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governor's race. why one candidates calls the survey flawed. his largest lead yet in the governor's race, but tonight the campaign is strongly disputing the numbers. this all comes during the crucial early voting period. >> reporter: well, he campaigned all day long and they both told wjz they are not so worried about the horse race and the polls but getting every voter out to the polls to vote. >> anti-taxpayer, tax and spend majority. >> we've gone four years in a row without increasing college tuition, we've driven violent crime down too its lowest level. >> there's a unity rally. the hectic campaign schedule

with just over a week to go comes as a new poll shows oh mallee is fourther ahead. a 14% difference. he is not taking comfort in this lead. >> there are many examples in american history of polls saying that one candidate is you were and then a conscious can date is up and then they don't succeed. ask about the latest numbers, what poll? >> are you serious? >> two days ago, gonzales had 5. i haven't heard that one. >> both candidates say they are intinsley focused on getting people out to vote because turnout can make the difference. >> they are following an old political rule which is get out your base. today early voting continued and it goes on until election day. voters are giving this longer lexapro southeast high ratings. >> i like to come out here not

have to rush home from work and worry about rearranging your schedule. >> you had to stand in long lines, if it was raining, you had to stand out in the rain if you didn't have an umbrella. >> you might want to wait until monday because tomorrow we should let people know those polls are closed on sunday. back to you. >> thank you. stay with us for complete campaign 2010 coverage for the very latest poll information and updates on all the candidates. well, it's a question that's dividing an entire county, should there be slots at a mall? well tonight that battle may have landed one man in handcuffs and the whole thing was caught on tape. >> reporter: dress understand a hard hat and safety vest, a man police identify as 50-year-old david -- is caught unveils video cutting up a campaign sign in favor of slots. right in front of the campaign headquarters. >> about six weeks ago after we had put a lot of signs around

the county and really were happy with the amount of science, we started noticing that a lot of them were missing after a few days. >> in fact, 700 signs in favor of slight and out thing endorsements were either trashed or disappears. >> this is $60,000 worth of science we're talking about. this is major vandalism and its illegal but when you start putting teach he was and fire and police into this, it's disgusting. >> reporter: the latest poll shows a close race with supporters winning by just 3%. that's good news for developers but opponents sees hope. >> it tells us it's going to come down to the bitter end and we still have an opportunity to convince those undecided that it's in their best interest. >> reporter: busted on the spot by police faces charges of theft and destruction of property. his motivation is officially unknown. >> i did leave a message with

that suspect tonight but he did not return our phone call. a high school employee is caught trying to sell guys on school property. police arrested city college staff member mr. miles after officers organized a sting on campus. miles was immediately terminated from his hall monitor position at that prestige us public high school. in july another employeesy was arrested phone sexual abuse charges. a man was shot and killed today. homicide detectives -- police identified the victim as a 25- year-old male. they are still searching for a suspect tonight. and there is more danger tonight. -- following the biggest leaning in history. that information could undermine national security and it could put u.s. soldiers at

greater risk. >> reporter: it's the biggest leak of secret military information in u.s. history. war files released by wiki leaks detail years of bloodshed and abuse in iraq while the u.s. is accused of turning the other way. >> we hope to correct some of that attack on the troops that occurred before the war, during the war and which has continued on. >> reporter: the nearly 400,000 leaked documents are field reports from u.s. military and intelligence agents gathered between 2004 and 2009. they indicate u.s. forces often fail to investigate hundreds of cases of reported abuse, tortures and even murders by iraqi security. they also show as many as 15,000 more civilians died than what was publicly reported. david martin notes the leak

doesn't offer much new information on the war but says the documents could be used to learn more about how the military operates. >> i think the pentagon feels that these documents tell the enemy more than the pentagon wants them to know. >> reporter: the documents are believed to have been given to wiki leaks by -- more could be on the way. wiki leaks says it's getting ready to release 15,000 more documents. and this is the second time this year that wiki leaks released classified documents. the first time involved more than 74,000 documents on the war in afghanistan. three masked men vandalize a high school. a search is underway to try and find them. this happened early this morning, damaging the school's gym. no arrests have been made in

the case. police bust an elaborate drug lab in the dorms in georgetown. a highly -- drug. 400 stoops were evacuated from the building -- students. 140 people lost their jobs in baltimore's -- closed down. now some former ploys will go after the walt disney company. the workers claim that kills any violated federal law -- disney. disney said the restaurants were too expensive to run and they didn't generate as much profit as film or television. are the roads safe when teenagers get behind the wheel? a promising new study shows there is a drop in fatal crashes among teenagers. tonight we explain why.

>> reporter: a 36 drop in fatal crashes among the nation's youngest drivers. that's what a new study on teen driving found this week. it tracks 16 and 17-year-olds between 2004 and 2008. >> there are some things that we think are body -- turning out well. >> reporter: it allows teens to step up their driving privileges as they learn. they can start the learning stage at 15 and nine months. they can learn a standard drives license at 18. >> teenagers are i know are becoming a little more aware of their driving. >> driving. >> reporter: st study also found they are more focused on driving instead of distractions. >> we often hear about a car full of teens and we know that unfortunately those risks are greater when you have other teen gleanings you can't drive

your friends for a certain amount of months. which is good. >> reporter: another reason why teens may be safer in cars, with the rise in parents, some parents are less likely to give teens the keys for a drive. >> although fewer teens are dying, car accidents continue to be the number one cause of death for young drivers. well, it was a beautiful fall day in maryland, let's take a live look where it is very mild out there and clear for most of us. bernadette woods is live. >> there is a beautiful moon. there is. if you get a chance to walk outside, check that out. this is what we have going on. maybe a shower or two moving a cross northeastern parts of the state. showers have stayed off to the north. what it's doing, though, is keeping the warm air in place.

the next couple of days, well above average. but with the chance for showers, we will have that forecasts coming up. >> thanks. the weather is one reason that ocean city had a very successful summer. the resort town's tourism director surpassed totals for 2009. in fact, business leaders are crediting hotel discounts and also the use of so shall media. and still to come tonight, a narrow escape caught on tape. gout to check this out. see what happened when a train slammed right into a car on the tracks. a u.s. swim team member dies during practice. the dangerous water conditions. a new scare in the gulf of mexico, a potential problem found floating in the water. did it come from the oil spill? thousands turn out to help clean out baltimore's water

way. why this makes a difference when eyewitness news continues. complete coverage continues with adam may and bernadette woods and sports with ,,,,,,,,,,

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stuck on the tracks when police arrived and an officer managed to help the man escape right before it was smashed by the train. an investigation is underway. a swimmer on the u.s. national team dies. fran told his coach that he wasn't feeling well right before he failed to finish a race today. they found his body near the last leg of the course. the cause of his death is still under investigation, but the water temperature was in the mid-to high 80s and several other swimmers were treated for heat exhaustion. an american spokesman for al-qaeda urges muslims to attack the u.s. he says that muslims living in the us and europe are obligated to carry out a tasks. he converted to i see lam before moving to pakistan in 1988. he has been wanted by the fbi.

a college student is killed in a shark attack. and tonight a friend who witnessed it is speaking out. there is his board right there. when his friend says he heard a desperate cry for help. a shark bit into his leg and then pulled him under water. they are still trying to determine what kind of shark attacked him. >> the witness told us between 14 rand 20 feet is -- 14 and 20 feet. the size of the teeth and the width is going to help the experts determine what kind of shark this is. we have not determined the type. the witness did say that the top of the shark was gray, the bottom was white. that's typically a great white. residents say there have been several sightings this year. it has been months since the gulf oil spill was capped but they are fearing the worst again.

crews are checking on an area of dark brown water just south of new orleans trying to see whether it's oil in the water or perhaps allergy. they will -- algae. they will run some tests on it. every time it rains, tons of trash and debris wash into the streams and rivers. today, baltimore took some steps to clean up what is already there and also try to stop pollution in the future. >> reporter: it looks good from far, may be far from good. today, legions volunteers came to clean. no one through this bottle here. it started here on our streets. today the mayor floated this idea. our streets are our streams. >> the streets are our streams is a really good point. i think everybody can think of when it rains really hard and the water that rush us down. it picks up debris and other

things. >> there is no free lunch, if you toss something out of your window, it ends up somewhere. it ends up trashing our pressure treasure. >> this is just the visible trash. the water touching baltimore is filled with nutrients and waste. something trees help to filter out. >> what do you think? >> reporter: -- >> we decided to come out because we wanted to show our concern and how much the trees can help us. >> for those of us, this is what we live for. the community rallying behind a cause that they think is so important. >> the other way of looking at it is if the place is clean, hopefully people many respect that and try to keep it clean. more than two thousand

people helped with today's cleanup. on facebook i noticed one of the viewers wrote in and said the harbor seems cleaner. that must be why. >> that is some good news. >> perfect fall day. i apologize for my voice. i have a little bit of a cold but we're going to get through this. we got up to 70 degrees outside. we did start out the day chilly but it was beautiful out there. for all the events going on outdoors. 62 degrees is where we still are outside. it is to very warm outside. with this southerly wind most of this week is going to be warm. there is a couple of storms coming our way but it will stay above average the entire next five days. off to the north there is a warm front. couple of showers with it. so maybe a passing shower across the north tonight. not a huge deal because most of the rain is either going to be off to the north report out to the west. what we're going to see is

patchy clouds tonight and then tomorrow. the storm will weaken as it moves our way and a better chance for showers is going to kick in on monday. here's how it goes. this one is passing by to the north. shower next few hours, you will see sunshine break out tomorrow. then -- we are going to see a chance for a few showers on monday with some clouds around. another one comes our way for wednesday. now, in the tropics, we do still have tropical storm richard. 69 miles per hour, this is moving off to the west northwest about 7 miles per hour. if it gets to winds of 74, it will become a hurricane. then it looks like it will cut a cross yucatan and go back across the water. however, a couple of the forecast models bring it back out into the water may turn it back around to the north. so something we will watch over the next few days about for --

-- next few days for you. forecast goes like this, partly cloudy out there. patchy fog is possible. as you saw, justst slightest chance for a shower. then tomorrow, up to 74 degrees. it's going to be a warm one. the next couple of days are all warm. we do have a better chance for showers on monday and then again so on wednesday. it looks like that storm gets out of here during the day. then on friday, that's when the cooler air starts to arrive. >> thank you. check in with tim williams tomorrow morning on eyewitness news at 8:00 a.m. coming up next in sports, stand will have the details when we come back. [ ehrlich ] four years ago unemployment in maryland was under four percent. today, it's nearly double. and nearly a quarter of a million marylanders are looking for work. in addition, we face a national health care plan that will hurt small business and cost us jobs.

so we have to ask, are you better off today than you were four years ago? we're heading in the wrong direction. we need strong leadership. say no to things we can't afford. fix our health care plan. and refuse to raise taxes. martin o'malley can't do it. i will.

college football capturing top priority. we kick off with knife -- navy

notre dame. endo youing possession -- three touchdowns. 210 yards rushing. 7-0 lead. final 35, notre dame 17. they beat them for the third time in fours years. next time, navy hosts duke. maryland college football's most exciting kick returner, did not disappoint. blazing the trail. shedding tacklers. 37 yards worth of real estate. later, oh brian goes to the far deep corner. helping keep boston college winless. maryland wins it 24-21. 2-1 in the conference play, 5-2 overall

>> homecoming at more began state university -- morgan state university. number 19, flowers, finding a seam, takes it to the house. great day for the hoed -- head coach. 3-1. they ramlied for 13 points -- rallied. next week it will be morgan at florida. pro football, ravens visiting the buffalo bills, kick off at 1:00. ravens favorite by 2 touchdowns. right now, the national league championship series baseball bottom of the 9th. we've got some drama folks. giants leading the phillies 3- 2. to the giants win, it is all over.

that's sports, like this, all over. still to come, it's attack -- how many could you eat. could you ,,,, bob ehrlich is desperate, and he'll say anything to get elected. negative attacks the media have repeatedly called "dishonest" and "total malarkey." and why can't we trust bob ehrlich? because he raised taxes and fees by $3 billion then denied it... because he says he's for us, but made $2.5 million

at a special interest lobbying firm. and ehrlich says he'll cut education again if elected governor. bob ehrlich-- a career politician we really can't trust.

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it's a taco take down. stuffing their faces in a taco eating con at the time. the winner -- contest. the winner ate 13 tack owes in nine minutes. he won $500. hopefulliy he got some anti- acid with that. well basketball star shaq o'neal doesn't have a statue in boston yet so he decided to become one. he sat motionless today and then he allowed fans to sit next to him and just take a bunch of pictures. this was his unique way to say

hello to boston fans before making his celtics debut. looks like he was trying to act like a statute, not even blink or anyny,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

that's it for us tonight. also don't forget tomorrow at 1:00, you can see the ravens take on the buffalo bills right here. we've got another game