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Posted: 5:23 a.m. Monday, Feb. 6, 2012

Coughlin goes 2-for-2 

Light spotty rain is about all we're expected to get today.  It's going to be warm all week with temps at or near the 70's.  We'll have another chance of rain on Thursday.

Today's interview lineup:

At 6:23 hear David Bonner, executive creative director at St. John and Partners on the "safe" Super Bowl ads

At 6:53 hear Jamie Dupree explain why it took so long to count the ballots in the Nevada caucuses.

At 7:53 hear Mayor Alvin Brown detail his plan to build and expand small business in Jacksonville. 

Our Top Local Story:  A horrific crime against children.  A man in St. Augustine is arrested for sexually molesting an 11 year-old girl for several months.  Robert Skipper is charged with capital sexual battery.  And police think there may be other victims who haven't come forward.

A convicted sex offender is preaching again.  Darrell Gilyard was a guest speaker at Christ Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church on the northside.  He pleaded guilty in 2009 to molesting two teenage girls in his congretation, serving nearly three years in prison.  Children were kept out of the Sunday service as part of an agreement made by the church and Gilyard.

Family and friends of a young man in St. Augustine are shocked to learn of the man's death in a college frat house.  21 year-old Kyle Allen was found unconscious in a frat house early Sunday at his college in South Carolina.  Allen's family is in South Carolina, trying to find out how he died, and making funeral arrangements.

The son of Jaguars head coach Mike Mularkey is arrested in North Carolina.  Shane Mularkey and two others were brought in on charges of cocaine possession. In a statement, Mike Mularkey thanked the Jaguar family for the support and apologized for the distraction, saying he hopes everyone understands that this is a private matter.

Former Jaguars coach Tom Coughlin is 2-for-2 in the Super Bowl.  His Giants scored a late touchdown and held on to beat the Patriots 21-17.  Eli Manning was named MVP.

Our Top National Story:  Mitt Romney picks up more delegates and momentum with his win in Nevada.  Up next is Colorado, Minnesota and Maine.  There were hiccups in Nevada, where the vote counting stretched from Saturday night into this morning.  While there was no real evidence of any voter fraud, the delays sparked an outcry from Ron Paul supporters and raised general questions about how it could be so difficult to count so few votes.

Classes will be canceled for two days at an elementary school where two teachers face allegations of sex acts with students.  The Los Angeles superintendent of schools is planning a meeting with troubled parents. 

The husband of a missing Utah woman blows up his own home, killing himself and his two sons.  Cops called Josh Powell a person of interest in his wife Susan's disappearance in 2009.  He wrote his attorney an apologetic email shortly before the explosion.

A diplomatic approach to the tension between Iran and Israel.  President Obama tells NBC News that no options are off the table in dealing with Iran.  Obama says economic sanctions have been making some impact.

Buildings in the Philippines' central islands are destroyed or buried by landslides after an earthquake that killed at least five people. The strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake left at least 29 others missing.

 
 
 

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