come here, buddy! arf arf! arf arf arf! come here, baby! who's my little baby? who's my little baby? arf arf arf! captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- city workers arrested for drinking and gambling on the job. 11:50:09: conaway: "you always want to trryto gvie someone a second chance." chance."why so many of them wwre hired with criminal record. tbathe president and libya. what he told america tonight about our military action. action. scandalous swimwear. why this bikini is so controversial controversialand wide bodies on the move. the paradeeof pacaderms in downtown baltimore.. . hello i'm jeff barnd. and i'm jennifer

gilbert. new questions.../ tonight..////.ááaboutáá.../ the... people.../ the... city of baltimore.../ hires./ hires...//// they come after 13 city workers were arrested last week for gambling and drinking on the job.michael buczyner has new information about the crimiial past of some of those arrested workers. workers. 3 several council members are reacting to the arrests of the 13 city employees... employees... who were arrested at this department of transportation facility friday .. they are also reacting to questions about why they were employed in the first place. place.court records show 6 of the 13 employees have already been convicted of serious crimes... one is currently on probation for illegaly carrying a gun. gun.the convictions range from drug possession... to drug dissribution to handgun charges. charges..several of the six have served serious time in prison...but that didn't stop the transportatton department from employing them.. now some city leaders are calling for policy.11:47:18: cole: "whee y.-

you're taking about using tax dollars, i think you probably do need to take a closer look at the policy." policy."11:55:355 kraft: "it's much better to have them paying taxes and contributing - to society than us having to warehouse thhm." them."the 13 workers arrested in friday's sting.. together earn more than 309-ttousand dollars a year from the city.. all 13 along with their without pay.michael buczyner, fox 45 news late edition. a man who pled guilty to two rapes in southeast baltimore knows his fate tonight. tonight. donald vaughn has been sentenced to life with all but 40 years suspended .in 2007 vauggn forced his way into home in canton and raped a woman inside. two years later he forced his way into another canton home and beat and raped a woman. aughn ssill faces rape charges in virginia. police.../ are... looking for vandals .../// who ...hit.../ two... baltimore county .../ churches. st.../ michael... / the... arc--angel .../ church.../// in.../ overlea... //// ááaáá...

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drugged their dog.

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the.../ ssate... senaae...// moves.../ closer.../ toward .../ approving... a hike.../ in.../ the... alcohol.../ sales...// tax. tax.the.../ bill.../ would... phase--n.../ a... 3%...// hike.../// for beer,.../ wine and.../ liquor...//.ááliquoráá.../// store...///// owners...// ááareáá.../ not... happy.../ with... that.../ idea.../////.áábutáá...// they say.../// it's... better...// than.../ the... original.../ "dime proposal. (ferraa) "any tax increase will have a negative impact the easiest, the most probably 3 palatable for us at this time." if... enacted...////

áátheáá.../ alcohol tax.../ is... expected to generate...// more ttan.../ 80-million dollars.../ a year...//// in... the next...// three yeaas. 3 a measure that allows wineries to ship directly to maryland residents has passed the state senate. he senate voted tonight... in favor of the legislation. the house approved a similar bill on saturday. thirty-six other states allow direct wine- shipping... but the measure has failed in maryland over the last two years. ssul... but new research the - says.. it could be bad for frequently attend rellgious activities are 50 percent more likely to get fat... according to a new study out of northwestern university. the study doesn't point to any one reason... but some say it's potluck suppers and parties. laughter and usic may be the best medicine.a new tudy found that laughing --- while listening to your avorite tunes --- could lower your

blood pressure.it could even lower it as much as cutting salt from your diet or losing 10 pounds.experts say that kind of reductionncould cut your risk of death by heart disease or stroke by 15 percent. áánats of flooding and sirensáá sirensááan entire town.. destroyed by a tsunami. how long it took for this japanese toon to be swept away. p3& and too sexy for seven yee old. how this bikini is made that makes it so controversial.. and the company marketing it to children...next . 3 3 "we got kind of upset and we started talking about it, if we could still do it or not." not." kids fight to keep their pemonade stand... who wants to shut them down... coming up

more than a week after launching military action on maummar qaddafi .....president obama took to the airwaves tonight. jenniffr davis says he explained to the american people why we attacked. 3 obama says: "we have stopped qadaffi'' deadly advance." after 10 days of military action in libya, the president defends u-s involvement in the new conflict - saying the libyan leader was going to slaughter his people and needed to be stopped. obama says: "we knew that if we waited ooe more day, benghazi - a city nearly the size of charlotte - could suffer a

massacre that would have reverberated across the region and stained the conscience of the world." ccitics complain that congress wasn't consulted, that the mission hasn't been fully explained and that the mmlitary was speaking ffom the national defense university, near the white house -the president responded to those concerrs. obama says: "i said that liiited; that we would not put ground troops into libya. tonight, we are fulfilling that pledge." he laid out the mission and said regime channeeisn't a goal, although e he didn't address how long the conflict could last or what it may cost. but he did stress that u-s involvement is already shrinking as nato prepares to take over command wednesday. obama says: "we should not be afraid to act, but he burden of action s we asked: áádoáá.../ you... agree.../ with...

the mission.../ in... libya? áá90--%áá say.../ no.../// no.../// amanda... writes.../ "so... tired of us.../ getting ...into things .../ we... dont belong!!! carol.../ writes.../ "i... know.... if... things went amok.../ here.../ i'd.../ want... help.../ from....other.../ countries." 3 --- protestors chanting to musi- music--- 3 meantime...// ááprotestersáá.../// take... tt the streets.../ in.../ yemen....///// áácallingáá .../ for... the country's .../ long-time... ruler.../ resign..../////ali...// abdullah .../ saleh.../ has... ruled.../ yemen...// .for.../ 32--years...////. áásundayáá...// he.../ rejected.../ an... oofer.../ to... step down.../ by... the year's.../// end...///. áásaleháá...// is... a key ally...// of... the u-s ../ in... battling.../ al qaeda -- ///// ááwashingtonáá.../ fears.../// ááifáá... he.../ departs....// ááthingsáá.../ can... get.../ out... of.../ hand../ another.../ 6.5.../ p earth-quake ../ rocks.../ japan...////. áácausingáá... more.../ concern.../ over.../ radiation.... spreading.../ ááfromáá .../ the..../ nuclear.../ complex.../ there......//// there......//// experts...// warn.../ radiation...// leaking.../ from... the...// fuku-shima.../

nuclear...// facility.../ is... spreading.../ to.../ sea-water.../ and.../ soil.../////.. ááreadingsáá... show.../ contamination.../ in... the ocean...// spread.../ at...least.../ áa.../ mile.../ northá.../ of... the nuclear.../ site.../ than..../ exppcted..././///. áánats f flooding and sirensáá sirensáá sirens warn of a 30-foot tsunami.../// as it swallows.../ the... port town .../ of.../ kesa-- numa...////.this new videe out of japan... shows cars being pushed over the shooting the video... can do nothing but watch../// as buildings are ripped from their foundation...//// in less than five minutes.. nature destroys the town. --- ad lib toss to weather--- 3 33

clothing store abercrombie and fitth... has lost all common sense... and common decency.....marketing a push-

up bikiii.... to little girls. girls.the "ashley push up triangle" is a padded swimsuit top being sold at ambercrombie. the bathing suit is in the current spring line for abercrombie kids. i just don't think that there's a reason for seven-year-old girls to be worrying about having their body look good in stuff. they should be playing.""it gets young girls to think about themselves in sexual ways before that's developmentally appropriate."-after many complaints.... abercrombie & fitch has removed the ord "push-up" from the description of thh top on its website.but the padded tops are still for sale. 3 the bikini clad woman who went on a rampage at a florida felony charges.this video g became a you tube sensation.... the angry customer attacking employees withha charity coin jug.she is harged with felony charges, including one count of criminal mischief with

damage of more than $1,000.she was also charged with two counts of misdemeanor battery, disorderly conduct and resisting arress.and she could be in even more trouble.... because she may have given cops a faae name. here's a case of a homeowner'ss association, with rules hat don't make common sense.a kids' lemonade standdin palm beach, florida....had to shut down.... because it is against the rules of the homeowners association. "we didn't know there was a problem, but we just received a letter a couple of weeks ago, saying that they were trying to shut us down." "they don't like it cause they don't have children like us." 3 3 3 the problem involved a rule about having an unlicensed business in the neighborhood. the kids, by the way, were donating the money to a school for disabled children. .the orioles send nolan reimold to triple-a... why the o's made the move despite his strong spring... next in sports...

((bruce at rp))major league

teams have until thursday afternoon to finalize their rosters for the season openers...final cuts usually raise some eyebrows, and

ttat'sscertainly true of this year with tte orioles..((take vo))buck showalter has handed nolan reimold a ticket to norfolk, where he'll begin the level...this after a solid spring, in which he hit .315 witrh tghree home runs and 10 rbi...clearly outplaying felix pie, his competition for the ultillty outfield role...but pie ii out offminor league options, and reimold had one left...so that was that... other cuts included randy winn, mark hendrickson and clay rapada.... ((wipe vo)) orioles hosting the tigers... bottom of the 1st... bases full of birds for luke scott... and the o's left fielder hits it high in the air... those famous spring training winds get a hold f it... and it leaves for a grand slam... his 3rd home run... orioles up 4-0....zach britton contiiues his impressive spring... here he gets brandon inge looking... brittoo haa 4 strikeouts in 6 innings... he'll likely ssart the yearrin a minor league city near you....with only one exhibition game left before the regular season... jake fox on the roster... and this is a 3 the concession stand in left... his major league leading 10th home run this ssring... the oriolee score 14 runs to beat the tigers 14-9...((bruce at rp))while

march madness rages all around maryland's terrapins can only ponder what might have been... they of course were passed over by both the ncaa tournament and the nit..((take vo))in fact, the play of jordan williams is about all that keeps it from being a forgeetable year...williams' sophmore season was good enough to be named first team all acc after recording a sechool record 23 double doubles...averaging 16.9 points per game, and 11.6 rebounds...and there's more... today, we learned that williams as been named honorable mention all american...he's been silent aaout his plans for the future...will he return r opt for the pros?stay tuned... ((bruce at rp)).it's time once again for our high school game of the week contest now brought to you by varsiiy sports network dot com... you

can vote for the game you'd like to see highlights of by going to foxbaltimore dot com and clicking on high school game of the wwek... maybe you'll see you school...here's this week'ssslate of games... ((take full screen)).for friday april 1st... 5 games to choose from this week... chesapeake anne arundee at arundel in softball... marriotts ridge is at atholton in baseball... john carroll takes on calvert hall in baseball... pikesville visits hereford in boys lacrosse... and mcdonogh is at st. paul's also in boys lax... we'll announce the winner on thursday night... 3 elephants strutting their sttff... why these giants took a stroll through downtown baltimore... next 3 3

some city residents... got quite a surprise this evening.... a parade of 2-hundred street....... letting everyone know the ringling brothers barnum and bailey circus is in arrive by train... and march their way to first mariner arena. the circus runs from march 30th through april 10th. that's all for the late edition...thanks for

joining us.i'm jeff barnd... and iim jennifer gilbert.be sure to tune in to fox45 morning news tomorrow --- starting at 5-am.goodnight. goodnighh. 3