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identify th victim and the medical examiner is going to do an autopsy to try to determine if the victim died in the car fire or perhaps before that fire started. reporting live in worcester, todd kazakiewich, wcvb newscenter 5. ed: tonight investigators are trying to identify the burned woman found yesterday in yesterday in bridgewater. they say they have promising leads. the charred spot of grass is where the unidentified woman was found just before midnight on tuesday around railroad tracks on oak street. it's unclear if she was murdered at the tracks or elsewhere, but the bridgewater police chief says there is plenty to work with to find out who she is and who did this. >> we still encourage people if they have any information to come forward and report it to police. sometimes there may be something minor or relatively benign, but could be helpful. ed: the body discovered near the tracks is the first murder investigation in bridgewater this year. it appears the victim was targeted. heather: a new search for clues in manchester, new hampshire,
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j.c. monahan is back with more. j.c.: several roads were closed today as agents looked for the tiniest bit of evidence that could help them solve the case. crews spent hours today looking for evidence on the lawn of a house roughly a block away from where robert was shot. investigators taping off the yard, sweeping it with metal detectors before packing up and leaving just about an hour ago. the employee was shot once in the head as she walked near her home last august. robert's family just want answers. >> we're way past the shock stage and we're all looking for some sort of resolution. j.c.: a reward for information in this case has grown now to more than $42,000. ed: a framingham high school student accused of raping a fellow student, the alleged victim said to be incoherent when she was found by school counselors near a swamp in the woods. let's gets to kelley tuthill who is live in framingham.
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district court, pleading not guilty, held on 50,000 bail. the 18-year-old pleaded not guilty to raping another framingham high school student. >> he indicated that he did have sex with the alleged victim. however, he indicated that it was consensual. >> four students were in the woods off johnson street yesterday afternoon. around 1:30, high school counselors found a female student in the water bare-foot and partially disrobed. she appeared to be intoxicated. a student who witnessed the alleged incident told police it looked like rape. >> she appeared to be in and out of consciousness. at one point her face was in the dirt. >> he leaves in a residential treatment center and has a juvenile record. >> somebody needs to look at the school. this happened during school hours, the four children should have been in school and somebody should have watching them. >> his mom said offcamera, he is a good kid. do you think the story is correct, do you think he did something wrong? >> i don't know.
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i love him and i'm here for him. >> though it appears unlikely if he makes bail, he has been ordered to stay away from the alleged victim and from the school tonight. no comment from the school superintendent. living in framingham, kelley tuthill, wcvb newscenter 5. heather: renewed efforts today to find a mentally challenged woman who has been missing now for over a week. new at 6:00. pam cross reports her family is worried and not ready to give up that search. pam: it was a perfect day for a row on the pond. this is no pleasure cruise. members of the lowell fire department among those searching for 67-year-old elga, the lowell woman described as mentally challenged was last seen at her home october 25. >> we actually just go out from 9:00 p.m. to around 2:00 in the morning every night just looking for her. pam: officers from area departments joined lowell police this morning and estimated 80 or 90 personnel at the staging area. they set out to cover a half-mile radius from her home
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>> she could cover some distance. you don't know what direction to go. pam: family says she is mobile. she liked to walk. >> we're checking everything again on foot, sheds, covered-up boats, cars that haven't been used, everywhere that somebody might seek shelter. pam: this isn't the first police search. family has been looking as well. they are weary with worry. >> it's worrying us more and more each day, each second to be honest, we get more worried. we just think, where is she? pam: the four-hour search turned up nothing, not one clue. disappointing for the family soul. in lowell, i'm pam cross, wcvb newscenter 5 ed: tonight president obama says the u.s. is taking very seriously the possibility that a bomb brought down a russian weekend. isis has claimed responsibility in the incident is raising new questions about airport security here in america and newscenter 5 jorge quiroga is
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jorge: after hearing damning testimony yesterday, the congressman is telling us that the jetliner downed in egypt is raising serious questions about security lapses at airports here in the u.s. british and u.s. intelligence believing now it is more likely than not that a bomb brought down a jet packed with russian tourists, isis is claiming responsibility. while officials say that conclusion is premature, congressman bill keating says if true, this is a big game changer. >> this is an expansion of their activities which has really been directed at maintaining land, expanding land in syria and iraq. jorge: the downed russian jet is a clear warning to airports in the u.s. >> here at home, 96% of the covert efforts by t.s.a. to test themselves proved inadequate. jorge: in an undercover sting operation, agents routinely
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protocols. employees. that will include i think reconfiguration of some airports with access points in and out so it will be physical, it will be personnelwise and that's already underway. jorge: keating says that for obvious reasons since 9/11, logan has been tested over and over again and that security here is quite good. still he says that as part of a larger network, the weakest link in that net york effects us all. jorge quiroga, wcvb newscenter 5. heather: commitment 2016, three more presidential candidates making it official today. democrat bernie sanders and republicans carly fiorina and marco rubio all registers for the new hampshire primary. ed: in the meantime, republican candidates donald trump and ben carson are now receiving secret service protection. it's usually given for candidates for president and vice president about 120 days before an election. we are still a year away, but past candidates including
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president obama have been assigned protection far earlier in their campaigns. heather: new tonight, a cape cod school superintendent accused of bargaining into a student's home uninvited will face criminal charges. and near record warmth today, sounds like more is on the way, harvey. harvey: sure does. look at it, 76 today in boston, pittsburgh and indianapolis, one or more warm days and we'll talk about the changes you can expect this weekend. >> i'm jack harper at beverly hospital with jason, judy and the biggest surprise of our lives. you got to hear this story coming up. ed: trust me, you got to hear the story. and high five, you walk out the back door it to meet them and one of the craziest plays
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our partners at the "patriot ledger." right now they say there are no obvious signs of foul play. heather: we still don't know the name of the person killed when a plane crashed off the coast of queens yesterday. investigators are working to retrieve more pieces of that plane including the engine. a two seat aircraft was flying from philadelphia to portsmith when it crashed around 8:00 last night. debris including the tail section was found along with the body of a man. the f.a.a. says no distress call was made. witnesses say the plane was flying low and erratically just before it went down. ed: a superintendent is accused of bargaining into a student's home ininuninvited and will be charged. he entered into a student's home without permission and rifled through her belongs to see she was lived there. he says he was invited to do a
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ed: the state's gaming board met today and heard from a company that wants to build a casino in brockton. they want to build a $677 million casino resort at the site of the brockton fairgrounds. the voters narrowly approved a referendum last spring. heather: city sport is going out of business. they had hoped to find a buyer for its 26 locations and going out of business sale begins tomorrow. the company says harsh weather last winter and stiff competition pushed the company into bankruptcy.
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ed: quite a birthday celebration in chelsea yesterday. 107 years young! >> happy birthday to you! ed: no, thank you, thank you. the festivities at the leonard florence center for living, another resident is 106 years young today. joe has been married to hi wife irene for 67 years. she is 91! joe has two daughters, four grandchildren, four great grandchildren and a fifth great, great grandchild is due in january. and also new at 6:00. >> at 6:20, i started pushing her out. at 7:26 she was born. heather: you're looking at little carolyn rose, a very loved but 100% unexpected baby. new tonight at 6:00, her parents are telling newscenter 5 jack harper about the hospital trip that turned into the surprise of their lives.
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and it was getting worse. jack: judy called hubby jason for a quick ride to beverly hospital. an exam and oh, my god. >> she said, well, it's good news. you don't have any blockages or anything. you're pregnant. ok? and you're going to have her now. jack: eight pound carolyn rose arrived an hour later. judy is 47, jason 48, married 22 years, they have no idea. >> i feel i'm still going to wake up in the emergency room, hey, this was only a dream, what? it felt so real. jack: judy had felt some stuff going on and thought she was moving into the next phase of her life and there was a tummy bulge which she attributed to becoming just like her mother. >> this isn't like regular gaining weight. when you gain weight, it's normally flab and soft, it was hard. we're like it's kind of weird. we didn't think anything of it. >> yes, she is daddy's little
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girl already. an hour later, it's can you believe you're having a baby? it's like the thing that i text back to him, we have had a few surprises over the years. jack: not like this one. >> not exactly like this one, no. yeah, you're ready to deliver. jack: it's been crazy, a whirlwind, but dad has made one decision, he is thinking small family. >> i will probably get the surgery done before it even becomes a thought. [laughter] jack: she is an only child. >> she is the only child, yeah. jack: jack harper, wcvb newscenter 5, beverly hospital. ed: look at that shot. heather: oh, man, whenever i hear these stories, i never know how it's possible. that last trimester, there are elbows sticking out. ed: elbows and knees and everything coming at you. harvey: that is amazing. it is great, just to see their reaction.
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great. adorable baby and obviously very much loved already which is really the best of all. congratulations to them and maybe congratulations to us on doing something right to have this kind of warmth in november. hit 77 today in salem, how about that. 74 pepperell, boston hit 76, this month is nine degrees warmer than normal so far, only five days old. tomorrow. now, it wasn't a record today as warm as it was, the record was pretty high set back in 1994. 73. we missed by three, so did worcester, another chance tomorrow, the record is lower, 73. even if the clouds hold pretty strong, we have a chance of hitting 73. should we get some appreciable sunshine in that late morning to mid afternoon window, the chances are excellent that we'll break the record, maybe worcester as well. today, 76 boston, but matched in pittsburgh and indianapolis, even minneapolis where it's a
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beyond that, it's colder and we'll feel that saturday night, sunday, sunday night. even that will only be kind of typical for what we should expect this time of the year which is certainly not what we're experiencing now. 68 in boston, southwesterly breeze, that's a balmy wind direction. it's a mild night as temperatures only fall to about 60 in boston because the winds are already significant out of the southwest and they'll pick up a little bit more tomorrow. it will be windiest on the cape. so we're starting out around 60 tomorrow. so it will make it too tough to get to 70 plus, a little bit of sunshine will do the trick. in the meantime, a few showers skirting the south coast and southeastern mass and there maybe a little more from the south. tomorrow night, maybe a brief shower, that will be the approach of the cold front. the air will turn cooler gradually behind it on saturday and then more abruptly saturday night, sunday. here you go. there is your warm day tomorrow and then the front comes through so we are somewhat cooler on saturday.
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now the clouds tomorrow also could be accompanied by a true showers early in the day around the cape and then during the course of tomorrow night, we may have a shower as well. but on saturday, notice what happens, we clear later saturday, sunday night should be a sparkly day. it will be chillier, it is going to be bright and beautiful and a little breezy until mid to late afternoon. so there you go, the next seven days, low 70's tomorrow and then about 60 on saturday. saturday, a lot of middle and high clouds, maybe some dim sun and that should clear completely for saturday night. there is your beautiful bright day on sunday and more like typical football weather for this time of year, about 49 with a 10 to 20 mile per hour wind for the start of the game, in foxborough, temperatures will fall in the 40's as the wind easts some deeper into the game. with cold early monday, around the freezing mark on average, look at monday afternoon, we're back approaching 60 degrees which may also be the case on tuesday. there could be a period of rain
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tuesday night or first thing wednesday. other than that, i don't see too much in the way of appreciate able rainfall, a brief shower. enjoy one more near or record breaking day tomorrow. see you tonight at 11:00. i'm meteorologist harvey leonard. >> sportscenter 5 with mike lynch. mike l.: tom brady is having one of the best years of his career at the age of 38, a testament to his work ethic. as bob halloran tells us it's due to his talented and deep receiving corps. bob: how does tom brady do it, not alone. while you may not have been able to say that in years past, you can now. the patriots have the best receiving corps in football. tom: it's a trust, quarterback-receiver trust relationship, trying to put the ball where our guy can make a play on it .
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mike l.: 75% of brady's completions, 78% of his yards and 85 parents of his touchdown passes and brandon is just returning to form making the fab four a fab five. >> i'm trying, i'm trying to get there, working every day and doing everything i can to get back on the same page with tom. this all boils down to me going to work and catching the ball. >> the wide receivers need chemistry with each other and overall, the whole offense needs chemistry with each other where everyone is on the same page. mike l.: they're second to last in rushing this year, that's by choice, they have so many choice receivers. bob halloran, wcvb sportscenter 5. mike l.: here is a receiver that will catch tom brady's attention. for high five tonight, we travel down the street to needham high school where the football folks are marveling over a brilliant one handed catch that is compared to one of the best catches ever seen in the national football league.
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with a buddy in gym class over the winter trying to be like odell beckham jr. all of that make believe became reality in an instant. >> odell beckham. that is an odell beckham jr. catch and a touchdown! houston, we have another touchdown. mike l.: luke suddenly became luke skywalker, leaping, one-handed gem. >> i looked back, saw the ball going up, thought i would give it my best shot. mike l.: you hauled it in, what was going through your head? >> i sat up and i looked over at the ref on the goal line to see if it was a touchdown, to see if i actually caught it. >> i saw him open, a little bit off and back. i was getting mad at myself. he made an unbelievable play. i was speechless. mike l.: last year luke was an offensive tackle. who knew he had such a pair of hands or hand. have you ever seen a catch like this?
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>> not in person, i haven't. i have seen it on "sportscenter." never live and for a big play for a touchdown. the mike l.: was it ever. etch time you watch it, you marvel and you can't help but compare it to odell beckham jr. last season. which catch was better? >> odell for sure. >> that was impossible. mike l.: are you sure? >> i have to disagree. i have to give it to luke. that was quite the play. mike l.: was it ever, friday night under the lights, playoff game, the stuff that dreams are made of. have you ever caught a pass like that in practice? >> no, no. mike l.: do you think you can ever do it again? >> i don't think so, no. mike l.: don't bet against him. this was one more the ages. we salute luke, the catch, and his needham rockets teammates
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what a grab. ed needham rockets are having their team dinner. they are playing broken tree down the street, can he do it two weeks in a row? ed: that was cool, like odell beckham. heather: the guy defending him were in shock. ed: they were both touchdowns, his and beckham's was a touchdown, too. heather: coming up at 11:00, teachers sexually students in massachusetts. how predators are escaping punishment and how one victim is trying to change that. that is coming up at 11:00. first david muir. david: new reporting the terror intercepts after that jet falls from the sky, conversations about a bomb. now airport security here at home with thanksgiving approaching and the boy stolen if his mom missing 13 years,
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