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a maryland boy is finally found. >> tonight, what we're learning about his last moments alive. >> hello, everyone. i'm vic carter. >> and i'm denise koch. here's what people are talking about tonight. >> days of searching comes to a sad end. investigators uncover the remains of a child believed to be william mcquain. wjz has been tracking this investigation. mike hellgren is live in clarksberg, with the latest on what detectives are saying tonight. >> reporter: well, vic, this is certainly the ending that no one wanted to see. a number of people have come by. some put up this makeshift memorial. police are telling us that william's body may have been dumped here as early as october 1st. >> reporter: police dog teams found the remains of 11-year- old william mcclane, just-- mcquain just after 9:00 in harts burg. the heartbreaking discovery caps off a search over acres in
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montgomery county. >> it's a miracle that they found him. -- the a great big area. and between here and north carolina, it's like finding a needle in a haystack. >> hoping that we had the little shred of hope that we would find william. that maybe the suspect dropped him off somewhere and said, you know, keep william -- that's what we were praying for. >> reporter: mcquain's body was found a few miles away from home, where mothers found his mother dead last week. she had been stabbed last week. they charged curtis lopez with her murder. he has a violent past. and it fled to north carolina, where authorities arrested him. he's now being extradited back to maryland. >> he will not be charged while he's in north carolina. we'll wait until he gets back here police say he uncovered video of lopez at a storage unit. >> he appeared to be running around as you would expect a boy of that age to do. >> they went into the storage
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facility. both in and out twice. >> reporter: mcquain and his mother were inseparable in life. now, loved ones are praying for justice in the wake of their violent deaths. >> what it will do to my head. how about my heart? he just took my heart right out. >> reporter: now, police worked here throughout the day just a short time ago. they opened up the road. the body was found just a few yards off of route 121 here in clarks burg. but they say there's a lot more to do as they build their case against mr. lopez. reporting live in montgomery county, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> mike, thank you. william's body will now be taken to the medical examiner's office for forensic testing. police make an arrest in a shooting that rocked charles village. but tonight, the suspected gunman is free. >> reporter: denise, the suspect is out on bail tonight, just as the amazing story of how he was caught is come coming to light. police say 21-year-old dwyane
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mccoy shot and killed his girlfriend as he left. the victim was able to described -- describe the attacker's vehicle and describe one digit in the license plate. that's all police needed to find mccoy, who say they say was armed with a gun. tonight, mccoy is out on bail, after he posted a $275,000 bond. >> they met after that shooting to address ongoing efforts to make the area safer. missing downtown. residents are on edge after a woman was found dead in the bottom of a trash chute. and it's not the first time. adam may has the latest from investigators. >> reporter: as you can imagine, the residents at that apartment complex are very anxious to find out exactly what happened. but as of tonight, police are still waiting for the final autopsy report. >> reporter: residents at the park charles luxury apartment complex, worried about an unsolved mystery. >> i'm a little sketched out by it. >> reporter: saturday morning, another resident was found dead
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in a dumpster. 23-year-old emily haus was a recent graduate of loyola university. police say it appears she fell down the trash chute. its doors, about the size of a large pizza box. >> how high off the ground are the trash chutes? this they're maybe like from here to here. so it would be really hard to like fall into the trash chute. >> it could be an accident. i really doubt it. i think she was probably killed. >> reporter: this was not an isolated incident. last year, another man fell to his death in the same trash chute. police ruled the death accidental. >> there's no evidence on the body consistent with foul play, at least at this point. no gunshot wounds or stabbings. >> reporter: now, police are tight-lipped about this new investigation. workers at the complex asked wjz to leave the property. and many residents say they're afraid to take out the trash. >> i've been worried an arm is going to fall out of the trash, ever since the first one went down a year ago.
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>> i'm going to move out. >> you're moving? >> if they don't give me a good explanation, yeah. >> reporter: and i heard that from a lot of residents today. emily hauze was from the philadelphia area. she graduated with honors, specializing in elementary education. reporting live, adam may, wjz eyewitness news. >> friends held a small mass at loyola last night, in honor of hauze. the defense presents key witnesses in the bribery trial of state senator ulysses currie. mike schuh explains, a prominent congresswoman was called to testify on currie's behalf today. >> it has been an interesting defense. the witnesses who are called to testify for senator currie. they say he has a bad memory, is not good with details and they question his intelligence. >> charged with bribery and extortion. so far, witnesses have testified that that currie
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attempted to sway straight lead pers -- leaders. influencing them while having a $275,000 contract with shoppers. his attorneys didn't dispute the facts of the case but continued on the theme that currie didn't understand what he was doing and lacked criminal intent. witnesses have described the senator as messy and disorganized. >> reporter: a doctor testified that he noticed during his treatment for cancer, that his mental capabilities seemed fuzzy. and that he was taking a medication which caused other patients to be forgetful. >> reporter: then a number of high-profile leaders took the stand. u.s. house leader steny hoyer told the jury he did not pay attention to details, but he did pay attention to people and that currie is caring and decent, but organization is not his strong suit. >> reporter: earlier, they showed that currie did not make
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effort to hide, but those in annapolis, by and large, did not know about the arrangement. >> both governor o'malley and former governor ehrlich are expected to testify on currie's behalf in this trial. new congressional seats are coming closer to maryland. state senators approved a new map for the state's eight congressional seats. despite opposition. the new map passed the senate with a 33-13 vote. it now moves to the house of delegates. lawmakers are also debating an increase. governor martin o'malley is pitching a gas tax, as part of a jobs creation package. political reporter pat warren has new reaction from drivers. >> reporter: better roads and highways and new jobs in the process. governor o'malley makes the case for job creation with the gas tax increase. >> reporter: pump watch. now a national pastime. but in maryland, while folks
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are pinching pennies, some are pitching a gas tax increase to put people back to work. >> i think it's high enough already. but if it's creating jobs, it may end up to be a good thing. i know we need more jobs. a lot of people are unemployed. >> it's not a democratic idea or republican idea. >> reporter: but for marylanders like rob perdue, a gas tax hike has all of the appeal as lipstick on a pig. >> i'm against it. gas is starting to creep up now as it is. it's going to really hurt consumers. >> reporter: antonio feels gas prices are too unstable to risk a tax increase. >> i like to see more people get jobs, obviously. but you know, to add more taxes to what we already is have is still unpredictable. >> reporter: legislative committees are still slogging through. >> this is going to hurt
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everyone. >> you really have to ask the question, what planet is the governor living on? >> to which the administration might answer, the one where you sit in traffic. >> more owners are spending time in traffic, more hours a year than anywhere else in this country. >> reporter: so one way or another, we pay. >> reporter: the gas tax increase would fund transportation projects, which in turn, would put people to work. >> the governor is using the special session as a sounding board for legislation, under consideration for 2012. the baltimore grand prix raced through town last month. but the revenue it pumped into the city is just coming into view. spending during the inaugural race is $20 million, far short of the projected $70 million by race organizers. in a report, titled, quote, not a game changer, study authors say about three-quarters of the attendees were from maryland, meaning much of the spending
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would have occurred without the event. the city's tourism bureau has not released their final figures. a mild day across the region. the sun is getting ready to close out the day. will it make a return tomorrow? >> turns out to be a fabulous day. hardly any clouds at all. but the clouds are moving in way down to the south. take a look at radar. few showers in extreme southwest virginia. and it gets worse. rain across the carolinas. and generally, that rain shear is moving in our direction. we'll see clouds and increase, probably breaking out around 4:00, 5:00 in the morning. so your drive in the morning. looks like it will be wet. the good news is, looks like the bulk of the heavy rain will be east of us. take a look at this graphic. and maybe west of us. so two areas of low pressure. one through the ohio valley. gets up toward ontario. the other, offshore with the heaviest rain out over the atlantic ocean. the heaviest rain in maryland
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going to be around the ocean city area. we could see about a half an inch. one for 1,000 tonight. an israeli soldier is finally home after five years as a palestinian prisoner. the israeli government gave up a lot to secure his release. freed israeli soldier gilad shalit greeted israeli prime minister benjamin net netanyahu. then for the first time in five years, hugged his father. they cheered him to his hometown in israel. shalit's father thanked supportersers and told them that he would need time to refer rofrom his physical and psychological wounds from time in captivity. >> he would be greeted by army authorities. and hopefully he will recover very soon. >> reporter: israel is freeing 1,000 palestinian prisoners in exchange for shalit's release.
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many had been serving life sentences for deadly attacks on israel. thousands of people jammed the streets of gaza to celebrate. hamas hailed the thousand for one swap a victory and called the freed palestinians heroes in a struggle for statehood. hamas's political rival, palestinian president mahmoud abbas, rallied crowds in the west bank, calling the prisoners, freedom fighters. >> reporter: but israel's prime minister is warning the freed militants, anyone who returns to terror will be held accountable. some israelis fought the release of palestinian inmates. they say israel will pay the price for making such an uneven deal. tina kraus, wjz eyewitness news. >> 4700 -- excuse me. 447 palestinian prisoners were released. in today's swap, another 550 are set to be released in about two months. still to come on tonight's
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wjz eyewitness news. inside the horror. cameras go inside the basement, where four disabled victims were locked away. what victims are say being their time in captivity. they call it the deadliest cancer. i'm mary bubala. a closer look at pancreatic cancer, the symptoms and possible treatments and breakthroughs. next on wjz eyewitness news. i'm jessica kartalija. coming up. city hall is making it easier for baltimore residents to go green. i'll explain. and the sun is setting on a nice tuesday. but rain is on the way. your updated first warning forecast is coming up. ,,,,,,,,,
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brutal attack. police say a 13-year-old girl was grabbed in an east baltimore street and raped. weijia jiang has more. >> reporter: just a short time ago, police released a composite sketch of the man they believe is responsible. now they want the public to take a very close look at his face. >> reporter: police need your help finding a suspected rapist. here's a sketch of the man they say dragged and raped a 13-year- old girl into a vacant house monday night. investigators say it happened when she was walking alone in north caroline vote. >> i have a train-year-old daughter. and that would flip my wig back for somebody to do that to my daughter. >> there's too many people out here. >> reporter: detectives are
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scouring the area for surveillance video and witnesses. blis say the suspect is between 45 and 50 years old. 5'3," weighing 183 point pounds. he has a mustache and was wearing a black skull cap. >> reporter: police say after she was raped, the victim was able to leave the scene here and go to a nearby house to call 911 for help. >> this is particularly troubling because of the victim's age. with that said, we will have investigators on this investigating it thoroughly. >> reporter: after an investigation by our media partner revealed the city was number 1 in the nation in unfounded rape reports. >> we at the bpd need to do things differently. and to better ensure that all victims who have sexual assaults have their complaints fully investigated. >> reporter: neighbors want the suspect behind bar. many now scared to walk around. >> i'm looking. because you never know who will
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come up on you out here. it's dangerous out here. point blank. >> reporter: police say the 13- year-old was treated and released from the hospital. police say it's unclear what she was doing by herself near the scene. >> anyone with information is asked to call metro crimestoppers at 1-866-7- lockup. building healthier neighborhoods in baltimore. today, the baltimore health department was awarded with a $100,000 check from the epa for their work in promoting children's health. october is children's healthy month. officials worked together. they highlight the importance of protecting children from environmental risks. fighting a silent killer. pancreatic cancer can go undetected for months. and too often, it's discovered when it's too late. but new research could soon save lives. and mary is live with more. mary? >> a day after a stunning
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announcement by a popular radio host that he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer. many are wondering about the disease. in tonight a close look at the symptoms and possible breakthroughs in treatment. >> a few weeks, i've been feeling, you know, not well. ask that started me looking for the reason. >> reporter: diagnosed friday with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. the tumor caught on a cat scan. >> it's incredible, with its multitouch interface. >> reporter: steve jobs lived with pancreatic cancer for years, dying this month. it was actor patrick swayze who died a year ago after his stage 4 diagnosis of stage 4 pancreatic cancer. it is difficult to diagnosis and difficult to treat. >> stage 4 mean its has moved from the local area of the
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pancreas to elsewhere in the body, such as the liver. >> reporter: symptoms of pancreatic cancer include nausea, loss of appetite, rapid weight loss, abdominal pain and jaundice. >> reporter: the statistics are not good when it comes to pancreatic cancer. 60% of all newly-diagnosed patients come in with stage 4 cancer. >> reporter: life expectancy of stage 4 cancer is about a year. but in a clinical trial at st. joseph's medical center, they're seeing progress by using traditional chemotherapy, with targeted chemotherapy. >> 15 years ago, we only had one chemotherapy drug to use. and now we have five or six choices. so progress has been slow. but we have seen some improvement, even in treating stage 4 disease. recently, there have been some new regi wants that have shown close to a doubling of survival. >> reporter: in 2010, an estimated 43,000 people in the u.s. were diagnosed with
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pancreatic cancer. and almost 37,000 died from the disease. denise? >> reporter: thank you, mary. right now, there is no screening test for pancreatic cancer. researchers are working on a blood test, but say it's a long way off. time now to turn to bob. >> we have rain on the way tomorrow. we'll take a look at the temperatures right now. pretty nice afternoon. 68. east winds at 7. that will bring some atlantic moisture our way. the barometer just beginning to fall. take a look at the rain chance after this. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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well, super afternoon. mild, sunshine, dry. just beautiful. well, you know what i was going to ask. take a look at temperatures this afternoon. you did get up to 74. pretty nice. our average high is 66. 48 this morning. the average low now has dropped to 44. and the records, 82 in 1945. and 1982, 30 degrees on this day. right now, we're at 64 in oakland. 68 here. ocean city at 66. still 70, easton, washington. and 72 in cumberland. dew points coming up. more moist air coming our way. clouds will be increasing
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overnight. probably around 4:00, 5:00 in the morning. rain will move in. which means a good chance, your drive tomorrow morning, to work, 6:00, 7:00 a.m. east winds, you can see that happening right now. that will bring in moisture up the ocean. clouds will build. and eventually, we'll start seeing some showers. low pressure to the west. both of these are heading in our general direction. good news is, this low that brought in a lot of rain and flood, is not well organized. it's going to head mainly offshore. along the coast here, eastern carolinas. maybe ocean city, salisbury, could see 1 to 2 inches of rain. west of us, the heaviest rain out here is going to be out over ohio, indiana. western pennsylvania and new york. the bulk of that rain is passing to the west. in between maryland, we may see a half inch of rain. it's going to rain tomorrow. mainly in the morning. by afternoon, both of these low pressures will be passing through the region. and we'll start seeing some scattered shower activity, tomorrow afternoon, into
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tomorrow night. and then both of these systems pass through quickly. colder, dryer air coming in behind it. it will get breezy. but it will dry out pretty quickly. thursday, chilly, but breezy with a lot of sunshine. and friday. temperatures probably struggling to get out of the upper 50s. maybe 60 degrees. and back in the upper 30s and low 40s tonight. out to the west. garrett county. some of the highest elevations in west virginia. and western p.a. could again see some flakes of snow by thursday night or friday. we won't see that here. but it will get chillier than it's been. east winds, 10 to 15 knots. bay temp, around 66 degrees. tonight, clouds on the increase. late tonight. a low of 56 with rain. probably 4:00, 5:00 in the morning. we do expect to see rain in the morning. and then tapering off to showers in the afternoon. and by evening, looks like most of the rain will be done. but tomorrow may get up to 70 before it starts clearing out and allows that chilly air and a breeze to pick up tomorrow
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night. thursday, breezy. but partly cloudy. whether we deal with sunshine really. much cooler. only around the 60-degree mark. still to come on wjz's eyewitness news. >> that was real dirty of you. that was wrong. >> finally free. chained in a basement, several disabled adults share their horror story with the world. touching down in tripoli. why secretary of state hillary clinton made a surprise visit to the war-torn country. ♪
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it is now 6:30. mainly clear and 68 degrees. good evening, everyone. thanks for staying with wjz. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. spending their lives, locked away. four disabled adults, chained in a basement. the victims are now speaking out. they were abused repeatedly. >> reporter: police are interviewing potential witnesses, outside the philadelphia home, where four mentally-disabled adults were held captive in the basement.
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they claim the accused ringleader and an alleged accomplice, beat them. >> she did this to may -- me, too. linda. >> 42-year-old derwin mcnamaya was held, too. >> that was real dirty of you. it was wrong. >> reporter: the owner of the building said he discovered the four victims this past weekend, when he noticed the lights out in the basement and dogs barking. >> they got the flashlight and followed the dog sound. >> reporter: he pulled chains off the door and saw the captives. >> i said, who are you? how did you get in here? and no answers. >> reporter: police believe weston posed as a caregiver and was stealing social security checks. authorities say the disabled adults have the mentality of 10- year-olds. >> when you're torturing
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someone for a little bit of money like an ssi check, that's hell. >> reporter: police found id cards and other items in the apartment. they're investigating whether other people have been victimized. >> reporter: weston was convict in the the starvation death of a man nearly 30 years ago. her bail was set at $2.5 million. stabbed and shot later inside a parking garage. police are now confirming initial reports that the man shot in that robbery was also the victim of a home inivation and -- invasion and stabbing back in march. he is now recovering from three gunshot wounds to the back. no arrests have been made. a surprise visit, packing millions of dollars in aid. secretary clinton touches down in tripoli. >> reporter: secretary clinton's trip and the cash was planned to reach out to libya.
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clinton is the second to travel to libya, since the fall of moammar gadhafi. she came, pledging $11 million in aid. most of which will be used to find weapons from gadhafi's regime. but it will also help treat rebels wounded by the fighting. >> we plan to evacuate some of the most seriously injured to specialize medical facilities in the united states. >> mary, thank you. the obama administration has spent about $135 million in libya, since the uprising against gadhafi began. fighting for the white house. the latest in a series ever public debates takes place tonight in los angeles. sandra hughes reports on who is surging ahead and what the hot topic will be. >> reporter: seven republicans will take to the stage to battle for the top spot on the gop ticket. while former massachusetts governor mitt romney is still seen as the front runner,
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expect new party favorite, herman cain to take the most punches because of his most recent surge in the polls. >> the american people are going to raise some cain. >> his simple plan for taxes, which calls for 9% income tax on individuals and businesses and a 9% federal tax on the crowds. many say mitt romney has performed the best. >> the american people, and the kind of financial crisis they're in, they need someone that knows how to create jobs. and i do. >> reporter: jobs creation is what most want to hear about from from the candidates. and it's ground zero for the housing crisis, with the highest foreclosure rate in the nation. >> reporter: the candidates have already been making their pitches in the state. >> they're looking at things
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like, how do we develop government land to create more jobs? number 2 in nevada is mining. what if we double the production of mining in nevada. >> reporter: john huntsman is boycotting. because the state is scheduling its cause of the accident -- its caucus before the new hampshire primary. cain has already apologized for a comment about building an electrified fence at the border. he said it was just a joke. sandra hughes, wjz eyewitness news. >> herman cain won nevada in the last election by a 12-point margin. time now for a look at the baltimore sun. an fbi subcommittee takes a look at changing the federal definition of rape. what will ravens quarterback cj brown do after an impressive first start? and a look at the jewish culture and food. for all of these stories and more, read tomorrow's baltimore
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sun. remember, you can look for the updated forecast from wjz's first warning weather team. baltimore city is making it even easier to go green. the new convenience center opened today, giving residents plans to drop off recycling. >> 3, 2, 1. >> on baltimore city's city's sisson street, a new convenience center is making recycling just that, convenient. >> if you brought a large are item or heavy item, there was no way to get it into the rolloff, unless you were hercules. we worked with engineers from d.o.t. to build the ramp you see behind us and the platform that you see. >> reporter: they can now easily toss recycling systems at the facility that just got a $600,000 makeover. robert murrow is with the city department of public works. >> much more convenient. much more easier. some people had a hard time lifting heavy things over into
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the rolloff. this is much more easier for people. and much more convenient. >> reporter: and now, for the first time ever at the new center, you'll be able to recycle styrofoam. >> starting at the end of this month, we will allow residents to bring half of the waste here, every friday and saturday, from april to november. >> the city currently has recycling. >> if you have some hard plastics that we don't take curb side, then you would come to systems street. if you have bulk trash, you have a lot of trash or cleaning up your house, you have trash that is too much for the regular waste collection, you would come to sisson street to dump it off. >> reporter: the mayor and councilwoman, mary pat clarke, make the initial toss. >> ready. three, two, one. >> whoa. >> never has trash been so fun. >> you can pretty much recycle everything here in baltimore city, with the exception of those styrofoam peanuts. they say they're still working
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on that. at city hall, i'm jessica kartalija, wjz eyewitness news. >> baltimore city also has one plus one collection, meaning crews pick up recycling and crash every week. still to come on wjz's eyewitness news. blasted by dust. texas goes black in a blinding storm. and there is whale watching. and then there is this. find out about the up close and personal encounter a pair of kayakers had. i'm bob turk. in the first warning weather center. rain headed our way. i'll have the exclusive first warning five-day forecast. and wjz 13 is always on. here are the top stories on wjz.com at this hour. for updates on all the day's news, and the updated news any time, log onto wjz.com. ,,,,,,,,
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a wild dust storm with winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour. it extended 8,000 feet high. the dust storm, called a haboob, damaged hundreds of homes and several airplanes. visibility dropped to zero, forcing drivers to pull over. fortunately, no one was hurt. police say a michigan man uses his 9-year-old dawrt --
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daughter as a designated driver. video shows the 9-year-old 9- year-old pulling in. the dad can be heard saying he's drunk. cops eventually stopped the van and found the 9-year-old behind the wheel in a booster seat. the man now faces child abuse charges. tributes continue to pour in for dan wheldon, the man who died at the indy 500. autopsy reports confirm that it was blunt head trauma that killed wheldon. there is no a debate over whether sunday's race on the short oval track was too dangerous for the fast cars. >> those cars are always so fast and get airborne. i wouldn't run them on ovals. there's just no need to. you can't control a vehicle when it's off the ground. >> reporter: 33-year-old wheldon was a married father of two young sons. he had signed a multimillion- dollar deal to replace danica
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patrick for andretti motor sports. two capture an amazing encounter with a blue whale. check out this video, shot from the kayak. the blue whale comes right up next to them. as if that wasn't enough, one of the kayakers jumped into the water and went for a swim next to the whale. he summed up the experience in two words. peace and relaxation. in tonight's wjz healthwatch, new guidelines are being implemented to promote safe sleep. the american academy of pediatrics is reminding parents to put babies on their backs, not on their stomachs in an effort to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome. and bumpers should never be used since they create a hazard. >> suffocation, strangulation, and entrapment. >> the american academy of pediatrics says breast-feeding and immunization also reduce a child's risk of dying from
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sids. we ride along as police make a bust inside a billion- dollar smuggling business. but the reality is, they're losing the battle and only catching a fraction of the criminals. we'll tell you why, tonight, on the cbs evening news. thanks, scott. here's a look at tonight's closing numbers from wall street. we'll ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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too bad, weather can change. bob is in the first warning weather center with your five- day forecast. bob? >> let's take a look at tomorrow. we have rain moving in. driving in to work, it will probably be wet. and probably be wet, at least in the morning. maybe more showers late into the afternoon. temperatures back up in the upper 60s. maybe even to 70. then it will be over late tomorrow night. and by thursday, breezy and cooler. 64, 44. sunshine on friday, saturday, and sunday. temps in the low 60s, with temps at night, upper 30s to low 40s. it will be chilly end to the week. denise? >> thank you, bob. still to come tonight. ravens are looking good. but there are areas where they need to get better. >> mark has more on the team's
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mark is here with the wjz the fan sports report. ravens are going to get more national attention monday night. with the monday night football game. >> if you listen to talk radio, you know, they're never good enough. they are looking okay. the ravens, certainly happy to be 4-1, and to be in first place. but they're far from satisfied. and as you said -- know, far from perfect. coach harbaugh has expressed a couple of concerns about his offense. joe flacco. and they're settling for too many field goals. that scoring area is known as the red zone. and the ravens saw this. ray rice was frustrated on that. and it was evident. led them to kick five field goals. that timed -- tied as team records. the coach gives his assessment of the situation. >> i think it's a combination of a really good reggie on defense. and we're not good down there yet. we haven't been that
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spectacular all year. we'll just keep working it. keep coming up with schemes, i think. but really, it comes down to executing the things we do a little better down there. >> obviously, some of the execution not so crisp. the ravens red zones scoring efficiency ranks at the bottom of the nfl. >> all right. they get a chance to improve on that. when they play in primetime, it's a monday nighter in jacksonville. and you can see it here on wjz. our special coverage comes your way at 8:00. big trade news. quarterback carson palmer goes from cincinnati to the oakland raiders for a first- and second- round draft pick. palmer hasn't played this season. well, he finally gets his wish. the raiders need a qb, after starter jason campbell got hurt. oakland's backup with kyle boller. enough said. we continued the quarterback talk in college football. and an intriguing football situation in college park.
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where cj brown has taken over the starting job for the terps. brown got the job in the clemson game this saturday. and he rushed for 162 yards, including that touchdown. brown also threw three touchdown passes in what ended up a terps defeat. now, he's gotten the nod to start again saturday at florida state. and he talked again about taking the job away from danny o'brien. >> you know, danny had a great year last year. and anything can happen. you know? and i'm just fortunate that i was able to make the most of my opportunities at hand. and nothing is guaranteed. and you know, this is just my job for now. and i gotta go out and perform saturday. >> one thing that has to happen is the terps' defense needs to brighten up. despite the play, cj brown lost the play to clemson. maryland plays at florida state, coming up on saturday.
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in baseball, there on the eve of the start of the world series in st. louis. and the temperatures have fallen for the fall classic. a cool overcast day in st. louis for warmups today. game 1 between the cardinals and texas rangers tomorrow. forecast, temperatures dropping into the 30s and a forecast for rain. that's hardly baseball weather. two games in st. louis before the series shifts to texas. you can see the guys with the ski caps on and hoodies. >> well, they're just warming up there. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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in pajamas. a team of knitters are busy making sweaters for penguins, affected by a massive oil spill in new zealand. this is a response to stop the penguins from prening their feathers and ingesting the toxic oil. hundreds of tons of oil spilled into the gray from a stranded cargo ship. it's the country's worst environmental disaster ever. one talented horse is an athlete and an artist. the 10-year-old miniature horse, amos, plays basketball, paintszs, and is putting his musical skills to task. not doing so well. but he's trying. he thinks that's a carrot. he can be found working puzzles also. the horse also volunteers with special needs. he can live at my house. he is cute. >> inside your house? >> absolutely. >> i got a dog that big. that's it for us tonight at 11:00. i'm denise koch. >> don't go away.
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