a stolen tanker found, how and where police recovered it with 3,000 gallons of gasoline inside of it and the investigation on who's behind the big heist. >> that tanker truck that disappeared on the eastern shore and how alert police officers spotted it in philadelphia. wjz and mike hellgren. >> reporter: good afternoon. no one was inside the tanker when it was found. no arrests have been made i spoke to the lead investigator in kent county. he said there are people they are looking at. he believes the motive is theft, not terrorism. an officer spotted it here in southwest fill ficialtion 75 -- philadelphia, 75 miles away from where it was stolen. police spent hours gathering

evidence, looking for finger prints that could lead them to whoever took it and its pay lode. >> we estimate the value of the flapped was on bored as well as the truck being close to $100,000 or more. you always have the worries that someone will use the product for illegal purposes. >> reporter: with the anniversary of 9/11, it put authorities on high alert. philadelphia police said there was no link to terrorism. >> this, just like our department putting the alert out. maryland did the responsible thing and everyone within a reasonable radius of the jurisdiction. >> reporter: an alert went out across the east coast but police can't say exactly why the tanker was taken or whether there's surveillance video from the

alger oil lot. al gore oil -- alger oil delivers oil to the eastern shore and parts of delaware. the fuel was still inside the tanker when they found. this the police officer who discovered the truck said he was looking at an app on his smartphone and that app alerted him that the truck was stolen and matched the stolen license plate and, don, that is how they found it. >> amazing. the truck has been released to alger oil. whoever took it decided it was too hot to handle. a norwegian cruise ship catches fire. >> two people died and dozens were injured after an engine room fire. it was traveling from norway's second city when the fire broke out, forcing an evacuation.

the two killed in the fiery blast are believed to be crew members. the fire is under investigation. there are reports that an additional four people are missing but police have yet to confirm that. the cruise ship company is making room for guests to come back home. >> sky chopper 13 over the scene at light and austin street. first responders did not find anyone inside. they are working on the cause. anne arundel police are investigating a string of apparent abduction attempts and sexual assaults, all involving school students. an 11-year-old said a man in a mini van approached her as she got off the bus near riva road. she ran away. earlier that day students saw a man hiding in the woods near quiet woods park. the local freelance journalist who broke free from a

libyan prison is choosing to stay in that country. matthew vandyke's mother said she has spoken with him several times and he insists he will not be coming home until moammar gadhafi is out of power and the three men traveling with him are also safe. britain's prime minister is now urging gadhafi to give himself up and his fighters to lay down their weapons. this is a show of support for libyan's rebel leaders. here's the latest for wjz. >> reporter: libyans cheered as britain's prime minister arrived in tripoli to congratulate them on their new found freedom. david cameron urged gadhafi and his followers to surrender. >> the message is it is over. give up.

>> reporter: lib yay thanked -- libyans thanked french president nicolas sarkozy. they are the first foreign heads of government to visit since rebels seized the capital three weeks ago. the paper injure -- the tour triggered tight security. >> this is not over. >> reporter: britain's prime minister pledged his country will help hunt down the e dictator saying libyans will only get justice when they see cad gadhafi. in this country the number of people applying for unemployment benefits soared last week to the highest level in three months. weekly application rose by 11,000, a signal the job market

remains depressed. the package would cut social security taxes for workers and extend unemployment benefits. the nation's first presidential primary is months away. they're trying to reel in some big name endorsements. texas governor rick perry flashes a thumb's up sign on the way out of a dinner with donald trump. there's no word on whether the billionaire business man will back perry's campaign. >> the president is said to award the medal of honor. dakota meyer is credited with saving other soldiers. taking a live look outside

baltimore, maryland, it's cloudy and it looks like it could rain. your forecast is right now. marian marty bass is in the outback. over the state line into pa for the majority of the morning it has been moving ahead of a front that's poised to get here. take a lack at our temperatures. it blocked it in place. we're not going to get much sunshine. the temperatures where the rain is coming down will cool things down. talk about a cooldown. we're having a bit of a change in the season in our immediate forecast. for more, we send it out to marty bass. a quick little graphic to

reinforce what we've been discussing. there is going to be some cool and crisp air move into the region. as a matter of fact, tonight might be the coolest night since may the 10th. take a look at our national temperature map. it's the colors you want to pay attention to. look at that plunge of cooler, drier air coming into the eastern half of the united states. going to go this far south and north of new orleans, west of atlanta and almost, well, right to the north carolina, virginia border, if you will. 51 click -- chicago. 48 minneapolis. that's the action that's moving our way. tonight the coolest night since may the 10th. tomorrow, a bit of a breeze, you could use a sweater or plight jacket. tim williams with more shortly. back to you. the 2011 s.a.t. scores are out and maryland

teenagers are hitting their marks. students in this state did better than the national average in every category but math. the students averaged499 in reading. still to come on wjz eyewitness news, a possible break in a case. the grim discovery researchers made. >> from the white house gate crashers to a run away wife. stick around. your complete forecast is coming up.

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alabama teenager natalee holloway is asking the court to declare her dead. she was last seen during a graduation trip in 2005 to aruba. the suspect, joran van der sloot has never been charged but is awaiting murder trial on the death of another woman in south america. the woman accused of killing her stepdaughter could be sentenced to 18 years in prison. the girl was later found in a nearby creek. human remains are discovered in the desert. the remains are certainly human but they can't confirm they belong to susan powell. powell has been missing from her home since december of 2009. the remains were found in a spot

where her husband was camping with his son. an i believe fame must -- an infamous couple is claiming the headlines again. tareq salahi has reported his wife mike keel missing -- michael missing. take another live look outside. is there rain on the way? the forecast is just two and a half minutes away. let's take a look at last night's powerball numbers. [ female announcer ] these are the grands! biscuits you love with dinner.

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we started this day watching the radar and watching a lot of rain to our west and north and everybody expected it to sneak by. >> the cloud cover is an indication of how close it s it did skirt across the top of the state. there's lap front poised -- a front poised out to the west that will be moving in this direction. what we're dealing with, kind of tells the story. we showed you we did have showers moving across the region. a lot of it is across the top

tear. this front is off to the west. as it moves, it will trigger a few showers or so on the front edge and right along it. that will move along this afternoon. then we'll she cooler temperature -- see cooler temperatures. we could see a difference of 20 degrees. right now what we're dealing with is this front moving on through. it will take a little while to work its magic. take a look. taking a look over the east, taking a look over towards the bridges, no real wind but the winds will pick up through the afternoon as well. no advisories on the bay but the front that's moving on through will take a little while. we start to see high pressure. it will build into the weekend. we'll start to see temperatures cool down. oir first real taste of fall and

that's doing -- our first real taste of fall. we'll have your forecast coming up. we'll talk about the sun that will make its way here coming up in a few minutes. still to come on wjz create yeat this noon -- eyewitness news this noon, breast cancer rates are increasing. and remember, wjz is always on. here are some of the stories we're following on our website. for constant updates and that

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new numbers show a dramatic increase in breast cancer cases. it finds more than a million and a half women were diagnosed with breast cancer, a big jump from $640,000 in 1980. more were in developing countries and many were in younger women between 15 and 49. drinking milk as a teenager could help women reduce their risk of developing type two diabetes. a new survey finds many

parents are uncomfortable talking to their children about their weight. researchers find most moms and dads and teenagers would rather talk about sex, drugs and alcohol, even though they know obama is -- obesity is a major risk. you want to check back in with wjz eyewitness news at 4, 5, and 6. the video was incredible. hear from the motorcyclist they saved. a mysterious light streaks across the sky. hundreds of 911 calls as a result . what nasa says it was. stay with us. the five-day forecast will take you ,,,,,,,,,,

tomorrow we're talking about how the next few days would be cooler. >> coolest night since may the 10th. there's a breeze, cloud cover. i think it's more of a function of rain and the overcast, but we are going to see temperatures tomorrow at about 67 degrees. we'll move it to right around 69, 70 on saturday. mid to upper 70s return. back inside. >> don't mess tonight's

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