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it happened in ellicott city as the bus was on the way to hillsmere elementary school. five children between the ages of 6 and 10 were injured in the crash and taken to the hospital. police say the other driver turned his head to talk it some of the kids on the bus just before the crash. for more than a year after the founder of susan g. komen sparked a controversy over planned parenthood is slashing half of its three-day walks in city's across the country next year. >> we have more. >> reporter: whether it's the comments that divided women over planned parenthood and komen or the challenges of razing money in the economy, the three-day walks for washington, d.c. and six other cities have been
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canceled. meanwhile, komen maryland has reacted to controversy at the national level by being as controversy as possible. on may 1st it opened up registration for the event to be held on october 20th. it appears support is on the rebound. >> we saw a pretty good uptick. $5 for people in the month of may. we're coming off the second raise for the secure which is held in april. that was a great event we had, roughly the same amount of participants as last year. >> last year doe men maryland provided more than $800,000 in grant programs and invested $600,000 in breast cancer research at the national level. those who wish to show support can seen up for race for the cure by going to their website. as a matter of full disclose shurks the television station is
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a media partner for comen maryland and -- komen maryland and planned parenthood had no comment. i think both parents started working and the mom is in the workplace. it's not a bad thing. i'm going it get in trouble. ix the emails tomorrow. i think it was that loving nurturing opportunity that both parents have a little bit of time. >> probably got some emails today. that was a mess miss senator peeking at -- speaking at an education forum. it's the people he's blaming -- working moms that stirred up a major controversy. >> so, are you ready to send nasty emails. >> working women and moms sound off. >> reporter: will your children be illiterate if your mother works, most likely know. the governor of mississippi --
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>> reporter: it's a sound that is universal. it's cute prb lit first 50 times but his voice will always be music to his stay at mom's ears. he just graduated from preschool. pam said she will go back it work but the five years she decided to stay home have been her best but not easy. >> we have to be frugal. i'm not giving up a six figure slal ri in the first ssh salary in the -- salary in the first place. i think the quality of daycare. >> reporter: yes, this is a full-time job razing two boys but the payoff will be independent children. women feel economic and social pressure to go being to work. >> a lot of moms feel devalued because they're home and not working. it remains a struggle. the pressure is on that women go
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back to work even if they'd rather stay home. >> reporter: downtown she took a day off to go to her son's preschool graduation. she said it's hard razing four children but they are you will doing well and read very well. >> to balance themselves so as to work and provide education for their children where they chan read and do homework at the same time. >> reporter: working women walk a tight rope. women make up close to 5% of the u.s. work -- 50% of the u.s. workforce. how do you balance it all? just about every mother is involved in the education. many women say if you want to improve education, don't just place this burden on them. make it easy to get quality
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daycare, not a warehouse for children. >> some people have to. some people choose to. for those that have to, it's nice that there are options available for good child care. there should be better options. i think why can't we have public preschool. >> reporter: one of the things that many of the women we spoke with pointed out, no one talked about the father's role. whereas women feel pressured to go back to work, the number of stay at homes dads have increased. roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. >> as you can imagine, this topic was so hot, that we posted a poll online. go to abc2news.com and click on the poll in the home page slideshow and you can weigh in. do you think working moms are to blame for the decline in quality
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education. 52% said no but 43% -- 47% said no. >> let's check in with chief meteorologist wyatt everhart. wyatt? partly cloudy skies across the state. nice weather and temperatures comfortable, upper 70s. 81 in the harbor. we continue this streak of unbelievably nice weather. big tropical rain maker down here, still not a named storm. perhaps that could happen before it comes to shore over florida. it will shoot up the coast and bring rain through the day on friday into friday night but for now enjoy a nice evening. we'll have more coming up. now to a consumer alert
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affecting nearly 3 million drivers. chrysler is defending its jeep grand cher re kibe and liberties, despite a recall. 2.7million can catch fire in a rear end collision. that man bradley -- tahman bradley has more. >> reporter: the detroit automaker insists the vehicles are safe and no recall is necessary but the government said that's not so. at least 51 people have died in fiery crashes model year 1993 to 2004 and the jeep liberty, 2002 to twef. the problem, according to the national highway traffic safety administration it as vulnerable to puncture.
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>> usually the car companies are willing to -- it's a corporate versus government disagreement. >> reporter: the government said the defect presents an unreasonable risk because seem have burned to death in rear and crashes. chrysler is challenging it saying the conclusions are based on an incomplete analysis of the underlying data. >> this recall will cost chrysler $300 million to do but that's a small price to pay. >> reporter: there was a crash on a virginia highway last october. the jeep smashed into the car care ring harry hamilton and his daughter. the fire spread quickly. >> then this roared. >> reporter: chrysler and the government will now, change more research but if the car maker refuses to budge, the government may have to sue to force the
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recall, tahman bradley. >> j.c. penney has struggled for years and got red of what you like the most -- coupons and deals. now the retail are is back to its old ways, saying sorry for the new rule that is drove you away from its stores. >> aspen ni's shifts -- as penney's shifts back, we go shopping at penney's locations and peel back the labels on many products and found the stores are jacking up prices, doubling or more as it tries to protect its profits. we found prices that penney's wants you to see and the lower one under the label. >> upstairs in the bedding, a lot of the stuff you see $10 and
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then a ticket that says $14, $15. >> we'll tell you what the company had to say when we pointed out the different prices at the register. joce sterman, abc2 news. the ravens went to washington today to be honored for their super sole season-- super bowl season. he weighed in on the flacco debate, calling joe elite. you'll hear from the players and the president. jacoby will be signing autographs this weekend. >> the president did his homework. it could be the largest drug bust in sports history. alex rodriguez and ryan braun
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some disturbing news for people who suffer from irregular heart belts. they're more likely to experience memory problems compared to people with no history of irregular heart beat. >> they did a number of neuropsychological tests to evaluate whether they would get deep meanted over time -- demented overtime. those with the irregular heart beat were more likely to get
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demented at an earlier age. >> the researchers don't offer an explanation but said this makes sense because many of the vessels involved with the heart are connected to the brain. once you've recovered from that sunburn, you meet be planning a trip to one of the national parks. when you could get there, the sites will be as beautiful as ever but you'll notice some changes. yellowstone is changing their menus to offer healthier options. there will be meals under 600 calories a piece. the initiative was started by first lady michelle obama. in addition to offering healthy food optionings, vendors will start displaying the signs with nutrition hall information. cress thal clear across --
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crystal clear across maryland, yes. here's what we're watching, a big tropical storm, a big storm in the tropics, a lot of moisture with this thing. that will replace this weather, so dry, so nice, so comfortable, wish it would hold up. it can't. we think the beginning of that rain event will start. 77 at bwi. sunset not until:30. theft -- until 8:30. the numbers are comfortable. the humidity is highest toward d.c. but still not exactly very high. these dew point numbers when they're below 60, things tend to stay comfortable. satellite radar view, generally
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clear in maryland, central maryland. not a lot of real active weather but we do see some differences as we go about 12 to 18 hours into the day tomorrow, clouding up. maybe a hit or miss shower. the better chance after the evening commute. the bound ky -- boundary draped over pennsylvania. let's take a wet friday morning commute and one rain come mouth that will come in friday evening. some of this could be heavy, could be flash flood warnings if this particular model ends up -- pretty moderate temperature wise across most of the mid-atlantic. that would hold up. the clouds and rain will help keep temperatures at bay. all eyes on our tropical rain maker that's sending in a tremendous amount of rain into
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florida, tampa bay, into the central part of the sunshine stea. state. that will be the story again on friday night. a couple different rain events, late thursday into friday morning, maybe a midday break in the rain friday and more rain friday night. the weekend could feature a few showers but the main event should be done by late friday night. now to a developing story rocking the sport the world. major baseball is investigating what could be the largest drug bust in our history. some of the biggest stars including alex rodriguez and ryan braun could face
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suspensions. >> reporter: they're baseball's top players. >> number 600, alex rodriguez. >> reporter: yankees alex rodriguez, the blue jays cabrera and brewers rowan bran, the largest scandal inmark's sports -- in america's sports history. fans us from straight, teams disapoantd. tony bosch will testify against the players he claims once treated with the banned drugs at the biogenics clinic and the names clearly visible on records. >> this many names have come out. >> reporter: he said he injected
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alex rodriguez himself. yankees manager joe girardi said if this is true, there will be strict penalties. >> there are repercussions if you don't do things republican arely. >> reporter: allegations are not new. braun -- >> i would bet mi life that this substance never entered my body at any point. >> reporter: leaving fans to wonder who to believe. right now it's the word of bosch against the players, reporting from new york. >> a monkey escapes and is on the loose and visited a school yard. >> the moose is in love. the moose falls in love. wore talking moose -- we're
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hot moose he wants to mate w -- with. the only problem it's a statue. >> he's in love. he nuzzles him, kisses him and gets on top of him. >> can you believe that? >> the owners of the statue are considering taking it down. >> talking about in the feeling the feeling -- nont feeling the love back no we'll tell you what the community is doing to help victims. >> don't let to be and twitter to stop you from getting hired. >> and most of us do know how
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getting you up to the minute on some of our top stories, the ravens got the presidential treatment. they visited the white house to be honored for their super bowl. cosh -- coach harbaugh said he plans to be back next year. >> chrysler is refusing to recall millions of jeeps. the national highway traffic safety administration said at
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least 5 people died in crashes in older model jeeps. >> charges for a school bus driver for a crash that sent five people to the hospital. 55 kids were on the bus. the driver, samuel stokes, jr. was also taken to the hospital and is charged with fail your to control speed and negligent driving. >> a gorgeous day, just a few high thin clouds, but tough to complain. i think we'll see a nice evening, fire up the grill, maybe enjoy dinner on the back deck. upper 70s. really almost no humidity. watching our next weather maker. here it; already soaking fl -- here it is, already soaking
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