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>> reporter: the charges stem from finance irreg tars and a larger probe into city hall that cost sheila dixon her job. city councilwoman helen holton will only pay a fine. >> reporter: it wasn't a typical speech. over a year ago helen holton rose to defend herself against a grand jury indictment. >> i also want to asure you and the public that i have done nothing wrong. >> reporter: today holton came to court to accept a plea deal. dropping one count of campaign financing to nolo contendre. she does not dispute the facts but did not pleaded guilty. she will, however, have to pay a $2500 fine. >> i will continue to serve on the city council and my city to the best have my ability to help make baltimore city a healthy, safer and more
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prosperous city. >> reporter: it began with holton's rn for reclption and her solicitation from con trb by thetors. it exsided the $4,000 limit, prompting the charges. >> you got to follow the campaign finance law. if you don't, we'll investigate and we'll prosecute. >> reporter: but state prosecutors agreed to a zeal to clear this case even as they push to have a dismissed bribery charge against holton reinstated. >> the grand scheme of things, relatively minor charges. we think the case really needs to be resolved, the bribery case is up in front of the court of appeals. >> if the court does not overrule if, today could be the end of helen holton's problems. >> i thank god. i thank my family and friends for being a constant support of strengthen. god bless you all.
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>> reporter: city councilwoman holton was placed on one-year supervised probation. >> she remains eligible to serve on baltimore city's council. new information about the only death in a charter bus crash in bethesda. last wednesday the bus plunged 45 feet. a group of tourists were returning home after a trip to d.c. now the driver died from a heart attack, not from the injury. he slumped off and passed out just before the crash. maryland feeling sog gi. the rain is back. everyone is wondering when will the latest storm clouds leave. bernadette? >> we will see a few peaks of sunshine as we head through the next two days but the same
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storm system will remain stalled. there will still be the chance for scattered showers. it will remain cool. it's only 53 degrees outside right now with some of the lighter rain and drizzle making its way through the northeastern part of the state. tomorrow still on the cool side but up a few degrees from today. we'll have that forecast coming up shortly. masked men armed with guns and box cutters targeted a store in a busy eat baltimore neighborhood. police are looking for two men behind the brazen robbery. mike hellgren has more. >> reporter: this happened right here less than 24 hours ago. police have little in the way of description in the two at large. however, a city school plaintiff did shoot a third man trying to rob a store. he could have gotten away had it not been for a quick thinking witness. this family dollar on harford road is open for business again
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after a violent night that rattled customers. >> he robbed somebody with a box cutter? they must have been desperate. >> reporter: it unfolded just after dark. a witness spotted three people with a gun and a box cutter trying to run a -- rob a store and ran across the street to a wendys to a city police officer. one of them drew his weapon and fired. that suspect has not been identified. he was hit once in the upper body and is expected to sphie. the city school police officer is on routine administrative leave. the other two suspects got away. police said they were wearing masks and dark clothes. they praised the action of that witness. >> a citizen doing the right
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thing. saw something, said something to police and we were able to get into action scwikly and prevent serious casualties to bystanders. >> reporter: the store has a network of cameras and there are more at the district courthouse across the street that could be key in catching those at large. >> i'm not surprised. >> reporter: why is that? a because of the area. >> reporter: the area has seen violence, including the still unsolved high profile murder of this elderly church worker. >> it's terrible. >> reporter: the priority is getting those behind this bold violent crime in custody. police have not identified the officer involved. he was on duty at the time. workers here at the family dollar declined to comment. reporting live in east baltimore, mike hellgren, eyewitness news. >> investigators are not revealing if the robbers got away with cash or mer command dice. friends, family and
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colleagues say good-bye to a police officer kill in a pennsylvania crash. he died while going to a training session. a funeral was held at st. mark's church in catonsville. office are fowler was a 33-year veteran of the police force. a warning for americans planning to travel abrow.d agents believe terrorists are plotting to hit major capitals. charlie d'agata has more. >> reporter: security teams across europe are bracing for a possible terror attack. japan is joining the u.s. and britain in warning its sited zens to stay away from popular european tourist sites. >> i feel very shave here in paris. >> reporter: the fbi says there's no indication that
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terrorists are specifically targeting americans. french authorities are investigating nine bomb threats in paris last month, two at the eiffel tower. u.s. intelligence officials believe osama bin laden himself is behind the plot. officials say terrorists may be planning to unleash shooters armed with assault weapons to attack in public places in europe. they say islamic militants are modeling their strategy on the terrorist attacks in mumbai. the u.s. state department is warning americans traveling to europe to be extra vigilant and aware of their surroundings but intelligence officials are giving no details about the target or timing of the attack. >> we felt, having tracked intelligence over a lengthy period of time, it was appropriate to issue this alert at this moment oar are some tourists say all they cran do is live life. >> no matter what threats there
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are -- >> reporter: and hope antiterror teams have the fire power to keep them safe. in london, charlie d'agata. >> the state department stressed it is not advising americans to not travel to europe but make sure u.s. citizens are on guard. we are just a week away from the first governor's debate exclusively here on wjz 13. denise has more on how you can take part. >> governor martin o'malley and bob ehrlich are set to debate the issues next monday on october 11th. i will moderate it. will be taped and broadcast at 7:00 at night. we would like to hear from you. what issues are you concerned about. what questions do you want to ask? submit your questions by connecting here to wjz.com and clicking on the link at the top of the home page.
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it was the ultimate w, the ravens who beat the steelers in a game that left fans on the edge of their seats. stanes hope the -- fans hope the win is a seen of things to come. >> this was the close hard hitting game we exexpect -- we expected. it may proof to be a above the for the rest of the season. amidst the sea of yellow, in the aftermath of a win at pittsburgh, placko was quick to credit his teammate. >> every time you've been in the open finance, you start to improve. anytime you get some guys who want to be good, you're going to improve your game. getting out there and putting
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it on the line and challenging yourself and being put in a situation where you have to do it shows everybody you can. >> reporter: was the last- minute score that makes the highlight but it was the dependable defense that held the steelers to two scores. >> just have to have trust in your team no matter what. i felt gee was going to drive it. we were down on them. we have the best receiving core in the league. somebody's going to get open. tj was open and a beautiful thing. >> touchdown ravens. >> beautiful to win. with our fan cam we asked you what impressed you most about the ravens win at pittsburgh. >> the fact that we came back. we were under pressure and dnd fold. >> joe flack co-- flacco. >> when ray lewis stretched
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out, we had the game. >> reporter: the ravens get three of the next four at home starting this sunday when denver comes to town. >> pretty exciting. you can see the ravens and the broncos 1 p.m. live right here on wjz 13. i'm sorry i wasn't able to catch the post game but i understand you did a stellar job. >> it was sphun. i within the home to my husband who's a steelers fan and he was in the corner crying. still ahead, lessons from a tragedy. a college student takes his own life, allegedly because of the actions of his roommate. after a recent spike gas prices are falling. want to know why? i'll tell you when eyewitness
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news continues. you can see the shelves are more empty than usual. i'm jessica kartalija. what does this mean for their annual thanksgiving dinner. i'll let you know coming up. >> a wet start to the workweek but when will the sunny skies return. the updated forecast coming up. ,
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a mtd -- maryland congress is asking the state to temporary halt foreclosures. the state is considering its options. >> it's an all too familiar pain. >> now many' finding out that i no longer have a home. >> reporter: major lenders
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declare a mortgage moratorium. >> gmac and bank of america have said they have not done the process. >> reporter: think of it as a foreclosure mill. some fail to follow proper procedures or the amount hasn't been verified or signatures appear to be forged or the lender may not have standing, that is, not have the legal right to foreclose on your property. >> there have been admissions on the part of gmac and to some degree bank of america where people were actually signing documents that they didn't even look at. something is absolutely wrong with that picture. >> reporter: bank of america and gmac are month institutions that have voluntarily halted it in 23 states but maryland is not included. >> there's probably a lot of people who have already been foreclosed upen and their property therefore taken away that it should have never
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happened. it's based on this one piece of paper. >> reporter: the governor's office is also calling on lefthanders to add maryland to the list stated lenders are trampling laws designed to protect homeowners and calling on them to suspend foreclosure actions in maryland until they can ensure that marylanders are not being mistreated. congressman cummings says he expects to see maryland added to the 23 states already on the list. now back to you. >> maryland's attorney general is considering what legal steps the state may take time pose its own moratorium on foreclosures. >> how is the rain affecting the roads. let's check in with sharon. >> we can take a live look. this is the top side of the beltway at dulaney block two right lanes much the left lane is also closed for police activity. they're helping out.
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you can see big delays there. an accident on 295 at 195 that one on the left shoulder. watch for crash on 32 westbound at cedar lane. one at towson and east joppa. one at north hilton. there's a look at your drive times and speed else. the slow spot 22 miles an hour. 83 to 95. that is because of that accident, rubber necking as well as the police activity. 27 minute ride. that's between 95 and 3. this traffic report is brought to you by bills. bill's has got did paul for you. a the center known for providing food to the hunger is struggling. jessica kartalija reports,
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there's concern its 29th annual thanksgiving dinner could be in jeopardy. >> reporter: on mondays and thursdays, people wait in line for food at the center. >> this situation is. >> reporter: cynthia brooks daughter of the late b gade is following in her moth they are -- mother's steps. >> this is maryland's. >> reporter: despite empty boxes, brooks said the 29th annual thanksgiving dinner will go on as scheduled. >> there's no doubt we will actually have a thanksgiving meal. we've had commitments that we've had in past years. they're going to come lou with
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the turkeys for us. >> reporter: as more marylanders look for the center, brooks said they need all the donations they can get. a few weeks ago all they had was the baby food but food drives helped fill the shelves. >> we need monetary donations as well as canned goods. >> reporter: due to a lack of funding the nonprofit has been forced to downsize. >> just keep praying, not to worry. >> reporter: for seniors who can't physically make it to paterson park, volunteers take those meals to them. >> there's a lot of good people involved. thank you. >> well, we couldn't have asked for better weather circumstances in pittsburgh yesterday. >> we had some nice weather on
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saturday. >> its gorgeous. the clouds started to come in and trapping that cool air. that's where we are. it is chilly outside. we're about 20 degrees below average. 53 degrees right now with a little bit of light rain and drizzle out there and the storm is going to stick around for a few days, but there are changes coming. we'll have the forecast after this break. eaeaeaeaeaeaeaks to. i think we need tax breaks to send kids to college. so i worked for a $2,500 tax credit to help pay for college. fought to get pell grants expanded and insisted that college loans go directly to kids instead of through banks. i'm barbara mikulski. i approve this message. because it's not about the next election, it's about the next generation. right? yeah!!!
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two governors, two different approaches. even in good times bob ehrlich didn't make education a priority. he increased college tuition by 40%, cut school construction by $200 million, and ehrlich voted to eliminate the department of education while serving in congress. but in the toughest of times, martin o'malley has made record investments in public schools, new school construction, and o'malley froze college tuition four years in a row. with martin o'malley, our children always come first.
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we were sweltering. now we're talking about extra clothes. >> a couple days last week we dropped down into the 40s. there's a dampness in the area. first warning doppler radar, still some lighter rain. we'll see this on and off for the next two days. at this point it's over the northeastern part. we'll take you back about 12 hours worth. we have a lot more. it continues to rotate to the northwest as two different storm systems are merging on top of m they will meander
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around the next two days but they will stick around. we had winds out of the northwest -- expeace queues me out of -- excuse me out of the northeast. as we head through the afternoon, a few peaks of sunshine possible but scattered showers as we head through those hours, too. temperatures, it's only 53 in baltimore. this sin credible. it's in the 40s during the mid- afternoon hours. so this cool air is definitely on top of us. tomorrow with a few peaks of sunshine we'll creep up but that's about it. we did top out at 54 this afternoon. about 20 degrees below our average. we'll get closer to the averages. that's we we finally get through the storm not only tomorrow but into wednesday. the reason is two different storms merged into one and got cutoff from the jet stream. there's nothing to push it along. it's going to meehan der and
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weaken. that's why we'll see a few peaks of sunshine. it's going to be cool out there tuesday and wednesday. close to 60 degrees for our high. here's the storm finally gets the boot. it comes in, sunshine returns and we warm it up. out on the water, small craft advisory are in effect with those winds up through tomorrow afternoon. the forecast for tonight spotty areas of rain and drizzle. then tomorrow still spotty rain and drizzle. we're getting up to 64 our high. the same forecast on wednesday. it's not until thursday that we lose the storm and when we do we're back up to 70 and that dry weather will carry to the weekend. not the rain we had last week we dry it out for the weekend. still ahead a campus grieving. >> i'm derek valcourt in harford county where the sudden anden explained death of a
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teenager on a basketball court has left many in grief. i'll tell you what happened. cash for customers. vernal dispon offering refunds -- verizon is offering refunds. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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eyewitness news. here as some of the stories people are talking b heartbreak in harford county after a teenager suddenly collapses and dimes. it happens friday night at harford community college. tonight friends and family still don't know why. wjz is live tonight. derek val court has reaction. >> reporter: that young man was a freshman. he had only been at the school for about pap month. tonight how he dies remain as mystery. condolence messages poured in for devonte bundley. the 18-year-old freshman at harford community college was aestablishedding the first official basketball practice of the season. the school's president said after 20 minutes of drills, the teen took a brief break. >> as they were doing the stretching exercises, devonte, who was already on the floor
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stretching, didn't get up when the rest of the team members got up. >> reporter: an athletic trainer tried cpr until devonte was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. >> devonte popped into my office, made a big impact on me just on the way help handled himself, the questions he asked. he was clearly the guy out of the new ones that have first made an impression on me. >> reporter: while devonte bundly was new to harford community college, help wasn't new to the hear. he had just graduated from harford technical high school across the street where he played for the football, the basketball, the wrestling and track and field team. >> had a big personality. >> reporter: the principal made the heartbreaking announcement to students and brought in a team of grief counselors. >> it's going to be a rough day for them. it's going to be a rough week. >> reporter: for now harford
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community college has canceled all basketball games until further notice. they're trying to gift coach and members treem to grieve before they resume their schedule. >> all right. thank you. an autopsy will determine bundley's cause of death. rutgers university students continue to mourning the death of tyler clementi. nearly 25% of students report being targets of harassment. more than 1,000 people took part in the candlelight vigil at the rutgers campus to remember tyler clementi and to plead for col rens. clementi took his own life after learning that his roommate and another student used a web cam to record a
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sexual encounter of him with another man. dhraun ravi and molly wei were charged. >> the two could face up to five years in prison. chief of staff rahm emanuel is diving into his potential new job -- exawnd for mayor of chicago. the mayor hit the streets of chicago to greet residents. he waited until he was back in chicago before launching his campaign. the u.s. supreme court was back in session today. it was also the first day for new justice elena kagan. she didn't waste any time. we have the report from washington. >> reporter: the newest justice jumped right in asking her first questions 20 minutes into the proceeding. she took heat after not having experience. but that didn't matter. >> she showed true force in
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pressing the lawyers. she was confident, poised, savvy. she looked right at home. >> reporter: the junior justice left the courtroom before argument unless the next case begafnlt it's one of the two dozen cases the former solicitor general is recusing herself from. >> that means she represented the obama administration so she has a conflict. >> reporter: that could easily lead the narrowly divided supreme court with a 4-4 split and no tie breaker. meaning the lower court's decision would stand in those case. president obama chose kagan as a liberal leaning justice. she could impact its direction. >> what happens when new justs join, it causes all of them to rethink their position, create new alliances. >> reporter: kagan's arrival marks the first time three women have served together on the nation's highest court. this term they will hear two
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contentious first amendment case one involving antigay protests outside meet funerals and the other involving a california law bang the sale of violent video games to children. joel brown reporting. >> the case that joel brown mentions involves the father of a maryland marine whose funeral was disrupted by protesters. i will be there as they battle it. former president jimmy carter is not letting his age or a health scare get in his way. he's helping to build homes for habitat for humanity. mr. carter told reporters he's feeling quote okay after spending two nights in the hospital. habitat for humanity is constructing or repairing 86 homes in honor of mr. carter's 86 years. verizon is handing out money to customers it overcharged. the company says it will may
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out as much as $90 million in refunds for over charging customers for data plans. most of the affected customer also receive credits between $2 to $6 on their next statement. if you filled up your gas tank the past few weeks you've noticed a big jump in prices. now good news is flowing our way. >> reporter: when a pipeline burst three weeks ago prices jumped 30%. >> almost immediately when we saw the disruption in the midwest we saw gas prices go up in the mid-atlantic region. >> reporter: now the prices are coming down. >> with the reopening of the pipeline, although we've seen gas prices increase, now that the pipeline has reopened, we've seen gas prices begin to stabilize and in fact drop a
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few pennys. >> reporter: this station in ham zen is right at -- hampden is right at average. >> we're at a budget. talking about how he only goes back and forth to work. this would be nice to go other places. >> because it's $2.77, but they pretty much stabilized. >> reporter: with the summer travel season over, good news about the future. >> barring any unforeseen circumstances with the refineries being impacted in the gulf either because of the hurricane season or any other unforeseen event, we expect the gas prices will stabilize and go down a few cents in the coming weeks. >> i roll with the punches and deal with it. >> reporter: back to you on t.d v hill. >> analysts say prices always go up faster than they come down. american children have a
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taste for empty calories. the report found nearly half of the calories consumed by children came from junk food like pizza, soda and deseveral experts say they're fueling the obesity efforted putting young people at risk for health problems. multivitamins may redisuse heart attacks in women. researchers found women without heart disease that took a multivitamin for less than five years reduced their heart attack risk by 25%. they seem to have less of an effect on women with heart disease. >> a new vaccine appears to be extending the lives of patients with brain cancer. the vaccine, when added to standard therapy, was able top double the average life expectancy of some patients. >> reporter: lee sullivan isn't letting brain cancer stop him.
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>> you get a diagnosis, a lot of bad things go through your mine. >> reporter: sullivan was diagnosed with glee yow blast toe a. now he takes a treatment. researchers say adding the vaccine extended the average patient's survival time after diagnosis from 15 months to 26 months. >> it ped kates the immune system to produce antibiotics or the magic bullet that helps to attack the actual more glee yow blast toe a has roughly 10,000 new cases. an aggressive cancer gene fuel it. this is only for patients who have that genetic mutation. researchers say even though the study is small, the findings are significant. >> just how we're looking at
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vaccines by targeting the tumors themselves. >> reporter: sullivan knows that some patients taking the vaccine are alive five to six years later. >> let's hope when i get to five years others are at 10 years. >> reporter: he will take the vaccine every 28 days as long as it keeps working for him. a phase three clinical trial is planned before possibly being made available to the public. time for a quick look at some of the stories you'll find in tomorrow's edition of the baltimore sun. thousands of nonprofits are scrambling to time financial statement biles october 15. was the orioles late foes enough to -- fees enough to earn them a passing grade. remember to look for the updated forecast. today is the last day to vote for the university of maryland band in the "hawaii
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five-0" contest. you recognize that tune. this' -- they're competing against bands in other states. $25,000 will be awarded to the school who gets the most votes. scroll done to the home page to the seen on section. >> what they're doing right now, they're going into formation that will say book 'em, dan o. i think that's great. still to come a terrifying performance and audience -- the audience can only watch. a father's nightmare. >> i'm meteorologist western western in for bob turk. the five-day forecast is next.
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today's report from wall street. we'll be right back. ,,,, [ female announcer ] after months of martin o'malley telling us "maryland is moving forward"... ...and moving maryland forward. [ female announcer ] ...this jobs report tells the truth... maryland's economy stalled. [ male announcer ] "we face an uphill struggle
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in trying to regain the jobs lost." [ female announcer ] o'malley attempts a cover-up, falsifying the jobs report to help his campaign. [ male announcer ] "whatever we can do to make it disappear, we need to do it. that's coming straight from the top..." [ female announcer ] martin o'malley. first he makes stuff up. when caught, he covers stuff up. we need a governor who tells the truth.
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we have a lot of clouds. those light rains and drizzle -- these are the things we'll see on and off tomorrow. here's how the forecast goes for tomorrow. we start out the day. we're going to have the clouds it. will break occasionally for sunshine but spotty showers are possible. we're only getting close to 60 for our high tomorrow. 63 on wednesday. we're not same pattern. take a look as we head towards wednesday. mid-70s with sunshine friday and on saturday. mary? >> in today's energy saver, more than 6 million americans work from home that saves energy by cutting out the commute but this may increase your home energy bill. people who work from home should plug all their printers, computers into a smart strip that automatically turns off
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the power will not in use. it uses 70% electricity. energy star desktop computers enter a sleep mode, saving more energy. for more information, go to wjz.com and click on our special section on our home page. a wildfire estimated and more than 300 acres is running in the u.s. forest. it's a stretch of dead trees and air tankers and crews are battling it. residents have been asked to prepare for possible evacuation. no word on what sparked the fire. in texas twin 9-year-old girls are dead after a rip tide swept them out to sea. the current caught them while they were swimming in galveston bai. their father jumped in but he was swept away. rescue crews recovered the bodies yesterday and the father is in a critical condition. the search for missing
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balloonists end, the two disappeared last week over the adriatic sea. the veteran pilots lost radio contact last wednesday. their last message was quote going down quite fast towards the sea. race organizers believe the two plunged towards the water at 50 miles per hour and did not survive. >> a performance at a ser cuss goes -- circus goes wrong. watch as the lion attacks the trainer. they attempt to hose down the lion. a sheer net appears to be all that separates them. roughly 1,000 people, many small children president the -- the trainer was taken to the hospital. he is in stable condition. >> pigs literally roll over on a highway in toronto. a tractor-trailer full of pigs was speeding down the highway
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when it lost control and flipped over. 80 began wandering the highway. unfortunately, several of the pigs were killed. the drive is being charged with careless driving. we have all new stories coming up. a father's fight. he is outraged over the protest at his marine son's protest. new at 6:00 the supreme court prepares to make a ruling. maryland homes on the verge of collapse. is a small beetle to blame. check in for these stories and more coming up at 6:00. >> thank you. childbirths are down in the nation but births are skyrocketing in new orleans. doctors say it's all in the name of the saints. >> 3 week old lucas was conceived right after the saints won the championship. his parents gave birth just as
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the saints scored a touchdown. >> new orleans doctors say more babies are being born around lucas' birthday which begs you to ask the question, are there any ravens pain bis. >> and the question is will there be ravens babies. >> eyewitness sports is coming up next. >> more reaction from the ravens a day after a big win on the road at pittsburgh. we'll hear from the team and buck show walter is positive but makes no promise. that's ahead when eyewitness that's ahead when eyewitness news continues. ,,,,,, @
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for me the best part of the game was just before halftime. >> this is something to remember. it was the ravens' offense that
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stole the spotlight in the final second. we've been hearing about the development of third year quarterback joe plaque -- flacco and t.j. houshmandzadeh. houshmandzadeh and crew talked about getting the ravens off the ground. >> i would say last week and nice week i haven't played as much. i'd be lie fig said things weren't going through my head but you got to hang in there. we're going to e valve. we have to do what's best for the team. >> i think right now we have a group of guys that are play makers, guys who made a ton of place throughout their career at different places. i do think that we're not strictly a running team. >> with the ravens, the defense
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is ranked second. ray lewis as picked off the pass. it was the ravens first interception of the season. the ravens are back home next sun day taking on the denver broncos. you can see that game right here on wjz. our coverage kicks off at one. three managers were fired. the orals used three -- orioles used three and under buck showalter. they compiled one of the best records. they finance knished on fan appreciation weekend. i asked the manager if fans should be optimistic. showalter remains cautious. >> not a lot of lip service. they want to see action and i'm right there with them. we will realize what's been going on the last two months. i'm okay with that, the way it
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should be. >> scott was voted one of the most valuable orioles. the o's lost the finale to detroit. tiger woods and team usa battle europe. it's a classic finish at the ryder cup. highlights ahead on eyewitness news at 6:00. that's right, tiger. that ball went in. >> he wanted absolute confirmation. >> stay with us. still ahead. >> i'm alex demetrick. a baltimore city councilwoman a baltimore city councilwoman takes a ,,
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i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message. the real andy harris. buried in his website - a promise to replace the tax code with a 23% sales tax and eliminate the mortgage interest deduction. a bush tax panel said families would pay $6,000 more a year. a reagan tax advisor calls it a very dumb idea. but that's not his only bad idea. harris was the only senator to vote against expanding the child care tax credit and against the state's cancer treatment program. andy harris' extreme ideas will cost us.
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my dad is the supervisor of a train station my dad's an auto technician. my mom's a receptionist. i'm not sure i would have been able to afford college without the tuition freeze. while tuition in other states is rising out of reach... governor o'malley made the tough choice to freeze tuition. he made my dream of going to college into a reality. i'm the first in my family to go to college. my brother and i never would have been able to afford college. even though times were tough... governor o'malley kept his promise. there's never a doubt... there's never a doubt whose side he's on.
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coming up right now, councilwoman in court. a plea agreement, what this means for her future in politics. i'm mike hellgren, three people tried to rob this family dollar. police shot one of them. so where are the other two tonight? more rain, will things clear up this week? i'm derek valcourt where the sudden and unexpected death
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of a teenager on a basketball court leaves many mourning. we'll tell you what we know now. wjz eyewitness news starts right now. city hall corruption scandal, a prominent councilwoman strikes a deal with the prosecutors. >> tonight what it means for her future. hello everyone i'm denise koch. >> and i'm vic carter, here is what people are talking about tonight. >> a corruption

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