wins on the season. now hhre is jeff barnd and jennifer gilbert with the "late edition". >> a shortage of police. public safety. sure there are enough officers on the streets of baltimmre. -> saving on groceries, where to lookkfor deels online before you go to the sttre. >> and the naked cowboy.ú why he is taking his aat to court. >> live in high deffnition, from wbff tv in baatimore, this is

fox 45 ees "late edition". >> hello again, i am jennifer gilbert. >> and i am jeff barnd. size of baltimore city police force is shrinking with nearly 80 officerr leaving the department. >> keith daniels is live at city pooice headquarters where commanders are scrambling to retiree cops. keith? >>well, jennifer, police spokesman said the epartment is about 100 officers short off3 having a full staff of 3100. %-worries here at the departmen. spreading to neighborhoods too. maryland unexpected number of retiiing officers, 42 officers left in june. more than the 17 who departed in the samm month last year. and 20 retired in june of 2008. the officers left n the days and weeks beforeecuts to pension benefits took effect. and tonight some residents bblieve the exodus could jeopardize public safety.

>> every day that i am out and about and i see our officers on the street of baltimore city. i take out the time to thank them. without them, we would bee doomed. >> he department hassset public safett would not be compromised. and coomissiooer bealefield is hoppful, at least, 100 positions will be filled with thee3 graduation of twoopolice academy classes, at the end -- by the end of the yearr3 live in city police headduarters. keith daniels fox 45 news "late edition". >> all right, keith hank you. >> and police commisssiner bealefield testified at a city council hearing this evening about the department's discipline policy for off duty police involved incidents.ú the council wants to know what the rules are for off duty and how they are dealt with, if they are involved in an incident. the heaaing was prompted by the -illing of a mmrine by an off duty cop. cop was drinking prior to the shooting. >> certainly make thh community

safer. however, what happens when they become social and, possibly enebriated and they haae a service eapon? safety and budgetary issue since the incidents can quickly lead to lawsuits. >> new this hour, a police officer ii hurt in a car accident whileerushing to aid a3 -ellow officer. this is the scene near pratt and maaon streetss 8:30 this evening. the driver of the overturnee ca3 was not urt.ú but the cop is at shock trauma. but expected to be okay. the officer he was helping was involved in a foot chase. he was cut by glass chasing a -uupect. but is fine.ú and did make the arress. >> the carroll county sheriff's office is trying to find this %-these are surveillance picturs showing him using a skimming device at a atm. he was able to read another man's nformation. and then stole money from the account. >> in a story you saw first on fox.3ú the baltimore city worker

accuued offposing as a police a woman. makes a plea deal. dennis mmlaughlin is already a registeeed sex offenddr. today he pled guilty while dding time for his first offense.3 -ollected sick time pay from the city and now he is going back to jaii. >> the state will recommendda sentence of 15 years anddsuspend all buu five years. another jjdge. >> sentenced this october. state of maryland slaps baltimore's ravenwood nursing home wiih $52,000 in fines. action comes two weekk affer the state ordered residents to be evacuated froo the place. the air broke and leavinn some residents in the sweltering heat. >> the residents are not going to be peemitted to move back into the facclity, until we see %->> the state said tte facility kkew the air conditioning system had malfunctioned for a year.

and did not do much to refaii. >> after more than seven decades and years oo financial woes, ú%ltimore landmark closes itss3 doorr for now. today was the final ay f operatioo, of tte senatorú theater, as we know it. the theater wner foreclose order theemortgage last year. city bought the property. now buzz operatoo of the chhrles theater will bb taking it over. many supporters liied up for a free viewing of "star wars", the new hooe. but left with a feeling of despair. >> it is a casualty. carn teof time. >> sad toss to see this going away. here and it is upsetting to mm that i cannot ring them to see other movies here in the future. >> he saiddas soon as he caa3 take care of repair work, the >> rrlief could soon be in sight in the gulf. steve reports that a tunnel being drilled could reach bpú ú%sted oil well by this weekend. ú% blown out oil well in the -ulf could be shut down within

two weeks. thad alan point man on the incident said the relief tunnel should rrach the well by the weekend. alan said that will allow engineers to pump mud into the well to permanently seal it. news comes as hearings into he disaster continue. administrator of the $20 illion oil spill compensation fund said that a program to distriiute the money to victims will be up and >> yeah, the process has to be we will accelerate it. it must be ore transparent. >> we canndo better. quickkr. more efficiently.ú>> meanwhile e numbee of boats skimming for oil in the gulf. around 1600 vessels are now operating off tte coast. than laat week. companyysaid less oil was spoted innrecent days, so fewer boats -re need fodclean up. -ut some gulf coaat residents are concerned bp is forgetting its promise to stay for the lon3 haul and heel the -- hhal the

region. in louisiana thousands of demmnstrate to including ggvernor jindallare protesting gulf. they claim it has brought the state's economic recovery to a standstill. %-we want them to hear this "let our people work." that's what w3 >> bad weathhr is heading this if it does turn into a hurriccne, that could cause evacuations around the oil site. ttat could meanna delay of up tú two weeks. in newworleans louisiana, fox news. >> new tonight now. harness racing season is -sbestos orced delays n ther coostruction of a slots casino. it is expected to be done in december.3 >> dnr is moving to eliminate a nine day restriction period for harvesting female blue crabs,

closure period would have been scientists say beeause of bluu crab pooulation haa seen a 60 percent increase thhs year, opening up the harvest would not ú%opardize the populatton. female harvest ends november 10th now. >> a little time wwth your grocery store could save you3 money. start to ffllow your favorite supermarket on twitter or become a fan of theirs on facebook. grocery hains and local stores are tweeting deals. and offering special discountss3 to their sociil media fans. or skip the store entirely and shop online. the supermarket that offers online orders and home deliveey may chargg a fee, but byú eliminating all of those practice in store temptations, you know, the cookies in aisle five? buck or two. >> always bbd when you are in the grocery store. >> yeah, i was going to say. but. didn't think iineeded that >> stay away from the oreos.

>> it was a quiee day weather wise. >> hot and humid but no tornado threatsslike yesterday. busy yeeterday. and you needed the time off. >> yeah, i did need a breek. weedefinitely needed aabreak. we got it today. even though there were threats potentiilly for thunderssorms today. did notthappen. except for he north and south of us. earlier there were showers on the eastern shore. for the most part. ú%d. radar shows not much activity in baltimore. ú%t ooer the border in pennsylvania there are thunderstorms round harrisburg. rumbles of thunder later tonight so not out of the woods yet. scanning the skies. nothing in baltimore right now downtown. but those temperatures will warm out there. 85 degrees in baltimore right now. looking at hospitall3 temperatures. by tomorrow, it looks like we will continue to see the temperatures going up. looking at clear skies. 79 in the morning. and by lunch time, 91 degrees. it will be a hot day out there. and it will be aadry day. -ut he temperatures will even more. as we get closer to the weekend. 100 again in he ffrecast.

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were taken out of cootext. apology. >> hite house apologized for agriculttre secretary bill -ack's decision to fire ssirley sharrod after falsely concluding she made racist remarkssin a speech to naacp thissspring. later he called and apologized and offered herranother job in the department. >> i regret it. the circumstances. and that i accepted full >> i asked if she would be %-forward. in figuring out a way thattwould take advantage of the -xtraordinary life experiencess3 thht she has had. >> he said she said she wwull think abouttit leaving he fiasco in her hands not the -dministrations. -> shirley sharrod said she (inaudiblee

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need toobe recharged every seven -ordless charger. >>well, our hot temperatures, >> vytas reid joins us againú ú%th a sky watth forecast. vytas aa i looking at 101 here? we're talking about heat. we're seeing that temperature go up as other nature kicks it up a notch. and looking at hot air out there today. temperatures in the 90s.ú we're looking at, right now, 282 degrees. warm from a hot ddy we saw. few high thin clouds. for the most part clear. winds out of the west at fivv.3 %-65 percenn.levels at as we ontinue to see that warr air sticking around, even the date.age, tells the story of tooed out at 93. the record number was 104 back in 1930. so you can see a hot year back then..3 and actually, it was several long string of days, the 100s. buu looking at the preeipitation.

none to talk about here. as of yet. we do have showers and thunderstorms over the border. have been taking their time to get here. overniggt tonighttwe may get a few rumbles of ttunder. %-but maybe downpours of rain ad lighhning brieflyythrough the overnight.3 85 in baltimore. 85 in d.c. 82 in hagerstown. cross the mountains, 68 degrees. cooler spot there..3 the bigger piiture can show a lot of severe weather stretching over parts of upper new england states. up round new york state, boston, connecticut had a tornado warning west of harford. but philadelphia right nnw, we have strong storms moving thrrugh the western suburbs in king of prussia and suburbs of %-but thunderstorms working down acrrss the border. and watch them. as we go through the next couple of hours. come through. then clear up tomorrow. plenty of sunshinn. it looks like drr conditions into frrddy for the first part of friday, startssout dry. later in the day. chhnce for showers and

thunderstorms. firing up later in the afternoon %-8:00, 9:00. so friday evening plans, you maú need aa umbrella. lingering into saturday morning. but thee it lookk likk we will sse tonight, 82 degrees. few clouds, and chance for thunderstorms. tomorrow plenty of ssnshine.3 95. anddwesterly wind at five to 100 look at that five-day forecast.3 99 degrees for friday. and with a 20 percent chance for the showers lateeinto saturday morning. real early. clear out saturday afternoon. looking at a temperature of 101 degrees. this is goiig to be aahot day there. and then sunday 95. late shower is possibleeas a fronttppshes through. cool front drops us back to in the mid to pper 80s. looking at 89 degrees. back to you guys. ú% get this. this. the nearly naked guitar strumming fixture in new york time square is taking his act to court.

the so--alled naked cowboy is suing sandy kahne known as naked cowgirl claiis her actions are damagiig his brand aad act. you naked cowgirl is a stripper famous for lighting her breasts3 on fire. >> now the naked ccwboy has never done a fire down below on his part. or parts. thank you. thank you. i wrote that myself. ball.owboy said his act is a just clean whhlesome fun. >> sttp it. >> oh, my. well ed reed does not pull x?

-> the baltimore ravens opening up training camp next eek. but the fans that watch practice will most likely not see number 20. ever since the final game last season it has been months of will he or won't he, n regards to whether ed reed will return to tte ravens. he issrecovering from off seassn hip ssrgerr. and said he expects to start he

season, on the physically unabl3 to perform or pup list that means he will miss the firrt six games of the season. >> ed reed was interviewed at his camp today. and he was very candid about his -ontract,,his injuries, and >> i am preparing myself to try3 to come back for that first -ut who is to say it will be first game gainst the jets? %-that. who would want toomiss buttwho says it will be the first game in octobbr, november, december? i don't know. >> honestly i shoold not play this year. physically ssill hhve a nerve immingement that should havee3 been taken care of bbfore the but ip haddto be taken care of. back anndplayed when i should not have playeddat all. >> if it was up to me. anddi always say this, i would love to retire here. you know, but does it always happen? no. players get cut. you know, players are cut k in the organization. players are cut.dabout when

but when assed about a new contract he shoold not be asking for a contract. at the end of the day it is a business. you know, yes, i wwnt to finish my caaeer here in baltimore. will it happen? hey, both sides have to talk about it. >> switching gears, to the lugo as the hero last night for the birds. picking up the game winning hit in the bottom of the 13th inning. orioles had a quick turn around3 today with a 12:35 start in hopes to take the series agains3 the divisiin rival tampa bay. brad burgessn gets the start for the birds. top of the first. longoria at the dish. upper uts it deep left. travels into theeseats. ú%r theesolo shot. his 14th. %-and bottom of the fourth. o's trail. wigginton hhme run last night and another one today. just left of the bullpen.ú two run ssot. increasing the trade value. orioles cut the lead in half. top of the sixth tied at four..3

berken piiching, basessloaded for longoria. berken misses. forcee in a ruu from third. and tampa bay takes the lead and gg on to win by that final. taking the rubber match and the series.3 >> the o's start a four game >> it ooks like a few showers and thunderstorms mht %->> final look at the seeen-day

forecastttomorroo. see things heat up again. 95 degrees. plenty of sunshine on friday thoogh, warmer. kicking off the weekend. a chhnce for stray isolated showers and thunderstorms. 101 saturday. and then we could see -emperaturessat 99 oo sunday. finally back into the normals, lower 90s. and uppee 80s, monday. look at that. that's hot. >> 101? incredible. >> that's all for the ""ate edition". anñéáá'q'qry y y y eáe

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