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great news to her closest friends. >> it's been a tough two weeks for the people closest to moore. last night there was a break in the case. beverly moor's porch light remains on. it takes time to settle her estate, left to her best friend. last night news that will settle the spiritual. >> it was a great feeling. wonderful to know that she could rest in peace now. she can. >> reporter: rose learned baltimore county police found the car that hit and killed her best friend. a white ford 500, like the one pictured here located in harford with the kind of front end damage detectives were searching for. an anonymous tip that paid off big. >> it was a huge break in the
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case. we were excited focuss that shifted from finding the vehicle to determining who was driving the vehicle. >> reporter: it is more a matter of when than if, a development moor's best friend is eager to see. wanting to know who or how the driver had the conscience or lack there of, to flee the scene on 7 courts drives now magd with flowers where he or she ended a life and didn't as much look back. >> how could you do that? this is somebody that other people loved. it wasn't a piece of trash that you ran over. it hurts. >> baltimore county police say the car is processed by detectives to gather the evidence they need to charge the driver eventually. neighbors of beverly moor hope
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the hit and run will persuade the county to install a cross walk, lite or stop sign along the busy road. brian kuebler, abc2 news. arundel county police need your help to find a man who sexually assaulted a woman at the severn square shopping center. she was outside sitting one of the shops when this man approached and sexually assaulted her and ran off. officers searched the area but couldn't find him. detectives are asking anyone who saw them to call 410-222- 3416. you couldn't ask for better weather, beautiful today. the skies still clear after the beautiful day. we will check with wyatt everhart to see if it's going the last through the weekend. >> changing weather in to the weekend. nice tonight. starting off with a good
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looking saturday. active weather saturday in to sunday, some could be the wintery variety. t temperatures running around 50 degrees. gathering storm, significant rainmaker right now for the country's midsection. however as it begins to track eastward by tomorrow evening, we could see late rain showers saturday night, converting to wintery showers as we go in to the first part of our sunday. we will talk about this storming up. enjoy it, 40s and partly cloudy. developing story , the komen foundation reversing decision to stop funding planned parenthood. their two giants of the women's health care industry, over the past few days they have been taking heat from the people that supported the organization is in the past. >> reporter: susan komen for the cure did an about face.
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the charity announced today it will reverse decision to eliminate funds to planned parenthood. in a statement komen said we want to apologize to the american public for decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women's lives. se the president says it was the target of political bullying and called it a victory for women. >> what we have seen and outpouring of support, is a important message that women are willing to stand up for women. >> reporter: it's decision was due to concerns over the congressional investigation in to planned parenthood. insiders said komen was worried about the controversy over the abortion services. the backlash was swift and harsh. the breast cancer organization behind the iconic pink ribbon was seeing red. >> they are saying their goal
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isn't the most important, that's politics. >> reporter: komen was flooded with negative emails and facebook messages accusing them of bowing to pressure of antiabortion activists. more than be million dollars poured in -- $3 million poured in to planned parenthood in three days. that's more than they receive from komen each year. today is national go red for women day, working to spread awareness of heart disease and the number of women who die as a result each year. shoppers were encouraged to wear red. doctors and nurses were available to talk to women about managing blood pressure. in tonight's consumer alert, according to security experts, computer crimes and cyber 'tis risem are becoming the greatest threat to our
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country. information was releaseed about a hacking attack. the company verifies signature arse part of the checkout process, verifying 50 billion a day. this week the commerce department says a virus attacked the network forcing it to block employees from using the internet, this prompted a warning from the house intelligence committee. >> a cyber attack is on its way. we will suffer a catastrophic cyber attack, the clock is ticking and wiping down. >> the fbi is warning of a thet from cyber terrorists. this kind of threat is hard to track because it could come from a terrorist crime, crime ring or the high school kid who lives down the street. chemicals in orange juice, for the first time now, low levels of fungicide have been found in oj from florida.
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previous tests found it in juice from brazil. the amount us the not pose a health risk so there is not a recall. u.s. consumer products safety commission is offering a free app, type in the items name and it will let you know if there is a safety recall, get information about what to do with a product that has been recalled. continuing coverage tonight of a high speed chase, an accident that threatened the life of a state trooper. his father served with the state police before a crash claimed his life 25 years ago. trooper john was behind the wheel of his unmarked cruiser and a chevy covault drove up flashing lights. the driver pulled up be side him, revving his engine and sped away. >> the suspect fled down the road, a 3-mile pursuit ensued.
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during that time, the trooper called out that he had been bumpedpy the suspect's vehicle. we are investigating that aspect of this. at some point the trooper crashed in to a fence. >> a rail from a wooden fence pierced the trooper's windshield, narrowly missing his head. the sheriff's deputies spotted the car and gave chase before the driver lostcontrol on cigna road. a 22 year old faces a series of charges. officer william would have celebrated his birthday today, he was killed in the line of duty. more than one year ago. in honor of his service to the city of baltimore , the 600 block of wildwood parkway at edmonton avenue was renamed for him. he was shot to death outside of a nightclub in january while breaking up a fight. new information tonight from our bad medicine
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investigation. the surgeon we spotlighted if the series, oscar ramirez appealed the decision to revoke his license. a judge affirmed the action take bin the maryland board of physicians and he remains out of business in maryland. you can see his story on the special section we created op our website, abc2news.com/bad medicine. click on special report, that's the update to the story. we want to show you the special report. how to look up your doctor, all kinds of information you can look up at your finger tips. we put the doctors we looked at, 49 of them. look at their action in the special section, by name, look them up by complaint, see all investigative materials here, we put it at your fingertips, find that at abc2news.com/bad medicine. much supposed to go to transportation projects but cash from the transportation
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fund is getting spent on other things. how some lawmakers in annapolis plan to change that. local families gather to say good-bye to the men and women of maryland national guard. where they are headed and for how long. troubling statistics about seniors diagnosed with taboo diseases. doctors say they are seeing more of this in baby boomers.
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apprehension as friends and family members said good-bye to a maryland guard unit preparing to leave for afghanistan. fred slay was there for the ceremony. [music] i'm happy, just because we are here at the ceremony. i'm emotional. >> reporter: passionate words of support for the members of medevac charlie company 169, as
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they deploy to afghanistan, in support of operation enduring freedom. providing medical coverage and medical resupply. >> it's a huge step to get out the door. this is more for the families. it's their time to have soldiers say good-bye, recognize them for hard work and accomplishments. >> reporter: for some of the guardsmen, it's the first mission. >> i have two young kids, that's going to be hard leaving them. i have a wife, family members. this is our first deployment as a family. it's a little nerve racking, being a single parent for a year. >> reporter: for others who make the sacrifices. >> years ago, nothing really new, another mission. >> excited to get out the door. it's been a long road of training to get here where we
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are at today. for me it's just one step closer to getting the start of this mission and step closer to getting back from the mission. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar, and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> pretty nice friday night out there, temperatures running a little cooler than this week. 48bwi. on the haul, tough to complain, a sunny scenario to finish out the day. as we look at the weather through the day at our abc 2 weather bug camera, baltimore and surrounding area, robert w komen elementary, clear skies. high pressure in full control as we change our camera angle, kent island, north and gorgeous to see the sunset here. look at the sun reflecting off of the water.
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beaches, not many people out hiking. nice cheer scenario across the state. maryland's most powerful radar, showing all clear. that will continue to be the case tonight through most of your saturday. tomorrow night, in to the first, at least half of our sunday, that's a different story. look at the temperatures, upper 40s to near 50 del 50 deless. we topped out today, low to mid- 50s, running 5-10 degrees above average depending on where you were. all quiet across the mid atlantic states. few clouds drifting out of the north and west. developing weather maker, out to the west, beginning to increase in size and scope, it's primarily rain maker, at least for the next day, day and a half. there will be some wintery weather mixing in to this thing as it begins to track further east in to the weekend time. we take that early morning time
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past midnight saturday night in to our midday sunday, that's the key time frame for maryland on this thing. precipitation is controlled by two or three degrees of air temperature. the trend is a little too warm to support much in the way of sticking snowfall around the immediate baltimore area. look for rain showers in the baltimore area and eastern shore, western maryland, likely to get snow by saturday night. the high elevations above 3000 feet may only get snow. the showers that come down sunday, will have a tough time accumulating on anything but grassy surfaces, car tops, rooftops. air temperatures 50 saturday and 40 on sunday, it's that overnight period in to sunday morning where if you are going to have to deal with wintery weather, maybe slix spots on the roads, it's going to be in the early sunday time frame. partly cloudy and chilly. tomorrow 50, mostly cloudy,
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chance for late day rain showers, baltimore area east and tomorrow a changeover to a mix, maybe snow showers, lingering in to the first part of our sundays. snow will go back to rain towards midday before it tapers off. seven-day forecast, looking ahead, finding clear and relatively benign weather, after the weekend. mondays and tuesday not bad. if you are heading to our best friend's super bowl sundays party early in the day, carroll county way, the spots that get colder faster, wintery weather around early sunday. >> what does that mean for the super bowl? any bad weather out that way? >> is that a factor? aren't they inside? >> it's a dome game. >> forget it, what do i know? it's football. >> ravens are playing. >> no one is going to watch. it's just the super bowl. in addition to the super
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bowl, you keep an eye on gossip, demi and ashton, j.lo and mark anthony. every time you turn around another couple is calling it quits. a look at the pricey and painful world of celebrity divorces. >> wild west time with hollywood divorces. it really is. anything goes. >> pretty much. if you get caught in the system, god help you. >> reporter: the stakes are higher than ever. topping a long list of concerns, divorces -- you have celebrities doing it, it's uglier and more expensive. >> expensive is right. dorothy ranks net worth for forbes magazine. >> people making hundreds of millions of dollars. those people are splitting. they have to divide the money. >> reporter: the numbers can be staggering. divorce cost kelsey grammar $50 million, madonna $75 million. steven spielburg and tiger
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woods $100 million. it's mel gibson who she would out the most, last december he paid almost half a billion dollars to his ex-wife, robin, after 7 children and 31 years of marriage. >> for the full story, tune in to 2020 tonight, the night starts off here on abc2news.com with shark tank and what would you do at 9:00 and celebrity splits at 10:00 and abc2 news at 11:00, i will have part three of investigation in to bad medicine. doctors have a lot to say about your weight during the visits. does their size play a role in how they treat you. the ravens didn't make the super bowl, but that maybe better for your health. what getting wrapped up in the game can do to your body. i want a baby.
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more and more older people are getting diagnosed with sexually transmitted diseases. a study published says 80% of people 50 to 90 are sexually active and many are contracting diseases that way. researchers say older women tend to be vulnerable because of post menopausal changes. kids may not be the only one afraid of shots, too few adults are getting all vaccinations. in 2010, less than 20% of people at high risk for pneumonia got vaccinated. cdc wants adults to get the necessary immunizations in addition to children.
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a study of 500 primary care doctors found that a doctor's size influenced how he or she cared for patients with weight problems. the researchers say 93% of the doctors diagnosed obesity in their patients only if they believed their own weight was equal to or less than that of the patient. sunday's super bowl will be watched by millions but getting too wrapped up in the game can lead to big health problems. researchers found fans whose team loses a big game are more likely to suffer cardiac problems than fans of the winning team. researchers think overeating, drinking and smoking during the game could play a role. abc2news.com is the place for the health news you need. check out our page, finds the health headlines and health categories to help you find the information you and your family
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need. it's tough to spend the gas tax idea. would you feel better if it was designated for transportation project and nothing else. it's a worse case scenario for women, if you were attacked would you know how to defend yourself? where you can learn the moves you need. good news tonight from the job market, what the latest numbers say and who is not happy about them.
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of a white ford a 500 hit her and kept going. detectives got an anonymous tip that led them to the car in harford county. they are processing that vehicle for evidence and an arrest could happen soon. suzanne g komen for the cure reversed course and won't cut donations to planned parenthood. planned parenthood is grateful komen changed its mind and thanks those who donated $3 million since the story broke. trooper john salla recovering after a close call while on duty in harford county. a blue covault rolled up on him and flashed its lights. the trooper began pursuing the cobolt and crashed in to a split rail fence. a rail pierced the windshield, barely missing his head. the drive of the car was later arrested and faces a
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