bill that will require elementary schools to have 90 minutes of gym class a week and another 06 minute of recess. he says activity for young children does more than make them break a sweet. >> physical activity helps with test scores and helps your brain calm down and gives you ability to focus to get your stress and energy off of the field. >> reporter: heidi is the physical education teacher at the school. she's been teaching gym 15 years and sees the benefit for children getting active. >> they learn about nutrition and their bodies. they speak to the adults in their life about how important it is to be active. >> reporter: her favorite class is math but she likes to get out from behind the desk. >>i'm having fun trying new things. >> reporter: school can be more than hard work. >> i like exerciseing because

it is a lot of fun. >> reporter: according to a national study of educational statistics, 13% of elementary schools don't require recess. by the looks of these kids here i don't think making them do recess would be a problem. i'm don harrison for abc 2 news. important recall for parent s tonight in consumer alert. one million baby slings by infantino were recalled after being linked to three infant deaths. recall involves infantino sling rider. contaminated chocolate milk has left some west frederick middle school students really sick. after two students who drank the milk said they felt nauseous a dairy processer said

the milk was tainted with a sanitizer. a spokesperson said that the sign that tells employees not to distribute the tainted milk was lost and six cases were sent to the middle school by accident. the company says the mistake will not happen again. times of fantastic sunshine across maryland. a few clouds creeping in out of the west. this is about as good as it gets in late march. let's take a look at what we are seeing outside on the satellite pictures. you can see a couple of clouds making their way across the frederick area. we seen a few, high, thin his.in the baltimore area. temperatures have surged into the above-average levels. not quite the 70s but mid 60s the rule today for high temperatures. 65 bwi marshall. 67 reagan national in washington. 64 from easton. the rest of this evening we'll hang out in the 60s. few clouds from the west.

breezy, mild weather will be the rule. better weather again tomorrow. by tomorrow night into friday it all takes a big change. we'll break that down in a couple. five teenager whose seem to vanished from the face of the earth in 1978 have been accounted for. according to the prosecutors in new jersey who say the young men died together in a brutal multiple murder. lindsay davis tells us the cold case has haunted their families for a generation. >> reporter: 32 years after her brother michael went missing terry mcdowell sat in a new jersey courtroom and face the two men who prosecutors say burned her brother and four others to death. >> on august 20, 1978 five teenager boys played a game of baseball. the boys were o corralled at bun and restrained. >> reporter: late monday police

arrested a 56-year-old and 53- year-old after one of the longest missing person's cases ever in new jersey. at the time of the crime, evans told police he dropped the boys office at a street corner near an ice cream parlor. >> i have always felt that he was responsible. >> reporter: helen collected every newspaper article since her nephew michael disappeared. >> it doesn't change anything. that's the sadness of it. >> reporter: the abandoned house was detried in the blaze. five bodies were never found. >> the motive was a result from marijuana being stolen from the boys a few days earlier. >> reporter: the break in the case came when a witness with direct knowledge of the murders came forward. police said they never looked

at the matter as a homicide but always treated it as a missing person's case. lindsay davis new york. a new york man has been sentenced to life in prison for a 1999 rape in maryland that was found after dna evidence. investigators noticed dna from the victim had not been added to the national dna database. once it was added investigatorred were linked to mays. he'll serve a sentence in maryland after he is released from prison in new york. in ann arundel county police solved a colds case of rape. donald of wisconsin is charged with rape, assault and stalking. a 13-year-old girl was walking home when she was assaulted and rape. dna led them no the man. he is currently in custody in

www.wisconsin and will be vozp returned to maryland. let's take a look at tonight's top stories. the truck driver involved in yesterday's light rail crash in hunt valley. the 53-year-old drove his tractor trailer into the train's path. the train operator was seriously hurt. he was in stable condition tonight. two passengers on the train were also injured. more than 600 baltimore city employees and 120 police officers and 90 firefighters will loose their jobs under a budget plan by the mayor. city faces $121 million budget deficit. under stephanie rawlings blake's plan the police hospital and marine unit will be caught -- cut. officers on s.w.a.t. teams will be laid off. they'll continue to restate closures. the mayor proposed

closing 55 recreation centers and seven public pools and eliminating public funds for the parade and fourth of july fireworks. president obama signed executive order designed to ensure no federal dollars can be used for elective abortions under the new healthcare legislation. the senate is still trying to pass the sixth legislation that makes changes to the healthcare overhaul legislation. there was a familiar face on the doctor's show this afternoon. jones hopkins doctor robert montgomery was on the show. he was talking at his 100th kidney transplant. he said the kidney swaps were a revolutionary way of getting around the waiting list. blood is thicker than water. is it thicker than that paper used to print out a lottery ticket?

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$200 air-tran will fly you cross country between new york and san francisco. most promotions are required for travel on tuesday and wednesday and most only for travel until june. >> take off on a wednesday. go back to work on thursday and friday. guess what it is tgif friday and you only had to spend two days at the office. >> most deals end this thursday at midnight. so we took care of your flight there. what about your rental costs? some tricks to keep you driving for less so you don't waste your money. she didn't make it to the white house. looks like she'll make it on reality tv. what network is putting opponents in front of the camera again. we are reminding you to go to abc2news.com. when you get there click on the financial survival guide. there is all sort of stories regarding your money and what do with its. for example, five steps to

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oprah winfrey head misstress of the girl's school founded by oprah in south africa but the trial for the alleged sex scandal has been called off. they are suing the talk show host for defamation of character. imparticular comments winfrey made following revelation that the students were sexually abuse abuse. they settled their dispute after a face-to-face discussion. >> it is unusual if you take the lawyers out of the

equation. oprah has sort of the star power to ultimately wrestle a deal with an opposing litigant. >> the term of the settlement were not disclosed. both sides saying they were pleased with the outcome. blood may be thicker than water but it is apparently no match for money. that's true for two sisters spending golden years in a legal battle. lindsay davis explains how a lottery ticket turns good fortune into ill will. >> reporter: they share half of each other's dna and used to share half of their lottery winnings. now the bad blood has the family fuming. 32ñ jt7

83-year-old rose over a winning power baltic power ballticket -- power ball ballticket. >> reporter: the sisters used to gamble together three times a week and they also played the lottery together. dayplaying the same numbers and sharing their winnings. after hitting $165,000 jackpot ten years ago they drew up a legal contract to split future winnings. >> gbc"both parties agree that there is a valid contract and it was enable. >> reporter: they had a falling out in 2002 over a couple hundred dollars. after that rose said they agreed to end the partnership. >> testimony offered said i'm not going to be your partner anymore and somebody agreeing to that was that recession. in fact the contract was rescinded. >> reporter: rose teamed up with their older brother joseph. when he won the power ball he split the money with rose.

when she found out she took her sister to court. they have not spoke on the each other for years. sibling rivalry? you bet. lindsay davis abc 2 news. >> that's just sad. >> i know. keep it to bingo. you know what i mean. at least the weather is not sad. >> we have had a beautiful day. after a couple chilly gray days one more good one tomorrow. things go downhill friday. then they come back on the weekend. a little bit of everything. late march. that's how it goes. can be unpredictable sometimes. nothing unpredictable today. a lot of sunshine. few clouds late in the day. had a lot of wind. look at old glory stars and stripes showing wind on federal hill. we have 65 degrees at bwi marshall. not bad for late march when you consider the average highs in the mid 50s.

we are ten degrees above average despite a gusty west wind at 14. beautiful sunrise this morning. look at this as we put the time lapse photography in motion. fiery sunshine this morning. blue beautiful skies over the chesapeake as the waters warm up. beautiful sunshine through the middle part of the day. you can see a few clouds climb in the area late in the afternoon. it was windy at times. we had peak wind gusts in the last few hours. 34 boston. 30 southern ann arundel county. german town peak wind gust of 40. temperature wise this is the good stuff across the state. temperatures mid 60s or warmer. close to 70 at dulles. we made 70 down at

charlottesville. balmy stuff. around the beaches winds up around 20. maryland's radar all cleared. state-wide we detect nothing. ground clutter here on the eastern shore. that's not rain. this is going to be the case tonight, tomorrow into at least tomorrow evening when we'll see showers in the radar picture. cloud cover this afternoon beginning to come in out of the west but bringing in rain with it. few thin clouds this evening. no big deal. tomorrow a mixture of sun and clouds. tomorrow is the next weather maker already bringing rain to iowa and chicago. again it will take another 24- hours to get here. in the meantime high pressure keeps us mild and dry into the evening and early part of the day tomorrow. forecast model. we begin to bring the weather maker across the country through the day tomorrow. it is going to again, be relatively dry across baltimore. at least through 5:00 tomorrow. i'm optimistic we'll get the evening rush hour tomorrow with

dry roads. that helps out with the traffic. tomorrow night is our big line of showers and thunder as it comes through friday morning. friday morning's commute looks wet. there is a chance of snow in new england. there is colder air behind this cold front. you'll feel the difference friday afternoon even if we clear out early. the cold breeze will be there into friday night and saturday and sunday. things are not going to warm up too much. 40 tonight partly cloudy. seasonably cool. beautiful day tomorrow 67. there will be a few more clouds. showers move in late tomorrow night. rain likely tomorrow overnight into the early part of our friday. we may clear out quickly friday afternoon. the temperatures will be much cooler. we'll probably make it to 50 under the clouds friday. maybe 52 saturday. nights chilly this weekend. at least the weekend is looking dry. >> thank you. before you rent a car for your next trip we have an

important consumer alert for you. it could mean the difference between a $75 rental and $275. john will show us mistakes some renters make so you don't waste your money. >> reporter: we are entering peak rental car season. springtime when many of us travel and rent a car. if you are renting one some time this year you need to know about a rental car no-no. something many people do when they return their car. if it happens it can cost you big. mike rents cars frequently for his job. when he recently rented a vehicle from enterprise he decided to use the night drop box. >> returned it three days later without incident. dropped the keys off in the overnight drop box because i didn't want to be charged for an extra day. >> reporter: bad decision. turns out something happened to the car overnight. >> they called me and said there was considerable damage to the car. >> reporter: sure enough this

photo taken shows the dents enterprise told him he was responsible for. >> drivers side rear door had a big dented on the edge of the door. >> did you put a dent in the door? >> i did not. i did noting to cause any damage. >> reporter: mike believes someone backed into the car some time after he dropped it off but he was responsible for $250 in damages. i contacted enterprise where a spokesperson told me the rental contract is clear. the renter is responsible for any and all damage until an employee checks it in. he suggested drivers using overnight drop box purchase optional damage insurance. >> i would say don't use the drop box. be there in person when you drop the car off. >> reporter: don't let this happen to you. unless you pay for the damage waiver don't turn in a rental car without someone from the rental company to check it in. when you rent the car walk around and check for damage or

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palin has the best-selling book out. and is a fox news commentator. say good-bye to dr. stevens. catherinecatherine is leaving gray's anatomy. even though she was scheduled to appear in five epicodes this season her final show aired january 21st. she told the magazine it was her choice. it was sad but it is what she wanted and she's looking forward to spending more time with her family. a bit of a surprise treat for customers at a local health food stores. details on abc 2 news at 6:00 which starts right now. state leaders everyone implement. the new healthcare reform. while many states challenge