couldn't imagine anybody walking with their baby in the cold like that with no clothes on. >> reporter: the woman says they have interviewed her four times but police attention seems to be focused on the parents. investigators 64ed their home after court papers say an fbi cadaver dog indicated a positive hit for the scent of a dead humor. >> it is an important develop. >> reporter: abc legal analyst said the three eyewitness accounts have been examined over and over by authorities. the problem is those authorities still don't know what to make of it all. >> i think they have some level of distrust for the parents. and i think that is leading them to focus on the parents but there is still a lot of questions about what happened here. >> reporter: and there still are questions about whether the parents are cooperating with police. police say they still have questions the parents haven't

answered. tomorrow the first of several services will be held for indy car racer dan wheldon who died last weekend in a fiery 15 car crash. a funeral will be held in florida for the two time indianapolis 500 winner. he lived in st. petersburg. two local college students were killed in a crash late last night. 23-year-old julian benson was a student at morgan state and zoey crumpton had just begun her first year at stevenson. they were in separate cars but police are holding off on saying exactly who is responsible for the crash. the man convicted of killing a john hopkins police officer was sentenced to life plus 20 years in prison. president obama says us troops will be out of iraq by

the end of the year. right now there are nearly 40,000 american service members in the country. there will be a us marine led detail. weatherwise things have been very fall like today. some sunshine at times but also at times the clouds overtaking the sky. it has been dry at least and breezy. look at the wind gusts 20 to 27 today. temperatures now falling off through the 50s we go this evening under a varbly cloudy sky. your weekend showing sunshine around here. we'll talk about that, temperatures through sunday and a look at when we get rain again. meanwhile tonight we are thinking pink and working for you with our call to breast health. if you have concerns we have experts standing by to answer all of your questions. we want to spend it to kelly swoope standing by with the

phone calls. >> interesting calls today. 10:00 this morning. a lot of people know you are supposed to have the screening every year after you turn 40 but with the economy the way it is a lot of people are worried beabout how to pay for that. let's talk to linda involved with a special program. there is help available. >> that is absolutely correct. the majority of the calls i received today was from women who don't have health insurance and are old enough to need a mammogram. so the number is (410)350-2001. (410)350-2001. there are two locations in baltimore city for women to get free mammograms if they qualify. give us a call monday morning. >> the resources are there. so many people are not getting the mammogram and that puts

them at a greater risk. we are going to be here until 6:00 taking your calls. the number again to call is (410)481-2222. so call in and get some of your questions answered. don't forget the annual komen race for the cure is this sunday in hunt valley. we hope you will join us on tv or online starting at 7:00 in the morning. you still have time to register for either the 5k race or the 1 mile walk. to register or make a donation just head to abc2news.com/think pink. when somebody spills a glass of wine on a rug everybody runs to clean up the mess to keep it from staining. what happens when thousands of bottles spill? >> it was so unbelievable. >> coming up it was all wasted. how many people it took to

clean up that mess and how this river of wine spilled in the first place. and there is no need to ask where is the beef. we'll tell you why there is a 350-pound burger sitting on that counter.

get out your tissues because what was caught on tape in wisconsin is going to make you shed a tear. 78 feet of shelving was ripped from a wall of a wine store sending nearly 7,000 bottles of wine to the ground and a river of wine flooded the store. one of the owners and a store manager were standing at the end of the aisle when all of this happened. >> the wine was running out the front door and back door. >> depending where you were standing there was an inch or two of wine throughout the store. >> get me a straw. it took 15 employees and a professional cleaning crew of 10 more to get all the glass and ground up grape juice under control. luckily the store's insurance covered everything that was lost. if you ever got a burger and uttered where is the beef

they have the answer for sure. a michigan restaurant put together this 350-pound burger. it took chefs 20 hours to make the patty and lost nearly 90 pounds of weight in the process. the owner says he hopes to land in the guinness book of world records again. >> the first burger we made was 134 pounds. most recently we did a 319- pound burger. today we are going to do a 350- pound burger. >> the burger weighs 270 pounds but by the time you add 20 pounds of cheese, 15 pounds of tomatoes, 10 pounds of bacon plus the bun it weighs in at 350 pounds. that is huge. herman cain has jumped to near the top of the republican candidates running for president but is changing his biggest claim to fame. why cain is changing his 9-9-9 tax plan and whether that is going to help him.

the poultry industry is big business. i'm don harrison i'll tell you why coming up here on abc 2 news. and halloween is around the corner. we have apps you can put on your smart phone to help you with carving a pumpkin or keeping track of your kids.

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risk. >> i want to wrap up now but i want to give you this number. thanks for spending the day with us. the first ever maryland cyber challenge and conference is taking place this weekend at the baltimore convention center. teams of high school college students and professionals are competing for hoar than $100,000 in scholarships and prizes. the teams from the university of maryland and science international were participating in the challenge. the teams also have the chance to learn about cyber security

and develop practical skills for defending computers. they were there to talk about cyber security training and jobs. >> we are showing that we have the best talent. we are going to come up with innovative ways to deal with real life security issues to show their analytical skills. this is the type of competition where america is going to win. it is exciting. you see the talent we have here in maryland and the high school students and college students and know that our future is in good shape. >> the professional team finals are tonight. the high school and college finals will be held tomorrow. >> maryland's poultry industry ships $150 million worth of products to other countries and that number is expected to go up. don harrison was on the eastern shore today to talk to those who were happy about seeing changes coming to international trade agreements. >> reporter: chicken farms in maryland are the top

agricultural producer in the state and now their lead is going to get bigger. the federal government signed into law today agreements with south korea, panama and columbia to waive most tariffs. panama has a 260% tariff on certain parts of the chicken. removing those tariffs means more exports. >> there are 15-52-inch tunnel fans. >> reporter: larry has eight chicken houses here. at any given time he will have 40,000 chickens on his farm and they will raise 32 million chickens a year. >> with them lifting the tax there could be more kmand on poultry and there by the layoff time would be less and we would have more income. so it is a great benefit to us. >> with the profit of margin so small for each bird any help

for exports could be beneficial to the eastern shore. >> we have people coming up here all the time asking for work. >> and that answer may be yes this time. disagreement by the governments may add over 280 jobs in the industry between delaware and maryland. this could mean more than just new jobs. >> anything that we do passes back to the community because we hire the people. they go to the businesses and buy supplies. they go to lowe's or home depot and do repairs. and that benefits everybody. >> in maryville, don harrison, abc 2 news. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> nice day out there. but a little on the crisp side. no question about that. nice breeze on the waters. check it out. sail boat rocketing. winds west 14 gusting higher. so breezy conditions out there

when air tempmid 50s, on the cool side but not frigid by what is now late october standards. late october, can you believe it? get your halloween costume later like 10 shopping days. sky shot beautiful one here from facebook. sun mixed with a nice back drop. there were times where we had decent amounts of sunshine. starts you out in dc. taking a fall foliage tour. beautiful fall color. dc area clouding up. german town look at the red hues. how about one more stop for you out in mayersville on the appalachian trail. that is a postcard looking shot of fall in maryland. maryland's most powerful radar all clear now. that should continue to hold up and our temperatures basically running cool but not frog ud. coldest spot in the state well

west. never get out of the 30s out there today. unbelievably chilly in the high terrain. humidity is dry and the overall trend here is quiet in our area but a little ways north they are getting rain showers, cold rain north of us. the last of this system pushing out to the north and east. we have a little bit, this is a lake effect rain when you have the cooler air over the warmer waters of lake erie it brings rain to areas just north of us. and basically high pressure going to control all weekend. it is going to mean sinking air, breezy tonight. trendwise, cloud coverwise not much after tonight. just a few partly cloudy skies on saturday. it looks like it will be crystal clear saturday night through the day sunday. crisp start sunday morning for

the komen race for the cure. it will be dry, clear and not that windy. 40 clear and chilly tonight. north and west of the city when you start getting higher elevation we are going to be down to 30s tonight. we will be crisp overnight. classic fall weather. tomorrow night down to 41, mostly clear, cool and calm. seven day forecast more of the same here over the weekend. really looks. next week we begin to bring in the chance of rain again. better chances come wednesday through friday of next week. you see the temperatures come back and push close to 70. >> i like your language on the last graphic. it is going to be coolish. not cold. >> we will be out at komen on sunday and breathing a bit of that cool weather as we do every year. come by and see. now to democracy 2012 new. herman cain is perhaps best

known for his 9-9-9 tax plan which includes a 9% corporate income and national sales tax. today that 9-9-9 plan got a bit of a makeover. tory joins us now live from washington dc to explain what happened. >> reporter: 9-9-9 was supposed to be simple and clear but now herman cain has decided to add more lines to it. >> bottom line, folks 9-9-9 means jobs, jobs, jobs. >> reporter: 9-9-9 has been all of the rage lately. >> hurmen i love you but you don't have to have a big analysis to figure this thing out. >> reports are out that 87% of americans would pay more taxes. middle income people see higher taxes. >> reporter: today cain is unveiling what he calls

opportunity zones as part of his tax plan. >> i know that you heard a lot of disinformation about 9-9-9. don't believe it. >> reporter: here is how all of this would work. there would be some tax exemptions. here are some of the examples. for certain cities that don't meet economic benchmarks and for some businesses that are going to be investing in opportunity zones and then for people who are living at or below the poverty line they would not have income tax. instead of 9-9-9. >> it is 9-0-9. >> so it is everyone can keep that straight. 9-9-9 is what put herman cain in the spot light. now we are going to see if the changes effect his popularity. there is one republican candidate feeling pretty good these days and another feeling

concerned. >> reporter: mitt romney is feeling good tonight. yesterday he was addressing business leaders in iowa. take a look at this. he is pretty confident here there is a good shot i might become the next president of the united states. it is not a sure thing but it is a good shot. michele bachmann, there are reports that some of her staff members are leaving specifically a staff member who according to these reports is leaving to see rick perry's team. we have received word from michele bachmann's campaign saying they have not heard about that. it shows you how crazy this race has become. >> live in washington dc tonight. let's send it over to rosy. >> reporter: coming up all brand new at 6 her son was murdered as she listened on the other end of a cell phone. what she told the court before her son's killer received his sentence. with the temperatures dropping into the 30s this

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over 267 points. the nasdaq was up nearly 39 points and the s&p 500 up nearly 23. now to consumer news and reports that wal-mart is rolling back health benefits for part time staffers. they may also be raising premiums for many full times. the retail giant has reportedly told employees that future part time employees won't qualify for health coverage and new employees won't be able to put their spouses on their plans although they can still include their kids. believe it or not halloween is just ten days away. whether you are looking for the perfect costume or a jack o lantern your smart phone can help with that. >> reporter: trick or tweet. your halloween planning gets a high tech twist with your smart

phone. let little ones participate in the pumpkin carving process. the carve it app lets kids of all ages put a happy, scary or sneaky smirk on a pumpkin and even light it up. the pumpkin 3d light app takes it a few steps further letting creative fans add ghosts and music for a spookier mood. the halloween planner app for android has your check lists covered with reminders from shopping for trick or treaters. it you are undecided on what you and the kids should wear the fashion fun app lets you scroll through hundreds of suggestions and order them directly from your mobile device. and when the kids are dressed up and ready to head out keep tabs on them using the trick or tracker app. the gps function also alerts parents if kids go beyond

designated boundaries in the neighborhood. you're now clicked in. target is recalling thousands of children's frog masks tonight. we'll explain why coming up on abc 2 news at 6 which starts right now. now, abc 2 news at 6. >> show him the same mercy that he showed the victim. >> a judge hands down the maximum sentence. >> two local universities are in mourning today. the tragic crash that claimed the lives of two popular students, one from morgan state and the other from stevenson. and it is an old scam that is coming back again. abc 2 news is working for you tonight explaining how to help your parents avoid the grandparents scam. first tonight it is life plus 20 years behind bars for the man who murdered a johns hopkins student in a