state fuel home inspector studied -- discovered 40 bodies min for cremation piled up in a garage. the state has suspended the operating licence of the owner, william chambers. >> we are very sorry for this situation that has occurred. we will keep praying very hard that we can get ourselves out of this. >> the president of the state board of morticians and funeral directors saw photographs from the garage. >> it was overwhelming. dismaying and shocking. >> what may also be shocking, in maryland, one inspector is responsible for the state's roughly 500 funeral homes, and just last year, state law changed so that inspections happen once every two years instead of every year. we wanted to know, is that enough to ensure that what allegedly happened at chambers does not happen elsewhere? >> if this department, this agency felt there was a real

issue and it were requested to the state general assembly to change it from one year to two years. nine 9.9% of the funeral homes are in compliance with the law. >> he says he would love to have more inspectors and inspections, but to pay for the manpower, there would have to raise the licensing fee deal homes paid to stay in business. >> we are learning more about the background of the lacrosse player accused of killing yeard ley love. police sources tell nbc news they are looking at the possible death threats he may have sent her over text message. >> there is a lot of the stigma on women to deal with that, and i would hope that there would be something we could do to prevent this kind of thing.

before it gets to this, because we definitely do not want to be here again. >> in 2008, huguely was arrested for public intoxication and disorderly conduct. friends and family are invited to gather for viewing. the funeral will be saturday morning at 10:00 a.m.. burial will follow. the arrangements have been posted on our website, wbaltv.com. >> yeardley love's death is opening painful wounds for another family whose daughter was stabbed to death when she tried to break up with her boyfriend. they have been pushing for more desperate the domestic violence education for young people ever since.

>> their daughter was a vivacious 21-year-old who graduated in 2005, three weeks before her boyfriend stabbed her to death in a philadelphia apartment. bill mitchell describes the moment he heard the news. >> i thought was it is my thought was, no wedding? the christmas, no birthdays, no vacations, just a whole list of no. >> they said they had no indication their daughter was in a dangerous relationship until they discovered a series of text messages on her phone after her murder. >> tonya runs the teen dating violence prevention program at the house of ruth. she says young women often have a hard time recognizing red flags and acknowledging that a boy friend could turn abusive. >> a young woman was surprised to learn that her board for

angry messages in one evening -- her boyfriend leaving her 50 angry messages in one evening was unusual. >> that found out after kristin's debt that her friends were concerned about her, but did not know how to help. >> her friends did not know how to approach her. how we approach her and say we do not think this is a good relationship, without alienating her? >> your friends will pull you out and wake you up faster than you will wake up yourself. >> mcquistan or from is serving 30 years in jail while they try to navigate the rest -- kristin's boyfriend is serving 30 years in jail while they trotted navigate the rest of their lives without her. >> the kristen marie michel act failed to make it through the legislature. some school systems opposed it because they say domestic violence is already included in the voluntary curriculum. they plan to try again next

year. >> a man shot several times all standing outside a southwest baltimore bar last time has passed away. he was in the 2100 block of frederick avenue when he was shot multiple times. he died this morning. there is no word on a possible suspect are possible motive. >> we now know what caused the deaths of the couple is bodies were found in their green mountain avenue apartment earlier this month. police say they died from carbon monoxide poisoning. a generat which had run out of gas was downturn on inside the apartment. their identities have not been released. >> water rates could be going up again in baltimore. the board of estimates agreed today to hold a hearing june 9 to discuss the 9% hike in water and sewer rates for baltimore city customers. the public works department says the hike is necessary to meet

state and federal mandates and infrastructure replacement costs. approved, it would raise the annual water and sewer bills for family of four by $81. sit could raise -- could racecas improve baltimore city's bottom line? city officials say at the grand prix would translate into big bucks. lowell melser joins us live from federal hill park with more. >> the federal hill park may actually be a decent place to get a view of the races that will be just over my shoulder, going by the inner harbor. city leaders say the entire city, even neighboring counties, will benefit from this. it will generate more than $250,000 from tourists and $11 million in tax revenue for the city. but starting in august of 2011, our city will be home to one of the most exciting sports events

in the world, a baltimore grand prix. >> baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake calling the baltimore grand prix of game changer for the city. what was really back from shattered just a year ago has become reality, thanks to bill cole, who was first contacted by baltimore racing development. he says he did not move forward until he had full support from all the neighborhoods affected in this district. >> we are wrong to include the neighborhoods every step of the way, and make certain they benefit from this race in a very significant way. >> the baltimore grand prix is an indycar style race that will look around the inner harbor and west baltimore overwrite camden yards. over five years, the race is expected to bring in $11 million in tax revenue, $250 million in spending, and create more than 2000 jobs. hotels and restaurants are expected to see business like they have never seen before. >> with an estimated 150,000 car

racing spectators over the course of three days, it is safe to say that at some point during the race, that will probably be hungry. >> road construction is estimated to cost $7.75 million. professional track designer martin sakes says the trap laid out as one of the best he has seen in his career. >> it is going to look so sexy on tv, and then we come back up the other side and we have the yards, which is history. this is an a-plus racetrack. >> according to a statement, officials say that baltimore is a great fit and they expect to have a final agreement within the next couple of weeks. i am told that once that happens, construction of the

track could start immediately. the first race is scheduled for august 2011. >> a carroll county town has said no thanks to speed cameras. sikes' bill residents voted against an ordinance to allow the cameras -- sikesville residents voted against the ordinance to allow the cameras. >> accused would be times where bomber vital shahzad is still corporate -- cooperating with officials. when was the radicalized, and how did he get away? >> was he sent to attack times square, or was his idea? faisal shahzad has admitted to investigators he got bomb making training last summer in a part of pakistan run by the taliban. but his attack was amateurish, and the white house today to

credit, saying terrorist leadership has been under interestáfk since the attack. >> that has led them to smaller, less sophisticated attacks using less capability. >> was shahzad a recent convert, or a sleeper agent? shahzad was an american citizen as of last year, a budget analyst, middle-class, that made it easy for him to allegedly by woody needed to fit -- what he needed to fit it an attack. >> americans going out for training and coming back to attack. our national infrastructure is not in place to deal with that threat of attack. >> shahzad was arrested on an airliner more than 10 hours after his name was listed.

the emirate had not checked -- emirates had not checked. >> the new rule as of today requires airlines to check every two hours. that is the easiest fix. experts say finding in stopping u.s. citizens who decide to become terrorist is much tougher. $t'u>> still ahead, the latest n efforts to clean up that massive oil spill in the gulf of mexico. >> including new claims trippers are not the only ones -- shrimpers are not the only ones to blame for the death of sea turtles. >> in medical alert, details on a new type of 3-d mammogram being tested that some say is better at finding breast tumors. x and remembering sports -- the

life and death of bernie harw ell, still ahead. >> tearing down the old and building the new in colombia. that story is coming up. >> lots of sunshine across the region, but there is a line of showers and storms near the great lakes rolling in this direction. direction.

>> the baseball world has lost one of its premier bourses with the passing of ernie halwell. his with and casual delivery became a standard of excellence for the industry. he retired in 2002 after serving as the detroit tigers play-by- play man for 42 years. he died of cancer yesterday, just one day before he was expected to accept a lifetime achievement award. he was 92 years old. the baltimore ravens or in the process of installing a new field at the m&t bank stadium. the new field is called momentum 51 and has the safest and most consistent playing surface in the nfl. you may have noticed no permanent logos. that allows the stadium to host multiple events.

>> it is a special paint that the grounds crew uses that comes off the next day. it just gives an unbelievable amount of possibilities. >> the first event is the n.c.a.a. lacrosse championships on may 29. >> in tonight's "medical alert," id looks like the obesity epidemic in america may be being seen in newborn babies. in a review of data, researchers say that as the body mass index of pregnant women increased, so did the body fat composition of newborns. obesity can lead to pregnancy complications and make good babies on a path to obesity later in life. you have probably heard of children with autism spectrum disorder being put on special diets to help their condition and improve their symptoms.

some are on medications to help control behavioral issues. autism affects about one in 110 children in the united states. women over the age of 35 might be eligible to test a new type of mammogram being offered in several cities. it provides a 3 d image of breast tissue. diana gonzalez has the story from one of those test cities, miami for a. >> the women's imaging center, one of 10 sites in the country testing the system. while it looks like a regular mammogram machine, multiple images are recorded of the breast. >> it takes a three-dimensional image of the breast, and we literally looked through the breast page by page, millimeter by millimeter. >> those images are then looped into a movie that takes you through breast tissue. in this case, revealing a cancerous mass.

>> we see the spider with the belly, with the legs. if you think about the tennis ball that gets thrown into the hedges, you know is there, you just cannot see it. with this, we are able to peel back leaf by leaf until the tennis ball is exposed. >> this clinical trial compares 3 d reconstruction to digital flat mammogram images. nurse daphne price is one of the participants. >> i heard about it around the time i was due for my annual screening mammogram. i thought it would be good, because the information gathered from it would help not just myself but other women of my age and all age ranges. >> candidates for the study are women 35 and older who have never had a breast reduction, implants, or biopsy, and are scheduling a screening mammogram at memorial. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> another beautiful spring

day, another high pollen count. that has been the themez0s of s spring. tree pollen continues to dominate the count. once again of over 1500 today. grass pollen at a higher range of 90. the total pollen count is 1629. there is a little bit of cloud cover off to the north and west. an area of low pressure pushing a cold front through michigan and across lake erie. that will make its approach to our region later tonight and early tomorrow morning. the shares will have a hard time getting this far to the south and east with any significant strength. the futurecast shows mainly clear skies around baltimore heading toward tomorrow morning. that little line of showers and clouds getting into western maryland around 8:00 tomorrow morning. mostly a pleasant evening,

milder temperatures, 56-63 for the low. the weak front coming our way is one system we have to watch as it passes through. most of that storms look like they will stay in northern pennsylvania and upstate new york into new england. there'll be another little weather disturbance coming out of northern rockies as we head into the weekend, but it will mostly stay to the north along the canadian border. there is that little front tomorrow morning. south of us, it will encounter more humid, warmer air and parts of the eastern shore and over to the corporatcoast. another system begins its approach friday evening. we will stay dry during the day friday and into the early evening. late friday night and saturday morning the second system has a chance to bring us some scattered showers.

cold temperatures coming in for the mother's day weekend. sunny skies tomorrow, an isolated shower north of baltimore early in the morning, and south of town in the afternoon. most areas will stay dry. 80-85 degrees. a good chance for a couple of showers in the morning out in the western maryland bounce tomorrow. a warm 83 on the bay, and on that lower eastern shore, it could trigger a thunderstorm. 77 on the beach. the day forecast, west winds gusting to 20 knots. a small craft advisory has been posted. it begins to cool off with the passage of the front saturday morning, and then kind of chili for sunday and monday. it looks like we will be down in the mid 30's for monday morning. >> still ahead, flights are

again grounded due to volcanic ash. we will tell you which airports are affected this time, and the latest on fears it could get worse. >> the waters are receding but the cleanup is just beginning in tennessee after all that massive flooding. what conditions are like there today. >> state prosecutors try to resurrect our reach charges against a key city council member. details at 6. [ male announcer ] it's a price that starts low and stays low.

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>> more travel troubles tonight due to volcanic ash. a new cloud forced airports in belfast and dublin to shut down. it is threatening to move over northern england airspace but is expected to miss a london's airports. it costs airlines an estimated $2 billion, and stranding hundreds of thousands of passengers the last time. >> now to the gulf coast where officials say one of three leagues has been capped, but they say it will not cut the flow of oil. >> satellite images show the oil has reached the mississippi delta. >> the oily film is beginning to settle, threatening more(d[ñn four hundred species of animals, fébirds, and marine life that cl this estuary home. >> we already have extensive

damage of shore. >> secretary of the interior ken salazar stressed bp must get control of this bill precooks the future of the life of their company hangs right now in in decision -- they must get control of the spill. they are rushing to get a giant dome over the leaking well, hoping to control the oil. bp officials are not certain it will work, and environmentalists are skeptical, too. >> parish leaders push forward with their plan to stop the oil from reaching the shore line. they are employing barges that will provide moveable barricades to try and contain the most dangerous areas of the slate. >> the slick is apparently on the move. models show oil could make its way west of the mississippi.

>> this would devastate all of coastal louisiana. >> there is also concerned it could reach currents in the gulf that would carry it along florida's west coast and possibly into the keys. >> everything we have here, everything we are, and balls that water. we do not want oil project involves that water. -- it involves that water. >> it gives them extra time as a try to block the oil that is inching toward the coast. >> as the oil slick mirrors the coast, federal authorities want to know why so many endangered turtles are showing up dead. it is believed that shrimpers rushing to catch as much as they can have been killing them. >> tearing down his old

apartment complex and building a green complex in its place. that story is coming up. >> he is a model of hope and a soon-to-be college graduate. coming up, we will meet a father who refuses to give up. >> ailing the family finances. why experts say women often take a back seat and how tha

>> chris demolish an eyesore in howard county to make way for some new and improved housing. we are talking about a 100-unit apartment complex in east columbia. it will be replaced with a new mixed income apart complex, just one of many similar projects

going on right now around howard county. rob roblin has that story. >> guilford gardens in colombia was built in 1980. it is getting old and run down. howard county executive ken coleman began the process himself for the almost 30-year- old guilford gardens. the housing project will be replaced by a brand new, mixed in calm, green housing project called mark mills -- monarch mills. >> it is an opportunity to take an older, affordable housing community and revision it as a sustainable, mixed in come committee with amenities so it is a great place for families to live. it also publishes the surrounding neighborhood. >> it will consist of a 269 mixed income apartment development with all the amenities, including a swimming

pool, nature trails, and a clubhouse with a fitness facility and business center. >> wh:$=d doing a geothermal heating and cooling system. from beginning to end, will use green construction and design techniques. >> is being financed by state and federal money and will be owned and maintained by howard county. >> the development that is mixed income, multigenerational, has the highest levell=v of amenit. it will be about 269 units in total. every single residents will meet enterprise community standards. >> residents of the old guilford gardens have mixed feelings about the new project. >> i just of the change is for the better, that is all. i am not sure yet, really. >> i really like it. >> the project will be complete >> is a look at some of our

other top stories at this hour. a funeral home is shut down after inspectors find dozens of bodies that were supposed to be cremated stacked in a pile in a garage. the license was suspended. a total of 40 bodies were found. the funeral home has until friday to dispose of the bodies as promised, and then after that it will be closed. >> new details in the murder of yeardley love. sources tell nbc news they are looking into possible death threats her boyfriend may have sent her over text message. in 2008 he was arrested for public intoxication and resisting arrest. they were both star lacrosse players. three people were killed and 01 car accident in western maryland. police said the only survivor

was found sitting on a guard rail. authoritiesç[ók say john butche, don breckinridge, and martin belfry all died at the scene. >> the leading killer of+udc$(l+ teenagers is caused by handing them the car keys. a new report from the national center for health statistics finds motor vehicle accidents account for more than one-third of all deaths among teenagers. other factors include homicide, suicide, cancer, and heart disease. the risk of death among young men is always higher than that of young women. the older they get, the more the debt increases. that is why we have launched arex#ñ greedy project, standingr don't drive distracted. we hope you'll take the pledge to enjoy driving while texting in talking on the cellphone. the to our website, wbaltv.com. >> a story of how disabled

postal worker and veteran is using education to beat the odds. he is a single father of two who may have reason to be on cloud nine. tim tooten joins us from the newsroom with that story. >> he is just weeks away from getting his associate of arts degree from howard college. he is adding another educational and other to his cat. >> i always liked school but i never took it seriously -- adding another feather to his cap. >> peter is a man on a mission, one that continues on the campus of howard community college. >> i never thought i would be in school. i figured i would work for another 10 years until about the age of 55 and then go to an island or something like that and live the good life. >> he has more than 20 years in a career at the postal service. his career came to an end in a matter of seconds.

>> i was lifting some parcels and i bent over and heard something pop. you could hear it in the whole post office. my back just went out. >> at the age of 45, peter went to college, where he has now earned one of the school's top honors. [applause] his speech helps to shed light on his life's journey. >> know when that i grew up with has a degree. fact, most of my friends that i grew up with passed away before the age of 25. >> but peter says he is thankful to have come this far. >> thank you for being our outstanding student of the year. >> but his journey is far from over. he continues to make an impression on fellow students and staff. >> i had once didn't tell me that if it was not for him and seeing the work so hard -- i had

once didn't tell me that if he did not see me working so hard, he would not work so hard. >> he will be heading to towson university this fall. >> it plans to major in education and pre law at towson. he says he wants to eventually teach special ed in the inner city. >> quite an inspiration. >> up next, a grandmother handcuffed and hauled off to jail, arrested for slapping her 18-year-old granddaughter. hear what she says she did it. >> a man sirs 30 years in prison for crime he says he did not commit. commit.

>> 38 hikers had to be full -- pulled from the chattahoochee river. they became trapped in fast moving water above the big three creek waterfall prepare and rescue personnel used a rope to pull them to safety. officials say this is a popular wvspot for people to cross the chattahoochee, despite slippery

conditions and the 30 foot waterfall. >> an ohio man is now free after spending nearly 40 years in prison for crime he did not commit. he had been serving a life sentence for the rape of a young girl in cleveland back in 1981. new dna tests show he did not rape the girl. >> that had the wrong person. it took them a while to straighten it out. all i care about right now is that they did straighten it out, so now i can go on with my life. >> the ohio innocence project says he is the second longest incarcerated person to be exonerated by dna in u.s. history. >> is slapping a teenager old- fashioned discipline, or child abuse? a florida grandmothers trying to answer that question after she spent the night in jail for striking her grandmother. terry collier said she got into an argument with her teenage

daughter -- granddaughter about finishing homework. she says her granddaughter had some choice vocabulary for her. >> i know the kids that age use it all the time, but is not my language, so i got up and slapped her across the face. it is just as simple as that. >> and then her granddaughter called laurel police, who came and arrested the grandmother. she was eventually released and charges dropped. collier said she is still awaiting an apology for felicia. maybe they both deserve one. >> that could be our water cooler question for tomorrow. still ahead, managing the finances. >> women have a tendency to look out for their children and parents first. >> how the sexes differ and how experts say women need to take a more active role when it comes

to family finances. >> a unique suggestion of cleaning up the massive oil leak in the gulf. how some say human hair can do the trick. >> comfortable temperatures today, but there is another front moving in our direction, and it is producing a few showers and thunderstorms. right now, enjoy the sunshine. 79 at the airport, 82 at the inner harbor. humidity is

>> here is a look at what we are working on for 11 news at 6. the state suspended the license of a funeral home after an inspector matter gruesome discovery in its garage. tonight, what the owner has to say for himself. plus, the charges were dismissed last year, but the state prosecutor wants to resurrect bribery charges. we will have these stories for we will have these stories for you and much mo

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>> floodwaters continued to receive, but it will be weeks and months before the cleanup is concluded from the storms that caused it all. >> as high water begins to recede, the daunting task of clean-up and rebuilding begins. of thousands of residents forced to flee, many are returning to muddy floors, soaked furniture, and lived all left to salvage. the disaster, floodwater so strong it forced this home from its foundation. in the music city, robeson

filled with debris are resurfacing. the opry land hotel complex remains closed and the grand opera has moved its performance is to another location. the tennessee titans football stadium is drying out, and officials reported minimal damage, even though the field was under water. hundreds of businesses remain closed while the cumberland river recedes. it is still above flood stage this morning, but well below its record crest tuesday. the flooding is a result of we can storms that brought torrential rains and deadly tornadoes to mississippi, kentucky, and tennessee. for marla perry, it is morebr%mn she could bear. she does not want to rebuild here after losing so much. now the aftermath from a disaster that has affected thousands. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> lots of rain down that way. a dry weather pattern for our

region, and even the next couple of affronts that tractor here will not produce a lot of rain. there is nothing on the almanac today as far as rain goes. 81 at the airport, 83 at the inner harbor. the normal high is only 71 degrees. the morning was cool and comfortable, 50 officially at the airport. tree pollen is still a problem. grass pollen is high as well. the total pollen count is very high. the front shows up to the north and west. this world clouds is the area of low pressure that is spinning its way into northwest wisconsin, pushing the front out ahead of it. not much activity south of the great lakes. as the system makes its approach to us late tonight and tomorrow morning, a lot of it will be headed to pennsylvania and upstate new york in new england. a few widely scattered showers out in garrett county tomorrow morning, with mostly clear skies

east of there. the forecast is for another pleasant evening. lows of 56-63. this front will track through here early tomorrow morning. some gusty winds as ite)1ñ passs by. another system just developing in the northern rockies will approach as we get into the weekend. that one might finally bring in some cooler air. an isolated shower as possible tomorrow morning north and west of baltimore. in the afternoon, it might kick up a couple of isolated storms, but we are running less than 20% chance that any one spot gets hit by rain tomorrow. by friday evening it is cutting through ohio but will stay dry year through the day friday. in iran would probably happen early saturday morning. -- any rain would probably happen early saturday morning. loss of sunshine for most areas, and less than a 20% chance of an

isolated shower. /oabout 68 around the bay. the lower eastern shore, the front is approaching you in the afternoon. you have a slightly better chance for us thundershower. it will be 84 away from the water but 77 on the beach. west winds gusting to 20 knots, so a small craft advisory is in effect. the temperature changes after two more days with highs in the '80s. it will drop into the low 70's saturday and upper 50's sunday. it may get as cold as 36 by monday morning of next week. >> why is so important for women to focus more on their finances, and details on a recall involving the homer. maryann bannister has the details in tonight's consumer alert. >> general motors is recalling more than 160,000 humer h-3's.

gm says the device on the hood can actually come loose and possibly the task of driving. vehicle owners will be notified in the coming weeks. gm is in the process of shutting down hummer after an attempt to sell the brand to chinese buyer fell through earlier this year. should women invest their money the same as men? there are three common money mistakes made by women. >> in my home, it was more about saving, so we learn to say very young. i don't think anyone really taught me. >> it was a different lesson in n g hammond's home. do men and women approach money differently? >> women are more emotional. >> i think men and women use finance as a tool in a different way. >> money experts say the first estate women often make, counting on someone else to manage their finances -- the

first mistake women often make. >> you need to have an awareness of what accounts you have and what you hold jointly. >> women need to take an active role in household finances. >> be aware of what is going on in your own personal household, whether you are in charge of it or not. >> in the back of my mind, i want to be a risk taker, but there is an air of caution in me. >> women do not save or invest enough. this business professor agrees. >> men have a tendency to look out for themselves first. women have a tendency to look out for their children and their parents first. >> we should have a plan in place for what we are aiming for three years from now, five years from now. >> that brings up mistake no. 3, women do not plan for retirement. >> women need to save a lot more for retirement purposes because they live longer. >> seven years longer than men on average.

that means more money for food, the doctor, and a place to live. >> women have a very strong compassion and comparincaring s. indeed compassion and caring, but to balance that, you need wisdom. >> you can get that wisdom from learning from your mistakes and taking time to study and learn about your personal finances. >> imagine finally getting your star on the hollywood walk of fame, and when you show up, they misspelled your name. it happened to the former seinfeld actress. her last name was misspelled. a news star has already been ordered to replace that misspelled one. >> for other odd new stores, log

on to our website, wbaltv.com. planning a mother's day outing? you can check out the mother's day weekend for test on our website -- the weekend forecast on our website. you can upload pictures of your mother and also follow the latest news and post comments on our facebook page. there is a link on the home page of our website, wbaltv.com. >> the key city council member could still face bribery charges. why the maryland court of appeals is hearing the case. >> first, cleaning up that massive oil spill with hair is what one group is suggesting.

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>> hair clippings and pantyhose, the perfect solution for cleaning up the oil in the gulf of mexico? >> a pound of hair is thrown away every day by every salon in the country. >> i have been a hairstylist for 23 years. what can we do with that? >> entry has been collecting hair clippings for the past four years. >> now they are going to see a good cause. >> a national organization collects hair clippings and turns them into oil absorbent

mass. it is moving into high gear. >> everybody has been sending us hair. we are getting harassed and from australia, from england, from all over the world. -- we are getting hera sent from australia and all over the world. >> it tracks the oil and will not trap water. and stuffed into pantihose, it can be used as a map or a protective barrier boom. >> it will hold about 50 gallons of oil each. >> ingrid is leading the team in southwest florida. aver expressed transportation gave her the go-ahead to use their warehouse in fort myers to store hair and pantyhose. >> we can either send the booms were they need to be sent, or stockpile them here and -- in case it hits our shores. >> it never occurred to me. >> they are glad something that would be in a landfill can now be used to save our precious

beaches. >> that is all for us at 5:00. >> we will rebroadcast the newscast tonight at 7:00 on wbal plus. >> will bribery charges be reinstated against a key member of baltimore city council? the argument is next. >> car racing could be coming to baltimore city. the exciting announcement by city hall. that is coming up. >> on capitol hill, lawmakers are raising more questions about the times square terror plot. details, coming up. >> live, local, latebreaking. >> state officials have ordered a local funeral home closed after dozens of bodies were found stacked in bags. it is our big story tonight at

6. that funeral home and to morticians have had licenses revoked after those bodies were found. >> officials have ordered the bodies be cremated and the funeral home then shut down. george is live in our studio tonight with more on that story. >> the chamber spheral home in prince george's county has been operating for nearly a century, but now is fighting to stay in business following a shocking discovery. late last month, a surprise state inspection of the chambers below home and crematoria in prince george's county uncovered something much more surprising. as many as 40 corpses awaiting cremation piled up in the garage in body bags. >> we made a slight error in judgment with that performance, and we are trying to rectify this through our attorneys. >> blew it was leaking from the body bags, creating a pungent -- fluid was leaking from the body bags, creating a pungent