deadly consequences, a young maryland woman dies in a horrific car crash. tonight friends and family are pointing the finger at the drink called four loko. good evening i'm vic carter. >> and i'm denise koch. here is what people are talking about. >> four loko, it's a caffeine drink packed with alcohol.

concern is growing over the drink's safety. kelly mcpherson has the story. >> reporter: the fda is already looking into the drink. this vigil is about more than the loss of 21-year-old courtney spurrey who died after she drive her pickup truck into a pole after drinking four loko. >> she changed that night. she could not remember people's names. she blacked out after 30 minutes of having the alcoholic drink. >> britney. she was a little peanut. you can imagine drinking a

couple of these drinks. all of a sudden she has no ability to control herself. >> reporter: that's the community's new mission. it's already happened in michigan and washington state where nine college students nearly died at a house party. >> every one of them that were hospitalized had drank four loko. >> one near by store is being proactive. >> this community is family oriented, if it saves our community it's coming off our shelves. >> you have a lot of energy, you feel like you can do anything. >> reporter: that girl tells me she had one of the four loko's that night but she felt okay. none of them will ever -- four lokos that night but she felt okay. all say they will not drink another one again. reporting live from the eastern shore, kelly mcpherson, wjz

eyewitness news. >> thank you, kelly. the makers of four loko say the content is no more than a cup of coffee. they stand by their product. >> drug smugglers find a new way to fight smuggling inside the buttons of a dress. a package was intercepted. hidden inside each button agents found a powdery substance that is your -- substance that turned out to be $50,000 worth of heroin. baltimore city police police officers shout no to the mayor's new contract. 90% of the men and women in blue rejected the new contract. the mayor's proposal was intended to narrow the city's gap but it implies the lack of success toward the officers. >> the officers know these are tough times economically for the city and everyone else.

but these are men and women who are expected to go out there and take a bullet. >> tonight the mayor issue add written statement saying she is confident both sides can reach an agreement. tonight the mayor is a victim to baltimore city crime. the mayor's husband kent parked his car outside their north baltimore home last night. at some point bandits snatched a satellite system. the car was out of their sight. police say there was no signs of forced entry. the radio was worth several $100. mike hellgren reports leopold says the lawyer doesn't have the facts to back them up. anne arundel county executive john leopold faces nasty allegations. among them he's addicted to women, he fondled a woman in

his office, called another a pig. that he ordered police to run down license plates of women he found attractive. john singleton was the lawyer who filed that complaint. now he's the subject of this motion for sanctions, the county attorney filed it saying the claims singleton is making are lies and he doesn't have the witnesses to back them up. >> every single fact in this complaint e believe can be verified by witnesses. singleton says the complaint is good old fashion bullying. >> this is certainly not going to be the end of it. with all due respect, i'm not going to back down. >> reporter: the county's attorneys and representatives for mr. leopold did not return comments to the allegations. carla hamner described one of the accounts that led her to

file it. >> he physically grabbed me from the arm. yelled i want you to turn and face me like this, get your hair out of your face. >> reporter: the county wants a federal judge to hit her lawyer mr. singleton in his pocketbook with fines in return. singleton has to respond with sanctions by next week. mike hellgren. >> the lawsuit against the county executive seeks $10 million in damages including a $5 million fund to compensate any employee found to be victimized. an ecolight scare in a orchard sparks a lawsuit from one of the victims. the farm recalled apple cider last month after seven people got sick. 21-year-old nicholas fickle was one of them and now he is suing. health workers are still testing the cider to confirm the e.coli. hundreds of maryland children could be facing health

problems and not even know it. kai jackson explains why local children are being urged to get tested for heart disease. >> reporter: hard disease is a growing problem in young people. doctors are sounding the alarm on heart disease in young people. a condition that many associate with adults and seniors is rearing it's ugly head in teenagers. >> we've seen over 1,600 young athletes and even in this healthy crowd we found a lot of them having obesity and high blood pressure. >> reporter: the numbers tell the story. obesity is a risk factor for heart disease. the maryland department of health and mental hygiene say 15% of children have hard disease. >> we're testing for

cholesterol and glucose which would indicate diabetes. but we're also doing a very thorough questionnaire. a high fat diet, lack of exercise and other lifestyle choices are the reasons for heart disease in young people. >> i just walk for heart disease with my family, my sister and my boyfriend. we walked for my cousin because she died from a heart attack. >> reporter: the screenings at poly high are expected to take five to six minutes per person, back to you. >> john hopkins held a similar screening for athletes last year. back on dry land. a stranded cruise ship docked today. >> reporter: it took hours for all the passengers to disembark. after four days adrift, they were glad to be back on dry land. >> it was an adventure. >> an experience. >> the people did the best they could with it. >> reporter: the ship was towed into port thursday morning.

there had been no lights, no air-conditioning, no cooked foods since monday. >> anything hot at this point we would love. anything hot. hot shower, hot food, hot anything. >> reporter: and the worse part -- >> no bathrooms for 18 hours. >> toilets weren't running. >> no toilets. >> reporter: the trouble began early monday when passengers awoke to smoke and a lot of noise. >> reporter: they said a lot of smoke but no fire. >> reporter: passengers were never in any danger says carnival. but it still doesn't know what caused the fire in an engine room. >> we've been in business for 35 years and we've never had a situation like this where it had a ship dead in the water for these many days. >> reporter: the company is giving the passengers a full refund and a free cruise, but the question is if any of these

passengers would want another cruise after this. the passengers said the crew did a good job. >> the investigation into the fire will be led by panama. the ship's next cruise is cancelled so it can undergo repairs. the busy workweek paused today to honor veterans of the military. at the 11th hour in the 11th day of the 11 month, vice president biden laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. frank peterson spoke to the crowd and the city paused with a moment of silence to honor

those who served our country and remember those who lost their life. black friday comes early. minutes away, stores launch early savings. how a 14-year-old got stuck in that narrow space and what it took to get her out. imagine what an extra gas tax would do to your wallet. who wants do make it a reality, coming up. i'm bob turk, i'll have your complete warning forecast coming up next. ,,,,,,

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it is 35 degrees and clear in central maryland right now. the complete warning forecast is coming up. incredible video of an explosion at a correction site. a backhoe struck a construction truck. after outrage from customers, amazon pulls a guide that gives advise to pedophiles. now the author speaks out. greaves says that people have the wrong idea about his book.

>> the one you are acquiring about gives suggestions about how to have a respectful relationship between an adult and a kyle. >> reporter: greave book is self-published. retailers are using major incentives in order to get your holiday shopping dollar. none bigger than wal-mart's offer for free shipping on some online purchases. there is no minimum requirement. both target and jcpenney have free shipping offers but you have to spend a minimum amount. for those who still like to go to the stores, a number of them will be open on thanksgiving. many retailers have already started their holiday sales ahead of the traditional black friday. pumping in the dollars,

lawmakers face an increase in gas prices. >> reporter: you pay the price at the pump, including gas. >> we probably need taxes but i really don't want to pay too much more fun gas, that would be bad. at a time when drivers are deciding how much gas they can afford to put in the car. legislative analysts are delivering the three little words no one wants to hear, demands exceed resources. in other words, you are short $1.6 billion. that has senator mike miller looking at bumping up the gas tax. >> it is never popular. >> reporter: neither is standing still but without money for road and highways improvements, traffic could be worse than it already is. >> in the baltimore metropolitan region, it's the second longest commute time in the united states that is out of new york. in the washington metropolitan region, we have the most congested space outside of los angeles. it's not so much an economic issue as it is a quality of life issue which means getting

from place to place. >> reporter: victor popof has more pressing things to do with his money. >> i'm sure they have their reasons for it but we're already being hit so far. >> reporter: governor o' malley's new budget has no tax hikes. >> if we have a snowstorm or problem like we did last year we're all going to be in deep trouble. >> reporter: that's because the state has to cut transportation truck fund dollars to counties and municipalities last year. mike miller says even though a tax hike would be a good idea, it can't not be passed without the governor's approval. >> the state has not increased the sales tax since 1992. a teenager pays a steep

price for recovering her phone. she the personal belongings of mado if, , will hit the auction block. they include his wife's 10- carat diamond ring and a steinway piano. it looked like a scene from the three stooges but it was all for a good cause. the chocolate fested deserts were flying and were being smooshed everywhere. they raised $1,000 for a local homeless shelter. >> i saw some people cheating.

covering up their hair. >> pretty good day for it. beautiful here. it's clear and chilly tonight. the winds have died down. 10% drop. take a look at the readings. up the road at the science center, down by the interharbor would you believe it's still 51 degrees. that is a monstrous difference. the winds are so light, west at three. that helps the temperatures to drop. barometer way back up there. the warm spot spot dc at 46, oakland even at 45, where the winds are really light, 36, 37 and a 39 ocean city. the dewpoint is 30. that means many spots tonight north of the city around that area away from the city and away from the water will be down around 30 degrees. a lot of frost by tomorrow morning. which will be pretty difficult for november. very light winds, you can see most areas very, very light. we do have a little bit of rain from a southern wisconsin near chicago this afternoon down to

missouri into portions of oklahoma. a little snow across northern colorado. a little bit of snow fell in denver. but here in the east, for the first time all the way to florida that cloud band just quiet, big area of high pressure governing our weather. high pressure down to the south, slowly but surely is going to move off the coast and it'll start to get the winds back to the west southwest. keeping us in mild weather all weekend long. looks like we won't see any rain here or everyone even a chance of rain until perhaps tuesday afternoon as low pressure way down by the gulf looks like it'll head up to our region by tuesday. north winds, five to 10 knots. the bay temps around 54. clear and cold, frosty, some spots 29. downtown probably 44. 63, beautiful sunny day

tomorrow. but look at the weekend, 66 sunshine on saturday. a few clouds, monday as well as 62 and the rain chance increases here. the high of 60 on tuesday. denise. >> all righty, thank you bob. check in tomorrow morning on eyewitness news starting at 4:55 a.m. for the updated forewarning forecast. coming up, who's the best in basketball. mark takes us to the court next in sports. [ male announcer ] baltimore. a city that's been inspiring ideas and innovation since 1729. at bank of america, we live, work and help serve the community here through hundreds of branches and atms. every day, we're working to help set opportunity in motion. from supporting the university of maryland medical center... to the restoration of the hippodrome theater and american brewery building. because when you're giving, lending and investing in more communities across the country, more opportunities happen.

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merriman. he injured his achilles. it's tough times for marriman lately. the chargers released the former all star linebacker. the target of allegations of impropriety, cam newton and his father are accused of shopping schools. newton and his father says they did nothing wrong after leaving the university of florida and eventually enrolling at auburn. carlos contrada is switching gears to the more mainstream competition of

nascar. he will join michael waltrip team. he will race 20 races no 2010. driving nascar is a long life dream he says, he has not yet been approved to compete in the circuit. >> he won't have to be doing stuff like that when he get into nascar. fashion designers are always pushing the envelope. [ male announcer ] southwest is having a nationwide sale, with flights all over the country starting at only $59. as the nation's largest domestic airline, we have a flight that fits your budget anywhere southwest flies. but the sale can't last forever, so you need to hurry and use this to go to southwest.com

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the kincaids live here. across the street, the padillas. ben and his family live here, too. ben's a re/max agent, and he's a big part of this community. there are lots of reasons why re/max agents average more sales than other agents. experience, certainly. but maybe it's also because they care about the markets they serve and the neighbors who rely on them. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. harry potter mania is out in full force in london. some people stood for hours in line. they were able to get a glimpse

of the stars. harry potter and the deathly hollows will be released in the u.s. next week. it's the place where the foodies meet the fashionistas. we're talking about the chocolate fashion show.

coming up next on the late show with letterman, cher. thank you for watching wjz news. i'm denise koch. >> and i'm vic carter.