>> haruki nakamura, and the rest of the ravens will resumeú practice tomorrow morning at 8:45. now here is jeff barnd with the "late edition". >> power problems. >> frustrating is not the word any more. >> why a community southeast baltimore said it has had more than its share of utages and what bge is doing about it. >> unexpected performance. how store bandits put on a show for the security cameras. >> and the idol shuffle who may be leaving the show tonight. >> live, in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this %->> hello again, i am jeff bar. karen has tonight off. the power is back on for more than 700 southeast baltimore

residents. but some neighbors say they have heard all of that from bge before. judy kurtz has new information tonight on the search for answers. to these problems. and she is stand inning by live outside. judy? >> the lights hereein patterson park are on now. but the question is, how long will they stay that way. residents here say their power has been going off-and-on for the past three weeks. longest stretch without electricity lasted 11 hours. and neighbors we talked to say they cannot wait until bge tells them what is going on. an answer, i mean, that's where the biggest frustration is. saying this is the problem, this is our proposed solutton to it. whether that doee or does not work, at least there is a plan of action. >> now, bge admits that its actions are unacceptable. company said that fter weees of investigating, it has found the culprit, an underground cable. bge said it believes it has

fixed the issue but it will continue to monitor the situation here in patterson park in case. and the company said it would hold a community meeting in the coming weeks to address the power issues. reporting live in patterson park, judy kurtz, fox 45 news "late edition". >> a church caretaker in east baltimore is found shot to death outside of his own church. victim's name is milton hill. 70 years of age. hill lived next door in an opt above the church book store. a relative found him this morning slumped against the fence lying in a pool of blood. shot to death. his friend a church decornerr said the scooter hill used to get around town, a retirement gift he brought himself was missing. tonight relatives are calling the apparent robbery and murder another senseless crime. >> they did not have to kill him to take his bike. if that's the case, just take the bike and go on. could have got him another bike.

cannot get him another life. >> the suspect remains on the loose. at this hour. police are investigating but have very little to go o as we speak. detectives want you to call police if you have any information whatsoever about this tragic case. >> funeral services were held today for the johns hopkins researcher killed in charles village. melinda roeder reports toniggt. loved ones gathered at a church in north palm beach florida to say goodbye to stephen pitcairn. >> this is a street robbery. street robbery gone bad and very tragic. >> it is a crime that shocked a3 community. earlier this week, stephen pitcairn was muggd and stabbed to death while walking from penn station tt his home in charles village. it was two days before his 244h birthday. today, the young student was laid to rest, near his hometown, in north palm beach florida. where he was remembered by his former youth pastor, at the first presbyterian church. >> he was puusuing great stuff in the medical field that he desired to use his gifts and

talents he was given by god to make the world a better place to live in. >> pitcairn was working at johns hopkins as a research assistant but his sister emily said he had bigger aspirations. >> he said that his biggest ambition was to give ack to the community, through being a physician. >> the crime is particularly heartbreeking for pitcairn's mother, who was on the cell phone with him when he was attacked. >> she heard people screaming at him. to give them his monny, and he said here, i don't have any cash. here is my wallet. >> here in baltimore, police have arrested two suspects, bodies with lengthy criminal for other crimes at the time of pitcairn's murder. melinda roeder, fox 45 news "late edition". >> the suspects lavelva merritt and wagner are charged with murder. >> you can help fight crime right here in baltimore by using your telephone. it is our fugitive files. joy lepola live at the warrant apprehension task force

headquarters with the laaest on the three fugitives that we are featuring this evening. joy? >> jeff, as you can see, detectives are working late tonight in an effort to track down the fugitives we were profiling. the smallest bit of information could lead to one of these men being captured. here is a look at the fugitives we have been profiling. 42-year-old james kirton wanted for armed robbery. he weighs 160. and is 6 foot tall. james's older brother john kevin is wanted for armed robbery. john kirton is 6'2 and weighs 210. and finally we have 32-year-old jarell brown he is wanted for have any information. on the whereabouts of these3 individuals. pick up your phone and call us here. please, the number 410-637-8970. these calls are strictly confidential. we are not going to ask for your name or address. or phone number. we just want information on the

whereabouts of these three men. we will be here until 11:30. after that you can call crime stoppers at 1-866-7-lockup. or go to our foxbaltimore.comm3 westbound and review all the wanted men in our fugitive files. i am joy lepola. , reporting live, fox 45 news "late edition". >> thank you, joy. >> arundel county police arrested three people in a drug bust. they searched the home on kahard %-inside they found $2000 worthf crack cocaine and nearly $1000 in cash. robert lane knee, robert smoot and parker all face charges tonight. >> convicted rapist sentenced to life in prison could be released from jail very soon. john was a former catholic school teacherrconvicted of he says his lawyer failed to tell him about a plea agreement during his original trial back in 1995. that plea deal carried a 10 year sentence. a federal judge granted his appeal today.

>> a city police commander deeivers an apology to a 5-year-old that was run over by a police car. alvin williams struck last week when he ran into the street, in front of his home. he suffers a broken leg tonight and has $7000 in medical bills. now police apologize as we said, but have not accepted fault. and now the family fears they will be saddleed with all the mediial bills. >> yoo know, all they have to do is stand up and say, you know, okay, five yeaas old. we will takk carr of the mediccl bills and everythinn. and make sure that he is okay. that's all it takes. >> a final accidenttreport is ú%pected any day now. >> perfect weather today. is it going to holdout for our all important weekend? mettorologist emily gracey is here with a first look at the sky watch forecast. you are under the gun now. >> i am under the gun and good news and bad nnws. one day of good weather and then we will start to see a change in the forecast. enjoy saturday. it is nice out there this

evening. temperatures down to the 70s. 77 downtown. 75 in d.c.. and 73 n hagerstown. we will cool down to the 60s in many locations. and possibly the upper 50s in a few locations. it is dry out there this evening. humidity is low. -nd the skies are ccear. so coolltemperatures in store for us during the overnight hours. waking up to temperatures in the low to mid 70s. and then by the afternoon, we will be in the low to mid 80s again. warmer weather on the way.ú and wet weather in the forecast as well. tell when you it will happen. coming up in a bit. jeff? 72 people became proud americans in the city of baltimore. new citizens sworn in during a naturalization ceremony at the war memorial auditorium downtown. new americans come from 44 different countries. >> it is really great day for me. you know, being a u.s. citizen. >> it means a lot to me today.

great day of my life. >> almost 700,000 people become naturalized u.s. citizens each and every year in this country. >> you need to know tonight about a recall on the lacrosse gloves. logo on the gloves contains high levels of lead. they are the brine bip gloves made in vietnam and sold from july of last year until une of this yearr company is offering replacements or a refund. for more information on the recall, go to foxbaatimore.com/news links. >> google this. seems students trust internet search engines so much it almost does not matter what results come back. northwestern universsty doctors studied more than 100 freshmen, and found that most students clicked on the first seerch result, no matter what it was. some clicks on it because it was the first result. just 10 percent of the students talked about the credentials of

the website, they went to. >> new research shows tonight comcast is the fastest internet service provider in the u.s. that's not saying too much. however when compared to other nations. top three are comcast, charter communications, and cable vision. verizon's 9th because it still uses dsl lines. when it comes to worldwide inttrnet speed. the u.s. places number 27 on the list. comcast speed would place it ahead of bull gary, 9th on the list. fastest internet connections can be foond in the nations of south korea, lafia and netherlands. >> anddeven more changes tonight at the american idol judging table. ú%at may be happening to kara dioguardi now. but randy jackson may get the good pportunity to judge somebody from right here in baltimore city. the winner of baltimore's

>> new report outlines tonight how wide spread animal cruelty is in the city of baltimore. and what can be done about it. the task force said many peopll abusing animals are as young as 10. some are gang related. the task ffrce wants tougher penalties for abuse and abusers, and more community involvement. >> we already got tracking for

our police officers, so we are looking for more community engagement with these specially alert communities to the signs of animal abusee so we don't have to have another horrific incident like phoenix, or the puppy strangled earlier this yeer. >> the task force recommendations ould cost $100,000, however, to implement. >> our question of the day, should baltimore city adopt the recommendations of the animal abuse task force? 80 percent say yes. 20 percent say no. steve writes on our website. the city needs to take much stronger actions against animal abusers, including the parents of underage abusers. >> seems the economic recovery has slowed down significantly. the u.s. economy continued to grow but at a pace of 2.4 percent from april until june. down from the previous quarter. the main concern is the slow down in consumer spending hat accounts for 70 percent of the

u.s. economy. experts say the high unemployment rate is keeping all of that spending in check. >> we need more weather like today. it was beautiful outside. especially is back now with a sky watch forecast. emily? >> yes, still nice out there this evening. in fact, pleasant conditions across the area. we will hold onto them, at least, for awhile longerr live look from the hd skycam right now over the inner harbour. shows nice conditions out there. comfortable temperatures as well. we have cooled down to 71. we will keep on dropping during the overnight hours. down into the low 60s in many locations. and then possibly the upper 50s, especially in the western suburbs. winds out of the west right now at 3 miles per hour. and the humidity is at 66 pprcent. so today we reached the high of 84. it felt pleasant compared to where we have been this summer. we will hold onto the cool temperatures for one more day. and the dry weather as well for one more day. 86 was the high in d.c. today. 85 in salisbury. and it will stay dry for tonight now.

tomorrow night we have wet weather moving into the area. we're starting to see a few clouds back west. and those clouds will start to stream in a little bit more by tomorrow night. so get out there and enjoy the morning tomorrow. we start off mostly sunny and start to cloud up toward the afternoon. and then that wet weather we are seeing back west that will come in to play by tomorrow night. and slowly start to move east through the day on sunday. so we have had high pressure dominating the weather for the past couple of days that continues to scoot off the coast via the jet stream. and next system comes in to play tomorrow night. so clouds build p during the afternoon. and then by tomorrow night. the western counties may start to see some with wet weather as the low pressure gets closer and closer and then all of us see the wet weather during the day sunday. showersscome in. showers a possibility on sunday. and then it takes its time to move ut. so expect wet weather to continue by monday morning before we dry out monday night into tuesday. 86, really nice day on the eastern shore for tomorrow. mostly sunny skies there. they will be slower to cloud up

because the system moves fromú west to east. in central maryland, expect a high of a comfortable 86. and partly cloudy and more clouds toward the evening, and overnight hours tomorrow night. western maryland difffrent story. they will pick up the showers earlier. then we will here in baltimore. 84, partly cloudy becoming mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms by tomorrow night. if you are headed down to the waterfront this weeeend. it looks like saturday is the best bet at the beach. 84. plenty of sunshine. because the rain is moving in on sunday. showers and thunderstorms, with a high of 83. sunday afternoon in ocean city. comfortable overnight tonight. schwa 63. some of the western counties could be cooler than that. it may be chilly out there. good night to open up the windows and turn off the ac. for tomorrow, 86 degrees. increasing cloudiness, by the afternnon. and with winds out of the northeast at five to 10 miles per hour. all right. the clouds come in omorrow night. by sunday, showers in the forecast. shhwers and thunderstorms. and we will hold onto the mild temperatures for a few more

days. 85 with a chance of showers and thunderstorms on monday. and then dry out for tuesday and wednesday. but we are looking for the warm up to show upright about wednesday afternoon. hot temperatures back in the forecast for he high of 93. i will let you know how long it will last, if it is in the extended forecast. coming up in a bit. jeff? >> right after news that ellen degeneres quit american idol comes a new report. kara dioguardi hhs reportedly been fired. several reports indicate kara dioguardi was axed from the show the same day ellen announced that she was leaving. jennifer lopez has already been hired. and thht aerosmith's stephen tyler, the frontman, of course, will likely replace simon. ccwell left in may o work on his new show, the x-factor. kara dioguardi joined the show just two years ago. meantime one lucky and talented viewer will soon be showing off his singing skills right in

front of american idol producers. >> ♪ brandon ambrosino won the baltimore idol contest. held yesterday morning. at east point mall. grand prize is guaranteed audition in front of idol producers at the new jersey tryouts. we spoke with brandon on fox 45 morning news today, with patrice harris to find out what his strategy is going to be. >> i think, that i have a lot of experience, in the vocal field. and i am also going to try to get on there, and just e sincere. not have an agenda. >> brandon beat out 99, make that 199 other singers. >> if you thought it was not possible the ravens secondary got thinner. the starter that will miss all of the season. next in sports. >> and she thought she could dance and rb

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dallas, texas, do not pull a gun. no they put on a show instead. surveillance video indicates and shows the pair as they rush in, the man steal cigarettes. his female side kick climbs on the counter and starts to dance. the clerk confronts the two with a stick. cigarettes. and the pair runoff, well, empty handed. the dancer has been arrested but police are looking for ginger roger cigaretteless fred astare. >> the ravens opened up trainiig camp today in front of a record crowd, 11,506 fans which toped last year's record. but coach john harbaugh did not have good news for them. the fans did not get to see number 24 out on the field. that's because cornerback dominique foxworth has suffered a serious knee injury. foxworth tore his acl yesterday at practice, during a non-contact drill. and he was running and when he went to change directions, he

said his knee popped. the former maryland terrapin, who is in his second year with the ravens. will be out the entire season. over before it begins. big let down for him. and a big blow for the ravens'3 defense. >> i think, every team is one way or another faces adversity, through the course of the year. just so happened for us, it came day one. losing a guy like foxworth, do you try to replace him? no. but next guy steps up. by. bottom line is figure it out. move whatever pieces you have to move around and keep moving. it really hurts to see somebody go down day one. when it happens all you can do is pray for them and keep on moving from there. >> so with foxworth gone for the -ear. here is a look at the remaining cornerback is on the current roster, that could take foxworth's place. fabian washington and ladarius web coming off torn acls also. but they expect to be ready for the regular season. chris carr car stepped in last

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>> dry and pleasant tomorrow, with a igh of 86. 82 on and rain sunday. rain continues to monday and then we dry up and warm up middle of next week. >> that does it for the late edition. thank you for joining us. i am jeff barnd. up next, is the 70s [ host ] it's the fusion proglide challenge.

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