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in fairfax, a block from the government center. the driver of the suv died making the investigation a tricky one. jackie benson is near the scene with more. jackie? >> reporter: doreen, the bike path where the crash happened is a popular recreation area. the community is in shock tonight. it happened so fast. a 17-year-old boy riding a bicycle on a bike path that is well protected from the road was struck and killed by an suv. the driver also died. it happened just after 4:00 p.m. at intersection of lee highway, next to fairfax county government center. witnesses told police the dodge durango heading north on lee highway for an unknown reason it hopped the median on a diagonal toward the bike path. >> the suv came into contact with what we believe a juvenile male on one bicycle. unfortunately, tragically, the teenage bicyclist is deceased on the scene as well as the driver

of the suv. >> reporter: the suv also brushed past a 14-year-old girl. >> the female bicyclist in front of other bicyclist, the suv missed her and struck the male bicyclist. >> reporter: the driver was killed when the suv slammed with tremendous force into a tree. two men who own a business across the street heard the crash. >> -- especially, a business here, and i never see such an accident. >> reporter: fairfax police closed off the area for hours trying to determine what caused the crash. they will investigate whether the driver, a 31-year-old manassas man had a condition or alcohol or distracted driving contributed. >> neither of the two people who died have been identified. investigators would look to talk

to anyone who saw the suv in the minutes before the crash. doreen, jim, back to you. >> jackie benson, thank you. prosecutors believe a woman found dead in her apartment in southeast washington was killed by one of her two sons. court documents identified the son as christopher martin. police say he suffers a mental illness. his mother was found dead yesterday in the apartment they shared on 4th street southeast. she had been stabbed at least 10 times. shortly before officers went inside that house, martin's mentally challenged brother jumped from a window. investigators believe he may have been attacked as well. wall street rallied this afternoon, experts are taking a wait-and-see approach. the dow fell below 10,000 during early trading before recovering in a late surge to finish 125 points ahead. yesterday's losses though mark the first correction since the start of the bull market more than a year ago.

meaning stocks hat s have lost . treasury department settled on an investment bank to prepare general motors stock for a public offering. the government hopes to recoup some of the $50 billion in bailout it gave gm with the ipo. the treasury department picked up a 60% stake in the company when gm went into bankruptcy last year. lane closures on a stretch of one of the busiest highways in the area that could mean huge backups this weekend. closures begin at 9:00 on the virginia side of i-95, wilson bridge. the inner loop west of telegraph road in alexandria is down to one lane. so that a crumbling section of pavement can be repaired. officials are predicting backups of 10 to 15 miles in the area. the lane restrictions could last until 5:00 monday morning. before you head outside this

weekend. fairfax wants to warn you about poisonous snakes. a number of copperhead bites in recent weeks. in riverbend park, hunter mill area of reston and clifton district. >> warmer and warmer they will start dispersing. then they all waill court females, trail them and court them through late spring. >> ven oucom is poisonous, it c cause swelling and vomitting. keep your eyes on the ground when outside. what makes copper heads dangerous the way they can blend into their surroundings. the hip-hop artist, never forgets to mention home town of washington when performing and repeat lead given back to the town since becoming a well known name in music world. tonight, he is at the center of a controversy involving the event for the district's game community. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: artist, a d.c. area

native, viewed as a rising star in the hip-hop and rap music scene. but now the artist is at the center of a controversy involving washington's game community. >> definitely think it is homophobia. >> agreed to perform at the game friendly black pride festival and health and wellness expo at d.c. convention center. but the organization says the performer abruptly pulled out when the game press started covering the story. >> headliners have been reported to us, so often times during the cover of metro weekly or washington blade, and they started pushing his people and he got cold feet. >> black pride organizers say his booking agent at first said he chanced because he wanted to spend more time with his family. then we were told that, we didn't give him the correct information. we misled him. >> organizers agreed to pay him $18,000 for that 45-minute performance. they were able to get the

downpayment back and book another artist but they say that's the not the point. >> organizers say refusing to appear is an insult to the game black community. >> i don't want to accuse him of this. i believe i would be remiss if i didn't say it was homophobia. >> reached by phone, talent agent, said he was not at liberty to discuss the situation. he is quoted however on various web sites as saying that he thought he had been misled about the event. >> don't know if it hurts him or doesn't. but exposed him to a segment of the black population who may not purchase any of his products or go to his concerts. >> darcy spencer, news 4. >> we reached out to several representatives for the artist, none of them wanted to go on camera or issue a statement. still ahead on news 4 -- warning for facebook users about personal information advertisers may be accessing from your account. first public beach closed in louisiana as oil is seeping on to the shore.

>> later on, tiger woods' divorce was expected to be costly the a new report has many in disbelief. >> weather, veronica? >> may not be the coolest weekend. it will be a weekend filled with a lot of clouds. and yes, a chance of rain too. keep that rain away. the mystic s trying to stay perfect. at national park. the os, kept the bats in check for most of the night. in the bat of the

a car ended up on the roof of a house in frederick county, maryland, startling the family inside. police say the driver lost control on the steep driveway in myersville last night and drove right on to the roof.

the driver and her 10-year-old son were injured. they're both expected to be okay. nobody inside was injured. police waited until this morning to move the vehicle. the oil spill in the gulf of mexico is making a smelly mess of some vacation spots in southern louisiana. a seven-mile public beach closed to day after thick gobs of oil washed ashore. until recently only an oily sheen had begun trickling into the resort area of grand isle. but the situation is expected to get much worse. engineers for british petroleum say it will be at least tuesday before they can take another shot at stopping that oil liking underwater. the process known as top kill involves shooting heavy drilling mud into the well. >> face book is about to make changes to its privacy policy. the company sent out an e-mail statement, anounnouncing it wil

simplify what users share online. facebook has been criticized for making users opt out of sharing information and integrating status with search engines like google and bing. and fix a loophole that allowed advertisers to get names, age, date of birth. >> this is the information that identity thieves love to get and use to steal your identity on line with all kind of bad consequences for the individual. >> facebook says changes will happen shortly. the social networking site has nearly 500 million users. >> coming up tonight. plans for graduates to honor yardly love at university of virginia. >> catching up with riddick bowe, trying to rebuild his life here in our area. veronica has our forecast coming up.

he was once a king in the ring ring. riddick bowe. he finished 43-1 record. things have changed for the champ. dan? >> jim, riddick bowe. now he is trying to lay the foundation for a new life. he has a new wife and a beautiful 4-year-old daughter. bowe's financial situation the biggest problem for him. he is fighting foreclosure trying to save the house that he built. >> riddick "big daddy" bowe one of the biggest stars in boxing. heavyweight champ. defeated holyfield, at 29 years old, retired, and was worth $20 million. now almost broke.

the symbols of his championship lie in the florida house now owned by the bank. >> what happened to the former boxing champion. tyson, you, holyfield have all fallen on hard times. what happened? >> you know, and they know you are going to need help. >> now, bowe is trying to put together a career here at l.a. boxing in northern virginia. >> stick him with your jab. there you go. >> since retiring, bowe has done plenty, most bizarre and inexplicable. joined the marines and quit a to days into basic training. then spent 18 months in prison

after attempting to abduct his ex-wife and five kids from their home. bowe has a new family and desperately wants to save the home that he built. currently in foreclosure, bowe's estate the center of his universe. >> you don't realize. >> something bowe has been saying for almost a decade now, the pool hasn't been used in years. his once state of the art training center is still a shrine to his remarkable career, with photos and magazine covers from the good times. then, of course, there is the very ring where he first beat holyfield to win the title. >> knocked him down. and right here was the spot. >> bowe would like to fight again. he wants to get paid. but more importantly, he just wants to be around. maybe a fresh start, in a new house for his wife and daughter. >> i want to be a grandpa, one

day. grandpa, was a champion. i want to show my grandkids. i want to be around the whole time, you know what i mean? >> sitting in the house because he was afraid they would get stolen. bowe says certain family members have robbed his house which is why he has bars on his windows. in his heart, riddick bowe, every bit the performer he was as a heavyweight champ. he answers the phone, world's finest, big daddy here, be brave. i was hope he was watching. a lot of people trying to help him right now. especially the guys at l.a. boxing. create aid websid a website. >> hope he can find a happy ending. >> hope so. >> veronica here and the weekend weather. certainly nice out there today. >> nice today. but the weekend, guys. going to be a little wet. going to go from a chance of ran

to rain likely through the weekend. out there today, though, pretty nice, right? we watched the clouds move in. watched the clouds move in too. and the water. take a look at the temperature. 86, our high temperature today. right now at 72 degrees. with a wind that is out of the south right now. dew point is at 54 degrees. so throughout the area. 70s already. elkins, west virginia. 67. richmond, cooling done to 68 degrees. lots of high clouds have moved in now. and we're looking at some showers coming through west virginia. is associated with th front. cloudy in the morning. dry in the morning. and during the afternoon we could see storms firing up. take a look at columbus, ohio. stretching down to louisville. there in kentucky. a strong line of thunderstorms coming through. but, as far as the showers and west virginia, yes, been producing, just a little bit.

500th of an inch. 70 in alexandria. 69, fairfax. huntington at 67. .500 inch of rain. the system driving eastward. see the dip in the jet stream. then have a pattern change by wednesday of next week. that will go up to memorial day weekend. with a lot of heat. and temperatures that will, i think we close to 90 degrees. perhaps in the low 90s for mep more yal d -- memorial day weekend. scattered showers saturday. then rain is likely for sunday. especially the early part of the day. until noontime. to 2:00, 3:00. then get breaks in the cloud cover. a thunderstorm or two during the afternoon on sunday. so, it is looking pretty wet for early sunday. high overcast skies early part of the day. your high temperature tomorrow. not going to bel coo lcool. not going to get up into the 80s

like today. have to wait until tuesday, wednesday for

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orioles, bird came in with the worst record in national league baseball. found a way to beat the nationals. nats drop below .500. didn't help when the os pitcher took a no hitter into the fifth. nats' starting pitcher. touched up early. nationals/os, bring out the fans. top of the second. one on, adam jones. and this is what you call getting the barrel of the bat on the ball. it gets out of the park in a hurry. how about home run insurance for this one? jones. that's out of here. orioles up 2-0. and feeling pretty good. bottom of the second inning. david hernandez.

kept the nats in check. rodriguez. hernandez, struck out three. he only allowed one hit in five innings of work. top four now. 4-0. baltimore. cory patterson. a big lead off third. check him out. look at the gun. gets him at 30. zimmerman. rodriguez. home plate. nats, played perfectly. desmond waiting to tag him out. so to have new life. the nationals. bottom of seven. 4-1. baltimore. one on for willie harris. big willie style. you can tell by the way he threw the bat. that was hammered. home run. deep right field. nats within a run. 4-3 ball game. top eight. the youngster in. hasn't allowed a run yet in the big league. correction, he has now allowed one run in the big league. craig tatum in to score. orioles beat the nationals, 5-3. >> we played a great ball game

tonight. we got beat. we played good baseball. you know? guzman, harris hit the ball well. we walked seven times or something like that. you know? those are quality at-bats doing the walks. we were in position -- i mean, i am, i am -- much better mood tonight after that loss than i was last night. i've tell you that. >> two more chances against the orioles tomorrow and sunday. wnba hoops -- mystics playing without their best player, beard. they're finding ways to win. ladies hosting new york. trying to get off to a 3-0 start. the forward, leghorn, revealing her got milk ad. pretty cool. before the game, milk does crystal's body good. smith, leghorn. couple pump fakes. gets the lay-up. leghorn, ten points. 11 rebounds. giving washington a one-point lead. new york frying to inbound the ball. lindsay harding playing the passing game. gets the steal and the hoop.

she is also fouled. 21 points. mystic goes on to win it 77-61. they are now 3-0. sheila johnson, owner having a good time with the friends there in the box. >> good way to start the season. >> yeah. 3-0, can't beat 3-0. coming up next the price tag on the divorce from tiger woods.

students graduating from university of virginia will wear

white ribbons to remember a murdered classmate. the white ribbons handed out in memory of yardley love who will get a posthumous degree. found dead in her apartment off campus three weeks ago. her ex-boyfriend, a uva student charged in her death. white ribbons will memorialize a virginia tech student who disappeared from uva ground after a concert. found dead in january. officials at a school in prince william county, virginia, are on alert after somebody stole a computer drive with all students personal information. the principal of lake ridge middle school, in woodbridge, sent out letters to parents to day, informing them of the theft. officials say that drive included student names, phone numbers, and bus numbers, as well as information used to contact parents in an emergency. the school will hold a meeting for concerned parents on monday night. 750 million dollars, the

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wobbly, is one thing you do not want to see on a bridge. that is exactly what is happening over the river in russia. it is a new $80 million bridge that began to wobble yesterday. it did so after strong currents from melting snow loosened one of the vertical supports. that bridge opened only last fall. fortunately nobody was injured when the bridge begin to move. >> don't think they will be using that for a while. >> don't think so. >> that's wide. >> the tonight show is