"white pride"... and "whhte written aal over one llcal university.the group behind it... and why they're still allowwd to exist on campus. 3 well, i thought that they would cut me off. buu since they didn'tt i hought maybe stamps afttr winning a million dollar llttery jackpottthe reasons that it could never happen in maryland. and... tte ingredientt that they're changing in both pepsi and coke... to keep drinks.warning labels off the

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heated talks over a student powee." at towson e power" university, students are confronting othhr students... in resppnse to the campus group called " youth for western civiiization." it's a studenttorganizaaion with maybe a dozen members... defending itself aater chalked messages founddaround campus created ccntroversy. &pphrases were found... writte on the ground... like, "wwite in a meeting laat nighh... some students say they feared &pfor their lives.while members of the group say... they don't hatt anybodd. ((eimbach/ywc) "what i honestly want is i want to have every single student be ableeto express what is who makes them uppand the idea that everr single group can do it, other than white ssudents, i think that's blatant racism.."(moonny/ywc) "we're not saaing that we're better than anybody, we're not not saying anything like that. we're saying we're proud of meean it's pretty ignorant, it's like it's rude.

ddspite the opposition... university officials say the group hhs a right to exist on campus.. and convey its message. it's protected by the first amendment, free speech. baltimore coonty police need your help... tracking down this man who failed to register as a sex offenddr. they're loooing for .... 25 year old xavier higgins. higgins was convicted of seeond deggee rapeein harford countyyin 2005.. by law he is on his left arm that says ttoo - "thugged out" and a tattoo of a girl on his right arm. iff you have ann inforration on his whereaaouts your asked to call police. foxx5 has teamed up with the activiiy 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

"ssotcrime" in the "hot topics" section at the top of the screen 3in east baltimore... olice raad a home with a small arsenal of weapons and ammunitin along with raw heroin and .. money after raiddng several hhmes in the city and baltimore county.. hey put pmst of what they confiscated on display at the eastern police district. .... 30 thousand dollars."..- dollars." three suspects were also arrested.police say the investigation began aftee they made an arrest for a hangun violation in january. the hits keeppcoming for an anne arundel county executiie. a political opponent sayyshe may file suit against john

leopold foo allegedly spyiig on him. leopoldds accused of using his police detail to drive him to parking lots... where he allegedly had sex with a feeale staffer. police say he orddred officers to remove campaign signs of his opponents and keep tabs on them.among those reeortedly targeted... arl snowden... the director of civvi rights at the attorney general's office. calls."> snowwen says he mayysue leopoldd.. pending an investigation. mississippi's supreme coort has upheld the controversial pardons of more than 200 convicts.the state's attorney general argued that proper notice ffr all of them had nott been posted in newspapers before former governor haley barbour issued the pardons.but justices uled a lack of a he - important as theegovvrnor's

sovereign power to pardonn. 3 the new governor showed confidence in the court's decision.i think the supreme &pcourt is very wise here in th state of miisissippi and certainly, i think they looked at the law..i'm not gonna second guess em.former governor haley barbour pardoned 214 inmates before leaving office innjanuary.ffur convicted murderers and an freedom while the attorney general's challengg was resolved in courr.five othee convicts were kept behind bars, penddng a ruling.they included azikiwe kambule bull-lee) -- a south african national..is lawyer says it's great news for his faaily.i think they have waited for this day for a very long time and they have been waiting to take their son home from mississippi to south africa. a shoooing by one of the men pardoned for murder , says it sends the wrong message.come to mississippi, coomit crime,, &pget a get-out-of-jail-free card.the justice system wooks in mississippi. the senteece

that he got for the criie that harsh.i'd let my grandchildren rose reporting. in a statement issued thursday afternoon... barbour said the court reaffirmed more han a century of settled law n thh state.but he accnnwledged his for many of the families of the victims. itts expected the 5 men still in ppison will be released today.besides the &pother five whoowere recently released... the rest of the 200-pluu convicts who were pardoned had already served their timee it was dinner with hee president nd fiist ladd &pthursday night... for three lucky supporters ad theirr guests.they were winners of the "dinner with barack" contest... which givvsssmall donors a chance for faceettme with the president.the contest has been so popular... that another is planneddsoon. massachusetts woman goes to can't... because she'ssdead. dead.84--ear old maureen

mccloskey went to her polling place on super tuesday... but when it came time to get her was no longer on the voting list... and was told she's "(buttyou're not dead your alive and well you're kicking?) and i am alive and i am kicking."-butt to- mccloskey says: "everybooy needs a good laugh nce in awhile and i got one.ahhhaha." pne.ahhhaha."mcclookey says she reads he newspaper her obituary listed.it turns census caused hee to be marked as deceased. if yoo filee taxes early this year... and still haven't gotten your refundd.. there's glitches with its new compuuer syytem... which ii delaying some paymentssfor weeks.the agency changed systems to cleared the backlog... so many filers could be seeiig cash

soon.but if you fflld electronically... and hhven't gotten your money yet... you're encouraged to log back it's he battle of the booties between the young and old. old.to get teens to pull p their saggy paats... four nooth carolina women made a videe spoof of themselles wwaring adull diapers with a modified backside to look like thong underwear.these ladies &pthreaten to release this vide if the kids don't comply. "they can't walk and they llok like they have on size 50 pants." "we decided hhw would they like it if their grandmothers had their 3 the city of winston-salem has actually tried enactiig laws to have kids pull up tteir pants... but it never it's friday and that means it's your turn to sound off on our facebook page about

anything you want. waat.let us now what's on your mind-- and your response could air in our "facebook feedback" segment. segment.just go o facebook dot com slash foxbaltimore to become a fan and joii the conversation. coming up on the early edition... they need money too! too!this thing is worth some bucks. why the árichá are turning towards using... pawn shops. shops. ((break 1))

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ratee.. right now ... for a mortgage.we dii a 20,000 loan on this. and you heard correctly... a &ppawn shop lending 20-thousandd dollars.why the árichááaree cashing in on the extra doogh... even though it may seem like... they're the last people to takk advantage of thiss ((bump ouu)) ((break 2))

fameddperformer... bob hope once said, "a bank is a place that will lend you monee if you can prove that yoo donnt need it." some folks feel that way these ddys, so phey''e tuuning to an alternative for loans ... pawn shops. and asspoppyyharlow reports, even the rich are pawning theer treasuree. treasures. --reportee pkg-as follows --i wonder if you guys are interested in an autograppee item i have, by elvis presley. maybe ii's the tv shows like hardcore pawn.this thing is worth some bucks. or maybe it'' the econnmy.this is a beautiful tiffany's pin. but their stuff thess days.we did coming in here and trying to get a loan frrm things like this?you know, a lot of people like to call them the one percent. we call them these are rich people? these are people whooare wwll off, who have extraordinary toys, but unnortunately, are not thee. expensive stuff expect.this is a rolex. it's about 90-thousand dollars, platinum rolex.coin collections -- and torahs?this is actually a 250- yeer-old torah.scrrll! this iteem we've ever loaned geous -

agaanst. than your really? loan from. lender jose caba saas theeaverage is twenty grand. what do they maintainance, they have to pay the butlers, they hhve to pay the rich folks -- just trying to keep up with the joneses. are the entrepreneurs, like howard motola. you would be pawning your grandmother's diamond necklace to restaurant? no, no! but it's not easy being an entrepreneur starting your own and it was difffcult for me to get a small business loan. it's appraised at about 54 thousand ddllars. he 30 thousann.300thosand dollaas. motola will pay thirty-six hundred four--onth loan.here's the upshot: no extensive appliiations, and no knocks to your crdieprtf st does not mean you have 700 but u tn u ed ddb. oratha & uanffd ---d--- cash in ... with twitter!

twitter!the credit card company theyyve teamed up with... and theestores &poffering discounts. discounts.plus... some wells fargo customees will haae to shell out extra money for having a checking account.the amount of the new fee... and how you can avoid it. 3((break 3)) 3

--reporter pkg-assfollows -- investors showed more optimism thursday on word of progress gained 70 points to close at 12,9977the nasdaq and the s&p 500 aaso ended igher if you're conssdering refinancing your home loan- now ay be the time..ortgage rates are flirting wiih new lows again. the average rateeon thirty three--oint-88 percent. that'ssjust point oh-one record low.and a 15-year fixed is three-point-13 peecent.. &pdown from tte record low of three-poiit-14 set in february. the days of free cheeking may be nummered..wells fargo has

announced long-time customers in six more states will soon month fee.originally- the baak only charged the fee to new customers, but began expanding the fee last year.the bank says customers can avoid the feeeby keeeing at least 15- hundred dollars in their account or by maainggdirect deppsits f more than 500 dollars.a new partnership between american express and twitter is somethinggto tweet aaout.amex users who sync their cards with twitter will be able to unlock discounts by pweeting hashtags to aselect group of participating merchants.among the companies taking part in the new offer- whole foods, zappos, mcdonalds and h and m.for business brief, i'm elizabeth corridan. -----end-----cnn.script----- 3 caa you recognize thise house?the famous movie itts from.and the hefty rice tag.. it was just sold for. ron paul may be on point about the federal reserve. he has proposed that we abolish the federal ressrve. if we look at federal reserve policy hard toosse how they have keeping interest rates low since the recession began they have not stimuulted the

economy. in fact they may have hurt the interest lower interest rates have f clearly discouraged ssvings by the american consumer.. ho wants to save aa thousand dollars annually only tooreceive year from their bankk there is a certain irony recession was caused byy the feds solution is to reduce interest rates in that sector &pof the market. does the ffd truly more money to invest in real estatt? our money inflation ightmare waiting to happen? for more, go to behind the headlines dot net faaebook. i'm armstrong williaas 3 3

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