the baltimore grand prix runs off the road. road. a huge debt forces the decision... hello i'm karen parks. and i'm jeff barnd. barnd. baltimore's .../ mayor .../ pulls... the plug.../ on... the grand prix. prix.she's terminated the city's agreementwith officials ho put on the race this year. john rydell is in downtownnbaltimore and he says its because they failedto pay baltimore 1.5-million dollars in back taxes.... (rydell) "the grand prix was hailed as a big success at the time and if you were here on labor day you saw the cars speeding along pratt and light, but two monthslater it was revealed that grand prix officials owed millions of dollars not o nly to the city

and state but to private vendors."mayor stephanie raalings-blake had imposed a december 31st deedline for the grand prix to repay its debt. but that didn't happen.and in a statement released a shor tiie ago, the mayor says it's with great disappointment that we announce the termination of the city's agreement with baltimore racing developmentt one state lawmmker is disappointed with that news. he says he h9opes that some type of an agreement can still be reached to bring the race back next year.(anderson) "this is something that we just have to work out way through because i think in the long run....that will be as big hopefully something like the preakness or any of the ravens games." (rydell) "despite today's announcement, the mayor's office in a statement also says the city now has the right to move forwarddwith any other individuals and organizations interested in motorsports in baltimore apparently leaving open the possiblity that

racing could return to baltimore next but if so it would be under a new management team. in downtown baltimore, john rydell, fox 45 news late edition." 3 night... / - áábaltimoreáá... rings... in... the new year .../ with... a... grand display..../at the inner harbor áábutáá... there's... work... to do.../ before... the countdown begins. two barges.../ in... curtis bay..../ are... loaded,,, with fire-works..../// áácrewsáá carefully... placing... tin foil.../ on... each one.../ áátom'wáá they'll... anchor the barges ../ .at the ...inner harbor... / ááandáá light up... the sky.../ with... fireworks.../ set... to music. its gonna be a great show, its probablyyone of them best ones we put out here, we changed around positions, mmde shells shoot a little &pdifferently, so its gonna be great. i'm excited to be here here the celebration... begins tomorrow... at 9 pm../ ááyouáá can... get moree.. information online,.../ ááatáá fox baltimore dot com.../ slash newslinks. baltimore city police are also getting ready for the big night. night... myranda stephens is live at mckeldin square with more on the new security plans to keep people safe as they ring in 20-12.

karen,,he last time fireworks went off here in the inner harbor was the fourth of july... when a man was fatally stabbed and a four year old was shot! and city police don't want to see anything like that again! so this year - they're introducing a few changes to the new year's eve security plan. the biggest change is adding a large metal fence around the festivities - restricting access to visitors through nine main entry points. police say there won't be any security officers padding people down - or anything like that. but there police officers - both visible - and not so visible. 4:27 you will not see a large presence of underrover policc officers that will be in the venue making sure that people are saae and really getting people in, joining the fireworks presentation and getting them out and home safely 33 the police department's commissioner, himself, fred - bealefeed. police say the goal

is not to scare people - but just kkep things safe and in order. live in the inner harbor, ms, fox45 news late edition. here's... our question of the day... /// do you feel safe going to the inner harbor for new year's eve? eve? people re weighing in on this question right now on our facebook pageyou can go to facebook-dot-com-slash-fox- baltimore to join in. &p the city of baltimore is on pace to have its lowest murder total in more than 30 years. police commissioner fred bealefeld says a number of factors have played a role in bringing the city o this point. the first is support from mayor stephanie rawlings-blake. bealefeld also points to the introduction f targeted enforcement... that's where officers go after bad guys with guns.... in hopes of getting violent repeat offenders off city streets. bealefeld says over the next 36 hours... you can expect to see thousands of officers on patrol... and that includes

the commissioner. 3 16:19:29 i'm gonna work my tail off to make it happen. you know why i'm optimissic? because i have 3-thousand people out ttere backing me up. and they're going to be packing me up tonight tomoroow and the next day and then the're gonna come in january 1st and we're gonna do it all over again. again. right now the murdee steady at 196. year is holding - two doctors are facing murder charges tonight...accused of botching late term abortions in maryland. was arrested in new jersey...and doctor nicola riley was arrested in utah. elkton police say they just completed a 16 month investigation...and found late term fetuses stuffed in . brigham's elkton clinic. investigators say the doctors would bring patients from new jersey...then bring them to maryland to perforr the abortions illegally.. 3 "this case is of national atteniton, because never before has there been anybody indiced for murrer" murder"both doctors are

currentlyawaiting extradition hearings. police.../ need... your help .../ ááfindingáá a... couple.../// wanted...for.../ an attack .../ on... the.../ light rail. the.../ m-t-a.../ released ...these photos..../ ááofáá... terry... thooas.../ and... lynn.../ ast--rom..../// ááthey'reáá... wanted... for.../ attempted... armed robbery.../ on... the train.../// at.../ the... cherry hill station.../ december 7th...////. ááaáá 41-year-old... passengee.../ was... hurt...///. áábothááá.../// should... be considered.../// armmd... and.../ dangerous. an.../ overnight... crime spree.../ at... a... northeast baltimore.../ apartment complex..../ áápoliceáá say.../ someone... broke into... 15 cars... / at... the... "fox crossing"... / apartments.../// on... east.../ northern.../ parkway....///ááresidentsáá awoke.../ to... find their windows .../ smashed.../ and... property stolen. "i was just truly shocked, it was kinda still dark i was like oh gosh, oh gosh, let me call 911. and then i just started looking around and the more i looked around i was like oh my gosh." gosh." so far.../ no suspects .../ have... been identified. a.../ high-- profile... case.../ in florida.../ áácouldáá prompt... a chhnge ...to.../

maryland law...//. law...//. an.../ allegany county... lawmaker...// ááplansáá... to... introduce... a measure...// áheá... calls.../ "caylee's law".../. áánamedáá after ...caylee anthony... / ááaáá... / 2-year old girl.../ who died.../ 3-years ago...// áá caylee's áá mother.... casey anthony .../ ádidn'tá... report... caylee's disappearance.../ for... a month... / lattr tried... in the girl's.../ death..../// áátheáá maryland law... would.../ make it.../ a... felony.../ ánooá.../ to report ...a.. child's death.../ within ...two hourss.../ ááaáá... house judiciary... committee member...// likes... the idea...../ áábutáá thinks... a felony .../ would... be... too harsh. you have to realize that these parents have been traumatized with the loss of a child. if for some reason it's a sids case, the parents might go comatose and not be thinking. should you us in 3-4 hours as opposed as two hours. all of those things need to beereally seriously looked at.

under ... this,... laa... / áámissinggá ámustá... be reported... within... 24 hours... / áámissingáá áolderá.... chillren.../ must... be reported ...within.../ 48 hours....//ásimilaráá bills... have been filed.../ in... at least... 12 states. the price of gas in maryland... could go up by 15-cents per gallon. gallon. the governor met with reporters yesterday... and said a 15-cent hike to the ggs tax could become a reality in 2012. the state currently taxes every gallon of gass23 and a half cents. the governor says the money is eeded to pay for transportation projects. lawmakers have spent more than a áábillionáá dollars of the transportation trust fund.... filling gaps in the state budget. 11:49:35 gov. o'malley a down from the $4 peak that it was. somehow we need to find a way to make the modern investments that a modeen economy requires to create jobs. jobs. 2:43:31 nick loffer annapolis is dysfuntional. so they're going to ask people - to pay twice for projects they've already paid for once.

it's disengenious. 09 up a 16-gallon tank once a week... a hike in the gas tax will cost you about another 125-dollars a year. americans prosperity started a petition drive to tell lawmakers to vote against a gas tax hike. see the petition at foxbaltimore dot com. look for "stop the gas tax" under hot topics. 3 a.../ great day...// for...// mrs... bertha... b... milbbrn... mc-bride...// mc-bride...// she's...// celebrating... her 99th birthday.../ this evening...// ááheráá actual... birthday.../ is... december 29th..../// áásheeá... has... 13- children...// áá64áá ggandchildren.../, áá85áá... great- grandchildren.../ and... 57 .../ great-great.../ -grandchildren,...//// ááheráá... family... is... celebrating...// mrrs.mc--bride's... life.../ at.../ christian love... baptist church.../// in... north baltimore,...//// ááweáá... wish... the...// entire...// family...// a... happy...// and... blessed...// new year!!! bad day...// for... a ... new york

motorist...// áácould'veáá... been worse.../ 'tho...// ááaáá... city park's.../ worker .../ lost control ...of his vehicle .../ ááandáá... part... of the car.../ ended up ...dangling.../ off... a bridge..../ ááitáá... happened ... this afternoon...// on... staten island.../////. ááfirefightersáá quickly responded.../// ááandáá... after... an hour --/ áátheyáá... got... the car back.../ oo... the.../ wooden walkway .../ bridge....///// good... day.../ for... religious... tolerance...// áárememberáá... the... "play tebow" billboard.../ that appeared ...in denver.../ last september? áá4áá days... after the billboard.../ went up,.../ áábroocosáá quarterback... tim tebow.../ was... fined... by teammates.../ ááforáá... not... publicly.../ scolding... the.../ sign-makers...////. áácoachááá john fox... replaced starter... kyle orton.../ with tebow.../ as... the starter,.../ ááandáá.../ the... sign.../ came down..../// áásoáá who ...put up... the billboard? áá3áá... muslim brothers... from denver,.../// ááwhoáá... are... die-hard...// tebow,... fans.../// áátebowáá... is... a... devout christian.../ ááwhoáá prays... during games...///

áátebowingáá -/- has... become... a.../// national craze...//// ááseeáá... n-f-l... football.../ ácaná... bring... relifions.../ together...// the weekend.../ will... get off... to... a... good start. start. emily gracey is here with her first look at the skywatch forecast. 3 3 gingrich says: " i do policy, i do policy much

easier than i do personal." (audience laughs) a side of newt gingrich we've never seen before. what brought him to tears. a sinkhole on sacred ground. the damage its caused already and what could happen next. 3 and another delay at ground zero...what's being delayed this time. ground zero... there's

bickering over who will pay for an underground 9/11 museum. marianne raffertyysays that means it may not opennas planned.

3 bloomberg says, "work had to stop the progress is not being made on that." new york mayor michael bloomberg delivering the bbd news... an underground 9/11 museum will not open as planned in 20-12. the national september eleventh memorial and museum foundation has been fighting with the port authority of new york and new jersey. at issue.... who is responsible for paying millions of dollars in costs related to the project. bloomberg says, "i'm sure we're going to work out something with the port authority. they've got a difficult budget situation, i'm sympathetic to that." despiteethis set back... tourists from around the world and all fifty states have made the memorial a regular stop on their visits to the big apple. ddniels says, "one million people, one million visitors from all around the world have come to this site. the idea that one million people have come here and set foot on this ground a place that they have not been able to stand in ten years makes all the work that's gone into building this very ssecial place worth it." - thousand visitors a day. at this rate... the memorial

is on track to match or exceed the amount of people who visit the statue of liberty and empire state building each year. rafferty says, "all visitors to the 9/11 memorial must reserre free tickets in advance and pass through a security screening. &pin new york, marianne rafferty, fox news. " a giant sinkhole in eastern pennsylvania is affecting both the living and the dead. crews are at work in aalentown....trying to patch up the massive hole.they found a water main break there yesterday.and dozens of residents had to evacuate their homes.now officials will have to decidd whether thee graves should be moved.no injuries have been reported. you might call it the softer side of newt gingrich. the former house speaker...who made his name as a republican firebrand...was group offiowa mothers about a - his own late mother. who suffered from depression and bipolar disorder. (gingrich says: " and my hole emphasis on brain science comes in directly from dealing with..." (starts to cry)...see

how emooional i et (collects himself)...from dealing with the real problems of real peeple in my family. and so it's not a theory. it's, n fact, my mother. (sound of baby crying, then audience applauds). gingrich says at the end of er life, his mother was in a long-term care facility... and he says improving the quality of long- term care would be one his goals as president 3 and what sort of weather will the new year bring baltimore? baltimore? emily gracey is here witwh her skywatch forecast. 3 a driver tries to run down a police officer.the

bizzarr scene that was all caught on camera. and a bad way to celebrate. where soccer fans were the harlem globetrotters

added a special player to their roster for their game in baltimore tonight. and ravens receiver torrey smith ended it all with a ray lewis-style dance.it was a special tribute from the globetrotters to the ravens. and a special treat for the fans tonight at first mariner arena. a woman is facing attempted murder chargers for ... get this ... trying to run over a police officer. officer.it happened in a shopping center parking lot in alabama.you can see the woman ram the police cruiser and then speed towards the officer. a police spokesman says the officerrhad to fire at her car.

once the woman was subdued ... she was taken to the hospptal for a mental evaluation. understandably so ... because trying to run over a cop isn't smart.police first arrived to the parking lot after calls that a person was driving erratically. more than a hundred soccer fans in chile spend some time in police custody... this after nearly five thousand of them clashed with authorities thursdayyin santiago... police attempted to subdue fans witt water hoses while rocks and bottles and attacked a police bus... one hundred and forty arreets were made as fans celebrated a team's championship win... 3 3 3 this may look like a normal panda... but there's something different about it.we'll tell something very un-panda like about the creature when we come back. feed a panda. how about some

bamboo ... maybe some grass? grass?no ... give this panda a slab of ribs. ribs. a wild panda was seen snacking on the bones of a wild cow!panda's normally eat only plants.the animal was caught on tape by the wanglon nature reserve.eeperts say this is the first time a panda has bben caught on camera eating meat.they have been known to do it ... but it is very rare. 3 why ravenn fans why ravens fans should feel

good about anquan boldin's status for the playoffs...next in sports unlimited... late edition.for the 3

edition.now here's morgan adsit with sports unlimited. the regular season end is near...baltimoreeheads to cincinnati tomorrow...and then sunday the tww will meet for their biggest game of the seaso. season.it's simple... ravens need a win...so they can be at worst the two seed and get a home playoff game... and also

win the a-f-c north.. cincinnati needs a win to get into the pllyoffs as a wildcard.... .for tte ravenn... it's a matter of playoff survival...we know this team doesn't play well on the road...so having playoff games in baltimore makes a trip to the super bowl a reality..also... beating cincinnati... and getting the two seed... means a playoff bye.and that gives more time for injured players... like anquan boldin.... to get healthy. "anytime you can get a full week's rest to where you don't have to worry about playing a game, that's huge. that's huge for any team. and it's no different for our team to get that bye. to get that &pfirst-round [bye], we could get a lot of ppople back, a lot of people healed up. and you really get two weeks off. i know you come back the second week and practice, but you're really not physically beating each other up. anytime you can get that, i think that's huge in this business."

ravens injury report for sunday...anquaa boldin moving up from out to doubtful.he's still not expected to play, but did see sooe practice time today after knee surgery.which is a great sign for the playoffs..dannell ellerbe, concussion and marshall yanda, chest doubtful.billy cundiff and cory redding both questionable.tomorrow the ravens will decide if it's cundiff or shayne graham kicking.redding said this week he will play. now lets break down a-f-c playoff scenerios for the ravens and bengals... baltimore first up... a win over the bengals... gives the ravens a first round bye with the two seed..a pittsburgh loss sunday against cleveland, would also do the same thing. and give the ravens an a-f-c north title..a ravens win... and new england loss to buffalo... gives the ravens the number one overall seed and home field advantage until the super bowl..if baltimore loses... and pittsburgh wins... the ravens get the 5th

seed and go on the road to face the a-f-c west winner... that's still up in the air between denver and oakland. oakland. .now to cincinnati... the bengals are fighting for the number 6 seed....they clinch a wildcard spot by beating the ravens.cincy can even get in if they lose... as long as the jets and raiders lose... or... that'll do it for this edition of sports unlimited...i'' morgan adsit...be sure to tune in to fox45 news at ten and spoots unlimited on sunday night... i'll have live reports from cincinnati... goodnight. watchiig...goodnight- 3