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baltimmre city fire trucks... councilman is proposing a little truck makeover to raisee funds for struggling fire ccmpaninns.megan gilliland is here with more on how the engines would serve as & bbllboarrs. 3 good morning patriiealthough advertising alonside the big red trucks seems a little differenn... it's revenue the - cityys fire department & despeeately needs. needs.in tougg economiictimes with fire companies constantly on the utting board... councilman pete welch wants to put ads on fire trucks.he tells us he's hoping they money earned will keep fire pompanies open.firefighterr - say its too early to jump on board of welch's proppoal... put if it passes... 3 (44:41)if in ffct it does pass our hope is thattthe revenue ggnerated would certainly go towards supporting the firee &pdept.natssof trrccs trucks 3 you may reeember three yeaas ago... rotating closures were forced on theecity's fire department

by thh city's buuget and jjst recently fire chief clack announced a redeploymmnt -3 of persoonel that would shut a bbdget apppopriations - committee hearing on this idea of putting ads on fire trucks is expected in tto eeks.i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. state lawmakers are sttll bickering over the bbdget.the - legislative session ended last budget.now, the governor is expectee to call a special session to settle some unfinished business. but he says he won't call for it, until there's an agreementt reachhd among the democratic leedership. -3 leadership.house republicans... have another idea. thee announcing ... they're aaking governorr o'mmlly ááotá o caal a special session... or push for any more taxess -3 3 < "we don't need ttogo to that tax well in maryland and kick - people while they're down... as don't need an overexpanding size and scopeeof gov't." > > 3&pthe state ii now working with a so-called ''doomsday budget."

but republlcans ay it's not so bad, and forces some -3 necessary cuts. 3 anne arundel county police arrest a man who they say struck annofficer at a traffic stop.police traakee down 233 year old leo carroll monddy.he charges.pollie say saturday he hit aacar thaatsttpppd behind the poliie car... pushing it is in serious condition..- 3&panotherrbaltimore pollce officer is sentenced in the towing exttrtion scheme. he ooficers to tow vehicles from - acccdent scenes to their business.33 year old jhomm months in prison for his ole in the scheme.cooooa also let & majestic tooing innentionally pamage his own car... and -3 filed a false claimm bout it. he hassbeen ordered to pay more than 20-thousand dollars in restitution. 3 a nee report finds the health of tte chesapeakeeis getting worse. worse.the university of

-3 maryland's centerrfor environmental science gives the chesapeake bay a "d pation's largest estuary. &psciintist believe a wet ssring, dry ssmmer and 2 devastating storms... caused 3 3 "we're really concerneddabout that, but we optomistic about sewage up grades, treetment...we are causiously optimistic that we will ee & pmprove" 3&pthis was thh second straight - year the overall healthh declined. last year... the bay was given a "c minus". 3 to read the full report... you just go to foxbaltimore dot com and click on "newslinks." a new study finds more reasons... to get a good night's sleep.researcherssat boston'' brigham and women's pospital finn that people who get fewee than 5 hours of sleep a night have an

& increased risk of type-2 diabetes.áwhená you sleep also plays a roll..essarchers say peeple who change their sleep body's master biological clock ouu of whack aad causs their 3 8--ercent. a new jersey couple is suing to et their security deposst pack... ccaiming theehouse they're living ii isshaunted. haunted.the couple sayy lights & fllcker... and they hear 3 saying, "i att you." paranormal invessigattrr came in to checc it out... and found that a bowling pin hey set uu was knocked over when no one wws around ittone oo the renters says at one poiit... he evee felt something touch himm 3 "there were three taps on the tv and that's the same night i got taaped on my shoolder -while i was in the bed three times." times." the homeownee is countersuing... saying he thinks the couple is making it all up to break the lease. apparennly... the couple owes 111months worth of rent.the landlord has beee renting out

phe house for 100yeers... aad was haunted..- a bizarre incident in california ... after a man backs into a gas pump... and fire breaks out. & out.it happened sunday aater phillip mccowan says his gas peddl got stuck and he panicked.after backing intoo the gas pump... fire erupted the passengerrside door... and 3 ((kumar saas: "i doo't think it was very responsible, you &pknow, if he did that he sshuld have stayed around.")) p(mccowan says: "i would like to tell him i'm sorrr for what -&phappenedd my gaa pedal got stuckk so i couldn't stop the 3 mccowan says: "i had a couple of beers.)) beers.)) mccowan is -3 facing potential felony hii and run charges. no one else was hurt in the inciient. 3 tax trouble... trouble...q; howwuch frauu is billions"the way many people file their returns...that makes it

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3 attack... nnyourrtaxes... taxes...08:27:14"iifelt very voilatedd voilated"why that quick and eaay way of filing taxes... also makes it uick nd easy for hieves. ttieves.and the nnf-l scheddle is released.find out why it's p ttugh one for the ravens. 3 ((bump out)) 3 ((break 2))

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without having to rinse them first. now see for yourself why millions have switched to finish. join the finish revolution. and for two years in a row finish quantum was rated #1 by a leading consumer publication. 3 3 foo most people... nterest paid on credit card debt is burdensome.now consider the federal debttand what it will take to pay that off. according to a new report.. 3 suupass what the u-s sepnns on 3 reports.. these projections are right around the corner..-- correr. if experience is one of tte best teachers -- then paul murphy has learned about the burden oo carrying debt on credit cards.[interest debt] sot in :58 "its nnt a good thing." trt=:02 consumers on average pay about card alances or bout 17 pollars for every 100 dollaas rung uppat he register. a hard lesson to swallow compared to the weetheert deal taxpayers get for paying interest on the national debt --three-and-a-half percent. aaide from thatt-take no mmre

comfort.[[raph on berinato drivv]according to cost analyis this is what interest payments ---yes interest alone &pon the nationna debt will look like by 3 22199 the red line on this graph represents iiterest. the 3 spends on its military. so, in less ttan seven years americans will pay more for maintaining its debt than it will spend on defense.[sound &on dee]sot inntrt=:00dee podges is former banker and now president ,3 of a non-partisan taxpayers association. she eats up numbers the wayysomeehottfudge p:04 "270 illion minus..." trt=:02hodges is keenly aware oo multiple vvriables used to - graph and she finds valiiity in the numberr. he numbers further and says iffthe interess unchangee -by 2017 every working person in 69 --3& thousand dollars to extinguish the interest of the national -3 pebt. sot in 5:54"so what does & hattmean??eitter we cut spending or we raise taxes. we can not undee this scenarro, we need to groo.. 6:04trt=:10 visa card holder paul murphy -- learned yeaas ago how to manage his credit cards.sot "12 "i don't pay financee charges. i pay them all off :16 prt=:04if theefederal government could pay off its debt government could if the ffddral trt=:04them all off :16

financc charges. i pay sot "12 "i don't pay [john murphy] cards.manage his credit responsibly how to learned years ago aul murphy --visa pard holder need to grow." 6:04 under this scenario, we aaford to raise taxes raise ttxes. we can not we ut spending or we doee that meaa? eitter sot in 5:55"ss what hodges]naaional debt. [hodgee]sottin 5:54"so what 3 does that mean? either we cuu spending or we raise taxes. we can not afford to raise taxes 3 toogrow." 6:04trt=:10visa card holder paul murphy --learned years goohow tooresponsibly mmaage his credit cards.[john murphy]sot "12 "" don'' pay -3 finance charges. i pay them all off :16trt=:04iffthe federal government could pay off its debt right now -- it & would cost well over 16-point- 3 the tax deadllne hasspassed... and many people chose the option to file online.but what - if you ssnn your return to the i-r-s and found oot someonee -3 using áyourá naamebeat yoo o the unch?it's a growing foom preparers say may be due to the sudden increase of nline filing. jennifer gilbert explains... a ash of thefts are rompting sooe to suggest we need to step back and file our returns theeold fashiooed way. 3 3 08:23:11"i file alll y & client's returns by efile"as balttmore reeidents file last -3 minute tax returns. tte number

&pof peopll doiig this.... has dropped.in fact, 77 percent of 2011. which is why this taa day balttmooe's downtownn post office closed at 9pm inntead 3 no more midnight rushbut wwile eleetronic ffling is quick and easy, there are stoom coulds gathering that could threaten the shift towards convienence 08:23:23"ssmeone elss has -3 already used his personal already gotten all the money out of his accounta process that makes life easier for taa payers....but also thieves. armed with social security and debit cards ttat aae hard to trace, crooks are filing tax returns, and stealing refunds.08:27714"i felt very vvilated"take tte case of county esident bill niermann - hiss ife was tuuned upside his accoutant, max highsteen 08:23:19"i said, somebody's got your identity"in fact, a

thief had alreadd stolen his 3 even worse, thh irs told neirman may have to wait almost nine months to ssveral years o get hhs refund...and -3 his identity back. 3 higgstein says the wait has o do with this....paper. or trrii, the irs veey few tools &ppo combat ffaudlent filiers. 08:29:21"there's no way to match he stuff up,,aad you just steal all the mmney you wanttand it's problem that might be growingthis year the it's number ooe "dirty dozenn tax scams. recently iis agents arrested 150 people accused of filing ffaudlent retuuns in a &pcoordinated naaionwide &&pcrackddwn.and last yyar thee - ageecy reeorted almoot one miilion fraudulent returns &pwere filed at a cost of $6.55 billion. a tab highstein says the cost could actually be - growing.08:31;47q; howmuch &pfraud is there?a "it has to be - tens offbillions"08:28:57"i

think it's better thanndrug dealing,. think you can make money off of this with less risk than drug dealers"what this means for taxpayers, is greater risk, even when you visst an well known tax &preparer. a lesson county resident veronica towson learned the hard wwy12:26:09 "i waa completell stunned...." towson had isited thiss instantttax service office, buu deeided to use a different -3 company to prepare herrreturn. thee he got a stunning phone & call"they said ccme pick up 3 what they were talking about..."turns instant tax service had fileedaareturn on her behalf, without hee -3 approval. now like niermann phe too has to wait at leass &pnine months to get her refund. a delay that has made her financial woes.12:25:20"i'm coming out of foreecosure, i'm goiig through a divorcc..." even worse12:25:29 "and you got this pencil pushing system that nierman says needs & a major overhaul to protect taxpayers. 08:27:14"i felt - very violated, and i wondered, whaa did i o, what did i do"

part of the solution neirman saysmay be simply putting pen 08:33:57"i realize technology is a wonderful thing="to pappr happennd to me." 3 coming up 3 a rough ne for the ravens....- the fourth toughest in the n-f- l.next in sports. 3 ((break 3)) -3 3

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