delopingstory. good afternoon. i'm jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. montgomery county police are canvassing a bethesda neighborhood after a university professor was found dead in her home. before 11:00, police arrived in the block of the 6200 block of mass enue. they believe someone forced their way into the louse and there were no signs of a struggle inside. police found the body of 52-year-old susan marcum there. she was an executive in residence at american university's school of business where she taught accounting. police say her jeep is still missing. they're oking for her tan 1999 jeep cherokee with virginia tags. craig melvin is folwing this developing story and willave much more coming up tonight at 5:00. charges have been dropped today against one of those georgetown university students arrested after a drug lab was found in a dorm room on campus. police tell us 18-year-old john romano was not involved in the operation. but his roommate and the campus

visitor will stay in jail without bail until another hearing laterhis week. ne4's megan mcgrath reports on that dru lab discovery that has shocked students and the college community. >> reporter: back to css for kids at georgetown university, but two students will not be attending any lectures today. they'll appear before a judge on charges that they were trying to make the drug dmt in their dormitory room. allegations that students say are hard to believe. >> justshock, surprise. i had no idea. i was baking cookies in my dorm last night. to hear that, it is pretty surprising. >> i'm surprised. i don't know who would be stupid enough to put something like that in their dorm room if they were going to do it. i guess people wanted to make some money. >> reporter: charles sxhith john romano, both georgetown university students, and john parone, a uest, were arrested

saturday morning after emergency crews responded to a report of a strange odor in the hall. inside a room, police fod a cool wrapped in duct tape filled with mason jars containing a clear liquid and there were other chemicals as well and items includg a turkey baster that could be used to make drugs. according to the dea website, dmt can cause hallucinations and euoria. the high lasts only about an hour which is given at this time reputation as being the businessman's trip. but drug officials want to stress that this is a potentially dangerous, even deadly drug. from georgetown, megan mcgrath, news4. >> again the charges against 18-year-old john romano were dropped today in court. the next hearing in the case is set for wednesday. rain on a monday is better than rain over the weekend. >> it re. is meteorologist doug kammerer is here with our first forecast of the week. >> we really haven't seen a lot of rain.

a couple of sprinkles with a shower or two and not a whole lot on the radar screen. right now we're looking at a mixture of sun and cuds across the area. the current temperature, 75 degrees. nice and warm. the humidity about, 64%. winds out of the south at 15 miles an hour. those winds will continue to pick up. we're seeing wind gusts upwards of 25 miles an hour. 73 in sterling and frederick, maryland, 75 in baltimore, down to the south. 76 in la plata. saint mary's county. look at the winds. winds gusting upwards of 20 to 25 miles an hour in the d.c. area, toward sterling, la plata, no matter where youare, expect windy conditions through the evening hours. that will help push temperatures up over the next couple hours and you can see the rain there. watch what that. rain coming toward our area and then splitting up. more rain to the north. then rain to the south but we will stay dr most part overnight tonight. down toward the southern portions of maryland toward saint mary's county.

maybe a few showers there and an isolated shower or sprinkle. that will be about it. 73 degrees by 5:00 p.m. 68 b7:00. tempature ound 64. we will continue on this mild trend and there is another chance for rain. i think a much better chance of rain coming up a little later on. i'll he that for you in my full forecast. >> thanks, doug. the unexpected happened during opening statements in the trial of a man charged with murdering intern chandra levy. the case got underway the defense and prosecution both agreeing to the same thing. that police messed up. prosecutors say investigators made a hu mistake focusing on then congressman gary condit in levy's disappearance. the defense said the suspect guandique is being made a scapegoat. >> reporter: the mother of chandra levy walked in wearing sunglasses and a scarf covering part of her face. after years of waiting, she is expected to testimony in her daughter's murder trial.

it is the beginning of one of the most controversial murder cases in d.c. his zpri is expected to be one of the hard toast rosecute. the 9-year-old murder case is brought with errors and even the prosecutor admitted during a pretrial hearing that mistakes made early on left no eyewitnesses, no dna, and no weapon. >> i think the government lacks direct evidence. anything that would link guandique to the scene of the crime. no dna, a fiber of clothing, a hair, something that would make it more difficult for the defense to explain why he isn't guilty. >> reporter: for two months, detectives focused on one suspect. congressman gary condit of california. he admitted to having an affair with levy. meanwhile, ingmar guandique, a now 29-year-old immigrant from el salvador is in prison. he was in prison for twik and was serving time when police

charged when i am t murder last year. detectives say the break came from cell mates. >> the government will try to argue that the method that he used was the signare. that the way that he attacked his women was no different than the way that chandra levy was attack. >> reporter: both of the women he is convicted of makinthe rock creek park are listed to be witnesses for the prosecution. also, condit is expected to take stands well. in northwest, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. coming up at 5:00, pat collins joins us live from outside the courthouse with more on the testimony that took place on the stand today. the dean of the virginia theological seminary says today the church will rebuild after last week's hoible fire there. federal agents are now helping local firefighters determine what caused the blaze at the historic alexandria church. most of the main chapelas destroyed. the blaze began on friday afternoon. investigators return to the church today after havingo wait several days until the

charred remain were stable enough to enter. folks who use the beth daze metro station are pretty happy today because theescalators are finally working today. the escalators are finally back up and running after six months of repairs. tro says the escalators were shut down for a planned overhaul that takes about 12 weeks per escalate ompl during the outage, commuters had be using one stationary escator to get into and out of the station. >> from the rails to the roads we go. let's find out how it isolling on a monday. >> ashley linder has her eyes on the roads. >> reporter: it is shaping up to be a not so terrible monday. certainly nobody has a big case of the mondays. let's take a look at it. this is the pace along 270 by montrose. a bit of a fender bender. you'll find it on the shoulder but not causing a big distraction in the southbound directions. prior to the capital beltway.

jumpinon to the capital beltway, here's that good news that i was talking about. typically we don't have a lot of good news around the capital beltway. but this is the pace. not too bad right nows you make your approach to the american legion bridge and then headed across it to 270. as you make your way across, a little congestion but nothing too terrible cooking up. as you make your way toward the university boulevard inchange and college park, all open. both inner and outer loop are okay this afternoon. back to you. >> thanks, ash. tonight parents in fairfax county can attend one of several meetings to talk about potential changes to several school boundaries. the new boundaries would relieve overcrowded classrooms and would affect 20 preschools. tonight's meetings will run from 7:00 until 9:00 at greenbriar west elementary and fafax, union mill elementary in clifn and virginia run elementer in a centreville. the head of national public rao that she should have handled the firing of juan

williams differently. williams was fired last week after saying he gets nervous when he is on a plane and sees people in clothing that identifies them as muslim. last night, npr chief executive vivian schiller sent an apology to staff members. she said she stands by her decision to part ways with williams but she deeply regrets the wayt was handled. >> all right. the redskins have the same number of wins this year. the team had all of last season. and they can thank deangelo hall for yesterday's victory. it was the tie in the nfl record with four, count them four interceptions. he even returned one of them 92 yards for this touchdown. all tied a record held by 18 others. the redskins beat t bears 17-14. they now have four wins, three losses on the year so far. >> i've never had more thanwo picks in a game.

six in the season. so you know, to be sitting right there, it is kind of mind blowing. i had my mom, my aunt, my two cousins in the stand. the first one went to my mom. the second one went to my aunt. next thing, erybody had a ball. it was kind of like -- >> up next for the redskins, the detroit lions. you know what? he ran out of footballs. there are only so many. >> washington fan are starting to exhale a little, i think. when news4 at 4:00 continues, an apology from a college president following this weekend's -- >> and the daily show is brought right their washington. a former university of virginia swimmer dies over a race. plus more on the shark attack that killed the surfer. .

here's the latest on decision 2010 with fewer than eight days to go, a new poll out says tens of millions of voters still don't know whohey're voting for. >> reporter: a third of likely voters are still unsure of who they want in congress. that'shat the a.p. poll finds and republicans are okay with it. >> it is hard to imagine that there can be anything that voters, even those who say they're undecide right now, can

learn in this last week of heavy campaigning that will upset the national trend. >> reporter: but pennsylvania polls show republican pat toomey slipping in that race. >> it will be competitive. >> reporter: the key is turnout. president obama went to california the day before, seattle, to fire up democrats. today, rhode island, and the reminder the president remembers who his friends are. former rhode island republican senator lincoln chafee endorsed obama in 2008 now. chaffey is running for governor. frank caprio of he can take his endorsement and shove it. a few house democrats are saying the same in effect to their speaker, nancy pelosi. democrat bobby bright represents alabama. >> they don't want that in the house. >> reporter: bright is promising he won't vote to re-elect him as

speaker. democrats added, to the republican campaign against the speaker. here, made to look like jack nicholson in a few good men. the biggest ad blitz is still ahead. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, capitol hill. well, things may be looking up if you're hoping to sell a home. sale of previously occupied homes went up last month after a dismal summer. the national association of realtors says, sales grew about 10% which is still down 19% from the same time last year. the median home price was $171,700. down 2 that i 4% from last year xfl per experts say fears of lawsuits dampened the market. as some banksromised to restart foreclosures soon, they

promise to investigate the big foreclosure mess. ben bernankettended a housing fince conference in arlington today. he said they're looking at whether mortgage companies cut corners on their own procedures when they foreclosed on people's home he expects preliminary results from the investigation next month. the university of mary shington in fredericksburg is apologizing to i neighbors after complaints over an outdoor concert. that is the sound of local born rapper performing as part of the homecoming celebration. the university president wrote a letter to the freelance star apologizing to area residents for excessive noise and the profane lyrics. he said ifhe school had fwhoen the lyric, the concert would have been moved indoors. right now, fan are lined up in the distric to watch the taping of the daily show with jon stewart.

all week long stewart is taping his show here in washington. the show will be tapedt the shakespeareheater company's harmon hall for the next four daflz it is part of the comedy central show's indecision tour. all four shows will be called when grizzlies attacks. then they are holing a rally on the national mall. a member of the u.s. natial swim team died over the weekend during an open water race in the united arab emirates. >> reporter: 26-year-old fran crippen was competing in the world cup near dubai on saturday when fellow swimmers noticed he did not cross the finish line. after a two-hour search, divers found his body near last buoy.

>> they were sad. one of theirs had gone missing. >> reporter: he was from philadelphia and came from a family of prominent swimmers and in august won at the pan pacific championship. during the weekend's competition, he rortedly told his coach he didn't feel well. ra organizers say he overexerted himself. but others in the swimming community questioned the race conditions. officials stay temperature of the water was at least 84 degrees, and three additional swimmers, two american women and one brazilian, were taken to the hospital. >> whenou're talking about swimming in a race like that where thair is so close to 100 degrees is the water temperature is in that mid to upper 80s standpoint, it is just an accident waiting to happen. >> reporter: the former university of virginia athlete was well liked in the swimming world. his sister and one-time olympian matti said there is nothing he enjoyed more. >> he was a silly boy through and through. he liked the rough and tumble sport. his smile was infectious and he made it a point to be hpy doing everything did he order

wouldn't have done it. >> reporter: in a video on his personal website, he talked about his passion for the sport and disappointment of not qualifying for the 2008 beijing olympics. >> it is hard to describe the feeling in your heart when you know you can do better. >> reporter: this morning, his facebook page is overflowing with comment from fans. remembrancesf a young man whose race ended too soon. preliminary reports indicate he died of a heart attack. a cifornia beach where a 19-year-old surferas killed by a shark last week has reopen. lukas ransom was body boarding friday when a heart is bit off his leg. lucas died before his friends could get him to shore. on the "today" show, his family said he seriously considered the sks and was safe about his surfing. >> i know they joked about it but it is something you really joke about. it never really hits home until something like this happens.

he really loved living life to the fullest. and he just wanted to haveun. and he was safe about most things. and he loved life. marine experts say it was prably a great white shark that attacked lucas and it left a bite mark about a foot long his board. when we come book news4 at 4:00, who throws a shoe? a prime minister upsets someone in the crowd during news conference. a florida girl became famous because of a case of a hiccup and now she is facing murder charges. it is a bizarre story coming up. this wasn't a terrort attack it was death by metro, death by mismanagement. i called for an immediate audit, the results were chiing. so i insisted metro actually follow national safety standards for the first time. the brass at metro wasn't happy, but frankly i don't care.

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a powerf earthquake hit indonesia. there have been no reports of injury or damage. the 7.7 quake triggered a tsunami warning prompting residents in one town to flee their homes and jam the roads, leading to surrounding hills. it was short-lived. the quake hit where a massive

earthquake and tsunami devastated the region. you'll reall, we can never forget that back in2004. meanwhile back here at home, thing have been a lot calmer. >> it's been nice. >> it was a great weekend. >> not bad at all. highs at least in the 70s. that's where we are once again. the shower activity, we really didn't see a lot. a couple people said we saw a shower downtown, in the bethesda area. that's about it. not much in theway of rain and not a bad way to start off the workweek. as we look at the temperures, currently sitting at5 degrees withartly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. winds out of the south at 15 miles an hour. rather gusty this afternoon and that will continue. those wi gusts over the next couple days. 73 right now in sterling. 77, the warm spot toward culpeper. hagerstown at 70 degrees. that the cool spot coming in at 72 degrees. winds gusty.

24-mile-an-hour wind gusts. 25 in sterling. 22 in culpeper. nearly 30 toward charlottesville. we'll continue to see the winds through the evening, throughout the overnight hours. then into the day tomorrow as well. it will be a rather windy next 24 to 48 hours before we get our next frontal boundary. watch what happens. it does a little v. one area goes to the north, one to the south. the best chance would be toward southern saint mary's county and then the eastn shore. that will be about it. isolated showers in here overnight. not expecting much rain. rm conditions out at 15 to 25 miles an hour. back to the west. a monster storm. this storm is just huge. it will create very windy conditions. chicago could have winds of 60 miles an hour. that's how strong the storm is. it is not moving our way. it will move well to the north and east giving us a cold front. it will come through during the day on wednesday.

we'll see some showers and maybe a rumble of under. gusty winds but nothing like what they're goito see here. they're talking about some of the strongest winds they've seen in our area since 1975. a very big storm for them. it will miss us almost completely, however. mostly cloudy this evening. a few showers here and there. 65 to 70 degrees. you really probably don't need to carry t umbrella but if you have room, you might just want to do that. as we make our way through the morning, partly cloudy, breezy and mild. 55 to 62 degree winds ouof the southwest at 10 to 20 miles per hour. as we move through the day, tomorrow, those winds gusting upwards 25 miles an hour again. a mixture of sun and clouds. the isolated shower can't be ruled out. you may want to carry the purse umbrella. wednesday and thuray, a better chance of rain on thursday. temperatures stay well above normal until friday. and then we drop to about 60 degrees on friday. >> the purse umbrella kind of weather. >> the lite purse umbrella. you click a button and it jumps

out? >> it covers about that much? >> ght. or the golf umella. >> right. >> the one that will just take you away. >> for right now, the little one will do. >> thank you. >> i keep one in purse. coming up, devastation across the south. we'll survey the damage from the twisters overnight in tex. plus, keeping tabs on your kids any time anywhere. high-tech health that's making it easier to let go.

weome back. here's what's happening in the news. ntgomery county police are investigating the murder of an american university accounting professor. susan marcum was found dead in her home this morning. someone forced their way inside her house and there were signs of a struggle. investigators are looking for her 1999 jeep cherokee that was missing from the home. opening statements in the trial of the man accused killing chandra levy. levy was killed in rock creek park in 2001. ingmar guandique was charged with her murder last year. prosecutors are facing an up-hill battle in th trial. there is no physical evidence. there are no eyewitnesses but prosecutors say her murder was

milar to other crime guandique is serving time for. defense attorneys say guandique is being made a scapegoat. charges were dropped today against john romano, one of the two college stunts accused of operating a drug lab in a dorm room at georgetown university. his roommate, charles smith, and a campus visitor remai in jail today accused of operating a lab in the hall to produce the hallucinogenic drug dmt. and defending the firing of juan william. williams was fired last week after telling fox news channel that he gets nervous when he gets on a plane and sees people in clothing that identify them as muslim. npr chief executive vivian schiller said she stands by the decision to fire williams but she said she deeply regrets the way it was handled or explained. some scary moments in texas after a powerful tornado hit

just south of dallas yesteay. storm spotters captured this one on cameraith winds up to 120 miles an hour. the tornado destroyed dozens of buildings. including homes and schools in its th. nbc's jay gray has the latest. >> reporter: the small town just soufth dallas took a direct hit. >> a preliminary assessment is that peak winds are in the range of 130 to 135 miles per hour. that woulde at the upper end of ef-2. a very strong tornado. >> reporter: some of the most severe damage was here at rice middle school. the steel support beams pushed over the awning on top and you can see when the winds did to this cinder block wall. >> it is a brand new building. everybody is real proud of it. and then to see this kind o damage on it, it is just devastating. >> reporter: after tearing over the school, it skipped across interstate 25, toppling an 18 wheeleand several other

vehicle. the weather spotter saw it all unfold from the front sat of his car. >> really just hoping and praying that it wasn't going to turn more to the east or more toward us. it was an awesome expeence. one that i don't want to go through again. >> reporter: an experience that left a wide path of destruction but amazingly no serious injuries. >> you know, this can do anything in a second. >> despite that there were a number of house that's were deroyed, no serious injuries. >> reporter: still, there are visible scars from the storm that will take some time to heal. crewsiding several rail cars that were pushed from the track and rolled on their side. the beginning of what will be a long and difficult recovery here. jay gray, nbc news, rice, texas. a florida teenage he became famous by a week's long case of hiccups is now facing murder charges. jennifer mee and t others are accused of fatally ooting a

man in a robbery. police say she was with two other men waiting there to rob him. the victim was shot after a struggle with the robbers. police say all three admitted guilt and all three face first-degree murder charges. mee got national attention three years ago for her five-week-long bout with hiccups. she appeared on the "today" show several timeescribing her ordeal. australia's former prime minist managed to ke his cool after a war protester threw aair of shoes at him in the middle of the studio audience. it all happened while john howard was taping a talk show appearance. he hurled his shoes at howard when he said he supported australia's decision to join the iraq war. but the former prime minister seemed unfazed by the incident. even reassured the show's host telling him to relax. you may remember a similar incident in 2008. an iraqi journalist threw his

shoes at president bush. also in protest of the war. the obama administratn said it will impose tougher emission standards for work trucks. it targets heavy duty pickup trucks, school buses, tractor-trailers and garbage trucks. it would require them to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption by 20%. the first ever fuel efficiency rule for larger trucks and vans would begin with the vehicles sold in the 2014 model year. slow going for a lot of vehicles on 95 in virginia this monday back to work. >> let's get the test on the rush this afternoon. ashley linder is with us. >> reporter: you hit the nail on the head. not as bad as it could be at this hour but it i going to be slow. let's take a peek. as you leave the springfield interchange, not too bad coming off the capital belt way. look toward the top of the screen. you see the mainline hitting the brakes very hard. those delays will stretch into

newington. the pace picks up into lorton. then headed dow for 123. let's get some good news out there along 270, leaving it behind. no problems to report. capital beltway is starting to tea a little bit of volume right now as you make your approach toward river road. inner loop is starting to feel the heat. those delays will take you ward 270 and then continue around toward the slver spring area where it finally does open up, as you can see. jim and pat, back to you. >> all right. thanks. there's more to come on news at 4:00 this afternoon. the fda dcides whether or not to give the green light to an experimental weight loss drug. rumrs are flying about an

the shuttle discovery is good to go for next monday's launch. the leak is fixed and all repairs are complete. this will be discovery's final flight. nasa is retiring its shuttles next year. the white house wants more focus onpaceships that can go out of orbit into space. the last one will be delivering equipment to the space station. food and drug administration has stoppean experimental weight loss drug from hitting the shelf. did it well in clinical trial with what researchers said were few side effects.

patits who improved their diets and exercise regimen along with taking the pill lost an average of 17 pounds per year. the fda says long term safety data onhe drug is lacking. it would have been the first prescription weight loss drug approved in a decade. a new study on the sleeping pattern of babies may help parents get a better night's sleep. the study was for six days a week for 12 months. what they found was that by two months of age, many infants are sleeng from midnigh until 5 clog in the morning pitch five months of age more than half are sleeping from 10:00 at night to 6:00 at night. the other half still woke up throughout the night even after th reached their first birthday. coming up, a celebrity couple ties the knot over the weekend in india. plus, actoratt damon adds another girl to the family. [ male announcer ] want a better way to track what you spend?

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we were dealing with a little wind today and then the clouds got kind of thick. >> we're not going to see anything like they're going to see in the center portion of the country. there is a huge storm taking shape right now. the good part for us, we n't see much of it at all. the only thing it will give us is some breezy conditions and rainy conditions on wednesday. outside right now, there are those clouds.

and definitel on the windy side. winds out of the sth at 15 miles an hour with gusts to 25 miles an hour. current temperatures, well above average. 74 in clinton, maryland. manassas at 73 degrees. quantico at 69. wind gusts at 25 miles an hour. 20 in la plata. that's wt we'll see throughout the evening and through the day tomorrow. i don't expect winds to get much more than that. as far as the rain is concerned, we're not seeing much at all. most of the rain is now down to our south and back to our west. we can't rule out an isolated shower overnight tonight into early tomorrow. again, i don't think we'll see a lot rain out of that until wednesday. this is what'm talking about. the storm, the big storm is well back to the west. and it will move to the north of the great lakes. we're just going to see the remnants of that as the cold front moves through during the day tuesday night into wednesday. that will give as you good chance of rain on wednesday. maybe a couple of rbles of thunder but the very windy conditions. most of the storm will be back toward the great lakes where they could easily see winds gusting upwards of 60 miles per

ur. wait until i'll show you at 5:00 how many people are under some wind advisories. for us this evening, mostly cloudy. a few showers. to 70 degrees. not a bad evening. tomorrow we'll see the winds gusting upwards of 25 miles an hour. partly cloudy, breezy and mild. at least teerature will be well above average once again with highs, 72 to 76 degrees. an isolated shower possible but that will be about it. a better chance of rain coming up on wednesday and then early on thursday. >> all right. >> all righty. a little bit of a wet week. >> just on wednesday. st on wednesday. fear. it ruled the box office this weekend. to see the movie, paranormal activity ii. a house hole plagued by a mecing spirit awing in big crowds friday night. paranormalctivityii, jackass

brought in $21.6 million. the action comedy red came in third. and hereafter starring matt damorounded out the top four. speaking of matt damon and his wife welcomed another girl into the family. a spoke woman for damon said stella was born on wednesday. she is the third daughter for themnd luciana has a daughter from a previous marriage. matt damon met his wife seven years ago when she was working as a bartender in florida and he was filming stuck o you. they got married five years ago in new york. well, she said i do and she liked it. pop starkaty perry married british comedian russell brand. >> they got hitched saturday night on the grounds of a remote indian tiger reserve. authorits are currently investigating whether the couple's wedding party broke any local laws which bar excessive

noise after 10:00 at night. earlier today, the couple took a charter flight to the tiny island nation of the maldese. >> katy perry make noise? she is so low key. meanwhile, the royalumor mill is back in high here again. the british media is speculating about signs that prince william plans to marry his long time girlfriend kate middleton next year. >> this latest buzz come after the couple who normally shy away from being phographed together arrived hand in hand at a friend's wedding. stephanie has the story. >> reporter: it's not just that they attended a friend's wedding. pitshey showed up side by side and walked through front door. kate middleton's first public appearance in more than three months. >> to be seen at a friend's wedding going throu front door together and being together right throughout is quite significant. >> reporter: with the tight-lipped palace not letting

on at all over the possible engagement, one tabloid called the ceremony over the week a dry run for kate middleton's own bash. a stretch, perhaps. st. peter's is a far gri st. paul's cathedral in london. a likely location for the royal wedding. >> everyone is going to expect the second in line to the throne will pout a good show with the grand ceremony. where it will be will be up to them but they will be mindful that we are going through harsh economic time. >> reporter: if the rumors are to be believed, and where is the fun in not believing them, indicatend william are getting ready. the bookies say a november engagement, june wedding, they say he will ask for h hand over christmas, the announcement in february, ceremony in august. throws the most popular theories. nothing ke giving the young couple some breathing room to decide on their own. william and kate can rest easy.

there are reports they have struck the mole for the commemorative wedding coin. at least that's taken care of. nbc news, london. >> and coming up on news4 at 4:00, a once in a lifetime. we've got the story on this blue diamond. plus strarks securit is coming to airports next week. coming up, a drug lab in a university dorm. who will be facing charges and who has been cleared? running a marhon. it does get you into shape. researchers say it can take a toll on your heart for months after that race. halloween coming up. the onlyhing more frighten than the costume is the potential for fire. liz crenshaw with the season's do

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here's something to brighten your day a little. feast your eyes on this. the 31 karat diamond. it goes on display thursday at the american museum of natural history in new york. it dat back to the 1600s and it was found in india just like another famous blue diamond. but the gems an't related in any way. scientts say despite similarities, the roth diamond was not cut from the same stone as the hope diamond.

even though they do look alike. if you plan on traveling oh the upcoming holidays or any time this week, get ready for more security. secure flight, a tsa program used to better match potential terrorists with watch lists will start november 1. it requires airlines to collec a traveller's full name, birth date and gender at the time of booking. if the information is not provided aleast 72 hours before a flight, the airline will not issue a boarding pass. about 300 body scanners are also now being used to airport all over the county with more to come by the end of the area. still ahead on news4 at 4:00, a new device to help parents track their children's every move. synctaxes 60 percent. property

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bob ehrlich joined a lobbyingirm and got paid $2.million to represent casinos and wall street banks. bob ehrlh--24 years of putting the special interests first. technology is giving parents the ability to track their kids 24/7. meaning for some children these days, there is no such thing as privacy. whether they're closing the bedroom door or trying out that new driver's license. kevin tibbles has the story. >> reporter: it's a rite of passage for thousands of american kids, riding the school bus. but each year, some 5,000 children do get lost. >> for about 45 minutes, when the parents realize he hadn't gotten off the stop, we were in a panic looking for the child. >> reporter: last year in illinois, a little boy was on the right bus but got off at the

wrong time. the school district decided to start keeping tabs electronically. >> each color tells me a different bus. >> reporter: they use the z pass. every student gets a reader card they swipe each time they climb aboard. >> you go right b the z pass and it beeps. >> reporter: some parents had reservations. >> i didn't want an external, a different person, big brother looking in on where my kids were. >> reporter: a card like the will tell when you and where your child gets on and off the school bus. but it won't track their every movent. if you want to track your ds, specifically new drivers, alltrack usa's gps device allows parents to monitor where their child drives. it sends alerts if they drive too fast or unapproved roads. for them, it relieves some of the anxiety. >> it was really apprehensive at first. it's my baby. >> do you have a problem? >> no. >> reporter: but the daughter

feel they had more than just safety on their minds. >> i think it was more to keep tabs on me. i'm aood kid. i hadn't done anything at all before i had my license. >> reporter: car crashes remain the number one killer of teenagers and new drivers are 20 time more likely to have an accident. for alley, it did take a little getting us. to >> i guess i watch my speed more often. >> reporter: sometimes a parent wants to know more like who their child is texting. our children are communicating with people right inside our home and talking to strangers. >> reporter: is this keeping children safe or strangling them with an electronic leash? >> what we're doing is leveling the playing field so the parents have a way to do what they need to do as a parent. rarents minding their children like never before, whether their children like it or not. that's news4 at 4:00. news4 at 5:00 starts right now.

a professor from american university is found dead today in her home in bethesda. her car is missing and now police tonight are tryi to piece together the events leading up to her death. good evening, everybody. welcome to news4 at 5:00. i'm jim handly. >> and i'm wendy rieger. montgomery police are trying to answer this one question. who would want a college ofessor dead? investigators got the call for an unreonsive woman. inside a home in the 6200 block of mass avenue in bethesda. inside, they found sue marcum. craig melvin has our report. >> reporter: montgomery county police got t call about 10:52 this morning. >> friends came over and found a 52-year-old female unconscious. >> reporter: the friend that found her is the man in the redskinsersey. police talked to him at the scene for seval