PAID ON THE PROJECT AND DESERVES A REFUND.

HOWEVER THEIR PLAN IS TO SHELL OUT A TOTAL OF 19 MILLION DOLLARS IN REFUNDS TO CURRENT PROPERTY OWNERS.

MIGHT BE THE SAME PERSON WHO OWNED THE HOUSE BACK THEN.

MIGHT NOT BE.

NATURALLY --

SOME RESIDENTS WHO ORGINIALLY PAID THE ASSESSMENTS BELIEVE THEY SHOULD GET THE MONEY.

UNITED WAY-VO-WIPE

LOCAL CHARITIES ARE FEARING THE IMPACT THE

SEQUESTER CUTS WILL HAVE ON THEM.

85 BILLION DOLLARS IN AUTOMATIC SPENDING CUTS TOOK EFFECT LAST WEEKEND.

SENIOR FRIENDSHIP CENTER'S DIRECTOR WORRIES VITAL SERVICES THAT HELP TO KEEP SENIOR CITIZENS -- INDEPENDENT AND OUT OF NURSING HOMES -- COULD BE REDUCED.

THEY PREDICT 12-HUNDRED FEWER MEALS A YEAR AND A POSSIBLE AXE TO THEIR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE PREVENTION PROGRAM.

HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK'S PRESIDENT WORRIES MORE PEOPLE WILL TURN TO ITS AGENCY.

UNITED WAY-SOTVO

5610 "for a lot of people, they're just trying to get by, When we give them food that means they can put gas in their car to go to work or get shoes for their kids,"

CHARTER SCHOOLS-(3)CG

THERE'S NEW EVIDENCE TONIGHT THAT IN FLORIDA --

STUDENTS AT CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE OUT-PERFORMING THEIR PEERS IN TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

ACCORDING TO A REPORT FROM THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT --

CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE DOING BETTER IN MATH, SCIENCE, AND READING ON STATE TESTS LIKE THE F-CAT.

THE REVIEW ALSO LOOKED AT THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP BETWEEN WHITE.AFRICAN AMERICAN.AND HISPANIC STUDENTS.

IN CHARTER SCHOOLS, THAT GAP IS SMALLER.

AND THE NUMBERS SHOW IN MOST AREAS --

NEXT AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

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

"There we saw something moving in the water and everybody was saying ahh

sharks!"

A FEEDING FRENZY IN FLORIDA.

SHARKS EVERYWHERE.

THE SPRING BREAK WORRY AND THE BEACHES NOW CLOSED.

PLUS LOWERING YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE YEAR ROUND.

WHY LIVING IN THE SUNSHINE STATE COULD BE THE BEST START.

TZ1 A SHARKS SPRING BREAK FOLO-SOTVO-WIPE

TZ1 B CHOLESTEROL SEASON-VOTOPS

WINTER STORM NORTHEAST-VOTOPS

THAT WINTER STORM WE'VE BEEN TELLING YOU ABOUT THIS WEEK IS NOW IMPACTING AREAS IN THE NORTHEAST THAT ARE STILL RECOVERING FROM SUPER STORM SANDY.

BUT INSTEAD OF SNOW, THE AREA IS BEING HIT WITH POWERFUL WINDS AND RAIN.

IN WILDWOOD, NEW JERSEY HIGH TIDE FLOODED CITY STREETS

WITH OCEAN AND RAIN WATER.

STORMWARN OPEN-CLIP

FORECAST-PHC

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

FORECAST-WXWALL

NICE WEEKEND AHEAD

High pressure will control the weather over southwest Florida through the weekend. Tonight we will continue to see mainly clear skies and temperatures dropping again to chilly 40's. A few inland places may, once again, touch the upper 30's tomorrow morning.

No rain is on the radar and no showers are in the forecast either. Tomorrow looks like another mostly sunny day with afternoon highs going back to the mid 70's. The average high temperature for tomorrow is 80 degrees and it looks like we will finally get there by the weekend. Winds on Friday will be from the northeast and that will be another signal of the warmer weather to come this weekend.

Skies will be partly cloudy to mostly sunny by Saturday and Sunday and overnight lows moderate to the mid 50's.

SHARKS SPRING BREAK FOLO-TCMON

MORE FLORIDA BEACHES ARE CLOSED TONIGHT BECAUSE OF SHARKS.

RIGHT NOW, THOUSANDS OF BLACK TIP SHARKS, WHO SPEND THE WINTER IN FLORIDA, ARE MAKING THEIR YEARLY MIGRATION NORTH.

SHARKS SPRING BREAK FOLO-PKG

THE VIEW FROM ABOVE - AS ABOUT ONE THOUSAND SHARKS - MAKE THEIR WAY UP THE

EAST COAST OF FLORIDA.

BUT IT'S IMAGES LIKE THIS- EVEN CLOSER TO SHORE -

--

STARTLING SPRING-BREAKERS - KEEPING THEM - OUT OF THE WATER:

MOS

"There we saw something moving in the water and everybody was saying ahh

sharks!"

THE STUNNING SIGHT OF SPINNER AND BLACK TIP SHARKS -

IS COMMON IN SOUTH FLORIDA-

POLLOCK SOT:

"EVERY YEAR WE EXPECT ANNUAL SHARK MIGRATION TO COME THROUGH THIS AREA"

BUT THEY WEREN'T EXPECTING- SO MANY SHARKS - SO LATE IN THE SEASON-

THE MIGRATION FROM FLORIDA TO NORTH CAROLINA USUALLY ENDS IN FEBRUARY -

BEFORE THE BEACHES BECOME PACKED IN THESE POPULAR SPRING BREAK DESTINATIONS.

SOT-Pollock:

"We had sharks literally going through a feeding frenzy in our

area."

RESEARCHERS AT FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY SAY THEY HAVE NOW COUNTED ABOUT

15,000 SHARKS MOST LESS THAN 200 YARDS FROM SHORE.

THAT'S HOW CLOSE - RESEARCHERS UP THE COAST IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA WERE ON

SUNDAY - WHEN THEY REELED IN THIS 2-THOUSAND POUND GREAT WHITE!

NATS -

"It was right there. maybe 200 yards from the inlet."

AND WHILE - THE BLACK-TIP SHARKS THAT'VE BEEN GETTING A LITTLE TOO CLOSE FOR

COMFORT NEAR DEERFIELD BEACH AND PALM BEACH COUNTY - ONLY ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT

20 PERCENT OF UNPROVOKED ATTACKS IN FLORIDA-

LIFEGUARDS - ARE TAKING NO CHANCES

CLOSING SOME BEACHES.

A PRECAUTION- BEACHGOERS ARE TAKING SERIOUSLY -

HOROWITZ SOT:

"SHARKS ARE NOT TO BE RECKONED WITH / PEOPLE REALLY NEED TO READ THESE

WARNINGS."

Marci Gonzalez on camera Standup Close:

SUBARU RECALL-VO

AN ABC7 RECALL ALERT FOR YOU TONIGHT.

SUBARU IS RECALLING MORE THAN 47-THOUSAND CARS AND SUVS WITH REMOTE STARTERS.

IT SAYS IF THE KEY FOB IS DROPPED, IT CAN MALFUNCTION AND CAUSE THE ENGINE TO START ON ITS OWN.

IF THE CAR'S PARKED IN A GARAGE, THERE'S THE RISK OF CARBON MONOXIDE BUILDUP.

THE RECALL AFFECTS LEGACY AND OUTBACK CARS MADE FROM 2010 TO 2013.

STROKE WALKING-VO-WIPE

IN YOUR ABC7 HEALTHY LIVING TONIGHT --

STROKE PATIENTS MAY BE ABLE TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE BY SIMPLY TAKING A WALK.

STROKE PATIENTS OFTEN SHY AWAY FROM WALKING BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID OF FALLING.

BUT RESEARCHERS IN JAMAICA --

FOUND PATIENTS WHO WENT FOR A BRISK WALK THREE TIMES A WEEK REPORTED AN IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE.

CHOLESTEROL SEASON-VOTOPS

ALSO NEW TONIGHT --

YOUR CHOLESTEROL LEVEL COULD DEPEND ON WHAT TIME OF YEAR IT IS.

RESEARCHERS IN BRAZIL FOUND LEVELS OF BAD CHOLESTEROL WERE HIGHER IN THE WINTER.

THERE WAS AN EIGHT PERCENT INCREASE THEN.

GOOD CHOLESTEROL WAS FOUND TO BE HIGHER IN THE SUMMER.

WING THIEF-VO

A DETROIT MAN IS FACING CHARGES AFTER HE DIDN'T PAY FOR CHICKEN WINGS.

OFFICERS SAY MARLON STANFIELD SKIPPED OUT ON A 16 DOLLARS BILL FROM BUFFALO WILD WINGS

AN EMPLOYEE CALLED OFFICERS.

THEY PULLED HIM OVER AND TOLD HIM TO GO BACK AND PAY HIS BILL.

INSTEAD LOOK AT WHAT OFFICERS SAY HAPPENED.

THEY CLAIM HE YELLED AT THEM, SPED OFF NEARLY HITTING ONE OF THEM AND TOOK THEM ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE.

NEW AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

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

IT'S A POPULAR MANICURE.

PROMISING TO LAST FOR TWO WEEKS.

TONIGHT - WHY THAT GEL MANICURE COULD BE AS DANGEROUS AS THE TANNING BED.

PLUS--

"I do the majority of my purchasing online for every area of my life.

AND FINDING SAVINGS ONLINE FROM CLOTHES TO EVERDAY PRODUCTS IS GETTING A LOT EASIER.

TZ2 A UV DRYERS-VOTOPS-WIPE

TZ2 B SALE TRACKER-SOTVO

BUMP SHOT-BUMP IN

UV DRYERS-POP

THEY CAN LAST FOR WEEKS.

AND NEW TONIGHT THERE IS A WARNING ABOUT GEL MANICURES.

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TRACK 1: 14 SECONDS

NO CHIPS OR CRACKSAND TWO WEEKS MAX!

FOR MANY NAIL BUFFS GEL MANICURES ARE A DREAM COME TRUE KEEPING NAILS

LOOKING BRIGHTER -- AND BETTER -- LONGER

BUT THIS MORNING ONE PROMINENT DERMATOLOGIST SAYS NOT SO FAST.

SOT DR. CHRIS ADIGUN, DERMATOLOGIST, NYU

01:01:14 SOT: i just want people to be aware of the risks that go along

with it.

TRACK 2: 9 SECONDS

IN A NEW PRESENTATION N-Y-U'S DOCTOR CHRIS ADIGUN SAYS SHE'S GATHERED A

COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT RESEARCH ON POSSIBLE HEALTH RISKS CAUSED BY THE TRENDY

NAIL TREATMENT

nat- wow!

TRACK 3: 11 SECONDS

AMONG THEM, SHE SAYS: NAIL THINNINGFROM THE CHEMICALS USED IN THE PROCESSAND

A SLIGHTLY INCREASED RISK OF SKIN CANCERAND PHOTO-AGINGALL DUE TO THE U-V

LIGHTS USED TO CURE THE POLISH.

SOT DR. CHRIS ADIGUN, DERMATOLOGIST, NYU

01:01:57 CA: FOR THESE UV LAMPS TO CAUSE SKIN CANCER, IT IS REALLY QUITE LOW

.

01:07:57 PF: ARE YOU TELLING WOMEN THAT THEY SHOULD STOP GETTING GEL

MANICURES?

CA: ABSOLUTELY NOT.

01:08:08 PF: THEY JUST NEED TO DO SO IN MODERATION

CA: DO SO IN MODERATION AND PROTECT THEIR HANDS

TRACK 4: 5 SECONDS

ADIGUN SUGGESTS USING EITHER / SUNSCREENOR FINGERLESS GLOVES UNDER THE

LAMPS.

TRACK 5: 8.5 SECONDS

THE PROFESSIONAL BEAUTY ASSOCIATION TELLS A-B-C NEWS GEL MANICURE UV

LAMPS PROVIDE "THE EQUIVALENT OF ONLY A COUPLE OF MINUTES EXPOSURE TO

SUNLIGHT."

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TRACK 6: 9 SECONDS

BUT AT THE PAINTED NAIL SALON IN LOS ANGELESTHAT'S A SMALL RISK THEY'RE NOT

WILLING TO TAKE. THEY OFFER GEL MANICURES -- BUT SEAL THE POLISH UNDER AN

L-E-D LIGHT.

SOT ANNA LOPEZ, MANAGER, THE PAINTED NAIL

19;52;16;03 CLIENTS /LOVE THAT THERE ISNT ANY UV LIGHTS COMING OUT

OF THEM

TRACK 7: 8 SECONDS

AN APPROACH THAT JUST MAY "GEL" WITH SOME WHO DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP THIS

POLISHED LOOK.

TEASE THREE-2SHOT

KNIVES ON PLANES.

TONIGHT - FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND AIR MARSHALS ARE OUTRAGED AT THE CHANGE BY THE TSA.

I don't why they would allow people to carry a knives on a plane.I mean. It's just ridiculous!"

ABC7 GETS BOTH SIDES OF THE DEBATE--

INCLUDING WHY FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SAY SIZE DOES *NOT MATTER.

THEN THIS--

NATS OF LAUGHING

THAT LAUGH.

IS COULD COST THIS GUY BIG BUCKS.

WHY OFFICERS ARE TELLING HIM TO STOP THE GIGGLES.

AND--

His life is ruined I buried a child but he also buried his dreams. 07

TONIGHT HEAR FROM ONE MOTHER WHO LOST HER CHILD TO A TEXTING DRIVER.

WILL HER STORY PUSH FLORIDA TO BAN TEXTING BEHIND THE WHEEL.

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

JENNIFER NELSON OF CAPE CORAL

THANKS FOR WATCHING JENNIFER.

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TZ3 B LAGHING FINE-NATVO-WIPE

TZ3 C FL TEXTING BILL-SOTVO-DISS

FACEBOOK WOMAN OF THE DAY-SSTOPS

BUMP SHOT-BUMP OUT

NEWS AT 5:00 PM OPEN-CLIP

TS ELDERLY HOUSE FIRE-VIDBOX TOPS

MAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW AT 5:30.

AN ELDERLY COUPLE IS DEAD AFTER A FIRE IN THEIR PUNTA GORDA HOUSE.

FIREFIGHTERS SAY IT HAPPENED IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.

NO ONE NOTICED IT, AND THE FIRE WENT OUT ON ITS OWN.

THE STATE FIRE MARSHALL IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE.

TS CHARCO BRUSH FIRES-VIDBOX TOPS

CREWS ARE STILL MONITORING TWO BRUSH FIRES IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY TONIGHT.

THE ONE ON BERMONT ROAD IN PUNTA GORDA IS NOW 100-PERCENT CONTAINED.

IT BURNED 500 ACRES AND TWO BUILDINGS.

THE OTHER FIRE IN ROTONDA WEST IS ALMOST FULLY CONTAINED

BUT CREWS WERE BATTLING HOT SPOTS TODAY.

TS COLLIER STRANGER DANGER-VIDBOX TOPS

STRANGER DANGER ALERT IN COLLIER COUNTY.

DEPUTIES ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN AFTER AN 11-YEAR-OLD BOY SAYS HE PULLED UP NEXT TO HIM IN A BLACK NISSAN MINIVAN AND TOLD HIM TO GET IN.

IT HAPPENED YESETERDAY NEAR CORKSCREW MIDDLE SCHOOL IN GOLDEN GATE ESTATES.

TSA KNIVES OUTRAGE-trxSSTOPS-2SH

EARLIER THIS WEEK, TSA TOLD US THEY'LL ALLOW PASSENGERS TO CARRY THESE KNIVES ONTO PLANES STARTING IN APRIL.

TONIGHT, TWO POWERFUL GROUPS IN COMMERCIAL AVIATION ARE PROTESTING.

HI I'M COURTNEY ROBINSON.

AND I'M JEFF BUTERA.

AS CHRIS CLACKUM TELLS US --

TSA KNIVES OUTRAGE-PKG

REMOVING THE BAN ON SMALL KNIVES ONBOARD COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS. THE T-S-A SAYS REMOVES A DISTRACTION FOR SCREENERS WHO NEED TO SEARCH FOR MORE SERIOUS THREATS.

""We are trying to focus on the highest risks, that being the non-metallic improvised explosive devices"

BUT THE T-S-A'S NEW KNIFE POLICY HAS CAUSED AN UPROAR. EVEN AMONG THE FLYING PUBLIC.

"I don't like it ! I don't why they would allow people to carry a knives on a plane.I mean. It's just ridiculous!"

NOW, TWO GROUPS.ONE REPRESENTING FEDERAL AIR MARSHALS.THE OTHER, FLIGHT ATTENDANTS.WANT THE TSA TO RECONSIDER.

"It's outrageous and I'm hearing outrage from flight attendants throughout the country. This cannot stand."

FOLDING POCKETKNIVES WITH BLADES NO LONGER THAN JUST OVER TWO INCHES. CAN BE CARRIED ON.

THE BIGGER ONES.WITH FIXED BLADES OR THAT LOCK INTO PLACE WITH MOLDED HANDLES.CAN NOT. BOX CUTTERS AND RAZOR BLADES ARE STILL BANNED FROM INSIDE THE PASSENGER CABIN.

BUT SARA NELSON.VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS.SAID ON THE TODAY SHOW EVEN THE SMALL ONES ARE STILL WEAPONS.

""It doesn't make any sense to me because I'm a flight attendant who works in the cabin and my job is to act as a first responder and the last line of defense."

FL TEXTING BILL-ONCAM

TEXTING WHILE DRIVING HAS CAUSED SEVERAL DEATHS ON FLORIDA BILLS.

NOW A BILL TO BAN TEXTING WHILE DRIVING IN FLORIDA IS MOVING FORWARD.

ABC7'S JOELLE PARKS TALKED WITH FAMILIES WHO ARE PUSHING THE BILL --

FL TEXTING BILL-LL PKG

These days- many of us have more than one electronic device that can be distracting when driving.

When alerts go off, it's a habit to look down and see what's going on.

But those few seconds off the road can cause serious consequences especially with this many cars around you.

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That's why state lawmakers a pushing for a texting ban in the state.

Right now- Florida is one of just 5 states in the us without distracted driving legislation.

Today- a bill to ban texting while in motion moved through a house committee in Tallahassee.

Making it's way closer to a vote this legislative session.

Supporters include law enforcement,

And families who've lost loved ones due to distracted driving.

Sot Kristin Murphy, daughter killed by distracted driver

2:52 the person who hit my daughter- he lost his life too in a way, he can't go on and do what he wanted to do. 56 he wanted to be. Police officer' he wanted to go into the service. His life is ruined I buried a child but he also buried his dreams. 07

Kristin Murphy's daughter Chelsea was killed by a man who looked down at his phone 3 years ago.

GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION-VO-WIPE

A SENATE COMMITTEE WILL VOTE TODAY ON FOUR PIECES OF GUN LEGISLATION.

THE MEASURES INCLUDE A BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS AND LARGE AMMUNITION MAGAZINES.

IT WOULD ALSO MAKE THE ILLEGAL PURCHASE OF FIREARMS TO A FEDERAL OFFENSE.

THE BILLS ARE EXPECTED TO PASS THE COMMITTEE.

THEY FACE AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE IN THE FULL SENATE AND HOUSE.

SANDY HOOK STANDARIZED TESTING-VOTOPS

STUDENTS AT SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY WILL BE ABLE TO SKIP STANDARDIZED TESTING THIS YEAR

NEWTOWN OFFICIALS HAD REQUESTED THE ONE-TIME WAIVER, CITING THE TRAUMA THE STUDENTS SUFFERED AFTER THE SCHOOL SHOOTING THAT KILLED 20 CHILDREN AND 6 ADULTS.

ALSO --

CONNECTICUT LAWMAKERS PASSED A BILL YESTERDAY.

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THE U.S. SAYS IT WILL TAKE NECESSARY STEPS TO DEFEND ITSELF AND ALLIES FROM NORTH KOREA.

IT COMES AFTER THE COUNTRY THREATENED A PRE-EMPTIVE NUCLEAR STRIKE ON THE UNITED STATES.

THE THREAT CAME SHORTLY BEFORE THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL APPROVED TIGHTER SANCTIONS AGAINST NORTH KOREA AFTER LAST MONTHS NUCLEAR TEST.

PISTORIUS DETECTIVE QUITS-VO

NEW TONIGHT --

THE FORMER LEAD DETECTIVE IN THE OSCAR PISTORIUS MURDER CASE IS STEPPING DOWN.

DETECTIVE HILTON BOTHA VOLUNTEERED TO LEAVE THE POLICE FORCE.

PISTORIUS -- A DOUBLE-AMPUTEE OLYMPIAN FROM SOUTH AFRICA -- IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING HIS GIRLFRIEND LAST MONTH.

BOTHA REPORTEDLY MADE SEVERAL PROCEDURAL ERRORS IN THE CASE.

IT ALSO LATER EMERGED THAT HE FACED ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES HIMSELF --

LION ATTACK-VO-WIPE

A PRIVATE ANIMAL PARK IN CALIFORNIA REMAINS CLOSED TONIGHT

AS OFFICIALS INVESTIGATE WHAT CAUSED A LION TO ATTACK AND KILL AN INTERN.

THE FOUR-YEAR-OLD AFRICAN LION MAULED DIANNA HANSON.

IT HAPPENED INSIDE THE ANIMAL'S ENCLOSURE.

DEPUTIES ARRIVED AND SHOT THE LION.

LION ATTACK-SOTVO

Paul Hanson/Father anybody who works with cats knows that they are wild animals and they can turn even on people closest to them. so I always had this horrible nagging premonition that I would get a call like this

STATE WILDLIFE OFFICIALS WILL DO A NECROPSY TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSED THE ATTACK.

THE PARK'S OWNERS SAYS HE'S HAD THE LION SINCE IT WAS JUST EIGHT WEEKS OLD.

FL MOM STABS BULLIES-OC-(2)SOTVO

AN ORLANDO MOTHER IS ACCUSED OF STABBING TWO TEENAGERS WITH A BOXCUTTER.

SHE CLAIMS THEY WERE BULLYING HER SONS --

AND SHE WOULDN'T STAND FOR IT.

AND HER MOTHER -- THE BOYS GRANDMOTHER -- ALSO GOT INVOLVED.

Esther Silva/Suspect's Mother: "I don't care if they are kids, they are my grandchildren- and I'm gonna protect mine. This is my daughter, these are my grandchildren."

Marcus Walker/Stabbed With Box Cutter

"And I got him on the ground and started punching him, then she came from behind and she just stabbed me in the back."

--BUTTED WITH--

"I'm not the bully because he's like 17 and he's like way taller than me."

THIS IS VIDEO OF ONE OF THE ORLANDO TEENS WHO WAS STABBED.

IN THE END --

THE MOTHER OF THE BOYS WHO CLAIMED THEY WERE BEING BULLIED WAS ARRESTED.

NYC EARPHONES-VO-WIPE

FIRST IT WAS SUPERSIZE SODA--

NOW NEW YORK CITY IS EMBARKING ON ANOTHER HEALTH CAMPAIGN--

THEY WANT PEOPLE TO TURN DOWN THEIR EARPHONES.

THE CITY'S HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS SPENDING A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS TO GET THE WORD OUT.

THE GOAL IS TO HELP PROTECT SENSITIVE EARS FROM HEARING LOSS POTENTIALLY CAUSED BY LOUD MUSIC FROM M-P-3 DEVICES.

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nats of laughing

THAT LAUGH COULD END UP COSTING THAT MAN HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS.

HE WAS FINED AND ACCUSED OF DISTURBING THE PEACE BY LAUGHING --

SOMETHING HE WAS DOING INSIDE HIS OWN HOUSE.

SEE --

THE 42-YEAR-OLD ADMITS HE BREAKS OUT THAT HARDY GIGGLE FROM THE WINDOW OF HIS BATHROOM ALL THE TIME.

BUT IT BECAME A CRIME --

LAUGHING FINE-(2)SOTVO

he starts eyeballing me like I personally did something to him so the only thing I could think of to do was to laugh at him

more laughing

ROBERT HAS SUFFERED FROM SEIZURES AND OTHER NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS HIS ENTIRE LIFE.

HE LIVES WITH HIS MOTHER.

BOTH SAY DECADES OF FEUDS WITH THEIR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR HAVE LED POLICE TO VISIT THEM NEARLY THIRTY TIMES.

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YOU DON'T HAVE TO BROWSE ONLINE FOR SALES ANYMORE.

THERE'S A NEW TOOL WHERE YOU PICK OUT ITEMS YOU LIKE AND IT ALERTS YOU IMMEDIATELY WHEN IT GOES ON SALE.

ABC7 SMART SHOPPER NINA MOINI IS HERE TO TELL US HOW TO SIGN UP.

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THE WEBSITE CUSTOMIZES THOSE SALES ALERTS THAT FILL UP YOUR E-MAIL INBOX.

SALE TRACKER-PKG

AS A WORKING MOM TO THIS TODDLER, JACK -- THERE'S PRECIOUS LITTLE TIME FOR ROXANNE O'HARA TO DO THE FAMILY SHOPPING.

"I do the majority of my purchasing online for every area of my life. For myself, for the house, for the kids, so to have a way to be much more efficient in the time and then to be able to keep track of things really makes a lot of sense to me."

THAT'S WHY THIS WIFE AND MOM TURNED TO A NEW TOOL:

HUKKSTER!

"We recently moved, so I had a number of things for the new house that I needed to get and I really wanted to make sure that I got the best deal that I could on them."

"we just wanted a better way to pull relevant content, find out when the products we're interested in go on sale."

KATIE FINNEGAN STARTED HUKKSTER.COM WITH ERICA BELL-- UTILIZING THEIR BACKGROUND AS MERCHANDISERS FOR A MAJOR CLOTHING CHAIN.

HUKKSTER LINKS TO YOUR BROWSER.

"Simply click the 'huk it' button and then we capture your size and color and preference and let you know when that item goes on sale or if there is any relevant coupons codes or friends and family discounts."

"You'll get an e-mail notification and you can also right now sign up for text message alerts and we are about to launch our app."

"I got a kids dress that I was keeping an eye on, and actually they came in really handy in the holidays."

THE SITE IS FREE.

AND PRIVATE.

"We feel very strongly about privacy and shopping as a personal experience and so the one thing that you will see on our site is actually when you huk items, they are not shared out to your feed."

ROXANNE SAYS SHE RELIES ON HUKKSTER.TO FILTER THROUGH ALL HER E-MAILS TOUTING SALES AND SPECIAL OFFERS.

SALE TRACKER-TCMON

YOU CAN ALSO SHARE LISTS OF ITEMS YOU'VE HUKKED WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY-- FOR BIRTHDAY OR HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS.

NEW AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

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

MORE CHANGES TO FACEBOOK.

ABC7 SHOWS YOU THE FASHION MAKEOVER TO YOUR SOCIAL NETWORK.

THE PREGNANT JESSICA SIMPSON SPILLS THE BEANS TO JIMMY KIMMEL.

HEAR HER VERY AWKWARD AND ACCIDENTAL ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT WHETHER IT'S A BOY OR GIRL.

TZ4 A FACEBOOK NEWSFEED CHANGE-VOTOPS-WIPE

TZ4 B JESSICA SIMPSON BOY-VOTOPS

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FORECAST-PHC

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

FORECAST-WXWALL

NICE WEEKEND AHEAD

High pressure will control the weather over southwest Florida through the weekend. Tonight we will continue to see mainly clear skies and temperatures dropping again to chilly 40's. A few inland places may, once again, touch the upper 30's tomorrow morning.

No rain is on the radar and no showers are in the forecast either. Tomorrow looks like another mostly sunny day with afternoon highs going back to the mid 70's. The average high temperature for tomorrow is 80 degrees and it looks like we will finally get there by the weekend. Winds on Friday will be from the northeast and that will be another signal of the warmer weather to come this weekend.

Skies will be partly cloudy to mostly sunny by Saturday and Sunday and overnight lows moderate to the mid 50's.

FACEBOOK NEWS FEED CHANGE-ONCAM

ONE OF THE LINES IN THE MOVIE "THE SOCIAL NETWORK" WAS "FACEBOOK IS LIKE FASHION. IT'S NEVER FINISHED."

AND FACEBOOK C-E-O MARK ZUCKERBERG KEEPS PROVING THAT.

TODAY --

HE ANNOUNCED THEY HAVE REDESIGNED THEIR LOOK.AGAIN.

TONIGHT --

FACEBOOK NEWS FEED CHANGE-PKG

nats "We're really proud to show you this new design."

A TITAN OF SOCIAL MEDIA BORROWED A PAGE FROM PRINT MEDIA TO DESCRIBE THE CHANGES TO FACEBOOK'S NEWSFEED.

"What we're trying to do is give everyone in the world the best personalized newspaper we can."

IN A PRESENTATION STREAMED ON COMPANY'S WEBSITE, FACEBOOK CEO MARK ZUCKERBERG AND

COLLEAGUES UNVEILED A MAKEOVER WHICH ALLOWS USERS TO DIVIDE THEIR NEWSFEED INTO SECTIONS,

SUCH AS PUBLICATIONS, MUSIC AND PHOTOGRAPHS.

"We've tried different versions of a photos feed in the past, but we've never had a design that was as vibrant and immersive as what you see today."

ALLOWING USERS TO CREATE TOPIC SPECIFIC NEWSFEEDS IS AN EFFORT TO

KEEP THEM ON FACEBOOK LONGER.SEEING MORE CONTENT.INCLUDING ADS,

WHICH MEANS MONEY FOR THE SOCIAL WEBSITE.

"They want to make sure the information you see is relevant to you. They don't want you to be overwhelmed by spam. On the other hand, they want to make sure when you post an update, your friends can actually read it."

THE NEWSFEED MAKEOVER ALSO INCLUDES GIVING IT A CONSISTENT LOOK FROM

COMPUTERS TO MOBILE DEVICES.

"About 60 percent of Facebook users are engaging through mobile and that number's only going up. They're going to have to get creative about how they're monetizing that."

THE CHANGES ARE ROLLING OUT IN A LIMITED FASHION.WITH USERS ABLE TO SIGN

UP FOR THEM ON A WAITING LIST.

FACEBOOK NEWS FEED CHANGE-ONCAM

MARK BARGER REPORTING.

THE CHANGES ARE BEING ROLLED OUT SLOWLY TO A LIMITED NUMBER OF USERS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF

WEEKS.

FACEBOOK SAYS IT'LL MAKE TWEAKS AND ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON THEIR FEEDBACK BEFORE PUTTING

KRAFT MAC AND CHEESE PUSH-SS

TWO MOMS ARE PUSHING FOR KRAFT TO TAKE THE YELLOW DYE OUT OF ITS MACARONI AND CHEESE.

THEY SAY THE DYE SERVES ONLY "AESTHETIC PURPOSES."

BUT THEY WORRY IT COULD BE LINKED TO HYPERACTIVITY IN CHILDREN, ALLERGIES, MIGRAINE AND MAYBE CANCER.

THE MOMS DIG SOME DIGGING.

THEY FOUND IN U-K BECAUSE OF STRICTER RULES REGARDING ADDITIVES, KRAFT'S MAC AND CHEESE IS DYE-FREE.

THEY USE NATURAL BETA CAROTENE AND PAPRIKA TO MAKE THE COLOR.

THE MOMS HAVE STARTED A PETITION ASKING KRAFT TO MAKE IT THE SAME WAY HERE IN THE U-S.

TACO BELL COOL RANCH OUTRAGE-VO

SOME TACO BELL FANS ARE UPSET TONIGHT WITH THE FAST-FOOD CHAIN.

TACO BELL *OFFICIALLY* LAUNCHED THEIR HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED, NEW TACOS MADE WITH COOL RANCH DORITOS SHELLS TODAY.

BUT YESTERDAY --

THEY ANNOUNCED THEY WOULD RELEASE THE NEW SHELLS A DAY EARLY.

FANS BECAME UPSET WHEN MANY OF THE LOCAL RESTAURANTS DIDN'T HAVE THEM.

TACO BELL APOLOGIZED IN A STATEMENT.

JESSICA SIMPSON BOY-OC-SOTVO

JESSICA SIMPSON IS HAVING A BOY.

SHE ACCIDENTALLY LET THE NEWS SLIP ON JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE WHEN TALKING ABOUT MORNING SICKNESS.

53 i've been vomiting.the crazy thing is I never knew that a weiner could make me nauseous.Oh.I guess I just told the whole world i'm having a boy 1:15

JIMMY KIMMEL SAYS THE REVEAL WASN'T PLANNED.

ANYTHING GOES-NATVO-WIPE

YOU CAN *TAP* YOUR TROUBLES AWAY THIS WEEKEND.

THE NATIONAL TOUR OF THE TONY-AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL 'ANYTHING GOES'.

IS ON STAGE AT THE NAPLES PHILHARMONIC.

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IT'S SET IN 1934.

"ANYTHING GOES" TELLS THE STORY OF LOVERS, LIARS AND CLOWNS.

THE SHOW HAS LOTS OF DANCE NUMBERS AND MEMORABLE COLE PORTER TUNES.

ANYTHING GOES-SOTVO

josh franklin/ plays billy crocker

55:51 it's very well crafted. It builds to the point where at the end of the it, the audience is like this is still happening? It's so exciting

ANYTHING GOES IS PLAYING AT THE NAPLES PHIL UNTIL SUNDAY.

NEXT AT 5 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE FIVE------------

"She just thinks its funny, so it didn't come to mind i don't think she had intentions of hurting anyone."

BUT IT WASN'T FUNNY.

HER FRIEND AND OTHER CHEERLEADERS POSTED A HIT LIST ONLINE.

TZ5 A CHEERLEADER HIT LIST-SOTVO

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CHEERLEADER HIT LIST-ONCAM

TWO HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADERS IN ARIZONA ARE IN TROUBLE TONIGHT.

THEY POSTED A "HIT LIST" ONLINE. WITH NAMES OF SEVERAL STUDENTS AND A TEACHER.

THE GIRLS SAY IT WAS JUST A PRANK

BUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS THIS IS NO JOKING MATTER.

CHEERLEADER HIT LIST-PKG

Two cheerleaders face misdemeanor charges after they sent this hit list to various people on Instagram. There is a pistol next to the word hit list and the teens named 9 students and a teacher whom they disliked. A squad member told 12 News one of the cheerleaders got kicked off the squad today.

"I think she should have gotten in trouble bc they have to take this matter seriously bc of what's happen in the past with other shootings."

Another team mate said she didn't know the 8th grade cheerleader but defended the high schooler's actions and said its just a big misunderstanding.

"Not the type of person who would hurt someone she doesn't think about things she just thinks its funny, so it didn't come to mind i don't think she had intentions of hurting anyone."

The sheriffs office learned about the list after a concerned parent said his child was on the list. Now investigators are interviewing both girls to figure out why the created it.

"They said that was their hit list of people they don't like they weren't planning to cause anyone harm they wanted o document who they were upset with and who they didn't like."

A mother of a varsity cheerleader said she understands why the school and sheriff's office has to take action but feels the girls just made a bad decision.

CHEERLEADER HIT LIST-ONCAM

MARY NGUYEN REPORTING.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS THE TWO STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE A DISCIPLINARY HISTORY.

NEXT AT 6 OPEN-CLIP

COMING UP AT 6PM------------

WE'RE TRACKING A STRANGER DANGER ALERT IN COLLIER COUNTY TONIGHT--

NEW AT SIX--

WE'RE NOW HEARING FROM THE FAMILY OF AN 11-YEAR OLD WHO SAYS A MAN TRIED TO FORCE HIM INTO A CAR.

HOW THE COMMUNITY IS RESPONDING TONIGHT.

ALSO NEW AT SIX--

LEE COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT, DOCTOR JOSEPH BURKE DEFENDS HIMSELF.

HIS REACTION TONIGHT TO ALLEGATIONS HE MISMANAGED TAXPAYER MONEY.

AND GETTING DRIVERS TO PAY ATTENTION BEHIND THE WHEEL.

TONIGHT WE'RE HEARING FROM A MOM WHO LOST HER DAUGHTER AND UNBORN GRANDCHILD WHEN A TEXTING DRIVER SLAMMED INTO THEM.

TZ 6 1) COLLIER STRANGER DANGER-VOTOPS

TZ 6 2) DR BURKE RESPONDS-VOTOPS

TZ 6 3) TEXTING & DRIVING-VOTOPS

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