e even earn rewards for getting money at the atm. it'sew checking with rewards at capital one banks all or the dc area. what's in your wallet? mr. snappy! a 15-year-old boy left school friday but never made it home. police say a groupf men ambushed him, then brutally stabbed him to death. that teenager was rig around the corner from his high school in manassas when witnesses say the attack happened. some students and parents are worri worried. >> i actually got a recorded phone call from t school message center that a student from osborn had been stabbed.

>> reporter: parents at osborn high school in may that ihas are shaken after lrning a 15-year-old male student was killed friday afternoon, walking home from school. police have not released his denty but students have been taing. did you know the young man that was killed? >> i know of him. it was my boyfriend's friend, too. so he was walkin with him, actual. >> reporter: this path, just blocks from osborn high school, is a common way many students walk home from school. but police say whenthat 15-year-old male was taking this very same route on friday, he never made it home. witnesses say around 2:45, he was jumped by a group of males and stabbed. the young man's body was found lying in the street behind this white van. >> i came out to see. and the crowdfrom the school had already gathered. and the police cars were here. the young man laying behind the

van. >> reporter: his limp body was airlifted to frfax hospital where he later died. now ny in the community are wondering, what will be done to keep the kids safe? >> i don'tknow what the school can actually do, being off school property. but clearly the manassas city could possibly step up the patrol patrols. >> lately a lot of stuff has been happening at school that weird. not like we're havi gang problems and stuff, this is a really good school, but you need somebody who really knows what they're doing to control the school better. >> osborn high school will have counselors on hand monday to help students and faculty deal with the death. are following a developing story near job pa, maryland. maryland state police have shut down part of i-95 in both directions for much of the afternoon because of some nd of police activity. we know the incident involved a bus near the mountain road exit.

the interstate has now reopened but drivers should expect toit some congestion in that area. police say a man driving under the influence of drugs caused arash that killed two people last night. it happened around 9:15 last night near the intersection of lee highway and james madison highway in gainesville, virginia. tonight we're learning more about the victims. darcy spencer is live in chantilly with that story tonight. >> reporter: a 20-year-old woman from chantilly was one of the two people who died in that fiery crash. prince william county police say the man who caused this tragedy was undethe influence of pcp. megan was a front seat passenger in a honda accord, her boyfriend behind the wheel, according to her mother. their car was hit by an out of control chevy impala that was traveling north on lee highway in gainesville prince william county about 9:15 last night. police say 22-year-old carlos lucas was driving that impala,

lost control, struck the mdian and hit the honda. she was ejected from the car and did not survive. the vehicle burst into flames. the boyfriend was able to be pulled out by witnesses but a back seat passenger was trapped and also died. >> he needs to be held accountable. he needs to realize that what he's done is take two innocent lives om the world. you know, people need to think about that wen they're doing whatever they're doing, whether 's alcohol or drugs, whatever, that they can't get into a car or get into a vehicle of any kind and drive on the highway because this is the result of it. >> reporter: now police have identified the other man who died in this crash as 50-year-old david richardson of warrenton, virginia. police say he did take the drive history caused this crh into custody, charged with driving under the influence, as well as possession with intent to distribute pcp.

police a trying to track down a group of men who beat and robbed a student close to the university of maryland campus. happened around 2:30 a.m. this morning at knox road and gillford drive. the student was riding a bicycle when three young men tackled him, beat and robbed him. the last few months, at least three other student have been attacked by a group of men. at ts point officis do not know if the attacks are related. d.c.'s archbishop was elevated to one of the highest positions in the catholic church today. archbishop donald wohl isfirmly cardinal. a formal ceremony was held at st. peter's basilica. the pope plac a scarlet beretta on wohl's head. he's one of 24 new cardinals but on one of two from the united states. cardinals serve as the pope's advisers.

they met to talk about religious freedom, sexual abuse, and accepting converts from the even lick can church. nato leaders a president obama announced a plan to independent the combat mission in afghanistan by the end of 2014. president obama endorsed the plan but refused to commit u.s. forces to a firm timetable. mr. obama says he hopes to start pulling u.s. troops out next year. president obama says that both sides need to listen to each other's concerns as the security transition gets under way. >> it as goal to make sure that we are not still engaged in combat operations of the sort that we're involved with now. i'll make that determination when i get there. >> meanwhile, hundreds of anti-nato protesters marched with flags and banners outside the summit in portugal. police say there was no violin reported at the rally. a lot of americans say those new security measures are an invasion of privacy.

after the break, the president weig in on that debate. plus, a scare on the set of "dancing with the stars." authorities have identified that mysterious substance. 22 kids have new families just in time for the holiday season. we'll take you to that fantastic celebration as well. chuck bell? what beauty of the day outside. can it last through the rest of the weekend and into the week? the seven-day forecast coming up. hakeem? a bevy of college football. virginia tech trying to stay perfect in the acc. plus national t pick bryce harper feeling frisky in the arizona fall league championship. [ beeping ]

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the discoverychannel garden opened today. two months ago two workers were held hostage. gunman james lee stormed the building in september. after the hostage situation ended discovery closed the garden for security assessment. while the garden is open to the public on weekends t lobby will not reopen to the public until security changes are in place. president obama says he

understands why many are so upset with the new security measures at airports. the president has asked security officials whether ere's a less intrusive way to scrn passengers. right now, any passenger can be subjected to more invasive pat-downs and full-body screeners. at this point the tsa and many counterterrorism experts say the current procedures are the only ones they think can effectively guard against threats. others have sggested privatizing the transportation security administration. the fbi is joining the investigation into a threatening letter containing white powder that was sent to the "dancing with the stars" studios. the letter was found in the mail room. preliminary sts show the white substance was talcum powder. a nonhazardous material. the letter is being sent to a lab for further testing. th pouter was reportedly in a piece of n mail for bristol palin. at this point the fbi has not confirmed that.

forever homes for nearly t dozen d.c. youth. still to come, we're going to take you to adoption day. chuck bell's here. he's g the thanksgiving forecast. he'll tell us all about it on the other side of the break.

dreams came true for more than 20 children in d.c. today. they went from the foster system into families of their own. the 24th annual adoption day ceremony took place at the

courthouse in northwest. adoption dcrees were signed by a judge, then the children came up to join their new parents and siblings. barbara harrison again had the honor of introducing the new families. >> this is the most amazing group of children officially becoming a part of forever families. >> i'm happy. i just thank god for the moment. it's a lesson that we learn. i'm just grateful it's all over now. >> good day for those kids and families, but about 160 children are currently still waiting for new families in the d.c. foster care system. 'tis theeason to be thankful and to help those less fortunate. >> thank you for coming out here today, it's great to see this big crowd of people all ready to walk. >> a crowd of about 15,000 showed up for the 23rd annual help the homeless walk a thon.

yojust s it kicking off the walk down the national mall with the help of the balloon marching band. it was all to help raise mey and awareness for the homeless, both here in washington and throughout the country. the 2 1/2 mile walk passed some of washington's most historic sites. >> these are treacherous times for us. any one of us could be out here homeless. i just felt it was to our benefit that we came out here and tried to help raisemoney. >> people who need health care, they need food, they need clothing, they also need housing. this is our stuopportunity to s support. >> over the years the help the homeless walk a thon has raised $80 million to help those in need. ho ho ho! >> the jolly old man greeti hundreds of excited kids at the mall of prince george's today. santa arrived for the mall's winter carnival celebration at noon. kids were able to get their pictures with kris kringle. also got to give him the

christmas list as well. they were treated to some free face painting, balloons, holiday characters throughout the mall as well. how about it. >> list placement very important. in kid world there's nothing more important than giving the list to the man himself. >> naughty or nice this year, chuck? >> who's nicer than ? >> point well taken. >> i'm very popular on days like today. sunshine, 66 outside aroundur area today. not going to be quite as nice tomorrow. but there are still more warm days in our future. wh about this in our future, craig? hoabout a little snow? there it is. bellingham, washington. >> state of washington. >> that's a long ways away. snow in washington is worth reporting nonetheless. bellingham is almost to the canadian bored fer you driv north from seattle up i-5 there. 2 to 3 inches of snow around bellingham this afternoon. great weather for the kids to get on us and practice sledding in the pific northwes

that cold air has eyes on us. by friday, saturday time frame of this upcoming week. outside today, 66 degrees our high temperature. 12 of the last 13 days have all been warmer than average. the lone exception was yesterday wh we fell 2 degrees below avere. outside for today, high pressure in charge of our weather today easing south. the jet stream, a little dip in the jet stream, that's going to allow a weak weather ont to slide just down to our south overnight tonight and into the day tomorrow. so it will be on a slightly cooler side of the air mass for tomorrow. also as this ea of high pressure heads for the new england coastline, eventually we pick up more of that east to northeasterly wind. thatypically spells cloud cover this time of the year. washington eastbound tohe bay, more clouds there tomorrow. west of washington toward the blue lidge and shenandh valley, sunshine, and as a result i think the warmest weather in the area will be on the front range of the blue ridge mountains.

that's the place to go. high pressure in charge against for tomorrow. that's the chilly side of things. a big surge of warm air is coming back our way for monday. and especially for tuesday. a big roller coaster in temperatures the next couple of days. for the rest of your saturday evening, clear skies, cool but not bad. mid 50s to upper 40s by 11:00 p.m. tomorrow, get your day started, clear skies. chilly start but again, typical for novemr. mid 30s in the cold spots in the virginia piedmont. low 40s around town. tomorrow, sunshine early, clouds on the increase. coolest temperatures north and east of washington. warmest temperatures out to the west. the steelers and the ravens playing tomorrow night. yes indeed, it's going to be great weather for the game. a little cloud cover around but not too bad. there's the extended forecast. 55 tomorrow. 65 on monday. near 70 on tuesy with the risk of a shower. big travel day on wednesday. again on turkey day itself. risk of showery weather around here, then the bottom falls out on friday and it's going to feel

like real winte as we head into next weekend. >> turkey getting hit by wind. >> he was happy, looked happy to me. it's still more than a few days to thanksgiving. still up, sports. virginia comes down to the final play. if you didn't see it, what a play it was. hakeem's going to relive the anguish. [scraping] [piano keys banging] [scraping]

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got a buddy in town for this one tonight. showdown. >> this is it. tell you what, maryland is 4-0 at home this season. so they're kind of hoping that mojo, if you will, will continue. florida state, they're one good team in the acc. they kind of -- this is kind of going to dictate whether maryland wins it or not. this is the game. it's why they play the game. that's why they play the game. acc title game implications on the line tonight in college park. maryland hosts florida sta in primetime in the terps' bigges test of the season. the sterns are tied for second in the atlantic dision and a victory over the seminoles would give them at least a tie for first place. 16th ranked virginia tech on the road at miami. hokies going for their ninth win in a row. believit. coach beamer knows ain puts his team in the acc championship game. miami's first possession in the red zone. freshman qb steven morris finds leonard hankerson for a 7-0

hurricane lead. you remember him. he beat the maryland terps on one play. tech answers before the quarter's over. ryan williams, left side, 14-yard touchdown. game tied 7-7. third quarter. tied 10-taken. hokies' qb taylor, so smooth, under pressure but calmly delivers to danny cole. he's got plenty of room. scoots down the sidelines, dives in for the score. 43-yard touchdown. virginia tech leads it 24-17 in the fourth quarter. all right, let'so to boston. the cavs taking on the eagles of boston college. second quarter, fourth and goal on the 1 for virginia. perry jones. powers his way in. careful lease take a 10-3 lead. later, boston college with the ball. chase redding, the qb, goes wn field. this is a perfect pass to alex amadon. 39-yard scoring strike, 10-10. 3 seconds to play, cavs down by

4, last chance from the 41 yard line. here comes the pressure. almost taken down here by his jersey but he spins out. heaves it up. but -- oh, man. shoa short of the end zone, virginia falls 17-13 the final. to annapolis. navy qb ricky dobbs back after being out with concussion, playing his final home game against arkansas state. first quarter. dobbs doing what he always does. keeps himself, sneaks in for the touchdown, his 11th rushing td this season, midshipmen in front 14-0. more navy, this timedobbs up top, throws deep downthe middle to greg jones. arkansas state not playing defense. good for an 8yard touchdown. the lngest scoring pla for navy this eason. the midshipmen lead 28-21 in the fourth. let's head to fed ex field. penn state taking on indiana.

thousands of nittany lion alumni loving this game. first quarter no, score. penn state's pde of westfield high school busts in from two yards out. 7-0 nittany lions. third quarter. 24-24. hoosiers punting away. not so fast. andrew daly gets in for the block. james van fleet, fleet of foot, scores. 21-yard touchdown. penn state wins 41-24, improving to 7-4. let's head to kentky. west virginia/louisville. ve me my coon hat back, dude. that's cute, right? second quarter, west virginia withhe ball, leading 10-7. he comes rodney, strips away, ball bounces into the end zone. daniel brown jumps on top of it. 10-7 louisville just like that. gino nts another chance. still second quarter. dials up his buddy noel devine and the ttle guy, extra effort, 48-yard gainer, sets up

a game-winning touchdown. bill stewart and west virginia win it 17-10 and the mountaineers keep their big east title hopes alive. talking baseball now. national's 2010 number one pick, bryce harp, wrapping up his first professional season in the arizona fall league championship reserve the 18-year-old harper is the second-youngest player in the history of the fall league. this afternoon harpernd t scorpions taking on peoria. harper will likely start the 2011 season in single-a hagerstown. get your tickets, folks. first pitch he sees. 7 reserve sends it into left. that will score a run. harper finished the game 1 for 4 with that rbi. scorpions take a 2-1 lead. bottom four, 2-2 game. nationals 2008 draft pick and maryland native with a man on. his dad playing the big leagues. the youngster deep to right off the wall, the run scores, game winner.

scorpions win 3-2 and capture the fall league championship. pretty cl for bryce harper and the nationals' prospects. call him up, let's get him in. >> he said he wanted to make his debut, if he spends the entire 2011 season in the minor leagues, said he wanted to come up with stephen strasburg and he comes back from tommy johns. he said, if you think stephen strasburg's debut is a circus, what do you think th of our debuts would be like? >> see you back here tonight. "nightly news" is next. after the news at 11:00, "snl" hosted by anne hathaway. [ male announcer ] to thank you for making pizza hut your favorite pizza,

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