of the coors ight silver spotlight. and "sports unlimited." stay ttne for ttee"late edition", and ittstarts right -ow. >> a dog in danger in the friggd waters oo thh inner harbour. the story of his dramatic rescue. >> a 100 car pile up. how things went from bad to awful, so quickly. @% a big pay day for customers of a jewelry storr..3 the risky bet thattthissstore owner lost. >> aad a library book, returned

65 yeerr late. why the man that borrowed it avoiding paying any fine at all. >> live in high defiiition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news "late edition". >> hello, i m jennifer gilbert. jeff barnd is off tonighh. %-of a young special needseath student. 6-year-old jeremy jennings died after he jumped from the back of a moving school bus. investigation, isson the driver. crime and justice reporterrjoy lepoll has ew information on the story you saa first on fox. at iisue is whether the driver should have pulled over, when the raucous broke out involving the 6-yyar-old. baltimore city school administrator now said that the drivers are trained to pull over, and stop when students ar3 out of their seats. the victim's mother told fox 45, %-or simply turned around andver

heeded back to the school. other bus drivers, who we talked to today, say that it is not always feasible to pull overrin @%timely mmnner beeause of their location. >> why would he not stop? identifies the bus moving? why they didn't stoppmy son. when there is a incident normally on the buu they call me. let me know they pulled over the bbs. >> officials will revvew protocol for the transportation of sppcial ed ssudents like jennings. also in january, when students returned to school, the school system plans to add aapolicy to the books, that specifically addressss hat a drivvr should or her seat. joy lepola, fox 45 news "late edition." shoots a man trying to rob a baltimore. %-park heights avenue. at judy's

retired officer was orddring food when the suspect came in with a gun and tried to rob the @%ace. officer oppned fire, shooting the would-be thief, at least,3 once. >> i don't feel sorry for himm.3 that's what he did. thatts for him. if you are out hereerobbing and killing, you get what you deserve. >> olice ay the suspect remains in tte hospital in grave conddtion tonight. >> an effort to educate after a deadly ttagedy. baltimmre county fire departmeet took to the treett of pikesvilleewarning people about the daagers of carbon monoxide. thh warning comes after two3 people died from c.o. poisoning in that neighborhood. %-idea.inkk it is a very good more aware of carbon monoxide, as we alllknow it is tte silent3 killer. there is no smell. you know, o someene does not home unless they have somm ttpe of a detector to allow us to know what is going on. >> firefighters went door-to-door dissributing flyers on the dangers of carbon

monoxide and symptoms offc.o. poisoning. >> a dog s rrscued from the frigid waters of the inner harbour. a black lab named penny in tte marine unittofficer that saved her, reeniteed in canton today. last night at 6:30, the dog ran away from her home, and somehow ended up in the water nearrthe harborview mariia.3 put on a water rescue suit and jumped in to get the dog. >> once i got in thh water. he saw that was in the water with him. he as just happy that somebody was there to cling on to. >> i guess so. the dog was treated and release back to its owner. >> good day for theeoctomom. nadia suleman and 14 children their home tomorrow,,because shh cannot pay the $450,000 due on@ her mortgage. but she is getting a little break. sort of. her viction is being delayed

while the homeowner works out a3 deal to sell thh homee here is the catch. king pen. the same guy that has been -rying to get suleman to appear in porn ilms. sooffa she has turned him down. he saas he has no intention of pressuring her, juut because he is buying her hoose. bad day for dr. earl badly, delaware pediatrrcian accused of abusing ccildren. now the conteets of is storage unit in rahobeth beach are about to be auctioned off because he has not paiddthe rent. -iems include lots of toys and games. >> good day or casino developer ddvid cordish. his developmenttplan for the largest slots achine parlor in maryland gets approvallfrom arundellcounty. for maayland too. first step toward getting badly needed revenues into the state. >> inner harbour will light up with fireworks tommrrow night at %-the preparation for the grand display is well underwwa.

>> ffil was laid on top of the eachhand every explosive set up on barges. -arges will be anchored in the baltimore harbor and put them in a 18 minute show choreographedd3 to music. takes a loo of work to make it happen. >> we have a computer softwwre program that we use to choreograph the display. once we have that, all the item@ picked out and products, we send ttat to our operatioos and they hand pick each device. >> and all of the celebratiins, going on at the innerrharbour tomorrow night, he bands that take the stage, starr at 9:00 tomorrow night. >> and if you hate the cold weatherrthere is some good news, in the new years eve forecast.@y gracey with a look at the sky watch forecast. leap instead of. >> jennifer, you will hhve to bundle uu tomoorow nightt but not as cold as past years. in facc, temperatures mild over3 the next couple of days.@ and dry as well. looking at the radar right now. we are seeing a dry can across

tte state. showwrs popped up to the south earlier this afternooo. but now drying out and clearinn out. and the clear skies are alllwin3 the temperaauues, at least for tonight, to drop down, about 30 in baltimore right noww 30 in hagerstown. and 355in washington, d.c. we will drop down to the mid 20s all across the area for tonight. buu then, milder air workssin by tomorrow. by tomoorow afternoon, we wwll %-and then even warmer air comig @% to start up the new year. let you know how warm we will get and when we will see rain shooers coming up ii the sevennday forecast. >> thank yoo emily. huge drug bust on he high ssas. of cocaane off the coast of panama. -oast guard plane spotted 3@ suspicious boat speediig through the waterr. and offiiers swooped in. >> our efforts are having significant impact. when i say our efforts, i am interagency team. weeks ago thh ddrector of the use is down, price is up.aine

purity is down. and actual cocaine production in columbia is down. >> well this is the second bust this month by the coast guard. three ppople on that boattwill case has been turned over to thh u.s. attorney's office. >> if you plan to drink in baltimore ity, new years eve, tipsy taxi will get you home safe. the cabs are free and for anyone that iss21 or over. they will run tomorrow night at the stroke of midnight through 4 a.m. new yeers day. >> you must be in baltimore cit3 drinking at a bar or restaurant. but we will trrnsport you anywhere within the baltimore metrrpolitan area up to a >> here is the nnmber to caal. 1877-963-taxi. now lines will probably be bbsy3 but keep oo trying. american honda motor company is recallinggmore than 18,000 snow blowers, compann aii the

snow bbowerr soldnat nationwide a fire hazard. honda said customers should bring the now blowers to a dealer for free repairs..3 for information on the specific models go to foxbaltimore.com/news links. >> here is way to ppt your tree to good use. collecting the trees during january. you can drop off your tree, at@ 2840 sislin stteet or 701 read bird avenuee and if you briig your own baa, thhy will turn your tree into mulch, free of charge. >> an explosion in a chinesee3 able o escape. >> a big mees on the hhghway. how a simple accidenn turned into a 100 carrpile up. jewelry customers. the bet that really paid off for

them. ccming up next.

>> political operative facinn a criminal investigation said hee3 is protected under the constitution. julius henson worked for robert ehrlich's campaign and ordered aattmated caals to potential voters. calls claim that goveenor o'malley had alleady won thh election. suggesting that voters ssy home on electioo night. @%nson'sslawyer said that thh calls arr covered under the first amendment guarantteing free speech. he has filed a motion toodismiss >> eerlier we askeddyou if you think robo calls are proteeted so far 33% say yes. and 67% say no. andnat writes on our website. it sounds reasonable.@ ii will be interesting to see how the ccurts rule. but gus writes, robo alls should not be protected if they are intended to deccive. >> an explooion and deadly fire in a ccinese phaamaccutical factory. look closely, and you can see two people trying to escape

hanging ffom a window ill. but then they lee go. now according tt the associated press, it is believed that they, in fact, urvived the fall. you can see a third perron escaping yywaaking on pipes. leading to another uilding. at llast five other eople are reported dead. six more injured. no word on the cause of that explosion. >> two sisters innmississippi are set to be released from they were each sentenced to live for armed robbbryy in which they supporters of jamie and glldis, reeoicing after the governor said he is repealiig their sentences.@ now family and ffiends are preparing for their return hooe. the governor is dropping theirs, -ife entencessas long as ladis gives jamme a kidney. >> and an accident causes aa100 car pile up n north dakota interstate. it happened on interstate 94,

that's whht you are seeing here, right outside of fargg. one trrffic accident causee other cars and trucks to go lots of ice there. and the drift, you can seee,were tremendous. at least, two people did end up in the hospital. >> well fortunately a much differenn ssory for us. emily ggacey is herr with the @%y watch forecast. emily? foreeast for the nexx seven days. milder air mmving iito finnsh looking outside tonight. dry conditionn as well. cooling down though, clear scan. over the skycam over baltimore.@ and seeing temperatures riiht3 %-winds are calm.right ow. and partly cloudy skies. we will seeeclear skies through to drop down into the mid 20s beforr sunrise. -umidity righh now is at 71%. so clear out there rrght now. -s you can see, weewill sse tte clouds lifting through the@ -vernight hours. @%eer to starr off the day3 tomorrow. fewwmore cloods worring the way -head of a cold front thht will be pushing in by saturday,

during the day. so we will sse a few clouds ahead off that for the most part. nice day innsttre for us tomorroo. temperatures up tt about 50 degreessin most locations. and it is all due to this high pressure system. keeping us dry for several days3 here. tomorrow, no exception. in fact, nice day in storrefor us, as high pressure slowly works off the coast. see a shift in our winn and that will bring our teeperatures above average for this time of year. by aaout five to 10 degrees. %-front back west.g the cold pushing into the picture. bbysaturday night. so expect shooers saturday -ight, into the morning hours on sunddy. and then byysunday afternoon, w3 will start to dry ut. and see cooler conditionssbehind thht cold front. cool forrtonight. dropping down to the mid 20s. calm winds and partly cloudy skies.@ for tomorrow, niie day across the area. eastern shore is one of the cooler spots actually of 48 degrees. witt mostly sunny skies. and calm winds. and as we start o mooe furthhr west, we wwll see warmer

temperatures. mill air across central marrland. a high of 50. conditions.stly sunny and calm winds. and then western maryland, even warmer than thaa. %-with a nice light southwest fw -t 5 miles per hour. anddpartly cloudy skies. so really nice couple of dayy in store for us. -ownnown or be out and about,w you will experience mill cooditions. -eepeeatures rrght about midnight around 40 degrees.@ and then saturday, we will see 3 high of 52.@@%night. -nto the orning hours on sundayy afterrthat,,we will see cooler temperatures behind that cold front.3 highs by monday and tuesday,,3 only in the low to mid 40ss i will have a look at the seven-day forecast. coming up in a few minutess.3 back to you. @% 3 >> mayor bloomberg said we did our best. common sense said not really.3 mayor of new york insists thaa everything possible wws being doneeto clean the streets after bbt now there is this. word that sanitation workerr,

intentionally held back on snow removal efforts. new yorkkpost is reporting that sanitation supervisors ordeeed drivers tt only do the minimum. to protest budget cuts to the @%partment. really des not makee ny sense @% put the lives of the people of new york at-risk, ooer a laaor issue. >> a standout high school student ii north carolina has been suspended ffr the rest of her senior year. because sheebrought a pairing knife to school in her lunch turrs out it was not even her lunch box. it was hee dad's by mistake. he had a pairing knife in it he intended to use to cut up the apple. knifeegot hhs daughter kickkd out of the school for tte rest of the year anddcharged with weapons possession. no common sense at all. took a big gambll and customers woo big. he prrmised to refund everything bought between november 266and december 11th, if it snowed more more than 6 inches fell on day.

christmas day. the owner is now paying back to bet oo he weather. >> a book returned to tte pratt library, 65 yearr late. why it ook o long. >> and playing the hits on neww3 years evv.@

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>>well, apparently it is never too lateeto return a booo to the library. ttis week a book checked out in 1946 from the central library was returned by a patron almost 65 years later. ii was mailed in with a etter from john wolf of st. louis %->> he wws a gi, recuperating t fort meaae afterrworld war ii. group of soldiers camm to the library to check out booos. he heard he wassgoing to be sent to the far east later on in hhs deployment and decided to check >> irony he said that he was sent to europe. the library aid it might be the oldest overdue book ever returned there. and they did decideeto aive thh $6 late fee.

>> thh disc jockey at a big new3 yeers eve in vermont will not be allowed to drink this year. because hh is only nine. pal low haa been showing off his %-toddler.@ince he was a @% will perform at a discc parry tomorrow niiht. and developed hissown style to get the crowd going. >> start slow, like with records. so people get usee to it. and then later on, in the show,@ i am gging to staat going fast. so at the eed of he show, people is like realll hyped up. >> he playeddhis first gig at the tender age of two? >> there is a ddfinite revenge @%ctor ii play this sunday against cincinnati. the ravens have lost only four games. three of them to connenders like atlanta, new england, and@@%pit. forth is, that's right, bengals. it was joe fllcco's worst game as a pro.

through four enter exceptions and siice then five all season. thaa includes a four game stretch with none at all. and spent all week tryiig to forget theeperformance againnt the bengals and it seems to be wwrking. -> so as a - joe can move on. i think, the great quarterbacks do. not only in one game to the next. but maybe from ne series to the next. and, i think, thaa's why at some point in ime this guy is going %-great.itely et better and -> thess guys giving us tough games since i ame here. rookie year they beat uu twice. we have not beat them since my3 second year, they play tough %-cover guys well. stop the run well. and you know, we have toocome reaay to lay. that's the motivation. is just for us to o out there and play a good game against what we believe is a good team. @% now the bengall aae one off3 the biggest surprises or disappointments, in the entire nfl. they were championssof the afc a year ago and went intoothe

before losing to the jees in he first round. @% the off season they added teerell owens. thinking it would put them over the top. and lost 10 in a row. and are in last ppace, with a 4-11 record. and face of ravens say forget the numbees, they are meaninnless sunday.@ >> hat's why we plly he game. on any sunday anybody can be beat. and this business of showing that, year after year, that there is no definite nything.3 you knnw, no matter what thh records re, you are playing a professional footbaal ttam and3 chance of -- somebody has to win, somebody has to lose. thaa's the way it goos. >> meanwhile in college park with friedgen officially gone, univeesity oo maryland is beginning the process of finding hissreplacement. highest profile candidate was there yesterday. former texas tech coach leach made his case. reeortedly maid met with the selectioo committee. he has a winning season in all 10 years at tech and took the%r.

forte is offeese. pinball machine. special interrst of maaylaad that has a quarterback returning. academics. no effort forthcoming at the meeting. recruiting begins jaauary 4 and in placeli by then. have someene >> friedgen had a 75-50 record in 10 years in marrllnd. >> lú@@ @

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>> ring in the new yeer with comfortable temperatures. high of 55 tomorrow. 52 on saturday. saturday night and sunday morning. brings us showers. then dry out after that. just in time foo the game sunda@ afternoon. cooler temperatures come to staat off the first week of 2011. highs only in the low tt mid %-wednesday, thursday, we get bk next thursdaa. through until jennifer back to you. >> all right. thank you emill. yoo can be in charge of your oww personalizeddforrcast. foxbaltimmre.com. use the interactiie tools to ttack stooms down to yyur street. go tt foxbaltimmre.com and click on i-rrdar. >> that's all for the "late toniggt. i am jennifer gilbertt -u next, is how i mmt your mother. and be sure to tune in to fox 45

morning news tomorrow starting i am off until the new year.@ see you in 2011. have a great night. real time closed captioning provided by u.s. captioning