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with a lot of warriors, a lot of them haven't done this, especially post injury, getting together. joking, it's -- it helps in their recovery. >> reporter: seeing is exciting but it means a lot for the veterans also. >> it never ceases to inspire me. i love it. to see the guys get on the bike whether it's a hand crank, they get out on them and they just go. today we are going 17 miles. >> reporter: dan is a it 2 year veteran. they may have had a disability. a new normal and -- an alive day where they can say i will live my life just a little bit of a different way but it'll be great. >> it makes me proud to be on american and know the guys go out and risk their likes and sacrifice their bodies and
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emotionly and their family support to keep this nation safe. >> reporter: in annapolis, don harrison. abc 2news. >> great story. you will find don now at harrison's crab house on this story. look at this. just keep doing it. we got the report card. we told you about the bay getting a d. today we are getting good news, especially for those of us who love crabs and beer. blue crabs hit record numbers this year. results of a yearly winter dredge survey show the most since 193. the increase was the highest among juveniles which nearly tripled from last year. wouldn't it be a great night to enjoy crabs right down at the harbor after a cloudy start things turned out good and tomorrow could be even better. wyatt is in the storm center with a look at your first forecast. >> love to see that positive crab report. >> absolutely. >> good stuff. maybe all the mud and run off from last year. the crabs like the mud.
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take a look out there. a clear sky, you about for a few clouds, the mid40% range. a very, very nice thursday evening to get out and about. we are looking at more splendid weather tomorrow. temperatures today around 70 stevensville, 73 in rockville. we have about five degrees and they are in the midand upper 70s tomorrow. 74 at the airport tomorrow. the city could be warmer, 60s the rest of the evening. >> all right. her record is better than coach bobby knight. after 38 years pat summit the head coach of tennessee. is retiring. she was on the eve of alzheimer's. she won a record eight championships, karen travers, every player that she coached graduated. >> tennessee pat summit is
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known as a coaching legend. now after 38 seasons action summit is stepping down. less than a year after finding she has early onset dementia. >> i have loved my work at the university of tennessee. its been great. >> reporter: she is the winneest coach, maleo female in college basketball history. >> we have managed to win some ball games and home championship banners. . >> reporter: that's a huge under statement. during her time at tennessee summit won 1, 98 games, she coached in 18 final fours and her team won eight national titles. >> we have grown the game. >> reporter: the final season of that was emotional. summit announced last august her devastating news. >> boy wake up in the morning and i would think where am i? >> reporter: she said she as the resulted losing her keys
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and forgetting her schedule, a specialist confirmed her worst fears. >> i hate to sound this way but why me? why me? >> reporter: she will now be coach emeritus of program she built. she will bring her will to win to her new role as a spokesperson in the fight against alzheimer's. the president will give her the medal of freedom for her success on and off the court. abc news washington. >> how would you like to hear this? 3, 2, 1, then a huge blast and your phone vibrates. you talk about the phone blowing up. the shuttle ring tone. there are a lot more space calls that you can get on this and you haven't been this excited over a penguin since you saw them in the win douse of east -- windows of the east
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why a station wagon crashed in to a dental office. it critically injured three people. another three were treated at the scene and the driver hit the door of the building. here is a rescue caught on tape. happened four hundred yards off the chicago harbor. a pilot caught these two sailors clinging to their overturned boat should he alerted authorities and a police boat soon got them seen. both were pulled on board the boat. ? and the space shuttle settling into lieutenants new home. people lined up to watch the hand off. 14 of the living commanders took part in it. look at all those brave men and women. the shuttle will reside at a center set up by the air and space museum. that is great. this -- african penguin, her feet make people happy.
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she creates original pant paintings. >> she is very popular in the flock and with the public. >> reporter: the art will be sold to raise money for the zoo alongside works with other animals. it goes on display today at the willow tree gallery. think about where your first date was with your significant other. with that we the place where you could tie the knot? for willie and julia that meant walking through the aisle in a restaurant in ikea. they have known each other since high school but reconnected over a plate of meat balls at the store and that is where they decided to say i do. >> ikea did just a beautiful job of everything they provide for us and we are speechless. >> reporter: they come with a wrench too? they are the first couple married in the location.
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. >> earth day is right around the corner. what are your plans? as elizabeth tells us, you don't have to plant a tree to do something good for the environment. >> reporter: april 22nd is earth day, a yearly celebration of all things good for mother earth. traditionally people plant gardens or clean up litter but you don't have to get your hands dirty to make a difference. consumer reports has it's latest list of weighs you can rid yourself of those old electronics. what if we said you can earn green for going green? that's right.
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try selling them it. amazon, craigslist and e-bay have a lot of potential buyers, some will let you trade in your unwanted products in exchange for gift card for the estimated value. consumer reports highlights, best buy, target and radio shack for their programs. if you aren't looking to make a buck right away donate anything that's in good working order to a charity, so someone else can use it. certain charities only take certain items so be sure to call or check out the website. get a receipt and declare your donation on your taxes. if they no longer work bring them to a recycling center where they will be disposed of properly. mother earth will thank you for keeping your big screen tv out of a landfill. >> if you have a big tell scope, nasa needs you. we are looking for -- they
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want your help finding new asteroids. they launched a new project called target asteroids. it's to get more details about neo's. they want to know more about their positions, motions, rotation and light emissions. now that the space shuttle is getting settled in they are releasing new ring tones for your phone. you can hear the roar of the shuttle into outer space or armstrong's famous quote. one small step for man. you can even get houston we have a problem. all of those are available on nasa's website. >> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> start off with a beautiful shot of the arbor and the constellation . it was in service through about 1853. 70 degrees right now out at inner harbor and downtown about
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72, 73. the airport we are at 70 there near severn and a good nice evening of weather across the state and across baltimore. . all the other historic ships downtown, including the cutter tawny and the light ship. ocean city, you know clouds early at the beach and then the sun kind of fought through. not as sunny down in the east eastside of the state. bull shot down there. clear skies on the radar. that will hold up through probably saturday afternoon when we could start to see more scattered showers, it's rain we really need and you know the eastern shore we had the most pronounced drought the area that got the least rain. less than rain tenth of inch, temperatures comfortable and bright today and the overall wind pattern is light from the
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south. unless you are on the edge of the water it's pretty warm with humidity comfortable around 40%. enough ground moisture overnight with a clear sky we could see fog develop by daybreak, watch out for some reduced visibilities early tomorrow morning like just before sunrise. otherwise it's a clear weather situation, tonight smooth sailing, another bright sunny afternoon and then we will look for a change in the weather once again into late day saturday. temperatures you see how much warmer they are just to the west. a lot of 60s on the east coast. that warmer air drifts in tomorrow. we should be into the mid to upper 70's tomorrow and i will tell you n the oaf all set up for the weekend looking less ominous. still much needed rain shower action. take you from friday night had to the day saturday. a frontal boundary. saturday afternoon maybe more showers, but this front unless it does stall out into sunday
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we coulde a faster clear out than anticipated and maybe more on and off rain. that's how it looks right now. we will keep you posted as we go into tomorrow. overnight 50, clear skies, watch out for morning fog. friday looks great. 74 and warmer than that downtown where we could reach the upper 70's. tomorrow night down to 55 with clouds on the increase and the seven day forecast, up -- you know a little bit of everything here. i tell you that front coming through this weekend should bring much needed rain source, saturday late and especially into sunday. right now it looks like sunday and monday we will feature cooler weather behind that front. tomorrow looks like the best day but look for rain chances over the weekend. >> all right. good deal. are you still thinking about crabs aren't you? >> we were talking about that. >> water is warm. here we go. >> starting to feel like it. >> it's starting to feel like the election is heating up. news for you, now that the
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republican party is all but selected the nominee the next thing is for the running mate. the topic that won't go away is he closer to deciding? >> reporter: jamie people love this guessing game about who the vp pick may be. romney has so far said it's tba. >> i think in picking a running mate, the main consideration has to be an individual who will be ready to serve as president if somebody were -- something were to happen to me so you want something with that ability. that's the key thing. >> reporter: a poll -- voters were given a short list of about eight people for potential vp candidates. look at these results. on the top of the list
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condoleeza rice, rick santorum, then chris christy, mark orubio he was in dc today. he put his foot down and said no he won't be the vp. he did throw out another name. >> i think a lot of -- sector rob portland would be a great choice. . >> reporter: it's really interesting when people on that potential list start suggesting other people on the list. it's not up to the voters or anyone else. the candidate makes the decision. >> is will anybody else in the room besides romney and obama? they are both going at it aren't they? >> reporter: they are. the latest controversy about something that the president said yesterday. his campaign said that it wasn't specifically about romney, romney doesn't agree with that it. here is the back and forth. >> somebody gave me an education. i wasn't born with a silver
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spoon. >> here is romney's response. >> the president is -- really taking aim at anybody he can find these days, in my case i'm not going to apologize for my dad and his success in life. >> reporter: his press secretary has said that anyone who thinks that is about himself is a really sensitive but -- we know that up bringings are probably going to come up a lot in the campaign season. >> thank you. great work from dc tonight. coming up next for us, all new at six, more on that developing story where a woman's body was found under the shed of a home she shared with a former husband 21 years ago. and a look at new research showing leaving a child's tonsils in could decrease the chance they develop cancer. those and more coming up. the preview of what's ahead. >> reporter: three things to save your life if you are the victim of a heart attack.
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. >> maybe you have seen this. more and more businesses requiring that you provide your driver's license, if you want to return something and some customers are kind of fighting back. stores say it's to prevent theft but some are complaining they don't want stores to have their license, birthdate and address.
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. >> lenders will have to review and respond to short sale requests with in 20 or 30 days. now lenders will have to make a final decision with in 60 days. in the short sale the bank that holds the mortgage must agree to take the price for a home that is less than what the homeowner still owes. the new rules will go in effect coming up on june 1st. moms, having a job just doesn't pay. many moms finding that it doesn't pay to work outside the home once they figure in child care, the cost of driving and other work related expenses, the most working parents, child care is the biggest expense. rising gas prices cutting 9% off the yearly salary and women have been hard hit during the recession. about 177,000 women were no working in march, by choice or
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because of layoff or dismissal. check out the article about your company tonight on wikipedia. most of the articles have errors, really? you're kidding. 40% of professionals say that it took days for the editors to respond to make changes to their client's page. and then bwi, thurgood marshall going green. . which states considered the six most dangerous in america? on abc 2news at six it starts
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right now. >> now, abc 2news at six. >> live down there and that kind of thing. we never knew what happened. >> a mother went missing and 21 years later police find where her husband allegedly put her. ? a home invasion where a father and his two daughters were held at gun point. where it happened and where the investigation stands at this moment. sounds like a joke. the former mayor whose first appearance after being kicked out of office is on square off. tonight they will kick her with the punch lines. first this story. missing for more than two decades, police have found what they believe are the we are mains of a woman and her husband is in jail charged with her murder. jeff with the details. >> reporter: she was living the american dream. residing in this home on claire drive with her husband and two young sons, just down the street from her parents.
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then in january of 1991, christine jarrett disappeared without a trace. >> they were tooking around the neighborhood and had posters look for her. >> reporter: her husband robert jarrett said she walked out on him after an argument leaving everything including her children behind. investigators didn't buy it but they had no evidence to prove he was lying that. is until now. new information has lead police to an old shed behind the house where a search turned up evidence that christine jarrett had been murdered. >> there was nothing obvious but the detectives went inside the shed, pulled up the floor boards and move add side debris and saw a can create slab and there was information there they were able to obtain and then they found her inside the slab. >> reporter: while
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