a new report says that teachers at the new maryland facility was caused by multiple systemic security failures. the report sites outdated buildings and not enough security cameras for staff as well as failure of the agency to oversee safety issues. hannah wheeling found dead in february at the facility. a boy 13 years old at the time is charged as a juvenile with murder and attempted rape. the department of juvenile services released a response that reads in part: "d.j. svpt reacted quickly to this terrible incident, thoroughly investigating, and be moving swiftly to make sure that nothing like it occurs again." discussion on a topic brought to light by recent events at rutgers university. a recent study says gay teens are four times more likely to be bull lid than straight teenagers. the study comes at a time when tolerance appears to be so high. why the disconnect? although it was the incident at rutgers that grabbed headlines,

at least three other teenagers have taken their own lives this month after facing relentless taunting about their possible sexual orientation. celebrities are now speaking out about it. >> we can't let tolerance and ignorance take another kid's life, and i want anyone out there who feels different, and i want them to know that i know how you feel. >> a 17-year-old youth who was in quite a bit of despair. i attempted to kill myself. >> you're not alone. it will get better. >> a simple message of tolerance for the kids out there who say they feel like they don't have a voice. abc2 is working for you to keep your community safe. each week highlighting crimes in your neighbor. this week police thede your help finding a bank robber. police say this man walked into the m and t bank at around 10 in the morning on september. he pointed a gun at a teller and demanded money. witnesses say the man looks

like to be in his 20s and around 5 foot 2 inches tall with a small build and bushy hair and a ponytail. he also walks with a limp. anyone with any information is asked to call metro crimestoppers. callers can remain anonymous, and anyone eligible for a $2,000 cash reward. don't forget, you can see more of our reports by heading over to abc2news.com/crimechecker. police need your help tonight tracking down this man. baltimore county police say he robbed a bp gas station in the 600 block of frederick road on september 9th. investigators say the suspect walked into the gas station shortly after 10 and demanded money from the clerk. police say he then began hitting the clerk with his fist. the suspect ran out of the gas station with an undisclosed amount of cash. . if you have any information, call metro crimestoppers at 1- 866-7hock-up. a look at tonight's top stories. police say this duo is behind

the largest drug bust in the department's history. investigators confiscated 478 marijuana plants and 406 pounds of processed marijuana. according to police the suspects built a two-story marijuana growing operation inside a warehouse. police also seized $12,000 in cash. a little more than an hour ago president obama joined martin o'malley at buoy state university to give o'malley a boost in his rematch with republican governor bob ehrlich. dough litigantsler says, if marylanders don't step up, the president could be surrounded by republicans governors, a reference to bob mcconnell up to the south of the nation's capital. the family crisis center in baltimore county got a big financial boost thanks to federal funding. the center received a hundred thousand dollars to help stop domestic violence. the nonprofit in dundalk hah has been instruction link with

a shortfall this year to help fund the victims of violence act. gorgeous weather across maryland. sun making a nice comeback for us, sapphire blue skies, temperatures back into the 70s. i tell you, it set the stage for a great weekend around here. let's take a look first at the weather net camera. a lot of blue sky out there, and that is going to continue to be the case into the day tomorrow. but, man, it's just enjoyable to take it in. you finally needed the sunglasses again. here's a look at the current satellite radar picture. all clear across the state. across the entire mid atlantic central east coast, nothing out there. temperaturewise, fabulous, low 70s, almost no humidity. going to be a great evening out and about as you head out the door. expect 60s over the next couple of hours, but overall, relatively mild, and a little breezy, too. much or about the outlook for columbus day weekend straight ahead. stocks closing lower ahead of tomorrow's report on the

labor market. the dow closed down 19 point, the s&p rose 3, and the nasdaq 500 fell by 2. mortgage applications to buy homes are up. they rose last week to the highest level since may, jumping more than 9%. but the mortgage bankruptcy's association says overall applications dropped to a tenth of a percent from a week earlier due to the decline in the applications to refinance homes. rates at or near the lowest they have been in decades as investors shifted their money into safer treasury bonds. and applications for unemployment benefits are down. they fell last week for the fourth time in five weeks. many say layoffs are declining. and american airlines calling on about 800 furloughed employees, about 1% of its workforce as it adds flights from international routes. american has launch new trance atlantic business with spanish airline iberia, and is working on a deal with japan airlines as well. one manufacturer is pulling

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animal activists are blaming the park? plus it appears girls will do anything to get in touch with teen heartthrob justin bieber. why one man who is learning that the hard way. hmm.

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approve of a proposal to ban new york city food stampers using money to buy sugary drinks. >> that is probably going too far, because what if you want to buy drinks to have at a birthday or something like that. >> thised a campaign part of an initiative by michael bloom berg. >> sugary drinks aren't worth the cost to our health and the government shouldn't be subsidizing them. >> reporter: the ban would apply to any beverage that contains more than 8 ounces except for milk products, soy milk and fruit juices without added sugar. >> food stamps is a nutrition program and sugar water, soda pop is anything but nutritious. it is a major cause of obesity. >> i don't think the government has the right to tell us what we can and cannot eat, period. an issue of social engineering. >> reporter: bloomberg asking the department of agriculture

to approve the plan for two years. the mayor banned trans fats and restaurant food, and mandated that chain restaurants post calory counts on men use. >> when you start that, then what else can they regulate? >> reporter: if approved billion dollar the first time an item would be banned from the federal food stamp program based solely on nutrition. abc news, new york. a developing story tonight. a mystery at seaworld park in orlando. a 25-year-old killer whale died unexpected delay this week, the third premature death of a whale at the seaworld location in the past three months. park officials and marine biologists are racing to find out what went wrong, and seaworld is being blamed. >> when they're confined, i think they're under stress. i think they're, at the very least, very bored, and both stress and boredom and depression can kill you. >> not so, says seaworld. the company says it has no reason to believe that any of the recent deaths are related or that there is any indication

that their environment was a contributing fact factor. whenever everyone feared red sludge, it reached europe's second largest river, but samples show the concentration and heavy metal does not come close to levels considered dangerous to the environment. the hungarian reservoir broke monday sending sludge into rivers and creeks. four people were killed in the incident, and three people are still missing. arizona is cleaning up tonight after powerful storms. two touched down yesterday. authorities say seven people were hurt, and more than a hundred homes damaged. >> been through hail storms, but nothing like this. >> the storm so powerful, it derailed cars of a train that has stopped because of all the storms. severe storms blew through phoenix tuesday dropping hail, and the size of golf balls. officials at the sky harbor international airport had to

stop operations for an hour while the rest of the storm moved through. downed trees, power lines and everything messed up by the storm, knocking out electricity to about 19,000 homes. that would hurt. and the country music association is donating nearly $3 million to national area flood relief and music education programs. the record donation comes from the net proceeds of this year's cma music festival held june through the in nashville. the money split evenly between cma's keep the music playing campaign and the foundation of middle tennessee that provides grants to help flood victims. now maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> sunshine, blue skies, please stay around. >> i tell you, it was nice to see the sun come out today, rosy. >> it was really cool. >> we set the stage in time for the weekend right through

columbus day. it's looking good. a good setup coming. >> a lot of people will enjoy it. >> a chance to get one last beach running whatever you want to do. it will be warm. >> take a look at our harbor cam. beautiful. sapphire clear skies across the area, and man, i'll tell you ever nice to see the sun back. the nice golden autumn sunshine isn't too hot and isn't too cool, man. just right, right? temperatures 72, bwi humidity, 40%. it's dry, comfortable. winds northwest at 20. it's actually been breezy today; but against the strong sunshine, the northerly wind couldn't keep us below 70. so we like that. our weather net camera downtown. blue skies throughout the day. shadows get longer there as we time lapse this throughout the afternoon. but a lot of boat traffic. why not? a great day to be out and about. take you out to germantown. a similar scenario here. across the state, a few high thin clouds at times, but man,

it's the day to break out the sunglasses and enjoy. take a look at current wind conditions right now. winds around 20 at the top of the hour. so still chilly and cool, a northwest wind. but other than that, you just can't complain. all that sunshine; and again, just fantastic weather. temperaturewise, cooler north and west. hagerstown back through oakland, we're talking about upper 50s to 60s. most of us in the 70s. parts if the eastern shore pushing into the upper 70s, like down toward cambridge where you're at 73. earlier you did push into the 70s, georgetown, delaware, 74. a little cooler north and west. tomorrow, another mighty fine day. mount vernon back through fells point. lots of sunshine under a blue sky. temperatures in the upper 70s in the downtown areas tomorrow as we work in today afternoon. satellite and radar trend. and across the entire region, there's nothing shaking now off to the west. off to the east, well up to new england to still find a little

bit of cloudy condition, a little bit of shower activity up through the massachusetts, new hampshire and maine area. that, again, is the last tail part of the stalled-out storm that kept us murky and dreary for five days straight since last weekend. future weather not going to change that much. keeping clear skies around. there's nothing coming in out of the west. then into saturday here, a weak cold front pushing in late in the day. not expecting to bring showers. may be breezy saturday afternoon, and will hold us out of the 80s. if it were not for the cold front approaching, we could make the 80s this weekend. but upper 70s, not bad. tonight 46, clear cool degrees overnight. but it will take a while to get there. tomorrow back up into the 70s, a good looking day out there. tomorrow night, talking about 47 or so. mostly clear conditions. the seven-day forecast looking ahead here toward the weekend. man, lots of sunshine, good weather, nothing to complain about here. the chance for rain comes back maybe toward the middle of next

week. but in the meantime, enjoy that sunshine. rosy. sesame street is developing a show for the west african country featuring a few new friends for big bird and the cookie monster. one of the new stars will be hiv positive. the show will address the biggest issues facing young nigerian kids, aids, malaria, gender, equality and religious differences. we could be saying trump 2012. the billionaire is making it known he would like america to hire him as president of the united states. this is not the first time he's said this. he's been flirting with the idea for two decades. he suggested running on the republican ticket back in 1998. this justin beeber is 16 years old, approaching 1 billion views on youtube. it appears teen girls will do anything to get in touch with their heartthrob. justin beeber is quickly learning that.

this justin was living 20 years for the justin bieber of stardom. he changed his number, put it in his wife's name. but the teen girls got ahold of that number, too, and put it on their fan web site. he would get 50 messages in two hours. >> it's just a little hard to sleep at night when the phone is ringing constantly. >> now bieber even got kicked off of facebook for having a fake name, also kicked off of another social network named ping. but that finally got resolved. if you are looking for a cold beer after work, baltimore beer week is officially in session. there will be beer breakfast, beer lunches, beer classes, and chilly bruise. the brewing company among a few local bars participating in beer week. this is the second year for the event. a look ahead to abc2 news at 6:00 tonight. i'm kelly swoope. a look inside one of the

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an actress in northwestern university will head to chicago's museum of science and industry on october. it announced the month museum contest. the winner was announced with a chemistry experiment out of the five finists only kate's flask erupted when hydrogen peroxide was added. >> i'm very excited, yes. >> why? >> because -- >> this is uncharted territory. people have been to the move, but no one lived in the museum for 30 days. >> she's going to be very, very bored. she'll spend much of her downtime inside of her do you believe. at night she can wander the exhibit. she says she hopes to visit every nook and cranny of the museum. she can't go outside for one month. she will tweet and blog about her exclusive access experience "at the museum." more than 10 million dollars in debt a grammy award

winner from our area files for bankruptcy. that story and much more coming up on abc2 news at six, which starts right now. now, abc2 news at six. lots of prayers of support going out to martin o'malley and lieutenant governor anthony brown, and it's coming from the highest office, the white house. good evening. i'm kelly swoope. president obama joined many of maryland's political heavyweights for today's rally for the governor facing bob ehrlich next month in a rematch from 2006. president obama was the keynote speaker at buoy state university as he attempts to get a boost from the polls. brian ruber joins us live for a look at democracy 2010. brian? >> reporter: well, kelly president barack obama spoke for about 45 minutes this afternoon, urging voters to stay the course of change. obama cam paged at buoy state university giving the campaigns of