five times this guy has been pulled over for drunk driving? what gives? and jennifer hudson now singing lullabies. she had a baby boy. we'll give you the numbers for the oscar and singing star. good morning, maryland, i'm joce sterman >> i'm jamie costello. in honor of "who wants to be a millionaire," have you seen the comeback? >> sure. >> what was born on this day? ibm came out with its computer today back in 1981, the first personal computer we've ever -- what was it called? the darn machine? cult head? >> that's funny. >> that's an inside joke. >> and c, the doppler? or d, 5150? >> i'm going to go with d. >> you're right! >> thank you. i didn't even have to phone a friend. >> no. you have a friend in the weather office, justin berk. >> i still remember my commodore 64. >> i remember 1964.

>> i don't. >> it was a good year. >> 64 would be nice on the thermometer. 76 at the inner harbor. feels like 79. a bill sticky in the air and parts of baltimore county had fog. rain moved through last night. in the hereford zone at honkton, 68 degrees with 99%, on the threshold of fog. harbor school in owings mills. the range in baltimore county from the upper 60s to the mid-70s. we're dry currently on maryland's most powerful doppler radar. we're going to continue to watch this for the flare-up of more showers today and it will happen. patchy fog th morning, this afternoon we aim for 85, the low end of our two-degree guarantee with more showers and thunderstorms developing. 5:31. let's check the roads and go back to kim brown. >> thank you. good morning. traffic is running very quiet this morning as we look at 95 southbound approaching whitemarsh boulevard. we have building volume and a little bit of slowing but i'm not getting word of incidents or any real delays at this

hour. all the earlier incidents have since been cleared. that earlier accident on north caroline and east eager street has been cleared. jfx and northern parkway, see that everything is moving along nicely there. back to you. she's a community activist who has always taken a stand against crime in her neighborhood but last night she was shot simply sitting in her house as a stray bullet came flying through the window. abc2's sherrie johnson is on top of this story for us. >> reporter: the shooting victim was well known in the community as miss shirley. she was known for cleaning up the cherry hill area and fighting to keep kids off the streets. now crime found its way in her home. miss shirley was at home watching tv in her south baltimore home when a stray bullet came through the window and hit her in the shoulder. it happened about 9:00 last night in the 2800 block of carver road in cherry hill. police responded to a call of shots fired in the area and moments later received another call of a woman shot. neighbors say several men were in the street and at some point

shots were fired and one of those bullets found its way into the victim's home. miss shirley was taken to shock trauma with nonlife-threatening injuries but police need your help. if you have any information on this case please call 410-396-2499. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. 5:33. believe it or not it happens. delaware state police charged a maryland man with his fifth dui. delaware state police stopped this man, christopher kendall on the eastern shore. it happened monday for driving more than 100 miles per hour on 495. a trooper pulled over his pathfinder, did a check and learned he had four previous dui convictions. kendall is charged now with driving under the influence, aggressive driving, speeding and improper lane changes. maryland state police hope a newly released sketch is going to help them identify a murdered woman whose remains were found in carroll county in march. police believe it's a white woman, late teens, maybe early 20s, petite build, remains found in an overgrown area

behind a manufacturing company on baltimore boulevard in westminster. so if you recognize her or have any other clues in this case call maryland state police now at 410-386-3029. now to a yard sale that was red hot in anne arundel county. a severn man is chard with burglarizing a neighbor's home and selling the stolen goods at a yard sale. the homeowner says she was driving down reese road with her daughter and saw her stuff sitting on someone else's lawn. >> i turned around and sure enough everything was mine. probably three or four things were not, the tables weren't but everything they were selling was. >> police say the yard sale items were indeed stolen from her home. they arrested david perticone, he said he lost his job and house and needed money and he said he thought the home was abandoned. >> i thought they were going to foreclose and go to the dump or whatever. i thought it was going to go to waste. i wasn't thinking right but i'm

thinking i'm going to get these things before they go to the trash heap. >> police say the items were worth about $25,000. perti cone is charged with burglary and theft. >> what a story that is. >> amazing. police need your help trying to find a man wanted for stealing credit cards. the harford county sheriff's office says the theft happened between friday july 3rd and saturday july 4th in the 1300 block of cherokee lane in bel air. investigators say the credit cards were used at a royal farms store on churchville road to buy gas. also at the home depots in bel air and whitemarsh. here's a look at what is happening, august 12, 2009 -- safeway is the latest grocer to slash prices. and today big bargains with some prices cut as much as 25%. and mayor sheila dixon will announce constellation energy's donation of $500,000 towards tree baltimore and the launch of the baltimore neighborhood energy challenge. get your signs ready.

you ready to rock with the boss? >> of course. bruce is bringing back the glory days, to baltimore. for the first time since the 1970s. we'll let you know when he's coming to town. "i love lucy," one of tv's most knowsy neighbors getting her own stamp today. and taking a live look outside now, 72 degrees downtown. 91% humidity. mark jones, what is your favorite springsteen song? >> "born in the usa." >> sing a little for us. >> no, you don't want that. good morning. the commute is good now if your ride is on light rail or metro subway, both on time and up to speed. the number 5 bus, 15 minutes late. the number 36 with a diversion at the almeida and kirk due to a watermain break. look for the 21 to be diverted at pennsylvania and dauphin. and the 17, a diversion at nursery and winterson due to construction. for the mta transit team, i'm mark jones.

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don't steer him wrong. >> it's not going to be a great day but not another 90-degree day. we have a view now of westminster, 71 degrees. actually, that's a better setup than what we had yesterday when we started in the upper 70s, but a little bit of patchy fog with the shower that moved through yesterday evening. we'll take you to glen burnie where they are at 74. we're starting on a warm note. even back towards the beaches, 71 rehoboth. our beautiful shoreline. a little patchy fog this morning. most of us near 70. we'll get up to only 85 this afternoon. all right jamie? 85. >> i can't talk. >> i love when he takes me literally. scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and we'll probably keep that pattern for much of the rest of the week. more on that details coming up in a bit. 5:40. i'm about to get ice for jamie. here's kim. >> we have a nice-looking ride as you make your way southbound on 95 approaching whitemarsh boulevard. we have some increasing volume there but just a little bit of slowing as you approach the

695/895 split. no real issues. i'm getting word of a disabled vehicle on the north side of the outer loop approaching the stevenson road exit. use caution there. aside from that, looking good at the tunnels, 83 southbound and towards the beltway, it's quiet at this hour. jfx at northern parkway, you can see traffic is moving along nicely. we're going to check in with sherrie johnson. >> a south baltimore woman hit by a stray bullet in her own home. police are trying to find the person responsible. i'm sherrie johnson, that story is coming up. bicycle,

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welcome back. 5:44. people around the cherry hill area simply know her as miss shirley, standing up against crime an violence. >> yesterday, she was just sitting in her house when she was hit by a stray bullet. sherrie johnson has more. >> reporter: police are looking for the person who fired several shots and hit an innocent woman. known as miss shirley, sitting at home, watching tv when a stray bullet came through and hit her in the shoulder. the shooting happened 9:00 last night in the 2800 block of carver road in cherry hill. police responded to a call of shots fired in the area and moments later they received another call of a woman shot. neighbors say several men were out in the street and at some point fired a gun and one of

those bullets found its way into the victim's home. officers say the community must work with police to stop the violence and protect innocent people. >> simply people have to take their neighborhoods back. i'm not saying go out and combat the criminals themselves but help us do our jobs. we know people know information about these incidents and we're urging them to give us a call. with information on these incidents. the only way we can help and solve these cases, by taking these criminals off the streets and we need community help to do so. >> reporter: miss shirley was taken to shock trauma with nonlife-threatening injuries. police are still investigating and we hope to have more information on the victim and this shooting. if you can help with this case please call 410-396-2499. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. police in new york say a 6-year-old boy rescued a 2-year-old girl from a fire in a house where three adults were later found dead. the fire happened in central

islip. police say the fire was ruled arson and the victims were shot. funeral services are scheduled for friday. funeral services scheduled for friday for eunice kennedy shriver. reverend john ensler says she was a wonderful example of someone trying to be in touch with god. senator ben cardin about to get in his car and go 70 west this morning for another town hall meeting. this time for the western maryland folks. listen to what happened yesterday. >> one day god's going to stand before you and he's going to judge you and the rest of your cronies up on the hill. >> that was a taste of what democrat arlen specter had to deal with in pennsylvania yesterday. again senator cardin is going to hagerstown. hagerstown officials say they want a town hall, not a town brawl. this starts at 1:00 today. organizers urging everyone to arrive early if you want to get

in on the debate. new details out of washington about the militia movement making a comeback. the southern poverty law center says groups with gripes against government starting to form again across the country, could grow rapidly. the center crites the recession and the liberal administration headed by a black president as one of the reasons. tough times continue to plague the governor's administration. governor o'malley says state government will have furloughs. at a hearing yesterday the deputy chief of staff declined to comment on how many days about employees would have to stay home saying the plan is still under discussion. back-to-school shopping is still underway and local kids were picked for a shopping spree at target. 25 kids from the salvation army shelter were set free in the store in west baltimore for school supplies. they picked up backpacks, lunch boxes and all the other necessities you need to gear them up for the school year.

>> my mother would get mad and we would have to go through the whole line and list of supplies we need. >> you didn't have to worry about that today, right? >> no. >> this is the one time in the year where kids are very hopeful, excited, and have an opportunity, really, to allow their potential to rise above. >> reporter: the shopping spree is part of a partnership between the salvation army and target. nationwide more tan 2,000 kids received $1,000 for school supplies. the boss is coming. want a history lesson lesson friend of mine, june 2nd, springsteen opens up, sings "blinded by the light." my friend follows him up to philadelphia. a couple weeks later he gets booed off the stage. who is this guy? sixtyway, bruce is coming back to charm city for the first

time since 1973. he's going to be playing the civic center at the arena now november 20th, tickets go on sale september 25th. it will be the big show in baltimore since that chicago opener way back in 1973. say it ain't so. latoya jackson may be a contestant on the next installment of "dancing with the stars." "us" magazine reports the older sister of michael jackson is in serious talks to join the show. this season's line-up will be announced next monday. we'll have to wait and see. and jennifer hudson has a new role, a new mom. the 27-year-old oscar and grammy winner gave birth to a healthy baby boy monday. last fall she suffered a tragic blow when her mother, brother and nephew were all shot in chicago. she first gained fame as a top contender on "american idol." later won an academy award for best supporting actress in dream girls and earlier this year, won a grammy for her self-titled debut cd. >> how about that? >> she became unforgettable.

she's famous. that famous sidekick and nosy neighbor of lucy ricardo. >> now ethel mertz has her own stamp of approval. yesterday, in vivian vance's hometown in cherry veil, kansas, officials with the u.s. postal service presented vance's family with this large stamp showing vance and lucille ball in the scene where they worked in the chocolate factory. >> i love that. >> it's one of many early memories the postal service will be releasing that's vivian vance's family right there. 5:50 this morning. 72 degrees in baltimore. 78 philly. that is something to boo. we got 60s back into the mountains. >> boo! >> thank you. we have 60s back into the mountains of western pennsylvania. they had more showers in the front already sliding through there. the front itself, cold front, trying to bring in a fresh air mass with cooler temperatures, lower humidity, it will be

stuck here for quite some time. it will probably slip on the cooler side of the boundary where we're looking at showers already erupting, holding together in the mountains of west virginia, the front extends all the way to the gulf coast. high pressure trying to build in but we have high pressure off the southeast coast and big block in the atmosphere. so this boundary gets hung up for a couple days, while the heat suppressed to the southeast we're going to be stuck with that chance of showers and thunderstorms for quite some time. today 85, low end of our two-degree guarantee with showers trying to develop around lunchtime and this afternoon, thunderstorms that will likely continue this evening and tonight. we'll settle back to about 68 degrees. scattered showers and storms continue tomorrow. we'll knock it to 83. where it's possible some of our western suburbs, western howard and carroll county could be stuck in the upper 70s. as we head on in through the rest of the week, really not much variation in temperature. 84 friday. 86 saturday. 85 sunday, monday. take your peck. just mid-80s with scattered showers and thunderstorms but at least we'll slip into the

60s overnight. to try to get a little bit of a break from the heat. let's see what's happening on the roads with kim. >> traffic still quiet at this hour, 95 southbound approaching whitemarsh boulevard, things running pretty smoothly, no issues or delays at this time. no problems either at the tunnels or both loops of the beltway. they are also checking in incident-free. some good news, if you want to get your traffic updates tweeted directly to you, follow us on twitter this morning at maryland traffic. i'll be tweeting the traffic updates to you live. it will be fun. i'm looking forward to it. tweet me, jamie. i need that immediately. the cameras downtown, this is mlk at fayette street. you can see things are quiet in the city now. back to you. >> you don't tweet her, you follow her tweets. get the lingo, jeez. still ahead on "good morning maryland" -- king james puts his money where his game is. it's all for a good cause. and all new at 6:00 --

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can you believe every one of these kids are getting new sneakers courtesy of lebron james. he promised 50 kids from an all illinois community center if he made a halfcourt shot all of them would get new nikes. what did he do? he sunk it. because that's what number 23 does. and the event was held to raise money for united way and promote an upcoming movie about james' james' james' basketball days. i'm sure it's something the kids will never forget. lebron does it again. >> it's amazing he can say it and it's going to happen. >> the video of him practicing, it's nuts. >> yeah, let me just give it a try. money. exclusive weathernet and then we start the 6:00 news. rear on the boardwalk in rehoboth, 77 degrees. bicyc,

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good morning. i'm jamie costello >> i'm joce sterman. it's wednesday, august 12th. before we look at the weather let's look at what we're working on for you today. >> you're not safe in your open home. wait until you -- your own home. wait until you hear about this shooting that happened this cherry hill. and can police and lawyers make a case with this? and senator ben cardin will take his town hall act out 70 west to see how the hub city feels about health care. that and more leading you up to 7:00 with "good morning america." first, the forecast. it will be better today than the last couple days. i'm ready for relief. >> i think just about anything would be better. we're starting to pull back in the other direction on the thermostat but we have a lot of humidity around. it doesn't seem like it will be a better day but more clouds will hold off the temperatures. we're basically looking low 70s across the board, w