with, one of these -- >> sheriff's deputies tracked down a a string of car break- ins and to get to this point, deputies relied on something far quieter, a camera and a computer screen. >> this video was obtained by a homeowner that posted this on facebook to aid in the investigation of all of the vehicle break-ins that we have been having in queen ann's county. >> a homeowner used video camera like the one to track deer in the woods. >> thats with smart. >> i think that's a any way to solve the crime. >> reporter: john ortley has managed this store and he

thinks the use of this may catch group everybody is worried and cameras ar good way to go. >> that is pretty neat, that's cool that technology is having a real good application. >> video vigilante, a new form of social media to help the police. >> reporter: instead of using one of these for protection, people are starting to use these, a lot safer and in this case it works. on ken island, i'm ken harrison for abc news. there were pictures posted from a bank robbery to the page from a camera. >> a man was killed in the middle of the street, it was in west baltimore. the man refused to put knives down and the man was shot in

the abdomen. detectives recovered two knives from the scene. now from the very latest from last night at 11:00. an edgewood man is dead after a bizarre invasion and police are blaming the homeowner that tried to restrain him. jeff. >> reporter: witnesses say 53- year-old joseph breaken ridge made a habit out of walking into his neighbor's home without warning but this time it cos him his life. he was obsessed with his next door neighbor's wife and this was not the first time he went in the home after watching the husband leave. the husband confronted breckenridge and ordered him out of the house and he refused to leave. >> he said he needed he.

>> the two restrained breckenridge, they administered cpr but he later died. >> no one has been charged in connection with the death and police are awaiting the results of an autopsy to determine what killed him. jeff haggar abc2 news. a man has been convicted of assault and child abduction after he kidnapped his girlfriend's son, 31-year-old michael terrell was arguing with his girlfriend and she took off and then he took the 8- year-old son and drove off and he eventually dropped the boy off at a nursing home, he was arrested six days later and his sentencing is set for december 15th given -- eight people were hurt this morning. a black suv traveling on 83 southbound crossed the median and hit another car going north. none of the injuries were serious and the cause of the

crash is under investigation. we told but a story last night at 11:00, today pardon state police are investigating a school bus crash that sent 20 people to the hospital, a bus, car and truck happened insane mary's county, the students were from great mills high school and returning from a basketball game in virginia. 17 people including the bus driver and another adult and 15 students were treated and released from the hospital and two people in the car including a 13-year-old girl were hurt, the truck driver, john vitiz was arrested for dui. almost 4 million travelers are taking to the sky and others are hitting the roads to get to grandma's house but it won't be easy. >> the traffic is delaying. >> it the country is being pounded by two major storms, one in the northeast bringing heavy rain and flood warnings

from washington d.c. and into new hampshire and maine there have been some cancellations because of the weather already. talk about a sticky situation, this goo like substance that cause add big headache for drivers on the pennsylvania turnpike, it was driveway seal ant. 400 drivers were stranded, and sand was what was used to help out. around here it has been a rainy day with a few sightings of the sun earlier but the rain is on the way out. let's check in with wyatt. >> we are seeing improvement, we are tracking the showers as they exit to the south and east and that's good unless you are

going towards dell mara or into new jersey you are getting into worse weather north and east and to the west and south things looking a little better and windy out there and look at the wind gusts, 22 at the top of the hour and a few gusts to 40 and steady at 12 to 16 but still higher gusts and the rest of the evening, 40s with a few showers mainly to the east and gusty with falling temperatures and we'll talk about the thanksgiving forecast and raven's game day weather coming up. well in tonight's consumer alert the consumer product safety commission is warning parents not to put the baby seats on slick surfaces, babies have fallen out of the seats and suffered skull fractures. there have been many incidents where the babies have fallen out. the manufacture recalled the seats and had more warnings on

the seat and there are were more than a dozen warnings after the recall. the seats are helping infants to sit up with their head. americans will sit down tomorrow but they should think twice about canned vegetables and cranberries. jamie has more. >> you nailed it right about the cranberry sauce. we are going to talk about this. everybody knows it is bpa, a common chemical that is used in plastic products and in the lining of the cans. the bpa keeps them from spoiling but it may be creeping into your food and researchers at harvard compared people that ate one 12-ounce can of soup for five straight days with people that ate fresh soup and what scientists found is surprising, a massive increase in the level of bpa in the urine of people that ate the canned soup and more than 1,000

percent and after two days without soup the bpa levels were down to normal. >> the consumer cannot tell how much bpa may have gotten into the food in any canned food item that they pick up and the story here is that you don't know and you can't know. >> well, 93% of people have detectable levels of bpa in their body but doctors don't know what the effects are in all of us. back in 2009, the leading baby bottle manufacturer said they would stop making baby bottles over these concerns and the national institute of health is looking into the potential health of bpa exposure. the best way to protect us is to eat more fresh and frozen food. as millions travel for thanksgiving, some will have a a little more ease of mind thank to a new app.

the fly delta app. it lets customers track their luggage and when customers get to their destination, it alerts you as to which luggage carousel to go to. hope your luggage gets there. after your done shopping at the big box stores on black friday, small businesses are hoping that you spend with them on saturday. coming up, how businesses on main street are trying to entice customers to shop local. and your thanksgiving is about the spirit of giving and how students are making a difference in the lives in the homeless community. a nail biting event but in the event a war hero took top honors on the dance floor. we will have the highlights.

for thanksgiving students in carroll county are showing gratitude by feeding the homeless. we head to the academy to see how they are making a difference. >> reporter: here at the academy students are participating in a gratitude for leadership program, as thanksgiving appproaches the entire school is showing gratitude, students performed skids and show gratitude and discussed the meaning of thanksgiving and what they are thankful for. >> part of our mission at the academy is to respond to the needs of others and making a positive difference and one way that we are doing that today is by teaching our students the value in giving our time, talents and treasures to those that are less fortunate. >> reporter: after the assembly it was time to roll up the sleeves and get to work. students made 1000 peanut

butter and jelly sandwiches to feed the hungry, the program serves five homeless shelters and has over 400 clients, students are providing bagged lunches for the men and women that often go hungry and they collected household items and canned goods and clothing. >> i think it is a good opportunity to help the people that don't have food so they know we do care for them. >> we all know that we are fortunate and grateful for what we have but it is more important to give back. >> reporter: the academy's mission involves developing student leaders with strong character that makes a difference in the community. >> we want our students to walk away with the feeling that today i did something for someone less fortunate. today i walked away knowing that i trulily helped someone

in need. >> and there is no doubt about it, the students are doing their part in others in need this thanksgiving. sher rejohnson ab c2 news. now, maryland's most powerful radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather accurate. it is windy conditions. had a ton of rain and last night and improving weather and the busiest travel night of the year and as we go into black friday, nothing but sunshine and i know you are looking forward to camping out. >> not going shopping. >> and pitching a tent. >> not me. >> let's show you the conditions, temperature-wise, chilly, 49 degrees as the earth shakes a little bit and no earthquake, 49 right now anded winds are west, northwest at 12 and visibility unrestricted at ten and that's an improvement, mount airy, a mix of sun and

clouds, that was the story early and the clouds thickened back up with a post frontal cloud cover coming through and beautiful shot at summer ridge. again, just one of those days where we had early rains and the winds picked up and a little unsettled and flights had a little turbulence and some evening flights could be on the turbulent side. rain showers at the beaches and people headed east to the i-95 corridor towards new york city will encounter the potential for some wet roads. look at the peak wind gusts, 41 in lees burg and 41 annapolis.

temperatures beginning to drop and you felt the difference if you have been out in the last few hours and a frigid one as temperatures drop to the freezing mark and the steady winds northwest at 12 to 16 will begin to diminish and it will still be breezy until we get towards say dawn tomorrow. highs today getting into the mid-60s out there and north and west cooler and we will see nothing like that tomorrow, upper 50s probably at best. we final get back in the 60s as we go from good friday into -- not any friday, black friday into saturday. getting a little ahead of myself. showers northeast of us and the trickiest travels are in new england where they are getting snow in maine and new hampshire and getting the rain in boston, newark, new jersey and new york city and right into the new england states so this is the tricky travel spots but if your going west, all you got to deal with is dropping temperatures

and clearing skies and a little breezy and again the improved weather is out to the west. chilly weather will settle in overnight as we check out the trend. bottom line is this, what last bit of rain that we have out here will be out by nine or 10:00 and a big party night for a lot of people getting out of the house, why not? and i will say this, just a cold one torque dress warm and be ready for winds and crystal clear for thanksgiving. we go into your black friday great shopping weather, sunshine. overnight 34 and clearing and colder and still windy out there. tomorrow 58 and sunny and calm. have a happy thanksgiving and kelly watch closely, we got to make the transition with the turkey. had to do it and take a look for the ravens tomorrow night temperatures will be dropping and your seven-day forecast

looking ahead and finding it warmer and improved forecast in the weekend. kelly. thanks wyatt. well, family and friends salute the newly crowned dancing champion, jay martinez and katrina walked away with the trophy. joyce has the highlights from the dancing with the star highlights. >> now that dancing is done i will go to professional lifting. >> after ten weeks of grueling competition, jr martinez and his partner, katrina, walk away from the dancing with the stars 13th season. >> first and foremost we should thank america every week for voting for us and believing in us as a team and second, the thanks to you. >> and his partner is besides herself. >> i want to thank my parents.

>> bob kardashian and carol were in third and ricky lake in 3rd. >> i never thought i would get a a perfect score in the finals and it is awesome. >> this competition is about the journey and i have had such an amazing journey with rob. >> jr was so deserving and rob was incredible every week improving to be among these people and come out 3rd, i am grateful. >> she was perfect in the performance and sealing the season with a kiss. >> and the ballroom champion had another partner, his mother. 8-and-a-half years ago she was helping teach me to walk and i have been learning to dance. it is amazing the journey, life is crazy but you can make. >> it i believe he got it from god. god was watching him and my son is a hero and also a good son.

and jr's girlfriend told me when it comes to jr, what you see is what you get and what you're going to get is more dancing with the stars season 14 will be back in march. got a wedding coming up? you could get your hands on a dress from bella, the design gown lab recreated down to the finest details. brides can have the eloquent dress back for a mere $800. that's pretty reasonable for a wedding dress. as energy drinks costs rising so do the concerns. find out why so many are going to the emergency room after drinking them. it is hard not to over indulge, look at that turkey on thanksgiving. but we are working for ways you can eat and stay healthy on

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in tonight's health alert we are talking about energy drinks, more people are ending up in the emergency room after drinking them. the substance abuse and mental health services administration says between 2005 and 2009 er visits climbed from over 1100 to more than 13,000! about 44% of those visits came after people mixed drinks with alcohol or drugs. now the beverage industry says that things are taken out of context and say that energy drinks are safer. >> most of us leave our diets at the doorstep for the turkey

dinner but there are helpful hints. skip high calorie wines and liquors and don't eat the turkey stuff and stuffing has up to five hundred calories per serving and if you make it les weighty by using chicken stock instead of cornbread and stuffing is leaner if cooked outside of the turkey and potatoes are high in sugar and cranberries are good but the sauce is loaded with sugar. eat the pumpkin part of the pie and not the crust and take a walk before or after gobbling down dinner will help.

how about hitting the malls after thanksgiving. >> and make sure you get what you pay for. plus we are going to talk about a thanksgiving tradition for two turkeys, tomorrow will truly be a day of thanks.

well all big box stores are gearing up for black friday and many are preparing for small business saturday and we'll tell you about that. if you are thinking about taking the plunge into a smart phone or tablet world you may be wondering what is the best option and we will break down the differences. and whether you are traveling for thanksgiving or just planning a vacation this winter, we will tell you the best ways to keep you and your family from getting sick. so where will