happened yesterday. we didn't get our schedule and we were in the guidance office waiting for our schedules. they had to be looked up and printed out. >> reporter: the problem is with a new computerized schedule system. they have to do better. much better. >> that obviously is unacceptable and inexcusable and we are hoping to get it resolved as soon as possible. >> parents say it's the waiting game that is most frustrating. >> they have all summer. >> reporter: thanks to audrey barnes for that report. we are told the number of kids without schedules has dropped from thousands to hundreds. school officials are hoping to have a schedule in the hands of every child before the week is over. in prince william county, it is quite a different problemf this racial graffi acpl on school parking t lonier ovt. gh the school parking t. o unual untwist in the in ci ntdeis the students who were accused of doing it. >> kkk, a swastika, white

power, the images arranged in sod intended for landscaping at saint claire elementary school. given the content of the graffiti, it is perhaps surprising that all those arrests on vandalism charges are black. >> it's really sad that people in this day and time are thinking, you know, about something like that instead of education. at school? >> people are ignorant these days. i don't know what to say about that. people have their reasons for doing things. >> why would you do something like that when we get a free education in america. we are taking a lot of things for granted. it is horrible and they should be held responsible for their actions and why would you do that? >> reporter: the suspects 14, 15, 16, and 17, are all students where they face potential disciplinary action as well as their criminal case. >> the punishment and consequences range based upon

the individual circumstance. they can be anything from suspension to expulsion. >> reporter: there was no specific threat made against the school. the students charged in the crime have been released to the custody of their manassas parents. the school district says it takes the incident very seriously because it views safety at its schools as the district's highest priority. we have a developing story where a pilot is accused of violating restricted air space around washington. sky 9 captured pictures of the plane that was forced to land at montgomery county air park. the faa says it was flown by a student pilot. a black hawk helicopter intercepted the plane and forced it to land. it is registered to a company out of spoketown, pennsylvania. cnn is reporting the company had an issue with violating restricted air space around dc two years ago. adc woman was arrested at

the ntairport early this mornin after customs officers found more than 2 1/2 pounds worth of cocaine stuffed inside her bra. 35-year-old sophia williams arrived from jamaica around 11:00 last night. immigration and customs enforcement agents say the cocaine was divided into two packages and designed to blend in with her bra. massive budget cuts, layoffs, and furloughs are on the way. it is part of a plan to cope with a $454 million deficit. about $210 million will be save bid state cuts to local governments. 205 layoffs and 159 unfilled vacant positions will save about $17 million more and a plan to furlough state workers is designed to save $75 million. for example, someone who makes more than $100,000 will lose ten days worth of pay. >> we have one simple intention and that is to get

maryland through the other side of this recession as quickly as possible with as much of our priorities in tact. so that we can see a better day. >> the proposed budget cuts go to the board of public works and that happens tomorrow. sky 9 flew over the scene of two accidents involving police officers this morning. on the bw parkway, a u.s. park police officer was making a traffic stop when his cruiser was rear ended by an out of control truck. the officer was thrown under the cruiser, which skidded 40 feet before coming to a stop. remarkbly, the officer survived. two other drivers were hurt, but they are expected to be okay. the southbound lane it is between route 197 and powder mill road were closed for much of the morning rush. and in virginia, a state trooper with injured after an early morning crash. officers were chasing a suspected drunken driver on route 110 when the trooper hit a jersey wall.

the suspect got away. the trooper's injuries were minor. in maryland, a charles county man is now charged with first-degree child abuse resulting in death. myron was taken into custody for the death of tyrese wade. wade was found dead in his home in the 3,000 block last week. gibson was the boyfriend of the child's mother. the resident is being held in the charles county detention center without bond. one day after we learn the death of michael jackson has officially been ruled a homicide. police continue to build their case against the singer's personal doctor. as manuel reports, dr. conwell murray should have known what he was doing with the drugs he gave to jackson. >> reporter: michael jackson's personal physician says police have twisted his account of what happened during the pop star's final hours. while murray admits giving jackson several drugs, his

lawyer says he never told police he left jackson's room to go make phone calls. a los angeles police search warrant indicates dr. murray admitted he drugged michael jackson several times over the course of approximately ten hours the day he died. the document shows murray used an iv to give jackson 10- milligrams of valium, 4- milligrams of madazalam and propoful. experts say he was playing with fire. >> he knew all the drugs that michael jackson had been taking. he must have been aware of the effects. this is basically pharmacology 101 and i think he made a poor choice of drugs. >> the doctor says the an stettic was the straw that broke the camels back. >> there is no excuse. that is not the kind of drug that should be administered outside of a hospital setting. it's much too dangerous. >> while the police are trying

to keep a tight reign on the jackson investigation, legal documents show they are focused on building a manslaughter case against dr. murray. manuel, cbs news, los angeles. >> the correct dosages are determined by a person's weight. now jackson was thin and reportedly exhausted after rehearsing for his summer comeback concerts. this week marks the 46th anniversary of the march on washington. education secretary joins students and organizationers to build, or working to build a memorial to martin luther king jr. on the national mall. that effort has been stalled over a disagreement with the national park service on how to secure the site. the park service wants to install security barriers. organizers say that goes against king's legacy of inclusiveness. dr. king gave his famous, i have a dream speech on august 28 back in 1963. an update on a plan to

build ter supercenter near an hioricr vicil war battleel d. the board of supervisors voted in fa vor of that budi ngat wal- mart near the wilderness battlefield. the vote was 4-1. opponents say the area where generals robert e. lee met in battle for the first time is -- work could begin by next month. nasa will try yet again early tomorrow morning to launch the space shuttle discovery. the liftoff planned for early today was scrubbed with minutes to go. nasa will try again at 1:10 a.m. springfield, virginia native is part of that crew. our weather around here couldn't be nicer for the end of august. topper shut on the terrace with your forecast first. hey topper. >> it is nice, it really is. as you mentioned, late august,

we expect worse. temperatures are reasonable. here's your forecast first. for tonight, we'll keep it clear to partly cloudy. not quite as cool d. bad. 66 to 72 downtown. and e thth windllwill be est ui teaterur norit now ab. 85 at onre 85 at ti. 88 up manassas manassas and 83 in quantico. only 82 over in annapolis. we will come back and talk about the tropics. something brewing that could affect us on friday and saturday. it could affect the redskin game and it is best shot day. thanks top. on the eve of the megamillions drawing, the winner of the $260 million powerball jackpot is revealed. ben bernanke gets the presidential nod for another term of fed chairman. i'm alexis with wall street aconti. . b@

stocks gained more ground today on wall street. the dow finished the day up 30 points to close at 9539. the nasdaq gained 6 points and the s & p 500 rose 2. president barack obama took time out of his family vacation to reappoint ben bernanke to his second four-year term. alexis has reaction from wall street. >> reporter: president obama wants the man who navigated the worst financial crisis since the great depression to keep steering the federal reserve. >> been approached financial system on the verge of collapse with calm and wisdom, with bold action and out of the box thinking, that helped put the brakes on our economic free

fall. >> the president took time out from vacation to reappoint ben bernanke as fed chief. stocks climbed on the news with investors praising bernanke for unlocking credit and stabilizing the financial market. >> i give him an a because he did save the country. we'll never know where we would be if it wasn't for bernanke. >> reporter: bernanke wasn't exactly a hero here on wall street. at the height of the meltdown, he took heat for letting layman brothers fail and for some of his most unconventional lending programs. >> we have involved as circumstances demands, but our objective is constant. >> some of bernanke's critics on capitol hill say he may have saved wall street, but not the millions who lost their homes to foreclosure. economists say his second term could be just as rocky as the first. >> as mr. bernanke looks to withdraw the liquidity, we are going to see mortgage rates

rise, rates on credit cards rise and this will not sit well with the public or the white house. >> bernanke is expected to face a grueling hearing before the senate likely signs off on another four years. alexis, cbs news, wall street. the housing market has turned another corner. for the first time in three years, home prices are rising. a closely watched home price index rose nearly 3% from the first quarter of this year. although second quarter prices are still down almost 15% from 2008. car dealers have until 8:00 tonight to submit their paperwork so they can be reimbursed under the cash for clunkers program. the original deadline was last night when the program ended. after pushing the deadline for dealers to noon today, the transportation department said the deadline would be extended even further, because of problems with its website. people with million dollar dreams are laying down a buck or two or even a little more this evening. tonight's megamillions jackpot

is up to $252 million. this is a look at the lottery ticket lines today in bethesda on river road. the mega millions dollar game is played in maryland and virginia as well as ten other states. now to the other big lottery game. powerball. jackson is feeling like a million bucks, more like $260 million. the retiree bought this single winning ticket for the august 19 drawing. jackson was introduced to the press in south carolina minutes ago. >> i was cutting my neighbor's grass. that's going to be me. just normal. someone anticipated a change, but i'll still be so solomen. >> it is a record in south carolina. i can imagine. solomen is going to get a lot of new friends and meet new family members. >> i heard about your million. hello.

>> of course with that, he could hire out quite a crew for the neighborhood to cut the grass. >> it was very nice. it was warm, but not hot. not humid. >> given the time of year, pretty nice. >> pretty nice. wait until you see the seven- day. first things first, it is tuesday. we have a best shot. that is spectacular. this is taken by sandy in charles town, west virginia. on the 5th of july. just after the 4th. minutes before the sun comes up. >> wow. >> that's pretty cool. >> gorgeous. >> sandy, you had a great picture, you have your name, town, good stuff. we made it easy for you to do that. to submit a photo, go to wusa9.com. click on weather and then just upload your picture. again, one or two will be cool. by the way, i think i deleted 50 pictures that said family nature photos. i'm not going to put banners over the picture. let's go to the forecast. the next three days look like

this. temperatures hot, a little more humid. 91. a couple thunderstorms on thursday and yes we still have thunderstorms on friday. although we may luck out. we may end up being dry during the redskin game. temperatures go down after tomorrow. 88 thursday, 86 on friday. for tonight, clear to partly cloudy. not quite as cool, but not bad. 66 to 72. light winds. temperatures 84 in laurel. by the bay around 84. 84 in st. michaels and generally mid 80s everywhere. culpeper is 85 and the plains also 84. tomorrow morning, mostly sunny and warm. 70s and 80s. by afternoon, mostly sunny and hot. not that humid. high temperatures around 90. winds turn west, southwesterly at 10. satellite picture, radar combined, a front way out here in the midwest. we'll watch for later in the week. probably friday and saturday and that may actually interact with this system. we showed you this yesterday. not a tropical storm yet. not a tropical depression yet,

but it will be something. it's gaining tropical characteristics. this is san juan. it is well to the north of them. and it is pushing to the northwest a little further southerly and westerly track than bill. so it could impact us on friday and or saturday. in the meantime, we are in good shape with generally clear skies. all right, zone forecast, all six zones are on our website. wusa9.com. 88 front royal. 91 in dale city. downtown, 91 or so. 90 in beltville. not quite 90 in annapolis, but heating up. almost 90 in plum point. the next seven days, 91 on wednesday. partly cloudy to mostly sunny. nice on thursday. upper 80s. showers will develop late in the day. it will be scattered about. mostly they will be fine. we had to leave the showers and thunderstorms in friday and saturday. knock temperatures down somewhat. you can watch the game here live, channel 9, 8:00, and the pregame show at 7:30.

we may be have a left over shower or storm on sunday. and look at seven-day. 80 on monday. the highs on tuesday. upper 70s. >> another great day of weather for next week's back to school day. >> exactly. >> we haven't seen highs of 70s in a while. >> thanks a lot, topper. we are going to be talking about tipping in tight times. what is hue gerratuity et etiquette? we'll tell you coming up. b@

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times. also natural waxes or oil. for more tips, go to wusa9.c. om lin usth wa9 green green and wius wa9 on facebook. you'll get live alerts on all of our stories. a lot of people can hardly afford to eat out at restaurants nowadays. let alone leave behind a fat tip. since the economy took a turn for the worst, so did gratuity. the dos and don'ts of tipping. >> reporter: there are rules for just about everything. >> 15 to 20 percent is the usual. >> reporter: like all rules, sometimes they are honored. and sometimes they are broken. >> even if the service is great, my little tip is not too great for them. i feel bad, but it's the best i can do. >> pamela with the washington school of protocall says when economic times are tough, consumers spend less and that means cutting back on gratuities.

>> the dine and dash is back. although they are paying the bill, they aren't leaving tip. >> reporter: servers are feeling the squeeze. fewer customers, and fewer tips. >> people give 15, 20 percent are going for the 10%, 15%. >> now it is just 10%. >> for every $50 you spend, you should leave your waiter $10. i'm seeing $6 and $5. >> excusable behavior? absolutely not. >> it is just like stealing. it's like not paying the bill. it's part of that gratuity. it's part of the meal. >> and a big part of the servers income. usually a waiter's minimum wage salary goes to taxes. many of them share their tips with food runners and bartenders. experts say if tight times have you tipping less, chew on this advice, order less or take advantage of specials. >> if you are going to dine out and go to nice restaurants, then you pay e ththtip. >> doyle, 9news now

and wusa9.com. and tipping rules apply elsewhere. etiquette experts say it is no excuse for being a scrooge. coming up, a rarely deployed military unit based here in our area gets ready to go to iraq. plus, a small plane ends up double parked after an eyergency je jersey png mal shopping mall. we'll be back. as wild fires in greece come under control, angry residents wonder why more wasn't done sooner to stop the damage. i'm charlie dagada near athens. we'll have the story coming up. .

welcome back. let's reset some of the top stories in the news now. hundreds of students who went to school in prince georges county had nothing to do for a second straight day. frustrating start to the school year is blamed on a software problem that has failed to produce schedules for those students. racial graffiti greeted administrators at sinclair elementary school. sod that was intended for

landscaping was arranged to look like a swastika. high school students arrested on vandalism charges, all of them are black. and just a short time ago, the mayor of alexandria named a new police chief. brittany joins us with more. >> reporter: hello lesli. he is a lifelong resident of alexandria. he is the first african american police chief here for the city of alexandria. earl cooke was named head of the department. this after serving as interim chief. he spent the last three decades in law enforcement. this announcement comes after the former chief was charged with a dui. at the podium, chief cooke spoke about bringing back integrity to the office. we asked him about that. we said are you talking about recent events? he said not. this is something he learned as an important part of the job. he spent much of his job

working in internal affairs. >> integrity has always been our hall mark. when we make mistakes, we are going to own up to them and move forward. we are very much responsible to be held account by the city we serve. if we don't police ourselves, then we are not doing our duty in any way, shape, or form. >> reporter: there was a moment that was very emotional for everyone in the room here during this press conference. chief cooke recently lost his sister to cancer. before that, losing his father and his best friend. he got choked up and actually had to pause a moment when he talked about their memories. reporting live in alexandria, wusa9.com. >> brittany, thanks. it is perhaps a measure of just how strapped our military is these days by two wars. today, a unit that almost never deploys is on its way to iraq. the old guard, which is deployed just three times since

vietnam is sending a group. bruce leshan was at fort meyer for the ceremony. >> reporter: the old guard is best known for service at funerals at arlington national cemetery. and for its 24 hour vigil at the tomb of the unknowns. but the president's official escort is now headed for iraq. >> are you scared at all? >> you know, it's a mixture of excitedness and scared and nervousness. >> reporter: they are rarely deployed, but they are the oldest unit in the army, with this polished tradition. they carry their bayonets in fixed position in parades in honor of a successful bayonet charge in the mexican american war and they say they are ready to fight again. >> i put my safety in my guys hands and i trust them 100%. >> jonathan fields volunteered

because he feels a sense of duty to other soldiers. >> those guys have been over there multiple times. they need their chance to come home and spend time with their families. >> and so it is good-bye to their families. >> i am so proud i can hardly stand it. >> worried about him? >> yes, i am. i'm proud also. >> reporter: and out for a year in a war zone. >> she'll miss a week when she is old enough. which will be soon. >> reporter: at fort meyer, bruce leshan, wusa9.com. > they found out they were going to deploy in april and they have been training ever since. 36 people died in the blast and more than 50 others were hurt. the bombings appeared to be target to hurt pakistani engineers. this is the second deadliest month for u.s. forces in that

country since the 2001 invasion. al-qaeda is claiming responsibility for a recent string of deadly bombings in iraq. the attacks killed more than 100 people and left hundreds more wounded. a deadly crane collapse that happened today in new york on the flog neck bridge that connects queens to the bronx. an trelecical worker was pinned. it's unclear what caused that accident. a small plane made an emergency landing today in a new jersey parking lot. it happened outside a mall in the rocoway township area. the pilot survived the hard landing and he appeared to be conscious. the plane suffered minimal damage and surrounded by foam to prevent flames from starting. crews battled flames. flames erupted at several buildings in the texas panhandle. no injuries to report and no word on what sparked those fires. arson investigators are looking into one large fire in

new jersey. the fire here engulfed an entire apartment complex in east orange this morning. 40 residents were displaced to a school that was converted into a shelter. three people suffered minor injuries. to detroit now where cleanup is underway where a large factory fire. the flames broke out yesterday in a chemical plant and finally brought under control this morning. there were several explosions and 300 workers were evacuated from surrounding businesses. at is still not clear yet elwh kespatd ar thfire. injuries there. and in greece, a massive wild fire is liar charlie res rtpofrom outside athens, that firefightersrtid d at firefighters did not do more to save their homes. >> fires that tore through greece are contained, but residents can't contain their anger. >> i'm burning inside, because i am furious. >> her house could have been saved if firefighters acted sooner. >> it's a graveyard right now. it's a graveyard. >> reporter: no one died in

the massive wild fires, but more than 150 homes were destroyed. >> we have a lot of memories here. it's our lives. >> reporter: 500 greek firefighters are keeping close watch as helicopters patrol to put out any flairups in the fire zone north of athens. residents say this is the exact location that the fire began. they say it should have ended here. instead, it burned out of control for 22 miles until it reached the outskirts of athens. the firefighters and police didn't show up, he says. nobody came. he could only watch as the farm his great grandfather built went up in flames. neighbors are outraged not a single firefighter was in sight. >> we used our bare hands and buckets of water to stop the houses from burning, he says. residents here feel abandoned. >> what are you going to do

now? >> i don't know. i don't know. >> but the greek prime minister insists the country's fire defenses worked. homes here may one day be rebuilt. ecologists fear hundreds of acres may never recover. charlie, cbs news, athens. well, who is the most dangerous celebrity in cyber space? the answer still ahead. >> and the right fit. coming up in living smart, we'll tell you how to buy the right back to school shoe for your child.

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your back to school needs and clothes and supplies are important, but so is finding the right shoe for their feet. the doctor is here with some foot friendly tips that you need to know before you buy your kids shoes. welcome. >> thank you. it's a pleasure to be here. >> parents need to take their kids with them to buy the shoes. >> that's number one. it's most important because the foot should be there and quite often, one foot is larger than the other foot. so we need to have both feet fitted. >> not good enough to have the cut out of the foot to make it easy. can't do the shortcut. what about buying a shoe that is bigger for your child to grow into. >> i don't think that's a good idea, except if the foot is larger. you should have the shoe sized properly for that child's foot. >> are we talking about buying a new shoe every three or four months? >> not necessarily. i think there are growth patterns as the child grows up. mainly in the spring, that type

of thing. i think you are good for at least six to nine months. >> okay. let's talk about the right shoe fit. we want to do the one, two, three test. easy to show parents this. >> very easy to show and simple. first, number one we want to check the heel. we want to make sure it is sturdy. we don't want it too flexible. we don't want it too flexible. i'll show you what is not good also. and of course we want the foot, the shoe to be solid and supportive. it's very important. especially for the younger children in their growing age. >> you have a pair of shoes here that you say are not a good buy for parents. >> exactly. let me give you this one and i'll hold this one. do the one, two, three test. the heel, too soft. >> yeah. >> too flexible. number two, it bends in the

middle. not supportive. and finally, watch this. >> but they are so cute. >> they are not good for the human foot. >> all right, these are not good buys. you are saying you need to tell your son or daughter it's cute, but you can't have it. >> they need something protective, especially on the playground and on the hard floors in the school. >> also, don't forget socks because you've told us that the shoes or rather the surface in schools is really not good for the foot. >> right. this here is a seemless sock, which is terrific for those children who have juvenile diabetes, this is protecting the foot. and all of this can be found on the atma website. that's apm a.org. that will list all the acceptable shoes and socks for the people out there. >> and we'll have that link to our website. thank you so much for being here. again, let's go over these one more me tiwhouen ytie ardoing u ntwaar u want tok cntwachec tocheck

you want to ld bsh you want to select a shoe with a rigid middle for lookokfor that seal of acceptance. you'll find all these tips and more on our website, wusa9.com. just click on living smart. anita, over to you. thank you. coming up, a controversial gold medal winning track star returns home unable to take questions about her gender. brett. >> anita, it is tuesday and that means it is time for the latest good, bad, and the ugly. plus the sound that this woman made that made grown men scream for their mommies. you'll hear it in tonight's gbu. topper. >> we are looking at a few clouds, but a very nice evening. we'll take you out with the pollen. you can access this via the web. grass is in the moderate range and mold came down from high back to moderate. you get the break down on our website. we'll come back and break down the week e maybopa tricmaybe a .

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in a california courtroom, brown received probation and able to perform six months of community labor for beating former singer, rhianna. the altercation happened last february. 20-year-old brown will be allowed to serve his sentence in virginia. the richmond chief of police will supervise his community labor requirement directly. apparently, jessica beil can get your community into a lot of trouble. the internet searches for the 27-year-old actress is more likely or rather are more likely to lead to online threats, such as spyware and viruses. beyonce was second, followed by jennifer aniston. last year's most dangerous celebrity was brad pit. south africa is hailing the return of world record

champion, surrounding the gender of this 18-year-old runner. her deep voice and masculine build, she is being asked to take a gender test. but none of that matters to her supporters in south africa. >> we are going to support her. >> while questions about her arose after she beat the reigning champion by 2.4 seconds rs the runner and her coaches say the success is the result of hard work and training. >> she's fast. 9news now at 6:00 is 15 minutes away. it appears that some virginia students are at the top of the list when it comes to one part of some college entrance exams. plus, we'll show you some savvy spending tips to help seniors live smarter. and what in the world is foot

pocketing? we'll tell you more about that coming up at 6:00. put, not pick. put. put pocketing. >> it is too nice outside. >> it really is. tomorrow is going to be more humid, but not crazy humid. and then again, we showed you the seven-day a little while ago. it's going to be tough for the redskin game. that is still up in the air. the next three days, 91 tomorrow. hot, but not crazy hot. and mostly sunny. 88 on thursday. a few storms late. then friday, we got the full monte here. 86, the slight chance they could end before the game and start up again on saturday morning. we'll keep you posted on that. mr. haber has a preshow, correct? 7:30. >> pregame, 7:30. clear to partly cloudy, not quite as cool tonight. still fairly comfortable. 66 to 72 with light winds. temperatures right now, mid

80s. very uniform. vienna, woodbridge, 85 in fredericksburg. tomorrow morning, mostly sunny and warm. winds will turn around and become northwest. mostly sunny, hot. highs around 90 and winds west, southwesterly at about 10. satellite picture, radar combined, we are going to zoom into this. we think this could become tropical the next 24 to 48 hours and the real question is, when it develops, even if it doesn't take on any kind of characteristics of a tropical system, it could be your low pressure system and if it gets close enough, that could cause us problems as we get into friday or saturday. we will keep you posted. i'll show you where the computer models are taking. one track is interesting. clear skies right now, all these showers down to the south will stay to the south and all the clouds off the shore will also stay away. next seven days, 91 tomorrow. mostly sunny. 88 on thursday. again a thunderstorm is possible late. and then friday and saturday,

yes we have showers and thunderstorms both days, 86 both days and then we are looking at maybe a left over shower or storm sunday morning. should salvage a good sunday afternoon. temperatures in the mid 80s and look what happened. sunshine on monday, 80. and sunshine on tuesday and 78. of course that would be tuesday is september 1. so it's going to feel a little bit like fall, if you will. >> the kids will be so happy to go back to school on this day. >> all right. brett is here with one of our -- we love to see you every day. >> don't shower me with insincere compliments. i have a noise in this gbu that is so frightening this you might want to stay back from the tv. it is time for the excellent and not so excellent in the world of sports. the good, the bad, and the ugly. we start with the good. best excuse me rbi. the o's melvin mora.

take a look at where the ball hits the bat. it hits off the knob on the handle of the bat. that's a fair ball and it scores a run, even though he didn't ever swing. that's an economy of movement right there. best job of self-preservation. we seen comebackers before. how does he catch that? they say baseball is a game of inches and he was an inch of becoming decapitated. that is cool with the reflexes. best child's immages of the pros. a little peewee game going on. he scores a touchdown and goes directly for the lambeau leap. so he makes it up. you know, if brett favre came back to the packers, he would need an assist. best job keeping your at bat alive. look at the angels, he hits this ball after it bounces in the dirt. they say that he will swing at anything and apparently he will

swing at anything. best death defying catch by a fan in milwaukee, bill hall hits the tape measure home run. i want you to watch the guy in the upper deck out there. full extension over the railing into the abyss. watch it again and that could have ended two different ways and one of them involved an ambulance and a mop and that was much better. to the bad, worst bat construction, whoever made this for matt sweeney while snapping his bat in half. i don't know if -- kind of snapped it on his shoulder. he has a big shoulder. most frightening sound. this is from the illinois state fair at the animal calling. it better come quick. >> would you give her the trophy right now? i'm fearful that she will eat my young. here's the ugly. worst double play, the mets who

try the 1, 6, 3 situation. anderson hernandez makes the throw to first and there is no first base. they are cutting costs, so they are going without a first baseman, i guess. worst hospitality, wrigley field, shane back on the fly ball in left, goes to make the catch and the fans dumped a full beer on his head. that's the chicago way. they then remove the fan and dumped him in lake michigan with a brick around his ankle. finally, worst architecture, jerry jones who built a billion dollar stadium, but forgot to make it tall enough to punt in. they kept punting the ball into the video board and you will have to learn to punt around it. punt line drives, i guess. the stubbornness of dallas is that we won't fix it. >> so $40 million. >> just the video screen. >> that stadium was a billion. raise it up, whatever. >> raise it up.

>> we'll figure it out when we go down there. we always do. >> there's a promise and a threat. okay, up next in living well, putting your bod in a pod to find out if your workout is doing what it should. and don't forget, we are always on at wusa9.com. stay with us, tonight's living well segment. stay with us. that's coming up next. my husband and i, we love to go to steakhouses

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okay, usually we are hearing from heart experts about the need to cut salt out of our diets. today the american heart association is taking aim at sugar. the aha says americans are swallowing the equivalent of 22- teaspoons of sugar each day, much of it from soft drinks. that not only makes people fat, but increases the risk of heart disease. the heart association says women should ideally cut back to 6-teaspoons or 100 calories worth of added sugar a day. 10-teaspoons for men. this doesn't count the sugar in fresh fruits, all the good stuff. we are talking added sugar. did you ever wonder how much of you is muscle versus fat? scared to find out and whether you are doing the right stuff to wide l the fat away.

tonight, a dc cycling fitness center solution, if you are ready to step into their bod pod. >> when i stress, i like to eat. i enjoy exercising, i love it. it is diet and time. >> cristie is a former college athlete who says these days, she has to watch her weight constantly. >> i am intimidated because i know if i see it, i'll have to do something about it. >> now cristie will have to figure out a number. her percentage of body fat. >> people sometimes look thin and look good and can be fat. everybody deposits fat in a different area. >> the bod pod is used by trainers to steer their clients toward the best workouts and diet anpls. it determines how much is lean body mass, such as bones, organs, and muscles, and how much is the bad fat that can increase a person's risk of heart disease and other medical conditions. >> it's going to let you know what percentage of you is fat. >> after collecting data like

height, weight, and age, she undergoes three 90 second tests. >> % pl37% puts u yointo a risk yotegory a healthy number for women is between 20 to 25 percent body fat. women typically have higher percentages than men. as for cristie, getting the bod pod reading was a real wakeup call for change. experts say body fat percentage can be taken away with carbohydrates. don't starve yourself, that can slow down metabolism and fat burning. card vascular workouts can also increase the burn. >> all right, let's recap what you can do if you might have a little too much body fat. talking about cutting calories, but not a starvation diet. that can make metabolism slow down. also talking about doing your card owe.

beef up your cardio, but go to different intervals. that will cut down on body fat percentage. she is going to be retested in a month to see if her fat composition has gone down. it is $100 per test. for more information on the bod pod, log on to wusa9.com. thankings for joining us for thenews now at 5:00. 9news now at 6:00 starts right now. from the first local station with news in high definition, this is 9news now. >> good evening, i'm lesli foster. in an atotal to slash the budget in the face of a bad economy. for the first time, there will be layoffs, too. scott broome is following today's announcement by martin o'malley. >> closing down maryland state government for five days mostly by extending holiday weekends is just the beginning. >> we are currently in the process of notifying those state employs