rise. >> i think it's absolutely essential that we help guide these young adolescents into healthy habits and enact this resolution to disable minors from using tanning devices just as for cigarette smoking. >> however, tanning booth owners are worried about the impact on businesses. >> i'm glad people are concerned for the youth but i feel the current regulations are plenty. >> reporter: the doctor cited another study that says that's not so. >> the american cancer society has just come out with a study that shows that parental consent laws in other states have not significantly reduced the use of tanning beds by minors. >> reporter: proposed regulations will be presented to the howard county board of health tonight at 6:00 for full consideration. what do you think? do you eye agree -- agree with the tanning bed ban? weigh in on our poll at abc2news.com.

there's always room for your two cents on the righthand side of the home page. tonight's top stories -- people in dundalk are stilling dealing with the clean-up after that massive watermain break friday. now they are worried of the threat of mold. workers are going through the neighborhoods spraying disinfectants for potential mold. the county moved quickly over the weekend to pump out flooded basements and residents moved out most of the soaked belongings from their homes. meanwhile, there are still 26 homes without power tonight. members of st. andrews lutheran church are cleaning up after someone broke into and vandalized their office. it's on taylor avenue in the hillendale neighborhood. the president of the church council says the suspects may have gotten in through a window in the office and says they tore out the alarm system. the church hopes insurance will cover the cost of their missing laptops. the baltimore judge has thrown out a civil lawsuit against a city police officer. that started with this video here on youtube. the video shows salvatore river

jerry -- riverreera for calling him dude. the teen's family filed a civil lawsuit for the attack. the police department finished its investigation and is awaiting a panel to determine if rivieri will be disciplined. police in virginia are looking for a maryland man accused of damaging urinials in restaurants, then posing as a plumber offering to fix them. police say the suspect damaged at least seven restaurants, only one of the owners paid for the man to repair the damage. there's been a setback to repairs to the rehoboth boardwalk. the town's commissioner says the rest of the reconstruction will start a month later than they had expected. it's going to start the first week of october because the contract needed a little extra studying. officials want to be sure the contact follows regular -- contract follows regulations

for projects followed by federal stimulus money. a jump in ridership for public transit. environment maryland says the state has the third highest transit ridership nationwide. ridership is actually up 15% from last year. the environmental group points to fuel costs and the current recession for the increase. >> we saved more than 60 million gallons of gasoline. in 2008 people in maryland drove 1.8 billion fewer miles and of course many of those trips, with public transportation. >> environment maryland says the increase in transit use relieves traffic congestion, reduces pollution and also saves energy. good to see good news on the environmental front. on the weather front we've had a change. not only is this the beginning of fall this afternoon, 2009 but we've seen warmer temperatures and some precipitation. clouds thickened up today across the area.

you see that on the visible satellite pictures. you see how you lose the clouds at the end of the loop? that is sunset, visible satellite from high above. on maryland's most powerful doppler radar you see not a lot of rain in the city itself but you don't have to go very far north to find more precipitation up toward harford county, jarrettsville, even reisterstown getting doused with some showers here in the last hour or so. tonight, 65 degrees, cloudy and humid. there will be a few passing showers. not expecting much rain out there. but on and off showers, also set to continue into the day tomorrow. we'll talk more about the first couple of days of fall. it's hard to believe it's here already and the temperatures getting warmer. more on that coming up. a kentucky high school football coach is speaking out for the first time since being acquitted in the death of a player. he calls the teen's death a terrible tragedy but refuses to apologize to the boy's family saying he did nothing wrong. abc news diana avillar has the

details. >> we the jury find the defendant david stinson not guilty. >> reporter: it took the jury just 35 minutes to find kentucky high school football coach jason stinson not guilty in the death of his player max gippin. the 15-year-old collapsed following brutal august practice last year, his temperature soaring to 109 degrees. he died three days later. >> the thing that people need to understand in this, there's no winner in this case. this is a terrible tragedy. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview with "good morning america"'s diane sawyer, stinson spoke about his former student and player. >> the one thing about max that i know, max is in heaven with jesus. that is an awesome thought for me. >> reporter: not enough for max's mother who has stated she wants an apology. >> i understand her loss. she's lost her son. but there's a -- there's a 12-person jury that sat down and decided in 35 minutes that i was not guilty.

and i cannot sit here today and take responsibility for something that i'm not responsible for. >> reporter: stinson says there are lessons to be learned when it comes to what kids are doing off the field. max was taking aterol, a attention deficit disorder medication along with creatine, a muscle building supplement at the time of his death, both of which may have raised his body temperature. >> as coaches we need to know those things. we're trying to make sure this doesn't happen to another family. >> reporter: stinson still faces a civil suit filed by gilpin's family. diana avillar, abc news. >> the latest now on the h1n1 virus or swine flu. new research suggests kids 10 and older will only need one swine flu shot for protection. the national institute of health says younger children will need two shots, 21 days apart. and experts say it will be ok for kids or people of any age to get a swine flu and seasonal flu shot in each arm on the same visit. in the meantime, health and

human services secretary kathleen sebelius held a town hall meeting at george mason university to talk about what not to do when it comes to the swine flu. >> the other thing that's a little scary that we've seen and i would just strongly urge people not to do it, is taking anti-virals to try and not get the flu. it's like the worst idea. >> reporter: she says those anti-virals don't keep you from getting the flu and they may actually lower your resistance which could make you more sick if you do get the flu. coming up, thousands of people throughout the country are living with leukemia but they don't have to live with this forever. meet a local man who beat the disease with the help of a clinical trial. and details on the risk lurking behind every swipe of that debit card. and looking at linthicum tonight, bwi from our storm center weathernet. feels like 79, but it's 76.

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up 8.25. as more americans watch their wallets they've been swapping credit cards for debit cards. while debit cards can be convenient they come with a whole new set of risks that you just may not be aware of. samantha hayes is working for you tonight. >> reporter: americans looking to save more and charge less have given a big boost to debit cards. plastic linked to cash you have, not a line of credit. but it's important to be aware that credit and debit operate by different rules. while credit card companies are likely to decline purchases that put you over your credit limit some banks authorize debits that sink a balance below zero. >> banks have instead given people the ability to have the charges go through whether or not the money is there. >> reporter: bankers say it's mostly done as a convenience to the customer. >> if somebody's already eaten their meal or already done their shopping they want the transaction to go through. >> reporter: but like bouncing a check it can result in overdraft fees.

those charges come as a surprise to some but there are simple ways to avoid them. >> by keeping track of transactions and figuring out the balance. by linking the account to a line of credit or a savings account. so there's automatic transfer. >> reporter: experts recommend setting up a account alert to cell phone or blackberry to keep tabs on your balance at all times. a living legend gets a prestigious award. see how barbara walters has motivated women for decades. plus, how one group is helping to turn foreclosed houses into homes. 

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been a strain on everyone's charitable activity. so habitat for humanity has found a way to turn a house into a home. carla wohl has more. >> it's my honor to give all of you the keys to your new home. >> reporter: the short ceremony brought tears to maria alvaredo's eyes. >> i was waiting for a long time. >> reporter: habitat for humanity has just spent $40,000 renovating the three-bedroom home. >> as you can see they put in brand new heating system. are >> reporter: volunteers put in new appliances, the finishing touch on an extensive renovation. it's a change in tactic for habitat which usually builds homes from the ground up. the glut of foreclosures has changed that. >> it actually costs us less to buy and rehabilitate homes than it is to build our new home. >> reporter: before the housing crisis this home sold for $465,000. happen at that time bought it

in -- habitat bought it in foreclosure for $210,000. add the money for renovations and it still cost 2/3 the price of building a new home. other chapters and nonprofits across the country are taking notice. >> put new windows in everywhere, new flooring. >> reporter: turning eyesource into affordable home for low income families. the hope, too, is the change in strategy will help rescue neighborhoods hard-hit by the foreclosure crisis. >> we're putting things back in a positive direction by saying these homes are an asset we can take and turn around. >> reporter: habitat hopes to renovate 100 more houses in los angeles giving still more families what the group calls walls of love and a foundation of hope. carla wohl, abc news, los angeles.

wyatt has the weather. i can't believe it's fall already. >> we were just talking about that. up until the weekend, even including the weekend summer kind of ended on a cool note. early taste of fall. now that fall officially started today - >> it's almost 80. >> there's no rhyme or reason sometimes. but we will see a little more murky weather around here, too. >> ok. >> not a heavy rain. let's look at the inner harbor. gorgeous. when you get the gray days you get that real beautiful reflection on the water. you see it now. temperaturewise still 76 at bwi marshall. humidity high, light southeast wind. maryland's most powerful doppler radar showing some shower activity primarily north of the city right now. at one point we had some fairly heavy rains out toward hanover, pennsylvania but now we're seeing more of that precipitation falling north of bel air, up toward delta and harford county. a couple showers crossing in that direction. you'll find probably slick roads if you're commuting back on i-83 or even eventually on

i-95 down towards perryville. some wet weather there as well. lows this, mo, anywhere between the upper 50s and low 60s. not bad for the first day of fall here. we had a nice rebound temperaturewise. up into the upper 70s for the most part. york got to 75, winchester 77. baltimore 78. we did find 80s down towards ocean city and eastern shore. so all in all a pretty decent setup weatherwise. a little above average temperaturewise. we're going to get warmer the next few days as kelly alluded to. we're going to be in the low 80s towards the middle of the week. it's a little unusual but certainly not a recordbreaker. temperatures, it depends where the rain has gone. in westminster, there were showers, down to 69. but warmer as you head southward. still 78 chestertown and looking at 76 in annapolis. so, basically here not a lot of wet weather. there may be some more precipitation after this

current round moves off to the north and east and on toward philly. you see a couple of more broken showers across west virginia and northern virginia. those could drift up eventually, say toward bowie and some of the areas south of the city but we're not expecting a lot of rain tonight. the overall pattern has gotten much messier. i mean, you really can't find much clearer sky anywhere across the eastern u.s. except for here in georgia and atlanta where they've had the flooding rains. getting a break. they sure need it there. but back across the immediate east coast there are showers up and down basically from hatteras, north carolina, right up through new york and boston, kind of a messy weather pattern scenario here. we'll keep the clouds around i think through the night tonight. and through the day tomorrow, could see a hit or miss shower but all in all i don't think a lot of rain in store. tonight, 65, cloudy, humid, a couple of passing showers. tomorrow, same deal. showers on and off, but warmer on the south wind. i think we'll get up to 80 and it will be muggy. watch for fog early wednesday

morning. the extended forecast here, low 80s for two days. then we cool off as we go into the weekend. the cool front comes in and we'll drop down the temperatures back towardses 75 degrees friday. "2 your health" -- september is leukemia and lymphoma awareness month. thousands of people throughout the country live with the disease. amazingly though doctors have made some incredible discoveries saving patients' lives. abc2 news sherrie johnson sat down with one leukemia patient who was alive and -- is alive and well thanks to a successful clinical trial. >> reporter: 63-year-old cord simpleler has leukemia, he's battled the disease for nine years and is looking better. he was a banker for 30 years, he had a healthy diet and enjoyed exercising but that didn't matter. one day during a routine physical doctors noticed a problem. and soon he was diagnosed with leukemia. >> at that point i didn't hear another word the guy said.

i sat in his office, i saw his lips move, i could hear sounds but i was in such utter disbelief. >> reporter: he went downhill fast and turned into a different person. he realized the chemotherapy wasn't working. >> after a few weeks it just decimated me. i lost 35 pounds. i lost all my hair. and it was all i could do to walk down the street. i continued to walk to work but i was so slow it was really a problem. >> reporter: soon doctors told him about a new clinical trial. it was a program called gleevec. soon his life changed. he got better. >> though gleevec had side effects it turned the disease around and basically put a hold on it. >> reporter: doctors here say clinical trials are very helpful and in cord's case it saved his life. dr. carol miller has treated simpler for seven years, she says gleevec is also helping other patients just like him. >> there are about 5,000 cases

of his type of leukemia a year develop in the united states which is a small number. however, the interesting thing about this disease is that because we have such an effective treatment people are living longer and longer with the disease. >> reporter: simpler admits the road to recovery was long and difficult but he encourages other leukemia patients to stay positive and listen to their doctors. simpler is glad he tried gleevec which gave him a whole new lease on life. >> everyday is a gift. think of how fortunate we all are to be able to get up in the morning and do whatever we're going to do. >> reporter: sherrie johnson, abc2 news. st. mary's hospital in st. mary's county is joining forces with med star health. st. mary's is the ninth hospital in med star's health network and the first hospital in southern maryland to join the health care system. st. mary's hospital will have access to medical teaching and residency programs. clinical trials, research programs, outpatient treatment

programs all through med starr health. with a look ahead to abc2 news at 6:00 -- fallout from the hidden camera videos involving acorn employees. the state attorney general's office is launching an investigation. what governor o'malley is saying. of course they don't want to be held accountable. >> and "health -- health reform advocates stage protests. what they are calling for. that and more ahead at 6:00. we all have confidence

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so abc's barbara walters has received quite the honor. she's been rewarded a lifetime achievement award. brad wheelis gives us a look at how walters has become such an

inspiration for women. >> reporter: a special tribute for a special lady at this year's emmys. abc's barbara walters, a fixture on television for almost 50 years received a lifetime achievement award. >> it's very wonderful because it's given to you by people who are in the same business. >> reporter: her career began on nbc's "today show," after 15 years she moved to abc where in 1976 she became the first woman to co-anchor a network evening newscast. she became a force in the evolution of television, magazine and talk shows such as "20/20" "the view" and frequent specials. she became the role model of a generation to come. >> for me you were a mentor the only woman i knew doing anything. >> reporter: she arguably has interviewed more statesmen and stars than any other person in history. >> the one thing i know i didn't expect was that i was going to be president of the united states. >> reporter: she spoke with whoever was in the national spotlight. >> i think we'll stop and

reload. >> reporter: many of her interviews were with some of the most controversial figures of the time. and she wasn't shy about asking the tough questions. >> do you drink too much? we read that you are unstable. did you ever order anyone killed over your four years? what was your biggest mistake? >> i don't like this. >> reporter: it's brought her numerous honors over her long and continuing career. >> i am honored and touched and deeply grateful. >> reporter: brad wheelis, abc news. >> always a role model for me. coming up are he can carry a ball but can he carry a tune? a baltimore raven shows off his karaoke skills on abc2 news at 6:00 which starts now. >> reporter: the state attorney general's office has launched its investigation into the controversial community group acorn. good evening, i'm marybeth marsden. acorn has come under fire nationally after sevevi