3 maryland.../ got... clobbered... by hurricane irene.../// ááwindsáá... and rains... toppled trees.../ and... knocked out power ...to hundreds of thousands.../ of... b-g-e customers..../// áátoniteáá those customers ...could get... clobbered again.../ with... higher... utility bil. bills. hello... i'm jeff barnd. jennifer's... on assignment. some.../ bge customers... are speaking out .../ about .../ a... potential... rate hike.../ ááafteráá... hurricane irene... cost .../ more than ...80 million dollars .../ in... damage..../ damage....//áámelindaáá roeder .../ live... at bge headquarters .../ where ...a protest took place earlier today. hurricane irene caused extensive damage across maryland. more than 7-thousand power lines were knocked down. now... the

utility is looking to recoup some of its losses. but first.,... they have to go through a process to get permission to raise rates.and already... customers are protesting. 3 a small crowd gathered today downtown with signs... expressing their outrage with the plan to raise rates.some were also critical of how b-g- e handled the outages after hurricane irene. but utility officials say their crews worked as fast as they could to restore power and keep costs low.yet the damage was more extensive than anyone could predict. in fact, they saw more trees tumbled over onto lines... than they did back when isabelle hit. 3 3 it's oo soon to tell how much

your bill could increase. but it would probably be several months away.... that's áifá a rate hike is approved.live from b-g-e headquarters tonight.... melinda roeder fox 45 news late edition. the... next chance... to speak out... on plans.../ for... a rate hike... is this wednesday .../ at... 10 o'clock.../ at... a meeting ...of the maryland public service commission...// áá theáá commssion ...is set ...to go over... b-g-e's... "cost analysis"... of... the damage... from irene... at that time. fire... crews.../ finally... have that... stubborn...// tire--fire...// under control...// in... northwest baltimore. áácrewsáá.../ were... on... the scene... / of... the... 3--alarmer.../ about... 4.--pm../on... belevedere avenue...near... reisterstown road.../// ááflamesáá... poured... from... the building.../ááblackáá smoke... could be seen for miles......áápeopleáá... say... it was... a family owned.../ tire... business.../ that... was there .../ for decades rodman says: "this was a great shop. i get my tires changed here. everybody gets their tires changed here. tunups, oil changes...reasonable prices..fluctuates with who you see but you always get the

same good prices..the same good service and its always been the same family." family." ááfirefighters áá say/.. one person ...is being treated.../ for burns to his hands. see... more of the massive fire.../ ááatáá fox- baltimore-dot-com... slash raw news. a... candelight vigil.../ earlier... tonite...// to... honor.../ the memory ...of.../ a... pregnant... woman...// ááandáá her... two sons...// áákilledáá... in... a fire... in southwest baltimore.../ thursday. "nats of " " the... boys..../ áá11áá year-old... tie-queez.../ and... 7-year-old jah-queez.../ were members... of the... arbutus .../ youth... football team..// áásaturday,áá... their... team mates .../ and... coaches...// took... the field.../ without them..../// áá and tonight theyáá say they are... devastated.../ about what happened. "james says: "everybody should care about one another. when something happens be there. that's how i feel. family join r togetherthe... vigil.../ took place... on the football field.../ of... arbutus middle school. ... first on fox a student at a

baltimore city school.. caught with a loaded handgun in the bu. building..... it happened at carver high school on presstman street. someone close to the investigation tells us a 17-year-old senior walked around the building with a loaded 9 millimeter handgun before he was caught. annther student tipped school police who then arrested the boy. parents at the school are stunned by what happened. happened. (ms. hughes/parent) "that's crazy, they don't have school security.. i mean that don't make sense.. somebody could get killed." killed." the student is locked up at central booking tonight.. charged as an adult. ááanáá area... track--coach....// is...fired...// amid... scandal.../ áápoliceáá say... the former.../ archbishop spalding.../ coach... / áadmittedá... to.. sending... video... of himself...// performing... sex acts.../ to... a.../ 16 year old girl.../ he coached.. coached...///. áácrimeáá and justice reporter ...joy lepola.../ says...// the... girl's father.../ caught... the two. two.

3 40 year old brian funk's world came crashing down around him ... in early july. he was leaving a movie with the 16 year old he was having an affair with... when the girl's father spotted the two. police say the father watched as his daughter and her coach walked while embracing each other and then stoping to kiss. kiss. the two also admitted they slipped away during out of town track meets during last school year. police say the relationship lasted for six months. funk finally came clean about the relationship after thh two were caught leaving the movie theatre. the coach told school administrators who immediateldy fired him. 12:02:08 as our investigation progressed we ultimately confirmed he was infact exchanging sexually explicit images with his female student. he turned himself into our eastern district last night. and has been charged with child pornography and related counts :21 :21 3 outside the former coaches house today... a woman believed to be his wife was seen walking into their house... she was not interested in stopping to talk

with reporters. reporters. funk has two children a four year old and six month old. and, tonight funk is out on bond. joy lepola fox 45 news late edition a.../ 16-year-old.../ high school... football star.../ is... charged with raping.../ a... 14-year-old girl.../ in... harford county..///. county..///. áápoliceáá... say... / kyle... reddish...// who kicked a winning field goal this monthfor... patterson mill.../ high...///. forced himself on the girl at her home in abingdon. prosecutors sayááhe'sáá... charged.../ as... an adult...//// because... of the...// "seriousness... of the crime.".../ ááreddisháá... was released... on.../ 50-thousand dollar bond .../ thursday. and an... odenton man.../ is... caught stealing .../ women's clothing.../ from a neighbors home. police say.../ entered... the... home.../ on... brigadier boulevard.../ friday...///. ááaáá man... living there...// found... thurston... in his basement.../ ááthurstonáá... took off.../// ááheáá was... later found... in áhisá home...// and... arrested on... burglary,.../ theft.../ and... peeping tom... charges. jury selection.../ is now complete in... the... corruption case...// of,... state senator..../ ulysses currie... /// /// áácurrie'sáá

accused.. of.../ using his... power...// to... benefit.. / a.. grocery store chain...// where... áheá... worked... as a.../ consultant....//// áácurrieáá... made... nearly... 250-thousand dollars.../ by... "shoppers... food warehouse"..../ áábutáá... he... never disclosed... his employment .../ to... state officials.../ as... required by law..../// (rubin) "there certainly are statutes that deal the senator's requirement to disclosure certern financial relationships like this one but whether it amounts to a federal prosecution is a different question, you've got to prove this official conduct in exchange for money." the.../ list... of... potential witnesses.../// include... governor o'malley....former governor... bob ehrlich../// and senate president mike miller. 3 good day... for... the banana... man...// ááheáá went... back to school... today...// ááfridayáá we...told you about...// a...virginia...// high schooler.../ the... 'banana man'.../// or... bryan thompson,.../// áásuspendedáá... last week... after running across the.../ school football field.../ dressed ...as a banana....//. ááschooláá officials...didn't like... it...// ááthompson'sáá

mother... says... the school... lifted the suspension..../ after having... 2-nd... thoughts.../// and good day...// for... pink floyd... fans// áátheáá... / pink floyd pig ...soars over british skies.../ once again.../. an... exact replica... of the band's... album cover... for "animals" ../ . flying over london.../ to... mark the release... of their... remastered album..../ ááit'sáá... been... 35---years... since the original cover shoot... / which... took place... over three days .../ in... ú1976...// ááinflatable áá air specialists -/ - who... worked with floyd...// for... many years --/ created... the new floating pig....// áápinkáá floyd's... 14-- albums.../ have been remastered .../ and... are... now available... on c-d 3 3 3

3 3 still ahead... frightening moments inside a national landmark. what happened inside the washington monument during the earthquake. the threat of another government shutdown. the

important action taken tonight on capitol hill. and fallout from the duke lacrosse scandal.how the players are now on the offense in the courts. is back on the campaign trail

tonight-- appearing at an event in san diego. but what he said at a political dinner over the weekend -- is drawing some raised eyebrows ed henry has the story of the president trying to rally his troops. troops. selling his jobs plan in the heart of the high-tech industry, president obama was served up a softball by wealthy former google executive doug edwardsedwards says: "would you please raise my taxes?"obama says: "we're not talking about going to punitive rates we're talking about going back to the rates that existed as recently as in the '90s when, as i recall, silicon valley was doing pretty good." the town hall format helped the president focus on bipartisanship -- which independent voters love... obama says: "the problem is

that things have gotten so ideologically driven and everybody is so focused on the next election." but he seemed focused on the next election just 24 hours earlier at a fundraiser in seattle ... obamm says: "old worn-out ideas that were tried throughout the last decade, where corporations get to write their own rules, and those of us who've been most fortunate get to keep all our tax breaks." a shift towards whipping up his liberal base -- which started saturday at a congressional black caucus dinner ...obama says: "take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes. shake it off. stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying." to whip up enthusiasm within his base the president is also starting to directly rip into the republican presidential candidates though he was careful to only launch this attack at a fundraiser closed to tv cameras -- saying

..."you've got a governor whose state is on fire denying climate change....you've got audiences cheering at the prospect of somebody dying because they don't have health care, and booing a service member in iraq because they're gay. that's not reflective of who we are." a spokesman for texas governor rick perry is pushing back hard saying it's quote: "outrageous president obama would use the wildfires for a political attack" in mountain view, california, ed henry, fox news. 3 the u-s senate tonight -- reaching a last-minute deal to prevent a possible government shutdown... this comes after officials at "federeal emergency management agency ... said they have enough money to operate through the end of the fiscal year. natural disasters had threatened to break fema's budget and republicans want cuts elsewhere if the agency gets additional funding. a group of former duke university lacrosseplayers wrongly arrested on rape charges in 2006 has asked a federal appeals court to let

their lawsuit against the city pfdurham move forward. collin finnerty and reade seligmannsued durham and a list of officials that include the former citymanager and former police chief. local governments typically enjoy broad immunity from lawsuits, but a judge ruled in march that thecase against durham could proceed. and stunning.../ new video.../ from... áinsideá.../ the... washington monument... / during... last month's... earthquake...áátheáá... park ranger... on the... left...// takes... a few seconds .../ to realize... what's happening.../ áádebrisáá falls... from the ceiling.../// áásomeáá of... the biggest chunkk ...of rock.../ fell... áinsideá the monument..../ áásendingáá most people../ down... the stairs....// áátheáá quake...// left... a big crack... near the top... / 3 3 3 3 3

still ahead an actress angry with an airline.why she was kicked off a flight out of baltimore. you'll .../

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girlfriend. hailey took to twitter to call for a boycott ofsouthwest after a flight attendant told her other passengers had complained. complained. southwest responded on its website that hailey was approachedbased solely on behavior and not gender. and a wedding without bells and whistles-- but maybe a few honking horns. this couple tied the knot at gas station in cincinnati.at first glance it may look like the choice of this location for a wedding lacks common sense. but why not... it's where they met four years ago and they saved plenty of money for the honeymoon. 3 they can really move.. laugh" laugh" wandering pigs. the usual place these pot bellied porkers were spotted. in... anne arundel

county .../ have... seen .../ an... áunsualá sight...// on...// several... northbound lanes.. two.../ pot... bellied pigs... have been spotted.../ in... the... linthicum area...//. áá theáá female porker... was captured .../ last week..../ áátrapsáá... are... set.../ to... catch... her elusive.../. male mate....//// áánearbyáá workers ...have been keeping tabs.../ on the pigs. (dave)"very fast.. low to the ground and they move.. for short little legs they have they can really move.. laugh" laugh" animal control... officers.../ are... checking the traps...// daily...// hoping... to capture.../ the... male pig.../ and... move it... to a safer location.../ with

...its ...female friend. 3 if you look closely at this cool pyramid, you'll see its made of marbles...one-hundred- three-thousand-three-hundred- fifty marbles to be exact.. stacked right on top of each other...without glue.titled the 'perpetuation of postmodernism,' the artwork has the statue of liberty on one side...and french theorist jean baudrillard on the other. the piece is on display in rock island, illinois. 3 3 3 you can be in charge of your own 3

personalized forecast. i-radar is now available at foxbaltimore dot com. use the interactive tools to track coming 3 it might be the worst throw of the year in baseball...see if it cost the o's as they play the role of spoiler...next in sports unlimited...

the late edition. i'm jeff b. barnd. bruce cunningham kicks off sports unlimited right now. now. 3 torrey smith's breakthrough performance had a special meaning for smith and his teammate laquan williams...it

reminded them of a similar game smith had late last year.. year.. teammates a year ago at maryland, smith and williams couldn't help but recall smith's performance late last season against nc state at byrd stadium...smith caught 14 passes for 224 yards and a terps record 4 touchdowns, and in doing so, probably cemented his second tound draft status...and as the touchdoiwns started piling up in sunday, smith and williams saw the simularity.... 3 . three games left in another losing season for the orioles...but these are the three biggest games of the season...they host the red sox who have a one game lead over tampa bay for the wild card... the o's with a chance to shake up the playoff picture... picture... .top of the 2nd...no score...

jacoby ellsbury singles into left...matt angle fields it and throws to no one...marco scutaro heads home...matt in time...but tommy hunter can't make the play...scutaro gives boston a 1-0 lead... let's take another look at the throw from angle...not really sure where he was going with that one...adam jones offers the rookie some advice....but the o's get that run back in the home half...matt wieters slices it just over the wall... his 21st home run ties it at one.....bottom of the 6th... o's up 3-2...robert andino hits it deep to center... ellsbury tracks it down...but the ball comes out when he smashes into the wall...2 runs score...andino's sent home... relay throw beats him but gets away...an inside the park home run...the first by an oriole in camden yards...andino's father seeing his son play for the first time and loving every bit of it...orioles on top 6-2...they win 6-3... couple that with the rays

beating the yankees tonight... and boston's wild card lead is no more...they are tied with tampa bay with 2 games left in the regular season... it's now time to announce the candidates in our high school game of the week contest... brought to you by varsity sports network dot com...you can vote for the game you'd like to see highlights of by going to fox-baltimore dot com and clicking on high school game of the week... maybe you'll see your school... here'ssthis week's slate of gam. games... .for this friday september 30th...spalding travels to gilman in football...glenelg visits hammond on the grid iron... hereford and perry hall meet in boys soccer...and severna park takes on broadneck in field hockey...we'll announce the winner on thursday night... that'll do it for this edition of sports unlimited...i'm bruce cunningham...be sure to tune in to fox45 morning news tomorrow --