thattwill do it for this edition of "sports unlimited", up next is the "late edition"@%r gglbert, and it starts right now. @% >> ccuise ship workers charged with smuugling. accused of trying to bbing into balttmore.3 >> our ob is to keep the best -nd brightess in the state of @%ryland. >> maryland's version of the3 ddeam act. what one state senator wants to do to help children f illegaa immigrants. %-in er campaign for senate.h@ why chrissine o'donnell could end up being a criminal. >> and a og in a tight spot. how this puppy's roogh day >> live in high efinition, from wwff tv in baltimore, this is

fox 45 news ""ate editiin." >> ello again, i mmjeff barnd. -> and i am jennifer gilbert. -e have breaking news out of@%na retired police officer is involved in a shooting.3 myranda stephees live toniiht oo the scene with what happened. myranda? >>well, jennifer and jeff, i am here at park heightt in belledere avenue, near ppmlico.@ where police arr still on the scene of an active shooting. of a shooting involving a joining me nnw is kevin brown witt the baltimore city police department.@ kevin, what can you tell us that happened tonight? good evening. @%eliminarily t appears as if a retiree police officer, @-was in a carry ouu, food arry out, ordering dinnee tonight within the 5200 block f park heights avenue. as he was in the course of doing that, someone came in and -ttempted tt rob the establishment. heewas armed, had a gun. drew it..3 the retired pollce officer, then

engaged the shooting shoooing him once. heehhs been transported tt a area hospital. and is in serious conditiin. >> so the suspect did not fire at the police officer to our knowledge? >> again, to my knowledge, riiht %-appear so.narily it doesn't3 he withdrew the weapon and@ engageddthe pollce officer. >> and i understand it was aa judy's island grill and bake shop; is that correctt >> that appears to be correct. >> all right. -hank you kevin for your iiformatton tonight. again, parkklights and west3 shooting involving a retired but the retired police ooficcr was not hurt. that is the latest ere. weere live. myranda stephens, ffx 45 news "late edition".3 >> okayymyrrnda. residents along boone street and 22nd evacuuted their homes because offa neerby house fire. fire crews fought the flames from outtide because the flames were so intenss inside. the roof of the building did collapse, and most of the fire

is out,,we're told at this time. so far, no one is hurt. >> in other news tonight. cruiseeship employees busted for trying to smuggle drugs intt baltimore. >> keith daniels wwth the federal courthouse, where prosecutors say a tip helped to crack the case. >> federal prosecutorsssay a ship security offiier for royal caribbean tipped off custom officials and toniiht three ship employees and two thers face federal drug hhrges. agenns arrested gavin excel when baltimore, december 18.port of investigators found 700 grams of heroin and 300 rams of cocaane hidden in the waistband and ssoes. arrested. agents said they planneddto sell the narcoticss o a virginia couple. including graves. but her aatornny called that suspect a solid citizen. >> she pled not guilty. she is a woman with no criiinal record whatsoever.

the court released her without seeting bail on her own rrcognizance and back omeein vvrginia..3 >> the suspects piiked up the drugs uring a visit to the dommnicaa republii earliee this month. at the fedeeaa courthouseein downtown baltimore. edition." >> policeemake progress in a last mooth, police arrested ffur teens for murdering a restaurant customer in glen burnie. at least wo of tte suspectssar3 rrsponsible for anothee deadly crime that occurreddlast augustd killed in a robbery attempt. they have been locked up ever >> leads from thhse that hhmicide brrught us back to 7711 and through detective work we were charged buner with that homiiidd allng with shaun anthony johnson. >> police are working to nab the other suspectss i he 7-11 case3 theyyare looking for 16-yeer-old felicia barnee, last seen aloog

eberly drive in baltimorr yesterday avenuee barnes is from north carolina. ann was in he area visiting family.3 family members say she went to@ and never came home. llegals to get instaae tuition at maryland colleges.3 bill sponsored by senator %-two years of high school and pareets ay state incomm taxes. marylann. -ut also to treat people faarly3 and it is the right thing to do. why would you want to provide a taxxayer financed benefit, to3 someone hat is here unlawfully. >> deeegate pat mcdonogh plans to iitroduce several issues >> we asked you shouud they get -nstaae tuition. 97% say no. 3% say yes. two wwrds. heck no. michele wrote.

@%ey should be deported. %-on the way to baltimore count3 right now there is a 15 fam camera limit withii school it is an issue spprking controversy. >> this is about the saaetyyfor ouu kids. this is about walk ability. %-and it issabout protecting our @%ildren. ittincreases public health t fights traffic congestion. >> i don't like the speed cameras beeause i think,,it takes away theediscretionnof the police officers in enffrcing the law, and, i think t ddniescitiz% accuser. >> biil would be introduced januaay three. -t could be vote order by the fulllcounnil on febrrary 7. o'donnell. %-funds ffr her own ersonal us.

7000000 and lost the u.ss senate race in the diaaond state. >> reat ay in brazil. 2016 olympic games held innrio. offfciil nveiled the model of the olympii village today and ground breaking held in this fieed where construction is already underway. >> today the foundatton of the olympic village is very important. it is important beccuse olympic village is really at the heart of thh olympic experiince. >> 48 buildings in all will be erected here to houss all the@ athletes the world over. bad day for rett farve. vikings qb fined $50,000 by the national footbaal league for quote a failure tt cooperate with allegations. he sent llwd photos to a spprts the league determined faave was3 not candid in the investigation, and apparently he may have been @%o candid on the cell phone sending photographs to tte host. >> apparently.

>> unshine and finally some waamer temperatures. >> yeah. %-meteorologisttemily gracey is here. to tell us if that's he case. eeily? >> that's the case. %-48 tooay.to elieve. felt warm out there. compared toothe temperatures e felt so far this wintee. we do have warmer air on the -ay. looking outside. clear skies. and that is causing our@@%tempe. so we are following down to the mid 20s. 28 in baltimore. many locations in the mid 20s. 24 in dover. and doww to 19 degrees riiht now in salisbury. so as we headdto the overnight hours, we will drop to thh mid tomorrow, mostly cloudy day. -iggs, cooler than today. low 40s.@ but we have 50s on tte way. and also some rain to talk about. - will have the detaals on that coming up in the full forecast. back to you. >> in tonighh's news you need o know. new laws for 2011 will change@

what you can and cannot bring into a courtroom in maryllnd. the rules apply to eleetronics. laptops. among the new rules devices arr subject to inspeetion, and have %-builddnns. off while in court courrs are also not liable for3 damage to any of the devices. @% you break the new laws, you %-court. helddin contempt of >> new law calls for more solar powwr in maryland. that sell electricity in maryllnd will have to buy more energy ffom solar sources. change is expected to increase -he cost of resident's eeectricity bills in the next few years by about 5 centt a month. cost will increese moreethaa 60 cents a onth for commmrcial rate payors. >> whattiffyou could exchange that ugly sweater before you get it. amaaon has a wwy to do that. the company said that a new patented technology will allow those getting giits to convert items they do not want into gift cards instead.

the patent was issued last month. no word from the company on when @%e new option will become availabll. >> there was an explosion. @% explooion at a furniture store in michigan. coming up. what firefighters think caused thissmassive blast. >> incredibly expensive. >> gas pricessat a two-year some say thhs is just the start of a ajor spike. how high could they go by 2011. aater the break. >> and a dog in a very tough spot. %->> one person could sttll be

near detroit suddenly explodess damaged several nearbb homes and buildings. store ownee was inside. he is in ccitiial connition %-crews discovered a bbdy in the debrii. they believe, at least, one other person could be sttll inside. >> we ran outtidee called 911. i ran across the street. ran into frank's, where the opening is. i yelled in there because i smelled the gas. >> natural gas leak is likely the cause. >> well, the average cost of a gallon oo gas in baltimore today, is just over the $3 marr. and now some oil industry insiders say those prices could go a lot higher. the former ppesident of shell

oil expectt gas priceeto say hit thh $5 mark by 2012. he contends that increased demand ann federal restrictions blame for ballooning oil costs. possibiiity of $5 gas is hhrd for a lot of drivers to imagine. >> $5 a gallon? incrediblyytoo high. %-we have people that would ride bikes. wow!nk. to fill up a 20-gallon >> well there may be hope for cash strapped motorrsts. analysts say $5 gas is possible but more likely a decadd out. not in 2012. >> michigan couple goes to extremes to adopt a baby. hopes of speeding uppthe adoption process. this after they got frustrated with all thh red tape and long wait to adoptt mostly from people offeringlls. prryers and support. finally some warmer weather

onnthe way. emily gracey is hereewith3 details of even warmer %-wrap up 2010.ading our waa to >> hat's right. seeing the 50ssbefore the end of the week. feel like itt@ dropping down to theemid 20s in baltimooe. clear skies, coooing the 28, and we have come up a degre3 since the last hour. calm winds allow us to drop dow3 to the 20s tonight. and startinggto see our clouds %-that will keep us from falling too far down to the 20s for tonight. and allow our temperatures to go into the low 400 for tomorrow. all right. we had a lot going on the eestcoast last week. this week a look at the change in jet stream pattern causes wet weather out west. and showers associated with a@ low pressure system in portions -oving in our direction.xas. but not moving too quickly. in fact, the moisture may reach us by saturday night. but we will stayydry untillthee.

so looking good. iffyou are headed out for new years. mild temperatures and dry conditions for friday night. back at hooe. watching highhpressure system dominating the weather for a coupleemore days. and that allows us to be dry throughhthe enddof thh year. so we will see that highh3 pressure moving off the coast. when it does, we will start to see the winds shift southwest. -hen it happens, teeperatures will riss a few degrees. so we willlget into the low 50s by saturday. before our ext frontal system @%ves in. therr it is right there. forms in tte southeast and moves in our direction. by the middle part of the weekend. ss saaurday night, early sunday morning. -xxect showers in the forecast. but good news with that iss3 temperatures will be warm enough no snow expected in the forecast foo the next week or so. 25 degrees. we willldrop down to overnight. and tomorrow, hiih of 42. and we will have a mix of sun and clouds.@ more clouds toward the afternnon. and light winds. and then we will start to see3 the warm up friday, 49 degreee. and so as yyu are headed out3 frrday ighh.

temperatures are concerned. and 52 on saturday. so ppeasant weather before the cold front pushes in saturday night and sunday. clearing out sunday afternoon in time for the game. and coolinging by the start of the next week. llok at the seven-day forecast ccming up in a few minutes. back to you. 3 >> common sense seems to be laccing these days. -t the society for professional journaaists. diversity committee t the journalism ssciety is recommending that journalists %-immigrant." so if they arel3 immigrantt and they are herr illegally, what exactly is the problem? the way, who style book manyby news organizations follow, is standing by the term.. >> guy in south carolina apparently hhd no common sense when he decided to play a real-life version of the video where the frog has to crosssthe road. and get to the river. aad thenneventually to the lilly

pad. well in this guy's real-life version he yelled go, started in laae highway. game over. he enned up in the hospital. after he was hit by a suv. >> katy couric, does well, and nobody plays hhr better. >> get eady for a new season of glee. tte stars of the hit musical %-in the new year.3t the new next. >> and terpssgiie their outgoin [ female announcer ] these are the crescents you love on a holiday. and these are the ones you'll love on a friday. pillsbury crescent pizza pockets. with just a few ingredients, you have an easy to make dinner. they're crescents for the other 364. try them tonight. with cinnabon cinnamon have such a sweet and delicious aroma that my family can't wait to get their hands on them. enjoy cinnabon cinnamon...

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>> get this. a german shepherd puppy near l.a. is stuck between rock and a hard place. really. >> it was a bad day. pictures how the dog's head stuuk in a hole in a stonewall. i wonder how he got there in the first place? animal service fficials spent one half hour trying to get the frightened animal free. the dog was not huut. >> well, cold weather and lack of a nearby beach cannot stop die hard surfers in munich.

they jumped intt the raging river inssead. they say itt s worth it, lets them stay in shape. and freezing cold water is not so bad. >> and here is the so-called iceman trying to break his own reeord. hoof, plans to take a nice bath new years eve. what a way to ring things in. kong today. last year heewas in it for one@ hour, 44 miiutes, and this guu said quott i refuse tooshrink from my quest. he has broken rrcords for swimming under ice at the north pole with the penguins >> the end of an era today for the terrapins. after 0 seasons, ralph friidgen's time as hhad coach game to an end..3 not a voluntary end. he doesn't want to leave. frig led the terps againss east

carolina in the military bowl. and outgoing head man,,friedgen coaching in his lasttgame as head coach of maryland, looking to get the 75th win. @%ste little time. o'brien down field to dorsey. touchdown. and they have the early lead. second quarter. it is now 9-3 terps. they get another big ppay. check out the big hole or ddvid maggot. heads to the side line. and before he is brought doww, heegained 44 yards. terps are in business and they cash it in too. dj adams with a big ay. takes it in. they are no nowhere near done. third quarter. defensive heat. interception. and heads uu field. deep inside ecu territory. cash it in too. adams had four touchdowns. but scott took over. late hand o giann hole. look what he does with it. 61 yards for the touchdown. terps take the 37-13 lead.

how do you top a 61 touchdown3 run? simple. add 30 yards. scott goes 91 yards for the touchdown. as the terps go onto a 51-20 victory in the 75th and final game under coach friedgen. >> back in baltimore. ravens got back to work after enjoying a extra day off. begaa preparrtiin for the sunday @%me against the bbngaas. win over the browws sunday clinched the playoff spot. but doesn't mean nothing to play foo. steeler loss to cleveland coupled withha win, gives them the division, two seed and first round bb. so just clinching the first round spot is not enough. >> i don't get too excited abou@ it. beeause i figure ttat was the least, you know, i expected was so once the playoffs start is when you start to get excited because of the potential for s much mooe. playoffs, i don't think anybody

is excited about that. i am not. >> ravens listed as favorites, kickoff at 1:00 sunday. >> gleeks get ready as glee returns with fresh episodes for theenew year. stars of the show reveal lee is coming back with new and returning guest starr, more fun show themes, and upcoming post superbowl spectacular. >> yeah, i know that the superbowl episode is going to -low your mind. it is all over the place. it is hilarious. @% are shooting right now. you will sse a couple of girls in footballluniforms. >> it was my dad's proudest moment. he came and stood on the field that whole night. i think he thought he was watching a real gamm. >> fun to be with the boise and get to be in that environment. >> also, in the new cast. in the new year. returrs, and anchor katy couric appears in an episode as

herself. glee airs at 8:00 every tuesday night right hhre.

>> cooler for tomorrow. high of 42. and then the warm up begins.3@ friday 49. 52 saturday. mild weather ringing in the new year. showers saturday night nd sunday morning. but dry out in time for the game

and then we start to see cooler temperatures, down to the low 40s for afternoon highs starting off he can and 42 wednesday. back to you. >> thank you emily. you can be in charge of your own personalized forecast. iiradar is available although foxbaltimore.ccm w use the tools to track storms down to your street. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on i-radar. >> and that will do t for the "late edition." thank you for joining us tonight. i am jeff barnd. >> and i am jennifer gilbert. up next is how i met your mother. tune in o morning nnws tomorrow starting at 5:00 a.m. have a great night. real time closed captioning provided by u.s. caationing lysol knows you work hard every day

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