Fort Myers Beach, Florida

The local and national economy may make holiday gift-giving more of a challenge this year.

LEE COUNTY: Lee County deputies say a building was evacuated at the South Seas Resort on Captiva Island.

Wearing mittens and hats, Vivien Whiteway and her neighbor friend, Sara Naso, helped 1-year-old Cara Naso climb a slope of artificial snow at Golden Gate Community Park on Saturday. And then, smiling, they all slid down the slope. Ten-year-old Vivien, who has never seen snow, said she likes it because she can cool off from the hot weather by playing in the snow. “I think it’s cool because you get to go on top and throw snowballs,” said Sara, 8, who has seen snow in the past.

Wearing mittens and hats, Vivien Whiteway and her neighbor friend, Sara Naso, helped 1-year-old Cara Naso climb a slope of artificial snow at Golden Gate Community Park on Saturday. And then, smiling, they all slid down the slope. Ten-year-old Vivien, who has never seen snow, said she likes it because she can cool off from the hot weather by playing in the snow. “I think it’s cool because you get to go on top and throw snowballs,” said Sara, 8, who has seen snow in the past.

Lee County deputies say a building was evacuated at the South Seas Resort on Captiva Island.

A home auction taking hundreds of houses off the market took place in Fort Myers Sunday.

David Gregory has been named moderator of NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” effective immediately.

NASA says space shuttle Endeavour will begin its cross-country return trip to Florida on Monday.

About 5,000 local seniors are counting on the community to make this holiday season bright.

Watching machine gun fire pepper a path through the sand just feet from where he stood taught Walter Tucker something about fear the day Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor 67 years ago Sunday. “People have asked me to tell the feelings I had on that day,” he said Sunday. “Well, the feeling I had that day was I was trying to hide behind a coconut palm tree. That day, I could not swallow water; I went to a fountain and got a mouthful, but I had to spit it out.

The blast launched John E. Gideon into the air and he landed in the fiery water, blazing with oil ignited by bombs. His clothes burned and Gideon, a Navy Seaman, climbed onto a nearby vessel, removing his outfit to save his skin. There Gideon stood 67 years ago, Dec. 7, 1941, in the waters of Pearl Harbor, 21 years old and naked with his country under attack all around him.

The blast launched John E. Gideon into the air and he landed in the fiery water, blazing with oil ignited by bombs. His clothes burned and Gideon, a Navy Seaman, climbed onto a nearby vessel, removing his outfit to save his skin. There Gideon stood 67 years ago, Dec. 7, 1941, in the waters of Pearl Harbor, 21 years old and naked with his country under attack all around him.

The blast launched John E. Gideon into the air and he landed in the fiery water, blazing with oil ignited by bombs. His clothes burned and Gideon, a Navy Seaman, climbed onto a nearby vessel, removing his outfit to save his skin. There Gideon stood 67 years ago, Dec. 7, 1941, in the waters of Pearl Harbor, 21 years old and naked with his country under attack all around him.