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killed while standing on the shoulder of the highway. she was stopped -- she was talking to some friends that have pulled over across the street from her home. according to state police, a ford pickup driven by a 42-year- old kevin smith plowed and to work. it said my father flying down the road. >> to the driver of the car stopped customer a list -- initially, no. >> to the boy say, when he had the driver's attention, did he say anything? >> he did not know he had hit anybody. the driver of the vehicle did not even realize he had hit anything at all. >> smith also struck a car that was full of kids that the girl was talking with. he is charged with negligent manslaughter and negligent homicide as well as other charges. smith is a former marine.
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he gave police the address of his parents' house as his home. court records show that he pled guilty in february to charges of carrying a loaded weapon in his vehicle. police arrested him in 2005 for passing a bad check. >> you called her katie? >> talha maalot -- tell the a little bit about 80. >> she was a very -- a very free spirit. >> her mom said she had already met criteria to join her high- school football team. >> we used to say she lived in cady land because she was always happy and she could always make you feel better. >> she was the love of my life. >> smith's bail review is set for tomorrow and a trial date set for september 18.
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>> tonight, the search continues for a man that robin aaa. -- a chick-fil-a. employees were not injured in the attack. >> police are looking for thieves that ransacked three churches in the area this weekend. officials say that two churches were broken into. also, a popular group united methodist church was burglarized. in each case, the windows were pried open and cash was stolen. a safe was alalso stolen. >> we're learning more about the man the police say shot officers on saturday morning. investigators say that the violence started and ended with
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the suspect being rushed to shock trauma. we're live at city police headquarters. >> we have some new reformation for you. and woman warned police a year ago that sinclair had a gun and was not afraid to use it. >> be suspect in the shooting is no stranger to the court system. the 34-year-old criminal history included several convictions for drug dealing as well as an assault charge. his ex-wife accuses him of punching her in the face and threatening her. those charges did not stick. >> the victim in this case invoked her spousal privilege which meant that prosecutors could not go forward because they did not have the victim's testimony. >> law enforcement sources say
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that the 911 call from that woman is what drew police to this baltimore neighborhood where, just before noon, the suspect ambushed the officers, sending both officers to the hospital with bullet wounds. >> who knows what he would have done to innocent people on the street. >> he is believed to have used an illegal gun like this one that he was prohibited from carrying because of a 1999 felony conviction. prosecutors say that his civil court record can set the violence he is accused of. >> protective orders filed by an intimate partner. this would indicate to prosecutors and our domestic violence unit that this was an individual were intimate partners and others had sought protection from him in the past. >> his court record now
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contains to active arrest warrants. the details are sealed, but police have been saying that once he is released from the hospital, they will be charging him with attempted murder. >> 42-year-old officer curtis macmillan was released. the other officer needed another surgery this morning and will stay at shock trauma for several more days. >> a 16-year-old is charged as an adult for his role in the crime. he and 14 other juveniles are accused of attacking a guard at a juvenile detention center before escaping back in may. another juvenile offender returned it 182 weeks before that incident and was also charged. a new report questions the facility's security. maryland's highest court says it will not settle the dispute.
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this morning, the court of appeals ruled that it is a matter for the state. [unintelligible] the county judge upheld the objection and it has been sent back to the lower court. >> tonight, there are a lot of questions for communities. fire officials responded to properties in more than half a dozen cases for reported car monoxide leak. the latest happened in the dutch village community. faulty equipment gets the blame again tonight. the management company tells us about repairs and concerns about residents disabling carbon monoxide detectors. >> it makes me want to move.
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>> sheehan of the residence at the dutch village townhomes just cannot believe it has happened again. >> sunday, nine people were taken to the hospital. they all suffered from symptoms of carbon monoxide. just last month, another car monoxide scare at the same complex set a woman and two children to the hospital. >> the company says it is working to eliminate the problem. the cold and a certified plumber to remove the bad water heater and others in three adjoining homes out of an abundance of caution. sawyer was also warning residents about the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning baltimore city is set to inspect the complex on september 2. city inspectors did not check to see if carbon monoxide detectors
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were present, properly installed and working because a new city law calling for such inspections does not go into effect until 2010. saw your real to was also tried to handle similar incidents where people became sick over the past few months at the cove of village complex. now, the county says management has made no visible improvements to eliminate the gas. they're committed to ensuring the units are safe for residents. >> that has include replacing stoves and water heaters and adding range hoods. we will have more at 11 pm. >> senator barbara mikulski is in the hospital. what put her there. >> amadou shows up. see the pictures, next.
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>> michael vick clears a major legal mile marker today but the seat committee closer to the nfl? >> so far, only clouds. there is some way out there but we will talk about it. here are those cloudy skies. dealer: during the autobahn for all event, you can get great deals. it's perfect. i just want to make sure it's the right decision. future...us? we got here as quick as we could. look it's the cc.
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back to work. >> they are gentle and mysterious and hardly ever seen in maryland, but a full grown manatee appeared out of the blue this weekend at a harper counted marina. it was spotted along the banks of the river and as high john sherman explains, it amazed both onlookers and scientists. what's it was just another saturday afternoon at the marino went around to 30 p.m., a most unexpected visitor appeared. >> it was out here were all the boats are, swimming around. >> he was one of many golfers out here on saturday. what's it was shocking to see such a big animal around the boats like that. >> the man that he came and stayed at the marina for more than an hour before departing as inexplicably as it arrived. >> it looked very happy and very slow moving. there was a lot of grass in the ring. that is what he was munching on. >> after calling everyone he
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could think of, including the police, he called the national aquarium and confirmed what the pictures show. but she said that it is rare to see the manatee this far north, but occasionally, they see them come up as far as new york harbor. >> and manatee became affectionately known as chelsea. but had to be captured and released back into the warm waters. that brings us back to the manatee that was spotted here on saturday. >> he was kind of day widish tan in color. >> the used a photo evidence to positively i.d. the manatee. they now know for certain that he was first spotted in 1994 as a dependent calf and was named a there as well.
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>> even to the experts, the animals next move is unclear. boaters are being told to keep their speed down around the marine and even more than usual. >> cameras are expected to be up and running by october. >> they are already snapping photos of speeders in montgomery county, but some people are not worried about getting caught. david collins explains why. >> some maryland residents are begging for speed cameras in the neighborhood while others up with a found a way around them. >> this resident says that you residence obey the 25 mile per hour so the limit. >> i have seen speeds as high as 60 miles an hour. >> he believes that speed cameras will slow drivers down.
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you might wonder how he employees feel about this. it is a warning system designed to alert drivers 1 approaching red light or speed camera. >> tonight, and it is that -- tonight, is that technology legal? >> now, your 11 insta-weather forecast with meteorologist john collins. >> it doesn't seem much like summer, here. we have not had too many of these hot, humid days. the weekend was great with a lot of sunshine. today, more clouds. on our 80 doppler radar, indications are that it might be trying to rein just west of the city, but this is all evaporated before it hits the ground.
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further south, want to get down into the lower portions of collier county, more significant rain shower activity. there has been summed thunderstorm activity in western maryland. this moisture will continue to come our way all night long so our rain chances will be increasing. look what happened earlier today. typically, this time of year, it would be about 88 degrees. we only made it to 83. no rain fall, yet, and that is a bit of a problem. we are digging into that surplus that we got in the spring. now we are only ahead of the game for the year by about 2 inches or so. coit was 4 inches back in june. temperatures have been held in the '70s today. that is where it is right now.
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we are starting to fall back. now it is 79 at the airport. hagerstown is at 79. it is only 59 right now at oakland. here is the cloud picture. the heavier clouds are drifting northward. i pressure kept the rain away today. -- high pressure cap the rally today. -- high pressure kept the rain away today. overnight tonight, cloudy skies with showers coming into the area but the more significant ones will be south of tomorrow, mostly cloudy skies. the greatest chances to the east. this keeps bringing moisture in at 5-10 m.p.h..
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the shows the stream of moisture coming northward. the concentration of rain will be used as tomorrow. on wednesday, there will be a burst of activity as well. this favors areas west of us. the rain chant stays with us right into the end of the week. today, tomorrow and thursday and friday, below is rain chance will be on wednesday. right now, saturday is the only dry day in the forecast. now, 11 . when he returns from vacation, they will look at plans.
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a select group of wide receivers -- they say he looks forward for a chance to try out. the first practice is set for a week from tomorrow morning in westminster. >> for our atlantic up -- atlanta falcons player michael vick has cleared the way for a request to be reinstated. he completed the home confinement portion of his sentence today. he no longer has to wear the ankle monitor. he does have to serve three years of probation. it was said that the review would not be held until he finished his sentence. the commissioner has not set a date for a face-to-face meeting with michael vick.
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you'll not find many players that the warm and fuzzy about the new yankee stadium. the orioles got destroyed. there would love to get some help, but the white sox did the minister did. a wild pitch and a walk helped. the got swept in new york. a piece of recent history is what they hope to avoid. it is a big night for the orioles he pitches for new york for the first time. they have struggled with that. last year couple -- tom watson almost became the oldest winner of the british open.
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he still manages to find a new place in golf history. his remarkable tournament lacks the storybook ending, but it still puts a new page in the gulf record books. of today's release of the new player rankings shows what a move from thought moved to 105th in the rankings from 1374. it was an astoundingly but well hundred 69 spots. that makes what some -- that makes watson of the oldest since the ranking system began. when it comes to the prize you want and the price you get, that was a big gap. >> not quite the celebration of being a record holder. >> i cannot remember a sporting event were so many people wanted one guy to win. >> of course, we will have a look at that 74 castro added to this --
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>> new developments tonight in the medical world. for the first time in 50 years, a possible treatment for patients with lupus. um. take a look at this dramatic video. a neighborhood comes together to rescue a mother and her two children. one was trapped inside the burning issue the. tonight, the actions that save the lives of that family. we will have that for
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>> looking up the possibility of humidity. >> that will be increasing. the seven day forecast looks wet. there will be a chance each day for scattered showers and thunderstorms. >> the only time it will be rating is when the rain will be there. >> it generally. >> we will see you tomorrow. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] constellation energy group] dealer: during the autobahn for all event, you can get great deals. yeah it's great. i just really want to be sure. whoa, it's us from...
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