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3 3 the murder trial f george huguely cootinues this morning with another day of jury selection.men and women who will decide if the former &puniversity of virginia lacrosse plaaer ii guilty of killing cockeysville nntive yeardlly love. megan gilliland is livv ffom love's alma mater... notre dame prep... where many eyes are on this cas. you can imagine this case has been difficult for everyone
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who knew love... it's a story that shocked this entire region...and that seems to be playing a part in jjry selectio. selection.one by one... potential jurors sat on the witness stand... in the charlottsville, virginia courthouse.revealiig just how harr it would be to sit on this jury... because of the high profile caae.some jurors said they had already made up their minds about whether geooge huguely was guilty of murdering yeardly love.at one point, love's other began to cry... as huguell pleaded not guilty to he six charges he and entering.22-year old love was found beaten face down in a pool of blood in may 2010. those who know her were grief stricken. president:á"yeardly love did attacked and beaten to deserve to die."student:"she was a true blessing to those who
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wonderful and irreplacable part of this community." community."from their line of questioning... it appears huguely's defense will be attacking love's character to her murder.huguely was in r - court yesterday... lookiig much thhnner than this arrest picture. his parents sat just feet away llstening in.as our crews were leaving the courthouse... we asked huguely's father for comment but he remained silent. live in tooon, news. stay with fox45 for continuing coverage oo uguely's murder from charlottsville.we also have around the clock overage at fox baltimore dot com and our facebook page. baltimore county police continue to investigate... an alleged sexual assault offa &pteenaged irl. girl.police say a 16-yeer-old girl was attacked january 18th in this area of catonsville... near north bend and mount desales roads.police say the victim was walking when she
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pulled the girl intoothe car... and sexually assaulted her. "she says that two black maaes 19 to 21 years old driving a dark colored four door vehichle drove beside her, and one of the suupects pulled her into the back seat where she was sexually assaulted""we do know that one of the suspects has a light complection with short dark hair" hair"if you provide metro crimestoppers or baltimore county police with information leading to an arrest, you could recieve a cash reward. affer going cold for years... women in the death of an anne arundellcouuty dentist.doctor albert row was stabbed to death innhis glen burrie shontay hickman once worked for the dentist and prosecutors say she stole more than 17-thousand dollars from his office. (brown) "some have no remorse and reflect not on t at all but she's nottin that category but in tte end whattdoes it dead, the family's grieving, her family's grieving, it's just sad day for both familie"
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families."prosecutors say... 24-year-old donte jeter, hickman's cousin... is the man who actually murdered doctor ro... and will stand trial in may. a man... convicted of murder in the death of a baltimore county grandmother... has his murder convictioo vert. overturned. shirley worcester was killed outside of her middle river home in bullet... after a drug deal turned into a shootout.donald kohler angered a drug dealer... byygiving him fake monny.prosecutors say kohler was just as responsible as the gunman.but now... the court of special appeals says kohler was noo distributing drugs at the time.no wwrd... if the attorney general's office will appeal this ruling. a hearing continues today for a former campaign consultant to bob ehrlich. "i think the ccurt and the jjdge will be fair." faar." that's about all julius hensen was sayiig when we caught up with him monday. he's accused of violating sttte election laws by usingg
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robocalls to illegally influence voter turnout. ehrlich aide paullschurick was triid separately in the same case and found guilty last year. lawmakers are considering a bill... that would make english the official language of anne arundel county.the proposal was discussed at tuesday night's county council meeting. supporters of the bill... say its aapolitical statement that declares a stance on illegal immigratton. but critics argue... it won't change how governmenttruns. incue: there's a number of counties... outcue: we are not a sanctuary county countyincue: i think people...outcue: intend to support 3 support the main sponsor of the bill also plans to propose an ordinance that would allow the county to revoke a businesss license if it's determined that business knowingly hired
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illegal immigraats.a final vote on the proposal is expected later this month. stay with ox45 for continuing coverageeon this story.we'll hear from jerry walker... a council member who supports old buildings in need of in - repairr.. could soon be the source of new obs. jobs.that's what maryland senaaor en cardin had to say... during a press conference tuesdayyhe &pannounced nnw legislation tha would increase the value of a federalltax credit for rehabbing historic buildings. cardin says he wants to expand eligibility for the federal program... so that smaller projects could qualify for a bigger tax break. a break that hey says... would lead to more hiring in maryland. 13:54:01"it's been leveraged about 5 to 1, so for everyydollar of tax creeitssit oleverages about five dollars of tax credit invetsments." invetsments."cardin says the tax credit has already created 19-thousand jobs in maryland. what started as a service project is turnnng into a lesson in economics. joel d. smith is live
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a moto-cross rider crashes to the ground ... stunning the crowd at a shrine circus sunday in michigaa.joshh headford was performing a stunt when his bike hit a cable... sending him to the ground.the circus says the pable may have been too low... headford is now recovering from a broken femur. coming uu on the early edition... state workers...cashing in on vacation days when they retire. retire.9:54:32"it doesn't tell happening"the pricee perk they get... with unused sick days.
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kristen and nick will get married in front of the entire to decide the details of their . &pthey.. and their guests.. wil eat at heir reception.voting begins at 9 a-m today.. and closes at 5 p-mmto vote just go to our website foxbaltimore dot com or our facebook page. page.aad make sure you watch kristen and nick get married live on fox45 morning news coming up... our state's big issue... "the problem ith maryland right now is thattwe are &pspendinggtoo mucc, borrowing too much, and raising taxes too much": much":but find out who is getting big pay out... once they retire. retire.jeremy guthrie traded. return....and what their ot in starting rotation looks like now... later in sports. ((bump out)) p(break 2))
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with aryland right now is thht we re spending too much, borrowing too much, and raising taxes too much":it's a reerain heard around he concerns about highee taxes on coocerns about state. heard around the it's a refrain oo much":it's a refrain heard around the state. concerns everything from gas to cigars. as marylanders struggle to ptay afloat in a lagging economy. 17:21:51"they want to double the gas tax., they're asking for all other tax increases, these are tough fact that even while their personallfinances have yet to improve...state spending continues to rise.so where is all the money is going? and what's contributing o yet another billion dollar budget deficit?09:54:20"it's smoke and mirrorr, it's very dishonest"part of the problem...is how the state reports spendiig.inside thesee massive budget books plenty of minutiae..but some big ticket items that are hard to find 9:54:32"it doeen't tell the real story of what's happening" liie a little known perk for state employees....that lets them accumlate several months worth of vacation time...then cash it out when they retirr.a
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perk that cost taxpayers nealry $50 million in the past wo years according to state office of management and budget...and nearly a hundred million over thh past five that we had to repeatedly ask state officals to release to up tax dollars at a faster g rate as more state employees retire.03:52"particulalry in a time when the state is trying to manage it's budget and budegt shortfalls, then when you have a large outflow of people you end up with an ordinate expense"but that's not allstate employees can also cash in on unused sick leavetimeethat accumulates at a rate f 15 days per year, which can be used to dd eetra money tootheir pension... turning unused ick eave into a life-long retirement perk paid for by taxpayers04;04 "it's not someting that the private sector has a similar benefit or a similar type of issue, ann so it does deem looking into.,"it also ppts pxtra strain on a pension system will require billions of dollars 9:55:08"i think the system neees to be reformed and updated, there needs to be a cap on how muuh unused leave time you can cash out" 10:29:54"state employees are not living high on the hoo union officials argue state workers have earned the extra benefitsperks say say make up for lower salaries compared to theii private sector earned time, state employees - as part oo their compensation have various types of benefits to make up for lower pay" and, like higher taxes, paying for state emppoyees to cash out is will have to bear.the taxpayers will simply a expense to cash out is state employees simply a expense the taxpayers
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will have to bear.09:56:38 "this is a spending issue" we asked how much cashing in sick leave added to tate pension costs...and we're told that ssate doesn't keep track coming up ... ...tte orioles traae away their most reliable itcher. what this means for the rest sports. ((break 3)) allie's spelling bee is monday...
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