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your record. >> we need people to slow down. thissey s about public safety. >> reporter: the chief says it's vital to watch speed in school zones. >> kids are trying to get to school. on foot, bike or cars. school buses are coming, parents are coming. with people coming down in the congested areas at high speeds. >> reporter: the state gave the go ahead to use the cameras in 09. the executive wanted to do a one year study fist to see what would be the fest affective use for them. during the survey police found two third of the cars traveling were speeding and a third of those cars was more than 12 miles per hour over the limit. >> it's a way to get money. >> reporter: that's how some people feel. others have a different opinion. >> i think it's a great idea. people speed up and down these roads and there is children going to and from school, some are walking, some are on the
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buses. >> reporter: the county opted for mobile cameras instead of fixed speed cameras. that gives us the flexibility to go where problems are as they emerge. it allows us to create this expectation, perception the cameras could be in any of the zones. >> reporter: the cameras will be operated only by members of the police department certified to operate them. don harrison, abc2 news. >> keep in mind you will get a be 30 day grace period where anyone caught will get a warning, after that you will get a ticket. scary in northeast baltimore, a car and a mini school bus collided. the accident took mace at the intersection of frank fort and walter avenues. the mini bus, full of kids was heading to god's little angels academy. two children and the bus driver were taken to johns hopkins with nonlife threatening injuries. the driver was pulled out and taken to bay view medical
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center. weather may have been a factor in the crash. any time of day, look at live traffic cameras on abc2news.com, covered from howard to the eastern shore. maryland's most powerful radar was lit up like a christmas tree. things cleared out as the sun has come back out. there is the first wave of showers and storms as they came through earlier today. widely scattered showers now. garrett west in to west virginia. if anything, maybe a few patches of drizzle overnight. look at the winds coming up. gusting to 36 at the top of the hour in hagerstown. breezy this evening but clear. 60s. we will talk about how things shape up for your weekend, coming up. have the latest forecast and a live look at maryland's most powerful doppler radar with the abc2 news weather
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application. track rain down to your neighborhood. finds a link to download the abc2 news weather app, log on to abc2news.com/weather. taking a look at tonight's top stories, police are searching for a suspect in a shooting in a garage at the university of maryland medical center. the victim was leaving the hospital after meeting with his doctor to talk about previous injuries that happened when he was shot three times. he is going to be okay. sources say this was a random shooting and police have very few leads. police arrested jane mcclain's estranged husband and charged him with murder. investigators in german town are questioning lopez for information that could lead them to william, he was seen 2 weeks ago in montgomery county. a man tried to rob a qualm at the atm on -- a woman at the atm on old columbia. the man approached them with a weapon and demanded money.
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in the end no money was stolen. howard county police are asking anyone with information or recognizes the suspect in the pictures to call them at 410313 stop. new video tonight of 10- month-old lisa erwin missing in kansas city. the family released this video in an effort to keep the search in the news. roosevelt leftwich joins us. >> the video released by the parents of lisa takes us inside their lives, simple moments, dinner time, play time, moments the family they desperately want back. it's the first time first real glimpse in to her life at home as the search continues for her. lisa was reported missing
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tuesday october 4th, her father came home from work at 4:00 and noticed she was not in the crib. today members of the family came out and posted signs of thanks in front of one of the homes that the family is staying. michael, a cousin of mom, made a plea to help find lisa. >> i would like to say -- i've served multiple tours overseas risking my life for this country, i would gladly give my life to bring lisa home to us. >> investigators went ç.jover wooded area. private investigator is working with the family. stanton is considered a celebrity in the investigative world and a former new york city cop and he says the family is holding up well and continues to hope like many others that story will have a happy ending. roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. a 12-year-old girl's heart stops beating at school and her rescue is caught on tape.
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how two coaches came to her aid and saved her life. a cat has nine lives, a cat got hit to a car and the driver picked it up and it got stuck in a dashboard all in one day. we have video of the strange rescue just ahead.
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check out this dramatic event caught on camera. shows a jet nose diving in to the ground at an air show in northwest chi dma. witnesses say one of the pilots ejected before the jet hit the ground. rescuers are searching for the second pie hot. nobody on the ground was hurt. a major raid on drawing ring caught on camera by a sheriff's department in arizona. they made 17 arrests of suspected drug smugglers in central and southern arizona, thousand pounds of drugs ammunition and cash. two coaches are called heroes after a student collapsed at their school. her heart stopped beating. video caught on the surveillance camera shows the coaches using a defibrillator
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to save the 12 n/v0gyúyear old. she is saying a huge thank you to the pair that saved her life. >> that's amazing how they knew everything and that is incredible. >> doctors are not sure why her heart stopped. ohio woman tried to do the right thing. when she hit a cat with her mini van, she put it in the van to get help, on the way the cat crawled in to the dashboard, a mechanic had to be called in to take the dash board apart to free the cat. it took three hours to get the animal out. before he was handed over to a vet to be checked out. the woman is thinking about adopting the cat. a conversation with a man at the center of a celebrity email hacking scandal. >> i was almost relieved months ago when they came in to the computer. >> what more michael cheney has to say why he hacked the accounts of big celebs. we got tips to make sure
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you get the phone to fit your life and budget. race for the candidate for president goes back and forth when it comes to front runners. the latest live from washington.
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it started as curiosity and it turned in to being addictive behind the scenes of what was gypping going on. >> that's christopher cheney, the man accused of hacking in to personal email accounts of celebrities. he was relieved when they took his computer. he admits what he did was wrong and ready to face the consequences.
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cheney hijacked email accounts of scarlet johansson and 48 others. he plans on pleading guilty to all the charges. . a big thank you from all us to you that turned out for a special night with boys hope, girls hope. many of you joined us last night for the boys hope, girls hope to benefit the music project. last year the cast of the show extreme makeover surprised the group with an amazing renovation of the space in baltimore city. boys hope, girls hope is a resource and community for at risk children. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast most accurate by weather rate. >> things are clearing out nicely after rough weather out there today, impressive clearing going on now. a couple of isolated showers,
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one towards cambridge and dorchester county. the sunshine is out now in the inner harbor. temperature balmy, the wind come up in a big way. show you the gusts in a second. this is the end result. after the front came through, at summit ridge, we had nice sunshine, breaking through the clouds and in baltimore, actually, that was from earlier, but a lot of our hd cams are not time lapsing at full speed at the moment. you can see here in roland park the sunshine in force over fall color which is pretty to look at. one renegade shower towards cambridge, here is the line of showers that really was the bigwet maker earlier tonight. see now that's well offshore, of the beach. we are all clear and that's good. temperaturewise, upper 60s rs low 70s. be patuxent river. our wind gusts have been impress nigh the last hour or
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two, we seen winds gusting to 26-36. had a couple of gusts in virginia. we will be breezy the rest of the night. the wind may die down a little bit past sunset. we look for things to stay windy and dry and kind of almost like chap stickwet out there tonight in to saturday morning. we will have the sunshine around most of the weekend. tonight will be mostly sunny sky with a few clouds and as we go past sunset, partly cloudy. again, just a few showers wrapping around the backside of the largewet system that's blowing out afplaguing us with unsettled weather for no less than two full days. high pressure over the great lakes, like detroit, clearing out quickly than news maryland. the winds picking up big times it will be breezy and dry for most of the weekend. i think you will notice a let up in the wednesday at least sunday we will be breezy, but it will be windy on our saturday, skies clear out. the trend shows nothing but sunshine, maybe a few high
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clouds and as we go in to sunday, great weather for tailgating and the ravens game, things look great sunday afternoon. 49 clearing skies, breezy and cooler tonight. tomorrow the guarantee, 68. cooler but windier. breezy friday, windy through the day tomorrow. latch down the things that tend to blow around the yard. football forecast sunday. upper 60s. awesome for the ravens to get back in to action against the texians. envy people out there at m and t. good weather for that. monday, more sunshine, i think tuesday in to wednesday we will look for more rain to roll back in here. the sunshining and the clouds parting for you there birthday girl. this time a lot of times to clear it out we are talk age major cool down. this weekend a little bit
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cooler. >> chap stickwet. -- chap stick weather. in democracy 2012 news, romney raised $14 million over three months for his campaign. romney is more than $4.7 million in the bank. the money raised in the last quarter falls short of $18 million romney raised in the previous three months and less than rick perry raised in the first 7 weeks of his campaign. perry is making an effort to reinvent himself and campaign after a shaky start the governor is looking to make a come back and recapture his lead in the race for the republican nomination. torey is live with more. >> reporter: one day you are on top , the next day you are not. this has been the revolving door for these republican candidates. rick perry himself knows that. now he will be taking advantage of it.
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texas governor rick perry struggles began after he jumped in to the race. poor performances, controversial comments and questionable policies put him in the headlines for the wrong reasons. perry is front and center once again. delivering a major speech on the economy and energy. >> today, i offer a plan that will create more than a million good paying american jobs across every sector of the economy and enhance our national security. >> perry's proposal calls for drilling and less regulation. the president's reelection campaign slams that plan as for perry's campaign. >> the polls will go up and down. i've run for office for a decade as the governor of the state of texas, i've down 25 points when the last election in texas and that one turned out all right. >> so with the next debate in las vegas around the corner,
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rick perry is trying to rebuild the momentum which he first had. >> how is rick perry's numbers compared? he is raising as much money as mitt romney. >> reporter: this is where rick perry is strong. these are the campaign cash numbers from the third quarter. candidates have until saturday to release those but this is what we have. rick perry is on top with $17 million, followed by mitt romney. what the numbers don't compare to one other person, president obama, he raised $42.8 million. >> torey, live in washington for us tonight. thank you so much. coming up at 6:00, more on the hazmat situation at the detention center and related to something the prison system is seeing more and more. thousands upon thousands of run is participate in the runners
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festival. a 65-year-old runner and why he is running more than 100 marathons. i'm roosevelt leftwich, these stories and more new at 6:00. a preview on what is ahead on world news at 6:30.
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the dow jones was up 166 points. nasdaq up 47 police. the finish was thanks to better
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than expected retail sales and easing fears in europe. to a consumer alert, a gas store near you could soon be closing. this is sad news. officials say they will shutdown 189 stores in north america by the end of 2013. it plans to downsize the old navy stores, while north american store h's be shutdown overseas, many of gaps brands will be adding stores in the next 18 months. soon you will tell e bay to picture this. the on line marketplace is adding image recognition technology to its mobile offerings. e bay says shoppers will be able to take a picture of something they like and match the photo with a similar item for sale on the site. officials hope to have it available by the end of the year. are you thinking about buying the iphone 4s, the latest greatest smart phones can be tempting. what is hot isn't necessarily what is best for you. if you are upgrading, karen
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tells us answering questions could avoid big bills later. >> reporter: so you want to buy a smart phone? maybe it's your fist. upgrade from your basic call and texten phone. other than being part of the >> what would you like it to do for you? >> reporter: know what you want before your surround yourself with the latest tech temptations. >> what do i want to do on line? check my email or stream or listen to music with it? do i want facebook? do i want to navigate and do i want to travel. >> reporter: the added costs can catch users by surprise. switching phones can mean switching your monthly plan to or unlimited data. >> streaming or any kind of downloading does take a lot of data, if you are not in an un limited plan you will get overcharged. those can be expensive. >> reporter: other costs, activation fees for your new
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phone. only cancellation fees if you are switching carriers or and and accessories to protect your gadget. because a phone is hot and new doesn't mean it will get the most bang for your buck. androids work best for versatility, iphone intertapement and simplicity, blackberry, for business on the go. county police made two arrests in connection with a recent crime spree. who has been accused and what they have been charged with on abc2 news at 6:00 which starts right now. employee from the harford county detention center was sickened in opening mail last night. how this maybe related to a growing problem in the prison system. >> a man is still hospitalized after last night's shooting in a downtown parking garage. what he learned about the
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patient and why he was there in the first place. it's clear now, this morning some areas saw pouring rain and hail. what you can expect this weekend. first tonight investigators have turned up a second tainted letter in the mailroom of the detention center. last night an employee fell ill after being exposed to an un known substance after opening mail. jeff hager has the latest developments. call came out thursday for a hazmat response team in bel air when a worker at the detention center became ill after coming in to contact with a unknown substance. >> one of the employees who was sorting through mail that comes in to the detention center, started to have some adverse reaction to something that she had come across. she contacted the supervisor, who immediately quarantined the area. >> reporter: m

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