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rieger. jim and dorian are off tonight. this is a story we first reported last night. a helicopter drops from the night sky, comes crashing down next to a busy highway. today, we learned that the chopper w traveling from hagers town to frederick after an event that offered helicoptr rides to raise money for trucked youth. on board, three co-workers of a maryland helicopter company and a woman who won a raffle for a free chopper ride. michael flynn spoke with the woman's husband and joins us in the studio to tell us their story. >> reporter: wendy, loved ones tried to talker out of going on the helicopter ride but her husband told me tonight nothing could stop her adventurous spirit. the charred helicopter wreckage was unrecognizable. before it crashed on the median next tth,70i-i-70,ow dstntlaghnl nt dn last night, killingow oboboard, three men andwoman. arthman. the kim f felix of new market had won the helicopter ride in a raffle.

>> she just won this trip. i think there were a lot of people that tried to influence her not to be on the helicopter. >> reporter: felix'sç husband says the 48-year-old mother of three daughters had a magnetic personality. she was a pta volunteer and brownie troop leader. she won theelicopter ride by putting her business card in a drawing during a recent chamber of commerce event. >> my wife is very independent spirit. and liked to try a lot of different things. and she kept saying this is once in a lifetime opportunity for her. >> the three other victims were working for the frederick-based advanced helicopter youth foundation and just finished a charity event in hagerstown. the pilot was 24-year-old jeff nordaas of combia, and also george tutor, and 43-year-old niall booth of new market. booth was a consultant and fatherf two teens who friends saloved helping others. >> part of me has got to believe

that, heck, if you're -- if this is to be yourend, he was doing what he really loved. >> reporter: ntsb investigators say because of bad weather, nordaas waited two hours before flying, right before the crash witnesses reported seeing the chopper flying low, where power lines run 70 feet above ground. witnesses said they saw sparks before the chopper came crashing down. it was a disastrous end to a trip aimed at helping to raise money for troubled young people. >> it's a testimony to, you know, the kind of things that she was involved in. >> i talked with pilot jeff nordaas's brother earlier and he told me the young man was an inspiration to everyone around him. the 24-year-old took up flying because his father is a pilot much the cause of this crash, wendy, is still under investigation. back to you. >> michael flynn, thank you, michael. a maryland teenager is dead after a fiery crash involving a wo sheriff'sdeputy. ap hispeed hat l this morning at the intersection of route 4 and apple way.

the officer was responding to a domestic call when a struck a vehicle that crossed in had front of him. witnesses say t impact of that crash was so fierce that the deputy's car flipped several times. the young teen driver's car burst into flames. the 18-year-old was a recent high school graduate who died at the scene. police are searching for the person who tied up a woman and tabbed her to d fa sifatyco un fairfax countydpesith ineen this happenedthn e 4100 block of hummer road in annandale. jackie vincent joins us live with the latest. jackie? >> reporter: wendy, the name of the victim said to be in her late 40s or early 50s has not been released, and it is not clear at this point how long she has been dead. news 4 has learned the house did have its own security camera system, and that will hopefully help police with their investigation. hours after the grim discovery, investigators continued to examine the house and surrendering area for evidence. a woman was found, tied up and

stabbed in the bathroom of a home based acupuncture business. friends and clients gathered, trying to find outf the victim was the well-liked owner of the business. >> she is just a wonderful lady. that's all. she liked to help people. i can't believe that someone would do that to her. >> reporter: the victim was discovered by an acupuncture client who arrived about 4:00 p.m. to find the front door locked. she went to the back door and found it open and wept inside and found the victims. inspectors requested a korean language interpreter. the house is in on an an detail neighborhood that is both commercial and residential. next door, a korean restaurant has three security cameras. the one closest to the victim's home may have recorded images of the suspect coming or going. >> they're in the collection of evidence. and it's going to takeome time. it may take a couple of days at this point. as a result, hummer road and this section will be closed throughout the night tonight, guaranteed, and maybe even

longer. >> reporter: investigators would like to talk to anyone who had an appointment at that acupuncture clinic in the last few days. they tell us that korean-speaking officers and interpreters are available. wendy, back to you. >> jackie vincent. thank you, vaccy. present barack obama acknowledged today that he used unfortunate words when it came to accusing massachusetts police of acting stupidly in arresting black scholar henry lewis gates jr. the president made a surprise visit to the white house briefing room to comment on the up roar surrounding his comments.fe pross professor was arrest aolfter porice came to his home to investigate a possible break-in. mr. obama says he called the white officer who arrested gates today, and he has come to the conclusion that perhaps everyone involvedoverreacted. >> the fact that it has garnered so much attention, i think is a testimony to the fact that these are issues that are still very sensitive here in america.

and, you know, so to the extent that my choice of words didn't illuminate, but rather contributed to more media frenzy, i think that was unfortunate. >> mr. obama says he hopes the controversy becomes a teachable moment, and encrages people to listen to each other more. the union that represents metro's train operators wants to know more about the investigation into last month's deadly accident that killed nine people. investigators are looking at a faulty circuit at the crash site. metro has been testing the circuits twice a day since this accident. the workers' union would like to get a look at terhese tests, saying ast alom ws,ulwodse like to see dao watch for warning signs. transparency is needed. a metro train operator is on leave after he accidentally opened the wrong set of doors. this happened last night on the green line at the waterfront seu

station. a passenger told the "washington post," the riders were surpriseded when doors opened up to the wall opposite the platform. no one was injured. metro operators have been opening doors manually for just over a year because of problems with the automated door system. the operator is on paid leave pending the investigational. who is responsible for brazen robbery as the fast food restaurants. minimum wage went up today. but that may be not be good for businesses. and get ready to pay up the next time you fly. fares may be down, but you have to pay for other things. we have heat and humidity coming our way. good july weekend. bob, coming up in sports, fred funk is feeling it at the senior british open, and the nationals power up against the

imagine surviving a fall from 2,000 feet and then wanting toe do it again. ted davenport did just that, and it was caught on camera, as you see, while jumping in colorado. davenport's parachute didn't open at the last second. it slowed him down, but he did hit the ground hard. davenport says he has aouple of bruised lungs. just a couple of bruised lungs. isn't that all you have? a bruise on his spine, and yes, he is jumping again. there's new information about some local high school students quarter teened in china following a s flu scare. a parent tells us four are still in quarantine. those who were released have been transferred to another hotel. the students are from several schools in our area. they were quarantined after several came down with the swine flu last week, shortly after arriving in beijing for an educational tour. the stocks rose again today andñ investors are gaining a lo of confidence that the u.s.

economy is improving. the dow jones industrl closedus at 9093 today, up 350 points since monday. it completed thedow's best o-week rally since 2000. yesterday, the dow closed above 9000 for the first time since january. part of what drovetoday's rally was posivero news from europe, ewherhe t economic retraction seems to be slowing. investors seem to have shrugged off the change that has many business owners worried. 4.5 million workers got a raise today as the federal minimum wage increased 70 cents. critics say that coup stall hiring and force small businesses to pass the cost on to consumers. supporters, however, said that the increase is going to boost consumer spending. and when we come back, some residents in northwest d.c. being extra careful tonight over concern that the roof top burglar may have struck again. so could a little money help ease your pain? how just even the thought of moolah can make you feel better. and we're getting ready for a steamy, hot weekend.

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d.c. police are trying to figure out whether the so-called roof top burglar has struck again. a church was burglarized today. it appears the burglar got in through the roof top skylight. police say it's too early to tell if it's the same burglar who struck in the same area weeks ago. while reviewing security video of a robbery, the store clerk appears to be assisting an older woman, but moments later a man rushes in, there he is, jumps the counter and then that older woman pulls a gun. turns out they were working together as a robbery team. and don't you know, the female is actually a man in a dress and a wig. he has been dubbed the drive-through bandit, and police say he doesn't bother to disguise himself. the man is accused of robbing as

many as ten fast food restaurants in texas in the last ten days. police say he just drives up to the window with a gun, demands cash, there he is, and in most cases, the employees shut the window and walk away. so far, there haven't been any injuries. you might want to think twice about how many bags you check when you're taking an american airlines flight, because it's going to cost you more. the carrier announced today the first bag will now cost $20, up from 15 bucks. the second bag will cost 30 bucks. change takes effect on all tickets purchased after august 13th on most domestic flights. there are no bag fees for international flights. . several other major airlines have also announced $5 increases on checked bags. and cost-cutting measures could make travel less convenient this fall. major carriers plan to offer fewer non-stops, and possibly higher ticket prices, and fees in the coming months. airlines are desperate to raise revenue as they head into their traditionally slow period. six of the nine major u.s. airlines made money last

quarter, but sales were down for some due to weak demand and lower fares. and people just want to go stay home and enjoy our beautiful weather. >> yes, summertime here. hasn't been bad. >> it has not been bad. >> and finally some rain last night. outside tonight, we do have a few morning -- a few scattered showers. it's the end of the week, give me a break, right? >> i don't think i was listening -- reagan got these great shots looking across the river, and no rains right here. but there were some heavy rains across northern maryland, great weekend to be out boating. watch out, keep the weather -- weather eye peeled for storms. we can still get those later in the afternoon and evening. outside, our current temperature now not bad at all. 74 degrees. we've only had three 90-degree days this month of july. over the weekend, i think we may be getting another one or two. look at the high temperatures around the east. 86 here in washington. 70s to our north. a few 90s, but look how it is compared to the average. even in dallas, temperature,

exactly average. we were a little cooler than average. and so many parts of the country have avoided a long, extended period of heat and humidity. we're right now into the 70s. over the last 12 hours, a ripple to our north, that was the reason some nasty storms up parts of pennsylvania. right now, in and around, i would say pretty much all dissipated. a couple for you folks around frederiksberg, but no lightning. it may be moving into the northern neck, sort of good for the lawns and gardens, more around washington. there just isn't anything going on now. and things will really settle down as we go through the remainder of the night. a couple more around culpepper. but nothing here. then up into northern parts of maryland, around baltimore and northern maryland, boy, there were some nasty cells earlier today. look at u;monkdon, maryland, 4 inches of rain and northern parts of montgomery county a

couple wind gusts there. heading to the beaches, great beach wind weekend coming up. southwesterly wind, ocean city, 70 degrees. i think in bay, winds will be 10 to 15 knots tomorrow, so nice sailing weather. we will be getting back into southwesterly wind so the humidity will be ba. and with it, there is always the risk of some pop-up variety thunderstorms. i think they're a bit more likely as we get on into sunday and then a little weak weather front will be coming near us. so that would be the day, especially by sunday afternoon and especially if you're heading out to the mountains of west virginia and western maryland where you're going to be seeing showers and thundershowers. tomorrow, 90s, i think, and probably close to 90 on sunday too. tomorrow morning, a bit on the hazy and humid side. it's still july. temperatures near 70 degrees. nice summery day tomorrow with southwesterly winds. a bit of a breeze, so that will help move the air around, but the humidity will really be back. hot and humid. temperatures near 90 degrees. haven't been able to say hot for

a long time, so i thought i would use it for tomorrow. for a summery weekend maybe late in the day, a slight chance for an afternoon thundershower. i think they are, again, more likely in the afternoon on sunday. not a washout by anymeans. then monday, some clouds around and we may be seeing some more showers sort of ending july with a few more showers than we had for much of july, and as we get ready to head to august, temperatures still high 80s to near 909>ñ and no sign of an extended heat siege. >> nice summery night outside. >> it is. >> thanks, bob. still ahead, finally, a wedding with some pizazz. take a look. ♪ >> that's how to go down an aisle. we'll show you the viral video that's sweeping the nation. but next, fred funk makes history on the golf course. lindsay takes

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not exactly the clash of titans. >> not exactly. the nationals tonight and the padres, the two worst teams in baseball get together, somebody has got to lose. tonight it wasn't the padres. the nationals struggled at the plate. they committed four errors for the third time this season. the nationals fall 6-2. let me take you down to nationals park. bottom of the first. the nationals trail 2-0. christian guzman trying to evoke some life. the ball just kept on carrying after he got a hold of that. look at that, carries up and over the wall, and center field for the solo home run. just the fourth home run for guzman this sear rieseries. top of the sixth, adrien gonzalez and kevin cost man

you've score to make it a 5-1. rodriguez, three rbi. bottom of the seventh, gnats down 6-2. bases loaded. goes down swinging to end the inning. the nationals lose 6-2. >> you hate to even try to look for the silver lining too much, but it was particularly bad early. you know, we just played so bad early, it had the feeling of -- it was -- we just weren't ready to play. and, you know, that's on me. and, you know, i can't accept that. the players actually got pretty intense after a while, but the damage was done. >> jim goldman very disappointed with his team's performance. here is the orioles taking on the red sox in the top of the third. brad penny facing adam jones. jones lifts one into center. take a look, though, at

ellsbury, nice catch. boston leads 3-1. a man on second, sends one into right. nick markakis comes up throwing. and a great throw, and ellsbury is out. the orioles, however, lose the ga game, 3-1. tom watt soon, the most celebrated british open winner, now trying to win senior british open. watson jokes the way fred funk is playing, they'll have to cut off his knee if anyone wants a chance. of funk is 11 under in sunnydale england. the open is causing quite a buzz. here is tom watson's bunker on the first hole. he hits it just perfectly. snugglels it up nice and close. watson shot a 1 under today. seven strokes behind the leader. and then funk on 18, second shot on the par.

using an 8 iron. a perfect choice. the ball is headed right for the cup. it rolls on eye line and goes in. for an eagle. yep, look, here's his reaction. he says, oh, it went in. just like that? you betcha. high fives to the caddy. funk is at 11-under for the tournament. a senior british open six-hole record. he says it's not over yet. to world team tennis tonight. the washington castles upset the top seeded times to win the eastern conference championship. the castels advance to sunday's title match. co founder of world team tennis, billy gene king was in the house. castle in red, and lee ander pay serving and look at the volley, can't return that. nice job for those two. later on, it would be stubs serving in the far court. she makes a nice pick on the exchange, and then watch l

watch lyander. 22-19 in overtime. they advance to sunday's finals where they will host the springfield lasers. >> great. and bob ryan will be there tomorrow. >> yes, he is going to play. >> i think so, yeah. >> very cool. >> coming up next, royal rumors involving prince william. (bell ringing)

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after 40 years of service, a retiring army colorado not is taking the cake. the only thing is the cake is 40 years old. colorado not henry moke enlisted in 1969 and saved a ration of pound cake, promising himself he would eat it the day he retired. and that day has come. that's our broadcast. the "tonight show" is next. have a good weekend. [ cheers and applause ]