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suspect vehicle was spotted in the area of martin luther king boulevard and mulberry street that was involved in a carjacking. the regional of that task force spotted that vehicle, and while keeping it under operation until they could try to get set up to apprehend a suspect operating the vehicle, they had called for the helicopter to a system, the suspect started driving around erratically on the parking lot at the cbs our senior mulberry went it ended up going down to lexington street and then took off westbound at a high rate of speed, striking a woman that was southbound on calhoun st., causing the crash. it drove her vehicle about 67 feet until it rested upon a tree. the woman was rescued from the vehicle and transported to shock trauma and pronounced dead from the injuries. the suspect was apprehended at the scene with non life- threatening injuries. there is more to come on this as
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we get more information. >> onto our big story tonight. history is made in washington as the u.s. senate votes to grant -- to confirm judge sonia sotomayor or as a first hispanic justice to the supreme court. >> the senate is racing to complete other actions as well. we will get the latest from steve on capitol hill. >> the final vote look like history in the making. senators stood to say yea or nay. >> the yeas are 68 and the nays are 31. >> confirmed as a supreme court justice, sonia sotomayor or, 57. she was raised poor in new york, a brilliant student, prosecutor, and federal judge for 17 years. nominated by president obama, she will be the first hispanic to sit on the supreme court. every democrat heat on praise.
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>> she is clearly qualified. she is extremely intelligent, and she represents the american ideal that at the end of the day, race and ethnicity and class are not supposed to predetermined anything. >> 9 republicans voted yes. >> judge sotomayor mo's decision are not outside the legal mainstream. >> most republicans worried she has a legal -- a liberal bias. >> we need judges who of all the rights of all, not just some. >> i am very concerned about this nomination. i feel very badly that i have to vote negatively. >> up for continuation today is the cash for clunkers program, so popular it has burned through $1 billion. $2 billion more is requested. >> this program is hoping to save and create jobs and really get our automobile sector moving forward again.
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>> moving the whole nation forward is what sonia sotomayor 's backers say her confirmation accomplish today. she will be sworn in on saturday at the supreme court. it will be televised, and that will be another person. senator barbara mikulski was back just-in-time for that. she had fallen and done serious damage to her ankle. melissa carlson joins us live in the studio. i am sure this is the day she did not want to miss. >> it was one of the first thing she talked about. while she is still in a wheelchair, it is not slowing her down. she said she is going back to work and taking on those issues. >> two weeks ago, she fell down a group of stairs, and when she
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does something, she does it big. >> not only did she enter her ankle, she broke in three places and dislocated ankle. >> she was operated on here at mercy medical center. her doctor says she has been quite a fighter. >> she has been absolutely intense about her physical therapy. i found her to be remarkably tough. she got off pain pills earlier than any patient i have ever treated following major reconstructive surgery. 11 days after the surgery, she is getting back to work, just in time for a major vote. >> i will be voting for judge sotomayor to take her place on the supreme court. my vote will be cast for her, because i believe she has the right judicial experience. >> she also said that she has been in touch with all the key players through which she calls her best friend, her black berry. she does not plan on letting her injury get in her way. >> i now have this group which
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the doctor convince me would be very therapeutic. -- i have this boot. by the time i am out of my cast and standing on my feet, we will have passed health insurance reform, i hope. i am ready for that race to began. >> she plans on being back to work full time when the senate resumes after labor day. >> help is coming to the baltimore area, thanks to the economic stimulus package. yesterday, the president announced $2.4 billion in grant money to develop the next generation of batteries and electric vehicles. >> i do not want to have to import a hired car. i want to be able to build a hybrid car here. i do not want to have to import
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a harvard truck. i want to build a harbor truck here. >> it could create tens of thousands of new jobs. plants will share the funding to develop new cars. $4 billion in the pipeline for the state of maryland. >> according to the o'malley administration, as of july 31, recover money has generated 2246 jobs. the problem is, new unemployment claims in july alone or much higher -- are much higher. >> the resurfacing jobs under way in montgomery county is one of those show already projects. jason dodge had been unemployed
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until the stimulus money became available. he is convinced it is working. >> it took a lot of pressure off my shoulders. >> many question whether the money is actually helping. an adjunct professor of finance at johns hopkins review stimulus money tracking data just released by the o'malley administration. >> is helping the maryland economy. though we still have it reduced unemployment rising, it is rising at a reduced rate. >> as of july 31, stimulus funds have created over 2000 jobs in maryland. the number of new unemployment claims in july is much greater, at 5023. >> even with the new claims, the government's will argue that it would have been 10,000 without the stimulus. >> 97 highway projects are open for bids. 73 have been given notice to proceed.
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housing programs are eligible for $236 million of the stimulus money. only $468,000 has been disbursed. of the $1.2 billion expected for education, $360 million has been spent. but the $1.6 billion in the pipeline for medicaid, the state has received three installments of four hundred $77 million. -- $477 million. >> it takes time. you have to figure out how the money is to be dispensed. the stimulus money may not be falling as fast as advertised, but those on the receiving end are grateful. >> our financial expert warns that marilyn mufson -- correct the structural deficit, otherwise the crisis would just continue year after year. the stimulus money runs out in a couple of years.
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>> the maryland governor's mansion is going a shade greener. solar panels will be installed on the roof of the mansion beginning next week. once they are installed, they will provide about half the hot water used in the mansion. other upgrades include energy- efficient lighting and temperature controls. >> we are trying to lead by example. all of us can be leaders by example, if we do everything we can to conserve energy and move our country forward more renewable forms of energy like solar. >> since moving into the mansion, the o'malleys have installed and irrigation system and planted a vegetable garden. >> clouds and showers across the state today in the central and eastern part of the state. western maryland enjoyed some sunshine. gradual clearing chin and reject
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trend underway for central and western maryland. there'll be a couple more hours of what weather down there before things quiet down, and as the clearing trend gets underway, unseasonably cool and comfortable weather settles in for tonight and friday, but the hottest temperatures in the year could be coming our way by the time we get to the weekend. >> today was no ordinary deer at -- no ordinary day at reagan's training camp. they got a visit from snoop dog g. gerry sandusky joins us live from westminster tonight. >> you never know when you might say the wrong thing. snoop dogg never says the wrong thing. they always call us recall these the dog days, but until today they never called it the snoop dogg days.
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he is a friend of ray lewis, and he has an entourage, someone who even hold his umbrella when it comes to practice. they have been friends for quite some time. ray lewis extended the invitation and snook came to check out practice. snoop even had his own take on what it means to play like raven. >> playing like a raven is like you have a target on you at all times. the offense is getting strong. being a raven is like being snooped dogg. you are a target at all times. >> is there anybody else in the world who could call him that name?
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>> still ahead, a disturbing video services of a man who opened fire at a gym class and its fur. -- in pittsburgh. >> after he goes to bed, i break out the big bar of chocolate. >> a new type of eating disorder is disturbing doctors. that is in our medical alert. >> a school district offers std testing without parental approval. how many have tested positive so far? >> it is hard for me to watch, but parents say they are teaching their infants and toddlers have to save themselves if they fall in a pool. why is a c
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>> stem stands for science, technology, engineering, and math. they were making recommendations to establish maryland as a global leader in the development of its work force, but it was found that more needs to be done. >> we must rage graduation standards for high school seniors, especially in stem disciplines. benchmark their performance against international standards and ensure that the courses students take in the 12th grade
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a line with expectations of our colleges and universities for entering students. >> other recommendations include tripling the number of teachers in stem shortage areas and increasing the number of stem college graduates by 40% by the year 2015. next year, all students at public high schools in washington d.c. will be able to get tested for sexually transmitted diseases. it was found that 13% of 3000 children tested positive for a sexually transmitted disease, according to the d.c. health department. the program is voluntary, but it will not require parental consent. >> in tonight's "medical alert," determine whether a patient has swine flu or any flu needs to happen quickly, but a new study finds that rapid tests are more likely to fail more than half the time. researchers found the test were
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able to accurately detect flu viruses 40% to 70% of the time, but only of a proper sample was taken and high levels of the virus were taken. experts say the results are preliminary, and more studies are needed. are you a secret either, at a calorie prisoner? a survey finds 60% of women have an eating disorder, or at least what they call this order eating. you are probably familiar with problems like anorexia or bulimia, but this new generation of disordered eating comes in many different forms. >> after he goes to bed, i will break out the big bar of chocolate. red wine and chocolate. >> for this woman, chocolate and red wine is just a guilty pleasure, but secret e can be serious for women. it is one of the most common
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eating disorders. >> eating a large amount of food in a discreet. time, feeling a sense of loss of control, as if you cannot control it or stop, and a host of criteria such as eating in secret, eating until uncomfortably full, and feeling negative about it during or after the episode. >> secret eaters are not alone. calorie prisoners are consumed with counting every morsel. the career dieter's weight is like a yo-yo, up and down, up and down. >> the anger, stress, anxiety, in an of itself, or in combination with it -- it just feels good, to help you manage that negative mood. >> when food takes over your
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life, doctors say it is time to take control. find another more constructive way to make yourself feel good. >> take a job reject a job, going shopping, call a friend, whatever it is you need to do. >> he uses cognitive theory -- cognitive therapy. >> if i sit down and really think about it, i can get it done. >> doctors say he did not tackle the problem early, harmless eating disorders can turn into heart disease, obesity, or even diabetes. >> when i am looking for comfort and relief from stress, that is what i think about, eating. >> just remember, you are in control of the food, not the food controlling your mood. >> now your insta-weather
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forecast. >> here on tv hill, just a few scattered, light showers. down to the south and east, the rain continues to come down. chrisfield is the far this south city in our state. the heaviest rain has moved east of their, but it is now on the beaches. satellite imagery shows a clearing trend for the western half of the state. it has been a nice day out and announced today. a few storms popped up on lake erie and have moved inland and are falling apart now. some weather disturbance crossing lake erie, triggering those thunderstorms, but only the clouds making it into for
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western maryland. the storms cutting across the lower eastern shore. baltimore just getting glanced by the passing showers. the temperatures have not climbed much under the cloud deck. only in the low 70's in cambridge in salisbury. we will see generally clear skies coming in, with a wince turning to the northwest and the skies clearing out. -- with the winds turning to the northwest. the northwesterly breezes will bring some of the cool air into baltimore tonight. a record low was set in 2004 for tomorrow morning, the seventh of august, at 53 degrees. some of the suburbs will likely be in the 50's to start friday. front moving through, with an area of low pressure produced
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the showers to the south today. a comfortable night tonight and a beautiful day on friday, before the heat starts to return over the weekend. sunny to partly cloudy skies tomorrow, a little more cloud cover coming through on saturday, but still a nice looking day. showers may clip the northeastern part of the state early sunday morning. this is in response to a major war front lifting up for new england. that means the heat will build in for the second half of the weekend. temperature is normal to below normal. low humidity, a very pleasant friday. on the bay, a 1 foot shop on the open waters. wins out of the west at 10 knots. a nice looking friday, very comfortable. a thunderstorm may pop up north of baltimore in the late evening on saturday, and then the sun, he, and humidity return. sunday and monday, temperatures
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have been to the mid 90's. >> tonight, why one man has decided to bite 40,000 -- four thousand miles across the united states. >> the dramatic aftermath of a car accident in washington, d.c is caught on tape. the latest on the investigation. >> despite the tough economy, we found one charity that is thriving in the baltimore area, sending kids away to college. we'll have that story it 6:00. we'll have that story it 6:00.
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>> four people were hurt after an suv and a car collided in washington d.c. police said the car slammed into suv, causing the vehicle to flipped several times. they had to cut several people from both vehicles. there is no word of any charges will be filed. >> we are learning more about the gunman who opened fire on a gym class in pittsburg, killing three people. >> in death, the gunman is getting the attended he yearned for while he was living. >> my objective is to be real and to learn to be emotional. >> he posted videos on youtube that opened a window into a sad life.
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>> the capt. chair match. a woman will really be impressed. >> another website, the man who calls himself crazy george a alludes to his problems in finding love. a whole web pages devoted to his dead cat, snoopers. the station also uncovered receipts that shows he bought a gun parts and ammunition from the same online gun store used by the shooters in the virginia tech and northern illinois university shooting rampages. julia gazman survived the shootings. she saw him in his own life. >> he was messing around with something, putting the gun down, or i thought he was just getting his stuff together. then i found out he was getting another gun. >> on this day, this small community is not focusing on the loanner, it is paying tribute to
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the lives he cut short. lives ended in a violent clash, remembered today by those who love them. funeral services for the victims will be held this weekend. >> so sad. >> still ahead, more trouble for the u.s. postal service. >> she is only nine months old, but her mother wants her in this pull, hoping she learns like setting water skills. but are infants too young for this? the controversy, coming up. >> a fisherman makes the catch of his life in ocean city at the white marlin ope
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>> some parents say they are simply taking a pre-emptive measure, protecting their toddlers by enrolling them in a water safety glass. some doctors say could be more grave risk that reassurance. bliss across and examines the controversy. >> this nine month old cannot swim, but she is not in need of help. her mother believes she is teaching her daughter how to save herself. >> i just wanted to have the precaution so that if something happens, god forbid, she will know what to do. >> she chose to enroll both of her daughters into infant swimming resources, a class for
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children 6 years old all the way down to six months of age. >> they have the opportunity to learn skills that could save their lives in a true survival situation. >> students are in don't feet and face first, and sometimes bleak closed -- they are dunked , sometimes fully clothed. >> he was loading for 5 minutes by himself without anybody touching him. that was just awesome. >> infants 6-12 months are taught to flip over on their backs and afloat. the thought is that floating gives them precious time so that someone may see them. ages 1-4 are taught to float, swim, then flown to safety. -- float to safety.
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>> edwards admits that while it can be hard to watch them crying and gasping, these reactions are lifesaving. >> if they work unsupervised and in a floating position, they can get your attention. >> it was difficult for her to see her son struggling, that is a former nurse says it is better than the alternative. >> i continue to encourage everybody to try this. there is not a single parent i met in the infant intensive care that would not turn the clock back and do something to keep their child from drowning or nearly drowning. >> some in the medical community think that these lessons could be a prescription for a deadly situation. >> it sends a message that your child can be drownproof. i strongly disagree that that is the case.
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>> the american academy of pediatrics takes the position that children under the age of four or not developmentally ready for swimming classes. they explain there is no research fort entrance ages -- for infants ages 6-12 months. >> i would not people want to think they can now flowed over -- roll over and flowed and that will save their lives. >> there is proven research behind 40 years in the program that has shown that these drying prevention skills independently used by children have made a difference in their lives. >> both sides agree that these classes do not trump good parental security and the need for parents to stay within arm's reach of their children while their water. despite the controversy, parents
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tell us they want an extra layer of protection. >> it just gives me the security that if i am not looking for one second, she will know how to flip over on her back and read until i see them. -- breed until i see them. >> instructors say parents should not try to teach those children the techniques on their own, and should leave it to a certified professional. we would like to know what you think. would you enroll your infant in a water survival class? you can survive on our website, wbaltv.com. >> here is a look at our other top stories. history was made in washington today. the senate voted to confirm sonia sotomayor yoas the first hispanic supreme court justice. she becomes the 111th justice and the third woman to serve on the high court. senator barbara mikulski made it back to capitol hill in time to
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vote for judge sotomayor. she has been laid up after severely injuring her ankle at a -- from a fall down the stairs. she held a press conference, taking her four doctors for helping her make a quick recovery. a north carolina resident snagged a record-breaking blue marlin yesterday in ocean city. it weighed 1,062 pounds, exceeding the maryland record by more than 100 pounds. it is worth about $550,000. his group fought the fish for more than three hours before finally reeling in. nearly 300 boats are registered to compete in the open, which is being held for that 36 time. >> david is what days away from completing a 4,000 mile bicycle journey across the united states. we caught up with him today in annapolis. his mother battles arthritis, and he was also recently diagnosed.
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>> a lot of people think of arthritis as an old person's disease, and you just get up in the morning and take a couple of pills and go do yoga in the park. that is not the way it was for my mother. >> besides raising awareness, he is also raising money for arthritis research. he has ties to baltimore. he once lived here, and his children still do. he will complete his ride sunday on his 60th birthday in new jersey. >> what is summer without crab soup? lovers of the crustacean headed to the inner harbor today. celebrity judges and the public but soups from various restaurants to the test. for the best cream of crab soup, but judges and people agreed brightens was best. they were split on maryland crab soup. the suit cookoff was held to promote next week's restaurant
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week. >> that would be fun to be a judge in. still ahead, married for just six months, a young bride is accused of trying to have her husband killed. >> technically, i should have been dead at 9:00. >> her husband can joke about it now, thanks to police. how they were able to foil her alleged plan, much to her surprise. >> the san diego zoo welcomes the new baby panda. details coming up. >> the heart of the baltimore opera company is put on
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>> the san diego zoo has the birth of a cut. it's tiny, but loud. the couple was born this morning. he weighs about 4 ounces, and is about the size of a stick of butter. what about the familiar black- and-white markings, that will show up in about a month.
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this is her fifth cub. with a city employee in south florida was suspended from her job for not saying hello to the mayor. she admits she did not say hello to the mayor when herpes --whens cross. she agrees to start -- showed disrespect, and she apologized. >> i saw her extend her hand out to one of my co-workers, and what they said from there, i do not know. >> even the mayor disagreed with the suspension. she has since been reinstated, but ordered to undergo counseling. >> still ahead, it is time for back-to-school shopping. many states are stepping up to help with tax free days. maryland is one of them. >> showers kept temperatures unseasonably cool, and it will be comfortable again tonight
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before he moves back this way for the weekend.
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>> here is a look at the stories we are working on for a 6:00. a final curtain call for the baltimore opera company, as the building was sold at auction. tonight, hear from the new owners. what organization helping to keep students'c
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>> an unusual police sting caught on tape. the target was a young bride in florida who allegedly tried to hire a hit man to kill her new husband. >> in a dramatic scene worthy of hollywood, but shot by police, a
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young newlywed returns home in boynton beach florida to find detected than crime scene technicians there. when she is told her husband of only six months has been murdered, she begins to sob, and she continues to sob uncontrollably, until she is led away to be eventually arrested. x. i did not do anything, and i did not plot anything. >> police said the 26-year-old did plot the murder of her husband, and actually hired someone she thought was a hit man. >> the twist was that that man was an undercover police officer. she hired him to kill her husband. >> police say she offered to pay $4,200 for the killing, and provided those of her husband and her house. >> we have our own surveillance video talking about wanting her husband dead and saying she is 5000% sure that she wants this done. >> her husband was alerted by
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police and was never harmed. >> technically, i should have been dead at 9:00. i am an hour-and-a-half on the good side, i guess. rex at the supposed crime scene, where she began to sob and saw, officers continued to play along. >> at that point, she was brought to a vehicle and brought back here to the police department. she came face to face with a man who shot her husband twice in the head. >> or so she thought, before finally learning he was an officer, and she was charged with solicitation to commit first-degree murder. the biggest question now for her husband is why his wife allegedly won him dead. >> just divorce me and take everything. that is the best way, right? >> much better than waiting until death do us part. >> now your 11 insta-weather plus barack's -- forecast.
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>> on the hottest day ever in the month of august, this was one of them. we have an unusually cool day. 77 degrees fahrenheit today, contrasted to the normal of 87. we are way short of the record high of 105. the record low was 51 this morning. tomorrow morning's record low is 53 from 2004. it will not be that cool, but we are setting the stage for and an unusually cool and comfortable night. it gets a little warmer out west, because they had some sunshine today, getting the temperature to the low 80's. look how to live is in cambridge to salisbury of two easton. of showers and storms still tracking through parts of the lower eastern shore and coastal areas. that will clear out tonight and
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dry weather persists from baltimore west. dry conditions returning to the baltimore area tonight. the day started with temperatures in the low 40's of along the canadian border. low 50's up toward pittsburg. it will be comfortable in the suburbs than downtown. the front and low develop along the front is now moving away, so high pressure comes in for friday. tomorrow looks like a nice day with a good deal of sunshine. temperatures will be warmer because we will have the sun, but it will be a nice friday. saturday we will see more cloud cover moving in, in response to strong war front coming out of the midwest that will produce clouds and click the north part of the state with a few showers. that is a warm front, and we will see the impact on our
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temperatures as we get to the seven-day forecast. the emitted he is low and the winds will be like. waves around 1 foot. bay water temperatures in the upper 70's and low 80's. near deep creek lake, a high of 75 degrees. a pleasant day to be out on the chesapeake tomorrow. down at ocean city tomorrow, a clearing trend tonight. the air temperature will warm to 81 on friday. 84 tomorrow, low humidity, a beautiful august day. a chance for a thunderstorm late saturday evening. the warm front will come true, getting signatures to the midnight's for sunday and monday, with humidity making it feel even hotter. a chance for a thunderstorm next
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tuesday. >> a couple of domestic car makers did not fare very well in the latest round of low-speed bumper crash tests. some foreign car makers only did marginally better. the bumpers on the 2010 ford fusion dropped from marginal to poor rating. the bumpers on the chevy malibu remained in the poor category. they also tested bumpers for thmidsized cars. they performed better than the 2007 models, although none earned the top rating of good. the u.s. postal service is in big trouble tonight. it is strapped for cash, billions in the red, and will fall short on a big health insurance payment due next month. here is what that means to you. your local post office may close, an agency is considering
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no more mail delivery on saturdays to save money. today the postmaster general ask congress for some quick relief. >> many of us are email in now instead of buying stamps. mail carriers are delivering fewer letters to more homes, and the postal service is losing money. >> the post office has to adjust to it, or they will go the way of the horse and buggy. >> after raising prices, getting rid of mailboxes, cutting work hours, eliminating thousands of jobs, and soliciting new business online, the agency will end at this year's $7 billion in the red, and all not make a retiree health insurance payment due september 30. >> somebody will have to pay for it, and it will either be a ratepayer are the u.s. taxpayer. >> they are looking at eliminating regular delivery on saturday and closing nearly 700 postal facilities.
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>> i would not have a place to come at lunch time to drop off my mail. very inconvenient. >> we want to keep as many of those open as we possibly can. we cannot just sell stamps and those outlets. >> one senator says all those changes amount to less than 1% of operating costs. postal unions are at odds of whether to reduce the massive insurance payment. >> the requirement is no longer feasible. >> this is a mean-spirited a minute that undermine the collective bargaining process. >> the senate is looking at temporarily reducing the interest payment for the postal service, but there is disagreement over how much should be reduced. the government regulators and inspectors are all using different figures to determine how much health care costs might go up. >> the national retail
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federation estimates the economy is having a major impact on back-to-school spending. 15 states are offering tax-free shopping. back-to-school spending is projected to be down nearly 8% this year. it gives retailers a chance to boost their sales. >> our research shows an uptick in sales of sometimes as high as 40%. >> legislators in other states that they cannot afford to give up the revenue sales taxes bring in. as for maryland, there'll be no tax free shopping days this year, but it is expected to return next year. >> we are also falling breaking news in the world of entertainment. john hughes has died. he evidently suffered a heart attack while taking a morning walk during a trip to new york city to visit family. he directed such classic films as "the breakfast club," "pretty in pink,", and "ferris dealers
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they all." he was just 59 years old. >> the building that housed the baltimore opera company is put on the auction block. details on who is buying the building coming up at 6:00. >> 810-year-old pasadena girl has earned scholarship money. why she is trying to
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is already contributing to our own college fund. >> it is kind of exciting. >> amelia erhardt of pasadena is talking about the contest she won. on a whim, her mom in her into the scholarship program, and now at just 10 years old, she already has $1,000 towards her college tuition. >> i filled it out in line and bought, she can win this, and she did. >> out of 18,000 entries, and really was a standout. she was a winner for her work to help build a well in the african village of mali. >> she made and sold 150 jars like this, filled with cooking ingredients. she listed other kids to raise money to build the well. >> the well they had already
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had bad water, and that had to what miles just to get a bucket of water. i felt bad for them. >> they are involved with anne arundel sisters in service. her project raised over $2,000 for the cost of the well, which is now providing safe drinking water for 700 villagers. >> she wanted to win so bad in the national, witter she would have won a $5,000 scholarship and $1,000 to give away. she wanted to be able to give that $1,000 and help somebody. >> she is a smart girl, and we think she will do wonderful things in her life. >> a million and her family are already working on their next project. >> building a rescue station in nepal, to rescue girls that are getting traffic from india to nepal. >> amazing.
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>> a million, you are amazing. what a kid. >> here is a look as what is coming at new at 6:00. >> two weeks after injuring her ankle, she is on our way back to work. >> maryland its four billion dollars in stimulus money. so where did the money go, and how many jobs did it create? >> and a historic vote since -- since judge sonia sotomayor to the world's highest court. >> like, local, late breaking. this is tv 11 news at 6:00. >> with this historic vote, the senate has confirmed that judge sotomayor has the intellect, a tavern, history, integrity -- temperament, and presence of mind to ably serve on our nation's highest court. >> that

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