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investigation, good evening mike. >> reporter: good evings, we're -- good evening, we're at anne arundel. this is where 911 calls came in, people startled to see a car going the wrong way. >> you have a two vehicle collision, what appears to be multiple entrampment. >> reporter: you can hear police as they rush to the scene of the crash. the wreck was so bad one of those cars burst into flames. >> oh my god, he's on the other side. >> i was concerned that he wasn't coming right at me. if he gets that far he's going to have a real problem. it doesn't look like he was weaving, but there is no traffic, and it's a person who got on the wrong side of the highway and didn't realize it. >> reporter: britney walker was with two friends in a chrysler driving the wrong way early saturday morning heading south in the northbound lanes of interstate 97. and somehow continued the wrong
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way on busy u.s. 50. heading west in the eastbound lanes where she collided head on with a bmw. 55-year-old terry davis of severna park was behind the wheel, he died at the hospital. state police are still investigating how someone could go so many miles in the wrong lane on this particular stretch of highway. i drive it every day. >> it's terrible, yeah. it's horrible to hear. something like that can happen because you know it's, you can just imagine if something like that happens it's going to be deadly. it's very, probably very slim chance of survival that's for sure. >> reporter: state police are waiting for toxicology results to come back. they tell wjz speed was a factor in the crash. but they said at this point they can't say whether there was excessive speed that was a factor in this crash. now four devastated families are planning funerals for one of the deadliest crashes here
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in recent memory. at anne arundel. mike hellgren, wjz news. it could take weeks before police finish investigating what happened. investigators in washington, d.c. are preparing for a show down with police starting today. the national park service is enforcing a strict no camping rule at two parks in the nation's capital. some demonstrators are vowing to stay put even if it means facing arrest. police already tasered one man yesterday when he became upset when his tent was taken down. denise is in the newsroom with the proposal that already has many upset, denise. >> mary, today the governor is talking about a 6% sales tax at the pump. he tells wjz, he believes it is the best option for addressing maryland's transportation need. the sales tax on gasoline would
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be gradually phased in. that's in addition to the state's current flat tax on gas. maryland drivers are already paying an average of $3.45 for a gallon of regular. >> denise, thank you. gas prices in maryland are currently 40-cents higher than they were this time last year. right now supporters of traditional marriage are voicing opposition to governor martin o'malley same-sex marriage bill. political reporter pat warren is at state circumstance w-l the -- state circle with the latest on this issue. >> reporter: tonight advocates prepare for a rally here. advocates for traditional marriage raise their voices. >> they're not cowards, they're going to stand up for what they believe in. >> reporter: governor o'malley
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addressed the gay and lesbian conference following his wife's appearance thursday. the first lady called the lawmakers cowards. >> i hear that a lot from the the lawmakers i'm for it but i don't think i'll get reelected which i think is lame. >> reporter: some supporting original marriage took offense. >> there's been outrage. there's been delegates who approach me and said they're going to work with me on the bill now. >> reporter: o'malley sunday tried to quiet the storm. >> sometimes in you are sometimes in -- in our empathy for those who are treated unfairly we react with words of hurt rather than words of healing. >> reporter: the maryland marriage alliance and other faith based groups many of them african americans support traditional marriage. governor o'malley supported a
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same-sex couple supporting the bill. >> which is good for us to be here today because it shows that we're same-sex african american males supporting the bill. >> reporter: but polls have shown a majority of african americans oppose it. >> they spoke loudly to their legislators last year. they are already speaking loudly now. i think tonight will be a demonstration of just that same kind of effort and attention and engagement. >> the rally is scheduled to get under way at 6:00 this evening. reporting live from state circle, i'm pat warren, now back to you. >> thank you, pat. a senate committee will hold a hearing on the issue tomorrow. today detectives announced the murder victim was a respected volunteer from the washington, d.c. area. wjz is live, adam may has the new details on this case. >> reporter: police are trying to figure out what tipped them into the location of this body. they're hoping that part of the
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puzzle will help solve this murder case. police call for the help of an excavation company to help find the bodies. >> i just kind of zoned out and got to work. >> reporter: police confirmed information provided by an anonymous caller. the body is lenny harris, a man missing from northern virginia since last september. alexandria police chief knew the victim personally. >> he was an activist who worked for many disadvantaged for many decades. >> reporter: detectives have made head way in their investigation. >> the cause of death was a gunshot. and extended time in the well is, extended period of time. >> reporter: police also released these pictures of the man trying to use the victim's atm card driving this white dodge caravan without a front
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license plate. and police have also recovered the victim's cell phone. it was found last year right in the middle of wilson bridge. reporting live adam may, wjz eyewitness news. >> adam, thank you. the old well has now been secured. a teenager is still in the hospital after a brutal fight near broad neck high school. he traded punches with a 15- year-old minutes after school let out on friday. the 18-year-old victim suffered serious head injuries and was taken to shock trauma where he is still recovering tonight. no charges were filed in the case but they are still investigating. according to our media partner the baltimore sun the plan would transform the grand prix into a 10 day festival focusing on green energy. the proposal also includes a celebrity race and hybrid sports cars. the organization is waiting for
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a response from the city. monday afternoon with a calm clear evening. just beautiful out there as we look outside. wjz is live with meteorologist bob turk and bernadette woods. >> by late tonight, that warm front will be crossing our region it's going to bring some clouds tonight. but after tomorrow afternoon, it's going to be well off to our north and that is going to put us in some very, very mild air once again. take a look at the state temperatures right now. we're at 43 that's still above average for this time of year. our normal high is 42. close to 50 50 down to the south. 50 in dc. bernadette woods about to look at what we have coming our way. >> as bob said the cold front is going to pass through, it
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ushers in warmer air than we've experienced lately. the numbers are relevantly starting to build and that is what's moveing in our direction. let's take a look at some of those numbers across the country. notice all of the 60s. it's 54 in kansas city. this is the air moving our way. tomorrow we jump up to the 60s. we stay there on wednesday. that is about 20 degrees above average. we'll have your forecast coming up. back inside. thank you, bernadette. less that 24 hours before the florida caucus, mitt romney has been out in florida. >> it makes sense that it wasn't going our way. here the crowds are good. >> reporter: energetic crowds
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are greeting romney across florida. he's secured a double digit lead with focused attacks against gingrich. >> people recognize that if you want to see change in washington you can't elect different people to take the same chairs. >> reporter: gingrich is drawing big crowds too but some florida voters are expressing reservations. romney has a 19% lead among women. women say his conservative tradition trump his marriage. >> i don't necessarily believe everything i hear about the open marriage. >> reporter: as he slips further in the polls, gingrich is painting romney as a liberal and liar. >> you cannot become present if you don't have the courage to tell the truth to the american
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people. >> reporter: ronald reagan's son joined gingrich. the campaign insists, no matter what happens in florida, gingrich is staying in this race. >> rick santorum is back on the campaign trail after spending the weekend at the hospital caring for his 3-year-old daughter. ron paul is by passing florida to focus on states with caucuses? as mystery illness affecting teenage girls in new york. could it be related to a fuel spill near their high school. and the search for a missing toddler. what police found at her dad's home. a man dies at a plane crash in pennsylvania, that story as wjz news continues. maryland is in for another treat. spring like temperatures are on the way. bob has more in the upcoming weather forecast. ,,,,,,,,
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we are following breaking news in baltimore county. sky chopper 13 over an accidental death in owins mills. captain mike above it with more, what happened? >> reporter: this is mill run circle right outside the owins mills mall. where a small community, apparently a man was working in his car inside of a garage when the vehicle fell off of whatever was holding it up and the vehicle landed on his chest. there was a call for a rescue assignment here. we had about 15 pieces of fire apparatus and ambulance personnel on the scene. apparently the car landed on the man's chest and was on it long enough that it caused his death. baltimore county police are on the scene. they have called for their crime lab to respond to the scene. his death is believed to have accidental at this point. police are conducting the usual investigation. baltimore county fire department has cleared the scene, back to you on tv hill.
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>> far more questions than answers in a fatal plane crash. a westminster man was killed when his single engine plane crashed in pennsylvania. the victim died within sight of the runway. >> reporter: it scarily resembles the plane the pilot took flying on sunday. helms was from westminster he took off where he was a member of the flight club. it's not clear what his flight map was. he crashed very close to a collection of mobile homes. >> his motor cut off, very silent and then a thump and that was it. >> reporter: local pilots say it is not difficult to land here. >> the approaching are very clear. the pilots dictate how they're going to run around here.
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>> reporter: to determine the cause, ntsb investigators start with a checklist. >> we'll be gathering information about the pilots experience. >> reporter: investigators also have a checklist for the plane, looking to see if it had mechanical problems while the family of helms mourn. >> it could have hit a house here or hit the road, it could have been a lot worse. >> reporter: alex demetrick, wjz news. this is the second fatal plane crash near york airplane in as many months. in december, a california pilot was killed within a mile of the runway. if you're waiting for someone to get home from work let's check on the roads with christie bresland. >> reporter: hi everyone, things are going to be chaotic if you're traveling harrisburg expressway. delays over to beltfast. things are also the áf slow
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south. as far as the beltway goes, very slow there from green spring avenue around the jones fault expressway. the west side of the interloop, that hasn't lightened up at all. still very slow past security boulevard. 70 westbound also having trouble there over to marysville road. as far as slow downs go, 702 at old eastern avenue there's over there in essex and also warren road in the cockysville area. let's know take a live look. there's a look at 289 at 82, that was a problem spot earlier but everything has cleared up very nicely. bills has it all for you. you can always call them. if you've been to dundalk you've probably enjoyed a meal
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at -- customers and employees can't wait till tonight when the diner goes prime time. >> reporter: there's good eating at the boulevard diner. just check out some of the desserts. today the boulevard will be on the spotlight with guy fierri from the food network. >> before they got here i was a mess. but he got here and then it was a lot of fun. >> reporter: just ask customers who've been coming here for more than a decade. >> what do you like about the place? >> the atmosphere and the people are nice. >> reporter: melissa how are you doing? >> good. >> reporter: waitress melissa kline said he was a bundle of nerves. >> i was very nervous to meet guy because i didn't know how he would be like. but he's down to earth, fun guy just like you see on tv. >> reporter: in the old days it
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was the house of neptune. >> there's a lot of positive things here. i think a lot of times it's portrayed negatively a little bit but you know there's a lot of great things in this town, and i think that we'll bring that out and maybe get people to come visit. >> reporter: ron max, wjz eyewitness news. tonight's food network episode was taped over a two day period back in november. >> you were stuck on the food. dinner time. >> i was. i can't think. >> it's the time of the day that food looks so good. >> doesn't it. >> yeah, it's almost dinner time. let's take a look at temps. almost springtime. it's ridiculous. although today it was cooler. 43, dewpoints way down. humidity way down. the barometer way back up, we'll look at a warming trend. you bet coming our way.
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for the entire month above normal. same thing as december. take a look at temps right now around the region. we're very close to what we should be. a normal high is 42. we're now at 43. 47 in washington, 42 in ocean city. locally, 40 westminster, 46 down by the bay. annapolis and kent island and 42 over in rock hall. 45-30 today. this morning, yes, north of the city, a little snow, a little trace in some areas. northern baltimore county. northern cal county picked up almost a half inch. they were salting the roads across northern hartford, adams county this morning. probably saw some cars with little snow on them. it was gone real quickly. and we're not going to see any of that this week. that's because this front came down, and dropped temperatures over the weekend. the record 72, 1914 and 1870. a long time ago four below
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receiver row. right now west winds in the region and tomorrow they go more south-southwest. already down across portions of the southern virginia and southern west virginia it's already in the upper 50s and that warm air is coming our way. this is essentially a warm front that created snow in minnesota and portion of wisconsin the great lakes. that's moving to our north. but behind it mild air, surging into the midwest and the ohio valley. temperatures here tomorrow would be in the 60s and eventually that will be in our area tomorrow afternoon. overnight tonight, probably get to around 30 then temperatures go right back up. high pressure looming off the east coast. that will force those winds to bring in mild air from the gulf of mexico. temperatures today were in the 70s and 80s in florida. in the carolinas they will see some near 70-degree temperatures the next couple of days. this month will probably give us a chance of showers late wednesday and again on thursday. but before it cools down some what for the end of the week
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and the weekend. bay temp 41. that's come up a couple of degrees. sometimes it'll get overcast. 30 by late tonight and then going way back up, 20 degrees warmer than today at 62 degrees. that's normal for the middle of the april a reminder once again. unbelievable year. >> amazing. i know we do love it. we will get snow again next year maybe. i hate to say it though. all right bob thank you. still ahead at 5:00, occupy d.c. protesters defie a deadline. will there be a show down with police? >> rescueed from pirates, now jessica buchanan is coming back to the united states. new information on her journey home. 10 people killed in a massive pile up. why this deadly accident could have been prevented. ,,,,,,,,
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it's 5:29, 45 degrees with a few clouds. good evening, thank you for staying with wjz news. occupy dc protesters defie a deadline. as of noon today they can no longer camp or sleep in the person's square in freedom plaza in our nation's capital. wjz is live, monique griego has more. >> reporter: tonight everyone
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is waiting to see when police will move in. the atmosphere grew tense in mcpherson square. as hundreds of occupy protesters defied a noon deadline to remove all camping gear from their two colonies in their nation's capital. >> apparently it's safe to sleep any where else in the city. >> reporter: instead of moving their tents up, protesters put up a huge tent over the general mcpherson statute. the city put up notices saying at noon today, park police would begin enforcing new regulations to ban all camping and sleeping at mcpherson square at freedom plaza. anyone in violation could be arrested. >> if they come to arrest me for camping, they can take me
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to jail. i'll be back out, back over here and they can come arrest me again. >> reporter: one protester was so upset he went tent to tent tearing down notices. >> i have done nothing wrong. i have done nothing wrong. >> this you tube video shows what happened. >> reporter: that man was hauled off by officers. but today, besides this early morning sweet by park police nothing much has been done to move the protesters out. now a few protesters did remove some of their belongings telling us they feared police might take them but the majority are still standing their ground. >> reporter: occupy dc first set up camp october 1st. a body is discovered in the potasco river in south baltimore. so far there's no details about the person's age or gender or how the person died. new clues in the search for a missing toddler in maine,
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denise is in the newsroom on what police found in the father's home. >> reporter: the little girl's blood was found in the basement of the father's house. the amount of blood is more than a small cut would produce. ala's father reported her missing. he claimed he put her to bed and she wasn't there the next morning. but police believe adults in the home know more than they are telling. >> ala was only 25 months old when she disappeared. highway patrol says the road probably should not have been open because of heavy smoke and fog. mark straussman reports. >> reporter: the burned out shelves including at least seven tractor trailers. in zero visibility conditions,
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a combination of smoke and fog, drivers headed into a deadly multi car pile up. >> as we were coming through the prairie, it went from crystal clear visibility to nothing in 50 feet. >> reporter: visibility was so poor that when rescuers first arrived on the scene, they could locate victims only by listening to moans and screams. rescuers used machinery to pry victims from vehicles. >> it was a very traumatic situation and very frightening situation to be out there on i75 in the midst of that traffic, hearing crashes, hearing explosions, hearing people scream. >> reporter: there were many unanswered questions including whether the accident could have been avoided. drivers were blinded by a combination of fog and smoke caused by a near by brush fire. and that fire may have been set intentionally. visibility was so bad officials had closed the highway for a time but then decided to reopen it. and then disaster happened.
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>> we opened the road, visibility was good. good enough for what we felt travel was safe. we opened the roadway and i don't know the exact time period, but sometime after that is when we had these series of collisions. >> reporter: accident investigators will have to determine what caused the first crash that set up a deadly chain reaction. they'll also look into why the highway was reopened under such dangerous conditions. 18 people remain hospitalized right now from injuries in that crash. and american aid worker rescued from somali pirates will soon be under control. navy seals freed buchanan and another aid worker last week after three months of captivity in somalia. neither was harmed. their 10 captors were arrested. and crews used controlled explosions to create a new
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opening in the costa concordia today. it will allow them easier access to look for victims of the disaster. divers found another body. agents believe it'll take 10 months to remove the ship from its position off italy's coast. a team is visiting iran's nuclear facilities. there's concern that iran is trying to make a nuclear bomb. >> it starts with a dialogue. >> reporter: but iran insists it has a right to develop nuclear energy. they carried posters with photos of nuclear scientists who had been murdered in recent months. the foreign minister told u.n. inspectors they can stay as long as they'd like. the u.s. is concerned iran is trying to make a nuclear bomb. secretary of defense leon panetta told cbs60 minutes,
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iran could have a bomb ready in about a year. >> we will take whatever steps are necessary to stop them. including military steps. there are no options that are off the table. >> reporter: an iranian army spokesman says any u.s. aggression will be crushed. tina krauss. tension accelerated between the west and iran last week when the european union slapped iran with a nuclear sanction. we're following breaking news in south baltimore. captain mike perry has details for us. >> reporter: we have a report of a pedestrian struck by a high speed rail train. as you can see maryland transit police and baltimore city police are working along howard street it appears they do have
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both north and southbound rail shut down as they continue their investigation. no word on the condition of the person of this truck, back to you on tv hill. >> captain mike, thank you. more violence in syria where protesters continued to call for democratic elections. demonstrators posted this visit owe online showing what's reported to be -- this video online showing what is reported to be a conflict. activists reported 28 civilians killed today alone. elsewhere in the middle east, several americans are barred from leaving egypt. the state department says six americans are waiting for permission to leave the country while they are under investigation for funding anti government protest. among the americans now taking refuge is sam lahood son of ray lahood. scientists are looking into
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the illness in teenagers. the teenagers are experiencing ticks. >> reporter: in a small town in up state new york, a group of high school girls are making national headlines for what many are calling a medical mystery. tara's mom said she brought her daughter to the hospital after she started involuntary ticking when she woke up from an afternoon nap. since then the numbers have grown to 15 and all of them accept ones are girl. over the weekend the media craze surrounding the mystery grew when famous environmental activist sent a crew to look for evidence. both school and state health officials had already concluded a three month investigation
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that determined no environmental or infectious agents could have caused the students ticks. instead local doctors who have examined 11 of the teens have determined the girls have a stress induced conversion disorder that starts as a mental or emotional crisis. a scary or stressful incident of some kind and converts to a physical problem. but some parents refuse to accept the causes are purely psychological. >> everyone if it was stress induced disorder, we don't have the cause of it. >> michelle miller, new york. the environmental team working with aaron brocavich was forced off the high school over the weekend. wjz and the red cross teamed up to save a lot of lives this weekend at a blood drive. it was a great turn out on saturday with 179 units of
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blood collected. it is all part of wjz's continuing community commitment and while the drive is over, the daily need for blood continues, if you're interesting in finding out how to donate. you can get more information by logging on to wjz.com. at long last facebook is expected to announce this week it's going public. john blackstone reports, this is supposed to be the biggest internet ipo ever. >> reporter: when facebook starts offering units to the public, mark zuckerberg is expected to be worth 240 billion. >> we can look into the future and we can see what might exist and it's going to be really, really good. >> reporter: by this summer, facebook is forecast to have a billion users. one of every seven people on the planet. but it's not just the longer of users it's how long they stay says ray needleness. >> once you go on to facebook,
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you're on for at least half an hour, an hour at a time. no other company has that. >> reporter: and people can be sent away. >> every time you click on the like button, that's a kaching for facebook. >> reporter: that leads to the frequent criticism that facebook compromises privacy. >> it's known as the facebook tattoo. >> does facebook know its users better than they know itself? >> oh yeah, they know what you are doing and they keep it all in their servers. >> reporter: facebook is forecast to bring in more than $5.7 million in ad revenue this year up from about 4 billion in 2011. investors would expect ad sales to keep rising if facebook is to live up to the $100 billion
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value projected for its initial public offering. seldom has there been anticipation about a stock offering, equaling that of facebook. experts say facebook is worth an estimated $85 billion. more than forbes and general motors. i'm thinking most of us will not be able to afford any of that ipo right. >> it would be nice right. >> i would like to buy it for a couple of dollars, but forget about it. still to come tonight on wjz's eyewitness news, skipping out on a civic duties. a very public punishment for one man who tried to ditch out jury duty. volunteer doctors save a little girl's life. the breakthrough procedure that helped her overcome a condition. i'll have the exclusive forewarning five day forecast. here's today's report from ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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couple of days. bernadette woods has a look at a very remarkable tuesday forecast, bernadette. >> it is pretty incredible. can you believe the sun is just setting. we're adding more and more sun slight for each day. we finished close to 30 degrees. we're warming up to 62 degrees. sunshine, patchy clouds out there. that sets the stage for another warm day on wednesday. here's bob. >> we'll be up in the north 50s most places, at least the upper 60s. a little cool by the water. a lot of sun on wednesday. 63-42 that's our normal high. thursday still a risk of a shower activity. it might even rain during the day. a little cooler with partly cloudy skies, 47 to start the weekend. mary. >> thanks bob, a way to save money, lint trap is an important energy saver believe
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it or not. if the drier can't provide enough heat or move air through the clothes it'll take longer to dry the clothes. one of the easiest things to do is clean the lint trap before each load. go to wjz.com, scroll to the bottom part of the page . bartop was surfing with friends when he was swept away. his friends were able to dig him out but it was too late. an indiana man learning the hard way never to ignore a jury duty summons. justin humphrey skipped out on jury duty during a lunch break. the judge gave him a choice, pay a fine or wear a sign. as punishment he was forced to walk in front of the courthouse for the rest of the day, sporting a sign to lets -- to
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let people know what he did. sammy, a 4-year-old girl alife thanks to cutting edge technology. >> reporter: her short life has been anything but difficult. little sammy was born with a facial birth defect that made her an outcost in her ethiopian fishing community. >> it can produce a lot of additional problems besides the cosmetic aspect. >> reporter: dr. alejandro barensbine heard sammy's story and arranged for the little girl to come to the states to undergo a cutting edge surgery.
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her parents could not come so she is staying with a nurse that often acts as a foster parent. >> she was a challenge but you get so much back from these children. >> reporter: the doctor performed eight surgeries during a four month period to transform sammy's face. sammy will be going back to ethiopia to show her parents her new face. >> when we went to the playground, before she had her surgery, she would just stand and watch the kids and cover her face. after she had her surgery, she would just jump in the playground and she was the leader. >> reporter: there's still a 10 to 15% chance of the condition coming back and sammy will still need follow up surgeries at home but she's ready to face whatever lies ahead.
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in new york, duartej era ldino. face off adds maryland lawmakers consider a bill to legalize same-sex marriage. opponents gear up for a fight. and wrong way wreck, what newly released 911 calls reveal about the crash that claimed four lives. check in for these stories and all the breaking news coming up new at 6:00, now back to kai and mary. still to come tonight on wjz's eyewitness news. the coach who helped tutor peyton manning into an all time great is coming to ,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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a key edition to the ravens staff. stan saunders joins us to explain why head coach john harbaugh is calling it a perfect fit, hi stan. >> you said it right. the ravens find themselves making a wholesome change for the better. one week after falling short in the afc championship game. the purple birds have hired 57-
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year-old former colts head coach jim harbald head coach. just days ago the colts named former ravens coordinator chuck begano as the new head coach. so the switcharoo. before coming to the ravens, harbald helped groom peyton manning. meantime yesterday from honolulu hawaii among those ravens representing in the probowl, leech who also made the more prestigious proplay. leech is more renowned for his blocking skills but he also caught a 13-yard pass. that made the score 45-35 with the kick on rout to the afc's 59-41 victory over the nfc. that's a lot of points. more to come later at 6:00 including a look at which super
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bowl participate arrived in indy today. thinking about winning the big game there this weekend, back to you mary. >> thank you. an investigation is under way after a california warehouse goes up in flames. take a look at the blaze. there are no reports of any injuries but the building is a total loss. the lieutenant is a packing material firm. i'm mike hellgren, how could someone go to wrong way down u.s. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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wrong way wreck, police release the 911 calls released before a crash. >> someone might have gotten on the wrong way of the highway and they don't realize and there could be a crash. i'm denise koch. >> and i'm adam may. here is what people are talking about. >> now police are releasing 911 calls from witnesses who tried to stop it. mike hellgren has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: at least a dozen of those 911 calls

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