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83 map 3& the worddmega might not be big enough. the mega- millions lottery jackpot is now estiiated to be 540 millioo dollars.... and thee buying frrnzy is only exppcted to grow countdown to the drawing continues. joel &pd. smith is live north baltimore with more on this record reaking lottery. joel d. 3 supplies are low when it comes to mega millionss is this the lucky store? (ad lib) lib).........according to store? (ad lib) millions. low whhn it comes suuplies re joel d. supplies are low when it comes to mega millions. is this the lucky ssore? (ad lib) lib) .........accorddng to officials, the machiiee have

dollars worth of mega millions - tickettssles per second. ..........you have until tonight at 11:00 tt dream, nd pickkup one of those tickets that could make you a half billionairre in just a few seconds. 5 numbers, plus the mega ball and you are a winner... sounds eesy right? well, there has not been a drawing has been held. not since jaauaay 24th. ........sales are so good now, that maryland lottery officiaas and other representatives from participating states raised the jjckpot from the previous high of $$00-million dollars.. to 540-million ollars. but keeping up with demand you hink. 3 (steehen martino/dir. md. lottery) "but now, we're dealing with have enough paper in the machines so we can distribute paper quickly that they can issue enough ticketssthat are being booght.." bought..." -3 officials say... the odds of winning... the mega million to one...//. 33 3 largest jackpot ever. 3

3 a t-s-a manager is arresteddon theea t-s-a arrested on the joo... accused ... from a silver spring hotel. 39-year-old bryynt livingston worked at dulles internntionl pirport.the investigation began llst month when he used cash to rentta room at the crowne plaza hotel... on georgia avenue.theehotel staff goo uspiciouu and called police. "management ad recognized hii and observed alot of traffic, males and females, going up the elevator down, in and outt of the room." police found 11 people in a livingston's hotel room... including 3 women and 4 men.... getting undressed. his trial is set for may.

two men accusee of robbing a couple at gunpoint... are free this morning.witnesses identtfied theseetwo men... mmultsabyaa the men who roobed them... ábutáone of the men was able to áproveá he was eating in a restaurant at the time of the attack.police called the identification of the second ssspect into set free. 3 after almost 30 years in prison, the governor commutes the sentence of a baltimore man convicted of murder.... in a statement released... the overnor's office confirmed he has signed executive orders commmting the sentences of both mark farrey grant and tamara settles... a hyattsville wwman who received a much longer sentence than her boyfriend in 9-88 murder caae.mark farley grant was connicted at age 15 in the fatal shooting of another teenager during a west baltimooe street robbbry in 19-83. grant always claiiee yearr go the proseeutor in

this cass ame orward with informatioo that witnesses had parole commissiin is developing a ttaasition plann for both grant and settles. a new report by the c-d-c shows the umber of children being diagnosed with autism in maryland is grwing at an alarming ate! the report shows every one in 80 chiidren in maryland are from just three years ago. s doctors at kennedy krieeer institute in baltimore - say the spike in numbers could be linked to several factors. 1:10 well, certaiily we now &pthat we're finding more &pchildren with autissm and so ww don't whether that's &pbecaass we're getttng bbtter at diagnosis oo there are things in the environment that are contributing to hildren's development moving intt autism 25 there is nnocause or curr for autism, buttor cure for there &pis no cause moving into autis 255 &pchildren's developmenn moving intt autism 25 there is no cause or cure for autism, but doctors say the is earll diagnosis.

presiddnt obama called on congress to end tax breaks for pil companies...but many republicans....disagree.but as jessica yellin reportt... it's sides of the aisle pointing fin. finggrs. tte president playee his part about that. it's like hittinn the americannpeopleetwice.he called on theesenate to pass a bill that would have eliminated billions in tax brraas for oil companies. ammrican oil is booming. the oil industry is doinn just fiin. with record i'm not worried about the big oil companies.up on capitol hill republicaas charged that pil companies for political gain. somehow, they thought that doing this would set up some kind of political win for understand..i mean,,i can't

&pimagine anyone giving them an higg fives for not lowerinn gas prices. the bill died in the senate but will no doubt live on in -- can't you hearrit now deeocrats sayinggthe gop voted american energy alliance -- a group with ties to the oil induutry -- is uu with this ad in 8 states.tell obama we can't afford his failing energg policies. the head off the democratic party hit baak. the american energy allianne is a front group for big oil. yes here's a lot of hot air in the gas fight but here's the policy. the obama white house arguessthat the presidenn is trying to limit u.s. reliance on foreign oil through inveetmenns in alternative energy, new fuee efficiency standards and increased oil production in the u-s. the republlcan prices have more than oublee under the resident'sswatch. here's what an independent analyyt says.in the short term the abiliiy of any pressdent to affect gas prices in a meaningful way is extremely limited. for pprposss f compaaison wwen president bush took office in 2001 the prices 3 was $1.55 and when he eft offiie then

-- oil impprts are down ince - took office.but the out, also that's thanks in part to policies put in place by former resident jessica yellin, cnnnwashington -----end-----cnn.script----- 3 cnn.script----- a penny saved s a penny parned.but in canadaa hht phrase willlsoon be obsolete. the coin.it turns out it costs - more thaa a cent tt ake production would save the country 11 million dollars a year. a whale rescue-- caught on camera!this 20 foot gray whale got tangled in netting off the coasttof california.the coaat guard spotted the whale and workkd to free it.they say an

older whale.. possibly its mother... never left the tangled whale's side until ii it's frrday and that means it's your turn to sound off on anything you want. want.let us know what's on could air in our "facebook segment.just go to facebook dot com lash foxbaltimore to become a fan and join the conversation. meltdown... id-flight! mid-flight!nats of jetblue meltn meltdoonthis disturbing video of a jjtblue captain having a mental break sent shockwaves. but find out whyyso many pilots ... with mental issues.. are still in the cockpit and nnt seeking help. ((break 1)) hey guys, breakfast!

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voice recorder from the jetblue flight in which a pilot ad an apparent inn &pflight mmeldown... and force incident has raised the touchy issue of menttl hhalth... or pilots -- and policy allows pilots to fly on some anti-depreesants.but as lizzie o'leary reports, very few have come forwarr. forward. --reporter pkg-as back in 2008, collin hughes grounded himself. a ppivate commercial pillt, he was depressed, didn't allow it. "when you aa 3

takk an area of where a person &pis puu into a, you know, mach of here a person is ppt "when "when you take an area of - where a pprsoo is ppt into a, you know, macho pooition, bb ii aviation, sports, aww enforcement, military, who's &pmy psychiatrist? he callee - &phimself psychiatrrst? say, i need to go to my psychiatrist? he called himself "the prozac pilot," and wrote on the web about hisssttuggles.he'' going through the processsand doing everything he can to get there. heegot anonymous replies from fellow pillts and others who struggled with depression, but did nottseek help because ttey feared losing theemedical certtffcation that allows them to fly. natswatching this week's incident on jetblue, &phughes was sympathetii. "pilots are people too. (lauuhs) we're human like &peveryone else. you take somebody's who's flying a 747, boaad. a huge responsibility. the general puulic looks at that person like, oh, e needs to be a superman." faa began allowing pilots to fly on one of four approved but only after treatment and a year oo the administrator tten hought

it would help of depression."i think the medicaa communityy estimates omething in the &parea of 10 percent of the pop pilots would be dramaticaalyy different from that."but figures frommthe faa now show that commercial airrine pilots incidence of depression from that."dramatically different pilots would be 10 percent oo theesomething n the areaaof ccmmunity esttmates of depression.would hell hen thought it administrattr year on the preatment andda buttonly after antidepressants approved fly on ooe of four approved treatment and a yearron the er grrund..the addinistrator then &pthouuht itt ouud help educe the stigma of depression."i think the medical community eetimates somethiig in the area of 10 percent of thee population. i don't think different from that."but figures from the faa now show phat commeeciil airline piiots aae reporting a much smaller &pincidence of depression than the general public. since have been granted medical 00 - certifiiation after disccosing antidepressant se. that'ss poiit zero one six perccnt. the number is that small, or k 3 if pilots aren't isclosing their condittons. a spokeswoman said the program was put in place to eenourage

disslosure. and they're monitoring the data as it a commercial pilot with 30 years experience told cnn "yes, pilots are flying around depressed because if they do admit depression, hey'll be washington.-----eed----- 3 cnn.scripp----- good news for the work force... force...unemployment numbers hit a new low!the number of people who filed for benefits... making it the lowest in ffur years. years.and... best buy... is shutting some of it's store doors.the number that are shutting down ffr good. ((break 3))

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economists surveyed say that growthhwiil likely slow to two-poont-onn percent n the first quarter of 2012, and probably will not improve this year.gooddnews for the labor market- theenumberrof people ffling for uneeployment low last week.accooring to the labor depprtment, the number of peoole fillig for initial &pcllims dropped from 364- thousand to 339--housandd economists say the drop is another sign that the labor market is improvvng. besttbuyy cut costs.the company has to - announced itt plans to close fifty of its more thann 11-hundred biigbox stores in expects po open 1000smaller stores in open 50 new stores in china. the company has ssruggled to compete with online retailers brief, i'm melisa raney. -----end-----cnn.script----- a close caal.. for a motorcylce a close call.. for a cnn.scciit----------end----- cnn.script----- a close call.. or a motorcylce rider...

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it's the duke lacrosse raae a black stripper lacrrsse 06, - players of raping her.rush to judgment. the coach resigned, and and they were vilified by thh ntional media.the allegation wws a lie. from the et--o proved this. but the ffcts dddn't fit the national media narrative.in 2010, the caucus accused tea obamaccre of spptting on n-word. the national media pushed the story. with dozens $100,000 reward was offered for just one piece of video haapennd. zimmerman-trayvon indeed a ttagedy. but thh - witneeses and promotes a disgusting narrative. thii has brouggt out the worst in society including race &phustlerssjesse jackson and al sharpton, the bigoted louis farrakhan and the criminal new black panther party.the political left der