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on car insurance, good evening. i'm courtney vonn. >> and i'm reginald round treetree. we're staying on top of 3 big stories right now. the man who says uber made him go on a shooting spree is suing the ride sharing company. in jason dalton's hand-written lawsuit, he says he wants a $10 million -- he wants $10 million and say it was a host toil work vierp.
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flag is torn down during raid. a man killed during the raid was an algerian national linked to the paris terrorist attacks in november. an american college student faces 15 years of lard labor in a noterie korean prison. the highest court sentenced the student for allegedly trying to steal a propaganda banner. he claims the souvenir was for a family friend. the obama administration is calling for his release. this is a consumer alert you need to hear about before you connect to free wi-fi on your phone or tablet. big cities are are replacing them with wi-fi hot spots. >> reporter: these aren't your daddy's bone phone booth. in fact they're replacing them.
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browse the web. >> reporter: the biggest issue especially at this scale is security. >> the main concern for a lot of people is you go on public wi-fi, you're affray you can get hacked. how can they make sure this doesn't happen? >> because it's an encrypted network. >> reporter: meaning every time you go online, you get a personal key. but there's always issues. >> spear fishing attack. >> reporter: this computer expert showed us how hackers can make a fake website that looks like a real thing. >> they think they're locking in but their credit card information is going off to hackers. >> reporter: the best way to be
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if i new york for anything that involves personal information, credit cards, or banking. >> there's always a give and take between convenience and security. >> reporter: the city tell us they have someone monitoring personal information 24/7 and make sure not to gath tear or sell it to third parties. >> philadelphia and san francisco tried public wi-fi. it failed because of a lack of funding. people the city of new york believes taze tissing will bring in millions of dollars. flooding is a big concern in places like buoyville, texas. hundreds of homes are damaged. prosecutors are finding --
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and horses and pets left behind. >> we've never seen rising water like this. >> the texas department of transportation is moving in due to the high wear. crows your could last into next week. rising water zurved between 20 and 50 vaults at a cemetery. they've within tag sod they can be retrieved when the water recedes. this has likely been showing up in your social media feed. controversy around a toy sold at monster jam. a way bay area mom says she noticed what some call a pedophile symbol. the hoax watchdog website snopes says those claims are
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sno perks says while the double heart symbol on the toy may look similar to the one used by pedophiles, it does not mark children fair bus. we did reach out to f deceleration entertainment, the company behind monster jam. they say they're reviewing the rest of the merchandise to make sure there are no other potentially problematic icons or images. but they did quickly pull the item from inventory and will no longer sell it. customers can exchange it or refund it. 1 in 4 african-american men have been arrested in tampa. the naacp is not happy that city leaders have not met with them about to policing policy. >> do you perceive tampa as a place where all can feel welcome, or do you perceive it
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with really big bank accounts are welcome? >> in addition to amending the chart and calling for more transparency, they hope to soon learn more about the investigation into ticketing toll polysays. last year, hot meth row poll tan ministries helped nearly 300 adults find employment. -- find employment. bobby lye liu bus wiz is on the road in pam tampa are metro teens are learning what it takes to get hired. >> reporter: in this tom tampa classroom, mock interviews could lead to real jobs for these teens. >> it's important, because it's your future. without a job, you won't have a future. >> reporter: metropolitan
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boot camp, aimed at teaching these homest children the skill they need to land a job. >> how to build a resume. how to communicate effectively. when they're ready toapter the work force, they can do it with ease and be successful. >> reporter: they hope to teach the kids how to present themselves. >> first of all, i will ask you what are your qualities now? why would you like to have this job? >> i think i'm a creative reporter. that's my specialty, creativity. >> do you have any experience in this field of work? >> 9 years of tv experience in a very small city. >> how would you rate yourself? >> how would i rate myself? very attractive. no, i'm just kidding. you going to hire me?
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>> you have to be focused and it's okay to be nervous. just try to be the best you can and be yourself. >> each year, they're so grateful. >> reporter: i'm bobby lewis, 10 news, wtsp. >> it's great to do this with children too. they get so nervous in interviews. >> and teach them that there's something they have to offer. >> this is the 2nd year in a row that metropolitan ministries host an event like this. >> people wanted to be everything from a chef to an actor, and, jim, meteorologist. >> yeah. >> the fog is making it like soup out there, making it hard to see on the sun skyway bridge. and it's ruining the view in
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look at this. you can't see a thing. we'll tell you if the fog will have an impact on the rest of your night. get instant traffic and weather alerts any time of the day. just search wtsp. families beware. >> it's one thing to steal candy from baby. it's another thing to steal candy from sake baby. >> how a woman was able to pocket money from a crowdfunding account meant far
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aheadlines around the state, nation, and world look at this charred car here. a washington state mom is thankful that a baby giant and a good samaritan rescued her 2 toddlers. they were inside of that car. they rescued them before it went up in flames. former subway pitchman jared fogle was jumped in jail. according to gossip site tmz, an inmate pushed him to the ground and punched him in the face. firth lady michelle obama gave the opening keynote at the south by southwest festival. she highlighted let girls learn initiative. it was part of a star-studded conversation moderated by queen latifah. series of food safety issues affected the bottom line at chipotle. it's the first loss ever for
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and that is your 60 second scan. a consumer alert to tell you about. the the fundraising site gofundme is trying to figure out what happened to the money for the family of a sick boy. they still haven't received the money, more than $2,000 in donations. >> he's 4 months old. >> reporter: baby lucas has been through a lot. >> for most of his life, he's been in the hospital. >> reporter: lucas spent 3 months in the hospital recovering from open heart surgery. his mom said an john line friend e received more than $700 in do donations.
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were withdrawn earlier this year and they said they went to the girlfriend of an organizer. they said the organizer lifted the benefit, not them, as a beneficiary. >> when someone opened the go fund me -- the gofundme for once we were like, thank you. this will help us so much. but then i come to find out that all of my friends and family and community members were giving their money to someone who had no intention of help you can family at all. >> we always hear to steal candy from a baby. it's one thing to steal day from baby. it's another to steal candy from a sick baby. >> reporter: in an e-mail, gofundme says they'll make sure the donations reach the family of the baby. >> the family still encourages you to donate to different
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sure you know exactly who is receiving the funds. i'm dion lim live in the newsroom. a sick woman's fight is going viral. there's a war surrounding this bike-riding gator and why the state says she has give up her pet, rambo. >> reporter: you've heard on credit card skimmers outside gas muchs for years. and now they're taking them to your grocery store or checkout line. >> and a string of purse snatchings across 3 counties. we're looking autoout for your safety on 10 news at 6. good evening, everyone. e we had a pleasant afternoon. it did get warm. i want to show tho time lapse over the last few hours to show you not just what's happening in pinellas county but looking
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that blue sky stuck with us until about 5:15. i'm seeing the fog rolling in. look at this visit outside. we are starting to see that sea fog rolling in once again. sarasota. we're seeing just offshore in clearwater beach as well. if that is planning on taking over tonight into tomorrow, we'll let you know if there are any close o your as a result of this fog tonight. you can see the cooler temperature ace long the beaches.
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the sea fog is the result of some high dew points which are with us once again. and of course we have the liger winds out. that was a big deciding factor wean yesterday and today. i know it looks like this is enveloping the entire area and there will certainly be areas where we see this. it will be very warm and humid. some of us will find it hard to see out there as well.
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the mid-60s. on the nature coast, a little cooler, 62, 63. largery quiet. that morning jog will be -- will be soupy out there. the main day looks to be saturday where we're tracking on again-off again showers, even some thunderstorms. as we hood into sunday, it
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download our 10 news app to know if there are any changes come thank you weekend. a medical mystery turned into art. >> how patient turned his leal
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a portland, oregon, man takes pictures of his medical struggle and turns them into art. >> reporter kathy marshall talks to eric mardsen about his struggle.
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his art. >> when people hear they're mris, they're blown away. >> here are my lungs, this is my pelvis here. what we see on the m vicious a pattern repeated here. >> reporter: his collection is called insides out. it was inspired by months living with mal mystery mystery. >> i was having trouble speaking, and then the next day i was fine then i couldn't old anything. i was just dropping everything. >> i couldn't bear to you touch him. it was so painful. >> reporter: he had neurosarcoidosis. >> i've gone through probably 5m -- 5 mris, a number of brain scans and c.a.t. scans. i break it up into shape and add color to everything.
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suggested eric try the art. he has a degree in innovation and uses photoshop for his job. some of his images have been purchased to hang in medical offices. and he can d this piece for a new mom who wanted to come behind her baby's sonograms. >> it was fan taste to get me out of the dark place. >> reporter: serk in remission. >> we know at any time it cowl could. >> just try to do something god gad with it and move on. adversity. >> and beautiful art too. >> eerks showing will be up for
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>> and his pieces go for anywhere from $200 to more than $10,000 and -- than $1,000. they're available online. >> 10 news at 6 is just moments
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you already know about skimmers here, but what about inside a gas station? how to make sure your personal
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wrong hands. >> the frontrunners take home florida's delegate, but what if trump and clinton get nomination? >> why rambo might be forced out of this home. i'm reg nailed roundtree. >> and i'm dion lim. a consumer alert you knee to hear about if you use a credit or debit card. this shocking said sri owe shows the man on the right placing a card skimmer on top of a credit card machine inside a gas station right under that workers' nose. it was recorded at a miami beach chevron last week. so the question stands, how do you protect yourself now? 10 news reporter casey cumley
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>> i'm getting worried. i feel pleatly not protected. >> reporter: l narks a wolf is more worried after seeing the video of 2 men working together to place a skimmer on the inside of a florida gas station. >> what else can people do? >> reporter: the emergency of this gas station checks his pumps regularly for skimmers but never imagined he would now have to monitor the inside card readers. >> we'll keep checking that device and outside as always. >> look at the device itself. and it wouldn't hurt to give it a shake. >> reporter: if the device seems loose-fitting, don't use the card reader. >> are relying on public to be conscious of their environment. >> reporter: so what's next?

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