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playoffs. >> what's the behind the principal's stunning reversal. here is what people are talking about tonight, victory dance almost ends perry hall's state championship run before it begins. in the 1 # 1st hour a dramatic decision to let them play. wjz is live from fans who fought to see perry hall stay in the tournament. >> reporter: that school's principal suspended the school's soccer team after a victory dance landed them in hot water, now he's changed his mind. this almost ended the soccer season. parents complained the dance was lewd. >> the dance was for fun. they've done it before and there was no big deal about it. >> reporter: the principal lifted the suspension against the team friday. >> they will play. >> reporter: the dance decision big topic at perry hall's friday night's football game. >> what they did was wrong. they definitely shouldn't have

gotten as penalized as they did for it. >> you've got to give them a lot of credit. >> the controversy copied raven players who did it on monday night football. he told our media partner the baltimore sun, if they did do it after me. i'm flattered. i think it was way too harsh for them to get suspended. it's not promoting violence, it's not doing anything offensive. it's something it's harmless. now they'll continue their ride to the top. >> play tomorrow. big game. >> the focus. scoring the goals and not how they'll celebrate after. insteadover forfeeting the game, the entire time will have to take an online sportsmanship course. wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you, megan. the perry hall soccer team plays in the regional semi finals tomorrow afternoon. also in perry hall.

we're following breaking news. a fire leaves almost a dozen people homeless. the 3 alarm fire broke out at the townhomes. no one was hurt but some families tell us they lost everything in the fire. investigators are looking to find out what caused it. a dramatic end to a school field trip when several people were rescued. the student from the cambridge school were canoes. a strong gust of wind flipped one of the canoes. several students and adults fell into the 50-degree water. rescuers say it looks like the victims suffer from hypo they were ya. baltimore grand prix is a win for the city but a lost for some local businesses. tonight even more fall out, part warren reports their debts appear to be mounting. >> reporter: labor day starts the engine on what city officials and racing fans celebrate as the grand prix grand success. >> the speed, comradery. >> it was araise mag. >> it's just unbelievable.

>> kept going. >> reporter: sun rise safety service doesn't get its money, owner is afraid the sun will set on traffic control company and the only sign they'll be making is going out of business. >> hopefully it won't put me out of business but it's very scary right now. >> baltimore racing development owes her $200,000 one of several debts the grand prix wrapped up. the vendor that put in the grand stands is suing for $350,000. according to visit baltimore report. the economic impact was about $47 million. 4million spent with vendors and restaurants inside the track, 2 million generated in state taxes, 1.6 in city tax. those who haven't been paid, show me the money. >> i just don't understand how baltimore city could have let these people get away with this. i don't understand. >> mayor stephanie continued to avoid questions about the

outstanding debt. >> you didn't answer questions yesterday about it. >> i spoke to you on camera. sent to councilman. wjz contacted the offices of all council members today. all were either unavailable or did not return our call. yesterday ray spokesman jay davidson offered assurances that the bill will be paid. >> at the end of the day as i said. this was all anticipated. >> vendors like probably wish they had known that going in. >> you've really screwed up. >> reporter: the race is scheduled to run next year. i'm pat warren, now back to you. >> now the city signed a five- year agreement with the race. >> vandals strike the campus to facing school property with graffiti these are pictures of some of the vandalism. one of the messages warns people to notice the fifth of november. police aren't sure exactly what

that means. they're telling students to look out for anything suspicious this weekend. >> the motive and murder weapon. chilling new details. mike explains the little boy appears to have been killed with his own baseball bat. >> this is new video being brought to -- prosecutors say lopez killed his 11-year-old stepson and his estranged wife jane because he wanted to give her new honda to his new love. >> he had, in fact, stolen her car and had given it to his newest girlfriend in north carolina. >> investigators also uncovered new surveillance video from a gas station. they say it shows lopez with a baseball bat used to kill a little bit who was playing, never aware of the horror awaiting him. >> the baseball bat that was used to kill him was found a short distance away from the body. >> little williams body was found in the woods and lopez

fled the state public defender says prosecutors have no evidence against him their case is nothing but circumstantial. investigators say they can prove he killed jane in her sleep using a 30-pound weight and knife. prosecutors caused it violence. the murders have drawn national attention and out range online. >> it's just crazy what people will do to -- especially their own family. >> just divorced or just walk away. you don't have to kill. >> despite pleading for release, lopez remains locked in jail. the state's attorney has not yet decided whether to ask for the death penalty. mike wjz eyewitness news. >> lopez's violent passed includes a conviction of attempted more. police found his body after nationwide amber alert. one of

his accusers decided today not to go public but she's standing by her statement that cane harassed her several times when they were together at the national restaurant association. >> there's an expression where there's smoke, there's fire. the fact that there are multiple complaints tells me hate's more likely than not that there was some sexual harassment activity by this man. >> at least two of the women have made similar allegations. cane denies ever harassing anyone. >> bizarre burglary, baltimore sun reports someone stole about 5,000 x-rays from the hospital. police think the thief wanted to sell the silver from the x- ray films the stolen images do not include any patient's personal information. thanksgiving still weeks away but retailers are gearing up now for the holiday shopping season. stores will fight a tough economy with aggressive black

friday deals. wjz is live. maryland companies are cautiously optimistic. >> retailers can only be as optimistic as shoppers are willing to spend. >> friday night at town center in baltimore county, the mall is packed with shoppers. >> today we went shopping for her with her money. everything we got was on sale. >> sales are what many shoppers will be looking for this holiday season. the maryland retail association is optimistic. the organization has announced in expect to see an increase in bind this year of roughly to 22 and a half%. >> that covers november and december. hopefully consumers will come out and shop their local retailer. >> retailer out look about holiday shopping is facing an economic reality. many americans don't have jobs so they can't take care of the basic necessity. let alone be able to go out and buy gifts. >> what's the economy like for a 20-year-old college student these days. >> very hard, we're broke.

>> she's looking for seasonal job that will allow her to buy christmas gifts. >> i'm struggling. my friends are struggling, my parents are struggling and i'm out of state too. >> reporter: is it right to really push and encourage people to go buying and shopping when many of these americans don't have jobs today. >> what we're really hoping this additional shopping and business is going to generate more jobs. >> the maryland retailers association says fourth quarter sales are typically the biggest of the year. back to you. >> thank you. maryland retailers say they're competing with states that don't have sales taxes and internet sales. >> there's a less positive out look for maryland's oyster harvest. they're having a hard time finding live oysters in the bay. they blame the problem on all the debris kicked up by hurricane irene, the water men want the state to open up at least one oyster sanctuary for them to harvest. >> tonight one of the city's most beautiful ladies has come

home. the pride of baltimore two. pride in her crew have been on a mission to help celebrate the 2 unanniversary of the war of 1812. visited 26 ports and welcomed 500,000 visitors. now it's our turn to welcome her home. >> you imagine the people who didn't know about the spirit of coming. >> what century is this. >> coming up controversy and airport security, the lingering health concerns and what the tsa plans to do about it. >> the mysterious rampage that left these cars smashed to pieces. trip to the doctor leads to his legs being amputated. why his family is blaming the hospital. a sunny, dry but cool weekend on tap. coming up next. ,,,,,,,,

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complete forecast is coming up. a deadly accident on texas highway, a bus carrying college students overturned killing one person to say that the other people on board were all taken to the hospital. university, the school says the group was traveling to a home

for a weekend. a street -- lost control again smashing into cars. one unit has tire tracks on its hoods. police say the driver and passenger ran away. the passenger was caught but police still trying to find that body. are the full body scanners increasing your risk for cancer. the tsa launched in its own study. cancer risk -- also claims tsa officials downplayed the concern regarding a possible cancer link. tsa administrator says the scanners have been through independent testing and approved by the fda. passengers can opt out of the scans in favor of a metal detector test and pat down. passengers flying out of dwi

will be able to travel to cuba starting next year. island travel and tours will begin offering the weekly charter service in march. recently received approval from u.s. customs to handle charter air service to and from. >> which starts as a case of strep throat ends as a double leg amputation for 6-year-old boy. his family claims it was a misdiagnosis. he explains what the family says the doctor failed to do. >> i wish -- last december 6- year-old had a high fever, sewen tonsils and hip pain. his parents brought him here. they claim a doctor failed to give him a test for strep throat. >> when she mentioned that his tonsils were swollen, i had asked if she would do a strep and she said there was no need. >> in a horrible turn of events doctors had to amputate both of his legs to save his life. the family claims an

undiagnosed strep infection spread through his body causing septic shock. they are suing the hospital claiming a test and antibiotic were all eric needed. >> they discharged eric with erroneous and really a garbage diagnosis. >> released this statement we first want to extend our heart felt sympathy to eric and his family. we applaud them for trying to educate other parents of the potential complication of advance strep infection through media attention. eric symptoms were not consistent with or indicative of this very aggressive form of infection. their son was a star soccer player but is still very active. >> he doesn't have for -- ask for help. >> the lawsuit is seeking damages in excess of $30,000. they cap pay offs 655,000. wjz eyewitness news. >> the family says it will likely cost up to $15 million to pay for a lifetime.

representative gabrielle giffords vows to return to congress. she delivers that message in her own words. her husband mark kelly wrote the book which details giffords' therapy after she was shot in the head out of -- outside a tucson grocery store. she underwent fertility treatment in the hopes of getting pregnant this year. >> the loud sound can mean only one thing, it's the annual competition. >> the designs range from simple cannons from swirling contractions. the idea is to see how far these machines if you want to check out these and see pumpkins fly. do so saturday and sunday in bridgeville. log on to wjz.com for more. >> ladies and gentlemen bridgeville will be making a lot of pumpkin pie on monday. >> and the guys can do that too. >> he you think about when they

shoot those things, pumpkin start growing again. that's right. old pumpkins don't put them in the trash. put them in the woods. go back to nature. recycle those and let's take a look -- it's a cool breeze. very dry air, humidity only 80%. north winds, 12. barometer on the way back up. currently 36, oakland, 51 and generating a low to mid-40s across much of -- it's going to be a chilly night. down by the water it's certainly warmer. the breeze makes you feel a little cooler than it is. now, don't forget -- don't forget this, tomorrow night or before you go to bed, 2:00 in the morning on sunday turn your clock back one hour. you gain an hour of sleep. that means you get dark like 5:00 in the afternoon.

the sun will be rising around 6:30 in the morning. that will help with the kids going to school. low pressure off to your southeast coast continues to move away. the clouds we had this morning down into the south and continue rain carolina which you can see, clear that. chilly air over the next 24 hours but eventually the same air mass is bringing us this cool night tonight will begin to move offshore and the winds go back southwest as here comes a nice warm up for next week. we may get to that magic 70- degree mark again. northeast winds 10 to 15. throughout the afternoon tomorrow, 7:30 sun rise. that's the -- that is the latest it will be this year. sun set 6:02:00 p.m. tonight look for clear skies, 33. probably about 38 in the city. still a breeze out there. tomorrow lots of sunshine, it will be very pretty but cool

day. on sunday warming op little more, 56, still a lot of sunshine. much warmer, 61 on monday. 70 on tuesday. clouds go back wednesday, maybe some showers at night. 69 -- pretty good chance showers next thursday. >> thank you bob, coming up one last practice for the ravens before they -- >> mark tells us who is still hurt and who will be ready to play. big rivalry game coming up next in sports. [ female announcer ] this is steve and lynn, and they have a good question.

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defense is going to be shorthand as linebacker won't play. he has a hamstring injury he suffered this past sunday, officially he's out. plus linebacker listed as questionable he has a calf injury. the ravens say they respect what the steelers will have on defense. >> easy to try to pinpoint the guys that's going to be out, you know, because their big name guys, you know, they're proven in this game. anybody will tell you that, you know, the next man is waiting for an opportunity so those guys will be fired up. >> ravens offensive lineman ben grubs was limited. he has not played since the opener eight weeks ago. he will be a game time decision on sunday. we have a big day of college football on tap tomorrow right here on wjz starting with the

turks taking on virginia at noon. then tomorrow night the clash of the nation's top two teams lsu at alabama at 8 all here on wjz. new era of college basketball begins in college park. no more gary williams, new coach and a number of new in a preseason tune up taking on north wood of florida alex a 7- foot center from ewe crane, big man in the middle. he also had six rebounds, maybe a closer game. freshman, nick with a good impression, clock ticking to half time. he beats the buzzer with a 3 point bomb. 89-84 maryland wins the exhibition opener the first real game for the -- is a week from sunday. finally some rough stuff on the ice and raleigh, north carolina washington caps paid a visit on the hurricane second period caps on the attack. the shot gets stopped but jeff will streak in to score on the

rebound, the first of five straight caps goal. they go on to 5-1 win on the road. and the ravens will hit the road flying to pittsburgh sunday's big game. >> thank you. i can't wait. don't try this one at home. >> the dangerous record this daredevil is ,,,,,,,,,,,,

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