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spots, 70 in d.c. 0 easton -- 70 easton. the rest of the evening we'll call for more 60s. generally cloudy but generally rain free. that changes by this time tomorrow night. we got those details coming up. here we are on the same weekend when family and friends are mourning those killed on jarrettsville pike. >> reporter: the second crash happened two days after that triple fatal. this time claiming the life of a fallston woman. >> this has been known has dead man's curve for years. >> reporter: baltimore county police said speed played a role in the accident that claimed three lives on friday what he come act car slid into the path of a tractor-trailer. over the weekend friends and
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family members came to remember the three young men, all in their 20s who lost their lives. >> it was very sad. i gave them permission to put the flowers there. >> reporter: as work continued to clean up from that spill, workers finished clearing another accident scene just four miles up the road. >> we had the second fatal accident on jarrettsville pike in less than a week on sunday when a woman who was traveling northbound left the roadway. she struck a stone wall. after that the car took out 12 fence posts and finally an electrical pole. sherry only lived a mill or so from the crash scene. >> it's my brother's girlfriend, very nice young lady, out running an errand. i had just spoken to my mother,
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would be gnome a minute. unfortunately, she never made it. the pike is terrible, very dangerous. >> last night's accident happened on a straight away. those who travel the road say motorists routinely fly through there with little regard to the sign. >> then we take you to western maryland where two high school seniors from hagerstown were killed after their prom on saturday night. brendon colliflower was in the driver's seat taking his date samantha kelly home. both of the williams port high school students were killed in the crash. both kelly and colliflower were honor roll student athletes. police said there are no signs
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that drugs or alcohol was involved. funeral services has been set for both shot at the episcopal church last week. dr. mary marguerite cohen and brenda brewington, a church aide were shot by a homeless man. authorities say he killed himself after the shootings. the episcopal diocese said the funeral services for dr. cohen will be right here in baltimore and services for brewing ton thursday at st. john's parish in ellicott city. a man was arrested at bwi-thurgood marshall after authorities discover lad loaded gun in his carry-on bag.
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the 9-millimeter glock 17 had ammunition and two additional magazines. well it has been a new games since the anounsment of police commissioner fred bealefeld but some hope it doesn't get undone by a new boss. brian kuebler has more. >> reporter: targeting violent offenders helped drop crime. it's progress some experts say is fragile enough to break and they hope the mayor's new pick continues the same type of fight. while a new boss will probably tweak it, overall, it's the right blueprint for baltimore. >> i've got to think that, you
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know, some of the essence of that approach will be sustained even though you have different individuals coming into play. they're going top understand what's been working. >> now coming up at 6:00 we'll hear what city hall had to say as well as residents. brian kuebler, abc 2 news. >> a man from rockville was taken captive and now he said it's up to the president whether he lives or dies. >> my life is in your hands, mr. president. >> reporter: that is 70-year-old warren weinstein, making an emotional plea direct to president obama. it's the first time he has been
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seen since last august when he was lab ducted at gun -- abducted at gun point from his home. what exactly those demands are, weinstein doesn't say. al qaeda leader ayman al-zawahri said weinstein would be set free if al qaeda suspects are released from around the world and stop drone attacks. experts say that will not happen. >> it's a ludicrous request. we're not going to release prisoners all over the world to release weinstein. >> reporter: just yesterday a missile killed an al qaeda leader. spokesman jay carney said the u.s. is doing what they can. >> our hearts go out to him and his family. we condemn the kidnapping and call for his immediate release but we cannot and will not
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negotiate with al qaeda. >> reporter: this is coming out as a trial of those at guantanamo bay are getting underway. >> let ease take a look at your consumer alert. several brands of dog food manufactured by diamond pet food are being recalled. now the centers of disease control and prevention said it is investigating the outbreak. cdc officials said the people in nine states were sickened after having contact with dogs that eat the food. all of the affected dog food was manufactured in south carolina and sold under the brand names chicken so you for the pet lovers soul. diamond, premium edge, case of the wild and kirkland's signature. chrysler is recalling
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vehicles because of an issue with the braking system. it affect the chrysler 300 and dodge sedans. chrysler said a fuse could overheat causing the antilock brakes to mal fufntle owners -- malfunction. owners can bring the vehicles in to have the fuse replaced. >> orioles magic is in the air. >> we thought it was amazing. >> very good. we're going to show you some of the other incredible fans heading to the ballpark tonight. the stakes are higher. what this underdog couple is thinking on "dancing with the stars." and the search for the missing tennessee mother and her three daughters.
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you could say he hoofed it pretty good from kentucky to pimlico. i'll have another is trying to get ready for the preakness. let's go to roosevelt leftwich. >> reporter: you're looking at it right heemplet the horse just arrived -- the truck just arrived with the horse in it. they will give it a chance to get aqaintsed with pimlico. this is one of the earliest arrivals of a kentucky derby in many years at least in the early 2000's but the trainer wanted to get it here early to work it out on the track. by getting here early, they hope to get a jump on some of the other horses that will be racing but they wanted to make sure they were acquainted with the track, that they knew the inside and outside of the track.
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so the barn is maybe full earlier. seven other horses are being brought up to race. i'll have another is a california based horse. they're hoping to get up here and reacquaint with the corpse and to get a jump on some of the other horses here. we'll have a lot more cup u.k. the assistant trainer arrived with the horse. the assistant train are arrived with the horse. we'll try to get some sound with him and have more coming up later. reporting live from pimlico, roosevelt leftwich. we're still working on this investigation of a horse groomer found in the back of a barn just a few barns away from where i'll have another was stabled in kentucky at the derby. listen to this. today a kentucky core ron ?er
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said the -- coroner said the autopsy of adan fabian perez said it was not connected to the kentucky derby race. police and the fbi said a mother and her three daughters were kidnapped two weeks ago. authorities are not releasing details about the two bodies that they found. >> reporter: authorities say jo ann bain and her girls could be anywhere in the u.s. they haven't back seen since april 2th -- 27th. their captor, adam mayes has not been seen and the mother and three daughters are in grave
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danger. >> time is absolutely critical. you have two people dead and two possibly in peril. so every minute counts. >> reporter: investigators say they are waiting for autopsy results and that mayes has tried to throw them off the trial. >> that he has haltered the appearances of everybody, including himself, primarily from cutting the hair. the girls may have far shorter air than the pictures that are out there. >> reporter: neighbors say he was helping the family prepare for their move to arizona. police spoke to mayes but he lied to them and slipped away. the fbi is getting hundreds of tips, but the fact that they don't know anything about the
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vehicle he is driving, is making the hunt difficult. >> authorities are trying to find out what happened to a massachusetts toddler who disappeared at the -- at the beach. the girl said a strange guy was on the beach, black shorts, smoking a cigarette. police maintain there's still no evidence that an abduction took place. a little breezy out there. gorgeous shot and old glory. 68 at bwi. downtown squeaking up close to
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70. not a warm breeze yet because water temps around 60. we could not buy sunshine over bawcialghts central maryland. most of the state remaining under a thick deck of cloud cover. our view from hemingway. pape pearntion the -- annapolis, the naval academy. bel air, cloudy and murky. we have been rain free despite all that cloud cover. no rain except for extreme western m temperatures now upper commit -- 60s. right along the waters edge in ocean city just 60. winds are light from the southeast, a cool breeze. as the winds turn more southerlily, we'll warm up. back tomorrow with additional cloud cover we'll be warmer and warmer still on wednesday.
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wednesday that is our main day we are looking for rain. humidity, moderate. we have warm and humid air set to move in. that same air mass has been fueling scattered showers, southeastern ohio, northern pennsylvania all getting rain. this more unsettled area of weather drifting slowly east. so we're about to get into that. this will be rain that we really could use, still more than three inches behind on our typical rain totals. so we'll take the rain. we think the best chance comes late tomorrow evening and into the day wednesday. high pressure still providing not only that southeast breeze but a brief reprieve from any rain for another 12 to 24 hours. this second area of disturb weather, that's going to make the difference. so here's our best indication on the future trend model. the showers lining up to our west by tomorrow evening and we look for those showers to begin to fire up over maryland as we
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go into wednesday morning. this will be your wednesday morning commute for central maryland and heavier rains as we go into wednesday afternoon and evening. so wednesday evening could be our main timing. overnight 55, cloudy, breezy, just a stray shower possible early tomorrow. but the better chance for rain coming in tomorrow night and especially as we go into the day on wednesday. and you could see it in the outlook, the best chance for showers coming in on wednesday. temperatures in the mid-70s. cooler thursday. sunshine back to kick off the weekend. yeah, looks like a nice finish to the weekend but we have rain to deal with before we get there. >> this may be the toughest week yet for the remaining six couples of the "dancing with the stars." tonight two couples will be eliminated, but first we have to get through tonight. they will have a chance to wow
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the judges. for me list ga gilbert and her partner it's been a couple of elimination nights. >> do we need to -- >> we will try to please the judges. no. really? >> tonight this couple is going to take part in the trio challenge dancing with nonother than his brother. the three of them will be doing the samba. you can catch the action live at 8:00. it's followed by an all newcastle at 10:00 and keep had here for abc2 news at 11:00. there's a call to see why breast cancer is getting to our youngest women. that's coming up next. it's a unique approach.
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breast cancer in young women is often aggressive and diagnosed at such an advanced stage that survival have low. a new approach may be called for. researchers studied a variety of genes in more than 3500 women with breast cancer to see in they correlated with age. they looked at the tumor and looked to see if it spread to the lymph nodes.
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it's a disease that need as unique strategy. spring means the beginning of those pesky mosquitoes. what you can do to protect yourself from the west nile virus. the signs are flu, headache, aches. it can be dangerous. mosquitoes love water, so empty your pet water bowls. get rid of the water out of the kiddy pools and wear long sleeves and long pants between the dawn and dusk hours and use bug spray and bug lanterns to keep the mosquitoes away. abc2news.com is your place for all the health news you nee.d you'll find it as well as different health categories to hope -- help upfind the information that you and your family needs. we'll look at how the orioles magic is spreading. and planning tofully for the
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memorial day weekend but don't want to leave your four legged friend at home? what you need to know before flying with fido. what to buy land how much to pay for. this online reviews. what you should look out for to make sure you're getting good advice.
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here is our harbor cam. we don't want any rain delays. let's check in with meteorologist wyatt everhart. let's go straight into the satellite view. you can see the cloud cover over the state. this is what we've been dealing with the last several days. can't by any sunshine. a little sunshine over cambridge coming through, but unlike hour
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infrared satellite, this is a view from the top down, looking several thousand feet up from space. you can see the clouds holding tough. however, there's been no rain with this, a couple of scattered showers and east to northeast of cecil county near fillly. quiet scenario, rain free and in the 60s. we'll talk about how the chance of rain goes up significantly by wednesday. that's straight ahead. >> if you want access to maryland's most accurate forecast just head to abc2news.com/mobile right now and take a look at our growing list of apps, the latest knew -- news, video, just a click away. to avoid the cost of doggy daycare some of you are selecting to take fido along with you for your next trip. what's needed for

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