home prices ...continue to fall in some neighborhoods neighborhoods state comptroller... peter franchot... is... touring... some... areas... hardest hit... by... the poor economy. .../ today... he visited baltimore's... frankfort estates... / where... foreclosed... homes are vacant .../. it's... also estimated... that nearly 70 percent... here... are underwater...// but... franchot says... that's.. consistent with stories... he's &phearing... state--wide. < "we have a lot of foreclosures. we have a lot of short sales. we have a lot of homes underwater...in some counties, fifty percent of the homes are underwater."> underwwter."> one way ...owners... are trying to save their homes... is... by... appealing their tax assessments..../ a... home like this... in baltimore... can have an annual tax bill... of 7 thousand dollars. a proposed slots casino at the rocky gap lodge in western maryland is already being downsized... even before they break ground. the develooers promised to build a new facility with 15-hundred slot machines.but they couldn't ggt private financing... so they've

statistics.up to fifty percent of homeowners are underwater on their mortgage in some maryland comptroller peter franchot ii touringgthe state, talking business owners. he visited d baltimore's frankforttestates thursday... where several homes are empty and now in foreclosure... and about 70- percent of owners in that development are underwater. ressdents there say they have seen the fallout from the housing crisis firsthand... and waached their neighbors leavv. <"he was really underwater. so hat he did waa just put his keys on the table, packed up and just left... garage, big house and all."> all.">some owners at frankfort estates are struggling just to pay their association fees and tax bills. police release a new mugshot of colorado theater shooting suspect james holmes.his once prange and pink hair has been shaved off..olmee appeared in court thursday and prosecutors added new charges to the 142 he was already facing..olmes is accused of going on a shootiig spree at a colorado movie theater in july.. killing 12 and injuring 58. some good news for victims of bernie madoff's ponzi scheme... th

state comptroller...peter franchot...is not concerned as those gambling ads.he's upsst...that casino companies have spent neaaly 20-million dollars...trying to influence maryland voters..(franchot) "well, what yoo're witnessing is the purchase of maryland state government. i've never seen anyyhing as brazen andd just completely out in the open."(rydell) ....in annapolis, john rydell, fox45 news at 5:30." a lot of kids dream of being a rock star when they grow up. up.foo select kids here in maryland: that dream has already come true.paul gessler joins us to explain how. jenniffr, jeff--you both are beautiful..o are the kids at john's hopkins pediatric oocology clinic.if you don't belleve me...listen tt this. (one direction's "what makes you beautiful") from music world like nobody else, the way ou flip your hair gets me " overwhelmed."an eight year old leukemia patient lovvd the song-- and told one of the nurses she wanted to do a music video.so, she solicited a little help from her friends at hopkins, and this was the result.a hopkins staffer shot it-- anddput it together.in just two

...and so they've decidee to put only 500 slots in a conference room.andd that's upset state comptroller peter franchot. (franchht) "i mean we were supposed to have a new ssots casino at rocky gap and creating 500 constrrction jobs, guess what, there is no new facility, there are no construction jobs." jobs."the new... smaller slots parlor attrocky gapis scheduled to open by memorial day of next year. the space shuttle endeavour continues its cross-country voyagg today... with a flight &pfrom houston at dawn. rettred spacecraft is heading across the soothern u-s to its final home... and itts taking the scenic route. 3 after a two-day delay due to baa weather, endeavour took off from kennedy space center in florida wednesday...riding piggy-back on a modified across the country.endeavour is being shown off to the public along the way on a tour that includes a series of flyovers at 15-hundred feet.it finished out the first leg in hhuston.today it's expected to make a fueling stop in el paso, texas on the waa to edwards air force base in california.along the way, it will make a special flyover of

that's according to state comptroller peter franchot.ranchot.he's been touring the sttte, talking with struggliig homeowners and business owners. today, he visited estates... where several homes are empty and now in foreclosure. and about 70-percent of owners in that development are underwater. residents there say they have seen the fallout from the housinn crisis firsthand... and watched their neighbors leave. <"he was really underwater. so what he did was just put his keys on the table, packed up and just left... garage, big hoose and all."> all.">some owners at frankfort estates aree struggling jjst to pay their association fees and tax bills. 3 3& the... is... front... and... center... in... the race... for... the white house...///. president... &pobama... and... mitt romney... are... in... florida... chasing cash.../ and... undecided vote. 29... electoral votes... are... cruccal... for... president obama... and... mitt romney....// the... state's ...hispanic population... is... also key...///. one... day... after romney ...criticize

statistics.up to fifty percent of homeowners are underwater on their mortgage in some maryland comptroller petere, talking with struggling homeowners and business owners. he visited baltimore's frankfort eetttes thursday... where several homes are empty and noo in poreclosure... and about 70- percent of owners in that development are underrater. residents there say they have housing crisis firsthand... and watched their neighbors leave. a new survey by "travelocity"... finds yoo'll get the best deaas on airline tickets... if you book on a tue. tuesday.that's because airlines launch their sales monddy night.if you're booking a hotee room... the early bird doesn't always get the worm. "travelocity" says the longer you wait... the mmre you'll save.the best time to book is one week before your trip. the iphone 5 is oofically on sale.the new apple gadget launched just 30 minutess ago... and some people in baltimore already have their hands on it. joel d. smith is live in timonium to see if the phone meets the ype. good &pmorning joel d. 3 3 as you may know by now... fox44 is the new home of wheel of

so ttey've decided to put only 5-hundred slotssin a conference room.and that's upset state comptroller peterfrrnnhot) "i mean we were supposed to have a new slots casino at rocky gap and creating 500 ccnstruction jobs, guess what, there is no &pnew facility, there re no construction jobs." jobs."the nee... smaller slots pprlor at rocky gap is schedulld to pen byymemorial day of next year. the results are in from the justice department's highly-anticipated report on the "fasttand furious" gun sting...and they're expected to releass them today. today. "fast and furious" was meant to follow guns to mexican drrg cartels.two of those guns were left at the scene of aashootouu, wheree border agent brian terry was killed in 2010.the report blasts more than a dozen justice department staffers forrtheir roles in the failed opeeation. chaffetz says: "14, were recommended, two were dealt with and taken care of today. but the attorney general has accountable. nd there's probably more people that potentially will be impliiated way."the report does ánotá criticize attorney general eric holder ... finding n