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accused of sexually assaulting another officer. >> you can't yell fire in a theater and can't pull the fire alarm if there isn't any. >> we've got high school la crosse action. we've got little league. the orioles are playing the yankees. it was a gray start. so is rain still a possibility? let's go to the man who knows, wyatt everhart. a shower, sure, it's possible. take a look. you can see a couple of isolated showers north of the pennsylvania line. we got a couple showers crossing out of virginia into southern maryland toward charles county. the little rain in the last hour or two has been in northern harford county. humidity high. muggy conditions. it will be warm at the pal park has temperatures are hovering around 80 degrees.
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maybe a hit or miss shower but not much of a chance for much rain. we'll talk about how things will dry out as we move into the preakness weekend. breaking news out of catonsville. two men broke into a business looking for copper piping. one of the machine has been taken into custody but it took a hazmat tomorrow to get him out pause of all the mold and asbestos. we'll have more on abc2news.com and at 11. the court of appeals labeled pitbulls an inherently dangerous believe. there's still a growing number of people who say that ruling is unfair. >> reporter: it's the term
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inherently dangerous that razes the most -- raises the most concern. >> absolutely, and we believe they are concerned and we're concerned. >> reporter: she said this ruling of pitbulls deemed inherently dangerous extends liability to not just the dog owner, a land lord, doggy daycare and parks. the spca has seen an influx in calls from people. there is only a certain amount of space in maryland's shelters. >> absolutely. we have seas for about 50 dogs in our shell -- space for about 50 dogs in our shelters. >> reporter: growing supplies may equal rapid euthanization. and that's one of the general
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overall concerns. but it's the one on one relationships that drove them out forker that protest. >> the pitbull is not inher rntly a bad dog. >> reporter: bad temperment? >> he will lick you to death. >> reporter: casey was at the rally representing her 2-year-old pitbull. her baby she called him. she said the force shouldn't force her to discriminate against her open family member, a belief they had, in the only by a protest against the high court ruling but in support of a bill that would help change it. >> what the court just did was say that any mix of a pitbull, which we don't know what that is -- is that 5% or 51% -- an inher rntly -- inherently dangerous
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dog. >> reporter: judging by the dog's character and not by the race, religion, color or breed. in annapolis, prien kuebler -- brian kuebler, abc2. >> the delegate said he was told his bill would not be considered in this session but the legislature may take it up in the special session. let's stay in the session. the senate approved a packet of measures. there's also an increase to our income tax rate. this is for people making more than $100,000 a year and households making more than $150,000 a year but some lawmakers don't approve saying the money isn't appropriated properly. >> it doesn't mandate that the money being raised for these taxes is being used for with
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they're saying. >> the senate passed the tax increase on tobacco products as part of the same budget package. a wayward foot massage find as baltimore police officers facing sex assault charges. it happened on dundalk's community college. officer harold will yom -- williams offered to give a col global a food massage, but he exposed himself and began rubbing his sexual organs against her toes. >> this incident occurred while both the victim and the officer who's been charged were off duty. it did not occur during their working hours. that being said, it's fairly typical for our police officers to assist one another with physical fitness training and
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their physical fitness regimen. >> williams has been reasigned it desk duty and faces charges. officers found a man lying in the road on east chase street with several gunshot wounds. he was pronounced dead at the scene. well, it's in the like he didn't like the movie. he just didn't like seeing the words on the screen. the state fire marshal's office charged an abington man for pulling a fire alarm. he was up yet because the movie was closed captioned. >> he was still very upset. he comes over, pulls the firearm, activating the working alarm system for the building
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and abruptly leaves. the management did act very quickly, knowing that this was a false activation, notified all the clientele that were in the building that the movie theater was going through a false alarm. >> the fire marshal said the man could be facing jail time or a $5,000 fine. all right. who's complaining now after working 11 hours today. meet the plebes at the naval academy who are taking part in 14 hours of mental challenges. these are called sea trials. they will be honored with the iron cup award. remember going through that? yes, i know you do. >> all right. we're watching the view today. it's been a few days since the president did an interview with "the view."
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since the announcement the president has busy fund-raising. the president taped this incident with the ladies on "the view" today. >> you did make that historic decision to say that you're in favor of gay marriage. will you now fight for a federal bill? >> my justice department has said to the courts we don't think the defense of marriage act is constitutional. this is something that hexcally had been -- historically had been determined at the state level. >> this is the president's second apersons on "the view" and said the economy will determine the outcome of the election and not candidates' positions on same-sex marriage. aaa mid-atlantic said we'll have a lot of friends on the roads, more than last year. about 1.2% more people will be
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traveling. the average number of miles will be down. aaa said nearly 35 million americans will travel 50 miles or more from home. aaa also said people who plan on traveling for the weekend said five out of 10 plan on using a car and that gas prices are affecting their plans. the average price for gas is $3.63. abc2 news is investigating whether the price you pay at the pumped as up to what you -- pumped as up to what you put in the tank. just luck under the traffic tab. >> sun screening is very important if you or your family
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spend time outside. the fda told sun screen manufacturers, they have to change their labels to make it easier for us. the companies have been given six more months. until the bottles with new clear labels are on the shelf, this is what you need to look for sun screen with broad spectrum, unscreen with an fpf of at least 15 and even if the company says their sun screen is water proof or sweat proof, it needs to be applied every two hours. speak of which, he used to be the sweatiest man in town. he led to the invention of the under armour. his goal is to bring maryland racing back. >> plus, chances are you may know someone what -- with
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he was born into a brilliant family, but alfred made his fame and foredman horse racing. another business genius whose palace sits on locust point. >> reporter: the white picket fernings the house on the hill. the grass is greener on this side of the street and the man walking down it -- kevin plank. >> there's no more greater piece of history in our state, so the ability to bring this back and
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look at the barns and these living, breathe stables. >> reporter: the king of under are a our has a pes -- armour has a business plan. >> we'll tell those great stories. >> reporter: and what a story it would be. >> i'm not going to do that. >> reporter: confidence he and his high school buddies have already seen. >> very passionate. he can be tough at times. >> reporter: one of the greatest is right here, a native dancer. future stars, you can find them in the barn. this is their playground. it's made up of recycled under armour. >> put ourselves in position and hopefully this will come across in everything we do, the attention to detail.
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everything matters. >> all of these horses have an under armour connection. the words are done done done. he is confident tiger walk will go well in the preakness and it will be done done done. all right. let's take a loofnlg the horse show -- look. the horse showed up at hopkins. tonight o'neill throws out the first pitch at the orioles game. and abc2 news' very own sherrie johnson was honored. the event was to celebrate community members and businesses that have made a significant con tribugs to those enrolled in the work based learning program. all right.
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let's start off with a check of maryland's most powerful radar. maybe keep the umbrella handy. i think the the odds are against much rain. we have widely scattered showers on the radar. you have to call these isolated up toward areas north of bel air toward the sus question an na. the more significant showers are farther shout -- south. so we could still see scattered activity into the overnight. it's possible there could be slick roads in the morning with passing showers toward daybreak. keep that in mind. show you what this looked like, a day of vair rig weather. yes, clouds and sun. we see this looking east from dundalk over the key brog toward
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the outer harbor. in annapolis a sun nirp scenario at the state capital. as we look at the naval academy it was a busy place to be with the sea trials, the freshmen finishing the day with a little bit of pain. this is manchester valley high. you could see what looks like ominous clouds. right now on the inner harbor, a mix of sun and clouds. 80 right now. the wind is calm. humidity is high. 80 today. how does that stack up to normal. all time record on this day 96. officially bwi, so far, we picked up more than third of an inch of rain and more than an inch over the previous day yesterday and you see where we have made good dent in the state rainfall deficit. right now the warm spot on the
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entire state map 68 at the beach. 63 in the mountains. winds are south and variable. the consistency we have is out of the south. the humidity levels running high. it feels muggy. you probably have to crank the ac up. it's active. we've got a disturbance. however, the most active portion or the highest precipitation area is now north of us up in new england. we're seeing scattered activity. we could certainly see hit and miss showers but probably not the widespread heavy rain. a lot of that is done. dry air beginning to wrap into the slow moving system and warm humid air. we're still in the warm sector now. you can see the timing. hit or miss showers and looks like we will be relatively dry before we get a new front that
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could cloud us up and we really clear out beyond that front, looking like a lot of sunshine headed toward black eyed susan friday. the chances look limited and a warm day at 84 before the cool hair comes in tomorrow -- air comes in tomorrow night. this is good timing right as we crank up the activities over pimlico, we'll have the sunshine back. there may be mud around. >> all right. let's talk about the brick bodies challenge. it was the second to last weighen in and darlene and her partner are in fourth place and
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they are prepared to kick it up a notch. >> doing extra miles, listening to my personal trainer. we will continue pushing each other. >> just giving it that extra push, so this week we're going to give it that extra, extra push. >> so next tuesday is the final weigh-in for all six teams. good luck. have you heard about this, a health scare, bangs in your eyes. those side swipe styles like cameron diaz and nicole richie, an australian op tommist said -- op tom miss industries said bangs could load to lazy eye's. other doctors said the only way that could happen is if a young child wears the bangs over the
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eyes for a long period of time. the obama administration has just finalized the new strategy to deal with alzheimer's. the first national alzheimer's plan went into effect today starting with a website where people can learn more about dementia and where to get help. the national institutes of health will have the information and you can find it at abc2news.com. we'll be right back. ♪
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kelly has aook at what's coming up at 11. >> this time we've got slushy magic. it promises to turn any drink into magic. >> plus, you loved "dancing with the stars." tonight you'll meet the face behind "dancing with the stars." stick around to see her. >> is she wearing a gown? >> no i don't think so. >> real quick. headed down to the ballpark, looking good. we keep the chance for showers in. if you look at the radar, you can see very limited rain. we'll keep an eye on. this tomorrow a slight chance of
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a shower. >> all right. thank you, sir. we'll see you tonight. >> have a good one. ♪
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