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former university of va la crosse player george huguely found out how long he willpend behind bars for killing yeardley love. a judge sentenced huguely to 23 years. huguely spoke in court addressing love's family. he told them he was sorry for their loss and hoped they would find peace. his sentence was reduced from 26 years to 23. state health officials are con firming the first -- confirming the first west nile death. there have been 13 cases of west nile across the state compared

to 19 in 2011. the department of agriculture plans to spray for mosquitoes next thursday in the milford area. after several weeks, it is almost here. time preparations are being made for the baltimore grand prix. the organizers have improved access so people can get to businesses. road clurs will make it difficult to go from north to south. so taking the light rail and walking may be your best way to get around town. a raid on a pair of massage parlors have landed women behind bars and neighbors are celebrating their arrest. it appears the clients may have received far more than just a rubdown oar loor long before a

website appeared advertising chinese web parlors in tell moan yum with happy endings, neighbors expected the sad reality behind the services they had to offer. >> the traffic was unbelievable. as of last week on a saturday, they with have anywhere between 20 to 30 clients. >> we would be working here and you ska could hear the door -- you could hear the door opening all the time. >> reporter: advertisements for victoria spa showed botful women with seductive overturns. the stark furnishings included a foldout chair and a stack of blankets suggested a leep rent operation. >> a 42-year-old woman was charged with prostitution and performing a massage without a

license. in another case a 43-year-old woman was charged with performing a massage without a license. >> reporter: the recent sting came after months of complaints from businesses like this one where young children tried to advance their education upstairs as men headed downstairs for a different class of services. >> what concerned me is we're running a learning center. we have students as young as kindergartners coming in the same door at all hours of the day. >> reporter: at another targeted parlor a few blocks away we attempted to talk to the owners but we couldn't seem to get their attention. in baltimore county, jeff hager, abc2 news. >> the two women have posted bail of $3500 a piece and are back on the street. they're still trying to determine their legal status in

this country. tropical storm isaac is continng to move north across louisiana. evacuations are still underway. water is pouring into the already swollen river and officials believe it could cause low lying areas to flood. this 8-year-old and the grandmother were among the hundreds rescued. >> it was really board because it was really deep. >> isaac is expected to dump rain across the middle part of the the country before finally break up over the weekend. rescuers are also working to help animals. you can see the cows are fighting through the muck. animal shelters in louisiana and mississippi are sending animals to texas to make room for ones

being evacuated. most of the images coming from tropical storm isaac are frightening but this one is cute. a father stayed behind when they evacuated. when they went into the home, this is what he found. she left hurricane rules for the stuffed animals, to scoot next to the buddies, no parties and have fun. >> i like the no party and take a buddy. >> take a look at what we're now seeing with isaac. this is no longer a tropical storm, and now a tropical depression. still flooding rain a disstent possibility. 24 inches of rain in isolated spots, unbelievable. back here in the mid-atlantic states, clerp and dry and gorgeous weather.

as we look at numbers, in the 90s and mid-80s. specifically am columbia we're at 86. as you look at the hour by hour forecast down through the 70s and the 60s by early tomorrow morning. enjoy that cooloff because the hotter weather is on the way. we got those details straight ahead. a shooting on a city street is caught on surveillance camera. what happened to the victim. and a car goes through a crowd of people. we're going to let you be the people on whether or not the driver was too old.

a shooting in philadelphia is caught on camera. you can see the victim walking down the street when an suv pulse up and shoots. the passenger gets out and starts firing more rounds. fortunately, the victim was only grazed in the shoulder. the police do not have suspects. a 100-year-old driver is behind the wheel when the car lungedveral people were hurt. several people were taken to the hospital but everyone is

expected to survive. did los angeles police use excessive force in this situation. it was caught on an outdoor security camera. it's a little grainy but you can see two officers take down a woman twice. she was handcuffed at the time. both officers involved in the incident have been pulled from the field pending the outcome. attorneys for the women involved said they plan to take some legal action. can you make it through the checkout of a hotel without paying more than just the room rate? what to do to avoid some of those little fees. and this couple doesn't have a problem mismg love and poly-- mixing love and politics.

a big surprise for the students and staff. the school is one of the 100 schools across the country to receive a $25,000 grant from target. the target bull's-eye bus came right with the big check for the school. the grant will help with technology, books and everything else it needs. the school's principal is thrilled for her students and staff. they deserve it and i am so, so grateful that i am so, so grateful that we were chosen. i mean, honestly, they deserve so, so much. >> so emotional there. target giving up to $2.5 until guest cards to local schools through votes on their facebook

page. baltimore county schools received a boost. they accepted a donation from the chesapeake gateway chamber of commerce. the funds were raised at a shrimp feast and bull roast. the money will go to support homeless students in baltimore county public schools. >> let's start off with a look at baltimore. 84 at bwi, downtown warmer than that. i think it will be hot as we do some test driving for the races. friday and saturday, we're talking 90 degrees. likely, we will see that cool off. by sunday night, the possibility of some showers. no showers today, blue skies, gorgeous weather. that was the story all day. in baltimore a similar scenario,

robert w coleman, running track on a day like this, getting humidity, low despite the fact temperatures have warmed up a bit. i want to show you a look at the dew point numbers. you can see they are low. dry weather holding tough but humidity beginning to crop up. by tomorrow afternoon, especially on saturday, we could see more in the way of steamy conditions. right now i see dry and no rain. high sack continuing to move inland out of the southern gulf of mexico, now still producing flooding rains across mississippi, northern louisiana and rain churning into southern arkansas. parts of this section of the country in severe drought. it's not that rain would be unwelcome everywhere but flooding rains in louisiana and mississippi. we have isolated amounts. that's up to two feet in parts of louisiana. now we know why there's been so much flooding.

here's the future track of the leftovers of tropical storm isaac. with this projection toward the labor day time frame and into tuesday, we could sew some scattered showers and storms in our area. none of that tomorrow. this is friday 6:00, still dry across maryland statewide with more showers starting to scatter further north. friday into saturday more widespread rain moving north and a boundary coming out of canada likely to push this in our direction saturday night into monday. lots of hurricane season to go. two other storms churning. now watching hurricane kirk. kirk is expected to reconsider of and stay out to sea, maybe moving through the central atlantic but not a threat to land or u.

a hotter day, no doubt about that. mostly sunny skies. it will be heating up big time. maybe a little cooler saturday with some disawgdz cloud cover. -- dislawgz cloud cover. hopefully we'll get races in on a dry note. labor day monday our best bet for scattered showers. that could linger well into tuesday be ready for a hot day. into sunday, i think most of the rain should hold off until late sunday. at least that's what we're hoping for. better chance of rain as we go into the labor day. >> friday looks great. >> friday will be outstanding, just hot. democracy 2012 news. the republican national convention continues when mitt romney takes the stage. this is a big night for mitt

romney. what can we expect to hear? >> reporter: hard to believe we're hours away. mitt romney was preparing for this today. take a look at the video. romney walked around the hall as many do, talking to campaign staffers, took a picture with everyone and got himself comfortable. as far as the speech, romney will have to accomplish two things. he will have to show he can connect with the average vote are and strike the right tone. he needs to go after president obama but at the same time, kelly, he has to appear shale and that could be a -- presidential, and that could be a tough balance. crash yarn gave quite -- paul ryan gave quite the speech. take us through that. >> reporter: he definitely gave a huge speech and he was very aggressive we it came to

president obama. >> mitt romney will finish telling the story that we told last night. he will introduce himself to the american people. he's going to offer his solutions to get people back to work. >> reporter: so, kelly, one challenge for mitt romney is to really reach the same level of enthusiasm. >> lots of enthusiasm. what's the overall theme? >> reporter: kelly, basically put, it will be getting to know mitt romney better. his son will be speaking but there are also some other key speakers. these are florida lawmakers. we're talking about florida senator marco rubio. he will be introducing mitt romney and jeb bush will be sing. there was this talk about a

surprise speaker, not so much of a surprise. we know that clint eastwood will be coming out addressing the crowd and you clan imagine that has a lot of people talking stood. >> thanks for that live report from tampa. >> sometimes the love and politics can go hand in hand. one couple got engaged. bradley thompson proposed to his girlfriend on the big screen i love you pooh i love you eye want to spend the rest of my life with you. will you marry me? >> yes. >> glad she said yes. the couple took a little time out. thompson is the production manager and the bride to be is the production coordinator. no pressure there. glad she said yes, jamie. >> absolutely. coming up all new at 6:00 a shut down in the bay bridge that caused backups for hours as some of you are a little scared about

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pasmght the dow jones industrial average sought biggest drop. the nasdaq dropped more than 32 points. thes&p 500 went down by 11. the holiday weekend, if a hotel is in your plans, get ready to check that bill carefully. some sneaky fees could add up. >> reporter: those extra little fees on a hotel tab can reallied a up. according to a survey, us hotels will collect almost $2 billion in fees and surcharges this year. the most common fees cap be avoid, things like wireless internet, phone calls and early departure fees. other less obvious once, mini bar restock fees, charges for

inroom safe, charges related to a hotel center like receiving packages or express mail, automatic room service gratuities. the nyu study forecast shows fewer hotels offering new fees, hoping to avoid the airline the back fire airline -- back fear airlines received. i'm cairn kay a, abc2 news. you may experience a little bit of sticker shock. the severe drought in the midwest is expected to make the rising cost of beef go higher. many livestock producers are selling off their herd. beef and veal prices will rise as much as 4 half half% this

year and up to 5% in 2013. well, perfect timing for amazon. next week t company is expected to unvalet new kindle fire. the sellout is not surprising. retailers often let merchandise sellout when it's about to be replaced with a newer version. it is exspecsed -- expected to have a bigger screen. >> for most students, the first day of classes have come and gone and that could mean a big crunch around dinner time. we have some tips to help you put a mole on the table. that's coming up on abc2 news at 6 which starts right now. last-minute preps for the