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3 a street fight in east baltimore... involving a &pbaltimore city police officer... is caaght on camera. the video shows the officer being attacked in front of a crowd on monuuent street.megan gilliland is here with the disturbing video. good morning patrice,just about everyone we talked to on monument stteet... had heard &pabout this video... many off them have seen it.ii was captured new years eve by bystander using his cell phone. already it's gone viral... on youtube.listen in for yourself... (áááánats up full: "back up,

back up, back up!!!"áááá) up!!!"áááá)you can see the officer trying to handcuff a man on the ground... when suddenly another man comes out of nowhere and punches the officer in the face.the officer falls down... allowing the other suspect to get away. there's a truggle... then officers in the area respond... soon you'll see one of them even kick the man.we spoke to police about this video... they call the attack outrageous.and as for the suspect... here's what they pave to say about him... (guglielmi) "i can't describe this act as anything less than an act of cowardice...." (ááááááats up full: "wow! oh, get out of there!! get out of t) there!!ááá)police have arrested and charged manuel imel wwth assault, for attacking the officer. he's waking up behind bars this morning on a $100- thousand dollar bond.megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. see the whole video online.go to fox-baltimore dot com slash raw news a homeless man is beaten so badly in southeast baltimore... he's taken to the .

hospital.you can see police on the scene right when it happened just after 10 o'clock last night under the j-f-x at fayette ssreet.ttat is a well known area of the city where homeless people stay. weapon was used.no word on a morning. investigators are trying to determine if an arson at an anne arundel county home ... is also a hate crime. firefighters put out a firee around 4-o'clock new yearrs morning at a home on church street in brooklyn park. but after the flames were gone... they noticed racial and gay slurs spraypainted on both sides of the house. two elderly women and a male caretaker all live at the home ... but were not there at the time. the crime has many neighbors on edge. 18:55 it's incredible that that, i mean we're in the 2012 to be going through this. and i myself i am a latino and it's concerning 06 authorities are asking for the public's help to

determine a motive for the arson and who's responsible. so far, they have no suspects or leads. police shoot and kill an 8th grade student in texas. police rmed with rifles .. shot 15-year old jaime gonzalez twice in the main hallway of this brownsville middle sshool wednesday. officers were called to the scene after a school administrator saw gonzalez with a gun.when they arrived... investigators say officers repeatedly ordered gonzalez to drop the pellet gun he was hhlding... but he refused... instead pointing the weapon at them. no one else was hurt in the incident. montgomery county police want your help looking for this man...they say he robbed a bandages make him stand out. out. police don't know if he is actually injured... or just trying to throw off investigators...but a little before 99on christmas eve in montgomery village...he walked in, and stole prescription drugs. iq: we're releasing the video oq: identify this gentleman

gentlemanthe bandage bandit is a white man about 25 years old, six feet tall to six foot three, 200 pounds.at the time of the crime he was wearing blue jeans and a blue sweatshirt.if you have any idea who this man may be.. you're asked to call police. 3 it's a record no one wants.....record highs at the gas pump. but that's what it was in 2011. the average driver spent 400 dollars more last year than in 2010... and in 2012, it looks like more records could falll joel d. smith is live in north baltimore with the latest numbers, and a way to find the lowest ones. gooo morning joel d. it's enough to make you want to walk joel. 3 good morning patrice... don't blink, these prices might change again. right now here they are ... (ad lib) experts say that's cause for concern beccuse for the past seven years, the for the past

seven concern because cause for experts say that's (ad lib) experts say that's cause or concern because for the past seven years, the average price movement from the beginning of the year to thh peak price posted during the year has been 93 cents per gallon. 3 2011 closed out as the highest yearly average ever for motor gasoline- $3.513, a whopping 72.6-cents per gallon higher than the average price for 2010. for the average american that means an extra 400 dollars at the pump crude is more than 100 dollars a barrell again... and only three months ago it was less than 80 a barrell. why??? it's all about speculation. the turmoil in the mmddle east with iraq and iran has specclators betting the prices will go higher becaase ppoduction could decrease soon in these countries.... and then the price of oil reacts to these sseculators even though these changes in the middle east haven't happen yet, and may never happen. 2044 ever sinne we pulled out of iraq, we've actually seen iraq increase prrduction .... many are fearful that could cause instabilitt in that country and consequently make crude oil prices higher. 20:57 20:57 all of this is even beforee

you factor in a potential state gas tax hike. 3 experts say that's cause for concern because for the past seven years, the average price movement from the beginning of the year to the peak price posted during the year has been 93 cents per gallon. 3

3 you've probably seen gas station signs warning about... static electricity.they're no joke.look at this... a major explosion at an oklahoma city gas station.....caused by static electricity.here's what happened....a woman was filling up her truck....she got back in her vehicle to stay warm....that generated static ellctricity.then when she got out of the truck... she touchhd the ,handle...and poof. "both her tires blow out and her window blown while we were trying to get out of the gas station." station."getting in your car is the main way to creatt the static that can potentially cause a spark.explosions like

this aae rare.....but they can happen. who needs an oscar when you can become a knight? knight?actress salma hayek has been named a knight of the legion of honor in france. president nicolas sarkozy announced hayek is being recognized for her services to the french republic.the 45-year-old actress is married to a french businessman.her father-in-law was also named a grand officer of the legion of hooor. speakinn of big honors... david hasselhoff's legendary chest hair is bringing him a place f fame among ámarineá life.british scientists have named a newll-discovered species of crabbafter the "baywatch" actor.all because they both share haiiy chests.the new species... found in the atlantic... has been dubbed, áthe hoff.áit's still waiting to to get a more scientific name.

coming up oo the early edition... bad doctors.. still practicing. the problems in the system.. that makes it hard to make them stop treating patients. patients. y." are making me thirsty!" ((traffic reporter ad libs))

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3 3 3 3 coming up... complaants... against doctors .. going nowhere.the problems that are causing investigations to take years. years.and...how do you handle a bye week?we'll ssow you how the ravens are spending it.. in sports. ((bump out))

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they're responsible for investigating doctors accused of wrongdoing.but the "state board of physicians" is swamped with all the cases.and some cases... take severrl years to resolve...allowing those doctors to continue practicing.in our cover story... john rydell examines what's being done to help them better "police the doctors". doctors".

it was an egregious case that resulted in two physicians... being ccaaged with murder.dr. steven brigham...and dr. nicola riley...are accused of performing botched abortions. maryland's board of physicians...has suspended rrley's medical license...and issued a cease and desist order...for brigham...who was never licensed in maryland. (sharfstein) "one of the important things that this board does is protect the public against dangerous doctors or people pretending to be doctors frankly and it's really important that the board do that job well."but the board of physicians...now handles more than 17-hundred complaints each year.and while many take less than 18-months to resolve...some investigations take three to four years.(sharfstein) "and that's not good for patients if it turns out the doctor really shouldn't be practicing medicine but it's also not good for doctors to have a cloud hanging over their head if in fact they really were doing the right thing."dr. joshua sharfstein...is maryland's health secretary.he's also concerned with ow the board

investigates complaints. (sharfstein) "certain complaints would come and they might be reviewed by someone who had no training in that area and they would decide concerns about maryland's physician board...are aaso being voiced y some state lawmakers. (brochin) "it's not right to have a physician who has a dubious record who's still able to practice for two years because an investigator hasn't had a chance to get to chairman of maryland's board of physicians sayssin the past five years, his agency's budget has been slashed by nearly six million dollars. and when the board imposes fines on doctors that have been sanctioned, that money does not go back to the board. it goes to the state's general fund."those budget cuts...have also reduced the board's ptaff... from 85... to 73. (brochin) "if the board of physicians comes and they say ww have a backlog of two years."(brochin) "and they're doing the best they can, then we need to find room in the budget to add one more investigator or two more invvstigators or two mooe investigators and start expiditing this."but dr. sharfstein...says expanding the staff... is not necessarily the solution. (sharfstein) "you don't want to throw more human resources at a dysfunctional process. you want to be able to fix the

process and know the right amount of human resources to put there."doctors can be reprimanded.... put on probation... or have their medical licenses either suspended....or revoked.when the board finally imposes snactions against doctors...it's posted on their website. but a review by maryland's department of legislative services... says nothing is posted... if a doctor...is merely charged... even though that probe could take years to resolved. so health secretary sharfstein is ordering an independent review oo thephysician board.his goal...to improve efficiency... while better proteecting patients. in baltimore, john rydell, fox 45 news at ten. the independent review of maryland'sphysician board will be supervised bydr. jay perman...the president of the university of maryland in baltimore. coming up... up...a major honor for terrell suggs...bruce cunningham has details...next in spoots. ((break )) 3 3

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