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3 3 3 fighting back in southeast fighting back in fighting back in southeast baltimore after a string of home break-ins in tte patterson park area.megan gilliland is here with more on the search for suspects. good morning patrice,this area near patterson park is a ccean area... with nice homes... and apparently it looked pretty good to theives too.take a look at this spot crime website... all around patterson park is lit up with ... burblaries... robberies and theft. neighbors say there's been at least 15 break-ins in the patterson park area in the past 30 days.4 of them happened in the last two weeks on the same block on north luzerne aveeue near east baltimore street.one victim says she was asleep upstairs... when thieves broke into her home.when she woke up the next day she found a playstation 3 missing, two cameras... and about $300 dollars in her purse... all

gone. (ms. grim) "it's not a good feeling.. i get up every morning looking down the steps seeing if they broke in again." (ááánats up full: "they gain access thru the back windows and doors...."ááá) doors...."ááááinvestigators believe the theives might be juveniles. since the spike in crime... police have issued nearly 100 citations for curfew violations.they've also inicreased patrols.right now, they're trying to determine if all these cases are related or if ttere are several suspects still out there. until they're caught, neighbors say they're looking out for eachother.megan gilliland, fox45 morring news. we want to know...how áyouá are fighting back against crime.tell us what you're doing in your community... to clean up the streets.call 410-662-1456. the ávictimá in a bizarre "bleach attacc"... at a baltimore county wal-mart... is now facing charges in the in. incident.ebony edmonds is charged with first degree assault and reckless

endangerment.the charges stem from an incident at the lansdowne wal-mart in october... where 33 year old teress jefferson is accused of throwing bleach on edmonds, her romantic rivaa... wounding 18 others in the process. jefferson... also faces assault harges.police say the attack was part of an ongoing dispute. still no word on he condition of a shooting victim out of northwest baltimore.homicide detectives were on the scene at edgewood road... near wabash avenue ... aroudn 9:45, last night.a man was found shot... and rushed to the hospital. will more government regulations to clean up the chesapeake mean more job loss? the chesapeake bay foundation says "no." "no."the 2006 "clean air act" means that companies have spent millions of dollars cleaning up their operations. but the group says upgrading sewage treatment plants would actually create more than 200- thousand jobs.the project to clean-up constellation's "brandon shores" plant created 13-hundred constrrction jobs.

(baker) "these are real jobs, these are important jobs for the economy anddthey come from environmental and pollution reduccion control regulation." regulation." the head of maryland's farm bureau says more regulations will force the government to spend more ... meaning higher taxes.but the bay foundation says in the past 20-years... the number of environmental clean-up jobs has increased by 43-percent. 3 3 the first battle in the presidential race is over. three candidates are connratulating themselves on their showings in the iowa caucuses.mitt romney just barely edged a win over rick santorum with only 8 more votes.ron paul came in a solid third.and as greg black explains... there were the candidates who finished at the bottoo of the pack. pack. the first votes in the 2002 presidential race have been

cast...in the end, three candidates celebrated a top tier showing..."thank you, iowa for the great sendoff you're giving to us.""game on...""we are going to keep scoring, just as we have tonight."....while the rest eiiher ooked ahead or nursed their wounds..."with a little prayer and reflection, i'm going to decide the best path forward." governor rick perry announced he's heading home "i have decided to return to texas, access the results of tonight's caucus, determine if there is a path forward for myself in this racc." newt gingrich blamed attack ads for his fourth place finish.many of those ads were paid for by a political action committee that supports mitt romney. gingrich says from now on he'll be on the offensive."we are not going to go out an run nasty ads...but i do reserve the right to tell the truth." michelle bachmann finished sixth in iowa.she's headed to south carolina, which holds the third contest.that means she'll skip campaigning in new

hampshire for the state's primary next week.just as jon huntsman opted skip iowa's caucuses.attendee: do you have a message to the winner of tonight's iowa caucus?a message to the winner of the iowa caucus? it woold be,"welcome to new hampshire. nobody cares.huntsman came in last in iowa with less than one percent of the vote.i'm greg black, reporting. our coverage of the iowa caucuses continues...we'll take you live to cedar rapids, iowa...for the latest... in our 6 o'clock hour. mitt romney is set to get a boost in his campaign for president today.senator john mccain is expected to announce his endorsement for the former massachusetts governor today. mccain... who was the 2008 republican presidential nominee... will travel to new hampshire to make it official. it's the opposite of what happened four years ago... when mccain won new hampshire chose to endorse mccain.y -

while tuesday's focus was on the republican ppesidential contest in iowa... president obama took the opportunity to rally his own supporters.he hosted a live video-teleconference from washington... telling caucus- goers that he is more optimistic now... than he was four years ago... because change has already taken place. 3&"we are battling billions of advertising, and lobbyists and special interests who don't want to see the change you worked so hard to fully take root. that's why this time out is going to be in some ways more important that the first time out, it's just right, change is never easy." easy."the presiient also talked about progress made ii health care... and troops returning home. winter is offically here! here!this was the scene yesterday afternoon... traffic was backed up because of sudden snow... during rush hour.drivers in baltimore county had a rough time... right along 83 in timonium.

(31:32)its always funny to me we go through the same thing every year everybody kinda has amnesia what the weather is like so they forget how to drive in it how to prepare for . it...we spoke with maryland state police .... who told us there were about 12 accidenns around the city and county during rush hour. 3 ray rice.. off the fieldd.and in front of a mic... for a great cause... ay rice singing :08 :08the ravens sensation was trying his hand at karaoke at a sing-off competition. fullback vonta leach also gave it a try. vonta leach singing :15 3

the event at rams head live... helped raise money for the cancer treatment centers of america. -spray painting nats- nats-and while ray and vonte were singing...ravens-nations painted the town purple!fans, cheerleaders and the ravens mascot watched as grrund crews coated federal hill and city hall... purple and blaak.it's the lastest push to celebrate our hometown team... as they head to the play-offs. "i dont care if it was a tsunami, i have to be out here ravens how much i love them"he them"fans hope this colorful spectacle will help the team advance in the play-offs... and head to the super bowl. and if you were tryyng to get youu hands on play-off game tickets...you're out of luck.within 14 minutes of them going on sale yesterday... at

11 a.m.... they sold out. coming up on the early edition... a convicted felon... on trial again..this time for murder... i waa blindfolded when i heard that there was a possiblity 3 cells could have been jimmied. jimmied.find out whh this time... the suspect is facing the death penalty. penalty. ♪

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3 3 3 still to come... forget the game... it's the commercials everyone loves

during the super bowl, right? well those ads come with a hefty price tag...find out what ome advertisers are paying for those much anticipated commericials. commericials. this will be one of the narrowly crafted and narrowly drawnndeath penalty statutes in the country. but first...a death penalty case for an inmate... charged with killing a corrections officer.find out the áoneá thing... that puts the death penalty on the table... next. ((bump out)) ((break 2))çia÷ 3

an inmate already convicted of murder once... is on trial again...this time it's murder of a correctional officer. crime and justice reporter, joy lepola says... the defendent could get the death penalty... because of d-n-a. d-n-a. ((pkg)) hundreds fill an annapolis courtroom as jury selection begins in the death penalty trial of lee stephens.... a maryland inmate accused of killing correctional officer david mcguinn back in 2006. i was blindfolded when i heard that there wassa possiblity 3 cells could have been jimmied. a suspected murderer whose crime alone makes him eligibbe to be execcted. that is until &pgovernor o'malley signed maryland's death penalty more restrictive.stand-up in 2009 new laws were enacted that pade it even more difficult for the state to seek capital

punishment. currently there are 5 men on death row in maryland.13:28:07 (allen) there are some reported cases where people have been executee and later it turned out they did not do the crime. the governor touted the legislation asslandmark.(sot) &pthis will be one of the narrowly crafted and narrowly drawn death penalty statutes in the country. 13:34:06 you've got to have a dna connection, recorded confession or video or film of event.in stephens case it's pna evidence. (sot) i'm a firm believer that it's a deterent. it was former governor marvii mandel who reinstated maryland's death penalty in 1975.after inmates threatened to kill a correctional officer phey were holding hostage.only thing they can give us is another life sentence and were how many lives do we have. in stephens case, he'ssalready a this time though it jl fox 45 news at ten in october prosecutors wanted the death

penalty in a case against a hitman ...but jurors spared his life. straight ahead... starbucks lovers...get ready to pay more for that skinny mocha latte...find out the hike in prices... and where it's happening. happening.and... it's a way for millions of people to their product..but he price tag is high...how much advertisers are paying to be seen on the superbowl this year. ((break 3))

3 super bowl ads hit a new record high and as edgar treiguts explains... starbucks is raising its prices across parts of thh coun. cooutry. --reporter pkg-as follows --

stocks kicked off the new year on a high note in the first trading day of 2012..heedow jumped 179 points.the nasdaq and s and p 500 also posted strong gains.companies shelled out big bucks for super bbwl 2012's ad spots.nbc says 30- second spots sold 3

coming up... an update on the so called "handsome bandit" in texas.. he's been caught.find out what he did...áafterá he was apprehe. suspects is on thissmorning in southeast baltimmre after a patterson park.i'm megan gilliland how the neighborhood is fighting back.

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