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the group called public power for montgomery county has started an online petition. the group is asking the county council to do some research on the issue. it's been a rough summer there. hundreds of thousands of pepco customers have lost their electricity, some for over a week. >>> one year after the georgetown waterfront flooded one business is finally getting back on its feet. tony and joe's seafood riverside grill had a soft reopening today. the restaurant was among the hardest hit there. the inside of the restaurant is still under construction, but it's back in full service for the first time since the flood. >> we are so happy because we can put all our people back to work and as you see, the restaurant is absolutely beautiful and we're excited about being reopening. >> that's some good news there. tony and joe's will have a grand reopening in september. in addition to the renovations, an ice rink will be installed outside the restaurant in the winter. >>> the st. clement's island museum in maryland has a new exhibit that features a private presidential memora

today, a group called a public power from montgomery county started an online petition. it is asking the county council to consider a feasibility study on the issue. after the surprise summer storm, thousands of montgomery county pepco customers lost electricity, many left in the dark for an entire week. >> one year after the waterfront flooded, one business is getting back on its feet. tony and joe's seafood had a reopening today. their restaurant was among the hardest hit. now inside of the restaurant is still under construction, but back in full service for the fir time since that flood. >> we are so happy because we can put all our people back to work and as you see, the restaurants are absolutely beautiful. we are excited about being reopening. >> they will have a grand reopening in september in addition to the renovations and ice rink will be installed outside the restaurant in the winter. >>> well, we don't want to talk about snow or ice just yet, cooler temperatures and rain on the way, as you mentioned. >> i don't know how everybody else feels, i am ready for th

our charges are pending based on an online complaint. >> mr. scott had on distinct clothing when was contacted by the officer that day. the day before we received a call for indecent exposure and the day of his arrest we received an online complaint for indecent exposure for a person wearing similar clothing. >> reporter: scott is expected to receive a misdemeanor charge for the incident on july 25th. >> we offered victims the opportunity to make anonymous complaints. we know in law enforcement usually sex crimes are underreported. >> reporter: there have been 70 online complaints of sexual abuse or harassment on metro trains since the system was activated march 9th. a team of transit police officers will follow up on every one of them. the online reporting form is easily accessible on a smartphone. both these women busily checking theirs at reagan national airport stop say it's a great option, especially for women traveling alone. >> oftentimes i think women don't know where to go to if something happens. so i think it's good. >> i would be in

an online journal. he's the author of the year poetry. as well as his first spoken word. it's a recipient of the masha a gomez award. please welcome manual xavier. >> hello. okay. there we go. how are you doing? first of all, thank you so much. it's such a great pleasure to be back in san francisco. i love this city and it's always a pleasure to be here. i want to thank mishell t. one is new. it will give you a back story. a few years ago, i had been attacked on the streets of brooklyn. i am deaf in my left ear. >> sitting on the l, i was made a wear, my voice of louder. he didn't know about the hearing loss in one here. i remained silent. i didn't turn around to expose the scar on the back of my head. so that i wouldn't have to explain the origination. instead of business cards, i should explain, it would read as follows. my name is emaniel. i became a prostitute. i found my salvation? writing. i pushlished a book. i was recently attacked on the streets where i lived. >> the surgery left me deaf. i do not have aids. men are not allowed to be a soldier. i am not asking fo

low advised yoneyama to create an online version of his game. >> drag and drop. okay. play a game with someone who is on the other side. >> reporter: yoneyama says children of all ages enjoy playing his game. so now he feels confident that it could be successful. >> translator: coming here has made me realize that i need to work on a smartphone application and do more to promote my game. i want to make this game available in more languages and sell it all around the world. >> reporter: yoneyama is now looking to take his invention to the next level. for singapore, the festival is an opportunity to develop a future generation of scientists. mark ho, nhk world, singapore. >>> economies across the asia-pacific region aim to conclude a pact in 2015 with the final goal of setting up a free trade zone. they say their targets will be more ambitious than those of the existing free trade agreements signed among them. ten asean member nations and six other countries -- japan, china, south korea, india, australia and new zealand -- reached the agreement at a meeting in cambodia.

nfl officials say that if you get to that of the game you must take an online for hour course.re's some people that were are reviewing it up outside of candlestick park. denver not happy especially when i told them the course costs $75. >> if you show up before taking the course will be arrested for trespassing >> i don't believe that's right pit they will save the contact information of those opposed -- of those take out. >> some people not be -- should not be allowed back ever cared they do not know how the be paid. >> i, the officials and york city at nfl that there are not as many arrests because they're making the each objections from the park. >>pam: news tonight, and a legal dumping ground was found in antioch. it is at a cemetery. cemetery employees believe they know who was responsible. >> that visit pile -- that is a pile of garbage but i am not standing in a landfill. they also found a vendor receipt with the appeared they believe that the company and its upper could be responsible for leaving the burke debris behind here >> why would people dump their garbage on hol

. >> a dc mash han sentenced to 33 months for crimes related to an online prostitution ring. fbi officials and montgomery county police say the 32-year-old owned an online prostitution business called prime d.c. it used craigslist to recruit women from all across the country. police say the operation made more than $1.8 million over the last four years. >>> we have an update for you on a story we reported yesterday about that controversial digital sign outside a church in vienna, virginia. fairfax county has now decided to dismiss the code violation. that's according to "the washington post." the violation was issued last month when the sign revealed more than two messages a day, which is against county rules. who knew? but late yesterday, the county said the church can change the message as often as it needs to within reason. the rules involving message limits for all electronics in the county, they're about to be reevaluated. the change of heart comes one week after the church filed suit against the county. >>> after being offlimbs for two years, the reflecting pool in fron

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nearly 600 parents already signed an online petition o posing the transportation plane and there is a facebook page dedicated to the fight to get it overturned. parents can appeal if their kids got the boot and that can take weeks. >> reporter: she used to ride the bus to arlington. this year, the petite fifth grader will have to walk a mile to get there, lugging a backpack as big as she is. >> on uesdays, i have saxophone class and i have to carry it to school and home video can-from-school, carrying two times as much as this. >> reporter: she is one of hundreds of students who learned they can no longer ride the bus to school. they removed five zones to ease overcrowding. >> the disturbing thing, the county didn't give us notice. we heard 10 days ago they're making the drastic change. >> reporter: the school official said the walking policy has been on the book for years and this is the first year they enforcing it. elementary schools within a mile must walk. middle school and high school kids who live within a mile and a half of their schools have to hit the pavement, too. >> and g

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an african-american for the democratic party etc. you can do online fund raising. it would basically be online platform that supporters of the democratic party could use in 2006 during the midterm election. it was this system that then became mybarackobama.com during the presidential election. let me say a quick note about this. what's important about that history, this is a screen shot of the obama 08 website from july, 2007 obama announced in 2007 the campaign had in place a platform to support thousands of support groups around the country immediately going on line and starting to take action for the candidate. remember i showed you earlier the campaign before the tools listed in essentially the candidates would waste months. they didn't have a way to get supporters engaged. they didn't have a way to get the ground running. they could announce thousands of groups could start already to be mobilized by the campaign and start to take action in fund raising whether it is through online be sent creation, whether it is through the local events etc. or even just keepi

nearly 600 parents have already signed an online petition opposing the new plan.ox 5's audrey barnes has the story. >> reporter: lee ann woolsey used to ride the bus. but this year, the pet eat fifth grader will have to walk about a mile to get there lugging a backpack as big as she is. >> on tuesdays, i have saxophone class and i have to carry it to school and only from school which is like carrying two times as much as this. >> reporter: she is one of hundreds of arlington students who just learned they can no longer ride the bus to school. school fills have removed 12 bus stops at five different schools that are within the walk zoned to ease overcrowding on the buses. >> the disturbing thing is the county didn't give us any notice. we heard about 10 days ago they are making this drastic change. >> reporter: school officials say the walking policy has been on the book for years but this is the first year they are actively enforcing t elementary students within a mile of school must walk. middle and high school student would live within a mile and a half of their

the city's facebook page directs residents to an online survey where they can -- suggestions. the city said they will be shared with sin mark. >>> thank you for joining us at 5. the news edge at 6 starts now. now. . >>> as a father of two daughters, i want tough justice for predators. i have a -- have a compassionate heart for the victims of sexual assault. i pray for them. >> the big story tonight. >>> republican congressman todd akin apologizes after controversial comments on rape and abortion. members from his own party are questioning him to quit the missouri senate race. he refused and instead, issued an online apology. >> the fact is that rape can lead to pregnancy. the truth is, rape has many victims. >> too late to seek forgiveness. big names becoming more vocal in their call for akin to drop out. >> reporter: it doesn't get bigger than some of the names in the republican party and missouri itself. and in a statement from u.s. senator roy blunt in four missouri senators, they all say, quote, they do not believe it serves the national service interest for congressman to

an online delivery makes things easier.s can ad up -- add up and so can the calories. >> reporter: the cost of ordering food online has made dinner easy but has made it costly and less healthy. a recent study from the university of rochester evaluated 160,000 online orders. under the cloak came orders with higher costs and higher calories. the same online tools to load toppings on a pizza can be easily used to customize a meal. sites like grub hub have added more options. >> we've had a lot of people ask for these low fat, low carb, vegetarian, gluause they want more healthy options. >> reporter: ordering online means requests to substitute healthier sides will get lost in the shuffle. for big portion, put half to the side as soon as it arrives. >> one of the things that's nice about delivery food it comes in its own containers. >> reporter: that cuts calories and turns one meal into two or possibly three, adding more bang and less bulk for the buck. for consumer watch, i'm karin caifa. >> sounds like a good idea. if you wa

tonight, one 17-year-old girl at the center of an online firestorm. >>> plus, with michelle obama and over 50 pint-size chefs and one healthy menu and the president crashing. inside the first ever kids' state dinner. >>> good evening. i'm terry moran. and tonight, the west is burning. giant wildfires, thousands of acres wide are sweeping across idaho, california and other western states, adding more heat to what is already poised to be a record-breaking summer of fires. and it's not just flames ravaging the u.s., there's also been soaring temperatures, extreme drought and freak storms across the country. abc's neal karlinsky comes to us now from sutterville, idaho. >> reporter: we're driving into the fire zone. >> the area. >> reporter: thank you. getting into idaho isn't easy. a huge wildfire is burning. the roads are choked with heavy smoke and long lines of firefighters. in the front lines we met teams from michigan, electrical alaska and oregon. tom colin is has been fighting fires 50 years. he's working construction in the off-season. >> you become a junkie and like this stuff. i

. >> and an online prostitution ad calls it the lunch special, but when the johns show up, they're greetedy a dozen cops. we take you inside the local sting in a fox 5 exclusive. >>> a suspected killer is off the streets, police arrested the man accused in a deadly jewelry store robbery. thanks for joining us tonight. i'm shawn yancy. >> i'm brian bolter. police are trying to connect the suspect to a similar robbery in d.c. fox 5's audrey barnes spoke with the victim's family. >> family and friends called police when 52-year-old tommy wong didn't come home from his jewelry store on july 27th. police found him dead inside. 52 yell james sylvester caroline -- 52-year-old james sylvester caroline of washington d.c. is in custody and is expected to be charged with wong's death very soon. as the memorial continues to grow outside the capital jewelers in arlington, news of a speedy arrest in the case catches some by surprise. >> they have a suspect. >> really? thank god. >> detectives picked up 52-year- old james sylvester caroline wednesday on a probation violation, but after a joint investigat

. >> an eyewitness tells radar online that some people were snorting cocaine at the party in the prince'ste. and others arrived already high on mushrooms. but that same source did not see harry himself using cocaine or drugs. and a different source says there's actual video of the antics that is now being shopped around. >> going to get a pretty penny. >>> and a couple in the d.c. area has become an online sensation thanks to their spectacular wedding spot. >> it's an extremely narrow peak in west virginia. a sheer climb of 900 feet that they scaled, clad in full wedding garb. not room for a big bridal party. just family members who pitched in to perform the ceremony and take pictures. stay tuned. you'll see that couple live today on "good morning america." well, i had all the classic symptoms... like the elephant on my chest... he thought he was having a heart attack. she said, "take an aspirin, we need to go to the hospital." i'm on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. i'm very grateful to be alive. aspirin reall

america and american culture but here's a brief interview on the exhibit and how you can join in on an online chat. >> we call it "books that shaped america," as opposed to other words we considered, like "changed america." looks slowly have an impact on american society. so many books had a profound influence on culture and society and the very essence of what america is. the earliest book is ben franklin's book on electricity grid and of course, thomas paine's book that really kind of a spark or save the american revolution. novels are a critical part of american culture. many of them identify who we were becoming, the aspirations we had as a nation. others told about experiences that we had uniquely as americans. we also thought that it was very important to look at non-fiction and books that either were self- help or broke dowler years of some kinds. we look for books that were innovative, that showed america as the country and inspired going to the frontier. that could be literally or intellectual. >> if you would like to participate in an online discussion with the associate librarian o

before they get to campus, students can drag and drop items from an online store and fit them in ttosee shopping lists with roommates or divide purchases, and order items to have items shipped directly to the dorm. i'm karin caifa, and you're now... clicked in. it's the end of an era. era.production of the jeep liberty is done.find out if a new one.. will take its place. bth - human trafficking human trafficking is among the most hhinous criminal acts. foreigners are transported into the u.s. to work under inhumane conditions. many in the sex trade. slavery in america didn't end in 1865.two years ago, the fbi announced the largess human trafficking case in u.s. history. as many as 600 workers from thailand were allegedly brought to the u.s. to work in farms in hawaii and washington state. according to authorities, the ringleaders fraudulennly induced workers to incur substantial debts, confiscated passports, and threatened workers with physical harm. many lived in decrepit and crowded housing infested with rats.the equal employment opportunity commission filed a civil lawsuit against g

. >>> a family's battle with progressive insurance has become an online battle of sorts. died in a car crash here in baltimore nearly two years ago when an suv ran a red light. she was insured for a hundred thousand dollars. her family only received 25 thousand. the jury found the other driver negligent last week but despite that ruling progressive had been accused of short the family several grand. after fisher blogged about the case online say fg you're insured by progressive and they owyou money they will fend your killer in court in oero not have to pay for your policy. >> my tumbler is not a -- not an especially large so i was speaking out of a sense of obligation to my sister and parent sfwls now, progressive responded saying we probably handled the claim with a contractual obligation. matt fisher says his family still has not received a check. >>> sugar sugar. would you be able to tell the difference between name brand sugar and generic sugar? probably not. >> what about generic doritos? most of us would probably know the difference generic doritos? some things to b

southwest airlines has started refunding the money of customers who were mistakenly overcharged after an onlinecket promotion backfired. the deal was designed to celebrate the airlines' reaching three million fans on facebook. instead hundreds were charged up to 30 times for their single flight. southwest blames a computer glitch. the company will pay customers for any overdraft fees. >>> new concerns about caltrans safety testing on the bay bridge and other roads. an investigation fond an inspector failed to check the -- found an inspector failed to check act res of his gauge. engineers started reviewing test records and found doctored data and other suspicious results from that inspector. the department of transportation has maintained tests are valid and the bay bridge is safe. >>> controversial program that will provide san francisco panhandlers with dogs from animal sell -- animal shelters set to begin today. the two month program will screen panhandlers. peta says the program is ill-conceived. >>> we are getting a glimpse of who some of the big political stars will be at next month's repu

the social net work has launched an online video of bingo. the games are only available to users in great britain. those are your tech bytes. have a great day. i'm rob nelson. >>> the ftc says some digital companies want do not track to penoyou can only opt out of receiving targeted ads not out of data collection itself. the data marketing association says it has to collect some anonymous data to help improve how it works. >> if you're getting a lot of clicks from a particular area, you might want to open a new rental car agency in that area. >> the digital advertising alliance recently unvailed its self-regulated opt out program. just click on icons like this one. you'll still get ads just not targeted based on what you search. some web becausers say you don't want to be tracked in privacy settings. >> mario is hoping to protect his privacy next time he shops online. >>> right now the do not track, it features on internet browsers. though members of the digital advertising alliance pledge not to track you if you release it. it says if compan

it will probably be an online survey that should be fairly easy. the more people that fill it out, the better the data we will have we think it will likely be in the billions. the more you that it involved and give the data that is asked of you, the more accurate it will be. i will leave it there. the other thing i was hoping to do today, just a power play instead of the actual web site. many remember when, about one year ago, we had some violence going on. the mayor shook a finger in city hall and talk about fixing the night life and policing yourself. it was passed by david shu, regarding promoters. it started a few years ago ended did not go anywhere. basically it wound up being a listing of promoters. so, we are pretty close to launching this website. it will look like that. not bad. it is super simple and it is one of those things that you sign up for this free. it does not create a good promoter list or a bad promoter list. it's simply is a list. san francisco has never had a listing or registry at all about who is in that business of promoti

they will all need to take an online course that will begin with incoming freshmen in the fall of 2013. the virginia department of education says that they would like to make sure that students are made to online classes. and virginia ranked number 12, but maryland came in at 19 and that is a drastic improvement from last year when they were ranked number five. now, there's a silver lining to this report. they said that toxic commissions, they dropped by 19% nationwide. >>> another hot muggy day, another round of storms. when can you break the cycle? topper will hit us know. but first, speed walking, the rhythmic gymnastics. should they win that for sports like these? hear what some will have to say to replace them coming up next. >>> a really big day late this afternoon. the u.s. women's soccer team, catching their third straight olympic gold title. the red, white, blue, avenging their loss in the world cup finals, netting both gold for the u.s. that helped give team u.s.a. a commanding lead in the medal count. right now the united states has a 10-medal count over china. russia is rou

we'll continue to bring you the latest both on air an online at wjz.com. >>> the first day of august is here and it's brought some gray skies to our area. cloudy with a little bit of sunshine. we have complete first warning weather coverage with tim williams in the out back and bernadette woods in the weather center. we begin with bernadette. >> good afternoon. first warn warning doppler radar still a couple of showers and thunderstorms out there as we remain in this unsettled air mass and will through at least tomorrow. we have some more to talk about down the line. we're going to take you on a quick tour and show you what we have going on. this area first, where we saw a thunderstorm coming in from the northwest, fizzling somewhat but still some showers and few rumbles of thunder as it makes its way towards columbia. southeast of that, we have some stronger thunderstorms, nothing severe at this point. of course if that were to change we would let you know. this isn't going to be a severe day as far as thunderstorms go. with the clouds around and the thunderstorms the temperatures w

researchers say when those surveyed were showed an online ad support dropped slightly. >>> tonight the petaluma national all stars will try to survive and advance at the little league world series. last night they were doing a little scouting to see who they would play in today's elimination game they will place the people from texas. the winner of this game today will play tennessee in saturday's championship game. the owner of boulevard mas is showing the game in two theaters many tickets are $5 and will include a rally towel. the money raised goes to help the immediate families pay for their trip to pennsylvania to see their kids play. >>> petaluma faces texas today at 5, airs live on espn 2 and will be rebroadcast at 8 p.m. on comcast 195 and 715 and kgo digital 7.2 and 7.3. >>> exciting. >>> good luck kids. >>> time to check in with mike. >>> talk about williamsport, mid 80s today with a little humidity so the kids from here in california may not be used to that but i'm sure they will do fine. good luck to you guys. visibility not as low as yesterday four miles santa rosa, five ha

this 29-year-old man made an online call for a lunch discussion about travel. social dining is becoming a growing trend. eating as a group costs less than cooking for yourself and social dining also helps those living alone meet new people. >> translator: at first, i was worried i'd feel embarrassed eating with strangers, but i actually found it comfortable. sharing a meal with people who have the same interests is really fun. >> reporter: this communal attitude may be helping people stay positive under tough economic conditions. >>> analysts say the decision may have been prompted by anti-japanese sentiment over the senkaku island. the storyteller had been scheduled to perform friday. the event was supposed to celebrate japan-china friendship. this year marks the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic ties. the chinese sponsor of the performance told nhk that preparations hadn't been completed in time. they said they're still translating their stories. but the association of japanese residents says the sponsor gave them a different reason. they we

that leaves one chance for a speculation, including an online report that president obama had said he'sed romney will pick cia director david petraeus. >> i can say with absolute confidence that such an assertion has never been uttered by the president. >> reporter: trust us, it's not going to be petraeus. the final list, the solid and safe choices of rob portman and former governor tim pawlenty or the bolder and riskier choices of paul ryan or marco rubio. there's just not much time left, george. this is today. the republican convention started in less than three weeks. and the 29th, that's the day that's reserved for the vice presidential candidate to speak. so we know romney has to make his decision by then. but we suspect it's going to be quite a few days before that. >> but there may be time for a few more wild rumors. jon karl, thanks very much. >>> now to an abc news exclusive exclusive. against one of the most deadly diseases, ebola. experts from disease control have rushed in, and abc's dr. richard besser, a former head of the cbc reports from uganda tonight. >> reporter: it's

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akin is showing no signs of dropping out he launched an online fundraising appeal last night.bc7 news. >>> president obama returns to the campaign trail today he will leave washington in a cull of hours and head for ohio to talk to voters about education and the university in columbus. he will then fly to nevada. >>> breaking news from abc news, swimmer diana nyad has been pulled from the water before completing her swim. today is the fifth day of nyad's attempt to make the 103 mile crossing. the 62-year-old hoped to reach key west, florida by wednesday. she was slowed by a storm yesterday less than 60 miles from her goal. she also suffered from jellyfish sticks. no word on why she was pulled out of the -- jellyfish stinks. no word on why she was pulled from the water. >>> the drought stricken mississippi river may be wide but not deep enough for ships to use. 11 mile stretch near the state line is almost entirely closed. water levels as low as five feet. the lowest they've been since the drought in 1988. one hundred boats and barges are stranded. southbound river track by day

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exhibit here in just a minute, but we also want to issue an invitation to you to participate in an online discussion about books that shaped america. what books you think may be included or should be included. we're going to show you what the library of congress came up with, and if you're interested in participating in an online discussion with us, e-mail us at booktv@cspan.org. now here's the tour. well, there's a new exhibit at the library of congress, and it's called books that shaped america. booktv is taking a tour of that exhibit, ask joining us is roberta schafer who is associate librarian for the library of congress. ms. schafer, why do you call it books that shaped america? >> well, we actually call it books that shaped america as opposed to some of the other words we considered like changed america. because we think that books slowly have an impact on american society, and shaped seemed to be the better word to imply that kind of con connotat. >> when you think of the word shaped and what you just said, what book in this exhibit comes to mind -- >> well, actually, that's the fa

we've taken all of those records which are public information and created an online data base and tonight opening it up to you. whether you want to know a neighbor's salary or an official's bonus, now all you have to do is search it just like russ ptacek did to break the story. >> we have more than 13,000 gsa payroll records online right now. you can find it at wusa9.com. scroll down to the check it out category. then click the gsa data base. you can search by worker name, position and other categories, including duty city. let's say you want to search a gsa office location. you can scroll through cities worldwide and click yours. here in washington, we show 130 pages of responses which you can sort by total paycheck, bonuses, called a ward amount, annual lee pay, two types of overtime, staff position or name. it sorts lowest to highest. so to find the extreme highs, click to the very last page where in washington alone we find 23 gsa workers making over time starting at around $40,000 a year going to nearly $112,000 in overtime. and that's one overtime category alone. or you can leave al

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he is the co-founder and publisher of an online magazine. i will let him begin the program. >> what a turnout. this is amazing. thank you, spur. i want to make a quick announcement. a wise person told me that if you want people to come to your revolution, through the best party. i am headed over to thursday -- thirsty bear after we experience the hospitality of spur. drinks are on me. [applause] yeah! i want to echo the comments of david chiu. i think this is a big moment. i want to celebrate. mayor lee's working group can make a great city even greater. other cities are watching san francisco. what we do here will influence them, and that could change the world. there are a lot of questions, too. the sharing economy waits to be shaped by policy. it is in its adolescence. this is a transformative moment. it is waiting to be shaped by policy, but for whose benefit? we believe it should be shaped for the benefit of as many people as possible, and especially for those who need it the most. . we also need new regulations, not simply application

some people have been so angry they organized protests even set up an online petition. >> the city already has a surplus of millions and millions of dollars. to continue to tax us like this is unfair. >> reporter: hearing those concerns, they called a meeting today to find out if something can be done to send a no- speeding message to the public and not take so much cash if caught. >> really, the government has gone to far with -- and how large the fines are. they showed traffic fatalities going down since put in. >> we had have had 11 traffic fatalities this year and that is a detective of 60%. >> and one issue, the projected surplus is already factored into the budget. $30million. if they were to lower fines, they would have to cut services or find other forms of revenue. >> it shouldn't be set to raise mean for the district of columbia budget and that should match what the traffic infringement is. >> reporter: all right, so this is just a discussion today. one idea getting a lot of talk is doing away with radar altogether and keep the speed cameras but make it a one-time fee and that is

. >> facebook has started an online gambling service in britain, the social networking giant launched this new business as it aims to boost its revenue sources. facebook began providing online bingo developed by british game maker games. adults 18 and over can bet money using credit card and play the game for cash prizes. facebook started the service because online gaming using real money is legal and well regulated in britain. behind the controversial move is the intention to secure profits as the stock price has been declining since it went public a few months ago. >>> global warming and nuclear accident in japan have focused attention on renewable energy. wind and solar power generate a lot of interest but another promising source is geothermal power, it taps heat produced by magma deep underground. here's the report on efforts to harness the country's massive potential. >> reporter: indonesia has 150 active volcanos, more than any other country on earth. from where i'm standing this source of energy has been gushing up continuously since the discovery in the late 1920s. the indone