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against apathy in baltimore. patz of old batman, editor's choice ;) how batman is making the world a better place one, krash, wham-o and hug at a time.------------------ ------------------------ emily for late edition i'm jennifer gilbert. jeff barnd is off. fiiss tonight on the late edition. a 3-month-old baby is dead. and homicide detectives are investigating. investigating. first on fox, keith daniels live in east baltimore where some family members suspect foul play.. keith. jennifer.....
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paramedics and police rushed to this home behind me after getting a call about a baby found unresponsive. tonight, the child is dead.. and homicide detectives are trying to determine exactly what happened.... 3-month-old kaiden bailey was with his mother at her home on montpelier streee... when another family member says she found the boy not breathing and blood coming out of his nose. that was july 14.. the baby was in the hospital.. in a coma.. before being taken off life support about a week ago. tonight, kaiden's paternal grandmother, calls his death suspicious.. after getting varying stories from those who were inside the home that day. ///////////////sot////////////// (ms. baylor/grandmother) "before they took my grandson off life support, i whispered in his ear, i'm going to ind out what happened, you didn't deserve to die. justice.. i believe he didn't just stop breathing, heejust didn't have blood come out of his nose for nothing." police are waiting for an autopsy report to determine the exact cause of death.
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so far, no charges have been filed. keith daniels, fox 45 news, late edition. mayor stephhnie rawlings blake is facing 3 scrutiny for using free tickets to events... and giving them to friends and family. it's a story we firrt told you aaout on fox45 news at five yesterday. yesterday. in tonight's waste watch report; it appears there are no rules governing how the mayor hands out these tickets or to whom. when you read the emails that have gone back and forth between the mayor's office and the company that manages the arena... you can see the mayor has taken full advantage of this perk... which she is entitled to under agreements with the arena.but critics complain there are ánoá policies or procedures in place that dictate how the mayor doles out the tickets ann who should get them. in at least one case, a lobbyist benefited... 14:17:46 when it's family and friends its one thing but
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if it's the situation of contractors doing business with the city other elected officials you're trying to schmooze that's where you cross the slippery sloop and itts something she needs to keep her antennea on much higher as far as something on like this :03 :03 an expert told fox 45 today hat the mayor 3 may have violated the city's code of ethics when she gave family members tickets to some of the hottest shoos in town.... because you can't use by city property for personal gain... in an email from april of last year... a rep for the company that manages first mariner arena clearly indicates how she has &p"5 great seats for the mayor' husband." the city's spending panel haa voted down a 150 thousand dollar settlement for the family of a baltimore teenager that police left in howard coun. county.15-year-old michael johnson was picked up by pollce in 2009 in west baltimore, then dropped off in howard county without his shoes.two of the three
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officers were found guilty of misconduct. but today the ciiy rejected a settlement... foot the bill for the dn't officer's actions.the teen's lawyers say they'll now go forward with their 100 million dollar lawsuit against the officers. 3 new tonight... evidence that speeking up can pay off. we've learned tonight that the company that wants to put a natural gas pipeline through maryland is now considering an different route for ssme of that pipeline.it would affect the northern most part of the pipeline that was scheduled to run through a residential area of fallston.after many of the homeowers there questioned the route... the company now tells its considering putting that pipeline in a mmre rural area. the old steel ill at sparrow's point - has a new owner. but the future looks bleak for more than a thousand workers there.the owner - r-g steel - filed for bankruptcy back in may. ann yesterday, the plant was sold at auction
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for 72 million dollars... to a liquidation company that deals in scrap metal.union officials tell fox 45 they're still waiting for news about their contracts.in the meantime... county leaders vow to help them fight for their jobs. bid."> at one point - the mill employed more than 35- thousand workers. grand prix prees are well underway in downtown baltimore. baltimore.fences are popping up all along the two- mile course trough downtown. grandstands were just put up today on russell street by camden yards.organizers are promising it won't affect your commute much at all.crews are working overnight up until labor day weekend to set up the course. tim mayer, andretti sports marketing: 3.47.30 "you'll see these 10,000-pound concrete blocks being placed, but it doesn't happen during the day. all the streets are open. all the sidewalks are open, and everyone can get around." around."the show car for the
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20-12 grand prix was at fort mchenry today.the red, white and blue porsche 9-11 was the 2003 winner of the "24 hourss of daytona" race.the race in baltimore is set for labor day weekend. 3 baltimore's batman has a ew-- well, make that old-- ay to get around.paul gessler tells us what wheels the local hero is driving now. now. through this unassuming front door... and down the stairr... a suburban baltimore mancave....lenny b. robinson, 'batman': "smiles are put on their faces, and that's what it's all about."doubles as a lenny isn't ashamed to apply makeup.(nats: leather)...or squeeze into tight leather pants."they know i'm crazy." this is the same ritual lenny has done for the better part of 10 years.tapping into his inner child...("here we go!") as baltimorr's... batman.he's the same superhero patroling gotham... same cape... same mask.(opens car door)only,
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now....lenny b. robinson, 'batman': "this car is built from the ground-up."(starts car)batman: has a brand new ride.lenny b. robinson, 'batman': "it has all the bells and whiitles and the price tag was just over 215 thousand dollars."a 1966 custom- built batmobile.lenny b. robinson, 'batman': "and, yes, kids. it does shoot fire out of the back."(starts cd player, 'batman' theme plays) (music up: sequence, driving down owings mills boulevard) scott jones: "hooray, batman! hooray for batman!" batman!"""i love it. i love it. i'd like to get in it!" (la) (laughter)"oh, we love his new wheell. gonna put him back to work any minute now! batman comes to save the day!" day!""how you doin, batman!?" batman's new ride is three years in the making, built from scratch.lenny b. robinson, 'batman': "it's about the kids. they see this. they see me and and, all of a sudden, it's real."(dashboard back in march, llnny's lamborghini erved as his batmobile.he was pulled over by montgomery county police for not showing proper tags. lenny b. robinson, 'batman': "how are you!?" man: "that's awesome, dude!" dude!" ?remember baltimore's batman? that's him getting pulled over in montgomery county back in
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march for not having proper tags.a few things have changed since that traffic stop.paul gessler reports, he still has his lamborghini.......but he upgraded his wheels to a more true- to- character ride. ride.that won't be a problem with the new batmobile.it even has a trunk full of batman merchanise lenny gives away. ken driscoll, baltimore: 3 3 you may have noticed the welll it fell off on the way back from a children's hospital in morgantown, west virginia last week. 3 a really bad day for some gullible internet users. there's a new virus targeting computers... and experts say... it's easy o be fooled. fooled. the idea behind the "f-b-i ransom" virus... is to trick people into thinking they have done something wrong. the virus locks down your computer with a message -- supposeely from the f-b-i... hundred-dollars to have it
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colburn says: "the whole idea is to infect your machine give you a big scary warning the fbi is involved and then giving you a way to make sure nothing happens." happens." removing the virus can be tricky....you should ask for help if you think you may have trouble removing it yourself. good day for getting your luggage.airlines are delivering bags on time more than ver.a reeort shows that 99- point- one percent of checked baggage arrived on time in 2011.this is the highest rate on record.all told, 25-million bags were mishandled last year... down from 32-million bags the yeaa before.the situation is improving--in party --- because therees more pressure on airlines and fewer people are checking their bags.you can also download an app to track your bag through your smartphone. bad day for reebok.starting today... customers who bought reebok "easytone" and "runtone" shoes... may be getting a refund check in the mail.the government reached a
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pettlement with reebok... after accusing the company of falsely advertising those products.their ads ccaimed the sneakers were better than your legs and butt.this ng - week... the f-t-c will start sending that money back to about 315-thousand consumers. if you haven't already filld a claim... the f-t-c says you're out of luck. is rain going to ruin our thursday plans? plans? let's checc in with meteorologist emily gracey and your skywatch forecast. 3
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fighting for free speech. how three women in a rock group became enemies of the state. a lesson in wearing in your child's classroom? why one teacher traded in common sense for cussiig. and a nuclear nightmare could be a lot closer than you think. our exclusive investigation into why our backyard is basically unlocked for terrorists to sttike our stockpple.
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security experts say the federal government is shortchanging nuclear facilities. and that could lead to catastrophic mistakes. mistakes. we have teamed up with our media partner, the washington guardian, to bring you this exclusive storr, first on fox. fox. security at one of america's nuclear facilities is no match for an elderly nun. megan rice
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was among three protestors who call themselves " transform now plowshares" -- that evaded all means of detection a week ago -- getting inside in the y-12 national security complex n tennessee.[sot in phillip swarts]sot in "15:49 "so you actually have an 82 year old nun able to get in the facility, and they made it uranium is housed.."trt=05much of america's weapons grade uranium is thought to be housed there. a key element needed o make nuclear bombs. nationally renowned security expert michael greenberger says america is setting itself up for a national disaster. [sot in michael greenberger ]"sot in 25:21 "the problem here is if a terrorist is able to get loose in one of these facilities they could cause untold damage."trt=:08 according to the washington guardian, the same facility, has come under the scrutiny of the department of energy for mishandled explosives to reports of employees showing up for work drunk.[sot greenberger sot ]sot in 21:31 "people are overworked there aren't enough people and its just yet
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another reflection the united state's government is trying to do things on the cheap." trt:11 problems run well beyond oak ridge. the washington guardian combing through documents found serious security issues plauging nuclear facilities around the u.s.[take map on ganameyde drive]inspectors at in south carolina and at the idaho national laboratory discoveree dynamite and c- four plastics stored near flammable materials.at the sandia national lab in new mexico, the inspeetor general found flaws in inventory reports. the lab could not find high explosives -- in fact, in 2006 it could not even locate some detonators and rocket motors.even los alamos -- the birthplace of clean...concerns persist ueaky - whether the facility is adequately protected from the shocks of an earthquake to wildfires.[take graphic "nukee" eric zager shared folder]officials with the energy department told the guardian they are aware of thh concerns and most are being addressed.[take vo]
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we have teamed up with our media partner, the washington guardian, to bring you this exclusive story.go to our website foxbaltimore dot com and look for the washington guardian under hot topics to learn more about this nuclear security nightmare. 3 3 3 3 3 a lesson in swearing from a teacher???
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the common sense question that could have kept curse words out of the classroom. locked up for fighting back against a president. the shocking loss of rights in russia and what theeworld is doing about it.
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russia needs some common
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rights.three women in russia in a punk rock band are in jail awaiting trial. trial. the name of the band is too explicit for us to say on television.after an impromptu performance at moscow's main cathedral,calling for the end of russian president vladimir putin.the women are being charged with hooliganism.the ccse against them focuses on offense to the russian
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orthodox church and their believers. but supporters, including one of the band member's husbands say it's common sense, free speech. 3 nobody before thought that a trial with such language with the use of words hell, satan, blasphemy, god-tainting performance would be possible in a court of law in russia in the 21st century.(reporter: and that's often been from the prosecutor. not just the witnesses.)that's the most interesting thing here. their defense lawyer expects the women to be found guilty and he says their punishment will be decided by vladimir putin himself.inside sources say putin will give the women the maximum ssntence. this could mean up to seven years. a strange lesson for some middle school students in india. indiana.teachers asked the students to write curse words on paper and the classroom whiteboard. then, they were asked to say the words out loud and explain why they were offensive. the teachers say it's a way to teach kids what
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not to say. "and everyone was nervous about it and uncomfortable about it, to write it in front of an adult, especially a teacher." school officials stand by the unusual lesson plan.they say in the past, it has helped ut down on the amount of bad language students use. 3 celebrating a milestone. a very special happy birthday to
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happy birthday to tte national .
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aquarium.the downtown landmark is celebrating it's 31st anniversary with a week of special events.today's birthday party included cake.... arts and crafts... and the backyardigans from the nick jr. t-v show.after 3 decades, the aquarium says it only gets etter with age. it's wednesday.not too early to start looking ahead to the w. weekend. let's go to emily to see if we can keep the sun in sunday. the orioles try to make it 5 straight...during
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steve johnson's starting debut on the mound.that's next in sports unlimited.
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that's all for the late edition, i'mmjennifer gilbert. here's morgan adsit with sports unlimited. being a child of a pro athlete....can'ttbe easy.
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following in their footsteps by choosing their spprt... 23 years... to the date... ...- after his father made his starting debuttfor baltimore... it's now steve johnson's turn. turn.first start in the bigs... and what a start... fans the first two mariners up to bat...dustin ack-ley swinging.and michael saunders looking..after a hit... johnson gets out of the first with another k... john jayso goes high... and dad, dave johnson loves it..bottom of 1... runners oo the corners... matt wieters sends a liner to right-center... eric thames does everything right... just pops out offthe glove... j.j 2-0 o's.... 5 r-b-i night for wiets..to the 4th.... up 4- zip... mark reynolds hasn't had a homerun in 74 at bats... there's the long ball, slump buster... reynolds 9th of the yeer ... a solo shot... 5-0 o's..same inning... one on for nick markakis... there's a souvenir... markakis sends the homer to the flag court... 7-o orioles..o's win their 5th straight... 9-2.johnson went 6
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innings... 2 earned runs... 9 strikeouts.... and wins his harbaugh...he told me the n ravens offense is going to surprise people this season. and ended it wwth... "who knows, we'll see."he's right... this should be the year of the . offense.it's harbs 5th season...along with q-b joe flacco and running back ray rice.this is prrbably the most talented group of targets for flacco...dennis pitt and ed another season with anquun boldin and torrey smith.they added speed with jacoby jones. plus flacco has a q-b coach... jim caldwell.former colts coach who knowssa thing or two decade with peyton manning. joe has his real strenghts and peyton has his. i wouldn't make any direct comparisonss but i can tell you joe is a heck of a football layer. he's comfortable. he's comfortable in his own skin and i think that's a big plus in plaaing that position. he knows his strengths and weaknesses and he tries to develop his strengths and improve on his weakness even mooe. remember last season...and how besides ed reed... we had no idea who was going to play in
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the ravens secondary..what a difference a season makes.cary wililams and lardarius webb are oming off their first season as starters... and personal best.webb got a long term deal after leading the team in interreptions.rookie jimmy smith didn't disappoint once he got healthy... he had 2 picks..bernard pollard found his home with the ravens... was also extended in the off season.and the ravens picked up corey grrham... the corner's making a run for cary williams starting job.there's 15 guys in camp right now fighting or a spot in the secondary.and reed's excited about this group. we going be much better than we were last year. guys know what to expect now. we played a lot of good football teams good ones this year. those players too. so it's goong to be some good football once this season gets started. but righh now we are about coming together and growing. london medal check time...the u-s leads in overall medals... with 81... china has 77.but leads in gold with 36... two better than the u-s.russia's in third with 52 overall
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medals, 11 gold. let's check in with the red, white and blue....some highlights from today....misty may-trainor and carrie walsh took gold in beach volleyballl they extend their olympic win &pstreak to 21 straight... unbeated in athens, beijing and now london.they beat americans jennifer kessy and april ross..it'' no more silver for sprinter allyson felixxshe took gold in the 200 meters..u-s men's basketball team moves to the semi-finals. they beat australia: 119-86. kobe bryant led with 20 points... melo added 17. and dylan bundy gets a pitching prossect...will start for double-a bowie on tuesday.. thaa's all for ssorts unlimited...i'm morgan adsit.go. goodnight. 3

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