getting you up to the minute a man accused of impersonating a police officer has been charged twice for the same crime. derek propalis' case dates back to 2002. he said it was role playing. we'll follow the latest case. one of the jurors who found george huguely guilty is talking about the case. ian glomski said the hardest part was looking at yeardley love's body. the smell of an oil like has made its way to harford county. it has leaked from the refinery in new jersey and has caused issues in three states. it was looking like we may have had another spring like day on our hands but unfortunately,

that did not happen. we're taking a look at harbor cam, kind of a gross day but will we be getting anything better for the weekend. let's check in with wyatt everhart. the good news is the high thunderstorm activity in southern maryland just about done. they had warm weather that helped fuel storms in southern maryland and on the lower eastern shore. we can see the last remnant of the storms are off of ocean city, a little bit of activity but central maryland, just a few rain showers, one toward bel air. watch for extreme southern maryland and some warnings toward worcester county. temperature wise, you can see what happened, mid-50s for baltimore and d.c. 76 in sals bury and in fredericksburg in the 70s.

high wind advisory. you cay gusts up around 30 to the west. they will invade and overspread the state. windy and foggy. 50 for now. much colder for the weekend. we'll talk about that straight ahead. the search is on for three men who attacked a couple walking to their car at the westfield annapolis mall. don harrison explains what police are looking for and how people feel about security at the mall. >> reporter: it's something thousands of people do every day at the westfield annapolis mall, walk to their car in the parking garage. yesterday that simple act turned into a nightmare for one couple. on the way to their car, the man in his 60s and a woman in her 50s were approached by three men. >> one of the suspects attempted to take a box from a male. that contained his laptop computer. he successfully got that away from the male. >> reporter: this was a

different outcome when it came to the woman. >> he tried to take her property but was unsuccessful. >> reporter: all the men took of into a bmw and took off. officials at the mall did not return hour phone calls. >> it happens everywhere. >> reporter: that's the typical response. some feel it's the sign of the times. >> they don't care about people the way they used to. the way the economy is, they're going to take it anyway they can. >> i haven't had any issues at all. >> reporter: she works at the mall and feels secure. >> i know after the holiday security is usually really good. maybe they should stick around a little bit longer so we can avoid this happening in the future. >> reporter: anne arundel police and other agencies are still on the lookout for that stolen car. in harford county police are

still investigating a deadly pedestrian accident involving a train. investigators say the train hit a person just after mid-night on old post road and low wis lane -- lois lane. the irs has $22.5 million waiting for maryland taxpayers who did not file a return in 2008. the money believes to about 24,000 of you. if no claim is filed within three years that becomes property of the u.s. treasury. for more information check out the full story on our home page. a new report from the piewp internet and american life project found people are getting more savvy when it comes to their privacy online. that includes restricting their profiecialtion taking people off their friends list. 44% of people surveyed said they've deleted comments up from

36% two years ago. abc2 is on the go. we're checking in with a maryland ballet. cheryl conner is there live with more. they have been very busy. >> reporter: dancers with maryland's bali company are rehearsing. they have two shows for the price of one, firebird and the scarlet letter. right now katherine is wearing the a. you are playing the role of hester rib -- rib -- prin. >> hester wears the a for her adult tres act. not only does it stand for adultry, it stands for angel.

hester is an angel in town. shapes independent -- she's independent and just an incredibly brave woman. >> reporter: how do you use your creative role as a dancer to pore operate role of heft ter prin. >> a lost of what we do is our acting. it's taking the character that he created and the character that our corographer, our director has created with her movement and bringing a little bit of yourself to it so it's really going within your soul to bring that on stage and show the audience. >> reporter: you all are amazing, rehearsing six days a week and hold a job outside of

dancing. >> ballet does not pay very well. most of us work 13 hours a day at least. we all dance eight hours a day and we work another job at night, whether it be a restaurant, retail or something, something else in town. >> reporter: we'll see you on stage later tonight. thank you for joining us. tickets are $45, but there are discounts for seniors, military, children and students. the show starts at 7:00, 7:00 tomorrow night and also at 2:00 matinee on sunday. back to you. >> we hear the complaints about pay but they look a lot more graceful doing their jobs than we do. he stepped in to break up a fight but got stabbed himself. now the georgia bus driver is off the job. a close call as a pair of sisters make a wrong turn and end up stuck on railroad tracks. we'll tell you who came to their

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a georgia bus driver who was recently stabbed trying to break up a fight has been suspended. a surveillance video caught the argument.

when the driver tried to step in, one of them stabbed him. the passenger was arrested and the driver has been put on paid leave. two sisters had an incredibly close call with a train in delaware. a surveillance camera was rolling as the sisters turned on what they thought was a road and got struck on some train tracks. two men passed by and managed to get them to safety. she told one of her students to go back to mexico, but a california teacher is getting her job back. and forget the oversprayed updo and that uncomfortable gown. we'll tell you which app can make you feel like you're part of the oscars even if you're at home in your comfy pj's.

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a teacher who was suspended last fall for making racial remarks to an eighth grader is being allowed back in school. supporters say she was under a lot of stress when she told the boy to go back to mexico. >> that's very disturbing. >> school officials say that teacher will no longer be teaching the same class. school officials in fresno, california are investigating a plot by students to poison their teacher. teaches ages 10 and 11 put rat poison in her coffee but had a chance of heart and knocked the coffee over. we didn't see any snow today but in iowa they got blanketed. lots of schools ended up closing

early. some got has much as six inches of snow. we're jealous. let's check off -- start off with a check of maryland's most powerful radar. the storm activity is south and east in the eastern shore of virginia. there were significant thunderstorm warnings in the direction south africa salisbury -- of salisbury and the beaches. parts of maryland did get there. it was not salisbury. here's our wind advisory. high wind warning for areas west of carroll county, for central maryland. high wind advisory. it will quickly dry off. 48 degrees now. wind is relatively calm, the calm before the high wind. take a look at some of the

visibility. in the last hour we've improved the visibilities from what was really one mile to some more significant visibilities up to two, three miles 10 miles would be normal. you could see mid-40s. 50 in easton. 61 still in ocean city. 61 still in charlottesville but just to demonstrate or show how close that very warm air came, you can see places like fredericksburg, virginia to 70, and ocean city even about 60 degrees. all right. here's the overall situation. still some scattered showers around for the rest vive the evening. more significant thunderstorms possible for extreme southern delmarva. as we look out across the entire east coast things still pretty active. the wind and the cold, that's what's set to arrive next. you can see the area of low pressure spreading across the tennessee valley. our warm sector south of us.

at this point in time this looks like it will not make it much further north than it already has. the cold front coming through over the next few hours will ramp up the winds. we'll be looking at gusts and gusts could get over 50. here's our trend. scattered showers diminishing through the overnight and cloudy and windy conditions overnight and into the day saturday. our high wind advisories do expire at midnight. the winds stay high through your saturday, rather breezy. finally the winds let up. here it is for you overnight. we'll dry things out. we'll taper off the rain. but 38, turning colder. again, with the wind it will feel colder. definitely bring a fairly heavy coat. tomorrow 48, much cooler and, remember, we'll see some sun into the afternoon.

at times it will be cloudy. i think it will be breezy. the winds do diminish tomorrow night as we go down to 28. here's your seven-day forecast as we look ahead. temperatures running rather cool for the weekend. but right back into the mid-50s, monday, tuesday, into the middle part of next week. you can see the overall setup is cooler tomorrow, but when i say that it's interesting. it depends on where you're watching from, easton, st. michael's. baltimore we're 10 degrees cooler. >> crazy weather. i can't believe it. >> late february. >> if you were a betting man, do you think winter is over? this is it? willing to lay down a bet on that? >> we've had record snowstorms even in march, even though it's unlikely. >> not willing to bet on it just

yet. the gop presidential candidates are working hard to sway voters. the next two states to vote are michigan and arizona. tory dunnan is in phoenix, arizona. tell us why arizona is so important in this election cycle. >> reporter: for now, mitt romney hams the lead in arizona but it's a really close race, so we decided to take an in-depth look at why this state matters. traditionally arizona has been a state as red as its famed red rocks. only once in the past 60 years has the state gone to a demic presidential candidate. 2008 barack obama fell eight points shy of arizona senator john mccain. take away the home state advantage and there could be an opening this time around. that's why this now critical

swing state is so important for the republican candidate. whoever wins appears that much more electable come november. a loss would be especially disappointing for mitt romney. >> i think you she model in arizona. >> reporter: here's the backing of a strong mormon population as well as as a victory in nearby nevada. if he wants to say he has the best shot of beating barack obama, he has to win over the latino. they have walked a fine line on immigration and newt gingrich took heat from conservatives for his approach to a path to citizenship. >> you can stop illegal immigration. >> reporter: romney's push for self-deportation may be a tough sale. come tuesday, arizona gets its

turn in the sun. mitt romney also picked up a pretty big endorsement from the state's largest newspaper, the ard -- the arizona republican. it said he may not be the most passionate but he is the best prepared. it's a compliment but a criticism at the same time. >> we hear rick santorum is preparing for a big speech tonight. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: we're hering it's going to be a pretty big speech. first, it's on a friday night, which is unusual. rick santorum hasn't been on the campaign trail since the cnn debate on wednesday. we do have some clues. he's going to go after mitt romney pretty harm and compare him to the democrats saying he's teammates with the democrats and talk about his agenda for his

first 100 days in office if he were elected. >> thanks so much. he's no longer running for office but he is making headlines. rielle hunter got custody of photos of the two. coming up all brand-new at 6:00, an odd smell in harford county. what's behind the stench and why people were relieved when they found out what this was. hundreds of new jobs are heading to baltimore. those stories and more coming up at 6:00. now a preview of what's ahead at 6:30. the money you may be missing out on -- $1 billion in tax refunds sitting unclaimed. millions of americans owed big money. find out if you're one of them

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even though he's 84 years old, oscar is more social than other. movie buffs and star seekers can be part of the glamorous night without leaving the couch. karin caifa explains. >> reporter: on hollywood's biggest night, you don't need the perfect gown, just the perfect app. it's free for iphone and ipad and designed to be your second screen while you watch stars of the big screen on your tv

screen. intended as a companion, the app offers exclusive red carpet streams. those looking for trivia sunday night and every night might try an app for apple and android. it has practically everything you want to know about this year's nominees and nominees and winners. they can act like awards heroes oscar division which lets you compete with friends. the place to chat about dresses, winners, losers, surprise and snubs and after watching the super bowl and grammy's play out, the oscars hash tag will probably get plenty of use. >> if you're planning to

download the oscar app, the cost of asteroid apps are typically double the cost of iphone apps. two baltimore groups helping people nearing foreclosure get help of their own. that's on abc2 news at 6:00 which starts right now. emergency responders in harford county who ran circles this morning trying to find the source of a foul odor now have suggested it's from new jersey. i'm jeff hager. i'll have the details. it's been less than 24 hours since the historic same-sex marriage act. and the port of baltimore is celebrating tonight. why being named a first port of call is a huge deal