special guest sunday at 11:30. that does it for this edition of "sports unlimited". for mark clayton. i am bruce cunningham. stay tune for the "late edition", it starts right now. . >> internet security breach. how it could affect thousands of government workers in the state of maryland. >> incredible scope of this particular fishing scam. it is everyone. >> another internet threat. hot mail attackers. ways to keep your information safe. >> and a gun control loophole. what an undercover investigation has found. >> live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news "late edition". >> hello again i am jeff barnd. >> and i am jennifer gilbert. >> a crime that stretched

nationwide hits home for thousands of baltimore city workers. >> karen parks tells us how the personal information ended up in the hands of thieves. karen? >> jennifer and jeff, the fbi informed the city of baltimore about a breach that affects 3000 employees. someone threatened to expose millions of express script records on the internet if an extortion payment was for the made. it is a prescription drug provider used by thousands of city and state employees. and 8000 state workers were affected. the can company did not give into the threat. the fbi informed scripts that same person he sent a letter to a unknown law firm containing personal information of 800,000 names from across the country. including more than 10,000 from maryland. >> what we see are problems with companies that assume that their traditional security methods are enough. when in reality, as their websites become more complex and applications become more in-depth and serve users in a

number of convenient ways, expose themselves to a number of new threats. >> express scripts will offer free identity restoration services to all affected employees. >> karen parks, fox 45 news "late edition". >> baltimore county man is locked up tonight accused of abusing a neighbor's little girl. he is also charged with possession of child pornography. police arrested 55-year-old william davis yesterday after a three day investigation. investigators say a cable contractor was installing the internet at davis' home on which i will cot square in essex when he stumbled on porn on davis' computer. >> he visually saw it. identifiable by this contractor. he then shut it down. never said a word to mr. davis. and left the home. >> well he later called police and investigators say davis also admitted to molesting a former neighbor's child for eight years. beginning in 1998. the girl was five years old when

the alleged abuse began. davis is in jail tonight on on $250,000 bond. >> a be anne arundel county fire lieutenant is charged tonight with attacking his wife. police say 37-year-old joshua could not be stable arrested thursday after his wife accused him of holding a knife to her neck and threatening to bury her in their crofton backyard. he is already on administrative duty. charged with stealing funds from a firefighters fund raiser. >> shocking news tonight. the death of former ravens linebacker tony fein. he died early tuesday morning. in his home in the state of washington. according to police, fein collapsed -- actually that was at a friend's home. and was pronounced dead an hour later at a local hospital. his agent is suggesting it was an accidental overdose. fein's attorney here in baltimore said it was suicide. fein was released from the ravens in september. former teammates and coaches reacted to the news late this afternoon. >> just shocked.

and saddened. tony fein was a really good teammate. he is a tremendous american. tremendous young man. he was a raven to us, always will be. and a good person. >> fein was scheduled to go on trial today on misdemeanor assault charges. accused of pushing a police officer. but the city state's attorney office tells us they notified fein's attorney last week that the case was going to be dismissed. fein was released from the ravens in september. >> mayo shad duck is turning 55 and as a gift he is getting a golden parachute worth, at least, $33 million. state lawmakers are upset over this. and they want maryland's attorney general to investigate immediately. but constellation said the golden parachute is perfectly legal endorsed by the company's own board of directors. >> there is not 1 cent that bge customer dollars going to this pension. >> of course it is from the rate payors.

only place they get money is from rate payors. that's the customers. 100 percent of the money that comes in to them is from the rate payors. not the tooth fairy. >> constellation said the state has no jurisdiction over the golden parachute because constellation is a private company. >> school in laurel gets a thorough cleaning today. st. vincent palate closed because almost 20 percent of the students are out sick. officials say many of the students have swine flu. only five cases are confirmed. h1n1. closing the school does go against cdc guidelines. but a lot of parents are relieved. the school is scheduled to reopen tomorrow. >> a dozen health care professionals received the city's first doses of the h1n1 vaccine today. shipments of the vaccine began arriving yesterday. at a clinic next thursday, the city will offer free vaccinations to the highest risk group. those that are two to 24 years old. >> you can find johns hopkins

parents guide to h1n1 on our website. go to foxbaltimore.com/yours news links. and find more information about the swine flu on our website. click on the swine flu outbreak icon. >>you could not miss the strong winds that happened today. this is what it looked like in northeast baltimore. high winds knocked around street signs and lights. branches fell in some areas. causing major power problems. >> at one point the strong winds caused about thirty five thousand homes to lose power. now about 500 people are in the dark. most of the problems are in baltimore city. and baltimore and anne arundel counties. >> well, the wind continue into tomorrow? >> meteorologist jessica starr is here to let us know what's going on in the sky watch forecast. jessica? >> good news is winds are calming down. but they were strong out there for today. if you stepped out, you felt the winds and saw the winds blowing through the trees today. state winds right now around five to 15 miles per hour. 9 miles per hour in baltimore and 12 miles per hour in willp mington. cold front moved through the

area and allowed for the strong winds to blow through the region today. and the good news is that though, tomorrow, it will be an absolutely beautiful day. but a chilly one overnight tonight. with clear skies allowing for temperatures to drop into the upper 40s. 49 degrees at 6 a.m. so you will need to bundle up the kids. it will be on the cool side. at lunch, 66 with mostly sunny skies. topping off at 70. and there is a bigger warm up headed our way. temperatures close to 80. i will tell you when those arrive in the mid mid-atlantic region coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you. >> historic house will not have a new owner any time soon. >> this lafayette square home once belonged to representative mitchell, r first african american elected to the senate. auction held but despite the bid owner declined to sell is. >> new details emerging as talks between baltimore city and the fire union are heating up. we have learned proposed

firefighter layoffs are off the negotiating table. meantime, plans are in the works to kraft the resolution which could save millions of dollars and avoid furloughs. city imposed a october 21 deadline for negotiations. >> dy united soccer in baltimore? mayor sheila dixon likes the idea. team is apparently looking for a new home. and mayor sheila dixon thinks that baltimore has several locations that would be perfect. she is asking the maryland stadium authority to look into the idea of building a soccer stadium in baltimore. that brings us to the question of the day. should the city build a soccer stadium? at last check, 11 percent say yes. and 89 percent say no. audrey from baltimore city writes. baltimore is spending too much time and money trying to bring new business into the area. to read more responses, go to foxbaltimore.com, and click on the question of the day. >> an alarming number of women undergoing surgery for a simple

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tide with a touch of downy. ♪ take me home >> thousands of e-mail accounts and passwords are posted online after the information is stolen and a massive internet fishing scam. we have more on what you need to do about it. >> it seems almost everyone has e-mail these days. and now thousands of people across the country may have had

theirs compromised in a huge fishing scam. more than 10,000 hot mail addresses and passwords were posted on a website. and now reports that thousands more may have been posted online. but it is not just hot mail, yahoo, aol, earth link, comcast and google gmail accounts compromised. >> one of the things that is scary satellite incredible scope of the particular fishing scam. it is just everyone. >> fishing is a growing internet problem where criminals trick internet users into handing over online account log in details. ranging from e-mail, social networking sites and financial accounts. the scam can lead to identity theft. >> so it happened basically overnight. bang this happened. and then because people have passwords that they use on the same sites over and over again, all of a sudden a lot of the security becomes compromised quickly. >> experts say the number one thing people should did right away, change passwords. but there are other ways users

can keep the private information safe on the internet. >> i keep a usb key on the key change that logs me in to a variety of websites with a secure password and you can do this. it costs $20. this costs $10. >> microsoft, google and yahoo confirmed the addresses are real and information stolen through fishing schemes. all helping affected users recover the accounts. full number of compromised accounts is unclear. in new york, rick leventhal fox 45 news. >> officials say to avoid becoming a victim change your passwords regularly and use different ones for each online account. . >> new york mayor michael bloomberg is trying to make a point about the dangers of a gun control loophole. the undercover video shows private dealers selling weapons to people that can't pass background checks. and even admit to it. loophole allows unlicensed private dealers to do so in some

states. gun control advocates say it makes it easier for criminals to get on guns, and prevents police from being able to trace the weapons if they are used in crimes. >> we need to remember that our troops that are there, i think, are in much greater danger, the longer this debate goes on. >> hearer eight years ago today the war in afghan. and today, about 66,000 u.s. troops are on the ground there. today the pentagon con on firmed president obama has received a informal copy of a request for more troops. white house said the president is considering strategy first. and then troop levels. >> very windy out there today weather wise. >> it was. will it keep up for the rest of the week? check back with jessica starr. jessica? >> hi guys, it was very windy out there today. the good news, is that the winds are slowly calming down. and we will have a beautiful day in store for us for tomorrow. for thursday. sky watch hd regional radar. dry sweep across the state of maryland. and they stay that way tomorrow.

it will be a chilly night out there 52 degrees at bwi thurgood marshall airport. partly cloudy skies. and the winds are now out of the west at 9 miles an hour. and humidity at 63 percent. we had a cold front that pushed through the region today. that allowed for the strong gusty winds out there. but temperatures behind the front will be on the cool side. right now, 56 degrees in baltimore. 56 in harrisburg. 60 in new york and a chilly in the upper 40s already in pittsburg. 47 in pittsburg. and 48 degrees in cleveland. so on the surface map. there is the cold front that pushed through the region today. brought the blustery winds. that is about going out to the atlantic. and high pressure system builds in nicely for the daytime for tomorrow. very sunny and dry day. but temperatures are going to struggle to reach the 70-degree mark for tomorrow. and even in the evening hours, for tomorrow, right around 7:00, beautiful sunset. and clear skies again. thursday night to friday. but you can see another system, another stronger cold front, that is starting to organize

itself in the ohio valley. friday morning, at 6 a.m., dry. and western portions of maryland could see rain showers, but more or less the bigger system will move in to our area late fly friday night to morning hours saturday, is the best shot for rain showers. saturday 8 p.m. to the west. moving in late friday to early saturday. strong cold front and drops down the temperatures for the weekend. enjoy the couple of days in the temperatures in the mid 70s. 71 for a high for tomorrow. and for the eastern shore. over toward denton 71 and winds out of the northwest at five to 15 miles an hour. and 70 degrees for a high temperature toward central maryland. perry hall, baltimore, columbia and annapolis. five-day forecast is not bad. 70 for a high temperature for tomorrow. and then warmer on friday. 76 degrees for a high temperature. but then clouds are increasing through the day as the system gets closer toward the region. and friday night to early saturday, we will see the rain showers tapering off in the afternoon hours and a high of

69 degrees on saturday. and then on sunday, beautiful day for the ravens' game. 68 degrees for a high temperature on sunday. and then 66 degrees for columbus day monday with a 30 percent chance for some rain showers. and colder temperatures behind the cold front. seven-day forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> an alarming statistic on the number of women undergoing surgery for a simple procedure. new data shows 35 percent of diagnostic biopsies for breast cancer are being done surgically. but research shows less invasive needle testing is just as effective. less expensive. and doesn't leave a scar. and has a shorter recovery time. >> a mission to revolutionize the national school lunch program. chef ann cooper taken it to new york, burk lee and boulder colorado. she said pay for healthy food or later for obesity and diabetes. the cost to treat diabetes

meantime, $174 billion in the u.s. each year alone. >> it is really not easy to change but really changeable. you can change the chicken nuggets to roast chicken. tai ter tots. >> cooper launched the free website launch box dot organize with your 80 recipes to spread the healthy revolution in schools nationwide. >> coming up in sports. more reaction from the ravens, ♪

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>> the gentleman was right there standing in the driveway. buck naked. >> we have a picture of his face. of his tattoos. of course we have a picture more than that. and other things that we don't want. you know, but, you know it will help to solve the crime. >> the suspect ransacked the home but it appears he only took a sheet to cover himself. >> and check out this rare sight. ten blackhawk helicopters taking off in formation from phoenix. normally the choppers fly out one or two at a time. they were headed to oklahoma where members of the army national guard will train before heading to iraq. >> if you love the show friends, which ended the 10 year run in 2004. you still have a chance to remember the show, in a unique way. in london, there is a replica of the infamous you central perk coffee house open for just a few weeks. it is full of memorabilia from the show, including rachael's ugly bride's maid dress and the turkey stuck on joey's head. patrice harris fox 45 news "late

edition". >> very sad story has come to an end. tony fein that tried to make the ravens this summer as a free agent linebacker is dead. and all signs point to a suicide. that's the word from warren brown, baltimore attorney that represented fein in his inner harbour police assault case this summer. fein was said to be depressed over the incident. discovered unconscious in a friend's living room and rushed to the hospital. he was pronounced dead shortly thereafter. fein was taking anti-anxiety drugs and reportedly drinking heavily but the coroner in port orchard washington where the death occurred said toxicology results will not official for six to eight weeksment and the news hit the ravens hard. >> humble young man. to me, and always, you know, was searching for some type of direction and things like that. so, you know, kind of really sad. my heart goes out to his family, and friends and things. because such a tragic death for

someone to be that young and go through the things he has been through. >> tremendous american. tremendous young man. raven to us, always will be. and just a really good person. and we're proud to have him here as part of the team. and just unbelievably disappointed about the news. >> amidst the sorrow, ravens have a ball game to get ready for. a big ball game as a matter of fact. 3 and 1 cincinnati bengals come to town with 1st place in the afc squarely on the line. and ocho cinco is involved with a battle with washington and foxworth. predicting a big game at their expense. but the ravens are seeing it as good fun. >> personally i think chad is good for the game. he makes it fun. you know, some guys really kind of make it kind of personal. and they make it about them. i think chad, he is a fungi. i really have a good fun time watching him. i am a fan of chad.

but when i play him. >> creative. i missed the celebration. those were something people around the league liked and laughed. but he moved from that to cyber world is his new playground. i think we all enjoy looking at life. >> and meanwhile offensive tackle jared gaither is officially listed as doubtful sunday after a neck injury against the patriots last week. wore a neck prays at the complex and said the neck was stiff and sore and called himself day-to-day and not speculating about sunday. but the coach sounded more hopeful. >> gerald is feeling okay, and the neck is stiff. so neck brace is on. but going through all the activity that we have done so far. i don't think he will practice today. but we will see how it goes. chance to play sunday. >> ravens 8 1/2 of point favorites sick off sunday 1:00 at m&t bank stadium. back to you.

>> well, beautiful sunny day tomorrow. for thursday. high of 70. and sunshine. and friday, warmer day. close to 76 degrees for a high. clouds increasing through the day. and we will see the rain showers late in the day friday. and on saturday high of 69 degrees. rain showers ending. sunday for the ravens' game. looking nice. high of 68 degrees. and then on monday 66 degrees with a 30 percent chance for rain showers. and then cooler and dryer behind the cold front. 62 on tuesday. and 64 degrees next wednesday. that's the seven-day forecast. back to you guys. >> thank you, jessica. >> just about everybody has seen animals do cool tricks. >> this is a potty trained kitten. owner wanted to save money on litter. and potty training was the answer. one-year-old hogan can do the business on the toilet. whole process took three months,

and mops and lysol. a lot of nose holding, and a lot of nasty stuff. hogan is a good eater. >> all worth it in the long run. >> i guess so. three months. must have been rough.