--ambulance nats/ woman crying-- crying--- 3 getting gunn off city streets.... with a new plan to drive down crime... tonight... baltimore's top cop... takes aim at illegal weapons.... and the pipeline to suppliers. 3 i'm... jeff barnd. barnd. i'm jennifer gilbert. baltimore wrapped up 2011 with homicides at a 30 year low. and tonight there's a new plan to keep viollnt crime down. crime and justice... reporter .../ joy lepola.../ says.../// áátheáá poliie commissioner.../ studied... the illegal... gun t/ trade.../ and.../ is... determined.../ to... cut it off. 3 3

a look at our smartboard reveals the details of of the crime drop in baltimore city last year. year.with 199 murders for the year....homicides fell 12 percent. gun-related homicides also drooped 13 percent. non-fatal shootings declined 9 percent over the last year. ááaáá.../ .../ ááafteráá in... north baltimore.../... - baltimore.../. áááhotsáá rang out .../ on... near... york road.../ around...// 6... last night...//. áátheáá... teen... was shot...// several times...// ááhe'sáá... in the hoopital...// with... ánoná... -life... threatening injurres..../// a maryland man is back home tonight.. rescued from a mountain. state troopers say the glow of a man. phone helppd find the man. christopher tkacik was hiking with his dog, boo in gambrill state park new year's

day. he got lost deep into the forest. tkacik called 9-1-1 who dispatched a maryyand state police helicopter. it was nnarly dark. rescuers told him to shine a light to help guide them.... all tkacik had, was the tiny light on his i-phone.. (tkacik) "i held the phone up.. she said, hold it up in the air. so, i held it up and i'd hood it up in the air. and the helicopter came in with his spotlight.. he kept looking, looking and lit me up, like daytime." daytime." troopers lowered two firefighters to the ground. they walked tkacik out of the park.. in time for him and his wife to tend a new year's party. several... fires.../ in... howard county.../ appear ...suspicious...//. and.,.. could be linked. sunday./.. a,... barn... on... jennings chapel roaa... was follows ... --other - blazee..../ ááoneáá.../ at,... a... vacant house...// áátheáá another barn....// ááin áá this... latest blaze...//: ááworkersáá moved... horses out .../ of... nearby fields.../ ááwhereáá embers ...were falling...///. (ashley beheler)"it was just really hot very hot very smoky and very fast... from the time

i saw the fire to the time the roof collapsed it was probably like five minutes. " so far../ no people ...or livestock .../ have been injuried.../// flames tore through a barn this morning in harford county. the vicious blaze engulfed the shed just after 10 a.m. t happened on dublin road. luckily, no one was injured. thanks to jerryyscarborough for sending in this picturr. 3 more troubles tonight for the organizers of baltimore's grand prix. another vendor is filing a claim in court... for unpaid bills.baltimore racing development is at least 12 and the lawsuits kkep piling up. up.melinda roeder is live tonight with the latest. 3 long gone is the excitement generated by race cars zooming along city streets. race organizers now owe the city one and a half million dollars in ttxes and fees.now... ore and more vendors say they haven't been paid either. now several are going to court... seeking payment for

services they provided during the race.vendors like sunrise safety - spent months working long days to help with trafffc management and signage. the owner says she's owed more than 200-grand from the grand prix anddshe doubts she'll ever get the money. she believes the race was unorganized from the start. but the first red flag that the raae was in the red... came a few day prior to the event... hen organizers tried offering her tickets and hotel rooms in lieu of a parttal payment. she accepted. but the failed to keep up their end of the deal on that too. 3 3 the mmaor says she hopes to find a new team of investors to bring the race back to baltimore next year.but some vendors say it's not worth the risk. and they don't think e should bother trying to host an event... that couldn't even attract a main sponsor thh last time around.live

downtown... melinda roeder... fox 45 news at ten. fans are still buzzing about the rrvens after their big win over the bengals. bengals.the... victory.../ clinched...// the...// division title.../// ááandáá...//// it's.../ the... first time.../ in... franchhse history.../ the ravens have .../ swept ... the division...///. two.../ long ... touchdown runs.../// from.../ ray... helped.../ seal... the deal..../// ááriceáá &pfinished.../ with... 191 yards... //// andááwitháá... this... win...// áátheáá ravens... earn a bye week.../ before.../ they... take on.../ houston,.../ denver,.../ or... pittsburgh .../ at home.... january 15th. ravens... / say .../ áátheyáá have... a... limited number of tickees.../ available... for that game...//. áátheyáá... go ...on sale tomorrow... / at 10a.m.! áátheyáá../ can be purchased ...thru.../ p ticket master dot com.../ or.../ 410-547-seat.../// ááoráá... any... "ticket master"... outlet. "go ravens, et's rock and rol" roll"and as the ravens head the layoffs.... a lot of people are trying to get their hands on ravens gear.dan the "t-shirt man owns a roadside stand that is full of áunique ravens accessories.following

last night's big win.... his team was busy printing and embroidering new shirts. he's says he's been swamped with pustomers eager to get their hands on some new attire. "we're local baltimoreens and we have all the hot sellers sellers"i the angrr defense and the terrell suggs, and the festivus shirtssand the superbowl playoff stuff" stuff"dan expects to have more "official" ravens gear beginning wednesday. he hopes his gear will help bring the ravens a littll extra luck. 3 that brings us to our question of the day.do you think the ravens will make it to the super bowl? bowl? a lot of positive reeponse on our facebook age tonight... go to facebook.com-slash fox baltimore to join the conversation. a.../ good day... for a baby.../ making history.../ in baltimore... 00:19:11baby cries, mom shushes 19:16 19:16this...

is... axel.../// áábaltimore'sáá first baby... of the ...new year....//ááheáá was born ...at... 12:17.../ sunday morning .../ at... johns hopkins... bayview... medical center...///.ááaxel áá is... also ...tte first child.../ for the paaents. bad day... for... blackbirds...// in arkansas...// millions... of... blackbirds.../ fly... over beebe...// arkansass..// in.../ pthe... winter onths .../// áátheáá... sudden death.../ of... thousands of birds.../ last year,.../ caused ...by fireworrs, .../ ááforcedáá law enforcement.../ to... ábaná.../ fireworks ...// áábutáá , still,.../ the birds... appeared dead.../ on... the grrund.../ again.../// agaii.../// this is an act induced by human beings. probably, their agenda was to go to the roost and scare the birds to get some attention." "it's sad when you see a beautiffl bird like this just lying dead, it's sad." no ... one knows.../ what caused... the deaths.../ this year...// áábutáá... wildlife... officials.../ are

investigating...////. 3&a cold nd windy day.... and there's talk of snow flurries in the future. future. let check in with meterologist emily gracey for the skywatch forecast 3 3 3 3 3 ----car horn/ fire nats--- a ssries of hollywood arsonn. the maa police are now questioning....and the massive fires that destroyed cars and homes. new yorkers oo edge after a

pight firebombings .... who a strrig of atttcks.

nee... developments...// in... a... string of.../ arsons.../ striking california...//. áápoliceáá... have... a../. "person of interest"... in... the case...///. ááemilyáá schmidt reports.. / ááheáá fits... the description.../ of... a person .../ caught ... on... video.../ near... the scene .../ of... the fires. ffres. 3 the fires breaking out in the lossangeles area looked bad enough when viewed one at a time. "we jumped up, we just ran downstairs, i grabbed whatever i could grab: my purse, hoes, a sweatshirt. ran outside and saw the building was on fire." then the suspected arsons multiplied --eleven between sunday night and monday morning. the mayor says there have been 53 suspicious fires since friday. mayor antonio villaraigosa: ""ore than two million dollars in damage, and it could have been much woose." they've been mostty car fires ... but as the ratee

of fires picked up, so has the investigation. authorities released thii surveillance video and said the highlighted man was seenn t several pocations where the fires staated. that wws sunday--more fires happened overnight--then authhrities detained a man boulevard--and no more fire reports came in. when asked - is there a link?- firee officials answered: cecco secci: "it's too early and it's entirely too speculative. we want to allow the investigattrs--there's a joint task force between la city fire, la police department and la county sheriff and la county atf. they're working together, putting all the pieces of the puzzle together. we want to allow them to do their job." monday afternoonn officials said the man they arrested earlier today resembles the person seen in the surveillance video. they say he will be booked on suspicion of arson, though they're not giving more details until a press conference planned later in the day. i'm emily schmidt, reporting. police in new york also investigating a string of firebombings that appear to be targeting muslims.

3 take a look at this surveillance video... capturing one of the attacks. you can see someone toss a molltov cocktail.. it explodes as a car speeds away. at least four pllces haae been hit... an islamicccenter, a deli, and two private homes. attacks as hate crimes. so far, no one's been hurt. less than.... 24 hours .../ to... the first... caucus ...in the nation.../ .ááandáá hopefuls.../ --3 aae... making .../ final campaign... plugs. plugs. "if you are undecided comeehere!" here!"more than ...100 thousand ...registered... caucus goers.../ are... exxected to... kick off &pthe process.../ of... choosingg.. the... next president..../áámostáá recent polls... show. ../ mitt romney .../ leading the... g-oop... pack...///. áápundits áá say.../ iowans ...are... fired up... about jobs, .../ the economy .../ washington..../// stay tuned.../ to... fox45 news .../ for... complete

caucus.../. ááwe'lláá have... live coverage ....rom iowa.../ ááasáá'... republicans... choose their.../ favorite candidates..../ ááthat'sáá tomorrow ...on.../ fox45 news at ten. 3 it's blustery tonite... tonite... will we get a reak from these bitter ccld temperatures? here's meterologist emily gracey with the skywatch forecast 3

3 3 paying more to play the lottery... // how much... tickets will cost yoo.../ and... the reason... a... price hike.../ may actually... entice.../ more people to play. he grabs money. watch this. he

just grabs it and walks out. out. a thief takes a jar full of cash.... but leaves much more behind... the dumb mistake thattmade this crime a complete fauiiure.

those .../ hoping... to.../ hit... it big... in 2012.../ ááwilláá.. have to... pay more... to play... / áátheáá cost ...of powerball tickets.../ is doublingg ticket ...to... 2 bucks.../ starting...january 15th...///. ááthatáá means... the... powerball jackpot.../ ááfromáá 20-million dollars ...to.../ 40-million...///. áálottery áá organizers... hope it.../ will... entice... more people.../ to... play.../ áásinceáá... the odds of winnnng ...are improving....// the republican party of voters to sign a loyalty oath. oath. that means they must pledge to support the candidate they vote for in the march primary. but the idea isn't sitting welllwith many republican voters... who say signing a promise now for november doesn't make sense. (bruins hat) mitt romney was

my governor at one point. i'm not sure if he's the righh guy now. so let's say if i vote for hhm in march would i want to vote for him with depending on how things change with the economy and how things change in november. i think it's a slippery slope we're going ddwn if we start a loyalty oath. conservative republican delegate robert marshall says the motive behind all of this may be top republicans trying to steer the outcome. a south florida man is caught on camera stealing a onation jar full of money.watch, as he stears one guy out of the waiting room.then grabs the money and walks out.the donation jar meant for a new playground..it was stolen from an acounting office....where the guy was getting help with his taxes.and they had all of his personal information. drivers license, social security number....family contacts. you name it.and oh, by the way, he was set to get

a two thousand dollar refund. no common sense at all. 3 3 i came onto the shoulder and thought maybe he'd pass me by, butthh didn't. didn't.tense moments for a truck driver. the unusual encounter...// that left.../ this... gapinn hole... in his windshield.

get this..../ ááaáá truck driver.../

in...kentucky.../ ááfoundáá himself... caught.../ in... a game of "chicken"...// turkey. a... 3 well, i saw the turkey walking down through the ditch and up, usually they stop. but it didn't. all of a sudden it flew. he flew.... all right... direetly into the winnshield of dale campbell's truck.after hitting him innthe face... the bird began flopping around on phe floor.campbell then picked it up.. and tossed it out the window.unfortunately, the turkey was badly injured and had to be put ddwn. 3---children.../ aree.. alive.../ ááthanksáá to... quick thinking.../ good samaritans. icy... conditions.../ forced... a family off.../ this.../ salt lake city... road..../ áátheiráá car... plunging... into the river...///. áátheáá father... was able... to... get out...// of... the car -- / áábutáá his... --children.../ were... stuck inside...///. áá morganáá and... victor carlson.../// were.../ driving by -- / áásawáá the scene.../ and... immediately.../ jumped... into the water -- / ááhelpinnáá the... kids ...// out ...of the car windows.../ one by one. 3

3 home for the playoffs for the first time in 5 yeers... years... how the ravens were inspired by their fans to win yesterday's game...next in sports unlimited...

that'll do it for the late edition,.../ thanks for oining us, i'm jeff barnd. barnd. and i'm jennifer gilbert... uu next is bruce cunningham.. sportt unlimited starts right now. 3 3 we learned today when the

ravens will open the playoffs...they'll hit the fiild at 1pm sunday. january 15th...either the texans, broncos or yes, the steelers will provide the opposition ... a couple thousand tickets are still available...they'll go on sale tomorrow at 10am... 10am... there has been a strong tie between the ravens organization and the city of baltimore even since they first took the field back in 1996...players like baltimore....they want to be here.....nd that bond was on display immediately following yesterday's game... 3

,,and for the second time in 3 seasons, ray rice has topped the 2-thousanddyard mark from scrimmage...this after he rushed for 191 yards yesterday...toppping the 13-hundred yard mark for the regular season...with the playoffs ahead, the ravens pint-sized powerhouse appears to be peaking at exactly the good thing, says his teammates.... ,3 college football...the grand daddy of'em all...rose bowl... number 10 wisconsin and number 5 oregon....4th quarterr.. ducks down 3...darron thomas rolls out...hits avasier too- in-a for the go ahead score... and oregon win its first rose bowl since 19-17...45-38... michigan state and georgia

playing in the outback bowl.... pick it up in overtime...blair walsh lining up for a 42 yard field goal for the win...but he pushes it to the right... this goes to triple o-t....in the 3rd overtime...georgia down 3...walsh can send it to a 4th o-t...but hhs kick is blocked...sparty wins the outback bool...33-30... jimmy patsos and loyola at home hosting niagara....1st half...greyhounds down 8... robert olson failed alley-oop attempt to justin drummondd.. but drummond recovers for the layin...loyola cuts it to 6.... later in the 1st..dylon cormier gets the layup and one...the former cardinal gibbons standout finished with 14...but it wasn't enough as piagara beats loyola...66-61.. it's now time to announce the candidates in our high school brought to yyu 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... here's this week's slate of games... games... for this friday january 6th...dunbar visits digital harbor in girls

hoops...eddewood travels to aberdeen in boys basketball... mcdonogh and john carroll meet in boys hoops....nd spalding takes on palloti in girls bball... that'll do it for this edition pf sports unlimited...i'm bruce cunningham...goodnight. goodnight.