and you just put in $34 in your car but are you getting that ñ-much gas? i -- a great day today right? this is just beautiful. the skies are clear. nobody is complaining. let's check in with wyatt. keep it going for the weekend. >> we will try and we think we will keep it through the black i'd friday. into saturday clouds may increase some. i think we are good until sunday. the radar, all sweeps clear. to the south and east in the state look at this. clouds rolling in. this is ail a disturbance off to the the south and east. we think the chance for rain will be minimal. temperatures in the mid to low 70's. tomorrow looking nice if you are headed down to the big day. races are looking fantastic.

we will talk more about how things will change coming up. >> ever play golf and ñ-your friend says close enough, just pick it up. the word is some water readers thought they could judge your useage close enough. two meter readers responsible for hundreds of homes in the areas areas didn't read the meters. >> this is the best mailman in the baltimore area. >> reporter: its water bill day in çklake side. >> no. late notice. are you kidding me? >> reporter: most people aren't pleased. >> two neighborhoods. were the victims of two city

workers who didn't bother to read the meters out received the home. the two just made the numbers up. mostly on the low end. those employees lost their jobs, and now people are finding that they owed more than what they paid. they aren't pleased and it's the talk of the neighborhood. >> then they suddenly want you -- not probably do their job. why should that be my fault? i have to pay my bills, have to +jrrnot on tim >> reporter: they have take eastbound ñ-steps to make sure doesn't ñ-happen again. they hired 19 new meter ñ-inspe ears, they hired four new sector auditors to check behind dti tup"rupled their customer service staff so calls can be handled in five minutes ñnor

less. the water was still used by çkt customers and the city said this is all bb/uqñfairness. >> you know we can't say we can forgive this ñnbecause it's the water useage. we can work out payment over a longer period of time to take care of that but we can't say we forgive it ñ-because then th- water costs and that cost has il the other customers. >> in the long run the solution to human error is to upgrade the process. he said they will upgrade all 410,000 ñ-in the system with ne meters that transmit use data to the city so that it's always accurate. >> police officer is coming under fire tonight for a e-mail he allegedly sent to his wife's colleges. minority officers produce a copy of the e-mail from the

corporal calling for its . >> allegedly it was sent out during using county resources, according to the e-mail it was very offensive and i saw it, very offensive to latino's and african americans. >> so the ñ-department is conducting an investigation. the naacp also wants an apology. a former police officer found guilty in the death of his neighborhood. charles pete richter shot martin zander in the back after they argued about ñnzander's do the yearly alibi breakfast

held today right after the morning work out. trainers. for those who thought -- it was a drink after all we are a beer town but -- it's about the love of cookies. so it's i will have another cookie. >> bob -- has the favorite in bodie. all right and çkshould bodie wi it or ñ-tiger walk? the winner will have a blanket of black eyed susans. what the flower means for the tradition. >> want the real truth? this should be called the run for the çkviking mums. that's the flower that is on the blanket that is over the winning horse after the race. it's a symbol every year at the local giant store next door in

the york road plaza because black eyed susans don't grow this season. >> especially for us for this purpose. with all çkthe flooding around the nation it's a hard time finding any -- i had to go to -- like several different outlets and get them instead of like i would normally get them so we had that to -- grow them for ñ-us for this year. they this year another -- a pink ribbon will be added to the blanket to honor ñnbreast cancer survivors. >> mum is the word. some çkrecalls, in the -- honda calling ñnabout about 53,000acura's, there is a problem with the power steering, in 2007 and in 2008

the model that came out the hoses can really break up and then they can leak the fluid cautloose power steering possibly start a fire. they say no crashes, no injuries or fires have been reported. five 6 ñ-ñ-the biggest retailer have agreed to offer refunds to people who bought crib tents at their stores and ñ-they have be recalled. the makers -- are no longer in business. 27 incidents involving the tents were reported including one person dying. people who have the crib ñntent sold as the portable play yard tent -- crib tent for convertible cribs ñ-and portabl play yard tent plus should stop using them. customer who bought them can

contact the store where they bought them to get a refund or store credit. this is another great story. you put $50 in the pump once a week having faith that you are getting $50 in gas. how do you know for sure? we are checking hundreds of pumps to make sure you are getting your money's worth. >> reporter: we looked ats ins for 724 gas stations in five counties in the baltimore area and found hundreds of them get flagged for problems that could cost you money. the results -- we looked at thousands of reports and found many get rejected or condemned for accuracy issues for for things like meter jumping. it's the state's job to weed out the problems and it's more important now than ever. >> i think it's important

position. little bit of job security because it'ss in to make sure somebody is out there keeping the consumer safe and the store owner safe. >> reporter: now tonight at 11 we go county by county to let you know which place has the highest number of bad pumps and a new web page that lets you look at thing ins for all the stations where you live. >> here is the story she broke earlier this week. the two arrested in connection with the pill mill that we first told you about as part of the abc2 investigation on tuesday. they were in court today in baltimore. i think we have pictures, the two are both facing charges. agents the dea and local police

raided the healthy life medical group. they believe they operated right here on york road. they were paying as much as 350 dollars in cash. this is sad news, you dance to last dance and -- at your senior prom. sad news tonight that donna summer has died at the age of 63. she played all the venues, she loved to love you baby. dead tonight at 63. we need them for remotes, toys and lots of things we use every day but a growing number

of kids are getting sick from them. a look at how to ñnrecognize th symptoms of buton battery poisoning. just 24 hours on the job. and he hit the town running. how he spent his day. ñ-ñ-

. >> there is a growing problem with the batteries, you probably heard about them. as linda says, tonight. nobody really knew how bad the n problem was ñ-until now. >> you ñ-are in a growing numb of products in nearly every room ñnthe home.

they are in everything from remotes to ñ-ñnñ-greeting cards the number of emergencies is surging. >> we found that about 5,000 a year are see seen in emergency departments. >> gary smith lead the study. the first to look at the ñ- emergencies. he found that children swallowing the ñnbat year is mo than doubles since the 90s. most kids five or younger. and the battery is a dangerous risk. >> this is twice as powerful as previous batteries and if one of them is caught in the throat on the way down to the stomach in day matter of less than two hours that can ñ-burn hole through the throat and cause serious injury and death >> reporter: that's a scare one family knows well. by chance they found a piece a remote on ñ-the floor and took

their toddler to get checked out. >> i never thought he swallowed it. i just remember being shocked. >> reporter: not only that he swallowed it but that he was able to open the remote and remove it. >> in most cases, these weren't toys or games intended for children. they were devices used by adults. >> reporter: which is why he wants tougher standards. abc 2news. >> and symptoms swallowing the battery may be subtle but your kid may not show anything at all so prevention is very key. and now coming off the special session where the taxes are going up so why not tax our weight? a study says that a 20% fat tax would itch -- it's a worldwide thing and the study -- says

unhealthy foods and drinks need to be tacked we should get breaks for buying healthy food. after a very busy yesterday, the arch bishop spent his day serving the area and he toured the center ñ-ñ-ñn here. ñ- >> >> it's so important to be involved in and not only doing good work but -- working with people that -- are good people and. >> reporter: he succeeds

eduardo brian who left for rome to start his new duties. >> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> all right. sunny finish to the day around baltimore and points west of the city. to the east, cloudier, moreon that in a second. winds east northeast at 12, visibility unrestricted. 75 today. that's about normal. this part of may, 74 average. that hit the two agree guarantee so jimmy brooks you get a storm umbrella. not a cloud. you talk about a deep blue sky. what a nice day, that's because we have a coastal disturbance in the carolina's, spinning a

few cloudsñ- it's dry. temperatures comfortable. mid-70s with cooler air. very dry air over the area and it feels so comfortable on that north breeze. we go forward in time. a couple of additional layers of cloud cover from the chesapeake ñ-south and çkeast, eastern shore ñ-of maryland. we don't expect to see rain until overo night saturday night into sunday. coastal systems and one of these thing that will just inch up the coast, probably park itself off ocean city by tomorrow evening and then start to track a little bit inland as we go into saturday afternoon and into çksunday. here it is high pressure now, cold front just to the south. this will help push and keep

the system at bay and off shore but only for another day or two and you can see it on the future trend, watch what happens here as we go forward in time that. system starts to wind up but stays off shore for the black i'd susan friday. by saturday, we are sunny early and then the clouds will start to push in out of ñ-the east an maybe a rain shower toward the beach by saturday afternoon. we think in the baltimore area we will stay dry and additional clouds late in the day. this coastal system will bear watching and we think it could bring in rain or showers ñ-by sunday. overnight 47, mostly clear, getting cooler. the two ñndegree guarantee for black eyed susan friday, çk looking great. 77 with sun, and tomorrow night clear and cooldown to 48. the outlook as we look to the rest of the weekend that coastal system slowly inching north and northwest as we go into the second half of the weekend. we will bring in the chance for a shower sunday into monday and

tuesday. right now we still keep it dry. >> that's good. all you have to worry about. >> that's the main thing. >> very nice. if you want access to maryland's most accurate forecast in just head to ñ-the website. >> take a look. i know you love this. the sheriff's office has new fi a grant. it's a gyro plane. it has surveillance gear, costs four million dollars and it costs about one hundred thousand dollars. it has about 75knotts. you could coast entire eastern shore twice without having to land before getting fuel.

>> what do you think of that? >> the plane is help. foror searches for missing people and surveillance. >> look at our -- right there in the water. the inner harbor as we enjoy a great great night. we will be right back.

. >> and a look at what's coming up next. lots of new stuff. summer coming your kids ney be start to ask for the popular henna tattoos. they seem harmless but we work for you to introduce you a teen who said their tattoo will probably with her forever. and a woman claims these burst into flames and burned her. those and more tonight. >> i know. that's a good one. keep it up. >> i feel like we are on tv. i don't know why. 70s this evening. a few clouds and mild and pleasant and tomorrow a great looking day. we are watching this storm, tune in tonight. >> keep it going until sunday. >> we will see you tonight. >> have a good night.