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injured in the perry hall high school shooting are talking for the first time about what happened. they've been at they sop's side at shock trauma since the shooting. his father said he was relieved because he could see his son was breathing. the suspect in the shooting, bobby gadden has been charged as an adult with attempted murder and first degree assault. a man accused of threatening to shoot up his former office, will be monitored by gps. a prince jogs county judge barred him from access to guns, he has been getting outpatient treatment and due back in court seep 11th. a crystal clear sky across the mid clicks great travel weather where ever your travels take
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you, you will be great across the central part of the east coast. across the midwest, they are getting needed rains from isaac and drought areas, the remnants along with the frontal backgroundry, db 74 by late tonight. warm, and a clear start tomorrow morning, we will talk about how things change in to your sunday and monday coming up. >> endless buffet restaurants went out of style in recrept years but are back. john matarese tells us why they are making a big return. >> reporter: in this health conscious age you would think all you could eat would be a thing of the past, we are supposed to be watching ow fat, carbs and calorie intake. why is all you can eat suddenly everywhere. all you can eat, that's so 1980s, you say. maybe not. time magazine says chain restaurants, desperate for an
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edge on the competition are bringing back unlimited seconds in a major way. olive garden resurrected the never ending pasta bowl for $9.95. red lobster, endless shrimp is back for $14. if you love pancake, ihop, dennys and bob evans are offering all you can eat pancake deals at many restaurants. after your pancakes, you can move onto the endless farmhouse lunch. the reason why restaurants love endless buffets, forbes explains because these are huge moneymakers. if you thought these are great, you might say doesn't that stink. the average person eats 6-$8 worth of food at a $10 buffet. if most people ate more, restaurants wouldn't offer them. if you like to eat a lot for example you are watch lg your
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intake, your wallet and waistline will thank you if you stick to the regular menu and order less. don't waste your money. i'm john matarese. if you let your diet pepsi sit around it loses taste but the maker is testing the new artificial sweet inners to stop that. as pertain loses flavoring faster. sources inside tell u.s.a. today they are testing new sweeteners for a new version that could come out next year, done in an effort to boost sales. sad news today, from the abc family, robin roberts' mother passed away, hand hours after robin said good-bye to good morning america for a bone marrow transplant. the good morning morning american host is taking an extended leave. the cost of modern family may make an appearance along with diane sawyer and barbara
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walters. sometimes bad things happen in nice neighborhoods that's the tough lesson who dozen neighbors are learning. after the cars were broken in to. don harrison explains why some feel they were targeted. >> reporter: more than 20 neighbors in this surrein community, woke to the uncomfortable feeling realizing their cars were broken in to. police say two dozen cars were targeted wednesday in this community. most were left unlocked. >> new community, let's see what we can get. >> reporter: that's what tailor believes the thieves were thinking when they broke in to the cars by her house. tailor made sure her vehicles were secure at night. >> i keep my cars and locked and don't keep anything of value. anything i have of value is locked in the glove compartment. >> it's unnerving to think while you are sleeping somebody is trying to break in. >> reporter: a lot of police officers live in the community,
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which surprises her the break ins would happen. >> you would think that would be a dee ter represent. >> the crooks also targeted tiffany dixson's suv, she normally doesn't lock her car, she may change her mind now. >> i've been here two years. didn't think we needed to lock the vehicles. we haven't had major issues. that'show it is. >> reporter: don harrison, abc2 news. if you have information about the break ins, arundel police are asking you to call 410-222- 8610. you expect teachers will step in and save you from bullying in a classroom but a washington state teacher was caught on tape letting students bully another kid. why he says he let it happen and where he is teaching now.
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you know how hard if yit can be to breathedo, and what that feels like. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open a full 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. and it's steroid-free. spiriva does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems, glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva. discuss all medicines yotake, even eye drops. stop taking spiriva and seek immediate medical help if your breathing suddenly worsens, your throat or tongue swells, you get hives, vision changes or eye pain,
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or problems passing urine. other side effects include dry mouth and constipation. nothing can reverse copd. spiriva helps me breathe better. does breathing with copd weigh you down? ask your doctor if spiriva can help. washington state, a 13-year- old boy is bullied by students who recorded the abuse on a cell phone. what is really outrages is the
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papers say there was a teacher in the room and he joined in on the bullying. >> i'm dropping my kids off as a parent handing my kids to a school that's going to take care of them. the teacher, 18ee veteran, can be seen in the video. in a statement to investigators he said he considered the incident harmless, hoarse play. he was given a suspension and now teaching at another school within the drying. step faux of a murdered teen had to be restrained after he went after the gill's accused killer. three army soldiers are charged in the former killing of a serviceman and a girlfriend. they stockpiled 87,000 dls in guns and bomb making materials, prosecutors are seeking the
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death penalty against all men. towson suffered a 20 point loss in the open lg game. all anybody can talk about is this player you are about to see. andre packer picked up a punt. he is going the wrong direction, towards the wrong end zone. he was running the wrong way, ultimately though the play was meaning less. the return didn't count. we've got songs on our ipad we speed pass, if somebody is with us, does katie cowic have secret shame on her play list? we are taking a listen. [ female announcer ] with swiffer dusters,
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this girl is proving football is not just for the boys. meet 17 year older in, making history as the first girl in the state of florida to play quarterback on a boy's varsity team. her coach discovered her playing girls flag football and knew she had the skills to play tackle with the boy. she hopes it helps to influence other young girls. >> i want to inspire other girls to come out and do something that someone told them they can't do. >> he teammates say she is one of the guys and she goes through the same drills as everyone else. her goal is to throw for a touchdown, she will have the whole season to make the goal reality. yesterday she spilled out her purse, today we are going through katie couric's play list. she was each surprised at what
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songs came out on top. >> upunderneath your clothes, there is an endless story. this is interesting. i don't really look at this. it's a little concerning. not really. tender shepherd from the original cast of peter pan. nicki minaj, i heart you nicky. i do have lil wayne. people might be surprised that he has a soft sensitive side he is very smart, made good grades in school. >> i'm on the edge oglory. >> motivating.
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>> i suck at rapping. i do. i'm not a good rapper. i can do the disco sound like a club. the clubbing sound, my friend liz talk me how to do this. i think once you get to know the artists, not that i know them, but once you interview them and talk too them, and get to know them as people it makes you appreciate that their music so much more. >> very scary. >> mine pulled up pink, you are just like a pill. i have shame on my ipod including i can't believe i'm going to admit this, celine dionne and the jonas brothers. i get punched up pumped up when i'm running. >> i mix it up. big. >> you have cirque du soleil,
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that's wide shame. >> techno. that's what pumps you up. >> for me it's jonas brothers. >> here is your afternoon line up, september 10th, we are not moving general hospital, that's a favorite. it's going to stay at 3:00 p.m. with the famous theme song and katie at 4:00 and join us at 5:00 for abc 2 news. . delirium, you got to search that song. it's a good techno song. i mix it up. i got the rap, i got the hard rock. metallica. >> 92 downtown, it's a good day for racing and practice. grand prix tomorrow, looks good. a slight isolated shower and a better chance for rain comes in after the races sundays evening. annapolis, gorgeous here on the severn river, all sunshine.
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at the beach, additional clouds, we are getting the labor day weekend started just right. a ton of sunshine, i think the sun will hold up for tomorrow as well. temperatures hot, with the sun, low mid-90s out. there dulles 94. 91 easton. the winds have been light from the west today. clear skies, mercifully the humidity stayed bottled up south, richmond, south in the norfolk and roanoke, the high humidity readings have been. clear skies, you see clouds knocking on the door to the western part of the mid atlantic region. couple of showers each down there in south central, ohio. we are watching the system, yearks of low pressure -- area of low pressure, remnants of isaac, several inches in strick iowa, corn country there burnt to a crisp from drought this summer. they will get some rain. it won't break the drought but knock a dent in it.
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our trend, what we are watching all weekend, the progress of moisture with isaac, a frontal boundary out of canada, could trigger a shower tomorrow, but the better chances for showers from the set up is going to occur sunday late day sunday. the best chance for rain will come in to the day on monday as the low pressure area moves further in our direction. look at the overall set up out to sea. it's a active tropics. in the last day of august welcomes multiple named storms through the month, one of the most active hurricane months in the basin. mercifully, kent and louise, or kirk and louise staying out to sea. tonight, 69, few clouds, mild night, tomorrow, we will say 90 as we kick off the indy car races downtown. fairly hot. dress light if you are headed downtown. seven-day forecast, bringing in the chance for a shower late day sunday, maybe isolated shower late saturday, but the better chance will come
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actually on monday and tuesday as the remnants of isaac spin in to the states. again, th's the set up right now. we didn't put a shower in there for saturday, it looks isolated late saturday. most of the weekend will be dry, most of the time. we have to keep the chance for showers and towards monday. >> unbelievable today. it was 90s crazy. >> well in to the mid-90s. i was at the pool this morning, downtown. last gasp of summer. >> it looked like july day. >> we are fast forwarding in to fall. switching to democracy 2012 news. mitt romney on the trail after accepting his nomination at the republican national convention. emily schmidt is live with the latest. >> reporter: not much time to rest. mitt romney had to make the biggest speech last night and today he turned around and went ck to wok, it included a special stop in louisiana.
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>> thank you, guys, we love this country and taking it back. >> reporter: mitt romney's florida sendsoff was a bridge between the convention and surprise detour from the campaign trawl. romney put aside a planned victory raleigh in virginia and traveling to louisiana. paul ryan went to richmond, working to enforce what the ticket hopes is a post convention surge. ryan hammered home his running mate's themes. >> how about last night? did mitt romney not show us the trex direction for the country? >> reporter: president obama was in texas speaking to the troops. today the white house announced a change to the president's schedule for next week, he is now going to louisiana where he will meet with officials talk about what happened because of
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hurricane isaac and he has to ton his attention to the democratic national convention, kicks off week in charlotte. do you think mitt romney was successful? >> reporter: the jury is still out. but republicans are hoping they can close the gender gap they have seen so clearly in polls when they see women by in large have been going to show support towards president barack obama, they are hoping to close the tbap a little bit. it maybe -- gap a little bit. i maybe why you saw mitt romney show a personal side when he talked about his mother. >> i can see her saying in her beautiful voice, why should women have less to say than men. >> republican shultz says he missed the mark. >> it was also a missed opportunity for him to say he beliefs that women deserve
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equal pay for equal wok. >> reporter: his wife says it shows how strong an advocate is. >> for me it was a great opportunity to be able to tell our side of the story. >> reporter: look for this trends to continue first lady, michelle obama will be speaking prime time at first night of the democratic national convention next week, speaking one week to the day from when ann was on stage talking about her husband, this makes clear both campaigns value the first lady or potential first lady and see them as invaluable assets as they move towards november. >> all about girl power in the race. for more on the republican convention, including perspective from the local politico's check out square off this sundaying the round table discussion show hosted is tackling the hot topics with panelists. square off airs he on abc 2 at 11:00 a.m.
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sunday morning. i'm roosevelt leftwich, coming up, at 6:00, not trying to stat a new trend, john hopkins students are wearing yellow shoes to draw attention to safety. before copd...
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i took my son fishing every year. we had a great spot, not easy to find, but worth it. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better. and that means...fish on! symbicort is for copd including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than twice a day. symbicort may increase your risk of lung infections, osteoporosis, and some eye problems.
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tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. with copd, i thought i'd miss our family tradition. now symbicort significantly improves my lung function, starting within 5 minutes. and that makes a difference in my breathing. today, we're ready for whatever swims our way. ask your doctor about symbicort. i got my first prescription free. call or click to learn more. [ male announcer ] if you can't afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help.
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consumer pro tucket safety commission is announcing recall of mr. coffee single cup brewing machines. the machines pose a burn hazard as the brewing chambers can be forced open by steam pressure. the brewers were sold between september 2010 and august 2012, if you have one, stop using it and call the company for information on getting a replacement. despite big blockbusters release this summer, it's been a slow one for movie ticket sales. the lawless and possession open this weekend. experts say after the labor day sales, estimated 529 million movie tickets will be sold this summer compared to a decade ago when 629 million were sold. experts believe sales are down because prices are up and people aren't willing to spend on a mediocre movie. getting kids in to school routine isn't easy. through the preston foundation
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back to school drive, we have the final numbers and they are big, more than 1800 kids served. mtv saying jersey shore's next season will be the last. this fall, maybe the last time you can gtl, jim tanner w snookie and the gang. the final summer begins october 4th. the maryland deapt of natural resources issue as boater warning for the week. more on tathat as abc2 news at 6:00 starts right now.

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