the grinch was arrested in clarksville, tennessee. i know. i was shocked, too. i thought they'd never catch him. he terrorized whoville for years. they said they found him thanks to cindy lou who. >> last night we got a tip from our investigators that the grinch was in our county. >> the deputies were like, hey, i found max. once they got him in custody, they put a gps tracking device on him. >> those tracking devices led us back to the cave and now the grinch is where he should be. >> did they put this whole news story together to get max adopted? >> wkrn put this whole thing together to help max get adopted. >> good. creative, i like that. >> does that dog not look like max? >> he sure does. >> he's precious and sweet and he needs a loving home now that he's had to put up with a grinch for so long. >> somebody with a gigantic heart. >> you're looking at surveillance footage from western australia. you see when he is bringing in the detainee. you see the detainee does throw a punch at the officer. watch what happens. you see him swing at the detainee several ti

fire crews in howard county have had their hands full, battling a house fire from clarksville, maryland. within the hour a home in the 6000 block of blue point court caught fire. crews from montgomery helping t blaze. so far no injuries have been reported. we have understanding noi that they have knocked down the flames -- now that they have knocked down the flames. it is still a pretty serious situation in that area so stay away from it, if you can. >>> thank you for joining us at noon. i'm andrea roane. the obama administration is reporting a dramatic improvement in the healthcare website. as tara mergener reports, there are still plenty of challenges ahead. >> reporter: the frantic work to fix the government's healthcare website is starting to pay off. president obama's technology troubleshooters say healthcare.gov can now handle 50,000 users at that time a time, or up to 800,000 each day. advisor jeffrey zion said the site now works most of the time for most users. >> we executed hundreds of software fixes, and hardware upgrades. and the site is now stable and operating at its inten

news chopper seven flew over that scene of the unoccupied home in clarksville. traffic in the area was blocked as the crews worked to get the fire under control. it spread to an adjoining townhouse and caused damage. one firefighter sustained minor injuries, but was not hospitalized. the red cross is now helping six displaced people. >> we are checking traffic on this monday. right now, we are looking at volume areas -- volume delays around the area. the heaviest traffic on the inner loop through bethesda- silver spring. our latest incident on route one, a crash there. that should be out of the roadway. otherwise, just volume delays along the freeways. i-95 southbound, slow in several stretches between newington and woodbridge and beyond. a crash reported along the right side of the roadway. plenty of volume today on 66 out in centerville. headed westbound, an incident on the shoulder is getting a lot of attention. on the else way near connecticut avenue, lots of volume on the way to college park. all lanes open at least in montgomery county. that is the way it

investigators in howard county are trying to determine what caused a townhouse fire on blue point court in clarksville, maryland. dozens of firefighters were on the scene. it took them an hour to bring the blaze under control. one of them was injured fighting the fire. no one was in the two townhouses that sustained the damage. other nearby homes had to be evacuated. >>> we are uncovering details about a northern virginia man accused of robbing a number of his girlfriend's neighbors. the 26-year-old is accused of robbing half a dozen homes in reston since june. tall houses were in an area around north shore drive where we are told his girlfriend's family lives. police say he would then try to resell the stolen property. julie carey will explain how police tracked him down. it's coming up at 5:00. >>> no sunshine on this cloudy monday. >> veronica johnson is in the weather center. we did warm up a bit though, didn't we? >> we did. it's the trend for the rest of the workweek. for back to work and back to school today, i have been monitoring the cloud cover across the area. a bit of a downer today with a

. >>> at the live desk, look at this live picture in clarksville. a two-alarm town house fire.n the scene on the 6,000 block of blue point court. evacuations of adjacent homes to the left there. no word on injuries at this point, but you can see that is completely destroyed. the votes are in. the new panda cub has a name. it's baobao that means spreshs. the unveiling included lion dancers and an address from michelle obama as well as the first lady of china. more than 123,000 people voted online to pick the cub's name. baobao will make her first public debut early next year. time for a final check on the forecast. >> a cloudy day and a perfect day to end the weekend. it's gloomy outside and back to work. back to reality. no more leftovers left. 50 degrees with the clouds outside. that's as much as we can muster. low 50s tomorrow and a warming trend over the 60 degree master bedroom by thursday. thursday night to friday and saturday is showery with another cold front and sunday snow flakes. it's always worth watching. >> that's the news for today. we invite you to tune in at 4,

. >>> people out of their homes in clarksville. their homes caught fire this morning. two homes damaged. no one was home at the time. neighboring homes has to be evacuated. one of them was injured during the fire fight. >>> no jail time for a schoolteacher accused of molesting his students. two 11-year-old girls said he sexually abused them in february. he was their teacher in rockville. today, he pleaded guilty to second degree assault charges. his 12-year sentence is suspended. he's now on probation for three years and won't be allowed to have contact with children. >>> we now know the name of the man shot to death inside a prince george's county gas station. it happened this morning in forestville. as police hunt for the killer, new numbers show violent crime is down in prince george's county. tracee wilkins is live from police headquarters with more on that. >> reporter: this is something the county and this police department has been focused on for years. try to get the homicide numbers down. it's a difficult thing to talk about after a man is killed earlier this

investigators are looking for the cause of this fire in a town home on blue point court in clarksville. the fire damaged the home next door. nobody was home at the time. it started about 11:00 this morning. >>> a man inside a gas station was robbed and killed overnight in forestville. police need your help. the 25-year-old was shot at the bp station on walter's station about 3:00 this morning. detectives think there were more than one suspect. jackson was standing inside the gas station when he was shot. investigators believe robbery was the motive. we also have new numbers about the murder rate in prince george's county. tracee wilkins joins us live from police headquarters in palmer park. >> reporter: every time there is a homicide in a community, folks who live there feel like the murder rate is up. here in prince george's county, we have a month left, but they are now on track to have fewer homicides than last year. the demolition of this abandoned house is part of prince george's effort to curb crime. it's called the targeting neighborhood initiative, a program aimed at targeting

this is blue point circle in clarksville, which is in howard county. the fire started on the second story of one unit and it soon spread to a house. at least two town homes are uninhabitable right now. firefighters battled the flames for an hour and now the serge search to determine what caused it all. >>> food trucks in downtown washington changed the way a lot of us do lunch. where we go and what we eat. >> that's right, today a lottery for the most coveted food truck parking spots went into effect. bruce johnson reports on the winners and the losers. >> lunchtime at the plaza in southwest today. only 18 food trucks selected by city lottery were allowed to park at 7th and maryland avenue. all others had to stay at least 200 feet away and park at meters where they had to pay the regular rate like the rest of us. >> there was no stress. i pulled in at 10:32, like there was a spot waiting for me. didn't have to hassle with other cars. didn't have to jostle with other food trucks. >> this was the first day a food truck lottery took effect. for the rest o

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