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the fbi involved the investigation into two armed robberies at local royal farm stores. he shot someone in the first and fired a warning shot in the most recent one early tuesday morning. his image was caught on camera and police are asking for the public's help to identity him. if you recognize him please call the fbi violent crime task force. pink slime, use for scraps of meat and fat treated with amonia and used as a filter ground beef. several fast food chains said they would stop using but abc news investigators have found its being found in meat in your gross grocery store. it's found in 70% of the ground beef we get at stores. we have been teaching teens about the dangers of smoking in school, at home for years now.
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a new report finds they haven't been listening, the findings of a report on teens and tobacco use and more than 600,000 middle schoolers and 3 million high school students still smoking. the report recommends smoking bans and increasing taxes onto bako products. new at 5:30 there is a renovation going on. we report on how the efforts of the local renaissance corporation aimed to make it a better place to live. it's hard to miss the signs welcoming you into the area as you travel down the avenue. >> this is my town. >> reporter: the renaissance corporation is on a mission to make sure you know about the changes happening there. >> marketing efforts are about reaching out and trying to
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track the next generation into the community and really show them the strength. >> reporter: stores like the floorist family owned and operated. >> we have been here for 102 years, celebrating 102 years in business. very been born, raced grown up here and continue to work here and love the community, shop in the community and enjoy all the people that live here. >> reporter: are one of the best kept secrets the closeness to the water. >> just a great location for our boat business. it was on the way to anywhere. we have a lot of boats, interstate from anywhere along the atlantic seaboard. new england to florida and instead of being a defendantation it was an exit off 95. deep water and it's a great
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area to operate a boat business. >> reporter: and a great area with some great neighbors. >> the feeling you go back in time you get this warm feeling that's the feeling you get here. the neighbors are nice, when you walk in the street people say hello. if you come we will have the same smile for you. >> it was windy but beautiful. take a look at the roads, everything moving smoothly. you look at 695 and the pike. road home seems to be moving smoothly. let's check in with wyatt to find out how the weekend will look. >> it was windy. we were breezy yesterday and windier today. i was at the area yesterday afternoon on top of ccbc scouting a new weather camera location, key bridge.
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great weather the last couple days, 72 the high today in baltimore. 73 in washington ; 72 in easton. 71 dover. widespread well above average temperatures, talking about temperatures running more than 20 degrees above average. winds to near 40. so, kind of our one weather problem the high winds and we are tracking a line of showers pushing in to garret, points west of cumberland. we will cross the area, should be in here after ten. the rest of the evening from the 70s to the 60s but it'll stay warm and windy. we will talk about how cooler it'll be by saturday and how fast we bounce back. that's coming up. >> thank you. it may be beautiful but the largest so la r flare has hit. sounds scary. jamie with a look at if the problems predicted happened. >> reporter: just kidding. so far the storm seems very strong but hasn't caused the
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disruptions scienckists said were possible. the outburst hit other planets, the field at about 6:00 and while radio communications at the authority and south pole were cut collect electronics were most fine. no gps information outages happened though sciencists say some are still possible because of the tail of it. don't get lost tonight. the storm took 36 hours to get here traveling 93 million-miles the sun. >> thank you. have you dreamed of getting a house for free? well for one couple their dream came true. it came with a catch. this historic home built in the 1890s caught the high of chad atwood years ago. he hoped to walk away with
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sections of antique wood molding but was given the house as long as he moved intact and off the lot. >> the ultimate scrounge. he brought home a house. >> physically move it, it'll be lifted up this afternoon. the realtor behind us on that truck, it -- by the middle of the day tomorrow it'll be hopefully rolling down the hill and by saturday morning it'll be ready to go up the streetful. >> reporter: know that nothing is ever really free, planning took two years. the cost included engineering fees, permits and the property to put it on. now if that's not enough would you believe and valerie have found another historic house they plan to move in about a year. good luck with that. consumer news, leaky dishwasher, microwave that shuts down for no reason, the safety commission has released
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a summary of the top complaints and appliances are all over it. in fact one out of three on the agency's website are about appliances, besides most complained about products are microwaves, fridges, foot wear, dishwashers and number one, electronic ovens. some big changes coming to the mcdonald's dollar menu. it would have the most popular, the small fries and small drinks no longer available for a dollar. all is not lost. they are adding new items, you will be able to get cookies and ice cream for a dollar. just what we all need. coming up, a california teach era accused of moon lighting in porn. what the school sent home to parents and why the school system may not be able to fire her. that's coming up.
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. dash cam video just released of the aftermath of a wrong way crash that took three college students. an ohio state highway patrol cruiser sought driver of the other car going the wrongway. the driver hit the car full of
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students from a university. three were killed along with the wrongway driver. another two are in critical. the video for this next story is graphic. police in florida looking for this man who attacked a customer at a convenience store last night just beating them. the two were both waiting in line when the attacker turned around and told the man to back up and just started punching him. he started back -- the man just kept hitting him until he finally just gave up and walked out. the man who was attacked had cuts and bruises. the fate of attacher accused of taking part in a porn movie is in the hands of educators. her name hasn't been released but she is on leave. the school system said her contract has nothing about morals but the california law
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could give them grounds. the day after she was replaced the district sent a letter home to parents asking them to keep their children from searching sex sites for the video. hope they wouldn't be searching them any way. a video of a different sort. one that's got more than 30 million hits in just a few days. why the video was hitting home with so many people all over the world and what the film maker hope itself will achieve. and update on the story we are brought you last night, about a million dollar lottery winner caught using food stamps.
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. a 30 minute online film about ugunda has gone viral, 32 million views in just a few days. its part of an effort aimed to
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target an african war lord. the impact of the film and why he is still at large. if you have used social media this week chances are you have seen this video. it's a 27 minute, documentary released by invisible children. they have been bring awarenessness to joseph koney, wanted for international war crimes. >> he has been kidnapping children into his rebel group. >> reporter: the video exploded online. its been viewed more than 30 million times. oprah, tim tebow and have told their followers to watch it.
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ugu they trending higher on twitter than the new i-pad. koney may not be a familiar name, and that's what this film wants to change. >> we are going to make him a household name. >> reporter: the film maker hopes the video motivates people to get informed get involved. >> not just about the social immediatey. that's where it starts, that's where people are connecting but we are having -- we have to move beyond just the twitter and the facebook news fee. >> reporter: that means putting the pressure on washington and world leaders. >> the degree to which this youtube video helps to increase awareness that can only help all of us. >> reporter: the united states has 100 special forces advisers to help track koney down and bring him to justice. >> now, maryland's most powerful radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> all right.
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right now it's a quiet day out there but a warm day. 71, 38% humidity. winds are southwest at 24 and gusting even higher. windy and warm. that's our theme all day long. we will -- i want to get into the radar. this is what we are tracking right now. significant line of showers, even embedded thunderstorm or two further to the west here. these are light to moderate, cumberland but we will watch this line moving from westo east. we start to move in to the 10:00 time frame. then over to the eastside of town toward one or two 132 at ocean city. a gusty windy day. just a little bit cooler.
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just cloud cover together, in terms of high temperature. upper 60's. today mid-70s and the average high this time of year is a round 50 degrees. we are way above that. the more significant rain past the area we showed you. we may never get out of the 40s. what a contrast from the warm windy conditions today. cooler and breezy for the weekend and you see the air mass that is set to arrive tomorrow night into saturday mid40s chicago, low 70s baltimore, about a 25-degree cooldown by saturday and the trend terms of rain timing overnight you see that line pushing through 5:00 a.m. looks like rain east of the chesapeake for the eastern shore. we dry it out and cool it down. temperatures will continue to
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cool off, overnight tonight 45, tomorrow we will peak at 58 early with the early shower but temperatures dropping into the afternoon and evening. very chilly tomorrow night, down to 30 as the skies clear off and you can see the outlook. we spring forward sunday. we start to warm up -- kelly. >> thank you. >> now to democracy news, romney is the one many expect to be the nominee but he still has a tough road ahead. >> reporter: that is right. the next few contests he will face pose a number of challenges, especially courting, conventions the conservative vote. >> i was a severely conservative republican governor. >> reporter: for him and the
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conversative base its been a dance. he built his lead mostly from victories in moderate states. >> the difference is we elect conservative republican. >> reporter: it was santorum who got other states consumer tuesday showing his conservative muscle. >> romney will spend millions telling you how i'm not conservative. this governor of massachusetts who signed in romney ware is. >> reporter: the romney campaign is pushing the idea that the delegate map works in his favor. he currently leads with 429. >> the president wants to raise your taxes, i will cut them. >> reporter: the upcoming primary calendar isn't very romney friendly. contests in kansas, alabama, mississippi, paint a rough road. >> great support from some of the most conservative. >> reporter: if he is named the nominee it'll be because conservatives closed their eyes and swallowed their medicine. most want nothing more than to
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cibol defeated in november and many believe romney has the best cab to do that. ron paul hasn't won any primary, any cow cause. that means romey's two biggest challengers may be his two greater assets, when hes have santorum and gingrich battling each other. >> any indication that santorum or -- how long they will fight it out? >> reporter: what's the line in the sapped. we got a little bit of an indication from gingrich's manager. he said he must win in mississippi and alabama to stay credible. as far as santorum we have an interesting talk we heard him talking about today where he said they could help push out gingrich. >> if you go out and deliver a conservative victory for us on
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tuesday, this race will become a two person race. when that happens, for the republican nomination the conservative will win that nomination. >> reporter: that's the strategy he was outlining for voters in alabama. will it work? as we say it could be a tough road for him in the next few contests. he does have the strong delegate lead. >> all right. live from washington dc. thank you for that report. >> now update on a story we told you about last night at five. that michigan lotto woman using food stamps has been cut off. she won a million dollars and continued on public assistance in michigan what she did isn't illegal but what lawmakers have done is introduced a bill to change that. >> coming up all new for you at six, a community called a rally around two family that needed our help after a fire
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earlier this week and how the things you may not want may be just what these families need. and the weather is great unless you have allergies. the sneezing and starting earlier this year. linda helps us find relief. those and more coming up at six. we will see you at the top of the hour.
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. online shopping up so far in 2012 and some financial experts think that it could be connected to higher gas prices. online shopping up about 15% compared to just 4% in stores. now the same time, gas prices
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have been rising and could reach record levels by summer so you may see more of that. wells fargo customers in six states getting hit with another new fee. though the bank hasn't said which are included but it starts in may. customers there will be charged seven dollars a month just for having a checking act. those with large enough balances can ask for that fee to be waived. while disney world and land are cracking down on fast pass users right now visitors to the park can buy the fast pass ticket that give them one hour window to get access to shorter lines, the problem is people are abusing the tickets, using them outside of the hour. so park employees are on the look out for rule breakers. and travel experts say it's going to get hard tore book flight times you want. the faa is predicting passenger air travel will almost double
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over the next decade. right now there are 732 million people flying commerce alli. hopefully that means prices will come down. snoot orioles in spring training, the blast gearing up for the big game. that's their practice. the news at six starts right now. >> now, abc 2news at six. >> hey hey go home. >> its been a while since we saw a line inside a bank where we did today. why were they carrying placards? we will start off with another protest. you saw the prolife t-shirt. you read the signs, saw them getting handcuffed taken away by state place. that was four years ago. tonight roosevelt says this protest now comes with a price tag. >> reporter: the state board

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