gas guzzlers off the u.s. roads will begin. angie is off today but kenny burns is in. you will hear from him in a few minutes but start with howard. saturday the storms were a surprise. >> we expected a couple in the mountains because cluster of storms from ohio came roaring through and yesterday we had storms and this morning once again a few thunderstorms and in a typical summer pattern. heat, humidity and mainly afternoon storms. we can't rule out the storm keal moing noi w.like live doppler 9,000 is ofto wnof colors indicating heavier e.fafain down erth irfax to irco thtye to the dist showers topr geince geors geco n geieerowshshows but by t far th sandy point. a lot of lightning and thunder

south, as well. we will have a day we have a chance of storms and highs in the upper 80s. a traffic update and check in with kenny burns. >> right now no problems on 95 woodbridge to 495. continuing to 395 northbound looking live at duke street. it is in the northbound direction. 14th and constitution and pennsylvania avenue has just closed and will be closed until 6:00 this evening. moving to 270, no problems to report from germantown to the capital beltway. and we're going to end as we fly down from baltimore, no problems to report from 95 continuing down to the capital beltway. andrea, back to you. do you want a new car or extra cash in your pocket? if you do you may want to take advantage of the government's new cash for clunkers program, which will provide you with

both. 9 news now digital correspondent armando trull is live in bethesda with more. good morning. >> the program has several reasons for existence. first of all, the government wants to improve the mileage on american highways and it wants to help the environment. but more importantly it wants to help car dealers like this one, imported and domestic who were struck. for everyone wanting to scrap their old battle wagon, today you may be able to do so buy a new car and get $4,500 taken off of the car's sticker price. >> get a better car that is better on the environment and get money to put down on it. who wouldn't go for that? >> the cash for clunkers program begins today and dealers are hoping a lot of buyers will go for it. >> the last two weeks i would say 50 to 80% of people calling asking for the program. >> reporter: in order to qualify the clunker must get 18 miles a gallon or less.

be less than 25 years old, drivable and insured the last year. the new car must get at least 22 miles a gallon. >> i think it is a great thing they are doing. >> the government plans to spend a billion dollars on this incentive program. now is the time to trade in that gas guzzling lamborghini and imagine yourself driving down the highway in this cream puff with $4,500 in your pocket, it could pay for the gas for this thing for three years. police say baker was driving a city vehicle when he struck another car in arlington on saturday night. his blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit. he is on paid administrative leave but could lose his job since driving a city vehicle while intoxicated is a fireable offense. >> this is behavior i have never seen. it is something that has

certainly not been part of his career or even his ethics and i have worked with him now 19 years. so the surprising thing is this even came up at all. >> reporter: the driver of the over vehicle suffered minor injuries. police in montgomery county are searching for the person who shot two people outside of a chuck e. cheese in silver spring. it started as an argue between two men outside of the shopping center on 29. the argument quickly escalated when one man pulled a gun and shot the other. a woman walking by at the time was shot in the leg. police are searching for a suspect in the murder of an annandale woman. 53-year-old chung awl was found in her dead on sunday afternoon. police say she suffered trauma to her upper body but refused to release more specific information on how she died. a man is accused of fatally shooting a security guard at the holocaust museum last

month. james von brunn's attorney said he is not well enough to come to court. they say the doctors said he might be able to come to court later in the monday. james von brunn faces a first- degree murder charge in the death of security guard stephen johns. james von brunn was shot and wounded by other guards. cynthia crawford, bank robbery suspect, is due to be arraigned today. she told a teller she had a gun at a sun trust bank and demanded money. police stopped crawford a short time later and she's been held without bond since her arrest. the fbi is investigating marion barry's actions as a city councilman. the feds are looking in to his decision to hire then girlfriend donna watts. news of the $5,000 a month contract leak following barry's arrest later this month on stalking charges.

those charges were later dropped and barry denied any wrongdoing. mayor fenty is considering cutting welfare benefits for residents who are not working or taking advantage of city programs to help them find a job. aid would be cut in half for any recipient deemed employable that does not meet the work requirement for six months and benefits would be cut all together if they go another six months without complying. they are looking to cut cost to deal with a $666 million short fall over the next two years. it is time for the first living smart report of the morning and digital correspondent jessica doyle is here with a preview of the week ahead on wall street. boy, what a week last week. >> not bad. we will take more action and we will continue to focus on the earnings picture which has been raising the mark higher. it's been a good focus the last couple of days. companies reporting this week include exxon motorola, verizon

and disney and asian stocks kicked off the week with a rally. the nikkei up 1 1/2 % and the hang sen up 1.3%. the dow is 9093 after rising 24 points on friday. the nasdaq fell 8 and the s&p 500 rose 3 points. over the past nine sessions the dow and nasdaq have surged 11%. today we will find out more about the pace of the recovery in real estate when we get the latest on home sales in june. we're also going to get a look at home prices tomorrow. you are going to spend more to check a bag at the airport if you are flying american airlines. this carrier has joined rivals in raising fees by $5. the first bag will cost you $20 and 30 for a second bag, united, continental and u.s.

airways raised fees this monday an the only way to avoid it, carrion. >> i know. you are running our of space in the overhead with all of the carry ons. what do you have in the next half hour. the money-saving tip could take a sting out of the baggage fees on the next vacation. sarah palin leaves alaska politics behind and staying mum on her future. and weekend weather leaves behind a bath of damage. you are watching 9 news now. we'll be righck. baright back

i'm kenny burns in the nine now traffic center. we are flying along the toll road. no delays from the airport to the capital beltway. traffic details coming up. in the news now, north korea says it is open to new dialogue to diffuse tensions over the nuclear weapons

program. the statement marks a rare willingness the country made it clear it won't return to the six nation talks. sarah palin is no longer alaska's governor and staying quiet about any long-term political plans. this vice presidential candidate stepped down on sunday and addressed reporters at a picnic in fairbanks. she did not address whether she would run for president in 2012. a vast section of the northeast to southern netanyahu is recovering from severe storms. four were struck by lightning in northern gm new jersey. some reports suggest the worst hit maryland, massachusetts and virginia with pockets of storm damage all over the region. the internet spongeds to sarah palin leaving alaska politics. and lance armstrong returns to the winners ' podium at the tour de france. we have showers and storms

onledo. r pp hd w wetaill a doppler hd. we will take a tour and i will let you know how stormy it will be for the rest of the week when 9 news now returns.

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welcome back. you are looking live at the washington monday numb. howard bernstein is here. i hope you had a nice weekend.

the storms were good. i didn't have to water my lawn. >> i still haven't mowed my lawn this month. i took out the weed whacker but it has been dry. a lot of areas are praying for the rain and we have chances all week to get rain. before i get to live doppler hd getting a lot of good feedback on the interactive radar b@at wusa9.com. this gives you the ability to zoom in and out not only in washington by across the country. so you want to track weather anywhere, wusa9.com on the weather tab and go to interaivto interactive dadoppler hd becaus hawedoppler hd because we have vebeen tracking storms. some of them are pulling ent hi ded inbandpetypret bad deinyour pr onyour definition across southern maryland and the eastern shore. some lighter showers which have moved in to dictthe rist no up in montgomery county, southern part of the county has to worry about that but notice the activity moving up to bowie

with light showers there. the -- the heavy stuff is moving east to eventually shady side and northern calvert county will get that. to the south and take you in to charles county where we see heavier showers pull away. but waldorf, to quantico light to moderate showers going on. stafford one heavy shower crossing 95 to the north there and northern neck of virginia spoke to bill it was rumbling this morning. bill from newland is full of heavy showers. as far as the next three days are concerned a chance of storms this afternoon. again 88. some of those could be strong to severe. isolated storms tomorrow and scattered storms on wednesday in the upper 81s. scattered thunderstorms this afternoon. a chance for an evening

thunderstorm, otherwise muggy tonight 65 to 83. winds south at five and tomorrow hot and humid, isolated thunderstorms with highs in the lower 90s. big picture, look at this. all of this activity should be out of here in the next few hours but a front to the west will be here if this afternoon or close enough to initiate more thunderstorms area wide. 63 rtmainsburg this morning and 74 on the bay in annapolis. 72 easton. andrews is 71. here in town a muggy 73 degrees. the dew.in the upper 60s and the south winds at ten continue to bring warm humid air mass in play we still have this big upper level trough across the eastern u.s. and eastern parts of canada. and when you get a pattern lake this we are unsettled and don't get a chance for the big ridge to move in and we get the hot stuff. so it is not going to happen. quiet until that front, which is sitting off to the west and

close enough to us to give us issues this afternoon. here's the seven-day forecast, 88 this afternoon with scattered storms. chrislated storms tomorrow. scattered storms on wednesday. you get the picture. hot and humid with upper 80s to low 90s. angie is off but an update from kenny burns. >> thank you very much, howard. look at the outer loop of the capital beltway. the american legion, an accident on the american legion bridge. don't have exact lane closures but be careful if you travel through. we have a report of an accident on the inr loop at the ramp to southbound georgia avenue. we have a reporter on the way and we will let you know as soon as we find out. 270 southbound is clear frederick to the capital beltway. no problems from dale city to the capital beltway and continues onward to the 14th street bridge. keep in mind if you are in the

district the 14th street is closed between constitution avenue and pennsylvania avenue from now until 6:00 this evening. now over to kristin in the web center. the big political story on the web this morning is the resignation of the former alaska governor sarah palin. in her farewell speech she attacked the media telling them to "quit making things up." that distrust of the media ah ompted sarah palin to sbeme co cothe most prolific politicians r cifiof ale atstth be g useninit enas her primary means of communicatn p up tosu 'snd reaygnatio watont show you ofem e onof them. here is one from july 25th when the then governor palin wrote with kidskids anand adroroad

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or the half g t righseta, reher pound sign quick stock and that was designed for a tag all things celebrating sarah palin's resignation and they were getting 20 tweets every minute. it was a hot topic this weekend and we will have more on what is hot on the web at 5:50. >> thank you. washington, d.c. -- and thionates are riding their series in to the midwest. b@fab@ @

welcome back here's a look at people celebrating a birthday birthday. nationals begin a series with the brewers tonight. the nats beat the padres 3-2. the orioles trying to avoid a sweep in boston. o's up 5-0 in the fifth. an easy sunday for baltimore.

o's top the bosox 6-2. one day after the wnba all- star game the mystic at the monarchs. first quarter mystics starting off hot. crystal with a layup. the mystics cruise to a win over the monarchs. and the washington kastles have brought a title to dc in their second season. they beat the springfield lasers in front of the home crowd. washington led start to finish and was able to hoist the silver trophy at the end of the day. that's which a whoer. the tour de france ends with armstrong taking a spot on the podium. four years after winning his seventh tour, armstrong cruised to a third place finish but his teammate took the tour. nascar at the brick yard in

lap 128, dale earnhardt's engine goes up in smoke ending his day but the day belonged to johnson. who got his third overall. definitely for him the right to -- this was ugly. new mexico shows no mercy. in the 90s minute they put in another pass. mexico smacks the u.s. 5-0. a water tunnel will serve as a link in the maryland water suburban system is about to gee begin. and a preparedness plan for the h1n1 virus. it is 5:25. here's kenny burns. >> thank you, and ya. good morning from the eastern shore. a clear ride through annapolis and bowie and over to the city. traffic details coming up. this is 9 news now.

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united states and chinese clipcy, north korea is expected to be a key topic of discussion at a meeting between the world's most powerful nations. good morning. welcome back to 9 news. thanks for joining us. angie is off today but kenny burns will have the traffic in just a moment but howard is here with the monday forecast. >> keep the umbrellas handy once again. not that we will have an all- day rain but when we get thunderstorms like we had the last couple of afternoons some of these were downpours, really blinding rains at times. rainfall rate one to two inches utofsot wnas tome with light showers in washington at er ov county, rtpahe rn rtof unoucohr geors, chles county. ven a shower west rr waton. the heaviest stuff is in ne it it weakening. is weakening. less lightning down south, as

well. show you the big picture on the radar computer as activity has been moving in. north of town, north and west of town not seein yot buu isth but you ill meso erleov n . ere storshgetting hit paavichey rallorinfa fravhe rainfall from ea ontost s besteurthatn i70e ermpd atures ithe 70s d 60s north and west with winchester at 64 but a muggy morning and a warm humid day. 73 now. going to the upper 80s with a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. kenny burns at 5:30. he's tracking the roads. >> thank you, howard. we want to have a look at the american legion bridge. an accident on the outer loop. looks like it moves to the right side of the roadway. there are no problems as far as delays to area in the area. switching to the graphics and show you 95 and the baltimore washington parkway. no problems or delays from baltimore to the capital beltway. to virginia centreville to the beltway on 66 is all clear.

no problems to report there and in to the city, new york avenue and bladensburg road no problems or delays at this time. here's andrea. >> thank you, kenny. president obama, secretary of state hillary clinton and timothy geithner open a two- day summit with chinese leaders today. it will address the challenges and opportunities which both nations face. susan roberts has more. >> the white house will turn to china to yank the global economy out of the recession. the obama administration is expected to stress that while the u.s. economy will recover it won't be because americans are spending more on foreign goods. that is because across the board americans are spending less and less. the nation's unemployment rate has hit 9.5% and those with jobs are saving cash at a growing rate. china has its fair share of economic woes, too. an estimated 30 million are

unemployed out of 900 million workers and the largest holder of treasury debt. officials will look for reassurance their investment is safe, despite america's wobbly economy. >> reporter: few expect the talks to bridge sharp differences between the two sides but both are hoping it will lead to better cooperation on a host of issues. >> on north korea have been extremely gratified by their forward leaning commitment to sanction and the private messages they have conveyed to north americans. >> reporter: secretary of state hillary clinton praised china for urging north korea to abandon the nuclear program and it appears mounting pressure maybe working. north korea said earlier today it would be open to some kind of new dialogue. the u.s. and china have emphasized the importance of their two-day summit. they have agreed to make it an annual event. susan roberts, cbs news,

washington. secretary clinton said there is no conflict of interest in trying to open dialogue with iran. mrs. clinton went on to say she hopes israel understands that talking to them is better than a pre-emptive strike and they must understand that the united states will never let it develop nuclear weapons. the h1n1 flu could affect as many as 40% of americans over the next two years. that means twice the number of people who usually get sick will be struck by the virus. the cd says projections would drop if a new vaccine is ready and made available as expected. later today health and education officials across maryland will gather in annapolis for an h1n1 summit. emergency preparedness will be an item on the agenda. the much-hyped cash for clunkers program will officially get underway today. confusions over the rule and

the efforts to sign up car dealers delayed it by a month. 9 news now armando trull is live in bethesda, maryland with more. >> reporter: good morning. the program has several purposes. first improve the gas mileage on all the vehicles on american highways. also help the environment. finally help all of those dealers, both domestic and imported who have been struggling the past year. the cash for clunkers program begins today and many car dealers are hoping the billion dollars incentive will keep them alive. >> we're excited. i'm thinking i'd sell another seven or ten cars a monday we would be happy about that. >> many maybe happy over the rebate. >> we have glad to have the fuel efficiency and a cool new car. >> in order to get cash for your cool car, it must get --

you have got to hurry because this program ends november 1st. so get down to your car dealership and tell them honest armando sent you. >> okay, armando. you know what they say about some used car dealers, right. a tunnel project is about to get underway in maryland. workers will build a five mile long tunnel between i-270 and the mormon temple in kensington. when completed it will deliver 100 million-gallons of water a day from the potomac river to prince georges county. during construction, people living near the project will hear explosions and may hear vibrations from the blasting. an unexpected rise in student enrollment means more portable classrooms will be used this year and officials are blaming the economy. the washington examiner reports people with children are moving in to less affluent regions and

in wealthier neighborhoods more parents are pulling their children out of private schools. the superintendent says all of the trailers will meet green requirements. time for another living smart report and digital correspondent jessica doyle is back with frank talk from the head of the federal reserve. >> that's right. it is not often we hear this kind of frank comment from tremendous top central banker in the country. ben bernanke said he had to hold his nose over last year's taxpayer bailout to big financial companies but he insists he action had to be taken to avoid a meltdown on the financial system and the broader economy. his comments came during a town hall style meeting in kansas city. he said nothing made him more frustrated an angry than intervening on companies that have been taking wild bets. local business owners are fuming over a bug move in the district. our partners a at the washington examiner report that the mayor's budget shifts $50 million from the ballpark

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you are looking at the routes out of southern maryland. no problems to report out off of route 5 in charles county and traffic details are coming up. here's andrea. in the news now at 5:40 a pair of highway crashes in new york state claimed a total of 11 lives. in one collision a minivan going in the wrong direction ran in to two cars killing apeople including four children. a second crash on long island killed three people, a fourth person remains hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. an oklahoma man is held on first-degree murder charges in the deaths of two seminole county deputies. authorities say ezekiel holbert opened fire on the deputies trying to serve a domestic abuse warrant. a passerby was injured by a stray bullet. a man accused killing one of the late-storm abortion providers is due in court this

week. the doctor was gunned down inside of his church in may. roder called the shooting justified. tweeting has come a long way. you can even tweet in a prayer request. and a hair salon finds itself the target of a hate crime. and outside on the weather terrace it is damp. light sprinkles right now. a look at doppler hd and let you know what you can expect for the rest of the week. it is coming up when 9 news now this morning returns. mom vo: i can't start the first grade with her.

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trying to wrestle control of a busy roadway away from the state. they are asking the virginia department of transportation to shift ownership for more than three miles of columbia pike. arlington officials say state bureaucracy is delaying much- needed development along the stretch. they want to speed up completion of several projects including a streetcar system and apartment retail complexes. v d.o.t. plans to rule in the fall. an operator has been placed on paid administrative leave. the operator took a drug and alcohol test after metro was movie informed of the accident. this is the third time this year a train's doors opened on the wrong side of the platform. >> maybe when they get the new sensor system. >> maybe thatly help. >> it will be included. >> good morning to kevin matthews, dc. thank you very much. and chris who helped out and

tara, i saw her at the national harbor on friday. she's a big fan of the morning news. >> very god. good morning to you. hopefully this morning they are watching and will get the idea to we'll be right back grab the umbrella. no not that it will rain constantly but we have a chance of shower and thunderstorms in the forecast. this morning we are saying good- bye to the remaining showers from earlier that are across southern and eastern areas. start with doppler. here's the three days. 88 today. 91 tomorrow. 88 on wednesday with more thunderstorm chances on today and wednesday. lesser on tuesday. let's go back tb@live doppler hd. you can see re in town a up leof lit sprinkles and out erkico tyunanfa ercounty a around marshall and the plains. a upcole of ercoowshows re nort of warrenton. otherwise the activity is east inanshow you in county around bwi and a feannapolis, a w

te ghlir showers the st isgh in st. marys county though south and even that is starting to wane as we are seeing less lightning across thbay toe theastern shore and that's whe you e will see the u heaviest stuff over the next few hours. let's talk outht e forecast, this morning we are looking at scattered showers especially south and east. 60s and 70s. we will remove the showers out of the forecast in in the next one to two hours. wins southwest five to ten. sun and clouds for this afternoon. kind of humid, as well. scattered thunderstorms and temperatures in the upper 80s. yesterday got to 91. mainly an evening thunderstorm chance. otherwise a muggy night with low 60s cool spots like winchester, martinsburg, frederick, hello 70s, annapolis, sane mary's city and here in town. look at the satellite and radar. a cluster of storms which moved from the west southwest across southern areas a tiny bit of rain in northwest and north of

us had little. this is passing and we will watch this afternoon to see what develops in the heat an the humidity. with our time lapse you see the lower clouds moving in overnight. not quite light out there just yet. in the low 70s here in town with a south wind at ten and a dew.at 69. so real thick atmosphere ou there with a reading of 75 to 72 manassas to 53 from martinsburg. bill in newland a quarter inch of rain and 69 degrees. look at the national satellite- radar for you. cluster of storms in oklahoma and this season is not seeing the big high pressure set off yet. in canada we have had a storm one after the other keeping things unsettled. a cluster here but a front to the west across western pennsylvania and west virginia. this will be in our vicinity for this afternoon. with that front nearby, that's going to touch off showers and

thunderstorms. next seven looks a little unsettled. 88 today. 91 tomorrow with fewer storms. 88 on wednesday with scattered thunderstorms. maybe saturday stays dry and 88 but each day the air mass not changing much. keep the umbrellas handy. kenny burns is watching the roads. >> we will start at the outer loop of the capital beltway at the american legion bridge. clear within the last ten minutes. no delays in the area and that continues to be the story. switching to upper montgomery county. 270 southbound clear from germantown to the beltway. 395 you are looking at the camera at duke street. no delays to the city at this point. switching to the 14th street camera because we want you to know in the district, 14th street northwest between constitution avenue and pennsylvania avenue is closed until 6:00 this evening due to a special event at the reagan building. closing it out. 66 eastbound no problems to report from route 28 in centreville in to arlington.

here's kristin fisher in the web center. thank you so much good morning, everybody. just when you thought you heard everything there was to hear about the social networking site twitter think again. the wailing wall in jerusalem is a holy site in the jewish religion and for wrenchciries people have stuffed prayers written on tiny scraps of paper in the cracks of that wall. now people are using twitter to se a prayer to that ancien holy site. think i'm joking? check isis the twitter account. this ise thd any e way wait wor tweet their prayer a allegedly th antreerri ped out and taken to the wall injoall te ts negothatteippeople have gone tipsidein the o crin. the how did this get started? a 25-year-old israeli omright e ths wereeko ag he ee weeks ago ayhes she d ans was irspined spby the ittering

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wondering at ise th e th >>the founder saysfirst and foremost the mission is to ve anyone on earth the place his prayers in the wall. a lot of people can't make the journey so the idea is to let technology help them out. more on what is hot on the web in 40 minutes. well, a rural virginia county, will they will be successful in preventing the largest retailer. can you shake and move like mike? if you can you could be part of a worldwide thriller tour. we'll be right back. fa

at the beginning of every fiscal year montgomery county employees rush to get their piece of $800,000 set aside for tuition assistance. but police officers don't have to hurry, because their union contract requires the county pay for any tuition assistance for police officers even if the fund is dried up. no other union has a similar deal. for the complete story, check out today's washington examiner. can you dance like michael jackson? that was the casting call producers in london put out and they got a huge response. >> reporter: hundreds showed up

to awe audition for thriller live celebrating the lay of the singer. charlie d'agata was there. >> michael jackson topped the charts with thriller before these danceers were even born. they had one shot to make his legendary moves come alive in auditions if they are world tour of the london stage show thriller live. >> i'm perfecting my moon walk. no, i can't do the moon walk, no way. >> reporter: some were thrillers. some off the wall. and some were just plain bad. daniel says he's been dancing like michael jackson since he was a kid. this is the chance of a lifetime. >> words can't explain it. words simply can't explain it. >> reporter: judges say they are looking for that jacksonesque style. >> we have a responsibility to show the work of michael jackson as authentic as possible. these kids need to be really

good. >> as aspiring dancers they are auditioning for a world production but for many it pays tribute to the man himself. >> because michael jackson is the best artist that ever lived. he's just my hero. >> reporter: as for daniel. >> daniel. >> reporter: it made it through for now. >> my heart is beating 50 to the dozen at the moment. quite restless. >> reporter: a hint of what he will feel if he is lucky enough to join the cast if thriller goes live later this year. we are buzzing about the box office this weekend. it was rodent versus wizards. the 3-g -- the g-force versus harry potter, guess what, the rodents won. it's amazing. but this season your typical kids movie. >> it was family rated and took in $32.2 million and a jerry

bruckheimer a mixture of live computer generated animation, mission impossible style film here featuring the voices of nicolas cage and penelope penelope cruz. >> think of the csi franchise and the movies he does he can't mis. >> reporter: harry potter was a close second at $30.0 million. 61% dropoff. >> harry potter is at the imax, too and that may bring it up a little bit. >> i think it has longer lasting power than the others we will see. >> the "endeavor" has been up for weeks now and i think they will check out of the space station tomorrow but one more spacwalk is planned for later today. the fifth space walk. they have been doing remote stuff there with the control arm. my papers are back.

they are having a great flight and will blast off again. they have to finish billing the international space station before they retire the shuttle fleet. former president clinton los slimmed wnspdo but still doves the burgers. we caught upe with him on wher wisconsin avenue attenley circle just before7:00 last night. he placed a carryout order, and stood in line and took pictures with surprised customer and staff. he orded a double burger without cheese. on onrings, the french fries network large apple pie and milk shake and apparently left a $7 tip. not a bad tip. >> i'd leave off the french fries.s.le g.momoinrn in weather this to we have ha shweerowerd ann ja. ou in reedville called. from yesterday and today two inches of rain and y shower owsh