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the recall is for 28 tablets and the generic form. they have to many active pills and others have to few. and ravens owner said quarterback joe and ray rice will be on the roster next season. they held a season review in owings mill. as for the afc title game he said he doesn't think any of them are over it but they are already looking forward to next year. and you have to look for it next year, hoping we had weather like today. a great spring day but it's february 1st. looking at the harbor camera still clear out there. you know this beautiful weather we are enjoying on february 1st has to come at a price. >> you have the evening still at least. look at the numbers right now. low 60s ellicott city, 60
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centerville so it's a nice situation across central maryland. as we look at the wind gusts it's a breezy night and that is the indication of things starting to change. look at the highs today hitting 70 at pwi, 70 at the naval air station. that was a way, way warmer than average type of r february 1st. not a record breaker, the old record is 75. the chance for rain holding off to early tomorrow. for the rest of the evening just enjoy the warm conditions. >> thank you. aren't you glad you got out and enjoyed the lovely weather? it's february 1st and -- plenty of sun. it's not good for some businesses but its been great for others. roosevelt with more. >> reporter: if you are a plug driver or ski teacher or own a discount snow hole el you have a problem. no snow means no business.
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it's lonely at the salt dome. a billion tons of salt just waiting for a road to cover. . if you want snow this is a sad sight. a good sight as people buy things other than ice melt and shovels, spending to be outside -- it means eating in nature, outside. the cafes set up chairs and had people taking advantage of the 65-degree temperatures and light winds. business is better than last february 1st when the street was covered with snow. these two women love the fact they can spend money on something other than hand warmers and snow boots. >> new spot for us. it's further away. we get to get out and enjoy the weather. >> past restaurants and they have all the chairs put away and umbrellas or put up against the side because it's not normal to have this type of
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weather in january, february. >> reporter: back at the salt dome it's still sitting there and you are saving money. so far the state has barely spend half of the $36 million for snow removal this year. while plug drivers and ski slopes are having a bad year. this is unbelievable. >> reporter: golf courses enjoying nice bucks in a month that would only seat crazy people out here. last week the weather brought at 210 people to the golf course, just yesterday however there were 165 people on the greens. folks spending money to walk around -- drive around instead of ski around. >> they gave me a five dollar coupon to play today. it only cost me $20. i'm happy as can be. >> reporter: a lot of people are happy. nationwide the mild weather has been a terrible thing for
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places like home stores and place that sell winter gear. the lack of weather, especially on the east coast is expected to show up in january sales figures that count on winter spending. abc 2news. >> great story. movie star, writer and screenwriter carrie fisher is in town. we have more on what the audience can expect. >> reporter: what a story. she calls it wishful drinks and talking about growing up as the daughter of stars to her own work and tries to find how manior to the tragedies she has had. >> i discuss experiences i have had whether it was being in star wars or having famous parents railroad famous spouses or having been in rehab, mental hospitals, having someone die
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at my house. i talked about all that and i say my life wasn't funny it's just true. >> reporter: she still lived in los angeles with her daughter and her mom lives next door . she will be right here in baltimore through february the 12th. you can catch her show tonight at 8:00. >> all right. thank you. a new jersey man was pulled from a burning car monday night and the whole thing was caught on camera. police were called after someone reported seeing it when they arrived this found a 57- year-old man unable to move in the driver's seat. despite the flames they managed to pull the man out to be taken to the hospital with nothing but smoke inhalation. lucky man. they are still trying to find out the cause. you probably have seen something like this in a movie but for real. one robber in florida brought the idea to life at a mcdonalds
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wearing a mask of the president's face. it was caught on the restaurant camera. police say they are having a hard time identitying him. customers mostly can't believe it. >> i would think he would try a bank or something. he -- get a happy meal or big mac. >> police say he didn't take any food but got away with about a thousand dollars in cash the employees say he threatened to shoot them if they didn't stay back in the office when he left. some pictures of a little boy dangling from a ski lift. a group saw t gathered underneath him. eventually he fell about 25 feet but they were able to catch him. he wasn't hurt. happy ending to that. coming up a michigan mom found strangled. why investigators didn't don't
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the husband of the mother found strangled to death in her car last week entered her through a back door. hundreds of people attended the funeral in groves point park where police are continuing to investigate. they now say a man named joe ghent's has confessed to taking part and said the woman's husband was involved. investigators also believe that she was killed in her home and driven to where her body was found. her husband has been questioned but not arrested or charged. six people were hurt when an amtrak passenger train derailed this morning in michigan. officials say two cars jumped the track after the train hit a trailer on a highway crossing. there were 76 people on board the train that was headed for chicago shei movement and a state trooper's dash camera caught a south carolina mayor trying to get out of a speeding tick net a creative way. when he was pulled over the mayor who was driving the unmarked police car at the time said he was speeding to try to
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catch a man with a gun. the problem is the mayor hasn't been a part of the police force in two years. the trooper wrote him a ticket and it'll be up to state law to figure out if the mayor has any police powers. romney coming off a big win but still plenty of states to go. and the mother of all social media companies is going public. how much facebook is planning to raise. i remember the days before copd.
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calling the homeowner's bill of rights. >> no more hidden feeing, no more getting the run around when you call about your loan, no more fine print that you use to get families to take a deal that is not as good as the one they should have gotten. >> reporter: he said the plan would save the average borrower about $3,000 a year. >> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> a nice finish to a nice day across maryland. the entire state 64, after hitting 70 earlier today. not a record breaker, the old records in the mid-70s but still much warmer than average and still is out there. average high 42. from kent island beautiful
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scenery. watch as we change the camera angle. beautiful looking sunset out at kent island. federal hill good-looking weather. little breezy, the flag whip around and we will see the weather getting breezy at times overnight and this to the day tomorrow. the radar, all clear, that should continue to hold up through at least daybreak tomorrow or we will say daybreak, around 4:00 a.m., that's where we should see showers move in. right now temperatures still comfortable. we are beginning to see cooler air edging in to the north and west. still a pleasant couple of hours left this evening and winds have shifted west bringing in a slightly cooler breeze but not frigid. we hit 72 at regan in downtown dc. southern delaware to 66 in georgetown. want to show the early look at tomorrow's temperatures. we there go mid to upper
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other's. the temperatures happening both at midnight and in the afternoon. again a cooler day, still not bad. here is the rain we are tracking to the south and west. western virginia, these rain showers. they could clip southern maryland as far north as baltimore. all head of a new frontal boundary, the new front will bring in the cooler arias we go through the day tomorrow and tomorrow night into the day on friday. you can see the cool air starting to edge in points north and west of us. timing wise on this precipitation, here we go toward two, three, four in the morning, chances for some showers, interesting day by day we watch the model runs keep most of the rain south of the
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baltimore area. places like the lower eastern shore look for rain in the morning. clouds increase, could keep a couple scattered source, then 55 for the two degree tomorrow, tomorrow night down to 32. as conditions turn colder but again the seven day forecast, basically a slow cooldown. a new shot of cool air, that will drop us into the 40s but with the average high of 42 this is still all above average for the first day of february. >> thank you. romney won big in last night's primary getting the much kneaded momentum into february. with are live from tampa, despite his big night he said it's not quite wrapped up yet. >> reporter: he is saying it's not quite wrapped up just yet. today you know he was thanking people for their votes and then talking about south carolina.
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that's where he learned the lesson. have you to hit back if are you attacked. then he said this process could go on for a while. >> i welcome we will hone our message and battle against the attack that will come but i recognize that this is going to be a long road and particularly if gingrich and santorum and paul want to go on i want to go on. i want to go all the way to the convention. >> reporter: florida gave him 50 delegates giving him 85. it's a far from the 1, 144 he needs. gingrich sees opportunity ahead. >> we are going to contest every place and we are going to win and we will be in tampa as the nominee in august. >> reporter: at this moment gingrich has just 27 delegates. we are talking is early in the process. i want to throw you a side
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note. donald trump plans to make a major announcement tomorrow in las vegas. have you to wonder possibly that is endorse dorising but we will see. >> first any fall out from romney's comments today that he isn't concerned about the very poor? >> reporter: there is some fall out from it. have you to imagine the other candidates may jump on this. first i want to play the interview from this morning. >> i'm not concerned about the very poor, we have a safety net, if i need to fix it i will. i'm not concerned about the very rich. i'm concerned about the very heart of america, the 95% who are struggling. >> reporter: all right. so romney is saying that one line i'm not concerned about the very poor has been taken out of context. have you to imagine gingrich is coming off this loss here in florida so he is responding. >> i am fed up with politicians in either party
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dividing americans against each other. >> reporter: he went onto say he wants to be the president of the people and i think you will hear this line quite a few times over the next few weeks. >> i'm sure we haven't heard the last of that. >> if you feel like the adds coming out of florida have been leaving a bad taste you are not alone. a group tacking adds say 92% of the commercials that aired in florida over the past week have been negative. breaking down by candidate they say 95% of gingrich's adds were negative with 99% of romneys. >> coming up at six, two women attacked in a neighborhood. who police and a restaurant are doing to make sure it doesn't happen again. and the governor pitches his plan to increase the tax and gasoline. why some say it's better than helping the bottom line here t
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. facebook filed paperwork as it prepares to go public and race five billion dollars in the process. first they will have to pick a ticker symbol. face, that's taken but book is still available. of course they could go predibblable with an ad with fb. we told you about spirit airlines online protest against the new federal regulations, requiring all the airlines to publish price including all the taxes and fees, now it's taking the battle to the next level. it'll add two dollars to each ticket and calling department
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of transportation's unintended consequences fee. city bank which is still trying to gain consumer confidence after flirting the idea of debit fee increases is making waves again. they are sending customer who receive frequent flyer miles for opening accounts with them the 1099 forms meaning they have to be considered taxable. the miles are worth two and a half cents which means 30,000 free miles would be $750 of taxable income. coke is going to be the official soft drink of ocean city. they approved a five-year deal with the company that. means they will be served in all city owned properties and events. in return they will pay ocean city 6 5,000 dollars a year for each of the five years. that's a good thing if you like coke. on the same day as the governor gives his state of the state address the ravens presented their state of the
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team address. why the owner is confident when the news starts right now. >> now abc 2news at six. >> he has been charged for scamming people out of more money after paving their driveway. what happened when is he a no show in court. >> a robbery at a well to do neighborhood putting residents and police on edge. i will have the details. >> same sex bill started off in the senate yesterday. the governor mentioned it again today in his state of the state speech. the reaction to that it. >> a reaction to this. come on, awwww that's it. for another day we sneaked by brushing up against 70 degrees. you know good things happen in threes, could be
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