washington post to the wood shack. saying that the reports that they had, alleging a cheating scandal. they found no evidence of the cheating at the 30 officers allegedly involved in the scandal, they were, in fact, innocent. let's take a listen to what they said just a few minutes ago. >> the police department also took that very seriously and their obligations to p properly change and test all recruits. to ensure that they are completing the police academies and meet the highest standards imposed by the state of maryland. >> now, in an official review of the allegations made. indicate that to not edge gauge or be cheated. and the audit, thus far, revealed that all these

officers, professionally and adequately took their appropriate tests. >> those offices are fully pledged members of the prince george's county and the police department and they could continue on into their jobs. and they did say that one instructor, they were found to be in the words, lazy. and he had been properly disciplined because of that. they had found none as far as cheating but they will continue the investigation and make copies of the area to exam to show what they were saying. they said that one allegation made in post article that one of the recruits scoring perfectly on the test where he had been dismissed and he was not a part of the academy. they said that the recruit, they had been dismissed, but when he took the test, he was still a part of the academy. and so, in fact, he did take the test. and a lot of the bickering here

between the people in the county, both the chief and the executive and the washington post reporter. and they standby the training. that the post just got it wrong. reporting live, back to you. >> and more to come on this, that's for sure. thank you. and also in prince george's county, we're continuing to follow that bomb scare in district heights yesterday. they went out to check their property on the avenue and found what he called a pipe bomb in the basement. now, they say that they still have not determined if those devices were real and he said that there is no timetable on when those federal investigators will finish their investigation. >> police are still piecing together the details. she was out celebrating when someone struck her and kept going. lindsey mastis joins us live from the second district police headquarters. do we know if anyone is charged

in connection to the accident? >> well, police, they are working to get a warrant. until then, they are not able to arrest the suspects. but they did say that they are looking to charge the driver and leaving the scene of a collision. and now, around 1:30 this morning. she was getting out of the car, parked in front of the restaurant at the circle. she dieded just a few hours later, thanks to a witness, police in montgomery county, they were able to track down the suspects and her vehicles. >> a bicyclist saw the striking vehicle, noticing the tag numbers, calling police. now, the 30-year-old, davidson, was charged with dui in montgomery county. and police say that they found her sitting inside her lexus suv. she was released, but we are expecting to see some charges coming out of washington, d.c. reporting live in northwest washington, i'm lindsey mastis, 9news now. >> all right, lindsey.

and the prospect for peace in afghanistan, they seem to be getting worse. the war has been going on for nine years. and it is the longest in u.s. historiment now a new report from the white house said pakistan is the problem. that accuses pakistani leaders of not taking on the militants in their own country who attack the u.s. targets across the border in afghanistan. and not only that, a report released today by the senate armed services committee, they said that your taxpayer dollars have been lining the pockets of the taliban. seeming like the private security con trackers do not do that. they end up serving that out there, pulling out afghanistan next summer. but as they tell us, demonstrators, they are on capitol hill and they say that it is not soon enough. >> reporter: that's right. and those demonstrators tell us that they chose this ninth anniversary to send a message to congress. and to deliver this notice to stop sending traumatized troops back up to the battlefield.

>> a busy center outside the medical center. vetter mans -- veterans, suffering from other disdisorders, speaking out like the former marine. >> and you never, you know, find that in real life. >> again in a lot of ways there, are moments where, you know, i don't know if i'm here. >> reporter: but she and a dozen others were here to pay tribute to fallen soldiers. and to launch what they call operation recovery. >> and they have a right to heal. >> with a picket sign in hand, they marched to take that message to capitol hills. each with a story to tell like this man whose unit was depicted in the video collateral murder. he never reported a sexual assault by a fellow marine.

the group of the veterans estimate 20% of the troops serving overseas are traumatize. he served a second tour after being diagnosedded with the traumatic brain injury, after being hit by the roadside bomb in '06. >> i needed them to help with the panic attacks. and it worsened. i mean if were out there now for going back. >> reporter: and get this, according to the research conducted by the iraq veterans against the war, traumatized service members are six times more likely to attempt suicide and in fact, listen to these numbers. they say that last year alone, 239 soldiers killed themselves more than 1700 service members. and they survived suicide attempts. we're live on capitol hill, 9news now. >> that's a different picture about the realities of the war. thank you for that. and up next, your tax

dollars at waste. thousands of stimulus checks made out to dead people at a case of a state youth services department under fire for miss handling millions of dollars of your money. we'll tell you more about those stories after the break. and plus, a loss treasure found and now we need your help to help find the rightful owners. devon, you've got the forecast? >> lesli, just completes awesomeness in this forecast. after a high of 77 today, they started out with a chilly 51 downtown. most of us in the 40s. we'll let you know how long beautiful weather lasts with our complete forecast. when 9news now comes back. i'm bob ehrlich. i'm not the kind of guy

who likes to hang on the sidelines. today maryland's in trouble. we're worse off than we were four years ago. dangerous debt, higher taxes, not enough jobs. we need real leadership to turn this state around. fix the budget honestly. grow small businesses, really. excellent schools everywhere. protect the bay, finally. it's why i'm running -- to make the state we love not just good, but great. now let's get down to work.

indicating millions of your taxpayer dollars have been wasted by the agency in charge of helping the young people in the juvenile justice system.

and the audit of the juvenile office. acing among the findings, a loss of $3 million in federal medicaid fund. $148 million in contracts that did not get a proper approval. and others that were overpaid. and plus, employees, apparently, some of them were paid overtime. and some of them were paid twice. we spoke to a legislative auditor who says that the agency is working to correct the problem. you can read more on our website on wusa9.com. and by the way, they planned to hear ad holding on this next month before the general assembly. a government investigator said that 8,000 economic stimulus checks were sent to people who were either dead or in prison. and each payment was $250. the social security administration inspector general breaks it down this way. about $18 million went to those who were dead. more than $4 million went to folks behind bars. believe it or not, more than

half were actually returned to the government. >> well, we need your help. this is no small thing. talking about hundreds and hundreds of cars. >> so this is where the large baseball card collection was found. in a grassy area, near the tennis court at east of the park in southwest washington. and a passer-by, they noticed the collection and they flagged down a patrol officer. and the correction was found in boxes and containers. police, they won't say the exact number, but they will only say that there were a lot more than 500 baseball cards. there are these specialty cards and other iconic and collectible cards that the owner will know.

if you know who the rightful owners are, call the metropolitan police. i'm surae chinn, at east of the park in southwest washington, 9news now. >> and thank you. up next, the campaign are working overtime for the democrats. but will it help? we're back in three minutes. hey ove, i'm gonna need a bank. any ideas? capital one bank. they're everywhere.

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points in the race. in his contest with the former governor. and sot big concern here -- sot big concern here is voter turnout in the rally designed to make sure that the hardcore democrats get out and vote on november 2. >> barack obama! [ cheering ] >> reporter: fired up enough to get out in the sun, fired up enough that three dozen people fainted from dehydration or exhaustion. >> reporter: martin o'malley is a democrat embracing the president and arguing that people are failing to give him the credit that he deserves. figures that maryland is different from the states where the republicans have won. >> and as they could take back new jersey, they can take back virginia, but they can't take

back maryland. >> as everybody shows up on november 2, i'm absolutely confident that we'll win. [ cheering ] >> if you ask enough people in the crowd r ux some will admit that they were fired up two years ago. >> with him coming to the university, talking to the students, it's giving us a bit of a feeling that we can't actually change that and go to the polls. >> thank you everybody, god bless you, to the united states of america. >> reporter: and the one no show was the democratic congressman for the eastern shore and the conservative place, where he is locked in a very, very tight race. >> reporter: hey bruce there, there was talk that there were several people who fainted out there. what was going on?

>> reporter: the people that fainted, it was back of the lack of water and they were all fine right there. two people taken to the hospital. but we understand they should be okay too. >> all right, thank you for that. >> by the way, they were also on the campaign day. the old area. so why come to these parts? well he says that this is where the battle will be won or lost. >> the key to our winning is here. gelling towards montgomery county. >> we're going to win big around the state. >> heed told the crowd after the slow start, campaign contributions, they are pouring in and they have been doing so over the past few weeks. let's check your neighborhood news now and get ready for a kid celebration. the crystal city business improvement district, they will be hosting the big party at the 35th annual marine corp. marathon on halloween. and the festival is from 9:30

in the morning until 2:00 in the afternoon. for more story on where you live, go to wusa9.com. >> seven is here, talking about a gorgeous, i mean, we can't find enough words to describe how great of a day it is outside. >> you'll get right into that area right there. just beautiful weather throughout the next few. and the only downside is maybe a bit of a breeze that you might have said okay. we'll take it out of the forecast. since we hit 77 today, i see no reason to pick it up a degree to tomorrow. take that up a degree on saturday. just 79. nearly 80 degrees. you want some 80s, we'll wait until we got beyond it this weekend. a little cooler with the clouds coming in. bringing slightly cooler air. the rest of this evening, dropping into the 70s and the 60s. overnight tonight, they allow us to get back into the mid-40s in the outer suburbs. downtown, 51, 52. where they are this morning. it could be a bright sunny day.

a lot of sunglasses for that morning commute in washington and then we're through the 50s and 60s, back into the 70s this afternoon. i'll take that upper 70s here tomorrow. a west breeze, 5 to 10 miles per hour. a couple of clouds here today. everything dies down as you go into the evening hours. the last system, well off into the atlantic. where they stand right now at reagan national, we have gotten down to 66 in gaithersburg. you're at 70 degrees in the rain. here at 72. eastern shore, eastern at 72. and the station down to 73 degrees right now. around the bay in this one and you're going to be a little warmer for the overnight hours here around the waters. and the sunshine here today. watch as they go into friday. sunshine, warm temperatures. watch as we go, friday into saturday. nothing to show you here except for the sunshine and still, staying warm. you might see a few more clouds in that future cast that doesn't show much of that as you go into sunday. but again, a little northwest winds that cool us down so slightly. and back into the lower 70s to

the near 80s. here are the adjustments, mid- 40s for what is out west, getting into the 50s of the beltway. right around upper 40s to the 50s. as we head back towards here. and storm, upper 70s for everyone out there, 78 officially. and a couple of you might even hit close to 80 degrees. i'm going to do that for some places that i'll show you in the zone forecast. upper 70s to the blue ridge. frederick maryland, where they could hit 80 degrees. and the fact of the mid-70s through the eastern shores. the seven-day forecast. a cool down a little bit on sunday. a couple of clouds to bring you to that forecast. look at monday and tuesday and a long weekend with the columbus day there. a beautiful 80 and 81 on tuesday. and the next system brings a few showers, cooling us down just a little bit through the middle of next week. >> all right, devon, stellar. >> should we be nervous about their injuries? >> i don't know. you know when he was in denver, he had $8 million different runningbacks behind the solid

offensive line. it never mattered there. but out here, now what? i mean, meet the very young three-headed monster that will try to take their place. and plus, how an innocent butt slap turned into a double ejection in the nba. 9news sports is next. check the tag. made in france. wow. the price tag. double wow. up to 60% off. find what makes you happy at a price that makes you homegoods happy.

who likes to hang on the sidelines. today maryland's in trouble. we're worse off than we were four years ago. dangerous debt, higher taxes, not enough jobs. we need real leadership to turn this state around. fix the budget honestly. grow small businesses, really. excellent schools everywhere. protect the bay, finally. it's why i'm running -- to make the state we love not just good, but great. now let's get down to work.

chances are, before the last week or two, you have never heard these names before. but with clinton portis out now, those are the three men that are now responsible for the entire redskins running game. three men who between them have one nfl start. the three babybacks, as we're calling them. sharing practice this morning trying to fill the shoes of the multi-time probowler, being an elite runner, consideredded one of the top receiving and the blocking backs in the nfl. as a massive role of the dice for the redskins offense. >> in the meantime, you know, you lead the designer parts to

the team, definitely disappointed. but it just loses the opportunity for someone elses. trying the record. >> you know, he always has had those backs that come out of nowhere. >> we have total confidence in those guys. we expect them not to miss the weeks, to, you know, keep on improving on what they have done in the past. >> meanwhile, the hunting switch became permanent today. placed on injured reserve. his season is over. and hunter is the punter, resigned yesterday, will be the man for the rest of the year. and clinton portis isn't the only local star battling the local begin injury. learning that the goalie is suffering from his own groin issues. that's the reason that he is on injured reserve with the season starting tomorrow. the 22-year-old, who has played in just 22nfhl games -- nhl games will start against the slashers tomorrow at minimum. the question now is how quickly will they be ready? if he has had the groin problem

so far? >> and we just discouraged that for him because it has happened before, taking him a while to get ready. but he was in such better shape this year that i don't think that it is going to take anywhere near as long. and i don't think that it is as bad as it was in the previous years. to want's play of the day? they are on our roosevelt green belt. on the 15-yard touchdown f catch as the the roosevelt raiders pick occupy the tigers from maryland, 47-7. for more high lites, log onto -- highlights, log onto our website. he got a cool phone called today, from the 81-year-old. and the only other man in baseball history to throw a no hitter in the preseason. and he threw his in the 1966 world series firefighter yankees. his game, of course, was a perfect game. >> look at game two, rangers.

and the fifth inning, tampa, at the plate. everybody in the building thinks that he swung at that pitch for strike three. but they didn't go around it. and i think that he did get the second light. what did he do with the second life on the next pitch? of course, he jacks one out of the park. the three-run shot, helping them take game one and game two. and finally, this is grant hill. and getting tangled up last night. no hard feelings here. he gets that slap back and then a third right here. what's the rest? he misunderstands the whole thing. thinking that they were fighting, throwing them both out of the game. and he never gets thrown out of the game. someone told him what the deal was. and then he realized the mistakes he made. still, they were tough. i mean, you know in sports, that is a sign. hey, i didn't mean to hurt you. you've got to understand that. >> yeah. >> i mean, that's clearly if you're watching it, there were no, you know,ing anger there on the steps. >> no, no, no, i understand

what you're talking about. that's it for us on 9news now at 6:00, have a great night.