we'll update you on the breaks news. a school bus caught fire in the fort henry tunnel. two people walked out and may have suffered smoke inhalation. there are no other reports of injuries. right now we don't know whether there were any children on the bus when it caught fire. we don't know what school district the bus belongs to. road three and four of the tunnel are closed to traffic. officials are encouraging everyone to find a different route around the area. counterfeit cash moving through the area has been a problem. this time police catch the guy. good evening. i'll roosevelt leftwich. last month we told you about fake cash turning up in and around carroll county. this time it was in annapolis. brian keebler has more from

abc2 news. >> reporter: over the weekend in annapolis authorities picked up a total of $600 in counterfeit bills. five $100 bills were in this man's back pocket. he was arrested friday on a separate warrant but has new charges thanks to the fake bank roll. >> it was obvious because they were together and had the same serial number. >> reporter: the other hundred dollar bill that turned up this past weekend was harder to flag. annapolis police say the bill was used here at the steak house in annapolis. it was a chemically washed $5 bill somebody made into a $100. the region has seen this convincing and fake bill before. two weeks ago in westminster we told you about several $5 bills

chemically watched into $100's used at walmart and food lion. the bills passed the pen test because it is the same paper. the only give away was the water mark. police are looking for this woman caught on walmart's security camera. so far no leads. it is a case that interested annapolis police. >> you get the information flu the secret service. we watch and read the newspaper and see what's going on in other areas. >> reporter: feds and local authorities now working to peel away the layers of ink to see where these bills are coming from. annapolis brian keebler abc2 news. >> the man annapolis police arrested has a record of robbery and assault. now he has a charge of forged currency. police believe in man robbed several convenience stores. authorities say each time he displayed a knife or gun. suspect is believed to have once lived in the area.

anyone with information on the crimes is urged to call city wide robbery unit. here's a look at tonight's top stories. dozens of baltimore educators are protesting this week's vote on the teacher's union contract saying they need time to review the detail. it allows teachers to climb a pay ladder through an evaluation system that has yet to be determined. a coalition of different groups is banning together to stop foreclosure fraud. baltimore is one of the top areas in the country where scamsers are -- scammers are take money. don't pay fees of up front. the time is here for 33 trapped miners to see the light of day. the group has been stuck nearly

ten weeks. the miners are more relaxed than the rest of the crews at the surface. the miners are expected to be lifted out of the mine in a rescue capsule by the toafned day. -- end of the day. another mighty warm day of weather across the area. temperatures well above 80 degrees in many spots in southern maryland. it is a warm streak we have had here. it is all coming to an end today. let's look at the satellite and radar. couple clouds building in across the baltimore area. few showers that we have here on maryland's most powerful radar are well off to the east. one renegade shower towards new jersey. that's the closestest rain to central maryland. high temperatures today you can see upper 70s across the board. 80s towards d.c. today. right now we are cooling offer into the low 70s. the rest of the evening we are

talk about temperatures in the 70s and eventually 60s. cooler by day break tomorrow. slight chance of a shower. we'll talk about how cooler it gets towards the weekend. we'll see those numbers coming up. check headlines around the nation. new developments in the case of a girl who disappeared from her north carolina home. search warrants on her father and stepmother's house found the with a $1 million random note addressed to the father's boss. police seized the can'tle's cars and find the presence of human remains. girl's stepmother is held on two dozen unrelated charges. police say her story doesn't add up. >> do you think your wife was in any way involved in your daughter's disappearance? >> i'm not sure. >> the girl's father has outstanding warrants for bringing bad checks. he is cooperating with police. for now they are not executing the parents. the 10-year-old is a two-time

cancer survivor who lost her leg and hearing battling cancer. she is charged with using bug spray to poison her mom, sister and brother little by little. the teen confessed to it all in a shocking therapy session. she was laters institutionalized. >> she went to extreme effort to come to the states and adopt her. >> they confessed to placing dog feces in the food and water and soap in the house. police are investigating whether the girl used insectsty side to poison the siblings. one can expect amazing car crashes from the transformers movie. this one is the real deal. you can see the yellow car known as bumbling bee. he was in the middle of

shooting a scene when the police truck came down the street that was closed. officials with the police department say the officer used the street because he was responding to an emergency and that was the fastest route to go. credit card offers are back on the rise and so are the scams. a look at traps to avoid before you sign up to put more plastic in your wallet. with elections three weeks away they are calling out republicans for cheating. why the white houses that an issue with candidates and how they are raising money.

stocks are higher after minutes released from the federal reserve shows the

economy is stimulating. in democracy 2010 candidates for baltimore county executive will face off tonight. they'll duke it out at the debate at umbc. event starts at 7:00 tonight. turn out a philadelphia man who threw a book at president barack obama will not get the book thrown at him. video shows the book sailing past the president. the author was hoping to get the president to read his book. agents saw the man throw the book. they detained him and determined he was not a threat. it turns out the man arrested for streaking at president obama's philadelphia rally did it to win a million dollars. a billionaire recently offered a million dollars to anyone who could streak in front of the

president. he told the philadelphia inquirer that he is an obama fan but streaking was a time honored way of getting attention. week four of dancing with the stars will come to a close tonight. another celeb will be given up from the competition. who will it be? a look at the leader board and those who have fallen flat. the man who threw the book at president obama won't be having the book thrown at him. we just told you. that we'll show it to you again.

bob ehrlich says

he wants to fix maryland. but he increased state spending by record amounts. ehrlich raised $3 billion in taxes and fees... including property taxes... and a 40% increase in college tuition. and now he's made over $1 billion in new promises... with no plans to pay for them... except for cutting education. cuts that will lay off teachers and increase class sizes. that's not a budget. and bob ehrlich's not the kind of leader... we can trust. got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want you going out on those yet. and leave your phone in your purse, i don't want you texting. >> daddy... ok! ok, here you go. be careful. >> thanks dad. >> and call me--but not while you're driving. we knew this day was coming. that's why we bought a subaru.

credit cards are coming back back. here's some information to help you. >> reporter: in the second quarter of 2010 industry tracker found american consumers received one billion offers for new credit cards. that compared to 419 million in same period last year. with the credit card reform act in effect consumers should read the fine print before signing up. one thing to look for annual fees. >> those are rising. look at that. we have seen cards where they start out with no annual fees. down line annual fee kicks in. >> reporter: love collecting points for travel and splurges. if you are thinking of a card with an awards incentive look at the interest rates. >> they can be a good deal if

you pay it off every month. otherwise you'll pay more in interest than you'll get back in rewards. >> reporter: remember the rates for purchases and balance transfers are for limb a limited time only. keep track of when the introductory period ends so you don't get stuck with heavy fines. three weeks to go until the november elections president and vice president are claiming republican ads are being financed by foreign money and influenced linked by the u.s. chamber of commerce. we have the report on the charges and the counter charges in this case. >> reporter: the president is calling out republicans for take questionable campaign money. from the u.s. chamber of commerce, the second biggest spender. >> one of the largest groups takes in money from foreign

services. >> reporter: from a group headed by karl rove, former white house political advisor. >> show me. it is disclosure. that used to be good government. >> you don't believe them? >> it may be true but i'm not taking their word for it. >> reporter: rove's response, we don't have to. >> th president is hypocritical about this. >> reporter: what's the truth? we may never know. unregulated contributors don't have to tell. >> finding out how to make an informed decision is marginlized. >> reporter: the u.s. chamber accepts money from foreign donations but none of the money is used to fund political activity. angry voters are motivated voters. our poll finds republicans are

more likely to be angry about the economy. angry voters are inclined to blame democrats. three in ten tea party candidates want to stay within the gop and a quarter of americans wishing it would go away. . the weather is a changing. big changes. we have had a streak here. you have to love the weekend. today pushing 80. that's it for now. we may get a bump up into hotter temperatures next week. this week it is cooler. >> there is a big difference between 60s and 20s. >> we are not going into the winter yet. it is more fall-like. lets look at what we are seeing now. it is a warm afternoon out

there. 78 degrees now. humidity up. winds have turned north. that's the beginning of northerly cooler air pushing in. that's what we'll be dealing with in the next couple of hours. maryland's radar is quiet out there as we look at this thing. nothing in the state right now. couple lonely showers off of delaware pushing into southern new jersey. most of us sitting clear. that's should continue to be the case. fantastic video out of our weather net site at chesapeake beach. looking over the bay with little chop and blue skies. it won't change much tomorrow with the way it looks but it will feel different. one reason why is the wind is change direction. wind source will becoming out of the northern part of pennsylvania out of canada. that's going to mean much

cooler air knocking on the door. 70s. 78 bwi marshall. 77 easton. oakland 63. that's the beginning of who is headed our way. all of us down in the upper 60s for the day tomorrow. high temperatures across the board. 88 inner harbor. 72 annapolis. tomorrow 67 belair. 66 perryville along the bay. it will be a nice, cool refreshing fall-like kind of day out there. satellite generally clear. couple of clouds at times. rest of the evening we won't see much rain. isolated chance of a shower. weather pattern is a long cold front with a large area of cooler, drier air behind it. it will keep the sunshine around. where things change are after tomorrow. tomorrow temperatures change. but we'll keep the sun. as we go forward in time thursday the storm system pushing out of the south probably underrepresented by the computer model. i think we'll see more

wide-spread rain on thursday than what we are seeing here. rain thursday and a cooler nastier day for thursday. it improves friday. tonight 49. few clouds. tomorrow two degree guarantee. 67. that's going to be a change. cool north breeze through the day. it will be nice and sunny tomorrow night. few more clouds on the increase tomorrow night with a light east breeze. let's break down seven-day forecast for you. rain thursday night. few showers friday morning. sunny and fall-like looking good for the weekend. last night's dancing with stars the dance floor was transformed into a circular stage. each team got two scores. one for performance. other for the technical part of the dance. 50-year-old was on top of the score highier than her age.

we have the highlights from last night. >> reporter: jennifer gray and her partner topped the judge's leader board. their tango earned the first ten's of the season. >> i thought i don't know if i can do this. i was scared all day. >> reporter: randy and her partner went into second place. >> i feel like i was connected. i feel like when you are connected everybody else can connect with you. >> reporter: close behind in third is audrey and her partner. >> i'm trying to transform her into a dancer. >> reporter: kyle finished fourth. >> it is the upper body and the arms and the head. >> we have the frame. now we have to fill it in. >> reporter: one point behind them. rick fox and cheryl burke. >> ribs are bruised. i think i pulled a muscle. my feet are messed up.

i have never been so beat up. >> reporter: florence henderson landed in sixth with a run called sexy, raunchy and dirty and left her scared. >> i think she was very turned on. >> i think it made her feel uncomfortable because she was turned on. >> reporter: he was turned off by his score ranking seventh with the judges. >> it is frustrating. you come out and work hard and you get scores that don't do you justice. >> reporter: bristol palin had  a difficult night, too. 8th place. mom looked delighted and shocked. >> she's never seen me be sexy or anything like that. she is excited about this performance. >> reporter: last place mike and his partner. low was 28. high was 66. who is going home? we'll find out during the results show tonight.

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