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fox 45 news "late edition". jenniffr is off. jury will soon decide if mary koontz knew what she was doing when she murdererd her husbbnd and tried to kill her daughter. doctors claim koontz was psychotic the day of the shootinns. >> much f tooay's testimony focused on whether mary koontz is lying about her mental illness. clinical psychologist took the stand this morning and told jurors kunst suffers from eight different mental disorddrs. dr. brandt testified that koontz was scott and i can delusional husband and attempted to shoot their daughter. >> when she was wwlking up from tte stteet to the house, she was seeing herself frrm a diitancc. out of body experience. -hat's the delusional base. it is this constant that ron was sexually abusing -heir daughter. and there is no evidence of that. aad furthermore, the other belief is that ron was embracing

her and sake loving things to her aater she repeatedly shot him. >> koontz testified earlier this shooting her husband.t remember she does, however, recall how her daughter appeared during the ordeal. %-edition".la, fox 45 news "laae >> a 16-year-old boy is shot and killed in a reservoir hill community. it happened around 1:00 today. on west north aveeueein tte teen lightning a courtyard. %->> city police showed off the large number of guns recently taken off the stteets. today 1100 have been seized since 2007. 76 of them juut in the last 10 days alone. >> history repeats itself. prrblem, we wiil be stuck in this cycle. the city homicide rate for the first half of the year is the lowest in a quarter of a centuryy >> new tonight. a man found shot to death in a

car parked or audrey avenne..3 arundel county police are interviewing witnesses. two men seen fleeing the scene. police havv noomotive. -> a a carbon monoxide leak at this pg county apartment complex, sickens 11 people, including five young children. fire crews say levels were 30 times what is considered safe. few residents were rushed to the hospital. but eeeryone seems to be okay tonight. a water heeter ventilator system malfunctiooed and caused the leak. >> first on fox tonight. ú%egnaat woman is hit by a car, and the driver keeps ongoing and then she is robbed as she lays helplessson the street. %-morning at easttbaltimore and nooth eden streets. 25-year-old dandrige crossing the street when a dark colored suv struck her and took off. of course. >> if you are watching the nnws,

i really, really, really would be happy if you turned yourself in. it would be better for everybody. >> dandrige is four months pregnant and will spend the night in intensive care at johns hopkins hospital. and baby is still alive. >> reeublican bob ehrlichhpicksú - running mate. and analysts weigh-in on the ú%ooce. mary kahne served as secretary of state during the ehrlich administration. suppprters say she can draw votes in counties where ehrlich is looking to make gains..3 buttanalysts say those ties may not be sttonn enough. >> this is mootgomery county republican and there are not that many republicans in montgomery couuty. there are independeets and this may appeal to them. but, i think, these days, the temperaaent among the voters, is that hey are against all

parties. >> after ehhlich's efeat back in 2006 kahne worked for the chamber of commerce assisting military veterans, nd those searching for employmenn. >> does the choicc of lieutenant governor affect your vote? -0 perrent say yes. 80 percent say no. willlwrites on ouu website. the last ttme he chhse woman he llst. ú%ood in annapolis. but jack writes. i am democrat but this election will vote republican because democrats have truly gone over the side. >> howard county executive ken all monsaid his county will not enforce rules about the size ofú caapaign signs this yeer. setting first amendment rights. you will recall, the man named stevv dolby here was told to take down his sign supporting ehrlich. county officials told him he would bb ined if he did not ú%ae t down. did he and now he is suing. >> stay with fox 45 news ffr the latest on the race for governor. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on the vote 2010 icon, in the

news features section. >> 100 city workers lose jobs due to cutbacks. but many thought more jobs would be lost. pfeiffer was at the post with today.blic works department although, she was given a pink slip back in june, her jobbwas ssved apparently by the bottle tax. three months ago, the mayoo predicted 600 workers would be laid off. >> that's the sad partt is a lot of them ave not got jobs back, they would have probabby been crime. it is enough crime right here we don't need thht. >> city leaaers made other cost cutting malures like cutssto overtime, expected to ssve $40 million. >> bribery charges against helen holton arr dropped. holton accused of taking donations forrpolitiial poll, and those donors got a tax break from the city. the court of special appeals upheld a lower court uling and -hrew out the charges today. lawyers for holton argued that

her votes on the council cannot be used as evidence to support the charges. %->> it is still very unclear hw much oil is currently gushing into the gulf of mexico. but exxerts believe that deep water horizon oil spill is on the verge of making history. highest statistics it could surpass the spill off the mexican coast line ffom 1979 to 1980. which totaled about 140,000,000 allons. meantime, tteelargest skimmer in the world, has arrived in he gulf. officials hope this massive vesssl from taiwan collects up to 21,000,000 gallons of crude oil a ay. but ship has never been tested and there are questions tonight's about exactly how it will operate. >> a third-party compann handling bp's claims denies a request from a scam bye county florida because they did not have their phone number.

county government assed for $9 million from bp and rejection letttr was not even addressed to a certain person. another resident told the county he received the exacttsame letter in the maal. >> the letter is just a asymptom of what verybody is receiving. what we want to see is we want to see our citizens start to geú paid because we haveebusinesses that are in this summer seasoo, essential for them to get paid. >> no one could explain why they cannot find the county's phone number. >> college savings ppans of fees. efffctive today annual account fee drops from 25 to $20. program fee will be reduued from .25 to .2 percent forrassets investedd this places the state's college savings plans among the lowest in the nation. >> and it is official. annapolis offers health benefits ú% same-sex domesticccouples. while the irs does not recognize domestic partners as creeibbe

wiihhood the amount oo per pay cost of ccverage from employee earnings. >> 150 new laws take if he can in the state of maryland tonight. among them, ffreclosure mediation foo homeowwers in trouble. fighting gang violence in ú-also the ban on using hand-hed cell phonns, ou will recall, while driving, starts n ootober. >> all 15 speed cameras in sccool zones around bbltimore county are activated. prague monday through friday from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. ticketsswill issued to anyone driving, at least, 12 miles per hour over the speed limit. and the ticket comes with a $40 >> and you can find a list of %-it could come in handy, on our foxbaltimore.com westbbund/news. >> another beautiful day out there. here is eteorologist emily grrcey with a sky watch forecast. >> yeah, you would not know it by ooking at the temperatures ú%ght now. but warm up on the way.

look outside right now.3 73 right now. from baltimore. and coollng off to the mid 50sú %-maryland.toward westerr so cool tonight. and comfortable tomorrow. but warmerrweather on the way. 44, that's the dew point right %-very comfortable humidity levs out there. to the low 80s. but we have much hotter weatherú in the forecast. i will have the details on that, -oming up in the sky watch forecast. >> russian spies among us. hunt for another suspect among us and what the russian government is saying about the -ncident. >> not that much damage. other ttan power lines. >> hurricane alex fizzled out as it struck the southern texas coast line. the bigger and much differenn concerns however, among residents and businesses tonight. >> a man gets stuck in a

>> a confession from a suspect nabbed in alleged spy ring. prosecutors say a mysterious man passed lets to russsa inteeligenne. we have the story about a man hunt hat continues. authorities in cypress searching for a man funneling money to spy cells ii the u.s. this van is hours after a judge in cypress freed him onnbail tuesdayy on wednesday, he failed to show

up for a required meeting with police. his attorney claims he has not heard from him. >> after the court (inaudible). >> this office wasssupposed to ha a meeting with him yesterday afternoon. he did not show up. so we don't have any connact with him. >> cops are now checking surveillance from crossingú points. the break away north of the island. and searching airports and marinas and posting the phhto in efforts of finding him. >> actually, we don't haveeaa indication that he abandoned the island. ww are still in the process to identify if he remains, or left from cypress territory. but to be honest, we're in the process, especially we focus our efforts, mainly to the points

and the points o occupied area. >> investigators in the u.s. are making headway in theecase. discoveeing $10,000 in new $100 bills in new jersey safety deposit box belonging tootwo of the suspects..3 russian authorities claim they have no details on tte case, but saa the gooernment has a sacred3 duty o offer diplomatic help top its itizens. ú% in new york, lora engle, fox3 news. >> senaaor robert byrd makes his final journal tow capitol hill. the late democratic lawmakers being buried in arlington before national cemettry with his ife. history died mooday at the age. %->> residents in south padre island ttxas say hurricane alex was nothing but a big storm.

6 inches of rain fell on the island. streets took on water. worrt offall, high winds knocked out a utility pole on the queen iiabella cauueway that reopened at 7:30 this morning. >> this is opposite of the worst case scenario. i mean we did not dodge a bullet. we did not even load the gun for us. >> now, businessss are hoping the tourists return for the july 4th hhliday weekend. >> and it is really going to heat up for the holiday weekend here too. will it be enough heat wave like llst week? in excess of 189 degreee? here is emily gracey. >> a little extreme there. but it will be 100.ú looking outside you would never kkow it. ú%mfortable and dry right now. temperatures already down to the midd60s. and under partly cloudy skies. winds are calm. and humidity at a very all right. under the influence of a highú pressure system, starting to work the way on top of us.

that stationary front situated to the south, keeping the wet weather and humidity and heat to the south as ell. nnw as we head to the next3 couplef days. -he high pressure will continue to work the way over us. aad eventually off the coast. when it happens, winds shift from the south and that's when the warmer air comes in. so while we have een in the low 80s aad upper 70s the past couple of days, our hiih temperatures will reach the upper 90s by early next week. so as we head into tomorrow though. nothing close to the upper 90s. in fact, we will be comfortable3 out there. 80 degrees for the afternoon hiih. eastern shoree winds are a little more breezy over there. out of the north-northeast at five to 15 miles per hour. and then back in toward central maryland. aahigh of a comfortable 82. just slightll below our average. plenty of sunshine throughout the ntire ay. and a gorgeous day oot in western maryland as well. northerly winds and lots of sunshine all across the board..3 -o clear photon that allows the temperatures to cool down to the

upper 50s. and low 60s downtown. and winds are out of the 10 miles per hhur. five to and then by tomorrow, very commortable day as well. 82 degrees. just slightly warmer than where we were today. winds out offthe north-northeast at five to 10. and lots of sunshine all across the board. similar story down in ocean city. heaaed down there for the holiday. gorgeous. friday through sunday.ú 77 friday. 88 on saturday. and 87 we will warm up for the foorth of july. comfortable there..3 -ere at home. not thattcomfortable for the fourth of uly. temperatures, over the next couple of ddys. as we start o see the winds 966by the fourth of july. you will want to stay hydrated as you celebrate on sunday. monnay 88for the afternoon hhgh. 97 on tuesday. we start to see just a little bit morph cloud covvr. and we do have a bit of wet weather in the forecast. it is on the extended forecast. i will have the details coming

up in the seven-day ffrecast in a bit. back-to-backkseries for the first time all year. see if they can beat the athletics for the second straight series win. next in sports. >> a man e

>> historic lannmarkkis relocateed and run into a road -lock of sorts. this historic gas station got stuck under a bridge overpass in des moines iowa. not a good start. main part of the building cleared the overpass, but chimney, well it didn't ake it. ccews virtualll had to remove the chimney to take the building to its new location. could be cold inside during the winter. and ooganize man is stuck trying to crrwl through aahole in his bad room wall. but ittsaaed his life. hii house was on fire. and he was trapped in the bathroom. so he kicked a hole through the drywall to escape the flames. he was on the phone with 911. >> i am stuck. >> how are you stuck? >> i broke the sheetrock. >> you are stuck in the

sheetrock? >> yeah, trying tooget out of %> he was stuck. firefighters broke down more drywall to pull mike to safety. who was no longer stuck. >> the ooiiles got back in the win olumn last night against the a's hitting five home runs. tonight with rookie arieta on the mound they are trying to win. take back-to-back series for th3 first time this season. top of the second. one on for former oriole cusp. takesrary yettaw into the right. he scores. standing up on the double. and game is tied at one. and later in the inning. pennington n plate. run ners the corner. patterson miss reads it. falls down changing direction. cuts scores from third. as does groos from first. oakland withhthe 3-1 lead. top of the third. newly promoted jooh bell shows

defense. makes the nice back hhnded catcú to start the double play. and in the bottom of the fourth. gross shows what he can do, wigginton has a sinking liner to left. and gross soars in for the dive and catch. mata pitches. ú%eeney bounce it up tte middle. therr is a score. and that opens the flood gates. next batttr. cusp puts it to the formmr team. crushes it to cenner. jones cannot get to it. ground rule double for him. 6-1 lead. and they keep pouring it on. with the infield drawn in. ellis punches it past izturis. sweeney scores. and they take the leed. and win, three ame series from the o's. >> to injury news, luke scott hits the go ahead run in the seventh but when rounding first he comes uppolding the back of his leg. scott suffered a leff hamstring

ssrain. scott has been placed on the 15 day diiabled list, and he saii he was just trying to run out the ball. >> i want to make sure if the i turned it up. coming around. and when i come around first base, kind of cramped up. you know, hamstring cramped up. and my leg went forward and it pulled..3 and you know, just sucks. glad the ball went out. but this is frustrating. called up to replace scott onell the roster. can i eat heart healthy without giving up taste? a man can only try... and try...and try. i heard eating whole grain oats can help lower my cholesterol. it's gonna be tough...so tough. my wife and i want to lower our cholesterol, but finding healthy food that tastes good is torturous.

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>> comfortable weather continues tomorrow. but a warm up on the way for tte holiday weekend. 82 tomorrow. and 96 by the fourth of jjly. we will be up to the uppee 90s by monday. and then as we go owarr tuesddy, hold onto the mid to upper 90s. by wednesday,,slow cloud up. %-and go o the laterrpart of te next week. -hat's when we finally start to see a ccance of rain. we could uss it for this time of year. the end of next week. jeff, back to you. >> all right. emily thank you.33 you can be in charge of your own personalized forecast. i-radar is available at foxxaltimore.com. just use the interactive tools

tt track storms down to your neighborhood. or your treet f you wish.ú go to foxbaltimore.com/ism radar. >> and that will did it for the "late edition". thank you ffr joining us. i am jeff barnd. see you tomorrow night right here oo fox 45 news. take care and have a good night everybody. real timeeclosed captioning provided by u.s. captionnng [ kid 1 ] wanna know some of our favorite things?

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