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the project benefits the families and children who don't know from when or where they will get their meal. the students are learning a lesson. they are learning from the reality that comes with hunger in our state. >> maybe we could get food for them. >> reporter: we want our students to not be selfish to think of others, and to be more about others than themselves. to see the students that volunteered it warms our heart. project allows the students to get a first hand kylook inside the food bank because this team will deliver the goods and help serve those in need. >> it takes a few cans to make a difference. >> i think it's going well. >> reporter: he is rostriding
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insent i incentive for the students competition. >> the students will get the pie in the face a at the assembly and i'm going to ride my try sick tricycle in the classroom and sing a song while i'm doing it. >> the school will be putting boxes outside of the locations this weekend to take donations. if you would like a list of other locations, go to our website, abc2news.com. we are taking you for a ride tonight like you have been on before. one of the best drives in the would is showing jamie costello what drifting is all about. he is life at bob davidson. were you able to keep your lunch down? >> this is the car, a ford of course. we are life on the go, bob davidson ford lincoln. here he is, the owner.
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this was incredible. >> i had a couple of people mention vaughn's name to me. i contacted him and got him to come out and talk to the crew. everybody was 100% behind i. it's so much fun to see what he does. everybody will enjoy it. >> what is joplin road going to look like? >> is going to be congested. traffic stopped at the middle of the road. everybody had a blast. >> they got fans and a banner. i want you to tell everybody. this is your dream. >> a dream come true. i have owned the dealership
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since 99. >> when you say give back, who are you giving back to? >> charity we are involved with. sunday, we sponsoring a run. >> also in the backs a old show, right? >> all ford lincoln and americary show. 100 cars to look at. free food. free admission. free fun. >> we are on the two he. see you tomorrow. >> see you in the car sunday.
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web surfing and social media are distracting many of us at work. it's a condition for corporations. which distractions are the worst? john matarese, let's us know so you don't waste you money. >> if you work in an office you are probably used to being interrupted while in the middle of the project. which are the worst and when will they disturb what you are doing. when office workers wore suits knocks social media, the only distractions were, we will skip that. the open work spaces, first mocked in office space, mean a lot of daily distractions. yahoo news says from web surfings and friends visits the jobs are loaded interruptions, 80% of us respond to email at
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work, facebook, 60%. march madness and fantasy football, distracts 80% of office workers and visits from fellow co-workers, 100% of us deal with those. from the doesn't that stink file, when they become a problem. the worst time for loss productivity is after 3:00 p.m. when office chat, social media and distractions take over. if you need to focus, the best time for productivity is between 10:00 a.m. and noon. bolt tom line fox you don't want to be disturbed, let others know, close the door if you have one or put up a sign, or put on headphones or ear buds. co-workers leave people with ear buds alone. stay focused and don't waste your money. i'm john matarese. we are coming up on 15 minutes, look at the shot in bel air, this is good. blue sky now, mostly your day
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is with the clouds. 69 at the airport. 52 dew point. bay water temperature 74. easterly wind bringing in the marine influence. 8 temperature, around 65, going out to dinner looks goodm coolish around the 11:00 hour. 61 degrees, waking up your saturday morning, a blend of shall be and clouds. that's the deal most of the afternoon, maybe spotty showers towards lunchtime. the further east the best shot of the showers. 66 will bring you in to the low 70s. we will call it partly cloudy skies. some clouds working out over the mountains in to frederick county. temperatures kept down because of the clouding 72 in the city. frederick 70. we are uniformly right if not and 70 degrees. the most powerful clear
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overhead. you see the blow up of of bemew da. bermuda. may become a subtropical system. this is where the system is starting to pop. see how it's bringing in dry acon the top sides of it. it is swilling swirling little bit. its going be off show, maybe ocean city, seeing these for saturday afternoon. maybe a couple of scattered showers. we are dealing with shall be and clouds. the bulk is kk'xto stay no carr0
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one day at a time. ely on morning cup of wouldn't share that with your child? your child could be getting caffeine in they diet. it's found in cereal, @>7vñwate gum. health experts at the cleveland problems. >> it can increase heart rate. decrease the able to possibly concentrate over long-term and affect the stomach, causing abdominal pain or reflux disease, it can exacerbate the symptoms. >> if you have concerns, talk about your pediatrician. how far are you willing to go to finds the cheapest gas. we are going to are up run down the list of better ways to
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coner in breaks down better ways to save. >> i know people who will drive all over up to and wait in crazy lines just to visit a gas station, that's a few pennies cheaper. i hate high gas prices like anyone else. i don't drive all around town, which uses gas by the way, just to save a little. let's do the math. you are using 10 gallons of gas a week. if you are saving $0.10 a
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gallon, that's $1 a week. 52 bucks a year. if the station by your office is cheaper than one at home, by all means fill up at the office. before you go too far out of the way, consider easier ways to safe. putting gas spending on a credit card that gives a rebate for gas is one of the easiest ways, several cards, amex blue cash everyday, offers 2% cash back, saves you money everyday you fill up. no fee chase freedom gives 5% cash back during the gas bonus quarter, equates 15-$0.20 off. grocery stores offer fuel points promotion, spend 100 bucks get 100 points that turn in to a $0.10 per gallon discount on gas. some run promotions for four times on gift card purchases, and guess what gift cards they sell, gas gift cards. buy those with a credit card, cash back at grocery stores,sen the fuel points and you are
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saving twice. youern the discount once, 3 gallons. i have seep savvy families line up both in a row and fill them up. look for amount gnat ways of commuting or change up the kind of car you drove but don't let a few cents drive you crazy. it's something all of us deal with. you can catch more story tons list. check its out tonight at 7:00. followed by let's ask america here on abc 2. what we are working on for you at 6:00. running cross country for charity and has to cross the chesapeake bay, how he did it without tying up traffic on the bay bridge. thinking about updating you kitchen? what you need to make sure your
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inspiring, story uplifting, he hasn't always lived in a high. >> i was not always as big as i am and always sticking out. i never had the best clothes or i didn't have a lot of money or my family growing up. >> reporter: it's hard to believe this 6'4", 300-pound former defense i have tackle from morgan state was bullied. >> he maintained a 3.0, while playing football, his message comes through his words. he joined forces, for a day of music and motivational theater targeting bullying. >> i feel like the song helps those trying to make it. >> in december 2014 he hopes to graduate with his masters in arts and education.
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at 23, he has seen his future and wants to help others achieve theirs. >> empower and change the world through entertainment and education. i'm here today but ready for tomorrow. life is just a game never pausing for sorrow. he is going to join other bands and motivational speakers coming up october 5th. part of the planning includes tracking your weekend weather, a cloudy day,wa on tap for this weekend? >> there is no washout to this forecast. which day is going to are more
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sunshine. that's easy. we will start you out this evening, good looking shot. post of the afternoon, cecil county, spent in the clouds. now we are seeing sunshine out there. that's the good news. a look at temperatures across central maryland, 69 glen burnie. we are talking about a below average evening out there. we will trim away the temperatures, probably end up around 60 degrees for tonight. with clouds to the east, clouds over the mountains now. we are sandwiched in between, we have pretty good looking skies now. we anticipate the clouds to come back in. there is a ocean storm, we will get in to that in a little bit. that's going to play in to the forecast going in to the weekend. if you are heading out, down to 61 at 11:00, 55 tomorrow morning. 66 in to the low 70s. the forecast so coming up. the blurry pictures shows the car they were looking for and the car they found.
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police say it's the wrong car. they are asking you to be on the lookout for a maroon ford crown victory or mercury marquee, it was speeding away from a shooting. monday night shots were fired. a family was inside. one of their young children was hit bay piece of a bullet. if you see the car call police. web in jail accused offing hitting a man with his car. a officer pulled him over because he has a headlight out and noticed damage consistent with running in to a person. web is charged with negligent manslaughter, held on $50,000 bond. a church is pleading with whoever stole its church bell to give it back. the hards chapel ridgeville united methodist church is in the midsst of expanding the
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facility. in the plans is a seconds steep toll house a bell which is almost as long of a history. the chairman of the churches trustees was storing the bell with the hopes of installing it in the church. at least two people walked off with the 200-pound relic. the leader is pleading for the return because of how much it means to the old congregation. >> please return the bell. this is just something really important to us. for whatever reason, they had v it, it's not as important. this is part of maryland history and mount airy history. >> the ref rapid says ifist returned the church will ask no questions and press no charges. >> our states stricter gun laws begin tuesday, when the district court will hold a hearing on a challenge to the laws. opponents filed a lawsuit yesterday, the laws shouldn't be allowed to go in to effect because it infringes on the gun
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rights guaranteed by the second amendment. attorney general wrote a review saying he was confident the law would stand up to a legal challenge. lawmakers are playing political hot potato as federal workers wonder if they will be forced to stay home from without pay. the senate passed its budget but a group of conservatives is preventing it. >> i don't know if anyone wants to shut down the government. >> it's impossible for democrats to negotiate with whe can't negotiate with themselves. >> a shutdown would mean full poalsis. check points would operate. employees would be furloughed, passport and visa applications put on hold. you can't push them down
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the toilet, dump them or throw them in the trash. folks in baltimore can take prescriptions to especially designed drug drop boxes, anonymous safe way to disclose of unwanted drugs. after skip's wife died he didn't want he medications siting around the house, he showed up with a jar full of pills. >> last night and today i started going through pocketbooks and suitcases. i wound up with this. i thought i would dutch them. there is no other place to get rid of them. >> having a safe place keeps the medications from mixing in to sewers and landfills and cuts down on prescription drug abuse. the drop boxs are open 24 hours a day and bill to accommodate liquid, tablets and capsules. hybrid and electric car owners have a new place to charge
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