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hours, probably by 9:00, 10:00, we shut this off, strong winds after reaching our high of 49, an inch of rain, and we will talk about the outlook for the rest of the week in a few minutes. update on the earlier accident reported route 30, handover closed at deep run road as they try to clear that out of the way. in the city, we have a street closure on 25th street, between charles and st. paul. fire activity in that area. nice and pleasant as you make the drive on u.s. 29. here is a live look at the harrisburg expressway, quiet through parkton, on, i-83. who is the jackpot winner? we don't know they name. who won the power ball ticket worth $125 million. linda so is here with details.
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you said earlier, someone may have an idea as to who the winner is? >> someone may have an idea. the ticket was sold in cecil county at a family run business around for decades. wesley's restaurant and lounge, they stand to make $25 for selling the ticket. we don't know who the winner is. the family has a pretty good idea. the ticket was bought at 3:13 p.m., on christmas eve, and they do have cameras inside the store. i've always said for a liquor store to hit it is like you hitting the lottery yourself. it's huge. i'm very excited. it's really big. everybody is calling. everybody is talking. it's awesome. >> i would be excited too. the winner did call to confirm the numbers, but didn't leave a name. the wesleys plan to split the money between the family and
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employees. very nice. back to you. what would you do if you had the money? it's not 125 across the board. it's $51 million after taxes. what would you do with the money? we know you are going to pay off debt and take care of your family. what else would you do? go to my facebook page, charley crowson, wmar tv. in news around the nation, a missing 9-year-old indiana girl has been found dead and a family friend facing murder charges. mike has been arrested and scheduled to appear in court today. the year old was reported missing friday night and found dead around 9:00 last night and police have not released the cause of death or motive for the killing. kidnapped victim says she turned to facebook to escape her captor. troy crispfield is accused of refusing to let his girlfriend
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and young son to leave their home and beating them for four days. she got creative, on christmas eve, she wrote on facebook, hello, is anyone there? i'm very serious problems and dead by morning. she was hiding in a closet with her laptop , the only device to find to help. friends logged on and got police and came to rescue her. all this caught on tape, hoping for santa and reindeer but got a 5-foot buck. anderson reports on unexpected christmas house guest. >> that's in our bedroom on christmas eve. >> reporter: a buck decided to crash the keller's holiday night. >> i heard crashing and the window go. >> reporter: maria was putting the kids to bed when the deer tripped and fell in to a basement window well. >> i couldn't see anything. all of a sudden i heard hooves
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and antlers. that's where his nose hit. then you can see where his antlers hit on the ceiling. >> reporter: first they thought it was trapped, they didn't know he was inside. >> my husband came in and ran down stairs and opened the door and shut it fast and started screaming. >> it's in the bedroom. >> it's in the room. >> it's a buck. >> family members went outside to look through the broken window. it's huge. >> reporter: for two hours, family members took their turns peeking through the door and taking pictures. as they waited for wildlife officers to get the deer out. >> i realized he is actually looking at this picture, which is probably more scary. >> they are laughing there is a deer in the house. i'm freaking out. i had all of christmas down in the bedroom.
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all organized, all prepared. >> they did end up with a few crushed boxes but the presents inside were just fine. as far as these kids were concerned, christmas was a success. >> we went to bed at 5:00 a.m. and kids woke up, two hours later ready for christmas. it's all good. >> i'm stunned. i'm speechless. that's huge. wildlife officers had to put the deer down to get him out of the house. casey says that that night he was driving down the street from the house when another deer jumped in front of him collided with his car, all on the same night. we will have the story on facebook coming up later if you want to check it out and send to it friends. what happens in vegas doesn't always stay in vegas. a man lost $10,000 in an airport, a colorado man found the money and went out to find him and give it back. mitch found two envelopes come
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tanning the money and called -- containing the money and called the airport. he called for two weeks. >> she goes, this is breaking the rules, you are trying to do the right thing. i wanted to show my kids the right thing to do. >> the operator told him caesars lost two informals. a man won the money gambling and dropped it as he was running to catch the flight. he sent him the cash, $10,000 cash, sent it back. some people are willing to do the right thing. fewer and fewer of us have been heading to the movies. that's no big surprise. how box office numbers were and why theaters maybe losing their appeal.
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now, good morning maryland. now the holidays are winding down, and now it fits, now that it works and you put it together, focus on recycling the wrapping paperer and breaking down the boxes. department of public works said you should recycle wrapping paper, the issue paper, cardboard boxes, holiday cards and envelopes. don't let the empty boxing pile up outside the door. that gives people an eyed idea of what is inside. links will give you additional information to surrounding counties when the pick up days
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will coincide. ticket sales down half a billion dollars by a year behind 2010. it was the worst year for an attenanswer attendance for the box office. one theory behind the decline, there were too many family movies in theaters. additionally, movie goers are getting the movies they want, streaming hits on line and doing so at home. 8 states will raise minimum wage in 2012, the lowest paid workers will see hourly rates go up between 28 and $0.37. arizona, colorado, florida, montana, ohio, oregon, vermont and washington. sadly, no increase scheduled for the state of maryland. coming up, one week ago before the caucuses and candidates are coming out swinging.
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spreading through and we will have ourselves overcast day with rain locked in the mountains, it will arrive around lunchtime and plan for wet afternoon, take rain jacket with you. pushing 49 degrees, and dug the mid afternoon through the evening hours, the rain will get heavy that could come with strong gusty winds as well. we will talk about that and the outlook for the weekend in a moment. accident we have been following in manchester, route 30, at deep run road. street is closed of course medevac landed on the scene. for your alternate to get around the accident location, you may want to take route 496, that's going to be the best alternate around the distraction. if you are taking the drive in howard, route 29, maryland 108, no anticipated delays through the capital bellway area. typeside of the baltimore beltway, 695, harford, inner loop and outer loop very light and easy for you. blinds man from maryland
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goes missing and his family is worried something horrible may have happened. he lives in belied dens blade insburg. >> he was supposed to arrive in alabama, he never made it. police have conflicting reports on what happened to the 33 year- old man. he bounded a train bound for birmingham. a passenger saw him headed to new orleans when a conductor told him he couldn't get to birmingham and told him to get off of the train in charlotte, north carolina. his family hasn't heard from him since. his grandmother bought his ticket to birmingham and never knew about a transfer. on a phone call from a detective, smith's grandmother got con conflicting information about when her grandson was last seen. >> he wished to go back to
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washington. they put him on the next train back to washington. >> smith is 5'11", a 5'11", a scar on his right temple that left him blind. if you have information that might help police, you are asked to call 911. new video, a fight breaking out at the mall of america. this disturbance started with reports that rappers little wayne and drake were doing shopping. one shopper put this on youtube, it shows kids throwing chairs and getting in to fistfights. the first fight broke out in the food court and a series followed. police arrested five people for disorderly conduct in the mall of america security arrested four additional people. it took 30 officers to stop the fighting. no one was seriously hurt. tomorrow is one year to the date a teenager went missing while visiting family in baltimore. felecia barns was in town. her body was found in april
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near the dam in the susquehanna river. police have no arrests in the case. tomorrow is a call to action and vigil for alecia at the browns memorial baptist church on belvedere avenue. almost over. one week before the first caucus, now it seems anyone's race. kuren redmond joins us live with more. >> 7 days left of campaigning before the iowa caucuses and the campaigns of all the candidates are coming out swinging. newt gingrich is on top with 26% of the vote. mitt romney 23%. romney has a commanding lead with 39%. perry accuses candidates of being washington insiders. romney increasing efforts in iowa. releasing new ads while the gingrich campaign is facing questions over how his first
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marriage ended. new court documents uncovered indicate that gingrich filed for divorce and his ex-wife asked the judge to block the process. reason paul is gaining momentum despite questions over one of the news letters from the 80s and 90s that contain racist, antisimms mittic it -- antisemitic and guy remarks. ravens preparing to take on the bengals sunday. if they win, they will have another franchise first undefeated in the afc north. ravens swept cleveland and pittsburgh. baltimore beat the bengals 31-
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24 at home that was last month. planned community is considering whether to rebuild the golf courses after damage and closed the course and caused 250,000 dollars in business. the greens are recommended to be rebuilt costing $860,000. the course couldn't with stand the summer's excessive heat because drainage systems are out of date. it was unplayable through much of sent. same sex spouses are paying at much as $6000 a year in additional taxes compared to heterosexual married couples. the government doesn't recognize gay marriage. same sex couples can't combine income and deductions. more than 12 states granted full or partial marriage rights to same sex couples. what do you think about this, do you think it's fair
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same sex couples would have to pay $6000 more in taxes than married couples. weigh in and let us know what you think. we want you to be a par of our conversation. time for five things you need foknow, investigators in maine say a 20-mold was taken ai -- 20-month-old was taken away. police said they don't believe that child left the house by herself. $30,000 reward is offered to find the young girl. funeral scheduled for wednesday, a day of viewing for visitors in the death of kim young ill. he died a week ago after what was called a massive heart attack. today new tougher driving laws in to effect in pennsylvania. it came about a few weeks after a crash killed five students. the rule aimed at reducing distractions saying a teen drive could have one percentager under the age of 18 in the car, who is not a family
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member. van halen announced a tour next year. with david lee roth. there has been a feud between the band mates and him and stymied several of the reunion. fotourno tour dates or sites have been set. drew brees topped record of 5084 yards, 9-yard touchdown pass p. drew brees passed the mark set back in 1984. if you hate going outside, check this out, it ma ticks cold look beautiful. that's awesome. artists built ice structures. they start with one icicle and
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grown with sprinklers. there are more than to thousand tons of ice, that's going to be the winter walls expected to be between 50-60 feet high. justin berk, your thoughts. >> don't stand under there when it starts to thaw out. i'm glad there are other people to echo my feelings. this is a big storm, this is a storm that's producing heavy rain, and yes, maybe the threat of severe weather with the bands of storms rolling through florida, georgia, carolinas, we are watching the cold side, produce a steady shield of snow and barely near or above freezing. wet snow to be found, illinois, through indiana, indianapolis through detroit could have trofl issues. we are watching the thing circulate here and with the storm track to the west, it's the warm moist flow we get in on, the mountains hanging onto the cold air. we get in on the rain and the rain rolls in here, by midday
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and on in through the afternoon and evening, heavy. overall expecting perhaps an inch of rainfall here, maybe slightly higher amounts perhaps rumbles of thunder. the heaviest activity maybe southern portion of the chesapeake. could clip st. mary's. this stuff races out of here this evening, possible clearing before midnight, while the snow showers build in with the cold flow up the mountains. we could have lingering clouds and getting in to a drier flow. the winds one more time. a flood advisory because the southerly flow prevents the low tide from moving out and brings in the extra water up the chesapeake. 30 miles per hour winds possible as the rain gets heavy late afternoon and evening. then in to the dry westerly flow. 49 , the rain getting heavier through the evening. cuts off before midnight. we are down to 36. temperatures tomorrow, not too shabby behind the storm. temperatures near or above normal. 43 tomorrow with the wind.
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45 thursday. 55 friday. a system to the north with light showers. 40s over the holiday weekend with afternoon rain or snow showers new year's day. we are suggesting route 496 as your although not to get around the closures on route po. that's up in manchester -- route 30, that's up in manchester. it should be open momentarily. pleasant driving conditions, even though more activity in the southbound lanes of u.s. 29. 95 and 395, no troubles northbound, a disabled vehicle southbound 95, at cadeen avenue. another live look at the beltway, this is the west side in catonsville. we have the street closure in the city. 25th closed for fire activity. back in 25 minutes with a check of your news, weather and traffic.
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