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ago. he barely had done anything in the ocean beyond dipping his paws in. they call his rescue pure instinct. an
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kimberly: are you ready for this early morning run? eileen: i'm prepping for it. going to be a little chilly tomorrow. temperatures right around 40 but going to be breezy. so layer up if you're out and about early tomorrow morning. highs tomorrow afternoon not as mild as today in the lower 50's. but check out thursday. 67. and we're going to talk more about that in our next half-hour. kimberly: right. yes. don't go to bed yet. 30 more minutes of news and weather ahead. stay with us.
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>> now abc 7's saturday news extra. on your side. kimberly: a malfunctioning chair lift injured seven people at a ski resort in maine this morning. more than 200 skiers and
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snowboarders were on the slopes of sugarloaf when it went backward. what happened next. >> a day on the slopes went downhill in all the wrong ways when this chair lift suddenly went haywire. hurtling backward out of control. >> we knew in our gut something was not right. and we were panicking. >> it was definitely panic. we heard people screaming. everyone who was standing in the lift line. and concerned about people jumping into them. were screaming. and running away. so yeah. i would say it was -- it was definitely a panicked situation. >> those who could tried a desperate jump to safety. >> we were ready to jump. but not wanting to jump. you could just see complete chaos at the bottom. >> some made it. but others were hurt. >> there were people laying on the ground. they were definitely immobile. the ski patrol responded very, very quickly. and backboards were board. >> seven people were treated. three adults were taken to the hospital.
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all of them in stable condition. when the lift finally lurched to a stop, skiers dangling in mid air had to be lowered back to the ground on ropes. more than 200 people were aboard the king pine quad lift when the accident happened. sugarloaf is one of the east coast's biggest ski resorts. officials there say the cause is under investigation. richard cantu, abc news, new york. kimberly: just ahead of the u.s. nationals event which happens there at sugarloaf this week. a d.c. police officer charged with sexually assaulting two girls remains in jail without bond. we're learning more about officer darrell best's previous trou that led to his demotion within the ranks. d.c. bureau chief sam ford has the details. >> mostest kids this is the only meal some of them receive. other than -- so school is out. sam: when we did that piece on darrell best 15 years ago he was sergeant over beat 711. the music director of a.p. shaw united methodist church. in d.c. superior court he stood accused of sexual abuse of 16
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and 17-year-old girls. allegations that include sex with one in police headquarters while in uniform. sex with the other one at the church where at age 45 he had been pastor. today, as he tried to get out on bond, prosecutors -- prosecutor sara mcclellan said there could be other victims and that bess was busted from sergeant to officer in 2008 for sexually harassing female m.p.d. employees one a police cadet. best's family and friends came, one shared his thoughts. >> let the courts do what the courts do for the victims and alleged victims and also the alleged abuser here. sam: it has been a long fall. defense attorney elliott queen told the judge m.p.d. is about to change best's suspension with pay to suspension without pay. and best was a topic for the mayor. >> the whole thing is disgusting. any time you have an adult that's in a position of power, a police officer is one of those very significant positions of power. and we should all be outraged. sam: the judge said one of these acts might have occurred at police headquarters showed
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he was extremely bold and high danger and denied bail. he is set to be back here on april 29. reporting from d.c. superior court, sam ford, abc 7 news. kimberly: a pair of hazing death lawsuits are heading to the state level. the parents of two virginia state university students who drowned during a fraternal group's initiation are suring the state for $25 million each. the two students were swept away in the appomatox river during a ceremony for the group called men of honor. the suits claim v.s.u. was negligent in its duty to protect students. the man accused of murdering three alexandria residents in their homes was back in court this week. a judge agreed to delay a competency hearing for charles severnece. he is accused of killing nancy dunning -- over a 10-year period. prosecutors say they will not seek the death penalty. heartbreaking words tonight from the family of a prince
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george's county woman whose remains were discovered in a maryland state park in early 2012. now there's an indictment in the murder of the killing of 29-year-old crystal anderson. richard reeve has those details. >> a hole that's left in my heart. richard: angela anderson, tried to maintain her composure. as she spoke about her daughter, crystal, missing and then found murdered. >> for months, i've searched for my child. and i couldn't find her. richard: family members thought anderson who was dropped off at a forest villegas station in july 2011. but detectives much later would find witness who is had seen her at a party in charles county in early august, with this man, 22-year-old raymond posey. >> we were last able to determine that they were together at a party. and last seen leaving that party together. rismede until january 2012 no trace of anderson until a hiker here at furse state park found skeletal remains. tests would prove they were the
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young woman's. >> you have a heartfelt condolences. and we are praying for you. richard: police say new witness information, and the recovery of anderson's property led them to posey. court documents say a handgun was the murder weapon. that posey assaulted her, then robbed her of cash and drugs, before killing her. >> he's robbed me of 10, 20, 30, and 40 years of being with my daughter. richard: richard reeve, abc 7 news. kimberly: this week ford's theater and the smithsonian's museum of american history gave abc 7 news an advanced look at a new exhibit. it's called silent witnesses. artifacts of the lincoln assassination. the 150th anniversary of president lincoln's death is next month. exhibit pieces including lincoln's top hat john wilkes booth, derringer pistol and the carriage, the lenken's road to the theater were all brought together from all over the country. >> our history comes alive when
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we see the objects. and it causes us to reflect on really what abraham lincoln meant to the country the whole purpose and what happened with the civil war, and who we are as a people. kimberly: the exhibit at ford's theater opens to the public monday. the carriage is now on display at the museum of american history. coming up on saturday news extra, amazon is expanding its one-hour delivery service. we'll tell you where and how much it will cost you. plus plans for a wal-mart supercenter in bowie running into channels and why some oppose that project. eileen: it was a comfortable and really pleasant first full day of spring. so what will the second full day of spring bring us? i've got details on the other side of the break. stay w
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kimberly: some 600 new jobs are coming to fair farks county. virginia governor terry mcclafe said navy federal credit union will invest $115 million to expand its headquarters in vienna. this project will include a new $233,000 square foot office building. governor mccauliffe approved a grant from the state's opportunity fund as an incentive for the expansion. amazon prime has expanded its one-hour delivery service. prime now is available in parts of baltimore and miami. and until now, the service had only been available in new york.
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the one-hour service can be used by amazon prime subscribers through a mobile app for just $7.99. two-hour delivery is still free. prince george's county planning board is considering a proposed wal-mart supercenter in bowie. the county council sent the issue back to the planning board after neighbors appealed. caroline tucker breaks down this debate. >> issues with storm water management so all this soil, all this comes down. and this is the hill on the back of the property here. reporter: jennifer dwyer is worried plans for a new super wal-mart store will further erode her bowie property. a couple hundred feet from the proposed site of the duval village shopping center and that's not all. >> we're worried about having trucks coming through. basically 24 hours a day. we're also worried about crime. reporter: dwyer is not alone. >> it is too big. it is not the right fit. >> something that's totally not
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feasible for that space. >> the house, the property down. reporter: the neighbors have been speak being out for more than a year. and the prince george's county council told the planning board to take a second look at wal-mart's site plan. >> we simply want to add 21,000 additional square feet already approved on that d.s.p. to that area. reporter: there are a number of businesses that remain in this shopping plaza. some of those businesses tell me this decision will directly affect them. the bowie one barber shop has been waiting at least five years for something to replace the vacant grocery store. >> i understand concerns of the neighborhood. and i agree with some of them partially. but as i said before, i'm biased. we have a business. we have a business to run. reporter: the taekwondo school next door also wants foot traffic. >> if there's no wal-mart coming then some things are coming on so make sure take care of the business. reporter: wal-mart officials say the store will create 242
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million annually and jobs. the neighbors say development is welcome. but they want the county to find some better options. caroline tucker, abc 7 news. kimberly: ahead on saturday news extra, it is one of the most famous and arguably most intimate buildings in washington. when the watergate hotel will reopen coming up. and eileen is back with your sunday forecast.
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being the best obviously, first day of full spring, what do you think? eileen: i think i would give it a solid eight. kimberly: yeah. eileen: what would you say? kimberly: i agree. eileen: awesome. some clouds this morning. kimberly: yeah. eileen: but yeah. the sunshine was still light fall. we -- really just a nice day and even now. at 11:51. it's 51 degrees. outside. not too bad. notice the southerly wind component. that's the thing that's going to change. the winds are going to shift out of the northwest so going to usher in some cooler air for the day tomorrow. but right now, across the board, 56 degrees. at dulles. we already dropped down to 4 in culpepper and 51 in hagerstown so 40's and 50's overall tonight. most of us in the upper 30's to lower 40's. so a little bit on the chilly side as you're getting up and out the door early tomorrow morning. and our highs tomorrow, probably somewhere around where temperatures are right now. winds have already started to shift with that front. farther west. haguers town wind at 10 miles an hour out of the northwest.
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winchester martinsburg at 13 miles an hour. so it will be a little bit breezy overnight and especially early tomorrow morning. as this cooler air mass starts to settle in. but i wanted to show you high temperatures today. because at reagan national we got to 61 degrees. balmy 72 in atlanta. it felt so good. but i did want to bring your attention to this slightly cooler air mass to the west. even though temperatures are going to drop tomorrow it's not going to be all that bad. it was 50 degrees today. in detroit. 55 in pittsburgh. and we will be in the upper 40's to low 50's for highs tomorrow afternoon. and the weak weather front that's moving through is only going to bring us a few clouds as you can see. more clouds farther toward the south associated with that southern system. and i think some of those clouds may be with us tomorrow but at least a nice and dry day. high pressure settling in. the bulk or -- the coolest air that we'll see from this system is going to arrive monday. when highs are only going to be in the mid 40's. so tonight, in the city, lower 40's. a little bit of a breeze. makes the -- mix of clouds and
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sun. tomorrow morning join me and fresh f.m., out at the -- to scope it out 5-k. to help to bring some awareness to colon cancer research. around 40 degrees. so layer up, folks, if you're going or for anyone getting out for an early morning run. low 50's by the afternoon. coolest air moves in monday. 45. soaring into the upper 60's by thursday. one of the only caveats about this march weather is the wardrobe. kimberly: right. 30-degree differential. eileen: yeah. kimberly: what do you do with in a? eileen: one day the heavy coat and the next day the short sleeve shirt and you're all over the map. kimberly: still boot season, though. that makes me happy. eileen: me too. kimberly: thanks, eileen. b.w.i. thurgood marshall airport is undergoing a $105 million expansion. airport officials say the investment will support b.w.i.'s growing international travel. and provide more amenities for domestic passengers. additions will include a new security checkpoint. a connector between concourses d and e and two new gates for
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international carriers. the project is set to be completed in 2017. the watergate hotel will reopen later this year. after a $125 million renovation. this project includes a new rooftop lounge, which was used -- with views of the potomac river. the 10 acre complex which includes offices and apartments is best known as the site of the 1972 break-in of the democratic national committee. that scandal eventually led to the resignation of president richard nixon. it is arguably some of the best real estate in washington. coming up next, on saturday news extra, too much studying not enough free time, the surprising results of a newstudy on teens and stress.
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kimberly: forget the 40-hour work week. according to the u.s. senus data, once you factor in mouch time we spend commuting the week is much longer. the d.c. area has the third longest work week in the country. averaging more than 48 hours. people in the san francisco bay area spent 48 1/2 hours working and commuting. and as bad as that is, it's short than the 49 hours folks in new york spend either behind the wheel or in transit. and behind a desk each week. and a new survey finds that teenagers are spending more time studying and preparing for college than their parents did. but this comes with a big trade-off. sheila greg explains in this health matters report. reporter: isabelle hud shonn and alexander are busy high school seniors.
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both have a long resume of extra-curricular activities. >> swimming and rowing. and science teams. engineering:i'm involved with students helping students. i'm a math tutor for a third grader. reporter: schoolwork, college applications and most kids in their final year of high school are stressed out. >> that's definitely -- reporter: alexandra says she and her classmates have another ingredient adding to the stress. social media. >> by comparison with everyone else, is definitely really difficult for people who are in a vulnerable place in their life. reporter: stephanie luber says kids are under more pressure and the world is more complicated. >> stressful. reporter: she says teaching kids to prioritize can help them handle the stress. >> a lot of it is teaching them balance. and that they don't have to do everything. really fast. reporter: the ucla survey shows students' emotional well-being is at an all-time low. but college mental health experts point to some positives. alcohol and tobacco use have
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been declining for years. and they're seeing big changes in values. >> there's a greater concern for other people. we see that there is -- they value being a community leader much more than ever before. reporter: dr. michael meyer also says more students are planning to pursue a master's degree or ph.d. >> on one side this is an enormously positive thing. but there's a price to be paid for it. reporter: but isabelle has learned to relax. by playing music. or working out. alexandra unplugs from social media. they know the support they have makes a difference, too. i'm sheila gray, abc 7 news. kimberly: kind of makes you relieved you
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