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voice of the white house. federal investigators are looking into allegations of what they call snowplow sabotage after some busy streets in new yorkent unpled for days. >> you're listening to magic 98.9. >> a homeless man' second chance at suess because of that voice. good evening. i'm jim vance. r even is off night. >> he went back to his first victim and sexually assaulted again. the coun now is three in germantown. women who live in that area is morehan a littl concerned. jackie is there with more on th story. jackie? >> reporter: jim, the victims e 68 and 86ears ol respe
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respectively. >> thewant to you take a good, long lk at this compose sketch. they belve this is the man responsible for raping two women ages 68 and 86 ding break-ins in germantown last summer. officials w spect he came back and ted to rape one of the women again. >> oh, my goodne, that's why i havell my windows locked and my sliding glass door protected. i have arms on all my windows. >> reporter:rime scene investigators examined the windowcreen the suspe is believed to ve crawled through this morning, the same window he came tough in june when the 68-year-old was attacked the first time. it's right across the street from churchill assiste living where a woman was raped under the same circumstanc in august. >> this thing has occurred, but
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in montgomery county, it very rare. i n't have memory of this having occurring. >> the suspect is described as between 15 and 25ears ol about fi5'10". the victim says he had no facial hair and wore dark shirt an dark pants during theattack. jim, back to u. >> jackie bensen. thanks, jackie. >> police hit a man trying to walk across the street tonight. it happened in capitol height maryland. the ficer was not on the way to a call. the man who was hit has serious injuries. the officer inside the car was not inred. police sayhat particular streh of rd has no streetlights and n crosswalks. a power shift onapitol hilltoday, a tonight, both republicans and democrats are
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promising new strategs in thr new sitions. steve handlesman has our report. >> reporter: directed by the new housspeaker john boehner. >> the people voted to end business asusual, and today we begin to carry out their instctions. >> reporter: republica passed new rules to help them cut spending. >> well, mr. speaker, that didn't take long >> reporter: the minority mocrats cried fo. >>hey want to sla funding for education, for infrastructure, for investments in new technology, for medical research, for job training, you name it. >>eporter: yes, they do. and freshman house republins, many of them teaartiers, lik al west,ant to move fast. >> we want to prove that we are not going to be fgal with the tax dlarsz. >> rorter: next year they vote fo repeal of the hlth care law passed by democrats. all eyes on the emoonal conservative from ohio john boehner, now second in line to
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the presincy after joe biden. he teared up several times a he ok the gavel from fmer speaker pelosi. >> g bless yo speaker boehner. >> reporter: but the pomp and the tears and the cheers will fade. ha work is ahead. boehner's team is aeady adtting they cannot cut spending this year, the $100 billion they promised. i'm steve handelsman capitol hill. our coverage on craig melvin who learned how the changen the majity of the house might rub off on businesse in capitol hill. aig? >> reporter: jim, good evening to you. has steve jt reported, there will certaly be a shift in legislativpriorities here on the ll, and inalking t a fewusiness owners, there could also be a shift in some other areas, especially suds and stripes. >> god bss u, speaker boehner. >> reporr: as the 112th
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congress prepares to achieve lofty legislative goal like repeeling the landmarkealth care bl and slashing the deficit, parts o d.c. are bracing for an array of changes. >> the b scene is going to be channg on capitol hill. >> christy waliki writes for the hill. >> we'll see a mard increase in people ou at the republican bars because certainly some of the newcomers are republicans. places like the citol loung on capit hill, which is a known v. i.p. hat. >> there are people on the hill, off on vation readyo com back and have a good time. >> wednesday night it s cked. the return of a republican-controlled house is not just good for his bar. >> capitol hill, pecially, it could turn into a gst town when there is big holidays, thanksgiving, christmas. >> another perhaps more subtle change in c.? fashion. >> just a little more conservative look.
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>> he is part of american custom clotheiers. he perceives a shift in style. >> when you starto think about a change in power of your republican base coming in, you think of regimented striped ties, button-down shirts, not a lot pattern, not a lot of flare. >> one area that should remain largely unchanged, at least in the short term, the housing market in the d.c. area which has been better than the national avege for some time now. we are live tonht from capitol hill, craig melvin, news 4. jim, bac to you. >> thanks, craig. athe white house today, another change in the president' leadershipteam. press secretary robert gibbs announced his resignation effective early next month. he is eected to contie to ay a pivotal role in the press as an outside consultanthead of the president's run for the election. coming up tonight, more than $60,000 stolen in -- $60,000
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worth of goods and other things stolen in three weeks. a neighborhood in northern virginia is on ert. frurated with their lights going out, homeowners are puttingpepco svice in the spotlit. and the family has claimed the first winning megamillns ticket fm thatrawing last night. how about our weather, doug? >> we have two chances for snow. one is not going to amount to a whole lot. the her, we'll have to talk about that one. i'll tell you about it coming up. dan? >> gw playing athome, the wizards tryg t get on the road, and why mcgee will be doing a lot of this in the next month or so.
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the former pentagon official who was found dead in a dumpster wa apparently disoriented just two days before his death. they said wheelerppeared to be confused and disheveled and he refused offers for lp. hours later, his body appeared in a dumpster in wilmington. lice believe he was killed but they haven't said how or why. people in police george's county, virginia aren alert after a stringf robberies in the last weeks. about a den houses have been broken into. burglars have stolen about $60,000 worth ojewelry and other valuabs. mo of the burglaries happened during the day when no one was me. someoneed u with pepco service spoke their mind in rockvie tonight. about two dozen peoe testified about pepco's slow restoration
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of power flowing storm last summer and last fall. they said pepco is working on putting more lines underground and installing new technology. montmery county lears are putting a report othe pepco colaints. it's expected to be finhed in the spring. still to come, federal investigors began looking into a snowplow slowdown that paralyzed parts of nework city. and doug is going to update us on the possibility of a little bit ofnow coming later this week. also the first internet seation of the year.
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win winnings with another ticket holder who has yet to be identified in idaho. those winning ticts were bought just 125 miles apart. > federal prosecutors i new york city are looking into allegations that sanitation workers sabotag the street cleanup during the blizzards u there last week. up to 20 inches of snow fell in new york. some streets in brooklyn and queens were not plowed for da. and some of t people who live there say whe the trucks finally did show up, the plows were in the up position. a city council worker says a worker told him iwas a coordinated slowdown to protest budget cuts and emions. >> say something with that great radio voice. >> when you're listening to noing but the best of oldies, you're listening to 98.9. >> thatuy, standing onhe
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road last monday, isetting a second chance in life. >> cln, shaven, and sporting a new haircut, ted willis was behi the mic again. this time it was this morning on woio rao. >> loouke, im your father. >> he is the latest sensation, a susan boyletory of someone moving to infamy in one day. he was pan handling change in south hudson. then this video sent around the world on youtube start getting ticed. a former columbus d.eejay o lost it all because of drugs and alcohol is back at i again. >> s, i truly feel like a big lottery wier, because 24 hours ago, i never would have dreamed of any of this happening. it's just been so overwhelming. >> reporter: offs of appearances at work have been pouring in.
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>> we'd like to offer you voice package of up to a $10,000 contract for you to behe voice ofredit unions here locally. >> his story is common among the homeless. he was once scessful but then alcohol and drugs took over. he claims to be sober for 2.5 years. he is getting a sond chance. >> i'll do anything for a meal. i'll do anything for a meal. and if it happens to voice work, god bless my soul. this is just outrageous what's happening he. >> are you loving being behind the mic again? >> yes. >> i can tell. >> reporter: now, at age 53, he has a second life in columbus, i'm mike bower for nbc4. >> you can see and hear more of ted williams tomorrow morning. he's going to be on the "today" show. that's a voice. >> a voice and a gre story of trying to get back. wonderful story. how we looking? >>jim, i'll tell you. >> don't even try. >> not even close. my goodness. we're lookinokay out there. we are looking on the cool side,
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especially in someareas. right nowfrederick, maryland is coming in at 19 degrees, a very coldight tonight. d a cold night durin the day, or cold morning when you wake up tomorrow in many areas as well, and one ing we're looking at is going to be our chances for snow over the nt coue of days, ying to take a look at the latest computer model to see what we can expect. and one of these two storms, i think, is going to be bigger than the other. 43 deges the current temperate, or actually that was the high temperature a little earlier today. that's right around theverage temperature, and sometng i thought was kind of cool. the days ar getting longer we l know that after the winter solstice, but here comes sunset afte5:00. it's been before 5:00 from late november right on through today. now we're moving past 5:00s far as the sun iconcerned. winds are cal so we're not talking about a wind chill. 33, not too bad. but that's at the airport. look at the other locations. 19 in frederick, 25 i sterling, 21 downowards manassas and fredericksburg coming in around 28 degrees. there are two systems out there, one to the north, one to the
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sout you can see this one dn to the south hasome rain with it, also some snow. close to our area, the virginia/north carolina border, ybe as far as richmond. th's really going to be about it. this is another clipper-like system that's going to ve through duringhe day tomorrow. but the systemehind that one is the one that could giv us a chance for some sw on friday. cold weather, yeah, it's going to be here during the day tomorrow, a high temperature of only the upper 30s, maybe 4 degrees, but as the frontal boundary moves through on friday, anotheclipper system, we're going to see a chance for snow. not much. maybe a coupl flurries, maybe a light snow shower, if at, but behind it we're talking about some very cold air. saturday andunday will be frigid with wind chills i the lower teens just about allay long. that's the main story, the cold invasion taking place thi weekend and into next week as well. temperatures will be har pressed to get above the freezing mark in many areas as we make our way throu theay
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next week. as we make our w through the day on your thursday,e will see mostly cloudy skies just about all day. continuedhilly but light breezes, so not too bad out there. temperures 37 to 41 degrees. then we have that 30% chance of snow on friday, a i didn't put it in, but i still think we could see some flurry activity during the day on saturday, so don't be surprised to see some snowflakes on friday. here comes that storm on tsday and wednesday, and this is one that think has a lot of potential to give us some significant snow,nd a lot of people say, what do youean by significant snow? significant in our area is really about two to three inches. that's all it takeso get something significant, but i think could at least get that from this sto if itomes together. maybe some more. we'll have to wait and see. >> significant in our area is the forecast that it might be significant. >> that's true. that's pretty much all it takes. thanks, doug. coming up, a look at some of
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this is a long drought. i mean, they --f they haven't t a record they're probably close to one, aren't they? >> they haven't set it and it shou have happened tonight. it was supposed to happen tonigh the wizards were thehealthiest they had been in weeks. they were pling the sixers who isn't exactly threat t win a ampionship or even get in th
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playoffs; the sixers are terrib. so it seemed a win for the wizards to get their first on-the-road win of the season. trying to change that in philly secondquarter. the phillies turn it over to john wall. that ties the gam at 46. wall had 18 points on the night. closing second t the third, check out the crossover to lou williams, kirk hinrich can't do a thing. williams finished wit 26 pots. with the wizards down by five in the fourth, john wall throws it up to mcgee. mcgee throws it down. that's beautiful. one of 14 assists o the night for wall. unfortunately,or the wizards, they couldn't stop the guard play. lou williams make the top appear and the wizards lose to the sixers 109-97. they are now 0- on the road. flip saunders, what say ye? >> the frustration is losg the
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game that you're in. we pyed threeames to go on e road. and the disappointing tng is when we have to make klutz plays in klutz situations on the road. we haven't been able to do that in the fourth quarter. u can't let a team go tenth from the field in the fourth quarter. we fal behind and lose some of our concentration, some our confidence. >> bill mcgee had four points, but the big guy had reason so celebrate. mcge who might be the most athleticenter in the nba, is headed to the dunkingcontt. now mcgee will get a chance to show his dunki skills to the world during all-star week and mcgee the first bullet wizard to be selecd for the dunking contest. he's havg the best season of his nba career, too. look out. he hasine points and eight rebounds per game this year. no game unt this weekend r maryland and georgetown.
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thea hoyas take oneorgetown thisthursday. at themith center, this guy doing -- what would you cl it the cabbage patch? he's grooving, having himlf a good time. pelh finished with 12 fina seconds in the first half. tony taylor hitting a real jumper here. he score 20 in his game, 28 points in the seco half. they beat la salle 22-27. vince young is done with the titans. young will note on the roster next season. young will either be tradedr released. adams says he's still evaluatg head coach jerry fisher who has been titansoach for like two life times in dog year thaet a long time. as expected, richmond fired
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coach rich rodriguez. jim harbaugh reportedly turned down over million a year to coach michigan. he's interested in the nfl. a very hot commodity. he has interviewed in san francisco and is set to do the same wit detroit. 75% is required forelection. justne final note, mark mcguire who has been upor the hall o fame the lastive years, he's gone down. only 19%f the people voted for him. >> going thether way. thanks, dan. coming up, a
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tonight 62 area high school seniors were awaed more than $8 million in college scholarships. that cemony was held at george washington university all of the sdents demonstrated exceptional academic and leadership skills. they were selected for more th 1600 nominees. the poe foundation, whi awarded the scholarships, has been doing this now for mor than 3,000 kids since 1989. >>colleges in virginia and maryland dominate a listf the nation's best values. trip kiplinger's personal finance mag sdpleazine just rel s best values in public colleges. the university of virginia ranked third out of 100 schools. william ask mary ranked fourth.
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theniversity of maryland, that's college park, came in fifth. colleges werehosen based on ademic qualy, graduatn rates, financial aid, and, of course, tuition. the hotst new toys in the world of technology are being pu into place f the consumer electronics show. it opens tomrow down in vegas. some of the devices include 3-d televisions that don't require 3-d glasses. there are also weenabled cars with new gadgets that are supposed to make driving safer. also, n smartphones an tablets that do more at faster speeds than the curre models
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