ticking over. >> he can smell spaghetti being cooked. if he could talk. he could peck out every ingredient in the sauce and probably tell us the amounts. >> reporter: that comes in handy when horton is determining whether a fear was set intentionally. firefighters hope horton can get a criminal off the street quickly before striking again. >> it gives us the ability to point us in the direction that we need to go. >> reporter: most of us say good-bye to the people at work when we leave the office, not horton. >> horton lives with me 24/7. he's my partner. he sits down with me and watches tv and hangs out. >> and that's how he likes.

don harrison. >> that's great. the lieutenant will respond to about 5 fears a year and homicides. breast cancer patients sometimes find themselves in a waiting gairnlings ache shulsly wondering what their prognosis is. there may be a way to speed up the clock. a suspected terrorist makes his first appearance in the courtroom. >> look at this gorgeous sunrise in annapolis. right now 69 degrees. this is how annapolis looked this afternoon. by the way, it's 26 degrees in colorado. from showers to the coolest air mass of the season, get ready. lots to talk about. why choose land o' lakes butter in half sticks?

it's pre-measured. fresh tasting. and it's only from land o' lakes. a suspected libyan terrorist made his a-- appearance in the court. >> ana al libi appeared in court. >> reporter: suspected al qaeda

leader, ana al libi looked at gunpoint as his lawyer entered a not guilty plea in new york. extra police officers were stationed outside the courthouse and security was tight. special force snatched him off the streets of tripoli, libya, as he was coming home from morning prayers early this month. >> it's a good month. >> reporter: al libi was one of the world's most wanted terrorists, on the run for 15 years after planning the deadly lay tack against two u.s. embassies in east africa. >> there were two horrific car bombing explosions in the east african nations of kenya and tan dispan nia. >> reporter: 200 were killed. al libi was brought to new york under heavy guard.

officials attempted to question him while he was on the uss san antonio. now he is in the custody of the justice department. abc has learned that the transfer came quicker because al libi is sick with hepatitis  c. the decision to bring him to new york has drawn criticisms from some republicans who said he was not questioned long enough and extending the same rights that american as have is despicable. reporting from new york. let's take a look at the time lapse photography. lotses of clear skies. the further east you go, damascus, seasonably

comfortably into the 60s, low 70s. some cirrus clouds beginning to move. 68 at bwi. dew points are comfortable at 42, a gentle southeasterly wept. sunset at 6:28. so we continue to see those days get shorter and shorter. we shall call it cool, not chilly. 55, down to 50. milder inside the beltway. as we go into tomorrow, a blend of sunshine and clouds. more cloud cover in comparison to where we were today. so clouds to insulate. that will keep us not as chilly across much of central maryland. the clouds will be stubborn for tomorrow. that will keep our temperatures into the low 70s. 71 today. normally around 67 degrees and clear skies starting to be replaced with the cloud cover. 71 in the city. you go outside the beltway. wood byne is down to 64.

and then it's 60s pass you get along the bay front. it's clear over the entire state. we'll take you there and it's looking good. here comes the cloud cover. there's one storm system offshore. that's the same social storm that delivered the wet weather last week. as you go out to the west, this is a dhying storm system that will bring shower activity thursday going into friday. future weather keeps us dry over the next 24 hours. offer, western maryland may pick up a couple of scattered showers during the tail and of your wednesday, maybe a spotty shower over frederick county for wednesday evening. by thursday we'll watch another system develop over the tennessee valley. so we're comfortable. 68 in town. 70s across parts of the carolinas. nashville at 74. however, it is a well different world west of the mississippi

river. denver is 42. these are 30s. so the coolest hair mass of the season is poised to move in as we go into next weekend. we'll show you that. 47 to 54 for tonight. not as chilly. 71 to 75 inside the city limits. more cloud cover in compare son to the sunshine, which is what we saw today. next weekend going into next book, below average temperatures 30s and 40s for the overnight lows and low to mid-expit commit during the -- mid-60s during the daytime high. this huge low north of hispaniola that will not develop. all the action is over the pacific ocean, just off of the mexican coastline. word how the storm has storms in the atlantic. so 54 degrees for tonight. increasing clouds. we'll go to 72 for your day

tomorrow. limited sunshine and 56 wednesday night. we the shower chance wednesday into thursday but will keep them in thursday into friday. those showers will usher in much cooler weather by the weekend. a blend of sunshine and into the race day on sunday. 65 degrees. 30s and 40s for overnight lows. next week will be a struggle to get out of the low 60s. so if you like fall, you'll like next week. if you like winter like temperatures at night, you will love sunday night. >> all right. here we go. >> what do you think? >> i like fall like temperatures. mr. costello likes the heat. >> this month ends in r. so do you like oysters? >> i like oysters. >> you might have heard of a vegetable garden but what about an oyster garden. students got to learn first hand about the bay. >> they did the to plant five

oyster gardens. the oysters are helping out the environment. >> they provide great habitat, so crabs love them. fish love them and secondly, they help clean up storm water pollution. >> there you golf the algae plume that is he is up every year in the harbor take oxygen out of the wart and kill fish, so the oysters will help filter ot the algae. >> breast cancer patients often find themselves in a waiting game. now some new research suggests there's a what i to speed up the clock. here's tahman bradley. >> reporter: trial and error. when you're a breast cancer patient, that's the row at of the treatment. the first one may not work and it may take months to know it. that's how long imaging tests

scan -- can take. a new take will provide answers in as little as two days. instead of looking at a tumor slide, these scientists use a technique called optimal metabolic imaging. if the tumor burns through sugar more slowly after treatment begins, that means it's fewer cancer cells and doctors are on the right path. more research is needed but it's a promising shine soon for women getting breast cancer treatment the waiting game could be much shorter. with this medical minute, i'm tahman bradley. >> abc2 is partnering with komen. you have time to register for the race or donate. ing will on to abc2news.com/think pink. there, you can find a link to komen's website where you can

sign up and make a difference. >> if you're planning to go see the new sandra bullock george clooney movie, we'll explain why every imax theater isn't created equal. >> you may get frustrated with joe flacco sometimes but you don't throw your quarterback in the trunk of the car.

the days of having to go to the science theater to see a movie is ancient history. we take a look at some of the options. >> gravity was one of the biggest movies of the weekend, raking in over $55 million at the box office. with lots of 3d imax

screenings, it was literally the biggest movie of the weekend playing on extra large screens across the country. several movie goers paid extra to see it. the film's director said east max inspired him when making the movie. >> i can't see you anymore. >> but there are two different kinds of imax screens and chances are you saw gravity on the not so good kind. when you think imax, you think giant screens, screens that are several stories tall. over the last several years imax has been slapping their names on screens that are slightly bigger than a traditional screen instead of building them specifically like the ones at science centers, they're retrofitting existing

theaters. critics call these lie max but they make up the bulk of them. for example, there are nine imax theaters in arizona but only three are the big ones and only one shows mainstream movies. the others are at the science center and grand canyon. imax connote as grand experience. size doesn't matter. it's viewing angle, quality of sound and picture. and that imax in your multiplex is probably better than the others, so something that you shouldn't sew but just that you know in advance so you won't be let down. when you see imax, the only thing guaranteed to be bigger is the ticket price. >> watch it week night at 7 followed by lets ask america. >> all right. we're coming up on 6. she's accused of faking her medical

paperwork and treating pediatric papers. how she was able to pull it off. >> and a neighborhood in fear of the next dog attack. how the neighborhood is taking matters into their own hands. here's a preview of what's ahead on world news at 6:30. >> do you yell at kids to get them to listen? harmless, right? not always. why the consequences can be worse then you imagined.

most fans would dress up as joe flacco for halloween but

this texan woman pulled a halloween preampg. you can see the dummy hands and food poke out the van. schaub was just hurt in sunday's game against st. louis and they even cheered when they pulled him off the field. the prankster said he's upset with the way he's been playing but she said it as all in fun. >> i love my texans. it's all fun. it's halloween. i love my texans. >> all right. patty says she hopes to meet matt one day but i don't think matt will be as excited to meet patty. look platinum ber 58 -- at number 58. she knows how to push people around on the team of boys. she said sometimes she heres

the -- hears the whispers of the other team but she didn't let it get her down. >> she said when she grows up, she with like to work with athletes, maybe as a team doctor in the nfl. we're celebrating thinking pink. >> and we're gearing up for the big weekend. an anne arundel county woman accused of faking paperwork and treating people. >> joce sterman did the digging. >> reporter: as families go into this centreville doctor's office, it's with a sense of trust that the people are legitimate but the license for one former staffer wasn't worth

the paper it was printed on. >> the diplomas, the certifications that she provided were not authentic. >> reporter: instead, court documents showed that the papers created by this woman shawna gunter were fake. she is accused of playing a doctor even though she didn't have a doctor. >> she forged her credentials. >> reporter: queen anne's state's attorney said gunter stole the name of a practitioner and used it to get her own license. she's been using it since july at this practice of dr. julio ramirez. >> reporter: when gunter was arrested, she was wearing a white doctor's coat and carrying three prescription pads. she later told state police she forged the paperwork to get the job here knowing it would pay a much better salary.

>> a fairly lucrative occupation. >> reporter: very how crative according to gunter saying it would net her a salary of $73 grand. money appears to be a moat investigatetor for gunter. a woman came out to tell us to leave, denying she had any ties to shawna gunter but anne arundel police know her gunter claiming she stole $14,000 from an annapolis surgeon, cutting a check while her boss was on vacation. gunter claims it was a loan to pay for a sewage problem but did not pay it back. >> we have to hold people accountable when they perpetrate frauds upon the public. >> the state's attorney said dr. ramirez was not aware of

it. now joc. has been tweeting out the details of the story all afternoon. you can fond her at joce at abc2. dna evidence led police to a man who committed a rape mean in years ago. deandre wilson was behind bars in new york on cocaine charges. now the victim who had given up hope that her attacker would be caught, agreed to testify against him. >> she was reluctant because, obviously, doing so, would reopen a lot of hold wounds and memories she with rather for get. when we reapproached her, she said absolutely. she wanted to move ford with

the prosecution. a convicted robber ran off this weekend. elwood veney was last seen running toward annapolis mall. police are warning people not to approach and to call 911 immediately. veney was sentenced to five years in prison for robbery and a firearms possession last year. the name of the man killed in an early morning crash has been released. his name is douglas holler ran. he died at the scene. speed played a role in the crash and they are still awaiting toxicology tests. a woman is out of the hospital after being hit while riding her bike along ritchie highway. she was trying to get to a

shopping center. to lanes of traffic stopped for her but a car in the third lane hit her. and as the animal control investigation continues, fullerton neighbors said they are living in fear on their own streets. amy aubert talked to some dog owners who say they are taking matters no their own hands. >> reporter: at first glance, things on brookwood avenue seems like any ordinary day, but if you take a closer look, it's anything but. >> it's very scary president. because the well time you're walking, you're looking up driveways, behind you. >> reporter: armed and searching for dogs the neighbors say are terrorizing their street. >> i have to carry a butcher knife in