was it an attempt to suprez voter turnout? >> the prosecution tomorrow morning will begin their opening arguments trying to convince the jury that the defendants in this case knew what they were doing when they did the robocalls and knew they were illegal. >> when phones started ringing off the hook. >> governor o'malley and president obama have been successful. we're okay. relax. everything is fine. the only thing left is to watch it on tv tonight. >> reporter: but the judge said that wouldn't stop him from conducting a fair trial for robert ehrlich's campaign manager, suric. he and jenson are said to have conspired to suppress african american voter turnout and

failed to identify who was behind the calls. his attorneys insist he's innocent. >> when the jury hears all of the facts, he will be found not guilty and exonerated. >> reporter: the jury may see some familiar faces testify. possible witnesses include ehrlich, steele, conaway and congressman elijah cummings, who taped his own robocall, urging people to vote after he heard about the ehrlich robocall. >> anybody who is responsible for such actions should be brought to justice. >> reporter: defense attorneys want to know what and how cummings learned about the robocalls. >> this trial is expected to last a week. we're live in downtown baltimore. derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> derek, thank you.

suric faces a possibility of prison and fine fist convicted. updating the breaking news we were first to tell you about. a very serious accident in baltimore. captain mike perry with more for you. still not a lot of information as far as what happened with the drivers. but we have a serious accident, with a serious investigation going on. this on patapsco avenue, southwest baltimore, right in the cherry hill area of neighborhood, where you see at least two vehicles here with severe damage. woblg wol one the driver had to be rescued from. we know several children had to be transported to shock trauma. this all occurred just shortly after 4:00 this afternoon. the bus with the children is still here. police remain on the scene. they do have patapsco avenue closed in both directions in the cherry hill area, so you can expect delays, getting into

the scene. it is not clear what the cause of this accident was. and as you can, police are still conducting their investigation. we'll continue to keep you updated throughout the investigation. but it appears at least two people vehicleally injured in this accident. >> all right, captain mike. thank you. a warning for drivers in baltimore county tonight. aftera brazen carjacking. jessica kartalija has more for you. >> stephanie lynn schwab is wanted for a string of climes. take a look at her picture. police say schwab cut the victim on the hand when she fought back. police found the stolen car near where the carjacking attempt happened. police are asking for help as schwab approached, asking for a ride. >> anybody with information is asked to call baltimore county

police or metro crimestoppers at 1-866-7-lockup. stocks surged today on retail numbers. mike hellgren reports on how it's helping the state's bottom line. >> some worry december's economy may not be quite as rosie. but many retailers are celebrating after several years of anemic sales. >> reporter: the sound of success. retailers nationwide are counting their cash, with black friday sales up 6.6% to a record $11.4 billion at a critical time. >> we need it. you know, we need the economy to be perked up for sure. >> reporter: well-advertised big deals whipped shoppers into a frepsy, coast to -- frenzy, coast to coast. their average spree totaled $400. and maryland was no exception. >> although preliminary sales are not in yet.

we anticipate with the foot traffic we had, that it will follow. >> we're optimistic cautiously. but we'll see that reflected in the sales tax revenues. >> retailers that opened at midnight on thanksgiving night were thrilled that they did so. >> a lot of people have a lot more money to spend. things are a little looser. or people planned better maybe. >> reporter: while the numbers this year are good, compare that to the boom years. in 2007, sales were up 8.3% over the year before. mina's owns a small gallery in hampden. this is a make or break time for him. >> half are on low income. >> reporter: it's not just brick and mortar stores cashing in. cyber monday means big deals and lots of traffic online. >> expect it to grow year after year, about 18%, double-digit growth. could be the biggest online shopping day in history. >> wow. now, today, the comptroller urged people to go to

traditional stores and not online because he's upset that many online merchants do not collect maryland state sales taxes. reporting live, mondawmin mall, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> the comptroller says it will be about a week before they give a better picture of how well retailers did on black friday. amount of marijuana recover in a surprise drug bust in the city. police found 9 pounds of marijuana in a home in the 800 block of north cathedral street. police went to the home to serve an arrest warrant. homeowner was arrested at the scene. >> shock and sadness for two anne arundel county families tonight, after two teens are killed in a violent crash that injured several others. wjz is live. andrea fujii speaks of the heartbroken family member of one victim. >> the family has mixed emotions of that driver who they say was speeding down the

dark, windy road. >> reporter: family members say john deckman and jeff jiles were inseparable. and on friday night, died together. >> they were close friends. >> very close friends. >> reporter: driving on lawyers hill road in howard county, when police say the driver was speeding and crashed into a tree. >> reporter: only the driver was wearing his seat belt. the other four passengers weren't. and that's something police say could have saved the young men's lives. >> there's a good chance if he would have had a seat belt on, he would still be alive today. >> reporter: john's family remembers the 18-year-old who wanted to be a math teacher. >> you hear people all the time talk about their kids and how wonderful their kids are, but i can honestly say that he was a perfect child. >> reporter: on saturday night, a vigil was held for 19-year- old jeff at his alma mater at his high school, where his parents talked about his positive attitude. >> jeffrey was just an incredible kid who was a young man who literally changed the

world. >> reporter: as police consider charges against the 18-year-old driver, the families are split. >> i know they're already talking about pressing charges. but we have no interest in that. that young man is going to pay. >> yeah. >> in his mind, for the rest of his life. >> there's not a place here to judge. but what he did, if he was speeding and caused the accident, you know, he was at fault. >> reporter: but for now, no one is focusing on guilt. only grief. >> reporter: now, police say alcohol was not a factor in the case. -- crash. the driver is still in the hospital tonight, with nonlife- threatening injuries. mary, back to you. >> andrea, thank you. the other two passengers were released from the hospital over the weekend. two firefighters suffered minor injuries, fighting a large house fire in abingdon, harford county. dozens were called to battle the blaze. sparked by carelessly discarding smoke.

both were treated at upper chesapeake medical center. after a fantastic weekend, some clouds and cooler temperatures on this cyber monday. and of a live look outside now. it's still cooler than normal this time of year. >> 69 degrees today. the record, 73. 4 degrees shy of tying the record. it's still warm out. but look at radar. to the west of us, clouds and rain. we're still at 63 degrees. but the rain and the clouds, slowly head in our direction. looks like tomorrow will end up to be a pretty wet day. most of the day will feature light rain. steady rain in the afternoon. probably ending by tomorrow evening. then it gets cooler and yes, dryer once again for the end of the week. mary? >> baltimore radio icon ron smith retires. the veteran wbil broadcaster announces he's at home, under hospice care, with pancreatic cancer.

pat warren has reaction from his listeners. >> reporter: it was just over a month ago we were stunned to hear ron smith announce a diagnosis of stage 4 pancreatic cancer. >> and i certainly didn't want to keep this a secret. too many people knew about it already. and i owed it to my audience to be honest with them, as they try to be honest with them on my comments on political and social matters. >> reporter: this morning on the air, he made the leap from honest to brutally honest. >> well, the decision has been made, by me, to stop appearing on the radio shows. i'm retiring. i -- i basically can no longer do it. i'm getting weaker every day. and it's time to pull the plug. >> reporter: ron smith ends his 26-year long career at wbal radio, after assuring listeners that he would be broadcasting for as long as possible. >> i was hoping i could do it several days a week. >> right. >> but i'm just not up to it.

so you just have to face that kind of thing. >> it's sad news all around. >> thank you so much, ron, for all of the news we had all around. >> we thank you, baltimore, for keeping us informed. >> ron smith was a favorite of mine and my son's. the whole family. >> i certainly would wish him the best as he seeks to recover and wish him well as he retires. >> i think he's very brave to share that. hard for people to share news like that. >> i'll be praying for him. i'll keep him in prayers. >> reporter: according to wife june smith, ron smith's radio show has been his, quote, highest calling. there is no measure of how highly he is thought of by his callers. back to you. >> ron smith is 69 years old. it is a birthday no one will ever forget. at bwi thurgood marshall airport. a woman gave birth just getting off her flight. she gave birth to a healthy baby boy yesterday afternoon.

his nickname is southwest. >> that's exactly it. still to come tonight on wjz's eyewitness news. william to the rescue. the second in line to the british throne, once again proving he takes his day job seriously. i'm alex demetrick. coming up, an arrest in the brutal rape of a 13-year-old girl. that story as eyewitness news continues. a high school band member gets to play in the big game. i'm monique griego. coming up, we'll have more on who is heading to the army all- american bowl. rain is moving this way. stick around for the updated first warning weather forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

the rape of a 13-year-old girl leads to the arrest of a 61-year-old man in baltimore city. alex demetrick explains how science helped track down their suspect. >> reporter: police took a hard line on a suspect they arrested. >> an arrest. and there's really no other way to describe this individual than an utter animal. 61-year-old alvin wright was arrested by baltimore police sex offense and child abuse detectives. >> oh, thank you, jesus. thank you, jesus. oh. i'm so -- oh, god, jesus, i'm so happy. >> reporter: that relief in the 800 block of north caroline street follows the shock of what happened inside this abandoned rowhouse five weeks ago, when a 13-year-old girl was grabbed and forced inside. the house is so dilapidated. >> she fell into the first floor into the basement. our suspect came in and

viciously attacked and sexually assaulted her. >> reporter: the dna samples came from what he left on the victim. and this case was put on a fast track. these case was prioritized, put to the front of the queue. >> reporter: police say the suspect does not have a history of violent crime but has had a history of drug charges. that's how his dna got into the system. >> from the evidence we uncovered, put that into the database. the two matched up. and that's how we identified mr. wright. >> reporter: who was arrested, 24 hours after the lab made the match. >> i don't to feel no sympathy for him or anyone that thinks about doing something like that. >> reporter: alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. >> alvin wright faces charges of kidnapping, rape and assault. he is ordered charged held without bond. elderly men kidnapped and

robbed outside a busy maryland shopping center. the suspect is abducting victims from a parking mall in wheaton. he drives around and forces them to withdraw money from their atms. in all, police believe the same man is responsible for three similar crimes. the victim has not been harmed. a high school band receives a top honor from the army. monique griego has more on his spot in this year's all- american bowl. >> reporter: in front of a crowd of supporters, howard high school senior nick teller accepted the all-important jacket he'll wear in the all- american bowl. >> i'm happy i will get this opportunity to play in san antonio. >> reporter: he is one of 125 marching band students selected selected from across the country to play at the game's halftime show. the bowl, which features high school football standouts is broadcast by national television. >> this is a very elite

opportunity, elite performance opportunity for nick to perform in front of the entire country. >> reporter: for keller's parents, this recognition is a long-time coming. >> picked up the trumpet in the fourth grade. and it took off ever since then. >> reporter: keller's mother is the one who gave him the news. >> she started screaming my name. and at first, i thought she was angry with me. >> reporter: but then his mom showed an e-mail, saying he was headed to san antonio. >> when he read it, he was very excited, like woo hoo, we made it. >> reporter: those who know him say he deserves it. and they can't wait to see him play with the best of the best. >> we're very excited. can't wait until we go to san antonio. >> reporter: and as they mentioned, the game is in january, in san antonio, texas. >> a nice little trip for the parents as well. >> it will be warmer there. >> great opportunity. let's take a look at the weather around here. another warm afternoon. almost close to record. 63 still.

humidity coming up. dew point coming up. east/southeast winds at 7. barometer holding steady. come pack and take a look at tuesday rain after this. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

what a great day. i went to work with the sunroof open today. >> do you know this is blooming. it's just been teased by these warmer temperatures. especially on these southern slopes. amazing. those little blossoms will fall off. it will rebloom again in april. don't worry about it. let's take a look at temps around the region. another warm afternoon. 63 now. one of the warmer spots. 66 in washington. and even up in oakland, still 54. 59 in ocean city. dew point is coming up. more moisture being added to the atmosphere. and maybe midnight, 1:00, 2:00 in the morning, maybe totally cloudy. could be some drizzle and fog forming in some spots. 58, kent island, annapolis. and 63 out in columbia, westminster is not going to get very cool tonight, trust me. 69, 45 today. the average high is 51. tonight, it may not even get that cool. 33 is the average low now.

73, the record. we're only 4 degrees shy of that. 15, the record low in 19mon. right now, east winds and southeast winds will continue to moisten up the atmosphere. i think that's why overnight, maybe a little drizzle, low clouds forming, particularly by the morning. and by 10:00, 11:00 in the morning, probably will start see something rain in the area. and from this area of low pressure, sitting out to the south of us. western tennessee and northern georgia, alabama. but it's moving to our west. not directly going to impact us with the heaviest rain. but rain down here across the carolinas, will be sliding up toward our region. right now, south of us, it's really clear in virginia. but with clear skies and that moisture coming in. that sets up the possibility of those low clouds and fog overnight. so the rain will be with us during the day tomorrow. probably ending by maybe 8:00, 9:00 in the evening. and then once it passes, dryer, northwest winds come in. we'll start cooling down tomorrow night. and significantly cooler, compared to what we've seen on

wednesday, with partly cloudy skies. looks like a lot of sun. and temperatures pretty close to normal for the end of the week. really, one day of rain this week. southeast winds, 10 to 15 on the bay. bay temp around 52 degrees. so tonight, becoming cloudy overnight. maybe a little fog and drizzle during the early morning hours. 52 for our low. 63. still mild at least early in the day. with rain developing by before noon and continuing until early evening before it clears out. and looks like wednesday, the sun is back. so a lot cooler, where it should be in november. >> but got the sun back. thank you, bob. prince william proved that he takes his job very seriously. the prince took part in a daring rescue and search mission after a cargo ship sinks in the irish sea. mark phillips has more on what happened. >> reporter: it was a rough overnight shift for prince william in terrible conditions. by the time the royal air force helicopter, which he was copilotting was first to arrive

on the scene, in the early hours of sunday morning, the russian cargo ship that had put out a distress call had already sunk. the task, recorded by the helicopter's nightview camera was to try to find and rescue survivors, two of which were found bobbing in a life raft. a winch man is lowered. and one by one, he manages to get a harness around the seamen and they're hoisted to safety. but one crewman from the ship is known to have died. an empty life ring the only sign of where he might have been. five others thought to be missing. the strong gale still blowing. other helicopters joined in the search. but the russian cargo ship had gone down too fast. >> it was struck by an enormous wave. she rolled and broke her back. and obviously, it was such a catastrophic failure, she sank very quickly. >> reporter: prince william is on a three-year assignment as a search-and-rescue pilot.

this past summer in canada, he was at the controls of the sea king helicopter as he actually landed it on the water's surface, not a technique the british used and not one that would have been much use in the concern of this weekend's rescue. the russian ship, the swan land, seen here in better times, is now gone. prince william is now off ship. he and the rest of his crew having done what they could on a cruel night at sea. another helicopter searched more than 100 miles of the area today, but did not find the five missing men. and still to come tonight on wjz's eyewitness news. flat head syndrome. a growing number of infants with this problem. in healthwatch, the new guidelines to prevent it. hours from freedom. the latest in the case of gary giordano. the maryland man linked to the disappearance of a frederick woman. and a secret tape causing outrage. ,,,,,,,,,, man: my electric bill was breaking the bank.

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it is just before 6:30. partly cloudy and 63 degrees outside. good evening and thank you for staying with wjz. here are some of the stories people are talking about

tonight. another prominent east coast university rocked by a sex abuse scandal. syracuse university fired assistant basketball coach bernie fine and now secretly- recorded phone calls are coming out. manuel gallegus reports for wjz, with more on the scandal rocking the university. >> reporter: syracuse university fired assistant basketball coach bernie fine after a third allegation of sexual abuse and the discovery of a 10-year-old audio recording. on the tape, fine's wife acknowledges her husband's alleged sexual abuse, while speaking with one of his accusers, bobby davis. >> bobby is also in denial. i think the things he did. but he somehow through his own mental telepathy, erased it out of his mind. >> reporter: davis repeated fine that he molested him at his home. davis was a ball boy for six years. >> he grabbed my hand and then.

[ indiscernible ] >> reporter: during the call, lori fine talked about confronting her husband. >> you know what? go choose a place where there's gay boys. find yourself a bay boy. >> reporter: -- gay boy. >> reporter: davis also claims he had a sexual relationship with fine's wife when he was 18. now, there's a third accuser. 23-year-old zach thomaselli said fine molested him when he was 13. >> he put his hands down my shorts and began to fondle me. >> reporter: but he faces credibility issues. he faces sexual assault charges in maine. fine denies all allegations but he has lost support from the university where he worked for 36 years and from head coach jim bayheim. on facebook, bayheim said, i deeply regret any statements i made that might have been insensitive to victims of abuse. fine has not been charged with any crimes. manuel gallegus, wjz eyewitness news. >> fine, who turns 66 in

december, has the longest consecutive streak. >> there is word tonight of another possible victim. jerry san dunky is charged with abusing eight boys. notice, police have received a letter from a prison inmate in oklahoma claiming he may have been abused by san dunky. -- san dunky. . a showdown is brewing over the future of the occupy movement in los angeles. those protestors defied an order to move out this morning. police in riot gear moved in. they cleared the streets but did not move in. a few protests broke out. the mayor says he wants to avoid violent clashes that have played out in other parts of the nation. he wants to give protestors time to move out. new details in the case of a maryland man in aruba.

gary giordano is being set free. >> reporter: gary giordano is expected back at his home in gaithersburg, maryland, sometime tuesday. fbi raided his home two weeks ago. he is the only suspect in the disappearance of robyn gardner. the 35-year-old from frederick went to aruba with giordano, after meeting him online. prosecutors immediately pointed the finger at giordano, but after more than 100 days in custody, an aruban judge said enough is enough. >> there is no reason for him to remain detained, even if there is reason for further investigation, the judge decided she will not grant the prosecution another extension. >> reporter: giordano said gardner was swept out to sea as the pair were snorkeling at sundown. but prosecutors are suspicious, giordano tried to cash in on a big insurance policy on gardner.

the judge decided the time frame to charge him had come and gone. robyn gardner's boyfriend has started a foundation to raise money to search for her. >> unless there is proof to me that she's not alive, there's no reason to think otherwise. >> reporter: the release will come with no conditions. however, he faces a possible grand jury indictment here in maryland. report says it centers on insurance fraud, connected to the $1.5 million travel insurance policy he tried to crash. an attempted armed robbery in the parking lot. the victim refused and the suspect eventually fled and ran to a wooded area nearby. police searched the area but did not find the suspect. time now for a quick look at some of the stories you'll find in tomorrow morning's edition of the baltimore sun. a maryland woman and her efforts to gain the release of her husband from a cuban jail. a baltimore company is using the helicopter and billboards

to fly over rush hour traffic. and looking ahead to the final five games of the ravens regular season schedule. for these stories and more, read the baltimore sun. remember to look for the updated forecast. in tonight's healthwatch report, more and more babies are getting flat heads from sleeping on their backs. as randall pinkston reports for wjz, now the american academy of pediatrics is releasing guidelines for the syndrome. >> reporter: one side of vincent antonucci's head is flat. so the 4-month-old is wearing a helmet to try to reshape it. >> i noticed the flattening at the 10-week visit. and i was concerned. >> reporter: there's been an increase since doctors recommended inatlantas sleep on their -- infants sleep on their backs. the aap says moving the child

into different positions or physical therapy on the neck muscles can correct most cases. >> these deformities do happen. most of them are benign, which means they will go away on their own. >> reporter: the report says parents should keep babies off their backs as much as possible during the day. they should increase stomach play time, limit the car seat, swing or bouncy seat and turn the child's head, each night from left to right in the child's crib. >> reporter: doctors say if there is no improvement in six months, that's when parents should see a specialist. but some experts say in severe cases, acting sooner is best. >> if we know the child is going to need the helmet anyway, because the numbers and the asymmetry is so great, i recommend not waiting. because the younger the baby is, the softer the bones are, and the faster the bones grow. >> reporter: the antonuccis tried everything but decided a helmet was the best option for everything. >> i think sufficiency -- it was so significant, the flattening, i knew it wasn't going to get better on its own.

>> reporter: after a few weeks, his parents already see a difference. in new york, randall pinkston, wjz eyewitness news. >> and the report says the helmets are not dangerous. but researchers say there is no real evidence they work any better than changing the baby's position. >> looks like they come in designer colors, too. >> i like that. the blue fatigue. how great is that? >> camouflage. stranger comes together to try to save a woman trapped in a wreck. see what happens. see why two elderly men fought at a reunion. i'm bob turk. 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. log onto wjz.com. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

the family of an a&m university drum major is suiting the school. he died during a marching band performance. the orange county sheriff says hazing was involved. and now the family says the

school is trying to cover up a history of hazing. a 50-year-old football grudge turns ugly. the 73-year-old men started throwing punches. after one offered the other a wilted flower. the hostile relationship began back in 1963, when one player hit the other, knocking him out of the game. >> an amazing car rescue, caught on tape. take a look at this. it happened in california after this pickup truck rolled over. that's when they standed together and pulled the pm to safety. the crash killed one person and left several others hurt. one of those powerful democrats on capitol hill is retiring. bonnie -- barney frank announced today he will not seek re-election today. he will leave after 16 terms in congress. frank says political challenges from redistricting brought about the retirement.

it's an historic election day in egypt. thousands head to the polls, some for the very first time. but as tina kraus reports for wjz, not everybody casting a ballot. >> reporter: egyptians waited in lines that stretched around blocks, to vote in the first election since the fall of president hosni mubarak. when he was in power, results were rigged. so this time, egyptians believe they have a voice. he says all of my life, i've never voted until right now. i feel like my vote has value, she says. security is tight at the polls after nine days of clashes in cairo killed more than 40 people. the massive crowds of protestors in tahrir square have dwindled. the dozens who remain are refusing to vote, saying egypt's military government, which took control after mubarak's ouster, must go first. >> reporter: the army did not step down, says this protestor. none of our demands were

achieved. but millions are expected to cast ballots, to choose a parliament that will draft a new constitution for the country. egypt's biggest and best- organized group, the muslim brrgtd hood, anticipates winning at least a third of the vote. that concerns egyptians who don't want to mix religion with politics. presidential elections won't be held until next june. but that didn't stop presidential hopeful amir musav from mingling with voters. he is thought to be the leader for the job. he is known for his criticism of israel and the u.s.-led invasion in iraq. just a third of egypt's regions will cast ballots today and tomorrow. the rest will go to the polls ore -- over the next eight weeks. final results are expected in mid-january. a death-defying stunt. the adventure of the man who calls himself jetman, flew in a

custom-built jet suit. the 51-year-old daredevil jumped out of a helicopter, before taking his place beside two jets high on the alps. once it was finished, he parachuted back down to the ground. >> it reminds me from a scene from james bond. >> swiss army knife. >> you know what? likely so. scott pelley has a preview of what's coming up tonight on the cbs evening news. tensions continue to build in the troubled relationship between the united states and pakistan, following saturday's nato bombing. a report from the pakistani border, tonight on the cbs evening news. >> thanks. here's a look at tonight's closing numbers from wall street. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

well, we have some clouds. but still, it's a much warmer- than-average start to the workweek. bob is here with the updated forecast. bob? >> it's been great so far this month for the most part. take a look at tomorrow. we'll see clouds, yes. maybe a little fog and drizzle to start the day. and rain in the afternoon. probably starting late morning. still in the low 60s before it

clears out late tomorrow night, down to 39. sunshine and temperatures getting back closer to normal. 53, 32. 50, 31 on thursday. and into december. another warmup. 54, friday and saturday. mary? >> unbelievable, bob. thank you. we're loving it. still to come tonight on eyewitness news. a ravens' defense is firing on all cylinders. >> next up, stan has sports next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

certainly the ravens and stan is here with wjz, the fan sports report. >> season winding down now. it's the home stretch. and i think we can do some pretty good things. i say "we" because we're supposed to be neutral. but i like those ravens. nevertheless, it continues to permeate. hopefully winning is contagious. head coming off of thanksgiving night. 16-6 win. ravens' own first place. despite having the same record as the pittsburgh steelers who the birds have beaten twice this season. the ravens' offense cranking up.

head coach john harbaugh, addressing that consistency issue late this afternoon. >> we had to kind of search for, week to week, ways to find the way to do the best we can and win football games. ask sometimes we've done better than other times, all of us. so that's where we're at. >> reporter: and with that, this reminder. ravens on the field a week from today, december 4th on the road. cleveland, watch that game live at 4:00. here on wjz 13. meantime, there he was yesterday. steelers coach, mike tomlin, breaking up a midfield scuffle. first possession. troy palo polamalu. he got a concussion-like symptom there. in the end, thanks in part to tyler roth co's interception. staying tied. birds are the real deal first place team. how about this. shane lechler, of the oakland

raiders. establish this. he booted this 80-yard pun. that's 80, as in aipts-0. he looks like ray guy. best punter ever in my book. nevertheless, helps the previous record in 1961. florida coach, urban myer. he left the gaters -- gators off. rick neuheisel. and that guy, no longer the head coach at memphis university. add to the list, ron zuk fired by illinois. and dennis reportedly asked by arizona state. and on the subject, the washington capitals have handed

boudreau his walking papers. he went 2-0-1. 88 in 40 over 40 years. he's being replaced by former cap star. nba players union have tentatively settled what was a 149-day lockout. they've come to terms on a labor agreement, where an agreement may start. if the agreement is ratified by players in time. >> it's only a good thing we have come in agreement. we are very happy. thank you. thank you. we appreciate it. >> was he talking to us or to nba players? >> in general, i'm sure. >> here's the new top 25. college basketball. kentucky, ohio state. duke, syracuse. and carolina. they lost to unlv over the weekend. >> got it. >> see you at 11:00. >> stay with us. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

don't miss the cbs primetime lineup tonight at 10:00. it's the hit drama, hawaii five-

0, followed by eyewitness news at 11:00. with the holiday spirit bustling on capitol hill. the 65-foot sierra white fir came from california, following a 20-day trip. 10,000 lights and 2,000 ornaments will decorate the enormous tree. the lighting ceremony is scheduled for the 26th. it's been a washington tradition since 1964. at least they can agree on that. >> exactly. right. >> but what color lights. white lights? i don't know. that's it for us tonight. we'll be back at 11:00. >> thanks for watching wjz, maryland's news station. don't go away. there's much more ahead on the cbs evening news with scott pelley, including tensions running high between the u.s. and pakistan. >> pelley: tonight, a major boost for the struggling recovery. holiday sales are breaking

all-time records. what does it mean for the economy? anthony mason has the story. pakistan cuts off supply routes to american forces after u.s. helicopters attack pakistani troops. mandy clark is in afghanistan. david martin at the pentagon. another woman comes forward to claim a relationship with g.o.p. candidate herman cain. jan crawford looks at his campaign and children falling into poverty-- some living in their cars. one county fights to get families back on their feet. >> to still put this glow on the outside, that's the hard part. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. mark the calendar: tonight we may bex pernsing the biggest sales day in the history of the internet. and that comes after the biggest black