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packersot on the frozen tundra of lambeau field but soggy outfield of county stadium in milwaukee. >> until 1994 part of the packers home schedule was played in wisconsin. largest city toppeasehe largest part of the fan base. >> yeah. as for the skins, they went into the bruised city with questions at quarterback and running back. plus extra motivation from a form teammate. >> octob 23, 1988. surging back from surgery. doug william in his first game in a month after an appendectomy gets in his groove real quick. on the skins second possession a 21 yard strike to hall of famer art monk for a 10-0 lead. >> i was nervous. once i got in there and realized that we -- played something i have been playing for years, football, let's get on and do
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what we have to do. >> what a perfect environment for your debut to come back, wet, soy, home grass, hostile grass. >> i couldn't ask for a better situation. it is good. what it does for m is get ma self ready and realize we can win a tough game. >> they did he some tough spots. game tied at 10 in the third quarter. connects. knocked loose by holland. noble gets on top of a it green bay makes the most of it two plays later, murkowski shows how he got his nickname. the magic man. scrambng, he finds woodside from eight yards out. his second touchdown of the day. packers up 17-10. itas kelvin bryant's time to shine. 77-yard drive capped off by a perfect pass from doug williams. skins had a field goal and lead 20-17 thanks in large part to
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brian's 211-yard day. >>ust trying to stay healthy, man. i just hope i can stay healthy. if i do that i think i can help this team. i just want to get behindhem. they came off the ball real good and they come around real good, working good. >> when you look at what he does for an offense, certainly not the pounding, bruising type of back a riggins or rodgers or kenny smith was. hits the hole quick. keeps defense on their heels a i think that's the big thing. running hard. he has a lot of things his chest. everything. he is superman o our team. right now playing great theast three games. we have a long road to travel. he has to help us get it there. >> the last stretch of the afternoon's road had one last bump in it. the play kicker saide wanted to be a part of beating his old am. instead he gave them the win. with 14 seconds left, his
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24-yard attempt sailed wide left. skins win it, 20-17. >> at the end, we realized that he came out and let us down. >> no question he choked. again, i definitely -- i'll send max a nice gift. >> i think that gt would have come in handy. he was waved by the packers the next day. the skins rookie kicker missed an extra point during a 31-30 lossn denver. >> isn't that animosity that's good for teams? bostic would kick. max said he didn't appreciate their comments telling the post brennan, we are supposed to be teammates. >> speaking of teammates, there are a few better than linebacker rocky macintosh who is already red to go at game time.
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>> please welcome the visiting washington redskins. >> it is kind of like we are the underdog and, you know, they boo us, boo their own team. i mean, that's how mean they are down there. it is a great feeling to get booed d come out and kick somebody's butt. when i see lincoln field this weekend i'm wondering how many eggs are we going to get egged this year. so - every time we go there, the bus driver actually drives a little bit faster. almost turned over one ar. it is pretty cool experience.
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just the regular shorts and t-shirt. go out there and throw the ball around. smell the fresh air. i decided to have fun when i come back out later. >> one, two, three. >> go hard! >> meet inhe middle of the field and bring it up. i'm until there but not refully there. i'm already over there talking junk to people. other team hasn't gonen by now, they are going to get a
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mouthful also. you know, my guys trying to get us riled up and everything. i'm totally offensive. talking a lot of trash. that's just me. that's me not being cocky about it. i have a lot of confidence in myself. i will let you know when i'm going to beat you. when i go out there for the first play on defense, got to go out and relax. you never know. you know. you neve know what you will get. play your heart deep down. ready to go out there and hit something. this is how you get ready for game time!
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they say it doesn't fit in with the ea's family oriented atmosphere. the city council says the store has the right to be there under the current zoning laws. it is set to open october 20th. two prominent "washington journal"ists are facing drug charges. after annonymous tip led police to seize some huge marijuana plants from their georgetown home. police arrested cbs radio howard arenstein and his wife after discovering th plants in plain sight. darcy spencer has details. >> reporter: howard arenstein, an edward r.murrow award winner charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana. after police found a den pot plants at his home in georgetown. >> if it's illegal, they'll do it. it seem that they probably should have known better than to be growg it in their backyard. >> reporter: the officers were responding to an anonymous tip when they found the plants.
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they say they recovered more pot inbaggies and paraphernalia inside the house during the execution of a search warrant. >> we said hello. and he told me to call him howie. i said call me margie. that's how i know him, as a good neighbor. just a likle person. he didn't do anything, didn't seem anything out of the ordinary to me. >> reporter: according to court documents, police spotted 11 potted plants in the yard and there was a strong odor of marijuana in the air. arenstein and his wife orly, a correspondent for an israeli newspaper, were taken into custody. >> i was really surpred by it, acally. i mean, there was no indication that it was going on. so it was sort of a bolt out of the blue. >> reporter: aaron houston is with the group students for responsible drug policy. he said there are disparities in marijuana laws across the country and that it should be taxed and regulated just like alcohol. >> the one for marijuana has failed. we've tried it their way for 40
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years anit hasn't worked. this situation is another example of a ruined life. it didn't have to be a ruined life. it is against the law but it is a law that has failed. >> reporter:he two journalists were released on their own recognizance to return back to court on october 14 for a preliminary hearing. in georgetown, darcy spencer, news4. >> cbs nws had no comment about arenstein's arrest or his stat with us the network. still to come, how these local teens are graduating from high school with resume that's even adults might envy. and a d.c. businessman is on the season's apprentice. we'll see what it took for him
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for a growing number of high scol students, the classroom is feeling more like the board room these days. that's because they're taking courses that give them real life joexperience in the fields that interest them. some local students showed us how these career academies are giving them a head start.
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for these montgomery county teenagers, high school classes these days are a lot more interesting and a lot more fun. >> really was just pretty much taking it because i had to take some. and i was just like, i have clses that i'm actually wanting to go to. >> reporter: the students, all seniors at watkins mill high, are all enrolled in the school's finance academy. on of three career academies here. small theme based learning communities. >> they answer the age old question of why do i need to learn this? >> my very first class was financial planning and banking and credits. >> reporter: julie wants a career in business and technology. diane is studying finance, econic and business. it's not only business but every day things. paying for bills, saving up. >> why would you start your own business? >> reporter: beginning in tenth grade, the watkins mills students start their academy classes along with their core
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curriculum. they get the same teachers for three years, paid experience and a wealth of experience that gives them a jump in their careers. in a tough ecomy, that can be a valuable boost. >> college is an expensive place to figure out where you want to go and what you want to do. this helps students think about that before they get there. >> i feel like it gives them that edge. >> it not just one set. you're getting little pieces of business world. >> reporter: career academies have taken root in thousands of schools around the country. they are in business and finance and computer technology. they are essentially schools within schools. and the students are well integrated. >> they are sga, they' athletes, they're part othe theater department here. they're in musicals. they're all involved in different aspects of the school. >> reporter: it is estimated there are some 2,5 to 7,000 career academies in the u.s. with an impressive track record
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them boast a 90% gruation rate. 80% go on to college. they earn an average 11% more than their peers and sglak latino male graduates earn 17% more. these students are certainly getting more out of high school. >> it's a good program. our teachers, they really help us a lot. they really care about us. >> i actually know what i want to do. i feel like i'm ready for the real world now. >> now from jobs in theeal world to jobs in the reality world. one of the contestants in the latest season of "the apprentice" is a fourth generation washingtonian with a name you might recognize. jim handly has more on what's motivating stewart martins to win this competition. >> take a look. you'll comback with cash. i prom. >> reporter: he's described as a serial entrepreneur on "the apprentice" where his team leader call him a stallion. he is still running strong on team octane.
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>> i think one of the hardest parts is fighting for your existence on the show. when you're out there competing, it is not just winning a business competition. it is not just selling me. it is really honestly selling yourself in a light that other people can respect. >> it's all about a comeback. this season is a second chance for talented candidates who stwlugd the recession hit. unlike the other contestants, stewart was not unemployed when he signed on but doing business hasn't been easy of late. >> certainly going through tough time with the recession. i had shut down two businesses and still had a few other that's were operating. my main business trade was doing great. it is a tough time you're in a consumer based business selling products. >> he had role in launching on the fly. a food run business. he run the hospitality busiss trade winds and he said he is bringi back the taste of d.c. next fall. if you recognize the name martins, that's because they've been selling cars here since
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1904. this whitman high graduate started at 14 working in the service department but he has never sold a car. >> i went to school. i was into food a ine. that was my passion. so my dad and my family taught me to follow my dreams and follow what i was pssionate about. that's what i did. >> he is also a world class swimmer and tri-athlete. those who train with him are expecting big things from stewart. on "the apprentice" and in washington's business community. >> i think he'll do really well because you look at how he competes. how he sells in the past episode. he has a natural knack r both competing, understanding what the task is. >> stewart as a competitor is one of the most pumped up pople i know. we have a motto when we work out. it is aoap which mean all out all the time. and stewart represents that to the fullest. >> in washington, jim handly, news4. up next is one of the most criticalally acclaimed films of the season.
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hollywood director randall wallace is known for producing inspiring movies like "braveheart." he told lindsay czarniak how he drew on his roots to produce his latest movie, secretariat. >> what kinds of thing did you find were the most challenging? >> well, forone thing, you can't be factually inaccurate with a story that occurred 30 or so years ago. you have to be rig. and in the racing scenes, the gaps between the horses are precisely accurate. >> really. >> precisely. >> even the final scene. >> in every race. >> have you ever seen that? >> what? >> a colt stand up that fast. >> race horses are amazingly
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magnetic chacters and they relate to human beings in a unique way. at least in my expernce. you never know if the horse people are putting you on. >> how do you mean? >> well, they would say to me, that you can't get a stallion around a beautiful woman. if a beautiful woma is standing at the rail, they'll start acting up and start competing with each other. >> you didn't know if you were pulling your leg. >> they're just like guys. and i think that these horses were kind of like that. the one that plays secretariat, we scoured the country for. >> well, what do yothink? >> i think he is 1100 pounds of baby fat. he eats too much. >> does it mean anything more to you to be from the lynchburg area and to have done this film? did that come into it at all? the virginia connection? or does it mean more to you to be able to show the film in this
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area because it is so close to where you're from. >> really, secretariat w born about 100 miles from where i grew up and went to school. my family was not wealthy and the idea of wanting race horses was well beyond us. my father used to say, rich people have a canopy over their beds and we have a can of pee under our beds. we're just sort of poor folks, right? >> no horse can take that. >> for you it seem li big moment. you have a gift for crting those big momen of feeling for people. when did you realize that was very important to you? >> when i was growing up, both my grandfathers were dead before i was bo. one grandfather was dead before my father was born. my grandmother was a widower
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before she was a mother. and so i had a hunger to know who these men were who were my blood and myame and my ancestry. it is that same hunger that led me to "braveheart." i wanted to know what my roots were. that's the way randall wallace found the story of william wallace. was that andrew wallace's son was about to be born and i wanted to ll him who his people were. >> and that' all for news4 this week. i'pat lawson muse. thanks for joining us. have a good one. one word turns innovative design
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