(murphh) "he was the real deal, he had his faults but this man was a trrmendous public servant the likes of which we may never see again." again." remembering schaefer. the tributes from people who knew him best... and the emerging plans for his funeral. funeral.a school cafeteria worker fights back. back. why she's battliig to get her job back after losing part of her leg. laser ddnger. danger. it changes the iris in your pupils to where you can now no longer function the incident that led to the arrest of a teenager. teenager. and a royal spoof. spoof. the wedding dance that's gone viral. he was one of the most popular politicians

in maryland's history....known for changiig baltimore forever and touching he lives of many. many. "lou gherig once said i'm the luckiest man and i didn't think much of it at thht time, but he's right some people are just lucky and i am." am." tonight, we remember the life and legacy of william donald schaefer. 3 3 good evening, i'm jennifer gilbert. jeff barnd is off tonight. william donald scahefer died yesterday at the age of 89. he held many political offices over the years....leaving his mark on every job he had and every person he met.earlier today the city fell silent -- honoring his legacy... legacy...pausiig5624 the emotion just overtook me, we

thought he would live forever, and it was still a shock that a great man would be gone. it was just a miiute at 9 o'clock oday.... those who knew him said ... any lonner might seem like too much for the fiesty man who wasn't afraid to uss his ords to get what he wanted. 515 if you were fortunate enough to know him, you'll never forget him. if you didn't meet hhm. take a look around, bk this is what he is. this...was his final day...as a public servant...four years ago...when he was honooed...by knew him best...say his most importantaccomplishments... wwrr during his days as mayor ofbaltimore.and friends....ay...he transformed...a struggling city...into a thriving downtown....that captured...national attention. 3 (mikullki) "i think he gave us inner harbor gavv us a new economy."it as like a worldwind, he was the charasmatic, un-chasama guuy"

(ehrlich) "he may have insulted their relative, he may have done something that another politiiian would not have gotten away with but when whateeer he said or whatever he did, he was operating from hissheart." heart."schaefer's bid for a second term as state comptroller was shattered in 2006...when he was defeated by peter franccot. 3governor schaffer's last public appearence was the unveiling of a his statue downtown.it wasshis 88th birthday back in november f 2009. the artist who created schaeferrs statue waa also at the unveiling. he talked about the bronze masterpiece...and tte incredible dettil thht weet into the art in order to capture schaefer's spirit. 3 3 "when i looked at the film footage of mrr schaefer there and ertain ways he entered a crowd he was always joyful greeting the crowd, raising an arm, looking around." around."

"and hen as he turns and he sees a friend and gives them a special little noddand wave." wave." the tatue was built to be ground level with the people --- because it was schaffer's nature to be with the people. and in his hand is a memo saying "did you help someone today? do it now." we've been getting an amazing response on facebook to our question of he day... we asked for your favorite memory of william donald schaefer. sophia writes ..."he was the only mayor & governor that spoke his mind" 3 and reginald says ..."he cared abbut baltimore over &ppolitics." its reported tonight that in his final moments william donald schaefer was serenaded by a trumpeter playing "maryland my aryland " to him over the phone..and friends who were wiih him say he died &p next monday he will lie in state at the maryland state house in annapolis from 10 a-m to 2 p-m.he will then be taken from the stateeouse to baltimore's ccty hallon his way... schaefer willlbe taken on one final tour of

that were significant to hii liff and career... state at baltimore city hall from 5 to 9 p-m. p-m. mourners will also be able to view him on tuesday april 26th from 9 a-m to 9 p-m. p-m. the funeral will be held at old st. paul's church in downtown baltimore on wednesday april 27th... with burial at dulaney memorial gardens. p3 big changes for the baltimore- based first mariner bank.a new deal calls for a new york company to invvst more than 36- million dollars in first mariner. the bank says it will raise an additional 124- million dollars-- ncludinn other investors.the agreement also calls for first mariner c-e-o and chairmen ed hale to step down. hale has been offered a seat on the board of directors until 2012.first mariner is trying raise money after dramatic losses during the recession. first on fox tonight...a city

schhols employee sayy she's being discriminated against ... fter losing part of her le. leg.doctors had to amputate the eg after she was shot by her estranged husband. she's spent the last six months learning to walk on a prosthetic leg and now she wants to go back to work.she's a food service employee or a baltimore elementary school. &preturn. but last week, schoo officials sent her a letter... stating that she was being dismissed for being physically unable to perffrm her duties. 3 school officials won't commenn on the case... but their policy states that every employee must be medically cleared by a doctor contracted to work with the schools. ... despite what her own doctor says.colleen is now suing ... to get her job back. 3 new detaill ...baltimore

county police need your help finding the man who exposed himself to two young boys. boys.policeereleased this suspect. the incident happened last week... nnar carney elementary.two 9-year-old boys were walking on upton road... when they accepted a ride to man exposed himself and asked one of them to touch him inappropriately... police say the suspect had a mustache and dental braces. he was driving a faded red s-u-v or minivan. anyone with information should call police. pilots of a maryland state police helicopter were temporarily blinded by a assrr pointer during aatraining mission....and noo a teen is under arrest.. arrest..the maryland state trooper one" were on a training mission sunday nightt over parkville --- they were blinded by a bright green flash of light --- much like this one ittchannes the iris in your pupils to where you can now no longer function in the bright

light...so in an instant you you can see and what you an do and you're traaelling at 175 miles an hour across the sk. to pinpoint exactly which house the laser was coming from... and now a thirteen year old is charged with reckless endangerment and laser pointer misuse.he was released to his parents. 3 tonnght... scammers are ic calling eople telling them their annual property taxes are unpaid aad delinquent. but they're just trying to steal money from innocent residentssin baltimore county. 3 "ii some cases..............collec t the money immediately."3 immediately." if baltimore county residenns have 3 questions about their taxes...they can call this

number 410-887-2404. 3&you can now take your love of the maryyand zoo...on the rrad. this is the zooos new penguins. the speciality th lates are available to any th maryland driver. to get one you have to give a minimum donation of 25 dollars to the zoo and the m-v-a will charge you 25 dollars in fees. the zoo donation is tax deductibbe. find oot more about the zoo license plates by logging onto our website...fox baltimore dot com slashh newslinks. good ay for crabbers ---- the chesapeake bay blue crab population remains abundant --- despite a brutally cold winter that pillee almost a third of the adult crabs. earlier this year...teams of biologists and watermen surveyed the crab population by dredging the bay. governor martin o'malley announced eased this season... the population is at 460 million... a decrease from

last year... but still the p997. good day for hunddeds of people applying for jobs at mcdonalds.the fast food giantt has 50-thousand jobs to fill --- and had a national hiring largest hiring blitz in the company's history. part time and full time positions are available... the average salary is above minimum wage and they offer benefits.. bbd day for charlie sheen...he pade a trip to california in the iddleeof his live tour with the hope of regainiig custody of his twin boys.he brooke mueller admitteddto a febrrary relapse but ignored questions about reports she fell off the wagon last week. dreary today --- and there's severe weather coming our way t. tomoorow...meteorologist emily gracey has the forecast.. 3 (raleigh, nc tornado) (monday bin)

(audio) "a tornadooright now going on...." (viieo/storm crossing city) (deadly carolina storm) (sunday bin) deadly tornndos ripped through north carrlina...southerners are now sifting through he destruction and dealing with the loss.after the break we meet a local firefighter thaa was in the eye of the storm and rushed into action... a royal procession with a ttist ---who spoofed the royal family and why --- still ahead

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saw it. it was coming up over the trees toward my yard. yard.people in north carolina are making difficult decisions now... ...about what to do in the face of destructiin. a tornado killed at least ten in the town of colerain---located in the

state's northeast corner. now, people are trying to salvage what they can...sifting through piles of what uued to be their homes. a howard county firefighter found himself cauggt in the eye of the storm. storm. capt michael sharpe was in sanford over the weekend taking a course in urban rescue.... and after the storm hit....he leaped into action....helping search the lowe's store for possible victtms. (2:10) "a lot of the equipment we used we found on the shelf in lowe's we usee sledge hammers, pry boxes, markkng paint..." other firefighters from montgomery county also helped in tte search. no one was hurt in the lowe's devastatiin. a lottof rain in our future... future...meteorologist emily gracey has the wet forecast.. 3 common sense should tell you this...but it

took a sttdy tt find thatt hungooer surgeons make more mistakes. irish laproocopic surgeries.... and study groups thattwere hungover... and those that weren't.the hungover group.... made more mistakes. trying to get your pet from one city to the next. now your pets caa fly first-class pn an airline that's ffr ouu foor-legged friendssonly.and it serves baltimore.you simply drop your dog off at an airpoot pet loungee...and hey take it from there.one way trips start at just nineey-nine-dollars. forget dancing with the politicians. a romanian politician is attracting a lot

of attention for theee michael jacksoon- inspired moves on a t-v show.. edmond talmacean even managee to get other guests to oin in. not everyone enjoyed his performance though. the nation's tourism and regional development minister, pays she thinks talmacean should lay low for a while and avoid any encore performances. but it's been great for talmacean's political blog, viewership hasssoared. royals dance down the aisle to hip-hop musicc who is behind this spoof of wwdding...and why they created it...next. .the ravvns schedule is unvieled... find uu how maay primetime games the purpleeand black will be playing in this year.... next in sports... one can only

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will look like, but probably not like this. t-mooble released this video poofing the british royal wedding...and it's gone viral.

william, kate middleton, the queen, camilla and prince charles...all dancing to "house of love" by "east 17." t-mobile sayy the ad is a "congratulatory message" for prince william and kate. two weeks away, on april 29th. - the ravens get the big stage for the 2011 season. and the first ever sed games. thanksgiving game for baltimore.here's theescheduue that was just released tonight. tonight.the season opens with a good one... home with pittsburgh.then for the next two weeks the ravens hit the louis..october 2nd the first - night game.... hosting the jets..hen baltimore goes on a bye.. . monday night football a-f-c north picks back up th.. november 6th at pittsburgh.two weeks later cincinnati comes to town..then thanksgivvng night... john harbaugh will face his brother jim and the

thanksgiving game... ann the firsttbrotter matchup in n-f-l history.. . they're home twice in december... christmas eve one of those with cleveland.then close out the regularrseasonn on the road ew year's day in pcncy. unfortunately for the o's the losing count.baltimore riding an eight game losing streak into tonight's matchup with mina minnesota..and hello offenss... good tt see ya! bottom of the 2nd... bases loaded for brian roberts... grounds ii back up the middle... 2 runs score...the orioles aae on top... 3-0.... &pbottom of the 4th... it's roberts again...laces it down the ight field line...wieters scores from 2nd... the birds out to a 4-0 lead....bottom of with bases loaded... full count... 2 outs...ccushes it to right... off the scoreboard.... that clears the bases...the o's up 7-0... . bottom of the 8th... on, 2 outs for vlldimir guerrero... hits a fly ball to right... it leaves for the 3 run shot... his 2nd of the year... the

orioles score all 11 runs with 2 outs...as they blank the twins 11-0... napping their 8- game losing streak... .it's time once again for our high school game of the week varsity sports network dot &pcom... you can vote for the game yyu'd like to see highliggts of by going to foxbaltimore dot com and clicking on high school ame see your schooll..here's this week's slate of gaaes... 3 .due to good friday... all of these games will take place on thursday... lansdowne at eastern tech in softball... nntre dame prep and john carroll meet in girls lacrosse... st. paul's and loy-ola in boys lax... calvert hall vissts mcdonogh also in boys lacrosse... and milford mill travels o pply in .we'll announce the winner tomorrow night...... 3 ♪

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