welcome to news 4 "this week." hello, everyone. we're going to show you some of e most interesting local stories making news this week. among them, unemployed? why not create your own job? how some local entrepreneurs are making it work in this tough economy. >> can you tell whether this is fresh or not? >> frozen food is not so simple as heat and eat. warnings you need to know. and remembering the most trusted man in america. how local folks reacted to the death of walter cronkite. first, it's all the rage in dupont circle. it may be sending neighbors into a rage at the same time. real world is taping the 22nd

season in washington. not everyone is happy with the attention and dishing the dirt on the show taping. >> reporter: wherever they go, they manage to attract a crowd. the cast of "real world" taping the next season at a mansion in dupont circle. we caught cast member michael manning during a shoot today. manning is taking the experience in stride. >> what's it like to be in d.c.? >> it's awesome. >> reporter: those who live and work in the neighborhood have taken notice. all the lights and cameras have brought extra action. >> kind of like how bright it is lit up at night. it's pretty. >> i personally really haven't noticed too much of a difference. it seems fine for me. >> reporter: but other residents aren't real happy with the real world. >> it kind of made an area that wasn't active and we were very happy with, turned into a much more negative area. >> reporter: adam lives across the street from the cast house. rosenberg says the new neighbors brought some unwelcomed attention. >> people hanging out outside

and they're, you know, drinking and watching the "real world," waiting for them to come home. then someone shoves somebody and bet h. g get into a fight. >> reporter: he runs a page on twitter. he says you can't blame the crowd and fever on this man, chris wiggins. he runs page that's detail every move of "the real world" cast. he has sources to tell them where cast members will be and when they'll be there. >> shortly before this interview i looked into -- i had about 3800 or maybe 3900 followers. i do receive on any given day 150 to 200 tips or photographs or information. >> reporter: despite the attention on the show is bringing, bloggers agree on one thing -- it brought them together in the online community. williams is actually appeared on rosenberg's site as a guest blogger. now if everyone else could get

along so well. >> well, the two sides have a little more time to work out their differences. the "real world" is expected to continue taping through september or october. the watergate hotel made famous by presidential scandal failed to attract new buyers at a recent auction. the neighbors are hoping that complex rich with history will reopen. tom sherwood has the story. >> reporter: at the watergate flower shop, joe has been the manager for 25 years selling to visitors, residents, and before it closed two years ago, the watergate hotel. >> we used to get a lot of business from the hotel. i mean not only the hotel itself but also the guests staying and the events they had there. >> reporter: inside the walls of the watergate complex, a unique washington community of high end apartments and a multilevel shopping plaza, residents and business owners look past the political history that made watergate famous. >> it is self-contained.

we have 55% garden space plus a grocery, drugstore, all kinds of shopping. itas totally designed to be a community for the residents. >> reporter: gigi winston whose father was the first general manager of the watergate said in the original 197 o's brochure touted the upscale complex where pent houses originally sold for about $200,000. the watergate complex was made famous by the 1972 burglary that led to president richard nixon's resignation. in recent years, a once busy watergate hotel fell silent as ambitious plans to remodel it or even turn night more high end apartments failed in the failing economy. >> what it did was helped the community that live here and the people that work here have a place to go to have dinner, to meet, to relax, to put their guests up. so it really became part of the whole entity. >> reporter: $25 million anymore, sell it. $25 million. >> and a crowded auction tuesday that took five minutes, the

watergate hotel was sold back to the new york lender, the only bidder that holds a $40 million mortgage on the property. >> prime location right by the river. i mean the views are spectacular. you are walking distance to georgetown. walking distance to metro, to the monuments. >> reporter: tom sherwood, news 4. the new york bank that owns the hotel plans to market the proper in hopes of finding a new buyer. in this economy, many people are turning to second, even third jobs to make extra money. in some cases the side jobs are turning into full-time employment. julie kerry has the stories of two local entrepreneurs who are making it work. >> reporter: she calls herself super girl. and her t-shirt says it all. >> i like soup. >> reporter: sarah poland didn't plan on a career in soup. likeso like so many others, she had to get crtive. >> i was working in the travel business. specializing in middle eastern travel. i was afraid i was going to make

less than half of what i made the year before. i had to work just as hard. >> reporter: when her friend suggested she put her spirit to work, a new career was born. >> i started thinking, well, i want to start something new. i want to get involved in this local food movement. it's really popular here in d.c. people are not eating out as much. they're eating at home. they want to eat healthy and the wheels started turning. >> reporter: sarah's soups are made fresh from local ingredients. she hires friends to make door to door deliveries. >> they're funky. they're not the kind of soups you'll get anywhere else in the city. i mean this week we have a lent i will apricot soup. most of the customers never had that. last week we had an indian spice bean soup. most people didn't know what they were. >> reporter: they do now. the smol business association says sarah is in good company. there are six million more small businesses than there were six years ago in the united states. >> it's going to take four pictures. >> reporter: neil started one of the businesses last year to make

extra money. >> while i was working as a insurance adjustor, i started a photograph company part time. just a way to make extra money so that me and my wife could start a family, buy a house, and, you know, just trying to live a little better. >> reporter: but when laid off in october, his side job became his only job. >> fortunately for me, on the business was doing pretty well. even though it was a rough economy at the time. i was able to keep doing photo booth rental in d.c. and we were able to book a lot more events than i thought we ever would. >> reporter: starting your own business can be intimidating. but neil thinks it's a great time to break out of the box. >> there is so much stuff out there between, you know, the small business association and the community business development centers that are outside of d.c. and virginia that reallyelp people. and as long as you have the time and the energy and a lot -- a

lot of belief in yourself, can you do just about anything. >> reporter: julie kerry, news 4. >> and there is much more ahead on news 4 this week including a trip inside university of maryland's wind tunnel that swept a reporter off his feet. and how fresh foodan be good for your family and the planet.nd

if we don't act, medical bills will wipe out their savings. if we don't act, she'll be deed coverage because of a pre-existing condition. and he won't get the chemotherapy he needs. if we don't act, health care costs will rise 70%. and he'll have to cut benefits for his employees. but we can act. the president and congress

have a plan to lower your costs and stop denials for pre-existing conditions. it's time to act. how about a beer with

shakespeare? the county board of supervisors has given the green light to a pilot program that allows wine and beer sales in libraries and other public venues. the drinks would be sold during scheduled fundraisers, mostly at night. the vote followed a spirited public hearing. critics worry that serving drifrpgz in libraries could open the count dwroi lawsuits. supporters say the plan will benefit the cash-strapped libraries. the university of maryland's wind tunnel may not be as famous as it's legendary turtle or basketball programs. this year the tunnel celebrates its 60th birthday. they use it to test the effects of extreme wind and to simulate hurricane conditions. craig melvin was blown away when he went to check it out. >> one leg through here. >> we do studies on the effect of wind on all kinds of things. >> mostly vehicles. airplanes, automobiles, trucks, ships, actually water flow,

submarines, all people can hang in there up to category three conditions. >> this is what a 40 mile-per-hour wind would look and sound like. and now for us to go any higher, we have to get the camera out of here. 80 miles an hour. this is what it will look and sound like in a cat 4 hurricane. i can still talk and move my hands. that's about it. this is 100 miles an hour, cat 5. this is what it would look and sound like in a category 2 storm. i think we can go one more level. [ inaudible ] >> what did we get up to? >> you got up to 117. >> is that highest for the day?

>> the highest i've seen today. >> that's all i was going for. >> but then the guy through down the gauntlet. >> anything over 80 miles an hour you cannot stand up in those winds. >> we're at 60 miles an hour. we're going to try to walk in a square here. all right. now we're at 70. discomfort at 70. you can still manage to get around. [ inaudible ] >> craig melvin, news 4. >> okay. coming up, what you need to know before you pop that next frozen dinner into the oven. stay tuned. ñ/

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you see them on the back roads or heading to the beach, the roadside stands where farmers bring their crops to from you the nearby fields. all you have to do is pull over and stock up. and going green when you read your heads to an arundel county

to check out farm stand food. >> what can i get for you? >> half a dozen. >> reporter: reggie's produce stand sits on the main road to a popular destination for boaters. who pull over and fill up on his sweet corn, ripe tomatoes and perfumed melons. there is no better cantaloupe than here. >> for years we sto and get the fresh vegetables. >> reporter: and it is fresh. his farm is right across the street. his family has been farming here for generations, since the first nutwell arrived in colonial days. >> he was a servant on the ship sailing up the chesapeake bay. he got close enough to see shore and he swam for shore. >> reporter: he has farmed since he was a boy. it's not the easiest work, but he loves it. >> i like plowing the ground in the spring. i like planting the stuff. like tending to it, trying to keep weeds and grass out of it, trying to keep it growing good. i like coming out to meet

people. >> reporter: his stand has a steady stream of customers, loading up. >> i think it's fresh. and i like to support the local community. >> because it's grown locally, it is a greener way to go. >> rorter: an arundel county used to be the home of tobacco. it was maryland's cash crop for decades. the old tobacco barns stand as monument of that by gone era. now people are addicted to the sweet corn and it's keeping the farmers in business. >> someone told me this is the sweetest corn they ever tasted. it is delicious. >> reporter: 18-year-old matthew brady spends his weekends selling the family's corn out of the back of a pickup in maryland. he picks the crop at 6:00 each morning. sounds like a chore. but to brady, farming is a sweet passion. >> i love farming. it's so peaceful. yeah. i mean it's really like you can understand, like, just being out in the field by yourself. the only bad part is the halloween part.

but besides that, in the end i mean people enjoying the -- something you worked so hard to create, it's something. >> reporter: and brady's corn is really something. gordon bokner comes out from bethesda. >> can't beat the sweet corn out of here. it is as good as anything. throw it on the grill, cook it right in the husk and nothing better than that. >> reporter: and young brady will take home $500 for his efforts. roadside stands help keep our farms and our farmers alive. but it's not a living. >> six ears, that will be $3. >> reggie nutwell is a firefighter during the season. brady's family has a side business. they're doing all they can to stay close to the land. and giving us even more reason to pull over and fill up. >> thanks. >> reporter: wendy weaver, news 4. from familiar stand fresh to frozen, there are quicker meal options available. consumers think frozen food is as simple as heat and eat.

it may look good but it may not be good if you don't prepare it correctly. here is liz crenshaw with more on what you should know about frozen food safety. >> reporter: how about some of this parmesan and ravioli? >> the american frozen food aisle is an amazing place, containing virtually everything you may want to eat from breakfast food to entree items to pizza to pot pie. >> our big concern with these products is that consumers don't always realize that a frozen product may not be fully cooked. it looks like it is because the front of the package has a beautiful fully cooked meal. but unfortunately that product may be partlyraw. >> reporter: and sarah klein from the center for science and the public interest says partly raw food can harbor dangerous bacteria such as e. coli, salmon ilya or list tear yachlt the bacteria that sickened tens of thousands of americans. >> the difference between simply heating a product is that that just makes it taste good. cooking a product is what makes it safe.

>> right on the package. >> reporter: to fully understand klein's warning, nbc's producer aaron vanderbellen and i took a tono f kdwd to know is iosen.ct ozen food cooking instructions are followed, the food is safe to eat. the problem is many people don't follow or understd the nsreiochct whi are rarely w uniform and sometimes difficult achieve. o>> cdke cked to an internal temperature greater than 150 prior to eating. who ever worries about that? >> microwaves, six to eight minutes. power until hot in the center. what does that mean? >> can you tell from this on the front whether this is cooked or not? >> no. >> no. >> reporter: so we're 4 1/2 minutes -- frozen food cooking instructions ask you to let the food sit after microwaving. this is not so it can cool down to eat. this is so the food can continue cooking.

take this pot pie which read 132 degrees after cooking. it did reach a safe 150 degrees but only after we let it sit more than five minutes. you would do that? and when is the last time you stk a thermometer into your frozen food? sarah klein says there is a sure fire way to make it safe. >> the best solution for this kind of problem is for the manufacturers to insure that food is safe before it reaches consumers. >> reporter: until then, if you want to be perfectly safe with frozen food, know your microwave, wattage and power, use an instant read thermometer before consuming your frozen food and follow package directions exactly because if you don't -- >> can you get very ill from a frozen product. >> reporter: liz crenshaw, news 4. >> the american frozen food institute says the industry works diligently to insure product safety. but for frozen food products that are not ready to eat, consumers need to follow specific cooking instructions

for safety. there are other kinds of food that could be dangerous, especially if you eat them behind the wheel. the dropping food on your lap or having your steering wheel covered in greece can create distraction and cause accidents. insurance.com has come up with a list of the most dangerous foods to eat while driving. coffee tops the list. hot and easy to spill. hot soup poses the same threat. tacos, chilly dogs, hambergers, barbecued food, fried cck enand donuts with fillings are also on the list because they're so messy. insurance.com also says soft drinks also pose a threat if you're not careful and chocolate can get too messy to eat while driving if it melts. well now you know. next, remembering an icon in journalism and his legacy. xx

michelle obama is one of the most captivating first ladies of this generation. now her new hairdo has folks

talking. most people are used to seeing the first lady's hairstyled long, loose and slightly flipped at the end. but now she's wearing it pulled back and up. she was first spotted with the new do on friday at a department of transportation event. the white house was reportedly flooded with calls. people thought she had cut her locks. but apparently not the case. it's simply a swept back up do. now to another icon, newsman walter cronkite. he died at the age of 92 following a long and distinguished career in tv journalism. in the passing of the anchor caught many in our area off guard. darcy speer has more on how people in our area are looking back on cronkite's life. and that's the way it is. >> reporter: walter kron kid considered a quintessential newsman dead at the age of 92. once considered america's anchorman cronkite led the cbs evening news from 1962 to 1981. at the museum on capitol hill, many were stunned to hear about

his passing. >> when i was a kid growing up, he was the newscaster that we always watched. and for me, he was the quintessential news anchor that started news television as i remember it growing up. >> he was quintessential newsman. kind of think of him as -- i don't remember all the other names. but the people like 60 minutes and stuff, some of the older guys, i just see them as really important to our media and how our media started. >> seems the only realistic -- >> reporter: cronkite was known for his reassuring voice during tumultuous times during the vietnam war era, the assassination of john f. kennedy and the iran hostage crisis. he was considered the most trusted man in america. >> i'm sorry he passed away. he was a good journalist from back in the day. and up to this time right here. and i'm sorry he passed away.

he was a real good gentleman. >> reporter: darcy spencer, news 4. he will be remembereded. that's all for this week. thanks for joining us and have a great weekend.

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