fundamental principals that undergo the contract claws to the constitute and -- united states in the constitutions, sanctioning the county, running the rough shots who negotiated a binding contract with the county. they find that the county's actions, while permissible, violating the contract clause of the united states constitution. while the public safety employers have been watching this case closely, the judge, they made it clear that their rolling was based on a narrow set of the specific circumstances. we have contacted the county and union officials for comments. so far, we have sources within the prince george's county government saying that they will appeal this order. leslie? more to come on that, dave, thank you. right now the search is on the person -- on for the person that set more than a dozen t. alent ppinha ed nier it all haened in the germ an town area, reports started coming in around 3 a.m. and they continued into the noon hour.

and the digital correspondent, they have been following this story all day long, joining us now with the latest. >> reporter: about a dozen huge piles of newly harvested hay like what you see behind me, still smoldering, they were torched overnight by someone planning to do major destructions. it was also damaging several mailboxes with unsuspecting residence sleeping inside. it's not the kind of wakeup call you would want to get. >> reporter: frightened homeowners woken up. stpwhr we feel pretty safe in our neighborhood. something like this is a little alarming. >> reporter: by daybreak, more than a dozen hay bails were torched on the road.

that's so much more disturbing. >> the smoke was thick at times that police shut down kings valley road. and with no fire hydrants in this rural part of the county, the fire crews were on edge. they might have traveled to some occupied homes to where the people were sleeping and could have been tragic. >> reporter: now that team of arson and police investigators met for several hours this afternoon. what we've been able to find out so far and there will be increases for them tonight. they will also have the fire crews watching these still smoldering piles of hay to make sure there are no flare-ups

overnight. now, they are really hoping to get a tip from the public and they have an arson hotline set up and ready to go for anyone who might have seen or heard anything tonight. that number is 240-777-2263. derek, back to you. >> all right, angie goff, thank you. tonight, firefighters say a man who fell from a building is alive, thanks to a twist of fate. the accident happened this morning at a construction site at k and first street northeast. the worker was eight floors up when he fell down a utility shaft. just before he fell, some plywood went down the shoot. that plywood locked the shaft and broke the worker's fall only about 15 feet. he's being treated at an area hospital tonight. a dozen workers are dead and 64 others missing after an explosion at a power plant in siberia. that is the biggest in russia and located inside a dam only half a mile long. they are searching for

survivors. they hope that they are just trapped inside that flooded facility. >> they had a startling beginning to their day. they found a body in their pizza joint. and that body was found inside this pizza mart in the 2300 block of forth street ne. right now, police would tell us that it is an adult male. medical examiners are working out to figure who it is and how the man died. a 14-year-old girl is recovering tonight after being hit bring two stray bullets in the bedroom of her own home. police say that eight stray bullets were fired into the home on fredericks douglas place last night. we'll have more on this story coming up for you on nine news now at 6:00. and now, an update for you on yesterday's deadly stabbing. prince george's county now charging the 45-year-old cruz of college park with second-degree murder.

they have gone undercover to try to put an end to some encounters in a park out there. the state park, they are suppose to a getaway spot for mifalyfa ds. instead, police say it has beme laa por pu otspfor some rather otldboand lewd ts rele fntpaldlyd paapntly fueled by the internet. fopaot m is t br following the developments in the wake of eight arrests. they are a mountain top getaway busy with family and kids and people hiking with dogs. >> i found this place a couple of weeks ago and just loved coming up here. >> we want them to enjoy themselves here. >> all of that is threatened. now, police say that by new developments with an old lewd problem. >> the individuals come here, cruise to the park. they would come here and meet at the park and leave the park. while we don't consider that a problem, whether it is same sex

or opposite sex, but when this year, we found out they were coming here meeting and staying in the park and going to locations like the restroom, or the trails, or the shelters. and performing sex acts, that's when we figured it was time to step in. >> natural resources police went from patrolling to going undercover recently. charging eight men in a single weekend operation. >> it does surprise me. >> i hope they stop it. i hope they stop it real quick. >> most of the activetive -- activity is during lunchtime. >> popularized by postings on the internet. they say that word of enforcement has spread quickly the very same way and put an end to the problem for now.

just click on maryland news. and this is just in to the information center. sources tell the associated press that virginia's governor, they are planning to announce the major budget cuts tomorrow. they will announce that to the current spending plan. this will be the forth time that they had to -- that they have had to scale back on that. no details on where they had have to be made. the plan to build high occupancy at parts of northern virginia oft t ofr fot bethy lte d waan br iwaand the 14th stetre s on hold tonight. but officials say that this decision will not impabt the hot areas being built out there in the county. yesterday, we showed you that project that is take on commuters and the hikers and corners where the road closed on monday morning for the work.

you can always stay a step ahead of any road work or delays at wusa9.com, just click on traffic. and a move is underway to better cell phone service. in metro stations. in 20 of the metro's busy station. it should be available throughout the entire system by 2012. the political columnist and the washington insider, he has died. the prince of darkness passed away after a year-long battle of cancer. he did it for decades. >> he had that insing to go and get the news. he wanted to get it out, get it out quickly and he did it, you know? he was scooping mayor news organizations all the time.

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a car rammed into a convoy near the u.s. military based on seven people dying. 50 others were injured. and that attack came after they fired them towards the presidential palace. no one was hurt. two u.s. sol jr.s were -- soldiers were killed and three others when they were hit by a roadside bomb. more than two dozen american troops have been killed in afghanistan this month alone. this wave of violence is a part of the campaign. to scour the polling places. does there they are on their way to the poll, ahead of the country and the presidential election out there. but they fear they mite chemothem home. >> that occurr today tragically and lost sight of

that. they will probably, well, cause some citizens to have some concerns about moving forward and taking a part of that on the day. >> the officials hope to calm those concerns by pulling the plug on the media. they plan to black out all coverage of the violence on election day for fear that it will scare the voters -- boaters away. >> late today, a captured spokesperson for the pakistan taliban, they told their interrogators that the group leader was killed in a u.s. missile raid two weeks ago. the identity theft bust in history, they will have tips on keeping your good name safe. and live at nationals park where this team, they have shown them the money. they are going to join me in 40 minutes to talk about how they got this thing done and reen that will he. that's all ahead.

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card accounts. how to protect your identity. >> reporter: he found out the hard way about credit card fraud. >> there were three charges on amazon.com to my account. dvd purchases and in uk that i did not purchase. >> reporter: it's a form of identity theft which in the worst case has become so extreme, thieves, they open new lines of credit under another person's name. by the time the victim realizes the damage can be devastating. >> reporter: it is a terrible pain in the neck to repair and restore everything. >> reporter: you get it through anranreallycreditreport- -annualcred itreport.com. if you with worried about scams, ask one of the credit bureaus to put a fraud alert on your file, telling them to verify your id before

sending any credit in your name. >> reporter: take extra time checking your credit card statements. report of the fraudulent charges and you bent be held responsible. with debit cards, more complicated. if you don't report the problem immediately, you could be on the hook for up to $500. >> and that is pretty scary. you need to be careful of these guys. thwi hone th sg. online shopping. looke orth s at the end of http in the address bar when you are checking out. it means that the sight is secure. when you're done, turn off your computer. leaving it on is like an open invitation for hackers. cbs news, new york. more consumer rights for it hcarsolrd on urmpay oco, anies ti before they raise you 45 45 interest rate. thatefis w interest rate. that is now 15 days. you can choose pa atwhyou iny w overtime. but you won't be able to use it for future purposes.

we'll it will you more about these charges at nine news now at 6:00. >> i made the mistake of going out on a bike ride at noon. >> what were you thinking? >> you weren't thinking. >> the heat index about 98. >> right. >> i guess now you can cool off. in fact, a severe thunderstorm warning out here until 6:30. we'll show you it on doppler. here's your pest shot. it is tuesday, right? >> okay now, i wae you to take a look at this, sent to us in maryland. what do you see? the cloud formation? >> maybe a drag. >> okay, a drag. that's good. >> a dog, they are heading to the right out there. >> they have a little tail back there. >> well let's not talk about that. if you want to, well, thank you. only they would saying something like that. >> the rest of us, they would not articulate it. if you want to send something in, just go to our website at

wusa9.com, click on weather and upload your pictures, please, include your name and your hometown and a description. plenty of room out there for you. it is not a required field but it is if you want to put it on the air. the next three days, good chance for storms. about 80% chance of one-eufrpbl hail one-inch hail. that is going just north of annapolis. old mill 51 and ben field also

at 51. the warning around here, they are continuing until 6:30 tonight. so severe thunderstorm warnings, this is what profited it, some hail out there want and that is a storm that is pushing towards the park. that will be between arnold and the park and gibson island in the next half hour. woáel talk about temperatures, they are still pretty hot. and 89 in woodbridge. very warm. a slight chance of a shower, 70s and 80s. by the afternoon, partly cloudy and hot. good chance for thunderstorms. high temperatures around 90. winds are going northwesterly again at 10. this is bill. monster storm. it really is. almost a category three. it's a category two right now. winds, 110 miles per hour. still moving to the northwest. could become a category four now. this is just into the the weather office in the last 30 minutes or so. and the good news is that the track is the same. they are taking it between here and the east coast and then

recurbinging it back out to sea. the only affect on us would be the heavy surf and maybe some rip tides this weekend at the shore. we'll keep you posted. next seven days. thunderstorms, 91 on thursday. good chance for storms. more storms on friday. then the cold front comes through. this is good. maybe a leftover shower on saturday. but it cools us off, kicking bill in the rear end and keeps them out to sea. and we end up in the 80s on monday and tuesday. >> the cold front still on the way. thank you, sir. coming up, a tip to get your kids ready for school. and then a harry idea here for them and into the slpery situations. we'll explain that just ahead. @ ♪

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i'm with your living green tip of the day. 50% of the students who live less than a mile from school, they still drive by the car every day. less than a third of these students walk. walking or biking to school, it's a green way to travel and a good way to keep your kids active and healthy. but if you live too far and practically, well, taking the bus is still a greener option than driving. that's because even the buses get the single digit gas miles. they usually fit about 50 people on board. beu get more tips on stclick or coa fan of living here on facebook. at reheth on facebook. that'll get you al. live alert on all of our stories. oil spills are definitely not living green. >> no, they are not. they are making a business out of ways to clean them up. as they report, it is a hair-raising idea, such as running into problems.

inside the garage, there are boxes upon boxes of hair. human hair. 18,000 pounds of it. blonde hair, red hair, auburn hair, hair in chunks, braids, it's all hair. i mean, here. >> reporter: my husband, they really want us not to have the hair. >> reporter: she runs a nonprofit that collects human hair which is then made into mats like these. they are absolutely great at soaking up oil from oil spills. she demonstrated this technique by filling a plastic container of water and then pouring used motor oil in it. >> this is the hair mat? >> yes. you put the hair mat in. >> that's right. >> then what do i do? turn it over? >> oh my gosh, it takes away

the oil. >> yes, they were used during the costco oil spill. over 500 volunteers lined up the ocean beach and soaked them up withmadets ma of hair, donated by thousands of hair salons nationwide. and there is only one problem, the hair mat makers have disappeared. >> we would correct hair and we would go to needle punchers, and nonwoven textile makers to make mats. and then with the economic crisis, we started to see those places start to offshore their work. and we started to have more and more hair and less places to make the mats. >> reporter: but the hair donations keep oncoming by mail from all over the world. >> okay, so here is one from canada. >> yeah. london, england. >> reporter: now lisa is hoping they would donate some space to her nonprofit, a matter of trust. so she can get the hair out of here. >> we really hope that commercial real estate people that have extra space in san francisco, they are going to

help out our charity and maybe donate some temporary warehouse space, that would be fantastic. >> hair, hair everywhere. and not a place to put it. >> i would be willing to take some of that off of their hand any time. >> surely you would. well, hundreds of people turned out for a nice leisurely bike ride this morning. we'll tell you why. >> hopefully they were not in hundred degree heat doing that. plus, a gunman burst into a house and grabs two kids. we'll have the latest on the cases. plus, local groups used to help the men find themselves. asking for some help of thei ow b@

welcome back. let's reset some of the top stories tonight. they are delaying out there at montgomery county. an inspector found a cracked rail from the friendship heights out there in the stations this afternoon. that crack has been temporarily

repaired, but the trains, they are still moving gingerly through that area. cooler repairs will be done through tonight. a federal court ruling declares furloughs of the unionized counties out there unconstitutional. employees of the police fires and the sheriff departments lost 80 hours last fall. they were for all county employees. and sources tell nine news now that they expect the county to appeal this afternoon's ruling. and montgomery county are looking for the person or people who started several fires out there this morning. reports started coming in at 3 a.m. and they continued until afternoon. and half a dozen bails of hay and nearly a dozen mailboxes were tarted. vandals caused thousands of dollars of damage to the nonprofit group over the weekend. the organization helped low-income boys and men with life skills. and now, it needs some help. here's lindsay matthis with

this story. >> and now today, he's cleaning up a horrible mess. >> a paperwork and everything that was just on the floor, they were turned over. >> reporter: vandals caused about $10,000 worth of damage by throwing paint, spraying graffiti, and ripping apart art work. >> the men get together based on life experiences. and the projects, that is the reaction to the vandalism. >> and really, that is unique. >> they said that other organizations and students, they have stopped by to help. we had young people that came out here that were in here yesterday. they worked. >> they are asking for donations. simple things like paper towels and paper plates. >> we saw it on the floor like it was stepped on, you could see

the footprints. >> nine news now and w urbs sa9 -- wusa9.com. they say that the vandals left behind footprints and fingerprints. a few years ago, the secretary of state, they founded america's promise alliance that gives kids providing them with direction and support. young people, they should have five basic things in their lives, a caring adult, safe places to learn and grow after school, skills and a healthy start and most important, an opportunity to give back. the university of pittsburg is rejecting the estate of a

gunman who killed three women and a health club there. he shot himself earlier this month, leaving the estate to the school as an estimated $225,000. the owners of the club where he opened fire say they plan to sue his estate for damages. two young children, abducted in phoenix have been found, unharmed. the 2-year-old boy and 11-month-old boy were drop off at the house. they think that it was part of a home invasion robbery and a neighbor describes what he saw. >> i hear two kids screaming, i looked out the curtain and saw two babies out there, that's it. i called 911. >> the children were taken by four suspects and driven away before being found about five hours later. so far, no arrests.

they are trying to stop any delay for the arrival of the vaccine h1n1 area. the factories that get the vaccines into syringes say it may take them longer than first expected. the department was predebitting 120 million -- predicting 120 million doses by object 15. now they are expecting just 45 million. meanwhile, a rockville company is producing their own experiment of the h1n1 vaccine. they said it takes just weeks to make their vaccine. gnaw will not be approved and ready for the commercial use for at least a couple of years. the hpv vaccine designs to prevent certain cancers and the certain controversies ever since approved back in 2006. for now, a brand new study taking a closer look at the adverse effects that might be in the first 23 million doses. the digital correspondents, they are explaning this one.

today, barbara is receiving the vaccine that prevents the hpv virus. >> the sax a nation was recommend -- vaccination was recommended to me to help me prevent some of the soft issue cancers. >> reporter: but the side effects of the vaccines are a source of controversy. now a new study looks to the adverse events associated with the first 23 million doses distributed to women in the u.s. they reported more than 12,000 health problems after the immownizations issue immunizations, including 32 deaths. >> while that seems like a lot of deaths in this age group, the adolescents and the 20-year-olds, it really isn't increased above what we have seen at other vaccines in that age group. >> reporter: the study also found a higher amount of fainting and blood clots.

>> that doesn't say that the vaccines caused the blood clots. >> reporter: but since cervical cancer is one of the most treatable cancer, they wobder if it is worth the risk. they say that blood clots are one of the most serious side effects and should be evaluated ahead of time. >> you should discuss these risks with your patients to do a risk assessment. >> reporter: but in her case? >> for me, it was a necessity. >> reporter: the benefit was clear. an invitation via twitter brought the traffic through a standstill out there in scott land today. that tweet was from cyclist lance armstrong and invited anyone to receive it to go for a pike ride. well as you might have imagine, 200 people turned up to join him in the rain. unsolved in scotland, tonight from them. >> you get that kind of response. would you bike? >> i don't, but i follow him on twitter and i didn't get that invite. >> i bet that it would be.

coming up, we crack the code to big back-to-school savings coming up in living smart. yeah, acting gm, they will join me in just a couple of minutes. the deal is signed. when there he be here? we'll find out. that's coming up. we'll try to keep you dry ou t there. they will take the live doppler,000. access this via the web. ancayou n soalsok eck inththe b. weth s de bo inthand around the county to get warm out th er rm severe thunde arnings tythupuntil 6:15. mu chm vimopr ty much f 70roit m east. oteathe along i- . he e otr heone is r adouedhet erth e in adthe island. come back, we'll talk about the prospects for the thunderstorms around our area and we have had a record high out th 98.

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all right, we're looking at some thunderstorms off to the north and the east. and severe thunderstorm warnings out there at 6:30 and until 6:15. here's your forecast first, the next three days, they will remain in the forecast. in fact, a better chance for storms in the immediate metro area tomorrow and thursday. 90 tomorrow, 91 on thursday. and 90 on friday. again, 98 today out there for your record high. tonight, partly cloudy and muggy. some thunderstorms, lows in the 70s. winds are northwest at 10. we'll show you the live doppler 9,000. we have two areas of the storms. only three areas of the storm. this is running right along 70. this storm, just exiting baltimore and then this storm prompted the warning around there. now, look at the county, the warning is over. we'll pinpoint this storm just no the north out there. heavy rain, no hail reported with this, moving away from that area. heading towards here, right along 70, headed out there. and up towards the mill. now, we'll pan back down. south and east. this is the one in a rumble

county that was stronger at one time. that hail, at one point in time, now it just looks like the heavy storm right around here. they might be a little bit of hail north. this is moving off to the east at about, well, 20 miles an hour. we'll go into the bay so you need to be aware of that. back to the computer we go. we'll talk about temperatures. generally in the upper 80s right now. not so bad. 88 out here, i have yen that. and 88 in alexander. tomorrow morning, partly warm. more thunderstorms and hot by the afternoon. high temperatures -r around 90 -- temperatures around 90. look at the storm, very classic storm. that's a textbook picture of a hurricane. and it is now a category two. indications now, they could be a category four as we get into thursday. they are good. they are still consistent.

they will keep them offshore. they could produce a little bit out there in terms of, you know, chevy surf and the rip tides over the weekend. next seven days, thunderstorms tomorrow, thursday and friday. highs around 90 each day. but the front goes through. maybe a leftover shower on saturday. but look what happens. they are going back into the 80s for highs on sunday, monday, and tuesday, in the front, they should sweep that out there. >> that's what we're talking about. >> we need thafpblt >> right. >> they are. >> right. all right, the fans were on pins and needles for much of last night. they are in the national park. the deal. we want to know about the deal. >> there are two ways to play out. i think both sides are probably happy that you could face them out there. and they are a washington nationals. i'm joined by the man that made it happen. 77 seconds until that deadline hit. how crazy was it behind the scenes here? >> el, it is very chaotic. it was controlling the madness really. and you know, just coming

down to both sides trying to add some middle grounds to find out if this play really wants to play for the nationals they chose to. >> i know that there are a lot of things on both sides. did you think that it wouldn't happen? >> a couple of times throughout the process and the evening last night and the latest. and that is the last hour for them. there were times when it was a possibility they could not get it done. >> we have already heard today that he's not going to pitch for the nationals this career. so now what are the immediate plans? >> well, our plan is to tell where they are pitching wise. to see the ballpark and the city. they were going to travel out there to florida and to get with our pitching coordinators down there and just see where they are pitchingwise. we're going to do that throwing program process for them and then we'll see if he is able to throw in out there and the arizona falling. >> there have been so much hype

surrounding this 21-year-old. how will you handle that off the stphaoeld >> this guy has his heads on the should -- has his head on the shoulder. pitching the world cup competition. this guy, he's very mature 21. i think he's going to control the expectations and the area himself. ultimately, it'll be his performance out there on the mound that will dictate what he is. before we let you go, this team has surprised everyone since this all-star break. how surprised were you by what they have done right now riding the the three-game winning streak? >> i'm more proud than surprisedded. and you know, we came into this season, knowing that we had a pretty good pal park. underachieving drastically in the first half of the season. and they've got the team very more fundamentally out there in a mind set. we're playing much cleaner games and we're executing and playing fundamental baseball much better. i'm very happy about where we are out here in the second half so far. expecting them to continue to

do that. >> thank you for joining us. we look forward to meeting the new pitcher. we'll have much more coming up. we'll hear what the players think of their new teammates. now guys, back to you in the studio. >> all right, thank you. well heading back to school that can be kind of scary. coming up, a look at ways to help calm those jitters. it's a revolution in pain relief.

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they will help you get ready for the first day of classics. tonight, a look at the first- day jitters, the back-to-school living process. and they will show you how to help your kids cope with those butterflies. with that, comes butterflies. >> the classes, they don't look like that yet. >> especially with when it is time to meet the new class meats. >> i'm really kind of shy. and i have not met them yet. and they don't know what their names are yet. i'm just too shy to say what's your name. >> how about the rulers? >> the mom, they can tell weeks inned advance that herred oldest tar, they have the back-to-school jitters. >> she'll tend to tell me that she's getting headaches, stomach aches. >> children are no different than adults, starting a new job, a new ebs experience.

and for the opening of the school year, children, they will feel this same jitters that we do. she says that the best way to combat that anxiety is preparation. and almost every school holds an open house for them on thursday or friday before the school opens. and it is absolutely vital that they bring their ilch iendrn.en and now she also likes the idea of celebrating the start of the school in some way, which is what they do for both her girls. stkpwhr-frpblg what they usually try to do, you know, they call all the friends that we have to figure out who's in what khras, and then schedule some play dates to kind of establish that security. and finally, parents, they need to keep their own jitters in check. kids, they do pick up on them. >> well, i honestly say not to worry, i'll be fine. and will nine fews now and

wusa9.com. if you go to our website on wusa9.com, click on back to school, it's on the home page. we have some other tips for you to go through that first-day butterflies including important info if your child will be walking to school or taking the bus. stkpwhr-frpblg you can do it. new information on the furlough. they are now threatening to cut jobs. much more for you new after the break. >> don't forget, you're always on wusa9.com. stay with us, nine news now continues. ( sighs )

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