in baltimore, brian kuebler, abc 2 news. now the no-slots at the mall campaign was not available for an on-camera interview but sent us statements which says in part that cordish is trying to stop free speech. the best way county voters can fight back is to stop him to but slots at the arun run dell mills mall. we look forward 0 winning this campaign at the ballot box. now the could seen some is helping to fund it. grief counselors will be provided after the death of basketball player devon take buntly. officer fowler was killed when his truck crashed into a barrier in central pennsylvania last monday.

he was on his way to penn state to participate in a training program on accident investigation. he leaves behind a wife and two children. five german men are dead in pakistan killed by a u.s. missile according to u.s. intelligence officials. they were undergoing terrorist training. they hit a house in the region linked to a tariff plot. it has prompted europe, britain and japan to issue a travel advisory. we now know how the driver '06 a bus in montgomery county died. the driver, 66-year-old joseph koloba died of a heart attack and not from injuries in the crash. passengers told police that he appeared to be sweating a lot before the crash last wednesday in bethesda. one passenger asked the driver if he was okay before he appeared to pass out and slump right over the wheel. the mini coach bus rolled down the tree-covered embankment and

came to a rest with only a jersey barrier keeping it from falling into the traffic below. 11 people were injured. on the weather front today, bottom line, ugly looking monday out there. rainy, dreary, grey, and really feeling a lot more like maybe mid-november than early october. we will get marine though temperature-wise, don't worry about it. let's take a look first at maryland's most powerful radar tracking some showers. up in to the northeast part of the state, falling back across the northeastern part of the state, over into delaware. zoom you a little tighter, inner harbor right now a chilly 55 degrees. 52 over at dover flirting with the 40s, we're going to go in the 40s later on tonight. showers chilly, breezy, camp, ugly, again there will be some improvement even tomorrow. we'll talk about what that is and look ahead toward the end of the week. all coming up. rosy? >> a day of sightseeing along

the texas/mexico bore deer is dead, his widow narrowly escaped after a run-in with pirates. >> they within on their jet skis exploring the mexican side of david lake when they came under attack. >> hello. >> yes. >> okay. are you sure that your husband got shot? >> yes. >> tiffany told a 911 dispatcher she and her husband were ambushed by three boats. david was shot in the head. >> he was thrown off the jet ski and i could not take him on mine. >> she tried to low load up her husband. one picture here trying to get the body in the jet ski to bring him to the other side. she was being shot at. so she finally had to let go the body and head back to the united states. >> the 60-mile long reservoir

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we have breaking news to be the out of frederick county, a frederick soldier has been killed in afghanistan. sergeant first class lance vogue letter died friday from wounds he suffered when insurgents attacked his unit. he was part of the 75th ranger reg itself based out of georgia. we'll bring you more on this story tonight on abc 2 news at 11:00. the stocks are closing lower today as investors take a pause from an historic rally in september. the dow jones held 78, the s &

p fell 9. a consumer alert tonight, verizon wireless could payout as much as 90 million bucks to its customers, some people who don't have data plans pressed a button on their phones and initiated data or webac set. most of the 50 million customers affected will receive credits between 2 and 6 bucks on their upcoming bills. those who are no longer verizon customers will get refund checks. k-mart is extending its lay away option. they are allowing customer to select their items and make bye weekly payments over 10 to 12 weeks. they are also making more items eligible to be placed on lay away such as lineupses and other big ticket items. >> targets expanding its store base. the country will open its stores around the country october 10th, this sunday. they'll create more than 2,000 jobs and each will feature

expanded food selection. first there was the mortgage melt-down. now there is a foreclosure free. why tents of thousands of americans are caught up in a giant pile of paperwork, also major mortgage lenders try to figure out if families were forced from their homes. >> actor kevin bay on could is living up to his name. where you can find this crunchy piece of artwork. >> abc 2 works for the community. a proud partner with the salvation army. bundley buntly two governors,

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abc 2 news brought to you by bge smart energy.com. >> governor o'malley is supporting the proposal for a 60-day moratorium, they are exploring the legal options available to mandate a moratorium here in the state.  elijah cummings sent a letter asking for that moratorium. he says families may have been wrongly evicted from their homes after reports they may

have fraudulently started eviction proceedings, he believes that may be affecting the values of nearby homes or the tax revenues that those homes again rate. >> as if the wave of foreclosures before the recession was not bad enough now comes the revelation thousands may have been forced out illegally. t.j. winnik has more. >> at least three major lenders have stopped foreclosures. normally this would be good news. but they are checking if they wrongly forced people from their homes. >> the balance may be wrong, the amount may be wrong, the last payment may be wrong. >> sonja gill key is fighting for closure on her home in court. >> i feel like i'm lobbying for a whole lot of people out there who just did not have the energy or the fortitude to just holler and scream loud enough for someone the hear you. documents showing at least one bank improperly processed foes

clear you are paperwork. the robo signer admitted he authorized more than 10,000 foreclosure documents a month without reading them. >> he was not reading them before he signed them and that he didn't have any real knowledge of what their contents were. >> reporter: allied financial along with j.p. morgan chase are under pressure to say they weren't cutting cornsers to foreclose homes. they have halted foreclosures in 23 states. >> the bank is saying it could be as little as 30 to 60 days. you're dealing with 50,000 loans in one case, maybe 50, 40, 60,000 in another, that's plenty of paperwork to have to go through. >> watching closely attorneys general in 6 states. even if someone lost a home because offerors they didn't catch they say they are still entitled to compensation. t.j. winnik, abc 2 news, new york. the troubled asset relief program, also known as t.a.r.p.

has come to an end with good news. it ended up costing taxpayers a lot less than originally expected. last year the white house estimated tarp's cost was $341 billion, now the treasury department expects the total cost of the program to end up below 50 billion, two years ago congress handed over $700 billion to the treasury in an effort to prop up struggling financial units. what's the worst deal to get in a restaurant. a lot of people assume it's the steak. steak is usually the most exciting item on the menu. but steak is a pretty good value. john matarese has the best and worst restaurant deals so you don't waste your money. >> reporter: ever wonder why many restaurants don't offer renilsson coke or pepsi and servers push desert no matter how much you've eaten? a new report says it's all about the money. in these tough times restaurants are all offering deals pushing value menus and

$9 entrees but the consumer web site, walletbop.com, says restaurants are not charities and have to make up that money in other places. it says restaurant's biggest prove it margins are not on steak but on the cheaper items so its worst restaurant deals include non-alcoholic beverages where you may pay $2 now for a 20-cent glass of coke. wine which may be marked up 200 to 600%. pasta with that $12 plate of spaghetti really costs the restaurant $2, pizza same as pasta. and from the dosen't that stink file the disappearing free drink refill. they say many restaurants are now dropping free refills. doesn't that stink? so if you're watching the dining budget you may want to ask if refills are free before you ask for that second glass of coke. if you're trying to cut those restaurant bills there's one area where you should not be cheap and that's the tip. servers are low paid and depend on gratuities to pay their rent

so be generous with your server. if you don't waste your money. i'm john matarese. >> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> go away for a couple days, get all kind of rain, been raining ever since you left. >> i think it was the rain version of one of our blizzards last winter. rain pockalypse, right. we did clean that out. we have briefly dried out. the rain came in sunday night, going all day. not nearly as heavy as last week but unwelcome,s especially with that chilly air, cold pelting. >> fall-like. >> pelts you in the face and stings. but anyways it will improve as we go tomorrow especially through the end of the week. we'll come back, early after this. let's take a look at our harbor cam. bottom line people out and about, still, you have got to go out there, right. temperature at 53 degrees,

humidity at 83%, that chilly ugly northwest wind continue to go below in, gusting higher. you look at the upper right part of your screen you see old glory flapping pretty good in that wind. maryland's most powerful radar, this rain mercifully beginning to move off into the north and east after steady heavy rain earlier this morning. now drifting out of elkton, some rain here, as we go over the next two to three hours, we're going to see some showers, drizzle falling across the eastern shore. here is the other thing today, windy conditions, steady around 10 to 14, gusting higher. we have seen some around 20 to 25, steady wind there at 23, awfully cold down at the beach. right now state-wide, low 50s, these are some cool numbers, poe tucks umm river at 54, 50 in new york and off to the west. oakland, deep creek lake low 40s right now. closer to home so to speak, the inner harbor at 55, and even

closer, let's take a look at your neighborhood as we zoom in here to the center part of the city. this is a forecast for tomorrow for you, mt. vernon to about 60, federal hill, you should make about 62, and as we take you a little further north and east elkton about 59 or so, looking for about 61, mostly cloudy conditions in aberdeen, most maybe a stray shower, not a lot of rain, better chance they'll come in saturday evening. still a little bit of wet weather working up towards the mid-atlantic. philly getting steady rain as is pennsylvania, but again, across the east. bottom line is large circulation here, area of low pressure, and this is bringing in the rain for much of west virginia, much of pennsylvania, and the heaviest of this now surging up in to new york where there are even some reports of rain mixed with snow earlier, upstate new york. but none of that for us. that chilly drizzle continuing to come in wrapping around a canadian high, just off to our

west, at circumstance that circulation really bringing in chile damp considerations. just makes the bone ache. right. cloudy tonight, not as much rain though, we'll taper off tonight. but there's wrap around moisture with this thing and that will probably come in tomorrow evening, i think relatively dry day tomorrow, mostly cloudy, brief chance of showers tomorrow evening, in the wind, they are mostly partly to cloudy skies. tonight still some showers in the evening, taper off to 44 degrees by daybreak. colder in the outer bushes. i'm sure towards the line they'll get down to 59. mostly cloudy conditions' we take a look at tomorrow night, 45 and, yeah, cool and maybe a little more rain too. but not as heavy as what we saw last night and into the early today. seven-day forecast again the trend here is for a warm-up, gradual warm-up. i think we may make 70 on thursday, then the weekend looking awfully nice with the sunshine back in force.

rosy? >> well just two weeks after its premier abc's new show "my generation" has, well, say bye- bye. only two episodes there. the first didn't attract many viewers. "my generation" was a fictional look at a group of friends 10 years after high school graduation. jennifer grey has been the frontrunner since the first episode of the season's ""dancing with the stars"" but the road back to the dance floor has been a long one after a 1987 car crash with then boyfriend matthew broderick. dirty dancing opened less than a week later. while that made her a star, she was forced from the spotlight not to mention the pain she was experiencing from the accident. >> the collision was so intense that the ligaments were ripped from the back of my neck and i'd have a headache for four days where i could barely open my eyes. >> wow. jennifer wanted to give

"dancing with the stars" a try last year but when she went in for a checkup more bad news her spine was literally falling off. she underwent surgery and the injured disk was removed. then she had a bye op see, the result, well eye it cas cancer. after a couple of procedures to remove bone spurs in her neck she was finally given the okay to perform. chances are she spent the day rehearsing for tonight's so many ba. tonight an all new episode of dancing with the stars. two dancers down and the pressure is on the 10 remaining people to compete to stay in the competition. you can see it all live starting at 8:00 right here on abc 2. former poison front man brent michaels are rock out at the miami dolphin's game. he will undergo surgery to fix a hole in his heart in january, he has busy few months in store including his eh1 reality show which kicks off in two weeks and he has a new book set to be

published in mash. busy guy. a look ahead to abc 2 news at 6:00 tonight. kelly whoop. rain rape go away, and sometimes the only place it has to go is downstairs in your basement. we've got the 1, 2, 3, for safe fathering your home. >> and every day millions of people use over the counter drugs but some people are abusing them. the signs to look for before it's too late. we have those stories and much more coming up tonight at 6:00. coming up on world news. verizon adding up. we look at all those little fees in for a surprise coming up on world news. dentures are softer than teeth.

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nearly 3,000 people of various faiths participated in the third annual blessing of the waves in huntington beach, california, today. it is meant to cause appreciation for the environment. they sang and then, well, went serving. actor kevin bacon is living up to his last night. the man whose daughter has leukaemia wanted to raise money to buy toys for others. the man who works for the company called bacon salt commissioned that. they sculpted a bust made entirely of baconnen coated with laquer. >> we thought what if kevin bacon was made out of bacon, the first idea, a crazy dream we had. >> hmm, bacon. bacon, kevin bacon, is up for auction on ebay. how much would you pay for that. and scammers are always out

to get you, a scam alert so your wallet doesn't get paved over. those stories new at 6:00 which all starts right now. >> now, abc 2 news at 6:00. >> the rain is sticking around, good evening, kelly swoope. let's begin with the wet dreary drive home on this monday evening, let's check out wyatt in the weather center, how long we gonna have to deal with this. >> kelly, we're looking at the potential for this rain to last another couple hours here. bottom line is expect wet conditions out there, specification leash if you're north or east of the immediate area. that's where we're seeing most of the rain right now. you could see elkton and back across the northern part of the eastern shore, showers and precipitation continue to go fall there, no doubt about it. as we take you in just a little tighter here, of course the other thing we have been dealing with is absolutely the temperatures. i mean