7/11."local 7-elevens have to hand out.....so kids can pet their summer off to a cool chainsaw nats we're into the third day ow - without electric.. i dont knoo what we're gonna do." do." the clean p continues dayss after a deadly storm tears through maryland...tonight... the race to restore power... as a heat wave bears down on baltimore. hello, i'm jennifer gilbert jeff barnd is off onight nearll 200-thousand people remain without power wearing thin. thin.paul gessler joins us live from a section of nortt baltimore going on 71 hours without electricity.paul? this tree came craahing down into the front yarr of the home here on cedarcroft road.as far as the homeowner knows, the home is not damaged.she is, like many still in this neighborhood, though, without power.

this neighborhood is just too the east of york road in north baltimore.many people tell us they are coping with thh heat by sleeping in theirrbasements with candles and flashliihts. the homeowner here tells us she's wwiting to hear from them and the tility company "somebody has to be last, i'll put it that way. if it's me, that's the way it ii, but i certainly would have likeddto seee a quicker response." response.""yeah. it's very frustrating. bbcause, we're living in limbo. we just don't know from one day to the next because therees no activity." reporter describes what it is

cues photographer to show daakness.reporting from show darkness. reporting from dark north news late eeition.ssler, fox45 b-g-e has restored power to more than two-thirdssof &pcustomers and they're still working round the clock..... 3 the storm toppled many trees... which took out power lines along the way.the pompany is reminding customers that this is a very llbor intensive cleanup and thhy are assing for your patience. they've also called in crews from around the ccuntry to helpputility contractors from massachusettes, texas, florida and even canada... are lending a hand this week. 3 < "that's why the whole line indussry... they all stick together and whhn you need help, we're here to helpp.> help."> b-g-e is also warning

customers - to stay awwy from any downed lines thaa could be live wires. if you come across one, call and report it. &p3 counties still present big problems for bge...right now... mooe than 65-thousand people are without power in baltimore county...baltimore city still has more than &p50-thousand people in the dark......and anne arundel county still has more than 30-thousand people who need electricity. meanwhile, governor martin o'malley is pushing for more ppogrrss. utility companies predict that 90-percent of homes will have power by friday.... and the governor's says that's not good enough. he gave reporters n update on the emergency response his afternoon. "iq: soo no i'm not satisfied... oq: without the three or four ays of hurricane wwrning." 3 that brings us to our question of the day.are you satisfied

with the emergency response to the ssvere thunderstorms? a lot of unhappy people sounning off on our facebook page toniiht .... you can dot com slash foxbaltimore. meanwhill, area hotels areonce again packed tonight...with folks seeking refuge. refuge. and hotels thatare "pet friendly"...areextremely popular.the lowes annapolis hotel has been cateringto local residents...as wellas their pets. and the guests are grateful. (leudemann) "we were saved beeauue we have kids, no food, no water,,noonothing and they ssid we're going to give you thh locaa customer rate of $99, we would have paid 500." many as halfof the guests that - stayed last night....brought their dogs. keet many of ourrviewers very - busy. we've been getting hundreds of pictures from our fox45 viewers..... here check this one out from joe. pwer ines and oles are down...many crashing into near bb buildings on route one.

take a look at this one ssnt in by john in mounn waahington... the front yard of this home looks like a battle ground with bunkers. trees toppled over left and right... you can of the ground lifted from tte - fall of one tree. when wicked weather hits your and send it.become part of the fox45 news team and help us keep you ahead of the storm. lawmakees who aretrying to overturnmaryland's new congressional districts...are claiming victooy. they say they'vecolleeted tee thousand more signatures thanthey needed to put the issueon the ballot.republicans claimthe districts werere-drawn...to give democrats an unfair advantage. (parrottt "as we look at the map, three out of our eight congressional districts are districts, gerrymandered in the entire country." electionsstill has to certify thh signatures...beforethe &predistricting questioncan be placed on the ballot. the beginning of july means maay marylanders are now paying hhgher income taxes.

state laamakers...increased taxxsson individuals who earn more than 100-thousanddollars morr than 150-thousanda year. but that tax increaseis actually retro-activeto &pjanuary first ofthis year. (frank) "at a time when a lot of states around the country aae cutting taxes and trying to make their states more attractive to businesses, we're raising taxes on the most productive people in society." and speaking of taxes.... fox 45 will be hosting a town hall studiossnext thursday, july 12th.and youucan watch it live on our website....just go to ffx-baltimore-dot-com. bad day for new jersey governor chris christie... who lost his temmer during a nnws c. conference.the media were told questiins about a major problem at a water treatment plant...but when a reporter didn't folloo thh rules.... &preporter: goveenor, on monday will you be addressing the

leggslature? gov. ccristie: stupidd on topic, on topic. next question. good thank yoo...thank you aal very much. i'm sorry for the idiot over th. theree governor christie is rumored to be a potential g-o-p vice presidential pick... bad day for a mmscot who was &pin the path of a french track star. watch what the runner does seconds after winning a race at the european championships in finland... he walks toward the mascot... slaps away a giftbag.... then shoves the mascot to the underneath that costume was a has faced major backlash... especially on his facebook page... but this isnt his ffrss run in with a mascot.two same race in barcelona, he gave the mascot a big hug, aaked him to get down on his knees, then pushed him over.

good day for a bear family that gained nationaa attention after deciding to perch themselves in a tree at a home in caliiornia. a resident snapped this photo... it even looks like one of he tiny cubs is waving to the camera. the bears were first spotted in may.... sitting in a tree outside another home.wildlife officials decided against tranquiiiziig the bearsssince they weren't considdred a danger to the community. the forecast not looking good ... especially if you don't have power...chief meteorologist vytas reid joins us now... to tell us what we ccn expect... vytas? 3 3 3 3 3

states refusing to comply with the medicaid expaasion.... why &psome may say "no" toothe money... &pfrom hawaiian vacations, to dollars to go on speaking tours, to a european pheasant h, hunt, a top drugmaker accused of bribery .... what else the company offered doctors to prescribe its medications .... and wiped out by wildfiress... the reaction rom residents returning home to the damage

... and sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering so, i'm walking down the street, sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering just you know walking, sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering and i found myself in the middle of this parade honoring america's troops. which is actually quite fitting because

geico has been serving the military for over 75 years. aawh no, look, i know this is about the troops and not about me. right, but i don't look like that. who can i write a letter to about this? geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. the upreme court upholds the

affordable care act...and barring repeal, it will be fully implemented. but as shannon bream reports, a number of states say not so fas. ffst. across he country, ssates health care law are ideet's - considering whether to walk out a door the supreme court left cracked open for them. pnder the law as it was drafted, millions of new mmdicaid recipients coull be added to he states''current rolls, under the threat that states that refused to comply could lose un-related, federal meeicaid fundd. while upholding theeexpansionn itsslf, chief justice roberts wrote or the court quooe &p"what congress is ot free o do is to penalize states that choose not to participate in that new program by taking away their existing medicaid funding." that's left many states to consider whether or not to comply withh the medicaid expansion. ffr

florida, the answer is no even though the federal government will initially foot moot of the bill.scott ssys, ""very program cuts bacc and you create this dependency and then they cut back like they did with our schools with the bbck so we're going to do the right things for our citizens." the national assoccation of medicaid directors has been ielding the court's opinion was released on thursdaa, ass stttes debate what to do court knew this woold sort of - change the seat of power from houses and i thhnk that wws intentional." salo says states concerned that federal funds for the exxansion will committed to taking on thh nee recipients are right to worry, continue to battle over how to &preduce federal expendituues. an easy easy target for federal savings is to go after that enhanced match and to taae aawy some or a lot of it.

po they are very much kkeping that in mind." the governors of louisiannn, south carolina and wisconsin have also indicated &pthey have no plans to take expansion. ii those fouu governors opt not decision would make nearly one- point-seven million uninsured ineligible to join the medicaid rolls as planned for in the health care law. in washington, shannon bream, fox news. drug aker glaxo smith kline has agreed to pay three-billion dollars to settle criminal and ivill claims over some of its medications..... the largest fraud settlement in u-s istory. history.the justice depprtment had accused the company of marketing some of its drugs ass treatments for conditions they weren't approveddfor. the district attorney says the comppny also bribed dootors in order to get them to prescribe their medications. "gsk sales force bribed physicians to prescribe gsk

products sing every imaginable form of high-priced entertainment. from hawaiian vacations, to paying doctors millions of dollars toogo on pheasant unt, to tickets for madonna concerts." 3 the company's c-e-o said thhy regree what happened and have learned from their mistakes. crews continue to battle wildfires across the wwst.... but days after being evacuated from their homes .... mmny residents are gettinn their first glimpse of the damage. this is what one fammly founn..in colorado springs.... their belongings reduced to a pile of ash. they first learned their home was destroyed when they saw this picture on theefront page of the denver post, but they when they saw it up close. "we didn't know if weewould be able to handle looking at the house and stuff, but its acttally kind of nice, weehave ccmmunity has been beyondd -

greet." 3 as if the fire damage wasn't bad enough, some families say they've returned to find their homee burglarized..... the fire hhs burned close to 27 square miles since it began june 23rd. 3 3 3 another hht day in baltiiore... when will ww get somee elief.... let's check in with chief meteorologist vytas reid... 3

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&pdriving.the extreme measures one state is taking... and he a verr ticced off customer.... - takee out his anger on a t-mobile store...what set him off.. and he shocking i'll have the $4 everyday value slam with... bacon.

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one of 4 great choices for $4 off the 2-4-6-8 value menu. only at denny's. men who make a ppt stop at any of hundreds of michhgan bars may hear a public service announcemmnt, in the bathroom. p"hey there big guy. having a these digital pucks are motion judy in the john, tells mmn a - to... not to drink and drive. but it's pretty edgy.listen to this....we even had to bleep some of it. (((psa))) don't drive drunk. if youudo and you get arrested, the next urinal you pee in will be in jail. with a harry guy named bubba standing behind asking you to pick up the soap and be his bleep." ((((man reacts)))"it's a waste of money. because it'll be a joke." the 21-dollar talking pucks last about three months and were paid ffr with a ederal 3 that is one verr ticked off

t-mobile customer.....losing all common sense.... apparentll because of a dispute over a refund.he practically destroyed an entire store in manchester, england.what's ost remarkable disbelieving shoppprs on y - saturday, was how methodicallyy he went about his business, riiping fittings and fixtures from the walls and spraying a fire extinguisher all over the place. cops finally came tt arrest him, but, some cheered him n. 3 3 3 p small problem during the handoff of the olympic torch. why sscurity had

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all week for the orioles...7 games...three in seattle and then 4 in anaheem...the peelinggoriiles got the swing underway tonight against the mariners at safeco field... field... jason hammel on the mound for the bbrrs....bottom of the 1st...former towson tiger casper wells goes down swinging...hammel up ffo he final spot in the all-star scoring position for mark reynolds...but he chases strike three to end the inning....top of the 4th...o's trail 1-0...2 on for chris davis...already with a double...that's aamoonshot... no doubter...3-run bomb to &pright...his 14th...o's take a 3-11lead...that's the score in the 5th... pnd ttey have some home grown talent in the bullpen...steve johnson, who pitched his high sshooo ball attst paul's, has been called up...the son of former orrole pitcherrdave johnson, steve had a 2.73 parned run avarage in 14 appearances for the tides...he by matusz... as one of six hall of ffmers

the orioles can claim, jhim palmer has no shortage of hardware...and now some of it oculd be yours...the longtime birds righthander saysshe is pptting 3 of his cy young awards and 2 gold glove sup for auction..palmer sayy he's not havinbg financial money to help with is use the palmer has signed with a company called hunt auctions, who are now taking bids overr the phone... know the events michael phelps - will swim in the upcomiig will not have a chance to see him breek his olympic record... record... phelps' coach, bob bowman revealed today that baltimore's most famous olympian is pulling is pulling out of the 200 meter freestyle, meaning he'll swim in 7 events in london...barring anything unforseen, he wiil ot equal his record 8 gold medals in 2008...phelps says it will enable him to save energy for inddvidual and 3 relay teams... phelps will retire from pondon games...mming after the - pnd another area athlete has

punched his ticket for london...distance runner matt centrowitz finished second in the 15 hundred meters in the olympic trials, whicchearned him a spot on the us team...a former star at broadneck high in anneearundel county, centorritz passed up his senioo year at stanford t train for the ooympics...and that deccsion s looking very wise right about noo... maryland athletic director kevin anderson has been overseeing a department that had teamm in 27 different sports...when he took over in 2009, he warned that was too much, and cuts were coming... and tooay we learned exactlyy what those cuts would be... be... the terpp will eliminate programs ii the following sports...men's tennis, men's indoor track and field and cross country, but theeoutdoor version will survive on private donations.. on the women's widee swimming and diving, women's water polo and crobatics and tumbling will all be no orr... anderseon said today it';s like losing family members... rafael nadal is already out of nowwthe women's number one is gone...maria sharapova lost ii straight sets to germany's sabine lisicki...sharapova is

french open tiile...she won wimbledon in 2004 but this stunning defeat to 15th seeded lisicki in the 4th round will coss her the number onn world that'll do it for this edition of ssorts unlimited...i'm bruce cunningham...be sure to tune in tt fox45 morning news tomorrrw -- starting att5-am.go. gooonight. 33 ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] a moment of silence for the internet as we know it. a revolution in internet speed is here. more than twice as fast as anything america has ever seen. introducing fios quantum. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v.