go home, fez. 3 a.../ massive.../ winter storm...// making ...its way.../

across ...the.../ u--s...///ááit'sáá.../ predicted ...// the... storm...// could affect...// 100... million americans.../// in.../// a.../// 2000-mile.../ stretch. blizzard conditions created a challenge for drivers in oklahoma city. the heavy snow put traffic at a standstill 3 good evening, i'm jennifer gil. gilbert. i'm.../ jeff barnd...////. áámostáá...// of... us...// are... ready...// for... winter.../ to... end -- //// áábutáá...// it... doesn't.../ want.../ to... let.../ up ...///. áátodayáá...// we... woke up.../ to...// a .../ sheet... of.../ ice. ice. --woman chips away at icy windshield--- windshield--- we people in baltimore county...spent the morning scraping ice ---- salt trucks were out....working to keep the roads safe. some people say they'd rather have snow than ice. 3 ice is worse than snow...at least the snow you don't fall, you can see it, but ice there's just no escaping it." it." the streets is fine, but the sidewalks is very very icy, coming down my steps was icy too." too." and get ready...more ice is in the forecast. as that massive storm is coming through our area overnight... overnight...let's go straight to cheif meteorologist vytas reid for a look at what this winter blast will bring us ...

the storm has hundreds of bge workers moving

into place tonight.... tonight.... jeff abell is live at its operations center in east baltimore where theyre preparing to do battle, jeff.... 3 (3:34:56) (gould) we all know what its like to

walk on a sheet of ice. imagine were trying to pounce through the snow and ice. youve got trees and poles and wires down thats the challenge we face. we dont know what were up against until the storm passes. .. driving...// and.../ ice ---/// áá justáá...// don't mix ... ...much ...// of... last week's .../ grid--lock...// ááwasáá...// caused... by...// the... timing.../ of... the.../ snow -- ///// áájustáá.../// as... everyone .../

was... heading.../ home --- //////áábutáá...// with... ice.../// áátriple-aáá...// says...// when... conditions.../ get.../ bad ---//// áástayáá...// off... the.../ roads ---/// if...// possible.../// ááincludingáá.../ drivers...// with...// 4-wheel drive. (anderson)"youve got to understand what 4 wheel drive is all about 4 wheel drive helps youget going but once underway with an suv you have the same issues every other driver on the road has.. in fact worse cause higher center of gravity you cvan turn over more easily" easily"if.../ you... ámustá...// drive...// áátakeáá...// things.../ like... a shovel ...// ice scraper.../// flash- light.../ batteries...//// blankets...// snacks...// and... water,...//// and the massive storm pounding has forced eight thousand flight cancellations across the country... country... leaving thousands of passengers stranded for days ... many bwi passengers were told they will not be able to get out before thursday. (4:02)didn't think the weather was that bad it was kind of a surprise that we were delayed this long....(5:25)looking forward to getting home to the

wife and family you get stuck and the airlines won't give you the courtesy of a phone call when they have your contact information... information... airlines suggest before coming to the airport......call first.... several school districts are running out of snow days. baltimore city schools have already used four of their five allotted snow days. baltimore county schools have taken five days, and still have two left in their calendar.and anne arundel county has used two of its four snow days. days. some districts are already falling short... so far, carroll county has taken six snow days, but only had four built into the school year. harford county schools have used all six ... and howard county is down to only two. sign up.../ for... mobile news ...//// ááyou'lláá...// get... weather alerts...///. ááandáá.../ a... text message .../ when ...áyour child'sá school.../ closes...///.ááfox45'sáá...// mobile news.../ will... send an alert.../ to... your cell .../// áátoáá...// sign up... for.../ mobile news... /// áágoáá.../ to... fox- baltimore dot com...// and... click on.../ átext alertsá.../ at... the top.../ of the screen. a new transportation study

finds 44-percent of maryland roads need repairs --- and its costing motorists 22-hundred dollars a year. year. there are potholes everywhere... and that bumpy ride can do real damage to your car. 3 "see the holes down there.. this is what knocks cars out of allignment.. we cant afford to go to mechanics and get our cars repaired over and over. the same study finds and one quarter of the bridges are structurally insufficent, although safe. if...// you.... got...// a.../ speed-camera.../ ticket.../// in... a highway.../ work...// zone.../// ááyou'reáá.../ not... alone...// ááthoseáá...// citations...// generated...// more than .../ 2--million.../ dollars.../ in... the past.../ year..../// ááevenáá./.././ when...workers...// aren't.../ there.../// ááthat'sáá.../ why...// senator... brochin.../// wants...// to.../ prohibit.../ speed... cameras.../ from.../ operating.../// ááifáá.../ there's...// no.../ workers.../ on site. (brochin) "whem there's no construction going on and the lanes are wide open and there's no detour of the lanes when wehy an i getting a ticket, why is the speed limit 50 miles an hour." hour."(pedersen) "it's very important when we have

constrained conditions in work zones that people are slowing down and we're actually trying to make them safer for the drivers as well as for the workers." 73-percent.../// of.... the...// speed camera.../ tickets../ .issued...// on....../ 695...// at... charles.../ street.../// ááwereáá... issued.../ when... workers.../ weren't../ there. we asked...// should... speed cameras.../ in... work zones...// only.../ be working.../ when... workers are.../ there? áá83%áá... say... yes...// yes...// mia.../ says...// "if... no one.../ is... working there...// ááthenáá...// it's... not.../ a... work.../ zone..." zone..." charles.../ writes...// "speeding... is speeding.../ no... matter .../ what... time.../ it... is.". detectives sweep the streets of glen burnie--- searching for clues in the murder of a retired school teacher. teacher.62-year-old myra cason was found shot friday morning inside her car in a parking lot along ritchie highway.she was last seen leaving her doctor's office at about 8 o'clock that morning.today-- police canvassed the area, tracing her last steps. george hicks: "it shouldn't happen to somebody that seems

like a good person in the community by being a school teacher. it's just very sad that something had to happen to somebody like that." that." police say robbery was the likely motive and that the killer was in the car with her --- forcing her to drive to the lot. 3 áátheáá.../ u-s-d-a .../ updates.../ it's.../ dietary... guidelines .../// áátheáá...// gov't...// says...// people ...over 51 .../ ááwitháá.../ a... history...// of.../ hyper-tension.../// or.../ diabetes --//// ááshouldáá...// only... have...// about...// a... half.../ teaspoon..../ of... salt.../ a.../ day...///// áánoáá.../ one... else.../ should... have...// more than...// one... teaspoon .../ a.../ day...//. super bowl fans beware --- sunday's match-up could literally be a killer. diehard fans whose hearts can't withstand the emotional stress of losing could be in at risk a heart attack.researchers analyzed cardiac-related mortality data surrounding the 19-80 and 19-84 superbowl games.they found a 15-percent increase in death among older

men -- and a 27-percent rise in women when their team lost --- and a drop in deaths when they won. 3 a bad day for las vegas. casinos lost 3-point-four billion dollars in 2010. 2010.that's still better than the year before, when the losses totaled almost seven billion dollars.a new report also indicates that the most profitable sources of revenue for casinos are changing. gambling is representing a smaller part of the financial picture and more money is coming from food and beverage sales. good day if you're addicted to facebook.you can now update your status from 35-thousand feet.this month, seven airlines are offering free in- flight internet access to facebook.you stll have to pay to go elsewhere on the web.the free wi-fi is being paid for by ford motor company, which is using the promotion to roll out the 20-11 version of its explorer s-u-v.

bad day for shakespeare.... and the classics of literature. reality show producer mark burnett is teaming up with a-o-l, to create comedic videos based on cliffnotes. yes, we're talking about those cliffnotes -- the little yellow books that you used in high school.why?? you might ask??a-o-l wants more video content.the cliffnotes' publisher wants to "broaden the appeal" of the brand. in addition to summing up the plots, the videos will offer analysis, interpretation, and literary criticism. today"> escaping the chaos in egypt. the maryland students who made it out. and a president that is offended by the human body--- what bodily function he is trying to outlaw...

after days of protests and calls by egyptians for their president to step down --- president hosni mubarak says he will not seek re-election. samantha hayes has more on the turmoil in cairo... --reporter pkg-as follows -- after more than a week of demonstrations calling for an end to his regime- egyptian president hosni mubarak announced he will not seek another term-i was not intent on standing for the next elections because i have spent enough time in serving egypt.

protesters reacted angrily to mubarak's announcement, some even showing the soles of their shoes during his speech, an ultimate insult, in arab muslim countries. many say they want mubarak to relinquish power now- rather than waiting until elections in september. mubarak has been in power for 30 years and a major ally of the united states in the middle east.in a dramatic shift in u-s foreign policy with egypt- a u.s. envoy urged mubarak to make the announcement- president obama spoke about the change from the white house tuesday night.now it is not the role of any other country to determine egypt's leaders. only the egyptian people can do that. what is clear and what i indicated tonight to president mubarak is its my believe that an orderly transition must be meaningful. earlier tuesday tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in egypt's major cities. in cairo's tahrir

square- which in english means liberation- protesters stood shoulder to shoulder. during the protests banks and schools have closed and fuel and food, in some places, are in short supply. ---samantha on cam tag--- -----end----- cnn.script it doesn't look like mubarak's announcement will ease what has become a tenuous situation in egypt. more protests are already scheduled... as the violence escalated over the last week, americans scrambled to escape egypt. among the evacuees were dozens of college students from maryla. maryland.one group from john hopkins was there for an annual archealogical dig when they got word of the protesting.at first, they weren't worried. but by friday afternoon, they began looking for a way out.some waited at the cairo airport for up to 15 hours. most flights were canceled, delayed, or overbooked. faculty and staff who go to

egypt regularly for research say it's typically a calm and peaceful country.they hope to return once things settle down. 3 common...// and.../ uncommon... / sense...// on... our.../ roads.../// ááaáá.../ new... study.../ finds.../ red... light cameras.../ are... saving.../ lives.../// nationwide...// ááináá.../ fact...// fatal... crashes.../ are... down.../ by... 24.../ percent.../// ááhoweveráá...// even... though...// áábaltimoreáá.../ county.../// speed camera.../ tickets.../// have... dropped.../ 50--%.../// áátheáá...// number... of accidents.../ remains.../// the.../ same,.../// áágeezáá...// and... they.../ said.../ speed cameras...// would...// make... us.../ safer.../// áátheyáá...// weren't... there.../ to... generate.../ revenue./../// a.../ bill.../ proposed... by ...// malawi's.../ president...//// áástatesáá...// that...// citizens...// who ...repeatedly.../ pass gas.../ in... public.../// ááshouldáá...// be... punished.../// like...// criminals.../// ááheáá...// says...// quote.../// "farting...// is... filthy...// and...// disgusting"...// ááandáá.../ he.../// himself...// never... farted...// in... his.../ life...//// ááhisáá...// second... in...// command...// says...// as... a...// result.../// áámalawaiansáá...//

should...// fore-go...// prunes...// bran... flakes...// &...// beans...// and.../ weiners...//. áámeantimeáá...// the.../ cows...// in.../ malawi...// áálookáá.../ really...// worried.../// lots of wintry weather in the mix this week ... let's go to meteorologist vytas reid for an explanation.. explanation..

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