on the move. police and homeowners worry a serial burglar is now targeting properties in a second area county. good evening, i'mdoreen gentzler. >> and i'm jim vance. that unidentified serial burglar is thought to be responsible for nearly 90 burglaries in fairfax county. and now police are worried that he or she has a new target. jackie bensen has more on this.

jackie? >> reporter: jim, the question tonight, is it t same suspect? the weekend burglaries have con founded residents of this high-end gated community in haymarket, virginia. >> right now i put my alarm system on all the time, even when i go to bed. yes. i think that happened to this lady, one of them, that the alarm came on and she didn't go down, andt went on again. >> reporter: in addition to the enance gate, home security is a big deal here. each one of the 50 or so houses in the development is equipped with a state of the art security system. >> i go around at least once a week and check my windows. because the houses are bigger in here, so there is maintenance people here and landscaping people, so you just kind of are a little more aware. >> but prince william county police note that of the four homes broken into on ridin club drive during the overnight hours saturday and sunday, three were entered through unlocked doors

or windows. >> whoever is doing it is just going in real quick, abbing what they can. right now it looks likeurses and money clips and things like that, and then getting out of the residence as quicklyas possible. >> the big question at th point, are the crimes the work of the incredibly prolific burglar at have hit 90 homes? >> reporter: police in faiax county tell us they had no new reports of crimes pgnked to the serial burglar over the weekend. jim and doreen, back to you. >> thapgs, jackie. authorities in france announced the arrest of a dozen terror suspects in a seri of raids today. they recovered weapons and evidence that some were offering false housing and identities to extremists. intelligence officials say all those arrested have ties to radical islamic groups that are now training westerners for

attacks. >> they are the pfect al-qaeda operative. they have clean passports. they don't fit the profile of previous al-qaeda terrorists and because they don't needisas inside western europe, they can move from country to country. >> other countries have urged sit sdplecitizens to use cauon traveling in europe because of the potential of terrorist attacks. the man accused of a bomb had more threats for the u.s. before a judge sent him to prison for six life terms. ji zad told the judge the war is just beginning the judge said he ought to think about whether the koran con doenz his actions while he's locked up. >> the bullying on transgender

students has been going on, but it's making front page ns after students have committed suicide because of it. they hope to take the message of gay bullying into the classroom. craig joins us with more. craig? >> 90%, according to a new study. that's the percentage of gay and leian students who say they've been harassed over the past year. we've seen its deadly attacks. tonight hundreds went to the reagan theater to watch how one student decided to sue the school district where it was happening. >> not a lot has changed in the last 15 years, and that's why i decided to do the film. >> he was an advocate now, but en he was a scared middle schooler, scared and bullied. >> many in the middle school saw him as gay. that w enough for some campus bullies. >> reporter: just this past weekend, students at rutgers

university held a vigil to remember 18-year-old tyler cleminti. he jumped to his death when his roommate taped him having a sexual encounter with another man. officials say the 15-year-old hanged himself three weeks ago. in tas, asher brown's parents say he was pushed too far about his sexseuality. he shot and killed himself september 3. >> the gaz ays and lesbians are terribly vilified, and the one place they should be safe is in our school, and they're not. >> the fm is about more than one gay teenager's struggle with bullies. it's about his school's inaction. >> i think schools have to be explicit and name gays and lesbians in particular. it can't be neutral in a case like this.

>> they want legislative action. nabosny wants tolerance. >> i rope peophope people can s story and realize we're human ings and we want respect. >> they're making the film available for free along with a teaching kit to every school in the country, and so far they say they've given away more than 15,000 kits. back to you. vincent gray says one of his goals as mayor would beo bridge the city's racial and economic divisions. tonight gray held one of eight town halls before the general elecon in november. he says he also plans to push for more ecation reform and he wants police to have a more physical esence in the city. >> get more of our police office out on the street, in our neighborhoods, whether they're walking, on segways bikes and motor scooters. no more drive-by community

policing. >> tonight it was filled with gray supporters. the next town hall will be thursday in ward 3 where an overwhelming majority voted against him. things are back to normal in a shopping mall in arlington after pepper spray sent several people to the hospital. police think a shoplifter at the ballston mall sprayed the pepper spray. a lot of people had trouble breathing. the mallas evacuated for a period of time. that shoplifter has not been caught. firefighters blamed some unattend candles for sparking a fire that killed a moer and her two children in lorton, virginia. another three children were rescued from that townhouse two weeks ag the family was using candles to light their home because the power had been turned off. fire officials advise that leaving burning candles around ki or pets is a bad idea. still ahead on news4 at

11:on11 11:00, a piece of video that's hard to watch but easier knowing the woman in this video walked away with only minor injuries. >> later on, a giant eyeball is missing from a sence museum. >> that is a hugeeyebal coming up in our weather, great changes in the weather in the next couple days. you're going to like what i have for you in my full forecast. capitols hey ove, i'm gonna need a bank. any ideas?

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the nbc series "parenthood" chronicles the study of parents trying to raise an autistic child. it shows just how common autism has become. experts tell about the four major signs and symptoms of autism. >> looking back onit, i kind of always knew someing wasn't quite right. >> reporter: azure shamplain said her son jackson rarely smiled. he cried a lot and never made eye contact with other eople.

>> i blamed myself, wondering what i did wrong while i was pregnant. >> when jackson turned one year old,she says his behavior became even more unusual. he continually stared at lights, shook his head back and forth and looked at his has all the time. >> it happened all at once. he w literally spinning in circles, staring at the light, and i didn't want to go out in public. >> doctors struggled to figure out what was wrong with jackson. he underwent tests, hearing exams. nobody could find anything physically wrong with him. then he saw a neurologist who put all the signs and signals together. jackson had autism. >> we want to diagnose as early as possible. we know early intervention is very important. the earlier we start, the better we can do. >> dr. chstine caselas is a psychologist for autistic adults and children, or cesac mo

montgomery county. >> the first thing we look at is the course of development, the progression of development. any loss of skills is a red flag that something might be wrong. >> for example, children who start speaking but then suddenly stop using words, that can show a slowi of development. caselas identifies another autism development. children who can't comprehend what people are saying. >> their understanding of language, their ability to follow simple directions early on, their ability to respond to their name when their name is called. do they look, do they orient? >> a third symptom is unusual communication. caselas says this can be exhibited by children who don't ask for things verbally. instead they might show what they want vially. and finally, repetitive behaviors. behaviors like lining things up, flapping of hands, jumpi up and down repetitively, doing

repetitive tngs with toys. >> jackson has been working with therapist at cesac for two months now. his mother says she's already seen big changes in her son. >> irovements i've been trying to get him to do for a year, he's finally done in two weeks. >> therapists and doctors say if you have any concerns about your child's health physically or menl mentally, don't wait. it's better to have someone check them out soor than later. doug is here with our weather forecast. kind of cold out there right no >> if you had your wish, which way would you want the temperatures to go? >> warmer. >> good that's the popular response. it looks like the temperatur will go warmer over the next couple days, but one more cool day tomorrow. showing the washgton monument

looking gorgeous as always. a very cool night tonight. current temperatures are only 63 degrees, so well below average gh of 72. cloudy and coolnd no rain today, even though we did see plenty of cloud cover, we did not see any rain. current temperares6 degrees, so we have a ways to go as these numbers are going to continue to go down throughout the night. winds west-northwest at 70 miles an hour. 54 in culpepper. these numbers are a little warmer than where we were last night, a that tells me we may not be quite asool as last night and that's beuse of the cloud cover. last night we had a little bit in the way of some clear skies. manassas actually woke up with a temperature of 37 degrees. tomorrow morning, temperatures 38 to 40 degrees. we could even see a slight chance of a shower, so you may want to pack the umbrella with those kids, though most of us will remain on the dry side most of the day.

the radar not showing aything right now. a few showers in person portions of maryland, back toward gary county, but that's really about it. and it all because of that upper low spinningorth and west of our region. more rain trying to spin into the mountains, but as it reaches the mountai, it dries out. but tomorrow as the upper low starts to pull away, we may see a shower, so that's why i mentioned that umbrella. high temperatures today, only around 48 degrees in the pittsburgh area, 350 in buffalo. the good news is, it's coming. tomorrow we still have that area of low pressure to deal with, so we'll still see cool temperatures, breezy conditions and low cloud cover. then on thursday, this area of high pressure will really srt to dominate the picture over the next coue days. for this morning or overnight tonight into morrow morning, mostly cloudy still damp, unseasonably cool. as we move through the day on your wednesday, mostly cloudy,

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some guys are really banged up, huh? >> really badly and one key position clinton portis revealed what could be frustrating news for the team. he said in his radio interview that he will not play this suspended against theackers. the team is putting running back keenanilliams back on the practice squad. it is possible they could back him up to ryan terrain against the redskins. gilbert marines made it on the field tonight. the real show was john wall who had 27 minutes. john wall the wizard facing some familiar faces tonight. first quarter, gilbert arena hampered by that ankle injury. he hits three to tie the game at five. marines played 27 minute take a look as he chases down

jason kidd. look at that athleticism. high above the rim, not ving up on the play. talk about impressive. second quarter, one of four fields on the night. the wizard would finish the half up by four, 58-54. in the third quarter, who else? john wall says, who is my man? 13 pointon the night. wall would have 29 points, nin ninin nine assists. look at that reaction, including gilbert arenas here. other nba action. miami heats big three. they make their debut against the detroit pistons at home in miami. the first quarter of this game, high anticipation. it was wade with the team's very first points. minutes later the big three would become two, and this is everyone'sightmare down there

in florida. wade chasing hamilton around the screen he grabs his hamhamstring. he would be done for the night. fans would not, though, be disappointed for too long. four minutes left in the first. lebron james finds chris bosh under the basket. he jams it home. then it's lebron continuing the show. are you kidding? it's not fair that he has 12 point in the first quarter. he had 18 the game. the heat were all overhe pistons that final score, by the way. 10 105-89. sto the cavaliers play in atlanta this saturday. they have a lot to learn and ey hope to open the book to bringing home a stanley cup. the capitols learned the importance of consistency in

last year's playoffs in the first round when they were eliminated. it taught them how they have to approach each practice, each game, like everything is on the line. it took months for the players to get over the disappointment. they said, you can't imagine the pa they went through losing out on that series. >> you talk to fans and they say they're so bitter disappointed in the loss last year. you take their frustration, multiply it by a million, and you have one of our players' ustration. i was born 27 years ago and i've been csing the stanley cup ever since. it's all i've ever known. when you put in 12 months of work with the of-season, the preparation, the weight room, the practices and you're never guaranteed anything. you put in that work and you want to see results and all of a sudden you're knocked out in the first round. it's not very easy to take. >> yeah. brooks from canada. a lot of the players say that because they really do play it

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arazilian woman is lucky to be alive after a speeding car hit her and sent her flying. she was walking home from work when the car hit her over the weekend. she flew more than 60 feet. incredibly the woman suffered only minor injuries to her arm and collarbone. the driver appeared to have been

drinking. frito-lay tried to make packaging better for the environment, but it didn't work out. too loud. see what i mean? consumers are noyed by that loud crinkling made by the b biodegdable bag, so they plan to put their sun chips back in the old bags. they will try to make another bag that is environmentally friendly but not so loud. the search is on in richmond for the thief that took a giant eyeball from in front of the virginia science museum. it's actually decorative fabric that had been wrapped around a 29-ton stone ball. the eyeball was promoting a new exhibit about the science of fear. surveillance video from the weekend is being analyzed now. the fabric eyeball is valued at about ,000.

if y're a skins fan, of course you know the hogettes, dressing up as pigs. he was known in the group as grandpa hog. for years, he helped the hogettes raised an estimated $1

million for children's charities. campbell was laid to rest at arlington national cemetary today. he was buried wearing a redskins tie and burgundy roses were left onhe