the good and the bad. that's coming up. it's been about two days since contractors working in the 300 block of milling ton avenue accidentally severed a natural gas line. it disrupted service for about 1200 customers. progress has been made the real work is still ahead. >> we have no gas, no hot water. >> reporter: for people living near the 300 block of millington avenue, have nothing gas is no picnic. have they been to your house? >> no. just been here to turn the gas off. can't take a shower. >> reporter: it now becomes tedious. you see, bge crews have to go to every building in the area

checking for water in the gals lines before that dwelling can be put back online. many of the buildings are vacant, making the task even more time consuming. >> okay. >> reporter: bge and baltimore city have joined forces with the city providing work crews, community lee ason and police to make sure the rest -- resident and business needs are met. >> ask a lot of questions. >> reporter: not everyone is feeling the love. >> they gave us some blankets last night. >> they didn't give us no blankets at all here, none. >> reporter: but april does have an electric stove. >> every time we take a bath, we have to heat water here and take it up to the bathroom. >> reporter: bge was able to

temporarily put this facility online. >> it will begin restoration today and over the next couple of days we'll continue to diligently working making sure we are restoring customers and that their appliances and meters are being taken care of. >> able to check to see if water is in it. >> reporter: in southwest baltimore, i'm lamont williams. >> service is expected to be restored by the end of the weekend. a suspected pipe bomb caused quite a square in queen anne's county today. it was found by road crews on kent island. a bomb squad detonated it. it is being investigated. now to developing story, a

bizarre twist in the josh powell family tragedy. his family wants him buried near his two young sons who died in the house fire that powell set. jamie costello tells us police are making sure it doesn't happen. >> reporter: we are learning that powell will not be buried in the same cemetery as his days. only days after charlie and braiden powell were killed, in an effort to stop powell from being buried next to his sons, thousands of dollars of donations have poured into the crime stoppers to buy the plots on both sides of the boys. powell's mother released a written statement saying the family had given up a plot tentatively reserved. now we're getting new details

about the gru some's moments. powell's body was found with a gas can between his knees. they believe the boys were unconscious. >> paper back books with susan's name, a map we tied to them but no markings. >> reporter: investigators also found a blood stained comfortable and a storage unit along with gas cans looked like the ones found in the house. detectives say powell's house was a sham set up for social worker visits. >> disturbing story all the way around. we start you off in new jersey where one was killed and three other children are in critical condition after a large dump truck crashed into a school bus. one was seriously injured. the other suffered minor

injuries. the cause of the accident is still under investigation. a new mexico mom is being credited for saving a school bus full of children. the driver of the bus suffered a stroke and collapsed while the bus was moving. rhonda was waiting for the bus to pick up her kids when she realized something was wrong. >> i sprinted to the bus. all i could see there was something clearly wrong with him as the bus was moving. i wanted anything to get inside. >> rhonda had to coach a third grader to open the door. when she did she put her foot on the brake. the driver was treated and released from the hospital. well a college student in michigan has been sus spbded -- suspended after taking a creative writing assignment too far. the 56-year-old rolled about hot for the teach are. the professor complained and he was suspended but he said he had

been inspired to write several previous's says about sex in more general terms. >> i kept asking is this okay? im-- am i good here? i kept getting a's. i want going to get off the a train. >> he said he's married and never tried to start a romance with the teacher and that his wife supports him. he is now appealing his three semester suspension. sometimes things are too big. that's changing. mars said the days of the king size candy bars are over. what does this sign mean, why drivers say it's far too confusing. [ man ] launch sequence initiated.

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you're probably as puzzled as we are. the sign says it's 8:30 in the morning you have to slow down but 9:07 you don't have to worry about it. it's meant to keep kids safe. >> you have to keep the eyes off the road to follow it. >> officials say the reduced speed must take effect during certain times by law. they say a flashing light or electric sign would be too costly. a 1-month-old puppy is back with its mom after tend spending -- after spending two days trapped in a drainage pipe. he fell into a six inch drainage hole in front of the family's lawn. it took two days to get him out. he is now at the vet clinic in critical condition. but we're told it looks like he's going to make this.

baltimore county has a brand-new 911 call center. you meet be shocked to find out why the county had to spend millions on a new system and why it will keep you safer. it's a battle for michigan. i have new developments on the campaign trail today.

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today baltimore county unveiled the new 911 county center and how it will keep you safer. >> reporter: in an emergency, you want someone to get there fast. when that call comes into the baltimore county 911 center, you hope they get all the information they need to send you help right away. their new system does that

better than ever. chief jim johnson gives us an example of how the old system had many points of failure. >> call one, do you read this unit? >> reporter: and with the new system. >> go ahead, sir. >> can you imagine you're an officer on the street and how much difference that would make? the citizens of baltimore county and our police officers will be safer as a result of this new state of the art radio system which provides enhanced clarity, coordination and coverage at a level we've never experienced before. >> reporter: the county emergency response and law enforcement services will have a positive impact for all baltimore county residents and other state agencies that have to communicate with each other. >> our system will allow us to

complete interoperatibility with surrounding police agencies. >> this new digital communication takes the place of an aging analog public radio's communication system that had reached the end ofs it 20-year life span. >> reporter: every date 911 operators and dispatchers are protecting people when they need this the most. the new system will allow the first responders and others to have the best communication possible while keeping the community safe. >> the new communications system was put into's over the weekend. >> start off with maryland's most powerful radar. rain showers clearing to the east. we're looking better and better. let's take a closer look. most of the rain is fairly

light. what rain we do have, tal better county through -- tolbert county, a little bit of rain through queen anne's' county as well. i want to take you further north. you can see light rain in cecil county up through the elkton area. the heaviest of the rain appearing to be past. about a third to an inch of rain. right now clouds in baltimore, 45. rain coming to an end. humidity is high, 90%. as we look at some of the networks here on our abc2 weather bug cameras, rain was the story on the severn. sailors stale still get -- still getting out. kent island tough to see. towson, we do have a camera for

you but rain in towson, too. mid-40s across the state. tonight we'll drop into the upper 30s. that's going to feel damp, moist and wet four the -- for the evening. that will progressively be tapering off. to the west a jet stream energy over the state. not producing much in the way of active weather. nice cool and dry weather set to invade plate tonight and into the delay tomorrow. we'll warm things back up. watching our developing storm for sunday. the potential. it's stuff to say. computer models disagreeing on this. the energy of the storm over pacific mexico and the moisture is building over the east texas area. this all will begin to come together and track across the south toward saturday evening. you can see things clear out. lots of sunshine. as we move friday into saturday

pleasant in the mid-atlantic but this is it. could be severe weather in the deep south on saturday night and then that whole system tracking up the coast and the exact track, which is too early to say, will determine if we get just rain out of this, more rain mixed with snow or potentially some accumulating snows if it tracks enough up the coast, but a little too early to judge that right now. a 50/5 shot of -- 50/50 shot of weather. tomorrow blue skies, 52. sunny and clear. it shows how fast the weather can clear. could see light frost by saturday morning. it's what we'll see by sunday morning. no matter what this will likely start off as rain. the question is will we get a rapid change over or not. with the ground warm, how well

will it stifnlgt -- stick. questions yet to be answered. >> we can cross our finger that it will pass on over us. >> exactly. it's too earlly to say -- early to say. michigan is shaping up to be a big battleground state in the race for the gop nomination. so tell us about the work that mitt romney needs to do in his home state? >> reporter: michigan is not going to be a cake walk for mitt romney. he received the endorsement of the governor. >> he was born and raised a mish -- michigander. >> reporter: but romney is facing questions about the auto industry bailout. he wrote a op ed.

it was let detroit go bankrupt. >> the president came around to my view that detroit needed to go through managed bankruptcy to shed their excess costs and it took them section months to get -- six months to get there but he got to the place i suggested. >> reporter: clearly the auto industry has had a re bound of sorts but mitt romney will have to come up to a way to respond to those sharp criticisms. >> in addition to winning over the michigan voters, he has to face back the challenge of holding off rick santorum. >> reporter: the latest polls out of michigan show santorum leading romy. it's essentially head to head. you talk about the blue collar vote. that's a big deal for a state like michigan. santorum has the edge over

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you can say good-bye to the king sie.z mars is downseeings the candy bars. all of them will be under or right around the 250-calorie mark. right now they range from 70 to

540-calories. it will be replaced with bags of two or four smaller bars. it's in the clear what size or shape the change will take. not all of the candies will be forced to downsize. the twist bars and m&m's already fall within the 25 limit. testla motors are teaming up with chrysler to make a mercedes benz. they have already taken orders from $40 million of the crossovers. they are expected to range from $60,000 to over $100,000. eastman kodak wants to tick its name off the kodak theater in hollywood much the company went to court fighting the deal that dates back to the year 2000. kodak which filed for bankruptcy

paid $4 million a year to have its name on there. the other company had been fighting the suit because the oscar's campaign was in full swing. right now there's no word if the oscars will be held in the kodak theater or if there will be a new last minute sponsor stepping forward. do you want to go back stage to the academy award. "the view" sherry shepherd and cameron mathison will take a look. don't forgerkts abc2 your home for the academy awards. you can see it the oscars on sunday, february 26th starting at 7:00 with the red carpet live show followed by the oscars with billy crystal returning as the host. coming up, delegates in favor of the same-sex marriage bill are making their case. why the eventual vote may come

down to a delegate hop can't be there -- who can't be there. that's on abc2 news at 6 with jamie costello, which starts right now. >> come here and play with their animals every day. >> a k9 officer shoots and kills somebodies dog in druid hill. no testimony in the trial of george huguely. we'll tell you what's coming up next. we'll have more on that spill that shut down both tubes last night. we know more about the driver. roosevelt leftwich reporting on that. first, hopefully your drive will be a safe one. it was gray, making it miserable to get just about anywhere. taking a look at harbor cam, we're still on 95. there's the shot right down pratt street. let's check in with meteorologist wyatt everhart