>> that will do it for this edition of "sports unlimited." stay tune for "late edition" with jeff barnd and jennifer gilbert, and it starts right now. >> targeting education for budget cuts. >> it is not a good thing. >> backed happen to school districts across the state..3 and what is happening in one district right now. >> maryland ppstor on the mend. what happened when he came face-to-face with a burglar inside of his own church. >> happy homecoming. the moment two young florida girls will never forget. >> opossum with facebook

friends. what makes this creature so special. >> live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news "late edition." >> hello again, i am jeff barnd. >> and i am jennifer gilbert. maryland schools are bracing for the possibility of 5% cuts in state spending. and baltimore county schools could increase class sizes. >> karen parks standing by live in onwens mills where new schools have been built but it may not last long as far as the relief is concern. karen? >> jennifer and jeff, new town elementary built a few years ago to relieve the population strain on owens mills elementary. scenarro seen throughout the county. so just the thought of hearing the chance of increased class size is quite unnerving for many parents. now, understand superintendent joe harrison, under his budget proposal, 200 teaching vacancies will not be filled. also on the table is a 5% decrease in central office.

and individual school budgets, which would cut down school supplies and equipment. a tighter budget means less teachers, less supplies, and bigger classrooms. >> they have gotten a little bit smaller here. but that makes rogers forge so over populated again, so that will be the same problem that we had a year ago. so, you know, it is not a good thing. >> for all the superintendents for helping us in baltimore county manage our budget. >> here in baltimore county. there are about 100,000 students. 500 new students enrolled this year. system is projecting an increase of about 900 students next year. the largest increase the county has seen in eight years. reporting live in owen's mills. karen parks, fox 45 news "late edition." >> thank you karen. >> here is our question of the day. should the state cut education funding by 5%? 71% say no. niki writes, absolutely not. the children and their education

should always come first. deme tree writes, no, because we need all we can get for the kids today. >> today hundreds gathered to remember sean gamble. unarmed man shot and killed by baltimore police officers. >> gamble's father, pastor james gamble led the service and gave friends remember 22 gerald sean gamble as fun loving joke ster, that was going to be married in may to the mother of his 2-year-old son. but instead, his family is >> i just thank the lord my family can get through this. and want tt say he was a loving person. touched a lot of lives. i will really miss you. thank you for the 23 years you gave me. >> four officers have been suspended while the city is launching an indinvestigation. >> meanwhile, arrangements are already set for william torbit,

officer killed in the shoot-out. there is a viewing set tuesday three to eight at the wiley funeral home in randallstown. funeral is the following day at the cathedral of mary our queen. at 10:00. @%neral at 11:00. >> pikesville woman will stand trial accused of scamming people out of money to help with her medical bills. lisa cohen told people that she had terminal cancer and needed money. some of the people that gave her money claim that she told them she would need to have her arm amputated. apparently the whole thing was a scam. and one of the people caught up in all of this. former offensive lineman for the ravens. mike flynn. this is the second case in baltimore county of a woman falsely claiming to be dying of cancer for money. >> 78 rabbits are pulled from a two story condominium in columbia. police say this is a clear-cut case of animal hoarding. appears the rabbits roamed free. you can imagine the mess that created. despite the living conditions,

rabbits are healthy and domess indicateed and up for adoption now. >> a pastor is beaten and pennies are stolen from his own church. one of many bizarre attacks on this church. kathleen cairns said that tonight the thief made himself dinner, during one of the break ins. >> the thief even made himself dinner during one of the break ins on the bizarre attack on a church in silver spring. pastor jose reyes is back at the scene of the crime. silver springs new creation baptist church. target of thieves, three times in the past month. during the first break in, a door was kicked. a safe stolen. >> more important than the money we had, church documents, that were very important to us. and so those were stolen, because the whole safe was taken. >> the burglar came back saturday night. and this time stole 40,000 pennies from pastor redfield's

office. >> pennies were here. you can see where there is loose spot where the pennies were. >> kept in a large jar, collected for charity. >> of course the police found the jar emptied in the trashbin today. so the children have to start over. >> before leaving the church saturday night. the burglar trashed the kitchen. making dinner. >> last night we try to clean the mess. i go to the bathroom. >> that's where pastor reba found the burglar hiding. he broke through the same window. the 43-year-old surveyor, that church rents the congregation saturday night endeddup with puncture wounds across the face. >> i think, this guy, he got key. >> pastor tried to protect himself with a rake, snapped in half during fight. >> we know we have people with no jobs.

i understand this. but we can do something different. >> and why destroy our church. that's god's house. why? >> as the religious community pray for help. police search for answers. karen parks, fox 45 news. >> judge reverses his sentence in a drunk driving case. snowden head of the civil rights division, charged with d.u.i. last year. probation before judgment. he got a similar sentence eight years ago for d.u.i. and new law prohibits drunk drivers from getting more than 1 pbj in 10 years. >> we try to stay up with everything, but obviously for me, this one slipped through the cracks. i didn't know it. at the previous sentencing. when i knew it i took steps to correct it. >> know deny has the option of pleading guilty or requesting a trial. >> good day for a cross io pos

come. she is two years old and cross eyed. internet sensation. she lives in a zoo in germany. since video of her surfaced on the internet she has been seen everywhere. heidi has her own facebook page with almost 180,000 fans. >> ♪ >> good day to sing in a florida classroom. surprise homecoming for two little girls that daddy a decided to surprise them at preschool. look at them running to greet staff sergeant. just returned from south korea. hugs and kisses all around with his 3-year-old daughter and 2-year-old daughter. >> well, bad day for horscopes, up evil in the world of astrology tonight. are you ready? it is because the astronomers have gotten involved.

they found that because of the moon's gravitational pull on earth, the alignment of the stars was pushed by about a month. for example, when astrologyers say the sun is in pisces, but it is not anymore. everything you ever thought you knew about your horoscope is wrong. say it is ot so. >> well, you know what, guys can use that line again, i guess, new thing. >> whole new approach. >> what is your new sign. >> i am sticking with aquarius. >> what is your new sign? are you staying with aquarius. >> i am sticking with libra. >> old order the way to go. >> cold no matter what the stars are saying. >> real cold out there. what is your sign vytas? you are a capracorn. >> no it is aquarius.

we are seeing cold temperatures out there. chilly temperatures through the overnight. clearing skies over the city right now. few clouds may work the way in. late overnight. western edge of the state has clouds. even snow showers out there in western maryland, up to pennsylvania and pittsburg. you see the temperatures sitting at 27 in abaltimore. hagerstown 21. harrisburg up in pennsylvania 24. and folks up in philadelphia 20. so looking at cold temperatures settling in. probably see teens in some of the outlying areas overnight. so bundle up and stay warm. more sunshine in the picture. show you the next chance for precipitation coming up in the forecast. >> uncle sam could put plastic nurwallet this tax season. launching a pilot program to give tax refunds in the form of prepaid debit cards. aimed at lower taxpayers that may not have their own bank accounts.@ it will safe them 90 cents for

mailing the refund check. cost of sending letters is the same. but postal center is raising rates on heavier shipments. basic is for the first ounce. and then the price for each extra ounce will now cost you 20 cents. changes are effective april 17, two days after tax day. >> big news, as verizon announces getting the i-phone. ending the popular new every two program. where subscribers get 30 to $100 toward a new phone every two years. this makes buying phones more costly. current customers can get the next upgrade, but after that, the program dies. >> you can dine at a down in baltimore county. county executive kevin kamenetz announced the launch of his first restaurant week. 40 restaurants, including the historic milton in you are seeing here in sparks. will feature special menus at a lower price. restaurant week will run for two weeks. it starts tomorrow. and runs through january 28. you can find a complete list of

the restaurant taking part in restaurant week, on our website, foxbaltimore.com/news links. >> mark, her husband, could not believe it. he started to encourage her. >> a break-thru for congress woman gabrielle giffords. the moment only a few were able to witness. >> i think, there is agreement on all sides of the political spectrum. violence is never, ever,, acceptable. >> press secretary robert gibbs getting heated with one ?ó?óñter.

>> special tribute to the llte -- firefighter raised a flag from ground zero in honor of christina green born on 9/11. >> the family of the 9-year-old watch as the flag was raised. casket wheeled into saint elizabeth seton catholic church in tucson. christina was elected to her elementary school council. and gunned down while attending giffords's public event last saturday. >> meanwhile congress woman giffords has had a major break-thru in her recovery. able to open her eyes for the first time.

since shot in the head in the rampage. there to witness the incredible moment were two fellow congress women and her husband. >> mark conbelieve it. he courageed her. gabby open your eyes. and she literally opened her eyes. and mark was beyond himself with excitement. because we did not understand that this hadn't happened before. and he said gab beebee can you see us? give us a thumb's up if you can see us. she struggled and then a few moments later she pulled her whole arm up, with the full thumbs up. >> well doctors say giffords is breathing on her own. and they credit her incredible progress to quick quality medical care. the path the bullet took, and luck. >> clarification. i said tax day was april 15. as it is usually. but this year it is monday the

18th. my apologies. >> russian reporter did not make sense today at the white house, with regard to the shooting. heed the crazed shooter defined america. >> many people outside would also say, quote unquote, freedom, deranged mind to react in violent mind is americans. >> no. no. i would disagree vehemently. violence is never ever acceptable. we had people that died. we had people that lives will be changed forever because of the deranged actions of a mad man. those are not american. >> that quirkky question speaks for itself. >> is it prius, or pri. toyota wants us to let them know. top car does not have a plural name. so they are asking you to decide

what it is. whoever thought of asking the public's help on this is a marketing genius and makes great sense for toyota. >> i kind of like prei. >> i have two toyotas. >> ask larry david. he drives one. i am sure he would have an answer. >> very cold temperatures this week. >> yeah, so cold the code blue in baltimore city is extended until tomorrow. here is chief meteorologist vytas reid with a look at the sky watch forecast. >> chilly temperatures settling in tonight as we see the cold air moving in from the northwest. those winds have been pretty much coming out of the northwest all day. keeping us on the cold chill. looking at 27 degrees. winds out of the west at eight. looking at humidity levels at 65%. and it looks like we will continue to see those clouds filter in from the west. our temperatures topping out today at 35 degrees on the almanac page. starting out at 22 this morning. no precipitation to talk about as we have been dry. but temperatures will continue to go down on. sitting at 27 baltimore.

27 in d.c. 21 in hagerstown. some of the outlying areas may get into the upper teens. we will drop into the lower 20s overnight tonight. with that northwest wind keeping us on the chill. clear skies for now. but clouds work in from the west to try to hold onto a little bit of that, blanketing to hold onto daily heating. 13 in baltimore. that's what it feels like with the windchill. and 15 in hagerstown. 19 in d.c. here is what it looks like with satellite radar composite. you can see the breaks in the clouds over baltimore and dc. few clouds working in from the west. and a few snow showers up northwest of us. i think, most of that should stay north of us. western edge of the state should get a few snow showers. may get a little of this working in possibly late saturday night with a chance for a stray flake or two, but doesn't look like we will see much of anything if it makes it into the region. our future scan shows breaks in the clouds for tomorrow. mostly clear to partly cloudy skies. with this little disturbance north of us.

staying north, but maybe a chance of a little of it working over the border into saturday night. tonight, 20 degrees. cold, northwest wind at five to 10. tomorrow, 35 degrees. and ravens, taking on the steelers in pittsburg. 33 degrees with 60 percent chance for some snow showers. southwest win at five to 10. then your five-day forecast. shows ttmperatures back here at home. around 41 for saturday. 38 for sunday. 40 on monday. martin luther king day. and then it looks like tuesday rain. temperatures at 45. >> big ben talks about facg3q

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do. rightly so. >> couple of vacant nfl coaching jobs filled today. john fox released by panthers, is hired by the broncos. fox led the panthers to the superbowl in the second season in charlotte. he was 78 and 74 in nine seasons there. and the cleveland browns filled the slot too. brian shermer leaves his jobs with the rams to take over. his father fritz served as offensive coordinator of the packers.

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>> final look at the seven-day forecast. 35 degrees. sun and clouds tomorrow. 41 saturday. chance for a little sprinkle saturday night. clearing up sunday. partly cloudy. 38. 40 monday. on martin luther king day. we could see showe mmmmmm

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