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spring grove state hospital an old building, it which is apparently no longer used on the hospital grounds. apparently two people inside this building, taking copper piping from inside, when police intervened. one person was taken into custody. now, a second suspect is believed, hiding inside the building. and police have been searching, both maryland state police and baltimore county police, for about the past two hours. now, this looks like an old, no longer-used storage facility on the property of spring grove state hospital. they have had hazmat teams out here because we are told there is asbestos in this building, as well as other chemicals. now, this has been going on for about two hours, at least a half a dozen baltimore county and maryland state troopers have been maintaining a cordon around the outside of the building. and as you can see, they continue their search, with
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canine dogs and a police helicopter, which was here just -- here just a short time ago. at this point, police are not sure whether the suspect is still inside or not. but this is a rather large building. and it appears that they're going to continue this search for sometime. back to you on tv hill. >> okay. could take sometime. thank you. captain mike perry. recent fights and beatings plagued the area around the inner harbor. wjz is live. mike hellgren has more on the fallout. >> reporter: vic, we reached out to several councilmembers and tourism tourism officials. many didn't want to talk about this. but the mayor told wjz, she remains focused on keeping downtown safe. >> reporter: concern and outrage are growing over safety at baltimore's crowned jewel, the inner harbor, after several incidents, including massive groups of young people, swarming downtown streets and fighting on st. patrick's day. recordings from emergency dispatch captured the chaos.
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>> fox trot. they are battling pretty good here. >> lombard and light. a group of people are fighting, unknown if there are any weapons. a large group of males are attacking a male at pratt and light. i need somebody to go up there. >> there's a lot of commotion. a lot of people running around. frantic, scared. >> reporter: the same night, this video shows a tourist being beaten and robbed. the mayor addressed the issue today. >> very unfortunate, for the young man who was trying to enjoy himself in the city. and it's a black eye on the city. it doesn't paint the good picture of our city. >> reporter: bloodshed was on fourth of july, including the murder of a tourist and a 4- year-old hit by a straight bullet. >> the un. handful of incidents that get the attention, the real story is that our employees are having results and we are reducing violence in the city. >> there was a fight involving a couple of different youth
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girls, actually, very young girls. and of course, while this is -- violence is definitely a concern for us, we, however, the would not stop coming down. we definitely support the city. >> i would just hope the tourists could be more of a presence than the crime. >> reporter: and police believe several of these large gatherings were organized on facebook. reporting live, wjz eyewitness news. >> the st. patrick's day, used a taser in the incident. a group of boys shot on a front porch and a 12-year-old killed. jessica kartalija is in the newsroom with the latest on this. >> reporter: dan yea robinson, antoine mosely, and derek brown, are each charged with a host of crimes, including murder. 12-year-old sean johnson was shot to death, while sitting on a porch, watching a basketball game. three others were hurt. police say johnson and his
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friends were victims of mistaken identity. in addition to murder charges, each of the suspects is charged with attempted murder and assault, denise? >> thank you, jessica. they remain held without bail. an inside look at the case, against the lacrosse player, convicted of killing yeardley love. >> reporter: for the first time, the clerk of court opened the evidence to be on display. >> reporter: the evidence was on display inside the same courtroom, where george huguely was convicted of murdering yeardley love, who grew up in cockeysville. it included more than 200 photos from the case, including the crime scene. one photo showed a blood stain in love's apartment, and a 12- inch hole in the door, where huguely kicked it in. also on display, text messages and e-mails between the couple. including one that revolved around love finding huguely, with two high school aged girls one day. you're the biggest scum bag i've ever met, wroteiardly.
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huguely-- wrote yeardley. huguely responded, you're so completd expletive stupid. >> reporter: at one time, the juror described what he saw and said it would haunt him for a long time. >> her eye was completely swollen shut. you couldn't open it at all. >> the truth is, the scar is going to be there my whole life. i never knew yeardley love. but i got to know her best friends. i got to know her family. i got to see parts of her life in photographs. >> reporter: love was killed in may of 2010. huguely was found guilty of murder and grand lars larceny. >> he bears responsibility for what happened. >> reporter: and the jury recommended huguely spend 26 years behind bars. he will be sentenced in august. the evidence will be on display again tomorrow. vic? >> mary, thank you. yeardley love's mother has filed a civil suit against george huguely, seeking $30
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million in damages. an investigation is under way tonight, after an eight-car crash, on the beltway. this was the scene from an m- dot camera, on the outer loop. three lanes were shut down for more than an hour because of an accident. all of those lanes were back open by noon. four people are being treated at st. agnes hospital. their injuries are nonlife- threatening. we still don't have word on how it happened. in tonight's wjz pump watch report, gas prices are staying steady. right now, the national average is $3.73. that's compared to last week's price of $3.76. a month ago, that same gallon was $3.90. so let's take a look at prices here in maryland. the average price for a gallon of regular gas right now is $3.67. a month ago, we were paying more, about $3.96 a gallon. closer to a new budget that will avoid deep spending cuts, the senate approves an income tax hike. and the house is set to do the same. political reporter pat warren has more on what this could
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mean for you and your wallet. >> reporter: the senate has finished its work. the bill is now being debated in the house. >> reporter: the senate majority votes to raise tax rates, lower tax exemptions and eliminate exemptions altogether. >> we aren't raising taxes to do something to people, but something for people. who happen to be even worse off than we are. >> reporter: and it avoids $500 million in doomsday budget cuts. >> the question is, who do you kick off the train? nobody is going to kick anybody off the train. >> reporter: the increase affects single filers who earn $100,000, and joint filers who make $150,000. >> the majority party says $150,000 is rich. president obama even doesn't say that. he says, $250,000. but here in maryland, brother, we've gone way below $250,000. we've gone down into the working people. >> reporter: it's a graduated increase that will have a bigger impact on residents in some parts of the state than others. high earners, for example, in
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carroll, harford, cecil, and prince george's county, are likely to pay $256 to $436 more. taxpayers affected by the hike in frederick, howard, and anne arundel counties, and baltimore city, are likely to see increases between $437 and $704. the highest increases are likely to affect residents in baltimore county, montgomery, and talbot counties, ranging from $705, to $955 more this year. >> reporter: the budget is in the hands of the house now. >> if all goes as planned, a special session will adjourn tomorrow. reporting from anapol i, i'm pat warren. back to you on tv hill. the increases will apply to the 2012 tax return. rain off and on today. taking a live look outside. a mixture of sun and clouds. wjz is live with first warning weather coverage. meteorologist bernadette woods and bob turk are updating the first warning weather forecast. i've been watching shower activity.
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we've had activity north of us. now south and west of us, as you can see. it's still developing. still a chance you might get some activity moving across the maryland region. right now, further south and west you go, that's where you're seeing a bunch of activity. fredericksburg, virginia. and to about la plata. looks like most of that will head off to the northeast, probably just south of the washington area. i'm not sure it's going to make it much further north into the washington, d.c. region. west to baltimore, it's very quiet. we really had showers earlier. they pretty much died out. but there's still a risk between now and say, 9:00. of scattered showers. 84 degrees. 64 and much dryer to the west of us. winds coming off the water there. 78 in washington. showers south of that region. the dew point has dropped 1 degree. maybe a little dryer air is moving into the region. but we had decent rain overnight. some areas picking up almost two inches. bernadette has a look at that. bernadette? >> reporter: that's right. there was a real zone that went west of d.c., west of baltimore.
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they got between an inch and a half and two inches of rain. and take a look at these totals. gaithersburg. mount airy, 1.4 inches. but you notice the farther east you go, the amounts drop off. and bwi marshall, .25 inches. that's significant because that's where we keep our official records. here's where we stand for the year, with that amount factored in. we are still down over 5 inches for our rainfall deficit. still, minus .83. and this month is only about halfway over. we'll continue to track these rainfall numbers. and hopefully we can do more damage to bring the numbers down. right now, we'll have that forecast for the weekend. back inside. >> thank you very much, bernadette and bob. he is known as dr. death. a baltimore man who helps terminally ill patients end their lives. tonight, he now faces felony charges. adam may has more on this challenge to the right to die movement. >> reporter: he is the modern- day jack kegeorgian.
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he's -- kevorkian. >> how many people have you helped? >> roughly 100. >> reporter: egbert was part of the final group net work, a group that offered support for people suffering from a variety of fatal diseases and conditions. authorities are the latest to criminally charge the doctor. he traveled to the twin cities to see a patient. >> she eventually decided to take her advice, with the -- her life, with the advice, assistance and encouragement of a group known as the final exit. >> reporter: doreen dunne was living with chronic pain for 10 years. she secretly called final exit and dide from helium asphyxiation. >> what is the medical process? >> you have a bag of helium on your head like this. and a person will breathe the helium and will become unconscious, 30 to 60 seconds. >> do you actually administer the helium? or is that something the
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patient does themselves? >> we do nothing but give advice. you have to pull the balloon down. i am not going to pull the balloon down for you. >> reporter: physician assistance is illegal in 38 states, including maryland. but the law found it unconstitutional. the president of final exit defends the right to die, telling wjz, it's appalling that the government would spend so much of its resources on this political prosecution. >> reporter: right now, oregon is the only state with pacific guidelines for assisted suicide. last year, 114 terminally ill people in oregon ended their lives legally. vic, back to you. >> dr. egbert will have his first court appearance in minnesota next month. the president pays tribute to officers killed in the line of duty over the past year. ♪ [ music ] the national peace officer's memorriality service was held this morning at the u.s. capitol building this weekend.
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survivors and families of the victims remembered loved ones and president obama delivered remarks at the annual conference. it is a tradition that began in 1932. still to come. cold-blooded crime. a popular ann anne arundel county dent first is murdered. the stunning twist involving the star witness. are pit bulls inherently dangerous? the court of special appeals sayses are yes, they are. says yes they are. but they want the legislature to say they are not. their chances for success when we return. i'm jessica kartalija, here at camden yards. what jackie robinson has to do with tonight's orioles yankees game. i'll explain straight ahead. and how is the rest of the week shaping up? don't miss the updated first warning forecast coming up. ♪
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it is for partly sunny and 83 degrees in maryland now. the complete first warning weather forecast is coming up. much like an anne arundel county dentist murdered in his office, his assistant admits she hired a hitman. the hitman is on trial. >> reporter: that woman has already confessed to orchestrating the entire murder. and now she's the state's star witness. testifying against the hitman, a member of her own family.
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>> reporter: in 2006, dr. albert row was bludgeoned to death. police found the popular glen burnie dentist inside his office, stabbed 39 times and beaten beyond recognition. >> shock. i think we were having like a nightmare. i mean, this is unbelievable. i mean, the family is traumatized. >> reporter: a grand jury indictment says row was killed at the hands of 25-year-old daunte jeter, whose trial is under way. jurors are expected to hear damning testimony against jeter from his own cousin, 37-year- old shanty hickman. three months ago, the state's star witness pleaded guilty to murder in the case. the former receptionist said she paid jeter $1,000 to kill her boss. the motive? also cash. hickman con-- confessed to embezzling $37,000 from row. worried about getting caught, she ordered a hit.
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they showed she withdrew money right after, to pay jeter. hickman agreed to take the stand in exchange for a shorter sentence of her own. 40 years in jail. >> reporter: hickman is expected to testify first thing in the morning. police also believe there are two others involved in this case. and if she gives up information about who they are, her sentence could be reduced even more, to 30 years. in annapolis, weema jang, week eyewitness news. -- weijia jiang, wjz eyewitness news. >> this case sat cold for four years, until police found a link at the scene, linking them to jeter. animal lovers converge on annapolis, trying to solve a budget problem. as mike schuh reports, they feel pit bulls are being unfairly targeted. but leaders in annapolis say they're barking up the wrong tree. >> reporter: this towson boy was mauled by a pit bull. his parents sued. maryland's high uftd court ruled that the dog's owners, landlords were responsible and that pit bulls are inherently
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dangerous. now, residents like mark davis have been given notice. his dogs must go. but there are fears that shelters will be overrun with people in mark's predicament. >> do you have the space for this? >> absolutely not. any kind of increase on pit bulls, we'll have to make tough decisions. >> reporter: tough decisions, a euphemism for killing. >> i can't put him down. there's no way. no way. that's my children. >> pit bulls are no more inherently dangerous than rottweilers, dobermens. >> reporter: pit bull lovers want the law changed to effectively overrule the court. >> i don't know what we could achieve today, other than to let people know that there are responsible pit bull owners out there. >> everybody is afraid of him. but he's the sweetest dog. >> the breed is not the issue. people are the issue. >> exactly. >> my understanding is that we could get this thing done. >> reporter: democrats and republicans have this bill
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ready to introduce in this special session. >> reporter: the governor and the leadership of the legislature don't want any other bills, other than budget to be heard down here. so if the committee chairmans are strong enough, nothing like this bill will make it through, out for a vote. in annapolis, mike schuh, wjz eyewitness news. back to you on tv hill. >> and legislative leaders say they will address a pit bull issue, when they next meet in regular session. those who serve our country are getting a special thank you. men ask women in the u.s. military, will soon get into every national park in the country for free. the annual masses will be made available, starting saturday, which is armed forces day. the passes give access to more than 2,000 national park and wildlife refuges. military members must show a current valid military id to get the pass. >> that's the way it should be. >> absolutely. >> should have always been like that. >> good idea. a lot of beautiful parks. let's take a look at temps and conditions around the area. warm. but a tad dryer.
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80 degrees now. the dew point has come down a little bit. no wind currently. the barometer holding steady. come back and take a look at still a risk of showers overnight right after this. ,,,, [ male announcer ] if you stash tissues
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rains. bob? >> may have some showers. there's a batch across virginia. and seems to be moving more in the northeasterly direction. see that down that way. we'll still have a risk of maybe some shower activity in the area. pretty good stuff there, from la plata over to charlottesville. it's moving off to the east/northeast. toward the d.c. area, in southern maryland. but it may expand into the baltimore and leave central maryland later on tonight. there's still a risk we'll see some rain tonight. 80 degrees now. d.c. at 78. 68, the cool spot. ocean city, also at 68. locally, mid70s to near 80 degrees. the humidity has come down just a tad. but that doesn't mean we still can't get showers tonight. we've had a southerly wind, most of the day. right now, we have a dead calm. right now, we're starting to see a bit of a shift late in the day. with shower activity across northern michigan. upper michigan, we call it. actually, moving in our general direction. leftover moisture tonight and yesterday's rain. that next front could give us another chance of a
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thundershower tomorrow. now, tonight, we're looking down to the south and southwest. this stuff in southern virginia. and western carolina. looks like it's moving up toward our region f. it holds together rnlgt we'll probably see some additional rain and showers tonight. and as you mentioned, we still have the deficit. we could use the rain. there's the next front, coming down from the northwest. tomorrow afternoon. and it may kick up a batch of showers and storms again. but behind that, tomorrow night, dryer air moves in. it looks absolutely beautiful for friday -- thursday, friday, and the preakness. end of the week looking dryer. a lot of sunshine. pleasant conditions. southwest winds on the bay. 5 to 10 knots. bay temp still in the mid-60s. sunrise, probably see that. maybe a little fog overnight. 5:51. sets at 8:14. tonight. still a risk of showers. 62. maybe patchy fog overnight. tomorrow, mid-80s, yeah, with a chance of another shower or thunderstorm in the afternoon. but tomorrow night, it clears up, dries out and leaves us
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with really beautiful weather for the entire end of the week into the weekend as well. all for those preakness activities. >> perfect. >> thank you, bob. still to come tonight. a daughter's defense. john edwards' daughter is expected to take the stand in his criminal trial. the latest from the courtroom. the latest evacuation from arizona. wildfires. the latest on efforts to put them out. coming up -- >> they were justid justid -- just kids, cyber bullied. not just in school but online. the local family who knows all too well what it's like. >> in is in a classroom? >> can it be stopped? >> this is not okay. ,,,,,,,,,,,
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it is just about 6:30. mostly sunny and 86 degrees. good evening. thank you for staying with wjz. here are some of the stories people are talking about. updating the breaking news. police are on the scene of a possible barricade situation, at an abandoned psychiatric hospital. meghan mccorkell has more on the search for the suspects. >> reporter: denise, we want to show you what is happening right now, in just the past few
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minutes, police have rolled in what appears to be some sort of tactical team. within the past half hour, we've seen at least a dozen more police vehicles arrive on the scene. now, we know that police have this building surrounded on the campus. police were called earlier this afternoon, when two men were seen going into this condemned building on the campus, carrying hacksaws. police say they were trying to steal out of the building. hospitals chased them in the building and arrest a 29-year- old man. but the other suspect ran. >> they were able to arrest one. the other escaped up into the attic area of the building. a search was initiated there. but had to be called off, due to darkness up in that area. >> reporter: now, you could see police were able to recover some of the copper. they say that the two suspects were trying to steal. now, the problem is, this building was condemned back in the '70s. and it's filled with hazardous materials, like asbestos. so police can't really go inside and search for that
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second suspect, who could be holed up inside the building. at this point, they are sitting at all of the exits, inside the building. a live look right now. you can see this tactical team has just arrived here on the team. it's unclear if they plan to go inside the building. we will continue following this developing story right now. for now, we're live in catonsville. >> thank you, megan. we invite you to stay with wjz. we'll have more coming up tonight on eyewitness news at 11:00. john edwards' daughter could testify any moment on her father's behalf. dick brennan reports for wjz, from court in greensboro, north carolina. >> reporter: cate edwards arrived at the courthouse with her father. she is expected to testify in his defense. john edwards is charged with accusing -- violating campaign finance laws to cover up his affair with rielle hunter. >> if the jury senses or smells
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the disingenuousness, or that she's being used, it will destroy the case. >> reporter: the defense did its best to try to discredit the prosecution's star witness, andrew young. elizabeth nichols said young was dishonest. >> reporter: the defense also tried to present a warmer side to edwards, with devotions to his kids. >> another person also testified that wealthy donor fred baron donated money directly into rielle hunter's basic account. >> baron is donating this money for what appears to be hiding it from elizabeth edwards. and secondly, we never heard about it from the government before. so i think it was a bit of a shocking revelation that it never came out before. >> reporter: testimony will wrap up this week. the defense will soon have to decide if john edwards himself will take the stand. in greensboro, north carolina, dick bren brennan, wjz eyewitness news.
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>> if convicted, edwards faces up to 30 years in prison. wildir fires -- wildfires are burning in arizona. >> denise, the firefighting efforts are being made more difficult because of dry and windy conditions. five wildfires have burned nearly 6,000 acres in arizona, including here in crown king. several buildings have already been destroyed. investigators say it did not start naturally. it was started by a person. it was probably arson. people in the area are under a mandatory evacuation. temperatures soared to 106 degrees today, making firefighting efforts very dangerous as well. denise? >> the fires follow a recent warning from state land managers that hot temperatures and dry vegetation have created a very high fire risk in some areas. a man sets himself on fire outside a court in norway, where andres breivik is on trial. it happened here in oslo. so far, there is no word of a motive. and he is in the hospital. breivik is on trial for the
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terrorist attack last summer that killed 70 people. he is charged with voluntary homicide and committing acts of terror. more charms in the phone hacking scandal that is rocking rupert murdoch's phone hacking scandal. rebecca eferts and her husband are accused of plotting to hide evidence from police. the charges carry a maximum punishment of life in prison. brooks says the charms are unjust. it is bullying taken to a whole new level. cyber bullying. allowing witnesses to suffer humiliation. tonight you'll hear why a young life has never been the same. >> reporter: you're looking at the face of a new kind of victim. young people who kill themselves when cyber bullies make life unbearable. >> this has got to stop. >> reporter: on easter sunday in howard county, it happened again. 15-year-old grace mccomis takes her own life. her parents blame cyber bullies who preyed on her more for months. >> reporter: harassment, once
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limited to hallways and classrooms and playgrounds. eight out of 10 admit they have been victims of online bullying. >> reporter: 14-year-old darren king was bullied at school for years. >> the taunting and the teasing. he's been bullied on and off since fourth grade. >> reporter: but everything got worse when a fight video from his middle school in southern maryland went viral. >> reporter: one day, darren got set up and threw a punch. another student videotaped him getting beat up while other kids laugh. >> nobody hears this commotion? >> this kid says, fight is on twitter, too, guys. >> how do you feel that that video is out there? >> mad. >> this is not okay. this is not the way you treat another person. >> reporter: darren's mom says nine days after the fight, the school told her the video was taken down. >> that wasn't the case because two weeks later, i'm still finding the video on twitter and you tube and facebook.
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>> reporter: the video was eventually taken down. but fallout from the cyber bullying changed darren. he still loves exploring the woods behind his home, riding his bike or playing ball, but he won't go to school anymore because of bullying. >> i would really like him to be able to enjoy a public education without having fears. >> reporter: darren's feelings are normal. with reports of online harassment skyrocketing around the world, nancy willard, a national expert on cyber bullying, says this very public humiliation is devastating. >> one of the big features of the internet is it kind of distances us from being able to see the impact of our actions. >> reporter: the controversial movie "bully," shows these fights happen a lot at school. >> the law is really very clear. that schools can intervene if students are attacking other students. >> were you afraid to go back to school? like that you might get beat up again? >> yes. >> so you felt in danger there?
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>> uh-huh. >> that's very hard as a mother. what do you do? >> i want everybody to be aware. if you want to post something on the internet. would you want yourself in that video? would you want your name in that comment? and if you don't, then don't post it. >> reporter: now, maryland's department of education says schools can demand that students remove postings if they interfere with a student's education or their physical or psychological well being. time now for a quick look at some of the stories you'll find in the baltimore sun. a look at the logistics involved. in wednesday's installation of william lori as archbishop of baltimore. find out where local chefs go to eat when they're not working. and a reputation as a proving ground for maryland's best jockeys. for these stories and more, read the baltimore sun. he broke racial barriers on and off the baseball diamond. and now, the legacy of jackie robinson lives on. jessica kartalija reports, one student is being honored for
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overcoming his challenges. >> jackie robinson broke racial barriers when he became the first black major league baseball player since the 1800s. his debut with the brooklyn dodgers in 1947, put an end to segregation in professional baseball. now, 40 years after his death -- >> this breaks through an important barrier for those affects -- effects by learning disability. >> reporter: 7th grader, hunter youngblood, a student, is following robinson's lead. >> i'm glad that i inspired some of the kids with my story. >> reporter: hunter writes of his own story with a learning disability that affects his memory. >> i had to study a lot more than other kid the to get the -- kids to get the information. like for a test, for example. >> reporter: his story won a national essay contest, called breaking barriers in sports, in life. jackie robinson's daughter, sharon, is an educational programming consultant with major league baseball.
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>> it helps with kids in personal expression. their writing skills. it's a national essay contest. so they get national recognition. >> reporter: hunter was awarded a brand-new computer. his teacher calls him an inspiration. >> so many students have personal barriers that they try to overcome on a daily basis. and this gives them an opportunity to express themselves, to write it down. >> reporter: sharon robinson tells wjz, teaching kids to overcome challenges spreads her father's legacy. >> it's so important for kids to understand it's strength and character that took to break the color barrier. >> reporter: hunter will be recognized on the field at camden yards, just before tonight's orioles-yankees game. jessica kartalija, wjz eyewitness news. and jackie robinson was inducted into the baseball hall of fame in 1962. a woman in alabama who lost her class ring more than 40 years ago, is now wearing it again. she was playing softball when she lost it.
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her son-in-law heard the story and searched the old field. since the ring went missing, that field has seen blizzards, tornadoes, planted crops. turns out, it took the man only 10 minutes to find the ring. the woman says she won't be taking it off any time soon. it's amazing. >> that's miraculous. still to come on wjz eyewitness news. caught on tape. a truck smashes into a pawn shop. find out what happens next. runaway buffalo. a massive chase. as these animals get loose, the rush to catch this herd. i'm bob turk. the first warning weather center. will it dry out for the preakness? i'll have the exclusive first warning five-day forecast. and wjz 13 is always on. here are the top stories. for updates and all the day's news, and the updates any time, log onto wjz.com. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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a massive fire destroys a warehouse in success. you can see the flames, shooting out of the roof. as many as 150 firefighters responded to the two-alarm blaze that began in a clothing store. no one was injured. the cause of the fire is under investigation. a truck crashes into a colorado pawn shop. and now the search is on for the two people who ran from the wreckage.
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surveillance video shows the truck plowing through a brick wall of the store. police say one of the suspects left behind an article of clothing, which could help them solve the crime. but they are hoping the public will help them track the two guys down. >> so you've got an auto theft. maybe an attempted burglary. possibly a dui being a traffic accident. >> reporter: police are still trying to determine if it was a burglary attempt gone wrong, even though nothing was stolen from the pawn shop. drivers in northwest iowa are dealing with a road hazard, more commonly associated with the wild, wild west. a herd of 225 buffalo broke loose and are roaming the countryside. so far, cowboys have been able to croral most of them. but at least two dozen are still at large. police are urging people to stay in their cars as they come upon the roaming buffalo. >> i bet that's the most fun those cowboys and cowgirls have had in a long time. >> scott pelley has a preview
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looks like the sun has been trying to break through the clouds. what's in store for the rest of the week? bob is in the first warning weather center. >> well, we're probably going to see a couple of thunderstorms around the region this evening. bob has been tracking them for you. and if they hold together, we are going to see some of those around here. as we head through the day tomorrow, mix of sunshine and clouds. and we warm it up to the 80s for our highs. with again a chance for a shower or thunderstorm as we head through tomorrow evening. for the rest of the five-day, here's bob. and later tonight, could still see a few showers. then a warm day. dries out. cools down tomorrow night. perfect weather for thursday, friday, and saturday. mid- to upper 70s. beautiful, comfortable nights. ask lower humidity. looks just great for the preakness and sunday as well. back up to 80 with a few clouds by the end of the weekend.
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vic? >> thanks, bob. still to come tonight on eyewitness news. orioles take another swing from the yankees tonight. >> mark has a preview next in sports. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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them tonight. they'll play the yankees again. mark viviano has the night's wjz the fan sports report. >> double dose of good news. no rain. and no new oriole injuries. yeah, it's been that way. injuries all around baseball. in fact, the yankee his had two guys get hurt last night. orioles disabled list. in fact, they had two. but with injury comes opportunity. and so it is for rookie, xavier avery. he's making the most of it so far, making a good first impression. started his first major league game last night. first of his major league career. and avery is in the lineup again tonight. >> there's four clubs in the major leagues that have more workout it's the d.l. than we do. one of them in boston.
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so nobody feels sorry for you. but shame on you if you're not, you know, -- you know, engaged, and active. and position yourself to try to withstand them. >> reporter: well, good pitching can help soothe the pain of injury. we chen. lefty will get the start against the yankees. cc sabathia has dominated the o's in his career. they head out to kansas city. first pitch at 7:05. you can see it on masn. former ravens defensive tackle john ogden is a sure bet to be elected to the football hall of fame. for now, he's going to the college football hall of fame. ogden was a four-year starter at ucla, before he was the first-ever ravens draft pick. in 1996, ogden is one of 14 men in the college fastball class
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of 2012. clem basketball news. ashton paichgy is the latest to leave the terrapins. he says he is finishing his clem career so he can be at home his family. joining terrell stog land, michael parker and hawk polson, all part of the freshman class. from hoops to horses. a day off for kentucky derby winner, i'll have another. because of the rain at pimlico, he chilled out. counting down to his run at the preakness on saturday. >> well, you know, it's one of those, right now, we're just kind of in maintenance mode. and coming back in two weeks after the kentucky derby, you really just want to try to keep them steady. and you don't really have to do a whole lot. just normal exercise. >> we just keep it steady. our philos overy is we let -- let all of the horses put the feet where we want to put them.
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some will gal up a little faster than others. so just daily stretches. daily lung openers. and he should be good to go. >> 14 hores will run the preakness on saturday. post positions drawn at pimlico. and there's doug o'neill right there. orioles-yankees, i'll have your highlights at 11:00. back to you for now. >> thank you very much, mark. >> thank you very much, mark. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,
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