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let's put up the right video there. gets a base hit, delivers it in the bottom of the 14th. the orioles win. right now at 6:00 on this day, right it down, we are a half game if front of the yankees. we are in first place. now the orioles. here we go. here's manny. the left field per make has diving back and hand -- back hand. adam jones. orioles win this game 3-2. they will go out to oakland for a big road trip but manny, man, manny machado. 81 quinns. this is great. >> congratulations. it was a little more than a month ago that shots range out on the streets of mt. vernon.
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>> 40-year-old alex ulrich was killed and his friend larry peterson was injured. an arrest has been made. >> reporter: this is 25-year-old quniton bass. police said he pulled the trigger killing alex ulrich and injuring larry peterson, just steps away from the belvidere hotel. >> we think it's significant, this case. it highlights how all the different components of the police department work together with the community in solveling case -- solving cases. >> reporter: as the homicide detectives were building the case, it was officers on foot patrol who broke it. bass and others were drinking in a mt. vernon park. the foot officers approached him and took him.
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investigators worked backward, ccting him to the shooting three months earlier. >> the motive is robbery and it still remains an active investigation. >> reporter: active because there was at left another person with bass that night and they want to find her. police also say bass is from north carolina. he ended up in baltimore this year, living in homeless shelters and all the while building an unknown record of violence and robbery that now spans two states. he's now locked up on a slew of charges. chief among them, murder in the first. in mt. vernon, prien kuebler, abc2 news. >> prien tells us police are still looking for bass' accomplice and still need you. if you can remember anything call the homicide direct at 410-396-2100. there's another family that needs your help. he was a father, coach and
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friend and murdered over the weekend. he was buried today but the family is still looking for answers about what happened. >> on saturday 38-year-old fred king dropped his son off at a barber shop and said he would be right back. later sat dray night he was found shot several times in the 2600 block of kemp street. the engin was running and the door was open. police have few clues. the family made a big plea for people to come forward. they say the man who they affectionately called big fred was a friend to everybody. >> he just wanted to see his daughter go to georgetown or go to college and you will fill the dream of playing -- and fulfill the dream of playing basketball. if you saw anything last saturday night, please call in
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the information. he was a good dude, man. >> reporter: if you have any information that can help police crack this case, call metro crime stoppers at 1-866-7-lockup. >> a second deputy died last night after having a hark. sergeant ian loughran starting having pains. the gunman in the perry hall high school appeared in court. he is on a suicide watch at the detention center. the state apparently hasn't provided his attorneys with the mental evaluation. outside the courthouse he said
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gladden has expressed sorrow for the actions. >> i'm in the positive exactly what his motivation; and i don't think he's positive of what his motivation s i think you're dealing with a child who was motivated they commit suicide by cop. what he was dog was being -- doing was acting out in a terrible fashions in the hope that someone would pull the trigger on him. >> the attorney has requested that the judge transfer him tooff nile court. two incidents involving a dunn in baltimore county schools. the new superintendent, dallas dance is starting a dialogue with parents. it will be open to you the public, so the remaining meetings will take place
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september 20th, 23rd and 1st of october. for more information, just check the local news tab and click on baltimore county. >> baltimore county schools did confirm that a rumor was going around at ken wood high school that someone was going to bring a gun to school. they believe it started threw text messages. the school policy is that schools get locked down. officials said the school was not locked downoday. classes were back in session at morgan state. a 19-year-old, who was not a student, was shot in the stomach in the school's student center. the victim was visiting his cousin who is a student. the gunman was not a student. the students headed to class
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without fear today. >> i think to me they're pretty safe. >> the university said they're not surprised the victim or the accused gunman was able to get on campus without being enrolled. >> another fantastic gorgeous day of september weather. temperatures now in the 70s. you have to like that, upper 70s to low 80s. humidity is bone dry, so very, very comfortable. clear tonight but a new front continues to march in our direction. that's going to have an impact on our weather by tomorrow evening. in the meantime enjoy clear overnight, maybe fog and sunshine giving way to clouds pie midday tomorrow. we'll talk about the weekend coming up. by the way, do you want your forecast exactly where you live? check out our weather app.
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in tonight's consumer alerted, the coin shaped button batteries used in your remotes to watches is getting a safety make overafter -- after the cdc said it was being swallowed by kids. the company said the new packaging will be harder for children to open and will have new warnings on the labels. whether this will prevent kids from swailing them a study found that only 8% of kids who eat the batteries actually get them from the packets. mcdonalds is rolling out the new menus with the calorie counts. one mcdonald's owner said he's getting positive feedback about the positive changes, including an app the company just rolled
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out a few weeks ago. >> it real will allows people to go on to the smartphone and look up any menu item and gives not only the caloric intake but the ingredients in case there's a food allergy. my sister would always call me and say is it okay for my knows to have this. now she can just go to her phone. >> he is going to have to see a if the calorie counts on the menus will translate into different things for cuss ?eers apple is finally unveiling the iphone 5. the honeymoon is over as soon as the details, it will be thinner. some tech experts were quick to point out some seer yules flaws. so if you're planning to buy the
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new iphone 5, you'll have to shell out an additional $30 on top of the hundreds the phone will cost and the adapt ter. the new i-stone will have a smaller connector. so you'll need an adapter to make it compatible. what do you think? will the extra $30 keep you from shelling out the new iphone 5. head to abc2news.com/facebook and weigh in. >> the cost of technology. >> here's a man. man kind said good-bye to a hero. >> we're going to take a look at the memorial and hear what many said about the first plan to step on the moon. >> just follow the orange trail. you're pointing at me. we'll be right back with orioles fans. >> got the money's worth. 80 degrees at bwi. normal is 79. the cool temps in the 50s. so we have the weather winner.
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bob, you'll get an abc2 storm umbrella. we're back in just a minute.
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beautiful havre de grace, right on the mighty susquehanna and right in front of you. wyatt will be right back with the full forecast. one of man's greatest pleasurements happened in 1969. that's when neil armstrong
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stepped foot on the moon. >> he passed away and thousands attended the memorial. >> reporter: the words have been etched into our collective memory. >> it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> reporter: 40 years later, thousands who were inspired by those words took a small sad step for the memorial honoring neil armstrong. one came from dallas to be here. he worked with armstrong at the kennedy space center. >> knowing he could die at any moment. we're going to go for it no matter what. >> reporter: kim sullivan came
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from sterling, virginia, to show his respects for a man who he had something in common. >> the first eagle scout to walk on the moon. i have two sons who are eagle scouts. he was a role model to many young men, still a role model. >> reporter: the national cathedral is special to armstrong. he donated a moon rock to the church. it is still displayed today. the last man to step on the mon and armstrong's friend spoke at service. >> and as you soar through the heavens, beyond where even eagles dare to go, you can now finally put out your hand and touch the face of god. farewell, my friend. you have left us far too soon.
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>> although neil armstrong is from ohio, by his qrks he will be bur -- his request, he will be buried at sea tomorrow. >> arm strong's family had a private service for him on august 21st in cincinnati, ohio. the orioles picked up a big win. we just showed you the highlights. it may have taken longer than usual. manny machado drove in adam jones. the excitement over the team is so infectious that kids were ditching school to see their team in action. >> yes. just don't tell their teachers. but i had to. we're in first place. it's a great time to come down to the ballpark. >> i feel so great. i love the orioles, the ravens. this city is charged up.
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>> the hero of the day, the 20-year-old rookie. tonight manny machado. next, the orioles are headed out to oakland to play the oakland a's. you are inside wycliff jewelers where four lucky fans will be flying up, take a limo to the stadium, get four lower level seats to watch the baltimore phillies game. i will be flying with the winner and three of her friends. she is very, very excited. >> the lucky winner is patricia bone bray. is that good?
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>> it's excellent. >> i got nothing. >> i don't have much in the weather. >> that's good stuff. >> this time of the year no news is good news. i want to take another look. i love this new camera at havre de grace because we know the susquehanna is such a landmark for all marylanders. what a gorgeous finish to the drai. show you some time lapse photography. blue sky the rule here. enjoying the afternoon and in baltimore what a great finish to the day as the orioles had some last second chances to get it done. now if the yankees could lose one now. 77 degrees. the dew point number in the mid-40s. this is dry comfortable cool air. this is where we'll see the numbers all weekend in the 70s. warmer today.
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we'll be there again tomorrow. then we'll cool off for saturday and sunday. saturday could be quite the breezy day. dry conditions continue tonight. nothing in the sky at the moment, not even a cloud. further west we'll track a line of showers approaching western maryland by tomorrow afternoon. here's the future trend. line of showers. that's our frontal boundary, begins to skirt in. as it aproasms central maryland and the eastern shore, looks like the showers will dissipate. we'll see a wind shift for saturday and sunday. it's going to be crisp again at night over the weekend. take a look at the broader picture. to the west there's that line of showers, active weather there, no tremendous showers until you get way is south. so here it is, dry high pressure one more day. then the front begins to march. we'll bring showers to western
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maryland by late tomorrow afternoon, bring us the chance of a stray shower tomorrow night. behind the system mild breezy conditions. that will be the story through the day on is the disai. sunday, more mild weather and the breeze will sub side. nadine a potent system but nadine not a concern for anything but shipping interests. 58 tonight. tomorrow 83. gorgeous weather. i really don't see much. sunshine the story right through the end of the week with rain coming back early next week. >> thanks, wyatt. >> the biolab has cutting edge technology. it's there to get the students interested in science. they worked at everything from extracting dna from fruit to
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identifying blood. >> our job is to show kids that whether or not they have experience in science before, had their hands on the equipment that these careers aren't out of their reach. >> about 10,000 students from 35 different schools get a chance this learn from the biolab every year but this is the first time. we'll be right back.
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