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hire plot that shocked baltimore county. a jury just found a man guilty of a gas station -- killing a gas station owner in towson. wjz is live outside of the courthouse. weijia jiang is there and has details. weijia? >> reporter: kai, this was such a high-profile case that the prosecutors asked for a change of venue from baltimore county to here in harford county, where we are. and where a jury took less than five hours to convict again- year-old william bishop of conspiracy to commit murder. after hearing the verdict, they asked that they sentence him instead of the judge. and because of the nature of this case, he is eligible for the death penalty. bishop says he was paid $400 and promised $9,000 more to shoot and kill ray porter back in march 2010. it happened in the gas station porter owned with his wife carla, who still stands accused of hiring bishop as a hitman. wjz obtained the prosecutor's
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key piece of evidence in this case. videotaped confession. because it was on film, it began a maryland state law. prosecutors can seek the death penalty only if there is a filmed confession, or dna conclusively linking the suspect to the crime. of course, that's what the video did. the defense never denied that he pulled the trigger, but said he only did it because there was so much pressure from carla porter. just to recap. a jury has found 29-year-old william bishop guilty of murder. and they will decide his fate at sentencing, starting tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. for now being, we're live in harford county, weijia jiang, wjz eyewitness news. >> carla porter's trial is scheduled to begin next week. if convicted, she could also face the death penalty. cracking down on the occupy wall street movement. police are cracking down on protestors. in oakland, california, police
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fired tear gas on demonstrators. police said they had no other option because protestors were ignoring police warnings to leave. mike hellgren explains, the "occupy baltimore" group isn't backing down on orders to reduce its camps. >> reporter: tensions are building, mary. and there has been a lot of talk of eviction here. but no one has been evicted yet. >> this is completely ridiculous. >> reporter: the occupy movement turned bloody in oakland when police moved in with tear gas and made more than 100 arrests. >> you are not giving us nothing to believe in. >> reporter: it's the type of clash the mayor wants to avoid in baltimore, where the occupy movement is in full force. >> their right to free speech does not trump the rest of the public's freedom to enjoy that space. >> reporter: the city says staying here overnight is illegal. the police chopper is flying overhead but police have yet to arrest anyone. >> we have a right to protest.
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and they can't do anything to stop that. >> we want change. we don't just want to cause trouble and destroy things. >> reporter: mceldon square is the designated protest spot here in the inner harbor. >> reporter: and the city has been in negotiations with the occupiers. among other things, trying to limit overnight campers to just two people. >> we continue to be willing to work with them. but in order to have this cooperation, it has to be a two- way street. >> reporter: other than helping us be safe and sanitary, the city should help us with that, and we should do that, beyond that, we should be allowed to have our voice. this is what is great about america. >> reporter: group, swelling in the evening, has shown no signs it's going anywhere. as protestors wait, many saying they're willing to go to jail, but hopefully the chaos in california will not be repeated here. >> reporter: and you're looking live at mceldon square. there will be a meeting with the occupy baltimore protestors. and they'll talk about the situation with the city.
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the afl-cio has written the mayor, asking her not to evict anyone. reporting live at the inner harbor, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> let's see what happens. there is a similar situation in atlanta. can that city has cleared protestors out of woodruff park. for the second time in a week, a girl is raped. police are looking for a van similar to this one. police say the driver approached a 15-year-old girl and offered her arrive. the girl was sexually assaulted inside the van by more than one person. anyone with information about the van's location should call police. the woman accused of murder inside an upscale yoga store admits to the crime. vic is in the newsroom with the surprising developments from court today. vic? >> reporter: during opening states today, britney norwood's attorney admitted his client killed jayna murray during a fight. he said that she, quote, lost it during a fight. but the defense argues that the
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killing lacked premeditation, so norwood should not be be convicted of first-degree murder, which could carry a life sentence. >> all right, vic. thank you. if norwood is found guilty, the jury will have to decide whether it was first- or second- degree murder. a second-degree murder conviction carries a 30-year sentence. former governor bob ehrlich takes the witness stand in federal court. today, he testified in the bribery trial of state senator ulysses currie. adam may is there and has more on what the former governor said. adam am? >> governor eric referred to senator currie as a friend, but said he had no idea about in consulting business with a supermarket chain. >> reporter: maryland state senator ulysses currie, chairman of the powerful state budget and taxation committee, stands accused of illegally receiving a quarter million dollars in exchange for benefiting the supermarket.
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the defense called former governor bob ehrlich to testify on currie's behalf. ehrlich said, in dealing with me, he was very honest. they had character witnesses, including brown, and steny hoyer. ehrlich said currie was a trusted member of democratic leadership. the defense is building a case around what they call currie's disorganization. prosecutors claim he tried to hide the income by failing to report it for years. in 2003, he was fined $350 by the state's ethics commission for failing to accurately file financial disclosure forms. prosecutors claim it shows a pattern of deception, while the defense claims it was simply sloppy paperwork. >> reporter: and we're expecting currie's wife to take the stand tomorrow. she actually filled out some of
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those financial disclosure statements for her husband. the case goes to the jury soon. we're live downtown at the federal courthouse, adam may, wjz eyewitness news. >> currie faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. an elderly woman is attacked in a store parking lot in glen burnie. police say this man assaulted a 70-year-old woman, shoved her to the ground and took her purse. it happened at the sav-on. three months after her death, we finally know what killed grammy award winning singer amy winehouse. tina kraus reports for wjz, with the official ruling from the medical examiner. >> reporter: a british coroner says singer amy winehouse died from drinking too much. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: the official cause is death by misadventure. the coroner says winehouse voluntarily consumed alcohol and risked the consequences.
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the 27-year-old grammy award winning artist was found dead at her london home on july 23rd. many had assumed she had overdosed. she battled drug problems for years. at an inquest wednesday, a patholgist testified winehouse was more than five times over the legal drunk driving limit when she died. and her parents learned their daughter hit the bottle after being dry for three weeks. >> reporter: winehouse's bodyguard said he thought the singer was sleeping here at her north london home on the morning she died. but when he checked on her again several hours later, she hadn't moved. >> reporter: detectives say they found empty vodka bottles scattered around winehouse's bedroom. he said that she was tipsy but calm the night she died and talked about her upcoming birthday. >> reporter: the autopsy revealed that winehouse was not taking illegal drugs but had huge amounts of alcohol in her system, which might have
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stopped her breathing and sent her into a coma. a spokesman for the family says winehouse was battling hard to conquer her battle with alcohol. but says it was a source of pain she could not win. >> amy winehouse's father mitch, is writing a book about the late singer. it's due out next summer. a new weather system is slowly moving through maryland now. take a look outside tonight. it is overcast with rain in a few areas. not bad picture right now. we are also closely watching hurricane rena in the gulf of mexico. there she is. that's a satellite image of the storm. rena is weakening, but still sending tourists in mexico scrambling to get out of the path. meteorologist bernadette williams and bob turk are tracking this. >> take a look at the rain around our region. very light rain around our region. we had a few little impulses of light rain. now it's all off to the east
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and south of us. but kind of quiet for the time being. late tonight and tomorrow, looks like we'll see more rain into the region as this front stalls out. looks like a wet and cooler air. in fact, it will get pretty chilly by the end of the week. we'll talk about that in a minute. bernadette has a look back with a look at a weakening rena. >> that is good news. it is a bordering category 2 status, but at this point, it is back down to a category 1. still a strong storm. winds 86 miles per hour. and you can see on that track, take its very close to the yucatan peninsula if it does not make a landfall. now, with this interaction with the yucatan, in addition to encountering fronts to the united states, it's going to weaken and move off to the east. forecast track, sort of taken all over the place. but it will weaken, head off to the east. and then it's a question whether it still affects florida or not. we'll have that forecast coming up. back inside. >> all right, bernadette. thank you. still ahead.
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is the flu shot doing its job? why the vaccine may not be as effective as we thought. cheating to get into college. an s.a.t. scandal has widespread allegations. i'm alex demetrick. coming up, the web telescope promises scientific breakthroughs. that story as eyewitness news continues. and as you heard, we're expecting more rain. when will the system clear out? bob has more in the updated forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,,
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cheating on the s.a.t. arrests at a high school in new york spark a major security investigation into test-taking procedures around the country. jim axelrod reports for wjz. the pressure to get into a good college may be fueling desperate behavior. >> reporter: it was this arrest last month in a college
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entrance exam cheating scandal that sparked the review of testing procedures. we take every step we can to make sure no child is completing on the exam. >> reporter: sam esheroff was charged with impersonating six are the students, including a female, and taking the test for them, for as much as $2500 a person. the superintendent was not surprised. >> this has to have been going on for years. this is not the first time students created fraudulent id to take a test. >> reporter: now, the new york state legislator is now investigating. >> this is not just a long island problem, new york state problem, this is a national problem. >> reporter: students blame a college entrance and scholarship process that heavily weights the s.a.t.s. scott farber runs an s.a.t. company. and a lot of his students live
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in great neck. >> i think what we see in terms of behavior, staying up too late, breaking down in tears, is that they are 16 and 17 years old. it is just not fair for them to internalize all of that pressure. but they keep hearing the drum beat day after day after day. >> reporter: critics say that is overkill. and all that is necessary to avoid falsifying identity is to have students take the tests at their own schools. jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >> the college board may also require students to have their pictures taken when they arrive at a school to take the s.a.t. >> reporter: if you're waiting for someone to get home from work, let's check the roads with kristy breslin at wjz traffic control. hi, everyone. the beltway has become one long delay on the outer loop. it now stretches from providence road to baltimore national pike. and will take you about 50 minutes to get through. a solid 30 minutes in that
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direction. from the bw parkway to liberty road. and the top side inner loop, also struggling there from the jones falls expressway to harford road. as you can see by our sensor there, about 25 miles an hour average. 95 southbound, we have an accident there at whitemarsh boulevard. up in harford county. and eastbound 32 at the bw parkway. that will definitely catch your eye. other accidents include old court road at melrose avenue. west north avenue at druid hill. and also west northern parkway at wabash avenue. let's take a live look. you can see, things are beginning to slow down on the eastern shore as well. 50 eastbound on 424. and we'll take another live look. you can see there, everything moving smoothly. this traffic report is brought to you by bill's carpet, hardwood and laminate, too. you can call them at 1-877-75- bills. back over to you. >> kristy, thank you. billions of dollars over budget. and already considered dead on
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arrival. supporters of the next generation space telescope say they aren't giving up hope. alex demetrick reports, for astronomers, the james web telescope is hope for new discovery. >> reporter: a full-sized model is big. so is its potential. >> it will see 100 million times more than the hubble cood. -- could. that is stunning. >> but so is the cost. at nearly $9 billion it is over budget. and targeted for killing. at a ribbon cutting for a new web telescope exhibit at maryland science center, senator barbara mikulski is vowing a fight. >> that will put in $500 million to put the james went telescope into space. >> reporter: or at least keep it alive. three nobel prize winners lent their support. dr. adam reese of hopkins
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studied exploding stars, leading to the discovery of dark energy. with the web, he could see farther out and further back in time to the edges of the big bang. >> and we hope to push back the last couple billion years and learn about how the universe was operating. >> it will see an infrared light, revealing what is currently hidden. >> into places that the hubble can't see. like the dusty regions around where planets are forming. so it also allows to explore planets on nearby stars and detail we've never seen. >> reporter: provided it gets off earth. alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. >> senator mikulski says she's confident, the $500 million will survive in congress next week. we are following breaking news. a hazmat situation in baltimore county. captain mike perry above it with are in. >> we're just east of towson and the hillendale area, in the 6800 block of barnett road.
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fire officials called here shortly after 4:00 this afternoon. apparently a woman inside of a duplex here found a mysterious or suspicious white powder inside. she called for fire department officials. they sent a full hazmat assignment, along with police. they do have the road block here in the 6800 block. we do see that the house currently is open and anyone inside has been evacuated. there are no reports of injuries at this time. and what the white powder exactly is, has not been determined at this time. back to you. >> definitely a strange report. thank you. we'll continue to follow it. sunshine here across northern maryland. a little rain southeast of us. looks like we'll have more rain coming in during the overnight. 58 now. no wind at all. the barometer just beginning to fall. come take a look at that at the end of the week. rain and a cooldown after this. ,
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all right. sun is coming back out here, across northern maryland. light this morning. this afternoon. now, late tonight, it's going to cloud up again. and looks like a pretty good chance we'll see rain. and eventually, much cooler temperatures tomorrow. right now, the rain is moved through the baltimore,
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washington, annapolis area. it's over on the eastern shore. and it's weakening. still a bit of rain down across the extreme southern maryland. but really not a whole lot to talk about at this particular time. temperature-wise, 58 degrees. i don't think it's going to drop a whole lot more tonight. dew points coming to 56. very warm, 73 in pax river. 54 in oakland. 64 up in cumberland, ocean city. partly cloudy skies there. 69 degrees. locally, temperatures were down to the 60-degree mark. so it's not a terrible day. we had a few days of light rain. just enough to mess up your clean car, right? southwest winds. now, tomorrow, the winds will eventually turn more to the north and northwest. once low pressure passes our region. may start coming out of the east for a while. then we'll turn back to the north and northwest. and that will allow much cooler air to turn late in the day tomorrow night. in between, looking for rain activity. this front moving through the region right now is going to stall out across west virginia.
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and an area moving across the plain states will move that across that frontal system, bringing with it rain. once it passes, that's when the chilly air coming -- comes in through the region. this will be for late thursday night and friday morning. extreme northern maryland and southern pennsylvania. a freeze watch in effect for foaz areas. now, we talk -- for those areas. now, we talk about denver. yes, they have been getting snow all day long. 29 degrees. two days ago, they were 80. yesterday, 59. today, snow and 29 degrees in the denver area. look at that. that's amazing. and i think they've already post postponed the world series tonight because of rain and chilly temperatures in st. louis. you can see a new batch of rain heading into our region tonight the and during the day tomorrow. look for a wet day. eventually, it will dry out. get quite chilly and cool with a lot of friday. rain late friday into saturday.
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before it finally clears out for the weekend. northwest winds, 10 to 15 knots. that will bring a chilly temp. 63 is the bay temp. tonight, late tonight, shower activity, moving back in. mid- to upper 50s. so it's not going to change a whole lot. tomorrow, may get into the low to mid-60s, some rain and even a possibility of rumbles of thunder before it clears out. and it gets really chilly again tomorrow night, back in the 30s by friday morning. >> i guess it's the end of october. >> pretty normal. >> okay, bob. thank you. still ahead at 5:00. buried alive. another incredible rescue in the aftermath of turkey's earthquake. how this woman survived three days underneath underneath. how this fake baby saved the family. new taxes in maryland could affect everyone who owns a car. who is proposing the higher
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hundreds more in your wallet year after year. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. it's 5:29. 58 categories. and partly to mostly cloudy. good evening. thank you for staying with wjz eyewitness news. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. if you think you're paying too much in taxes now. things may be about to get worse. two commissions, appointed by governor martin o'malley are recommending a list of taxes, ranging from gas to toilets. political reporter pat warren reports, it's not sitting well with voters. >> reporter: just the mention
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of tax increases. >> i think that it's wrong. >> reporter: gets the voter's blood up. >> they scream. >> they say there's a limit to what people can pay. >> it's bad enough now. >> reporter: and that there are other solutions. >> if they run the budget like my family does, like my friends do, cut the expenses. >> reporter: marylander are already paying more in taxes. >> and it's hurting the public. >> but advisers to the governor say the state needs more. here's the list. 15 cents a gallon more to gas your car. runs $78 more a year. a 57% bump in registration fees to $182. a 100% increase in emissions inspections, do you doubles the cost from $14 to $28. a half percent more for titling. marc, metro, light rail, another $26 million in transit fares. septic system flush taxes up 300% from $30 to $90.
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and another 50% hike on smokers, from $2 to $3 a pack. >> that's horrible. >> morris siegel advises lawmakers to take it slowly. some of the hikes would take place over three years. >> i think we need to balance the need of the state to raise revenue, to be fiscally responsible. and at the same time, not necessarily sending a shock wave through the population. >> reporter: given the economy, that would be quite a trick. we can't afford no more taxes. >> i'm just a student and i work part-time. and you know, it's harder when you don't make that much money to pay more taxes. >> especially with the state of the economy the tay with -- the way it is today. i definitely can't afford additional taxes. >> the general assembly may take that into consideration. but not everybody plans to wait to find out. >> i'm working on that right now. >> moving? >> moving. from diagonal -- delaware to north carolina. >> and then there are those who will stay and fight. >> reporter: now, most of the
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revenue will be earmarked for transportation and sewage. with some arguing that there needs to needs to to be regulation to keep the state from taking it and putting it elsewhere. a suspected peeping tom is off the streets in glen burnie. police say a man was caught peeping into a bedroom window of a young girl. 30-year-old kenneth henry was arrested inside the home. he is charged with peeping tom and trespassing. frightening moments at a maryland mcdonald's, when a car crashes at a playground. it happened at green belt road. the driver was taken to a hospital for a checkup, but no one else was hurt. it'sup clear why -- it's unclear why the driver veered off the road. rescuers are still finding miracles in the rubble. vic is in the newsroom with more about another survivor
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being pulled out alive. >> reporter: crews found a woman underneath a collapsed building, more than three days after the quake had hit turkey. they had to dig through a pile of rocks to pull her out. her heart stopped briefly on the way to the hospital. and tonight, doctors say she's in critical condition. the 27-year-old english teacher may be one of the last survivors buried in the rubble. more than 400 people are confirmed dead. some rescue teams are starting to call off their searches. >> tens of thousands have been left homeless by the powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake. we have an update now in the search for missing kansas city baby, lisa irwin. the boys are reportedly ages 8 and 5. they were home the night their baby sister disappeared. police say lisa's parents are refusing to be questioned separately. investigators have received 900 tips so far. but there are no suspects. michael jackson's doctor breaks down in court once again. as witnesses testify on his
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behalf. karen brown is following the trial for wjz in los angeles. >> did that leave a vacuum? >> reporter: dr. conrad murray dabbed tears from his eye, as witness ruby mosely testified at the stand. she testified how he testified in honor of his father. >> do you think dr. murray is greedy? >> do i think? >> yes, ma'am. >> no. >> reporter: mosely was one of a string of character witnesses who spoke of murray's murray's charitable work and his kind manner. >> i have never had a doctor that was more caring. >> and i just don't think he did what he's being accused of. >> and i'm alive today because of that man. >> the defense says murray is a good doctor. and that money did not motivate him. >> and i explained to him, i can't really afford to do a lot of stuff. so he did it for me free. >> reporter: the jury was released early for the day because of scheduling issues but not before the prosecution got the chance to cross-examine the character witnesses as they tried to show that dr. murray treated his super star patient
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differently. >> dr. murray never gave you propofol in your bedroom, did he? >> no, sir. >> reporter: the prosecution spent four weeks, trying to prove that dr. murray gave michael jackson the fatal dose of propofol, a powerful anesthetic, used during surgery. they painted him as someone mote motivated by the $150,000 a month jackson was supposed to pay him. but murray's lawyer has said the singer was a desperate man who would do anything to get sleep, including taking too many sedatives and injecting himself with propofol. jurors could begin their deliberations as early as next week. in los angeles, karen brown, wjz eyewitness news. >> dr. conrad murray agreed to become jackson's personal physician for $150,000 per month. but he was never paid because the singer died before the contract was signed. a plastic baby doll saves a
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tennessee family from their burning home. a 17-year-old girl brought the doll home for a classroom project meant to teach students the facts of life. the baby woke up crying and she realized the house was on fire. she was able to get the family out safely. investigators believe the fire started in the laundry room. taking a toll on students across the country. now, the white house announces a plan to help millions of americans deal with their college loan debt. danielle nottingham reports from the white house. >> reporter: president obama ended his three-day western swing, in front of a cheering crowd of university of colorado students, eager to hear his plan to help americans drowning in student loan debt. >> and when a big chunk of every paycheck goes towards student loans instead ever being -- instead of being tough on middle class families, that's painful for the family. >> reporter: for those in debt,
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it reduces payments to 10% of their monthly bills. graduate student shakia seabrook is one of 7 million americans who could benefit from the president's plan. >> i don't think it's enough. but i think that him just recognizing that we do need help is a step forward. >> reporter: it's no coincidence, the president is promoting programs targeting struggling graduates. young voters help put him in the white house. and he needs their support in 2012. >> reporter: the president says the economy can't wait. the white house will go around congress once again and get this plan rolling through an executive order. grad student jason diaz is worried the student loan help could mean higher taxes down the road. >> it's great. for me. but at the same time, it could hurt me. because like where are they getting that money from? >> reporter: student loans are now the number 2 source of debt in american homes, just behind homes. -- mortgages. at the white house, danielle
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nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> president obama is returning to washington tonight after a three-day swing through some states that will be key to his re-election. >> european leaders are under extreme pressure to find a solution to their debt crisis. they're meeting in brussels to cut a deal on the $600 billion rescue package. the u.s. treasury department says europe's crisis poses a serious risk to the global economy and the united states. despite those concerns, stocks finished higher today, following reports that china will help europe by investing in a financial fund. dow is up 52 points. nasdaq up 12. powerful grass roots group is calling on baltimore's mayor to reverse her decision to allow nonprofits to run some of the 55 city recreation centers. mike schuh reports, that group says her plan will cause closures. and tonight, they're going to protest. >> it's quiet at the rec center in goldens. a quiet that could be
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permanent. the city has a plan to turn over as many as 25 rec centers to nonprofits. but the city requires the groups to carry a $5 million insurance policy and demonstrate the ability to pay salaries, utilities and maintenance. so far, only seven bidders have stepped forward, offering to run 16 centers. by the end of the year, if no one else applies, the centers will close. the grass roots organization "build" says that's not acceptable and will pack a hearing room in protest at tonight's parks and recs meeting employing. >> we need to stop the train right now. we captain close recreation -- cannot close recreation centers. >> reporter: build says, if any of these close, the mayor will be breaking a campaign promise she made to them to keep them all open. >> so yeah, she reneged on a promise. >> reporter: we asked the mayor to comment on this topic but she didn't have time to meet
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with us. we asked to talk to a representative and they published published this whole center. -- letter. it will be on our website. her spokesman says we need community organizations that care about kids to step up in new ways to support recreation for kids because government can't do it alone. >> i think there needs to be some more time. because closing the rec centers come december 31st is not going to solve the problem. >> reporter: in east baltimore, mike schuh, wjz eyewitness news. >> all right. that protest will be at the hearing room at the park and rec headquarters in druid hill park. the full letter is posted on wjz.com. we're following more breaking news. a bad car accident in catonsville. captain mike perry has more from sky eye chopper 13. >> this is more on immediated -- maryland route 195. two vehicles have collided on
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the ramp coming off of 95, onto southbound 195, causing one to overturn. you're looking in the area of where the overturned vehicle is, to the left. and not able to be seen right now is the second vehicle that went off the road. the injuries aren't significant. but this is causing major problems. 195 is closed, just north of 95. and all traffic, coming from the umbc campus is being made to exit onto southbound 95. it's causing about a 25- to 30- minute delay for traffic coming in the catonsville area. trying to reach toward 95 or the airport. expect delays. back to you on tv hill. >> all right, captain mike. thank you. still ahead on eyewitness news tonight. a grandmother falsely caused -- accused and roughed up by government averages. -- agents. making it easier to go green for hybrid car owners. i'm andrea fujii. where you can find these three new charging stations, just ahead.
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we'll see another batch of rain moving our way overnight. and on your thursday. looks like a pretty light day. so stay in bed. bernadette has a look at the thursday forecast. >> yes, we have a storm coming our way. it started today. tomorrow, when we start out the day, there is going to be rain around. 55, so not as chilly as it has been the past couple of mornings. and as we head through the afternoon, more rounds of rain. but temperatures not going up all that much. by tomorrow evening, some of the rain will start to taper off. however, we do have another storm coming our way. so for more on that, here's bob. >> it will get pretty chilly tomorrow night. temperatures back in the upper 30s, low 40s. north and west of the city. around the pa border, there may
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be temperatures running as cold as 32 degrees on friday morning. that's why they've issued a freeze watch. a lot of sun on friday. another bout of rain is possible. and maybe 40, 50 miles north of us. yes, 45 for a high. 34 and clearing out. 58 with sunshine. 56, partly cloudy skies here on monday. mary? >> all right, bob. thank you. in today's energy saver, baltimore city is trying to make it easy to go green during energy awareness month. andrea fujii explains, several vehicle charging stations are just the beginnings. >> reporter: as the mayor pulls up in an electric car, she now has a way to charge it for free. with a $134,000 maryland energy administration grant, the city has installed one charger in nine different city-owned parking garages. >> three, two, one. >> electric vehicle charging stations ready to support the growing vehicle industry and
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offer the potential to displace gasoline usage. >> reporter: as technology advances, more electric cars are being introduced. and the demand for the zero eimation, nongas guzzlers are rising. city leaders say chargers like these are necessary. >> now, residents, people coming to visit the city who own electric vehicles can park in a city garage and while they're parked here, recharge their electric vehicle. >> reporter: each one charges up to two cars at a time, and though the use of it is free, parking here is not. and for some electric cars, it takes up to 10 hours to charge. >> reporter: with a city goal of reducing greenhouse gas pollution by 20% by 2015, city leaders say these are just a start. >> it's going to be easier and easier for electric vehicle owners to actually recharge their vehicles. >> reporter: within the next year, they plan to add 50 more free charging stations. andrea fujii, wjz eyewitness news. >> that's very cool.
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for more information on how you can be an energy saver, go to our website, scroll down to the right side of the page and click on our special section. a woman trying to sell a moonrock she's had for 40 years has it taken away by the federal government. 74-year-old joanne davis thought she was meeting a buyer when federal agents grabbed her arms and took the rock away. they told her she was dealing with stolen federal property. davis says the incident was violent. the agents grabbed her, leaving bruises. >> i felt humiliated. and this may not be proper to say, but i tell you, i felt raped. >> reporter: five months later, davis hasn't been charged with anything and her moonrock has not been returned. it could be worth up to $1 million. check in with wjz eyewitness news at 6:00. for these stories and more coming up, vic has a preview. it's judgment day. a verdict in the trial of a man accused of a murder-for-hire in
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a gas station murder. will he get a cut? a man says he is close friends with william donald schaefer. will he get a part of the former governor's estate? >> all right, vic. thank you. and still to come tonight. the ravens took a look at the practice field. looking to bounce back from that rough and tough loss. >> mark viviano reports from owin,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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there is no time for the ravens to sulk about monday night's disappointing loss to the jaguars. they are back on the field this afternoon getting ready for sunday's game. mark viviano has more. >> reporter: it was a late practice for the ravens, probably a good thing, gink they have lots -- given they have lots to work on. they took the field under cloudy skies and drizzle. kind of fitting after that dreary game they played on monday. getting ready for the arizona cardinals who came here monday. of course, practice with the ravens is noncontact.
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but joe flacco has been taking a beating from fans and commentators here and nationwide. flacco had the worst game in the season in the loss to the jags. quarterback is a position of leadership. before he even spoke to us today, he was aware that he's got to be a leader and the team will be counting on him come this week. >> we don't need a wake-up call. we're really not a team that needs that. it's tough for me to explain. but we've got a great group of guys in there. we didn't play well tonight. we're going to rebound just like we always do. and we gotta go back home and do that next week. >> reporter: we'll have more from the ravens coming up at sports at 6:00. should pass along to you as well, world series, game 6, scheduled for tonight, st. louis has been canceled because of the rain. so the rangeles and cardinals will -- rangers and cardinals will try it again tomorrow night. >> in tonight's wjz healthwatch, a new study says flu shots may not be as protective as you may think.
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bigat shivan reports from new york. >> excellent, paul. >> reporter: paul witty is here to get the flu shot. in order to get his 2-year-old twins healthy. >> it's miserable when they're sick. you don't want to be part of it. or part of the reason that they're getting sick. >> reporter: about 100 million americans will get the flu shot this year. but a new study shows it may not be as effective as you may think. the study in the journal, lancet, shows over the last four decades, the shot only kept flu away from healthy adults about 59% of the time. but researchers say the nasal spray vaccine for children under 7, wards off the flu, 83% of the time. >> young adults and older children have the best immune response to the vaccine. and older patients have always had a weak immune response to the vaccine. >> reporter: the centers for disease control recommends everyone, over 6 months old, get vaccinated for the flu. and doctors say this study doesn't change that. >> besides washing hands and
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general healthcare measures, there is nothing that will prevent the flu short of the vaccine itself. >> those are pretty good betting odds, 59%. i'd take those odds in vegas. >> reporter: and the effectiveness of the vaccine is always a gamble, since flu strains can change from year to year. in new york, bigat shivan, wjz eyewitness news. >> and one of the studies shows the nasal spray is very effective for younger children. the cdc doesn't recommend one vaccine over another. also tonight in healthwatch, the listeria outbreak claims more lives. 20 more deaths are linked to the foodborn illness in tainted cantaloupes. the new deaths in colorado, cap canc and colorado. -- kansas and colorado. listeria has a long incubation. sometimes not showing up until two months after exposure. "occupy baltimore"
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coming up on eyewitness news at 6:00. chaos in the streets. police forcibly remove anti- wall street protestors in wall street, california. are baltimore protestors planning to do the same thing here? the accused triggerman in a high-profile murder-for-hire plot is on trial for murder. i'm weijia jiang, with why the verdict could make this a
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landmark case in the state of maryland next. dollars and cents, from boosting the gas tax, the new fees the state is considering new ways to raise money. the potential impact on your wallet. >> tracking showers in the region. stick around for the updated first warning forecast. >> check in for this and all the day's breaking news. >> wjz eyewitness news at 6:00 starts now. protestors versus police. anti-protest movements turn violent. >> cities want the demonstrators demonstrators to pack up. is baltimore next? >> hello, everyone. i'm vic carter. >> and i'm jessica kartalija, in for denise koch. and here's what people are
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