a state worrer caught sleeping on the jjb!what he ááshouldáá have been doong... and the bigger problee this photo points to. approx. 35:15 ". so i'm tired all day." day." crying kids.. morning hhw!they're just some - of the reasons for not gettinn enougg sleep. but sleep deprivation.. anddhow to know if you're not ggtting and.. ttink you're safe doing it.. if you're driving in naaionwide ban on texting while driving. 3

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3 3 &p3 maybb you ssw him on youu way po work....he man paid to snap photos of you speeding on thh beltway... &p... was sleeping on the job.i it's spprkkng outrage among critics of this program. program.mmgan gilliland is liveeoverrooking the beltway withhthe story you saw first on fox. &pgood morning paarice,the on thh outer loop of the ere &pbeltwaa attthe charles street

exit.you've probabll seee the white ssu-v parred on the shoulder there... thh one withh the peed camera inside. inside.but just before nine o'clock yesteeday morning... this piitureewas taken of that vehicll.ii shows a man in the back seat covered by a blanket there for abbuu 15 inutes and the man never woke up. one criiic of that speed camera is now reacting to the photo. (brochin))"it's a very troubling image aad if someone has to be there physiially i woull assume you have to check where the cameras are going to beepositioned and doing other &pmanual things to the cameras so if he's sleepiig then at 6 o''lock, wwlllwhy ii it not pmportant then but hen he wakes up at 6:45 it is investiiated."thh sate highway administration is cameras here at the harles active work zonee but as for the employee asleep on he job... a spokeswoman teels uss "we ttke these claims seriously and we will

investigate.in lutherville, mmgan giiliiand, fox45 morning news. 3 marylann ii one of 12 states phaa aalowwspeed cameras.... ann we'ree ow learning why they're multiplying sooquickly. &pqquckly.there are 79 speed cameras here in baltimore... of schools.for every speeder caught on camera.. there's a forty dollar ticket. that means... the city of baatimore netted 12-point-4 ámillioná dollars in speed ccmera revvnue thisspast fisccl year. that's far more than the 3ity had projecced. - "what aae they doing with they're broke!" broke!" "i'm aal for the city making money as long as me." don't get me." 3& when the city launched the program two years ago, it a goal of makinggstreets safee.- safer.the city has added anddtheee are now more speed .- cameras in baltimore than red light cameras. a baltimore county man is dead, this morning....after he was shot by police officers n pashington d-c.policc say

northeast d-c neighborhood.he was apparently high on p-c-p. epps ws shot after refusing to drop his gun. nnw deeails are emerging this morning... concerninggthe lone gunman behind the virginia that killlddan ffiier in the .- llne of uty.22 year old ross ashlly álegallyáápurchased the last weee... officer deriek - crouse was shot to death while sitting in hii policc cruiser. ashley was laaer founn dead in a nearby parking lot. murder weapon was a 40 caliber handgun... purchased by shley pack in january.he was a part-timm student at nearbyy radford univeesity.police say ii's still unclear what connectioo he had to the officer... if any. 3&a major discovery....for airporr workeer in michigan.on puesday... they discovered nearly 150-poouds of marijuana... stashed in 4- vaccum sealed ags.the bags were covered in sheets that were soaked in laundry

deterrgntt.. to help hide the smell.but apparentty... it didn't work.four susppctsswere taken nto custody.theyyare set to appear in court today. you've heard it before... hangg up and drive.as greg blackk explains... a federal safety to happee in all 50 ssates... for all drivers. drivers. phone calls and texts couud be a thhng of the past for transportation safety boardd nationwide ban on cell phone becoming the new dui. t's becoming an epidemic."the ban would not apply to emergencc calls...but it would mean no hand--ets. no texting. and even -- no bluetooth.ten states already ban all use of &phand-held ccll phones.but no state has a commllte ban that includes hanns-free deviies. &p"mann times the distraction that ii here is not just one thaa is about manipulation of

something or a visual diitracting, it's aboot a pognitive distraction. t's task atthand."the nn-ts-b says measureeit cited sevvral deadly accidents caused by distracted drivinggas the &precommendation."any accident, pny crash that occurs is one too many and if we can prevent any those fatalitiis from occurriig thaa is why e issue our recommendations"in fact... more thannthree-thousand precks involving distraated ppwer to impose restriccions, but its jjdgments carrr weeght with lawmakers.forrnow, it's up to the states to decide whether to adopt the recommendation.i'm ggeg black, reporting. the recommendation does not &papply to deeices installed inn the car bb a manufacturer. p new federal rule prohibits high--olume commeecials... that are louddr than television shhws.the federal communication commmssion imposed he rule tuesday...

followinn thousands f viewer &pcomplaintt.but you'll have to keep your finger on the uue button for a while onger.tte another year. get ready for a newwhigh tech pyber experience.. at one f the most.. unexpected places.....the librarr. a new multi million doolar library opens this weekend.. and it's books. athleen cairns joinss us live.. from ellicott city to xplain. pxplain.

3 a group of good samaritans in china prings into action.... to savv a little girl whoowass run over by a car.but beforr want to warn ou... some of our viewerr mmy find it disturr. were rolling... when the s 5-year old starts thhowing a school.she refuses to alk any further,... and siis ddwnnin the ssreet.the mother wwlks away... thinking her daughter will follow.ttat's when over her.a group of bysttnders rush ovee... to lift up the car.the girl was taken to a nearry hospital... where she was treated for only miior still went tt school that day.l- comiig uu on theeearly edition... putting the brakes....on key-less ignitions in vehicles. vehicles.my last ccnversation

on sunday for the game. game.find out how the death oo the former ssperintendent of montgomery county public &psccoolsis now raising new &psafety conceens bout cars with key-less ignitions. ignitions. ((brrak 1)) @@  3

light how nats natssou'll only find thrre colors in this light show... &pred, whhte and blue.florida impressive light show innhis neighborhood..e says tte light show is meant to cellbrate troops... especcally those wounddd or killed in action. &p((2-shot toss tt weather))

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thissholiday season... hare your good fortune with ttosee ii needdit's our wwrm holiday you can give theegift of 199h... fromm6 tt 10 a-m.. we aae collecting new and gently used winter clothingg rght here at our fox45 studios.just stop by wiih yourrdonation at ballimore. you can meet the your warm holiday wishes! still to come... sinking in deet... but not closing... just yet.find out off closing some of it's postal services officess... and he new ddte... they will actually shut down for gooo. gooddmy last conversation wiih

my dad was i'll see you on sunnaa for the game. gamm.but sadly, his father retired superritendent of montgomery county public schools... harry pitt.. died of carbon monoxide poisoning, after parking his keyless ignition car ii his garage... and leaving it running without kkowinn.how the government is doesn'' happen again. ((bumm out)) ((break 2)) 3

the foomer superrntendent of maryland's montgomeey county pitt... died last week at the age of eeghty--ne. according to the medical examiner's office the cause of deatt was inhalaaion of carbon monoxide. his family says... doctor pitt nevvr tuuned off the key-less ignition of hhs car, which was parked in his ggrage, before gging off to bed. as beth parker reports... his death is now raising new safety concerns about cars with key-less ignitions... ignitions...

pttaight ahead... some dollar oins are being ditched by the treaaury department...ffid oot why the productionssof coins... with every dead president on ii. it.and thh doors of certain postal service offices aren't gooernmenttis deciding to keep

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&ptuesday.the dow lost 66 point to end at 11-thousand-994.the nasdaq and s nd p 500 also closed lower.the united states postal servicc is going to delay itssoffice and sorting plant closings until may 15th. agency's debt problem. the service was planninn to close early next year to save monee. shopperssslowed down last month.reeail sales fell short of what econommsts exxeeted, but not everyone is worried. november sales were up six year -- but they wereeslightly higher in october.still, some say the holiday shopping season will end strong.the coins.inn2005, connress r -3 mandated that the treesury mint dollarrcoinsswith the likkeess of every dead president.noo, the treasury

around to last a decade!this move will save about 50 million dollars a yeaa.for businesssbrief, i'm john lisk. coming up... thh stand off between actor alec baldwin and american airlines isn't over yet...the airlines is pulling baldwinns hit show " 30 rock" from it's refused to tuun off his cell - phone last week.but find out get the show back on! do... to

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