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in arundel county. broadneck vs. old mill in football. franklin vs. hereford in football. stephen decatur vs. river hill in football. dunbar vs. southside in football. we will announce the winner on thursday night. >> remember you can see the raw video from every game, and the prep players of the week aour website foxbaltimore.com. now here is jeff barnd and jennifer gilbert with the "late edition." >> a mobile speed camera caught doing the very thing it is supposed to prevent. >> i was think what i think a big jerk, you know. >> how fast it was going when this video was recorded. >> a teacher goes on a tirade in class. the fall out from a very bad day. >> banning the happy meal. the city that did it. why it might lack some common sense. >> and a simple handshake.
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why it has created a storm of controversy. >> 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. first on fox tonight. caught on camera. exclusive pictures tonight of what appears to be speeding camera operators speeding. >> jeff abell live in towson with pictures you will see only first on fox tonight. jeff? >>well, the, the state began a year ago to use speed cameras at interstate work zones like this one. but what happens when those that operate the cameras are caught speeding? sunday afternoon a motorist traveling 80 miles per hour, caught one of those speed camera vehicles speeding past him. the motorist said the vehicle was speeding down interstate 70 for, at least, 10 miles and used his i-phone to capture the
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moment. >> i knew it was the vehicle that takes pictures of cars for speeding. i knew it was in the left lane and passing the other cars. that were going, you know, 65 miles per hour. and so it was obviously spiked. i caught up and took a video of it. i was thinking what a big jerk. you know, giving out tickets to people, and, you know, speeding themselves. i don't think it is right. >>well, these vehicles are owned by the very company that administers the state's program. tonight state highway officials tell us that they are addressing the issue. we're live in towson tonight. jeff abell, fox 45 news "late edition". >> a state employee blows the whistle and gets results. 37-year-old veteran of the state highway administration said for years he witnessed well paid consultants commit fraud and falsify records. video obtained by fox 45 news indicates a consultant arriving late to work, at least, four times in a 76 minute disparity
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in the time cards. >> when you report fraud they come after you. yet the people that committed the fraud, they continue to exist. >> you know, if it is human error, those are taken into act and reviewed. in this particular case, that obviously will go on as well. >> that consultant that we talked about has been fired today. but simmer's future is in doubt. it is our duty to hold our government accountable. and you can help by joining our fox 45 waste watch. if you see waste call our hotline. and you can go to foxbaltimore.com and click on waste watch. >> new tonight. st. joseph medical center agreed to pay $22 million to settle a case involving unnecessary stents implanted in several patients. hospital agreed to repay the money it received from medicare and medicaid. but admits no liability. the dr. midei denies wrongdoing
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saying he was following protocol. and he is suing the hospital for fraud, and emotional distress. >> marijuana bust in south baltimore. 400 plants and paraphernalia seized inside of a warehousetwo. men arrested and police had the warehouse under surveillance for weeks. >> police are looking for a suspected rapist. victim claims that she was walking near her apartment complex on zinc meadow drive when a man tack her. she told police that he was armed and wearing a red sweat shirt and sweat pants. the suspect is 6 feet tall and weighing about 250 pounds. >> bad day for more than 4000 people on a carnival cruise in the pacific ocean. a fire aboard of the splender caused it to lose power off the coast of mexico early yesterday
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morning. so it is stranded in the ocean. no air conditioning, no hot water. no way to cook food. no phone service. navy helicopters are shuttling in supplies like food to the ship. mexican tug boats working to bring it back to port. but that could take until late thursday. the good news, passengers will get a full refund and a free vacation in the future. >> next time you do it you will be in iss. i don't care if mama comes in or daddy. >> wow, high school science teacher, andrew larson in tennessee on a tirade. against three boys that just wouldn't stop laughing in class. larson now on unpaid leave. the parents of the students outraged about the teacher's behavior. but a lot of students actually support larson. students say that he has a reputation for being tough. and one of the boys involved had actually been in trouble with
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him before. which is why he said he took out the cell phone and hit record. >> well who doesn't love a good display of football. this happened in a middle school championship game in corpus christi texas. look at him go. good day for the quarterback that pretended the penalty was mismarked and ball needed to go 5 yards down field. it worked. 8th grader garza bolted for the game. tying touchdown. wow! unfortunately though, not enough to win. >> you know what though, that's all psychological. the defensive tackles, are looking at him like what are you doing? by that time he is gone. >> points for creativity. >> way to go. >> beautiful day today. >> colder as the week progresses. go to vytas reid. >> i love it. that's amazing. >> incredible. pass the line backers and secondary. >> all of them. caught offguard. we were not caught offguard with
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the weather. we knew what was happening. we saw the sunshine. temperatures not bad. in the lower 60s. looks like a repeat of today for tomorrow. and in fact, h.d. radar shows clear skies over baltimore. few showers north of boston. if you are heading that direction, may run into showers and clouds there. but it won't happen here. dry for the next several days. our state temperatures, 51 in baltimore. and 45 in wilmington. 46 in dover. west of us in hagerstown. 47 in the nation's capitol. sitting at 52 degrees. i will have a look at how long the temperatures will stay in the 60s and how long the sunshine will stick around coming up in the seven-day forecast. >> baltimore city passes a bill of rights for people that ride bikes. it calls for equal access to city streets. greater involvement of cyclists and road planning projects improved bike parking and easier access to mass transit. the bill was roped by councilman mary pat clarke and passed at last night's meeting.
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>> how many text messages is your teen sending? new study finds that teens that text 120 times a day or more, are far more likely to have sex, use drugs and or alcohol. high pressure texting as it is called. can lead to other risky behaviors as well. the study also found that surprisingly the teenagers also had permissive or absent parents. >> liquor stores in montgomery county will be open sunday. new executive order expected to be finalized tomorrow. allows the sale of alcohol on sundays. county officials expect the new rules to take effect some time this month. the new rules should help the county make between 1.5 and $2 million a year. >> a mysterious missiles, frisbee fly. does the military's no sense attitude about this object, shine from common sense light? we will explain. >> a cop relieved of his duties.
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what his own dash cam caught him doing, that got him demoteed. >> people on the left that don't want to touch entitlements. that is just unrealistic. >> battle lines being drawn in congress. after the break, what is at stake for ameri
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>> one week after historic mid-term elections unity among soon to be majority republicans in the house is already being threatened. jim angle reports on the problem, the stakes and whether a solution is even possible. >> the issue that gave birth to the tea party and elected many of the members is a major challenge to congress, one a key group will not let it forget. >> if elected i promise our $13 trillion debt will double. maybe triple. >> huge debt a play on the word huge debt is part of a national ad campaign to keep up the
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pressure on congress. >> i say borrow like there is no tomorrow. >> ads are supported by non-partisan foundation of pete peterson long time advocate of responsible spending. >> i believe the voters have spoken loud simply clearly and i would ask both parties, are you listening? i heard the voters say, enough is enough. >> the group noted that the u.s. is borrowing 40 cents of every dollar it spends, something no american household could do. >> if we stay on the course we are on today, we are headed for a debt that will be 400% of the gross domestic product of the u.s. >> and 47% of the debt is owned by foreigners, much of it by china, dilemma captured by another ad. >> as president, i promise your taxes will help to build roads, bridges and schools. not here. overseas. >> members of both parties agree one of the problems is a coming crisis in social security and
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medicare. which many liberals refuse to recognize. >> people on the left that don't want to touch entitlements, that is just unrealistic. the idea that nothing has to be done, is divorced from reality. >> in fact, many senior groups dismiss any notion social security or medicare needs fixing. house speaker pelosi appealed to voters steadfastly denying any crisis. >> they know the distinction between democrats that want to protect social security, and medicare. and republicans that want to privatize both of them. >> and president obama seems to agree. >> here is the thing. social security is not in crisis. >> one member of the group argues that none of the efforts to fix the nation's finances will succeed if the president is not involved. >> our leader has not decided if he wants to lead. and we have to talk about that with him. very openly, soon. without him being a leader it won't work. >> the deficit is the greatest
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crisis the nation has faced since world war ii and if we don't address it now the u.s. could turn into a second rate country. jim angle, fox news. >> happy meals in frisco could be history. san francisco has ban toys from fast-food kids meals unless restaurants boost the nutritional value. mcdonald's and other restaurants until until next year to adjust. but common sense people can decide for themselves. >> mysterious object off the california coast line has the defense department denying it was them. they say if it does not pose a threat to the country. but if it was a missile how would they know it? if a missile was fired from the water and security was not all over it, common sense said it is us. >> two teachers suspended for performing acupuncture on students without permission.
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it is part of a lesson on chinese history. school said that the needles were sterile. not the point. good lord it is a good thing the students were not studying the sale of witch trials. >> all right. >> yeah. >> acupuncture out of the classroom. >> that's right. >> blue skies today. >> what's in store for the remainder of the week? here is chief meteorologist vytas reid with the forecast. not bad today. sunshine. in the 60s. ugly day. we will continue to stay with the nice weather for the next several days. clear skies. 49. winds out of the north-northwest at three. humidity levels at 71%. around the state. satellite and radar shows nothing going on. dry conditions across northern virginia, maryland, eastern shore. few high clouds associated with an area of hyper over the atlantic. won't affect us. other than northerly winds. our temperatures is 51 in baltimore. 47 in hagerstown. 41 in oakland. eastern shore, we will see the
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temperatures in the lower mid 40s. and continue to see the winds from the north for tonight. and into tomorrow as well. so it looks like we are staying within the temperatures ranges as we go through the next few days here. as that low just sticks off to the east. looking at the temperatures across the region. 48 in boston. 44 in albany. 41 buffalo. 38 degrees in pittsburg. and 45 degrees in charleston west virginia. high pressure west and off to the east, we have an area of low pressure that is spinning out there for a couple of days. wrapping in atlantic moisture over boston. showers. up toward maine showers. so if you have plans to fly that direction. check ahead tomorrow morning. may run into a few delays based on rain. but breezy conditions north. and clear for us through the overnight and for the next couple of days. in fact, timing this out in the future scan. area of low pressure stays over the atlantic. wrapping the clouds to the south. we will be dry. across the mid-atlantic for the next few days until possibly next week. next chance for probably
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precipitation around here. tonight, cool conditions, temperatures at 44. clear skies. and then for tomorrow. plenty of sunshine. around 61 degrees. with that northerly wind at 10. and it looks like we will continue to stay dry for the next several days. tell you more about the seven day coming up. >> thank you, vytas. >> as you may know, the issue of what cable companies like comcast should pay for the right to carry broadcast stations like fox 45 has been in the news lately. we want to know what the viewers think our value is. is it worth two dollars a month to receive all the programming we provide to you? that includes everything we show over the course of a month? things like nfl football. glee. the world series. idol. house. yes, me. and jeff. and vytas. and the rest of the fox 45 team. we do six hours of local news here every single day. and two dollars a month for every bit of our programming. 24 hours a day, seven days a week. now before you answer, think about this. think about what you pay for
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other entertainment. this ravens ticket for example, cost $55. for the cheap seats. these u2 tickets. they are $100. single video game, like madden, $60. ordering a movie from comcast costs five dollars. even a movie from netflix is a dollar. one movie that lasts a couple of hours. but we believe we offer the greatest entertainment value out there. and at two dollars a month, which works taught to six cents a day is a really great bargain. so we ask do you think your cable or satellite company should use two dollars of the total amount you pay them each month to obtain the programming we provide? so far, 21% of you say yes. and 79% say no. >> a diplomatic handshake causes controversy. why a conservative muslim is
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saying it was forced on him. >> it was the second prime time match up of the year for the baltimore rule the tweet.
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>> innow sha's information minister claims michele obama forced him to shake hands with her by extending her hand too close. but video never blinks. >> reluctant man reaches with both hands, for the first lady. and for someone being forced has a huge smile. he calls himself a conservative muslim that avoids contact with women. out of his family. now he insists on twitter, that he tried to avoid mrs. obama. >> maybe he has been misinformation officer. >> caught on dash camera. ohio cop in hot water, at least warm water. some officers complain that sergeant richard cottle would not answer his calls. so bosses caught the o -- checking the (inaudible)
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>> with the victory over the dolphins. the ravens profile risen. power ranking have them number one in the nfl. ahead of 2nd place pittsburg. that of course makes it even sweeter. all this means the ravens are becoming a team that the nation wants to see. second prime time appearance this year. defeated the jets monday night in week one. when you are the only game in town, it adds a sense of excitement. and ravens are not exception to that rule. >> exciteing to play. our guys are thrilled to be the only game. great environment. you know, it will be loud. it will be at there place. our guys are comfortable with that. we have done it 10 times in three years. with that environment on the road. so we will look forward to it. it is great for our guys. >> obvious problem with the prime time game is that it cuts down on prep time. ordinarily the players have half
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a day monday and tuesday off. don't hit the practice field until wednesday. this wednesday, tomorrow, they will get eplane for atlanta. it is not exactly an optimal situation but ravens see it as something that has to be overcome. >> we will do our best. i don't care how short the week is. schedule, so deal with it. we already bought in. coach talk to us about these two days before we played the first one. we knew what to expect coming in. we will definitely be ready to play. >> try to rest as much as possible. although it is tough. with the short week. but, coach is doing a great job of taking care of that. but this week is mostly mental as far as preparing for the game. us playing a physical game sunday and turn around and travel to atlanta. that's a tough situation. but, you know, i think we're the team for it. >> to the college game. navy is sitting at 6-3. bowl eligible and coming off a 76-point performance last time
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out. against east carolina. that will get you some attention. for the mid's head coach it is good attention. their coach has been named one of 15 finalists for the joe pay turn know coach of the year award. joining trestle, beemer of virginia tech, john harbaugh of stanford and fairrance. he has 24 wins in the third season after taking over from paul johnson that left for georgia tech. the award is presented december 18. >> looking at a nice day tomorrow. with the temperatures back
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