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3 before the flames were even out.... the owners promised they would rebuild.. and now a full year later,,mount washington tavern is open aggin. again. . joel d. smith is live there nnw to show us the challenges to rebuilding a local lannmark, and see if the ggod morning oel d. d. 3 3

this morning... police are searching for wo men who shot a fast-food restaurant manager arly sunday morning in columbia. it happened just bbfore 1 a-m at the taco bell near minstrel way and snowden river parkway. the managgr was ccnfronted by two en outside the tore.they flownnto shock trauma where he's listed n critical conditiin. police don't know the motive for the shooting. a dozen employees at thh baltimooe department of their jobs... after eingg pccused of steaaing tens of phousands of dollars wortt of scrap metal.the inspectorr general detailed the released friday.it says that the workers took neaaly 60- cable frommthe city and b-g--.

according to thh report... they then sood the stolen goods on city time wwile using city vehicles.it recommends that the workers be firrd. their naaes haven't been released. 3 3 maryland vooers approved severrl referendums on he ballot during last week's electioo... buu some of ttem would've never bben up for public vote... f not for the state's ppeitiin lawss some lawmakers are now questioning whether he state's requirements for referendum... are too easy opponents needed to collect ann in ach caae -- they collected much more than that. p1:27:21 "so perhaps the 3 general assembly miggt want tt requiie that they be physical s" signaturess"following the election - the governor called easy... but he stopped short of vowing to try and change it.

say the petitton for rent laws - referendum... is one of the few ways voters have any recourse in a state o one-sided politically. immmgratioo reform could be taking cennerrstage in washington again. again.senator charles schumer of new york says he and seeatorrlindsey graham of south carolina are set to pfficcally restart talks.they crumbled two years ago.schumer a plln that will appeal o all thinks it can get passed.the bipartisan plan has four key elements, including stronger border security, and a tough loveepath to citizenship or those aready here. thh iconic blueedress... oncc wwrn by judy garland in "the wizard of oz"... sells at aucti. auutiin.over thh weekendd.. an says it sold for 4-hundded-80- - old hollywwod were also auctioned off... including one of marilynnmonroe's skirrs... and a dress worn n "the sound coming up on the early

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when congress returns this week, there's a eeplains... they have to avoid phe fiscal cliff. cliff. 3&"it's time to get back to work." with the electioo in the rearview mirror,,the focus in wassington is back on efforts to void thh economically evastating fiscal cliff."if we juut go over the cliff and let those policies staa in effect, we'ree recovery. neither party really pants to be blamed for ttat." the cliff amounns to seeen trillion dollars in spendinn cuts and taxxincreases over the next decadeethe threat of these painful cuts-- set to begin onnjanuary first-- is the president made lasttyear to ffrce thee to agree on a long-term deficit reduction plan. "this is an unprecedented scenario that congress has, basically put a shoot oursseves." so far, a id

thaa long-terr plan, hasn't materialized.the biggest chunn of the cliff? the bush tax cuts.they're also a big sticking ppint. democrats pnsist cuts for families morr must end."if we're ars or - serious abouttreducing thee deficitt we have to combbnee spending cuts with revenue aad that means asking the wealthiest americcns to pay a rreublicans say that will hurt the econooy."feeddng the growth of government ttrough highee ax rates won't help us solve the problem." but the speaker also signaled what &pcould be an opening-- saying raising more revenue is now on the table as long as ii comes from tax reform and not higher rates.one thing that's clear-- lawmakers want the president to be involvvd in anyy important for us o come to an

but this is his opporttnity tt lead."anddtaxes aren'ttthe only hang-up.congress also has to figure out how to reduce spending on entitlements likk the democrats' sacred cows.e-- withhthe balance of power unnhanged on capitol hilll- ffnding ttat elusive cmmon ground on these issuusscould be tough-- bbth in the ame duck ssssion-- anddbeyond.a short-term deal that ppstpones pjust give everybody a little bit offtime, a little bit of breathing room to get backk next year and, in the meantime, think about what aad eeactly hhwwyou want to do this and givee verybody time to negotiate quite frankly." it's sure be a ong and rockk roaa ahead.athenn jonns, c-n- n, washington coming up ...tte ravees score their most lopsided victory of the eason. ddminating performanne he team hhd....against oaklandd ((break 33)

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