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the one thing you canndo to keep your health care coots down....before you go to the dootor... omorrow on fox45 morning news. 3 heaath care 3 a fight over who controls the city's phone system... could be cossing you &pa lot of monee.the puestionable contract and the aaleged briie heating up debate at city hall. hotel horrors.the one place in than ny other part of your - hotel rrom... aad the top three things you don't want tto aad... a heavyweight champ.. takes oo broadway.when mike lights... aad what the play he's starring in... is aaout. 3 3- today s tuesday, june 19.
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the cost of high-tech telephones for cityyoffices is creating even mooe connroversy. this morning, the comptroller is accusing he mayor of pasting taxpayer money and pushinggthrough a purchase pithout bidding tte contract. &phere with thh story you're seeing first on fox. pood morning megan. good morniig,mayor stephanie rawlings blake wants to take control of the city's phooe system.she says it's cheaper to opperate in house... thhn to rely on n outside company. but her plan....requires some big purchases. phones... come switchers and data infrastrrcture.now shh's being called out or the price tag. comptroller joaa pratt is accusing the mayor f spending more than 650-thhusand dollars on roughly 80 telephonee. the mayor's office says ii's ore comptroller is also accusinn the mayor of breaking the law propeely bid to companies.
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existing contract with a company that's been oing businessswith the city for years. of purchase says if there's an item ttat's going to cost more thaa $50,000... $659,000... without being competitvely bid.. bid."wwile the comptrollerr.. says she has proof the mayor pushed the purchases says she has a right to do that. but whh would the mayor allegedly offer a bribe to the ccmptroller for her support in this whole deal?we'll have much more on hat part of the i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morning neww. it's our uty toohold elected officials accountable.you can do hat by joining our foo45 waste watch.if you have a story about government waste... call our hotline... 410-662-1456.you can also go to our website fox baltimorr pot com and click on waste watch.
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gary giordano...the man &psuspected in the disappearanc offa frederick woman... is demanding the insurance mmney he took out on her behalf. behalf.giordano is suing americannexpress... for - point- 5 mmllion dollars.... pnder a policy purchased before he and robyn gardner ttok a summer rip to arrba. giordano says gardner is presumed dead, and ameriian express should pay the full death benefit. the comppny says when someone is ii' s beenn... less than 10 months since shee claims gardner drowned while the two wwre snorkeling. one of the people involed in a "murder for hire" plot in towson... will spend the rest of his life in jailseamus coyle was sentenced for his role in the murder of "william porter".porterrwas shot to death at the hess gas station on joppaarrad years ago. coyle is the nephew of karla pooter... the wommn wwo arranged her husbandd "murder for hire". porter will go on &ptrial early next year
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phe bottle tax in bbltimore... willlgo up 5 cents. cents.the city ouncil approved the measure monddy night.but there ill be a few exceetions... juice, milk and p-littr containers willlnot be taxed.the tax goessinto effect in july of 2011. 3 the judge in the jerry sandusky sex abuse case says closing arguments could start meantime... the defense is expeeted o call more witnesses today... after payne explains... sandusky... - of abusing 10 boys over 11 ear. the defense opened with a former penn state coach who said it was not unccmmon for coaches and young boys to use richhrr anderson also said he never saw anythiig inapppopriate between sandusky and a child.the attorney for attempt to convvnce the juryye -
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culturally accepted ii this world. i don't see how that takes anyone veryyfar.the defense called a series of otter witnesses monday, who aloog with anderson, said sandusky had a stellar reputatton in the community. earlier in the day... prosecutors wraaped up their case with brief testimony from the motter of alleggd victim nine.she said sandusky gave her son clothes ann other giits -- and her son seemed to have stomach probbees during thh ttme e was visiting defense is expected o calllan &pexpprt wiiness to testify tha sandusky may have a &ppersonality disorder.the bii question.. will jerry sandusky take the stand???i'm ed payne peporting. alsoomondaa... prrsecutors withdrrw one charge... llaving
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511charges against saadusky. jailhouse calls between george zimmerman and hhs wife shelly... are releasedd released.in one conversation zimmerman instructs hisswife accounts.prosecutors say this shows the zimmermans ákneww dollars had been raisee by a website to raiss money for his defense.that could play a crucial role in zimmerman's second bond hearing next week. in a separate instance... zimmerman tells shelly to buu and his attorney.... for them - ziimerman: personally i want you wearing one. shellie: okay zimmerman::as uncomfortable as it is, i want you wearing one. shellie: uh huh zimmerman: and second of all i want, o'mara having one. pshellie: okay zimmerran: and third, i would like to have one at least here. shellie: aasolutely. zimmerman: iimean we don't know, if you know, if liieewe get (inaudible) aad they couldn't, you kkow, have a bond hearing tomorrow, you know. shhllie: i know, i know zimmermaa: so.. ssellie: okay zimmerran: have him get on that asap. aaap.shellie ziimerman was
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of making a falle statement.ge pimmerman is charred with second-degree muuderrfoo the death of florida teenager february. he pled not guilty... claiming self-defense. not guilly... that's the baseball legend roger clemens. the seven-time cy younggwiiner was accuseddof lying o conggess during an investigation into steroid use among majorrleague playees. the caae against clemens involveddone count of obstruction of ccngress... 3 counts offmaking false statements andd2 counts of perjury. a jury found him not guilty on all 6 counts. "really all you medda guys that know meeand followed my career ((ears and chokes up) i put a lot of hard work into appreciate my teaamates that
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&pcame in and all the e-mails and phone calls." calls."this was the second trial for clemens. about a year ago... a mistrial was declared before tte case 3&former heavyweight champion his one-maa show on broadway this summer.it'' a 90-minute play... directed by spike lee. lee.tyson says it's the storr of the highs and lows of his life.he says the performances in new york re important to himm.. since he grew up inn brooklyn. if you're traveling... thiss &pmight make your skin crawl! crawllwe'll tell you the 4 dirtiest ppaces... in a hotel r. room..,3
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war was declared on great britain 200 years ago.... and 'sailabration' festivities mchenry.thousaads packed into the natiinal park. dignitaries incluuing the ambassadors of england ann canada. ...ssgned a symbolic peace treaty. while tth fight in part....the war of 1812, there were other factors according to historians. was a bid to ttke over canada there were some who wanted to take over canada.. and we did invade canaaa during the war of 1812.. 1812..mondayys celebration &pallies...." and was a
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states relationship now with grrat britain. ((2--hot tosssto weather)) ((ad lib meteorologist))
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3 another bizarre attack..blamed on bath salts! salts!where this lateet one haapened.and the gruesome discovery police made when they caught up to the suspect. suspect.and billionaares... leaving behind their money.buu not necessarily to faaily.find once the superrrich... die. &pbump out)))- 3
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tte cold war is long over but a chill has settled in over relations between the united states and russia. the key issue now is moscow's support for the regime in syria. dan lothian reports president obama is addressing that issue at the g-20 summit ii mexico. 3 --reporter pkg-as follows -- the tempprature of thh u-s up wwth u-s officials telling
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cnn ruusian ships, one pelicopters and munitions, could be headed to syria. with obama sat own for his first president vladimir putin, - since his re-election. differences over syria seeminnly straining thee rrlationship. "we agreed that the violence, that a political process hassto be created to prevent civil war," both leaders focuseddon the strength of the tie beeween &pstart treaty, a key partner aaghanistan, and some agreement on how to handle russia has vetoed two un anddhas resisted joining calls for president bashar l assad to step aside. "we've been working to get the russians to come in line with rrnkly the broad internatiooal community." u-s officials continue to put prrssure on russia to support a yemen style solution in a effort to end the ongoing viooence. peaceful transition oo power
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followed y democratic reforms. senator joon mccain, the rankkng reeublican on the arms services committee, lashed out at president putin for so far efusing to budge. dramatically. and i don't quite understand hat. and i don't retend o be able to get into president putin's mind. but there is certain nostalgia in russia for the old russian empire this is their last outpost and port in the meeiterranean." pressdent obama also met with german chancellor angela merkel who brokering a solution to the eurrzone crisis. and with mexico's presideet felipe calderon, who congratulattd mr allow some young illegaa immiggants to temporariiy stay in the u-s. "this is very just. it's a humanitarian action. and it's an unprecedented actionnin our oppnion." -----end----- cnn.script-----
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and michael boomberg...rberg...- boomberg...all hhavy hitters when it comes to raking in the billions.but find out where their money oes... once they d. dieenats! nats! and remember this?a piineer of the aarwaves.when arsenio hall's nnw show.. will debut. ((break 3)) hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower s lower cholesl as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios
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♪ [ man ] excuse me miss. [ gasps ] this fiber one 90 calorie brownie has all the moist, chewy, deliciousness you desire. mmmm. thanks. at 90 calories, the brownie of your dreams is now deliciously real. even if you've grown up in the lap of luxury... you might want to start saving up shhring their wealth. felicia taylor has more about what some rich americans lan to do 3ith their savings. --reporter pkg-as follows -- just because your parenns are rich-- doesn't mean they're passing their moneyydown to you. in fact-- many people give their millions to charity survey from u-s trust-- 32- perccnt of ultra-rich
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americans don't think ii's important to leave inheritannes for their children. and with baby boomers-- that percennage jumps to 45. the study looks at peoole worth at least 3-million dollars. the main reason kids are getting leftt out---most parents think each generation should earn iis own wealtzh. others ssy they wwuld charity. but not everyone is so altruistic. oneein four ssy they've earned the money-- and they're goong tooenjoy it themselves. the idea of not passing riches on to the next ggnerrtiin is a growing trend. billionairrs llke bill ates aad warren buffett have been vocal about this. they plan to donate most of their forrunes to charity-- and they started thh giving pledge to encourage other billionaires to do the ultra-wealthy americans have signed on-- including new york city mayor michael nd - bloomberg. i'm felicia taylor &pin new york. -----end----- cnn.script----- it's your home..while pyu're on vacation... vacation...but.. it crawling with germs!!hh top four dirtiest laces... in otel roo!
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you a lot of money.why one city official claims the mayor is breaking the law. law.., 3
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the debate over dogs.hoo the state is responding tt a couut
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