sheriff's deputies are hot on the trail, not because of old- fashioned police work, but because of their new use of social networking. >> youthing facebook, twitter, and i felt like was important to know in live time. >> reporter: someone captured this break in. the queen ann's sheriff's department put it on their facebook page. >> , minutes, we started getting tips and information from citizens of queen ann's county. >> reporter: all of that led to this search. they have the suspect surrounded in the woods, waiting for him to make a run for it. >> okay. he's running towards the back of the building. he's running south toward the all-state building. >> there he is. roll the wind down.

>> you can look aross and probably see him. >> okay. i'm out with him. >> we really depend on the public's input the public to tell us and assist us with investigations, identifying suspects. >> reporter: and with that help, computes hope they can put an -- deputies hope they can put an end to a rash of break-ins. don harrison, abc 2 news. well, detectives in harper county have plenty to be thankful for this week. they captured three of the county's most 10 wanted fugitives. an unlicensed contractor who scammed a number of people, who two men with violent pasts are now behind bars. all three men had been on the run for years. they were all captured within

the last five days. much more on their arrest at 6:00. police arrested a man wanted for murder after he showed up at jail to serve time on another charge. cornelius johnson arrived to serve his seven days in jail, and police found that there was an arrest warrant for murder. he is being held without bail. >> a registered sex offender was arrested in connection with suspicious behavior. james oliver is charged with parole violation. they say he was working in the south river colony community on november 14th when a man in a red truck pulled up next to him. the man rolled down his window and asked the boy if he wanted a ride. the child ran away and reported

the behavior to the school. the next day a similar incident was reported, and police were able to identify oliver as the suspect. he is being held tonight without bail. >> former penn state assistance coach jerry sandusky is free tonight, but according to lawyers, that may change. it is suspected that prosecutors will add new allegations from new alleged victims and ask for a judge to deny him bail. his lawyer said the choice to investigate sandusky through the grand jury suggests there is not enough evidence to convict him. >> he said when he was growing up, it was quite normal for men

to have showers with the children after athletics. so by now, your bags for that thanksgiving trip are already packed. if you are hitting the sky, you do your part to avoid all of the fees that come with that luggage. >> we went through seven years worth of inspections, nearly 550 reports, to see if the scales you trust are on the money or costing you cash. tonight at 11:00 an a report on the investigation into those airport scales looking back to 2004. we wanted to find out if the

scaleout your luggage on are reading correctly. >> there's all sorts of fees that the airs are charging now, so i think it would be nice to know, have some transparency there as to whether these things are legit or not. >> we went through hundreds of inspection reports to make sure your bags are worth the weight. we'll have that story tonight. if you go to our home page, abc2news.com, you'll be able to click on something called interactive airline scale comparison. here is where we put the bulk of information from this investigation. you just hit the airline you're flying, drag it up on the register, and it shows you when they were last inspected. for continental in this case, it was november of 2009. we'll -- click on whatever

airline you want. drag them up, there and you can see all kinds of information. we'll have the complete story coming up tonight at 11:00. if you are a frequent flyer, you know going through airport security can be but it's apparently better than what it used to be. complaints about airport security have dropped to their lowest level ever. complaints phil 59% since 2004. there was a spike last november when the controversial pat- downs were issued and they started using more body scans. it was a rainy dreary day in the baltimore area. even golfers had to skip on playing on the green because of the weather. so when will the rain move out? it's a look at your first forecast. >> we're going to continue to see slow clearing believe improvement from south to

north. still some pretty heavy steady rain around and as the eastern shore, right up through cecil county, into the pennsylvania region right now. the border part of our state see something very heavy down powers. visibility reduced. going to be tough to see out there with the rain, the early darkness, and, on top of that, we have some fog that will be an issue. estimates running mild, in the mid-50s. could get milder as we go into the overnight and rains turn south. rising temperatures. we'll talk about one more big wave of rain. it's coming up. many companies are producing safe toys each year. there are still a lot of dangerous ones out there on the shelfs. >> here we go. the maryland research group came out today with it's 26th annual trouble in toyland

wrist, and the report found several toys that were potential choking hazards had high lady levels, and some were too loud. >> toy standards, while they are stronger than ever, are still not strong enough, and parents still need to be vigilant as they're shopping for toys for their loved ones and their family members this holiday season. >> jenny tells us some of the toys singled out include elmo's world talking cellphone, and hot wheel super stunt rat bomb, because they are both loud enough to not be healthy for your children. marbles and balloons are listed, too, as a danger to be swallowed. lcd televisions are going to be cheaper than ever. lower demand is behind the rock

bottom prices. many will go for $200 or less this season, and shoppers will be able to buy 60-inch lcd televisions for under a thousand dollars, but you may want to act fast. because of the drop in demand, stores expect to have fewer lcd tvs this year. >> well, they're making their list and checking it twice. consumer reports is out with its list of companies that are being naughty and nice to their customers. amazon is on the nice list. american express treats customers very well. so which are on the naughty list? radio shack. apparently hit a nerve by charging different prices in store and on-line. and some verizon customers don't feel like they're getting enough notice when they are reaching their minutes limit

for the month. high winds could force them to ground the huge balloons for the mayesy's parade -- macy's parade. parade rules ban balloons from flying if wind gusts more are than 34 miles per hour. officials will decide whether to the balloons will fly an hour before the parade starts. those are always a fan favorite. >> well, the owner of a silver spoon seven learn shock got a shock over the weekend. many teens flooded the store and started stealing. where that investigation stands right now. >> and nearly everyone has watched the video on you tube. but did you know that many people are making money, good money all of their videos? we'll tell you how you can do it. and a cup of joe each morning can help you avoid certain types of cancer. we'll tell you what research

has found.

this next story will be hard to believe. some people are making thousands of dollars from youtube, simply because they post add funny video. could you do to the same thing? we look at how to cash in on home videos so you don't waste your money. >> imagine posting a funny home video to youtube and then earning several thousand dollars for it. it's not a hoax. if you can get your video to go viral. you can now earn money from youtube, but it's not as easy as it sounds. crazy stunts, great singing voices, amazing pets and babies. those are the youtube videos that go viral, meaning millions of people have watched them. and youtube will now let you share the profits from ads on the site. the key to making a viral video, according to the new york times, a great title,

coupled with a unique or funny video. for instance, charlie bit my finger. so how do you cash in? if and only in your video starts getting thousands of hits, youtube are e-mail you to offer revenue sharing you know then get a google ad sense account to make money with each click. but hot youtube videos that won't earn you a dime use copyrighted music. you may say doesn't that stink? but the law is the law. so even if it's a great video of school teachers dancing to a katy perry song, sorry, you can't make money off of it. so read youtube's terms and fine print about how to protect your video, if you think it has a chance to go viral and get millions of hits. you don't want somebody else profiting off your video, so you don't waste your money.

>> let's get it into. heavy and steady rain out there on the most powerful radar. northern carol county getting some very heavy rains right now. tough travels around the entire beltway. taking 83 north trying to get to grandma's a couple of days early, that's going to be tough. as you are heading southwest, as you get past d.c., thinks will start to clear out a little bit here in southern maryland, a little clearing going on, but it's still a mess. take a look at the temperature. 55 degrees, it's mild. humidity 100%, wet roads, tough traffic, and we're at one mile visibility. we're going to see banks of fog again through the overnight making things tough into the morning hours.

take a look at some of the weather as it occurred today on our abc 2 weather bug camera. tough to see downtown sometimes with the mist, fog, rain, and drizzle. big-time in hartford county. a dreary-looking november day. here is d.c. as opposed to thursday night with tens of thousands of tailgaters out there deep frying their turkeys down at ravens stadium. so timing could be worse, at least. if you have an early morning flight, we still could have low visibility, and active rain, and so potential delays. call ahead for early morning flights. winds are variable out there, but a south breeze kicking in, and as that south wind overspreads maryland, it will push this current line of rain

north. now we're in the mid and upper 50s, even with the rain, cooler west in the 40s, but warmer air will surge up briefly overnight, ahead of a cold front. rain beginning to push north. we've got drier yet still cloudy conditions down in virginia, and then the main storm itself centered out points west of us, and the trailing cold front will bring rain, showers, and storms, bring some big thunderstorms tonight to the south. it will bring a showers and thundershowers here in the morning. but rapidly through the day tomorrow, we'll look for rapidly improving weather. this is 5:00 a.m. in the morning, so again that 5:00, 6:00, 7:00 a.m. flight, possible delays, also. i'm sure the roads will be jammed up a bit with all of that rain. and then by 11:00 a.m. or so, we're clearing out nicely. if you're traveling west, of course, you're going to get into clear weather each quicker as opposed to going just due

south and north. crystal clear thanksgiving thursday. that will be outstanding. 58 degrees, cloudy, damp, more rain, more fog. tomorrow work morning rain. and then clearing and breezy through the day, improving, and breezy, much colder tomorrow night, as we fall through the mid-30s. your seven-day forecast looking ahead, early showers wednesday, the weekend. we warm up nicely into the 60s, even sunday looks decent with a chance for rain coming in as we push towards monday. but a mess out there today. jamie is standing by. what do the traffic cams look like? >> just like you said. here we are wilkins avenue at the beltway. one more exit you can get off for the airport. here we are 70, wefts of 270. this has been clogged all day long. on 95, no problems, surprisingly, from 43 to the delaware line. no problems. here we are north of sharon

road. slow traffic. 70 going out western maryland way, 29. that is clogged up. here is the shot. look at this shot. i'm going to get out of the way. that is shot of people going across the bay bridge here tonight. 50 at 2. if i were you, i would get on-line before you leave the house at abc2news.com, and click on the live traffic camera so you can get it to your phone, because you're going to find yourself in this all weekend long. >> as we prepare to break bread with our families for this thanksgiving, here is some food for thought for you. less than half of the traditional holiday meal is not ground greene here. according to a survey by the group 1,000 friends of maryland, 48% of our thanksgiving staples overalls are produced in state, but just 44% of the turkey's eaten are raised here, and only 17% of

the sweet potatoes. but you know what? they all taste good anyway. if you want your skids to excel in the classroom, have them two years apart. find out why that can make a big difference. and students looking to avoid the freshman 15 may not need to look any further than the palm of their hand.

in tonight's health alert, your morning cup of joe could actually help keep cancer away. endometrial cancer. a new study finds that lock- term coach drinking may reduce the risk of this type of

cancer. drivenning four cups a day could cut the risk by 25% compared to those who drink less than one cup a day. it's antioxidant ingredients rather than the caffeine may be the reason. but a lot of cream and sugared ad to that coffee may offset some of those potential benefits. youov hear about how bad it is to be overweight and how bad it is for your health, but a new study finds having a little meat on your bones may make you more likely to survive surgery. a study of nearly 190,000 surgeries rei'll haved that 32% of those people died in the months following the surgery. people who had normal or low body mass indexes were more likely to die than patients wait higher bmi. you want your kids to have an edge in the classroom? have them two years apart. your first born may be smart

per there's at least a it would- year age gap between -- a two- year age gap between children. researchers say there appears to be no effect on those younger siblings. everybody knows a college can be a stressful place which can cause students to pack on pounds. now an effort to curb the problem. professors at temple university tested a weight loss program designed for students and their social networking group. one group got their information on pod cast through a facebook account. another used facebook and text messages and got a personalized weekly report. the group that got stepsive feedback lost an average of 5.5 pounds, as opposed to the facebook only group that lost 1.4 pounds,, and the delay group which only lost an

average of half a pound. researchers hope to extend the program for at least six months and eventually make it available to all college students. police are still looking for dozens of people caught on tape robbing a 7-eleven. we'll take you to where it happened. and the final three couples hit the dance floor for the last time tonight on dancing with the stars. we'll tell you which star is the odds makers favorite to take hope that mirror ball trophy.

tonight police are looking for dozens of teens and young adults who all stole from a 7- eleven in silver springs saturday night, all at the same time. we'll tell you where the investigation stands. and last night then final three couples hit the floor for dancing with the stars, and now the