alexander bennett is charged in the murder of high di bernard zukcowski. she had been strangled and her neck was cut. there was a match found in the dna database to dna at the scene. ben note as another hearing set for next month. >>> police think two men are burglarying several homes in the -- burglarizing several homes in the glen burnie and severn neighborhoods. >> reporter: the suspect's mo is simple. hit a house in the middle of the day and make out with cash and sometimes property. do it quick. do it often and as this map reflects, keep them close. that's what she's doing with her three children has she learned one of her neighbors was a victim. >> scared. it makes me think twice. lock the doors. now dealing with a loss of security in a neighborhood she grew up in, an unare in offing feeling -- unnerving feeling police are doing their best to settle. >> be on the lookout for your neighbors, suspicious suspects, even if it's a little bit of uncertainty. it raises that if something isn't right, it probably isn't. >> reporter: police are adding patrols,

bennett is running against word 7 council member yvette alexander in april's democratic primary. >>> it may soon be easier to pay through airport security more quickly. the tsa is expanding its risk-based prescreening security program. it allows passengers the government considers low risk to pass through security without possibly having to take off their shoes, belts, or jackets. the program is currently in use at seven airports nationwide. none in our area. >>> 4:38 is our time. ahead on "news4 today," we're now hearing a woman's frantic call for help after a house explodes. >> it blew up, the house -- >> what the woman's 911 calls reveal about the father who killed his two sons and himself. >>> plus, asking to keep jerry sandusky behind bars, why neighbors say they are concerned about the former assistant coach. >>> and we're watching the weather. >>> time for weather & traffic on the 1s. 4:41. good morning, mostly cloudy in storm center 4. all the counties in color under a weather advisory for later today for accumulating snow that includes howard, montgomery, fauquier, rappahann

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bennett is running against ward 7 council member yvette alexander in april's democratic primary. >>>yland governor martin o'malley's plan to charges sales taxes on -- charge sales taxes on gasoline is facing opposition from the state's comptroller. peter francho says the tax would be a shot in the gut for the middle class and for businesses. fr francho held a round table on the effects of a gas tax -- the effects of a gas tax hike. he did not offer any other alternatives, though, to raise transportation revenue but said a hike should wait until after the state has recovered from the ongoing recession. >>> students at a pennsylvania college can now get the morning after pill from an unusual source. the university offers a plan b emergency contraceptive in a vending machine. it's located at the campus health center. it also has condoms, decongestants and pregnancy tests in that vending machine. school officials say the student association requested the vending machine,&a campus survey found that 85% of students supported it. >>> forget coffee, a harvard professor says the next big pick

now, today, the reverend bill bennett, who is organizing this, we should mention that he is running for d.c. council here in ward 7 against yvette alexander in the democratic primary in april. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the ruling on same-sex marriage in california could have an impact in our area. at least one leader hopes so. that is coming up next. >>> information a new year's day killing at a local hospital that left people stunned. we'll tell you what is due to unfold this that case coming up. checking more headlines on the other side of the break. e brea >>> in just a few hours, a hospital employee convicted of killing his supervisor will hear his fate. keith little is expected to be sentenced this morning in montgomery county circuit court. little stabbed his boss to death on new year's day 2011 at suburban hospital in bethesda after allegedly getting a bad performance review. >>> opening arguments in the murder trial of a former uva la crosse player are expected to begin today. george huguely is suspected of killing his girlfriend in 2010. he needed not guilty to first degree murder and five other charges. this morning, both