susquehanna. amtrak reopen the tracks. jeff? >> reporter: the outage began soon after the orioles won game two, leaving many of the bronx bombers on hold in their return home. if you blinked, you might have missed one of the trains headed toward baltimore. >> are you guys going to new york? >> yes. you're not taking the train. >> reporter: as it shifts back to new york, many yankees fans had to shift as well with long lines, delays and cancellations. >> just coming here to find out. i was here for the two games. i'm looking at the board and see trains are canceled. >> reporter: marcia boarded at 8:45 in the evening and then

forwarded in the morning. >> they told us the electrical is -- all trains are delayed between here and new york because aberdeen maryland, between aberdeen and delaware, power outage, so if you notice, everything in there is delayed. >> reporter: marc tranes continued running. they began running a limited service, in the soon enough for a yankees fan coming off of a loss. >> coming here it's usually yankees fans taking over the ballpark. now it's in the like that. the fans are coming out loud like i haven't seen it in 15 years. >> reporter: for others, the delays impacted far more serious issues. marcia is missing her mother's

heart procedure. >> i feel bad because i can't be there with my mom, but it's okay. she's in god's hands. she's all right. but ill a get there. >> reporter: amtrak announced it had reopened two of the three tracks while it continues to repair the wires on the third. another travel related issue. the commute home from work will be less of a headache for those traveling near the tidings bridge. this after a tractor-trailer carrying fuel overturned, causing major delays. southbound lanes are back open at this hour. two lanes are open on the northbound side. one remains closed. police tell us the driver hit a car. about 4,000 gallons of fuel spilled all over the road. both drivers had minor injuries. abc2 news jamie costello and christian schaffer took the long way. we will have more and hear from jamie coming up in a few

minutes. a water main break in towson means no evening activities for some families. another cloudy day across much of the earth. high definition camera. fog for the yfer -- overnight. so bank on the idea, just a few pockets of drizzle, fog. it's 62 in d.c. 60s over the eastern shore. north and west we'll have more sunshine. 13 degrees warmer in comparison to yesterday. so, again, through the evening, cloudy, 55 degrees. nighttime with some drizzle. 53 degrees. here comes that fog that will keep temperatures into the 50s.

the next warming trend over chicago. that's the warming trend for team. we'll talk more about that in why are seven-day so a 16-year-old girl is murdered in are in the baltimore. her family and police don't know who did it. ahjee harrod was shot noted had and found in the street sunday night. brian kuebler has the story of a girl whose life was lost before she could find her way. >> reporter: ahjee harrod's body was found, shot in the head, but police and her family don't know why or who pulled that trigger. it was a feared outcome for her mother and cousins who said she was bang to head down the wrong road. harrod was developing a juvenile record, all things her family tried tirelessly to turn around.

detectives said her purse and phone were next to her which rules out robbery but also opens up many other questions. >> we want the facts to unfold for themselves. robbery is not a mettive, but we just don't know. >> reporter: new at 6, we'll hear from harrod's family. in the meantime if you know anything about who or why she was kaled call homicide. 119 cases and at least 11 deaths. that's the latest total for the meningitis outbreak which has impacted 10 states including maryland. it is tied back to steroid shots made by a pharmacy in massachusetts. the pharmacy board has accepted the surrender of the license. lawmakers want to know if rules have been broken and now calling for tougher standards. >> the reason for these deaths

and injuries very simply, is lack of proper fda oversight and scrutiny. >> the pharmacy company sent the steroid shots to clinics in 23 states. an act of bullying caught on tape. a high school student trying to talk about that very subject on camera comes under attack by a classmate. the video shows preston being chased by another student. he said bullying is a big problem at brunswick high school in frederick county. this isn't the first time he's come face to face with a bully. >> the student tackled me. i responded punching him back to stand up for myself for the first time. >> i'm hoping they take it more seriously than what they had. >> he said he has also experienced cyber bullying on twitter. the school is looking into the incident and identifying the students involved. >> >> beautiful, har vel lus --

marvelous, heartbreaking, the words describing the teen who took her life. they are asking you to write kind words through twitter, facebook or email. they said she would be alive if bullies gaveler -- gave her respect. >> we thought that it was almost abusing the internet when you use it to bring down somebody else. >> thousands have left messages on the kindness for grace page. we have a link on our website, abc2news.com. he survived a gunshot on the first day of school. now a fast food chain is stepping up to cover his medical costs. they are donating a percentage

of the sales. he was shot back in august. classmate robert gladden was charged in the shooting. >> metal and bronze thefts are on the rise. >> thieves struck again. how many grave markers no long are have flower vases. plus, women battling breast cancer who take a popular drug are building up a resistance. >> baseball in new york. after a few hiccups, the o's make it to the big apple. we'll see how city is preparing for the game.

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cancer and mammogram is the key. most health insurance companies cover the cost. the cdc recommends women 50 and older get tested every two years. you know, it's one of the most commonly used drugs for breast cancer but for some women they could stop working after a few years. abc2 news health reporter linda so said there is help for an alter -- hope for an alternative. >> reporter: she said she appreciates tamoxifen. >> i just take a pill every day. >> reporter: for such a simple therapy, the impact of tamoxifen has been profound in not only treating it but preventing. >> reduces the chance of getting

the breast cancer back. >> reporter: but for some women that protection is temporary. doctors say after five years up to 40% of women develop resistance to tamoxifen but a new study offers hope. researchers looked at over 300 human tumors and found the path way that some cancer cells use to beat tamoxifen. they were able to block the pathways by using a new drug, which like tamoxifen, is easy to take and tolerate. >> you need a new treatment combination. both are pills. you don't have to lose hair for the most part. you have another treatment option. >> reporter: the drug has already been approved for certain skin cancers, so it can be approved. >> we have the drug in the clinic. if we see it's doing to help patients with some other cancer, that's a big plus. >> reporter: so far, resistance

isn't a problem for jamie. if it is, she's glad there's another option. >> researchers say the path way to drug resistance could play another role as well. they hope to test the new drug in breast cancer patients in the comen p-ing -- coming months. the komen race for the cure will take place october 21st. call 410-433-race or log on to komen md.org slash 2012. our hot topic centers around the hlly days. the neiman christmas book includes nearly 500 items ranging in price from $10 to over $1 million. among them a walk on roll to

"annie" the musical. while this seems extravagant, we want to know from you how much will you be spending this holiday season -- more or less or like last year? >> all right. here's what's going on. take a look at at lot of clouds. this is the shot from parkville. parkville middle school. we stayed into the 50s. we popped around 50 during the midday hours. we'll see fog and drizzle come into play. beautiful shot. here's the shot downtown. you can see the humidity level is 72%. we're ago fog. so had will draw in moisture. 64 was your high.

fog day of blow average temperatures and 94. 61 in frederick. fog and drizzle. notice a lot of clouds. a few of the pop-up showers east showing scattered showers and the hour by hour forecast does reflect that. 55 around 8:00. we're down to 53. 51 for the overnight hours with some patchy drizzle. these are the big storms and rains from last night pushing off shore. an area of low pressure that will slide to the east of new england. our next weather maker sets up over the southern plains. this is actually going to bring in cooler air as we head into your day on wednesday. so be aware of that. in terms of temperatures, a nice warming trend.

chicago bumped up to 64. that is our weather for the day tomorrow. then cooler air. this is poised to move in as we go into the day on thursday. so wednesday, increasing clouds during the creditors of the afternoon. clouds will be in play, maybe a spot shower, not headlining that. it's all about the wind shift. it's going to drag in the cooler air. high pressure builds out over the ohio valley. that will pump into the cooler air. another warmup as we go into the weekend. future trend temperatures into the 50s tonight with the sunshine tomorrow, coming close to 70 degrees, upper 60s to around 70. then we're back down into the 40s as we go into wednesday night and thursday. look at thursday's afternoon highs. 10-degree switch in the wrong direction back to the 50s. so 51. tonight mostly cloudy, fog and drizzle. your two-degree darn tee dids to 71 with the possibility of an

isolated shower. again, a nice warmup. you will love tomorrow, blended sunshine and clouds, 71. then back to 61. we'll transition to milder air. 66 friday. 64 saturday. it's a blend of sunshine and clouds. it's a noise weekend and right now inned scagses are we could be back up into the 70s on monday, in the bad. >> i love it. >> should i pull everything out and get ready for winter? >> i want to go kicking and screaming into winter. a guy who plan has 23-mile free fall from space. >> felix bawl gaertner was hoping to become the first sky diver to break the sound

barrier, but high winds caused him to scrap it. he was supposed to make his descent 120,000 feet strapped to a balloon but it was only designed to handle winds of two miles an hour or less. his launch is cans selled, although baumgardner is hungry to make that jump. the 43-year-old jumper will give it another try on thursday. the ride could take three hours. his >> you have five hours to think about it on the way up. >> you go to the game. you eat, drink and have a good time but do you clean up before you leave? >> probably not. it's dirty job. how this post season play is keeping some very busy. >> and the wedding night, not over the bouquet but over the he

said she said. now those involved are pointing fingers at police.

new details about that post wedding brawl. the brother of the groom is out of jail. police claim matthew soft cay and several others started fighting early sunday morning. it quickly escalated and another wedding party got involved. the bride's father suffered a heart attack and later died. >> it' -- it's very sad. >> people who were there are firing back at the police response. they say officers used excessive

force we they started swinging their batons at guests. this is no way to treat your attorney even if you don't like the way they defended you. right after la marcus williams received 15-year sentence, help turned around and slugged his public defender. you see him do it in handcuffs. williams pleaded guilty to robbery, drug and assault charges and now he has an addition hall six months tacked on to his sentence. a store clerk walked away have the a pickup truck loud through the storm. the -- loud through the store. witnesses were able to get the license plate. someone is taking moments away from a family who already

lost loved ones. roosevelt leftwich has information on cemetery thefts. plus, jerry sandusky got his sentence. a small increase for social security check is coming in 2013. >> i'm mike masco. we have clouds and drizzle. we'll talk about that next on news at 5:30.

here are some of our top stories. a quick trip to visit her aunt ended with a 15-year-old girl getting shot. police found the body of ahjee harrod on fairlawn in northwest ball. she was shot in the head. the family of a teen who took her own life because of bullies is using social media for good today. they're encouraging you to leave nice messages on facebook and

twitter for the kindness of grace. she killed herself easter sunday. >> they're used to rain delays but train delays? the yankees and o's experienced problems when the amtrak stopped because of power problems. normal service has been restored. we're starting to feel better. up to around 60 degrees. 59 in eldersberg. centerville at 60. take a lock at aberdeen. a lot of humidity. that's one of our spots where we think some fog and low clouds will come into play. bel air as we head into tonight. a pair of spots. cloudy, drizzle developing through the overnight hours. overnight fog with a temperature around 51. we've got a nice warming trend.

67 in memphis. that's our weather tomorrow. how low will the temperatures go by thursday. we'll answer that question and show you the seive-day -- seven-day coming up. grave stone urns are disappears from grave yards. >> roosevelt leftwich has more on what the thieves are doing with them. >> reporter: it's one of those things that make you think what really go through people's mind. the price of metal is up, including bronze. but it's not enough to cause so much pain to some different people. there are many ways to remember the dead. for most families it's as simple as leaving flowers on a tombstone. for others a flag will do or personal memento. people respect the dead because rest in peace really means something but some people will