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3 3 legalizing same sex marriage is now just one signature away from happening here in maryland.this comes after the senate passed tte measure yestereday.megan gilliland joins us now with more on how opponents are already working to oveeturn it. good morning patrice,the state senate passed the law to legalize gay marriage by a small but exppcted margin... with a vote of 25 to 22. afterwards cheers erupted inside and outside the senate c. chambers...cheering... cheering...senater richard madaleno... he only openly gay senator was visibly mmved by the bills passage and by governor o'malley's support. sponsored this bill... signs the legislation... maryland will become the 8th state to allow same sex marriage.but opponents are vowing... it's not over yet. the lord is able to judge ww

are not cabablethis is just another phase in the discusssion there will be a robust petition effort i do expect to see this on the ballot in november november now that the measure passed the senate... organizers can bbgin collecting signatures. they need more than 55-thousand names to bring it to referendum... and put it on the november ballot.i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. p person is struck by an amtrak train overnight in havre de grace.it happened around 12:30 this morning.when officers arrived on the scene... the victim was found dead on the tracks on webb lane.no word on the circumstances surrounding the death. funeral services will be held &ptoday for three siblings who died in a harford county collision.david... joseph and ashley bauguess all died in a car accident monday on route 543 in harford county.seevices will begin at 1 o'clock todayy

at schimunek funeral home in bel air. is thh state doing enough to protect consumerr froo questionable fees charged by tax preparation services? ssrvices?that's the question being asked by some customers who ssy their tax refunds were eaten up by charges... that don't add up.city resident, toby smith, says her ssate refund wasscut in haaf by charges from instant tax services. but statt fficials we spoke to say there's little ttey can do if customers don't complain. 3 "he stilllcharge me like $400 for the irs fees. i've never heard of irs fees, oming out of your taxes..so our of $774 i got $325"1:02:38"our chief way of learning about unethical tax preparers service is through complaints" commlaints" blackstone urges ppeple to file a complaintt... if you think your tax preparer is not follooiig the law.you can find a link to the state's onlinn complaint form... at fox baltimore dot com. people aae fuming over the

govenor's proposed gas tax... that would phase in a 6-percent sales tax. tax. (miss helen)"when you get a chance can you sign the petition for us??? us??? employeee of the hess gas station on joppa road in towson... lready collected morr thaa one-thousann signaures for a petition... -& been lining up to sign the petition. (miis helen)"if they keep taxing us to death like their taxing us.. then what are we gonna do.. were gonna have more robberies.. more killings.. everything" everything"the governor hopes to raise an extra 600-million doolars to ppy for road and bridge repairs. find the cheapest gas prices in your area... at fox baltimore dot coo slash pump and with these gas prices... who doesn't need a break, right? fill up with fox 45! we're giving away 100 dollar gas cards on fox45 morning news.you have three chaaces this morning to win... ss stay tuned.go to foxbaltimore dot

35-thousand jobs are at stake... at the u-s postal service.this... after the agency announced plans thursday... to consolidate or processing plants.the - consolidations would save the postal service an estimated 2-point-1 billion dollars.the agency is hoping to ave 20- billion over the next 3 years. iphone owners rejoice...you are paying less for apps than android device owners.that's according to an article published by p-c mag--ot-com.a market reeearch firm recentty conducted a survey on the cost of apps and found that android apps are typically more than double the cost of iphone apps. researrhers attributeethe priie disparity to thee companiessdifferent marketing ptrategies. they hold lives in their hands they hold lives in they hold lives inntheir hhnds everyday... but there's sometting else surgeons mmght be doing... that's ssirring up controversy.a new study finds

about 15-percent of surgeons... may have a drinking problem. research was published in the ""rchives of surgery."ii claims alcohol abuse rates among surgeons iss higher than that of he geneeal population. researchers say the results show a "significant problem" phat has the potential to impair a surgeon's ability to do thh job with skill and the new cafe hon is tryiig to win back customers after a tough year with the public,.... and a makeover from celebrity chef gordon ramsey. on the same day niihtmares" hitt the airwaves heee on fox, joel d. smith is paking us inside to see if the ccanges are working. good morning joel d. 3 (((ad lib)) 3

3 3 you can see kitchee nightmares here on fox45.night at 88pm - one of america's most iconic toys... turns 60!mister potato head first hit shelves back in 1952.over the past 6 100-million of the toys have been sold.there are more than 30 licensed potato head characters... and more than 350 potato head parts and pieces on the market. that's a lot of ears, lips and feett to get lost in the toy box! when times are tough....even the tooth fairy resorts to pinching pennies.a new article by "time-dot-com" finds tooth fairy payouts to kids averaged

last year..hat's down 17- percent from the year efore. it's also the most she's ever tightened her belt....since 1998. it's friday and that means it's your turn to sound off on our facebook page about anything you want. want.let us know what's on your mind-- and your response could air in our "facebook feedback" segment. segment.just go to facebook dot om slash foxbaltimore to become a fan and joon the conversation. coming up on the early edition... the horror of bed bu. bugs.you gottaapack your house up and pack your apartment up and you're gonna be living in plastic bags and containerr for the next 33 days" days." the way one maryyand man... built a businiess around sniffing them . out.fiber ((break 1))

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3 look at all this stuff for coffee. oh there's tons. french presses, espresso tampers, filters. it can get really complicated. not nearly as complicated as shipping it though. i mean shipping is a hassle. not with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits it ships, anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. that is easy. best news i've heard all day! i'm soooo amped! i mean not amped. excited. well, sort of amped. really kind of in between. have you ever thought about decaf? do you think that would help? yeah. priority mail flat rate shipping starts at just $5.15, only from the postal service.

a simpler way to ship. bed bugs... are a bad problem no one wants to deal with.but one maryland man... has built a business ... sniffing ut the littll beasts. he works porning's ccver story... this - melinda roeder shows us how... &phow..."pooch prevention" may help eradicate a pesky problem. problem.

34:34 "park it" (bella sits) learning new tricks.... pcover) :48 "it's a unique service."comes easy for some canines.33:28 - buck rolls around on the floorbut ii's not aal fun and games... for "the key to the dog is that the dog has a drive and wants &pto please and wants to find a hunter."steve hawkins... has best sniffers.15:53 "c'mon, seek nat)) - curly lingers in a crevicehe aad his hannlers.... are on a hunt... for bed bugs.12:08-12:18 "you lift up the sheets and the mattress ann you ... huge black spots lining the whole them in pockets."most of their work is done at hotels... homes... and apartments.but toddy's job site... is a and out of hundreds of home every year... some of which have questionable saniiary conditions."p-b-i restoration specializes in tough cllaning

jobs. ... where workers often come in contact with unwanted critters.27:32 "there's probably anywhere from 25 to 30 in here and there may be some nymphs, eaaly-stage ones in here."handlers use vials of live bed bugs to train... and &plegged technicians.15:34 "curly, seek... right here..." it's curly's job... to seek any rogue blood-suckers... 05:18 "the dogs go through an extensive training prooram." 14:08 "curly, ready? let's ..... (maybe parallel lark this line of traak between the two bites) to prove his sensitive sniffer... curly's partner has hid a container of bed bugs behind that big cardboard box.14:25 seek, show me, show me. good boy curly! gooddboy!"curly sits and points with his nose... where the ssent ii strongest. (cover) 7:47 "we rescued curry. all our dogs are rescues."(buck) 31:45 "c'mon, let's work... seek"other dogs, like buck and bblla go through the same training.they're paid in treats and lots of

affection.28:20 "i love 'em!" but the worst job... goes to the boss... who raises... and feeds the buus.they're feasting right now onnhis wrist!29:32 "you feel the pinch."-------file video from ------------------------------ the sting... is nowhere near the pain some of steve's customers fighting an infestatioo takes eetermination.entire contents of a home must be covered or so steaming and heat cleaning can take place.02:16 "itts like you'reemoving. you gotta pack your apartment up and you're gonna be living in plastic bags and containers for the next the hassse is exactly why many business... like p-b-i practice... pooch that's why sttve's services is so important to uu."it's a case of canines tackling cross- contamination.00:23 "knock on home."melinda roeder..... (more nats of dogs ... fox 45 news at ten. coming up ... ...cory reddinn is a free agent...why he says he wants to stay in baltimore.next in sports ((break 3)) 3 bruce cunningham has fox 45 morning sporr [ female announcer ] today is the day

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