launching greener ener gist i had a chance to go with my green tie on to emcee the event. huge deal for baltimore to get these propain-powered taxis. anapolis police are concerned about a bray sen home invasion. don harrison went to the team where the gun-wilding band debt struck. people out for a strollth in the sun coming back from the store with the kids and the mailman making her daily rounds. it wasn't like that yesterday, a little after 8:00. >> two men had kicked in a doorth at a house there. she heard them entering the house and ran up to a bedroom and locked the door. one of them kicked open the bedroom door, the door she was in, the room she was in, and pointed a handgun at her. >> after that, he took her cell phone and both men ran towards newtown road. police are worried about the

lack of the concern that nobody was home stkpwhr-fplt it's unusual for there to be a burglary in a home when someone is home and if something does happen that like that, usually someone gets scared off right away. they don't confront the resident. >> this neighborhood is going down the drain stkpwhr-fplt that is the concern for the victim's aunt who lives right across the street. she went to her niece's house right after the invasion. >> i mean that is a normal thing for somebody to break in your house and pull a gun on you. she's doing okay. >> an event like this has people worried. >> living not this community that you could go to sleep and lever your front door wide open. guess times have changed. police tell me they believe this is a singular event and haven't had something like this happen he cently. nonetheless, they hope to catch these people so it doesn't happen again. in anapolis, don harrison at

abc2 news. both men were dressed all in black. if you come across a large pack of blue shirted bicyclists on thed road this weekend, make sure you give them a thumbs up. police officers are biking in the annual police unity forum which honors officers who have died in the line of duty. it's a 300-mile ride that began in pennsylvania. today the riders made a quick stopover in baltimore and a group of baltimore city cops making the trip took time to lay a wreath at the city memorial stkpwhr-fplt we just never for-- >> we just never forget the at officers that gave the ultimate sacrifice for us and hope that we don't have to write another name on any of these walls. it's the at least i could do, the at least we could do, you foe, just to show that gratitude. and that support. >> the last stop for the group is washington d.c. on may 12thth at the national law enforcement officer's memorial

where they will participate in a candlelight vigil. a jury has found henson, a republican campaign consultant guilty of conspiracy. and aimed at keeping people from the polls during the last gubernatorial election. henson works for the republican and former governor campaign's against current governor martin o'malley. get ready for the big grand opening of manage henry road. the celebration kicks off tomorrow at 3:00 be a parade that is going to be a street festival that goes on until 7:00. and then a free concert at the water tower. mchenry road is located at 1580 key highway in locust point and filled with new stores and restaurants. a baseball team from a catholic high school in phoenix, arizona has forfeited their state championship game because the opposing team has a girl on it roster. -- its roster. abc 2 news roosevelt has more on that story. row see? >> it is an issue more and more people have to think about these days. a player on the preparatory's

aed cadmy baseball team. they were supposed to take on the team from our lady of sorrow's academy until that team decided they would rather give up a chance at the championship than play against a team with the girl. the aed cadmy has not commented on the decision, but page's mom says she believers it's because the school doesn't think girls should be allowed on the field. in fact, the team has played once before, once one other time, and then a couple of other times after that, but paced that out when they realized the other school had this issue. this time it was for the championship, and she was willing to ride the bench again and her team supported that choice. >> i have always coached my teams. you'red good enough to make the team, you'll make the team. if you're going to have to play, you'll play. i personally -- it doesn't bother me. >> the other school wouldn't play because they refused to sit out and she wouldn't get a chance to play anyway. our lady of sorrows is run by the society, a group of conserve differ tradition alists priests. abc 2 news. we told you last nightth at

5:00 about an 18-month-roll girl who was pulled off a flight because airline employees thought her name was on the no fly list. now jetblue is apologizing for that saying it was all a mistake and the girl's parents say they don't plan to take any legal action. the family was trying to fly to unanimously unanimously and although tsa ultimately cleared them to fly, the parents said they were just too embarrassed to get back on the plane. a that that teacher takes showing up to class pretty seriously. latecomers get what she calls the cone of shame. we'll tell you what punishment that teacher received for putting it on the kids. and tá not the kind of call cops respond to every day. you see right there naked guy on a unicycle. why they say he chose to ride in his birthday suit.

caught on tape. a high school -- job in serious jeopardy after these picture surfaced on facebook. the science teacher calls it the cone of shame and says she uses it as punishment when students are late for class. the school system has since fired her, but she has hired an attorney and is appealing the decision claiming the whole thing was meant as a joke. you're going to love this story.

when a texas man got arrested, the hand cuffs were the only thing he was wearing. police in the small town were called out to deal with a man riding a unicycle naked. she was he was charged with indecent exposure and the cop who arrested it said the guy wasn't drunk or on drugs and told him he just liked how it felt to ride naked. cats are getting their do in a special coffee shop. no dogs allowed. your kitty is welcome at the country's first cat cafe. they can roam throughout the shop while customers enjoy coffee and they have some space above the tables out of the way from all those guests. is it word that that creeps me out? >> and a crime that costs people thousands of dollars every day. which states are dealing with the most cyber crime and the scams criminals are using most afternoon to get your money. and you have less than 48 hours to find a gift for your mom for mother's day. but don't freak out. we have aps to help coming up.

taking a look at some stories that affect your money. cyber crime is called one of the bigger threats. the potential to losing money is huge. for people losing thousands of dollars every day did new reports showing the later trends in criminal activity online. with more than 300,000 complaints filed, cyber crime is on the rise. that is according to a new report. in 2011, cyber crime victims lost nearly $500 million. every day people dependent on technology for nearly every aspect of their life duped for their hard-earned cash. the report is the result of a partnership between the fbi, the department of justice and the national white collar crime center.

the states who reported the most complaints, california, florida, texas, new york, and ohio. the top internet crimes are are fbi-related scams where criminal poses as the fbi to defraud victims. identity theft anded a vanceed fraud. this is where a -- pay a fee up front to receiving something of value but they never deliver. the fbi says a fact-growing trend is romance scans, a victim looking for love online gets duped by criminals posing as a love interest. the majority of the victims, women, ages 40 to 59. cyber criminals posing as online you loves met at a grand total of $50.4 million last year. >> this study hopes to crack online crime trends it does not present a true snapshot of the problem. the internet crime complaint center says the internet crime goes grossly under reported. reporting in washing on the,

i'm renee marsh. more than 200,000 americans who have been out of work longterm will stop getting their unemployment checks this week because eight states are rolling off of the federal extended benefits program. the government says nearly half of them live in california. the others live in mostly florida, illinois, north carolina, pennsylvania, and texas. the extended benefits program is for unemployed people with unto 20 weeks of checks after they have already run through their federal and state benefits which last about 79 weeks combined. now, my hand's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. blazing sunshine out thered today. good-looking weather across the area. take a look. baltimore. gorgeous shot. a little breezy. winds west/northwest 15. dew point is very low. very dry here in place and air temperature again low 70s in most spots today. take a look at our few of our

abc 2 weather bug cameras. we find brilliant blue skies over frederick today looking good. tough to complain here and how about our view from ccbc. always love to look out toward the outer harbor here. and cranes working hard there. anapolis today is nothing but sun. great day to be out sailing on the river at the naval academy. maryland's top radar continues to scan clear. we'll continue to do so tonight, tomorrow, tomorrow night. next chance for rain is going to come in late day sunday and the chances look minimal until monday. temperature-wise, low 70s across the state. 70 at the beach right now. starting to get to our peak season down at the beach in another few weeks. right now winds are from the west/northwest 15. some gusts closer to 20 or 25. and air is extremely dry. so dry breezy conditions but otherwise it is nice, nice stuff. and really a quiet, quiet day of weather all across the mid- atlantic. all across the east coast.

if you have a flight out or driving long distance in any direction up and down the east coast. i-95 south of florida. i-25 north of main all the way you're looking good. a couple of showers further south and west. that is our next weather maker. for now our big high pressure dome whether the good guys still holding up through the rest of the afternoon and into our day saturday, it will be less breezy tomorrow but really a great, great day. still watching carefully this weather to our south and west. you can see that the no. is going to be -- movement is going to be very slow. will not affect us tomorrow. however, as we go from tomorrow evening into sunday evening. we're looking good for brunch in the morning for all the moms out there. but once we get into sun evening this is where showers begin to knock on the door to the west. whatever rain we do see sunday will be coming in more toward the evening so your morning plans sunday should be just fine. this is our next storm system.

it's a slow move. big storms here. this sour rain maker that will slowly drift through our area next week. the sun today, tomorrow, and even early on sunday. because we'll be dealing with that rain system next week for several days. overnight, 47. we stay clear and cool. your guarantee tomorrow will say 78. so warmer under blazing sunshine. and high sun. high uv index kind of a day tomorrow. tomorrow night down to 54. and as we look ahead to the rest of the weekend here, you can see that again overall, good weather. we will put that chance for a late shower on sunday. but we're going to be 80 i did grows with good wetter early in the day on sunday, and there is that rain system, josie, monday, tuesday, and wednesday. so, again, not bad timing here. we can bring the rain back on monday. how is that? >> if that rain anemic stphaos in early on sunday, you're going to hear a lot of complaints from people. >> there is a chance for some showers after midday, but better chances by monday and

tuesday. that washing on the post story we told you about at 5:00 involving mitt romney. an alleged understand debit dent in his high school days is creating a lot of buzz in the political circles too. emily, what is this all about? >> this comes from a washington post article which cites some of mitt romney's former high school classmates. they recount a story of mitt romney and a group of his friends. they were teenagers at the time allegedly pinning down one of their fellow classmates and then forcing him as they cut off chunks of his long hair. amitt romney said he doesn't remember this. today he said a little bit more stkpwhr-fplt i was one who does stupid things in high school. if anyone feels that they were offended by that, i certainly apologize for that. >>reporter: this story was released the day after president obama endorsed same

sex marriage. the alleged victim according to the post was rumored to be gay. romney's response from fox news? >> i had no idea what that individual's sexual or yenation might be going back to the 1960s. that wasn'ting? that we all discussed or considered. so that is simply just not accurate. >> and the romney campaign has provided some statements from some of romney's other former classmates who are just vouching for his character incolluding one person who said he would never go out and do anything mean-spirited, clownish, yes, never mean. and it's important to note this story has now been out for about two days. but president obama so far has steered well clear of it. >> both romney and president obama held events today and while romney set his sights on the president, the president took aim elsewhere. what can you tell us about that? >> and we will start with mitt romney. because he wasn't that far away. he was down in north carolina today. to state that president obama won in 2002. but just by a slim margin, so romney sees a window of

opportunity. >> i'm count counting on north carolina next move to -- november to help us take the country back. >> as for the president, he was in reno, neff neff calling out for congressional republicans to pass a so-called to do list which he says will get the economy back on track. >> there are only five things on the list, because i don't want to overload congress with too much at once. there ared ideas that will help create jobs and build a stronger economy right now. >> here are a couple of thosed ideas. a tax credit. a new one to help small businesses, and also investing in clean energy. josie, as you know, the president hasn't been at all shy about using congress as a punching bag in the past. don't be surprised if he tries to roll mitt romney into that mix in the future. josie. >> a tough fight ahead. emily live in d.c. thanks so much for that. with an event like the one we're telling you about right now. it's easy to argue over who is the bigger drunk. last night actor george clooney hosted a star-studded fund-

raiser for president obama. the event raised 15 million bucks. clooney's girlfriend, salma hayak and roberter -- robert downey jr. the elite spent the night mingling on clooney's basketball court. >> we weren't invited. hello. coming up, all brand new at 6:00. she brought her baby to the emergency room with a fractured skull. and now a hartford county woman is behind bars. i'm jeff hager. i'll have the details. and is it a rip-off or a very good keel. when you should and when you shouldn't get one of those extended warranties. those stories and a lot more all coming up brand new at cuff. now a preview of what's ahead on world news at 6:30. coming up here on world news, those dramatic final moments as two little girls held by one of the most wanted tpaoupblg differs in america. how were they rescued? the mother behind this controversial photo breast feeding her 3rd .5-year-old

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stocks closed lower after the bank -- the dow jones industrial average fell 34 points to close at 12,820. the nasdaq rose a fraction of the point to close at just over 2900. the s and p 500 fell nearly five points to close at 1353. in tonight's consumer alert, sunday is mother's day, and if you haven't picked out a card or a gift for your mom, your smartphone may be able to help. abc 2 news takes a look at some of the app options to help you celebrate mom's big day.

children of all ages thank mom almost every day for the things she does. but on mother's day, it is even more important. and with the clock ticking on gift-giving, consider enlisting the help of a smartphone or tablet. it is too late to get a card through the postal service, but an ecard will arrive just in time for mom's special day. the free just week app for iphone and android lets users create cards that range from sap by to sweet to sassy and e- mail or text it to mom and post it on her facebook page. the app where apple products have sweet and pretty designs with a vintage feel. a quick and easy bow kay on mom's ipad with the flower garden app free for mother's day for apple or android and the free scrap pad apf for ipad has a special mother's day edition to turn photos and memories with mom into a digital scrapbook. they can be shared via facebook or e-mail and print. those who plan to take mom out

to a brunch, lunch, or dinner, scope out the local restaurants on gooddining.com. members who sign up on the site can donate up to 6% of their meal tab at participating restaurants to a charity, school or cause of their choice. abc 2 news. and whether you use the app or not, mother's day can get expensive. according to the national retail federation, the average american will spend 152-dollar on their mother's day gifts this year. what do you say? we're not worth it. that is about $12 more than last year. all in all, experts estimate sons and daughters across the country will spend $18.6 million on the holiday. i for one say money well spent. another maryland road is about to be shut down. why part of route one over the dam will be closed this weekend. and we'll take you to the balance mother tattoo convention on abc2news at 6:00 which starts right now. now abc2 news at 6:00.

an eight-month-old child to the emergency room and ends up behind parse. why police arrested her and say she never wanted the babies in the first place. and right now, a father and son are sitting down to dinner for the first time in nearly 40 years. hao another member of the family dropped the veterans again. any time you make a big purchase on a new tv, they always ask you do you want the extended warranty. tonight we'll take a look at when to say no and when to say yes so you don't waste your money. a woman is in jail after doctors determined one of her children had skull fractures. the child was just eight months old at the sometime. more on what police believe happened inside the woman's home in aberdeen. >> well the mother brought her to