your morning commute just got a little easier.the street that's now open... after being closed for more than a month. 3 find out the simple things in your find out the simple things in your kitchen... that could cure those suumer ailemnts... like sunn urn..or a jelly fish sting. and the small thing... that stopped this major league baseball game... in it's tracks! 3 3 3 today is monday, august 20. 3

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as you heard candace mention, commuters downtown

can finally see the light again. light street is open after 5 weeks of repairs following a huge water main break. joel d. smith is there live this morning to show us how it looks today, and how far they've come. good morning joel d. 3 ladies and gentlemen, start your engines..... on the same road that will have indy cars on it soon, now all of us can 3 3 morning news.joel d. smith, fox 45 morning news. also along light street in downtown

baltimore... the large barriers and grandstand seatings are up for the grand prix of baltimore. baltimore.the series of races begins august 31st and runs through september 3rd.three days ago... the race picked up a national sponsor in dodge jeep chrysler s-r-t brand. today, we could learn the identity and exact cause of

death...of the young man pulled from the inner harbor over the weekend.early sunday morning... around 3-33, divers pulled a bbdy from the water. right now, they're not sure who the person is... and missing persons reports. 12:04:02 "they assended, brought the body from the water and onfirmed that it was a young man - believed too be 15-20 years old."(cover) 12:04:13 "exactly who this individual is, we don't know at this point." point."police say right now, nothing stands out as foul play,but if you know anything...contact police. two men and a teenage boy are shot overnight in west baltimore. it happened just before bloom street..two men were pushed to shock trauma... the teen was taken to johns hopkins pediatric.no word on their conditions this morning. baltimore city police continue to investigate a shooting involving one of their own. own.officers responded to a call for a burglary at a vacant home on lexington

avenue in west baltimore, around 12:30 saturday afternoon.they found 63-year- old rudolph bell... a homeless vietnam vet .... known around the neighborhood as "mister rudy".police say he attacked the officers... cutting one of them on the face with a sharp object.a second officer then shot bbll....killing him.it brings the number of police- involved shootings in the city to 10... eight of them fatal. p3 baltimore city police continue to warnnagainst scams targeting the elderly...it's a story we told you about... first on fox. fox.two more were reported over weekend... including one in locust point.94-year-old mary hudson got a phone call claiming she didn't pay her porperty taxes.even though hudson doesn't owe any money, the scammer sent a man to her home... pretending to be a deputy.the suspect... seen in this sketch... attacked hudson.. robbed her.... and got away.

37-48"when all of aasudden he jumped in here, slapped me in the face, i scream help, murder police!" police!" police think he may bb linked to other crimes.baltimore city police say the most important thing to know is they will never come to a home and ask for money. 6-term republican congressman todd akin of missouri....who's running for the u-s senate... is backpedaling from a controversial remark about abortion. and as ed payne explains... the romney-paul campaign is even weighing in. in. while defending his hard-line stance against abortion in an interview with a saint louis t-v statton, congressman todd akin (aye-kin, as in clay aiken) said rape rarely leads to pregnancy. if it's a legitimate rapee the female body has waas tootry to shut that whole thing down. but ways to try to shut that whole thing down. but let's assume that maybe that didn't work or something. you know i think there should be some punishment, buttthe punishment ought o be on the rapist and not attacking the child. akin later issued a statement saying -- quote -- "in statement saying -- akin later issued a statement saying -- quote -- "in reviewing my off the cuff remarks, it's clear that i misspoke in this interview and it does not

reflect the deep empathy i hold for the thousands of women who are rapee and abused every year." he remains opposed to abortion, even in akin won missouri's republican senate primary earlier this month and will face incumbent democratic senator claire mccaskill in november's

general election. mccaskill wrote on twitter that as a woman and former prosecutor who's handled hundreds of rape cases... she's stunned by akin's comments about victims. &pfilmmaker tony scott is dead from an apparent suicide.the los angeles county coroner's office says a witnees saw scott jump from a bridge in san pedro.his body was found in the los angeles harbor. scott was best known for gun" and "beverly hills cop two."he was the brother of another acclaimed director, ridley scott. wikileaks founder julian assange came out of hiding sunday to speak before a crowd outside the ecuadorian embassy ii london. ii his first public remarks in two months... assange thanked his supporters... and called on the u-s government to stop trying to stifle free expression. ((i ask president obama to do the right thing. the united states must renounce its witch hunt against

wikileaks. )) ))assange has been holed-up at the eeuadorian embassy since june .... trying to avoid extradition to sweden where he is wanted for questioning about an alleged sexual assault. the website founder denies the accusations and says the case is u.s.- orchestrated retribution for his organization's disclosure of secret doccments. mark in a new market. ake its 3&the company is hoping to buil and develop at least 100 budget hotels and student residences across europe. according to "the financial times"... the hotels won't bear the ikea name and won't be run by the company. no word yet on when that could happen. good news today... for people who can't start their day without a cup of joe.harvard researchers say there's evidence that coffee can prevent type-two diabetes and parkinson's... because of its antioxidants. increased coffee consumption is also associated with longer life. research finds that the greatest overall benefits appear to be in people who driik coffee at moderate levels... which is 2 &pto 3 cups a day.

ever feel like throwing your cell phone?you should have been here....in the mobile phone throwing world chhmpionships.a guy from finland.... broke the record... with the winning throw flying moreethan 3- hundred feet in the traditional over-the-shoulder freestyle division, which awards points for style and creativity. 131-148"it is definitely the silliest thing i've ever done before ii my life.''"i think the same."''the consciousness of clean environment and to take care of ur globe has grown and that's why also i think that people take it seriously how to use the old mobile phones." phones." this is the 12th annual international mobile phone throwing competition in finland. leave him alone. he's not just hurting anybody. :11)) :11))it wasn't bad weather... but a prayinggmantis that delayed the nationals game last night.mets playee andre

torres discovered the insect during the sixth inning... so the game was stopped wwile he picked it up with his glove... and gave it to a worker at nationals field. the drought is taking a toll on crops.. across the country... killing many of them. them.but find out the one crop... that's benefitting from this heat. heat. ((break 1)) [ female announcer ] now there's a way

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listen up wine lovers... athena jones explains why the industry is actually benefiting from the dry conditions seee across the country right now. 3 --reporter pkg-as follows -- ponths with little or no rain and july the hottest month on record. mean struggling corn and soy crops across much of the united states. but one sector that could benefit from the dry weather? (nats) the wine industry. while california still grows mosttu- s wine, there are vineyards in all 50 states, according to trade group wine america. particularly in the midwest, the hardest hit areas

in terms of the drought, there are folks that are thinking that the grapes are going to be a better quality thii year, because the berries are smaller and the sugar is more concentrated. the folks at breaux vineyards in loudoun pounty virginia, are optimistic about the wine these 105 acres will produce. it's been dryyfor the most part -- haven't had the typical, you know, long periods of rain that we'd expect to see here and there. july was very dry. overall the grapes are really happy and we're looking forward to what will hopefully be a really good harvest this year. happen as this young cluster develops and the sugar content rises... what's going to happen is they're going to start blowing up like a balloon, but we don't want it to blow up so much that -- because of the rain -- 3

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as anna kooiman explains... some of them are already in your kitchen cupboar. cupboard. whether you're at the beach, the park or even your own backyard. unexpected twists coulddput a bump in your summertime fun. bahar taktehchian, editor-at-large for shape magazine gives us some fast fixes for common summer ailments. been in the hot sun all day long and look like a lobster? takhtehchian says, "pop an ibuprofen that's going to help with the inflammation and it's going to help ease any throbbing you're experiencing. and a great at-home remedy is very easy. you add corn starch to water, 1 tablespoon of each, and put this right on the burn for ten minutes and you're going to notice that there is immediateey some soothing." feeling itchy after your nature hike? don't let poison ivy ruin the rest of your summer days. get the residue off your skin first

swine flu... hits maryl. maryland.how mann people haae been affected, so far ... by a strain of the disease. disease. 3 3

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