they were killed when their helicopter concepts, a flight helicopter crashed on a school out of frederick, maryland highway. maryland. the group was returning from a they have been identified at charity event to raise money 24-year-old jeffrey jeffrey, for troubled youth. 33-year-old niall booth and 39 >> the helicopter went down last night on i-70 in -year-old george george. washington county. the ntsb says the pilot in the melissa carlson has the latest case had been flying from 4:00 on the investigation from to 8:00 p.m. thursday evening, hagerstown. then landed for two hours >> earlier today the ntsb gave because of weather. a short time later, all four a little more information about the pilot in this crash saying he was up on all his took to the air in that fatal flight. the pilot had just re-upped his certifications. in fact, he had more than 600 flight hours. medical certification and was the question now is what an experienced pilot. happened? >> he reported at the time of what caused this helicopter to his application for that come crashing down? medical certificate that he had 630 hours of total flight >> a robinson r-44 helicopter experience. he was certified as a commercial pilot for both was destroyed on impact at mile helicopter and six-wing marker 37 on the eastbound lane aircraft and he was also a helicopter -- a flight of route 70 near boonsboro. instructor for advanced helicopter concepts. >> the wreckage has been >> the last few seconds in transported to a location in delaware. flight may hold the key to the the ntsb is looking for what cause of the accident. actually happened because, >> behaved on witness reports unlike a plane, this helicopter

did not have a black box. given to the maryland state police, the helicopter was flying east over interstate 70. it impacted power lines that i >> three of the four killed in understand were about 70 feet that crash were employees of above the ground before hitting advanced helicopter concepts. the ground. >> the four victims have been the fourth was a friend of identified at 48-year-old kim theirs. felix, 24-year-old jeffrey david collins continues our team coverage with more on the nordaas, 43-year-old niall victims. >> one of the victims decided booth and 39-year-old george at the ender able of 7 he tutor jr., all three of which wanted to fly. another graduated just last were employees of advanced year from college with top helicopter concepts out of frederick, maryland. honors. family members were too the ntsb explains the pilot had distraught to talk on camera. 39-year-old george george started working for advanced land for two hours because of helicopter two weeks ago. bad weather. a short time later he took off he had been an electrician with b.g.e. for the past five years. again. >> there was no flight plan according to his mother, he wanted to fly since he was 7 years old. she said he had a pilot's filed and there was no contact license and just last week with air traffic control. my understanding is that the finished a safety training program in california. tower was actually closed. after graduating from north >> witnesses tell police there carroll high school, george did was fog and low-lying clouds in a stint in the navy. the area and the helicopter was he loved hand gliding but

thought flying was better. he is survived by a young daughter. he would call her a half dozen times a day to say i love you. jeffrey's brothers say he was a fantastic individual. his brother released a statement saying, in part, he made everyone around him want to be a better person. i will truly miss him more than anyone can imagine. this is truly a devastating loss to everyone that knew him. 43-year-old niall booth worked for advanced helicopter concepts and was the c.e.o. of the consulting firm of the he moved to the u.s. with his wife and two children in 1997 from england. he hosts a youth rug by team and competed in the 2006 world championships in swimming. the fourth passenger was 48-year-old kem felix of new market.

so far authorities have not revealed who the pilot was. funeral arrangements are incomplete. >> we have continuing coverage of the helicopter crash on our website, wbaltv.com. there you'll find a photo gallery, video from the scene as well as video from today's news conference. >> investigators in baltimore county say a house fire was started accidentally as flames broke out around 7:45 in the 14500 block of old jackson road. everyone did get out safely, although one person was treated on the scene for smoke inhalation. >> a last-ditch effort to keep towson catholic high school from closing. two famous are filing suit hoping to keep the school open. >> it appears this may be the

end of the road for towson catholic high school after a judge denies a request for a temporary restraining order earlier this afternoon that would have kept the school open one more year. what's interesting here is a lot of the supporters that came out today that had been so vocal over the past couple of weeks were left speechless. >> absolutely awful. i'm ready to cry. i cannot believe they would shut down our high school. >> for those that would talk to us, anger and frustration from students and alumni of towson catholic high school after finding out a judge denied a motion for a temporary restraining order to help keep the school open one more year. the motion was the first step in an injunketive relief suit filed by two of the school's families last week. >> we're very disappointed. it is a great little school. it's like the little engine that could. it doesn't get the attention that a lot of other schools in the community get. >> the attorney who represented

the two families met with the judge and the archdiocese attorneys in a closed-doors hearing that lasted about 45 minutes. the judge denied the restraining order as a matter of law saying he understood the claim but that the law was not on the plaintiffs' side. >> it was as a matter of law whether this relief was relief that we were seeking could be provided to us. >> the group of about 30 supporters was left stunned in front of baltimore circuit court. lawyers say there still may be more options even though they're running out. >> we're going to pursue our legal options over the course of the next few days. >> attorneys for the archdiocese left out a back door to the court building, so we were not able to get any comment from them. however, in the past, the spokesperson has said a number of times keeping the school open just simply is not an option for this case. at this point, we'll have to

wait and see if the plaintiffs make another move. live in towson, i'm lowell melser, wbal-tv 11 news. >> maryland health officials announced today that a fourth person in the state has died from the h1n1 swine flu virus. unlike the first three cases that were fatal, this eastern shore resident didn't have any apparent illnesses or risk factors. officials have not released any more details and department secretary says the death of someone without apparent underlying medical conditions is reminder of how serious this flu can be even for healthy adults. >> a line of storms moving across southern pennsylvania, so there is a severe thunderstorm warning in effect for another 12 minutes or so for alana-caser, york, franklin and adams counties.

the satellite picture shows a cluster of clouds with pretty strong storm cells moving basically west to east. although the tail end of that may cross into northern maryland in the next hour or so. we'll tell you what happens in the complete forecast for the rest of the evening and the weekend is coming up. >> two top obama administration officials are butting heads in public over who should be in charge of making sure your money, the money you borrow, and the money you save, is protected. the government says risky mortgages and lax credit rules helped drive the economy to the brink. the treasury secretary says one new agency should be in charge of protecting consumers. but federal reserve chairman ben bernanke wants to keep the regulatory power where it is. in the meantime, warren buffett has teamed up with aol to

create online cartoon teaching kids how to manage their money. >> very simple lessons. we're not trying to teach them e equals mc squared. basically we're teaching that a penny saved is a penny earned. >> too many americans now aren't even earning pennies. jobless claims are up. half a million americans are now getting unemployment checks. >> lots of excitement in downtown baltimore for soccer fans. in less than three hours, the world football challenge featuring some of the best teams in the world kicks off. sky team 11 is over the stadium. i hope you already have your tickets because the game is sold out. for a couple of kids in particular, this will be the experience of a lifetime. pete gilbert joins us live with more on that story. >> special even though a european vacation was cut short. they returned from italy early and land the jon of team

interpreters 0 nothing is is getting lost in translation. le awfully nice for the head coach to share some thoughts in his press conference. but a little help, please? >> now that you're an english coach. >> thank you, kindly. but who was that interpreter sharing the stage? local high school kid making good use of his summer, that's who. all those years of studying italian with his parents proving use. antonio barbera thanks his parents for the push. his mother runs and italian studies school in baltimore. >> she would want to sit down and go over some of finer points of the language and i wasn't really looking forward to that. >> good thing they have two children. his older sister is a senior at st. mary's college.

she'll translate for a.c. milan after tonight's game. >> i practiced before coming over here. bought a book. >> the press conference went off without a hitch for antonio, leaving his father ready to cheer bellisimo! >> he's only 18 years old and has no experience acting as an official translator. to sit next to a-world-famous coach in front of media from halfway around the world with cameras blaring -- >> i think it's something i'd like to do again. >> antonio and his sister came prepareding going to the interpret for help. they watched press cons on youtube, rewinding, pausing and translating to get ready. already a great atmosphere down here. tailgaters are here. we'll check in with them new at 6:00. >> for more on the world

football challenge match between a.c. milan and chelsea including tips on how to avoid traffic delays this evening, log on to our website, wbaltv.com. i know those kids are so excited. >> an incredible amount of energy at that stadium. >> sure. >> president obama weighs in again on the police officer who arrested a harvard university psychological ar. what he has to say now and who he called. >> and looking to get fit?

>> a program in northeast baltimore is teaching children about nature and bicycle riding. children in the bella edison neighborhood got new bikes today as part of the earn a bike program. 10 youngsters worked for their wheels. they were park stewards at herring run park.

>> in tonight's "medical alert," has health care reform slipped from the fast lane into the slow lane? the day after democratic senate leaders gave up on trying to force a vote next month, a group of house democrats is urging their leaders to take more time. steve handelsman is in washington, where he spoke to a group -- leader of the go slow faction, the so-called blue dogs. >> most americans have never heard of mike ross. but president obama and nancy pelosi know him and his views on health care reform. he's a blue dog democrat. there are more than 50. named for a painting in an office where they used to meet, conservative democrats. >> there is a democratic majority in congress but there is not a liberal majority. quite simply, they make up the balance. democrats can't move legislation without having some

of the moderates to conservative democrats on board. >> the president invited ross over this week. so did pelosi. but they say now is not the time to talk about hiking taxes for health care reform. >> the bottom line is that, before we even consider new revenue, the american people want us to ensure that we've cut costs and ensure that we've squeezed every dime of savings we can find out of the hurnt health care system. >> what is it like when the president of the united states and the speaker of the house say you've got to play ball. stop holding this up? >> there is no arrive with the white house. there is somewhat of a arrive with the democratic leadership in that they just want to hurry up and get a bill passed. >> president obama still wants a vote by fall. >> provide quality affordable health care for every american. >> but to win, the president needs democrats like mike ross. and he is not a yes vote yet. republicans love this struggle among democrats, said one today on twitter. blue dogs, keep barking.

from capitol hill, i'm steve handelsman, wbal-tv 11 news. >> cancer project, a nonprofit vegan advocacy group, wants a health warning put on hot dog peages. they filed a lawsuit against major hot dog manufacturers claiming processed meats have been linked to cancer and consumers should be warned about it. studies show the preservatives used for foods like hot dogs are high in nigh trites, which can be converted into cancer-causing chemicals during digestion but there is not a clear consensus on this. meat industry representatives say the lawsuit is unfounded. and you may want to try water aerobics. anyone from teenagers to seniors can benefit from these exercises. in the water, you only need to support 10% of your body weight and there is less stress on

your joints and your body can move for a longer amount of time without the strain. >> jumping jacks, chris crosses, snow skiing, deep water jogging, just many, many different types of exercise that you can do without any form of equipment. >> because of the water resistance, the calorie burning really kicks into high gear. anywhere from 300 to 700 calories, depending on your intensity. >> the radar is busy again this evening. that severe thunderstorm warning for the southern pennsylvania counties has now expired, but the storms are still there. they're not quite as severe, but you can still get strong hail and gusty winds. it's moving up near york, just scooting along the pennsylvania-maryland line. a new area of isolated storms has cropped up just to the south and southwest of westminster at this stage of the game. also out near hagerstown. just north of ocean city, along

the delaware beaches and down along the potomac river on the virginia side they're getting isolated storms, too. kind of an active evening this evening. but except for that line just north of us in southern pennsylvania, where york is getting some thunderstorms now, it's kind of isolated, at least in maryland. let's look at what's going on temperature-wise. it's a warm, humid day today. 81 degrees at stephensville. annapolis checks in with 80 right now. at b.w.i.-marshall, it's 85. 86 downtown. college park, 88. gaithersburg, 82. 78 hagerstown. in hagerstown, there is some thundershower activity and heavier clouds there. the satellite imagery shows thunderstorms activity moving across southern pennsylvania. here is the oceangoing storm. a swirl of clouds offer the new england coast to the northeast

of cape cod. along the delaware beaches we have stuff going on, too. the weather system that was in the neighborhood yesterday is still here. but instead of being just west of us, it's just east of us now, just out over the water. the air is still soupy out there, so there is enough moisture to trigger storms. it is going to be very summer-like as we go into the end of the weekend and next week with a lot of heat, humidity and maybe a few isolated storms. tonight, scattered thunderstorms in the forecast especially in the early evening hours. 61 to 65 the overnight low range. tomorrow, a steamy day. 89 to 93. mostly sunny skies. in the afternoon, an isolated thundershower could crop up, but it's a very, very small chance. south southwest winds at seven to 126789 ocean city, tonight, thunderstorms, widely scattered. 65.

87 for tomorrow's high with partly cloudy skies. an outside chance for an isolated storm. a little better chance on sunday for that kind of activity. most of the weekend looks fine at ocean city. more or less rain-free conditions on saturday. but by sunday, another front coming in and the rain chances do increase for scattered showers and thunderstorms. that will extend into monday as well. we look at the nearpsnearps. the minimum rain chances are saturday and wednesday. both days will be hot and humid. every other day there we have a little better chance for a few scattered thunderstorms. but most of the time it won't be raining. it's going to be hot and humid, though, that i can guarantee. >> up next, a proposed memorial concert to honor michael jackson has been canceled. and what investigators were looking for when they raided jackson's doctor's office

yesterday. >> i think the president should make an apology to all law enforcement personnel.

♪ tell me who's watching. ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ (announcer) it's right here. it's easy. >> today president obama directly addressed the uproar over a white policeman's arrest of a black professor in massachusetts. >> the president made a

surprise appearance to say he talked to the arresting officer by phone today in an effort to deescalate an escalating situation. the latest on the story from 11 news reporter chris clackum. >> the surprise visit at the briefing by the president follows his remarks earlier this week that came bridge police sergeant james crowellly acted stupidly in the arrest of henry gates. >> i just had a conversation with sergeant jim crowley -- >> admitting he contributed to the uproar, the president said he could have calibrated his words differently. >> there was an overreaction in pulling professor gates out of his home. professor gates probably overreacted as well. >> at an earlier news conference, crowley didn't speak. but his supporters did, saying crowley went by the book in arresting gates last week.

>> after an intensive investigation, the came bridge police department also expressed its support for sergeant crowley clearing him of any wrongdoing. >> crowley told whdh thursday that gates was immediately confrontational when he and another officer responded to a call about two black males breaking into the house. >> i said i'm sergeant crowley from the cambridge police department investigating a break-in in progress. he responded, why, because i'm a black man in america? >> crowley's version is at odds with what gates told cnn. >> i demanded his name and badge number. he wouldn't say anything. he was very upset. he said are you not responding to me because you're a white police officer and i'm a black man? >> the charges against gates were dropped although he is said to be contemplating a lawsuit. while president obama says he's hoping for something else. >> my hope is that, as a

consequence of this event, this ends up being what's called a teachable moment. >> jay gray reporting for wbal-tv 11 news. >> the other policeman with crowley backs up crowley's account and also says both of them followed proper police procedure. >> 70 cents an hour is added to the federal minimum wage meaning more money for some workers. it could also mean you'll be paying more for goods and services. >> i felt anger. then i felt really stupid. >> she thought her travel insurance would cover her canceled trip when her father became seriously ill. the i-team exposes a confusing clause t

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>> tonight at 5:30, you've planned the perfect getaway and to be careful you decide to purchase travel insurance. but you also need to be careful about exactly what you're buying. tonight the 11 news i-team exposes a confusing contract exclusion that left a maryland woman thinking she was covered until her claim was rejected. barry simms has the story. >> this is as close to hawaii as paula could get. her backyard. the cecil county woman paid $ 4,500 online for airline tickets and more than $200 for travel insurance. then her 88-year-old father, who wasn't going on the trip, became seriously ill. >> three days before we were supposed to leave on the trip, i was told that he'd gone into renal failure and had two to three weeks to live. so we would never have gone on

the trip. >> she canceled, thinking the tickets were covered by the travel insurance. she filed a claim with access america. but the company rejected it. they claim she didn't have the right kind of coverage. >> access america told me that, because my dad had renal disease before the tickets were purchased, that this was a preexisting condition and they weren't going to cover it. >> this is one of the number one reasons for travel policies being canceled or not honored on behalf of consumers. >> the better business bureau's angie bar net says many consumers are confused. >> i am so confused. i don't understand what i did wrong. >> she believed her policy included coverage if a family member became seriously ill or injured or was in a life-threatening situation. her circumstances seem to be just that. >> most policies exclude preexisting conditions. >> the b.b.b. says you have to know not only what the contract

includes but also what it doesn't. >> this particular policy, what you're looking at, they allude to a policy that includes preexisting conditions but that's extra coverage and you've got to read down the fine print. it's at the very bottom of the contract. you've got to be so diligent in absorbing that information. >> the company told her she could have purchased extra coverage for preexisting conditions. she said she read all the insurance information and found nothing requiring her to buy additional insurance. >> it's unconscionable, i think, that people should purchase this insurance and then be told they're not covered. >> a spokesman for access america says he believes the policy is straightforward. he says she purchased a.a. trip protector, which does not provide for an existing medical condition. her father had been ill for some sometime and his symptoms and treatment fell within the

120-day exclusionary period for the policy. she's still hoping to get a refund and trying to work something out directly with the airline. for the 11 news i-team, i'm barry simms. >> before you buy travel insurance online, the better business bureau suggestion you call the insurance company to better understand the policy. any complaints about travel insurance can be sent to the butter abuse bureau and the maryland insurance administration. you'll find links to both those agencies on our website, wbaltv.com. click on i-team. >> right now here is a look at our other top stories at this hour. four people are dead after a helicopter crash on i-70 in washington county. it happened around 10:30 last night. investigators don't yet know why the helicopter crashed. maryland state police have identified those on board as 24-year-old jeffrey nordaas of columbia, 39-year-old george tutor jr. of westminster, 43-year-old niall booth and 48-year-old kim felix, both of new market. police did not say -- did not

identify the pilot. >> the search for a baltimore area team at a south carolina beach is now a recovery mission. volunteers lined the shore looking for 13-year-old lonnie hill. on thursday, the boy went swimming with friends in the ocean, went underwater and never returned to the surface. the boy and his team were in south carolina to play in a big kahuna tournament in myrtle beach. >> a houston search warrant confirms that michael jackson's personal doctor, conrad murray, is the tarlt of a criminal investigation into the singer's death. jackson mother says she needs money to take care of his children. and the august tribute concert is now canceled. >> the office and storage unit of michael jackson's personal physician was searched wednesday in houston. court documents are the first public confirmation the doctor is a crime suspect. a search warrant says, quote,

investigators were looking for evidence of the offense of manslaughter that tends to show that dr. conrad murray committed the said criminal offense. during the search, police confiscated roll owe decks cards, emails, computers, a suspension notice from a houston hospital and vials of two drugs. one is used for weight loss. the other drug seized was sometimes used as a muscle relaxant and sleep aid. >> they are looking at dr. murray, they are seriously investigating him for manslaughter, and they're looking for any piece of evidence that will help them put a case together against him. >> through his attorney, the doctor has denied wrongdoing. autopsy results expected next week could influence possible charges. murray, a cardiologist, was hired by jackson at a monthly salary of $150,000. he was at jackson's los angeles home and found the singer not breathing. he administered c.p.r.

jackson was pronounced dead at ucla medical center. he had been rehearsing for the comeback tour. concert promoter aeg sold rights of the final rehearsal footage to sony. no tribute show before a film version is released in october is a stipulation. so plans for a tribute concert in london next month have been scrapped. it would have coincided with his 51st birthday. >> a hearing on jackson's estate and custody of his three children is set for august 3. a judge denied a request by katherine jackson for a family allowance for the children until the hearing. >> still to come, baltimore's neighbors to the north have come up with a way to collect trash and save resources. see how it's helping philadelphia become cleaner and greener. >> first, a disturbing

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officials are still finding dead dogs inside a man's michigan home. today animal rescue crews found 150 dogs in a dearborn, michigan, home. 75 were dead and packed in old freezers and closets. rescue and cleanup efforts began wednesday after residents in the neighborhood complained about an odor coming from the house. >> as we go forward, our building and safety and engineering will make a determination on the house and initially they've said the house will in all likelihood have to be destroyed because the dirt is so deeply penetrated in the house that cleaning it is out of the question. >> the live animals captured are being cared for. the 56-year-old man who owns the dogs and lives in the house was taken to an area hospital for a psychological examination. police in dearborn say the owner could face several charges of animal cruelty. >> a jury has convicted an arkansas evaluate of taking underage girls across state lines for sex. they found 74-year-old tony

alamo guilty on all 10 counts he faced. he's cuesed of taking girls as young as 9 across state lines as early as 1994. he has denied the charges. the minute he is spouses and apock liptick form of christianity. >> she made headlines when she was kidnapped more than 30 years ago. but we have not heard the last of the peat hearst story. she's now speaking about what happened back in 1974. >> the federal minimum wage is 70 cents higher tonight. in "consumer alert," why more than just wages will be going up.

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abducted by two men and a girl in a bizarre kidnapping. >> peat hearst, a 19-year-old college student, the third daughter of randolph and katherine hearst, kidnapped. a few days later, a tape recording was dropped off as a local radio station. >> mom, dad, i'm ok. i'm with a combat unit armed with automatic weapons and there's no way that i will be released until they let me go. >> the kidnappers are members of the terrorist group that calls it southwest the s.l.a. there was another recording later that was very different. peat said she had a new name. >> i've been given the name tania. >> two weeks later, tania made her debut. a bank in san francisco had

just opened when armed band disburst through the front door announcing a hold-up and shouting that they were the s.l.a. front and center, the heiress, former known as peat. >> i heard her say she would shoot the first s.o.b. that did anything out of line. >> hearst insisted peat was still a victim. look at the photos, they said. look at the guns pointed at peat. but nine days later came a new s.l.a. recording. >> my gun was loaded and at no time did any of my comrades intentionally point their guns at me. as for being brainwashed, the idea is ridiculous to the point of being beyond belief. >> was she a willing participant? or was she brainwashed? >> the kidnapped heiress airs tonight on "dateline" right here on wbal.

>> yesterday we had scattered thunderstorms in the area. today the same weather system is more or less with us, so we have more storms in the area. most of it is up in pennsylvania. but a little is reaching down into northern baltimore and eastern carroll county at this time. and there could be a little hail associated with this and gusty winds. the stronger storms are near york and east of york moving across i-83 and on eastward. so in addition to carroll and baltimore county, it look like harford county and eventually cecil county will be involved as well. parts of harford county, southwest harford county, a isolated storm cell has cropped up. also a little cell just to the west of ocean city that is barely visible on the radar but nonetheless is there. this cluster of storms scooting just along the maryland-peril

line at this stage. let's look outside and see what is happening. easton checks in with 84 degrees. annapolis, 80. downtown it's 86. everyone in the 80's. at westminster, a little cooler because of the heavier clouds and rainfall up there at 81. 79 hagerstown. notice these yellow shadings further north in pennsylvania. that's the cooler air caused by those storms. more isolated activity just around the ocean city area and it's moving toward the baltimore metropolitan area. it's just off into baltimore county, now in carroll county, moving our way. yesterday it was just to our west. now it's just to our east, but still enough to stir up the atmosphere. once that gets a little further away, things should calm down tomorrow. we'll still be on the hot and humid side. then the next weather system in minnesota will approach into

sunday. for today, we are in the slight risk category for severe weather through the evening hours this evening. there was a watch or a warning earlier this evening in southern pennsylvania. that has since expired. the biggest threat would be for hail with these storms. they'll be scattered this evening. generally partly cloudy the rest of the night. up around 90 or a little better than that during the day tomorrow with mostly sunny skies. rain chances will be minimal tomorrow. it will be humid. maybe an isolated thundershower could crop up somewhere in the afternoon but not enough to cause you to alter your plans. small craft advisories on the bay tomorrow. wind could gust to 20 with a one- to two-foot chop. this activity leaves the area and we'll be dry most of saturday. sunday the next front comes in with rain chances going up once again. the forecast calls for a hot and humid day tomorrow. isolated rainshowers possible -- or thundershower.

a little better chance for thunderstorms sunday and monday. then the chance diminish a bit. then up again thursday and friday. i have the word humid every day in the next seven days. sultry, summer weather. >> can't miss it, john. how the change in the minimum wainl could impact store prices and why now may be the best time to get rid of your old clunker. marianne banister has the details in tonight's "consumer alert." >> consumers can trade in their old cars for cash under the cash for clunkers plan where shoppers can take advantage to incentives worth up to $4,500. cars and truck number 1984 models or newer. chrysler will match the incentives on most 2009 models. for more, go to wbaltv.com. just click on "project economy." minute mum wage is now $7.25 and that could impact the cast of many things you buy.

>> lisa richards and her family own this ice cream and brg shop in indianapolis. too small to be required to pay the 70 cents an hour more for minimum wage, but she expects and impact. >> you have a 14-, 15-, 16-year-old girl or young man that it's their first time job and that's what their expectations are. >> higher wages affects more payroll. >> it's all relative. unemployment goes up, payroll tax go up, insurance goes up. everything. >> for the owner of this pizza restaurant in lake charles, louisiana, the worry is over raising prices in a recession. >> you can't absorb that type of wage increase. so we have to take other means. we have to raise our menu prices, which you know is public is very resistant to that. unfortunately we have to do that. >> mcneese state university

dean of business -- >> you have to come to the conclusion of either reducing the number of hours they work, reducing the number of employees or raising your prices to cover the additional costs. >> speaking from experience, no, i don't feel sympathy for the employers. the employees are what makes your business. >> employees say it's about time. >> this friday is a real good day for me. >> more money in the pocket important workers with customers possibly left with a bigger bill. >> solar poured trash compactors are catching on. philadelphia put 500 of them on the street. big belly senses when the container is full and then uses solar power to squeeze the trash to make moore room. other cities have big bellies including boston, chicago and new york city. >> i like the idea of big

belly. thank you. you know, that kind of big belly. for more on the program, log on to wbaltv.com. click on consumer. also on our website, 22,000 cartons of romaine lettuce recalled because of salmonella risk. click on consumer alert to learn more. a new injectable treatment is similar to botox but a little bit cheaper. is it better? click on "medical alert." consolidating student loans. you can get your interest rate as low as 2%. click on national news for some tips. >> up next, sentencing for the local police officer responsible for a deadly accident. >> new at 6:00, the punishment for -- >> how a baltimore basketball player takes time out to accept the key to the city.

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>> in tonight's education alert , there is some magic happening here. can you feel it? professional basketball stars showed up with a message to youth having very little to do with the sport or fame. tim tooten is here to explain more about angel. >> as in angel mccord, a first player picked in this year's wnba draft. her roots are right here in baltimore city. today she had courtside advice for the youth. >> now, this key, you can open the city and all the doors of the city. so what i'm going to ask her to do, when she opens the door to the city and when she comes back to visit, that she remembers to give back to her community. >> her maim is angel mccautery. now she's in the national spotlight with the atlanta

dream. but she's not too far removed from what it means to climb to the top both in the classroom and on the basketball court. >> when i was in school, i played around. i didn't want to focus. i didn't want to study. i didn't want to do none of that. but i remember my dad saying -- that's my dad right there. he said if you don't get your grades together, you're not going to be able to play basketball. >> a word of advice from the former st. francis academy star whose message was part motivation, part testimony. >> some of you are going to take extra. everybody is not gifted to be an a student. i had to study more. it's that's ok. >> she says her parents have always been by her side. >> we were just there as parents, you know, telling her what she could do. she believed it and went out and did it. >> when people tell her she can't do something, that motivates her. it makes her fight harder. >> that has helped her survive both on the basketball court and in life. >> sometimes we struggle and

i'm just glad i went through what i went through to help these young kids. i'll definitely be back in the community to help them out. >> and she said she will keep her word. in fact, her next game with the dream is thursday night against phoenix. >> it's so inspiring for kids, i'm sure, to have somebody like that come in and talk to them. >> and she said i wasn't a top-level student but i worked hard and it paid off. >> here is what's new at 6:00. >> four marylanders die in a deadly helicopter crash in western maryland. >> i'm pete gilbert live at m&t bank stadium where soccer fans are swarming. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] >> families of four marylanders

are coming to terms with their sudden deaths.