is under fire. thousands of customers were without power during the dangerous heat last week program allows the utility to cycle the cooling units. >> friday, they and others were ordered to conserve power because of the huge demand. with such an emergency, bge cycled power to the peak rewards customers. those who on -- under emergency conditions, peak reward's customers can't opt out. we're going to look at the customers who signed up three or four years ago. they may not have realized they

were on a cycling level. also, to get the customers to reevaluate. is this program good for me and my family. >> now, they say that the company will be sending out letter to the peak rewards customers. so far, about 2500 people canceled the participation in the peak rewards as a result of friday's outage. this video is the vid oh of the suspect -- video of the suspect. anders behring breivik admitted to the murders. the judge ordered him to remain in custody for eight weeks.

a new development in the case against amanda knox. the pair accused of killing the british student in 2007. the prosecution claimed that dna was found for both suspects at the crime scene. the experts say that the evidence isn't reliable. they say that the dna is contaminated by investigators gloved not properly cleaned. >> as prosecutors weigh whether or not to proceed with the case of the former head of the imf, the woman at the center is coming forward. it's an unusual and risky move and could turn the case upside down. in an exclusive interview, the maid who stayed silent is saying that dominique strauss- kahn should be behind bars. here's more. >> reporter: she's the hotel

maid who, until now has been silent. this 32-year-old who said she didn't expect to see dominique strauss-kahn when she went to clean his room in new york city. i was like, i'm sorry. i turned my head and he came to me and grabbed my breast. no, you don't have to be sorry. i say, stop! >> reporter: she spoke on tv to robin roberts. she said that dominique strauss- kahn was considered the favorite to be the president of france sexually assaulted her. i was like, stop this. he keep pushing me. >> reporter: she east an immigrant with a 15-year-old daughter. she also spoke to news week magazine. >> you have to see what she's saying in the context of the fear. comes from a poor village and a poor country.

she got to the united states through whatever means. >> reporter: in the two months since the incident, the case crumbled. the prosecutors questioned her credibility saying she was not honest. >> what do you want? >> him to go to jail, i want justice. i want him to know, you can't use your power with this. >> reporter: his attorneys say that this is an unseemly circus. they won't comment on a pending case. and you can watch more of the interview with his accuser tonight with night line following abc2 news at 11:00. the baltimore county police -- say they found two people

accused of murdering two others. in 90 minutes, track construction starts the first section of the racetrack walsh it will be put in place at 7:00 tonight. that's near the intersection of pratt and light street. the grand prix speeds up to baltimore coming up labor day weekend. >> part of a school parking lot in hampden is undergoing an extreme makeover. today, mayor stephanie rawlings- blake and artists from the van's warped tour converted a section of the parking lot into an out door learning center. when the garden is finished, they'll move $900,000 of storm water from ending up in the chesapeake bay. this project is going to filter the water downstream.

>> they also began work on a giant mural. keep it here, we'll be back.

a police officer ended up in the hospital after a shootout. it happened saturday in miami beach. the detective and a suspect exchanged gun fire. the a drunk driver crushes into westerly senter. it happened early yesterday morning.

a man was riding in a cab and an suv hit the cab on the driver's door. the front of the united methodist center is seriously damaged. >> he's lucky. >> kids are fine and the concerns are with the cab driver. >> the cab driver is in critical condition tonight. all of the passengers riding in the cab are out of the hospital. a suspicious bag closed the jfx airport this morning. a bomb squad was called in to examine the briefcase item left in a business class lounge. they found nothing and the terminal reopened at 9:00 a.m. well, your airplane ticket could cost you a bit less this week. that's because part of the faa

that collects the taxes from the airlines shut down on friday. why aren't you seeing any difference when you book the flight? hackers are going off itunesaccounts. 'll tell you ways to avid hacking. you know when something's bad -- but you do it anyway?

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a group of teens came face to face with a glaze -- grizzly bear.

here's more. trekking through the natural wonders of the alaska can wilderness, seventeens walked into the wildside. a course was a real matter of life and death. more than a hundred miles north of anchorage. the teens were suddenly under attack. >> they were doing the crossing and they heard someone screamed that there was a bear. the malling started then. >> the mother grizzly went at the intruders. they ran for their lives and the bear was too fast for four of them. the three uninjured set up camp and activated an emergency beacon. five hours went by before a helicopter flew them to safety. that was precious time of a 17- year-old of denver. his parents finally got to hear his voice.

[ indiscernible ] >> i have two broken ribs and bite marks on my head. >> just hearing his voice was like a miracle. it was amazing. the hours before that were probably one of the hardest times of my life. >> reporter: it was a happy ending. a 57-year-old man was killed when he and his wife surprised a bear also guarding her cub. all right, someone's getting caught in the showers and thunderstorms. caroline county, you're clearing out right now. we have quite a downpour here.

we're getting clearing now. still rain in queen anne's counttism most of the thunderstorms are heading towards the beaches. we may have another line of rain showers moving through overnight. here's why we had flash flood warnings. woodbine, reporting 3.7 inches of rain. that came by in an hour and a hole of the area. 2 inches, owings mills. wow. that's a lot of rain, but rain that we needed. 77 at bwi. what a nice cool off. still, the human is high. towson, the heavy showers and squalls are move through.

that's dousing things and snarling traffic. the evening commute never gets easier. rowland park, it didn't take long for the skies to open up over baltimore. 91 was the high today in dulles and baltimore. it's interesting. things cooled off dramatically to the west, the rain cleared long enough go, we're seeing the temperatures jumping back up late in the evening. we're pushing 90 towards hagerstown. the humidity goes up with the showers. here's the last line of showers. looking closely in south western pennsylvania and reaching into virginia, this is coming through overnight in maryland. this is not going to pack much of a punch overnight. those are minimal chances for thunder. here's the cooler air coming in. the storms are north of us,

trailing storms south of it. as the low goes to the north and east, the dryer air, it's not going too much cooler, but it's crier air. it will be working in. this is going to break as the dry air moves into maryland for two days. then, things will get steamier for the end of the week. clear, tomorrow, few clouds. wednesday is a bright, sunny day. kelly's excited about that. 70, scattered showers to the east. tomorrow, 90 with much less humid and tomorrow night, we'll be pleasant. we'll see 60s out there. hey, all good things, right? >> take a look at the out look. two days of our good things and the temperatures shoot back up. you ready? and they say all good things must come to an end.

this didn't last long enough. >> we'll get two days. do you like itunes? >> yeah. >> if you just ordered your favorite song on itune. listen to this. hackers are after our debit cards and e-mail. now, itunes is in fact good day. they're going after the latest target. this is so your don't waste your money. millions of people have ipods. a number of them found strange purchases. some to the tune of hundreds of dollars. hackers are now targeting itunesusers. andy colins uses his ipod touch to buy music all of the time. he was thrilled to get a gift card. when he loaded it, he found that someone else used his card

at the itunesstore. there were some apps used. >> a hacker broke into his account and downloaded apps from a computer. it's $80 total. >> i brought mine with me and used wi-fi. >> she spent almost $300. that came out of the debit card hooked to her account. online blogs are filled with similar complaints. apple's own message board shows thousands of views on the topic.

apple hasn't viewed any comment. only link a credit card, not a debit card. set your card so you have to use a password. don't open it on free, public why fie. -- wi-fi. some gift cards may be compromised. >> it would be nice if it could be resolved.

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so much for the falling gas prices price to fill up jumped 9 crepts over the past two weeks national average is up to $3.70. the most expensive place to fill up is connecticut. $4.04 and the cheapest is in arizona. that's at $3.37 a gallon. we'll work for you to help you save money. we have a list of the cheapest stations in the neighborhood. go to abc2news.com and look under the traffic tab. the airlines can't tax you now. that doesn't mean they can't raise the fair. >> reporter: if you booked air travel this week, you should

get a modest discount. don't go spending the money yet. congress failed to agree on the funds for the fireworkaa. the agency is partially shut down. the government can't collect some of the taxes on your airfare. many carriers raised prices over the weekend by the same tax from the tax. this man says that the airlines are doing this to get a quick boost of the bottom line, some are passing along the saving. several are touting it has a ax toll lay. what embryonic stem cell is affected -- what else is affected? 4000 workers were for lowed without pay and the airport

improvement program is on hold, too. well, today, many of those who signed up for the bge peak reward's program are complaining. why bwe is reevaluating the program. that's coming up tonight at 6:00. it's been a long time coming. football's back, that's the great news for everyone. >> raven's fans, you got your tickets in the mail and today, we have the second gift. the lockout is over. we'll have football. what do you get for a honey well programmable thermostat? a lot of controversy. this patrol rolled through the area today. look at that there. the heat from last week is long gone. for instance, let's go to