platform where the police are fallin short. it can sometimes take a month for the city to release comprehensive crime data to the public live from police headquarters, paul gessler, fox45 morning news. the man whose appeal of his murder conviction... has l to the release of dozens of convicted killers... is re- sentenced to life in prison. it's an update to a story you saw first on fox. merle unger appealed his conviction... for the 19-75 murder of a hagerstown police officer. lt year... a court ruled that jy instructions in marylandwer often unconstitutiona l before 19-80. after the decision came down... many prosecutors ose to cut deals with other convicted killers allowing them to go free. itead of re-trying tir cases... but the washington county prosecutor decided to re- try unger. it was vitally important to set a precedent going

forward that other prosecutors could prevail at trial. there's no word from unger's attorney on whether the re- sentencing will be challenged. e serintendent of the naval academy won't be forced to recuse himself fr a sexual assault case... involving three midshipmen. the attorney for the alleged victim asked a federal judge to block vice admiral michael miller from deciding whether the midshipmen will face court martial. she says miller is ang with her clien... for making the case public... but yesterday... a judgruled that there weren't any grounds for the court to interfere in the military court proceeding. "you can't have a just and fair process judge has an ax to grind...also make a direct appeal that he simply step aside." the alleged victim claims the three fellow midshipmen... and former naval

academy football players... raped her at on off- campus house party in april 2012. a maryland state trooper is showing signs of improvement after a car hit her during a traffic stop this weekend. jacqueline kline has a serious head injury that could keep her in the hospital for weeks. but doctors say she's doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances. kline was on duty sunday morning in pasadena helping another officer with a road-side sobriety test when a car slammed into her at full speed. her family is by her side this morning, including her boyfriend, a fellow-trooper. (massoni) "maryland state police have been so helul through this whole process.. and staying with us, we're all family. they've been so supportive of us. everybody w so shocked and upset to hear what happened. but we have to be strong for her and that's what we're doing." kline is in critical condition, but we're told she's able to respond

to doctors by wiggling her toes. today is day eight of a partial government shutdown, caused by the inability of congress to pass a spendin bill thatunds government programs. andrew spencer reports politicians are still trying to level blame as they struggle to come to any consensus on government spending, the budget, and the debt ceiling. just under one thousand employees with the flida national guard returned to work, this week, after a nearly week-long furlough, but they can't train or buy supplies -- and there's only enough money through the end of october. "even though we are able to pay our employees -- most of our employees -- we still have significant, significant problems." a new round of the congressional blame game started this week, as a pro- obama group targets house speer john boener in ads that try to hold republicans responsible for the partial government shutdown. ...but organizing for action isn't the only group blaming the other side of the aisle. "they shut down the government. now, they say we're going to threaten the creditworthine of

the united states and possibly the world economy. to do something that we're supposed to do. "the president should be doing what bill clinton did in 1995nd calling theseeople over to thehite house, sitting down, having aonversation," with the partial shutdown now more than a week old, the attention is focusing more and more on the nation's debt ceiling -- the federal government's limit on borrowing, which it is expected to hit, next week. president barack obama reiterated monday that won't negotiate with ngress while th countris under threat of a possible debt default. but the white house did show some glimmer of flexibility an official saying it's up to congress to decide how long the debt ceiling increase should last. i'm andrew spencer, reporting. the federal aviation administration is recalling 8 furloughed employees. more than 15- thousand f-a-a workers were off the job last week because of the partial government

shutdown. the agency issued a statement saying the workers are from t office of aviation safety. but... it's a different story for those who keep a eye on e nation's 10 commercial nuclear power plants. the nuclear regulatory commission says it expects to furlough some 39-hundred employees at the close of business thursday if no deal is struck between the president and congress. they will retain 300 essential personnel. today, new 100 doar bill makes its debut. the federal reserve board says the new currency will begin irculating now. it includes new security features. among them, a blue, 3-d security ribbon that'll make it easier for pople to authenticate.... and harder for counterfeiters torepicate. the duke and duchess of cambridge will christen their son, prince george, on october 23... and to commemorate the event, a five pound coin is being made in silver and gold. the brand new u-k coin for pnce george marks the first time in histo a

oin is has been produced to honor a christening. little george is third in le to the throne. any guesses... about who was just named the sexiest woman on the planet by esquire magazine? aett johansson nabbed the coveted title for 2013. she's the first to win the title twice. she was also awarded the honor back in 2006. miley cyrus' new album will be released today. it includes her hits "we can't stop" and wrecking ball." cyrus has been in the headlines ince her much talked about twerking routine on the m-t-v video music awards in august. cyrus poked fun at herself and the controversy while hosting "saturday night live" over the weekend. the 20-ye-old told the audience she doesn't owe anyone an apology. are you our biggest fan? tn you can become.. our fan of the day! everyday we'll pick one of our viewers from our facebook page... and feature them on fox45 news at 5. to become a fan just go to our facebook page...

facebook dot com slash foxbaltimore. coming up on the early edition... kids, beer, and space travel are three things that don't normally go together... but we'll introduce you to a 7th grader whose beer experiment... is out of this world. ((break 1)) ((bump in))

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an 11-year-old in colorado wants to boldly go whe no child has gone before. he's brewing a beer that can be used in space. as he tells mark meredith, this experiment has nothing to do with getting astronauts drunk. this is how we cruh them. following a recipe usually meant for adts... (nats) michal bodzianowski,t age 11, is turning beer making into a historic achievement. "i really didn't expect this from the start, i just designed this experiment to get a good grade in my class" but his idea is earng him a lot more than a goodrade. his experiment... to see how the fermentation process works in cro gravity... is grabing the attention of nasa. "beer while known to most people as a party drink actually has some medical properties"

in december, michal's idea will leave the classroom and arrive at the international space station. it's there astronauts will find out how well the beer ferments in space... something the 7th grader hopes could be used to help in a medical emergency. "you can clean wounds like that, it could be a reliable amount of water that won't contaminate you." the project ile unique is exactly what the stem school, a facility that focuses on science and math, in highlands ranch wants to see more of. "what a perfect way to show them this is why... this is why you have to learn how to write a lab report becau you may have to write a real proposal one day." for teachers like sharon combs, seeing a student's imagination come alive is what it's all about. "just the whole idea i've got an 11 year old putting beer together in my classroom... that was pretty special." now it's up to nasa to get the test-tues into space. as for michal, he's already convince no matter what ke food isturning heads at e south by souwest eco

conference in texas. take a look at 3-d food printing. this machine makes pizza using powdered ingredients to build a square of dough, a layer of sauce and some cheese on top. a heated plate then cooks the pie. the product developer says astronauts could potentially use the printer in space. "they wanted to investigate other technologies that can provide sustainable nutrients and food source to astronauts." designers say they still need approval from the f-d-a before they can serve the 3-d printed food... but the company hopes the concept will one day help feed the world's ever-growing population. straight ahead... the housing market... enters what's typically known as the "slow season". why that's good news for buers... and w the government shutdown could impact sales. ((break 3))

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real esta market during the summer months, but with fall and winter approaching, opportunities for buyers and sellers may be cooling down. karin caifa gets tips for navigating what's traditionallyn off-season for home buying, in today's consumer watch. with more buyers and tight invtories this spring and summer, sellers seemed to have an edge. but personal finance expert vera gibbons says as the calendar moves into the fall and winter, buyers may have the upper hand as sellers try to close a deal. they may be more inclined to actually give you their property at a better price because they don't want to risk going through the holidays still having their home on the market when really all activity comes to a screeching halt. even before open houses, sellers can get a jump on attracting buyers, online. you wt to make sure, most importantly, tt your home looks really good online. since over 90 percent of buyers start the homebuying process online and if they

don't like what they see, it's on to the next house. the fall will mean less competion than the busy summer months, but less available inventory, so uyer should have nances in order before looking. also be mindful of how an extended partial government shutdown could stall applications for federally backed loans, and income and identity verification for banks. if this shutdown tuallcontinues, that would not be good for the mortgage loan prcess. th would slow it down, and it would inevitably be very bad for the housing recovery and for the broader economic recovery, so that's a huge risk as well. for consumer watch, i'm karin caifa. coming up... endurance swimmeriana nyad... starts a new challnge today. the 48-hour event she's taking part in... to raise money for victims of superstorm sandy. answers to the government shutdown. what many s i the missing ingredient.

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twitter silence this weekend from city police on four shootings. paul gessle reports y that was... and why it won't happen again. paul-- well, it happened beuse the city changed its social media plicy. happened because the city changed its social mia policy. for a department that tweets out everything from handgun violations to mugshots... they moved away from tweeting about every shooting. a police department spokesperson said that's meties elimnary information is inaccurate. while the department emailed media about four weekend shootings... the 40,000 twitter followers heard nothing of them. that drew heat from citizens and city leaders alike... here's councilman brandon scott sterday... who e city's mlic fy