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bobby: resplendent! sparkle nats natswhitney houston's final project hits theaters.her revelation to one of her 3 a fatal accident ... could interrupt your morning commute. detaill on what happened... back-up. he admitted to killing and eating his roomate.find out why the morgannstate student won't be standing trial and what could change things. and child care ... suupassing rent?how much it's increased... in the last couple of years. 3 3 todayyis friday, august 17.
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3 we're following breaking news this morning... the driver of fiery wrrck on northbound 95... 95...ttese pictures show the flames coming off the ttuck that crashed into a retaining wall just before 11 o'clook last night.the truck was the only vehicle involved in the crash.the cause of the accident remains under investigation.once again... northboond 95 at i-695 remains shut down this morning... we traafic situatiin ... and will continue to upddte you throughout the hour.
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the morgan state university student accused of killing his roomate and eating his hearr and brain... will not stand tril trial.a judde hhs declaaed him incompetent to do so.megan gilliland is here with more the reasoning behind this decision... and why it could still change. good morning guys,it was here... along terrapin terrace in joppatownn thatt harford county sherifffs deputies believe a brutal and happened.urbing murder behind these doors... investigators found parts of man's body inside 21-year-old alexaader kinyua's home and in a nearby dumpster.detectives say he admitted to killing his roommate... kujoe agyei-kodie....a family friend back in may.he also admitted to eating his hearttand his brain.kinyua s facing first-degree murder and use of a dangerous weapon.but.... now doctors are saying he is not fit for trial.and instead will continue to e treated at the state's maximum-security
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ppychiatric hospital. (caasilly/state's atty) "if itts possible to go forward, it's better for the ssate to go forward at this point and on the other side, you have to wait until the defendant can help his attornny in the couutroom before you can do any" anything."bothhmen were studentt at morgan state uniiersity.before this case... kinyua had already been facing assaulttcharges in a baseball bat attack in a morgan dorm. coming up next half hhur... more reaction from those who lived next door to kinyua... and how they feel about him not standinn trial attthis point.i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. police continue to look for the person who set two fires at a ddnny's in harford county, about two weeks ago. we were at the denny's in edgewood... days after the fire on august 3rd.the restaurant was a total loss after áthatá fire. these are surveillance images from the restaurant. the image on the left was takkn at the time offa smaller fire july 4th.the person of interest is
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pn a yellow hirt..........the picture on the right was taken interesttwears orange. police say it is he same person. if you have any information call police. police are on the hunt this morning...for 3 suspects who crashed a stolen car in northwest baltimore thursday. thursday.the sussects bailed out of a white s-u-v after colliding with a tree on vickers road. police say they carjacked the vehicle on wolcott near norfolk avenue. you can track criminal activity in your neighborhood with 'spotcrime.' get email alerts when criie happens. log onto fox baltimore dot com and click on spotcrime in the hot topics sectioo. 3 general is under a ffderal inveetigation... for reportedly spending thousands &plavish trips.llars on trips.general william ward is also accused of allowing family members and other
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unauthorized people... to fly on government planes.as we found out... general williim ward has ties to baltimore. ward graduated from towson high school in the '60s. he was also a poly-sci mmjor and graduated from morgan state university. (jamal fuller- musiccmajor morgan state)"iipersonally think its sad every time something negative happens they bring the attentiin back to morgan state... this is a positive university." universsty."áifá ward is demoted... he could lose more than one--million dollars in retirement pay. no word yet if criiinal charges are being pursued. join our waste watch team.if you see government waste call our hotline... 410-662- 1456... or go to fox-baltimoree dot com. workers at sinai hospital are dealing with bed bugg. bugs.last wednesday... a nurse found a bed-bug ii a room at the hospital's cancer center. an exterminator was called-in and used "bedbug sniffing pogs" to identtfy more. area was closed off and he cleaned. brent 48:04 as oftee as i've worked in the hosps i've never
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bbought any home i'vv seen them but you just gotta be aware that they're there12 james 4419 i think it was a very isolated case i have high regards for sinai hospital 26 hospitals officials say they're confident the bedbugs were contained to that one room. it's still unclear whether the beebugs were brought in by a patient, visitor or an employee. assa precaution... they plan to bring in the dogs once a week for the next several weeks until they're completely confident the critters are gone. the u-s is experiencing its biggest spike in west nile virus cases... in almost a decade. and as andrew spencer spreading to ddzens of states... including here in ar. maryland. the feddral govvrnment counts nearly 700 cases of the west nile virus -- which ii spread by infected mosquitos -- in 32 states this year. of those, 26 people died. texas is the hardest-hit state, with at least 16 deaths. the mayor of dallas declared a state of emergency wednesday, a week after dallas county. ann in a
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controversial move to fight the spread of the virus, airplaaes began spraying pesticide over the dallas area thursday night. that hasn't happened there since 19-66. a teen in arlington, texas has a rare strand of the virus that affects er brain. at aay &pmoment, she could lose consciousness or control of her limbs. her mother is thankful she recognized the signs that something was seriously wrong. if a parent is not connected with their phild, your child could die on because it just seemed like jordan was taking a nap and not waking up. in nnrth carolina -- public health officials ssy an 84 year old mannis the first person to die from the virus in the state in at least seven years. his wife of 65 years knew something was off when he fell asleep during a naacar race, something he had never done before. he sat in this chair one afternoon and slept through the whole nascar race and he was an avid race-car fan. he was diagnosed with the virus on his second trip to the hospitall i'm
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andrew spencer reporting. symptoms include fever, headache, bodd aches, joinn pains, vomitinn, diarrhea or rash. there are no medications to treat the west nile virus or vaccines to prevent infection. health experts say preveetion measures includd avoiding mmsquito bites, using nsect repellant and ettinggng rid of insect breeding sites. the elaware ppdiatrician... accused of waterboording his 11-year-old stepdaughter... claims he didn't do it.on phursday... ddctor melvin morse appeared in court.the girl's mother... who's accused of áwitnessingá the waterboarding but nnt doing anything... waived her rights to a preliminaryyhearing.both pndangerment and endangering phe welfare of a child charges. the suicide rate in he u-s army hits n all-time high. that is according to military officials... who say there were 38 confirmed or suspected soldier suicides in july. ... since the army began keepingg
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detailed statistics. last month.. secretary of defense leon panetta told a u-s military was facing an - "epidemic" of suicides. he said there is a need ffr improvements in mental health services for both active duty and reeurning troops. the cost of ccild care each yyar... is becoming more expensive than árentá in somee new report by "child care aware of america"... it finds the annual cost of infant care increased roughlyy2-percent lass year... and ranged ffom more than 45-hundred- dollarr... to 15- thousand-dollars. in 5 states... infant care issmore expensive each year than in- state tuition for a four-year public college. 3 &p ravens fans will see their team play tonight right here on fox 45 45they take on the detroit lions.you can see the game tonight right here on fox 45...
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coverage starts with a pregame show att7-30...and then stick around after the game for our wrap up show...lions and airlines are known for losing luggage...but united airlines is under fire... for losing "preciius cargo." thhy lost a child. fiid out the reason why... she didn't have an escort... during her tr. trip. ((break 1))
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see it?during wednesday's indians and angels came... a dad catches a foul ball ... with baby in hand! &phand!even more stunning... it looks like.. it was no sweat for him.he catches it in one hand.
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3 3 3 united airlines under fire...
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for osing a child. child.how it happened...and what the airlines says about their mistaae. mistake..nd later...the apps your college kid can use... to save money. ((bump out)) save money. ((bump out)) you know what's exciting? graduation. save money. ((bump out)) whenup into my students faces, i see pride. you know, i have done something worthwhile. when i earned my doctorate through university of phoenix, that pride, that was on my face. i am jocelyn taylor. i'm committed to making a difference in people's lives, and i am a phoenix. visit phoenix.edu to find the program that's right for you. enroll now. it's one thing to lose a bag,
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but united airlines is accused of losing a 10-year-old child
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as julliette goodrich explains...you might be surprised what happens when you pay to have your kids escorted to their connecting flights. 3 --reporter pkg-as follows -- ten-year-old phoebe was all alone at onn of the world's busiest airports. her parents paid united's extra 99-dollar fee to have their daughter escorted to her connecting flight. the escort never showed up. "they're trying to get the cheapest labor for so many of their services, and that's where the public's being misled." airline travel anolik says what united did was outssurce the escort service,a little-known industry practice of hiring outside companies to escort kids from gate to gate. "when you drop a child off, you think it's with a career carrier employee. that's more reassuring than knowwng that your kid is going to be taken by the cheapest labor they can find to get that person to
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another plane." phoebe was heading to camp in michigan. she flew first from s-f-o to chicago's o'hare, where she was stranded, never getting on her connncted flight to out she was missing when they received a frantic phone call from the camp that phoebe wasn't on her flight. phoebe's parents sent a letter of complaint to united, detailing daughter, how she was alone ir - for more two hours at the airport, and the couple's nightmare experience calling customer service, being coonected to an agent in india, and being put on hold for more than 0-minutes. "the consequences can be a minimum of a 27-thousand-500 dollar- violation." according to the family, the girl made a flight four hours later, but her bags did not. the parents say they filed a complaint, but have yet to get an apology frrm united, or a refund for the 99-dollar
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transfer service. back to the books... books...the apps your college kid can use to save money... and decorate their dorm oom. ((break 3)) what do you think of this one? really? what's this? this is a rose i made from a turnip.
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courseloads, papers, research and after-class activities can add up to a busy day. an app like "in class" for iphone and ipad can help keep track of your day. students can take notes, share notes, line up their schedule and set alarms for important deadlines. textbooks can take a huge bite out of a college student's budget. the "bookbyte" app for apple and android aims to take a bite out of some of those costs. students can buy, rent and sell used textbooks on the go, and scan books to find out how much they're worth. the amazon student app for iphone lets users do maay of the same cardd for books they trade in. "coursesmart's" apps let users view any of the thousands of e- textbooks purchased through their website on a mobile device - including iihone,
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ipad, android and kindle fire they read. and to give a dorm room the comforts of back home, the "design your dorm" web app has floor plans for porms at dozens of colleges and universities. before they get to campus, students can drag and drop items from an online store and fit them in ttose floor plans, compare shopping lists with roommates or divide purchases, and order items to have items shipped directly to the dorm. i'm karin caifa, and you're now... clicked in. it's the end of an era. era.production of the jeep liberty is done.find out if a new one.. will take its place. bth - human trafficking human trafficking is among the most hhinous criminal acts. foreigners are transported into the u.s. to work under inhumane conditions. many in the sex trade. slavery in america didn't end in 1865.two years ago, the fbi announced
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the largess human trafficking case in u.s. history. as many as 600 workers from thailand were allegedly brought to the u.s. to work in farms in hawaii and washington state. according to authorities, the ringleaders fraudulennly induced workers to incur substantial debts, confiscated passports, and threatened workers with physical harm. many lived in decrepit and crowded housing infested with rats.the equal employment opportunity commission filed a civil lawsuit against global porizon and 8 associates, including the owner. global horizon brought the workerssto the u.s.an administrative law judge issued a $350,000 judgment against global horizons for failing to fully pay just some of the thai the 8 suspectt pled guilty to criminal charges of human trafficcing.then, last onth, dropped the case and allowed y - the three to withdraw their guilty pleas. the federal prosecutor committed serious legal mistakes.this is the latest in a series of bungled high-profile cases by doj's civil ights division. the consequences aren't just sad. they're catastrophic.for more on this story visit behind the headlines dot net. and follow us twitter and facebook. i'm
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