like speeding for a police officer to make a traffic stop. there is an exception for using cell phones at a red light. hands-free devices are not covered by the law. $40 for the first offense, $100 for more offenses. the senate bill was approved yesterday with support from conservative republicans and liberal democrats alike. >> the use of cell phones is not making a call and answering a call. you can text, you can e-mail. you can tweet. you can go to facebook. you can take photographs. you can do a video. so, it's the multitasking effect that has caused people here in the house of delegates and in the senate that it's time to act. >> reporter: the governor's highway safety association says maryland will join six other states and d.c. in banning the

use of hand held cell phones while driving. there was a debate as to whether marijuana could be used to releave pain. they are discussing a bill that would legalize it for medical use. if passed, a doctor's prescription could allow people to purchase marijuana and use it. the city is taking wells fargo back to court. lawyers for the city have filed another lawsuit against the mortgage lender, they came they lend wells fargo needs to pay the city back the money spent by the police, fire, and other departments that were forced to deal with houses vacated because of foreclosures. the suit outlines specific damages to more than 200 homes and how much property tax money was lost there. but attorneys for the bank claim that the suit has no merit. a columbia man will spend 10 days in jail for buying and wearing military uniforms even though he is not in the

military. chad cannedu was prosecuted under the stolen valor act. it bans wearing military clothing and decorations without being in the military. well, abc 2 is working for you, and brian kuebler tells us that baltimore county police need your help in solving an assault outside a bar. . >> reporter: ab this. 2 is working to keep your community safe. each week we're highlighting crimes in your neighborhood hoping to catch criminals and bring them to justice. this week baltimore county police need your help finding the man wanted in connection with an assault outside of bar in woodlawn. it happened on march 20th outside of the corinthian lounge. these two men followed another man outside the bar and assaulted him. the 29-year-old victim remains hospitalized with severe head injuries. surveillance cameras were able

to capture pictures of the suspect as they left the bar. if you have information call 1-866-7-lockup. and you can see more of our reports by heading over to abc2news.com/crimechecker. brian kuebler, abc2 news. now for a look at tonight's stop stories. the maryland senate has voted to increase the minimum a insurance drivers must carry. the measure would raise the current minimum from $20,000 per person and $40,000 per crash to $30 and $60,000 respectively. the water is back on in baltimore county, baltimore public works department tells us the entire area that was affected from lake avenue to parts of sparks and from false road to old harper road has service once again. tonight baltimore city police are investigating the murder of a 72-year-old man charles bowman. he was shot to death inside the yao brothers carryout. he was getting food on the way

to his job where he worked as a security job. to people came to the carryout in an attempt to rob it and killed bowman. great news for ipad and iphone users. the latest in upgrades were announced by apple. you will be able to do more multitasking with both devices. jesse james, tiger woods, big names in big, big messy, nasty affairs. is it simply human nature to cheat? we're taking that question to the animal king dom. delays, delays, delays at airports. there is good news and we'll share it with you. currently in howard community college it is 82 degrees in columbia. it is beautiful outside. will it last? wyatt has the forecast, coming up.

. the stock market recovered from an earlier slide after gains in retail sales overshadowed concerns about debt problems. the dow up 30, the s&p 500 is 4, the nasdaq is up 6. looking for a job, going back to school? that might -- you might make you

eligible for a big tax credit. >> reporter: 2009 was a tough year for many americans. and if you lost a job or went back to school because you needed to find a new one, there are a few tax breaks you should know about. if you received unemployment benefits, the first $2400 are now tax-free. in other words, if you got $5,000 in benefits last year, you only have to pay taxes on 2600. if you lost your job and spent time looking for a new one, expenses such as preparing a resume, postage on mailing them, gas and parking for traveling to job interviews, may all be deductible if you're itemising deductions. if you went back to school for retraining, you may be eligible for an education tax credit courtesy of the federal stimulus plan. the $2500 per student credit is available to all taxpayers with an income of less than 80,000, or married couples who earn less than 160,000. stephanie stark, abc2 news. we're paying extra for our

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featuring tiger woods. one of the sponsors sticking by woods. the voice was woods' late father. woods is eager to show his fans and fellow golfers that he's changed. his life unravelled after he admitted to sleazy affairs with women after while married to his wife elin. why do men cheat? mark mullin wondered if monday og mi is natural in the animal world or just a human fraility. he went to san diego zoo for answers. >> reporter: who says a tiger cheats? in the animal kingdom they choose one partner, they hook up a few days before mating and the females aren't picky. >> i am ready to go, putting the

flag up for whoever is that willing receptor. >> reporter: go to the san diego zoo and all animal relationships are on display. take the red cheeked gibbons. they stick with one partner for life and raise babies together. gibbons are the flip side of their cousins who prefer to spread their charm, like most mammals. monogamy among animals is rare, less than 10% stay with one partner for life. this started a debate. >> men animals keep the girls in the group and do their business with all the ladies. i don't think girls really have that option. >> reporter: sometimes they do. elephant herds are ruled by a female who prefer multiple partners. >> women cheat more because they

have more options but it goes to lover versus provider. >> reporter: when female birds like this one leave a male to care for the eggs and chicks while she mates with another male. >> you're not limited. >> you're not limited. >> well, i'm limited. >> reporter: they know this story is about animals, right? comparing human behavior to animals may be fun, but scientists are quick to distinguish that for animals perpetuating one's species is the ultimate goal. >> reporter: mark mullin for abc 2 news, san diego. >> from marriage to divorce and that is the one that won't go away. jon gosselin wants full custody of the eight children he shares with his ex-kate. she's on "dancing with the stars" and her schedule is too busy and it's going to get busy and she starts a new show, twist

of kate. it will follow her as she visits home and workplaces and shares her special insights. and is kate behind the ratings jump in the abc hit "dancing with the stars"? in the history of the competition, it scored higher ratings than american idol last week. buzz aldrin got the boot tuesday night so kate and others will dance again on monday. . fine television to fine weather. >> you don't think it's buzz that is bringing up -- that brought up -- >> i liked buzz. >> american hero, man. weather getting rough in western maryland. severe thunderstorm warning. carroll county out through frederick and washington county. going to be gusty and stormy in baltimore tonight, too. here's the severe thunderstorm

warning, directly to our west and several going up across pennsylvania here. basically the big concern with these, going to be gusty winds, 40 to 50 miles per hour. also there will be lightning to deal with on these. take a look at maryland's most powerful radar, you can see this line, until you zoom in it doesn't look super impressive necessarily but let's do that, as we go into tighter here this is some very gusty wind packed into the southern tip of this line of storms here. tracking down the i-70 corridor, and you can see here as we give you a 3d tilt, a lot of the heavy storm activity is to our north. put the radar in motion and you can see the lightning strikes on the southern end of this. so more of this is going to end up being a pennsylvania issue, but we will get clipped by some of the stormy weather. some of these cells south of us could pick up in intensity as well, so we'll be tracking this carefully. right now it's all west of the frederick area, if you're headed toward frederick, be advised that you could run into storms. all right, take a look at this.

our tower camera downtown, you can see the clouds thickening up a little bit here. no showers, no storms yet, but it has that look, doesn't it? you can just kind of tell that something is approaching. 82 degrees, humidity 35%, winds out of the southwest, gusting to more than that. take you to our weather net station out in hagerstown, watch carefully, sun, clouds, and then there goes the rain. so this line -- that line of showers and storms already blowing through the hagerstown area. you can see the clouds getting thicker and thicker in frederick and the storm begins to move in here later in the afternoon. still don't have rain there quite yet but you can see it's looking stormy out toward frederick. windy conditions ahead tf, including here in balt -- ahead of it, including here in baltimore. one last mild day here, but you can see the contrast, hagerstown, 64. out toward deep creek lake and oakland, 50. so cooler air is punching in as

we speak. showers, storms, there's the line. there's break in the line basically across maryland and northern virginia. but heavier storms may clip us later this evening. take you out wider. you can see behind this there's not a lot there. that's good. that means after the showers and storms, cooler and drier air will filter in for first pitch tomorrow afternoon. in the meantime, one more warm evening ahead of this line of showers and storms, which, by the way, probably come right through the baltimore area about midnight tonight. the best chance for rain through about 6 a.m. tomorrow morning. may clear it out in time for the morning compute but the roads may be damp. then the first pitch just after 3:00, partly cloudy skies and all the rain will be out of here. cooler and breezier for game day tomorrow. 54 tonight, showers, storms, windy, cooling down rapidly tomorrow into the day. we're going to go with 60 for your two degree guarantee. early rain ends in the morning, cooler, breezy, and dry. if out late after the game,

bring an extra layer, down to the upper 30s by daybreak on saturday. then temperatures moderate into the weekend. 64 saturday, 72 sunday, next week looking mild and very, very dry through the outlook here. rosie. >> well, you can blame this one on the snow. no there isn't any outside but all that snow fell back in february really messed up with the air lines. there were fewer on type flights in february. more than triple of what they were in january. cancellations soared to more than 26,000 domestic flights cancelled in february, more than twice the number in january. but there is some good news. luggage for the most part got to where it is supposed to go, about 4 per 1,000 passengers in february, lower than january's mark. you always go to the bathroom before that long car ride and some air passengers will have to get -- get into that habit now. ryan air based in dublin, ireland, is considering $1.50 to

use the bathroom. that is messed up. the airline called it their cost saving measure. they are going to install a coin operated door. the pay to pee plane is planned for flights due to last less than an hour. oil hit a 18-month higher. $87, the highest level since 2008 when crude was at $89 a barrel. prices are up 5% from last week and more than 70% from this time last year. analysts say an expected increase in demand contributed to the increase. police found a woman dead in a car inside a lake and have charged her husband with murder. we have that story. . >> reporter: a tragic end to the case of missing mom, toha.

her lifeless body is found in a car submerged in a lake adding to the horror and mystery, a bag covered her head. her husband made a tearful plea for her return. [ crying ]. >> please come home. . >> reporter: notice how quickly he composed himself. police tell us he pushed to make that televised plea. all along detectives were suspicious of his entire performance. >> his body language and actions were not consistent with a grieving husband that just lost his wife. from the beginning of the investigation, we've been interested in him. >> reporter: he's really not that happy to see cameras now as his story unravels and he's hauled into jail. this case struck a chord with all of them. >> we all have families, and we

all took this personally, and i was getting phone calls from all members of the department coming up with possibilities and leads. >> reporter: and in a case that gets more strange with every turn we have surveillance video showing the car being pushed into the lake where police found it. watch carefully. we see a shadowy figure taking a bike out of the back. that's what police say he used to pedal away from the scene of the crime. then we watch as he tries desperately to get the car into the water. police say that shadowy figure is her husband. >> you see him driving the car in to the parking lot, then driving the car through the fence, pushing it over the bank, and ultimately the car going into the water, submerging, and disappearing from sight. >> he's being held without bond. . now with a look ahead to abc2 news at 6:00 tonight, i'm kelly swoope. a harford county man could face jail time after recording a

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texas got a big surprise when the pizza they ordered were fake. this is making hotel managers very, very angry. >> they usually sneak into a property, sometimes dressed as like one of the commercial pizza vendors and these folks will come in and with a pizza box wrapped up and but it's full of pizza flyers and they'll go through and hit our floors and put them underneath the guest room doors. >> after several complaints police have been able to find and arrest three of the pizza scammers. making sure you counted how many baltimore residents have turned in their census forms. abc 2 news at six starts right now. . a harford county man faces up to 5 years in prison after he recorded a bizarre traffic stop last month in harford county. good evening, i'm kelly swoope. it happened on interstate 95.

there is a unique video of the traffic stop that has led to a charge of illegally recording police. abc2 news brian kuebler reports. >> reporter: looking at i-95 from the helmet camera. he is admittedly speed, even show boating as he pops a wheel off the pavement. but it is what happens at a light off exit 80 in harford county where he starts to take issue. >> get off the motorcycle. get off the motorcycle. state police. >> reporter: look again. the trooper is in an unmarked car. plain clothes, with a badge not easily visible. he pulls his weapon and approaching graber for 5 seconds before finally identifying himself as state police. >> were you freaking out? >> a little bit. kind of afraid somebody was going to shoot me or steal my motorcycle from me. >> reporter: rattled but as part time military he was not too shaken. he accepted the speeding ticket he said he deserved and did nothing more than just