this adorable baby girl .. is still in the hospital weeks after a serious car crash.what police think the driver had been doing before the accident... that could lead to tougher d-u-i laws... and it wasn't drinking alcohol. my son came to me and said, 'mom, i want to get a tattoo with malik on it, rest in peace. peace.and ... most parents would probably say "no" to that request.but the reason one mother gave police... for letting her 10 year old son get a tattoo! 3 3 today is thursday, january 19th. 3

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3 ravens playoff fever may be having an impact on baltimore politics.there appears to be a ticket tiff between the mayor and city councilman jack young. young.megan gilliland is live from m and t bank stadium with more on what might have sparked it all. all.good morning patrice,

there's word that mayor stephanie rawlings-blake took back two skybox tickets to attend last weekend playoff game against houston... that she had given to city council president jack young. young.it happened... shortly after young publicly called for an end to the baltimore grand prix.the two have been in dispute over the race recently.we called the mayor's office to see ii there was a connection between the race and the ticket take back... but we never got a response.as for young... he tried to downplay it all after yesterdays city's board of estimates meeting. 20:45:27"i really want to move forward, i mean we have a lot of important things that we have to do for this city and to talk bout tickets and sky boxes is not something i want to deal with right now" now"young did find a way to get to last weeks sold out game though.he was able to get box seats from ray lewis.young

now says, he will be paying ray back. he says he wants to follow the ethics law the city council apporved a few months ago that bans gifts.live from m and t bank stadium, megan gilliland fox45 morning news. some good news... and bad newss.. when it comes to next year's fiscal budget.there won't be an inccease in but governor o'malley's year. budget ... could still cost you more money. the governor wants to double the annual flush-tax for homeowners...from 30-dollars... to 60-dollars. he also wants to shift half the costof funding teachers pensions'...to the counties. and the governor wants to reduce or eliminate income tax deductions and exemptions for higher income residents.a family of four earning 150- thousanda year... would pay almost 200-dollars more. (governor) "of the unpopular choices that all of us wish we didn't have to make, this is the fairest way to go about thi"

this."(pipkin) "this is tax, tax, tax and then spend, it's an outrageous budget even by annapolis standards." standards."the governor is also expected to call for an increase in the gasolinetax. but details of that plan... won't be announced until next week. the plan to raise the gas tax came from a "blue ribbon" commission... appointed by projected plan.ey.here's the plan.raise the gas tax by 15 cents a gallon... over three years.after that... it would use a formula to calculate future increeses. if the gas tax hike passes..it can't be challenged because it's an appropriations bill. americans for prosperity began a petition drive , so marylanders can let their lawmakers knows what they think.you can find the petition at fox baltimore dot com...and look for "stop the gas tax" under "hot topics." rising gas prices lead to crime at an annapolis car dealership.that's where crooks are siphoning gas from cars! cars!workers first noticed the

missing gas on tuesday afternoon at koon's toyota on west street. investigators say someone drilled holes into the gas tanks. ...and they don't think the thieves are selling the gas on the black market. iq: they may need itoq: someone who's on the road all the time timesiphoning gas is extremely dangerouspolice are still trying to find the person who did it. fox45 has teamed up with the most popular crime mapping website on the internet. "spotcrime" tracks criminal activity in your neighborhood. you can also get emails when crime happens.sign up by going to our website... fox- baltimore dot com...and click on "spotcrime" in the "hot topics" section at the top of the screen the debate over the controversial keystone oil pipeline isn't over. as ninette sosa reports...the obama administration may have rejected a proposed expannion of the pipeline yesterday -- but that likely won't be the last word on the issue. issue. --reporter pkg-as follows --

"this fight is not going to go away, you can count on it." republicans in congress are preparing for battle.this time, over the the obama administration's decision to reject a bid to expand the controversial keystone oil sands pipeline."the american people are still asking a question, "where are the jobs?" and here the president haa the oppurtunity to create 20,000 direct jobs and over 100,000 direct jobs and he &psays no."the project would have carried crude from canada's oil sands ...to the texas gulf coastbut the obama administration says a deadline imposed by congress did not give enough time to study the environmental impact of the 17- hundred mile-long pipeline. concerns were raised in nebraska that the proposed route would enganger a sensitive aquifer below the state's sand hills region."it was the voices of the rancherss and the farmees who said, wait a second this pipeline is too risky.""because of concerns expressed by numerous republican governor of nebraska - it was decided that

an alternate route through nebraska was necessary. the choosing of that alternate route has not even been completed yet." "stop the pipeline. yes we ccn!"the administration was facing added pressure to reject tte project from environmental protesters.but the state department has already indicated it expects the company spearheading the project -- transcanada -- to reapply for approval.i'' ninette sosa reporting. the white house had tried to delay a decision on the project until next year ... after the presidential elections.but, as part of the payroll tax cut negotiation, congressional republicans gave the administration 60 days to make a decision. crews suspend the search for survivors aboard the cruise ship ... costa concordia.as the water becomes colder... the odds of finding survivors... become slimmer. the ship wrecked off the italian coast last week, leaving 11 people dead and several more missing.the captain is currently under house arrest and could face manslaughter charges for

abandoning the ship with passengers still on board.he says... he tripped and fell into the water and that's how he ended up in a life raft. baltimore fans are known for supporting the ravens with their hearts, their voices... and their wallets. the most recent rankings have the ravens fan base in the top ten in merchandise sales..... and that number is certainly going up this week. joel d. smith is live in owings mills to see the hot items, still availiable to make your game day as purple as possible. 3 3 3 3

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with a couple days ays left before the south carolina primary... the republican presidential hopefuls are pulling punches, primarily directed at front runner mitt romney.but as joe johns explains, romney is fighting back as ell.

--reporter pkg-as follows --in the home stretch to the first in the south primary..the urgency of the moment finally starts to show. newt gingrich.. looking strong late in the race..was back to making bold predictions again. "if we carry saturday, i think i will become the nominee"and then this prediction that the race in south carolina was about to take a turn for the worst."i fully expect thh romney campaign to be unendingly dirty and dishonest for the next fouu days because they are desperate thhy thought they could buy this." to get the nomination, gingrich has to go through the frontrunner; mitt romney...who was hammering away at gingrich's leadership skills both in new web ads and a telephone conference call featuring republican members of congress who served with gingrich back in the day. the former massachusetts governor went after gingrich on the stump too...treating him very much like the last man standing between romney and an acceptance speech at the convention. he said gingrich should stop claiming he helped create millions of jobs when he was on capitol hill"a

congressman taking responsibility or taking credit for helping create jobs is like al gore taking credit for the internet."gingrich returned fire. he said romney would lose a debate with the president on health care because romney's plan in massachusetts wasn't that different from obama's. "they both have terrible versus mediocre."but one of the main flashpoints this day was about taxes..both candidates now expected to release their tax returns, even giving previews. gingrich says he paid taxes at 31 percent rate mitt romney said he paid taxes at a 15 percent effective rate. he also said he made almost 400,000 dollars in speaking fees. though to a guy who's worth something like 200 million dollars, it doesn't seem like much."my goal not raise mitt romney's taxes, it's to let everybody mitt romney's rate".romney's low tax rate may sound like a big deal.. especially since billionaire warren buffet argues rich people should pay more..but kevin hasset of the american enterprise institute disagrees."warren buffett said

we need to increase taxes on the wealthy because he has a low rate, but rrally economists all disagree with warren. the fact is that everyone who studies it understands that if you have low taxes on dividends and capital gains then it attracts capitalland increases economic growth.""gingrich continues to make the claim that he's the conservative alternative to mitt romney, even though, at least two other candidates in the race, rick santorum and rick perry can make that claim as well and neither one of them are showing any sign of getting out of the race... joe johns, cnn, warrenville, south carolina." straight ahead... have a cocktail... in the air. the aiiline offering them for free... and where you have to fly to get it. it.and more legal problems for former football star, o-j simpson...whose foreclosing on his house...and how much they say...he owes. ((break 3))

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recession in the making... o.j. simpson may not have a house to live in when he gets out of prison. and as shelby lin reports... one airline is saying "have a drink on us." us." --reporter pkg-as follows -- stocks posted strong gains on wednesday. the dow picked up 96 points to close at 12,578. the nasdaq and s and p 500 also gained ground.the world is on the cusp of a new global recession if the debt crisis in europe worsens, according to a new report from the world bank. the bank says thattcould be as bad as the crisis four years ago, and cut its 2012 growth forecast for emerging and developing economies from its estimates of just six months ago. american airlines tells international passengers to "have a drink on us." beginning february first, the carrier will offer complimentary beer and wine to passengers on flights between the united states and europe and asia -- as well as some countries in south america. american's parent company recently filed for bankruptcy could lose his south florida

home to foreclosure. j-p morgan chase is reporteely moving forward with foreclosure proceedings on the former football star's four bedroom ome in kendall. simpson is behind bars for a 2007 armed robbery and kidnapping in nevada. he hasn't made a payment on his 592-thousand-dollar mortgage since 2010, according to a source close to the case.for business brief, i'm shelby lin. -----end-----cnn.script----- coming up... a tattooed... ten year old.the meaningful reason his mother allowed him to get it...and the law ásheá broke in the pro. process.

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