7.5. and "usa today" ed beg says it has come a long way from microsoft old. and this is oriented from the past. >> with mango, microsoft has made it even friendlier, and integrated social networking better, and multitasking and other features to highlight apps. they do a nice job with apps but they certainly need more. >> microsoft says it is adding faster than everybody but apple and has 90% of the most popular ones. and tweets may be just 140 characters long but they can tell what mood the entire globe is in. researchers at cornell university studied the words in some 500 million tweets sent in english from 84 countries and found people everywhere wake up in a good mood but it goes downhill from there and not surprisingly the outlook improves as the weekend nears. those are your tech bytes. i'm rob nelson.

more bad food linked to listeria. this time, it is lettuce. the story coming up. and the playground and kids, doctors say there could be some serious injuries. the drama continues to unfold in the trial of dr. conrad murray. michael jackson's personal doctor. if you can't watch it all on television, guess what? yeah, there is an app for that. we will tell you about it. on this friday, september 30. good morning, maryland. i'm charley crauson. let's get right to justen this morning with what could be a changing weekend forecast. >> a big cooldown, charley. look, we talked about this a couple of days ago. leading toward a much cooler setup for the weekend. and yes there will be snow within the confines of our state. check it out.

54 right now in bel air. and 64 in edgemere. a little insulation, thermal thing by the bay but once you get inland, in the mid-50s. columbia, 58. 56 in reisterstown. people are excited about the cooldown. getting the fire pit ready. wearing the new jackets. and you know what? getting rid of some of the bugs. we have the powerful doppler radar. and west of garrett county, a very, very small band of rain showers. now, there are clouds that may try to sneak in here today but we get a warm day before we dramatically drop our temperatures. we will tell you what that means for the weekend coming up. 5:33 on friday morning. let's check in with tonya in traffic. >> accident-wise, cleanup accidents, 24th street at howard. so be aware of that. and a disabled vehicle, 95 southbound at route 24. let's take a look, a live look at the beltway. at old court road. on the northwest side. most of the volume is on the outer loop. and no problems reported. your ride should be smooth between pikesville and woodlawn.

the beltway at park heights, the outbound is moving well towards 795. no issues to report there. inbound is moving fine. because of the light traffic, our drive times are doing fine. harrisburg expressway southbound, to the beltway, five minutes. and six minutes 95 southbound from white marsh to the beltway. back to you. we have a recall to tell you about this morning. this time, not the cantaloupe but the lettuce with listeria. and a farm in california is voluntarily recalling their crop. after traces of listeria have been discovered. abc 2 is standing by with the latest. corinne? >> reporter: the true leaf farms in california is recalling chopped romaine lettuce with serious conditions, one bag tested positive for listeria. the company says the lettuce was grown on the farm and true leaf is recalling 2300 cases of the chopped leaf lettuce. the ceo says expensive food

safety measures are already in place. >> the testing product will be audited all the time and we're testing at our plant and we're sanitizing every day. >> now, this latest food recall comes on the heels of that major cantaloupe recall. but so far, no illnesses have been reported due to tainted are lettuce. corinne redman, abc 2 news. news around the nation this morning, parents and children outside of florida schools terrified after one child is pinned beneath a car. police showed it quickly and went to work freeing the child. the entire rescue was caught on an officer's dash cam. that boy had been dropped off at school when another car pulled up and hit him. the boy was rushed to a hospital and is expected to recover. 5:35 this morning. a billboard on fire. outback steakhouse. >> now, drivers outside atlanta saw the cloud of smoke billowing from a highway billboard, but it

turns out there were never any flames. it was part of an ad. made you look. and the wood fire steaks was an ad by outback. many people driving by called 911. and crews checked it out to give a sign that the billboards are okay. and worse that hurricane irene. it is a cleanup disaster and mother nature in virginia in one coastal town. she may have been the girl next door but not too many girls living next door would do what she did. what holly madison is now doing to protect some of her assets. you're watching good morning maryland. it is friday, september 30. we want to thank you for starting it off with us.

house fires, downed trees and power lines. this is what some in virginia are dealing with this morning. all in the aftermath of a damaging storm that people say is worse than hurricane irene. and most people living along virginia beach say they're used to seeing the flooding but this

is the worst they've ever seen. some places are cleaning up as much as three feet of water from that storm. take a look at that. we are going to have ourselves some rough weather this weekend. even down to the beaches. some cool air settles in. 57 degrees in ocean city. we have a a good morning to a couple of folks. sherry is ready for the cool weather. terry, this is a sign of the morning. hot apple cider. i can't wait to do some of that this weekend as well. and good morning, deno is ready to open up the fire pit. 56 degrees fairly typical this time of the year and a cooldown after today. and we're actually going to surge up today. ahead of the frontal boundary, we push into the southwesterly flow and we wake up with clear skies and sunshine and we will mix in some clouds but this general trajectory for that kind of a frontal boundary, it doesn't have a whole lot of moisture to work with and the mountains will sort of ring that out like a sponge if you will and i know some of the true

scientists will tell you that is not exactly the case. we have down sloping that may resurge off the eastern shore but we will get the cool air settling in tonight and check out the wind forecast and winds get mighty strong later on today and tonight. and watch the next push of northwesterly winds and the circulation indicating we may have very unsettled weather and storms in central and northern maryland. and cold air and thunderstorms possible with snow in the mountains tomorrow and then we will talk about the cool weather settling in through sunday. in fact i wanted to put this up for you. those of you planning to go out to the ravens game. and when the jets come into town. look for the 40s. there could be some rain showers around. with a blustery north/northwesterly wind. tonya, how about that traffic? >> dress appropriately in my sweater. >> we still have police trying to clear out an accident in the city. 24th at howard. so be aware of that. and let's take a look at the live traffic cameras on 95, we're moving pretty well between the beltways, south of 195, and

southbound a little heavier and no issues toward savage and laurel. 895 south of o'donnell, moving well. very light traffic here. that is great for our drive times. if you are traveling out of cockeysville, 83 to the beltway, that is five minutes. are drive times doing fine and on 95 and the outer loop. eva longoria and tina fey top the list of the highest paid television ak tropical depressions in hollywood. they brought in $13 million each between may of 2010 and may of 2011. desperate house wives in the eighth and final season and rounding out the final list is longoria's housewife co-star marcia cross. and the time is is 5:42. holly madison will insure a million dollars for breasts and according to people magazine, madison made a mint bearing them

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5:46. breaking news this morning. we just learned that an american citizen linked to an al qaeda ring has been killed. an official statement from the yemeni defense ministry claims the man is dead. awawaki has believed to be inspiring attacks in the u.s. including the christmas day pomming in 2009. we will have more on "good morning america." as parents you want to protect your kids from bumps an bruises but what if one of the steps they take to keep them

safe could lead to more injuries. corimne redman is reporting on sliding boards and dangers and standing by with what doctors say could be putting your kids at risk. >> reporter: the problem with slides, broken legs. it is a surprising playground accident but could happen to any child who takes a trip down the slide with mom or dad. spiral leg fractures are not freak accidents and sees as many as 10 toddlers each year all with the same broken bone. it happens when they ride the slide on the lap with their parents and the foot gets caught and made worse by the force of mom or dad riding behind them. >> the foot is twisted this way. rotated outward. and that is what causes the crack to form. the spiral crack. >> now the hot launched a youtube psa and put together a flier that is posted at parks for parents to see. week one of conrad murray's

involuntary manslaughter trial wrapped up in los angeles and so far the testimony is quite compelling the michael jackson's personal physician is accused of giving the star a lethal dose of the anesthetic propofol. the director of logistics for the pop star is the man who called 911 and he was terrified, he testified that yesterday. before making that call, he testified that dr. murray asked him to pick up vials of a milky white substance. prosecutors say murray was cleaning up evidence. he is also described as michael jackson's children, paris and prince, they realized something was wrong. >> paris screamed out daddy and dr. conrad murray said hurry, don't let them see their dad like this. don't let them see their dad like this. and i proceeded to turn around to the children and kind of ushered them out. and said, kids, don't worry, we will take care of it. everything is going to be okay. >> the judge ordered attorneys not to publicly reveal their

upcoming witnesses in advance. and warned them against talking to the media. if you want to follow the jackson trial even when away from the tv, there is an app for that. the new app following the trial of jackson's former doctor conrad murray, now apples, tops on best-selling paid news apps. and that app features includes breaking news alerts and live video streams from the trial and reports from news correspondents. news time is 5:49. today is purple friday. we're gearing up for the ravens game against the jets sunday noyt and we're supporting our purple today, the ravens are wearing black on sunday. they wear black jerseys an black pants and it is all black against new orleans last year and they beat the defending super bowl champs at that time 30-24. catch the game friday, to see if the black uniforms push the ravens over the jets sunday night, that is football night in america. and along with the black uniforms, many of the players and the coaches will be adding some pink. the ravens showed off these cleats that are going to be warn

by some players, and the team is now raising awareness for breast cancer during sunday's game. check it out. what do you think about that? justin? >> charley, well as you noted before, i'm wearing orange before and i wanted to share my appreciation for the orioles. helping the red sox choke. as we start the season of the post season tonight. and by the way, new york city, friends up there that actually, forgive me for saying this, go to the yankees games, and have noted for the past three years that almost every friday night home game, there is rain. and i looked at the record, and more than 70% of the time, that is right, and there could be rain and a little delay possible, as they kick off the post season, with the tigers tonight. and 61 in new york. and 56 here in town and going back to the great lakes, still in the 50s and green bay and international falls. it doesn't look that much chiller were but wrapping around the low pressure that is stuck for the better part of the week finally pulling off a series of frontal boundaries. we had one push through and drop

the humidity yesterday and take one through, the cloud bands and the rain in the mountains, resurging in the eastern shore, this one means business and more energy coming arn -- around, just wrapping arn the western great lakes and reach us tomorrow. let's take a look at what we're talking about. the band of rain will not do much for us today. build in some clouds and showers and stay west of hagerstown and they are re-develop on the eastern shore this afternoon. and then we watch the core of the cold air slip in. and very unsettled. which means we could have some rain showers tomorrow morning and it looks like with the cold air, there will be some showers around tomorrow. i know that is not great news as you go into the fells point festival or anything this weekend. in fact, probably north of baltimore, better chance of getting some heavier rain and maybe even mixing in some hail with this. but we're looking at snow at the ski resorts, with snow shoe. and i think that is a guarantee snow shoe gets some stickage this weekend. 75 for us today. a small chance of a storm in the eastern shore. 48 tonight. weekend outlook, highs in the

50s. yes, rain showers. and lows in the 40s. and sunday night game, for the ravens, it will be mighty blustery. tonya? >> good news is, 95 southbound, near route 24, broken down car, it is now out of the way. great news there. still doing pretty well for the most part. let's take a live look at 95. this is southbound at 32. and no issues to report through sav ige and laurel as you make your way to the capital beltway. northbound is doing fine as well. and 70 west of the beltway, this is 70 eastbound, moving toward the beltway, no issues to report here. and traffic is flowing freely. back to you. changes could be happening for the florida primary committee. what that could mean for florida and other states. if you're headed over the bay bridge this weekend, you may want to be prepared. you could have company out there. we will tell you what authorities are warning about, with nascar going on in delaware, than could affect your commute. you're watching good morning maryland. what is new, now and next, every

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announce today florida's presidential nomination process would be january 31 and likely force early voting states including south carolina, new hampshire and iowa to change their contests to early 2012. and thus speeding up the timetable for g.o.p. contenders. and louie sanchez and marvin knollwood are set to appear in a los angeles court over the beating of the san francisco giants fan brian stow that left him comatose with brain injuries. thousands from all of the military services will be represented at a ceremony, along the command of the nearby naval station in new port. this week's nascar race will be increasing traffic on the chesapeake bridge and they will be monitoring traffic and alleviate potential delays. all of this is weather permits. news time 5:56.

every woman goes through it at some point. the hot flashes. the mood swings. to name a few. what doctors are saying to keep the side effects to a minimum going through that change of life. video you don't want to miss. the family on vacation and the uss arizona. you are not going to believe what they saw, staring back at us. take a look at this. and take a look at this. a texas man fired for being fat he says. that story coming up in a bit. coming up in the 6:00 hour. of good morning maryland. starting in two minutes.

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